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New York as US 'microcosm': Body count mounts, medical supplies dwindle
Thursday, 02 April 2020 7:58 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 02 April 2020 8:08 PM ]
A funeral director and a Wycoff Heights Medical Center, employee transport a body, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo)
The coronavirus pandemic's mounting death toll besieged New York City morgues and hospitals struggled to treat thousands of infected patients on Thursday with a dwindling supply of ventilators and protective equipment.
Funeral homes and cemetery directors described a surge in demand not seen in decades as cases of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, surpassed 50,000 in the city, with nearly 1,400 dead.
"In many ways New York state is a microcosm of the United States and that's why I think it is going to be illustrative to the rest of the nation as to what is going to happen," New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said.
The human costs were further underscored by new evidence of the economic devastation wrought by the pandemic, with more than 90% of Americans ordered to ride out the crisis at home.
The US government reported that a record 6.6 million Americans filed for jobless benefits last week, double the previous all-time high set a week earlier.
"It takes your breath away," said Justin Hoogendoorn, head of fixed income strategy and analytics at Piper Sandler in Chicago. "Obviously the immediate reaction to something like that is going to be fear."
Texas became the 40th state to issue a stay-at-home order on Thursday to help contain the spread of the virus.
People stand in line while wearing face masks in the Elmhurst neighborhood on April 1, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Getty Images)
As if 10 million Americans losing their jobs in two weeks were not enough, the US death toll soared by 950 on Wednesday, marking the third day in a row of record increases. Another 800 deaths reported so far on Thursday increased the national toll to more than 5,600 dead, according to a Reuters tally of official data.
Confirmed US cases surpassed 235,000 on Thursday, double that of Italy, the country with the second most cases. The White House task force on the pandemic estimates 100,000 to 240,000 people could be killed even if lockdown orders are respected.
Globally, the number of confirmed infections approached one million, with more than 50,000 fatalities as of Thursday, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
To deal with the mounting number of deaths, the US Defense Department was looking to provide up to 100,000 body bags to fill an order placed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a Pentagon official told Reuters on Wednesday.
New York City crematories were extending their hours and burning bodies into the night, with corpses piling up so quickly that city officials were surveying cemeteries elsewhere in the state for temporary interment sites.
"We've been preparing for a worst-case scenario, which is in a lot of ways starting to materialize," said Mike Lanotte, director of the New York State Funeral Directors Association.
At Brooklyn's Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, staff were seen disposing of their gowns and caps and other protective wear in a sidewalk trash can on Thursday after wheeling bodies out of the hospital and loading them into a refrigerated truck.
Reuters was unable to confirm whether the bodies were those of coronavirus victims and hospital administrators could not be reached for comment. Operator Beatrice Pereira said, "They said that there's no one available right now, that everyone here is busy saving lives."
Supplies run low
An emergency stockpile of medical equipment maintained by the US government has nearly run out of protective gear for doctors and nurses, as governors and healthcare providers across the country clamor for protective gear and medical equipment such as ventilators, which help COVID-19 patients breathe.
After New York City appointed former police commissioner James O'Neill to oversee its medical supply chain, US Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York called on President Donald Trump to appoint a national czar with military experience to oversee the production and distribution of medical supplies.
"The system that the administration has in place is horrible," Schumer told MSNBC.
A general view of a mostly empty Western Avenue near Pike Place Market during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Seattle, Washington, US March 31, 2020. (Reuters photo)
Trump tweeted that New York has received more federal aid than any other state and said the man he describes as "Cryin' Chuck Schumer" and local officials should stop complaining, saying they should have stocked up long ago.
Cuomo, who reported another 432 deaths and 8,669 new cases in his state in the past 24 hours, said his state was creating its own central stockpile, asking hospitals to contribute supplies that the state would then redistribute based on need.
New York City received 400 badly needed ventilators on Wednesday, but Cuomo warned the state's reserve of 2,200 ventilators would run out within six days.
In one ray of light, Florida officials agreed to allow two Holland America Line cruise ships afflicted with the coronavirus to dock at a port in Fort Lauderdale, resolving a days-long impasse, NBC reported.
After 27 days at sea in which four passengers aboard one of the ships died, they can dock in Fort Lauderdale.
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Ignoring trigger "onJobWrite" because the Realtime Database emulator is not running.

I can run firebase emulators:start --only database to get the emulator up and running manually but it doesn't seem to work to run it separately.
As far as I can see the function I'm running is not the local one but the one in the cloud and that's not what I want as my trigger is local.
What can I do to make the database trigger the database locally?

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When a pack of three-headed giants shows up in town looking for trouble, Ju-long and his merry band of dragon warriors find themselves outnumbered and outmatched. Katia is their only hope, if he can turn the alluring fireball from enemy to partner. Will their epic battle of wills end in a passionate alliance or a fiery disaster?
Tropes: This alpha male meets warrior female romance also contains elements of dominance play.
No dragons were harmed in the making of this novella. The three-headed giants were, but they had it coming.
Red at Night by author Jody Wallce is about Katia's dragon sister Alliah. Two other books about dragons from Tarakona are Silver Bound and Silver Unleashed.
Loved the story. Loved the two main characters. Loved the fact that a whole new enemy was introduced into Magic, New Mexico. Just wished there would have been more humor or sarcasm which is usually found in Magic books. I realize humor really wouldn't have fit into this kind of story, I'm just saying I prefer the female leads to be a little more...sassy and playful, but I still loved the book!
Meeting your friends or neighbors around town. There is snark, there is humor, there's loving, and there's drama. I would recommend this book as well as all the Magic series. They are well written and very difficult to put down. Good job!
I really enjoyed this story! Katia is a great heroine, a lovely mix of vulnerable and strong. The hero is smexy and kind. I especially liked the giants with the various Tri names. Loved the playful feminist theme among the band of giant brothers and their giant version of Smurfette. This was a really enjoyable read and can't wait for more from this author.


Chromecast is now closing the app gap with Apple TV and Roku.
Chromecast is an easy way of enjoying online videos and music. Chromecast has added many amazing new apps in order to make your holidays pleasurable.
Just before the holidays Chromecast has added some amazing apps. These apps will make your holidays pleasurable and enjoyable. Over the past few years Chromecast has added more than hundreds of apps and these apps have become a necessity for people then a luxury.
Chromecast has bought internet on your Television sets with the help of Chrome tab casting and Android mirroring. So if you are looking forward to a peaceful evening on which you can relax and watch your favorite holiday movie or you want to play your favorite game, then Chromecast can help you. As it has something for everyone.
You can now play amazing games such as Wheel of fortunes with the help of your phone and Television set. Chromecast allows you to use your tablet or your phone as the controller and your Television screen as the scoreboard. You can also play various classics, including Scrabble Blitz, Hasbro's Monopoly Dash, Simon Wipe and Connect Four Quads on your big Television screen with the help of Chromecast. More than 50 game titles are present on the Official support page of Chromecast in order to facilitate family fun on your Television screen.
In case you like to dance around, you should check out the Just Dance Now app. You can also flaunt your mental moves with the help of BigWeb Quiz. This app uses Google Knowledge Graph to create hundreds of questions.
You don't have to own a specific or any extra controller in order to enjoy these games during your holiday. Any Smartphone or tablet will do. The only thing you and your family have to do in order to enjoy these games is download them either from the App Store or from the Google Play Store.
Now with the help of Showtime Anytime you can enjoy all the current seasons and also catch up on the previous ones. The network's original seasons, including The Affair, Homeland and many more are now available on your Television Set via your Android phones.
Not only this, you can now enjoy the first season of Outlanders and a Friday night of movie marathon with the help of Starz play app. In order to use both of these apps, you need to have an active subscription. You can authenticate your account via satellite provider or your cable provider. The app update for Showtime has not appeared, but we are really looking forward to it.
Google's Cast Technology is a must thing in order to use Chromecast apps. This technology allows the content from your Android or iOS Phone or tablet app to appear on your Television screen. The process works very well, but since it requires a tablet or a phone it is less convenient as compared to traditional streaming box's native app. Googles Android TV operating system and Google's new Nexus Player also support Cast technology.


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Nicktoons MLB Baseball (Xbox 360)
Nicktoons MLB is an off-the-couch sports game, featuring a diverse lineup of characters from Nickelodeon cartoons playing alongside real-life big league baseball players. In the field, on the mound, and at the plate, xbox Kinect gamers use realistically athletic motion controls to engage in exaggerated-action, video game baseball. The game's unusual style is balanced on the juxtaposition of animation-inspired silliness and serious sports play. From popular and cult-favorite cartoons, both past and present, Nickelodeon characters include SpongeBob, Invader Zim, Fanboy and Chum Chum, and Ren and Stimpy. High profile players from all 30 Major League Baseball teams are also featured, including Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers, Andre Ethier from the Dodgers, and the Yankee's Robinson Cano. Nickelodeon characters appear as they do in their cartoons, but in virtual 3D. The real-life MLB pros are rendered with equal authenticity, and each wears his team uniform. Similarly, the toon-inspired stadiums in the game impose humorous ground rules, and are festooned with inside jokes for fans, while the stylized re-creations of real-world MLB stadiums will be recognizable by ballpark regulars. The Xbox 360 version of Nicktoons MLB was developed by High Voltage Software, experienced creators of cartoon-themed games including Nickelodeon Fit and Nickelodeon Dance.
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Assassin's Creed III (PlayStation 3)
Battlefield Hardline (PS4)
4x4 Evolution (PS2)
Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Star (Genesis)

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C Andrew Yerzy hit a bases-loaded triple as Canada scored eight runs in the eighth for a 9-5 win over Puerto Rico.
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida – The Canadian Junior National Team (U-18) opened their spring training schedule at the Walter Fuller Baseball Complex against a Major League Baseball sponsored prospect squad from Puerto Rico and came away with a come from behind 9-5 win.
Down 5-1 going into the eighth inning, the juniors rallied for eight runs as they took advantage of some erratic Puerto Rican pitching and were on the receiving end of some timely hitting. Brad Aldred (Whitby, Ont.) came up with an RBI triple that scored Jason Willow (Victoria, BC) before Michael Stovman (Maple Ridge, BC) cashed in Aldred on a groundout.
Later in the frame with the bases loaded, Adam Hall (London, Ont.) drew a walk that brought in a run to bring the juniors within one before Andrew Yerzy (Toronto, Ont.) hit a bases clearing triple.
The juniors rounded out the scoring in the eighth when Yerzy crossed home plate on a wild pitch before Isaac Deveuax (Montréal, Que.) moved to third base on a single from Noah Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) and scored on a wild pitch.
Manager Greg Hamilton (Ottawa, Ont.) sent four pitchers to the mound including Jaden Griffin (Lower Sackville, NS) who started and went two and one-thirds innings followed by three pitchers who made their Junior National Team debuts. Tim Walters (Roberts Creek, BC) went 2 1/3 innings before giving way to Landon Leach (Pickering, Ont.) who tossed two scoreless innings. Wesley Moore (Surrey, BC) took the mound for the ninth inning and shut Puerto Rico down to preserve the win.
Offensively, the juniors mustered five hits, four of which were of the extra base variety with Clayton Keyes (Calgary, Alta.) and Aldred coming up with triples, while Yerzy and Luke Van Rycheghem (Kent Bridge, Ont.) each collected a double. Naylor had a single in the eight run eighth.
UP NEXT: Connor Angel (Lachine, Que.) will take the mound tomorrow (1:05pm ET) as the juniors and Puerto Rico will meet for the second time in as many days at the Walter Fuller Complex … The game can be heard live at radiostpete.com.
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We got the chance to receive a walkthrough by Matthew Moore and Elijah Miller. They're showcasing a part of the human customization, charr area, asura high-level area and the Battle of Kyhlo PvP map. You can enjoy the footage with commentary by Matthew himself.


■ Abstract : Laser Crystallizations using Blue Laser-Diodes Annealing (BLDA) as well as conventional Excimer Laser Annealing (ELA) are presented for mounting the TFTs on panels. On glass, high crystallinity of Si films can be obtained by using multi-shots ELA as well as CW laser scanning. In term of lower temperature TFT process on flexible plastic sheets, pulsed ELA of UV light is faborable. However, there are some issues after ELA. As a result of BLDA scanning for thin Si films, remarkable crystallization occurs with keeping the surface smooth not only for CVD film but also for sputtered Si film . By changing the laser power of 445 nm beam, the grain size can be controlled from micro-grains to large grains as well as to anisotropic long crystal grains. For the Si films of heavily phosphorus doped condition, the resistivity decreased drastically after BLDA as well as after multi-shots ELA. In order to perform low temperature TFT process, metal source/drain (S/D)structure without using impurity doping is proposed for TFTs with low fabrication cost on panel.


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The Contender: The Game of Presidential Debate is a United States presidential election debate-themed party game using cards. The objective of the game is to use Argument Cards to win a mock presidential debate between other potential candidates. Players take turns debating an issue drawn from a deck of Topic Cards using phrases from the Argument Cards, creating the most convincing or entertaining argument. The game's development originated from a successful  Kickstarter campaign, receiving acclaim for its simple concept backed up by its satirical, mature content.

The game was originally subtitled The Game of Political Debate, but was changed prior to its retail release in December 2015.

History
The Contender was produced and written by John Teasdale and Justin Robert Young, and designed by Meg Paradise and Faun Chapin of Guts & Glory. This game began in Jan 2015 with Teasdale and Young: game designers, friends, and fans of political theatre. Young, a former editor-in-chief of The Daily Orange with extensive interest in American politics, approached Teasdale with the idea to make a game that is easy to learn and lasts around fifteen minutes. Teasdale, who had experience producing both card games and Kickstarter campaigns, had been considering a game themed around debates.

Development

The Contender was financed through Kickstarter, in a campaign that went live on July 31, 2015; it met its goal of $15,000 in just 14 hours. The weekend of July 4, 2015 a print-and-play deck was sent out to playtesters. A second round of playtesting coincided with the launch of the Kickstarter as The Contender was available to play in the gameroom during Nerdtacular '15 in Snowbird, Utah, an annual convention hosted by Scott Johnson.

Kickstarter campaign
The Kickstarter campaign started with the promise of only a 364 card base deck, which increased in size as several social media "backer goals" were unlocked:
1000 backers adds 30 cards. Unlocked Aug 10, 2015
1000 followers on twitter adds 5 cards.
2000 backers: Base deck gets an additional 50 cards.
Backer PAC Challenge: backerPAC Every 3 successful challenges added 10 cards to The Contender
Record a theme song for The Contender.
Film a campaign ad for The Contender.
Design a campaign poster for The Contender. (1/1) Completed Aug 11, 2015
Remix our Kickstarter video into a song. (0/2)
Play The Contender in an official presidential library. (0/3)
Plant a sign supporting The Contender in your lawn. (0/5)
If a current presidential candidate takes a photo with a signed card, we will make 5 cards for that candidate.
If a TV president takes a photo with a signed card, we will make 1 card for them.
Want Frank Underwood? Bug Kevin Spacey.
AUGUST 6TH GOP DEBATE CHALLENGE
The Contender Wikipedia page adds 3 cards. Unlocked Aug 6, 2015
Photoshop 15 images of the candidates playing The Contender would add 3 cards. Images 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Create a musical remix of our Kickstarter video adds 3 cards.

Release & Sale
The Contender was available during its Kickstarter campaign for $25 for the base game and $35 for the base game and Politically Incorrect add-on pack. The 2016 Expansion Pack could be added for an additional $20, as well as a limited signed edition of the game for $150. The game received its full retail launch on Amazon in December 2015.

Gameplay

Rules
The Contender website provides the rules of the game:
The game begins by selecting a Moderator, who
deals each player five Argument Cards, colored white. The
Moderator then draws a Topic Card, colored red, and reads the
card aloud to the Candidates. The Candidate to the
left of the Moderator responds by playing one, two or
three Argument Cards while reading the text aloud.
Each time a Candidate plays a card, they must draw
a card, to have a total of five cards in their hand at all
times. Then the next candidate takes their turn. Play
continues in a circle until all Candidates have played
a total of three cards.
At the end of the round, the Moderator declares a
winner, who is rewarded with a Topic Card and
becomes the Moderator for the next round.
Whoever collects the most Topic Cards wins.
The rules in The Contender are flexible and can be altered with the many house rules (which are listed in the manual and website) that players can incorporate.

Expansions and additional products
The Contender comes as a base set with 364 cards, with additional expansion packs available later as add-ons.

 The Contender: The Game of Presidential Debate - Base game of 364 cards (330 argument cards and 34 topic cards).
 The Contender: Politically Incorrect Pack - adds cards that could not be included in the family friendly base deck. Was a Kickstarter backer exclusive and is no longer in print.
 The Contender: 2016 Expansion Pack - adds 100 cards following that follow 2016 presidential debate. Includes cards inspired by 2015 and 2016 presidential debates.

See also
 Dixit, a similar game using pictures
 Comedy Against Humanity

References

External links

 Official Twitter
 GUTS & GLORY

Card games introduced in 2015
Party games
Dedicated deck card games
Kickstarter-funded tabletop games

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The major dynastic, political and cultural changes that occurred in England under the Tudors and Stuarts are traced in this exhibition. The money and medals of this 250-year period provide a fascinating insight into broader developments in artistic expression, monarchy, nationhood, and trade in a rapidly expanding world. Coins and medals acted as powerful agents in conveying the official image of the king or queen and commemorating the important events of the day. They also reveal the changing role of money and economic experience through periods of religious conflict, civil war, exploration and the union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland.
The morning will begin with a presentation from the exhibition curator, Richard Kelleher, before inviting the Friends to join him in the exhibition.
f you are new to the Friends, would like the opportunity to meet other Friends and wish to be better acquainted with the Fitzwilliam Museum's collection of paintings, please do join us for refreshments and a guided tour through the paintings galleries, led by Sarah Burles.
Venue: Lecture Theatre and theatre foyer, Fitzwilliam College. Parking at Huntingdon Road and Storey's Way entries to the college. Bus Service to Huntingdon Road from the City Centre. Please note parking is limited and available on a strictly first come, first served basis.
In the 1890's the painters William Nicholson and his brother-in-law, James Pryde formed an unusual artistic partnership. Having rejected conventional artistic training, they began working together as the brothers Beggarstaff - a name they claimed to have found on a sack of fodder in an old stable. Inventing an entirely novel technique involving collage and stencilling directly onto huge sheets of plain brown wrapping paper, they created some of the most innovative posters of the day, including their celebrated Don Quixote for the great actor-manager Henry Irving'. Though both have long been recognized as key figures in the development of Modern British art and design, many of their ground-breaking graphics have been stored - rolled-up and unseen - for years, whilst their later individual works as painters have never before been shown together. The exhibition will be a revelation, exploring for the first time the fascinating ways in which these young artists' powerful reciprocal influence and shared love of striking subject matter worked on their wildly differing temperaments to inspire two remarkable careers.
The morning will begin with a presentation from the curator, Stephen Calloway, before Friends are invited to join him in the exhibition galleries.
Founded in London in 1768, Homerton moved to Cambridge just before 1900. Once an academy for the Nonconformist Church, then a renowned teacher-training college, Homerton has been, since 2010, a full College of the University of Cambridge, offering a full range of academic subjects.
Homerton is one of the most attractive Colleges in Cambridge, with a mixture of old and new buildings set in spacious wooded grounds away from the noisy centre of town. It is also the largest College in terms of student numbers, with a thriving and diverse community. Join Luke Syson, Director and Marlay Curator at this year's Summer Party and Barbeque. Plenty of seating will be available on the patio and gardens for you to enjoy a delicious selection of BBQ food, breads, salads and pastas, followed by dessert. Please also take some time during the evening to explore the stunning grounds, and the orchard. If the weather decides to be unkind, we can move into the beautiful Fellow's Dining Room to enjoy the evening in comfort.
Cost: £35 to include drinks, barbeque food, and dessert.


As much as I love Adrienne's writing, I'm not sure I agree with this quote. But it did get me thinking – are we simply the product of our own thoughts and behaviour, or do we have to combine that with others' perceptions of us to really understand who we are?
All of these observations will contribute to your overall impression of the kind of person that I am. You might deduce that my get-up and stance suggest I work in one industry over another. My facial expression might lead you to assume something about my personality. The fact that I'm in walking boots in a muddy forest will (correctly) inform you that I like walking. But how much? Where? With whom? You won't have any of those answers.
And so from just looking at my photo – you won't have a clear idea of what I'm like or who I am. It will be vague, tainted by stereotypes and vary depending on who you are and what you're like as a person.
Then there are people who have met me. And they'll have a more accurate idea of my life and personality. But there will still be varying opinions about who I am and what I'm like. Because, really, none of you know anything about my mind or thoughts – bar what I tell you. And that's a heavily edited version of what passes through my brain every second of every day. I might even be lying sometimes.
So back to Adrienne's quote. We can't know ourselves fully until we are made aware of the assumptions others make of us, she says. And that means that the hairdresser who instantly thought I was dumb when I walked into her salon with bleached blonde hair (then later changed her mind) is contributing to my sense of self. As are you, reader, judging me on my writing, photo and whatever else you might already know about me – even though you'll probably never divulge this information to me or anyone else.
If I am the sum of my own and others' opinions of me – I'm mean and dumb and smart and funny and cold and bitchy and caring all at once. And perhaps I am all of these things, some or all of the time. But perhaps we're all completely individual and not affected by others' perceptions of us; particularly the ones we never learn. Maybe we're an unknown entity to everyone but ourselves.
And if people who don't know her hate her, surely that shouldn't contribute to Criado-Perez's understanding of herself? Instead of worrying about what other people think of you (and remember: they think about you a lot less than you think about yourself) carry on moving forward – living, learning, loving and being the best person you can be. Because that's who you really are: whoever you decide to be.
I loved what you wrote in the above piece; it was such a perfect read as the New Year rolls in.
All the best love and joy to you and family.


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Inhibiting-Hormone, auch Statine, sind Neurohormone, die in bestimmten Kerngebieten im Hypothalamus gebildet werden. Sie gelangen über ein spezielles Gefäßsystem, dem venösen Portalsystem, zum Hypophysenvorderlappen und hemmen hier die Bildung weiterer Hormone.

Einige Inhibiting-Hormone und ihre Wirkung:
 Somatostatin hemmt die Bildung von Somatropin (Wachstumshormon, Growth Hormon, GH)
 Prolactin Release-Inhibiting-Hormon (PIH), auch Dopamin, hemmt die Freisetzung von Prolaktin (PRL).
 Melanotropin-Release-Inhibiting-Hormon (MIH), auch Melanostatin, hemmt die Bildung des Melanotropin (MSH).

Siehe auch
Releasing-Hormone

Literatur
 Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer: Biochemie. 6 Auflage, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2007. ISBN 978-3-8274-1800-5.
 Donald Voet, Judith G. Voet: Biochemistry. 3. Auflage, John Wiley & Sons, New York 2004. ISBN 0-471-19350-X.
 Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Peter Walter, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts: Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5. Auflage, Taylor & Francis 2007, ISBN 978-0815341062.

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Rich with inventiveness
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Director Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
Starring the voices of Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Sean Penn, Iggy Pop (Uncle Anouche) and Gena Rowlands.
Based on the autobiographical graphic novels by Marjane Satrapi, 'Persepolis' is a beautifully realised reconstruction of a young girl's coming of age set against the backdrop of pre and post-revolutionary Iran.
The original French adaptation of Satrapi's novel was awarded the Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007, and was nominated for the animated feature Oscar this year.
The English-language version sees Sean Penn voicing Marjane's caring father, Gena Rowlands as her wise grandmother, Iggy Pop playing her radical uncle, and Chiara Mastroianni reprising her role as Marjane.
Shot in an arresting visual style taken from the graphic novels, the story is constructed using the simplest of means - flat, monochrome drawings. They not only manage to be rich in imagination, but unfold the story with great elegance, clarity and beauty.
We first meet Marjane as a punk-loving, hyper-inquisitive child. She was brought up in a house of left-wing intellectuals, all the while steered by her feminist, no-nonsense grandmother, who provided much of the moral steerage during her formative years.
Her family first suffer under the Shah, and then under the even more restrictive Islamic fundamentalist regime. She is an intelligent, outspoken schoolgirl, leading her protective parents to shuttle her to Vienna to study to escape the tyranny.
Here she blossoms into a young woman, illustrated by a hilariously animated puberty scene. But she only feels further displacement in the bourgeois, nihilist group she finds herself a part of and heads for home.
Marjane falls into a deep depression for a time, but manages to drag herself out of her gloom, in a scene humorously soundtracked by Survivor's ' The Eye of the Tiger', and goes back to college. She sets herself apart, once more taking a brave feminist stand by making a ridicule of the strict limitations put on women in college. However, her return to Tehran is not to last, and she leaves for Paris.
The film is bolstered by an underlying sense of mischievousness, expressed through moments of humour that come from poking fun at the ridiculousness of the regime in Iran. We see a woman fearfully squashing grapes in the bath with her feet to make wine illegally, and a group of students studying anatomy in college - with a chadored woman as their model.
'Persepolis' paints the story of one girl's struggle in a world gone haywire with warmth and a fierce sense of independence. Complemented by animation that is rich with inventiveness, it is a celebration of individuality, rebelliousness and the resilience of human spirit.
Sarah McIntyre
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Samuel J. Palmisano is elected chief executive officer effective March 1, while remaining president of IBM. In October he is elected chairman of the board, effective January 1, 2003. (On that date, Palmisano becomes chairman, president and chief executive officer of IBM.) Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., remains IBM chairman through the end of 2002.
IBM and PricewaterhouseCoopers agree in July that IBM will acquire the former's global business consulting and technology services unit -- PwC Consulting. Under the terms of the agreement, IBM will pay PricewaterhouseCoopers an estimated purchase price of $3.5 billion in cash and stock. The transaction gives IBM an unmatched capability to help customers solve their business issues and to exploit world-class technology for improved business performance. The combination creates a new global business unit, IBM Business Consulting Services -- comprising more than 30,000 IBM and 30,000 transferring PwC Consulting professionals -- which becomes part of IBM Global Services. Seen at IBM's headquarters in Armonk, N.Y., Samuel J. Palmisano (right) and Samuel A. DiPiazza, Jr. (left), chief executive officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers, congratulate each other on the agreement.
IBM introduces the eServer z800, a lower-priced, entry-class mainframe that fundamentally changes the economics of mainframe computing. With this move, IBM delivers for the first time advanced Parallel Sysplex clustering technology to entry-class mainframe customers.
IBM announces the eServer p650, the world's most powerful eight-way UNIX server. The p650 is the first server to include IBM's newest 64-bit microprocessor, POWER4+, and it brings to the midrange the blazing performance and autonomic computing capabilities of the groundbreaking IBM eServer p690. In addition, IBM debuts the IBM eServer p655, an ultra dense UNIX server targeted at the high performance computing market that is capable of reaching half a trillion operations per second in a single frame in peak processing power.
IBM announces the IBM eServer i890, featuring mainframe-class technology and the company's game-changing POWER4 microprocessor. The 32-way i890, running the latest release of the iSeries operating system -- OS/400 Version 5 Release 2 -- nearly doubles the processing power of the previous top-of-the-line iSeries, the i840, and delivers enhanced server consolidation capabilities with support for up to 32 OS/400 or Linux dynamic logical partitions.
In a classic refinement of its ThinkPad product line and most radical design change in nearly a decade, IBM adds touch pad technology to the traditional Track Point. With the innovative new UltraNav available on the new ThinkPad T30 -- a thin and light mobile computing powerhouse -- users can quickly and easily select the way they want to work and wander the Web.
Led by prolific inventor Ravi Arimilli (left), IBM leads the world in generating the most U.S. patents -- with 3,288 -- for the tenth consecutive year, nearly doubling the output of the second most productive company. In the past decade, IBM inventors have received a record 22,357 patents, besting the next closest company by nearly 7,000 patents. Arimilli, an IBM Fellow in Austin, Texas, received patents for 78 inventions in 2002.
IBM records 1 terabyte (TB) of data to a linear digital tape cartridge, storing 10 times more data than any linear tape cartridge then available. (One terabyte is equal to 16 days of continuously running DVD movies or 8,000 times more data than a human brain retains in a lifetime.) The 1 TB initiative had been under development since April 2001 at IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, Calif., and IBM storage product development laboratories in San Jose, Calif.; Tucson, Ariz., and Yamato, Japan. Frank Elliott, IBM's vice president for tape storage (left), holds the 1 TN cartridge -- the equivalent of more than 1,500 compact disks.
Law enforcement and fire department officials test the new emergency communication system that IBM is building for the greater Washington, D.C. Region. The Capital Wireless Integrated Network will allow local, state and federal agencies in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia to communicate with each other in real-time during crisis situations. The IBM system is intended to help eliminate the confusion that can plague police, firefighters and other officials hampered by incompatible communication gear.


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Kelvin MacKenzie, the former editor of the Sun, faces being sued for malfeasance over his newspaper's coverage of the Hillsborough football disaster.
Lawyers have indicated that they will issue a civil claim against the 66-year-old whose front-page story, headlined "The Truth", gave credence to a smear campaign and cover-up orchestrated by police in the wake of the tragedy, in which 96 people died. Although MacKenzie offered "profuse apologies" last September after the report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel exposed the article's allegations as wholly unfounded, lawyers for the families also accuse him of adopting a different approach privately.
One lawyer for the Hillsborough Families Support Group said that despite public displays of contrition by the individuals and groups implicated in the 1989 disaster, the reaction to the panel's damning report was disappointing.
"It's not just Kelvin MacKenzie – the South Yorkshire police should be coming forward to take responsibility, so should the FA, so should Sheffield Wednesday [at whose ground the game was staged]. It's not enough just to say we paid damages, all of which were tiny amounts, and not to take responsibility now." Families received payouts as low as £3,500 for the deaths of loved ones, sums later dwarfed by settlements to policemen, who were awarded up to £330,000 after suffering post-traumatic stress from witnessing the crush on the stadium terracing.
A meeting at Liverpool's Anfield Road ground last Sunday, attended by many families of the victims, heard details of the civil claims that will be levelled at individuals and organisations involved in the cover-up. One of the targets is MacKenzie, whose newspaper falsely alleged that drunken fans urinated on police who were resuscitating the dying and picked the pockets of the dead.
MacKenzie did not issue an unequivocal apology in the 23 years until the panel report prompted David Cameron to condemn the "despicable untruths" in the Sun story. Lawyers – who will meet tomorrow to discuss their next steps – believe MacKenzie is guilty of malfeasance, which is legally defined as intentional conduct that is wrongful. They say they do not have to prove he knew the material was not true, simply that "he was recklessly indifferent as to whether it was true or not".
The families are very keen to press ahead with civil claims, even before fresh inquests into the deaths begin. The original accidental death verdicts were quashed by the high court in December.
Part of their action will include damages claims against South Yorkshire police following the emergence of new medical evidence that shows that most of those who died suffered and did not die quickly, as had been initially contested.
Trevor Hicks, the chairman of the Hillsborough Family Support Group, who lost two teenage daughters in the disaster, launched a legal action in 1992 to determine whether compensation was payable for the pain and suffering of those who died.
At the time, South Yorkshire police argued that there was no pre-death suffering because the then available medical evidence indicated that victims would have lost consciousness within seconds before they died.
It is now established that the courts' decision to agree with South Yorkshire police was based on inaccurate information, and that 58 of the dead might have been saved had the authorities reacted differently.
Meanwhile, the Independent Police Complaints Commission has begun recruiting a team of up to 100 to work on the criminal inquiry into police corruption surrounding Hillsborough.
It is also setting up an independent "challenge panel" which will advise the investigations and the Crown Prosecution Service as it weighs evidence against officers. A source said that the panel had yet to encounter any obstruction in its search for the disclosure of fresh evidence, adding: "So far, everybody has been helpful." .
A spokesman for the Football Association said it would not comment because it had not been issued with an official civil claim. Neither South Yorkshire police nor MacKenzie replied to requests for a response.


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The estimation of demand for priced highway lanes is becoming increasingly important to agencies seeking to improve mobility and find alternative revenue sources for the provision of transportation infrastructure.
Innovative look at effects of bottlenecks wins Transportation Research Forum award
OTREC researchers at Portland State University won the best paper award at the annual Transportation Research Forum for examining the effects of freeway traffic bottlenecks on costs. Graduate student Alex Bigazzi and Miguel Figliozzi, an associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, submitted the paper for the forum, held in March in Long Beach, Calif.
Traffic flows can break down more or less at random as the freeway approaches its capacity. Although drivers pay a high price for bottlenecks both in their time and fuel costs, earlier models have taken an oversimplified look at how the uncertainty associated with how bottlenecks form, and how long they last, affect time and fuel costs. Without incorporating uncertainty, previous models underestimate the impact of congestion and bottlenecks. The paper, called "A Model and Case Study of the Impacts of Stochastic Capacity on Freeway Traffic Flow Benefits and Costs," takes into account the range and frequency with which these random or uncertain traffic breakdowns occur.
Research detailed in the paper stemmed from an OTREC project, Value of Reliability. Figliozzi had considered the concept of reliability for years, even using it in his modeling class as an example on how to analyze the impact of uncertainty and combine diverse datasets and models—traffic, congestion, and emissions—into a cohesive model.
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Dorothee Krüger (* 7. Juni 1982 in Frankfurt am Main) ist eine deutsche Theater- und Filmschauspielerin.

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Dorothee Krüger schloss 2012 ihr Schauspiel-Studium am Europäisches Theaterinstitut Berlin ab. Sie ist seitdem als Theater- und Filmschauspielerin tätig. Seit 2015 backt sie regelmäßig bei dem YouTube-Kanal BakeClub und kocht seit 2016 beim Ableger MealClub.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 2014: Ich will dich
 2015: Tatort: Der Himmel ist ein Platz auf Erden
 2017: Chaos-Queens: Für jede Lösung ein Problem
 2017: Mmf (Kurzfilm)
 2017: Blind & Hässlich
 2019: Dein Leben gehört mir
 2021: Mutter kündigt

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 Dorothee Krüger bei theapolis.de

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Geboren 1982
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Ambivalence and Death in Shakespeare's Hamlet - In act IV, scene III, Shakespeare addresses the plays themes and messages; those being ambivalence and how people are one and the same in the end of life.
Type of Work Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy.
A tragedy is a dignified work in which the main character undergoes a struggle and suffers a downfall.
In his 1951 article The Word In Hamlet, John Paterson argues that this crisis alarms Hamlet because of its relation to the greater chasm between appearance and substance; and that the crisis is ultimately solved by a reunion of word u of m flint application essays and deed in the plays. Example #4: Davy Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean (by Irene Trimble) Davy Jones is a modern example of a typical tragic hero. This play has a prophetic truth, which is above that of history. The word poison and its forms (such as poisons, poisoner, and poisoning) occur thirteen times in the play. Player King: Actor portraying a king (whom Hamlet refers to as Gonzago, the Duke of Vienna). Rosencrantz, Guildenstern: Courtiers and friends of Hamlet who attended school with him. Claudius, unsure whether Hamlet pretends insanity to disguise a scheme or is really mad, decides to rid the court of his unsettling presence by sending him to England on a contrived political mission.
Themes Hesitation Hamlet has an obligation to avenge his fathers murder, according to the customs of his time. William Wordsworth, mickey Mouse, porky Pig, lois Lane. Although he appears to not have much courage at first, his focus remains on avenging his father whose murder is described as being "most foul." As noted in one of Hamlet's first soliloquies, his downward spiral has alread. For good measure, Claudius prepares poisoned wine he will offer Hamlet during the match. Seattle Seahawks, alliteration Examples in Literature, example #1. Leading his readers through the tangled dendrites in Hamlets brain, Shakespeare bewilders his audience. In normal development, a child outgrows this desire. Polonius secretly tattles on Hamlet to Claudius.


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