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The cost of living and the cost of governmental collapse
19 May 2022 Ryan Miller Last updated: 19 May 2022
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There is no magic fix for the cost-of-living crisis. Plenty of things might help but, with no Executive in place, Stormont can't do any of them.
"People have been worried about inflation for a very long time, and those fears have been unfounded." So speaks the Prime Minister.
In other news, the latest inflation figures came out this week and they are immense.
The CPI hit 9% in the year up to April 2022. However, analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggests the poorest households face inflation of 10.9%, which is three percentage points higher than that faced by the richest.
This is because poorer people spend a higher proportion of their income on energy and food.
A separate analysis from The Resolution Foundation made similar findings.
Not only is inflation at its highest for decades but it is also hitting poorer people the hardest. And all this comes off the back of 15 years of squeeze for less-well-off households.
It's not a good situation and, for all that Boris Johnson loves to talk and loves to sound positive when he talks, no succour is on the horizon.
The economy is weak. The UK (and the entire West) needs to re-think its entire energy strategy (although at least there isn't too much tension between adapting to climate change and divesting ourselves from energy supplied by tyrants, as both involve reducing dependence on fossil fuels).
But these are long-term problems. For poorer households, the crisis is right now, so the fix needs to be immediate.
Advice NI is one of the local organisations that produced a manifesto ahead of the Assembly elections earlier this month.
Although Stormont might not go anywhere, at least in the short term, those manifestos are as relevant now as they were a few weeks ago. Scope is likely to look at several of them in the coming weeks and months.
Firstly, however, let's look at how they've responded to the cost-of-living crisis as inflation aims for the stars.
Head of Policy Kevin Higgins said: "People on the lowest incomes – both in and out of work – have endured a decade of austerity; with freezes and cuts to social security benefits.
"They now find themselves disproportionately affected by the current cost of living crisis; crushing energy bills and faced with the stark choice of going cold or hungry to make ends meet…
"The out-of-touch Chancellor has failed to recognise the plight of low-income families, choosing to ignore the current crisis by sticking to the out-of-date benefit uprating formula which uses the September 2021 inflation figure of 3.1%...
"Advice NI is calling for the Government to do more to help low-income families whose budgets are already at breaking point."
This call for action is aimed at Westminster. That's unsurprising, given Stormont has no Executive and that is unlikely to change soon. It is also the case that London has de facto control over social security.
Nevertheless, in normal times Stormont is more than capable of putting together an emergency support package to help people on benefits in general, or targeted at those in serious need in some other way. These are not normal times, however.
What else is Advice NI asking for?
Advice NI's policy paper is a condensed list of asks. The entire document consists of bullet points under a series of more granular policy areas.
They want independent advice services to be better supported and nurtured, including with longer-term budgets. They say welfare reform should be subject to ongoing impact analysis and underpinned by "respect and dignity", controversial measures such as sanctions and private work capacity assessments should be reviewed, the welfare process should include safeguarding, and loopholes should be closed.
Anti-poverty measures should include support for rising energy and fuel costs, a statutory commitment to tackle poverty, community wealth initiatives should be prioritised and government should become a living wage employer. To help keep debt under control current insolvency measures should be reviewed, Debt Relief Order criteria should be realigned with those in England, community financial options should be improved and better financial capability should be pursued through education and Community Champions.
To ensure income adequacy the organisation wants to see the end of benefits upratings freezing, the Living Wage should be "rolled out across Northern Ireland", Universal Credit should apply equally to people under the age of 25, and a UBI pilot should be explored. They also want to see a fairer economy, with better opportunities for young people and those with disabilities, and a Green New Deal supported by Community Wealth Building.
On housing, they want greater rent protections, more affordable homes, and a review of the homelessness strategy. In health, they want better mental health provision and greater promotion of social prescribing. For children, they want an "effective, costed childcare strategy which accommodates all working patterns", more support for SEN, and various strands of financial easement for parents.
To better address immigration and race discrimination, the organisation wants better advice and financial support for all newcomers to NI, including refugees and asylum seekers. And, finally, regarding digital inclusion and access to services, Advice NI wants to see various measures to ensure no-one is locked out from an increasingly digital world.
Advice NI's manifesto is more or less a list of asks. And it's a long list.
Realistically, Stormont couldn't do all these things – certainly not in the short term – even with an Executive in place.
However, all governments have to make choices. Some of the measures proposed would come at little cost. Some would cost a fortune – but that doesn't mean it isn't money well spent.
Some combination of these policies could and would make life a lot easier for people in Northern Ireland.
Moreover, this sort of thing has broad political support. Scope recently examined the 2022 election manifestos of NI's eight main political parties.
Seven of those eight parties placed a premium on tackling the cost of living. The only exception was the TUV, which said they "will not pretend that the Stormont Assembly can do much in face of a global rise in energy prices or international inflation trends".
Well, the TUV only has one seat. The Assembly would, therefore, have a lot of people open to creating packages that help struggling individuals and families.
But the blunt truth is that, without an Executive in place, that won't happen.
Meanwhile, the cost of living is set to rise even more next month.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Review
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush, Sam Claflin, Kevin McNally, Keith Richards, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Stephen Graham, Richard Griffiths, Judi Dench, Christopher Fairbank.
So, is this set directly after the happenings of the World's End or are we missing a few years? Either way, it again doesn't make much sense by introducing yet another pirate, this one being quite historic, that being Ian McShane's Blackbeard. Who's probably the best character in this, even next to Capt. Jack. It's just why haven't we seen or heard of him before. I thought the Black Pearl was the most feared ship in the Caribbean, to then be trumped by Davy's Jones' Flying Dutchman to now, being bested by Blackbeard and his Queen Anne's Revenge.
It has a dumbed down story of pirates racing each other to get to the fabled fountain of youth. But of course, in true pirate fashion, with every gift the ocean bestows there comes a hefty price and conditions that need to be met. One condition being, requiring a tear of a Mermaid. Easier said than done as these mermaids aren't the one relating to anything like Ariel; and this sets the premise of the film.
We might have to start calling Captain Jack Sparrow, Captain Jackie Chan. Whilst some of the sequences were good, they don't have the scope and finesse of the previous films, being more of a tease of what should have been. The action is either poorly captured or poorly edited, either way, it looks weak. It's most noticeable with the sword fight when Angelica meets Capt. Jack for the first time in the London tavern. That scene just felt like a cheap copy of Will Turner's and Capt. Jack's first clash in the blacksmith. I'm not sure if replacing Cruz for Knightley was a great idea, but I can imagine Lizzie is probably busy being a single mother whilst Will is doing whatever the Captain of the Flying Dutchman does. Like Knightley, Cruz really doesn't make a good pirate.
There's little character development here and instead, we get plenty of corny and feeble scriptwriting. We don't get enough time with Claflin and the mermaid so we care little for them. Claflin appears to be Bloom's counterpart, the innocent missionary who's a little wet behind the ears. Stephen Graham appears to replace both Arenberg and Crook, providing the common stupidity these pirates share. And what has happened to Barbossa? The love shared between the two main pirates is still very much there but that outfit! At least McNally is still here donning his Wolverine mutton chops.
This is a water-downed, groggy version of the previous trilogy, more like a TV Movie in every aspect, the crew feels smaller, the action too rigid and the wit feels forced as oppose to improv. Even Zimmer's score just sounds recycled. There's a few theories as to why, maybe the franchise has finally grounded, washed ashore, marooned and left to die. Maybe it's because it's of a different director. Same writers at the quill but maybe Marshall doesn't have the flare Verbinski had. Or maybe because it feels too distant from the previous films missing key characters like Swann, Turner and even Davy Jones... Or... could it be the reported lack of enthusiasm Depp was feeling as a result of the sacking of Disney studio chairman, Dick Cook. Who Depp trusted and visa versus, who allowed Depp to really explore the character of Jack. Whilst it's unclear to the reasons behind Cooks departure, he was described as "the nicest man in Disney's jungle" by BusinessWeek. But all that being said, each theory making some sense, Oren Aviv, Disney's Head of Production has stated they wished to scale down the film, not wanting to get too big for it's boots, with a budget being two thirds of the last film at $200m.
It's certainly on stranger tides with this one, even though there's plenty of familiar ground. It just doesn't match up at all to any of Verbinski's Pirates and unfortunately leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. I think it would be wise to leave it alone for awhile.
Would I buy the Blu-ray?: No.
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I was just reading the FT before PDP and they mention that the #1 restaurant will be in London at Claridges during the Olympics. What the heck, I signed up to GET in "line" for a dinner reservation. now I need two years to save up to pay for it, if I really get a seat, and if I would really go.
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Podcast Interview with Felienne Hermans, TU Delft
Almost two years ago, my colleagues at Neo alerted me to the fact that there was this really cool lady in the Netherlands that had an even cooler story about Neo4j and Spreadsheets. Curious as I am, I invited Felienne to come and talk about this at our Amsterdam meetup, and we have been in touch with her and her department ever since. So naturally, we also invited her to come on our Podcast, and as usual :), we had a great conversation. Hope you enjoy:
RVB: 00:01 Hello everyone. This is Rik, Rik Van Bruggen from Neo Technology. Today, we're recording another podcast episode that I've been looking forward to for a long time, actually, because I'm a true fan, and not a groupie yet, but a fan of Felienne Hermans from Delft University. Hi, Felienne.
FH: 00:19 Hi, Rik.
RVB: 00:20 Hey. Great to have you on the podcast. It's fantastic. We've seen you talk at a number of conferences and at the meet-up before. But most people won't have seen that yet, so maybe you can introduce yourself?
FH: 00:33 Sure. I'm Felienne Hermans. I'm assistant professor at Delft University of Technology where I run the Spreadsheet Lab. That's a research group of the university that researches spreadsheets, obviously.
RVB: 00:45 Obviously, exactly. That also sort of hints at the relationship with graphs, I think, right?
FH: 00:53 Yeah. People that have seen my talk or maybe googled me know that the title of my talk that I usually give is "Spreadsheets are graphs".
So, we use Neo4j to do graph analysis on spreadsheets. We do all sorts of analysis, actually. The whole idea of our research is that spreadsheets are actually "code". And then if it's code, you need an IDE. So you need to analyze all sorts of constructions within your code so you can see, maybe, do you have code smells in your spreadsheets? Maybe does your spreadsheet need refactoring? All the things you typically do on source code for analysis, you should also do on your spreadsheet, and this is where we use Neo4j.
RVB: 01:34 If I recall, you actually did some work on proving that spreadsheets are Turing complete, right?
FH: 01:41 Yeah, I did. To make my point that spreadsheets are code because then, people think it's funny. If I say, "Hey, I do research on spreadsheets and I've wrote a PhD dissertation on spreadsheets," people laugh in my face often [chuckles]. "Really, can you do dissertation on that?" It's software engineering. I'd say, "Yeah." But actually, people don't believe me. To prove my point - indeed I implemented it - a Turing machine in a spreadsheet using only formulas, ensure that they are Turing complete and that makes them as powerful as any other programming language. That should stop people from laughing at me.
RVB: 02:17 [chuckles] Exactly. It's funny, but it's also really, really interesting. I think fundamentally, it's a very interesting approach and that's why I think people also love your talks. It's a very interesting topic. So, why did you get into graphs then, Felienne? Tell us more about that. How did you get into that relationship between spreadsheets and graphs?
FH: 02:40 As I said, we do smell detection, as well. And for that, we initially stored information in a database and we stored information, for instance, what cell relates to what other cell? Because if you want to calculate a smell like "feature envy", and source code feature envy would be a method that uses a lot of fields from a different class. So you can see in a similar way that in a spreadsheet, a formula that uses a lot of cells from a different worksheet has the feature and the smell. It should actually go in the other worksheet. So in order to save that type of information, you need to store what cell relates to what other cell. And initially, I never thought about what database do I use.
FH: 03:26 In my mind, a few years ago, database was just a synonym for a SQL server. I was in Microsoft world where we make plugins for Excel, so database is just SQL. Same thing. I didn't think about it. I just dropped all my stuff in database, aka SQL. And initially, that worked fine. Some analyses you can really easily do but at one point, you want to really deeply understand how all the cells relate to each other because you want to measure the health of the spreadsheet. So we got horrible queries. SQL queries of like one A4 sheet of paper. Very, very complicated. But still I thought databases are just hard. I didn't really think about it until I saw a talk from one of your colleagues, Amanda, at Build Stuff in Vilnius. I saw her talk, and then it was really like a light bulb above my head. Bing. This is what I need.
FH: 04:23 And a few weeks later, I was onsite at a customer for weeks so I wasn't bothered by students or colleagues so I could really program for a while. I thought, "Okay. This is my chance. Let's try and get my data into Neo4j and see how it will improve, what type of analysis that it would make easier." So that's what I did. When I tried, lots of the analyses - how many hopes are there between these two cells or what is the biggest span within the graph - obviously are very easy to answer in Neo4j. So that's how we changed some of our analyses queries to run on the Neo4J database because it was so much easier to explore the data in a graph way because spreadsheets are graphs. There's a whole graph layer underneath the grid-like interface. That was really easy to analyze.
RVB: 05:16 That is such a great story and such a great summary of why it's such a great fit. I guess most people don't think of it that way. But effectively, what you're doing is like dependency analysis, right?
FH: 05:28 Yeah. That's what we're doing. How did cells depend on each other?
RVB: 05:31 Super interesting. Is that something that you currently already use? I know you've been developing software on top of Neo4j, right? Is that already something that people can look at?
FH: 05:45 No. Currently we only look at it within our own research group. The analyses we do is for us as researchers. It's not user-facing, so we have a smell detection tool that is somewhat user-facing where spreadsheet users can upload their spreadsheet and they get some analysis in the browser, but that is no less advanced than the analysis we use. They're still using the SQL back-end because users typically don't really want to explore their spreadsheet in a way that we want to explore spreadsheets if we're researching. A spreadsheet user is not going to ask himself the question, "Hey, how wide are my cells connected?" That's really more a research tool.
RVB: 06:31 I understand. Totally. What are your plans around that, Felienne? Are you still expanding that work or is that something that is still under development then? Where is this going, you think?
FH: 06:42 Obviously, if you say smells and you say refactoring. We've done lots of work on the smells. Even though we keep adding new smells, we feel that we have covered the smells area pretty nicely. Then, the next step of course would be refactoring the smells. If I know that this cell suffers from feature envy, it is jealous of that nice worksheet where all the cells are-- that he is using that formula. You want to move the formula to the other worksheet so that it's nicely close together to the cells that he's using. So these type of refactorings - moving cells in order to improve the graph structure - is something that we are looking at.
FH: 07:21 One of my PhD students is currently looking at comparing the underlying graph, so where are the cells connected to each other? Compare that look on the spreadsheet to where are the cells in the worksheet? If you have a big cluster of cells, they're all referring to each other but they are physically located on two different worksheets, that's probably not ideal for the user because then you have to switch back and forth. And the other way around is true, as well. If you have a worksheet where there are two clusters of cells relating to each other, maybe it would be better to give each of these clusters their own worksheets. So these are the type of refactorings that we are looking into. If you have a big disparity between how your spreadsheet is lay-outed, and how your graph connections are, then this is very smelly and you should do something to improve the structure. There are still a lot of graphs also, in the refactoring future that we see.
RVB: 08:23 That, again, sounds so interesting. I think we could have a lot of joy - spreadsheet joy - because of that. I would love to see that. Very cool. Any other topics that you think would be relevant for our podcast listeners, Felienne? Or anything else that comes to mind?
FH: 08:44 Yes. One other thing, one final thing. I like to pitch my research a little bit if--
RVB: 08:49 Of course. Yeah.
FH: 08:51 One of the things that we're also looking at is looking at what in a spreadsheet are labels and what in a spreadsheet is data? And especially how do they relate to each other? If you want to, for instance, generate documentation from a spreadsheet, or help a user understand a spreadsheet, it's very important to know if you have-- you take a random formula from a spreadsheet, what is it calculating? Is this the turnover of January, or is this the sales of blue shoes? And sometimes it's easy because, again, your layout matches the formulas. Sometimes you can just walk up the column or down the row to get the label. Sometimes the layout is a little bit more complicated. One of the things that we are working on is trying to make an algorithm - semiautomatic, and maybe with some user assistance, or entirely automated - where you can pick a random cell and then it will give you what it is, what is semantically happening in that cell. Can I add links to your story, as well?
RVB: 09:57 Yes, you can. Yeah.
FH: 09:59 Okay. So let's share a link of-- we did an online game where we gave people a random spreadsheet and a random cell, and they had to click the labels. We used that in an online course that I taught and we got 150,000 data points out of that game. We're currently analyzing that data to see what patterns are there in labeling. What usually is described by users as the labels of cells, and we hope that from that, we can generate or synthesize an algorithm that can do that for us.
RVB: 10:28 Super cool. Let's put together a couple of links to your talks, but also to your research on the blog post that goes with this podcast. And then I'm sure people will love reading about it and will also love to hear about your future work.
FH: 10:45 Thanks.
RVB: 10:45 It will be great to keep in touch. Super. Thank you so much for coming on the Podcast, Felienne. I really appreciate it, and I look forward to seeing one of your talks, blog posts, whatever, in the near future.
FH: 10:59 No problem.
RVB: 11:00 All right. Have a nice day.
FH: 11:01 Bye.
RVB: 11:01 Bye.
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The Social Sciences Division (SSD) and the Computer Unit of ATINER will hold its 6th Annual International Conference on Library and Information Science, 29-31 July & 1 August 2019, Athens, Greece as part of the 6th Annual International Conference on Social Sciences. In the past, the six units of SSD have organized more than 60 annual international conferences on economics, sociology psychology, politics & international affairs, the mass media & communication, anthropology, as well as population & demography sponsored by the Athens Journal of Social Sciences and the Athens Journal of Τechnology & Engineering.
Papers from all areas of Library and Information Science are welcome. You may participate as panel organizer, presenter of one paper, chair a session or observer.
Fee structure information is available on www.atiner.gr/2019fees.
Special arrangements will be made with a local hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized, including a pragmatic symposium (as organized in Ancient Athens but fine-tuned to synchronous ethics), a special one-day educational island tour, a Myceanae and island of Poros visit, an Athens educational walking tour, a day trip to Delphi, and an ancient Corinth and Cape Sounion visit. Details of the social program are available here.
Please submit an abstract (email only) to: atiner@atiner.gr, using the abstract submission form by the 17 June 2019 to: Dr. Pascal Jollivet, Head, Computer Unit, ATINER & Associate Professor, Université de Technologie de Compiègne / Sorbonne Université, France. Please include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Current Position, Institutional Affiliation, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Decisions are reached within 4 weeks.
Academically, the Association is organized into 6 Divisions, 37 Units and 6 Centers. Each Unit organizes at least an Annual International Conference, and may also undertake various small and large research projects.


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(USA) – Sosolimited's Colorspace interactive sculpture responds to text messages with animations of coloured light.
Sosolimited has unveiled Colorspace, an interactive sculpture that transforms text messages into breath-taking animations of coloured light. The installation, which resides in the upper lobby at 200 Clarendon Street (formerly the Hancock Tower) in Boston, Massachusetts, was commissioned by Boston Properties, which owns and manages the building.
"We set out to create an artwork that could evolve through an ongoing conversation with the community around it. On a personal level, we wanted to create a playful and surprising moment for tenants as they entered and exited the building each day," explained Sosolimited Co-founder John Rothenberg.
"You can literally send it any message, and it will translate your text into a unique colour palette of shimmering light. 'Beach' lights up the space with blues and yellows. 'Watermelon' gives you shades of pink and green," added Eric Gunther, Co-founder of Sosolimited. "And 'disco' lights up the lobby with hot pinks and purples."
As tenants and visitors enter the mezzanine, they pass a long wall with a wave-like row of suspended light pendants. Anybody with a mobile device can send a text message to the phone number printed on the wall. The sculpture replies with a text message and seconds later, a sparkling wash of coloured light sweeps across the length of the mezzanine, illuminating the space with new colours.
The polished marble and chrome surfaces of the modernist lobby shimmer with reflections, immersing viewers in coloured light. When no one is interacting with the sculpture, it cycles through a series of curated colour palettes, continuously changing the mood of the space.
"The mezzanine at 200 Clarendon is a transitional space that sets the tone of people's experience as they enter and exit the building," explained Sosolimited Designer Wes Thomas. "Throughout the design process we worked to create an experience that balanced change and excitement with calm and contemplation."
The intention of the artwork is to create a dynamic and relevant lobby that gives tenants in the building a sense of ownership and voice in the design of their shared space.
"We're strong supporters of the Boston arts community," said Laura Sesody, Marketing Director at Boston Properties. "We set out to commission an artwork that could evolve and respond to the people that see it every day. We've been thrilled with the response to Colorspace from our tenants. They can't stop using it."
The installation features 70 glowing pendants, suspended along the lobby wall in a wave-like fashion, creating an immersive surface of coloured light. Made from a specially formulated acrylic manufactured by Okalux, the glass-like pendants have microscopic particles inside that catch the light when illuminated.
Each pendant can independently change colour and is controlled by custom software that performs a web-based image search for each text message, analysing the pixels of the top image and builds a visually interesting colour palette. This colour palette is translated into network messages that are sent to the custom circuit boards driving the LED lights. The LED boards were designed for Sosolimited by Mike Harrison, an engineer based in Essex, UK.
"This is the third in a series of artworks we've created that transforms words into big displays of colour. It provides a simple, personalised way of interacting with technology, and with a low barrier for participation. Anybody can create unique and surprising visualisations by just thinking of a word," said Sosolimited Partner Wade Aaron.
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$65m investment increases British Patient Capital's exposure to life sciences and health technology
British Patient Capital announces a cornerstone commitment of $65m to SV Health Investors' latest fund, SV7 Impact Medicine Fund (IMF), to turn scientific breakthroughs into biotech companies producing high impact precision medicine drugs for poorly treated diseases.
The commitment increases British Patient Capital's exposure to life sciences and health technology, building on a commitment to the Dementia Discovery Fund in 2018.
The IMF is SV's first dedicated biotech fund, with a mission to turn scientific breakthroughs into successful biotech companies producing high impact precision medicine drugs for poorly treated diseases. The IMF will exploit SV's extensive in-house experience of company creation, focusing predominantly on early-stage biotechnology investments, providing support through multiple funding rounds. The IMF can also invest in late preclinical and clinical stage companies.
Working closely with its portfolio companies as trusted advisers and partners, and by acting as entrepreneurs who can create and build breakthrough companies and treatments, SV's biotechnology team will maximise the IMF's potential to transform healthcare.
The Fund, which closed at $265m, attracted investment from several of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, family offices, pension funds and charities including Cancer Research UK, Guy's and St Thomas' Charity and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Cancer Research UK announced its strategic partnership with SV Health Investors in June 2019 to focus on accelerating the translation of Cancer Research UK's research into the development of new cancer medicines for patients.
The Fund has already made a number of investments into UK based science, creating biotechnology companies such as Alchemab, which develops antibody therapies for hard-to-treat diseases, including cancers, infectious diseases, and neurodegenerative conditions.
Precision medicine aims to deliver major, durable impact on drug safety and efficacy by providing patients with therapeutics targeted at their specific disease mechanisms with the ultimate intent to cure.
In May 2020, Kate Bingham, Managing Partner, SV Health Investors, was appointed Chair of the UK's Vaccine Taskforce. In her work for SV, Kate's biotech investments have resulted in the launch of six drugs for the treatment of patients with inflammatory and autoimmune disease and cancer making her uniquely qualified for the role.
The strength of SV's UK based biotech team, and their partnerships with groups such as Cancer Research UK, ensures access to some of the UK's most exciting high potential biotech investment opportunities. The potential for precision medicine to significantly improve healthcare outcomes not only addresses some of society's most pressing challenges, highlighted by COVID-19, but also offers SV a compelling investment opportunity.
SV's reach into core life science markets, including the US, means their networks, and situational experience can be a real boost to companies seeking to expand internationally.
As the UK's largest domestic institutional investor in venture funds, we are providing the patient capital required to allow best in class managers, like SV Health Investors, to back their investee companies through multiple rounds."
Catherine Lewis La Torre, CEO British Patient Capital
SV are delighted that our first fund focused solely on biotechnology investment has attracted significant support from a large variety of limited partners including existing investors to SV such as British Patient Capital as well as new investors.
With many organisations working in unison to achieve the UK's mission of maintaining a leading position in precision medicine, this felt like the perfect time to launch the IMF.
As with our other funds, the IMF team will work closely with our portfolio companies to maximise the fund's potential to transform healthcare and contribute to the UK's mission."
Kate Bingham, Managing Partner SV Health Investors
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In his first speech [extract, full] in office, CIA Director Mike Pompeo rather than focusing on China, North Korea, or the rise of extremism, chose to announce an offensive against WikiLeaks and other publishers. In doing so Director Pompeo characterized WikiLeaks as a "non-state intelligence service".
The CIA Director's targeted WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange by name claiming that the new U.S Administration will not be "squeamish about going after [WikiLeaks] under some concept of this right to publish", and invoking "less constitutional law and a lot more of a philosophical understanding" that WikiLeaks is a "non-state hostile intelligence agency" to which "no First Amendment Freedoms apply".
It is improper for the CIA director to suggest that he has the authority to proscribe any new limits on freedom of expression. Pompeo's absurd redefinition would have many media organizations and human rights groups transformed into "non-state intelligence services"— with the explicitly stated goal of stripping away their First Amendment rights.
History shows the danger of allowing the CIA or any intelligence agency, whose very modus operandi includes misdirection and lying, to be the sole arbiter of what is true, prudent or lawful. Otherwise every day might see a repeat of the many foolish CIA actions which have led to death, displacement, dictatorship, terrorism and torture.
All serious media organizations are in the business of obtaining information by encouraging sources to step forward. The key difference between media and intelligence is that the media is in the business of publishing what it discovers to a wide audience. WikiLeaks is an award winning media organization that is well known for the accuracy and volume of its analysis and primary source publications and its millions of readers.
Unsurprisingly it is the strength of WikiLeaks' publications relating to the CIA's illegal activities, including espionage against France's last presidential election and its attempts to infect its allies and consumer products with viruses that has led to Director Pompeo's claims that its editor Julian Assange "has no First Amendment protections". These claims are dangerous and should be critically examined.
Director Pompeo's statement sought not only to threaten Mr. Assange and WikiLeaks, but to definitively subvert the First Amendment and fundamental notions that are intrinsic to American democracy. The First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting free speech and the press; it is not only a right for the publisher. It is a limitation on the executive designed to check authoritarianism and guarantee the public knowledge and debate which is necessary to preserve the democratic ideals on which the idea of America was built.
As for the Director's attempts to demonize a publisher as a "fraud" and a "coward"—the public can judge what is fraudulent about a decade-long record for publishing the truth and what is cowardly about standing up to years of authoritarian bullying. Director Pompeo lacks irony when he suggests "WikiLeaks should focus its fire on autocratic regimes" while simultaneously calling for a crackdown on free speech. Director Pompeo's finds himself in the company of Erdogan of Turkey (57.934 documents published by WikiLeaks), Assad of Syria (2.3 million documents) and the Saudi dictatorship (122,609 documents), to name but a few autocratic regimes that have attempted, and failed, to censor WikiLeaks.
The CIA's attempts to stifle speech only serves to underscore why WikiLeaks' publications are necessary. WikiLeaks will continue to publish true, newsworthy information that contributes to the public debate.
America's Founders, with brilliant foresight, understood the absolute necessity for preservation of a free press to foster critical debate about the actions of the government. The alternative is tyranny.


Tom Brokaw Will Be Made to Care. On Meet the Press, Tom Brokaw said hispanic families in the United States need to work hard at assimilating into the country and ensure their children learn English. When my grandfather immigrated to the United States after the turn of the twentieth century, he was told basically the same thing — heavy on the learn English part. It is a bit of common sense.
But the left has decided this bit of common sense is racism and Brokaw is being savaged as a racist for saying it. It's just truth. The outrage is amped up by a group of partisan progressives who have long decided that assimilation is somehow an embrace of whiteness instead of Americanness, but there is something else here too. The more a hispanic family assimilates into the United States, the more likely they are to identify as conservative. The left can't have that. So to suggest they work to be part of the fabric of our common society is heresy. Tom Brokaw will have to repent.
Kamala Harris Action Figure – Bed Not Included In the span of a week, Sen. Kamala Harris has transformed into both a 2020 White House contender … and an action figure. The California Democrat is the latest political celebrity to get a mini-me version of herself from the company FCTRY.
Earlier this month, the Brooklyn-based manufacturer announced the release of its special counsel Robert Mueller action figure. It's also fashioned figurines bearing the likenesses of Harris's fellow 2020 White House contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former President Obama. The current president has an "Evil Trump" figure — complete with a pointed middle finger — made in his image.
"In all seriousness, Howard Schultz truly could unite the country… By having Democrats join Republicans in boycotting Starbucks."
If Schultz can attract a following among even a small subset of Democrats and a decent number of independents, he could siphon off sufficient votes to flip a bunch of states that Democrats probably have a good shot at carrying into Trump's column.
Armed FBI Agents Raid Earl of Taint Studio "The FBI raided my studio this morning and arrested me as if I were some kind of terrorist on charges stating I have repeatedly triggered multiple government officials "and other VIPS" in violation of federal law. I thought it was the pizza delivery guy. They kicked open the door after one knock – then tossed in a stun grenade and it worked. I was stunned."


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S02E01 - Nigel Haworth Air Date: 29 May 2017 15:00 -
In this episode, Michelin-starred chef Nigel Haworth has his eye on the prize as he puts three home cooks through a series of culinary challenges, including how to make the perfect mushroom pate. Nigel will be judged by triple Michelin-starred chef Pierre Koffmann in the final, so his professional pride is at stake. But which home cook will he choose?
S02E02 - Amandine Chaignot Air Date: 30 May 2017 14:45 -
In this episode, Amandine Chaignot puts three home cooks through a series of culinary challenges, including how to prepare a squab. Amandine will be judged by triple Michelin-starred chef Pierre Koffmann in the final, so her professional pride is at stake. But which home cook will she choose?
S02E03 - Paul Ainsworth Air Date: 31 May 2017 14:45 -
In this episode, Paul Ainsworth puts three home cooks through a series of culinary challenges, including a test of their butchery skills. Paul will be judged by triple Michelin-starred chef Pierre Koffmann in the final, so his professional pride is at stake. But which home cook will he choose?
S02E04 - Jun Tanaka Air Date: 01 June 2017 14:45 -
In this episode, Jun Tanaka puts three home cooks through a series of culinary challenges, including how to make the perfect red wine sauce. Jun will be judged by triple Michelin-starred chef Pierre Koffmann in the final, so his professional pride is at stake. But which home cook will he choose?
S02E05 - Friday Final 1 Air Date: 02 June 2017 14:45 -
Professional chefs Nigel Haworth, Amandine Chaignot, Paul Ainsworth and Jun Tanaka pair up with their chosen home cook partners and go head to head. And to pile on the pressure, culinary royalty in the form of three-Michelin-starred chef Pierre Koffmann is judging their final dishes. Only one duo will reign supreme and claim the title of Yes Chef champions.
S02E06 - Galton Blackiston Air Date: 05 June 2017 14:45 -
In this episode, Michelin-starred chef Galton Blackiston teaches three home cooks how to make a perfectly cooked quail's egg wrapped in a nest of potato. Galton will be judged by triple Michelin-starred chef Pierre Koffmann in the final, so his professional pride is at stake. But which home cook will he choose?
S02E07 - Frances Atkins Air Date: 06 June 2017 14:45 -
In this edition, Frances Atkins teaches three home cooks how to prepare spaetzle, a German pasta. Frances will be judged by triple Michelin-starred chef Pierre Koffmann in the final, so her professional pride is at stake. But which home cook will she choose?
S02E08 - Rupert Rowley Air Date: 07 June 2017 14:45 -
Rupert Rowley puts three home cooks through a series of culinary challenges, including how to make crepe suzette. Rupert will be judged by triple Michelin-starred chef Pierre Koffmann in the final, so his professional pride is at stake. But which home cook will he choose?
S02E09 - Theo Randall Air Date: 08 June 2017 14:45 -
In this episode, Theo Randall puts three home cooks through a series of culinary challenges, including how to make linguine asparagus carbonara. Theo will be judged by triple Michelin-starred chef Pierre Koffmann in the final, so his professional pride is at stake. But which home cook will he choose?
In this episode, professionals Galton Blackiston, Frances Atkins, Rupert Rowley and Theo Randall pair up with their chosen home cook partners and compete in a head-to-head final. And to pile on the pressure, culinary royalty in the form of three-Michelin-starred chef Pierre Koffmann is judging their final dishes. Only one duo will reign supreme and claim the title of Yes Chef champions.
S02E11 - Bryn Williams Air Date: 12 June 2017 14:45 -
In this episode, Bryn Williams has his eye on the prize as he puts three home cooks through a series of culinary challenges, including how to fillet and cook a lemon sole. Bryn will be judged by triple Michelin-starred chef Pierre Koffmann in the final, so his professional pride is at stake. But which home cook will he choose?
S02E12 - Kim Woodward Air Date: 13 June 2017 14:45 -
In this episode, Kim Woodward has her eye on the prize as she puts three home cooks through a series of culinary challenges, including how to make the perfect eggs benedict. Kim will be judged by triple Michelin-starred chef Pierre Koffmann in the final, so her professional pride is at stake. But which home cook will she choose?
S02E13 - Ryan Simpson Air Date: 14 June 2017 14:45 -
In this episode, Ryan Simpson has his eye on the prize as he puts three home cooks through a series of culinary challenges, including how to make the perfect steak tartare. Ryan will be judged by triple Michelin-starred chef Pierre Koffmann in the final, so his professional pride is at stake. But which home cook will he choose?
S02E14 - Atul Kochhar Air Date: 15 June 2017 14:45 -
In this episode, Atul Kochhar has his eye on the prize as he puts three home cooks through a series of culinary challenges, including how to make the perfect onion bhaji. Atul will be judged by triple Michelin-starred chef Pierre Koffmann in the final, so his professional pride is at stake. But which home cook will he choose?
Professional chefs Bryn Williams, Kim Woodward, Ryan Simpson and Atul Kochhar pair up with their chosen home cook partners and go head to head. And to pile on the pressure, culinary royalty in the form of three-Michelin-starred chef Pierre Koffmann is judging their final dishes. Only one duo will reign supreme and claim the title of Yes Chef champions.
S02E16 - Aiden Byrne Air Date: 19 June 2017 14:45 -
Aiden Byrne has his eye on the prize as he puts three home cooks through a series of culinary challenges, including how to perfectly fillet a fish.
S02E17 - Stephen Terry Air Date: 20 June 2017 14:45 -
Stephen Terry has his eye on the prize as he puts three home cooks through a series of culinary challenges, including how to make a perfect baked alaska.
S02E18 - Mary Ann Gilchrist Air Date: 21 June 2017 14:45 -
Mary Ann Gilchrist has her eye on the prize as she puts three home cooks through a series of culinary challenges, including how to make a perfect sauce maltaise.
S02E19 - Matt Gillan Air Date: 22 June 2017 14:45 -
Matt Gillan has his eye on the prize as he puts three home cooks through a series of culinary challenges, including how to make perfect poached eggs with hazelnut emulsion.
The final of the cooking competition which sees professional chefs working with home cooks. The four teams go head to head, with Pierre Koffmann judging the dishes.


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MAQASHID AL-SYARIAH SEBAGAI KONSEP DASAR DALAM TEORI PEMBENTUKAN HUKUM ISLAM DI INDONESIA
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The majority of fuqoha 'has defined fiqh as a result of understanding, tashawwur and critical reasoning (al-idrak) of a mujtahid. But on the other hand, fiqh as a result of ijtihad teryata is often described as divine law (sharia). As Ijma '(consensus), there are many differences in defining it, but until now there are still many fuqoha' who regard ijma 'as qath'i propositions which are level with texts and are sariari-made propositions' and even claim that those who oppose ijma 'including infidels. Humans often traditionalize actions that are considered good and are their daily needs, so that Islam also still recognizes and contributes to maintaining the tradition ('Urf) into a method of observation, not only maintaining it but because it pays more attention to the benefit of the people. Because Islam comes in the context of regulating the social order that is oriented towards achieving benefit and avoiding loss (madlarat), moreover the texts of the Shari'a itself do not provide a detailed solution to the diversity of problems of each community. Traditionally the implications of Urf are very limited to only space and time, while legal decisions continue to apply even in different situations and conditions. So the view of jurisprudence towards the world (jurist's worldview) is intended as the development of the Urf concept in order to achieve the universality of maqashid al-sharia.
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John Mooers establishes himself as elite discus thrower at Rutgers
May 2, 2019 9:21pm | By Delaney Zubrick
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With the Big Ten Championships on the horizon, there are several notable athletes on both the Rutgers men's and women's track and field teams that can potentially place highly or even nab a personal record, but there's one athlete in particular that has made his final year as a Scarlet Knight one to remember.
Senior John Mooers has definitely left his final year with several high points, but he has not always been the school record holder for discus.
As a freshman, Mooers mainly competed in the hammer throw, which lasted through his sophomore year until his focus was directed onto discus. In his freshman year, Mooers's best finish was fifth in discus and third in hammer throw.
He did not frequent the podium, since a majority of his placements landed him in the double-digits. But, moving into his sophomore year, there was a clear shift in talent. As a sophomore, Mooers only landed in a double-digit finish three times, two of which were in shot put, a new event for him.
While he did nab a personal record in hammer throw his sophomore year, he was never able to improve off of that distance of 48.31 meters. This distance also gave him a fourth-place finish, which matched his best finish of the season.
This personal record in the hammer throw also allowed him to place third in Rutgers history. He follows right behind sophomore Jason Campbell, who recorded a 48.81 meter throw.
His personal best in his sophomore was recorded at 50.44 meters, which landed him in fourth place at the Metropolitan Championships, here at Rutgers.
Mooers was never able to top fourth place in his sophomore year, no matter the event, but that was all about to change as he transitioned into his junior year on the Banks.
In his first meet of the season, Mooers landed on the podium with a throw of 53.65 meters, which was more than a 10-foot difference to his previous personal best during his sophomore year.
Mooers's junior year was different than his two previous years, since he focused on discus and did not compete in either the hammer throw or the shot put. This was a good decision that he and the coaching staff had made for the remainder of his track and field career.
Since he was able to direct all of his attention on discus, he could focus solely on it, pushing himself to the next level, where he is today.
One of the most surprising pieces of information from his junior year was that he only threw below 170 meters once, and it only missed the mark by a measly 3 feet.
Moving on to the current senior year that Mooers is taking part in, he has been crushing his personal records with great significance. While in his junior year he placed highly compared to his previous years, in his senior year alone, he has scored three first, one second and one third-place win in his six total meets.
Mooers has been breaking his personal records back to back, and currently, he sits with a recorded 56.45-meter throw to place third at the most recent Penn Relays.
Mooers was able to score first place three times in a row before the 125th Penn Relays, and two of those first-place wins also came with a personal record being broken.
His first personal best in his last year as a Knight came with a throw of 54.35 meters, and now he has almost broken that record by 10 feet.
It's rare to see a Division I athlete rack in personal records so far away from his previous bests in their senior years, but somehow Mooers continues to impress and improve in his final meets of his collegiate career.
With the Big Ten Championships coming up this weekend, one can only imagine the hard work Mooers is putting in prior to this meet. He currently stands in seventh place out of the Big Ten teams with his personal record thus far.
While he's not on the podium, it's not out of the question that Mooers is able to break his personal record by nearly 10 feet again to gain on the top throwers in this conference.
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Community visionary Tracy Hardaway is the 2018 recipient of the Ruth Nicholson Award, the Community Foundation of Greenville's highest honor to a volunteer who has made significant contributions to the Greenville community. Her introductions to countless community members to the foundation have made an impact. One referral in particular left a generous bequest, which has helped to support major initiatives, including OnTrack Greenville and the Greenville Free Medical Clinic.
As a co-founder of the Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA), Hardaway has been instrumental in the arts and economic revitalization of the Village of West Greenville, helping to raise more than $1 million for this purpose. The Community Foundation was a part of this effort with a signature grant.
Tell us a bit about yourself. Are you from Greenville? >> I was born and raised in Greenville. One of eight children with a twin sister, I had a great childhood. My parents, Bill and Connie Timmons, were energetic and generous supporters of the community. My husband, Charles, is also a Greenville native, and we have known each other since we were 14 at Greenville High School. We have been married 47 years and have four sons and nine grandchildren. I have always been a dreamer. Art and being creative makes me happy. There is a great pleasure in self-expression. Being encouraged to be creative gave me confidence as a child. I believe that art is essential for living. Everyone should have access to art.
Tell us about your volunteer experience. >> I have always been a volunteer and have been on numerous boards over the years. I have been on the finance committee of the Community Foundation for at least 20 years. I served two terms on the board. I am a founder and board member of the GCCA and former board member of the Upcountry History Museum, the Greenville Little Theatre, the USC Alumni Association, and many others.
How has your professional experience parlayed into your volunteer work with the Community Foundation? >> Helping clients plan for their future as well as their charitable wishes was a big part of my work at UBS Financial Services. The Community Foundation is a natural resource for charitable gifts and has an extraordinary president in Bob Morris and talented staff as well as a board of community volunteer leaders. They ensure that gifts are used wisely and strategically to improve the lives of all in Greenville.
Tell me about the founding of the GCCA and your role in that. What vision originally inspired you to embark on this project? >> My good friend, Randy Armstrong, told me about a group of artists, former art teachers, and community leaders who were looking to form an arts center for visual arts. We met as a kitchen-table cabinet to begin our dream. I had taken art in high school and college and at the art museum, and looked forward to taking art classes when I retired, but the art school closed. A community the size of Greenville needed a visual arts center, and our efforts have proven that to be the case.
I understand you are an artist yourself. >> I am an aspiring artist and have loved taking classes at the GCCA. Currently, I am co-chairman of the fundraising effort with my husband, and Cliff and Jane Roy. We are about to launch a campaign to raise money to renovate the cotton warehouse, an adjacent building to the cloth building that currently houses the center. It has over 30,000 square feet and will house class spaces for ceramics, jewelry, metals, and woodworking. This has taken some of my "art creative time," but it is a worthy cause, and I look forward to adding other class choices.
What inspires you, personally, to work so hard for this community? >> My parents and their love for Greenville and the "can do" attitude that the leadership of our great town has shown over the years have inspired me to volunteer and work to improve the lives of all in Greenville.
What does the role of the volunteer play in the community and how does volunteerism benefit the individual who chooses to do so? >> I volunteer because I believe helping others is what we are meant to do. Volunteers help to engage those in the community who otherwise would not have the opportunities. This is a huge benefit to the volunteer as well as those served.


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menu.C from Chapter 24, Menus gives an example of presenting a file dialog, a basic interface for opening or creating a file. Main window's create_file_dialog returns a new x::w::file_dialog object. menu.C creates two file dialogs, for its "File/New" and "File/Close" menu options.
x::w::file_dialog_config configures a new dialog. Its first two parameters are callable objects. The first one gets executed when a filename gets selected by the dialog, in one of two ways: typing in the filename manually followed by "Enter", or clicking the "Ok" button; or double-clicking on an existing file in the list of shown files. It's also possible to use the system file managers to drag an icon for a file into the file dialog and drop it on top of the file directory listing (anywhere except for the filename field, which is a text input field that only accepts dropped plain text content. Dropping a file icon is equivalent to typing in its filename, followed by "Enter".
The dialog does not get automatically closed, but the first parameter to the lambda is the x::w::file_dialog, in case it should be hide()-en. The second lambda gets executed if the file dialog gets closed for any other reason ("Cancel" button, Esc, or using the dialog window's close button, if one is provided by the window manager).
The third optional parameter defaults to x::w::file_dialog_type::existing_file.
The first field in the file dialog is an input field for typing in a filename directly. Below it is the name of the current directory displayed by the file dialog. Each component in the directory's name is clickable, and shows the list of files and subdirectories below it. A combo-box with filename filters appears between the current directory's name, and the contents of the directory. This limits the list of files shown below to only the filenames that match the filename filter pattern.
The label shown in the combo-box, a x::w::text_params, or a plain text string.
The regular expression that a filename must match, in order to be visible. Note that this is a regular expression, and not a simple filename pattern.
The above example adds two more filters to the vector, and sets the initial_filename_filter, that's shown initially when the dialog opens, to "Text files" (index #0 is the default "All files" option).
create_file_dialog()'s first parameter is a dialog setting parameter. The second parameter is the initialized x::w::file_dialog_config.


…active engagement in counterinsurgency operations tends to boost demand for counterinsurgency experts while a foreign policy that aimed to avoid such scenarios might reach the conclusion that it can afford to simply ignore the subject. Thus you could see a certain structural bias in COIN circles toward wanting to see COIN-needed situations lurking under every rock.
Part of the problem comes from the tendency to divide foreign-policy thinkers into ideological camps rather than specialties; certainly COIN operates from a particular set of beliefs about goals, but it would be ridiculous to mistake those beliefs for a Foreign Policy Theory of Everything. (This is actually the point of Exum's post.) So it might be more constructive to analogize it to domestic policy, which suffers less from the confusion of ideology and content. There are plenty of people who have devoted their careers to studying health care, entitlements, single parenting, or any other "crisis" in domestic affairs, for example. In some cases, they tend to share a particular notion of what solutions should be taken. It would be weird to scrutinize them for attempts to "export" these tactics to other issues merely because of their initial success. Why is it different for experts who happen to study things with guns?
The implication is either that COIN theorists don't know their own field well enough to understand when a situation falls beyond it, or that people who specialize in Bad Situations will always wind up succumbing to self-interest to perpetuate or invent circumstances that will keep them in demand. That's just creepy, regardless of what kind of expert you're talking about.
urm, what? does anyone think that people at AEI or Cato or CPAC are unbiased experts? Even forget the fact that their jobs depend on pushing a certain political agenda. No one in the history of the universe has undersold the utility of their own life work. This is so obviously true it shouldn't need to be said.
Your confusion is that you seem to think structural bias is inconsistent with sincerity. It is not.
I think America in general is way, way too systematically biased in favor of military solutions, even now. And I even kind of suspect that there's a "mean society" effect here, in that those professions that center on violent coercion (police, military) are going to tend to see the world in terms of conflict, which not only colors your own perspective but tends to encourage everyone else, ally and adversary alike, to prepare for violence. For this reason, predictive and normative beliefs about conflict are always going to be kind of mixed up together, and specialties and ideology will end up correlated.
That said, I'm kind of leaning towards Exum's POV on this. I mean, it doesn't seem like all the COIN guys are jumping up and down excitedly "oh boy i can't wait to try Afganistan now!" They seem more scared than I am. And I'm scared.
It would be weird to scrutinize them for attempts to "export" these tactics to other issues merely because of their initial success.


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Noah Nicholas Emmerich was born in February 27, 1965 who is popular with his stage name as Noah Emmerich. He was born in New York City, New York of United States who is currently 50 years old in his age. Occupationally Nicholas is an actor popular from the movies like Love and Sex, The Truman Snow and Cop Land and etc. He has also made his popular performance within the FX series named The Americans from where he collected his high number of fans all across. He is active within Hollywood from the past 1993 and till today with the great success and achievement he is active within this industry. He belongs from Jewish family where his father was working as a business person having his own gallery as an owner.
Nicholas started his beginning of the career from the Television series. He gave his best performance within his first series named NYPD Blue with addition to this series he also made out his best performance in Melrose Place. He also acted within various minor roles upon where she raised his career and fame side by side. Within his presence in beautiful Girls in the year 1996, his official beginning of the career started from where he gathered positive reviews and feedback from the people.
In 2015, he appeared in the television series The American alongside Svetlana Efremova, Matthew Rhys, and Keri Russell.
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"I Can't Breathe" Shirts Ban Will Go to Court; What About Ban on American Flag?
James Kirkpatrick
Here's the next great civil rights violation from those lovable content aggregators at the Huffington Post,
A high school basketball tournament on the Northern California coast has become the latest flashpoint in the ongoing protests over police killings of unarmed black men after a school was disinvited because of concerns its players would wear T-shirts printed with the words "I Can't Breathe" during warmups.
The athletic director at Fort Bragg High School informed his counterpart at Mendocino High School this week that neither the boys nor girls team would be allowed to participate in the three-day tournament hosted by Fort Bragg High starting Monday, Mendocino Unified School District Superintendent Jason Morse said.
The boys were reinstated after all but one player agreed not to wear the shirts inspired by the last words of Eric Garner, the New York man who died after an officer put him in a chokehold, while on the Fort Bragg campus during the Vern Piver Holiday Classic tournament, Morse said. Too few girl players accepted the condition for the team to field a tournament squad, he said...
Both schools are located in Mendocino County, known for redwood forests, rugged coastline and marijuana-growing, located 120 miles north of San Francisco. The student bodies at the two schools are 1 percent black and 50 percent white and 41 percent Hispanic at Fort Bragg, 75 percent white and 9 percent Hispanic at Mendocino."
['I Can't Breathe' Shirts Banned From High School Basketball Tournament, by Lisa Leff, December 28, 2014]
Needless to say, never underestimate the power of what Steve Sailer has called the "megaphone," the ability of the media to create new realities by simply repeating the same lies over and over again.
The ACLU has already been contacted so there will most likely be a lawsuit. What will be interesting is whether the courts in California will use the same kind of reasoning to defend the school's decision that they used when they ruled a ban on American flag shirts was justified because of "safety concerns."
Who wants to bet that the court will rule in favor of "I Can't Breathe" students in the inevitable court case? Keep an eye on this one.


I am in LOVE with these sequin hotpants from Topshop! Unfortunately at £75 i'll need to be saving for a while to buy these festival must-haves.
Great shorts, but agree with fashionlee, DIY is much cheaper :) But a great idea for a festival anyways!
i love em too! im seeing them everywhere! theyre so fun and different! happy friday!
oh boy, i want those! i think i may just have to make myself a pair!
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Cute sequins... We like it!
they are gorgeous! i'll need to start saving up too.
Ahh, I love Topshop too, but it's a tad out of my budget too. I'd wear those shorts with a white tee and a chunky necklace. Awesome sunnies are also mandatory.
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