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The Sunday Magazine: My Favorite Non-Perfume Things of 2019
Posted on December 29, 2019 by mark behnke in Mark Behnke, The Sunday Magazine and tagged black leopard red wolf by marlon james, father of the bride by vampire weekend, hallelujah by haim, hbo's watchmen, leftside1, Netflix's GLOW, once upon a time in hollywood.
For those of you looking for my top 25 new perfumes of 2019 it will be posted tomorrow. Today I take a break and list some of my favorite non-perfume things of 2019. There is a small devoted following to this column which has always made me happy which is why I like to have a year-end list for them, too. There is more to life than perfume here are some of the things which make it better for me.
Favorite Movie: "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"- I am an unabashed fanboy of director/writer Quentin Tarantino. I think this might be the best movie he has made. It is his version of 1969 Hollywood part reality, part fantasy. It has been an interesting aspect of the recent films by Mr. Tarantino in that he likes to imagine some "what-ifs" then plays them out within his films. This movie captures the moment where the lines between movie stars and tv stars started to blur. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt are fantastic as an action movie star and his stunt double. They are the core of the movie. What elevated the entire movie was the performance of Margot Robbie as actress Sharon Tate. When she goes to a movie theatre to see her own performance, with an audience, she exudes the joy of seeing herself on screen. Mr. Tarantino has always worn his love for movies and moviemaking on his sleeve. This movie was a big valentine to all of it.
Favorite TV Show: "Watchmen"- Oh boy did I expect to find a god-awful mess in this update to the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Damon Lindelof, who oversaw this, is a creative mind who sometimes finds a way to sabotage his own good work with endings that don't hold together. None of that happened here. Mr. Lindelof honored the source material while spinning it in an entirely different direction. It gave new perspective on the original while telling its own new story. This time the ending was perfect with a final shot I have been thinking about since the screen faded to credits.
Favorite TV Episode: Season 3 Episode 10 of GLOW "A Very GLOW Christmas"- Before Watchmen appeared GLOW season 3 was going to be my favorite show of the year. There are times when a series finds everything that makes a show special and wraps it up into a gift to its fans. That was the way this season finale played out. With the framing device of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling putting on a version of "A Christmas Carol" in the ring. The characters are each given moments to find their truths. The final one coming on an airplane jetway between the main female protagonists was brilliantly done because of the acting of Alison Brie and Betty Gilpin saying the words of Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch. The show premiered in August, but I re-watched this just before Christmas and it was even better.
Favorite Album: Vampire Weekend "Father of the Bride"- It had been six years since the band released anything new. I have enjoyed the previous releases because they have felt like an extension of early bands like The English Beat. In this latest album the continuing evolution of that sound surprised me with its poignancy. The music still makes me want to move but the lyrics keep my feet on the ground.
Favorite single: "Hallelujah" by Haim– It has been a fun year to be a fan of the sisters Haim. They didn't release a new album. Instead we got new releases via YouTube drops out of the blue. The last one of the year, came just before Thanksgiving. "Hallelujah" was inspired by the loss of Alana Haim's best friend to a car accident when she was 20. The song builds to her verse as each sister finds the thankfulness for their bond before Alana closes with words to her friend. "Hallelujah" has become the new song added to my Holiday playlist even though at first glance it might not seem to be one. For me it is this time of year when we do remember to say Hallelujah for our friends and family.
Favorite Book: Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James– This is the best introduction to an epic fantasy series in years. Marlon James tells a story from the perspective of a character who might be an unreliable narrator. There are all the accoutrements of classic fantasy. The difference is this ability of the reader to know whether they are being given the whole truth. My understanding is the remaining two books of the trilogy are going to be the same events narrated by a different character in each book. Mr. James has hit upon a fascinating way to tell a story. I can't wait for the other two books to complete the story.
Favorite Comic Book: House of X/Powers of X– I've lost count of how many times they have rebooted The X-Men over the last twenty years. For the first time writer Jonathan Hickman has made me interested enough to become a consistent reader of the X-books again.
To all the readers of this column thank you for reading throughout the year. Happy New Year to all of you.


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Toronto's Freshbooks today announced it has raised (US) $30-million in its first institutional round. The financing was led by Oak Investment Partners and included Atlas Venture and Georgian Partners. The company says it will use the money to accelerate its growth.
CEO Mike McDerment commented on the deal.
Ann Lamont, Managing Partner at Oak Investment Partners explained why the fund invested in Freshbooks.
Founded in 2003 by Mike McDerment and Joe Sawada, Toronto-based Freshbooks has risen from humble origins in McDerment's parents basement to become the leader cloud-based invoicing for small businesses. The company's 122 employees now service customers in 120 countries. Today's news represents something of a reversal for McDerment, who was famously averse to taking outside funding, which had been knocking on his door with increasing regularity. Late in 2012, he told Bloomberg's Ari Levy he wasn't interested in any investor with a short-term window.
Palo Alto-based Oak Investment Partners boasts more than $8.4-billion in committed capital and has made recent investments into mobile security company Good Technology and online travel site Hipmunk. Closer to home, Toronto's Georgian Partners has invested in Canadian privcos such as Vision Critical, Shopify, and Top Hat.


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WPSF 2013
BUILDING THE CHAINPORT NETWORK
WPSF 2013 sees the continued push by the Institute to highlight the enormous opportunities that can be leveraged between like-minded ports, their authorities and communities right across the globe. For the last 15 years, the Port of Shenzhen has been at the forefront of these developments having invited a select group of ports to "sister" with them in pursuit of collaborative and trade development opportunities. Indeed this edition of the forum sees a further port being added to the list, the Canadian Port of Halifax.
Kieran Ring
Global Institute
of Logistics __________________
The 2013 World Port Strategy Forum is part of a world series of Strategy Forums that the Institute convenes across the globe annually. The forums act as a conduit for the transfer of strategy and best practice both to and from the Institute's global network of Port Communities. The forums bring together a network of local, regional and global maritime logistics stakeholders drawn from the Port Authority, Investor, Operator and End User communities.
WPSF 2013 has a distinctly China centric focus and will divide into two distinct streams
Stream 1 will discuss and debate the implications for world trade and seaports of 'China's growing economy'. Recognising that ports have an integral role to play in supporting this development, the forum will explore questions such as:
• What will the role of the port be as the Chinese market opens up?
• What are the challenges in operating the port to global best practice?
• What are the associated investment opportunities?
• How do world ports interact with the end user in this new paradigm?
Stream 2 focuses on "Showcasing World Ports to Chinese Multinationals" The next great wave of Overseas Foreign Direct Investment will come from China and as we will hear, it is already underway. We are particularly delighted to welcome the aigo Entrepreneurs Alliance as our special guest. The aigo Entrepreneurs Alliance aims to promote leading Chinese brands from China's rapidly growing private sector. AEA is driven by the goal of helping more private Chinese businesses become truly global enterprises.
Our aim today is to share with AEA the vision of partnering with world ports in their quest, we believe we have a great story to tell, that story is Port Centric Logistics
THE AGENDA FOR THE 2013 WORLD PORT STRATEGY FORUM
YANG LEI
China Director
Global Institute of Logistics
WORLD PORT STRATEGY FORUM
Born and now based in Beijing, Mr. Yang Lei (William) was appointed the Institute's China Director in September 2010.
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THE COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF LOGISTICS AT THE PORT OF SHENZHEN
Ms Shi Wei, member of CCP, started her career in June, 1988 with a master's degree and economist certification. She used to be the Director of the Department of legality of Shenzhen Communication Bureau, Deputy Director General of Shenzhen Highway Bureau, Commissioner of Shenzhen Highway Bureau Commission of CCP, Secretary of Discipline Supervision Commission of Shenzhen Highway Bureau Commission of CCP, and Director General of Western Transportation Bureau of Shenzhen Transport Commission. Ms. Shi is now the Deputy Director General of the Transport Commission of Shenzhen Municipality (Ports Administration), assisting the Director General and CCP Committee to manage port, shipping, and logistics freight administration. She is in charge of the Department of Port & Shipping Administration, the Department of Logistics Development, the Eastern Transportation Administration Bureau, the Port, Shipping and Freight Administration Bureau, Shenzhen Port Pilot Station, and the Shenzhen Branch for the Vessel Inspection Bureau of Guangdong Province, and also responsible for the supervision of the incorruptible port administration construction, industry services quality, letter & visit system, stability maintaining and production safety./div>
Ms. Shi Wei, Vice Director General, Shenzhen Port
Ms. Shi Wei, Vice Director General, Transport Commission of Shenzhen Municipality( Ports Administration)
PEDRO RODRIGUEZ ZARAGOZA
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Tenerife Port Authority
WEST AFRICA CHAPTER
Mr. Zaragoza is the current President of the five seaports of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. Dedicating much of his professional career to the public sector, he began in the Regional Ministry of Education as the General Manager of Planning before holding the post of General Manager of Assets and Recruitment for the Regional Ministry of Economy and Finance. He also served as Chief of Staff for the President of the Canary Government and Regional Deputy Public Administrations Minister, before representing Spain in the Commission on sustainable development in the local and regional European Congress.Prior to being appointed the Port Authority President, he served as the Regional Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Canary Islands.
AIRAM DÍAZ PASTOR
Airam was appointed the Commercial Manager, for the Ports of Tenerife in 2012 and is currently responsible for overseeing all the company's commercial activities. This includes the container transport and general cargo business in the region.
He joined the Ports of Tenerife in 2011 after more than 10 years of experience in West Africa shipping trade. Previously he was the Key Account Manager of Grimaldi Lines in Naples, where he oversaw the company's interests in the Mediterranean Sea focusing in North Africa counties such as Tunis, Libby and Morocco. He was appointed for the start up of Grimaldi Lines with the agency in Tangier Med. Prior to that Airam was the Account Manager of Civitavecchia inland port, at I.C.P.L, focusing on the Royal Caribbean customer. Airam holds an honours degree in International Trade and Marketing from the University of Wales as well as a Masters in Law, Maritime Business and Harbour Management from the University Polytechnic of Catalonia with honours.
ALAN MURPHY
COO & Partner
SeaIntel Maritime Analysis
Alan Murphy has 8 years of experience in Container Shipping research and analysis, providing insight and intelligence to a broad range of stakeholders in the logistics community, through quantitative research techniques, econometric modelling, and database architecture development. Alan has a degree in business economics, and joined the global Market Intelligence department of Maersk Line in 2004, coming from a position as Finance Research Analyst at Copenhagen Business School. At Maersk Line Alan was initially responsible for developing, implementing, and managing central systems for measuring and analyzing customer satisfaction, vessel utilization, market developments, and internal performance. Later, as Senior Analyst of Maersk Line's Intelligence and Analysis section, Alan was responsible for global Supply/Demand modelling, long term forecasting, market and competitor analysis, and Senior Management reporting. After leaving Maersk Line in 2010, Alan continued to support the Logistics community through ARM Consulting, helping companies automate manual processes, reduce costs and increase market reach based on actionable information. In January 2011, Alan partnered with former Maersk Line and TCC Intelligence Director, Lars Jensen, founding SeaIntel Maritime Analysis, an industry-leading analysis and consulting firm providing actionable intelligence to the global Container Shipping industry.
JOSÉ IGNACIO URIARTE
Tenerife Container Terminal
Jose is the General Manager for Tenerife Container Terminal, bringing over 25 years of industry experience and deep knowledge of the maritime transport industry. He holds a Masters Degree in International Shipping and Distribution from the Plymouth Polytechnic in Devon, UK. His career began at sea, sailing with Anders Jahre A/S and others. In 1986 he became Captain of the M/S IBF Trader, working in close collaboration with the Chartering Department of the American Company "International Brokerage & Finance". Throughout his career he has held several high-level positions where he has consistently delivered impressive results. He participated in the acquisition of Sealand and PONL when he worked for Maersk Line, reaching the position of country manager (IBETOP) while in Maersk. He was also responsible for the creation of the new agency set-up for Spain and Portugal for United Arab Shipping Company.
BETTY PRINCEN
Director of Marketing Europe
Virginia International Terminals
NORTH AMERICA CHAPTER
A Belgian national, Betty joined the Virginia Port Authority in 1987 in the capacity of Director of Marketing Europe, Middle East & Africa, and based at the Virginia Port Authority's European office in Brussels, Belgium. In January 2009, she retired from the Virginia Port Authority and joined – as a consultant – Virginia International Terminals, Inc. an affiliate of the Virginia Port Authority and operating company of the marine terminals located in the Port of Virginia. She now has her office in Hannut/Belgium. Her working territory continues to cover Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining the Virginia Port Authority, she was for 13 years the Administration Manager of Yellow Freight International, an NVOCC and affiliate of Yellow Freight Systems, Inc.
JOHNNY THØGERSEN
Four Soft Nordic
Johnny has 20+ years of experience in developing and supplying large ERP and production systems to conglomerates within varied industry. Since the early 90's he has also been setting up and running European as well as overseas companies, and the last three years Johnny has been running Four Soft's successful European operations.
Kieran Ring began his career in the early 1980s working as an industrial engineer in the European multinational manufacturing sector. By the late 1980s he was working as a publisher in the trade, technical and scientific media where he was directly responsible for journals and magazines, which documented the rise of foreign direct investment (FDI). In 1989 he was appointed Deputy Publisher to the Paris-based Eurexpansion Group with responsibility for Ireland's 'Sunday Business Post'. In 1995 he was appointed Executive Director of the European Institute of Transport, where he established the Global Logistics Forum, the forerunner to the Global Institute of Logistics. The Global Institute of Logistics was founded in New York in 2003 by Kieran Ring and the members of the Global Logistics Forum under the Chairmanship of the late Robert V. Delaney (Bob), the renowned US author and logistician. Kieran is its Chief Executive. Kieran is also joint-Chairman, with Mr Bernard Staender of Germanischer Lloyd Certification, of the Hamburg Committee. The Committee consists of a coalition of the stakeholders in the maritime logistics industry and is working to establish a commonly agreed standard to measure efficiency in global container terminals; the container terminal quality indicator (CTQI).
OIL TERMINAL EFFICIENCY
Cirrus Logistics
Simon Shore is Managing Director of Cirrus Logistics a UK company providing decision support solutions to local and global corporations. The company supplies software and services that drive value for its customers by providing planning, simulation and modelling data at operational, tactical and strategic levels to support better business decisions. Simon studied Engineering and began his career in the semiconductor Industry where he was Chairman of the Design Review Board. He went on to focus on designing and supplying software solutions and held a number of Directorships for leading supply chain software companies delivering solutions covering international trade, warehousing and distribution. Simon brings 25 years of driving innovation and business process improvements to the supply chain and manufacturing industry.
CHINA GO-GLOBAL STRATEGY
David Fairnie
Director Global Port Solutions
David, who is based in Dubai, is responsible for G4S's global port solutions strategy. G4S's solutions strategy is focused on partnering with Industry and Government stakeholders to provide the most innovative security solutions to mitigate current and evolving global sector risks. David is a highly experienced senior security executive with extensive operational and commercial experience worldwide. A former Royal Navy Warfare Officer who has successfully transferred the skills gained during a long and varied military career to the commercial world, initially as a Senior Maritime Risk Management Consultant and subsequently as a key Corporate Security Executive with a top International Port Operator. David joined G4S from DP World in Oct 2009 where, as Director of Security, he was responsible for developing and implementing their global security strategy. Guaranteeing regulatory compliance at all DP World terminal worldwide was successfully achieved by participating in established supply chain security initiatives that included US CTPAT, EU AEO and ISO 28000 programs and by taking a leading role in emerging global supply chain security initiatives, such as the US Megaports and Secure freight Initiative (SFI) non proliferation programs. He has a proven and demonstrable track record of developing and successfully implementing high level Supply Chain Security strategies and solutions across a global organization, aimed at mitigating political, strategic and operational risks; and in doing so adding considerable value to position the organization as a recognized international leader in port and supply chain security.
PORT OF ZEEBRUGGE
Chairman-Managing Director
Port Authority Bruges-Zeebrugge
EUROPEAN CHAPTER
Mr Joachim Coens was born in Bruges on 6 September 1966; he is married and has two daughters, Sofie and Anna and two sons, Felix and Victor. He is a reserve officer of the Belgian Navy. After his secondary studies in Bruges, he graduated as civil engineer (construction) at the University of Louvain (Belgium) and specialised at the Technical University of Delft (the Netherlands). He started his professional career as supervisor of several harbour building projects in the Middle East (UAE) for the Besix Group and was responsible for project developments in Eastern Europe. Since 1995 he has been alderman for finances and public works of the city of Damme, where he now holds the position of first alderman, responsible for culture and local economy. In May 1995, he was also elected as a Representative in the Flemish Parliament, where he seated in several commissions, mostly with a connotation of Environment, Finances, Culture, Public Works, Mobility and Energy. He resigned from this on 15 March 2001, in order to be appointed as Chairman-Managing Director of the Bruges-Zeebrugge Port Authority.
AIGO ENTREPRENEURS ALLIANCE-AN INTRODUCTION
Wang Yuanzhi
aigo Group / aigo Entrepreneurs Alliance
Mr Wang is responsible for Branding Operations, External Cooperation, and International Affairs. He was formerly Jaguar Land Rover China Corporate Affairs Director. About aigo Entrepreneurs Alliance (AEA) "Based on the overarching idea of "helping one hundred private Chinese enterprises join the ranks of the Fortune 500," the aigo Entrepreneurs Alliance was founded by Feng Jun, Chairman of aigo Digital Technology, in cooperation with a consortium of influential entrepreneurs that are leaders in their respective fields. The aigo Entrepreneurs Alliance aims to promote leading Chinese brands from China's rapidly growing private sector. AEA is driven by the goal of helping more private Chinese businesses become truly global enterprises and contributing corporate citizens worldwide.
COOPORATION BETWEEN SHENZHEN AND SISTER PORTS
Zhou Jie
Shenzhen Communications EDI Information Center
Mr. Zhou Jie graduated from South China University of Technology with degree of bachelor for engineering in 1990, and received Master degree from Business School of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He began his working career in Shenzhen as a communication engineer at a communication equipment manufacturing company, since 1998, he has been working with Shenzhen Communication EDI Information Center for 15 years and was appointed as Deputy General Manager in 2006. His experience in EDI technology and information services for port community spans 15 years and is one of main drafters for China National Standard of EDI message format, he is also a member of SMDG committee, an international information standard organization in ocean container transportation that recognized by UN/EDIFACT board.
Prof. Zhang Jieshu
Vice Secretary-General
Shanghai International Shipping Institute
Prof. Zhang's dedicated efforts go to research and education in shipping and port management. She has published over 30 pieces of academic theses and 9 text books and monographs, and participated in more than 50 projects. In 2009, Professor Zhang joined Shanghai International Shipping Institute, a consulting and research institute committed to developing Shanghai into an international shipping center. She is now deputy Secretary General. Prof. Zhang has undertaken multiple port-related research projects. She headed the project Decision Optimization of Container Terminal Operation Dispatch Based on Microanalysis Simulation Model sponsored by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission. She played a major role in the completion of research projects like Shanghai Port Competitiveness Review, A Study of the Fourth Generation Ports and Their Management Pattern, and A Study on Strategic Planning of Yantai Port Logistics Development. Her academic theses includes Research on the Construction method of Container Yard Microanalysis Simulation Model, Studies of the Concepts, and Features and Development Strategy of the Fourth Generation Port Based on Supply Chain Thoughts, etc.
PORT OF VIRGINIA BRIEFING
Vice President, Economic Development
Virginia Port Authority
Russell Young is a native of Virginia and graduated from Hampden-Sydney College with a bachelor of arts in economics. While at Hampden-Sydney, he also attended American University in Washington, D.C., and studied political and economic policy. During that time, he worked as an office aide for former U.S. Congressman L.F. Payne. Following graduation, Young served as a special assistant to former Virginia Governor George Allen and was responsible for promoting the administration's policies and initiatives. Young joined the Virginia Port Authority (VPA) in 1997 and he currently serves as the Vice President of Economic Development. Young's primary focus is building cargo volume at The Port of Virginia by working closely with economic development representatives in an effort to locate distribution centres, manufacturing facilities, and maritime-related offices.
PORTS CONTRIBUTION IN LOGISTICS
Claes Sundmark
Port of Gothenburg AB
Mr Sundmark is 48 years old and has a Bachelor's Degree of Science in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Orebro in Sweden. 1990 Mr Sundmark joined Swedish Rail as Division Manager for the automotive industry and paper and pulp customers. 1995 Mr Sundmark moved on to the European intermodal operator Intercontainer-Interfrigo (ICF) in Basel, Switzerland taking the position as Division Manager for the Scandinavia – Continental Europe traffic. 2000 Mr Sundmark joined the Port of Gothenburg where he is the Vice President, Sales & Marketing.
JAN VANN
General Manager China/Asia
Mr Jan Vannieuwenburg was born in Bruges, Belgium, on 16 January 1951. After his secondary studies he graduated in communication sciences with an MBA in Marketing and PR. He started his professional career at mc.cann Erickson in Brussels as account executive and account director two years later from there he joined Olivetti group as director communications and was appointed spokesman of Mr Carlo de Benedetti during the takeover bid on Belgium's Societe Generale. He then joined Alcatel group in Belgium as worldwide director marketing communications later he was general manager of France's dauphin group in Brussels. And 14 years ago he joined Zeebrugge port authority as director international development during this period he was in charge of the cruise industry and food sector for the port and worked specifically on South America, South Africa and Oceania regions. In 2009 he was appointed General Manager China/Asia for Zeebrugge port with offices in Shanghai and Bangkok.
PROJECT PHASING TO ANCHORAGE: A SOLUTION
Jan Matthé
Global Director for Ports and Marine
WorleyParsons
Jan started his career as superintendent for a multinational international dredging contractor where he became Project Manager on marine construction and dredging works. Prior to immigrating to Canada from Belgium in 2005, he was a technical director of a 400 people strong business specialized in horizontal directional drilling and utility installation. He shifted his career in 2006 from contracting to consulting engineering, initially as Project Manager for Ports and Marine for Ausenco Sandwell, and later as Manager of Coastal Engineering and Dredging. Jan has accumulated 19 years project experience all around the world since he obtained his Masters in Civil Engineering, with a specialization in marine and coastal engineering from the Free University of Brussels.
The World Port Strategy Forum (WPSF) is the annual meeting of the world's leading SISTER PORTS. The forum fosters the exchange of best practice and strategy. Member ports are committed to developing a formal multilateral agreement under the brand name CHAINPORT.
VIRGINIA & SHENZHEN
The Ports of Shenzhen & Virginia signed a formal agreement in 2010 to establish ties.
ZEEBRUGGE & SHENZHEN
Sister port relationships strengthen the economic and commercial bond between the respective countries, encouraging trade vitalization and service improvement.
VIRGINIA & ZEEBRUGGE
TENERIFE & SHENZHEN
HALIFAX & SHENZHEN

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Edmund Orson Wattis Jr. (1855–1934), American businessman
Edmund Wattis Littlefield (1914–2001), American businessman
Phyllis Wattis (1905–2002), American art patron
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Trump Tax Law Most Significant Reform since the Reagan Administration
by Richard S. Bernstein on Jan 26, 2018
Estate tax, Estate Planning
By: Richard S. Bernstein & Richard L. DeNapoli, J.D., LL.M., CFP
On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law the first significant reform of the US Tax Code since Ronald Reagan was in office. It will impact Americans far and wide, affecting how we make decisions on buying a home, health insurance, setting up a business, and even when to get a divorce. We highlight some of the major parts of the law here.
Personal tax rates and income brackets will be lowered, yet they will sunset in 2025. The top rate falls from 39.6% to 37%, the 35% bracket stays the same, while the 33% bracket falls to 32%, the 28% bracket to 24%, the 25% bracket to 22%, and the 15% bracket to 12%. The lowest bracket remains at 10%. The standard deduction has essentially doubled, while the personal exemption is gone. The law also temporarily raises the exemption amount and exemption phase-out threshold for the alternative minimum tax (AMT), which affects higher earners. All of these changes sunset in 2025. The sunset provision was required to allow the Senate to comply with "Reconciliation" rules that block a Democratic filibuster.
The deduction for state and local income taxes, property taxes and sales tax, or SALT, remains for those who itemize their taxes, but it is now subject to a $10,000 cap. This will likely hurt taxpayers and homeowners in high tax states. The mortgage interest deduction for new home purchases has also been lowered from $1 million to $750,000. The tax deduction for alimony payments will no longer be deductible for the person who writes the checks. This provision will apply to couples who sign divorce or separation paperwork after December 31, 2018.
The new law temporarily doubles the estate tax exemption for single filers to $11.2 million from $5.6 million, indexed for inflation. For a married couple, this means a $22.4 million exemption for 2018. This provision sunsets in 2025, meaning
that since death is unpredictable, wealthy clients will still need to plan for the estate tax using traditional strategies such as purchasing life insurance policies inside Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts (ILITs).
While the Republicans were not able to repeal Obamacare earlier in 2017, the new tax law does permanently end the Obamacare individual mandate starting in 2019. The individual mandate applied penalties to individuals that did not obtain health insurance coverage.
Another big change is the cut in the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. The 35% rate meant that the US had the highest corporate tax rate of any large, developed county. The new law will now place the US just below the weighted average for the European Union countries. The alternative minimum tax for corporations has also been repealed. Owners, partners and shareholders of pass-through entities will also get a break in the form of a 20% deduction for their pass-through income. Unlike the tax breaks for individuals, these corporate tax changes do not expire in 2025.
Richard DeNapoli is the Chief Trust Officer, Fiduciary Counsel, and Managing Director at Coral Gables Trust Company, a Florida-chartered Trust Company with over 1 Billion in assets under administration. He obtained a Masters in Estate Planning Law (LL.M.) at the University of Miami School of Law, earned his law degree at Fordham School of Law, and his undergraduate degree from New York University. He is also a Certified Financial Planner and served as a Florida Real Estate Commissioner from 2007-2013.


did u have a good night then Andy?...i sure as fick did!!
Saw them last night at the New Roscoe in Leeds, small venue packed with the max 300 people [and probably a few more besides] .... murderously hot, but a great night all the same.
Pretty much the same setlist I think, with only 1 SSS ... the crowd seemed to go for the Cult songs far more than the others .. one interesting part was Billy talking about being sacked from TOH just before a gig in Scotland and having to hang around in SDC's dressing room for a lift back home because they couldn't afford his train fare!
Yes, get along there if you can.
It's an acoustic set, so you don't get the full Billy D guitar riff treatment .. also Peter's is a pretty poor substitute for Ian ... I wouldn't jump on a plane to see them ... but otherwise fill your boots .. as the saying goes.


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What is a Gamer's Block and How to Overcome it?..
By Inderjeet Das Did You Know | Updated On: Jan 27, 2023 07:08 AM
What is a Gamer's Block and How to Overcome it?
What is a Gamer's Block?
Ways to overcome a Gamer's Block
Have you ever followed a game since its trailer release, pre-downloaded its special edition or installed the app on the day of its launch? If yes, you have been a loyal fan. Whether it is day or night, you remain engrossed in the game and you find every excuse to play your favorite game.
But after a few weeks, your interest in the game starts dissipating. The excitement you used to feel just by looking at the app icon has suddenly disappeared and you prefer engaging in the other apps on your phone. After a month or two, the game you once loved so much is lost in the pool of apps and now you are thinking of getting rid of it. But before you do that, have you ever wondered how your love for the game disappeared all of a sudden?
If you relate to this experience, you may be experiencing a gamer's block.
When you search about "gamer's block," you will find varying definitions of this term. According to Urban Dictionary, a gamer's block can be defined as a lack of motivation to play games, no matter how good they are. The website describes a gamer's block as:
"A condition in which a gamer longs to play a game, but upon sitting at their set up they find themselves staring at only the screen. They look through their available games, lusting for something to engage in, but ultimately find nothing. They are stuck hopelessly fishing in the vast ocean of content, unable to make a catch. The curse of the gamer, if you will"
Every player experiences a gamer's block at some point in their lives without even realizing it. For instance, you might have enjoyed playing games such as chess or monopoly with your family when you first bought these games. But as time passed, your interest may have faded from those games and you probably looked for alternatives instead.
Many players have also experienced some symptoms of a gamer's block. Some of them include:
Opening the gaming app, staring at it mindlessly, and closing it after a few minutes.
Picking up the gaming console for some time and putting it down when someone texts you.
Feeling the need to socialize in real life.
Discovering and engaging in new hobbies.
Increased munching over snacks.
Getting anxious or frustrated when you see the game.
Long-term gamer's block can even result in uninstalling the gaming app or selling the PlayStation!
Is it just a phase? Or is there something deeper at play? What if you rediscover your love for the game after a month or two? Or what if you don't? Is there a way to unblock the passion for playing games? Read on to find out.
Try something new and different
One of the most common triggers of a gamer's block is playing games with similar premises or storylines. If you are into role-playing games, you might play a repeated character that displays a similar behavioral pattern. And if you engage in such games frequently, you might lose interest in role-playing games altogether. Nevertheless, you can avoid that by switching things up and playing a new genre of games.
You can get a card deck and play a variety of card games. Nowadays card games are also available online and can be played for real money. You can also play rummy online and win from a prize pool worth crores of rupees!
Adopt a new hobby
Gamers are always on their toes looking for ways to win a game. How about using this creativity in real life? You can adopt new hobbies and put your imagination to good use. You can start with reading or listening to your favorite song. You can also watch films or TV shows. If you are someone who thinks out of the box, you can pick up some creative hobbies such as gardening, origami, clay modeling and blogging. Even cleaning the house can be a great way to spend your free time and take your mind off from playing games for a while.
Playing games is fun and all, but prolonged hours of playing games, especially those that require little to no physical activity, can wear you out and make you lazy. To avoid this, you can choose to work out for an hour or so. Pick up your dumbbells, go for a walk or put your skipping rope to use. These activities can provide an adrenaline boost to your body and mind. Physical activity can help you stay motivated throughout the day too.
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"DESIGNING THE ORGANIZATION FOR CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INSTITUT" by Andrew C. Corbett, Gina O'Connor et al.
Prior models of corporate entrepreneurship (CE) have made positive contributions but none as yet has answered questions regarding how to consistently develop corporate entrepreneurship human capital and design the organization for sustained innovation activities. Given the need for corporate entrepreneurship and breakthrough innovation and the dearth of understanding of how to organize for and develop it, our study takes a grounded theory approach to the research question: What roles, talent development and talent management practices contribute to institutionalizing breakthrough innovation? Our intent is to discover models and insights that can help scholars and practitioners better understand how to maximize a company's breakthrough innovation capability while concurrently maximizing individual career satisfaction.
Corbett, Andrew C.; O'Connor, Gina; and Peters, Lois (2014) "DESIGNING THE ORGANIZATION FOR CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INSTITUTIONALIZING THE INNOVATION FUNCTION (INTERACTIVE PAPER)," Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research: Vol. 34 : Iss. 16 , Article 19.


Sierra Nevada's Wild Hop IPA completes the 2014 Harvest series of India Pale Ales.
In the sea of India Pale Ales, there's seemingly little room for innovation among the thousands of offerings. But Sierra Nevada breaks new ground with its Wild Hop IPA thanks to the rarely-brewed Neomexicanus hop variety native to New Mexico. The beer is the final entry in the Chico, California brewery's 2014 Harvest series of highly-hopped ales. Earlier brews featured new hybrid varieties, or super-fresh wet hops, but the latest showcases a hop unlike anything we've tasted.
Sierra Nevada's technical lead for raw materials, Tom Neilsen, heard about the wild Neomexicanus variety through hops supplier CLS Farms in Washington. Neilsen traveled to New Mexico with CLS owner Eric Desmarais to learn about the strain and fell in love. Desmarais brought the plant back to the Pacific Northwest to cultivate while Neilsen, in turn, took the eventual harvest down to Chico.
The resulting beer has a smooth hop character that seems to combine the bright fruit of new American hops with subtle spices of classic European varieties. Neomexicanus, while not short on flavor, has some of the lowest levels of bittering acids of any hop variety. So the Wild Hop IPA offers a subtle, balancing bitterness instead of a kick in the tongue.


ISCAR introduces a range of economical double-sided positive inserts. The extreme positive rake angle provides a soft cut with low cutting forces, while the sharp cutting edges of the insert ensure a clean smooth cut. Its polished surface ensures easy chip flow. For machining aluminum wheels, the new 4 cutting edged double-sided insert provides an economical option compared to the 2 cutting edged insert.


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Oneida City School District » News » What's New » Oneida's Unified Basketball Program
If you haven't had a chance to check out a Unified Basketball game- you are missing out!
Unified Basketball is a program Oneida started piloting in Section 3 last year through the cooperation of Special Olympics and NYSPHAA. Teams are comprised of students of all abilities; some that haven't really had the opportunity to play on a varsity level sport before.
"We opened it up to anyone interested not already playing a spring sport/and not already having played basketball for Oneida this year, and we have a team of 13 ready to compete- of which 8 are returning players," said Coach Robinson. "In addition, we have two players from last year volunteering to serve as our manager and assistant coach, and two other alumni that stop by to cheer us on. We have been working on a better understanding of teamwork, the basics of basketball, and good sportsmanship."
The games are made up of four 8 minute quarters. During half-time a skills competition is held (for those students that are unable to safely follow the rules of the game or don't feel ready to play) to show off their skills in dribbling, passing, and shooting.
This year Oneida's Unified Basketball team competes against Camden, VVS, New Hartford, CVA, and Whitesboro. The season ends with a tournament at the end of May with other CNY Unified schools.
The Unified Basketball team has been a very positive experience for the members of the team. "It brings kids together that do not always have the opportunity to interact-forming friendships with an emphasis on mutual respect for each other, the team, myself, and our opponents. Some of the members on my team improve academically during the spring, attend school more regularly, and make more positive behavior choices because they don't want to miss out on practicing or playing in a game. For some members of the team, playing a sport and being a part of Unified has improved self-confidence and willingness to try something outside of their comfort zones. Although we strive to be competitive athletically against our opponents, the emphasis for us is about improving ourselves both as a team and individually by working together. Each member of the team, as of our Camden game on 5/13, has scored at least one basket so far this season-all 13 kids. All eligible team members sub in and out of every game in an attempt to get everyone as much playing time as possible. The sportsmanship and character displayed by our team is far more important than the number of steals we make or rebounds we get. I am proud to coach Oneida Unified Basketball," said Coach Robinson.
Oneida's Unified Basketball plays at home on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 4pm inside the 57 Gym.


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After the bustling city, its own suburban area seems like a piece of heaven on earth. Flowers are planted here, paths are paved and lawn is arranged. And, of course, on your own site you want to see the reservoir. In this article we will explain how to make a reservoir with your own hands at the dacha.
Pond, organized with the help of a plastic form.
A pond with a bottom made of PVC film.
Reservoir with a reinforced concrete bowl.
The rigid plastic form is ideal for the construction of small reservoirs, located in close proximity to flower beds or paths on the site. Such reservoirs are easy to assemble, and they can be transferred from place to place at will, decorating them with plants or stones in various styles.
Large ponds can be equipped with PVC film or reinforced concrete. Such artificial reservoirs are usually mounted once and are no longer transported. Therefore, when planning on the site of a large reservoir, you need to carefully consider its location, as well as the surrounding plants.
Small reservoirs organically look anywhere - near the house, near the flower garden, near the tracks. They can be decorated with various plants, stones, small garden figurines, and fountains. The great advantage of small reservoirs is the possibility of their rapid transfer from place to place. Thus, you can easily change the look of your own plot.
Large reservoirs need to be positioned thoughtfully: first, they cannot be moved from place to place as easily as small reservoirs, which are based on a plastic form. Secondly, they need to be properly entered into the surrounding landscape. The organization of a large reservoir requires a long preliminary planning and planning, takes a lot of time and effort, but the result can exceed all expectations and allow you to create a unique rest corner on the site.
What choice to make - film PVC or concrete? Concrete or plastic form?
The plastic form is a convenient preparation, it is not difficult to put it. She does not need additional waterproofing.
The PVC film allows you to create ponds with the most unimaginable edges. However, its service life, although long, is not as long as we would like. Under the influence of low temperatures PVC film can lose its properties. Usually the life of such a film is not more than a few years.
Concrete is the most difficult material to work with. It requires significant preparatory and construction work: preparation, reinforcement, waterproofing. However, if the construction of a large reservoir with a bridge is required, building material is better than concrete with reinforcement - not to be found.
At the selected location, a hole in the ground is prepared to the size of the bowl. To dig a suitable pit, turn the bowl over and transfer the bowl contour to the ground. Do not forget to make allowances at the edges of the pit approximately 15 cm and leave a small reserve of depth for the sand bedding of the order of 5 cm.
You can cover the prepared pit with thick PVC film. The soil is tamped down, after which the rigid plastic mold is placed in place so that the edges of the bowl are at the level of the soil.
The bowl is leveled, filled with water for about a third, and then emptied between the bowl and the walls of the pit. Previously extracted soil can be used for these purposes, but sand is better.
As the voids are filled, it is necessary to shed the soil with water to avoid strong shrinkage.
The edges of the bowl are decorated with stones or planted in the immediate vicinity of host-type water-loving plants.
First you need to mark the boundaries of the reservoir with a cord and wooden stakes, giving it the desired shape. The edges of the pit should be located at the same level.
Then along the contour they dig a hole in the ground of the desired depth.
Be sure to remove all stones and roots, they can damage the film.
The bottom is covered with sand 10 cm, poured and compacted.
Now you need to cover the bottom of the future reservoir with geotextile.
The turn of the film has come. The film must be laid out in advance in the sun, so that it becomes more elastic. If the foundation pit cannot be laid in a single piece, you need to brew the edges of the parts of the desired size. The film is laid in such a way that it extends beyond the edges of the reservoir, where it will be pressed against stones. The perimeter of the reservoir can be decorated with stones, or you can cover the protruding film with earth and land moisture-loving plants.
Such a body of water requires careful preparation. This means that a drawing is required here, as well as calculations relating to the determination of the approximate consumption.
According to the measurements made, a foundation pit is being prepared, at the bottom of which a minimum of 5 cm of sand should be poured. Sand must be carefully tamped. An armature is installed in it that will support the vertical walls of the reservoir; metal rods are also laid on the bottom, giving the reinforced concrete bowl rigidity and strength.
Concrete is poured on the bottom of the reservoir. For vertical reinforced walls you need to prepare the formwork. Then pour it with concrete solution and leave to dry completely.
Arrangement of a reservoir with a bowl of reinforced concrete is impossible without good waterproofing. Therefore, it is necessary to treat the resulting bottom and walls of the reservoir with a waterproofing compound, and then think about the finish - PVC film or tile.
In addition, for such stationary bodies of pvc film or reinforced concrete, you need to consider a filtration and water purification system. This means supplying electricity to the pond and installing special equipment.
Additional accessories in the form of fountains or mini-waterfalls also need electricity. and in the backlight.


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Artist Gittoes honoured with Sydney Peace Prize
By Damien Murphy
Updated April 11, 2015 — 10.23am first published at 12.15am
George Gittoes and the art of war
Man of war, man of peace, the artist George Gittoes has been selected to receive the 2015 Sydney Peace Prize.
The Jury's citation reads:
Artist George Gittoes in his Arncliffe studio. Credit:Louise Kennerley
"George Gittoes AM: For exposing injustice for over 45 years as a humanist artist, activist and filmmaker, for his courage to witness and confront violence in the war zones of the world, for enlisting the arts to subdue aggression and for enlivening the creative spirit to promote tolerance, respect and peace with justice."
Now 65, the Rockdale-born Mr Gittoes spends about half his year at the Yellow House Jalalabad helping local Afghan artists create in the midst of conflict and at great personal risk from the Taliban.
"I have been waging a personal war against war with art for five decades," he said.
"Showing the other side of conflict has its rewards, but doing something constructive on the ground with the people affected by war is the most satisfying thing I've ever done."
The Jalalabad house takes its name from the studio in Arles where Vincent Van Gogh shared briefly with Paul Gauguin and was the inspiration for the Potts Point Yellow House artists' collective that included Martin Sharp, Brett Whiteley and Mr Gittoes that began in 1970.
At the time, Mr Gittoes had just been called up but allergies prevented his enlistment.
"Like everybody I hung with, I was against the war in Vietnam," he said.
"But my Dad and uncle (a major in Z Force) had been in the Second World War and my grandfather was in the Light Horse, so I would have gone to fight."
Mr Gittoes' peace activism evolved through his work as a painter, film-maker and photojournalist. He chronicled conflicts in Nicaragua, Somalia, Cambodia, Western Sahara, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Bougainville, East Timor, South Africa, Palestine, Iraq and Pakistan.
In 1995 Mr Gittoes witnessed the massacre of thousands of Rwandans at a displaced persons camp where they had sought protection from UN peacekeeping forces. It inspired his painting The Preacher, which won the 1995 Blake Prize for religious art.
"I feel privileged to have been able to spend much of my life creating beauty in the face of the destruction of war," he said.
Since 1998, the Sydney Peace Foundation at the University of Sydney has awarded the prize to men and women who made significant contributions to peace with justice, respect for human rights and the language and practice of non-violence. Past winners include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Arundhati Roy and Noam Chomsky, Hanan Ashrawi, Xanana Gusmão, and John Pilger.
David Hirsch, chairman of the Foundation, said Mr Gittoes was the first artist to receive the prize.
"George Gittoes is daring, brash and irreverent – qualities Australians identify with," he said.
"He is also generous, open-minded and compassionate – qualities we also identify with but which have been in short supply in recent years. The Jury felt his unique approach to peacebuilding and social justice should be recognised and applauded."
Mr Gittoes will be presented with the prize in November when he delivers the 2015 City of Sydney Peace Prize Lecture.


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Q: How to avoid replacing space for "_x0020_"? I am using WCF and some of my methods return a class that, when converted to JSON, generate an object like this:
{
    "__type": "Data:#MyNamespace.Model"
    "Dado_x0020_1": "1"
    "Dado_x0020_2": "2"
    "Dado_x0020_3": "3"
}

I can clearly remember that it wasn't like this before, WCF wouldn't replace the space character for "_x0020_". The problem is that I have no idea what changed in my code to make this happen. I don't recall changing any configuration that would cause this. Any ideas?
This is the code of my class. It's simply a way to allow an object with variable attribute names and count:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;

namespace MyNamespace.Model
{
    [Serializable]
    public class Data : ISerializable
    {
        internal Dictionary<string, object> Attributes { get; set; }

        public Data()
        {
            Attributes = new Dictionary<string, object>();
        }

        protected Data(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
            : this()
        {
            SerializationInfoEnumerator e = info.GetEnumerator();
            while (e.MoveNext())
            {
                Attributes[e.Name] = e.Value;
            }
        }

        public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
        {
            foreach (string key in Attributes.Keys)
            {
                info.AddValue(key, Attributes[key]);
            }
        }

        public void Add(string key, object value)
        {
            Attributes.Add(key, value);
        }

        public object this[string index]
        {
            set { Attributes[index] = value; }
            get
            {
                if (Attributes.ContainsKey(index))
                    return Attributes[index];
                else
                    return null;
            }
        }
    }
}

A: It is WCF's DataContractJsonSerializer that adds those _x0020_ characters. You need to use a different json serializer (like json.net) if you want to use the output for something else then WCF communication.
If you however changed your Data class to something like this:
[DataContract]
public class Data
{
    public Data()
    {
        Attributes = new Dictionary<string, object>();
    }

    [DataMember]
    public Dictionary<string, object> Attributes { get; set; }

    [IgnoreDataMember]
    public object this[string index]
    {
        set { Attributes[index] = value; }
        get
        {
            if (Attributes.ContainsKey(index))
                return Attributes[index];
            else
                return null;
        }
    }
}

then the following WCF serialisation:
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var data = new Data();
        data["Dado 1"] = 1;
        data["Dado 2"] = 2;
        data["Dado 3"] = 3;

        var dcjs = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(Data));
        MemoryStream stream1 = new MemoryStream();
        dcjs.WriteObject(stream1, data);
        stream1.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
        var json3 = new StreamReader(stream1).ReadToEnd();
    }
}

will produce this result:
{
  "Attributes": [
    {
      "Key": "Dado 1",
      "Value": 1
    },
    {
      "Key": "Dado 2",
      "Value": 2
    },
    {
      "Key": "Dado 3",
      "Value": 3
    }
  ]
}

but still I don't think it would be of much use outside of the the WCF context.

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Licensed in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Frank has a number of clients doing business in many states so he has extensive tax experience with rules for state allocations and preparing multi-state business tax returns.
Additionally, with advanced computer hardware and software skills, Frank has assisted clients with implementation of new accounting software and has extensive experience with QuickBooks desktop and online software. He has been listed as a ProAdvisor for Intuit's QuickBooks accounting software since 1999 and advanced certified since 2010.
Frank has participated in various fundraising activities for local organizations and the Arthritis Foundation Walk held in Philadelphia.
Who is the most influential person in your life and why? My father, for making many sacrifices for our family.
What is your favorite client experience? Getting creative and saving signifcant tax amounts.
What would you like to be remembered for? Being a good person, husband and father.
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What is your favorite thing to do in your spare time Play a round of golf or watch my kids play sports.
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India vs West Indies
Kohli stars as India defeat West Windies by four wickets in 3rd ODI, clinch series 2-1
Chasing 316, India got off to a steady start as openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma put on 122 runs for the first wicket. Their partnership saw both batsmen bring up their respective half-centuries.Windies finally got the breakthrough in the 22nd over as Rohit (63) was sent back to the pavilion by Jason Holder.
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Cuttack: Virat Kohli starred with the bat as India defeated West Indies by four wickets in the third and final ODI of the three-match series here at Barabati Stadium on Sunday. With this win, India won the series 2-1.
This is Men in Blue`s tenth consecutive series win over Windies. Chasing 316, India got off to a steady start as openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma put on 122 runs for the first wicket. Their partnership saw both batsmen bring up their respective half-centuries.Windies finally got the breakthrough in the 22nd over as Rohit (63) was sent back to the pavilion by Jason Holder.
Skipper Virat Kohli next came out to bat and along with Rahul, put on 45 runs for the second wicket. Alzarri Joseph got the better of Rahul (77) in the 30th over. Shreyas Iyer (7) and Rishabh Pant (7) both failed to leave a mark and India was reduced to 201/4, still, 115 runs away from the target. Kohli brought up his half-century in the 37th over of the Indian innings.
But, India was given a big setback as Kedar Jadhav (9) was clean bowled by Sheldon Cottrell in the 39th over, and hopes of winning the match rested completely on Kohli`s shoulders. Ravindra Jadeja next came out to bat and provided much-need support to Kohli at the other end.
The duo put up a partnership of 58 runs to give much-needed stability to the side. However, with 30 runs required from the final four overs, Windies got the biggest breakthrough possible as Keemo Paul clean bowled Kohli (85) in the 47th over.
In the end, Shardul Thakur and Jadeja ensured India`s victory by four wickets and eight balls to spare. Jadeja and Thakur remained unbeaten on 39 and 17 respectively. Earlier, Nicholas Pooran and Kieron Pollard`s knocks of 89 and 74* respectively enabled West Indies to post 315/5 in the allotted fifty overs. After being asked to bat first, Windies openers Evin Lewis and Shai Hope put on 57 runs for the first wicket.
Ravindra Jadeja got the first breakthrough for India as he dismissed Lewis (21) in the 15th over of the innings. Soon after Hope (42) was sent back to the pavilion, reducing Windies to 70/2. Shimron Hetmyer (37) and Roston Chase (38) then put on 62 runs for the third wicket, but their stint at the crease was ended by Navdeep Saini and Windies found itself at 144/4 in the 32nd over. Kieron Pollard and Nicholas Pooran, then got together at the crease and the duo put on 135-runs for the fifth wicket.
The duo kept on hammering Indian bowlers all around the park in the final overs.Pooran was dismissed for 89 while Pollard remained unbeaten on 74. For India, Saini took two wickets.Brief Scores: India 316/6 (Virat Kohli 85, KL Rahul 77, Keemo Paul 3-59) defeat West Indies 315/5 (Nicholas Pooran 89, Kieron Pollard 74*, Navdeep Saini 2-58) by four wickets.
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Historic Beer Birthday: William IV, Duke of Bavaria
November 13, 2022 By Jay Brooks
Today is the birthday of William IV, Duke of Bavaria (November 13, 1493-March 7, 1550). William IV "was Duke of Bavaria from 1508 to 1550, until 1545 together with his younger brother Louis X, Duke of Bavaria. He was born in Munich to Albert IV and Kunigunde of Austria, a daughter of Emperor Frederick III."
Portrait by Barthel Beham.Here's a short account of William IV's life:
Though his father had determined the everlasting succession of the firstborn prince in 1506, his younger brother Louis refused a spiritual career with the argument that he was born before the edict became valid. With support of his mother and the States-General, Louis forced William to accept him as co-regent in 1516. Louis then ruled the districts of Landshut and Straubing, in general in concord with his brother.
William initially sympathized with the Reformation but changed his mind as it grew more popular in Bavaria. In 1522 William issued the first Bavarian religion mandate, banning the promulgation of Martin Luther's works. After an agreement with Pope Clement VII in 1524 William became a political leader of the German Counter reformation, although he remained in opposition to the Habsburgs since his brother Louis X claimed the Bohemian crown. Both dukes also suppressed the peasant uprising in South Germany in an alliance with the archbishop of Salzburg in 1525.
The conflict with Habsburg ended in 1534 when both dukes reached an agreement with Ferdinand I in Linz. William then supported Charles V in his war against the Schmalkaldic League in 1546. William's chancellor for 35 years was the forceful Leonhard von Eck.
William was a significant collector and commissioner of art. Among other works he commissioned an important suite of paintings from various artists, including the Battle of Issus by Albrecht Altdorfer. This, like most of William's collection, is now housed in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. With his order to expand the Neuveste with the so-called Rundstubenbau and to set up the first Court Garden began the history of the Munich Residence as a representative palace. To the history cycle of the garden pavilion belonged Albrecht Altdorfer's painting. In 1546 he ordered to upgrade Dachau Palace from a Gothic ruin into a renaissance palace. In 1523 with the appointment of Ludwig Senfl began the rise of the Bavarian State Orchestra.
On 23 April 1516, before a committee consisting of gentry and knights in Ingolstadt, he issued his famous purity regulation for the brewing of Bavarian Beer, stating that only barley, hops, and water could be used. This regulation remained in force until it was abolished as a binding obligation in 1986 by Paneuropean regulations of the European Union.
William died in 1550 in Munich and was succeeded by his son Albert. He is buried in the Frauenkirche in Munich.
Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria by Hans Schwab von Wertinger.
William IV, Duke of Bavaria, wrote and signed the Reinheitsgebot, also known as the Bavarian Beer Purity Law, and later the German Beer Purity Law.
In the Bavarian town of Ingolstadt on April 23, 1516, William IV, Duke of Bavaria wrote and signed the law, along with his younger brother Louis X, Duke of Bavaria. That 1516 law was itself a variation of earlier laws, at least as early as 1447 and another in independent Munich in 1487. When Bavaria reunited, the new Reinheitsgebot applied to the entirety of the Bavarian duchy. It didn't apply to all of Germany until 1906, and it wasn't referred to as the Reinheitsgebot until 1918, when it was coined by a member of the Bavarian parliament.
Another painting by Barthel Beham.
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import time

from amigocloud import AmigoCloud

# Use amigocloud version 1.0.5 or higher to login with tokens
# This will raise an AmigoCloudError if the token is invalid or has expired
ac = AmigoCloud(token='<your_token>')

# For examples of how to get these values, see simple_example2.py
PROJECT_OWNER = 1
PROJECT_ID = 2
DATASET_ID = 3

# From which state to which state do you wanna revert? (the changesets will be
# reverted in reversed order)
FROM_STATE = '...'
TO_STATE = '...'

# Get dataset information
dataset_url = (
    '/users/{user_id}/projects/{project_id}/datasets/{dataset_id}'.format(
        user_id=PROJECT_OWNER, project_id=PROJECT_ID, dataset_id=DATASET_ID
    )
)
dataset = ac.get(dataset_url)

# Get list of all the states between FROM_STATE and TO_STATE
result = ac.get(dataset['states'], {'from': FROM_STATE, 'to': TO_STATE})
states = result['states']

# Revert the states in reverted order
for state in reversed(states):
    revert_state_url = dataset_url + '/revert/{state}'.format(state=state)
    result = ac.post(revert_state_url)  # Send revert
    job = result['job']
    # Request AmigoCloud every second to check if the async job finished
    while True:
        result = ac.get('me/jobs/{job}'.format(job=job))
        if result['status'] not in ('PENDING', 'STARTED'):
            break
        time.sleep(1)  # Sleep 1s
    print 'Reverting state "{state}" finished with status: {status}'.format(
        state=state, status=result.get('status', None)
    )

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Q&A with Saul Williams
By Phil Cauthon
Saul Williams' poetry is proof that words can indeed dictate reality.
His own words through the open mics of NYC poetry cafes eventually landed him the lead role in SLAM, a Sundance- and Cannes-award winning film that he co-wrote. The film opened the door for albums of beat-laden poetry delivered in the rock-rap vein of Rage Against the Machine, worldwide tours, and several books including , said the shotgun to the head, released last month.
lawrence.com :: In your writing and in interviews, the "New Age" comes up a lot. What is the New Age?
Saul Williams :: It's quite literal actually. We're in a new millennium, a time when a paradigm shift is occurring from the powers that be to what I term as the powers of being. With New Age I don't mean the music you mediate to or, you know, the 'New Age' ideas. We are in a New Age. With that comes new technology, evolved levels of consciousness and understanding, a whole gamut of things that correspond to the times we're living in...
The art of this age is reflective of this age, and of course everything that existed beforehand. Musically, let's say, anyone you listen to -- take Bjrk or Radiohead, for instance -- there are ancient instruments in their music but there's also a great deal of digital music there. They're not trying to encapsulate the New Age. They are it. It's an amalgamation of mixed media.
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Was that part of the reason that you've taken your art beyond what you're probably best known for, from poetry into hip-hop, electronic music, film ...
Partially, but it's not like I sat back and said OK, now I'm going to do this. But on the other hand, yeah that is why. Because we live in an age where people readily express themselves in a multiplicity of ways. I moved into music because there was music in me that needed to be expressed. Same thing with poetry. Film. Acting. I got to get it out, and I love the opportunity to share it.
You've said that you don't write poetry but live poetry. How's that?
I don't think poetry is necessarily in the writing. It is, and it isn't. The writing is reflective of perspective. It's the perspective and how that relates to one's level of understanding that brings the essence of a poem to life. I'm more interested in living through a beautiful moment than in describing it... It's a matter of going through the motions of life the same way you go through the emotions of poetry. It has to be lived first.
The introduction to ', said shotgun to the head' prepares you to read a love poem, but it's obviously much more than that ...
Yeah, I describe it as a love poem to all of the things that are decaying and destroying the values and ideals of the West. (laughs) ...Think about it -- when you're in a relationship, for most of us, it's really cool but on the other hand it kills the personality. You have to grow beyond your comfort zone. You have to grow to accept what the other person is into, you have to grow beyond yourself. So it kills the limitations of the self, necessarily so. It's a good thing in a relationship, you know? To be open to somebody else's interpretation can be a threat to your own and sometimes that's a good thing. Because you realize then that it's just an interpretation.
How does that apply to Western ideals?
Now look at 9-11, for instance. You might go 'Wow, that's a bad thing any way you look at it.' That's not necessarily the case. There's always something that sprouts from that. The book itself is an ode to the Hindu goddess Kali, the goddess of destruction AND creation. You have to destroy to create. It's a give and take, a yin and yang. When you construct a building, you have to destroy some of the earth's natural resources. But something new is created. 9-11 is a good example of that in many ways, for one because it woke up the American psyche ...
Even with Bush getting elected into office, as much as I don't like him, I was so excited when he got elected into office. Because I felt the underbelly of all the American values that I consider warped -- the imperialistic ones, the materialistic ones, the dog-eat-dog ones -- were surfacing. I see Bush and the current regime as a whitehead on a pimple. You know, when you have all these toxins inside and you're trying to get rid of the pimple and finally you get the whitehead. Yeah, that's the worst part. It's gross to look at. But you know that once the whitehead pops, the pimple's gone. It's the last stage. Bush is the whitehead. Unfortunately to get rid of the whitehead, there's always a little bit of bloodshed. But then we get to a toxin-free, unblemished reality.
I read a poet that there is not love without hate. The word should be lovehate. Lifedeath. Because the two balance each other out. And so to write a love poem of this magnitude I have to speak on the things that I didn't love. In order to let the love reign supreme.
What books have you been reading?
I've been reading a lot of stuff by Ken Wilber: A Brief History of Everything, A Theory of Everything, Spectrum of Consciousness, One Taste, Race and Grit; I've been reading the Bhagavad Gita; People Funny Boy, which is a biography of Lee "Scratch" Perry; I just read a novel, Songs of the Kings by Barry Unsworth; I'm always reading a lot of stuff...
Have you ever been to Lawrence?
But you have toured the Midwest?
Yeah I've done lots of reading in the Midwest ... right now I think some of the most important movements and music and thoughts are coming out of the Midwest as far as the youth culture goes. In a lot of ways I think of a lot of these Midwestern cities or the conglomerate of the Midwest itself as the new Seattle.
Curious... Rollingstone referred to Lawrence as "the next Seattle" almost 10 years ago.
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Foo Fighters: Live at Wembley Stadium
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Spotlight On...Alexander Janosek Doyle
Name: Alexander Janosek Doyle (Alex)
Hometown: Jersey City, NJ
Education: Bachelor of Arts of English (concentration in writing) from Goucher College in Baltimore, MD (2009)
Favorite Credits: Writer/Producer of Dr. Schlitz's Crooners & Hustle: Two New Plays by Alexander Janosek Doyle, not because it was my best work but because it was my very first self-production. We really had no idea what we were doing at it was nothing short of a miracle to have pulled it off.
Why theater?: Nothing compares to the energy of a live performance, and no one in showbiz works harder than live performers. I was reminded of these virtues when reading about the Michael Keaton film "Birdman" (a brilliant film), and saw that the actors were often lauded by critics for continuously acting through the film's iconic longshots, sometimes having to perform for up to five minutes without stopping or breaking character. All I could think was: So what? Some theater actors do that for three hours, eight times a week!
Tell us about Is That Danny DeVito?: Is That Danny DeVito? And Other Questions from West of the Hudson focuses on the psychological non-adventures of two over-educated but under-employed millennials as they wait for a perpetually delayed bus to deliver them from their New England campsite to their beloved Garden State. As they wait, Dusty (Julian Blake Gordon) and Geoff (Finn Kilgore) pass the time with the help of bizarre locals (Natasha Edwards & Carlo Fiorletta) and conversations on topics ranging from the millennial experience to celebrity culture, pop entertainment, literature, New Jersey, and whether or not a man unseen to the audience is Danny DeVito. This play is my first serious attempt at writing an absurdist piece. In my mind it was supposed to speak to (at least a part of) the millennial experience. Our main characters are young, frustrated, and are just as much victims of themselves and anything else.
What inspired you to write Is That Danny DeVito?: I'm a great admirer of the work of Samuel Beckett, and this play began as an exercise in trying to match the iconic rhythms and moods of his absurdist plays, particularly Waiting for Godot. It seems self-indulgent, but at the time I wrote the play the combination of ennui and desperation in Beckett's work seemed a perfect explanation for the millennial experience, particularly my own habit of continuing to say "when I grow up…" only then to remember (to my consternation) that I have been "up" for a decade now.
What kind of theater speaks to you? What or who inspires you as an artist?: I'll see anything. Not to say I love every show I see; I certainly don't, but nothing is off the table. I usually begin a writing project with a mood in mind more than a character or a story, and I know I liked a show when I come out of the theater thinking: I gotta write a play!
If you could work with anyone you've yet to work with, who would it be?: Geez, anyone? Because I'd love to collaborate with Mindy Kaling, whom I suspect is one of the smartest women in Hollywood (and a FringeNYC alum). I think I also keep subconsciously writing parts for Amy Sedaris.
What show have you recommended to your friends?: Fringe shows? I'm personally excited for The Bible Women's Project and My White Wife, or So I Married a Black Man. Also, of course The Illusory Adventures of a Dreamer. There's always so much really original stuff at Fringe, it's hard to have a bad time.
Who would play you in a movie about yourself and what would it be called?: Amy Sedaris. A movie about me would probably have to be titled something along the lines of Doyle versus the Bullshit, but isn't that everyone? Perhaps Guinness: A Love Story.
If you could go back in time and see any play or musical you missed, what would it be?: Didn't Ian McKellen and Tim Curry do Amadeus back in the 80's? That must have been haunting. It might seem obvious, but Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock in Death of a Salesman. Elaine Stritch in Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Estelle Parsons in August: Osage County must have been brilliant performances. You know, looking back on this list I'm realizing maybe there is a certain kind of theater that speaks to me.
What's your biggest guilty pleasure?: The comments section.
If you weren't working in theater, you would be _____?: Well, in addition to writing and producing I teach American Lit and Film Analysis at Dickinson High School in Jersey City. It's not a job I plan to retire from, although I have great respect for the work and the efforts of career teachers. I'm looking for an opportunity to focus on writing more, possibly going back to school myself. I think I might have enjoyed staying in academia; working my way through a masters and then Phd in English Literature.
What's up next?: Hopefully something entirely different. I like to keep moving on to new stories and genres, so it will probably be a while before I return to absurdism (although I do plan to return). Probably a thriller.
For more on Is that Danny DeVito, visit www.isthatdannydevito.com and www.facebook.com/boxcolonytheatre. For more on Alexander, visit Alexdoylewriter.com
Posted by Michael Block at 8:49 AM
Labels: Alexander Janosek Doyle, Fringe, FringeNYC, Is That Danny DeVito?, New York International Fringe Festival, Spotlight On


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Q: Does further queryset manipulations change original queryset If we have a queryset say
eventset=Event.objects.filter(eventdate=date)

And later if I do something like this with the queryset object,would it be correct logic or will the eventset be manipulated?
for event in eventset.order_by('-likes'):
    if event.venue in venuerankings:
        venuerankings.append[event.venue]

Does the above part of code change the order of objects in 'eventset'?
Relevant part of the code.
totalvenues=len(Venues.objects.all()))
    events=[[''] * totalvenues for row in range(24)]
eventset=Event.objects.filter(eventdate=date)
venuerankings=[]
for event in eventset.order_by('-likes'):
    if event.venue in venuerankings:
        venuerankings.append[event.venue]
for venueno,venue in enumerate(venuerankings):
    for event in eventset.filter[venue=venue]:
        events[event.time][venueno]=event

A: Your code will not affect the original queryset, because querysets are lazy.
This means that in your loop for event in eventset.order_by('-likes'): you are doing two things:
(1) creating a new queryset ordered by '-likes'; and
(2) creating, in turn, each object specified by the queryset.
Accordingly, if you run the loop a second time, you will receive fresh objects, which will not reflect any unsaved changes made to the objects in the previous loop.


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The third part of the split archive files created by ZipSplitter is the S02 files as they are called ZipSplitter Part 3 Archives. These files are also saved together with the other split archive file parts such as S00 and S01. These S02 files contain various data and information whether they are text documents, images, spreadsheets, etc. and they are contained in a single archive split using the ZipSplitter software. This software which was developed by Lithops, is a popular program that takes on the task of copying very large files into a disk either for backup or other purposes as well as it is also important in terms of sending large files for email. Running EXE files that came along with these split archive files can allow the extraction of these files. The S02 format is also supported by Corel WordPerfect application, by which these SO2 files contain distribution information.