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33 things you should remove from your résumé immediately
Business Insider 4 days ago
Yes, you might have been the "king of making milkshakes" at the restaurant you worked for in high school. But unless you are planning on redeeming that title, it's time...
Curated Career Conversations: Applicant Tracking Systems
LinkedIn 1 week ago
There are over 200 ATS and none work exactly the same. ATS can function as an HR management system to collect, scan, rank, and sort resumes sending the top on...
Resume scanners gain ground at college career centres
Inside Higher Ed 4 weeks ago
More employers are using applicant tracking systems to hire employees. Some colleges are using new AI-based tools, like VMock, to help students keep up....
You Can Overcome a Long Gap in Your Résumé
The Wall Street Journal 3 months ago
Employers are rushing to interview applicants with résumé gaps as long as two years, according to a recent study of more than 36,000 applications by the résumé-writing service ResumeGo. That's a marked...
Six Tips To Make Your Resume Stand Out
Forbes 3 months ago
When preparing a resume, jobseekers should continually ask themselves, "Why is this statement important?" to ensure they are sharing only high-level activities that demonstrate their ability to perform....
Awesome New Tool for Resume Keywords
AvidCareerist 4 months ago
It's called a parts-of-speech parser. You upload a job description, and it tags the parts of speech for you (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions). Once you parse a specific job posting, it...
4 mistakes people make on their resumé and how to avoid them
Global News 4 months ago
The first step to getting your dream job is crafting a killer resumé — one that's clear, concise and demonstrates why you're the best candidate. But in an increasingly competitive job market,...
Infographic: How to show your soft skills on your resume
Tech Republic 5 months ago
Simply listing one's soft skills on a resume isn't the most effective way to highlight those features. Instead, integrating soft skills into the cover letter or description of a past...
How To Write A Resume To Get Through The Applicant Tracking System
Many people think keywords are all that matters, but it's important to know what skills the employer is searching for and how to communicate them, as well as to be...
How to Become a Successful Résumé Writer
Career associations and résumé writing associations offer different facets for résumé writers to enhance their continuing education, credentials, and stamina in the industry. Some résumé writers will join more than...


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package com.github.k24.prefsoven.store;

import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.support.v4.util.Pair;

import com.github.k24.prefsoven.factory.PrefFieldFactory;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Created by k24 on 2015/12/30.
 */
public final class Model {
    private final SharedPreferences prefs;
    private final PrefFieldFactory prefFieldFactory;
    private final Map<String, Element<?>> elementMap;
    private final List<Key<?>> keys = new ArrayList<>();
    private final Map<Pid.Index, Pid> pids = new LinkedHashMap<>();

    private final Object lock = new Object();

    public static Model create(SharedPreferences prefs, PrefFieldFactory prefFieldFactory, Map<String, Element<?>> elementMap) {
        return new Model(prefs, prefFieldFactory, elementMap);
    }

    Model(SharedPreferences prefs, PrefFieldFactory prefFieldFactory, Map<String, Element<?>> elementMap) {
        this.prefs = prefs;
        this.prefFieldFactory = prefFieldFactory;
        this.elementMap = elementMap;
        reset();
    }

    public void reset() {
        synchronized (lock) {
            // TODO Async
            Map<Object, Pid> pidMap = Pid.createKeyPidMap();

            for (String keyString : prefs.getAll().keySet()) {
                Pair<Pid, ? extends Element<?>> pair = Pid.create(pidMap, keyString, elementMap);
                if (pair == null) continue;
                Pid pid = pair.first;
                Element<?> element = pair.second;
                if (pid == null || element == null) continue;
                pids.put(pid.index(), pid);

                Key<?> key = new Key<>(this, keyString, pid, element);
                pid.addKey(key);
                element.addKey(key);
                keys.add(key);
            }
        }
    }

    public PrefFieldFactory getPrefFieldFactory() {
        return prefFieldFactory;
    }

    public Pid addElements(Collection<Element<?>> elements) {
        synchronized (lock) {
            Pid pid = Pid.create();
            for (Element<?> element : elements) {
                Key<?> key = new Key<>(this, pid.getKeyAsString(element), pid, element);
                pid.addKey(key);
                element.addKey(key);
                keys.add(key);
            }
            pids.put(pid.index(), pid);
            return pid;
        }
    }

    public List<Key<?>> keys() {
        synchronized (lock) {
            return Collections.unmodifiableList(keys);
        }
    }

    public void clear() {
        synchronized (lock) {
            for (Pid pid : pids.values()) {
                pid.remove();
            }
            pids.clear();
            keys.clear();
        }
    }

    public List<Pid> pids() {
        synchronized (lock) {
            return Collections.unmodifiableList(new ArrayList<>(pids.values()));
        }
    }

    public List<Element<?>> elements() {
        return new ArrayList<>(elementMap.values());
    }

    public List<String> elementNames() {
        ArrayList<String> names = new ArrayList<>();
        for (Element<?> element : elementMap.values()) {
            names.add(element.name());
        }
        return names;
    }

    public Pid pid(Pid.Index index) {
        synchronized (lock) {
            return pids.get(index);
        }
    }

    public void remove(Pid pid) {
        synchronized (lock) {
            Pid.Index index = pid.index();
            Collection<Key<?>> keys = pid.keys();
            for (Key<?> key : keys) {
                key.value().remove();
                this.keys.remove(key);
            }

            pid.remove();
            pids.remove(index);
        }
    }
}

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La Texas Folklore Society est une organisation à but non lucratif formée au Texas en 1909. Elle est fondée par John Lomax et Leonidas Payne, qui en conçoivent l'idée et en sont les deux premiers membres, respectivement en tant que secrétaire et président.

Les réunions annuelles de la société se tiennent régulièrement depuis 1911, exceptées au cours de deux interruptions causées par les Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales. Depuis sa première publication, en 1923, éditée par le célèbre folkloriste américain J. Frank Dobie, l'organisation a publié ou sponsorisé au moins un ouvrage chaque année.

Depuis 1923, les publications de la Société sont éditées par le Secrétaire-Éditeur, qui est également chargé des affaires courantes de l'organisation.

La Société a été basée à Austin, Texas, jusqu'en 1971, date à laquelle Francis Edward Abernethy devient secrétaire-éditeur et fait déplacer les bureaux sur le campus de la Stephen F. Austin State University à Nacogdoches.

L'adhésion est ouverte à quiconque s'intéresse au folklore. Selon Abernethy, « le but premier de la Société est de concevoir des moyens de préserver le folklore sans le figer et de présenter à un public ainsi éveillé les trésors du folk de leur culture. »

Liste chronologique des Secrétaires-Éditeurs

 J. Frank Dobie :  1923 -1943
 Mody C. Boatright : 1943-1964
 Wilson M. Hudson : 1964-1971
 Francis Edward Abernethy : 1971-2004
 Kenneth L. Untiedt : 2004-de nos jours

Sources et liens externes
  l'histoire de la Société sur le site officiel ;
  le site de la Texas State Historical Association

Organisation culturelle au Texas
Musique folk
Centre de recherche musicale

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Economy Grows by 0.6 Percent in First Quarter
James Joyner · Wednesday, April 30, 2008 · 11 comments
My first thought upon reading that, the U.S. economy grew at 0.6 percent for the first quarter was Woohoo! We're not technically in a recession.
Matt Yglesias had a similar thought and uses it to "once again remind people that the big sources of uncertainty in the general election have to do with objective reality rather than candidate-attributes or campaign tactics. That stuff can matter, but the evidence suggests that it doesn't matter as much as the fundamentals, and the fundamentals are, in a sense, unknowable."
While I think that's mostly right, it also causes me to slightly rethink my initial reaction to the economic news. That is, the economy is what it is. The numbers probably don't matter much.
Whether aggregate growth is minus 0.6 percent or plus 0.6 percent really makes very little difference in most of our objective realities but, technically, the former has us edging into recession while the latter is merely lackluster. Further, as we saw in the 1992 election, when incumbent George H.W. Bush was being excoriated for, correctly, pointing out that we weren't in a recession — and then we got adjusted figures after the election showing that we were in fact in the beginning of an economic boom — objective reality probably doesn't matter much anyway. Rather, it's the public perception of reality that matters.
With gasoline prices soaring, worries over the housing market, and so forth, most people think the economy is in bad shape. Whether the release of new figures describing the economy will turn around that perception, I don't know.
FILED UNDER: Campaign 2008, Economics and Business, Gas, Matt Yglesias
yetanotherjohn says:
Wednesday, 30 April 2008 at 13:20
Showing some economic growth isn't going to turn around perception. There is a perceived advantage on the left to show a declining economy. So the MSM will ignore this and push the "American's having to sell off possessions to pay bills" anecdotes to make us look like we are in the midst of a depression.
legion says:
Perception isn't just made up out of whole cloth – it's got some basis in reality, even if it isn't a perfect mirror. If this slight increase in GDP is a function of (like Bush's tax cuts) an improvement in the positions of the wealthiest few decimals of the population, then the perception is largely correct – this _isn't_ indicative of growth for the majority of the populace.
Dave Schuler says:
The NBER doesn't define recession that way. They define it as a relation between output and business activity and by that measure the economy can continue to grow and we can be in a recession.
charles austin says:
Whether aggregate growth is minus 0.6 percent or plus 0.6 percent really makes very little difference in most of our objective realities but, technically, the former has us edging into recession while the latter is merely lackluster.
Might I suggest that the use of the word objective in this context is incorrect. This is almost the definition of subjective the way you have used the term here. Incidentally, the word recession has a definite meaning in this context, i.e., two consecutive quarters of declining GDP. It would be nice if there were even one quarter of declining GDP before the word recession was thrown about so casually.
Further, as we saw in the 1992 election, when incumbent George H.W. Bush was being excoriated for, correctly, pointing out that we weren't in a recession — and then we got adjusted figures after the election showing that we were in fact in the beginning of an economic boom — objective reality probably doesn't matter much anyway. Rather, it's the public perception of reality that matters.
In politics, perception is reality, until reality can no longer be ignored. Unfortunately, the cost of rectifying the difference between reality and perception seems to grow exponentially so that once it can no longer be ignored the pain becomes rather severe. There is still no such thing as a free lunch, and eventually the piper must be paid. Acting as though we are in a recession when we aren't can easily become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
James Joyner says:
This is almost the definition of subjective the way you have used the term here.
What I mean to say is that there is no measurable impact on most of our daily existence from such a small difference. While the number may be an objective fact based on how we calculate these things, there's neither a subjective (perceptual) or even objective (meaningful, factual) impact on how we live.
glasnost says:
Barry Reitholz argues that if inflation was correctly accounted for, we'd be in negative growth. Essentially, we're counting inflation as growth, making growth larger and inflation smaller. Smart guy.
anjin-san says:
Look the economy is going to be fine. All we have to do is spend a few hundred billion more in Iraq. Then we can close some hospitals, maybe lay off some teachers and firemen and cops. Perhaps cut back on programs that provide meals for low income senior citizens. All will be well. And if it ain't just blame the Democrats. Thats leadership.
Beldar says:
Thursday, 1 May 2008 at 05:06
For people who like to communicate with precision, it's important that words retain their meaning. "Recession" is a word with a precise meaning, and according to it, we were not in one during the first quarter of 2008.
People who desperately want to plug particular sets of talking points for political purposes will seek to blur those precise meanings. Thus you have Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) lying through his teeth in arguing yesterday that for 90% of America (after we exclude the top 10% of income earners), we're already in a recession. This is like saying, if you're a woman who's recently had sex, you're 90% pregnant.
If it's your job that has disappeared, then you aren't in a recession, you're in the Great Depression. Except that that term, "Great Depression," had a real meaning too, and it's a terms whose only legitimate meaning was with reference to a national aggregate. It's insulting to anyone who lived through the Great Depression to suggest that a single layoff, a single lost job, is comparable. But that is of small comfort to the fellow who's home is foreclosed upon and who's facing eviction.
There are people whose homes are foreclosed upon, and who face eviction, even during boom times.
Hillary claims that she's "Paulette Revere," riding to proclaim that the Recession is upon us. That's a lie, told for political purposes. Obama claims that we're "teetering not just on the brink of recession, but something worse," and that's a lie, also told for political purposes. McCain admits that we're in a recession because he doesn't have the intellectual discipline and — in this instance — the political guts to insist on honest use of defined economic terms.
So: Against that backdrop, I thank you, Dr. Joyner, for your honesty and precision. Would that others followed your example.
M1EK says:
Beldar, Barry Ritholz at The Big Picture makes a compelling argument that if we weren't constantly futzing with the definition of inflation, we'd already have had our 2 quarters of negative growth.
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2008/04/gdp-inflation-r.html
To the contrary, that article argues in favor of futzing with the existing, and long-used, method for factoring in inflation, in a way that (says its author) would be "more realistic" and therefore produce the desired result of reporting a recession.
But the reason the word has precision is based on apples-to-apples comparisons, without constant futzing. If you change the definition for the current period, you either have to also change the definition used to describe previous quarters, or admit that you're comparing apples and oranges.
Friday, 2 May 2008 at 07:22
Beldar, the point is that the metric has changed since the times when we had more frequent and deeper recessions. It's also completely reasonable to point out that a GDP deflator built on an inflation rate of 4% in today's economy is very unrealistic.
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Animal rights group asks for immediate end to wolf kill program
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Associated Press / January 29, 2006
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The court battle over Alaska's aerial wolf-killing program continued Friday with an animal rights group requesting that planes with pilots and gunner teams stay grounded.
Friends of Animals, the group that has been waging a more than two-year court fight against the predator control program, filed a request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction late Friday afternoon – one day after the state approved emergency regulations to resuscitate the program.
The state has said permits were being reissued and the program could be up and running by as early as this weekend.
Jim Reeves, lawyer for Friends of Animals and seven Alaska plaintiffs, said the request to halt the program was made to Superior Court Judge Sharon Gleason in response to what he described as a "complete rewrite of the predator control program" by the board.
"We contend there is no emergency "¦ that would justify adopting 77 pages of brand new regulations establishing new wolf predator plans in five areas of the state, doubling or even tripling some areas with no public participation,"
Reeves said.
Reeves said he would call the judge on Monday to request a hearing as soon as possible.
Matt Robus, the director of the Division of Wildlife Conservation, said the revision was lengthy to satisfy the judge's request for more detail in the plan. He said the board did not make any substantive changes to the program and actually reduced two of the areas. "The specific objectives of the plan are the same," he said.
The board met in emergency session so as not to disrupt the program, he said.
"The ruling came down at the time of year when the permitees are going to be most effective," Robus said.
The wolf-killing program was begun in 2003 in the McGrath area, an Interior town of about 470 residents that is off the road system and about 300 air miles from the nearest supermarket. Residents there had long-complained that wolves and bears were eating too many moose calves, leaving them with too few to hunt.
Since then, the program has been expanded and now operates in five areas of Alaska. More than 400 wolves have been killed under the program so far and the state has set a goal of another 400 for this winter. The best time to track and kill wolves is in the next few months.
Last week, the state pulled permits to more than 150 pilot and gunner teams following Gleason's finding that the program was illegal. Among the judge's concerns were the game board's failure to provide required justification for the program and inadequate explanation for why less lethal means to reduce wolf numbers would not work. She also questioned how the board set differing levels for reducing wolf numbers.
The state began the process of reissuing permits after the game board, faced with the judge's ruling, revised the regulations on Wednesday.
Friends of Animals has been successful before in getting a temporary restraining order from Gleason. In November 2003, Gleason granted the request, which shut down the program for about 10 days, only later to refuse to put a longer stop to it.
In the latest court skirmish, Gleason found after reviewing 2,000 pages supplied by the state that the program was illegal.
"I think it is scandalous," said Priscilla Feral, president of Friends of Animals, when asked about the board's actions to reactivate the program. "The permits were recalled. They can't be reissued… The wolf control program was declared illegal."


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Viper Announces Plans To Roll Out Buy At Your Table App For Hospitality Industry
The team behind Viper, the revolutionary Manchester nightlife app has today announced plans to roll-out a new 'buy at your table' web-app as a direct response to the hospitality industry gearing up to re-open venues from the 4th July.
The web-app, is designed to allow venues to adhere to social distancing guidelines, and enables anyone with an iPhone or Android phone to order food and drinks from their table without the hassle of downloading.
Specifically targeted at bars, restaurants, cafes and other hospitality venues across the UK, customers will be able to order and pay for food and drinks in real-time, without leaving their seat, reducing lengthy queues and allowing the continuation of the Government's social distancing measures.
With the hospitality industry a casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic, Viper, a home-grown Manchester brand itself, has also pledged its support to Manchester independents and will use their technology to help get businesses back up and running, complete with no set-up costs.
Craig Davies and Stephen Powell, Co-founders of the award winning Viper app have over three years experience in working together in creating and working in hospitality technology and are resolute about restoring the hospitality industry to its former glory, with the new web-app a passion project for them both.
Craig Davies, Co-Founder of Viper said: "It's been absolutely heartbreaking to see an industry we love suffering due to the recent effects of Covid-19. We really want to help as many venues as we possibly can get back up and running and this new technology will allow us to do this in a very real way, enabling customers and staff to stay safe whilst comply with social distancing measures.
Stephen Powell, Co-Founder of Viper added: "During lockdown we've been listening and understanding from venues directly what they will need in-order to reopen in a successful and streamline way which reduces stress on staff and allows everyone to remain safe, something we have taken onboard when creating this web-app."
Alongside the rolling-out of the new web-app, the existing Viper app available for download on iPhone or Android will also allow customers to pre-book tables and pre-drinks at its current portfolio of bars including Manahatta, Dirty Martini, Impossible and BLVD.
Further details surrounding the new web-app, including its name, co-founders and launch date will be released ahead of its launch in July. For further information please visit: https://www.vipernights.com/
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Are Merseyside Police Confused About the Burden of Proof?
Kevin Donoghue, solicitor, explains the burden of proof in false imprisonment cases.
By Kevin Donoghue, Solicitor Director of Donoghue Solicitors
Last week my client, Liverpool solicitor James Parry, was awarded £9,000 compensation in his false imprisonment claim against Merseyside Police. You can read about the case at The Liverpool Echo and The Law Society Gazette websites.
These press reports included a statement from Merseyside Police. As a solicitor who specialises in civil actions against the police I am concerned that the quote provided by Merseyside Police appears to mis-state the burden of proof in false imprisonment cases. This may give the wrong impression about our legal rights resulting in Claimants and inexperienced lawyers abandoning genuine claims once they receive the police's denial of liability.
As a result, innocent people could be left with the distress, upset, and lifelong humiliation of an arrest. For some, this could have devastating consequences on their personal and professional lives. In this blog post I'll clarify the law on the burden of proof and the consequences of getting it wrong.
Claim Against Merseyside Police
On Thursday 10 December 2015 HHJ Parker sitting at Liverpool County Court entered judgment for my client, James Parry (details used with permission), after finding that a Detective Constable from Merseyside Police unlawfully arrested and detained him (a.k.a. false imprisonment).
Both The Law Society Gazette and Liverpool Echo reported the story and asked Merseyside Police for a comment.
I was concerned when they issued a statement saying: "The force carefully considered this civil action and it was thoroughly examined by our legal department who also sought external legal advice. As a result, it was decided that it was appropriate to defend the claim and test the facts in court." (my emphasis in bold)
This statement seems to suggest that Merseyside Police are dealing with civil claims for false imprisonment under the mistaken impression that it is for the Claimant to discharge the burden of proof and justify arrest.
In fact, once the Claimant has proved confinement, which in most cases is not in dispute, the burden of proof shifts to the Defendant to justify it. The legal position is as follows.
The Law in False Imprisonment Cases
False imprisonment is defined as the "complete deprivation of liberty for any time, however short, without lawful cause". (See Clerk and Lindsell on Torts, 19th edition, 2006, 15-23.)
It is established on proof of:
detention; and
the absence of lawful authority to justify that detention.
The Claimant must prove the first limb (that they were imprisoned) but once he or she has done this, the onus then lies on the Defendant to prove the second limb (justification). (This was established in Hicks v Faulkner (1881).)
As a result, the burden of proof is quickly shifted to the Defendant and, as stated in Liversidge v Anderson (1942), every imprisonment is prima facie unlawful.
There is no minimum period of detention for a claim to succeed although the length of detention has a bearing on the level of damages.
False imprisonment is actionable per se. That is, it's not necessary for the individual to have suffered any damage or for them to be even aware of their false imprisonment. (See Murray v Ministry of Defence (1998).)
In Mr Parry's case against Merseyside Police, there could be no doubt that his confinement was total. He was arrested and detained for over five hours. This was not in dispute, so Mr Parry had satisfied the first limb before the case got to Court.
So the burden of proof at the trial was entirely on the police. It appears that the person who provided the statement to the press was unaware of this fact and the effect of the two-stage test established over 130 years ago.
Fortunately, the Judge who heard the case was under no such misapprehension.
How the Police Defend False Imprisonment Claims
The most common defence to discharge the burden of proof is that the Defendant police force (through the arresting police officer) was carrying out a lawful arrest.
Sections 24 and 28 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (as amended) show that the following conditions for a lawful arrest are necessary:
the arresting officer honestly suspected the arrested person was involved in the commission of a criminal offence (the subjective test);
the arresting officer held that suspicion on reasonable grounds (the objective test);
the arresting officers' reasons for effecting an arrest amount to a reasonable belief that the arrest was necessary, usually to allow the prompt & effective investigation of the offence or of the conduct of the person in question (the necessity test);
the officer informed the arrested person of the fact & grounds of arrest as soon as reasonably practicable (the section 28 test); and
the arresting officer's exercise of his or her discretion to arrest was reasonable in public law terms because PACE confers a discretion, not a duty to arrest (the Wednesbury test).
The Court's Views on the Law in James Parry's Case Against Merseyside Police
Necessity for arrest (condition 3) was the central point in dispute in Mr Parry's case against Merseyside Police. An officer arrested him despite my client attending by prior appointment for a voluntary interview at a police station.
The arresting officer explained to the Court that he formed a view that it was necessary to arrest James Parry when he reviewed the evidence in August 2010, prior to making contact on 6 September. He said that he wanted to make sure that he had a degree of control and, with no knowledge of Mr Parry, was compelled to arrest him.
It appears that the Detective Constable failed to appreciate that he did not have to make an arrest to have the control he wanted and that at any point during the interview process he could have taken that step.
The Judge found that the arresting officer failed to direct his mind to the question of necessity for arrest. If he had done so, he would have concluded that it was not necessary.
Consequently, Mr Parry's arrest was rendered unlawful and Merseyside Police failed to discharge the burden of proof.
The Cost to the Public
The arresting officer's mistake led to an innocent man of standing suffering significant reputational damage, distress, and humiliation.
But he does not bear sole responsibility for this matter. If the police's statement to the press is taken as written, Merseyside Police's lawyers seem to misunderstand the law as well.
Instead of accepting responsibility, the force's legal team sought to "test the facts at court", a decision which will directly cost the police £9,000 in damages, plus combined legal costs for both sides of well in excess of £100,000.
With considerable budget cuts over recent years Merseyside Police and the tax-paying public can ill-afford to get this wrong.
If you want to claim compensation for false imprisonment contact Donoghue Solicitors, on 0151 236 1336, or fill out the form on this page.
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Locky added a new extension that appends to encrypted files and could add to victims' confusion.
In early summer, researchers found Locky switched to the .zepto extension, which has been used in multiple campaigns since, said researchers at BleepingComputer.
Now, Locky is appending the .ODIN extension to encrypted files, which is bound to create some confusion, as victims might believe they have been infected with a new ransomware variant.
However, BleepingComputer's Lawrence Abrams said in a blog post this is not the Odin ransomware, but in fact Locky, which is using the .ODIN extension instead of .zepto.
Just as before, the new malware version is distributed via spam emails containing script files as attachments. As soon as the recipient opens the attachment, the malicious code in these script files downloads an encrypted DLL installer, after which it decrypts and executes to infect the system with Locky.
Once executed, the ransomware encrypts user's files, renames them, and appends the .ODIN extension. Then, the malware drops ransom notes on the system to inform the user on the attack.
In this new variant, the names of the ransom notes have been changed to _HOWDO_text.html, _HOWDO_text.bmp, and _[2_digit_number]_HOWDO_text.html.


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Elisabeth Wilkins
Elisabeth's Previous Work
Empty-handed I entered the world
Barefoot I leave it.
My coming, my going –
Two simple happenings
that got entangled.
--Kozan Ichikyo
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The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda
by Elisabeth Wilkins Lombardo
Elisabeth Wilkins Lombardo was awarded the 2009 PEN/New England Fiction Discovery Prize for the unpublished manuscript of her novel, The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda. She went to Japan as an exchange student in college and stayed for ten more years, traveling extensively throughout Asia from her home in Kobe, Japan, where she worked as a radio and TV personality, teacher, and writer. Her prize-winning essay about the Great Hanshin Earthquake, "After the Quake," was translated into Japanese and subsequently published in an anthology of the same name. Her stories have been published in The Japan Times, The Daily Yomiuri, Mothering, Motherhood (Singapore), and Kansai Timeout. Elisabeth received her MFA from the Stonecoast Creative Writing Program in 2005. At the time of her death in 2015, Wilkins Lombardo was the editor of Empowering Parents, an award-winning online parenting magazine with a growing international readership of more than 500,000. She lived in Cape Elizabeth, Maine with her husband and son.
As he stumbles through an afterlife he never believed in, scientist Kenzaboro Tsuruda must make sense of his life and confront his family's secrets in order to save his ancestors from becoming Hungry Ghosts―a Buddhist state of purgatory. Meanwhile, his daughter, wife, and sister-in-law struggle with their own loss and take turns sharing their point of view to gradually reveal their family's shameful history. During WWII, Kenzaboro sent his wife, Satsuki, to live with family near Hiroshima, where her rape by his brother resulted in the birth of their only child, Haruna.
Spanning the years during WWII and its horrific ending after the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, up to Emperor Hirohito's death in 1989, The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda paints a beautiful and haunting portrait of ancient and modern Japan as seen through the eyes of one family as they reconcile loss, shame, honor, death, and, finally, redemption.
"The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda is both lyrical and moving. Elisabeth has written, simply, a stunning novel."
―Ann Hood, author of The Book The Matters Most, The Red Thread, and Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine
"The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda is a beautiful, intricate novel that reminded me powerfully of Ha Jin's Waiting."
―Shonna Milliken Humphrey, author of Show Me Good Land, and Dirt Roads and Diner Pie
With exquisite prose, an artist's eye and firsthand knowledge of Japanese culture, Elisabeth Wilkins Lombardo has created a masterful, memorable first novel centered on the journeys and discoveries of Kenzaburo Tsuruda, a man astounded to find himself both dead yet very much alive in the afterlife he never believed in. Her masterful prose and deft timing keep both Kenzaburo and the reader guessing the truth right up to the last page."
―Suzanne Strempek Shea, author of Sundays in America, Selling the Lite of Heaven, and Shelf Life
"As fans of the great filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki know, tales of spirits and ghosts abound in Japan. Elisabeth Wilkins Lombardo's first novel weaves those myths into a riveting family saga universal in its pain and drama. The secrets and lies of the Tsuruda family slowly peel away over the years following World War II, leaving its members only their stunning truths. Her knowledge of the culture and language are evident in her textured storytelling. Lyrical, haunting, and deliciously page-turning, The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda transports us to a Japan of myth and mysticism."
―Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, author of Remember Me: A Lively Tour of the New American Way of Death and the forthcoming Harper Collins novel Pastor's Wives
"In this remarkable debut novel, Elisabeth Wilkins Lombardo has crafted a gorgeous story filled with magic, mythology, horror and, ultimately, humanity. Set in part during World War II Japan, and told from three strong points of view―a ghost, his ailing wife, and his independent daughter― The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda is a delicate blend of language combined with strong, unforgettable characters. It is a balanced masterpiece of language and emotion that leaves the reader richer for the experience, and reluctant to leave the story at all."
―Morgan Callan Rogers, author of Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea
"The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda is a gorgeous and powerful story about love, mortality, the afterlife, and the legacy of a war that continues to shape Japanese culture in ways that Americans can only begin to understand. Elisabeth Wilkins Lombardo has a gentle and careful eye: for the inner lives of her characters, for the quiet details of nature, and for the intricacies of a nation during a period of vast transformation. This is a book that takes on all the big themes of literature, yet frames them within the subtle details of her characters' lives. Told through multiple narratives and across a swirling fifty-year chronology, Wilkins Lombardo reveals deeper and deeper layers of meaning that makes this simple story of an old man's death relentlessly complex. The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda is a book that speaks to the human condition at every level: the personal, romantic, intellectual, political, and cultural."
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A Note from Joe, Beth's Husband
When Beth first told me about her book idea, we were walking together at the Tōdai-ji temple in Nara, Japan. It was April, and people all around us were celebrating hanami, the custom of viewing the cherry blossoms. Beth and I, two expatriates living in Kobe, noticed plates of special foods left at Tōdai-ji. She said the offerings reminded her of Obon.
Obon is a week-long Japanese summer holiday when families anticipate the return of their ancestors' spirits—sort of Memorial Day and Thanksgiving mixed with Mexico's Day of the Dead. Beth said she wanted to write a novel about Obon but told from the perspective of someone who had recently died. I remember that spring day at Tōdai-ji because the idea of Obon written from a dead person's perspective interested me. It felt unique and exactly like something my wife would imagine. At the time, she hosted a Japanese radio show. She was also featured as a television and print advertising spokesmodel—a Midwestern native from Illinois dressed in full kimono and selling Japanese products such as tea, candy, and pudding. You can probably still hear her voice on the train to Kansai Airport, welcoming passengers to the terminal. She lived such a creative life, so I was not surprised that one of her goals was to write a novel. When we eventually returned to the United States, she completed a graduate degree in fiction writing, and the idea she once shared with me beside the Tōdai-ji cherry trees became a manuscript that quickly won a PEN/New England Award for new writers.
And then she died.
Beth had written a novel about the delicate veil between life and death— and now she, herself, was dead. Beth would have seen the humor in that. She loved to laugh. During the last awful week of Beth's cancer, her friends and I promised to find her novel an audience. Thanks to you, reader, we are keeping that promise.
Beth believed in an afterlife, and through her story of a complex Japanese family—both living and dead—I can see, smell, hear, and taste exactly how that afterlife existed in her mind. Those descriptions comfort me, as well as the other people who knew her best. Just like the Tsuruda family she created in these pages, I believe Beth's soul found her way home.
©2018 by The Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda.


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Carl R. Kogge
November 26, 1923 - May 7, 2019
Carl R. Kogge, 95, of Wapakoneta, died 3:42 a.m., Tues. May 7, 2019, at Mercy Health -St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. He was born Nov. 26, 1923, in Auglaize Co., the son of John & Minnie (Olden) Kogge, who preceded him in death. On Jan. 8, 1950, he married Wanda Griffith, and she survives. Other survivors include, brother, Leroy Kogge, sister, Mary Wale, sister-in-law, Donna Kogge, all of St. Marys, and several nieces & nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Shirley Mae, brothers & spouse, Paul Kogge, and Vernon (Helen) Kogge, a sister-in-law, Joyce Kogge, and a brother-in-law, Harry Wale. Carl retired from the Bridge Crew of Auglaize Co. Engineer's Office, after 30 years of service. He was a member of St. Paul United Church of Christ, Wapakoneta, and a member of the former Wapakoneta Elks, #1170. Carl enjoyed golfing, fishing, traveling and playing cards. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sat. May 11, 2019, at St. Paul United Church of Christ, Wapakoneta. With Pastor Sam Buehrer officiating. Burial is to follow in the Cairo Eastside Cemetery, Allen Co., OH. The family will receive family and friends 4-8 p.m., Fri. at the Eley Funeral Home & Crematory, 1102 Lincoln Ave. (St. Rt. 501) Wapakoneta, and from 1p.m. until time of service, Sat. at the church. Memorial contributions may be directed to St. Paul United Church of Christ.
Carl R. Kogge, 95, of Wapakoneta, died 3:42 a.m., Tues. May 7, 2019, at Mercy Health -St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. He was born Nov. 26, 1923, in Auglaize Co., the son of John & Minnie (Olden) Kogge, who preceded him in death. On... View Obituary & Service Information
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Left Mouse Button - Select enemy to draw materials from. Ends Shooting Mode.
Right Mouse Button - Select enemy to inject materials into. If too many materials are put in they will explode. Ends Shooting Mode.
Space - If the syringe contains materials, attach the syringe to the player. If the syringe is already attached to the player, shoots materials towards the mouse cursor until materials run out.
You command a floating syringe, which follows your commands for as long as the player is alive. The goal is to take out as many enemies as possible. Keep in mind that with more destroyed enemies comes more enemies to take their place, and possibly unique variants. Last thing, Hit an enemy bullet 3 times, and it's game over, so make sure to watch your surroundings!
Aside that, I like how the syringe floats and how you can use it. Nice take on the theme!
Thanks for the feedback! Yeah I don't understand why it's so slow, it ran fine when I ran it in the project (it ran 60 fps). It's definitely not supposed to be that slow, and it wasn't that way when I was testing it. I did notice it was pretty slow when I downloaded it and tested that version of it though; seems a little strange. Anyways, thanks for playing!
I'm glad to know that I need to check the final project as well before uploading, and will DEFINITELY do that for the next jam, since it goes way slower than it should, not to mention that the spawns are wonky (There's around 6 materials, but I've only ever noticed 3 of them spawn in the compiled version).
I killed 139 enemies. I think that pretty good. The game overall was very fun. It makes me feel great!
The cain reactions was the most satisfying action I've seen in this jam. The art of the syringe and the enemies was okay but the explosions looks fantastic.
I understand how it relates to the theme but think the uses are too few. The biggest problem I have is the character. I can't see it because it's just 1 pixel thick!
Thanks for the feedback! Yeah I didn't put much effort into the art, which I'm now starting to regret. I'm glad to hear that the reactions are satisfying, I spent some time trying to make them look neat. I probably should have made the character a little "thicker" before I uploaded the game, because you're right about it being a bit difficult to see.
Oh man this is so close to being great!
the different ways colors behave and the paint it lefts on the ground was a great touch.
and finally, the game over screen takes way too long, I just want to go back instantly!
So yeah, a few more hours in and it would have been great I think!
There were 2 reasons why I didn't add sounds.
Me getting lazy and starting to rush development because I just wanted to get it done.
I agree that the UI is pretty bad, I did try to combat the black on black by making the background lines a bit lighter, but not light enough. I also should have made the tutorial much more intuitive; probably would have been better off just making it a series of pictures with control labels / explanations.
The game over screen is a rushed mess, I also could have gotten a little more creative with it (I just tried mimicking what I did for another project).
To end this response, I'd like to add that I put a little bit too much time into secret / hard to find things as well, such as bacterial material. Anyways, thanks for reading these thoughts and for playing the game!
I think it would have controlled better if you just automatically equipped the syringe after taking the material from a ball, and then clicked or right clicked to use it once it arrives, as equipping/spraying the material was the optimal way I found to play rather than right clicking, but felt a little overcomplicated to control since you have to press space once to equip, and then again to shoot.
After I figured things out though, there's some stuff to love here. I really like how the battlefield keeps the scars of it's previous battles for one, and I like shooting the red material in particular and watching it explode on the other enemies too. Blue material looks cool too. Never understood the green material though, it seemed kind of weak.
Not bad all in all, just has a bit of a steep learning curve.
Yeah, when I tested it I usually played by spraying the stuff as well, I just must have gotten used to pressing space. I tried making the right mouse attack useful in certain scenarios and with certain materials. For example, the blue material is used much more effectively by using the right mouse button attack than when shooting it, as it will spray blue material (which homes in on nearby enemies) all around the exploding ball in large quantities. I still should have added a setting in the (nonexistent) options to toggle how you wanted to handle using materials; I hadn't thought about that before.
The green material has some very specific uses, so it is a little weak; probably could have gone with a speed boost. The main purposes I could see it being useful for is for stopping bullets, and massively decreasing the size of bacterial material (which I made pop up way too far into the game, I believe after 100 kills you can start getting it).
So yeah..had no clue what was going on. Unfortunately, I did not understand how to play or how to control your circle even after doing the tutorial. I can tell you had some interesting ideas for this though.
Thanks for the feedback! While the tutorial is definitely lacking, I have to say that it is definitely capable of explaining the player movement controls, as it's the first thing the tutorial goes over, and it's just WASD or the arrow keys. The syringe controls admittedly could be explained a little better on there, but the explanation of the controls on the game page should be capable of explaining how to control the syringe in more detail. Thanks for playing and for the feedback, although I believe you should try out the game again.
Work on the player and syringe mechanics, along with laying groundwork for stuff later on.
Scrap 90% of the stuff I was laying the groundwork for, and work on the 10% remaining.
It was pretty fun working on this, although I definitely got a bit lazy with optimization, art, sound effects (there are none!), and an options menu (the last thing to get scrapped). If you go through the project file I uploaded you can see how much stuff I left out. Anyways, that's about it for a post mortem.
I enjoyed working on this, and I hope you enjoy playing!
With the aid of a floating syringe, inject, spray, and draw strange fluids from and to as many enemies as possible!


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How to date in the modern age of weed
Weedmaps
Feb 28 2019, 8:00 am
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When Dave* stopped returning Ashley's* calls and texts, she had a feeling the fact that she smoked weed would be one of the reasons why. She was right.
Dave, finally, explained that when he thought about the long term, Ashley's weed smoking wasn't going to work for him.
"That's fine, but [he] should have just said something, not ghosted me," said Ashley, 27, a Los Angeles-based musician who smokes every day and also delivers weed. Dave was also a musician, but sober and in AA. The pair met on Raya, an exclusive dating app ("It's the Soho House of dating apps," said one user to the New York Times), and went on several dates before he called it quits.
Natalie*, a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and photographer with brown hair and tattoos, found herself in a similar situation with a man she met on Tinder. The two dated for five months before he admitted he had a problem. "I state on my [Tinder] bio, 'Must be 420-friendly,' " said Natalie, 40, who smokes cannabis nightly to help her get to sleep. "Why the resistance now?" While there were other reasons the two weren't a good match, Natalie says the fact that she enjoyed smoking weed was a big factor.
"When we were hanging out I would sneak into his bathroom, open the window, and hit a vape," she recounted.
Stories like these — where a person faces rejection or judgment for openly smoking weed in the dating scene — have become common in the age of cannabis legalization. While more people than ever support the idea of legalization, for plenty of singles looking for love, weed is a deal breaker.
"I don't know, I just don't like it," Allison, 29, said with a laugh. No matter how attractive a person is, if weed ends up in their dating profile, it's an immediate swipe left for Allison. To Allison, an intelligent and opinionated psychologist, and her friends, people who smoked weed fit the stoner stereotype, a "lowlife" with no moral compass who is definitely not dating material.
And she's not alone — many in the dating landscape have similar sentiments about weed and dating. What is the modern stoner looking for love to do?
You could always use a weed matchmaker
"When people put '420-Friendly' on their dating profiles, they find that a lot of times people will automatically label them a lazy stoner or a drug addict," explained Molly Peckler, a cannabis-focused matchmaker and dating coach. Of her clients, she said "That's not at all who they are. They use [cannabis] mindfully and can still be successful and lead fulfilling lives."
This disparity in the dating world is what led Molly Peckler to launch Highly Devoted, a matchmaking, dating, and coaching firm for sophisticated cannabis consumers. "The clientele I work with are smart, successful, and well-respected in their communities," Peckler said. "For these people specifically it's incredibly challenging to find someone who shares your passion for cannabis. You're more likely to hide that part of yourself because you've faced stigma in the past."
Before founding Highly Devoted in 2015, Peckler worked stints for a high-end personal matchmaking firm and a cannabis consulting firm. Numerous clients, friends and family members expressed their desire for cannabis to be a part of their search for love. "I realized that no one was going out there and servicing [the cannabis] community," Peckler explained.
"People come to us because they're looking for something that's more discreet and confidential," Peckler said about her service. "There's no swiping, no messaging, or anything like that. We use it internally to work on the client's behalf," Molly explains.
Try a 420-friendly dating app
Weed-friendly dating apps like High There! and 420 Singles provide the comforting assurance that you won't be judged for your cannabis use. These sites offer a similar experience to apps like Tinder and Bumble, but pull from a network of people who smoke weed.
In addition to your basic information and interests, High There! asks what you're looking for — a smoking bud, a relationship, a friend, or simply to "see what happens" — and how you like to consume weed to provide you with potential matches to browse through and send a direct message to, while 420 Singles offers the familiar swiping and messaging action of Tinder but asks surprisingly little about your cannabis preferences.
While apps like High There! are more affordable than hiring a matchmaker and eliminate the question of whether your date will be into smoking a bowl before catching a movie, there's still a chance you won't be compatible. Like all dating apps, these cannabis-focused apps are designed to match you with tons of people, and there is little guarantee of finding whatever it is that you may be seeking.
If you go the mainstream dating app route, Peckler emphasizes the importance of being honest about your cannabis consumption up front. "The most important thing is that you can be open and honest because if you're not able to be yourself you're not going to form a lasting bond where you can truly be fulfilled and happy."
*Names have been changed to protect privacy.
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Le Pouce is one of the great peaks of the Aiguilles Rouges Massif. It has an impressive South face with some very good routes. The rough approach and the return along a ridge offers a full mountain experience.
Vive la jeunesse is a short and convenient route for a half day climb. Perfectly located 20 minutes above the comfortable Argentière hut.
The route offers a mix of cracks, slab and overhangs on a perfect red granite even though I have a preference for Doux Refuge, a bit easier but more pleasant to climb.
Voyage en Pierre Sainte is a new route, opened by E. Moro and D. Boroch in 2016. Located just right of Versant Satanique, it is very close in style with the two crux pitches on wide cracks, it is a bit harder and a top quality route.
We were excited to go the the great wall of Flammes de Pierre to climb a route that looked promising: Les Flammes du Désir. Unfortunately the weather has been unstable, the schedule from/to Montenvers was a bit tight and the route was far from nice: many cracks were full of grass, many anchors are old or on a single bolt and there are many unpleasant chimney to climb.
Versant Satanique in the South face of Minaret is a classic route, offering some unique wide cracks on a perfect red granite.
The Aiguille de la Glière can be quickly reached from the Index chairlift. Looking for a more sustained climb than the famous South ridge, we chose the Les Portes de la Chapelle, a TD+ route.
Looking for a short climb between two thunderstorms, we headed to the Aiguilles de Van (Perrons) and climbed Acqua concert. The route is not the best we have done but it is straightforward, easy to find and it's worth the climb for the stunning views over Mont Blanc on one side and Emosson, Buet, Ruan on the other.
There are multiple great routes in the Perrons de Vallorcine and A Bigger Bang is definitively one of them with its memorable 7a pitch.
The Kohlmann route is probably less known than the Rebuffat but as nice in my opinion. It is a short route, easy to find, on good granite with a climb mostly on corners.
We did another fun climb in Aiguilles Rouges: the Ravanel route in the South summit of Aiguilles Crochues.
15 pitches/400 meters easy and very scenic, relaxing after the crimps of Aiguille du Belvédère.


J.J Feuerstein is in her late twenties, a Midwesterner at heart though she has migrated a number of times, and has both her Bachelors and Masters degrees in English Literature. She is currently a teacher for English- Language Arts. Since she hasn't personally owned a TV for over 5 years now, she spends her time reading, running, doing yoga, and being a beach bum. Her roommates consist of her overly-affectionate dog and tranquil cat.
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using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Html;
using OrchardCore.ContentManagement;
using OrchardCore.Markdown.Services;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Lombiq.HelpfulExtensions.Extensions.SiteTexts.Services;

public class SiteTextService : SiteTextServiceBase
{
    public SiteTextService(IContentManager contentManager, IMarkdownService markdownService)
        : base(contentManager, markdownService)
    {
    }

    public override async Task<HtmlString> RenderHtmlByIdAsync(string contentItemId)
    {
        var part = await GetSiteTextMarkdownBodyPartByIdAsync(contentItemId);
        return await RenderMarkdownAsync(part.Markdown);
    }
}


The clean pyrolysis burn-off process is free of hazardous emission. It is a non-chemical & toxic cleaning process for removing paint & plastic coating on metal parts to support a green, sustainable and healthy environment The Burn-Off furnaces comply with the strictest environmental guidelines for safe removal of coatings or pollutants from any metal parts.
Motor Rewind Industry - stripping electric motor stators, armatures, transformers & field coils without damage to base metal. The cleaning process complies with the Motor Rewind Standards.
Paint Jig Cleaning - removal of Paints, Epoxies, Powder Coatings without any mechanical damage or distortion to the products.
Plastic Tooling - for pollution-free cleaning use heat to remove Plastics or Polymers from tools such as Spinnerettes, Screen Packs, Breaker Plates, Moulds, Dies, Pumps, Nozzles, Tips, Mixers and Extruder Screws, Etc.
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Q: $expand on Lookup field without referential integrity I have a query using the listservice where I'm trying to resolve a Lookup field - however not every row in the parent list has a row in the child list.
If I run my query as below I just get a 'An error occurred while processing this request.' response.
https://mysite/subsite/_vti_bin/listdata.svc/MyList?$select=Identifier,ListRef/Status&$expand=ListRef

but If I include a filter to only read entries  I know have a match (like below) it works fine
https://mysite/subsite/_vti_bin/listdata.svc/MyList?$select=Identifier,ListRef/Status&$filter=isLookupRow eq 'Y'&$expand=ListRef

based on that I'm assuming the error is due to trying to expand a row without a match, is there a mechanism for expand to return the list but 'ignore' (provide and empty value) for those cases where there's no corresponding lookup match.
further validation that it's related to the lookup reference.
EDIT
If I run the same query filtered for a single item that does NOT have a reference in the lookup field it still fails with the same error.
However, if I then edit that list item and change the lookup field value from 'None' to a value that exists in my second list it does return sucessfully.

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Alt-J Flashes Smooth New Single '3WW'
Jisselle Fernandez
After a three year break, alt-J announced their third album Relaxer coming out June 9th via Canvasback Music. It's the follow-up to their 2014 album This Is All Yours. The announcement on March 6th was accompanied by the atmospheric single "3WW," featuring cover art from the 1998 PlayStation game LSD. The song leads with two-minutes of dreamy-guitar instrumentation that builds to the first verse. Alt-J had this to post on Facebook about their upcoming album:
"3WW" is a translation of a binary code (a coding system using 0 and 1 to represent a letter or digit): 00110011 01110111 01110111. The band name alt-j itself also represents keys used to create the mathematical symbol for change, ∆ ("delta").
Frontman Joe Newman leads with trippy renaissance verses until a new voice, Ellie Roswell of the band Wolf Alice, joins in, introducing an abstractly romantic vibe that's much smoother than the edged-out rock we've come to expect from alt-J.
Alt-J will embark on a summer tour to promote Relaxer. The band has a surprise for fans who pre-order their newest eight track album.
USA. You can get early access US tour tickets now, when you pre-order our new album RELAXER from the US web-store – https://t.co/mZMFA40LnM pic.twitter.com/8bnhvfqpm1
— Δ (alt-J) (@alt_J) March 7, 2017
alt-J 2017 tour dates
July 27, 2017 – Merriweather Post Pavillion – Columbia, MD
July 28, 2017 – Blue Hill bank Pavillion – Boston, MA
July 29, 2017 – Panorama Music & Arts Festival – New York, NY
August 1, 2017 – Jacobs Pavillion – Cleveland, OH
August 3, 2017 – Starlight Theater – Kansas City, MO
August 4, 2017 – Hinterland Music Festival – St. Charles, IA
August 7, 2017 – Red Rocks Amphitheater – Morrison, CO
August 9, 2017 – Shrine Auditorium – Los Angeles, CA
Feature Photo By Darligulves – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link


New research shows how party politics and connections slowed the diffusion of much-needed improvements in river navigation in Britain during the early eighteenth century. The study by Dan Bogart (University of California Irvine), which is forthcoming in the Economic Journal, reveals that modern concerns about powerful interests coalescing to block infrastructure projects that will benefit the wider economy are nothing new.
The famous economist Adam Smith noted in The Wealth of Nations that landowners close to London petitioned Parliament against the extension of transport improvements because it threatened their rents. Was Smith right: do 'downstream' interests use their political connections to block 'upstream' transport improvements? The new research addresses this question in the context of river navigation, which before the development of canals and railways, was a key part of Britain's early transport system.
A river navigation act established a company with rights to levy tolls and purchase land necessary for improvements in navigation. Through their statutory powers, navigation companies played a key role in the extension of inland waterways. Improved navigation lowered transport costs since freight rates by inland waterway were approximately one-third of the freight rates by road.
In light of their economic importance, it is significant that the diffusion of navigation acts was slow. It took nearly 50 years to extend navigation on most rivers in Britain. One immediate reason is that projects were proposed several times in Parliament as bills before being approved, and some were never approved.
In general, bills proposing infrastructure projects had high failure rates in Parliament. Opposition from interest groups was the most direct reason. Interest groups would appeal to their MP for assistance, and as this research shows, it was significant whether their MP was connected to the majority political party.
The Whig and Tory parties were in intense competition between 1690 and 1741, with the majority party in the House of Commons switching seven times. The two parties differed in their policy positions and their supporters. The Tories were favoured by small to medium-sized landowners, and the Whigs by merchants, financiers and large landowners.
This study is one of first to test empirically whether Britain's early parties contributed to different development policies and whether they targeted supporters. The research uses new town-level economic, political and geographical data to investigate how party connections and interest groups worked in this important historical period.
The results show that the characteristics of river navigation supporters and opponents in neighbouring areas had a large effect on their diffusion. For example, more towns with roads in upstream areas (generally supporters) increased the likelihood of a town's river bill succeeding in Parliament and more towns with harbours downstream (generally opponents) reduced the likelihood of the bill succeeding. Such factors were as important as project feasibility, measured by elevation changes.
Another important factor was the strength of majority party representation in neighbouring political constituencies. Having more downstream MPs in the majority party (a measure of opposition connections) reduced the likelihood of a town's bill succeeding in Parliament and getting blocked from navigation acts. The identity of the majority party was also relevant. Whig majorities increased the probability of river acts being adopted.
These findings confirm the forces highlighted by Adam Smith and show that the institutional environment in Britain was not always favourable to rapid adoption of infrastructure. Interest groups were powerful and could block projects that went against their interest. The Whig and Tory parties contributed to the blocking power or bias from interest groups, although the Whigs appear to have been more pro-development.
More generally, this case focuses attention on the distributional effects of infrastructure and efforts to block projects. Political connections matter and can have important economic consequences.
'Party Connections, Interest Groups, and the Slow Diffusion of Infrastructure: Evidence from Britain's First Transport Revolution' by Dan Bogart is forthcoming in the Economic Journal.