I began the project by creating the logo design that would be used on the insole of the shoe and the hanger design.
With direction from my client Steve I began developing ideas. This is the final version of the logo before any color treatments or variations.
Because I will use this logo again in the rest of the designs it needed to be created first in Adobe Illustrator. This allows it to be scaled to any size without distortion.
This is the original design in needed of color variations and new logo on the insole.
I began by creating an Illustrator drawing of the 3 parts of the base of the shoe to separate the individual colors. Then using Photoshop I removed the strap from the original image. Then removed the text from the strap.
3 part shoe sole Illustrator Drawing.
Once the pieces have been separated I can begin assembling them in Photoshop in the right color schemes with shadows and highlights. Adding the extras will make them look more like the finished product.
Once the selected colors have been integrated into the shoe I added the color swatches and the layout for the insole printing. To complete the design I added the shadowing as a final touch.
ToeJoez Women's Sandal New Design: Magenta Insole / Silver Strap & Black Insole / Silver Strap.
Part 3 Create Hanger Design to hold Sandals at the display rack.
Once the logo and sandals were complete the hanger design would be the final piece of this project.
Color variations of hangers for men's and women's shoes.
I am the owner/creator of the ToeJoez sandals for men and women that I like to call "Flip Nots" instead of flip flops because the darn things stay on your foot the way something should.
I have been very, very impressed and extremely thrilled with the work Dan has done for our company. The guy is so creative but more importantly he seems to pick up on the requested idea very quickly, like almost instantaneously and then executes it with ease. At least he makes it look easy to me, the customer.
I can't recommend him enough to anyone needing graphic work, etc. I am just realizing some of the other products he offers and fully intend to make his work a solid part of our sandal companies growth.
His rates are very reasonable and again his work is Excellent! Anyone reading this is free to email me directly at "Steve@ToeJoez.com" if they have any other concerns about having this guy ROCK your site and images.
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Updated Google Earth arrives on iOS
It has been a number of months since Google Earth received a makeover on Android and the web, and now the update is making its way to iOS. The latest version of the 3D world-exploration tool has been overhauled, bringing a number of new features to iPhone and iPad users.
These features include 360-degree videos, guided tours, and the interactive Voyager option for traveling virtually to major cities of the world.
As well as being fun, the updated version of Google Earth makes it easier to learn about the world as well. Google's Knowledge Cards impart information about key landmarks around the world, or you can opt to use the search engine-inspired "I'm Feeling Lucky" option to be transported to a ransom location to learn about.
Google picks out a number of highlights of the new version of the app in its App Store listing:
Choose your own adventure with Voyager. Experience interactive stories from around the world.
Discover new places with Knowledge Cards. Flip through cards and learn about local landmarks.
Orbit the world in 3D. Use the new 3D button or tilt the map with two fingers.
Snap and share a Postcard. Capture snapshots of locations and share them with your friends.
Feeling Lucky? Roll the dice and see where the world takes you.
But it's Voyager that's arguably the star of the show here, and Google has more to say about this feature:
Half the fun of travel is planning your trip. Voyager, our new interactive stories feature in Google Earth, can inspire your next travel destination. Under the Travel category, you'll find detailed multi-day itineraries for 17 cities, from Paris with Kids to Beyond the Beaches of Rio de Janeiro.
Maybe you're a lover of the outdoors? Visit the brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park, ride the curl with Super Surf Spots, or trek Machu Picchu. Culture buff? Discover a new exhibit with Museums Around the World or follow in the footsteps of the Fab Four with Beatlemania. With more than 140 stories in eight languages, Voyager has travel ideas for just about everybody.
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Venezuela, the Morning Star, and the facts
Submitted by AWL on 16 January, 2019 - 11:38 Author: Jim Denham
"Despite being elected with over two thirds of the vote last May in an election given a clean bill of health by hundreds of international observers…" began the Morning Star's editorial on 12 January, under the headline: "Venezuela is under siege – it needs our solidarity."
Working on the principle that getting basic facts straight, and not telling downright lies, is a good place to start, let's deal with that opening statement. The May election that (unsurprisingly) returned Nicolás Maduro as president was marked by low turnout and lack of serious options (the main opposition groups all boycotted the vote). Estimates of the turnout vary from 28.5% to 46% (the higher figure coming from the government-controlled National Electoral Council), but either way it was the lowest in Venezuela's democratic history. The official figure for the 2013 presidential election was close to 80%.
As for the claim that the vote was given a "clean bill of health" by international observers: well, not by the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, who stated the election "does not in any way fulfil minimal conditions for free and credible elections". The EU and the "Lima Group" (the majority of other Latin American countries) took a similar view. Presumably, the Morning Star's claim of a "clean bill of health" refers to those bastions of democracy, China, Cuba, El Salvador, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria and Turkey, all of whom did recognise the result.
The rest of the Morning Star's editorial is little more than a whinge about how nasty many of Maduro's critics in the rest of Latin America are (true), and how sad it is that the continent's "pink tide" seems to be in retreat. The editorial denounces the violence that followed the election, but blames it all on opposition forces. It's certainly true that some of the chaos in Venezuela stems from a US-backed right wing opposition. But the government has prime responsibility for the huge food queues and the hyperinflation. And the Venezuelan government has committed crimes against humanity since at least 2012, according to the Organisation of American States (OAS).
The OAS report says approximately seven people every day have been arbitrarily detained since Maduro was first elected in 2013. Detainees are often subjected to torture, including beatings resulting in untreated physical harm, sexual torture, stress positions, "white torture," electric shocks, burns, tear¬gas, food mixed with glass or excrement, and withholding food and water. The report cites at least 289 cases of torture that inflicted severe physical and mental suffering, and backs the claim by Luisa Ortega Diaz (Attorney General 2007¬2017) that Maduro was complicit in 8,292 extrajudicial executions.
It is of course the case that the murderous right wing Colombian police state never faced any such charges from the OAS. But the double standard does not let the Venezuelan leadership off the hook. Since the election, new workers' struggles have arisen and spread. This resistance poses an alternative to both the corrupt and repressive Maduro government and the right-wing opposition backed by the U.S. The Morning Star makes no mention of working class resistance, presumably because it does not fit with an essentially topdown view of what socialism means.
To the extent that Chávez proposed a strategy for achieving socialism by accepting compromises with private capitalist control and the political rule of a minority acting on behalf of the masses of people, that has been proven lacking. Like Ortega's compromise¬with-capital programme in Nicaragua: and the Morning Star also uncritically backs Ortega, who has faced mass opposition on the streets triggered by pension cuts. Socialism "from above", in whatever form, failed miserably in the 20th century and will continue to fail in the 21st. Whatever social-welfare reform goals Chavez may have achieved in office, in times of higher oil prices, Maduro and Chavez have stifled the democratic instincts of the working class. And created an authoritarian, militarised state. Now we see a Venezuela whose main feature is social collapse and brutal authoritarianism. 2.5 million to 3 million people have fled.
Maduro explicitly overrules the elected National Assembly (where the opposition won a majority in late 2015). You can't help suspecting that the authoritarianism is precisely what the Morning Star likes about it. And that is why it resorts to factual dishonesty and uncritical parroting of Maduro's preposterous propaganda ("Here I am, ready to take our country forward. Here we are with our democracy and our people").
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Jerusalem Post Health & Wellness Coronavirus
Israelis flock to COVID testing centers ahead of Rosh Hashanah
There are more than 91,000 active cases as the High Holy Days begin.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN, ROSSELLA TERCATIN
Israeli student receiving her negative COVID-19 results ahead of the first day of school, August 31, 2021.
(photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/MAARIV)
The country's coronavirus testing centers were packed with individuals vying to check if they were positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, ahead of the Rosh Hashanah holiday. The government chose not to add any new restrictions ahead of the High Holy Days, but asked Israelis to be responsible and screen themselves for the virus before gathering for meals and prayers.
According to media reports, as many as 200,000 people asked to be tested on Sunday - not including the tens of thousands of Israelis who bought rapid antigen tests that they could take at home.
"We are on the threshold of a new year. We hope that it will be a better and calmer year than its predecessor. We will welcome it together, everyone with their family," said Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the start of the Sunday cabinet meeting. "I would like to happily and cautiously inform you today that we have rejected the pressures and avoided a lockdown over Rosh Hashanah. Continue to uphold the directives so that we will remain open also on Sukkot and Simchat Torah."
He said that a holiday without lockdown should not have been seen as a given and warned the public that "this story is far from being behind us. It is precisely now that, in this period that is so close, we need to be even stricter about masks and distancing and to uphold the directives of the education system. We must watch ourselves and our achievements."
Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett holds a presss conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on August 18, 2021. (credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
The prime minister said that students will need to retest for coronavirus at home before returning to school after the holidays, once again in an attempt to catch sick children before they bring the virus to school. This time, he said, he would like students in the country's daycare centers to be screened as well.
The rapid antigen tests taken by students on August 31 caught 8,000 cases of the virus, the Education Ministry said, and kept what would have otherwise been some 180,000 students out of isolation
However, the start of the school year has significantly increased the number of sick and isolated children. Some 2,000 preschools and classrooms are closed, and 33,000 students are in isolation. There were 43,000 infected students on Sunday - some 17,000 were reportedly infected since the start of the school year.
Going forward, students may also be required to test for coronavirus at home once a week, the Prime Minister's Office told The Jerusalem Post. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has asked the Education Ministry to look into such an operation that could go into effect immediately after the holidays.
On Sunday morning, the Health Ministry reported some 91,000 active cases, the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic. Until now, the highest number before that was 88,000, registered at the peak of the third wave in January.
However, by Sunday night the figure had dropped to 84,000. In addition, the number of serious patients remained stable. This is largely because at least half of Israel's new daily cases have been individuals under the age of 18 in recent days.
There were 5,001 new cases on Sunday night, the Health Ministry said. That was a low number compared to the more than 10,000 cases that the country had seen most days last week.
However, only around 50% of the number of people were tested on Saturday - 90,368. Of those screened, 5.75% had a positive result.
As of Sunday, there were 679 people in serious condition. Since the start of the pandemic, 7,154 people have died of the disease.
The third booster shot has been part of Israel's secret sauce for lowering infection.
So far, 2.6 million Israelis have received the booster "in a situation where the world has not yet decided what it is doing and is still considering and debating," Bennett said.
Beginning October 1, only people who have received the third shot or who have been vaccinated (or recovered) for less than six months are going to be eligible for the permanent green pass – which grants access to several venues and activities. Those who aren't will be required to undergo a rapid corona test at their own expense, while children ages 3-11, who are too young to get vaccinated, will still be able to do one for free.
An elderly Israeli is seen receiving the third COVID-19 booster shot at a Clalit clinic in Jerusalem, on August 1, 2021. (credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
In addition, the Knesset Law and Constitution Committee decided Sunday that children with disabilities – around 50,000 people in the country – are going to be exempt from the requirement to present a green pass like toddlers and babies under three.
Earlier in the day, a group of seven Israeli hospitals – including Jerusalem's Hadassah University Medical Center and Shaare Zedek Medical Center – halted their strike after almost two weeks as a consequence of an agreement reached with the Health and Finance ministries.
The hospitals will receive some NIS 960 million by the end of the year. In addition, the parties' representatives will work on another agreement for the 2022 budget by the beginning of November.
Following the development, the hospitals resumed their full operations.
"Happy with the end of the strike at the independent hospitals and with them returning to full operation," Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz wrote on Twitter. "I know and understand their needs and we have reached an agreement."
"For the first time since the establishment of the state, I was able to have included in the state budget direct funding for these hospitals," he added. "With the agreement and the end of the strike, we have taken another step to strengthen our healthcare system."
The so-called "public" hospitals are independent organizations that in the past had mostly relied on donations, as opposed to facilities directly owned and funded by the government or health funds.
Besides the two major facilities in Jerusalem, they also include Netanya's Laniado Medical Center, Ma'aynei Hayeshua Medical Center, Bnei Brak, and three hospitals in Nazareth, together serving two million people, or about 20% of the population.
Last winter, the hospitals also went on strike over their prolonged financial crisis. The protest was over after the government committed to allocate them the needed funding.
However, the strike began again last month after part of the promised resources were not transferred.
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NEWS: Virgin to test all crew, Qatar plans on 124 destinations by end 2020 – could new UK testing system let us go?
TOPICS:oneworldQatarqatar airwaysvirgin atlanticvirgin atlantic flying club
Posted By: Michele 5 October 2020
Virgin to test all crew with rapid testing
Qatar plans on 124 destinations by end 2020 – could new UK testing system let us go?
Qatar Airways destinations operating by end of 2020:
You may have thought that airlines were testing all their staff already. But in fact, most are not despite the fact that they come into contact with people all day and travel to countries with far higher rates of COVID than the UK. Part of the issue has been having tests rapid enough to make it worthwhile and cost effective. Virgin Atlantic has announced that it is the first UK airline to introduce Covid-19 pre-flight testing at its Heathrow base for its cabin crew and pilots. Launched on the 30th September on flights to Shanghai and Hong Kong, the airline plans to extend the trial to Barbados and select services later in October, before a wider roll out to test every operating crew at least once per month.
In partnership with GeneMe UK, official distributor of the FRANKD test, the airline trial is offering crew and pilots a rapid Point of Care Covid-19 RT LAMP test. In independent laboratory tests, FRANKD is shown to be 100% specific and 97% sensitive to detecting SARS-CoV-2. Through integration with the digital ID platform Yoti, the test process is fast, secure, paperless and does not require a lab. After a swab is taken on site, results are processed and delivered on the Yoti app within 30 minutes.
Corneel Koster, Chief Customer and Operating Officer, Virgin Atlantic commented: "The introduction of on site pre-flight Covid-19 testing for our crew and pilots ensures we remain at the forefront of the aviation industry's safe return to the skies. As testing technology and Covid-19 requirements around the world develop, we want to utilise technology that is relevant, accurate and available to keep our teams and customers healthy and safe. While the Covid-19 testing landscape evolves, we continue to be in discussions with multiple providers offering different technologies to guarantee the best solution possible, while absolutely ensuring that we do not compete with the NHS for vital resources.
"This trial is a first step in our phased plan to introduce regular testing for all of our teams in the air and on the ground, in order to instil confidence in flying. However, we continue to call for the swift introduction of a wider coordinated passenger testing regime. We need urgent action from UK and US governments to introduce pre departure testing, to remove the need for quarantine and to minimise travel restrictions, while protecting public health and half a million UK jobs associated with the sector. As long as the UK's 14 day quarantine is in place, demand for travel will not return and the UK's economic recovery, which relies on free flowing trade and tourism, cannot take off."
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Despite having one of the best onboard services now as well as the safety of QSuites, Qatar has not been of much use to most of us due to having to quarantine if you pass through Doha. With an announcement on airport testing expected this week, could this give us some hope that we will be able to fly Qatar again without 14 days self-isolation? There are not many options long haul but the Maldives is definitely a possibility at the moment.
Qatar Airways has announced its winter schedule in line with passenger and cargo demand and the continued relaxation of entry restrictions around the world. Having become the largest international carrier during this crisis, the airline has applied its knowledge of global passenger flows and booking trends to load a winter schedule that expects to be reliable.
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, said: "We are proud to be the global airline passengers trust to take them where they want to go safely and reliably. This trust begins by offering an honest schedule of flights that is realistic of the current market conditions and entry restrictions around the world. Also we ensure when entry restrictions change forcing us to postpone or cancel flights, we support our passengers with the most flexible and generous options to reschedule their plans.
"While no airline can predict with 100% certainty how the market will recover or future entry restrictions, our unrivalled experience accumulated by becoming the largest international carrier during this crisis uniquely positions us to build a realistic schedule of flights with confidence. Since the onset of the pandemic, we have flown over 175 million kilometres taking home over 2.3 million passengers on over 35,000 flights. We have also operated more than 400 charter flights across the world allowing us to stay up to date with the latest airport and national health procedures and maintain a finger on the pulse of global passenger flows, in particular in markets where we do not operate regular flights.
"Our strategic investment in a variety of fuel efficient twin-engine aircraft, including the largest fleet of Airbus A350 aircraft, has enabled us to continue flying throughout this crisis and perfectly positions us to lead the sustainable recovery of international travel. As we continue to rebuild our global network, we remain focused on providing seamless, safe and reliable connectivity to our millions of passengers and ensuring we continue to earn their trust every time they choose to fly with Qatar Airways."
By the end of 2020, Qatar Airways' plans to rebuild its network to 124 destinations including 21 in Africa, 10 in the Americas, 42 in Asia-Pacific, 38 in Europe and 13 in Middle East. Many cities will be served with a strong schedule with daily or more frequencies.
Accra (ACC), Addis Ababa (ADD), Algiers (ALG), Cape Town (CPT), Casablanca (CMN), Dar Es Salaam (DAR), Djibouti (JIB), Durban (DUR), Entebbe (EBB), Johannesburg (JNB), Kigali (KGL), Kilimanjaro (JRO), Lagos (LOS), Luanda (LAD), Maputo (MPM), Mogadishu (MGQ), Nairobi (NBO), Seychelles (SEZ), Tunis (TUN), Windhoek (WDH), Zanzibar (ZNZ)
Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Dallas (DFW), Houston (IAH), Los Angeles (LAX), Montreal (YUL), New York (JFK), Philadelphia (PHL), Sao Paulo (GRU), Washington D.C. (IAD)
Ahmedabad (AMD), Adelaide (ADL), Amritsar (ATQ), Auckland (AKL), Bali (DPS), Bangalore (BLR), Bangkok (BKK), Brisbane (BNE), Calicut (CCJ), Cebu (CEB), Chennai (MAA), Clark (CRK), Colombo (CMB), Dhaka (DAC), Guangzhou (CAN), Hanoi (HAN), Hong Kong (HKG), Ho Chi Minh City (SGN), Goa (GOI), Hyderabad (HYD), Islamabad (ISB), Jakarta (CGK), Karachi (KHI), Kathmandu (KTM), Kochi (COK), Kolkata (CCU), Kuala Lumpur (KUL), Lahore (LHE), Male (MLE), Manila (MNL), Melbourne (MEL), Mumbai (BOM), Nagpur (NAG), New Delhi (DEL), Perth (PER), Peshawar (PEW), Phuket (HKT), Seoul (ICN), Singapore (SIN), Sydney (SYD), Tokyo Narita (NRT), Trivandrum (TRV)
Amsterdam (AMS), Ankara (ESB), Athens (ATH), Baku (GYD), Barcelona (BCN), Belgrade (BEG), Berlin (BER/TXL), Brussels (BRU), Bucharest (OTP), Budapest (BUD), Copenhagen (CPH), Dublin (DUB), Edinburgh (EDI), Frankfurt (FRA), Helsinki (HEL), Istanbul (IST), Istanbul Sabiha (SAW), Kiev (KBP), Larnaca (LCA), London (LHR), London (LGW), Madrid (MAD), Manchester (MAN), Milan (MXP), Moscow (DME), Munich (MUC), Oslo (OSL), Paris (CDG), Prague (PRG), Rome (FCO), Sofia (SOF), Stockholm (ARN), Tbilisi (TBS), Vienna (VIE), Warsaw (WAW), Yerevan (EVN), Zagreb (ZAG), Zurich (ZRH)
Amman (AMM), Baghdad (BGW), Basra (BSR), Beirut (BEY), Erbil (EBL), Isfahan (IFN), Kuwait (KWI), Mashhad (MHD), Muscat (MCT), Najaf (NJF), Shiraz (SYZ), Sulaymaniyah (ISU), Tehran (IKA)
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Devo – Live 1980 DVD
Music Video Distributors
Devo, while enjoying a bit of mainstream success thanks to MTV and their song "Whip It", were somewhat of an anomaly in the world of punk/new wave. They were certainly unique and were in no way a mainstream type of act at that time, yet they seemed to cross over at one point thanks to that video getting heavy rotation on that then-new network (back at a time when they actually played videos).
On August 17, 1980, these mad scientists from Akron, OH arrived at the Phoenix Theatre in Petaluma, CA to put on a show to a packed house. At this time they were just starting to garner some success with the release of that aforementioned "Whip It" single and Target Video had the good sense to film the event. As far as target videos go, this easily has the best sound and video quality of anything from them I have seen before. It really is a top-notch presentation, especially by 1980 standards.
The DVD is 1 hour and 15 minutes long and features a ton of songs. All their "hits" they are well known for such as "Whip It", "Satisfaction", and my personal favorite, "Uncontrollable Urge" are played to perfection along with quite a bit of more obscure tracks that only a die-hard fan would be familiar with. At the start of each song, the title is printed at the bottom of the screen which is something I appreciated because sadly The Punk Vault is lacking in Devo Records.
Devo was a band I knew of, and I bought that "Whip It" 7″ back in 1980 when I was a little kid but as I got into more hardcore punk, I turned my back on such things because they didn't fit in with the soundtrack of my young angry teen angst. As I got older I came to appreciate them more and what they contributed to the world of music. After watching this DVD, it really made me want to go back and pick up those records that I don't currently own. This DVD, because of the wide variety of their material that is covered, would also be a good place for a beginner to start, not just for the visuals, but for the fact that if you flip the disc over, it is an audio CD of the performance, so you automatically now have a Devo album in your possession that contains "all the hits" and then some.
As I stated before the video is top-notch and is the best Target Video I've seen in terms of quality. There is two audio options; straight stereo, and 5.1 surround that does a great job of filing the room and really sounds good (and was the option I preferred after sampling them both). There is two packaging options as well, you can get either a jewel case packaged like a CD, or a Amary keepcase like a standard DVD. There was a bonus clip of Devo playing as Dove – The Band of Love from some show in 1980 and a trailer for another Devo DVD that was recorded recently overseas.
If you are a Devo fan, this would find itself a happy home in your collection and if you are curious about the band but didn't know where to start, this is as good a place as any, especially for the very affordable price.
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What's not to love about Devo?
"Freedom of Choice" and "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!" are my personal favorite albums by them.
Their SNL appearance doing "Uncontrollable Urge" is awesome – complete with mid-song costume change!
I saw them new years eve 1979…..forever changed my life. X, Devo and Dove, the band of love (Devo spelled kinda backwards)…
The Be Stiff Ep has their must have first 3 45s (circa 77-78), plus Hardcore Devo vols 1 & 2 has all pre-77 material, some dating to '74
I just picked this up last night and it's so good. My favorite part was easily when they all of a sudden start dancing around with the letters on their chest during "Jocko Homo." I've had the Greatest Hits/Greatest Misses package for a few years now but it didn't really hit me how great these guys were until I found "Q:" in a bargian a few months ago.
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Former UW athletic director Scott Woodward introduced at Texas A&M, takes shot at '12th Man' Seahawks fans
Originally published January 11, 2016 at 3:30 pm Updated January 15, 2016 at 5:18 pm
Scott Woodward, during his introduction at Texas A&M, says, "What makes a university great are its people, the 12th Man, the real 12th Man — not the one ripped off in Seattle." In a follow-up phone call to The Seattle Times, Woodward said he wanted to clarify that his comments were made "in jest," and...
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Seattle Times staff reporter
In the process of endearing himself to his new fan base at Texas A&M, Scott Woodward might have irked a few old friends in Seattle.
Woodward, Washington's athletic director since 2008, was introduced as the new AD in College Station, Texas, on Monday and included a little shot at the Seattle Seahawks during his news conference.
"What makes a university great are its people, the 12th Man, the real 12th Man — not the one ripped off in Seattle," Woodward said.
Use of "12th Man" has been decade-long saga between Texas A&M and the Seahawks.
In 1990, Texas A&M trademarked the "12th Man" for its fan base. In 2006, Texas A&M sued the Seahawks over use of the phrase. An agreement was reached, in which the Seahawks rent the term for $5,000 a year for limited use.
In 2014, the Seahawks were granted a trademark for the "12" flag.
UPDATE: In a follow-up phone call to The Seattle Times, Woodward said he wanted to clarify that his comments were made "in jest," and he has the "utmost respect" for the Seahawks."
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09 of August 2017
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Nearly 3,000 protesters backing runner up Delfina Gómez surrounded the IEEM facility to demand a full recount of the votes
Way deep down Mexicans, as a nation, have been working to have an honest democracy in which clean elections are the path to a brighter future.
Yet under present circumstances many feel that the contrary is happening after Tuesday when the State of Mexico Electoral Institute (IEEM) awarded Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate Alfredo del Mazo Maza the victory in the past June elections for governor under the shouts of "fraud" aimed not just at the PRI, but also at the officials in charge of organizing the election.
Nearly 3,000 protesters backing runner up Delfina Gómez of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) surrounded the IEEM facility to demand a full recount of the votes in 18,000 booths "vote by vote, booth by booth," because they feel that the IEEM officials sold out to the PRI candidate who just happens to be President Enrique Peña Nieto's blood cousin.
What is worse, there is a feeling among all political parties that the State of Mexico election was "a rehearsal" of the national federal election next year that includes the presidency, the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies, and a myriad of state and municipal governments for a total of about 18,000 participating candidates.
Coincidentally, the PRI victory in the State of Mexico comes in tandem with the PRI National Assembly next Saturday in which it is said that the electoral tactics that worked out well to win the State of Mexico election will be applied again in 2018 to win the presidential one.
This fills up the Mexican political air with a stench of corruption and distrust. Minority Labor Party representative in the State of Mexico Joel Cruz says that "we're surprised and worried that the electoral organizers have lost their autonomy. They are subject to external evaluations that threaten the legitimacy of the electoral process. What's going on is political, not juridical."
The accusations of corruption at the IEEM come also in tandem when all leaders of national political parties feel that the entire National Electoral Institute (INE) has been coopted by President Peña Nieto to favor the PRI leading the nation back to the time when PRI was a totalitarian one-party system of governance.
PRI is holding five different workshops Wednesday and Thursday to put together their electoral program which will be presented at the General Assembly at the Sports Palace in Mexico City during their national gathering Saturday.
Again, the entire powwow will be held to outline the path to follow to "six more years" in power as of 2018.
Yet PRI knows it is holding its convention at a moment in which the president's popularity, though slightly better from the all-time 12 percent low it hit last January after Peña Nieto decided to hike gasoline prices, is still not good. Add to this the large amount of corrupt governors on trial that badly taint the image its current president Enrique Ochoa Reza, who wants to project and of course to defend the State of Mexico victory.
A main objective of the convention will be to "align" the majority of PRI militants — it is still the largest political party in Mexico — behind the command of President Enrique Peña Nieto in order to win the elections next year. This symbiosis is in the PRI's DNA and whenever it has not been there, they have lost elections.
But the worst accusation of all parties opposing PRI is that it is manipulating the National Electoral Institute to win elections, no matter what the cost might be just as it happened in the State of Mexico.
In this position, PRI is a veritable threat to the incipient Mexican democratic system all Mexicans want, because even if in decay, it still wields enough power to impose itself as "the one and only political party."
But in the end, it is not PRI that is under trial, but the National Electoral Institute because many politicos feel they have betrayed the goal they were appointed for by political parties, which is to oversee the honesty of vote counting and fair elections on an even playing field.
Will Peña Nieto manage to impose a "successor" like in the old PRI dictatorship? That'll spell well for PRI militants, but it may lead Mexican democracy to the guillotine.
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Posted by Ron Lundeen on Monday, November 24, 2014
I went up a few weekends ago for my second-ever GameHoleCon in Madison, Wisconsin with a few friends. I had thought that a convention named after the first line in the Hobbit would have been around for a while, but it turns out it's only in its second year, too.
Being so close to the home of many of the initiators of Dungeons and Dragons has its advantages--a lot of well-known folks from the early days of D&D come to play. It also hosts a variety of games from the "Dead Games Society," so you can get a game of something at GameHoleCon you couldn't get anywhere else (because nobody plays it anymore!). Two great examples: I played a very enjoyable Top Secret/Marvel Superheroes game that used a rule set from the '80s and was, in fact, set in the days prior to and up to Reagan's assassination--lots of fun. My second example was a game of OD&D, a system I'd run two full campaigns for back in the '80s and early '90s, but I haven't even cracked my Rules Cyclopedia in a decade. Not only was that game fun to play, but it contained some of the classic political tension and mass battle rules, too. The nostalgia alone earned this game high marks for me.
I played a very serviceable game of Spirit of the Century, but I'm just not that much into the FATE rules system, so that wasn't the joy for me that it was for the friend I went with. We also played a truly horrid pulp game with the bland name of "Amazing Adventures." I was so turned off by the obtuse rules system, the unremarkable setting, and the flat, railroad-y GMing that I flipped through a copy of Amazing Adventures in my local store yesterday to see whether the GM we had at the con just didn't do the system justice--nope, the game is just as bad (and the adventure, which is the sample adventure at the back of the rulebook is just that unimaginative)--so definitely not the game for me.
To my surprise, my friends and I pretty much universally agreed that the 5th edition D&D game we played was probably the best all-around game of the convention--solid rules, a great table with some very fun characters, and a surprisingly deep adventure for an organized play offering.
In all, I had a lot of fun, and look forward to GameHoleCons (GameHolesCon? GamesHoleCon?) in the future!
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James Jackson who admitted selecting a black man at random and stabbing him to death in Midtown was charged with murder as an act of terrorism Monday.
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A white US Army veteran faced terror and racism charges Monday as he was indicted for fatally stabbing a 66-year-old black man.
James Jackson, 28, "prowled the streets of New York for three days in search of a black person to assassinate in order to launch a campaign of terrorism against our Manhattan community and the values we celebrate," Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said in a statement.
"Last week, with total presence of mind, he acted on his plan, randomly selecting a beloved New Yorker solely on the basis of his skin color, and stabbing him repeatedly and publicly on a Midtown street corner."
He was formally charged in New York State Supreme Court with one count each of murder in the first and second degrees as an act of terrorism, murder in the second degree as a hate crime, as well as three counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
The March 20 attack comes as several major US cities including New York grapple with an increase in hate crimes.
Police say Jackson admitted stabbing Timothy Caughman multiple times near the low-rent shelter where the victim lived. Caughman managed to walk two blocks to a police station but was pronounced dead at an area hospital.
Jackson -- who served in the US Army from 2009 to 2012, a stint that included a tour of duty in Afghanistan -- turned himself in to police in Times Square on Wednesday, according to local media reports.
He told police he considered the killing to be "practice prior to going to Times Square to kill additional black men," according to the complaint.
It said he was "angered by black men mixing with white women."
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The ex-serviceman told police he had traveled to the city on a bus from his home in Baltimore, about 170 miles (275 kilometers) to the south.
Jackson attended a prestigious secondary school in Baltimore, and in 2009 joined the Army in intelligence. In addition to the Afghanistan tour, he was stationed for some time in Baumholder, Germany, according to US media.
He arrived in New York Friday and took a hotel room under a false name. Then he said he would start the first of many murders of black men that he planned.
When questioned by police after his surrender, there was no indication where the hate developed.
A law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity since the investigation is continuing, told the Times that: "He told the cops, 'I've hated black men since I was a kid. I've had these feelings since I was a young person. I hate black men.'"
A former landlord told the Times that Jackson was months behind on his rent, and a filthy tenant.
"He definitely had some issues of some kind," Marcus Dagan told the paper. "How do you describe it? He was off."
Jackson, who surrendered near Times Square, told police he selected New York to start a killing rampage.
His victim, a former youth corps division leader who recently spent most days returning bottles for five cents each, lived in a humble hotel room for two decades.
As Caughman rooted for garbage and cans in a dumpster, a white man in a long coat approached him from behind, pulling a sword from it.
On Wednesday, Vance's office launched a "Too New York To Hate" campaign to encourage victims and witnesses of violence against an ethnic group, community or religion to come forward to testify.
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By Evie Andreou November 19, 2019 November 18, 2019 0551
A 2017 demonstration against CyTA privatisation
Three opposition parties on Monday said they would not approve a budget earmarked for studies on whether CyTA should sell shares and forge partnerships arguing this would be just an indirect way of privatisation.
The budget for the study is half a million euros
CyTA's board chairperson, Rena Rouvitha Panou, who presented the organisation's budget for 2020 to the House finance committee told MPs that the post-tax surplus for 2018 amounted to €60.6m, which is the highest level of profit for the last seven years.
As regards 2019, she said that based on indications to date, the post-tax surplus is estimated to be significantly higher than budgeted while an increase in the total revenue of the utility is expected, reversing the trend of decreasing revenue in recent years.
The CyTA chairperson said that total revenue in the 2020 budget amounts to €349.1m compared to €340.4m in last year's budget.
Stabilising trends are also recorded in CyTA's market share as regards services where it holds more than a 50 per cent share both on fixed and mobile telephony but also internet. As regards television, CyTA saw its market share rise from 44.7 per cent to 45.6 per cent during the first six months of the year.
She added that the board's goal is to increase the profitability of the organisation, regardless of any talk of shareholding.
Panou also said that CyTA is working with ministries to provide them with digital transformation expertise.
Some MPs said after the meeting, that given that CyTA is doing so well, their parties would not approve a €500,000 budget slated for studies into the utility of issuing shares.
Committee chairman, Diko MP Angelos Votsis, said that the organisation, despite unfavourable predictions, was successfully beating off competitors.
This, he said, was proof that the company is right to remain as is and continue to offer quality services.
Diko, he said, would not approve the budget for studies on whether the utility should issue shares or not or make partnerships.
"This is an indirect way to discuss privatisation again," he said.
Akel's Stefanos Stefanou and the Greens' Giorgos Perdikis agreed that their parties would also not approve the budget.
The privatisation of public organisations including CyTA's was one of Cyprus' commitments to its Troika of international lenders – the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Commission (EC), and the European Central Bank (ECB) – which was met with string resistance by opposition and the utility.
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Cybercriminals have shifted targets. Until recently, hackers went after operating systems and Internet services like Web servers and E-mail servers. In 2005, they took aim at software applications and set Internet security back six years.
Cybercriminals are stepping up their efforts to hack popular software applications and network devices, where efforts to close operating-system vulnerabilities have had little impact.
At a London press conference on Tuesday, the SANS Institute and government representatives from the United States and the United Kingdom plan to release a report on the 20 most critical Internet security vulnerabilities for 2005.
The computer security research organization's report reveals that cybercriminals have shifted targets. Over the past five years, most hackers went after operating systems and Internet services like Web servers and E-mail servers. In 2005, they took aim at software applications.
The applications under fire span a variety of operating systems. They include enterprise backup software, anti-virus software, PHP applications, database software, peer-to-peer file sharing software, DNS software, media player software, IM software, and Internet browsers.
The second major finding of the report is that vulnerabilities in network operating systems such Cisco's Internetwork Operating System (IOS), which powers most of the routers and switches on the Internet, represent a significant threat.
"The bottom line is that security has been set back nearly six years in the past 18 months," Alan Paller, director of research for the SANS Institute, says in an E-mail. "Six years ago, attackers targeted operating systems and the operating system vendors didn't do automated patching. In the intervening years, automated patching protected everyone from government to grandma. Now the attackers are targeting popular applications, and the vendors of those applications do not do automated patching."
Security experts credit Microsoft's efforts to improve its software with forcing hackers to look for lower hanging fruit. "Part of the reason we're seeing a more of the attacks go against things other than the Windows operating system is that the Windows operating system has gotten better," says John Pescatore, VP and research fellow for information security at market research firm Gartner.
Gerhard Eschelbeck, chief technolgy officer and VP of engineering of vulnerability-management company Qualys Inc. says some credit goes to Microsoft and some goes to overall improvements in patching behavior. Patching as soon as possible is critical: As Eschelbeck notes in "The Laws Of Vulnerabilities," a study released by Qualys in November, 80% of exploits are available within the first 19 days after the disclosure of a critical vulnerability.
Patching has its limits, however. Ira Winkler, author of "Spies Among Us" and global security strategist with CSC Consulting, says attacks against vulnerabilities that can be repaired by patching represent less than a third of hacking attacks. "When the Department of Defense did studies on the matter, they found that actually these attacks account for only 30% of hacking," he says. "Attacks against configurations, essentially poor system hardening, account for 70% of successful attacks. And that means that automated patching probably won't help."
The vulnerability of backup systems, in particular, puts businesses at great risk because backup software provides one-stop shopping for critical corporate data. As the SANS report points out, "An attacker can leverage these flaws for an enterprise-wide compromise and obtain access to the sensitive backed-up data."
And criminals are doing just that: Exploits for many of these vulnerabilities have been publicly posted and are in use today.
What's significant about the SANS report, says Pescatore, "is that the most dangerous attacks are the targeted attacks that are going after specific vulnerabilities at specific companies."
Mark Richmond, network systems engineer for U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, says it's widely recognized that cybercrime has been become increasingly professional. "The coordination of attacks over the last few years seems to be increasing," he says. "There are cooperative arrangements between various groups, formal or information, that seem to be facilitating the use of networks and computers for criminal activities."


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A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places that has been surfaced or otherwise improved to allow travel by foot or some form of conveyance, including a motor vehicle, cart, bicycle, or horse. Roads have been adapted to a large range of structures and types in order to achieve a common goal of transportation under a large and wide range of conditions. The specific purpose, mode of transport, material and location of a road determine the characteristics it must have in order to maximize its usefulness. Following is one classification scheme.

Taxonomy of road
Marohn distinguishes between roads that are designed for mobility which he terms "roads" and those that are function to "build a place", build community wealth and provide access to land. He argues the value of a road in terms of both community wealth and mobility is maximised when the road speed is either low or high, but not at midpoints such as 45mph. He refers to this low-value midpoint of speed and land access as a stroad.

Types of roads

Lower capacity roads

Street

Primitive roads

Agricultural road
Backroad
Dirt road
Forest road
Gravel road
Green lane
Historic roads and trails
Ice road
Roman roads
Sunken lane

Large roads

Private roads

Driveway
Gated community
Military road
Private highway
Private road

Intersecting roads

Connector
Interchange
Intersection
Level junction
Level crossing
Road diet
Roundabout

Material type
Roads also may be classified based on their pavement material types. For instance, the Long-Term Pavement Performance database includes more than 30 types of pavement types for roads in the US and Canada. However, a more generic classification of roads based on material type is as follows.

 Concrete roads
 Asphalt roads
 Gravel roads
 Earthen roads
 Murrum roads
 Kankar roads
 Bituminous roads

Other thoroughfares

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The event, which is a one-stop shop for the entire cosmetics supply chain from packaging and formulation all the way up to finished goods, is establishing itself to be one of the biggest in the Asia Pacific region as well as worldwide.
From January 20 to 22 at Tokyo Big Sight; 700 exhibitors from 50 countries are expected to showcase around a "made-in-Japan cosmetics" theme, a sector that is increasingly becoming renowned worldwide for its high quality and reliable formulations.
Despite this; organiser, Reed Exhibitions says many innovative products are yet to be discovered outside of Japan, especially those by small-and-medium-sized manufacturers and this is where they are bringing the two worlds together this year.
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Our partner, Nexo Affiliate Solutions, is launching a new program the first quarter of 2019. Please view their website for health insurance information here.
Also, as a benefit to our members, we do offer a program called WellCard which provides a discount on medical services (like doctor visits) and products (like your prescriptions), at no additional cost to you or them. This program can be used by the owners, your employees and even your gym members, so please feel free to share it!
To give you some information about this program, we connected with a network that has access to health care providers, pharmacies, etc. By using their network, WellCard makes money from the providers. They aggregate as much business as possible to their network which allows them to give groups like CrossFit RRG a discount. The service is free because WellCard makes money from the providers, not from the person who receives the medical treatment. It acts like a supplement to your existing health care, and has even provided discounts for some people who were without insurance.
Once registered, you will receive your own card (and there's even a handy app that carries your information for those who don't want more cards in their wallet), and you will need to present it to your doctor or pharmacist. The discount should be applied at the time of purchase, not as a reimbursement.
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Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse is treating New Zealanders like fools with his phoney review, Labour's Immigration spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway says.
"There needs to be a full review of the immigration system, not, as Mr Woodhouse is suggesting, a bogus review where the outcome has already been decided.
"Does Michael Woodhouse really think people will be fooled by this? Kiwis are cleverer than he thinks they are and will see right through this sham.
"National has broken our immigration system. The problems are everywhere - in education, with tertiary fraud and the exploitation of overseas students; in the labour market, with thousands of work visas issued for jobs such as café manager and hairdresser while thousands of New Zealanders are unemployed; and in housing.
"MBIE, Treasury and the Reserve Bank have all expressed concern and the Government is well aware of the risks of doing nothing.
"However given Mr Woodhouse's preconceived outcome of a review, that's probably all we can expect.
"Labour supports active management of immigration to make sure New Zealand gets the skills it needs and that migrants are able to settle well," says Iain Lees-Galloway.


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Ala A. Ghafur
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Department of Natural Resources Engineering and Management, University of Kurdistan Hewler, Kurdistan Region
Ala Abdulla Ghafur is an assistant professor at the department of Natural Resources Engineering and Management, University of Kurdistan-Hewler. She got the B.Sc. in Geology from University of Sulaimani and the MPhil-PhD. degree from Cardiff University-UK in Petroleum Geology. Her research interest is in Carbonate Sedimentology, Diagenesis, Reservoir Characterizations and Formation Evaluation. Dr. Ala is a member in Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
Varoujan K. Sissakian
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Varoujan K. Sissakian graduated from the University of Baghdad in 1969 with B.Sc. degree in Geology, and M.Sc. in Engineering Geological Mapping from I.T.C., the Netherlands in 1982. He joined Iraq Geological Survey (GEOSURV) in 1971 and was nominated as Expert in 2005; retired in 2012. He has 125 documented reports in GEOSURV's library and 145 published articles in different geological aspects in different geological journals and 20 articles in different stages of publications. He was the Deputy Vice President of the Middle East Subcommission of the Committee of Compilation the Geological Map of the World (CGMW), Paris, from February 2010 until August 2012. He was Visiting Lecturer in University of Kurdistan, Hewler, since October, 2014 and Lecturer since February, 2017. Currently, he is a Lecturer in the University of Kurdistan Hewler.
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Hawkar Ali Abdulhaq is a Teaching and Laboratory Assistant at the Department of Natural Sciences and Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, University of Kurdistan Hawler. He got the B.Sc. degree in Geology and the M.Sc. degree in Earth Science Engineering. His research interests are in tectonics, subsurface and structural geology.
Hassan O. Omar
Hassan Othman Omer is a Teaching and Laboratory assistant at the Department of Department of Natural Resources Engineering and Management at University of Kurdistan Hewlêr. He got his B.Sc. degree in applied geophysics from Damascus University. His area of expertise covers, drilling oil and water wells, formation Evaluation, Core processing engineering, and mud logging. He had worked with several international oil companies in Kurdistan; Gazprom, ALS Group and TAQA Energy.
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Michael+Mikha —
Big Sur Engagement Session
When Mikha reached out to us about doing a session they were originally wanting to do it at Sequoia National Park — the place where they knew this relationship was different, in a good way. Unfortunately at that time Sequoia National Park was still fighting off wildfires and was closed. So we proposed the idea of going to Big Sur instead. And they were down!
Mikha is from the Philippines (whoop whoop) while Michael is from Ohio. When Mikha was telling us about their love story she shared that "they travelled thousands of miles to find each other, at the exact right time." Michael with his Midwestern charm and manners, Mikha with her excitement for life and contagious squeals. We couldn't get enough of them.
Our plan for their session was to start north of Big Sur and travel down the highway, making stops along the way. When we arrived at our first stop the fog rolled in which we were all so excited about. The fog continued to roll making way for the blue skies but that didn't stop us one bit.
If you've ever gone to Big Sur you know that Bixby Bridge is a huge draw for people. Michael and Mikha really wanted to make a stop there but we warned them that is might be a bit a crowded. Sure enough the line of cars and amount of people were a lot that day. So we just drove a little further ahead and made a stop with a view of the bridge.
Stop Wherever There Is Fog
Before we started our session we were all in agreeance that although we had a general idea of where we wanted to go, if there was something, somewhere that caught our eye, we'd make that stop. As we continued down the highway we noticed that the fog was creeping up ahead. And then we saw it, an open field with the right amount of fog. It was the right call.
Pampas Grass Heaven
The fog was slowly covering the coast. We felt like we were standing above the clouds. The views were unbelievable. And that field of pampas grass is not something you find everyday. Catching the last light, our favorite light, was the perfect pairing.
Sequoia National Park Engagement | Moro Rock Engagement Session
Finding Love and Being in Love
Dinner for Two in the Forest


The comments from Japanese EconMin Amani showed that they are beginning to feel uncomfortable with the speed of the Yen fall. CHF/JPY has been the big mover, down over 100 pips on the session, and I will look to add to existing shorts on rallies back to 96.75.
Good call earlier Sean! I don't trade this pair, looks like you called it perfectly. The next challenge is to exit at the optimum level!


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Comics Worlds and the World of Comics
Towards Scholarship on a Global Scale
*** OPEN ACCESS ***
Editor: Jaqueline Berndt
Publisher: International Manga Research Center (Kyoto, Japan)
The essays in this volume are based on presentations at the International Manga Research Center's First International Conference (Dec. 18-Dec. 20, 2009)
Berndt, Jaqueline, Introduction: Attempts at cross-cultural manga studies (pp. 5-16)
Part I: Examining Manga/Comics Studies
Groensteen, Thierry. Challenges to international comics studies in the context of globalization (pp. 19-30).
Morita, Naoko. Cultural recognition of comics and comics studies: Comments on Theirry Groensteen's keynote lecture (pp. 31-39).
Natsume, Fusanosuke. Pictotext and panels: Commonalities and differences in manga, comics and BD (pp. 40-54).
Odagiri, Hiroshi. Manga truisms: On the insularity of Japanese manga discourse (pp. 55-67)
Suzuki, Shigeru. Manga/comics studies from the perspective of science fiction research: Genre, transmedia, and transnationalism (pp. 68-84).
Lefevre, Pascal. Researching comics on a global scale (pp. 85-95).
Part II: Authorships and Readerships in Manga/Comics
Saika, Tadahiro. How creators depict creating manga: Mangaka manga as authenticating discourse (pp. 99-109).
Noppe, Nele. Dojinshi research as a site of opportunity in manga studies (pp. 123-142).
Mizoguchi, Akiko. Theorizing comics/manga genre as a productive forum: Yaoi and beyond (pp. 143-168).
Ito, Kimio. When a "male" reads shojo manga (pp. 169-175).
Inomata, Noriko. BD in young girl-oriented magazines in France (pp. 176-188).
Part III: Manga/Comics as Media of Historical Memory
Lim, Cheng Tju. Lest we forget: The importance of history in Singapore and Malaysia comics studies (pp. 199-218).
Ribbens, Kees. War comics beyond the battlefield: Anne Frank's international representation in sequential art (pp. 219-233).
Kawaguchi, Takayuki. Barefoot Gen and "A-bomb literature": Re-collecting the nuclear experience (pp. 234-244).
Kajiya, Kenji. How emotions work: The politics of vision in Nakazawa Keiji's Barefoot Gen (pp. 245-261).
Lamarre, Thomas. Manga bomb: Between the lines of Barefoot Gen (pp. 262-307).
Yoshimura, Kazuma. Afterword: Intentions and methods behind my proposal for Barefoot Gen remakes abroad (pp. 308-316).
Note: Two additional essays in this collection do not discuss manga/Japanese comics.
Becker, Thomas. Fieldwork in aesthetics: On comics' social legitimacy (pp. 110-122).
Wong, Wendy Siuyi. Drawing the ideal modern woman: Ms. Lee Wai-Chun and her Ms. 13-dot (pp. 189-196).


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Дитрих Фридрих Эдуард Казимир фон Заукен (; 16 мая 1892  — 27 сентября 1980) — немецкий генерал танковых войск (1944), последний из 27 награждённых Рыцарским Крестом с Дубовыми Листьями, Мечами и Бриллиантами, и единственный человек, решение о награждении которого этой наградой принял не Гитлер.

Начало военной карьеры
Поступил на военную службу 1 октября 1910 года фанен-юнкером (кандидат в офицеры). В июне 1912 года получил звание лейтенанта.

В Первую мировую войну командовал ротой, награждён Железными крестами обеих степеней, а также австрийским и прусским орденами. В 1918 году тяжело ранен, получил золотую нашивку за ранение.

После войны продолжил службу в рейхсвере, с 1925 года — ротмистр. В 1936 году произведён в подполковники, назначен командиром кавалерийского полка.

Вторая мировая война
С июня 1939 года — полковник, участвовал в Польской и Французской кампаниях, получил планки к Железным крестам (повторное награждение). В ноябре 1940 года назначен командиром 4-й стрелковой бригады.

Восточный фронт
Командуя бригадой, форсировал Днепр. В декабре 1941 года назначен командиром 4-й танковой дивизии, с 1 января 1942 года — генерал-майор. 3 января тяжело ранен в голову осколком снаряда, 6 января 1942 года награждён Рыцарским крестом. До конца августа 1942 года — в госпиталях и в отпуске по ранению, затем до конца мая 1943 года — начальник училища моторизованных войск.

С апреля 1943 года — генерал-лейтенант. 31 мая 1943 года вновь возглавил 4-ю танковую дивизию (на центральном участке Восточного фронта). В августе 1943 года награждён Дубовыми Листьями (№ 281) к Рыцарскому кресту, в январе 1944 года — Мечами (№ 46) к Рыцарскому кресту с Дубовыми Листьями.

С мая 1944 года — командующий 3-м танковым корпусом, с июня по октябрь 1944 года — командующий 39-м танковым корпусом (с августа 1944, после тактической победы над советскими войсками у Варшавы, в звании генерала танковых войск). Затем командующий танковым корпусом «Великая Германия» и с марта 1945 — командующий 2-й армией. С апреля 1945 — командующий армией «Восточная Пруссия».

8 мая 1945 года награждён Бриллиантами (№ 27) к Рыцарскому кресту с Дубовыми Листьями и Мечами. С этого же дня в советском плену. Был приговорён советским судом к 25 годам заключения. Отпущен на свободу в 1955 году.

Награды
 Железный крест 2-го класса (19 октября 1914) (Королевство Пруссия)
 Железный крест 1-го класса (23 мая 1916)
 Королевский орден Дома Гогенцоллернов рыцарский крест с мечами (Королевство Пруссия)
 Крест «За военные заслуги» 3-го класса с мечами (Королевство Бавария)
 Крест «За военные заслуги» (Австро-Венгрия)
 Нагрудный знак «За ранение» (1918) в золоте
 Почётный крест Первой мировой войны 1914/1918 с мечами (1934)
 Медаль «За выслугу лет в вермахте» с 4-го по 1-й класс
 Пряжка к Железному кресту 2-го класса (13 сентября 1939)
 Пряжка к Железному кресту 1-го класса (3 октября 1939)
 Крест «За военные заслуги» 2-го и 1-го класса с мечами
 Медаль «За зимнюю кампанию на Востоке 1941/42»
 Рыцарский крест Железного креста с дубовыми листьями, мечами и бриллиантами
 рыцарский крест (6 февраля 1942)
 дубовые листья (№ 281) (22 августа 1942)
 мечи (№ 46) (31 января 1944)
 бриллианты (№ 27) (8 мая 1945)
 Нагрудный знак «За танковую атаку» в серебре (75 дней в боевой обстановке)
 Нагрудный знак «За ранение» (1939) в золоте
 Упоминание в Вермахтберихт (3 декабря 1943, 5 июля 1944, 9 мая 1945)

Примечания

Литература
 Florian Berger. Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 1999. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5

Генералы танковых войск (Германия)
Кавалеры ордена Дома Гогенцоллернов


To mark Random Acts of Kindness Week, which is taking place from 11 February to 18 February, we have been giving back to local communities in a number of inspiring ways.
From donating gifts, giving time to local community groups or simply going out of their way to make someone smile, staff and volunteers have been making a difference to people's lives across Sunderland.
One of the charities that benefitted this week was Hetton New Dawn, who are dedicated to improving the lives of financially vulnerable people. we donated more than 50 hygiene kits, each containing basic toiletries such as a toothbrush, toothpaste, soap and a cloth. The kits will be distributed to individuals and families through Hetton New Dawn's 'Place of Welcome' drop-in sessions for the vulnerable and homeless. A further 450 hygiene kits were also donated to other beneficiaries including Space4, Bethshan Church, Bede Tower and Holmewood House.
Hilary Avent, Community Development Worker, Hetton New Dawn said: "New Dawn supports many people who are in need and are financially vulnerable, through our 'Places of Welcome' drop-in sessions.
Another project that benefited was a luncheon club in Easington Lane. Each week, more than 40 local residents come together to enjoy a freshly cooked lunch, organised by volunteers (including Gentoo staff). This week, attendees were treated to a performance by local singer Jessica Dale. Jessica, a former contestant on Gentoo's Genfactor talent competition, decided to donate her time and give back.
Other volunteering projects staff participated in over the course of the week included befriending socially isolated customers and supporting with local community groups.
Michelle Meldrum, Executive Director (Operations), Gentoo said: "At Gentoo, we believe in inspiring people to make a difference in their community and it's been fantastic to see so many people volunteer their time and efforts this week.
Volunteering is a great way to develop skills, gain experience and give something back. From helping out at local events, participating in estate inspections or supporting children to improve their reading skills.
To find out more about volunteering opportunities at Gentoo, contact us on 0191 525 5203 or email volunteering@gentoogroup.com.


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Will You Meet Me In The Graveyard?
Tuesday, April 09 2013 Who's ready for the horror show? Check out SNOW WHITE'S POISON BITE new single, "Will You Meet Me In The Graveyard?", now available at iTunes and AmazonMP3.
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Friday, June 28 2019
Victory Records is excited to announce the signing of hardcore icons CRO-MAGS, led by founder Harley Flanagan. The pioneering NYC band release a three track EP today featuring "Don't Give In," "Drag You Under" and "No One's Victim" - the first new, official CRO-MAGS music since 2000's 'Revenge' album.
Listen to the first CRO-MAGS Songs in 19 Years.
CRO-MAGS feature Flanagan on lead vocals/bass, guitarists Gabby Abularach, Rocky George (Suicidal Tendencies, Fishbone), and drummer Garry "G-Man" Sullivan.
The Return of ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN
They never went away, but ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN is back celebrating the release of their 1999 masterpiece How To Make A Monster, with an all new re-issue vinyl release. In addition to limited edition colored vinyl, the remastered album includes new artwork by friend and famed artist COOP, extensive liner notes by Joel Gausten with additional insights by Eddie Spaghetti (Supersuckers), Tony Reflex (Adolescents), Ace Von Johnson (Faster Pussycat), plus Captain Sensible (The Damned), a digital download and an 18" x 24" poster of COOP's 'Electric Bride.' The vinyl comes in limited quantities of black/white/green mix and orange/yellow mix, and can be heard on all streaming platforms.
Listen to the album and order vinyl here.
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BROADSIDE - 2 New Songs
Before heading on their first tour of 2019, BROADSIDE is holding over fans with two new tracks, "King Of Nothing" and "Empty."
Listen to "King Of Nothing" and "Empty."
"'King of Nothing' is a song about wanting to be the best," states BROADSIDE vocalist Ollie Baxxter. "We chose this life as touring musicians but it can be painfully lonely. We all want to be heard and play to massive crowds while making enough money that our parents won't worry about our futures. I'm so proud of our accomplishments as a band but some nights, after the show ends and those crowds leave the venue, when you're in the back seat of a dark van, you feel like you're not doing enough and those dreams you have become nightmares of what you'll never achieve. You can be on top of the world and have nothing."
"I was going through a real out of body misery when writing 'Empty,'" Baxxter playfully admits. "The duality of a being a broken-hearted romantic splits a person. On one hand, you've been wronged, you should run and never look back. On the other, the rewarding time spent and memories made keep you trapped in the worrisome 'what if this person leaves' psychosis. I wanted to write a dance-y song making fun of how unfortunate it is to be in love, sometimes."
Fans can fall in love with BROADSIDE's live show once again as the band will support Set It Off across North America starting June 11 and wrapping up July 19. BROADSIDE will then head into the studio to record a brand new album, the follow-up to 2017's smash Paradise. In the fall of 2019, the band return to Europe for a month+ long tour (dates to be announced soon) and more slated for 2020.
CAROUSEL KINGS New Single, Tour Dates
CAROUSEL KINGS have released a soul-stirring new song, "Monarch," from their upcoming full-length album Plus Ultra, available on May 31, 2019. That same day, the Pennsylvania punks kick off the Plus Ultra Tour Phase 1 in Albany, NY with more dates to be announced soon.
Listen to "Monarch" Now.
As the band packs their bags for the road, Alexander adds, "We are totally thrilled to get out there, do the work and show fans where CAROUSEL KINGS are at as we prepare to enter a new decade. Plus Ultra is the culmination of where this band came from and where we are going. And we hope to see you in your city soon!"
Plus Ultra Tour Phase 1
May 31 - Albany, NY @ Jupiter Hall
June 1 - Providence, RI @ Alchemy
June 2 - Manchester, NH @ Bungalow
June 4 - Brooklyn, NY @ Kingsland
June 5 - Stanhope, NJ @ Stanhope House
June 6 - Lynchburg, VA @ Ellington
June 7 - Richmond, VA @ The Camel
June 8 - Fayetteville, NC @ Drunk Horse Pub
June 9 - Ringgold, GA @ Cloud Springs
July 3 - Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
July 6 - Pontiac, MI @ Crofoot
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AWAKEN I AM "The Stages Of Grief"
Thursday, April 25 2019
AWAKEN I AM have released "The Stages Of Grief," a brand new video from their upcoming EP The Beauty In Tragedy, set for release on April 26, 2019. The five song collection plays as a tribute dedicated entirely to their late guitarist Connor Verner-Oakley.
Watch "The Stages Of Grief" Music Video.
"The love that we all shared with Connor ran so deep," admits drummer Luke McKenzie. "With such a sudden loss we never got the chance to let him know how much we loved him, how proud we are of him and how we cherished the final times we spent together. This recording was the hardest thing we have ever had to work through and move forward from. 'The Stages Of Grief' is self-explanatory, we are working through all of this and finding our way of saying he will always be loved and always missed."
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"In Like Flynn" Digital Single
Tuesday, April 09 2013 Get your first taste of Stories from THE BUNNY THE BEAR with the release of the digital single, "In Like Flynn", now available at iTunes and AmazonMP3.
The Bunny The Bear
Live By The Code
Tuesday, April 09 2013 TERROR – Live By The Code is now on sale at Best Buy for just $7.99. You can also find the Live By The Code CD at FYE, Hastings, and at hundreds of independent stores. Live By The Code is available digitally at iTunes and AmazonMP3.
THE BUNNY THE BEAR "Another Day"
Thursday, April 04 2013 THE BUNNY THE BEAR have released a lyric video for "Another Day", from their forthcoming third studio album, Stories, out April 16th. Recorded at Watchmen Studios with producer Doug White (GYM CLASS HEROES, EVERY TIME I DIE), Stories demonstrates the bands ability to fuse multiple genres of music together, creating catchy melodies and magnetic riffs, while showing off their trademark, contrasting duel vocalist approach. Watch the lyric video for "Another Day" here.
TERROR Premiere "The Most High"
Wednesday, April 03 2013 TERROR have teamed up with SCION AV and LOUDWIRE to release "The Most High" music video, from their forthcoming album, Live By The Code, out April 9th. Mixed by Matt Hyde (HATEBREED, SLAYER) and produced by Chad Gilbert (NEW FOUND GLORY, H20, A DAY TO REMEMBER), Live By The Code is "Terror at their very best", comments Alternative Press. Watch "The Most High" here on LOUDWIRE.
Victory Records Welcomes ERIMHA
Wednesday, April 03 2013 Victory Records proudly welcomes symphonic, black metal unit, ERIMHA from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to its roster. ERIMHA, which means Army or Legion coming from Sumerian culture, base their haunting, melodic, merciless and operatic sound on ancient mythology and spirituality. Their mantra and mission is one of inner strength and how the individual can be as powerful as an entire army.Watch the video announcement here.
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Wings Over the Seven Seas: U.S. Naval Aviation's Fight for Survival
Camouflage: The History of Concealment & Deception in War
Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799-1815
The Family Tree Historical Maps Book - Europe: A Country-by-Country Atlas of European History, 1700s-1900s
Concord Firepower Pictorial 1031 - T-64 and T-80
Order of Battle 5: The Ardennes Offensive V US Corps & XVIII US (Airborne) Corps: Northern Sector
Operation Desert Shield Prelude to Desert Storm
Stalin: A New History
The Seafarers - The Venetians
The Third Reich at War
Author: Richard J. Evans
Size: 5,9 МБ
Adroitly blending narrative, description, and analysis, Richard J. Evans portrays a society rushing headlong to self-destruction and taking much of Europe with it. Interweaving a broad narrative of the wars progress from a wide range of people, Evans reveals the dynamics of a society plunged into war at every level.
The great battles and events of the conflict are here, but just as telling is Evans's re- creation of the daily experience of ordinary Germans in wartime. At the center of the book is the Nazi extermination of the Jews. The final book in Richard J. Evan's three-volume history of Hitler's Germany, hailed "a masterpiece" by The New York Times, The Third Reich at War lays bare the most momentous and tragic years of the Nazi regime.
D-Day Minus One
A Photo History of Tanks in Two World Wars
Operation Goodwood: Over The Battlefield
Luftwaffe: A Pictorial History of the German Air Force of WWII
The Second World War: A Complete History
The Center of the Web
Land Battles: North Africa, Sicily, and Italy (The Military History of World War II vol.3)


A local service firm wanted to develop a payroll bonus structure to properly motivate employee performance without putting an unnecessary financial burden on the firm.
Relevant – Applicable to the client's actual business environment/practices so as to not disrupt the firm's culture.
Easy – Can be measured easily and is able to be forecast and be understood by all employees.
Private – Quantifiable by each employee without having to divulge any payroll information to the other employees.
Motivates – Spurs on each employee behind the common goal of the organization.
Fair – Is not subject to an "opinion" by the owner and thus would be fair to all employees.
We were able to determine that a major business need of the firm was to grow employee motivation to do more work on their own and therefore reducing the need for outside contract labor help. This would keep project cost in check and increase the profit per project.
By using this metric, we are able to publicize an ongoing progress report firm-wide showing financial progress toward their goal and the resulting bonus (shown as a percentage of salary) that each employee could expect if the goal is achieved.
By using this method (percentage of salary), it allows each employee to compute the relevant amount themselves in private without creating any conflict over different pay rates.
The owner has reported that the employees have openly embraced the structure and are actively trying to keep outside contract labor down by going the extra mile on client projects as they feel that they are personally benefiting from this extra effort.
By keeping the relationship between client profitability and outside contractor costs in check, the owner is able to increase his profit on each client far more by paying the bonuses to his employees rather than paying outside contractors.


Released to the public of St. Maarten "Where's where in St. Maarten 2nd Edition 2017; the island's best guide for newcomers and locals".
PHILIPSBURG:— The much anticipated 2nd edition of Where's Where in St. Maarten (WWSM) was released to the public in an official launch held at the Jubilee Library in Philipsburg on Friday, August 18th. The first copies of "Where's where in St. Maarten" were offered to the Director of the library, Mrs. Monique Alberts and Assistant Circulation Supervisor, Daniel Helligar. To highlight the community aspect of WWSM, several community leaders spoke at the event such as Rhoda Arrindell, Cassandra Richardson and vice president of the University of St. Maarten, Pastor Wycliffe Smith who all related how important community connections were and evident within the pages of the magazine. Then keynote speaker and WWSM publisher Robert Espitia described his labor of love and explained how best to use the maps and list of street names to find any location fast and easy. Armed with a deep understanding of the community of St. Maarten and its important places, Espitia who first arrived St. Maarten 43 years ago emphasized that the 2nd edition was aimed at empowering the locals of St. Maarten with valuable information and helping newcomers navigate throughout Island –literally through the intricate full-color Area Maps in the publication as well, the many monuments displayed throughout its pages as well as the 140 + important places with photos in the magazine.
Several magazine advertisers were present within the gathered audience as community members both young and old and flipped through the pages finding familiar places and new important places they didn't know existed. Where's where in St. Maarten magazine is being personally distributed by Robert Espitia and others who are assisting with the distribution to important places. The magazines are being distributed FREE of charge! Advertisers received their copies first then schools will get copies as well. Apart from the many magazines given out during the launch, an additional 250 were given to the Philipsburg Jubilee Library this week with more made available as they are needed. Other distribution points include Telem, WIB and Visser Pharmacies and other hot spots who have also received hundreds of copies. As Where's Where in St. Maarten hit the streets, this 2nd edition promises to be in the hands of locals for a very long time and serve as a tangible link to our community.
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