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After a long and lonely dry spell, the original longue lizard Larry Laffer is back on the dating scene, thanks to his legions of seductive Kickstarter fans. Today we have some exciting information about a new piece of content that's being added to the remake of Larry's first dance with love, in the upcoming Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded. Based on the many votes from the project's Kickstarter backers, fans of the series have chosen Jasmine to be incorporated into the game as a new woman in Larry's luxurious love life.
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Khari Willis nearly died in Ann Arbor. Now he's a Michigan State star
Doctors at University of Michigan's CS Mott Children's Hospital helped save Khari Willis' life in 1996. He is now Michigan State's senior captain.
Khari Willis nearly died in Ann Arbor. Now he's a Michigan State star Doctors at University of Michigan's CS Mott Children's Hospital helped save Khari Willis' life in 1996. He is now Michigan State's senior captain. Check out this story on Freep.com: https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2018/10/19/michigan-state-football-khari-willis-michigan/1686601002/
Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press Published 6:30 a.m. ET Oct. 19, 2018 | Updated 12:48 p.m. ET Oct. 19, 2018
Michigan State players address the media leading up to the Spartans' game against the Wolverines on Saturday. Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press
Michigan State safety Khari Willis talks with reporters during the team's NCAA college football media day, Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, in East Lansing, Mich.(Photo: Al Goldis/AP)
Khari Willis called his father, John, and swore him to secrecy.
He was a few days away from starting his first career game for Michigan State. As a true freshman. In the Big House.
His dad got nervous. But nowhere near as anxious as he was about 19 years earlier on a trip to Ann Arbor with his son.
A few miles from Michigan Stadium, at CS Mott Children's Hospital, is where University of Michigan doctors helped save Khari Willis' life.
"Naturally, that's part of his life, so that was a crucial thing for us," John Willis said Wednesday from his home in Jackson. "Even though we want to beat them very bad this Saturday, we are definitely always eternally grateful that it worked out for us and that he's been able to continue on."
This will be Khari Willis' final game against the Wolverines, a noon kickoff at Spartan Stadium (Fox). Now a senior safety and one of three captains, Willis' college career took off in MSU's now-legendary 2015 victory, as he was on the punt block unit that scored the winning touchdown in the 27-23 miracle finish as time expired.
An immediate impact that Willis dreamed of making on the field.
"But as a kid, you just kind of hope to come in as a freshman and try to play," he said this summer at Big Ten media day in Chicago. "I felt once I was able to play, I'd get some plays under my feet, get some trust going, keep my grades where they needed to be, then good things would happen. As they always have.
"I think if you just stay true to yourself, everything will take care of itself. And I think it's been that way so far."
In football and beyond.
Spartans Khari Willis (27), Monty Madaris (88) and others celebrate in the endzone as Michigan players look on after Jalen Watts-Jackson scored the winning touchdown after time expired to beat the Wolverines 27-23 Saturday, October 17, 2015, at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. (Photo: Dave Wasinger/Lansing State Jour)
Rooted in faith
A photo of that final play remains on his father's cell phone background screen. His son, pointing to heaven.
It is a display of the faith, sports and spirituality that flows throughout Willis and his family.
His mother is a teacher at Church of God in Jackson and prays with Willis before every big game and moment in his life. John, a former basketball coach at Jackson College, is the neighborhood outreach coordinator for the city of Jackson and serves as director of The King Community Center in town. Willis went to Jackson Lumen Christi, a Catholic school, where he starred in both basketball and football and returns home to mentor kids in his hometown.
"I think Khari definitely will be engaged with people and helping people in some kind of ways," John said of his son. "With my job, with what his mom does at church and with helping people – his mom is such a giving person as well, so he's been around it a lot. They've always had to share their time, helping other people get to do things. And Khari, his vision has always (wanted) to reach out and help out other people.
"Even now when he comes back, he checks on some of the young athletes. The funny thing is, they always want to tell him what they're doing athletically. And he's like, 'We can't talk about athletics. I need to know what your grades are.' "
Michigan State safety Khari Willis during his childhood growing up in Jackson. (Photo: John Willis)
Khari Willis was born May 7, 1996, in Jackson, the seventh of John and Mary Willis' 10 children and the fifth of seven boys in their family.
Around Thanksgiving that year, baby Willis developed a fever. He was unconscious but breathing.
"For us, there was nothing we could do. There were no responses," John recalled. "The body literally just went limp."
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Willis was rushed to Foote Hospital in Jackson. Doctors there could not determine what was wrong, so they ordered a helicopter flight to Ann Arbor and U-M's hospital. It took some time, but doctors there determined it was an adenovirus, John said. The virus is most common in young children and can affect the respiratory and nervous systems, among other things. It can be fatal.
"They just couldn't figure it out for a while what it was," John said. "Some type of infection or something got in there – a virus, some type of adenovirus, that got to the lining around the brain that shut everything down, the body shut down to protect itself. He was out for three days, and they had to do a spinal tap and all types of stuff."
Three days later, Willis regained consciousness, "just like he'd never been sick," his dad said.
Michigan State's Khari Willis, right, tackles Michigan's Ian Bunting during the first quarter on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. (Photo: Nick King/Lansing State Journal)
Winning his fights
Willis did not have any lingering issues or ramifications from his health scare. And his older siblings never treated him any differently, something he believes helped instill toughness that he carries with him to MSU's demanding safety position.
Especially in competing with his four older brothers.
"The biggest challenge was you gotta win your fights," the 6-foot, 215-pound Willis said. "I mean, if you were younger, 9 times out of 10, you were losing. If you were older, 9 times out of 10, you were winning. I feel like it helped me because I always played with older kids. I think I had maybe one year, maybe in eighth grade, where I played with kids my age, and I went to high school and went back to playing with older kids again.
"I feel like it's been helping me all my life."
He watched as his older brother, Terrell, went from Jackson to play linebacker and defensive end at Toledo from 2007-10. The Rockets won 13-10 at Michigan in 2008, Terrell's sophomore year.
Back in Jackson, Willis started to morph from a quiet, introverted kid into a fierce competitor as a point guard in basketball and a running back in football. By his sophomore season at Lumen Christi, he had multiple Division I basketball offers.
"We have kind of a general, standing family rule where we like our kids to play as many sports as they can and to stay active – unless they get a Division I scholarship offer," John said. "And then we allow them to focus on the sport you have a scholarship offer in."
When the basketball offers arrived, Willis decided to drop football. It was the second time he wanted to get away from the sport, he said, and his parents were OK with his decision.
"And then the day before football practice started his junior year," John recalled, "he said, 'Dad, we need to go to the store and get some cleats.' And I said, 'Cleats? I thought you said you weren't playing football this year?' But he decided to play."
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The football offers started to trickle in, from bigger and more prestigious schools, as he became a 3-star recruit in both sports. Eventually, MSU was his final decision – he initially entertained the idea of playing basketball as well, but his father said Willis felt changing positions from running back in high school to safety in college would require all of his offseason attention.
"The defensive back thing was totally new to him," John said. "But he felt with film work — and at the time, it was coach (Harlon) Barnett there — he liked to spend as much time learning at the position he was in. So he felt that would be more effective for him.
It paid off.
Willis debuted in MSU's fourth game in 2015, against Central Michigan. Three weeks later, on Oct. 17, 2015, he found himself inside Michigan Stadium starting at safety next to Grayson Miller, another true freshman. The duo combined for nine tackles in the game in place of veterans Demetrious Cox and Montae Nicholson.
Then came the final play, with 10 seconds left.
Miller helped force Michigan punter Blake O'Neill to fumble. The ball bounced to Jalen Watts-Jackson. Willis helped pave the way for his teammate to get to the goal line and dive into the end zone for the miraculous touchdown as time expired.
"It was going back and forth and we pulled it out with the punt at the end," Willis matter-of-factly recalled this week. "That was a long time ago."
Though Willis can downplay the moment while still embroiled in the rivalry, that day still gets his father glowing. His two sons, he joked, are a combined 3-0 in the Big House after Willis and MSU won there last year, 14-10.
On another final play last year, a U-M heave to try and win it as time expired, Willis was there to help defend the desperation pass and celebrate MSU's eighth win in 10 games against the Wolverines.
But the surreal nature of that 2015 game still sticks in John's mind.
"Funny thing is, it kind of reminded me of that Penn State game," he said, recalling last week's 21-17 upset of the Nittany Lions. "The audience noise, that game was pretty loud. And at the end of the game, when Jalen Watts-Jackson picked up that ball and ran it back, just to see that whole stadium go quiet like that was amazing."
Michigan State University football safety Khari Willis speaks during the fourth-annual Lansing Promise Dinner on Thursday, April 26, 2018, at the Breslin Center on the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing. The event raises money for the Lansing Promise, a scholarship that helps Lansing graduates take up to 65 credits at Lansing Community College for free or receive the equivalent in fees and tuition to attend Michigan State University or Olivet College. (Photo: Nick King/Lansing State Journal)
A growing voice
It was a different sense of pride in July for John and Mary Willis.
There were no secrets to keep on the car ride to Chicago, not like the one John kept from his brother as they drove to Ann Arbor before that U-M game in 2015. This was a chance for Willis' character and personality, not his athletic prowess, to take center stage.
MSU coach Mark Dantonio recommended Willis as the keynote speaker for the annual Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon. The pre-law major took the stage and delivered an 8-plus-minute speech in front of about 1,300 college football players, coaches, fans and business people about the responsibility athletes have within their communities to give back and guide others.
"Khari is just a tremendous individual," Dantonio said that day. "Extremely disciplined, very much faith-driven as a person, stands behind who he is as an individual. … I think it gives him a platform to talk about himself, his family a little bit, his growth and some of the other things that have come up."
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Moments before the luncheon, a floor below, Willis and his mother prayed together. Just like they had in every other major moment in his life. And he told the crowd about how important her faith was in growing his own, then imparted his father's advice to his fellow football players.
"Let's make a difference, let's continue to let our light shine," Willis told the crowd. "There is an old saying that my father used to use, he still uses it to this day. That saying is 'If you blow my candle out, that won't make your candle shine any brighter.' Let's go back and let's light these candles in these communities."
Mary and John watched from the crowd, amazed to see the one-time introvert commanding a room like a master speaker. They beamed with pride and became swept up in the standing ovation for their son, applauding and cheering.
And they realized they had become so mesmerized they forgot to record the speech.
"Just knowing him to be as shy as he was as a kid and then to see him start to gain the confidence to do the things he's been asked to do now," John said, "it's phenomenal as a dad to watch and see those things happen."
Willis continues to produce on the field. He was named to the Pro Football Focus College midseason All-Big Ten team on Wednesday, after posting 36 tackles, intercepting two passes, forcing a fumble and breaking up a career-high five passes through six games.
Michigan week arrives at the midway point of Willis' final season. And like most seniors do, there is a chance for some reflection of the sometimes improbable, sometimes fateful journey Willis has experienced at MSU.
He is mentally preparing for life without football, planning to go to law school after he graduates and adding a master's and any other degree he can along the way. Willis said he would like to be a defense attorney, to help good people who put themselves in bad situations.
But he also hopes there is a future in pro football first.
"It's been a very fast four years. Three-and-a-half, really," he said. "It's kind of scary, knowing that after this, you're out in the real world and you gotta fend for yourself, which is fine. It's been surreal being here. It's been a great experience.
"I love East Lansing, this is always home for me. I'm really close to home as well, so that's been great. But winning games, being with this team, going through that rough (3-9 season in 2016) – believe it or not, I wouldn't trade it."
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MFA Announces Plans to Celebrate 150th Anniversary
By Isabel Fenoglio
September 15, 2019 Updated June 3, 2020 at 12:06 pm
When the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MFA) first opened its doors in 1870, it was home to 5,600 works of art. Today, the museum holds nearly 500,000 pieces—one of the most comprehensive and diverse collections in the world. More than a million visitors frequent the gallery halls each year, and to make sure that number grow this year, the MFA is throwing a yearlong celebration.
To honor the 150th anniversary of the museum's founding come 2020, the MFA announced a series of events and initiatives for the coming year on Thursday. Dual looking, the anniversary is designed both to celebrate the museum's past and lay groundwork for the future, with a specific focus on promoting a deeper commitment to inclusion, community, and generosity.
"The MFA's 150th anniversary is a moment to honor our past and, more critically, anticipate our future. The Museum was founded with a spirit of generosity and belief in the power of art and artists—values that remain among the pillars of today's MFA," said Matthew Teitelbaum, Ann and Graham Gund director, in an official press release.
"As we look ahead, we must also address the changing role of museums in society, amplifying our efforts toward becoming a truly inclusive institution and committing to a new sense of urgency in engaging with the issues of our time."
The MFA also released a strategic plan to the public, which outlines museum priorities to anticipate organizational growth 10 years from now.
"In ten years we will be central to an international conversation about the role of art and artists in ways that influence museums around the world," the report says.
"We will lead in framing a national dialogue about the role of museums in our communities. We will be linked to a new generation of supporters, collectors, and advocates who share our commitment to the excellence of our collections. In pursuit of this vision we will invite, welcome, and engage expanded audiences."
This commitment is reflected in the diversity of upcoming exhibits, which boast the immense growth of the museum's global collection. Planned exhibits range from from Ancient Nubia Now, set to open in October and highlight more than 400 pieces excavated from the Sudanese Nile Valley dating back to 2400 B.C. and 300 A.D., to an exhibit planned for April revolving around the post-graffiti movement of the 1980s.
On Thursday, the first special exhibit of the series, Women Take the Floor, opened to the public, which offers a seven-gallery "takeover" of nearly 200 artworks by more than 100 women to promote gender equity and pay tribute to the centennial of the women's suffrage amendment.
In addition to emphasizing the growth of global collections, the Museum plans to forge deeper connections with the local community—it is launching a free first-year membership program to encourage Boston residents to visit more frequently and become more involved.
Throughout the year, community events will be held in coordination with local artists to highlight the creative talent of Boston. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the MFA will unveil an exhibition of 20th century art by artists of color, curated by teen fellows from organizations throughout the city. In April, plans for a community mural project led by Boston artists Rob "Problack" Gibbs and Rob Strull is also already underway.
Celebration will culminate in late 2020, when the museum will host a final fundraiser in which the proceeds will benefit future diversity and inclusion efforts at the MFA. For a list of upcoming events, visit the museum's website.
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Should I have an online social media presence?
More and more employers are using LinkedIn to source candidates. You can use it to research jobs and organisations, connect with individuals or groups, share ideas and advice with others who have similar interests. Business and Engineering employers may be particularly inclined to recruit through LinkedIn.
Other employers may expect you to be on different websites or platforms. For example, if you are studying communications and media or marketing it may be desirable to employers to see that you have experience using a range of social media platforms.
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Iran sentences 'Mossad agent' to death over scientist killings
Was Israel really behind the death of Iranian scientists?
Published: OCTOBER 24, 2017 18:42
Updated: OCTOBER 24, 2017 18:48
Iran hangs 'Mossad agent' Majid Jamali Fashi for scientist killing scientist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, May 16, 2012. (Reuters)
Iran has sentenced to death a person found guilty of providing information to Israel to help it assassinate several senior nuclear scientists, Tehran's prosecutor said on Tuesday.
At least four scientists were killed between 2010 and 2012 in what Tehran said was a program of assassinations aimed at sabotaging its nuclear program. Iran hanged one man in 2012 over the killings, saying he had links to Israel.
On the latest conviction, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi told the judiciary's news agency: "The person had several meetings with (Israeli intelligence agency) Mossad and provided them with sensitive information about Iran's military and nuclear sites in return for money and residency in Sweden."
The headline of the report described the convicted person as a "Mossad agent."
Dolatabadi did not identify the person, but Amnesty International said on Monday that Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian doctor who studied and taught in Sweden, had been sentenced to death in Iran on espionage charges.
Amnesty said the court verdict states that Djalali worked with the Israeli government which subsequently helped him obtain a residency permit in Sweden.
Neither Iran nor Amnesty said when the verdict was issued.
Djalali was arrested in April 2016 and held without access to a lawyer for seven months, three of which were in solitary confinement, Amnesty said.
"Djalali was sentenced to death after a grossly unfair trial that once again exposes not only the Iranian authorities' steadfast commitment to (the) use of the death penalty but their utter contempt for the rule of law," said Philip Luther, Amnesty's Middle East advocacy director.
The United States has denied Iran's accusation that it was involved in the scientists' deaths, and Israel has a policy of not commenting on such allegations.
Dolatabadi said the convicted person gave Mossad information about 30 nuclear and military scientists including Massoud Ali-Mohammadi who was killed by a remote-controlled bomb attached to a motorcycle outside his home in Tehran.
An undated image released by Iran's Fars News Agency of Tehran University professor Massoud Ali-Mohammadi who was killed by a bomb in front of his home in north Tehran January 12, 2010.
The judiciary said he was also linked to the assassination of nuclear engineer Majid Shahriari, killed in a bomb attack in November 2010.
Djalali's wife Vida Mehrannia, who lives in Sweden with their two children, has told Amnesty International that his physical and mental health have sharply deteriorated since he was detained.
"We are calling for his release because he has not committed any crime," Amnesty quoted her as saying.
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Q: Toggle/macro/xargs-like thing for shell variables So I'm stuck doing a lot of cross-compiling and am typing stuff like this a lot
FOO=bar command --some-args
BAZ=qxt other-command --other-args

But obviously the real shell variables are long and cumbrous to type. Bash is not a dynamic language, so backticks won't work (it tries to run the command FOO=bar). xargs is wrong though something like it that works before command evaluation would be good. Setting the shell variables I want as env variables hits the same problem as backticks if I just put them before the command; changing envs explicitly every time leaves me with the same cumbrous typing problem as shell variables, with the added fun of polluting my later environment. Is there something like pushenv and popenv?
Is there any way I can store and retrieve through a short handle all the shell variables I might need, so I can do something like
shellvars1 command --some-args
shellvars2 other-command --other-args

The different combinations of shell variables is large but finite, so if there's a way of offloading that to a helper script I can type them all there once, I just can't figure out a way to do that.
Bonus points: does bash have something like tcsh's ability to do
!24:s/FOO/BAZ/

?
That could also help (though not as much). I mostly want to remove opportunities for my preternatural skill at typos to show itself.

A: You seem to be somewhat confused about what is a shell variable and what is not. All the variables in your post are environment variables, not shell variables. To set a shell variable:
foo=bar

To set an environment variable:
export FOO=BAR

(or setenv in c shells). But in
FOO=BAR command

the assignment counterintuitively has a different meaning than before and sets an environment variable in the environment of the command only. That said, this simple script should answer your needs:
#!/bin/bash
VAR1=VAL1 ... VALN=VARN "$@"

As for the bonus question: I don't think bash can do that, but zsh is awesome and can do it. Both
^FOO^BAR

and
!!:s/FOO/BAR/

have the same effect, and for your specific example:
!24:s/FOO/BAR/

A: You can put variable assignments in an alias.
alias shellvars1='FOO=bar '
alias shellvars2='BAZ=qxt '

The space at the end of the variables tells the shell to consider subsequent words for alias expansion as well. For example, if a is an alias for somecommand --option, then shellvars1 shellvars2 a wibble runs FOO=bar BAZ=qxt somecommand --option a.
You can use functions as well. Use aliases if the assignments are fixed, and functions if you want more flexibility (e.g. conditional assignments).
shellvars1 () {
  local tmp=2
  FOO=$((tmp + tmp)) "$@"
}
…
shellvars1 mycommand

You can also make variables local to a function. If a variable is local to a function, then an export directive is also restricted to the function's scope.
shellvars1 () {
  local FOO=bar
  export FOO
  "$@"
}

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'What do you wanna do when you grow up?' used to be one of the most fun questions of childhood didn't it? You could reel off things like 'an astronaut' one day, and 'a lollipop lady' the next, without fear of judgment from the people around you, or worrying about the feasibility of it happening either.
Your mind was free to explore whatever avenue you pleased, and you were encouraged to do so too! ...so what the hell happened between then and adulthood?! How come you now feel the opposite of 'free to explore' and instead feel hella pigeon-holed and limited? How come you went from not worrying in the slightest about how you were gonna make it happen, and instead have become consumed by it?!
Well for one, societal conditioning has a lot to answer for here. There's nothing convention loves more than a bit of dream-squashing, a bit of soul-sapping, and a bit of get-back-in-your-box-ing. If we're constantly being told that our aspirations are unrealistic/not good enough, then it's not surprising how over time, we stop listening to our own [free-spirited] and ambitious instincts, and feel safer and more secure slotting into a small, conventional box instead, right? Your folks and friends will most likely have thrown in a few 'Isn't it time to get a proper job now?'s too, which always helps to kill off any childhood dreams along the way. So where does that leave you?
👉 You need to switch your focus from 'what do I want to DO with my life?', into 'who do I want to BE in my life?'.
...it really does. It's way way easier to continue living as someone you think you should be; someone you've been conditioned to be, because again, society loves to dictate this beige mould that we should all fit. But discovering the person you want to be should absolutely be the focus, instead of trying to focus on what you want to do all the time. The person we want to be is the part we have way more control over (because we can start being them as soon as we damn please, like today even!), and it's also the best inner compass we could ever have in life (because it informs our choices ahead of us in the most instinctive, natural way to us).
So let's just remove the pressure you've been piling on yourself to have all the things figured out, and really grasp that changing your mind and trying new things is all. part. of. this. process.
So tell me, who DO you want to be?
Let's get a pen and paper and really splurge this out. Do you want to be someone who is courageous or someone who's happy to stay where they are? Someone who helps people or someone who helps themselves? Someone who makes others laugh and feel good or someone who's happy to spend time alone? Someone who pioneers their own path or someone who's happy to go where other's have gone? Someone who knows themselves entirely and is their own biggest cheerleader, or someone who's happy having a regular cuppa with their inner critic? Someone who is creative and expansive, or someone who is methodical and calculated? Someone who is stylish and put together, or someone whose appearance is simply not on the agenda? Who are YOU?
Once you have this list down, if this person isn't showing up as you in your life right now, make it so! Make them real, as soon as today even – simply by the choices you make.
Now use this mind-splurge to inform your choices.
So what happens from hereon in, is that you've now got a set of innate standards that you know you need, and want to live by, to be the person you want to be. If you ever don't feel aligned with those standards for whatever reason, you'll know it instantly (and you'll have an insane amount of energy and power to do something about it) – because it's no longer about experimenting with 'what you wanna do', it's either helping (or hindering!) you become the person you want to be. And that's a way easier guide to follow than blindly tryna work out 'what I wanna do'.
Now think about how can you express who you are and who you wanna be in the world, through what you do. Sure you still have to experiment and try new things to see how they fit, but because you now have this blueprint of who you want to be as your inner compass, knowing if it's the best next step for you is a way more instinctive, well-informed decision, rather than just a haphazard guess.
You've now got a crystal-clear blueprint to follow going forward, helping you make decisions that you know are right for you and the person you wanna be, regardless of what anyone else thinks. No one else in the world knows who you want to be, but you. So go forth and conquer my friend!
It's extremely hard to fail at being who you wanna be, because you can't quite simply! It doesn't matter what the outside world sees in terms of how wiggly a path you might be taking, because you know within yourself, that they're all necessary bends and twists that are helping you create/live out/become the person you want to be.


The main focus of the group is performing research in lithography and metrology in particular at short wavelengths.
One of the major activity of the group is the operation and further development of extreme ultraviolet interference lithography. This technique uses EUV light at 13.5 nm wavelength and holographic gratings for the fabrication of periodic and high-resolution nanostructures over large areas with high throughput. With a world record in resolution for photolithography down to 6 nm half pitch, the XIL-II beamline at is the world-leading tool and is used extensively used for both academic and industrial research as well as for commercial applications. EUV-IL provides a unique test center for photoresist testing for semiconductor manufacturers and helps in the development of next generation computer processors and memory chips. At the same time, this novel technology offers new opportunities for academic research by providing nanostructures for various projects.
Moreover, we develop lensless imaging and inspection methods at short wavelengths. A current project is the development of EUV mask inspection using coherent diffraction methods. Our aim is to develop an inspection method with high resolution, sensitivity, and throughput for semiconductor insdustry. We have developed the RESCAN tool at the metrology branch of XIL-II beamline. In addition, we are interested in reflective scatterometry and imaging at visible, DUV, EUV, and soft X-ray wavelengths.
We also work on various topics in nanoscience and technology, including nanophotonics, plasmonics, nanofluidics, and nanocatalysis. Our interest is fundamental understanding of nanoscale phenomena as well as exploring the potential applications. Our know-how and capabilities in advanced nanofabrication and characterization techniques enable us to perform research at the frontiers of nanoscience.
For more information see also XIL-II beamline at the Swiss Light Source.
Here you can contact the members of ALM Group.


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Wagner the Werewolf
by George W.M. Reynolds
First published in 1847, Wagner the Werewolf is one of the very earliest treatments of the Werewolf theme in English literature, and has lost none of its power to shock, it is one of the greatest works of George W. M. Reynolds, once the most popular author in England, and the 'Master of the Penny Dreadful'.
Publish Date: September 10th 2007 by Wordsworth Editions
What People Think about "Wagner the Werewolf"
I think this is the best Gothic novel that I have ever read. The main characters are all delightful shades of gray and all do some rather bad things but still remain the heros of the story. The story is a wonderful supernatural tale.
ALL of these things happen in WAGNER, THE WEHR-WOLF, a full-blooded, sprawling, rollicking, ludicrous Gothic novel - and more besides! A werewolf continually murders and preys on residents of Florence Italy in gruesome detail and at length" - and THAT would have been the ringer because, despite the title and regardless of being chock-a-block with plot events, the only thing missing from this books is much "werewolf action" - in fact, despite his curse (placed by Faust himself on poor Fernand Wagner) that makes him transform at sunset on the last day of every month until sunrise the next morning, Wagner only changes into a werewolf 3 separate times in these 500+ pages (but more on that anon). This is a Gothic novel in its latter form - predecessor of blood and thunders, sensation novel, dime novels, pulp novels and the soap opera (putting that last piece together actually made me understand why 60s TV soap DARK SHADOWS obviously took the direction it did and introduced a vampire early on) - in other words, endless clunky purple prose, broad characters uncontrollably driven by their desires (revenge, love, fame, sadism, etc.), plots that can turn in almost any direction, lashings of bloodthirsty action, gruesome violence and Orientalist intrigue. The book is on the side of Christianity but Jews and Muslims are NOT presented as unknowable others, and the Catholic Church comes in for lots of drubbings with regards to convents and The Inquisition, while the text specifically calls out the antisemitism of the times. Characters are constantly taking heartfelt oaths, overhearing important conversations that further the plot (in fact, a misunderstood overheard conversation is the lynch-pin the mystery turns on!), hiding secrets or passions or grudges, and, generally, coincidence runs rampant (who would have thought the bandit gang's underground lair and the dungeon of the pleasure-denying nuns were separated by only a wall!?!). So, about that "Wehr-Wolf" aspect - possibly the last thing the book is actually focused on is Wagner's lycanthropic curse. Having said that, the second chapter in which Wagner transforms is surely the highlight of this aspect, as he's being put on trial (for murder he didn't commit, no less!) at the time!
I turned to my smart Goodreads friends who all confirmed pretty much what I already knew, so I don't feel like I missed out anything here by not having any Faust experience.
As for this being one of the first werewolf stories in English, I found it very interesting that Wagner (view spoiler) turns into monster on the last day of month and he became werewolf after drinking some magic drink.
If you're a fan of the Gothic tradition, you must read this.
It does however put forth some very advanced themes regarding victorian era ethics with regard to religion, involving Muslim and Jewish characters and portraying the attitudes of the 16th century (when this novel is set), which were not much more enlightened in the 19th century, a point that Reynolds actively sought to shed light on as an atheist.
Think entire chapters of filler to describe how "beauteous" the leading lady Nisida is, sexualized depictions of sadistic nuns, literal skeletons in a closet, and dozens of subplots that the werewolf is tangentially related with at most which happen to tie together during the bloodbath at the end. Penny dreadfuls and other serial novels were the telenovelas of their time, so this kind of book is best read in small doses as they were originally intended. Whenever people say Bella Swan reflects 19th century gender roles, I'll have to say that I've read BAD books from the Victorian period that are less sexist than Twilight.* If you want to laugh at the purplest of prose and contrived plots, this is the book you want.
In the end, Wagner the Werewolf remains an artifact of 19th century popular culture and I can't recommend reading it for pleasure.
From the Corner of His Eye
Bartholomew Lampion is born on a day of tragedy and terror that will mark his family forever.
On this same day, a thousand miles away, a ruth man learns that he has a mortal enemy named Bartholomew.
He embarks on a relent search to find this enemy, a search that will consume his life.
And a girl is born from a brutal rape, her destiny mysteriously linked to Barty and the man who stalks him.
At the age of three, Barty Lampion is blinded when surgeons remove his eyes to save him from a fast-spreading cancer.
As he copes with his blindness and proves to be a prodigy, his mother counsels him that all things happen for a reason and that every person' s life has an effect on every other person' s, in often unknowable ways.
Evil Stalks the Night
Twenty years ago psychic Sarah Summers fled from the evil that lurked in the woods behind her childhood home after it killed most of her family, but a nasty divorce and financial hardships forced her back when nothing else could.
She meets an eligible man, police detective, Ben, who falls for her, and she prays her fresh visions of bloodshed and death deep among the dark trees are not true.
Then the murders begin again and Sarah is hurtled back into the same nightmare that has haunted her her whole life.
Magic Terror
A collection of short stories from the acclaimed master of horror. Peter Straub leads us into the outer reaches of the psyche in these seven tales of living, dying and the terror that lies in between.
Wetbones
A flesh-and-soul-devouring addiction runs rampant through the dark playground of the Hollywood eliteWelcome to Los Angeles, where every addiction is encouraged.
In Oakland, the Reverend Garner, a recovering addict, leaves his ministry in search of his teenage daughter, who was last seen in the company of her ghoulish kidnapper.
And the Los Angeles police are meanwhile baffled in their hunt for the elusive Wetbones serial killer who leaves nothing of his victims behind except a damp, grisly pile of bones.Though Tom, the reverend, and the LAPD are on separate quests for answers, they are all being led into the darkest shadows of Hollywood, where the debauchery never ceases and pleasure is a drug that devours human flesh, blood, and sanity.
But the true source of the all-consuming addiction is the most horrifying revelation of all, for it is not of this rational Earth.From International Horror Guild Awardwinning author John Shirley, the acclaimed splatterpunk classic Wetbones combines the monstrous inventiveness of H.
The Freakshow
The Flaherty Brothers Traveling Carnivale and Freakshow has rolled into Pleasant Hills, Tennessee, and the quiet little town will never be the same. In fact, much of the town won't survive. At first glance, the freakshow looks like so many others - lurid, rundown, decrepit. But this freakshow is definitely one of a kind . . . The townspeople can't resist the lure of the tawdry spectacle, though it isn't mere morbid curiousity that draws them into the freakshow's inescapable web. What waits for them behind this curtain are hardly the usual performers and tricks. The main attractions are living nightmares, the acts center on torture and slaughter . . .and the stars of the show are the unsuspecting customers themselves.
The Turtle Boy
School is out and summer has begun.
For it soon becomes apparent that dark secrets abound in the little community, secrets which come cupped in the hands of the dead, and in a heartbeat, Timmy and Petes summer of wonder becomes a season of terror, betrayal and murder.
The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories
Although Rod Serling, who created the classic television series that ran from 1959 to 1965, is the writer most associated with The Twilight Zone, he was not, of course, the only one.
The result is a masterful collection of 30 classic tales by Richard Matheson (who also wrote the warmly nostalgic introduction), Charles Beaumont, Ray Bradbury, Damon Knight, Lewis Padgett, Jerome Bixby, and Manly Wade Wellman, among others.
Fans of The Twilight Zone will enjoy revisiting their favorite episodes in literary form, but even if you've never seen the show, you'll enjoy this fine anthology.
B. Lovehill Charles Beaumont Its a Good Life Jerome Bixby The Valley Was Still Manly Wade Wellman The Jungle Charles Beaumont To Serve Man Damon Knight Little Girl Lost Richard Matheson Four OClock Price Day I Sing the Body Electric!
The Beautiful One Is Here Ray Bradbury The Changing of the Guard Anne Serling-Sutton In His Image The Man Who Made Himself Charles BeaumontMute Richard Matheson Death Ship Richard Matheson The Devil, You Say?
The Lurking Fear and Other Stories
Only H.P. Lovecraft can send your heart racing faster than it's ever gone before.
Contents:1 The Lurking Fear nv Home Brew Jan 23 (+3); Weird Tales Jun 28 23 Dagon ss The Vagrant Nov 19; Weird Tales Oct 23 29 Beyond the Wall of Sleep ss Pine Cones Oct 19; Weird Tales Mar 38 41 The White Ship ss The United Amateur Nov 19 49 Arthur Jermyn Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family ss The Wolverine Mar 21 (+1); Weird Tales May 35 59 From Beyond ss The Fantasy Fan Jun 34; Weird Tales Feb 38 67 The Temple ss Weird Tales Sep 25 81 The Moon-Bog ss Weird Tales Jun 26 91 The Hound ss Weird Tales Feb 24 99 The Unnamable ss Weird Tales Jul 25 107 The Outsider ss Weird Tales Apr 26 115 The Shadow Over Innsmouth na Visionary Press: Everett, PA, 1936; Weird Tales Jan 42
Dean Koontz has surpassed his longtime reputation as Americas most popular suspense novelist(Rolling Stone) to become one of the most celebrated and successful writers of our time.
Author of one #1 New York Times bestseller after another, Koontz is at the pinnacle of his powers, spinning mysteries and miracles, enthralling tales that speak directly to todays readers, balm for the heart and fire for the mind.
In this stunning new novel, he delivers a tour de force of dark suspense and brilliant revelation that has all the Koontz trademarks: adventure, chills, riddles, humor, heartbreak, an unforgettable cast of characters, and a climax that will leave you clamoring for more.Dylan OConnor is a gifted young artist just trying to do the right thing in life.
Hes on his way to an arts festival in Santa Fe when he stops to get a room for himself and his twenty-year-old autistic brother, Shep.
But in a nightmarish instant, Dylan is attacked by a mysterious doctor, injected with a strange substance, and told that he is now a carrier of something that will either kill him...or transform his life in the most remarkable way.
Then he is told that he must flee--before the doctors enemies hunt him down for the secret circulating through his body.
No one can help him, the doctor says, not even the police.Stunned, disbelieving, Dylan is turned loose to run for his life...and straight into an adventure that will turn the next twenty-four hours into an odyssey of terror, mystery--and wondrous discovery.
It is a journey that begins when Dylan and Sheps path intersects with that of Jillian Jackson.
Perhaps the answer lies in the eerie, enigmatic messages that Shep, with precious time running out, begins to repeat, about an entity who does his work by the light of the moon.By the Light of the Moon is a novel of heart-stopping suspense and transcendent beauty, of how evil can destroy us and love can redeem us--a masterwork of the imagination in which the surprises come page after page and the spell of sublime storytelling triumphs throughout.From the Hardcover edition.
The Mysteries of London, Vol. I
The million-copy bestseller that rocked mid-Victorian England returns to print for the first time in a century!
But when George W.M. Reynolds, journalist, political reformer, Socialist, and novelist, died in 1879, even his critics were forced to acknowledge the truth of his obituary, which declared that he was the most popular writer of his time.
And The Mysteries of London, which was published in 1844 in the "penny dreadful" format of weekly installments sold for a penny each, was his masterpiece and greatest success, selling 50,000 copies a week and over a million more when published in volume form.
The Mysteries of London is a sprawling tableau, seeking to depict life as Reynolds saw it in mid-Victorian London and expose what he viewed as gross injustice toward the poor.
Some of the notable storylines involve Richard Markham and Eliza Sydney, two virtuous but ingenuous youths inveigled into the fraudulent schemes of rogues; George Montague, a libertine who appears literally out of nowhere and nearly overnight becomes one of the richest and most powerful men in London; Anthony Tidkins, the "Resurrection Man," a ruth murderer and body-snatcher; and Ellen Monroe, an impoverished girl forced to submit to the worst degradations to earn money to feed her elderly father.


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Universities Defying DeVos' Order for Sex Assault Reform
Sam Mire
Books - notably KC Johnson's 'The Campus Rape Frenzy: The Attack on Due Process at America's Universities' – have been written about the inherent injustice toward the accused with respect to university-handled sexual assault allegations post-2011.
Nobody takes rape lightly, Hollywood A-listers aside.
But the seriousness of the alleged crime does not justify a process that removes the most basic aspects of due process from the accused. Universities are not equipped to handle allegations as serious as sexual assault. You would think that would be a point that we could all agree on. It's in the interest of both the accuser and the accused to have law enforcement handle the issue. Their resources – rape kits, more thorough investigative techniques, and the punishments doled out by the courts – outpace those of university administrators by a long shot. The accuser, when being honest about their allegations, should want this resourceful and experienced combination of cops and courts to handle their cases. And, for the accused, it grants them the due process – namely the access to counsel – that everyone accused of such a crime, any crime for that matter, deserves as a fundamental right.
This debate stems from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights 2011 policy, adopted by most universities, and all that receive any form of Federal financial assistance. The Obama-era overreach knew no bounds, and served as an expansion of government tentacle-sinking that made FDR look like a libertarian. In most cases, I am cynical that government-mandated policies during the Obama years carried the same noble intentions that many of FDR's did. But, even if a federal policy has a noble cause – in this case, preserving "students' right to receive an education free from discrimination" – its means and processes must still be sound. And they must be fair.
Fairness is the last word that one would associate with the processes mandated by this overreaching policy. Numerous examples make it clear that universities are either willfully embracing an anti-male agenda, refusing to understand and implement the most basic aspects of due diligence and process, or irreparably incompetent. Surely, it's some combination of all three.
The Rolling Stone UVA-rape hoax is only the archetype for how overzealous the media, and apparently the universities themselves, are to paint college campuses as a 'Hunting Ground' for horny, uncontrollable males seeking out the drunkest, weakest women and raping them in a systematic fashion. Perhaps they should have been focusing their funding and camera lenses upon Hollywood.
I can hear the talking points now:
"You're minimizing rape!"
"You're casting aside the true victims of rape."
Not true. What I am doing, and what everybody who truly cares about the victims of rape should be doing, is calling for a more logical, responsible approach to the issue. I am advocating for a better process for determining the validity of an allegation, and the assurance of an appropriate punishment should the accused be convicted.
And I am calling for an end to the unjust ruination of countless accused rapists, many of whom are truly innocent and many of whose guilt or innocence we will never know because of this broken campus adjudication system. The extent of the punishment doled out by most of these university rape-'investigation' boards are an insult to our intelligence, from both sides of the coin.
Mere expulsion for a true rapist is far too lenient. And for somebody falsely accused, it's a black mark that will undoubtedly tarnish their name and potential to live a successful, happy life. The evidence of this double-sided break in the system is overwhelming.
To make the need for law enforcement-led sexual assault investigations even more clear, the broad details and specific examples of university-adjudicated sexual assault allegations gone completely awry abound.
As of 2015, 94 complaints of mishandling of cases – including but not limited to sexual assault claims – were being investigated. This is the accuser side of the coin.
On the flipside, a Save Services report documents how, between 2012 and 2016, 122 lawsuits were filed by students accused, and in their opinion unjustly convicted, of sexual assault allegations. Allegations of mishandling include the unfair use of the preponderance of evidence standard of proof, the lack of notification of their legal rights, and the mere campus-level adjudication of felony-level sexual assaults.
As the Washington Examiner has explained, most of these schools settle these cases, to what precise cost is unclear. Whatever the cost, be sure that it is reflected in the already exorbitant student tuitions and fees that are causing life-decision altering levels of student debt already. Student debt has been likened to a financial 'ball and chain' for an entire generation.
And, to what end?
Why force unequipped, incapable university administrators to handle processes which should be – for the sake of both parties in any given case – left to law enforcement?
Only Barack can answer that one, and it is yet another example of why so many people saw, and continue to see, so many of his policies as malevolent in their ends.
Betsy DeVos saw that the 2011 policy for university-handled allegations put undue strain on the accuser, the accused, and the universities themselves. And, the Department of Education Secretary took the opportunity to lambast the failed policies during a speech in September, correctly stating that it had resulted in a "failed system" which constituted "kangaroo courts."
Eventually, DeVos would rescind the 2011 Title IX guidelines put in place by the Obama administration. Yet, as of early October, many universities are refusing to give up their complete, unquestionable power to create colossal clusterfucks of what should be legitimately conducted investigations. You gotta love the academics!
DeVos didn't even propose to completely remove university-level adjudication of alleged sexual assaults. She merely issued an 'interim directive on how colleges and universities should more fairly adjudicate sexual assault,' according to the Wall Street Journal. But, because Betsy DeVos has long been labeled the greatest threat public education has ever faced, and because she was appointed by Donald Trump, she is facing resistance from at least a dozen universities.
From Cal State-Northridge to St. Edwards University, administrators are dismissing DeVos' 'guidelines' as 'not law,' even though her guidelines carry the exact same power as the 2011 Obama guidelines. But hey, at least they are standing for a good cause. They are standing uniformly against radical, sexist proposals such as 'directing universities to avoid gender bias, weigh evidence fairly, and afford the same rights and opportunities to the accuser and accused, among other basic equity provisions.'
God forbid the accused and the accuser would be granted the same rights. Or that, gasp! evidence would be weighed fairly.
Schools that are resisting, including the University of Oregon and the entire, bankrupt Cal-State system are claiming that they need not adhere to the new guidelines because they already follow the tenets of fairness. Naturally, each has faced rulings from federal judges siding with those accusing the schools robbed them of due process and acted without sufficient evidence.
For those still adhering to the tenets and narratives of the left – tenets of rampant misogyny, sexism, and patriarchy – it has never been facts that inform their statements or actions. At least, not for several years.
Facts fall to the wayside when the alternative is proliferating division, hate, baseless unfairness, and resistance to all things common sense, and especially all things Trump. Unfortunately, this has meant, and will continue to mean, accusers, the accused, and the student body as a whole paying great prices for an incompetent, obstinate mass of agenda-driven, power-hungry administrators more concerned with their personal and party narratives than fairness or justice.
Sam Mire writes about US politics and US foreign policy for TrigTent.


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Home / Investor Relations / Evoke Pharma's Gimoti™ NDA Accepted for FDA Review
Evoke Pharma's Gimoti™ NDA Accepted for FDA Review
April 1, 2019 PDUFA Target Goal Date
Gimoti Brand Name Conditionally Accepted
SOLANA BEACH, Calif., Aug. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Evoke Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVOK), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on treatments for gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, today announced that the Company's 505(b)(2) New Drug Application (NDA) for Gimoti™, the Company's nasal spray product candidate for the relief of symptoms in adult women with acute and recurrent diabetic gastroparesis, has been accepted for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
In its Filing Communication/Day-74 letter, FDA stated that the NDA received on June 1, 2018, is sufficiently complete to permit a substantive review and set a target goal date under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) of April 1, 2019. If approved, Gimoti will be the first new non-oral drug treatment option for diabetic gastroparesis in four decades.
"We are pleased with FDA's acceptance of our NDA for filing, which reaffirms our commitment to bringing this novel non-oral drug product to adult women who suffer from diabetic gastroparesis. We believe that Gimoti holds the potential to significantly improve the quality of life for these patients, particularly those who fail to achieve adequate relief from current oral therapy, and often face debilitating symptom flares of nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain," commented Dave Gonyer, President and CEO.
Additionally, the Day-74 letter did not indicate that FDA is planning to hold an advisory committee meeting to discuss the NDA.
In a separate written communication, the Agency responded to our NDA request for proprietary name review by conditionally accepting the proprietary brand name, Gimoti. This review and conditional acceptance validate that Gimoti is a proprietary name consistent with FDA's goal of preventing medication errors and potential harm to the public associated with product misidentification or confusion.
Gastroparesis is a debilitating, episodic condition that disproportionately affects adult women and is characterized by slow or delayed gastric emptying of the stomach's contents after meals, often resulting in flares of symptoms that include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and bloating. Vomiting and gastric emptying delays can cause unpredictable absorption of food and oral medications, which complicate glucose control and can lead to dehydration and malnutrition. These clinical manifestations of gastroparesis also potentially render existing oral drug treatment options ineffective. If approved, Gimoti would be the first non-oral drug treatment for symptoms associated with acute and recurrent diabetic gastroparesis in adult women and would represent the first significant advancement in the treatment of gastroparesis in 40 years.
About Evoke Pharma, Inc.
Evoke is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused primarily on the development of drugs to treat GI disorders and diseases. The Company is developing Gimoti, a nasal spray formulation of metoclopramide, for the relief of symptoms associated with acute and recurrent diabetic gastroparesis in adult women.
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- Elena Fernández-Collins is a podcast critic and reporter and a forensic sociolinguist living in Portland, OR. She curates a biweekly newsletter about audio fiction, Audio Dramatic, where she reviews episodes and provides essays and news for the community. She also covers the audio fiction podcast beat for The Bello Collective, an indie online publication about podcasting. You can also follow her on Twitter @ShoMarq.


Congrats to all - has been a great day!
There is a great thread over on HB about Matt's innovative approach to the WBC this time.
I have never understood forums that try to stop the sharing of information, surely thats what the internet is for?
One of the reasons I love this forum is that there is not that sort of petty shortsighted moderation.
We should be very happy that an Australian Barista features in a thread on what is probably the world's most active and largest coffee forum.
Back on topic, Matt has made it into the final and I am about to pull an espresso into a frozen cup to test the theory!
Thanks KK, yes Pete Licata from the US is officially the new World Barista Champ 2013, closely followed by Matt Perger [not Purger]... it was a great competition and in fact for the US, makes it a unique double, as Erin McCarthy from the US won the World Brewer's Cup 2013 [results were announced a little before the Barista Champs].
It was a great event, and credit to all the finalists as there were some amazing performances. Did Matt P. miss out because of the unique nature of his signature drink [asking for judges' involvement]? We will never know for sure.
Once again, a great event and congrats to all the competitors, especially those from countries where English is not their first language, as that surely must make for an extra barrier.
PS have a huge range of shots from the event [especially semis...] will try and work out the best way to make them easily accessible.
Kudos to all involved and respect to Matt - I thought he totally nailed his routine !
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Hi guys - have now loaded the 'official' world coffee events video of Pete Licata's final performance on 'Crema TV' - www.cremamagazine.com.au home page!
great performance and kudos to the commentators who make what can be a very technical performance into a very entertaining event!


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I've not read the official obituaries because they are predictable. "Billionaire." "Reclusive." "GOP donor." "Swift Boat Vets." "Industrialist." "Controversial." "Dallas, Texas." And there you have it: the death of a sinister figure driven by greed, the puppeteer manipulating the political process, a 21st century J.R. Ewing. (Or is it Mr. Burns?) If this is what you've read, it's written by someone who didn't know Harold Clark Simmons.
I never knew a man quite like Harold Simmons.
I met him in 1981 while pan-handling for some political cause or another. Back then he kept a ledger of his political donations on 5 x 7 cards. You'd make your pitch. He'd open the file and examine his giving to you. He'd give you his answer. His answer was as crisp as each of these sentences.
To not know Harold was to be intimidated by his curt responses. On one visit, after a Shakespearean presentation by this writer, Harold looked down at his (my) file, then looked up at me and snapped in his adopted Texas slang, "No, I gave you [$X] in January. That's all you're worth to me." Another time a colleague traveled 1,300 miles just to visit Harold. After cooling his heels in Harold's vast lobby, he was ushered into The Office. He walked in with a smile, hand extended for a handshake, bade Harold a cheerful hello and prepared to settle in for a talk. But Harold had other plans. As he shook my friend's hand he stopped him dead in his tracks. "What do you want?" Out came the request. Back came the response (in the affirmative, if I recall). Out went the guest. Total meeting length for a trip half-way across the country: two minutes.
My colleagues and I laughed for years recounting these and other "Harold" visits. We expected nothing less. He was a blast of fresh air, a man who was decisive; and if your presentation had value, virtually unrivaled in his generosity.
In 1986 I set out to form the Board of Directors for an organization I was endeavoring to launch, The Media Research Center. I visited Harold and made my request. Harold's classic answer: "OK, but only if I don't have to go to any meetings." And he never did, not in the 27 years he served on the board, ultimately as its Chairman. His participation was by phone or by proxy, and my visits were always in person. I'd bring him up to speed on things, he'd offer comments only if he felt it absolutely necessary to do so, took special interest in the financial reports, and always thanked me for the visit.
Harold gave vast amounts of his fortune to hospitals and universities. In the days to come we'll learn more as his estate is settled. I suspect we will be stunned. But why the millions upon millions to political and public policy causes? What could a man worth such a vast fortune -- billions -- stand to gain? Nothing, really. Except the satisfaction knowing he was helping the most important thing to him after his faith and his family: his country.
Ronald Reagan used to refer to the average American who did his bit for his country as the "American hero." As average billionaires go, Harold was an American hero.
I last visited Harold a few weeks ago. Several people had warned me that recently his health had deteriorated dramatically. I saw nothing of the sort. He was as sharp and pleasant as ever. He looked good too. I laid out my thinking for an ambitious new political adventure, one which would require tens of millions of dollars. Could we have that conversation? I asked. Not yet, he answered. He needed to tend to some business concerns. But he wanted me to know he was definitely interested. Come back in six months.
That meeting will never happen. How does one react to that? Let us put it in perspective.
There is a wonderful story told about Philip II of Spain, who in 1588 had already bankrupted his country twice to build the most formidable navy in history to defeat the Protestant forces of England's Queen Elizabeth. He awaited news at his massive imperial compound in El Escorial. The courier finally arrived with the worst news imaginable. All is lost. The navy had been destroyed. Philip's reaction was one for the ages. If he was crushed, history did not record it. Instead we know he immediately ordered a Te Deum Mass to be offered, giving glory to God, accepting without question His will.
I will miss Harold. He cannot be replaced. There is sadness, yes, but there is also immediate gratitude owed Providence. It was willed that our nation be given Harold Simmons and that some of us would be honored to know him. That gift continues forever.


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Treading in the right direction
The story of fourth-year Bison swimmer Dillon Perron
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By Mike StillNovember 19, 2014
Dillon Perron is no stranger to the pool. The native of Lac du Bonnet started swimming when he was six years old, and moved to Winnipeg in grade nine in order to train with the Manta Swim Club at Pan Am Pool. He stayed with Manta until he graduated from high school, moving onto the Bisons from there.
The training schedule for Perron during high school was fairly intense. He would go to the pool every evening after class for three hours, and participated in morning sessions four times a week.
While he was able to balance school and training fairly well in high school, his first year of university was a larger adjustment.
"My first year at the university was very tough," Perron said. "It was sort of a new adjustment for me to actually have school with that regime, and that first year didn't work out the best for me."
Perron ended up taking a full year off from school, which resulted in a loss of two years of eligibility, as players needed to have 18 credit hours from the previous year to continue competing at meets, which Perron didn't have.
Despite losing his eligibility for an extended period of time, Perron continued to hone his craft at the university.
"During that time I was just swimming with the club at the university," Perron said. "Nothing majorly changed for me, except that I couldn't swim at university meets."
The winter of 2012 was Perron's last semester as an ineligible swimmer, and once he returned to the university circuit in the fall of that year, records began to drop.
Perron started off by placing first in the 50- (28.05 seconds), and 100-metre breaststroke (1:01.32 seconds) at the 2012 Canada Cup, held in November of that year – a score that shattered both the Bisons' and provincial records. He also qualified for the CIS swimming championships that season.
Perron credited his attendance at the 2012 Olympic trials, held in March in Montreal, as one of the big factors that changed his mindset once he returned to competition in the fall.
"That sort of opened me up to a whole new world of swimming," Perron said of the event.
"I'd already been swimming for 15 or 16 years at that point, but I'd never really been to a meet quite as emotional as that. As focused as I was with the sport at that time, it was even more so after that."
Perron has kept his drive going ever since. He's had a number of notable performances, including placing third in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2014 CIS championships. His bronze medal was the first hardware for a Bison at the national competition since 2006.
Perron plans to continue swimming after his university career ends next season, with the ultimate goal of making a national team. Considering the adversity that he has already battled through, it wouldn't be a surprise to see him continue to surge forward.
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400,000 Bikers Expected for Bikes, Blues and BBQ in Northwest Arkansas
Mario Garcia
More than 400,000 motorcycle enthusiasts from all over Arkansas are expected to converge on the highly popular Bikes, Blues & BBQ motorcycle rally, which has raised more than $1.3 million for charity since its inception in 2000. This year's ride takes place September 21-24 and starts in Fayetteville, Ark., and ends in Eureka Springs.
Three new loops have been added to the route this year, including the number one motorcycle ride in America known as the Pig Trail. Each ride provides bikers lots of switchbacks, hairpin curves and plenty of panoramic views with incredible scenery along the way.
The Peel Ferry loop takes riders north into Missouri; east through highways carved out of limestone and into world-famous Branson; then further east and south into Arkansas. There, along the banks of Bull Shoals Lake, bikes will board Peel Ferry that runs during daylight hours the year-round and is the only existing ferry that plies any Arkansas river or lake. Serpentine highways wind past Bull Shoals southward to U.S. Highways 412 and 62 leading riders back to Eureka Springs. This ride is approximately a 200 mile / 5 hour ride.
Peel Ferry loop, Google Maps
The Arkansas Dragon's Tail loop takes riders south and east of Eureka Springs through rolling hills through the Buffalo River National Park, America's only river ever designated as a national park, and the Arkansas Grand Canyon. At the bottom of the loop is the little historical community of Lurton that sits along the old wagon trail that was known as the Chisum Turnpike. On either side coming down or going back up toward Eureka Springs, riders will be passing through Western Grove, Mt. Judea, Ponca and its herds of grazing elk and Howe Hollow valley. Total round trip is 177 miles or approximately four hours of travel time.
Arkansas Dragon's Tail loop, Google Maps
The third new loop is called the War Eagle Mill and times out at one hour and 16 minutes with 54 miles being logged to and from Eureka Springs. What makes this short loop so awesome is that it leaves plenty of time to eat, shop or just relax in the rustic charm of the mill itself. War Eagle Mill is one of America's last operating undershot, burrstone gristmills that sits over War Eagle Creek. Here, riders can watch products being made, taste some that has been baked in the mill's Bean Palace restaurant, take plenty of product home or have it shipped. The loop also takes riders in, around and through Hobbs State Park and Conservation Area on 12 thousand acres of pristine Arkansas woodlands.
Other riding loops bikers have a choice to choose from is the Goldwing Highway 21 loop, Beaver Town Bridge loop, and the Jasper loop. No matter which ride you choose to take one thing is for certain expect sweeping vistas of the natural beauty of northwest Arkansas.
For more information about all eight of these loops designed for motorcyclists, go to Eureka Springs Motorcycle Rides.
The ride to Fayetteville from Texarkana is approximately 236 miles north on Hwy 71. The drive will take around 4 hours and 21 minutes depending on traffic and how many times you stop.
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The Music Chronicle reviews Christmas Perennials in the Digital Age
With Christmas coming early this year, and Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" finally reaching the number one slot, 26 years after release, the Music Chronicle has taken a look at those hardy seasonal perennials – the hits which keep coming back.
A very brief history
The return of Christmas songs every year is one of the oldest chart phenomena. In Steve Waters' book The Missing Charts, Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" is revealed to have been the yuletide chart topper in the year of its release, 1942. But such was its popularity, it was ranked #2 for Christmas 1943, 1944 and 1945 before securing the top spot again for Christmas in 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951.
The early 1980s saw a burst of Christmas re-entries, as the most popular singles of the 1970s enjoyed regular re-releases. Slade were the biggest beneficiaries of this, with "Merry Xmas Everybody" returning to the Top 75 in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986, whilst John & Yoko, Wizzard, Greg Lake and Mud all saw renewed attention paid to their offerings.
But in November 1985 the release of Now – The Christmas Album, which collected together all of those 70s hits plus "White Christmas" and the 11 month-old smashes by Band Aid and Wham!, meant that buying a re-released single was unnecessary and uneconomic. A succession of updates and rivals such as The Best Christmas Album In The World…Ever, It's Christmas !, and The No.1 Christmas Album, meant that re-entries and re-issues of Christmas favourites were rare throughout the CD era.
But the landscape changed again with the advent of single track downloads, and, a decade later, streaming. It is the period from 2004 to 2020 that is reviewed here.
The Festive Perennials Chart
The Music Chronicle has taken the OCC weekly singles chart which is most heavily laden with Christmas songs for every year from 2004 to 2020, and created a Festive Perennials Chart. 21st century tracks which are appearing for the first time are excluded, and only join the Chart the first year they re-enter the OCC listings. This review is only interested in the songs which prove popular over a number of years, not one-off hits.
For 2004-2006 we have used the singles chart and also the download chart, to get a meaningful number of songs. For 2007 to 2013, we have used the combined singles Top 200, and for 2014 to 2020 we have used the published Top 100. Use of the Top 200 has given a peak of 36 hits in 2007 and 2013, whilst the Top 100 has so far maxed out at 53 hits in 2019, although that could be surpassed in the next fortnight. Note that ACR/SCR is irrelevant, because of the exclusion of first time hits, meaning every track in the Festive Perennials Chart is on ACR, and therefore in the right relative position.
The purpose of creating a Festive Perennials Chart, is that it enables a review to be conducted on a level playing field. There are plenty of best sellers list (based on purchases only). And any all-time list compiled using chart sales would be heavily weighted towards those tracks which have performed the best in the past couple of years.
49 different tracks have appeared in the Festive Perennials Chart in a minimum of four separate years. Three tracks appeared in all 17 years.
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List 1 – Ranked by Appearances & then Peak
The table below lists the 49 tracks with 4 or more appearances, ranked first by the number of years they have appeared since 2004, and then by the highest position they have attained in the Festive Perennials Chart.
•	Mariah Carey and Wham! share first place on this list, having appeared every year, and both been a Festive Perennials #1. (Mariah in 2004, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020; Wham! in 2017).
•	Slade have also appeared every year, peaking at #2 in 2006.
•	The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl did not make the Top 100 of the singles chart or the Top 40 of the download chart in 2004, but have been ever-present since 2005. They occupied the #1 position every year from 2005 to 2012, and then again in 2014. Shakin' Stevens was also absent in 2004, but has not been outside the Top 8 since. His 2020 position of #4 equals his previous best.
•	Band Aid and Chris Rea were both listed in 2004 (at #2 and #6 respectively), but missed out in 2005.
•	Wizzard, Brenda Lee, John & Yoko and Boney M did not make it in 2004 or 2005, but appeared in 2006, and have been there ever since. The Darkness lost out as a result of cutting the OCC reference chart from the Top 200 to the Top 100, missing out in 2014 and 2015 only.
List 2 – Ranked by Average Position
This table ranks those same 49 songs by their average position on the Festive Perennials Chart. This allows more recent tracks to rise up the list, and doesn't penalise tracks which missed out in the early years.
•	Mariah takes the number one spot again, but this time not shared. The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl rise to second, just 0.04 behind Mariah. Indeed, if they were to overtake Wham! in next week's OCC chart, they will also overtake Mariah on this list.
•	Wham!'s average is marginally better than 3. The only year when they weren't in the Festive Perennials Top 3 was 2010.
•	There isn't much distance between Shakin' Stevens, Wizzard and Band Aid in 4th, 5th and 6th. Michael Buble's current average is 8.0, but he is at #5 this week, and was 5th in 2018, so his average is decreasing whilst those around him are going in the opposite direction. Trends like this are illustrated by the graphs below.
Trends – 1980s & 1990s Tracks
It is singles from the 1980s and 1990s which have dominated the festive landscape during the digital era. The graph below shows the year-by-year performance of the Top 8 from this period.
•	It clearly shows how Mariah has overtaken the Pogues & Kirsty in the middle of the 2010s. Wham! have also overhauled the Pogues & Kirsty in the wake of George Michael's premature death.
•	Shakin' Stevens' song's popularity has suffered a fall, and then a rise again, ranking as the 4th most popular Festive Perennial in four of the past six years. The long-term trend for Band Aid is upward, peaking at #4 in 2017 and 2018. But Chris Rea is now in long-term decline, having risen to take 4th position in 2011 and 2012.
•	East 17 and Jona Lewie are perennially popular also-rans.
Trends – 1970s Tracks
The graph illustrating the performance of the eight most popular tracks from the 1970s is pretty clear. With the honourable exception of Elton John's "Step Into Christmas", the 70s hits are in decline, relative to other festive favourites. (Note that the scale has been extended on this chart, to take in 40 places on the Festive Perennials Chart, rather than the 30 needed for the 80s/90s tracks).
•	Slade peaked at #2 in 2006, but are currently #15. Wizzard's best was 3rd in 2010, but they are #13 this week. Boney M are in danger of dropping out of the Top 40 for the first time. Greg Lake has missed out altogether in five of the past six years.
•	Elton John has bucked the trend. "Step Into Christmas" may only have been a modest hit in 1973, but it peaked at #6 on the Festive Songs list last year, no doubt helped by the Rocket Man film.
•	Paul McCartney and John Lennon have maintained some consistency, and are to be found between #10 and #20 in most years.
•	This is pure speculation, but is the downward trend partly a consequence of the aging of people who grew up with these songs ? Someone who was in their early teens in 1973 was in their 40s when downloading took off, and hence quite likely to be receptive to the new technology. But, by the late 10s, they were in approaching their 60s, and perhaps less enthusiastic converts to streaming. Hence, relatively speaking, 70s hits have declined in popularity compared to 80s and 90s hits, as their strongest advocates continue to listen to their iPods, rather than calling on their Alexas for Christmas playlists.
Trends – Golden Oldies
Trying to decipher trends from this graph is a serious challenge.
•	But what stands out is the ascent of Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree". Having debuted at #15 in 2006, and then floundered to #24 in 2007, this song has been placed in the Top 12 ever since, peaking at #5 in 2017.
•	The rest seem to fluctuate quite randomly. But it should be remembered that there are typically only a few hundred chart sales between adjacent positions on the Festive Perennials list by the time we get down to the tracks below #20.
•	What is more remarkable, in our opinion, is the enduring popularity of all of these songs. Every one of them has been re-recorded by other artists many times since the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and yet it is these older versions which endure. This cannot be attributable to people who grew up with them picking them out for downloading and streaming, and must be due to new generations of people latching on to the nostalgic, sentimental sounds at a time of year when people look for home comforts and enjoy traditions.
Trends – 21st Century Perennials
If tracks from the 1970s are in decline, then this graph clearly shows that the 21st century has yielded some new classics, whose popularity is undoubtedly in the ascendancy.
•	Michael Bublé's take on "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" seems to be going from strength to strength in a manner that is not replicated by any of the other tracks from his Christmas album. (Although both "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" and "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" are one OCC Top 100 appearance away from becoming the 50th and 51st tracks to appear four times as digital era Festive re-entries).
•	Leona Lewis has certainly recorded a new Christmas classic, but Ariana Grande and Kelly Clarkson have both surpassed her song's chart performance recently. What is notable about all three of these tracks is that they are new songs. Bublé aside, it seems the British public is not at all responsive to contemporary stars churning out Christmas albums where they unimaginatively plough through the same old standards. But, there is definitely a market for newly minted seasonal singles if they are strong enough, and properly promoted. Time will tell whether Sia's "Santa's Coming For Us", Katy Perry's "Cozy Little Christmas" and Taylor Swift's "Christmas Tree Farm" join these ranks.
•	Both Coldplay and Justin Bieber looked like they might have created modern Noel classics, but their songs have both drifted in recent years.
•	The Darkness' tongue-in-cheek single is fading out of fashion.
•	There hasn't been much to choose between the showing of Eartha Kitt's 1953 original of "Santa Baby" and Kylie's 2000 makeover in recent years. Between 2016 and 2019 they were always within 10 places of each other on the Festive Perennials Chart, with Eartha claiming honours lst year, but Kylie ahead this week.
Shakin Stevens
That's a really good overview to read
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