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Quebec's experiment to open schools amid COVID-19 was successful, education experts say
The federation's president, Nicolas Prevost, said things went relatively smoothly in the schools, though maintaining physical distancing on school buses was a challenge
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Green dots are placed in the schoolyard to help students keep distancing as schools outside the greater Montreal region begin to reopen their doors amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada May 11, 2020. Photo by Reuters
Quebec's closely watched experiment reopening schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic winds down next week as the summer break begins, and the reviews are largely positive.
The province was the first in the country to reopen schools after COVID-19 brought regular life to a standstill, with children outside the Montreal region heading back to class in mid-May.
Quebec's experiment to open schools amid COVID-19 was successful, education experts say Back to video
The federation representing administrators of the French school system outside Montreal says that about two-thirds of students returned to class once parents got comfortable with the idea.
The federation's president, Nicolas Prevost, said things went relatively smoothly in the schools, though maintaining physical distancing on school buses was a challenge.
It will likely remain an issue in the fall — one that school boards across Canada have identified — if physical distancing requirements remain in place.
Quebec's Education Department said in an email that as of June 5, roughly 50 per cent of public school students and two-thirds of private school students that had reopened returned to class.
As Prevost looks ahead to the fall, the biggest concern is potential staffing shortages. He noted many teachers, due to health reasons, did not return to the classroom while others have opted for retirement given pandemic concerns.
"I can foresee some lack of personnel," Prevost said, estimating that 15 per cent of staff won't return as schools are expected to shift from online to full-time in a classroom.
A custodian cleans a classroom after school in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada, on Monday May 11, 2020. Some elementary schools and kindergartens in Quebec reopened today under instruction from authorities to maintain social distancing, The National Post reported. Photo by Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg
Last week, Quebec Education Minister Jean-Francois Roberge said the province's experience reopening schools gave it the confidence to move ahead with a full-time reopening of elementary and high schools in the fall.
There will be physical distancing and enhanced hygiene practices. And until Grade 10, classrooms will have "bubbles" of up to six children who won't have to maintain a distance between each other.
Health authorities said those bubbles will make it easier to identify and contain any COVID cases in schools.
The Education Department said since the return to class, 53 students and teachers have been diagnosed with COVID-19, but Roberge stressed this week the vast majority of those cases occurred outside the classroom, and there were no serious illnesses.
As of June 10, the province reported 10 students and 12 staff members were still ill.
Kevin Roy, head of the Quebec Federation of Parents' Committees, said the reopening of schools for on-site instruction went well. But he added there are lessons to learn about remote teaching in the event a second wave of the virus hits.
"We understand that it was the first time in recent memory in Quebec, closing schools like this," Roy said last week.
"At first, it was called vacation, then it was deemed optional, then we were told it was mandatory for some students, so it wasn't clear, and it brought a lot of confusion to the education sector and parents too."
Roy said for parents of students in high school — which did not reopen at all — and those students in the greater Montreal area who weren't able to return to the classroom because of COVID-19, parents were thrust into a heavy monitoring role.
Students get their hands sanitized as they enter Ecole Marie Rose as elementary schools outside the greater Montreal area reopen Monday May 11, 2020 in Saint Sauveur, Que.. Schools and daycare centers have been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Ryan Remiorz /The Canadian Press
In many cases, families juggled multiple email messages, conflicting schedules and multiple platforms. "It required a lot of adjustments, a lot of resilience on the part of parents," Roy said.
A survey of parents by the federation found two-thirds said managing class schedules was a problem, either because they were working full-time from home or felt out of their element.
Roy noted some English-speaking parents found they couldn't help their children enrolled in French or French immersion classes because their own language skills weren't strong enough.
The Eastern Townships School Board, east of Montreal, saw just one-third of elementary students return.
Teachers taught with homemade masks, but everyone involved in the return to class seemed to enjoy it and they respected the new restrictions, board chairman Michael Murray said.
Murray said there are still many things to be ironed out before the fall — bus transport, cafeterias, school schedules chief among them.
"Transportation by school bus is extremely critical, and the indications are still that public health requires us to have less than half of the capacity of the bus filled — approximately 23 students per bus," Murray said. "There was no acknowledgment this would create a major challenge."
Murray also raised concerns about using bubbles at the primary school level.
"That might be possible in secondary school, but in elementary school that's a ridiculous suggestion to make, teachers have to work with the kids, they don't stand in front of the class and lecture at that age," Murray said.
English and French school service centres — the governments replacement for school boards — are tasked by the Education Department with coming up with a Plan B should a second wave of the pandemic hit.
Roy, of the parents' committee, hopes parents will be consulted this time.
"Parents lived through the other side of all this, they saw what went well and what didn't and they have solutions for the decision makers," he said.


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Nearly half (45%) of the design community believes BIM helps foster better working relationships on collaborative projects.
That's according to the latest NBS National Construction Contracts and Law Report 2018, published this month.
The report found that as BIM increasingly becomes business as usual for most practices, the design community looks well placed to lead and capitalise on the digital disruption the industry is experiencing.
With a renewed focus on collaboration thanks to the government's Construction Strategy, the report said it was clear that the industry saw an advantage to collaboration to enable information sharing, reducing the number of disputes and improving the delivery of the client's objectives.
As part of a survey of more than 360 people – mostly made up of the design team, surveyors and specialist consultants – more than two-thirds of respondents agreed that their organisations saw BIM as contractually binding in the same way as specifications or drawings.
Meanwhile, nearly half (45%) feel that collaborative projects are helped by the adoption of BIM.
However, the report also details a number of cases where the ownership of the BIM model has been an issue of dispute.
NBS chief executive Richard Waterhouse said: "There is a risk of collaboration falling apart at the first hurdle if that collaboration is not clearly described in contracts.
"Who is responsible for what and when, and with whom do they collaborate needs to be defined as without this, a collaborative relationship can quickly become an adversarial one – tools like the NBS BIM Toolkit and the RIBA Plan of Works come into play here.
The report also found that of the top three matters that get in the way of a construction process running smoothly, clients accounted for two.
More than two thirds said that "employer variation" had impeded progress, while 39% said that "provision of employer information" was to blame.
It also found that disputes in construction were still very common and regarded by some as simply part of doing business in the sector.
Of the disputes reported, fewer than half were settled. However, fewer people commented that the number of disputes was increasing compared to the last NBS report two years ago and fewer said that they were involved in disputes.
Richards added: "NBS is committed to gathering, structuring, standardising and making available the highest quality building and product information required for successful design and construction.


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Movie proceeds to go to three conservation groups
PARAMOUNT CLASSICS has established the Arctic Fund to coincide with the release of its film Arctic Tale on July 25. National Wildlife Federation and three other conservation groups working to protect the Arctic and its inhabitants will receive equal shares from a percentage of the lifetime domestic box office revenue.
An epic wildlife adventure that explores the vast world of the Great North and the threat it now faces from global warming, Arctic Tale tells the story of a walrus and polar bear on their life's journey from birth to parenthood. Appropriate for all ages (rated G), the movie showcases spectacular live-action footage that took years to capture. The film is presented jointly by Paramount Classics and National Geographic Films. To preview Arctic Tale and to learn more about it, visit www.arctictalemovie.com.


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Turkey's Slide Into Urban Planning Autocracy
A new Bosphorus bridge is fast becoming Istanbul's most contested project – not least because the government will stop at nothing to get it built.
The fires started on Friday. Beginning in the forests on the Asian side of Turkey's Bosphorus Straits, flames reduced five hectares of woodland to ash, their plume of smoke blotting out visibility on a nearby highway filled with cars heading into Istanbul. Such minor summer disasters happen naturally at times all around the Mediterranean, but around Turkey's largest city nothing seems to be that straightforward anymore. The fires appeared to be set off in five places, suggesting arson, while the forests they burned were in the area where Istanbul's third Bosphorus Bridge is set to be constructed, a prime site for development that's been made all the more prime by the bridge's planned arrival.
No one is explicitly linking the fires with the government, but the bridge is fast becoming the most contested project among the many challenged by Turkey's protestors – not least because it seems the government will stop at nothing to get it built. Authorities maintain that the bridge is essential to the further growth Istanbul's economy, which has been buoyant compared to Turkey's stricken neighbors. Opponents say it will destroy one of the region's last green areas and, rather than solving traffic problems, just attract more cars to a city that hasn't as yet completed a metro link between its European and Asian halves. Even the bridge's name is controversial: the plan is to name it after former Sultan Selim the Grim, known for expanding the Ottoman empire but also for massacring thousands of members of Turkey's still embattled Alevi religious minority.
With the laws changed and the country's development advisory sidelined, the brakes are now off.
Sensing the project under attack, the government has been using new legislation as its main weapon. The Turkish parliament is tabling a law that will exempt major projects from submitting to an Environmental Impact Assessment, a move mentioned quietly in this pro-bridge report. An EIA is no minor bureaucratic hurdle, it's a basic, essential building block of any major project, along with the standard cost/benefit analysis. As well as calculating what stresses the bridge might cause to the area, it would be an essential step if the project were to gain foreign credit.
Bypassing this standard, vital step is just the sort of thing the Turkish Chamber of Architects and Engineers would protest strongly – except that in another coup the government removed the Chamber's power to contest any city planning decisions earlier this month. With the laws changed and the country's development advisory sidelined, the brakes are now off.
That doesn't mean the government isn't listening to public protest. They're just not admitting it publicly. Municipalities around the proposed bridge site received a letter last month suggesting that the route will be changed. Could this be a response to public pressure? It's hard to say, because there's been an official denial that any change has taken place at all, let alone any details of what those changes might be.
Whether or not all this bridge trouble is a sign of a government gone off the democratic rails is moot. Crucially, the new laws concentrating power in government hands have passed through an elected parliament. It's hard to see the democratic benefit, however, in harassing and sidelining any group that questions government decisions, in criminalizing dissent, in dispensing with any planning process that might offer a challenge, in whittling away at civil society until what's left is hollow and flimsy. Istanbul's third bridge risks becoming a monument to growing autocracy, as all the while new fires in Istanbul's forests keep burning.
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Feargus O'Sullivan is a contributing writer to CityLab, covering Europe. His writing focuses on housing, gentrification and social change, infrastructure, urban policy, and national cultures. He has previously contributed to The Guardian, The Times, The Financial Times, and Next City, among other publications.


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The transmission control module (TCM or TCU) for my 1998 A4 V6 30V 2.8L automatic w/tiptronic is going on and off while the ignition is ON. Even parked in the garage with the engine not running, though it does happen while driving too.
When the TCM switches itself off, the shift lock light goes out with a click, the trip computer display on the instrument cluster doesn't have the transmission gear select information, and VCDS/VAG-COM can't access the automatic transmission module and the ECU has a 18034/P1626 thrown (Powertrain Data Bus: Missing Message from TCU). The reverse happens when it comes back online. No fault codes are inside the transmission controller. I've checked maybe 85% of the wires going into the TCM (all except the multifunction switch wires, the CAN bus and K wires, and the ECU signal lines), everything looks good and there doesn't appear to be any shorts, though this would be an intermittent short if it was a short.


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Q: Android Bluetooth -- how to "Undiscover" devices So I'm fairly new to Android and am creating a bluetooth-enabled app.  Following this very helpful doc:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth.html
In it they provide a BroadcastReceiver for ACTION_FOUND which reports any discovered devices, shown below.  It works well.
// Create a BroadcastReceiver for ACTION_FOUND
private final BroadcastReceiver mReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    String action = intent.getAction();
    // When discovery finds a device
    if (BluetoothDevice.ACTION_FOUND.equals(action)) {
        // Get the BluetoothDevice object from the Intent
        BluetoothDevice device = intent.getParcelableExtra(BluetoothDevice.EXTRA_DEVICE);
        // Add the name and address to an array adapter to show in a ListView
        mArrayAdapter.add(device.getName() + "\n" + device.getAddress());
    }
}
};

My question is, how can I detect when a discovered device goes away (eg powers down or goes out of range)?  I'm trying to present an active/dynamic list to the user, and I have to take items away when these events happen.
I tried to add an additional action to my intent filter as follows.
            IntentFilter intent_filter = new IntentFilter();
            intent_filter.addAction(BluetoothDevice.ACTION_FOUND);
            intent_filter.addAction(BluetoothDevice.ACTION_DISAPPEARED);
            ptr_OwnerActivity.registerReceiver(bReceiver, intent_filter);
            return true;

But the weird thing is that ACTION_DISAPPEARED seems to not be defined... which is odd because it is RIGHT NEXT to the 'ACTION_FOUND' definition in BluetoothDevice.java.
/**
 * Broadcast Action: Remote device disappeared.
 *
Sent when a remote device that was found in the last discovery is not
 * found in the current discovery.
 *
Always contains the extra field {@link #EXTRA_DEVICE}.
 *
Requires {@link android.Manifest.permission#BLUETOOTH} to receive.
 * @hide
 */

  @SdkConstant(SdkConstantType.BROADCAST_INTENT_ACTION)
    public static final String ACTION_DISAPPEARED =
        "android.bluetooth.device.action.DISAPPEARED";

Which looks like exactly what I need -- so weird that its undefined to my class.  But when I ignore that it is undefined and copy that string definition to my class, just so I can add it to my filter, the BroadcastReceiver seems not to trap any additional events when I power off my discovered device.
So... it feels like I'm doing this wrong. :)  Does anyone know a good way to trap the fact that a discovered device is no longer discovered, for the purpose of updating a dynamic list?
Thanks for any thoughts/help.

A: I ran into the same issue. Good to know that the "android.bluetooth.device.action.DISAPPEARED" string doesn't work. I found this answer 13147653 that discusses a different approach to getting a disconnect broadcast.

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Apple has launched a new version of iOS that contains many practical and important features, the most important of which is that this update will help the phone user know if a component of his phone has been replaced, such as the camera, battery or screen, and whether these parts have been replaced with non-original parts.
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This version also brought phone users a feature that helps to display the applications that access the data of their devices and the data of the microphones and cameras in them, and to control the ability of these applications to access the data, according to the Al Arabiya Net website.
The most notable of all of the above is that the new iOS will help the phone user know if one of the components of his phone has been replaced, such as the camera, battery or screen, and whether these parts have been replaced with non-original parts, with them the iPhone XR, iPhone XS and iPhone SE phones will appear Whether the battery has been replaced.
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Musings on the writing life.
The following poem is my final selection from Noel Crook's gorgeous collection, Salt Moon (SIU Press, 2015).
our wrists and shins like manacles.
This stunning poem is by Noel Crook from her collection Salt Moon (SIU Press, 2015).
the buttons on my dress.
I call her. Here wilding. Come to mama.
Noel Crook is the author of Salt Moon (Southern Illinois University Press), winner of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry first book award, and the chapbook, Canyon (Red Dragonfly Press). Crook's poems have appeared in Best New Poets, New Letters, Shenandoah and other journals. She is the poetry editor for Sun Editions and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
This week, I'm reading Noel Crook's collection Salt Moon, winner of the 2014 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award. I'm haunted by her poem "Crows" that first appeared in Southeast Review.
when the sky's gone vacuous and the air thins?
Click here to read the rest of the poem.
I am grateful to Tawnysha Greene for her lovely review of my chapbook, Come To Me and Drink, which appears in the May 2015 issue of Stirring: A Literary Collection. Click here to read the review.
One of the joys of subscribing to literary journals is reading new work by a favorite poet. When I opened the Summer 2015 issue of The Gettysburg Review today, I was delighted to see three poems by Linda Pastan included. I've posted the full text of one of her poems below, but you'll have to buy a copy of this journal to read the others. Pastan's next collection, Insomnia, is forthcoming from W.W. Norton this fall.
why it makes me happy.
I've been a fan of Patty Paine's work for a while now. Her first full-length collection, The Sounding Machine, is a beautiful book, and I'm looking forward to the release of her next collection, Grief & Other Animals. Until then, I'll have to be patient, and after reading one of Paine's new poems, "Antiphony," in the May 2015 issue of Thrush, I know her new collection will be worth the wait.
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This week, I'm savoring Sandy Longhorn's new collection, The Alchemy of My Mortal Form, winner of the 2014 Louise Bogan Award and published by Trio House Press. Following are the first two stanzas of a poem from the collection, "That Which Blooms Beyond Where It Is Planted." You can read the rest of the poem at the link provided.
my donor replete & replicate.
To hide things from us, my friend.
This week's poet is Charles Simic. Click here to read the poet's bio.
We have a lifetime to read but will not be able to read everything by everyone. Hopefully, by offering this feature, you and I might share a little space together where we read as much poetry as we can.
Simic's work has always fascinated me. I'm delighted to share his poetry with you this week.
Today's poem is "On this Very Street in Belgrade."
Read the rest of this poem.
black damp floors of the icehouse.
the elk antler trembled as I dug it out.
The poet for this week is Betty Adcock. Click here to read the poet's bio.
As a native North Carolinian, I'm always looking for poets to revisit from my home state. Adcock was one of the first poets I clung to when I moved away and I'm delighted to revisit her work this week with you.
Due to a very busy week of events, there will be no posts for this feature. However, do spend some time reading the previous poems by Margaret Atwood and Lynda Hull. The feature will return next week. Thanks for reading!
of music, it would be this last afternoon.
The poet for this week is Lynda Hull. Poems will be posted on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Click here to read the poet's bio.
Hull is one of those poets many of my friends love and admire, and a writer whose work I've wanted to know for some time. Here's my chance and yours, if this is a poet with whom you're not familiar.
Today's poem is "Black Mare."
that vast hotel, the past. What did we learn?
to get onto my head.
Each week, I will choose one poet to feature on my blog. This week's poet is Margaret Atwood and today's poem is "Variation on the Word Sleep." Click here to read the poem.


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Ireland will make cricketing history in May of next year when they take on Pakistan in their first ever Test match, it has been confirmed today.
The news came after months of speculation and was finally confirmed at the International Cricket Council meeting in Auckland this week.
Ireland and Afghanistan became the 11th and 12th teams to be accepted into the exclusive club that is Test cricket in June. Neither side have made their debuts in the Test arena yet but Ireland will change that next May.
Ireland have punched well above their weight in one day international cricket over the past decade, beating the likes of Zimbabwe, the West Indies, England and famously at the 2007 World Cup, next May's opponents, Pakistan.
No venue has yet been set for the historic clash but Malahide will be the heavy favourite to host the event. Belfast and Clontarf have also been touted as possible venues.


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How to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong
Cathy Adams
On 16 February 2018, China marks a new year in the lunar calendar: the Year of the Dog, the 11th animal in the Chinese zodiac. Otherwise known as the spring festival, Chinese New Year is, for hard-working, hard-playing Hongkongers, a time to eat, drink, catch up with family and give red packets – lai see – stuffed full of money (and receive them, if you've been good).
In zinging Hong Kong style, the territory offers some of the most vibrant Chinese New Year celebrations that are easy for visitors to get involved in.
Chinese New Year lanterns and gold-coin decorations along Victoria Harbour © Gabrielle Chan / Shutterstock
Here's how best to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong and ensure good fortune for the year ahead. Kung hei fat choy!
Catch the Chinese New Year parade
Busy entertainment district Tsim Sha Tsui goes all out for Chinese New Year, covering every shopping centre and street in tinselly red baubles, paper cuts and pillar-box red lanterns. It's on these buzzy shopping avenues that the Chinese New Year Night Parade takes place on the evening of Chinese New Year (from 6pm, 16 February 2018), with blinging floats and street performers marching through the streets to a loud Chinese drum beat.
Watch out for the much-loved traditional lion dance, where performers (usually trained martial artists) mimic the animal's movements, using a fluffy puppet lion's head and body, for good fortune.
The Chinese New Year fireworks display is best viewed from the promenade in Tsim Sha Tsui © e X p o s e / Shutterstock
Watch the Chinese New Year fireworks
In typical extravagant Hong Kong style, the free fireworks display over Victoria Harbour is the annual highlight of the Chinese New Year calendar. The 25-minute display coincides with the musical Symphony of Lights performance, which was revamped at the end of 2017 to include more buildings and more lasers.
Grab a front-row firework seat on the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade in Kowloon, the Western District harbourfront in Sai Ying Pun or in Wan Chai's Golden Bauhinia Sq. And don't panic if you notice any particularly loud bits. It's all part of the plan to scare away evil spirits for the upcoming year.
Editor's note: Hong Kong's 2018 fireworks display was cancelled as an expression of mourning for the victims of a bus crash in the city on 10 February.
Tangerine trees are auspicious because they sound like 'luck' and 'gold' in Cantonese © H-AB / Shutterstock
Shop at the Victoria Park Flower Market
Hong Kong Island's biggest public park, Victoria Park amplifies its flower power in the run-up to the Chinese New Year period (10-16 February 2018). Join thousands of other Hongkongers who are buying auspicious flowers and plants with which to decorate their homes during the spring festival.
What to buy? An orchid makes a beautiful gift (and a Confucian one – the Chinese philosopher was known to be partial to these flowers). Other festive flowers include water lilies (the flowers bloom around this time of year and they're said to be lucky) or the unusual-looking kumquat and tangerine trees. Twisty bamboo shoots and cherry blossom branches are considered auspicious – and they look pretty. If you're in Kowloon, the Fa Hui Park flower market in Sham Shui Po is another place to score some lucky blossoms.
A Guardian lion – known as a fu dog – decorated in new year red ribbon at Wong Tai Sin Temple © Lee Yiu Tung / Shutterstock
Visit Wong Tai Sin Temple
Kowloon's Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple is one of Hong Kong's biggest, busiest and most atmospheric temples, buried right in the middle of a residential housing estate. It commemorates a fourth-century Chinese monk that became a deity. Today, the temple is known for granting wishes (now you understand why it's so busy!).
Chinese New Year is a particularly popular time to visit Wong Tai Sin, whether that's to quietly pray or to loudly shake bamboo sticks that are then read by a fortune teller. Around 100,000 visitors usually descend on the temple during the holiday. Regardless of any wishes you want to make, it's worth a visit to see its richly decorated setting and smell the pungent incense swirling in the air.
Yee sang: a dish of tossed raw fish that is associated with prosperity for the coming year © Alexlky / Shutterstock
Eat auspicious foods
In a city that takes its cuisine seriously, it's no surprise that food is the cornerstone of Hong Kong's Chinese New Year celebrations.
There are a number of 'lucky' dishes eaten during the festival, so-named because their pronunciation sounds like something prosperous in Cantonese. For example, the humble lettuce (sang choi) is often eaten (and 'fed' to the lions during the lion dance) because it sounds similar to the phrase 'growing wealth'. The pronunciation of oysters (ho see) sounds like 'good business'; sticky rice cake, a Chinese New Year food that's been eaten for over a millennia, sounds like 'year high'. Then there's yee sang, a tossed raw-fish salad whose name is homophonous with abundance, and of course, black moss fungus – fat choi – is favoured during Chinese New Year because it sounds like 'prosperity' (this may sound familiar from the traditional new year greeting kung hei fat choy).
One celebratory food that is a staple of Chinese New Year parties is poon choi, a communal dish that has its origins in traditional villages in the New Territories, where meat and seafood are thrown together into a big wooden bowl and cooked up into a sort of stew.
The Year of the Dog is welcomed with a giant knotted sculpture of a dog on Lee Tung Avenue © Lee Tung Avenue
Get down with the dogs
This year marks the Year of the Dog, and there are plenty of ways to celebrate man's best friend. Hong Kong isn't a particularly dog-friendly city (most beaches and parks don't allow dogs to roam in them), but that doesn't stop Hongkongers from dressing up their pooches in flamboyant costumes. During the Chinese New Year holiday, keep your eye out around the Central and Sheung Wan neighbourhoods for dogs trussed up in festive red (the season's auspicious colour) jackets, bowties and booties.
On Wan Chai's cobbled Lee Tung Avenue, there's a four-metre-high knotted sculpture of a dog, made using the ancient Chinese art form of knotting; while in almost every shopping mall there are dog motifs and paw prints everywhere.
Hong Kong welcomes with an iconic skyline, a legendary kitchen, and lush, protected nature where rare birds and colourful traditions thrive.
There's also plenty of festive pooch merchandise to get your hands on. The MTR Company is selling limited-edition Octopus transport cards adorned with dogs, as well as limited-edition souvenir tickets. Plus, the Hong Kong Post Office has launched a special dog-themed series of stamps – ideal to use sending home that postcard of the Victoria Harbour fireworks.


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Attorney receives Inaugural Hall of Fame Award for Lifetime M&A Achievement
Stephen C. Waterbury, a partner with the law firm Warner Norcross + Judd LLP, has been recognized with the inaugural Hall of Fame Award to honor his ongoing successful career in mergers and acquisitions.
Waterbury has worked on hundreds of deals worth billions of dollars during his nearly four decades practicing law at Warner. He is the first recipient of a new award given to "individuals who've had an outsized impact on corporate deals in West Michigan" by the Association for Corporate Growth West Michigan and MiBiz.
In announcing the award, MiBiz wrote: "Waterbury's influence on the M&A industry has a much broader scope than just getting the best terms for his clients. Rather, the Harvard Law School graduate has focused specifically on teaching, training and mentoring successive generations of deal advisers, extending his reach well beyond the firm by having a material impact on the personal and professional lives of dozens of people."
From his first transaction (helping a Grand Rapids manufacturer buy a business in Canada) to his largest transaction (the sale of NYSE-listed Foremost Corporation of America to Farmers Group, a subsidiary of Swiss-based Zurich Financial) to his most complex (a $500 million purchase of business lines from Avery Dennison that required coordinating work from law firms in 22 countries), Waterbury said that he has loved his career in law.
"I view the law as a way of serving people," Waterbury explained. "At its highest and best, the legal professional is a service profession focused on helping people succeed. What many aspire to is what David Maister calls the 'trusted advisor,' someone a business owner seeks out because you listen well or your past advice has worked out well.
"My goal is to be someone who serves clients well. It's an honor and a privilege to be viewed as that trusted advisor."
Waterbury will be honored on Thursday, Oct. 25, as part of the MiBiz Deals & Dealmakers of the Year Awards in conjunction with ACG during a special event at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids. Corporate transactions and the advisors who power them will also be recognized during the event, which begins at 5:30 p.m.
"Steve's influence looms large in West Michigan dealmaking," said MiBiz Publisher Brian Edwards, who has known Waterbury for 25 years. "He's a formidable lawyer and trusted business adviser whose work on hundreds of mergers, acquisitions and capital-formation transactions speaks for itself.
A native of Lansing, Waterbury received his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University before studying law at Harvard Law School. During summers at home in Lansing and as an MSU student, he worked at a downtown hotel where his boss instilled in him a passion for customer service.
During his career, Waterbury has led or participated on deal teams involving clients in manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, energy, insurance, human resources, software, construction, agriculture, packaging and other areas. In addition, Waterbury is experienced in international business transactions and corporate governance best practices. He serves as counsel to a variety of leading Michigan businesses, including multigenerational family businesses and frequently attends client board meetings.
During his tenure with Warner, Waterbury has served in numerous leadership roles. He currently serves on the firm's Management Committee and its Inclusion Committee.
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The Messel Formation is a geologic formation in Hesse, central Germany, dating back to the Eocene epoch (about 47 Ma). Its geographic range is restricted to the Messel pit. There it unconformably overlies crystalline Variscan basement and its Permian cover (Rotliegend) as well as Eocene volcanic breccias derived from the basement rocks. The formation mainly comprises lacustrine laminated bituminous shale ('oil shale') renowned for its content of fossils in exceptional preservation, particularly plants, arthropods and vertebrates (e.g. Darwinius masillae).

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany

References
 Krister T. Smith, Stephan F. K. Schaal, Jörg Habersetzer (eds). "Messel – An Ancient Greenhouse Ecosystem." Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 2018. .

Paleogene Germany


I was recently portraying a couple of interesting events regarding edge computing and 5G at hub:raum – the tech incubator of Deutsche Telekom'. They are working with some quite interesting start ups, which I also protrayed shortly. You may find some of the videos here.
You can get an overview about my current work also on VIMEO.
hubraum – the tech incubator of Deutsche Telekom.


Many authors argue that recent rises in fertility in Western Societies can be explained by increases in gender equality and gender equal attitudes, but the mechanisms behind these relations remain unclear. This paper argues that fertility levels are not (only) related to the content of societal gender role attitudes, but to the variation in these attitudes. A great variation in attitudes among potential partners causes uncertainty and conflicts, which decreases people's propensity to choose parenthood (again). How this idea is tested: macro-level regressions on 23 countries are run in which a measure for the average gender role attitude as well as the dispersion in that attitude are regressed on the level of fertility. This dispersion is measured as the standard deviation of an attitudinal variable, which is computed through factor analysis, in the given country. Attitudinal information is from the ISSP 2012. The analysis gives support to the hypothesis: the greater the variation in gender role attitudes, the lower is the fertility. The association is considerably strong, significant, and holds against various robustness checks. The contribution of this paper is threefold. First, it sheds more light on the mechanism behind the widely discussed relation of gender relations and fertility. Second, it shows how the variation in a variable - independently of its average value or content - matters for a social outcome. Third, it applies a more reliable measure for fertility than most comparative studies, namely completed cohort fertility.


A fun extension of the BUDDY collection, drunken BUDDYS find their way through your glasses and bottle. Each set includes 1 topper and 6 assorted wine charms.
DESIGNED BY ALAN WISNIEWSKI: Buddy is a modern avatar in 3D, naturally, I turned him into a useful tool for my favorite past time.
I thought it came with more then onewine stopper, but sadly it doesn't. I do like the charms that came with it, very cute. It's very funny to see it when it's in use.
They are soft to touch, and easy to use.
This makes a fun host/hostess gift.
Love these - easy to use and very cute!


Do your kids commandeer every box that comes into the house like my daughter does? It's both endearing and annoying: who has room for extra boxes in various states of transformation all over the floor? Help your kids along by showing them these amazing dollhouses made from recycled cardboard boxes!
I may love dollhouses more than my daughter does. But since we're all stuck inside, it's the perfect way to combine two winter obsessions around here: getting crafty and enjoying the coziness of our home.
Modular constructions like this one offer up lots of extra creativity for the kids—they can build it differently each time they get it out to play. And it stores flat too!
In its larger scale, you can make a kid-sized house to go with it. Or, make multiple sizes to fit every doll and action figure in your house, then put them in a dollhouse!
These images are full of inspiration—from the refined color palette to the simple construction. Modern handmade dollhouse furniture never looked so good.
Some dollhouses are meant for parents to make for their kids. But others are better when made with their help—like these sweet creations. I'm loving all that wallpaper!
Can a cardboard box leak glue after a time?
Bitsa was a British television programme broadcast from 1991 to 1996 on BBC 1. It involved creative arts and "makes" very much like later show SMart. It was repeated for a time on the now defunct digital channel BBC Choice.
@BBCNews @suttonnick It will be a useful way to get rid of the cardboard boxes and they, ll be providing beds for the homeless..


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O Voo Qantas 32 foi uma rota regular de passageiros da companhia aérea australiana Qantas, que partia do Aeroporto Heathrow, fazia escala no Aeroporto de Singapura e tinha como destino o Aeroporto de Sydney e esta rota era operada pelo Airbus A380. Em 4 de outubro de 2010, logo após decolar de Singapura, sofreu uma falha no motor e fez um pouso de emergência em Singapura. Este incidente foi o primeiro envolvendo o A380, o maior avião de passageiros do mundo. Na inspeção, verificou-se que um disco do segundo motor Rolls-Royce Trent 900 da aeronave havia se desintegrado. A aeronave também tinha sofrido danos na asa, tanque de combustível, trem de pouso. Além disso, este motor se incendiou, fogo que se extinguiu automaticamente.

A aeronave foi registrada na Austrália como VH-OQA, e foi designada Nancy Bird-Walton. Esta aeronave foi o primeiro A380 entregue para a Qantas. A falha ocorreu enquanto sobrevoavam a Ilha Batam, na Indonésia. Depois, o avião retornou para Changi quase duas horas após a decolagem. Não houve feridos no avião, apenas alguns danos materiais em terra causados por peças que atingiram alguns edifícios na ilha Batam.

No momento do acidente, um total de 39 aeronaves A380 estavam em operação com cinco companhias aéreas; Air France, Emirates, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines e a própria  Qantas. O incidente levou à interdição temporária do resto da frota de cinco aviões A380 da Qantas. Também levou inspeções e substituições de motores em algumas outras aeronaves com motores Rolls-Royce em serviço com a Lufthansa e Singapore Airlines, mas as frotas A380 da Air France ou a Emirates, que são movidas por motores da Engine Alliance, não foram afetadas.

Aeronave
A aeronave era um Airbus A380-842, o maior avião comercial do mundo, com registro VH-OQA, tendo entrado em serviço em 2008. A aeronave possuía quatro motores Rolls-Royce Trent 900, e era o primeiro A380 entregue para a Qantas. Após concluir os reparos em Singapura, estimados em US$ 139 milhões, a aeronave retornou a Sydney, em 22 de abril de 2012.

Incidente

O incidente ocorreu as 10:01, UTC+8 (02:01 UTC), causado por uma falha do segundo motor, enquanto sobrevoavam a Ilha Batam, na Indonésia.

Parte do motor explodiu, perfurando parte da asa e danificando o tanque de combustível, causando vazamentos e um incêndio no mesmo.

A tripulação, depois de tentar controlar o avião, decidiu realizar um pouso de emergência no aeroporto de Changi, enquanto avaliavam o estado da aeronave. O co-piloto e o capitão avaliaram a distância de aterrissagem, para uma aterrissagem de 50 toneladas sobre o peso máximo para pouso em Changi. Com base nessas entradas, o LDPA não podia calcular a distância de aterrissagem. Após discussão, a tripulação decidiu remover insumos relacionados a pousos com pista molhada, no conhecimento de que a pista estava seca. O LDPA voltou então a informação de que o pouso seria viável, ainda com 100 metros de pista restante. O voo depois voltou para Singapura, pousando com segurança depois que a tripulação estendeu o trem de pouso por uma queda de gravidade do sistema de extensão de emergência, às 11:45 (UTC+8). Como resultado do pouso da aeronave a 35 nós mais rápido do que o normal, quatro pneus foram queimados.

Após o desembarque, a tripulação foi incapaz de desligar o motor 1, que teve de ser molhado por equipes de emergência três horas após o desembarque. Os pilotos analisaram a possibilidade de evacuar o avião imediatamente após o desembarque, como combustível estava vazando. O capitão, David Evans, falou em uma entrevista:

O avião estava com a bateria desativada e estava com apenas um rádio VHF para coordenar o procedimento de emergência com a equipe de bombeiros local.

Não houve feridos entre os 440 passageiros e tripulantes de 29 a bordo do avião. Apenas duas pessoas em terra se feriram quando foram atingidas por destroços.

Consequências

Mercado
Imediatamente após o incidente, as ações da Rolls-Royce plc caíram 5,5% na Bolsa de Valores de Londres, sua maior queda em 18 meses. As ações da Airbus também caíram.

Interdição e substituição de motores
A Qantas e Singapore Airlines, que usam o mesmo motor Rolls-Royce em suas aeronaves A380, suas frotas A380 foram interditadas temporariamente após o acidente e foi realizada novas inspeções. A Singapore Airlines retomou as operações no dia seguinte.

Remuneração e reparos
Em 22 de junho de 2011, a Qantas anunciou que havia concordado com a compensação da Rolls-Royce de AU$ 95 milhões (US$ 100 milhões). A aeronave envolvida no incidente foi reparada com um custo estimado de AU$ 139 milhões (US$ 145 milhões). A aeronave recebeu quatro novos motores, uma asa esquerda reparada (incluindo 6 km de fiação substituída), e teve grande teste no térreo e dois voos de teste. Ele voltou para a Austrália em 22 de abril de 2011, e foi programado para retornar ao serviço em 28 de abril de 2012. Os reparos adicionaram 94 kg (207 libras) para o peso da aeronave.

Ver também
 Airbus A380
 Qantas

Qantas 32
Qantas 32
Qantas 32
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2010 na Indonésia


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Q: Error (non-exhaustive patterns) when running function The following code takes as input a 16-bit binary number in the form of a String and returns the first four bits as a hexadecimal. When testing, it compiles, but gives a non=exhaustive patterns in function error at runtime
getFirstHex :: String -> String
getFirstHex s
   |(Data.List.take 12 s) == "0000" = "0"
   |(Data.List.take 12 s) == "0001" = "1"
   |(Data.List.take 12 s) == "0010" = "2"
   |(Data.List.take 12 s) == "0011" = "3"
   |(Data.List.take 12 s) == "0100" = "4"
   |(Data.List.take 12 s) == "0101" = "5"
   |(Data.List.take 12 s) == "0110" = "6"
   |(Data.List.take 12 s) == "0111" = "7"
   |(Data.List.take 12 s) == "1000" = "8"
   |(Data.List.take 12 s) == "1001" = "9"
   |(Data.List.take 12 s) == "1010" = "A"
   |(Data.List.take 12 s) == "1011" = "B"
   |(Data.List.take 12 s) == "1100" = "C"
   |(Data.List.take 12 s) == "1101" = "D"
   |(Data.List.take 12 s) == "1110" = "E"
   |(Data.List.take 12 s) == "1111" = "F"

A: as others pointed out the problem is mainly the take 12 in your version - here is one that should work:
{-# LANGUAGE TupleSections #-}

type HexRep = Char
type BinRep = Char

getFirstHex :: [BinRep] -> Maybe (HexRep, [BinRep])
getFirstHex (a:b:c:d:rest) = (,rest) <$> getHex [a,b,c,d]
    where
    getHex "0000" = pure '0'
    getHex "0001" = pure '1'
    getHex "0010" = pure '2'
    getHex "0011" = pure '3'
    getHex "0100" = pure '4'
    getHex "0101" = pure '5'
    getHex "0110" = pure '6'
    getHex "0111" = pure '7'
    getHex "1000" = pure '8'
    getHex "1001" = pure '9'
    getHex "1010" = pure 'A'
    getHex "1011" = pure 'B'
    getHex "1100" = pure 'C'
    getHex "1101" = pure 'D'
    getHex "1110" = pure 'E'
    getHex "1111" = pure 'F'
    getHex _ = Nothing
getFirstHex _ = Nothing

toHex :: [BinRep] -> ([HexRep], [BinRep])
toHex binRep =
    case getFirstHex binRep of
        Just (hex, rest) ->
            let (restRes, notConvertible) = toHex rest
            in (hex:restRes, notConvertible)
        Nothing -> ([], binRep)

this one returns Nothing if it cannot find anything to represent in hex and the toHex function uses is in a way so that you get best parsable prefix and the rest that could not be transformed back:
> toHex "111011001001001"
("EC9","001")

if you don't like the (admittedly ugly) pattern-match solution - here is one using splitAt:
getFirstHex :: [BinRep] -> Maybe (HexRep, [BinRep])
getFirstHex rep =
    let (first4, rest) = splitAt 4 rep
    in (,rest) <$> getHex first4
    where
    getHex "0000" = pure '0'
    ...
    getHex "1111" = pure 'F'
    getHex _ = Nothing


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Henry Thomas (* vermutlich 1874; † nach 1929), auch bekannt als Ragtime Texas, war ein früher US-amerikanischer Blues-Gitarrist. Er gilt als der älteste afro-amerikanische Musiker, der eine beachtenswerte Anzahl von Aufnahmen hinterließ.

Über das Leben von Henry Thomas ist wenig bekannt. Zwischen 1927 und 1929 veröffentlichte er 23 Songs, darunter 8 Blues-Titel. Neben der Gitarre, die er eher wie ein Banjo spielte, verwendete er ''quills'', eine Art afro-amerikanische Panflöte.

Zu seinen bekanntesten Stücken gehört der Bull Doze Blues, der später von der Band Canned Heat zu Going Up The Country umgearbeitet wurde. Don't Ease Me In wurde von Grateful Dead aufgenommen.

Die quills-Flöte
Eine Analyse anhand des Liedes Bull-doze Blues lässt eine Flöte mit mindestens acht Pfeifen rekonstruieren, die folgende Töne aufweist:
  d#(oder e) f g# a# (h) c d'# f' g#
Dies entspricht einer pentatonischen Tonleiter in F moll bzw. G#-Dur. Die ungewöhnliche Tonart ist wahrscheinlich ursprünglich eine G-Dur-Pentatonik; die Aufnahmen klingen jedoch höher, da sie beschleunigt wurden, um dem Lied mehr Schwung zu geben. Die Pfeifen waren vermutlich aus der Bambus-Art Arundinaria Gigantea, die vor allem in den Südstaaten der USA verbreitet ist.

Liste aller Songs

Henry Thomas nahm insgesamt 24 Lieder für Vocalion Records auf, 23 wurden veröffentlicht.

Die folgende Tabelle lässt sich z. B. nach Veröffentlichungsdatum und Aufnahmedatum sortieren:

Veröffentlichungen
 Henry Thomas - Texas Worried Blues: Complete Recorded Works 1927–1929 bei Yazoo (1989)

Weblinks
 Über Quills und eine Analyse der Flöte von Henry Thomas abgerufen am 8. November 2018

Einzelnachweise

Musiker (Vereinigte Staaten)
Blues-Gitarrist
US-Amerikaner
Geboren im 19. Jahrhundert
Gestorben im 20. Jahrhundert
Mann


The British Community Association of Vienna (BCA) operates on a non-profit basis, organising social and cultural events for British passport holders and their families living in Vienna.
Whether you are a newcomer to Vienna or you have been here for some time, the BCA has something to offer. If you have recently arrived, we understand that it can be difficult to create a new social life, particularly if the language is new, and we can help make that easier, by introducing you to our own network of British friends already living here. If you are already established in Vienna you will be able to expand your existing network of social contacts, and either way, you will be able to join in the events that we organise.
We have regular events and activities each month, which includes pub evenings, a walking group, sailing, coffee mornings, a darts night, a girls' night out, theatre & cinema visits, and family days out, plus lots more.
Simply contact us to find out when the next one is being held and pop along. You'll receive a warm welcome from our members if you do, and hopefully just the advice you needed.
Our members enjoy a lively and varied social life in and around our beautiful city.
Each month members receive the Association's Newsletter, which details forthcoming events organised by other members. No-one is obliged to attend, but with such a diverse range on offer, there is bound to be something to tempt everyone.
Organising, and attending a BCA event can be a lot of fun. Some of our popular events are our "Pub Night", "Dart Night", "Coffee Morning", "Restaurant Evening", "Men's Beisl Tour", "Weekday Walks" (Monday and Wednesday) or our "Book Club".
You've got an idea for an event or would like to host an event? Please email your event details or ideas to the events coordinator. Write a little text about the location, give your contact details as a host and don't forget to give public transport details too for those wish to attend.
The BCA was originally run informally, until 2000 when its members decided to form an official "Eingetragener Verein". This was founded in 2001, and since then the association has been known as the British Community Association of Vienna (Vereinigung der Briten in Wien). Click here to read the Association's official statutes in German and English.


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Team Pacquiao explain shoulder injury in full
Fred Sternburg 05/05/2015
📸 Esther Lin
During training, Manny Pacquiao suffered a right shoulder injury. Manny went to see world-class doctors, partners in the prestigious Kerlan Jobe Orthopedic Clinic, who performed tests and, in consultation with Manny, his promoter, and his advisors, concluded that with short rest, treatments, and close monitoring, Manny could train and, on May 2, step into the ring against Floyd Mayweather.
Manny's advisors notified the United States Anti-Doping Agency ("USADA") of the shoulder injury and the treatments being proposed by the doctors during training and on fight night. USADA spoke to Manny's doctors twice, investigated, and confirmed in writing that the proposed treatments, if used, were completely allowed. The medication approved for fight night was a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (Toradol).
Manny continued to train and his shoulder improved, though not 100%. This is boxing, injuries happen, and Manny is a warrior. Again, in consultation with his doctors, promoter and advisors, Manny decided to proceed with the fight anticipating that he could receive his pre-fight treatment. That specific treatment had been approved by USADA in writing at least 5 days before the fight.
On his pre-fight medical form filled out earlier in the week, Manny's advisors listed the medications that Manny used in training and the medications that might be used on fight night. A few hours before he was expected to step in the ring, when Manny's doctors began the process, the Nevada Commission stopped the treatment because it said it was unaware of Manny's shoulder injury.
This was disappointing to Team Pacquiao since they had disclosed the injury and treatment to USADA, USADA approved the treatments, and Manny had listed the medication on his pre-fight medical form.
Also, USADA had provided a copy of its contract with the fighters to the Commission. An hour before the fight, Manny's advisors asked the Commission to reconsider and the director of USADA advised the Commission that USADA had approved the fight-night treatment, but the Commission denied the request.
With the advice of his doctors, Manny still decided to proceed with the fight. His shoulder wasn't perfect but it had improved in training camp.
However, as Manny has said multiple times, he makes no excuses. Manny gave it his best.


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We work with our clients to understand your support requirements to make sure we respond when and where you need us.
A compressor overhaul usually involves an inspection and replacement of worn parts within your refrigeration compressor.
From 1st January 2015 the F-Gas regulations have changed to an equivalence to CO2 rate rather than the previous total system quantity.
Every project is planned and managed by skilled and experienced professionals, with oversight from company directors ensuring everything runs as smoothly as possible.
We're here to signpost you on the most efficient and safest way to operate. One thing we always recommend is installing laser alignment.
Thermal imaging is a valuable tool for checking the condition of an installation without removing power from the system. It is often used as a maintenance tool to detect potential failures early on, with the capability of troubleshooting in seconds.
As well as responsive and efficient installation and support, a key area of our expertise is the ability to design and install integrated heat recovery and cooling systems for major industrial usage which can save the client 40% of their energy costs.


A recent trial by the University of Minnesota showed that using a preemergence (pre) herbicide in soybeans is beneficial, offering a significant reduction in weed densities early in the season. Weed escapes at the end of the season were nearly eliminated when using a pre herbicide, as well.
Although the planting season has been off to slow start for many across the state this year, growers are encouraged to follow through with plans to apply a pre herbicide. This is particularly important in fields where herbicide-resistant weed populations are present or suspected. An effective pre application can go a long way in helping control a problem weed population, especially when postemergence herbicide options are limited or limited in effectiveness.
The trials did not see a yield increase when using a pre, but long-term benefits of increasing herbicide diversity and limiting weed seedbank replenishment should not be ignored.
Use of a pre herbicide with residual activity also helps control weeds, such as waterhemp, that emerge over an extended period of time. Producers should also have a wider window to make a postemergence herbicide application when a PRE herbicide is used.
Read more about the benefits of using pre herbicides in soybeans from the U of M.


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PREMIERE: Devon Braxton – Get a Grip On It
By Singersroom|2017-10-25T13:23:03-04:00October 25th, 2017|Categories: R&B Music Videos, R&B Videos|Tags: Devon Braxton, featured|0 Comments
You don't need a big budget for a music video when you have a well thought out and creative concept!
With that said, Singersroom premieres the visual for emerging R&B/Pop singer Devon Braxton's new single, "Get a Grip On It," a soulful and hearty record about following your dreams.
In the clip, the New Jersey native gives us a looking into his younger self, showing how music started for him, including the support of his parents.
"The video starts out with an older version of me watching a moment that occurred in the past of when younger me had started to discover his musical side," Devon tells Singersroom. "The video follows the events of the past that led to me becoming the artist I am today. You see the moments of when I first picked up a guitar, when I first told my parents about my passion, and some cool dance breaks in between."
He continued: "I had the time of my life! I had never shot a music video before this so in the beginning of the day I felt really awkward, but the director and crew were so cool and professional that it helped me open up and really show what I could do on camera," he added. "The whole thing took 14 HOURS!!….but I have never been happier! My parents weren't too thrilled, though. It was shot in my actual house so they had to sit around and wait a while. I did manage to get them to agree to make a cameo!"
Devon also explains the creative process surrounding the single, which taps into the 80s and draws inspiration from the likes of the late Michael Jackson and Prince. "The inspiration for the song came from the time of my life when I had the realization that music was something I wanted to do forever," he said. "Being a very introverted and private person, aspiring to be a social and public musician, was a hard transition I knew that I had to make in order to get the ball rolling. I had to "get a grip" on my old tendencies in order to achieve success personally and musically."
"Get a Grip On It" appears on Devon's recently released debut EP, Making Moves, which he wrote, produced, mixed, and mastered all on his own.
"The single "Get a Grip On It" is the first song on the project, and also the introduction of myself," he says. "This song was actually written last. After I had finished the other songs on the EP and felt that I had a clear understanding of the concept, I could properly write my introduction that set the tone off right. This is also the first song ever that I had shot a music video for."


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GOP Gathers to Celebrate Proven Record of Failure
This weekend, the Wisconsin Republican Party is gathering in Stevens Point to celebrate the GOP's proven record of failure on everything from health care to Iraq to the economy. High points include standing in the way of health care access, backing President Bush's failed strategy in Iraq and ensuring tax cuts to the wealthy while middle class families suffer.
"Whether it's the rising costs of health care or ongoing war in Iraq, it looks like Wisconsin Republicans have a lot to be proud of going into convention," Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chairman Joe Wineke said. "This weekend, they'll gather to celebrate Bush's disastrous administration while they rally around his successor, John McCain."
Proven Failure on the Economy
Nearly eight years of failed Bush policies have pushed the unemployment rate in Wisconsin up to 4.8%. In the fourth quarter of 2007 alone, 32,887 families were unable to pay their mortgages. But despite these hardships, John McCain said as recently as last month that, "you could make an argument that there's been great progress economically."
Proven Failure in Iraq
Since the war began, over 4,000 American lives have been lost, including 87 brave soldiers from Wisconsin. Five years ago, President Bush assured the country that major combat operations were over, as he stood beneath the "Mission Accomplished" banner. Around the same time, John McCain agreed, saying, "it's clear that the end is very much in sight." Now, even as Americans overwhelmingly favor brining our troops home, John McCain said he is "fine" keeping them there…for 100 years.
Proven Failure on Health care
Under President Bush's administration, over half a million people are uninsured in Wisconsin. McCain supported President Bush's Veto of SCHIP, and has no plan to help those who don't have health insurance. McCain's health care plan lacks any details on how to get more people health insurance or bring down costs.
"As Wisconsin Republicans gather this weekend, their proven record of failure could not be clearer," Wineke said. "And John McCain's out of touch policies are just more of the same."
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Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo and his wife Maridilegnis Carballo
Case Briefing: Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo
Rev. Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo
Monte De Sion Independent Church
DOB: 26 October 1971
Detained, facing 10-year sentence
Boniato Maximum Security Prison, Santiago de Cuba
Reverend Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo was detained by State Security in Palma Soriano on 11 July while he participated in peaceful protests that occurred across the island. He was held incommunicado in Versalles, a State Security Facility in the city of Santiago de Cuba, until August when he was transferred to the Boniato Maximum Security Prison, located outside Santiago de Cuba. He is facing a number of charges including 'disrespect', public disorder', 'criminal incitement' and 'assault' but has not yet faced trial. Seven attempts to file for habeas corpus have been denied. On 22 October, his wife was informed that the government is seeking to impose a 10-year prison sentence for Rev. Rosales Fajardo. The pastor has been a target of the Cuban government since 2009 when the authorities arbitrarily confiscated their home which also acted as their church. Reverend Rosales Fajardo was labelled a counter-revolutionary by State Security officer Luis Noel Plutin Rodriguez who was involved in the property confiscation. Officer Plutin Rodriguez is now the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) Delegate and was responsible for the decision to charge and imprison Rev. Rosales Fajardo after his detention at the 11 July protests.
Rev. Rosales Fajardo, his son David Lorenzo Rosales Carballo, and a group of church members joined the peaceful march in Palma Soriano after it started at around midday on 11 July. He and his son were detained after police and military attempted to block the way of the protestors. The two were then separated. An eyewitness was able to photograph the moment Rev. Rosales Fajardo was detained as the pastor was held by a uniformed member of the Black Berets, a Cuban paramilitary force responsible for serious human rights violations, in a chokehold.
Rev. Rosales Fajardo was held in an unknown location for three days before being transferred to Versalles, a facility run by MININT, on 14 July. During the transfer, Rev. Rosales Fajardo was severely beaten. He told his lawyer that he was handcuffed, thrown to the ground and kicked repeatedly in the abdomen and face, resulting in the loss of a tooth. A guard who was present during the assault later stated that they and the other guards took turns urinating on Rev. Rosales Fajardo's head and said that the beating was in retaliation for Cuban pastors posting on social media about Rev. Rosales Fajardo's detention.
On 7 August, Rev. Rosales Fajardo was transferred to Boniato Maximum Security Prison where he and the other men in the group of transferees were given a violent reception organized by the prison Head of Reduction, Major Edis Nelson. The men were handed over to a group of prisoners who beat and sexually assaulted them. Rev. Rosales Fajardo survived the organised attack and was not sexually assaulted himself, but described it as one of the most terrifying and terrible experiences of his life.
Over the past three months, he has been threatened with forced commitment to a psychiatric facility and has expressed concerns for his safety.
From 11 July to 13 July, the authorities refused to give any information regarding the whereabouts and wellbeing of Rev. Rosales Fajardo to his wife, Maridilegnis Carballo.
On 14 July the authorities gave Carballo, who is also a lawyer, a handwritten slip of paper which stated that her husband is facing charges of 'disrespect', 'public disorder' and 'assault'. Carballo was informed at the time that Rev. Rosales Fajardo will be imprisoned until he faces trial. On 22 October, Carballo was told by the government that it is recommending a 10-year prison sentence.
Carballo travelled to Versalles and to Boniato Maximum Security Prison on multiple occasions in order to leave her husband some hygiene items, but was not allowed to see or speak to him until mid-October when they were permitted a 90-minute face to face visit. A second visit, this time with their children, took place on 28 October. Apart from that their communication has been limited to a few three-minute phone calls.
Seven requests by Rev. Rosales Fajardo's lawyer for a writ of habeas corpus have been denied. His lawyer has described him as extremely thin and told Carballo that the government plans to argue that Rev. Rosales Fajardo was the organizer of the protests in Palma Soriano in order to justify a lengthy sentence.
In July, Carballo was fired from her job, and she also reported that she was threatened with repercussions for their son if she continues to speak out. In September, Carballo reported that prison officials had also issued threats to her husband that she could also be arrested and imprisoned if she continues to speak to international organisations about his unjust imprisonment.
According to Global Liberty Alliance, a Washington DC based NGO who have helped to provide legal support to Rev. Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo, the pastor and his lawyer were only made aware of some of the charges against him through documents that were issued during their appeals for habeas corpus.
In a ruling by the Santiago de Cuba People's Provincial Court, Judge Nerelvis Luna Labrada falsely claimed that Reverend Rosales Fajardo had been informed of the charges against him on 12 July, the day following his detention. As mentioned above, the only information provided regarding his charges was a handwritten note with three of the charges listed and given to his wife by State Security on 14 July.
On 17 July, after a preparatory phase was filed and processed by a criminal investigation unit of Palma Soriano, a precautionary measure of provisional prison (arbitrary detention without trial) was imposed for assault, public disorder, resistance and criminal incitement. Complete documents outlining the charges against Pastor Rosales Fajardo, and justifying his detention, have not been provided to him, his family or his lawyer. As far as he, his family and lawyer understand, Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo is charged with:
Criminal Incitement - Article 202.1 of the Criminal Code
Public Disorder - Article 200.1 of the Criminal Code
Disrespect - Article 144.1 of the Criminal Code
Assault – Article 142.1 (142 1.4a) of the Criminal Code
Judge Luna Labrada, also justified Rev. Rosales Fajardo's continued detention pending trial, writing that "compelling evidence" in Pastor Rosales Fajardo's case is justified as a precautionary measure, citing Article 56 of the Cuban Constitution as the legal basis for her decision.
Judge Luna Labrada stated that while Article 56 protects the rights of assembly, demonstration and association for lawful and peaceful purposes, the petitioner failed to address the restrictions placed on these individual rights: specifically instances where "the supreme leader of the revolution is being offended" and/or are not legal or peaceful in nature.
Rev. Rosales Fajardo leads the Monte de Sion Church in Palma Soriano. The church is independent, unregistered and not affiliated with any denomination or religious association. Approximately 80 to 100 people attended the church before his detention, which met on private property belonging to the family.
Rev. Rosales Fajardo grew up in the Eastern Baptist Convention and attended the Eastern Baptist Seminary in Santiago de Cuba. He joined the Open Bible denomination (Biblia Abierta), a member of the Cuban Council of Churches, and entered into full time ministry with the support of his wife in 2001.
In 2009, their church property was confiscated by the government. Disappointed by a lack of support from the Open Bible denominational leadership due to what Carballo described as the denomination's priority to protect its good relationship with the government, the couple made the decision to formally leave the denomination and established the Monte de Sion Church on their own.
Click here to download this briefing as a PDF.
Click here to download this briefing in Spanish.
Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo
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Lexi Thompson perfectly pokes fun at LPGA's stricter dress code
By Alex Myers
It's been a week since the LPGA alerted players it would be enforcing a stricter dress code. And in that time, the majority of responses have been critical of the tour for cracking down (there were five "NOT allowed"s in the email to players) on how its golfers express themselves with their on-course clothes. But no one has provided a better reaction than Lexi Thompson, who perfectly poked fun at the new policy on Thursday night.
Thompson's answer to the LPGA's 2017 dress code? Dress like it's 1917.
Got my new #LPGA dress code compliant ⛳ outfit ready to go! ?#throwbackthursday #kidding #funny #joke
A post shared by Lexi Thompson (@lexi) on Jul 20, 2017 at 3:55pm PDT
Careful, Lexi. You might be showing a bit too much wrist.
That photo is actually from a shoot Thompson did for Red Bull in January of 2016 in advance of the Olympics. The idea was to dress like people did around the turn of the 20th century, the last time (1904) golf had been included in the Games.
"I don't know how they played golf in those outfits, especially if it was hot out," Thompson told RedBull.com at the time. "I was wearing at least two layers on top and bottom, and a jacket on top, which was very restrictive on the back."
Sorry, Lexi, but you better get used to it. Kidding. Sort of.
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Russia will not attempt a military intervention in Afghanistan, as the country has "learned the lesson" from its previous failed attempts to invade it, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
"You know how difficult and alarming the situation in Afghanistan currently is," President Putin said at a congress of the ruling United Russia party on August 24. He referred to the Taliban terror group's takeover of the country August 15, when it deposed Kabul's U.S.-backed government.
"We are keeping a close eye on this situation, actively cooperating with our allies in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)," Putin assured. The CSTO is a regional military alliance of former Soviet republics led by Moscow.
"Naturally, we will not interfere in Afghanistan's domestic affairs, neither will our armed forces be drawn into this all-against-all conflict. I think this is what is going on there," Putin said Tuesday. He then recalled that "the conflict in Afghanistan has been smoldering for decades," according to Russia's state-owned news agency, TASS.
"The former Soviet Union has its own experience in that country. We have learned the lesson," Putin asserted.
The former Soviet Union intervened in Afghanistan in 1979 to support the country's then-communist government as it fought against anti-communist Muslim guerrilla groups during the Afghan War (1978–1992).
Putin on July 5 assured Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmon that Moscow would provide "all necessary support" to Tajikistan as it confronted a then-unfolding security threat from Afghanistan, with which it shares an 843-mile-long border. The Taliban at the time was sweeping across the country as part of a successful military campaign to reconquer major cities and provinces on its way to toppling Kabul. Afghan government soldiers and refugees fleeing the Taliban's offensive began to flood Tajikistan by early July, creating a massive border problem for the ex-Soviet state and CSTO member.


The world is awash in unused mobile phone minutes. Billions of people buy them every day to replenish their phones. The minutes facilitate communication between people and businesses. They also, in less developed communities, are informally used for financial transactions. BitMinutes (BMTs), which can be converted to mobile phone minutes on a wide range of carriers and used as a store of value for making payments, is formalizing that process and broadening the scope.
The company that created BitMinutes tokens (BMTs), also called BitMinutes, is actively building out its model in Africa, and has an eye on other developing markets globally.
First, there are billions of underbanked people in the world who don't have access to traditional financial services.
The owner of the minutes can only give them to people on the same network – it's completely siloed.
Once the airtime is purchased, it cannot not be converted back into cash. The only use for it is to make a phone call.
This informal currency needed a vehicle for breaking these two walls down. Enter the BitMinute (BMT). Built with the distributed-ledger advantages of blockchain technology, the BitMinute does a number of things to turn the mobile phone minute into a more useful asset.
BMTs are tradeable between networks. A person buying BMTs to use on Vodaphone in one country, can send those BMTs to an Etisalat customer across an international border. Through a Trusted Agent operating in a local distributor's storefront, the BMTs could then be turned into cash again.
The "entrepreneurial opportunities" that Meredith speaks of are created in two ways. First, BitMinutes enhances the free flow of working capital to the underbanked, who are enabled to start their own businesses. Second, the company has created Trusted Agent Network by working with local retailers, distributors and even financial institutions. These agents, once trained by BitMinutes, bring the transparency and confidence needed to draw more informal economic activity into the formal economy.
Hundreds of agents are already up and running in Nigeria, facilitating the sale of millions of BMTs, a quantifiable harbinger of things to come.


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Utility's equipment sparked California wildfire that killed 85, officials say
Fire officials say Pacific Gas and Electric equipment was responsible for the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history.
Author: Janie Har, Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — California fire officials said Wednesday that Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. power lines sparked a Northern California blaze that killed 85 people, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century.
Cal Fire said transmission lines owned and operated by the San Francisco-based utility started the Nov. 8 fire in the Pulga area that nearly destroyed the town of Paradise in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
The fire wiped out nearly 15,000 homes. Many of those killed were elderly or disabled. The oldest was 99.
The investigation also identified a second nearby ignition site involving PG&E's electrical distribution lines that had come into contact with vegetation. The second fire was quickly consumed by the initial fire.
The disclosure came on the same day the utility's new chief executive was testifying before a legislative committee in Sacramento. Bill Johnson told the state Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee he had expected the utility would be blamed for the fire.
"I have made the assumption when I got here that PG&E equipment caused the fire," he said, noting the utility had said that was probable in recent filings. "It's a disappointment that this happened. Let's not do it again."
Cal Fire did not release its full investigative report, saying it had been forwarded to the Butte County district attorney's office, which is considering filing criminal charges against the utility.
The utility, which filed for bankruptcy protection in January, said in February it was "probable" that one of its transmission lines sparked the blaze. PG&E has estimated its total liability from the Paradise fire and 2017 wildfires could top $30 billion.
FILE - This Dec. 3, 2018, file photo shows homes leveled by the Camp Fire line Valley Ridge Drive in Paradise, Calif.
The fire spread rapidly, burning into the communities of Concow and Magalia and the outskirts of east Chico. Authorities said it was like no fire they had seen before. Strong wind gusts blew hot embers a mile or more, creating multiple fires.
The utility previously acknowledged that the Caribou-Palermo transmission line lost power right before the fire and was later found to be damaged.
Paradise Mayor Jody Jones said Wednesday she was not surprised to hear Pacific Gas & Electric power lines sparked the blaze that decimated her town and she hopes the findings help the city's legal case against the utility.
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"It's nice to have a definite answer," Jones said.
Paradise sued PG&E in January seeking damages for the loss of infrastructure, land, property, trees, public and natural resources, and lost taxpayer resources.
The suit alleges the blaze started when electrical infrastructure owned, operated and maintained by PG&E failed, causing a spark that ignited the blaze.
FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2018 file photo a home burns as the Camp Fire rages through Paradise, Calif.
The suit also alleges that PG&E had planned to de-energize power lines as a precaution against starting a fire but canceled those plans despite windy conditions.
PG&E's bankruptcy reorganization plan is due by the end of May, but it has requested an extension until November.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a Wednesday filing that PG&E shouldn't get an extra six months to reorganize. He said the utility's request continues to show it lacks an urgent focus on improving safety.
Newsom and lawmakers are working on proposals related to utility liability for wildfires that could affect the bankruptcy.
Associated Press writers Kathleen Ronayne in Sacramento and Olga R. Rodriquez in San Francisco contributed to this story.