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Christian Marín Muller
Christian Marín Muller is CEO of Speratum Cancer Therapeutics. Christian has worked in the field of cancer therapeutics for almost a decade, with a specific focus on the use of RNA interference technology. Christian's work is based on the development of nanotechnology-based delivery of microRNA (miRNA) therapeutics against solid tumors. Christian discovered and patented a therapeutic miRNA treatment that can control a network of biomarkers responsible for aggressive growth and metastasis in pancreatic cancer, and has the potential to completely eliminate tumors both alone and in combination with existing modalities. In addition to his focus on research, he has also been heavily involved in the biotech industry ecosystem. Christian has co-founded three biotechnology related companies, and has worked as a consultant to multiple start-up and governmental organizations worldwide. Christian's work has contributed to the advancement of projects ranging from medical devices to HIV vaccine development.
He made Costa Rica his base of operations two years ago, with the goal in mind of using the unique opportunity presented by his technology to help foster biotechnology development in the country. Christian led the construction of a state-of-the-art pre-clinical research facility (first of its kind in Central America), and coordinated the very first inter-institutional contracts between the National Center for Technology and private enterprise to promote collaboration in research. Christian currently serves on the Scientific Ethics Committee of the Ministry of Science, where he's helping to craft the governing laws and protocols that will allow for Phase I Clinical Studies to be conducted in the country for the first time in almost a decade. He is also co-investigator in a medical device clinical trial with the NIH soon to be launched in the country, and is also acting spokesperson for the CR Biomed Biotechnology Cluster, an initiative to foster collaboration between academia, industry, and government. Christian has a Ph.D. in Molecular Virology and Microbiology from Baylor College of Medicine, an MS in Biotechnology Entrepreneurship from Case Western Reserve University and an MS in Molecular Biology from the Florida Institute of Technology. Christian is a Fellow of the 12th class of the Central American Leadership Initiative and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
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A court order or court registered agreement may require payment of child support at a rate worked out using the provisions of the CSA Act.
CSRC Act section 4, section 17
CSA Act Part 5
A court may make an order under the FL Act that says the periodic amount of child support is to be worked out by reference to the CSA Act. These orders are made in cases where a child support assessment cannot be made under the CSA Act as the parents, non-parent carer, or the child do not meet the eligibility requirements of that Act.
An order which merely states that the CSA Act or Part 5 of that Act is to apply does not contain sufficient information to calculate a periodic amount. Nor does an order which says the Registrar is to work out the rate of child support, but does not specify how the Registrar should do this.
Example: 'Alfie is to pay Venera such amount as is determined by the Registrar.'
This order does not contain sufficient information to work out a periodic amount payable to the payee and is not a registrable maintenance liability.
'Alfie is to pay Venera an amount determined by the Registrar using the formula in the CSA Act.'
This order contains sufficient information to work out a periodic amount payable to the payee and is a registrable maintenance liability.
It is important to note that when the Registrar registers a court order that applies the CSA Act formula it is not making an assessment under Part 5 of the Act.
The Registrar will calculate the periodic amount when an order is registered by applying the formula contained in section 35 of the CSA Act. The Registrar will not apply the other formulas contained in Division 2 of Part 5 of the CSA Act (non-parent carer/s and/or multiple child support cases) unless the order specifically requires this. The Registrar will determine the parents' child support income amounts under Subdivision B of Division 3 but the provisions of Division 7 (the estimate of income provisions) cannot apply.
The provisions of the CSA Act that require the Registrar to make new assessments at the start of new child support periods do not apply to orders under the FL Act. The Registrar will only vary the periodic amount if this is specifically required by the terms of the order, and the order states how it is to be done. Otherwise, the amount originally calculated will apply for as long as the order is in force. A parent wishing to change his or her liability due to a change in circumstances must apply to a court for a variation of the order.
Example: Louis and Sarah separated in 1997. Sarah has a court order made 17 May 2007 which says:
'Louis is to pay maintenance to Sarah for the child Lea in accordance with the CSA Act formula.
The liability is to be calculated annually, based on Louis's income for the last financial year.
Each year the amount payable for the period 17 May to 16 May in the next year is calculated, based on the payer's taxable income for the previous year.'
This is a registrable maintenance liability and the Registrar will review the amount payable each year.
Last reviewed: 7 February 2022

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In 2008 Preah Vihear was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temple Preah Vihear in Preah Vihear province is famous for the beauty of its architecture and its setting. The 800 m long complex is spectacularly located atop the 525m high cliff Pey Tadi, 625m above sea level. It is situated in the Dangrek mountain range, which is a natural border between northern Cambodia and north-eastern Thailand.
Preah Vihear is notoriously fought over between the two neigboring states. The International Court of Justice in Den Haag ruled in 1962 that Preah Vihear belonged to Cambodia. Thailand claims that the border agreement with French Indochina defined the watershed in the Dangrek mountains as the border and the temple is on the Thai side of the watershed. The International Court of Justice argued that Thailand failed to protest in time, when French maps showed the temple area included in French Indochina's territory.
Preah Vihear means "sacred shrine". "Preah" is derived from the ancient Khmer term "vrah" for "holy", with the connotation "of Indian origin". "Vihear" is derived from the Sanskrit word "vihara" for monastery, originally meaning "abode". The Thai name of the temple is Khao Phra Viharn. "Khao" means hill.
Preah Vihear is a linear temple from the Angkorian era. Most vast Angkorian temples are arranged in concentric enclosures, with the main sanctuary in the centre. But there are important exceptions. Prasat Thom in Koh Ker and, to some degree, Banteay Srei are very long rectangular complexes arranged along an axis, with one court after another (instead of inside one another) and with the main sanctuary at the end of a procession alley. Preah Vihear is the most significant example of such a linear layout. The other two linear temples mentioned above are flat temples. Preah Vihear, due to natural conditions of the sloping mountain plateau, is built on different levels, with the main sanctuary at the highest point. Preah Vihear's five Gopuram buildings on each level are of the size of whole temples. This is why the visitor has the impression to cross a series of temples on that mountain. Due to the natural setting, there is another exception from the rule: Whereas almost all other Khmer temples are arranged along an east-west axis, Preah Vihear is facing north.
Preah Vihear was a prestigious provincial sanctuary. Like Preah Khan in Preah Vihear province and Phimai in Thailand, it played an important role throughout many centuries of the Angkorian empire, because many different kings contributed to Preah Vihear's enlargement or embellishment, which is quite unusual for Angkorian monuments.
The temple was dedicated to Shiva in his manifestations as local mountain gods Shikhareshvara and Bhadreshvara. Presumably, there was a secluded mountain hermitage in the beginning on top of the cliff. Holy men at extraordinary places in South and Southeast Asia often attracted pilgrims, which could have been the reason why also kings payed attention to this remote sanctuary. Parmentier thinks, there may have been a first royal temple on this mountain already in the late 9th century, when Yashovarman I founded Angkor. He assumes, it was built of perishable material only. Later on, the wooden construction was replaced by stone monuments, erected by many different Khmer kings, as already mentioned.
Usually most of Preah Vihear's structures that can be visited today are ascribed to King Suryavarman I, who erected many provincial temples, some of them on natural hills, such as Phnom Ek near Battambang and Phnom Chisor in the south of Cambodia. A detailed inscription found at Preah Vihear mentions Suryavarman I and his Brahmin priest Divakarapandita, who is reported to have donated a golden statue of Nataraja, the dancing Shiva.
Nonetheless, some surviving parts of Preah Vihear are from earlier periods. The oldest stone construction is the (exterior) fifth Gopuram from the Koh Ker period in the first half of the 10th century. Elements influenced by the Banteay Srei style of the late 10th century can be seen, too. After Suryavarman I (1006-1050) contributed the core structure of the temple, Angkor Wat founder Suryavarman II restored and enlarged it in the 12th century.
The outer Gopuram (counted fifth, as mentioned above) in the Koh Ker style is located at the end of an 8 m wide and altogether 78 m long stairway of 162 steps. It is leading to the plateau from the north, divided into different flights. There is an impressive 32 m long Naga balustrade in front of the upper flight of steps leading to the Gopuram. The monolithic Naga-head has seven hoods, representing an early example of this typical Khmer railing sculpture. The other landings of the stairway are flanked by Lion guardians.
The old Gopuram building is partly in ruins, it is a pavilion of pillars, beams, joists and frontons on a cross-shaped basis. All Gopurams of Preah Vihear are cruciform edifices. They are of immense size, and beautiful eye-catchers. Their roofs were of tiles. They have remarkable stone carvings on lintels and pediments.
An inclined alley, flanked by 65 milestones on each side, leads to the next Gopuram (counted fourth). It is an even longer structure, at right angles with the access avenue. It is from the era of Suryavarman I or slightly earlier. The outer pediment facing south depicts the "Churning of the Milk Ocean". Though Preah Vihear is a Shiva sanctuary, most of its lintel and pediment carvings show Vishnuite motifs, many depict scenes from the Mahabharata in particular. A characteristic feature of Preah Vihear's reliefs is the depiction of a tree surmounting the figures.
The next section of the procession alley has 35 milestones on each side. The third Gopuram is the largest single continuous building of Preah Vihear, it is flanked by two adjoining halls called palaces. The very prestigious three-wing complex of this Gopuram is believed to have been the king's residence when he came to pay homage to Shiva in the mountains. The two wings could have been shelters for his entourage or for ordinary pilgrims coming alone. Many inscriptions dated 1026 have been found in the palace rooms.
The fourth Gopuram has door inscriptions from the later years of King Suryavarman I's reign. The fourth gate leads into the first of two successive courtyards, they form Preah Vihear's largest ensemble, with the sanctum in the centre of the courtyard in the rear. It is close to the 80 m escarpment at the southern end of the mountain plateau. The central sanctum enshrined the Lingam Bhadreshvara. The principal court is flanked by two separate complexes with own courtyards.
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Q: Prof. opinion needed: websurvey with iframe w/ jquery I am developing a survey/contacting form for customer webpage(s). Main idea is that the form can be applied to website by adding only a single line of code to customers website (like fb like-button).
I know there are several similar implementations but i want to make my own and other hand to learn the technics of this kind of 'applications'.
A php-file is called on customer website. All necessary javascript is passed to customer website and the div and it's content is written by it (before this point a mysql query is used to fetch some data from database which are also displayed inside div, thats why the php is needed). Div contains also a iframe (which holds main content) and the content is loaded from different server (to avoid XSS).
Div is opened by clicking open-button on it and rest of it will be slide in from the behind browser borders (so it is not a (modal) popup).
JQuery is needed to control main div movements and it is loaded same time when main div. JQuery is loaded also in iframe because it is needed to customizing feedback form in iframe.
I am asking now...

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*Is there any drawbacks which might cause problems later?

*Is there any needs for improvements?

*Will double JQuery cause problems or can it made some other way?

*Any other notices of this kind implementation?

I would most kindly give more information if needed.

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*Sure, every solution has drawbacks. But basically it's fine. It allows you to have much control over the contents of the IFrame, although this may not be necessary for this purpose.

*Maybe you can find a solution where you don't need an IFrame. It may make it easier and especially lighter to embed the form in the page without an IFrame, although it shouldn't need to be a problem. If the PHP form is hosted on a different server, an IFrame may be the easiest solution, because of trouble with AJAX and cross domain requests.

*It's not really a problem. If you use the same url for JQuery, the browser will cache it. Same goes for CSS and other files that are also used by the main page. They will only be downloaded once. If you use another version, and different CSS files, you increase the number of request and the loading time of the page. Don't do that.

*Not that I know of, but there probably are.

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Will double JQuery cause problems or can it made some other way?

Yes, but not the way you mean. It's perfectly fine to have an instance of jQuery in the parent window and another instance in the child window. That's the best way of doing cross-document scripting, because jQuery has several functions that don't work well when accessing nodes from a different document. The browser's not going to fetch it twice, and the memory/execution overhead isn't much these days.
The real problem is, you're proposing to load jQuery into someone else's page. Your code in the parent window is a guest on a window owned by someone else, and that means you have to program more defensively to avoid clashing with script on the parent page.
Loading a big hairy framework like jQuery into someone else's page as a guest script is, in my opinion, fragile and rude. You are likely to interfere with scripts on the host page, not least other copies of jQuery (possibly of differing/incompatible versions). Use of noConflict to run two separate copies of jQuery in a page improves matters but it doesn't solve all the problems as two jQueries share the same document nodes.
Inside the iframe, go crazy, it's your document. In the host window, be conservative. Make the minimum amount of change necessary to implement the desired behaviour. It's not so difficult to write a sliding div without a large framework.

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Q: Safari request caching with Axios When making multiple simultaneous network requests to the same resource, Safari, seems to return a cached version of the response. This only seems to happen when using Axios. When using fetch, I get a fresh version of the response.
Disabling network caching from the network tab seems to fix the issue. No matter what headers I put into the request, I can't get it to bypass the cache.
Chrome and Firefox don't seem to have the same issue.
Here is a small fiddle to demonstrate.
https://jsfiddle.net/67pbntcj/4/


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What creature is named after a unique talent, is famous for a cool 'hairdo,' and stands out from the rest of the relatives?
The Rockhopper Penguin!
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Not all penguins live on ice
Scientists are still debating how many species of Rockhopper penguins exist, but generally there are three: Southern, Northern, and Eastern. Despite the lack of consensus, all Rockhoppers are known for one great skill: hopping rocks! Well, more like climbing rocks. The penguins use their strong claws and sharp beaks to grip onto the wet rocks as they hurry to get away from the ocean crashing against the shoreline. The waters around sub-Antarctic islands are some of the roughest in the world, making Rockhoppers one of the few brave animals to take on this feat.
Southern rockhopper penguins grow up to be about two feet tall, and don't weigh more than a few pounds. Their small bodies allow them to be agile in the ocean and on land, whereas other penguins tend to be less graceful on land (Sorry other penguins! We're sure you have other talents).
The best romance since Romeo and Juliet
Rockhopper penguins mate for life, so the first thing they do when they arrive on shore after months of living in the ocean is belt out their signature calls only recognizable by their partners. Rockhoppers have assertive personalities, and this trait shines during mating season. They will not hesitate to slap others with their flippers over nesting sites, mating rites, and food. Aside from being aggressive towards other pairs, Rockhoppers show their affection to their fuzzy brown chicks and partners by preening and braying. You can witness both behaviors in this video: Here!
Fish Feast
Rockhopper penguins can dive 100 metres deep (about 328 feet) and can stay underwater for several minutes. To stay warm in the freezing cold waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, Rockhopper penguins rely on an inner layer of fat, a layer of down, and an outer layer of waterproof feathers.
On their dives, Rockhoppers hunt for small fishes, krill, squid, mollusks and small crustaceans. Meanwhile, they are on the lookout for their predators- fur seals, sea lions, and sometimes orcas. Thankfully, while on land, Rockhoppers don't have to worry about these predators. Still, they remain on high alert for Brown Skuas (a large seabird) and other animals who enjoy Rockhopper omelets. However, as mentioned before, these penguins refuse to go down without a fight, and their beaks and claws will be used as weapons when necessary.
How are human activities impacting Rockhopper Penguins?
Although humans have decreased their hunting of Rockhoppers and the harvesting of their eggs in the past few decades, these penguins are increasingly vulnerable to extinction. Introduction of outside species and pollution threaten the health of the Rockhoppers' environment. These two threats lead to a wide array of diseases that spread rapidly throughout tight-knit nesting colonies numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
As our oceans absorb more heat, warmer waters and shifting winds cause some ocean currents to change course. When ocean conditions change, especially as drastically and as quickly as they currently are, marine species have difficulties adapting. This negatively impacts the entire marine food web, and specifically leads to a decline in Rockhopper prey populations such as krill, other crustaceans and squid. The impacts of climate change, combined with overfishing and oil spills, can lead to empty oceans- ones that cannot sustain future Rockhopper Penguin generations.
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Cheteshwar Pujara's battling 123 – his 16th Test century – helped India bounce back after a poor start to end the first day of the first Test against Australia in Adelaide on 250/9.
The honours, however, went to Australia as they struck four times in the morning after being asked to field and chipped away at India's resistance through the day despite Pujara's stellar performance.
Pujara, who scored his first Test century in Australia and comfortably topped his previous best of 73, led India's fightback and took them past the 200-run mark in the final session of the day before being run out by Pat Cummins just before stumps, leaving Mohammed Shami remained unbeaten on six.
Earlier, Virat Kohli won the toss and opted for first strike on a good batting surface. However, his plans didn't go the way he would have wanted.
First, India lost KL Rahul in just the second over as he edged one off Josh Hazlewood to Aaron Finch at third slip.
Shortly after, the visitors lost their other opener, Murali Vijay, and the crucial wicket of Kohli, as Australia reduced India to 19/3 inside 11 overs.
Mitchell Starc dismissed Vijay for 11 after the opener edged behind to Tim Paine, and soon after, Pat Cummins struck in his first over to get the big wicket of Kohli for 3. Kohli went for a drive to one well outside the off stump, and Usman Khawaja took a stunning catch at gully flying to his left and grabbing it with one hand.
At that point, India needed a partnership and just when Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane (13) had started to build one, Hazlewood returned to pick up his second wicket as Rahane threw it away, edging to Peter Handscomb at second slip.
By lunch, India were 56/4. In the second session, an aggressive Rohit Sharma built a 45-run fifth-wicket partnership with Pujara. His innings of 37 ended when, one ball after hitting his third six – debutant Marcus Harris parrying the ball over the line after a smart effort – he attempted a repeat and holed out to Harris.
Wickets kept on falling from one end but Pujara stood firm, building another valuable partnership with Rishabh Pant, the No.7. Together they added 41 runs before Lyon sent back Pant, who was caught behind for 25.
When Ravichandran Ashwin came in to bat, India were struggling at 127/6. Along with Pujara, he shared a key stand – the highest of the innings – of 62 runs.
They both made the Australia bowlers toil in the first hour of the final session before India lost Ashwin for 25. Later, Ishant Sharma was clean bowled by Starc for four even as Pujara went past his personal milestone, walking back only after making sure that India were in a competitive position.


JN Bentley operates in a spirit of openness, honesty and accountability, with a zero tolerance stance towards bribery and corruption.
All staff are made aware of the anti-bribery policy and their responsibilities as part of their induction to the company, and we include a copy in their induction pack.
The policy makes it clear our expectation that all employees - regardless of seniority - must adopt the highest standards of openness, honesty and accountability. It also provides employees with clear procedures to follow, reassuring them that should they report any suspicions of corruption or bribery then the information will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.
Our policy is signed off by our Managing Director.


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Sports drinks: Read before you swig
Stay hydrated, we're told, as the mercury rises and the Texas summer heats up once again. But when outside activities beckon, just what is the best beverage to reach for first?
It can be tempting to turn to sports drinks. After all, many on store shelves today are sugar free and loaded with electrolytes, vitamins and protein, which makes them good for quenching thirst and — for those endurance athletes out there — adding that coveted energy boost. Unfortunately, they also have an ingredient that isn't so readily marketed: acid.
"The acids that are added for taste contribute to the risk of demineralization," says Dental Hygiene Associate Professor Lisa Mallonee, who is a licensed dietitian with a master's degree in public health and coordinated degree in nutrition. "Even most liquid drops, powders and additives have some sort of acid contained within the product as a preservative, which has erosive potential for the teeth when sipped on frequently throughout the day or consumed in excessive quantities."
That doesn't mean sports drinks have to be completely eliminated from the modern active lifestyle. The best way to minimize the side effects on your teeth, Mallonee says, is to consume your sports drink all at once instead of sipping or drinking multiple bottles throughout the day. Since frequent consumption may be indicated for endurance athletes, education on sports drinks and their potential effect on teeth must be reinforced.
Plus, there are tons of alternatives filled with hydration benefits.
"Consuming 'plain old water' is always best," says Mallonee, who also encourages consumption of fruits and vegetables high in H20, like oranges, peaches, pineapples, cucumber, tomatoes and zucchini. They pack a one-two punch of hydration and antioxidants in one scrumptious snack.
Another growing trend: coconut water.
"It is low in calories and sodium yet high in potassium," Mallonee says, adding one cautionary detail: "Natural, unflavored coconut water is best — otherwise it's no better than soft drinks or juice because of the added sugars."
Looking for electrolytes? Look no further than berries, bananas and grapes for potassium, and cantaloupe, melon and honeydew for sodium.
"People WANT to be healthy and in shape, and sports drinks embody active lifestyles," Mallonee says. "Lifting weights or breaking a sweat during a moderate intensity workout doesn't usually warrant the need for these drinks.
"For your weekend warriors or your average walk-the-dog-around-the-block kind of activity, good old water, fruits and vegetables loaded with water and electrolytes will suffice."


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Gustavo Cárdenas Ávila, also known as Jan (born April 30, 1974 in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico) is a Mexican pop singer and actor, who had success as a pop-ballad singer in the 1990s and later became a screen and stage actor.

Early life
His parents are Gustavo Cardenas and Aurora Avila. He has an older sister named Aurora.

Career
He started his career in 1997 when he was discovered by Raul Velasco and was given the opportunity to sing in the dominical show Siempre en Domingo.

Jan recorded his first album in 1997, simply named also "Jan", it contained the pop-ballad Chiara, which became a strong hit in the same year on the charts in Ibero-America, although the theme did not have a promotional video; the single was presented on Siempre en Domingo for the world. The song talks about a loved one who died due to terminal disease.

Soon he was given the opportunity to act in the soap opera Soñadoras. He also participated in Dkda, Mi destino eres tu, La intrusa, navidad sin fin, Niña Amada Mía, Amarte es mi Pecado, Rubí, Apuesta por un amor, Alborada, Peregrina, and Heridas de Amor. Recently (2007) Destilando Amor as Patricio with Eduardo Yáñez, Angélica Rivera and Sergio Sendel. Also he has participated as host for Univision in several occasions, Desfile de las Rosas 2001, Primer Festival del Mariachi, Premios Juventud 2006, and several appearances in Premio Lo Nuestro. And with Televisa he hosted Celebremos Mexico: hecho en mexico.

Television
 Corazón Indomable (2013)
 Como dice el dicho (2012).... Ponce
 Rafaela (2011).... Rene Echeverria
 Destilando amor (2007).... Patricio Iturbe
 Heridas de Amor (2006).... Luciano Sartori
 Alborada (2005).... Santiago de Corsa
 Peregrina (2005).... Él mismo
 Apuesta por un amor (2004).... Dr. Felipe Calzada
 Rubí (2004).... Marco
 Amarte es mi pecado (2004).... Roberto Peña
 Niña amada mía (2003).... Mauricio Barocio
 Amigas y rivales (2001).... Julio
 Navidad sin fin (2001) (mini).... Rodito
 La intrusa (2001).... Johnny
 Mi destino eres tú (2000).... Fernando Rivadeniera del Encino
 DKDA: Sueños de juventud (1999-2000).... Rodrigo Arias
 Soñadoras (1998-1999).... Gerardo Rinalde

References

External links
Official Website

1974 births
Living people
Male actors from Guanajuato
Singers from Guanajuato
People from Celaya
20th-century Mexican male actors
21st-century Mexican male actors
21st-century Mexican singers
21st-century Mexican male singers

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Sometimes called the queen of American fashion, Donna Karan (born 1948) has earned a reputation as a world-class designer as well as a strong business-woman in charge of a large retail corporation.
Donna Karan built her enormous fashion empire in less than a decade on one extraordinarily simple idea: If she needs a particular item of clothing—a bodysuit, a wrap skirt, a chiffon blouse, a longer jacket— then every other woman needs it too. This theory of visually inspired instincts made her one of the top fashion designers in the world. In 1992 Donna Karan New York, then totaling 14 divisions including fragrance, body care products, accessories, lingerie, and mens, womens, and childrenswear, grossed $275 million.
Karan was born Donna Faske in 1948 in New York and raised on Long Island. Her mother was a model and her father a haberdasher. Karan was fashion-obsessed from an early age, attending Parson's School of Design, which she left, without a degree, to take an assistant position at Anne Klein, one of the top design firms in the country.
She and Louis Dell'Olio became co-designers of Anne Klein after the designer's death in 1974. Jointly, they received many awards for their sporty, sophisticated womens-wear. Japanese fashion financier Takihyo Tomio Taki had taken financial control of Anne Klein upon the founder's demise and his first gamble on Karan's genius was to appoint her to fill her boss's rather impressive pumps.
Karan struck pay dirt in 1983 when she launched Anne Klein II, the first exciting "bridge" line priced between couture and affordable clothes for average women. The bridge line subsequently became a retailing phenomenon, creating a whole new shopping world for fashion-conscious yet budget-cautious women. Many other designers, from Calvin Klein to Geoffrey Beene, followed her stylish suit. In 1984 Takihyo, with his business partner Frank Mori, backed her first line on her own, called Donna Karan New York, pouring $10 million into the fledgling company. Her first collection was a retail hit of body-conscious but comfortable elegant jersey/wool clothing for the upscale working woman. Black predominated in her separates, designed to make life, work, and getting dressed in the mornings (and making appearances from office to evening affairs) much simpler.
But it was her launch of DKNY, a casual line of lower-priced clothes ($90 bodysuits, $300 blazers) in 1989 that made her ideas and her designer name vastly more accessible to working women wanting to don a designer name but unable to afford her couture prices. The philosophy was one of simplicity. She offered her version of wardrobe basics, which made dressing for any occasion easy.
In the early 1990s the DKNY line represented an estimated $285 million of projected total sales of $365 million. The line prospered by staying current with street fashion ideas incorporating the teenage grunge look (a mismatched sloppy style adopted by the youthful 90s counterculture) for mostly mainstream and older audiences.
In 1992 Karan came up with another idea: a basic line called Essentials—a capsule collection of blazers, pants, wrap skirts, and bodysuits that sold $15 million the first year, prompting her to add a line of Essentials for Men.
Her couture lines for men and women were decidedly high stakes, ranging up from $2,000 women's dresses and $2,500 men's suits. Essentials, only slightly lower-priced, was still a bit too costly for most fashion consumers. And yet, by the mid-1990s she sensed another opportunity for those seeking greater exclusivity—this time at top price points under a limited edition label with her signature. Called the Donna Karan Collection, it was distinguished by more detailing in luxurious, hand-painted or hand-dyed fabrics and retailed for up to $6,000.
From the start, Karan was a designer's designer, using her own closet as a testing ground and inspiration for her fashions. For her youthful, funkier DKNY line, she looked to her daughter Gabrielle (born 1975). For suggestions for menswear designs, she used her husband and business partner, Stephan Weiss.
Her personal life also showed steady growth and determination. She married Long Island retailer Mark Karan in 1974 and had one daughter. While the couple divorced in 1978, they remained good friends. In 1983 she married Stephan Weiss, whom she had first met on a blind date ten years earlier. They lived in Manhattan and in a beach house on Long Island, where Weiss designed the home and grounds, leaving Karan to handle the interiors. Weiss, who was also a sculptor, designed the bottles for Karan's first signature fragrance, Donna Karan. The scent was a mix, in her words, of leather, cashmere, suede, and the "back of my husband's neck." But their minds haven't always met. Although she was the first American designer to suggest sarong skirts for men, her husband steadfastly refused to wear them.
Attempting to imitate all-American designer Ralph Lauren's lifestyle marketing ploy, Karan's "Woman-to-Woman" marketing campaign reflected her customer—a stylish, elegant, working woman. Striking a cord with independent career women, Karan explained, "I have hit upon a universality of design."
Her connections to Hollywood and Washington, D.C., also helped to boost the designer's reputation. Singer/ actress/director Barbra Streisand wore Karan constantly, as did television's Murphy Brown character actress Candace Bergen. Donning her menswear were singer Michael Bolton and actors Larry Hagman, Richard Gere, and Warren Beatty. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton slipped into her suits and dresses (after she wore the "cold shoulder" black dress at an inaugural bash, it immediately was "knocked off"—that is, copied at lower prices by everyone in the fashion world) and President Bill Clinton campaigned in her stylish navy wool crepe suits.
A far cry from her initial snug, simple jersey separates, a later line for women incorporated longer sheer chiffon dresses, Edwardian suits, empire waist dresses, and monastic long tunics over bell-bottom slacks with shoulder-slung chunky cross accessories.
Her reputation and identity as a world-class designer established, Karan expanded her vision into home furnishings and a women's body care line (moisturizers, bath soap, and shower gels). By the late 1990s, Karan had amassed a global business empire that included childrenswear, fragrances, skin-care products, hosiery, and eye wear, as well. The company had almost 300 foreign accounts, including 27 free-standing Donna Karan stores, with strong followings in Europe, the Far East, and Japan. In addition to attracting the loyalty of consumers, she won recognition from the global fashion press and top designers who voted her Best Woman Designer in the World and Best American Designer to Emerge in 20 Years.
Meanwhile, she shook up the fashion retailing world by attempting to gain further control of her company by going public with her company's stock. However, Karan's road to success was not always smooth. The first hurdle came in 1992 when the company expanded too rapidly, taking on more debt than warranted by its cash flow. Then came late deliveries and the mixed blessing of more demand than her supply could handle. "We had a vicious cycle of problems," recalled Karan. On top of these problems, the darling of Wall Street came under intense criticism as it became clear that the company was not strong enough to proceed with its plans for a public stock offering. The solution was to restructure the company's debt so that growth could continue.
A corner had been turned; new products were launched in the beauty and home lines, a licensing agreement was signed for jeans aimed at baby boomer jeans wearers, and revenues soared. By mid-1996, the company was ready to execute the initial public stock offering (IPO). Once again, Karan was hailed by the financial as well as the fashion world.
The ink was hardly dry before danger signals appeared. Never one to cut corners, Karan simply spent too much money, and expansion costs were growing faster than sales. Other obstacles also interfered. A plan to sell the cosmetics and fragrance division took longer than expected, and disagreements over production schedules and product lines dissolved the lucrative licensing arrangement for jeans. The company's stock plunged. Investors were furious, and demanded that more cost controls be implemented.
A new chapter began in the summer of 1997 when the company announced the appointment of John Idol as chief executive. Formerly a group president at Polo Ralph Lauren, Idol brought badly needed expertise in licensing to the company. The key, however, laid in his reporting to the board rather than to Karan, who stepped down as chief executive but maintained her title as chairwoman of the company. The business of managing the bottom line was separated from the business of designing—and in turn was again hailed by Wall Street.
For further information on Donna Karan and the contemporary fashion industry see Women of Fashion: Twentieth Century Designersby Valerie Steele (1991); Contemporary Designers, edited by Ann Lee Morsan, (2nd ed. 1990); and NY Fashion: The Evolution of American Style by Caroline Rennolds Milbank (1985). Articles in periodicals include: New York Times (July 29, 1997, May 28, 1997, March 6, 1997, April 29, 1997); Fortune (January 13, 1997); Town & Country (December 1996); Advertising Age (August 5, 1996, October 7, 1996); and Vogue (December 1995 and January 1996).
"Donna Karan." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 09 April 2019. <https://biography.yourdictionary.com/donna-karan>.


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H. Brook, Flinders University
The phrase 'dark tourism' was coined by Lennon and Foley (2000) to describe a relatively new kind of sight-seeing; one that attends sites of death, disaster and despair. This essay intertwines personal memoir and scholarly critique to reflect on prisons as places for dark tourism, and imprisonment more generally. Its fundamental contention is that as tourist attractions, former prisons have complex histories that resist easy digestion. More than 20 years ago, the author was a regular visitor to a now defunct South Australian gaol, and recently revisited the place in its current incarnation as a tourist attraction. This experience informs her argument that stories told in and by prison museums are both easily trivialised and dangerously partial. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are respectfully advised that this essay includes some discussion of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and mentions the names and circumstances of several Aboriginal men's deaths (as they were reported in the RCIACID).
Brook, H., Dark Tourism, Law Text Culture, 13, 2009.
Available at:https://ro.uow.edu.au/ltc/vol13/iss1/12


"'Also, at some point, you're going to have to accept that these emotions aren't a bad thing, Ali.'"
The Government is a city where citizens have had their emotions blocked, allowing humanity to exist in peace without war, chaos, and violence. People are judged and placed in society according to their intelligence and skillsets, and society runs pretty smoothly. Aliana Keenan is one of those citizens. A member of the prestigious Keenan family and a soldier, Aliana is training for her future place in society. But she has a secret. She has emotions, and she struggles to keep them under control. One slip-up could put her life in jeopardy. When her sister Samirah goes missing, she leaves the safe and organized world of the Government to look for her, heading into rebel territory. But what Aliana finds may not be what she's looking for, and she soon finds herself entangled in a bigger fight while having to face the truth about herself.
This work of speculative fiction tackles an interesting concept. It gently asks readers to consider what humanity would be like without emotions by presenting a protagonist who operates on reason yet experiences negative emotions. Aliana's worldview is that feeling is pain; feeling is wrong. This can be very relatable to readers who have experienced trauma and hardship. Oddly enough, though, it's Aliana's emotional assessment of situations that usually escalates the issues at hand.
The pacing of the novel seems a bit uneven as it tends to focus heavily on Aliana's integration into La Cruz, making the last act seem rushed. Despite this, the rest of the novel is an enjoyable read. The author does a great job in juxtaposing and challenging Aliana (and the Government's) philosophy with the lively city of La Cruz and its people full of emotion. It succeeds at making a case for both lifestyles.


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Jackson dies, almost takes Internet with him
How many people does it take to break the Internet? On June 25, we found out it's just one -- if that one is Michael Jackson.
[via cnn] The biggest showbiz story of the year saw the troubled star take a good slice of the Internet with him, as the ripples caused by the news of his death swept around the globe.
"Between approximately 2:40 p.m. PDT and 3:15 p.m. PDT today, some Google News users experienced difficulty accessing search results for queries related to Michael Jackson," a Google spokesman told CNET, which also reported that Google News users complained that the service was inaccessible for a time. At its peak, Google Trends rated the Jackson story as "volcanic."
As sites fell, users raced to other sites: TechCrunch reported that TMZ, which broke the story, had several outages; users then switched to Perez Hilton's blog, which also struggled to deal with the requests it received.
CNN reported a fivefold rise in traffic and visitors in just over an hour, receiving 20 million page views in the hour the story broke.
Twitter crashed as users saw multiple "fail whales" -- the illustrations the site uses as error messages -- user FoieGrasie posting, "Irony: The protesters in Iran using twitter as com are unable to get online because of all the posts of 'Michael Jackson RIP.' Well done." The site's status blog said that Twitter had had to temporarily disable its search results, saved searches and trend topics.
Wikipedia saw a flurry of activity, with close to 500 edits made to Jackson's entry in less than 24 hours. CNET reported that by 3:15pm PDT, Wikipedia seemed to be "temporarily overloaded."
The LA Times, the first news organization to confirm Jackson's death, suffered outages. The site also reported that AOL's instant messenger service had been hit, quoting an AOL statement that said, "AIM was down for approximately 40 minutes this afternoon." The statement said, "Today was a seminal moment in Internet history. We've never seen anything like it in terms of scope or depth."
By Friday morning, news sites seemed to be coping with traffic but Jackson fan site mjfanclub.net was still performing sluggishly. Mashable.com reported that tributes to, and remarks upon, Michael Jackson's death were responsible for 30 percent of tweets.
As with any breaking piece of news on the Web, the reports of Jackson's death sparked something of a feeding frenzy -- and with that came rumor that dragged in other celebrities completely unconnected to the King of Pop's death.
One Wikipedia prankster wrote that Jackson had been "savagely murdered" by his brother Tito, who had strangled him "with a microphone cord."
Soon rumors spread online that movie star Jeff Goldblum had fallen from the Kauri Cliffs in New Zealand while filming his latest movie. On several search engines, "Jeff Goldblum" soon became the only non-Jackson-related term to crop up in the top 10.
The rumors forced Goldblum's publicist to issue a statement to media outlets, saying: "Reports that Jeff Goldblum has passed away are completely untrue. He is fine and in Los Angeles."
At the same time Harrison Ford was also rumored to have fallen from a yacht off the south of France.
Web site snopes.com, which shoots down rumors, gossip and urban legends -- and how they originated -- said the likely culprit was a Web site which allows users to input celebrity names -- and then inserts them into fake templated stories (a further variant has stars dying in a plane crash).
In a sense the feeding frenzy was understandable -- Jackson's death, coming only hours after that of 1970s icon Farah Fawcett, left many Web users, shocked by the news of Jackson's death, asking what would happen next. In this febrile climate any rumor runs the risk of being seized on, believed and treated with more credulity than usual.
The need of the professional media to be first with the news -- many did for a short time report the Goldblum rumor as fact -- adds further veracity. And, of course, the whole process is speeded up by the Web.
There is also, of course, the old adage that celebrities die in threes, with the deaths of Gianni Versace, Princess Diana and Mother Teresa in 1997 frequently held up as an example of this.
But while Diana and Teresa passed away with seven days of each other in August and September, Versace was killed in early July. Their deaths were most keenly mourned by the same broad sections of the public -- and hence were inextricably interlinked. The Web can link disseminate news -- but like any form of communication it can also help us create what we expect to see next.
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Differences among the Companions: Islamic Approach
First of all, we would like to state that both `Ali and Mu`awiyah, may Allah be pleased with them all, were great Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon them. Concerning their differences, each of them has practiced his own Ijtihad based on a good intention and hope for the well-being of Islam. The one that has attained the correct Ijtihad is to receive a double reward, one for practicing Ijtihad and the other for attaining the truth. The one with a wrong Ijtihad has only one reward for his Ijtihad and good intention.
Those who tend to enter such sensitive areas of Islamic history should be driven by sincere intention to find the truth, otherwise their search will be futile as their intention is not pure.
Generally, we should not bother ourselves with who was right and who was wrong with respect to the Fitnah or sedition that happened at that time as we are very far from it, on one hand, and such a conclusion will not yield us any fruits, on the other hand. Referring to this, Almighty Allah says: "Those are a people who have passed away; theirs is that which they earned and yours that which ye earn. And ye will not be asked of what they used to do." (Al-Baqarah: 141)
Dr.Muzammil Siddiqi, former president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), states the following: "The Hadith of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is as follows: "When two Muslims confront each other with their swords, then the killer and the killed both will go to hell. (The Companion of the Prophet says) I said, 'One is the killer but why will the killed go to hell?' The Prophet, peace and blessings e upon him, said, 'Because he was also anxious to kill the other person.'" (Reported by Imam Muslim in the Book on Trials, Hadith no. 5139).
The aforementioned Hadith is an authentic one. The Qur'an also has a similar statement. Allah says, "Whosoever kills a Believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, to abide therein forever, and the wrath and the curse of Allah are upon him and a dreadful penalty is prepared for him." (An-Nisaa' :93)
There are many other Qur'anic verses and Prophetic Hadiths on this subject. The purpose of these Qur'anic verses and Prophetic Hadiths is to warn Muslims and to prevent them from fighting each other. Their purpose is not to give authority to us or to any Muslim to pass judgments on other people and to assign them to the Heaven or to the Hell. Allah Almighty is the Final Judge and He alone has that authority. We should be more concerned about our own selves as to what will be our end in the Hereafter.
As far as Hazrat 'Ali, Hazrat 'A'isha or Hazrat Mu'awiyah are concerned they were all great people and all of them made great services for Islam. We respect them and honor them, but we also know that they were human beings. We do hope and pray for the mercy of Allah upon them and upon all the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him."
Elaborating more on the point in question, Dr. `Abdul-Fattah `Ashoor, Professor of the Exegesis of the Qur'an at Al-Azhar University, states:
"I would like to tell you that you should not bother yourself with these matters, for doing so is not the way of the Salaf (early generation of Muslims) who occupied themselves with their own duties. They were concerned with fulfilling their obligations and avoiding the prohibited matters. We are not required to search for all the incidents that occurred in our Islamic history, whether they were genuine or fabricated. It does not concern us at all to know who was right and who was wrong in the fight that occurred among the Companions of the Prophet after his demise.
What we should concern ourselves with is our future, our religious obligations, and the construction of our Ummah in light of the guidance of the Qur'an and Sunnah. In doing so, our motto should be the Qur'anic verse: "Those are a people who have passed away; theirs is that which they earned and yours that which ye earn. And ye will not be asked of what they used to do." (Al-Baqarah: 141)
Therefore, we advise all muslims to give up such search and not to concern yourself with it. It is sufficient to know that it is part of religion to love the Companions of the Prophet; to admire those shining stars who carried for humanity the Message of Islam. The Prophet told us that if any of us is to spend an amount of gold resembling the mountain of Uhud in its quantity, it would not be equal to a mudd or half a mudd (mudd here signifies the least that one may spend) spent by one of them.
There are a lot of Hadiths explaining the countless merits of the Companions. It is well known that Imam `Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, was one of the eminent Companions of the Prophet, his cousin, son-in-law, and the father of Al-Hasan and Al-Husayn, the grandsons of the Prophet. He has made great contributions to Islam.
Mu`awiyah, may Allah be pleased with him, was also one of the Companion of the Prophet and was one of the scribes of the revelation who were entrusted to register the portions of the Qur'an once they were revealed to the Prophet. During Mu`awiya's rule, the Islamic state extended and Muslims carried the message of Islam to farther lands. May Allah be pleased with them all.
In conclusion, we must respect these two great Companions as well as all the Companions of the Prophet due to all their efforts and struggle in striving for Allah's Cause; we should do this without indulging in discussing the slight mistakes that may have been made by some of them, which is also liable to different interpretations that we are not aware of. Therefore, we should do our best, our brother, to build our Muslim nation and regain our lost glory."
Finally, Sheikh `Abdel-Khaliq Hasan Ash-Shareef, a prominent Muslim scholar and Da`iyah, concludes:
"There are certain points to be highlighted in tackling such issues:
Firstly: We should bear in mind the saying of `Umar ibn `Abdel-`Aziz, may Allah be pleased with him, while referring to the tragedy you mentioned that reads: "Allah has spared us involvement in shedding such blood, so let not our tongues talk about it." Thus, a person is reckoned for what he utters.
Secondly: Knowing the true reality of the situation will benefit us in no way. Also, being in the dark about the issue will never bring harm to us.
Thirdly: To ask about the reasons in such historical matters and who was right and who was wrong, we should consult the books of history. The authors of these books, unfortunately, are either from Kharijites or from the supporters of Imam `Ali. If the author belongs to the former, he will declare his people innocents and brand `Ali mistaken. If he belongs to the latter, he will talk about the Kharijites and give them the worst of all descriptions. Thus, we need someone who knows what is in the heart of every person and knows where reality and truth are. No one can tell us this. Only Allah knows the truth, so let the matter be surrendered to His knowledge.
At any rate, a major point to be stressed is that Islam prohibits unjustifiable bloodshed. Even in case a person is to be killed whether in retaliation for another or as a punishment for a crime, this is to be done by the Muslim judge or the ruler of the Muslim state."
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Fenestraz took a brilliant start that set-up his first victory in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Defending in the first corners from pole setter Lando Norris, he remained in the lead despite all the incidents. Norris held his championship rival Max Defourny at bay, who moved up from fifth on the grid into third on the podium.
With 60 points still to be awarded in this weekend's second and third encounters, Lando Norris holds a comfortable 52 points lead and is on course for a Formula Renault 2.0 double championship. Something only Filipe Albuquerque managed in the past.
Dorian Boccolacci (Tech 1 Racing) started from tenth place, but lost places at the start to finish a distant eleventh and is out of the title hunt. Same for Jehan Daruvala (Josef Kaufmann Racing), who retired in the second corner of the race after colliding with Gabriel Aubry (Tech 1 Racing).
Bart?omiej Mirecki (BM Racing Team), who managed an impressive third place in qualifying under tricky conditions, crossed the line in fourth. The Polish driver equalised his season's best result at Budapest.
Robert Shwartzman (Josef Kaufmann Racing) finished fifth ahead of Alexander Vartanyan (Fortec Motorsports). Young SMP Racing backed Vartanyan is only competing in his second weekend at this level.


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FiRe 2010 to Feature Revolutionary Electric Automaker Tesla Motors
20 avr. 2010 07h56 HE | Source: Strategic News Service Strategic News Service
Friday Harbor, Washington, UNITED STATES
FRIDAY HARBOR, WA--(Marketwire - April 20, 2010) - Strategic News Service is proud to announce that Tesla Motors has been selected as a 2010 FiReStarter company, to be featured at its annual Future in Review technology conference. FiReStarter companies are selected based on their potential to bring positive change to the world, and are showcased during the conference, both at an exclusive investor reception and in panels throughout the conference.
Tesla Motors is the world's only automaker producing and selling highway-capable electric vehicles. Led by co-founder and CEO Elon Musk, Tesla's vision is to build more affordable electric vehicles for mainstream consumers in order to reduce the negative environmental impact of internal combustion engines and minimize the geopolitical instability resulting from oil addiction. Musk was the first recipient of the FiRe Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2009.
"We're so glad to join the world's most innovative companies and ground-breaking leaders at FiRe," said Ricardo Reyes, VP of Communications at Tesla Motors and scheduled speaker at FiRe 2010.
Future in Review is an annual gathering of world-class thought leaders in technology and economics. Now in its eighth year, Future in Review 2010 will take place May 11-14th at the beautiful Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes, California. The Economist has called FiRe "The best technology conference in the world." This year's FiRe will feature keynote speaker Nathan Lewis, George L. Argyros Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, on the key issue of "Scaling Alternative Energies."
"We have been following Tesla Motors since their inception, and this is one company that we can already say has changed the world. Through its inspired vision combining design, technology and economics, Tesla has opened the door to the electric car revolution. We are very proud to have this global winner with us at FiRe," said Mark Anderson, FiRe Chair and SNS CEO.
Other speakers at FiRe 2010 will include Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect, Microsoft; Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO, NVIDIA; Paul Jacobs, CEO, Qualcomm; Steve Squyres, Principal Investigator of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission (MER) and Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University, on "Finding Life on Mars"; John Cramer, Science Fiction Author and Professor Emeritus, Physics, University of Washington on "Quantum Time Reversal"; John Delaney, Professor of Oceanography and Jerome M. Paros Endowed Chair in Sensor Networks and Director, Regional Scale Nodes Program, University of Washington, on building the world's first broadband ocean-floor remote sensing network; and many more.
To register, and to see the draft agenda, go to www.futureinreview.com.
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No services will be held for Kenneth E. Martin, 80, of Vallejo, Calif.
Kenneth Martin died May 28, 2002.
Mr. Martin was born Dec. 13, 1921, in Sioux County, Neb., to Nelsena Nortress and Joseph Martin.
After spending his childhood in Nebraska, he was in the US Army from 1942 - 1947 and was a combat veteran of the conflict in Europe.
He spent the majority of his working career in the oil fields of the Rocky Mountain area and retired in 1987.
He was a 50-year member of the VFW.
He is survived by a son, Eugene Martin of Grand Junction, Colo.; a daughter, Aleta Coleman of Sundance; a brother Charles Martin of Lusk; three grandsons and one great-grandson.


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Heaven Can Wait (Warren Beatty/Buck Henry, USA, 1978)
"[The film] has everything going for it: big laughs, populist politics, billowy sequences set in heaven, a murder plot, a climactic Super Bowl game, a supporting cast of choice comic actors, and best of all, a touching (but PG) romance."
— Frank Rich, Time Magazine
As chosen by the winning team of our Summer Film Quiz.
Warren Beatty stars (and co-directed with Buck Henry; and co-wrote with Elaine May!) as Los Angeles Rams quarterback, Joe Pendleton, who is accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die. By the time the mistake is noticed it's too late and Joe's human body has already been cremated, so a new body must be found. Great New Hollywood comedy which garnered 8 Oscar nominations, with a quite brilliant cast which includes Buck Henry (who also co-directed, etc), Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden and Charles Grodin.
Lone Star (John Sayles, USA, 1996)
Tufnell Park Film Club 5th Anniversary Screening: The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder, USA, 1945)


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Santa Anita Single Ticket Pick 6 Jackpot Hit For $466,919
by Mike Willman/Santa Anita | 01.15.2018 | 8:42pm
With five different tickets "live" and thus eligible to produce a life-changing score in Santa Anita's Single Ticket Pick 6 Jackpot – including one that singled 5-2 post time favorite Red Shelby – it was Gone to Town, an 8-1 shot trained by Hector Palma and ridden by Alonso Quinonez, that sailed home in Monday's nightcap at the Arcadia, Calif., track to win by four lengths, resulting in one lucky winning ticket worth $466,919.40.
Purchased for $2,880 at the Hollywood Park Casino in Inglewood, Calif., the winner's purchase contributed to a total Pick 6 pool on Monday of $524,462.
With a special nine-race card on Martin Luther King Day, Monday's Pick 6 got off to a rocky start with Trickonomics winning the fourth race by a half length under Kyle Frey. Off at 38-1, he paid $79.00 to win.
Form prevailed in race five, as Afleet Ascent, ridden by Rafael Bejarano, connected by 1 ½ lengths as the 9-5 favorite and paid $5.80 to win.
Monday's sixth race was no stunner either, as 2-1 second choice Jimmythisnjimthat, with Tyler Baze up, won by three quarters of a length and paid $6.80 to win.
The Grade III, $100,000 Megahertz Stakes served as the seventh race and it was taken by the second choice in the wagering, Madame Stripes, who was off at 7-2 with Kent Desormeaux and paid $9.00 to win.
Monday's eighth race went to the third choice in the straight wagering, Hot Sean, who at odds of 7-2, won by three quarters of a length with Joe Talamo up and paid $9.20 to win.
Live racing resumes with an eight-race card on Friday at Santa Anita. First post time is at 1 p.m. and admission gates open at 11 a.m.
Santa Anita will be open for simulcast wagering on both Wednesday and Thursday. Admission and parking are free and admission gates open at 10 a.m.
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Les Plasticiens sont un groupe de peintres qui ont fondé le mouvement pictural éponyme au Québec.

Historique
Après une décennie, l'importance et la place prises par le mouvement des Automatistes depuis 1945, cèdent le pas. Au milieu des années 1950, de jeunes peintres ressentent la nécessité de renouer avec des recherches plastiques plus contrôlées et mieux ordonnées. Cette recherche apparaît d'abord dans les œuvres de Fernand Leduc, autrefois fervent participant du mouvement automatiste et disciple de la première heure de son chef de file Paul-Émile Borduas. Leduc constate que les Automatistes sont demeurés, à leur insu, attachés à des conceptions surannées de l'espace pictural, puisqu'ils s'attachent à maintenir la dichotomie entre les objets et le fond.

Lancé en 1955 par la publication du Manifeste des plasticiens, le nouveau mouvement s'inscrit dans une volonté de rupture afin de proposer et d'explorer les possibilités d'une conception inédite de l'espace pictural. Rédigé par le peintre et critique Rodolphe de Repentigny (alias Jauran) et contresigné par Louis Belzile, Jean-Paul Jérôme et Fernand Toupin, le Manifeste des plasticiens, bien différent du Refus Global en raison de son ton plus mesuré et de ses préoccupations plus exclusivement artistiques, est suivi d'une première exposition du groupe qui se tient en  à la librairie Tranquille de Montréal.

Le mouvement pousse plusieurs jeunes artistes québécois à suivre les sentiers ouverts par les pionniers de l'art abstrait, notamment le néerlandais Piet Mondrian, afin de proposer un espace pictural sans suggestion de profondeur. En 1956, Guido Molinari, avec ses Noirs et Blancs et Claude Tousignant avec ses Monochromes imposent les propositions plus radicales en introduisant le respect absolu de la surface, l'ambivalence des formes et la notion de série.

L'influence du mouvement des Plasticiens sur les arts au Québec a été considérable et ne s'épuisera qu'avec l'émergence de la vague post-moderniste des années 1970. Les œuvres de Jean Goguen, Yves Gaucher, Jacques Hurtubise, George E. Russell et même de Louis Comtois, laissent apparaître l'influence des Plasticiens.

Sources
 Bernier, Robert. La Peinture au Québec depuis les années 1960, Montréal, Éditions de l'Homme, 2002
 Burnett, David et Marilyn Schiff. Contemporary Canadian Art, Edmonton et Toronto, Hurtig/Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983
 Nasgaard, Roald et Michel Martin. Les Plasticiens et les années 1950-60, Québec, Musée des beaux-arts du Québec, 2013
 Reid, Dennis, A Concise History of Canadian Painting, Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1973 ; réédition 2012

Voir aussi
Association des artistes non-figuratifs de Montréal

Lien externe
L'Encyclopédie canadienne: Plasticiens

Histoire de la peinture
Avant-garde artistique
Peinture par courant
Art moderne


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Milleria is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Millerieae within the family Asteraceae.

 Species
 Milleria perfoliata B.L.Turner - Jalisco
 Milleria quinqueflora L. - widespread from Chihuahua to Ecuador
 formerly included
see Delilia Flaveria
 Milleria biflora L. - Delilia biflora (L.) Kuntze
 Milleria chiloensis Ruiz & Pavón ex Juss. - Flaveria bidentis (L.) Kuntze
 Milleria contrayerba Cav. - Flaveria bidentis (L.) Kuntze

References

Millerieae
Asteraceae genera


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New Years Gala Dinner
Marco Flores
His professional experience began in tablaos and Andalusian festivals. In 2001 he joined Sara Baras's Company in the show "Juana la Loca" (Juana the Mad). Also that year he participated in the production "Amargo" in Rafael Amargo's Company.
NAME: Marco Flores
PLACE OF BIRTH: Arcos de la Frontera, Cadiz, 1981
STUDIES: After starting almost as an autodidact, he perfected his training in Sevilla
with Javier Latorre, Antonio Canales and Javier Barón.
CAREER: His professional experience began in tablaos and Andalusian festivals. In 2001 he joined Sara Baras's Company in the show "Juana la Loca" (Juana the Mad). Also that year he participated in the production "Amargo" in Rafael Amargo's Company.
In 2002 he moved to Madrid and joined Sara Bara's Company. He was part of the dancers cast in Rafaela Carrasco's Company, in which he released performances such as Una Mirada del flamenco (A glance of Flamenco). He also participated in A Poet in New York as a soloist and accompanist in Rafael Amargo's Company.
In 2003 he began his solo projects. He founded the ESS3 Movement Dance Company with Olga Pericet, Daniel Doña and Manuel Liñán.
In 2004 he participated in the showRomancero Gitano under the direction of Paco Suárez in the Sevilla Bienal. He was a special collaborator in the showDibujos en el aire (Paintings in the Air) and Gestos de Mujer (Women's gestures) by Mercedes Ruiz's Company.
He released with Manuel Liñán in August of 2005 the work created by the both of them, Dos en Compañía (Two in Company) in the VII Flamenco Festival Tío Luis el de la Juliana, a show that they presented in 2006 in the Flamenco Festival in London and in the Jerez Festival.
In 2005 he released also La Otra Mirada del Flamenco (The Other Sight of Flamenco) in the cycle of the Pradillo Theater which was acclaimed by the audience.
He was a guest artist in the show Cámara Negra by Manuel Liñán and Olga Pericet. He participated as a soloist in the Autumn Festival of Jerez. He was also a guest artist in Miguel Ángel Berna's Resident Company together with Maite Bajo and Olga Pericet.
As a soloist he danced in the Flamenco Festival in Lepe, in the International Music and Dance Festival in Granada and he also participated in the gala for the 50th Anniversary of the Corral de la Morería.
In 2007 he created En Clave with Manuel Liñán and Olga Pericet and participated in the Flamenco Festival of New York and London in which they got an excellent feedback from the audience and the press, in the Jerez Festival and the Flamenco Days Festival of Tel Aviv.
Together with Olga Pericet and Daniel Doña he created Chanta la Mui that was released in the Pradillo Theater in Madrid. With this show they got an invitation for the Actors Union 20th Anniversary Gala sharing stage with Enrique Morente.
In the Spanish tour with Chanta la Mui they got an invitation for the Valencian Dance Festival, the Al-Bustan Festival in Beirut and in Amman and Damascus.
His last works have taken him to a tour in Australia and China with the show En Clave. Moreover, he uses to work in the tablao Las Carboneras in Madrid.
FESTIVALS: Sevilla Bienal, VII Flamenco Festival Tío Luis el de la Juliana (2005), Jerez Autumn Festival, Flamenco Festival in London (2006), Jerez Festival (2006), Flamenco Festival in Lepe, International Music and Dance Festival in Granada, Flamenco Festival in Nueva York and London (2007), Jerez Festival (2007) and Flamenco Days Festival of Tel Aviv (2007), Valencian Dance Festival, Al-Bustan Festival in Beirut.
AWARDS: He has gained the awards Antonio Gades, Mario Maya, Carmen Amaya and the Dance Prize in the National Contest of Flamenco Art of Cordoba 2007.
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Author Spotlight: Sean Williams
by Patrick J Stephens
Published in Nov. 2013 (Issue 42) | 871 words | Related Story: Death and the Hobbyist
How did "Death and the Hobbyist" start for you?
This story has a complicated genesis. The short answer is that it's a tie-in to my new novel, Twinmaker. I've been writing a bunch of these stories to explore aspects of the world and the main characters (including "The Missing Metatarsals" and "Face Value," also published by Lightspeed). "Hobbyist" sprang in part from speculation regarding how death from illness is treated in a post-scarcity society. It would be easy to regard it as a vile injustice, but modern humans have always had a nuanced relationship with mortality, and that's something I was keen to look into.
At the same time, "Hobbyist" was conceived and written while I was stuck in a sleep research facility for a week, exploring how fatigue and lack of control altered my creativity. So much of this story comes from what happened in that study, particularly the parts where Juliet is confined and raging against her decreasing cognitive abilities. In many ways, it's a story I would never have written out in the real world because I had never experienced anything like it. So while it started with idle speculation regarding one particular facet of the world I was building, what really got it going was a very personal and very difficult experience that I am still to a large degree processing—much like death, really, although thankfully not permanent.
Do you think Juliet's mental illness is a common one, given the world? Do you think many people are left behind because of technology?
I think the mind is a very complicated organ that we will struggle to fully understand for generations to come. Its relationship with our environment, an environment that, thanks to technology, is undergoing accelerating change, makes this quest even more difficult. Some people have always felt left behind by technology, and to a large degree my new series is an exploration of this kind of feeling. In its most severe forms, is it a symptom of profound psychological illness, or could it even be the cause? I don't know, but I expect to see new kinds of illnesses as our technologies change even more. For that reason I never name Juliet's illness. It's new, and yet at the same time very old.
What subject would define you as a hobbyist? The act of writing can—in essence—become an obsession, so what, from the terminology you've given us, might you identify with?
I am a writing obsessive, so that is definitely my hobby. The way I write, too, is increasingly outdated. I don't like voice recognition, or Scrivener, or any of the other fancy tools some of my peers have taken to. Give me a word processor and I'm as a happy as a bean. But if you gave me a pen or a manual typewriter, I'd go crazy within the hour. There are limits to my obsession.
The d-mat has aspects of incredible potential, so what was your process in researching the device? What came first, the characters or the technology?
The technology has been the back of my mind ever since I wrote my first short story, so in a sense that came first. There are ideas I've always wanted to explore. But ideas aren't stories. Stories are driven by characters, so until I have them, I don't have anything at all except for notes. The voice that came to me first was Allison's. She narrates Juliet's story from the point of view of a daughter dealing with love and loss, and also the growing awareness that her own daughter (the protagonist of Twinmaker) might experience similar conflicts with her mother, one day. It's a universal story, really, one that plays out differently here because of the world it's set in. I hope that everyone who reads it will see glimpses of themselves and their own losses, as I do, although Juliet is not based specifically on any of my family members who have died.
What's next for you?
I've spent this year mostly working on Crashland, the sequel to Twinmaker. And now Twinmaker is out, I've been doing blog tours and travelling hither and yon to support it (times like these I just wish d-mat was real). Coming out in 2014, as well as Crashland, are two books from me and Garth Nix: the latest in our Troubletwisters series for MG readers, The Missing, and the third book in a multi-author series called Spirit Animals, also for middle graders. Between book projects, I'll be working on more Twinmaker-related projects, which you can find over at twinmakerbooks.com.
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DHS Issues Waiver to Expedite Border Wall Projects in California
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a waiver, which will ensure expeditious construction of approximately 15 miles of new border wall system in place of dilapidated and outdated designs in the state of California within U.S. Border Patrol's San Diego and El Centro Sectors.
The waiver was published in the Federal Register on May 15, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), will begin construction as early as May 18, 2019.
The projects covered by this waiver are funded by CBP's Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) Appropriation. It is not a project undertaken pursuant to the National Emergency Declaration, 10 U.S.C § 284, 10 U.S.C. § 2808, nor does it draw from any other source of funding, including appropriations available to the Department of Defense (DoD).
This waiver is pursuant to authority granted to the Secretary of Homeland Security by Congress and covers a variety of environmental, natural resource and land management laws. Congress provided the Secretary of Homeland Security with a number of authorities necessary to carry out DHS's border security mission. Section 102(a) of IIRIRA provides that the Secretary of Homeland Security shall take such actions as may be necessary to install additional physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the United States border to deter illegal crossings in areas of high illegal entry into the United States.
In section 102(b) of IIRIRA, Congress mandated the installation of additional fencing, barriers, roads, lighting, cameras and sensors on the southwest border. Finally, in section 102(c) of IIRIRA, Congress granted to the Secretary of Homeland Security the authority to waive all legal requirements that the Secretary, in the Secretary's sole discretion, determines necessary to ensure the expeditious construction of the barriers and roads authorized by section 102 of IIRIRA.
The geographic scope of this waiver covers the two areas defined below. These projects will total approximately 15 miles of new border wall system located within these areas (approximately 4 miles in the San Diego Sector and approximately 11 miles in the El Centro sector).
Within the San Diego Sector, starting approximately one mile west of Border Monument 245 and extending east to approximately one mile east of Border Monument 243;
Within the El Centro Sector, starting approximately one and one-half (1.5) miles west of Border Monument 223 and extending east approximately eight miles; and
Within the El Centro Sector, starting at Border Monument 221 and extending east to Border Monument 219.
While the waiver eliminates DHS' obligation to comply with various laws with respect to covered projects, DHS remains committed to environmental stewardship. DHS has been coordinating and consulting, and intends to continue doing so, with other federal and state resource agencies to ensure that impacts to the environment, wildlife, and cultural and historic artifacts are analyzed and minimized, to the greatest extent possible.
The San Diego and El Centro Sectors are areas of high illegal entry and are experiencing large numbers of individuals and narcotics being smuggled into the country illegally. The construction of border infrastructure within these project areas will support DHS's ability to impede and deny illegal border crossings and the drug and human smuggling activities of transnational criminal organizations.
The Department of Homeland Security continues to implement President Trump's Executive Order 13767 - also known as Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements – and continues to take steps to immediately plan, design and construct a physical wall along the southern border, using appropriate materials and technology to most effectively achieve complete operational control of the southern border.


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Scelotrichia ceesi är en nattsländeart som beskrevs av Wells och Huisman 1993. Scelotrichia ceesi ingår i släktet Scelotrichia och familjen smånattsländor. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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This Blog Post is written to clarify that the MRS 2000 plus is used interchangeably with with the terms MRS 2000, MRS 2000 Designo, MRS 2000+ and MRS 2000+ Designo. These terms all refer to the exact same device. ONLY the most recent version of the MRS 2000 is sold. We never sell outdated or older units. The only variation is between the home and med set which is clarified in the blog post.
Thank you for clarifying. I always thought the MRS 2000 was different. I will be getting the Wand too.


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namespace Urho3D
{

class Button;
class Scene;
class Slider;

}

/// Sound effects example
/// This sample demonstrates:
///     - Playing sound effects and music
///     - Controlling sound and music master volume
class SoundEffects : public Sample
{
    URHO3D_OBJECT(SoundEffects, Sample);

public:
    /// Construct.
    SoundEffects(Context* context);

    /// Setup before engine initialization. Modifies the engine parameters.
    virtual void Setup();
    /// Setup after engine initialization and before running the main loop.
    virtual void Start();

protected:
    /// Return XML patch instructions for screen joystick layout for a specific sample app, if any.
    virtual String GetScreenJoystickPatchString() const { return
        "<patch>"
        "    <add sel=\"/element/element[./attribute[@name='Name' and @value='Button2']]\">"
        "        <attribute name=\"Is Visible\" value=\"false\" />"
        "    </add>"
        "    <add sel=\"/element/element[./attribute[@name='Name' and @value='Hat0']]\">"
        "        <attribute name=\"Is Visible\" value=\"false\" />"
        "    </add>"
        "</patch>";
    }

private:
    /// Create the UI and subscribes to UI events.
    void CreateUI();
    /// Create a button at position with specified text in it.
    Button* CreateButton(int x, int y, int xSize, int ySize, const String& text);
    /// Create a horizontal slider with specified text above it.
    Slider* CreateSlider(int x, int y, int xSize, int ySize, const String& text);
    /// Handle a sound effect button click.
    void HandlePlaySound(StringHash eventType, VariantMap& eventData);
    /// Handle "play music" button click.
    void HandlePlayMusic(StringHash eventType, VariantMap& eventData);
    /// Handle "stop music" button click.
    void HandleStopMusic(StringHash eventType, VariantMap& eventData);
    /// Handle sound effects volume slider change.
    void HandleSoundVolume(StringHash eventType, VariantMap& eventData);
    /// Handle music volume slider change.
    void HandleMusicVolume(StringHash eventType, VariantMap& eventData);
    /// Handle sound effect finished.
    void HandleSoundFinished(StringHash eventType, VariantMap& eventData);
};

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