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The Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas, will take the floor at the opening ceremony of the "Euroscience Open Forum" (ESOF2018 (link is external). Look for the available translations of the previous linkEN---), attended by more than 4000 delegates from more than 80 countries as well as 400 journalists and science communicators.
Commissioner Moedas, expressing his joy at taking part in the Forum, said: "ESOF brings together representatives from different parts of society to discuss research and innovation in a comprehensive way. This forum is unique, topical and necessary, because we need more collaborative, open and impactful research and innovation. Our intention for the EUâs next research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe, is based on this principle. I look forward to listening to the debates with the researchers, the students and the general public.


Been nervous today, because tomorrow is a bit special. I cannot tell you about it just yet. But soon, I promise.
Today was a typical day at work. For dinner we had some leftovers from last evening. Then we watched the telly for a spell. "Jeopardy!". "Lethal Weapon". And the first few minutes of "Black Lightning". The latter show features characters created by Tony Isabella, with assistance from Trevor von Eeden. Long time readers will recall that Bevboy's Blog owes its existence to the time I quit Tony's message board because he accused me of exulting in the death of someone, who died of the same thing that nearly killed my father in 2000. That accusation hurt, and I no longer felt welcome there, so I left, and eventually started this silly little blog, with its 4.7 readers.
I have moved on, and forgiven Tony for this, and I am happy that at this stage in his life he is finally getting some recognition for his work. I don't want to be his friend or anything, but I can at least recall some of the good exchanges I had with him and others on his message board. And I think I can enjoy the "Black Lightning" tv series as being what it is, and not associate it with someone who caused me a great deal of pain some 11 years ago.
The show is being recorded on my PVR as I type these humble words. I will watch it in the coming days and see how much of it jibes with my recollections of the "Black Lightning" comics I read years and years ago.
I think I should turn in. An important day awaits me.


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Duisburger FV 08 is een Duitse voetbalclub uit Duisburg, Noordrijn-Westfalen.

Geschiedenis
De club werd in juni 1908 opgericht als Hochfelder Fußball Club, Hochfeld is een stadsdeel van Duisburg. De club, die in rood-witte gestreept shirt en witte broek speelde, sloot zich aan bij de West-Duitse voetbalbond (WSV). In 1912 promoveerde de club naar de tweede klasse. In 1914 werd de huidige naam en clubkleuren aangenomen. In 1919 speelde de club voor het eerst in de hoogste klasse, toen de Noordrijncompetitie en werd vierde op 11 clubs. Na dit seizoen werden de clubs uit Duisburg overgeheveld naar de Bergisch-Markse competitie. In het eerste seizoen was er één reeks voor de regio Duisburg en de club werd vicekampioen achter stadsrivaal Duisburger SpV, in deze tijd was die club een van de topclubs van Duitsland. Het volgende seizoen werden de reeksen samengevoegd en in deze sterke competitie wist FV met voorsprong de titel binnen te halen. In de West-Duitse eindronde werd de club vijfde op zes clubs.

Na dit seizoen werden de clubs opnieuw naar een andere competitie overgeheveld, de nieuwe Nederrijnse competitie. De competitie werd over twee jaar gespeeld en elk seizoen werd één ronde gespeeld. Na de heenronde in 1922/23 stond FV tweede met één punt achterstand op SpV. In de terugronde kon SpV de voorsprong echter nog wat vergroten naar drie punten. Het volgende seizoen stond FV na de heenronde vier punten achter en kon dit in de terugronde beperken tot twee punten. Dat jaar was er wel nog een troostprijs want de vicekampioenen mochten nu ook naar de eindronde. In een groep met zeven clubs werd FV derde. Hierna werd de competitie opnieuw over één seizoen gespreid en er kwamen twee reeksen. De club werd samen met Meidericher SpV 02 groepswinnaar en versloeg deze in de finale met 3:2 en speelde dan nog tegen de andere groepswinnaar, Duisburger SpV en verloor beide wedstrijden. In de eindronde voor vicekampioenen werd de club opnieuw derde. Het volgende seizoen eindigde de club op een teleurstellende vijfde plaats en ook de volgende seizoenen eindigde FV steeds in de middenmoot. In 1931/32 kwam de remonte toen de club weer groepswinnaar werd. De finale werd gespeeld tegen Meidericher SpV en na een 0:4 nederlaag won de club met 3:2, doelsaldo was toen niet van belang en er volgde een derde wedstrijd die Meiderich helaas won en er was dit jaar geen eindronde meer voor vicekampioenen. Het volgende seizoen eindigde de club samen met Duisburger TSV 1899 op de eerste plaats en verloor de strijd om de groepswinst.

In Duitsland was intussen de NSDAP aan de macht gekomen, die het voetbal compleet herstructureerde. De West-Duitse bond en acht competities werden ontbonden en vervangen door drie Gauliga's. Door de goede notering was FV 08, in tegenstelling tot rivaal SpV hiervoor geselecteerd. De clubs kwamen nu tegenover sterke teams uit Essen, Düsseldorf en München-Gladbach te staan. In het eerste seizoen werd de club zesde op twaalf teams. Na nog twee seizoenen in de middenmoot volgde een degradatie in 1936/37 en de club slaagde er niet meer in te promoveren. Datzelfde jaar bereikte de club wel nog de 1/8ste finale van de Tschammerpokal, de voorloper van de DFB-Pokal en verloor hier van Borussia Dortmund.

Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog begon de club opnieuw in de Bezirksklasse en promoveerde in 1947 naar de Landesliga en twee jaar later naar de Oberliga West, dat nu de hoogste klasse was, echter werd de club laatste en degradeerde weer. Het volgende seizoen liep de club een onmiddellijke terugkeer net mis, maar het jaar erna degradeerde de club zelfs. Het duurde tot 1962 vooraleer de club opnieuw kon promoveren en werd voorlaatste. In 1964 waren er gesprekken om te fuseren met Duisburger SC 1900, maar deze laatste zag hier geen voordeel in en de fusie sprong af. In 1966/67 plaatste de club zich voor de eerste ronde van de DFB-Pokal, maar verloor hier meteen van Schwarz-Weiß Essen. Op sportief vlak gleed de club weg naar de Bezirksliga, intussen de vijfde klasse.

In 1982 promoveerde de club weer naar de Verbandsliga en speelde datzelfde jaar een vriendschappelijke wedstrijd tegen het grote FC Bayern München. Voor 12.000 toeschouwers verloor de club met 1:4 van de grootmacht. In 1984/5 bereikte de club opnieuw de eerste ronde van de DFB-Pokal en verloor daar van Bundesligaclub SV Waldhof Mannheim. In 1988 degradeerde de club en keerde terug in 1991. In 1994 was de club dicht bij een promotie naar de Oberliga Nordrhein, maar miste deze net. Na degradatie uit de Verbandsliga in 1998 gleed de club af tot de Kreisliga A in 2003 en in 2009 volgde zelfs degradatie naar de Kreisliga B, de laagste klasse.

Erelijst
Kampioen Bergisch-Mark
 1922

Externe links
 Officiële website

Duitse voetbalclub
Sportclub in Duisburg

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New Tales from an Old Forest
Exploring the New Forest with Joan Begbie
About Joan Begbie
A walk round Godshill Wood in the New Forest
On May 29, 2021 May 28, 2021 By Amanda ScottIn Butterflies, Joan Begbie, New Forest, Northern New Forest, Trees and forestry, Wildflowers
In which I enjoy the first properly sunny day for ages
We left the wood with regret, for though there is no very impressive timber to look at, the hill only having been planted in 1810, it has big clearings revealing such visions of trees climbing up one slope, pouring down others, filling hollows, and capping the rises beyond that we were almost persuaded to spend the rest of the morning in the enclosure.
Joan Begbie, Walking in the New Forest, published 1934
At the end of my last post I promised to take you back to Godshill Wood in the New Forest, following the circular route of a butterfly survey I regularly undertake there. True to my word, here we are, on a sunny May morning, leaving the car in the Forestry Commission car park and ready to set out on one of my favourite walks.
Joan Begbie and her two dogs (Bill, a white bull terrier, and Mr Bundy, a diminutive griffon) passed this way, but Joan only describes (in her 1934 book Walking in the New Forest) going along the wide area of open turf that follows the south-eastern edge of the inclosure; she then entered the wood and walked northwards to emerge onto the Woodgreen road. This is such a small corner of a lovely wood, and I worry that Joan has missed a treat. The quotation from her book at the top of this post suggests she thought so, too.
I'm therefore imagining showing Joan, Bill and Mr Bundy more of the wood, including the wood ants' birch tree, the sunny clearing where wildflowers grow and butterflies mingle, the road of graceful beeches, and the way you can take to Castle Hill and the grandest view for miles around.
Godshill Wood
Godshill Wood, in the north of the New Forest, manages to be both very popular and a haven. Although you're unlikely to walk along any of the main footpaths without meeting a few people, even early in the morning (often with canine companions – this is a favourite place for dog walking), they are always friendly (both people and dogs). I've had many a lovely chat with folk I've bumped into along the way here while surveying butterflies. The conversation usually starts with an enquiry about my clipboard and what I'm doing, then we'll talk about butterflies and birds, moths and deer, and how we love this wood. So, while this is not a place to visit for solitude, its soul is heartening, as are its people.
Bill and Mr Bundy would have had a whale of a time in Godshill Wood: so many other dogs to meet, things to sniff, muddy patches to jump in and shrubby patches in which to get lost. Bill in particular would have disappeared into the undergrowth, only emerging every now and then, twigs in his fur; I think even the more cautious Mr Bundy would have been tempted to leave Joan's side to explore.
The two faithful dogs that accompanied Joan Begbie on all her New Forest walks were Bill, a white bull terrier, and Mr Bundy, a 'rough-haired brindled griffon of diminutive size and choleric disposition' (Mr Bundy was named after the lead character in two childrens' books written by Joan's father, Harold Begbie, one of which – Bundy on the Sea, published in 1903 – was dedicated to the young Joan). Bill was the more adventurous of the two dogs and quite a handful, whereas Mr Bundy was more cautious, often to be found trotting close to Joan's heels. This delightful drawing of them, from Walking in the New Forest, is by Joan (she illustrated her book herself).
I've shown the route of the butterfly survey walk on the sketch map below, but you can see there are many other tracks through the woods. There are even some 'secret' ones: narrow paths meandering between the trees that are not shown on the Ordnance Survey map: they may be winding ways between trees worn into paths by foresters or deer (not ponies, which are fenced out of the inclosure – though some occasionally do sneak their way in). These hidden paths bring adventures, and are the best place to find a whisper of the old wood that grew here before the forestry inclosure was planted in 1810. One of my favourite secret ways in Godshill Wood is just north of where the map finishes, but I'll take you there another time. Today, we're walking the butterfly route.
A sketch map of part of Godshill Wood (the same as for the previous post, with a few more annotations). The butterfly survey route is shown as a red dotted line: the walk is about two miles long, and there are many more paths to explore. If you read my last post Things to know about bilberry, then you may notice I've added more bilberry locations to the map: Godshill Wood is wonderfully full of it. There is a reasonably large car park, and a smaller one to the west (both marked on the map), but beware, they fill up quickly on a sunny day.
The butterflies of Godshill Wood
Perhaps this is a good place to pause and mention the butterflies. The unusually wet and cold weather this spring has not done them any good, and fewer than normal for the time of year have so far been on the wing, either on this survey route or on the many others walked across the Forest by members of the New Forest Transect Group (transect is a formal word meaning the route of a species survey). While I wasn't surveying for butterflies on this particular morning, I was keeping half an eye out for them as the day warmed up, but with no luck, despite the sunshine. Godshill Wood isn't home to any rare butterflies, but a fair few different species are found at various times during the spring and summer. These include Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood, Large and Small White, Green-veined White, Red Admiral, Peacock and Holly Blue, together with Brimstone, Orange-tip, Ringlet and Silver-washed Fritillary, plus a few others in smaller numbers.
My personal favourite is the Speckled Wood, perhaps the feistiest butterfly there is. The males are strongly territorial, perching in vegetation as they scout for females, and will pluckily see off any 'invader', including humans. A walk through the woods in the summer months is usually punctuated by small brown butterflies dive-bombing into your path until you move on – you were, of course, moving on anyway but, as far as any Speckled Wood alpha male is concerned, you have been successfully sent packing, and he will return victorious to his perch.
Large Whites
Speckled Wood
Meadow Browns
Green-veined Whites
Ringlet
A secret path
The first part of the butterfly survey route follows the grassy wide strip of land along the southeastern edge of the wood, the further edge of which dips down steeply to Millersford Bottom. This is a lovely view. You can't see as far as from nearby Castle Hill, but the slope towards the hidden valley, glinting with water and stippled with sphagnum, and the rise to Godshill Ridge and Deadman Hill, make for an enchanting sight. Go early in the morning on a sunny day, and the mist will be sparkling in the air. The way along here is a favourite with Holly Blues: there's lots of Holly (the main springtime food plant of Holly Blue caterpillars) and Ivy (on which the second generation caterpillars feed in summer).
Eventually, you come to the second gate (as Joan calls it, because there is a 'first gate' next to the car park). The track beyond here is often boggy, but don't worry because here is one of the secret paths. Almost immediately after passing through the gate, you will see a faint turning to the right. It looks like boots have trodden a way to avoid the mud but, rather than returning immediately to the main path after the boggy patch is passed, the secret way continues on in a parallel direction, winding through the trees. You can see people walking on the main track to your left, but they can't see you. I have to squelch along the proper path for the butterfly survey, but any other time I take the hidden way. I think Joan would approve: Bill certainly would.
The butterfly crossroads
We cross the cycle path. In the walk that Joan describes in her book, she turns right here, but today we're continuing on towards a sunny crossing of paths. This little clearing, in times of more prolonged warm spring weather, boasts wild flowers and butterflies, and even today there is Tormentil, Daisy, Speedwell and Stitchwort. The sky is blue and the sun is gleaming in the moist grass, so we can hope for butterflies before too many more days have passed, flitting among the flowers.
The sunny clearing at the crossing of tracks in Godshill Wood
The way to Castle Hill
If you continue straight on from here and turn left at the next crossing of tracks, you will find your way across the main (and very straight) Woodgreen to Godshill road and into the western part of the wood, before emerging onto another road and the finest view you could ever wish for. This is Castle Hill. The castle itself is an Iron Age hill fort, which I have yet to visit. The panorama from the roadside car park (which has convenient benches) is the reason most people come here. From the escarpment, your eyes scan westwards, passing over water meadows and Breamore Mill, before rising towards the chalk hills of Cranborne Chase. Swans often rest in the water meadows: I have counted over fifty before now through my binoculars. Another time, two Red Kites circled overhead.
The wood ants' birch tree
However, this is not the way we go today. Instead, we turn left at the sunny butterfly crossroads, out of the sunshine and into the tree shade, following the path – another muddy one and a favourite of the feisty Speckled Woods – until reaching the cycle track once more. Ahead, you can see the 'first gate' and parked cars, but we turn right here, and it's not long until you find the wood ants' birch tree.
The last two years, there's been a Southern Wood Ants' nest against the trunk of this birch – not a particularly large nest, but a nest nonetheless, built from twigs, leaves and pine needles as well as soil. They are the largest species of ant in the UK, at up to 1 cm long, and are voracious predators of small invertebrates, as well as being very territorial. Questing dogs (that includes you, Bill and Mr Bundy) may want to think twice about poking their noses too close if they don't want to be sprayed with formic acid.
I've always been fascinated watching the ants rushing around in complicated patterns of movement on top of their nest, before some head off in single file up the birch tree, while others march away to forage elsewhere. This year, I'm sad to find the nest seems to have disappeared, although there are still ants on the tree. I also found wood ants climbing two nearby birches, but couldn't spot a nest. It's possible the original nest was disturbed or predated, and the ants we're seeing today are from elsewhere. The nest may even have fallen foul of an ant war with a neighbouring colony. I'll be keeping an eye on their tree this year, to see what happens and if an ant home is rebuilt against its trunk. I'm glad, though, that they're still climbing their tree.
A Southern Wood Ant (Formica rufa) climbs the wood ants' birch tree in Godshill Wood in the New Forest. Despite being a fairly common sight across the New Forest and other parts of southern England and Wales, the species is on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Habitat loss is the main cause of concern.
Why do they climb the birch tree? The ants have a 'sweet tooth'; their favourite food is honeydew, which is secreted by aphids, a few species of which feed on birch sap. The wood ants are not only off up the tree to feast on and gather the honeydew; they also encourage the aphids to produce more of the tasty substance by stroking them with their antennae. In return, the ants provide a defence to the aphids against predation. Find out more on the Woodland Trust's website.
The road of graceful beeches
Continuing on, we cross the road that cuts through the wood north to south. This road feels like it should be a modern addition because it is so very straight, but it's been there a long time, appearing on older maps. I call it 'the road of graceful beeches', even though there are also other tree species – oaks, sweet chestnut, conifers – crowding along its edges. It's the way, though, that beeches hang their branches high above the road in shimmering curtains of laced green. When backlit on a sunny day, the effect is magical as your eye follows the straight road's narrowing perspective, whether the beech leaves are the delicate green of spring, the deep green of summer, or the russet of autumn.
On the other side of the road, we follow the path, finding Bluebells and Stitchwort, before turning left along a shady track that leads to a gate out of the wood. Ponies often stand near this gate, watching as you get near: I think they are hoping to get in to explore the rich pickings within the boundary.
The last stretch
Outside the wood again, we turn left and up a track before walking across the grass, past a bench (welcome to weary feet) and then crossing the road and back into Godshill car park.
Joan, Bill and Mr Bundy would have enjoyed this walk. I hope they did go back another time, maybe after Joan's book was finished and published, and that is why she could not include it in her writing. All three of them, human and dogs, are just the sort who would have loved this friendly wood, with its characterful trees, sunny clearings and secret ways.
I walk the butterfly survey route as part of the New Forest Transect Group (NFTG), which is affiliated with the national charity Butterfly Conservation. The NFTG has over 50 transects that are monitored weekly by volunteers from April to September across the New Forest. This happens all over the country; the regular records enable Butterfly Conservation to keep track of butterfly populations and monitor changes over time. Find out more about this and other butterfly and moth recording schemes.
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4 thoughts on "A walk round Godshill Wood in the New Forest"
Mary Lambert
I loved this walk, and was fascinated by the butterfly news. I went for a beautiful walk on the moors in West Renfrewshire today , with my husband, a friend, and our labrador. . We were blessed with a perfect day. My friend called my attention to a little brown speckled butterfly that I don't remember having seen before. We studied it carefully….took in it's delicate markings….and to my surprise and delight…there it was in your blog….with fascinating insights into it's 'personality'! Thank you for increasing my enjoyment, in Joan's, your, and my walks!
Amanda Scott
Thank you so much for your comment, Mary. I'm glad you enjoyed the walk, and that you have yourself met a lovely Speckled Wood! I'm a big fan of the 'brown' butterflies. They can get overlooked in favour of their more colourful cousins but, as you saw with your Speckled Wood, they have a delicate beauty all of their own. Here's to sunny days, happy walks and butterfly spotting!
podgegray
Your photographs so brilliantly capture your descriptions. I find reading your work so relaxing. I feel like I am with you, Joan and the dogs. Well done.
Thank you. That's really encouraging to know, and I'm so glad you get pleasure from the posts. I actually find writing the posts makes me feel really relaxed, too: wherever I'm writing about, I'm back there again in my head!
Joan Begbie published her book of New Forest walks, Walking in the New Forest, in 1934, almost 100 years ago. Joan writes entertainingly and with a shining love for the Forest as she describes each of her many walks. In this blog, I'm following in her footsteps. I was curious to discover how things have changed in the New Forest since she was writing, and how much is the same. I follow her routes using a modern OS map (OS Explorer 22), comparing it with an OS map dating from the 1930s. Each post describes a different walk (or part of a walk). Why not come with me to explore!
The New Forest National Park is in the south of England, lying mainly in the county of Hampshire, and in Wiltshire to the north.
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Nike cooked up something special for the new Nike Kids Air Max 97 (921522-009). This Air Max family member is a treat for the feet, sharing the same sharp detailing and prestige of its relatives but appearing with a sleeker build. Premium textile and mesh molded overlay gives a streamlined look and a textured aerodynamic feel, and while the original '97 design will always be a fan favorite, Nike returned to the kitchen to remix the classic recipe with a special ingredient to give them a little extra umph. The result? A new puffed up midsole that holds soft Nike Air units as their rich center for optimal impact protection and bounceback that keeps you going all day long. As an experiment in cushioning, these running shoes were made to help you experience the exquisiteness of weightlessness in every step.


The installation of the Venustiano Carranza regime in Mexico City did not result in lasting tranquility with the United States. Events became so chaotic that the State Department issued a warning to U.S. citizens living in Mexico to leave the country. Thousands took the advice.
One of Carranza's allies, Francisco "Pancho" Villa, turned against the new president, claiming with some justification that Carranza was not making good on his reform pledges. Villa himself was a rascal, an enormous self-promoter and an occasional champion of the underprivileged. Villa was initially engaged in a struggle on behalf of the government against rival forces. He became the darling of Hollywood filmmakers and U.S. newspapermen by granting open access to his campaigns. Some claimed that he actually staged battles for the cameras and publicity.
Villa's horizons broadened considerably when he began to seek control of the Mexican government for himself. His method was to weaken Carranza by provoking problems with the United States. On January 10, 1916, his forces attacked a group of American mining engineers at Santa Ysabel, killing 18. The Americans had been invited into the area by Carranza for the purpose of reviving a number of abandoned mines.
Pancho Villa's men struck next on March 9, by crossing the border to attack Columbus, New Mexico, the home of a small garrison. The town was burned and 17 Americans were killed in the raid. War fever broke out across the United States. Senator Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona suggested that "more grape shot and less grape juice" was needed, a none-too-subtle indictment of the teetotaling secretary of state William Jennings Bryan.
President Wilson abandoned "watchful waiting" and appointed General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing to head a punitive force of 12,000 soldiers to locate Villa — dead or alive. Carranza was not enthusiastic about the incursion of an American army onto Mexican soil, and became even less so the farther south the soldiers marched. Despite several close calls, Villa always managed to escape the larger and better-equipped invaders. An exasperated Pershing cabled Washington: "Villa is everywhere, but Villa is nowhere."
The chase lasted nine months and finally ended in February 1917, when Wilson summoned the soldiers home in anticipation of imminent hostilities with Germany.
A new Mexican constitution had been adopted in January 1917. The document sharply reduced the powers of the Roman Catholic Church and foreigners, which reflected popular disgust with those two elements of oppression. Carranza was formally elected president by a democratic vote and was recognized by the United States. Pancho Villa was a popular hero in many quarters in Mexico, but had also made many enemies over the years. He was ambushed and killed several years later, probably at the instigation of then president Obregon.
See General John J. Pershing . To other Wilson foreign affairs activities .
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At Long Last, Blue Water Navy Veterans Win Agent Orange Benefits
Authors: Gideon J. Miller, Esq. and Eric A. Gang, Esq., January 30th 2019
Marking an enormous, long-overdue victory for Vietnam veterans, the Federal Circuit set precedent Tuesday in a decision that finally extends Agent Orange presumption to "blue water" Navy veterans. For over a decade, the VA has excluded these up to 90,000 Vietnam veterans from receiving disability benefits for Agent Orange exposure – until now.
VA Excludes Vietnam Navy Vets from Disability Pay
Saving money is a top priority for the Department of Veterans Affairs, apparently much more important than caring for our nation's veterans. And cutting thousands of Vietnam veterans out of disability benefits is one way to do it.
Over 1 million Vietnam vets were exposed to Agent Orange, a toxic defoliant sprayed over 12,000 square miles of Vietnam forests between 1962 and 1971 as a part of "Operation Ranch Hand". This dangerous herbicide contains the contaminant, TCDD, a cancer-causing agent that enters the body through touch, inhalation, or ingestion.
Studies conducted in the 70s and 80s determined that Vietnam veterans were indeed developing disease from Agent Orange exposure, but the problem wasn't truly addressed until Congress enacted the Agent Orange Act of 1991.
Under the Agent Orange Act, [38 USC § 1116] the VA automatically presumes veterans who served in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, and develop certain diseases associated with Agent Orange exposure are eligible for disability benefits.
The statute says the Agent Orange presumption applies to any "veteran who, during active military, naval, or air service, served in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era and while so serving was exposed to that herbicide agent…"
Seems pretty clear right?
But for years, the VA has denied disability benefits for Navy veterans who served off the coast of Vietnam (saving millions of VA dollars in the process), by arguing that the statute's language doesn't include sailors who never set foot on land.
In a nutshell, the VA continually refuses these veterans benefits by arguing:
That veterans stationed offshore didn't technically serve in the "Republic of Vietnam," and
That veterans stationed offshore couldn't have been exposed to herbicides.
Numerous blue water Navy veterans have fought back over the years, saying the language of the Agent Orange Act clearly says "…naval veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam," meaning the land, plus the waters extending 12 nautical miles offshore.
But the fight has been unsuccessful, the Court ruling that veterans who never went ashore weren't truly in the "Republic of Vietnam" and couldn't have been exposed to Agent Orange.
Veteran Procopio Argues Blue Water Vets Suffered AO Exposure
Enter 73-year-old Alfred Procopio Jr., a veteran who served on the USS Intrepid off the coast of Vietnam from November 1964 to July 1967.
In 2011, and again in 2015, the Board of Veterans Appeals denied Mr. Procopio service connection for his prostate cancer and diabetes (both listed as VA Agent Orange presumptive diseases) because he wasn't "present on the landmass or the inland waters of Vietnam during service and, therefore, he is not presumed to have been exposed to herbicides, including Agent Orange..."
But Mr. Procopio didn't give up. He continued to claim he was eligible for benefits, citing several studies showing that Navy veterans were indeed exposed to Agent Orange when they bathed in, cooked with, and drank from the ship's water filtration system coming from the contaminated South China Sea.
Again, the VA argued that when Congress said presumption applies to service in "the Republic of Vietnam," it meant "the territorial waters over which a sovereign nation has dominion and control" and doesn't include "territorial waters as part of the definition of the country itself."
Nevertheless, Mr. Procopio's willingness to fight for his rightfully-deserved benefits paid off. In Tuesday's groundbreaking decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled 9-2 that Congress obviously intended to include sailors serving off the coast of Vietnam in the coverage granted by the Agent Orange Act.
Circuit Judge Kimberly A. Moore wrote, "By using the formal term "Republic of Vietnam," Congress unambiguously referred, consistent with that backdrop, to both its landmass and its territorial sea."
"We also note that the statute expressly includes "active military, naval, or air service… in the Republic of Vietnam," reinforcing our conclusion that Congress was expressly extending the presumption to naval personnel who served in the territorial sea," said Judge Moore.
"Because "the intent of Congress is clear, that is the end of the matter," Judge Moore concludes. "Mr. Procopio is entitled to a presumption of service connection for his prostate cancer and diabetes mellitus."
Thousands of Vietnam Navy Vets Now Eligible for Disability Benefits
In light of Tuesday's decision (and barring an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court), the VA must now presume that any veteran who served in Vietnam (on land or offshore) was exposed to Agent Orange, and, therefore, must grant service connection if the veteran has one of the following conditions:
AL Amyloidosis
Chronic B-cell Leukemias
Chloracne (or similar acneform disease)
Ischemic Heart Disease
Peripheral Neuropathy, Early Onset
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT)
Respiratory Cancers (including lung cancer)
Soft Tissue Sarcomas (other than osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, or mesothelioma)
Finally, with the Court's decision in favor of tens of thousands of sailors exposed to Agent Orange while serving offshore in the Vietnam war, our valued blue water Navy veterans are eligible for the same VA benefits as those stationed on land or in inland rivers.
For more information on collecting disability benefits for Agent Orange exposure, read our complete guide: How Vietnam Veterans Win VA Disability Compensation Benefits for Agent Orange Exposure.
If you or someone you know is a Vietnam blue water Navy veteran and have questions about what Tuesday's precedential decision could mean for you, please give us a call at 888.878.9350.
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Q: UITableCell stays grayed out after deleting and creating new I created a UITableView with a custom UITableViewCell.
On swipe I delete the last row using
[tableView deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:[NSArray arrayWithObject:indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationAutomatic];

I open a new ViewController to provide input for a new cell;
Even if I do a "deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath" a new cell is still grayed out (the same way it looks after swiping and the delete buttons shows up - just that it is not moved to the left and no delete button is shown). It only goes back to normal after swiping to delete but canceling it.
I tried several things like
tableView.editing = NO;
[tableView endEditing: YES];
tableView reloadData
tableView reloadInputViews, ...
This problem only happens since iOS 7.
What can I do to have a regular color when creating a new row after deleting all previous rows?
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- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete)
    {
        [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:FALSE];

        [_data removeObjectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
        [tableView deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:[NSArray arrayWithObject:indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationAutomatic];
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Sherlock is reunited with "M." a British criminal who appears to have followed him to New York. Meanwhile, Joan has reservations about leaving Sherlock and taking on a new client.
Sherlock and Joan investigate the murder of the general manager of a high-end Manhattan hotel. Realizing her value, Sherlock asks Joan to stay by offering her an apprenticeship.
Sherlock is called in to investigate a case involving an alleged uncrackable bank vault called "The Leviathan." Meanwhile, Joan is pleasantly surprised when Sherlock meets her family and defends her choice to become a sober coach.
Sherlock uses his trademark deductive reasoning skills to find the killer of a well-known college professor. Meanwhile, Watson gets a call from a former lover who needs her help.
Sherlock assists in a double homicide that bears a resemblance to a series of murders from 13 years ago. Meanwhile, Watson visits Sherlock's old rehab center to learn more about the distant, mysterious man in her care.
Sherlock tries to prove mechanical error was not to blame for a plane crash. Meanwhile, Watson tries to convince Sherlock to meet with his elusive father.
While conducting research in a hospital morgue, Sherlock tries to determine who has been killing terminal hospital patients, making it look like they all died of natural causes. Meanwhile, Sherlock learns more about Joan's decision to walk away from her surgical career.
Sherlock uses his powers of deduction to consult on the murder of a young man who is shot upon entering his apartment. Meanwhile, Watson has dinner with her ex-boyfriend, Ty (Bell Heck).


Henhouse Pottery: Time to start working again!
Two weeks with my lovely girls has spoiled me; it'll be hard getting back to work next week. The April showers have disrupted some of our gardening plans. One minute we're basking in sunshine getting stuck into the weeding,m the next we're running for cover as we're under fire from high powered hail stones! The hens have settled in well and have started laying; kids adore them!
I still have a huge amount of pottery in stock and I'm struggling to find outlets for it. The Ebay shop wasn't very successful as it cost more than I made. I'm not getting much luck on Folksy or etsy either. The trouble is paying for adverts does generate sales, but not enough to make it worthwhile. I'm beginning to think that I need to look for a shop that'll exhibit my work without wanting to take a huge cut - easier said than done!
It's definitely time to start pushing things forward again...my dilemma is which direction to push!


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O Prince é um sedan médio-grande que foi fabricado pela extinta companhia Daewoo Motor, entre 1991 e 1997. Em virtude da associação entre a marca sul-coreana e a General Motors, o Prince utilizava plataforma e base mecânica do Opel Rekord E. O Prince teve uma versão mais luxuosa, vendida como Super Salon em vários mercados, dentre eles o americano e o brasileiro. Deu lugar ao Daewoo Chairman, cujo projeto pertence à também coreana SsangYong.

Foi importado para o Brasil em 1994 e 1995. As últimas unidades, fabricadas em 1995, foram vendidas no correr de 1996.

Versões
Foi comercializado aqui em cinco versões distintas:

 Daewoo Prince standard- câmbio manual e bancos em veludo
 Daewoo Prince ACE A300 - Contava com bancos em couro e transmissão mecânica.
 Daewoo Prince ACE A301 - Contava com bancos em couro e transmissão automática
 Daewoo Prince ACE A700 - Contava com bancos em couro, freio ABS e transmissão manual
 Daewoo Prince ACE A701 - Contava com bancos em couro, freios ABS e transmissão automática

Era ofertado nas cores preta, prata, verde, azul, grafite e branca.

Galeria

Ver também
 Abeiva
 Chevrolet
 Daewoo
 SsangYong Motors

Ligações externas
 Daewoo Prince Specifications

Prince


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Must-See: Watch a Sneak Peek of 'Steel Magnolias' Starring Queen Latifah, Jill Scott & More
Some of Hollywood's biggest names come together to remake a classic film for Lifetime.
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In March it was announced that several of Hollywood's biggest and brightest stars would be joining forces to remake the 1989 classic film Steel Magnolias for Lifetime.
Today, we're getting our first glimpse at the film starring Queen Latifah (M'Lynn), Phylicia Rashad (Clairee), Jill Scott (Truvy), Alfre Woodard (Ouiser), Condola Rashad (Shelby) and Adepero Oduye (Annelle).
The story follows the close relationship of six women through their ups and downs. Kenny Leon directed the TV movie which is set to air later this year on Lifetime.
Are you excited to see how Hollywood's top Black actresses will interpret the film?


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Lisa Giocomo is an American neuroscientist who is associate professor in the Department of Neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Giocomo probes the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying cortical neural circuits involved in spatial navigation and memory.

Early life and education
Giocomo grew up in Highlands Ranch, Colorado where she spent a lot of time outdoors. She attributed her early interest in science to her outdoor exploration as a child and thought that pursuing a career in medicine would satisfy her interest in science. Giocomo went on to pursue pre-medical training as an undergraduate student at Baylor University supported by an academic scholarship. Motivated to go into medicine, Giocomo worked as a mental health counsellor at a local clinic as well as at the Veterans Affairs Hospital where she also conducted research on psychiatric illnesses. These research experiences and the experiments she was doing in her psychology class inspired her to major in Psychology. As she began to realize the lack of available treatment options for mental illnesses, she became inspired by her psychology and statistics professor, Dr. Roger Kirk, and changed her path to pursue a deeper understanding of neurobiology instead of medicine.

Giocomo completed her bachelor's degree at Baylor in 2002, graduating with a degree in Psychology and then pursued a master's degree in Psychology at Boston University. Giocomo worked with Dr. Michael Hasselmo to understand how different neuromodulators impact memory processing. She stayed at Boston University to complete her PhD in neuroscience under the mentorship of Hasselmo. During her PhD, Giocomo published a first author paper in 2005 showing that application of nicotine to hippocampal slices modulates glutamatergic synaptic transmission leading to a longer period of enhanced synaptic transmission. These results might provide insight into the mechanisms through which nicotine has memory-enhancing effects.

After exploring the effects of cholinergic modulation on cortical function as well as the differences between metabotropic glutamate receptor modulatory effects on synaptic transmission, Giocomo began to study grid cells. Grid cells are cells in the cortex that exhibit spatially modulated firing fields that are repeated across the environment to continually update the animal of its position in space. In a first author paper published in Science, Giocomo found that grid cells exhibit differences in frequency of subthreshold membrane potential oscillations in the entorhinal cortex across the dorsal to ventral axis. These findings are in line with the Burgess and O'Keefe Model such that differences in the frequency of subthreshold somatic oscillations results in differences in spatial frequency of grid cell fields. Giocomo further explored the differences in intrinsic properties of medial entorhinal cortical grid cells across the dorsal to ventral axis and, in 2008, published another first author paper outlining how experimental data regarding the physiology of grid cells can be understood in the framework of two possible computational models of grid cells. She concluded that, taking into account the experimental data, both the attractor dynamics and oscillatory interference models help to explain the properties of grid cell firing in the entorhinal cortex.

Giocomo completed her PhD in 2008 and decided to pursue her postdoctoral studies in the Moser Lab where she could test her cellular and computational work from her graduate studies in animals and under the mentorship of the scientists that discovered grid cells. The lab was located at the Center for Neural Computation at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, so she moved to Norway with her husband for her postdoctoral work. She spent four years in Norway working with the Mosers and published many influential papers that greatly impacted the grid cell field. In 2011, she found that knocking out specific channels in the entorhinal cortex, hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (HCN), caused the size and spacing of grid fields to expand but the dorsal-ventral gradient of the grid pattern was maintained. In addition to looking at other computational models of grid cells, Giocomo described the function of head direction cells in the entorhinal cortex in a first author paper in Cell. She found that head direction cells are organized topographically. Specifically, the tuning gradient of these cells decreases along the dorsal to ventral axis and the dorsoventral tuning gradient is only expressed in layer III of the entorhinal cortex. Overall, this paper highlighted the fundamental nature of dorsoventral gradients in entorhinal cortex circuits.

Career and research
From 2011 to 2012, Giocomo held the title of Group Leader at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Giocomo was then recruited to Stanford University in 2013 where she held the title of Assistant Professor of Neurobiology until 2018. The Giocomo Lab focuses on the neurobiology of functionally defined cell types in the entorhinal cortex. Studying grid cells, head direction cells and border cells allows Giocomo to perform specific manipulations in a system that offers measurable outputs.

In 2015, Giocomo and her lab discovered novel error correction mechanisms in grid cells. Since grid cells use path integrating in computing the neural representation of an animals location in space, Giocomo and her lab hypothesized that there must be a sort of error-correction mechanism in place in the brain otherwise the error would accumulate and animals would be unable to navigate their environments. They found that grid cells accumulate error relative to time and distance travelled, the error reflects coherent drift in the grid pattern, and lastly that border cells might serve as a neural substrate for error correction. Overall, these findings indicate that landmarks in an animals' environment are crucial to grid stability. In 2018, Giocomo and her lab explored the impact of grid scale on place scale by knocking out the HCN1 channels to expand the grid scale. They observed that place scale also expanded in areas far from environmental boundaries, and that place field stability was reduced and spatial learning was impaired. These findings highlight the important biological connections between grid cells and place cells in place coding and spatial memory. In 2019, Giocomo's lab explored the malleability of entorhinal spatial maps. They found that the entorhinal maps restructure to incorporate learned reward locations and this restructuring improved positional decoding when the animal was in close proximity to the reward location.

Another goal of the Giocomo Lab's research program is to explore the ontogenesis of medial entorhinal cortex topography to understand how gradients in ion channels develop to give rise to spatial mapping and neural representations of space.

In 2019, Giocomo was promoted to Associate Professor of Neurobiology at Stanford University.

Awards and honors

 2019 Vallee Scholar Award
 2018 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research
 2018 Young Investigator Award, Society for Neuroscience
 2016 James S McDonnell Foundation Scholar, James S McDonnell Foundation Scholar
 2016 Medal of Service for Contributions to Research Baylor University
 2015 Bio-X Affiliated Faculty, Scientific Leadership Council Member
 2015 Robertson Neuroscience Investigator – New York Stem Cell Foundation, New York Stem Cell Foundation
 2014 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in the Neurosciences, Klingenstein-Simons Foundation
 2013 Sloan Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
 2012 Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award, The Gruber Foundation

Select publications

 Topography in the bursting dynamics of entorhinal neurons. Bant JS, Hardcastle K, Ocko SA, Giocomo LM. Cell Reports. 2020;20:2349-2359
 Entorhinal velocity signals reflect environmental geometry. Munn RGK, Mallory CS, Hardcastle K, Chetkovich DM, Giocomo LM. Nature Neuroscience. 2020;23:239-251
 Remembered reward locations restructure entorhinal spatial maps. Butler WN*, Hardcastle K*, Giocomo LM. Science. 2019;363:1447-1452
 How a fly's neural compass adapts to an ever-changing world. Campbell MG, Giocomo LM. Nature. 2019;576:42-43
 The shifting sands of cortical divisions. Hardcastle K, Giocomo LM. Neuron. 2019;102:8-11
 Emergent elasticity in the neural code for space. Ocko SA, Hardcastle K, Giocomo LM, Ganguli S. PNAS. 2018;E11798-E11806
 Principles governing the integration of landmark and self-motion cues in entorhinal cortical codes for navigation. Campbell MG, Ocko SA, Mallory CS, Low IC, Ganguli S, Giocomo LM. Nature Neuroscience. 2018;21:1096-1106
 A multiplexed, heterogeneous, and adaptive code for navigation in medial entorhinal cortex. Hardcastle K, Maheswaranathan N, Ganguli S, Giocomo LM. Neuron. 2017;94:375-387
 Environmental boundaries as an error correction mechanism for grid cells. Hardcastle K, Ganguli S, Giocomo LM. Neuron. 2015;86:827–839
 Environmental boundaries as a mechanism for correcting and anchoring spatial maps. Giocomo LM. Journal of Physiology. 2016;594:6501-6511.
 Topography of head direction cells in medial entorhinal cortex. Giocomo LM, Stensola T, Bonnevie T, Van Cauter T, Moser MB, Moser EI. Current Biology. 2014;24(3):252-62.
 Temporal frequency of subthreshold oscillations scales with entorhinal grid cell field spacing. Giocomo LM, Zilli EA, Frans_n E, Hasselmo ME. Science. 2007;315(5819):1719-22.
 Nicotinic modulation of glutamatergic synaptic transmission in region CA3 of the hippocampus. Giocomo LM, Hasselmo ME. Eur J Neurosci. 2005;22(6):1349-56.

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It's that time of year, folks: deer are moving outside of their normal territories and habits in search of mating partners, which may bring them into closer contact with humans.
The Local Animal Whisperer (LAW) claimed to have "slain the beast" last winter – as if there had only been one, and as if such a creature could be slain. No – what LAW did was wrestle a light saber from a local part-time Jedi and use it to inhumanely part the creature from its crown of antlers, thereby giving experts the opportunity to count them – but at what cost?
Readers, you will remember that the Womp took the LAW for its own this past summer. Perhaps now we begin to grasp why.
Last year's mutant deer met a happier fate. The population seems to have had a successful mating season and spawned a new, more wondrous and terrible generation – giving birth not to live young separate from their own bodies, but to dozens of tiny deer affixed to the tips of their antlers.
Police advise that drivers be extra watchful on the roads – and please, for the love of Jobs, put down the iPhone Ω while operating your vehicle. Witnesses have reported encountering these deer through the new device's alternate reality interface, leaving them shaken at best and sobbing into a pint of Jen & Berry's strawberry potato chip ice cream in a therapist's office three times a week at worst.
Reportedly, the alternate reality interface maps the deer's true form onto an animated one, which dances and sings infectious karaoke tunes. At least seven victims have been infected with that erstwhile earworm, "Trevor Gonna Live You Up" by Brick Ashley.
We repeat, DO NOT look at the deer with your iPhone Ω. Encounter them wild and unfiltered, as nature never intended them to be. Behold the abomination with your naked eyeballs.
The Regional Animal Whisperer (RAW) urges residents to "live and let live" with regard to the deer, no matter how frightening they may appear. "Let nature run its course," the RAW advised.
There is, however, a contingent of activists who believe the mutants should be hunted to the point of extinction before next year rolls around to reveal what fresh horrors the next generation will bring.
Will these fractal antlers continue to grow until each deer carries thousands of young upon its head? Or will something even more unthinkable happen, putting the citizens of our fine town at risk? Many pet owners are concerned that their furry friends could become infected by whatever is creating this Fibonacci offspring effect and are urging town officials to act before it's too late.
What do you think? If any of our fine, educated readers have comments, concerns or ideas, please sound off in the comments section!
I have to wonder how these deer might taste and I think I have an i-deer. Perhaps we can control these ever-budding fractal monsters through careful harvesting and BBQs. I know I would be first in line to try them.


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Q: App running on port, however localhost:5000 there is nothing there Randomly whenever I run an applications (e.g. npm start) and it'll say

Server running on port 5000

However when I try to access this using
http://localhost:5000

My browser gives a generic, this page can't be reached.
This only happens every now and then however when it does, it applies to any app I try them on. I've found restarting my machine fixes the problem however this is not ideal.
Does anyone know why this might be and a long term fix?

A: Are you using MacOS Monterey? Cause MacOS is listening on this port.
You can check how to fix the issue here.


Racism in Hong Kong is still alive.
Hong Kong is a global, diverse metropolis home to 7.43 million people from every part of the world. Its consumption habits have been largely westernised, and its production structure largely urbanised, in the past two decades. But one thing that hasn't changed much is its cultural values.
Most progressive-thinking Hongkongers want to remove themselves from Chinese traditions, instead pushing for modern ideologies. As such, there has been an increase in young people's involvement in politics, with many asking for increased levels of regional independence and western democracy. Their activism has made way for discussions of topics that were previously seen as too controversial, hence untouchable.
However, there appears to be a division among these young progressives: the majority focus strictly on leftist political changes, while the minority attempt to challenge longstanding, unproductive social values. Occasionally, there will be some who do both. Collectively, this results in the youth being presented as politically radicalbeings who do not recognise that a change in governmental systems is ineffective without the equal progression in cultural ways of thought.
Matthew Arnold, in his book Culture and Anarchy, famously argued "culture" serves as a "moral and social passion for doing good". Young people seemingly tend to take a scientific analysis of Hong Kong's political structure – voting/election systems, civil rights and so on. They show little to no concern for the predominance of cultural and social values, the rights of minority groups – things that are central to true progressivism.
Rarely do I see the progressive youth speak on racism in Hong Kong; I would argue that this is because they too are unknowingly influenced by traditional racist behaviours that are on full display in our city. Hong Kong's education system provides no training on racial sensitivity. To learn about such things, you need to do your own research. I have had to school friends who nonchalantly use offensive racial slurs. I often criticise them, but perhaps the education system failing to progress with diversification should take more of the blame.
Hong Kong's progressive activists must realise that progressivism is more than fighting for a government or state of democracy, or a departure from China's political control. Progressivism is an all-encompassing movement that fights for all – those who defy traditional cultural values, those who belong in minorities, those who are disadvantaged, and those who are labelled as outcasts. They must be willing to expose themselves to all dimensions of knowledge, with the awareness that school does not teach enough, and that education in Hong Kong misses out on the 'moral and social passion' of culture. Hong Kong's progressivism is flawed, and progressivists themselves need to identify those flaws.


That's what I hear, third-hand (via Chris Geidner (Law Dork)) about what Judge Walker supposedly said at a hearing today; he was reporting that such an order for en banc review will be issued this afternoon. I blogged about the panel decision here.
A judge of this court has called for a vote to determine whether this case will be reheard en banc under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 35(a). The parties are requested to file simultaneous briefs setting forth their respective positions on whether this case should be reheard en banc, including whether rehearing en banc is warranted in light of Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter, 558 U.S. —, No. 08-678 (Dec. 8, 2009).
The briefs shall be filed on or before December 24, 2009.
Thanks to Ben Sheffner (Copyrights & Campaigns) for the pointer.


Wrapped on my new short film Who Decides . You can follow its progress on our FB page or here on my website. I'm really excited for this film and a lot of people helped get it made. Starting with Sun Valley Film Festival and Tito's vodka who picked my script out of hundreds as the winning script at the SVFF Short Film Lab. Cant wait for everyone to see it.
Here are some BTS photos to hold you over.


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Why are there so many IPOs during a pandemic? Here are 4 reasons
As usual, Wall Street is finding a way to make it rain green.
[Photo: Sophie Backes/Unsplash]
By Arianne Cohen 2 minute Read
It's a big month for IPOs: Airbnb and DoorDash are both going public this week, and online video game company Roblox and fintech Affirm are set to follow. DoorDash sold shares at $102 (above estimates), and then closed its first day of trading at $189. How is this happening in a country gripped by a coronavirus pandemic and high unemployment? In the topsy-turvy logic of the stock market, financial wins are possible. Here are a few reasons why:
1. Some companies going public have mostly benefited from the pandemic
DoorDash is illustrative: Its third-quarter revenues were up 268% from last year, and with its order volume from January to September up threefold from a year earlier. Is there a better time to IPO? No. Particularly given that revenues may well plummet post-pandemic. Under similar pandemic spikes in business, biotech IPOs have also surged this year.
2. Other business factors take precedence
Airbnb is going public today, in one of the few recent IPOs from a company that has been deeply wounded by the pandemic. Why now? Airbnb was under pressure from employees and investors who have waited over a decade to cash out, some of whom have stock option restrictions that expire early next year. That detail alone shows how a pandemic IPO makes sense. The company also had other incentives to raise capital, including a high-interest rate on a recent $1 billion crisis funding deal, The Wall Street Journal reported in April. In short: Even a bad IPO today would still meet a number of business objectives.
3. The markets are trading at record-high levels
Investors are putting their wallets behind the idea that the economy will roar back into action immediately post-pandemic. Whether that's true or not remains to be seen: A recent letter to Congress by 127 top economists warned that the sort of economic damage America will experience this winter is not swiftly reversible without a massive stimulus package. But in the markets, perception and hype are everything, and current common wisdom is that it's best to get in now and not miss out on next year's supposed surges, especially with vaccines on the way. Mad Money host Jim Cramer's advice to investors on Airbnb is illustrative: "I want you to own Airbnb because it's set to have a terrific year starting next March."
4. Online roadshows work surprisingly well
Wall Street quickly realized in late spring that IPO roadshows, where CEOs pitch investors, translate well into online form—at least for well-known companies that easily attract investor meetings. There are benefits to doing this process virtually: Rather than spending a month traveling around the world, executives can talk to investors back-to-back for a week online and then IPO, thereby not risking the markets collapsing during the month-plus that this process previously took.


Drive (PULL) more customers to your partners and incentivize (PUSH) your channel to sell more of your products.
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Success: Microsoft Gulf Gold Coin promotion drives a revenue of $3.7M.
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This category contains episode pages which were episodes that Jason Manford's team won. On the episode list the episodes Jason Manford won are indicated by the green on from the fifth series onwards. Jason has won three out of his five series and 21 out of his 43 episodes. Combined with Dave's score the whole green team has won six out of nine series and 40 out of 77 regular episodes (including Big Brother specials).


This course explores the implications multi-cultural settings have for leadership, specifically the impact cultural values, beliefs and worldviews have on leadership definitions, leadership styles, communications, authority and accountability dynamics, decision-making procedures, conflict management and ethics. Attention is given to biblical input for faith-based organizations in wrestling with the multi-cultural arena as well as dealing with practical cultural expressions which often reflect conflicting assumptions and allegiances. Suggestions are made for constructive responses to a variety of multi-cultural issues. A student who has taken this course and its prerequisites will be able to lead people who are working together from a variety of cultural backgrounds.


Interesting winter, snow and snow and ice management facts from Sneller Snow Systems in the Grand Rapids and Lansing areas.
Nobody knows about driving in Grand Rapids snow better than us – a Grand Rapids snow plowing company! Driving in winter can be scary, especially when you get the kind of snow and ice we get here in Grand Rapids and Lansing, MI. However, here are some things you can do, to keep yourself safe while you drive. Some of these tips may be well-known, but others are not. Check it out!
Be cautious while driving in adverse weather and be aware of your surroundings. Why? You never know how the road will be in bad weather. Black ice, for example, is almost always invisible to the naked eye and can make anyone crash if they are not careful.
Avoid driving if you feel fatigued. This is a tip that should be applied to driving in any weather condition, but especially during the winter. When you get enough rest, you can react faster to any potential surprise in the road. Typically when people experience fatigue, they have slower reaction times, they may hallucinate or feel dizzy. It is better to play it safe and drive while fully alert.
Do not warm up a vehicle within an enclosed space like a garage. Exhaust fumes could be hazardous to your health as they accumulate while the car runs.
Always have properly inflated tires. It is a myth people should have under-inflated tires. In fact, having under-inflated tires could increase your chances of experiencing a blowout.
Never use cruise control if you're driving on any kind of slippery surface (ice, sand, wet). You need to pay full attention in case your car gets out of control, which can easily happen on slick or coarse roads.
In order to avoid gas line freeze-up, keep your gas tank at minimum, half-full.
If you can, avoid using the parking brake in cold, snowy and rainy weather.
Never mix radial tires with any other tire types. This could lead to another potential accident.
If you become snow-bound, do not leave your vehicle. Stay inside as the vehicle will act as a temporary shelter as well as make it easier for rescue personnel to find you.
Make sure to pack any essentials you'll need like medicine, a first aid kit, food, a cell phone with your local AAA's telephone number, blankets, hats, gloves, and water in case of an emergency.
At Sneller Snow Systems, we care about more than commercial snow removal. We want to help with the bigger picture of keeping people safe and helping you battle the storm. If you want more great tips and other informative articles, be sure to read more on our Sneller Snow Systems blog. If you need landscaping or snow removal services in the Grand Rapids or Lansing areas, contact us.
Some tips were provided by the AAA website.
At Sneller Snow Systems, we enjoy not only keeping your Michigan business' roads, parking lots, and walkways clear, but we also enjoy broadening your understanding of the industry that we love. If you have further questions or comments, or if you would like to learn more about our services, please contact us or comment below.
Over the last several years, it's become increasingly difficult to press slip and fall injury claims against Michigan businesses because of snow and ice on their premises.
A January 2013 article posted on the Insurance Journal website reports that Michigan courts are using a tough recent standard, set by the state Supreme Court, to rule against numerous slip and fall injury claimants.
Detroit's local CBS affiliate, in a December 2012 online piece, also notes that slip and fall injury claimants must prove they had absolutely no other way to avoid the hazard to press their lawsuits.
As a consequence, CBS reported wintertime slip-and-fall injury lawsuits have declined from 20 percent of business to 2 percent for some Michigan personal injury attorneys.
Should a Business Risk a Slip and Fall Lawsuit, Though?
Slips and falls due to wintry conditions can quickly spread negative feelings about your business, both by word-of-mouth and over the internet. It costs your business goodwill, and that hurts.
A business is also being ethical and smart to keep its premises free of snow and ice. Doing so helps increase customer safety.
So who can help you in proof of due diligence and risk management in Michigan?
Sneller Snow Systems can. As Michigan's only ISO 9001/SN 9001 certified snow and ice management company, we have endured and passed a rigorous audit process, which ensures that we adhere to the ANSI accepted snow industry standards, and maintain the appropriate records surrounding each snow event. This helps you to build a solid defense against a potential slip and fall claim.
For the best high-quality commercial snow removal in Grand Rapids MI and Lansing, contact us at Sneller Snow Systems today. We have ISO 9001 certified snow removal systems in place to keep your business open and visitors safe.


While the items themselves are no longer obtainable, you can still transmog your gear to look like this set through the Darkmoon Faire. Barum will sell you pieces of the Replica Shadowcraft set, which are statless but nonetheless especially meant to be used for transmogrification.
This is a popular set design. There is a purple-black full recolor from Outland dungeons, a black-blue full set from Replica .5 gear, an orange set from fire resist gear, as well as several tan recolors.
a green recolor--shoulders, chest, wrist, gloves, pants, feet.
a white/tan recolor--shoulders, wrist, gloves, pants, feet.
There are several other black/grey items that resemble the original (now-removed) set, in addition to the Darkmoon Faire replica items.
This set (apart from the headpiece and belt) uses the light blue-grey with grey edging (officially "Black") variant of the D3 Leather artwork. It forms a complete six-piece set of the art.
Like many older artwork sets, no art was created for a headpiece for this set. Nor does art exist for a belt of this colour variant (which is less common), though art was created for some of the "Outland" colour variants that were created later in the Burning Crusade (see the list at the end). If they had created one it'd probably look like Cordelière d'âme rachetée (which uses the art of the "Outland Purple" variant) but in the grey-blue of this set. Blizzard just chose a head and belt from other artwork sources to complete the set, but if you look perhaps you can find ones you like better.
Garde-épaules de Trep also use this colour, but don't have the "butterfly" look of the set shoulders, in case you prefer something different.
According to the wardrobe information in-game, there are two other options for the belt that have the same look - Ceinture de l'éclaireur and Cordelière de bandit. This means that you only need to buy feet and gloves at DMF, farm wrist in Stratholme and either farm low lvl mobs or scan AH for the waist duplicate. The remaining four slots are BoA items.


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//  AKStringResonator.h
//  AudioKit
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//  Auto-generated on 3/6/15.
//  Copyright (c) 2015 Aurelius Prochazka. All rights reserved.
//

#import "AKAudio.h"
#import "AKParameter+Operation.h"

/** A string resonator with variable fundamental frequency.

 AKStringResonator passes the input asig through a network composed of comb, low-pass and all-pass filters, similar to the one used in some versions of the Karplus-Strong algorithm, creating a string resonator effect. The fundamental frequency of the "string" is controlled by the fundamentalFrequency.  This operation can be used to simulate sympathetic resonances to an input signal.
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@interface AKStringResonator : AKAudio
/// Instantiates the string resonator with all values
/// @param input The input audio signal. [Default Value: ]
/// @param fundamentalFrequency The fundamental frequency of the string. Updated at Control-rate. [Default Value: 100]
/// @param fdbgain feedback gain, between 0 and 1, of the internal delay line. A value close to 1 creates a slower decay and a more pronounced resonance. Small values may leave the input signal unaffected. Depending on the filter frequency, typical values are > .9. [Default Value: 0.95]
- (instancetype)initWithInput:(AKParameter *)input
         fundamentalFrequency:(AKParameter *)fundamentalFrequency
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/// Instantiates the string resonator with default values
/// @param input The input audio signal.
- (instancetype)initWithInput:(AKParameter *)input;

/// Instantiates the string resonator with default values
/// @param input The input audio signal.
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/// The fundamental frequency of the string. [Default Value: 100]
@property (nonatomic) AKParameter *fundamentalFrequency;

/// Set an optional fundamental frequency
/// @param fundamentalFrequency The fundamental frequency of the string. Updated at Control-rate. [Default Value: 100]
- (void)setOptionalFundamentalFrequency:(AKParameter *)fundamentalFrequency;

/// feedback gain, between 0 and 1, of the internal delay line. A value close to 1 creates a slower decay and a more pronounced resonance. Small values may leave the input signal unaffected. Depending on the filter frequency, typical values are > .9. [Default Value: 0.95]
@property (nonatomic) AKConstant *fdbgain;

/// Set an optional fdbgain
/// @param fdbgain feedback gain, between 0 and 1, of the internal delay line. A value close to 1 creates a slower decay and a more pronounced resonance. Small values may leave the input signal unaffected. Depending on the filter frequency, typical values are > .9. [Default Value: 0.95]
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I can't say enough good things about this series. I can try, but any words I can use will not adequately convey just how good this series is.
Let me start off by saying I have recommended this series to EVERYONE. And I mean that; my mother, my boyfriend, my coworkers, my book club, my facebook friends, and even a random lady in the store. I read all four books in three days, stopping only long enough to work when I had no other choice, eat, and sleep. And even in my sleep I was dreaming about them. Seriously. I dream of finding a love like Lily and Jason have, I dream of fighting sentries and winning the war for freedom. I dream of Oscar, and finding him for Lily, bringing him back to Lily.
I can't put my finger on what makes this so special to me. I have not felt this strongly about a book(s) in many, many years. I've read some amazing books, but nothing has evoked the feelings that have been brought out in me by Eden's story. I feel like I'm in her head, I feel her pain, I feel her love, I feel her joy.
Kate, you've done an amazing job creating something that truly feels real. I'm not just reading a novel, I am fully immersed in a world that you've created with your words.
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for creating something so wonderful.
I seriously almost cried when I read this. So beautiful. Thank you so much, Danielle! This is amazing.


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Back in town: The Bad Plus still defy easy definition
The Bad Plus plus Wendy Lewis by Mike Dvorak
Christmastime in the twin towns means "The Nutcracker," "Black Nativity," "A Christmas Carol"—and The Bad Plus. Since 2000, TBP have closed out their year by playing several nights at the Dakota. This year's dates are Friday through Monday, Dec. 26-29.
Pianist Ethan Iverson, bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King all grew up in the Midwest (Iverson in Wisconsin, Anderson and King in Minneapolis). King is the only one who still lives here.
Most years they have a new CD to play from. Last year it was Prog, which Billboard called "easily the most likable and listenable jazz album of 2007," infuriating jazz critics and not for the first time. Whether TBP is a jazz trio, whether they represent a new direction in jazz, or whether they're jazz assassins has been widely debated.
"We like being hard to classify," says King in a Q&A (see below). "All of our heroes were hard to classify."
From their first major release on Columbia, These Are the Vistas (2003), TBP has been controversial. They play original tunes and covers—of Nirvana ("Smells Like Teen Spirit"), Black Sabbath ("Iron Man"), Burt Bacharach ("This Guy's in Love with You"). They pull tunes apart and smash them back together. They don't swing.
Their new CD, the cryptically named For All I Care (apathy or passion?), features a vocalist, alt-rocker Wendy Lewis. And it's all covers, this time of rock tunes and contemporary classical music. It won't be released in the states until February but will be previewed at the Dakota. There will be a CD release show in Minneapolis, probably in March, venue TBD.
See a making-of video on YouTube
MinnPost caught up with King last Sunday at the Artists' Quarter in St. Paul, where he was playing with Happy Apple, one of his numerous other bands. (Happy Apple saxophonist Michael Lewis is Wendy Lewis's nephew.)
MinnPost: Why a singer? Why Wendy Lewis?
Dave King: We felt like it was time to collaborate with someone, and we thought we might as well go all the way and make a record with vocals. We were looking at singers and thinking about asking some star-type people but then we decided we'd end up being the backing band, and the whole idea was, this is a guest for us. We talked about Tom Jones…we talked about Darryl Hall. Then we thought, we've gotta get someone who can deal with this kind of crazy music. I had played with Wendy years ago. Reid was a fan of her music. She ended up working beautifully.
MP: So this isn't a response to "is the Bad Plus jazz or not"?
DK: We're not concerned about that. We just believe in what we're doing. You're into it or your not. We like being hard to classify. All of our heroes were hard to classify.
MP: How did you choose the songs for the new CD?
DK: We all chimed in with different ideas from different genres and decades…. I picked "Barracuda" [by the rock band Heart] and also "New Year's Day" [U2] and "Blue Velvet" [Bobby Vinton], two extra tracks that will be released on iTunes and on vinyl.
MP: Since you're not releasing the CD until February, what will you do at the Dakota?
DK: Wendy's going to come up and sing one song on Friday and Saturday. We'll be doing new music, stuff we haven't played in a while, and the classical music. New stuff that's not on this record but will be on the next one. Our next record will be all original instrumental recordings, no covers.
MP: What, no Wendy on Sunday and Monday?
DK: You'll be more surprised then. We'll definitely put on a show.
MP: What keeps you in Minneapolis?
DK: My wife and I were raised here. We were living in LA for a while and came back—we have family here. We love Minneapolis/St. Paul…. This city is one that people watch. If you say you're from Minneapolis, people go, "Yeah, that's a great music city."
Originally published at MinnPost.com, December 24, 2008
Labels: Dakota, Dave King, Ethan Iverson, For All I Care, Reid Anderson, The Bad Plus, Wendy Lewis
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