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In an ideal world being drunk wouldn't affect your chances of being a victim of crime, but unfortunately it's not an ideal world.
I don't think the advice "don't drink so much you don't know where you are, it increases your chances of getting raped or mugged" is particularly obnoxious advice.
I also don't think the advice "don't drink so much you lose your inhibitions and forget what no means" is particularly obnoxious advice either.
It is though. Why should women modify or abstain their behaviour in order to avoid getting raped and accomodate the notion that they are avoiding the 'threat'. When the real threat is from the rapist.
I guess ultimately women will always be seen as prey and therefore are obliged to act in a way that reduces the risk from harassment and assault.
Which I find the saddest fact of all.
edited to add: the campaign suggests that drink is something that makes victims vulnerable whilst also suggesting it's a get out clause for those poor potential rapists that seem unable to 'stay in control of your actions'. Double standard?
Drunk people, of either gender, are more vulnerable. Putting yourself in a position where you are so vulnerable is foolish. It doesn't matter whether you're a woman at risk of sexual assault or a man at risk of muggings and physical assault, the same facts apply. If you get paralytic you put yourself in a vulnerable position, and that is a foolish thing to do. It's common sense.
That's not the same as saying someone deserved to be raped because they were hammered. But when you're seriously drunk you're a) less able to defend yourself and b) more likely to put yourself in a vulnerable position in the first place.
Yes but by calling it 'foolish' you're still laying some of the blame on the victim, whether you like it or not. It isn't foolish to get hammered. It seems to be a right of passage for most. That means that everytime you've got drunk, it's been foolish. But I guess it isn't as 'foolish' as a woman getting drunk and 'making herself' vulnerable.
I'm not talking about having a drink. I'm talking about getting so pissed you cannot walk, you cannot talk and you cannot remember anything. I'm talking about people in Newcastle on a Saturday night who are so hammered that they fall over in the street and spend ten minutes rolling around on the floor.
Even if the worst thing that happens to you is you get an unexplained bruise on your thigh, that's still pretty stupid.
It depends what you mean by blame. Does being drunk mean you consent to sex? No. But does being drunk mean you're more likely to be carried off by the rapist, who everyone thinks is your boyfriend? Yes.
There's a reason why rapists target extremely drunk women. Pointing this fact out is not defending the fucking patriarchy.
I'm really confused by your measurement of being drunk. So, it's sensible enough for a woman to be tipsy and/or drunk? Yet a woman getting completely hammered is a no no and being 'pretty stupid'? The argument on that campaign poster mentions zilch about how drunk a person is. It just states 'drink safely and responsibly'. It's a shame that it isn't as clear as you are about how much a woman should drink in one evening to be at less risk from being raped. But it isn't being that clear, is it?
Another edit sorry: Surprised that you haven't pointed out the campaign's attitude towards potential rapists needing to limit their own alcohol consumption thus 'not staying in control of your own actions'. Pedalling out the ole' 'I was drunk and therefore not culpable' excuse used by many that commit a rape.
You're confusing various things to get yourself angry about something you don't need to.
Firstly, anyone has a responsibility to look after themselves. Nobody is going to do it for them. Drinking responsibily is part of that. You don't put your credit card details on an unsecured website because you're powerless to stop someone using them fraudulently. I'm not comparing rape to credit card theft but the same principles apply: look after yourself because nobody else will.
Secondly, when two parties are very drunk consent can be an issue. Inhibitions do get lost. Some people genuinely do think that no means yes, or the fact that the lass is passed out doesn't matter. They probably wouldn't have made that decision sober. That doesn't "justify" being a rapist, but again there's nothing wrong in pointing out that getting so drunk you don't know who you are is dangerous.
I completely agree that rape is something men do, and that being drunk isn't an excuse for doing it or a reason to blame someone who has it done to them. We should be able to get legless in safety, just as I should be able to leave my front door unlocked without getting burgled. But that's not how life works and reminding people to look after themselves is really quite fair, to be honest.
Is it really so very different from telling kids not to talk to strangers?
If you don't want to become a parent, wear a condom?
I don't think that this campaign "justifies" rape in any way. nor does it offer being drunk as an excuse. In fact it's saying the exact opposite.
Firstly from me: Urgh.
We really seem to be going off on a tangeant because I don't think you're addressing the actual campaign poster. Which is what I have the problem with.
I'm all for advocating personal responsability but drinking even to excess is not a crime. Rape is.
I do have a problem with the analogy you used because a woman is not a credit card number. She isn't some sort of incitement to commit rape or a would-be crime scene.
Maybe we should be extra cautious and tell women not to wear short skirts or snog a man she has no intention of having sex with? Why is there a shift in view towards a man so inebriated that apparently he 'doesn't know who he is?'. People still have choice and free will when drunk. Alcohol doesn't suddenly turn you into a rapist.
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If you don't want to become a parent, wear a condom?.
if you don't want to get raped..don't get drunk?
Have you ever been drunk?
From what I can see of them the campaign posters seem very reasonable.
If you drink too much you may very well do things you regret - like trusting that man you've never met before to buy you blue WKD and then get you home safely.
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or raping someone.
That's the second poster - yes, if you drink too much you may misjudge someone's responses and engage in activities that a court decides were non consensual.
No, but alcohol does screw with your inhibitions and your judgement. It's not an excuse nor a defence, just an observation. Bear in mind, of course, that most victims already know their rapist.
My point was that if you do not take steps to look after yourself then someone will take advantage of you. That is life. It doesn't make it any more palatable but it is entirely reasonable to point this out. The example I'm thinking of is the woman I saw a month ago rolling around in the street drunk, short skirt hiked up and everything on show. She didn't know who she was, where she was, why she was. She would have been in no fit state to remember, never mind defend herself, if someone had tried to take advantage of that situation. That doesn't make raping her right or make her "to blame" for being raped, but there comes a point when you have to point out that she'd not be rolling around the Bigg Market with her foof out if she'd been sober.
Will you be telling your child not to talk to strangers? Well then.
I guess it's easy to misjudge someone saying 'no please stop' and trying to get away when you're intoxicated.
Remind me never, ever to post on here if I am the drunken victim of rape. Ever. Because I'd be the 'foolish' one for getting drunk or a comparison would be drawn to leaving my credit card number lying around or my 'door unlocked'. Ho ho ho. Genuinely shocked. Night
It that's how you define rape, then it is unreasonable.
(the suggestion that being drunk might cloud your judgement enough to rape when you are an otherwise decent person would be unreasonable - not your definition of rape is unreasonable)
Oh give over. Just because you got a debate you don't like.
People will take advantage of vulnerability. Always have, always will. Getting so drunk that you cannot stand up- as so many people do- leaves you with a massive vulnerability. You can neither fight, flight nor recall afterwards if you cannot even walk.
Alcohol screws up judgement. It can mean that you perceive the passed out girl to be consenting, even if she blatantly cannot. Pointing this out, and saying that the police will not accept it as an excuse, is entirely reasonable again.
Keep yourself safe because no bugger else will do it for you is an entirely sensible message. There are rapists, pickpockets, thieves, thugs. Don't make it bloody easy for them by lying passed out in a doorway, eh?
If only it was as clear cut as being passed out
but if you did drink so much you passed out, and someone took advantage of that it wouldn't be your fault - you would have been reckless to have done so but the blame lies entirely with the abuser
If you think that it's unfair to have to modify you're actions to protect yourself from other people you're right, it is unfair. But that's how it is. This is not a perfect world.
It is undeniable that if you get drunk you are more likely to be a victim of crime or do something you may regret, and so advice not to get so drunk you don't know what your doing is good advice.
I'm really struggling to see the problem with the campaign.
Yes, in an ideal world some people might think it would be great to be able to go out in town, to take absolutely zero responsibility for their own safety. This campaign is focussed on rape and sex you wouldn't have had sober - but the principles apply to all behaviour. Going out and getting so drunk you don't know what you're doing is putting yourself in a very vulnerable position. If you're so drunk you can't stand up then you're making yourself a really attractive target to someone who's gone out that night with the intention of raping someone. Equally, if you get so drunk you don't really know what you're doing any more, then you're much more likely to go home with the random stranger you've just met, who've you now decided is the greatest guy you've ever met and you want to spend the rest of your life with. Following morning, in the cold, sober light of day you can't actually remember whether or not you were up for it or said yes.
That's not an uncommon tale from a night out - the question is what actually happened behind that night? Because of the state of the two people involved, it's potentially going to be impossible to know. There are many options though:
1. Girl and guy went home together. At the time both were keen for sex. Have sex - both still keen on the idea. Both fall asleep, one goes home in the night. Later the next day, neither really knows for sure the details of what actually happened. There's no crime there, but the guy has put himself at risk of being accused of rape. This wouldn't be a malicious allegation necessarily, just deluded.
2. Guy and girl set off home together, guy takes this as a sign she's definitely up for it. Girl is very drunk, and very sleepy. Guy is very drunk and very horny. They get cosey and get into bed together. Girl never explictly says 'yes I'd like to have sex with you' but is leading the guy on. She passes out/falls asleep whilst things are well on their way and the hammered guy doesn't actually notice as she's on the bottom. He commits rape without actually realising what he's doing.
It's not always as clear cut as you think. Not every rape is committed by a premediated rapist. This is one of the points I think the campaign is trying to make, but has clearly completely passed you by.
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It's really interesting this topic has come up. Here at TheSite we've been doing extensive work on our rape and sexual assault advice over the past few weeks to ensure it best supports people who may come to us in crisis - or people who just want to know more about these issues.
Through this work we spent a lot of time talking to Rape Crisis workers and other experts.
One of the new articles we've created is this - Rape Myths - which may be of interest to some of you. Just thought I'd chuck it into the mix as some of it relates to things you've been chewing over.
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'Myth 10' from that is something that would have worried me. I'm entirely different now but 10 or 15 years ago I was a male slapper. My 'Russell Brand' period as one of my mates called it.
I'm not exactly a 'babe-magnet' or whatever the right expression is. Ok I don't scare animals and small children but I've always used my humour to get me by when it came to women.
My concern was if I ended up with a woman who whilst sober would not look at me twice. If we went back to her place, did the deed but when she woke up took one look at my 'Coyote Ugly' face and figured the only way we could have had sex would have been if I'd taken advantage of her whilst she was off-her-face and too drunk to protest (regardless of whether that was the case), I'd be in trouble
I've never been the type to try it on if a woman was too drunk to say no, drugged up or made it clear the answer was 'no'. I know the law now states something along the lines that if a woman is drunk and still consents to sex the man can be prosecuted for rape. OK I can kind of see the intentions behind that but in the situation I gave above, I could have been prosecuted as a rapist.
Totally unfair on me.
The law has never changed. It's always been a two part test: did the man reasonably think the woman consented and, if so, did the man reasonably think she was capable of giving that consent. If the woman is off her face but says hop on big boy, then really no rape prosecution is going to happen, never mind succeed. But if the woman is semi-conscious and you do the deed anyway, then you're on much more dodgy ground. And quite rightly too.
It isn't rocket science to say that a gentleman, faced with a woman who is semi-conscious through alcohol or drugs, should simply tuck her up in bed and get a taxi home. But sadly sometimes men who are themselves very drunk don't quite think of it that way, thinking that if the woman went home with him and is now aroused it really means yes, because the alcohol has screwed up their judgement.
Of course it doesn't mean yes, and should never mean yes, but that is what the police press release is on about.
The law, by the way, also states that being intoxicated is not a defence to rape, unless you were intoxicated involuntarily. The trial case involved a man who was drugged and had sex with a non-consenting 14-year-old boy; he didn't know he'd been drugged and so was acquitted. The judge made it abundantly clear that if he'd willingly taken those drugs he'd have been convicted.
Point taken however just because someone isn't a 'Gentleman' does not make him a rapist or someone with dishonorouble intentions.
I was being slightly facetious with the term. If a woman falls asleep or is semi-conscious because of drink, then trying to have sex with her does make one a rapist.
Oh yeah absolutely, no questions there.
My point is when a woman wakes up and thinks "There's no way I'd have willingly has sex with him so he must have forced it on me or waited until I was too drunk to say no".
I can't say that sort of thing is likely to happen often but at the time it was something I used to think of.
I kinda get what you mean, the poster "Beer! Helping ugly people have sex since 1862!" is funny because its true.
That's kind of the other point about drinking too much though. Even if the sex is consensual, people who are drunk are more likely to do stupid things: cheat, forget to use condoms, see everyone as stunning. Judgement goes out of the window, or it can do.
Facing a false allegation of rape is a risk you take with any one night stand, but it's incredibly rare, despite the Daily Heil's protestations. The false reporting rate for rape is around 2%, which is the same as for any other similar types of crime.
In that sort of situation most women would just wake up and shudder about what they were thinking. Generally you know if you consented to something or not, even if you later wished you hadn't.
The line isn't that fine. If the girl can take her clothes off and pull you on top of her, she's consenting. If she's spark out on the bathroom floor after taking the porcelain bus for a testdrive, then chances are she's not.
What does happen, though, is that a man will get into bed with the woman, who promptly falls asleep or passes out. His own drunken horniness will matter more to him than the woman's consent and he'll have sex with her anyway. That's not even a slightly grey situation, even if she was aroused: it is rape.
Agree with all of that.
The problem with emotional arguments like this, is that someone gets offended by comments and then takes things out of context and proportion.
You should know us well enough by now to know that none of us believe that being drunk is justification for rape. It certainly isn't a defence to say "well she was drunk", look back at the history of threads here and you will see both Arctic and I abusing people for putting forward that position.
However, that doesn't mean that advice *not* to get drunk - where you sense of danger is reduced - is a bad thing. It's good advice. In the same way that locking your doors is, like wearing a condom is, like not smoking is. Advice is just that, advice.
If you chose to get drunk and are then raped, do you really think this police force wouldn't investigate and prosecute? If you are drunk and rape someone, do you think that they would say "oh well old boy, never mind, just don't drink like that again"?
Of course they won't. The advert even used the image of a bloke in a cell FFS. It also suggests that victims of assault should contact them.


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This, Watergate Point Marina, seems to have quite a history, right here on the west bank of Back Creek, Annapolis. In addition to the 7 docks, along the waterfront, is a huge complex of 60s apartments. The grounds are beautifully kept and it is clear that renovations are in progress to everything including the marina facilities. Hence, the 100 or so boats in the marina are currently using a single bathroom/shower attached to an in-progress apartment reno. It is a lovely bathroom but I cannot imagine the line when it was great boating weather. At any rate it is a place for long walks and sweet boat envy.
Back Creek. Annapolis is on the Severn River.
Our friends Jenny Lynn and Dan, Loopers and previous ,owners of Gypsy Spirit, now Namaste Too, met us for the Boat Show at the Annapolis city docks and stayed three days. They have been more than helpful as we learned about trawlers – docking, engines, electronics, head systems, and all else powerboats. It was a pleasure to have them occupy the V-birth and spend hours catching up in the salon of the Namaste Too when we weren't looking at boats..
Water taxi ride. We still scored 10,000 plus steps each day.
The well used Annapolis Water Taxi. For $5 it takes you anywhere you want to go. Jim and Dan both thought that would be a great captain's job!
Speaking of boat envy, as we entered the 69th annual Annapolis Boat Show on a sunny and warm morning we came first upon the Hinkley exhibit where $4M bought a picnic model which isn't really meant to live aboard. Nothing in the show was affordable but everything was to envy. In fact, the new boats confirmed that our choice of a classic old boat made sense to us over and over again. No sour grapes here! For fun we studied the interior décor, fabrics, carpets and decorative nautical "chotskies" to gradually upgrade the Namaste. The following day we perused the brokerage docks (affordable and not so affordable used boats) with a quick trip through the vendor isles in big white tents. A boat show tee shirt and nautical earrings were all that was purchased – half of what it cost for Show tickets!
No I didn't take the picture and yes, we looked at every boat.
We enjoyed two lunches at the historic Middleton Tavern (est. 1750) where negotiations were held between the Army and Navy for the land where the naval academy now stands. In paying our Am Ex bill today, I found that we had been charged for three lunches instead of two over the two days. Apparently the swipe of a credit card can inadvertently pick up the charge immediately before or after yours and we had been charged $28 dollars for two drinks which they thankfully and easily refunded. Note to self: always check statements for double restaurant billings of different amounts on the same day!
Middleton Tavern. While for good reason dogs weren't allowed into the show, the town is dog friendly. Note the two blue water dishes.
Our final day together we hopped on a 75 minute walking tour of the impressive Naval Academy, about a hundred yards from the Boat Show. It is almost as classic a campus as MSU and with their acceptance rate of 1:17, their retention rates at the end of the first year of 96% and at graduation of 89%, the academy has an incredible history and fascinating story. Everyone graduates with a Bachelor of Science degree even though there are a variety of non-science majors available. The core curriculum is all about math and science preparing these mid-ship men and women for naval or marine careers. Perhaps most impressive are the physicality requirements for graduation. You don't have to be fit when you arrive but will be when you leave. While tuition, housing and spending money are all provided, there is a five year commitment as a commissioned officer after graduation.
Naval Academy: Service, Patriotism and Tradition!
The Cheerleaders ready for the Navy/Temple football game. This building originally housed basketball games but is now the Student Center. Note the flags of every state and US Territory along the walls – in alphabetical order.
Inside the campus chapel – imagine the weddings! Ever been to one here?
David, our enthusiastic, knowledgeable and high energy guide. Follow me!
It was sad to see Jenny Lynn and Dan depart early on Sunday morning. Wishing them well in their 12 hour drive back to West Michigan, we set our plans to buddy boat with Melody in Sea northward in the Spring of 2019. The remainder of this day we spent recuperating, talking to family and friends while planning our next steps. Stay tuned. . .
The Girvans heading home to Michigan until Spring!
Sammy Sayz: Jenny Lynn and Dan didn't bring Mac along so I had three long days on the boat by myself while they did whatever they do when they walk down that dock. Today I had to have a bath but otherwise I am fine and am having a good time with long walks, dinghy boat rides, and equally long naps. In case you are wondering, my leg is much better thanks!
Sammy (R) and Mac on a previous play date.
Good Boat Name: Adonia – The Waterway Guide classic 1947 design of John Trumpy, naval architect. She is a relative of the Sequoia, Presidential yacht serving 7 presidents until President Carter decommissioned her during the oil crisis of the 80's. There is a great PBS special all about her.
Her proud owner Ed says, "the only thing that works on an old boat is the owner".
Congratulations: Kathleen Hall (friend and author: Livonia, the Whitest City, published this week. Interesting historical novel about Livonia during the 1968 riots.
We voted. Please make sure you do too!


In a speech to 600 people at McGill University in Montreal on Wednesday night, Edward Snowden described police spying on Quebec journalists a "threat to the traditional model of our democracy."
Though it had been announced months ago, the timing of Snowden's conference was strangely appropriate. The event took place just hours after La Presse revealed the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), which is the provincial police force, had put at least six prominent journalists under surveillance. Two days earlier, the same Montreal daily had broken the story that its own star columnist, Patrick Lagacé, had been spied on by the Montreal police force (SPVM).
Appearing live from Russia, where he's been living in exile since exposing top secret information about US intelligence and surveillance programs, Snowden did not mince words when discussing the behaviour of Quebec police.
"You can find out anyone he met with, who did he call, how long he was on the phone"
"From now on, local police can decide they don't like what a journalist has been reporting and go to a justice of the peace, who'll say, 'Sounds great. Look at the GPS on his phone, figure out everywhere he's been traveling, figure out anyone he's communicated with. No, you can't actually read his emails, you can't actually listen to his calls, but you can find out anyone he met with, who did he call, how long he was on the phone with them'," the former CIA agent and NSA employee said. "With this, you can gain an extraordinary understanding of how this individual works."
The world's most famous whistleblower suggested SPVM chief Philippe Pichet should resign immediately, describing the surveillance of Lagacé and other journalists as a "radical attack on the operations of the free press." Snowden also took shots at Montreal mayor Denis Coderre and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard for not firing Pichet.
The Canadian legal system could be to blame, Snowden suggested, since whatever protections once existed to ensure individual freedoms have been undermined by authorities. "Government has built mechanisms to get around these things, these restrictions," he said. "Can we recognize—or at least debate in a reasonable way—a new idea that is so radical, which is that the law is beginning to fail as a guarantor of our rights?"
Snowden reiterated that citizens should be leery of authoritarian measures defended by governments that argue their very survival is under threat from terrorists. "There's no real evidence this is actually the case, but the politics of this fear have reshaped the way our laws are getting passed."
Canada's Bill C-51, whose adoption in 2015 generated reams of criticism from legal experts and ordinary citizens worried about how it would erode Canadians' privacy and individual rights, was one such example, he said. During the election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to amend the law, most notably by scrapping some "problematic elements" like the overly vague proscription against terrorist propaganda and by "guaranteeing that all actions undertaken by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service are consistent with Canada's Charter of rights and freedoms."
More than a year later, none of those reforms have come to pass.
"How do we protect the fact that the communication occurred at all?"
The only change to Canada's anti-terror law has come in the form of Bill C-22, which would have a parliamentary committee oversee Canada's intelligence agencies. Otherwise, the federal government has only committed to holding a series of public hearings around the country, which began last September 8. Given that the hearings are expected to last through December, it's unlikely any reforms will be announced before the end of the year.
During a video-conference broadcast in Toronto in October, Snowden suggested Trudeau has been holding back on implementing any changes for political reasons. The PM, he said, is "afraid of being politically attacked on the basis of being soft on terrorism, regardless of whether or not this law actually helps prevent any terrorist attacks."
Snowden reinforced that skeptical message on Wednesday. To students who asked how they can avoid falling under the watchful eye of government agencies, Snowden offered little in the way of advice. He suggested they encrypt their communications to prevent authorities from listening on phone calls or reading their text messages and emails, but mused philosophically about the impossible challenge of keeping their mere existence private: "How do we protect the fact that the communication occurred at all?"
There's a long way to go before citizens are protected against intrusions—lawful and otherwise—into their private lives, Snowden said, imploring the audience to be vigilant against attempts to undermine human rights. "We can have a very dark future, or very bright future. But the ultimate decision of which fork in the road we take won't be my decision. It won't be the government's decision. It will be your generation's decision. And I'm looking forward to seeing what it is that you guys actually decide."
A French version of this article appeared on VICE Québec.


After extensive consultations across the church, the interim report from the Boundaries Commission is proposing 17 regional councils be established on January 1, 2019, if Remit 1 (Three Council Model) is passed at the 43rd General Council in July 2018.
A map showing the boundary lines for the new regional councils across the country appears above. Each pastoral charge is colour-coded and identified by shape in relation to its regional council in this map. The report also includes links to detailed maps of the proposed regional councils.
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On Killing Malaria
More than two weeks after the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), in quick response to controversies surrounding reports of 'killer' anti-malarial drugs circulating nationwide, stated that it would deploy software on phones to ascertain the status of any NAFDAC regulated products, nothing seems to have been done in that direction…."
Uju Nobei
Health Op-Ed
The NAFDAC's Acting-Director, Dr. Yetunde Oni, who made this declaration at the time, was reacting to the investigative probe panel instituted by the Senate Committee on Health over the viral social media report. According to the information from the social media, certain categories of malaria drugs banned in Europe were being stockpiled, sold and consumed in Nigeria. These drugs, about 42 in number, included such street-familiar brands like Alaxin, Artesunate, Camoquine, amongst others. And in reaction to this report, the Senate had immediately called on its committee on health to probe the allegation. Almost immediately too NAFDAC, in its reaction described the report as false.
By reacting without clarifying the incident, the Senate was too hasty. Such haste is a telling embarrassment to the National Assembly. On the other hand, if the report was false as described by NAFDAC, what then was the Senate going to probe? Now, the ripples have worn out; it is business as usual, thereby lending credence to the thinking that the responses from both the Senate and NAFDAC to the panic-bearing reports of circulating 'kidney-killer' malaria drugs might have been mere political statements.
While NAFDAC's response to the controversial report was a routine exercise in the right direction, it is the belief of many informed Nigerians that the agency should have been more pro-active in its public enlightenment strategy. Had it been known that some malaria drugs were banned in all the states of Europe, the least NAFDAC would have done was to immediately alert Nigerians about the development in Europe rather than wait for the social media to feast on that news and cause some mischief. Had NAFDAC pre-empted the reaction in the social media and taken the prerogative of first disseminator of the report, the unnecessary alarm created as well as the imprudent goof of the Senate, by reacting without clarification, would have been avoided.
Thus, whilst there is need for national agencies to keep abreast of international dynamics in the control of food and drugs, and the health sector in general, the nation's law makers should be cautious in their reaction to information in the public domain, especially the social media. As privileged public servants, they should not, like the masses, be drifting like the masses in the currents of information overload. With their array of aides and researchers, law makers should be privileged recipients of the clearest ideas of the subject issues on which they adjudicate. Furthermore, the caution over needless haste in disseminating information also goes to the internet-savvy Nigerians who are quick to pass on information without deep reflection about their effect and value on the polity.
Beyond this, Nigeria has to take a leap further than being reactionary. Cognizant of the phenomenal consumerism and neo-capitalist tendencies pervading the world today, there is the assumption that there is no product that cannot be counterfeited. This suggests the likely existence of a network of corrupt blue chip pharmaceutical companies colluding with unscrupulous elite to rip off unsuspecting nations and ignorant people in developing countries. As this newspaper has consistently warned, our medical institutions, research and policy institutions, should not be caught off-guard. They should be alert to the global 'malaria politics' that turns malaria-prone developing nations into money-spinning experimental laboratories of dubious foreign investors and their African cohorts.
One safe way of guarding against this scenario is for African and Nigerian medical and scientific research organisations to ensure that funding and research into challenges confronting African people are sponsored and controlled by African governments. That we identify and acknowledge that malaria and other health issues are problems is the first step towards solving these problems. But we need to go further by initiating ideas and working out modalities to address them. The point has been made before: Our leaders must not wait for special foreign organisations and research agencies of more powerful western nations, to reluctantly address our health issues by turning us into guinea-pigs for their own medical research initiatives. A nationally guided pro-active research should be instituted.
It is for this reason that the idea of deploying software on phones, to ascertain the status of NAFDAC-certified anti-malarial and other drugs, has become very urgent. Although the use of cell phones is now commonplace, the agency should not be deceived that mere usage or possession of a cell phone would ensure compliance. NAFDAC would need to liaise with non-governmental organisations, consumer rights groups, educational and religious bodies to effectively enlighten the populace, especially people in the outskirts of city, slums and rural areas, on the improved benefits of the software. This is because they are those mostly hit by the marketing of fake drugs.
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See What Queen Serena Williams Loves Eating After Winning Any Match — SEE PHOTOS INSIDE
What Serena Williams Eats For Breakfast, Lunch, And Dinner is set to be discussed here. Serena Williams has adopted a healthier eating lifestyle, but not necessarily to get skinnier.
"Unless I'm eating really healthy," Serena explained to Fitness Magazine,"I feel [less than confident] almost every other week." The four-time Olympic gold tennis champion confessed that there are plenty of times when she wishes she could "do better" or "be smaller." She pointed to the way women are taught to look as the reason for these feelings.
Here's everything Serena Williams likes to have for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Serena Williams rarely eats breakfast
This is Serena Williams, a superstar tennis player who has reached two Grand Slam tournament finals in 2018 since returning to the sport after taking time out to give birth to her daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. This week, she is looking to reach the final of another major the 2019 Australian Open.
Before a game, Williams "usually can't" eat and says it may be down to nerves. However, if she was going to have a meal, it would be a "protein and carb" combo like turkey sausage and baked potato.
Serena Williams strives to eat protein and carbs
Just as Williams finds it difficult to eat breakfast, she also struggles with eating before a match. When asked about her pre-match go-to grub, Williams revealed the truth to Glamour, saying, "Usually I can't [eat]. And I haven't been able to figure out why — it must be nerves!"
When Williams is away from the court, she spares no expense and orders a delicious and healthy looking platter for breakfast including staples like smoothies and fruits.
It's not all clean-eating, though. Williams has an obvious sweet tooth and won't hesitate to put away a beignet, which is basically a deep fried nugget of sugary dough.
Serena Williams Eats pizza as a Celebratory — hold the pepperoni
Serena Williams Eats pizza as a Celebratory
Even though Williams has a hard time eating before a match, the same does not apply as soon as the match is finished. And if she happens to win said match, the meal she chooses may be a little less than healthy.
Pizza, for instance, is her preferred celebratory meal. She's not usually one for fancy toppings and instead specified to Glamour that she likes to eat it plain — "just cheese." Williams' favorite pizza comes from Bella Vita, a pizzeria based out of, you guessed it, New York.
Serena Williams Loves Taco For Lunches
When it comes to lunches, or general snacking, Williams never refuses a taco and they are an ever-present feature of the tennis champion's Instagram.
Williams once said on Facebook: "I want tacos. Everyday I want tacos. I don't know what to do? Is there help for someone that wants to eat tacos everyday?"
If tacos aren't on the menu and Williams wanted to celebrate a tennis success, she would order a cheese pizza and french fries.
While the first step may be to admit you have a problem, Tacoholics Anonymous isn't yet a thing. Williams explained why she's so obsessed with the food to USA Today, saying, "I grew up next to all of these Mexican families and we were close with them when I was little, we were friends. I think that's where my love for tacos comes from." Williams also claims to make the best tacos, but joked, saying, "I don't taco about it."
Serena Williams Sometimes-vegetarian & Sometimes Eats Chicken
Serena Williams Sometimes eats vegetarian and Sometimes Eats Chicken
But sometimes nothing beats home cooking and, for Williams, that means her mother's chicken, rice, and gravy.
If Williams is doing the cooking, then she likes to wow her friends and family with a number of dishes. "For years I was always making gumbo for everyone," she said. "My other go-to dishes are something I call a 'seven-bean delight' which really only has five beans, but don't tell. And roasted chicken with garlic.
Aside from tacos, there is another food Williams is obsessed with moon pie. "I love moon pies. If "Moon Pie" sponsored me, I'd be bigger than any house on this planet! I love the originals: banana, chocolate, or vanilla. Now I really want a Moon Pie!"
Serena Williams loves Roasted Chicken For Dinner
Roasted chicken dinners are not the only thing Williams cooks. "For years, I was always making gumbo for everyone," she told Bon Appétit. Then she started making "seven-bean delight." Williams came clean and said that it actually only has five beans. "But don't tell," she joked. For a while, turkey tacos were her go-to, but now as she transitions to a more vegan-centric diet, she makes "vegan sushi."
Williams told of her love of cooking, which she feels she got from her family. "I grew up watching my mom in the kitchen, that's how I know anything about cooking," said Williams.
Serena Williams loves eating coconut water, Gatorade her favorite, cucumbers, mint, kale, vegetables, ginger, and wheat grass
You'll never catch Serena Williams eating these foods
Despite being a world-renowned athlete, culinary classes are something she's always been interested in taking up. For now, though, the star learns from watching her mom and celebrity chefs, like Emeril Lagassé, Bobby Flay, Masaharu Morimoto. "That guy is awesome," Williams remarked. Imagine being called awesome by none other than Serena Williams? Life goals.
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You will be in control of the game ball, which seemingly would resemble ordinary smiley face , but in fact this is not an ordinary smiley . He owns the most acute lethal skills of throwing shuriken , as well as jumping to unprecedented heights , that the usual emoticons , and even people who are not available. Your first priority is to get this game alive until the end of the level .


Creative Director for the Lao Fashion Week campaign.
Since the beginning of the Lao Fashion Week, Reynier Abello is part of the Designers of the event and one of the most creative one.
This year he joined the core team to shape the main LFW campaign.


After much consideration I've decided to begin rewriting the SS13 code to include a more optimized method of handling the many variables within the system which should speed up server response time and reduce the lag.
Also, while I'm at it I'm going to be releasing several packs open source which will have several different maps to be used with the new code to add some variety. Several of these maps will be "bare bones" so as to allow the crew to build their own station. I also plan on incorporating the warp gate which can send people to different maps - also allowing the selection of the gate to be opened so there's some exploring.
I will be adding many more construction options, ordering options, and rebuilding the ordering system so that credits are earned based on what is shipped and how much, and is no longer rewarded over time automatically.
There are also many other tweaks I will be adding and I would love to hear the community opinion so I can best tailor it to fit what the community would like. This can be additional machines, more options, or expanded recipe lists - pretty much whatever you can think of.
Thanks and hope to hear back from you all! I'll post regular updates (every few days) on the progress. I may open up my own forums for this project if there's enough support.
Let me clarify - I'm not actually rewriting the core code - just adding some additional features - this is an extension of SS13 and can be considered a mod of sorts. Exadv1 still receives all the credit for his work and the code and I am not in any way attempting to exclude that.
I would love to see a version of SS13 with more realism on what people would be doing up there, and the stuff would be more natural disasters, like exploding stars, trying to escape a dark hole, meteor strikes, building up a defense for an encoming comet. While the crew does there important jobs, like maintaining the engine, also a changed medical system, people should only be allowed to heal minor wounds(Like 25% damage) and only doctors can heal past that with more major equipment and maybe surgeries etc. Instead of just clicking them 4 times and healing them from 5 gun shot wounds and there skull being bashed in. Also I love the sandbox mode so building upon the station is an awesome idea. Also the prison station was a good idea, but maybe having instead observation stations, like a smaller station that can fly around and look at moons/space debris, and then smaller pods/ships that can be UAV's and small manned ones. You can use the small ships to fly around and repair the station(Like in the movie 2001: Space Odyssey).
Also adding in a more advanced water system, since there is fire and air. I was actually doing this myself; i've been programming and making pixel art for ~8 years on BYOND now, and have made, and help make some very great games. Like I made most of the art and co-designed tons of ideas with SuperAntX for the game Decadence most recently. I made a game Age Of War(An Age of Empires game made for BYOND) by myself and more stuff. So if your interested i'd be glad in joining up with you and helping design the game, plus I can finally give SS13 a graphics makeover to make it look like the polished amazing game that it is(Which i've been wanting to do for years).
Oh and back to water, I was making a water system; pipes run through, and connect to the fire locks, so when activated sprinklers kick on and help put out fires. Though canisters can be released/pipes broken which can flood sections and drown people if doors are locked. Also you could shutoff the water to have successful fires. It can be pumped back into canisters, even thinking of having emergency flush systems, where a corridor would open pipe valves and flush out the section while locking it down, then closing it and letting the atmosphere get back to normal then re-opening it. This emergency flush system would also be very useful for fires that are say near plasma and could blow up; Even traitors could lock someone in a room and flush out all the air. So I was thinking the room would turn dark with a flashing yellow light saying alert emergency flush in 10, 9... And the AI/maintenance etc can stop it, that is if they know someone is in there. Also hand held cameras, so crews that fly on other stations to moons or space debris can show the AI and anyone who wants to see it on the monitor, which could be an awesome suprise to find an alien ship and bring an alien back on the station accidently and stuff. As you can see i've got many many ideas for this game which I was starting to mod though my life would be too busy to program it all on my own so reading your post is amazing. I'll add you on BYOND for now though we could talk on AIM sometime in the future if you'd like. Anyways i'm 110% behind you on this plan!
Just a hint, lag can't be fixed unless you get it to work on multiple threads (AKA more than one core).
You've already been beat to remaking SS13.
He's going to re-write it on the byond engine, not somewhere else. I assume.
If you are still working on the features I would love to help. and my other question is: when will the server be online?


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Homicide trial for Oshkosh man starts Monday
Nathaniel Shuda
The trial against a 31-year-old Oshkosh man, charged in the Sept. 20 shooting death of his girlfriend, is set to start Monday.
Samson J. Gomoll will stand trial in Winnebago County Circuit Court on one count of first-degree intentional homicide. Jury selection will begin at 8:30 a.m. Monday, and the trial is expected to last three days, according to online court records.
Gomoll has been in jail on a $1 million cash bond since his arrest Sept. 20.
RELATED: Homicide suspect in custody with $1M bond
According to court documents and witness testimony, Gomoll shot his girlfriend, Stacey Strange, 42, in the back with a handgun after an early-morning argument Sept. 20 at the couple's apartment on West 10th Avenue in Oshkosh. The argument was about whether Strange or her son had taken a magazine for Gomoll's AK-47 style rifle.
About 11 hours after the incident, police arrested Gomoll near his father's house.
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During a search of the apartment, police recovered an assault rifle; an unloaded rifle with an empty magazine; an unloaded double-barrel shotgun; a .45-caliber handgun; a Springfield armory handgun; various knives and ammunition rounds, magazines and shell casings; paperwork for a .45-caliber pistol; and various prescription medications, according to court documents.
If convicted, Gomoll could face a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Reach Nathaniel Shuda at 920-426-6632 or nshuda@thenorthwestern.com; on Twitter @onwnshu


Datelines are the pride of The New York Times.
In their breadth, profusion and sheer variety, they convey to readers that Times journalists are deployed globally, in places you wouldn't necessarily want to be — or could only dream of being.
At least, we thought they conveyed that.
However, as with so many newspaper conventions that have migrated to mobile devices, laptops and desktop computers, datelines can mystify contemporary readers.
Why should readers be expected to know that a place name at the beginning of an article, spelled entirely in uppercase letters and followed by an em dash, means that the bylined correspondent was in that very place to report and write the story?
What was surely the most remarkable dateline in New York Times history appeared on Sept. 9, 1945, under the byline of William L. Laurence: WITH THE ATOMIC BOMB MISSION TO JAPAN. Mr. Laurence recounted his experience a month earlier aboard a B-29 observation aircraft, an eyewitness to the destruction of Nagasaki.
Another remarkable dateline was NORTH POLE, given by the correspondent Fredrik Ramm to a dispatch from the dirigible Norge at 1 a.m. on May 12, 1926. "For the first time in journalistic history, the dateline 'North Pole' was legitimately used yesterday on a news item," The Associated Press reported.
Though few Times journalists have such lofty datelines to their credit, almost all have their favorites.
"For me it has to be CRAPSTONE, whose existence inspired me to write a whole story about rude British place names, and what it's like to live in a place when the name is inherently embarrassing," Sarah Lyall said.
While thinking about doing an article on roller-coaster design, Henry Fountain reached out by phone to a manufacturer in Cincinnati. "One of our best ones is just a couple of hours from here, in Indiana," the coaster maker said, and offered him the chance to come learn about its design — and ride it — in person.
When Mr. Fountain learned the roller coaster was in a town called SANTA CLAUS, the deal was sealed.
One correspondent's Kirkjubaejarklaustur is another's Drumnadrochit.
In a long, distinguished and Pulitzer-winning career, Mr. Wilford may be best known for having covered humanity's first steps on the moon in 1969.


During one of our many visits to WOS, we took some handy photos of the WOS teams pricing guide.
I have no qualms about sharing this as the book reads like it should be given to the customer and not the staff member. It has little opening paragraphs explaining to the client what to expect and how to use the book to shortlist your options in preparation for your WOS appointment.
I hope that this helps you get an idea of the well-guarded secret that is Porter Davis Pricing.
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Staircase – If anyone has some information about staircase prices. We have an upgrade in our package to the "Classic 2" style but at WOS we asked for a price to upgrade to the "Traditional 5". It's almost the same but with white risers instead of stained. The price for the upgrade is just under $11,000. We can't believe it. Has anyone else had this problem with a staircase?


NanGenex, member of the DRGT Group, is a Budapest based science driven technology company.
The Group's proprietary Super-API drug development platform enables NanGenex to develop new generation of high-value drugs with significant performance benefits over conventional approaches.
The technology provides the means to generate Super-API drugs by altering certain physico-chemical properties of the APIs to substantially improve their clinical utility.


HOUSTON — Sysco Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Waugh Foods Inc., an Illinois broadline distributor with approximately $40 million in annual sales. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Based in East Peoria, Illinois, Waugh Foods was founded in 1948 by Joseph A. Waugh Sr. The full-service, family-owned foodservice distributor serves central Illinois throughout a 150-mile radius.
After the acquisition, Waugh Foods executives will continue to manage the business, including president Rick Look, vice president of purchasing Tim Waugh and sales executive Joe Waugh Jr.
Waugh Foods will join Sysco's growing distribution network, which includes 330 distribution facilities worldwide that serve more than 600,000 customer locations and employ more than 67,000. In fiscal 2018 ended June 30, 2018, Sysco generated sales of more than $58 billion.


August 12, 2011: This year's Indian Philanthropy Forum was held in Mumbai on 29 June. Sponsored by the Ajay Piramal group, the Godrej group and the Rothschild Foundation and hosted by Dasra, the forum saw over 175 attendees.
There were a number of panels and guest speakers representing different spectrums of the social sector: from Acumen Fund on the investing side and Bain Consulting, who have published a report on Indian philanthropy, to Muktangan, a grassroots education NGO, and TB Alliance, an NGO dedicated to eradicating tuberculosis.
A unique aspect of the forum was the 'coffee with philanthropists' series that used parent-child duos to highlight generational approaches to philanthropy. This is where I come in. I was honoured to be invited to speak along with my father, Hemendra Kothari. My father set up the Hemendra Kothari Foundation, devoted to education, healthcare and the environment, a few years after he sold his financial services company to Merrill Lynch (now Bank of America). Speaking candidly at the IPF, he discussed some of the challenges he has faced over the years. Sceptics, for instance, felt that his giving was motivated by personal agendas: did Hemendra Kothari found the Wildlife Conservation Trust because he wanted to set up his own wildlife lodge? He regretted poor choices he might have made along the way by giving to organizations not equipped to realize their goals. Not disheartened by some of these errors in choice, as it were, he has remained hopeful: it was never meant to be a smooth ride. Only through such experiences could one learn to give more effectively.
It was my turn next. Firstly, I feel the Indian media have paid little attention to the subject. Philanthropists are perhaps partly to blame. People in India are reticent to speak openly about their acts of giving. We need to be mindful of this. How will others follow if there are no role models to set the course? I would urge every philanthropist to speak to newspapers, magazines, and even casually to friends. Let's create an atmosphere where it is not considered 'bragging' but rather motivational and informative. Giving needs to be made somewhat fashionable and only the media can help.
The print media also needs to dedicate more space to research papers on social issues that highlight areas in need of the most support. Solution-oriented giving in areas of passion as opposed to plain passionate giving ought to be encouraged. For instance, if one's area of interest is education, it's prudent to investigate areas in the field that require the most attention before making a commitment, and to research where exactly in this area one's money is most needed. Such due diligence may reveal the need for an improvement in the quality of education rather than a simple upgrade in existing physical infrastructure (building a new school or repairing an existing school).
Another idea is to assign a neutral NGO, such as Dasra, which advises both philanthropists and NGOs/social enterprises, a weekly column to discuss social issues and to recommend credible NGOs doing good work in the field. People who want to give are sometimes reluctant because they do not know where or how to give. Credibility, accountability and transparency are sometimes weak in NGOs and a credible organization such as Dasra could inspire confidence and mitigate doubts.
My second point was eloquently expressed by Satyanarayan Bansal, chief executive of Barclays Wealth India, who spoke about the view that charities are perceived as inefficient, and it is this perception that could discourage free giving. I echoed his point by emphasizing the need to professionalize NGOs by encouraging them to have a roadmap for the future. This roadmap would include plans to build a robust corpus with a sound investment plan alongside a succession plan for the management. When it comes to family trusts, efforts should be made to keep them as professionally managed as possible, away from direct family emotions and influence, which could hamper the mission of the organization if subsequent generations were to lose interest. It is important, moreover, to clearly define the goals and keep the overarching objective always in mind so that any differences in opinion can be successfully resolved. Read the full report here.
Source: by Aditi Kothari, Alliance Magazine.


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Subsistence director addresses Army Logistics University graduates
Army Col. Eric McCoy (upper left corner), Director of the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain, addressed the graduating class of the Army Logistics University's Basic Officer Leader Course during a virtual ceremony July 10. The class graduated 38 students.
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By Nancy Benecki DLA Troop Support Public Affairs
Army Col. Eric McCoy, Director of the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain, addressed the graduating class of the Army Logistics University's Basic Officer Leader Course during a virtual ceremony July 10.
McCoy was the guest speaker for the virtual ceremony held via Zoom for the 38 students in Class 20-006.
"Although aspects of our Army's future may be unknown, you are joining our ranks at a period of great opportunity," McCoy said to the graduates. "Whether Ordnance, Quartermaster, or Transportation, our logisticians have a proud tradition dating back to the founding of our country."
The six-week course started on March 22 and was entirely virtual.
"When I graduated from the Officer Basic Course twenty years ago, a world where we would fight several regional wars with global reach while responding to a pandemic and civil unrest would be in the realm of science fiction," he said. "However, the enemies of freedom will not afford that luxury to the United States Army or our allies. Despite the range of potential threats, one constant remains clear: the future consists of people and soldiers that are key to the successful conduct of land warfare."
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Q: Shuffling data for machine learning I've come across a lot of posts suggesting shuffling data for certain machine learning models. Are there any downsides to this? Should this be a standard practice regardless of the model? I'm curious to know this, because there are a few approaches for which there is no literature on shuffling, so if there is no downside, it might be better to do it anyway.

A: If by shuffling you mean changing the order of rows in a dataframe or changing the order in which the model is given training data, then this primarily matters for models that are trained using batches of data.
A typical example is neural networks for images. A typical approach is to run a batch of say 32 images (when there might be 50,000 in total) through the model, update the parameters a little bit, run the next batch trough etc. until all images have been used. A complete run through all data batch-by-batch is then typically called a training epoch. In that context it is useful to vary the order of the training data, because this shakes up the training a bit and hopefully gets the final fit to a better (global) minimum for the loss function. However, the order of the data within a batch does not matter.
In contrast, many other ("traditional") algorithms/models (e.g. logistic regression, linear models, mixed models, gradient boosted decision trees, random forest etc.) are typically fit to all data at once (and the only subsetting of the data is for regularization purposes like bagging/using a subset of features for some trees etc.). I.e. in each iteration of the training process a single parameter update (or a single tree is constructed) based on all data at once without using its order. In that case, the order the data is in does not matter. Even with these types of algorithms you can run into the situation that the data are so big that training needs to proceed in batches (e.g. not enough memory to run the algorithm with all data at once). In that case, shuffling what data is in what batch does make sense.

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Local Toppers Pizza employee hopes to be the fastest pizza maker in the country
Nick Kotecki heads to a national pizza making competition this June
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National pizza making contestant Nick Kotecki prepares for the "Skin Sprints" competition this June by making pizzas as quickly as he can at the local Toppers Pizza.
Photo by Amanda Thao
When Nick Kotecki started making pizzas at toppers he had no idea 11 years later he would be competing to be the fastest national Toppers Pizza maker.
On June 14 Kotecki will be competing in the national Skin Sprints competition in Orlando, Florida. It's Kotecki's third pizza competition and he has been in fourth place the past two years. This year he said he has a chance of winning.
Toppers' annual competition requires all 74 restaurants' participants to go to regional qualifying matches and the winner of each region moves on to finals, he said. Kotecki won the regional competition in Wausau, Wisconsin this year against the 11 Toppers restaurants in Wisconsin. In the past he has won regional competitions in the Wisconsin Dells and Minneapolis.
The competition requires each participant to make six pizzas as fast as possible. They need to hand toss the pizza skin until flat then cover them with sauce. The amount of sauce is crucial, since it can't get too close to the edge, he said.
Cheese and toppings are not used on the pizzas during the competition to reduce waste, Kotecki said.
Speed is important, Kotecki said, because you have to be able to make the pizzas in under two minutes to even qualify.
Kotecki will be up against ten other pizza makers from all over the country during a convention for the company.
Kotecki said he got involved with competing because he became friends with the franchise owners of the Eau Claire and Menomonie locations.
"The owners are awesome and I just didn't want to stop working for them," Kotecki said. "I started out at the west location, moved to the Eastridge location then to Menomonie then came back to Eastridge, I just prefer it there."
His favorite part of working at Toppers is how busy it gets because it pushes his limits on how many pizzas he can make, he said. He especially likes promotional events such as big football games and April 20.
"I like when it's busy and there is crazy stuff going on," Kotecki said. "It pushes the limit of how many pizzas you can make at once. I love the rush."
Kotecki said he can complete his six pizzas in one minute and forty five seconds. After many years of working through the rushes, he's determined to make it into at least the top three at the national competition.
"Some people practice for the competitions, I never have before," he said. "Work is practice but this year I'm going to practice since it's my third time and I'm ready to win and be the fastest from all the stores."
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As parents, we focus more attention on the potential dangers than on the potential benefits of electronic video games, but these games are a normal part of modern childhood. If you know what to look for, video games can be a powerful tool to help children develop certain life skills. They can help parents choose appropriate leisure-time games, help educators seek ways to supplement classroom teaching, and help game developers create games that teach.
Recently, I wrote a research paper called "Children's Motivations for Video Game Play in the Context of Normal Development" that was featured in the Review of General Psychology. The research included results from studies I led at Harvard Medical School and survey data compiled from interviewing over 1,000 public school students. Based on my research, here are eight reasons why video games can be beneficial to your child's growth and education.
Video games can help children's brain development. When my son was a young adolescent, I watched him play Legend of Zelda games. He had to search, negotiate, plan, and try different approaches to advance. Many recent games, such as Bakugan: Defenders of the Core, involve planning and problem-solving. "Modding," the process by which players customize gamer characters' appearance and develop new game levels, also allows for creative self-expression, deep understanding of game rules and structure, and new ways of highlighting personalities and interests. Video games don't have to be labeled "educational" to help children learn to make decisions, use strategies, anticipate consequences and express their personalities.
The content of certain video games can encourage kids to read and to research. Video games such as Age of Mythology, Civilization, and Age of Empires may spark a child's interest in world history, geography, ancient cultures and international relations, especially if parents are alert to opportunities. To quote researchers David Shaffer and James Gee, "When children have parents who help turn Age of Mythology into an island of expertise, tying it to books, Internet sites, museums, and media about mythology, cultures and geography, the children pick up a wide range of complex language, content and connections that serve as preparation for future learning of a highly complex and deep sort." What's more, these games often allow children to design and exchange maps or other custom content, helping them acquire creative and technical skills while having fun.
In contrast to their parents, most young kids see video games as a social activity, not an isolating one. Video games create a common ground for young kids to make friends; allow kids to hang out; and provide structured time with friends. In our research, boys were more likely to play video games with a group of friends, either in the same room or online. Plus, young boys said games were a frequent focus for conversation among their peers: One boy revealed that his peers at schoolmostly talked about "girls and games — the two Gs." Our research found that children with mild learning disabilities were likely to choose "making new friends" as a reason they played video games.
In my own research, players (specifically boys) talked about learning new moves from sports video games and then practicing them at the basketball court or on skateboards. Some took up new sports after being introduced to them in video games. As one boy revealed in a research focus group, "In the games that are real, which are mostly the sports games, you see them do amazing plays. If you go outside and try them and keep practicing, you could get better." Research showed that playing realistic sports video games (excluding tournament fighting) lead to an increased time spent playing sports and exercising in real life.
It's normal and healthy for kids, especially boys, to compete with their peers as they jockey for status and recognition. In my surveys and focus group studies with young teens, "I like to compete with other people and win" was one of the most popular reasons for playing video games — again, especially for boys. Video games are a safe place to express those competitive urges, and can give children who aren't good at sports a chance to excel.
When children play video games in groups, they often take turns leading and following, depending on who has specific skills needed in that game. In studies by Nick Yee of the Palo Alto Research Center, teens who had played group games online felt they had gained leadership skills such as persuading and motivating others, and mediating disputes. Online multi-player games offer teens a rare chance to participate in, and sometimes lead, a diverse, mixed-age team. And nobody cares how old you are if you can lead the team to victory.
Roughly one-third of the children we studied said they played video games in part because they liked to teach others how to play. As one boy's dad revealed during research, "Most of the interaction my son has with his buddies is about solving situations within a game. It's all about how do you go from this place to that place, or collect the certain things that you need, and combine them in ways that are going to help you to succeed." Some children gain status as the "go-to" kid who knows how to beat the toughest parts of a game. Teaching others builds social and communication skills, as well as patience.


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Marisa Espe: How did you first begin the project #seniorstyles?
Marta Wilkosz: It all started in my neighbourhood in Berlin. My apartment is on Karl Marx Avenue, a grand boulevard of the former communist regime, where a lot of elderly and retired people have been living all their lives. This is where I started taking my first images of older people. I was interested in their clothing, the way they put it all together, and how different it all looked from the way we currently dress. The vintage oversized coats that are often too big for their body frames. The length of skirts and necklines. The great hats and accessories. The comfortable walking shoes… But most importantly I find their general silhouettes very interesting. At the beginning I was snapping shots with just my iphone, but have started using my camera to distance myself from the subjects as to not to intrude into their space.
What has been a surprising or memorable experience while out doing street photography?
I don't really have any funny stories or reactions… I try to shoot in a documentary style, from across the street, or in a way that the subject is not aware of my camera. Especially in my old East Berlin neighbourhood there is still some distrust with strangers following you around on the street with a camera. I don't want to intrude, but mostly it's because I'm interested in seeing the fashion in motion, and their expression uninterrupted and deep in thought. I never ask permission because I don't want the photos to feel staged or posed–I prefer them to be a true glimpse into the everyday.
How would you describe the difference between #seniorstyles and something like Advanced Style, if you believe them to be different?
I feel like #seniorstyles is more of an archive. I've noticed that older people often wear a "uniform," an outfit worn many times and often, similar pieces often worn by many of the ladies on the street. I admire that simplicity, calmness and disconnection from current fashion trends. There is definitely a "look" that is to me quintessentially Eastern European: lots of grey, beige, light and understated color palette and very, very simple cuts. I don't ask people to pose, and my personal interest lays in the simplicity of how ordinary women and men put their everyday outfits together.
One of the early #seniorstyles photos I took, was of a a very elegant older lady on the underground. I thought she looked amazing, was really well dressed and put together. I'm not sure if she was aware that I was photographing her with my iphone, but her body language and expression was so confident and strong, it made me think about society's portrayal of seniors, especially women.
What is the responsibility of the street photographer? What do you value as a street photographer, if you self-identify as one?
I am trying to teach myself positive associations with aging. I hope my photos show a graceful, and calm side of that. My own nostalgia for my grandparents who are no longer alive, has very positive associations for me. I always find the puffy cloud of curly white hair, or the soft hands covered by age spots very beautiful and comforting. In a way it's a glimpse into my own future, and I feel like the people I chose to photograph embrace aging with confidence and style. From that comes my respect for my subjects, and because of the nature of this project, I would never portray anyone in a negative light. There is a lot of debate about personal privacy versus documentary photography, and although I don't ask permission, I try to keep all that in mind.
Street-style photography has really grown in the last years–there are thousands of photos being published everyday, and it's considered now absolutely common to be photographed on the street because of your outfit. I am a big supporter of seeing more of the older generation and celebrating your age.
One theme of #seniorstyles is the visibility of the elderly and not just in an old folks meet social media kind of way, rather seeing and noticing their bodies and their activity out in daily life, there's something quietly defiant in a way. Can you speak to the subject of visibility and what that means to you?
Quick moments in time, capturing a passing generation. … I have to admit, this has gradually turned into a small obsession–I am always looking for older people on my way to the studio, outside the grocery store, while on holidays… I always carry a camera with me, you see the most interesting people when you least expect it. What initially and still attracts me to these subjects is their slowed-down pace, introspective quietness, and how they seem to move through our fast-paced worlds on their own time. Once you notice their movements and body expression, there is something as you said, "quietly defiant" about their presence. This, to me, is very interesting.
Perception of what is considered old changes with every generation, the old clichés of wisdom coming with age, and the cleverness of the new young generation will always be valid. The fact that we get to live longer and longer with ever generation maybe gives us a bit of relief from the pressures of time, but the new youth are at the forefront of new digital advances and clever beyond their years. My photos of elderly people are confined to my neighbourhood and my travels – a simple sample of a large topic.
I consider my #seniorstyles project to be more of a documentary of a certain demographic of people, but but of course their personal style is the trigger.


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Honestly though i like all those songs about equally really they're all good.
3. The season 1 opening for america 'cuz pokemon craze stuff is trippy and iconic to me haha.