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By Katherine Noyes
Microsoft's self-proclaimed commitment to open standards became more tangible Thursday when it released the first Open XML translator for Word ...
Microsoft's Zune Leader Stepping Down
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Wii Outselling PS3: A New Gaming Order?
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Key Hubble Telescope Cameras Feared Lost
A problem that arose in NASA's Hubble Space Telescope over the weekend means that many of the orbiting telescope's key capabilities may be permanently lost, officials announced Monday ...
Smartphones vs. Dumb Phones: No Contest
With the upcoming release of Apple's iPhone, smartphones are becoming one of the most hyped categories of consumer technology today. The combination of telephone technology with e-mail, Internet access and multimedia -- among other features -- serves many consumer needs in one tidy, sleek little packet ...
E-Learning Software Patent Under Scrutiny
At the request of the Software Freedom Law Center, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced Thursday that it will re-examine a patent held by e-learning software company Blackboard ...
Microsoft Adds Five Years to XP Consumer Support
In a move sure to bring joy to the hearts of many consumers, Microsoft yesterday announced that it is extending the availability of support for users of Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Media Center Edition by an additional five years over what it had previously announced ...
SanDisk, Toshiba Unveil 56 Nanometer NAND Flash Chips
In the ever-intensifying race to deliver the most memory in the tiniest chip, SanDisk on Tuesday rolled out its 8-gigabit, 56 nanometer (nm) NAND flash technology and promised to deliver a 16-gigabit version in the second quarter ...
Google to Distribute Sony, Warner Music Videos With Ads
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Google Pushing Forward With Online Book Access
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Google Taps North Carolina for New Datacenter Site
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MySpace to Add Parental Alert System
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New Vista OS to Be Available for Download
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Oracle Rolls Out 51 Security Patches
Oracle on Tuesday released a new Critical Patch Update addressing 51 security flaws across a variety of its products. The release was Oracle's ninth such quarterly update, and was the first to be preannounced. The release was initially announced last Thursday ...
BlackBerry Pearl Takes a Walk on the White Side
Research In Motion and T-Mobile on Monday rolled out a new, "pearl white" version of the popular BlackBerry Pearl smartphone ...
Dell Faces Class Action Suit Over Notebook Defect
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JFH Staff Review
Rachael Lampa
Blessed: The Best Of Rachael Lampa
Artist Info: Discography
Album length: 17 tracks
Street Date: May 9, 2006
After three albums and one remix album, CCM superstar Rachael Lampa has released her first greatest hits album on Word Records. But as with most hits records, the question arises: Is this new release worth shelling out the money for if you own her previous recordings?
This 21-year-old pop vocalist has accomplished quite a lot throughout her musical career, as well as earning the title of "The Christian Britney Spears." It seems to me that she keeps churning out hit singles left and right, and this album only showcases that fact. Starting off this collection is one of her first singles called "Blessed," a soothing ballad that describes how blessed each and every one of us is whether we realize it or not. Other ear-catching tracks include the disco-flavored "Shaken," "Always Be My Home," which shows a somewhat softer side to Rachael's soprano vocals, her Latin-laced single "Live For You," the Asian-flavored anthem "Day Of Freedom," the peppy, upbeat "God Loves You," and the edgy, rock tune "When I Fall," which shows a bit of a different mixture of music than many of us are used to hearing from Lampa. This album also includes two remixes of her songs "Savior Song" and "Day Of Freedom" from her 2002 remix album Blur.
Blessed... has a lot of good points. One of these pluses is that it gives listeners a chance to hear Rachael's angelic voice as it has progressed and matured over the past half-decade since her 2000 debut. Although, it would have been nice if she had a brand new track to give fans and even first time listeners another reason to buy this album. This is often what remix songs are used for, too, but those included here were also previously available on another Lampa project. The only song that was never on one of Rachael's albums is "There Is Still A Dream," which is a duet with Aaron Neville from a compilation entitled One that had been released in 2000.
Overall, I have to give props to Rachael's newest installment. It includes all her hit songs as well as two catchy remixes, to offer a nice sampler from her catalog to make the fans happy. If you're a diehard fan of Rachael or if you are a first time listener, this is one album you definitely want to check out!
- Review date: 10/11/06, written by Laura Sproull
Record Label: Word Records
Buy It: Amazon.com
Always Be My Home
Live For You
Savior Song
You Lift Me Up
Day Of Freedom
When I Fall
There Is Still a Dream (Duet w/ Aaron Neville)
My Fathers Heart
Savior Song (Sonic Overload Mix)
Bonus: Day Of Freedom (Mirage Remix)

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Покупатель — человек (в т. ч. физическое лицо) или организация (в т. ч. юридическое лицо), осуществляющее оплату деньгами (или иным способом; см. бартер) и являющееся приобретателем товара или услуги.

Для того, чтобы оградить покупателя от некачественных товаров, от недобросовестных действий продавца на территории Российской Федерации применяется специальный закон —«Закон о защите прав потребителей».

Покупателя не стоит путать с «потребителем», поскольку это не только разные роли, но и зачастую разные люди или субъекты: например, в случае, когда родитель покупает для ребенка игрушку, родитель выступает, как покупатель, а ребенок — как потребитель. Ещё пример: зять покупает гроб для тёщи. В этом случае зять — покупатель, а тёща  — потребитель. Этот пример также показывает, что потребитель не обязан быть живым человеком.

Существует поговорка — «Покупатель всегда прав». Данное высказывание характеризует взаимоотношения сторон при заключении сделки купли-продажи: тот, кто оплачивает товар, тот и является главным звеном в цепочке купли-продажи товаров/услуг. Но реально ситуация зависит от состояния рынка, его развитости (см. эластичность).

См. также
 Плательщик
 Получатель
 Потребитель
 Продавец
 Торговля

Торговля
Маркетинг
Обязательственное право

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A 500-level part-time Business Administration student of the Lagos State University is battling with a broken arm and injuries allegedly inflicted on her face by operatives of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit.
The student, 28-year-old Sewuese Matthew, was reportedly battered for using her foster sister's mobile phone to video the operation of the officials on Durosimi-Etti Drive, in the Lekki Phase 1 area of the state.
The foster sister, Lilian Ifemeludike, told PUNCH Metro that she was also assaulted by the task force men.
It was learnt that Ifemeludike and Matthew had gone to repair a punctured tyre at a vulcaniser's stand on the estate when a team of enforcement agents stormed the area, seizing the machine for allegedly causing environmental nuisance.
The vulcaniser begged the officials, while Ifemeludike also urged the officials to allow him to repair the tyre.
Matthew, in a chat with PUNCH Metro on Monday, said she decided to record with the phone when the scene turned rowdy, but was caught by an operative, who allegedly punched her in the face.
She said other officials joined in the assault, pummeling her and Ifemeludike and later seizing the phone.
"On Wednesday, February 8, my sister and I were going out of the estate in her car, when the car had a flat tyre. While we were at the vulcanizer's place trying to fix the tyre, the task force officials stormed the area and packed wares displayed by the roadside.
"There was chaos and some people were filming what was happening. I also tried to do so while my sister was pleading with them. A tall policeman among them walked up to me, snatched the phone and started punching me.
Matthew stated that they followed the officials to the task force office in Oshodi and reported the incident to the task force Chairman, SP Olayinka Egbeyemi, who condemned the assault.
"But when the officials appeared before the chairman, they told him a different story, saying we insulted them. The chairman then vowed to deal with us and we were detained. The next morning, they charged us to court in Ogba. I could not meet up my bail conditions that day, so I was taken to the Kirikiri Prison without my injuries being treated. I was released on Friday when the bail was perfected and I went to the Lagos Island General Hospital for treatment," she added.
Ifemeludike, a United Nations Women Empowerment champion, said the officials' conduct was a breach of the enforcement ethics, saying her phone, a Samsung Galaxy S7, had yet to be released.
The Public Relations Officer, National Association of Nigerian Students, Idowu Odebunmi, said the association would hold a protest against the alleged assault on February 28.
The spokesperson for the task force, Taofiq Adebayo, stated that videoing contravened the law of the agency, adding that the phone was being kept as an exhibit.
He, however, denied that the women were assaulted by the officials.
He said, "No responsible and responsive government will allow activities that contradict the state environmental law to go on. In the course of enforcing the law on the walkway on the estate, the machine of a vulcaniser was impounded. He had been warned several times not to position his machine by the roadside.
"The ladies in question were not directly involved in the matter. But because they wanted to gauge the tyre, they intervened. One of them started filming with a phone. In enforcement, we don't allow such. She was saying all sorts of things against the chairman and the state governor.


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Proprietaria di una pensione a Washington, venne accusata e condannata di complicità nell'assassinio del presidente statunitense Abraham Lincoln. Fu la prima donna condannata a morte per impiccagione dal governo americano. Mary Elizabeth Surratt era la madre di John Surratt Jr, il quale fu in seguito accusato, ma prosciolto, per il coinvolgimento dell'assassinio del presidente e dell'attentato al segretario di Stato William H. Seward.

Biografia

Infanzia
Mary Elizabeth Jenkins nacque nel 1820 o nel 1823 da Archibald Jenkins e Elizabeth Anne Webster, in una piantagione di tabacco nella cittadina di Waterloo, nel sud del Maryland. Il luogo in cui trascorse l'infanzia, assieme ai suoi due fratelli, John Zadoc e James Archibal, era conosciuto come Clinton, una località priva di amministrazione. Suo padre morì nell'autunno del 1825 e sua madre ereditò la proprietà. Benché suo padre fosse un protestante e sua madre un'anglicana, Mary fu iscritta nel 1835 al collegio scolastico femminile cattolico, nella città di Alexandria, nel vicino stato della Virginia. Si convertì alla religione cattolica e adottò il nome di battesimo di Maria Eugenia, frequentando il collegio per quattro anni, fino alla sua chiusura nel 1839.

Matrimonio
Mary Elizabeth incontrò John Harrison Surratt nel 1839. Una volta convertito al cattolicesimo, nell'agosto 1840, si sposarono, e si trasferirono ad Oxon Hill nel Maryland, città nella quale ebbero tre figli: Isaac, Elizabeth Susanna e John Jr. Con il passare degli anni il rapporto della coppia si deteriorò: John era molto infelice a causa delle attività religiose della moglie, beveva molto, ritardava nel pagamento dei debiti, ed il suo comportamento divenne, con il tempo, volubile e aggressivo.

Nel 1853 la famiglia si spostò nella piccola località di Clinton, dove John aveva costruito una locanda ed una pensione, dopo aver pagato i debiti. Con i guadagni dell'attività e la vendita delle vecchie proprietà John Surratt acquistò una casa al 541 H Street di Washington, e, grazie ai guadagni conseguiti con gli affitti, espanse la sua attività acquistando un hotel. L'intera area di loro proprietà a Clinton venne chiamata Surrattsville. Fondò un ufficio postale, di cui John divenne il primo direttore, una fucina, situata esattamente all'incrocio tra Washington, Piscataway e Upper Marlboro. Con l'espandersi delle attività la coppia iscrisse i figli a collegi cattolici, ma John continuava ad ubriacarsi spesso e a contrarre nuovi debiti.

Guerra civile
Con lo scoppio della guerra civile nell'aprile del 1861 lo stato del Maryland veniva considerato uno stato cuscinetto dell'Unione, in quanto non aveva abolito la schiavitù. La famiglia Surratt, in particolare, era simpatizzante confederata e così le loro proprietà, tra cui la pensione, vennero spesso usate come luogo sicuro per ospitare le spie confederate. Nel marzo 1861, il figlio Isaac lasciò la famiglia e si arruolò in Texas nelle forze armate confederate, mentre John Jr abbandonò gli studi nel luglio 1861 divenendo corriere per il servizio segreto confederato.

Le attività confederate intorno Surrattsville richiamarono l'attenzione del governo unionista, che stazionò con 300 soldati per investigare, rilevando molta attività di corrispondenza nemica, ma a parte qualche arresto e avvertimenti, la rete di corrieri confederati rimase intatta.

John Surratt morì d'ictus nell'agosto del 1862, così la famiglia si trovò in grave difficoltà economiche. Anna lasciò la scuola per aiutare la madre, mentre John Jr divenne direttore dell'ufficio postale, che fece anche domanda per lavorare presso il dipartimento della guerra, ma fu respinto, per sospetto tradimento verso l'Unione. Nel novembre 1863 fu persino licenziato dall'incarico di direttore dell'ufficio postale. Questo evento causò ulteriori problemi finanziari nella famiglia, alcuni schiavi fuggirono, e spesso John Jr incontrava simpatizzanti confederati, riducendo forza lavoro alla struttura. Questi eventi costrinsero Mary ad affittare per 500 dollari all'anno i suoi possedimenti di Surratsville a John M. Lloyd, poliziotto con simpatie confederate. In seguito Mary acquistò a Washington, al 604 H Street NW, una casa da usare come pensione.

Nel gennaio del 1865, John Jr trasferì tutte le proprietà in suo possesso a sua madre. Essendo sospettato di essere un traditore, John in questo modo si cautelava dal rischio di vedersi requisite tutte le proprietà dallo stato dell'Unione.

L'assassinio di Lincoln

Verso la fine del 1864, nella pensione di Washington, John Wilkes Booth convinse e reclutò John Jr a partecipare ad una cospirazione con lo scopo iniziale di rapire il presidente Lincoln: diversi furono gli incontri, nella struttura, tra i cospiratori. Nel marzo 1865, come parte dell'operazione, vennero nascoste nella pensione di Surrattsvile, sia del materiale, che due carabine Spencer. Un mese dopo Mary affittò un carro, giungendo a Surratsville, con lo scopo di recuperare un debito, ma in accordo del tenente John Lloyd, Mary gli disse di trasportare fucili pronti per l'uso. In seguito, Booth visitò la pensione di Washington e le consegnò un pacchetto per Lloyd. Mary si recò nuovamente a Surratsville, consegnò il pacco e secondo quanto riportato da Lloyd, disse di avere i fucili carichi e pronti all'uso. Infine Lloyd riparò il carro prima che Mary partisse.

Il 15 aprile 1865 alle due di notte, la polizia visitò la pensione di Mary a Washington, alla ricerca di John Jr, presunto autore dell'attentato al segretario di stato William H. Seward. Sia la polizia di Washington che il corpo degli U.S. Marshals avevano schedato John come sospetto cooperante confederato e amico di Booth. Mary Surratt mentì, dicendo che il figlio era in Canada da due settimane, e non comunicò che aveva consegnato a Surrattville, ore prima e per conto di Booth, un pacco.

A seguito della dichiarazione di un vicino, in cui diceva di aver sentito parlare di Booth da parte di tre uomini situati nei pressi della pensione nella notte in cui Lincoln fu colpito, venne ordinato di arrestare chiunque fosse presente nella casa e di ispezionarla. Mary Surratt venne arrestata per cospirazione; vennero inoltre trovati degli stampi per creare proiettili, capsule a percussione, foto di leader confederati e la foto di John Wilkes Booth, dietro un'altra di famiglia.

Mary Surratt venne condotta all'Old Capitol Prison di Washington e in seguito al Washington Arsenal con la costante presenza di due guardie armate poste di fronte alla porta della sua cella, fino alla morte per impiccagione. Durante la detenzione non le furono messe le catene, ma si indebolì fisicamente a causa di perdite mestruali. Le venne concessa la visita della figlia e, come per Lewis Powell, ricevette attenzioni dalla stampa. Nel frattempo John Jr, una volta appreso della morte di Lincoln, si spostò in Canada.

Il processo
Il processo incominciò il 9 maggio 1865 nella struttura del Washington Arsenal e presieduto da un tribunale militare, in cui tutti gli otto cospiratori furono processati simultaneamente. A Mary, a causa delle sue condizioni fisiche precarie, vennero concesse delle particolari attenzioni: sedeva lontano dagli altri imputati, non portava catene e le fu concesso un velo per coprirsi dalla vista degli spettatori. Fu denunciata per aver favorito e aiutato i cospiratori e le fu assegnato Reverdy Johnson come suo consigliere legale, e Frederick Aiken e John Clampitt come avvocati difensori.

La donna venne condannata a morte per impiccagione per evidenti prove della sua complicità. La figlia Anna cercò più volte di chiedere la clemenza per sua madre al presidente degli Stati Uniti Andrew Johnson, ma non le fu mai concesso di vederlo. Cinque dei sette giudici assegnati al caso scrissero al presidente chiedendo la commutazione della pena in ergastolo, dato il suo sesso e l'età. Johnson firmò l'ordine di esecuzione, ma non quello di clemenza. Johnson dichiarò in seguitò di non aver mai ricevuto la lettera, mentre il giudice avvocato generale Joseph Holt asseriva di averla consegnata due giorni prima dell'esecuzione, dichiarando che il presidente si era rifiutato di firmare.

L'esecuzione
Nella notte del 6 luglio 1865, fu comunicato a Mary che il giorno seguente sarebbe stata impiccata. Pianse profondamente e fu assistita sia da due preti che dalla figlia Anna. Padre Jacob Walter le restò accanto fino alla sua morte, ma durante la notte soffriva di problemi mestruali, così il dottore della prigione la medicò e le fece bere un bicchiere di vino. Comunicò più volte la sua innocenza e passò la notte sul materasso, piangendo e lamentandosi. Il 7 luglio alle 8.00 di mattina la figlia Anna tornò dal presidente un'ultima volta invano chiedendo la grazia e ritornò da sua madre verso le 11.00. Venticinque minuti dopo i soldati testarono la forca, innervosendo tutti i condannati. Il cappio di Mary contava 5 spirali al posto delle regolamentari sette, poiché il responsabile era stanco di fare nodi e pensava che il governo non avrebbe mai impiccato una donna. Poco prima di mezzogiorno, fu concesso a Mary di sedere su una sedia nei pressi dell'entrata del cortile; il caldo raggiunse i 92.3 °F (33.5 °C) e alle 12.30 i soldati ordinarono a tutti i visitatori di abbandonare la sede. Anna fu portata via a forza mentre urlava per l'ingiustizia subita da sua madre e tutta la prigione sentì la disperazione della giovane.

Nella mattinata, i due avvocati di Mary Surratt avevano chiesto un mandato di habeas corpus, sostenendo che il tribunale militare non aveva giurisdizione sulla loro cliente, ma l'ordine venne cancellato dal presidente Johnson alle 11.30. Alle ore 13.15, i quattro condannati a morte, tutti ammanettati, attraversarono il cortile e raggiunsero la forca. Mary guidava il gruppo portando l'abito e il velo nero. Più di 1.000 persone, tra soldati, ufficiali, testimoni, amici dei condannati osservavano la scena. Solo a chi aveva una buona ragione per assistervi fu concessa la visione dell'esecuzione, e vennero consegnati dei biglietti. Vennero stampati solo 200 biglietti. Alexander Gardner, già fotografo del corpo di Booth e dei cospiratori mentre erano in cella, riprese le immagini per conto del governo.

Letto l'ordine di esecuzione, Mary per debolezza o paura dovette essere sorretta dai soldati e dal prete e, quando i condannati furono fatti sedere, Mary quasi crollò sulla sua sedia, alla destra di tutti, in quella che durante un'impiccagione viene chiamata la sedia d'onore. Per legare le braccia, le caviglie e le cosce di Mary furono utilizzate strisce di vestiti bianchi. Dal patibolo Lewis Powell disse che Mary era innocente e non meritava di morire con gli altri. Passati solo 16 minuti dall'ingresso dei condannati nel cortile, fu posta una sacca bianca sul loro capo, mentre ufficiali del servizio segreto misero il cappio intorno ai colli dei condannati.

Mary si lamentò che le legature intorno alle braccia le facevano male e le fu risposto che il dolore non sarebbe durato a lungo. Fu ordinato ai prigionieri di alzarsi, le sedie furono rimosse e le ultime parole di Mary furono rivolte alla guardia che la portò nella posizione di caduta "Per favore non farmi cadere". Dieci secondi dopo il capitano Rath batté le mani e quattro soldati azionarono la caduta. Il corpo di Mary oscillò avanti e indietro, al corpo di Atzerodt tremarono le gambe e poi rimase immobile, mentre Herold e Powell, prima di morire, rimasero in vita per altri 5 minuti.

Sepoltura
I corpi furono ispezionati da un medico per assicurarsi della loro morte e lasciati appesi per circa 30 minuti. Alle 13.53 del 7 luglio 1865 furono sganciati dal cappio: quello di Atzerodt cadde a terra; poi in sequenza, Herold, Powell e infine Mary Surratt alle 13.58. Come la corda non fu più sotto tensione, la testa di Mary cadde in avanti e un soldato scherzò affermando "La sua testa fa proprio un bell'inchino", venendo rimproverato da un ufficiale.

Dopo una valutazione, i chirurghi militari conclusero che nessun collo si era spezzato. Le manette e le fasce di legatura vennero rimosse, ma non le sacche bianche in testa. I corpi vennero inseriti in bare di pino, assieme ad una fiala contenente un foglietto con il nome della persona, ed infine seppelliti contro il muro della prigione, a pochi metri dalla forca. Picchetti da recinto marcarono il luogo della sepoltura.

Quella notte un gruppo di persone assaltò la pensione di Mary Surratt, strappando via souvenir e pezzi della casa, finché la polizia non li fermò. Anna Surratt chiese invano il corpo della madre per i successivi quattro anni, e nel 1867 il dipartimento della guerra decise di abbattere una porzione del Washington Arsenal, dove erano seppelliti i corpi. Le bare furono spostate in un altro punto della prigione, assieme a quello di John Wilkes Booth. Due anni dopo il fratello di Booth chiese ed ottenne dal presidente i corpi, sia quello del fratello che quello di Mary. La seppellì al cimitero di Mount Olivet Cemetery, a Washington, a 91 metri da quello del marito.

Conseguenze sulla famiglia
Anna Surratt, la figlia di Mary, visse da amici per alcuni anni, bandita dalla società. Sposò William Tonry, un impiegato governativo, vivendo in povertà quando quest'ultimo perse il lavoro. La coppia si riprese quando Tonry divenne professore di chimica a Baltimora. Lo stress per la morte della madre le lasciò un segno indelebile, minando profondamente la sua sanità mentale fino alla morte, avvenuta nel 1904. In seguito alla caduta delle accuse, John Jr si sposò e rimase a Baltimora assieme alla sorella e al fratello Isaac, che non si sposò mai.

Nel 2009, la pensione dei Surrats a Washington fu iscritta nel registro nazionale dei luoghi storici, e cittadini interessati alla sua storia crearono la Surratt Society, che attualmente è proprietaria della pensione della famiglia Surratt a Surrattsville. La prigione Washington Arsenal fu abbattuta e sostituita dal forte Lesley J. McNair.

Influenze culturali
 La figura di Mary Surratt è stata esplorata nel film del 2011 The Conspirator, diretto da Robert Redford con l'interpretazione di Robin Wright.

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Voci correlate
 The Conspirator
 Assassinio di Abraham Lincoln

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Persone giustiziate per impiccagione
Persone associate all'assassinio di Abraham Lincoln
Proprietari di schiavi statunitensi


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Christmas in the Tropics - Light-Ups and Displays in Singapore
Asia Singapore
All Singapore
Christmas Light Shows & Performances Along Orchard Road & Marina Bay
Michael Aquino
Mike Aquino is a travel writer covering Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. He lives in Manila full-time, but is perfectly at home in a Singapore hawker center.
Image courtesy of the Singapore Tourism Board
Singapore's "Christmas in the Tropics" simply isn't complete without light-ups and displays along selected thoroughfares. From November to the first week of the New Year, Orchard Road will be lit up with stunning electric light displays that illuminate Singapore's prime shopping district.
To accompany the light and sound show, malls along Orchard and elsewhere compete to put on the finest Christmas decorations and sell the most attractive sales promotions to draw in the crowds. Most malls keep their doors open late into the night to sweeten the deal. (Find out more about shopping in Singapore.)
Orchard Road Christmas Light-Up
"Christmas on A Great Street", the annual festive light-up on Orchard Road, illuminates Singapore's main shopping drag. The light-up proper spans 2.88km from Tanglin Mall to Plaza Singapura.
About eight star-studded set pieces can be found up and down the street, each one optimized for selfie-taking and sharing on social media (the Orchard Road Business Association suggests you share with the hashtag #OrchardRdXmas.)
In 2018, the theme was "Disney Magical Moments." The display featured Disney and Pixar characters into the light-up's overhangs, sidewalks and Christmas trees, bathing the street in blue, turquoise and sapphire light.
The Orchard area is most accessible via MRT; disembark at the Orchard MRT Station (NS22). For hotels in the vicinity of the Orchard Light-Up, read this article: Hotels on or near Orchard Road, Singapore.
Image courtesy of Andrew JK Tan/Singapore Tourism Board
Singapore's Great Christmas Village
The plaza in front of Ngee Ann City will be transformed into a Yuletide-themed village, with arts and crafts activities for the children and the presence of Santa Claus himself.
From mid-November through Christmas, the Great Christmas Village will feature a collection of holiday-oriented events and activities, including amusement ride, a two-level carousel, and a "Santa House" where kids can do Christmas craft activities for free. Santa will also visit the House for Meet and Greet sessions.
More than 20 food outlets serve international cuisine at the Village's dining area, with brands including PAUL, Royal Selangor and Starbucks.
The European-inspired decor really comes to life after dark, when twinkling lights transform the Village into a magical wonderland. On Christmas Eve itself, fireworks bring the village's activities to a crescendo as everybody counts down to midnight and Christmas day.
HIPPO Christmas Orchard Light-Up Tour
See Orchard's light-up from a unique vantage point - an open-top bus rolling up and down the street. Duck and HiPPO Tours offers a "HiPPO Christmas Light-up Tour" that explores the country's top Christmas light-ups. The tour operates between mid-November and late December, with twice-nightly departures from the Duck & HIPPO Tourist Hub in Suntec City.
Tour guests must meet at the Tourist Hub at least 15 minutes before departure time. The 45-minute tour takes visitors riding on an open-top HiPPO Bus down the Light-Up's length, beginning at Tanglin Road and winding up at Bras Basah before circling back to Suntec City. Visit the official site for more details.
Christmas Wonderland at Gardens by the Bay
In Marina Bay, Singapore, the Gardens by the Bay's Supertrees serve as a towering backdrop for "Singapore's largest annual Yuletide event", with light sculptures called "luminaries" that recall European churches and Christmas ornaments (including a massive Christmas tree and a 7-story-high mirror maze inspired by Alice in Wonderland).
Entertainment includes music, caroling, magic shows, and more.The Festive Market also serves up Michelin-star-level burgers and upmarket Singapore hawker food for all comers.
Visit the Christmas Wonderland official site for admission tickets. Come to the Gardens by the Bay before sunset to catch the light-up as it happens; the Wonderland usually runs from late November 30 through early January.
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Hyde United have confirmed the signing of experienced defender Jordan Fagbola.
A former Stockport County player, Fagbola joins the club having played for FC United of Manchester last season.
Fagbola becomes the latest summer signing at Ewen Fields ahead of the Tigers' new season in the Evo-Stik Premier Division.
Darren Kelly's side will be competing at step seven for the first time in two years, after claiming promotion from the Evo-Stik First Division North last season.
The Tigers enjoyed a memorable campaign, which included an FA Cup first round appearance against MK Dons on BBC Two.
Following promotion, a long list of players have opted to stay at Ewen Fields for the forthcoming season, although last season's captain, Paddy Miller, has left the club to join Tadcaster Albion.
Miller cited travel issues as a reason for doing so.


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What Can You Do With a Nursing Degree? Explore Your Options.
By UIW ABSN | Published July 15, 2021
If you're looking for a meaningful career in a valued field, you should consider nursing. Registered nurses (RNs) are in high demand across the country. Nurse employment is expected to increase by 7 percent between 2019 and 2029. You may wonder, what can I do with a nursing degree?
A 2020 survey shows that approximately 54.8 percent of RNs in the U.S. practice in a hospital setting. That means that 45.2 percent work elsewhere. Let's take a look at a few options for nursing beyond the bedside.
1. Home Health Nursing
A growing number of patients need ongoing care that may not require hospitalization. Their busy families increasingly turn to home health nurses to meet their needs. According to salary.com, the median income for a home health RN is $75,871 per year. These nurses provide a broad spectrum of care, including:
Administering medications, including IVs
Caring for wounds
Assessing vital signs
Providing physical evaluations
Drawing blood for laboratory testing
Helping with personal care such as bathing and toileting
Assisting with mobility
Collaborating with an interprofessional healthcare team to create a care plan
2. Informatics Nursing
Informatics nurses link the medical and technological aspects of nursing. These specialists help information technicians (IT) choose, implement and evaluate new technology to improve patient safety and care. Informatics nurses work in a variety of settings, including IT companies, nursing schools, patients' homes, and long-term care centers. The average annual salary for an informatics nurse in the U.S. is $90,990.
3. Occupational Health Nursing
Occupational health nurses contribute medical insight in a business setting. They operate within the workplace to promote a safe and healthy environment. These nurses may provide health and wellness training, mental health assistance, documentation and treatment of company illnesses and injuries, and protection from environmental hazards. The average salary for an occupational health nurse in the U.S. is $68,575 per year.
4. School Nursing
School nurses work in elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as universities. Responsibilities may include conducting vision and hearing tests, providing direct patient care to sick or injured students, and promoting health and wellness through education. The average annual salary of a school nurse in the U.S. may be somewhat lower than that of other specialties ($51,626), but if you're interested in a day-shift job with summers off, school nursing may be right for you.
5. Forensic Nursing
The best forensic nurses are detail-oriented and adept at problem-solving. These nurses work in many different settings, including psychiatric institutions, medical examiners' offices, local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, correctional facilities, and communities enduring a natural disaster.
Forensic nurses evaluate and collect forensic evidence from victims, including those who've suffered a sexual assault. They also may be called upon to testify in court concerning patients' medical information or gathered evidence. The average salary for a forensic nurse in the U.S. is $73,985 per year.
6. Clinical Research Nurse
These nurses study various features of the health care system to improve patient outcomes. Clinical research nurses work in healthcare facilities, laboratories, medical research agencies, universities, and pharmaceutical companies, for example.
Their responsibilities might include recruiting study participants, collecting samples and assessing vital signs, planning and executing clinical procedures, and educating subjects. The average salary for a clinical research nurse in the U.S. is $88,240 per year.
7. Public Health Nursing
If you have a strong desire to help those in need, you might enjoy working as a public health nurse. These nurses frequently assist low-income residents in underserved communities. They reach out and connect with patients needing treatment, work to educate individuals about health risks (such as virus outbreaks), and give community members tools to improve their health. Public speaking and outreach skills are beneficial in this role. The average salary for a public health nurse in the U.S. is $63,800 per year.
How Do I Become a Nurse?
Now that you have a sense of what you can do with a nursing degree, let's look at what it takes to become a registered nurse.
BSN is Best.
If you want to become a registered nurse, it's best to start by earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), those who pursue a BSN build more than basic nursing skills. They learn to think critically, manage cases, promote health, and exhibit leadership. While it's possible to become an RN with an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN), employers increasingly prefer BSN-educated nurses. In fact, a growing number of states (including New York) now require all registered nurses to earn a BSN within 10 years of initial licensure.
What if I already have a non-nursing bachelor's degree?
If you already hold a bachelor's degree, the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) track at the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) in San Antonio, Texas, will allow you to earn a BSN in as few as 16 months.
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Friends, family and faith leaders on Friday called for an independent investigation and charges in the police killing of black security guard Jemel Roberson outside a Chicago-area bar Sunday.
Roberson, 26, was killed by a Midlothian police officer Sunday at Manny's Blue Room in Robbins, Illinois, the bar where he worked as a security guard. Roberson had helped stop an active shooting at the south suburban bar that evening and had detained one of the suspects outside. When police arrived on the scene, a Midlothian, Illinois, officer shot him dead.
The Midlothian Police Department has characterized the killing as a mistake and likened it to friendly fire, but Roberson's family and activists say the shooting was racially motivated. The family has filed a lawsuit seeking over $1 million in damages, and activists are calling for murder charges to be brought against the officer involved, who has not yet been named.
Police have yet to release the name of the white Midlothian officer, but he has been described as a four-year veteran of the force. He is currently on paid leave while the Illinois State Police conduct an investigation into the shooting.
Activists say that probe isn't enough and called for an independent investigation by Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
Roberson, who had a nine-month-old child and another child on the way, was a musician who played at several churches across Chicago and aspired to be a police officer. Those who knew him describe him as a smart, "larger than life" man who helped everyone around him.
Lee Merritt, the civil rights attorney representing Roberson's heirs, said his team is conducting a parallel investigation into the shooting. According to Merritt — who has represented families of other high profile victims of police brutality, including Botham Jean in Texas — several witnesses he's spoken with have already contradicted the police account.
In an interview outside the Midlothian police station, Merritt said that he had thought the Jean case — in which a Dallas police officer shot and killed the unarmed black man in his own home — was "rock bottom" for police misconduct against people of color in America.
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Group Wants You To Know Just How The Sausage Is Made, Among Other Meaty Topics
Carnivores, take note…a new group in Eugene wants to change the way you think about and use meat. They want consumers to bypass grocery stores and make tracks to the farm…and perhaps even learn how to butcher their own animal. KLCC's Brian Bull profiles the Eugene Meat Collective.
Many consumers are curious to learn just where their food comes from. This was spoofed early on in the Portlandia TV series. Here, a waitress shares the life history of a chicken to a concerned couple.
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Colin the Chicken's papers.
Waitress: "His name was Colin. Here are his papers, okay?"
Man: "S'great, he looks like a happy little guy, runs around…a lot of friends, other chickens as friends? Putting his little wing around another one and kinda like palling around? "
Waitress: "I don't know I can speak to that level of intimate knowledge about him…"
Jonathan Tepperman wants people to have a more intimate knowledge of their food too – at a somewhat different level.
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Eugene Meat Collective founder, Jonathan Tepperman.
"Food is a very intimate thing. We end up sharing the same DNA and molecules."
Tepperman hosts a number of seminars through the Eugene Meat Collective. Since he founded it in 2016, he's organized over a dozen classes touching on butchering deer to clamming to sausage making.
Guest chef Mikey Lawrence sizzles sausage in a cast-iron skillet. He says the group's philosophy is to connect people to the meat they consume, for a better sense of where their food comes from and how they can re-engage themselves with it.
"Pork chops have heads. Pork chops have feet. The things we get in the store, it does blur the lines between what is real food and what is just what we've grown accustomed to, and Americans have since the 1950s, when it all changed and everything became tinned and Saran-wrapped," says Lawrence.
"It just shows people you can make something start to finish from a hog, from a farm, 10 miles away."
The first meat collective was founded by a Eugene native, Camas Davis, in Portland nine years ago. She says there are currently five meat collectives in the U.S., with a couple dozen other communities exploring the idea.
Participants at a Eugene Meat Collective workshop trim pork for sausage.
Tepperman says Davis encouraged him to start the one here in the Emerald City. He acknowledges not everyone is up for slaughtering and processing their own animal…but his group tries to meet people where they're at in terms of comfort level.
A participant at the EMC's sausage-making seminar pauses to review a diagram of a pig.
"Part of that comes from the Disneyification of wildlife," Tepperman tells KLCC. "Fundamentally all food that we have is death. Everything that comes into our body has died, in order for us to eat it. We are trying relearn something that is innately human to us."
And Tepperman says compared to industrialized, commercial meats, local, farm-raised animals are less apt to have growth hormones and anti-biotics.
At this workshop in Tepperman's home, a dozen people are slicing up and grinding their own pork for sausages. Among them is Katherine Vinje of Creswell.
"I've a teenage daughter that has become very aware of how meat is processed," she says. "Typically that you buy in grocery store. She's very disturbed by it and has decided to go vegetarian unless we're able to get a hold of meat that's been humanely raised, humanely killed."
Another participant is Shelley Bowerman. She's with Moondog's Farm in Mohawk Valley.
"Basically I'm ruined on supermarket meat. It's almost down to a level of faith," Bowerman says.
Shelley Bowerman.
"Y'know, like I trust that if I grow my own food or know where my food comes from, my life is going to be better."
The North American Meat Institute contests the collective's criticism of the commercial meat industry. A spokeswoman says while it's great to know more about where one's food comes from, it's best that people have their meat processed in a facility overseen by federal inspectors.
The NAMI adds that if antibiotics are used, it's done so judiciously with the animal "withdrawn" for a period before slaughter.
It's a debate unlikely to end. Tepperman says he'd like to get pastured local meat into every grocery chain, and let consumers see what's possible.
"Our goal at the Eugene Meat collective is to show them a different way and then give them the skills to implement that, so they can remove themselves from a system that they already feel uncomfortable being in."
At the end of the sausage-making workshop at Tepperman's home, everyone gathers around for a freshly-made communal meal. They share what they've learned as well as what they've created.
Dining table set for Eugene Meat Collective participants.
"Just melts right in your mouth, there's no grainy texture on it at all. Just a really nice, flavorful sausage!"
Melanie Huskey-Griffin of Fern's Edge Goat Dairy in Lowell says she got this workshop as a Christmas gift from her hubby.
"This came up on my Facebook feed, and I looked at my husband and I was like "this would be the perfect Christmas gift for me! And he was like, "Okay, sign up! So yeah, it's just…I love food meat, cheese, charcuteries, I'm a cheese monger. This is kind of my element!"
Guest chef Mikey Lawrence demonstrates meat trimming as part of his sausage-making seminar.
Tepperman says the Eugene Meat Collective is exploring hunting courses for members.
"I mean, there's nothing more free range and organic that an animal that lived in its native habitat, free and enjoying the food from its native habitat, and then it has one bad day."
That means featuring food that goes from field to table, instead of just farm to table…further expanding the way meat collective members acquire their protein.
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Alonso: Competition between multiple F1 teams for titles years away
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Alpine's Fernando Alonso says he is expecting it to take "two or three years" past 2022 before Formula 1's upcoming rules revolution allows multiple teams to battle for the title.
F1 teams are currently preparing for the major upcoming car design changes, which were scheduled to come into force for the start of the 2021 campaign before being postponed because of the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
When Alonso announced his intention to return to F1 with what was then known as the Renault team after two years away, he highlighted the new rules having the potential to shake-up the championship's competitive order as a key factor behind his decision.
When asked by Autosport if the impact of minor rule changes – such as the tweaks to the rear floor rules – on the 2020-2021 pecking order encouraged him that multiple teams could be fighting for titles next year when the wholesale changes arrive, Alonso said: "In terms of fighting for the championship and other possibilities, [it's] difficult to know.
"I think the first year [of new rules], there is always one team that gets something extra when there is a new regulation set, that interprets the rules a little bit different and maybe get an advantage.
"But, hopefully, after two or three years, that new set of regulations that comes in 2022 will [mean] very close action between many teams and is better for the future.
"So, I don't know if it will come in 2022, but for sure it will come - this close competition.
"Because I think all the regulations are made to cover all the clever things as many as possible and make all the performance parts of the cars quite standard for everybody, and try to have a better and a closer competition."
Although the F1 field has closed up considerably since the end of 2020, the leading positions have still been dominated by just the Mercedes and Red Bull cars so far this season.
Fernando Alonso, Alpine A521, Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB16B
When discussing the idea that 2021 therefore is simply a preparation year ahead of the rules reset for his Alpine team, Alonso said taking that approach was "difficult" because "every weekend you are on a racetrack, you are just a competitive person and you want to deliver and you want to race and you want to perform well".
He added: "But, on the overall picture, yes, 2021 is preparation year – it's no doubt.
"I think everybody on the grid, after the delay of the 2021 rules into 2022, we understood and we accepted that 2021 is preparation year, is a post-COVID season with more or less similar cars of last year.
"And it's a season to test things like the sprint races. It's a test season, in a way, for many things.
"Just waiting and hoping for 2022 not [being] continuation, maybe revolution in 2022 - that's what we will want."
The full interview with Alonso will be featured in the 20 May issue of Autosport magazine, which will be available in shops and to subscribe online here: https://www.autosportmedia.com.
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Auckland Transport has announced plans for the $62 million Matakana Link Road which will improve connections between Matakana Road and State Highway One, and help decongest the Warkworth area.
The work is scheduled to start late next year and will be timed to coincide with the Puhoi to Warkworth project which will extend the four-lane Northern Motorway (SH1) 18.5km from the Johnstone's Hill tunnels to just north of Warkworth.
Warkworth and its surrounding areas will account for around 30 per cent of Auckland's growth by 2050, with capacity for 137,000 new homes and 67,000 new jobs.
Auckland Transport's Board has approved the project to proceed on the basis of a staged construction to align with the expected traffic growth based on latest land use scenarios:
Stage 1 – Will consist of two traffic lanes and one shared walking and cycling path.
Stage 2 – Will be constructed in the future when traffic demand meets capacity. At that time the road will be widened to four lanes with separated walking and cycling paths on both sides.
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1. Sleigh Bells – 'Tell 'Em'
MIA has signed Brooklyn synth-punk duo Sleigh Bells to her NEET label and proclaimed their forthcoming debut "the epitome of how kids are feeling in America". It's easy to see why she's a fan – like her, Sleigh Bells yank discordant sounds together, adding just enough melody to sweeten the pill. What makes their latest track so immense is the interplay between Alexis Krauss' chattering, girl-group-y vocals, and the volcanic distortion underneath – it's so needle-in-the-red, you may want to check your speakers haven't melted. [Luke Lewis, Deputy Editor, NME.com]
2. School of Seven Bells – 'Babelonia'
With cheekbones cocked and fringes buffed, School Of Seven Bells return with a free download, ahead of their second album, which showcases a confident upgrading of their shoegaze into, well, a slightly dancier shoegaze. It's the spooked underbelly of MBV's 'Soon', less about E, more about 'Eeeks'. [Martin Robinson, Deputy Editor]
3. Richard James – 'When You See Me (In The Pouring Rain)'
Ex-Gorky's Zygotic Mynci man RJ's June-bound album 'We Went Riding' is set to prove that you can make amazing modern folk music even if you're not the third cousin of some Mumford & Sons triangle player or other. This is the lead single, and its gorgeously wilting violin hook will make your heart melt into your rib cage. [Jamie Fullerton, News Editor]
4. Wild Palms – 'Deep Dive'
They've been a sleeper hit on MP3 blogs for a few months but, now signed to Björk's label One Little Indian, Wild Palms are finally gracing some seven-inch vinyl. With its staccato guitar and booming vocals 'Deep Dive' comes from the Joy Division school, but with a carnival heart and its funked-up post-punk makes us want to dance. A lot. [Paul Stokes, Assistant Editor]
5. Tobacco feat. Beck – 'Fresh Hex'
Black Moth Super Rainbow frontman Tom Fec puffs out some strange smoke signals under the name Tobacco, and Beck proves the perfect collaborator for this warped and woozy psych-pop hip-hop fever-dream, from the forthcoming 'Maniac Meat' album. [Emily Mackay, Reviews Editor]
6. Pure Ecstacy – 'Voices'
Part of Austin, Texas' skulking clique of art-rock hedonists, this trio's debut seven-inch is as enveloping a blanket of dirge as you'll find anywhere this year. Imagine stuffing your munchies-stretched stomach with as much Mexican food as you can, only to find that every object you've ever come into contact with has morphed into beams of light. That's this. [Jaimie Hodgson, Radar Editor]
7. Everything Everything – 'Schoolin' '
Fresh from slaying audiences on the NME Radar Tour, Everything Everything's first offering from their forthcoming debut has them in confident mood. With a delicate, hypnotic take on the helium harmonies they've become synonymous with, it's also
a tantalising taster of what's to come. [Matt Wilkinson, News Reporter]
8. Active Child – 'She Was A Vision'
Calling forth the spirit of Vangelis is a brave act by anyone's standards. But if you squint your ears during LA man Pat Grossi's lethargic opus there it is: triumphant 'Chariots' piano chords rising from the synth swirls, freefalling harps and operatic croons like a beautiful apparition. Special stuff. [Tim Chester, Assistant Editor, NME.com]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=905_LAo5uUQ
9. Woods – 'Suffering Season'
With each release offered forth, this Brooklyn band continue to provide comfort to those still struggling to exist in a world that no longer contains Elliott Smith. This new cut from the forthcoming 'At Echo Lake' is very yummy, very scrummy and almost Spectoresque on the choruses. [James McMahon, Features Editor]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXBEVZMK_2M
10. Beyonce Knowles – 'Why Don't You Love Me'
Forget everything you think you know about Beyonce. Sasha Fierce is gone, the 'survivor' is no more. Now we're left with BB Homemaker. Backed by funk-pop beats, she wails with bunny boiler aplomb, "Why don't you love me?", proving she's just as messed-up as the rest of us. She just looks better. [Ash Dosanjh, Assistant Reviews Editor]
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The Smith family honours an Anzac
When he left Sydney aboard the "Afric" on 18 October 1914, Arthur Robert Elliott, aged 24, could have imagined little of what awaited him over the next four years. Arthur had answered the call to enlist in the Australian Military Forces the previous August.
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In particular, he could not have foreseen that in April 2015, his grandson Robert (Smith), great grandson Todd and great great grandson Emmett, all of Newcastle, would travel to Turkey to commemorate the Gallipoli landing in which he participated on 25 April 1915.
Arthur served overseas for the duration of the war, and the "Afric", as Robert Smith says, was "the first boat that actually left Australian shores to participate". It sailed to Albany to join the rest of the fleet, and thence to Egypt. Arthur's service number, 293, indicates that he was one of the earliest men to enlist; clearly he did not hesitate to put his hand up to serve his country.
Ironically, it's only since Todd Smith, 35, determined that he would enter the ballot to be present at the ceremonies marking the centenary of Anzac Day, that the family has discovered a great deal about its accomplished ancestor.
"We've learned more in the last year than we knew in all the previous years," said Robert. "Pop was there for the entire Australian involvement; he was at Gallipoli, followed by the Somme, followed by Egypt." Arthur talked little about the war, and given that he lived to be 78, perhaps the years 1914-18 receded in his mind as he married Elsie, established a home and raised four children.
Once Robert and Todd begin telling stories about Arthur, one tale leads to another and it's delightful to witness a father and son enjoying their shared history, while little Emmett plays in the background, oblivious, at nineteen months, to his heritage. "I think it's interesting that you're finding out at the same time I am – and I actually knew the bloke!" says Robert to his son.
As Todd explains, "We've never been told much about that side of the family and so this is part of the experience of preparing to go to Turkey. Emmett, though, will grow up knowing his history, in a way that I didn't." However, Todd has long had an interest in the War and has clear memories of attending Anzac Day services as a child and a younger man. He will certainly never forget Anzac Day 2015.
Todd and Robert both entered the ballot for selection to go to Turkey; Todd was successful, receiving two tickets. He offered the second to his Dad, who was quietly chuffed. Todd's wife Sophie, along with Emmett and Todd's mother Jann, will travel together to Turkey, and while father and son are present at Anzac Cove, the rest of the family will watch offshore. Robert would have loved his mother, Betty (Arthur's daughter), to join them but her health would not allow. However, she is the proud custodian of Arthur's medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Anzac Medal.
One of the discoveries of this research, led by Robert's sister, Heather,is the fact that Arthur was recommended for the Military Medal. As a driver in the 1st Divisional Train Company, he had saved many lives by transporting the wounded, often under fierce enemy fire, to safety. However, the medal wasn't awarded because no suitably senior officer witnessed Arthur's achievement.
While preparing to travel to Anzac Cove, Todd and Robert have reflected, not only on their ancestor's military service, but also on the significance of Gallipoli and other campaigns in Australia's growth as a nation. "As well as their war service, those men came home and worked to build Australia, and I think we started to become more independent from Britain and more mature," said Todd. It's common to hear of returned servicemen who rarely spoke of the war years, suggesting that their focus was fixed on the future rather than on the past.
Families across Australia and New Zealand are making preparations for similar Anzac pilgrimages, just like the Smiths, and no doubt new stories are being discovered and old ones retold. While the sacrifice and suffering of what was, in military terms, a disaster, is very much part of the story, the Smiths are being drawn closer by sharing the past in order to enrich their family's future.
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The most recent school shooting in Florida has again ignited the debate concerning gun control, in particular the restriction of assault-type weapons.
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Written Evidence For The Robotics And AI Select Committee Inquiry
Future Advocacy is pleased that the UK Science and Technology Select Committee has launched an inquiry into Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. You can see our full written submission to the inquiry below. We look forward to reading the Committee's report on its findings in September.
1.1. Future Advocacy is a new advocacy organisation focusing on humanity's biggest challenges in the 21st Century. Along with consultancy projects for Jamie Oliver's Food Foundation and the charity Theirworld, we are developing an advocacy strategy to ensure that the risks associated with the development of artificial intelligence (AI) are minimised, while the opportunities are maximised. We hope to achieve smart policy change through effective advocacy. As part of this, we organised a recent workshop to encourage cross-industry collaboration between academics, private businesses, AI developers, and government. An output of this meeting was a mindmap of the actors who might have an impact on the development of AI which can be found here. Our AI work is currently self-funded.
2.1. This inquiry is timely and significant, both because of the unique position of the UK as a hub for artificial intelligence, and because of the credibility the Committee's report will have internationally.
2.2. Narrow/specialist AI already permeates our lives. It trades shares on the stock market, helps filter spam, and recommends things for us to buy. Over the coming years the number of specific tasks at which machines are better than humans will increase. Machines are less good at switching between tasks, but that too will change as machines become more flexible and better at learning. At some point, Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) will be achieved. A machine that could perform more or less any task a human can. This point is probably decades away, but probably not centuries away. Depending on the path by which the AGI is developed, it may be qualitatively similar to human intelligence or qualitatively very different. The arrival of AGI will not be the end point. Machine intelligence will continue to grow. It may grow very rapidly if it has access to all the knowledge on the Internet, or if additional computing power is easily available and allows parallelism or speeding-up to be deployed. If a machine reaches human-level intelligence through a process of self-improvement, then a feedback loop could allow the intelligence to grow rapidly.
2.3. This submission explores the challenges and opportunities associated with AI development in the shorter and long-term. We use 'shorter-term' to refer to the period before the development of AGI and 'long-term' for the period afterwards. This distinction is a somewhat arbitrary simplification, but a useful way of breaking down the subject matter. Of course, this 'shorter-term' is rather long when compared to political timeframes and decision-making horizons. We see this as a major challenge for the Select Committee: how to ensure political focus now on extraordinary transformations in society that will come to full fruition in the 2020s. Leave alone the challenge of how to get focus on the even greater transformations that will probably occur several decades away as the world moves beyond AGI. The shorter-term issues we focus on relate to workforce; autonomous weapons; and privacy, data-mining, cyber-attack, and transparency issues. The long term poses a challenge of imagination as much as anything else. It is very hard to imagine a world in which humans live along-side machine intelligence which is superior to them. The arts and science fiction can perhaps help us grapple with the nature of the existence that humans can look forward to. To the extent that long-term challenges will be amplifications of shorter-term challenges, fixing shorter-term problems should help prepare for the long-term ones. However, it is likely that some long-term challenges will be qualitatively different from the shorter-term ones.
2.4.Of course the development of AI also presents enormous shorter-term and long-term opportunities. Autonomous vehicles could reduce the number of deaths on the road by an estimated factor of 100;[1] universal elite medical advice could be accessible through an intelligent personal assistant; medical devices could be more efficient and safer. New developments are happening all the time, from Google DeepMind's gaming triumph with AlphaGo to their newly-announced research around how AI could improve our health. The launch of OpenAI is another important development.
2.5. To mitigate the risks and maximise the opportunities, we present these four priority recommendations for the UK government:
Commission UK-specific research to assess which jobs are most at risk by sector, geography, age group, and gender. Implement a smart strategy to address future job losses through retraining, job creation, and psychological well-being support
Support a ban on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) in the context of the 2016 Convention on Conventional Weapons
Agree a 'new deal on data' between government, companies, and citizens. This could be developed by a commission led by a notable, respected, and objective public figure (similar to Warnock Commission on IVF)
Support the development of an international code of conduct for computer scientists (IEEE[2] are working on this)
3. Shorter-Term Challenges And Opportunities: Ai And The Labour Market
3.1. There is some disagreement about the precise effects of artificial intelligence on the labour market. Some claim that it will create more jobs, but an Oxford University (2013) study predicts that 35% of existing UK jobs are at risk in the next 20 years.[3] At some point 1.2 million call centre workers in the UK may quite swiftly lose their jobs to machines. The advent of autonomous cars – which are being tested now in London – could similarly bring redundancy to an entire industry of professional drivers. Inequality, concentration of wealth, and concomitant social and psychological problems could ensue.
3.2.In order to manage the risks associated with increased automation, we have the following recommendations. The government should:
Commission UK-specific research to assess which jobs are most at risk by sector, geography, age group, and gender. Implement a smart strategy to address future job losses through retraining, job creation, and psychological wellbeing support
Incentivize workers to join high demand professions like care-workers by re-valuing the work and giving it a higher social status
Encourage entrepreneurialism, making it as easy as possible for start-ups (as biggest job creators) to thrive, reducing their tax burdens, and putting safeguards in place so they can bounce back when one idea fails
Adapt the education system to focus on things that machines will be less good at for longer (creativity, ideation, judgement, inter-personal skills); prepare students for working with and alongside artificial intelligence
Experiment with incentives for longer maternity/paternity leave, shorter working hours/weeks
Consider policies to tackle income and wealth distribution (e.g. Basic Income Guarantee; broader distribution of share ownership, perhaps through a national mutual fund).
Shift the tax burden away from income tax (which makes people more expensive than machines)
4. Shorter-Term Challenges And Opportunities: Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (Laws)
4.1.Some nations with high-tech militaries, including China, Israel, South Korea, Russia, the US and the UK are moving towards weapons that deploy AI to allow combat autonomy.[4]Commonly referred to as Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), these weapons would have the power to kill without any human intervention in the identification and prosecution of a target. This raises technical, legal and ethical issues, making the decision to go to war easier and causing problems with accountability when a robot kills without a human in the decision-making process. Furthermore, if a nation deploys LAWS, other nations may feel that they need to defend themselves, resulting in a LAWS arms race.
4.2.It is necessary to act now before national investment makes it difficult to change course. 2016 is a critical year for action on this issue with the 5-yearly review conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons on 12-16 December. NGOs including the Campaign Against Killer Robots are trying to secure action on LAWS in this context.
4.3.The following recommendations for the UK government would make sure they play their part to mitigate the risks posed by LAWS:
Support ban on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS)
Enforce the ban on UK-based companies that are involved in the development of LAWS
Encourage and lead co-operation between member states so international legislation is inclusive and impactful; collaborate with the High Level Panel on Lethal Autonomous Robotics
5. Shorter-Term Challenges And Opportunities: Privacy, Data-Mining, Cyber-Attacks, And Transparency
5.1. The integration of information and the extraordinary data-mining capacity of AI provide great opportunities. It could be used in the healthcare industry to identify inefficiencies and best practices to cut costs and improve care. At the same time, the prospect of data-mining by ever-more powerful AI raises serious concerns about privacy and surveillance. Given the profound issues at stake there has been a paucity of public discussion and political debate in this area. Urgent steps need to be taken to determine the extent to which privacy can/should be safeguarded as AI gets better at interpreting the data it is given access to.
5.2. Cyber-attacks pose further threats to privacy, at the very least. Most cyber-attacks are now carried out by AI. The USA's 'Monstermind', the National Security Agency's automated response to a foreign cyber-attack brought to light by Edward Snowden, can apparently engage in its own autonomous cyber-attacks as well as defence.[5] Such cyber-attacks could have real world consequences: shutting down electricity in part of a city would threaten the work of hospitals, for example.
5.3. Another key issue, commonly referred to as the 'black box' issue, arises when humans are unable to determine how a neural network reached a certain decision. Deep learning networks may be deeply inscrutable. The process behind the AI's output is unclear and unavailable, even to its creators.
5.4. In order to address the issues around privacy, data-mining, cyber-attacks, and transparency the government should:
Agree 'a new deal on data' between government, companies, and citizens. This could be developed by a commission led by a notable, respected, and objective public figure (similar to Warnock Commission on IVF)
Revise the Draft Communications Data Bill in line with commission's findings
Adopt clear and consistent regulations for companies that produce and export surveillance technology
Ensure that surveillance tech companies disclose client lists
Increase investment in encryption technologies. Ensure businesses do more to prevent data hacks (e.g. Talk Talk)
Legislate to require an explanation of the process behind any system that makes a decision which has a substantive impact on human life
6. Long Term: Challenges And Opportunities
6.1. Longer-term developments are harder to predict. AGI (the equivalent of human intelligence across the board rather than in one specialism) and superintelligence (intelligence greatly superior to humans across the board) could deliver unprecedented scientific and economic opportunities.
6.2. AGI and superintelligence could also pose severe risks. Powerful AI controlled by a single person or organisation could potentially be used for self-interested purposes that do not contribute to the greater good. On the other hand, without adequate human control, an advanced AI may generate sub-goals such as self-preservation, cognitive enhancement, and resource acquisition, so it can best achieve the primary goal it has been set. The pursuit of these sub-goals could potentially have very serious unintended consequences as described in detail by Bostrom.[6]
6.3. Short-term exigencies make it hard for governments to implement policies where the impact could be felt in 50 or more years. However, the drastic impact that the arrival of superintelligence would have on society demands that we prepare for it. The government should have the freedom to invest long-term without needing immediate returns to show to voters. Decisive steps are already being taken in other countries that the UK government could learn from. The South Korean Government published the Robots Ethics Charter in 2012 which sets ethical guidelines concerning robot functions, anticipating a time when service robots are part of daily life.[7] The Japanese Government in its Robot Strategy has emphasised the importance of establishing internationally compatible regulations and standardisation.[8] The UK government should:
Support the development of an international code of conduct for computer scientists (IEEE are working on this)
Engage and keep up to date with the international regulations around AI put forward by the UN and UNICRI
Support initiatives to keep members of government and civil service up to speed on the latest scientific developments- for example Cambridge's CSaP model[9]
Incorporate teaching about possible opportunities and challenges coming up in school and university curricula
Ensure that the teaching of ethics is incorporated into computer science courses
Build on the results of the Sciencewise study 'Robotics and Autonomous Systems: What the public thinks' to help foster a public debate around AI that avoids a simplistic dystopia/utopia binary
7. Appendix
Upcoming Key Dates
31 May (Washington, DC): IEEE Values By Design Summit (concludes 1 June)
9-15 Jul (New York): 16th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-16)
31 Aug – 2 Sep (Geneva): Meeting of preparatory committee for Fifth CCW Review Conference
Dec. 12-16 (Geneva): Convention on Conventional Weapons Fifth Review Conference
[1] 'The State of AI' at the World Economic Forum, January 2016 https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2016/sessions/the-state-of-artificial-intelligence/
[2] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
[3] 'Technology at Work v2', Citi Bank and Oxford Martin School, January 2016 http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/reports/Citi_GPS_Technology_Work_2.pdf
[4] http://www.stopkillerrobots.org/the-problem/
[5]http://duckofminerva.com/2014/08/monstermind-or-the-doomsday-machine-autonomous-cyberwarfare.html
[6] "Superintelligence" Nick Bostrom
[7] https://akikok012um1.wordpress.com/south-korean-robot-ethics-charter-2012/
[8] Japan's Robot Strategy, Vision Strategy, Action Plan
[9] http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/programmes/policy-fellowships/
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While doing the Bounty Hunter guild quest, the girl you save last will give you Treasure Clue #1. This quest is available after the Lychfield Graveyard quest.
Complete the Lost Trader guild quest by helping a trader find his brother at the Abandoned Road. Access the Abandoned Road from Oakvale's beach, not from Twinblade's Camp, as it will be blocked from that end. When finished, the trader will give you the Treasure Clue #2 as a show of thanks.
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Prison Path, simply go down to the dock where the Archaeologist was held, you will come along the assassin on your way.
Windmill Hill, go inside, or on top of, the windmill building. The assassin will then proceed to attack you.
Hook Coast, by the bell in the northern part of town.
The first one you kill has a Doll of You.
The second one you kill has a Health potion.
The third one you kill has an Eyes of a Killer book.
The fourth one you kill has Gold.
The fifth one you kill has Gold & a Jet.
You can win the clue at the Archery Competition outside of Knothole Glade. The competition becomes available after defending Knothole Glade from the Bandit Siege. You need to beat the high score (@ 200) to win Treasure Clue #4 as a prize. You can also get the clue by killing the man who runs the archery contest; he will drop the treasure clue as well as an arrow trophy.
From the barn, going towards the Orchard Farms lake, right before you hit the apple trees, there will be a chest on the left.
In Windmill Hill go behind windmill on north and there will be chest with clue #6.
Now with all six clues head to Orchard Farm. In front of the barn is a pile of hay, there is enough space to sneak between the hay and the barn, this is where the buried treasure is. The shovel does not automatically appear on the Dpad display, you have to manually select the shovel.
You can dig this treasure before having all six clues, but the item you get will be a worthless version of the real item.
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