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Soundtrack review: Invitation au voyage (Gabriel Yared – 1982)
Mihnea Manduteanu 27th September 2015
"Invitation au voyage" sounds like a strange and disturbing movie. Young lovers ask, "What would you do if I died?" In this case, the young lovers are twins, Nina and Lucien, brother and sister. He answers, "I'll make you live again." Then, in an accident, Nina dies. He seals her body in the case of a bass fiddle, straps it to the top of his car, and travels across France, listening to her music and trying to find a way to make her live again. The score was written in 1982 by Gabriel Yared; it's one of his first scores and his is a name I wish I heard more often these days. The score is part of the Varese Sarabande LP-to-CD series.
Normally I would say I can't wait to hear another dramatic orchestral effort from Yared but this being a weird movie from 1982, we get a weird sound as well. Now I am all for weird, industrial or even experimental sounds in a film music score but this…I can't really connect with and I feel that from the first couple of cues. They are a right on the edge of electronic and gothic with some repetitive vocal inserts. This is a little too experimental even for me. I like the general mood and the synth subtext but what comes over that is not rewarding enough. At times I feel as if I'm listening to outtakes from early Radiohead albums with the beats and constant pulses. Other times I feel as if this is a score composed for a 50s vampire movie. There are melodic moments like "After death II" and I do find something to keep me going in every cue. I think I am just curious to see where this can go and to maybe find some root of Gabriel Yared's music.
The messed up order of the cues, with "End titles" coming in the middle and way before "Main titles" while "After death" comes long after "After death II" doesn't help either. The score is too simple and too automatic to make me feel anything. I would rather forget "Invitation au voyage" or chalk it up as Thom Yorke preparing to write an album in one of his trances. The Yared name is the only thing that keeps me going for the duration of the album. That and the dreamy ambient mood the score sets. I know the mood well and I can imagine the tone of the movie as well. I'd rather listen to Yared's more recent compositions.
Cue rating: 73 / 100
Total minutes of excellence: 0 / 27
Album excellence: 0%
Mihnea Manduteanu
I have been listening to film music for 25 years and writing about it since 2014. I've written over 1000 reviews and I can't imagine myself doing anything else. I am also a member of IFMCA (International Film Music Critics Association).
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Vitor 13th February 2016
It's good to know there are official rlesaees of Jodorowsky's films coming soon. I have Italian DVDs which are pretty good, but stiill not really sharp. Can't wait to see Holy Mountain in all it's technicolor glory.Speaking of outsider movies. Do you happen to know if Spermula ever had a soundtrack?
Mihnea Manduteanu 13th February 2016
Nope, don't think it did…
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Samantha Davis (shown above) brings a new tool to her lessons: 3D printing.
RT students at Boise State University will get the chance to experience some of the world's most cutting edge technology this semester.
Thanks to Samantha Davis, MS, RRT-NPS, AE-C, they'll be using the university's 3D printing capabilities to print neonatal cardiac defects.
Students in the neonatal/pediatric respiratory course will have several weeks to test and print their models before presenting them to the entire class.
How did Davis come up with the idea of using 3D printing with her RT students? The AARC member admits it was "pure coincidence." She was in the campus library one day and decided to stop by a place that had always piqued her interest.
Called the "MakerLab," it offers students and professors the chance to work with their hands and their imaginations to create something using new technologies like 3D printing.
"I was introduced to the concept of 'making' and got to see all of the great resources available on campus for our students and faculty — all free of charge," Davis said.
In addition to 3D printing, the lab includes resources for creating videos or podcasts and equipment that can be used to create digital media for patient education.
Examples of the 3D printer in action (top) and products of the printer (above).
3D printing in particular is a technology that can be used to make anything from toys to complicated body parts like the hearts that will be constructed by the RT students. Simply put, the equipment allows users to create three dimensional images by adding individual layers of material until the object is completed.
"The material is fed into the machine, melted, then deposited onto the plate where the object is created layer by layer," says Davis.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) hosts a free online program called 3D Print Exchange that features thousands of ready-to-print files ranging from DNA sequences to body parts. Davis believes the technology holds great potential, not only for medical education, but also for clinical treatment.
Those models could be invaluable in complex cases. For example, a 3D replica of an anatomical defect that captures the intricate detail of the nerves and vasculature could be created to guide a surgery.
"Imagine how useful that could be in preparing surgeons for a challenging surgical case before they even pick up a scalpel," Davis said.
The RT students who will take part in the 3D printing exercise will receive a quick training session in the MakerLab before dividing into small groups to create their normal hearts and heart defects.
She says she spent much of the fall semester working with Amy Vecchione, head of emerging technology and experiential learning at Boise State, to get up to speed on the new technology and perfect the files the class will be using.
"This project has certainly been a labor of love," Davis said.
It's also the first time 3D printing will be used by the respiratory program, although other departments on campus have used it before, with great success.
"Elsewhere on campus, students who had access to 3D printed models scored significantly higher when tested on that content compared to students who did not have access to the models," Davis said.
She believes the biggest benefit for her students, however, will be the ability 3D printing gives them to better understand a difficult concept.
Creating 3D printed hearts in the MakerLab will give her students a physical model of each of the main heart defects. They'll get to see and touch them while engaging in classroom discussion about the challenges each defect presents in terms of oxygenation and ventilation.
"If just one of my students has an 'ah-ha' moment from working with their 3D printed heart, then all of my hours spent preparing for this project have been worth it," Davis said.


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The Cat at Mrs. Drimley's Door
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Mrs. Drimley has comfortably lived in the same house, doing the same things with the same person every day for the last twenty-seven years. Then, everything changes. Soon after Mrs. Drimley becomes a widow, a fluffy grey kitten appears at her door. Facing life alone after a peaceful marriage, Mrs. Drimley welcomes the kitten into her home in exchange for the gift of three fish each day. She soon learns this cat--and her new life--are anything but ordinary. Together, Mulligan and Mrs. Drimley navigate the treacherous path she must follow as she builds a life full of community, creativity, and adventure she never knew she wanted.
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Greta Goes Up
Greta Thatcher, the quietest, most invisible kid in her family, is starting fourth grade in the creepy old section of Oakwood Elementary with the meanest teacher in school. To make matters worse, none of her friends are in her class this year. When a new girl begins to take her place with her friends, Greta makes an impulsive decision that unravels her world and forces her to look at herself and her life with different eyes. Greta teams up with Violet, a wild-haired-story-telling girl in her class who convinces her that maybe, just maybe, their teacher is a real live witch. Can Greta survive a year without her old friends? Can she make amends for her hurtful mistake? Will she even survive the first three months of school with a witch for a teacher? As Greta makes her way through the many changes in her life, from her parents' decision to try homesteading to leaving behind the comfortable primary wing at school, Greta begins to understand the courage it takes to choose kindness, to make amends, to stop comparing herself to others, and to face her many fears.
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Fierce Solidarity
The transition between girlhood and womanhood leaves many young women feeling overwhelmed and directionless. The pressure to succeed is immense. So immense that in pushing our young women to succeed, we sometimes forget to teach them how to stay vibrantly alive. While emerging into womanhood, it is far too easy to get swept into abusive relationships. Whether you are from a supportive, healthy family or a dysfunctional family, relationship abuse could show up in your life. The consequences of not ending these relationships early are dire. Fierce Solidarity was written to empower you against the possibility of relationship abuse. You don't have to wait until you have a clear vision of who you want to be or what you want to do to start building power into your life. And you don't have to wait for abuse to show up in your life to start empowering yourself against it. The rally cry of Fierce Solidarity is this: No matter what our story is, we are all worthy and capable of living lives free of abuse. I want to see you thrive. Fierce Solidarity is designed to be a conversation starter. Through real life stories, it covers the warning signs and types of relationship abuse, practical ways to end abusive relationships in early stages, how to be fierce advocates for ourselves and our fellow women, surviving and healing from childhood abuse, making authentic, empowered choices about faith, and how to emerge gracefully into empowered womanhood. You don't have to be afraid as you enter womanhood. You can enlist your whole self in crafting a life in which your gifts and desires have a voice and a purpose. Fierce Solidarity is one light on the path to freedom. —For adolescents and emerging women everywhere.
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New Delhi, February 14, 2018: Bollywood megastar Hrithik Roshan was the guest of honour at an exciting event to open Rado's stylish new monobrand store at Delhi IGI Airport today.
This is the first time Rado has opened a monobrand store in an airport and the new boutique features sleek and textured materials in muted tones. With specially crafted elements, the boutique offers a warm and welcoming atmosphere in a modern design that reflects Rado's characteristic design approach. It's the perfect place for visitors to immerse themselves in the world of Rado and experience the minimalist design and innovative materials of the brand's timepieces.


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Maximillian Boykin is a Senior State Campaigns Manager on the State Fiscal Policy Campaigns team. Before coming to the Center Maxx was the Policy and Organizing Manager at the Black AIDS Institute and national leader of the Black Treatment Advocates Network. He is an organizer and activist and believes that "we have to be the change we want to see."
Maxx has been a part of creating multiple coalitions including Resist Reimagine Rebuild Coalition, HIV Racial Justice Now!, Black South Rising, and the Black United Leadership Initiative. Along with his Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leaders team, he created the Organizing Health Institute as a part of Reimagine Health, an action tank that works to train and support social justice campaigns and connect them with people working to improve their communities' health.
He has been an organizer for a wide array of issue-based, political, and union groups. His first two years were in election organizing starting in Georgia on local campaigns, later moving to Virginia to work on four winning campaigns including in state senate, governor, and presidential races. In Illinois, he has worked on the Fight for 15 campaign and the Get Covered America campaign around health care access before spending almost three years at the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. He moved back to the South in 2018 to lead and triple the size of the Black Treatment Advocacy Network and create the organizing and policy department at the Black AIDS Institute. He has always worked in primarily Black and marginalized communities and loves working with people to make sure they are healthy, strategic, and liberated.


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North Augusta, SC – James Pierce "J.P" Hatcher, II, 25, husband of Mrs. Hollynd Dyches Hatcher, of North Augusta, entered into rest on Sunday, August 7, 2016. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Pierce Hatcher.
J.P. was a 2009 graduate of Fox Creek High School, Edgefield, SC where he played golf, football and baseball. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He was a member of the Sheet Metal Workers International Union and he worked for Bridgestone. J.P. enjoyed fishing and weight lifting but he mostly loved being a Dad and Husband.
Surviving with his wife Hollynd Dyches Hatcher and his son, Caiden Allen Hatcher, both of North Augusta, SC; are his parents, Ken and Theresa Hatcher, Trenton, SC; paternal grandmother, Betty Cleckley Hatcher, Warrenville, SC; maternal grandmother, Donnis Strickland, Gulf Shores, AL; maternal grandfather, James L. Strickland, Winnsboro, SC and his sister, Krystal Hassett (Sean), Hope Mills, NC.
A memorial service will be held on Friday at 1 o'clock at Sweetwater Baptist Church with Reverends Jimmy Grider, Keven McMahan and Wes Holbrook officiating. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the church.
Please visit HatcherFuneralHome.com to leave a memory and a note of condolence for the Hatcher Family.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the: J.P. Hatcher Memorial Fund, c/o Wells Fargo Bank, for Caiden Hatcher's College Fund.
Hatcher Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 3464 Jefferson Davis Highway, Graniteville, SC is assisting the Hatcher family.


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Request for data deletion: is it for legitimate reasons?
At what point does empowering individuals to be 'masters of their own personal data destiny' encroach on a payment service provider's legal responsibility to prevent fraud, safeguard its venture and limit criminal activity?
One of the great successes of GDPR is that it has enshrined the individual's right to own their personal data and organisations have to let go of their past conviction that they own the data. But, whether motivated by anger, frustration or criminal activity there will be people who will seek to exploit the right to be forgotten and unprepared payment service providers are at risk of having their defenses outmaneuvered. It calls to mind the familiar saying, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Or, in the case that an outcome is not to their liking, ask for the data to be erased, and start again. What do I mean by this and how is it possible? Perhaps these scenarios will resonate with you.
A fraudster applies to your business for a payment account. Your team process the application but decline it because the individual fails in some aspect of the identification and verification procedure. The declined individual then asks for the record of their application to be deleted, as is their right under GDPR.
If this request is complied with, the fraudster could submit another application, changing key details to secure success. It is reasonable for you to maintain a database of information about applications that have been declined. It is also reasonable for you to decline a request for that data to be deleted. Clearly, you should only retain the bare minimum information and be able to justify the rationale for keeping it. In your response to the request for deletion, you should explain why you are unable to meet their request.
For record keeping, remember the regulatory requirement is to retain an unsuccessful application for five years after the application has been made under a pre-contract agreement. Therefore, when I say do not fully comply I mean 'delete' at the data subjects request any data that you are not legally required to retain.
A client has, unknown to you, been laundering money through your business. They close their account and ask you to delete their records. At this stage you have no suspicion of anything untoward.
In the case of occasional transactions or, where the business relationship has come to an end, the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 stipulate that customers records must be held for a minimum of five years. In the case of transactional data held on the customer, it should be held for a minimum of five years and no more than ten years. As before, when you respond to the request for deletion, you should explain why you are unable to meet their request.
Your HR team have run a successful recruitment drive, having received 100 applications and 20 interviews for three positions. One of the unsuccessful applicants emails you to ask for their records to be deleted.
Unsuccessful job applicants feeling a little frustrated at not getting the vacancy may well ask you to delete their records under the 'right to be forgotten' element of GDPR. A trouble maker might ask you to delete their records with the intention that they will make a complaint for unfair recruitment practice once you have complied. Should you comply?
Like every other request: "partially" is the answer.
Industry best practice is to retain for the required timescale and not delete beforehand, even when asked, unsuccessful applicants' data. This includes any interview notes, any communication about making any reasonable adjustments for a disability and shortlisting notes.
It is worthwhile to point out that any individual involved in the recruitment process can be held personally liable, it's not just the company. That scares me enough to be clear on what information I am retaining and why!
An employee leaving your organisation asks for their staff records to be erased. A complaint has been made against them, so they have decided to jump before they are pushed. They think that getting their record deleted ensures that any new employer will be unaware of their disciplinary.
Whether the outgoing employee is a happy or disgruntled leaver the process remains the same. Only comply with their wishes and delete any personal data that you have no legitimate reason to retain. Employee records must be retained for six years after they have left. This provides you with evidence against a legal claim for constructive dismissal or unfair dismissal which can be made against you for up to six years after the end of the contract under the Statute of Limitations Act 1980.
asked for their data to be deleted.
This is what I term a "do not contact list" as it contains the minimal information necessary to ensure the data subject's request not to process their data or to be contacted is met. Without this list how can you possibly comply as you would have no idea who not to contact?
My intention here is to arm you with the knowledge and confidence to feel justified in not complying 'fully' with a data subject's request. The data subject may have more control over their data, but you have your legal duties to fulfil.
Be sure to document and provide your reasoning against the data subjects' request and you will be fine.
It may seem a complex matter to balance the needs of the business with the rights of an individual but fscom is here to help. We are supporting our clients to process such requests fairly and in a timely manner without falling foul of their duties to data subjects and regulation. If you would like help on this or any other regulatory matter please get in touch.


Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma) today announced two new routes from Los Angeles, and one new route from Boise, Idaho. New daily roundtrip service between Los Angeles and Monterey, California; and Boise, Idaho and Reno, Nevada begin November 5. A new seasonal flight between Los Angeles and Gunnison/Crested Butte will shuttle skiers and snowboarders from California to Colorado starting in December.
The flights will be operated by Alaska's sister carrier Horizon Air (Alaska Horizon) (Seattle/Tacoma), using the pictured 76-seat Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400) aircraft.
Alaska also announced today that it will upgauge its flights from Los Angeles to Loreto, Mexico, beginning November 1. The flights are currently operated daily, using 76-seat Bombardier Q400 aircraft. Beginning in November, they will be operated Thursday-Sunday using Boeing 737 jets, adding about 70 additional seats each week.
Copyright Photo: Ken Petersen/AirlinersGallery.com. Horizon Air, operating as Alaska Horizon, operates its Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400) turboprops from its Seattle hub and now in Alaska. Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400) N441QX (msn 4348) in the University of Alaska Nanooks (Fairbanks) departs from Ted Steven Anchorage International Airport (ANC).
This entry was posted in Alaska Airlines, Alaska Horizon, Horizon Air and tagged 4348, Alaska Airlines, Alaska Horizon, Alaska Nanooks, Boise, Bombardier, Bombardier DHC-8, Bombardier DHC-8-400, Bombardier Q400, DHC-8, DHC-8-400, DHC-8-402, Gunnison/Crested Butte, Horizon Air, Loreto, Los Angeles, Monterey, N441QX, Q400, Reno, University of Alaska on June 30, 2015 by Bruce Drum.
Allegiant Air (Las Vegas) flight 331 from Los Angeles to Boise, Idaho with McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) N423NV (msn 53008) on Friday evening (June 12) was delayed somewhat in arriving at BOI when a fuel leak developed in the auxiliary power unit while taxiing to the gate. Passengers smelled fuel and when the flight stopped at the gate, passengers opened an emergency exit over the wing and tried to exit via the wing. There were no injuries.
This entry was posted in Allegiant Air and tagged Allegiant Air, BOI, Boise, flight 331 on June 14, 2015 by Bruce Drum.
Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma) will begin daily nonstop service between Boise, Idaho and Spokane, Washington, starting August 24, 2015.
With the addition of Spokane, Alaska Airlines now flies to eight destinations from Boise: Lewiston, Idaho, Portland, Oregon, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Jose, California, Seattle/Tacoma and Spokane.
The new flight, which is just under 70 minutes, will be operated by Horizon Air (Alaska Horizon) (Seattle/Tacoma) for Alaska Airlines using 76-seat Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400) aircraft.
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. Alaska Horizon (Horizon Air) Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400) N422QX (msn 4150) climbs away from the runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA).
This entry was posted in Alaska Airlines, Alaska Horizon, Horizon Air and tagged 4150, Alaska Airlines, Alaska Horizon, Boise, Bombardier, Bombardier DHC-8-100, Bombardier DHC-8-200, Bombardier DHC-8-400, Bombardier Q400, DHC-8, DHC-8-402, Horizon Air, N422QX, Q400, SEA, seattle tacoma international airport, Seattle/Tacoma, Spokane, Washington on March 19, 2015 by Bruce Drum.
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) will launch daily nonstop service next spring from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to five new destinations in the continued expansion of its West Coast hub.
Delta will serve the top 15 destinations in the Western U.S. with the addition of Boise, Denver and Sacramento, while Ketchikan and Sitka complete the top five destinations in Alaska. Delta will also increase its number of daily flights from Seattle/Tacoma to Anchorage, Alaska; Atlanta; Calgary, Alberta; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco and Salt Lake City.
On December 20, Delta will begin service from Seattle/Tacoma to several sun and ski destinations, including Bozeman, Mont.**; Maui, Hawaii; Palm Springs, Calif.**; Phoenix**; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; and Tucson, Ariz.*; as well as a second daily flight to Honolulu. Additionally, Delta commenced service to Calgary** and Spokane, Wash.* **, at the beginning of November.
Delta currently operates 80 peak-day departures to 25 destinations from Seattle and will increase to 93 peak-day departures to 32 destinations in December. By next summer, Delta will offer 120 peak-day departures to 35 destinations.
The new routes will allow customers to seamlessly connect to Delta's ten long-haul international flights from Seattle, while providing compelling travel options to cities important to local customers. Earlier this year, Delta launched international service to London-Heathrow, as well as Seoul and Hong Kong and now provides more international long-haul service from Seattle than all other airlines combined. This includes the top five destinations in Asia and three of the top four destinations in Europe. Delta is the only carrier to offer nonstop service from Seattle to Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Paris, Shanghai and Tokyo-Haneda.
Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum/AirlinersGallery.com. Compass Airlines is already operating several routes at SeaTac as a Delta Connection carrier with its Embraer 175s. ERJ 170-200LR N608CZ (msn 17000195) taxies to the runway at SEA.
This entry was posted in Compass Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Delta Connection, SkyWest Airlines and tagged 17000195, Boise, Compass Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Delta Connection, Denver, Embraer, Embraer 175, Embraer ERJ 170, Embraer ERJ 175, ERJ 170, ERJ 170-200, ERJ 170-200LR, ERJ 175, Ketchikan, N608CZ, Sacramento, SEA, Seattle, seattle tacoma international airport, Seattle/Tacoma, Sitka, SkyWest Airlines on November 20, 2014 by Bruce Drum.
United Airlines (Chicago) will add additional Embraer 175 flights from the San Francisco hub in the fall. In addition to the previously-reported routes, United will add United Express service from SFO with the new E175 flights to Boise (starting on September 30), Calgary (September 21), Dallas/Fort Worth (October 26), Kansas City (October 26), St. Louis (September 20) and Salt Lake City (October 26) per Airline Route.
The SFO flights are expected to be operated by SkyWest Airlines.
Within the next two years, SkyWest will take delivery of 40 new E175s that will operate under an agreement with United Airlines.
From Houston, E175 service on flights between the hub at George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Atlanta and New Orleans begins on June 15, and between Houston and Austin starting on June 16. United also launched E175 service between Chicago O'Hare and Minneapolis/St. Paul on June 5; between Chicago O'Hare and Atlanta beginning on June 15; and between Chicago O'Hare and New York LaGuardia beginning on June 23.
United Express carrier Mesa Airlines will operate the flights between Houston and Atlanta, Austin and New Orleans. United Express carrier SkyWest Airlines will operate the flights between Chicago and Atlanta, New York LaGuardia and Minneapolis/St. Paul.
This entry was posted in Mesa Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, United Airlines, United Express and tagged Boise, Calgary, Dallas/Fort Worth, Embraer, Embraer 175, Embraer ERJ 175, ERJ 175, Kansas City, Mesa Airlines, salt lake city, San Francisco, SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines, St. Louis, United Airlines, United Express on June 12, 2014 by Bruce Drum.
United Airlines (Chicago) will introduced a new daily Bombardier CRJ700 route from the Houston (Bush Intercontinental) hub and Boise, Idaho starting on August 19 per Airline Route.
Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/Airlinersgallery.com. Bombardier CRJ700 (CL-600-2C10) N765SK (msn 10231) of SkyWest Airlines climbs away from Los Angeles International Airport.
This entry was posted in United Airlines, United Express and tagged 10231, Boise, Bombardier, Bombardier CL-600-2C10, Bombardier CRJ700, CL-600-2C10, CRJ700, Houston, Idaho, LAX, Los Angeles, N765SK, SkyWest Airlines, United Airlines, United Express on April 15, 2014 by Bruce Drum.


This past Memorial Day Weekend, I beat the mobile version of Final Fantasy VI for the first time ever. Although the game had been long, arduous, and sometimes frustrating, beating this game was especially sweet for a few reasons. Not only had I found a Final Fantasy game I managed to enjoy, but I also got to see my favorite character Terra find peace and happiness. As a character meant to represent The Other, Terra's happy ending was particularly notable to me as a Black gamer.
Gaming is one of a few subcultures experiencing a shift in who is being acknowledged and who isn't. As demonstrated in this year's #BlackSpecFic report, more Black SFF writers are having stories published by magazines. 4.7% of the stories published in 2017 were written by Black people, which is an improvement compared to the data released in 2015. While there is still more work to be done, marginalized identities have been steadily finding their voice.
For a while, people of color and other marginalized identities in gaming had to settle for being mostly overlooked as players. Now, we've got people like Tanya DePass of We Need Diverse Games, LaToya Peterson of The Undefeated, & Jay Ann Lopez of Black Girl Gamers advocating for visibility and inclusion. Due to the bigger platform that marginalized identities now have, white heteronormative male gamers feel threatened and have used racism, sexual harassment, and other forms of bigotry in order to keep gaming exclusively for themselves.
In fact, racism in gaming is especially common in online gaming. Since the advent of Microsoft's Xbox Live in 2002, online gaming has become a perilous place for gamers of color. In a recent roundtable discussion about racism in gaming, Emmanuel Ocbazghi recalls logging into Xbox Live at age 12 and being called the N-word. The discussion also mentions Microsoft's lackluster response to the incident involving Terrence Miller, a Black gamer who endured racist remarks on Twitch during a Dreamhack gaming tournament in 2016.
On top of the bigotry in online gaming, there is also racism in the video game industry itself. There have been only a handful of Black or Black coded video game characters that aren't stereotypes, such as Enzo from Legacy of The Kori Odan and Fran from Final Fantasy XII. If you can customize a character to make them look Black, the few options for Black hair and skin tones makes one have to settle for Twinelle's weaponized braids or the same variations of light Brown skin. Meanwhile, obstacles such as financial barriers and lack of job opportunities have resulted in too few Black game developers in the industry.
Given how normalized racism in gaming is, it's not surprising that I find myself drawn to video game characters that represent marginalized identities through fantastic racism. Fantastic racism is fictional racism, often employed through the use of metaphor. One of the most famous iterations of this is Marvel Comics' X-Men. The comics and franchise feature a group of superpowered mutants who are discriminated by society and was originally inspired by the Civil Rights movement.
In FFVI, fantastic racism is employed through fictional race known as Espers. Espers are ancient magical beings that were originally slaves for three gods involved in a cataclysmic war. After being freed and enduring another war that occurred between humans and Espers, the Espers fled earth & created their own realm. However, a human named Madeline finds the Esper world and falls in love with an Esper named Maduin, resulting in a child named Terra. Two years later, the Espers are invaded by humans through Emperor Gestahl, setting into motion a chain of tragic events that leads into the game.
As a half-human and half Esper person, Terra endures a lot of issues because of generational trauma and her heritage. Despite finding a way to fight back against Emperor Gestahl and his maniacal court mage Kefka, she has to rediscover her origins and reconnect with her humanity in order to find inner peace. Her story made me recall the centuries of struggle and reclamation that African Americans have experienced.
It is astounding that people can handle racism between video game characters, but not deal with it in the real world. If some players are content to only associate racism with some imaginary race, then there is no way that they will see Black game developers and players as real people. The fact is that Black game developers and players have always existed and some of them have made historical contributions only recently being acknowledged. Jerry Lawson gave us video game cartridges, while Ed Smith co-created a PC and video game console hybrid called the Imagination Machine.
Today, Final Fantasy VI is heralded as one of the most notable and influential video games of all time. I've seen its impact on games like Tales of Legendia and Fortuna Magus, especially when it came to their characters, storylines, and their use of fantastic racism. By now, fantastic racism is no longer fantastic, just tired and overdone. Racism toward Black gamers and developers is just as tiring and it's time we stop pretending it isn't real.
Latonya Pennington is a poet and freelance pop culture critic. Their freelance work can be found in places like PRIDE, Wear Your Voice magazine, Black Sci-fi, and more. As a poet, their work has been published in FIYAH magazine, Argot magazine, The Scribes of Nyota anthology, and Linden Avenue magazine, among others.


Expect a spectacular display of 120 or more meteors per hour – some of them brightly coloured.
Meteorite impacts have fundamentally shaped the history of our planet.
A meteorite hitting Earth at many kilometres per second puts 'ground zero' target rocks under immense pressure. A shock wave faster than the speed of sound can result – and new materials created.
Large asteroids have hit Australia over many millions of years and the evidence is in the landscape, if you know where to look.
A new trajectory means the mission to uncover core facts about the asteroid belt will happen sooner than planned.
They erupted for billions of years and make Earth's volcanoes look like molehills. Here's what we know and what we don't know about them.
Ten new remote cameras will soon be scouring the British night skies for meteorites.
High in the mountains of Morocco, scientists have discovered something remarkable and rare: a spot that was struck by two meteorites, possibly millions of years apart.
The discovery of the second oldest known asteroid impact site in the world can give us tantalising hints of the Earth's early crust.
Research has confirmed a knife found in the ancient Egyptian pharaoh's tomb was made with metal from the heavens.
Hunting for meteorites in the vast Pilbara is hard work, but even a tiny speck can tell us a great deal about the sky billions of years ago.
On February 29, night suddenly becomes day.
Was it a UFO? Was it a high-tech plane? Here's what lucky people really saw over Scotland on February 29.
A meteoriticist takes a look at the evidence surrounding a tragic death – and gives her verdict on whether it was caused by a meteorite.
It's no easy task to find a meteorite that's just been seen flashing across the sky. But it helps if you have an automatic network of "eyes" on the night sky.
Chris Jeynes adalah Sahabat The Conversation.


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I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that the Peg Leg Porker Titan is a far cry from the first chuckwagon that Charles Goodnight MacGyvered from an army surplus supply wagon after the American Civil War. For one thing the Nissan Titan-based version has a few more ponies pulling it thanks to its Endurance V8 engine. It also has a killer sound system for when Peg Leg Porker owner and pitmaster Carey Bringle fires up the smoker to cook. If you've ever babysat a brisket overnight while it smoked to yummy goodness in your backyard or at a competition, you know how important good audio can be during that time.
That said, there are some similarities. Way back when, Goodnight added a chuck box with drawers and shelves to the back of his OG chuckwagon. Carey's packs plenty of storage and organizational space in the Nissan Titan's bed, too. And both take their respective chuckwagons off-road. Goodnight because there weren't any on the Texas-New Mexico cattle runs in the 1860s and 1870s; Carey Bringle because, well, he likes off-roading.
Nissan and Carey Bringle premiered the Peg Leg Porker Titan late last year at SEMA. Here's what he had to say when we talked to him about the whole experience in the weeks following the debut.
MM: We'd like the origin story on this project. How was the Titan project started? Did Nissan come to you or the other way around?
CB: I've been a Titan driver since 2004. I had the original, then the XD Diesel. Then I went on the Titan adventure in 2019 to unveil the 2020. I've done local work with them, catered stuff. I've done a tailgate where they showed off trucks to the media, stuff like that. I knew the team over there, spoken with them in the past about doing stuff, and I have friends who are ambassadors with them. But we never got anything done. After I got the 2021, I called Josh who ran it by Dan and the marketing team. I thought, 'What if we tricked out one as the ultimate pitmaster Titan?' Nissan needed to bring in a third party, Jerrod Strauss at Digital Throttle. That lead to customization. The truck was shipped to California; we had a meeting online. They asked what we wanted. We needed a truck to pull a trailer; not a tailgater. We need the gloves, mops, knives, coolers, etc that would be on that truck to where we could just cook up and go. There was also the need for more lights and a sound system. I think that what's important for this build, is to make it accessible to any Nissan owner. We want to list out the parts so that any Titan owner or builder can build out their own version of this truck. Custom trucks are cool until someone says they want to do it at home but can't because there's too much one-off custom stuff on them.
MM: Why a Titan truck? What do you like most about the truck?
CB: Well, it's been a very reliable truck. It's a big, functional, reliable truck for me. Nissan's headquartered here and why wouldn't I want to work with a local company? We're all about local. We like to work with someone who has a presence in our town.
MM: What makes the Titan ideal for the 12-15 foot trailer you're using?
CB: That's about what you want a half-tonner to pull. When you get into bigger rigs like the 32 footer, I can pull that with the XD but because it's a bumper pull, it squats. It's got too much tongue weight for the Titan. For the 12-15 foot trailer, though, the Titan is perfect.
MM: How is the equipment load in the truck organized so you can get to everything easily without having to search through it all?
CB: They've got it in lockable racks with soft bins that we just unlock and keep our individual supplies in. We can take the custom rack mounts on and off of that thing. It's easy because you're standing up, not leaning down into a bed box. It's eye level. They even have the water chamber on there too (water pod). We could add an extra gas tank if we wanted. All of that will fit on there. We have the slide out bed feature so if I'm loading a big cooler or a bunch of wood, we can slide it out without having to get in the bed and get it out. Which makes it easy on a one-legged man like myself.
MM: What really makes Peg Leg Porker such a strong lifestyle brand? How and why is this truck the culmination of that?
CB: I own the restaurant, just opened up Bringle's Smoking Oasis, and Pigstar in the airport. I'm the only pitmaster to own his own spirits company, too. We have a line of wholesale and retail food products, BMF 200 smokers, and clothing. We really have a little bit of everything. So on the truck, there are coolers for carrying food and racks to support our rig for the Peg Leg Porker smoker on it. Pelican provided us with a nice rolling cooler in the bed and a case. Gunfoam made the custom cutout in it for the Peg Leg bourbon. So the truck has all of our brand either in it or built to support the brand. And what pitmaster doesn't own a truck?
MM: How does the bourbon come into play with the Peg Leg Porker Titan? Is there a portable bar setup in there somewhere?
CB: Yeah, we have a full-on Pelican case bar, Yeti tumbler, shaker, four rocker glasses, and four bottles of bourbon
MM: Tell us about the off-roading you plan to do with the truck, too.
CB: I love to go shooting. I do some bird hunting. I have friends with farms so we go off-road. Sometimes we deliver barbecue offsite and we can deliver to support that.
MM: What kind of barbecue events will you be taking it to? Catering projects? Competitions?
CB: The first one was at the Barnsley resort in northern Georgia. Then there was the Wine and Swine dinner. It has golf, bird hunting, Beretta shooting grounds, and a trap range. It's a nice lifestyle resort. We went down there and did a dinner for their guests.
MM: One thing that hasn't been talked about is what kind of smoker you'll be using. Tell us about that.
CB: It's a 12-15 foot trailer with a 200 BMF whole hog cooker in it. Check it out at Sunterra.pro
MM: Will Nissan offer the package to consumers as an option at some point?
CB: I don't know. I'd love to see that but don't know if they have any plans to do that. We also worked a lot with Truck Hero on this as well as Hellwig Suspension and MagnaFlow Exhaust.
All told, the Peg Leg Porker Titan adds up to a pitmaster's dream of a custom truck that also lets a guy who's down a leg access everything he needs without getting in and out of the truck bed. And that's just one big benefit to this modern take on the classic chuckwagon. Keep up with Carey and Pegleg Porker Barbecue here. Get more information on on this here Nissan truck on its dedicated website. Check out other truck builds by LGE-CTS Motorsports here.
Truck Photos: Jerrod Strauss
Carey Photo: Courtesy of Carey Bringle
Mark Masker
Managing Editor | Mark is a freelance journalist based out of Los Angeles. He's our Do-It-Yourself specialist, and happily agrees to try pretty much every twisted project we come up with.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The pound weakened on Friday as investors took profits after a stellar rally that set the currency up for its biggest weekly gain against the euro in more than a year on growing confidence that a no-deal Brexit can be avoided.
Data showing British shoppers cut back on spending in the three months to December was broadly in line with market expectations and sparked just a brief rise in sterling.
The bigger focus for traders remained Brexit, especially after a tumultuous week in which British Prime Minister Theresa May's deal suffered a heavy defeat in parliament but won a subsequent vote of confidence.
Those developments boosted a perception in markets that Britain will be able to avoid leaving the EU without a deal.
The pound has risen about 1.3 percent against the euro EURGBP=D3 this week, set for its biggest weekly gain since December 2017.
"Sterling has rallied quite a bit over the past week-and-a- half and the weakness today is a bit of check on those gains and a bit of profit taking," said Tapas Strickland, of National Australia Bank in London.
At 1540 GMT, the pound was down 0.65 percent at $1.2895 GBP=D3, having touched $1.30 on Thursday.
Against the euro, sterling slipped 0.5 percent to 88.12 pence and below two-month peaks hit a day earlier at around 87.65 pence.
On Friday, prominent Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said the United Kingdom is likely to delay Brexit and another referendum is possible.
May is due to hold a series of meetings with some of her top ministers on Friday to discuss the way forward after her deal with Brussels was rejected by parliament, her spokeswoman said.
Britain's 10-year government bond or gilt yield rose to 1.376 percent GB10YT=RR on Friday, its highest in more than six weeks.


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KAWASAKI DISEASE IN A TWO YEAR OLD NIGERIAN CHILD; FULL RECOVERY WITH SUPPORTIVE TREATMENT
January 28, 2016	By	admin
Dr Eno-Obong Edet Utuk, FWACP
Dr Mkpouto Udeme Akpan, FWACP
Department of Paediatrics, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
Data from a two year old male patient managed at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, southern Nigeria, is presented to highlight the sporadic occurrence of Kawasaki disease in a Nigerian child who was diagnosed as having a viral exanthema at the onset of illness, at a peripheral centre. His presentation at this tertiary hospital, coupled with the high clinical index of suspicion confirmed the evolving diagnosis. This report also highlights the associated challenges of therapy, especially non-availability of standard recommended treatment like the intravenous immunoglobulin in most clinical settings in Nigeria, and the clinical evidence, that supportive therapy is very helpful in this condition.
Key words: Kawasaki, child, Uyo, southern Nigeria
Kawasaki disease is an autoimmune disease in which the medium sized blood vessels throughout the body become inflamed.[1-5] It is mostly seen in children below five years of age. It affects boys more than girls. People of Asian ancestry, particularly Japanese and Korean people are most susceptible. Also affects people of Afro-Caribbean ethnicity. The disease was rare in Caucasians until the last few decades and incidence rate fluctuates from country to country.[1-5] Currently, Kawasaki disease is the most commonly diagnosed pediatric vasculitis in the world. By far the highest incidence of Kawasaki disease occurs in Japan, with the most recent study placing the attack rate at 218.6 per 100,000 children less than five years of age (~1 in 450 children).[5] At this present attack rate, more than 1 in 150 children in Japan will develop Kawasaki disease during their lifetime.[3-6]
It affects many organ systems, mainly those including the blood vessels, skin, mucous membrane, and lymph nodes; however its rare but most serious effect is on the heart where it can cause fatal coronary artery aneurysms in untreated children. Without treatment, mortality may approach 1%, usually within six weeks of onset. With treatment, the mortality rate is 0.17% in the United States. [1,4,5] There is often a pre-existing viral infection that may play a role in its pathogenesis. The conjunctivae and oral mucosa, along with the skin, become red and inflamed. Oedema is often seen in the hands and feet. One or more cervical lymph nodes are often enlarged. Also, a recurrent fever, often with body temperature of 37.78°C (100°F) or higher, is characteristic of the acute phase of the disease. In untreated children, the febrile period lasts on average approximately 10 days, but may range from five to 25 days. The disorder was first described in 1967 by Tomisaku Kawasaki in Japan.4-6 The diagnosis of Kawasaki disease which is rarely seen in Nigerian children, and the challenges of standard treatment, necessitated this report.
Kawasaki disease can only be diagnosed clinically (i.e. by medical signs and symptoms). There exists no specific laboratory test for this condition. It is difficult to establish the diagnosis, especially early in the course of the illness, and frequently children are not diagnosed until they have been seen by several health care providers.[1,5-7] Many children, especially infants, eventually diagnosed with Kawasaki disease do not exhibit all of the above criteria. In fact, many experts now recommend treating for Kawasaki disease even if only three days of fever have passed and at least three diagnostic criteria are present, especially if other tests reveal abnormalities consistent with Kawasaki disease.[1,5,7] In addition, the diagnosis can be made purely by the detection of coronary artery aneurysms in the proper clinical setting.
Classically, five days of fever plus four of five diagnostic criteria must be met in order to establish the diagnosis. The criteria are: (1) erythema of the lips or oral cavity or cracking of the lips; (2) rash on the trunk; (3) swelling or erythema of the hands or feet; (4) red eyes (conjunctival injection) (5) swollen lymph node in the neck of at least 15 millimeters.[1-3]
As the cause(s) of Kawasaki disease remain unknown, the illness is more accurately referred to as Kawasaki syndrome. Like all autoimmune diseases, the cause of Kawasaki disease is presumably the interaction of genetic and environmental factors, possibly including an infection. The specific cause is unknown, but current theories center primarily on immunological causes for the disease. Evidence increasingly points to an infectious aetiology, but debate continues on whether the cause is a conventional antigenic substance or a superantigen.[1-6]
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is the standard treatment for Kawasaki disease and is administered in high doses with marked improvement usually noted within 24 hours. Salicylate therapy, particularly acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin), remains an important part of the treatment (though questioned by some). Except for Kawasaki disease and a few other indications, aspirin is otherwise normally not recommended for children due to its association with Reye's syndrome.[1,7]
With early treatment, rapid recovery from the acute symptoms can be expected and the risk of coronary artery aneurysms greatly reduced. Untreated, the acute symptoms of Kawasaki disease are self-limited (i.e. the patient will recover eventually), but the risk of coronary artery involvement is much greater.[1,3,4] We report the case of a two year old male with initial symptoms suggestive of a viral illness, later diagnosed to be Kawasaki disease at presentation to our centre.
ASG, a two year old male resident in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state but from the Idoma tribe of Benue State of Nigeria, presented with fever of five days duration and body rash of three days. The fever was high grade, continuous, associated with chills, no rigors. Rashes started two days later from the trunk, and later spread to the neck. There was bilateral redness of eyes, but no eye discharge. He had erythema of the mouth and rashes and desquamation of the neck. There was pruritus. He was taken to a private facility and given co-amoxiclav suspension which was discontinued after 24 hours as this was presumptuously, linked with the rash. Intravenous Ceftriaxone was then commenced by the third day of illness at the same private facility. With no relief of symptoms, parents were anxious, and he was brought to our tertiary health facility for further treatment.
The past medical history showed no previous admissions. He was on no prolonged medications. There is no family history of such illnesses. Child's pregnancy was carried to term. Mother delivered by caesarian section by choice. Puerperium was uneventful. Child had been fully immunized. Was on mixed feeding from birth, thereafter, was introduced to cereals and family diet. He developed anorexia following onset of illness.
Developmental milestones were normal for each stage. He is the second of two children. The first child, a four year old female was well. Both parents are public civil servants, with tertiary level of education. The review of systems revealed significant findings in the digestive system, with redness of the oral mucosa and tongue, and anorexia. In the musculo-skeletal system, they were rashes on the neck and trunk, and redness of the palm and feet.
On examination, he was acutely ill, overweight, febrile (38.6oC) with bilateral conjuctival injection, redness of the lips and oral mucosa, polymorphic rashes on the neck and trunk, palmar and plantar erythema, and unilateral significant cervical lymphadenopathy measuring 2 – 3cm, firm, discrete and moderately tender. He was not jaundiced, not cyanosed, not pale, with no signs of dehydration, and there was no peripheral oedema.
Digestive system showed desquamation and cracking of the lips with redness of the tongue and oral mucosa. Abdomen was full, with an enlarged liver, 8cm from the right costal margin, firm, smooth and mildly tender, spleen was tipped. Bowel sounds were normoactive.
Musculoskeletal system showed a desquamating rash around the anterior part of the neck, the groin and the perianal region. A polymorphic rash was seen on the trunk, and there was erythema of the palms and soles. The respiratory system revealed a respiratory rate of 24 cycles per minute, he was not dyspnoeic. The chest movement was symmetrical, and the trachea central. There was normal tactile fremitus, resonant percussion notes and vesicular breath sounds. Cardiovascular examination, showed a pulse rate of 120 beats per minute, full volume, regular, with a normal first and second heart sounds. The child was conscious and alert, but weak. No signs of meningeal irritation, and no cranial nerve deficit. He had normal muscle tone globally.
A diagnosis of Kawasaki disease was made and he was admitted into the children emergency unit. Several investigations were requested for which included:
A full blood count showed anaemia with a packed cell volume of 26% and haemoglobin of 9.4g/dl. Red blood cell count – 3.6 x 1012/L. Mean corpuscular volume -75fl. Mean corpuscular haemoglobin – 27pg. Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration – 36g/dl. Platelet count was normal – 200 x 109/L, with clumping of platelets on the peripheral film. There was leucocytosis – 14.9 x 109/L with neutrophilia of 83%, and severe toxic granulation of neutrophils .Lymphocyte was 16% and eosin 01%. The blood film on admission showed hypochromasia of red blood cells.
Malaria parasites were not seen on peripheral smear. Blood culture and urine culture grew no organisms.
Urinalysis showed deep amber clear coloured urine. A trace of protein, Bilirubin – +++, nil blood, nil glucose, specific gravity of 1.020, pH of 6.5, Nil ketones and Normal urobilinogen.
Intravenous Ceftriaxone (Rocephin brand) was given to the child at a dose of 1g every 12 hours, and intravenous Gentamycin 30mg given 8 hourly, for one week. Also, 1250mls of intravenous dextrose 8% in one-fifth saline to run over 24 hours at 14 drops per minute was continued till child was able to take adequately per oris, which was on the third day into admission. He tolerated oral sips on admission, and semi-solid foods, two days later. The child remained continuosly febrile for the next five days after admission with temperature ranging between 37.80C and 39.10C. He received antibiotics for seven days, and was eventually discharged on father's request after one week of hospital admission. Child recovered fully at home, was seen at the follow-up clinic ten days later, and followed up forth-nightly for three months. He had no residual sequelae of the illness.
Kawasaki disease has its highest incidence among people of Asian ancestry. The rarity of its occurrence and/or reports from African children, more-so Nigeria, the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in management, often low index of suspicion among many clinicians, necessitates this clinical report.8-12 In Nigeria, and most of Africa, very few cases have been seen or reported. A case report each has been documented in a three year old female child in the western part of Nigeria8 and also in an adolescent male in North-east Nigeria.[9] A single report from the southern part of Nigeria was documented twenty-five years ago.10 These show the very sporadic nature and probably under reports of this disease in Nigeria.
The index child had all the five definitive criteria for the diagnosis of the disease and was very ill. He received only supportive treatment, as intravenous immunoglobulin was not available despite concerted attempts to procure it. Intravenous immunoglobulin has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of cardiac complications.[1,4-7] There was reluctance to use Acetyl salicylic acid (aspirin), because of the risk of Reye's syndrome in young children,[1.6,7] especially in a child one could take no further risk of a co-morbidity.
He did not manifest any obvious cardiac abnormalities on clinical examination. Echocardiography deferred and performed at the fourteenth day of onset of illness showed normal cardiac size, coronary vessels and blood flow. It was deferred to increase the chances of picking up any obvert or subtle findings, as documented in literature. The child however recovered fully with no cardiac manifestations despite the non-use of any conventional therapy. He was followed up closely for twelve weeks. We propose that early presentation and prompt diagnosis of index case, coupled with the dedicated supportive care, played a huge role in reducing morbidity in this affected child.
Kawasaki disease is rarely seen in Nigerian children, but nonetheless occurs sporadically. It is important for clinicians to maintain a high index of suspicion in children with symptoms of viral exanthema, and to give dedicated supportive treatment even with non-availability of conventional therapy like the intravenous immunoglobulin in resource – poor settings.
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CO-EXISTING MENTAL AND MEDICAL CONDITIONS AMONG FAMILY MEDICINE OUTPATIENTS IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA
VOL.8 NO1 - FEBRUARY 2015


Piping + No answere option – is there a way to not show the no answer option when nothing is piped?
I use piping and I want to add a no answer option to the question. Is there a way to not show the no answer option when nothing is piped?
I also tried that. But unfortunately I have the same problem with this solution. The problem occurs only between question 2 and 3.
I think rather than piping through the NA options, you should have the NA as a hard coded answer in each of the first 2 questions.
Then, on both questions edit the NA answer options and set the 'Always Exclude From Piping' setting for both NAs to 'Yes'.
This way, if all options are chosen in Q2 – nothing would be piped through since the NA would be excluded.


We have taken a close look at the SFCRs and QRTs and have summarised the key findings for you in our report.
Our review reveals that financial strength remains generally good across the industry, but that individually some firms have seen large shifts in their capital cover over the last year. Many firms now highlight cyber as a key risk, as well as uncertainty about the impact of Brexit. Although some firms have taken the opportunity to improve the quality of their SFCRs this time around, there's still a way to go to ensure that they are useful documents, as well as being compliant with the requirements.


Apprenticeships can provide a fantastic opportunity for young people to get on in life and can raise the productivity of the businesses they join. I am pleased there has been over 1,300 apprenticeship starts in our local area and overall we have seen the biggest ever boost with 2 million apprenticeship starts since 2010. This great achievement fulfils the Government's commitment to starting 2 million apprenticeships in this Parliament and underlines how seriously giving people the skills they need to get on in life is taken by this Government.
However, the progress does not stop there and a future Conservative Government would go even further. The Conservative Government has set an ambition of 3 million apprenticeships by 2020 and I will continue to work with the Government and our excellent local providers to ensure that Finchley and Golders Green continues to benefit from the increase in apprenticeships.
Over the past 5 years, I have held an annual Apprenticeship & Jobs Fayre every year which has been open to local constituents of all ages across the constituency.


Depending on the project's characteristics, its level of maturity and the critical points identified, the Business incubator team will draw up a specific support programme in agreement with the entrepreneur over an 18-month period.
This will include skills development, training courses, work methodology sessions, discussions, etc.
In addition, the Business incubator has offices for its operational teams in the Sophia Antipolis CEEI* (Business centre), Toulon (TVT Innovation) and Nice (CEEI NCA) to make it easier to support the entrepreneurs in their home base.
Mandatory collective training programmes (strategy, preparation for fund raising, management, pitching, etc.) paid for by the business incubator.
Training courses on a choice of subjects (sales prospection, negotiating with key accounts, etc.), deducted from the project's provisional budget.
The incubator also calls on external suppliers suitable for the project, to provide support on a range of topics, such as drafting and submitting patent applications, marketing campaigns, recruitment process, communication tools, etc.
The business manager helps entrepreneurs to define their specifications, identify and select their service providers and manage the project.


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{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;

    /// <summary>
    /// Represents a radial gradient:
    /// http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-images-3/#radial-gradients
    /// </summary>
    public sealed class RadialGradient : IImageSource
    {
        #region Fields

        readonly GradientStop[] _stops;
        readonly Point _pt;
        readonly Length _width;
        readonly Length _height;
        readonly Boolean _repeating;
        readonly Boolean _circle;
        readonly SizeMode _sizeMode;

        #endregion

        #region ctor

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new radial gradient.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="circle">Determines if the radial gradient has to be forced to a circle form.</param>
        /// <param name="pt">The center point of the gradient.</param>
        /// <param name="width">The width of the ellipsoid.</param>
        /// <param name="height">The height of the ellipsoid.</param>
        /// <param name="sizeMode">The size mode of the ellipsoid.</param>
        /// <param name="stops">A collection of stops to use.</param>
        /// <param name="repeating">The repeating setting.</param>
        public RadialGradient(Boolean circle, Point pt, Length width, Length height, SizeMode sizeMode, GradientStop[] stops, Boolean repeating = false)
        {
            _stops = stops;
            _pt = pt;
            _width = width;
            _height = height;
            _repeating = repeating;
            _circle = circle;
            _sizeMode = sizeMode;
        }

        #endregion

        #region Properties

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets if the gradient should always be displayed as a circle.
        /// </summary>
        public Boolean IsCircle
        {
            get { return _circle; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the special size mode of the gradient.
        /// </summary>
        public SizeMode Mode
        {
            get { return _sizeMode; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the position of the radial gradient.
        /// </summary>
        public Point Position
        {
            get { return _pt; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the horizontal radius.
        /// </summary>
        public Length MajorRadius
        {
            get { return _width; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the vertical radius.
        /// </summary>
        public Length MinorRadius
        {
            get { return _height; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets an enumeration of all stops.
        /// </summary>
        public IEnumerable<GradientStop> Stops
        {
            get { return _stops.AsEnumerable(); }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets if the gradient is repeating.
        /// </summary>
        public Boolean IsRepeating
        {
            get { return _repeating; }
        }

        #endregion

        #region Sizes

        /// <summary>
        /// Enumeration with special size modes.
        /// </summary>
        public enum SizeMode : byte
        {
            /// <summary>
            /// No special size mode set.
            /// </summary>
            None,
            /// <summary>
            /// Size up to the closest corner.
            /// </summary>
            ClosestCorner,
            /// <summary>
            /// Size up to the closest side.
            /// </summary>
            ClosestSide,
            /// <summary>
            /// Size up to the farthest corner.
            /// </summary>
            FarthestCorner,
            /// <summary>
            /// Size up to the farthest side.
            /// </summary>
            FarthestSide
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

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A system UDF is a very nice thing to have. For whatever reason, a lot of us seem to write system stored procs, to add to the arsenal of tools available to us, but system udf's – well I haven't seen too many floating around. However it is nice to have a function available which resideds in the master database, can be invoked from any database and runs in the context of the database from which it is invoked. So lets see how we do this.
If we examine the few system UDF's provided to us, there are a few things we notice, for one the owner is "system_function_schema". No – you don't see this user through Enterprise manager but believe me its there, just look at the sysusers table in the master database and you will find it. Another thing we can see, is all system udf's start with 'fn_'.
Now run this from any database on your sql server and it will list out the user tables for that database. Pretty cool right?


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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
June 29, 2018 June 29, 2018 ~ idrawonmywall
Directed by Don Siegel
In the first scene of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, we look inquisitively at a panic-stricken doctor, Miles (Kevin McCarthy), who claims that there have been a series of strange events. He is surrounded by those who doubt whatever story it is he's about to tell, even as they are quite willing to listen. Over the course of the film we follow the doctor's journey and learn that he has every right to feel the way he does. By the end we hope those listening will believe him as we do.
Miles lives in a small town, one of those Leave it to Beaver kind of places basking in the glory of World War II triumph where everyone knows each other and has their best interests at heart. Things are going so remarkably well in these types of places that there is almost always something else bubbling under the surface.
In the case of Body Snatchers it's aliens who are born out of large seed pods and then take over the humans. The aliens are not vicious or particularly sinister. Instead they just take over as simply and quickly as some kind of plague. Them taking over the humans is something like natural selection, a stronger species imposing its will on another.
Those who have 'turned,' claim it's for their own good. They are calm, measured and speak of nothing but pleasant feelings. Miles, however, argues that the absence of pain means the absence of pleasure.
See, Miles recently fell in with an old flame, Becky (Dana Wynter), whom he didn't realize was back in town. As they investigate the strange behavior around town, leading to the discovery of the alien seed pods, they fall quickly for each other. Eventually they are the last two humans in town, surrounded by those who insist it's time they transition over.
The hosts argue that there is no need for love, and this is when Miles gets his moment to say what's so great about being human. You know, even though sometimes things are bad, the sh*t only fertilizes what will grow into the good. So it's awesome being human, and it's worth fighting for. That's the message.
Miles and Becky hold out as long as they can, staying awake because the hosts take over when the humans go to sleep. Eventually she falls asleep, and before Miles knows it, she's one of them.
Traumatized, Miles flees for the highway, hoping that he can get out before he's taken over in order to warn the others. That leads us to where the film began, with the crazed doctor ranting and raving about how no one is who they claim they are. No one believes him, understandably, until a fortunate turn of events, a coincidence really, in which a car crash reveals all the seed pods to which Miles referred. Suddenly the authorities realize he's telling the truth, and they take action to quarantine the Leave it to Beaver town.
I find it interesting that the film ends not with the happy reunion between the two love birds, but rather with Miles' failure to save the woman he loves. The final beat is still a positive one, as far as the story goes, but it concerns not victory, instead just the acknowledgement of what's going wrong.
So this film is about communism, right? That's what I've always assumed, and the red scare was a fear-mongering tactic that led Americans, at least certain Americans, to question the true motivations behind other Americans. These weren't the enemies abroad, as in World War II, but rather people who looked like you or me and lived amongst us.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers takes this idea and tries to make it more literal. These are figures who are ostensibly still human, but something's just off about them. They're different, and they claim they're better off for it, but our heroes know damned well that this isn't the case.
The main idea of communism, at least generally speaking, is to level out our differences. Everyone's the same, and we all get the same lot. We are equal, but in that equality their might be a reduction of our own unique qualities. What Body Snatchers argues for is capitalism. Sure we might not always win, but we could win, and that's what matters. It's better to be unique and risk failing than it is to give up our individuality and become like everyone else.
It remains fascinating that there doesn't appear to be a way to reverse the body snatching effect. Once turned, an individual is gone forever. Body Snatchers treats the phenomenon as permanent, ever-present and relentless.
The film is both campy, like a B horror film, as well as imbued with self-importance. It feels grander than the literal story, and the film is told with a series of lessons as if the filmmakers thought this would be one of only a handful of films ever made. It's not just a story but a parable.
Why is the doctor the hero? He's involved in the story because as a doctor the townsfolk look to him to help solve what appears to be going wrong with their neighbors, friends and family. Still he can only do so much and quickly refers the patients to a doctor more suited to diseases of the mind.
The doctor demonstrates a certain powerlessness early on, but he is looked to as though he holds some kind of power. He matters, but he deals with things from a practical standpoint, which means he's unable to properly diagnose or attack this problem. The threat of Invasion of the Body Snatchers transcends logic.
Still, by the end he is the only person who truly understands what's happening and why it's bad. The doctor's arc is to finally diagnose the problem and to fight it like you would fight cancer.
Miles gets out, living to tell the tale like that messenger Gerard Butler sends back to the royal court in 300. He lives up to that mythic status the townsfolk bequeath him. He's humble and practical, but by the end he's a prophet of some sort, sent to spread the good word, or the dangerous word or whatever you want to call it.
Look it's 11:18 pm, and I'm on a plane feeling a little nauseous, so this is all I really have to say right now.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a delight because it's short, quick to the point, and it's one of those anthropological pieces of film that offers a lot more than just a story. From what I can tell it's a symbol of the ways people thought in this time period, what they feared and were most proud of. It's some kind of symbol of ego, like a propaganda film about the strengths of American capitalism versus the threat of communism both domestic and abroad. It's the line of thinking championed in this film that helped get us involved in Korea and Vietnam. Right?
You can make a horror movie out of anything. From something I read a while back, there are apparently more vampire films when a Democrat is in office and more zombie films when a Republican is in office. We make horror films about what we fear as a way of overcoming that fear. Or of manipulating the audience in a subconscious fear-mongering tactic.
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Saturday, 4th January 2020 00:56
Seattle Students Can't Return To Class Without Vaccinations
America is in the middle of a health crisis. For the first time since the 1990s, the rate of measles outbreaks has skyrocketed to an epidemic proportion.
While different cities are attempting different approaches in tackling this public health crisis, Seattle has decided to take definitive action.
In a move that many are praising and others are harshly criticizing, the city of Seattle is requiring all schoolchildren to get vaccinated before January eighth or be barred from returning to the classroom.
The majority of the Seattle community is praising this initiative and commending public officials for taking action against the measles epidemic. However, those who oppose vaccinations view this move as a violation of their rights as individuals and as parents.
The Reason For The Outbreak
During the 2000s and 2010s, the anti-vaccination movement began its disturbing rise in popularity. Spearheaded by actress Jenny McCarthy, proponents of the movement claim that vaccinations can cause autism and sudden death. McCarthy has specifically alleged that vaccinations were responsible for her own son's autism.
However, no credible medical professionals support the movement's claims. Doctors long warned that the rise of the anti-vaccination movement could lead to a public health crisis like the current measles epidemic. Unfortunately, this hasn't done much to sway the opinions of the members of the anti-vaccination movement, many of whom are extremely devout in their beliefs.
In Accordance With Washington State Law
Seattle's latest initiative didn't happen overnight. In July of 2019, the state government officially passed a law that forbids parents from failing to vaccinate their child against the measles, mumps and rubella, even if they cite religious or moral objections to vaccines. The passing of the law came after the governor of Washington, Jay Inslee, was forced to declare a state of emergency due to the measles outbreak.
Helping Parents Make Healthy Choices
While many parents fail to vaccinate their children due to their involvement in the anti-vaccination movement, others fail to follow the appropriate vaccine schedule due to a lack of financial resources or knowledge about how vaccines work. The city of Seattle is cognizant of this and is therefore offering free vaccine clinics to parents in the community.
At one of the free clinics, many parents admitted to local news affiliates that they never intended for their child to be unvaccinated. One mother confessed that she knew she needed to vaccinate her son, but couldn't find enough time between her work schedule and his school schedule to make the appointment. Like many parents, she expressed gratitude for the free walk-in clinic.
Fighting The Battle Against Misinformation
After the measles outbreak, it seems as if more parents are waking up to the fact that vaccines are a safe and necessary component of their child's health. However, some parents in Seattle remain steadfast in their anti-vaccination beliefs. Approximately 7,000 students in the Seattle public school system remain unvaccinated. Many parents continue to protest the new initiative at the state legislative building.
While Seattle's new vaccine laws may offer hope in combatting the measles crisis currently facing the Pacific Northwest, doctors and city officials might still have an uphill battle in convincing many parents that vaccines are not only safe and healthy, but a necessary part of a thriving community.
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Many people opt for health in the new year, particularly after weeks of festive parties and holiday cheer. This marks a new column for the site focused on Clean Eating. While you wouldn't necessarily make the connection, many of the recipes I write are considered 'clean' - they take advantage of healthy fats, steer clear of inflammatory foods and maximize flavor. I don't eat wheat, rely on fruits and vegetables for bulk, and count on lean proteins for their nutritional properties and ability to sate. I've been eating like this for years. It all started when…… A little over ten years ago, on my 29th birthday, I woke up tired, fatigued and overweight. As my eyes adjusted to the light, I thought "Twenty-nine….what am I going to do with my year?" and the answer came easily. I decided I didn't want to be fat anymore. At the time I weighed close to 200lbs – a lot of heft on a 5'6" frame. I didn't want to take the self-doubt, body hate and shame into my 30s with me, and I knew I had to make changes. So, I got up, put on some grubby clothes and snuck out for a run. I use 'run' loosely here, because in truth I lumbered down a block before I had to stop and gasp for breath. I kept walking and as soon as my breathing leveled off, I'd run another short bit until I was forced to stop.
Today marks a day of new starts for many. I have always cherished the peace and pause a new year offers. This day provides a great opportunity to reset. For breakfast, I had a bowl of fermented kefir sprinkled with a handful of my Coconut-Chamomile Granola (from Apartment Gardening), a cup of fresh melon and a drizzle of honey. Good stuff.
In the coming year, I will host a series of posts here on Clean Eating. It could be an interview, a recipe, a trick, a nutritional factoid, a meal plan – whatever I'm doing at that moment in my own kitchen. I hope you'll follow along and start experimenting at home in your own kitchens. You know, get a little bit healthier – support your goals with ease. Who knows, maybe you'll drop a few pounds? (I have about 8 to loose, ma'self!) If you'd like to learn how to do something specific, or have any questions along the way, holler out. Until then…….
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here's to a healthy 2014.


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You are here: Home / Blog / 大阪 海遊館 / 天保山 / ハーバービレッジ Osaka Kaiyuukan Aquarium is World Class ! Go Today With Your Smith's School Students!
For those of you who haven't been to the Osaka Aquarium, locally known as the Kaiyuukan ( 大阪 海遊館 )you are definitely missing out. Not only is this building an architectural masterpiece in its own right, but also a world-class aquarium facility housing dozens of North Pacific marine ecosystems. The star attraction is a main tank measuring roughly 10 meters deep and 15 meters across sporting nearly a hundred species including an adult whale shark and a couple of manta rays. Progressing through the building, you walk completely around the tank from its water surface to the bottom, taking in all the other exhibits along the way.
The aquarium has an important theme for science buffs like me and is a significant research facility as well as an extraordinary public attraction. The Ring of Fire displays the complex ways in which a geographic circle of different North Pacific marine habitats are intimately connected. The plumbing in the building is yet another masterpiece of engineering design and function. If you have the chance to sneek a peak at the extensive indoor water management hardware hidden behind a door here and there, you will definitely be amazed! Guests actually see a bit less than half of the internal volume of the building, which in itself is pretty hard to imagine when you're inside.
I strongly recommend to go in the morning to give yourself lots of time to enjoy its peaceful ambience. If you can go on a rainy weekday, even better! It's a really therapeutic stress relief! Get there well before the afternoon bus loads of elementary school kids arrive because of course then, the atmosphere is somewhat different!
The Kaiyuukan is located at Tempozan 天保山 which is a great place to spend a day relaxing, eating and shopping. Take the Chuo Subway Line which shares track with Kintetsu and get off at Osakako Station. Also there is the Suntory Museum which regulary hosts art displays from some of the world's greatest artists. Still not enough? There is also the IMAX Theater ( 海遊館 / IMAX シアター ) for those into 3D science programs and one of world's largest Ferris Wheels is there to give you sweeping views of the city. It's all very cool and not even expensive. Looking for a first-date place? Budget or no budget this is it!