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Spurs shake off mistakes to outlast Hawks
Despite 18 turnovers, the Spurs improved to 11-6 behind double-doubles from LaMarcus Aldridge and Kyle Anderson, plus another vintage game from Manu Ginobili.
By BrunoPassos@bouncepassos Nov 21, 2017, 2:18am CST
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At one point during the Spurs' 96-85 win over the Hawks, Manu Ginobili collided with an opposing player while cutting to the basket, staggering temporarily before turning back to the three-point line to receive the ball. It was relatively pedestrian contact — especially for a player, like Ginobili — and yet I grimaced, because I can't help but react viscerally as number 20 pings his quadrigenarian body around the floor.
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This is especially true when sitting in the AT&T Center, where the collective heartstrings of some 18,000 people are perpetually tethered to his actions. Each possession is an open nerve ready to be prodded, every dribble-drive, bucket, or fall to the ground the catalyst for countless gasps or roars. Such is the Manu Ginobili Experience, now more than ever.
The Argentine gave fans plenty to cheer for on Monday, as he dropped 16 points against Atlanta in 26 minutes (the second-most he's played this season) by doing a bit of everything. Ginobili created out of the pick and roll, took a steal all the way to the rim, and beat the first quarter buzzer on this step-back over former teammate Marco Belinelli:
MANU GONNA MANU AT THE BUZZER pic.twitter.com/lgvmuAf09K
— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) November 21, 2017
Still the over-matched Hawks kept this one interesting, thanks in part to another sloppy performance by the San Antonio offense. The Spurs turned it over 13 times in the second and third quarters alone (18 total on the night), which prevented them from getting any separation from an Atlanta team that's only won 3 games this season.
The turnovers were the first thing Gregg Popovich touched on after the game, not happy to hang his hat on the 29 assists the team notched and adding that the ball movement was "inconsistent."
Ginobili expanded on that: "I think there's a lot we can do better. Today we played with intensity — we hustled; we scrambled — but we were not as sharp as we were in the second half against OKC. There are some teams you're going to be able to get away with 18 turnovers. Most of them will not let you get the win."
Most of them haven't. Shoutout to Project Spurs' Paul Garcia, who noted that San Antonio heading into Monday had only won two of the seven games this season in which it committed 15 turnovers or more. When the pace is as slow as the Spurs play it (they remain dead-last in that department), those lost possessions matter even more.
It didn't help that the team's leading scorer, LaMarcus Aldridge mustered only four first-half points, as the Hawks turned to another former Spur, Dewayne Dedmon, to defend his ex-teammate. Dedmon had 11 points and nine rebounds on the game, also hitting his one three-point attempt of the night (oh yeah, he apparently shoots threes now), and helped make things difficult inside.
But sometimes being better is simply enough, and the Spurs' edge in the size and talent departments proved too much down the stretch. With the Hawks down one big man (Luke Babbitt was forced out with a lower back injury) Aldridge remained aggressive, found his rhythm, and scored 12 of his game-high 22 points in the fourth period, his first basket coming on this play in transition:
DEFENSE ➡ OFFENSE pic.twitter.com/MeC6brKa4D
While Aldridge appears to have regained his All-Star form, and Ginobili continues to flashback to his halcyon days, 24-year-old Kyle Anderson is using these opportunities as a starter to show flashes of his potential. He had 13 points, a career-high 10 assists (to just two turnovers), and six rebounds, rewarding Pop for the elevated role on offense.
(here was that play) pic.twitter.com/66Xfd8ErzN
— Bruno Passos (@bouncepassos) November 21, 2017
Unlike the assault on the nerves that it is watching Ginobili, Anderson is a snakecharmer with the ball in his hands, lulling everyone around him before making his move. Monday night was the seventh time this season the forward played 30 or more minutes, as he keeps making the most of his opportunities as a starter in Kawhi Leonard's absence.
While used to absorbing whatever minutes may spill over to him from one night to the next, Anderson seemed to agree that consistent playing time has been a factor in his performances this season:
"You still want to play to stay on the floor, but I guess you get that leeway; you can try different things and take that risk. It's obviously tougher playing when you know you've got someone coming to get you."
Anderson said he isn't thinking about when Leonard returns to take back his spot in the starting lineup — "Nah... (I'm) just trying to play well so I can stay on the floor when he does come back." — nor is he wanting to be reminded of last season, when he similarly stepped in for an injured starter but struggled at times: "I don't know what it was last year; I'm trying not to think about that." His focus, it'd seem, is squarely on the moment at hand — a slow, methodical approach that has suited him pretty well up until now.
Some other notes...
SA's size edge wins out again
The Spurs won the battle of the boards, 52-to-38, which included 14 offensive rebounds (five of which were Aldridge's). They're now fourth in the league in rebound rate, and a handful against the ever-shrinking teams around the NBA.
Patty Mills stuffing the stat sheet
Nine times out of ten, if a Spurs guard has two steals and two blocks, it's Danny Green. This time it was Mills, who added eight points, eight rebounds and seven assists.
Pop on the Hawks' struggles, and Mike Budenholzer
"We've all been there; you know, he's a wonderful coach he knows what he's doing. He's got some tough circumstances right now, but the deal with their team is they don't play like their record. They've lost some squeakers. They compete every night. They move the ball on offense, bust their butts on defense. He's done a great job of keeping them competitive night after night. He's not just an Os and Xs guy. He understands what it takes to compete and keep guys ready. They're gonna be a tough out for everybody, whoever they play."
Pop upon learning of David Lee's retirement announcement
"Did he really? He had a good last year then, he did a really good job for us. He wasn't just energetic. He gave us really good play on both ends of the court, so he ended well."
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University staff urge probe into e-book pricing 'scandal'
More than 2,500 UK university staff have called for an investigation into the "scandal" of excessive pricing of academic e-books.
"Price rises are common, sudden and appear arbitrary" with some digital books increasing by 200%, they say in a letter to Education Committee MPs.
Organiser Johanna Anderson said some e-texts can cost 10 times print copies, with taxpayers and students the losers.
Publishers say the costs are due to the different formats and shared-use.
But Ms Anderson said the situation had become so financially serious for university libraries that it was time for MPs and competition authorities to hold publishers to account.
She cited the example of an economics book that costs £44 for a print copy but is £423 for a single e-book user and £500 for three users. An employment law book costs £50 for a hard copy, but is £1,600 for three users of the digital version.
In another case, a book on working in childcare is listed at £30 for a hard copy but online costs £1,045 for unlimited access for a year. "There are many, many more examples," Ms Anderson said.
'Learning suffers'
Prices have been rising for some time, but the University of Gloucestershire librarian said there were reports of increases during lockdown, when access to libraries and bookshops was restricted and getting course material difficult.
"It's a scandal. It's public money," she said. "Students are shocked when I tell them just how much it costs to get them their texts.
"People just assume we can get books for the prices they see on Amazon and Kindle. It just doesn't work like that for universities.
"The academic publishing business model is broken, and as you can see from the number of people who have signed the letter we think it is time for an investigation," she said.
Lectures are increasingly having to be designed around what texts are available and affordable, not what is best for learning, Ms Anderson said.
Buying multiple copies of print books is not the answer and simply not practical in the digital age when so much is moving online, she added.
Licensing, copyright, book-buying "middlemen" and a trend for publishers to "bundle up" access to books into one expensive package all play a role in what texts are available and at what cost. "In some cases, it's like having to buy the whole of Waterstones to get access to a couple of books," Ms Anderson said.
Librarians, lecturers, researchers and other representatives from almost every university in the UK have attached their names to the letter. It says:
A monopoly created by copyright law is the root cause of "these huge pricing differentials" and there is no justification for it
Earlier this year at least two well-known academic publishers raised the cost for a single-user e-book by 200% with no warning
Licences of e-books are often confusing and frequently restrictive
Publishers can withdraw e-book licences previously purchased by universities and enforce new ones.
The letter says: "Given that much teaching will be conducted online this term, and university spaces will not be fully open, university librarians are once again examining reading lists and finding that much of the e-book content is either unavailable, or prohibitively expensive.
"A few key players monopolise the market and with the lack of competition or alternative options, we can either pay the extortionate prices, or not purchase the e-books at all. University library budgets are finite, and are frequently prone to cuts."
Publishers rejected claims of excessive pricing and of using the pandemic as an excuse to raise prices.
Stephen Lotinga, chief executive of the Publishers Association, said the industry understood the budgetary pressures facing libraries, but added: "Many of the examples cited by this campaign are not comparing like for like.
"Prices will vary according to the level of use a book receives and the investment made in creating the product. A digital textbook is often put together using multiple authors over a long period, is regularly updated, has additional functionality and might be used by entire cohorts of students on a course or lent thousands of times."
Some publishers declined to comment or did not reply to emails.
However, publisher Taylor & Francis, which also owns Routledge, said: "Comparing individual print costs to a digital licence which gives access to many readers does not represent the reality of how the different formats are used.
"Taylor & Francis believe our e-textbooks are fairly and competitively priced for the library market."
The company also pointed out that during the pandemic and lockdown it had provided some free e-book access to students as well as free upgrades to libraries from single to unlimited user access.
Helen Kogan, managing director of publisher Kogan Page, said the firm's pricing was "consistent with industry standards".
"It allows flexible options for multi-user and perpetual access licences which provide a fair return to authors and ensure investment in high-quality, rigorous academic e-books to support students' learning."
Kogan Page had also been working with educational institutions during the pandemic to ensure increased access to texts, she added.
A spokesman for the Education Committee said its process was to review the letter and issue, and then decide how to take the matter forward.
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The Himalayan Times > Nepal > Temporary police deployment in two phases of elections to cost govt Rs 2.52 billion
Temporary police deployment in two phases of elections to cost govt Rs 2.52 billion
Published: November 06, 2017 8:32 am On: Nepal
Rewati Sapkota
Temporary police personnel guard the Office of the Chief Returning Officer in Ilam, on Sunday, June 18, 2017. Photo: RSS/ File
Kathmandu, November 5
The government will spend Rs 2.52 billion for 98,268 temporary police personnel who will be deployed during the provincial and parliamentary polls slated for November 26 and December 7. The amount will be disbursed through the Ministry of Home Affairs.
According to an MoHA document, the government will spend Rs 1,693,157,640 on salaries of the temporary police personnel, Rs 343,938,000 on their meals, Rs 98,268,000 on their travel allowance and Rs 393,072,000 on their uniform.
A temporary cop will receive a salary of Rs 17,230 for 55 days of work, along with food and local travel allowance on a par with Nepal Police personnel.
Each temporary cop will get Rs 1,000 to cover travel expenses to the polling centre, Rs 250 per day as special allowance, Rs 250 per week for meals and Rs 4,000 for uniform.
The government has also made provision to compensate the kin of temporary police personnel in case they are killed or injured during elections.
According to the home ministry's policy, if a temporary cop is killed during election, his/her family will receive Rs 1.5 million. In case, a temporary cop sustains injuries during elections, s/he will get free treatment worth Rs 150,000.
Temporary police personnel will be a part of the security forces providing security during polls.
As many as 15,427,935 voters will vote in 10,671 polling stations and 19,809 polling centres in both phases of provincial and parliamentary elections.
Budget breakdown
Number of temporary police personnel: 98,268
Amount to be spent on their salaries: Rs 1,693,157,640
Amount to be spent on food and breakfast: Rs 343,938,000
Travel allowance: Rs 98,268,000
Amount to be spent on uniform: Rs 393,072,000
Total: Rs 2,528,435,640
A version of this article appears in print on November 06, 2017 of The Himalayan Times.
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Olga Caecilie Elisabeth Potthast (* 19. Juli 1869 in Sanderbusch; † 23. Juni 1942 in Varel, geborene  Olga Caecilie Elisabeth von Minden) war eine deutsche Porträt- und Landschaftsmalerin. Ihre Arbeiten wurden in viele Länder, beispielsweise nach Großbritannien, Russland, USA und nach Afrika verkauft.

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Olga Potthast von Minden wuchs als Tochter des Bahnbediensteten Carl Lüder von Minden und dessen Ehefrau Marie Louise, geborene Rahmann in Varel auf.
Am 4. Januar 1890 heiratete sie in Varel den Kaufmann Adolf Friedrich Potthast (1865–1928). Aus dieser Ehe stammte die Tochter Ellen Potthast, die ihre Mutter später bei der Malerei unterstützte.

Nach einer künstlerischen Ausbildung bei Anton von Werner (1843–1915) in Berlin widmete Olga Potthast von Minden sich zunächst der Porträtmalerei, bevor sie sich als Schülerin von Julius Preller (1834–1914) in Varel fast ausschließlich der Landschaftsmalerei zuwandte.

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Aus der ersten Phase ihres Schaffens sind zahlreiche Porträts bekannt. Die Motive für ihre Landschaftsbilder fand sie teils auf ausgedehnten Studienreisen – u. a. in die Eifel, in die Vogesen und auf Nord- und Ostseeinseln –, vor allem aber in ihrer näheren Heimat, in der Umgebung Varels (Vareler Wald, Mühlenteich, Dangast) und der Friesischen Wehde.
Ein Schlüsselmotiv ist die Darstellung der Großen Allee im Vareler (Stadt-)Wald, die sie im Laufe der Jahre mehrmals aus unterschiedlichen Blickrichtungen und zu verschiedenen Tages- und Jahreszeiten darstellte.
Ihr Gemälde "Heidelandschaft" wurde 1906 dem Brautpaar Sophie Charlotte von Oldenburg und Eitel Friedrich von Preußen von den Damen der Stadt- und Landgemeinde Varel als Hochzeitsgeschenk übergeben.

Zu Lebzeiten vertrieben die Kunsthandlungen Oncken in Oldenburg und Louis Wolff & Co. Ltd. in London ihre bekanntesten Motive weltweit als Kunstdrucke.

Ehrungen
 Potthast-von Minden-Straße in Varel (2014)

Literatur
 Heimatverein Varel (Hrsg.): Olga Potthast von Minden. Begleitheft zur Werkausstellung in Varel, Varel 1982.
 Kulturbüro der Gemeinde Zetel, M.A. Iko Chmielewski (Hrsg.): Olga Potthast von Minden. Katalog zur Werkausstellung im Schloss Neuenburg, Zetel 2000.
 Donata Holz, Bärbel Schönbohm: ...wie froh ich aus tiefstem Herzen bin, malen zu können. Luzie Uptmoor und Künstlerinnen ihrer Zeit aus dem Oldenburger Land, hrsg. vom Freundeskreis Luzie Uptmoor e. V., o. O. 2017, S. 80–83.

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N Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Air India.
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local stories November 22, 2022
Rising Stars: Meet Vian Borchert
Today we'd like to introduce you to Vian Borchert.
Hi Vian, can you start by introducing yourself? We'd love to learn more about how you got to where you are today.
I was born into an art household. My mother and everyone from her side is an artist or does something in the arts. My father is more scientific, yet he collects and appreciates art. I was born with a natural gift, so to say. As far as I can remember, I have always done art. I remember sitting down at my desk and sketching away the days. As a child, I used to make comic-style art and make my own stories to go along with the illustrations. I grew up with encouraging parents and my school principal and teachers also noticed my artistic talent and encouraged me to pursue it. Art came so naturally to me; it is similar to a language and as essential to me as eating and sleeping. Throughout growing up, I have been awarded with art awards along with merits and scholarships. I am a graduate and "Notable Alumni" from the Corcoran College of Art & Design George Washington University. After graduation, I traveled internationally since I believe travel is essential in one's growth and allows one to open their eyes to the wonderful cultures and landscapes the world has to offer. Through my travels, I met a lot of artists and art admirers from different countries and exhibited in a number of group and solo exhibitions beyond the US. Year in and year out with utter dedication to my art craft and my artistic career and path, steadily I grew into the artist that I am today.
I wouldn't say it has been a smooth road. Although I studied art, the general public around me frowned upon such a choice since there is the cultural belief that if you don't study law or medicine then you don't amount to much. Hence, early on in my career, there was a struggle in allowing myself to be a creative person while still managing to fit into society's norms. Thus, I was juggling a number of non-related art jobs such as working as an account manager in a financial company and doing translation in the medical field during the daytime while creating art during the nighttime. In a way, I joke and say my early journey is similar to the one of famous writer Franz Kafka where he was an insurance clerk by day while at night, he wrote his "Metamorphosis" novel and masterpiece. Nevertheless, despite the fact that I am a person of multi-talent, I felt that the 9-5 desk job was suffocating to the creative free thinker of a person that I am and to my sense of identity. Eventually, the artistic nature within me took over and I left the finance world to the fine art world. It is true though, throughout growing up as an artist, I felt as if I was defying the odds with every painting, I created to simply say I exist as an artist. My decisions and art career became more serious when my father suffered a heart attack (thankfully he survived it) yet such life and death situations reaffirmed my decision to stick with art for the long haul and to accelerate my journey within this path and my art production overall.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I am an expressionist artist and an award-winning poet; I consider all my artwork to be visual poems. I am also an avid nature lover. As an artist, contemplation and observation on the world around me is of utmost importance to my work. Nature and the environment move me like no other. My artwork is an accumulation of my dreams, my journeys, and what caught my eyes at a specific moment in time. I aspire through my work that not only for me but for the world to return to many feel-good emotions: a return to hope, a return to dream, a return to love, and a return to art. My specialty is expressionist and abstracted work on canvas with heavy emphasis on the painterly aspect of who I am as a painter and as a visual artist. My medium is acrylic on canvas. I specialize in paintings that depict the world around me from atmospheric seascapes where the color blue plays a major role to green landscapes that capture my love for the environment and a gratitude to mother nature for the endless bounties it bestows upon humanity. Moreover, as an architect at heart, my cityscape paintings are an ode to the beauty of marvelous buildings and wondrous architecture that I encounter while on travel. All of these themes are delivered to the viewer through my abstracted and minimal touch of modern aesthetics. As anyone can imagine, there have been lots of ups and downs through the long journey of being an artist, yet I am most proud of all of my accomplishments such as exhibiting my artwork in museums and noted venues and publications. Most recently, my artwork has been on exhibit in a world-class museum: the SAM Museum in Pennsylvania, and also my work was in a digital billboard exhibit in Times Square – Broadway Plaza in NYC. Standing there and experiencing such events and accomplishments Live and in real-time filled me with gratitude to where this journey has led me and to what the universe has in store for me. Besides such achievements, I am most proud of my children who are my pride as joy. I feel that I need to do my utmost and best of work to leave the young generation with a better world since the children are our future. What sets me apart from others is that I am a true unique thinker and a very creative person. I believe I have changed at least the art world through my singular vision and dedication to the arts. I also feel that the world sees and appreciates my visionary creativity, talents, and work that I share with the world.
My artwork can be found at auction houses and luxury marketplaces "1stDibs" and "Artsy".
Link for Borchert's artwork at "1stDibs":
https://www.1stdibs.com/creators/vian-borchert/art/
Link for Borchert's artwork at "Artsy":
https://www.artsy.net/artist/vian-borchert
What do you like and dislike about the city?
I am a hopeless romantic, a dreamer, and an endless positive person, which means I don't see negative things and I rarely dislike much. I always turn things around to see them from a different point of view to see their raw beauty. I love the simple pleasures in life. For me, just a walk on a sandy beach while watching the sunrise and listening to the gentle waves fills me up with so much pleasure and gratitude. Considering that I come from Mediterranean descent, I feel LA is very similar visually with its seascape and geographic landscape and nature to that of the Mediterranean region. Thus, the beautiful landscape and seascape engulf me with feel-good emotions that are beyond words. The LA area also has some of the most beautiful tall palm trees I have ever seen. So, these natural elements from palm trees and the deep blue ocean to the curvy scenic roads are absolutely breathtaking in every sense of the word.
Website: www.vianborchert.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vianborchert/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VianBorchertFineArts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ViansArtCorner
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/vianborchert
Other: https://www.artsy.net/search?term=vian%20borchert
Vian Borchert
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Q: Prove $\|T\| = \sup_{\|x\| < 1} \|Tx\|$ Let $X, Y$ be Banach spaces. And $T \in B(X\rightarrow Y)$. Prove that
$$\|T\| = \sup_{\|x\| < 1} \|Tx\|$$
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Having trouble seeing how to handle some of these ideas below. Please let me know if there's a simpler way or if I'm on the right track.
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Since $X, Y$ are Banach they are normed spaces. Since $T$ is a bounded linear operator (I think that's what that notation means) in a normed space, it is continuous. Recall that by definition of a norm on an operator, the norm of $T$ is
$$\|T\| = \sup_{x \in X} \frac{\|Tx\|}{\|x\|}, \quad x\neq 0 \tag{$\star$}$$
Now, let $(x_n)$ be Cauchy in $X$. Since $X$ is Banach, $(x_n)$ is convergent to some $x \in X$. Note that $\|x_m - x_n\|< \epsilon\, $ for all $m,n > N(\epsilon)$ implies
$$\left| \|x_m\| - \|x_n\| \right| < \epsilon $$
and therefore
\begin{align}
\frac{\|x_n\|}{\|x_m\|} \longrightarrow1 \quad &\text{as} \quad n,m \longrightarrow +\infty \\ \text{and} \\
\bigg\|\frac{x_n}{\|x_m\|}\bigg\| = \|z_{nm}\| \longrightarrow 1 \quad &\text{as} \quad n,m \longrightarrow + \infty \tag{1}
\end{align}
But to make our argument align with the proposition, recall that every convergent sequence of real numbers has a monotone subsequence that converges; $(\|z_{mn}\|)$ is such a sequence. So take $(x_{n_k})$ to be a subsequence of $(x_n)$, where $n_k$ correspond to the indices that generate a monotone subsequence of $(\|z_{mn}\|)$. Then for all $n_k > N(\epsilon$), we have that $(1)$ holds and we can choose either $m = n_k, n = n_{k+1}$ or vice versa depending on whether the sequence defined by $\|x_{m =n_k}\|$ is decreasing or increasing in order to keep $\|z_{mn}\| < 1$. Then by $(\star)$
\begin{align}
\|T\| = \sup_{x \in X} \frac{\|Tx\|}{\|x\|} &= \sup_{x \in X} \frac{\|T\left(\lim_{n\to\infty}x_n\right)\|}{\|\lim_{m\to\infty}x_m\|} \\ \\
&= \sup_{x \in X} \frac{\lim_{n\to\infty}\|Tx_n\|}{\lim_{m\to\infty}\|x_m\|} \tag{2}
\\ \\
&= \sup_{x \in X} \lim_{n,m\to\infty} \bigg\|T\left(\frac{x_n}{\|x_m\|}\right)\bigg\| \tag{3}
\\ \\
&= \sup_{\|z_{mn}\|< 1} \lim_{n,m\to\infty} \|Tz_{mn}\|
\end{align}
where $(2)$ is justified by continuity of the norm and continuity of $T$, and $(3)$ is justified by linearity of the norm.

But now I don't know how to finish it off (if it's even right). Also, the proof just feels bad to me. Thanks for the help!

A: $\|Tx\| \leq \|T\|\|x\| \leq \|T\|$ if $\|x\|<1$. Thus RHS $\leq$ LHS. For the other way take any $x \neq 0$ and consider $y=\frac x {(1+\epsilon) ||x\|}$. Then $\|y\| <1$ so $\|Ty\| \leq \, $ RHS. Taking sup over $x$ we get $\|T\| \leq (1+\epsilon) \times $ RHS. Let $\epsilon \to 0$.

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You are hereHome Setting the mark for Rome Statute 20 / Argentina first to conclude full range of framework cooperation agreements with ICC
Setting the mark for Rome Statute 20 / Argentina first to conclude full range of framework cooperation agreements with ICC
Rome Statute at 20
As the first state to have now concluded all four cooperation agreements with the ICC, Argentina demonstrates concrete state commitment to international justice in the Rome Statute 20th anniversary year.
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Lima / The Hague – The conclusion by Argentina of the full range of cooperation agreements with the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a concrete demonstration of the country's commitment to international justice, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court said today.
"Without state cooperation international justice cannot work effectively. With the signing of these four cooperation agreements, Argentina has set an unprecedented example for countries in Latin America and around the world to honor their commitments to robust cooperation," said William R. Pace, Convenor, Coalition for the ICC. "We call on other ICC member states to follow Argentina's lead in concluding the full range of cooperation agreements with the ICC. This 20th anniversary year of the Rome Statute is a key opportunity for states to back up statements of support with concrete measures to improve the functioning of international justice."
After a suspect has been surrendered to the ICC, a number of reasons can lead to a judicial order for that person's final release: the ICC does not have jurisdiction; the case against the person is deemed inadmissible; charges have not been confirmed prior to trial; or the person has been acquitted at trial or on appeal.
"On behalf of the 1350 Members of PGA in 142 countries, I welcome the conclusion by Argentina of the cooperation-agreements with the ICC on interim release and the release of persons, both essential to respect the rights of the accused and of the convicted persons. Having fully implemented the Rome Statute and signed all four cooperation agreements with the ICC, Argentina is playing an exemplary role not only for the Latin American region, but for the world community," said Dip. Carla Pitiot stated on behalf of the global membership of Parliamentarians for Global Action.
Argentina is only the second country, after Belgium in 2014, to conclude a framework agreement on hosting defendants granted interim release. Argentina previously signed a cooperation agreement on the relocation of ICC witnesses in 2016, and one on the enforcement of ICC sentences in 2017.
"With the signing of these cooperation agreements, Argentina has bolstered the rights of defendants before the ICC, which will contribute greatly to addressing situations that have arisen whereby defendants eligible for final or interim release have ended up in prolonged detention," said Michelle Reyes Milk, Regional Coordinator for the Americas, Coalition for the ICC.
Interim, or temporary, release can be ordered for reasons such as unreasonable period of detention prior to the start of trial, or because the need for detention does not present itself—namely to ensure appearance at trial; to ensure against obstruction or endangerment of an investigation or proceedings; and to prevent the continued commission of alleged or related Rome Statute crimes. Thus far interim release has only been ordered in obstruction of justice ("Article 70") cases.
"Voluntary cooperation agreements support a number of aims pursued by States Parties, including complementarity, as the agreements are individually negotiated instruments that take into account the needs and realities of each State Party, while also presenting opportunities to build capacity at the national level. They also support the efficiency of the Court, as the lack of agreements can result in delays to trial proceedings, protracted pre-trial detention for defendants and the inability of the Court to implement judicial orders," said Aurélie Roche-Mair, Director of the IBA's ICC & ICL Programme. "Hopefully, States Parties that have not yet concluded voluntary agreements will respond to the Court's call for this crucial form of cooperation particularly with respect to enforcement of sentences, interim release and relocation of persons released by the Court."
Member states must fill the enforcement gap In deciding in 1998 at the adoption of the Rome Statute that the ICC would not have enforcement powers of its own, it has been up to member states to make sure the Court's prosecutorial and judicial functions are supported, including in relation to the protection of individuals and the enforcement of judicial decisions and sentences.
While not strict obligations, ICC member states have acknowledged that relocation of victims under threat, enforcement of sentences delivered by the Court, and hosting released persons are essential functions that the Court cannot undertake on its own.
In 2007 the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute (ASP) adopted 66 cooperation recommendations that include guidance to member states on how to create a global framework to assist the Court in carrying out some of its most important activities while upholding fundamental rights and standards for victims and defendants alike.
The ASP adopted during its annual session in 2015, based on challenges and lessons learned in implementing the original 66 recommendations, seven key recommendations moving forward. Read more here.
The ICC is the world's first permanent international court to have jurisdiction over war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Central to the Court's mandate is the principle of complementarity, which holds that the Court will only intervene if national legal systems are unable or unwilling to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. As one of the most historic advances in the protection of global human rights, the innovative system established by the Rome Statute is designed to punish perpetrators, bring justice to victims and contribute to stable, peaceful societies. The Court has already made significant progress in holding those most responsible for atrocities to account.
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The Business & Community Training Center at The Center for Rural Development offers the following instructor-led training for beginner and advanced-level users of QuickBooks and Microsoft Office Excel 2016. All classes are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Center, located at 2292 South U.S. 27 (at traffic light 15) in Somerset. Register at least five days prior to the start of each class. To register, call Robyn Phillips at 606-677-6000 or visit Centertech.com.
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government and the Kentucky Small Business Development Center are offering the following free workshops at 200 East Main Street, Room B109. For more info, go to Ksbdc.org. Register at Kysbdc.ecenterdirect.com/events.
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Some of Netflix's all-time biggest TV hits got Golden Globe nominations
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced its nominations for the 2023 Golden Globes on Monday. And along with some surprises and the usual criticism about the lack of female directors among the nominees and the actors who were left off are two of Netflix's biggest shows that made the cut.
Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is among the most-nominated limited series of the year, with four nominations for best limited series, anthology series, or motion picture made for television. Acting nominations also followed for Evan Peters, Niecy Nash, and Richard Jenkins. Dahmer is tied with The White Lotus season 2 and Pam & Tommy for the number of nominations in the limited series section, while The Crown's fifth season and Only Murders in the Building's second season match that total of nominations in the TV drama and comedy or musical categories, respectively.
Some of the same criticisms against Dahmer that emerged when the first season of the planned anthology series dropped resurfaced as the HFPA received criticism for nominating a show that retraumatized the families of Dahmer's victims.
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On the TV comedy side, Wednesday, Tim Burton's teen show centered around Wednesday Addams—has taken Emily in Paris' slot with two nominations for best TV comedy and best actress in a comedy for Jenna Ortega. Not in terms of quality: Wednesday has gotten a better reception than Emily in Paris, the latter gaining popularity partly from hate watches and ironically might have led to the HFPA's many scandals coming to light. But rather, both shows are buzzy Netflix comedies that people might not have expected to get nominated for anything.
Some people were surprised that a show released so recently—Wednesday season 1 premiered on Nov. 23—but for many, it was a surprise. (Films and shows that come out during 2022 are eligible, including movies set to debut later this month.)
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While Dahmer and Wednesday aren't the only Netflix shows to receive nominations (The Crown, Ozark, and Inventing Anna also got some love on the TV side while Glass Onion, Blonde, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio were nominated on the film side), they're both illustrative of what's hitting on Netflix nowadays. Dahmer, Ryan Murphy's biggest Netflix hit to date, taps into viewers' love of true-crime documentaries and dramatizes the crimes of one of the U.S.'s most infamous serial killers. Wednesday taps into a younger audience while looking aesthetically similar to previous shows like The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Umbrella Academy, and The School for Good and Evil.
Both offer something familiar to viewers, and according to Netflix's own metrics, it's paying dividends: In their respective first 28 days after premiering, Dahmer and Wednesday are the second and third most-watched English-language TV shows on Netflix of all time. (They're only beaten by Stranger Things 4.) Dahmer's numbers have gone up in its second month on Netflix, which reported that it has now reached over 1 billion hours viewed in its first 60 days. Right now, those types of shows are hits for Netflix, and to add more fuel to it, that strategy is also getting some awards love.
The 2023 Golden Globes air on Jan. 10, 2023, on NBC.
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Coburn on the stump
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U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) is not running for reelection. If anything Coburn is looking forward to returning to his private life as a physician, business and family man. Most important for you to know, he said in Tulsa, "There is not a problem in the country that we cannot solve."
Coburn spoke in a series of Town Halls and, at the University of Tulsa's Lorton Preforming Arts Center, Monday August 6 to a capacity crowd of 700 saying the greatest problem in the country is that we have "learned dependence rather than earned success."
Coburn's faith guides his service and if you love America you will be inspired by his message.
Three points Coburn says that Washington fails to understand are; 1.) Average Americans recognize that we as a people can do the hard things it takes to fix our nation, 2.) We must utilize our country's own natural resources, and 3.) We must reform the tax code.
"We can get our mojo back; we just don't have the leadership," Coburn said. "We don't have a hundred people in Congress that have been successful as business people."
Coburn skipped his usual preliminaries to immediately take questions from the audience. Several were issue specific and those issues he knew were answered immediately and some he promised to research and later respond directly to the constituent. On several topics Coburn provided background information not generally known. Coburn said there were "many issues with specific government programs."
Chuckles rippled through the crowd as Coburn explained his latest comments on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's leadership. He said he used "Oklahoma Speak" which was not consistent with his faith (for the nonreligious, that means he said the truth, but brutally without grace). The crowd appreciated the difference, but seemed more supportive of brutal truth.
Coburn had said Reid was "incompetent and incapable" then later apologized to Reid which one audience member did not appreciate. Coburn said Monday night, "What I should have said is that his leadership has been ineffective and bad for the country."
Coburn said, he is able to be outspoken in Washington because Oklahomans understand and support if not help propel his positions on many issues. He reads his email every day – about three hours per day.
Coburn said he was a big believer in a national sales tax and no income tax. Coburn attributes the current economic disaster to taxes and regulations that, because of their uncertain impact on individual business, keeps more than $2 trillion on the sidelines of investment and employment generation.
The problem with the Federal Reserve Coburn said is the dual mandate (low inflation and low unemployment). Coburn recommends the book "Currency Wars, The Making of the Next Global Crisis" by James Richards saying, "We are in one now."
As a physician, Coburn has often pointed to problems in healthcare and said Monday night, "One in every three dollars spent on healthcare are wasted." He said the basic problem is "We have not connected the patient to their own healthcare" and that "The latest [CBO] score is that Medicare is being reduced to fund state exchanges."
"I'm the number one "gear clogger" in Washington," Coburn said which caused laughter and scattered applause from throughout the room.
"I have never in my adult life seen a greater disrespect for the Rule of Law than in this administration," Coburn said in a blistering analysis of Attorney General Eric Holder and President Obama.
"Respect for the law is what holds this country together. This administration has set about to destroy that – that's how anarchy starts," Coburn said. Specifically, Holder is an "inappropriate person" and would prove to be "one of the worst U.S. Attorney Generals in our nation's history."
"You cannot be young and have the experience you need to run this country," Coburn said adding, "The president has not provided solutions."
Throughout the town hall, Coburn spoke directly without notes, but with passion and conviction. "We all know something is not right," he said. "I didn't run to be a senator, I ran to fix stuff."
For more of Senator Coburn in action, click on the links below:
August 2, Sen. Tom Coburn appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and blasted the show's panel for misrepresenting the principles of the Tea Party, saying they just don't "get it." He also gave the panel a solid history lesson on the Constitution after at least one panelist admitted he was unsure in which section the enumerated powers were located. Click here for the video from The Blaze.
July 17, in an interview with Reason.TV Sen. Coburn said, "Both parties have equally participated in abandoning the limited role of the federal government." Click here to see the interview on Reason.TV.
Click here for Coburn's new book, "The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting Our Economy," which argues that Republicans and Democrats together have brought the U.S. to the brink of fiscal calamity.
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HALLELUJAH, THANK YOU FATHER, JESUS, HOLY SPIRIT. MY EYES/ALL IS ALL IN YOU AND THROUGH YOU. I LOVE YOU KING….
Just happen to be reading the book of Revelations from the message bible the last 2 nights. I actually have to make myself stop and put it down to try and absorb all I can. I find it hard not to want to read it thru at one sitting. I find that I cannot read Revelations without experiencing the whole spectrum of human emotions. Can you even imagine what it must have been like for John to relive this in his mind over and over again. It must be close because us humans seem to have done our part, be it bad or good to fulfill the signs. There will be a lot of OMG's. Praying that friends & family are moving towards Him instead of hiding from Him!
I was GLAD to hear THIS Wednesday Night. I wondered "where" you stood on the Rapture of the Church !!!


Part II N-Acetylcysteine (NAC): An old nutrient attracts new research.
Our understanding of the many nutritional and biochemical roles of sulfur-containing nutrients is expanding rapidly at this time. We are learning more about how glutathione and its sulfur-containing precursors are important in keeping our bodies nourished, our immune systems healthy, and in protecting us against cancer and heart disease.
Glutathione, cysteine, methionine, selenocysteine and selenomethionine have been important in my research for over thirty years. Even before that, I believe that some of the health pioneers indirectly realized the importance of these compounds as a group, even though they didn't understand much about the roles of the individual compounds. When the "pioneers" spoke so favorably of getting adequate "sulfur" in the diet, I believe that they were really testifying to the importance of these sulfur-containing nutrients. Not much has been said about them in "mainstream" nutrition, but today, interest in learning how sulfur-containing nutrients nourish the body is increasing.
Researchers are rushing to study the roles of these nutrients in halting the dreaded Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), breaking up lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)], detoxifying harmful chemicals, scavaging free radicals and possibly protecting against some cancer processes. Since these nutrients are normally produced in plants, man and other animals, they have always been a part of the human diet.
Today, NAC is of greater interest than glutathione itself. NAC is produced in living organisms from the amino acid cysteine. Thus, NAC is a natural sulfur-containing amino acid derivative found naturally in foods and is a powerful antioxidant. [3,4] These dual properties help repair oxidative damage in the body.
Both NAC and glutathione are well absorbed. [5-8] NAC is rapidly metabolized, and only about ten percent of the amount consumed stays in the blood for an appreciable time.  Much of the NAC is very rapidly consumed in producing intracellular glutathione. However, even the thiol metabolites of NAC are good antioxidants.
NAC readily crosses cell membranes, even in HIV-infected cells, whereas glutathione does not enter into HIV-infected cells in adequate amounts. [10-12] Even so, NAC does not seem to raise tissue or blood levels of glutathione above the desired ranges.  Thus, the nutrient role of NAC is to help maintain healthy levels of intracellular glutathione, especially whenever a condition has limited glutathione production. This nutrient role of maintaining optimal levels of essential body compounds is different from "drug roles" in which body compounds are just elevated without homeostasis or normal body regulation.
Since NAC is a powerful antioxidant nutrient, it has been of special interest to athletes for some time as heavy exercise increases oxidative damage in the body. [13-15] But the latest research interests are in AIDS and heart disease.
A growing area of interest is that research has pinpointed a specific lipoprotein called Lp(a) as one of the two most reliable indicators of heart disease risk. [16-20] The other reliable indicator is the level of vitamin E in the blood.  Lp(a) is a much more reliable indicator than blood cholesterol level, low density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein or their ratios to each other.
Diets and drugs designed to lower blood cholesterol levels do not lower Lp(a) levels. Now recent research has found that NAC is the most effective nutrient known to lower Lp(a) levels. NAC reduces Lp(a) by almost 70%. [22-25] Lp(a) consists of a LDL particle attached to the large glycoprotein apo(a) by one or more disulfide bonds. NAC breaks up the disulfide bonds by converting each disulfide group into two sulfhydryl groups now in two separate compounds.
Intracellular glutathione has a powerful influence on how well T- and B-lymphocyte cells function. [12,30] In addition, intracellular glutathione availability affects the production of phagocytes (macrophages, monocytes and neutrophils). T-cells and B-cells are lymphocytes (white cells that are the principal cells of lymph). B-cells produce antibodies and are responsible for humoral response, while T-cells help produce antibodies, secrete interferon and other lymphokines, and are responsible for cell-mediated response. The phagocytes have the function of killing viruses, bacteria and fungi.
As discussed in detail in the previous issue, NAC has been shown to block the AIDS virus (HIV) production in vitro, apparently by increasing glutathione levels in HIV-infected cells. [34-46] In the previous article, I also discussed the synergism of NAC and vitamin C. Beside vitamin C reducing oxidized glutathione back to free reduced (active) glutathione, vitamin C and NAC had complementary actions to slow the replication of the AIDS virus.
These sulfur-containing nutrients are also gaining new interest because they protect against toxins. NAC is particularly effective and NAC detoxifies several toxic agents including the heavy metals such as mercury, lead and cadmium [48-54], drugs including acetaminophen (e. g. Tylenol (tm)) [9,55-61], herbicides such as paraquat , environmental pollutants such as carbon tetrachloride and urethane [63-67], and microorganism including aflatoxin and Escherichia coli [68-70].
NAC, cysteine and glutathione contain sulfur in the form of sulfhydryl groups. Sulfhydryl groups directly react with many poisons, especially heavy metals such as lead, mercury and cadmium. These sulfur-containing nutrients are the bodies first line of defense against many poisons as they tie-up the poisons right in the gut. They also offer second-line and third-line defenses in the liver and various individual cells. Sulfhydryl groups also help remove toxins indirectly via an enzyme system called the P-450 System.
Although NAC is a food component and a nutrient accessory factor, it is also marketed as a drug with approved medical claims. Other nutrients also have dual classifications, but just because a nutrient is also approved for "drug" usage, its role as a nutrient is not affected unless drug claims are made. If the nutrient is used to nourish the body, it remains a nutrient. If the nutrient is used to treat a non-deficiency disease, then this use changes its legal classification to a drug.
NAC is approved as a drug for use to prevent liver damage from acetaminophen overdose. Either NAC tablets or solutions may be used to protect against acetaminophen overdose. Normally, the 20 percent solution is mixed with a cola drink.
NAC has been used for about thirty years to break up mucus in persons having bronchopulmonary diseases including chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, asthma, sinusitis and pneumonia.  NAC helps reduce the viscosity of mucus so that it may be more easily coughed up.  NAC accomplishes this by converting the disulfide bonds of the mucoproteins into sulfhydryl bonds and cleaving the mucoproteins into smaller molecules.
The mouse LD50 of oral NAC is reported to be about 8,000 milligrams of NAC per kilogram in the mouse, and 5050 milligrams per kilogram in the rat. [81,82] For more details on NAC safety, please refer to references 83 through 88.
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Q: How can I wrap this hard-coded image gallery into a new environment? I'm building a gallery using tabularx and tikz, similar to image-gallery. Here's a snippet:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{tabularx}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{} *4{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}@{}}
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    \node{\includegraphics[width=2cm]{kitty}};
  \end{tikzpicture}
  & & & \\
  Mr. Whiskas
  & & & \\
  \textbf{Programmer}
  & & & \\
\end{tabularx}

\end{document}

Result:

As this is done using a table, it's a bit annoying for the user to insert each member manually. If it has any changes, then one has to change each line accordingly, which is annoying when the gallery is large.
I'd like to wrap this snippet within a new environment (or command), to make it easier for the user to insert and move members (and I'm also using this opportunity to learn a bit of Latex programming). I had something like this in mind:
\begin{gallery}
  \member{Mr. Whiskas}{\textbf{Programmer}}{image/path/kitty}
  \member{Catalie Portman}{\textbf{CEO}}{image/path/kitty2}
\end{gallery}

However, I'm a bit lost in Latex programming. If anyone could give me any pointers.
Questions:

*

*Is \newenvironment the best way of doing this or should I be using a \newcommand?

*The way I thought in storing the data would be having a list of tuples (or struct/object). How do I store this structured data in Latex in a list and then iterate over names first, then over profession, to fill each line in tabularx?
Despite I'm asking how to make "a list of structs", I actually would like to know the more latexian way of doing it, even if doesn't use abstractions such as the ones I mentioned.
If anyone could point me to a source code that does something in a similar way and a beginner could grasp, that would be great.
Scope of the answer: The answer doesn't need to provide an implementation of this environment (as I said, I'd like to do it myself). What I want is the pointers of what I should use, and how to make the basic stuff, such as looping through a list of tuples/structs.

A: I do not see the need of use of use tabularx and tikz or anything else except graphicx. A simple macro without any environment can manage reasonably well even with unequal names, titles and photo shapes:

(of course, if you test this MWE with real user images, please remove "angle=90," of the macro)
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\newcommand\member[3][example-image-empty]{%
\noindent\parbox[t]{.245\linewidth}{\centering%
\includegraphics[angle=90,width=.6\linewidth,height=.8\linewidth,
keepaspectratio]{#1}\par#2\par\bfseries#3\bigskip}%
\hspace{10pt minus 10pt}}

\begin{document}

\member[example-image-a]{Mr. Whiskas}{Programmer}
\member[example-image-b]{Catherine of Aragon}{Queen of England and Princess of Wales}
\member[example-image-c]{Tomás de Zumalacárregui e Imaz}{General}
\member[example-image]{Dr. Whatson}{Detective Assistant}
\member[example-image-1x1]{Dr. Pigmy}{A short guy}%
\member[example-image-16x9]{Dr. Slender}{A tall guy}%
\member[example-image-16x10]{Mr. Pau Gasol}{Basketball player}%
\member[example-image-4x3]{Mr. John Doe}{Homeless}%
\member[example-image]{Mr. Thompson}{Police}
\member[example-image]{Mr. Thomson}{Police}
\member{next\ldots}{}
\member{}{}

\end{document}

A: The following is an unfinished implementation of your environment. You'd have to solve an issue with more than 4 elements.
The macros used to implement something like a list are \appendto, that takes a name of a macro which should act as the list (and has to be already defined at this point) and adds a marker \q@mark to it to separate the elements (which should never be fully expanded, because it'd result in an infinite loop -- same for \q@stop). The other one is \printlist which takes 3 arguments. The first can be a formatting argument. Each element of the list will be supplied as an argument to the first argument of \printlist. The second is a separator which should be inserted between each element (but not after the last one). The third argument is the list macro.
The implementation of such lists doesn't rely on any packages, but is rather primitive. I hope this doesn't kill your procrastination because you can't do it yourself, but you don't have to use this implementation.
If you need any explanations to the code, feel free to ask.
\documentclass[]{article}

\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage[]{graphicx}

\makeatletter
%% primitive implementation of lists
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\def\q@mark{\q@mark}
\def\q@stop{\q@stop}
\long\def\afterfi#1\fi{\fi#1}
\newcommand\appendto[2]
  {%
    \edef#1{\unexpanded\expandafter{#1#2\q@mark}}%
  }
\newcommand*\printlist[3]
  {%
    \expandafter\printlist@i\expandafter{#3}{#1}{#2}%
  }
\newcommand*\printlist@i[3]
  {%
    \if\relax\detokenize{#1}\relax
    \else
      \afterfi
      {\printlist@ii{#2}{#3}#1\q@stop}%
    \fi
  }
\long\def\printlist@ii#1#2#3\q@mark#4%
  {%
    \if\relax\detokenize{#3}\relax
    \else
      \afterfi
      {#1{#3}}%
    \fi
    \ifx\q@stop#4%
    \else
      \afterfi
      % Tricky bit here, `&` is not allowed as argument of \afterfi for some
      % reason, so I have to hide it. The braces are stripped here because it's
      % the only group/token between \afterfi and \fi.
      {#2\printlist@ii{#1}{#2}#4}%
    \fi
  }
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

% basic implementation of your environment
\newcommand\member[3]
  {%
    \appendto\memberlist@name{#1}%
    \appendto\memberlist@desc{#2}%
    \appendto\memberlist@file{#3}%
  }
\newcommand*\printmemberlist@file
  {%
    \printlist\memberlist@file@format&\memberlist@file
  }
\newcommand*\printmemberlist@name
  {%
    \printlist\memberlist@name@format&\memberlist@name
  }
\newcommand*\printmemberlist@desc
  {%
    \printlist\memberlist@desc@format&\memberlist@desc
  }
\newcommand\memberlist@file@format[1]
  {%
    \includegraphics[width=2cm]{#1}%
  }
\newcommand\memberlist@name@format[1]
  {%
    #1%
  }
\newcommand\memberlist@desc@format[1]
  {%
    \textbf{#1}%
  }
\newenvironment{gallery}
  {%
    \def\memberlist@name{}%
    \def\memberlist@desc{}%
    \def\memberlist@file{}%
  }
  {%
    \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{ @{} *4{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X} @{} }
      \printmemberlist@file \\
      \printmemberlist@name \\
      \printmemberlist@desc
    \end{tabularx}
  }
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\noindent
\begin{gallery}
  \member{Mr. Whiskas}{Programmer}{example-image}
  \member{Catalie Portman}{CEO}{example-image-a}
  \member{Ducktective M.}{Detective}{example-image-duck}
  \member{Anne Example}{Person}{example-image-b}
\end{gallery}
\end{document}

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By Riley Krause cavemankrause Reporter - Croydon & Merton
A murder investigation has been launched after a man was stabbed to death in Tooting.
Police were called to Deeside Road at 4.42pm this afternoon following reports of a stabbing.
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He died at the scene a short while later.
A crime scene remains in place and police are appealing for anyone with information on what happened to call them urgently on 101 quoting CAD reference 5877/14June.
A post-mortem examination will be held in due course.
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