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News from the Institute of International Affairs and the Centre for Small State Studies
The Centre for Arctic Policy Studies receives funding for a New Arctic project
The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS) recently awarded grants to new Nordic collaborative research projects. Among them is a new network on the sociocultural aspects of climate change in the North Atlantic Gateway to the Arctic (Northgate). The network will enhance understanding of the new challenges of climate, ecosystems and human mobility in the Arctic and strengthen local communities' resilience in the face of these challenges. The Centre for Arctic Policy Studies will host the project for the next two years and it is supervised by Kristinn Schram, Assistant Professor in Folklore and Museum Studies at the University of Iceland.
Participation in a new Jean Monnet Network project
The Centre for Small State Studies is one of the partners in a new research project, recently awarded a Jean Monnet Networks grant, led by the University of Malta and Maastricht University. The aim of the project is to explore challenges and opportunities for small states at the interface of national and European health policy making, considering a number of concrete health policy issues. The academic work on behalf of the CSSS is led by Sigurbjörg Sigurgeirsdottir, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Iceland.
Quality award presented to the Small States Summer School
The Centre for Small State Studies received a quality award from the Erasmus+ National Agency in recognition of the Small States Summer School held at the University of Iceland in 2014. The Summer School is now in its fourteenth year and the reputation keeps growing. The interest has never been higher and the output is apparent in the increasing number of young scholars becoming interested in the study of small states.


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Universidad del Valle de México Professor Recognized by Governor of Chiapas
The governor of the state of Chiapas, Manuel Velasco Coello, recognized Professor Nein Farrera from Universidad del Valle de Mexico Campus Tuxtla with the 2014 State Merit in Recognition of Research Award.
Professor Farrera was recognized for his work in development and technological innovation as the head of the Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development Initiative of Chiapas, which is composed of professors from UNICACH and UVM Campus Tuxtla. The initiative has developed more than 30 projects related to renewable energy that support marginalized communities in Chiapas.
The commitment of Professor Farrera Nein and his team continues with their latest project, Renewable Energy Systems, which is an agreement with UNICACH, UNAM, UVM, and Universidad del ITSMO de Oaxaca that is funded by the Department of Energy and the National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT). This project is unique because for the first time it will conduct national evaluations and certify renewable energy systems of various types. The systems being evaluated include bioenergy, wind, solar, thermal, photovoltaic and micro-hydro.
The project arises from the need to implement technologies that leverage existing sustainable renewable resources in underserved communities and to implement applicable technologies to study these resources under certain parameters and estimate their potential performance to support innovation and adaptation and technology transfers that can improve efficiency and reduce costs.
The technologies developed will be installed in highly marginalized rural communities to support those in need, help these communities leverage the resources they possess, such as rivers, wind, solar and bioenergy, and contribute to the productive development of Chiapas.
Professor Farrera is the only researcher in the state of Chiapas that teaches at a private university to receive the award. He is a member of the National System of Researchers, belongs to the National Advisory Council on Sustainable Development SEMARNAT, and is a member of the Scientific and Technological Council of Chiapas as well as being a founding member of the Centre for Research and Technological Development in Renewable Energy, the Environmental Investigation Agency Group (GUIDE), Network of Ecological Gardens and is the President of the Civil Association for Energy and Sustainable Development.

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It's only one day, so we will have to make it efficient.
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Travel insurance can help cover medical expenses or financial losses you might incur while traveling. It's often pitched as the best protection for those traveling domestically or overseas. This article will explain what kind of coverage you need before you sign on the dotted line and start paying for protection against the unforeseen and unpredictable.
What does travel insurance cover ?
– accidental death / flight accident.
As its name implies, trip cancellation insurance (sometimes known as trip interruption insurance or trip delay insurance) covers you in the event that you or your traveling companions need to cancel, interrupt or delay your trip.
The insurance pays the difference between the refund you get from the vendor and the amount you originally paid for the trip. Make sure the insurance you buy is not from the same carrier you purchased the trip from, that way, if the carrier goes out of business, you'll still be protected if something goes wrong during your trip.
Travel medical insurance provides only short term medical coverage, the duration can be anywhere from five days to up to one year, depending on the policy.
Major medical insurance is for travelers who are planning to take longer trips of six months to one year or longer.
These types of insurance can help you cover medical expenses and locate doctors, hospitals, healthcare facilities and foreign language services if you become ill or injured while traveling overseas. Whether you purchase medical insurance separately or you already have it, find out if you will need prior approval from your insurance company for any type of medical care.
The US government urges americans to consult their medical insurance companies prior to traveling abroad to determine whether a given policy applies overseas. For example, your medical insurance may only cover you in the U.s. and Canada, but not Europe. According to the State department's bureau of consular affairs, Medicare does not provide coverage for hospital or medical costs outside of the US.
Also, when traveling, always register your travel plans with the State department through its free online service travel registration website, this way, the nearest embassy or consulate can contact you if there is a family emergency or a state or national crisis while you're traveling.
Note : check to see what preexisting medical conditions, if any, are excluded before you sign up. Make sure you read all the fine print and know what the policy covers and what it doesn't.
This type of insurance provides coverage for medically necessary evacuation and transportation to medical facilities. These costs can easily reach $10,000 out of pocket if you don't have coverage. This becomes extremely useful should you become stranded in a remote rural area without easy access to needed facilities.
These types of travel insurance international pay benefits to a traveler's surviving beneficiaries, as with life insurance. Benefits are paid out in the event of an accident resulting in death or serious injury to the traveler.
There are also more specialized forms of travel insurance. For example, some focus on the needs of business travelers, extreme athletes or expatriates. So, if you are planning to participate in high-risk or extreme sports while away, selecting an insurance that is made specifically to cover you in case of a sports-related injury might be more cost-effective and needs-specific than selecting an insurance policy that provides more general coverage.
Per-trip coverage is the most common type of international travel health insurance. according to the US travel insurance association, 80% of all travel policies purchased are per trip policies. This policy is for travelers who don't travel as often, and it provides protection for a single trip.
Multi trip coverage provides protection for multiple trips during one year, but none of the trips can exceed 30 days.
The annual policy is for frequent travelers, it provides coverage for a full year.
The cost for each varies depending on the category or type of insurance for the coverage you think you will need. Generally, the cost of a per trip travel insurance policy varies between 4% and 8% of the cost of the total trip. For instance, if your total trip cost, including airfare and a week long tour of France, is $3,000, your out of pocket insurance cost would be between $120 and $240.
Be wary of travel insurance companies that overprice their policies. Check out the reputation of the insurance company you are looking to purchase from. You can start by looking at organizations like the US travel insurance association, which provides helpful advice and travel insurance ratings on choosing travel insurance. You can also go to your Better business bureau (Bbb) office to find out about qualified travel insurance companies.
Do you really need travel insurance coverage ?
– will you be traveling overseas ?
– are you planning to participate in extreme sports ?
– can you afford the cost of the trip back home if an emergency arises and you need to get back ?
– if you or someone who is traveling with you gets sick, will you be able to afford medical care ?
These are all potential problems that can turn your dream vacation into a nightmare if you aren't prepared. When deciding whether to purchase a policy, go through as many scenarios as you can.
Get familiar with the cancellation policies of hotels, tourism cruise lines and other travel service providers.
Review existing policies and agreements with credit card companies. In some cases, credit card companies already cover issues, such as lost luggage or car rental liability. Become familiar with price schedules, terms, conditions and exclusions of the insurance you choose.
The fine print is the backbone of your contract and it will be what determines what type of coverage you will have when you need it most. When you have the right insurance in place to cover you on your trip, you can ensure that your dream vacation turns out to be all you had planned and more.


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My research interests include synthesis of linear and branched polymers and copolymers of controlled structure, especially via anionic polymerization; polymer molecular characterization via dilute solution techniques; polymers at interfaces; polymeric biomaterials; charged polymers; block copolymer morphology; and polymerization in room temperature ionic liquids.
Over the past several years, we have explored the synthesis and morphology of novel nanostructured graft copolymers, composed of poly(isoprene) (PI) backbones and polystyrene (PS) branches, having precisely tailored architectures. This figure shows examples of the types of structures we have synthesized and studied.
Through these investigations on materials synthesized by highly specialized high vacuum anionic polymerization techniques, we have discovered how molecular architecture, composition, and blending can be used to systematically manipulate the morphology and extent of long-range nanostructural order present in these materials.
Recently, we have conducted studies on the tensile properties of some of these materials, most notably "centipede copolymers" consisting of a PI backbone with multiple regularly spaced branch points, each carrying two PS branches of identical chain length. It was found that centipede copolymers with 22 vol % PS and seven branch points are thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) and show a surprisingly high strain at break of about 2100%, double that of commercial TPEs such as Kratons. With increasing number of branches, strain at break and tensile strength increase, with strain at break being 2300% for a sample with 10 branch points. These materials exhibit a wormlike microphase separated structure with much lower long-range order than TPEs such as Kraton. The combination of two branches at each branch point, combined with the large number of branch points per molecule, allows the elastic PI backbone to couple into a large number of reinforcing PS domains, resulting in huge elasticity combined with a high tensile strength. The novel "barb wire" architecture, where each branch point carries four branches, could show an even further improvement in mechanical properties. We will utilize the requested SAXS equipment extensively in evaluating the dependence of block copolymer morphology on branched architecture and number of branch points in order to develop a new class of thermoplastic elastomers.
Another research area is synthesis and characterization of a new type of nanotube based on self-assembled block copolymers of polystyrene (PS) and poly(cyclohexadiene) (PCHD). PCHD is a structurally interesting polymer because it may be converted to poly(phenylene) (PP), a crystalline and chemically and thermally stable material, by aromatization. Furthermore, doping of PP will generate a conducting synthetic metal. We believe that using PCHD as a precursor to PP will avoid the major difficulty associated with synthesizing or processing high molecular weight poly(phenylene), which is an insoluble, intractable material. High molecular weight PCHD material will be processed into the appropriate form, then converted to PP.
We have synthesized poly(styrene-block-cyclohexadiene) and characterized the morphology of self-assembled, microphase-separated diblock copolymer of PS and PCHD. An unusual core-shell cylinder-in-cylinder morphology not previously found in neat diblock copolymers was observed in three different specimens of different molecular weights but all having similar composition (about 37% by volume PCHD). This structure consists of hexagonally packed cylinders of PCHD dispersed in a PS matrix; in the center of each PCHD cylinder there is a PS cylinder. The unusual morphology is attributed to conformational asymmetry present in this block copolymer (PCHD has a persistence length of about 7-8 nm).
This cylinder-in-cylinder structure is the precursor to the novel nanotubes; by removing the PS inside and outside the PCHD cylinders while stabilizing the PCHD phase, PCHD nanotubes may be produced. The diameter of the nanotubes is controlled by the molecular weight of the PCHD block.
Nanotubes are formed by casting films of the diblocks, as previously reported, annealing and or using shearing to orient the dispersed cylinders, photocrosslinking of the PCHD phase, hydrolysis of the ester linkages under acidic conditions, and washing out of the PS material with solvents. These nanotubes will have hydroxyl groups on their surface due to cleavage of the ester linkages. These groups may be used to attach things to the nanotubes or to promote interactions between the nanotubes and some matrix in which they are dispersed. We could chemically modify these surfaces to create a wide range of tunable surface chemistries.
Dr. Mays received his B.S. degree in polymer science from the University of Southern Mississippi and his Ph.D. degree in polymer science at the University of Akron. He then worked in industry for five years with Hercules, Inc., prior to joining the chemistry faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Mays moved to Tennessee in 2002 to accept a joint appointment at the University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
2003 Arthur K. Doolittle Award, Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Division, American Chemical Society.
Named Honorary Professor by East China University of Science and Technology, 2006.
Chair, 2007 Polymers West Gordon Research Conference.
Founding Chair, Polymers West Graduate Research Seminar, 2007.
Highlands in Chemistry Lecturer, Virginia Tech, 2008.
2008 Distinguished Service Award, ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry.
Bayer Lectures on Polymer Chemistry, Cornell University, 2009.
2009 Southern Chemist Award of ACS.
2010, named Founding Fellow, ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry.
2010, Gold Medal of the Greek Polymer Society.
2010, Technology 2020 Inaugural Pathfinder Research Entrepreneur of the Year.
2011, Jump Litigation Award from CIBA Vision in recognition of outstanding contributions in protection of their silicone hydrogel innovations.
2011 Herman Mark Senior Scholar Award from ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry.
2011 Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Akron.
2011 Fellow of American Chemical Society.
"Decoupling of Ionic Transport from Segmental Relaxation in Polymer Electrolytes", Y. Wang, A. L. Agapov, F. Fan, K. Hong, X. Yu, J. Mays, and A. P. Sokolov, Phys. Rev. Lett., 108, 088303 (2012).
"Morphologies of Block Copolymers Composed of Charged and Neutral Blocks", X. Wang, M. Goswami, R. Kumar, B. Sumpter, and J. Mays, invited review article, Soft Matter, 8, 3036 - 3052 (2012).
"Novel Amphiphilic Block Copolymers Derived from the Selective Fluorination and Sulfonation of Poly(Styrene – block – 1,3-Cyclohexadiene)", Tianzi Huang, Kunlun Hong, Jamie M. Messman, and Jimmy W. Mays, J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 50, 338 - 345 (2012).
"Combined Synthesis, TGIC Characterization, and Rheological Measurement and Prediction of Symmetric H Polybutadienes and Their Blends with Linear and Star-Shaped Polybutadienes", X. Chen, M. S. Rahman, H. Lee, J. Mays, T. Chang, and R. Larson, Macromolecules, 44, 7799 – 7809 (2011).
"Assembly and Characterization of Well Defined High Molecular Weight Poly(p-phenylene) Polymer Brushes", J. Alonzo, J. Chen, J. Messman, X. Yu, K. Hong, S. Deng, O. Swader, M. Dadmun, J. F. Ankner, P. Britt, J. W. Mays, M. Malagoli, B. G. Sumpter, J.-L. Bredas, and S. M. Kilbey II, Chemistry of Materials, 23, 4367 – 4374 (2011).
"Asymmetrical Self-assembly From Fluorinated and Sulfonated Block Copolymers in Aqueous Media", X. Wang, K. Hong, D. Baskaran, M. Goswami, B. S. Sumpter, J. W. Mays, Soft Matter, 7, 7960 - 7964 (2011).
"Acetylene-Functionalized Lithium Initiators for Anionic Polymerization. Powerful Precursors for "Click" Chemistry", A. Touris, J. W. Mays, and N. Hadjichristidis, Macromolecules, 44, 1886 - 1893 (2011).
"Synthesis of Well-Defined Multigraft Copolymers", D. Uhrig and J. Mays, Polymer Chemistry, invited short review, 2, 69 - 76 (2011).


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"Rats Like Cheese" is the eighth episode of the Batman television series in its first season.  First broadcast on February 3 and re-aired on May 19, 1966 it continues and concludes the story that began in "Instant Freeze".

Plot synopsis
In the former episode, Dr. Schivel, (also known as Mr. Freeze) previously left Batman and Robin frozen solid. An ambulance takes them to the Gotham City Hospital, where doctors use the "Super Hypertherm De-icifier" chamber to slowly restore their body temperature to normal levels. But Mr. Freeze has escaped with Princess Sandra's rare diamond, the "Giaclio Circlo".

From his frozen lair, Mr. Freeze learns of their rescue as he watches the news. A henchman enters and reports the success of "Operation: Beautiful Diamond", and Mr. Freeze commands him to bring "something" into the coldest part of the lair, where Freeze can survive without his suit and his men must keep to special "hot paths" or face death from the extreme cold. Watching further, Freeze sees Princess Sandra and Bruce Wayne throw out the first pitch at a baseball game. At that game, the scheduled pitcher, ace Paul Diamante, has tried to appear. A Tiger Moth biplane skywrites over the stadium, "Three Strikes, you're out Batman". It is another message from Mr. Freeze and Dick reveals that Diamante means "diamond" in Spanish.

Commissioner James Gordon tells Batman that three disreputable men visited Diamante earlier that day, and when his landlady entered to clean, the apartment was empty of people. She did find a note that read simply, "You will soon hear my demands" along with an icicle - clearly the work of Mr. Freeze. As the meeting continues, Freeze telephones, and informs the commissioner, Chief Miles O'Hara, and Batman and Robin of his terms: for the safe release of Paul Diamante, he demands Batman in exchange and Batman agrees to come to Mr. Freeze.

Batman meets a helicopter, which drops off a chloroformed Diamante. The henchmen jump Batman and bundle him into the copter, then fly off with him. When he awakens inside Mr. Freeze's lair, he discovers that Freeze has stolen his utility belt. He promises Batman some kind of death, but whether it will be merciless or quick depends on Batman, and on how Mr. Freeze feels "when the time comes". Dr. Schimmel clearly still holds Batman responsible for the accident that left him unable to withstand temperatures above 50 degrees below zero, and his ostracism from normal society. For the second time, Batman attempts to subdue Mr. Freeze, and twice he fails, overcome by the subzero temperatures in the cold zone which Mr. Freeze is perfectly comfortable.

Finally, Mr. Freeze guides Batman along a hot path into a dining room, where Batman discovers that the villain has captured Robin, who followed Batman to the lair. Mr. Freeze serves them a warm dinner of roast beef and spinach, with baked Alaska for dessert. He even offers a cordial after the meal, but of course Batman does not touch a drop of alcohol. Batman pleads with Mr. Freeze to turn himself to get medical attention for condition, but Freeze refuses to believe that would be possible in prison and admits that he will have to murder Robin as well since the boy knows his whereabouts. Following the meal, Mr. Freeze attends to that by reducing the hot zone to a tiny area, his goal to freeze Batman and Robin, slowly in revenge for his skin condition. When he leaves room for only one person, Batman orders Robin to remain inside and then suddenly knocks Mr. Freeze to the ground. Batman took the precaution of wearing his "Special Super B thermal underwear" as protection. His previous failures to subdue Dr. Schimmel  were simply feints, to throw him off guard. Seizing his control box, Robin quickly warms the entire room and Mr. Freeze begins to suffocate from the heat.

Robin creates a small zone of cold to contain Freeze safely, and then Freeze's henchmen appear. They threaten them with handguns, but a quick exposure to Mr. Freeze's preferred temperature convinces them to drop the weapons while a quick shift back to heat cuts short Freeze's interference. With the goons safely disarmed, Batman and Robin subdue them with fisticuffs before the police finally arrive to storm the hideout.

Later, Bruce Wayne hosts a reception for the rescued Paul Diamante, and for Princess Sandra, whose rare diamond has been returned to her. But Dick Grayson is not interested in the event's dessert course: Baked Alaska.

Notes
 Teri Garr makes one of her first TV appearances in Part 1 of this 2-part story.  She is at the beginning of "Instant Freeze".
 This episode features one of the scant few times that Robin actually disobeys an order from Batman.
 Despite the fact that no one but Mr. Freeze can survive in the extreme cold of his hideout, his butler seems to have managed it when he handed Freeze his sherry, as his hand can clearly been seen placing the glass down outside of the warm red area.
 The character of Doctor Schimmel/Mr. Freeze was based on the comic book villain Mr. Zero. DC changed Mr. Zero's code name to Mr. Freeze to match the TV show.
 The Victor Fries backstory of Mr. Freeze was created twenty-five years later in Batman: The Animated Series.
 This is the only appearance of George Sanders as Mr. Freeze.
 Dr. Vince is an obvious spoof on the 1961-66 ABC medical drama Ben Casey.
 This is the first time that the duo is unable to use its utility belts to escape from a trap.
 This episode featured actual baseball footage taken during the 1965 World Series.

References

External links

1966 American television episodes
Batman (TV series) episodes

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Q: Flash erase image with mask - gotoandplay next frame This post was orginally posted on flashkit.com, but their forum is kinda dead and no one answered this question after 15 months. So I'm giving it a try here. I'm not a hardcore programmer and searched for a good solution on the web, but I can't seem to find any.
There is a piece of code for erasing a mask with mouse in AS3 which works perfectly. However, I need to detect if the whole image above is completely erased (the mask) and if so, an action will take place such as "gotoAndplay(2)"
Any idea how I to achive this?
http://jonathannicol.com/blog/2009/05/24/erase-an-image-using-your-mouse-in-as3/


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FIBA World Cup for Men
USA Closes Out FIBA World Cup With 87-74 Win Over Poland
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In its final 2019 FIBA World Cup game, the USA men (6-2) had five players score in double-figures and recorded 29 assists in an 87-74 win over Poland (4-4) on Saturday afternoon at Wukesong Sport Arena in Beijing, China.
The USA finished the tournament in seventh place and now is 129-29 all time in FIBA World Cup action. As one of the top two finishing teams from the FIBA Americas zone, the USA also qualified for the 2020 Olympics.
"There are wonderful teams and wonderful coaches all over the world, so there's no surprise in any of that," said Gregg Popovich (USA and San Antonio Spurs head coach). "You go compete, and you know the best teams win. I was thrilled with the group of guys that we were able to coach. They made the sacrifice. They worked hard. They let us coach them, and we got them to a certain point in a short period of time. I wish I could have gotten them closer, but it didn't happen."
Donovan Mitchell (Utah Jazz) was the USA top scorer with 16 points, including 4-of-4 from 3-point, and a USA men's World Cup record-tying 10 assists.
"You know, obviously, we didn't get the result that we had wanted, but to be able to go to war with a bunch of guys who really sacrificed not only their time, their bodies, there's not a lot more you can ask for," Mitchell said. "I've never been a part of USA Basketball, and this was an incredible experience. Obviously, with the game today we showed a lot of character, because even after losing some teams can go the other way and say whatever, and that wasn't the case with these guys. I'm really happy and blessed to have this opportunity."
Joe Harris (Brooklyn Nets) finished with 14 points; Khris Middleton (Milwaukee Bucks) added 13 points and six assists; Derrick White (San Antonio Spurs) contributed 12 points and seven assists; and Harrison Barnes (Sacramento Kings) tallied 10 points.
"It was a good win here today," White said. "We wanted to go out winning. I mean, obviously, we fell short of our goal, but overall I think it was special to play with these guys in the locker room, and we had a great group of guys. I think we all learned a lot from it."
The USA got off to a strong start and shot 57.9% from the field in the first quarter, including 10 assists on 11 field goals, while its defense held Poland to 0-of-7 from 3-point.
With the USA leading 18-14, the Americans closed on a 10-0 run and went ahead 28-14 after the first 10 minutes.
Seven scorers contributed for the USA in the second period, which increased its advantage by three points and headed into the halftime locker room with a 47-30 lead.
The third quarter was Poland's strongest effort, and they outscored the USA 25-16 in the period, including a 14-2 stretch that cut the lead to seven points, 54-47, at 4:07. The USA pushed its cushion back to 63-49 at 1:17, but Poland sank two 3-pointers and made it to 63-55 with 10 minutes to play.
Twice early in the fourth quarter, Poland again narrowed the gap to seven points, but each time the USA responded, outscoring Poland 24-19 in the fourth period to earn the 87-74 win.
"We came out here, and we checked a couple boxes, but we didn't get everything accomplished," said Myles Turner (Indiana Pacers), who collected eight rebounds to go with his seven points and four blocked shots. "We qualified this team for the Olympics coming up, but we didn't get that gold medal – something that is going to stick with us for a very long, shoot, the rest of our lives. And, you know, it hurts a little bit, but we came out here, and I think we did the best we could, given the circumstances."
For the game, the USA shot 50.8% (31-61 FGs) from the field and 48.0% from 3-point (12-25 3pt FGs), and it held Poland to 39.7% shooting (29-73 FGs) and just 25.9% from 3-point (7-27 3pt FGs).
Marcus Smart (Boston Celtics), Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics) and Kemba Walker (Boston Celtics) did not play due to injuries.
The USA's assistant coaches were Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, Atlanta Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce and Villanova University head coach Jay Wright.
In the Sept. 15 FIBA World Cup finals in Beijing, Spain (7-0) will meet Argentina (7-0) in the gold medal game at 8 a.m. EDT, while France (5-2) will play Australia (6-1) for bronze at 4 a.m. EDT.
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Last month, a Los Angeles judge finalized the divorce between popular actress Zooey Deschanel and her husband of three years, Ben Gibbard. The two were married in September of 2009, but separated late in 2011. In December 2011, Deschanel filed for divorce.
Zooey Deschanel is well-known for her work in a number of popular movies, and most recently, for her work on the television show "New Girl". Her ex-husbland, Gibbard, is a well-known musician. The two had no children in their marriage, and report that their separation was amicable.
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Wal-Mart takes aim at carbon emissions
Posted by Josette Dunn on 26th February 2010
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has again set out its stall to reduce its impact on the environment and issued plans to lower its carbon emissions.The company said today (25 February) that it is aiming to cut 20m tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain between now and 2015.
The retail titan will look to hit that target by focusing on product categories with the "highest embedded carbon" as defined by the Carbon Disclosure Project and the Applied Sustainability Center (ASC) at the University of Arkansas.
Fred Krupp, president of green campaigners the Environmental Defense Fund, admitted Wal-Mart had made a "bold move"
"Today the world's largest company begins a global race for carbon pollution cuts. It will transform a vast supply chain here at home, and around the world," Krupp said.
The announcement is the latest in a series of plans Wal-Mart has to reduce the way its business affects the environment.
The retailer has already developed a "sustainability index" to judge which of its suppliers on environmental issues.
"We've been working to make a difference in these areas, both in our own footprint and our supply chain. We know that we have an opportunity to do more and the capacity to do more," Wal-Mart president and CEO Mike Duke said.
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The Marvelous Mrs Maisel returns!
The hotly-anticipated third series of the award-winning show starring Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Borstein airs on Amazon Prime from tomorrow Friday
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel returns to Amazon Prime Video from Friday
Two sensational series, 16 Emmys and three Golden Globes later, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, starring Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Borstein, is returning to our screens once again.
The hotly-anticipated third series of the award-winning show from husband-and-wife team Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino airs on Amazon Prime from tomorrow (Friday).
In the newest episodes, Jewish housewifeturned- comic Midge Maisel (Brosnahan) and her manager, Susie (Borstein) leave behind the dingy underground comedy clubs of New York for the more salubrious climes of Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago and Miami, having landed a gig, opening for singer Shy Baldwin (Leroy McClain).
Her parents follow closely behind, having only recently discovered the truth about their dutiful daughter – but as a new trailer reveals, they remain iy about her new career.
"I'm not a prostitute, I'm a comic," protests Midge. "Is there a difference?" her mother, Rose (Marin Hinkle) retorts. "Yes, prostitutes get paid more."
Her estranged husband, Joel (Michael Zegen) returns, alongside Jane Lynch as stand-up comic Sophie Lennon, Midge's arch-enemy and Joel's parents, Moshe (Kevin Pollak) and Shirley (Caroline Aaron).
Meanwhile, This Is Us and Black Panther star Sterling K Brown joins the cast.
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel returns on Friday 6 December, on Amazon Prime
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Over the weekend, our team asked our social media followers how they would be participating in Black Friday. The results are interesting and match the shopping trends reported by Barclaycard.
Barclaycard reports that the amount spent on Black Friday purchases dropped by 12% compared with 2017. This was despite an increase in the number of transactions, indicating that people have been making a higher number of less expensive purchases and small treats, rather than high end purchases.
In our own poll, only 7% of respondents said they would be buying big price home and electrical goods, while 41% said they would be buying Christmas gifts and 9% said they would buy fashion, cosmetics and general merchandise.
Retail analysts Springboard report that online sales increased by 47% this year, while high street footfall was down 6.4% and shopping centres saw a decline of 9.1%.
In our poll, 51% of respondents said they would only be making purchases online, while just 3% said they would shop on the high street and only 1% would visit a retail park.
One of the issues we wanted to understand from our poll was whether Black Friday was still having an impact on the trading period: while 39% of our respondents said they would not be getting involved in Black Friday at all, for those who do, online is definitely the preferred method for shopping.
William Juckes, joint head of our retail and leisure team said "It's interesting to see consumers continue to spend on Black Friday. The responses to our poll highlight the importance of online sales as consumers move to spending more online and move away from the traditional high street experience''.


The last week of June was an intensive week for Operation 1325. Two of our projects became interlinked in a meeting between Swedish youth and Palestinian university students. The Palestinians participate in our project Promoting New Democracies, where we cooperate with the organization TAM, an organization that works for gender equality and uses media as a tool for change. They meet 25 young girls participating in our project The Digital Peace Agent during a day at the camp yard Åkerögården in Norrtälje. In order to get to know each other, everyone answered questions of why they are active for gender equality and peace, what challenges they have in their daily lives and what they do to handle the challenges. The meeting between the Swedish youth and the Palestinian visitors became an eye opener for both groups. Here in Sweden, people from different countries live side by side. In Palestine, people live in refugee camps. In Sweden, the Palestinians felt that life as a young person seems to be quite simple. While a young Palestinian woman who wants to work in a food store must fight for her right to do so. And whoever wants to rap and crete music meets resistance. But challenges for the Swedish youth are also there, racism, climate change and concerns for the future are concerns they shared with the rest of the group.
Before the meeting at Åkerögården, the 25 future peace agents had already been at the camp for a few days. During a week of training, they learned about the women, peace and security agenda, human rights, the women's convention and conflict management and non violent communication.
At the same time, the Palestinians also had the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of gender equality through various study visits in Stockholm. First out was a meeting with Men for Gender Equality, where Shahab Ahmadjan told us about the view of men's responsibility for gender equality and a new idea of masculinity. The meeting provoked new thoughts and insights for all of us, and the Palestinians would like to organize similar activities in Palestine, but they also thought about the resistance it would probably meet. Another thoughtful meeting was at CISV, a worldwide organization working for peace by educating both youth and adults in conflict resolution. The focus of our meeting was on norm-critical perspectives and interactive exercises. Several of the participants said they would use the exercises in their own work back home. We also meet with the magazine Feminist Perspective. They shared their analysis of society and view of the power. All together, the meetings provided new knowledge and new inspiration for the work of gender equality in Palestine. For Operation 1325, the visit and all meetings were just as inspirational and we thank everyone who shared their knowledge.


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The Hero Complex
"It's all a big experiment."
This was Hans Zimmer's summation of his work on Christopher Nolan's summer blockbuster Inception, which is fast becoming one of the composer's more commercially popular scores. This summer, a viral video on You Tube revealed the origins of the thematic two-note motif that provided Inception with its musical signature. The augmented horn blasts were, in fact, based on a slowed version of a passage from Edith Piaf's "Je Ne Regrette Rien." Of course, the song itself played an important role in the story world: it was the thematic slumber music by which Cobb (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) forces himself back into consciousness.
The two-note brass motif represents a surprisingly small section of Zimmer's much larger musical work for the film, but has become the chief signifying element of the score. The trailer music, composed by Zack Hemsey, builds an effective motif around a more robust version of the horn blast, which itself has gone viral — in cat videos, no less.
Interestingly, the liner notes of the soundtrack listed the cues that featured "interpolations" of the Piaf song. While some may think Zimmer simply lifted the motif without providing due credit, the decision to augment the original song and integrate it into the sonic tapestry of the film was made by Zimmer and Nolan early in the film's production. What is truly remarkable about Zimmer's relationship with Nolan is how early he gets involved. With Inception, for example, Nolan began consulting with Zimmer at the script stage before shooting had even begun. At that point, Zimmer began working out certain musical ideas based on their conversations and his initial impressions of the screenplay, which, to his mind, faithfully conveyed the film's visual aesthetic in "novelistic" terms.
In the end, the Piaf motif became only one of several musical dreamscapes in the film. The main theme, as it could be called, revolves around another two-note (this time, ascending) motif that is fully developed in the final scene of the film. Zimmer hired guitarist Johnny Marr to add his voice to a selection of cues, including the incredibly expansive "Mombasa" action set piece, which blends Marr's humming guitar with some driving drum and bass motifs.
Like much of Zimmer's work, the music is less reactive than it is proactive. The shards of melody and chord swells tend not to work as counterpoint but parallel to the picture. That is not to say he doesn't hit certain sync points or underline certain dramatic moments, but his stylistic signature remains the "slow burn" technique I outlined in an earlier post. In a motif that echoes the close of The DaVinci Code, Zimmer builds his original two-note motif and adds a cluster of ascending and descending chords in addition to Johnny Marr's guitar riff for the final minutes of Inception. There's a clear sync point when Cobb clears customs and is greeted by Miles (Michael Caine) in the airport, which transforms the motif in a more driving figure for guitar, brass and strings. In a narrative sense, the music builds to a climax, but as an audience we're unsure where we're going — he's certainly leading us somewhere, but the music is not necessarily being led by the picture.
In a certain sense, the music could be a projection of Cobb's character psychology. In other words, Zimmer is following Cobb's emotional arc in that final sequence. I'm usually not drawn to such flights of psychoanalytic fancy but this might explain how Zimmer approached the emotional tone of the scene. Since the score was mixed particularly high in the film, it is certainly fair to suggest that music plays a greater role in establishing a sound world tapestry that is not entirely locked to every picture beat. It's precisely that organic quality that eschews clear definitions of point/contrapuntal music. The music leads — but to its own beat, it seems.
In those final minutes we eventually see where he's been leading us — to Cobb's home and his children. When we enter Cobb's home and he spots his children playing in the yard, Zimmer drops the motif and replaces it with a much sparser musical world: a piano arrangement of the two notes built around a rising string figure and the thick undercurrent of an electronic drone, the marker of what might be yet another dream, which is confirmed moments later when Nolan pans left to reveal the spinning top. (The music does not clearly indicate if it's a dream, though.)
Zimmer cleverly satisfies the desire for a classical denouement by introducing an anthemic quality to the film's main motif without contradicting the open-ended nature of Nolan's final image. The repeated motif and thick undercurrent are hallmarks of earlier dream worlds, and Zimmer is not about to scrub the final scene of those markings. If it's yet another dream, the moving music has fooled us into believing Cobb is safe; however, if he's reunited with his children, then we are left with a musical reminder of what it cost to get there. That final scene is, indeed, a microcosm of the entire film for how music functions within it.
In addition, Zimmer's current stylistic fingerprints are all over the sound world of the score. Zimmer's current axiom seems to be that fewer notes work best. What this basically amounts to is a series of small melodic parts stretched and augmented over a period of time. Although Zimmer shies away from being called a minimalist — Anne Thompson tried to assign the label to him in a recent interview — because, to his mind, every film presents a different field of possibility with which to experiment. In other words, he'd rather not be pigeonholed as a "minimalist" composer who simply likes to use two or three notes extended and stretched like Gabe Louis' "soundscape" projects on The Office.
Zimmer did, however, reveal some thoughts about his creative process in a series of online interviews that coincided with the release of Inception. One particular answer popped up in more than one place and struck me as fascinating and even a bit contradictory. Here's the full quote from one of the interviews, where he was asked about composing "heroic" music for characters such as Batman, and if his style has changed over the years. Zimmer said,
Yeah, I think so. It's evolutionary. For instance, I wouldn't be able to write a tune like Gladiator anymore because it feels like it's inappropriate for where we are. I think I have a very good sense of that other devilish German word "Zeitgeist"—the heartbeat of the times. If you wrote a big overtly heroic theme, it would just feel wrong. I think I'm getting better at what music can do in a film, thank God. [Laughs] Maybe it's just because my interests have changed. I'm not interested in the massive heroic tunes anymore. I've been there, done it, got the t-shirt, even the crew jacket [Laughs]. Now, I'm interested in how I can take two, three or four notes and make a really complex emotional structure. It's emotional as opposed to sentimental. It's not bullshit heroic; it has dignity to it.
In effect, Zimmer is discussing two very different things but they appear conflated in his answer. First, he states that stylistically he has reached a point in his career where he prefers to use "two, three or four notes and make a really complex emotional structure" out of them as opposed to building a series of long-lined motifs. Second, he raises the ever-so-popular notion of "Zeitgeist," or what can be called the "cultural barometer." He notes that it is not necessarily fashionable to signify characters or events with grand orchestral "themes" in the vein of Gladiator. This is also applicable to his approach to Nolan's Batman films, which eschew the Wagnerian textures of Danny Elfman's scores for Tim Burton's two Batman films (Batman and Batman Returns) in favor of a more cellular approach. Writing that kind of bold theme would just sound "wrong," he says.
He conflates the two issues by noting how he feels he has reached a point in his musical education that he can better deal with such film music moments than to revert to past practices (i.e., the grand symphonic tradition of classical Hollywood). In an October interview with Anne Thompson, Zimmer touches on the same issue when he says, "I couldn't write like Gladiator — Gladiator would not fit into this movie. I was using the language that was appropriate for this movie." He tones down the rhetoric and simply argues that Inception did not require a grand thematic score, but did not venture an opinion about the use of such an approach in ALL films.
It's pretty obvious from the examples I've cited above that Zimmer has fully embraced the minimal note approach to which he refers. He is keenly aware of his current mode of practice, and is one of the only commercial film composers who openly discusses his creative process with journalists and researchers, and often neatly contextualizes how his approach for one film informs his greater overall style and "evolution" as a composer. Other composers, including John Williams, prefer to speak generally and opaquely about their methods, as if musical ideas simply appear before them as tangible options.
Zimmer's honest self evaluation has also led him to suggest that certain musical options are no longer tenable. But here's where Zimmer seems to confuse what isn't tenable for himself and what aspects of film music do not reflect the current Zeitgeist. We can waste a lot of digital ink debating the key characteristics of our socio-cultural milieu and what constitutes the current cinematic Zeitgeist, but I think it's fair to say Zimmer is primarily talking about the modern treatment of epic filmmaking, spectacle, and heroes. As he says, his approach is "emotional as opposed to sentimental. It's not bullshit heroic; it has dignity to it."
It's unclear what exactly he means by "bullshit" heroic and heroism with "dignity." It's also unclear whether or not long-lined themes are still effective options for film music. Three examples might help illustrate this point. Consider the main title sequences from three acclaimed super hero scores and films: Superman: The Movie (1978), Batman (1989), and The Dark Knight (2008). The first difference between these three title sequences is that The Dark Knight does not have one.
Both John Williams and Danny Elfman used the title sequences in Superman and Batman, respectively, to set a dramatic tone for the films and introduce the key musical motifs that structured their scores. The themes were also unabashedly heroic, featuring driving, up-tempo brass writing. Each theme is comprised of several parts, including fanfares and marches, A-motifs and B-motifs.
On the other hand, Zimmer had very little time to introduce any musical ideas into the first few minutes of The Dark Knight since the only real title — aside from the corporate logos — was a foggy black bat signal emerging from a haze of blue flame. No heroic fanfare, just near-silence. What we do get is a thin, sustained string chord that tracks over the bat signal — an embryonic statement of the Joker's theme. In a certain sense, Zimmer saves the large orchestral flourishes — grand theme and all — for the film's final sequence. During Gordon's hero speech, Zimmer develops the two-note Batman motif into a powerful anthem that reaches its crescendo just as the screen goes black. Then, as the title appears on screen, the reverberant horn blasts become more structured and resemble a fairly "heroic" fanfare that takes us into the Joker's creepy sustained string chords.
Is Zimmer's Batman motif more "dignified" than Elfman's? Is Williams' Superman too sentimental? Hardly. Each composer responded to the material they were given and worked to create a musical sound world that fit the aesthetic parameters and narrative focus of their films. Obviously, each composer imbued the material with their own musical voices — could there be anything more John Williams-y than that famous preparatory phrase? Burton's take on the Caped Crusader inspired Elfman to seek a cathedral-like quality to his score. The mix of gong and organ to signal the entrance or exit of Batman perfectly captures the excessive romanticism and Gothic textures of Burton's visual style.
What is really at issue here is the kind of films Zimmer and Nolan are making and how they do not seem to lend themselves to the romantic tendencies of these other super hero examples. But, in a way, Zimmer's un-heroic (or dignified) themes simply represent a slightly more modern (i.e., new) way of characterizing the same themes, symbols, and myths that populate these super hero narratives.
That is not to say the "old fashioned way" isn't palatable anymore; it's just not currently very popular. In another interview, Zimmer noted that he didn't believe he could write another Gladiator-type score again because the lyrical, long-lined melodies and romantic tone seemed out of place in the current milieu. It seems that scoring films with fewer notes and more "soundscape" elements — that is, expanding and varying one- or two-note motifs into lengthy suites — will be with us for a while. Even fairly long-lined writers like John Debney have recently tried their hand at writing more immediate, "slow burn" material (see Iron Man 2).
Despite Zimmer's claim that he has abandoned certain classical tropes of film scoring, he hasn't completely done away with long-line writing and grand themes. The current Zeitgeist may emphasize a darker and "less-is-more" approach, but the Pirates of the Caribbean series begs to differ. Zimmer's score for At World's End, the third film in the series, contains a set of sprawling themes that evoke the action writing and romantic material of composer Jerry Goldsmith. The blocky whole-note writing is still there, but Zimmer cuts through the heavy undertones with a sweeping love theme that is augmented to fit into several different contexts, much the same way that Elfman's Batman fanfare could be treated delicately to suggest romance or recklessly to suggest anger.
It's possible that At World's End represents an anomaly or a serious attempt to re-capture the romanticism of classical Hollywood swashbucklers like The Sea Hawk. The Zeitgeist may forgive attempts at pastiche. Indeed, Madagascar could be riffing off the winding John Barry melody from Born Free.
In any event, it is difficult for any artist to see past their current stylistic impulse. Obviously, Zimmer finds himself working in particular narrative environments that do not lend themselves to the kind of music he wrote for Gladiator. That is not to say, however, that the Zeitgeist precludes those kinds of scores from being acceptable. Studio executives may not find them all that appealing, but there is an appropriate context for them.
With Inception, Zimmer may have composed a thoroughly contemporary film score that rejects the "bullshit heroism" of an earlier era, but it would be a mistake to conflate the suitability of a particular approach to all film with its applicability to a composer's particular working style.
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Cannabis Therapeutics
Access to medicinal cannabis for patients to be simplified
Cédric Heeb
Bern, 22.06.2022 – The Federal Council wants to make it easier for patients to access medicinal cannabis. It therefore decided at its meeting on June 22 to lift the ban on cannabis for medicinal purposes from the Narcotics Act. Medical prescriptions no longer require an exceptional permit from the Federal Office of Public Health. The sale and consumption of cannabis for non-medical purposes, however, remains prohibited. The amendment to the law will come into force on August 1, 2022.
Sick people will have easier access to medical cannabis from August 1, 2022. The decision whether a cannabis medicine should be used therapeutically will be made by the doctor together with the patient. The FOPH's exceptional approval for the use of medicinal cannabis will no longer be required. People suffering from severe chronic pain and spasticity in particular may benefit from the new regulation.
Increasing demand
Until now, cannabis could not be cultivated, imported or processed into preparations for medical purposes without an exceptional permit. Even the treatment of patients with cannabis medicines that were not subject to authorization was only possible with an exceptional authorization from the FOPH and only in justified cases.
The demand for such permits has increased in recent years. This is administratively burdensome, delays treatment and no longer corresponds to the exceptional character envisaged by the Narcotics Law. The Federal Council therefore submitted an amendment to Parliament to remove the ban on cannabis for medical purposes, which was passed in March 2021. A narcotic prescription will still be required for such medicines.
Lack of evidence of efficacy for reimbursement
The amendment to the law does not change the requirements for reimbursement of cannabis medicines by mandatory health insurance. Currently, these are only reimbursed in exceptional cases. The Federal Council has had it examined whether there is a need for action in this area. However, the available evidence on the efficacy and appropriateness of cannabis medicines is currently insufficient for general reimbursement.
A contribution can be made by the data on medical treatment with cannabis medicines that will be collected by the federal government in the future. The mandatory data collection serves to monitor the development of the prescription of cannabis medicines and to gain more evidence on their effects. It is limited to the first seven years after the change in the law. The evidence obtained can support, but not replace, a specific application for reimbursement of cannabis medicines.
Adjustments to the implementation law necessary
Adjustments to the Narcotics Control Ordinance and the Narcotics Directory Ordinance are necessary to implement the amendment to the law. They will be adapted as of August 1, 2022. Among other things, the control measures for the cultivation of cannabis for medical purposes will be regulated in detail. Swissmedic is responsible after the amendment of the law.
LINK: https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-89372.html
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What CES 2017 Has To Offer For Tech Lovers
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The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Cutii, a companion home robot by Yumii is displayed during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Mars by Crazybaby, a levitating wireless speaker is displayed during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)A TrackR Wallet and TrackR Pixel are displayed during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Luke Roberts, a smart lamp that can create the mood people want for their room, is seen during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The Air wireless hi-fi headphones with charging case by Crazybaby is seen during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)A Vuze 3D 360-degree VR camera is shown during the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 3, 2017. (DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Remi, a smart alarm clock is displayed at the Urban Hello booth during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The Kerastase Hair Coach Powered by Withings, the world's first smart hairbrush developed in collaboration with L'Oreal's Research and Innovation Technology Incubator, with accompanying mobile app that helps people better care for their hair, seen during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017) A Tesla Model S P100D in Ludicrous Mode is shown during a speed test against Faraday Future's FF 91 prototype electric crossover vehicle (not shown) during the FF 91's unveiling at a press event for CES 2017. The 1,050-horsepower FF 91 features autonomous driving with 3D lidar and can go from 0 to 60 mph in 2.39 seconds. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The LG Airport Guide Robot makes an appearance at the LG press event for CES 2017. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)A Bentley Bentayga is shown during a speed test against Faraday Future's FF 91 prototype electric crossover vehicle (not shown) during the FF 91's unveiling at a press event for CES 2017. The 1,050-horsepower FF 91 features autonomous driving with 3D lidar and can go from 0 to 60 mph in 2.39 seconds. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The new Monster SuperStar RaveBox Blaster wireless Bluetooth boom box is displayed during a press event for CES 2017 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on January 4, 2017. The unit features 360 degrees of sound and a rave-inspired light display that syncs with the music. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Cosmo Connected, a rear brake light which can be attached to the back of any helmet and alert emergence services in event of accident through geolocation app, is seen during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The LG Smart InstaView Door-in-Door refrigerator is displayed during a LG press event for CES 2017.(Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The LG Airport Guide Robot is unveiled at the LG press event for CES 2017.(Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Joseph Taylor, Chairman and CEO of Panasonic Corporation of North America, holds up a bendable lithium-ion battery as he speaks during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Simon Tchedikian displays a Sevenhugs smart remote during a press event for CES 2017. The USD 299 device is designed as a universal remote to operate many household devices and is scheduled to be released in June 2017. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)A Wink PTU 360-degree spherical camera is shown with an Android phone during the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 3, 2017. (DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The Rapael smart glove is displayed during a press event for CES 2017. The glove is designed as a rehabilitation solution in occupational therapy settings. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The Wave, a smart radon detector by Airthings is displayed during a press event for CES 2017. The USD 199 device is scheduled to be in the market this spring.(Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The new Panasonic Grand Class SL-1200GR Direct-Drive Turntable, which is unveiled today, on display during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)DOZER - The Sleep Sheep, a kid-safe stuffed toy sheep that helps deepen sleep with music and gets smarter over time to ease troubled sleep for children, which is manufactured by AcousticSheep LLC is seen during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The new Panasonic Countertop Induction Oven, which is unveiled today, on display during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The PowerRay, an underwater robot with a blue luring light and uses sonar system that helps fisherman to detect fish and transmits instant images through internal Wi-Fi system, is seen during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)2breathe Sleep Inducer, a device helps people to sleep via guiding tones composed from the userÕs breathing prolong exhalation to reduce neural sympathetic activity, is seen during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The G-VERT body intensity tracking device is seen during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The Onelink by First Alert Envirocam, which offers non-contact respiration rate monitoring, temperature, humidity and carbon monoxide monitoring, motion detection, and video and audio capabilities, is seen during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Leka, an interactive robot designed for children with special needs, such as autism and other developmental disabilities, is seen during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Samsung Wisenet wireless cameras are displayed during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Phoebe Yu demostrates the Eye Que, a personal vision tracker during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Link AKC, smart pet collars by Smart Pet Technologies are displayed during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Flow, a smart air quality sensor (L) and its companion app is displayed during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)An exhibitor reaches for a Kingston 2T Data Traveler GT USB drive during the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 3, 2017. (DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The Resound ENZ02 super power Smart Hearing Aid is shown in the CES Innovation Awards Showcase during the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 3, 2017. (DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The Wistiki aha smart phone-operated tracker is shown in the CES Innovation Awards Showcase during the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 3, 2017. (DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Pierre-Francois Tissot wears an In & Motion smart motor bike vest during a press event for CES 2017. The vest works like a personal airbag by monitoring the rider and if it senses a fall will automatically inflate (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Gareth Dys of Leka Inc., demostrates the robotic smart toy Leka during a press event for CES 2017. The device is scheduled for release by the end of 2017 and will retail for USD 450. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The Digisense, a wearable real-time baby monitor is displayed on a diaper during a press event for CES 2017. The USD 49 wireless device is able to monitor a baby in the traditional sense as well as when it is time to change its diaper. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Faraday Future's just introduced FF91 electric vehicle on display at the company's press conference at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES2017) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 3, 2017. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Faraday Future's FF 91 prototype electric crossover vehicle is shown during a speed test as it is unveiled during a press event for CES 2017. The 1,050-horsepower FF 91 features autonomous driving with 3D lidar and can go from 0 to 60 mph in 2.39 seconds. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The Ossic X smart headphones by Ossic Corp. is displayed during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The Chrysler Portal, an electric-powered concept mini-van focused toward the millennial generation, is seen with its sidedoors opened during a press event for CES 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor is displayed during a Qualcomm press event for CES 2017. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)Vlad Savov of New York takes a selfie wearing the ODG R-8 AR/VR smartglasses during a Qualcomm press event for CES 2017. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)The Fiat Chrysler Portal Concept car is unveiled during the Fiat Chrysler press conference at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES2017) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 3, 2017. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
The Newest Tech At TheThe International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2017)An Octopus by Joy, an icon watch used to keep children on task is displayed during a press event for CES 2017. The USD 79 watch that comes in several colors and is used in conjunction with an app, will be available by the summer of 2017. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
Top Tech At CES 2016
What CES 2017 Has To Offer For Tech LoversThe Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs from January 5-8. It's expected to feature 3,800 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 165,000 attendees.
A Look At Apple's iPhone 5
World's Largest Passenger Plane Arrives At MIAThe largest passenger airliner in the world is coming to Miami. Lufthansa has announced that it will be the first airline to offer scheduled Airbus A380 service to Miami with daily flights between Frankfurt and Miami beginning June 10, 2011.
Japanese Robot CrazeBack in the 1970s, it was easy for the "Six Million Dollar Man," Steve Austin, to spot a robotic person — or a fembot as the hip sci-fi show called them. In 2010, Japanese robotics makers have taken careful notes and are creating some of the most life-like robots ever — so life-like they can even be used for medical training. It seems the future is indeed now.
Web Billionaires
From Rags to RichesCheck out which companies started in garages and as tiny start-ups, and which heavyhitters owe their riches to a lucky break.
Top 10 Tech TownsHere's a look at the top 10 American cities for technological growth, according to Wired magazine.
Top 10 Sexiest JobsIt's the question we're all faced with when making small talk with strangers: "So what do you do for a living?" Here's a list of the top ten sexiest occupations listed on a recent survey from Careerbuilder website.
Over-Exposed BillionairesThey've got major bucks and massive egos: here's eight of the richest men you've never met, but probably have heard about way too much. (Source: Forbes.com)
Corporate America's Biggest BlundersThink of them as the business world's version of the Hollywood flop: here's a list of the most expensive mistakes ever.


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I have no idea what to expect in this book since I saw this on NetGalley. I just decided to request it because of the cover and the title, it's catchy in someway. The book is okay, and I did a research about it, it is really a tribute for the Sandy Hook Elementary School. What happened is terrible, I can't imagine how that thing happened those people who did that massacre has no heart. Moving on, this book is good to read, somehow it's an inspiration to those who's losing their path in life.
Nicole Janicek is such a hero to me. It is because of what she did for everyone's sake, just because of her dream or it is more on premonition. She's a brave lady, and she really take the risks just to know what's really going on in their school, even befriending Adam Upton. No matter how dangerous he is, Nicole still believes deep down, he is a good man. A big massacre is planned by Adam Upton and his friend Thomas "Lee" Harvey on 12:14.
The story has a good twist, which makes everyone change their perspectives. Well now I believe that sacrifices has to be made before a person change and also the truth will set you free.
I'm not sure if I can post the poem Streaks of Blue here but spoiler alert, so I suggest just read it. It's a good thing I was able to read this. As I did some research, I found everything on Google and it was really a terrifying tragedy.
By the way, it makes me emotional at the end of the book because so many things happened.
I've loved writing since I was about 7 years old. And after reading so many great books over the years, I'm inspired to write a few of my own. "Queens are Wild" (2012, Smashwords) is actually my third novel, but the first I've put out there for a worldwide audience. "Streaks of Blue: How the Angels of Newtown Inspired One Girl to Save Her School" is my next book and will be published on Sept 27, 2013.