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Impact of the new national health standard for rail safety workers on ischaemic heart disease risk factors in train drivers
Kar Ng, Stephen Quinn, TK Gill, C Hill, Ernst Shanahan
Background: In 2004, a compulsory National Standard for the Australian rail industry was introduced outlining health standards that drivers must meet to be deemed fit to drive. Aim: To examine the trend in ischaemic heart disease (IHD) risk factors in train drivers between 2004 and 2009, following the introduction of a National Standard. Methods: A retrospective analysis of IHD risk factors of drivers (n = 386) of an Australian train company, who underwent health assessments between February 2004 and November 2009, was performed. The Framingham Score for 10-year risk of coronary artery disease, body mass index (BMI), cigarette smoking, diabetes, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein and total cholesterol were compared with that of controls at these two time periods. Results: There were significant reductions in the rates of 10-year coronary heart disease risk/year (OR = 0.47; 95% CI 0.19, 0.75) in the train drivers compared with the control population. This was driven by a reduction in the rate of cigarette smoking (OR = 0.87; 95% CI 0.79, 0.96) and total cholesterol (OR = -0.05; 95% CI -0.09, 0.003) and an increase in HDL cholesterol levels (OR = 0.02; 95% CI 0.006, 0.03) between groups over time. This was despite an increase in BMI (OR = 0.10; 95% CI 0.01, 0.19). Conclusion: Following the introduction of a National Standard for drivers in Australia, there has been a significant improvement in the health of drivers. Such a programme may have a significant impact in this group of safety critical workers.
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Ng, K., Quinn, S., Gill, TK., Hill, C., & Shanahan, E. (2013). Impact of the new national health standard for rail safety workers on ischaemic heart disease risk factors in train drivers. Internal Medicine Journal, 43(6), 650-655. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02923.x
Ng, Kar ; Quinn, Stephen ; Gill, TK ; Hill, C ; Shanahan, Ernst. / Impact of the new national health standard for rail safety workers on ischaemic heart disease risk factors in train drivers. In: Internal Medicine Journal. 2013 ; Vol. 43, No. 6. pp. 650-655.
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June 26, 2017by Pam KaseyNo CommentsArt, People, Summer 2016
Welder, Horologist, Entrepreneur
In a digital age, Carl Witt is making a go of it as a repairman of antique timepieces.
Time used to be so audible. But the clock on the wall doesn't tick these days, and conversations are never interrupted by the chiming of the quarter hour—much less by a cuckoo. So a visit to Carl Witt's new Curiosity Clockworks in Fairmont is an auditory trip back in time.
Witt got his start in clock repair about a decade ago when he stopped by the shop of Charles Decker in Mount Morris, Pennsylvania. Decker had been doing it for half a century and, although Witt was a full-time welder for Pratt & Whitney in Bridgeport, he also became Decker's part-time apprentice. He learned to repair the movements—the workings—of all kinds of clocks and found he loved bringing old things back to life. "And also the challenge—some are very hard to work on. I like that, thinking, 'What am I doing wrong?' And in the morning it's a fresh start."
Decker had an old-fashioned business philosophy: "If he couldn't fix it he wouldn't charge them, if they weren't satisfied he didn't charge them, and he kept his prices pretty low," Witt says. He apprenticed with Decker for three years, then set up a workshop in his own basement. His hobby turned into a side business and, when he outgrew the basement a few years ago, he built a workshop behind his house.
Meanwhile, he became a collector. He owned just a few clocks when he'd first met Decker. Now he has a houseful. "I think I have six grandfather clocks," he says. "I have about seven Vienna Regulators. A lot of mantle clocks. Old American, old French, old German. I have about 75." He keeps some of them wound, and he recognizes their chimes from other parts of the house. "I think they actually bring life into a home."
In the shop, Witt might have 30 clocks mid-repair at any one time. His favorites to work on are American. "Pretty much the same things always go wrong with them and the problems are easy to spot," he says. "French ones are harder. They're smaller, and you have to be a lot more careful with them." One of the rarest clocks he's worked on was an antique master clock—a precise timepiece that others are synchronized with. "It was probably 8 feet tall. It had heavy, heavy weights. I actually had to open the loft in my little shop for the height to run it, and it was amazing."
It's obvious why the business has grown: Witt and his business partner, Greg Carruba, adopted Decker's customer-centered philosophy. Witt makes house calls for grandfather clocks, for free within about a half-hour radius of his shop. He charges just $50 to service the clock in place and $125 to take the movement and weights back to his shop, tune it all up, and re-install it. He guarantees his work and takes good care of repeat customers.
In addition to repairs, Witt will sell clocks at Curiosity Clockworks that he's found and refurbished—again, with the customer in mind. "A lot of people would enjoy owning old clocks, if they could afford them," he says. "My goal is, if they like something in my shop, they can afford to buy it."
124 Adams Street, Fairmont; 304.288.4570
Written by Pam Kasey
Pam Kasey has traveled, brewed, farmed, counseled, and renovated, but most loves to write. She has degrees in economics from the University of Chicago and in journalism from West Virginia University. She and her husband and their teenage son live in Morgantown with their cats, Perry and Kellin.
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Q: Rendering properties of class objects in VueJS today I came across a problem. I have element in template which is set up like this:

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It was constantly throwing an error which said
cannot read properties of undefined reading 'property'
I was so confused why there is an error like this when there is the v-if and in console it read properly. After that I realised that the object is an instance of class I've defined, it's not a normal js object. Can someone explain why Vue can't read properties of a class instance ?

A: Most data properties in Vue have a value that will loosely equate to true unless it is a primitive value such as a number or a Boolean.
In your case what I resort to using is v-if="'property' in object", this works as long as the value of object never starts as or becomes null, An initial value of an empty object is required.
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  },

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Upon arrival at Lisbon Portela Airport, you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel in an air-conditioned vehicle for check-in.
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel. Today, the group will visit Belem to visit the Jeronimos Monastery and the Torre de Belem, both from the 15th Century and part of the Unesco World Heritage Sites.
After the visit, we will have the time to taste a traditional confectionery.
In the evening, dine at the Fado em Si restaurant, in a typical neighborhood, to attend a Fado show.
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel. Head towards Sintra, a beautiful and romantic villa, where kings and nobles spent their free time in the Middle Ages. Here we will visit the National Palace of Pena, an incredible building located in a beautiful location. Visit the center of the old town where the group will enjoy lunch. In the afternoon, we will drive towards the sea to visit Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of Europe and where we can see a landscape of imposing cliffs. We continue along the coast to visit Cascais, a charming town facing the sea, to visit the center. At the end of the day, the group will head down the coast to Estoril to visit the gardens and visit the Casino Estoril, the largest in Europe and inspiration for the first book of Jam. Afterward, the group will return to Lisbon to explore the city and rest a little.
Following breakfast at the hotel, the group will depart from Lisbon to the north to find Tomar. We visit the Convent of Christ, an exceptional monument which is part of UNESCO World Heritage sites and was the seat of Knights Templar in Portugal. After lunch in Tomar, continue to Fatima, a religious epicenter due to the Apparitions of Our Lady of the Rosary that appeared to three shepherd children; Lucia dos Santos and her two younger cousins, Francisco and Jacinta. We will visit the Sanctuary with the 2 basilicas and the small chapel.
The group will enjoy a dinner at a local restaurant.
Following breakfast at the hotel, the group will leave for Coimbra, the city of knowledge where we will take a panoramic tour of the city and visit the University of Coimbra, one of the oldest in Europe. The group will start by visiting the university, where you can see the amazing Joanina Library, considered one of the most beautiful libraries in the world. In the evening, dine at a local restaurant to savor a typical dish of this region.
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel. Everything in this wonderful city of Porto makes this trip memorable. You will visit and learn more about the main attractions and monuments in the city from the Cathedral, Lello's Library, S. Bento train Station to the Clergy's Tower. You'll also have the opportunity to visit places filled with tradition and culture and be given important details about the streets and squares of the city's historical center.
Continue to Gaia on the south bank of the Douro River for a personalized visit to the Port wine cellars.
The group will enjoy a farewell dinner at De Castro Restaurant.
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel. Today you will explore the Douro Valley which is the first wine region to have a formal demarcation and famous for its unusual scenery. Enter into the wine culture with a visit to wineries and a one hour cruise.
Each room and suite is comfortably furnished and includes room service. The friendly staff is at hand 24 hours per day and happy to arrange day trips or special activities for your children.
Galé Ópera's restaurant serves a rich breakfast buffet and both buffet and à la carte menu for lunch and dinner. Every meal is complemented with Alentejo wines.
The health club offers a varied menu of relaxing massage, beauty treatments and leisure facilities to guests for an extra fee. For entertainment, there is a snooker room and occasionally live music during the evenings.
Lisbon Convention Center is 2 minutes' walking from the hotel, and Carris Museum is less than 1,000 feet. The industrial-style and creative hub of Lx Factory is a 7-minute walk.
0.7 mi from Our Lady of Fatima Basilica, Aurea Fatima Hotel Congress & Spa is set in Fátima and features free WiFi and concierge services. Built in 2017, the property is within just less than 0.6 mi of Chapel of the Apparitions and a 5-minute walk of Fatima Wax Museum. The property offers a 24-hour front desk.
Guest rooms in the hotel are fitted with a flat-screen TV with satellite channels. Rooms are complete with a private bathroom equipped with a bath and free toiletries, while some rooms will provide you with a seating area. All rooms at Aurea Fatima Hotel Congress & Spa feature air conditioning and a desk.
A continental or buffet breakfast can be enjoyed at the property. There is an in-house restaurant, which serves a variety of International, Portuguese and European dishes.
The accommodations offers 4-star accommodations with a fitness center.
Church of the Holy Trinity is less than 0.6 mi from Aurea Fatima Hotel Congress & Spa, while Sanctuary of Fátima is a 13-minute walk away.
Hotel Cristal Porto is a new 4-star hotel in a central location in Porto. Set right next to Lapa Church, the hotel is 2,950 feet from Aliados Avenue.
Modern rooms vary from Standard to Deluxe and Suites. Each one includes air conditioning, mini-bar, a flat-screen TV and a safety deposit box. Free WiFi is offered.
A garden gives guests the tranquility away from the hustle and bustle of the city. A buffet restaurant is available, as well as a bar where Port wine can be tasted. Breakfast is served from 07:30 to 10:30.
The 24-hour reception can help guests with car rental, luggage storage and transport options. There are 2 multifunction rooms for events. Cristal Porto offers discount rates at Holmes Place, located a 5-minute walk.
Guests can leave their car at the 24-hour parking. Cristal Porto Hotel is a 5-minute walk from Faria Guimarães Metro Station, and São Bento Train Station is 1.2 mi away. Porto International Airport is 8.7 mi.
União de Freguesias do Centro is a great choice for travelers interested in walking, architecture and city walks.


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Review & Commentary on Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - REF5 Lords of Darkness For Your Old School Campaign
"The Undead. Denied the eternal rest of Death, cursed to wander the many planes and worlds forever, their very existence a mockery of life they constantly crave yet cannot have. Created by the foulest of magics, they have only one thought, on burning goal: revenge against the living. Or do they? "
Back in Eighty Eight I received REF5 Lords of Darkness (1e) as a gift one Christmas from my family. The book is a great adventure anthology & one that's very fitting for Halloween. But confession time I hate the Forgotten Realms with the passion of a thousand suns.
I loath the Forgotten Realms it represents everything I hate about harmonized Advanced Dungeons & Dragons second edition. From cookie cutter settings to having to buy tons of books just to learn the secrets of the setting which were well known to players. The Forgotten Realms remains my least favorite second edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. The fact of the matter second edition remains one of my least favorite incarnations of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. Forgotten Realms sucks. It is the archetype of generic fantasy with no character whatsoever. I understand that dungeon masters like the Forgotten Realms because it gives them a lot of flexibility, but the trade offs are not worth it. I suggest choosing a more interesting setting. My opinion was formed because of the Forgotten Realms novels & no I will not read a single one ever again.
Now with all that said REF5 Lords of Darkness isn't any of those things at all. This book is a solid anthology of horror & the undead which shouldn't even have the Forgotten Realms label on it. Because REF5 Lords of Darkness works with just about any Advanced Dungeons & Dragons first or second edition campaign. It works very well for all of the right reasons & if you don't believe me then let's take a look at what Jim Bambra had to say back in Dragon magazine No. 151 (November 1989); "Jim Bambra reviewed Lords of Darkness for Dragon magazine No. 151 (November 1989).[2] Bambra felt that the style of presentation for the fictional pieces describing the undead in action "is far superior to the dry style adopted by many supplement writers".[2] He noted that four of the adventures lack maps, reducing their usefulness as plug-in scenarios, and that two adventures "are set in castles that cry out for at least schematic diagrams to show their layouts".[2] Bambra felt that the quality of the adventures also varies greatly, and that while most are "fairly good", he continued "[a] few are so thin and underdeveloped that I wondered why they were included".[2] He contended that the adventure dealing with zombies is "the worst of the lot", partly because the characters would be facing "opponents who are likely to stomp them into the ground", but called the mummies' tomb and the lich's lair "fine examples of the dungeon designer's art".[2] He called the optional Horror Check rules "a laudable attempt to instill fear of the undead but not sufficiently developed to be effective", because "the system isn't integrated into the AD&D rules in a satisfactory manner, as characters will deteriorate to the stage where they are unable to function effectively—a situation contrary to the spirit of the game and more in keeping with the grim tone of Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu game".[2] Bambra said the accessory "expands greatly on the background of undead in the AD&D game and provides a source of short adventure settings."[2] He also said it was a good resource in terms of "new necromantic spells" and "information on the ecologies of the undead", but concluded: "its lack of maps and the underdevelopment of some of its adventures make it a merely useful rather than essential item.""
From here you can see REF5 Lords of Darkness is a solid addition to any AD&D dungeon master's tool box. These encounters & adventures represent everything right about this as a second edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons product.
Everything within REF5 Lords of Darkness can easily & completely be used in an OSRIC or Labyrinth Lord Advanced campaign with little modification that's because of the nature & solid adventure construction within the contents;
""Tales From Beyond the Grave" (pages 4–75) presents ten complete adventure scenarios, each one highlighting a "classic" undead type, with the challenges increasing from one scenario to the next. Creature notes accompany each adventure. The scenarios are from five to nine pages each, and include the following: "Skeletons", by Deborah Christian; "Zombies", by Michael Stackpole; "Ghouls and Ghasts", by Paul Jaquays; "The Tombs of Deckon Thar", by Steve Perrin; "Shadows", by Christian; "Mummies", by Jaquays; "Vampires", by Vince Garcia and Jean Rabe; "Ghosts", by Garcia; "Oriental Spectres", by Christian; and "The Dread Lair of Alokkair", by Greenwood.
"The Night Gallery" (pages 75–84) details the main character or creature of each adventure and can be used to plan a series of encounters. "A Mundane Guide to Wards", by Greenwood (pages 85–91), explores the magic and lore of dealing with undead. "The Lords of Darkness", by Greenwood (pages 92–96), presents new spells for necromancers.
Cover art for Lords of Darkness was done by Jeff Easley and interior art by Karl Waller, and the book was published by TSR in 1988 as a ninety-six page book.[1] Editing was by Scott Martin Bowles, and cartography by Dave LaForce.[2] This supplement was perfect bound, and released for the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons[2] with product code TSR 9240."
What makes REF5 Lords of Darkness work is the sheer variety & depths of these adventures & how they can even be applied to a product such as Lamentations of the Flame Princess or even the Sword & Sorcerous depths of Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea.
REF5 Lords of Darkness is one of those books that I feel should be on the shelves of any series OSR or old school dungeon master. Five outta five in my archives.
Labels: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition, Adventure Anthologies, Old School Adventure Commentary, OSR Reviews, REF5 Lords of Darkness, Second Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
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Media release: Consumer Action welcomes fast-tracking of new consumer laws
Consumer Action Law Centre today welcomed the Federal Government's announcement that it will fast track crucial law reforms to protect consumers from unfair contract terms and to give the consumer regulator more flexible and modern enforcement powers.
Catriona Lowe, Consumer Action co-CEO, said that the new laws would bring Australia closer to world's best practice in consumer law and policy.
'We are very pleased that the Government has recognised Australian consumers simply do not have the power to negotiate the terms of contracts they enter into on a daily basis, such as banking, phone and utility contracts – they face a take-it or leave-it situation,' Ms Lowe said.
'These new laws will help correct the power imbalance that exists between individual consumers and businesses. At present this power imbalance allows businesses to include terms that unfairly and unnecessarily advantage them within their standard-form contracts.'
Ms Lowe said that Australia had fallen behind Europe, the United Kingdom and even Victoria, all of which have laws protecting their consumers from unfair contract terms in consumer contracts.
'Victorians have seen improved contracts for a range of products and services including mobile phones, hire cars and gyms and fitness centres, thanks to the efforts of the Victorian regulator, Consumer Affairs Victoria, which has used the laws to force changes to standard-form contract terms,' Ms Lowe said.
'These new laws should give all Australians more confidence in their dealings with businesses and will drive more effective competition in the marketplace by allowing the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the national regulator, to address a problem that consumers cannot fix on their own.'
'Priorities for the ACCC under the new laws will include banking contract terms that impose excessive penalty fees on bank accounts and credit cards and excessive exit fees on mortgages. Insurance contract terms, including hire car insurance and indemnities, also deserve close scrutiny.'
Ms Lowe said that Consumer Action strongly supported the fast-tracking of new enforcement powers for the ACCC as they would give Australia a more modern, flexible and effective enforcement regime.
'The ability for the ACCC to seek compensation for consumers affected by unlawful trading practices is particularly welcome as it will help to ensure businesses cannot keep wrongfully-gained profits.'
'We look forward to participating in the consultations on the details of the new laws to ensure they are effective and cover all sectors of the economy including financial services.'


When Bill Bratton was sworn in as New York City's police commissioner in 1994, he made what many considered a bold promise: The NYPD would fight crime in every borough...and win. It seemed foolhardy; even everybody knows you can't win the war on crime. But Bratton delivered. In an extraordinary twenty-seven months, serious crime in New York City went down by 33 percent, the murder rate was cut in half--and Bill Bratton was heralded as the most charismatic and respected law enforcement official in America.. In this outspoken account of his news-making career, Bratton reveals how his cutting-edge policing strategies brought about the historic reduction in crime.
Bratton's success made national news and landed him on the cover of Time. It also landed him in political hot water. Bratton earned such positive press that before he'd completed his first week on the job, the administration of New York's media-hungry mayor Rudolph Giuliani, threatened to fire him. Bratton gives a vivid, behind-the-scenes look at the sizzle and substance, and he pulls no punches describing the personalities who really run the city.
Bratton grew up in a working-class Boston neighborhood, always dreaming of being a cop. As a young officer under Robert di Grazia, Boston's progressive police commissioner, he got a ground-level view of real police reform and also saw what happens when an outspoken, dynamic, reform-minded police commissioner starts to outshine an ambitious mayor. He was soon in the forefront of the community policing movement and a rising star in the profession. Bratton had turned around four major police departments when he accepted the number one police job in America.
When Bratton arrived at the NYPD, New York's Finest were almost hiding; they had given up on preventing crime and were trying only to respond to it. Narcotics, Vice, Auto Theft, and the Gun Squads all worked banker's hours while the competition--the bad guys--worked around the clock. Bratton changed that. He brought talent to the top and instilled pride in the force; he listened to the people in the neighborhoods and to the cops on the street. Bratton and his "dream team" created Compstat, a combination of computer statistics analysis and an unwavering demand for accountability. Cops were called on the carpet, and crime began to drop. With Bratton on the job, New York City was turned around.
Today, New York's plummeting crime rate and improved quality of life remain a national success story. Bratton is directly responsible, and his strategies are being studied and implemented by police forces across the country and around the world. In Turnaround, Bratton shows how the war on crime can be won once and for all.
William J. Bratton was New York City police commissioner from 1994-1996. He also served as chief of the New York City Transit Police from 1990-1992 and then as Boston's police commissioner before returning to New York in 1994. Bratton began his career as a beat cop in Boston in 1970. In 2002, he moved to Los Angeles as head of its police department.


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"Where do I find a good old fashioned family supper club?" you ask?
The answer is Trail's Lounge Supper Club in historic Portage, Wisconsin.
Forget the rush of fast food and repetition of chain restaurants - come to historic Trail's Lounge for a relaxing, affordable and delicious dinner served by friendly, attentive wait staff. You're always welcome here!
Owned by the Madani family for over 30 years, Trail's Lounge is a unique supper club.True to its roots, the décor includes real birch trees and a historic Indian motif.
The experience begins with a cocktail - a classic Wisconsin brandy old fashioned, a modern cosmopolitan or just a good beer. A medley of good oldies music, country and pop fills the air. Your hosts, Manoucher and Pat, love to experiment in the kitchen and always have something new to taste while you are waiting to order. Don't let them fool you when they offer you road kill surprise!
It's soon time to move into the dining room to begin your meal. There is no need to walk to the salad bar, a variety of fresh vegetables and home made salad dressings are wheeled up to your table on the mobile salad cart. This is a unique twist on the supper club classic, the "lazy susan" and you can find it only at the Trail's.
The specialty of the house is Prime Rib, a choice beef roast, slow-cooked to perfection and served with hot soup, fresh baked bread and your choice of potatoes. Be sure to try the twice baked potatoes, baked then whipped up with cheese, chives and sour cream then baked once again. There are many other entrée choices including steak, fish and seafood items, senior specials and a children's menu. Be sure not to miss our famous Friday night fish fry!
Desserts include homemade grasshopper pie, chocolate torte, pecan pie and sundaes. We also serve brandy alexanders and grasshoppers whipped up to order. If you're really lucky, Manoucher might offer you a good old Wisconsin Blatz beer from his special stock.
Trail's Lounge Supper Club is located at 125 Wauona Trail in Portage Wisconsin, 53901.


Graffiti tags are like the scents left by animals to mark territory. The territorial call signs of birds presumably fill a similar function.
Territories are defined as much by secret conventions as they are by walls and boundaries. As explored in my previous post, one of the technical terms for such sign conventions is "deictic" — the ambiguous, hidden, conflictual, and agonistic means by which agents identify spaces as their own, through a language aimed at a particular group that knows the code.
There's a political aspect to laying down tags, especially if we think of tags more widely as labels, insignias, brand marks, street signs, signposts, placards and names. One group or class can assert its power by labelling, branding and tagging the world in ways that are conspicuously its own — as when an invading or colonising nation changes all the street signs of the subjected territories into its own language.
The introduction of brand signs (Coke, Nike, MacDonald's) serves a similar purpose, and features in Melanie Kline's critique of branding.
The infrastructures and products of pervasive digital platforms are of necessity sourced by large corporations in tandem with governments and regulators. Active citizens criticise corporate interests that tag and brand spaces, services, networks and people.
Formal tagging also represents a bureaucratic attempt to avoid and settle disputes, or subjugate dissent, whether by colonisers, capitalist hegemony, or pragmatic and consensual social ordering. One of the claims made of global capital and bureaucratisation is that they label everything, and in so doing tend to make everything the same. Or at least they suppress difference and diversity.
Contrary to such narratives of hegemony, there is a certain independent autonomy that disregards homogenising organisational structures, or at least works to exploit them. For example, in his book Step by Step: Everyday Walks in a French Urban Housing Project Jean-François Augoyard championed "appropriation" as the operative term for tactical resistance. Inhabitants are capable, through their micropractices that cut across the grain of the grand design, of taking over a place.
Photographs, ornaments and souvenirs are also amongst the means by which residents tag their habitats. Placing an object in a space colours and influences that space anyway; placing objects of our own choosing leaves our mark, and personalises the environment.
For Gaston Bachelard in The Poetics of Space, the reality of a house as a home is subject to constant "re-imagining" (17). The placing of "memorabilia" brings the former occupants to mind. Tagging still exhibits this strong temporal aspect whether deployed territorially or habitually. By analogy, social media posts, pages and profiles provide similar opportunities for personalising and claiming information space through tags — within the restricted vocabularies of digital platforms.
So tags are linguistic, social, locational, temporal, territorial and habitual. The presence of tagging in the context of habitat provides further evidence for the primacy of the small move, the temporal shift, the nudge by which pervasive digital devices and their spaces operate. In these and other respects, the operations of tagging are not so distant from the way graffiti artists, doodlers and scribblers claim, sign and autograph space.
I've adapted this post from: Coyne, Richard. 2010. The Tuning of Place: Sociable Spaces and Pervasive Digital Media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press pp.120-124. Also see post The Creosote Code.
Augoyard, Jean-François. 2007. Step by Step: Everyday Walks in a French Urban Housing Project. Trans. David Ames Curtis. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. First published in French in 1979.
Chmielewska, Ella. 2005. Logos or the resonance of branding: A close reading of the iconosphere of Warsaw. Space and Culture, (8) 4, 349-380.
My colleague Ella Chmielewska has theorised the politics of street names in Chmielewska, Ella. 2005. Logos or the resonance of branding: A close reading of the iconosphere of Warsaw. Space and Culture, (8) 4, 349-380.
The first image is a fragment of the Berlin Wall on display at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin 2014. The second is a wall in Leicester, England 2019.


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Lokoleyacongo
Celebrating Advances of the Congolese People
Suggested Congo Links
Schooling in Congo
On July 7, 2010 February 6, 2013 By erasingbordersIn Church Medical Services, Congo culture, Congolese Daily Life, Disciples Education Programs, Protestant Church in Congo
Nearly everyone here is "Mama" or "Papa". Children at an early age are acknowledged half wryly but affectionately in this way. Rev. Bonanga is not "Monsieur le President" as the head of the Disciples community; he is "Papa President". And I have never heard Sandra Gourdet, the Global Ministries Africa Executive, referred to as anything but "Mama Sandra". There is simply no more respectful honorific the culture can bestow than "Mama" and "Papa".
While everyone is given the title, both parents and non parents, adults work hard and sacrifice heroically in their role as parent. "Papa Pierre", one of my night time guardians in the compound, hopes to receive an advance today of $45 on his salary. Tomorrow his daughter graduates from her sixth year of primary school and there must be an appropriate celebration of the milestone. A new dress and shoes at a feast shared with family and friends crown the occasion. The expense projected is more than his monthly salary but is not an unusual outlay for a child even when there are eight or nine in the family, as is typical here.
The other night sentry in our Disciples guest compound "Papa Dominique" has with his wife continued to work a field more than 20 kilometers from the family's home in Mbandaka to pay his 9 children's school fees. Papa Dominique's wife sometimes spends two or three months away from home cultivating and harvesting before marketing the manioc root and leaves, corn, rice and potatoes. Even parents who have jobs in Equateur, the least developed Province with the highest unemployment, must seek additional income for their children's education.
The school fees, averaging $4 monthly for primary school in Mbandaka, are largely seen as necessary to supplement the teacher's measly salary which the State is often late in paying. Where parents' committees in the States are concerned with raising money for the arts programs or athletics, in the Congo they are focused on paying the teachers enough to keep them on the job in the classroom.
The first Disciple missionaries in Congo were moved by the profound emphasis of the culture on the role of parent. Dr. Royal Dye and wife Eva, in the early 1900's, acquired a new identity and standing with the birth of their first chilld. In keeping with Congolese custom, they were after Polly' Dye's birth primarily referred to as the "Papa" or "Mama" of Polly. Their daugther many years later testified to the help of the Bolenge villagers in raising her in her book In His Glad Service . To ensure the survival of Polly's parents and their child, when the white family's food stock dwindled, villagers in Bolenge beat on the lokole drum an S.O.S. which brought ample relief from a Baptist mission station nearly 300 miles away.
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Balkanisation Talk Is a Distraction - Tshisekedi January 21, 2020
[New Times] DR Congo's President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi has dismissed claims of a purported plan to balkanise his country as a "distraction".
Repatriated Rwandans From DRC 'Ready for Reintegration' January 20, 2020
[New Times] In an interactive session in a communal hall, Edward Rucogoza, a facilitator, teaches everything from unity and reconciliation, to fighting genocide ideology, and introduction to the country's development programmes.
Mistrust Provokes Attack on Red Cross Volunteers in Ebola-Affected Community January 17, 2020
[VOA] The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says that community mistrust was the cause of an attack on Red Cross volunteers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo this week. The attack took place during a burial service for an Ebola victim in Ituri province.
Angola Praises Efforts for Stability in DRC January 17, 2020
[ANGOP] Luanda -Angola on Tuesday in New York, USA, defended the efforts of the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) towards reconciliation and stability in that African country, as well as the promotion of cooperation and regional integration.
Killings and Violence Targeting Ethnic Group 'May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity' January 13, 2020
[UN News] The targeting of the Hema community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with violence, including killings and rape, may amount to crimes against humanity, said the UN on Friday.
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RDC : un an après son arrivée au pouvoir, Félix Tshisekedi cherche toujours à imprimer sa marque January 21, 2020
Au pouvoir depuis tout juste douze mois, Félix Tshisekedi va devoir trouver le moyen de se démarquer de son influent prédécesseur et, surtout, de répondre aux impérieuses attentes de ses concitoyens.
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RDC : retour en grâce sur la scène internationale depuis l'élection de Félix Tshisekedi January 21, 2020
Isolé sous Joseph Kabila, le pays est revenu en force sur la scène internationale avec son nouveau président.
RDC : le président Félix Tshisekedi met fermement en garde les ministres fidèles à Joseph Kabila January 20, 2020
Le président congolais, Félix Tshisekedi, a menacé de " virer " des ministres, voire de dissoudre l'Assemblée nationale, si ses partenaires de la coalition fidèles à son prédécesseur Joseph Kabila sapaient son pouvoir en RDC.
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[Tribune] RDC-Rwanda : les chimères de la " balkanisation " January 20, 2020
La vieille rengaine de la " balkanisation " a repris de plus belle depuis l'élection de Félix Tshisekedi, brandie par une opposition congolaise qui n'a aucun intérêt à ce que la paix revienne en RDC et qui attise la haine contre les Rwandais et les Congolais d'expression rwandaise. Une imposture pure et simple.
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Sénégal-RDC : une délégation congolaise à Dakar pour envisager un projet d'extension de Kinshasa January 19, 2020
Trois ministres congolais sont arrivés à Dakar le 18 janvier pour une visite de trois jours, à la tête d'une large délégation, à l'invitation de l'architecte Pierre Goudiaby Atepa. À l'ordre du jour, la création d'un vaste pôle urbain destiné à désengorger Kinshasa.
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As the Map Store grows, so does the need to better curate maps so that potential buyers can find them. Read about upcoming changes to map categories.
Doug Shidell is a biking enthusiast and author turned cartographer who has made the Avenza Map Store part of his distribution network since its early days.
Drive traffic to the store listings from your web pages, social media and even cross-promote digital versions from e-commerce products.
Crafting a good map store listing can take some time, however, it is worth the effort to maximize the success of your map in the Map Store..
Pricing maps in the Avenza Map Store required some thought and planning.
You may choose to sell maps individually, however there are situations when it makes sense to bundle - both for you and for your buyers.
Embracing the digital channel meant growth o fmap sales for Benchmark Maps.


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Watch Video > – A Team of Three: You, Your Client, and Their Other Helpers, with Betty Martin
by Andres Cordero
How to work with other professionals who are also supporting your clients – For therapists and counselors, somatic practitioners, and potential surrogate partners
Masters and Johnson created a powerful tool called the Triadic Model – the client has the support of both a therapist and a surrogate partner (or bodyworker). The professionals work as a team, and the client gets more support. Dr. Kaye and the Institute for Mind Body Therapy have expanded the Triadic Model to include other somatic practices (in addition to the previously included Surrogate Partners).
For therapists and counselors: You witness people's intimate lives every day. You hear your clients express feelings about sexuality and their deep desire to love and be loved. They often feel desperately touch-deprived. Adding a physical component can complement the psychological and emotional aspects of talk therapy.
For Somatic Practitioners: You too witness people's intimate lives, and hear about their feelings. The additional support of you working with their therapist can give your client more support for full emotional wellness and empowerment.
For those interested in becoming Surrogate Partners: Understanding the Triadic Model is the first step.
During this webinar, join Dr. Kaye and Dr. Martin as we explore partnering with others in supporting clients.
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Betty Martin's Like A Pro – Oct. 7-10 IMBT's Collaboration Institute – Oct. 12-14
About Dr. Betty Martin
I'm Dr. Betty Martin, a Chiropractor, a Body Electric School trained Sacred Intimate, Certified Sexological Bodyworker, Foundations of Facilitation trainer, and a self-propelled erotic adventurer and intimacy coach.
Every one of these and more has contributed to my understanding of the nature of touch.
I'm one of those lucky people who grew up in the touch-y feel-y hippie years. Then I got serious and went to Chiropractic school and learned to touch with some clear intent.
That makes about 30 years as a hands-on professional, first in therapeutics – Chiropractic, Somato-Respiratory Integration, Educational Kinesiology, Reiki, Neuro-Emotional Integration – and later in body-based erotic education, including sensual massage, Taoist Erotic Massage, Kashmiri tantric massage and Sexological Bodywork.
I've taught peer counseling, gender liberation, embodiment and empowerment, fantasy play, goddess awakening and erotic massage. I've played with contact improv dance, Authentic Movement, Non-Violent Communication and Shaivic tantra. I am a student of The Work of Byron Katie. I am a Board member and train and certify new facilitators for a touch and communication workshop called Cuddle Party.
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Watch Video > – Orgasm as Metaphor: A Powerful First Step Towards Sex Transmutation
Helping clients distinguish between the act and the energy of sex introduces possibilities for drawing on the power of their sexual energy to inform, spark and fuel other parts of their lives. Orgasm in particular is an excellent teacher — and can be used as a way to help people learn how to feel more in their daily lives, stay more alert and aware during times of chaos and intensity, and become more adept at surfing their own energetic highs and lows without perceiving them as "problems" that need fixing. This approach can be used by touch and talk practitioners alike to great effect. Tune in to find out more.
During this webinar, Dr. Kaye and Monica Day explore the transformative power of orgasm as metaphor.
About Monica Day
Monica Day instigates individual liberation and cultural transformation by helping people better understand how to express and alchemize their life force energy into potent forms and expressions. Her work involves coaching, workshops, artistic performance, and any other forms of provocation and instigation she can find. By forging powerful links between the private self to the public self, clients eventually realize an unprecedented feeling of wholeness that is life-changing. Her coaching is based on the premise that the more connected we are to every part of ourselves, the more connected we can be with one another, and the bigger impact we can have during our time here on the planet. You can reach her through her website www.thesensuallife.com.
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Watch Video > Touch Pros and Talk Pros: Working Together
How can talk pros and touch pros work more closely together to support their clients?
What is the Expanded Triadic Model, and how can it benefit you in your practice?
What role does the Institute for Mind Body Therapy play in supporting you as a talk pro or touch pro?
Watch this FREE webinar as we learn more about how the IMBT helps to expand knowledge, create community, and build bridges of understanding between and among practitioners of mind-body practices.
Working in the mind-body arena can be challenging, whether you support clients primarily through touch or body-based work, or you support them through counseling and conversation. By learning more from those who offer different, yet complementary practices, creating relationships to work together, and participate in the larger community, you can build upon your practice, receive additional support, and enhance your interactions with clients.
During this webinar, join Dr. Kaye and Andrés as we learn more about the Institute and its offerings, and how they can benefit you as a mind-body practitioners.
This FREE webinar is part of the Online Learning Series offered by the Institute for Mind Body Therapy.
About Susan Kaye, Ph.D. and Andrés Cordero, M.B.A.
Dr. Susan Kaye has more than 20 years of experience as a body worker and yoga teacher, and more than 10 years as an intimacy coach, sex educator, specialist in the arena of sex surrogacy, and as a professor in Human Sexuality. As co-founder, president, and chief executive officer of the Institute for Mind Body Therapy, Susan believes that our cultural life is lived "in our heads." She believes that people need to live more fully from the "neck down" for healthy balance. Her career path has taught her to help others remove years of emotional pain, trauma, secrecy, and ignorance, and enabled them to reclaim their lost pleasure birthrights of celebrating our physical being, exquisite sensuality and blissful sexuality.
Andrés Cordero, Jr., M.B.A., currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Sexuality Policy Leadership, Human Sexuality, at the California Institute of Integral Studies, currently serves as executive director of the Institute for Mind Body Therapy. A trained embodiment coach, sacred intimate, and sexuality educator, Andrés believes in the innate value of collaborative partnerships among practitioners to support clients for both therapeutic and as well as pleasure and life enhancement purposes. He is preparing to examine the phenomenon of sacred intimacy for his dissertation, and has delivered embodiment-based trainings, presentations, and lectures on topics related to embodiment, self-development, and human sexuality.
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Watch Video > – Become a Certified Sexologist through Sexology U. with Dr. Patti Britton
What does it take to become certified as a sexologist?
How does my current knowledge and experience help with this certification?
What opportunities are available for certified sexologists?
Expanding and extending your knowledge and skills in the realm of sexology can enhance your current practice, whether you are a clinician or somatic practitioner. Preparing yourself for supporting individuals and clients from diverse backgrounds, levels of experience, and populations can be highly beneficial.
During this webinar, join Dr. Kaye and Dr. Britton as we learn more about the critical role a sexologist plays in the lives of individuals, and how to pursue certification.
About Dr. Britton
Dr. Patti Britton has been a leader in the field of sexology with an emphasis on sexual enhancement for over 35 years. In the span of over 3 decades, she has gained invaluable experience working with many types of situations; from people of all ages and demographics suffering from a range of sexual or relationship concerns to real sexual dysfunctions or breakdowns…or just plain stuck at the "sexless" or "no touch" stage. She has been a professor and trainer for 35+ years, a sex educator, a counselor, and a pioneer in the new growing field known as Sex Coaching. In 2005, she authored the very first book on sex coaching, The Art of Sex Coaching: Expanding Your Practice, that serves as the foundation for her own global online training institute at SexCoachU.com. She has been blessed to impact the lives of thousands of individuals and couples through several group-level sexual enrichment programs, as well as numerous media appearances on national TV, magazines, and sex education conferences.
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Watch Video >: Supporting Veterans and their Families in Intimate Relationships
What intimacy and relationship challenges do veterans face when returning home?
Why are there such limited opportunities to support them through their healing?
How can clinicians and somatic practitioners play a role in helping these wounded warriors?
Despite the needs of veterans to address issues that emerge as a result of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and medical injuries that have a real and direct effect on their intimate lives, support in that realm is often extremely limited, or completely unavailable. This is discouraging, considering that this support is fundamental to living a a satisfactory life. As a clinician or somatic practitioner, you can play a role in referring, supporting, and assisting with the needs of this population to make a real difference in their lives.
During this webinar, Dr. Kaye and Dr. Tepper describe some of the common situations, provide information and resources, and share experiences in supporting clients. Dr. Tepper also specifically highlights the release of his upcoming documentary, "Making Love After Making War: Supporting Intimate Relationships for Injured Veterans and their Families."
About Dr. Tepper
Dr. Mitchell Tepper brings a lifetime of first-hand experience with chronic conditions and disability to his work as a Sexologist. He is AASECT Certified as a Sexuality Educator and Counselor, and is a licensed PAIRS Instructor. In 2006, he joined Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher as a faculty member in the Center of Excellence for Sexual Health at Morehouse School of Medicine and had the honor of working on behalf of injured veterans. He directed the Wounded Troops and Partners: Supporting Intimate Relationship convening in May 2008. He subsequently worked with the VA to help develop their Chaplains Best Practice Award Marriage Enrichment Retreats and held a joint research appointment with the Atlanta VA Medical Center. Dr. Tepper left Morehouse School of Medicine in 2011 to continue his role as an advocate focusing on sexual health, disabilities and chronic conditions. In 2013 Dr. Tepper worked closely with the Sexual Health and Intimacy Work Group at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on designing and delivering staff training in providing sexual healthcare for wounded warriors. He is currently working on a documentary Making Love After Making War: Supporting Intimate Relationships for Injured Veterans and Their Families.
Watch Video >: Transforming Flirting & Dating with Francesca Gentillé
What are some simple practices in flirting and dating that can help our clients have more effective connections?
What should we tell our clients to focus on during a date?
What are the most common mistakes in flirting and dating?
Is there a difference between successful strategies for men or women in dating?
During this webinar Dr. Kaye and Francesca Gentillé, Clinical Sexologist & Relationship Coach, share some of the keys to empowering our clients in flirting and dating. We will describe some of the common challenges, and share foundational practices in the exploration of that age-old question: How do we get someone to like us?
About Francesca
Francesca Gentillé is an internationally recognized presenter & expert on Sacred Eros, the use of Tantra in healing from abuse, and developing conscious loving relationships. She is an initiated shaman in 4 traditions, clinical sexologist, empowered aging specialist, and relationship counselor. The host of Sex: Tantra & Kama Sutra, the co-author of "The Marriage of Sex & Spirit," and the director The Sacred Courtesan School of Feminine Mystique and Power, she created the village model of Shamanic Soul Coaching – reclaiming the treasures of spirit lost in the dark of trauma. www.FrancescaGentille.weebly.com.
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Watch Video > : "Male Surrogates: Supporting Women in the Expanded Triadic Model"
How can the needs of male and female clients differ?
How can these differences impact the therapeutic approach and structure of treatment plans in Surrogate Partner Therapy?
Given these differences, how should we adapt our approach to support women in the SPT model?
Surrogate Partner Therapy (SPT) is still perceived by many as primarily a female-surrogate, male-client modality. However, women often find themselves facing significant challenges with sex and intimacy as well. As a result, some women may choose to disengage from their sexuality rather than confront and address these challenges.
During this webinar, join Dr. Kaye and a male surrogate partner practitioner as we share some of the realities of supporting female clients in the context of SPT. We will describe some of the common challenges, provide information on available resources, and share experiences as we delve into the exploration of that age-old question: What do women really want?
About Philip Strapp
Based in Canada, Phil has worked for over five years as a relationship counselor in traditional sex therapy. In his holistic practice Phil is focused on the needs of women and trans individuals. He completed Surrogate Partner Practitioner training with the Institute for Mind Body Therapy in 2012, and thus also has a separate practice working for therapists who address the sexual concerns of women.
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Watch Video > : "Raising America's Porn Literacy—and Managing America's Porn Panic"
How has our access to porn changed in recent years?
What is "porn panic," and how do we address it?
What does science actually say about how porn affects our lives?
In this webinar we learn more about how to build "porn literacy" and understand what science actually says about how sexually explicit material actually affects us, our relationships, and our society.
Dr. Marty Klein, best-selling author, therapist, and lecturer shares his insights as offered in his new book, His Porn, Her Pain. (Order today)
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Watch Video > : "A team of three – Supporting your clients by working with other professionals"
Originally broadcast on Thursday, July 21, 2016
One of the most important distinctions your clients can make is this difference. For one, the need for touch is a different need than the need for sexual expression, and once you can take them apart, they can meet each of those needs more authentically. On this call, we'll talk about that difference, what the needs actually are and how to help your client (and maybe yourself) be able to tell the difference and actually meet the needs.
For most people, this means being able to experience touch that is not about sex – and doesn't feel like sex – which for many people is even more frightening than sex. It opens a different door in the heart, and often a more vulnerable one.
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Watch Video > : "Marcella Lyles – The Skin Hunger Project"
Originally broadcast on February 18, 2016
The mission of "The Skin Hunger Project" is to bring awareness, acceptance and advocacy to the issue of Skin Hunger. This conversation will be an exploration in the groundbreaking work we hope the Project will accomplish. Our goal is to support and promote the collaboration of Participants and Practitioners, Educators, Scientists and Social Media outlets in their efforts to powerfully address Skin Hunger.
Skin Hunger: (n) The experience and expression of negative emotions and behaviors that result from a lack of touch.
Much like the body needs water and food to survive, the need for touch is very real and important. It is said that in order to survive, human beings need at least 4 hugs/acts of touch a day. For optimal care, it is suggested that those hugs/acts of touch should last no less than 5 minutes to allow for the creation of Oxytocin, which causes a sense of relaxation, connection and healing. While 4 hugs/acts of touch are needed for survival, 8 hugs/acts per day are required for optimal maintenance and 12 daily hugs/acts are needed for the person to grow and thrive. This means, that even if people are getting some touch they may not be getting enough touch to prevent the negative impacts of Skin Hunger.
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January 6, 2020 | By Herija Green | comment on this post
Send in the clown.
For all of the advantages that the Marvel cinematic universe has enjoyed over its counterpart, DC has the villains. While the success of the Marvel films made Thanos a household name, the likes of Joker, Lex Luthor and Riddler were already there. They've always filled supporting roles, however, as foils for the hero. Writer/director Todd Phillips (A Star is Born) decided to go another direction, crafting a new origin story for Batman's greatest rival with Joker, which became the highest grossing R-rated film in history.
With Gotham City struggling, party clown and stand-up hopeful Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is trying to earn a living while supporting his mother Penny (Frances Conroy) as they live together in a grungy apartment. Arthur also deals with mental illness, which includes uncontrollable laughter, and meets regularly with social services about his condition. While things aren't going well for Arthur, he manages to hold it together thanks to medication and caring for his mom.
Those things start to get stripped away from him, though, as after being jumped while on the job he's given a gun for protection. When he accidentally drops the gun during a performance at a children's hospital he's fired, and when social services have their budget cut, his outlet for therapy and medication are severed. In the wake of losing his job, Arthur is assaulted on the subway by three men that work for Wayne Enterprises and ends up killing them.
Meanwhile, a tape of his painfully bad stand-up routine reaches late-night host Murray Franklin (Robert De Niro), who airs it and eventually invites Arthur, who is a big fan, to appear on his show. Faced with some shocking news about his mother and unwanted attention from the Gotham Police Department surrounding the subway murders, Arthur continues to descend and transition into a new persona, The Joker.
In the same way that Logan felt wholly detached from the X-Men films, Joker bears little resemblance to any of the Batman movies; for timeline perspective, Bruce Wayne appears as a young boy. It's a nuanced back story for the iconic villain, staying far away from the chemical accident of the comics or even Heath Ledger's "agent of chaos" terrorist performance in The Dark Knight. If you've been looking for a more adult take on comic material, this is it.
While Ledger bagged an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Phoenix will certainly be in consideration for a Best Actor nod (he won the Golden Globes version on Sunday). We were all in on his performance and physical transformation as he falls further and further away from being Arthur and turning into Joker. There isn't a lot for anyone else to do, though everyone in supporting roles turns in quality performances, particularly De Niro and Conroy.
There's a very dark look to the film that we really enjoyed, including the cinematography of how the shots were framed and the way various buildings and parts of Gotham looked. We don't typically dig down into the minutia of wardrobe and the like, but Arthur's transformation really plays out in how he dresses and carries himself. Everything about it really drew us into that world, and even though a year is never mentioned it certainly carried a 1980s vibe.
Joker can move a little slow at times, particularly in the first act when Arthur is trying to hold things together. It picks up steam once he leans into the crazy, though no doubt some will be put off by the film "deflecting" blame for Joker becoming a sociopath to external forces. For us, we didn't find him being portrayed in a particularly sympathetic way.
THE BONUS FEATURES
There are four featurettes totaling around 30 minutes, three of which are very short, covering Phoenix's transformation, his outtakes from entering the Murray Franklin Show and a still-shot progression of the film. The remaining feature is far more in-depth and includes interviews with the director and more. It's a solid extra amid an otherwise uninspired group.
Joker is carried by Phoenix's transformation into the title character as he brings some layers to a dark, menacing villain.
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Why would you want to enjoy your champagne if you could slam it back in mere seconds? … We don't know why either, but what we do know is that this Chambong is pretty cool to play with at your next party.
The 'device' makes sure you have a 'rapid and enhanced experience of sparkling wine'. It's made of borosilicate glass and is dishwasher safe. It has a four ounce capacity and is a awesome addition to your barware. If you have barware at all.


Physical Therapists as Wearable Tech Consultants?
If 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was any indication, the field of wearable technology is the new "golden child" of the digital health revolution. The sector grew a whopping 40% over last year's entries. But as Darrell Etherington writes in TechCrunch, the growth in wearable tech generally represents a marketer's dream rather than a consumer's delight. Most innovation has centered on expanding the type and quality of data collected as opposed to really enhancing the health of the wearer. Notable exceptions to this trend are products that stem from a personal need.
One such example is the Up T-Shirt which grew from designer Neda Naef's need to combat her poor and painful posture – the result of hours hunched over a computer. Even though anatomy was the starting point for her low tech elastic band solution packaged in a quality cotton T, it took 4 years from concept to market. Could the timeframe have benefitted from a consultation with a physical therapist at the start of the process? And shouldn't a professional be a part of the design team rather than just providers of feedback, especially when the goal is rehabilitation of a physical ailment or disability? The knowledge and experience that PTs bring to the table could surely elevate wearable technology away from mere data collectors and into the realm of healthcare solutions.
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Back in form. Rucha Gujrati who makes a comeback with an out and out negative character in 'Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se'
Rucha Gujrati who makes a comeback with an out and out negative character in 'Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se'
After starting off as a child actor for films, and doing couple of music videos, the beautiful Rucha Gujrati took on to Television with Balaji Telefilms 'Kkusum.' She went on to do shows like 'Bhabhi,' 'Pyaar ke Do Naam'…, 'Rang Badalti Odhani' amongst many others. Her last outing for television was as 'Kiya in Saas Bina Sasural.'
The petite actress who had married businessman Mitul Sanghvi in 2010 faced many trials and tribulations in her married life. Finally, she lodged a police complaint against her husband and in-laws and got divorced recently. However, Rucha is not ready to talk about it and want to focus on her career once again.
She is back on the tube with a negative role in the new show 'Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se' on 'Life OK' which features Arhaan Behl of 'Pratigya' as the male lead, while Mansi Srivastav makes her small screen debut as the female lead. Vikas Sethi is paired with Rucha.
Rucha, who plays a menacing sister-in-law to the female protagonist in the show, says, "The name of my character is Mahima who is very overpowering and domineering in nature. A firm decision-maker she tries to rule and dominate everyone around and knows how to get her work done in any possible way."
Rucha's last negative role was in the TV show 'Saas Bina Sasural,' but she was there only for a few episodes. Now she comes back as a grey character and it was a challenge to portray the role, "I have not played such a character till date and have played innocent and simple characters only," added Rucha.
So how will she take up this challenge? "For me it will be a good opportunity to play with a different emotions since so far I have only played (a good) bhabhi, girl-next-door or a gullible or simple, docile girl. I will give it my hundred percent and hope that the audience too will accept me," says Rucha.
Rucha has done many reality shows too, like 'Saas V/s Bahu,' 'Paisa Bhari Padega' amongst others and was the winner of 'Welcome-Baazi Mehmaan Navazi ki.' Talking about non-fiction shows she says, "Yes, I am interested in reality shows too." Since she has a colourful past, is 'Bigg Boss' on the cards? "I really don't know but I am not ready to talk about my personal life right now. I have gone through a lot of trauma but do not wish to make it public," said Rucha.
She wants to take her career more seriously now and is waiting for good roles to follow, "Thankfully I was never away from the industry and I am hoping and waiting for good roles to come my way. I am getting good offers even now and I will choose the best," says Rucha smilingly even as news comes in that she has been approached to play a prominent role opposite Samir Soni in 'Life Ok's' upcoming show 'Khauff.' However, Rucha prefers to not talk about it at this moment, "I have been offered the show but I will talk about it only when something concrete happens."
She was also seen enjoying her act as a host on 'Rasoi ki Rani,' "That is again something that I want to explore… I liked to host the show and will do so again if I get another opportunity." We wish the young actress a new lease of life in her personal and professional life!
Rucha Gujrati


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Q: Get shipping address on checkout_onepage_controller_success_action in Magento 2 I want to fetch all shipping details on the checkout_onepage_controller_success_action event.
I am using the following code:
$event = $observer->getEvent();
$orderIds = $event->getOrderIds();
$order_id = $orderIds[0];
$shipping = $order_id->getShippingAddress()->getData();
$shippingMethod = $order_id->getShippingMethod();

And I'm getting the error:

Error: Call to a member function getShippingAddress() on string.

According to me the way of passing $order_id on getShippingAddress() is wrong. Can someone brief me on the same? I want to fetch complete data across order id.

A: This code within your observer class should work:
protected $orderFactory;

public function __construct(
    \Magento\Sales\Model\OrderFactory $orderFactory
) {
    $this->orderFactory = $orderFactory;
}

public function execute(\Magento\Framework\Event\Observer $observer)
{
    $orderId = $observer->getEvent()->getOrderIds()[0];
    $order = $this->orderFactory->create()->load($orderId);
    $shippingInformation = $order->getShippingAddress();
}


Kiss goodbye to those nights with Evan Peters on demand.
Yes. All five seasons of American Horror Story that are currently on Netflix will be leaving the streaming service within the next few months. One by one, your favourite seasons will be removed from the streaming service, starting with Lady Gaga's finest work: AHS: Hotel.
There is ~some~ good news though, depending on where you live in the world. AHS will remain on Netflix for everyone else... it's just the US that will have to suffer without seeing Evan Peters' HD face at the click of a button. Sorry about it.