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Survivors Uncounted: OSU Sexual Assault Unveiled
Kathleen Case
Oregon State University has generated positive press in recent years following forward movements in addressing campus sexual assault and survivor support services. A Huffington Post article from April of last year suggested that the university was "doing better than any other school in the country."
This is a different story.
After several months of investigation, and correspondence with student survivors, The Advocate has gained insight into a structure at OSU that seemingly herds victims toward confidential offices devoid of anonymous reporting practices, which generates inaccurate statistics reflected in OSU's annual safety report. These statistics publicly represent OSU in campus sexual assault, and presumably help allocate funds for services and resources.
2016 graduate and sexual assault survivor, Kathleen Case came forward to us to tell her story, which sheds light on further trends of systematic neglect at OSU, along with a cultural misinterpretation of consent and assault, and the behaviors that underlie their meanings.
When a survivor's story ends in them telling it – when they're not counted, even anonymously, among the ranks of those coming forward, regardless of criminal pursuit – then how are they rightfully represented by an institution? How many survivors lie behind the veil?
OSU has progressed toward survivor-friendly resources and sexual education, however there are still systematic voids, and operators that are accountable for contributing to local and nationwide gaps, and for those who've felt unsupported, unsafe, and unheard while in their care.
Iceberg Statistics
OSU's 2017 Annual Security Report indicates that there were six counts of on-campus rape each year from 2014 to 2016. Reports of non-campus rapes totaled two in 2014, 10 in 2015, and eight in 2016. These statistics were determined within a set geography surrounding OSU, in federal compliance with the Clery Act.
When choosing to report a sexual assault, a person is most often referred to OSU's Survivor Advocacy and Resource Center, which opened in 2015 to provide confidential support and advocacy to victims of sexual assault.
OSU intends SARC to be a survivor's "first point of contact for a confidential disclosure of sexual and intimate partner violence," as stated in the Clery report.
Given the confidential status of SARC services, "crime statistics are not provided for the Annual Security Report."
"Additionally," states the safety report, "Oregon State University does not have established procedures to encourage pastoral or professional counselors to inform [survivors] to report crimes on a voluntary, confidential basis for inclusion in the Annual Security Report."
Unless reporting to legal authorities, students with claims of sexual assault are kept completely confidential. Meaning there is zero trace of them in data made publicly available by OSU.
When questioned on the number of persons reporting claims of sexual assault to SARC, Vice President of University Relations and Marketing, Steve Clark referred back to the Clery report, stating, "SARC keeps confidential records and does not disclose any information about people seen by SARC advocates. This information is not provided to any campus departments in order to protect the privacy of the individuals seen by SARC."
According to the safety report, claimants have the option of anonymously reporting to an Accountability and Integrity Hotline, which "provides aggregate crime statistics for inclusion in the Annual Security Report."
The Advocate only learned of this hotline after careful examination of the Clery report. It was never mentioned as a resource during any interviews with OSU executives, nor referred to by the disgruntled survivors that came forward.
Outside OSU services is a general hesitance in reporting. Most victims either fear retaliation and re-traumatization in telling their stories, or feel a general mistrust in the justice system. And they're not wrong. Nationally, one third of sexual assaults are reported, and for every 1,000 reported rapes, 994 perpetrators will walk free – according to Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network statistics.
Open Eyes, In A Sea of Survivors
While the Huffington Post was crediting OSU as potentially the best campus in the country due to strides in sexual assault, senior student Kathleen Case was being shut out by the offices at OSU investigating her report of being sexually assaulted, over a course of 13 hours one long night that February.
Case was one in the crowd of over 700 supporters the Huffington Post says attended that year's Take Back the Night march and rally in April – an annual event bringing survivors, advocates, and supporters together in an effort to end campus violence and sexual assault.
2016 saw a massive growth in attendance, compared with the average 40 to 50 attending years prior. Surely, support and awareness at OSU was spreading.
Case was working the event. She was involved in many campus advocacy groups and centers as a student at OSU, majoring in public health with an emphasis in sexual violence. She has a personal, traumatic history with assault, having been sexually violated various times at OSU and elsewhere.
With the incident in February fresh in her mind, Case shared some of her story at Take Back the Night, along with other survivors.
OSU President Ed Ray also took the stand.
"(He) talked about Oregon State's commitment to survivors, and how important it was to him that they got the justice that they deserved and that they felt heard," Case recalls.
"So, in my head I'm like, okay, well here's this guy who's just made this very public statement and I'm starting to feel very frustrated."
Case was frustrated because it had been since February, when she first reported her assault to EOA Equity Associate, Hope Brian, and SARC Associate Director, Judy Neighbours, that she'd heard anything about the investigation – despite repeated attempts at contact.
"I emailed [Brian] at least once a week, if not more," says Case.
She had yet to be interviewed in full over the incident, which had occurred two months and two weeks prior to Take Back The Night. Worse, her alleged perpetrator was repeatedly violating the No Contact Order established by Brian during their first meeting, which mandated that Case and her classmate have no contact or communication with one another, under any circumstances, as the investigation progressed.
Case's alleged abuser kept knowingly entering her place of work at West Dining on campus, neglecting to leave.
And nothing was being done about it.
Brian's unresponsiveness to Case's pleas for intervention essentially enabled the man's behavior – who at the time was being investigated simultaneously for exposing himself to another university worker. Clearly, he had some misinformed ideas about consent.
"Does that not show a pattern of behavior?" Case questions.
It is understandable that Case felt contradiction in President Ray's speech. Two days later, she sent President Ray an email explaining her situation. Case described the silence bridging between her and EOA since she reported the assault.
President Ray promptly communicated his empathy and concerns, writing that there was "no excuse for a lack of timely and clear communications," and urging Case to keep him informed of actions taken in her investigation.
He writes, "Words mean little if actions do not follow."
President Ray then forwarded their correspondence to EOA's then interim Executive Director Clay Simmons, along with three other OSU executives.
And what do you know, actions did follow.
But First, An Abrupt Rewind
Case had first contacted Neighbours after processing what happened to her in February.
She was hopeful over the improved, survival-friendly services claimed by OSU, especially given her horrible experience in being assaulted her freshman year, once at a dorm and twice at two fraternities – which led to PTSD, depression, and an eventual admission to the hospital under suspicion of suicidal intent by members of the university.
When she returned from the hospital, Case says that OSU made her sign a behavioral contract, warning her that if any similar incident were to occur, she'd be banned from campus housing and, "they would consider [her] continuing attendance at the school."
They reasoned that Case was causing a disturbance to those around her – to the same students she says were calling her a "whore" and actively ostracizing her.
Case is unsure if, at the time, the school knew about the reasons leading up to her hospital stay. However, she assumed so, since she shared the incidents with her dormitory RA and RD, and had utilized safe rooms at other campus housing.
Three years later – after the university poured almost $800,000 into offices and resources supporting survivors, and spreading awareness since mid-2014 – Case found herself in the office of SARC.
This wasn't her first time meeting Neighbours, who consulted with Case upon SARC's opening due to her work in campus advocacy.
The next day, Neighbours accompanied Case to EOA to meet Brian, who gathered a basic report of the assault, then "immediately put out a mutual no contact order," according to Case.
The next week Case's alleged abuser was pulled from their shared class, and for the rest of winter term, things were looking up.
"Except that I had heard absolutely nothing about the fact that I had asked [EOA] to investigate."
Case felt her safety was compromised at the start of spring term, when her alleged abuser – unaware of her change in schedule – walked into West Dining where she worked, made eye contact, and refused to leave.
Case panicked and tried explaining the situation to her manager, who was completely unaware of the no contact order, and generally misguided by her reaction, telling Case that she merely felt uncomfortable. That her safety wasn't compromised because he wasn't in her face, harassing her.
"No," she recalls saying, "this guy assaulted me in my room over the course of 13 hours, repeatedly. I feel incredibly unsafe."
Case emailed Brian over the no contact violation, but heard nothing. It took looping in Neighbours to finally get a response from Brian a week later, instructing her to call campus police if a similar incident were to occur.
"So, basically it took [the EOA] the entire term to develop a protocol," says Case.
Days after hearing back from Brian, Case was admitted to the emergency room for a suicide attempt due to the "overwhelming depression, anxiety, and stress of not hearing anything about her case," and fear that her abuser might return to her workplace.
And he did. When the man entered the building almost two weeks later, Case's managers notified campus police. After consulting with Case, they said there was nothing that could be done, since he'd already left. Case recalls two officers questioning her and their bizarre tactics – such as asking for her alleged abuser's date of birth.
The date was April 20, one day before the Take Back the Night event.
You Can't Take Back the Silence
A day after President Ray applied pressure via email, Case was contacted by Neighbours, who seemed surprised by EOA's lack of response and timely development in her investigation. Later, Case says Neighbours admitted she should follow-up more regularly with cases she refers to Title IX offices like EOA.
Simmons also took action, contacting Neighbours about Case's story, and ultimately excluding Case from telling it herself.
"[Neighbours] never saw the irony in the fact that I should be the one to tell my story," she says.
Finally, Brian's silence broke and Case was called in for an interview detailing the night of her assault – almost three months after it occurred, practically eons in trauma time.
With Neighbours by her side, Case did her best to accurately recount those 13 hours with her alleged abuser.
"He would not be serious with me and have a conversation, and stop," Case recalls.
Case invited her classmate and a couple friends to her home for Super Bowl Sunday on the night of February 7. Her friends eventually left, and Case and the man stayed up talking, before moving into her room so as not to disturb her roommate.
They began kissing and touching each other consensually, until he tried taking off her pants. That's where her consent ended.
Case said no. She said no again, for 13 hours. But he kept trying, insisting it was casual, that they were having fun. It was all she could do to stick to her "firm line of no penile penetration."
She didn't aggressively fight back or resist. She was doing her best to avoid violent retaliation, like she'd experienced during prior instances of assault.
"I largely just dissociated for most of the time," says Case, until finally she convinced him to go home, when it was time for her to go to work.
Those are the details she laid out for Brian. After the interview, EOA's silence resumed.
Safety, Not Conviction
Case met with former Dean of Student Life and interim Chief Diversity Officer Angela Batista, while waiting for the EOA's determination. She told Batista about the incident in February and those her freshman year – the behavioral contract she signed after returning from the hospital. Batista told Case she would reach out to Simmons regarding the investigation, and make sure he responded within five days. Case claims she never heard from either of them.
The EOA determination was delivered to Case on May 20, just days before the legal 90-day window to make a determination: he would not be facing charges due to a lack of evidence.
A stack of text messages, between Case and her alleged abuser, was present on Brian's desk when she delivered the EOA's decision. Case wasn't offered access to the texts or insight into what they said, and she had long deleted them.
"I don't think I said anything that would have indicated that I was super into what had happened. I think I continued to talk to him for about 2 weeks after I had been assaulted because that's the time that it took me to realize I had been assaulted."
Case requested additional information regarding EOA's decision, which she says she never received. When Brian emailed confirmation of the determination, it was devoid of any information regarding her right to appeal.
EOA did offer alternate options to Case for earning hours at her internship, like journaling. They shaved 60 hours off the time requirement, helping her to graduate on time while she was experiencing extreme stress due to the investigation process.
Case was advised to appeal EOA's decision by her boss. Her appeal triggered a Title IX investigation into OSU's conduct in handling sexual assault complaints.
But right now, rather than focus on the assault or determination, the questions of hearsay, remember those moments in-between, when Case's safety was unquestionably compromised due to systematic neglect.
"I didn't want him to go to jail," says Case, "All I wanted was to finish my degree and not be constantly in fear… I just wanted to be taken care of."
The Issue with Consent
By university standard, a suspect has to be 51 percent likely to have committed an assault, rather than the near 100 percent likelihood in prosecuting criminal charges. Given the "lack of evidence," it was Case's word against her abuser. And their words matched up almost completely, according to Brian, besides Case's claim of non-consent.
"Wouldn't that indicate that maybe something happened that he just didn't realize was non-consensual, and that he doesn't know what consent is?" she questions.
The university initially assured Case that her alleged assaulter would get some sort of education concerning consent. They went so far as to ask for her input in planning the criteria, given her educational background as a facilitator of campus-wide conversations on sexism and sexual violence.
"Which never came to pass. They never had me involved in any way, which was frustrating because… I didn't ask, they had offered."
Case says she was met with one particularly invalidating remark by Brian.
"I was asked that if I had not previously been assaulted, would I have seen what happened to me as nonconsensual."
For Case, this means Brian was suggesting it's possible, given her prior trauma, that she entered into the situation assuming she would be assaulted, thus convincing herself she was.
But wouldn't her background and education give her more insight into the experience? Isn't it more likely that her abuser didn't know the true meaning of consent or assault?
"I would say a lot of people in general don't know how to define consent very well," says Case, continuing, "I think the idea of nonconsensual [sex] or assault is that you're actively fighting off your attacker… which is not necessarily true."
By OSU definition, "Consent may not be inferred from silence, passivity, lack of resistance, or lack of active response. An individual who does not physically resist or verbally refuse sexual activity is not necessarily giving consent."
Case calls back to her time facilitating sexual assault bystander workshops at fraternities and sororities at OSU.
"When I presented it at the fraternities, there was a lot of joking and not wanting to participate, not being serious about it."
Case examples people joking about being virtually raped when playing video games.
"When you make a joke like that around someone who may potentially be a rapist, you make them feel validated," she says, while victims or survivors feel ostracized and isolated.
While sorority members seemed eagerly engaged, referring to women they knew who'd been assaulted, the boys wanted to know how much alcohol was too much to be considered rape.
"That was one of the most disturbing things to me, was they needed a set line," says Case.
She advised that if there was a shred of uncertainty, to not act on their sexual impulses.
"And that just seemed to get a lot of backlash from people, like it was me telling them they couldn't have sex period."
While there is clear cultural incompetence at play, Case does not consider this an excuse.
"Some of it might be human error, but… I feel like there are enough ways that you can try and communicate and clarify that it really just boils down to, did you care enough?"
"Intentions Are Not Impact"
In hindsight, when she thinks about how she was treated by Neighbours and Brian – as representatives of campus advocacy offices and trauma-informed care in general – Case found a lack of passion in their delivery, and felt on the outside during the investigation process.
"Even if they didn't intentionally try to hurt me, I got shut out for so long and ignored for so long that I got a lot of re-victimization."
While Neighbours and Brian came off as kind and caring, Case saw a lack of direct impact.
"[They] might have had good intentions in a lot of ways, but intentions are not impact," she says.
A Misaligned Net
Of course, OSU, like every other university in the world, is not perfect.
There have been many strides made by Oregon State to tackle issues of campus sexual assault and provide education to students and faculty.
One such stride was taking full responsibility for maltreated survivor-turned-advocate Brenda Tracy, whose brutal gang rape included three unpunished and un-convicted OSU football players in 1998. Or the university's most recent decision in maintaining current Title IX policies and procedures despite the Trump Administration's rescinding of Obama-era mandates in favor of survivors.
Most recently, OSU updated their Code of Student Conduct, intending to enhance safety and equality felt on campus, in response to internal and external evaluation of Title IX rights and requirements.
These are important acknowledgements. But it's equally important to factor where the pendulum swings in terms of preventive versus reactive measures at OSU.
Perhaps increasing standards of mandatory education that raises awareness to students and faculty, is in order. Currently,OSU faculty, athletes, and members of Greek life are required to take face-to-face workshops on sexual assault, while incoming and transfer students are only required to take online trainings.
How much of the online content clicks? Case surmises that most people are "just clicking through," based on her feedback from other students.
"It's very hypothetical when it's not right across from you," she says.
It's the face to face interaction that seems to spark empathy or understanding, that "added element of people having to look you in the eye and see this is a human being," as Case explains.
Obviously, there are bound to be some that fall through the cracks; no one can control a person's capacity to care in any given situation. Even trained faculty at OSU seemed to miss some clicks in working with Case: the misinformed manager, the insensitive campus cops, the reportedly inappropriate comments posed by OSU advocates.
Somewhere, something gets lost in translation. We lose touch with the many ways in which a survivor physically and emotionally reacts during and after trauma.
If a person can get away with sexually violating another person, because the victim used their learned survival skills instead of active resistance – if compliance is inferred or determined as consent – then the system is broken. The 50 percent goes in favor of perpetrators, enabling them to feel free and justified.
If an institution, no matter how hard it's trying, fails to reach survivors or represent their felt realities through incomplete statistics, then the fabric doesn't fit.The funds aren't centered. The system needs rebooted.
Clark says the university doesn't "wait on reporting," that they act in accordance to what's right.
Remembering Morrissette
The last OSU survivor The Advocate wrote about was former student Miriam Morrissette, in a feature article last April.
Though isolated incidents, much of Morrissette's story echoes concerns brought forward by Kathleen Case. Both women felt they were treated unfairly by the offices instituted to protect them and their rights. Their stories present a window into how victims fare in a system with disordered priorities, relaxed and confusing definitions of consent, and a positive public facade built on incomplete records.
It is our hope that the university will join us, as outsiders, in finding solutions to the problems at hand. Here is our call for better open communication and transparency. Let's commune as a community, and get down to the issues of consent and assault.
It shouldn't take a newspaper for a survivor, like Case, to feel heard. We should have systems and pillars of built support that work.
Until then, Case deserves to feel heard.
"You have to look at me," she says, "You have to look at what this did to me, and you have to see me as a person. I'm not just another case number. I'm not just a girl you spent the night with."
The Advocate made multiple attempts to contact the offices of EOA and SARC, or specifically, Neighbours, Brian, and now Executive Director of EOA, Kim Kirkland. All inquiries were either deferred or forwarded to Clark for comment. President Ray and the Office of Student Life were also contacted. Neither replied.
Coverage of Miriam Morrissette can be found on The Corvallis Advocate website, by searching her name. The Huffington Post article is titled 'What It Looks Like When A University Truly Fixes How It Handles Sexual Assault,' and can be found online.
By Stevie Beisswanger
OSU Continues Marketing
While The Advocate was waiting on further comment from Vice President of University Relations and Marketing Steve Clark, over the concerns in this article, OSU began posting these signs, to raise sexual assault awareness on campus.Clark told us he would provide more complete and current information on OSU's budgets for sexual assault services, updated alcohol policies for Greek life, specified program titles and content for sexual assault trainings, and public records outside the Clery geography.
However, no further communications have been received from Clark since his commitment to provide more information and documents.
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Wipes in Pipes Cause Costly Problems for Water Resource Recovery Facilities
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Wipes clogged this pump in Portland, Maine. Photo courtesy of the Portland Water District.
Many wastewater treatment professionals agree that clogged pipes can cause big and costly problems. As these problems arise, Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) members are documenting costs spent on maintenance and repairs and are working to identify culprits.
Clogs from items that do not belong in water resource recovery facility (WRRF) flows are not new phenomena. But a new culprit, nonwoven fabric wipes, poses extra problems for sector professionals.
Quantity of wipes causes new problems in Illinois
Downers Grove Sanitary District (DGSD; Downers Grove, Ill.) had to repair a 250-hp pump in one of its lift stations in the spring of 2013 because it was clogged by wipes. DGSD spent about $30,000 to repair the pump and an additional $5000 to install vibration-monitoring equipment to alert staff of blockages so they could prevent future damage, said Nick Menninga, general manager for DGSD.
"We've been doing a number of different things in response to that problem because we're trying to make sure that it doesn't happen again," Menninga said.
In addition to installing new equipment, DGSD employees have been visiting and inspecting commercial customers to discuss the clogging problem and rules against disposing materials in the wastewater treatment system. This has been a substantial commitment since DGSD has been conducting these inspections for 6 months and still has not met with half of its commercial customers, Menninga said. In addition, DGSD has been educating private residents about the issue through an annual open house, on its website, and through an annual newsletter, he added. Every handyman we send to you in Perth has the requisite expertise needed for every problem. The handymen we'll send will be people with cognate plumbing experience. You can find more information about the working glass hand.
Because the wipes have continued to accumulate in the lift station's wet well, DGSD employees have been flushing them out once a week. "We're able to get rid of some of the debris in a controlled way," Menninga said.
Even though this adds only about 15 minutes to an employee's regular rounds each week, if the problem continues the DGSD may need to install additional equipment, he said.
A few debris items always can be found in WRRF flows, but typically have been in small quantities that pass through the system and can be removed at the WRRF's bar screen. Only recently have these items appeared in quantities large enough to cause a problem.
"Last spring was the first time that we experienced this problem," Menninga said. "If we continue to have a problem, we're going to have to look at outfitting the lift station with a screen or grinder system," he said.
An intact baby wipe was pulled from a clogged pipe in Portland, Maine. Photo courtesy of the Portland Water District.
"This new material, it all floats, so that's part of the reason why it accumulates and it doesn't just pass through the system," Menninga said.
DGSD's experience seems consistent with what other sector facilities are experiencing, Menninga said. This is why water sector professionals and others well-versed with pump clogs gathered at WEFTEC® 2013 to discuss the problem during Technical Session 610, "Wipe Out: Reducing the Burden of Wipes in the Pipes."
Taking a closer look at culprits for clogs
In 2006, the Portland Water District (PWD; Portland, Maine) completed upgrades to improve the ability to deliver peak flows during wet weather events, said session speaker Scott Firmin, director of wastewater services for PWD. The upgrades included replacing pumps at two stations feeding the Westbrook/Gorham Wastewater Treatment Facility.
After the upgrade, both stations began clogging frequently, "particularly during wet weather events," Firmin said. Each station required regular unclogging during storms and "we were not able to meet our maximum wet weather flow rates of [57.5 ML/d] 15.2 mgd from the Cottage Place Pump Station."
A screening system was installed at Cottage Place Pump Station. Photos courtesy of the Portland Water District.
When changing pump impellers, modifying controls to increase the speed of pump operation, and investigating possible pump replacement did not offer a solution, PWD began a $4.3 million project to install screens with throttling gates to control influent flow, Firmin said.
The screens, which began operating at each station in 2009, have eliminated pump clogs and enabled the Cottage Place station to provide the required maximum flows during wet weather, Firmin said. And PWD can pull materials from the screens and try to categorize them. Analysis has revealed that of these materials, 42% were paper products, 24% were baby wipes, 17% were feminine hygiene products, and 17% were a variety of other debris, he said.
Firmin encourages further research and analysis of materials causing clogs. "As an industry, how can we take some of the things we've started here and do more of it and get us some results that we can begin to determine really what is flushable and what isn't?" he said.
Quantifying costs
WEFTEC session speaker Frank Dick explained his efforts quantifying the costs of clogs in Vancouver, Wash. As wastewater engineer and industrial pretreatment coordinator for the city, he began working on capital projects to deal with clogging pumps in the wastewater treatment system.
Clogs cause systems to operate inefficiently and waste electricity, the statistics on this site show, just how bad clogs can be. They can require portions of a system to be shut down and pipes to be opened, cleaned, and the material disposed of. The expenses for handling this problem take funds away from operations and capital investments and do not include worker safety, odor issues, or wear on equipment, Dick said.
Calculating the 5-year total costs from clogging, Dick determined that the city has spent $810,000 on new equipment, $140,000 on electricity wasted by running clogged pumps inefficiently, $480,000 in field labor to unclog pumps, and about $100,000 in associated engineering and administrative support, he said. This totals about $1.5 million dealing with clogs. Even though the city's wastewater treatment division annual budget is $25 million, clogs have made a dent in operations and capital investment, he said.
"We're paying some pretty good dollars for highly skilled maintenance workers to go out and to do something that they really shouldn't be doing," Dick said.
Installing new equipment to handle trash
The Water Environment Federation (Alexandria, Va.) Collection Systems Committee has helped develop outreach materials including this "It's a toilet not a trash can" bill stuffer. Click to read more details.
"Modern trash—it's the number one enemy of municipal wastewater collection systems," said another speaker Robert Domkowski, business development manager for Xylem Inc. (Rye Brook, N.Y.). Many collection systems are reporting problems from "flushables" where facilities must repair the equipment broken by clogs and install new equipment to handle problems, he explained.
"From an equipment side, you have three choices: it's either screen it and dispose of it, grind it and move it along, or pump it," Domkowski said. Each has its benefits and drawbacks and choosing a solution depends on the individual installation needs, he added.
"Several solutions do exist to help sustain efficiency and minimize maintenance spending," Domkowski said. And many new innovative technologies are out there that could handle these problems.
Regardless, finding a successful way to educate consumers is key to solving the problem, he added. "Education is the number one thing that can help alleviate some of these issues," Domkowski said.
— Jennifer Fulcher, WEF Highlights
WEF Publications Cover Nonflushables in Wastewater Systems
Read other WEF articles that cover the problem of nonflushable disposable products in the wastewater system:
"Wipes in the pipes: WEFTEC speakers discuss contentious issues surrounding convenience wipes and collection systems," published in WE&T, December 2013.
"The incredible growing 'fatberg,'" published in WE&T, November 2013.
"Tackling the Wipes in the Pipes WEF-wide," published in WEF Highlights, October 2013.
"Stop, Don't Flush That: WEF members work to solve nondispersibles problem," published in WEF Highlights, June 2013.
"Wipe Out: One utility's public battle against disposable wipes," published in WE&T, August 2008.
Clogged Pumps, Collection systems, Education, Featured, Flushables, Infrastructure, Innovation, Maintenance, Nondispersibles, Public Education, Research, WEFTEC 2013, Wet Weather, Wipes
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DuckTales! Some Re-makes Aren't So Bad!
March 22, 2013 / Christopher Lee	/ Leave a comment
Here's a game that many of us played and loved….perhaps more than we realized.
I wasn't a big fan of the mainstream Disney characters. To this day, if you were to ask me what my favorite classic Disney cartoons are, I'd still say The Black Cauldron, The Sword and the Stone, and Fantasia. Mickey Mouse never did it for me, Donald, Goofy, Pluto, etc. Not really a fan. But there was just something about DuckTales that clicked. It was a fun, well made series. The best thing to come out of it, however, was the video game that came out in 1989 for the NES.
Games based on popular licensed properties have RARELY been good. Sure, there are exceptions like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Chronicles of Riddick, and the recent Walking Dead titles. But notice…those are all *new* (do I need to mention the LOST game?). Back in the day, the NES days, production companies would license anything and everything. Just to make more cash. To them it was no more different or important on the consumer end than slapping a decal on a t-shirt. Little effort and less love was put into most of them. *cough*E.T.*cough*. DuckTales, however, changed that. Continue reading →
Remember that Smiths game for NES?
March 5, 2012 / Christopher Lee	/ Leave a comment
Written by: Christopher Lee
Neither do I. Okay, it was a fever dream. That's what I tell everyone at least.
Or was it? This evidence may convince you otherwise:
Super Morrissey Bros. by lazyitis
Again, another great bit of music inspired by video games and fantastic hair.
I'm honestly trying to hold back quite a bit from gushing too much being a big fan of both the Smiths and midi tracks. So instead, I'll just leave this post as is and fall back into my imagination trying as hard as I can to insert a memory of playing a game in my youth on the NES where Mozz rides his bike around collecting bouquets of flowers, lamé shirts, and mousse for bonus points while he makes it to his gigs so he can raise money to pay the doctors at the hospital because his girlfriend's in a coma, oh, and trying not to hit any rocks while riding because I don't want to see him cry. (you just know it'd just be a side scroller).
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The Dream Calls For Blood — седьмой студийный альбом американской трэш-метал группы Death Angel. Альбом был выпущен 11 октября 2013 года на лейбле Nuclear Blast. В первый уикенд в США альбом разошелся тиражом в 5400 копий и занял 72 место в Billboard 200. За всю историю группы, это был первый раз, когда Death Angel попали в Top 100 в американских чартах.

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 Тэд Агилар — гитара, бэк-вокал
 Дэмиен Сиссом — бас-гитара
 Уилл Кэррол — ударные

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Ephox engineer Dylan Just continues his "Talks We Love" series on the blog discussing influential lectures in the world of Functional Programming. In this post, he highlights talks that explore the relationship between Logic and Type Theory.
The techniques and philosophies behind Functional Programming are considered the "bread-and-butter" within the Ephox Engineering team. Developer Dylan Just continues his two-part series on sharing the influential talks in FP that have been critical to the team's success. In this post, he dives into the mathematical theory that underlies a lot of the core concepts functional programming, Category Theory.
Functional programming plays a critical role within the Ephox Engineering team. In this post, Ephox Developer Dylan Just shares two influential FP talks that have shaped the path of his career and explain why developers should care about FP.


Absolutely enjoyed every word of this book, very inspiring. He writes about how to join in Gods current in a down to earth way. This book has inspired me to live in a different way.
This book was incredible. It was challenging, well written, practical and all around refreshing. As a church leader, I appreciated Niequest's transparency, wisdom and practicality. Too often, I read books about things like spiritual disciplines and practices that are very profound but not at all practical in terms of implementing or introducing to a congregation.
The cover of this book says so much. There's a table a current of water that supports bread and wine, the central elements of Christian communion. Niequist tells his story of discovering that church is filled with flawed humans and how that can impact faith. He provides concrete examples of ways that churches can provide more than a lesson on Sundays, but experiences that prepare people to connect with God throughout their lives. This book is especially designed for Evangelical Christians that are struggling with the church and faith.
1) Double down to your faith that no longer works and it's practices that already isn't working for you.
but this book leads you to think- to have a growth mindset- seeking the Way of Christ, by inviting Jesus and the Holy Spirit to help you see that there are more options, more ways to deepen your faith, to live in love with the Lord Jesus, and to swim in the eternal current.
As someone who was not familiar with a lot of formal practiced based faith practices, after the first two chapters I had more questions than answers, but from chapter three on, Aaron took a chapter to explain his discovery process, attempts in a church setting to include the liturgy, and other faith based practices, as well as his personal and family journey to live out faith practices in deep, meaningful ways.
Aaron Niequist mentions that he learned and was raised in a church setting labeled the Plymouth Brethern, he also criticized his experience in his local church. As someone who was also raised in this type of church, but attended different locations than Aaron did, and who still attends a PB group, don't be put off by his comments, when you get further into the book, you will recognize that his most essential practice, fellowship around the Lord's Supper/Communion was a faith practice given to him in his upbringing, but like many of us, what we knew in our youth and what we seek in our adult lives, we want to be more intentional, or bigger and better- I have found that I could continue in the same faith tradition and also appreciate the suggestions and concepts in this book. Especially learning from others and having a diverse world perspective of people and practices.


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Stagecraft and Statecraft
China-India-Japan Power Struggle in Asia
Posted on June 22, 2008 by Chellaney
Dragon, Tiger and Samurai
Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape Our Next Decade
by Bill Emmott
Book review by Brahma Chellaney
Pioneer, June 22, 2008
A fundamental reordering of power in Asia is challenging the equations between the continent's three major powers that hold the key to Asian stability. As they maneuver for strategic advantage, China, India and Japan are transforming relations between themselves in a way that portends closer strategic engagement between New Delhi and Tokyo to help parry Beijing's moves to dominate Asia. The present actions of the three players offer a peep into the future power relations in Asia.
A year-and-a-half after this reviewer published Asian Juggernaut: The Rise of China, India and Japan, a HarperCollins publication that was a runaway bestseller, Bill Emmott has done a book on the same Sino-Indian-Japanese theme. Emmott, a former editor of The Economist, is a specialist on Japan, having served as a correspondent there and published six books on that country. Not surprisingly, the sections on Japan in his latest book are the most interesting. Emmott doesn't display the same depth of understanding when analyzing India and China.
He is, however, right about the emergence of the new Asia that is today the world's main creditor and economic locomotive. "Today's Asia has been shaped by economics, and it is an Asia of increasing prosperity, of interdependence and of global financial influence," he writes. "This is the first time since the Mongol empire established by Genghis Khan in the 13th century that Asia has become truly connected together across 6,000 kilometers that separate Japan in the east from India in the west, or even as far as Iran".
Asia does not end at Iran's western borders but extends all the way to Turkey, 97 per cent of which is in the Asian hemisphere. The largest and most populous continent by far, Asia also includes 72 per cent of the Russian Federation. It encompasses very different and distinct areas — from the sub-arctic, mineral-rich Siberian plains to the subtropical Indonesian archipelago; and from oil-rich desert lands to fertile river valleys.
Asia is a highly diverse continent. It has countries with the highest and lowest population densities in the world — Singapore and Mongolia, respectively. It has some of the wealthiest states in the world, like Japan and Singapore, and also some of the poorest, such as North Korea, Burma and Afghanistan. It has tiny Brunei, Bhutan and the Maldives and demographic titans like China, India and Indonesia.
Asia is bouncing back after a relatively short period of decline in history that had been partly precipitated by European colonial interventions over two centuries. Asia's share of the world's economy totalled 60 per cent in 1820, at the advent of the industrial revolution, according to an Asian Development Bank study. It then went into sharp decline over the next 125 years.
Today, it already accounts for 40 per cent of global production — a figure that could, according to some projections, rise to 60 per cent by 2050, when three of the world's four largest economies (China, India, the U.S. and Japan) would be Asian.
This suggests that Asia is merely seeking to regain the preeminence it had for most of 2,000 years before the industrial revolution allowed the West to vault ahead. As British historian Angus Madison has brought out, China and India were the world's largest economies for centuries up to 1820. According to Kishore Mahbubani's new book, The New Asian Hemisphere, "The past two centuries of Western domination of world history are the exception, not the rule, during 2,000 years of global history".
It is against this background that one should view the power struggle between China and Japan, and China and India. Modern Japan, as Emmott notes, is the product of the 1868 Meiji Restoration, which set in motion its rapid rise. Japan first defeated China in 1895 and then Russia in 1905, "the first time an Asian country had defeated one of the Western imperialist powers", in Emmott's words. Japan was also Asia's first economic success story.
Such is the international hype about China's rise that it is often forgotten that Japan remains the world's second largest economic powerhouse, with an economy that is still larger than China's, with only a tenth of the population. Tokyo may not share Beijing's obsession with measures of national power, but Japan's military, except in the nuclear sphere, is the most sophisticated in Asia.
A strong Japan, a strong China and a strong India need to find ways to reconcile their interests in Asia so that they can peacefully coexist and prosper. Never before in history have all three of these powers been strong at the same time. China's emergence as a global player, however, is dividing, not uniting, Asia.
More anecdotal than forward-looking, Emmott, unfortunately, shies away from the power issues. In fact, the question the book carries in its subtitle, How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape Our Next Decade, is left largely unanswered.
When Emmott does dare to make a prediction, such as the Dalai Lama's death prompting China to "use brutal methods to suppress an uprising by Buddhist monks in Tibet", recent events prove him wrong. It did not need the Dalai Lama's demise for a Tibetan uprising to break out or for China to employ naked repression against monk-led protestors. The Dalai Lama indeed has emerged as China's enemy No. 1, reflected in the epithets Beijing has hurled at him in recent weeks, including "a wolf with a human face and heart of a beast" and "a serial liar".
Emmott has little to say about how China is driving Japan and India closer. Tokyo, as if to make up for decades of neglect, is beginning to enthusiastically discover India as an investment destination and a potential strategic partner. Reversing a long-standing pattern, it now provides more development loans to India than to China.
Every action has a reaction. China's officially scripted anti-Japanese mob protests of 2005 — a testament to the manner nationalism has begun to shape an increasingly assertive Chinese foreign policy — set in motion a Japanese reaction that will take long to concretize. But its signs so far suggest that Japan will not allow China to call the shots in East Asia. China, for its part, is fiercely opposing its two Asian peers, Japan and India, from joining it in the United Nations Security Council as permanent members. In the emerging Asia, the two major non-Western democracies, Japan and India, are set to become close partners.
In that light, a key challenge for Tokyo and New Delhi is to manage their increasingly intricate relationship with an ascendant China determined to emerge as Asia's dominant power. Yet it makes sense for Japan and India to play down the competitive dynamics of their relationship with Beijing and put the accent on cooperation. An emphasis on cooperation also suits China because it is in accord with its larger strategy to advertise its "peaceful rise".
Emmott believes, in his optimistic scenario, "China, India and Japan, encouraged by the Americans and Europeans, would work together to build pan-Asian institutions within which to manage their disputes and differences". But his nine recommendations — half of them addressed to what he calls "the poor old United States of America, the world's chief bearer of burdens and payer of prices" — provide little clue to how this scenario will be realized.
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Here Are All the Netflix Originals Premiering in October
We're talking beyond 'Stranger Things' Season 2 (but that, too).
Alex Wong
Now that it's generally getting colder around the world, Netflix seems happy to give you a few big reasons to stay indoors with their new batch of Originals.
October will see new seasons of Stranger Things and Voltron: Legendary Defender hit the platform. Stephen King fans can follow up the September releases of It and Gerald's Game with 1922, which is based on one of the author's short stories. And a new series about FBI agents and serial killers produced by David Fincher, among others, looks like a sure thing.
Whatever your interests, there should be something among October's Netflix Originals that catches your eye. If not, you can always check out what September had to offer to see if you missed anything, or you have something to look forward to toward the end of the month.
Available on 10/3
Rodney Carrington: Here Comes The Truth
Country music artist and comedian Rodney Carrington brings another comedy special to Netflix.
Bonus Family (Bonusfamiljen): Season 1
Bonus Family is a Swedish dramedy that follows a new couple (played by Vera Vitali and Erik Johansson), their exes (Petra Mede and Fredrik Hallgren), and their children (Frank Dorsin, Amanda Lindh, and Jacob Lundqvist), who all face the challenge of working as one big family.
ID-0: Season 1
Sanzigen
ID-0 is set in the far-flung future, in a time when robots called I-Machines are used to mine for a new mineral in deep space. The anime centers on Maya Mikuri, an Alliance Academy student who gets caught up in a pirate attack while operating on an I-Machine, and ends up working on an excavation ship.
Skylanders Academy: Season 2
Based on the toys-to-life video game series, Spyro the Dragon, Stealth Elf, Eruptor, Master Eon, and Jet-Vac return to fight Kaos and the other villains of Skylands in the second season of Skylanders Academy. The voice cast includes Justin Long, Ashley Tisdale, and Jonathan Banks.
Suburra: Season 1
A prequel to the 2015 film of the same name, Suburra is an Italian series that centers on a conflict between organized crime, corrupt politicians, and the Church. Alessandro Borghi, Giacomo Ferrara, and Eduardo Valdarnini star.
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
David France's documentary explores the murder of the titular LGBTQ activist, which was ruled a suicide by police, as well as her life and legacy.
Word Party: Season 3
Baby animals Bailey, Kip, Franny, and Lulu return for another season of the animated learning party.
Available on 10/10
Christina P: Mother Inferior
Comedian Christina Pazsitzky talks motherhood, being raised to show no feelings by her "crazy" parents, and attempts to explain why people hate millennials in this stand-up comedy special.
Fe de Etarras is a dark comedy that centers on an oddball group of armed terrorists in 2008, while Spain is competing in the World cup. The film stars Javier Cámara, Julián López, Miren Ibarguren, and Gorka Otxoa.
El Especial de Alex Fernández, el Especial
Alex Fernández appears in this new Netflix film.
Kingdom of Us
Kingdom of Us examines how a father's suicide affected his wife and seven children. The documentary is directed by Lucy Cohen.
MINDHUNTER: Season 1
Based on the book Mind Hunter: Inside FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit Mind Hunter: Inside FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by Mark Olshaker and John E. Douglas, this series follows two FBI agents who talk to imprisoned serial killers, and try to take what they learn from them to solve ongoing cases. The series stars Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany as the two agents, and is executive produced by David Fincher, Charlize Theron, Josh Donen, and Ceán Chaffin.
Super Monsters: Season 1
As the title suggests, Super Monsters is about preschoolers with superpowers that cause them to change into monsters at night. The series is all about building up the kindergarten readiness skills of children.
The life of a lonely, 12 year-old boy (Judah Lewis) is endangered when he learns that the babysitter he's attracted to (Samara Weaving) is part of a satanic cult.
Three adult siblings (played by Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Marvel, and Adam Sandler) contend with grudges and their abrasive father (played by Dustin Hoffman) in this Noam Baumbach-directed film.
Voltron: Legendary Defender: Season 4
The Paladins assemble the Voltron Coalition to fight the Galra Empire in Legendary Defender's fourth season, which is technically the second half of Season 3, as Netflix made the decision to split the season in two after it had already been produced.
Patton Oswalt: Annihilation
In April 2016, comedian and actor Patton Oswalt endured the loss of his wife, Michelle McNamara. Oswalt's latest comedy special will use material he created while working through his grief, as well as tackle subjects like the current political climate and social media angst.
Slasher: Guilty Party
The second season of the horror anthology series follows former summer camp counselors, who have to back back to a remote campground for evidence of a crime they committed when they were younger. Leslie Hope leads a cast of returning Slasher actors for the second season of the series.
Based on a short story of the same name by Stephen King, a rancher convinces his son to help kill his wife for financial gain. The film stars Thomas Jane, Molly Parker, and Dylan Schmid.
Haters Back Off: Season 2
Colleen Ballinger returns as her character, the talentless, overconfidant Miranda Sings, who's still trying to make it big on YouTube.
One of Us looks at the difficulties and sometimes life-threatening dangers of leaving the world of Hasidic Judaism.
The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate del Castillo Story
This three-part series details the day Mexican actress Kate del Castillo met the infamous drug lord El Chapo.
In this Jeremy Rush-directed film, Frank Grillo stars as a getaway driver who gets involved in a bank robbery that goes wrong. Now, he must race to find out who double-crossed him with his family and a car full of money at stake.
Wanted: Seasons 1 & 2
Universal Media Studios International
Two strangers (Rebecca Gibney and Geraldine Hakewill) are the main suspects in a fatal carjacking, resulting in them fleeing from authorities with a vehicle full of cash.
Stranger Things: Season 2
Set a year after the events of the first season, Stranger Things: Season 2 will focus Dustin, Mike, Will, Lucas, and Eleven (somehow) around Halloween in 1984. The season will further explore the mythology behind Will being taken to the Upside Down, and at some point see the kids suiting up as Ghostbusters.
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
In this documentary, filmmaker and actor Griffin Dunne examines the life of his aunt, influential writer Joan Didion.
Judah Friedlander: America Is The Greatest Country In The United States
In Judah Friedlander's stand-up comedy special, the actor and comedian tackles many pressing global issues, including racism, sexism, climate change, and fascism.
Zumbo's Just Desserts: Season 1
Zumbo's Just Desserts is an Australian baking reality competition series, which is hosted by Adriano Zumbo and Rachel Khoo, with Gigi Falanga as an assistant.


Hacienda Del Carmen is a charming hotel ideal for anyone who wants to relax, enjoy nature and forget the hassle of everyday life. Its unusual architecture and gardens make it a magical place, concerned about the environment. It is also a place full of history very preservative.Each room is equipped with period furniture but also has all the comfort and all the modernity necessary for a pleasant stay.The domain also proposes to host your events: meetings, birthdays, baptisms ..The hotel also has a spa that will allow you to find peace in an absolute comfort where the staff will be devoted to you.A stay in this property will be placed under the sign of peace and discovery since the geographical position of the Hotel will allow you to discover the "Ruta del Tequila" as well as the archaeological zone Guachimontones.


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Атес, Атец ( (офіційна назва), ) — муніципалітет в Іспанії, у складі автономної спільноти Наварра. Населення —  осіб (2009).

Муніципалітет розташований на відстані близько 330 км на північний схід від Мадрида, 14 км на північ від Памплони.

На території муніципалітету розташовані такі населені пункти: (дані про населення за 2009 рік)
 Аростегі: 38 осіб
 Сіганда: 25 осіб
 Лабасо: 3 особи
 Берасайн: 30 осіб
 Іріберрі: 4 особи
 Беунса: 60 осіб
 Беунса-Ларреа: 1 особа
 Амалайн: 0 осіб
 Егуарас: 40 осіб
 Егільйор: 12 осіб
 Ерісе: 32 особи

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Галерея зображень

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Муніципалітети Наварри


Families will find kid-friendly activities in Panaji, and visitors give high marks for the top-notch restaurants. This city also attracts tourists with its beaches. Top sights around the area include Anjuna Beach, Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception and Fort Aguada.


The list below includes the cities that the US Post Office accepts for ZIP code 95140. The preferred city may not be the city in which the ZIP is located. The city for 95140 is usually the name of the main post office. When mailing your package or letter, always include the preferred or acceptable cities. Using any city in the list of unacceptable cities may result in delays.
ZIP code 95140 is located in western California and covers a slightly higher than average land area compared to other ZIP codes in the United States. It also has a slightly less than average population density.
The people living in ZIP code 95140 are primarily white. The number of middle aged adults is extremely large while the number of seniors is slightly higher than average. There are also a small number of single parents and a slightly higher than average number of single adults. The percentage of children under 18 living in the 95140 ZIP code is small compared to other areas of the country.
ZIP code 95140 has an extremely large percentage of vacancies.
The majority of household are vacant. Homes in ZIP code 95140 were primarily built in the 1960s or the 1970s. Looking at 95140 real estate data, the median home value of $1,000,001 is extremely high compared to the rest of the country. It is also extremely high compared to nearby ZIP codes. So you are less likely to find inexpensive homes in 95140. Rentals in 95140 are most commonly 3+ bedrooms. The rent for 3+ bedrooms is normally $200-$299/month including utilities. Prices for rental property include ZIP code 95140 apartments, townhouses, and homes that are primary residences.
The median household income of $163,229 is compared to the rest of the country. It is also compared to nearby ZIP codes. So 95140 is likely to be one of the nicer parts of town with a more affluent demographic.
As with most parts of the country, vehicles are the most common form of transportation to places of employment. Pedestrians and cyclists beware. The area has some of lowest percentages of commutes without a vehicle in the country. Instead of a commute, a higher percentage of people in 95140 are able to work from home than most places in the nation. In most parts of the country, the majority of commuters get to work in under half an hour. In 95140 though, the percentage of people that make it to work in under half an hour is among the lowest. The area has an extremely high percentage of people that most travel over 45 minutes to their place of employment. People that commute should be aware of the potentially long commute times.
Compared to other ZIPs, 95140 has a very small percentage of people that did not graduate high school. The area has some of the highest percentages of people who attended college of any ZIP.


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Featured User: Jim Page – Film & TV Editor
About Team Nerdeo
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Tags :alexander Payne, Arthur and Merlin, editor, feature film editor, jim page, love is blind, mouse x, nerdeo, short film editor, tv editor
Jim Page
http://jimpage.co.uk/
I've been an Editor for 11 years; cutting Features, shorts, broadcast Documentaries and factual shows. I've cut for the BBC, Channel 4, Discovery, and for companies like Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, Red Bull…. It's been a long old slog.
Nerdeo: Who are you and what do you do?
I'm a Film and TV Editor. My job is to take what is shot and make sense of it, cut it together, chooser the best performances, and to both tell the story and the subplots of the film. I then work with the Director to fulfil his vision of what the best version of the film can be. If I do my job, you don't notice it!
Nerdeo: What projects have you worked on? What would you be most famous for?
There are no famous Editors! Even within the industry. My first feature film "Arthur and Merlin", was in the top 5 on iTunes when released. At the 2015 Cannes film Festival 2015 a short I co-edited "Love is Blind" was nominated for the Short film Palm D'Or, and other short's i've cut (including those funded by the BFI, Creative England and Film London) have been nominated for awards at festivals like New York, Edinburgh and London. A short I cut "Mouse X" has recently passed 240,000 views online, which was cool. So I'm not likely to be famous anytime, but I hope to be respected by the time I'm done!
Nerdeo: Do you have any personal projects you would like to develop?
I think a lot of Editors have "delusions of grandeur", and so I definitely have ideas for my own projects, which I plan on keeping under my hat…for now!
Nerdeo: Do you have a dream collaboration? With who?
Alexander Payne. His films are beautiful, hilarious, tragic and meaningful. Exactly what I aspire to make. Also, obviously, Spielberg (though he's used the same Editor for 40 years, so that aint happening!)
Nerdeo: Could you give any advice to someone looking to get into film editing?
Work. Work as much as possible. Sacrifice your personal life and spend all your time editing everything you can. You cant get better at this without doing it.
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Book Review: Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood | The Librarian Likes | Kids VT - small people, big ideas!
Grattan's summary: It's the summer of 1964 in Hanging Moss, Miss. For Gloriana June Hemphill, better known as Glory, summer is all about backyard baseball games with her best friend, Frankie; reading Nancy Drew books; playing junk poker with her older sister, Jesslyn; and spending time at the Hanging Moss Community Pool, where she plans to hold her 12th birthday party on the Fourth of July.
This year, though, everyone else has other concerns.
When Glory learns that the segregated pool is at the center of a fierce debate, her summer becomes a mission to open the minds and hearts of the people in her racially divided town.
Why you'll like it: Glory Be captures the simple pleasures of summer through a child's eyes, while reminding us that there comes a time in everyone's life when things get a bit more complicated. Glory is an empowering character who will make young readers feel like they can do anything. This wonderful work of historical fiction has been nominated for a Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award and is a must-have for schools and libraries.


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London's kickoff Call of Duty League event brings professional esports, exclusive entertainment, and behind-the-scenes access to fans and gamers with live tournament-style gameplay, VIP meet-and-greets, and a headline show by Nicky Romero, a celeb contender in the Home Series' must-see 2v2 Hype Battle.
Esports organization ReKTGlobal announces that Nicky Romero will headline the London Royal Ravens Home Series, the United Kingdom's kickoff event for the inaugural season of the Call of Duty League on Feb. 8-9, 2020.
One of the most influential modern electronic music artists and media moguls of our time, Romero will headline the London Royal Ravens Home Series, which marks the first hometown tournament for the team in Call of Duty League's inaugural season. In addition to an unforgettable concert experience on Feb. 8, Call of Duty superfans will have the opportunity to connect with Romero at a VIP meet-and-greet and watch him as he takes on soon-to-be-announced celeb opponents during one of the highly-anticipated Hype Battles that allow the world's biggest stars to showcase their Call of Duty skills on the main stage at league events. For more details on the event, and to purchase tickets, head here.
The Call of Duty League is a global, city-based esports league composed of 12 professional teams, representing 11 markets across North America and Europe. In its inaugural season, pro teams compete in 5-versus-5 Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare multiplayer matches, on PlayStation®4. The professional competition features the best Call of Duty esports players from around the globe, battling for the ultimate prize: The Call of Duty League Championship.
"We're excited to bring an incredible and historic weekend filled with unforgettable performances and festivities to Call of Duty's most loyal fans and the community as a whole," commented London Royal Ravens Managing Director Michael' ODEE' O'Dell, who also serves as Chief Gaming Officer for parent company ReKTGobal. "As the headliner, Nicky Romero brings incredible energy to the stage. He has strong ties to the UK and the esports community as an avid Call of Duty player and an investor committed to helping bring esports to its fullest potential. Between the action-packed tournament gameplay with Romero at the analyst desk on Sunday, and the Hype Battle and his exclusive concert on Saturday evening, fans are in for a real treat at this can't-miss event."
After taking the world by storm with early hits such as "Legacy" (with Krewella) and #1 single "I Could Be The One" (with Avicii), Nicky Romero quickly proved that his talent is ever-evolving and here to stay. After launching his Protocol Recordings imprint in 2012, the renowned performer, producer, and label head continued his personal successes with a string of high-profile releases, ranging from collabs with Mike Williams & Amba Shepherd, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, W&W, DallasK & XYLØ and Steve Aoki & Kiiara to remixes for the likes of Kygo, Rita Ora, David Guetta, Steve Aoki, Martin Garrix, Jess Glynne and more. All the while showcasing his label's roster via his weekly Protocol Radio show, Nicky Romero continues to touch down across the globe for his incredible live performances, including residencies at Las Vegas' Hakkasan and Omnia and forthcoming shows at ageHa in Tokio, Echostage in Washington DC, Du Arena in Abu Dhabi and more.
The London Royal Ravens event will kick off a tournament-style format that is familiar to the legacy of Call of Duty esports and former Call of Duty World League format, which featured pool play followed by a playoff bracket. Coupled with a new points system, the updated format will deliver an impactful, competitive experience for all. In addition to the hometown London Royal Ravens team, the Home Series weekend will feature the Chicago Huntsmen, Dallas Empire, Los Angeles Guerrillas, New York Subliners, Paris Legion, Seattle Surge and Toronto Ultra. To cheer on the London Royal Ravens as they compete to reign over the weekend bracket and add to their individual season point total on the road to the championship, visit here.
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At a time when there is widespread concern over the neglect of grassroots issues in the election campaign, efforts of activists to secure the commitment of (generally) reluctant politicians for protection of livelihoods and environment deserve wider appreciation.
Such an effort was made in the ecologically crucial Western Ghats region. This region is spread over five States (Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka) and includes 32 parliamentary constituencies. The 'Save Western Ghats' campaign prepared a citizens' manifesto for the protection of livelihoods and environment. This included issues like checking destructive mining practices, saving forests and rivers, protecting the livelihood of villagers particularly tribals, using rural employment guarantee scheme for regeneration of environment and imposing a ban on GM seeds.
This manifesto was prepared on the basis of consultations with nearly 85 organisations and 8000 people. Activists of 'Save Western Ghats' campaign contacted various candidates contesting elections in 32 constituencies to get their support for these demands. It is hoped that this will later help in the task of forming policies which are in keeping with the objective of protecting environment and livelihoods. Activists also requested candidates that if they are elected, they should form a parliamentary forum for protecting Western Ghats.
and an effort was made to obtain assurances of support from them regarding at least some of their demands.
In this disturbing situation, several social organisations and activists of this region in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh got together to prepare a list of important questions on drought, water and related issues. 'Jal prahris' or water guardians were identified in over 550 villages. These prahris with the help of local villagers approached candidates with the list of their questions and tried to obtain their views and commitments regarding these. This helped people to make a better choice at election time and in addition it will be helpful later to remind successful candidates about the assurance they had given earlier publicly.
A somewhat different effort was made by several people's organisations in Delhi in the form of a Jan Manch. These organisations carefully placed a list of reforms which the rural employment guarantee law needs to strengthen it. At the Jan Manch (People's Forum) leading representatives of various political parties were invited and asked to give their comments about the proposed reforms.
As was expected, in the presence of many people, senior social activists and the media, political parties were only too willing to endorse these reforms. This endorsement will be valuable later when activists take up campaign for improving the law after election.
At this Jan Manch a similar endorsement was obtained from representatives of various political parties to further strengthen the right to information.
In fact when, as a part of the preparation of Jan Manch, a careful documentation was done about the reforms that are needed in employment guarantee scheme and right to information, this documentation also proved helpful for some political parties while preparing their manifestos. Similarly the work done by the right to food campaign was useful for some political parties in preparing their manifesto.
It is hoped that such efforts to take grassroots issues to the forefront of election campaigns will be made with even greater vigour in the years to come, in the elections to come.


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Supreme Court of India Slams Nupur Sharma for the Controversial Comments Made on Prophet Mohammad
Ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma was criticized left, right, and center for the controversial comments she made on Islam and prophet Mohammad that triggered a series of events in the nation as well as internationally.
The court added that Sharma's comments had set the entire country on fire, blaming the unfortunate incident at Udaipur, where a tailor was murdered, on her outburst.
Supreme Court slams Nupur Sharma and says she should apologise to the whole country. Supreme Court says she and her loose tongue has set the entire country on fire. Supreme Court says her outburst is responsible for the unfortunate incident at Udaipur, where a tailor was murdered
— ANI (@ANI) July 1, 2022
The Supreme Court said that she must apologise to the whole country for her remarks. The court is hearing her plea to transfer all the FIRs registered against her across several states to Delhi for the investigation.
"She has threat or she has become security threat? The way she has ignited emotions across the country… this lady is single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country," Justice Surya Kant reacted, as senior advocate Maninder Singh pointed out that she was facing threats to life.
Supreme Court says Nupur Sharma has "threatened the security of the nation."https://t.co/jBnPq7PR99
— Mint (@livemint) July 1, 2022
Singh said she had given a written apology, but Justice Kant remarked that it was too late for her to withdraw and added that it was done "conditionally, saying sentiments hurt". Nupur being a lawyer, it is even more shameful for her to behave like this, he added. The court said that Ms. Nupur must approach the national television and apologise to the whole country.
"What if she is the spokesperson of a party. She thinks she has back-up power and (can) make any statement without respect to the law of the land," said Justice Kant.
The bench also criticized the TV debate for taking up such a prejudicial topic. When pointed out that the remarks were in response to a question by the anchor, the judge said that if it is so, there should be a case against the host also.
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The court was also skeptical of the Delhi Police's response in the matter and asked "what has Delhi Police done? Don't make us open our mouth."
Supreme Court refuses to grant relief to suspended BJP leader Nupur for transferring all FIRs registered against her to Delhi. Nupur Sharma withdraws her plea from the Supreme Court. pic.twitter.com/96zewta6ny
Finally, the Supreme Court refused to provide relief to Sharma. Justice Kant told Nupur Sharma's counsel, "No Mr. Singh, the conscience of the court is not satisfied. We must mould the law accordingly".
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At a normal, business-oriented hotel in the US with rooms intended for double occupancy, this is not usually a problem.
However, we don't know which hotel you're staying at or their policy, so the best thing to do would be to call the front desk and check. It's possible that there could be a difference in cost, such as if breakfast is included in the room rate, and they'd be able to give you that information in advance so you aren't surprised.
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Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman came away with an interception on a deep ball thrown by Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton.
The Seattle Seahawks are putting together yet another monstrous defensive effort in the NFC Divisional Round against the Carolina Panthers, who have already committed two turnovers.
The first Panthers turnover came on an interception thrown by quarterback Cam Newton, who heaved it deep to wide receiver Philly Brown.
Cornerback Richard Sherman, who infamously claimed to be the best corner in the game, backed up his words with an interception.
Here is a video from Vine of the outspoken Seahawks cornerback showing why quarterbacks are afraid to throw his way.


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Mega Millions Friday Night Jackpot $415 Million
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Friday night's Mega Millions drawing will give lottery players a shot at one of the largest jackpots in U.S. history.
No one has won a Mega Millions since March 8 and the jackpot has now grown to $415 million.
It's the largest jackpot since May's Powerball winner. A winner from New Jersey claimed $430 million on May 7.
Winning numbers in the Mega Millions game will be drawn at 10:00 PM Central time. The odds of picking the correct numbers on five white balls and one yellow ball are one in 259 million.
Mega Millions is played in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Go home to a tropical paradise when you have the Tropical Landscape Wall Mural. This wallpaper is a great investment if you want to de-stress in the comfort of your own home. Visuals greatly affect people's morale, and having a cheerful, tropical image in your own home will help you recuperate from the dreariness and fast-paced city living. Featuring an untouched beach with lush palm trees, the wall mural instantly brings in a summer edge that makes you look forward to your next outdoor holiday. Whether you install it in your sitting room, study or bedroom, it cannot be denied that its serene imagery will help you get a peace of mind in minutes.


In one of its biggest launches till date, Kshitij 13 associated itself with the cast of Krrish 3, Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra. The 2013 iteration of Kshitij also witnessed the launch of Bollywood movie, The Jackpot with the star cast of Sunny Leone, Sachin Joshi, along with the music director and playback singers of the movie. The pronites saw a performance by an international artist for the first time when Ukrainian DJ Teri Miko, one of the top 5 women DJs performed live. Also enthralling were DJ Chetas, DJ Veronica, and Sound Avataar. Sponsored by NRG, based on the theme Spectrum Ablaze, K-13 witnessed unprecedented participation, with 100 colleges and 40000 students in attendance. In the 54 events that were staged, the festival saw an average footfall of 10000 students a day between 21st, 22nd and 23rd November. Covered by 60 media personnel, the event received wide media acclaim.
Celebrating the festivals of the world, K-14, sponsored by schmitten, was conducted on 3rd, 4th and 5th December. With this in mind, the theme of the event was Esfera de Fiesta. 3507 contestants from 118 colleges participated across 44 events. This bears testimony to the burgeoning popularity of Kshitij, which was also evident from Kshitij being allowed tickers on Channel VH1. The first day of the event saw the teaser release of Bollywood potboiler Badlapur with Varun Dhawan. Also launched was the teaser of Marathi film Baaji with Shreyas Talpade. Tiger Shroff was a walk in guest who left the audience bemused with his charm. Stand up comedy stars Abhish Matthew and Kanan Gill had the audiences in fits of laughter. The pronites by international DJ- Da Candy, along with DJ Aashiks and Amit Gupta left the audiences enthralled. The major event attraction was Neo Lumiere, a UV act and Kabaddi, events unheard of in the Mumbai circuit.
Each academic year, all college students across the city look forward to attending various college festivals. Of all these, SVKM's Mithibai Kshitij is the most awaited and anticipated festival. This year, the theme for Kshtij'15 is Legion of Legends, as a mark of tribute and gratitude to all the legends, living and lost, across the world for their infinite contribution to the betterment of life as we know it. The festival was launched by the star-cast of the movie "Brothers" while the theme launch was held along with the exclusive music launch of the upcoming movie "Shaandaar". Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Fernandes, Siddharth Malhotra, Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt have already made their appearances to cheer and motivate the Kshitij-ites. The preparation for the upcoming festival has begun in full swing. By the looks of it, it can be said that this Kshitij'15 is going to go down in the history of college festivals for its grandeur, pronytes and large scale interesting events.
Mithibai's intercollegiate international cultural festival, "Kshitij- soaring beyond the horizon", this year was a stellar four day festival which touched a million hearts, made a million memories and cemented a million bonds.
With over 120 colleges and 45,000 people in attendance, the tenth edition, "Kshitij'16- Manifestation of the Mirage" set an enviable benchmark for other college festivals in town.
The journey this year has been star studded; right from the start. From Aishwarya Rai Bachchan coming to inaugurate the festival to a spontaneous promotion of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil by Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma celebrating the decade, we've had celebrity presence throughout.
The four day extravaganza, from the 1st to 4th of December, 2016 kickstarted with a blast. Headed by the Chairperson Harshal Thakkar and a core committee of 29 people, around 350 students worked implausibly to make the cultural extravaganza a grand success. Events ran like clockwork, and notable personalities gracing them praised Kshitij's concepts and management.
The most famous pronytes of the festival welcomed the bass queen DJ Justri who grooved the crowd on her tunes on Day 1, while Manj Musik and Nindy Kaur added their Desi touch on Day 2.
With 60 events in the field of Literary Arts, Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Management, Informals, Gaming and Sports, Photography and FilmFest, notable celebrities like Prahlad Kakkar, Ishq Bector, Elli Avram, Neeraj Gaba, Dipshikha Nagpal, Rohan Joshi, Ken Ghosh and many more judged the events. Sharman Joshi along with the cast of "Wajah Tum Ho" entertained the crowd at JRM grounds.
Events like Scorch the floor, Kshitij Model United Nations, Stock it Up, Human Foosball, Cover Shot, Cine-squeeze were the talk of the festival due to its innovative concepts and fabulous execution. The KTM bike stunt show and several sports events where participants showed exemplary display of courage were a crowd magnet. Zealous participants of varying age groups set the stage ablaze with their enthusiasm.
With exhuberant participation, meticulous execution and above all, flawless guidance from the Teachers Committee, we are happy to say that Kshitij touted to be 'the paragon of all youth fests' has definitely lived up to its name and through the four days have indeed proved why it's called Asia's largest growing youth festival!
Signing off, Kshitij promises to come back and soar even higher above the horizon next year!


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George Washington Ball (March 6, 1848 – March 14, 1920) was an American businessman and politician from Iowa who represented Jefferson County as a Republican in the state legislature as representative and senator.

George W. Ball was born in Hancock County, Virginia (now West Virginia), the son of Joseph and Margaret (Longfitt) Ball. He was descended from the family of which belonged Mary Ball, the mother of George Washington. He came with his parents to Jefferson County, Iowa, in 1854 where he attended the public schools and Fairfield University. He engaged in farming, banking and manufacturing, was a director in the Iowa State Savings Bank, the Iowa Loan and Trust Company and the Fairfield Gasoline Engine Company, all of Fairfield. In 1887 he was elected representative and re-elected two years later. Again elected in 1914, he served as representative in the Twenty-second, Twenty-third and Thirty-sixth General Assemblies. In 1916 he was elected senator from the Jefferson-Van Buren district, and served in the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth General Assemblies. He vigorously proposed repealing the law for extending and improving the capitol grounds.

Ball was married to Maggie Laughlin on October 31, 1872, and with her had five children. He died at Fairfield, aged 72.

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A Special Gift from a Very Special Young Lady
Lyric Baker, a Des Moines girl who recently celebrated her sixth birthday, visited the St. Vicent de Paul Society of Des Moines today to donate all of the money she received for her birthday to buy food for those in need.
Lyric, accompanied by her mother, stepfather and grandmother, presented social services director Fern Klemm with $217 in cash that she received for her birthday from friends and family. She had told friends that she did not want other gifts because she had already decided to make her donation to the Society.
The event was recorded by KCCI-TV photojournalist Glen Biermann and was set to air on the station's evening newscasts. After she made her donation, Lyric toured the Society's store, social services center, literacy center, intake department and warehouse. She met employees and volunteer, who each thanked her for her kind act.
"Lyric is obviously a very special girl who has a tremendous heart," said Eric Woolson, the Des Moines Council's executive director. "At such a young age, she is an example for all of us that the spirit of charity knows no bounds. Everyone here at St. Vincent de Paul was touched by her generosity and the love and concern she has for others."
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