Goodreads: A phone call from her cousin sends Calliope Notaris Brown from Boston to the Greek city of Patras to sort through an inheritance from her uncle. She arrives during the wild abandon of Carnival, when the world is turned upside down and things are not as they seem. Digging through the keepsakes her uncle has left, Callie stumbles upon clues to the wartime disappearance of the family's fortune and to the mystery of her estranged mother's chronic unhappiness. As she pieces together family secrets that stretch back to the Italian occupation of Greece during World War II, Callie's relationship with her fiancé, her mother, and her mother's two sisters will change irrevocably.
Kritters Thoughts: Callie has recently lost her uncle with whom she was very close to and he has left her everything he has back in his home in Greece where her estranged mother and aunts and cousins live. She must return to Greece during Carnival to sort through his things where she finds the stories that she grew up listening to from her mother, but for some reason what she finds doesn't mirror the details in the stories that she heard during her childhood.
I absolutely loved the set up for the book and then once Callie gets into Nestor's home, we have chapters told from her mother's perspective, so the reader gets the real and honest story from the past. The story both present and past unfolded seamlessly as you found clues and then heard the real story. Although it read slow, I definitely enjoyed learning about the history of Greece, something I am not familiar with at all.
Definitely a big read, but I think it is so captivating since it was out of my comfort zone that I enjoyed the slow pace of it. You want this book to last long with the descriptions of Carnival and towns in Greece; in contrast with a war in the past that is being dragged into the present.
I love it when a book is big enough that I can spend time savoring it!


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Super Bowl 2019: What To Expect For Marketing
By Jenny Schecher
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The two participating teams for the Super Bowl 2019 have recently been confirmed: New England Patriots will take on the Los Angeles Rams in Atlanta, Georgia on February 3rd.
Besides the parties and great company to look forward to, consumers also are preparing for the highly anticipated Super Bowl commercials making their debut on this special day in football. The best part? We get to judge and take away key components of each commercial and even see some previews beforehand.
That's where Digital Diary comes in. Let's take a look at what we can look forward to.
One word: Beer!
If we know one thing for sure, it is that beer makes a pretty big impact on the SuperBowl. It has become a signature drink among fans and beer brands have taken full advantage of this. This year will be no different as brands gear up to present unique ads.
Last year, Natural Light made a big splash in the commercial space when it comes to advertising its product. In an attempt to draw the attention of Millennials with college debt, the beer company started a "College Debt Relief Program." And it's back for a second year.
"So, Natty Light is not only bringing back its College Debt Relief Program in 2019 but has also pledged to give away $10,000,000 over the next 10 years to help pay down student loans." PR Newswire reports.
Yup, college students, you heard it here first. Natty Lite wants to help pay down your loans. What better way to display this than the SuperBowl? All it takes is entering an inspiring story, social media, and #NattyStories & #Contest attached to both.
In an effort to remind fans about the good service Natty Lite did last year, it will display last year's winners in this year's SuperBowl commercial.
Not only is Natural Lite attempting to give back to their loyal customers, but they are also expressing a message of empathy and relatable content that will resonate with many young fans tuning in on February 3rd.
Audi Is Back In The Game
Audi, the luxury automaker will return to the SuperBowl displaying its ambitions and vision for the coming year. Move over Elon Musk, electric cars are in this companies future as well.
This will be Audi's 10th SuperBowl appearance, after skipping last years. You will be able to watch during the second quarter for 60-seconds.
Gillette Strikes Controversy
Last week, razor brand Gillette made headlines by releasing a very controversial advertisement ahead of the SuperBowl.
Once the commercial hit the air, critics were quick to draw their own opinions about the message of the ad.
"Gillette strategically released this ad just before the Super Bowl to benefit from the spotlight on advertisements, but without getting lost in the clutter of Super Bowl Sunday," ad expert Spencer Gerrol said. He is chief executive officer of SPARK Neuro, a research firm that uses neuroscience to study how brains react to advertisements and entertainment. USA Today reports.
Basically, the ad sends a strong message about changing the conversation among men, following a very similar context to the #MeToo movement that we saw last year.
The ad is set to take the stage at the SuperBowl, where you can view it if you haven't already.
The SuperBowl is definitely not going to disappoint with these commercials and many more. So sit back, relax and enjoy the show.
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Adhesion Gel was an unnamed and fifth type of Mobility Gel in Portal 2. While it existed in the game files, this gel was incomplete and went unused in the main game. It was eventually replaced by the Reflection Gel in the Peer Review update.
Based on the blue paint appearing in Tag: The Power of Paint, Adhesion Gel was to allow players to walk on walls or ceilings covered with the gel. However, while it added a new twist to the game, it did not add complexity to the puzzles and playtesters tended to get nauseous after using it as its effect was very disorientating, hence its removal from the game.
Even though it didn't appear in any official levels, Adhesion Gel still existed within the game files for a time. Its sign texture to be used in Test Chambers can still be found, and when implemented in-game, Adhesion Gel had the appearance of a purple gel that caused any object covered in Propulsion Gel to ignore its speed enhancing abilities, effectively canceling it out and making the object to come to an immediate stop. Any object coated in Adhesion Gel also did not slide around in a puddle of Propulsion Gel. This version of the gel, however, did not allow players to walk on walls and ceilings as originally designed. As the gel was not finished at the time of Portal 2's release, its blob texture was missing, thus giving it the purple/black checkerboard appearance unless it already painted a surface. This also meant any object coated in Adhesion Gel would not appear to be; it had the appearance of an unpainted object.
Its replacement in the Peer Review update, the similarly unused Reflection Gel, still exhibits all of the properties of Adhesion Gel.
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- ~I don't want a cycle of recycled revenge~. Oppressing someone as revenge for their oppression is not the best way of dealing, I don't think.
- But at least things are getting better for the Israelites?
- The Lord will be a lion, but a safe place and a strong place of safety for Israel. Which is comforting/not so 'he's not safe, but he's good'.
- I thought God was pro-strangers? I guess this is in response to oppression, but not all strangers are equal.
- Hope and blessing and rivers of wine for Jerusalem, the desert and destruction for their enemies.


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AMEA's mission is to provide for their member communities a reliable and economical source of electric power, enabling them to preserve and enhance the benefits of municipal utility ownership for their citizens and the electric customers they serve. AMEA strives to offer services that members need and can adapt to provide the best value for their communities and customers.
Over the past 35 years, AMEA has served its members' public power consumers by keeping their communities competitive for new and existing customers. AMEA has become a valued partner in Alabama's electric utility community and continues to be strong and vibrant, anchored by its belief in strategic planning.
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Academic Coordinator - Mizzou Made Academics
The University of Missouri
Commensurate with experience.
Operations, Operations - Academic Support
The University of Missouri is seeking to fill an Academic Coordinator position that will work with the sport of football and one additional Olympic sport. This position will be responsible for providing academic counseling and support for student-athletes to ensure that they make satisfactory and appropriate academic progress towards graduation and meet all University, Conference and NCAA eligibility requirements. Additional responsibilities for this position include counseling student-athletes in regard to the institution's academic requirements, student support structure, NCAA progress towards degree requirements and SEC eligibility requirements; working closely with all academic units to monitor and evaluate each student-athlete's academic standing and progress towards major/degree completion; referring student athletes to additional campus resources; assisting with the evaluation and certification of student athletes' NCAA continuing eligibility; communicating regularly with colleagues to ensure compliance with eligibility requirements; planning/conducting student-athlete orientation sessions, facilitating/recommending tutoring for students, monitoring class attendance, preparing periodic reports, participating in on-campus recruiting activities and other duties as assigned by the Director. Qualified applicants, please navigate to: https://hrs.missouri.edu/find-a-job/ to complete on-line application. Please reference Job Opening ID# 30669.
Qualified applicants will have at a minimum, a Bachelor's degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience and at least 3 years of experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired is necessary. PREFERRED: Masters degree and 2-4 years full time experience as an academic coordinator for student-athletes, with preferred full time experience working with the sport of football at a Divsion I institution;knowledge of NCAA and SEC rules and regulations, experience in developing and implementing successful programs for at risk students and/or student-athletes, excellent verbal and written communication skills and attention to detail is critical. The successful candidate should possess strong organizational and interpersonal skills, have the ability to work with students, faculty, coaches and administrators from diverse backgrounds and have the ability to work nights and weekends, as required.
Internal Number: Job ID# 30669
About The University of Missouri
The University of Missouri - Columbia, is located midway between Kansas City and St. Louis and has a current enrollment of approximately 32,000 students. The city of Columbia (pop. 120,000) is also home to Columbia College and Stephens College and is consistently nationally ranked as one of the most affordable communities in which to reside. The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, is home to 20 sports and employs approximately 225 full-time and 450 part-time individuals. The University of Missouri seeks a diverse work force and is an equal access, equal opportunity, affirmative action, pro disabled and veteran employer that is fully committed to achieving a diverse faculty and staff. The university will recruit and employ qualified personnel and will provide equal opportunities during employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified person with a disability.
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Motorists park in elevated expressways as flood hits Bangkok
Just like what happened during Ondoy
The rising floodwaters in Bangkok, Thailand, have prompted the city's residents and motorists to turn its numerous elevated expressways into parking lots.
According to BangkokPost.com, thousands of vehicles have been parked on the expressways after floodwater started to overflow into the Khlong Prapa canal. The illegal parking of the vehicles though has clogged the elevated expressways, resulting in daylong traffic.
"Please don't make the situation worse by breaching traffic laws," said one unnamed motorist. "In this time of crisis, we should leave the roads clear for flood relief operations and emergency response."
Bangkok's traffic authorities though are supposedly addressing the situation by asking motorists to move their vehicles from interchanges, expressways and flyovers and instead park on Kanchanaphisek Road or leave their vehicles with relatives in areas in Bangkok that aren't threatened by flood.
Maj. Gen. Panu Kerdlarppol, deputy chief of Bangkok police for traffic affairs, has reportedly ordered his staff to move parked vehicles from the elevated roads and clear the lanes in case Bangkok needs to be evacuated if the flood worsens. Monthian Kulthamrong, the acting governor of the Expressway Authority of Thailand, has said though that if motorists really had to park on elevated expressways, they should only use the emergency lane on the left of expressways as double-parked vehicles will be towed away to protect the flow of traffic.
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Veteran's Day – Honoring Those Who Have Served
As a veteran, my military service ended 10 years ago. Hard to believe it has been that long, but the memories will never fade. My ten years of service are full of memories, those of the years of living overseas, the cultural experiences, the travel and ultimately the sacrifice. It is hard to put into words any of those, but in today's military, just 10 years later, much has changed. Today is a day for the country to reflect on the past, the present and the future. A day when we show our support for those men and women who have defended our country and our way of life, along with those that still do today. Freedom is not easy, nor will it ever be, but there are simple choices that we, as a nation, can make to eliminate some of these fights. Choices to use more domestic products and in particular, domestic fuels. The U.S. ethanol industry has the capacity to produce nearly 14 billion gallons of domestic renewable fuel annually, or more than 10% of our fuel supply. The Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) calls for this to grow to 36 billion gallons by 2022 and we believe it will continue to grow beyond this floor. In 2009 production of ethanol reached 10.6 billion gallons in the U.S. By using our country's homemade fuels, we were able to reduce the demand for imported oil by 364 million barrels, saving $21.3 billion! As the U.S. ethanol industry continues to grow and produces billions more gallons, our dependence on foreign oil will continue to decrease. Domestic fuel production also brings jobs and stronger economic stability. Supporting 400,000 jobs across the nation, the U.S. ethanol industry not only helps our fuel needs, but provides hard working Americans with jobs in all sectors of the economy. By using ethanol blended fuels like E10, Americans have also been able to save money at the pumps, an average of about $200-400 per year. On the other hand, it costs about $100 billion per year for the U.S. Military to protect supertankers from transporting foreign oil through the dangerous maritime straights of the Middle East to the United States, putting our troop's lives on the line to fuel our addiction. USDA's Secretary Vilsack recently said, "Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural." The ethanol industry also supports rural America, by purchasing a large amount of corn supply from local farmers surrounding the ethanol plant facilities. On this day, and all others, give thanks to those that have served and are still serving today. I will close with this quote, taken from a POW/MIA bumper sticker: "For those that have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."


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A graph consists of a set of vertices connected together by a set of edges. A tree is a special type of graph. In this example, a vertex is a node of that tree, and an edge is a link between a parent and one of it's children.
Write a function that determines if a path exists between two vertices of a graph.
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From Street to Chic, Hong Kong's many-colored food scene 由大排檔到高檔: 香港的多元飲食文化
Known around the world as a foodie's paradise, Hong Kong has a bounty of restaurants to satisfy every craving. Whether you are hungry for a lobster roll, Tandoori chicken or Spanish tapas, the Fragrant Harbour is certain to spoil you for choice.
The numbers are staggering. Openrice, the city's leading food directory, has more than 25,000 listings—that's one eatery for every 300 people and one of the highest restaurants-per-capita in the world. The number of Michelin-starred restaurants reached a high of 64 in 2015, a remarkable feat for a city that's only a little over half the size of London. Amber and Otto e Mezzo occupied two of the five top spots in Asia according to The World's Best Restaurants, serving up exquisite French and Italian fares that tantalise even the pickiest of taste buds.
While world class international cuisine is there for the taking, it is the local food scene in Hong Kong that steals the hearts of residents and visitors alike. Whatever your budget and palate…
Who is Agnes Chow? 誰是周庭?
It was roughly six months ago when Nathan Law, chairman of Demosisto, lost his job. He and five other pro-democracy lawmakers had strayed from the prescribed oath during the swearing-in ceremony, and were ousted from the Legislative Council (LegCo) after Beijing issued a reinterpretation of the oath-taking provisions in the Basic Law. Many saw the unseating of six democratically-elected lawmakers, dubbed "Oathgate" in the local press, as a calculated political move to purge the legislature of the opposition.
The time to fill some of these vacated seats is finally upon us. Four by-elections will be held simultaneously on March 11, in Hong Kong Island, Kowloon West, New Territories East and for the Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape sector.
Barely old enough to run, 21-year-old Agnes Chow (周庭) of pro-democracy party Demosisto has thrown her hat into the ring hoping to win back Law's Hong Kong Island seat. Her decision to run has not come without a price: she has deferred …
Book Review: "Generation HK" 書評:《香港世代》
Unpacking the young generation in Hong Kong is a tall order, not least because a singular, archetypical "Hong Kong youth" does not exist. The cohort is as diverse and divergent as it comes, from socioeconomic background and upbringing to education and exposure to the wider world, to values, ideals and aspirations. It defies stereotypes and generalisations.
Ben Bland, a British correspondent for The Financial Times, is in a unique position to take on that ambitious project. Whereas Bland's extensive experience reporting in Asia—including stints in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar—has given him a broad field of view, his relatively short tenure in Hong Kong—just over two years—allows him to look at its people through a long-range lens.
It is that unadulterated objectivity and his unquenched curiosity that make Generation HK: Seeking Identity in China's Shadow a discerning and refreshing read. Released last summer under Penguin Book's inaugural "Hong Kong series" to mark the 20…
The Joshua I Know 我認識的之鋒
When I shook his hand for the first time, I thought he was the strangest seventeen-year-old I'd ever met.
It was 2014, and considering how much Hong Kong has changed in the last three year, it felt like a lifetime ago.
Joshua sat across from me at a table in the Foreign Correspondents' Club, with his iPhone in one hand and an iPad in the other. I ordered him a lemon iced tea with extra syrup.
He was eager to begin our conversation, not because he was excited about being interviewed for my article, but because he wanted to get it over with and get on with the rest of his jam-packed day.
During our 45-minute chat, he spoke in rapid-fire Cantonese, blinking every few seconds in the way robots are programmed to blink like humans. He was quick, precise and focused.
He was also curt.
When I asked him if he had a Twitter account, he snapped, "Nobody uses Twitter in Hong Kong. Next question."
I wasn't the least offended by his bluntness—I chalked it up to gumption and precocity. For a te…
The Beam in Our Eye 眼中的梁木
With 59 confirmed deaths and over 500 wounded, the Las Vegas mass shooting is the deadliest one in modern American history. Places like Columbine, Aurora, Newtown, Sandy Hook, Orlando—and now Sin City—are forever associated with carnage and death tolls.
Not a week goes by in America without a horrific gun attack in a shopping mall, a school or a movie theatre.People outside the U.S. can't fathom why the world's wealthiest country can be in such denial over a simple fact: more guns means more gun-related deaths.
But they don't get it, don't now? Instead, they tell us foreigners to stay out of the debate because we don't understand what the Second Amendment means to the Land of the Free.
So the anomaly continues: each time a shooting rampage shocks the nation, citizens respond with prayers and tributes for a while, but their lawmakers do nothing to change gun laws. And we—the foreigners—shake our heads in disbelief and wonder how many more innocent lives need to be lost before the co…
When Free Speech Isn't Free 當言論不再自由
The school year had barely begun when two incidents—both testing the limits of free speech on campus—unfolded at Chinese University and Education University and sent management scrambling for a response.
On Monday, at least three large banners bearing the words "Hong Kong independence" were spotted in various locations at Chinese University, including one that draped across the famous "Beacon" sculpture outside the school's main library. Within hours, the banners were removed by the school authorities.
A few days later, a sign "congratulating" Education Undersecretary Choi Yuk-lin (蔡若蓮) on her son's recent suicide appeared on Education University's Democracy Wall, a public bulletin board for students to express opinions and exchange views. Likewise, the sign was taken down shortly thereafter.
That could have been the end of the controversies had university management not succumbed to the temptation to say a few choice words of their own. In the end, it was the reaction from the schoo…
Seeing Joshua 探之鋒
"We are here to visit a friend," I said to the guard at the entrance.
Tiffany, Joshua Wong Chi-fung's long-time girlfriend, trailed behind me. It was our first time visiting Joshua at Pik Uk Correctional Institution and neither of us quite knew what to expect.
"Has your friend been convicted?" asked the guard. We nodded in unison. There are different visiting hours and rules for suspects and convicts. Each month, convicts may receive up to two half-hour visits from friends and family, plus two additional visits from immediate family upon request.
The guard pointed to the left and told us to register at the reception office. "I saw your taxi pass by earlier," he said while eyeing a pair of camera-wielding paparazzi on the prowl. "Next time you can tell the driver to pull up here to spare you the walk."
At the reception counter, Officer Wong took our identity cards and checked them against the "List." Each inmate is allowed to grant visitation rights to no more than 10 friends and fam…
Major Yuen to Ground Control 自「袁」其說
Seven years after Donald Tsang's administration rammed a funding bill through the legislature to bankroll the cross-border rail link, the SAR government this week unveiled a long-awaited proposal to resolve the border control conundrum. At issue is whether carving out certain areas at the West Kowloon terminal station where mainland officers are given broad criminal and civil jurisdiction will run afoul of the Basic Law, Hong Kong's mini-constitution.
It is an 84-billion-dollar question that can make or break the controversial infrastructure project. If the government's proposal falls through, then every time-saving and convenience advantage to justify the rail link's dizzying price tag is put at risk. But if the plan prevails, it may create a foreign concession of sorts in Hong Kong and open a Pandora's box of extraterritorial law enforcement.
The central question is a straightforward one: is the joint checkpoint proposal constitutional?
The answer can be found in Chapter II of the…
Jason Y. Ng
Born in Hong Kong, Jason is a globe-trotter who spent his entire adult life in Europe and various cities in the United States and Canada before settling back in his birthplace to rediscover his roots. Jason is a news columnist, a bestselling author, a practicing lawyer and an adjunct law professor. He is the President of PEN Hong Kong and a member of the Progressive Lawyers Group. Jason lives in Hong Kong and can be contacted at info@jasonyng.com. For more, visit www.jasonyng.com.
As I See It is a biweekly column that began in 2008 as a social commentary on Hong Kong's many contradictions and oddities. It also tackles the city's pressing social, political and existential issues. Jason's articles are reproduced in the online edition of the South China Morning Post and are frequently cited by overseas news media.
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(889) Martians and Venusians - Part 2
(890) Only Fools Rush Up
(891) One City Two Worlds
(892) Three Blind Mice
(894) Ninety-nine Years of Worry
(895) Dangerous Liaisons
(896) Why Shop When You Can Taobao
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(897) Funny Valentine
(898) Incident at Heathrow
(899) Hong Kong Holdem
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(901) Unfaithfully Yours
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(909) Those Who Live in Glass Houses
(910) Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei
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(912) The King and I
(913) Apocalypse Now - Part 2
(915) The Insomniacs Club
(916) New Year Old Customs
(917) Hotel Review: Suiboku Ski Lofts
(918) Dining Out - Part 2
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(921) I Died Three Saturdays Ago
(922) An Okay Performance
(923) And Then There Were Thirteen
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(926) Pink Elephants On Our Streets
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(944) The Butcher's Atonement
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(953) She Puts A Spell On Me
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(956) The Secrets of Self-Preservation
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(961) Le Sacre du Printemps
(962) The Premier's New Clothes
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(965) Nikko Revisited
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(968) Tutelage of the Tutored
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(971) Kowloon Complex - Part 2
(973) A Little Bay No More
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(975) My Pet Peeves
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(977) The Case for a New Holiday
(978) Book Review: Ghosts of Memory by Vincent Mak
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(981) The Vindication of Eric Shinseki
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(988) On China: from Securities Regulation to National Identity
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(991) Krall Enthralls
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(993) A Flightless Vacation
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One linguist has set out to unravel this sibling rivalry. Why the widespread British phobia of American words? How'd Americans even get from centre to center? And what keeps driving us further apart?
Professor Lynne Murphy, a New York native who now resides in England, details her observations on the English language in her new book, "The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English." She's used her longtime alter ego, Lynneguist, to blog about our intriguing separation by a common language.
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Oscar Justice: Angela Bassett
Welcome to Oscar Justice, a new weekly feature at Ice Creams for Freaks. It's a simple concept: I give an Oscar to someone who rightfully deserved it, then I follow the repercussions down the line until I am satisfied.
This week on Oscar Justice: Angela Bassett in What's Love Got to Do with It?
OSCAR HISTORY
1993 Best Actress, What's Love Got to Do with It? – Lost to Holly Hunter, The Piano
It's wild to think Angela Bassett was ever unknown, but the early 90s were a strange time. Following a string of television roles in the 80s, Bassett memorably appeared briefly in Boyz in the Hood and played the title character's wife in Malcolm X. The star-vehicle of her lifetime came in 1993 with the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got to Do with It?Portraying the legendary singer and her tumultuous relationship with partner and husband Ike Turner, Bassett exploded off the screen and into our hearts. Evolving past basic mimicry, Bassett won loads of critics prizes and propelled the film to earn 4x its modest budget. Bassett won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical and earned her first (and painfully only) Oscar nomination.
On Oscar night, Bassett was ready to be crowned, but was overtaken by the momentum of Jane Campion's The Piano. Already the winner of two Oscars that night, the film picked up a third for lead actress Holly Hunter.
Despite being a legend, earning seven Emmy nominations and being a stone-cold fox, Bassett has yet to be nominated for another Oscar.
Angela Bassett defeats Holly Hunter at the 1993 Oscars for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
WHY THIS JUSTICE?
Let me preface all of this by stating: I love The Piano and I love Holly Hunter's performance. This is not about how Holly Hunter didn't deserve an Oscar. This is about the injustice of Angela Bassett having a sole Oscar nomination for this performance and coming up empty-handed.
There are no other opportunities for Bassett to win an Oscar (as of yet) and I am not about to live in a world where that can stand.
THE REPERCUSSIONS
Holly Hunter has had other opportunities to win an Oscar. I desperately wanted to give her an Oscar for her perfect performance in Broadcast News in 1987, but if she wins there, then I have to take away the Cherin Moonstruck Oscar. If I did that, I would have to give Cher an Oscar for Silkwood, which means I would take an Oscar from Peggy Ashcroft, which I was not willing to do. Adversely, I could have left Cher or Hunter Oscar-less, which I won't be doing.
Hunter was nominated twice more, including being nominated in Best Supporting Actress in 1993 for The Firm. Her on-screen daughter, Anna Paquin, triumphed in that category and I want to let that stand. She received her most recent nomination in 2003 as the embattled mother of a rebellious teenager in Thirteen.
Hunter gets the nod in 2003 because few Oscar-winning performances have baffled me more than Renee Zellweger in Cold Mountain. Broad, brassy and with the subtlety of a herd of buffalo, Zellweger rampaged through award season without a blemish against her. Without an Oscar to her credit in 2003, Hunter gets the statue. Zellweger won last year for Judy, so she still has her award (for now…).
Angela Bassett wins Best Actress in 1993 over Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter wins Best Supporting Actress in 2003 over Renee Zellweger
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Angela Bassett deserved a win for this performance!
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In a rear end car accident, Florida statute provide for the presumption is that the driver of the car behind is at fault.
Why, then, do you need an attorney to handle your case? Doesn't the other driver's insurance automatically have to settle your case?
There are circumstances in which the motorist in front can be blamed for a rear-end accident (a sudden unexpected stop, cutting off the other driver in traffic, etc.). It may be necessary to reconstruct the events to prove the other driver was tailgating, speeding, distracted by a cell phone or otherwise at fault.
If there is little damage to your vehicle, the insurance companies will be skeptical of your injury claims.
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This Is What It Looked Like The Last Time New York City Had A Curfew
Race and police brutality were at the root of the 1943 curfew, which was issued after a white police officer shot a black soldier and protests broke out.
By Kate Bubacz
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Posted on June 2, 2020, at 5:47 p.m. ET
The last time New York City had a curfew, it was imposed by then-mayor Fiorello La Guardia during World War II. It was in response to what was known as the Harlem riots, which started on Aug. 1, 1943, when a young Army private was shot by a white police officer in the Hotel Braddock uptown.
Private Robert Bandy in the Bellevue Hospital prison ward, where he was taken after being shot in the shoulder by a New York City patrol officer, Aug. 2, 1943.
Private Robert Bandy, a young black man on leave from his New Jersey posting, interfered in the arrest of a woman at the hotel and got into a fight with the white police officer. The officer alleged that Bandy tried to grab his nightstick, causing him to discharge his gun. Bandy was wounded in the shoulder and taken to the hospital, but rumors that he had been killed sparked protests.
Tensions around race were already running high, with Jim Crow laws still commonplace in the South. At the same time, black service members were being treated as second-class citizens in segregated military units, despite their contributions to the ongoing war effort. The allegation that a white officer had shot a black soldier resulted in two days of riots, during which hundreds were injured, scores arrested, and dozens of stores — primarily white-owned ones — destroyed.
According to the New York Daily News, La Guardia said the rioting had been "instigated and artificially stimulated" by "radicals." The same publication cited Adam Clayton Powell Sr., the Harlem pastor and activist, blaming "a callous white power structure." La Guardia instituted a 10:30 p.m. curfew, which until this week's protests was the last time the entire city of New York was under curfew.
Within a few days, order was restored in Harlem, Bandy made a full recovery, and the white officer was placed on probation for a year.
Mounted police officers patrol a street in Harlem, New York, Aug. 2, 1943.
Nightsticks are handed out to steel-helmeted volunteers in the police station on 123rd Street in Harlem, Aug. 2, 1943.
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Police carry an injured unidentified man into Sydenham Hospital in Harlem during the riots, Aug. 2, 1943.
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Officers assist people who were injured in street battles into Sydenham Hospital in New York, Aug. 2, 1943. Six people were killed in the riots.
New York City Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia (center) discusses the protests at the 123rd Street police station, Aug. 2, 1943.
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Crowds in front of shattered store windows in Harlem, 1943.
A liquor store window smashed during unrest in Harlem, Aug. 2, 1943.
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A man covered in blood is taken to the 123rd Street precinct station, Aug. 2, 1943.
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A truckload of armed troops was rushed to the Harlem to get all soldiers on leave out of the neighborhood, Aug. 2, 1943. Six truckloads of soldiers patrolled the area.
A young man is escorted out of a police car after being held in connection with looting and rioting in Harlem, Aug. 2, 1943.
Smoke billows from an unoccupied automobile set on fire in Harlem, Aug. 2, 1943.
A dress shop has several signs labeled "colored store" affixed to its storefront in Harlem, Aug. 2, 1943.
Broken glass and damaged mannequins are strewn about this wrecked store on West 125th Street in Harlem, Aug. 2, 1943.
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Women are arrested on suspicion of looting in Harlem, Aug. 2, 1943.
A police officer inspects a rack of lamb among the looted items that police seized from participants in the Harlem riots at the 123rd Street station, Aug. 2, 1943.
The aftermath of looting inside this store in Harlem, Aug. 2, 1943.
Bystanders look over a pile of merchandise scattered over the sidewalk in front of a pawnshop at 145th Street and Eighth Avenue, Aug. 2, 1943.
Damaged mannequins are strewn outside this wrecked storefront on West 125th Street, Aug. 2, 1943.
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Pursue drug harm reduction, not a punitive response
Deborah Rice | March 21, 2018
More than 35 of Australia's social service organisations and policy leaders will put drug harm reduction squarely on the agenda at a high-level Roundtable meeting convened by Australia21 in Melbourne today.
Following from the launch of Australia21's third drug law reform report last year, Can Australia respond to drugs more effectively and safely?, the participants will address the evidence that Australia's prohibition and law enforcement approach is not reducing illegal drug use, but is instead causing many adverse outcomes across our communities.
Australia21's Emeritus Professor Bob Douglas, who will facilitate the Roundtable, notes that "Arrest and prosecution often involves the loss of employment, housing and family and community support. This can spiral into further crime, but also increase family homelessness, domestic violence, child protection interventions, mental health issues and suicide rates"
"Meanwhile, prohibition and the threat of criminal penalties drives drug users away from the help they need and puts the production, distribution and control of illicit drugs into the hands of criminals."
Social service providers have been witnessing a rise in the human and financial costs of the current policies for individuals, families and the nation as a whole, according to Laurence Alvis, who leads alcohol and other drug services in Melbourne for Uniting Vic,Tas.
"There is no question that Australia's drug policy settings create and worsen social problems beyond the drugs field. Uniting regularly deals with people experiencing multiple social issues in our alcohol and other drug programs. Our experience is that drug policy can also have a negative impact on their experiences of issues such as mental health, family violence and homelessness."
Mr Alvis is concerned that the current policy of allocating 60% of Australian government drug budgets to policing and prisons has failed to produce improvements, especially as highly effective treatment and harm reduction strategies have been chronically underfunded.
"By prioritising treatment, we could reduce the negative impact of focusing on criminalisation rather than harm reduction. We see the failure of the current approach in the length of waiting lists for services like ours. It means that service funders focus on short episodes of treatment, when we know that treatment over a longer term is more likely to produce lasting outcomes."
International evidence from countries including Portugal, where drug use has been redefined as a health and social issue rather than one of criminal justice, shows a change in approach can produce better social outcomes more quickly and at lower cost, potentially removing the need for downstream interventions and related spending.
The extent to which adverse social conditions and disadvantage actually increase problematic drug use also needs far more research in Australia.
The Roundtable will consider how multi-sectoral collaboration might encourage changes to federal and state policy settings that would support, instead of impede, the stated aim of Australia's National Drug Strategy: 'To build safe, healthy and resilient Australian communities through preventing and minimising alcohol, tobacco and other drug-related health, social, cultural and economic harms among individuals, families and communities.'
"It is clear the prevalence and seriousness of a wide scope of social problems in diverse sectors would be reduced through better responses to the use and abuse of illegal, pharmaceutical and other drugs, including alcohol and tobacco," says former Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Palmer, an Emeritus Director of Australia21.
"The War on Drugs approach was well intended but failed disastrously in Australia and other countries. While unregulated manufacture and trafficking should remain serious criminal offences, Australia should adopt a more rational, more cost-effective, evidence-based and human rights approach, including decriminalisation of personal possession of drugs and better treatment options. We can't punish people into getting better."
The national Roundtable is being held in Victoria's Parliament House, where the state's report on the Parliamentary Drug Law Reform Inquiry is due to be delivered this month.
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Having lived and worked with people at all levels of society I have noticed that some folk are attracted to drugs and some are not. Of those who are attracted, some can cope with the after-effects while others rely more and more on the 'ups'. Of these some begin to use stronger drugs, graduating to the hard stuff. I have not noticed anyone worrying about what the drug of choice is doing to their bodies or to those around them. From this it appears that unless a faulty gene can be found and rectified there is not much we can do except clean up after the event.
I've never really understood drug taking, going for a run or having sex makes you feel much better than any drug, costs nothing and is good for you too! The removal of stigma around it may help treatment but I fear that normalising the smoking of weed and pumping lots of ill disciplined kids full of speed because it's fashionable to have 'ADHD' isn't going to end well. Happiness is a byproduct of activity and helping others, it can't be found in a pill or pursued as an end in itself. Drugs may begin as an escape from problems, but they just cause one more, often the biggest of all.
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Houston – Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm served as legal counsel to MVP Holdings, LLC in the formation of Great Salt Plains Midstream, LLC (GSPM). GSPM will pursue the expansion of existing STACK crude transportation assets and the development and construction of a natural gas gathering and processing system. The scope of GSPM's project includes a sizable acreage dedication from Chisholm's affiliate, and planned capital expenditures in excess of $250 million.
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Holidays are a carb fest!!
Well I almost did it!! Before heading off on holiday to Surfers Paradise in Australia for 10 days I set myself an upper limit on what weight I would like to be when I arrived home, that goal was to stay sub 90kg. I left at 88.80kg and returned to find I was 90.80!!!!
Woah, considering I could count on 1 hand how many times I indulged in carbs I was a little surprised, a dark chocolate coffin dessert at Dracula's, 1 doughnut from krispy creme and nailed a few desserts at the Marriott Hotel one night.
So over the course of 10 days and considering we were on holiday and out and about most of the time, not bad.
Ok 2kg is no big deal and a I had a feeling it should drop off fairly easily, because I didn't think it was the carbs that contributed much to the weight gain but more water retention from drinking way less water than I would usuallly and increased alcohol consumption (as you do when kicking back, dry whites and pure blonde beer, both low carb).
I was correct, we have been back in New Zealand for 6 days and back into my usual routines and eating habits and I am already sub 90kg, this morning 89.50kg, 1.3kg in 6 days without doing anything special.
Hi there my name is Rob, Im 37, married with 2 kids and live in New Zealand. Thanks for visiting my Low Carb site. Feel free to say hello and share your thoughts, recipes and ideas.


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LA City Councilmembers Announce Pilot Program to Open Dialogue on Race
by CD13 Staff on October 20, 2016
LOS ANGELES - A new pilot program called 'embRACE LA' will ask Angelenos to weigh in on issues of race, ethnicity, and diversity, through an online survey and other programs identified in an assessment by the City's Human Relations Commission (HRC), Councilmembers Herb Wesson, Jr., Mitch O'Farrell, and Curren Price, Jr. announced Thursday during a press conference at City Hall.
Wesson and O'Farrell recently introduced a motion instructing the HRC to partner with the City Council and the Los Angeles Police Department to develop a plan engaging Angelenos in a multi-faceted conversation on an issue that is the subject of protests across the City.
"Today's action gives Angelenos a platform to express themselves in a safe and encouraging environment leading to an open and ongoing dialogue about race relations in our city," said Los Angeles City Council President Herb J. Wesson. "Time and time again Los Angeles has been a national leader on pressing issues of our time and today we are proud to lead by example."
The embRACE LA initiative aims to open an honest and transparent dialogue among Angelenos and their government. The first phase is a community assessment on racial equity attitudes in the community. Starting today, every Angeleno can participate online in the citywide survey. The survey link can be found here, as well as on Facebook: HRCembRACELA or LACityHRC.
"As city leaders, it is our responsibility to engage in these conversations, to lean into the issue, not run away from it," said Councilmember O'Farrell. "Dialogue among the city's residents and its institutions is the fundamental mechanism that we will use to become a better and more inclusive city."
As part of this pilot program, the HRC and its partners will go door-to-door to canvas neighborhoods in the 9th Council District, using a longer interview survey.
"I'm delighted that the pilot program is launching in my District, and look forward to gaining more insight and a better understanding of my constituents' views of race issues," said Councilman Curren D. Price, Jr. "Having this conversation in a very candid and sincere setting is the first step in building a stronger, more unified Los Angeles. As a grandfather of small children, I worry about the future of our young boys and girls. It is my hope that one day the topic of race relations will not be necessary and we can simply see each other as human beings."
The survey will end on December 2016, and the HRC will report on its findings to Councilmember O'Farrell's Arts, Parks and LA River Committee. During this assessment, the HRC will also advise on next steps, which will include art programs, mural installations, poetry slams and community forums and roundtables on race equity.
"embRACE LA is a novel and comprehensive approach to creating sustainable and meaningful dialogue between City residents and City government," said HRC Commissioner Courtney Morgan-Greene. "Together we can solve the problem of race for our children and make Los Angeles a model of equity and diversity for the State of California and the nation."
"The Los Angeles Police Department looks forward to participating in this multi-dimensional chapter as we continue to further Chief Beck's ongoing commitment to constitutional policing, building public trust, and furthering our community relationships in both conventional and non-traditional ways," said Chief Beatrice Girmala.
Participation in the embRACE LA survey is anonymous and voluntary. Those interested in volunteering out in the community are asked to contact the City's Human Relations Commission at 213.808.8431 or hrcinfo@lacity.org This information is also published on Facebook and Twitter.
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The market for smart appliances is yet to gain the same degree of acceptance that has already been experienced by a wide array of smart home devices such as smart thermostats, connected lighting, and smart locks. This was one of the conclusions reached by a new report that looked into the changes being felt by the market for smart appliances which is viewed as a smaller segment of the larger smart home Internet of Things (IoT) trend smart home Internet of Things (IoT) trend.
The report prepared by Navigation Research also investigates the drivers for growth cycle of the market and issues recommendations to the most important stakeholders.
There has been a change in the attitude of consumers who have till now shied away from the smart appliances market because of higher costs of such appliances and deficiency in the value that such devices carry for the consumers. The new report claims that this market is now zset for significant growth.
Both consumers and sellers would benefit from the future buoyant market for smart appliances as it becomes more robust through appropriate focus and strategies by the stakeholders of the industry, says the report. Industry stakeholders need to formulate strategies that can take advantage of the rising wave of the IoT smart home market.
The report further analyzes the shift in the smart appliances market which is viewed as a part of the smart home IoT trend and explores the impact of the impact shift for the numerous stakeholders of the industry. The report titled 'Smart Appliances Expand Smart Home IoT Opportunity for Energy Customers' also looks into how the market for smart appliances is undergoing a change. The stakeholders of the industry include insurers, regulators, manufacturers, retailers, home builders and utility companies.
The report further details the various drivers and barriers for the smart appliances market and the market growth cycle market growth cycle that is being experienced in different markets and regions of the world. The report concludes with a set of recommendations for the most important stakeholders which, the report claims, could provide the right impetus to the market for smart appliances all across the globe.
Market research and benchmarking services that are related to industries that are often highly regulated and are undergoing fast and significant changes is provided by Navigant Research which is the dedicated research arm of Navigant.


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Q: Draw shadow on iOS - CALayer vs UIImage What is the best way (in performance and code maintenance) to draw a shadow?

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Android users, it looks like your wait for Super Mario Run could be almost over - Nintendo just uploaded a page on Google Play that lets you pre-register to get an alert when the game goes live.
Maybe not as exciting as the actual game itself, but a sure sign that Nintendo hasn't forgotten about you, having promised all along that Super Mario Run would come to Google-powered devices.
We're not sure exactly how long you're going to have to wait between pre-registering and actually getting your hands on the game, but on iOS there was about three months between registration and launch, so expect something similar.
As on iOS, the first few levels can be played for free, and you'll need an in-app purchase to unlock all six worlds. And, as on iOS, a constant internet connection will be required to run the game on Android.
The graphics and gameplay look pretty much identical on the Android version of Super Mario Run, and the World Tour, Toad Rally and Kingdom Builder elements of the game are all present and correct.
The game has certainly attracted a lot of attention on the iPhone, with over 50 million downloads, according to Nintendo. However, how many of those users actually paid for the full version or are still playing the game isn't as clear-cut.


Reimagined by new creative director Heidi Slimane, this quilted Celine charm bag is the definition of lavish. This compact crossbody bag is crafted from plush quilted black calfskin and smooth calfskin leather with gold-toned hardware throughout. The front panel has a zippered pocket with a gold link tassel with a €œC€ charm attached. Under the shoulder clasp on the side, the Celine name has been heat stamped. The gold-toned top zipper opens to one main compartment with two slot pockets below the name patch. The adjustable leather shoulder strap allows for the bag to worn on the shoulder or crossbody. Measuring 7 inches W x 5 inches H x 2 inches D, this Celine handbag ships with a branded dust bag and designer documents of authenticity. Made in Italy.
Reimagined by new creative director Heidi Slimane, this quilted Celine charm bag is the definition of lavish.
This compact crossbody bag is crafted from plush quilted black calfskin and smooth calfskin leather with gold-toned hardware throughout.
The front panel has a zippered pocket with a gold link tassel with a €œC€ charm attached.


Publix gives already huge quantities of food. The customers feel harassed. This is stressful to cashiers who are living paycheck to paycheck and can't even have a bruised apple, Publix would rather dump in in a locked garbage bin. These are your customers and employees. If people want to give, they have that opportunity but less pressure PLEASE.
One of things I love about working at Pizza Hut is the out-of-box mentality. We encourage our employees to bring their own creative and unique personalities to the table. To express themselves in their work. I feel this should also apply to the way they choose to present themselves. It is time for Pizza Hut to update their outdated dress code standards to reflect the colorful and unique generation we cater to, and join other food chain giants like Starbucks who have allowed their employees to freely express themselves at work.
Lyft: Stop allowing illegal pickup/dropoff requests via the Lyft App!
Lyft, Inc. is placing its drivers in difficult and dangerous situations by allowing our passengers to request pickups or dropoffs at illegal locations. 1. Allowing passengers to make illegal requests subjects us to being stopped and fined by the police. These city fines are steep and cost us 1 or 2 days worth of work. 2. Expecting Lyft drivers to inform passengers that we cannot pick them up or drop them off at their location of choice is a recipe for driver-passenger conflict, lower ratings, less tips and distracted driving. 3. As long as Lyft allows illegal pickup/dropoff requests via the Lyft App, drivers will continue accepting the requests and passengers will expect to be picked up where they requested. This is causing even more congestion and accidents on our busy streets -- be a better corporate citizen!
Gap Inc: Provide Quality Paid Parental Leave for Your Employees!
I try to shop responsibly when I can. As a very pregnant mother-to-be, I felt good about shopping at The Gap for my maternity clothes because of their recent ad campaign around closing the wage gap facing women in the workplace. That's why I was shocked to find out that The Gap offers only the bare minimum of paid leave to new moms, and nothing to dads or adoptive parents. If The Gap wants to support working women and the issue of equal pay, then this is a critical gap in its workplace that needs to be addressed. Women make 77 cents on the dollar (even less if they are women of color) compared to every dollar an equally qualified man makes. One of the main causes of wage inequality at the workplace is corporations' shameful track record when it comes to parental leave. Providing quality paid family leave that is available to moms AND dads is one of the first, most critical steps a company can do to help to close the wage gap. When both women and men have equal access to quality paid family leave, women have more equal footing in the workplace. It's just that simple. Recently, a number of other major retail companies have announced far-reaching paid family leave policies for both moms and dads -- companies like Levis, Nike, even Ikea. Launching an advertising campaign designed to appeal to working women when in reality The Gap leaves too many working women hanging in the balance is nothing more than window-dressing. Women deserve more than a hashtag. It's time for The Gap to put their policies where their ad campaign is: help #CloseThePayGap by providing quality paid family leave to ALL Gap employees.
Variety in a workplace is always great! Wouldn't you want to have some red, purple, green, or maybe pink in your hair? From my personal Barista experience I have had countless others be let down by the new code not being taken into action since it was passed last summer within the USA. Countless other Barista roles in other companies (Costa, Nero etc.) have allowed unnatural hair for years, so why shouldn't Starbucks? To keep with the changing times this should be a no-brainer for the company to appeal to it's customers and keep its loyal employees happy and be able to show their uniqueness.


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I caught up with BOX TIME about their recent single ANOTHER EXCUSE
Posted byTrueStyle Ted June 3, 2020 June 3, 2020 Posted inInterviews
Tell us a little about the band. How did you all meet?
John: Two of us are quite obviously brothers. Pad and I grew up in a very musical household. We've all been friends for decades, it makes everything so much easier when it comes to making decisions and working together.
Paddy: We were a combination of different band members from other projects that we had all done from experimental performance-punk to melodic pop. The musical equivalent of taking clothes from washing lines as you jump through other people's gardens.
Where did the name Box Time come from?
John: I briefly moved back in with my parents after a big life-change a few years ago. I was basically living and sleeping in their front room which is more or less a box room. Box Time became my code for when I was recording. Fast forward a couple of years and the songs I was writing then were coming to life in the studio with the band. We needed a name and there it was, etched into the forefront of my mind. Lots of people have asked what the meaning is behind the name and my usual response is to ask: 'what does it mean to you?' I've heard some interesting interpretations.
If you had to sum up your sound in three words, what would you use?
Ryan: Visceral Melodic Rock
What do you think of your soon to be released single – Another Excuse? What does it mean to you?
John: Another Excuse is a fast-paced, guilt-edged rock song that is designed to portray the current mood and the frustrations of the average Joe. The fact that it's being released during a pandemic only adds emphasis to the lyrics and tone of the song. It's by far the best single we've put out (so far) and we can't wait for you to hear it!
Barny: It started out as some acoustic type thing but now it's our heaviest number.
Can we expect more stuff on the way?
Barny: Before civilisation inconveniently collapsed we got a couple of tracks recorded in the studio. Along with Another Excuse we recorded our next single, In My Brain. It's real summer pop stuff, catchy chorus and everything.
It'll also be our first music video, which we actually filmed nearly two years ago when we only had a demo version of the track. I think you'll love the video – it involves face-eating, murder-by-cello and a distinctly relevant apocalyptic theme. Clue's in the song title.
Did you have any help with making and producing this music?
John: We met producer Nico Secretin after one of our well attended shows at The Finsbury. He told us that he'd loved our set and that there was "something nostalgic" about the songs and gave us his card. He came to a few of our subsequent gigs and we got on well. At the start of 2020 we set dates to record with Nico at Puzzle Factory Sound Studios. In late February we did an 11 hour recording session which went exceptionally well. Unfortunately the Covid 19 pandemic lock-down followed and Nico got himself stuck in Belgium. Luckily for us, Nico had taken the stems and managed to build himself a home studio over in Belgium in which he completed several mixes of the two tracks. He was amazing throughout, he took our notes on board after each mix and produced the perfect representation of Box Time's sound. A proper producer and a great guy.
What's your song writing process? Where do you look for inspiration?
John: Songs can come from anywhere for me but usually they're either like a diary entry or a stream of consciousness. We have a song that I wrote about being plagued by THAT Ed Sheeran song* everywhere I went. I'd walk down the street and it was coming from cars, I'd open the window in my flat and it was blaring out from the pub that I lived above. It was nearly the end of me, it was either write a song or see what Ant Powder tasted like. I decided to use the premise of Ed Sheeran being refused entry to a fairground ride on account of him being too tall.
*Shape of You
Who is currently on your release radar?
John: According to Spotify we have The Coral, Cass McCombs, Soccer Mommy, Neil Young, Ariel Pink, Fontaines D.C, Ice-T, LL Cool J, Jay Som, Ketama, Weezer, The Charlatans and Nico. That's quite an eclectic mix! Also, our friends Average Sex are about to drop an LP on 20th June which we're excited about!
For a bit of backstory we have a teletext style, 8-bit website that will be updated a little closer to release day which is: boxti.me
Otherwise we're already on all major streaming and social media platforms. For a more extensive view into our story as a band you should visit:
Facebook: Facebook.com/BoxTimeBand
Instagram: @boxtime_band
Anything you would like to tell us?
John: Another Excuse will be coming to all major streaming platforms on Friday 12th June. Spotify, Deezer, iTunes, Amazon Music, Tesla Music, Google Play, Tidal, Napster, YouTube Music, Claro Música – the list goes on. If you're a Spotify listener then go on and follow us, Another Excuse will be on your Release Radar a week early. Likewise you can pre-order on iTunes from the 9th June.
Paddy: Be excellent to each other.
I'd like to thank John and Paddy for taking the time to answer my questions and wish them all the best with the upcoming release
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iPhone Users Can Sue Apple Over App Store Prices, Justices Rule
May 13, 2019 by Dan McCue
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday held that iPhone users can proceed with a class-action against Apple over what the plaintiff's claim is the company's monopoly over app sales.
While the decision is potentially a landmark ruling for consumers seeking to bring anti-trust cases against corporations, it is also noteworthy because it saw new Justice Brett Kavanaugh joining the court's four liberal members in rejecting Apple's plea for a dismissal.
Explaining the ruling from the bench, Kavanaugh said, "Leaving consumers at the mercy of monopolistic retailers simply because upstream suppliers could also sue the retailers would directly contradict the longstanding goal of effective private enforcement in antitrust cases."
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote a dissenting opinion, in which he was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
Presently, iPhone users must purchase software for their smartphones exclusively through Apple's App Store, something the class claims causes them to pay inflated app prices.
The Cupertino, California-based tech giant, backed by the Trump administration, disputed the legality of the suit, arguing it was only acting as an agent for app developers, who set their own prices and pay Apple's commission.
Apple had argued that a Supreme Court ruling allowing the case to proceed could pose a threat to e-commerce, a rapidly expanding segment of the U.S. economy worth hundreds of billions of dollars in annual sales.
The justices did not address the merits of the plaintiffs' case against Apple, but the ruling allows the case to advance through district court.
The plaintiffs, including lead plaintiff Robert Pepper of Chicago, filed the suit in a California federal court in 2011, claiming Apple's monopoly leads to inflated prices compared to if apps were available from other sources.
They were supported by 30 state attorneys general, including from Texas, California and New York.
After a federal judge in Oakland, California tossed the suit, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals revived it in 2017, finding that Apple was a distributor that sold iPhone apps directly to consumers.
A representative of Apple could not immediately be reached for comment.
The case is Apple, Inc. v. Pepper, No. 17-204.
by Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Dead at 99
WASHINGTON — Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the independent-minded jurist whose bright bow ties and courteous manner symbolized an old-fashioned style of integrity, died Tuesday. He was 99. Although he joined the court as a centrist Republican, he emerged in his later years as... Read More
On an Often Unpredictable Supreme Court, Justice Gorsuch Is the Latest Wild Card
by On an Often Unpredictable Supreme Court, Justice Gorsuch Is the Latest Wild Card
WASHINGTON — Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's first appointee to the Supreme Court, is proving to be a different kind of conservative. He is a libertarian who is quick to oppose unchecked government power, even in the hands of prosecutors or the police. And... Read More
Texas AG to High Court: Block Abortion Providers From Suing to Overturn Laws
by Texas AG to High Court: Block Abortion Providers From Suing to Overturn Laws
AUSTIN, Texas — Hoping to make it harder to overturn abortion restrictions, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block abortion clinics and doctors from challenging state laws on behalf of their patients. Such legal challenges have successfully overturned a number... Read More
Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Whether White House Can End DACA
WASHINGTON - A day after ending their current term with a pair of controversial opinions, the U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will decide next year whether the Trump administration can shut down Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a program that shields 800,000 young, undocumented immigrants... Read More
Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Restore Alabama Abortion Law
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court will not revive Alabama's ban on second-trimester abortions, the justices announcing Friday they are content to have lower court orders blocking the law to remain in place. Though Alabama's Attorney General Steve Marshall regularly calls the procedure a "dismemberment abortion,"... Read More
Holder Vows to Shift Partisan Gerrymandering Fight to the States
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Thursday that federal judges have no role in settling disputes over partisan gerrymandering appears likely only to intensify efforts in the states to end the practice that allows both political parties to put a stranglehold on electoral majorities. "My... Read More


Dr. Woosley is beginning her 23rd year in education and her 9th year as the principal of Theodore Jones Elementary. She taught for 10 years in Vilonia and served as an Assistant Principal at Ida Burns in Conway for 4 years. Dr. Woosley holds a BSE in Early Childhood Education, a MS in Library Media and Educational Technology and an additional certification in Elementary School Leadership from the University of Central Arkansas. She received her Education Specialist degree in Administration from Arkansas Tech University. In 2014, Dr. Woosley attained Arkansas Master School Principal Designation. She received her Educational Doctorate from Lamar University in 2015.
Mrs. Carter is beginning her 22nd year in education and her third year as assistant principal. She was a classroom teacher for 14 years teaching 4th and 6th grade. She served as a Literacy Facilitator for 6 years while working in North Little Rock School District. Mrs. Carter holds a BSE from University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and a MSE in School Leadership from the University of Central Arkansas.
Mrs. Howell has served for 10 years as a classroom teacher in grades K-4. This is her first year as a Instructional Facilitator at TJES.
Mrs. Smith has been teaching 23 years. She spent 10 years teaching kindergarten, one year in first grade and is starting her 12th year as a Reading Specialist.
Mrs. Thomason has 10 years of classroom teaching experience ranging from first to fourth grade. This will be the first year at TJES for Ms. Thomason as a Math Interventionist.


Since Thanksgiving falls next week, Hanukkah the following week, and Christmas a month later, IAHR does not have any programs scheduled for the next five weeks. This month's newsletter will include a letter from a pen pal and three articles that are of great interest and germane to IAHR's mission.
The first article includes a letter from an incarcerated man and Rabbi Feinberg's response urging people to become a pen pal.
The second article comes from the Washington Post and it reports that the upcoming lame duck Congressional session may pass a criminal justice reform bill. Pay attention to who is advocating on behalf of the bill and its provisions.
The third article comes from the magazine Scientific American, a journal we usually don't quote. The article highlights efforts of neuroscientists to ban the use of prolonged isolation in our prison system. Their advocacy is based on their research on the deleterious effects of prolonged isolation.
The fourth article comes from a non-profit called the Prison Policy Initiative. It highlights different reform efforts on parole judging some as progressive and others as detrimental to healing the many wounds in our society.
Should Prosecutors and Survivors Have a Voice in Shortening Long Sentences?
Everything in our past and everything in our future is the result of a badly broken world. I always say, "there's no limitation regarding hate." Our world suffers not only from physically (sic) needs but also from spiritual brokenness. The sheer volume of human suffering can undercut and numb even the best intentioned among us. Will we ever reach common ground, with mutual love and support? Is it possible to set aside irreconcilable differences when so much seems to be at stake?
On a daily basis, I find myself being caught in social, political, and religious conflict. I've come to understand that conditions of conflict can actually become occasions to remember when there are some things more important than our own ideas, faith, and belief.
I was very touched by Mr. Glenmore's letter. Once again it points out to me how many precious souls are isolated in often brutal conditions in state or federal prisons. Mr. Glenmore is incarcerated at the Federal Penitentiary in Lewisburg, PA. This prison has been in the news for brutalizing many men. There are many other men and women like Anthony Glenmore who would eally appreciate a pen pal.
Please consider signing up for our pen pal program. We have over 50 incarcerated men waiting for a pen pal. We ask our pen pals to write at least once a month for a year. We also ask that every pen pal participate in an online orientation. To register for the orientation on Wednesday, November 28 at 7 p.m., click here. To seek more information please contact John List.
Please consider joining our group of over 100 people who are pen pals to men and women incarcerated in federal prisons.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM IN THE LAME DUCK?: "We definitely think it's going to get done now," Mark Holden, the vice president and general counsel of Koch Industries, told Power Up in an interview about the prospects of a criminal justice reform bill in Congress's lame duck session starting tomorrow.
'The First Step Act' Round II: A skinny version of the bipartisan bill authored by Reps. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) that incentivizes prisoners to complete reentry programs and prohibits female inmates from being shackled while in labor, easily passed the House this past May. This week, lawmakers will introduce an amended bill with four additional parts that addresses sentencing reform, prompting Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to take a whip count.
Eliminate the "924 stacking" regulation making it a federal crime to commit a federal crime while you have a gun. It's something even former attorney general Jeff Sessions agreed should be changed even when served in the Senate.
Eliminate "three strikes" and you're out mandating that three-time offenders receive a life sentence.
Expand "the drug safety valve" to allow judges to make an exception for nonviolent drug offenders when it comes to mandatory minimum sentences.
Make the "Fair Sentencing Act" of 2010, which reduced the sentencing disparity between offenses for crack and power cocaine, so that pre-2010 offenders have the right to retroactively seek a reduction in sentencing.
Holden conceded there is opposition to the bill (ahem, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)) but said that ultimately what matters most is that President Trump supports the efforts. And things will get easier with Sessions, the administration's single biggest obstacle to reform, no longer in the top spot at Justice.
It's become habit to consult prosecutors and victims during the release process. States should break that habit.
While working on an upcoming report about how to shorten long prison sentences, I was disappointed to see that the same experts urging reform are reflexively endorsing part of the status quo. Criminal justice researchers are finally urging states to change how they consider release for individuals with lengthy prison sentences. However, these reformers continue to recommend that states solicit the input of prosecutors and survivors when making release decisions.
These recommendations reflect established practice rather than progressive policy. States should leave decisions about an individual's release to professionals who understand that person's behavior and needs.
Why should prosecutors have a role in the "mercy" process?
lengthy sentence should be consulted about that person's release, yet those recommendations continue.


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Dmitry Likhachev
It is unaccaptable that beaurocrats would speculate the Roerichs' heritage
"Novaya Gazeta", January,11-17, 1996
(The article published in the collection ' Let's Protect the Roerikchs' Name and Heritage– М.: IRC (МЦР), 2001. – Т. 1. – С. 186 – 189.)
I heartily support the International Social and Scientific Conference resolutions that was organized in Moscow from October, 6 to October, 9, 1995 by the International Roerich Centre (IRC) and dedicated to the Roerich Pact 60th anniversary
A little more than a month passed since this highly representative and successful conference had finished its work ( it was attended by more than 600 participants from 100 cities of CIS and many other foreign countries) when the IRC was attacked again and diverted from its creative cultural work. It seems that the IRC wide cultural and educational, creative and public activity, that goes out of the bureaucratic control, sticks to the throat of certain forces.
In my Address to the President of Russia in 1993 I supported the International Roerich Centre – the UNO non-government organization – in their controversy with Russian Government that according to its resolution (№1121 от 4.11.1993 г.) wanted to take away the Lopukhins' Estate from the IRC and set up there a State N.K. Roerich Museum that ran contrary with the will of Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Roerich who gifted the priceless Roerichs family heritage to the IRC to create a non-government Roerich Museum. No principle reaction to this appeal followed then.
After the IRC won the third hearing (1.03.1995 ) of the Russian Supreme Arbitrage that cancelled the Government Resolution points related to the Lopukhins' Estate with a statement "the final decision, subject to no further appeal" , the Government contacted V.F.Yakovlev, the Supreme Arbitrage Chairman, forced him to call a meeting of Presidium (14.11.1995 г.) and, against any legal norms, accept the initial decision according to which the IRC claim was rejected.
Therefore it is the third year since the government has been trying to destroy the IRC as an important base of independent culture and a centre coordinating hundreds Roerich organizations in Russia and other countries. This contradicts not only the heritage granter's will but the latest government resolution, that does not subject to annulment, as well as the Moscow Government resolution that signed a lease agreement with the IRC for the Lopukhins' Estate in October 1995 for the term of 49 years .
It is unacceptable that vested interests of a few bureaucrats or their political ambitions caused speculating the cultural heritage of world importance. N.K. Roerich's words that the main trial for the mankind will be the trial of culture perception really proved to be fatidic.
Now it is essential for our nation to obtain the highest spiritual values and ideals. There absence makes impossible the creative construction of the future. Only cultural shrines can be the source of life-giving forces and a new birth of common national identity.
To belong to the future does not mean to belong to any political party or support any economic system, is not limited to a post, social position or religion. The generally valid criteria of decline or flourishing must become the human conscience qualities, their perception degree of Knowledge and Beauty, the heart ability to love Culture, to protect its achievements and to work for its sake for the common good. It is impossible to discover the best, saving ways of life transformation without all this.
I strongly believe that priority must be given not to governmental but to free public cultural forms as they less depend on narrow bureaucratic and state department interests. Any state is doomed to decline if it does not care about preserving the highest spirit achievements of many generations and does not create conditions for the nation cultural education on the great examples of heroes and enthusiasts of science, art and religious ascetics.
N.K. Roerich Рерих was a cultural hermit of world importance. He raised the Banner of Peace, the Banner of Culture above the whole planet to show the ascendant path of perfection to the humankind.
I want to show again my solidarity with the International Roerichs Centre and its cultural initiatives. I hope that in St. Petersburg – the Roerichs' native city, where there still exist many places connected with their name – the IRC St. Petersburg Department supported by cultural community and the city authorities will succeed in creating the Memorial Roerich Cultural Centre.
I would like to greet all the sincere advocates of culture that are uniting in its name under the Banner of Peace.


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