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My first sculpture assignment was to create a mold and cast paper into the mold and then create a sculpture that will be hung on the wall on a 30×17 inch panel. I created 5 plaster molds and then paper cast them then connected the pieces together to create a large landscape of a mountain range. The mountain range was a breathtaking view from the road while driving from Laramie Wyoming to Steamboat Springs Colorado.
I decided to also use the road and cover it in a collage of maps. Created a mosaic out of photos of my family while living in France for the mountains/sky. Other items used : pages from a french /english translation book, french lace and prarie grass. Layers and layers of these items were glued together sometimes using tissue paper. The entire piece was then covered in tinted wax (or clear wax) and this created a very nice atmospheric touch to give distance to the mountains.
Here are some photos of the final piece. I LOVED making it and added one last touch. A wire that was to represent a "scale" hung lavender from one side and some Wyoming sage from the other. The point of the entire piece was how travel and memories last and become a part of you. There is always the balance with me… work to save money so we can travel and enjoy new friends, food, culture, smells, sounds and experiences…. and then come back to Wyoming to be grounded for a while.
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Glenmorangie Single Malt Scotch Whisky is made using malted barley, which is germinated with water sourced from the Tarlogie Spring. The water produced from the spring, which spends nearly a century underground before it is extracted, is unusually rich in minerals. (In the 1980s, when development in the area threatened the spring's water quality, the distillery purchased 600 acres of land around and including the spring, in order to ensure consistent water quality and adequate supply.)
After germination, the grains are mashed and fermented before being twice distilled through Glenmorangie's copper-pot stills. The stills are equipped with relatively small boiler pots, which increases the exposure of the whisky to the copper, resulting in a more pure flavor. In addition, the stills are nearly seventeen feet tall — the tallest of any distillery in Scotland — and as a result, produce a lighter, more refined whisky.
After distillation, Glenmorangie 18 Year Old Extremely Rare Single Malt Scotch Whisky is aged for fifteen years in used bourbon casks. Approximately 30% of the whisky is then double-barreled, or finished, in Spanish Oloroso sherry casks for an additional three years. After both the original and double-barreled whisky have reached 18 years of age, they are blended together in order to create Glenmorangie 18 Year Old Extremely Rare Whisky.
Glenmorangie's 18 Year Old Extremely Rare "embodies our house style," says Dr. Bill Lumsden, Glenmorangie's Head of Distilling and Flavor Creation since 1998. Lumsden, who holds a PhD in Biochemistry (he wrote his dissertation on yeast physiology) and is the only person in the world to have been honored with Whisky Advocate's "Industry Leader of the Year" award three times, is one of the most respected figures in the Scotch whisky industry. "It develops and fills out the characteristics of the 10 Years Old, adding another dimension," he says of the 18 Year Old expression, "but it remains true to its origin."
Notes of mandarin, banana, apple and pear. Well-textured, flavors open up to notes of apricots, nuts and vanilla, along with hints of raisins and fudge. Finish lingers with a touch of almonds and sweet citrus.

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Generators. Flashlights. Sisterskype. The world's cuddliest pest control. Lint removers. Frequent flyer miles. Household help. DPO. Contraband bacon. Sunscreen. Mefloquine. My 401(k). French/English dictionaries. Comp time. Dinner invitations. Job satisfaction. Having a job in a time when jobs are hard to come by. Pineapples. Neighbors. Perspective. Flexibility. Friendships that endure distance and time. Family who love me and miss me when I'm gone. Disposable income. Backyard avocados. Pool floats. Realizing every day how much I have to be thankful for.


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Home Business Alegria Fresh announced today the expansion of the hydroponic vertical farm at Bell Gardens High School
Alegria Fresh announced today the expansion of the hydroponic vertical farm at Bell Gardens High School
IRVINE, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ — NEWS: Alegria Fresh announced today the expansion of the hydroponic vertical farm at Bell Gardens High School, Southern California's first working vertical farm on a high school campus. The farm, which features high-performance urban hydroponic vertical and organic farming methods, will be completed with Phase 2, a high efficiency organic food production system using GardenSoxx(R).
GardenSoxx(R) is an organic food production system that can be used over cement or other man-made surfaces. The "Soxx" are made of eight inch diameter polypropylene mesh and can be filled with any compost or planting mix.
"Our next generation is challenged with access to nutrient-rich, fresh food, critical to maintaining health and energy. Our goal is to teach young people how to grow superior produce within the urban environment while substantially reducing the use of limited natural resources such as water and fertilizer," said Erik Cutter, Managing Director of Alegria Fresh.
Cutter built Alegria Farm at the Great Park, a hydroponic vertical farm comprised of 120 towers bearing 8,000 plants growing in a coconut husk mixture. The farm also includes the West Coast's first Soxx farm, 13 rows of 8-inch-thick fabric Soxx filed with a hybrid organic soil blend. Vegetables grow from holes precisely spaced in each Soxx.
Alegria Farm at the Great Park occupies a fifth of an acre but produces two-to-three times the output of a comparable farm plot, and with vastly less water. Veggies grown in towers use about 90 percent less water than conventional in-ground farming; growing in the Soxx uses 70 percent less.
The lettuce, cabbage, radicchio, onions, chard, celery, kale and other veggies in the hydroponic towers and Soxx grow faster and contain more vitamins and minerals because they get a steady flow of nutrient-rich water.
Bell Gardens High School students came to Alegria Farm after science teacher Jan Barber-Doyle learned about Cutter's farm. Her environmental science class was questioning how technology can help feed a growing world population, what strategies can best conserve water and other resources and which practices can improve food safety. Barber-Doyle thought Alegria would be a good place to learn something about all those topics. "It connected all those concepts to the real world," she said.
The students found the array of towers and racks and plants growing out of fabric tubes only mildly interesting — until Cutter mentioned what a great salsa could be made from the tomatoes, cilantro, onions and chilies that the students saw growing. That ignited a buzz.
How about a contest to see who could make the best salsa?
From that challenge, an unlikely partnership was born. Cutter built a bedroom-sized vertical garden in the quad of the high school campus, installing five vertical towers at the school, making it the only urban high school in Southern California with a working hydroponic vertical farm built by the students themselves.
Students tended the plants and planned the harvest celebration dinner complete with a salsa contest. In addition to the science class, students in the cooking class also joined the project and in July, students, parents and faculty voted on the first salsa contest winner.
"We're on the edge of something very exciting here," says Barber-Doyle, referring to the speed, small space and minimal resources needed to grow larger quantities of fruits and veggies than could be grown on a traditional in-the-earth farm. "Students constructed a solution to many of the food problems they studied."
"We learned how we can help our community," said David Bermejo of Bell Gardens, who will be a tenth grader in the fall. He said he and other students already are talking to city officials about how they might create a similar high-performance farm on some of vacant lots in Bell Gardens and nearby cities.
Students say they learned more than how to grow vegetables in the towers and Soxx. "We already are eating better," said Lizbeth Yanez of Maywood, who also will be a tenth grader in the fall. Moreover, she said, "I never imagined this type of project – but it's been fun to contribute and learn how to make an idea better."
Cutter is as jazzed as the students.
"To me this is a game-changer. It's great way to engage students in urban agriculture and get them to participate in what they grow and eat, plus it can lead to jobs," said Cutter, a crusader for healthy eating who can riff on boosting plant nutrient content and human health with the enthusiasm of a television evangelist.
About Alegria Fresh:
Alegria Fresh designed and manages Alegria Farms, showcasing urban hydroponic vertical and organic GardenSoxx farm systems. The hydroponic vertical farm employs over 120 hydroponic vertical towers growing over 8,000 plants in less than 1/20th acre. The organic Soxx farm consists of 13 rows of five GardenSoxx each, for a total of 7,800 linear feet of growing space within an 8,500 square foot area (approximately one fifth of an acre).
Alegria Farm is part of the interactive urban agricultural exhibit at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California. Alegria Farm is Orange County's first hydroponic vertical farm and organic GardenSoxx farm and the first West Coast showcase for vertical hydroponic systems which uses no soil, up to 90 percent less water, requires 70 percent less land and 50 percent less fertilizer than traditional farming. This high performance growing system produces clean, natural food faster and allows plants to grow bigger and stronger, making plants naturally more pest resistant.
Alegria Farm produces an exotic variety of leafy greens, medicinal herbs and heirloom vegetables. Hydroponic farming is soilless and utilizes coconut fiber instead of organic soil, and produces strong plants that are nutrient-rich. For more information on Alegria Fresh or to schedule a tour of the farm, please visit http://www.AlegriaFresh.com/ or follow on Facebook and Twitter. Alegria Fresh is the high-performance urban agriculture division of EnviroIngenuity, a company dedicated to reducing waste.
Visit Alegria Fresh at http://www.AlegriaFresh.com/ – Alegria Farm at http://www.AlegriaFarms.com/ and EnviroIngenuity at http://www.EnviroIngenuity.com/ .
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Political advertising in Australia: Few restrictions, no spending limit, and almost no oversight
By Anika Stobart
So the federal election is on. Billboards are suddenly plastered with party slogans, campaign ads are all around us, and our social media feeds are flaring up with political spin.
Political advertising is a major feature of Australian election campaigns. But sometimes it can be difficult to separate facts from scare campaigns, or even to distinguish a government ad from a party ad.
So what are the rules that govern political advertising in the upcoming election campaign?
There are very few restrictions on political advertising
Political advertising seeks to promote a political party, candidate, or political agenda. These ads can come from political parties themselves, or from anyone else who wants to influence voters and can afford to pay for one.
We have already seen several major advertising campaigns launched for this election, including the Coalition's 'Why I love Australia', Labor's 'A better future', and a series of prominent United Australia Party ads.
There are no limits on how much political parties, independent candidates, or third parties can spend in a federal election. So the race is on to raise more money than your opponents so that you can spread your message further and wider.
Some funding also comes from the taxpayer to help cover campaign expenses, such as advertising. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) reimburses parties or candidates for some of their spending according to the share of the primary vote they achieve in the election. In the last federal election this amounted to A$70 million in funding.
Political ads need only meet some basic requirements, which are monitored by the AEC and the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
These include identifying who authorised the ad – that's the bit at the end of a TV or radio ad that sounds like someone trying to break a fast-talking record – and not misleading voters on how to cast a vote.
If an ad encourages voters to fill out their voting paper incorrectly, the AEC can intervene, but only to correct that specific part of the ad. ACMA also enforces a 'blackout period' on TV and radio ads in the final few days before election day.
Truth is not a requirement
When it comes to the content of political ads, there is almost no oversight. Political ads are not fact-checked. The truth or otherwise of what is said in a political ad is left up to the voter to determine for themselves.
It's worth noting this hands-off approach is very different to strict rules around commercial advertising. Where a company is alleged to have misled consumers about a product or service, the matter is investigated, the ad may be pulled, and the company could face fines or further penalties. But there are no consequences for political parties if they lie to voters in their ads.
That means bad-faith characterisations of other parties' policies – or even flatly inaccurate ones – are perfectly OK under the law.
That's how misleading scare campaigns have been allowed to feature so prominently in recent elections.
During the 2019 election campaign, the Coalition hit Labor with false advertising about 'death taxes'. And Labor ran the false 'Mediscare' campaign against the Coalition at the 2016 election. Neither of these campaigns broke any rules.
Democratic politics, and election campaigns in particular, are naturally a contest of ideas. They involve values, promises, 'blue sky' thinking, and unproveable claims.
But deliberately false and misleading advertising hurts the democratic process. It can divert voter attention from the real issues and potentially distort election outcomes.
In an attempt to tackle this problem, both South Australia and the ACT have enacted truth in political advertising laws at the state level. At the federal level, however, it's a case of anything goes.
What about government advertising?
Government advertising is different – or it's supposed to be. It's advertising funded by the taxpayer for the legitimate purpose of enabling the government of the day to communicate important information to the public.
Government advertising includes, for example, public campaigns to remind people to get their booster shots, or information on how to access assistance in a domestic violence situation.
But sometimes government advertising can shade into political advertising, particularly when governments make ads spruiking their own performance.
Government advertising often ramps up in the pre-election period. We've seen some examples of this recently, in the recent blue-shaded advertisements about 'Australia's Economic Plan', or 'Making Positive Energy'. It's not clear what public benefit is served by ads like these.
Government advertising is subject to guidelines that require campaigns to be justified, objective, and fair, and prohibit the promotion of political party interests. But these guidelines are not enforceable.
The Independent Communications Committee reviews all campaigns costing more than $250,000, but it only sees them at the proposal stage, and can only provide advice to government. It has no power to veto a proposed ad campaign.
What can we expect during the election period?
We probably won't be seeing much government advertising over the coming weeks. The government is now in 'caretaker' mode. Caretaker conventions state the Department of Finance and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet must review all taxpayer-funded advertising and make recommendations on whether the campaigns should proceed or be deferred.
If a campaign gets the green light, the government still has to get the Opposition's approval. As a result, any government advertising that looks suspiciously like government self-promotion tends to disappear during elections.
But when it comes to political advertising, the sky is the limit – at least while parties' campaign funds hold out.
We can expect political ads to continue to ramp up over the coming weeks. The onus will be on each voter to sift through the spin for the facts and for the policies that matter to them.
This article was co-authored by Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute.
This article was originally published in The Conversation. It is republished under Creative Commons.
Photo by Michael Coghlan on Flickr (CC).
About Anika Stobart
Anika Stobart is Associate at the Grattan Institute. She joined the Grattan Institute in January 2020 following three years working in policy at the Australian Government Department of Agriculture. She holds a Bachelor in Laws and a Bachelor in Science from Monash University. View all posts by Anika Stobart →
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Mvc.Html;
using Pizza.Mvc.Helpers;
using Pizza.Mvc.Resources;
using Pizza.Utils;

namespace Pizza.Mvc.ViewRenderers.DropDown
{
    internal abstract class DropDownRendererBase
    {
        public string RenderDropDownForEnum(HtmlHelper htmlHelper, PropertyInfo property, object value)
        {
            var items = GetDropDownItems(property);

            var dropDownHtml = htmlHelper
                .DropDownList(property.Name, items, UiTexts.Editor_DropDown_EmptyValue, new { @class = "form-control" })
                .ToHtmlString();

            dropDownHtml = this.SelectProperItem(dropDownHtml, value);

            if (property.GetAttribute<RequiredAttribute>() == null)
            {
                dropDownHtml = dropDownHtml.Replace("data-val=\"true\"", string.Empty);
            }

            var validationMessage = htmlHelper.ValidationMessage(property.Name, string.Empty, new { @class = "text-danger" });
            if (validationMessage != null)
            {
                dropDownHtml += validationMessage.ToHtmlString();
            }

            return dropDownHtml;
        }

        protected abstract string SelectProperItem(string dropDownHtml, object value);

        private static List<SelectListItem> GetDropDownItems(PropertyInfo property)
        {
            var enumValues = EnumDisplayNameHelper.GetValueNameMap(property.PropertyType);
            var items = enumValues.Select(enumValue => new SelectListItem
            {
                Value = enumValue.Key.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
                Text = enumValue.Value,
            }).ToList();

            return items;
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    }
}


Foraging characteristics of breeding Common Yellowthroats (Geothlypist ichassinuosa) on the central California coast varied between early morning and midday periods, among periods within the nesting season, and between sexes. From early morning to midday, yellowthroats increased their use of vegetation at heights below 1 m and above 3 m, but reduced their use of vegetation at heights of 2-3 m. A midseason increase in the use of vegetation at heights above 3 m occurred after 3 May. Male yellowthroats foraged at significantly greater heights, on average, were more likely to choose flycatching over other maneuvers, and were possibly better adapted, morphologically and behaviorally, to exploit spatiotemporal changes in prey abundance than were females. Singing males occurred at greater heights, on average, than either foraging males or females, but did not differ from foraging birds in their use of substrates or plant species. We evaluated the use of plant species for foraging in comparison with availability within 10 m of foraging individuals and over the entire study area, and found significant diurnal and intraseasonal patterns of selection. Common Yellowthroats actively selected arroyo willow (Salk Zasiolepis) at both spatial scales of availability during all diurnal and seasonal periods. Use of foraging maneuvers varied intraseasonally but was independent of diurnal period. We found no significant interaction between diurnal and intraseasonal patterns of foraging. Our results suggested that Common Yellowthroats alter their foraging behavior in response to changes in foraging conditions associated with diurnal and intraseasonal dynamics of freshwater marsh ecosystems. Pooling of foraging data over diurnal or intraseasonal periods, or between sexes, may mask significant differences that are important in understanding foraging characteristics.
Kelly, J. P., and C. Wood. 1996. Diurnal, intraseasonal, and intersexual variation in foraging behavior of the Common Yellowthroat. Condor 98: 491-500.


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Q: overriding setDisplayFrame to check set sprite frame How can I override the setDisplayFrame method and check which sprite frame was set, in order to send a message if it matches a particular frame in an animation.

A: You don't need to override the method to do that, cocos2d 2.x already has this functionality. Look at the code in the CCAnimation and CCAnimationFrame classes. You can observe for the CCAnimationFrameDisplayedNotification in your objects. For an example of this look for ActionsTest.m in the cocos2d examples.
Additionally, I strongly suggest that you carefully read Programming with Objective-C before trying to dig deeper into cocos2d. I think it will clear a lot of your questions. ;-)

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CHP, FBI Urging I-5 Cash Grabbers to Return Money to Avoid Charges
What appeared to be thousands of dollars was flying all over Interstate 5 in Carlsbad
By Eric S. Page	• Published November 19, 2021 • Updated on November 20, 2021 at 10:57 am
Traffic in North County San Diego came to a standstill Friday morning when drivers discovered money all over Interstate 5.
Travelers jumped out of their vehicles in both directions in Carlsbad near Cannon Road around 9:30 a.m. to scoop up what appears to be bills all over the freeway.
An armored car had somehow opened, allowing cash to fall out, according to the CHP.
"One of the doors popped open and some bags of cash fell out," CHP Officer Curtis Martin said. "Some of the bags broke apart in the lanes and there was cash across all the lanes."
Officials said an investigation is underway to determine why the money fell out of the vehicle. The amount of money that went flying is not yet known, nor has it been determined how much has been recovered.
It's not clear yet what denomination the bills were, but Instagram user @DemiBagby posted herself with fistfuls of ones.
An armored car is visible in her IG post, stopped and appearing unoccupied.
"This is the most insane thing I've ever seen," Bagby said while people darted around behind her on the video, grabbing bills. "Someone dropped money all over the freeway."
It's not clear yet what denomination the bills were, but various Instagram users posted themselves with fistfuls of ones.
The CHP said several people picking up money gave bills to officers, while others were seen driving away with stolen money.
"The CHP would like to thank those motorists who have already returned money to their local CHP office and remind the public to do the right thing and return any money they found on the freeway. To return money, please contact the CHP Dispatch Center at (858) 637-3800," the CHP said.
Those who picked up the cash can avoid potential criminal charges if they return it within 48 hours, the CHP said. Investigators are working with the FBI to identify people and license plates spotted at the scene.
All that's left on scene are these money bands from the armored truck. Several folks have been seen pulling over to search for money. CHP reminds us you can be arrested for taking this money and urges anyone who did pick up money to return it.@nbcsandiego pic.twitter.com/IiX9CuCWgE
— Melissa Adan (@MelissaNBC7) November 19, 2021
Two hours after the incident, traffic on Interstate 5 north was still backed up south of Carlsbad.
What Happens to the Cash?
Law enforcement officials told NBC 7 that by 11 a.m., two arrests had been made in connection with the incident.
Anyone who did pick up cash and left the scene is being urged to return it to police, a CHP spokesman told NBC 7, saying that taking money in a situation of this nature is a criminal offense.
"I know that cash floating around is a tempting thing for a lot of people but it's not their money, so it needs to go back to the bank and back to the FDIC," Officer Martin said.
Martin added that they have obtained video evidence showing the faces and license plate numbers of people who stopped to pick up the cash -- and suggested investigators will be tracking people down.
"So I highly suggest anybody who picked up cash -- it's not your cash -- so turn it into a CHP officer," Martin said, adding that both the CHP and the FBI in San Diego are investigating the case.
People who turn in cash should explain that the money was recovered in connection to Friday's incident on the I-5.
One driver named Jasmin who spoke with NBC 7 said she pulled over to see if "she could get lucky, too, but good thing I didn't get lucky 'cause I found out it's illegal."
Remarkably, this is not the first time such a thing happened in San Diego: In 2009, some people hoping to elude police tossed cash out of their SUV during a chase.


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Super Bowl 2016: the art of the campaign before the game
by Daniel Farey-Jones February 03, 2016
With Super Bowl 50 coming up on Sunday 7 February, Marketing looks at the brands that have already broken cover in the advertising battle.
Brands booked onto the Super Bowl catwalk have the chance to grab people's attention well before the game with a well-judged teaser ad, or other marketing ploy.
First we look at the brands who have gone early, while here's a list of brands which are definitely advertising but are keeping their powder dry so far.
Alan Rickman in 'Alice Through the Looking Glass'
The voice of the late Alan Rickman stars in an ad for Disney's forthcoming 'Alice Through the Looking Glass', with the trailer going live during the Super Bowl.
Rickman's instantly recognisable tones kick off the two-minute trailer for the movie, Rickman's last, in which he plays Absolem, AKA the Blue Caterpillar.
Dame Helen Mirren doesn't pull her punches in Budweiser's anti drink-driving TV ad, telling viewers "don't be a pillock".
The English actress addresses Super Bowl audiences from the table of a restaurant, a Budweiser and burger before her. She says in icy tones that "if you drink drunk, you, simply put, are a short-sighted, utterly useless, oxygen-wasting, human form of pollution".
Rapper Drake takes the mickey out of singers - and himself - who use their music and image to endorse tech products in a 30-second Super Bowl spot.
In the ad he is interrupted constantly by suited execs during a performance for his 'Hotline Bling' music video.
In the midst of crooning the line, "You used to call me on my cellphone" filming is stopped and an exec says, "Perfect! Here are the changes."
"I love changes," Drake says, beaming.
"When you say 'call me on my cellphone, just add 'device eligible for upgrade after 24 months'."
"Genius!" Drake says.
Honda is trying to tick all the internet boxes - anthropomorphised animals, a dog, and a classic Queen track - for its Ridgeline spot. The ad sees the vehicle teach sheep to sing through its truck-bed audio system, and sees Honda returning to the Super Bowl after one year's hiatus.
Amazon has traditionally held back from Super Bowl advertising but it is going big with its first effort in a spot starring Hollywood heavyweight Alec Baldwin and American football legend Dan Marino.
A 30-second preview that launched on Wednesday 27 January shows Baldwin and Marino planning the ultimate Super Bowl party with the help of Alexa, the cloud-based voice personal assistant on its Amazon Echo device.
Alexa helps explain to Baldwin the concept of a "snack stadium" in the comedic spot, which highlights the capabilities of Alexa, which can also give fans predictions on what team is going to win.
Apartments.com is another debutant at this year's Super Bowl and they have signed up actor Jeff Goldblum and hip hop artist Lil' Wayne for their ad.
The property firm will reprise the Steve Jobs-esque Brad Bellflower character it first introduced introduced last March in a 60-second Super Bowl ad, and based on the trailer an appearance from Lil' Wayne can also be expected.
The 'change the world' strapline featured in the teaser is the same as the one introduced in the first ad featuring Bellflower, which emphasises how easy it is for people to find an apartment on the site.
On Friday 22 January Bud Light released this 30-second ad, 'The Bud Light Party is Coming', featuring comedians Amy Schumer and Seth Rogen getting ready for a mock-election rally for the Bud Light Party.
The idea, which plays on the upcoming US Presidential elections, will form part of a long campaign that will kick off properly with the broadcast Super Bowl ad, according to the beer brand.
The peanut butter and chocolate bar, owned by Nestlé, came out almost two months before the game with a spectacular way of announcing it would be placing an ad in CBS' Super Bowl TV coverage.
When we make an announcement, we do it #BolderThanBold https://t.co/IQSpHZ8fvN
— Butterfinger (@Butterfinger) December 16, 2015
It used live video platform Periscope to show the announcement being delivered by a skydiver during a jump from 12,000 feet.
The campaign idea of 'Bolder Than Bold' has been brought to life before the game using the Paddy Power-esque approach of encouraging NFL players to break the rules on excessive points celebrations by promising to pay their fines.
And it has parlayed this into video content by teaming up with former NFL star Terrell Owens to challenge New Yorkers to show off their 'Bolder Than Bold' celebrations.
Doritos is a master at extending the life of its Super Bowl activity with its well-established user-generated ads competition 'Crash the Super Bowl'. However, it is retiring the contest after this, its tenth year.
On 4 January the PepsiCo-owned brand revealed the three shortlisted ads that will face a public vote to decide which one gets shown during the game. Here's one:
The Korean carmaker, which announced in December it would make four ads with four famous directors, released this atmospheric short video called 'The Chase' on 25 January.
It followed this up the next day with 'Ryanville'.
Living up to its reputation for economy, the car brand has so far limited its teaser activity to this tweet featuring a still from its upcoming Super Bowl ad with actor Christopher Walken.
Christopher Walken will #AddPizzazz to our Big Game ad for the 2016 #KiaOptima. pic.twitter.com/mIu5TJhM10
— Kia Motors America (@Kia) January 21, 2016
The food giant is being mysterious about its Super Bowl ad, offering just a pixellated image and this blurb.
"Everyone knows and loves the great taste of Heinz Ketchup, and we wanted to introduce the world to the rest of the great tasting family in a campaign called #MeettheKetchups."
If you can get Liam Neeson to appear in your ad, you want the world to know about it. It's not clear what else this 15-second spot is telling us, but isn't that the art of the teaser?
Mini is apparently using its 30 seconds of airtime (at an average cost of $5m) during the game to talk about how its car defies the labels put on it, such as 'small'.
A complicated idea to get across, perhaps why the brand has also produced a series of six online films featuring famous people talking how they have defied their labels and how Mini is like them.
They feature tennis player Serena Williams, rapper T-Pain, former baseball pitcher Randy Johnson, skateboard Tony Hawk, former footballer Abby Wambach, and actor/producer Harvey Keitel.
On 25 January the soft-drink brand released a short video showing a half-baby, half-monkey creature in a bouncer looking at its watch. The link with the Super Bowl is in the soundtrack and in the date on the end-frame.
Pepsi sponsors the famous Halftime Show during the game, and it was announced on 3 December that Coldplay would perform.
On 11 January Pepsi kicked off an online video series taking a look behind the scenes of the preparation for the show, called 'The Pepsi Halftime Show Show'.
Persil announced it was making its debut in the Super Bowl on 26 January. While UK readers will know the detergent as a Unilever brand, the US version was launched last year by German manufacturer Henkel.
Persil said its game-day spot would feature a stain-fighting super hero, The Professional, who features in a "prologue" to the spot that was released along with 26 January announcement.
The game franchise has landed a Super Bowl slot to celebrate its 20th anniversary this year, and it is the first brand to go public with its final ad.
On 25 January it released an extended 60-second cut of what will be cut down to a 30-second TV spot.
It looks set to pay off with plenty of exposure, judging by the early plaudits and the 2.4 million views in its first 24 hours.
Shock Top, a craft beer brand (owned by AB InBev like all the beer brands advertising in the Super Bowl), is making its debut with a 30-second ad.
Its teaser comes in at three times that length and shows brand spokesman, comedian TJ Miller, talking to camera about how he is shooting "an unfiltered commercial for an unfiltered beer" that will be "the greatest Super Bowl commercial of all time".
He is interrupted by an animated version of Shock Top's 'Wedgehead' brand mascot, and to be honest the ad goes downhill from there.
After launching a teaser GIF with a bare hint of the things to come, seasoned Super Bowl advertiser Skittles has revealed an ad starring Aerosmith's Steven Tyler in its entirety.
In it the flamboyant frontman is presented with an animated 'Skittles portrait' of himself. He is unimpressed, demanding that the Skittles-Tyler sing higher and higher, which is does before exploding into a shower of multicoloured sweets.
The Mars-owned chocolate bar looks to be continuing its 'You're not you when you're hungry' work with this teaser, published on 26 January.
It shows what seems to be Marilyn Monroe singing 'Happy Birthday' to the Super Bowl in its 50th year, but she's not quite on song.
The fast food joint also came over all mysterious by publishing a redacted press release, a month before the game, that hints at the launch of a new product.
The website hosting and design provider is wrapping its Super Bowl work inside a global marketing tie-up with the forthcoming Dreamworks film 'Kung Fu Panda 3'.
From 13 January characters from the film started appearing in a Wix video and social media campaign promoting its StartStunning.com website.
Wix said this was one of four teaser ads it would reveal by 27 January and it would release its official Super Bowl ad on 4 February.
Omer Shai, the chief marketing officer at Wix.com, said: "Last year, 115m viewers tuned in to watch the Super Bowl, but our campaign enabled us to engage with an additional audience of 300m people worldwide. Our goal for this year is to recreate that reach and hopefully surpass it."
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Unilever puts a quarter of its overall ad budget into digital marketing
Budweiser dominates list of most-liked Super Bowl ads
Kung Fu Panda fronts UK launch of global Wix.com campaign
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Q: Fill polygons via data-defined pie charts I am trying to summarize my polygons by each's distribution of some variable.
To couch the discussion, let's say we wanted to summarize the demographics of each county (of a small state) by it's demographic makeup--say, black/white/other.
What came to mind would be to treat the fill of each county's polygon as a pie chart, and slice it accordingly.
Is there a way to do this in base QGIS (or SAGA)?
If not, what about through scripting? I was thinking one might be able to split the polygon layer into three new layers--white, black & other--with one slice of each polygon corresponding to the right wedge size.
This sounds vaguely doable to me, but I've got nothing like this GIS chops it would take. Any pointers?
Here's a rough sketch of what I've got in mind for two counties (with made up data).
The give-up alternative is to use the pie charts labeling feature.
Which may be more readable in the end anyway... just wondering whether this is possible anyway.

Note that the areas of the resulting sub-polygons should correspond (in proportion to the overall area) to the data points--i.e., the B sub-polygon in Providence should be 10% of the Providence's area, and the B sub-polygon in Kent should be 50% of Kent's area.

A: You can use the Diagram Overlay Plugin

And some more instructions:
http://darrencope.com/2011/11/01/qgis-diagrams-pie-charts-for-symbols/
Statistics or simple pie chart in Quantum Gis


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These Organic Spices are grown naturally without using any kind of chemicals and poor quality fertilizers. It is the well-known fact that these originally processed spices taste much better than any other spices, which is process unnaturally or by using chemicals and all. To be authorized organic these spices should be grown on the land, which has not had grown regulators, synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides applied to it from at least three years. By keeping international standards in mind packaging, storage and delivery of these species are done. Organically grown spices do not add dangerous chemicals and other pesticides, fertilizers to the environment and the natural balance of the land is maintained.
Now, if you planning to buy Organic Spices online you may find few really good deals if you buy in bulk. Just remember that if you are buying for your kitchen then a pound of species is a lot, and they do not stay fresh and flavourful forever. These spices are no longer ruinously costly as they were as little as 500 years ago. In addition, the most important reason for that in olden days these spices might have been found in only one or two places in the world but now they are grown virtually all over the world.
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Meet Audi's electrically turbocharged street racer
We dare you to call the 592bhp TT clubsport concept a hairdresser's car. Go on. We dare you
by Leon Poultney
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19 May 2015 / 10:51IST
Why has someone glued an ironing board to the back of a perfectly nice Audi TT?
Very funny. That's actually a spoiler, and it's got its work cut out trying to stop this 592bhp monster from taking off. Just look at its face - this Audi doesn't look like it has a good sense of humour.
That's some equally serious horsepower, have they stuck a V8 under the bonnet?
Not at all. You'll be impressed when we say that a 2.5-litre twin-turbocharged petrol engine resides under the aggressively styled nose. But it's not just any turbocharger, it's an 'e-turbo'.
It's inspired by the early 90s rave scene?
The 'e-turbo' has absolutely nothing to do with sweaty warehouses and repetitive beats; it's simply a fancy way of labelling Audi's new electronically -assisted turbocharger.
The new fangled tech gets rid of the typical delay associated with a conventional exhaust gas-powered turbocharger and ensures the clubsport turbo concept accelerates like a bat out of hell.
I've never really been into Meat Loaf...
Forget Meat Loaf, what you're looking at is potentially the future of turbocharging. Audi claims it will massively boost performance and improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.
In fact, the marque is ready to strap the technology onto its turbo diesel engines with a view to develop petrol-powered versions in the future.
Any other technical wizardry I should be aware of?
Yes, Audi has also implemented a new 48-volt electrical system that will eventually run these 'e-turbos' when they hit production cars. The clubsport concept stores a snazzy compact lithium-ion battery in the boot, as opposed to the regular 12-volt block you can buy in Halfords.
The car has also been completely stripped back for track use, so it gets adjustable coilover suspension, lightweight bucket seats with race harnesses and carbon fibre trim. There's even a very lovely open gate manual transmission (like the one in the Audi R8) to play with.
What sort of performance figures can I expect?
Theoretically, it should sprint off the line with Tesla-esque prowess. Audi claims the 650Nm of torque is enough to get the TT clubsport concept from 0-100kph in 3.6 seconds, with that electrically assisted turbocharger providing more punch from low down in the rev range.
Here's my chequebook, I want two...
Easy tiger, this is just a concept, and Audi currently doesn't have any plans to put it into production. But the German marque is due to release an updated TT RS model, which could be well worth spending your cash on.
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■ In its June report, MedPAC discusses the possibility of equalizing pay rates across different care settings.
Washington Congress' advisers on Medicare payment policy again have voiced strong concern over large scheduled cuts to physician services, while also scrutinizing higher pay rates for care delivered in the outpatient hospital setting.
During its annual review of payment issues, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission warned that current law will reduce rates for physician services by nearly a quarter in 2014. Congress has heeded the warning in previous years — and it's expected to do so again before the end of 2013 — by preventing cuts mandated by the national health program's sustainable growth rate formula. Commissioners have found systemic problems with the current framework and have called for a permanent replacement, MedPAC wrote in its June report to Congress.
Congress again will be required to pass legislation before the end of the year to prevent Medicare payment rates from undergoing steep reductions, said then-AMA President Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD. The American Medical Association has advocated for lawmakers to repeal permanently the Medicare SGR formula used to calculate payments.
"The AMA has worked tirelessly for many years to end the failed SGR, and the June MedPAC report is a reminder that it is vital for Congress to act this year to replace it with sustainable delivery and payment options that will improve the nation's health care system," Dr. Lazarus said.
The AMA and more than 100 physician organizations have proposed ideas to build a better and more sustainable delivery and payment system in Medicare. Such a system would offer doctors more flexibility to improve quality and lower costs, Dr. Lazarus said. The 10-year cost to repeal the SGR is estimated to be $139 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
MedPAC did not offer recommendations to level payments for similar services provided across care settings, but the report scrutinized rates for echocardiograms and 66 ambulatory payment classifications. Researchers have found an increase in these services being delivered in hospital outpatient departments. For instance, the share of evaluation and management office visits provided in the departments increased by 9% from 2010 to 2011. Echocardiograms and other cardiac tests also increased 15% and 22%, respectively, during that period.
The services provided in the outpatient department also cost Medicare and beneficiaries more money than if they had been provided at physician offices. An echocardiogram costs 141% more when administered in the hospital setting, the report stated.
"One way to address payment variations between physicians' offices and [outpatient departments] is to reduce payment rates in the outpatient prospective payment system so that payments are equal whether a service is provided in a freestanding physician's practice or in an OPD," the June report stated. In January 2012, MedPAC had recommended that 10 hospital E&M services should have their pay rates reduced.
The American Hospital Assn. has opposed these policies, because they would reduce payments to already underfunded outpatient departments by additional billions of dollars, said Joanna Kim, AHA's vice president for payment policy.
The current Medicare geographic system used to account for differences in the costs of practicing medicine in different regions across the country should be abandoned, MedPAC stated. Medicare uses geographic practice cost indexes to adjust doctor payments based on location, but since 2003, Congress has prevented that system from lowering rates in lower-cost areas by establishing an index floor that's equal to the national average.
The commission recommended to Congress that it allow geographic adjustments to take place in the meantime by removing the floor set by lawmakers. MedPAC also called on Congress to direct the Health and Human Services secretary to develop an alternative adjuster to replace the current system.
Medicare issues a single payment when an outpatient service is provided in a physician's office, but when it occurs in a facility, the program pays fees to both the physician and the hospital. For instance, a 15-minute evaluation and management visit will cost the program and patient $72.50 when it's done in an office in 2013, but the total facility rate is about 70% higher.


For several years, high pressure oxygen treatments have been used successfully to treat several diseases, such as delayed wound healing or carbon monooxide intoxication. Research has since recorded improvements in chronic or traumatic neurological diseases, fetal alcohol syndrome, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowl diseases (Crohn`s disease, Colitis ulcerosa) as well as Autism.
It is striking that autistic children often have a less distinctive blood flow in their brains than non autistic children, especially in the temporal lobe which includes important areas of speech perception and production. In different studies, it could be shown that a hypoperfusion in those areas correlates to a great fear of change. Other studies document correlations of a cerebral hypoperfusion with repetitive behaviour, unusual interest in specific sensory impressions, and impairments of social interaction and communication. Besides that, it was found that the decrease in blood flow accelerates with incremental age. And the children with the most severely decreased blood flow showed the most pronounced autistic behaviour.
The big question as to why this cerebral hypoperfusion occurs still has not been completely determined. Many studies have found signs of inflammation, including specific inflammation cells or markers as well as antibodies. In this case, an ideal provision of the cells with oxygen is not guaranteed. By raising ambient pressure and oxygen fraction in the air, the amount of oxygen transported in the tissue is increased, providing a better supply of oxygen for the cells. At the same time, oxygen has a strong anti-inflammatory effect. Several surveys provide evidence that oxygen leads to a significant improvement of neuroinflammation, cerebral endema and blood-barrier damage.
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Inside your Matchday Programme: Sheffield United
London Goalkeeper of the Year Daniel Bentley takes the spotlight in BEES 24
"Special mention must go to Chris Mepham who made his full international debut during Wales' 6-0 victory over China. That cap was a fitting reward for the attitude Chris has shown this season and a real marker of how far he's come in a short space of time."
From the Dugout: Dean Smith on Blades, Boro and the International Break
"It was true to our values that a family who has supported The Bees for several generations should be selected to put the first spade in the ground."
From the Boardroom: Mark Devlin reflects on a historic fortnight in TW8
"Even though they've not had the greatest form since Christmas, Sheffield United have managed to stick in there and I don't think anyone should bet against them sneaking into the Play-Off mix."
Hot Off the Press: With Rob Staton of BBC Radio Sheffield
"I train like a trojan and it's the same on matchday – I leave it all out there. I can't approach something half-heartedly."
The Road Ahead: A pillar of professionalism, Daniel Bentley has been ever present during Brentford's Sky Bet Championship campaign, helping The Bees to 12 shutouts with eight games of the season remaining. Wecaught up with the 24-year-old to discuss the importance of mental strength, Sheffield United's visit to Griffin Park and his 'clean sheet obsession'.
"I nicked his key card and then we went and ransacked Andy's room so you couldn't even recognise it! his bed was in the bath and everything was flipped upside down!"
First, Best, Worst: From signing limbs to ransacking rooms, we chat to former full-back Paul Gibbs about his first, best and worst moments in professional football.
"With last Monday's Lionel Road ground breaking ceremony, Brentford are only heading on an upward trajectory to a bright future."
Park Life: Nick Bruzon on ground breaking, Sunderland and Simon Grayson
"We gave Henrik [Johansson] a little round of applause at the end and he got a bit emotional in the changing room. He's had close to 14 months out injured and now he's slowly getting there so it's brilliant to have him back."
#BrentfordB: Kevin O'Connor reflects on his side's 3-1 victory over Manchester United Under-23s
"Carragher was the figurehead of the team and the focus of away fans' frustrations. In all that time I don't recall him reacting so petulantly, even when he suffered defeats at Old Trafford."
The Last Word: Ben Burgess discusses a tumultuous fortnight in football
For all your Brentford news, views and interviews, pick up a copy of BEES for just £3.50.
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EMMA Willis has shockingly hinted that she will QUIT Celebrity Big Brother if the show turns nasty.
The popular presenter explained how the most recent series - won by Courtney Act - was a return to greatness for Big Brother.
The 41-year-old explained: "It gets really exhausting when they're at each other's throats all the time.
"And it had kind of become very young and much more about arguments and having stress levels through the roof."
Speaking to the Daily Star, Emma added: "This series was a much more fun house. So if it stays like that then yeah, I'd love to stay.
"I do think that if you get Big Brother right, if you keep the essentials of what is is - a psychological experiment - it's something that can keep going. I'm a nosy neighbour so for me it's perfect television."
In January 2018, Channel 5 bosses were forced to issue a statement to deny claims that Big Brother and its celebrity spin-off version had been axed.
A second TV industry source yesterday also labelled the claims "untrue" and said claims they're going to pull the plug on the show are "pure speculation."
The reality TV classic has been on British TV screens for 18 years, though ratings have dropped since it was first aired on Channel 4 with Davina McCall as host.
The current series of CBB drew its lowest ever launch show ratings, but still attracted 2.4million loyal fans.


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All For One, One For All? The Idolmaster Expanding With New Game
By Eugene November 9, 2013
Namco Bandai keeps bringing them out but they'll never get tired. That's the beauty of a virtual idol, I suppose. Case in point: The [email protected]: One For All coming is to the PlayStation 3. The game will feature the 13 main idols from 765 Production, a new storyline , new music of course and a whole pile of new clothes and accessories to dress your chosen favorite girl up.
The trailer above shows off the new theme song "Only My Note" alongside the pretty nifty good morning greetings from the girls at the start.
No word on when it'll be out exactly, but we'll keep you posted. For those who aren't too sure and have somehow managed to entirely miss what this massive series has been about, it's pretty much an idol management simulation.
While it might have music rhythm versions or a social media card game and even its own dedicated PlayStation channel this one focuses on the original cast of characters around a small but rising idol-music production outfit called 765 Productions and the idols they groom to superstardom. Imagine if you were the man behind smash hit idol phenomenon AKB48, That's The [email protected] in a nutshell.
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HOME › Bookshop › Biography › RABBIT GEORGE AND ME
Rabbit George and Me
by Veronica Hague
Your ancestors come back to life when family history becomes a novel! Do you have mountains of genealogical information which, for all your time and energy, are little more than lists of names, dates and indecipherable family trees? Read Rabbit George and Me and find a blueprint of how to turn your history into an absorbing and compelling tale. A tale which will be sure to be read by present and future generations of your family. Your ancestry research will not have been in vain!
Opening in the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire of the mid 1800's, and deftly weaving through to the present day, the story of "Rabbit George', his three wives and twelve children is guaranteed to be devoured by the Smith family's descendants. But the general reader will find much that is of interest, whether it's journeying to Utah to learn about distant Mormon relatives, or to the far flung places so many descendants have settled. Rabbit George and Me will take you on a trip through time, and around the world, and will deliver you back home eager to craft your own family's tale.
Bring your ancestors back to life! Read Rabbit George and Me and discover a new way to ensure your family history is not only passed down, but is enthusiastically embraced by the generations to follow.
I have been working on a family history for quite some time and I'm delighted to report that 'Rabbit George and Me' will be published soon!
'Rabbit George and Me' is based on the life of Mary Stennett (of Billinghay, Lincolnshire). Mary was the third wife of George Smith (of Greasbrough, Yorkshire), farmer, builder and father of twelve children. Mary was the mother of the last four children: Clement, Elizabeth (Schonhut), Florence (Holroyd) and Effie (Hague). These children—particularly Florence and Effie who were born when he was in his sixties—resulted in George Smith being known forevermore as "Rabbit George"!
Family lineage can be difficult to follow and I hope 'Rabbit George and Me' will serve as a guide, not only to the history of George Smith, Mary Stennett, their families and descendants, but also to those of George Smith and his second wife, Mary Crawshaw.
Additionally, I hope the book will be of interest to the numerous descendants of William and Elizabeth Smith (of Wentworth, Yorkshire), parents of "Rabbit George" and his siblings. Those descendants include our Mormon brethren in Utah: the line of Mary Smith Rossiter (George's oldest sister) and her husband, William Rossiter.
I hope you will enjoy reading our family history as much as I enjoyed writing it! I learned a lot from family members and, crucially, was provided with a wealth of information by Robin Hartley. I thank Robin for continuing the ancestry work begun by his uncle, George Schonhut, and for ensuring that our Smith and Stennett ancestors will never be forgotten.
In the meantime, I'd love to hear from you!
Veronica Hague
I started reading this book & was amazed at how the past was mingled with the present.....it's a wonderful recap of family history.....
by gladys krasse
Veronica Hague is a fundraising, marketing and communications professional, specializing in raising private support for colleges and special-needs schools. Born and raised in Yorkshire, the author lived in London prior to moving to New York City. She has been a resident of New Jersey for over thirty five years.
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I can't tell you how gratifying it was to see a story, finally, about something a college tried that failed, hard.
Stories like those rarely see the light of day. Success stories are legion, but stories of failure are rare, and usually hidden behind anonymity and/or the fog of years. Secrecy helps failures proliferate, because people looking for useful lessons miss out when others are afraid to admit or own failure. Nobody wants bad publicity, and it's considered an iffy career move to be closely identified with something that fell flat.
I'm referring to this piece from EdSurge,  about a decade of disappointment that Tallahassee Community College has faced with various early alert systems. It's a genuinely refreshing piece because it situates failure where it often actually happens: in the gaps between good intentions and shaky or partial execution.
Apparently I'm not alone in my craving for honest discussions of failure. A new piece in Vox  profiles Julia Rohrer's new Loss of Confidence Project. It's aimed at social scientists who want to admit that they no longer believe in one or more of their previous research findings.
You'd think that would be commonplace, but it really isn't. It should be.
We teach students that the scientific method consists of hypothesis testing, and that new information can disturb previous beliefs. Yet within academia, we're terrible at doing that. Discredited or outdated beliefs can hang on for generations. The old joke that "science advances one funeral at a time" is funny because it's at least partially true.
At my own college, we're working on improving the ways that we do early alerts. In that context, it's useful to see that faculty at another college hated the system there because they never heard anything after they referred a struggling student. They assumed, rightly or wrongly, that the alert fell down the memory hole. After a while, a sense of futility kicked in.
I can hear the flaming now: "why don't you just ask people first?" Because, as any good social scientist can tell you, people aren't very good at anticipating their reactions to things that haven't happened before. (The classic literary portrayal of that is Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham.) Some lessons become clear only through experience. Hearing from places where something was tried, and failed, offers a credibility that speculation -- no matter how self-assured -- just can't. Sometimes you have to try it before you know whether you'll like it.
As the Vox piece coyly notes, intellectual humility isn't always rewarded in our culture. President Trump, for instance, appears entirely immune to it, and that hasn't stopped him. I'm always a little disappointed when I see people fall for bluster and punish honesty, but more so within academe. As the guardians of the scientific method, critical thinking, and academic freedom, we should really know better. We should use failures as teachable moments not merely for students, but for ourselves. It's one reason that my favorite interview question is "tell me about a time you messed up, and how you handled it." I keep waiting to see conference panels about failed initiatives at colleges; they remain few and far between.
I don't want to cheerlead for failure, exactly, but I'll happily cheerlead for candor.


No idea what this was when I ordered it, turned out to be delicious. // Crêpe with ice cream at Häagen-Dazs. Or why I'll never be a food blogger.
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The promotion of European apples in Emirates shopping centers, as part of the promotional campaign "The power of taste, vitamins and colors – discover the quality of apples from Europe", has just ended. For seven consecutive days, from February 8 to February 14, the Association of Polish Distributors of Fruit and Vegetables "Unia Owocowa" promoted European apples in My City Al Barsha and City Center Me'asieam shopping malls, so in different parts of Dubai to reach customers as widely as possible.
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Sony is working on a large 6-inch smartphone, a new report suggests.
According to DigiTimes, the Japanese company is currently developing the phablet-sized device, which is yet to be officially announced.
The device is purportedly being designed in Taiwan, and is claimed to be part of a move away from the manufacturing of entry-level devices.
The report details how Taiwanese ODMs are now focusing on mid-range handsets for Sony Mobile, which suggests that the 6-inch device might not be part of the company's flagship smartphone line-up.
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Brain-injured diplomats feel 'abandoned' by Ottawa
By Bruce Campion-SmithOttawa Bureau
Mon., July 2, 2018timer7 min. read
updateArticle was updated Jul. 03, 2018
OTTAWA—The Canadian diplomats took up their postings in Havana, confident it would be a relatively safe assignment.
Indeed, the only serious risk, it seemed, would be to their privacy — diplomats assigned to the Cuban capital assume constant eavesdropping, in their cars, their homes, on their cellphones.
But all that changed one day in early April 2017 on a quiet residential street in west-end Havana populated by diplomats — including two families from Canada — as well as affluent Cubans and foreign business executives.
Police tape blocked off the street, sniffer dogs and officers descended on a house occupied by an American couple. The diplomat and his wife had suffered unexplained injuries as the result of a mysterious attack.
But they weren't the only casualties. The Canadians on the street would later learn that they too had been hit by what is now called the "Havana syndrome," a range of concussion-like symptoms that sometimes seemed to take hold after strange noises.
The Americans were returned to the States. But before they left, the U.S. diplomat tipped the Canadians to what was happening.
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Yet the Canadian government was slow to react. Diplomats and their families remained in Cuba. Others arrived to take up new postings, some of whom would also suffer the same brain injuries.
These typically diplomatic diplomats — struggling with debilitating symptoms — charge that Ottawa failed in its "duty of care" to protect them and then ensure their timely medical treatment.
The Star has talked to several of the Canadians affected and reviewed correspondence between senior government officials and the professional association that represents diplomats.
Among the concerns:
Federal officials were slow to respond to the risk and, as a result, Canadians may have been left in harm's way, including diplomats and their families who went to Havana to take up new postings. This, even though a Canadian diplomat, spouse and two children were confirmed as suffering brain injuries in June 2017.
"Haphazard" medical assessments of diplomats, spouses and children have bounced between the Department of National Defence, Health Canada and provincial health systems. That has also delayed diagnoses and treatment, especially worrisome for children who are showing symptoms.
In March, two Canadians travelled to the University of Pennsylvania on their own initiative to be seen by brain injury specialists who had treated American diplomats from Cuba. Those specialists gave a startling diagnosis — the Canadians had suffered the very same brain injuries as the Americans.
"The stress has been awful. We feel we have been abandoned. I expect my government to be concerned about my well-being," said one diplomat, who, like others involved, spoke to the Star on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue and their own medical situation.
Canadian diplomats accept postings around the globe knowing they could face dangers that include natural disasters, political upheaval, even getting caught in a terror attack.
But those based in Havana were not prepared for what was coming — a mysterious series of attacks seemingly taken from the pages of a Cold War spy thriller that left several Americans and Canadians with serious injuries and roiled the diplomatic relations of both countries with Cuba.
News broke last summer that American diplomats were the target of what was initially branded as a sonic attack. People reported hearing a variety of noises — warping metal, industrial machinery and cicadas — that they associated with the onset of their health symptoms. Medical specialists would later discount the noise as a potential cause of the "Havana syndrome."
Despite rumours of the attacks circulating in Havana's diplomatic community, few Canadians thought they too might be in the crosshairs.
"It didn't occur to any of us that we would be affected," said one.
An American informally tipped his Canadian neighbour to the situation in early April, and that information was passed to a senior embassy official.
Within weeks, the U.S. ambassador met with his counterparts from several countries, including Canada, to brief them. Yet weeks would pass before any information was widely shared with other staff in the Canadian embassy, sources tell the Star.
Early that June, word came that the Canadian family who lived across the street from the Americans had been affected, too. After the Americans left, the Canadian family had suffered a frightening night-time "attack" that left some in the house feeling nauseated and suffering nosebleeds.
They were taken to Miami, where testing revealed they had suffered brain injuries, diplomatic colleagues say.
Within days, Canadian embassy employees were looped in. They were told to be on alert for strange noises and warned to move to a different part of their house if they did hear anything, and not to go outside to investigate. They were to tell senior officials if they experienced symptoms.
But diplomats complain that no real precautions were put in place for staff and families. Instead, employees were ordered not to talk about the strange situation.
"They were trying to downplay it to avoid panic and maintain the normal operation of the embassy," said one of those affected.
This even though other diplomats, spouses and children were now suffering health problems that included ringing in the ears, headaches, fatigue, weight loss and balance issues.
"You felt crappy. It wasn't like a headache. It was waves of pain that came and went throughout the day," said one Canadian.
During this time, other Canadian diplomats were preparing to move to Cuba to take up a new posting. Those already at the embassy were ordered not to discuss the situation. At least one of those families is now grappling with health problems, sources say.
"They were not properly informed," said one diplomat.
Two families who arrived in Cuba last summer felt that the briefings "categorically under-represented the situation and potential threat," the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers wrote the department.
Global Affairs says 10 Canadians have been affected. Diplomats tell the Star that 15 people are suffering some sort of symptoms, including children.
In January 2018, the association wrote Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland to complain that Global Affairs was failing in its "duty of care" to the affected Canadian.
The note cited the "refusal" of Health Canada and the Department of National Defence to provide followup care, difficulties accessing medical files and delays in testing.
"It has become clear to our members that the level of care provided by the Americans far outstrips that provided to our members," the note said.
In its reply, Global Affairs Canada said that the health and safety of its personnel and their dependants was its "top priority."
The department did concede that medical referrals and pediatric testing "have taken longer than expected," but maintained those delays are the "responsibility" of the provincial health-care providers.
Finally, out of desperation, two Canadians paid their own way to travel to the University of Pennsylvania in March to be evaluated at the Department of Neurosurgery and Center for Brain Injury and Repair.
Testing shows that they had suffered the same "concussion-like" effects as the Americans, including "neurological, balance, vestibular and other problems," according to a note from the association.
Many of the children and adults affected are also suffering vision problems.
Dr. Douglas Smith, the department's director, declined to say whether he had treated Canadians. But in an earlier interview with the Star, he said that diplomats of both countries have suffered concussion-like symptoms but without head trauma to explain the cause. He speculated that they had been exposed to some form of directed energy.
A month after that visit, Global Affairs Canada publicly acknowledged that Canadians may have suffered what was called an "acquired brain injury." It announced that family members would no longer accompany diplomatic staff posted to Havana. Those already there were sent home.
Speak to the Canadians caught up in this incident, and the frustration and worry spills out.
They acknowledge that the mystery of what they were facing — strange health symptoms, allegations of an attack with no apparent culprit or motive — made it difficult for the department to respond in the early days.
But the news in June 2017 that one family had suffered serious injuries should have triggered a more forceful response to protect Canadians from harm and ensure the timely treatment of those who had been affected, they say.
"It was like we were not taken seriously," said one. "At some point, you get tired of fighting."
Families say they have faced endless struggles to get treatment, even to pay bills, often having to pay out of their own pocket for specialized testing and treatment and then wait to be reimbursed.
Pam Isfeld, president of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers, says that only recently has there been a "sense of urgency" around the issue.
"I think it took the system longer than we would have liked … to take steps to minimize the risk," she said in an interview.
But she's hopeful now that the department has put in place the arrangements to ensure care with medical specialists.
Global Affairs Canada did not comment on the situation in Cuba or the concerns expressed by diplomatic staff.
Some of those affected are now in rehab, which has helped. But symptoms continue. Treatment of Canadian children by specialists is only now just beginning, more than a year after the crisis first came to light.
The diplomats worry that down the road the brain injuries may result in dementia or tumours. They want assurances of long-term medical followup.
And in Cuba, the mystery continues. Another U.S. diplomat was confirmed Thursday to be suffering the same symptoms that have befallen the others.
Bruce Campion-Smith is the Star's Ottawa bureau chief and a reporter covering national politics. Follow him on Twitter: @yowflier