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Following on from the Twitter for Business Leading Women workshop, here are the details from my slides.
34% of marketers have generated leads with Twitter and 20% have closed deals. 55% of Twitter users access the platform via their mobile!
Your profile says a lot about your business. Your name, summary and profile picture should all work together to tell your story. Don't let your Twitter for business handle be random, that is a lost branding opportunity.
To edit your profile, click on 'Edit Profile' at the top right of your own profile page.
Your @username, also known as your handle, is your business's unique identifier on Twitter. It should be 15 characters or less and should be memorable and representative of your business so that you can be easily found.
The chances are that the username you choose might not be available so get creative, e.g. @thejeremyvine, @OfficialAdele, @ItsTheSituation, @RealDeniseWelch. Adding The, Official, Real or Its to your name makes it unique and interesting.
You have 160 characters to tell your story with a clear, concise bio that describes your business, products or services. Tell people why your business is unique and why they should follow you. You could also add in useful information such as opening hours and location; or you could just show a little personality.
Don't forget your web address. Make it really easy for potential customers to find your website and get to it quickly.
Using Hashtags in your bio will make it easier to find in search. Hashtags (or search tags) will always come up first in searches.
Don't be an egg! The egg is the default Twitter photo and indicates that the user has made no effort to create their profile.
Choose a photo that visually represents your business and fits well into a small space. This image isn't just on your profile page; it will be shown as the icon in every tweet you post. Choose something that is instantly recognizable. Logos work, but you can also feature a person or character.
Recommended image size: 400×400 pixels. You can resize/crop to a square before you upload or Twitter will crop it to fit.
Get extra creative with your header and showcase your business with a large, rich image. You could feature products or services, or you could create an image with text to highlight a special sale or promotion.
Recommended size: 1500×500 pixels. Image is automatically resized to fit.
Note that the header photo is cropped to a 2:1 aspect ratio on mobile.
Your tweets that are the most popular with the most engagement will be shown in larger text than the others.
People can choose to filter how they view your tweets on your profile and you can do the same with others. You can view Tweets, Tweets & Replies or Media. You can see the filter buttons at the top of the feed.
To pin a tweet to the top of your profile, click the three dots below the tweet (the more button) and just select 'Pin to Top'.
Clicking #discover gives you an algorithmically-curated list of tweets that you should see but that don't appear in your ordinary feed. This is an excellent tool, based on your activity, giving you new users to follow and interact with.
These buttons, which appear below each tweet, allow you to carry out a series of actions. The left arrow is used to reply, the motion arrows are for retweets and the star is for favouriting.
Hashtags appear in tweets to identify a common topic or theme. This makes them more identifiable in search. Hashtags are known to double engagement rates and Twitter say that most people are not using these to their full potential.
You can create a unique Hashtag for your business and use it in your marketing to help people find your company and the conversation around it. Specsavers have done that well with #shgts (should have gone to Specsavers).
Common localised Hashtags #openforbusiness or #lovecornwall are widely used.
Definition: A tweet that begins with another user's username and is in reply to one of their tweets, like this: @Support I need some help with my computer now!
Where it appears for the sender: On the sender's Profile page.
Where it appears for the recipient: In the recipient's Mentions and Notifications tabs. Like mentions, @replies will also appear in the recipient's Home timeline if they are following the sender. Anyone following the sender and the recipient of an @reply will see it in their Home timeline.
Places it will never appear: On anyone's profile page, unless they wrote/sent the message.
You can reply directly to a person by adding @theirusername at the start of the Tweet. Pressing the reply button does this automatically.
These conversations are semi-private because they are hidden in a number of places. It is a more personal way of responding to another Twitter user.
Below you can see Galaxy have replied directly to one of their users.
@jennasayer94 Sounds like the perfect night in, Jenna. We hope you enjoyed it.
Definition: A personal message sent directly to someone who follows you or sent directly to you from someone you follow. You need to set your privacy settings so that you don't get messages from just anyone.
Where it appears for the sender: In the sender's direct messages folder (accessible by clicking on the person icon in the top navigation bar). A direct message will disappear completely if either the sender or the recipient deletes it.
Where it appears for the recipient: In the recipient's direct messages. It will disappear if the sender deletes it.
Places it will never appear: In any public timeline or public search.
This is the Twitter version of an email inbox. Only you can see your inbox.
Definition: A Tweet containing another user's Twitter username, preceded by the "@" symbol, like this: Hello @Support! What's up?
Where it appears for the sender: On the sender's profile page of public Tweets.
Where it appears for the recipient: In the recipient's Mentions and Notifications tabs, which is accessible only by them. Additionally, mentions will appear in the recipient's Home timeline view (not on their profile) if they are following the sender. Note: Anyone on Twitter who is following the sender of a mention will see the Tweet in their Home timeline.
Places it will never appear: On anyone's profile page, unless they wrote the message.
This is a form of tagging people to bring them into a conversation. You can group several people together in a tweet, which might lead to a chat.
Here you can see 2 people mentioned.
RT – is short for Retweet – this is when somebody retweets your tweet to all of their followers, increasing exposure and engagement.
MT – short for modified tweet – is used when people edit your tweet before retweeting.
Some people have been known to take other people's Tweets as their own, rather than retweeting. This happens a lot with photos. This is not good sport, we should at least make sure we give credit where it is due.
You click on the Heart Icon to favourite a tweet.
Many people use favourites in the same way as Facebook 'Likes', or as a way to keep tweets for later.
It is basically a way of tagging tweets and keeping them together in a list, so it is up to you how you use it.
Twitter lists are a curated list of Twitter users. When you find yourself following thousands of people there will only be a select few that you will interact with regularly. Putting these users into one of your own lists makes it easy for you to filter them out from everything else and create a custom timeline. List timelines just show users on that particular list.
Important! If you have a list called competitors you might not want them to know, so you can make that a private list. Public lists are viewable by everyone, so be careful how you name them.
To create a list go to your profile and click on 'Lists' from the menu under your header image. On the right you can see the button to create a list. You can give it a name, a description and decide whether the list is private or public.
You can also subscribe to a list created by another user. Go to their profile and then their lists and click on the one you wish to subscribe to. You can only do this if the list is public.
Your main lists page shows the lists you own or are subscribed to. You can share any list by copying the web address from the browser bar at the top of that particular list page.
Also note which lists you are on yourself … click the "Member of" button to keep a check.
Follow and observe businesses similar to yours, what they do well, mistakes they make.
Use search to see what others are saying about your industry, your clients and potential clients, your competitors and you.
Only once you have studied others can you start to develop a Twitter strategy of your own.
Your customers might already be talking about you so search for your business. Use keywords and hashtags to search for your business and your industry eg. #webdesigners. This is one place where you can shamelessly spy on your competitors and pick up on their good habits!
See what your suppliers and clients are saying and start replying to them. You will be amazed where this takes you and what you find out. At the same time you are building your relationship with them and increasing your profile.
Pay attention to topics that your customers retweet, this shows what appeals to them and enables you to provide similar content that will hit the spot.
Following users creates loyalty, they might follow back straight away or you might have to persuade them. Get involved in retweeting their tweets, answering their questions and just generally responding to them. They will follow you eventually.
Your aim ultimately is to become a source of knowledge that people refer to; thus gain followers and retweets. Shining as an expert in your industry.
An expert who really helps people or gives a special offer now and again is even better!
Provide followers with the maximum amount of value for following you by giving them regular, relevant and quality information.
Keep your twitter followers up to date with information about the industry and your business.
Respond to individual users and their needs.
Twitter does take time, give 20 minutes a day and you will start to see results. Today none of us really has a choice, we have to make time because our competitors do!
Twitter is a networking event. Fit it into a schedule with other networking events. Twitter might well work better for you than the 4 hours you spend going to a hotel networking meeting once per month.
Twitter is about reputation, community and culture not numbers of followers. There is no way you could effectively communicate with 25,000 followers, so the time is right to leave the ego at the door.
If you have 1000 followers who never retweet your tweets, your maximum reach is only 1000 people.
If you only have 300 followers and 3 of those retweet your tweet to their 500 followers, your maximum reach is 1,500 people.
Quality tweets and an engaged audience are worth more than numbers of followers.
1. He searches for hotels in Cornwall through the standard Twitter search.
2. He follows them all.
3. He retweets their tweets and answers their questions if he can. He comments on their tweets.
4. They start to recognise him.
5. They start to follow him.
6. He tweets a special offer about linen supplies.
7. Two pick up on it and meet with him.
8. One buys from him straight away.
A small investment of 20 minutes per day got him a new client.
With a standard search you can search for anything you like. It will return a search result.
You can further filter this search result by selecting items from the left hand menu.
If you select people, that will filter the results by users who match your search term.
With advanced search (click on advanced from the left hand filter menu) you can select all kinds of options, including whether the content of a tweet is positive or negative!
Users respond best to a friendly and conversational tone of voice. Strive for an approachable communication style that is authentic and friendly, without being overly formal. Wit and humor can help in providing entertainment value but be careful how you use it.
Remember to be responsive and reply when people tweet about you. Favourite and retweet positive messages and thank those who are positive about you.
Fuelling conversations, not too controversial e.g. what did you think of …?
The odd personal item or photo to show you are real!
What are the top 10 reasons people buy a new car?
What is your desired result?
2. Drive conversions via Direct referral (DR). Here they ask a question that the target audience can't really say no to and give a link to drive action. There aren't any hashtags in this tweet, so as not to create any distractions. This is aimed directly at followers.
3. Get Retweeted. Using hasthags in your tweets makes you more likely to be found in search and more likely to get retweeted. Photos and videos get twice as many retweets.
4. SIGN-UPS: acquire data and leads from Twitter users – by directing them to a signup form.
Tweets with photos get 150% more retweets. Take pictures of the different activities and daily aspects of your business and surroundings. Think of the words in the tweet as the setup and the photo or video as the punchline.
Video is a great way to tell people about your business. Upload your video to YouTube or Vimeo and add the video link URL into your tweet. The video will be automatically displayed.
80% of your tweets should focus on driving interactions with your followers, such as retweets, replies, and favourites. Once you've built some rapport, you can mix in direct offers or promotions that get followers to take actions, such as clicking on a link or making a purchase from your website. Business promotion should only take up a maximum of 20% of your total tweets.
There are lots of published articles that tell you that you should tweet on a certain day of the week at a certain time. I don't believe this works for everyone. 10.00am on a Tuesday does make sense in that your follower in a standard business will probably be at his desk and will have got over Monday! This depends on the business, the market and so many other metrics that it is impossible to generalise.
Using Twitter analytics, you can monitor your activity and see what works and what doesn't, this is vital to your success and takes very little time.
To get to Twitter Analytics, click on Twitter Ads under your profile icon at the very top and then click the analytics link.
At a glance I can easily see which tweets were the most successful. By clicking on view tweet details, I can see what time they were sent.
Once every 10 minutes is too much! It is spammy and likely to put followers off.
Monitor multiple timelines in one easy interface.
Schedule tweets to be posted in the future. Set timed scheduling throughout the day/week.
Turn on alerts to keep up with emerging information.
Filter searches based on criteria like engagement, users and content type.
Build and export custom timelines to put on your website.
Mute users or terms to eliminate unwanted noise.
Tweet, Retweet, Modify Tweet, Message all you could need in one place.
I must mention Bitly. Twitter automatically shortens any link that you post in your tweets. Through your profile settings, you can select bit.ly as your link shortener. When you do so, bitly.com offers you lots of analysis, telling you when your link was clicked, who clicked it and lots more.
A fantastic tool for measuring the popularity of yourlinks.
ManageFlitter provides you with a set of easy to use tools to empower you to work smarter and faster with Twitter.
Answer "Who unfollowed me on Twitter"?
You can put your own stamp on your Twitter icon for use in your marketing, as long as you follow the branding rules and use the Twitter bird in the correct format. Your Twitter icon can be any colour, square or round, designed to match your brand.
The first thing I will say here is that, in my view, tweets are for Twitter. I think that there is nothing worse than sharing a tweet in your Facebook news stream. It is out of context and out of place. Equally I think posting a tweet to say that you have added a photo to Facebook or Instagram is just clutter and pretty uninteresting for others to read.
There is a place for everthing and everything in its place. If you want to get involved with several social media platforms, then give the time to make sure that everything you post is high quality. What is popular and highly shareable on Facebook might not go down to so well on Twitter. Plus on Facebook you have a lot more space to write.
Add a live Twitter Feed like the one below.
Add social media sharing buttons at the bottom of all of your posts and other shareable content, like products and porfolio items.
Gosh that was a long post, I hope it will help to set you on your way. Twitter takes a bit of time but it really is fun and rewarding when you get going.
So really all you have to do is sense check your profile page, listen, respond, react, retweet, be human, tweet regularly, experiment and measure, time it and market it.
Don't leave your personality at the door!


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Arecibo Observatory telescope collapses in Puerto Rico months after cables snap
Date 2020-12-03 CategoryNews
"A huge, already damaged Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has completely collapsed after its 900-ton receiver platform fell onto the reflector dish below.
The telescope has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century and entered popular culture with appearances in Hollywood films like GoldenEye and Contact.
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) had earlier announced that the Arecibo Observatory would be closed.
An auxiliary cable snapped in August, causing a wide gash on the 305-metre-wide dish and damaging the receiver platform that hung above it.
Then a main cable broke in early November.
'A huge loss'
The collapse stunned many scientists who had relied on what had been the largest radio telescope in the world.
"It sounded like a rumble. I knew exactly what it was," said Jonathan Friedman, who worked for 26 years as a senior research associate at the observatory and still lives near it.
"I was screaming. Personally, I was out of control … I don't have words to express it. It's a very deep, terrible feeling."
Dr Friedman ran up a small hill near his home and confirmed his suspicions: A cloud of dust hung in the air where the structure once stood, demolishing hopes held by some scientists that the telescope could somehow be repaired.
"It's a huge loss," said Carmen Pantoja, an astronomer and professor at the University of Puerto Rico who used the telescope for her doctorate.
"It was a chapter of my life."
Scientists around the world had been petitioning US officials and others to reverse the NSF's decision to close the observatory.
The NSF said at the time that it intended to eventually reopen the visitor centre and restore operations at the observatory's remaining assets.
The telescope was built in the 1960s with money from the US Defense Department amid a push to develop anti-ballistic missile defences.
It had endured hurricanes, tropical humidity and a recent string of earthquakes in its 57 years of operation.
The telescope has been used to track asteroids on a path to Earth, conduct research that led to a Nobel Prize and determine if a planet is potentially habitable.
The telescope also served as a training ground for graduate students and drew about 90,000 visitors a year.
"I am one of those students who visited it when young and got inspired," said Abel Méndez, a physics and astrobiology professor at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo who has used the telescope for research.
"The world without the observatory loses, but Puerto Rico loses even more."
He last used the telescope on August 6, just days before a socket holding the auxiliary cable that snapped failed in what experts believe could be a manufacturing error.
The NSF, which owns the observatory, said crews who evaluated the structure after the first incident determined that the remaining cables could handle the additional weight.
But on November 6, another cable broke.
A spokesman for the observatory said there would be no immediate comment, and a spokeswoman for the University of Central Florida did not return requests for comment.
Scientists had used the telescope to study pulsars to detect gravitational waves as well as search for neutral hydrogen, which can reveal how certain cosmic structures are formed.
About 250 scientists worldwide had been using the observatory when it closed in August, including Mr Méndez, who was studying stars to detect habitable planets.
"I'm trying to recover," he said.
"I am still very much affected.""

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When making a cross-origin fetch request from a client (e.g. browser) to a
server, all kinds of CORS protections are enforced by the browser. One of those
protections, by default, is to avoid XSS attacks by not sending credentials
(e.g. cookies, authorization headers or TLS client certificates) in the request
or expose credentials to the client JavaScript code.

This is controlled by the
[Access-Control-Allow-Credentials](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Credentials)
header.

If we want to include things like cookies in the request, then we need to have
both the client-originating request and the server to agree to allow
credentials.

The client-side fetch will need to specify that credentials should be included:

```javascript
fetch(url, {
  credentials: 'include'
})
```

The server, either in response to a GET or a preflight request, will need to do
two things. First, the response headers need to have
`Access-Control-Allow-Credentials` set to `true`. Second, the
[`Access-Control-Allow-Origin`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Allow-Origin)
will need to name the specific origin (the client). In other words, the allowed
origin cannot be set to `*`.

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My father works in broadcast television. Something like 17 years ago, he and one of his friends founded a company called VideoLink. VideoLink provides satellite and fiber-optic transmission services for live TV production (that is a gross over-simplification, but it is not important to the post). They started with one little, hole-in-the-wall studio in Watertown, MA (just outside of Boston) and have now grown to having facilities in Boston, Baltimore, and Philadelphia along with four satellite trucks. In the early days, I used to work for my father almost every weekend, then as the company grew I got replaced more and more. Then I got old enough that I was useful again every now and then. In any event, working for my father allowed me to meet some pretty interesting people.
This story is from 2001. If my memory and wikipedia are correct, it was March 6 to be exact. Well, it all really started the day before. It was a relatively normal day except that my father was staying a little late at the office. He called me and asked me to find him a nice photo of a beach. So I hopped on the computer (I don't remember if we were still on dial-up or not at that point) and started searching for beach photos. At the same time it was snowing like crazy outside. I had no idea what the photo was for, but when I found one I emailed it off to him and that was that.
When my father finally got home that night I think we had already known that there was not going to be any school the next day. My father got in and asked if I would come to work with him the next day to take some still photos of the shoot that they would be doing. He also told me what was going on, Aerosmith was going to be in the studio doing promotion for the release of their album: Just Push Play. They were scheduled to be live on TRL on MTV with Carson Daily, but the snow storm closed the airports and they couldn't fly out of Boston.
Since the band was stuck in Boston they would still go live on TRL but from boston. The beach photo was going to be green screened in behind the band and they lounged around and then Carson would ask them about the release of the album. At this point they ran outside and got on a dogsled and sledded to a record store to deliver the albums.
Well, for starters, Boston is under quite a bit of snow now so everything is closed. They had to call all over the city to find a record store that was willing to open to do the shoot. Then we had to call as many people as we could so that there would be a crowd of fans at the record store and at the studio for when they left on the dogsled. Of course they also needed to find a dogsled as well. It is quite amazing what you can do on short notice. It was all organized by the morning!
So, I spent the day following Aerosmith around and dogsledding with them. The photos I took do exist somewhere, probably in the archives at VideoLink. At the time I was shooting on film, so I don't have access to files right now. While we were shooting one of the dogsled scenes I actually got to talk to Steven Tyler. I don't really remember what he said to me. after that though, they almost ran over my dad with the dogsled and he ended up with a pretty good gash in his leg.
In all, it was probably one of the best snow days that I have ever had. I mean, I got to meet Aerosmith. I know that I have an autographed CD back at my parent's house. Pretty cool.
OMG! That must have been like the coolest day ever!!!!
It was quite exciting, and a lot of fun.
It was pretty impressive that everything got lined up and went on time in the storm. The snow may have shut down BOS, but it didn't stop the rock-stars!
That is the best snow day ever! I don't think I'd need Aerosmith to make it cool, the dogsled alone would be rad.


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Q: Distributed consensus matrix form — is this form correct? $$\dot \xi = - (L_{n} \otimes I_{m}) \xi$$
This equation is commonly cited in works about the distributed consensus of cooperative control, in fact, it's the matrix form of the basic consensus algorithm
I just got confused with dimensions of matrices, It's already given that $\epsilon$ is $n \times m$, so is $\dot \epsilon $, but what is confusing is that the Kronecker product gives an $n m \times n m$, so normally we can't have a matrix product between $n m \times n m$ matrix and an $n \times m$ one, dimensions don't match! Can one clarify this for me, please

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration's senior air pollution official said on Friday that he and his agency were still exploring the science of climate change and fell short of calling it a crisis.
Bill Wehrum, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)assistant administrator for air and radiation and previously a lobbyist for coal and oil industry interests, said at a public event in Washington that he supported a rollback of former President Barack Obama's centerpiece climate change regulation.
"I've had a series of briefings with climate change experts to help me better understand this," Wehrum said. "Everybody is still exploring the science of climate change."
Asked if the EPA is trying to determine whether climate change is a crisis, he responded, "I'm trying to figure that out. I'll admit I did not come to the agency as a climate change expert ... I'll admit, there is a lot I don't understand about climate change," he said.
The report, released late last year, warned that climate change would cost the U.S. economy hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century, hitting everything from health to infrastructure. White House said it was "largely based on the most extreme scenario."
Wehrum said he fully supported the EPA rescinding Obama's Clean Power Plan aimed at limiting carbon emissions from power plants and replacing it with another rule that places much of the power to regulate carbon into the hands of states.
"I don't feel ideological," he said and added: "I feel like I'm really good at what I do."


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'She Coughs When She's Sleeping': Life In Polluted Pacoima
Caroline Champlin | LAist
When Amanda Rivera was diagnosed with asthma as a child, everyone told her she'd grow out of it. Instead, Rivera feels like she grew into it.
"It just got worse as I got older," Rivera said. "I've been to like so many doctors, specialists and no one has been able to get rid of the cough."
For her whole life, Rivera has lived in the same house in the east San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Pacoima, a region with poor air quality in already smoggy L.A. county. Over the years, she's accrued a tote bag-full of asthma equipment: daily inhalers, rescue inhalers, and nebulizer machines. For Rivera, asthma is just part of her routine.
"Lost cause," she laughs, then inhales deeply to catch her breath.
Her younger brother, Aaron Ortiz, can't remember his sister without the condition. It's part of how he recognizes her.
"She's always coughing. That's how you know she's home," Ortiz said. "She coughs when she's sleeping... she can't laugh without coughing."
Ortiz took a particular interest in his sister's condition as a UC Santa Cruz environmental science student. For one class, he researched Pacoima's history of redlining, industry and high rates of respiratory problems.
"It just hit me... that's like describing my life," Ortiz said.
His sister doesn't hold it against her hometown's air for possibly causing and likely exacerbating her asthma. But Ortiz definitely does.
"It's like this weird pain and anger, knowing that, like, you and your family are statistics," he said.
Pacoima Businesses Are Big Producers Of Chemicals
According to Michael Jerrett, a UCLA public health professor, Pacoima faces multiple challenges when it comes to air quality. For starters, the geography of the region, a valley, causes air-toxic chemicals, like nitrogen dioxide and ozone to settle near ground level. It's like liquid in a bowl. That's where small particles get into people's lungs, where they can cause inflammation.
It also doesn't help that Pacoima is a big producer of those chemicals. Whiteman airport, Sun Valley power plant, the 5, 210, 118 freeways, and other industrial facilities pump pollution into an atmosphere where it is difficult to disperse.
"There is a scientific literature out there that would suggest that people living in more polluted areas are more likely to develop asthma," Jerrett said. "And they're more likely to have severe and more frequent symptoms."
Air Quality Bike Tour
Recently, Ortiz started volunteering with a local environmental justice group, Pacoima Beautiful, in part because of what he learned in school. He and other volunteers venture across the neighborhood to measure tiny amounts of chemicals — known as fine particulate matter — in the air.
I joined Ortiz on a recent air quality survey bike ride around the neighborhood to try to identify the biggest polluters.
He started the session at his kitchen table, turning on the handheld air quality monitor, a white, plastic device shaped like a ghost, complete with two googly eyes.
The monitor syncs up with a map on his phone to automatically mark our path with green, yellow and occasionally orange lines, indicating the level of fine particulate matter in the air.
Green is good. Other colors are less good — even asthma inducing. Just in Ortiz's house, the air quality is in the moderate yellow zone aka "potentially harmful for unusually sensitive groups."
"We're not cooking anything. We didn't light any candles. This is just regular old air quality," Ortiz said.
With that baseline in mind, we set off down the bike path on San Fernando Road, past the airport, and alongside a Metrolink train. The little ghost swings from Ortiz's backpack, taking it all in.
Somewhere along the way, the measurement spikes into the orange zone —"unhealthy for sensitive groups." Then, as we turn down a street full of auto shops and recycling centers, back down into the yellow. Finally, we ride around the Valley Generating Station, a gas power plant recently found to have been leaking methane for years.
For most of the residential streets around Ortiz's house, our path is marked green. All around that power plant though, our course was marked yellow.
"Suspicious, huh?" Ortiz said. "It ain't good."
This yellow reading is just one data point, but if Ortiz finds more evidence of high particulate, Pacoima Beautiful could use that to support their case for shutting down the generating station. Already, L.A. City Council voted to consider shuttering it.
That's a long term goal. In the short term, Ortiz hopes to share this information with his family and community.
"I wouldn't even have noticed these things because everyone here is just so used to it," Ortiz said "Like, we're here. This is our home."
He wants people to understand they're part of the environment, even when they can't see it.
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The International Uranium Film Festival is an independent non-profit film festival. And we depend on your support.
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A further important achievement of the festival is the creation of the first-ever film archive and documentation centre dedicated to all films about the nuclear fuel chain and radioactivity. The Atomic Cinematheque called Yellow Archives. From uranium mining to nuclear waste, from Hiroshima to Fukushima. An international centre for the preservation, study and exhibition of atomic films from all over the world and to make them available for education and science purposes. The festival has already collected more than 300 nuclear films in its "Yellow Archives". But still we are looking for a physical space somewhere in the world and financial support to make the Atomic Cinematheque reality.


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In 2009, the H1N1 virus appeared for the first time, causing one of the most dangerous flu pandemics in the history of the country.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the flu is as American as apple pie. Indeed, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has stated in the past that declaring the year's flu season an epidemic is an almost annual occurrence.
That being said, the current flu season has proven especially dangerous. According to the CDC, every state except for Hawaii is experiencing widespread disease.
Warning signs started to appear once Australia — whose flu season starts a few months before the American season due to the seasonal differences in hemispheres, and is often used to predict which strains will be most prevalent — announced that the year's chosen vaccines were only 20 to 30 percent effective against the most common strain of the year, the H3N2 strain of Influenza A.
During the production of the vaccines for this season, the virus mutated in an unavoidable fashion, dramatically lowering the efficacy of the inoculation. Despite initially optimistic predictions for the season, 2017-18 is closely mirroring the 2014-15 flu season, in which the same strain had yet to peak in virality towards the end of January.
This season is also complemented by the H1N1 strain of Influenza A, an especially dangerous combination because H3N2 is incredibly dangerous for the elderly or extremely young, whereas H1N1 is very easy for a school-age child to contract.
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This Week in Rock History: March 26 – April 1
2 years ago Scott MacalusoBonamassa Blog, This Week in Rock History
BORN THIS WEEK IN ROCK HISTORY
3/26/1917 – Rufus Thomas (Blues & Soul Singer-Songwriter)
3/26/1944 – Diana Ross (Lead Vocals, The Supremes)
3/26/1946 – Fred Sheehan (Bass, Boston)
3/26/1948 – Steven Tyler (Lead Vocals, Aerosmith)
3/27/1924 – Sarah Vaughan (Jazz Vocalist)
3/27/1950 – Tony Banks (Keyboards, Genesis)
3/27/1960 – Victor Bailey (bass, Weather Report)
3/28/1948 – John Evan (Keyboards, Jethro Tull)
3/29/1947 – Bobby Kimball (vocals, Toto)
3/29/1949 – Michael Brecker (jazz saxophone)
3/29/1959 – Perry Farrell (vocals, Jane's Addiction)
3/30/1914 – Sonny Boy Williamson (Blues Singer-Songwriter & Harmonica Player)
3/30/1941 – Graeme Edge (drums, The Moody Blues)
3/30/1945 – Eric Clapton (Singer-Songwriter & Guitar, The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominos)
3/30/1950 – Dave Ball (Guitar, Procol Harum)
3/30/1979 – Norah Jones (sing/songwriter)
3/31/1955 – Angus Young (Lead Guitar, AC/DC)
3/31/1944 – Mick Ralphs (guitar, Mott The Hoople and Bad Company)
3/31/1948 – Thijs Van Leer (singer/keyboardist, Focus)
4/1/1997 – Ronnie Lane (bassist, the Small Faces)
4/1/1954 – Jeff Porcaro (drummer, Toto and Steely Dan)
MUSIC RECORDINGS, RELEASES AND TOP OF THE CHARTS:
3/26/1977 – The Clash release "White Riot"
3/26/199 – Bob Dylan releases his Bootleg Series Volume 1-3
3/27/1965 – The Who make their U.S. singles chart debut with "I Can't Explain"
3/28/1973 – Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon hits #1
3/28/1967 – Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" is recorded
3/28/1967 – The Beatles record "Good Morning Good Morning" and "Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"
3/28/1970 – Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young release "Woodstock"
3/28/1973 – Led Zeppelin releases Houses of the Holy
3/28/1995 – Rocl band Wilco releases their debut album, AM
3/29/1969 – Blood, Sweat, and Tears's self-titled LP hits #1
3/29/1975 – Jeff Beck releases his most successful US album, Blow By Blow
3/30/1971 – Jimi Hendrix's The Cry of Love goes gold, posthumously
3/30/1987 – Prince releases his ninth studio album
3/31/1958 – Chuck Berry releases "Johnny B. Goode"
3/31/1992 – Bruce Springsteen releases Human Touch and Lucky Town on the same day.
THIS WEEK IN ROCK HISTORY:
3/26/1971 – The Rolling Stones "lips and tongue" logo makes its first appearance on VIP passes.
3/26/1980 – The Wall by Pink Floyd breaks the record for longest running pop album on the charts. The previous record holder was Carole King's Tapestry.
3/27/1965 – Jeff Beck replaced Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds
3/28/1969 – Joe Cocker plays his first U.S. gig.
3/28/1978 – Alice Cooper appears on The Muppet Show and performs "Welcome To My Nightmare" and "School's Out." Adorable? Nightmarish? Both?
3/29/1975 – Led Zeppelin becomes the first band in history to have six albums on the Billboard chart simultaneously: Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin IV, House of the Holy, Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin and Led Zeppelin III.
3/29/1980 – Brian Johnson becomes the new lead singer of AC/DC after the tragic loss of Bon Scott.
3/29/1980 – Dark Side of the Moon is on the US charts for the 303rd week
3/30/1967 – The Beatles shoot the iconic photograph that becomes the front cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
3/31/1967 – Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar on fire for the first time at the Astoria Theatre in London. He goes to the hospital afterwards with minor burns. He learned how to perfect this art in time, however. No more burns.
4/1/1969 – A group of sessions musicians at FAME studios in Alabama open the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios not far away.
4/1/1985 – David Lee Roth official leaves Van Halen to start a solo career
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James Fenimore Cooper was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances draw a picture of frontier and American Indian life in the early American days which created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William on property that he owned. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years, where he was a member of the Linonian Society.
Cooper served in the U.S. Navy as a midshipman, which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, a tale about counter-espionage set during the American Revolutionary War and published in 1821. He also wrote numerous sea stories, and his best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Cooper's works on the U.S. Navy have been well received among naval historians, but they were sometimes criticized by his contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece (although it was mercilessly mocked by Mark Twain).
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Greatest Nation in the World !!!!
I had the great privilege to hear and meet President Bill Clinton. A man that I have looked upto for the amazing work and deed he has done for the United States and for the World. A man that believes in giving back and leaving the world better than what he found it as. A true visionary and serving humanity for its betterment.
When you meet someone his caliber you are left with no choice but to grow from the experience. An individual such as this can truly move mountains and make a difference. I will forever remember meeting him in person and our conversation on various topics of humanity and well being of others.
As much as I have gained and grown by calling this city my own, the city has given back to me ten folds. It is with gratitude and wonderful friends such as these that I grow and become a better person each day. My friendship with Phil Goff – The Leawood Officer, John Holt – TV/News anchor, Mark Terman – A Kansas City police offer and fellow friends around have truly enriched my life for better.
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MONDAY, Aug. 6, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- A short stretch of inactivity can unlease diabetes in older adults at risk for the blood-sugar disease, a new study finds.
For the study, overweight patients with prediabetes were asked to reduce their daily steps to no more than 1,000 a day for two weeks.
This short stretch of reduced activity led to elevated blood sugar levels and sped onset of type 2 diabetes -- and some patients did not fully recover even after resuming normal activity, according to the Canadian study. It was published online recently in The Journals of Gerontology.
"We expected to find that the study participants would become diabetic, but we were surprised to see that they didn't revert back to their healthier state when they returned to normal activity," said lead author Chris McGlory.
He is a research fellow in the department of kinesiology at McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario.
The findings suggest seniors who become inactive due to illness, bed rest or hospitalization are more likely to suffer harmful health effects.
"Treatment of type 2 diabetes is expensive and often complicated," study co-author Stuart Phillips said in a university news release. Phillips is a professor in the department of kinesiology.
"If people are going to be off their feet for an extended period they need to work actively to recover their ability to handle blood sugar," he said.
More than 84 million Americans have prediabetes, and more than 30 million are diabetic, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"In order for prediabetic older adults to recover metabolic health and prevent further declines from periods of inactivity, strategies such as active rehabilitation, dietary changes and perhaps medication might be useful," McGlory said.


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December 13, 2018 | Blog
Finding Justice After Genocide: Guatemalan activists and Talmudic rabbis seek restitution, not revenge, as the path forward
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Posted by Joseph Gindi
Just Thought is a series of essays from AJWS applying Jewish wisdom to the pursuit of tikkun olam today. Drawing upon Jewish history, Torah sources and the latest headlines, we plumb pressing questions about human rights and global justice from a Jewish perspective through monthly essays by noted scholars, activists and AJWS staff.
Edgar Pérez Archila is an expert in righting wrongs. As a human rights attorney and director of the human rights law firm Bufete Jurídico de Derechos Humanos de Guatemala (The Law Office of Human Rights in Guatemala), he and his team defend fellow Guatemalans from egregious abuses. He has represented survivors of genocide seeking convictions for the army officials who killed their families and indigenous leaders aiming to stop the eviction of their communities from their ancestral lands.
When I met Edgar last year, as part of a delegation of rabbis in the AJWS Global Justice Fellowship, a member of our group asked him, "What does it mean to achieve justice in these cases? How do you get retribution for the murder of a whole family or village, for the expropriation of indigenous land?" Edgar explained, "The client always decides what justice is for them."
Sometimes, justice means having the truth revealed. Sometimes justice is getting what they lost returned. Sometimes clients say that what they want most is for this not to happen to anyone else. "Justice," Edgar explained, "is different for different people."
The conversation was especially poignant for our group of rabbis—all steeped in the Jewish tradition's own views on justice. The Torah, too, asks, "what does it mean to make someone 'whole' after damaging them? What does justice look like for the injured?" The answer has changed dramatically over time. Initially, the Torah spells out a seemingly simple, though perhaps draconian, formula: "You must not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot."1 If you kill or maim, you will be killed or maimed. Often called "lex talionis," this system assumes a superficially proportionate response to injury, and even murder.
The rabbis of the Talmud, bothered by the bible's notion of retribution, transform these principles in ways that make clear the importance of offering restitution, rather than revenge, and illuminate some of the diverse pathways required for making someone whole. First, the Talmud severely restricts the use of capital punishment, specifying that it should be used infrequently, with some declaring it should never be used at all.2 They also transform the laws of injury, doing away with proportional corporal punishment and replacing it with more complex, individually tailored measures of restorative justice.
"Don't even let it enter your mind!" the Talmud exclaims, that the court should blind the eye or break the leg of the perpetrator.3 After all, human beings come in startling diversity. The Talmud stresses that each of our eyes and legs is not identical. Therefore, this 'tit for tat' form of justice can't possibly achieve the very goal of fairness that it is designed to achieve. Rather, the Talmud asserts, injury should be assessed on a case-by-case basis, much like Edgar's approach with his clients in Guatemala. With this move, the Talmud transforms a system of retributive justice, motivated by proportional punishment, to a system of restorative justice, where the goal of the law is to make the injured party "whole"—to whatever extent possible.
The Mishna declared that the restoration would be monetary, and points us toward five areas where one might make restitution: for the damage to the body itself, for the pain experienced, for medical costs of healing, for loss of livelihood and for humiliation.4 For each of these categories, the Talmud explains how the Jewish court should calculate the monetary value of abstract things like pain, embarrassment, the value of a limb that's been lost, or even the future emotional trauma that survivors bear.
There are, of course, significant limitations to a justice system based on monetary compensation. There is no amount of money that can compensate for the loss of a loved one, or for the experience of torture, or for the loss of ancestral lands. Achieving justice amidst limitations like these is part of the challenge faced by Edgar and his team.
In the past few years, several cases that they have been working on for decades have reached resolution in the courts. The former dictator, Efraín Ríos Montt, was convicted of genocide, and just recently a former soldier was sentenced to 5,000 years in prison for the massacre of 171 people. While these sentences do not—and cannot—erase the grievous wrongs that were committed, they reinforce the recognition that indigenous Guatemalans suffered a genocide. As Edgar told us, for some, having the truth revealed is a form of justice. For others, these trials represent the hope that this kind of atrocity will not happen again in Guatemala.
In addition to pursuing strategic litigation with Bufete, Guatemalan survivors of the genocide have come together in survivors' groups to support each other in processing their experiences and seeking justice. While Guatemala has yet to fully embrace the possibilities of restorative justice, survivors and indigenous groups continue to bring forward strategic litigation and mutual aid, working toward restoring some of what has been lost.
Both Edgar's work and the Talmudic legal innovations show us the capacity to transform legal systems from punitive to restorative, and the importance of addressing the whole person who has been injured. Their teaching beckons us to transcend the idea of justice as punishment, and to begin to use justice systems around the world to restore rights and dignity for those who have been wronged.
1 Deuteronomy 19:21
2 Talmud Makkot 7a, "A Sanhedrin that executes once in seven years is characterized as destructive. Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya says: Once in seventy years is destructive. Rabbi Tarfon and Rabbi Akiva say: If we had been members of the Sanhedrin, no person would have ever been executed. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: In adopting that approach, they would increase the number of murderers among the Jewish people."
3 Talmud Bava Kamma 83b
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It's no secret that I love breakfast. I would (and do at times) eat breakfast foods at any time of the day very happily.
Breakfast for me is a spectacular affair that sets the scene for a magnificent day.
So it's safe to say that I take my breakfasts seriously.
Over the past few years, Brisbane's breakfast scene has grown to provide an impressive selection of morning feasts all across the city. As a result, breakfast catch ups with friends has been my preferred time to meet.
However, every so often I come across a breakfast so wonderful in its complete experience, that I have to share it. This morning, was one such breakfast at the newly opened Billy Kart Kitchen in West End. The original kitchen in Annerly has gained a popular following since opening, so I was very keen to see if its sister restaurant does its reputation justice.
The menu features the most delectable array of sophisticated dishes sourced from local produce. Both dishes that we had were slightly unexpected, yet expectedly fantastic. Elegant, restraint on a plate showcasing exceptional flavour combinations. The taste, texture and presentation are so well thought-out, highlighting true respect for the produce. The only issue that I had was actually decided what to have from the menu. Admittedly, I don't think I could have chosen incorrectly. I ended up decided on the house-made sprouted seed loaf with tahini avocado, a delectable traditional greek dip made from almonds and a green tomato salsa. My friend had the corn fritters with avocado and heirloom tomatoes (photos on my Instagram page). Absolute culinary perfection.
Add the amazing food to the friendly, knowledgable staff who really could not do enough to help and a perpetually full water glass, and you had two very happy foodies and a day extremely well started.
West End may have an overwhelming array of restaurants to choose from at times. But I think I may have just found my favourite. I'll be back for breakfast, and brunch… and they might have even convinced me to eat dinner food.
Thank you so much Lisa. I'm glad I found your blog too. Your recipes are incredible.
It really is such a great cafe. I am keen to hear what you think of it!


>What the hay is Epicmafia?
Epicmafia is an advanced adaptation of a psychological game, Mafia, and in part, Werewolf. Epicmafia is an online version with over a hundred unique new characters, many setup conditions and advanced gameplay additions.
Mafia is a psychological game, where your goal is to either kill all the innocent villagers or find out whose the killer. In the original version, there was only the Mafia and the Villagers with a simple day/night cycle, lynching and night killing. In Epicmafia, however, the game has been expanded with roles from Werewolf (cops, doctors, bulletproofs…) and its own, special roles.
TL;DR: Pones shoot pones while pretending they're other pones.
Self explanatory. The main site.
Epicmafia wiki. Go here if you want to know all the different strategies and roles.
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RCMP provides update on access control checkpoint on Morice West Forest Service Road
The access control checkpoint was set up late in the morning on January 13, 2020 at the 27 kilometer mark on the Morice West Forest Service Road. As frontline police officers were implementing the new access procedure on the first day, there was some miscommunication that resulted in three individuals being turned away. In one case the person would not provide basic details such as identification and purpose of travel, and in another case, there was a shift in weather conditions as nightfall approached. In the third case, another person transporting food and supplies, was not initially allowed access. Rather than turning the person away, the police officer at the checkpoint made arrangements for the supplies to be transported in by an alternate person. However, both individuals decided not to proceed and left the area.
The procedures have since been clarified and we have not had any reports of further issues and most individuals have been able to proceed. Based on a review by the Operations Commander, RCMP officers appeared to be acting professionally and in good faith. If there are public complaints made, we will ensure full disclosure of all information regarding the interaction including the video captured by police.
The RCMP would like to emphasize that this checkpoint is not an exclusion zone, which are created when police are enforcing a civil injunction. At this point, we are not enforcing the BC Supreme Court injunction to allow time for dialogue between the Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs, Elected Councils, Coastal GasLink and Government. The access control checkpoint is a measured response that reflects the need to prevent further escalation of the situation including the placement of hazards along the roadway and the creation of a third encampment blocking access. It also allows the RCMP to be accountable for the safety of all persons accessing this area given the hazards, unplowed roads and severe winter conditions.
The RCMP is very mindful of the continued presence of not just the fallen trees on the road, but of the partly cut trees. These trees can fall unexpectedly due to wind and heavy snowfall, which could result in significant injury or death.
The stacks of tires with accelerants also remain. Twice now, police officers removed the containers of accelerants to prevent fires and both times they were replaced. The intent here is concerning and we are continuing our criminal investigation on this matter.
(Click here for original news release on Hazardous blockade of fallen trees on Morice West Forest Service Road in Houston)
Last year, during the enforcement of the court-ordered injunction, the RCMP entered into several missing persons investigations on individuals who were lost or stranded in the area. We also assisted in removing vehicles from snow banks. We would like to prevent these situations from recurring, which is why we are asking for individuals passing through the checkpoint to identify themselves, provide information on where they are headed, and how long they anticipate being there.
Recognising a need to improve communication and to streamline the process, members of the Division Liaison Team (DLT) are now onsite to assist in those situations where there are questions over access. DLT members have local knowledge and positive relationships with many in the Wet'suwet'en community and will help to better facilitate the process.
Based on ongoing dialogue with all the stakeholders, the RCMP continues to monitor the situation with the hope of a peaceful and safe resolution to the current breach of the court injunction.
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Pascack Hills reports positive Covid-19 test
"The Department of Health has indicated that Pascack Hills High School may resume in-person learning on Friday, November 20," Gundersen said. He added that after school activities may resume this afternoon.
Jared Mitovich, Editor-in-Chief|November 18, 2020
Jared Mitovich
Less than an hour before class, an individual at Hills reported a positive Covid-19 test to the district.
Thursday, Nov. 19 at 1:01 p.m.
Pascack Hills to resume in-person instruction on Nov. 20
Pascack Hills will resume in-person instruction tomorrow, Nov. 20, Superintendent Erik Gundersen announced in a district-wide email. The school began fully remote instruction on Nov. 18 after a positive Covid-19 test was reported. Since then, a contact tracing investigation has allowed all close contacts to be notified and quarantined for "a number of days specified by the Department of Health."
Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 6:14 p.m.
Pascack Hills to remain fully remote on Nov. 19
Based on the recommendation of health officials and ongoing contact tracing regarding a positive Covid-19 test reported this moring, Pascack Hills will remain fully remote Nov. 19. In his email, Superintendent Erik Gundersen said the school was alerted to an "individual testing positive at about 7:45 this morning, prompting the abrupt change to remote learning to allow for proper contact tracing."
Hills will follow an A1 schedule tomorrow. "To keep our community safe and our schools open, it is crucial that our nursing staff is immediately notified when staff and students test positive for COVID-19," Gundersen added.
Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 8:12 a.m.
An individual at Pascack Hills reported a positive Covid-19 test this morning, Superintendent Erik Gundersen announced in a district-wide email. Some students and staff were already in the building before class when the test was reported, and Principal Tim Wieland went on the loudspeaker to tell students to arrange for transportation home.
Due to the positive case prompting a contact tracing investigation, Hills will be fully remote today, Nov. 18, and follow a B5 schedule. All in-person extracurricular activities scheduled in-person today are also canceled.
"Just a few moments ago, we were informed that an individual at Pascack Hills High School has tested positive for COVID-19. In response and following the recommendation of local health officials, Pascack Hills will be fully remote today (Wednesday, November 18)," said Gundersen in his email. "This measure is being taken so that contact tracing can begin, allowing for proper identification and notification of those who may have been exposed."
Gundersen said an update will be provided later today with more information. "We understand the timing of this complicates commuting and schedules for families and staff," he acknowledged. "[H]owever, the health and safety oour community is the most important goal for our district, leading us to this decision."
Previously, there was one Covid-19 case reported at Hills on Oct. 19 and a second, unrelated case reported on Oct. 24. The school went fully remote from Oct. 26 to Nov. 5, reopening for in-person instruction on Nov. 9.
Jared Mitovich, Editor-in-Chief
Jared Mitovich joined the Trailblazer his freshman year as a staff writer. He has helped manage the Trailblazer's social media since his sophomore year, and in his junior year he edited the Opinion section. Now in his final year of high school, Mitovich is looking forward to working with Mackenzie Blowers as Editor-in-Chief along with the entire Trailblazer staff. You can follow him on Twitter at @jmitovich!
Fun fact: Mitovich once met a presidential candidate.
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As TSN reported, Brendan Shanahan has decided that he will not play for the New Jersey Devils this season.
Shanny, re-signed with the Devil this off-season has reconsidered. A thanks, but no thanks kinda deal?
"When I signed this past summer, Lou Lamoriello, Jacques Lemaire, and I agreed that if we were unable to find a suitable fit in which I would be able to compete and contribute at the level I expect from myself, then I would simply step aside," said Shanahan in the statement. "I have great respect for Lou, Jacques, and the entire Devils' organization. This decision is both mutual and amicable."
Shanahan's statement is a bit curious, as he has not retired, but reconsidered this season. Was it the "suitable fit" with Lemaire's style of play, or his own ability "to compete and contribute" that impacted this decision?
Either way, he is a sure fire HOFer with 600+ career goals and half-a-hand's worth of Stanley Cup rings (if he were a six-fingered man).


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It's a major coup for the multi-talented Kiwi who, along with writing the script himself, will direct, produce and star in the film as well.
Reports out of Hollywood suggest that Scarlett Johansson is set to play the lead role in Taika Waititi's new film JoJo Rabbit.
Variety magazine reports that the actress is in final negotiations to play the mother of the central character.
JoJo Rabbit is Waititi's follow-up to to his box-office smash Thor: Ragnarok. He penned the script for the World War II satire back in 2012 but it has only recently been given the green light due to financing hold-ups.
Fox Searchlight took on the project last year and filming is set to begin in Europe in May.
The movie is set in World War II Germany and is centred around the character of a 10-year-old boy who is trying to fit in with the help of an imaginary friend.
After being injured by a grenade at a Hitler youth camp, the boy discovers that his mother is hiding a fifteen year old Jewish girl in their house.
Johansson will play the boy's mother and Waititi will play Hitler, albeit an imaginary version of him.
Waititi is known for making cameos in his own films. Among others, he played Alamein in his celebrated coming of age film Boy and more recently made a "scene stealing" performance as rock giant Korg in Thor.
Taika will be producing the film alongside his wife Chelsea Winstanley, who also worked as a producer on his vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows.
Taika and wife Chelsea at the Thor: Ragnarok premiere in Hollywood.
On playing Hitler, Waititi told The Wrap "It's my version of a lonely boy's best version of his hero, which is really his dad."
"This is not the Adolf we know and hate," the character description states. "This guy is goofy, charming, and glides through life with a child-like naivety."
Johansson spent time in New Zealand in 2016 while filming the sci-fi action movie Ghost in the Shell. She is currently starring in the Wes Anderson stop-motion animated film Isle of Dogs and will next be appearing in back-to-back Avengers movies.


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Are you planning a trip to Thailand? Well, you certainly aren't alone! This is one of the most popular tropical destinations on the planet, and for many great reasons. With so many exciting things to do and see, Thailand will never leave you at a loss for what to do. But, to make the most of your time there, you need to book a hotel that is conveniently located, so we've compiled a short list of some of the best beach hotels in the country.
When searching for hotels in Mai Khao Beach Phuket, definitely consider looking into this hugely popular Holiday Inn Resort. With a name like Holiday Inn, you can rest assured that you will receive fantastic service, and this particular resort is located near Phuket Airport, so you can get there quickly and easily once you arrive to start your holiday. Tranquil beaches with white sand and warm blue water await you, but this hotel also gives you access to Sirinat National Park, where you can explore a natural, protected landscape as well. Other than a great location, amenities also include a pool just for children, an infinity pool with a swim-up bar, a spa, and more.
Santiburi Beach Resort & Spa gives you access to a pristine beach, Mae Nam Beach, which is found on the island of KohSamui. There, you can spend your days sunbathing and playing in the water. Plus, you will also be surrounded by gorgeous palm gardens. As you can imagine, this is a perfect place to get away from it all for while! Enjoy being pampered while staying at a luxurious resort that boasts villas, swimming pools, yoga, restaurants, bars, and more.
Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort is another great choice when you are hoping to book a spot where you can relax and play every day during your holiday in Thailand. This resort provides high-class service in a secluded atmosphere that will allow you to really feel like you have escaped all of your worries. Located on 70 acres, you will be able to experience the simple joys of a beautiful beach and swaying palm trees, as well as gardens, restaurants, bars, and more. Stay in your own spacious bungalow and enjoy the views and warm breezes for an unforgettable experience.
Are you searching for an eco-friendly beach hotel in Thailand? Then look no further than Zeavola Resort, which is a Phi Phi Island resort that boasts luxury and beautiful accommodation. Found on the gorgeous Laem Tong Beach, this is the place where you can unplug and truly get away from it all while surrounding yourself with natural beauty in a tropical setting. Plus, you can indulge in delicious cuisine, pamper yourself at the spa, and take fun cooking classes.
With so many fabulous beach hotels to choose from throughout Thailand, you can definitely plan the getaway of a lifetime. Be sure to book a resort in a spot that will give you access to plenty of fun things to do and beautiful things to see, and don't forget your camera!


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