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The Lost Weekend (film)
The Lost Weekend
Charles Brackett
by Charles R. Jackson
John F. Seitz
Doane Harrison
November 29, 1945 (1945-11-29)
99 minutes[1]
$11,000,000[2] or $4.3 million (US rentals)[3]
The Lost Weekend is a 1945 American film noir directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. The film was based on Charles R. Jackson's 1944 novel of the same name about an alcoholic writer. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also shared the Grand Prix at the first Cannes Film Festival, making it one of only two films (the other being Marty) to win both the Academy Award for Best Picture and the highest award at Cannes.
In 2011, The Lost Weekend was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 100% based on 33 reviews, with an average rating of 8.32/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Director Billy Wilder's unflinchingly honest look at the effects of alcoholism may have had some of its impact blunted by time, but it remains a powerful and remarkably prescient film."[4]
2 Cast
3 Production and notable features
4.1 Box office performance
4.2 Awards and honors
4.3 Academy Awards
4.4 Cannes Film Festival
Plot[edit]
On a Thursday, an alcoholic New York writer, Don Birnam (Ray Milland), is packing for a weekend vacation with his brother Wick (Philip Terry), who is trying to discourage his drinking. When Don's girlfriend Helen (Jane Wyman) comes to see them off, she mentions that she has two tickets for a concert. Don suggests that he and Wick take a later train and that Wick go to the concert with Helen. They are suspicious of leaving Don alone, since they have already found a bottle hidden outside his window, but leave anyway. Since his hidden bottle had been poured down the drain by Wick, Don heads for Nat's Bar, using money Wick hid in the flat to pay the cleaning lady. Don intends to be back home in time to meet Wick and catch the later train, but he loses track of time due to his drinking. When he arrives home he sees Wick leaving and Helen saying she will stay and wait for Don, as she is worried about Don being left alone. Don avoids Helen and sneaks back into the flat to drink some cheap whisky he has bought.
On Friday, back at the bar, the owner, Nat (Howard Da Silva), criticizes Don for treating Helen so badly, and Don recalls how he first met her. It was due to a mix-up of cloakroom tickets at the opera-house, where he had to wait for the person who had been given his coat-check in error, as his coat contained a bottle of alcohol. This was Helen, with whom he strikes up a romance. He remains sober during this time, but when he is due to meet her parents for lunch at a hotel, he overhears them talking about how he doesn't have a job and wondering if he is good enough for their daughter. He loses his nerve and phones a message to her and then sneaks off. When she arrives at his flat, Wick tries to cover for him, but Don appears, confessing to her that he is two people: "Don the writer", whose fear of failure causes him to drink, and "Don the drunk" who always has to be bailed out by his brother. Still, Helen devotes herself to helping him in his plight. Back in the present day, Don has moved on to another bar, where he is caught stealing money from a woman's purse to pay his bill, and he is promptly thrown out of the establishment by its staff. Back in his flat, he finds a bottle he had stashed in a light fixture the previous night and drinks himself into a stupor.
On Saturday, Don is broke; despite telling Nat the day before that he was finally going to write a novel about his alcoholism, he decides to sell his typewriter for money so he can buy more alcohol. But all the pawnshops are closed for the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. At Nat's Bar, he is refused service. Desperate for money, he visits a girl who has had a long-held crush on him, but who he stood up during this latest binge. She gives him some money, but while leaving her flat he falls down the stairs and is knocked unconscious.
On Sunday, Don wakes up in an alcoholics' ward where "Bim" Nolan (Frank Faylen), a cynical male nurse, mocks him and other guests at "Hangover Plaza", but he offers to help cure his delirium tremens. Don refuses help and then manages to escape from the ward while the staff are occupied with a raving, violent patient.
On Monday, still broke, Don steals a bottle of whisky from a store and spends the day drinking. Suffering from an episode of delirium tremens, he hallucinates a nightmarish scene in which a bat flies in his window and kills a mouse, spilling its blood. Helen returns, alerted by a call from Don's landlady, who can hear his screams. Finding him collapsed and in a delirious state, she vows to look after him and stays overnight on his couch.
On Tuesday morning, Don slips out and pawns Helen's coat, the thing that had first brought them together. She trails him to the pawn shop, thinking that he sold her coat so he could buy more alcohol, but learns from the pawnbroker that he traded the coat for a gun he had pawned earlier. She races to Don's apartment and interrupts him just before he is about to shoot himself in the bathroom. He tells her their relationship is over as she catches a glimpse of the gun lying in the bathroom sink. Helen rushes to the sink, grabs the weapon, but he quickly pries it out of her hand. She reminds Don of her love for him, and her concern that he should stop drinking. Nat then arrives to return Don's portable typewriter, which the bartender says he found "floating around in the Nile" and warns him not to "hock her". After Nat leaves, Helen is finally able to convince him that "Don the writer" and "Don the drunk" are the same person. He finally commits to writing his novel The Bottle, dedicated to her, which will recount the events of the weekend. He drops a cigarette into a glass of whiskey to make it undrinkable, as evidence of his resolve.
Cast[edit]
Ray Milland as Don Birnam
Jane Wyman as Helen St. James
Phillip Terry as Wick Birnam
Howard Da Silva as Nat
Doris Dowling as Gloria
Frank Faylen as 'Bim' Nolan, the nurse in the alcoholic ward
Mary Young as Mrs. Deveridge
Anita Sharp-Bolster as Mrs. Foley (credited as Anita Bolster)
Lilian Fontaine as Mrs. St. James
Frank Orth as Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Lewis Russell as Mr. St. James
Harry Tenbrook as Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
Production and notable features[edit]
Wilder was originally drawn to this material after having worked with Raymond Chandler on the screenplay for Double Indemnity. Chandler was a recovering alcoholic at the time, and the stress and tumultuous relationship with Wilder during the collaboration caused him to start drinking again. Wilder made the film, in part, to try to explain Chandler to himself.[5]
Billy Wilder originally wanted Jose Ferrer for the role of Don, but he turned it down. Charles Brackett's first choice for playing Helen was Olivia de Havilland, but she was involved with a lawsuit that prevented her from being in any film at that time. It has been said that Katharine Hepburn and Jean Arthur were also considered for the role.[6]
The majority of the film was shot at Paramount studios in Hollywood. Wilder, however, insisted they shoot part of the film on location in New York City to create a distinct sense of realism. On October 1, 1944, Wilder and his small crew began filming in New York, mostly along Third Avenue on the Upper East Side. To further create a realistic atmosphere, Wilder and his crew implemented hidden cameras, placing them behind boxes or in the back of trucks, and capturing Milland as he walked up 3rd Avenue among actual pedestrians who were unaware a film was being made. The production also had the unprecedented permission to film inside Bellevue Hospital in the alcoholic ward, a request that would be denied to future films. After completing filming in New York, the cast and crew returned to California to resume principal photography, where they recreated several New York locations, including a replica of P.J. Clarke's, a tavern often frequented by author Charles Jackson.[7]
The film also made famous the "character walking toward the camera as neon signs pass by" camera effect.
Once The Lost Weekend was completed, it was shown to a preview audience, who laughed at what they considered Milland's overwrought performance, and the studio actually considered shelving the film. Part of the problem was that the print shown at the preview didn't have Miklós Rózsa's original musical soundtrack, but instead had a temporary track containing upbeat jazz music. However, once the Rózsa score was in place, along with a re-shoot of the last scene, audiences and critics reacted favorably. The film's musical score was among the first to feature the theremin, which was used to create the pathos of alcoholism.[8][7]
Rights to the film are currently held by Universal Studios, which owns the pre-1950 Paramount sound feature film library via EMKA, Ltd.
The film differs significantly from the book by leaving out the novel's noted homosexual overtones, namely the strong implication that Don Birnam (as was the book's author, Charles Jackson) is a closeted homosexual.[9]
The liquor industry launched a campaign to undermine the film even before its release. Allied Liquor Industries, a national trade organization, wrote an open letter to Paramount warning that anti-drinking groups would use the film to reinstate prohibition. Liquor interests allegedly enlisted gangster Frank Costello to offer Paramount $5 million to buy the film's negative in order to burn it.[10] Wilder quipped that if they'd offered him $5 million, "I would have [burned the negative]."[11]
Box office performance[edit]
The film was a commercial success. Produced on a budget of $1.25 million, it grossed $11,000,000 at the box office,[2] earning $4.3 million in US theatrical rentals.[12]
Awards and honors[edit]
In 2011, The Lost Weekend was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.[13] The Registry said the film was "an uncompromising look at the devastating effects of alcoholism" and that it "melded an expressionistic film-noir style with documentary realism to immerse viewers in the harrowing experiences of an aspiring New York writer willing to do almost anything for a drink."[13]
Academy Awards[edit]
At the 18th Academy Awards in May 1946, The Lost Weekend received seven nominations and won in four categories.
Lost To
Best Picture Charles Brackett Won N/A
Best Director Billy Wilder Won N/A
Best Actor Ray Milland Won N/A
Best Adapted Screenplay Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett Won N/A
Best Cinematography John F. Seitz Nominated Lost to Harry Stradling for The Picture of Dorian Gray
Best Original Score Miklós Rózsa Nominated Lost to Miklós Rózsa for Spellbound
Best Film Editing Doane Harrison Nominated Lost to Robert J. Kern for National Velvet
Cannes Film Festival[edit]
This film also shared the 1946 Grand Prix du Festival International du Film at the first Cannes Film Festival and Milland was awarded Best Actor. To date, The Lost Weekend and Marty (1955) are the only films ever to win both the Academy Award for Best Picture and the highest award at the Cannes Film Festival. (Marty received the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm), which, beginning at the 1955 festival, replaced the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film as the highest award.)[14][15][16]
Adaptations[edit]
The Lost Weekend was adapted as a radio play on the January 7, 1946 broadcast of The Screen Guild Theater, starring Milland, Wyman, and Faylen in their original film roles.
On March 10, 1946, three days after winning the Academy Award, Milland appeared as a guest on a radio broadcast of The Jack Benny Show. In a spoof of The Lost Weekend, Milland and Jack Benny played alcoholic twin brothers. Phil Harris, who normally played Jack Benny's hard-drinking bandleader on the show, played the brother who tried to convince Ray and Jack to give up liquor. ("Ladies and gentlemen," said an announcer, "the opinions expressed by Mr. Harris are written in the script and are not necessarily his own.") In the alcoholic ward scene, smart-aleck Frank Nelson played the ward attendant who promised Ray and Jack that they would soon start seeing DT visions of strange animals. When the DT visions appeared (with Mel Blanc providing pig squeals, monkey chatters, and other animal sound effects), Ray chased them off. "Ray, they're gone!" Benny shouted. "What did you do?" Milland replied, "I threw my Oscar at them!"
^ "THE LOST WEEKEND - DIARY OF A DIPSOMANIAC (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. 1945-08-23. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
^ a b Box Office Information for The Lost Weekend. The Numbers. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
^ "60 Top Grossers of 1946", Variety 8 January 1947 p8
^ "The Lost Weekend (1945)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
^ "Shadows of Suspense". Double Indemnity Universal Legacy Series DVD. Universal Studios. 2006.
^ Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies
^ a b Phillips, Gene (2010). Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 76–78. ISBN 0813173671. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
^ "MIKLÓS RÓZSA". International Film Music Critics Association. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
^ "'Farther and Wilder' by Blake Bailey". Retrieved May 13, 2016.
^ Phillips, Gene (2010). Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder. University Press of Kentucky. p. 83. ISBN 9780813173672. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ Terrall, Ben. "The Lost Weekend" (PDF). filmnoirfoundation.org. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ "All-Time Top Grossers", Variety, 8 January 1964 pg 69.
^ a b "2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates". Library of Congress. December 28, 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
^ "The Lost Weekend Awards". Imdb.
^ "Marty Awards". Imdb.
^ "A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PALME D'OR". Festival de Cannes Official Website. Festival De Cannes.
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RPR promoting robo-emails from its site.
Here's what REALTORS get when they log on to RPR when they don't have a cooporating MLS provider. Note the provoking "Are you seeing RED? headline and copy.
Then they are given this email template to fill out.
Stay classy RPR, stay classy.
$70 million of dues, so far.
I recently spent some time on Vendor Alley. What I found there was unbelievable.
Upon logging in, I found that you didn't support this massive gift of NAR dues to RPR and LPS executives, yet $70 of my dues went to to this folly?
I strongly encourage you to demand an explanation of this misappropriation of funds and do your best to get my $70 back.
Never have I heard so much discontent and uninterest with this current fiasco. How is it this continues? Every time I hear about how this at a national or local meeting, it seems there is more lack of interest than what is being communicated through the spin drs. Claiming it is free is a bit misleading as how can an entity like NAR which is so active in the RESO arena make these ridiculous clams that is does not have any costs affiliated with it. How egocentric of them. BUT since the transmission of data is NOT free and does have costs affiliated with it for my mls, (which guess what folks, that represents me too as a dues paying MLS member AND NAR member…) we resent being treated like mindless drones that don't have the ability to see through this sham. Oh yeah, and my MLS has continually offered us more and more services without increasing our fees that are reasonable to begin with. I wish could see the true accounting of how much of my NAR Dues dollars have been put into this debaucle.
Perhaps, if we see real usage statistics and understand whether or not just REALTORS are getting access, which I have heard but cannot validate. (For example, licensed real estate agent belonging to an MLS but not a REALTOR.) How much longer do we have to be kept in the dark about what is REALLY happeinging here?
Regardless, this is no less than what was expected based on the entire history of RPR.


There is a higher proportion of women in Parliament than in British tech. None of the world's biggest technology companies were founded by women. Only a tiny majority of the investors funding the sector in the UK and the US are women. And an even smaller percentage of the coders, software developers and product managers in the industry are women.
Gender inequality. It's the ugly truth undermining the progress of British technology. Anyone who claims that tech, the UK's fastest growing sector, doesn't have a diversity problem is either delusional or lying.
Why is this so? Is it true that women can't teach themselves to code? Is it true that the gung-ho entrepreneurial mentality doesn't come naturally to women? Are women unable to take the imaginative leap of creating an idea that is truly ground breaking, truly new? Of course not.
giants enjoy. This is a self-fulfilling cycle that alienates half the population and must be stopped. Technology's gender bias, much like the lack of diversity at a corporate level, feels as old as time. There is a clear consensus that this is a problem that must be addressed, but yet the numbers stay the same.
Enough is enough. Half a dozen female entrepreneurs do not mask the scale of the problem. Every single person working in the technology industry has a responsibility to recognise the need for more women to enter digital careers and cry out for change.
Despite best efforts, the vocabulary of sentiment and motivation has failed to improve the situation – and so I resort to the language of economy and industry. Diversity breeds competition and improves the quality of products. A more diverse workforce will produce better platforms, more intuitive lines of code and find unattainable answers. In short, more women in tech will help us create better tech companies more frequently.
Tapping into the female workforce would dramatically increase productivity within the fastest growing sector in the UK. Digital businesses currently employ more than 1.4m people in the UK, yet many have long-term vacancies they cannot fill. Encouraging women into digital careers would eradicate this problem, fuelling faster growth in this industry.
Britain's tech sector has bold ambitions to be recognised as a global force. Against the might of Silicon Valley and the emerging digital economies of China and India, this is no mean feat. Yet if Britain were to take a stand on the issue of diversity, it would create an identity that resonates across this global technology community we so desperately seek to impress. This sense of purpose would not only mark us out; it is what will allow us to realise our potential.
I invited members of the Tech London Advocates Women in Tech working group to the House of Lords on Monday to mark the start of London Technology Week. For too long the question of diversity in business has rest with government, but we will set out how the private sector can drive change. It was a fantastic event full of men and women determined to help be part of the change. I salute all the work they do.
The government has provided huge support for the digital sector over the last few years introducing policies that accelerated growth at unprecedented rates. But women stayed away, continuing to be left out of the conversation.
Any solution to this huge inequality must come partly from within the private sector. It is business's responsibility demand better from the sector, working with policymakers to implement radical change. Nothing should be off the table: if women-only shortlists for senior positions are what it takes to tip the scales, so be it.
People ask if the next Google could be produced in Britain. Chances are someone already has that idea in their head and, statistically speaking, chances are that person is a women. Letting that idea fade because of a lack of access to digital skills, a lack of opportunity or the reluctance of a closed industry would be an outrage.
Start a petition on 38 Degrees, and I will sign.
This really is an old argument that belongs in the 1990's. It is folly to call for more employers to employ women simply because they are 'underrepresented'. If you are looking for true equality then women should have to work their way up the chain, similar to how men have to. If they get short-cuts purely based on gender then that is not equality.
You just end up by creating more bias by installing colleagues who gained their position on gender instead of merit. Fighting fire with fire doesn't work and doesn't create any respect for said employee, particularly amongst those who have worked hard but been passed over for the position simply because they don't fit the right demographics. In fact, you go backwards, creating resentment which probably worsens the culture, not bettering it.
John, there is an almost endless supply of research that shows that women of equal merit do not get equal chances in sectors and roles that are considered to be male. Since the famous Goldberg studies in the 1960s, psychologists and HR specialists have been assessing the consistently detrimental impact of being female on consideration for new jobs, for promotions, for project leadership and assignments and pay. Simply having a female name on a CV, but identical CV content, means the female cv gets pushed down the pile.
Merit does not work as a balanced mechanism for women in traditionally male workplaces or for work percieved as male.
In addition, women who counter the work stereotypes and pursue their engineering or IT passion and flair then encounter workplace cultures that, for many, are beyond endurance. Cultures which are great for guys but not for women. Is there a shareholder out there that would tolerate sub-optimal business performance because a skewed workplace culture prevented the attraction and retention of talent.
Evidence that having a critical mass of women at the top significantly increases business performance is driving governments to seize this economic imperative. Our government has done so in a half-hearted and poorly targeted way.
Martha Lane-Fox is, of course, spot on. It is up to organisations to grasp this glaring opportunity and take the high ground. Change is always uncomfortable for those set in the old ways – great leadership and real commitment is required. And Middle Management must be monitored and measured to ensure compliance as this is a key area where so many comapanies trying to implement gender diversity are failing.
Diane, you neglected to mention when you refer to 'studies' (the study also depends on who paid for it and what their agenda was) that many women do not take up jobs such as engineering, maths and computing because…..*shock horror*, they simply don't want to. Many want other careers. It isn't about not getting opportunity. There are countless recruitment drives that simply don't work. As the saying goes, you can lead the horse to water but can't force it to drink. Those that do take up the work, *and are good enough*, make the grade. Those that aren't good enough scream equal opportunities. You make the blanket assumption that all women are as good as if not better than their male counterparts, which simply isn't true. I have witnessed huge incompetance in both genders.
When you refer to male culture, male cultures get on with the job. That's what men do. Have you ever worked in an environment dominated by women? I'm long enough in the tooth to have experienced both and I can assure you that a womens workplace culture involves covertly knifing each other in the back, creating factions and wasting lots of time. You're really barking up the wrong tree here.
John, The studies I refer to are those published in peer-reviewed psychology journals which conform to scientific rigor and the additional gender-ethics framework introduced into the discipline some 30 years ago to prevent bias in analysis, in findings and in publication.
You are also wrong about the reasons why women don't take up careers in STEM industries at the rate that men do. Fortunately some of the biggest engineering organisations and their professional bodies do understand the real reasons and are working with schools to help them address the myth that girls aren't as good at or as likely to enjoy the related subjects and the careers they lead to.
Clearly, recruitment drives will struggle to be successful if the pipeline from education is limited, so that is what is being addressed by a range of brilliant initiatives.
I'm not sure where you get your evidence from to suggest women 'scream equal opportunities' if they don't get on. It's actually some of the most respected global consultancies that have evaluated the question of slower progression and fewer women at the top that have identified the (mainly unconscious) bias in decision-making that contributes to men being advantaged from an equal level of capability – not a lack of ambition, of talent or potential.
I'm afraid that you are also showing classic in-group prejudice and distortion of facts when you say that male cultures get on with the job, inferring that women don't. Sadly your extreme position exemplifies the nonsense women still face when they choose to do the stuff they love in these industries.
However, we are here for them and will address such prejudice with facts and demonstrate the truth about the value to businesses and to economies of enabling all talent to be valued and developed.


The Icons of Pinoy Music Gather for One Big OPM Concert!
A one big night event featuring the hit makers of Filipino music is set to dominate the SM Mall of Asia Arena this June. After the Mother Monster Lady Gaga conquered the newly opened Arena, it's now time for the Filipino artists!
The country's biggest names in the music industry come together in a once-in-a-lifetime one-night grand concert titled "Icons at the Arena: Masters of OPM." This is inline with the celebration of greatness and ingenuity of Original Pilipino Music (OPM).
It is a multi-generation concert as the artists of the Philippine music came from different generations. Lea Salonga, Gary Valenciano, Martin Nievera, Jose Mari Chan, ZsaZsa Padilla, Ogie Alcasid, Regine Velasquez, Basil Valdez, Freddie Aguilar, Christian Bautista, Erik Santos, Juris, Jed Madela, Piolo Pascual, Bamboo, Arnel Pineda, and the singing group, The Company comprise the Icons' concert!
Hosted by Jim Paredes and Pops Fernandez, "Icons at the Arena: Masters of OPM" will also be graced by comic TV personalities Pokwang, Jose Manalo, and Wally Bayola, Staged ABS-CBN's Star Events, this will be held on June 16 (Saturday), 8pm at the SM Mall of Asia Arena, with Johnny Manahan as director, and Ryan Cayabyab as musical director.


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I just purchased a new 8 ft. Olhausen York Table. I was wanting your opinions on the table because they have not delivered it and put it up yet. Its 1 in slate. Do you think got a good table?
The slate seam has broken on my five month old Olhausen York billiard table. You can see a line running across the seam on the cloth and there is also a slight ridge (and bump) in numerous spots across the seam.
He got it fixed under warranty, and then another, worse problem happened a week later.
There is a divot in the middle of the other slate seam.
I went with a Gold Crown that I got a good deal on.
just wondering why you went with 8ft. Is this because of space restrictions of what. i believe tournaments use 9ft tables. and when i buy a table i usually get smaller pockets. the pockets on the tables the pros use can fit 2 balls across the pocket width and some can fit 2 1/2 balls. just wondering.


I hesitated to group marketing and business development together. I think the reason for this can be linked to my days as a student, when BD was effectively seen as 'sales' which, at that time, was separate to marketing. They were different functions. Perhaps this distinction still stands.
Maybe marketing is best addressed in isolation, while sales are achieved in the absence of any marketing. For me, though, the two are linked, because good marketing enables effective, profitable business development.
Thought leadership campaigns are a great example of this link. The main reason for embarking on a thought leadership campaign is normally externally facing, which more often than not is to win new, or more, business. There are, of course, other reasons and benefits, but normally they bubble down to a desire to grow revenue.
Variables such as the level of base knowledge or the existence of core messaging can influence lead-time but, generally speaking, it's not a quick process. There are many advantages, though. For one thing, it can be invigorating, forcing you to take stock of what is happening in the market, look at the trends and listen to what clients are saying, both publically, and to you, as a trusted advisor. Agreeing the methodology, who will be involved and key messaging brings focus and clarity to a team. Once the report is ready, the opportunities for communications come to life both internally and externally.
It gives people a reason to contact clients. They can talk about what they have learnt and why it is relevant to them. With this in mind – that is, if marketing is all about 'identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably' – then surely marketing and BD are intrinsically linked. At Baked, certainly, we link the two.


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Greater Sudbury Celebrates 40 years of Regreening
A celebration was held today at the Northern Water Sports Centre to celebrate 40 years of the City of Greater Sudbury's internationally-recognized regreening program.
This program, which began in 1978, has put Greater Sudbury on the map as an environmental leader. Over the past 40 years, Greater Sudbury has made a miraculous transformation from a moonscape to a living landscape
."Over the last 40 years, this program has enabled thousands of residents and stakeholders to get involved and to play a role in the regreening of our community," said Greater Sudbury Mayor Brian Bigger. "This program is a point of pride and continues to improve the quality of life that we enjoy. The results have been so successful thanks to the collaboration among many of our partners including the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, local mining companies and many private sponsors. I want to specifically recognize the VETAC committee members and volunteers who have dedicated countless hours and efforts to enhance our community over the last 40 years as well."
Continuous improvements in smelter technologies and processes since the early 1970s have resulted in extensive reductions of sulfur dioxide and heavy metal deposition to the local environment. These reductions worked in tandem with municipal regreening efforts to allow the ecological recovery to begin on the roughly 80,000 hectares of affected land. Since 1978, over 3,400 hectares of barren land have been treated with crushed agricultural limestone and almost 10 million seedlings have been replanted by the City's Regreening Program.
"We've come a long way with our Regreening efforts in the last 40 years," said Dr. Stephen Monet, City of Greater Sudbury Manager of Environmental Planning Initiatives. "But, there is still a considerable amount of work yet to be done with over 30,000 hectares of land that remain unrestored. We are proud of what we've accomplished and continue to forge ahead by building on the great work that's already been done."
To celebrate this regreening milestone VETAC chair Peter Beckett, in partnership with Rainbow Routes, will offer trail tours of some of the reclamation areas. The tour dates are as follows:
Jane Goodall Reclamation Trail
May 27 from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Corner of Highway 17 East and Garson-Coniston Road, Coniston
June 24 from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
122 Big Nickel Rd., Sudbury
Princess Anne Public School
August 25 from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
500 Douglas St. West, Sudbury
Kelly Lake Trail
September 30 from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Fielding Memorial Park, 345 Fielding Rd., Lively
Many residents have a story to tell about what life was like for them before and after regreening. Share your regreening stories, and before and after pictures with us at https://overtoyou.greatersudbury.ca.
For more information about 40th anniversary events being held throughout the city, visit www.greatersudbury.ca/regreening.
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VETAC (City Council's Advisory Panel on Regreening), Mayor Brian Bigger, Ward 5 Councillor Bob Kirwan, Ward 8 Councillor Al Sizer and City of Greater Sudbury Environmental Planning Initiatives staff.

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Embraer studies freighter conversion programme for E-jets
By Graham Dunn2021-11-15T11:15:00+00:00
Embraer is looking at options for a freighter conversion programme for its E-Jets after identifying increased demand for smaller cargo aircraft as a result of the boom in e-commerce.
The manufacturer is forecasting demand for around 700 aircraft in the up-to-150-seat segment over the next 20 years as part of its latest market outlook – the first time it has included freight in its forecast.
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Chief executive Embraer Commercial Aircraft Arjan Meijer
"We see exponential growth that requires different logistics and a smaller aircraft to be able to address the needs of the consumers and in a more reliable way," says Embraer's vice-president of marketing Rodrigo Silva e Souza during a briefing at the Dubai air show. "So there is a need for a new size of aircraft.
"It is about the same-day delivery. It was something that was initially the exception and now has become the rule. And to have same-day delivery, you need the smaller gauge to increase frequency."
He says the manufacturer is studying various conversion programme options. "We are seeing a lot of interest from customers. We have not launched the programme yet, but we are really seeing a big demand for this size of aircraft and we are working internally on a project for this. We see the bigger demand for the 195-size."
Embraer Commercial Aviation chief executive Arjan Meijer adds: "You'll see a decision in the next six months hopefully from Embraer on whether we proceed on that, with roughly a time-to-market of around 24 months."
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Dog Sport Support
Westminster Charities
The Masters Agility Champion receives a donation to a dog training club of their choice.
Sport Participation keeps the tradition of dog shows, agility trials, and obedience competitions thriving in a contemporary world. These events are many things—family-friendly sports, athletic canine competitions, a deepening of the canine-human bond—but historically dog shows began, and continue to this day, to help support our sport. Introducing and keeping people involved in the sport creates more charitable giving opportunities.
Beginning in 2010, Junior Showmanship Scholarship Awards have been awarded to the eight junior showmanship finalists, totaling $232,000 to date. These junior exhibitors who can be between the ages of 9-18 receive award amount based on their placements for their use in post-secondary schooling for the college or technical school of their choice.
Beginning in 2018, the club has provided donations to training clubs to honor the winners of the Masters Agility Championship and the Masters Obedience Championship. To date, the recipients include the Contact Point Agility Club of Greater Los Angeles, Agility Dog Club of Chino, Agility Club of New Hampshire, Morris Hills Dog Training Club, Inc., Krusin Kanines of Perkasie, Inc., Nutmeg Border Collie Club, Go Dogs, Inc., Lower Bucks Dog Training Club, Licking River Kennel Club, Agility Canines of Southern Indiana, AKC Humane Fund and the Portchester Obedience Training Club.
Starting in 2019, Westminster offers support to the AKC European Junior Agility Team. This support of young people who participate in the sport of agility continues the legacy of promoting family-friendly dog sports. This award has helped cover travel expenses as the team represents the U.S. in international dog agility competition.
Helping people in need in the sport is another way Westminster gives back to the community. Donations have gone to organizations dedicated to helping fanciers such as the Professional Handlers Association, Dog Fanciers Club of America, Owner Handlers Association of America, and Take The Lead.


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Home News New Web portal offers quick access to data on forests, trees and agroforestry
New Web portal offers quick access to data on forests, trees and agroforestry
BONN, Germany (20 June 2019) — A newly enhanced Web portal features a massive amount of data on forests, trees and agroforestry, putting it at the fingertips of scientists, civil society, governments, extension agents, farmers and foresters and the general public.
The CGIAR Forests, Trees and Agroforestry website has been revamped to include 5,000 publications, more than 200 datasets and 74 spatial data maps. Users will be able to easily search for resources in the publications section and on the new data portal.
To be launched at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) in Bonn, Germany on Sunday, 23 June 2019, scientists will demonstrate the latest innovations and digital resources related to CGIAR FTA research and their practical application. FTA enhances the role of forests, trees and agroforestry in sustainable development, food security and in addressing climate change.
"We are a research for development program. Which means that the knowledge we produce is not only for researchers, it is for stakeholders and decision makers at all levels from local to national governments. We have redesigned the website with this in mind," said Vincent Gitz, FTA director at the Center for International Forestry Research.
"Access to our research and data is part of our commitment to enhance the contribution of forests, trees and agroforestry to sustainable development, and the tools and digital resources available on the website offer opportunities for greater knowledge dissemination and collaboration."
The theme of GLF Bonn 2019 is on rights and climate change, including Indigenous rights, women's rights, youth and local communities. More than 1,500 leaders from 100 countries will attend the conference, including Indigenous peoples, ministers, scientists, finance heads, global media, youth and more. Thousands more will follow online.
Remote interviews available for off-site journalists.
http://www.foreststreesagroforestry.org
http://www.foreststreesagroforestry.org/publications/
http://www.foreststreesagroforestry.org/data-portal/
For further information and interviews, please contact:
Laura Reumann, email: l.reumann@cgiar.org
When: 23 June 2019; 1300-1345
Where: Maritim Hotel Bonn, Kurt-Georg-Kiesinger-Allee 1,53175
ABOUT CGIAR FTA:
The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) is the world's largest research for development program to enhance the role of forests, trees and agroforestry in sustainable development and food security and to address climate change. CIFOR leads FTA in partnership with Bioversity International, CATIE, CIRAD, ICRAF, INBAR and TBI.
FTA's work is supported by the CGIAR Trust Fund.
ABOUT THE GLOBAL LANDSCAPES FORUM:
The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) is the world's largest knowledge-led platform on integrated land use, dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement. The Forum takes a holistic approach to create sustainable landscapes that are productive, prosperous, equitable and resilient and considers five cohesive themes of food and livelihood initiatives, landscape restoration, rights, finance and measuring progress. It is led by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), in collaboration with its co-founders UN Environment and the World Bank and Charter Members. Charter members: CIRAD, CIFOR, Climate Focus, Conservation International, Ecoagriculture Partners, The European Forest Institute, Evergreen Agriculture, FSC, GEF, IPMG, CIAT, ICIMOD, IFOAM – Organics International, INBAR, IUFRO, Rainforest Alliance, Rare, Rights and Resources Initiative, UN Environment, Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation part of Wageningen Research, World Agroforestry, World Resources Institute, WWF Germany, Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL), World Bank Group.
Global Landscapes Forum to adopt standard to protect lands of Indigenous peoples and local communities
Conservation International, WRI, EFI, Climate Focus Join GLF as charter members


Five of the most successful formation in football are portrayed in this book to place your team in the best position for success. The alignment of the Wide Receivers should be tailored to your league appropriately. For the purpose of this book, many of the formations have been standardized to place all the Wide Receivers directly on the line of scrimmage.
Different leagues will have different rules and regulations for proper alignment. For example, a standard 7 on 7 league will typically require at least 3 players to be on the line of scrimmage, and up to 4 players can be behind that line of Scrimmage. For the sake of simplicity, this book has standardized the formations with most players located directly on the line of scrimmage. However, the plays and routes will remain the same regardless of if rules force certain players to be on the line of scrimmage or one step off of the line of scrimmage.


Rainy's Mulberry Egg is perfect to imitate a fallen berry. We use it in South Florida for a Ficus berry. Carp lurk under trees that are dropping berries. Using a longer leader will always help to get bites.


ISO 20000 that is dedicated to international standard for IT service management, focuses significantly upon software service requirement analysis and quality pre sales. An ISO 20000-1:2011 certified organization, Somnetics therefore invests a lot of effort on understanding Client's requirement, support analysis, future proofing and customization study.
We have a dedicated team working solely to address the pre-sales requirements of the clients, as the latter is often unaware about the pre-purchase procedure and seldom fail to identify their own requirements meticulously. The team acts as an inter-mediator between the Client and the developer for a faster custom tailored product that would accurately meet their requirement within their budget. Pre-sales support therefore also include making the client identify their own requirements, and creation of RSP, some legal and marketing document.


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Iran Shuts Down French Institute Due to Charlie Hebdo's Khamenei Cartoons
Submitted by P-admin on Sat, 01/14/2023 - 00:03
Iran's government said they shut down the Tehran-based French Institute of Research in response to cartoons from the latest edition of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Some of the caricatures they published were sexually explicit.
Iran closes French institute to retaliate for Khamenei cartoons https://t.co/8fgTdjcHXO
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Iran's Bizarre New Plan to Enforce Mandatory Hijab Laws
Iran is implementing new methods of enforcing the wearing of hijab in public. Several lawmakers have floated the move after the first attempts gained tremendous backlash.
In December, Hossein Jalali, a hardliner lawmaker and member of the cultural committee of Iran's parliament, announced that the regime plans to inform women who do not wear hijab via SMS. "After notifying them, we enter the warning stage, and last, the bank account of the person who unveiled may be blocked," the lawmaker added.
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Iranian Clerics Demand Amputations & More Executions of Protesters
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A clerical group in Iran demands more blood and urges the authorities to use more inhumane measures against protesters.
According to the reports, an influential hardliner group of clerics claims that the law used against protesters in Iran is too lenient and demands punishment by amputation rather than exiling them.
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Islamic Republic of Iran Executes Protesters, Including Via Public Hanging
Iran's Islamic regime is now carrying out a series of protest-related executions after the first victim, Mohsen Shekari, was executed on December 8.
Shekari was hanged after Iran's Revolutionary court found him guilty of "moharebeh" (enmity against god). He was hanged after a staged court trial, less than three months after being accused of being a rioter.
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Iran Did NOT Abolish the Morality Police Western Media Spreads Regime Lie
Reputable western media outlets and other established mainstream news organizations have blindly echoed propaganda manufactured by Iran's regime.
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Shocking Leaks from Hacker Group Expose Iranian Regime's True Weakness
An Iranian hacktivist group obtained a treasure trove of documents, audio recordings, and videos showing the Iranian government's inability to suppress the ongoing protests in the country, along with other files that expose the Islamic Republic's weaknesses.
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Islamic Republic's Systematic Rape of Iranian Protestors Exposed
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A new CNN special report reveals the shocking truth behind the Islamic Republic's brutal and repressive treatment of Iranian protestors amidst the growing uprising against the regime.
The report also detailed the case of a 20-year-old Iranian woman named Armita Abbasi, who was abducted by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and was last seen in Imam Ali Karaj Hospital on October 18th.
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Senior Ayatollah Mandates Self-Defense Against Iranian Undercover Police
Submitted by P-admin on Fri, 11/18/2022 - 20:52
A high-level Shia cleric in Iran has issued a fatwa or Islamic decree not seen in Iran for a long time.
Grand Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani, a theologian, writer, and Islamic philosopher, declared that defending themselves against armed plainclothes officers is mandatory.
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Iranian Protestors Sentenced to Death for Enmity Against God
Iranian parliament pushed judges to sentence protesters to the death penalty. According to the lawmakers, the judiciary should issue death sentences to individuals arrested during the riots.
227 members of the 290-seat Parliament of Iran have called on the Judiciary to issue death sentences for people arrested during the ongoing anti-government protests.https://t.co/iFQsRNZDUj pic.twitter.com/xau922a6ay
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Pope Francis Dodges Question on Mahsa Amini & Iran Protests
Pope Francis answered questions from reporters aboard the papal plane on November 6 after his recent four-day trip to Bahrain.
One of the questions asked was about Mahsa Amini, whose death sparked an outcry in Iran and worldwide, and whether the Pope supported the protests in the country.
Iran's morality police detained 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for not wearing her hijab "properly." She died in police custody, causing massive demonstrations across the Islamic Republic and other countries.
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Meeting Minutes 11/15/2019
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JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION
Open Meeting Minutes
This meeting of the Investigative Panel of the Judicial Qualifications Commission of the State of Georgia was held at the State Bar Center in Atlanta. Mr. Pope Langdale chaired the meeting and Ms. Phyllis Motes served as Recording Secretary.
Commission Members Present:
Mr. Pope Langdale
Mr. Richard Hyde
Judge Stacey Hydrick
Judge Verda Colvin
Mr. James Balli
Mr. Bob Barr
Mr. Warren Selby
Others Present:
Mr. Ben Easterlin -Director
Mr. Chuck Boring -Incoming Director
Mr. Will Lasker-Staff Attorney
Ms. Phyllis Motes – Case Manager
Lance Alford-Investigator
Agenda/Minutes:
Upon motion and second, the Minutes of the October 18, 2019 meeting were approved.
Director's Reports:
Chairman Langdale called the meeting to order and determined that a quorum was present.
Chairman Langdale began the meeting by welcoming everyone and thanking Mr. Easterlin for his dedication to serving the Judicial Qualifications Commission. Other members expressed their thanks to Mr. Easterlin and his willingness to go the extra mile to meet wi.th new members to acquaint them with how the Judicial Qualifications Commission operates.
Mr. Easterlin graciously thanked the Investigative Panel for their kind comments and added that Mr. Boring will do a great job.
Chairman Langdale thanked Mr. Easterlin for his comments and then introduced Mr. Boring as the new incoming Director. Chairman Langdale added that Mr. Boring will begin his tenure officially on December 2, 2019.
Chairman Langdale then spoke briefly about the recent National College on Judicial Conduct and Ethics that several Panel members and Justice Boggs attended in Chicago in late October. He said that it was very enlightening, and he was particularly impressed with the echnology which was utilized. Mr. Hyde added that the attendees were also given statistical graphics which will be useful for speaking engagements.
Chairman Langdale then reported that he recently reached out to the Dean of the University of Georgia Law School regarding the possibility of acquiring law students to research and update the existing Judicial Qualifications Commission's legal opinions. The Dean agreed that this project would be beneficial to the law students and that the school would give the students course credit for their participation. This idea will be discussed further among the Investigative Panel and Hearing Panel members.
Chairman Langdale then discussed the location of the December meeting. He pointed out that because there would be judges in attendance at the meeting, he felt it would be more convenient for the judges if we met in Atlanta. A discussion followed among the Panel, and it was decided that the December meeting would be held at the State Bar Center in Atlanta. Chairman Langdale then turned the meeting over to the Director for his report.
Mr. Easterlin began the Director's Report by directing the Panel's attention to the Financial Report. Mr. Easterlin stated that the Judicial Qualifications Commission was currently on budget at a little over 32% on the yearly budget.
Chairman Langdale asked if there was any new business. Mr. Hyde replied that he would like to discuss the fact that Judicial Qualifications Commission is not listed in the Court's Retention Schedule and that it should be. Mr. Hyde proposed that the Judicial Qualifications Commission keep all hard copy complaints for 20 years and that digital records be retained indefinitely. He cited the fact that the records may possibly be helpful in the future for judicial placements. A copy of the Court's Retention Schedule was given to Mr. Boring for his review.
There being no old business for discussion, Judge Hydrick moved to close the open meeting and go into the closed meeting. Judge Colvin second the motion and it was unanimously approved.
These minutes were approved by the Judicial Qualifications Commission on December 6, 2019.


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Sean Michaels: When the story is stranger than fiction
The winner of the 2014 Giller Prize expounds on the thin line between fact and fiction, and the value of the digital world
By Michael Barclay October 29, 2014
Photograph by Roger LeMoyne
Canada's most distinguished literary prize awards $100,000 annually to the best Canadian novel or short-story collection published in English. In this series, Maclean's highlights the work and artistic process of the six shortlisted nominees. Here, Sean Michaels—who won the award on Nov. 10—describes a true story that fuelled his stunning fiction. Here's our full Q&A with him.
Debut novelist Sean Michaels set himself a modest goal: choosing, as the protagonist of his first novel, a real person whose story encompasses the social and technological upheaval of the first half of the 20th century. Leon Theremin was the Russian inventor whose eponymous creation was the first electronic musical instrument, played merely by moving one's arms around two antennas, as if conducting air. In a 1994 documentary, it's suggested he spent decades pining for his protégé, the world's only theremin virtuoso, Clara Rockmore. Michaels took that premise and crafted Us Conductors, where historical events—involving invention and espionage and set in swinging 1930s New York and a soul-crushing Soviet gulag—are merely the background for a fictional tale of unrequited love, fate, and forces beyond our control. "It was a strange book to write," says the Montreal writer, "because the source material was almost too crammed with meat."
Michaels, 32, employs lean cuts, using poetic precision to communicate his philosophical themes. "The word 'conduct' means both to lead and to be led, to have something flow through you. Is a thereminist someone who is making music, or channelling it? Are we creating or initiating love, or is it something passing through us, out in the universe?"
Sean Michaels on his writing process
When I was 15, I wrote an email to the science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer. I loved his books; I tracked down his Compuserve address; I wrote and asked him what I should study at university. I think he answered within a day. Get a good, solid education in something that interests you, he advised. And make sure that there are jobs other than writing fiction that you'll be qualified to do after you graduate.
Seventeen years later, I have been thinking a lot about emails and blogs and .docs and .htmls and the impact these things had on the 368 paper pages of my novel. We are still in the habit of treating these as separate realms: digital versus print, pixel versus ink. Yet this is a lie. I learned to write by composing electronic messages to friends. I workshopped my first stories on an electronic mailing list called Teenwrite. I learned that authors are human—mere and lucky labourers—in Sawyer's emails from Toronto. I found my peers by reaching out across the wires: we uncovered each other's blogs, exchanged MP3s and metaphors, worked out a common language.
Now I have finally entered the lofty heights of pulp and paper: I can trade in my email archives and erect instead long shelves of dog-eared notebooks. I can talk about books, not blogs; Harper's, not The Hairpin.
Part of this anti-digital impulse has good cause. In all our distracted dilettantism, liking and tweeting and surfing, glancing from screen to screen, we are forgetting how to conduct uninterrupted conversations with ourselves. Reading a book becomes a remedy, or even a countermeasure: we are still with these pages, for a while, listening to our hearts.
But Us Conductors was the work of a digital magpie, with a blog and a Twitter account. Like many people my age, and of all ages, I have found a professional and creative community online. These are thinner than real friendships, more brittle—but that doesn't make them meaningless. Sawyer helped me at 15. In Russia, researching this book, I encountered wise, transforming kindness from people who had only read my writing online—friends, somehow, that I had simply not yet met.
I wrote a book. But do not cast me in opposition to the swifter, shallower world, the one unfurling byte by byte. Virtual is from the late Middle English, "possessing certain virtues." We must be attentive to these virtues as well as to the ones we are forgetting. They must be negotiated with: like rapids, like despots. Translating the unreal into the real has always been writers' work. Let's tell this story too.
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First-time lottery player wins $100K after dreaming about it the night before
One dream leads to another as winner sets sights on medical school
By Kate Northrop
Many lottery players have found that it pays to follow your gut or listen to the "voice" in your head, especially when it comes to you in the form of a dream. The premonition of one of North Carolina's most recent lottery winners is as straightforward as they come, and it led to a $100,000 win.
Last Saturday, Kaila Moore of Durham dreamt that she bought a scratch-off ticket. Having never played the lottery, Moore decided that this was the moment to act on her dream.
"I've never bought a lottery ticket ever in my entire life," Moore admitted. "I literally had a dream that I bought a scratch-off. So, when I woke up, I went and bought one."
The morning following her dream, she paid a visit to the Food Lion grocery store on West Main Street in Durham. She purchased a $4,000,000 Gold Rush scratch-off ticket for $20 and headed home to see if she won.
She was not disappointed in the slightest.
"I was with my mom," Moore recalled. "She was more excited about it than me!"
Their excitement was justified — Moore had won a second-tier prize of $100,000.
Moore, who attends East Carolina University, said that they already knew the prize money would be going toward her education.
"I plan to go to medical school, and medical school is not cheap!" she declared. "I'm going to invest some of it in a mutual fund and the rest I'm going to save."
Moore visited North Carolina Education Lottery headquarters in Raleigh on Wednesday to claim her winnings, which amounted to $70,756 after federal and state tax withholdings.
From the fateful premonition to the incredible outcome, there's much to celebrate, but Moore said she has plenty of studying to do before she can celebrate just yet.
Currently, there are three of six second-tier prizes of $100,000 remaining in the $4,000,000 Gold Rush instant game and two of three top prizes of $4,000,000 left to claim.
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Home Scam Alert
SBF to plead not guilty to buy time for his legal team
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Gary Wang, former CTO of FTX and Caroline Ellison, former chief govt of Alameda, are cooperating with investigators
Bankman-Fried is charged with illegally utilizing FTX buyer funds to purchase actual property properties and supporting Alameda Analysis
He was launched on a $250 million bond after being extradited to the US from the Bahamas
Sam Bankman-Fried is anticipated to enter a plea of not responsible at this time. He has been charged with dishonest buyers and stealing billions from the collapsed FTX cryptocurrency change, CNBC's Squawk Field reported.
In keeping with insiders, the explanations for the plea are to purchase time for his authorized workforce to discover authorized defenses and to allow the beginning of a discovery course of, i.e. what prosecutors can have in opposition to him.
A heavy blow
Gary Wang, former CTO of FTX and Caroline Ellison, former chief govt of Alameda, are cooperating with investigators. They pleaded responsible to 4 and 7 legal expenses, respectively.
It is a enormous blow as a result of they have been his closest allies. They have been aware about the within workings of FTX and if there was any proof of the costs alleged. On one hand, it appears there was an absence of data, however insiders count on there should be some "semblance of bookkeeping."
Bankman-Fried is charged with illegally utilizing FTX buyer funds to purchase actual property properties, help his Alameda Analysis hedge fund, and donate hundreds of thousands to numerous political causes. He'll seem at 14:00 ET in Manhattan earlier than US District Choose Lewis Kaplan.
Plea may change
It's common for legal defendants to start out with a not responsible plea. They will change their plea at a later date.
Bankman-Fried was launched on a $250 million bond after being extradited to the US from the Bahamas, the place FTX was primarily based and which he had made his dwelling. Since his launch a month in the past, he has been required to reside together with his mother and father and been topic to digital monitoring.
He faces as much as 115 years in jail
The MIT graduate has been charged with six counts of conspiracy and two counts of wire fraud, together with cash laundering and marketing campaign finance violations. If he's discovered responsible, he faces as much as 115 years in jail.
The brand new CEO of FTX, John Ray, commented that the change had been run by "grossly inexperienced" individuals. Ray has labored on the insolvency of power firm Enron Corp.
Robinhood confirms Twitter hack that promoted fraudulent crypto token
Crypto ransomware payments fall 40% in 2022
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Funds collected by ransomware assaults fell to $456.8 million in 2022 from a excessive of $765.6 million in 2021, in...
Alameda had $65B artificial credit line, 43,000% more than FTX market makers
A current court docket submitting within the FTX chapter case has revealed a "$65 billion backdoor" between Alameda and FTX....
Illegal on-chain cryptocurrency activities reach all-time highs of $20.1B
Illicit cryptocurrency on-chain transaction quantity reaches all-time highs of $20.1 billion, rising for the second yr in a row, in...
Authorities dismantle a cross-border crypto fraud network in Europe
The cross-border fraud community used name centres to defraud victims. The community operated in Germany, Serbia, Cyprus, and Bulgaria. 15...


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LT3 is Eight Years Old!
LT3 is celebrating our eighth anniversary! This year, we're giving you 30% off all books (ebooks, paperbacks, and an additional 30% off already discounted preorder pricing!) in the LT3 Book Market, we're bringing back our ever-popular raffle, and will be holding giveaways on our social media throughout the month!
Giveaways will take place on Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr, and will include gift cards, ebooks, paperbacks, audiobooks, and more!
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Mike meets Johnny and Ray during the first week of high school just as 9/11 happens. When they can't deal with what's occurring in real life, the three boys skip class together and bond over comic books and movies instead.
From there, Johnny and Mike grow closer and end up forming a friendship. When Mike realizes that Johnny has his own "secret identity" like the superheroes he loves, the two become even closer. But in order for Johnny to truly open up about being gay, Mike has to figure out what's so special about the superheros he loves, and why being invisible is the best superpower there can be.
In the wake of his grandfather's death and the unexpected contents of his will, Gideon abandons his career, cuts ties with his family, and heads overseas to figure out a life that has never made him happy. He settles for a time in Myanmar, content to roam the country taking pictures, carefully avoiding the dangerous local politics.
When he ventures into the jungle, he expects wildlife and possibly men with guns if he's unlucky. Instead, he meets a princess who sweeps him off to another world, claiming that Gideon is the only one who can help her slay the terrible black dragon threatening her people—and if he ever wants to see home again, he has no choice.
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» Happy Holidays! Be sure to drop by LT3 on December 1 to check out our month-long holiday shenanigans! There'll be fun, sales, and prizes you won't want to miss out on!
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Lisa's workaholic personality and the stress of her job as an editor at a large publishing company drove a wedge between her and her longtime lover and ended their relationship. Just as her lover agrees to sit down and try to work things out Lisa is offered the biggest opportunity of her entire career: the chance to talk to Clair St. Sabre, a bestselling writer who shut herself away on a deserted island with a reputation for being haunted.
Lisa arrives at the island determined to talk to Clair, win her confidence, and bring a new novel back to the city with her, and all in time to make her date. But Clair has her own reasons for inviting someone out to her secluded and eerie haven, including her lover Moira, who died over a hundred years before.
Nov 4: Intertwined Collection, Goodreads Giveaways, and more!
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High King Sarrica is ruling an empire at war, and that war will grow exponentially worse if his carefully laid plans do not come to fruition. He's overwhelmed and needs help, as much as he hates to admit it, but it must be someone like his late consort: a soldier, someone who understands war, who is not unfamiliar with or afraid of the harsher elements of rule. What he doesn't need is the delicate, pretty little politician foisted on him right as everything goes wrong.
Anders likes his life the way it is: quiet, ordered, neat. If that gets him called antisocial, well, it also gets him left alone and that's the way he likes it.
Then a new neighbor, Finch, moves in and he is everything Anders hates. He's nosy, over-friendly, and doesn't know when to quit. He's also cute and infuriatingly charismatic. Which is the only possible explanation for the way Anders keeps putting up with Finch and his crazy ideas, like training for a wife-carrying contest, instead of telling him to go away once and for all the way he should.
By the time Alan returns, Craig isn't certain how his relationships will change—especially when Alan starts to fall for Sybil, bringing two pieces of his world completely together and leaving Craig worried it will create a world that has no place for him.
Eli is an angel sent on a routine assignment: help prevent a young woman with depression from taking her own life. But he's received complaints about the way he's dealt with previous cases, and so this time he has a supervisor, Adam, watching his every move.
Then they meet Samantha, the woman they've been assigned to help, and even Adam cannot easily say that rules should always be followed.
Nicolas has worked with Pierce almost his whole life, and they've come far together, currently Co-CEOs of one of the largest companies in the United States. As they keep on heading toward bigger and better dreams, only one fear casts a shadow over Nicolas: Pierce falling in love.
Nicolas tells himself it's for the company, for their shared goals and dreams. He can't let Pierce get sidetracked, so he does his best to make sure it never happens—including keeping all the cute interns well away. Then Lynn shows up, attractive, eager, practically perfect.
But it's not Pierce that Nicolas should be worrying about this time.
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A lot of motorist accidents happen when the driver is making a left-hand turn across oncoming traffic, especially at intersections. These turns require the driver to be aware of not only the vehicles traveling in the opposite direction but also bicycles and pedestrians that are crossing the street as well. With a lot of roadway activity, if the driver is distracted, misjudges the turn or just not paying attention, any turn can result in severe injuries to oncoming motorists, motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
According to a study performed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on auto accidents, left-hand turns accounted for the highest number of crashes in the study, making up 22% of the accidents. The majority, 96.1%, of these crashes were attributed to driver error, either categorized as recognition or decision errors.
Most recognition errors (44%) involved "inadequate surveillance." This means that drivers did not make sure it was safe to turn by checking for other vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles.
Decision errors were closely divided between misjudging the other person's actions, turning with an obstructed view and performing an illegal maneuver.
When compared to other types of accidents, which generally involve factors such as: traveling too fast, driving aggressively or performance errors, left-hand turns were almost always due to the driver's judgment.
Sec. 11-902. Vehicle turning left.
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard, but said driver, having so yielded may proceed at such time as a safe interval occurs.
Bicycles and pedestrians can be more difficult for drivers to spot. These accident victims are more vulnerable to injury, making it important for drivers to take the time to see them approaching the intersection before making that turn.
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Editorial Reviews. From Publishers Weekly. Bestselling inspirational writer and speaker The Noticer: Sometimes, all a person needs is a little perspective – Kindle edition by Andy Andrews. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks. Andy Andrews is a master story-teller, a modern blend of Will Rogers, Paul Harvey, and Garrison Keillor. He is one of the few people I have. Based on a remarkable true story, The Noticer beautifully blends fiction, allegory, and inspiration. It provides simple, yet powerful distinctions about love.
Not anerews I have a problem or it isn't helpful, just not something I care for. Jones has a knack for being at the right place at the right time and say the right things to those who need help the most. The Noticer by Andy Andrews 5 out of 5 Stars.
Would you want someone like Jones in your life? Andy is a great author and this book was an easy read. One of Jones's favorite sayings is "You lack perspective," and he does have a knack of saying the right thing at the right time to people.
If you've read Gary Chapman's Five Love Languages, that's the gist of the advice he gives one character. Advice on how and why to change your "perspective.
Apr 26, Darbyscloset rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: The only thing keeping it from getting five stars is that sometimes the wisdom in the story seems forced. I love the central idea of this book that all you need to change your life is a little perspective. But like all humans on the planet, the good folks of Orange Beach have their share of problems — marriages teetering on the brink of divorce, young adults giving up on life, business people on the verge of bankruptcy, as well as the many other obstacles that life seems to dish out to the masses.
But to hit that target, we must come off the mountain, go through the valley, and begin to climb the next slope.
The characters were unbelievable, both in dialogue and action. I have just finished The Noticer: This book reminded me of that child and encourages me to look for new perspectives on everyday situations.
All logical and tidy. Jones, just Jones" — is The Noticer. If you are struggling with the "why me, why me" question in your life or are in a rough patch, I think this is a great read and do recommend it.
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You respond and need this verbal affirmation. Jones is a boring character with no depth or redeeming quality, which makes it very unbelievable that so many people are willing to just let this know-it-all stranger tell them that their very real life struggles are just a "mat This book oversimplifies life's struggles with a "pray it away" mentality.
Reading a book by Andy Andrwws is an individual experience—every time. Jenny Huck Monroe I absolutely love your books. I appreciate so much the opportunity to read nadrews book and this is a book I would rate 5 stars, and read over and over again.
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Quotes from The Noticer: After all, the amdrews are throwaway paper cutouts. All of his books are great reads. Nov 15, Almeta rated it liked it Shelves: I have nothing against this noicer of inspirational material, mind you. Sep 23, Toni rated it liked it Shelves: It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life's next peak.
Beyond that, there is a project associated with the book that can only produce good results. I really liked the story.
I love reading a book that really makes you think.


Choosing the right monitor can be a daunting task. There's a vast variety of options available, and they vary dramatically in terms of price and function. There's an emphasis on high-end displays these days, especially when it comes to gaming, where high refresh rates, G-Sync, and response times are lauded as critical features, but that's simply not the case for everyone. There's a HUGE market for people who simply want a highly-functional display with nothing they don't need.
This new display from V7, the L28TN4K-2N (or L28 going forward) is a perfect representation of that attractive simplicity. It's a solid 4K display with features you might not expect given the remarkably low price.
You can pick up the 4K V7 L28TN4K-2N for $279.
The design of the L28 is about as straightforward as you can get. It's a simple, black plastic shell, with a non-descript round base and a tiny V7 logo in white at the bottom of the display. The distinct lack of flair is perfect for an office setup, or anyone who doesn't care about colored plastic color or LEDs. Functionality is the name of the game here, and the L28 is all about the panel, with no other distractions.
The design is highly functional, though I do wish the base was a little larger. Putting the display together wasn't terribly difficult, there's a simple screw in the base you tighten, but it does feel a little looser than I'm used to.
The L28TN4K-2N might initially appear to be little more than a 4K panel in an unassuming shell, but there's more to it than meets the eye.
There are quite a few adjustability options which is definitely a plus. You can adjust the height, the viewing angle is customizable, and there's a 90 degree swivel that allows you to go from horizontal to vertical. It doesn't swivel from left to right, but with given the lightness and shape of the base, it's easy to simply turn the entire display.
The aesthetics of the L28 clearly aren't the focus, so let's talk about the star of the show here: the panel.
This 28 inch panel offers a 3840x2160 resolution, 300 nits (300cd/m²) brightness, and 1.07 billion colors. The 5ms response time is good enough for most gamers, and the panel does support Freesync, which is a huge plus if your build uses an AMD GPU. The ability to synchronize your GPU and display can make a huge difference when trying to eliminate screen tearing.
This display only supports a 60Hz refresh rate, which is not hugely surprising given the resolution. Though high-refresh rate 4K displays are slowly coming to market, they're well beyond the price and scope of the L28.
Though we didn't get around to any hugely elaborate tests, we did see what the panel could do with games and some color-rich 4K footage. Both looked great; color accuracy was solid and there was no light bleed. The brights were slightly blown out, but you can mitigate this slightly by manually adjusting the way the colors are displayed within the menu.
The panel has three HDMI inputs, as well as one DiplayPort input, and even a VGA port if you're using legacy hardware.
At this low price point the V7 could probably have gotten away without any additional features, but there's a few bonuses that make this value priced monitor even more attractive.
The touch sensitive buttons to navigate the menu are nice, though the menu design has as distinct BIOS feel. There are plenty of options buried underneath the archaic interface though, including color adjustment, a blue light reducer, and volume control.
The V7 also comes with surprisingly robust speakers. They're not going to replace your desktop audio setup anytime soon, but they are remarkably loud and clear, and are a nice bonus given they didn't need to be included at all.
There's also 1/8th inch I/O on the side of the display, as well as a USB port for charging nearby devices.
Lastly, the V7 also allows for Picture-in-Picture (PiP) & Picture-by-Picture (PbP) so you can view content from two separate sources at the same time. This can be a serious asset to professionals who needs to juggle various sources, and is a feature that is becoming more and more common, even in lower-priced displays.
The L28TN4K-2N might initially appear to be little more than a 4K panel in an unassuming shell, but there's more to it than meets the eye. While it's not going to win any awards for design, it does include a surprisingly robust set of features like picture-in-picture, speakers, Freesync, and a USB charging port that make it even more attractive at its remarkably low price point.
While I would hesitate to call this a gaming monitor, anyone looking for a straightforward 4K panel at a remarkably low price should seriously consider the V7 L28TN4K-2N.
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