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Walmart: Hey Amazon, we can do cashier-free stores too
Amazon's biggest retail rival wants to grab its own piece of the cashier-free store pie. Walmart's answer to the Amazon Go convenience store concept (which famously will rely on next to no human staff) is Sam's Club Now, a new concept Walmart unveiled today that will be powered by smartphones and launch first in Dallas. Notice we say powered by smartphones, since with Amazon Go the experience is arguably a bit more friction-free. You swipe in with the Amazon Go app, pick up whatever you want and just leave, letting the app automatically charge you as sensors track what you take.
Sam's Club Now, on the other hand, will be different in several ways. For one thing, it will be a lot bigger than Amazon Go stores, which are between 1,200 and 2,300 square feet. The Sam's Club Now opening in Dallas will measure 32,000 square feet, and patrons will also need to use their smartphones to scan each item they want with an app. When they're done, an employee scans a QR code on the shopper's phone.
In a blog post today, SamsClub.com CEO Jamie Iannone said the company is "very close" to opening the new concept store, which among other things hastens the normalization in retail of cashier-free stores that simply use technology to track and charge you. This new store that's opening in Dallas, meanwhile, will also double as a technology testing ground of sorts for Sam's Club.
"At its core, Sam's Club Now will be a technology lab that doubles as a live, retail club," Iannone wrote. "It's where we will incubate, test and refine technologies to help define the future of retail."
Iannone went on to explain that the new store will be packed with more than 700 cameras. It will also test the use of electronic shelf labels that instantly update prices, so that the store doesn't have to waste time and resources printing out new price signs. Other technologies that will factor into the new store concept, according to Iannone, include computer vision, AR, machine learning, artificial intelligence and robotics.
In addition to what this means for the broader industry, this also is evidence of Sam's Club parent Walmart not wanting to let Amazon creep too far into the former's stronghold of physical retail. In addition to cashier-less technology, GeekWire reported today, "Walmart is also working on smart shopping lists, augmented reality item displays and electronic shelf pricing labels that update automatically.
"As Walmart rolls out this new store concept, Amazon Go has been growing rapidly in recent months. It is now up to six stores in three cities — Seattle, Chicago and San Francisco, with more on the way."
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Twitter may be getting rid of the 'like' button
'Stranger Things' found to be Netflix's second most popular show – and #1 is pretty surprising
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We are home, recovering from jet lag, and are settling into our routine of school and soccer. Here are some more photos from Brussels.
Walking around without sleeping the night before is tough.
This is a gothic cement mixer. An artist created it in a gothic style.
So many choices for breakfast, how will we choose!!!
Since they don't have a choir loft in this church, they suspended the organ from the walls.
A little exercise to help combat the jet lag.
The street art was amazing.


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Q: How to select the same column from multiple table with almost same name in SQL? I'd like to select a 2 column from lot of table.
Exemple
Table_2017-01
id   name   value

Table_2017-02
id   name   value

Table_2017-03
id   name   value

etc...
My Query would be
SELECT name, value
FROM Table_2017-01, Table_2017-02, Table_2017-03

But I'd like to know if something it's possible like
SELECT name, value FROM LIKE Table_%

I know this last query is not possible and it could be easier for me if a query exist for this problem as I can have a lot of table with just a part of the name different.

A: To select mutiple columns with the same name you have to the table as prefix like:
SELECT `Table_2017-01.name`, `Table_2017-02.name`, `Table_2017-03.name` FROM Table_2017-01,`Table_2017-02, Table_2017-03

If you want them in one Column, use Union.
(SELECT `Table_2017-01.name` from Table_2017-01)
Union
(SELECT `Table_2017-02.name` from Table_2017-02)

A: It depends on your database. Oracle f.e. has a data dictionary with all tables.
Because I know oracle better than others I use this for the example:
SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM ALL_TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE 'Table_2017-%';

Now there are the following ways I sometimes use:
I build a list of selects and fire them into the database:

*

*via Excel (not explained here)

*via SQL
SELECT
  'SELECT '''||TABLE_NAME||''' TABLE_NAME, NAME, VALUE FROM '||
  TABLE_NAME
  ||' UNION '
FROM ALL_TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE 'Table_2017-%';
Now you can copy the result to your database (dont forget to delete the last "UNION")

*

*via program (python, Lazarus, c# .. whatever, same view is needed)

But pay attention: It is quick and dirty, the column names and types have to match.

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To protect your personal data, should Washington state restrict facial recognition and adopt European-style privacy laws?
Originally published January 25, 2019 at 6:00 am Updated January 30, 2019 at 10:54 pm
Washington legislators are introducing bills to allow people to correct or delete personal information held by companies, restrict the use of facial recognition and force data brokers to register with the state.
Joseph O'Sullivan
Seattle Times staff reporter
OLYMPIA — Washington lawmakers have introduced a series of bills that would bring European-style privacy and transparency regulations to how personal data is collected, analyzed or sold by companies and the government.
Last year, legislators passed a net-neutrality law in the face of the federal government's rollback of rules to protect customers from changes by broadband companies offering internet service. Washington became the first state to approve such a law.
But when it comes to the collection and use of personal data, Washington — and the United States — remains as ungoverned as the Wild West.
"America, you know, is behind the rest of the world in terms of privacy protections for consumers," said Alex Alben, the state's chief privacy officer. "It's not a secret that people are really upset when they see their data used in ways they didn't intend."
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The misuse of data, by one metric at least, is daunting: In a recent 12-month period, breaches in personal data affected nearly 3.4 million Washingtonians, according to a report by the state Attorney General's Office. That's more than half the state population.
Legislators this week held a hearing on a bill by Sen. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, that would allow citizens to know what data companies are collecting on them. It also would restrict some uses of facial-recognition programs.
Meanwhile, a bill by Rep. Norma Smith, R-Clinton, would require data brokers to register with the state and divulge what type of data they are collecting and whether they have experienced security breaches.
Industry organizations have raised concerns about Carlyle's proposal, while the ACLU of Washington has argued that it doesn't go far enough.
Carlyle, Smith and others say that Washington — the land of Amazon and Microsoft — could be the best place to lead on regulations that could eventually be adopted around the nation.
The European Union last year adopted what's called the General Data Protection Regulation that, among other things, spells out individual rights for citizens whose data is being collected and requires companies to ask permission before gathering such information.
That law made news this week when France's privacy watchdog used it to fine Google $57 million for "lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of valid consent" over the way it personalized ads for customers.
Only one state — California — has passed a data-privacy law similar to the European standard, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, although New Jersey, New Mexico and New York are considering proposals.
Carlyle described his proposal, Senate Bill 5376, as a more limited version of General Data Protection Regulation.
With it, "you have the right as an individual consumer to access, review and modify and question and challenge and act on how companies are using your own data," Carlyle said. "It's about action."
SB 5376 would apply to organizations that conduct business in the state and process or control the data of 100,000 or more consumers, according to a legislative analysis. Businesses that get 50 percent or more of gross revenue from the sale of personal information, and process or control information on 25,000 or more customers, also would fall under the regulations.
Those companies could range from big, well-known firms like Microsoft and Facebook, to largely behind-the-scenes data brokers and retail stores.
If asked, the companies and organizations would have to divulge if the requester's data is being used, and provide that data. They would have to correct inaccurate data if asked to, and delete personal information under certain circumstances, such as if it were no longer necessary.
The legislation would also regulate the use of facial-recognition programs by companies, such as requiring organizations to get consent from consumers before using the software.
Carlyle's bill would also block the use of facial-recognition programs by state and local governments in "ongoing surveillance of specified individuals in public spaces" unless it is used in support of law enforcement due to a court order or an emergency.
The regulations would be enforced under the state Consumer Protection Act. It would make a data-gathering entity liable to a civil penalty of up to $2,500 per violation or $7,500 for every intentional violation.
Julie Brill, a vice president and deputy general counsel for Microsoft, testified during the hearing in favor of the bill, saying "there is an urgent need for new privacy laws that provide strong protections for consumers … but also enable innovation to thrive."
Mark Johnson of the Washington Retail Association cautioned that the rules could apply to smaller businesses that don't have the staff or capacity to adapt to them.
Johnson, who said he doesn't oppose the bill but in the hearing raised issues about it, said he would prefer a federal solution rather than different laws in different states.
"My members are looking for stability, predictably and consistency, so that they can comply," said Johnson, who described his association as businesses with predominantly 50 or fewer employers.
On the other side the divide, Shankar Narayan of the ACLU of Washington said Carlyle's bill doesn't go far enough.
Large companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook could be helping to enact a law in order to set a less-stringent standard than the European regulations, said Narayan, director of the advocacy organization's Technology and Liberty Project.
The five corporations are "openly strategizing" around proposals that are weaker than Europe's or California's privacy laws, said Narayan, adding: "A cynic's view would be that this isn't real privacy, but sort of a larger strategy."
On facial recognition, Narayan said lawmakers should consider Seattle Democratic Sen. Bob Hasegawa's bill, SB 5528, which would put a moratorium on the use of software by state and local governments.
That moratorium would be lifted after a series of conditions are met, such as verifying that the programs are accurate, especially as they apply to people of different ethnicities, races, ages or genders.
Smith's bill, HB 1503, would require data brokers to register with the state's chief privacy officer, pay an annual fee of $250 and disclose details about what they are collecting.
Smith said her legislation compliments Carlyle's and would help Washington residents have a better idea of what information companies are gathering on citizens — and whether any are operating unethically.
"Until we know who's operating in that space, it's very difficult to determine what next steps are," Smith said.
[Related: EU's antitrust cop lays groundwork for tougher scrutiny — and it may not bode well for U.S. tech giants]
Joseph O'Sullivan: 360-236-8268 or josullivan@seattletimes.com; on Twitter: @OlympiaJoe. Seattle Times staff reporter Joseph O'Sullivan covers state government and the Legislature.

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So ive heard about the chocolate and the fizzy drinks, but would like to know if any of you have some natural and healthy morning sickness cures.
So far carrot, celery and ginger juice has been a hit for me!!!!!
I tried slippery elm, but DH bought the chewables which were rather FOUL and that made it worse. From what I hear the capsules are ok, but after my experience with the chewables I gave up.
Definately eating something before you get out of bed seemed to help me: my DH would bring me a drinking yogurt straight from the fridge: I could drink this back in one go (especially if it was freezing cold from the fridge) and not smell or taste a thing, and that seemed to enable me to get going in the morning.
The other thing I found that helped was lavendar oil. I know most people swear by ginger, but that seemed to make me worse. I noticed that if we had a lavender oil burner going in our bedroom, I slept better, and also felt a stack better on waking.
My other thing which helped, but is not great for your teeth, was chewy Minties!
But the thing about eating before you get out of bed is a great idea too.
I read somewhere in a natural health magazine that for alot of women M/S is actually caused by fluctuating blood sugar so alot of women will suffer early in the morning and early afternoon. Which is why the eat before you get out of bed and lots of small meals throughout the day seems to help.
i agree about having something to eat b4 getting out of bed. fiance got into a routine since he woke b4 me, of waking me, giving me a cup of lipton's lemon and ginger tea and a piece of dry toast. it didnt cure it, but it helped enough to get up, get dressed, then head out the door to work. also just grazing helped to.
I can't remember if anything I ate helped at the time. It was more a case of eat anything that didn't make me more nauseous at the time, and once it hit my stomach I'd be fine for a while. Sometimes napping helped. So I basically was either eating or sleeping the whole month!
Now when I'm nauseous I eat a plain premium, and that usually helps.
My thing now is, if I'm up past about 11pm, I get what I can only assume is heartburn (never having had it before), an icky feeling like my stomach contents are leaking back up my throat; this gets worse when I lay down, so then I can't sleep. Anyone got any ideas on what might help?
Spearmint essential oil is my saviour at the moment. I carry a bottle around with me everywhere. It's especially useful at work, where the smell of people's coffee or lunch gets too much...I just put a drop on a tissue or inhale it straight out of the bottle, and it gets me through some very dodgy close-call moments!
Sorry guys I just have to hijack your thread LOL!
I'm honestly not just saying this because I am selling them, but Preggie Pops actually do work, they worked for me and I am getting stacks of repeat orders for large quantities of them!
So if anyone can't find anything that helps or is desperate to get some relief, check out the Preggie Pops page: [url]www.bellybelly.biz/preggiepops.html[/url]. Seriously guys, nothing worked for me when I was pregnant with Marisa, but I was astounded when these little lollipops actually worked - instantly at that! . Makes early pregnancy that much more pleasant.
And they taste reaaaaaaaaaaaaally good, I can vouch for that. I tell you when ms hits for me I will be harrassing kel to place my order They are also good for labour too aren't they?
LOL Cailin - yep they give you an energy boost for labour and help with dry mouth. One mum told me she found them fabulous just after she gave birth when she was so knackered and was trying to stay awake to feed her new baby!


Over the past two to three decades marketing changed considerably. Gone are the times where a potential customer was addressed via a radio or TV spot, or an ad printed in a newspaper, or a letter in the mailbox.
It still happens, but driven by technology and the need for cost reduction, the focus shifted.
Today marketers use an ever growing array of communications channels: Telephone, e-mail, web-delivered ads, mobile apps, branded and white-label communities, social media like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc., chat, messenger applications like WhatsApp, FB Messenger, Snapchat, iMessage, and what not. The list could virtually go on and on.
A short while ago it was possible for a marketing organization I worked with to create a segmentation profile based on few simple parameters like address, age, and shopping frequency, and to generate target groups out of this profile once a week. Marketing e-mails or a glossy catalogue are sent to tier one customers. Admittedly this organization looked, and looks, at itself as a mass marketing business.
Of course this approach didn't work for their web site, which was supposed to offer product recommendations. Offering top sellers per category was not so difficult to achieve — after all there is the PoS transaction log and the e-commerce order data and the sales statistics are regularly brought up-to-date. But going beyond is difficult.
While this approach still works for some organizations it is generally no more enough for todays marketing demands, especially in consumer marketing.
Google finds that more than 99.8 percent of all online ads are simply … ignored. Users do not interact with them at all. They are not perceived as relevant. This is because they are lacking the person's context when served.
E-mail campaigns show a higher opening rate albeit often with low click-through rates. Still, even the opening rates are mostly underwhelming.
Meanwhile, consumers spend more time in messaging apps than on social media sites and their attention span has become shorter than the one of a gold fish.
Customers also tend to use different devices and different channels when searching for a solution to their needs or wants, and when communicating with peers to get opinion that they value. Still they expect a business to know what the business should know about them, and to personally address them with contextually relevant information and to be 'a step ahead'.
Lastly, customers expect a company to not collect an inordinate amount of data about them – and to use it only to help the customer. They expect companies in a quid pro quo to return value, which may be perks, discounts, the company remembering them and their preferences, or benefits like premium information.
This is a very tall order!
The combination of cross-channel- and context (i.e., real-time) requirements creates the double challenge of keeping track of customers' identities and intents across devices and channels while not being overly intrusive.
At the same time companies have regularly not yet reached an 'omni-channel' stage but are still working on achieving a seamless experience, regardless of the communications channel a customer uses at any given time; including as per yet unknown channels.
The requirement is to be able to identify a customer, regardless of device and channel, and to provide him/her with contextually relevant information, in real time. In other words, customers do not want to feel marketed to, but want their concerns and needs addressed – they want help getting towards a solution. They want to be talked with, not talked to!
Marketing technology, leveraging artificial intelligence with the ability to isolate the signals out of the vast amount of data, identifying the right message, and routing it into the most relevant communications channel enables this.
But now – where does the intelligence lie?
The most obvious part is predictive analytics. Predictive models determine from users' actions and expressed interests, as well as behaviors, a model of her current intent. This intent is used to provide the users with relevant messages. Predictive models gain their strength from their application of machine learning to constantly, and in real time, adapt to changing environments. The result of this is twofold: The ability to provide improved recommendations as well as the ability to build target groups of one, resulting in very focused messages that can get delivered to a customer.
Amazon, Netflix, Apple, and others are using this extensively. The same holds true for Google, Facebook, Baidu, et al. They all use machine learning to determine the ads to serve. With the above mentioned results, though. One can even think of customer specific intelligent generation of web site pages depending on behaviors and perceived intent.
When adding Natural Language Processing these intelligent models used to personalize interactions can also be used to trigger a chatbot that offers help in case a user gets stuck or might need additional information. The user's intent can e.g. be derived from current and recent browsing behavior and the possible trigger by hesitation or by repeated searches. A conversational UI as offered by chatbots is a natural way to engage.
The next step would be Natural Language Generation, where the bot, or assistant, then actually speaks with the customer. Sentiment- and or voice analysis can be used to appropriately trigger reward actions and/or to route a conversation to another agent.
Another application of intelligent predictive analytics is price optimization, dynamic pricing, correlating events (predictable ones like New Year's Eve, or the end of a concert, location, less predictable ones like weather, etc.) with sales figures and inventories of product or product categories. Think Uber's surge pricing here.
Lastly, AI opens up the world of predictive service offerings and the corresponding personalized communications as well as the occasional 'wowing' of customers by offering a better service at lower cost.
One caveat here: Data fuels all of this – lots of data; and data that is as accurate as possible.
Given this, business leaders should follow a Think Big, Act Small strategy, and keep the objective of identifying a customer, regardless of device and channel, and to provide him/her with contextually relevant information, in real time, in mind.
Bringing intelligent solutions like the ones sketched above to life, promises to get businesses closer to achieving this objective. Marketing (and sales) processes speed up with the help of intelligent automation and the same intelligence increases the accuracy of lead scores, recommendations, or provides the ability of moving a potential customer across the line by intelligent engagements.
At the same time marketers can concentrate on the less monotonous tasks with the machine taking over the dull jobs that marketers still have – which is another bonus.
Build a data foundation by collecting and organizing data around identifiable customers. Be clear about what is needed, what could be needed, and how to collect it without being intrusive.
Enable real-time segmentation based upon this data, using predictive and learning algorithms that take users' actions, behaviors, and interests into account.
Combine this with a recommendation engine that works with segmentation data and content, and that is capable of working across channels and in real time. This engine ultimately provides the customer with contextually relevant information.
Include a chat interface, powered by an intelligent bot, that helps a customer past issues as they come up, in order to smoothen the way to a purchase.
Mostly customers expect a company to not collect an inordinate amount of data about them and to use it only to help the customer.
Yes, you are right, Roberto. The challenges lie in defining what 'inordinate' is and, for the customer the 'enforcement' of companies collecting as little as possible – since they also are not in control of how it gets used later on.


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NO TOOLS REQUIRED! Use a bicycle to generate significant amounts of energy to charge batteries and/or loads.
The portable bicycle generator has potential to change many lives. We've designed a simple solution to help your needs with power when you have no electricity or simply don't have consistent power needs. In our testing, we've been able to run energy efficient light bulbs throughout a night with less than an hour of biking. The unit can easily fold up and take very little space in any environment. The unit really maximizes your pedal power to charge or run many different loads. You can charge your cell phone, tablet, and portable fans. If you really want to run larger loads, you can do that as well. Ask about how to run DC to DC converters or even 12v inverters to run your larger loads.
For video instruction, click here. The video is also shown at the bottom of this page.
Please allow 6 to 8 weeks delivery.
*Ask about distribution and wholesale prices if you are interested.
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Marianne Faithfull: Is Marianne Kidding?. By Richard Green : Articles, reviews and interviews from Rock's Backpages.
Marianne Faithfull: Is Marianne Kidding?
IS MARIANNE Faithfull kidding? A lot of people have been asking that question since she had a hit with 'As Tears Go By', starting doing a very folksy stage act, then followed up with 'Come And Stay With Me'.


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Соревнования по боксу в рамках IV летней Спартакиады народов СССР проходили с 28 июля по 4 августа 1967 года в Москве. Этот турнир также имел статус 33-го чемпионата СССР по боксу.

Медалисты

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 33.Soviet Union National Championships - Moscow - July 27- August 3 1967

Бокс на Спартакиадах народов СССР

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Q: SharePoint Online 2019 OOTB menus customization I'm using SharePoint Online 2019 and I have to customize out of the box menu. I would like to know if it is fine to directly override SharePoint classes or I have to add a selector or custom class on top and then change the theme. What is the best practise to follow?

A: If you are using modern SharePoint, this is not a supported customisation. You should instead follow the advice Microsoft have given on customising the modern experience.
If you are using classic SharePoint sites, then you can apply your own stylesheet using the Alternate CSS URL option that comes with the publishing feature. Though you should follow Microsoft's advice on what should or shouldn't be customised.


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Week 12: Redskins at Cowboys
Views of the Week 12 matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) takes the field before an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
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The Dallas Cowboys face the Washington Redskins during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) throws against the Washington Redskins during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman (24) tackles Dallas Cowboys defensive back C.J. Goodwin (29) after he picked up a first down during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott (21) runs for a touchdown against the Washington Redskins during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
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Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott (21) runs past Washington Redskins strong safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (20) on his way to a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott (21) runs in for a touchdown against the Washington Redskins during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott (21) pulls out a twenty dollar bill to put in the Salvation Army kettle after scoring a touchdown against the Washington Redskins during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
22 November 2018: Views of the Dallas Cowboys during the first half of their NFL week 12 regular season game against the Washington Redskins at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Photo by Sam Smith/Dallas Cowboys
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Washington Redskins quarterback Colt McCoy (12) runs against the Dallas Cowboys during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Washington Redskins quarterback Colt McCoy (12) fumbles as he's hit by the Dallas Cowboys during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. The Redskins recovered the fumble. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Washington Redskins center Chase Roullier (73) recovers a fumble during the first half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Allen Hurns (17) makes a catch in front of Washington Redskins cornerback Quinton Dunbar (23) during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
Dallas Cowboys cornerback Anthony Brown (30) celebrates an interception against the Washington Redskins during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Dallas Cowboys cornerback Anthony Brown (30) celebrates an interception with defensive tackle Tyrone Crawford (98) during the first half of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Dallas Cowboys kicker Brett Maher (2) kicks a field goal from the hold of Chris Jones during the first half of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Dallas Cowboys kicker Brett Maher (2) is congratulated by Chris Jones after a field goal against the Washington Redskins during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Dallas Cowboys defensive end Demarcus Lawrence (90) works Washington Redskins offensive tackle Morgan Moses (76) during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Washington Redskins running back Adrian Peterson (26) escapes from Dallas Cowboys defensive end Demarcus Lawrence (90) during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
Washington Redskins tight end Vernon Davis (85) goes around Dallas Cowboys strong safety Jeff Heath (38) on his way to a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Noah Brown (85) makes a catch in front of Washington Redskins cornerback Quinton Dunbar (23) during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) scrambles against the Washington Redskins during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott (21) tries to get past Washington Redskins inside linebacker Mason Foster (54) during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Dallas Cowboys punter Chris Jones (6) tackles Washington Redskins wide receiver Trey Quinn (14) after a punter return during the second half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
Dallas Cowboys defensive end Demarcus Lawrence (90) hits Washington Redskins quarterback Colt McCoy (12) during the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott (21) cuts away from Washington Redskins strong safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (20) and inside linebacker Mason Foster (54) during the second half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper (19) make a catch over Washington Redskins cornerback Fabian Moreau (31) on his way to a 90-yard touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper (19) runs in for a touchdown against the Washington Redskins during the second half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper (19) celebrates a touchdown against the Washington Redskins during the second half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper (19) after scoring a touchdown against the Washington Redskins during the second half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)
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With its stereotype of elderly performers with bad fake tans, even worse hairpieces, dodgy facial hair and questionable ability, the world of cruise ship entertainment seems as ripe as any for lampooning, and serves as the foundation for local production Cabahooray!
A collaboration between renowned Perth comedy talents Ben Sutton and Jimmy James Eaton, Cabahooray! follows performance duo Darren Spandau and Dave who have dominated the cruise ship entertainment circuit for more than a decade with legendary covers of tracks such as Meatloaf's I Would Do Anything For Love. When they bring their show onto land however, Darren (played by Sutton) is stranded alone onstage when Dave fails to show, and is forced to try everything from hypnotism on audience volunteers to spoon bending to keep the show going.
"So it's interactive and kind of a mix of comedy and theatre," Sutton explains.
"It's improvising but within a structure. I feel like it's a show unlike anything else that I'm seeing around the Perth comedy scene at the moment, definitely."
Adding to the unique feel of the show is its incorporation of multimedia into the event, allowing audiences to follow characters as they leave the confines of the Astor and enter the outside world via a video link-up.
"What we were trying to do was make a show that was accessible to people who don't watch stand-up comedy but might go to the theatre, and vice versa," Sutton says.
"We wanted to crossover the forms and the genres, so it doesn't really sit in any one category."
Cabahooray! first began life as a sketch devised at comedy institution Shapiro Tuesdays, before it was reworked and expanded after positive responses from audiences. Sutton says he was first drawn to the world of cruise ship entertainers because of an attraction "to really cheesy stuff". After some research into the topic while writing and devising the concept, he admits to a level of respect for his fellow performers plying their trade on the open seas.
"It's hard work, you have to have a good show to be a cruise ship entertainer, largely because it's so competitive," he concedes.
"But I find a lot of comedy in illusionists and cabaret singers. I think some of it's so ridiculous I can't help but laugh at it. I think it's because of the uber-showmanship of it, the bad goatees - just that style that's supposed to be slick. It just kind of makes me cringe but laugh at the same time."
It will be the final chance Perth audiences will have to see the show for some time, before Sutton and Eaton take the show overseas after being accepted into the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Cabahooray! cruises into the Astor Theatre in Mount Lawley for three nights, from May 20-22. Tickets through BOCS, at bocsticketing.com.au
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Rising Stars: Meet Business Cashmere
Today we'd like to introduce you to Business Cashmere.
Hi Business Cashmere, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
Through pandemic, heartbreak, and joy, Business Cashmere has persevered to be where we are now. Music has been a long journey for each of us, but we've always known individually and collectively that this is what we want to do with our lives. During the worst years of the pandemic, we grew a close bond musically and as business partners.
None of us were really playing in a band, but we all lived together in a little bubble, and once we had all officially lost our jobs, it was the only thing we had left to turn to. As restrictions lifted, we started playing shows together. Our first show ever was in masks, but we still played and sang our hearts out because this is quite simply what we love to do.
Once we started playing concerts, we saw an opportunity to impact our community with our music and art. During the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, we were able to raise hundreds of dollars as a band for the ACLU Colorado Chapter in an effort to bring legal relief to those who need it most.
At the core of the band, there is a support system for our collective struggles in life. Serious injuries, racism, and family issues have hampered each of us differently, but the partnership that has grown from Business Cashmere has always been there for us.
The latest songs that we have been writing and will shortly be releasing reflect the impact of those joys and frustrations, from the lowest lows to the highest highs. Our effort, first and foremost, is to try to connect with people who feel that they may be lacking connection and give them an opportunity to relate to someone they may not even know.
We believe emotions are universal, and art and music provide a unique opportunity for us to reach out a helping hand to anyone who might be struggling and even the people who are experiencing the best times of their lives. That's what keeps us going – seeking that connection, and seeking that relief.
In the future, we will be releasing a lot more music, and working on a clothing line for which the proceeds will go back into our community.
Making it as a musician is notoriously difficult, and each of us has faced different challenges along the way. The group has and always will be there for us, so Business Cashmere has definitely made it easier. A lot of these struggles have been lifelong, whereas some of them are more recent.
Chris is our lead singer and main songwriter. Losing his parents at a young age, and going through the foster system is something that is reflected in a lot of our art. It is a relationship that a lot of people have had and it's really important to us that those people can find someone to relate to. Even if you've never had the experience of losing someone close to you, it's meant to make you feel grateful for everything you have, so that you can enjoy it even more.
George, our guitarist and second main songwriter's dad had a life-changing stroke in 2021. It was especially hard because of the conditions of the pandemic. Limited visitation at hospitals, stress about the virus, and the fear of losing someone he loves are also reflected in our art.
Some of the obstacles have been misfortune unexpectedly turning into a positive. When our first drummer left the band, we were devastated and felt like there was never going to be anybody who could fill those shoes. After some time, Tallon, George, and Chris started writing again and came up with an entirely new album inspired by our life events and some of the best times that we shared with him.
Soon after that, we met the phenomenal drummer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Eberle and pulled in our long-time friend, keyboard player, and multi-instrumentalist, Matt Paradis. These new members were more than just fresh faces – they have become integral to our sound and the structure of our group. Without the adversity that we faced, we never would have gotten to this point.
Our music is definitely the thing that we are most proud of, but we pride ourselves on our visual art as well. For each of the songs that we have released, we have put out high-quality music videos that we have worked on collectively as a group from filming to editing. Whether it's passing the camera from hand to hand, or pitching ideas for the next scene, we all work together to put forth a high-quality video experience with our music.
Our best-known song is called "Social Distance," and was written during the worst times of the pandemic. We recorded it in masks. A lot of people heard the title and were expecting something glum, but we took an entirely different approach and produced a vibrant, twangy, and bouncy single that took the idea of social distance and turned it on its head.
Where others saw an experience of isolation, we saw an opportunity to grow as an individual. That's what has driven a lot of our songwriting – taking expectations and subverting them to offer a new perspective.
Success for us is just being able to help others appreciate life to the fullest. Our music is all about connecting with people and giving a voice to stories that aren't always heard otherwise. That comes out in different ways. Our song, "Survive," is about just trying to get by day to day, which is something a lot of people struggle with. Our song, "Endless Summer," focuses on a beautiful moment that feels like it is never going to end.
In every case, we're trying to bring people together, either at a concert, in their headphones, or just to have something to talk about. We really care about people and if we make the world even just a little bit better of a place for anyone, we'd define that as success.
Website: www.linktr.ee/business_cashmere
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/business_cashmere/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BusinessCashmereBand
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/73legjukg7lgb4g6nZJDFh?si=6ZMXrbOCRWuWDkicxxLe-g
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There are plenty of good active holiday options in Tanzania, including hiking and mountain climbing, chimpanzee trekking, walking safaris, snorkelling and scuba diving, and even the iconic Kilimanjaro Marathon.
Hiking, trekking and mountain climbing lead the way in terms of active holiday pursuits available in Tanzania. Whether you set foot on the summit of one of Tanzania's highest mountains or just walk through the indigenous forests on the lower slopes for a few hours, trekking in this country has something for everyone: volcanoes, mountain ranges, high plateaus, craters, lakes and forests offer superb possibilities for everything from short hikes or longer multi-day treks.
Without a doubt, Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, with its six official climbing routes, is Tanzania's most popular trekking attraction. Kili climbs last from five to ten days with Lemosho and Rongai being the routes of choice. Neighbouring Mount Meru (4,566 metres) is less well known, but just as attractive a trekking proposition, especially considering that it is located inside the Arusha National Park with animals like elephants, buffaloes, giraffes and colobus monkeys to ensure that your trek is both active and adventurous. Other lesser known volcanoes and climbable mountains in northern Tanzania include: Mount Lomalasin (3,648 m), Mount Hanang (3,417 m), Ol Doinyo Lengai (2,878 m) and Mount Longido (2,637 m).
Even if you harbour no summit ambitions, there are plenty of quality hiking options with a three- to five-day trek through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Lake Natron, which affords an opportunity to experience Maasai culture en route, being amongst the best of them. Other multi-day hiking options are available in the western Usambara Mountains. In southern Tanzania, you can go hiking through the pristine and untrammelled Udzungwa Mountains National Park, or trekking for chimpanzees in the Mahale Mountains or Gombe Stream national parks.
Another great way to stretch your legs is on a Big Five walking safari inside one of Tanzania's protected areas. The top five options for this exhilarating undertaking are: Serengeti, Tarangire, Katavi, Ruaha and the Selous. Dangerous game abounds, so make sure to go with a reputable operator and have a well-trained and experienced walking guide leading you on your foray into the wilderness. This active experience is far more than simply exercise, it is an opportunity to reconnect with nature and appreciate the rejuvenating power of wilderness, while the constant possibility of big game encounters adds a strong dimension of anticipation and exhilaration.
For visitors who prefer water-based activities, snorkelling with the whale sharks off Mafia Island or scuba diving in the azure waters surrounding the Spice Islands are great options to explore.


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"My concern was that we would get the typical treatment of 'here are some pills for your daughter'," said DeAnna. "There was never any mention of medicating Cayla. Instead Leslie was understanding and wanted to work with us. Leslie also isn't pushy. She would make a suggestion, and if Cayla wasn't comfortable with it, Leslie would switch tracks and say 'let's try something else'."
One method Leslie provided Cayla with was box breathing. Leslie would ask Cayla to focus on a square or rectangular object within her environment, such as a window frame. Cayla would then look upon the outline of the window frame and follow each side with her eyes while focusing upon her breathing: inhale four seconds along the top side, hold the breath four seconds down the right side, exhale four seconds along the bottom side, hold the breath four seconds up the left side and repeat.
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Thomas came to Belgrade Regional Health Center two years ago after feeling like he was getting nowhere with his last doctor.
"I am so happy I came to this health center. Everyone here is wonderful, and they work efficiently together. If it weren't for Amy [Madden, MD], I wouldn't be here. She has made my life worthwhile again!"
Thomas has tackled his diabetes with Dr. Madden and has lost 100 pounds so far.
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Potent, Lethal Pufferfish Poison Has Unexpected Role in Relieving Pain
"A very small amount of stuff has a very big effect."
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When a pufferfish is filleted, one wrong slip of the knife can turn the seaborne delicacy deadly. Even in death, the pufferfish's natural poison, called tetrodotoxin, is more poisonous than cyanide for anyone that ingests it. But scientists are interested in the potent toxin for another reason: its uncanny ability to fight pain.
Tetrodotoxin is found in the puffer's, liver, intestines, gonads, and skin, but not the meat. If you cut the fish right, it's safe to eat, but inevitably a badly sliced piece of pufferfish sushi, called fugu, kills at least one adventurous eater now and then. But in a paper published recently in Nature Communications, Daniel Kohane, M.D., Ph.D., at Boston Children's Hospital debuts a method for binding and controlling the toxin that could open it up to a variety of clinical uses, including managing pain.
"I mean, to show you how safe this stuff is, in the paper, we injected an animal with polymer that had 20 micrograms of tetrodotoxin in it," Kohane, a senior associate in critical care medicine, tells Inverse. "That's enough to kill rats like 10 times over, and they didn't experience any signs of toxicity. So this stuff is really really safe."
Kohane and his co-authors Chao Zhao, Ph.D., and Andong Liu, Ph.D., who are also at Boston Children's Hospital, are interested in tetrodotoxin because they hope it might serve as a local pain reliever similar to lidocaine or bupivacaine. Anesthetics like these are "used like water in clinical medicine," says Kohane. But he thinks that the pufferfish's greatest weapon is uniquely suited for the job.
Fugu sashimi is edible, but only if prepared very carefully in a properly equipped facility.
"It is very potent, which means that a very small amount of stuff has a very big effect," he explains.
Tetrodotoxin is a sodium channel blocker, which means that it clogs off channels on the cell membrane. By blocking those channels, the toxin keeps nerve cells from firing correctly. Ironically, that's also how the toxin kills — once it spreads, it paralyzes the diaphragm, resulting in death by asphyxiation. But, Kohane believes that if we can deliver tetrodotoxin directly into damaged tissues and control its release, we may be able to use its ability to block sodium channels to our advantage.
"Unlike other drugs of its class, site one sodium channel blockers seem to not cause seizures or heart arrhythmia, and don't have much local tissue toxicity, which is a problem with conventional local anesthetics," he says.
Other local painkillers work by blocking sodium channels too, he adds. "Most local anesthetics work by blocking sodium channels. That we didn't invent, God made that," he jokes. But what he did do is find a way to control the otherwise toxic substance by controlling its release. In the new paper, Kohane and his team did this by binding the neurotoxin to a polymer backbone, creating strong chemical bonds that, once in the body, release the toxin slowly into a targeted tissue, like the sciatic nerve, which he tested in his rat models.
In some cases, the toxin is bound so tightly that it can be slowly released into tissues for as long as three days in his rat models, suggesting that it could help numb pain for that long, or perhaps, he hopes even longer. He's going for longer periods of time that might be of use to people with persistent injuries for weeks or even months.
It is very potent, which means that a very small amount of stuff has a very big effect."
"What we showed is that we can attain a whole range of durations of block," Kohane says. "And so, different lengths are appropriate for different things. You can imagine for someone with cancer pain for example, they might want a really long nerve block, in fact, the longer the better."
Whenever we talk about chronic pain, it's tempting to apply the findings to the current opioid overdose crisis. Opioids were responsible for an estimated 47,600 deaths in 2017, so for good reason, scores of researchers have been searching for coveted alternatives to traditional opioids, which, because they involve the brain's reward pathways, can lead to addiction.
Kohane is hopeful for his therapy, which takes aim at local chronic pain specifically. But like other proposed alternatives, from snail venom to rewiring pain in the brain, his method still needs to be translated to humans. That, he notes, is "unpredictable." But a silver lining here is that he believes the technology is scalable. It probably would be fairly straightforward to make and use, he adds.
But whether or not his study is the answer to the bigger issues around chronic pain, they indicate a new hope. Somewhere out there in nature, there's a better way to deal with chronic conditions like pain, even if it's deadly to us now. We just need to find the right ways to use it.
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United States President Donald Trump today appeared to confirm a Washington Post report that he is being investigated for firing former FBI director James Comey.
The Post, this week, reported that Robert Mueller, who is overseeing the FBI's probe into Russia's meddling in last year's US presidential election and possible links with the Trump campaign, has expanded his inquiry to probe whether Trump obstructed justice by firing James Comey as FBI chief.
In his tweet today, Trump seemingly confirmed the report and reiterated his charge linking his presidential campaign with Russia is nothing but a political witch-hunt.
Rosenstein had written to Trump recommending Comey's firing.
Even yesterday, Trump had termed the alleged links between Russia and his campaign as a phony story.
Notably, James Comey, who was fired by Trump last month, publicly testified this month that Trump had told him to ease off on his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who was under the FBI investigation for his Russian links.
Comey said he believed Trump's advice to be a direction and thus felt uncomfortable by it. Terming Comey's allegations untrue, Trump later said he was willing to testify under oath but Mueller's reported investigation into the president's actions means that Trump will have to live with the ghost of another probe reaching to the White House.
Trump had expressed the same outrage when Mueller, a former FBI director from 2001 to 2013, was appointed last month by the US Department of Justice to probe Russian meddling.
While accusing the Clinton campaign and the Obama administration of indulging in illegal acts, Trump had said that "there was never a special counsel appointed to oversee the acts of his Democrat predecessors".
He had likened the appointment of the special counsel with the "single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history". "With all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton campaign and the Obama administration, there was never a special counsel appointed", Trump had tweeted.


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Do we really need another musical about buying a wife in the West End?
A new show picks up on the hit 1993 film – and joins Pretty Woman and Moulin Rouge! in rehashing the idea that women are prizes to be won
The semi-oedipal deal between Marty McFly and his mother in Back to the Future takes on a new note when you sing it, as in the recently opened West End musical.
The past is never dead. It certainly feels that way given the current theater trend of reverently reviving popular films from the 80's and 90's in musical form. These shows often show how much – or how little – has changed in recent years. And the more popular the title, the fewer questioned attitudes are shown. This can sometimes lead to an uncomfortable tension.
Remove the pop medleys and broadway import Red Mill!, soon to open at London's Piccadilly Theatre, is about a courtesan whom a wealthy duke wants to own.
Pretty Woman: The Musical at The Savoy Theater recreates the film's key scenes and lines for fans who know it inside out and adds a few Bryan Adams songs, but it's still essentially a film about a wealthy man who buys a woman .
The film was shot in 1990; Thirty years later, the sight of a contemporary West End production laced with awkward blow job jokes resonates differently. Does London really need another show on the same subject?
The creators of the upcoming chamber musical Unmoral offer would argue that we do. The 1993 film was directed by Adrian Lyne who is best known for Fateful attraction. It came at the end of a wave of glossy Hollywood adult thrillers such as 9 1/2 weeks (also directed by Lyne, who was clearly the go-to director for mainstream cinema erotica) and primal instinct.
In the film, millionaire John Gage, played by Robert Redford, offers Woody Harrelson's financially struggling architect David $1 million for a night out with his wife Diana, played by Demi Moore. It was a film designed to start conversations and ask audiences, "What would you do for a million dollars?"
The show was originally due to open last summer but instead begins on November 2 at London's Southwark Playhouse. Michael Conley, who wrote the lyrics for the stage show, has not seen the film. Instead, he's gone back to the source material, Jack Engelhard's pulpy 1988 novel, which is very close to its time.
"It's a very intimate story. It's a very human story," says Conley, an American performer, author, and lyricist. He hopes audiences can watch the show and wonder what they would do in that situation. He set out to make it "a real story about a real couple, because that's what intrigued me — dealing with the proposal and the ramifications of the proposal and the decision one way or the other."
It's arguably the premise that people remember the film rather than the film. Although it grossed $266 million at the box office, it's not a title that many people appreciate. This gave Conley more room for maneuver: The question of how wealthy people use and abuse their power is no longer relevant since the book was written – on the contrary.
"It's extreme, of course," says Conley, to whose earlier work he is a part The sufferings of Satan, who transplanted the Faust story to 1920s London ravaged by every form of corruption The fabulous fox sister, via a Victorian medium that convinced the world it could communicate with the dead.
"This is theatre, and everything is heightened. But these are things that still happen. That's exactly why we need to talk about it."
The show's director, Charlotte Westenra, agrees: "I think stories about power and abuse of power are always relevant. We are talking more than ever about consent and systemic moral corruption, but there is still work to be done."
In the novel, the young husband is Jewish and the millionaire is a Middle Eastern Muslim named Ibrahim Hassan. Instead of exploring the complex intersection of race, religion and power, Conley deviates from the filmmakers before him. "It didn't feel like a story to tell," he says.
The book's focus on the couple's financial and marital woes intrigued Conley the most, as did the setting of late '80s Atlantic City—the casinos, the gamblers, the atmosphere. The musical's protagonist, Jonny, is now a struggling singer-songwriter who performs at the city's casino resorts. his wife Rebecca also works in a casino.
Conley made the decision to root the show in its time rather than update it: "Keeping it in its time and place gives it a distance. We would ask a lot more questions about it if it happened today. I think we've learned a lot in recent years, especially since the late 1980s."
One of the lessons I hope will be learned is how to approach intimacy issues onstage in a way that is safe for everyone involved, and how to recognize the responsibility of making sure the actors are comfortable.
"The well-being of the actors is paramount and we do everything we can to make them feel safe," explains Westenra.
Exploring the transactional nature of relationships is arguably part of the musical theater tradition. Again and again the value of the woman is reduced to the material.
It's there in "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" by Gentlemen prefer blondes – a recurring song red mill, whose plot line resonates Unmoral offer. It's off in the hollow come-on of Sweet Charity's Hey Bigspender (a musical that tests its heroine so hard it's hard to take these days) and Matchmaker, Matchmaker violinist on the roof, with its deeply somber final verse ("You heard he's got a temper/He'll hit you every night/But only when he's sober/You're fine"). And it's in Paint your carwhen a woman is auctioned.
Could one argue that Unmoral offer is just a clearer excavation of a theme that runs right through musical theater history, but at the same time it's tiring to see the trope constantly being rehashed on stage and screen. Doesn't it just ingrain the idea that women are prizes? Or does it make sense to unpack these topics from the perspective of the 21st century?
According to Conley, musical theater is the perfect form to explore delicate moral issues. "When something is sung, you tend to believe in it," he says. "But sometimes it's about what's not said and what's not sung. We never say what we mean. If there's tension there, I think that's the best thing in the world."
Unmoral offer is at the Southwark Playhouse, London (020 7407 0234) until November 27th
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By Admin Editor December 1, 2020 89 No comment
The Federation of Muslim Councils (FMC) would perhaps remember the late Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings as one Ghanaian leader under whose administration Islam had space to flourish and Ghanaian Muslims were accorded respect like their counterparts in the other faiths. For his respect for religions, Rawlings ran a government and cabinet which embraced citizens from all religious perspectives, including Muslims. Rawlings' era brought religious bigotry to the barest level and for which reason Ghanaians saw each other as equal partners in the secular cake called Ghana! No particular religious group was thrust upon the others and overly pampered by the State.
Flight Lieutenant Rawlings epitomized justice and non-discrimination and this manifested in many forms. One manifestation of JJ's non-discrimination principles was his firm stance against the discrimination of Muslims in Ghana in respect of holidays during the two prominent and widely known Muslim festivals, Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Ad-ha. While their Christian counterparts enjoyed holidays during Easter and Christmas, Muslims were denied theirs.
What, therefore, would be Rawlings' greatest contribution to the development of Islam and Muslims in Ghana was the grant of the two Muslim festivals as statutory public holidays which we enjoy today. That is a great feat. The genesis of that feat, however, needs elucidation for avoidance of doubt as sometimes the "bigger picture" may sacrifice details. The assent of JJ's signature to the law granting the two holidays was a culmination of a crusade initiated in May 1994 by the FMC through its National Coordinator, Alhaji Abdullah Showumi Williams when he met with JJ the first time. Alhaji Showumi first met Jerry John Rawlings at a dinner hosted by Her Ladyship Justice Emelia Korkoi Aryee of blessed memory. The occasion was to honour and commemorate Justice D. F. Annan's appointment as Ghana Olympic Committee's chairman. The function was initiated by Dr Jennifer Aryee, Justice Aryee's daughter who was a class mate to both Rawlings and Nana Konadu at Achimota Secondary School. At the function, Justice Annan introduced Alhaji Showumi to Rawlings as his maternal nephew and National Coordinator of the umbrella Muslim organization in the country. That was an opportunity for Alhaji Showumi.
Showumi had learnt that a Bill for Public Holidays was being drafted for consideration by the 4th Republican Parliament, and burning with passion to see justice done to Muslims in Ghana, he quickly seized the occasion and requested for audience with JJ at a later date to discuss the omitted holidays for Muslims in the 1992 Constitution. Rawlings agreed.
On the appointed date, Alhaji Showumi would lead a delegation of other prominent members of the FMC, notably Alhaji Abdulrahman Atse Collison-Cofie, Alhaji Alhaji Ibrahim Darpoh, and Abdul Malik Mumuni (all of blessed memory) to meet His Excellency JJ Rawlings at the Castle, Osu. After listening to the pleas of the delegation, Rawlings concluded: "your plea is just, your cause is genuine and fair". Rawlings then directed the delegation to see the Right Honourable Speaker, Justice Daniel Francis Annan who in turn handed the delegation to his Deputy, Hon. Ken Dzirasah. Dzirasah then advised that the FMC should formally petition Parliament.
Accordingly, on the 10th April, 1994, the National Executive Council of the FMC submitted a memorandum to the Speaker of Parliament. In the memo , the FMC appealed "to the Honourable Speaker and Members of the August (sic) Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana for consideration to declare the two yearly Muslims (sic) festivals, namely Eidul-Fitr (Ramadan Festival) and Eidul-Ad-ha (Hajj Festival), as statutory public holidays by an Act of parliament."
In the wisdom of the FMC, this had become urgently necessary to correct the "situation and practices where Heads of Departments had the discretion whether or not to release Muslim employees to attend the Eid festivities, which are preceded by congregational prayers for peace, stability and progress for Ghana and the world at large. This discretionary power of departmental heads, in the eyes of the FMC, was discriminatory against Muslims in Ghana, in view of the numerous public holidays for Christian festivals in Ghana".
The two principal Muslim festivities, Eidul-Fitr and Eidul-Ad-ha, form part of the five (5) fundamental pillars of Islam and, therefore, occupy a central place in the psyche of the Muslim in terms of their religious and spiritual importance.
The FMC argued "that since Ghana is a secular State and Muslims account for a reasonably high percentage of Ghana's population, State recognition and declaration of public holidays for the (two) annual festivals……would not be out of place", especially because "Muslims in Nigeria, Tunisia, Morocco and Mali (which are also secular countries like Ghana) enjoy two days public holidays for each festivity" the memo concluded.
On the 11th of May, 1994, a day after writing to the Right Honorable Speaker, the FMC wrote and appealed also to the individual honourable members of Parliament for support to add their voices to the FMC's cause whenever the matter came up for debate in the House.
Indeed the FMC, under the leadership of its National Coordinator, Hajj Abdullah Showumi Williams, stuck to the negotiations throughout the process. To bring greater uniformity to the Muslim front , the negotiations were later joined by other prominent Muslim stakeholder organizations and individuals, notably the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission led by the late Ameer & Missionary-in-Charge, Dr. Maulvi A. Wahab Adam. The rest is history.
Indeed, if Islam and Muslims in Ghana ever had a period to flourish and be accorded respect, it was in the era of Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings as Head of State and President of the Republic.
His Excellency Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings will hardly be forgotten so long as Ghanaian Muslims continue to enjoy these holidays. This will mean constant supplications for JJ for a peaceful rest. Indeed, with the passing of Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, the FMC and Ghanaian Muslims have lost a great ally. On behalf of Muslims of Ghana, we extend our deepest condolences to the wife and children of the deceased, the Rawlings and Agbotui families and the government and people of Ghana.
Source: Federation of Muslm Councils Ghana
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This has been an exciting Spring session of Reiki Level 1 & 2 Workshops! The time I spent with these wonderful people was amazing and perfect. We now have several more Reiki Level 2 Practitioners in the area. What a blessing this is in so many ways—to all of us. The more people that practice Reiki, the more healing there is in their own lives, plus all the lives around them, including the workplace. Thank you to these special individuals for taking this step of learning Reiki to open their world to healing and health.
I'm already looking forward to the Fall session of Workshops! I have 3 planned, one for August, one for September, and one for October. I will be posting the dates soon. If these dates don't work for you, I can also work with customized dates. At this point, I don't have any workshops planned for the winter, but I'm open to customized dates then too.
To everyone 🙂, have a wonderful summer. If you have any questions or comments, give me a shout. To the new Reiki practitioners ♥, I would love to spend a few days, or even a few hours practicing Reiki, sharing stories, and chatting with you during the summer. I am always available by phone, text, or email. Talk to you all soon.


Edinburgh Airport has topped off another record-breaking year with over 10 million passengers travelling through its terminal in 2014.
Last year Edinburgh saw more passengers than any other Scottish airport, marking a 4% increase on 2013's passenger figures.
A total of 10,174,684 people flew in and out of Scotland's busiest airport over the last 12 months making last year the second consecutive record-breaking year for the capital's transport hub. The airport passed the historic 10m mark on the 23rd December.
Last year's growth stemmed from significant increases in long-haul traffic, up 89.6% on 2013 thanks to the introduction of Qatar Airways new service to Doha, new US routes to Chicago with United Airlines and Philadelphia with US Airways and an increase in frequency from Air Canada Rouge. Total domestic traffic was also up 3% on 2013 with a number of new and increased services to London airports, with new flights to Stansted with Ryanair and London City with FlyBE which starting in October.
December's passenger numbers rose by 7.2% with a total of 691,922 people travelling. Just over 380,000 domestic passengers travelled through Edinburgh Airport in December, an increase of 9.3% on the previous year. International passenger numbers also rose by 4.7% to 308,729 people travelling to popular European destinations like Amsterdam, Paris and Lisbon.
The increase in last month's passenger numbers is thanks to a 13% rise in London traffic, bringing the total increase in domestic traffic to 9.3%.
Speaking about the milestone, Gordon Dewar, Chief Executive of Edinburgh Airport, said: "To exceed our 10 million passenger mark is a fantastic achievement. We couldn't have done this without the hard work and dedication of all our teams and partners in the airport and across the city. It's truly been a team effort and is a collective celebration for Team Edinburgh and the wider Team Scotland.
"Last year we achieved what we set out to do – to offer our passengers choice, a great experience and to cement Edinburgh Airport as the place where Scotland meets the world.
"We welcomed new airlines and retail partners and opened our brand new terminal extension and security hall, all with the passenger firmly at the centre of our operations.
"2014 has been an unprecedented year for Scotland as a whole and we're proud to have played our part in its success.
The moving average total recorded on 31 December was 10,174,684.
Edinburgh Airport is Scotland's busiest airport. More than 40 airlines serve 100-plus destinations and 10.2 million passengers passed through the airport in 2014 – the busiest year ever for a Scottish airport.
July 2014 was the airport's busiest month ever with over 1.1 million passengers travelling through its terminal.
It is the 6th largest in the UK, in terms of passenger numbers, and employs over 5000 people, contributing hundreds of millions of pounds to Scotland's economy.
Edinburgh Airport was named best in Britain, and top three in Europe, for passenger satisfaction, at the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards for 2012 and 'Best European Airport (5-10m passengers)' at the ACI EUROPE Best Airport Awards for 2012. It has also won Scottish Airport of the Year at the Scottish Transport Awards in 2013 and 2014.


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India vs Pakistan Davis Cup: Bopanna pulls out due to shoulder injury
Rohan Bopanna has pulled out of India's Davis Cup tie against Pakistan due to a shoulder injury as Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan set to replace him.
File Photo: Rohan Bopanna communicated his unavailability to non-playing captain Rohit Rajpal on Monday. - AP
Senior player Rohan Bopanna pulled out of India's upcoming tie against Pakistan due to a shoulder injury, paving the way for Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan's inclusion in the playing squad.
Bopanna, who underwent an MRI scan on Monday, communicated his unavailability to non-playing captain Rohit Rajpal.
The 39-year-old was expected to be paired with veteran Leander Paes for the doubles rubber of the November 29-30 tie.
Left-handed Nedunchezhiyan was named as one of the three reserves in the eight-member squad announced by the AITA selection committee.
"It's disappointing not to have Rohan in the side. But we want him to protect his shoulder. He needs shots (injection) for treatment. We have an able replacement in Jeevan. He has done well on the Tour and we will have a good left-right combination," Rajpal told PTI.
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CANSnet Project Preview – St. Mary's Apartment Restoration Project
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St. Mary's Apartment Restoration Project
This historic property is located in Inverness on the west coast of Cape Breton. The building was originally St. Mary's Hospital, spearheaded in 1920 by Stella Maris priests Rev. Alexander L. MacDonald and Rev. John B. Kyte. The hospital opened May 24, 1925, after the Sisters of St. Martha in Antigonish sent a contingent of nursing nuns, affectionately known as the Inverness Brigade. Nearly a century later, St. Mary's holds a food bank and nine affordable apartments.
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The St. Mary's Apartment Restoration Project (Phases III – V) – Stay up to date with this project on CANSnet. Subscribe to updates by adding yourself to the Plan Takers List. The closing date is July 17, 2020, at 12:00 AM AST.
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Although great progress had been made in Phases I – III, some work scheduled for spring has been delayed due to COVID-19. They are working to be open for site visits at the end of June, and start major parts of the work in July and August 2020, providing the government moves forward with its plans to alleviate restrictions.
Efficiency NS and Housing NS have helped to define the remaining Scope of Work (SoW) in support of the competitive bid process. As this is now a formal 'competitive bid process' you may see ads soliciting bids in the local paper and the SoW posted on the tender library of Construction Association of Nova Scotia (CANS). Remaining work includes the following:
Installation of new vinyl siding, gutter, soffit & fascia
Asphalt shingles replacement
Window and door replacement
Attic, wall insulation & ventilation
Floor repair/replacement
Repair foundation cracks in concrete walls
Phase II environmental assessment
Electrical and Mechanical
Upgrade existing electrical system
Installation of electric heaters and mini-split heat pumps
Electrically powered stairlift
Air Exchangers with heat recovery installation
Installation of kitchen range & bathroom exhaust fans
Upgrade existing plumbing system
Domestic hot water heater replacement
Oil tank removal
Contact a CANS Member Specialist today.
Get in touch via email or call, (902) 468-2267.
CANS Burnside Office
134 Eileen Stubbs Ave, Unit 103
Dartmouth, NS B3B 0A9
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