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L'Humaine Condition by Lily Wang
On March 8, 2019 By okaydonkey7In flash fiction
When one person is chosen everyone is chosen. Each life is random and must be taken as a whole, thus illuminating life from all directions, thus there can be no darkness.
Montaigne pulls out an alien. He knows his life is over.
He pulls out the alien from the hole in the ground and they both lay panting on the grass. Montaigne panting for the both of them, Montaigne panting for the world. He is disappointed. He trails the fleshy-pad of his fingertip along the surface of the alien, so brave already, waiting for the nick. It never happens. The alien is smooth and rectangular, not opal but quartz, with mirror flecks. He has seen counter-tops like it, he is awed.
Augustine is the next to arrive. Montaigne and Augustine do not know each other, or if they know each other they have never mentioned each other. Augustine is penetrated by his own seeing of the alien and loses his appetite immediately. He takes his position some five feet away and begins to speak at an even tone. His English is plain and intermediate. The feeling he arouses in the alien is a kind of compromised purity.
Stepping back for a moment to fix the viewpoint on—a squirrel, who adventures to the farthest end of a branch and paws at its own head, then lays flat on its stomach beneath the sun, then, maybe a fluff floats past.
No one is interested in the squirrel because that would be too easy.
The alien asks to be held. Montaigne replies, I am already holding you. Augustine stops speaking. The alien wants to know where the baseball game is. You have it all wrong, Montaigne continues, looking to Augustine for the first time. They notice blood in each other's left eye, but for some reason neither man informs the other of this symptom. Perhaps there is no point. There are no doctors around and there are no tissues.
Augustine makes a lunge for the alien. I am only thinking of her, he says. Montaigne has no interest in fighting and gives up the alien at once. Look at yourself, Montaigne says. His sound is modest and ironical. You are dull and round, he says to Augustine, who is dull and round next to the alien. My only daughter is sick, Augustine says. You can save her, you can do something, can you not? Montaigne hears this and changes his mind. He grabs at the alien, causing it to slip from Augustine's arms. You are not thinking, he whispers to Augustine. Their eyes are quickly filling with blood.
The two men glance around. They miss the resting squirrel entirely, but so does time, and so the earth. There is no net for the squirrel. There is no language for its history. They look down at the alien who is writhing in the grass.
Am I wrong?
It is no longer clear who is saying what.
The encounter is anticlimactic for everyone, and together the two men return the alien back to its hole. Go back to where you came from, they say in unison. The alien whimpers and makes suckling noises, a long tentacle lashes out and seizes Montaigne's neck. GO BACK, Augustine says, and the alien asks, where? Where?
There is only here, there is only this, there is only me, there is only you.
The three fall to the ground. An hour has passed.
I can see my blood, Montaigne says.
Yes, says the alien.
I can see my blood, Augustine says.
It is the same blood as your daughter's, says the alien.
Augustine stands up, then Montaigne follows. They walk off together, keeping a safe distance between each other, like strangers. Awaking from its nap the squirrel falls and lands on the alien, and begins to eat.
Lily Wang is the author of the poetry chapbooks Everyone In Your Dream Is You (Anstruther Press, 2018) and Oh(!) (Dancing Girl Press, 2019). She is the founder of Half a Grapefruit Magazine and you can read more of her work in Peach Mag and Cosmonauts Avenue.
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Homepage of professor Lee R.Berger
Website Science of Paleoanthrologist Prof. Lee R. Berger
The Specific Study Results of Prof. Lee R. Berger – Books and Awards
Prof. Lee R. Berger is a researcher in the paleoanthropology. His work has been published in a reputable journal every year. In addition, since he has a lot of research, he has been invited into hundreds of conference and talk show about the paleoanthropology. Moreover, he also has a connection with the National Geographic so that he will appear in numerous documentations. He was born in Kansas, 1965. He finished his bachelor's degree at Georgia Southern University and graduated in 1989. His major is anthropology and archaeology. Then, he continued to study for his doctoral studies at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa. He also joined the post-doctoral studies in the same university.
As a professor in paleoanthropology, he has some specific studies that influence his research. His specific studies are Palau Fossils, Discovery of Australopithecus sediba, and Discovery of Homo Naledi. The first specific study result is Palau Fossils. His result of this research is written as the discovery report of Palau, Micronesia in 2006. The report also mentions at as the small-bodied humans in there. However, some of the other scholars argue that the found bodies are pygmoid in stature.
The second one is the Discovery Australopithecus sediba. This discovery is triggered by the finding clavicle and jawbone in Malapa Cave, South Africa by Lee Rogers Berger. Then, Berger with his team makes an excavation to find out more about the numerous bones. Those results are published with the content about Australopithecus sediba, a new species. The third specific study result is the discovery of Homo Naledi. The fossils are found in the remote chamber of the Dinaledi Chamber, previously known as Rising Star Cave Systems. The discovery involves the six researchers worldwide. The discovery can find about 1500 fossils. In 2015, the fossils are identified as the Homo Naledi.
Berger has published a lot of books regarding his research. Some books are written by himself. Meanwhile, the rest books are the result of cooperation between his colleagues. The example of his books are "Redrawing the family tree?", "In the Footsteps of Eve", "Change Starts in Africa", "Working and Guiding in the Cradle of Humankind", and others. Berger also gets some awards due to his dedication to paleoanthropology research. The examples of his awards are 100 Science Stories of the year by Discover Magazine, National Press Photographers Association, Golden Plate Awardee in the Academy of Achievement, The First National Geographic Society Prize for Research, and Exploration, and 100 most influential people in 2016.
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AlliterAsian
By Allan Cho, Julia Lin, Jim Wong-Chu
This anthology of Asian Canadian writing celebrates the twentieth anniversary of Ricepaper magazine, one of the few publications dedicated to literary writing by Asians outside of Asia. It includes new work by such writers as Joy Kogawa, author of the classic Canadian novel Obasan; Sky Lee, author of Disappearing Moon Café; and Fred Wah, the former poet laureate of Canada. There's also contemporary, cutting-edge fiction from writers such as Doretta Lau, Yasuko Thanh, and Kim Fu, author of For Today I Am a Boy.
AlliterAsian is an intriguing collection that reveals the beguiling new literary traditions of the Asian diaspora.
A wide-ranging literary anthology on the Asian diaspora, in conjunction with the celebrated Canadian magazine Ricepaper.
Allan Cho: Allan Cho works as an academic librarian at the University of British Columbia. His writing has appeared in Ricepaper, The Georgia Straight, and Diverse.
Julia Lin: Julia Lin is the author of Miah, the first book-length work of Taiwanese-Canadian literary fiction ever published.
Jim Wong-Chu: Jim Wong-Chu is a writer, historian, and editor. He is a founding member of the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop, the publisher of Ricepaper magazine.
Jim Wong-Chu (1949-2017) was a poet, author, editor, and historian, and the founder of the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop and Ricepaper magazine. He co-edited numerous anthologies including AlliterAsian: Twenty Years of Ricepaper Magazine and Swallowing Clouds: An Anthology of Chinese-Canadian Poetry.


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Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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52. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the ongoing review of those in receipt of contributory pensions since 2012; when the reviews will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53388/18]
59. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when women on reduced contributory pensions since 2012 owing to time spent caring in the home can expect to hear the results of their reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53438/18]
Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
61. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of pensions affected by the social insurance band changes in budget 2012; the number contacted to date for assessment; the number of assessments completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52802/18]
Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the entire review process for those affected by the 2012 contributory pension changes will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53416/18]
Will the Minister update the House on the ongoing review of those in receipt of contributory pensions since 2012? When does she expect the review to be completed? As people throughout the country have received the letters about it, it would be good to receive an update on its status.
Yes! 11 people think so!
No! 1 person thinks not!
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
I propose to take Questions Nos. 52, 59, 61 and 87 together.
I might attempt to finish on a positive note. I thank Deputy Heydon who has had a particular interest in recent months in representing women in the main from his constituency until we get this over the line.
In late September, following the phased recruitment of more than 70 temporary staff, the examination of approximately 79,000 individual social insurance records of pensioners identified for review commenced. The work will continue until the end of the year. Given that we are close to that time, I expect the review to come to an end at the end of this week. The number for review will increase weekly, as new non-maximum rate contributory State pension claims are awarded. Information letters have issued to the 79,000 pensioners to let them know that their social insurance records are being examined. Once the legislation is enacted which happened yesterday, my Department will commence the reviews and calculate their pension entitlements using the interim total contributions approach, TCA. As the reviews are processed, the pensioners involved will be notified of the outcome of their review, or if it is not obvious to us owing to gaps in payment records, they will be asked to provide further information to allow the review to be concluded. Where the review results in a rate increase, their weekly payment will be adjusted and arrears owed will be backdated to 30 March 2018, or the pensioner's 66th birthday, if later than 30 March 2018. Where an increase is not awarded, their personal rate of pension will remain unchanged.
Given the numbers involved, I expect it to take my Department a number of months to work through all of the claim reviews and give a final award settlement to those who are successful. Work on the reviews will continue until all identified pensioners have been notified of their review outcome. I hope that brings the Deputy up to date.
When does the Minister expect the first decisions to be made? I accept that the entire process will take some months to complete and that it will be some time before the final payments are made. Difficult cases in which information must be provided will take longer to complete. Can some people expect to receive confirmation of decisions in January or February? Does the Minister expect a significant number of payments to be made in the early part of the year? I continue to ask about this issue because there is significant interest in it. Up to the point when letters arrived people probably doubted that anything was happening. It is important for them to be reassured that the payments will be backdated to March 2018. Will the Minister give a broad outline of when she thinks the first decisions will be made and how many cases will be processed in the first few months of 2019? I accept that 79,000 is a significant number of cases for the departmental officials to examine.
The Deputy should not apologise for asking questions. I doubt that there is any Deputy in the House who does not meet women who ask the same questions at the weekend. I certainly do. Of the 79,000 who received a letter, we have completed a review of social insurance records for approximately 55,000. Therefore, there will be no need for us to interact with that cohort as the system is automated. However, one cannot automate everything on day one. The process will start in January and people will begin to receive notification, week by week, as we go through and complete cases.
Where people have gaps in their records, they are also very clear and obvious to us and they will receive a letter asking them to log on to the mywelfare.iepage to fill in the gaps or contact the local office to give it the information. It will be evident early in 2019 that people will start to receive not only their increased payments but also their backdated payments to March 2018. Those who have gaps in their records will be contacted where we cannot find an obvious explanation, for example, for missing contributions in 1972 or 1979 because we cannot match them with the PPS number of a child who was born in the same year. We have done all of the preparatory back-office work with individuals where we can. That is how we have been able to provide complete records for approximately 55,000 people.
Where we do not have those complete records, we will contact people very early in the new year and ask them to come forward. The Deputy will see movement. If somebody is at home and does not get a letter or payment by the middle of February, he or she should not worry. We took on 70 new staff to do this but there are 79,000 individual records. We have allocated for January, February and March.
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Robert Downey Jr reveals name for baby girl
Robert Downey Jr has revealed the cute baby name he and his wife Susan have chosen for their second child.
"After nine months of intensive development, Team Downey is pleased to announce our 2014 fall/winter project," he wrote on his Facebook page.
"Principal photography commenced 11-14 and will continue until she says, 'Dad! You are embarrassing me… I'm 30, this has gotta stop," he added.
"Yep… Avri Roel Downey joined the party at 3:22 a.m. on November 4th… she's 7lbs even, spans 20 inches, and is accompanied by a variety of Susan's traits that have seemingly overwritten my 'junk DNA'.""
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Robert Downey Jr and his wife Susan have welcomed their second child - a beautiful baby girl.
People are reporting that Susan gave birth in Los Angeles - although Downey Jr's rep is yet to comment on the news.
The couple already have a two and a half year-old son, Exton Elias. Downey also has an adult son, Indio, from a previous marriage.
Robert Downey Jr. leads the way in Forbes' Highest Paid Actors list
The star beat off actors such as Bradley Cooper and Jackie Chan
Robert married producer Susan in August 2005.
Congrats to the happy couple!
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On Thursday 10 July 2014, we wrote...
Robert Downey Jr has announced on Twitter that he's expecting his second child with his wife Susan.
This will be a third child for the Iron Man star, who confirmed that they would be expecting a baby girl in November via a pretty amusing Tweet:
Yo. Susan. Me. Baby. Girl. November. Scorpio?
— Robert Downey Jr (@RobertDowneyJr) July 9, 2014
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Music Writing Project: "Greetings and Salutations"
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"Greetings and Salutations" by Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
"Oscar Wilde Gets Out" by Elton John
"Luck Be a Lady" by Frank Sinatra
"Waltz for Debby" by Bill Evans
One of the most remarkable collaborations in the history of jazz was a partnership between the trumpeter Thad Jones and the drummer Mel Lewis, which lasted from 1965 to 1978. "Greetings and Salutations" is an instrumental track by the progressive jazz band named Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. It appeared in the album New Life in 1978. "Greetings and Salutations" is an interesting composition, because it shows how Big Bands' music style has mutated throughout the seventies.
Jazz orchestras had emerged in the swing era during twenties, and their stylistics matched the title of the period. Jones-Lewis jazz orchestra, which appeared in the heyday of rock and funk, extensively absorbed the traits of these styles and benefited immensely from them. After a brief and calm symphonic intro, a dense, powerful and boisterous sound embraces the listener and keeps him tense until the end of the track. While listening to this piece of music, it is difficult to sit still. This piece invites to dance. Simple, but infectious, melodies remain in the listener's head for a long time. "Greeting and Salutations" absorbs the listener with its funky patterns of electric guitar and bass, and so does the powerful pulsating drum rhythm. Mighty riffs of wind instruments from time to time give in to the interesting trumpet solos. These solos sound as if they are conducting a dialogue with the rest of an orchestra. In the second part of this fairly long track, the listener can also hear a drum solo masterly performed by Mel Lewis.
In total, "Greeting and Salutations" introduces an interesting mix of classical symphonic jazz (like those of Big Bands) and modern musical styles. This piece is a good example of the renewal of jazz traditions in the age of rock music.
"Oscar Wilde Gets Out" is the second track from the critically acclaimed album "Diving Board" of 2013. Similarly to other songs from this album, the music was written by Elton John and lyrics were created by Bernie Taupin, his devoted songwriter. Taupo lyrics, music and outstanding performance of Elton John made him the latest the manufacturer of hits and one of the most famous singers and songwriters in history.
One of the main features of this track (and of the entire album) is the usage of simple and pure rhythm in the arrangement, which has been denounced by different critics. In such a minimalistic arrangement, critics noticed a return to the pure forms of the early works of Elton John, where bass and drums were only a rhythm pattern for the supporting piano. Indeed, this song could be found in one of Elton John's albums in the 70s, and it was not surprising. This sound refers to the classic pop-rock, the creator of which was Elton John himself.
Introduction based on a minor chord and surrounded by a piano solo sets the mood of the track. This tune is a reserved, nocturnal melancholy. In the chorus, the harmony turns upside down – feelings erupt for a few seconds, supported by barely perceptible strings. The rhythm section makes the sound tight and emphasizes the dynamics. The piano here is both the "second vocals" of the track and the main instrument of rhythm. At the same, time the music would not have lost its passionate melancholy with only the piano and the voice of singer. Romantic but not hysterical vocals are dominant throughout the piece.
All in all, this is a simple pop song. However, is demonstrates the great simplicity of adult pop music. Along with mature philosophical lyrics about the great writer, "Destitute and beaten by the system of the crown", the song leaves the listener in the contemplative and ponderous mood.
"Luck Be a Lady" is an optimistic, exuberant and sensitive song, performed by maybe the greatest singer of the 20th century, legendary Frank Sinatra. Originally written by the songwriter Frank Loesser, the song appeared in a Broadway musical "Guys and Dolls" and also in the film version of this musical with the same name. In the latter, the hit was performed by Marlon Brando. Therefore, when in the mid-sixties "Luck Be a Lady" became one of the most characteristic songs associated with Frank Sinatra, the track already had its own history. Nonetheless, the talent and charisma of Frank Sinatra made any song sound in a new fashion, and "Luck Be a Lady" was not an exception.
The lyrics by Loesser tell how Sky Masterson, a gambler and a protagonist from "Guys and Dolls", expects that winning a bet will make his girl stay with him. Frank Sinatra performs his party against the background of an elegant arrangement of jazz orchestra. Hence, the musical texture of the track is tight and saturated, shaped by two dozen instruments. Musical dynamics vary from sweet string parties in intro to gusty trumpets with cheerful drum beat in the rest of the track. Confident and stately vocals clearly stand out in the texture of the piece. The voice of the maestro is so free and self-sufficient that is seems that it can successfully exist apart from the music.
Combining swing energy with a brash, sensitive tune, "Luck Be a Lady" is a great example of classical jazz. Moreover, it is performed by one of the most famous crooners. The melody from "Luck Be a Lady", heard once, will remain in one's mind for a long time.
"Waltz for Debby" has become one of the most famous jazz compositions. It was performed by many musicians in a variety of arrangements and with different sets of instruments. Bill Evans wrote a piece in 1954. He dedicated it to his three-year old niece Debbie. The original version was purely performed in piano. Later on, the waltz appeared in the performance of Bill Evans Trio – a classical band that played keyboards, bass and drums.
The track that is written in 3/4 time signature, which is a standard for waltz, starts quietly and melancholically. However, single piano notes soon change into a dynamic syncopated rhythm. Bass, barely noticeable in the beginning of the composition, soon turns into a dense and self-sufficient musical tone. Drums, which appear suddenly, clearly articulate the rhythm represented by already sounding instruments. However, throughout the track, the musicians manage to maintain a sense of gentle melancholy that has become obvious from the very first notes. Evans' style bears the influence of classical piano music, but strongly depends on improvisation. His fingers carve quick notes and atonal chords deviating from the main tune. These daring deviations rescue waltz from excessive classicism, empowering the track with the force of bebop. Improvising on the edge of the tune, flying around, but keeping it still is one of the constituents of Evans' great skill.
Bill Evans is not only one of the greatest jazz composers, but also one of the greatest pianists. His virtuoso and impressionistic style of performance fascinated contemporaries and continues to fascinate modern listeners. People are still listening to the music of maestro at the beginning of the 21st century. "Waltz for Debby" is one of the quintessential pieces of Bill Evans' music, both as a composer and as a performer. All the crucial features of his style can be recognized in this track.


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Building trust in peer review: A Q&A with Dr Mario Malički
For Peer Review Week 2020, we speak with Dr Mario Malički, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Research Integrity and Peer Review on the importance of building trust and ensuring transparency in research and how the peer review process continues to evolve.
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Peer Review Week 2020 takes place September 21-25, with this year's featured theme — "Trust in Peer Review" — dedicated to highlighting the importance of building trust in research.
To mark the occasion, we spoke with Dr Mario Malički, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Research Integrity and Peer Review, about the peer review process, transparency and how it continues to evolve.
What is peer review and why is it important?
Peer review is a quality control mechanism for scholarly research. It is a process that involves independent experts evaluating research proposals or completed projects of researchers. The experts themselves are also often researchers, and have similar skills, competencies and education to those whose work or proposals they are evaluating – this is why they are regarded as peers.
Peer review most commonly occurs when research proposals or projects are written up and submitted to a scholarly journal. Editors of that journal then invite experts to evaluate and scrutinize everything the researchers claimed to have done or are planning to do. This process is important as it aims to both give (or deny) a seal of approval for the submitted article and helps improve our knowledge through communication and advice that passes between the researchers and their peers.
How did you become interested in peer review as a research topic?
What I said above could be considered a general principle or a romanticized version of the peer review process. In reality, the quality of the peer review process itself is often unknown, and the whole process is very often unavailable for scrutiny. Most submitted articles are evaluated by only two to three experts, and those experts often disagree. Furthermore, who the experts are is often not disclosed to the scientists or to the public. So, I became very interested in how this process works, what it is that the experts look for, as well a what they criticize or suggest to scientists.
I also believe a part of my interest emerged during my training as a researcher, as the scrutiny I received from my mentors, was higher than any I received from peer reviewer for my first dozen articles. And I was painfully aware that some of my friends and follow young scientists were not so lucky.
Can you tell us about your journal, Research Integrity and Peer Review?
…we provide a venue to researchers that share the same curiosity about the functioning of science that we ourselves have
Our journal RIPR (we often refer to it using its ominous sounding acronym ripper) is a journal that specializes in research on the peer review process, research reporting, and research integrity. We are a multidisciplinary journal, as these topics are fundamental for all scholarly disciplines. Research on the methods and functioning of science is today often referred to as meta-science or meta-research.
As a journal, we are still in our beginnings, and currently publish approximately 20 to 30 articles per year. But we are proud of our achievements as we provide a venue to researchers that share the same curiosity about the functioning of science that we ourselves have. We hope to see both our journal and the field grow in the upcoming years, and maybe even play a part in the many changes coming to scholarly publishing.
This year's theme for Peer Review Week is 'Trust'. How can we encourage trust in peer review?
…when we are able to see all the steps it took for research to get published, we will be able to more easily make the decision if we trust or agree with what others have said or done.
I think if there was a simple solution, we would've applied it to many domains of human existence. It takes a long time to build trust, and only a few bad apples to have it shaken or destroyed. Nevertheless, I am an optimist, and I believe transparency goes a long way.
I have recently proposed the MAnuscripT CHanges (MATCH) taxonomy, that I am now piloting and refining with fellow meta-researchers. I hope it will one day be used across journals and publishers to describe the changes that occurred during the peer review of submitted articles, as well as between different versions of preprints, and between preprints and their (journal) published versions or record. I believe that when we are able to see all the steps it took for research to get published, we will be able to more easily make the decision if we trust or agree with what others have said or done.
Can you explain the peer review process in Research Integrity and Peer Review and how the journal ensures transparency?
When a manuscript is submitted to our journal, our editorial team conducts basic checks for the completeness of the submission as well as plagiarism detection. After that, it is assigned to one of the Co-Editors-in-Chief (Joerg or myself) and we will go over its contents to decide if the paper meets our journal's scope or it if needs any changes before we invite experts to evaluate it.
We operate an open peer review system and ask our reviewers to sign their reports. In my time as an editor, only one expert declined to review a paper due to this policy. We also provide an option to experts to send us confidential comments they do not wish to be included in their published report. As editors, we provide our comments to the authors, and I will often have more questions for the authors than some of the reviewers. When the article is published, we publish the peer review reports and authors' rebuttals. Finally, our journal allows authors to utilize Springer Nature's In Review services.
And finally, what are the current discussions surrounding peer review and how is it evolving?
I am happy to see a lot of initiatives around endorsing or reviewing preprints
If I can be allowed a bit of direct promotion of our journal, I would recommend readers check a paper published by the late John Tennant (and co-authored by Tony Ross-Hellauer) as it provides a very good overview of our understanding of peer review. Another good starting point for those interested in peer review is Publon's Global State of Peer Review.
As for what the future holds, and how it is evolving, I am happy to see a lot of initiatives around endorsing or reviewing preprints (e.g. PreReview, Review Commons, Peerage of Science, Plaudit), evolution of Scite.ai, links in search enginges and reference manager software for (post)publication comments on PubPeer, research on the means to evaluate the quality of peer review reports, and increase in the number of journals embracing open peer review practices.
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Artist's Exhibit a Projection of the Past at SF Victorian House Museum
By Joe Rosato Jr.
Published Nov 15, 2017 at 3:48 PM | Updated at 10:53 AM PST on Nov 20, 2017
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In an artistic display aimed at drawing visitors into San Francisco's sprawling Haas-Lilienthal Victorian House Museum — San Francisco's only Victorian home open for tours — the operators have commissioned an artist to display the family's memories — on the outside. Joe Rosato Jr. reports.
(Published Monday, Nov. 20, 2017)
In an artistic display aimed at drawing visitors into San Francisco's sprawling Haas-Lilienthal Victorian House Museum — San Francisco's only Victorian home open for tours — the operators have commissioned an artist to display the family's memories — on the outside.
In a downstairs window, artist Ben Wood created a light projection of family photos and home movies dating back to the the family's earliest days in the house, which was built in 1886. As the sun goes down, the memories pop-up — giving the passing traffic on Franklin Street a dose of nostalgia.
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"What I've tried to do is sort of imagine and peel back the layers of history," Wood said recently while tweaking the projection. "What would happen if you looked through the windows and saw some of the people who lived in the house over the decades?"
Three panels of video scroll down the long Victorian windows — one band flashes pictures of the home's interior, another historic family photos, and a third projects home movies dating back to the 1920s.
The Haas-Lilienthal house was built in 1886 and is San Francisco's only private Victorian Home open for tours. It's now the subject of an art installation paying tribute to its family history.
Photo credit: Joe Rosato Jr.
"I was able to access quite an extensive archive of photographs over the generations," Wood said.
The home was built for William and Bertha Haas, Bavarian-Jewish immigrants, and survived the 1906 earthquake and fire. Three generations of family lived in the home. Alice Haas Lilienthal was the last resident — living in the house until her death in 1972. Her heirs donated the home to San Francisco Heritage, which has operated it as a museum ever since.
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"When people visit the Haas-Lilienthal House," said Mike Buhler, president of San Francisco Heritage, "we want them to be able to step back in time to understand how people lived in San Francisco in the 19th and early 20th century."
The organization recently completed an eight-month, $4 million renovation of the home. Wood's project was part of the reopening celebration.
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"It kind of reflects the human side of the house and its story," Buhler said. "Many people are struck by the architecture of the house, and this neighborhood used to be full of Victorian homes like this."
Alice Russell-Shapiro never knew the home by its formal name — Haas-Lilienthal. She knew it as "Grandma's house." She spent her childhood in the home visiting her grandma Alice Haas-Lilienthal, banging on the hallway's pump organ and hanging out in the kitchen with her grandma's cook. Her own baby photo is among the visual memories scrolling along the outside windows for all to see.
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"I almost can't believe it — that it's my family out there on Franklin Street," Russell-Shapiro chuckled. "Twelve-feet tall or whatever it is."
A projection of historic photos and videos scroll in the windows of the Haas-Lilienthal House Museum as part of an art installation by artist Ben Wood.
The rolling images show scenes of Christmas and Easter parties, which family members celebrated even though they were Jewish. A video shows a rare snowfall outside the house and a wedding that took place on the lavish staircase.
Family descendant John F. Rothmann said for a house famous for its ornate architecture and period interior, the installation is scratching a deeper layer into the family's story.
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"It's more than brick and mortar," Rothmann said. "It's a place where real people lived, had real lives — there were romances in this house, there were funerals in this house."
The installation will remain up until the week after Thanksgiving, but Wood hopes it will become an annual tradition at the home.
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"Nowadays, you know, we can be especially detached from history," Wood said. "I think this is a great way to capture people's imagination and to offer them a glimpse into the past."
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Naito Talks Not Being Impressed By Jon Moxley, When He Was In His Best Shape, KENTA's Poor WWE Run
By Kellie Haulotte |July 31, 2019
NJPW recently interviewed Tetsuya Naito, who discussed several topics that included IWGP United States Champion Jon Moxley's match with Juice Robinson, Los Ingobernables De Japon member Shingo Takagi, Jay White, KENTA, and when he was in his best shape.
Naito was asked about Jon Moxley's match where he beat Juice Robinson for the IWGP United States Championship. He revealed that he wasn't too impressed with the former WWE star.
"I saw it. But that Moxley match didn't really move me," Naito said. "I know it was a hot crowd in Ryogoku, that came through on the TV even, but I was left thinking 'why are the people making that kind of noise?' I couldn't put my finger on it, myself."
Naito will be in a match against fellow Los Ingobernables De Japon member, Shingo Takagi on August 4 in Osaka. He was asked about facing him in the G1 tournament and Takagi's self-centered behavior.
"Obviously, I wouldn't have brought Takagi in if I didn't think he would make a big impact, but I never thought we'd be facing each other in a singles match so fast," Naito revealed. "The guy doesn't care about anybody else around him whatsoever (laughs)! But I want that. I want him to be hungry. I want him to come in trying to take LIJ from me. I mean, I'm not going to let that happen, but still."
Jay White will be his last opponent for the G1 tournament, which Naito admitted that when White was a Young Lion he was a jerk to him, though he is amazed at how young White was when he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
"I picked on him quite a lot when he was a Young Lion," Naito confessed. "He'd be holding the ropes open for me on my entrance and I'd kick him away, stuff like that. He might have a bit of a grudge toward me, heh. He did something I couldn't, winning the IWGP title in his 20s," he admitted. "He's certainly got a full head of steam. I think when you look at him post excursion, his in-ring approach and his size, you can see that change, but the biggest change for me is in his face. When he was a Young Lion, there was a softness to his face, frailty almost. Now he has results under his belt, you see that in his face, you see that confidence."
When asked about KENTA, he shared why KENTA's WWE failure interested him.
"I mean he openly admitted he was a failure in WWE," Naito said. "To be in that much of a hole and stand in an NJPW ring, that's very similar to the position I was in four years ago."
At the end of the interview, Naito discussed when he was at his best shape and the future of his career.
"If I'm honest, the best shape I've ever been in was for my debut," Naito disclosed. "But if I were to really look out for myself, perhaps I should take a tour off and rest up. But I want to go to every arena in the country and show every fan the Tetsuya Naito that's around right now. You can only see this Tetsuya Naito at this point in time. For the rest of my career, if it's a choice of being a part-timer for 10 years or going all out for three, I'm choosing the latter."
Naito also discussed Los Ingobernables De Japon members EVIL and SANADA. To read the whole interview, please click here.
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The New England Patriots continue to gain momentum on the NFL Week 1 odds ahead of their season-opening game Thursday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and now are pegged as strong 7.5-point favorites at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
The Patriots' odds have received a big boost since the announcement last week that quarterback Tom Brady's four-game suspension had been nullified by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Berman.
With Brady ready to suit up for Thursday night's Steelers vs. Patriots betting matchup at Gillette Stadium, New England surged from around a 3-point favorite to a 7-point favorite before climbing to their current position.
While enormous media focus has been on Patriots activities far from the gridiron, it's important not to overlook the defending Super Bowl champions' outstanding 13-2 straight up (SU) record in their past 15 games, including seven contests in which they surrendered 17 or fewer points.
Their record against the spread is somewhat more checkered, with New England going a middling 3-4 against the spread (ATS) both in their last seven when favored by seven or more points and their last seven overall, according to the OddsShark NFL Database.
The Steelers will be looking to build on a strong 2014 campaign in which they tallied an 11-5 record to return to the NFL playoffs for the first time since 2011.
Pittsburgh has been rewarded at the online sportsbooks, where they kick off the year with intriguing 20-1 Super Bowl odds, and 2-1 odds of repeating as AFC North champs.
The squad's return to the postseason last year was spoiled by a 30-17 loss to the division-rival Baltimore Ravens on Wild Card Weekend. The Ravens currently top the Steelers in divisional betting as 3-2 favorites.
The Steelers ride a four-game SU and ATS regular season winning streak into Week 1, and are 3-0 SU and 2-1 ATS in their last three road contests. However, they have struggled to find the win column in recent years against the Patriots, going 3-8 SU and ATS in their last 11 meetings, and 1-3 SU and ATS in their last four visits to Foxborough.
In other NFL Week 1 betting action around the AFC East, the New York Jets play host to the Cleveland Browns as 3-point favorites, while the Miami Dolphins travel to Washington to take on the Redskins as 4-point favorites, and the Buffalo Bills welcome the Indianapolis Colts to town as 2.5-point underdogs.


Snow stopped me from getting to the Alcohol Education and Research Council's symposium on home drinking the other week, which was a bit of a bugger as I was speaking - about what's happening to pubs.
Most importantly I would have been talking to an audience those of us who start on the booze side of the fence rarely engage with – the people who have to clear up the human mess caused by drink problems. I do believe we have a common cause, though, in creating the conditions for a healthier drinking culture. I use the word 'healthier' in its broadest sense.
This theme came to mind again as I was reading a research report in Addiction journal, based on interviews with 'ill drinkers' in Edinburgh. These people are, I suppose, what we used to call alcoholics, but the term has become pretty meaningless, except as a sort of shorthand, since we've been unable to nail down precisely what alcoholism is.
The report's aim is to support the case for minimum pricing by trying to demonstrate that it will have a significant effect among heavy drinkers in reducing their consumption. I'm not sure it succeeds – and neither, for that matter, are its authors - but some fascinating stuff is thrown up in the process.
The interviewees, patients at two hospitals in the city, were very heavy drinkers indeed, sinking an average of nearly 200 units a week, equivalent to 100 pints of cooking bitter or, more realistically but no less frighteningly, a bottle of vodka a day. Quite a number exceeded 300 units. One managed 800 units. That's what I call a drink problem.
They were paying an average of 43p a unit, comfortably below the 50p a unit touted as a minimum – and that's only the average. Cheapest unit price paid was 9p – for two-litre bottles of white cider in the supermarket.
Compared with the general Scottish population the patients were paying 29p less per unit and there was a clear inverse correlation between the amount consumed and the price paid for it, right down the line. If it's just the ethanol you're after that's rational behaviour, of course.
And if the report demonstrates anything, it is that drinking at these undoubtedly dangerous levels is largely an off-trade issue. Only a quarter of respondents bought any drink at all in the pub or club, and on-trade purchases account for a mere 7.4% of total units consumed.
Intuitively, this has to be correct, but you crave something more scientific to back it up and, as yet, it doesn't seem to exist. Which is what makes the AERC symposium interesting, and I look forward to reading the briefing paper that comes out of it, to see what I missed.
As for whether minimum pricing, or any other price constraint, can reduce consumption, the report is honest enough to say that we can't know until we try it.
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Having inherited a huge cattle ranch from his late father, Will Keough (Fred MacMurray) wants nothing more than to tend to his work and live in peace. But the tense situation with his two younger brothers, Bless (Jeffrey Hunter) and Hade (Dean Stockwell), makes this impossible. Convinced that he was responsible for the death of his father, Bless refuses to use a gun, and is branded a coward. Hade, however, is wild and reckless, careening very quickly towards disaster. Making things worse is the brothers' stern and merciless mother (Josephine Hutchinson), from whom Bless' gets his guilt, and Will's sweetheart Aud Niven (Janice Rule), who finds herself drawn to the sensitive Bless. Ultimately, there will have to be a showdown. But who among the Keogh siblings will survive?
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Under the terms of Wednesday's settlement, A.M.I. has the right to up to $75,000 of the profits from any deal she makes in the next year for her story about the alleged affair. According to her lawyer, Peter K. Stris, Ms. McDougal can keep the $150,000 payment, and the publisher will retain the rights to photographs of her that it already has.
An earlier version of this article misstated a provision in a settlement reached by Karen McDougal and American Media Inc. Under the deal's terms, A.M.I. has the right to up to $75,000 of the profits from any deal Ms. McDougal makes in the next year for her story about the affair she says she had with Donald J. Trump before he became president. The provision does not apply to any deal made after that.


The Kentucky Parole Board consists of diverse, experienced, and committed professionals who are honored to serve the citizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The nine full time members conducted 20,429 hearings/reviews in FY 12/13 including parole and revocation hearings for convicted felons as well as a minimal number of youthful offender hearings. Public safety is paramount to the parole board.
The mission of the Kentucky Parole Board is to make decisions that maintain a delicate balance between public safety, victim rights, reintegration of the offender and recidivism. We will achieve this important balance by application of our core values of knowledge, experience and integrity.
All board members as well as additional support staff are members of the Association of Paroling Authorities International (APAI) and continuously utilize resources through APAI as well as the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) to enhance knowledge and expertise with regards to criminal justice and the parole process. The goal is to utilize research and evidence based practices in order to keep Kentucky on the cutting edge with advances in the field.


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George Washington was unanimously elected to serve for the first two presidential offices.
Former Minister to Colombia, Harrison died after serving just one month as President.
Former Vice President, he took over as President following the death of Harrison.
Former Minister to the United Kingdom Buchanan served one term.
President during the American Civil War he famously made the Gettysburg Address in which he declared all men equal. He got the Thirteenth Amendment made law which outlawed slavery in America.
Former Governor of Ohio he served one term as President.
James A Garfield was assassinated after just six months as President.
Former President Cleveland was returned for a second term. Cleveland is the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Former Governor of New York, Roosevelt, known as FDR, is the only man to have served 4 terms as President. He was president during World War Two and was a key figure on the World stage. He died while serving his 4th term.
Former Vice President Truman took over after the death of FDR. He was President for the closing stages of World War Two and signed the order to drop the atomic bomb. He was elected as president in 1949.
Former Supreme Allied Commander during World War Two Eisenhower served two terms as President. He was committed to opposing Communism and sent troops into Korea and Vietnam.
Former Vice President he took over after JFK was assassinated. Often referred to as LBJ he was committed to improving civil rights but also committed more troops to Vietnam which led to protests and disturbances.
Former Vice President to Eisenhower, Nixon served two terms. He resigned in August 1974 following the Watergate scandal.
Former Governor of California Reagan survived an assassination attempt and served two terms as President. He embarked on an arms race with the USSR and later negotiated with Gorbachev to help end the Cold War.
Former Governor of Arkansas, Clinton was a popular President who served for two full terms.


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Australia sending troops, police to Solomons amid unrest
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Protesters breached the National Parliament building, burned the thatched roof of a nearby building, and set fire to a police station and other buildings. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)
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Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare had declared the lockdown Wednesday after about 1,000 people gathered in protest in the capital Honiara
Sogavare angered many in 2019 when he cut the country's diplomatic ties with Taiwan
CANBERRA, Australia: Australia announced Thursday it was sending police, troops and diplomats to the Solomon Islands to help after anti-government demonstrators defied lockdown orders and took to the streets for a second day in violent protests.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the deployment would include a detachment of 23 federal police officers and up to 50 more to provide security at critical infrastructure sites, as well as 43 defense force personnel, a patrol boat and at least five diplomats.
The first personnel were to arrive Thursday night with more on Friday, and the deployment was expected to last for a few weeks, Morrison said.
"Our purpose here is to provide stability and security," he said.
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare declared a lockdown Wednesday after about 1,000 people gathered in protest in the capital Honiara demanding his resignation over a host of domestic issues.
The protesters breached the National Parliament building and burned the thatched roof of a nearby building, the government said. They also set fire to a police station and other buildings.
"They were intent on destroying our nation and ... the trust that was slowly building among our people," the government said in a statement.
Morrison said Sogavare had requested assistance from Australia amid the violence under a bilateral security treaty.
"It is not the Australian government's intention in any way to intervene in the internal affairs of the Solomon Islands. That is for them to resolve," he said.
"Our presence there does not indicate any position on the internal issues of the Solomon Islands," Morrison added.
Sogavare ordered the capital locked down from 7 p.m. Wednesday through 7 p.m. Friday after saying he had "witnessed another sad and unfortunate event aimed at bringing a democratically elected government down."
"I had honestly thought that we had gone past the darkest days in the history of our country," he said. "However, today's events are a painful reminder that we have a long way to go."
Despite an announcement from the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force that they would be conducting increased patrols through Honiara amid the lockdown, protesters again took to the streets Thursday.
Local journalist Gina Kekea posted photos on Twitter of a bank, shops and a school in flames.
Morrison said he decided to send help after it became clear that police in the Solomons were "stretched."
Sogavare angered many in 2019, particularly leaders of the Solomon Islands' most populous province Malaita, when he cut the country's diplomatic ties with Taiwan, switching its diplomatic allegiance to China instead.
Local media reported that many of the protesters were from Malaita, whose premier Daniel Suidani has been at odds with Sogavare, who he accuses of being too close to Beijing.
Suidani said he was not responsible for the violence in Honiara, but told the Solomon Star News that he agreed with the calls for Sogavare to resign.
"Over the last 20 years Mannaseh Sogavare has been in power, the plight of Solomon Islanders has worsened whilst at the same time foreigners have reaped the best of the country's resources," Suidani was quoted as saying. "People are not blind to this and do not want to be cheated anymore."
Topics: Solomon Islands Protests Australia
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Le Pen's campaign hit by niece calling rival far-right Zemmour a better candidate /node/2013936/world
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PARIS: Marine Le Pen's niece Marion Marechal, a popular figure among far-right French voters, on Friday said Eric Zemmour was a better presidential candidate, piling woes onto a campaign already troubled by the defection of two EU lawmakers.
Le Pen ranks second or third in opinion polls that show a tussle among right and far-right candidates to win a second-round runoff spot against President Emmanuel Macron in the April elections. Macron himself is leading polls and seen as likely to secure the other spot.
Marechal, a 32-year old former lawmaker, told Le Parisien and Le Figaro in separate interviews that she considers her aunt's far-right rival Zemmour had adopted a better strategy, even though he is currently running fourth in opinion polls.
"Unlike Marine Le Pen, Zemmour still has ample room to rise further (in polls)," Marechal told Le Figaro newspaper.
She said that because he was new to politics and was seeking to bridge gaps between parties, Zemmour was better placed to get wide-ranging support than Le Pen's party, which other parties, including on the mainstream right, often shun.
Her comments went to the heart of a debate that could re-define France's right and far-right for years to come.
Marechal, once a rising star in the Le Pen family's National Rally party, quit politics five years ago.
She said on Friday she wanted to return but hadn't quite decided yet whether to rally with Zemmour's campaign for fear it would revive feuds that had torn the Le Pen family and the party apart for years.
But the divisions she said she wanted to avoid creating were immediately clear with her aunt's reaction.
"It's brutal, it's violent, it's tough for me," a visibly moved Le Pen told CNews, adding it was "painful" on a person level and "incomprehensible" politically.
The 53-year-old veteran politician noted that polls showed her and not Zemmour as likely to reach the second round in April, in a repeat of the 2017 match that Macron won.
While the National Front — rebranded National Rally — has dominated the French far-right for decades, first led by Le Pen's father Jean-Marie and then by her since 2011, it has always failed to reach power beyond a few municipalities.
Russia says it won't start a war as Ukraine tensions mount /node/2013916/world
US President Joe Biden warned Ukraine's leader a day earlier that there is a "distinct possibility" that Russia could take military action
"There won't be a war as far as it depends on the Russian Federation, we don't want a war," Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said
MOSCOW: Russia's top diplomat said Friday that Moscow will not start a war in Ukraine but warned that it wouldn't allow the West to trample on its security interests, amid fears it is planning to invade its neighbor.
US President Joe Biden warned Ukraine's leader a day earlier that there is a "distinct possibility" that Russia could take military action against the former Soviet state in February.
"There won't be a war as far as it depends on the Russian Federation, we don't want a war," Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a live interview with Russian radio stations. "But we won't let our interests be rudely trampled on and ignored."
Tensions have soared in recent weeks, and the United States and its NATO allies warily eyed a buildup of more than 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine, worrying that Moscow was preparing to attack. Russia has repeatedly denied having any such plans, but has demanded that NATO promise Ukraine will never be allowed to join and that the alliance roll back deployments of troops and military equipment in Eastern Europe.
The US and NATO formally rejected those demands this week, though Washington outlined areas where discussions are possible, offering hope that there could be a way to avoid war.
Russia's official response to those proposals will come from President Vladimir Putin, but the Kremlin has said there was "little ground for optimism."
Lavrov echoed noted that grim note Friday.
"While they say they won't change their positions, we won't change ours," he said. "I don't see any room for compromise here."
Putin opened the weekly meeting of his Security Council on Friday, saying only that it would address foreign policy issues. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian leader may also discuss his reaction to the US rejection with French President Emmanuel Macron during their video call the same day.
Lavrov noted that the US suggested the two sides could talk about limits on the deployment of intermediate-range missiles, restrictions on military drills and rules to prevent accidents between warships and aircraft. He said that Russia proposed discussing those issues years ago — but Washington and its allies never took them up on it until now.
While he described the US offers as reasonable, he emphasized that Russia's main concerns are to stop both NATO's expansion and the deployment of the alliance weapons near Russia's borders. He noted that international agreements say that the security of one nation must not come at the expense of others' — and that he would send letters to ask his Western counterparts to address that obligation.
"It will be hard for them to wiggle out from answering why they aren't fulfilling the obligations sealed by their leaders not to strengthen their security at the expense of others," he said.
As tensions build, Washington warned Moscow of devastating sanctions if it invades Ukraine, including penalties targeting top Russian officials and key economic sectors. Several senior US officials also said Thursday that Germany would not allow a newly constructed pipeline — which is meant to bring gas directly from Russia — to begin operations if Russia invades Ukraine.
Asked about possible sanctions, Lavrov said that Moscow had warned Washington that their introduction would amount to a complete severing of ties.
While Moscow and the West are mulling their next steps, NATO said it was bolstering its deterrence in the Baltic Sea region, and the US ordered 8,500 troops on higher alert for potential deployment to Europe.
Russia has launched a series of military drills involving motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea, and dozens of warships in the Black Sea and the Arctic. Russian troops have also headed to Belarus for sweeping joint drills, raising Western fears that Moscow could stage an attack on Ukraine from the north. The Ukrainian capital is just 75 kilometers (50 miles) from the border with Belarus.
Despite the alarming rhetoric, Ukrainian officials have repeatedly tried to project calm.
Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told parliament Friday that the total number of Russian troops near Ukraine — about 130,000 — is comparable to Moscow's military buildup in the spring of 2021, when Moscow eventually pulled its forces back after massive military exercises.
"We haven't observed any events or actions of military character that significantly differ from what was going on last spring," with the exception of the deployment to Belarus, Reznikov said.
But that has so far not reassured many in the West. Biden warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Thursday's call that the US believed there was a high degree of likelihood that Russia could invade when the ground freezes and Russian forces could attack Ukrainian territory from north of Kyiv, according to two people familiar with the conversation who were not authorized to comment publicly.
While concerns rise about an invasion, Ukraine is already beset by conflict. Following the 2014 ouster of a Kremlin-friendly president in Kyiv, Moscow annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and backed an insurgency in the country's eastern industrial heartland. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled.
Topics: Russia Ukraine war
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UK foreign office pledges to release Afghanistan cash after aid chief pleas /node/2013851/world
UK foreign office pledges to release Afghanistan cash after aid chief pleas
London announces more than $130m in aid to ease Afghan humanitarian crisis
1m children could die from acute malnutrition: Ex-UN official
LONDON: The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office has pledged to release nearly £100m ($133m) in emergency funds to Afghanistan following impassioned pleas from two former aid chiefs, who warned that a million children could die from acute malnutrition.
Last August, the British government promised to double its aid spent in Afghanistan, but so far only £145 million out of £286 million has been disbursed, leaving roughly half the money unspent, just months before the end of the financial year in April. On Thursday Sir Mark Lowcock, a former UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, urged London to release the rest of the money.
He told Sky News: "It's not at all appropriate to enforce a sort of collective punishment on the total population of the country because you don't like the regime that those people haven't chosen. Where is the rest of that money, what are they waiting for?"
Baroness Valerie Amos, also a former UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, also warned: "There will be 3 million children under 5 who will face acute malnutrition by March. Of those, a million children will die."
Following those urgent pleas, the Foreign Office pledged to released £97m of emergency aid to Afghanistan for winter, which the department said would provide more than 2.7 million people with food, health services, and water.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said: "The UK continues to provide vital humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan. We have doubled UK aid this year to save lives, protect women and girls and support stability in the region.
"The funds announced today will mean essential food, shelter and health supplies will reach those who are most in need."
Billions of dollars of Afghan money is currently frozen in assets by foreign governments as the US and its allies grapple with how they should deal with the Taliban regime.
Lowcock said Afghanistan's own cash could be used to pay teachers and health workers directly. The UN is seeking $5.9 billion to help solve the humanitarian crisis.
"This is a significant requirement but the good news is quite a lot of it could be funded from Afghanistan's own resources," said Lowcock.
He added that while people "are right to be concerned" by the Taliban, the price is being paid by innocent children and women.
Reports have emerged that impoverished and desperate Afghans have resorted to selling their own organs, or in some cases their children, in order to feed themselves and their families.
Amos said: "We have to find a way of restoring the economy in Afghanistan without getting money into the hands of the Taliban, and we have plenty of experience of doing this."
Topics: Afghanistan Taliban capture Kabul United Kingdom
Death toll from Storm Ana rises to 86 as another storm brews to Africa's east /node/2013771/world
Death toll from Storm Ana rises to 86 as another storm brews to Africa's east
Storm Ana passed over Madagascar on Jan. 22, adding to days of already intense rainfall
Ana has affected hundreds of thousands of people and lead to widespread flooding and destruction
JOHANNESBURG: Tropical Storm Ana has killed at least 86 people across southern and eastern Africa, with recovery operations still ongoing as another storm threatened more severe weather.
Storm Ana passed over Madagascar on Jan. 22, adding to days of already intense rainfall. The country declared a state of disaster on Thursday night, reporting a rise in the death toll from Ana to 48, with people killed by landslides and collapsing buildings or washed away.
Ana then made landfall in Mozambique on Jan. 24, where 18 have been reported dead, before moving inland to Malawi, where it triggered massive power cuts. Malawi's death toll rose to 20 on Thursday.
Across all three nations, Ana has affected hundreds of thousands of people and lead to widespread flooding and destruction, according to the United Nations.
"This latest storm...is a blunt reminder that the climate crisis is very much a reality," said Maria Luisa Fornara, UNICEF Representative in Mozambique.
The region has been repeatedly struck by severe storms and cyclones in recent years, destroying homes, infrastructure and crops and displacing large numbers of people.
In some cases, communities still recovering are hit again, compounding the impacts. Experts say storms are becoming stronger and more frequent as waters warm due to climate change, with rising sea levels also making low-lying coastal areas vulnerable.
Another storm, dubbed Batsirai, is now traveling toward Africa's east coast.
Meteo France on Friday described Batsirai as a small system that presented no immediate threat to a group of islands to the east of Madagascar, including the French territory of Reunion, because it was still days away.
However, it said the evolution of Batsirai's intensity and trajectory remained uncertain. Mozambique's National Institute of Meteorology warned Batsirai still had the potential to evolve into a severe tropical storm.
China agrees to Xinjiang visit by UN rights chief in early 2022 — report /node/2013701/world
China agrees to Xinjiang visit by UN rights chief in early 2022 — report
Rights groups have accused China of perpetrating widescale abuses against Uyghurs and other minority groups in its western region of Xinjiang
BEIJING: China has agreed to let the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visit Xinjiang in the first half of 2022 after the Beijing Winter Olympics, according to a report in the South China Morning Post which cited unnamed sources.
Rights groups have accused China of perpetrating widescale abuses against Uyghurs and other minority groups in its western region of Xinjiang, including mass detention, torture and forced labor. The United States has accused China of genocide.
Beijing denies all allegations of abuse of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims and has described its policies as necessary to combat religious extremism.
UN human rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet has been pursuing negotiations with China on a visit since September 2018.
China's foreign ministry, China's mission to the United Nations in New York, and the United Nations did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The South China Morning Post report on Thursday cited sources saying that the approval for a visit after the conclusion of the Beijing Winter Games, which run Feb. 4-20, was granted on the condition the trip should be "friendly" and not framed as an investigation.
As in 2008, the Olympics have again cast a spotlight on China's human rights record, which critics say has worsened since then, leading Washington to call Beijing's treatment of Uyghur Muslims genocide and prompting a diplomatic boycott from the United States and other countries.
"No one, especially the world's leading human rights diplomat, should be fooled by the Chinese government's efforts to distract attention away from its crimes against humanity targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic communities," Sophie Richardson, China Director at Human Rights Watch, told Reuters in an emailed statement on Friday.
Topics: China Uyghur Zinjiang
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It's been a wee while since the Arch Druid has graced these pages so here is Julian Cope with a couple of songs from his 12th solo album 20 Mothers from 1995 on the Echo label.
Described by the man himself as an album of love songs and devotional songs ranging from pagan rock'n'roll through to sci-fi pop to bubblegum trance music. In short just your average Julian Cope album then.
I was minded to post something by him after a recent rummage through my ticket tin revealed that I have seen him not once but twice at Glasgow's Barrowland. He always puts on a good show. Rol's Saturday Snapshot's Triple Word Score was also an inspiration
Wheelbarrow Man an expression of pure unmitigated joy was written after Cope had spoken to his estranged brother for the first time in years.We haven't spoken since mind you.
Try, Try, Try the only single on the album was written about his mother who has shown little, if any, interest in his career.
The album cover is a photo by Jill Furmanovsky and perhaps not surpringly is a pictue of 20 mothers. If you are wondering who they all are wonder no more
Oh and if you are wondering who is left holding the babies wonder no more
Julian Cope -Wheebarrow Man
Julian Cope - Try Try Try
Great pair of songs- as you say, 'your average Julian Cope album', as if there is such a thing.
Khayem 20 August 2021 at 21:02
As a Julian Cope post pops up at least every fortnight on my blog, I'm going to be a tad biased but 20 Mothers is a very good album. Thanks also for sharing the feature/introduction to the @0 Mothers themselves. Dorian is unmistakable and I was a fan of Jill Frost in Strawberry Switchblade. After owning the album for over 25 years, a big surprise to find that it's Jayne Casey in the angel wings at the back, but seems so obvious now I know who it is...


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Бетсі-Лейн () — переписна місцевість (CDP) в США, в окрузі Флойд штату Кентуккі. Населення — 688 осіб (2010).

Географія
Бетсі-Лейн розташоване за координатами  (37.550128, -82.624621).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році переписна місцевість мала площу 4,76 км², з яких 4,69 км² — суходіл та 0,07 км² — водойми.

Демографія
Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у переписній місцевості мешкало 688 осіб у 296 домогосподарствах у складі 198 родин. Густота населення становила 145 осіб/км².  Було 324 помешкання (68/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 1,3 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 0,9 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 20,1 % — особи молодші 18 років, 64,6 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 15,3 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 41,9 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у переписній місцевості припадало 89,0 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 87,7 чоловіків також старших 18 років.
Медіана доходів становила  долари для чоловіків та  доларів для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 31,1 % осіб, у тому числі 58,1 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 0,0 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило 310 осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: науковці, спеціалісти, менеджери — 24,2 %, освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 20,3 %, виробництво — 16,5 %.

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Населені пункти округу Флойд (Кентуккі)

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Top Worst Betrayals in Greek Mythology
Mythology & Religion
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N.S. Gill
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N.S. Gill is a Latinist, writer, and teacher of ancient history and Latin. She has been featured by NPR and National Geographic for her ancient history expertise.
Looking at the actions of the men and women of ancient Greek mythology, it is sometimes easier to come up with the people involved in the betrayal than who betrayed whom.
Apate is the name of the goddess of deceit in Greek mythology, a child of Night (Nyx), and the sister of Eris (Strife), Oizus (Pain), and Nemesis (Retribution). Together these pained and paining ladies represent a multitude of the negative features of human existence, all of whom are met in ancient stories of betrayal.
Jason and Medea
Christian Daniel Rauch [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Jason and Medea both violated each other's expectations. Jason had lived with Medea as her husband, even producing children, but then put her aside, saying they were never married, and that he was going to marry the local king's daughter.
In retaliation, Medea slew their children and then flew away in one of the classic instances of a deus ex machina in Euripides' Medea.
There was little doubt in ancient times that Medea's betrayal was greater than Jason's.
Atreus and Thyestes
Which brother was worse? The one who engaged in the family sport of cooking children or the one who first committed adultery with his brother's wife and then raised a son for the purpose of killing his uncle? Atreus and Thyestes were sons of Pelops who himself had once been served up as a feast to the gods. He lost a shoulder in the event because Demeter ate it, but he was restored by the gods. Such was not the fate of the children of Thyestes whom Atreus cooked. Agamemnon was a son of Atreus.
Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
Like Jason and Medea, Agamemnon and Clytemnestra violated each others' expectations. In the Oresteia trilogy the jury couldn't decide whose crimes were more heinous, so Athena cast the deciding vote. She determined that Clytemnestra's murderer was justified, even though Orestes was Clytemnestra's son. Agamemnon's betrayals were the sacrifice of their daughter Iphigenia to the gods and bringing back a prophetic concubine from Troy.
Clytemnestra (or her live-in lover) murdered Agamemnon.
Ariadne and King Minos
When the wife of King Minos of Crete, Pasiphae, gave birth to a half-man, half-bull, Minos put the creature in a labyrinth built by Daedalus. Minos fed it the youth of Athens who were paid to Minos as annual tribute. One such sacrificial youth was Theseus who caught the eye of Minos' daughter, Ariadne. She gave the hero a string and a sword. With these, he was able to kill the Minotaur and get out of the labyrinth. Theseus later abandoned Ariadne.
Aeneas and Dido (Technically, not Greek, but Roman)
Since Aeneas felt guilty about leaving Dido and tried to do so secretly, this case of jilting a lover counts as a betrayal. When Aeneas stopped at Carthage on his wanderings, Dido took him and his followers in. She offered them hospitality and in particular, offered herself to Aeneas. She considered theirs a commitment like a betrothal, if not a marriage, and was inconsolable when she learned he was leaving. She cursed the Romans and killed herself.
Paris, Helen, and Menelaus
This was a betrayal of hospitality. When Paris visited Menelaus, he became enamored of the woman Aphrodite had promised him, Menelaus' wife, Helen. Whether Helen was in love with him, as well, is unknown. Paris left Menelaus' palace with Helen in tow. To regain Menelaus' stolen wife, his brother Agamemnon led the Greek troops to war against Troy.
Odysseus and Polyphemus
Crafty Odysseus used trickery to get away from Polyphemus. He gave Polyphemus a goatskin of wine and then poked out his eye when the cyclops fell asleep. When Polyphemus' brothers heard him roaring with pain, they asked who was hurting him. He answered, "nobody," since that was the name Odysseus had given him. The cyclops brothers went away, mildly puzzled, and so Odysseus and his surviving followers, clinging to the under-bellies of Polyphemus' sheep, were able to escape.
Gill, N.S. "Top Worst Betrayals in Greek Mythology." ThoughtCo, Aug. 26, 2020, thoughtco.com/top-worst-betrayals-in-greek-mythology-119921. Gill, N.S. (2020, August 26). Top Worst Betrayals in Greek Mythology. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/top-worst-betrayals-in-greek-mythology-119921 Gill, N.S. "Top Worst Betrayals in Greek Mythology." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/top-worst-betrayals-in-greek-mythology-119921 (accessed January 31, 2023).
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