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CelJaded Top 100: Best Video Game Bosses (Index)
A readout and synopsis of every game in the CelJaded Top 100 Best Video Game Bosses list with links to each post in the series.
Alex Hajdasz2018-04-25T14:47:38+00:00June 5th, 2017|Categories: Best Video Game Bosses, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|
CelJaded Top 100: Best Video Game Bosses (#10-#1)
The final part of the ongoing 3rd anniversary Top 100 list for CelJaded's Best Video Game Bosses. Features entries #10 to #1.
Alex Hajdasz2019-07-23T18:59:54+00:00June 3rd, 2017|Categories: Best Video Game Bosses, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: Bayonetta, Bloodborne, Dark Souls, Dark Souls III, FTL: Faster Than Light, Gunstar Heroes, Neverwinter Nights, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Shadow of the Colossus, Shovel Knight|
CelJaded Top 100: Best Video Game Bosses (#20-#11)
Part 9 of the ongoing 3rd anniversary Top 100 list for CelJaded's Best Video Game Bosses. Features entries #20 to #11.
Alex Hajdasz2018-04-25T14:47:39+00:00May 27th, 2017|Categories: Best Video Game Bosses, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: Alien Soldier, Bayonetta 2, Champions Online, Demon's Souls, Ikaruga, Metal Slug 2, Ninja Gaiden, Pokémon Black and White, Rayman Legends, Street Fighter II|
Alex Hajdasz2018-04-25T14:47:39+00:00May 12th, 2017|Categories: Best Video Game Bosses, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: Banjo-Kazooie, Dark Souls II, Fatal Fury, Mega Man, Mortal Kombat II, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Shining Force II, Sonic & Knuckles, Streets of Rage II, The House of the Dead|
Alex Hajdasz2018-04-25T14:47:39+00:00May 5th, 2017|Categories: Best Video Game Bosses, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Banjo-Kazooie, DOOM, Fallout, Lylat Wars, Marvel vs. Capcom, Mortal Kombat, Rocket Knight Adventures, Shenmue, Shenmue II|
Alex Hajdasz2018-04-25T14:47:40+00:00April 28th, 2017|Categories: Best Video Game Bosses, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, Dynamite Headdy, Max Payne, Metal Slug 3, Phantasy Star Online, Power Stone, Resident Evil 5, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Soulcalibur IV, Super Mario 64|
Alex Hajdasz2018-04-25T14:47:40+00:00April 21st, 2017|Categories: Best Video Game Bosses, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: Etherords II, Fallout II, Ironcast, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, Mortal Kombat 3, Radiant Silvergun, Rez, Three Dirty Dwarves, Under Defeat, Virtua Fighter|
Alex Hajdasz2018-04-25T14:47:40+00:00April 17th, 2017|Categories: Best Video Game Bosses, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: Dragon Age II, Duke Nukem 64, Evolution 2: Far Off Promise, Evolution: World of Sacred Device, Gears of War, Kirby's Dreamland, Ninja Gaiden II, Prince of Persia, Toy Commander, Vanquish|
Alex Hajdasz2018-05-21T14:04:16+00:00April 8th, 2017|Categories: Best Video Game Bosses, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: Convoy, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Ironclad Tactics, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Mischief Makers, Pokémon Gold and Silver, Rakuga Kids, Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master|
Alex Hajdasz2018-04-25T14:47:40+00:00April 1st, 2017|Categories: Best Video Game Bosses, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: Banjo-Tooie, Bomberman 64, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Darius Gaiden, Gun Metal, Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, Metal Slug 6, Sonic Adventure, Strider, Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage|
CelJaded Top 100: Best Video Game Bosses (#100-#91)
Part 1 of the ongoing 3rd anniversary Top 100 list for CelJaded's Best Video Game Bosses. Features entries #100 to #91.
Alex Hajdasz2018-04-25T14:47:41+00:00March 27th, 2017|Categories: Best Video Game Bosses, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: City of Heroes, D2, Gynoug, Marvel Trading Card Game, Parodius, Smash TV, Sol-Feace, Splatterhouse 2, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Zombies Ate My Neighbours|
Coming Soon: 3rd Anniversary & Top 100 List for Best Video Game Bosses
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Alex Hajdasz2018-04-25T14:47:58+00:00March 21st, 2017|Categories: Best Video Game Bosses, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: Dead Rising|
CelJaded Top 100: Best Video Game Music (Index)
A readout and synopsis of every game in the CelJaded Top 100 Best Video Game Music list with links to each post in the series.
Alex Hajdasz2018-04-25T14:51:40+00:00June 10th, 2016|Categories: Best Video Game Music, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|
CelJaded Top 100: Best Video Game Music (#10-#1)
The final part of the 2nd anniversary Top 100 list for CelJaded's Best Video Game Music. Features entries #10 to #1.
Alex Hajdasz2018-06-19T16:25:43+00:00June 3rd, 2016|Categories: Best Video Game Music, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: Banjo-Kazooie, Bloodborne, Civilization IV, FTL: Faster Than Light, Halo 2, Headhunter, Outrun, Rez, Sega Rally Championship, Streets of Rage 2|
CelJaded Top 100: Best Video Game Music (#20-#11)
Part 9 of the ongoing 2nd anniversary Top 100 list for CelJaded's Best Video Game Music. Features entries #20 to #11.
Alex Hajdasz2018-04-25T14:51:44+00:00May 23rd, 2016|Categories: Best Video Game Music, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: Civilization: Beyond Earth, Command & Conquer, Dark Souls III, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Headhunter Redemption, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, Pokémon X and Y, Soulstar, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Three Dirty Dwarves|
Alex Hajdasz2018-04-25T14:51:50+00:00May 16th, 2016|Categories: Best Video Game Music, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: BattleBlock Theater, Bayonetta 2, Dark Souls II, Diehard Trilogy, Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles, Lords of Thunder, Mortal Kombat, Rayman Legends, Shovel Knight, Warlords Battlecry|
Alex Hajdasz2018-07-25T10:40:43+00:00May 9th, 2016|Categories: Best Video Game Music, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: Bayonetta, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Earthworm Jim, Fur Fighters, Goldeneye 007, Halo 3, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Rocket Knight Adventures, Skies of Arcadia, Tomb Raider|
Alex Hajdasz2019-08-03T09:14:10+00:00May 2nd, 2016|Categories: Best Video Game Music, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: Dark Souls, Grey Matter, Halo, Jet Set Radio, Mass Effect, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Saturn Bomberman, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Toejam & Earl in Panic On Funkotron, Vigilante 8|
Alex Hajdasz2018-04-25T14:51:56+00:00April 25th, 2016|Categories: Best Video Game Music, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Eternal Champions: Challenge From the Dark Side, Heroes of Might & Magic IV, Ikaruga, Streets of Rage, Unreal Tournament, Warlords Battlecry III|
Alex Hajdasz2019-07-24T20:06:11+00:00April 20th, 2016|Categories: Best Video Game Music, CelJaded Top 100, Video Games|Tags: Deus Ex, Extreme-G, Jet Set Radio Future, Lemmings, Minecraft, Resident Evil 5, Road Rash II, Street Fighter II, Super Mario Bros., Under Defeat|
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I have a double ended halogen bulb and was wondering if there was an energy savings equivalent bulb.?
My current kitchen fixture supports a double ended halogen bulb, and I hate it as it gets way too hot and uses too much electricity. I would like to buy one of those energy savings bulbs, but cannot find one that fits that socket. Does anyone know if they exist and where I can get one? Ideally, it would work with my dimmer, but I'll settle for an energy saver even if it doesn't. Thank you.
one that fits the socket?... no. You'll have to install a different fixture.
no. replace the fixture with one that holds a CF bulb.
halogen bulbs are a waste of energy.
Halogen bulbs are slightly more efficient than regular incandescent bulbs. CFL (compact florescent) bulbs are quite a bit more efficient, so you would save money and be greener by replacing your halogen with a CFL bulb. The problem is, if you have a long skinny halogen tube, you probably have a special fixture that will only accept long skinny halogen tubes, so just replacing the lightbulb may not be an option.
It may well be time for you to replace your fixture. In general, halogen lamps produce a lot of heat, and they are recognized fire hazards. Put in a CFL fixture with a similar shape and you will reduce your fire danger as well as save money and the environment. Dimmable CFLs are now available, but you may have to look on the Internet or order one special in order to get your hands on one.
My neighbor released his Giant African Land Snails and they are destroying the wetlands out in my yard?
When will the world be over?
Can anyone prove a majority of the British think global warming is not real? Bad info being circulated?
Why is everyone so worried about global warming?
If A Single Herd Of American Buffalo Covered the Plain From Horizon To Horizon and Took 4 Days To Pass?
Are you skeptical of Global Warming?
It's possible to stop global warming?
Watts it like in u.s.a?


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Tell us their next move, NMA urges Ehanire as Chinese medical experts end 14-day isolation
By Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis
Chinese medical experts on arrival in Nigeria on Wednesday. Photo: Olatunji Obasa
Ikenna Obianeri The Association of Resident Doctors of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, has commenced a five-day warning...
Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis
As the 14-day isolation period for the team of 15 Chinese medical professionals who arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on April 8, 2020 ended on Wednesday, the Nigerian Medical Association says the Minister of Health owes Nigerians an explanation.
It would be recalled that the invitation of the Chinese doctors by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 was strongly criticised by Nigerians, health professionals and professional bodies such as the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria as well as the NMA.
On arrival, however, the officials were asked to go into two-week isolation before they would be allowed to carry out any task.
The 14-day isolation period lapsed on Wednesday, but the health ministry or the PTF on COVID-19 has failed to provide Nigerians and health officials with an update on the Chinese team.
Speaking with PUNCH HealthWise on Thursday, the NMA national president, Dr. Francis Faduyile, said the continued presence of the Chinese visitors was causing distraction among health workers in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic.
"We have said it before and we are saying it again that we don't want them here. Our concern is to contain the virus and guide against people moving around.
"Now that they have finished observing the 14-day isolation, the minister owes Nigerians an explanation as to what their next move would be," he fumed.
Faduyile, who spoke recently on a live radio programme, said, "How can you import 15 foreigners into the country? If it is to share knowledge, there is the option of teleconference.
"What are they coming to do differently? We are thankful for the medical supplies they brought, but we frown at being forced to come to terms with their demand.
"The sad thing was that the minister did not even bother to consult the NMA before taking the decision. It is wrong!
"Our doctors are doing well. Even at the height of Ebola, they rose up to the task so much so that the World Health Organisation commended us," he noted.
Faduyile stressed that the healthcare workers in the country are not stretched yet, adding that Nigeria has not utilised 20 per cent of its medical workforce.
"I am talking about one-third of our doctors. Otherwise, if the NMA needs help with more health workers, we would surely have requested for it.
"We cannot afford to continue to have our people being used as guinea pigs.
"Initially, the government told us these Chinese were technicians; later, researchers, and, subsequently, doctors with experience to share.
"We were also told they won't touch patients. It is against the sovereignty of any nation and the ethics of the medical profession to have foreigners coming to attend to its citizens. It is a slap on the health sector!" he said.
When contacted, chairman of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria in Lagos, Dr. Tunji Akintade, said the stance of AGPMPN was the same as that of NMA.
"We were initially told Nigeria doesn't need foreign doctors, but they can import skills when the need arises.
"Even long after their arrival, we heard that the NCDC is still trying to validate the test kits.
"Just like the NMA, we are also waiting to hear what the minister has to say.
"It is unfortunate that crusaders like Gani Fawehinmi are gone, otherwise, many would face litigation after the end of this pandemic for risking the lives of citizens because of their inaction," Akintade said.
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Morphine - Good (Expanded Edition) [2LP] (180 gram, remastered, unreleased bonus tracks, limited/numbered) (Vinyl)
One of the most unique, original and unusual rock bands to burst onto the alternative scene in the 90s, Morphine was originally formed by vocalist/bassist Mark Sandman, saxophonist Dana Colley and drummer Jerome Deupree (later replaced by Billy Conway) in Cambridge, Mass in 1989. They expertly combined blues, jazz and rock elements into a very distinct style, anchored by Sandman's deep, crooning, beat-style vocals. Rather than having an electric guitar as the focal point like most rock bands, the trio's sound was built around Sandman's two-string electric bass (often deployed with a slide) and Colley's growling, baritone sax which they dubbed as ''low-rock.''
The band enjoyed critical acclaim but saw mixed results commercially. In the States, they were embraced on public and college radio and MTV's 120 Minutes but received little to no support from commercial rock radio or other music TV programming. They did enjoy much higher profile success overseas, especially in Belgium, Portugal France and Australia where they were featured on music television programming frequently and filled much larger venues.
After five studio albums and extensive touring, Morphine disbanded after Mark tragically died of a heart attack performing on stage at the Giardini del Principe in Palestrina, Italy. Surviving members have soldiered on in various incarnations, the most recent being the Vapors of Morphine that will be on tour through the summer of 2017.
Full Length Vinyl 1
Side A Side B
02 The Saddest Song
03 Claire
04 Have a Lucky Day
05 You Speak My Language
06 You Look Like Rain
01 Do Not Go Quietly Unto Your Grave
02 Lisa
03 The Only One
04 Test-Tube Baby / Shoot'm Down
05 The Other Side
06 I Know You (Pt. I)
01 Where's The Sun Go
02 Shame
04 If You Live - Basics Son Of Sleep (6/90)
05 Work-Mom Bomb
06 The Old Days (It's Not Like That Anymore)
01 ''Let's Dance'' (Mark voice message)/Come Over (early version Christmas 1991)
02 The Saddest Song (alternate version) (Basics Son of Sleep 6/90)
03 Mona's Sister (Treat Her Right)
04 You're Worse - Looking Good
05 Test-Tube Baby/Shoot'm Down (longer alternate version)
06 Yes idea (M. Sandman - Cinematic Music)/Morphine Gig Ad (Mark voice message)


Kandy, a historical city lying in the midst of hills in the central province of Sri Lanka is renowned for its attractive climate, scenery and culture. NCHS Kandy Campus provides knowledge through collaboration of specialists from various academic disciplines. The convenient location offers students cutting edge facilities, enhances study experience and moulds them to become experts in the field.
Excel at NCHS Kandy Campus and make a difference in the world.
With a strong focus on delivering excellence in education, Swinburne University of Technology offers access to over 60 bachelor degrees through its range of pathway programs. The Swinburne pathways offered at NCHS is the only guaranteed pathway to Swinburne University of Technology available in Sri Lanka.


LITE Lab@HKU is organising a LegalRegTechHack - Smart Legal Contract Challenge on March 30 at iDendron, and most welcome all learners and legal hackers to participate!
Non-coder law and other students and lawyers as well as expert hacker computer science students and programmers are most welcome!
• Hands-on instruction with Accord Project using Hyperledger and no code smart legal contract builder ContractPen.
We then invite participants to work in teams to creatively hack to improve private sector legal service delivery and public benefit, and share their creations at the end of the day. For those teams who want to further develop their projects, iDendron is making their space open for interested teams on Sunday too.
Special prizes may be available for the most innovative projects!


Learn how you can apply the 80/20 rule to your business.
When I first read about the 80/20 rule, or the Pareto Principle, I had a healthy skepticism for it. I couldn't wrap my head around how 80 percent of my work would only lead to 20 percent of results and that the remaining 20 percent of my efforts would lead to 80 percent of my profits. Over time, however, I started to see some patterns that would prove the 80/20 rule to be completely true. Once I took steps to implement what I learned from it, I doubled my income in about two months! Read on to learn how it happened and how you can apply the 80/20 rule to your business.
Does the 80/20 rule apply to your business?
When I still had my old day job, I took some time to assess my projects and found that the 80/20 rule held true to some extent. There were some projects I was incredibly efficient at completing and always impressed my boss. Others took up a ton of time and led to huge frustration for little reward. By focusing on the projects that led to the best results, I was able to improve my efficiency and landed a promotion with a fat raise.
But with a boss who dictated my to do list, I had limited ability to implement 80/20. When I left my day job and went full-time in April 2016, I hustled and took every dollar I could get. But that strategy left me feeling burned out and tired while struggling for the profitability I wanted. It was around then that I realized it was time to look at my business with an 80/20 lens.
From June through September, I earned $5,000-$8,000 per month in revenue. Good income, but not great. And living in expensive Southern California and paying for expensive rent and insurance on my own, a $60,000 annual revenue rate would leave us struggling to get by. I was working long hours but no matter how hard I hustled, my income wasn't making any big jumps.
I started talking through my revenue, business strategy and where I was spending my time with my wife and members of my mastermind when I realized that my website development business was earning far less with more hours than the writing side of my business. That's when the 80/20 came back to mind.
I quickly glanced at my accounting reports and saw that I was earning a little over 85 percent of my income from writing but was spending about 75 percent of my time on website work, which was bringing in around 10-15 percent of my revenue. Holy 80/20 Batman!
After talking it through with my mastermind, I decided it was time to shut down my website support business in favor of focusing on writing. I slowly started turning away hourly work, then bigger website projects, then monthly recurring clients. I still have a few long-term clients in my web business, but for practical purposes it is shut down.
At the same time I shut down my website business, I was bringing on new clients that I met at the FinCon conference. All of the free time helped me destress and focus on those new clients, and the results started to appear in my monthly income statements.
In August I brought in $6,900. In September I made $7,300. In October I made $14,800. In November I broke through $16,000! I doubled my income in two months! Now I work less, enjoy what I do more and had a couple of months where I earned over double what I was paid at my old day job.
Can your business benefit from 80/20? Odds are that it absolutely will. You may not see such dramatic results, but you can always improve by looking at what's working and what isn't working in your business. If something works well, repeat. If something doesn't, stop doing it. In life and business, that is the best strategy to follow.


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LeBron James at point guard will shape the Lakers' rotation
Analysis by Neil Greenberg
Staff writer |
July 9, 2019 at 3:06 p.m. EDT
LeBron James is comfortable as a floor general. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LeBron James will start at point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers next season, per Yahoo Sports, a head-scratching announcement for a player who has often served as the de facto floor general for his team since entering the league in 2003. In fact, since 2013-14, his last year in Miami and the first year tracking data is available, James has ranked no worse than 25th in the league for touches per game. In four of those six seasons, he ranked in the top 10.
It's also not the first time he's been slotted in at point guard. In 2017, James recorded a triple-double as Cleveland's point guard and dropped 34 points with 13 assists in a different game against the Chicago Bulls in the same role, telling reporters "ever since I was a kid I've always learned every position on the floor." He also ran plays for the Lakers last season after Rajon Rondo suffered a broken hand.
The bigger question is what the rotations will look like if James is indeed the team's true starting point guard this season.
The Golden State Warriors' demise has been greatly exaggerated
The most obvious benefit will be splitting up James and Rondo, a point guard who was brought back on a two-year deal this offseason. When those two shared the court for the Lakers last season, the team was outscored by almost four points per 100 possessions. When James played while Rondo looked on from the bench, the team outscored opponents by more than five points per 100 possessions. The team's net rating with Rondo on the court and James on the bench dropped to a woeful minus-12.
Having James as the point guard almost necessitates starting Danny Green (signed to a two-year, $30 million deal on Friday from the reigning champion Toronto Raptors) at shooting guard so he can defend the opposing team's point guard. Green is a versatile defender who had success manning up Stephen Curry and Chris Paul last season, as well as some of the other top players in the league. Offensively, he is an excellent spot-up shooter (1.3 points per possession in 2018-19, 98th percentile) with tremendous accuracy on shots from behind the three-point line (1.4 points per attempt, 98th percentile).
Anthony Davis, acquired from the New Orleans Pelicans for Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and draft picks, slides in at his preferred position of power forward and is the ideal complement to James's playing style. Davis doesn't need the ball in his hands often (just 8 percent of his possessions last season were in isolation) and is difficult near the basket (1.4 points per possession last season, 96th percentile) and as the roll man during the pick-and-roll. He can also pop out to the perimeter for a three-point shot (33 percent in 2018-19).
Kyle Kuzma (small forward) and DeMarcus Cousins (center) likely round out the starting rotation. If the idea is to surround James with perimeter shooters, this might not work out as intended.
Kuzma only made 30 percent of his three-point shots last season and was above average as the ballhandler in the pick-and-roll (65th percentile for points per possession). But he was in the 50th percentile or worse in transition, as a spot-up shooter, coming off screens, cutting to the basket and posting up opponents. And then there's the transition from power forward to small forward. According to 82games.com, Kuzma's player efficiency rating slipped from 18.5 to 16.2 when he slid down a position while his opponent's improved from 13.8 to 16.2 whether Kuzma was defending another power forward or small forward.
Cousins was worse than Kuzma from long range (27 percent in 30 games with the Golden State Warriors) in addition to being a below-average spot-up shooter (16th percentile) and even worse performer as the roll man (12th percentile), although he did produce down low in the post (54th percentile) and in transition (86th percentile) for the Warriors.
Both Cousins and Davis like to work in the post, so it remains to be seen if Cousins will be asked to be more of a perimeter shooter for the upcoming season. It is worth noting the two coexisted in New Orleans during the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons, but that was largely due to Davis getting half of the post-up possessions in those years, per data from Synergy Sports. That pushed Cousins's overall effective field goal percentage down from 54 to 52 percent with Davis on the court with him. Cousins's usage also dropped from 39 to 29 percent.
Then there is the concern of James's workload. Playing point guard, which entails bringing the ball up every possession in addition to running the offense, is taxing on any player, let alone one who will be 35 years old in December. One way to mitigate his wear and tear is to slow down the offense to a pace that's more comfortable for him. With James as the floor general, his teams typically ran 91 to 92 plays a game. That increased to 97 and 99 possessions per game during his last two years in Cleveland, respectively, before spiking to 104 possessions per game (fifth-fastest in the NBA) last year with the Lakers.
Still, labeling James as the team's point guard does have one, concrete advantage: It almost ensures the offense will revolve around him, a departure from Luke Walton's scheme a year ago where any of the other four ballhandlers on the court could push the tempo if they chose. Under new Coach Frank Vogel it appears to be all about giving James the keys to the car.
"It's not this massive innovative approach where we roll out something no one has ever seen before," Vogel told The Athletic. "We're not going to recreate the wheel, but there are small things we can tweak, just like every player on the team, to put him in the best position to utilize his skill set."
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A new exhibit on the USC Shoah Foundation website takes a closer look at the stories of refugees after World War II. It is inspired by the current refugee crisis in Europe.
The exhibit 200 000 uprchlíků ve vlacích ("200,000 refugees in trains") was curated by USC Shoah Foundation Senior International Program Consultant Martin Šmok, who is based in Czech Republic. Šmok recently wrote a blog post about European attitudes toward Syrian refugees today, noting startling similarities between anti-refugee rhetoric today and during the Holocaust, when Jews were not welcomed into other countries to escape Nazi persecution. Šmok urges educators to use testimonies in the Visual History Archive to teach students about the importance of having compassion and tolerance toward refugees today.
The exhibit provides background information about the Czech government's response to the influx of Jewish refugees in July 1946, more than a year after the Nazi genocide of Jews ended. Czech authorities disseminated anti-Semitic propaganda saying that the refugees would bring disease, take away social services from citizens and become Zionist terrorists.
Clips from the testimonies of Louise Hermanová and Norma Dimitry, in Czech and English, illustrate the experiences of Jewish refugees just after World War II.
The exhibit also provides relevant vocabulary terms and historical photographs of Jewish refugees from Poland traveling by train through Czechoslovak territory to displaced persons camps.


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The Predator franchise has been divisive and fans have been eagerly waiting for a sequel that will do the original justice. With the new trailer for The Predator just being released, it looks like fans will have to wait a while longer or maybe just re-watch the Arnold Schwarzenegger original.
The new film puts the alien hunters in the cross hairs of a new adventure, this time on earth. From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home in Shane Black's explosive reinvention of the Predator series.
Now, the universe's most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.
The premise alone seems outlandish and it looks like Black has completely ignored all the films that followed the original Predator. So in a way, this is the direct sequel to that film, which he incidentally starred in. But we'll reserve judgement all the same when The Predator arrives in cinemas in September this year.
The Predator stars Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Sterling K. Brown, Alfie Allen, Thomas Jane, Augusto Aguilera, Jake Busey, and Yvonne Strahovski.
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Long Beach Gay Chamber of Commerce mixer Wednesday
The Long Beach Community Business Network, also known as the Long Beach Gay Chamber of Commerce, holds its next lunch mixer Wednesday at the Paradise Piano Bar and Restaurant.
The admission, $15-$20, includes lunch and soft drinks. To pay in advance, www.lbcbn.com/payments
All gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender businessowners and gay friendly businessowners are welcome to attend.
The mixer takes place from 11:20 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 1800 E. Broadway, Long Beach. For more information, contact Paul Duncan, LBCBN, 562-590-0808.
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Kevin Alejandro talks 'True Blood' scenes, Ryan Kwanten's ripped body
Kevin Alejandro joined the cast of HBO's "True Blood" at the start of Season 3, and as his role as "brujo" Jesus Velasquz on the sexy vampire hit expands, so does the pressure to get fit to compete with the boys of Bon Temps, according to an interview with AccessHollywood.com.
"I'm sharing the screen with somebody like Ryan Kwanten (Jason Stackhouse)," says Alejandro, 34, about feeling the pressure to get ripped for those shirtless and racy nude scenes that have come to be routine on the hit show. "We all look within ourselves for inspiration [to lose weight, get fit] but he's obviously the poster boy of a physique."
On "True Blood," Alejandro's Velasquez is a long-term care nurse, who happens to be a witch. He's also relationship with Merlotte's resident short order cook-vampire blood dealer LaFayette Reynolds (Nelsen Ellis), and Alejandro tells AccessHollywood.com the new couple's bond will grow stronger in the coming season, which premieres this summer.
"My relationship [will grow] with not only him but other characters in show as well," Kevin says. "They are really moving us around and balancing it out in all these crazy, strange ways and it works, man. It works really well this year."
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Lesbian teen drama, 'Pariah,' bought at Sundance Film Festival
"Pariah," a coming-of-age film about a 17-year-old black lesbian in Brooklyn, N.Y., was purchased by Focus Features after its screening at the Sundance Film Festival, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film is about the girl finding herself and learning about her sexuality.
Focus Features, which paid less than $1 million for the film, has also backed "Brokeback Mountain," "Milk" and "The Kids Are All Right," which is nominated for four Academy Awards.
"Pariah" stars Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Kim Wayans, Charles Parnell, and Aasha Davis. It was directed by Dee Rees, executive-produced by Spike Lee and produced by Nekisa Cooper.
For a review of the film, click here.
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"Star Trek" producer regrets absence of gay characters
Brannon Braga says he wishes the "Star Trek" franchise had boldly gone where it hadn't gone before.
Braga, the producer of more than a dozen feature films and 700 episodes in the franchise, regrets not featuring any openly gay characters, he says in an interview with AfterElton.com.
"It was a shame," Braga says. "I'm talking about the 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine' and there was a constant back and forth about well how do we portray the spectrum of sexuality. There were people who felt very strongly that we should be showing casually, you know, just two guys together in the background in 'Ten Forward.'
(He should regret it. It's hard to imagine in more than a dozen feature films and 700 episodes, not one or three openly LGBT characters could have been portrayed. Sounds more like a conscious effort to exclude them.)
"At the time, the decision was made not to do that, and I think those same people would make a different decision now because I think, you know, that was 1989, well yeah about '89, '90, '91," Braga says. "I have no doubt that those same creative players wouldn't feel so hesitant to have, you know, have been squeamish about a decision like that."
(So you're blaming it on the time period? Here's a news flash, "Dynasty" had been featuring a gay character since 1981, and "Soap" featured gay and lesbian characters in 1980. And don't forget "All in the Family," and the list goes on and on. Blaming the lack of gay characters in the "Star Trek" franchise on that space in time is enabling. If someone wants to follow the herd, knock yourself out. If you want to be a leader, you don't make excuses.)
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We've been glued to Crufts as well, although we still don't like the Kennel Club insisting on inbreeding illness in to dogs!
Our favourite bit is the dog agility - what's your favourite event?
All dose agility and flyball competishuns look like fun to me - I probably woulda really enjoyed em when I was younger.
I am not very good at doing those things, but it is fun to watch other pals doing their best!
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Mommie Dearest is a memoir and exposé written by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of actress Joan Crawford. Published in 1978, it attracted much controversy for its portrayal of Joan Crawford as a cruel, unbalanced, and alcoholic mother, with Crawford's other daughters, household staff, and family friends denouncing it as fiction. It was turned into a 1981 film of the same name starring Faye Dunaway.

Upon the death of their mother in 1977, both Christina and her brother Christopher were disinherited.

Synopsis
In the book, Christina contends that Joan, whom she describes as not wishing to be involved in parenting her, was an alcoholic who hit her regularly for frivolous reasons and placed more importance on her career than her family life.

Christina suggests that Joan may have adopted children as a publicity stunt to sustain her career. She implies Joan had a long list of affairs with men, whom Christina was required to call "Uncle" and, on some occasions, "Daddy". Christina writes that as she grew older and more challenging to control, Joan found excuses to remove Christina from home by sending her to various boarding schools and strict religious academies, often specifying in her instructions that Christina must be allowed no contact with the outside world. Usually, the threat of boarding school or the actual sending of Christina to these schools was used to punish Christina for defying her mother or fighting back against her abusive behavior.

Christina recounts several events in which Joan's behavior was unbalanced and at least one encounter with her mother where Joan attempted to strangle her. In another encounter, Joan reportedly discovered Christina's clothes hanging in a closet on wire hangers, which Joan detested instead of crochet hangers, and reprimanded her harshly. In an incident in which Christina refused to eat rare beef, Joan ordered the meat returned to the refrigerator and refused to allow Christina any other food for a day and a half until she finished the meal; Christina managed to hold out until her mother gave up and allowed her regular meals again. Joan allegedly disposed of her children's possessions to punish them for minor transgressions. Christina also wrote that Joan strapped Christina's younger adopted brother, Christopher, to his bed each night until he was 12, ostensibly to control his sleepwalking.

Christina reported that Joan's controlling and erratic behavior continued throughout Christina's adulthood. She asserts that Joan was jealous of her daughter's burgeoning acting career in the 1960's, to the point of taking over Christina's role in the soap opera The Secret Storm while Christina was in the hospital recovering from an operation to remove an ovarian cyst. (Christina's character was 28 years old; Joan was then in her 60s.) She also used the money to control the adult Christina's behavior by refusing to give her money for basic living expenses, even while taking her out for expensive meals and paying for taxis.

The book culminates with Christina learning that she and her brother Christopher were being disinherited upon the death of their mother in 1977, even though Christina believed that both she and her brother had reconciled with their mother before her death.

Reactions
The book's publication in 1978 created an enormous amount of attention.

Some of Crawford's friends disputed the version of events presented in Mommie Dearest. Among them were Van Johnson, Katharine Hepburn, Cesar Romero, Bob Hope, Barbara Stanwyck, Sydney Guilaroff, Ann Blyth, Gary Gray, and particularly Myrna Loy, Crawford's friend since 1925. While acknowledging that Crawford was highly ambitious for much of her life, critics have suggested that Christina embellished her story. Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Crawford's first husband, stated, "The Joan Crawford that I've heard about in Mommie Dearest is not the Joan Crawford I knew back then." The two younger Crawford children, Cindy and Cathy, born in 1947 and adopted by Crawford, have stated many times that they did not witness or experience any of the events described in the book. Christopher Crawford stated, "I honestly to this day do not believe that she ever cared for me."

Bette Davis, longtime rival of Crawford's, denounced the book, stating, "I was not Miss Crawford's biggest fan, but, wisecracks to the contrary, I did and still do respect her talent. What she did not deserve was that detestable book written by her daughter. I've forgotten her name. Horrible."

Liz Smith, writing in the Baltimore Sun, said, "I was inclined to believe Joan was misguided in her attempts to 'mold' her children—and was vain and self-absorbed like most great stars—but the stories of beatings and near-madness were over the top." Crawford's secretary for nearly 50 years, Betty Barker, also stated that while Joan was strict, Christina and Christopher were never abused.

Others such as Helen Hayes, James MacArthur, and June Allyson stated they saw questionable behavior from Crawford, but not outright abuse.

On July 20, 1998, Cathy Crawford LaLonde filed a lawsuit against her sister Christina Crawford for defamation of character. LaLonde stated in her lawsuit that during the 20th-anniversary book tour of Mommie Dearest, Christina publicly claimed to interviewers that LaLonde and her twin sister, Cynthia, were not biological sisters and that their adoption was never legal. Lalonde stated neither claim by Christina was true and attached copies of the twin girls' birth certificates and adoption documentation to the lawsuit. The lawsuit was later settled out of court for $5,000 plus court costs.

Epilogue
In 1981, the book was adapted as a movie, starring Faye Dunaway. Christina gave negative feedback about the film.

The last pages of Christina's book suggest that she was not about to let her mother have the "last word" by omitting her daughter from her will. Biographer Fred Laurence Guiles later reported that Christina began writing her book before Crawford's death.  He has suggested that Joan's knowledge of its contents may have been a factor in her cutting her daughter from her will.

Christina later released a "20th Anniversary Edition", which included 100 pages of new material and omitted about 50 pages of original material. The second edition names specific individuals not named in the original book and focuses more on Christina's relationship with her mother from high school graduation until the 1970s. It also reveals what became of her brother and describes several incidents involving him.

Released by a smaller publishing company, the second edition included some novel promotional methods. This included Christina appearing at presentations of the Mommie Dearest film (based on the first edition of her book), where Christina lectured about the new edition of her book. Christina also appeared at readings with drag entertainer Lypsinka, who has made numerous appearances as Joan Crawford during stage acts.

In 2017 Crawford worked with lyricist and composer David Nehls on a stage musical adaptation of Mommie Dearest, which was produced by Out of the Box Theatrics in New York City.

References in other media

Saturday Night Live featured a sketch parodying Mommie Dearest on the ninth episode of its fourth season, airing on December 16, 1978.  Jane Curtin portrayed Joan Crawford as mercurial, ill-tempered, and micromanaging. Gilda Radner played an exaggerated version of young Christina as mute and possibly mentally handicapped, puffing her cheeks out and crossing her eyes as she sauntered around the set.  This sketch, which took place around Christmas, also featured Dan Aykroyd as Clark Gable, Bill Murray as Cary Grant, Laraine Newman as Katharine Hepburn, and guest host Elliott Gould as fictional character Archer Armstrong.

Victoria Beckham referenced the famous wire hangers scene in her music video for "Let Your Head Go".

An episode of the PBS Kids American-Canadian television series Arthur featured an episode titled "Caught In the Crosswires" in which the character Muffy Crosswire, who is extremely wealthy, shouts at her butler, Bailey, for hanging her clothes on wire hangers. She shouts out, "wire hangers? Wire hangers!?" before proceeding to tear her clothes from the hangers and squish the hangers with her bare hands; the scene was a reference to the infamous "wire hangers" scene from the Mommie Dearest book and its film adaptation.

Four years after Joan Crawford's death, Blue Öyster Cult released the song "Joan Crawford" as part of their album Fire of Unknown Origin (1981). In the final third of the song, there is a voice calling "Christina" with the lines "Mother's home" and "Come to mother". In the background, the word "No" is repeated over and over. This is in reference to parts described in the book.

The 1989 book Daddy's Boy: A Son's Shocking Account of Life with a Famous Father, is a comedic account of Chris Elliott's childhood, with rebuttals from his father, comedian Bob Elliot. It is an obvious parody of Mommie Dearest.

Editions
 Mommie Dearest, Christina Crawford, William Morrow & Co., 1978, , hardcover
 Mommie Dearest, Christina Crawford, Seven Springs Press, 1997, , expanded edition.  The book's 20th Anniversary Edition restored approximately 100 pages previously cut from the original 1978 printing.  Christina Crawford bought back the book rights.

See Also
 I'm Glad My Mom Died

References

1978 non-fiction books
Books about child abuse
Memoirs adapted into films
Books by Christina Crawford
Show business memoirs
William Morrow and Company books
Joan Crawford
Unauthorized biographies

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A.	To be eligible to be an ad hoc public member, the person must:
(a) be eighteen years of age or older,
(b) be a citizen of the United States;
(c) be a resident of New York State;
(d) be a resident of the municipality in which the facility is proposed to be located (if such facility is proposed to be located within the City of New York, the person must also be a resident of the community district in which the facility is proposed to be located);
(e) not hold another state or local office; and
(f) not retain or hold any official relation to, or any securities of an electric utility corporation operating in the state or proposed for operation in the state, any affiliate thereof or any other company, firm, partnership, corporation, association or joint-stock association that may appear before the Siting Board, nor shall the person have been a director, officer or, within the previous ten years, an employee thereof.
A.	There is a different procedure depending on whether the facility is proposed to be located (a) in the City of New York; (b) in a town outside of any villages or in a city other than the City of New York; or (c) in a village.
A.	If such facility is proposed to be located in a village, the chief executive officer representing the town shall nominate four candidates, the chief executive officer representing the county shall nominate four candidates, and the chief executive officer representing the village shall nominate four candidates for consideration. The list of candidates is to be submitted to the President Pro Tem of the Senate or the Speaker of the Assembly within fifteen days of receipt of notification of the pre-application preliminary scoping statement.
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Q: regex for diagnosis a propper diagnosis in my data can have the format:
"F10"
"F10.1"
"F32.124"

I try to extract these correct format within a for loop:
Diagnosen[i] <- str_extract(Diagnosen[i], pattern = "F[:digit:]{2}[\\.[:digit:]{1,3}]?")

But the results are cut off after the point. Exp:
"F10."

what is not a correct format and lost information.
My pattern shall mean: Find the string beginning with an F and 2 digits. Optional is a point with one to three digits.
Please help me.
Best Sebastian

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Mira Jacob is the author of The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing, and "I Gave A Speech About Race to the Publishing Industry and No One Heard Me." Hear her keynote speech here.
Your book The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing has garnered glowing reviews in so many of the major publications. Did you let yourself anticipate the book's possible reception?
I did what most first-time novelists do, I think, which was to bounce between a deep conviction that the book would never see the light of day and my fantasy Oscar speech (which I would deliver for writing the screenplay once the book had been made into a movie, naturally). What I never imagined was the more gratifying, deeply human part of putting a book out, which is that it reaches people and sometimes it changes them and sometimes they tell you about it. That moment is pretty stunning each and every time it happens.
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing is often described as heartbreaking and hilarious. In your writing, how do you balance sorrow and humor in the lives of your characters?
You know, I come from very funny people who have lived through many terrible things, and humor is our go-to coping mechanism. It's not hard to bring that to fiction, especially when I am regularly traumatizing myself and my characters.
Your writing has appeared in outlets like Guernica, the Telegraph, and Vogue, and your contributions have also been hugely popular on BuzzFeed Books and Ideas. Do you think BuzzFeed changed the accessibility of your work to different type of readers? How does your work change for this outlet?
I was an editor for several different sites while writing my novel, so I'm intimately familiar with traffic patterns and what kind of piece works for online audiences. Buzzfeed is a really interesting space because while there's plenty of click bait there (see also: The Internet), there's also this great staff of sharp thinkers who are passionate about books and writing. They know what they've got in their arsenal, and they also know what they want to see in the world, so that extent, they've been really helpful to me and many other writers, helping us get eyeballs to subjects that don't traditionally draw them.
I was blown away by "37 Difficult Questions From My Mixed-Race Son" and "I Gave A Speech About Race To The Publishing Industry And No One Heard Me." The way you are grappling with racial inequality in your writing is unflinching and powerful. Do you see your work as activism?
I am absolutely an activist. I'm also a writer, a mother, and a human on the planet, so I see my work as a being aware, staying vigilant, saying the hard, true thing even/ especially when I am scared, and keeping my heart open to other humans.
You are currently working on a graphic memoir called "Good Talk: Conversations I'm Still Confused About." Can you speak to the unique intersection of text and image in graphic literature?
While I've read plenty, I'm not an expert in graphic literature by any stretch of the imagination, so I'm going to first answer this from the perspective of the creating—someone who is currently grappling with the many nuances of this form. What I love, truly love, is the strange freedom it is allowing me, the synthesis (finally!) of my eye and ear. My husband is a filmmaker, so I've spent a lot of time being jealous of the visual aspect of his work. There's just something really great about a medium that extends itself toward you (as opposed the novel—which, as much as I love it, requires readers to become pretty devoted hunters). In terms of reading, I love the way a line drawn across a piece of paper can inform an entire emotional outlook. Is that magic? It feels like magic. I keep reading and re-reading the visual information and breaking things down and apart to see how they work. Right now, I'm in a moment of deep appreciation for the points at which the narrative breaks—where the words succumb to the pictures or vice versa. I feel like I can feel the artist right under the paper when that happens.
As always, I have to ask, what are you reading right now?
Thunder and Lightning: Weather Past, Present and Future by Lauren Redniss. It is a gorgeous book of history, facts, anecdotes, legends, and drawings, all woven into a visually stunning meditation on the weather. It's one of those books that you pick up, read a little, and go about your day completely changed.
Jim Childs is the publisher of Rowman & Littlefield's Globe Pequot, Lyons Press, and Falcon Guides. Listen to a recording of her keynote address here!
How has the role of a publisher changed since you first entered the industry with John Wiley and Sons in 1994?
Today, a Publisher must be grounded in the market in a way that provides a clear sense of consumer trends, the evolving retail environment and the rapidly changing role of marketing. It's a more complex, challenging job with an accelerated, daily learning curve.
With such a broad range of topics including military history, sports, crime, outdoor activities, travel, cooking, and many regional interests, how do you curate these titles to communicate Rowman & Littlefield's mission?
We're an enthusiast, category, regional press. Globe Pequot stays true to that vision by having a team that has a first-person passion for our categories and an innovative level of market expertise and insight. Our publishing list reflects this level of market engagement with a continual focus on evergreen topics and emerging trends and talent.
How is connecting to nonfiction readers different from connecting to fiction readers?
A Nonfiction enthusiast has the benefit of knowing its audience and being able to drive discovery and sales in a very targeted way.
I still continue the bad habit of reading four or five books at the same time. I'm mainly a non-fiction reader but occasionally stray into a good novel or a good short story collection. My current reading list includes: Michael Korda's biography on Robert E. Lee; Marilyn Robinson's Lila; Doris Kearns Goodwin, The Bully Pulpit; and Houghton Mifflin's 2015 Short Story collection.
Natalie Elliot is a professor at Saint John's College. Listen to a recording of her keynote address here.
You studied for your bachelors with honors and a master's degree in political science at the University of Alberta. What drew you to study political science?
At the time, I was an English major with a focus on post-colonial literature. I was somewhat disappointed with my courses in English because they spent a lot of time on theory, and I wanted to read literary works directly. On the recommendation of a friend, I took a political theory course, where I discovered a couple of professors who focused on close textual readings of classic works in politics. These included Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Plato's Republic. At that point, I decided to study literature and politics in the political science department. It has not always been an easy combination, but at that point in time, it was exactly what I was looking for.
University of North Texas and Southern Methodist University were lucky enough to have you before you took a position at St. John's College in 2011. As an educator, what is the role of literature in your classroom? How to you encourage your students to be passionate about the readings you introduce?
At both UNT and SMU I taught political theory classes that drew on literary works for political insights. We read Melville and Twain to understand the politics of slavery; we read Bacon and Shakespeare to understand democratic and aristocratic politics. I think that literary texts can serve as surrogate experiences for students. Since they do not present a formulaic account of how the political world works, they give students a chance to think through a new world on their own. I find that the most effective way to bring literature to life in the classroom is through seminar discussion. Even in large classes, students get engaged with the puzzles of plot and the intricacies of character, and they start to gain insights about the human condition that are not already framed by theory.
Your talk for PubWest's 2016 conference is "What Does it Mean to Be a Reader?" Can you briefly tell us how you see academic and commercial or pleasure reading as similar and different?
Most of the reading that I do for work consists of careful studies of canonical texts, and, in general, the works speak to each other in profound ways as a part of a larger tradition. When I am buying new books, it is more of an adventure. Since I have a taste for tradition, I particularly like books that address traditional literature, art, politics, science, poetry, and classics in new ways. Sometimes I find the book market overwhelming, but I like to think of bookstores as curators, and I have found a few that keep great selections of new works. My favorite in town is Garcia Street Books. I also read a few blogs for new stuff. I like a lot of what Brain Pickings posts-particularly texts that combine visual and textual elements. I have yet to find a critic I like for new fiction and would welcome suggestions!
Kristen Gilligan and Len Vlahos are the new owners of the Tattered Cover Book Store. You can find a recording of their keynote speech here.
Congratulations to you both! You are purchasing the Tattered Cover Book Store from former American Booksellers Association president and first amendment activist Joyce Meskis. How do you hope to honor her great work as an activist and dynamic business owner?
LEN: Joyce is leaving immeasurably large shoes to fill. Our first goal in taking over the store is "Don't screw it up." In many ways Tattered Cover defined the modern American independent bookstore, and we are determined to honor the legacy of warm, inviting spaces, stellar customer service, a robust schedule of events, and the best staff…anywhere. That said, we also think it's valuable—and Joyce shares this opinion—that bringing a new set of eyes to a business like Tattered Cover is helpful. While we can never fill Joyce's shoes, we can honor everything she and the team here have built by walking carefully and methodically in our own shoes.
Len, you have two young adult novels coming out, Scar Girl from Lerner in spring 2016, and an unnamed work with Bloomsbury in spring 2017. How does your work as an author inform how and what you read, and the kinds of readers you want to connect with at the Tattered Cover?
LEN: Wow! Good and tough question. I actually have three books coming out. The two you mentioned, and then a third book from Bloomsbury in winter 2018. For the most part, I try to avoid reading books with similar themes or settings to what I'm currently writing. It's not always true, but mostly true. I honestly don't think about the readers I want to connect with while I'm writing. I write because I love to write, because I like to tell stories and explore characters, and because, honestly, it's a bit cathartic. That anything I write connects with readers is just mind blowing. I mean, who knew?
Len's book tour for Scar Boys took you from coast to coast! Having spent March to January in libraries and bookstores across the country, what have you found is unique to Denver's literary culture?
LEN: Kristen had lived in Colorado for several years after college, and I've visited the state many, many times over the years. The appeal of Colorado is the people. Everyone here is friendly, laid back, non judgmental. That is especially true in the literary scene. There are so many writers that call Colorado home, and it's fun getting to know them. We're also excited to have met folks from other area bookstores, from the Lighthouse Writer's Workshop, and from local publishers.
Kristen, I've seen some great photos of you with notable authors like Chelsea Clinton and Ellen Hopkins. Can you tell us about the importance of author-reader interaction in the community you and Len are building at the Tattered Cover?
KRISTEN: Tattered Cover is known for it's premiere author events. It's an important part of it's history (and future!), and our customers continue to attend the events and appreciate our programs. It's humbling when we hear from publishers that authors specifically request to come to the Tattered Cover. The authors are very well-received in our community. It's our job to continue to foster the author/community relationship. Recently, we began building relationships with Denver-area schools and are finding that the desire to have authors brought into schools in extremely high there as well—from elementary to high schools. We've also just created a Teen Advisory Board.
As industry professionals, you know how important publicity is, and new ownership for the Tattered Cover has had no shortage of media attention! The energy in reporting from NPR, the Denver Post, and plenty of industry outlets have captured a reverence for Meskis' tradition as well as excitement for the future of the store. What interviews have been the most fun for you both so far?
LEN: For me, the most fun was being interviewed by Scott Horsely of NPR. I'm an avid public radio listener, and I was very familiar with Scott's work covering the White House. When we found out he was a former TC employee, and that he wanted to do a story on the transition, it was pretty special. After the interview we spent half an hour chatting with Scott about his life covering President Obama for the past seven years.
KRISTEN: I totally agree with Len. However, it was the most stressful one, too! I don't do as much public speaking as Len, so imagine when the microphone was thrust at me and I had to respond intelligently on the spot! But the fun didn't end after the interview. Hearing my own voice on national radio, then hearing from friends from all over the country who heard it, too, kind made this whole adventure real.
Thank you both so much for your answers. Before we go I have to ask, what are you reading right now?
LEN: I'm reading The Language of Secrets by Ausma Kahn (Minotaur, publishing Feb. 2). It's a novel/mystery set in the Muslim community in and around Toronto, and it beautifully written. And I'm listening to Unremembered, the first in a YA series by Jessica Brody, a local author. This is an action/adventure/mystery with a sci-fi twist. The audio production and narration are excellent.
KRISTEN: I have several books going at one time. I don't like to do this, but I'm easily inspired—and I like knowing a little about a lot of books, rather than being all-consumed for too long with one title. I'll tell you about a few that rise to the top: Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman (Henry Holt, 2015): a middle grade mystery/adventure about a girl and a boy playing a national online literary game with ciphers, code-breaking puzzles while solving a mystery about the creator of that game. Great for all ages, including reluctant readers. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2015) Epically inventive and visual. Told through archived documents, texts, and clever sarcasm, two teens embark on a futuristic space adventure that is at once a thrilling, yet intimate, race against time. Don't miss this one. The Readers of Broken Wheel by Katarina Bivald (Sourcebooks, 2016) Through a pen pal relationship, a young Swedish bookseller, Sara, travels to Broken Wheel to spend a few months with her pen pal and fellow book lover, Amy. However, upon Sara's arrival, elderly Amy has passed away. Sara decides to remain a few months and quietly becomes immersed in the fabric of the town and its inhabitants. Everyone is very helpful and generous, and Sara feels she somehow needs to return the endless favors. So, she opens a bookshop. Need I say more?


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Federal government announces support for students and recent graduates
By: Cameron Mancell
On April 22, 2020, the Government of Canada announced $9 billion worth of support for students and new graduates affected by COVID-19.
To assist students who are ineligible for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, the government is proposing the Canada Emergency Student Benefit. This benefit would provide $1,250 per month for eligible students or $1,750 per month for eligible students with dependents or disabilities. The benefit would be available from May to August 2020.
The government is also proposing the new Canada Student Service Grant, which will help students gain valuable work experience and skills while they help their communities during the COVID‑19 pandemic. For students who choose to do national service and serve their communities, the new Canada Student Service Grant will provide up to $5,000 for their education in the fall.
The federal government will expand existing federal employment, skills development, and youth programming to create up to 116,000 jobs, placements, and other training opportunities to help students find employment and develop valuable skills this summer and over the coming months. In addition, to help students continue their studies in the fall, the government will:
double the Canada Student Grants for all eligible full-time students to up to $6,000 and up to $3,600 for part-time students in 2020-21. The Canada Student Grants for Students with Permanent Disabilities and Students with Dependents would also be doubled.
broaden eligibility for student financial assistance by removing the expected student's and spouse's contributions in 2020-21, in recognition that many students and families will struggle to save for school this year.
enhance the Canada Student Loans Program by raising the maximum weekly amount that can be provided to a student in 2020-21 from $210 to $350.
remove the restriction that allows international students to work only a maximum of 20 hours per week while classes are in session, provided they are working in an essential service or function, such as health care, critical infrastructure, or the supply of food or other critical goods.
increase existing distinctions-based support for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Nation students pursuing post-secondary education by providing an additional $75.2 million in 2020-21.
extend expiring federal graduate research scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships, and supplement existing federal research grants, to support students and post-doctoral fellows, by providing $291.6 million to the federal granting councils. In addition, the government intends to enhance work opportunities for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows through the National Research Council of Canada.
Additional new spending and changes can be found in the backgrounder on the Department of Finance website.
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, outlined in a recent interview what he thinks a successful presidential candidate would look like — and it looks an awful lot like him — but fell short of saying he would run.
Why he matters: Inslee, chair of the Democratic Governors Association, is emerging as a leading progressive politician and critic of President Trump. CNN included him as a potential 2020 contender, and he also went to Iowa — the magnet for politicians who see a future president in the mirror — earlier this year.
Between the lines: Inslee is one of the few progressive politicians who has made — you guessed it — climate change and clean energy a central staple of his campaigns. He's pushing a statewide ballot initiative in Washington that would price carbon emissions, whose outcome could reverberate around the world.
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The latest title from the Toyah Safari Records catalogue; the long-awaited 'Toyah Live At The Rainbow'. This newly remastered and expanded release is the fifth in the Toyah reissue programme. Celebrating the much-loved February 1981 concert at North London's legendary Rainbow Theatre, this hotly anticipated title marks the first time ever the concert audio has been released on vinyl. At the time, the Toyah band had seen a new line-up with Willcox and Joel Bogen joined by Nigel Glockler, Phil Spalding and Adrian Lee. In February 1981, the lead track 'It's A Mystery', from the EP 'Four From Toyah', rose up through the charts and following an appearance on BBC's Top Of The Pops, saw the band 'Toyah' crossover to mainstream singles chart success. This concert, originally due to take place at the Lyceum, was upgraded to the Rainbow following the EP's success and demand for tickets. Safari Records decided to record this unique moment in history as the band were ascending to greater fame and recognition, and before they'd recorded an album to follow the success of 'It's A Mystery'. 'Toyah Live At The Rainbow' includes the classic tracks 'It's A Mystery', 'War Boys', 'Angels & Demons', 'Race Through Space', 'Danced' and 'Ieya'. The previously unreleased concert audio is released here for the first time ever on vinyl and features 16 songs of which four were not previously heard on the original VHS release. Restored exclusively for this release, these are 'Bird In Flight', 'Mummies', 'Computer' and 'Love Me'. For this release, the original Rolling Stones multitrack reels have been revisited and remixed from scratch by Nick Watson at Fluid Mastering to create a new full stereo mix of the gig for the first time in it's history. All audio remastering was approved by Joel Bogen. Limited blue vinyl.
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Q: Looking for good practices on managing branches and developers in Git I a little while ago I joined a new development team and recently we had our first major release. We've used Git since the beginning of the project and by now are somewhat comfortable with it. However, now that the product is in the field, we are discovering new issues/processes that need to be established. Up to this point, everything we've done was by referencing the very popular successful branching model post, which indeed has been very helpful
Currently we have the following branches, all live and all being updated:

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*master - only released, stable code (tagged every time release is cut)

*develop - wide open. used for long term development

*hotfix-1.0.1 - branched off master's 1.0.0 tag for small, very targetted fixes which are already lining up

*release-1.1 - This is a small incremental release that we want to push relatively soon so we wanted to manage it separately from develop and to limit scope of changes.

These are the merging rules we are establishing:

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*If a code change is made in release-1.1, it must be merged up to develop.

*If a code change is made in hotfix-1.0.1, it must be merged up to release-1.1.

*Nobody except for one team member should merge anything into master and that merge only happens when a product version is about to be shipped.

My questions are:

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*When should the merges take place? As soon as the fix is applied in lower-level branch? Or periodically in chunks of changes? If periodically, how do you typically determine merge period?

*Who should do the merges? Person making the original code change? Or one individual who would be designated as "Director of Git Services"?

Reason I'm asking all this is because it seems that while Git is very flexible (and I do love that part about it), it also allows you to easily shoot yourself in the foot. With just few commands, someone could easily, and hopefully not on purpose, merge new development right into hotfix that should ship out in 2 days.
Many of us are new to Git and we are still feeling our way around the tool. I was thinking how my other companies/teams handled such concepts in the past and I think the biggest difference is that most other source control products that I've used, work with individual commits, so each developer could be responsible for making sure his fixes are applied to the correct places.  But with Git, when one developer runs:
git checkout release-1.1
git merge hotfix-1.0.1

... after his commit, those commands will end up merging an entire branch including code that he has never seen before and may not be the best person to resolve, if there are any conflicts.

A: You hit the nail on the head -- git is a powerful tool. And like any other powerful tool you can just as easily cut off your hand as you can build a countertop.
The best way to address this stuff is have a continuous integration system backing everything -- it will let you get notified when commits happen and can do things like run your test suite to ensure nobody broke anything. Which is an issue no matter what SCM you are using or even if you are using SCM at all.

A: Implementing a commit and release process is one way to minimize the risks.  As for committing to the wrong branches, that can be difficult to enforce.  But you just need to manage it so that people understand the process and that it isn't too difficult.  Generally, that they only work on one branch and should not be merging at all.
Another option would be to add a code review tool so that features are vetted before going into production.

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*Gerrit - prevents commits from being pulled until they are
approved

*ReviewBoard - another code review tool, just review the diff before merging into the production branch (with no one actually making commits to that branch)

The main thing is creating a simple, documented process that people can follow.  Generally, having people know which branch that they are supposed to be working on and designating who is responsible for merging branches can help keep things simple.


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Stephen wrote a great introduction and overview of the exciting changes that came with iOS 8 on Wednesday.
In many ways, today is the start of a new era. This new, modern iOS is powerful, flexible, and customizable. There are many, many great app updates shipping this week, and we are covering our favorites in a big round-up post, but the work of sorting through this new generation of mobile apps is just beginning.
Color us excited.
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With the new iPhone 6 and iOS 8 both making their way into the world, now would be a good time to back up your devices before upgrading to the shiny new stuff. Merlin Mann put it best:
"If you don't have time to do backups, you so don't have time to upgrade."
There are many ways to back up an iOS device, but to keep things simple, we covered just the basics—namely, backing up through iCloud and iTunes.
Be sure to check out the full series of articles on keeping your data securely backed up on all your devices.
A running list of the most notable updates to the best iOS apps »
To keep track of all the activity surrounding iOS 8 and all of the updates to third-party apps, we collected a list of the most notable updates and the best new apps. We also wrote brief descriptions of the updates so you can know what to look for. There's even a table of contents so you can jump straight to the apps that interest you, or jump straight to the app store. Enjoy!
Quick Tip: Use iOS Custom Keyboards »
This week, Bradley explained how to set up and use a custom keyboard on iOS — something we couldn't do before Wednesday. iOS 8 offers a custom keyboard that works across any app. This includes Mail, Messages, Safari, and every third-party app on your iOS device. This feature will be really useful when it comes to highly custom applications on the iPad (music, science, etc).
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Macstories — iOS 8 Changed How I Work on My iPhone and iPad »:
Seven years into iOS, a new beginning is afoot for Apple's mobile OS, and, months from now, there will still be plenty to discuss. But, today, I want to elaborate on my experience with iOS 8 in a story that can be summed up with:
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While their processors run faster and their cameras focus more exactingly, the real story is that these are larger phones with larger screens. That's better for displaying photos and videos, of course, and often for just allowing more information to fit on the screen. But there's also a cost: The smaller your hands are, the harder these phones are to handle.
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So the night of the Keynote, in partnership w/ The Verge, I left on a mission to find out exactly that answer and have been comparing the iPhone 5s, 6 & 6 Plus for five days in Iceland!
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Although this week officially ushers in spring, we've experienced spring-like weather for weeks here in South Carolina. Our climate often mirrors the phrase, "if you don't like the weather, wait five minutes," because frequently spring temperatures span a 50 degree range within a few hours. But there is one thing I'm reminded of every year: although it's spring, March is still a brutal month, with biting winds, frigid temperatures, and the threat of severe pop-up thunderstorms despite the appearance of new vegetation, milder overall temperatures, and frequent bright blue skies.
Perhaps you are in a March season of life, a time when you are buffeted by chilly winds and discouraged by recurring overcast skies that herald a storm in some area of your life. While the bright days abound, sometimes it's not enough to encourage you toward forward motion and new growth.
Pruning – If ever a concept seemed counterintuitive, it's pruning. Why would you drastically cut something to encourage growth? When a plant is pruned while it is dormant, it produces a burst of new growth in the spring. Trees that are properly pruned have a stronger branch structure and less chance of whole-tree failure. Pruners need to know what they are doing, what to cut and what to leave, and they have to possess the ability to look beyond what is before them and see the potential of what the next season will bring.
Pruning in our own lives is a painful, but necessary process. It requires cutting out and letting go of things in our lives that sap us of strength in other areas. Minds and hearts are usually the main areas that are in need of a good pruning—ending thought scenarios, eliminating toxic words and memories, and slicing through jealousy, dormant anger, and a desire for revenge. Pruning, like most other endeavors of self-improvement, requires honest admission of weak, unproductive areas and a desire to grow and move beyond current situations and attitudes.
Planting – While some plants root easily and grow in just about any location or soil, others need more shade or light, drainage or water to thrive. Each of us is uniquely designed. Some require more encouragement, mentoring, self-discipline or strengthening than others. While some can "bloom where you're planted" without much struggle, others need tending. You may be the one designated to help another along, to nourish and support toward full potential.
Potting – Because I'm not a real gardener, I like to plant a pot garden on my deck. I've learned when a plant outgrows its pot, it usually stops blooming, looks unhealthy, or a portion of it begins to die. Potted plants need to be routinely repotted in fresh soil to allow roots to spread and achieve the best growth.
We, too, need to move on to fresher, bigger, and better. It's easy to become bound by negativism and self-pity, and develop a critical spirit toward everyone and everything. And the current tone of public opinion only encourages that mindset. But seeing the worst in every situation and framing everything in suspicious thought is like binding you heart and mind. Break free of those restrictive attitudes by rooting yourself in the Word, drawing nourishment and strength from age-old truths and proven promises. New, abundant growth is possible even in a March season of life.


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Urophora pauperata is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Urophora of the family Tephritidae.

Distribution
Georgia, Turkey.

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Urophora
Insects described in 1945
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