text:
Home > News & Events > Industry & Advocacy News > Q&A with a Council Member: Tayari Jones
Q&A with a Council Member: Tayari Jones
We sat down with Authors Guild council member and author Tayari Jones to discuss her upcoming novel An American Marriage, how to balance writing and teaching, and what issues writers should be concerned about today in this Q&A originally published in the Fall 2017/Winter 2018 Authors Guild Bulletin. Interviewed by Isabel Howe.
To start, can you tell us about your next novel, An American Marriage, which will be published by Algonquin Books on February 6?
Jones: An American Marriage is a novel about a young couple who have been married for 18 months when the husband is wrongfully incarcerated. It's not so much about incarceration; it's about what happens after five years, when he's released. He's innocent; his lawyers get him out. How does he resume his life? He hasn't spoken to his wife in two years. He sees her as the key to getting his life back. She sees herself as a person. What does it mean when someone pins all their hopes on you? What do we owe one another? How do we balance our own lives with our responsibilities to others?
In the news, the story always ends with them getting out, they're walking out triumphantly, and you just assume all is well now. But relationships are complicated even when no one has been wrongfully incarcerated. What happens when she comes home one day and he's on her couch?
Let's dive into the business of being a professional writer: you do a fair amount of teaching, fellowships, judging contests and so on. These jobs are the bread and butter for a lot of writers.
Jones: I do it all. I'm an associate professor at Rutgers Univer-sity at Newark. I'm leaving soon to accept a fellowship at the Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. And I teach in the summer. I do lots of things, but I try to make all of my outside work writing-related. It's the way I make a living, but it's also how I remain a part of the community of writers. Writing is so solitary, but in all the other things I do, I meet more writers. Everything I do in my life causes me to meet another writer.
I judge a lot of contests, but I don't judge them for the money. For one thing, judging contests does not pay very much money at all. I judge contests because I feel that it's part of my citizenship as an author, to have my voice register. These prizes can introduce a new writer to the literary world. They can shape someone's career. The question is, who has a hand in these things? I think we owe it to our peers, and our future peers, to participate in this type of work.
Are there parallels in your work as a teacher?
Jones: I think teaching is the same thing; you're shaping the lives of young writers and bringing them along. Teaching is the thing I do the most. It's my bread and butter, it's where I get my benefits, it's my life. It's how I support myself. I'm very glad that I'm able to teach creative writing. It keeps my head in the game all the time. Teaching is almost like a refresher course for your own education.
When do you write? Is it possible to become too immersed in the business of being a professional writer?
Jones: I'm going to say yes and no. Yes, of course, having a job means there's time you're not writing, but that's true with anything in your life. The world isn't going to stop spinning for you to write your book. No matter who you are, no matter what situation you have, life beckons. It is challenging, sometimes, to find time to write. But I don't have to have the whole day to write. If I can write for two or three hours in a day, I can make a lot of progress by the end of the week. Small, workable goals make progress. Even when I'm not writing, I'm thinking about my writing, so I feel like I'm writing all the time.
I think it's a new thing, this idea that writers believe that doing anything other than writing is an imposition. Art has never been convenient for anyone. No one's life is convenient. With artists, it seems like more of an outrage that your life is inconvenient. But it can be done.
When we tell people that they must write every day, it makes people who work, people who perform childcare, eldercare, people who have other responsibilities think, "Oh, I can never be a writer." It makes people feel that writing is for a privileged class of people who, if they weren't writing, would be eating bonbons. But we make the time.
Developing habits and carving out time is more important.
Jones: Slow but steady. A page a day is more than 300 pages in a year.
The majority of writers do things other than write. It drives me crazy when I'm on a panel and someone asks, "Which of you are full-time writers?," suggesting that those of us who have day jobs are unsuccessful. Or that people who have day jobs don't believe in themselves enough to quit. This happened just last week at a writing event. I think it comes from some kind of made-for-TV understanding of what it is to be a writer or successful. I say you're successful based on the quality of your writing, not on whether or not you have a job.
That question really comes up?
Jones: All the time! Quite often with the people who are "writing full-time," it's not because they're supporting themselves from their books; it's that something in their life supports them. Once I was on an all-woman panel and I was the only one that had a day job — but I also was the only one who wasn't married. Everyone else was getting applauded for not having a day job, and I'm looking like the unsuccessful one who has to go earn her living. It was so frustrating. I wanted to say, I'm not married! That's how these other people are "writing full-time." It's a question people ask all the time.
How will you spend your time at the Black Mountain Institute fellowship?
Jones: I'm so excited about this fellowship. I found out about it quite by accident. It's a year-long residence at the University of Nevada's Black Mountain Institute, which recently bought The Believer magazine. They have a new festival, The Believer Festival, so I'll be involved in that. I'm researching a new novel. If faculty members want me to visit their classes, I will, but mostly I'll be working on my next book.
I admire the work the Institute is doing. They have a special emphasis on international writers and widening the scope of literature. They have one fellow who's a "sanctuary fellow" from another country, who's been there for three years. I'm thrilled. I leave in two weeks.
Have you had a writer-mentor?
Jones: Oh, yes. I have been so lucky in mentors and I love to talk about my first mentor. I went to college young. I was only 16. I met a writer there, a teacher, Pearl Cleage. She's a playwright and a novelist. I feel like she set my life in this direction. We're still close to this day. It's been 30 years. I just had lunch with her when I was at home in Atlanta and we're going to launch my new novel there together.
She's a working writer. When I met her, she was teaching part-time and had all these other jobs, kids, a husband. She modeled for me the way you make your artistic life your whole life, the way you allow it to reach out into so many different directions. It wasn't an ivory tower model of what it was to be a writer. She was motivated by the joy of story and a sense of literary citizenship. She also ran a magazine at the time. She was my first mentor and her example stays with me to this day.
Is that a role you've played with younger writers?
Jones: I take my teaching and my mentorship very seriously. I often tell the students I advise at Rutgers that I don't like to talk about the professional side of writing before they've written their first book. Your first book is your time to write innocently, not knowing what the market wants. I tell them, I'm your mentor now and your mentor forever. When you have your book completed, I promise I will talk to you about business, but for now let's just talk about what's on the page.
I love that. Knowing too much about the business side can really stress out young writers and even block them from writing.
Jones: No one has ever said, "Wow, thank you for telling me that bit about the business; I feel motivated!" People always feel anxious. I tell them they can come back, because they do need that.
What motivated you to join the Authors Guild? What are your goals as a Council member?
Jones: I joined the Guild in 2011. Judy Blume suggested that I join, and one does what Judy Blume wants you to do. As a member, I learned about so many resources. Part of what I want to do as a member of the Council is to work on recruitment, so other authors know about the Guild, what it does, and what it has to offer. I live right here in New York and I did not know. I think there are a lot of people who would be excited to join and belong. There's power in numbers.
With so many of us writers having other employment, we forget that we're also a united class of writers. I belong to organizations about being a teacher; I belong to three or four such organizations. Writing is so solitary, I often forget that I'm part of that class as well.
What other ideas do you have for the Authors Guild Council's work?
Jones: I think each of us has something else we're good at. For me, I'm such a people person and I'm plugged into a lot of different communities that may not be plugged into the Guild. I really want recruitment to be my wheelhouse, to make our group bigger, stronger, more diverse.
There are so many people who identify as writers and who are living as writers. In Mississippi, in Alabama, in Georgia, where I'm from. I would love to see us have more regional outreach.
Over the decades, the Guild has addressed many hot-button issues in the publishing industry, such as photocopying, licensing, censorship, the rise of e-books and piracy. What do you see as a central issue today? What worries you, as a writer?
Jones: I always think about the question of access. I am very concerned about people who don't live in New York, people who don't have mentors and don't know the way in. There are so many important stories being written by people who don't know the way in. That has always bothered me. You cannot apply for or go for things you haven't heard of.
When I was a little baby writer, I had never heard of so many things. I can't remember how I found out about the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, but I went. Other people were talking about all kinds of opportunities that I'd never heard of. I went to my room and I cried into my hands, because I thought, how will I ever catch up? I'm not from the background that a lot of these people have. I have a story, but I don't know how to do things.
You don't even know where to look. I found out about so many things because I bought this book from PEN with grants and awards available to American writers. I would read it every day and circle things and apply for all manner of things. If I hadn't stumbled upon that book — such a simple resource, that book.
When I was a young writer, back when people used to blog, I had a blog that was all about getting the word out. That was my whole reason for living, getting the word out to people who weren't plugged in. There are so many stories; so many people have so much to say. There's no one without a voice. We have to help amplify these voices. That, for me, is my ongoing issue.
The Internet doesn't always help. There's too much information out there and people can take false turns.
Jones: There are so many people scamming on writers who don't know, who are just trying. I want to be a champion for the people who are outside. Save the young people; save the new people! Save the people who are not young in years but who are young in this career.
Tayari Jones is the author of the novels Leaving Atlanta, The Untelling, Silver Sparrow and An American Marriage, forthcoming from Algonquin Books in February 2018. She has written for The New York Times, Tin House, The Believer and Callaloo. Her awards and honors include the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction, a Lifetime Achievement Award in Fine Arts from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Radcliffe Institute.
Photo credit: Nina Subin


The drum, explains Carl Moore, is the heartbeat of Mother Earth, a revered matron who takes care of and provides for her people.
"That's why we call it Mother because that's what our mothers do. They do those deeds for us; they nurture us," said Moore, chair of Peaceful Advocates for Native Dialogues and Organizing Support.
He made these remarks during the city's inaugural Indigenous Peoples Day celebration moments before he and Mason Runs Through, a Provo resident and member of the Assiniboine Tribe, performed a traditional dance.
Festivities to commemorate Salt Lake City's first Indigenous Peoples Day in the books took place outside the downtown library and featured traditional dances, songs and prayers, as well as some contemporary celebrations, such as DJ Beeso, a Navajo originally from New Mexico, who manned the turntable.
"This is a day to remember the true inhabitants of this land," Beeso told City Weekly.
On Oct. 3, the Salt Lake City Council voted unanimously to declare the second Monday in October Indigenous Peoples Day, alongside Columbus Day, a federal holiday that many people find fraught due to Christopher Columbus' ethnocentric and ruthless interactions with Native people in the Americas.
Moroni Benally, co-founder of the Utah League of Native American Voters, noted this would be a day Native American children could experience with pride, contrasting it to his own schooling where he was made to recite "a silly poem" about Columbus.
Utah Diné Bikéyah, the organization that petitioned the government to designate Bears Ears as a national monument, was another organizing partner.


text:
RYAN FITZGERALD
Travis, No. 13 Florida State beat Oklahoma in Cheez-It Bowl
Jordan Travis threw for 418 yards and two touchdowns and No. 13 Florida State beat Oklahoma 35-32 on Thursday night in the Cheez-It Bowl.
Fitzgerald field goal lifts Florida St. past Syracuse, 33-30
Ryan Fitzgerald made a 34-yard field-goal as time expired to lift Florida State to its first win of the season, 33-30 over Syracuse.
Cunningham guides Louisville past winless Florida State
Malik Cunningham had four touchdowns _ two passing and two rushing _ as Louisville held off Florida State's second-half rally, 31-23, in the Cardinals' Atlantic Coast Conference opener.
No. 9 Notre Dame escapes with OT victory Florida State
Jonathan Doerer made a 41-yard field goal in overtime and No. 9 Notre Dame escaped with a 41-38 victory after Florida State overcame an 18-point deficit Sunday night.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


nutraeffects Sale . . .
Take advantage of our sale price for nutraeffects skin creams. I use and LOVE hydration and ageless and it really has improved the texture and softness of my face.
Previous Post SALES GOING ON … shopping.
Next Post Our Mark Avon Line . . .


text:
Fri, Oct 28, 2022 page1
China undermines 'status quo': Blinken
NO NEW 'COLD WAR': Even though the US does not try to 'contain or restrain' China, Washington is standing up for its values, the US secreatary of state said
By Jonathan Chin / Staff Writer, with Bloomberg
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday accused China of undermining a decades-old "status quo" that has kept Washington and Beijing from going to war over Taiwan, saying China was trying to "speed up" its seizure of the nation.
"What's changed is this — a decision by the government in Beijing that that status quo was no longer acceptable, that they wanted to speed up the process by which they would pursue reunification," Blinken said in an interview at Bloomberg's offices in Washington.
"They also, I think, made decisions about how they would do that, including exerting more pressure on Taiwan, coercion — making life difficult in a variety of ways on Taiwan in the hopes that that would speed reunification," he said.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during an event to celebrate Diwali at the US Department of State in Washington on Wednesday.
The latest comments from the top US diplomat rebuking China over Taiwan expand on Blinken's statements from last week that China might seize Taiwan on a "much faster timeline" than previously thought.
Blinken's latest criticism, part of a broader war of words between Washington and Beijing, also came shortly after Beijing wrapped up its twice-a-decade Chinese Communist Party congress, which saw Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) consolidate his power.
Taiwan remains the key flash point and the most likely source of conflict between the US and China. Tensions over the nation spiked dramatically when US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi defied Beijing's warnings and visited Taipei in August.
Blinken said the US and China were now clearly engaged in a global competition to shape international affairs, with Beijing pushing back against the US to champion an "illiberal" world order.
"We don't look for conflict. We don't want a cold war. We're not trying to contain or restrain China," Blinken said. "But equally, we're resolute in standing up for our interests, standing up for our values. And again, when it comes to Taiwan, standing up for the proposition that's held for decades, that these differences need to be managed and resolved peacefully."
In Taipei, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) spokeswoman Joanne Ou (歐江安) slammed China for conducting military drills in Taiwan's airspace and waters around the nation since August, saying that the drills raised cross-strait tensions without any provocation.
The US government has issued multiple joint statements with like-minded countries to show its concern for peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, she said, adding that Taiwan is to continue strengthening its self-defense capabilities, the security partnership with the US, and cooperation with Japan and other like-minded partners to defend the country's sovereignty, democratic way of life, peace and an international order based on shared values.
Mainland Affairs Council Deputy Minister Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正) said the government is "steadfast in the defense of national sovereignty, freedom and democracy without any room for compromise."
The government insists on a free and democratic constitutional order, a mutually non-subordinate relationship with China, sovereignty and determining the future of the country with Taiwanese representing the social consensus in the nation, he said, adding that there can be no compromises on the four issues.
Additional reporting by Chen Yu-fu


text:
package beta.video;

import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;

import com.google.cloud.testing.junit4.MultipleAttemptsRule;
import io.grpc.StatusRuntimeException;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;

/** Integration (system) tests for {@link StreamingShotChangeDetection}. */
@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
@SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:abbreviationaswordinname")
public class StreamingShotChangeDetectionIT {
  @Rule public final MultipleAttemptsRule multipleAttemptsRule = new MultipleAttemptsRule(3);

  private ByteArrayOutputStream bout;
  private PrintStream out;
  private PrintStream originalPrintStream;

  @Before
  public void setUp() {
    bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    out = new PrintStream(bout);
    originalPrintStream = System.out;
    System.setOut(out);
  }

  @After
  public void tearDown() {
    // restores print statements in the original method
    System.out.flush();
    System.setOut(originalPrintStream);
  }

  @Test
  public void testStreamingShotChangeDetection()
      throws IOException, TimeoutException, StatusRuntimeException {
    StreamingShotChangeDetection.streamingShotChangeDetection("resources/cat.mp4");
    String got = bout.toString();

    assertThat(got).contains("Shot: 0.0");
    assertThat(got).contains("to 14.8");
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
The Ministry of Defense called the timing of admission to the Aerospace Forces of shock drones
The Aerospace Forces (VKS) of the Russian Federation will begin to receive multi-purpose attack drones as early as next year, said Lieutenant General Sergei Dronov, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.
According to the general, the Russian army is currently armed with short-range, short-range and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles. From next year, long-range strike reconnaissance drones will begin to enter the troops, they have already been tested, including in Syria, confirming the ability to hit targets with high-precision ammunition.
Next year, the troops will begin to receive multipurpose long-range and long-range unmanned aerial vehicles capable of not only conducting aerial reconnaissance, but also hitting enemy targets with high-precision ammunition in strategic depth.
- said Dronov, without specifying which drones will go into service with the Russian Aerospace Forces.
The deputy commander-in-chief explained that drones are used to solve a wide range of tasks, including reconnaissance, strike, transportation, etc., as well as to solve problems where the use of a manned aviation limited and ineffective.
For our part, we note that in an interview with the deputy head of the Aerospace Forces, it is unlikely that the supply of the S-70 Okhotnik heavy attack drone, since it has just recently begun a test cycle, as well as the Altius medium drone, which is also being tested, is hardly discussed. Most likely, the Orion unmanned complex is being prepared for delivery. This medium-altitude drone is capable of carrying up to 4 missiles and performing reconnaissance functions. In 2019, Orion was tested in Syria, after which it was sent to the Russian Aerospace Forces for experimental combat operation.
The long-duration UAV Orion was created by the Kronstadt company within the framework of the Inokhodets development project under a contract with the Ministry of Defense. It is assumed that it will be supplied to the troops in two versions: reconnaissance and shock.
NATO will spend 3 billion euros on the program Global HawkIn Zhukovsky, in even years ...
svp67 12 August 2020 08: 49
said the deputy commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Lieutenant General Sergei Dronov
I think that in matters of UAVs, a person with SUCH surname should be trusted
HAM 12 August 2020 09: 03
Honestly, I strain a lot when Rogozin says something ... I hope that Dronov is not such a balabol ...
A. Privalov 12 August 2020 09: 04
For the time being, I will refrain and continue to trust the carriers of the names Rabinovich and Shapiro in matters of UAVs.
Greg Miller 12 August 2020 09: 06
The military-industrial complex of Russia is arranged very simply, if there are Soviet developments, there is a real weapon, and if there are no Soviet developments, then they are talking about the "unparalleled world" and tomorrow or the day after tomorrow it will begin to enter the troops ...
Sidor Amenpodestovich 12 August 2020 09: 16
Is your name really Greg Miller? If not, could you please tell us why you chose this pseudonym?
CSKA 12 August 2020 12: 09
Quote: Greg Miller
The military-industrial complex of Russia is arranged very simply, if there are Soviet developments, there is a real weapon, and if there are no Soviet developments, then it is used
))))) But what was it about the USSR so badly, there was no groundwork for strike UAVs? Did the USSR have any experience on stealth? Not? Does the Russian Federation have it? Were there any developments in the USSR on combat robots or hypersonic weapons?
Tzar 12 August 2020 12: 43
Of course, there were projects in the USSR and robots, and stealth, and starships, and warp engines and everything else. And if something did not exist and suddenly appeared in the Russian Federation, then these are all stolen ingenious developments of the USA / Israel. Whether it is China, from a poor country in 30 years has turned into a technology giant! And all by myself, without outside help!
Thunderbolt 12 August 2020 09: 09
In September 1981, S.V. Dronov, being a second year cadet of the Yeisk Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots, as part of a pair of L-29 training aircraft, worked out piloting techniques in the area of the city of Bataysk, Rostov Region.
His L-29 was at an altitude of 1200 m when a bird hit the air intake of the aircraft. The result of the hit was the stop of the only engine.
Having contacted by radio communication with the flight director, Dronov reported what had happened. A command followed from the ground to use a counter launch. After several attempts to start, the engine will not start.
The option of ejecting the pilot was ruled out, due to the location of the aircraft over the residential area of Bataysk, the fall of the car would inevitably lead to casualties on the ground.
After assessing the situation, cadet Dronov decided to land the plane with the landing gear retracted on a mowed field outside the city. After requesting permission from the flight director, the pilot proceeded to a systematic reduction. Landing on the field was rather smooth, the overload was 1,2 g. With the landing gear retracted, the aircraft landed safely on its belly, plowing several tens of meters along the ground.
By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, cadet S. Dronov was awarded the Order of the Red Star for his courage and heroism. It was a rare occasion when a cadet was awarded the order.
The Little Humpbacked Horse 12 August 2020 10: 13
Quote: Thunderbolt
The option to eject the pilot was ruled out due to the location of the aircraft over a residential area.
And who will explain why to make training flights over residential buildings?
Souchastnik 12 August 2020 10: 19
In my opinion, the most sane general in the VKS, well, or one of the most.
loki565 12 August 2020 11: 57
Recently there was a similar case, only a bird hit on takeoff.
aszzz888 12 August 2020 08: 49
The Aerospace Forces (VKS) of the Russian Federation will begin to receive multipurpose attack drones from next year
It turns out in half a year, approximately, you can expect shock workers in the troops. Not bad, however.
Hydrography Bay Golden Horn 12 August 2020 08: 57
Where is his flight and hitting the target ...? Illusions
carstorm 11 12 August 2020 09: 02
have you turned off the internet?
Falsification
of course)
all photoshop) or you can find a bunch of videos in the search)
Runoway 12 August 2020 10: 24
I saw him, I have an oil pipeline next to my house, regularly either Robinson or Ka-26 flies with inspection, and then suddenly it's a miracle, I thought that the oilmen had replaced the turntable with a drone. It turned out that the tests were taking place, it is so big and moves at very low speeds, as a result, it crashed in our area
Voyager 12 August 2020 11: 13
Quote: Hydrograph of the Golden Horn
This is you and all your comments are falsification.
Cyril G ... 12 August 2020 09: 55
His brains were turned off ...
lucul 12 August 2020 09: 58
Yes to us)))
On the topic - the propeller behind, pushing, it is very difficult to control such a drone (landing). Although this scheme is accepted all over the world)))
Rzzz 12 August 2020 12: 07
Quote: lucul
it is very difficult to control such a drone (landing).
On the contrary, it is easier. There is no deviation from the oblique flow around the fuselage with a swirling jet from the propeller. Most training models are made with a push prop.
And nothing flickers from the front, it doesn't interfere with the cameras looking forward.
Have you heard anything about the evolutionary speed? )))
Not. Explain.
Let me explain - the plane has 6 degrees of freedom and it turns in space thanks to the elevators, directions and ailerons. They require a certain amount of air flow on these rudders to be effective. When the propeller is in front (pulling), it itself creates a flow of air on the elevators and rudders, due to which it is possible to control at speeds below the stall speed.
With a pushing propeller (propeller at the back), it is necessary to maintain a certain flight speed so that the air flow on the elevators and directions allows them to be controlled. To put it simply, the front propeller itself creates the necessary air flow, so the landing speed can be kept lower, and therefore safer.
The problem is solved by using a long wing with mechanization, plus the fact that the autopilot controls more accurately than a person - there are enough surfaces that are there.
They fly normally, in general.
Pereira 12 August 2020 09: 03
Provide your address.
bar 12 August 2020 09: 05
it is unlikely that we are talking about the supply of a heavy attack drone S-70 "Okhotnik"
It's a pity. Rather, it would be launched, a good thing.
Zaurbek 12 August 2020 09: 07
The competitor of "Bayraktar" will be.
donavi49 12 August 2020 09: 43
Anki. Bayraktar is a different class and a different weight is more consumable. This has not yet been done in the gland. And Orion is like Anka in terms of load and in terms of the main parameters +/-.
Gorecc 12 August 2020 09: 53
What's that on his pendants? on the left, like a cirit rocket, and on the right, what is this Turkish helfair?)
UMTAS most likely.
On the engine, it seems, Bayraktar ...
Grazdanin 12 August 2020 10: 31
Bayraktar is completely different
Oquzyurd 12 August 2020 14: 26
For you interesting news from TEI, 6 engines in 9 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e5_ofHw1tM
1. PD-170 (dvigla for a drone) in the series, we already know about it. 1 minute 30 s
2.TS 1400 Turbosaft (1660 L) helicopter engine in series. 2 minutes 15 seconds
3.TJ 300 Turbojet (weight less than 30 kg, 400 l) in a series of anti-ship rocket engines (dia. 240 mm, pushing
force 1300 N) 3 min. 13 s.
4.T 700-701 D Turbosaft Helicopter engine (2000 l) In series, 236 units ordered, 17 have already been produced. 3 minutes 55 sec.
Today the second Akinchy made its first flight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoktKENgWxU
A very nice car. It resembles an eagle in flight.
Yes, the design is awesome. When the wheels are removed, generally unparalleled look.
By the way, it seems for the first time the real sound of the engine on the video, from 0,28 s. In previous videos there was no engine sound.
g1v2 12 August 2020 10: 49
Rather, we are talking about the corsair. That, in fact, looks more like a bayraktar.
APASUS 12 August 2020 09: 14
Interestingly, ours are ready to change the tactics of military operations based on the use of UAVs? In fact, this is another level
In Syria, we'll see. First of all, they will be used against dushmans. Most likely, they will be hanged over Idlib around the clock.
Quote: Zaurbek
In Syria, we'll see.
So here I am about it. Hang a couple of these over the city, one scout and another drummer.
But for this, the tactics of using troops, regulations, planning in principle must change.
vVvAD 12 August 2020 15: 16
Already changed - taking into account the use of UAVs for reconnaissance purposes.
The state order for the development of shock workers would not have arisen without an analysis of the opening opportunities and the development of relevant doctrines and guidelines. And since there is a state order for the development and purchase of Orion (and it was developed on an initiative basis only at the first stage), then - rest assured - everything necessary has been done, especially taking into account the development of the developed procedures on Orion with targeted use on the expected Altius and the Hunter. Moreover, during its development, testing, certification, creation of a military modification and preparation of mass production, there was a lot of time to carry out the corresponding changes.
5-9 12 August 2020 16: 33
What kind of operations? Against the slippers? What is there to change something? Instead of 1 drying, they will start up a couple of these and that's it
rocket757 12 August 2020 09: 44
It's okay, the process is going on.
It's not necessary to chase after someone, you need to start making all the important components yourself ... of proper quality and PRICE!
Orion has an Austrian engine.
Therefore, neither the Yak-152 nor Orion went to the Series. For them it is corny there is no motor
We can agree with the Turks, they will sell the PD-170 dvigla for drones.
Mitroha 12 August 2020 22: 21
Quote: donavi49
So it seemed like it was infa that we set up production


I previously read and reviewed another book in the From Manhattan With Love series, which makes this the second book in the series for me. Moonlight over Manhattan was a sugary sweet time-passer. It was quite like the Hallmark and Lifetime movies that so many enjoy this time of year. Nothing too exciting, nothing too groundbreaking, just a nice, pleasant romance.


Cliquez une catégorie pour voir toutes compositions de Patrick Hawes dans cette catégorie. Cliquez le titre d'une composition pour voir informations plus détaillées.
Version for VOCES8 (SSAATTBB and Alto Saxophone). Composed by Patrick Hawes. Choral. Sacred. Vocal Score. 16 pages. Novello & Co Ltd. #MUSNOV294888. Published by Novello & Co Ltd. (HL.14043393).
Composed by Patrick Hawes. Walton Choral. Octavo. 8 pages. Walton Music #WW1648. Published by Walton Music (GI.WW1648).
Composed by Patrick Hawes. Walton Choral. 48 pages. Walton Music #WW1625. Published by Walton Music (GI.WW1625).
Soprano and Harp. Composed by Patrick Hawes. Music Sales America. Classical. Book Only. Novello & Co Ltd. #MUSNOV293073. Published by Novello & Co Ltd. (HL.14041884).
By Patrick Hawes. Classical, Film/TV. Piano Solo. 3 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music (HX.20147).
By Patrick Hawes. Classical. Piano Solo. 4 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music (HX.365803).
Find scores for Patrick Hawes at Sheet Music Plus.


How to show the name of an employee in the salary journal?
Hi. We are trying to export some of the positions from the salary journal. Our goal is it to create a template with the salary calculation of a year for each employee. When i show the bookings in the salary journal, i see the period, the amount, the account, the reference (e.g.Payslip/001), but i cant search after the employees name.
How can i show the employes name on the position of the booking? Or is there some other way to calculate the salary and the deductions an employee earned in a year? Thx.


text:
Mobile // Mobile Applications
Mitch Wagner
Google, The Sea Monster, And The Big Whirlpool
The headline on today's top story, "Google's Achilles' Heel," references classical mythology. Here's another classical mythology reference that's not mentioned in the story: Scylla and Charybdis. In Greek mythology, Scylla was a monster who lived on one side of the Strait of Messia. A whirlpool named Charybdis was on the other side of the strait. Ships passing through the channel had to carefully steer a course between the two hazards. If they went too wrong in one direction, the sea monster g
The headline on today's top story, "Google's Achilles' Heel," references classical mythology. Here's another classical mythology reference that's not mentioned in the story: Scylla and Charybdis.
In Greek mythology, Scylla was a monster who lived on one side of the Strait of Messia. A whirlpool named Charybdis was on the other side of the strait. Ships passing through the channel had to carefully steer a course between the two hazards. If they went too wrong in one direction, the sea monster got 'em, and if they went wrong in the other direction, they went down under the whirlpool.
(Still other navigational errors would result in their being stranded on Gilligan's Island. But ancient Greek legends don't discuss that.)
Reading over "Google's Achilles' Heel," I'm struck that Google is attempting to navigate between Scylla and Charybdis.The company gets virtually all its enormous revenues from keyword-related advertising. Type a search term into Google, and you'll see ads that are triggered by that keyword. Similarly, if certain keywords are present in a Gmail mail message, or on an external site that belongs to Google's ad network, you'll see ads related to those keywords as well.
That's a huge, and growing, business. But how long will that last? As our story points out, only until somebody else comes up with better algorithms.
Google appears to be aware of this, that's why it's scrambling to develop new products and services at a frenetic pace.
But in doing so, it can't lose sight of the original business.
It needs to innovate and create new businesses, while also avoiding losing sight of the old business. In other words, it needs to navigate between Scylla and Charybdis.
Read our story for more insight into the threats facing Google: In addition to excessive reliance on search advertising, there are also lawsuits, eroding public trust, lack of focus, and the competitive threat from Microsoft.
And, in other Google coverage: Google News is out of beta, and we have a review of Google Pack, the recently-released bundle of desktop software for personal productivity, security, and fun.
If today's Google coverage leaves you hungry for more, we're running another major Google story on Monday. I just read a draft, and it's a beaut; I'm eager to see the finished product, and for you to read it.
What do you think? Can Google successfully steer through the threats facing it?


text:
TV ReviewsBetter ThingsSeason 2
Some lessons are learned a little too easily on Better Things
Filed to: RecapFiled to: Recap
Rebecca Metz
(Photo: Jessica Brooks/FX Networks)
TV ReviewsAll of our TV reviews in one convenient place.
There's really no such thing as being disappointed by an episode of Better Things (certainly not yet). And I don't expect the show to plumb the emotional depths it did last week in "Phil" with every outing, because it would be exhausting for everyone involved. The show often operates in standalone mode, mining as much pathos from a handful of storylines as it can before moving on to the next batch. So, all things considered, jumping from the poignant exchanges between ailing mother and flailing daughter to a kind of montage of working-actor scenes for Sam is very much in keeping with the show's structure.
Better ThingsSeason 2
But there's still something jarring about shifting from the closing scenes of "Phil" to the kind of "business as usual" opening we get this week in "Eulogy." It feels like there should be some follow-up or check-in or something after Celia Imrie dropped Phil's act. Sam didn't tell her kids that their grandmother is in the hospital last week, not even when asked directly where Phil was. She's likely just protecting them, especially if she has reason to believe that Phil is going to be okay (that is, reason beyond optimism and her stubborn insistence on looking after her mother no matter what). But at first glance, it seems a little careless to drop that particular thread.
At least Sam's lessons to her students seem to touch on similar subjects, her directive to find a way to "make it work" echoing last week's themes. Unlike in previous episodes this season, we don't get any cutaways or flashbacks that illustrate where her mind is wandering, or if it is. Instead, she's focused on imparting the lesson that "the skill you're gonna need for steady work is to make shitty writing mean something." She urges her students to elevate whatever dreck they've been cast in, while also reminding them that they have to appear real onscreen. And to do that, they must always be vulnerable. "They want to see you at your weakest," she says of audiences.
Cut to Sam experiencing a "20-second version of Groundhog Day that's somehow still longer," or: a car commercial shoot. It's a smart, funny sequence that once again underscores just how tedious acting can be. Not just commercial or sitcom performances, either. Better Things makes it clear that no matter the gig, whether it's opposite David Duchovny or in a car with a co-star making speeding noises with his mouth, there's so much repetition and seemingly meaningless distinctions that it often sucks the fun right out of what you're doing.
Even though she's not in school, Sam gives so many different readings of "Can I drive now?" that she really should be charging anyone who's keeping track for the lesson. And it's another indication that Pamela Adlon is having so much fun showing off the nuts and bolts of a working actor's career. But she also manages to rein that all in to demonstrate the workaday nature of it all. And the patience Sam shows throughout—even though she jokes with the makeup artist and her car companion about the drawn-out shoot, she's also quick to let them know that there are worse gigs. And again, she would know.
That soul-sucking experience is more than enough to earn her some peace at home, but as we see in "Eulogy," her house isn't much of a refuge for Sam. The lead up to her really laying into Frankie and Max builds so gracefully, pulling from Sam's description of the audience that craves your vulnerability—like say, your preteen and teen daughter would, especially if they then wanted to exploit that weakness. And that revelation comes together in a way that rattles everyone, including Rich and Tressa.
Adlon takes us through Sam's day to show just how worn out she should be (and is) by the time she gets home. On most nights, she would brace or numb herself for more abuse. But there's something different about this particular evening. This time, when Max and Frankie blow past a commercial Sam did, she does tell them it was rude. When they scoff about prestige of her projects, she reminds them that those gigs paid for their lifestyle. And when they tell her she's being overly dramatic, she storms out of the house. It's hard to say what it is, exactly, aside from exhaustion or frustration, that finally makes her snap.
The build-up here is realistic, as the drip-drop water torture nature of Sam's day eventually breaks the dam. And Sam's exasperation (or whatever comes after) rings true. That speech—"I want it now. I don't want to wait until I'm dead for my kids to appreciate me"—is cathartic and revolutionary for her. She's never quite vocalized what she needs from her kids, in part because moms aren't really supposed to ask for anything in return. But there seems to be a step missing between this blow-up and their reconciliation. Cutting away to the bar just stalls for time instead of forcing Max and Frankie to confront the way they treat their mom. "Eulogy" doesn't really touch on what prompts their change of heart; if it was the simple act of Sam walking out, then why didn't she get a bigger response to leaving for the weekend with Robin a couple episodes ago?
But though there's some glossing over of the third act, "Eulogy" still works overall. The sweet speeches and tears that flow for the second attempt at eulogizing Sam (and Duke, sorry; I forgot she also "died") are affecting; it was as much a revelation to learn that Frankie has seen so many of Sam's credits as it was for Max to reveal that she refuses to do the same because she's never really wanted to share Sam. Their eulogies provide some much-needed context for their behavior this season; knowing about her jealousy, Max's attachment to Sam this season makes more sense and seems less sudden. And I know I've commented on the foreshadowing this season, I can't help but think that this will somehow end up tying in with Phil's storyline. Then again, maybe all that "Eulogy" is putting to rest is some of Sam's resentment.
Stray observations
The acting students' rapt attention during class ended up providing the perfect juxtaposition to Sam's indifferent family later.
"She's my pace car"—Tressa doesn't try to keep up with Sam, but she does find her superhuman capability comforting.
The first two thirds of the episode paid off to some extent, as was pretty brutal to watch Frankie and Max be so dismissive of poor Sam, especially after the day she'd had (and seems to always have). Adlon really dealt a blow there.
Did the eulogy scene remind anyone else of Empire Records?
Deputy TV Editor


text:
Jacques Réda est un écrivain français né à Lunéville le . Il a dirigé La Nouvelle Revue française de 1987 à 1996.

Biographie

Jacques Réda est poète, auteur de récits en prose, éditeur et chroniqueur de jazz. Il est membre du comité de lecture des éditions Gallimard. Il collabore régulièrement avec Jazz Magazine depuis 1963, a été directeur de la NRF (Nouvelle Revue Française) de 1987 à 1996 et a publié plusieurs ouvrages sur le jazz dont L'Improviste (1980) qui propose une lecture de ce phénomène musical et Le Grand orchestre (2011), consacré à Duke Ellington.

Réda parcourt les pieds à solex. Il a fait à de nombreuses reprises l'éloge de la lenteur dans sa poésie. Daniel S. Larangé met en évidence la manière subtile et discrète par laquelle l'espace urbain est mis au service d'une réflexion poétique et théologique, notamment dans Rue de Terre-Neuve.

Prix
 1970 : prix Broquette-Gonin (littérature) de l'Académie française pour l'ensemble de son œuvre poétique.
 1983 : prix Valery-Larbaud  pour l'ensemble de son œuvre.
 1983 : prix François Coppée de l'Académie française pour Hors les murs... de Paris
 1988 : grand prix de poésie de la SGDL (Société des gens de lettres) pour l'ensemble de son œuvre.
 1995 : prix Maïse Ploquin-Caunan de l'Académie française pour L'Incorrigible
 1997 : grand prix de poésie de l'Académie française pour l'ensemble de son œuvre.
 1999 : prix Goncourt de la poésie.
 2013 : prix Roger-Kowalski-grand prix de poésie de la ville de Lyon.
 2019 : prix Roger-Caillois

Œuvres

Notes et références

Bibliographie
 Federico Castigliano, « Le divertissement du texte. Écriture et flânerie chez Jacques Réda », Poétique, 167, , pp. 461–476
 Federico Castigliano, « Sept questions à Jacques Réda », La Revue littéraire, 42, , pp. 13–18
 Bernadette Engel-Roux, Rivage des Gètes. Une lecture de Jacques Réda, Babel éditeur, Mazamet, 1999, 144 p.
 Didier da Silva, « Jacques Réda. Une tectonique des sentiments », revue Vies contemporaines, Clermont-Ferrand, , automne 1996
 Yves-Alain Favre (dir.), « Approches de Jacques Réda », actes du colloque organisé à l'université de Pau le  sous la direction d'Yves-Alain Favre, textes réunis par Christine Van Rogger Andreucci, Centre de recherche sur la poésie contemporaine, Publications de l'université de Pau, Pau, 1994, 140 p.
 Marie Joqueviel-Bourjea, Jacques Réda, la dépossession heureuse : habiter quand même, L'Harmattan, 2006
 Jean-Michel Maulpoix, Jacques Réda, coll. « Poètes d'aujourd'hui » , Seghers, Paris, 1986, 192 p.

 Hervé Micolet (dir.), Lire Réda, Presses universitaires de Lyon, 1994, 310 p.
 Pascale Rougé, Aux frontières. Sur Jacques Réda, coll. « Objet », Presses universitaires du Septentrion, Villeneuve d'Ascq, 2002, 192 p.
 « Roulette » entretiens et dossiers, Jacques Réda, Alain Gluckstein, La Femelle du Requin , 2012
Jacques Réda, à pied d'œuvre, Honoré Champion, 2015
Jacques Réda ou la généalogie d'une œuvre, Christine Dupouy, 2017
 Amaury Nauroy, Une bouffée d'air frais. Portrait de Jacques Réda, Revue Esprit (site en ligne), novembre, 2022

Liens externes

 Site consacré à Jacques Réda
 Entretien avec Jacques Réda sur Le Grand Orchestre
 Entretien avec Jacques Réda à la médiathèque de Toulouse
 « Écrire Paris », conférence à l'Université de tous les savoirs, le

Naissance à Lunéville
Écrivain français du XXe siècle
Écrivain français du XXIe siècle
Poète français du XXe siècle
Poète français du XXIe siècle
Auteur publié par les éditions Seghers
Auteur publié par les éditions Gallimard
Auteur publié par les éditions Stock
Auteur publié par les éditions Le Temps qu'il fait
Auteur publié par les éditions Fata Morgana
Auteur publié par les éditions Verdier
Auteur publié par les éditions Buchet-Chastel
Critique musical français
Critique de jazz
Lauréat du prix Broquette-Gonin (littérature)
Lauréat du prix Goncourt de la poésie
Lauréat du prix Max-Jacob
Lauréat du grand prix de poésie de l'Académie française
Lauréat du prix Valery-Larbaud
Naissance en janvier 1929

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


PerkinElmer Metallo-Organic Standards provide a comprehensive solution to your application needs.
Proficiency testing standards with instant feedback Each product is shipped with a comprehensive Certificate of Analysis. Our Metallo-Organic Standards have been designed to give you the confidence you need when analyzing difficult samples.


text:
using AsyncUtilities;
using DragonSpark.Compose.Model.Operations.Allocated;
using DragonSpark.Compose.Model.Results;
using DragonSpark.Compose.Model.Selection;
using DragonSpark.Model.Operations;
using DragonSpark.Model.Results;
using DragonSpark.Model.Selection;
using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using ValueTask = System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask;

namespace DragonSpark.Compose.Model.Operations;

public class OperationResultSelector<T> : ResultContext<ValueTask<T>>
{
	public static implicit operator OperateOf<T>(OperationResultSelector<T> instance) => instance.Get().Get;

	public static implicit operator AwaitOf<T>(OperationResultSelector<T> instance) => instance.Get().Await;

	public OperationResultSelector(IResult<ValueTask<T>> instance) : base(instance) {}

	public OperationSelector Terminate(ISelect<T, ValueTask> command) => Terminate(command.Get);

	public OperationSelector Terminate() => Terminate(_ => ValueTask.CompletedTask);

	public OperationSelector Terminate(Func<T, ValueTask> command) => new(new ConfiguredTermination<T>(Get(), command));

	public OperationSelector Terminate(Action<T> command)
		=> new(new ConfiguredTermination<T>(Get(), Start.A.Command(command).Operation()));

	public OperationResultSelector<T> Watching(CancellationToken token) => Watching(Start.A.Result(token));

	public OperationResultSelector<T> Watching(IResult<CancellationToken> token) => Watching(token.Get);

	public OperationResultSelector<T> Watching(Func<CancellationToken> token)
		=> new(new TokenAwareOperationResult<T>(Get(), token));

	public OperationResultSelector<TTo> Select<TTo>(ISelecting<T, TTo> select) => Select(select.Get);

	public OperationResultSelector<TTo> Select<TTo>(Func<T, ValueTask<TTo>> select)
		=> new(new SelectingResult<T, TTo>(Get().Out(), select));

	public OperationResultSelector<TTo> Select<TTo>(Func<T, TTo> select)
		=> new(new OperationResulting<T, TTo>(Get().Get, select));

	public AllocatedResultComposer<T> Allocate() => new(Get().Then().Select(x => x.AsTask()).Get());
}

public class OperationResultSelector<_, T> : Selector<_, ValueTask<T>>
{
	public static implicit operator Operate<_, T>(OperationResultSelector<_, T> instance) => instance.Get().Get;

	public static implicit operator Await<_, T>(OperationResultSelector<_, T> instance) => instance.Get().Await;

	public static implicit operator Await<_>(OperationResultSelector<_, T> instance) => instance.Terminate();

	public OperationResultSelector(ISelect<_, ValueTask<T>> subject) : base(subject) {}

	public TaskSelector<_, T> Allocate() => new(Get().Select(SelectTask<T>.Default));

	public OperationResultSelector<_, TTo> Select<TTo>(ISelect<T, TTo> select) => Select(select.Get);

	public OperationResultSelector<_, TTo> Select<TTo>(ISelect<T, ValueTask<TTo>> select) => Select(select.Get);

	public OperationResultSelector<_, TTo> Select<TTo>(Func<T, ValueTask<TTo>> select)
	{
		var subject = new Selecting<_, T, TTo>(Get().Get, select);
		var result  = new OperationResultSelector<_, TTo>(subject);
		return result;
	}

	public new OperationResultSelector<_, (_ In, T Out)> Introduce()
		=> new DragonSpark.Model.Operations.Introduce<_, T>(Get()).Then();

	public OperationResultSelector<_, TTo> Select<TTo>(Func<T, TTo> select)
		=> new(Get().Select(new OperationSelect<T, TTo>(select)));

	public OperationResultSelector<_, T> Using(CancellationToken parameter)
		=> new(new TokenAware<_, T>(Get(), parameter));

	public OperationResultSelector<T> Bind(IResult<ValueTask<_>> parameter) => Bind(parameter.Get);
	public OperationResultSelector<T> Bind(Func<ValueTask<_>> parameter)
		=> new(new Binding<_, T>(this.Out(), parameter));

	public OperationResultSelector<_, T> Protecting() => Protecting(new AsyncLock());

	public OperationResultSelector<_, T> Protecting(AsyncLock @lock)
		=> new(new Protecting<_, T>(Get().Await, @lock));

	public OperationResultSelector<_, T> Configure(Action<T> configure)
		=> new(Get().Select(new Configure<T>(configure)));

	public OperationContext<_> Terminate(ISelect<T, ValueTask> command) => Terminate(command.Get);

	public new OperationContext<_> Terminate() => Terminate(_ => ValueTask.CompletedTask);

	public OperationContext<_> Terminate(Func<T, ValueTask> command)
		=> new(Get().Select(new OperationSelect<T>(command)));

	public OperationContext<_> Terminate(Action<T> command) => new(Get().Select(new InvokingParameter<T>(command)));

	public OperationResultSelector<_, T> Watching(CancellationToken token) => Watching(Start.A.Result(token));

	public OperationResultSelector<_, T> Watching(IResult<CancellationToken> token) => Watching(token.Get);

	public OperationResultSelector<_, T> Watching(Func<CancellationToken> token)
		=> new(new TokenAwareSelecting<_, T>(Get(), token));
}


text:
As Facebook deletes more than a billion users' face templates, Illinoisans still waiting on payout
Written by Greg Bishop | The Center Square
Facebook unveiled the company's new name and logo outside its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. after announcing that it is changing its name to Meta Platforms Inc. AP Photo/Tony Avelar
(The Center Square) – That check from Facebook for violating Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act by cataloging faces without permission isn't in the mail yet. It could still be a while. Despite that, the case appears to be having other impacts.
Facebook users located in Illinois after June of 2011 were eligible to file a claim in a class-action lawsuit against the social media giant for violating the state's BIPA law.
Illinoisans had a deadline of Nov. 23, 2020, to join the class action settlement. The website for the case notes final approval was granted in April. However, two class members appealed, preventing payments from being made.
"This appeal prevents payments from being made to any class members," according to the website. "Class Counsel remains committed to using every possible legal means to expedite this timeframe."
Abe Scarr with Illinois Public Interest Research Group said such appeals can take time.
"That can take up to one or two years on average," Scarr said. "I know there have been efforts to expedite the appeal but so far no success there. Unfortunately, we're going to have to wait another year if not two to hopefully finally have some settlement here."
Payments are expected to be up to $400 per person, but a fact sheet says an exact amount can't be given. That depends on how many claims are filed and the cost of fees and other attorney expenses.
While the delay may be frustrating, Meta announced earlier this month Facebook will no longer use facial recognition "as part of a company-wide move to limit the use of facial recognition in our products."
"This change will represent one of the largest shifts in facial recognition usage in the technology's history," a statement from Meta said Nov. 2. "More than a third of Facebook's daily active users have opted in to our Face Recognition setting and are able to be recognized, and its removal will result in the deletion of more than a billion people's individual facial recognition templates."
Scarr said that's a positive development, though he remains guarded.
"Knowing Facebook and Meta, I wouldn't count on them completely stopping using facial recognition technology," Scarr said. "But there seems to be some progress on that and across the country, growing recognition of some of the privacy harms that have to do with facial recognition technology."
"Looking ahead, we still see facial recognition technology as a powerful tool," Meta said. "Facial recognition can be particularly valuable when the technology operates privately on a person's own devices."
Kankakee Public Library hosting Vaccine Clinic
UPDATE: Elementary school girl missing in Will County since last week...


text:
Learning experience or free labour?
by Jordan White September 3, 2013
written by Jordan White September 3, 2013
In an economy where few things are free and time is money, many businesses and corporations are finding free labour by taking on undergraduate and graduate interns, instead of co-op students.
Ryerson and other Ontario universities offer these unpaid internships and work placements to students in a variety of programs, and the Employment Standards Act (ESA) allows companies to not pay their interns if the placement is part of their degree requirement. But a lot of students don't know that, after graduation, unpaid internships become illegal unless employers meet all of the criteria in the ESA — and that's something that most companies fail to do.
Andrew Langille is a Toronto-based lawyer who has been leading the movement to ensure that all internships are paid; especially if employers are profiting from the work of student interns. Unpaid internships are illegal after graduation because under provincial and federal labour law, anyone who works set hours and produces work that directly profits the employer is an employee and entitled to receive the minimum wage.
"If you're doing work an employer would pay to get done, and the employer derives benefits, then the person in question would have to be compensated for it. The employer shouldn't get around it by engaging in wordplay," says Langille.
The main issue, according to Langille, is that some employers are dancing around paying their interns by taking students on as interns as opposed to co-op students or volunteers. With no real regulation in place, there's no incentive to ensure businesses aren't abusing the system by giving interns menial tasks unrelated to their area of study and having them work long hours.
There appears to be a great deal of confusion within the law itself as to what the precise definition of an "internship" should be. While co-operative education placements are generally always paid, with students being provided with a significant amount of training, and done over the course of a few months, internships fall into a legal grey area.
The complication arises with unpaid internships taken on after graduation. While internships with a school program do not have to be paid under Ontario law, employers taking on interns outside the school system have to pay their interns unless they meet a stringent list of criteria set out in the ESA.
"But the criteria is so difficult to meet that virtually all internships (offered to graduates) in Ontario are illegal." says Langille.
"If the government started cracking down on companies who misuse interns, I have no doubt that corporations would start paying," says Langille, while pointing a finger at the government as the power responsible for ensuring corporate labour regulation. But he says while students at Ryerson and other universities are participating in internships for course credit, the responsibility lies with the educational institutions to ensure a safe learning environment.
Internship advisers at Ryerson do sometimes have to pull students out of placements when companies do not provide interns with program-specific work, or if they are mistreated in any way. Most faculties have a set of criteria similar to those set out in the ESA for deciding which employers are suited to taking on interns.
"We don't accept everyone, and we would never put a student in harm's way working for an agency or an agency in harm's way working with a difficult student, but it does happen," says Sheldon Reinsilber, the student affairs and internship co-ordinator for the school of child and youth care at Ryerson.
"We have a school contract, and the agency has to meet certain criteria including that the work they give students has to be relevant to the program they are in, and interns must always be supervised," says Reinsilber.
The internship co-ordinator and associate professor for Ryerson's radio and television arts (RTA) program, Marion Coomey, says that she meets with every fourth-year student during September and October to discuss the type of work they'd like to do. She says in most cases, placements have become better at giving students "meaningful work," but she agrees with Reinsilber that bad matchups do happen.
"Some bosses don't know what to do with interns, because they are unorganized. If an intern feels as though he or she is not benefiting from the placement, they can contact me and I'll make myself the bad guy and speak with the supervisor," says Coomey, adding that at Ryerson advisers take care to avoid these circumstances.
Interns take on internships to learn new skills in their specific trades.
But often they are assigned secretarial tasks such as photocopying documents, taking messages, filing and going on the dreaded coffee run for office staff. In these situations, universities and colleges often pull out their students.
According to the ESA, employers are only allowed to take on unpaid interns if the training they provide is similar to the training being given in schools, if the training benefits interns by teaching them new skills, if the employer derives little or no benefit from the intern's work, if the interns don't displace employee positions, if there is no promise of a job at the end of the work term and if the intern is advised that they won't be paid for their work.
Employers must meet all of the criteria in order to legally be exempt from paying their interns. If they don't, interns are considered employees and the company must pay them at least a minimum wage.
But there is an exception. Students who take on internships for school credit or as part of their post-secondary programs do not have to be paid under the law.
Michael Kohras graduated from Ryerson's RTA program last year. He interned at Cineplex Productions for two months as part of his program requirements.
He says he learned a lot of new skills and made a lot of great networking connections during his time with the Toronto-based production house.
But financially, he says, times were tough.
"The experience is a double-hit — not only are you not getting paid to work full-time hours, but you're also paying tuition to be there … It makes it extremely hard to pursue other income opportunities," says Kohras.
"I was working at restaurants during school on the weekends," he says, adding that he had to keep his part-time job during that time in order to be able to pay his bills.
At Ryerson, internships offered can run anywhere from six weeks to four months, and they are almost always unpaid, particularly those offered in faculties such as communication and design, and community services.
Ryerson offers co-operative education as well, but generally only for students studying science, mathematics, engineering or business technology.
Sandra Owen is a researcher and intern co-ordinator for FMC Environmental Solutions. She says that her company pays its Ryerson and University of Toronto co-op students, no matter the circumstance.
The environmental research firm hires students to assist with research and lab work and pays students $12.50 per hour, well above minimum wage.
"At the end there is a tax credit from the universities in question, but we're not paid up front to do this. We are mentoring; so the student benefits and we benefit."
FMC also receives compensation through grants for training students from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC), so the firm has a variety of incentives to pay its students. Owen says that she believes students perform at a much higher level and with more enthusiasm when they don't have to worry about their finances.
"Students would definitely have different attitudes toward the work if they weren't getting paid here. There should be a small wage of some sort for students from either grants or the corporations themselves so students don't build resentment for their placements."
But while government grants are common for employers in science and engineering fields, employers in child care and communications do not see the same assistance. Often they can only offer unpaid internships. Because of this, at universities like Ryerson, co-op programs are only available in fields such as science and engineering, in partnership with employers who get the financial incentive to pay their students. Langille says that this practice is discriminatory, but even without the grants, all employers should offer some sort of compensation.
"There is a deeper problem here with the disparity between paid and unpaid internships particularly in female dominated fields. Even within post-secondary education systems, often paid internships are in male dominated fields," he says.
Employers are now looking for employees who already have two to three years of experience in the field, making it almost impossible to start a career without participating in some sort of work placement program. This means that students find themselves taking on consecutive unpaid internships after graduation in the hopes of getting hired. These are often illegal.
"I think what schools can do to help is if they have internships available, they should be run on a co-op basis," says Kohras.
Langille agrees. he says there is no reason why corporations can't afford to offer the students some sort of remuneration, and universities should work with employers who are willing to pay to encourage change in the system. He also has recommendations for what the government can do to help students.
"Targeted tax credits should be provided for employers paying interns. They are being used already. Co-op tax credits exist and companies get something like $3,000 back for taking on a co-op student," says Langille who adds that there needs to be some sort of corporate regulatory system in place.
It seems that the voices of intern advocates are being heard.
The Ministry of Labour has recently "clarified" the ESA on its webpage to emphasize that all of the listed criteria must be met by employers to allow them to take on unpaid student labour. The last major change to the act was made in 2000. Langille says this is a small step in the right direction, but without a regulatory body, the change is not significant and won't get rid of illegal unpaid internships.
"It's a swindle. There are laws prohibiting unpaid labour, laws that were hard fought to obtain and this is a shredding of the labour laws to line corporate coffers."
With files from Olivia Stefanovich.
This story was first published in The Ryersonian, a weekly newspaper produced by the Ryerson School of Journalism, on March 27, 2013.
Jordan White
Jordan graduated from the Ryerson School of Journalism in 2014. Her main area of interest is music.
free labourinternshipsStudents
Pulling the plug on print a personal stab
Letter from the editor: public sex always news
The pianos of Ryerson
Ryerson's International Strategy will create opportunities for its...
Popular classroom app raises concerns over student privacy
Podcasts from new Ryerson club to be available...
How trends toward a cashless society impact the...
Reporting on Indigenous communities remains a crucial topic...
The case of the missing cornerstone
Toronto exchange student evacuates university due to anti-government...
The starving artist: Fact or fiction?


text:
The World Bank Needs A New President
By Jackie Northam
The World Bank is looking for a new president. The current president, Jim Yong Kim, abruptly resigned. Traditionally, the president of the huge global development bank has been an American. But now, there are calls to open up the position to international candidates. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.
JACKIE NORTHAM, BYLINE: Since the World Bank was formed in the wake of the Second World War, the U.S. has always chosen its president. That's because the U.S. is the largest shareholder in the World Bank Group. Nancy Birdsall, the founding president of the nonpartisan Center for Global Development, says it's part of a tacit agreement that the Europeans have gone along with for decades.
NANCY BIRDSALL: They have a deal where the Americans get the head of the World Bank and the Europeans have a lock similar on naming the head of the International Monetary Fund.
NORTHAM: But President Trump's openly hostile attitude to multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and his confrontational stance towards European allies could shake up the nomination for a new leader of the bank. Johannes Linn, a former World Bank vice president now at the Brookings Institution, says the U.S. doesn't have a veto on the choice.
JOHANNES LINN: If the U.S. puts forward a candidate who is not credible or could even raise significant opposition, then, you know, it's possible that a credible candidate from elsewhere could get the support of a majority of voters.
NORTHAM: Linn says the board introduced a merit-based selection process several years ago, but so far, it hasn't made much of a difference. The last time a World Bank president was chosen in 2012, there were strong international candidates, but an American still got the position. Birdsall says Jim Yong Kim's seven years in the job got mixed reviews. She said he was able to secure a $13 billion capital increase for the bank. But she says his attempts to restructure the organization only created more problems.
BIRDSALL: A lot of people internally expressed a lot of concern including about a kind of hemorrhage of very good, experienced longtime staff at the top level during Kim's stint there, including many women.
NORTHAM: The change in leadership comes as the World Bank is facing competition from regional development banks. China, which receives loans from the World Bank, has launched its own massive international development program. Congressman Andy Barr, a Republican from Kentucky, says that undermines U.S. interests overseas.
ANDY BARR: You know, it's not a stretch to see a kind of colonialism that is going on and why the United States would tolerate taxpayer funds going to an international organization, a multilateral development bank that is in turn enabling an adversary to grow its influence around the world. That's the concern.
NORTHAM: Barr says for that reason, he can't see anyone else but an American leading the World Bank. Some of the names being floated include David Malpass, a senior Treasury Department official, and Nikki Haley, former ambassador to the U.N. Ivanka Trump's name briefly rose to the surface, but administration officials say the president's daughter is not a contender. Nominations for the post open February 7. Jackie Northam, NPR News, Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
Jackie Northam is NPR's International Affairs Correspondent. She is a veteran journalist who has spent three decades reporting on conflict, geopolitics, and life across the globe - from the mountains of Afghanistan and the desert sands of Saudi Arabia, to the gritty prison camp at Guantanamo Bay and the pristine beauty of the Arctic.
See stories by Jackie Northam


text:
Writer: Jeff Parker Artist: Casey Jones Publisher: Marvel Comics Release Date: July 1, 2009 Cover Price: $2.99 Critic Reviews: 3
The latest team of Exiles find themselves on a much more binary Earth than the last, and the Tallus still isn't being much help. How did Machine Man, Vision and Ultron become the new rulers of America, and what chance do six people have against a nation of Machines?
Weekly Comic Book Review - Kyle Posluszny Jul 8, 2009
The artwork in Exiles #4 works a lot better than I had expected. While I prefer Salva Espin's style, Casey Jones' work definitely doesn't feel out of place. Jones handles all the action well and brings out the personalities of the characters in a way that elevates Parker's handle on the team. The more I think about it, I feel that Jones' more realistic style might prove to be more effective than Espin's in the long run; now that Parker seems to be moving the Exiles down a darker path.: I recommend picking up Exiles #4. It's satisfying for regular readers and it can function as a nice jump on point for new readers. Read Full Review
Comic Book Resources - James Hunt Jul 7, 2009
Still, the concern is a minor one, since something about the Exiles formula clearly appeals to people. Given that it originally launched in 2001, it's doing remarkably well to keep going, but with writer's like Parker, it's not hard to understand the title's appeal. Read Full Review
Comics Bulletin - Bill Janzen Jun 30, 2009
Overall, if you've enjoyed the previous issues of this Exiles series you'll probably enjoy this one too, but as for me, Exiles #4 is resounding mediocre. Read Full Review


text:
Q: CG Rect Issue - Cannot invoke initializer I have fixed the my original issue but I have a new error thats says "Type 'ViewController' does not conform to protocol 'SideBarDelegate'."
I know I am very close to getting this working but for some reason cant figure out why this is happening! Can anybody help?
class ViewController: UIViewController, SideBarDelegate  {

var sideBar: SideBar = SideBar()

@IBOutlet weak var mapView: MKMapView!

let locationsRef = FIRDatabase.database().reference(withPath:     "locations")

    override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    mapView.delegate = self
    mapView.showsUserLocation = true

    //sidebar

    sideBar = SideBar(sourceView: self.view, skateItems: ["All Skate Spots", "Skateparks", "Street Skating"])

    // Passing firebase annotation data

    locationsRef.observe(.value, with: { snapshot in

        for item in snapshot.children {

            guard let locationData = item as? FIRDataSnapshot else { continue }

            let locationValue = locationData.value as! [String: Any]

            var location: CLLocationCoordinate2D!

            if let lat = locationValue["lat"] as? String {
                // Stored as String
                let lng = Double(locationValue["lng"] as! String)!
                location = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: Double(lat)!, longitude: lng)
            }
            else {
                // Stored as a floating point number
                let lat = locationValue["lat"] as! Double
                let lng = locationValue["lng"] as! Double
                location = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: lat, longitude: lng)
            }

            let name = locationValue["name"] as! String

            let subtitle = locationValue["subtitle"] as! String

            self.addAnnotation(at: location, name: name, subtitle: subtitle)

        }
    })
}

func addAnnotation(at location: CLLocationCoordinate2D, name: String, subtitle: String) {

    // Adding annotation to the map

        let annotation = MKPointAnnotation()

        annotation.coordinate = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: location.latitude, longitude: location.longitude)

        annotation.title = name

        annotation.subtitle = subtitle

        mapView.addAnnotation(annotation)

}

}

func sideBarDidSelectButtonAtIndex(index: Int) {

}

extension ViewController: MKMapViewDelegate {

}

extension ViewController: CLLocationManagerDelegate {

}

A: Usually a delegate is declared as a weak optional (that solves the not initialized error)
weak var delegate: SideBarDelegate?

And is always called with optional chaining which does nothing if the delegate is not set.
For example
delegate?.sideBarWillClose?()

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Pop Star (2013)
all Movies / Drama / Romance
Carlos Portugal
Christian Serratos, Rachele Brooke Smith, Ross Thomas
Pop Star (2013) full movie online in HD on FilmsCLUB.org
Passion for music takes all the time of Jay, so it is not surprising that his school grades leave much to be desired. He is about to find someone who can do homework in the exact sciences instead, and his attention falls on Jane. Climbing to her bedroom, he discovers that all the walls are hung with posters with his image and decides to win the girl's heart.
Autor - taras
The Wrong Tutor (2019) watch full movie online in HD - free movie on FilmsCLUB.org When the star of the school football team, Eric, needs help with schoolwork, Emily convinces his mother that she is the right tutor for her son. But the girl wants to deal with him, not only in order to help
The Wrong Tutor (2019)
At the center of the development is a schoolboy named Chuck, who has never been different in mind and resourcefulness. He is studying in the last grade, and soon he will leave his native school. Chuck has never been a star of the team, and therefore no beautiful girl has ever paid attention to him.
Loserville (2016)
While visiting Kabul, Afghanistan, washed-up music manager Richie Lanz gets dumped by his last client. There Richie accidentally discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice and takes her to Kabul to compete on the popular television show, Afghan Star.
Charlie Countryman is a young man in whose life the main friends are hallucinogenic drugs. At the time of another drug intoxication, a late mother appears to him, who tells him that he should go to Romania. Charlie takes a plane ticket and flies to an unknown country. Here he meets a young girl
Charlie Countryman (2013)
The main character in his youth was, as they say, a star boy, but he put his career under the dog's tail and now became an agent of another young actor, but he did not achieve much success on this path either. Having met a thirteen-year talent by the name of Lydia, he tries to achieve for her a
Trust Me (2013)


text:
Le tre madri è una trilogia cinematografica horror italiana, composta dai film Suspiria (1977), Inferno (1980) e La terza madre (2007), tutti diretti dal regista Dario Argento. Ciascun film tratta di una delle "Madri" (Mater Suspiriorum, Mater Tenebrarum e Mater Lacrimarum), una triade di antiche e malvagie streghe che coi loro poteri possono manipolare gli eventi del mondo su scala globale.

Durante il Toronto International Film Festival del 2007, Argento dichiarò che non aveva escluso la possibilità di girare in futuro un quarto film che riguardi le Tre Madri. Nel 2017, Luca Guadagnino girò un remake di Suspiria, uscito nelle sale italiane il 1º gennaio 2019. Il film, una co-produzione italo-statunitense, vede nel cast la presenza di Dakota Johnson e Tilda Swinton.

Le Tre Madri
La storia delle Tre Madri comincia all'alba dell'XI secolo, quando tre sorelle crearono la pericolosa arte della stregoneria sulle coste del Mar Nero. Negli anni che seguirono, queste perfide donne vagarono per il mondo accumulando grandi ricchezze e poteri, e seminando morte al loro passaggio.

Nel tardo XIX secolo le donne commissionarono all'architetto italiano Emilio Varelli, che all'epoca viveva a Londra, di progettare e costruire per loro tre dimore, poste in tre luoghi diversi del mondo: Friburgo, Roma e New York. È da queste dimore che le Tre Madri dominano il mondo col dolore, con le lacrime e con le tenebre. Un amico di Varelli, dopo aver trovato alcuni frammenti del suo diario, scritti in latino, ne fa un libro intitolato Le Tre Madri: il libro inizia con la precisazione che quanto narrato è tutto reale e in particolare che l'architetto scoprì troppo tardi la natura malvagia delle tre donne, (solamente sei copie del libro sono sicuramente esistite, quattro potrebbero essere state distrutte alla fine di Inferno). La copia del libro che appare in "La Terza Madre" è in lingua italiana, quelle presenti in "Inferno" sono invece in latino, il che dimostra l'esistenza di almeno due diverse edizioni del malefico libro. Le case che Varelli aveva progettate divennero dunque così corrotte che la terra dove erano costruite divenne mortifera e pestilenziale: uno sgradevole e agrodolce odore di malvagità pervade le aree circostanti ciascuna casa.

Sia Mater Suspiriorum che Mater Tenebrarum hanno rivelato che le Madri sono personificazioni della Morte.

Mater Suspiriorum

Mater Suspiriorum, la Madre dei Sospiri, è la più anziana delle Tre Madri. Il suo vero nome è Elena Markos. È inoltre conosciuta come La Regina Nera. Jessica Harper ricorda che "la strega venne interpretata da una donna anziana di oltre novant'anni che Dario aveva trovato in una casa di riposo nei pressi di Roma."

Elena Markos, immigrata greca nata nel 1023, fu esiliata da molti paesi Europei perché indesiderata. Durante questo periodo scrisse diversi libri riguardanti arcani soggetti. Nel 1895 fondò la Tanzakademie in Freiburg ("Accademia di Danza in Friburgo" in tedesco), una scuola di danza e di scienze occulte, nella Foresta Nera. Gli abitanti locali avevano paura di lei, avendo intuito che fosse una strega. Così come crebbe la sua ricchezza, crebbero anche i sospetti sulla sua vera natura. Per distogliere questi sospetti, Elena Markos finse di morire in un incendio nel 1905. Il controllo dell'accademia, che divenne solamente una scuola di ballo, fu affidato alla pupilla della Markos, Madame Blanc. L'accademia porta una targa che afferma che Desiderius Erasmus una volta visse là.

Come narrato ne La terza madre, Elisa Mandy una strega bianca, combatté diverse volte Mater Suspiriorum, fino a ridurla in una donna anziana con pochissimo potere magico. Le sue attività erano infatti portate avanti dai suoi seguaci.

In Suspiria (1977) Elena Markos è la Direttrice la cui presenza è celata dai suoi adepti, capeggiati da Madame Blanc (Joan Bennett). Una giovane americana, Susy Benner (Jessica Harper), scopre le stanze ignote nei sotterranei della scuola dopo che molti alunni sono stati uccisi dai mandatari della Markos. L'anziana strega tenta di usare la sua magia per uccidere la ragazza, ma i suoi poteri — incluso quello dell'invisibilità, illusione e telecinesi — si dimostrano insufficienti a causa del suo debole stato fisico. Susy Benner sconfigge Elena Markos trapassandole il collo con un pugnale. La morte della strega causa il crollo dell'intera accademia.

Nel remake diretto da Luca Guadagnino nel 2018 Helena Markos è un'anziana donna ultracentenaria e sfigurata in cerca di un nuovo giovane corpo da abitare per sopravvivere, nascosta in un ripostiglio sotto il pavimento della sala principale dell'Accademia di danza che porta il suo nome; è inoltre avversaria politica di Madame Blanc (Tilda Swinton), la quale capeggia una fazione che mette in dubbio la vera identità della Markos e che non la vorrebbe più a capo della congrega. La vera Mater Suspiriorum si rivela essere Susie Bannion la quale, al momento del suo ingresso nell'Accademia, non è ancora consapevole della sua vera natura che si mostrerà solo nella danza-rituale finale, uccidendo la Markos e tutte le altre streghe che le avevano giurato fedeltà.

Mater Tenebrarum

Mater Tenebrarum, la Madre delle Tenebre, è "la più giovane e la più crudele" delle Tre Madri. È nata nel 1044. Il suo vero nome non viene rivelato; risiede in un palazzo neogotico a New York eretto nel 1910 e al civico 49. Una targa affissa all'esterno reca la passata residenza di Georges Ivanovič Gurdjieff.

In Inferno il personaggio è interpretato dall'attrice Veronica Lazar ed appare prevalentemente con le sembianze dell'infermiera di un inquietante Professor Arnold. Nell'apoteosi dell'incendio dello stabile, il protagonista Mark Elliot (Leigh McCloskey) si troverà faccia a faccia con l'anziano uomo, in realtà l'architetto Varelli, indi con Mater Tenebrarum, consapevole della catastrofe imminente ("è già accaduto un'altra volta."). Ella si palesa nella personificazione della Morte, lo scheletro col sudario. Elliot fortunosamente riesce a fuggire prima del crollo. Epilogo della figura infernale travolta dalle macerie fiammeggianti, probabilmente distrutta.

Mater Lacrimarum

Mater Lacrimarum, la Madre delle Lacrime, è la più bella delle Tre Madri e apparentemente la più forte del trio. Come per Mater Tenebrarum, il suo vero nome è sconosciuto. È nata nel 1035. In Inferno si suggerisce che la sua casa è a Roma localizzata vicino al numero 49 di Via Dei Bagni - la Biblioteca Filosofica della Fondazione Abertny - dove Sara (Eleonora Giorgi) avverte uno strano odore nell'aria. In La terza madre la casa di Mater Lacrimarum viene indicata come il Palazzo Varelli.

In Inferno Mater Lacrimarum tentò di affascinare Mark Elliot durante una lezione di musica a Roma. Ania Pieroni, che la interpretò nel film Inferno, rifiutò di riprendere la parte perché ormai invecchiata e madre di cinque figli.

Mater Lacrimarum è interpretata dall'attrice israeliana Moran Atias nel film La terza madre. I grandi poteri della strega vengono risvegliati quando Sarah Mandy (Asia Argento) apre l'urna nella quale sono presenti potenti talismani delle streghe nere (una tunica rossa, un pugnale, tre statuette). Mentre i suoi servi seminano terrore nella città, festeggiando e giungendo da tutto il mondo, Mater Lacrimarum si nasconde nelle fondamenta del suo palazzo, preparando la sua vittoria. Viene sconfitta nello stesso modo in cui lo sono state le sue sorelle: Sarah Mandy scopre il covo sotterraneo della strega e brucia la tunica rossa che lei indossa, causando il crollo del Palazzo. Mater Lacrimarum viene uccisa da uno degli obelischi che ornano il tetto che cadendo, a causa del crollo, perfora il tetto della cripta sotterranea infilzandola.

Ispirazione
L'idea delle "Tre Madri" viene da "Levana e le Nostre Signore del Dolore", una sezione del Suspiria de Profundis di Thomas de Quincey. La sezione asserisce che oltre alle tre Parche e alle tre Grazie, esistono anche tre Dolori. Questi ultimi sono Mater Lacrimarum (Madre delle Lacrime), Mater Suspiriorum (Madre dei Sospiri), e Mater Tenebrarum (Madre delle Tenebre). L'attributo di ogni donna (lacrime, sospiri e tenebre) è una diretta traduzione del loro nome dal latino ("mater" è la parola latina per "madre").

Il titolo Suspiria deriva chiaramente da Mater Suspiriorum. Tuttavia, il titolo Inferno non presenta riferimenti a Mater Tenebrarum (nonostante al suo interno vi siano chiari legami a ciò). Così, il film del 1982 di Argento Tenebre è spesso confuso come il secondo capitolo della trilogia.

Altri media

Mater Lacrimarum è la principale antagonista del romanzo Dracula Cha Cha Cha (scritto da Kim Newman), nella cui storia si prefigge di eliminare tutti i vampiri che vivono a Roma; a svolgere questo compito per lei è il suo servitore più forte e malvagio, il terribile Boia Scarlatto (antagonista dell'omonimo film di Massimo Pupillo). Nel romanzo vengono anche citate le sue due sorelle, le quali però sembrano essere già state sconfitte. Nel romanzo è però presente un errore: lo scrittore afferma che Mater Lacrimarum è la più anziana delle tre sorelle, quando invece in Inferno viene apertamente dichiarato che la più anziana è Mater Suspiriorum. È inoltre spiegato che le sue origini siano ancora più antiche di quelle "ufficiali" narrate nei film, in quanto l'imperatore romano Caligola la conosceva e le aveva dedicato numerosi riti orgiastici e sacrificali.

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Tre madri
Tre madri, Le


The Mount Jackson Farmers' Market KickStarter Project Officially Kicks Off!
Check out this great ntoe we received from KickStarter the second we launched!
"Congratulations, your project is live on Kickstarter!
The countdown begins now. You know what to do: tell people about it!
We have exactly 31 days, from today at noon, to raise a minimum of $25,000! The ONLY way this will work is if you spread the word.
We have pledge levels for everyone, and incredible gifts to reward you and your friends for your generosity.
We hope you'll like our video too!


text:
Federal COVID-19 vaccine, benefits rollout swift but wasteful: AG | CBC News
The federal government succeeded in quickly securing and distributing COVID-19 vaccines and rolling out pandemic benefits to help people and backstop the economy, but wasted millions of doses and gave billions in benefits to ineligible recipients, the Auditor General of Canada says.
Karen Hogan's fall audits, which were released Tuesday, give the government a mixed pandemic report card, saying that while benefit programs were swift and did what they were supposed to do, they were also wasteful and lacked proper verification.
"In 2020, the government decided to rely on information provided by applicants and limit pre-payment controls to expedite helping people and employers affected by the pandemic," Hogan said in a statement. "In doing so, it recognized that there was a risk that some payments would go to ineligible recipients."
The audit of benefits "found that overpayments of $4.6 billion were made to ineligible individuals, and we estimated that at least $27.4 billion of payments to individuals and employers should be investigated further," she said.
Hogan's audit of pandemic benefits warns that while $2.3 billion in overpayments had been recovered by this summer, the federal government may be running out of time to identify and recover the rest because of legislative time limits.
Legally, the federal government has 36 months from the time benefits are paid to verify the payment was proper, a time frame that can be extended to 72 months if the Canada Revenue Agency suspects recipients provided false information when applying for the benefits.
In its analysis, the Auditor General's Office looked at:
the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit.
Canada Recovery Benefit.
Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit.
Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit.
Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), including the Employment Insurance Emergency Response Benefit and the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy.
Achieving objectives
The audits not only looked at whether the payments were made to eligible recipients, and how well the government later verified if those payments were legitimate, but also how effective the pandemic supports were in achieving their stated goals.
"The Government of Canada set an objective of helping Canadians as quickly as possible. The COVID-19 emergency programs that we audited achieved that objective," the audit said. "They quickly offered financial relief to individuals and employers, prevented a rise in poverty, mitigated income inequalities and helped the economy to recover from the effects of the pandemic."
Canada's gross domestic product took a 17 per cent hit between February and April 2020, shrinking the economy by some $350 billion. But by November 2021, the audit said, the economy was back to pre-pandemic strength.
The audit also said that without the pandemic supports offered to individuals and businesses, the poverty rate would have almost doubled during the pandemic, from 6.4 per cent to 11.6 per cent.
Although the government was successful in sending a sufficient number of doses to provinces and territories, the Public Health Agency of Canada ended up with a large surplus of doses. – Auditor General of Canada
Those pandemic supports, the audit said, primarily went to lower-income workers who benefited with an increase over their pre-pandemic incomes.
"Overall, these increases in government transfers to households exceeded losses in wages and salaries and self‑employment income," the audit said. "This income compensation through the COVID‑19 programs helped to financially support the population."
Despite achieving their stated goals, the Auditor General's report says that the government's efforts to verify and recover improper payments has "not been timely" and that "significant unrecoverable amounts are likely to materialize."
"The CRA and Employment and Social Development Canada did not manage the selected COVID‑19 programs efficiently given the significant amount paid to ineligible recipients," the audit said.
Procuring and distributing vaccines
When it came to the procurement and distribution of vaccines, the Auditor General gave the government a similarly mixed review, saying that while it did a good job sourcing supplies and striking procurement deals, the rush to acquire vaccines led to the waste of millions of doses.
"We found that, although a non-competitive approach was taken, Public Services and Procurement Canada exercised due diligence on the seven vaccine companies by conducting assessments to examine the companies' financial capability to meet requirements and by conducting integrity checks to mitigate the risk of unethical business practices," the audit said.
Hogan's fall report said that the average cost of one dose of COVID-19 vaccine stood at about $30 and estimates that the total cost of the 169 million doses bought between December 2020 and May 2022 was about $5 billion.
"Although the government was successful in sending a sufficient number of doses to provinces and territories, the Public Health Agency of Canada ended up with a large surplus of doses," the report said.
By May 31 of this year, the report said that Canada had 32.5 million doses, estimated to be worth about $1 billion, in inventories across the country, and another 50.6 million doses that were deemed surplus and were being offered up for donation.
Of those surplus doses, 15.3 million were donated, but another 13.6 million expired before they could be gifted to another country in need of vaccines.
"By the end of our audit period, the majority of these remaining doses still had a shelf life and could be used in booster campaigns or donated; however, most will expire by the end of 2022 if unused," the audit said.
Miller High Life Is Selling a "Leg Lamp Beer Tower" for the Holidays
50-year-old man killed in Monday morning accident north of Rapid City
South Indian motion epic RRR is a worldwide hit. Might it convey Oscar glory to Tollywood? | CBC Information
Capital Ladies Win In OT, Break Dropping Streak


2 Million people use SketchUp each week.
For this reason, companies have a unique opportunity to have their products incorporated into projects earlier than their competitors, giving them an edge towards getting products specified, ordered and most importantly – sold.
At Igloo Studios, we've worked with over 60 companies to create SketchUp catalogs of their products, and to make those catalogs available to designers using SketchUp. To date, we've created over 7000 product models, which have been downloaded into over 2 million projects.
With Product Connect, design professionals can now use SketchUp for product visualization and specification.
SketchUp users look to the Trimble 3D Warehouse when it comes time to add products to their designs. For companies, the Warehouse can be a powerful marketing tool capable of generating tens of thousands of product downloads. However, managing those products can be quite a challenge.


text:
Happy Valley Memorial Park A perpetual care cemetery located between Elizabethton and Johnson City, has been serving the local community since 1930.
Ground Burial
Above Ground Entombment
Lawn Crypt Package
HomeMemorialsDecember 2013Charles R. "Dick" Peters
Charles R. "Dick" Peters
Date of Service: December 6, 2013
Interment Location: Christus Garden
Charles Ray "Dick" Peters, 83, Elizabethton, passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2013, in the Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Gordon and Jennie Morrell Peters. He was a retired employee of the City of Elizabethton. He formerly was employed at North American Rayon Corporation. Dick was a member of Watauga Masonic Lodge #622, the York Rite Bodies, Jericho Shrine Temple and the Elizabethton Oriental Band. He was active in the Carter County Rescue Squad for 35 years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and the four Square Sunday School Class. Dick was also a member of the Praying Mountain Men. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister: Evelyn Manning; and a brother: Paul Myers. Survivors include a daughter: Lou Eller, Elizabethton; Two Granddaughters: Lia Pritchard and husband, Brian, Fall Branch, and Cindy Eller, Bristol; A Great Grandson: Jake Pritchard; Two Sisters: Betty Benfield and Pedge Lancaster, both of Elizabethton. Funeral Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, December 6, 2013, in Memorial Funeral Chapel with Dr. Earl Davis officiating. Interment will follow in Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active Pallbearers will be: Brian Pritchard, Wayne McClain, Larry Lancaster, Johnny Lancaster, Gary Lancaster, Jackie Hopson, Jeff Sharpe and Greg Benfield. Honorary Pallbearers will be: The Four Square Sunday School Class, First Baptist Church, The Praying Mountain Men, Members and former members of the Carter County Rescue Squad, All the Masonic Bodies, Alf Campbell and Bill Wilhoit. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in memory of Mr. Peters to the Shriners Hospital for Children, 950 W. Faris Road, Greenville, South Carolina 29605-4255. Masonic Services will be conducted following the funeral service by Watauga Masonic Lodge #622. Friends may also call at the residence of his daughter: Lou Eller, Elizabethton. Condolences may be emailed to mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge.
Bobby Gene Grindstaff
Jerry Hinkle
2708 Elizabethton Hwy, Johnson City, TN 37601
info@happyvalleymemorial.com
Monday-Friday 8 A.M.—4:30 P.M.
Saturday and Sunday by appointment
Cemetery Hours:
8 A.M. until dusk every day
© Happy Valley Memorial Park 2018
Happy Valley Memorial Park


Trimming down a tree, or tree cutting Atlanta, with a chainsaw needs careful planning. It is terrible and should be professionals. However, if the tree is compact and small, you may want to undertake it yourself. Keep safety in mind although of the tree size. Try to search a video and Watch the result to learn how to cut down a tree with safety techniques in mind.
When using a chainsaw to cut feathers a tree, it is important that you plan it correctly. Trees must be grounded safely and in the management that you want them to fall. The various important decision in tree removal Atlanta is deciding whether there are significant impediments in the area (overhead lines, houses, roads, nearby tree branches, buildings, and abdomens, etc.). You want the dead tree to hit the ground unobstructed.However, Greatest trees have a common direction of fall. This is affected by the tree's lean, the shape of the branches and snow-covered branches. If you are uncertain of the tree lean, move a little away from the tree.
Atlanta area tree service is a particular extent, it is possible to force a tree to fall against its natural course of fall, but this is always at the cost of increasing the risk and of the other physical exertion needed. It requires experience, skills, and experience together with the right feeling support tools. Trees with weak wood, such as dead or decayed trees, should always be filled in the easiest place.Search a video chainsaw training series Watch to guide you on whence to notch and hinge a tree for directional felling. Identify, always use chainsaw safety gear like chaps, helmets, hearing and eye protection when operating a chainsaw. Safety first and be Careful and Good Luck!