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DVD/Blu-Ray Review: CREEPSHOW Season 1
Rating: TV-MA Stars: Logan Allen, David Arquette, Adrienne Barbeau, Hannah Barefoot, Tobin Bell, Tracey Bonner, Jeffrey Combs, Voltaire Colin Council, Bruce Davison, James Devoti, Giancarlo Esposito, Cailey Fleming, Dana Gould, Tricia Helfer, Ravi Naidu, Antwon "Big Boi" Patton, DJ Qualls, Dane Rhodes, Gena Shaw, Sydney Wease Writers: Philip de Blasi, Christopher Buehlman, Jason Ciamarella, Paul Dini, John Esposito, John Harrison, Bruce Jones, Stephen Langford, Josh Malerman, Dori Miller, David J. Schow, Rob Schrab, John Skipp, Matt Venne, Byron Willinger Directors: Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, John Harrison, Greg Nicotero, Tom Savini, Rob Schrab Distributor: RLJE Films Release Date (home video): June […]Read On »
Blu-ray Review: MOUNTAINTOP MOTEL MASSACRE
By CARL CORTEZ 06/23/2019
Rated: R Stars: Bill Thurman, Anna Chappell, Will Mitchell Writer: Jim McCullough Jr. Director: Jim McCullough Sr. Distributor: Vinegar Syndrome Suggested Retail Price: $24.99 While not as well known as most slasher movies from the 1980s, MOUNTAINTOP MOTEL MASSACRE is a curious relic from the era that has actually aged quite gracefully. Directed by Jim McCullough Sr. and written by Jim McCullough Jr. , the film mixes PSYCHO with standard slasher fare for an occasionally spooky and atmospheric ride accompanied by a creepy score by Rob Dilulio. The film begins with the introduction of Mountaintop Motel proprietor Evelyn (Anna Chappell), […]Read On »
Blu-ray Review: NINJA III: THE DOMINATION Collector's Edition
Stars: Sho Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey, Jordan Bennett Writer: James R. Silke Director: Sam Firstenberg Distributor: Shout! Factory Suggested Retail Price: $27.99 The output of infamous exploitation production company Cannon Films from the 1980s was filled with action films starring Chuck Norris, Charles Bronson, Michael Dudikoff, but their other magic touch was riding the wave of current trends and then remixing them out of the stratosphere. In addition to the conventional break dancing films BREAKIN' and the far more memorable sequel title of BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO, they hit their apex in trend squatting with NINJA III: THE DOMINATION in 1984. […]Read On »
Blu-ray Review: SCREAM FOR HELP
Stars: Rachael Kelly, David Brooks, Marie Masters, Rocco Sisto, Lolita Lorre Writer: Tom Holland Director: Michael Winner Distributor: Shout! Factory Suggested Retail Price: $29.99 In 1984, DEATH WISH director Michael Winner explored the slasher genre with the utterly ridiculous SCREAM FOR HELP. Essentially an R-rated Afterschool Special, the film focuses on teen Christie Cromwell (Rachael Kelly) who is deeply suspicious of her mom's new husband Paul Fox (David Brooks). With strange events happening around the house, she starts to suspect he's trying to kill her and her mom for inheritance money. During the first half of the film, Christie plays […]Read On »
Blu-ray Review: NIGHT OF THE LEPUS
Stars: Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, DeForest Kelley Writer: Don Holliday and Gene R. Kearney based on the novel by Russell Braddon Director: William F. Claxton Distributor: Shout! Factory Suggested Retail Price: $22.96 Every once and awhile, you'll scratch your heard and wonder "How did that film get made?" Usually it's a film so utterly sincere and yet clueless at the same time, you just watch the train wreck unfold and enjoy it for what it is. Such is the case of curious 1972 science fiction thriller NIGHT OF THE LEPUS. MGM originally called the film RABBITS based on […]Read On »
Blu-ray Review: HELL NIGHT Collector's Edition
Stars: Vincent Van Patten, Kevin Brophy, Jenny Neumann, Suki Goodwin, Jimmy Sturtevant, Peter Barton Writer: Randoph Feldman Director: Tom DeSimone Distributor: Scream Factory Suggested Retail Price: $34.93 As most of the classic and cult 1980s horror films have been given their Blu-ray special edition due, there are still a handful of leftovers yet to see the high-def light of day. Thankfully, Shout! Factory (via their Scream Factory label) has knocked another one of those Holy Grail titles off the list with 1981's HELL NIGHT. Produced by Compass International Pictures (responsible for 1978's HALLOWEEN and later cult faves 1980s FADE TO […]Read On »
Blu-ray Review: INTO THE NIGHT – Collector's Edition
Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Richard Farnsworth, Irene Papas, Kathryn Harrold Writer: Ron Koslow Director: John Landis Distributor: Shout! Factory Suggested Retail Price: $27.99 While you may know John Landis from his successful comedies (ANIMAL HOUSE, THE BLUES BROTHERS, TRADING PLACES) or his horror efforts (AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, Michael Jackson's THRILLER video), many of his projects that fall in between are worth a second look. While I was never a fan of his 1992 vampire film INNOCENT BLOOD, its recent release on Blu-ray (and taken for what it is, which is a vampire crime thriller) has aged rather […]Read On »
Blu-ray Review: RAISING CAIN
Stars: John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen Writer/Director: Brian De Palma Distributor: Shout! Factory Suggested Retail Price: $24.93 I was never a huge fan of Brian De Palma's 1992 thriller RAISING CAIN. Bringing the director back to his early thriller roots (like DRESSED TO KILL and BLOW OUT) that were drenched deeply in Alfred Hitchcock suspense and callbacks, CAIN came off as a trainwreck of a movie mixing tones and themes but never truly satisfying. Was it supposed to be a comedy? A thriller? A black comedy? A parody of other De Palma films? While there was an […]Read On »
Blu-ray Review: NIGHTMARES
Stars: Cristina Raines, Emilio Estevez, Lance Henriksen, Richard Masur, Veronica Cartwright Writers: Christopher Crowe, Jeffrey Bloom Director: Joseph Sargent Distributor: Shout! Factory Suggested Retail Price: $29.99 Despite its uneven quality, 1983's NIGHTMARES has been a much desired film to get a much-deserved Blu-ray release. Originally salvaging rejected scripts from the 1981 anthology TV series DARKROOM (because they were too intense), producer (and writer of three of the stories) Christopher Crowe took the scripts and transformed them into a four-part anthology film. With all anthology movies, the entries a pretty hit and miss – and the lengths vary as well – […]Read On »
Blu-ray Review: PROM NIGHT (Special Edition)
Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens Writer: William Gray from a story by Robert Guza Jr. Director: Paul Lynch Distributor: Synapse Films Suggested Retail Price: $24.95 The 1980 slasher film PROM NIGHT is not a perfect movie by any means. In fact, many late 1970s and early 1980s horror films so dearly missed the mark, they're better off not being remembered. PROM NIGHT stands somewhere in the middle. One of many slasher knock-offs to feature HALLOWEEN star Jamie Lee Curtis, the other was 1980's TERROR TRAIN and strangely both contain many of the same problems – and strangely […]Read On »


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Q: How can i add a video as a HUD element in iphone sdk I want to add a video that shows up when i call it but not a typical (stretch-to-bounds) view
similar to the ProgressHud view that loads in the middle and darkens the background. how can I load a video say from LBYoutubeController or natively?
Thanks!
edit: ideally the video box will take up 60-70 % of the screen but again will be centered and overshadowing the background

A: You need to use a MPMoviePlayerController. You can set the controlStyle to MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded and this will give you a player with no controls. Set the scalingMode to MPMovieScalingModeFill to make the video conform to the frame you set for it regardless of the video's natural layout. Just add the movie player's view to your view hierarchy and you're good to go.
MPMoviePlayerController *moviePlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] init];
moviePlayer.scalingMode = MPMovieScalingModeFill;
moviePlayer.controlStyle = MPMovieControlStyleEmbedded;
[myView addSubview:moviePlayer.view];

To add a dimming view behind this:
UIView *back = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:myView.bounds];
back.backgroundColor = UIColor.blackColor;
back.alpha = 0.7;
[myView insertSubview:back belowSubview:myView];

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Matthias A. Peterseim
This site shows things I do or think concerning the wide-ranging subject of architecture.
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Sala della Topografia
The ramp continues towards the piazza with the Forma Urbis. The exhibition hall on this side is a classical gallery. The partly technical, partly picturesque images of Rome hanging on the walls are illuminated by a diffuse light ceiling. In the middle of the "Hall of Topography" there is a light table that enables an interactive dialog and comparison with the historical maps.
The hall deals with the topography of the city, which has shaped modern cartography to this day. The so-called "Nuova Pianta di Roma" by Giovanni Battista Nolli from 1748 is unsurpassed in its level of detail and precision. Other drawings such as the "Campo Marzio" by Piranesi are reminiscent of the Forma Urbis that can be seen on the outside.
Part of the hall is raised by a few steps. A backlit, touch-sensitive map shows overlays of a current satellite image with the historical maps shown before. The interactive elements are a significant part of the museum, making it not only an attraction for tourists, but also a place of scientific relevance, showcasing and discussing the newest archeologic findings. A second door takes visitors back to a wider platform in the foyer, which leads the view back to the Forma Urbis.

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Tony G's Spot: Anonymous takes on Mexican drug cartel
Tony Goreczny, Assistant Opinion Editor
Recently my column has been focusing extensively on the Internet and how almost all aspects of life interact with it constantly. I have been very explicit on how almost anything is possible though the Internet. Consequently, I have recently learned of something that I personally had never considered. The Internet group of so called "hacktivists" known as Anonymous, which in the past has crashed the servers of Mastercard as a form of protest, is now targeting underground criminal organizations.
It is not just going after the drug dealers on the corner either. Last week Anonymous faced off against the Zetas Mexican drug cartel. The Zetas is reputedly the second largest Mexican cartel and has been unceremoniously labeled as the most violent and deadly. The Zetas is an organization of international drug traffickers and habitually kidnap and assassinate anyone who rubs them the wrong way.
The remarkable fact is that, not only did Anonymous challenge one of the most deadly organizations in the world, but it won.
According to MSNBC, this entire affair began when an Anonymous member was kidnapped by The Zetas while he was participating in "Operation Paperstorm." The purpose of this operation was to inform the general public of Anonymous' primary platform of the free sharing of information to all by posting paper flyers around cities with logos or manifests that represent the movement.
Upon receiving word of the Anonymous member's capture, the group responded by threatening to reveal the identities of many people who have operated in collusion with The Zetas. Among the names acquired were those of taxi drivers, journalists, and even law enforcement officials.
The Zetas responded by releasing the captured Anonymous member with the message that if any of names were to be revealed, his family, along with 10 innocent people, would be slaughtered in retribution. Anonymous has agreed not to release the information stating that "The Anonymous collective has decided by consensus not to disclose the information that we have for now, as we understand that we cannot ignore threats involving innocent civilians that have nothing to do with our actions."
This is an unprecedented event, and I believe it marks the beginning of a new age of activism. Anonymous is a highly decentralized anarchical organization that cannot be targeted because it has no definitive command structure. Members can be anyone from a 13-year-old girl with thick rimmed glasses and pig tails, to a 24-year-old professional sports star to an 87-year-old accomplished author and scholar.
Not only is it a powerful one, but it is also a world-wide phenomena. People look for results, and with today's impersonalized modern society many people feel that they have become numbers without a voice. Anonymous presents these people with a means through which they may affect change. The group's recent success in Mexico has not only made it a serious and effective organization, but will also draw many new recruits who are ready and willing to contribute.
Anonymous will continue to grow, and proliferate its ideals of free access to information for all. Put simply, resistance is futile.
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Starbucks seating reopening on campus while following CDC guidelines
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Android Chief Andy Rubin Steps Down, Sundar Pichai Takes His Place
By Ben Reid | March 13th, 2013
Google has just announced that Andy Rubin, chief of the search company's Android mobile platform, is stepping down from his role, with Chrome and Apps Vice President Sundar Pichai taking his place. Rubin has been at the helm of Android since the company acquired it way back in 2005, and has helped it become one the most widely-used mobile OS in the world. Pichai will take the reigns at Android, but will also continue his role as VP of Chrome and Apps for the foreseeable future.
In a post over at the official Google blog page, CEO Larry Page was full of praise for both Rubin and his successor:
Andy's decided it's time to hand over the reins and start a new chapter at Google. Going forward, Sundar Pichai will lead Android, in addition to his existing work with Chrome and Apps. Sundar has a talent for creating products that are technically excellent yet easy to use. . . Andy's a really hard act to follow, [but] I know Sundar will do a tremendous job doubling down on Android as we work to push the ecosystem forward.
In Pichai, Google already have a ready-made replacement, so Rubin's departure should not disrupt the progress of Android in any way, shape or form. It would appear, having helped Android grow to such incredible heights, he simply feels his work is done, and as with many other successful executives, wants to set himself a fresh challenge. There may be other reasons, as there tends to be in these situations, and if this is indeed the case, we'll surely learn the full story in the coming days as more details emerge from different sources.
Chrome and Apps have also been hugely successful outlets for Google, and considering how closely linked they are with Android in general, the Mountain View based company can only benefit from Pichai's experience. Nevertheless, Rubin has been a fantastic leader, and his decision to step down will definitely see some slight waves of change in the weeks to come, unless they have a solid plan laid down.
It's not the first time in recent memory that one of the biggest names within a top tech company has moved on to pastures new. In fact, iOS Vice President Scott Forstall left Apple towards the end of last year, closely followed by the departure of Windows chief Steven Sinofsky over at Microsoft.
As we said before, it would be fairly interesting to see where Android goes after this huge move. Stay tuned for more coverage here at Redmond Pie as the story unfolds even further.


Is there anything more elegant than a cat walk? We don't think so. And we bet you can agree on it. Josefinas Cheshire Cat is the perfect model for you to model on your life's cat walk.
Fiona W. doodles, drinks lots of tea and yes, she loves cats. Just like Josefinas! Fiona started doodling after a happy chance drawing her friend's cats: a dream come true for the doodler and the animal-lover in her. As a supporter of animal (cat) rescue, Fiona hopes to spread this message through her illustrations. We hope you love them as much as we do!


I've always meant to get some of these cable management fasteners anyways, because they work so great for cable management where I just might have the need to have to move the cables, or add something, or remove something from the setup. I've used zip-ties before, but any time I needed to change something, I'd have to clip it off and get a new one out – I know I know – not a big deal, but every little extra thing adds up!
This pack of velcro fasteners fetches a price around $8, but you get 50 of them. The fuzzy side is really soft, and the hook side is actually almost completely smooth! The eye for the strap to go through to fasten to itself is plenty big to pull it through without it fastening on itself before you're ready.
Velcro can sometimes be so incredibly strong that it's almost a nuisance to rip it apart, but this stuff actually peels apart without a whole heap of effort while hanging onto itself really well at the same time. When you're ready to pull it off, it's doable, but they do require you to initiate the detachment process.
I plan on buying these again as I have cable messes in more places than I'd like!
I've always been pretty skeptical about the lumens companies print on their flashlights – but this one just might be accurate. There isn't really an official standardized test method for measuring lumens, so it probably won't accurately match another company's claim of lumens. Judging the tight beam of this light, I think they actually are hitting pretty close to the mark. Compared to other high brightness single LED lights, this one fares very well and leans on the brighter side of life.
The Revtronic F30B comes with a single 18650 and a charger. The battery I received was reading absolutely no voltage – but after a full day of charging, and a full day of sitting, it was holding its full charge.
Doing a comparison of measured lux from this and a couple other "high power" led torches I have, this one measured the highest by far, due mostly to the much tighter beam. This torch has a very deep reflector which gives a much further throw of light. It has 5 modes, High, medium, low power, SOS, and strobe. The torch comes apart into 4 main pieces: the end cap or button, battery compartment, LED module, and lens cap. The module measures 1.5″ diameter and 1.5″ deep. Each connection has an o-ring and some grease on the threads for waterproofing.
Overall, this torch is a good very bright LED flashlight that also has great potential for modding (if you're into that sort of thing).


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Sara Josephine Baker's Autobiography, Fighting for Life
Posted on June 27, 2014 by Amy — Leave a comment
In December, I read a review in the New York Times about Fighting for Life, a 1939 autobiography by Sara Josephine Baker that recently was re-released. A medical doctor and New York City public health official, Baker is said to have saved "90,000 babies."
I was intrigued. I'm a scholar and teacher of the medical humanities; I have a keen interest in memoir and autobiography in which illness and contagious disease are at the forefront; and I was weeks away from having my first child.
I finished Fighting for Life and I'm working out my critical interpretation of the text. I hope to share that work soon in a more formal setting, such as a conference. For now, I'll begin to untangle my thoughts here. I often "blog my research" because it helps me organize ideas during the beginning of a project. This post is the first of a multi-part series on Fighting for Life. You can read subsequent posts here.
Cover of the recent re-release by the New York Review of Books.
In this post, I introduce Baker the writer, provide an overview of her career, and consider two widely published reviews of Fighting for Life, including one written in 1939.
In the second post, I discuss the tension between two conceptions of medical and public health work in her text: "careerism" and "moral calls of duty."
Baker the Writer?
In addition to Baker's autobiographical writing, she was an accomplished scientific and lay writer, having authored "50 journal articles and more than 200 pieces for the popular press about issues in preventive medicine, [including] five books" (Parry).
That Baker left a large and genre-spanning textual legacy is interesting. I'd venture to say that people know more about her contributions to public health policy and practices than her writing. At least, this is true of me. I was aware of her public health work, largely because of my dissertation. Chapter one in part focused on Jacob Riis's How the Other Half and Claude McKay's Home to Harlem and required substantial research on late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century public health initiatives in New York City. I also regularly teach a module in my advanced composition course that centers on Mary "Typhoid Mary" Mallon; Baker was infamously involved Mallon's case. Despite all of this work, I had never come across references to her books, including Fighting for Life.
Baker published Fighting for Life in 1939, six years before her death in 1945. I wonder what prompted Baker to turn from writing about public health to writing about herself within the context of medicine and preventative care. We may never know, at least in Baker's own words. Helen Epstein in her illuminating introduction to the 2013 reissue of the autobiography notes that Baker destroyed all of her personal papers (xviii).
Without the aid of Baker's personal papers, Epstein nevertheless offers an interesting theory about the authorship of Fighting for Life. It's possible that Baker collaboratively wrote at least part of the autobiography with her partner Ida Wylie. Wylie was a prolific Hollywood scriptwriter who herself wrote an autobiography. While Baker and Wylie's books necessarily differed in subject matter, similar turns of phrase appear in both, including the eponymous "fighting for life" (Epstein xvii).
Baker's Medical and Public Health Career
Baker earned her medical degree in 1898 and opened a private practice with a friend in 1899 but eventually abandoned it to pursue a position in New York City's public health division. In 1907 she became the Assistant Commissioner of Public Health and in 1909 was appointed as the Director of the Bureau of Child Hygiene.
According the National Library of Medicine's site devoted to Baker and other notable women in the medical field, Baker
developed programs for midwife training, basic hygiene, and preventive care. She also pioneered city-funded well baby stations, and the Little Mothers Leagues (beginning in 1910), to train girls age 12 and older in basic infant care…[She also] promoted health education in the city's immigrant communities, distributed milk to children, and created a school health program that was copied in thirty-five states across America. By the time Baker retired in 1923, New York City had the lowest infant mortality rate of any major American city. ("Changing the Face of Medicine")
Press for Fighting for Life, Then and Now
Fighting for Life in fact has been reviewed twice in the New York Times: by Rose Feld on May 14, 1939 when the book initially was published, and as I mentioned earlier, last December, when the New York Review of Books reissued the text with Epstein's introduction.
The most recent review perhaps marginally qualifies as such, at least when the conventions of the genre are considered; Baker's autobiography is referred to once in the review–and even then, never directly by title (Zuger). In comparison to the latest review, Feld's gloss is anchored more firmly to Fighting for Life, as she often paraphrases and quotes from the text.
Such differences aside, the reviews do share some thematic similarities. In discussing Fighting for Life, both pieces emphasize two dimensions of Baker's legacy. In one respect, the reviews marvel that many policy enactments Baker instituted, like the licensing of midwives, are still in place today. Also consider that at the time of Feld's review, doctors and midwives around the world were still using equipment Baker invented to keep silver nitrate drops sterile. (The drops had been used to prevent eye infections in newborns since the late 1880s, but it was difficult to preserve their purity.)
The reviews of Fighting for Life in the Times also draw attention to Baker's larger contribution to public health: preventative care. Baker believed helping well people stay healthy was as important to public health as treating those who were sick. That historical and contemporary reviews of Fighting for Life underscore Baker's essential founding of preventative medicine within public health is revealing. This suggests that "treating the well" has been and continues to be controversial (and thus underfunded), despite it being a sound social practice.
In addition to focusing on Baker's legacy, reviews of Fighting for Life also touch on how and why she came to medicine. Perhaps because Feld's piece is more textually focused, it preserves the complexity of Baker's decision to pursue a medical degree, as this event emerges in Fighting for Life. Feld explains that, according to the autobiography, Baker "became a physician because it seemed a good idea to her and because it didn't seem a good idea to relatives." Accordingly, Feld asserts that Baker "overturns the sentimental concept of a woman dedicating herself with mystic devotion to a vocation of saving human lives."
For the most part, I agree with Feld's assessment of Fighting for Life. Baker rejects sentimental and gender-norming characterizations of her career and women's careers in medicine, more generally. At the same time, and as I'll discuss in a follow-up post, Baker in Fighting for Life does not wholly abandon conceiving of her work a moral call of duty.
Baker, S. Josephine. Fighting for Life. 1939. New York: New York Review of Books, 2014. Print.
"Changing the Face of Medicine." U.S National Library of Medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2005. Web. 27 June 2014. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_19.html.
Epstein, Helen. "Introduction." Fighting for Life. New York: New York: New York Review of Books, 2014. Print.
Feld, Rose. Feld, Rose. "Pioneering for Public Health." New York Times 14 May 1939: n. pag. Print.
Parry, Manon. "Sara Josephine Baker (1873–1945)." Am J Pub Health 96.4 (2006): 620-21. National Library of Medicine. Web. 27 June 2014. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1470556.
Zuger, Abigail, MD. "A Life in Pursuit of Health." New York Times. N.p., 28 Oct. 2013. Web. 27 June 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/29/health/josephine-bakers-fighting-for-life-still-thought-provoking-decades-later.html?_r=0.
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Home / 2011 / July / 05 / Read the Label before you Bite into that Brownie!
You may have heard about a product called Lazy Cakes which contain various combinations of melatonin, valerian root, rose hips. These ingredients are intended to "relax" the consumer.
One serving size of a Lazy Cake contains 3.9 mg of melatonin which is 10 times the amount we normally have in our bodies. The major problem is that most consumers don't realize one Lazy Cake contains 2 servings, and when eaten in its entirety contains 8mg of melatonin. So, what happens when you eat a brownie laced with this much sleeping hormone? First you will become increasingly drowsy. Secondly, you will experience a slight decrease in body temperature and an increase in heart rate may occur as well.
Controversy has arisen regarding the marketing methods associated with these products. For instance, the packaging of the Lazy Cake features a psychedelic looking brownie lounging back with heavy eyelids and a "pleasing" smile. The labeling has also been the source of some debate due to the small warning which advises consumers that the product is intended for adult use only. However, there have been multiple instances of adults giving a child the Lazy Cake or a child finding and eating the cake thinking it's just a regular sweet.
From our viewpoint, the idea of purchasing a medicated snack cake poses several problems. Namely, the risk of accidental ingestion by toddlers is going to be great due to their inability to distinguish these medicated snacks from other everyday tasty treats. Secondly, adolescents, teenagers and young adults may not truly appreciate or may completely ignore labeled "dosing" recommendations and/or warnings on the label.
Melatonin and other herbals such as valerian root, which are properly labeled and are sold in child resistant safety containers, are available in pharmacies and health food stores. When not in use they should be locked and stored out of reach of children, just as any other prescription and non-prescription drugs. If you need to relax, we think it's a better idea to take a short power nap, to take a brisk walk, do a few stretches or twist yourself into a yoga position.
If you feel you are having an adverse reaction to this snack product or if you suspect an accidental ingestion by a child please call the Illinois Poison Center at 1-800-222-1222. Now please excuse us while we go enjoy an iced mocha café blast because the temperature is expected to hit 94-98 degrees today.


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Eight Artists to Watch in 2017
2017 is shaping up to be a great year for music!
Caleb Harlow
Grace College & Theological Seminary
2016 was a pretty big year for music, and now that it's over, 2017 is shaping up to be even better! Be sure to look out for these artists with upcoming or recently released content to make an appearance this year.
1. Years and Years is a British electronica group whose music has been described as "electropop," mixing R&B and 1990s house elements. Their 2015 debut album, Communion, was on the Top Ten on multiple UK charts, and won multiple awards. Years and Years released the single "Meteorite" in 2016 and their sophomore album is currently in production. Learn more about them at yearsandyearsofficial.com.
2. Kiesza is a house/pop artist who first gained attention when she released her single "Hideaway" in 2014 and it debuted at number on on the UK Singles Chart. Her first full-length album Sound of a Woman was released in 2014 to overall positive reviews. Kiesza just released a new single "Dearly Beloved" on January 5th, and with rumors about her next album in production, 2017 is looking to be a good year for this Canadian singer. Learn more about this up and coming artist at kiesza.com.
3. Amber Run is a indie pop/alternative rock band from the UK. Their first album, 5am, was released in 2015 and reached number 36 on the UK Albums Chart. They released their single "Haze" a year later in April of 2016. Amber Run is set to release their next full-length Album, For A Moment, I Was Lost on February 10th, 2017 with a subsequent tour around the UK following it's release. Learn more at amber-run.com.
4. COIN is an American Indie-Pop band that formed in 2012 and gained attention a few years ago in 2015 with their single "Run." Their most recent single, "Talk Too Much," which was released last year, charted on US Rock and Alternative charts. With their upcoming tour and sophomore album in production, COIN is sure to make some waves this year. Check them out at thisiscoin.com.
5. BANNΞRS is an Alternative rock/pop artist from Liverpool in the United Kingdom. He first released music in 2015 and his self-titled album charted on US and Canadian Rock and Top 40 charts. BANNΞRS released 3 singles, including "Into the Storm" in 2016 and is touring Canada and the upper Midwest. As he creates more content for his next album, watch to see what new masterpieces this singer/songwriter creates. Learn more at listentobanners.com.
6. Tyler Glenn is the frontman of the American rock band Neon Trees and is a blossoming solo artist. Glenn released his first solo album in 2016 to an explosive reception. Throughout his album, Glenn embraces his sexuality as a gay man and renounces his Mormon faith. The reaction was intense and widely varied, as many found his music to be offensive while others were awed by his soul-baring honesty in the music. With his music still relatively fresh in the public eye, keep a watch on what Glenn may be coming up with. Keep up with Glenn's music at tylerglennmusic.com.
7. Lisa Hannigan has been creating music since 2001, but her most recent content has been generating excitement. Her third album At Swim was released in 2016 and was critically acclaimed after it's release. Her tour of the UK has just finished up and Hannigan continues to be active while creating new music. Learn more about her and her music at lisahannigan.ie.
8. Zolita is a queer female artists who has gained attention for her unique musical style and her engaging way of intertwining raw sexuality and romance through her music while pulling on religious imagery. Her single "Holy" was released alongside a 6 minute music video that is a Wes Anderson-esque dystopian work of art. "Holy," along with her other hig single, "Explosion," come from her most recent project, The Immaculate Conception, which is out now. Zolita is working on more music, and her upcoming music is sure to be as engaging as her content already is. Find out more about Zolita and watch the music video for "Holy" at zolitamusic.com.


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Talk given at Hartlepool Art Gallery – Art and Politics.
The text of the talk given on January 20th, 2017 prior to the opening of my exhibition "The Politics of Painting".
It's strange, but since the dawn of art history, there seems to have been a division between art that's considered 'high' and 'low'. I suppose that this prejudice has its origin in the utility of art prior to and during the time of Giorgio Vasari – the historically credited originator of the idea of 'art history'. He was a sixteenth century artist and architect who has become better known for his "The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects" than for his art – a little sad I think; even though this is considered to be the first encyclopedia of artistic biographies.
Being of the sixteenth century this division of art meant that 'higher' art was obviously art that dealt with heavenly issues and the league table of worthiness then descended through the works of state and that commissioned by 'worthy' men and families (that'll be your aristocracies and royalty) and then down to the 'low' art of utility (public signage and the like).
This early academism flourished and spread throughout Europe and the prejudice continued and was reinforced with academic diktats such as the hierarchy of artistic genres. At the top of the list of genres there was History painting (which as well as historical subject matter included religious work), followed by Portrait painting (that'll be your aristocrats and royals again), Genre painting (scenes of everyday life), then Landscapes, Animal paintings and finally Still-life.
From the late nineteenth century this presumed authority of religion in art was gradually replaced with the idea of rational progress to a new 'higher' art with a pseudo-scientific approach to both art production and criticism. This celebration of the autonomy of Fine Art came to a peak with the Modernism of the American Abstract Expressionists and the theorising of Clement Greenberg. However there were also political reasons why this direction was so enthusiastically followed and supported – the recent social history that preceded it; the Second World War and the ongoing political directions of the Cold War world throughout the 1950s.
The Nazi's objection, and subsequent negative treatment, of modern art was not a high note in art history. Modern artists of the early twentieth century were derided in the infamous 'degenerate art' exhibitions and the fascist state supported only figurative artists whose work could be used as a propaganda vehicle for a fascist ideology.
Equally, Stalin's championing of 'social realist art', in direct opposition to the progressive and revolutionary art that preceded it also blotted the copy book of anybody that wanted to progress figurative painting or even attempt work that suggested a motivation outside of the narrow High Modernist ideal.
So with these two directions of cultural production, instigated and promoted by oppressive and prescriptive state authorities, figurative art was lazily considered by many in the arts to only be a reactionary response to the Modernist narrative. And what artist would want Hitler or Stalin on their team?
Add to that, in 1949, Theodor Adorno's dictum "To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric", which is usually given as "To write poetry after Auschwitz is impossible". It's a pet misquote, taken out of a very complex context, by (for want of a better phrase) slack-thinking, wannabe philosophers. It sounds quite snappy… you can get the hefty idea behind what's suggested by such (edited) snappiness, but the frequent misuse of the phrase (to take down art that was not concerned about art's autonomy) by individuals that wanted to sound clever, was not what Adorno was suggesting and even he returned to the line later in life to make a clarification. But it still hasn't stopped its misuse.
So – to politics in art…
All art is political. Admittedly not all art is politically didactic, and not all artists are political activists. But all art is political. Even the artist that claims to not be concerned about society is attempting to take a distinct position of alienation or autonomy and that is a very specific political standpoint from which to present art.
Sometimes the political engagement of artwork that historically claimed its independence was outside the control (and even knowledge) of the artists themselves. The CIA, through a cover organisation called the Congress for Cultural Freedom, secretly promoted the American Abstract Expressionist painters with major exhibitions. The most well-known of these exhibitions, "The New American Painting" touring show visited the major European cities in the late 50s. There were magazines that eagerly gave a platform to critics that supported this new American painting – also funded by the same CIA cover organisation. And when a major public gallery couldn't afford to bring the show to their door (this was the Tate in London) they were financially assisted by an American millionaire and art lover, Julius Fleischmann. But even this money, apparently from a charity run by Fleischmann, was in fact funnelled through secretly from CIA funds.
All this was done with the aim of demonstrating that America was the home of progressive high culture and that only American artists were truly free to make modern art without state interference (unlike in the oppressive Soviet state system). It's almost as if Post-Modernism had to be invented to highlight the irony of High Modernism's 'autonomy'. Though Pollock, Motherwell, de Kooning and others were unaware of the CIA connections to these high-profile exhibitions it doesn't mean that their work was not politicised. It was.
That false notion of the cultural superiority of the artist who stands aside from the worries of everyday life is still with us today. It is pernicious and it should be redundant to any person with any sense of civic responsibility who actually seriously considers what it means. It's further reinforced when those within the arts make pronouncements on social matters and are eagerly stamped on by the media and public alike as if the opinions held by writers, artists, actors and musicians are automatically invalidated through their working in the arts. Attack their opinions and positions by all means – but don't attack their right to express them.
Art history is littered with the attempts that have continually been made by artists to discover visual art's 'disembodied aesthetic' – where there is the sense that the outcome of the production of the art form exists within itself; without any reference to other modes of expression or explanation. Frequently you will hear people say that music, particularly from the orchestral canon, can exist outside of criticism and that it is this independence that Fine Art (in visual culture) seeks. Well I think that even this classification of music is incorrect. Firstly, that which counts as universally harmonious or universally discordant has been scientifically proven to be non-existent but still that simplistic cliché (that seems to simply state a profound truth) of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that "music is the universal language of mankind" continues to be trotted out as accepted and undeniable fact. It was made by a white, nineteenth century, American academic it takes no account of cultural difference and lives on the assumption of the superiority of a single culture – his culture.
Music is clearly sited within its social and cultural origins and performance. It doesn't exist independently of society when a performance has to be paid for and can only be afforded by the rich. It doesn't exist independently when its commissioning or making relates to nationalist or martial agendas or even as an 'exercise in the experimental'. It doesn't exist independently of society when it's given away for free and it specifically doesn't exist independently when it's constructed from four minutes and thirty three seconds of silence. I don't challenge the intellectual interest in such conceptualising, but when we consider that the phrase, or variants of it, that "the music is not in the notes, but in the silence between" is credited to Mozart, Debussy and others it seems to me excessive that a piece of music that formalises this idea needs anything beyond its writing as a formal piece of music. Yes, it is interesting; but I don't need to experience it to be able to comprehend its significance. And the ticketed performances go ahead, in the mighty music venues of state, and those of the audience that maintain the inferiority of art that engages directly with its public, listen in the silence whilst silently congratulating themselves on their intellectual and cultural superiority.
To make visual art that claims to be solely about visual art is an attempt to discover visual language's similar supposed disembodied aesthetic. Invariably it can only be done with vast assistance from the written word and Modernist theorising. Another Debussy quote might be appropriate: "Works of art make rules but rules do not make works of art."
An artist that seriously claims to make work in a social vacuum must also live in one; they are actually staking claim to being either a dilettante or a sociopath.
It is then, peculiar that contemporary public art commissioning is not universally derided by the critical fraternity and by its nature it is frequently tied up with a vast raft of social inclusivity agendas that the artist has to attempt to fulfil. So, when the state authorises artists to do politics in art that's fine; when artists do politics off their own backs they're stepping out of line. Historically the church, state, and wealthy patrons have always funded the arts in order to increase their political power and prestige; that's the permissible side of politics in art – maintaining the status quo.
But in some respects things are changing. The distrust in the intrinsic value of postmodern conceptualism is becoming more widespread and even the critics are starting to challenge their churches a little more freely. And a few artists are starting to address the social with a little less art-language obfuscation. They are now leaving colleges where the last ten years of urban art has not been wilfully ignored by the market and they are adding the aesthetic of the street to studio work.
They are part of a wider generation that grew up through and after punk and see their creativity as being intrinsically connected to social commentary and activism. With the ubiquity and easy access to social media they know they can circumvent the meticulously engineered and controlled contemporary art gallery system and market and speak to their peers and beyond through their work.
Urban art has a loyal audience that has grown with the movement's development and this audience read it without any of the baggage of cultural theory or art history traditionally associated with Fine Art. I'm sure many younger readers on art can easily see the clear associations between BANKSY and the 18th century English painter and engraver Hogarth, and I think you can extend the comparison to many other contemporary 'urban' artists. But how does the UK art establishment find it possible to accept street art? It waits for the likes of UK artist Mark Wallinger to appropriate BANKSY's work, within a recreation of Brian Haw's parliament protest site, for a Tate show in 2007. That's 'appropriate' mind you and not 'copy'. In the Fine Art establishment they don't copy; they appropriate.
And how was this appropriation met critically? Wallinger was given the Turner Prize victory seal of approval and much acclaim for his 'bold political statement'. The critical hypocrisy is astounding when there has been nothing but critical charges of 'simplistic political posturing' levelled at the work of BANKSY by the same critics and art establishment figures.
Clearly the art of the street is not irrelevant and it has much more to say to the general public than much of the blue-chip installationism and cod-conceptualism available at events like Frieze.
But still it's High Art… Fine Art… versus the other 'lower' forms. In the minds of the establishment it's a competition of degrees of intellectual intent. The audience for urban art knows (like the artists) that art will never directly change the world, but that an audience can take comfort in the fact that someone feels the same way as them about current issues. Today the people that look to graffiti and other politicised art are aspirational of change in the same way as the agitprop of the Paris art students of 1968; only in the eyes of a critic, struggling to maintain their authority of expertise, could it ever be a competition.
I've been angry for years. Ever since a friend woke me up politically back in the early 80s with handed down copies of New Internationalist, Marxism Today and New Society. I moved on through direct action protests, working with campaign groups and other (less publicly celebrated) organisations; disappeared into the ideological anarchist camp and have since, more or less stayed there. And I've always tried to channel that anger through my art. It is easy to attack 'urban' work as 'simplistic' if you don't agree with the message, but that's because you can read the message so directly. But you know what? It takes a high degree of skill with language and image to make a message that works this effectively. If BANKSY worked in advertising he'd be snapped up by Saatchi and Saatchi.
The flip side to this snobbery against the social minded artist and their work leads the critical fraternity assigning depths of profundity to contemporary fine art that even the responsible artists fail to comprehend after the event. Without the wall note, or the catalogue essay, or the accompanying monograph the higher percentage of contemporary conceptualism and installation work is not accessible to an audience outside of the elite circle. This is not an accident – it is not meant to be understood without its accompanying expert, without their expertise dispensed or without their expert language.
This focus on the specialisation of the expert, rather than the subject of the expertise, is the disease of the modern world at the fag end of the grand trajectory instigated by the idealism of the western Enlightenment. Like the respective academic experts on economics, the academic experts on contemporary Fine Art have attempted to convince us all that there is a scientific basis to their teachings. That's why they call it art theory… they're desperate to sell it as the researched and validated truth…
We've seen where the celebration of ideology over pragmatism got us to with economics; it's time for the artists to take control of visual art too. Conceptualism isn't working.
Perhaps we get the art we deserve. Perhaps the excesses of the last mad flush of the contemporary art market in 2007 where increasingly abstract sums of money were being paid for increasing un-art-like art objects was symptomatic of the crisis in the western capitalist neo-liberal world. Perhaps it's time for a change.
Here's another pithy little piece of academia writing on political art I found online…
"Art with an agenda is rarely good art… it risks miring an object in the ephemera of transitory context, diminishing the work's meaning to something didactic and disposable."
It's another clichéd argument that is equally appropriate when turned on Fine Art that is made for an audience schooled in the theorising and history of Fine Art. Artwork commissioned by and produced for the insular world of national public art academe will achieve initial high praise and financial value. But when the artist has gone and the fashions have changed all that will be left is the work.
You only have to visit the public galleries of state and see where the greater public attention falls to know which art has significant life beyond the time of the artist. The message and aesthetic of Picasso's 'Guernica' draws a permanent and admiring crowd whereas the audience for much of the last half century's conceptualism is fleeting and often seem puzzled, bemused or disinterested. Those few that do seem to be investigating the conceptualists are frequently studying it for academic reasons.
In terms of the ongoing life of a piece of art, the only constant will be an audience that has an ever decreasing experience of actual lived reference to the times the work was created in. Work made for a contemporary public audience is honest work and honest work is the best the artist can hope to be remembered for; to make visual artwork work for an audience requires using an appropriately accessible visual language.
If I didn't believe that visual art was important, and I didn't believe that throughout history it has made a social difference; that it can still have a social impact then I wouldn't have spent so much of my life and energy on making it. Making art helps me understand what is important as a member of the human race; and personally it is important that I am able to share that sense of discovery. To do so I feel I should, at the very least, work with a visual language that is comprehensible without a handbook – or a degree in art critical theory…
And the main justification of political art, particularly in our very troubled times, is not to simply represent the world's problems but to work as an active participant within the debate about its improvement. The artist has to think how they can help make positive change.
If the establishment denies the worth of politics in art then that's the perfect reason to challenge that establishment. Our thoughts are free and our method of expressing those thoughts, be it through words, music, movement or image are the last space of freedom we have before we lose our humanity.


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28 February 2016. Fitness & Probity – Deadline for filing the Annual PCF Confirmation Return (to 31/12/15) for funds.
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1 July 2016. Investor Money Regulations. The Central Bank has agreed to a request to delay the start date of the Investor Money Regulations (IMR) from 1 April 2016 until 1 July 2016. Please see below for more detail.
Investor Money Regulations / Umbrella Cash Account Update
The Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank) has responded positively to a request from industry that the operational date for the IMR should be delayed from 1 April 2016 until 1 July 2016. The Central Bank is engaged in the process required by law to effect this change including consultation with the Minister for Finance. Many (but not all) investment funds will be changing their processes to ensure that their subscription / redemption / dividend accounts operate at an umbrella level as fund assets and so are not subject to the IMR (which will be effective from 1 July 2016) as detailed in our newsalert of 23 December 2015.
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Address by Director of Markets Supervision, Gareth Murphy, to the 5th Annual Funds Congress 10 February 2016
Central Bank Director of Markets Supervision, Gareth Murphy, spoke at the 5th Annual Funds Congress on the topic of supervision. He noted that Central Bank supervisors deploy a range of tools which include:
pre-planned on-site inspections and risk assessments;
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Central Bank Regulatory Service Standards Performance Report for H2 (July – December) 2015.
This Report sets out the Central Bank's performance against Service Standards that it has committed to in respect of (i) Authorisation of Funds and Financial Service Providers and (ii) processing of Fitness and Probity applications.
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Publish Date: 10 January 2021 - 21:34
Iran Uses Plasma Therapy for Eye Diseases
TEHRAN (FNA) - Iran is the first country that uses plasma to cure ocular diseases, a health official has said , adding that the special plasma surgery is being used to treat nearly 15 eye diseases.
Plasma Assistance Non-Invasive Surgery (PANIS) inventor Farhad Nejat said that Iran is the first country that applies the method in the world to treat eye diseases, and noted that 14-15 eye diseases that needed operating room and anesthesia are now treated by the PANIS method.
"The International Eye Surgery Academy has approved the PANIS method," he said.
The inventor made it clear that the method's animal trial had taken around one and half years and its human trial began two years ago.
Nejat went on to say that many European countries like Italy, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, and some of the regional countries like Turkey are exchanging their experiences with Iran.
"Over the past 20 years, plasma therapy has been applied for treating cancer, dentistry, dermatology, scar, and in the past four years has successfully been applied on ocular surface disorders, which compromise the integrity of the cornea surface and conjunctiva," he stated.
"PANIS generator is made in Italy, but the method is absolutely indigenized," Nejat highlighted.
"Safety, easy use, low price, the fast-paced wound healing process, and promoting ocular surface regeneration in different pathological conditions are the most noteworthy features of the method," the ophthalmologist stressed.
The ceremony of the PANIS method introduction was held in Tehran on 8th January 2021. Specialists of an Iranian knowledge-based company introduced the discovery of a new method to treat eye diseases without the need for operating-room, pain, and anesthesia.


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A straight line on a graph that shows the relationship over time between returns on a stock and returns on the market. The line is used to illustrate a stock's alpha (the vertical intercept) and beta (the line's slope) and to show the difference between systematic and unsystematic risk.
and this equation is known as the Performance Characteristic Line (PCL).
The results that Tirotex achieves in daily production with the Autocoro 8 are attentiongrabbing: 18% more yarn with a yarn strength and elongation that are above the minimum requirements of the company's own weaving mill and below the 25% characteristic line of Uster Statistics.
European textile company increases production by 18% with the Autocoro 8 Tirotex: "We're spinning at 160000 rpm!"
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In previous articles in this series, we looked at using the Performance Characteristic Line (PCL) and benchmarking as the first steps, but the Energy Map and basic M&T provide the next level of information.
Where are you using energy?
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The book consists of 42 spooneristic nonsense verses for children, accompanied by the author's characteristic line drawings.
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They illustrate a characteristic line with varying slopes for a fund that outguesses the market.
The site or area performance characteristic line (PCL) is essential to the reporting process (see "Energy-Saving Tip #56" on p.
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Norwegian Cruise Line says Cuba travel ban to hit 2019 earnings
The Norwegian SKY cruise ship docked the last day in Havana on June 4, 2019. Cruise ships will no longer operate to Cuba. Trump administration banned cruises, private yachts and fishing vessels from visiting Cuba,(Photo by Eliana Aponte/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings said on Friday the Trump administration's sudden ban on cruises to Cuba would hit its 2019 profit.
Cruise operators are scrambling to adjust their itineraries after the United States said it would no longer permit visits to the Caribbean island via passenger and recreational vessels, including cruise ships and yachts.
Norwegian said on Friday it was modifying its itineraries and would offer "substantial" discounts to guests to remain on their booked cruises despite the ban.
Those expenses, along with likely cancellations, changes to reservations and the commissions to travel agents, will lower full-year 2019 adjusted earnings by about 35 cents to 45 cents per share, the company said.
Norwegian had previously forecast 2019 earnings of $5.40 to $5.50 per share, while analysts were expecting a profit of $5.48, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
Rival Royal Caribbean Cruises said on Thursday the travel restrictions would reduce its 2019 adjusted earnings by 25 cents to 35 cents per share.
Sailings that included a Cuban port of call represented slightly more than 3% of Norwegian's remaining cruises in 2019 for its three brands.


Despite being a huge fan of the New York Times, I'm reluctant to subscribe when the paper institutes its paywall. There are a couple of reasons for that, but in this post I'll focus on just one: I'd rather be asked to support good journalism than forced to pay for it.
Being asked to support a worthy cause triggers an assessment of that cause's importance to society, whereas being asked to pay triggers a selfish cost-benefit analysis.
Is the good or service in question worth the money? Could I find it cheaper elsewhere?
The NYT has lots of terrific content but in an information economy characterized by abundance it has to compete against lots and lots of quality, free content. I'm constantly overwhelmed by intelligent, valuable content that I'd like to read/watch/listen to.
If managing my information intake is a matter of weighing quality content against quality content, looking for any slight preference for one feed over another, why would I select the one that requires an annual subscription?
I'd much rather be asked to give to an organization whose work I want to support.
Some might see this as hopelessly idealistic. How many people would really donate? Perhaps it is, but so is the alternative. I just don't see many sophisticated readers weighing the cost of subscription against the wealth of free content online and deciding to subscribe.
One final note: the membership model at one point under consideration by the NYT strikes me as closer to what I'd like to see. Ask loyal readers to become dues-paying members, for which they get access to extra content in exchange for offsetting the cost of keeping most of the website freely available.
*At this point I think it's fairly non-controversial to suggest that America's copyright regime is overly restrictive and that further restricting it, so as to prevent the sort of quoting I refer to, would be incredibly damaging.


San Antonio de los Baños is a city in the Artemisa province of Cuba. Located 26 km from the city of Havana, is the most widely filmed city in Cuba due to its proximity to EICTV (Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión) which was founded on 1986 by Colombian journalist and writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Argentinean poet and filmmaker Fernando Birri, and Cuban theoretician and filmmaker Julio Garcia Espinosa. San Antonio de los Baños is known in Cuba as the capital of humour, partly due to hosting the International Humour Biennale since 1979, as well as having the first Humour Museum in Cuba, unique for its kind in South America.
Produced by EICTV in October 2012, and co-directed by David Palazón (Spain), Edgar Medina Fetecua (Colombia), Jimmy Azula de la Cruz (Perú) and Edieuza Penha de Souza (Brasil), this short documentary set to investigate the humour of San Antonio de los Baños.


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I'm facing problems while inserting a ringtone in the MediaStore.
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        MediaStore.Audio.Media.getContentUri(MediaStore.VOLUME_EXTERNAL_PRIMARY)
} else {
        MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI
}

val values = ContentValues()
values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.TITLE, ringtoneName)
values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.DISPLAY_NAME, "ringtone.wav"))
values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.MIME_TYPE, "audio/x-wav")
values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.IS_RINGTONE, true)
values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.IS_MUSIC, false)
values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.IS_NOTIFICATION, false)
values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.IS_ALARM, false)

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
    Log.e("Ringtone", "Android 9 : Extracting file in external Storage")
    extractRingtone(context)
    var file: File? = null
    try {
        file = File(context.getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_RINGTONES)!!.canonicalFile, "ringtone.wav")
    } catch (e: IOException) {
        e.printStackTrace()
    }

    values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.SIZE, file?.length())
    values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.DATA, file?.absolutePath)
}
else
{
    val inputStream = context.resources.openRawResource(R.raw.ringtone)
    val size = inputStream.available()
    values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.SIZE, size)
    inputStream.close()
    values.put(MediaStore.Audio.Media.IS_PENDING, true)
}

var newUri: Uri? = null
try {
        newUri = resolver.insert(collection, values)
}
catch (exception: Exception)
{
    Log.e("Ringtone", "Exception while inserting data", exception)
}

Then, in "Post" Android Q, I try to insert the ringtone in the content provider using resolver.openOutputStream(newUri), and then, update the ringtone with MediaStore.Audio.Media.IS_PENDING set to ````false``` but newUri is always null and Exception is never thrown.
The code works correctly when the app isn't wrapped.
Any idea?
Edit: Added MediaStore.Audio.Media.IS_PENDING value in ContentValues, but it didn't do the trick.
Edit 2: Updated question as we now the problem isn't the code but the wrapping of the app using Mobile Iron.

A: As pointed by @blackapps , the code works correctly, indeed. The thing I didn't mention is that the app is "wrapped" using Mobile Iron. When not wrapped, the code works normally and I don't get the error.
Thanks to him, I came to the conclusion that the wrapping of the app causes my problem, as it makes the app sandboxed and apparently denies the write of any file in the phone.
Anyway, this is not a problem with Android nor Kotlin, but with Mobile Iron.
So I updated my question, its tags and its title.


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Francis Poulenc, född 7 januari 1899 i Paris, död 30 januari 1963 i Paris, var en fransk tonsättare och pianist.

Biografi
I sin ungdom tillhörde Poulenc tonsättargruppen Les Six. Hans tidiga produktion präglas av elegans och esprit. Stilistiskt har den ett visst släktskap med Ravel och Stravinskij, men musiken har också inslag av jazz och schlager. Verk av denna typ är bland annat baletten "Les Biches" från 1923 och buffaoperan Les mamelles de Tirésias (Brösten på Tiresias) från 1944, en konsert för två pianon och orkester, en trio för oboe, fagott och piano från 1926, samt pianomusik och sångcykler. Poulencs senare verk uttrycker en starkare lyrisk känsla och allvarligare stämningar, bland annat "Stabat mater" och operorna Karmelitsystrarna (Dialogue des carmélites) från 1957 och La voix humaine (Vox humana) från 1959, en 45 minuter lång monolog för sopran, text Cocteau).

Andra berömda verk
 Messe en Sol (1937)
 Konsert för orgel, stråkar och slagverk (1938)
 Sextett för piano, flöjt, oboe, klarinett, fagott och horn (1931–1939)
 Exultate Deo (1941)
 Salve Regina (1941)
 Litanies à la Vierge Noire (1936)
 Figure Humaine
 Orgelkonsert (1934–1938)
 Quatre petits prières de Saint François d'Assise för manskör (1948)
 Flöjtsonat (1956–1957)
 Elegi för horn och piano – till minne av Dennis Brain (1957)
 Gloria (1959)
 Klarinettsonat (1959–1962)
 Oboesonat (1962)

Källor
 Biography of Francis Poulenc

Födda 1899
Avlidna 1963
Franska operatonsättare
Franska klassiska kompositörer
Franska pianister
Män
Musiker från Paris

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The wireless micro audio bug is a composition of oscillator transmitters and receiver. No need gsm card and zero configuration. It works on fixed special FM freuqncy. Thanks the special signal transmission encryption, other receivers are not listening to the audio signals.


When Pink Jams! Founder and President Christa Floresca lost a 35-year-old friend to breast cancer in 2007, she learned the hard way that the disease does not discriminate based on gender, race, or age. That realization is what inspired Floresca to find a creative way to raise money and awareness of breast cancer's effects on people under age 40.
Founded in 2009, just two years after Jen's passing, Pink Jams is currently doing all it can as an organization to raise funds and engage in community discussion about breast cancer affecting people under age 40. "It's not really about the money," Floresca said. "It's about the awareness. It's about reaching thousands and thousands of people," and that's what the 2nd Annual Under:40 Music Marathon at the Hard Rock Café this coming weekend will help to do.
While it's just one of many events Pink Jams hosts throughout the year, the Under:40 Music Marathon takes months and months of planning since most everyone involved is a volunteer. This year, over 65 bands and 250 musicians are volunteering their time for the cause and starting this Friday night, music fans will be treated to 40 hours of continuous performances at the Hard Rock Café in downtown D.C. as part of the Under:40 Music Marathon for a ticket price of $20.
Event headliner and alt-country artist Scott Kurt – who performs at 8 p.m. on Friday night – has been a part of Pink Jams since the very beginning. After first learning about the project in the summer of 2009 over dinner with his wife and Floresca, Kurt eventually found himself performing at Pink Jams' first benefit concert at The Clarendon Ballroom.
Volunteers flock to the Pink Jams cause for various reasons, but event performer Tiger Gilliam's personal ties to the organization's message is reason enough to take an early-morning shift if it means helping to raise awareness. Gilliam – who will be performing at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday – had a grandmother who died at the age of 42 of breast cancer in 1963. She wasn't diagnosed until it was far too late.
The ultimate goal of Pink Jams is to eradicate the misconception that breast cancer awareness should begin at age 40. That's Floresca's goal, her team's goal, and the reason most volunteers choose to get involved. But how does Pink Jams plan to accomplish this goal? "We want health clinics and universities across the country to provide their students with breast cancer information more powerful than the hang tag," Floresca said.
When it comes down to it, spending 40 consecutive hours at the Hard Rock Café isn't impossible even if it's not ideal. But from Friday night to Saturday evening, people in and around the DC area have a choice of how to spend their time this weekend.
Tickets for the Pink Jams 2nd Annual Under:40 Music Marathon at the Hard Rock Café D.C. are available online. The marathon itself kicks off this Friday night with the first performer Scott Kurt taking the stage at 8 p.m.


Located 11 km from Tulum, boasting an underground cavern which flows into the sea, is also excellent for swimming and snorkeling.
This is one of the most interesting diving spots in the region, Casa Cenote (Cenote Manatee) is located in the middle of mangrove, very close to the ocean.
This is one of the Aktum system output of freshwater to the Caribbean sea. With open areas, this cenote is perfect for novice divers and offers lots of wildlife from the flooded land and the sea, it also has a cenote Halocline and beautiful lighting effects.
The diver can navigate through passages and fissures in the limestone. For experienced divers, the place offers a stimulating alternative and with unexpected surprises.
It is part of the largest underground cave in the world, Nohoch Na Chich.
Gear assembly tables: Little Hut with sitting benches right next to the water are giving a bit shade, but no real assembly tables.
Nearby Attractions to CASA CENOTE.


The former Dreams FC player has thanked his former club after debuting for his new club.
Micheal Sarpong took his official twitter account to thank the club and also reflected on his time over there.
Micheal Sarpong was on target for his new club last Wednesday in their 2-0 Victory in the Rwandan league.


07/03/16 - Cable Box Not Working?
If you cable box is not getting all the channels or not working at all, it probably needs to be "pinged." These cable boxes need to be connect to the cable and powered up or they loose their programming in 30 days. Most of the boxes now in the office are needing to be "pinged" which will reprogram them. If your box is in this condition, connect it all up (you can leave the TV off) and it should get pinged by the next morning. Sometimes the pings go out during the day to, so you can check back on it periodically.
If you cable box suddenly loses channels and on some channels, the picture is "pixilated", just unplug the power cord to the cable box for 30 seconds, then plug it back in. Wait a minute or so, and it should be reset and then work fine.
If that doesn't work, we may need to get Charter involved. Check with the office first!


UpKeep helps facility, property, restaurant, and manufacturing managers improve communication by enabling real-time status updates for your team. Our mobile and desktop applications can help streamline the work flow process so your team knows exactly what to do and when - resulting in reduced cost and increased uptime for your assets. It is a modern, intuitive, and customizable CMMS that is proven to expedite workflow processes.
For those who would like priority support, you will also have the option to sign up for an auto-renewed annual subscription of $399.99 for your account. While our application's feature set is the same between the free and premium versions, many businesses have chosen to help support our continued development of UpKeep because they absolutely love it. We also give priority support and preferential treatment to them :). Payment will be charged to iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Setting after purchase.
UpKeep was designed to help streamline communications for the team, whether they're on site or in the field. With different access levels for admins, technicians, overseers, and requesters, you can organize the workflow of your team and increase productivity.
It's fast to create work orders, edit them, and follow them through to completion. We use it across multiple iOS devices from iPhone 4s to iPad Pros and it works effortlessly. Updates quickly as work orders are edited. Great to be able to include a photograph. Simple to use for everyone in our organization.
Haven't yet figured out how to put more than one photograph on a work order. Still, because we're all running iOS devices, it's not difficult to take additional pictures and send them out as needed. An extra step, but not onerous. Can take a while to update if you haven't been working on it for a few days such as over a weekend. Tech users (vs. Admin) cannot edit work orders: they can create and update status.
I suggest really looking at apps and programs closely to ensure that they really do meet your needs as closely as possible. While it's not too hard or unreasonable to change your operational requirements slightly, it's best to get as close a match as you can. We ran through several apps and programs trying to adapt to them before we found UpKeep.


Based in Lysander Way, Old Sarum, Satcom Distribution is a telecom company.
Satcom Distribution is in Lysander Way Old Sarum. You can view a list of neighbouring businesses by going to the Lysander Way page.
If you would like a list of other telecommunication services office & administration listings throughout Salisbury, please visit the Telecoms section of this website.
Note: the pin is positioned at the postcode centre, and may not correspond with the precise location of Unit 3 The Woodford Centre Old Sarum Pk, Lysander Way, Old Sarum.


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November 29, 2011 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS) - UConn Health
Doctors Depicted in Historic Paintings
From serious to satirical, the Hartford Medical Society Historical Library's newest exhibit features artwork of varying perceptions of physicians.
British caricaturist and printmaker James Gilray's farcical portrayal of a physician using metallic tractors on a patient is featured as a comical piece in the Hartford Medical Society Historical Library's newest exhibit at the UConn Health Center.
British caricaturist and printmaker James Gilray's farcical portrayal of a physician using metallic tractors on a patient is featured as a comical piece in the Hartford Medical Society Historical Library's newest exhibit at the UConn Health Center. (Chris DeFrancesco/UConn Health Center Photo)
A new exhibit in the lobby of the L.M. Stowe Library features artwork depicting varying perceptions of physicians, from serious to satirical.
"Medical Imagery: Artistic Portrayals of Doctors and Surgeons," presented by the Hartford Medical Society Historical Library, will be on display through April.
"The idea behind it is, there are lots of different ways doctors can be seen by society," says HMS librarian Jenny Miglus. "Each panel has a different take, reflecting different facets of the way people see doctors or surgeons."
One lithograph, categorized as "romantic," depicts Oliver Wendell Holmes before the Boston Society for Medical Improvement in 1834 reading his essay "The Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever." Another, categorized as "comical," is a farcical portrayal of a physician using metallic rods known as "tractors," an invention of Dr. Elisha Perkins, a Connecticut physician who in 1796 would be voted out of the Connecticut State Medical Society for peddling quack medicine.
Under the category of "irreverent," French caricaturist Adrien Barrère's "Bottled Surgeons" is among the artwork on display in the Health Center's L.M. Stowe Library. (Chris DeFrancesco/UConn Health Center Photo)
Miglus created the exhibit with images, figurines and artifacts from the Hartford Medical Society's collection, which is housed at the UConn Health Center, in room LSB 016.
"Each panel has a story that surrounds the work of art, and the figurines are lined up in a supporting role."
Featured artists include Anna Mary Robertson "Grandma" Moses, Tompkins Harrison Matteson, Robert C. Hinckley, James Gillray, William Hogarth, and Adrien Barrère.
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Beech – wieś w Anglii, w hrabstwie Hampshire, w dystrykcie East Hampshire. Leży 28 km na wschód od miasta Winchester i 74 km na południowy zachód od Londynu. Miejscowość liczy 535 mieszkańców.

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While you won't be levitating any time soon in Star Wars-esque fashion, you may as well be balancing on thin air thanks to MCM's launch of its new Himmel sneaker. Made of a mix of suede, nappa and calf leather, you'll be light on your feet with some extra breathing room to boot thanks to some timely comfort from the thinly knitted mesh lining. Plus, the force is strong with the chunky sneaker trend, so you may as well ride along with it in Himmel's oversized silhouette, coming in colours of cloudy white, jet black and red. That way, you'll be gliding through your morning run, workplace fit and evening social in graceful ease.


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Texas House Votes To Decriminalize Marijuana And Expand Medical Cannabis System
The Texas House of Representatives on Thursday approved bills to decriminalize marijuana possession and significantly expand the state's medical cannabis program.
These are the latest developments to come amid a week that has seen multiple pieces of reform legislation advance in the chamber, including separate measures to reduce penalties for possessing marijuana concentrates and require the state to study the therapeutic potential of psychedelics like psilocybin and MDMA.
The bill to decriminalize possession of up to one ounce of cannabis, making the offense a class C misdemeanor that does not come with the threat of jail time, was approved on second reading in the chamber by a voice vote.
The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Erin Zwiener (D), would also end the threat of being arrested for low-level possession and give people the opportunity to avoid a conviction by providing for deferrals and dismissals. A final vote on third reading is still needed to formally send the bill to the Senate.
The House approved a cannabis decriminalization bill in 2019, but it did not advance in the Senate that session.
The separate medical cannabis expansion proposal was given final passage in the House in a 134-12 vote, sending it to the Senate. It would add cancer, chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as conditions that could qualify people for the state's limited medical cannabis program. The bill passed in the House Public Health Committee earlier this month.
The legislation would further allow the Department of State Health Services to add more qualifying conditions via administrative rulemaking. And it would also raise the THC cap for medical marijuana products from 0.5 percent to five percent.
While advocates appreciate that Texas lawmakers are moving to expand the state's existing program, they feel it can be improved upon and hope to see amendments to give more patients access to cannabis when it arrives in the Senate.
On Wednesday, the chamber approved an additional bill that would create a new drug schedule for products containing THC that would carry slightly lower penalties compared to where they are currently classified. But possession of up to two ounces of concentrates would still be a class B misdemeanor that does still carry the threat of jail time. The bill cleared the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee earlier this month.
"This has been a historic week for cannabis reform," Jax Finkel of Texas NORML told Marijuana Moment. "We have a lot of work to do to finish this session strong and help as many Texans as possible."
Earlier this month, the House Agriculture and Livestock Committee also discussed legislation that would make certain changes to the state's hemp program, including imposing rules related to the transportation and testing of consumable hemp products.
While the Texas legislature has historically resisted most cannabis reforms, there are signs that this session may be different.
House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) said during a Texas Young Republicans event last month that while he wouldn't be able to distinguish marijuana from oregano, he said, "I understand the issue."
The speaker said that he voted for a limited medical cannabis legalization bill during his freshman year in the legislature, and his support for the reform is partly based on the fact that he has a "sister with severe epilepsy, and small amounts of CBD oil makes a big difference in people's lives."
Phelan also noted that he was a "joint author—no pun intended" of cannabis decriminalization legislation last session.
"I was able to go back home and explain it, and it wasn't a big deal," he said. "To me, it's a reasonable criminal justice reform issue."
Texans' support for legalizing marijuana has grown significantly over the past decade, according to a poll released last month.
Sixty percent of state voters now back making cannabis legal "for any use," the University of Texas and Texas Tribune survey found. That compares to just 42 percent who said the same back in 2010.
Leaders in both chambers of the legislature have recently indicated that they anticipate more modest proposals to be taken up and potentially approved this session, particularly as it concerns expanding the state's limited medical cannabis program.
Phelan said he thinks "the House will look at" reform measures this year, including bills to legalize for adult use. He said the lawmakers will likely "review those again, and some will get traction, some will not." However, the Senate remains an obstacle for comprehensive reform.
Legislators in the state prefiled more than a dozen pieces of cannabis legislation ahead of the new session. That includes bills that would legalize recreational marijuana, allow high-THC cannabis for medical use and decriminalize low-level possession of marijuana.
That said, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), who presides over the Senate, has killed prior efforts to enact reform in the state, raising questions about the prospects of far-reaching changes advancing in the chamber.
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