Why? God had blessed them with supernatural intelligence; they had an excellent spirit!
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm (Daniel 1:20).
In the days of King Nebuchadnezzar, he wanted certain young men trained, and he got them from different nations. Among them were four Hebrew boys: Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. On the day they were brought to be examined by the king, they were found to be ten times better than their peers. Why? God had blessed them with supernatural intelligence; they had an excellent spirit!
A similar example is David. The power of God came on him when Samuel the Prophet anointed him to become king of Israel, and he turned out to be a marvel in his day. He killed and decapitated Goliath as a stripling. Saul was the King of Israel at the time, and he was a great man of war, but when he faced Goliath, he was terrified. The difference was that the Spirit of God had departed from Saul, and the Spirit had come upon David. Saul had become an ordinary man, whilst David had the Spirit.
1 Samuel 18:7 says, "And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands." What were they seeing in the spirit? "Ten times more!" They could have said "twelve" or "six"; but they said, "...Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. " There's something about the Spirit that causes you to do the extraordinary and unimaginable!
Now that you're born again, that Spirit is in you, not just on you. Acts 1:8 says, "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you…." The Holy Spirit has brought the glory of God into your life, giving you guidance and direction. You can walk through "walls," blaze through barriers, and through the darkness. He's filled you with supernatural ability to do things that can't be humanly explained.
Take advantage of the person, power, and ministry of the Holy Spirit in your life! He's your advantage; He causes you to see, think, say and do things ordinary men can't do.
By the power of the Holy Ghost, there's a profuse demonstration of the supernatural in my ministry, job, business, finances, health, family, and everything that concerns me. My path is that of the just which shines brighter and brighter unto the perfect day. Glory to God!


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Regulators Focus on Anti-Money Laundering Expectations for Cryptocurrency Industry | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
US regulators are signaling heightened expectations for anti-money laundering compliance within the cryptocurrency industry. Although FinCEN issued guidance in 2013 interpreting virtual currency "administrators" and "exchanges" as money services companies ("MSB") subject to Bank Secrecy Act ("BSA") requirements, both the cryptocurrency industry that US regulators have evolved significantly in the past 10 years. While some players in the cryptocurrency industry have implemented bank-style anti-money laundering programs that require customers to disclose their identity and source of wealth, other players have created schemes specifically designed to enforce anonymity. In recent weeks, US regulators and lawmakers have taken several actions to push the cryptocurrency industry towards wider and more comprehensive adoption of anti-money laundering controls.
On December 14, 2022, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act, which, if enacted, would do four key things. First, the law would require FinCEN to issue a rule classifying digital asset wallet providers, miners, validators and other network participants as MSBs subject to the BSA. Second, the law would require FinCEN to finalize a 2020 proposed rule imposing additional record keeping requirements for transactions involving non-hosted digital asset wallets. Third, the law would require the Treasury to ban financial institutions from dealing with digital asset mixers, privacy coins and other anonymity-enhancing technologies. And fourth, the law would require federal functional regulators, including the SEC and CFTC, to evaluate the "adequacy" of the anti-money laundering program and reporting obligations under the BSA.
On January 3, 2023, the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released a joint statement on the risks of cryptocurrencies to banking organizations. Citing "the significant risks highlighted by the recent bankruptcies of several major cryptocurrency companies," the joint statement said, "it is important that risks relating to the cryptocurrency sector that cannot be mitigated or controlled do not migrate to the banking system. The joint statement shows that regulators are questioning whether and how cryptocurrency-related activities by banks, including interactions with decentralized networks lacking governance mechanisms, can comply with applicable law, including statutes and regulations anti-money laundering.
On Jan. 4, the New York Department of Financial Services ("NYDFS") announced a $100 million settlement with Coinbase, Inc. over alleged deficiencies in the company's anti-money laundering program. In its consent order with Coinbase, the NYDFS says the company's anti-money laundering compliance system has "failed to keep pace with the dramatic and unexpected growth of Coinbase's business." In fact, Coinbase has held a New York BitLicense since 2017 and has expanded in the intervening years to service more than 100 million cryptocurrency users worldwide. The inability of a compliance program to adapt to a rapidly growing company is a common refrain in anti-money laundering actions against banks; one way to read the NYDFS enforcement action is as a signal that anti-money laundering expectations are equally stringent for the cryptocurrency industry as they are for the banking sector.
On Jan. 18, FinCEN issued a notice identifying virtual currency exchange Bitzlato Limited as a financial institution of "prime money laundering concern." Issued under the Combating Russian Money Laundering Act, the notice describes Bitzlato as an overseas "money transmitter" that has "minimum anti-money laundering/counterfeiting of terrorist financing (AML/CFT) protocols." The notice further states, "Bitzlato has significant ties to Russia and facilitates a significant number of money laundering transactions involving Russia-related ransomware and Russia-related darknet market proceeds." Exercising a powerful and rarely used authority under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act, FinCEN prohibited US financial institutions from transmitting funds to Bitzlato or to any account or portfolio administered by Bitzlato.
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Happy National Poetry Day!
October 3, 2019 Dahlia Adler	Leave a comment
In celebration of National Poetry Day, check out these Poetry titles that discuss queerness, sexuality, identity, and more. This year's theme is "Truth," and given how much of queerness is grappling with that concept, whether for yourself or making other people understand yours or both, you can't really go wrong here. (For a longer but less detailed list, check out our Poetry page.)
Disintegrate/Dissociate by Arielle Twist
In her powerful debut collection of poetry, Arielle Twist unravels the complexities of human relationships after death and metamorphosis. In these spare yet powerful poems, she explores, with both rage and tenderness, the parameters of grief, trauma, displacement, and identity. Weaving together a past made murky by uncertainty and a present which exists in multitudes, Arielle Twist poetically navigates through what it means to be an Indigenous trans woman, discovering the possibilities of a hopeful future and a transcendent, beautiful path to regaining softness.
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Masquerade by Cyrus Parker
Non-binary poet Cyrus Parker returns with an all-new collection of poetry and prose dedicated to those struggling to find their own identity in a world that often forces one into the confines of what's considered "socially acceptable."
Divided into three parts and illustrated by Parker, masqueradegrapples with topics such as the never-ending search for acceptance, gender identity, relationships, and the struggle to recognize your own face after hiding behind another for so long.
Buy it: Indiebound | Amazon | B&N
Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul by Ryka Aoki
Following up her 2014 novel, He Mele A Hilo, Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul is Ryka Aoki's first book dedicated completely to poetry.
Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul is currently a finalist for the 2016 Lambda Literary Award in Transgender Poetry.
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Holy Wild by Gwen Benaway
In her third collection of poetry, Holy Wild, Gwen Benaway explores the complexities of being an Indigenous trans women in expansive lyric poems. She holds up the Indigenous trans body as a site of struggle, liberation, and beauty. A confessional poet, Benaway narrates her sexual and romantic intimacies with partners as well as her work to navigate the daily burden of transphobia and violence. She examines the intersections of Indigenous and trans experience through autobiographical poems and continues to speak to the legacy of abuse, violence, and colonial erasure that defines Canada. Her sparse lines, interwoven with English and Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe), illustrate the wonder and power of Indigenous trans womanhood in motion. Holy Wild is not an easy book, as Benaway refuses to give any simple answers, but it is a profoundly vibrant and beautiful work filled with a transcendent grace.
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Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong's first full-length collection aims straight for the perennial "big"—and very human—subjects of romance, family, memory, grief, war, and melancholia. None of these he allows to overwhelm his spirit or his poems, which demonstrate, through breath and cadence and unrepentant enthrallment, that a gentle palm on a chest can calm the fiercest hungers.
Feed by Tommy Pico
Feed is the fourth book in the Teebs tetralogy. It's an epistolary recipe for the main character, a poem of nourishment, and a jaunty walk through New York's High Line park, with the lines, stanzas, paragraphs, dialogue, and registers approximating the park's cultivated gardens of wildness. Among its questions, Feed asks what's the difference between being alone and being lonely? Can you ever really be friends with an ex? How do you make perfect mac & cheese? Feed is an ode of reconciliation to the wild inconsistencies of a northeast spring, a frustrating season of back-and-forth, of thaw and blizzard, but with a faith that even amidst the mess, it knows where it's going.
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Fave Five: Queer Indigenous Fiction
October 8, 2018 Dahlia Adler	1 Comment
Fire Song by Adam Garnet Jones
Drowning in Fire by Craig S. Womack
Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time ed. by Hope Nichols
The Way of Thorn and Thunder by Daniel Heath Justice
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
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New Releases: March 2018
March 6, 2018 Dahlia Adler	Leave a comment
P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy (6th)
In this epistolary middle-grade debut novel, a girl who's questioning her sexual orientation writes letters to her sister, who was sent away from their strict Catholic home after becoming pregnant.
Eleven-year-old Evie is heartbroken when her strict Catholic parents send her pregnant sister away to stay with a distant great-aunt. All Evie wants is for her older sister to come back. But when her parents forbid her to even speak to Cilla, she starts sending letters. Evie writes letters about her family, torn apart and hurting. She writes about her life, empty without Cilla. And she writes about the new girl in school, June, who becomes her friend, and then maybe more than a friend.
As she becomes better friends with June, Evie begins to question her sexual orientation. She can only imagine what might happen if her parents found out who she really is. She could really use some advice from Cilla. But Cilla isn't writing back.
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Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst (6th)
Asra is a demigod with a dangerous gift: the ability to dictate the future by writing with her blood. To keep her power secret, she leads a quiet life as a healer on a remote mountain, content to help the people in her care and spend time with Ina, the mortal girl she loves.
But Asra's peaceful life is upended when bandits threaten Ina's village and the king does nothing to help. Desperate to protect her people, Ina begs Asra for assistance in finding her manifest—the animal she'll be able to change into as her rite of passage to adulthood. Asra uses her blood magic to help Ina, but her spell goes horribly wrong and the bandits destroy the village, killing Ina's family.
Unaware that Asra is at fault, Ina swears revenge on the king and takes a savage dragon as her manifest. To stop her, Asra must embark on a journey across the kingdom, becoming a player in lethal games of power among assassins, gods, and even the king himself.
Most frightening of all, she discovers the dark secrets of her own mysterious history—and the terrible, powerful legacy she carries in her blood.
Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake (6th)
When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the aftermath of the storm–and what's worse, her notebook filled with secret drawings of girls holding hands has gone missing.
Mysteriously, Ivy's drawings begin to reappear in her locker with notes from someone telling her to open up about her identity. Ivy thinks–and hopes–that this someone might be her classmate, another girl for whom Ivy has begun to develop a crush. Will Ivy find the strength and courage to follow her true feelings?
The Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk (6th)
Autumn always knew exactly who she was—a talented artist and a loyal friend. Shay was defined by two things: her bond with her twin sister, Sasha, and her love of music. And Logan always turned to writing love songs when his love life was a little less than perfect.
But when tragedy strikes each of them, somehow music is no longer enough. Now Logan can't stop watching vlogs of his dead ex-boyfriend. Shay is a music blogger struggling to keep it together. And Autumn sends messages that she knows can never be answered.
Despite the odds, one band's music will reunite them and prove that after grief, beauty thrives in the people left behind.
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Boomerang by Helene Dunbar (6th)
Michael Sterling disappeared from his Maine town five years ago. Everyone assumed he was kidnapped. Everyone was wrong.
Now, at seventeen, he's Sean Woodhouse. And he's come "home," to the last place he wants to be, to claim the small inheritance his grandparents promised him when he graduated high school, all so he can save Trip, the boy he developed an intense and complicated relationship with while he was away.
Sean has changed, but so has his old town and everyone in it. And knowing who he is and where he belongs is more confusing than ever. As his careful plans begin to crumble, so does everything he's believed about his idyllic other life.
Told in gorgeous prose, Boomerang is an honest, authentic exploration of coming to terms with who you are, what you want, and how vast the distance can be between the two.
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Curved Horizon by Taylor Brooke (8th)
In the sequel to Fortitude Smashed, navigating the ins and outs of love is hard enough as strangers, but now Daisy and Chelsea must find a way to transform their friendship into something more. Meanwhile, Shannon and Aiden's year-long relationship is put to the test when a horrific accident puts Shannon's life at risk.
Kim Reaper: Grim Beginnings by Sarah Graley (13th)
The first collection of Kim Reaper comics, contains issues 1-4!
Part-Time Grim Reaper. Full-Time Cutie!
Like most university students, Kim works a part-time job to make ends meet. Unlike most university students, Kim's job is pretty cool: she's a grim reaper, tasked with guiding souls into the afterlife.
Like most university students, Becka has a super intense crush. Unlike most university students, Becka's crush is on a beautiful gothic angel that frequents the underworld. Of course, she doesn't know that.
Unaware of the ghoulish drama she's about to step into, Becka finally gathers up the courage to ask Kim on a date! But when she falls into a ghostly portal and interrupts Kim at her job, she sets off a chain of events that will pit the two of them against angry cat-dads, vengeful zombies, and perhaps even the underworld itself. But if they work together, they just might make it… and maybe even get a smooch in the bargain.
Fire Song by Adam Garnet Jones (13th)
Shane is still reeling from the suicide of his kid sister, Destiny. How could he have missed the fact that she was so sad? He tries to share his grief with his girlfriend, Tara, but she's too concerned with her own needs to offer him much comfort. What he really wants is to be able to turn to the one person on the rez whom he loves—his friend, David.
Things go from bad to worse as Shane's dream of going to university is shattered and his grieving mother withdraws from the world. Worst of all, he and David have to hide their relationship from everyone. Shane feels that his only chance of a better life is moving to Toronto, but David refuses to join him. When yet another tragedy strikes, the two boys have to make difficult choices about their future together.
With deep insight into the life of Indigenous people on the reserve, this book masterfully portrays how a community looks to the past for guidance and comfort while fearing a future of poverty and shame. Shane's rocky road to finding himself takes many twists and turns, but ultimately ends with him on a path that doesn't always offer easy answers, but one that leaves the reader optimistic about his fate.
Buy it: B&N * Amazon * Book Depository
The Right Thing to Do at the Time by Dov Zeller (15th)
If Jane Austen and Sholem Aleichem (Fiddler on the Roof) schemed in an elevator, this just might be their pitch. Ari is Elizabeth and Itche is Jane–and this Jewish, queer, New York City retelling of Pride and Prejudice is for everyone.
Ari Wexler, a trans guy in his late 20s, is barely scraping by. His family life is a mess, he feels like a failure when it comes to love, and his job at a music library is on the rocks. His relationship with Itche Mattes, his doting best friend, helps him get through the days. Then a famous actress comes to town and sweeps Itche off his feet, leaving her dreadful sidekick to step on Ari's toes.
As Ari's despair grows, a fascinating music project falls into his lap, and he s faced with a choice: to remain within his comfort zone, however small and stifling, or to take a risk that could bring meaning and joy to his life.
Buy it: Amazon
The Pros of Cons by Alison Cherry, Lindsay Ribar, and Michelle Schusterman (27th)
Drummer Phoebe Byrd prides herself on being one of the guys, and she's ready to prove it by kicking all their butts in the snare solo competition at the Indoor Percussion Association Convention.
Writer Vanessa Montoya-O'Callaghan has been looking forward to the WTFcon for months. Not just because of the panels and fanfiction readings but because WTFcon is where she'll finally meet Soleil, her internet girlfriend, for the first time.
Taxidermy assistant Callie Buchannan might be good at scooping brains out of deer skulls, but that doesn't mean it's her passion. Since her parents' divorce, her taxidermist father only cares about his work, and assisting him at the World Taxidermy and Fish-Carving Championships is the only way Callie knows to connect with him.
When a crazy mix-up in the hotel lobby brings the three girls together, they form an unlikely friendship against a chaotic background of cosplay, competition, and carcasses!
Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender (27th)
Prepare to be swept up by this exquisite novel that reminds us that grief and love can open the world in mystical ways.
Twelve-year-old Caroline is a Hurricane Child, born on Water Island during a storm. Coming into this world during a hurricane is unlucky, and Caroline has had her share of bad luck already. She's hated by everyone in her small school, she can see things that no one else can see, and — worst of all — her mother left home one day and never came back. With no friends and days filled with heartache, Caroline is determined to find her mother. When a new student, Kalinda, arrives, Caroline's luck begins to turn around. Kalinda, a solemn girl from Barbados with a special smile for everyone, seems to see the things Caroline sees, too. Joined by their common gift, Kalinda agrees to help Caroline look for her mother, starting with a mysterious lady dressed in black. Soon, they discover the healing power of a close friendship between girls. Debut author Kheryn Callender presents a cadenced work of magical realism.
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Ten Intersectional Anthologies and Essay Collections
December 21, 2016 Dahlia Adler	2 Comments
Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives ed. by Nia King
Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in the Jewish Community ed. by Noach Dzmura
Queer Brown Voices: Personal Narratives of Latina/o LGBT Activism ed. by Uriel Quesada, Letitia Gomez, and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time: an LGBT and Two Spirit Sci-Fi Anthology ed. by Hope Nicholson
Black Queer Studies: a Critical Anthology ed. by E. Patrick Johnson and Mae G. Henderson
Prime by L. Lamar Wilson, Ricky Laurentiis, Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Saeed Jones, and Phillip B. Williams
Living Out Islam: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims ed. by Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle
Lez Talk: A Collection of Black Lesbian Short Fiction ed. by S. Andrea Allen and Lauren Cherelle
Moving Truth(s): Queer and Transgender Desi Writings on Family by Aparajeeta Duttchoudhury and Rukie Hartman
QDA: Queer Disability Anthology ed. by Raymond Luczak
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New Release Spotlight: Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time (An LGBT and Two-Spirit Sci-Fi Anthology)
September 1, 2016 Dahlia Adler	1 Comment
As soon as this anthology was brought to my attention (h/t Lex Leone!) I reached out to the editor, Hope Nicholson, and asked if the authors would be open to contributing a little information about their stories. So, please check out the book itself below (only $5.00!) and then see what the authors have to say about their contributions to this cool-as-hell antho.
Love Beyond, Body, Space, and Time is a collection of indigenous science fiction and urban fantasy focusing on LGBT and two-spirit characters. These stories range from a transgender woman trying an experimental transition medication to young lovers separated through decades and meeting far in their own future. These are stories of machines and magic, love, and self-love.
This collection features prose stories by:
Cherie Dimaline "The Girl Who Grew a Galaxy," "Red Rooms"
Gwen Benaway "Ceremonies for the Dead"
David Robertson "Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story," Tales From Big Spirit series
Richard Van Camp "The Lesser Blessed," "Three Feathers"
Mari Kurisato "Celia's Song," "Bent Box"
Nathan Adler "Wrist"
Daniel Heath Justice "The Way of Thorn and Thunder: The Kynship Chronicles"
Darcie Little Badger "Nkásht íí, The Sea Under Texas"
Cleo Keahna
And an introduction by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair "Manitowapow," with a foreword by Grace Dillon "Walking the Clouds".
Edited by Hope Nicholson "Moonshot," "The Secret Loves of Geek Girls"
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Gwen Benaway
I wrote "Transition" because I wanted to see a 1st person narrative of an Indigenous transwoman in the world. I can't remember ever reading a narrative with an Indigenous transwoman as the main voice, so it felt important to centre us as active subjects in literature. Another part of my desire was to also challenge Western models of becoming "female." The transgender specific narratives I encounter are often about the medical process of transitioning like surgeries or hormones, but I am interested in exploring what transitioning means in an Indigenous context. We know there was Indigenous transwoman before contact in most Indigenous nations. I often wish I could call up those transgender aunties and ask them "what was it like for you?". For them, transitioning must have been very different. Being female would have meant something different. They certainly were not going on hormones, removing body hair, or having surgeries, but they were also very clearly perceived and lived as women in our societies.
It is empowering for me to imagine a process of transitioning which is not about morphing our biological bodies, but about reclaiming our souls. Being transgender for Indigenous transwomen is spiritual. Our teachings say it comes from our relationship to the earth and the world around us. It's intrinsically who we are and we demonstrate our femininity through our actions and responsibilities, not our appearance. In the context of this story, I wanted to place ceremony and Western science side by side and have a main character who works through her gender via both. I cheat a little and fall strongly on the side of her gender coming through her ancestors, but the idea of her female ancestors reaching out to her to guide her into womanhood is a really beautiful and loving image for me. She's not "changing" her gender. She is reconnecting to who she has always been: an Indigenous woman interwoven into a web of powerful Indigenous women which stretches across time and space.
You don't always get the opportunity to write a story that involves an LGBT couple, has one character that is Indigenous, and, oh yeah, is sci-fi. Needless to say, it was an amazing and challenging experience to write "Perfectly You." I wanted to write a love story that felt real in an unreal setting, that didn't fall into cliche or stereotype, and that was surprising in its narrative, rather than in the sexual orientation or cultural background of its protagonist. In the end, for me, "Perfectly You" really is saying that love is love, and love is timeless.
Richard Van Camp
"Aliens" was a fun piece to write. I believe that this is my third piece of writing as a woman and I'm proud to have placed this story in Fort Smith, my home town. I've always had a "what if?" story about aliens, as in, "What if they just showed up and stayed? What would we do?" I didn't want this story to be about the Sky People as beings. I wanted this to be about the Sky People as a symbol of never being able to go back to the way humanity was before: I also wanted there to be hope with the gentle bubbling of the oceans. I pray that, in this story, the Sky People are coming to help and teach us what we need to get along and heal our planet together. I also wanted this to be a love story. I love it when friendships break down and people start making out. Mah! 🙂
When you listen to the hunters and trappers, so many of them have stories of seeing UFO's and I believe them. This was a joy to write and I'm grateful to Hope Nicholson for asking me to create something for "Love Beyond Body, Space and Time." Mahsi cho!
You'll notice that I dedicated this story to Carla Ulrich. Carla is a director, producer, writer and actor from the North who has adapted three of my books and turned them into movies: "Hickey Gone Wrong", "Three Feathers" and "The Blue Raven." I'm so grateful for her and her vision in all that she does. The least I could do is dedicate a story to her.
"Aliens" is now the first story in my new short story collection manuscript "Moccasin Square Gardens" because it has such a playful spirit.
Mahsi.
Mari Kurisato
Imposter Syndrome is the short story of Aanji, a noncitizen artificial life-form who is desperate to escape a grim fate, using her human ancestors' memories. Set several (hundred?) years after the events of Escape Light, it details one person's attempt to reclaim her soul. It's also very autobiographical in some spots, which is why I'm nervous and pleased as punch that the wonderful Hope L. Nicholson is publishing it, alongside amazing Indigenous authors like Doctor Darcie Little Badger, Daniel Heath Justice, Nathan Adler, Gwen Benaway, and Cherie Dimaline.
Nathan Adler
"Valediction at The Star View Motel" is about relationships, and death, and meteor-showers, and messages from beyond the grave, it's about one of the strongest and lightest materials in the world, spider's-silk, and love, and connection across time and space. The story started with the two characters—Edie and Mushkeg—and I knew they had this back-story forming, waiting to be told, so when Hope approached me about contributing to this Anthology, I thought this story would be a good fit, and that maybe it was time to write the story of how Edie and Mushkeg met.
Daniel Heath Justice
Hummingbirds fascinate me. They possess a kind of wild, fierce beauty you don't see in other creatures; they're brave, bold, temperamental, and dramatic. In so many ways, they embody a courageous certainty of self, and I wanted to capture some of this spirit in a story for those on the margins (especially queer and two-spirit Indigenous folks) who are coming to an understanding of their own special beauty but see too few examples to help inspire their struggle. This world isn't kind to those who are different; we know this too well. But that's only because of human prejudices—the rest of the world is teeming with strange beauty.
I drew a bit of inspiration from the Cherokee story about Hummingbird and how sacred tobacco came to heal the People through the skill and cleverness of a medicine man. He put on a feathered cloak and became a hummingbird to steal the plant from an island of selfish, murderous giants. But there are many different kinds of healing, and there are many different kinds of medicine. To me this is a story of love and self-acceptance, and the beauty that inhabits so many of us but is so often denied.
Darcie Little Badger
At its core, Né łe is a lighthearted story about lesbians and puppies in space. Perhaps counterintuitively, I – a horror fanatic – enjoy writing sweet comedies. That said, Né łe contains sad themes that are familiar to my tribe and many others, particularly dispossession. Her longing for a stolen home drives the Apache protagonist of Né łe to Mars.
As a final note, the Watson to my Holmes is a Navajo veterinarian; their guidance enabled me to write the sci-fi veterinary scenes in Né łe. I'm extremely grateful!
Hope Nicholson is the publisher of Bedside Press and comics historian. Her latest book is a collection of indigenous science fiction and fantasy stories starring queer and two-spirit characters. She also works in reprinted work bringing attention to lost comics.
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Posted 2016-01-26 ; filed under Communities.
I would rather say that social media can be a trap, but are not by their nature an inevitable one. Social media don't teach us anything. We have to teach ourselves how to use social media. For the first time in history, 3 billion people are connected to each other. Is this a trap or an unrealized opportunity?
The gap between social media and our real work can be a deep moat. We entertain ourselves with social media during our free time while many of our workplaces block access to consumer social media sites. Connecting social media to our daily lives can be enriching, if we have the skills and tools to filter, create, and discern how to share what is appropriate. Using social media to open our horizons takes effort and practice.
In order to help us make sense and use our networks to our fullest we need to engage in communities of practice, online and offline. This third-space, between loose social networks and focused work groups, is an essential place in which to test new ideas and learn with peers. Real communities of practice are difficult to find but they give us the feedback we would not get in a social network and they don't bring the hierarchy of the workplace to bear. In communities we can be open to feedback and criticism, not face outrage from a stranger on social media, nor be forced to hold our tongue in the workplace.
For both individuals and organizations, communities of practice can connect work and learning. Communities of practice can bridge the gap between innovation and getting work done. People can seek new contacts in their social networks, and over time (filtering), some of these can become co-members in communities of practice. Communities of practice help to inform our work and life, with some of our learning and observations creating new ideas or practices. We can then share these new ideas with our communities, discerning who and how to share with, at the appropriate times. For instance, we may share a new practice first with a professional community of practice before publishing it to our general social networks.
A key part of the practice of PKMastery (learning & working out loud) is connecting our networks, our communities, our work, and our lives together in order to make sense, be more productive, and open ourselves to serendipity. It's a holistic approach, not one that compartmentalizes work and life, or social media and communities, but something that helps us to make sense of the whole messy, complex world we live in. Communities can connect work and learning and ensure that social media are not a trap but an opportunity for humanity.
Great post! Are you familiar with Part-up (www.part-up.com). I'm using this platform for a few months and I really think this platform shows your story in practice.
The difference is that Part-up is a community with shared goals. I don't see this on Twitter, Youtube or Facebook.
It seems to be a platform that enables community https://part-up.com/ It looks like a better option than what the platform monopolists are offering.
At the moment this open source platform doesn't offer all the functionality of other (commercial) platforms, but it's open source. And the founders op Part-up want to set up a decentralized organization around Part-up. They are also talking with Backfeed about decentralize the platform. I think this platform has the same or more potential than LinkedIn. I hope more people give Part-up a try and discover that collaboration and learning will never be the same.
This page starts out explaining the importance of social media as a tool but spends considerably more time focused on "communities of practice" which are covered in depth in another post. Can you explain in more detail the value of social media in your model?
Fascinating stuff by the way.
Social media are the communication conduits between work teams, communities of practice, and social networks.


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How COVID-19 is Impacting Business Value and What Owners Can Do to Defend It
COVID-19 has impacted businesses differently, depending on industry and pre-pandemic approach. For some companies, it has opened up new opportunities and accelerated revenue. For others, the business pipeline has slowed. Some have completely revamped their business model in order to survive.
It is difficult to articulate the full impact of the pandemic because so much is still unknown. Only time will tell the full extent of the virus' economic and social impacts on businesses and communities. These challenges and adaptations, as well as the public health and economic factors that created them, all play a part in determining the underlying value of a business.
Valuations, by their very nature, are based on projections and estimates. Future expected earnings is the first and foremost factor that drives business value. When assessing COVID-19's impact on a business, there are two sets of considerations that play a key role: macroeconomic and business-specific.
Valuation Considerations: Macroeconomic and Business-Specific
Even though the value of a private company does not fluctuate with the same volatility as public markets, it is impacted alongside business profits, business risks, financing markets and overall supply and demand.
On the spectrum of short-term liquidity impact and profitability impact for 2020, where does your industry fall? For businesses that are liquid with adequate working capital, a relatively good market position, no plan to disrupt infrastructure and little or no ramp-up time to return to normal, the value impairment would be non-material, although there may be some additional market risk.
On the other hand, businesses that shut down or significantly restructured the workforce or faced working capital challenges may see higher levels of value impairment. The exact level depends on cash flow levels and how long it takes to bring the company back to normalcy. In cases such as these, the valuator will be looking at the extent of impact, what has been the most significant factor and ways to mitigate risk moving forward.
COVID-19 Uncertainty and the Impact on Valuation Mechanics
Investors and valuators alike put a premium on stability and predictability of cash flows. After all, value is a function of normalized future income. Adjustments will likely be necessary to normalize profitability and account for the sustainability of business lines and future cash flow expectations.
The required rate of return applicable to most business valuations is either the weighted average cost of capital or capitalization rate. Given the current market turmoil, market inputs can yield materially different values over time. Valuators must assess actual versus perceived risk and the required investment return to achieve profitability. As the pandemic continues, we will learn if the past is really reflective of the future.
Strategies to Defend Business Value
The value of many businesses will be negatively affected by the COVID-19 crisis, but there will be a spectrum of impact. At one end, a decline in value could be minor and temporary, while for others, it could be major and permanent. Where a business falls along that spectrum will depend on the ongoing assessment of a number of factors, including sustainability of revenue stream, viability of the business model and an uninterrupted supply chain.
Business owners may be monitoring the changing value of their interests in relation to their overall net worth, which makes now an ideal time to take stock of operations and goals in both the near and long-term. Consider the following next steps:
Get clear on overall goals: Have a thorough understanding of personal and business long-term goals, objectives, mission and vision
Clean up financial practices: Think carefully before continuing to treat the business like a personal piggy bank. Forecasting will become more important than ever to get a more robust understanding of the company's actual
Identify risk factors: Assess internal availability of resources and develop a risk mitigation plan to address weaknesses.
As owners and executives continue to navigate the challenges brought on by the pandemic and defend the value of their businesses, the best approach is to stay calm and assess the needs of the marketplace and the supply chain. RKL's team of highly credentialed valuation specialists – the deepest bench in the region – has decades of experience delivering fair and professional business appraisals. Need more information or ready to get started? Contact your RKL advisor or reach out using the form below.
Contributed by Paula K. Barrett, CPA/ABV, CVA, CGMA, Partner in RKL's Business Consulting Services Group. Paula specializes in business valuation and litigation support services, assisting clients in the acquisition or sale of closely-held businesses and general business planning services. She also has experience in tax-exempt bond financing services, including bond verifications and arbitrage rebate computations.


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Q: Find the biggest term of an expansion Find the biggest term of the expansion of $\left( \frac{2}{3} + \frac{1}{3} \right)^{100}$.
Here is what I've tried:
Every term of the expansion has the following form:
$$T_{k+1} = \binom{100}{k} \left( \frac{2}{3} \right)^{100 - k} \left( \frac{1}{3} \right)^k$$
This form can be rewritten in two ways:
$$T_{k+1} = \binom{100}{k} \frac{1}{2^k} \left( \frac{2}{3} \right)^{100}$$
$$T_{k+1} = \binom{100}{k} 2^{100-k} \left( \frac{1}{3} \right)^{100}$$
This is where I got stuck.
Thank you in advance!

A: For the largest term in the expansion T(k) such that [T(k+1)/T(k)]>1...now just plug in the values of the general terms in this formula to get the value of k.
In your case we get the value of k as 33...which means that the largest term in the given expansion is the 34th term.
A shortcut formula to find out the largest term no. in a given binomial expansion of the form (a+b)^n is as follows:
k <= (n+1)b/(a+b)
The required term no. will then be equal to (k+1).
In case the variables are with negative sign....you can use the above formula by taking only their absolute values(mod)....Also take greatest integer function of k when you get decimal values.....hope this helps!!

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SpeedX wasn't the only company at CES 2017 bringing smart technology to the world of two wheels. At CES Unveiled, we got a look at the Cosmo Connected smart brake lights. Designed for a motorcycle helmets—but adaptable to some bicycle helmets—the Cosmo Connected is an auxiliary brake light meant to be worn on the back of the rider's helmet. In this position, the extra-bright light is at eye-level for other motorists on the road, making them more aware of the rider's position. In addition to operating like a normal brake light—getting brighter as the rider stops—the Cosmo Connected can be set to constant flashing, or extra visibility.
More than just a brake light, Cosmo Connected also works with a dedicated app to keep you connected in case of an emergency. The light can detect when the rider has been in an accident or has a fall, and will send an alert to the smartphone app. The app, in turn, sends a distress message to an emergency contact or roadside assistance service, who will then contact the rider to find out their status. If there's no answer from the rider, a rescue team can be dispatched to the rider's location, which is recorded via the smartphone's GPS.
The Cosmo Connected will be available in May, and retail for $99. The base price lets users place a friend or family member as the emergency contact, or pay a nominal monthly fee to subscribe to the roadside assistance service. Either way, it could be a smart investment if you spend a lot of time on two wheels.


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While watching your favorite team lose could only lead to disappointment, losing a bet on that same game could pinch you financially too. Winning most of your bets is no walk-in-the-park and you could certainly tilt the odds to your advantage with the backing of the right handicapper. You should thus pick from the best sports handicappers for high returns against lower stakes.
You can seek out a few of the top sports handicappers by going through reviews posted at reputed sports betting forums or by joining one of the several online sports clubs that permit members to pool together their resources to hire the best handicapper. Your primary aim should be to notice an obvious increase in the number of winning bets together with an increase in profits against each bet that you've won when compared with your wager. You should go through the ratings offered by various reviewing sites in an attempt to choose the right handicapper from that list which is well-versed in all the details regarding the sport of your choice as well as a master in straight and pari-mutuel betting.
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Pavel Astakhov: "The supreme court actually introduced the presumption of guilty"
At the forum of "How to reduce taxes and secure business in 2019", editors of "Rusbankrot" managed to talk to the event's speaker, one of the most recognizable and entitled lawyers in the country, Pavel Astakhov. As part of the conversation, he expressed his position on one high – profile bankruptcy case, commented on the initiative of the Ministry of Economy and also raised a question of holding unscrupulous inspectors accountable and the question of the need of legal education for school students.
Good afternoon, Pavel Alekseievich. Recently, a precedent happened in the Chelyabinsk region - a seizure of property of one lawyer who was conducting a bankruptcy case. What is your opinion about it?
P.A.: Serious changes took place at the end of 2016. The Plenary of the Supreme Court introduced such a notion as a person, responsible for the debtor's control and described the cases when such a person might be hold accountable. This sets up a completely different regime of legal existence for those who are engaged in the area of business.
In this precedent, it is worth noting that the tendency has been observed for several years already. Both attorneys and lawyers might be hold accountable for. Here the lawyer Votinova was hold accountable as a person, controlling the debtor (further here – PCD). As I remember, one of the creditors submitted an application on bringing her to subsidiary liability as he regarded Votinova as a PCD. The Chelyabinsk Arbitration Court on August 19, 2019, in response to Votinova's application about the removal of interim measures, refused on formal grounds, since he considered that an application had been filed to bring her to subsidiary liability by the proper party of the dispute. Her status as a status of PCD became a subject of examination. Votinova, as the Court thinks, didn't prove that interim measures limit the right to own and use the seized property.
According to the common rule, a necessary condition of being a PCD is his/her having an actual capacity to give binding instructions to the debtor or otherwise determine his actions. This side will be examined as the process has not yet been completed. Do you think the precedent created might affect the security of the legal community?
P.A.: It doesn't affect the security of the legal community in general, it is a question of practice. Here the plenary emphasized two very important things. First, it indicated the grounds for exemption from such liability. It means that the persons who are regarded as a PCD should prove the integrity and reasonableness of their actions, their innocence.
Another important thing is that the company might have accused Votinova itself. It means that the person who is hold accountable for, was responsible for loans and was an authorized person, was signing the documents and was engaged in activities - so now this person has a right to declare that he or she is a chairman. And then the person says that he or she was led by other people. That is what actually happened to Votinova, other people might have pointed at her. I analyze the situations when lawyers are accused in aiding in committing the crimes. For example, an enterprise lawyer is discussing a possible tax evasion scheme. The leading manager sets him the task and the lawyer says what exactly can be done. Manager says: "Ok, let us choose this scheme". But what if this scheme is "grey"? And there are cases when the investigative committee holds this lawyer accountable for 'intellectual aiding".
Or if lawyers take part in the negotiations when a merger or acquisition take place. And if they hear, for example, some kinds of threats? After negotiations, a person to whom the threats were directed, writes a letter of application to investigative committee. Then the staff members come and say that here they have an organized criminal community with a head of it and with the lawyers and managers together. They all tried to take another person's business. And this is raiding, extortion, fraud. The lawyer is an accomplice. Such a practice is taking shape, and it's scary. The story of Votinova is just a small fragment, it relates more to the situation with the PCD.
Now the Ministry of Economy is preparing an initiative, according to which Russian citizens will be able to redeem their debts from the banks. Do you think this might lead to the total loans non-payment?
P.A.: This initiative, of course, has not yet been implemented. I do not think that this might lead to a total non-payment of loans, because the sale of claim rights under a loan agreement is a right, and not a duty of a bank. If they had just passed a law that would oblige, first of all, to offer the debtor to redeem his debts himself, that would be a different story.
The position of the debtor not to pay the loan, most likely, will not correlate with the obligation of the bank to offer the debtor to buy his own debt first. Because it is not known at what point the bank will make this decision. And so, if it was an obligation, the debtor, of course, would immediately understand: "Yeah, the obligation of the bank is to offer me to buy my debt first. Therefore, I take this loan, and then I begin to talk for a long, long time, to deny, until I torment the bank and, taking 100%, I will return 10%. "
If the bank makes an independent decision to sell the debt at a substantial discount, the change of buyer does not affect the amount that the bank will receive for the sale of claim rights to the third party or the debtor himself.
The bank's provision of the debtor's right to repay the debt at a cost to third parties may reduce the general level of the population accounts payable.
By the way. Gref (Ed. Note: President of Sberbank) called this idea strange. Then German Oskorovich himself commented on his words and noted that one of the main banking rules is to never sell debt to the debtor himself.
At the forum "Control, supervisory and licensing activities in the digital age" you talked about the need to practice holding accountable unscrupulous inspectors. Is there any progress in this direction?
P.A.: It is difficult, inspectors are difficult to hold accountable. Here, basically, the problem of the ambiguity of proving the groundlessness of the initiation of inspections, compliance with regulatory requirements. This requires the creation of a mechanism for determining methods of responding to violations of relevant requirements. This mechanism has not been created yet.
There was a discussion, I was opposed by Anna Yuryevna Popova, head of Consumer Protection and Human Welfare. I mentioned them as an example of overrequirements. I spoke about strange State Standards and Health regulations and standards, which, for some reason, still exist. For example, a dairy factory, they required gauze bags. And gauze bags have not been needed for the production of cottage cheese for a long time already. Anna Yurievna was upset and said that they themselves regulate and clean the Health regulations and standards. But Consumer Protection and Human Welfare is ahead of all in the number of inspections.
There are following results. Based on the results of the public hearings that we held, a draft federal law on mandatory requirements is currently under discussion, which provides for the gradation of the degree of risk of violations and requirements depending on the nature of the consequences of their violations. We should understand how dangerous the violation is for the future of the entrepreneur, for his business and his company.
This draft law contains article 4, which states that the content of a mandatory requirement is obligations expressed in the form of conditions, restrictions, prohibitions that establish the need for certain behavior of a citizen or organization, or the need to refrain from such behavior. There is article 8, which states that in order to inform citizens and organizations about methods of complying with mandatory requirements, supervisory authorities plan to issue a manual on compliance with mandatory requirements.
What is the logic? Before asking and demanding, it is necessary to explain. It is also an opportunity to compare the requirements that are presented to you with the manual that the government body itself issued. There must be rationality and justice in everything.
After your comments about the gauze bags, were there any actions taken?
P.A.: I don't know, to be honest, but I hope there were.
(editor's note: in accordance with Health regulations and standards 2.3.4.551-96, marked as "existing", the gauze bags are still here).
If the point is already set to the end, then we have over 40 supervisory authorities, at least 42. More than two hundred forms of control and more than 2 million mandatory requirements. If you present 2 million requirements to an entrepreneur with the help of 200 possible control options, with the help of 40 inspecting organizations, then please be kind enough to publish manuals and explanations in these forty departments.
And then, if the activities of a citizen or organization and their employees comply with these manuals for complying with mandatory requirements, then they cannot qualify as violating a mandatory requirement, this will play a key role in proving the validity of inspections and dishonesty of inspectors.
Tell us about your program "Legal educational program" for students. Are there any results?
The program has existed for a very long time, I started it in 2007, when my series of books "For Children About the Law" appeared. From that moment, enlightenment activities began, and the Pavel Astakhov Legal Center was created and it still exists at our Bar association. For several years, our lawyers in the legal education program have been making speeches and continue doing it at Moscow schools.
When we talk about the effects of enlightenment, then we can talk about them only after generation grows up. I spoke back in 2007 when I was asked about the recipe for a law-abiding society. My answer is very simple - to raise three generations of people who at least know the Constitution, their rights and obligations. There are four direct duties in the Constitution for men and three for women. Indirectly taken, there are only eight responsibilities. And more than 40 articles of rights. But we do not know them all.
Imagine if we raise children who clearly know their rights and their responsibilities in the 4-5th grade. It is not difficult, the Constitution is not a very voluminous document. A person will grow up with a completely different understanding of the world and in completely different coordinates.
He or she will no longer be frightened by a policeman who comes up to him and begins to speak rudely. A citizen will answer: "Why are you talking to me like that? I have a right, there is a presumption of innocence, what are you accusing me of? Introduce yourself, say, who you are. You are being kept at my expense, not me at your expense. "
Imagine how one generation, second and third grew. And all three generations are those who exist simultaneously.
It means that we have to wait for results somewhere by 2070?
P.A.: I think this could have been achieved much faster if there was not only lawyer Astakhov, who was involved in legal education. At one time, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev raised a very serious question, everyone believed, and the Bar Association was created at that very moment. I was in the first working group. When the "Court Hour" program existed, there was a free consultation line, and we were answering thousands of questions by telephone. When I showed Medvedev a report, he was surprised - 50 thousand consultations per year. This is only by means of one of our legal centers. And if you obligate all lawyers, and if you obligate any legal organization to give advice for free and in a certain volume? As Anatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak said: "The duty of a lawyer is to educate your own people." I agree, I proceed from this.
Since I am a lawyer, I give legal advice for free and do not look at the clock, as in America.
On December 8, the Liquidation and Bankruptcy Bar Association will hold the "All-Russian Legal Online Quiz". Free participation, but with expensive prizes for an unlimited circle of users. Don't you want to make your own special question from Pavel Astakhov?
P.A .: With pleasure. I will make not only a question, but also a prize - a collection of my books.
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"Nisi Sam" the song that Ula Lozar will sing for Slovenia at Junior Eurovision 2014 has been revealed. The song which translates as ""You are not alone" as composed by Ula, Raay and Marjetka Vovk, the lyrics were written by Erika Mager, Lucienne Lonchina and Raay. Her song is sung in both Slovene and English.
Ula will be the first ever participant from Slovenia to take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.


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IRVING, Texas — The New Orleans Saints visit Cowboys Stadium today, just a few miles from the home where suspended coach Sean Payton waits to return from a yearlong ban with a voided contract that sparked speculation about him replacing Jason Garrett in Dallas.
If these teams had played in early November, there wouldn't have been anything else worth discussing. The Cowboys changed that by winning five of six games to regain control of their playoff hopes, and the Saints aren't totally done yet.
"Our mindset around here is that we always control our own destiny," Garrett said. "We put ourselves in a position right now that everything we want is still in front of us. But we're still focused on the task at hand and that is the New Orleans Saints."
Garrett dodged a few questions Wednesday about those November days when the Cowboys were 3-5 and a report surfaced that the league had scrapped Payton's contract because it objected to an out clause in the deal.
The buzz, while ignoring the obvious New Orleans reaction that it intended simply to re-sign Payton, was grounded in logic: If Payton's a free agent, then why wouldn't he want to return to a place where he was a highly regarded assistant and restore America's Team to greatness?
The week that story hit, the Cowboys started winning again, which is why most of the questions for Garrett in the days leading the Saints game have been about football.
Like, how about that three-game winning streak?
"I ignored it all," Dallas offensive lineman Mackenzy Bernadeau said of the Payton talk. "I don't think anybody was concerned about it, worried about it. We just focused on playing the next game."
The Cowboys had to focus on a whole new set of priorities after practice squad linebacker Jerry Brown died Dec. 8 in a one-car accident that led to intoxication manslaughter charges against teammate and close friend Josh Brent.
Suddenly, Dallas was trying to figure out how to just get through a game that kicked off in Cincinnati less than 24 hours after the players found out Brown was dead. The Cowboys won 20-19 on a field goal by Dan Bailey as time expired, and Bailey ended the game on a kick again a week later in a 27-24 overtime win against Pittsburgh.
By finding ways to win, the Cowboys (8-6) are tied for first in the NFC East and will take the division if they beat the Saints and win their finale at Washington.
"I can only imagine what the organization has been through and certainly the team," Saints quarterback Drew Brees said. "I guess you can do one of two things. It can cause you to kind of go backward or it can motivate you to move forward and kind of honor the memory of the person that you lost."
The Saints (6-8) probably didn't figure to have even slight playoff hopes when an 0-4 start followed a tumultuous offseason that included a yearlong suspension for linebacker Jonathan Vilma and shorter bans for other current and former players. Vilma appealed and remained eligible to play, although he missed the first five games with a knee injury.
Vilma returned during a stretch of five wins in six games that got New Orleans to .500, but another three-game skid left the Saints with remote playoff hopes. New Orleans bounced back again last weekend, though, getting the team's first shutout in 17 years out of the NFL's worst defense in a 41-0 win over Tampa Bay.
"I'm never going to make excuses," Brees said. "We took the hand that we were dealt and we tried to make the most of it. I think we learned a lot along the way, we learned a lot about ourselves. Unfortunately, we didn't meet our level of expectations on a few occasions."
Both teams lean on their quarterbacks — and have rough losses to show for it. Brees had five interceptions without a touchdown in a 23-13 loss to Atlanta three weeks ago that made the playoff path much tougher. Tony Romo's problem was early in the season, when he had five interceptions against Chicago and four more against the New York Giants during Dallas' 3-5 start.
Here's what happens when their stars don't make mistakes, though. Brees threw for four touchdowns without an interception in last week's blowout, and Romo has 12 touchdowns and three picks during the Cowboys' current 5-1 stretch. Dez Bryant has been a big part of Romo's recent roll, catching touchdowns in a career-best six straight games in his first 1,000-yard season.
"You keep plugging and stay aggressive and you know that things are going to turn for the positive," said Brees, whose 18 interceptions are four off his career high. "Hopefully they'll continue to turn for the positive this game and our last game and hopefully we've got something after that. Even though the chances are slim, we're going to fight like heck to make the most out of it."
Brees figures Payton will be watching on TV from Westlake, the Dallas suburb where he has a home. And Brees believes Payton will be watching his future team: the Saints. He never bought into the Payton-to-Dallas talk because he's always believed the coach he shares a Super Bowl trophy with wants to win another one in New Orleans.
"He's always with us," Brees said, "even though we haven't been able to talk and communicate with him."


Crain's Chicago's 2018 Executive Guide on Wealth Management features an interview with Cresset Wealth Advisors' CEO Doug Regan in the article "How to build a lasting legacy". Doug elaborates on his view that investors should engage in "strategic philanthropy": in other words, establish a legacy that inspires the same passion and commitment in the next generation as that which went into creating that wealth in the first place. The money itself is not the legacy, in Regan's view; the true legacy is the values instilled by setting a good example through the strategic deployment of that money to important causes and uses.


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Steve Edwards (field hockey)
Steven Edwards (footballer)
Steve, Steven or Stephen Edwards may refer to:
Steve Edwards (American football) (born 1979), American football player for the Arizona Rattlers
Steve Edwards (field hockey) (born 1986), New Zealand Olympic field hockey player
Steve Edwards (physicist) (born 1930), Professor Emeritus of Physics, Florida State University
Steve Edwards (singer) (born 1980), vocalist on Bob Sinclair's World Hold On and Cassius' The Sound of Violence
Steve Edwards (talk show host) (born 1948), host of Good Day LA on KTTV
Steve Edwards, film editor whose credits include Reign Over Me
Steve Edwards, guitarist with the band Elf
Stephen Edwards (alpine skier) (born 1969), former British alpine skier
Stephen Edwards (composer) (born 1972), American film and TV composer
Stephen Edwards (cricketer) (born 1951), former English cricketer
Steven Edwards (footballer) (born 1991), Dutch footballer
Steven Edwards (journalist), Canadian journalist, formerly with Canwest News Service
Steven Edwards (The Walking Dead)
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Steve Edwards (born 25 January 1986) is a New Zealand field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. He currently plays for the Delhi Waveriders in the Hockey India League.
He scored a goal in the penalty shoot-out during the bronze medal match at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, but New Zealand still lost.
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Steven Edwards (born 15 January 1991, Breda) is a footballer who plays currently plays as a midfielder for Helmond Sport in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. He formerly played for NAC Breda and Achilles '29.
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'Steven Edwards' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
The Double (2005)
Actors: Steve Hasley (actor), Houston Mack (actor), Judson Pearce Morgan (actor), Harv Popick (actor), Eric Roberts (actor), Lee Schall (actor), Justin Shilton (actor), Cynthiya Eaton (actress), Rina Fernandez (actress), Jordan-Claire Green (actress), Kelly Overton (actress), Eliza Roberts (actress), Shannyn Sossamon (actress), Amber Susa (actress), Sierra Swan (actress),
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Short,
Taglines: Take the journey... The Double is a man who has lost himself. A near death experience provides him with a reawakening.
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Hobosexuality
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"It may well stop the market for credit-billed service systems growing as fast as you'd otherwise expect."
"You can also provide a much higher level of customer information than you would want to send out on a bill."
"There's an awful lot of work out there,"
"Jesus loves gay people and wants them to repent. Texans will vote for Proposition 2 not because the Klan supports it, but because there are enough people with a sense of morality to not let this happen."
"It's helping people out. It's really doing community service."
"We're asking Texans to support Proposition 2 because God supports it, not because the KKK supports it,"
"We're asking Texans to support Proposition 2 because God supports it, not because the KKK supports it."
"I think this is a special year. We are all really focusing on the MIAA Conference title. Both [the men and women's teams] look really strong."
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Diesel Hampton ft. Keezy & Anonymous E DHMG
Posted Nov 30, 2021
Diesel Hampton Music Group (DHMG) is a great production to work with for any artist who requires professionalism and perfection. Thus far, the Radios and Club DJs alike are giving the song thumps up across the board. Diesel Hampton is no stranger to the music industry as he has worked with multi-platinum selling artists like Bryson Tiller, Malik Yusef, Gucci Mane, and others. Mr. Hampton is in a similar category to Dj Khaled, where they mastermind the production of the beat/instrumentals and bring in the right artist to a track to its destiny.
The song "Lecture" is on the "#blackexcellence" project. The album also includes another single that was just released called: Maybe (She Deserve you) featuring the vocals of Just True. A beautiful song about the pain of lost love and moving forward. Review the two latest singles from (DHMG) and let us know your thoughts.
Artist Q&A
How did you start in the music business? I started Djing when I was thirteen. I used to sneak into my uncle's basement when I would stay over his house and play with his turntables until he caught me one day. He then introduced me to his Dj friends Kizzy Rock and Mr. Collipark. From there I knew this is what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.
How would you describe the music that you typically create? I create hip-hop and R&B for those who LOVE it. Not just for the casual fan but for those who feel in tune with a track the second they hear the first note of their favorite song, those who can resonate with the lyrics because it's something they are either experiencing or can relate to.
What is the current project about? #blackexcellence is my debut Producer album. I'm showing the world what I can do musically behind the boards with some of the best up-and-coming talents in the world. My project is like a Dj Khaled album but on another level.
How do you feel it will inspire others? I feel that after the first track hits listeners will be hooked and they will want more of the same, but not just from me but many of the other great artists out there like me.
What is your creative process like? To be honest it's a vibe. I feel a certain way then I dive right into work, or I hear a sound and think what if I added a bass drum to it. I swear, the true story once I was at the Georgia Aquarium and saw a whale, went home found a sample of a Beluga whale singing, and sampled it. Now it's an upcoming song.
Who would you most like to collaborate with? I was just talking with Malik Yusef of G.O.O.D. Music about this on Thanksgiving and my bucket list as a producer would be able to do a song with Andre 3000 and Jay-Z. I feel at that point I might hang it up, haha. But there are so many young talents that are really exciting that I'd love to do tracks for. Chance the Rapper is my guy right now, Baby Keem seems like he'd be fun to do a track or two with. To be honest, I'm a working producer and I just want to get as many tracks with as many artists as I can...oh and Beyonce of course...haha.
If you could go open a show for any artist, who would it be? Right now, I'd love to open for Drake he's the hottest thing out right now, or better yet I'd love to be the host/DJ for Drake, Kendrick Lamar. J.Cole, and Big Sean that would be a dope show!
What is one message you would give to your fans? Keep dreaming, never give up those dreams and do ALL YOU CAN to achieve them.
What is the most useless talent you have? I can name at least one player of every NBA team playing every season. I literally memorize rosters
Do you sing in the shower? Yes, all the time
What songs? I love Jill Scott so I've been known to belt out her tunes now and then.
What would you be doing right now, if it wasn't for your music career? I'd be in sales somewhere probably real estate, trying to get as much as I could.
Where have you performed? When I was with my former rap group the Avenjahs we traveled all over the country so I've been everywhere, I even performed in Jamaica and loved it!
What are your favorite and least favorite venues? I never speak ill of anywhere I've performed/DJed I might have to go back there haha
Do you have any upcoming shows? Right now, I'm just focused on finalizing this #blackexcellence project and then we start touring hopefully next year.
How do you feel the Internet has impacted the music business? I think in a sense it helped but also hurt the game at the same time. It gives more opportunity, however, if you don't have the money or the right channels to promote a lot of artist are spinning their wheels. A lot of money is being wasted on bots and scammers to promote and it waters down the product and leaves us with the same few major artists we've started with. It's a necessary tool though.
What is your favorite song to perform? FOREIGN (ft. Anonymous E, Gho$t, and Syn Alexander) I love it because not often do I have a chance to perform with my wife and she blessed the track.
Which famous musicians do you admire? To keep it real I admire anyone who put the effort in and made it to that next level. But if I could trade places career-wise with anyone it would be Jay-Z. To utilize business and talent to become the GOAT is amazing.
What is the most trouble you've ever gotten into? Outside of losing my scholarships in college because I had alcohol poisoning and couldn't play ball anymore, not much at all.
What is the best advice you've been given? Pharrell Williams told me at SXSW years ago "If you're going to be an artist be the BEST artist you can be, but find someone who runs your business as hard as YOU run your music." I believe that's why our team operates the way it does we want to win and everyone is a BEAST in what we do.
If you could change anything about the industry, what would it be? I'd pay the artist more on streams. AT LEAST $0.25 per stream.
What's next? Next, is #blackexecllence the album and some of the greatest production the world has ever heard. "Maybe (ft. Jus True)"is out now you can check the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzM7DZAvAD0
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Q: Pythonic way to connect classes? I am struggling to find a pythonic way for the interaction of classes with instances of other classes.
Look at this example for better understanding:
class Item():
    def __init__(self, name):
        if g.exists(name):
            name = name + '_new'
        self.name = name

class Group():
    def __init__(self):
        self.data = []
    def add(self, item):
        self.data.append(item)
    def exists(self, name):
        for i in self.data:
            if i.name == name:
                return True

g = Group()
g.add(Item('one'))
g.add(Item('one'))

My question points to line 3 of the code above: How can I avoid to call a specific instance of another class? This is a challenge that I do face for quite a while now without having any idea how to make my code more general (and less specific).

A: This is a way to make it less generic - using arguments (also improved other bits too):
class Item:
    def __init__(self, name, class_):
        if class_.exists(name):
            name += '_new'
        self.name = name

class Group:
    def __init__(self):
        self.data = []

    def add(self, item):
        self.data.append(item)

    def exists(self, name):
        for i in self.data:
            if i.name == name:
                return True

g = Group()
g.add(Item('one', g))
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Pao Houa Her: My Mother's Flowers
Review by Mia Lopez
Bockley Gallery
June 27–July 30, 2016
In My Mother's Flowers at the Bockley Gallery, artist Pao Houa Her juxtaposes black and white floral still lifes with glamorous portraits of Hmong women, creating a jarring contrast of color and vibrancy. The artist's practice has frequently included reflections on identity politics and expressions of culture in her immigrant community. Yet Her's exhibition is well balanced, finding accord through scale and careful editing. The exhibition highlights but one aspect of the artist's practice, and clearly articulates her distinct approach to producing work from a place of intimacy and respect for her Hmong American heritage.
Place and community are central to Her's practice, both literally and figuratively. After growing up in Saint Paul and studying at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, she became the first Hmong person to graduate with an MFA from Yale University School of Art. Yet unlike many recent graduates who move to New York to break into the art world, Her returned to Minnesota and the community she was raised in. This has resulted in a body of work that presents a nuanced, personal perspective of Hmong Americans, while eschewing conventional formulas of identity politics based art. Her often turns the lens towards individuals actively engaged in exploring how they present themselves to the outside world- women dressed glamorously attempting to attract suitors, military veterans in formal uniforms, or recent immigrants straddling two cultures. These are not candid, in situ images nor do they read as such. Instead, Her's subjects typically look toward the camera, both acknowledging the photographer's presence while consenting to having their likeness captured. This moment of recognition is critical to understanding the artist's practice, as it discloses a personal connection to the subjects. Though not explicitly stated, Her uses photography as a form of authoring her own biography. Thus, the subjects of her images become an extension or projection of the artist's own concept of self. Even when Her utilizes photos that she did not take, she seems careful to select snapshots that reveal a glimpse of personality and compel the viewer to look a little closer.
In My Mother's Flowers and some previous projects Her has incorporated photographs appropriated from profiles on dating websites aimed at the international Hmong community. The sites typically cater to Hmong men in the United States who are seeking mail order brides. Thus, the women in the pictures endeavor to present themselves through an idealized lens of gender and cultural heritage. They wear a mix of contemporary and traditional garments in front of Technicolor floral backdrops, both natural and photographed. Her utilizes images taken directly from the websites, as well as those she shot herself while visiting Laos, mimicking the style and form of the vernacular snapshots. The integration of her own fine art portraits with the lower resolution photos suggests a sort of universality, standardizing the act of posing for a picture and the desire to be seen and loved. While at first glance the portraits immediately speak to performing femininity, the still life images are more understated. Though both sets of images are unified through floral motifs, the photographs of the floral arrangements are devoid of color, and thus absent of traditional aesthetic value. They are not joyous, lush, or verdant but clearly belie their artificial components. Is the choice of gray tones an attempt to mask the artificiality, or enhance it? Her's decision is ambiguous, but successfully imbues the photos with a gravitas that might not have been present in vivid color. The employment of the classic still life structure is also notable, and demonstrative of the artist's thoughtful approach to composition. The central placement of the bouquets elevates their significance, and invites the viewer to look closely for indications of beauty or significance. Although the silk flower arrangements were created by Her's mother for their Saint Paul home, they are photographed in front of a neutral backdrop. Though the objects are undeniably domestic in origin, this choice reframes the silk flowers as fine art. And yet, the exhibition title is a clear indication of authorship, perhaps even recasting Her's mother as an artist herself.
Her cautiously avoids any heavy handed gestures in her work and stops short of a full critique of beauty standards or gender performance. Instead, she creates a new photographic context in which the viewer naturally attempts to find synchronicity between the two disparate images. As the viewer attempts to excavate layers of meaning in the black and white florals, so do they transpose the method of looking to the portraits of women. Has Her sneakily recast us as the men on the dating websites, perusing profiles in search of a picture perfect wife? Displayed side by side with the portraits, the black and white photographs seem to suggest the instability of beauty, demonstrating that a slight alteration of the lens can completely transform the image's reception. And yet, even when cast in grayscale or rendered in poor resolution, the subjects of Her's compositions are transfixing.


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Dr. Spy Dénommé-Welch is a composer, producer, and librettist/playwright of Anishnaabe identity. He wrote and co-composed the Dora Mavor Moore-nominated opera Giiwedin. Recent credits (as writer and co-composer) include: Contraries: a chamber requiem (2018, premiered at the Royal Conservatory of Music), Sojourn (2017; commissioned by Signal Theatre for the dance opera Bearing); HATE MAIL & Irreconcilable Trolls (2017; premiered at Native Earth's Aki Studio); Bottlenecked (2017); Victorian Secrets (2014, presented at Native Earth's Aki Studio); Spin Doctors (2014); Bike Rage (2013). He is currently completing his second full-length opera with collaborator, Catherine Magowan.
Spy's academic research focuses on Indigenous topics in education, arts, music and performance. His Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant (SSHRC) examines the implications of gender representations and performance in historical Indianist music and cultural production.
Spy is an Associate Composer with the Canadian Music Centre, a member of the Canadian League of Composers and the Playwrights Guild of Canada, and Associate Professor at Brock University.


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Brahms, J. 1 Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major 29'08 m128fw705/4
Busoni, F. B20 Prelude and Fugue in D Major (Bach BWV532) 10'55 m128fw705
Schubert, F. 840 Piano Sonata No. 15 in C D840 "Reliquie" 28'14 m128fw705/5
Schumann, R. 6 Davidbündlertänze 33'08 m128fw705/2
Schumann, R. 16 Kreisleriana 26'22 m128
Schumann, R. 18 Arabeske in C Op. 18 6'07 m128fw705
Schumann, R. 21 8 Novelletten [8 Sehr lebhaft] 9'59 m128
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Keyboard Concerto in A minor, H403
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Harmonie des Deux Rives
Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale"
Vienna Philharmonic
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Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor
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Mariners and Orioles rained out, twin-bill set for Tuesday
BALTIMORE (AP) — The series opener between the Seattle Mariners and the Baltimore Orioles was rained out Monday night.
The game was rescheduled as part of a doubleheader Tuesday starting at 4:05 p.m.
Teams waited through a rain delay of more than 90 minutes before the opener of the four-game series was postponed.
Anthony Santander sacrificed with a man on first and one out in the first inning of Sunday's 14-9 loss to Boston, and cleanup hitter Ryan Mountcastle's strikeout a batter later ended the inning.
"I don't want Anthony Santander bunting with a 3-1 count with a runner at first base, just like I don't want Cedric Mullins bunting with two strikes in New York," Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. "I like to give guys freedom. I think we're pretty inexperienced in a lot of ways. Both of those were surprises, but I think our guys are going to learn from those."
Moving forward, Hyde is hopeful ill-timed bunts are kept to a minimum.
"I think the bunt is definitely necessary at times," Hyde said. "I think when the situation calls for it, it's going to be right in your face when you know 'Now is the time when I lay one down.' Cedric, it's a weapon, so it's a part of his game. But when you're a left-handed bat like Santander or Chance Sisco or Rio Ruiz, it's all about game situation and understanding where we are."
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