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CONGRESS: COMMUNIST PARLIAMENTARIANS AT THE JEU DE PAUME MUSEUM AGAINST THE 'PRESIDENTIAL MONARCHY'
Cherrelle Dowdie
Translated Thursday 19 July 2018, by Cherrelle Dowdie
A symbolic oath against the 'presidential monarchy': communist parliamentarians gathered on Monday in front of the Jeu de Paume museum before the commencement of the congress in Versailles.
"Our presence is extremely symbolic. The president of the Republic has decided to institute an annual day, Versailles' day, and he would like parliamentarians to orchestrate his orders," declared the national secretary of the PCF (French Communist Party) and senator Pierre Laurent.
He was surrounded by communist parliamentarians, in front of this central place of the French Revolution in which members of parliament swore on the 20th of June 1789 not to separate until a constitution had been established for France. Opposing the "law of the Prince", Mr Laurent asserted that the communist parliamentarians were there to "insist upon the people in our country being consulted" on the reform of institutions via a referendum, promising "an immense battle" to obtain such a vote.
"Let us not forget that the oath of the Jeu de Paume was for 300 members of the General Estates, the affirmation of an insistence upon the sovereignty of the people and an insistence on the separation of the powers of the monarch and members of parliament -that's what it was in 1789. And today, the nature of our oath is very comparable to this, since we have entered a very significant period of challenge to the sovereignty of the people and 'attack' on the separation of powers" evoked André Chassaigne, the head of the communist members of parliament.
The elected member for Puy-de-Dôme added that "the communist parliamentarians who had boycotted the conference last year, decided this time to take 'the voice of the people with them". His counterpart in the Senate, Eliane Assassi, proceeded to read the text from the oath of the parliamentarians, notably denouncing Emmanuel Macron as a "president of the rich", who acts "more and more like a monarch holding his people in contempt."


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Garett Bolles puts the pieces together as he strives to be the NFL's best left tackle
The Broncos left tackle situation might be the best in the NFL. Bolles got rewarded with a 4-year contract extension and he still wants to be the best. Doubt him if you dare.
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And never have I been happier to admit that. But this isn't about me, it's about a young man who didn't listen to the doubters like me.
Garett Bolles is one of the best left tackles in the NFL. You could make the argument he is the best left tackle in the NFL. There was both hope and doubt that he would stay in Denver. The latter seemed to overpower the two sentiments.
John Elway and the Denver Broncos removed all doubt when they rewarded Bolles in a major way. The Broncos signed him to a four-year, $68 million contract extension that was announced on Saturday afternoon. According to Mike Klis, Bolles is now the fourth-highest paid tackle in the NFL at $17 million per year.
All it took was a relentless belief in himself and a desire to become the best, no matter what. It's truly a remarkable story, and Bolles deserves all of it.
As Bolles said earlier this week to the media:
"I needed time. I'm extremely grateful for (Vic) Fangio. I know he's talked to you guys about how he's grateful to just let me go in there and learn from my mistakes. A player that hasn't played a lot of football or a rookie that's come into the league, he needs reps. He needs repetition. He needs to see what will be thrown at him. He might not pick it up early on in his career but the longer that he's in there — it's sort of like that death by fire type of thing — you're out there, guys are smoking you and you're falling on the ground and you think to yourself, 'Hey, I can either get up and strap my helmet on more and do it again or I can take my helmet off and I can walk out the door.' That's really your options. So, over the years I've learned I'm that type of fighter. I might fall in a hole but I'm that type of fighter that's going to climb that ladder and get myself out of the hole. I pride myself on that and I'm going to continue to do that because that's what a father is, that's what a husband is to provide for the family, and that's what a man does for his job that he loves dearly. I'm a fighter. I never give up and I'm just going to continue to do what I need to do to help this team win."
As Bolles talked with the media, before the extension, he was asked some great questions. Such as the one that made all of this come to life.
What was the turning point that made him focus on the technical side of blocking rather than just relying on his athleticism?
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"That's a good question. I just watched film. Like I've said before, I really think I've just watched film over the years and really realized, 'Hey, why am I continuing to make the same mistakes?' I know last year I told you all I'm not going to change how I play. What I meant there is that I'm not going to change my mentality of being a dog out there. I'll never change that mentality at all. What I did need to change is how I saw things and how I placed my hands and how I moved my feet, how I keep my shoulders and my numbers square for two kick slides or how I take two kick slides, pause, and get on my guy. Those were the things I had to learn, and it took time. Like I said, when I first got here, I hadn't played left tackle for a long time so I had to learn by trial and error. Once I realized that and once I realized, 'Hey, look at all the good reps I'm doing,' and, 'OK, why am I having 50-50 or 75 bad ones and 20 good ones, why?' I really had to dial it in in the offseason, watch film, get to the people that helped me in the offseason. Talked with (Mike) Munchak to really figure out what it was, and I figured it out. I shouldn't say I've figured it out yet because I still think I have a long way to go, but I still think I'm on the right track of becoming great. That's what makes me proud of myself and what makes me proud of everyone that's stepped up with me and given me the love that I needed. That's why I love this organization, Coach Fangio has put up with me, Coach Munchak, Coach (Pat) Shurmur — I've talked to all those guys. My teammates, they just continue to encourage me to be the best. I'm thankful for every single person that's always been there with me through thick and thin and now where I'm at, I'm just grateful to be here. I know that I have a long way to go but I know I'm on the right track."
Now that Bolles has been extended and is one of the highest-paid tackles in the NFL, the Broncos have checked off a major area of need. Even better, Denver may have the best left tackle situation in the NFL. Keep in mind, he can get even better, and he'll have the motivation to make that happen. Doubt him if you dare.
Bolles has busted his ass to get here and didn't let the doubters like me ever sway his belief in himself. As noted earlier, he deserves all of this. It's a remarkable story, and in a year that we haven't had many of those, it makes this a little sweeter.
Never have I been happier to say that I was wrong.
"I want to be the best. That's just my motto. I want to be the best tackle to ever play this game. That's just something I've always prided myself on, but at the same time I want to take it slowly, I want to embrace what's happening. Every game is a challenge, every single week, somebody can get you — you can give up a sack, you can give up a pressure, and my goal is to not give up any of those. I've talked to a lot of mentors of mine that play tackle in this league, and they just continue to tell me to keep the fire and keep doing what you're doing, and that's my goal. But really, I'm just trying to finish the season strong. Like I said before, I've had rocky years here and my goal is just to be a consistent player that Mr. Elway and this organization can count on for many years. I want to be here for a long time — I love the city, I love this fan base, my teammates, I love everything about here and I just want to win. So, my motto is to win and do everything I can because if I'm sloppy out there, Drew Lock can't throw the ball. If I'm playing my high level that I am, then Drew can move the ball and do his thing. I pride myself with that. If I can continue to play consistent football, then we're going to win games."
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The Magdalene Floods of 1342-43 and the Black Death
By Sacha Dobler on 13. August 2017 • ( 1 Comment )
The Magdalene Flood of 1342-43
Note: This article is an update of a paragraph of my E-book Black Death and Abrupt Earth Changes in the 14th Century. page 29)
Wolfsschlucht at Pritzenhagen/Oberbarnim, Brandenburg.
Traces of erosion from the first half of the 14th Century (Foto: Lienhard Schulz, Lizenz: CC-BY-SA, Quelle: Wikimedia Commons)
There were many extreme floods in these two years in Europe and beyond, mostly from rainfalls, but even from "sea surges". The main event of the week from July 19th ,1342 onwards, was the biggest flood disaster in Central Europe of at least the last millennium or even of the entire Holocene. It devastated primarily German farmland and towns. The actual Magdalene Flood had its main impact on July 19- 25th, 1342, but it took months for the rivers' high water levels to subside. The name was derived from Saint Mary Magdalene Day, which is held on July 25th. The water masses, carrying erosion material, changed the demographics and scarred the topography of Germany permanently.
Residues of this flood are recorded in the freeze core sediments of the Schalkenmeerener Maar.[1] In this steep lake, the flood is marked as a distinct deposition of orange red sediment layer that is unique for the last two millennia. (See page. 44)
Kiss, A; et al, 2015, studied in details the numerous flooding events of the two years, of which the German 1342 was the one that left the biggest imprint.
The floods in these years, caused by excessive rainfall, attracted great attention: causes and consequences, such as soil erosion and short-term impacts on society, were discussed in a number of studies, for instance in the following paper by the Austrian Technological University:
"In our presentation, we would like to draw the attention to the extraordinary character of the entire year of 1342, and also of 1343 with providing an overview of the flood and sea surge events and flood waves that occurred during these two extraordinary years in Europe. In many parts of Europe, not only 1342, but also the year of 1343, was rather humid and wet with a great number of flood events: in these two years, floods were reported from northern Greece through North-Italy, the Carpathian Basin (almost in every season) to the south German territories. 1342 and 1343 were rich in floods even in some of those areas where the July 1342 event could not be detected. The results of this first comprehensive European overview show that at least 3 (but maybe even 4) flood waves occurred which were of millennial level, and repeated extreme floods occurred especially in Central Europe, but parts of West-Europe as well as the North-Mediterranean were also badly hit by extreme floods or sea surges in these two years.[2] "
Now let's look at some details of the July 1342 flood in Germany, the main event. Eco-system researcher Hans-Rudolf Bork of the University of Kiel, is one of the leading authorities on this subject:
"In July 1342, many rivers (in Germany) were at their highest water level of the last millennium, possibly of the entire Holocene." [3]
To put the volumes of water into perspective:
"In July 1342, the masses of water flowing from the rivers Rheine, Weser, Elbe, und Danube, exceeded those of the biggest floods in the 20th and early 21st century by 10 to 100 fold." (Bork 1988, Bork et al. 1998.)
The following paragraph is a summery of the most striking details which I translated from an article in Zeit online, June 17th, 2013, by the title of 'Deutschlands Jahrtausendflut'
The year 1342 began with extraordinary cold and heavy snowfalls in Germany, followed by sudden warming in February, the snow melt water tore down walls and in Prague, the Moldau River tore away the Judith- bridge – the predecessor of today's Carls- bridge. Then snow and frost returned, to be then replaced by a very wet spring. Several local floods had plagued the population of Southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria before the main event. The torrential rains started on July 19th. The harvest had not been brought in. In the end, not only was most of the crop harvest destroyed, but villages lost up to half of their farmland due to soil erosion. Meaning, on half of the fields, there was no fertile top soil left for planting in the following years. The before mentioned Hans-Rudolf Bork of the University of Kiel, who conducted intensive studies on the 1342 floods, stated that "the volumes of water were enormous: They were 50 to 100 times higher than during the flooding of the Oder in 1997 or the Elbe in 2002 and 2013."
Eye witness accounts claim that:
"In this Summer, there was a great inundation of the waters throughout our zone, this was not caused by rainfall but it seemed that the waters gushed out from everywhere, even out of the peaks of mountains (…) and over the walls of the city of Cologne they traversed with boats. (…) the rivers Danube, Rheine, and Main carried away towers, very strong city walls, bridges, houses and the fortification walls of the city. And the portals of heavens were opened, and rain fell onto Earth like in the 600th year of Noah (…) it happened in Wurzburg, that the river Main crushed the bridge with its might and forced many to leave their homes". (Curt Weikinn)
The destruction of this bridge is also confirmed in the "Chronicles of the city of Wurzburg". In some cities, water levels were up to 10 meters above normal. Churches were inundated up to the roof.
[…] alongside all great rivers of Europe and the small tributaries, the Inundation destroyed towns, people, trees, fields and meadows completely, and carried all to the lower parts of the stream." (Johannes von Viktring).
Traversing over the city walls of Cologne in a boat? That used to appear to the historians of the last centuries as a gross exaggeration, to say the least. But the archeological and geological data suggests that this could have been indeed possible.
To make matters worse, land mismanagement had contributed to the extreme devastation of soil erosion, forests had previously been cut down for agricultural land clearing and wood use. This had gone along with the enormous population growth in the Medieval Climate optimum. At the height of this warm period, forests were reduced to about 10 to 15 % of the total land surface of Germany, today forests again cover over 30 % of the land. This weakened soil was carried away more easily, but this was only a secondary factor, considering the never again reached catastrophe.
The water damage to the soil was almost incomprehensible, vast amounts of agricultural soil was washed away, an estimated 13 billion tons of soil were lost in a few days. More than is usually eroded away in one millennium. Bork: "One third of the entire soil erosion of the last 1500 years took place in this weak. Many villages lost more than half of their agricultural land."
As survivors took refuge in elevated areas, in many cases farmers did not return, farmland was abandoned permanently and reclaimed by forests until today.
The scars of the enormous flood water streams are visible even today. In the middle of forests, small canyons of up to 14 meters deep were carved out and in many instances, their fragile, water saturated sidewalls collapsed, this devastated many hill slopes. These gorges can also be seen in the northern foothills of the Alps – downhill canyons where no creek runs on the bottom today and where vegetation is very scares. Bork:
"These effects will be visible for a long time. Many of the locations, especially in the lower and middle altitudes are no longer usable for agriculture to this day. It will take until the next glaciation period in which loess minerals are deposited, and then in the following warm period, new soil will be generated. Only then, these terrains can be used for agriculture again – that will be in about 10,000 years."
According to Frank Sirocko, it had already been raining excessively as early as the first week of June, before June 19th. It had been raining "throughout the entire region uninterruptedly from July 2nd to 7th of 1342, 50% of the average annual rainfall fell in this week alone".[4]
The Netherlands were apparently devastated less directly by the water masses, i.e. not by rainfall, but from the German rivers and strangely also from sea surges at the same time. It took a few days for the water masses to affect the Netherlands by the high water along the rivers, and on the 25th of July many river dikes broke.
In Venice, strangely on the same day, on Feb 25th 1342, a severe storm and extreme flood are recorded in the Cronana A Latina, but narrated very briefly: the water rose so ferociously in Venice, it says, that no living person had seen water so high.[5]
I say strangely, because in Venice, the high water cannot be from rainfall, since the city is in a lagoon and directly connected to the open sea. The known inundations in the Lagoon (aqua alta) are caused either by high tides in the persistent southerly winds (the sirocco) pushing up the Adriatic Sea or by storms, or both.
This storm was further brought into connection with the story of a 'miracle' of 1342 in Venice: "human action that unleashes demonic destructive anger; the saint who takes a boat to ward off the danger; and the delayed exposure of the peril.(…)"[6]
The Magdalene Flood and the Black Death.
It took weeks for the water levels to recede to their normal states. The direct death toll of the flood is estimated to be in the tens of thousands. But the aftermath was even more disastrous. In many regions, agriculture was now impossible. Crop loss and famine followed, the population was further weakened. A few academics were as bold as to suggest that the Magdalene Floods might have 'contributed' to the Black Death. Eveline Zbinden of the University of Bern hinted to this possible connection in her detailed summery of the floods. But if we consider the severity of the combined calamities, the question should rather be: how could these events not be related. Keep in mind that after half of the farmland was gone, there followed the "four years without summer"[7] before the outbreak of the plague in 1348 and throughout the 1340s, a never again reached series of earthquakes, especially in Italy. Again, whatever caused the final pandemic, seems to be rather the last blow of many and could have come even without a particular contagious disease.
Freeze cores in the southern German Maars. (from Chapter 5)
Let's return to the freeze core samples in the sediments of the German Eifel Maars in which the insect remains of 1346 were found. The Maars in the southern German's Eifel region are small, circular indentations in the landscape, some of them contain lakes with steep slopes, but most are filled with sediment and soil. They are believed to be remnants of volcanic activity; the region was volcanically active only 12,900 years ago.
Sediments in freeze cores of three of these Maars, by name the Ulmener-, the Schalkenmehrener-, and the Holz- Maar, were investigated by Frank Sirocko, and several layers were dated with radiocarbon and other dating methods. In the sediments of the second Maar (SMf), in a depth of 1.48 m, large numbers of insects were found. [1] The depth corresponds with the years 1336-1338, corroborating the historical records of devastating locust invasions into Central Europe in these years. The insects had migrated from Asia via Hungary and reached as far as the Rheine River.
The sediments on the bottom of the three Maars recorded the devastating floods of 1342 (also referred to as the flood of the millennium or 'Magdalene Flood', see above).
Of the about 50 known Maars, most are filled with sediments to form swamps or wetlands, only a few of them remain as small, round lakes. The Dehner Trockenmaar (dry Maar) with a Diameter of 950 meters, for instance, is believed to be dry land since about 12,000 years (or roughly the onset of the Younger Dryas cooling event).
In the Schalkenermehrener freeze core, the appearance of the 1342 flood is marked as an exceptionally thick layer of grayish mud, in thickness comparable to decades of accumulation in "normal" periods. This flood is named 'the flood of the millennium'. Other marks of environmental extremes are recorded in the sediments, giving testimony to many of the earth changes in the early and mid 14th century. 1315 – loss of the grain harvest (the Great Famine); 1318 famine extremely cold and wet summer; even the "Great Flood" in the North Sea, the Grote Mandränke of 1361 can be assigned to a particular layer in the sediments of this Eifel Maare.
The visual appearance of the flood layer is particularly anomalous in the Ulmener Maar. A sediment layer of bright orange-red color, not seen in any other period of the last 8,000 years of dated cores (See Fig. 26). What could have deposited this unique type of matter? Interestingly, although the layer is dated and labeled, the very distinct appearance of the 1342 sediment layer went uncommented by the author of the relevant publication, Frank Sirocko. Without any access to chemical or microscopic analysis, we are confined to speculation as to the nature of this anomalous strata at this point. Such bright red depositions usually indicate concentrated iron oxides.
Sediment core of the Ulmener Maar showing a distinct orange-red layer of unknown consistency in the flood year of 1342, the composition of the material has not been investigated. Image Sirocko, Frank; Wetter, Klima und Menschheitsgeschichte, 2010; Darmstadtp.42
Also in the Holzmaar, the 1342- mark is clearly visible as a striking dark band in the otherwise yellowish light brown homogenous sedimentation of the last 1000 years.
Holzmaar sediments 1342 (second line from top right.)
Sacha Dobler
[1] Sirocko, Frank; Wetter, Klima und Menschheitsgeschichte, 2010; Darmstadt
[2] Kiss, A; et al, 2015, Hidden behind Magdalena: extreme floods in Europe in 1342 and 1343, Vienna technical University. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015EGUGA..1713985K
[3] Bork, H. R., 2006: Landschaften der Erde unter dem Einfluss der Menschen. p. 120
[4] Sirocko, Frank; Wetter, Klima und Menschheitsgeschichte, 2010; Darmstadt p. 166
[5] Smith E., Alison 2014: Venice and the Veneto during the Renaissance: the Legacy of Benjamin Kohl. p 312
[7] See below Pfister, C.,1985, p.198
Freeze cores:
[2] Ibid p. 166
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Very interesting and convincing article. I'll look at the e-book too


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2000 Jeep Cherokee XJ Sport 4×4
4.0L Inline 6
Capable 0-60 MPH: 10.2 seconds
MSRP in 2000: $21,665
When the XJ Cherokee came out in 1984, it was criticized for featuring a unibody construction rather than a body on frame (there had never been a unibody civilian 4×4 before). What people didn't realize was that the XJ's unibody construction had far more torsional rigidity than your average unibody structure, with 3,200 bonds on a finished body. It was incredibly well built, with a torsional stiffness rating that exceeded the typical "full frame" setup at the time. The stiffer a structure is, the easier it is for the suspension to work as intended
On the other hand, the XJ was flexible enough that it wouldn't risk tearing itself apart while off roading. The Cherokee was one of the first American vehicles with a structure modeled via finite element analysis on a supercomputer. Jeep's goal was to allow only 1/2 of a degree in bending while incurring a load of roughly 3gs
The finished unibody structure is 400 lbs lighter than the body-on-frame competition. Combined with its small size for easy maneuvering and the incredible aftermarket support, the XJ is one of the most capable unibody vehicles on the planet
A man named Wolfgang Bernhard took over as Chrysler's new executive in 2000. Nicknamed the "cost-slasher" and "whirlwind", Wolfgang came from Mercedes-Benz to "turn Chrysler around". One of the first moves Wolfgang made was toward killing the Jeep Cherokee, which he thought was an aging, bland SUV. He pushed for the Cherokee's replacement, called the Jeep "Liberty" – a name he thought better differentiates itself from the Grand Cherokee
The ignition system of the 4.0L is updated to a new distributorless system via coil-on-plug
Mid-1999 models w/ the 4.0L saw the intake manifold revised to help counteract smaller exhaust porting on the latest casting of cylinder heads (to meet new emissions control laws). The increased exhaust porting and new ignition system resulted in a slight power increase
1997 is the model that received the most significant updates, defining the 1997-2001 years of the XJ. These updates include redesigned frame, 4.0L engine, exterior/interior styling updates, and much more
The 4 cyl engine is axed the following year (2001), leaving only the straight-six
40k original miles
2nd owner
Good tires
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Snapchat Update: App Adds Bitmoji For Personalized Avatars Following Bitstrips Acquisition
By Seerat Chabba @crat074
An image of the Snapchat logo created with Post-it notes is seen in the windows of Havas Worldwide at 200 Hudson Street in lower Manhattan, New York, May 18, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Months after acquiring the Toronto-based Bitstrips in March this year, Snapchat announced Tuesday the incorporation of "Bitmoji" into its app, giving users the option to personalize their emojis.
Users can also log in to Bitmoji using their Snapchat accounts. While buttons indicating "Sign into Facebook" or "Sign into Google" are common when logging in to an app for the first time, Tuesday marked the first time that a "Log in with Snapchat" was introduced in the Bitmoji Keyboard app.
Welcome Bitmoji!!! https://t.co/SonAg0JdeK
— Snapchat (@Snapchat) July 19, 2016
Bitmoji is an app made by Bitstrips — that Snapchat reportedly acquired for $100 million — which allows people to create funny emojis designed to bear a striking resemblance to their physical appearance. While users are still required to download the Bitmoji app separately, they now have the option to use their Snapchat credentials to log in to it.
Once they have created an avatar using the app's wide variety of personal characteristics — like face shapes, skin tones, hair color, style, eyebrows and jawline — the account needs to be linked with Snapchat for the avatar to appear on the app. It can then be used in photos, videos or chat messages within Snapchat. If their friends have linked their Bitmoji accounts to their own Snapchat app, the users can also send a friend's Bitmoji avatar in the chat.
This is the best update yet. @Snapchat @Bitmoji pic.twitter.com/7GpUDe6xGu
— Shannen Bazzi (@Shannen_Bazzi) July 19, 2016
Despite the acquisition, Snapchat has allowed Bitmoji to function as an independent app and this is set to continue. The Bitstrips office is based out of Toronto, Canada, while Snapchat has its headquarters in Venice, California.
Bitstrips CEO Jacob "Ba" Blackstock, the original creator of the avatars, has been touted as a valuable asset for Snapchat, but Fortune reported that Snapchat declined requests for comment on whether he was involved with other projects at the company.
Snapchat remains one of the few social platforms that do not use a "digital ID" to follow your movement around the web. This is different from Facebook logins that provide apps user details in exchange for the site's social network information.
While this respect for privacy is widely lauded, it is uncertain whether the company will be able to keep up this practice. Addressing the problem with monetizing without using such information, David Jakubowski, Facebook's head of Adtech, said Tuesday, "They're going to hit some challenges and marketers are gonna start to ask questions when they get out of the experimental budget phase."
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Samuel L. Jackson Wants to Take the Title of Highest-Grossing Actor Back From Harrison Ford
By Raphael Chestang 6:50 PM PST, February 27, 2017
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Samuel L. Jackson has a bone to pick with Harrison Ford, which he brought up on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Monday.
The two actors have a friendly rivalry surrounding who is the highest-grossing actor of all time. Currently, Jackson is in the No. 2 position after being knocked off his throne early last year.
"Harrison is still ahead of me because of [Star Wars: The Force Awakens] last year," Jackson told DeGeneres. "I think my assistant told me I was maybe 150 million or so behind him, but I got a chance to grab him with either this movie [Kong: Skull Island] or [xXx: Return of Xander Cage] is doing really well in China, so I might catch him soon."
Since its release in December 2015, The Force Awakens has grossed more than $2 billion worldwide. But while Ford might be enjoying a comfortable lead right now, Jackson is determined to reclaim box office dominance.
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"I had that title for about five years," Jackson said. "Then Harrison made one movie and caught me."
The 68-year-old film icon seems to be doing everything he can to push himself back into the No. 1 spot. He even admitted that, unlike most actors, he is frequently his own audience member.
"I love watching my movies," he said. "That's why I'm here. Back when I was doing theater in New York, I always wanted to see the play I was in with me in it, and that's impossible. So when I got a chance to do movies, it was like heaven."
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Jackson's appearance on the show came right after Sunday's eventful Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. As DeGeneres has hosted the show before, she was curious to know how Kimmel's performance stood up to past shows.
"He's no Ellen DeGeneres, but he's alright," Jackson said diplomatically.
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Later in the show, they rounded out the interview by playing a game called "Judy or Jackson," where DeGeneres showed a quote and she and Jackson had to guess if the speaker was Jackson or his good friend Judge Judy Sheindlin.
Kong: Skull Island opens March 10.
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ABSTRACT: Children with epilepsy and their parents face many social and psychological difficulties that remain insufficiently studied in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim here was to assess the quality of life of children with epilepsy and their parents. A community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted in two urban areas and four rural areas of Gabon. Children were screened through key informants, medical sources, and a door-to-door survey. They were clinically selected based on their medical history and a clinical exam conducted by the investigating physician. Electroencephalography had not been carried out because of a lack of material and financial resources. The quality of life of children and their parents was assessed by a structured interview of parents using a questionnaire. Of 317 suspected cases on screening, 83 children with epilepsy were identified. Their mean age was 11.9±4.4years. Twelve percent of the children had neurosensory abnormalities on clinical exam. Sixty-three percent of them attended school; factors associated with schooling were higher score on the sociability subscale, specialized medical advice, and antiepileptic drug treatment. Sociability difficulties, anxiety, cognitive impairment, and behavioral disorders were suspected in 39.8%, 45.8%, 49.4%, and 42.2% of children, respectively. A total of 48.2% of parents expressed a poor quality of life related to their children's illness. A higher score on the cognition subscale, urban residence, specialized medical advice, and a stable income in the household were predictive of poor parental quality of life. Epilepsy influences many aspects of a child's life and the life of the child's parents. Care should incorporate a cognitive assessment of the child and emphasize information for patients and their relatives.


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Apple updates coding programs and resources for educators and students
Posted by mactech | Jul 9, 2020 | MacTech News |
Apple has announced a new set of tools to help educators teach coding to students from grade school to college. In addition to enhancements to the Develop in Swift and Everyone Can Code curricula, Apple is also starting a new professional learning course for Develop in Swift, available to educators at no cost.
The course is designed to supplement the need for computer science educators in the US, and helps instructors of all skill levels build foundational knowledge to teach app development with Swift. In addition, with many institutions operating remotely, Apple is adding resources for educators and parents to help ensure they have the tools they need to help students learn and grow from anywhere.
"Apple has worked alongside educators for 40 years, and we're especially proud to see how Develop in Swift and Everyone Can Code have been instrumental in helping teachers and students make an impact in their communities," says Susan Prescott, Apple's vice president of Markets, Apps, and Services, in a press release. "We've seen community college students build food security apps for their campus and watched middle school educators host virtual coding clubs over summer break. As part of our commitment to help expand access to computer science education, we are thrilled to be adding a new professional learning course to help more educators, regardless of their experience, have the opportunity to learn coding and teach the next generation of developers and designers."
Apple is enhancing its Develop in Swift and Everyone Can Code coding curricula. Develop in Swift is geared toward high school and higher education students, and teaches both Swift, an open-source programming language designed by Apple, and Xcode on Mac to new and experienced coders. Everyone Can Code introduces coding to students in grades 4 through 8, and uses puzzles and games to help teach the building blocks of Swift through the Swift Playgrounds app.
"The new Develop in Swift curriculum helps our students develop the technical and soft skills employers are looking for," says Bill Skrzypczak, who teaches a two-year associate degree program in mobile app design and development at McHenry County College in Illinois. "I'm proud that 100 percent of our graduates have gained employment with an average salary of $70,000 to $100,000, including both our returning adult and traditional students."
Prescott says the Develop in Swift curriculum is now completely redesigned to meet student learning styles, based on educator input continuously sourced by Apple. The new series includes four books: "Develop in Swift Explorations," "Develop in Swift AP CS Principles," and "Develop in Swift Fundamentals," which are all live today, and "Develop in Swift Data Collections," which will be available this fall. The curriculum is available free in Apple Books.
Apple is also releasing the next set of books in its Everyone Can Code curriculum today. "Everyone Can Code Adventures" is designed for students who have already completed "Everyone Can Code Puzzles" and offers more advanced opportunities to build with Swift code. Students will learn about important programming concepts used in app development as they work through more challenging lessons in Swift Playgrounds.
"Coding gives my middle school students the opportunity to build computational thinking skills and allows them to develop creative solutions for issues they care about most," saysJessica Bibbs-Fox, who teaches eighth grade science and math at Kelly Elementary School in the Compton Unified School District in California. "Many of them are working through trauma in their communities, and these skills are essential in helping them grow into effective problem solvers both in and out of school."
Bibbs-Fox has been using the Everyone Can Code curriculum with her students for three years, and has learned to code alongside them, with real-world results. She thinks the new Adventures series will allow schools to plan coding programs that span multiple grade levels.
"The Adventures content is built to help students understand the more advanced coding concepts," Bibbs-Fox says. "Students can go further in Swift Playgrounds to build more experience with Swift coding, which will really help in their transition to Xcode and the Develop in Swift curriculum."
The "Everyone Can Code Adventures" student and teacher guides are now available for free in Apple Books.
The Computer Science Teachers Association notes that fewer than 50% of all American high schools offer computer science classes and many college students aren't able to get into the computer science courses needed to graduate, partly due to an ongoing shortage of educators available to instruct them. In an effort to help, Apple will begin offering a new, free online professional learning course for educators.
Taught by Apple experts, the course will help instructors with all levels of ability acquire the skills they need to teach Swift and Xcode, making this an ideal introductory course for teaching the Develop in Swift curriculum. Interested educators can sign up today to participate in the course, which will be available July 13 through the Canvas Learning Management System.
To support parents with kids learning to code at home, Apple is adding a new guide to its set of remote learning resources. "A Quick Start to Code" is now available and features 10 coding challenges designed for learners ages 10 and up, on iPad or Mac. Additional resources are available on Apple's new Learning from Home website, launched this spring, where educators and parents can access on-demand videos and virtual conferences on remote learning, and schedule free one-on-one virtual coaching sessions, all hosted by educators at Apple. New videos are being added all the time as part of the Apple Education Learning Series — including videos about using Apple's industry-leading accessibility features.
In 2016, Apple launched Everyone Can Code, a comprehensive program and curriculum to help students of all abilities, from kindergarten to college, learn coding to solve problems and prepare them for the workforce. Develop in Swift was released in 2019, and today more than 9,000 K-12 and higher education institutions worldwide are using the Everyone Can Code and Develop in Swift curricula from Apple.
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We recently hired one of our residents, and son of one of our staff members, who is currently in college for Video Production, to create our newest videos. Marvin, son of Carlos and Blanca Pineda in the Elizabeth buildings, is currently working to create the newest set of Rock Properties videos. Marvin is currently a Senior at Rutgers-Newark and has taken this project with full force – obtaining help from friends and colleagues to play the characters and edit the videos, renting lights, and using a professional camera. We love his current work and are excited to see what he does next.
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14 health systems with strong finances
Staff - Friday, January 28th, 2022
Here are 14 health systems with strong operational metrics and solid financial positions, according to reports from Fitch Ratings and Moody's Investors Service.
Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Health system names were compiled from credit rating reports.
1. Advocate Aurora Health has an "Aa3" rating and positive outlook with Moody's. The health system, which has dual headquarters in Milwaukee and Downers Grove, Ill., has a leading market share in two regions and strong financial discipline, Moody's said. The credit rating agency said it expects Advocate Aurora Health's operating cash flow margins to return to pre-pandemic levels.
2. St. Louis-based Ascension has an "AA+" rating and stable outlook with Fitch and an "Aa2" rating and stable outlook with Moody's. The health system has a large, diversified portfolio of sizable hospitals, strong liquidity and growth opportunities, Moody's said. Ascension's declining debt level will help it maintain a strong balance sheet and operating leverage metrics, according to the credit rating agency.
3. Cedars-Sinai Health System has an "Aa3" rating and stable outlook with Moody's. The Los Angeles-based health system has an excellent reputation for clinical services and a strong balance sheet, Moody's said. The credit rating agency said it expects Cedars-Sinai to successfully integrate Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, Calif., and improve that hospital's financial performance.
4. Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health has an "Aa2" rating and stable outlook with Moody's and an "AA" rating and positive outlook with Fitch. Cost controls and patient volume will help the system sustain strong margins and liquidity, Moody's said.
5. Johns Hopkins Health System has an "Aa2" rating and stable outlook with Moody's. The Baltimore-based health system benefits from its national recognition as a leading provider of tertiary and quaternary services, and its close affiliation with Johns Hopkins University supports its brand equity, Moody's said. The credit rating agency expects the health system to maintain its balance sheet measures and for its operating cash flow margin to return to 7 percent.
6. Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based Main Line Health has an "AA" rating and stable outlook with Fitch. The health system has a leading market position in a favorable service area and management has a strong track record of producing solid operating results, Fitch said. The credit rating agency said it expects Main Line Health's financial cushion to absorb sector pressures.
7. Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System has an "Aa3" rating and stable outlook with Moody's. The health system has a leading market position and depth of services, which will be bolstered by expansion of clinical facilities, Moody's said. The credit rating agency said it expects the system's cash flow to remain solid and rebuild as the pandemic subsides.
8. Methodist Health System has an "Aa3" rating and stable outlook with Moody's. The Dallas-based system has strong operating performance and investments in facilities have allowed it to continue to capture more market share in the fast-growing Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area, Moody's said. The credit rating agency said it expects Methodist Health System's strong operating performance and favorable liquidity to continue.
9. Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare has an "Aa3" rating and stable outlook with Moody's and an "AA-" rating and stable outlook with Fitch. The health system has a large revenue base, an extensive footprint and a track record of successfully executing on several projects and strategic ventures at the same time, Moody's said. The credit rating agency said it expects MultiCare's liquidity to remain strong and for debt measures to improve over time.
10. Albuquerque, N.M.-based Presbyterian Health Services has an "AA" rating and stable outlook with Fitch. The health system has a leading market position and a track record of profitability, Fitch said. The credit rating agency said it expects the health system's capital-related ratios to remain strong.
11. West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health has an "Aa3'' rating and stable outlook with Moody's. Moody's said it expects RWJBarnabas, the largest integrated academic health system in New Jersey, to see near-term revenue growth and to execute on several strategic fronts while achieving targeted financial performance.
12. San Diego-based Scripps Health has an "Aa3" rating and stable outlook with Moody's. The health system has ample liquidity coverage, an extensive footprint and strong brand and market share within San Diego County, Moody's said. The credit rating agency said it expects Scripps to weather current operating challenges and to grow operating cash flow over the long term.
13. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has an "Aa2" rating and stable outlook with Moody's. The Iowa City-based health system, the only academic medical center in Iowa, has strong patient demand and excellent financial management, Moody's said. The credit rating agency said it expects the health system to continue to manage the pandemic with improved operating cash flow margins.
14. York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health has an "Aa3" rating and stable outlook with Moody's. The health system has a leading market position and improved operating performance, Moody's said. The credit rating agency said it expects WellSpan's operating performance to be maintained to support capital spending.


Alistair Lexden is President of the Council for Independent Education (CIFE) whose member colleges are specialists in preparing international students for entry to British universities.
In the attached article, he reflects on the reasons why the CIFE colleges are so successful.
The Duke of Cambridge is visiting the Middle East this week. An article in The Times on June 23 urged him to "get a tattoo of the Jerusalem cross on his arm, as did previous princes on visits to the Holy Land".
Calls are being made for the building of a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland. Prominent supporters include the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) on whom Mrs May depends to win votes in Parliament. On 12 June Boris Johnson said the idea should be seriously explored.
Prince Harry is now the Second Duke of Sussex. What was the first one like? Alistair Lexden revealed some of his quirks of character in a letter published in The Daily Telegraph on 23 May.


What exactly is cloud storage and how can your business benefit from it?
That's why more and more companies are turning to the cloud for storage. It offers a virtually limitless amount of space to hold all of your information, along with a host of other benefits.
Cloud storage is a service model in which data is maintained, managed and backed up on remote servers that live on the internet, or "cloud." It's purchased through a third-party vendor that manages the capacity, security and availability of your data, making it accessible wherever you are and whenever you need it.
What are some examples of cloud storage?
You already know of several providers of cloud storage services, you just don't think of them in that way. Gmail and other email service providers are examples, as your messages and attachments are stored and retrievable through the internet. Google Docs and Dropbox are other examples. YouTube too, as well as Facebook and other social media platforms, since your content lives on their sites' servers.
The benefits of cloud storage go well beyond freeing up space in your data center. Let's start with Total Cost of Ownership. Cloud storage eliminates the need to buy your own data storage infrastructure or having to maintain it. You also have the flexibility to add or remove capacity on demand and only pay for storage and services that you are actually using. And if you happen to get hit with unplanned downtime, you don't have to worry about lost data.
How is it mainly used?
That last point is one of the most common use cases for cloud storage: having a backup in case your hard drive dies. Businesses need to be prepared and cloud storage is a key to any disaster recovery plan. (While we're on the subject, check out our whitepaper on disaster recovery). Virtual storage has also become a cost-savings tool in the DevOps environment, allowing engineers to spin up and spin down the compute and storage resources as needed, making for a more agile development process.
There are many cloud-based storage options out there, with Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft Azure being the most prominent. Most provide the same main services but some offer more in terms of security and flexibility, so it really comes down to the amount of space you need and how much budget you can throw at it. This article from The Verge may help you choose which cloud storage service is the one for you.
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Now when making a typo in a CRM form via the Outlook client, the error is underlined in red and spell checking works as expected.
I've made the registry update available to download and run from here if you'd like to use it yourself. Just extract the file from the zip, run it and restart Outlook.
This has only been tested on a Windows 8.1 system with IE11, but I believe it should also work with IE10. However, it's unlikely that it will work on any versions of Windows prior to 8.
Please note that changing your registry can cause problems with your system. Only make changes if you have a backup and understand what you are doing.


The concept of sales training is one that needs to be adjusted constantly, as the many changes that occur within the industry may lead to new practices and obstacles.
A sales management team has to sit down and decide whether the education is something that can be done in-house or whether they need to acquire outside help in order to minimize sales training mistakes.
According to Heather Kivett, president of Resolution Systems, Inc., a sales training and consulting firm, there are several mistakes that can be made when a management team tries to implement a new system.
One of the first mistakes that is made is when a team of executives decides to use homegrown sales training instead of hiring a professional firm. While some companies are able to do this because of experience with the process, many times individuals overestimate their ability to teach.
These companies often do their sales training based on the specific product or service that they are selling. Therefore, they assume that product knowledge training is an all-encompassing thing that will put their representatives in a position to make the sale, according to Kivett.
The idea that if you understand the inner workings of a product then you will be able to sell it is one that does not represent a realistic view of sales. This is why we don't see a mechanic at a car dealership, there is a gap between the two sectors.
These companies will make sales training mistakes by teaching their representatives sellingpoints only on the specific products and then assuming that this type of learning is all-encompassing.
Another common mistake that is made by companies that are trying to train new representatives is that they will try and fit everything into a short period of time. These businesses will lump several weeks of training into an all-day event and assume that their work is done, according to the executive.
While the representatives will be able to write down and learn a variety of techniques and methods to lock down clients and entice potential buyers, short-term learning won't lead to a dramatic change in results.
Reinforcement is the key to any type of training, not just for salespeople, and a lack of this practice will remove any long-term impact for the education of representatives.
Kivett noted that a number of times she has heard executives tell their employees, "We did training a year ago, why aren't you guys selling." You don't learn to drive a car by making a long drive initially, as an individual will retain more and apply new techniques if the process is elongated and reinforced.
These companies also fail to realize that a pre-assessment of representatives can save time and resources during training. Managers need to find out the issues with each salesperson beforehand, in order to provide a more directed approach.


The project group Atrial Arrhythmopathy and Cellular Electrophysiology aims at understanding the electrical and structural mechanisms that promote and sustain different clinical forms of atrial arrhythmopathies. To this end, we apply various cellular and molecular electrophysiological techniques in combination with large animal models and computational modeling. In particular, we are interested in characterizing the cardiac two-pore-domain (K2P) potassium channels to understand their role in arrhythmogenesis. Aim of our group is establishing new therapy concepts based on novel pharmacologic modulators and AAV-based gene therepy against atrial fibrillation. To support translation of new therapy concepts into the clinics, we study experimental approaches in large animal models.
In our laboratory, we apply a wide spectrum of state-of-the-art techniques centered around cellular electrophysiology, including patch-clamp experiments, electric field stimulation and optical imaging of isolated human or iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts. Relevance of our in vitro findings are confirmed in a novel large animal model of atrial fibrillation induced by bust pacing without causing heart failure. Furthermore, we apply standard molecular biological techniques and develop AAV vectors for gene transfer. Computational modeling approaches and in silico docking simulations are used for identification of drug binding sites at ion channels.


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SUMMARY JUDGMENT TO INSURER, HOLDING THAT ALL DELAYS IN SETTEMENT OFFERS AND OTHER MATTERS ARE REASONABLE AND ITS OVERALL HANDLING OF THE CLAIM IS ACCEPTABLE (Philadelphia Federal)
The insured was in a motor vehicle accident in April 2002, and all parties agreed that it was caused by the driver of another vehicle. She suffered many injuries in the upper half of her body, but the extent and nature of injuries was in dispute. The insured alleged that her injuries were permanent and that because of them, she was unable to earn an income.
Immediately after the accident, the insured did not receive medical treatment, as she instead waited two days to see a healthcare provider for her injuries. In the three-and-a-half years after the accident, she visited various medical professionals and underwent numerous hospital visits. About one year after the accident, the insurer had a Peer Review Organization ("PRO") evaluate the case, and the PRO determined that maximum medical improvement had been achieved.
The insurer then stopped paying the bills submitted by the insured's medical providers because it questioned the reasonableness and necessity of her treatments. The insured filed suit against the insurer in 2004 based on this denial, and the parties eventually settled, with the insurer agreeing to pay the insured until she exhausted the $100,000 medical loss limit under the policy.
In July 2005, the insured submitted a claim for Underinsured Motorist (UIM) benefits, and she demanded the full $100,000 available under this section of the policy. The insurer made a series of offers, the largest being for $85,000, but the insured refused each offer. With the imminent threat of litigation, the insurer finally offered and paid the full $100,000 in UIM benefits in December 2008, but the insured filed the instant suit for bad faith in January 2010.
The insured alleged that the insurer acted in bad faith during the overall handling of her UIM claim by unreasonably delaying the resolution of her claim and by its overall handling of the claim. She claimed that the insurer 1) unreasonably delayed an independent medical exam and statement under oath, 2) failed to include her wage loss and economic damage report, 3) failed to consider her treating physicians' diagnoses, 4) unreasonably extended low offers for many years, and 5) wrongfully requested that she sign a release relating to her UIM settlement before actually settling for the policy limits.
Concerning the delays, the court determined that the insured and her counsel were responsible for some of the delays, and other delays were caused simply by the need for further investigation, so the insurer did not prove by clear and convincing evidence that there was no reasonable basis for the delay.
The court also found that the insurer had a reasonable basis for not including the wage loss and economic damage report in its evaluation because of conflicting medical records and it had a reasonable basis to question the diagnoses of certain treating physicians. Additionally, the insurer extending higher offers was reasonable, as it could have done so because of the threat of additional litigation or upon learning of new evidence. Finally, the insurer had a reasonable basis for requesting the insured to sign a release of the UIM claim before settling for the policy limits. The court therefore held that the insurer did not demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the insurer acted in bad faith, and it therefore granted summary judgment in favor of the insurer.
Thomer v. Allstate Ins. Co., Civil Action No. 10-CV-375, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49511, 790 F. Supp. 2d 360 (E. D. Pa. May 9, 2011) (Kelly, J.)
Posted in PA - Claims Handling (reasonable), PA - Delay (Investigation/Claims handling), PA - Sworn Statement/EUO, PA - UIM/UM Cases
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BETA HOLDINGS hosted the second edition of the Beta Architectural Students Competition, which culminated with an awards ceremony held at the Venue in Harare on Saturday the 7tH of October 2017. The competition brief required students to design a commercial building for the Institute of Built Environment on a piece of land situate in Borrowdale, Harare. Competition entrants were required to incorporate clay bricks and concrete roof tiles in their designs as economic and aesthetically pleasing building materials, whilst also focusing on environmental sustainability and green building technology.
The Guest of Honour at the event, Musa Shangase, President of the Clay Brick Association of Southern Africa, commended Beta Holdings, National University of Science and Technology and the Zimbabwe Institute of Architects for their partnership in administering the competition, which sets out to inspire and excite young minds in the architectural field, noting that this sets the tone for future nation building. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Professor Francis Gudyanga said that the competition was an important expression of private sector efforts to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Technology (STEM) careers, in line with the Ministry's STEM policy introduced at the start of 2016.
The winner, of the Prestigious Vernon Mwamuka Floating trophy, Tichaona Gondo walked away with $3000 in cash whilst first runner up, Tatenda Jambaya received $2000, and second runner up, Yamurai Chibayanzara walked away with $1000. The adjudication team also gave a special commendation to Takudzwa Musonza for his excellent execution of the brief.


I had that Dream again. You know the one, where I meet Michelle Bachmann, who is walking down the Yellow Brick Road to the White House. I long for her, but What would I do with Michelle I had her?
If you only had Michelle.
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Johnny Marion Vaught
Johnny Marion Vaught, 64, of Mt. Vernon, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at Berea Hospital.
He was born in Jacksonville, Kentucky on November 10, 1951, son of the late Cyrus and Hazel Wiles Vaught. He was a salesman for North Brothers in Lexington.
He is survived by two sons, John David Vaught & (Darla) of West Liberty, KY and Aaron Vaught of Arlington, TX, two daughters, Rachael Michelle Vaught & (Frankie) of Bethelridge, KY and Christina Helena Vaught Douwes of Texas, two brothers, Jack Vaught and Jeff Vaught, both of Science Hill, four sisters, Reca Moore of Science Hill, Brenda Jean Burton of Somerset, Charlsie Buis of Liberty, KY and Sue Buis of Vaught Ridge, KY, six grandchildren, Jonathan Vaught, Samantha Vaught, Rebecca Vaught, Savannah Johnson, Zachery Vaught and Caitlynn Murphy, two great-grandchildren, Harper Faith and Sadie Elaine Vaught, special friend, Merita Thompson of Richmond, KY, special nephew, Mike Barber of Mt. Victory, KY and several other nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Homer Vaught, Tom Vaught and Lonnie Vaught and three sisters, Margaret Larkins, Lillian Burkett and Betty Douglas.
Visitation will be after 2 PM Friday, April 15, 2016 at Morris & Hislope Funeral Home.
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Triangle School Holds ICE Workshop For Immigrant Parents
By Jess Clark • Mar 15, 2017
Parents at a Triangle charter school listened to a presentation about how to deal with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
Jess Clark / WUNC
Jess Clark reports on efforts at one Triangle-area school to inform undocumented parents of what to do in the event of an immigration roundup.
President Donald Trump's new rules on immigration enforcement have undocumented immigrants on edge.
Trump expanded the priority targets for deportation to include people convicted of minor crimes. And there are reports around the country of immigrants with no criminal records being swept up in raids.
That anxiety is being felt in North Carolina schools, where students who come from families with mixed immigration statuses are nervous, distracted, and sometimes absent altogether. Some schools are trying to find ways to respond to the increased anxiety. One Triangle charter school held a workshop earlier this month for families on how to deal with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or "ICE".
In the days following November's election, a few desks sat empty in at least one sixth grade math class. They were desks usually filled by Latino students. But their teacher says those students stayed home, fearful of what Trump's election meant for their family members, many of whom are immigrants without papers. She says now, her students are back in class, but anxiety is still high.
"Students voiced and even said things like 'My aunt has talked about going back to Mexico,' or, 'My mom is a little bit nervous so that is why she's considering pulling me out of school,'" she explained.
"I've been here since 1996, not having a criminal record or anything, and I worry," said a Triangle-area undocumented mother of three.
WUNC is not identifying the school, its staff or its parents in this story because school administrators feared doing so could make its parents targets for immigration raids. That's how worried they are. The fear surrounding immigration enforcement is also why administrators decided to hold a workshop for families about how to deal with immigration officials. On a recent school night, several dozen parents, Latino and white, documented and undocumented, watched a presentation in the middle school common area.
Viridiana Martinez is with the Durham-based immigrant rights group Alerta Migratoria. She went through what families could expect if they're detained.
"Don't just hire an attorney. Hire a good attorney," Martinez told audience parents.
In the audience was one undocumented mom originally from Mexico, who has three U.S.-born kids. She said she's been on edge since Trump's election.
"He's ready to deport more people whether or not they have a criminal record," she said. "I've been here since 1996, not having a criminal record or anything, and I worry."
The mom said her children, all teenagers, are worried too, especially her oldest son. She drives her kids to school every day, knowing that an encounter with law enforcement could result in deportation. When asked if she's afraid to make the trip, she said, "The truth is yes. But I'll take the risk for my children."
The school's director was inspired to set up an ICE workshop after looking at similar programs in California. He said the school is also drafting a response plan for a possible ICE encounter.
"We have recognized within some of our students different levels of fear and anxiety," said a school administrator.
"So it would be if an ICE officer does present himself at school, that there's clear steps in which administration follows," he explained, adding that one of those steps is requiring ICE to get a warrant to enter the school.
The director is also working with other local charter school leaders to develop best practices for creating a buffer between immigration enforcement and students. Some traditional public schools are also exploring ways to support students from immigrant families. Workshop leader Viridiana Martinez said school communities are important places to have those kinds of discussions.
"Schools are at the heart of our communities," she said. "Here, we find directly impacted people, allies, people who are just concerned about the fear and what is going on. People are looking for answers, people are looking for empowerment, people are looking for a way to fix this."
Martinez said a number of local traditional public schools have expressed interest in bringing the ICE workshop to their parents too.
High School Students Speak Out Against Classmate's Detention
UPDATED March 20, 2016— On Sunday morning, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Sarah Salaña issued an order preventing the deportation of Riverside High School student Wildin Acosta before his case has been heard by an immigration judge. Congressman G.K. Butterfield says he worked through Saturday night with Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-California) to convince Saldaña to use her executive authority. This is apparently an about-face from Salaña's decision on Friday night not to intervene.
NC Students Miss School To Avoid Deportation
By Jess Clark • Mar 1, 2016
Courtesy of the Acosta family
On a cold morning in late January, Riverside high school senior Wildin David Guillen Acosta started his car to warm it up for the drive to school. He went inside his family's Durham apartment to grab his book bag, and when he came back out, two Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, or ICE officers, were waiting for him.


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https://www.gbfans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=46398
Posted: April 2nd, 2020, 8:21 pm
by Kingpin
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of veteran actress Julie Bennett, who supplied the voice for UBN News reporter, Cynthia Crawford, one of the few secondary characters in The Real Ghostbusters to have more than a single appearance during it's 7-year run.
Julie Bennett initially appeared briefly in the 8th episode of the show's inaugural season: When Halloween Was Forever, and she returned for another fan-favourite, episode 11's Citizen Ghost, where both Bennett and Crawford enjoyed an expanded appearance which helped to bookend the story.
Bennett passed away at the age of 88 following complications related to Covid-19. Julie also had noted appearance in The Yogi Bear Show as Cindy Bear, The Amazing Spider-Man as Aunt May, and, amusingly, in 1988's Ghostbusters parody, Daffy Duck's Quackbusters.
Re: Julie Bennett, the voice of Cynthia Crawford has passed away
Posted: April 7th, 2020, 10:13 am
by Peter Venkman Jr.
I was really saddened to hear this, I had just watched Citizen Ghost on DVD the weekend before hand.
Cynthia Crawford was a great supporting character in the two episodes she appeared in, like Lt. Frump she really added quite a bit to the stories. RIP, Julie Bennett.


Marouska Attard is a music graduate with a B.A. (Hons) in Music and holds a Postgraduate Certification in Music Education from the University of Malta. She has been the choir director of Schola Cantorum Jubilate for these past thirteen years. Although she believes that this experience has been a fruitful one, she still finds that there is much more to be learnt from those who are experts in this field. This is one of the reasons why she is currently following a Masters in Music in Choral Direction at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where she is under the direction of Neil Ferris and Sarah Tenant Flowers.
A singer herself, Marouska has always had this great fascination for the voice as an instrument and she finds it intriguing how the simple gestures of a conductor can affect the sound that is being produced. In fact from a very young age she was actively involved as a chorister with several choirs in Malta with whom she participated in several concerts and opera productions. Later on as a university student she was involved with the university choir participating also as a soloist in several concerts locally and abroad.This association has instilled in her the passion and the drive for choral singing. Thereafter she moved on to direction of the Schola Cantorum Jubilate, a youth choir which she helped establish. She has been the director of this eminent choir since the year 2000, when it began as a group of friends and went from strength to strength under her dedicated direction. Performing in venues at home and abroad, the choir has visited Corsica for 'Recontres des Musicales' in November 2003; a musical-cultural tour in Rome and Assisi in September 2007 and another in Vienna, Linz and Salzburg in August 2009 and lately in Chevaigne and Rennes in France. Under Marouska's direction, the choir has been organising Carols by Candlelight for the past ten years. This Christmas concert has progressively gained popularity both locally and abroad. In fact, in 2010 it was quoted in The Guardian as one of the best top ten Christmas concerts in Europe.
Throughout the years Marouska had the opportunity to work with different choir directors among them; Mons. Renzo Cilia, who was assistant director of the Sistine Chapel's Choir in Rome. Zimfira Poloz a children's choir director and educator, and Simon Halsey, who is the chief conductor of the Berlin Radio Choir and the chorus director of the CBSO Chorus and LSO Chorus. Last summer she took private tuition in choral direction with Dr.Colin Durant and also took part in a choral director course 'The Art of Choral Directing' directed by Josephine McNally at Sherbourne Summer Music School in the UK. This was all financially supported by the Malta Arts Fund.
Feeding her passion for vocal musical knowledge, Marouska has attended an array of workshops with some of the legendary figures in the field. At the Lake District International Summer School of Music in Ambleside, UK she worked with Teresa Cahill and the late Robert Tear who was once so closely connected to the composer Benjamin Britten. Also in the UK she had classes with another musical giant, the opera diva Yvonne Kenny, at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Add to the list Prof. Jerzy Artysz of Krakow Music Academy, an international baritone with a hugely successful career and who had studied violin before voice as Marouska herself did; Prof. Thomas E Bauer, a German baritone of growing importance; Daniel Lichti one of Canada's acclaimed concert and oratorio singers and Deborah Harrison-Rossner from the United States. Marouska is currently tutored in voice technique by Juliette Bisazza Zanni.
Marouska works as a music teacher at the Gozo School of Music. Here she teaches music to seven and eight year old. Her main objective is to instil awareness about the importance of music education and in particular the importance of being part of a choir. Even though there is a good number of choirs in Malta, people's participation to sing in such choirs is still very low. This is why Marouska believes that in order to bring a change in mentality one needs to introduce singing to children from an early age. Singing in a choir not only involves learning music but can also contribute greatly to the holistic development of a person.
Marouska Attard is a music graduate with a B.A. (Hons) in Music and holds a Postgraduate Certification in Music Education from the University of Malta. She has been the choir director of Schola Cantorum Jubilate for these past thirteen years. Although she believes that this experience has been a fruitful one, she still finds that there is much more to be learnt from those who are experts in this field. This is one of the reasons why she is currently following a Masters in Music in Choral Direction at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where she is under the direction of Neil Ferris and Sarah Teneant Flowers.


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Frans Afman revolutionized independent film-making after developing a new system for film financing and in the 1980s he was one of the most powerful men in the business. He was instrumental in the making of films such as "Platoon", "Superman", "Total Recall", "Basic Instinct", "When Harry Met Sally", "Driving Miss Daisy" and many more - and aiding the rise of the leading independent production companies such as "Cannon", "Hemdale" and "Carolco". Featuring a host of contributors including Kevin Costner, Paul Verhoeven, Oliver Stone and Mickey Rourke, "Hollywood Banker" tells the story of Frans Afman's rise to the top, as well as how people's ambition turned into greed and the system eventually came crashing down around them.


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Duke fans, we are incredibly lucky two have not one, but two very, very special kids representing Duke basketball and Duke University. Also – both Nolan and Kyle were selected to play on the USA Select Team, which practices against the Men's National Team as they prepare for World Championships in July.
Da Bulls offered him a three-year, $19 million offer sheet on Friday night. But the Magic want to keep him in Orlando. Either way, J.J. is getting paid.
With three superstars on board, Miami may be the perfect place for Jon to get a shot at success in the NBA. We wish him the best.
…just like the rest of us. Even though he won't be announcing in August, we're pretty sure he'll be a Blue Devil when it's all said and done.
Which means more local games will be syndicated to Raycom. At least the second UNC game will be on CBS in Primetime.
For any of you who may have forgotten: exactly thirteen weeks ago, Duke won the 2010 National Championship. Another excellent video from DukeBluePlanet, as usual.
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"Housewife art." Sprung from my affronted feelings as a result of someone's statement about housewives whose drawings and paintings didn't measure up to the work of professionals. As if a woman who chooses to be a homemaker would be unable to produce decent artistic material, simply because she isn't a "fulltime" artist!


SERIOUSLY, NOW: Beto O'Rourke is probably going to be out next US senator from Texas. With that in mind, I think we should make certain we all pronounce his name correctly. Not O'Rourke. As weird and as complex the last name is, most of us know how to pronounce it. It's the simpler, shorter Beto that has non-Spanish-speaking people perplexed.
Beto is short for any of the numerous Spanish names ending in "berto" (Alberto, Roberto, Norberto, Gilberto, Humberto, Dagoberto, Rigoberto, etc.), and it has a simple pronunciation. Yet, over this past year, I've heard many different versions.
Let's start for how it's not pronounced. It's not BAY-toe or BEH-toe or BAY-dough. It's not BEET-owe.
Then the second syllable is "toh, with the "o" sound similar to what you find in "tortilla" or "pork" or "snort" or "torque." Notice: there is no "u" sound at the end of the "o".
Now let's turn to the consonants.
It's a softish "B," kind of halfway between a "b" and a "v". Start by pressing your lips together, as you normally do when beginning a word with the letter b, then quickly open them and slide your upper teeth against the inside of your lower lip as if you had a change of heart and decided to go with a v instead. If you do this long enough, eventually you might get skillful enough to skip the "b" part altogether.
And know this about the "t": it's a hard "t." Don't glide over it, or pronounce it like a "d," the way most English speakers pronounce the t in the word "veto" or "Velveeta" or cheetah with the tongue barely touching the top of your mouth. It's more like the "t" in "bet" or "vet" or "cat." Pretend you're British and don't just tap the tip of your tongue to the top of your mouth. Flatten much of the tongue against the top of the mouth.
So, there you have it: an easy guide to pronouncing the first name of our next president. Excuse me, I meant senator. I'm sure there are plenty of Spanish linguistic experts out there who will find fault with some or all of this, and I welcome their input. We need to get this right!
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Temporary levee breach, high Mississippi waters lead to massive flooding
DAVENPORT, Iowa (WREX) – Just more than 24 hours ago, water from the mighty Mississippi River cascaded over the Hesco barrier in Davenport, Iowa.
That breach lead to parts of downtown Davenport, which is normally protect from floodwaters, taking a direct hit.
Officials from across the Quad Cities held a news conference Wednesday morning and gave some insight into how and why the Hesco barrier failed Tuesday afternoon.
"The height of the river water had exceeded any other level that we had used this flood protection before and the volume of rain, said Davenport Public Works Director Nicole Gleason. "The previous night we did receive several inches of rain that contributed, and there's also unknown conditions of the underlying infrastructure. Obviously this road and the sewer systems have all been underwater for upwards of 48 days and we've just never had anything like this happen before."
Immediately following the breach of the temporary barrier, emergency responders were out on boats, responding to rescues across the area. Some people even had to be to take to their roofs, waiting for rescue crews to arrive.
Because of the quick emergency response, no injuries were reported.
Davenport Mayor Frank Klipsch spoke at today's news conference about living in a city along the Mississippi River and the positive impact the Hesco barrier has had over the years.
"You know, we live with this river. It's been the heartthrob of all of us and we not only want to protect it but our citizens," Klipsch said. "So working together and working with this system we have used, this temporary flood protection system has worked well. The last major flood that got up to this level was over almost 26 years ago."
13 News caught up with a number of business owners in downtown Davenport on Wednesday who were directly affected by the barrier breach.
Bob Herington, the owner of Ragged Records, said they started clearing out the building yesterday morning before the barrier gave way.
"When it did finally breach at 3:30 a.m. it literally filled the street within a minute or two minutes," Herington said. "We closed he front door and had two feet of water in the front door. It was starting to sweep through the front of the building. Then it was time to move on."
Much of the downtown area remains underwater as of Wednesday evening and officials did not give a timetable for when the water is expected to recede, only that they don't expect the flooding to spread.
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