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Transcript: 2011 Katz Award Ceremony
By Mark Krikorian, Leo Banks, and Nicolas Stein on June 7, 2011
Related Publications: Booklet, Video
Mark Krikorian,
Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies
Nicolas Stein,
Producer, "Border Wars"
National Geographic Television
Leo W. Banks,
Journalist and 2011 Katz Award Winner
Transcript by
Federal News Service
MARK KRIKORIAN: Good afternoon, folks. Don't stop eating on my account. I know Steve won't. But I just want to get things started so we can respect people's times if they have to go. My name is Mark Krikorian. I'm executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies. And we've been doing the Katz Award here now for, I think, 14 years. I'm not sure. It seems like a long time. Actually, it doesn't seem that long but it sounds like a long time.
And we started this award in honor of Eugene Katz, who was – the late Eugene Katz, who was one of our board members, had been on both sides of journalism, the editorial side and the business side, in a family business; had been a reporter. His business was the ad sales business and we really thought it was both – it was appropriate to name it after him but it was appropriate to have an award like this because, frankly, so much of immigration reporting is just lousy.
It's formulaic. It's, you know, kind of – either it's transcribing press releases from either the government or activist groups or just sort of predictable sob stories. And what we've tried to do with this award is highlight people who go beyond the predictable sob stories and the press releases. And I'll introduce our honoree in a little while, but his warm-up act is Nick Stein. Nick is the producer of "Border Wars," a series on the National Geographic Channel, which, apparently is, if not their top show for the channel, one of the top shows.
And they actually go out there with the camera and sort of wait around for something to happen on the border and there's really dramatic stuff. I'm not sure, I think it's kind of like those nature shows where they have a camera that just sits there and looks for, like, four months for something to happen and then you figure – I don't know if it's quite that bad. (Laughter.) There's more going on there than just that.
But there is a good deal of waiting around and waiting for something to happen, but there's plenty of interesting stuff that happens. People never see it. And it really does help give a context to the debate to actually see what's going on with smugglers or somebody sneaking through the border with a fake identity, and then they question them, or people trying to sneak, you know, contraband, whatever it is – I mean, dope or other stuff – in their cars. I mean, there's a lot of really interesting stuff.
And even for me, I haven't seen all of this stuff up front, in person myself. It's very informative. Nick, though, doesn't come from any kind of immigration/border/law enforcement – any of that kind of stuff; he's a producer. I mean, he's done shows for A&E and the History Channel, Food Network, Travel Channel, Disney – all kinds of shows like this.
Worked on, actually, the – last year's Katz Award winner's show, "Homeland Security USA," which did kind of a similar thing but I think maybe not as dramatic because for the "Homeland Security USA" show that we honored last year, there was a lot of – I mean, in a sense, the analogy I use is NASCAR and demolition derbies. Because demolition derbies were invented, basically, because people went to NASCAR races but then the thing they really wanted to see was the crashes. And so the people organizing NASCAR, or what was the precursors to NASCAR, said, why don't we just cut out all the other stuff and just have the crashes?
In a sense, it seems that's sort of like what Nick is doing – (laughter) – is cut out all the other stuff in homeland security and just get to the kind of really interesting meat. And the show is apparently very – quite successful. National Geographic loves it. It's, you know, a really hot property of theirs. So Nick's going to show us some clips, tell us some stories, make us laugh, make us cry and then I'm going to introduce our honoree. Nick?
EDITOR'S NOTE: Upon the National Geographic Television's request, Nicolas Stein's statements in the transcript and video have been redacted as a condition of his participation in this awards ceremony.
MR. KRIKORIAN: Thank you, Nick. And our speaker and honoree will – after they finish, we're open for Q&A if anybody has questions, but I want to make sure that we move on to the sort of main part of the program, which is to honor Leo W. Banks, our 2011 recipient of the Eugene Katz Award for excellence in the coverage of immigration.
Leo is from New England but has basically spent his whole professional life in Arizona; got his master's in journalism at the University of Arizona and has been writing from there ever since; has worked for – from what he's said is that a job he had at Arizona Highways, which is a magazine, got him, basically, in every little corner and nook and cranny of the state.
That's the kind of familiarity with someplace that leads to the kind of granular journalism that Nick referred to because, you know, a year or so ago, when Arizona passed SB 1070, everybody flocked there – reporters from everywhere – to do their pro forma, mandatory story on SB 1070. It was almost like the people following Anthony Weiner around now in the halls of Congress. (Laughter.) Everybody's got to have something about it so they do.
I mean, in a sense, what you ended up with in Arizona is people – somebody from a coastal newspaper or from a bureau of a foreign news service in New York or Washington, they fly in, get a quote from a minuteman, get a quote from a protester, get a nice picture of the border and then you're on the 8 o'clock flight back to civilization. That's not what Leo does, at all.
By actually having the kinds of relationships and maintaining them and doing this kind of reporting on an ongoing basis, he can find the stories that are there that other people just aren't finding. I mean, he can find the people who have been chased off their land – off their, you know, winter house. They're snowbirds from somewhere else and they just had – they couldn't stay there anymore because drug traffickers make the place too dangerous.
In one of his stories, he refers – it was really telling – he refers to a rancher who has to go out and ride his fences constantly just to make sure nothing's cut so the cattle won't wander off, and he can't take a cell phone with him because if he's seen talking on a cell phone and there's a spotter somewhere else for a cartel, they might shoot him because they're worried about his, you know, telling law enforcement about their activities. This is the kind of thing you don't get when you fly in, get three quotes, a picture and then you're out by the end of the day.
In your booklets, you have some examples of Leo's work, mainly from the Tucson Weekly, which is kind of an improbable site. Maybe he can tell you a little bit more about that. The Tucson Weekly is one of these alternative papers where you go in the back and there's the personals ads for the, you know, SWF looking for whatever it is – I mean, you get the point. This is not the kind of journalism outlet, media outlet, you would expect to have this kind of serious, sustained, non-PC examination of a controversial, hot topic like this.
Now, it's Tucson so obviously, it's sort of hard to avoid, but it's really kind of remarkable that he has that kind of long-form outlet because if you see some of the stories, this is not 700 words tucked into page, you know, A14 in a regular metropolitan newspaper. They really do seem to give him a good deal of leeway to write long, and that, I think, benefits all of us. He's written for a lot of other outlets, as well.
He used to work at the Arizona Daily Star, which is the Tucson paper; has done freelance work for – I think maybe the first thing I saw of his was for National Review Online, just because I write for them and it came to my attention; and has written for the Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe, the L.A. Times, a whole bunch of places. And he's almost – the Katz Award is almost sort of a kind of thing that's designed specifically for the kind of reporter Leo is.
His work on this really does need more attention and more exposure, in my opinion, because he's actually done the legwork to get real stories instead of the formulaic pap that we see too often. So Leo, if you could come on up. This is the tchotchke that goes with the award. So Leo, the Center for Immigration Studies is honored to give you our Eugene Katz Award for excellence in the coverage of immigration. (Applause.)
LEO BANKS: Hi, everybody. Thank you, Mark, for those kind words. I won't talk long and I will take questions. You know, people always ask me, when they hear what I do, what's going on in Arizona, and I tell them, well, we have Border Patrol agents everywhere now. There are green-and-white trucks on every horizon, dust running off the horizon. Everywhere you go, you're running into Border Patrol. But the cartels aren't particularly worried. They can still get in what they need to get in.
You know, I was having lunch recently with a fairly senior Border Patrol guy and he was saying, you know, we finally got the ability to move the traffic. And he was boasting. He was fairly exultant about that. Mind you, he said nothing about stopping the traffic. What he meant was there's enough Border Patrol now to move them to another area, into the remote areas where there's nobody there to see them and nobody there to report it.
That conversation made me think of how much of the border war is illusion, how much of it is perception and how much of it is politics. You probably remember Obama being in San Francisco at a DNC fundraiser in April, and he was making the point that we're all connected, you know, whether we came here on slave ships, through Ellis Island or across the Rio Grande. And I – this didn't get a lot of play, at least that I saw, and I thought, really? This is the president and he can't think of a single difference between coming legally through New York Harbor and jumping the river in Texas?
In El Paso, on May 10th, he was at it again. He was giving his immigration speech and he was talking about how border security activists will never be satisfied until we get a moat with alligators in the moat. Well, there's two problems with that. First of all, the drug smugglers will shoot the alligators lickety-split. (Laughter.)
Secondly, we know that Obama's going to go nowhere near the moat or the alligators; he's going to stay in the most secure house in the land talking down to folks who live on smuggling routes who, every day of their lives, live with pistols on their hips, pistols in their pickup trucks, pistols by their nightstands, hoping against hope that they don't run into some methed-up, cross-border smuggler who thinks, for whatever reason, that you just called Border Patrol on him.
A day or so after the alligator speech – and I can tell you how that was received in southern Arizona: It ticked people off in a big way – I got a call from a friend of mine, just spitting mad. And he kept saying over and over again, "Obama's laughing at us. He's laughing at us." And this fellow's anger is justified.
He lives along the Chiricahua smuggling corridor in southeast Arizona. If you know Arizona geography at all, southeast corner of the state, right near New Mexico, is the little town of Douglas. You come north on Highway 80 and there's a mountain range on the Mexico side, a mountain range on the Arizona side and the corridor sort of runs between. It's very active. It's very dangerous, as a smuggling corridor. It has been for years.
Some residents have had their homes broken into five times; some 10; some 17 times. It's an article of faith that, if you want to go out at night with the family and go to town to get something to eat, you'd better leave somebody at home to watch the house. And if you're going away for a vacation for a period of time, you need a house-sitter because your home will be occupied.
And here's Obama joking, first about – first, he sues us, all right, for SB 1070, and then he's making jokes about alligators and moats. So you can understand the frustration of this fellow who called me. And by the way, this is Rob Krentz's brother-in-law who called me, and Rob Krentz is – if you know the name – he was murdered March 27, 2010, in this same corridor.
But here's the kicker: This guy calls me and he's complaining and he's complaining. But he can look out his window as he's talking to me and he can see the Chiricahua Mountains burning before his eyes. This is the largest wildfire ever recorded in the Chiricahuas. When I left Arizona, it was around 50,000 acres. I saw a crawl on FOX this morning and I just caught the end of it and it looked to me like it was 86,000 (acres). And it can't be that much bigger in a week, but it's big. It's a huge fire.
It started May 8th on a smuggler trail into Horseshoe Canyon, which goes up the Chiricahuas. Border Patrol was chasing four illegals into Horseshoe. They lost them. The illegals went to the high country. And it's still cold up there this time of year, so they set a fire – a warming fire or a cooking fire. There was a 50-mile-an-hour wind. We have unbelievable drought conditions, and off they go.
On this same trail, the Horseshoe Canyon trail, last year, we had a fire that cost $11 million to fight. It was not as big as this one, but it was a pretty big fire. Jerry Kammer and I, in fact, at the time that fire was burning, we were going along Geronimo Trail, which is a dirt road at the bottom of this smuggling corridor, and up to our left, up in the mountains, we could see the billows of smoke coming off the Chiricahuas. That was Horseshoe I. The one burning now is Horseshoe II.
And the residents up there – one of them has written a letter to the president and is circulating a petition asking for some help, for some recognition of the problem that they have. I wanted to read you three paragraphs from that letter so you get a sense of the frustration and what it's like to live in this area.
"Over the years, as our homes have been burgled or invaded, our fences, waterlines and windows repeatedly broken, our businesses driven toward bankruptcy, our natural surroundings desecrated by trash and fire, it has amazed us how little note is taken of these tragedies by our government and the press."
"Is it enough, now that we have suffered back-to-back fires that threaten to erase our very reasons for living here? What must we say or do to garner your attention and help? How is it that, on the same day we took Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, we could not prevent illegals 50 miles within our borders" – that's five-zero – "from setting a fire along a known smuggling route in an extremely dry year? Why were federal agents not posted along this route in anticipation of a repeat of last year's calamity? Better still, why were the illegals not captured before they had traveled 50 miles north of the border? Or in the eyes of our government, do we just reside in a sacrifice zone?"
And what she means by sacrifice zone is, you close one area and say, well, this area is too hard; we'll just let them go through there. This fire is a huge event. It's a really huge event. The local media has covered it as a fire, extensively, which they should. They don't cover it as part of the border war. And the national media, for the most part, except for that crawl I saw on FOX this morning, I've seen nothing about it. You folks would all, if you follow – and I'm sure you do – these events, you might know more than I do at this point about what the national media has done.
But fires are a huge problem and we're getting them now and a lot of them are cartel fires. We had the Bull fire over Easter; started in northern Sonora, blew across the line west of Nogales over at Danny Bell's ranch. And some of you from CIS came out in January and you met Dan Bell. The word is, on that fire, that it was started by the cartels. What they're doing is, they're going into ranches in northern Sonora and trying to buy the ranch. When the rancher says no, they just torch his pasture as a little incentive. And that fire got out of control and came north into Arizona.
So as I'm listening to this fellow who called me go on about alligators and moats, it occurred to me how hard it is for people elsewhere – D.C., New York, Seattle, anywhere – to understand what it's like to get out of bed every day and have to fight to keep what you have, and that's what these people do. They have to keep their families safe; they have to keep their land; and they have to fight for their way of life. And that's what they're fighting for – their very way of life.
That's why blowback from borderland residents is so huge against Inspector Clouseau's claim – that's Janet Napolitano – (laughter) – that the border is as secure as it's ever been. If you believe that, I invite you to come out to the Chiricahuas and hear people talk about how the tops of those mountains – they go over 9,000 feet, absolute jewels; most beautiful mountains in the continental United States – how the tops of those mountains, 50 miles into Arizona, are owned by the cartels.
They are basically a forward operating base for the drug cartels, and no one hikes into them anymore – at least to the top parts – because it's just not safe. It's too dangerous. You don't know what you might run into. You could hear local resident Joey Mendez talk about looking into actually taking out a full-page ad in USA Today with the text of this letter that is circulating in that area to Obama, hoping somebody at the national level will pay attention.
You could hear retired professor of biology and ecology Dina Davidson (sp) – she's 63 and she's a former Obama supporter, and she said to me the other day, "If we can fight in Afghanistan, we can fight in the Chiricahuas." I thought that was a good quote. These fires are terrifying. They really are a form of terror. They roar like jet engines. They snap and they pop and they billow, and when they go up or a ridgeline or they go up a canyon, they move with a speed you just can't believe.
And they have the potential to take away everything you have pretty much in a heartbeat – just as quickly as the bullet that killed Rob Krentz, fired by a drug scout. And it was a bandit who shot Brian Terry west of Nogales, took away everything that, that family had, as well. The thing that kills me about these fires is Border Patrol and Forest Service won't discuss that they are started – that they are sometimes started – and we don't have 100-percent probability on this but we can be 95-percent sure – that illegal aliens and smugglers start fires.
At public meetings, people will bring it up and they'll simply shut down. They won't talk about it. They'll say it's human-caused, under investigation. That's as far as we go. That's as far as it ever goes. I think word has come down from Washington not to talk about it. It's politics and it's political correctness. Acknowledging that you have smuggler fires of this magnitude sort of messes up your message of border security.
And in private, though, these same folks who won't talk about the fires will sort of give you a nudge and a wink and say, well, we know what's going on. We know who's starting them. So how do you solve a problem if you don't acknowledge it? How do you solve a problem if you don't call it by its name? Speaking of media coverage, you know, last year, during the Horseshoe I fire, the paper I used to work for, the Arizona Daily Star, they sent a reporter up – big fire. He went back and did a story on how fires are good for the forest. (Laughter.)
Now, you want to know why newspapers are going away? Fire is good for the forest, from an ecological sense. Certain kinds of fires are helpful. But if you've worked all your life, you know, to buy 160 acres in a really beautiful place and you have a nice home and there's a fire raging outside your window, the story you want to read isn't about how fire is good for the forest. You want to know who started it. You want to know how do we keep this from happening again.
This year, the paper has done five or 10 stories on the Horseshoe fire – Horseshoe II – and they've had, I think, five paragraphs on the possibility that it was smuggler started on a smuggler trail. So the result of all this is that the story gets buried. I don't know how many of you are aware of smuggler fires, alien fires in the borderlands, but they're a problem. But it doesn't get reported. The agencies won't talk about it. The media generally leave it alone. And it's the only thing on people's minds if you live in that area.
So there's nobody to speak for those people. There's nobody to stand up for them. And my job, as I see it, is to keep reporting on what's happening, keep talking to these people and keep the pressure on the government because I think this government in particular will walk away from border security pretty much as quickly as they can, if the pressure comes off. If they have a choice between winning, politically, and letting us burn, I think they'll let us burn because they've already done it.
Horseshoe I burned on this smuggler trail; we've got Horseshoe II now. If they don't admit the problem and if they don't make efforts to solve it, we're going to have Horseshoe III next year, if nothing is done to prevent it. I'll close there and thank Mark again. . .
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Ryun Thomas Williams (born March 26, 1969) is an American college basketball coach who is the current head women's basketball coach at Colorado State.

Early life and college playing career
Born in Gillette, Wyoming, Williams graduated from Campbell County High School and was awarded the Wyoming Mr. Basketball award in 1988.

Williams played junior college basketball at Sheridan College before transferring to the University of South Dakota, where he played two seasons at guard for the South Dakota Coyotes. Williams averaged 17.3 points and 2.3 rebound s in his junior season of 1990–91. As a senior in 1991–92, Williams averaged 9.4 points and 2.4 rebounds.

Coaching career
From 1993 to 1995, Williams was men's basketball assistant coach and women's volleyball head coach at Sheridan. Williams was women's basketball head coach at Sheridan from 1995 to 1998, during which he earned two Wyoming Conference Coach of the Year awards.

Williams moved up to the NCAA Division II ranks as head coach at Wayne State College in Nebraska in 1998. In ten seasons with Wayne State, Williams led the team to two NCAA Tournaments (2006 and 2008) and earned Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2006 for Wayne State's first NCAA Tournament appearance in history.

In 2008, Williams returned to South Dakota to become women's basketball head coach, for his first Division I coaching position.  At the time, South Dakota was moving up from Division II. In Williams's last season as head coach in 2011–12, South Dakota reached a 23–8 record and WNIT appearance, the most success for the program in its Division I era.

Williams became head coach at Colorado State in 2012. Colorado State went 11–19 in his first season and improved to 25–8 in 2013–14, along with a Mountain West Conference regular season title and WNIT appearance. Colorado State won the MW regular season and made the WNIT again in 2014–15. In 2015–16, Colorado State finished first in the MW for the third straight season, this time with an 18–0 conference record. For the first time since the 2001–02 season, Colorado State was ranked in the AP Poll. During his time at CSU, Williams has quickly surged to the winningest women's basketball coach in CSU history, and has registered 20 win seasons in 6 of his seasons at the helm, and a winning record in 7 out of 10 seasons. This includes 5 consecutive 20+ win seasons, 4 of which included regular season conference championships.

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Review of Withington, Manchester (Uncovered Magazine)
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WITHINGTON IS the cute village three miles south of the city centre, also known as "posh Fallowfield" and the village where you could end up if you fall asleep on the Magic Bus on the way home.
The name of the village has Saxon origins: 'Withy-ton' , meaning 'marshy town' suggests the place may have been a bit of a bog at one point, so it's amazing what nine-hundred years can do to a place as it is now a hearty 11,000-people-strong village with a rich Victorian architectural heritage.
Withington is the most chilled-out and affordable village of students
A bit pricier than Fallowfield, and much cheaper than the city centre.
The village is incredibly chilled compared to the bustle and excitement of Fallowfield, almost a world away from the kebabs and OP and Gaffs. It is an interestingly traditional suburb where most people rent their homes from private landlords. There is a plethora of charity shops and discount stores if you're thrifty consumer (given the recession, student loans and that 'orrible word you will come to know as rent, dear fresher; hand-me-downs from Cancer Research UK on Wilmslow Road are just the ticket) and there's plenty to scour.
For the outsider looking in, there does not seem to be many students here as the houses are either old Victorian terraces or semi-detached family homes. But don't be fooled. According to Manchester City Council, 35% of Withington population are 20-24 year olds, which means fat pickings if you're on the dating scene…or just want to make a ton of new friends. And keep yourself safe like you would anywhere else.
Withington is Veggie heaven
Speaking of friends, the ones you're likely to make here are those who are probably vegetarian or vegan, like nothing better than a bit of Manchester folk music and take pride in the fact that the oldest cinema in Manchester is just down the road – The Scala – although it's now closed and serves as an enigmatic landmark.
Another Withy landmark is Fuel café, the notable vegetarian hangout for all cool students and cool ex-students who choose to take up residence in the area. Serving mint hot chocolates (which are amazing and you must drink one), delicious pitta bread sandwiches and full veggie breakfasts for under a fiver, it's worth an extra 20 pennies' worth of bus fare to get some healthy grub to ease the morning-after. But be warned: Saturday mornings are incredibly busy here. You'll soon discover why.
The Edwardian buildings in the centre of the village are protected – ah, that's how they stay so elegant – and sprawl out into the residential areas and past the tiny yet chic Withington Library.
Drinking in Withington
If you can drag yourself away from Fallowfield and the city centre scenes for drinks, then try out the three-lions pub crawl. It's quite tame in comparison to a Printworks night out but that means less ladies in over-tight dresses throwing up everywhere. So, to drink with the lions you start out at The White Lion on Burton Road, a giant pub which curves around the corner and has a well in the basement (some say it's full of Saxon beer, others say this is ridiculous trollope). If you're brave enough, go for a non-lion pub in between the three. So next would be Wilmslow road favourites The Turnpike, then The Red Lion before trundling into the heart of Withington to The Cotton Tree and finishing off at The Golden Lion opposite Christies' Hospital. By the way, if you do get into banter with proper Withington folk, you'll find that many of them either work at this cancer-specialist hospital (at which the University of Manchester has its own research unit) or at the airport. You can learn a lot on a Withington pub crawl.
For some fresh air the beat the hangover, head for the hills. Although Fallowfield has Platt Fields (but please don't go there at night, even though they keep it open very, very late for no reason), Withington's green spaces are just as extensive.
During the day – head out with friends to Fog Lane park and its seven tennis courts, the tiny Kingswood Park and the hidden haven of the Marie Louise Gardens in West Didsbury (another village and a lot more expensive), a conservation area lovingly preserved to retain its wildlife and wildflowers. The Gardens are full of squirrels so if you do stumble across the tiny park – people bafflingly make the mistake of believing the grounds to be private as they are that beautiful – then bring a bag of monkey nuts. On a balmy summer's evening you might even spot some yoga-bunnies here stretching out in the grass.
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Struck by Lightning is a 2012 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Brian Dannelly and written by and starring Chris Colfer. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on 21 April 2012, and was released theatrically on 11 January 2013. It features the final screen appearance of actress Polly Bergen.

On 20 November 2012, Colfer released a young adult novel based on the film, titled Struck by Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal.

The film received mixed reviews with criticism going to the character of Carson, but praised the performances of the cast and Colfer's screenplay.

Plot
High school senior Carson Phillips is struck and killed by lightning. The film is a flashback of recent events of his life. Carson has plans to go to Northwestern University to become an editor for The New Yorker, but has been unsuccessful in making the dreams happen.

During a writer's club meeting, Malerie Baggs asks Carson for advice about her writing. Carson says that she cannot find the ideas, the ideas have to find her. He goes to a student council meeting run by head cheerleader Claire Matthews . Everyone in student council ignores him because of his objections to their ideas. As Carson's mother Sheryl is picking up prescriptions, she makes small talk with the new pharmacist April Adams, who is pregnant and Carson's future step mother. Carson also visits his grandmother, but she does not know who he is due to Alzheimer's disease.

As Carson is finishing up the school paper at night, he catches wealthy student Nicholas Forbes and the drama club president Scott Thomas kissing. Nicholas begs Carson not to tell anyone of his homosexuality. Carson agrees on the condition that they will contribute to the paper until they both graduate.

Carson's father, Neal, and April visit a lawyer to straighten out legal issues. April, who is unaware about Carson or Sheryl, storms out when she learns Neal is still legally married and has a child.

Carson's guidance counselor informs him that to improve his chances of getting into Northwestern, he needs to submit to a literary magazine. He gets permission to start the magazine from his principal . He announces at a school assembly that all entries will be taken, but later finds the submission box filled with nothing but trash. When Malerie suggests that others will join because Carson convinced Scott and Nicholas to write for the school paper, Carson tells her the real reason behind their participation. She reveals that she caught Claire having sex with Coach Walker, who is the brother of her boyfriend, Justin. Malerie says that everyone in their school probably has an embarrassing secret that they would not want exposed.

Sheryl meets April filling a prescription. April recognizes Carson's name on the anti-depressant prescription. She goes home to Neal and demands to meet his son. During the homecoming parade, Carson is forced to pull the writer's club float after the cheerleaders take the car he was assigned. Feeling more humiliated, Carson blackmails several of his peers into writing for his literary magazine. Together, he and Malerie blackmail fellow school paper members Dwayne, yearbook president Remy Baker, Vicki, and a supposed foreign exchange student Emilio (Roberto Aguire).

During a meeting with the other students and Coach Walker, Carson extorts agreements that everyone must offer something to put in the magazine if they want their secrets to stay quiet. Carson also tells Claire and Coach Walker that they must have each cheerleader and football player submit something, as a way to make the issue more popular among the student body.

After school, Carson gets a call from Neal, who tells him about April and the baby. He wants them to get together soon. During dinner with Neal and April, Carson realizes that his father is trying to sound like he has been more present in Carson's life, which quickly dissolves into an argument. Carson leaves in anger. During a student council meeting with the principal, Carson opposes a ban on clothing logos. As punishment, the principal revokes all off-campus privileges for students.

During another encounter, Sheryl tells April that she gave her husband everything, and was left with nothing. She says that she was just like April and had a child to keep him, but it didn't work. Carson completes the literary magazine, but it fails. Carson learns that he was accepted into Northwestern, but he never confirmed his admission. He has to reapply. Carson assumes his letter was lost in the mail, but Sheryl admits she threw away his acceptance letter to protect him from the reality that his dreams will never come true.

While Carson and Malerie pack up the unread literary magazines, Carson asks her why she likes to film everything. Malerie tells him about her beliefs about the present being the most important thing, not the past. As Malerie is leaving, she asks Carson if they are friends. He says they are best friends. Carson decides that there is one story left to write; his own. He explains how he realized, despite everything he went through, he did get other students to write for the literary magazine. Now he is truly happy. He leaves, going outside as thunder starts.

It takes over three days for people to find Carson's body. Many people, including the principal and the students who hated him, come to the funeral. It is shown that Carson did leave an impression on everyone he knew. Malerie takes over as president of the writers' club, while Sheryl visits her mother in assisted care.

Cast

Release
The film had its world premiere at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival on 21 April 2012. The film was released on VOD prior to its theatrical release on 11 January 2013. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 21 May 2013.

Critical reception
Struck by Lightning received mixed reviews, holding a Metacritic score of 41, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 32%. The most common complaint from reviewers was the fact that Colfer's character came off as too arrogant and cynical, and didn't manage to be likeable. Many reviews agreed that the dialogue was witty and funny and that the cast gave strong performances. Many critics also praised Colfer's debut as a screenwriter.

Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the movie a B−, writing, "After his lofty aspirations to write for The New Yorker are cut painlessly and semi-amusingly short by a freak encounter with lightning, Carson looks back on his so-called life with the gently rueful wisdom that is frequently granted young dead people in flashback tales like this one. The message? Seize the day, kids. There are some real stresses in the fellow's life, many caused by his mess of a drunken single mom (an affecting Allison Janney)."

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Ben Saunders (UK) planned a mission to follow Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition to save the stranded crew members of the Endurance. He commenced the solo, west to east expedition, from Berkner Island to the Ross Ice shelf in November 2017. He reached the South Pole in 52 days (1086Km). However due to ferocious conditions, he had consumed more food than planned, and was left with only 13 days of supplies for a continued 17 day 576 Km journey in order to complete the solo unassisted trans-antarctic expedition. He could have taken on more supplies at the south pole but chose not to, subsequently halting the expedition. Re-supply would have rendered the solo unassisted mission a failure. He remains only the third person in the world to have skied expeditions to both poles, and the first to ski solo (unsupported and unassisted) missions to both poles.
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–17), also known as the Endurance Expedition, is considered the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. After the conquest of the South Pole by Roald Amundsen in 1911, this crossing remained, in Shackleton's words, the "one great main object of Antarctic journeyings". The expedition failed to accomplish this objective, but became recognised instead as an epic feat of endurance.
Shackleton had served in the Antarctic in Captain Scott's Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and had led the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09. In this new venture he proposed to sail to the Weddell Sea and to land a shore party near Vahsel Bay, in preparation for a transcontinental march via the South Pole to the Ross Sea. A supporting group, the Ross Sea party, would meanwhile establish camp in McMurdo Sound, and from there lay a series of supply depots across the Ross Ice Shelf to the foot of the Beardmore Glacier. These depots would be essential for the transcontinental party's survival, as the group would not be able to carry enough provisions for the entire crossing. The expedition required two ships: Endurance under Shackleton for the Weddell Sea party, and Aurora, under Aeneas Mackintosh, for the Ross Sea party.
Endurance became beset in the ice of the Weddell Sea before reaching Vahsel Bay, and drifted northward, held in the pack ice, throughout the Antarctic winter of 1915. Eventually the ship was crushed and sunk, stranding its 28-man complement on the ice. After months spent in makeshift camps as the ice continued its northwards drift, the party took to the lifeboats to reach the inhospitable, uninhabited Elephant Island. Shackleton and five others then made an 800-mile (1,300 km) open-boat journey in the James Caird to reach South Georgia. From there, Shackleton was eventually able to mount a rescue of the men waiting on Elephant Island and bring them home without loss of life.
Ben wore his Bremont expedition watch on the outside of his jacket to serve as a navigational aid with its GMT Hand and Bi-directional rotating compass bezel. The watch was made from titanium ( so save weight) and assembled using very specialized lubricants that could withstand the punishingly frigid weather.
The GMT Hand is made with the letter "N" to denote North. When the GMT hand is set to the local time ( corresponding to the time indicated on the watch) and the hour hand is pointing in the direction of the sun, the GMT hand points to the North. The compass bezel, when adjusted to suit, will then act as a directional guide.
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(18 June 2015, Bangkok) Minister of Culture Weera Rojpojanarat says the Fine Arts Department is developing facilities and services of the National Library of Thailand and prison libraries nationwide in response to a royal suggestion by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.
The Princess made her points at the 16th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians 2015 in Bangkok last week that the national library should be livened up and develop an easily accesible searching system for visitors.
According to Mr.Weera, more buildings are being added to the National Library, and their construction is due for completion within a year. Once completed, the library's interior will be modernized and equipped with online searching and reference service systems. It will allow materials to be accessible by electronic means.
The Fine Arts Department is also developing libraries in prisons following in the princess's footsteps. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn had donated a lot of books to prison libraries, hoping to promote the learning process among prisoners. The books are in Thai and English languages so that prisoners of all nationalities can read. The Department of Corrections and relevant authorities are now helping the Fine Arts Department select good books for the purpose.
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March 02, 2016 9:16am PT by Kate Stanhope
AMC Greenlights 'The Terror' Anthology Series From Ridley Scott
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The drama is based on the Dan Simmons novel.
AMC is getting into the anthology business.
The cabler has ordered an anthology series based on Dan Simmons' best-selling novel The Terror, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The project takes place in 1847, when a Royal Naval expedition crew looking for the Northwest Passage is attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks the ships and their crew. A suspenseful and desperate game of survival subsequently unfolds.
David Kajganich (True Story) will write and also serve as co-showrunner with Soo Hugh (The Killing). They will executive produce with Ridley Scott and David W. Zucker of Scott Free Productions, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert of Emjag Productions and Entertainment 360's Guymon Casady. The three shingles will produce in association with AMC Studios.
Ten hour-long episodes have been ordered for a 2017 premiere.
"We've been focused on developing this incredible story for television with these great partners for a couple of years, and we think it provides rich dramatic material but also an opportunity to explore the anthology format, which is something we're extremely interested in and offers some unique possibilities," AMC and SundanceTV original programming and development president Joel Stillerman said in a statement. "Originality is still something that gets our attention every day, and the very unique mixing of historical non-fiction with a gripping and imaginative science-fiction overlay in Dan's novel is something that we hadn't seen before. That, combined with an exceptional team behind the project, made this something we really wanted to bring to air on AMC."
Added Kajganich: "Dan's novel is that rare combination of fascinating actual history, ground-breaking genre storytelling and the complex character work of literature. The chance to launch a series that will incorporate all of these elements going forward, and with a team of this caliber, is extraordinary."
The Terror joins AMC's upcoming original series Preacher, based on the comic book of the same name, restaurant drama Feed the Beast and mini The Night Manager.
Anthology series have becoming increasingly popular on both cable networks such as FX (American Horror Story, Fargo) as well as networks such as ABC (American Crime, Secrets and Lies) thanks to their ability to lure top talent with a smaller commitment as compared to a regular series as well as the ability to attract new viewers with a fresh concept every season.
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Review: Sadik-Khan's Streetfight
Posted on May 31, 2016 by Rob Goodspeed
Cities are complex, so they can be easily seen in different ways. The same urban block can be viewed as blighted, sustainable, congested, or a historic asset—all depending on who you ask. The fundamental importance seeing means that at the heart of graduate programs in urban planning are courses in observation—sometimes called "research methods"—the survey, the interview, the use of what others have seen such as GIS data. The purpose of much of the rest of the curriculum—stuffed full of best practices, case studies, and dusty utopias of yesteryear—is to allow planners to see not only what is, but what could be. The importance of forms of seeing lie at the very origin of the field, perhaps best illustrated by Patrick Geddes, who believed so strongly in the importance of primary observation he constructed an observation tower in Edinburgh from which he surveyed the city, and is known for his aphorism "survey before plan!" How cities are seen is not merely an idle phenomenological question, but carries a tremendous influence over how cities are designed and inhabited. This is because the act of seeing is intimately linked with the perception of problems. The perception of cities not only drives urban politics, but also lies at heart of professional fields which contain deep-seated prejudices of what problem is to be solved and the best means to solve it.
As a consequence, books which successfully propose new ways of seeing cities play an important role in urbanism. The most famous such book was Jane Jacob's The Death and Life of Great American Cities, and the novelty and impact of her unique perspective is the subject of the recent edited volume What We See: Advancing the Observations of Jane Jacobs. In essence, looking around her Greenwich Village neighborhood, instead of seeing an obsolete, blighted neighborhood not adapted to the modern age, Jacobs saw a lively complexity, and a uniquely urban way of life. Together with other groundbreaking studies like Herbert Gans' Urban Villagers, her work inspired a broad re-assessment of the fundamental goals of American city planning. Since then, other works like Suburban Nation and The Geography of Nowhere have fostered a re-assessment of suburban landscapes.
Another such revision in the way cities are viewed is now underway in cities around the world. Going by the name "complete streets," this quixotic movement has realized that a huge percentage of space in cities–easily 30+% in dense areas–are public streets. And while Jacobs stopped a freeway, the narrow logic of traffic engineering has continued to advance in this realm, facilitating faster and faster traffic with design choices which rarely seem to make accommodations for pedestrians and buses except in a few exceptional places.
As urban neighborhoods have seen new life, residents and professionals alike are beginning to re-appraise the design of long-neglected urban streets. Now streets are not merely viewed as conduits for suburban commuters, but instead a source of negative effects on current residents, an impediment to revitalization, and a major obstacle for achieving policy goals to cut obesity and pursue sustainability through the promotion of walking, biking, and transit. The complete streets movement has sprung up with the aim to re-design streets to accommodate these users and perhaps even accommodate street trees and other green infrastructure. You'd be forgiven for missing these developments, since despite significant successes, the movement has thus far lacked a popular book which could explain to a broad audience this profound shift in how cities are viewed. Baraba McCann's 2013 book Completing Our Streets comes close, but will probably appeal more to activists and professionals seeking a more detailed treatment of the subject.
Streetfight, on the other hand, is a book you could hand to the uninitiated. Perhaps even more importantly, it's also book about how to practice progressive planning in contemporary cities. It's a lot of other things as well. Is it a slick promotional literature for Bloomberg Associates and Bloomberg-ism? Yes. It is a self-serving story written from the perspective of city hall top brass? Yes. Does it have a myopic NYC-centric perspective which–like Jacobs before her–largely ignores the density, vast subway, unseen infrastructure, racial politics, affluence, and dozens of other characteristics which make NYC planning unique? Yes. Will your New York friend have an intricate critique of the projects it describes that is probably omitted? Yes.
It's also the most important book in American urbanism this year, and will likely change forever how you see your city, or how you think it can be changed.
Streetfight is first and foremost a book about the reforms led by Sadik-Kahn during her term as commissioner of the NYC Department of Transportation from 2007–2013. These included initiatives to add new plazas in underutilized public right-of-ways (including the best-known at the heart of Times Square), add hundreds of miles of bike lanes, launch a huge bike-sharing system, re-design intersections to improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety, improve bus services, and briefer mentions to upgrades to bridges and ferries. It's a New York story, aside from a chapter titled "Stealing Good Ideas" which briefly touches on well-known examples from other cities including Mexico City and Medellin, Columbia. The book is crisply written, illustrated with dozens of photographs, and the copious references are cited discretely by page and passage in a notes section.
What sets Streetfight apart is that it does not simply present complete streets ideas, but delves into the world of action and implementation through vivid descriptions of the rough-and-tumble world of New York City streets politics. In particular, a 30-page chapter on "Bike Lanes and Their Discontents" discusses the well-known controversy over the Prospect Park bike lane.  Sadik-Khan is known as—and often presents herself in the book—as a uniquely action-oriented leader who gets things done through an interventionist approach of tactical urbanism, typified by creating plazas and bike lanes in the middle of the night despite community opposition. However, the careful reader will notice there actually seems to be quite a bit of participation and outreach involved in the projects. She describes herself as a synthesis of "Moses-like vision" and the "robust process" and fine-scale view of Jacobs. There's quite a bit of planning activity here in the background too, from PlaNYC which set the high-level priorities, to the DOT's own Sustainable Streets Strategic Plan, to lots of detailed analysis of specific proposals. In the best tradition of pragmatic professionals, a brief chapter on "Measuring the Street" describes how concerns that lane closures would lead to gridlock and bike lanes to declining retail sales are debunked through savvy data analysis.
Although the book is mostly a string of successes, the crucial role of local stakeholders to the success of many of the initiatives is made clear. The book contains frank discussions of the rocky roll-out of Citi Bike (the vendor is blamed), and a failed proposal to construct a care-free transit street on 34th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues where even the mighty Bloomberg Administration had to compromise.
Sadik-Khan describes often encountering the critique by New Yorkers that "we're not Amsterdam," and the readers of the book will likely encounter the argument "we're not New York" if they attempt to implement some of these ideas in their city. Many American cities are struggling to assemble the basic Jacobsian urban building-blocks New York City takes for granted: density, a street grid, mixed uses, public transit, even the presence of sidewalks. For many years, battles have been waged over these issues on largely idealistic grounds over grand plans with big price tags. Sometimes these single-issue campaigns have won. In other cities, big shifts have come after scenario planning projects illustrated the downsides of the typically sprawling status quo. The new school of thought reflected in Streetfight suggests yet another strategy: start with relatively small-scale interventions to improve urban life and inspire a hunger for broader reforms. Of course, the annals of American planning are full one-off pedestrianized streets and placemaking projects which failed to spark the desired transformation. Streetfight provides needed food for thought for those considering how these strategies can best come together in their city.
Issues of strategy aside, the surprisingly rapid spread of complete streets policies (and related innovations like bike sharing) around the world mean a good many cities are primed for such reforms. As a field, urban planning urgently needs to see how our cities can be better–more equitable, more sustainable, more prosperous–in ways which incorporate resident insight and the need to adopt standard solutions to local needs and conditions—but never allow a good idea to be killed by a noisy minority or by an unfounded fear. History will tell whether Sadik-Kahn truly found such a balance in every project, but her book provides an accessible, lively, and refreshing take on how inspiring changes were made in a city with intense competition over street space. In the words of the book's final sentence, "If you can remake it here, you can remake it anywhere." The needs are too urgent, and the potential too great not to try.
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A woman who found her fiancé dead in his Range Rover has spoken about the moment her heart was ripped out 17 years on from her harrowing discovery.
Nobody has been brought to justice following the death of Naveed Saleem, 32, in 2003.
He was due to marry Anessha Khan a month after she found her husband-to-be in the drivers' seat of his £60,000 vehicle.
The couple from Solihull, Birmingham, had just put down a deposit down on a four-bedroom home.
The 23-year-old found the 'love of her life' with multiple stab wounds – but the keys to his car, his Rolex watch and wallet containing £250 were all left untouched.
Now she has spoken and opened up about her trauma with the killer still on the loose and appealed for new in information so his case can be re-opened.
"I woke up in the morning. I had this bad feeling," she told BirminghamLive.
"I ran to my window and I saw his car still parked out there, so I'm thinking: 'What's happened?'
"'Why hasn't he gone home, why is he sleeping in his car? It doesn't make sense'.
"I ran to the car, it was blacked out because it was a Range Rover. I ran to the passenger side, I was still talking because he looked like he was sleeping, I couldn't see anything else.
"It was only when I ran to the other side and I opened the door that I discovered he was dead."
Two men were charged with his murder in 2005 but were both found not guilty.
Anessha had already spiralled into 'major depression' as she fled to Australia for three months to try and cope with her grief.
"You know when your whole life is just ripped away from you? We were due to be married on September 28, a few weeks later," she added.
"We had everything in motion, but then he was murdered. I got rid of the house straight away. I left the country and left my job – I couldn't cope."
No-one has ever come forward with evidence to secure a conviction over his death.
She even contacted a private detective to investigate in her search for answers.
She adds: "It went to trial twice, all I remember is going through this whole process again. Police said the verdict could take a while for the jury to decide, I wanted to stay but police insisted I go home.
"As I pulled in from the city centre to Moseley, I got a phone call to say it was a not guilty verdict and then no further explanation from police.
"All they said to me is they were closing the case for lack of evidence and that was it, end of.
"It has always, always bothered me. I can't understand why there was no information, it was a massive investigation."
Anessha said: "What it needs now is new evidence to come forward. I just feel someone must know something.
"I just want justice for him. I think once I've got justice for him, I think then I can move on, because in my heart, I know, I'll have done everything I could to bring him justice."
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Will Packham is an idealistic pupil barrister – or idealistic for now. His clients are at least as guilty as sin. His pupil master, Caroline, thinks he is a gutless snowflake. His fellow pupils want the same job as him and would stab each other to get it. Over the course of two days, Will has to defend a would-be murderer, keep a young slam-poet out of custody and fetch Caroline a range of pastries. Can Will hold onto his principles and prove he has what it takes?
The latest legal-centred offering from BBC 2, Defending the Guilty, certainly makes for an interesting addition to the plethora of barrister-based shows that television has unleashed in recent years. One would perhaps think that the twin concepts of comedic television and old fogies in archaic wigs and gowns would be a naturally winsome combination, but having closely watched the pilot episode of DtG I have to say, for me, the jury is still out (pun totally and unapologetically intended).
There are some wonderful bits of laugh-out-loud comedy and one can certainly see how, when it eventually gets into the swing of things, this show might well become a gem in the crown of weeknight television. The show plays up the stereotypes and generates its laughs from causing that which is usually lurking covertly under the highly slick and cultivated veneer of the Bar to become the overt; squarely smacking you in the face. For instance, I highly doubt that any chambers has a whiteboard with odds for getting tenancy set up in its pupil room complete with insulting nicknames. However, I would not be surprised for a moment to hear that the clerks or junior tenants are running slightly more secretive bets on which of the pupils might make it through the wringer at certain sets.
There is real truth in the constant doubt that plagues pupils during that halfway mark "3 months in" of 2nd six. Even more intriguingly, the use of legal "banter" to flirt or the pulling out of the "I'm a Barrister" card also resonates as an accurate reflection on some of the more, shall we say, interesting characters that populate the Bar.
"There are some wonderful bits of laugh-out-loud comedy and one can certainly see how, when it eventually gets into the swing of things, this show might well become a gem in the crown of weeknight television"
The humour at this stage of the show is often a little obvious; glaringly so on occasion. Perhaps the lack of subtlety or nuance is where the programme most falls short. There are the ridiculous offensive nicknames, the slapstick accidental swearing before a judge, the complete disregard of how pupils really ought to act in preference for what makes for accessible and vaguely amusing television. That isn't necessarily a problem as such, but I have to say for me the show is truly effective in the moments where its humour made me recall events I have faced in my own practice. Sitting in the cells with an almost certainly guilty defendant who is masterfully manoeuvring around the evidence whilst you try and work out what on earth you're going to say to a jury during a cross-examination. Watching jurors walk in to court with the genuine fear that your most awkward Tinder date might appear on the panel and absolutely petrified about how to explain that to a judge. Making a mental note not to go within half a mile of a park because your latest client and his mates tend to be arrested for numerous knife point robberies in its vicinity. These are all the real trappings of the job and in capitalising on those gut-wrenchingly honest worries and putting a comedic spin on it, DtG really does tap into something quite unique.
It certainly isn't Silk or North Square; and in fact there's something quite refreshing about the fact that this programme isn't trying to be an accurate yet dramatically charged chronicling of life at the Bar. Rather, it serves to capture the essence of the emotions and quirks of the profession in an engaging way that perhaps transcends the need for accuracy in terminology, conduct or you know, criminal procedure. I'm still not entirely sold, but this series is fun and in many way an injection of fun into the way people view the Bar and barristers as a whole may not be the worst thing ever to happen to us.
Aadhithya Anbahan is a barrister at St Ives Chambers, Birmingham practising in crime, housing and regulatory law.
Aadhithya has a criminal practice at St Ives Chambers including defence work in the Crown, magistrates' and youth courts.


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In the past few years there has been an increasing integration of biometric sensors in smartphones. It is no longer the case that only the flagship devices have these sensors. Even a Xiaomi Redmi 4 which sells for Rs 6,999 has a fingerprint scanner. There are a number of phones in the sub Rs 15,000 price bracket which have a fingerprint scanner.
Biometric sensors in smartphones were initially used as an easy and fast way to access the device, without the need for keying in a passcode. Increasingly, the same sensor was used to authenticate transactions, and gain access to services. The Apple iPhone X, has done away with a fingerprint scanner and has replaced TouchID with FaceID.
Using your face to unlock a phone is not a novel concept. The Samsung Galaxy S8 is perhaps the prototype of all smartphones of the future as it has implemented a number of ways to access the phone through biometric sensors. There was a fingerprint scanner, iris scanning, and face recognition, apart from the ability to simply key in your passcode.
However, the face recognition feature was fallible, considering that a printout of a face was enough to gain access of the phone. Before the iPhone X, the Huawei P10 had also implemented 3D facial recognition technology. The iPhone X uses a cluster of sensors on the front face in an area known as the notch, to make sure that the facial recognition feature cannot be fooled by printouts.
The phone only unlocks if you are paying attention, works in a range of lighting conditions, can recognise the person despite changes in facial hair and while the user is wearing headgear or eye gear. FaceID works by projecting a number of invisible dots on the face of the person, and creating a 3D map of the face. FaceID on each device can support only one user at a time.
According to an article in MIT Technology Review, the approach of capturing a face in three dimensions using structured light was available back in the 1980s. The article goes on to note that phones of the future will support multiple types of biometric sensors, including iris scanning, face recognition, and fingerprint scanning. So what does the future of biometrics on smartphones look like?
The cost of integrating multiple biometric sensors is not that high. There are also efforts to bring down the cost of the sensors to integrate them with mid-range and entry-level smartphones. This means that an increasing number of devices are expected to have multiple biometric authentication mechanisms, including facial recognition, iris scanners and fingerprint scanners. The user will be able to pick and choose which kind of authentication mechanism is to be used for which application.
On the iPhone X, there is no TouchID because there was no space to accomodate a fingerprint scanner. On the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the fingerprint scanner is located at an awkward position on the back, next to the cameras, which requires users to have unusually long fingers, or stretch a bit. This problem will be taken care of in the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, which is expected to feature an in-screen fingerprint scanner according to KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
LG Innotek underglass fingerprint scanner.
Apparently, underglass fingerprint scanners were attempted by Apple for the iPhone X and by Samsung for the Galaxy S8, but both companies were not able to actually implement it. Attempted solutions included making the glass thinner at the location of the scanner, creating a pinhole through the glass for the sensor, or embedding a film type sensor on top of the glass. These early attempts show that the smartphone industry is committed to creating screens with integrated fingerprints scanners.
The need for a fingerprint scanner, as well as a trend towards edge-to-edge displays, or a bezel-less display has created the need for fingerprint sensors embedded in the glass itself. A leaked video of a Vivo phone shows a fingerprint sensor embedded in the display. A convertible by Acer, the Switch 7 Black edition has an underglass fingerprint scanner.
One of the biggest advantages of underglass fingerprint sensors is that they can take up more area than conventional fingerprint scanners. Only a portion of the finger covers the small buttons used currently, and a user may require to feed in multiple sections of a single finger to allow for seamless unlocking of the device. Another advantage of larger fingerprint scanners are a decreased susceptibility to spoofed prints.
India is among the countries with the most enthusiastic adoption of biometric technologies. More than 9 percent of the people in India have used an iris scanner. One of the biggest drivers of this enthusiastic adoption is the Aadhaar program. However, the templates for authenticating the biometrics are saved in a central location, on government servers, as against on the device itself, leading to security concerns.
For end users, signing on to new services may be a pain, but requires authentication nonetheless. New users of Android phones in India may not even have an email id, or know that they require one to download applications from the Android app store. This is where seamless integration with Aadhaar can help drive adoption of technologies, and this is already taking place.
Microsoft's made for India Skype Lite app uses Aadhaar for authentication. Jasmeen Nagpal of Microsoft said in a statement, "with the latest version of Skype Lite, Aadhaar integration can be used to verify users' identity online, helping them communicate more securely with others."
DeltaID and IndusOS have announced a smartphone operating system with Aadhaar integration. Rakesh Deshmukh, Co-founder and CEO of Indus OS, said "The OS will be released across our smartphone brand partners and we foresee 100 million users to be using the Aadhaar-authenticated OS by 2020."
While currently, most biometric authentication systems on smartphones save the biometric data locally, there is no reason that this will continue to be the case. Already, some applications are interfacing with government biometric databases, such as the Skype Lite application which can be authenticated through Aadhaar.


Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Danny68, Apr 9, 2019.
I don't understand why they can't release the normal schedule at the same time.
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Cutting down on fuel costs this year.
Saves on travel expenses. Most of Miami's preseason games are against either Carolina, New Orleans, Atlanta, Jacksonville or Tampa. I think those are the closest NFL cities to Miami.
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I don't understand why they made a tv show out of it. The schedule gets leaked before the show airs anyways.
Looks like the same old, same old, schedule in rotation that I've seen before.
yeah it makes sense. Not to mention they don't want long trips for pre season if they can help it.
The Jag's game will be nationally televised.
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i almost got teary-eyed as i watched him run by!
and then we met him coming out of the finish corral… and a paramedic was nice enough to let us through the blockade so we could walk with him.
it wasn't the finish you wanted but you finished when most people would have called their peeps to come and get them.
what do you do when your hubby/daddy is running a full marathon?
you make him a sign! in fact, i'm pretty sure it's a Rule.
and what do you do when you are waiting by the finish line?
the little one plays on her phone and listens to music on her earbuds.
i am sure you understand how tempted i was to add a ".com" to this sign.
when it's finally cold enough to need a hat and/or a scarf, the kitty hat/scarf/mitten comes in pretty handy!


Bench League Matches, where competitors fire off of a fixed position, were also held during the National Matches.
The CMP Airgun Monthly Bench League is a match held at the Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center at Camp Perry, Ohio. This league is an airgun match shot each week, designed for all shooters, young, old, and in between. The course of fire is 30 shots, plus sighters, with an air rifle from a bench at an electronic 10m ISSF Rifle target scored as decimal totals.
The CMP Competition Center sells pellets and has rental air rifles available for a small fee. Our range is open for Marksmanship Nights on Tuesday and Thursday evening, from 5-8:00pm.
For more information, contact Catherine Green at [email protected] or (419) 635-2141, ext. 704 or Michelle Woods at [email protected] or (419) 635-2141, ext. 722.
This match offers competitors an opportunity to fire on the CMP's optical targets. For more information on CMP Targets, visit http://thecmp.org/cmp_sales/opticscore-targets/.
For range hours and information on the Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center, visit http://thecmp.org/air/cmp-competition-centers/.
This year's match will include a three-position air rifle competition, an international air rifle (all standing) event, a pistol course of fire, and an optional clinic held at the Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center at Camp Perry, Ohio.
This match offers 60-shot international air rifle standing and 60-shot air pistol events for open men and women and junior men and women.
The Gary Anderson Invitational is now hosted at both the CMP Marksmanship Center – Anniston, AL and the Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center, located on Camp Perry, Ohio.
The Civilian Marksmanship Program invites you and your team to participate in the CMP's Monthly Matches. The matches will take place on the dates listed below at the CMP's Marksmanship Centers North and South.
These events are part of the National Matches at Camp Perry. Their purpose is to offer additional competition opportunities for National Matches pistol and rifle competitors as well as for anyone who wants to shoot in the National Matches with their air pistols or air rifles.


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CBP - BIOTECHNOLOGICAL CONTROL OF PESTS
Resistance to Bioinsecticides
Understanding the mode of action of Bt toxins
Genetic and biochemical basis of resistance to Bt toxins
Development of Novel Bioinsecticides
Discovery of novel B. thuringiensis strains with upgraded properties
Discovery of novel viral agents with applications in pest control
Characterization novel B. thuringiensis pesticidal proteins
Study of improving products formulation
Insect-Pathogen Interaction
Transcriptional response to bacterial and viral infections
Tri-trophic effects in the insect-pathogen interaction
Changes in host perception and behaviour in the insect-pathogen interaction
Pesticide Resistance
Mechanisms of resistance to acaricides in Varroa destructor
Interaction of pyrethroids with their target site. Determinants for selectivity.
Insecticide Resistance in Natural Enemies: Implications for Integrated Pest Management
Promoting adaptability of Amblyseius swirskii predatory mites to tomato crop
Insect-Pathogen
Insect-pathogen interaction is the result of a continuous evolutionary race between the host, developing and optimizing strategies to reduce the pathogenic infection, and the pathogens, trying to overcome the insect defenses. The outcome of such interaction is not only depending on the host and pathogens, but their interaction with other elements of the ecosystems, involving three or more trophic levels.
Main mechanisms to defense against the infections developed by the insects rely on their immune system. This is comprised of both humoral and cellular components that are mobilized in response to pathogenic infections that are activated in response to the interaction with the pathogens. This response includes the activation of detoxification and damage repair systems the synthesis and secretion of antimicrobial peptides and degradation enzymes, phagocytosis, melanization, cell apoptosis and cell sloughing, among others. Most of these processes are modulated by the activation of three pathways involved in the immune response: the Toll, the immune deficiency (IMD), and the Janus Kinases (JAK)/Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (STAT) pathways.
With our studies we aim to determine and characterize the components involved in mentioned mechanism in Lepidoptera larvae as well as determine novel proteins and mechanisms that could also contribute to reduce the detrimental effects of the pathogens. We are mainly focused on the study of the interaction of Lepidoptera to two groups of entomopathogens, such as Bacillus thuringiensis and baculovirus, and their virulence factors. In addition, we also aim to understand how other members of the ecosystem can shape the insect-pathogen interaction.
By knowing these kinds of interactions we aim to improve or to develop novel strategies to increase the efficacy of natural pathogens for the control of agronomical important pests.
Our main projects in
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Transcriptional response
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Tri-trophic effects in the
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Crava, C. M., A. K. Jakubowska, B. Escriche, S. Herrero, and Y. Bel. 2015.Dissimilar Regulation of Antimicrobial Proteins in the Midgut of Spodoptera exigua Larvae Challenged with Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins or Baculovirus. PLoS ONE 10: e0125991.
Gasmi, L., H. Boulain, J. Gauthier, A. Hua-Van, K. Musset, A. K. Jakubowska, J. M. Aury, A. N. Volkoff, E. Huguet, S. Herrero, and J. M. Drezen. 2015.Recurrent Domestication by Lepidoptera of Genes from Their Parasites Mediated by Bracoviruses. PLoS Genet 11: e1005470.
Bel, Y., A. K. Jakubowska, J. Costa, S. Herrero, and B. Escriche. 2013. Comprehensive Analysis of Gene Expression Profiles of the Beet Armyworm Spodoptera exigua Larvae Challenged with Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa Toxin. PLoS ONE 8: e81927. PM:24312604
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3846680/pdf/pone.0081927.pdf
Jakubowska, A. K., H. Vogel, and S. Herrero. 2013. Increase in gut microbiota after immune suppression in baculovirus-infected larvae. PLoS.Pathog. 9: e1003379.
Un tipo de virus de insectos se utiliza para detectar infectados por coronavirus y en el desarrollo de vacunas
Las gotas que las plantas producen durante la noche son ricas en nutrientes para los insectos beneficiosos
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One strange thing humans do; give power to inanimate, lifeless objects.
Fear goads bloggers to teach how a blog makes you money. Greed, desperation and a blanket feeling of terror influences human beings to advise that a blog, an inanimate object, an inanimate concept, can actually DO something.
Blogs cannot do anything! Have you ever seen a blog walking down the street? Has your blog set up a Paypal account? How about a direct wire to your bank account? Has your blog ever set up a direct wire?
Lazy, lost blogging souls believe buying a domain and hosting to start a blog, allows the blog to begin making money sans zero human effort. Online ATM. Cash cow. Or, bloggers who believe blogs make money give the money maker a little nudge by writing a blog post here and there, to keep the top spinning, to allow money to flow to the blogger, passively.
I just spent 2 hours at the Souq in Nizwa, Oman. Friday begins the weekend – different in Middle East as we see Saturday as the weekend start in the US – and this means the Goat Market. Believing that your blog makes you money is as likely as one of the goats in the cargo hold of a pick up truck calmly walking to the cab, sitting in front of the wheel and driving off into the desert, said goat discussing the meaning of life, geo political factors in the Middle East and atmospheric thermodynamics, in passing.
Your blog cannot DO anything.
Bloggers make money. Not blogs.
Bloggers are 100% responsible for making money. Bloggers use tools, like blogs, to render useful service, to build friendships with other bloggers, and to make money.
He shared a video of me dissecting this concept.
Affiliate marketing is useless on its own. Affiliate marketing needs skilled, committed, generous bloggers to make it sing. No skilled humans, no value. No skilled humans, no money.
Of course, fear-filled, desperate, greedy bloggers foolishly believe affiliate marketing solves their money problems. Again, a yodeling goat with a PhD in quantum physics is as likely a reality as someone who makes 1 cent by allowing affiliate marketing to make them money.
to become successful. You need to follow the above steps 5-7 days weekly, for years, to begin making money through your blog. 100% on you. The tool or niche just reflects back to you your generous commitment, or your stingy non commitment.
Sue Dunlevie committed to blogging for years. SHE became successful through her effort. Her blog could not do anything without her effort.
My Note Taking Nerd published the most in-depth, generous, genuine comments on my blog. HE became successful through his effort. Blog commenting was nothing, without his effort.
Commit to being a successful blogger. Tools are simply tools. Useless, solo, but if you spend years learning, practicing and mastering blogging, you will make those tools sing and earn sweet online income as an effect of your commitment.


Have you ever go to Russia? The nations offers one of the coolest things in Kremlin city. The country is really busy to prepare the most anticipating in football events, the World Cup 2018. Take place in 12 venues around the Russia, 32 best nations will compete to get the trophy that footballer dream about. The Russian serves the nation with the best field they ever had. So when we talk about the stadium, we talk about the comfortable, the history, the ideas behind the design, and last but not least, Is it cool to take a picture in here? Lol – just kidding. From 12 to 5, here are the 3 best stadium in Russia for Soccer.
Not just the river, the stadium has a slim pillars which support the construction from outside and exposing the semi – transparent façade and have the capacity up to 45,000 seats during World Cup plus 902 low-mobility groups of people. . When you walk at night, you will see the highlited of illumination at the circle of the stadium .
Nizhny Novgorod is a must-visit list when you go to Russia. What comes from your mind when you talk about Russia? The language, the woman, and of course, the landmark itself. Nizhny was located near the 500 years-old Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin landmark. It is the most eye catching landmark I've ever seen since I go to Russia.
The construction began in 2015 when ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation signed contract with OAO Styrotransgaz for 21.6 hectares building for the stadium. Year by year the construction continues and in 2016, basic foundation works were completed and the floors and platform for upper tier were erected. The contractor already installed the metal structures for the tribune zone. The remaining works is expected to complete at the end of 2017 were the contractor finished the installation for the final design position of the coating, and the concreting stands at the lower stage and the overpass for the pedestrians.
What will you love about the design of this arena is because of the service for the fans with disabilities. The arena offers special seating for the disabilities with extra space, of course with the companions so they can spend most time together to enjoy the match. Not just the seats, it offers special food outlets and the toilets. Wow, they are really pay attention for this.
After the end of the World Cup 2018 event, the stadium will functioning as multi-purpose events, including the shows, concerts, and any other events. It also possible for the exhibitions and the expo. At the outside, they have arena grounds which offer tennis courts, futsal dields, parking lots and the park. The address the stadium is at Betankura s.t 1A, Nizhny Novgorod , Russia. Finally, after the world cup this stadium will be the home of the FC Nizhny Novgorod.
So, this stadium is one of the most beautiful venue I'd ever seen in Russia. Before we take a look for the architecture, lets see the history of the city – the Saint Petersburg. It began in 1703, where Peter I The Great found this city. Soon after this, it's city became the Russian's new imperial capital.
Because of the important things in this city, The design of the Saint Petersburg were created by the best talent in Russia and the Europe. You may hear the name of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Dmitry Shostakovich, Joseph Brodsky, and Nikolay Gogol left their creaton in this city.
The historic value of the city makes the Unesco awarded them as the one of the UNESCO World Heritage site. It boost the visitors around the world and they busy to serve about five million tourist every year.
So here it is, one of the 3 best stadium in Russia for soccer. One of the most successful football club in Russia lies in here. FC Zenit Saints Peterburg. Pretty good isn't it? Great stadium, best football team.
The design of the stadium is pretty unique. Inspired by the spaceship, the architect has the vision of the spaceship that has landed on the shores of the Gulf of Finland. The height is so high it can take up to 80 metres. Imagine maybe someone will bring starwars spaceship into reality lol.
The stadium is one of the world's most modern arena in the history of Russia. Its equipped with the retracable roof and the sliding pitch, which able to host any type of the event . For your information, this stadium is warm enough even to host football matches at the winter where the temperature inside stadium is just about 15 celcius degree.
After the world cup, venue will host any different type of events. The venue is the one of the choosen stadium which host three matches in group stage as well as one of the competition's quarter final.
Finally, the most respected stadium in Russia, the Luzhniki. This is the main and the Russia's biggest stadium. It located biggest city in Russia, the Moscow. The represent the glorious and as the symbol of the Russian Football. This is the home of the football matches in the country. The building of the stadium starts in 1956 where Russia hosted the Summer Spartkland.
After the event, the Luzhniki hosted some major event in the world, including 1980 Summer Olympic , ice hokey world championship, rugby, athletics, and the music concerts. The stadium is a symbol of the pride of the Russian and become the first of the 3 best stadium in Russia for soccer.
Luzhniki is the home of the Russian national teams and several football club already played in here. However, football always takes the most part in this venue, having 3000 matches until now.
The remake of the Luzhniki for Russia FIFA World Cup 2018 began in 2013. It challenges the engineers because they have to preserving the historical façade of the stadium , which has become one of Moscow's true landmark. Inside the venue, all of the things were totally refurbished : jogging track was removed, the stands moved closer to the pitch, and made rectangular, the gradient adjusted and two extra tiers added. The capacity of the stadum increased from 78,000 to 80,000. Luzhniki will retain its status as the country's main stadium and still serving Russia for the national matches.
To get there, the stadium can be reached with red metro line 1. Station Sportinavia , or alternatively Vorob'yovy Gory, both lie within short walking distance of the stadium. Line 1 directly connects with Moscow's city centre , and the ride from either Okhotny Ryad or Biblioteka takes no more than 10 minutes. If you go there by car, orientate yourself with regards to the Moscow river and take the first exit after crossing the Moscow River at the bend where the stadium is located.
So which one is the best for you? Luzhniki? Saints Petersburg? Or maybe Nizhny? Whatever you choose, you will love it.


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Who Should Win America's Favorite Player on 'Big Brother 19'?
Big Brother 19 is in its final week and while the race for half a million dollars is on, there's another competition for the fans. Voting is now open for America's Favorite Player, with the winner receiving $25,000.
This is the fans' opportunity to choose who they liked the best. The previous winners include Victor, James, Donny, Elissa, Frank, Big Jeff (twice), Britney, Keesha, Crazy James and Janelle. So who will take it this year?
Based on preliminary polling from various Big Brother websites, the field seems narrowed down to three primary contenders: Kevin, Jason and Cody. That's not terribly surprising since, in the last six seasons, Rachel's sister Elissa is the only female to win the award.
It definitely seems like Cody is a potential frontrunner, which I fully endorse. Yes, he said some controversial things and he made some big mistakes, but for many of us he was the voice of the fans. He recognized that Paul was the biggest threat and tried to take him out in week 1. He refused to play along with Paul or production, not reacting to anything or playing up to the cameras. As he would say, this was a house full of betas and he was the only true alpha. On Big Brother 19, not being a sheep or a minion is actually an impressive accomplishment.
Why Can't Women Win the PoV?>>>
The case for Jason is also strong. It's hard not to root for someone who just found out he's having another baby and the $25,000 could be considered hazard pay for having to deal with Alex constantly punching him and shooting down his ideas about the game, which were proven right.
Then there's Kevin, who proved to be wildly entertaining in the early weeks of the game, but who has become largely invisible in the second half, blindly throwing competitions because Paul told him to do it. He had a lot of promise, but he never fully lived up to what could have been. Plus, he already won $25,000 on the first night, resulting in Paul entering the game, Cameron being robbed and Ramses getting framed.
Those are probably the only three HGs with a real chance at winning America's Favorite Player. The polls seems to suggest that Alex, Paul and Josh would be next on the list, followed by the trio of Jessica, Christmas and Mark. And if you really want to root for the underdog, Cameron is the dark horse with a small but vocal group of supporters.
Find out who wins America's Favorite Player on the Big Brother 19 finale, Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.
By John Kubicek | Senior Writer, BuddyTV
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One of many great plugins from Nitro Man. I love the way this works; when you click the Solo button a temporary layer is created with all its attributes turned off, everything except your selected objects are dynamically added to it, then removed and reassigned to their original layers when you click the button again. Very clean and thorough so you can easily work on a specific selection of objects. It also hides all materials except ones assigned to your solo'd objects!