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Theatre Review: Twelfth Night @ The Macrobert
April 23, 2016 June 6, 2016
Last week saw the run of Stirling University Drama Society's production of William Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth Night.
And may I say, as someone who had no previous knowledge of the play, it was incredible and frankly hilarious.
For those who do not know the plot, bear with me as I attempt to explain. There is a great deal going on in the story with an array of rather confused and conflicting characters, all seeking unrequited love and pretending to be something, or more, someone they aren't.
In the wrong hands, this complex piece of theatre could have become messy and confused at the best of times. However through the careful skill of Director, Chrissie MacDonald, and Producer, Kieran Skelton, the talented cast portrayed each character and scene in such depth and made the audience believe in them with what seemed like little effort.
Every single actor did a fantastic job, but for me the night was stolen by Christopher Campbell who portrayed Malvolio. Every word that came out of his mouth and every movement he made seemed to contain so much of the character, filled with the emotion and attitude required for such a role.
At early points in the play, when Malvolio's life hadn't yet started falling apart, he held himself and spoke with such snootiness and it made him so fantastically detestable, that the audience was all the more happy to see him burn as the subplot developed.
However, when Campbell's character was trying to win over Olivia after reading a fake letter from her declaring her love for him, that scene was one of my favourites. Dressed in suspender braces and bright yellow trousers, Campbell made the audience roar with his hilarious movement and tone in this declaration of affection.
Calum Swan, James Craig and Megan Milne, (portraying Sir Toby Belch, Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Maria), as a triple act, also stood out as key in forming this shows' comical appeal. The drunken exchanges between Swan and Craig seemed effortless as they bounced off one another and kept the audience out of breath with laughter.
This was then added to by Milne's attitude towards the two of them and their drunken antics. Her whole persona was entirely convincing and despite Milne being very emotional about her final show, this never once interfered with her on-point portrayal of the character. Another one of the images sticking in my mind was Milne's excessive banana eating with more attitude than I've ever see someone consume food.
I could write another thousands words in this article and not come close to describing the performance of George Gilman in this show; so I'm going to keep this relatively short. His take on the local fool, Feste, was the heart, brain, face and legs of the plot. With guitar in hand, Gilman was there narrating yet participating in this story. Encountering almost every character in isolation, Gilman had an easy rapport with each of them. He could simply walk into a scene and suddenly it was his to dance around with, make fun of, or on some occasions, simply lie down and sing with. He skilfully bridged the gap between song, dialogue and monologue.
The performance given by members of SUDS in their first year was exceptional. Kirstie Will playing the part of Olivia was without fault. She was Olivia and Olivia was her. Her mannerisms throughout the play was extremely impressive. With hands placed on top of one another, back straight and chin up, she was in all accounts "a proper lady".
This was only seen to disappear in the very deliberate fashion of Olivia's romantic pursuit of Cesario (or a disguised Viola, portrayed by Tessa Richards. The two worked so well together in the high energy cat and mouse chase around the stage.
Having mentioned Tessa Richards, let's talk about her performance. Being a woman playing a woman who is herself playing a man, seems like such an undertaking, having to act upon her acting. But Richards pulled it off. Whether it only be lowering her voice only to let it jump up a certain moment. The performance was admirable in the complete believability of the character's struggle in dealing with the masculine and feminine side of herself.
Cameron Watson and Andrew Hart also made for a great duo. First being removed from the main storyline, we saw the two work well together in putting across their sense of brotherhood; the performances let the audience feel the connection between the two.
I can imagine no other suited for the role of Duke Orsino than Duncan Lawrie who perfectly toyed with the notion of being in love with the idea of being in love itself (as opposed to Olivia).
The way Ed Whitaker assumed the role of one of Orsino's servants was hilarious. The slow, shaky nature in which Whitaker carried out every was a constant and sustainable joke.
Calum Moore, (Director of SUDS' previous production, August: Osage County) played a confident Fabian and was the only character who referenced the fourth wall.
Michael Mullen played several roles within the play and put his very personal stamp on each of them. With his expressions drawing more attention and laughter than the dialogue surrounding them.
Jonathan Wilson also portrayed several roles, the ship's captain standing out as the best as he comforted Olivia and hatched her plan to disguise herself as a man.
The stage design was additionally excellent. With the two gardens of the two households indicated only by plants and small fences. It is a shame the society had such a small space to work with as sometimes I feel like their movement was restricted greatly by the fence that divided the stage in two. Some of the livelier scenes would have really benefited from a bigger stage and less of an obvious divide between spaces. However, the society worked with what they had and used the space as best they could to create the Illyrian gardens and streets.
Overall, I left completely blown away by yet another incredible production by SUDS. Each of the cast put their all into their character and looked like they were having so much fun while doing it. A huge congratulations to everyone involved and especially to Chrissie MacDonald and Kieran Skelton for a Shakespeare production which could match the professionals. I will without doubt, I will always have good memories about Twelfth Night.
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Giant, 20-pound swamp rats somehow don't make Rodents of Unusual Size documentary a horror film
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October is a good month for horror movies, but in the real world, Halloween's Michael Myers has nothing on nutria. As seen in the documentary Rodents of Unusual Size, which debuted last month, nutria are massive swamp rats with garish orange teeth that can weigh up to 20 pounds. Native to South America, nutria were brought to the United States in the 1930s, and when some escaped from their cages, it triggered the start of a destructive rodent invasion, one that locals are still trying to fight back.
Rodents of Unusual Size sounds like it should be a horror movie — especially if you're one of the many, many people who are afraid of tiny mice, let alone these giants. The poster looks like a combination of the rat-centric horror film Willard and the chilling documentary Blackfish. However, it's really not as scary as all that, even if, in a classic horror trope, the bad guys haven't been permanently vanquished.
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Nutria, whose population exploded after the fur trading industry collapsed, have done tremendous damage to the Louisiana coast, eating vegetation and hollowing-out wetlands that used to stand as a bulwark against hurricanes. But despite their staying power, nutria aren't really the focus of the documentary. Instead, Springer and his team explore how some of the residents of Delacroix Island cope with these buck-toothed invaders. Some, like the ostensible "main character" Thomas Gonzales, cruise around the swamps in fan boats, shooting any nutria they see and cutting off their tails for the state's bounty. Others are trying to revive the fur industry or to create a culinary demand for the critters — a hard sell, since they're big rodents.
So are rabbits, though, and we eat them.
"We eat crab, and crabs are one of the most awful-looking creatures imaginable," Springer says.
Nutria pose a threat to Delacroix Island, but as seen in the documentary, the residents seem to be managing. Louisiana's Nutria Control Program, which pays a $5 bounty for every nutria tail hunters like Gonzales bring in, has actually been successful; the nutria population has shrunk from 25 million to just a few million, largely because of these efforts.
Despite the damage they've done, though, nutria have become ingrained in the fabric of local culture; these not-so-wee beasts are in zoos and serve as minor league mascots, even if they aren't on the menu.
Rodents of Unusual Size ends on a wistful, borderline hopeful note, but Springer doesn't hesitate to call it "a depressing situation," perhaps more so than the film lets on.
"We're very optimistic about the nutria control program, that is definitely a success," he says. "But there are things like land loss that's just not going to be recovered.
"It's not just the nutria by any means. We hint at that, but there's sea rise, there are things like saltwater intrusion in the area," Springer adds, explaining that the rodents are just one problem facing the region. And, as the effects of global warming continue, the giant rats are the easiest facet to handle.
"Louisiana loses a football field an hour to the Gulf of Mexico. It's crazy," Springer says. "If you look at a map of Louisiana — what Louisiana actually looks like — it's just full of holes. A lot of that land isn't coming back.
"Even with the nutria in check, it's really a hard uphill battle," he says.
The rats are icky and the coastal situation seems dire for more reason than just their presence, but Rodents of Unusual Size is lighthearted at times, which Springer says reflects how the people of Louisiana deal with the situation.
"They can go party and have a good time and still be talking about the hurricanes and things. It's almost like their way of coping with tragedy is with this joie de vivre kind of attitude," he says.
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Still, there's something terrifying in the movie, something bigger than the 20-pound swamp rats. It's the uneasy, melancholy sense that things that were once in our control have grown unstoppable, that even as we fight back against the tides (or nutria), the era will end one way or another. It's almost too big to be horrifying; just sad and existential.
But, there is one other horror trope that the documentary completely nails: a little sympathy for the villain.
"The people fighting for their land, they are fighting for their livelihood and these nutria are destroying it, but the nutria didn't ask to be brought here," Springer says. "They're just trying to survive too."
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Saturday the 10th October was the first anniversary of the Victorian Parliament passing the Abortion Law Reform Act – one of the most extreme abortion laws in the world. It's a day we probably wouldn't want to remember but we do because of the lives involved. In remembrance of this day a march was organised by March For The Babies – their goal is to overturn this terrible law and provide full legal protection to our most vulnerable Victorians.
The march progressed peacefully from the Ftizroy Gardens along Flinders, Exhibition & Bourke streets towards Parliament House. Did you hear about it in the media? No? The media are not interested in giving air time to this matter nor are the newspapers. A march of this size is ignored …… However, the Pro-Life movement will not go away & pro-life activites will not stop. Eventually the public will learn the truth & the media will not be able to ignore this seriously imprtant issue.
More than 20,000 babies are killed in Victoria each year via abortion. This extreme Abortion Law Reform Act although passed in the State of Victoria does not isolate the remaining States & Territories from being next in line. Politicians are watching closely to see what happens here and how the people of Victoria react to this horrendous law.
Pro-Life movements have sprung up in huge numbers in victoria – I don't know if having too many groups is a good or effective thing but one thing is for sure – we're not going to sit quietly and forget about it …. and we won't let the pro-abortion politicians forget about it either.
Following the Victorian Abortion Law Reform Act, Life Vote was formed to campaign against the defeat pro-abortion MPs at the 2010 State election. Hence the catch-cry Today We March, Tomorrow We Vote.
The numbers will increase as this cause will spread via word-of-mouth and the internet. Please visit the above web sites and offer your support in anyway possible.
Abortion has two victims: one dead and one wounded.
We're not allowed to kill a posum in our roof but we can kill a baby in the womb?
The pro-abortion group (I know they prefer to be called pro-choice but to me that sounds contradictory as the unborn has no choice) turned up as we gathered around the steps of Parliament House. They were a small group of only about 100 or so, and making a lot of noise. I believe they were due to have there gathering at 1pm but decided to gatecrash the pro-life one instead. Unfortunately their manners matched their character as Madeleine spoke giving her testimony of her abortion experience as a young teen. If only the pro-abortion group would have stopped to listen to her they may have picked up on her pain & suffering.
I met many beautiful people on the march. One young girl held up a sign which she explained – her little brother was born at 25 weeks, and he survived. He is now eight years old. If a baby can survive such a premature birth how can anyone say he is not a 'human being'?
We will continue to fight on for life and against the decriminalisation of abortion. We must also work at 'educating' people about abortion – the facts and consequences of this procedure as well as the fact that science proves that a baby IS a human being from conception and although he/she needs their mother's womb they are independant of her.
I won't go into discussion and facts as there are many wonderful web sites where one can research and learn more, and where women can also find support. Please take a look at some of them.
My heart praises the Lord; my soul is glad because of God my Saviour, for He has remembered me, his lowly servant! From now on all people will call me happy, because of the great things the Mighty God has done for me.


Consolidated Edison Development, a company based out of New York, is beginning phase two of their construction of a wind farm in Campbell County, South Dakota. This new addition to the existing wind farm project is raising questions from land owners and causing county commissioners to work on writing a zoning ordinance to help regulate the wind farm's expansion.
The existing 55 wind turbines were constructed in 2015-16 and all electricity generated by the towers, by contract, goes to Basin Electric Power Cooperative.
In the summer of 2018, Campbell County found out that phase 2 of the wind farm—which means additional towers covering additional acres to expand the plant—would be in the near future. In response, county commissioners passed a resolution to begin writing a zoning ordinance.
According to South Dakota state law, counties cannot adopt zoning ordinances unless they have a comprehensive plan put in place for county development. At the beginning of this process, Campbell County had neither a comprehensive plan nor a zoning ordinance, so they began working on an emergency zoning ordinance without first writing the comprehensive plan.
To assist with planning, the commissioners hired a professional to help them from North East Council of Government out of Aberdeen, SD, but the public hasn't seen the ordinance until recently.
According to Andrew Van Kuren, Campbell County Economic Development Coordinator, "The commissioners are going about it in a correct manner; in other words, they're taking their time, they're doing their research, they're applying zoning to all aspects of the county not just the wind farms."
David Ganje, an energy & natural resources attorney from Rapid City, SD, has a different opinion. After reviewing the zoning ordinance that the commissioners are presenting, he believes that it is "utterly inadequate."
In two letters to the county commissioners, Ganje outlines what he believes to be problematic issues with the proposed 99-page ordinance. According to Ganje, the proposed ordinance does not require developing companies to have liability insurance or to share their site maps and development plans with the public, wind towers are to be set back further from towns than from rural residences, county roads and other resources are not protected, and there are no industry standards to guide the "construction, operation, or demolition of a wind farm project."
Ganje explained that he is "not opposed to wind energy and not against wind towers," but his criticism lies in that it took the commissioners 6 months to come up with this ordinance that he said he feels doesn't address the problems at hand. "It [the ordinance the commissioners are proposing] is a cut and paste job—there is no forethought into what they are doing," Ganje explained.
The commissioners planned to hold a meeting open to the public to read and potentially approve the ordinance on Feb. 7, 2019, but this hearing was postponed due to inclement weather.
Rather than pass this ordinance Ganje said "I would like to see them [commissioners] table to approve this ordinance…take criticism back to the expert, talk to me about questions and with the states attorney."
Ganje explained that he has written legislation before and would be willing to visit with the commissioners as well as their hired expert and state's attorney about the ordinance and "to respond to the county's proposed ordinance language and discuss with the county and it's expert's errors in the current proposed ordinance."
Wind energy is very much a growing industry. Mark Mauersberger, Senior Development Manager for APEX Clean Energy, explained there is a "huge amount of corporate interest in these projects [wind and solar farms]."
According to Mauersberger, the state of South Dakota is behind as far as wind energy development is concerned when compared to neighboring states such as North Dakota and Minnesota in light of available energy transmission. He stated that there are many benefits to wind energy that generate "multiplier effects." For example, he said that money from taxes on the towers finds its way into county and school programs, construction and maintenance of the towers provide jobs, and landowners receive compensation as well.
In a June 2018 editorial Van Kuren wrote about wind energy in Campbell County for the Prairie Pioneer, he said that "Capacity and production tax revenue from Campbell County Wind Farm (CCWF) was $318,345.15 this past year. The Pollock – Mobridge School District received $159,172.58 and Campbell County government received $159,172.57. Tax revenue from CCWF could be almost doubled with the addition of Phase II turbines."
Additionally, Mauersberger explained that the wind towers that are being built today are more efficient, magnetically driven and less likely to need repair compared to the mechanical gear driven towers of ten years ago.
Larry Odde, a land owner 3/4ths of a mile north of the wind farm in Campbell County, said that he was approached by the ConEdison to put wind towers on his land, but he declined. Now that ConEdison is planning to expand the wind farm, Odde says that he is concerned that "the county ordinance hasn't set any regulations on what they [ConEdison] can and can't do."
He expressed concerns about wind tower construction ruining county roads, the inconveniences construction brings to communities, and the noise/vibrations from the wind towers.
Going forward Odde explained that he'd like the new towers "set back a mile and a half so they aren't so close" to peoples' homes. The current ordinance that the county is working on is less than that.
Robert Salverson, a land owner south of the wind farm in Campbell County, was also approached by ConEdison to put towers on his land, but declined. Salverson's explained that he has seen abandoned wind farms that haven't been taken care of and asks "are we protected as a land owner if we would have to clean that up?"
Along with the potential decommissioning issue with the towers, Salverson also has concerns that the heavy machinery used in the construction of the towers would ruin the farm land surrounding the bases of the towers, aerial applicators wouldn't want to work near the wind towers, and because of the noise and eyesore, the towers' presence could diminish the value of people's property.
The temporary ordinance that county commissioners are working on is not enough to protect landowners in the area, he believes. .


Only three teams in VFL/AFL history have trailed by more than three goals at Quarter Time in the Grand Final and gone on to win. The most recent was Sydney in 2012 who trailled the Hawks by 19 at the first break before rallying in the second term to kick 6.0 to 0.1, eventually going on to win by 10 points, and before that Essendon who in 1984 trailed the Hawks by 21 points at Quarter Time - and still trailed them by 23 points at Three Quarter Time - before recording a 24 point victory on the strength of a 9.6 to 2.1 points avalanche in the final term.
The other team was Carlton in the equally-famous 1970 Grand Final where they trailed the Pies by 29 points at Quarter Time, 44 points at Half Time, and 17 points at Three Quarter Time, before eventually prevailing by 10 points.
So, the first thing you want your team to do in a Grand Final if they're to go on and win it is to avoid trailing by a large amount at Quarter Time.
A small deficit is more manageable, though still not ideal, since winning Grand Finalists have been level or trailed by up to 18 points in only about 28% of all resolved Grand Finals, and in about the same proportion of Grand Finals from the modern era alone. In no era have many more than about one-third of winning Grand Finalists found themselves level or trailing by 3 goals or less at Quarter Time.
Slender leads at Quarter Time are fine - indeed, they're the norm, since more than half of all Flag winners have led by less than three goals at the first change and less than one in five had led by a larger margin. In the modern era fully 60% of winners have led by less than three goals at Quarter Time.
(The table below provides the overall and era-by-era Quarter Time data in the middle block of the five shown. The fourth and fifth blocks are for the winning team's position at Half Time and Three Quarter Time).
The picture at Half Time is a little different, though mostly in terms of the distribution of leads. It's still the case that only about one-quarter of eventual winners are level or trail at the main break (a little more than one-quarter in the modern era), but over one-third lead by more than three goals.
Three Quarter Time is not the time to be trailing. Only two teams have trailed by more than three goals at Three Quarter Time and gone on to win - Essendon, in 1984, as mentioned earlier, and the Hawthorn side of 1971, who trailed the Saints by 20 points at Three Quarter Time before eventually winning by 7 points. Just nine more winning teams in history have been level or trailed by any amount at Three Quarter Time, and only two other teams aside from Essendon since 1978: Carlton, who trailed Collingwood by 9 points in 1981, and Geelong, who trailed St Kilda by 7 points in 2009. Almost 50% of winning Grand Finalists have led by more than three goals at the final change, though this has been true of only one-third of the winners in the modern era.
In summary - and this data appears as the first three columns of the table above - about 70% of ultimate Flag-bearers have led at the end of the 1st Quarter, over three-quarters have led at the end of the 2nd Quarter, and 90% have led at the end of the 3rd Quarter.
Looking at the second block of data we see that, on average, winning Grand Finalists score more points than their opponents in any given Quarter about 70% of the time. Winners from the modern era, however, have outscored their opponents in 2nd and 3rd Quarters less often - only about 60% of the time - but have outscored them in 4th Quarters almost 90% of the time.
Finally, as another way of presenting the all-time data for winning teams' Quarter-end-by-Quarter-end leads, the table at right provides percentiles from the various distributions. So, for example, the first entry of -10 tells us that only 10% of winning teams have trailed by 10 points or more at Quarter Time, and the -7 in the neighbouring cell tells us that only 10% of winning teams have trailed by 7 points or more at Half Time.
As I wrote in the title for the corresponding blog post last season, to win a Grand Final you must first lead.


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Wall Street rallies after China trade comments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rallied more than 1% on Thursday, buoyed by gains in the trade-sensitive technology and industrial sectors as China expressed hope on trade negotiations with the United States, easing concerns that rising tensions could stoke a recession.
FILE PHOTO: A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the closing bell in New York, U.S., August 23, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
China's commerce ministry said both sides are discussing the next round of talks scheduled for September, but progress would be determined by whether Washington could create favorable conditions.
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Fox News radio interview that trade talks were scheduled for Thursday "at a different level," but did not provide details.
Some analysts cautioned that the comments from China were light on substance, and pointed to month-end rebalancing on Friday as supportive of stock gains.
"It sounds to me like more of a continued slow-walking," said Thomas Martin, senior portfolio manager at Globalt Investments in Atlanta. "But clearly it is time to not ratchet things up further."
Heavyweight tech stocks with tariff exposure, such as Apple Inc (AAPL.O), up 1.69%, and Microsoft (MSFT.O), up 1.89%, boosted the technology sector by 1.73% for its best day since Aug. 16.
Chipmakers, which draw a large part of their revenue from China, also gained, sending the Philadelphia semiconductor index .SOX up 2.25%.
Industrial names that have also been highly correlated to trade progress, such as United Technologies (UTX.N), advanced, with the sector up 1.77%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 326.15 points, or 1.25%, to 26,362.25, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 36.63 points, or 1.27%, to 2,924.57 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 116.51 points, or 1.48%, to 7,973.39.
Still, the three main indexes were on course to log their worst monthly performance and first monthly decline since a selloff in May, on worries the intensified trade battle between the world's two largest economies will lead to a global recession.
The Trump administration on Wednesday made official its additional 5% tariff on $300 billion in Chinese imports and set collection dates of Sept. 1 and Dec. 15, prompting several hundreds of U.S. companies to warn of price hikes.
A number of companies, including electronics retailer Best Buy Co Inc (BBY.N) and teen apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF.N), reported results earlier on Thursday and warned of the impact from tariffs.
Shares of Best Buy slid 7.99%, making it one of the worst performing issues on the S&P 500, while those of Abercrombie tumbled 15.10%.
Dollar General Corp (DG.N) was the best performer among S&P 500 .SPX companies, rising 10.68% on an upbeat full-year profit forecast. The S&P retail index .SPXRT climbed 1.67%.
Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 3.23-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 2.69-to-1 ratio favored advancers.
The S&P 500 posted 27 new 52-week highs and no new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 40 new highs and 59 new lows.
About 6.01 billion shares changed hands on U.S. exchanges, compared with the 7.23 billion daily average over the last 20 sessions.
Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Leslie Adler


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Intel's new chip was profiled by Sacha Sagan, writing or PC Mag, who called it a likely frontrunner for Apple's upcoming iPhone 7s and 8 models.
Sagan noted that Intel's 7560 Baseband Processor "is LTE Category 16/13, with download speeds of 1Gbps and upload speeds of 225Mbps. It supports up to 8x4 MIMO, up to 35 LTE bands, and all of the current evolutions of LTE, GSM, and CDMA."
Last fall, Apple began using Intel modem chips in some of its non-CDMA iPhone models for use with carriers including AT&T and T-Mobile. However, it continued to use Qualcomm modems because Intel didn't have the ability to support legacy CDMA networks such as Verizon and Sprint.
Intel's new modem chip could allow Apple to switch entirely to Intel, after a bitter feud with Qualcomm over licensing issues. Apple charged that Qualcomm's practice of charging licensing fees as a percentage of the total cost of iPhones means that it is demanding more money for unrelated value Apple itself is creating.
With Apple rumored to be introducing an even more expensive premium iPhone model this fall, its inability to negotiate favorable terms with Qualcomm would give it a strong incentive to shift its business entirely to Intel.
Intel is hungry for business, following the repeated failure of its own efforts to bring x86 compatible chips to mobile with Atom. In 2010, Intel acquired Infineon, the Baseband Processor vendor Apple had been using since the first iPhone, just as Apple shifted to Qualcomm in order to expand support to CDMA carriers like Verizon.
Six years later, Apple returned to using some of Intel's chips where CDMA support wasn't required, but Intel's new inclusion of CDMA support could enable an expanded partnership with Apple in Baseband Processors that would give Intel a greatly expanded entry into the baseband market currently dominated by Qualcomm.
A move by Apple away from Qualcomm would follow the pattern of its parallel legal issues with Samsung, which induced the company to move its Application Processor business from Samsung's LSI fab to TSMC (although that transition took years to complete).
Apple's next generation of iPhones will compete against a new Samsung flagship using Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835, which combines an Application Processor and X16 Baseband Processor into a single chipset. Qualcomm also announced a new X20 modem that's even faster, although carriers have yet to roll out networks that take advantage of it.
Apple is expected to pair its own TSMC-produced A11 Application Processor with a third party Baseband Processor. If it moves entirely to Intel, Qualcomm would be left dependent upon Android devices, which make up a shrinking segment of the most valuable premium tier of the market.
Guess someone just bought Intel stock and wants a boost.
Does Intel own enough patents covering LTE, etc., to negate Qualcomm or does Intel license standards based patents from Qualcomm?
All I want are more power efficient chips for a given performance ratio.
Mr. Cook. Please use the best chips possible even if they are from QCOM. We don't need recall or performance issues down the road. If INTC is not ready for prime time then don't use them.
Isn't the problem that Qualcomm still wants to get paid even if you don't use their chips, because all chips use SEPs, which they have contributed to the standard.
The XMM 7650 is looking very solid. Problem is that it is still on 28nm. And likely sucking more power.
What's worst is Intel Radio Front End, which really is severely lacking behind Qualcomm. But nevertheless Intel's modem should be a lot cheaper.
So when will Verizon join the rest of the world on GSM and make this whole issue moot?
Which Carriers are CDMA? Which are GSM?
In the U.S., Sprint, Verizon and U.S. Cellular use CDMA. AT&T and T-Mobile use GSM.
Most of the rest of the world uses GSM. The global spread of GSM came about because in 1987, Europe mandated the technology by law, and because GSM comes from an industry consortium. What we call CDMA, by and large, is owned by chipmaker Qualcomm. This made it less expensive for third parties to build GSM equipment.
-- The statement about Qualcomm owning CDMA shows why Apple is having so many cost issues, CDMA is basically a monopoly owned by Qualcomm. I just used my Verizon iPhone 6s in Canada and because I have the package that includes international calling and receiving in Canada and Mexico, my iPhone used GSM on Rogers cellular network without any problems. I guess I just live in the wrong country.
Mr. Cook- Please use the supplier who charges a fair price for the product delivered. I can deal with an iPhone with slightly slower cellular network performance. Value and reasonable business practices should be important factors to consider.
My T-mobile IPad constantly moves between 2 and 4 bars without me changing position. If I turn off cellular for a few seconds it usually bounces back to 4 bars.
I must have gotten one of the crappy Intel modems inside. Hope the next generation is better.
Correction: Intel did not buy Infineon, but Infineon's wireless communications division.
Verizon already has the 4G LTE technology that will eventually replace CDMA, but they still have a lot of legacy CDMA users to support. They are not willing to pull the plug on those customers yet. Same with Sprint.
When VoLTE (VoIP over LTE) is already old technology, then Verizon will pull the plug on CDMA but I think we have a few years until we get to that point.
Remember that Verizon and Sprint aren't the only CDMA carriers on the planet. About 15% of the world's mobile operators are legacy CDMA carriers. It'll eventually happen, but not this nor next year nor probably the year after that.
What if Qualcomm loses a ton of money from Apple going to Intel then loses enough value for Apple to acquire them?
Wouldn't this be great and Apple would then collect licensing fees from all mobile devices?
Actually the only GSM / CDMA issues are at the 2G and lower levels. Once we hit 3G and non-LTE 4G all the carriers are using the same or closely related technology, just in different bands (WCDMA / HSPA) and of course with 4G LTE they are all using the same basic technology.
Nope - Intel modems are only found on some SKUs of iPhone 7, 7 Plus, not iPad, or any other iOS device.
First GG back-stabs, then SS, now QC. The fools running these businesses should be fired. Intel will take a few years to match QC, and Apple will be doing everything they can to ensure those few years are reduced to a couple. Dear Apple - please ignore them to death!
Qualcomm will probably still try to seek royalties from Apple as the Intel chip will still be using Qualcomm owned standards. So hit up Intel then also Apple for good measure, even though Intel has already paid the licence. It will go for the largest honeypot and drag through the courts for years. Nokia did the same in Germany once I recall.
My guess is, this is a negotiating tactic.
First, you can have 1GBPS/Sec cell modem chip on phone but due to lack of network capacity, real world speed never achieves even half of that. So, Intel's modem is good for long time until carrier's implement 5G(by 2020). 2nd, there is a new sheriff(Intel) in town for high speed cellular modem which will keep Qualcomm in checks and balance. Now, Qualcomm will have hard-time charging high price for the sofa depending upon the house that it goes into. Sell Qualcomm stock and buy Intel/Apple.
I don't think Qualcomm has any legal standing to do that. If they did, why would they stop there; they could demand that Apple hand over 50% of all its profits on all its products (not just iPhones), or else lose its license to use Qualcomm patents that are now irremovable parts of GSM and CDMA both. The iPhone would cease to exist, Apple would be ruined -- far better for Apple to do almost anything Qualcomm demands. What's stopping Qualcomm from doing that, the goodness of their hearts? No: FRAND contracts they signed (when their patents were included in GSM and CDMA) specifically prohibit Qualcomm from just "hitting up" everyone in the industry for whatever they think they can get.


50 great names for your nail salon.
Have you always had a passion for pretty fingers and toes? Then why not go to school to become a nail technician? Most beauty schools offer this program, it's not terribly expensive and doesn't take too long to learn the trade.
At some point in your career, you may decide the time is right to open your own salon, and to register your business you'll need a great name. It should be eye-catching and memorable, and make people think of the luxurious and fun experience of getting a manicure.
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Target market: Some nail salons are classier than others, offering more upscale services. If you are targeting a more affluent crowd, make this clear in the name.
Get licensed: Once you get a license that enables you to legally do work on peoples' nails commercially, then you can start thinking about opening your own business.
Work experience: You should first work for other nail salons to gain experience and create a nice portfolio to attract customers with, and to see how a nail salon is run. Observe the business from the sidelines, take good notes, and keep them for your own business ventures.
Make a portfolio: Photograph your best work in high quality to either put on your website or in a physical portfolio. A good portfolio will lure costumers.
Contact your state department of corporations to find out what you need to do to register a business, and also contact your city or county to find out their license and tax requirements.
While doing all of this, you should be looking into suppliers for everything from salon equipment to supplies needed to perform the work.
It will be expensive to start out, so you may also wish to look into small business loans with your bank to help get you started, should you not already have the funds saved up.
Once you have all licensing requirements met, you can then begin looking for a good location. Ideal locations will be near other beauty-related places, shopping malls, beaches, or photography studios.
Start advertising and marketing, from posting flyers around town in tanning and hair salons (with permission), to posting on social media and Craigslist. You need to find clever ways to reach out to your market!
When your doors open for business, stand proud and persevere. Owning your own business is tough, and you may not succeed, but you stand a chance if you work hard and make your customers happy.
Nice names but word. Icle means???
All I see is 48.
Cool names; helped me come up with a name for my future business. Thank you.
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Quantico Brig suicide update
Capt. Michael A. Webb, 46, of Coto de Caza, Calif., was found unresponsive Sunday at 7:21 a.m. and was later pronounced dead at the scene, said Lt. Col. Roger Galbriath.
Webb had been placed under pretrial restraint as a result of the serious nature of his misconduct, because he failed to report to Quantico Marine Corps base when ordered, and because he was determined by an independent reviewing officer to be a flight risk.
InsideNoVA.com reports.
[Update] A Marine captain awaiting a court-martial for defrauding the government was found dead from an apparent suicide Sunday in the Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., brig, base officials said.
Marine Corps Times reports. I have commented before about the attention given to increases in the military suicide rate, and that I believe there is an uptick in suicides related to courts-martial as well.
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Attack ad, low suburban turnout propel Assembly candidate Sam Roberts to primary win
Published: Sep. 20, 2010, 10:00 a.m.
Michelle Breidenbach | mbreidenbach@syracuse.com
Syracuse, NY - As Phil LaTessa headed for last week's primary election, his strategist thought at least 8,000 people would vote and he would remain the Democrat on the November ballot for 119th District Assembly seat.
In the last days of the campaign, challenger Sam Roberts mobilized volunteers, loaned his campaign another $25,000 and told voters that there was something fishy about LaTessa's fundraising.
Roberts, a former county legislator, won 45 percent of about 4,600 votes cast to win the ballot spot, according to unofficial results.: ]
The challenge was to find those likely voters in a district of 35,659 enrolled Democrats, win their support and motivate them to vote in a primary election with little else on the ballot.
Assemblywoman Joan Christensen announced in January that she would not seek re-election to the seat she has held for 20 years. Jane Fahey-Suddaby was the first candidate to announce that she would run, even before Christensen stepped out. Roberts said he had always planned to run when Christensen retired. But LaTessa, the Syracuse city auditor since 2003, won the party's designation in May.
That set up a three-way Democratic primary in a district so lopsided for Democrats that the primary threatened to be more exciting than the general election.
LaTessa raised the most money. He made a personal loan of $72,600 to the campaign and held two fundraisers, one an annual event at his home. The biggest donations came from lawyers and people in real estate.
LaTessa, 49, owns appraisal, abstract and property management companies.
As he talked with voters, LaTessa said he encountered a new kind of apathy. People were beyond angry about Albany politics, LaTessa said, they were disgusted.
"It was 'Why would you want to?' not 'why are you running?'" he said.
Suddaby, 54, went door to door with no support from unions or the party establishment. She is an assistant superintendent at Oswego County BOCES and has never held public office, but belongs to a family of judges.
Roberts said it was his strategy to make his opponents think he was broke until the end. Like a boxer, he said, he wanted to come out swinging in the last rounds.
"I'm a very competitive person and I understand how it's played," he said.
In the last weeks, union members, ministers, old friends and stalwarts of the powerhouse East Side 17th Ward hit the streets for Roberts.
Roberts printed a flyer that said LaTessa was doing the heavy lifting for shopping mall developer Bob Congel. Another one implied LaTessa was hiding donations from Congel. In Roberts' opinion, the mailings weren't negative. They simply provided information. "It was news," he said.
But LaTessa saw them as unfair stretches of the truth. He had not taken money from Congel for this election, but from Carousel Center partner Bruce Kenan and, the week before the election, $2,500 from the political action committee for the law firm that represents the Carousel Center. Congel has donated $1,550 to LaTessa's campaign for city auditor.
Christensen, who tried to stay neutral, wrote a letter that said she was disappointed in the attack ads.
"If Albany is ever going to have a chance to reform, we must elect people who will act in the best interest of those they serve and not the self-interest of their own ambitions," she wrote, without naming names.
Roberts said four mailers cost his campaign about $4,300 each. On Sept. 3, Roberts loaned $25,000 of his personal savings to the campaign, bringing his total to $40,000.
In the end, half as many people came to the polls as LaTessa expected and voters in the suburbs stayed home. Some polling places in DeWitt had no voters. Suddaby and LaTessa split wins in the suburbs. Suddaby took the most votes in DeWitt and Onondaga, and LaTessa won Salina.
But there was excitement for Roberts in Syracuse.
If Roberts wins in November, he will be the first African-American to represent Central New York in Albany.
In the 17th Wardwhere he lives, Roberts led LaTessa by 428 votes and Suddaby by 618.
In the 18th Ward, home to many black voters, Roberts won 107 votes compared to six for LaTessa and five for Suddaby. So many people came to vote at Danforth Magnet School and Almus Olver Towers that the board of elections had to bring more ballots, Democratic Elections Commissioner Ed Ryan said. Dozens of emergency ballots will not be counted until Friday.
Roberts, 54, served five terms on the Onondaga County Legislature, from 1990 to 1999. Since then, his political work can be measured more in miles than titles. He has campaigned behind the scenes for candidates, was chairman of the 17th Ward and worked for the state party.
During Hillary Clinton's run for president, he was tapped to mobilize voters in Indiana and Kentucky.
Roberts retired from GM after 30 years and, in 2007, was appointed by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer to work as building superintendent for the state offices in Syracuse. In June, he took a leave of absence from the $73,000-a-year job to run for office.
His leave of absence ends Nov. 3, the day after the general election. But Roberts says he plans to leave that job for the Assembly, which pays $79,500 a year.
In the Nov. 2 general election, Roberts will face John Sharon on the Republican and Independence Party lines and Conservative Party candidate Christina Fitch.
Contact Michelle Breidenbach at mbreidenbach@syracuse.com or 315-470-3186.


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Q: Hijri to Gregorian not getting converted in Excel 365 I have a calendar in Hijri dates. I convert them to gregorian by typing the corresponding cell reference like =+A2. Then I format the value to gregorian date through Format Cell command. This has worked till now, but today it is not working. Try as I might, the cell simply types the same hijri date, and does not convert into gregorian.
I tried the Format Cell command, then I tried to add the custom format - B1mm/dd/yyyy, but that also did not change it into gregorian.
Any help would be really appreciated, since I have many calendars to manage and almost all of them have this problem.
thanks

A: It's not working most likely because it's stored as text, if that's so, use this as a guide to convert to number (dates are just numbers).
In any case, to convert to gregorian I suggest you to use
=TEXT(G9,"B1mm/dd/yyyy")

A: Please check the cell formatting of the date, normally it is not possible to convert the date to a non-numeric format.
In addition, if you need to convert to Gregorian dates, you can also use the YEAR, MONTH, DAY functions.
See YEAR function.

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Even though the pace of draft pick contract negotiations is swift, not every team has joined the race.
With closing in on 200 of the 254 draft picks under contract, seven teams have signed all their picks, and 31 teams have signed at least one.
The Rams are the lone holdout, and they have a reason.
"We just feel like they'll be better suited if we can take them through step A and B of Financial Planning 101 before we give 'em the money," Rams coach Jeff Fisher said, via Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "It's just that simple. We'll get them all signed and we're communicating with them. . . .
Rookies are housed in a team hotel and fed at the facility during offseason workouts, part of the Rams' philosophy of team-building. There, they work with former defensive tackle La'Roi Glover, the team's director of player programs.
"A big focus of our entire program, with an emphasis from coach Fisher and [General Manager] Les [Snead] is on player development and skill development," said Kevin Demoff, executive vice president of football operations. "We get La'Roi Glover involved, and really taking a holistic approach to the maturation process of the rookies and the vets.
"One of the things that we think is important with that is bringing the rookies in as a group, having them live together as a group, and not having any real differentiation between the first-round pick and the undrafted rookie.
Demoff said all the contracts would likely be completed before players leave for the summer break, so the focus could be solely on football when they return in late July for training camp.
And while their decision keep the money out of their players' hands for a month, the plan they have in place may help those players hang onto some of it.
What a load of garbage. it's indentured servitude what it is. Since draft picks are the team's property, the players have no choice but to report to that team. Rams get free practice (work) from them. If one tears a knee, think those wonderful, honest owners will pay them their draft slot anyway or release them without compensation? These players better start unifying and sacking up by holding out for real! The owners are pulling this hardball nonsense more and more.
money is the main reason that they haven't paid their players yet. Think of all that compound interest being generated by keeping the money in the team's account.
Excellent idea. Gold star for whoever came up with it.
rookies are compensated fairly if they are injured before signing a contract, these players are having all their services paid for so idk how you call this indentured servitude. interest accumulating? your literally talking about a couple weeks, your not getting any interest on that. just goes to show you that jets fans know nothing just like their FO.
For 5 mill dollar rookie pool, compound interest won't be that much compared to the cash they probably have on hand. So I doubt that's the primary motivation.
Seems more like a PR move to show the league they tried this when years later players sue the NFL for failing to let them know that money goes fast. That suit will be filled the day after the concussion suit is settled.
Yeah, excellent idea if it happened May 1st, which is as soon as is practicable for the life lessons to occur lest bad decisions occur right off the bat if financial responsibility is the true driving force. As plenty of biz deals occur without the money in hand, it's infantile to suggest this waiting period for this magic class is all about what's best for the players given the other factors at play that have already been listed in the comments section — interest, getting long looks at prospects without owing a cent, and so on. How does it make any sense for a player's financial future to be a month and a half past draft day and not have a chance at a signed deal? Move the class date to May 1st, or have the NFLPA start crying foul.
I think it's a perfect idea. I few things though. Number one the people talking about the interest the money is accruing, don't be stupid the owners have plenty of dough and the thousands they may be making on the interest is not worth the potential headaches. Injuries, I'm sure the agents have something worked out to take care of that or they wouldn't let their players on the field big the players get hurt and don't get paid the agents lose out too so I doubt they would risk it. Speaking of agents though, is their anything to prevent the players from circumventing this policy by borrowing from their agents? Just a few thoughts.
Rookies are covered by insurance policies during the time they practice & before their contracts are signed.
We are talking strictly about signing bonus money IF any is even offered to the majority of these guys. Players are housed and fed during OTAs and camp and there is probably something along the lines of per diem as well. The contract money comes in the regular season in the former of game checks. Most of the arguments in the comments are invalid. There is nothing wrong with educating these guys before handing them a financial windfall. Too many players are broke after their careers and a bunch of them have defaulted on loans during the lockout even though no players lost any money to begin with. Good for the Rams. More teams should do something like this.
Wait…so, these guys aren't getting paid?
To all the people calling it indentured servitude, remember just 2 years ago when very few draft picks were even signed by now? It's only since the new rookie draft pick wage scale that signings have gone quickly and mostly been done by training camp. So all those years, the servants slaved away under the same circumstances, for longer (unless they didn't report at all until they signed).
Especially smart when you draft the kind of 'character' guys Fischer likes to bring in.
So the Rams brass who has yet to master the game of football planning is now going to instruct these guys on financial planning? I'd like to see what their plans are for that, and I'm willing to bet I would find some points of contention. Just a hunch though.
Actually it's La'Roi Glover who is taking the lead on instructing these guys, and just to point out for the guy above me he does have degrees in public administration and sociology, in a addition to the whole "been there before" experience.
This is more an indictment on the type of players the Rams are drafting under Fisher; taking chances on low character guys who slip in the draft.
The Rams draft picks under Fisher have led the Turd Watch by a wide margin … & its been pointed out repeatedly the picks this year have that same stank!!
I'm a Rams fan … they're trying to reign in the Turdlettes & make the stars instead of perps … derp!!
This is the first really good report on the Rams operations we have all heard in years. This should be mandatory for every team to include, even if contracts are already signed, they would not kick in (no monies to the players or agents) until the OTAs and financial planning classes are done. Unless the player is a complete bust, drafted rookies should hang on to their spot with their teams for at least one season. Having the financial background training should at least give them the chance to keep most of their monies for that rainy day when they no longer be wanted by an NFL team.
Rams should use the money to buy lights for that dingy dim dusty dungeon the call a dome.


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Most Owners of Wearable Fitness Devices Continue to Use Them Daily According to New National Study
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Forty percent of Americans, ages 18 or older, have used a wearable device for tracking their health, exercise activity or sports performance, and among those who now own a so-called "wearable," more than half (51 percent) say they use it at least once daily and 70 percent say they use it daily or weekly, according to new national study of Americans' habits and attitudes concerning, exercise, weight and diet.
The most common use for trackers is counting steps taken (39 percent), calories burned (36 percent), heartbeat (31 percent), distance (28 percent) and sleep quality (25 percent). But more than three quarters of users and non-users (76 percent) indicate it would be moderately, very or extremely valuable if a wearable device could automatically measure the calories they consume. Similar margins indicated they would value devices that automatically measure hydration level (82 percent) and stress level (80 percent).
The online study, conducted by Researchscape International on behalf of Healbe (www.healbe.com), surveyed 1,041 consumers, ages 18 and older, between November 6 and 9, 2017. Consumers were quota-sampled using 32 different cells (gender by age by region) to closely match the overall national population. Healbe is the manufacturer of the GoBe™ 2, the first wearable that automatically measures calorie intake, hydration levels and emotional state non-invasively through users' skin.
The likelihood of having used a fitness tracking device increased with education level from a low of 19 percent for those without a high school diploma to a median of 40 percent of those with associate's degrees and up to 76 percent of those with doctorates.
"Active people concerned about health, weight and well-being want to be able to monitor their status and progress," said Artem Shipitsyn, CEO and co-founder of Healbe. "Having technology that can automatically monitor, measure and report on multiple health factors makes it easy to do so and significantly easier to recognize bad habits and integrate healthier habits into a daily routine. Fitness coaches and nutritionists can also track how their recommendations are implemented, tailor their programs in real time and achieve their clients' goals more efficiently."
When users of wearables were asked which aspect(s) they liked most about using their device, ease of use of the product's mobile app was the most frequently named choice, at 45 percent, outdoing both brand reputation and device design, both with 37 percent, and price, at 35 percent. Respondents were permitted to select more than one choice in answering.
Most survey respondents (53 percent) identified themselves as being overweight including seven percent who classified themselves as obese. Only five percent said they were underweight. While just over a third of respondents (36 percent) said they were currently dieting, those who said they were overweight or obese were two to three times as likely to be currently dieting, usually at the recommendation of a doctor. Whether dieting or not, respondents understood dieting as a process of monitoring and reducing caloric intake, either by avoiding specific foods (typically fats or carbohydrates) or by adjusting portion size.
"We are at the beginning of a new era in health and wellness wearables where solutions to health problems can now be based on real physiological responses in the body," said Stan Povolotsky, co-founder, Healbe. "There have been studies which concluded that fitness trackers provide good, but incomplete, solutions for helping users to lose weight because they are missing some key factors. None of the devices used in those studies measured actual caloric intake or hydration and stress levels, all of which affect weight loss.
"Equipping dieters with more complete data removes the guesswork and provides consumers with the incentive to adhere to a diet regimen. Our latest wearable, the GoBe 2, is the only device on the market with the technology to derive all this data and provide it to users. This should be able to help anyone, not just dieters, achieve personal health goals and maintain a healthier lifestyle."
Other significant findings from the survey included six in ten adults stating they exercise at least once a week, including 26 percent who exercise two or three times weekly. Among adults who exercise more than once monthly, 45 percent said they do so to maintain general health and weight, while the same percentage said they do so to lose weight. By a wide margin, more than 20 percent, walking was named as the most popular form of exercise, and among the top ten most popular forms mentioned – gym cardio and cycling were second and third, respectively – no team sports made the list.
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Healbe™ Corp. is a global health and wellness wearable startup founded in 2012. The company conducted a successful Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign in 2014 that raised more than $1 million dollars to support its launch of the GoBe, a health-monitoring "smart life" bracelet. The GoBe uses patented Healbe FLOW™ Technology and other innovative features to monitor more aspects of individuals' health and well-being than any other wearable fitness tracker—including calorie intake, calories burned, energy balance, water balance, stress level, emotional state, heart rate, sleep quality, distance traveled and number of steps per day. Healbe is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. with executive offices in Moscow; research and development offices in St. Petersburg, Russia; and manufacturing offices in Schenzhen, China.
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Gary Alexis Medel Soto (* 3. srpna 1987 Santiago de Chile) je chilský profesionální fotbalista, který hraje na pozici středního obránce či defensivního záložníka za italský klub Bologna FC 1909 a za chilský národní tým.

Reprezentační kariéra
Medel nastupoval v chilských mládežnických reprezentacích U20 a U23.

V A-týmu Chile debutoval 18. 4. 2007 v přátelském zápase proti reprezentaci Argentiny (remíza 0:0). Celkově za chilský národní výběr odehrál 91 zápasů a vstřelil v něm 7 branek (k 1. 9. 2016). Zúčastnil se MS 2010 v Jihoafrické republice, CA 2011 v Argentině, MS 2014 v Brazílii, CA 2015 v Chile a CA 2016 v USA.

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Andrew Strauss: 'Exceptional' former England captain receives knighthood
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Former England captain Andrew Strauss has been described as"an outstanding individual" after getting a knighthood in ex-Prime Minister Theresa May's resignation honours list.
42, strauss, led England to the number one Exam ranking, two Ashes wins, in addition to, in their own 50 Tests.
Coach Andy Flower, accountable during Strauss' time as captain, also paid tribute.
"I cannot think of a man more deserving of this honor," Flower said.
"As a player he was tough and resilient, as a captain he balanced a firm hand and moral compass using a compassion and empathy that supposed he was loved and respected in the dressing area by his players and the staff"
Geoffrey Boycott, Still another former England captain , also got a knighthood.
Strauss scored 7,037 runs in an average of 40.91 at 100 England Tests and combined the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as England's director of cricket following his retirement from all forms of cricket in 2012.
He proceeded to establish a foundation in her name, and abandoned the role annually to encourage his wife Ruth, who was treated for terminal cancer
ECB chief executive Tom Harrison added:"Andrew was encouraged to shape the future strategy of these men's international teams – in part to enable an environment which would see England as dwell contenders for the World Cup in 2019, a goal they thrillingly delivered just a couple of short months ago.
"It was using the identical class and courage that he along with his family set up the Ruth Strauss Foundation to raise money and consciousness merely a couple of months after dropping Ruth to a rare form of cancer.
"Aside from his achievements on and off the pitch," Andrew is widely regarded as an exceptional person within our game and this excellent accolade will be renowned around the cricketing world."
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Ever wondered which languages the United Kingdom will need in the near future? Instead of making difficult calculations, asking your friends and write a PhD about it - just read what the British Council says in an interesting report.
They published a report, based on a range of factors: which countries the UK will do business with, which languages are needed right now and in the future for the labour market, and so on. Spanish comes first, Arabic second (sure that report will welcome the Arabic-speaking Syrian refugees to the UK). French, Chinese (that is, Mandarin) and German add themselves to the top 5.
Interestingly enough, according to a survey of the British Council, 3 out of 4 Brits don't speak enough of the top-10 of the future languages to hold a normal conversation. Not that the Brits have been studying the wrong languages, it's just that they haven't done enough.
In a world where emerging markets like China, Africa and South America will increase their share in the world's economy, this might sound quite alarming.


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Scrobipalpa confusa is een vlinder uit de familie van de tastermotten (Gelechiidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1966 door Povolny.

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[b. 1977 – New York, NY ::: lives & works – New Haven, CT]
CHRIS BARNARD received his BA from Yale and his MFA from The University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. Having previously held faculty positions at Denison University, Indiana University, and USC, Barnard is currently associate professor of art at Connecticut College in New London.
Barnard's work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and New Haven, among other locations, and can be found in public and private collections nationally and internationally. His work is represented by Fred Giampietro Gallery in New Haven, where he and his partner live.
The artist says of his work…
In my work, I focus on white supremacy's relationship to the privileged spaces of my experiences, such as private art and educational institutions. Amidst widening gaps in wealth and opportunity, discussions about race, power, justice, and representation—across visual culture broadly—seem more relevant than ever.
In many of my compositions, which reference real sites, I have inserted fictional elements to raise questions about the allegiances and priorities of these institutions, as well as people—including myself—who have benefitted from, or continue to support them. The resulting works are representational, but through gestural passages and color and surface manipulation, I aim to suggest instability, corrosion, and decay. In the end, I strive to make engaging paintings that suggest dissonance and ambivalence, that entice and challenge viewers, just as painting them does for me.
These paintings are rooted in my contemplating Whiteness and emerge from wrestling with the politics of painting—the connections and gaps between painting and lived experience. They also reflect: a love of paint, the act of painting, and the power of the painted image; a regard for practitioners past and present, as well as those for whom practice has not been possible; and an admission of painting's complicity with hegemonic power.
As always, my process remains driven by questions. In this case, questions like: What role does painting play in the face of concrete social crises? How can my paintings respectfully incorporate—rather than exploit—relevant and thought-provoking content and imagery? What does it mean to think about racism, dehumanization, injustice, etc., and then to paint such pictures, and in particular as a straight, White man?
These questions and this body of work owe much to the work of others, and most acutely to four scholars' books in particular: The History of White People, by Nell Irvin Painter; Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities by Craig Steven Wilder; The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander; and White Rage, by Carol Anderson. I am greatly indebted to the depth of research and insight that these books represent; each was inspiring as much as it was devastating. These people's work, among others, influenced my own immeasurably, concretely sparking ideas for compositions, and more ephemerally—but equally importantly—by setting a standard, a tone, and a spirit for me in the studio that I strive to honor.
There is always danger in making art in response to inhumanity and suffering. I do so sincerely and humbly, without claiming success or certainty. And certainly, I recognize that painting has its limitations when compared to direct social action. That said, I believe art enables interaction and introspection for individuals, as well as creates opportunities for dialogue and discussion. My hope is that these works communicate a degree of internal struggle—among and between compositions, materials, processes, intents, and experiences—but, even more importantly, provoke conversation and critical thought.
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2005 MFA, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA
1999 BA, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2018 Armillaria, Clayton Center for the Arts, Maryville College, Maryville, TN
2017 Root Rot, Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
2015 White Tide, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Bounty, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles at VOLTA/NY, New York, NY
2013 Engagement Party, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT
2011 Toward Trinity, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Full Spectrum Dominance, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 No Exit, Luis De Jesus | Seminal Projects, San Diego, CA
2019 No Dead Artists (juried by Carmon Colangelo, Robyn Dunn Schwartz, and Nick Korniloff), Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Saturation Point (Two-person show with Timothy McDowell), Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT
2018 City-wide Exhibition, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Pictures of Nothing (curated by Arie Akkermans, with catalog), Pg Gallery, Istanbul
The Plot Thickens (curated by Martha Willette Lewis), The Gallery at the Institute Library, New Haven, CT
2016 Holiday Exhibition, Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven, CT
City-wide Exhibition, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Faculty Exhibition, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT
2015 Both One and Another, (juried by Jaclyn Conley), Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
Improvised Showboat #6, (curated by Zach Keeting and Lauren Britton), Fountain Street Studios, Pawtucket, RI
2013 The New World, (curated by Roman Stollenwerk), Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Group Exhibition, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
United States Embassy, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT
Wellington Management, LLP, Boston, MA
Private Collections in the U.S.A. and Switzerland
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What do you expect from a mayor who got elected with no election platform aside from de-amalgamating Hamilton (so how is that going by the way? ..oh wait..I forgot..Hamilton has no jurisdiction over municipal restructuring).
The guy was a pretty awful dt councilor as well.
This is beyond embarrassing for any mayor. He should resign.


WASHINGTON — Would choking to death on one's own blood qualify as a "cruel and unusual punishment"?
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Bucklew v. Precythe, which pits the state of Missouri and its preferred method of execution, lethal injection, against an inmate's rare blood disorder and his desire to die a different way.
The inmate, Russell Bucklew, a 50-year-old man convicted in 1998 of first-degree murder, suffers from cavernous hemangioma, a type of blood vessel abnormality that creates a slow-moving bloodstream and sensitive benign tumors that are susceptible to rupture. One is in Bucklew's mouth.
Complicating matters more, the condition has constricted Bucklew's veins, which makes inserting a poisonous IV into a fragile vein a tricky procedure for the state's executioners and medical staff.
Bucklew doesn't object to the execution. Instead, he has asked to die by nitrogen gas. Lethal gas is an approved method of execution under Missouri law. Nitrogen, however, has never been used for executions in Missouri or anywhere else.
But due to Bucklew's oft-hemorrhaging mouth tumor and the state's unwillingness to divulge the qualifications of the medical staff who would administer the complicated injection, Bucklew's attorney, Robert Hochman, asked the justices Tuesday to block Missouri's plan to administer the injection, and approve the "reasonable alternative," lethal gas.
The injection would "very likely cause his execution to involve severe harm and suffering from the time they begin to gain venous access all the way through his eventual death," Hochman said.
Chief Justice John Roberts was skeptical of the lethal gas argument, specifically the use of nitrogen, which is a novelty in state executions.
Missouri Solicitor John Sauer said the state would have certified medical personnel on hand to ensure the lethal injection was administered safely. Bucklew's request for death-by-nitrogen is simply a stall tactic days before his execution date, he said.
Sauer said a nitrogen-induced death was a poor alternative because it's possible that that method would increase suffering.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, however, appeared swayed by the plaintiff's arguments and skeptical of Missouri's rigid defense of using lethal injection.
A decision in Bucklew v. Precythe is expected by the end of June in 2019.


AFC's proposed text: in Article 48, paragraph 2, we propose that the following paragraph be added: As companion animals may be kept only those species listed on A Positive list, a list detailing which animal species are suitable to be kept as pets.
Accordingly, we also propose that paragraph 8 be added to Article 48: A Positive List, that is a list of animals suitable to be kept as pets from the paragraph 2 of this Article, shall be prescribed by the Minister.
There are more than 200 million pets in Europe, including mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and amphibians. However, many species, especially exotic animals, have complex needs and require specialised and often long-term care, diet, and housing. Those needs are not easy to meet, which means that exotic animals are unsuited to a life in captivity (tortoises and parrots, for example, can live at least 40-50 years). This may result in severe animal welfare problems, such as neglect, difficult rehoming efforts, suffering due to inadequate keeping conditions (inadequate nutrition, misuse of artificial heating/lights, behavioural problems), lack of veterinarians specialised in diseases affecting exotic animals, such as zoonosis which can be transmitted to humans and other animals. In consequence, animals suffer and die prematurely.
Also, the capture of wild animals for the pet trade, the destruction of their natural habitat, and the introduction of invasive species are significant factors impacting global biodiversity.
The Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) regulates the trade in vulnerable wildlife species through permitting or outright bans based on conservation status. Despite these trade restrictions, there is increasing evidence that the import of exotic animals for the pet trade threatens the survival of some wild populations. Breeding animals in captivity is not an ideal solution either: the actual source can be difficult to verify and can be a loophole for illegal trade.
Some species may have an impact on local biodiversity when they are released by their owners or when they escape into the wild. Some animals may not survive in a foreign climate, and may die from starvation or road traffic. But some non-native species can survive and become invasive, spreading disease, disrupting habitats, and hybridising or competing with indigenous species for food or nests, and therefore threatening them with extinction.
The keeping of exotic animals as pets may pose a danger to public health and safety. Around 72% of emerging zoonotic diseases originate in wildlife. Some of the most serious zoonoses are those associated with non-domesticated, exotic, or imported animals. The legal and illegal wild bird trade is known to have played a significant role in the global spread of avian influenzama, and, as a result, imports of wild-caught birds into the EU were banned in 2007.
Certain exotic species may present a safety risk to humans from their predatory, aggressive, or poisonous nature. Species such as venomous snakes, pythons, crocodilians, large cats, and primates can injure humans through poisoning, biting, or clawing. Adult animals can be quite strong and present a risk, particularly to small children.
The exotic pet trade may have a serious negative impact due to the spreading of diseases to other animals. The cost of catching and eradicating invasive alien species, treating people because of zoonotic diseases, the fight against illegal trade, and the slaughtering of thousands of farm animals in order to prevent the spreading of diseases should also be considered. The European Commission estimates the costs of controls and damage from invasive alien species in the EU at 12 billion euros per year (a conservative estimate). Additional costs derive from illegal trade and treating wildlife-originated diseases.
There are several ways to regulate the keeping and sale of exotic pets, but a Positive List (a list of allowed species) is the most effective, concise, transparent, enforceable and economically feasible way. A Positive List is the single most effective and efficient measure to reduce the suffering of exotic animals being kept unsuitably as pets in Europe, which is extremely important because of the open market of exotic animal trade in the EU countries.
The Positive List was initiated on scientific foundations by the AAP Rescue Center for Exotic Animals from the Netherlands and Eurogroup for Animals, in collaboration with partners throughout Europe. They are working together to inform policymakers and the public about the advantages of a Positive List in the legislative systems of the EU Member States by offering practical solutions and advice on its design and implementation.
Within the European Union the competence to legislate on the subject of exotic pets belongs to Member States. As documented in Eurogroup's "Analysis of national legislation related to the keeping and sale of exotic pets in Europe" (2013), where such legislation exists, it is very diverse. Legal provisions may ban the keeping of some species of animals (Negative or black list), or allow only some species to be kept (Positive or white list).
In Belgium, A Positive List for mammals had been under discussion since 1989 and was introduced by Royal Decree in 2001. The regulation was challenged in court as hindering trade between EU Member States. In June 2008 the European Court of Justice ruled that the Belgian Positive List was not in violation of EU free trade regulations as long as it was based on objective and non-discriminatory criteria and a procedure was in place for parties to request the inclusion of species on the list (Andibel ruling). The final Royal Decree of 2009 maintains the same 42 species on the list and includes an Annex of criteria according to which species can be evaluated for their inclusion on the list.
Laurette Onkelinx, Belgium's Minister of Public Health, gives a very positive opinion on the introduction of A Positive List: "The Belgian experience has shown that the introduction of a positive list leads to a clear diminishing of the number of animals of non listed species ending up in shelters or rescue centers. There is a very strong support of the general public for this legislation, leading to a strict social control. This in turn guarantees efficient enforcement without a need for extra investments on the part of the public services."
Sirpa Pietikäinen, Member of European Parliament from Finland, says: "Not every animal is suited to life as a household pet. In order to prevent unnecessary suffering of wild animals European countries should create positive lists of species which are allowed to be kept based on criteria considering animal welfare, human health and safety, invasive species risks, species conservation, and available knowledge on the care and needs of the species."
In the Netherlands, a Positive List for mammals came into force in February of 2015, and Positive Lists for fish, birds, and reptiles should follow. Since experts from AAP, the Dutch Centre for the care of exotic animals, and from the Eurogroupe for Animals have already presented A Positive List to the Ministry of Agriculture and offered to help design and implement it, we suggest it be included in the Animal Welfare Act.