Page-10-fttfrtner Trifles Monday, August 12, 1985 Sheriffs Bring Home The Gold The Oswego County Sheriff's Silver Star Association is pleased to announce that a recent in- vestment has turned to gold...and silver. Under the partial sponsorship of the Silver Star Association, two members of the Sheriff's Department, Investigator Frederick Ling and Coorection Officer David Spanfelner recently competed in the Ohio Police Olympics at Cincinnati, and the International Police Olympics held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and returned with a total of nine medals for their efforts. Ling earned two gold medals and one silver medal at the Ohio event, competing in the shot put, javelin and discus. At the International Olympics, he competed in the shot put, javelin, discus and hammer throw, capturing two gold and two silver medals, and is the current record holder in the shot put and hammer events. Spanfelner placed first in Ohio to take the gold medal in the high jump, and won a silver medal in the same event at the Canadian competition. Two members of the Sheriff's Department returned from recent Police Olympics with a total of nine medals to their credit. They received partial sponsorship for the competition from the Oswego County Sheriff's Silver Star Association. Pictured above are, [from left to righi\, Sandra Growe, Secretary for the Association; Investigator Frederick Ling, Oswego County Sheriff Charles Nellis, Correction Officer David Spanfelner, and Association Vice-President Jerome Herrington. Cooking Class Scheduled Summertime, and the cooking is easy with wise use of a microwave oven. No one appliance does it all, but warm weather days are a good time for microwave owners to take advantage of what a microwave does best. It can help you serve nutritious, hot meals with minimal time in the kitchen. It can even help with cold foods by increasing the juice from lemons or lines and cutting the \burp\ from certain salad vegetables. A demonstration class on Summer Microwave Meals will be held August 21, from 7 to 9 p.m. on St. Paul's Church basement, 50 East Mohawk Street, Oswego, co- sponsored by Oswego County Cooperative Extension and Sixth Ward Legislator Joe Pagano. The instructor will be Shirley Lindberg, Nutrition Specialist for Oswego County Cooperative Extension. Pre-registration is required by August 15 with a $2 fee to help cover the cost of materials. To register, please contact Oswego County Cooperative Extension, Main Street, Mexico, NY 13114, telephone 963-7286. Sheriff Offers Tips In order to have a safe and fun vacation this summer, Sheriff Charles Nellis of Oswego County offers these tips to prepare for your vacation: Carefully check your car's cooling system, brakes, belts and tires. Do it well ahead of your vacation so there will be time for any needed repairs. Betore leaving for vacation, make sure your home is well guarded. Secure all windows and doors; have a friend check your house periodically; arrange for papers and mail to be picked up daily; have your lawn mowed regularly; and, notify your law enforcement agency that you will be away. Don't leave home without your driver's license, duplicate car keys, vehicle registration, hospital in- surance card, medical information card, auto insurance card, motor club card, and names and ad- dresses of next of kin. Be a cautious driver. Everybody should have seat belts on at all times. Smaller children should be protected by child restraints. During rain or fog, reduce your speed. Remember \55 (MPH Lives.\ Don't drive too far at one stretch. If you're tired, pull over and rest. Vacationing in a big city? Familiarize yourself with the urban area which you will be visiting. Get a good map and learn the local traffic laws—one way streets, lanes for buses only, tow away zones, special lanes, etc. Find out from the locals if '.here are any areas which you should avoid. Vacationing overseas? Carry along vilid identification documents with you in case your passport ; s lost or stolen. Know your passport number~this speeds up verification of the original application. Be familiar with the exchange rates and physical ap- pearance of any foreign currencies. Learn at least enough of the local language before hand in case you need to ask for assistance, report a crime, etc. When sightseeing, stay on the beaten path. See the quaint, out- of-the-way places during the day. Take suggestions from the hotel manager or desk clerk for places to see and things to do. If you're camping or wilderness vacationing, be sure to lock your camper or motor home doors, even while driving. Notify rangers, park police, or nearby campers of your camping location. \Following these tips will make your vacation safer, more en- joyable for all,\ the Sheriff concluded. Maple Corners by Helen Wansink Herbert Ward from Liverpool\ called on his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Max Geer one day recently. Mrs. Mary Smith, Mrs. Louise Dunton and Mrs. Helen Wansink attended the Senior Citizens dinner in Pulaski last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Rice enjoyed a 10-day motor-bike trip of 2000 miles with five other couples. They went through the Shenodah National Pa r x, Skyline Drive and into the Blue Ridge Mountains as far as Galaxy, Virginia. They were in New York State, Pennsylvania, Maryland,- West Virginia and Virginia. Mrs. Virginia Stewart of Bald- winsville spent three days with her mother-in-law, Mrs. Ethel Stewart, this past week. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jennings and baby of Sandy Creek were Sunday callers on their grandmother, Mrs. Ethel Stewart. Last Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. Max Geer and Elna Wansink visited Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Beckstead and family at Madrid. Ellen Wansink visited Mike Lowery at DeKalb Junction on Tuesday. On Sunday, Mrs. Dirk Wansink, Ellen Wansink and Mike Lowery attended the Geer reunion at the home of Francis and Dorothy Geer. Sandy Creek News By Marie K. Parsons Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Cronk have\ returned home from Amherst, N.H., where they stayed with their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hubbard. Mr. Crbnk was in the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass., where he underwent a successful operation for Tic Doulourex. County Line Neighbors by Gen Perkins August 1, Marvin, fresh air child of the Floyd Smith family, returned to New York City. August 1, Albert and I were in Syracuse for my appointment with my doctor. I am now able to drive again. Friday, Aug. 2, I spent with Maude Gardner in Sandy Creek. Janet Hayss was with us for a few minutes. Robert and Maureen Spafford of Syracuse with Sparkey and Carey are spending their vacations at the Pond. Have fixed the front of the camp from the accident of May 24. July 31, Oscar and Helen Grossman welcomed another grandchild to their family. Heather Lee Grossman arrived at 10:52 a.m. weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces. Daughter of Michael and Cindy (Weston) Grossman of Mannsville. Welcomed with open arms by two brothers, Christopher and Mat- thew Fowler. Carol Grossman of Illinois with son, Nathan arrived Monday evening to be with her family. With them were Carol's cousin, Anne Grossman Davis, and daughter, Sarah of Chicago. The two girls traveled together to Syracuse. Mrs. Jean Grossman of Oneida met them and took Anne and baby Sarah to her parents' home in Oneida. August 3, Andy and Gladys. Pbrter with their granddaughter, Amy, were at River Forest Park Campground to spend the night to prepare for the N.Y. State Grange Horseshoe Pitch-Offs. Amy Wilcox of Pennellville spent a week with her grandparents, Andy and Gladys Porter. Horseshoe Pitch-Off Finals were as follows: Women's Doubles: Gladys Porter and Nikkie Porter WHcox- Northern District; Women's Singles: Cheryl Knowles-Western District. Men's Doubles: Tom Thorpe and Demicheal Henn-Southern District; Singles: , Joe Trask- Western District. Youth Doubles: Mary Bolio and Milly Smith-Northern; Singles: Skip Waite-Northern; Junior Doubles: 10-14, Jason Taft-Mark Allen, Southern; Jr. Singles: Valerie Roddown- Southern; Junior Doubles: 5-9, Brent Lucas- Jamie Knowles, Southern; Jr. Boys Singles: Scott Wilcox - Northern; Jr. Single Girls: 5-9, Karen Waite- Northern. Anne Langknecht of New Jersey, sisterof Helen Chatterton, was a guest of Helen and Wilbur last week. Albert and I visited friends in Weedsport, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Prybuski, after being at the state of the Grange Pitch-Offs. A family reunion was held at the home of Wilbur and Helen Chatterton on August 4. August 5, Little Jamie Ripple of Rome came to visit with Albert and I. Gramma Johnston of Mann- sville came to visit too. She is now an interesting two year old magpie. We enjoy her chatter all the time of her visit. Pat Kresser of Syracuse brought her mother, Alice Rahrle, to have lunch and visit with Albert and I on August 6. After lunch, the two ladies were in Sandy Creek for a visit and supper with Clarence and Maude Gardner. Mrs. Rahrle is a sister to Albert and Maude. August 6, Beulah Hobbs of Mannsville and Catherine Wolff of Florida were supper guests of Wilbur and Helen Chatterton. Summer Camp In Full Swing Students at the Braes enjoying an outdoor program. The Sixth Annual Summer Camp Program at the Braes is in full swing. Boys and girls from Camden, Florence, Williamstown, Red field, Orwell and Richland have enjoyed a program of games, hiking, swimming, Missionary Stories and Bible Studies. Wilderness Camps are being held now. 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Pwani Oil buys Ushindi brand!
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Pwani Oil donates soap to Mombasa orphanages
Pwani Oil has donated soap to three orphanages in Mombasa County as part of the company's ongoing efforts to assist vulnerable members of society as the country fights the Covid-19 pandemic. Some 175 children living in Hope, Minto and Nuru children's homes will benefit from the donation. The Mombasa-based company manufactures soap, detergents and [...]
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The Safe Hands Kenya campaign to stop the spread of Covid-19 has received a boost after Pwani Oil announced that it will contribute 5.5. million kilograms of soap for distribution to Kenyans. The campaign is aimed at rallying Kenyans to join hands through behavior change and social distancing, good sanitary practices and other measures to [...]
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Pwani Oil donates hand washing kits and soap to nurses in 11 counties
Mombasa-based edible oil and soap maker Pwani Oil has provided 122 handwashing kits and 70 cartons of soap to be distributed to medical personnel in eleven counties in the ongoing effort to curb the spread of coronavirus. The health facilities set to benefit from this initiative include Kenyatta National Hospital, Mama Lucy Hospital and [...]
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CAPTAIN AMERICA – STEVE ROGERS / SCOOBY APOCALYPSE / NIGHTHAWK / FEAR & LOATHING in LAS VEGAS [Reviews]: Hail…
CAPTAIN AMERICA: STEVE ROGERS #1 – Marvel
Travis "Monsignor" Moody
@TravMoody
#HailHydra… By now, you're either living under a rock outside of a K-Mart with no Wi-Fi or you're like every other superhero-loving geek on the planet with an opinion, and know what happens on the last page of this comic. It's pretty damn bizarre. With that said, I've always been a huge fan of superhero tales with a different spin (i.e. Bucky Cap, Dick Grayson Batman, female Thor, etc.)–you know, if they're done well. I'm not going to sit here and argue with all the "keyboard criminals" out there making life-ending threats to writer Nick Spencer (Captain America: Sam Wilson), because this is a god-damned comic book. Get a life, people (says the guy who posts "geek"-related items on his Facebook timeline all day…)!!!
Even if something is stupid and/or illogical (which at first glance, this character change is), or poorly plotted/structured (arguably the case here, since this #1 "jumping-on point" depends entirely on the fallout of the recent Avengers: Standoff – Assault on Pleasant Hill crossover–a crossover which most dweebs angry at Captain Hydra most certainly did not read). The majority of the book is exposition, re-Cap-ping Pleasant Hill (the Cosmic Cube, Kobik) and everything else goin' on with Steve (the whole Old Man Rogers thing). Appearances by Free Spirit, Rick Jones, and Jack Flag will either spice up your world like it's 1999, or just annoy fans of the darker, Winter Soldier world of Brubaker. But even with the pretty pencils of Jesus Saiz, none of the rest will matter to you. Not the well-written romance between Steve and Sharon; not Spencer's admirable "background check" into a particular Hydra agent. Nope. Just this newly refreshed Steve with a new–albeit secret–identity, one many have dreaded (for over 75-years) would happen. 3.75/5 Donald Trumps.
SCOOBY APOCALYPSE #1 – DC
Taffeta "Dutchess" Darling
@TaffetaDarlin
Scoob and the Gang, as we know it, are no more. Everything we've known about Mystery Inc. since the 60s… gone. And I'm okay with that. Trust me when I say that no one is more surprised than ME to admit this: I liked the first issue to the very non-cannon story that introduces the former Coolsville gang as strangers, rather than life-long childhood friends. When DC announced that they were teaming up with Hanna Barbera for a rebirth of their very own involving classic characters, I was frothing with excitement. I can never have enough Scooby-Doo! And, yes, there are already a few Scooby titles on the market, but Scooby Apocalypse #1 is JIM LEE conceptualized Scoobs. So here we go…
As are all #1's, this is an introduction issue and it takes great care in easing us into the fact that this NOT our childhood Scooby. There are quite a few nods to the original cartoon series and even some cannon animated movies drops (i.e. having "Daphne's Mysterious Mysteries" TV show be the basis for Daph and her cameraman, Fred, meeting with Dr. Velma Dinkley, who has decided to blow the cover on a nanonite experiment gone wrong at her super secret lab). We learn that our beloved Scooby-Doo–who, at one point, has a near death experience from the other lab bred dogs–is a failed experiment at Velma's lab (hence his toddler talking ability). Staying with me here? Okay. Enter Norville "Shaggy" Rogers as a dog trainer hired to work with the specimens and, thus, begin his friendship with his bestest buddy old pal, Scoob.
If any of this sounds assbackwards to you, it is. Obviously, it wouldn't be exactly like the previous tales of Mystery Inc.; but I had hoped that certain things would have remained intact, such as the bond Shaggy and Scooby had while Shaggy was young. Now, despite all the heated discussion surrounding the revamp of another franchise, I did my best to stay away from leaks, spoilers or plots and went into this book, empty headed. Good thing too! What I enjoyed most about the writing of Keith Giffen (Annihilation) and J.M. DeMatteis (Justice League 3000) is that despite liberties taken, the story doesn't stray from the traditional flow of the gang's conversation or inner monologues. The interaction between the not-so-young kinds are embraced by familiar spirits. Howard Porter's linework does it's best to keep up with the conjured story and mostly succeeds in giving us a new design to a perfectly old one that didn't need it.
When I say that I liked it, I mean that I like it as part of a multiverse setting, and that's sort of where I placed this title. It's terrible as an addition to the already adorable cannon that we know, but separately and far far far away on it's own… it works. Old school fans will probably be left wondering as I did, "WTF? Did I like this?" and eventually get to a point of tolerance and smile at the thought of a multiverse or alternate Coolsville. 3/5 Scooby Snacks.
NIGHTHAWK #1 – Marvel
"Pontif" Tony Pattawon
@thepattawontron
The city of Chicago has seen better days. "The Windy City" has become a post-apocalyptic warzone plagued with corruption, injustice and racial tension. Now this could be because of the aftermath of the Secret Wars (Dr. Doom playing a petty version of God), or it could be the work of the evils of gentrification. Either way, one man has enough money to battle crime and corruption in Chicago. .. Kanye… (oh shit–wrong review) … Raymond Kane suits up as the vigilante Nighthawk hated by criminals and police. Meanwhile, there is a serial killer out there looking to "Reveal" the truth behind Chicago's Elite and Powerful, and NightHawk is nowhere closer to catching this crazy than the police are.
Writer David F. Walker (Power-Man & Iron Fist) really gets you into the story with this first issue. Every page is an addiction, when you combine Nighthawk's menacing spirit coupled with Ramon Villalobos's gritty art style (known for Grant Morrison's famous X-Men run in the early 2000s) that's also one still fun and flowing. As you read this ish, you'll likely catch the feeling of your usually super dope Netflix Marvel original. Let's consider it! 4/5 Bibles.
FEAR & LOATHING in LAS VEGAS #1 – IDW
"Father" Joe Tower @whateverjoe
Look. I'm obsessed with Hunter S. Thompson. I've read all his books. I own Where the Buffalo Roam on VHS. I have a Gonzo dagger tattoo. I was first exposed to — neigh, first confronted with — Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas when I was an impressionable young writing student and was still able to appreciate it for its craft, genuinely; before I got too deep into cocaine and booze and appreciated only through a high. I don't do drugs anymore. I'm old. 36 this year. I have a real job, and a wife. I've reached an age where I can't possibly be psyched about everything I like. I've reached an age where the things I loved from a previous time of my life haven't aged well. Also, time is precious. And so I always ask myself when I encounter something, "Do I need this?" Troy Little (Powerpuff Girls) is maybe a bigger Hunter S. Thompson devotee than I am, and he and IDW seemed to do some real comprehensive work in bringing Thompson's hallucinatory road trip epic to the pages of a graphic novel. And so I won't give short shrift to the work they've all done here.
But I think it's always a tricky thing — adaptation. Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, the book, is unforgettable. It left an indelible mark that can never be confused with anything else from that time, due both Thompson's wild-hearted voice, and let's not forget, illustrator Ralph Steadman's sketches; a singular and almost perfectly paired vision of the tale. Then the subsequent film: who could argue with it? This comic is enjoyable — it's enjoyable to relive the sinister and almost suicidal comedy of that journey. The black and white palate is suitable, and although perhaps adds little, it takes away nothing. And as far as the art goes, it's fun. A little juvenile, perhaps. But fun. However. I sit here. Almost 36-years old. Tired from another long week of work, and without the benefit of few bumps of coke to get me through. And I wonder: "Do I need this?" 3/5 Bibles.
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Q: Using asMock, how can I satisfy a concrete and interface requirement in SetupResult.forCall The ValidationManager has a public Dictionary for storing UI components that implement the IValidatable interface.
I am testing a command class that needs an instance of ValidationManager and I want it to fail the validations. So I override the ValidationManager's "validateItem()" method like so:
var validationManagerRepos:ValidationManager = ValidationManager(mockRepository.createStub(ValidationManager));
var validationItem:IValidatable = IValidatable(mockRepository.createStub(IValidatable));

var validatableItems:Dictionary = new Dictionary();
validatableItems[validationItem] = false;

SetupResult.forCall(validationManagerRepos.validateItem(validationItem)).returnValue(false);

My problem is in the execute method of the command. It checks to see if the validationItem is both a DisplayObject (isVisble) and IValidatable. Any slick way to stub a typed object AND an interface? Or do I just need to create an instance of some existing object that already satisfies both?
for (var iVal:Object in validationManager.validatableItems)
            {
                if (isVisible(DisplayObject(iVal)))
                {
                    passed = validationManager.validateItem(IValidatable(iVal));
                    eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(new ValidationEvent(ValidationEvent.VALIDATE_COMPLETED, IValidatable(iVal), passed));
                    if (!passed)
                    {
                        allPassed = false;
                    }
                }
            }

A: I'm fairly sure you can't do both within asMock.  It's a limitation of the Flash Player because of lack of polymorphism.
I believe what you'll have to do is create a testing object that does both (extend DisplayObject and implement IValidatable) and create a mock object of that.

A: The concept of a "multimock" is certainly possible, but floxy (the framework that asmock uses to generate dynamic proxies) doesn't support it. I previously considered adding support for it, but it would be difficult to expose via the various Mock metadata and there's be other issues to worry about (like method name clashes).
I agree with J_A_X's recommendation of creating a custom class and then mocking that.

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Download Minecraft PE 1.2.8 Better Together for free on Android: hundreds of bug fixes, armor stands, and parrots are now in the game.
Mojang Studios once again released another small but vital update for its beloved sandbox survival game. This time, more technical issues have been fixed than ever before.
For instance, beacon light beams henceforth change colors if stained glass is placed atop in Minecraft PE 1.2.8. However, shades do not mix temporarily but will do it in the future, according to the devs.
An ice block changed its textures: it's transparent now. It means you can look through it. It's not a big deal, but it's a game-changer for many.
MCPE 1.2.8 also introduced the observer's new texture. It's tidier now and even blinks every time it sends a Redstone signal.
Moreover, this block can detect many block changes simultaneously, and its signal is now farther and more resilient.
Structure blocks
There is a variety of new blocks in Minecraft PE 1.2.8 you should know about since they might change your life and gameplay. For example, a structure block is the command block's cousin.
It has nearly the same purpose: it's used in Redstone contraptions in MCPE 1.2.8. Notwithstanding, a structure block can copy and paste whole areas with a few button presses.
It's a significant part of building something ginormous. Tricky and sometimes lazy builders have had the problem with it for a long time.
Fireworks joined the game in this overhaul. You can craft quite a lot of various bangers. For instance, there's one with a creeper face in Minecraft PE 1.2.8.
On the other hand, music discs can now obtainable as well. You need these to play a song using a Jukebox, another brand-new block.
Numerous records can be found in chests throughout the world and after creeper's death by the skeleton's arrow.


It has been revealed by Deadline that Ben Barnes (Westworld, The Punisher) has signed on to star in BBC's Gold Digger, his first BBC project in over a decade. He will be joining Julia Ormond (Witches of East End, Temple Grandin), who is set to portray Julia Day.
Barnes will be playing Benjamin Golding, a copyrighter in his 30s with a shrouded past who becomes involved with an older woman (Ormond).
BBC's Gold Digger follows Julia Day, a mother and a wife who has spent her whole life putting the needs of others before herself, falls in love with Golding, a man 25 years her junior. It looks at how their unconventional relationship impacts her family as the secrets of their past are revealed and investigates whether Benjamin is really the gold digger that they think he is.
The series was written and created by Marnie Dickens (Thirteen, The Musketeers) and will consist of six episodes. Vanessa Caswill (Thirteen, Little Women) will direct the first three episodes of the series. Tim Bradley (Sherlock: Case of Evil, D-Day) will produce.
BBC's Gold Digger is executive produced by Mainstreet's Laura Mackie and Sally Haynes for Mainstreet Pictures, Elizabeth Kilgarriff for BBC One and Dickens.
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NEWINGTON - The Newington football team knew the end of the season was going to be difficult, especially facing perennial powerhouses such as No. 12 Middletown, Maloney, No. 10 East Hartford and Wethersfield.
Last Friday against the Blue Dragons, Newington head coach Jason Pace made it very clear that if his team played scared or intimidated, they would not have success.
Newington was shut out 42-0 against Middletown.
Aside from its poor play, the Indians were without starting quarterback Nick Pestrichello due to a concussion from a game against Bristol Central in Week 7. Healthy and ready to go, the sophomore will take the field with his team tonight.
Hopefully the Indians have learned from their mistakes, because Maloney is the next team on the list. Newington will travel to Falcon Field in Meriden for a 6:30 p.m. kickoff. The Spartans have a 6-1 record, with their only blemish being a 29-22 loss to Bristol Central, a team the Indians hung with until the very end.
Maloney has a number of key players to rely on, including senior signal caller Elliot Good. Throughout the season he has connected with wide receivers Victor Marquez and Maurice Brackett for a majority of the team's scores.
During the Spartans' most recent 51-16 win over Farmington, Good tied a program record with five touchdown passes, four of them to Marquez, while the defense forced six turnovers.
Despite the records, Newington believes if it comes out firing, it will be able to play a close game with the Spartans.
But it is one thing to say it and another to do it. The Indians have now suffered two shutout losses on their season record, against Platt and Middletown, and Pace does not want it to happen again.
Posted in New Britain Herald, Newington on Wednesday, 31 October 2018 21:25. Updated: Thursday, 1 November 2018 13:40.


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Plans to expand International Academy of Greenwich in place
By Joe Dempsey
Plans to expand International Academy of Greenwich to take six times more students in place
A school is set to reveal their plans for their new home which will allow it to expand how many students it takes.
The International Academy of Greenwich plans to move from its current location just off the A20 Eltham Road so it can expand to 765 students.
The school in Lee Green was set up by parents and interested local residents in 2013 and has a distinctive focus on languages, teaching through the International Baccalaureate curriculum.
It was already oversubscribed by 2014 when a petition was launched by prospective parents trying to persuade the council to find a permanent site for the school.
In 2016 the school expanded from 100 students to 125, but the search was still on to find a new home. This is on top of the 100 students in had in the previous year.
Eventually the former site of the Bowring Sports Ground was identified as a potential home for the school, next to Blackheath Park.
If successful, the plans would see the construction of a secondary school building for up to 765 students.
A public consultation on the new plans will be held at the Old Colfeians Rugby Club on Eltham Roadon March 22 between 4pm and 8pm, as well as on March 24 between 10am and 2pm.
Liz Robinson, chair of governors for the International Academy of Greenwich, said: "After years of planning, preparing and listening to the local community, this is an exciting moment for Greenwich.
"The public consultation that we are hosting is a key chance for residents to express their thoughts and to ask questions about our plans for the school.
"We are building a really special place for children to learn and our proposals will offer hundreds of more pupils the chance to get a great education in Greenwich.
"We encourage as many people as possible to attend and I look forward to hearing their contributions."
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According to the Federal Agency for digital communication of authorities and organisations with security tasks (BDBOS) were early September by the planned around 4,500 base stations already 3.961 built and of integrated 3.515 base stations. 500,000 Expected participants, about 365,000 are already logged on. Essentially, the commissioning of the network will be completed by the end of 2014. The digital radio network is one of the largest technical upgrading projects in Germany. The PMRExpo refers to the variety of application-oriented topics and is structured as a five-pillar model: exhibition, Colloquium, control Congress, international BOS-Forum and the applications Forum. Opened the trade fair is Chairman of the Board, professional mobile radio Federation (PMeV) on the 26 November by Dr. Gerhard Schabhuser, head of crypto Technology Department, Federal Office for security in information technology, and Peter Damerau. The Colloquium will take place on the 26th and 27.11.
On the first day, high-profile speakers are expected, including Jochen Homann, President of the Federal Network Agency. The moderation accept Uwe Jakob, Managing Director of PMeV. The second day of the Colloquium Steffen Babaian, Board Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrialist operating radio e.V. (AIB) and Klemens cheeks, Managing Director of AIB perform together. In particular, the Organizer about the contribution of Dr. Richard Georgi forward. He reported on the experiences and the current status of the introduction of the BOS digital radio in Hesse, Germany. All lectures will be simultaneously in the English translated. Networked security in the context of BOS digital communication is the main theme of the Congress of Centre at the health, moderated by Andreas Sirtl, Deputy Head of the Regional Office of digital radio BOS Berlin. In addition to the implementation status of the BOS digital radio in other selected federal countries, are legal frameworks, the connection of BOS digital radio system in operation and the topics of disaster protection and warning the population in the foreground. The first annual international BOS Forum on 26 underlines the international character of the PMRExpo and 27.11 focus theme of the Panel discussions is public safety. The discussion boards are staffed with international specialists and take place in English. Hannu Aronsson, Chairman of TCCA applications working group, and Tero Pesonen, critical communications professional take over moderation. In addition exhibitors present the audience on all three days of innovative and practical solutions on 60 square meters in the context of the applications Forum. Detailed information on opening times, directions, admission prices and event program see: PMRExpo, 26-28 2013, KOELNMESSE, Hall 10.2, entrance East the PMRExpo already held for the 13th time. Since 2009, the Cologne fair is home to the leading international trade fair for professional mobile radio and command and control centers. A large number of national and international exhibitors such as manufacturers, users and operators of professional mobile imagine radio (PMR) systems. The PMRExpo of Texprocess is the German professional mobile radio Association (PMeV). Organizer is the EW media and Congress GmbH, Frankfurt am Main.


Ivan Fallon, twice named Financial Journalist of the Year, was City editor of The Sunday Telegraph and deputy editor and business editor of The Sunday Times. Until 2010 he was CEO of Independent News & Media UK. His previous books have included the bestsellers Billionaire: The Life and Times of James Goldsmith and The Brothers: The Rise & Rise of Saatchi & Saatchi.


In addition to managing the library and its collections, the documentation department handles document management (GED), the promotion of scientific culture and provision of tools and services to help you in your bibliographic research.
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To provide the most extensive document resources as possible, to support teaching and contribute to the development of quality internationally recognized research.
Development of the OATAO for the open archives of scientific publications, of IDOL for electronic management of ISAE-SUPAERO working documents, participation in national and regional documentation projects, extension of our offering of services and documentation offering, cultural events throughout the year : the Documentation Department is involved in the continual progress process to give the widest access possible to information.
The team is also engaged in creating a Learning Center, comprised of a new 2500m2 building located on the heart of campus, financed by the ministry. The new services will be subject to a sponsorship campaign. The Learning Center will offer a positive work environment conducive to collaboration combining a rich offering of documentation with redesigned spaces and services by the end of 2019.
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Built using traditional craftsmanship, Avakai's wooden dolls let children explore interconnectivity.
Matas Petrikas was one of the first Soundcloud employees. He'd been working there for years when his daughter finally asked him what he did.
From this desire, Petrikas started smart toy company Vai Kai with Justyna Zubrycka, an industrial designer who once worked in a wooden toy factory. Together,they arrived at Avakai, a traditonally crafted wooden doll in the style of Russian Matryoshka dolls, but with Bluetooth enabled tech that allows it to respond to touches and communicate with other dolls.
The dolls have different "moods," indicated by the color that glows out of a hole on their chest. By stroking the doll's head, children can change the mood. When the head of one doll is tapped, the other doll plays music notes–changing the mood changes these notes tonality. Though the dolls can respond to each other from a distance of about 100 feet, the accompanying app can control and send messages to the toys from anywhere.
Privacy is an important feature for the Avakai team. There are no cameras or microphones on the dolls, and they don't connect to the internet. "For us it's important to create experiences that connect children, not children and marketing systems," Petrikas says.
The team also put a lot of thought into sourcing Avakai's materials, wanting to have maximum influence over the design and manufacturing processes.
Though Petrikas and Zubrycka offer examples of games that the dolls could be used for, they are hesitant to explain too much, preferring to let children figure out their own way to use the toys. "We are not a game company," Petrikas says. "We are creating opportunities to play." Avakai is launching on Kickstarter, with a goal of raising $71,000. The dolls are available now for an early bird offer of $77 for one or $145 for a pair. The toys are scheduled to be shipped out in March of 2016.


Compare and contrast two models of conceptualizing addiction.
Write a 1,050-to 1,400-word paper briefly describing the models, how they are synergistic, or how they take competing views.
Include a summary about which theory you feel is most useful for helping intervene on addiction.


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August 08, 2012 Opinion » Letters to the Editor
County Has Shirked Its Regulatory Responsibility
By Source Weekly
I appreciated Ms. Marlowe's article on the illegal B&B situation in our community, and found it to be very fair to all parties. I would just add a couple of items since I, too, live in the neighborhood highlighted.
Of the seven home[owners] on the street involved, five of us have lived here 23-28 years and one has lived here since they built their house over five years ago. Ms Malnik (the B&B owner) has lived here 4 months. Before she bought the house, she announced her intention to open a B&B, and we neighbors wrote back to let her know we didn't want a business in our established neighborhood, and she should consider buying somewhere else so she wouldn't find herself encumbered by a property she couldn't use for a B&B.
Our neighborhood is designated "multiple use agriculture" so we have extensive gardens, horses, cattle, goats, stock ponds, electrical fences and so forth, which you might find on other two- to three-acre lots in neighborhoods like ours. Our insurance companies have now told us that we all should increase our homeowners' liability insurance due to incidents that could arise when unknowing transient guests explore these rural attractions.
Ms. Malnik states she beautified her property and pulled knapweed, so have the rest of us—for years. However she is irrigating over 1/2 acre of Dalmation Toadflax, a noxious weed, which is in the flowering stage currently. She states she moved her "honey boxes" after a complaint: actually she moved them after her bees stung livestock and homeowners. She says it's been a dream of hers to open a B&B, but it's an ongoing dream for the rest of us to continue to live in our rural, secure sanctuaries that we've worked hard over the years to cultivate. Ms Malnik states she's complying with the number of customers allowed, and is collecting room taxes, but this all came about only after the neighbors filed complaints to the county.
The county, so far, has done nothing to enforce existing code that requires Ms. Malnik apply for a conditional use permit (which she admitted she needed) and allow a hearing for those of us in the neighborhood. This has been frustrating and time-consuming to say the least. We thought we had a chance to stop this business from intruding into our close-knit and safe neighborhood through existing code, but apparently the county hears the words "business" and "tourism" and bends over backwards trying to find wording to accommodate this.
My husband and I owned a river-guiding business for years, but we were licensed, and paid for all needed permits. No one had to turn us in to get us to do this. It was the known cost of doing business and we willingly complied.
We and our neighbors have been paying property taxes, volunteering in schools and the hospital, bringing flowers to nursing homes, produce to the homeless shelter, and many other positive things that enrich our community, but this seems to count for nothing. The county's interpretations of the code definitions appear to have been manipulated to favor these businesses. Airbnbs are infecting our neighborhoods, and I encourage you to let your public servants know this should not be casually allowed with a wink and a nod.
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Rice production requires huge amounts of water consumption. It is estimated that all the rice land receives 35–45% of all the world's irrigation water (which itself uses some 70% of all the world's developed water resources). Consequently, being able to better store and stock produced rice will reduce the need for larger production, thus reducing the water footprint.
The IRRI Super bag is a farmer-friendly storage bag that allows cereal grains and other crops (e.g., maize or coffee) to be safely stored for extended periods. The Super bag fits as a liner inside existing storage bags (e.g., woven polypropylene or jute bags), thus making the principle of hermetic storage available to farmers and processors at low cost.
Super bags reduce the flow of both oxygen and water between the stored grain or seed and the outside atmosphere. When properly sealed, respiration of grain and insects inside the bag reduce oxygen levels from 21% to 5%. This reduction reduces live insects to less than 1 insect/kg of grain without using insecticides – often within 10 days of sealing.
This work is funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)-funded Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC).
The IRRI Super Bag is manufactured by GrainPro Inc. and is marketed as SuperGrainbag since 2012. IRRI, through its national partnerships, has verified the benefits of the IRRI Super Bag with tens of thousands of farmers throughout Asia, but acknowledges it is a challenge to bring the bags to millions of farmers in a commercial way.
For this purpose, IRRI has initiated and is facilitating national Post-harvest Learning Alliances that embrace public and private stakeholders who have an interest in and mandate to establish local supply chains for technologies. Through this Post-harvest Learning Alliance, IRRI is assisting in setting up and training local distributors for technologies such as the IRRI Super Bag.
Key public stakeholder for this purpose should be local governments, subsidising the acquisition of IRRI super bags, which can now be bought in agriculture stores in countries like Philippines.
Alternatively, local governments could issue tax reductions for local producers using the bag, and stores and distributors involved in the supply chain.
Does rice really use too much water?
Hi Diego, great post! I think one of the biggest problems of the production of rice is the huge amount of water that it requires. With this technology, the rice industry can be more efficient in water consumption.
Hi Diego thank you for this article. I have found the IRRI to be both a valuable academic resource and a forward-thinking innovative organization when conducting past projects on the virtual water footprint of international rice trade. Combining findings from this article and another by Chapagain and Hoekstra titled "The Green, Blue and Grey Water Footprint of Rice from both Production and Consumption Perspective" (http://waterfootprint.org/media/downloads/Report40-WaterFootprintRice_1.pdf), could help better quantify the water savings that result from the Super Bags, and also allow for potential observations between specific rice producing countries.
Hi! This is definitely a great innovation! Asian rice producing countries like the Philippines will surely benefit from this and farmers need support from local government and distributors distributors so that they can afford the price. Storing grains in this bag will surely be very helpful especially in Asian climate where there are monsoons and typhoons that can damage storage facilities. With IRRI Supper Bag there is a lesser chance of grains getting wet and wasted. Thanks for posting!


No data is safe from hackers, that is what the experts say. But that is not to suggest that efforts to protect digital data are futile. At a time when information of citizens and customers held by governments and corporations are increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks, experts say a shift in strategy is needed to focus more on safeguarding data than on protecting networks.
The first 6 months of the year saw 918 data breach incidents reported globally compared to 815 in the last six months of 2016, a 13% increase.


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package eu.pmsoft.sam.see

import eu.pmsoft.sam.model._
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory

object TransactionCore {

}

private case class InstanceExecutionData(instance: CanonicalProtocolInstance, ref: AnyRef)

private abstract sealed class InstanceRegistryOperation

private case class AddInstance(data: InstanceExecutionData) extends InstanceRegistryOperation

private case class UpdateInstance(data: InstanceExecutionData) extends InstanceRegistryOperation

private case class UpdateTransferMark(mark: Int) extends InstanceRegistryOperation

private case class UpdateMergeMark(mark: Int) extends InstanceRegistryOperation

private case class InstanceRegistrySlotStatus(instances: Vector[InstanceExecutionData] = Vector(),
                                              transferMark: Int = 0,
                                              mergeMark: Int = 0) {
  def updated(operation: InstanceRegistryOperation): InstanceRegistrySlotStatus = operation match {
    case AddInstance(data) => this.copy(instances = this.instances :+ data)
    case UpdateInstance(data) => this.copy(instances = this.instances.updated(data.instance.instanceNr, data))
    case UpdateTransferMark(mark) => this.copy(transferMark = mark)
    case UpdateMergeMark(mark) => this.copy(mergeMark = mark)
  }
}

private case class InstanceRegistryStatus(slots: Vector[InstanceRegistrySlotStatus]) {

  def updated(operation: InstanceRegistryOperation)(slotNr: Int): InstanceRegistryStatus = this.copy(slots = this.slots.updated(slotNr, this.slots(slotNr).updated(operation)))

  def updated(operations: Iterable[InstanceRegistryOperation])(slotNr: Int): InstanceRegistryStatus = (this /: operations)((status, operation) => status.updated(operation)(slotNr))

}

case class ThreadMessage(data: Option[CanonicalRequest], exception: Option[Throwable] = None)

trait InstanceRegistry {

  def saveReturnValue(slotNr: Int, instanceNr: Int, returnValue: AnyRef)

  def getInstanceRef(slotNr: Int, instanceNr: Int): AnyRef

  def getInstanceReferenceToTransfer(slotNr: Int): Seq[CanonicalProtocolInstance]

  def mergeInstances(slotNr: Int, instances: Seq[CanonicalProtocolInstance])

}

private class ExecutionStackManager(val pipes: Vector[TransportPipe[ThreadMessage]], val instanceRegistry: InstanceRegistry) extends StackOfStack {
  private val logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass)

  def bindTransaction {
    assert(threadExecutionStack.isEmpty)
    bindStack(-1)
  }

  def unbindTransaction {
    assert(threadExecutionStack.size == 1)
    unBindStack
  }

  def pushMethodCall(call: ProtocolMethodCall) {
    val currentStack = getCurrentStack
    logger.debug("recording call {}", call)
    val slotChange = currentStack.addCall(call)
    if (slotChange) {
      logger.debug("slotChange")
      pushProtocolExecution(false, currentStack)
    }
  }

  def flushExecution {
    val executionStackCall = getCurrentStack
    val expectedExecutionMark = executionStackCall.recordMark
    while (executionStackCall.executionMark < expectedExecutionMark) {
      logger.trace("Enter force execution on slot {}", executionStackCall.waitingSlotNr)
      logger.trace("force execution. CurrentMark/Expected [{},{}] on slot {}", executionStackCall.executionMark, expectedExecutionMark)
      pushProtocolExecution(true, executionStackCall)
    }
    logger.trace("flush execution done")
  }

  def getPipe(slotNr: Int): TransportPipe[ThreadMessage] = pipes(slotNr)

  def executeCalls(slotNr: Int, calls: Seq[CanonicalProtocolMethodCall]) = {
    calls foreach {
      call => {
        logger.debug("execution call {}", call)
        val instanceRef: AnyRef = instanceRegistry.getInstanceRef(slotNr, call.instanceNr)
        val argumentsRefs: Array[AnyRef] = call.arguments.map(instanceRegistry.getInstanceRef(slotNr, _))

        val method = instanceRef.getClass.getInterfaces.flatMap(_.getMethods).find(_.hashCode() == call.methodSignature).getOrElse({
          logger.error("Missing method for signature {} on type {}", instanceRef.getClass, call.methodSignature)
          ???
        })
        try {
          val resultValue = argumentsRefs.size match {
            case 0 => method.invoke(instanceRef)
            case _ => method.invoke(instanceRef, argumentsRefs: _*)
          }
          call.returnInstance.map(
            instanceRegistry.saveReturnValue(slotNr, _, resultValue)
          )
        } catch {
          case e: IllegalArgumentException => {
            logger.error("Ilegal argument", e)
            e.printStackTrace()
          }
          case e: Exception => e.printStackTrace()
        }
      }
    }
  }

  def pushProtocolExecution(forceWait: Boolean, currentStack: MethodExecutionStack) {
    if (currentStack.waitingStatus) {
      logger.trace("waiting step")
      val pipe = getPipe(currentStack.waitingSlotNr)
      val response = if (forceWait) {
        Some(pipe.waitResponse)
      } else {
        pipe.pollResponse
      }
      response.map {
        res =>
          logger.trace("waiting done")
          res.exception.map(throw _)
          res.data match {
            case None => {
              logger.trace("returning thread execution")
              currentStack.markDone
            }
            case Some(data) => {
              instanceRegistry.mergeInstances(currentStack.waitingSlotNr, data.instances)
              if (data.closeThread) {
                logger.trace("handle returning message call - merge only for closing execution thread")
                assert(data.calls.isEmpty)
                currentStack.markDone
              } else {
                logger.trace("handle returning message call")
                if (!data.calls.isEmpty) {
                  bindStack(currentStack.waitingSlotNr)
                  executeCalls(currentStack.waitingSlotNr, data.calls)
                  unBindStack
                }
                val finishData = CanonicalRequest(instanceRegistry.getInstanceReferenceToTransfer(currentStack.waitingSlotNr), Seq(), true)
                val finishMessage = ThreadMessage(Some(finishData))
                logger.trace("sending finish message to slot {}", currentStack.waitingSlotNr)
                pipe.sendMessage(finishMessage)
              }
            }
          }
      }
    } else {
      logger.trace("execution step")
      val request = currentStack.createStackRequest
      val pipe = getPipe(currentStack.waitingSlotNr)
      logger.trace("sending message to pipe {} = {}", currentStack.waitingSlotNr, request)
      pipe.sendMessage(ThreadMessage(Some(request)))
      assert(currentStack.waitingStatus)
    }
  }
}

private trait StackOfStack {
  private val logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass)
  var threadExecutionStack = Vector[MethodExecutionStack]()

  val instanceRegistry: InstanceRegistry

  def bindStack(mainTargetSlot: Int) {
    logger.trace("Stack Execution PUSH for slot {}", mainTargetSlot)
    threadExecutionStack = new MethodExecutionStack(mainTargetSlot, instanceRegistry) +: threadExecutionStack
  }

  def unBindStack {
    assert(!threadExecutionStack.isEmpty)
    logger.trace("Stack Execution POP from {}", threadExecutionStack.head.slotReference)
    assert(threadExecutionStack.head.serviceCallStack.isEmpty)
    threadExecutionStack = threadExecutionStack.tail
  }

  def getCurrentStack = threadExecutionStack.head
}

case class CanonicalRequest(instances: Seq[CanonicalProtocolInstance] = Seq(), calls: Seq[CanonicalProtocolMethodCall] = Seq(), closeThread: Boolean)

case class ProtocolMethodCall(slot: Int, call: CanonicalProtocolMethodCall)

private class MethodExecutionStack(val slotReference: Int, val instanceRegistries: InstanceRegistry) {
  var serviceCallStack = Vector[ProtocolMethodCall]()
  var waitingStatus = false
  var waitingSlotNr: Int = _
  var executionMark = 0
  var sendMark = 0
  var recordMark = 0

  def markDone {
    executionMark = sendMark
    waitingStatus = false
  }

  def addCall(call: ProtocolMethodCall) = {
    val f = serviceCallStack.headOption
    serviceCallStack = serviceCallStack :+ call
    recordMark += 1
    f.map {
      firstCall => firstCall.slot != call.slot
    }.getOrElse(false)
  }

  def prepareMergeInstanceRequest: CanonicalRequest = {
    val instanceReference = instanceRegistries.getInstanceReferenceToTransfer(waitingSlotNr)
    CanonicalRequest(instanceReference, Seq(), false)
  }

  def createStackRequest: CanonicalRequest = {
    assert(!waitingStatus, "Trying to send request on waiting status")
    waitingStatus = true
    if (serviceCallStack.isEmpty) {
      return prepareMergeInstanceRequest
    }
    val methodCalls = getAccesibleCalls
    assert(!methodCalls.isEmpty, "the serviceCallStack is not empty and list of method calls is empty???, critical exceptions")
    sendMark += methodCalls.size
    val targetSlot = methodCalls.head.slot
    val instanceReference = instanceRegistries.getInstanceReferenceToTransfer(targetSlot)
    waitingSlotNr = targetSlot
    CanonicalRequest(instanceReference, methodCalls.map(_.call).toSeq, false)
  }

  private def getAccesibleCalls: Vector[ProtocolMethodCall] = {
    serviceCallStack.headOption.map {
      first => {
        val toSend = serviceCallStack.takeWhile(_.slot == first.slot)
        serviceCallStack = serviceCallStack.drop(toSend.size)
        toSend
      }
    }.getOrElse(Vector())
  }
}

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"What you help a child to love is more important than what you help them to learn." After being inspired by this beautiful African Proverb, Blankets and Weaves decided to create a very special, truly African baby blanket. Made in South Africa, with a picture of Africa and an African message. It is a beautiful, super snuggly-soft blanket in light grey and white with a red trim. Perfect for boys and girls, it comes neatly packaged in a clear zip bag and is easy to clean. We think its personality can partner up with any children's bedroom and has an authentic message for parents who see and use it daily for their children.


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Tough Enough 2
Linda and Jackie win Tough Enough 2.
Linda and Jackie win Tough Enough 2. Two women were selected as the winners of MTV and the WWF's Tough Enough 2. Each will receive a WWE contract. Jackie stayed in the competition despite an injury that caused a torn ligament and ripped cartilage. + also: Tough Enough 3 applications due today.
Tough Enough should be "more than 'Real World' in a wrestling ring."
April 10, 2002 by Andy Dehnart
Tough Enough should be "more than 'Real World' in a wrestling ring." Annoyed that editors and producers of Tough Enough 2 spend more time on the contestant's personalities than the actual wrestling, Jason Powell writes that "[t]he idea of a reality show showing the inner-workings of a wrestling training session is still intriguing, but unfortunately… continue reading
Tough Enough 2 album will include songs by Cold, Limp Bizkit, others.
April 9, 2002 by Andy Dehnart
Tough Enough 2 album will include songs by Cold, Limp Bizkit, others. As a follow-up to the first album inspired by the WWF/MTV wrestling reality TV show, Tough Enough 2's album will be released May 14. On it will be songs by Cold, Limp Bizkit, Puddle of Mudd, Staind, Godsmack, Bloodhound Gang, and Rob Zombie,… continue reading
Tough Enough 2 ratings down 30 percent.
Tough Enough 2 ratings down 30%. In a report about "Vince McMahon's crumbling empire," Salon's Eric Boehlert mentions that ratings for Tough Enough 2 "are down 30 percent in its second season."
Dec. WWF show may have revealed some eliminated contenders.
Dec. WWF show may have revealed some eliminated contenders. So far, two people have been eliminated from Tough Enough 2, and another has been deemed ineligible. Reader Brian says he was watching a WWF show on Dec. 10 and noticed a group of people he suspected could be the cast of Tough Enough 2. A… continue reading
Tough Enough 2 casting special airs this weekend, week; debuts Thursday.
March 2, 2002 by Andy Dehnart
Tough Enough 2 casting special airs this weekend, week; debuts Thursday. Tough Enough 2 sort of debuts this week with the casting special, airing throughout the weekend and week; it introduces us to the competitors as they try out for the show at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Check the schedule for exact air times…. continue reading
second season of WWF Tough Enough will debut at the end of Feb.
February 5, 2002 by Andy Dehnart
second season of WWF Tough Enough will debut at the end of Feb. The second season of Tough Enough will debut on Feb. 28 at 10 p.m. ET. Unlike the first season, Tough Enough 2 will likely feature indie wrestlers among its cast members. + also: Maven "takes a beating" in his first match.
WWF Tough Enough renewed for second season; production underway.
WWF Tough Enough renewed for second season; production underway. MTV and the WWF's reality TV show Tough Enough was almost silently renewed for a second season. In a departure from the first season, Tough Enough 2 accepted applications from indie wrestlers. Earlier this month, 200 finalists were at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to be… continue reading


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SHOWTIME PPV will present a welterweight world championship showdown between two of boxing's biggest stars as Manny Pacquiao makes his long-awaited return to the U.S. against must-see attraction Adrien Broner on Saturday, January 19 live on SHOWTIME PPV at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The four-fight pay-per-view event will be available to network subscribers and non-subscribers to live stream directly through the SHOWTIME® app on select platforms including, for the first time, Roku, XBOX One and Android TV.
The event is also available via the SHOWTIME app on Apple mobile and AppleTV (4th Generation) devices, Amazon Fire TV devices and Android phone and tablets for $74.99. Viewers can also purchase and live stream directly on Showtime.com and via traditional cable, DBS and telco providers nationwide.
Additionally, Pacquiao vs. Broner will be available through Fathom Events in movie theaters and at select bars and restaurants across the country. For more information on where the fight is available and pricing per distributor, visit SHO.com.
"Manny Pacquiao and Adrien Broner are undoubtedly two of boxing's biggest stars and this must-see event will be available nearly everywhere boxing fans consume their content," said Stephen Espinoza, President Sports and Event Programming, Showtime Networks Inc.
The first marquee boxing event of the year will be supported by a robust programming lineup across SHOWTIME platforms. The network will produce four installments of ALL ACCESS DAILY: PACQUIAO VS. BRONER, a daily digital series released throughout fight week on SHOWTIME Sports® social media platforms to complement the Emmy® Award-winning ALL ACCESS program airing on SHOWTIME.
Beginning with the Pacquiao vs. Broner main event press conference on Wednesday, January 16, SHOWTIME will live stream fight week events free on the SHOWTIME app and on the network's social media channels, including Thursday's undercard final press conference.
Friday's official weigh-in will be televised live on SHOWTIME, on the SHOWTIME app and on the network's social media channels beginning at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT. An official pre-show will stream Saturday on the network's social media platforms at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT leading into that evening's live pay-per-view telecast.
Hosted by sportscaster and WWE personality Jonathan Coachman, PACQUIAO VS. BRONER COUNTDOWN will feature special guests, fight analysis and highlights of the most compelling moments of fight week.
It all leads to the SHOWTIME PPV presentation of Pacquiao vs. Broner beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT live from MGM Grand Garden Arena. The four-fight telecast will be called by the industry-leading announce team featuring four members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Sports broadcasting veteran Brian Custer will host the telecast and combat sports veteran Mauro Ranallo will call the fight action alongside Hall of Fame analyst Al Bernstein and former two-division world champion Paulie Malignaggi.
Three Hall of Famers will round out the telecast team – ringside reporter Jim Gray, Steve Farhood as unofficial ringside scorer, and world-renowned ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. Alejandro Luna and former world champion Raul Marquez will call the event in Spanish, available via Secondary Audio Programming (SAP). The Executive Producer of SHOWTIME PPV is David Dinkins Jr., with Bob Dunphy directing.
The PPV telecast will feature three additional 12-round bouts. Two-division world champion Badou Jack will face unbeaten top-rated contender Marcus Browne, while former world champion Rau'shee Warren will meet Nordine Oubaali for the vacant WBC Bantamweight World Championship. In the opening bout, unbeaten Jhack Tepora will defend his interim featherweight title against former world champion Hugo Ruiz.


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Trump Isn't Wrong About Investigating WHO
A right-wing stunt to pin the blame for Covid-19 on the World Health Organization actually contains a useful notion.
There's at least some reason to suspect that WHO, led by Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus, knowingly and consequentially misled us.Photograph: FABRICE COFFRINI/Getty Images
This week president Trump expanded his arsenal for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. He went from a blame-China-not-me strategy to a blame-China-and-the-World-Health-Organization-not-me strategy.
Officials at WHO, Trump said at a press conference, are "very biased toward China"—just look at how, in the early weeks of the outbreak, they "said there's no big deal, there's no big problem, there's nothing." So Trump will be "looking into" whether to freeze US funding for WHO.
Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida is on board. A week before Trump's press conference, he called for hearings into WHO's performance. The World Health Organization, Scott says, "lied to us. It was intentional. People are dying because of it." So, "as soon as Congress is back in session, there should be a hearing, along with a full investigation, to review whether American taxpayers should continue to spend millions of dollars every year to fund an organization that willfully parroted propaganda from the Chinese Communist Party."
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This is a familiar right-wing move: subject international institutions to scrutiny that, if all goes according to plan, can be used to justify cutting their funding. Then, as the script typically unfolds, global governance fans like me spring to the defense of these institutions.
In this case, though, I'm partly in sync with the right-wing move. I don't agree with Scott that we should do the investigation ASAP (since at the moment both we and the World Health Organization are kind of, um, busy). And I'm not in favor of cutting WHO funding. I'm also not nearly as sure as Scott that WHO is guilty as charged. But the organization could have performed better in the early stages of the contagion, and there's at least some reason to suspect that people at WHO knowingly and consequentially misled us.
Before I get into the consequential misleading, let me lay out a larger reason that I think fellow global governance fans should consider getting on the investigate-WHO bandwagon.
Institutions of international governance, like institutions of national governance, are prone to a particular form of corruption: they're inclined to serve powerful interests at the expense of their mission.
For example: Back in 2002, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons—the international body that monitors compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention—was doing something that John Bolton, then in George W. Bush's state department, found annoying. OPCW's director, Jose Bustani, was trying to get Iraq to join the Chemical Weapons Convention, which would have subjected the country to immediate OPCW inspections. As Bustani noted years later, these inspections might have made it "obvious there were no weapons to destroy. This would completely nullify the decision to invade."
The Bush Administration used its clout to force Bustani out of office. He was replaced by an OPCW director less inclined to disobey America. Problem solved: Aversion of disastrous war averted.
I suspect that if Rick Scott had been a senator back then, and had been apprised of the Bush administration's intervention, he would have been less outraged than he is now by the thought of an international institution betraying its mission under pressure from a powerful nation. But if you're someone who genuinely wants global governance to flourish, it shouldn't matter which nation is exerting the pressure or what particular mission is being corrupted. You should want international institutions to function with integrity and efficiency and you should want to expose them when they fail. You should want to unearth problems at both OPCW and WHO.
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Which brings us back to the question of misconduct by the World Health Organization. The basic allegation is that China tried to "cover up" the Covid-19 outbreak, and WHO helped it do that.
The most damning piece of evidence is a WHO tweet on Jan. 14 reporting that "preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission." This came 18 days after a group of doctors notified Wuhan health officials of a disturbing cluster of illnesses, and 14 days after both China's national government and WHO were officially notified. Is it really plausible that officials in Beijing or at WHO still doubted that the illness was moving from person to person?
If you wanted to make the case for plausibility, here's what you would say:
The New York Times has reported that, starting in December, local health officials in Wuhan, out of "a political aversion to sharing bad news, withheld information about cases from the national reporting system—keeping Beijing in the dark and delaying the response." And "even after Beijing got involved, local officials set narrow criteria for confirming cases, leaving out information that could have provided clues that the virus was spreading among humans." In particular, "hospitals were ordered to count only patients with a known connection to the source of the outbreak," the now-infamous "wet market." So every patient being counted could in theory have gotten the virus directly from food sold there. Indeed, the first death, reported three days before the WHO tweet, involved a patient who had been to the market.
So it's possible that both Beijing officials and WHO officials actually thought the virus wasn't moving from person to person.
But I doubt it. Scuttlebutt about anecdotal evidence of human-to-human transmission had already spread well beyond China's borders.
A more likely scenario is that the Chinese government was scrambling to figure out how bad the problem was, and in the meanwhile it didn't want to start a panic in China or tarnish its name abroad. So it did what institutions of various kinds have long done when faced with a public relations crisis. It said the most reassuring thing that was technically true: preliminary investigation hadn't found "clear evidence" of human-to-human transmission. And it hoped it would find a way to control the contagion before it spread far within China or spread abroad. If it succeeded (and people have an amazing capacity to embrace best-case scenarios amid public relations crises), then this tactical deception wouldn't come back to haunt it.
Meanwhile, the WHO officials who authorized the tweet could tell themselves that they weren't saying anything untrue. They were accurately relaying findings that had been reported by China.
Was WHO, in this scenario, being responsible? No. But in trying to assess the degree of irresponsibility, it's important to look into its motivation. A common view is that it was bowing to China's power. But in fact China isn't a huge donor to WHO. That's why some people who follow these things suspect that WHO's main motivation was to stay on good enough terms with China to keep it constructively engaged. After all, in 2002 and 2003, amid the SARS epidemic, China had been egregiously derelict, and so far its performance with Covid was better, most notably in the promptness of its notifying WHO that there was a new virus afoot.
As Mara Pillinger of Georgetown University's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law told the Washington Post, it is "politically tricky for WHO to publicly contradict or go around the Chinese government, because WHO needs to do everything it can to encourage stronger cooperation from China."
In other words, any WHO acquiescence in Chinese misinformation may have been part of an effort to keep as much useful information flowing as possible. That, if true, wouldn't vindicate WHO. But it would be less damning than the scenarios being suggested by increasingly loud voices on the right—that WHO sold its soul and signed onto a Chinese plot to, for reasons unknown, do as much damage as possible to humankind.
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By Meghan Herbst
In an ideal universe, the World Health Organization wouldn't have to cajole, flatter, and indulge countries in order to get them to do their duty at a critical moment. And in an ideal universe, the US wouldn't be able to force a management change in the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, thereby paving the way for a disastrous war.
But when bodies of global governance are evolving, you have to work with what you've got, and try to improve them bit by bit. And the good news is that failures of global governance have sometimes led to valuable reforms.
In fact, it was the tardy response to the SARS contagion of 2002 and 2003 that led all 194 of WHO's member states to sign onto the 2005 International Health Regulations. These rules, among other things, empower WHO to declare a "public health emergency of international concern," which obliges member states to continually update WHO on the number of cases and deaths and various other details, including countermeasures. WHO declared such an emergency on January 30—sixteen days after its notorious tweet, 10 days after the first confirmed cases outside China, and six weeks before Trump declared a national emergency.
Once this pandemic has abated, sober reflection on it can lead to improvements in WHO and in the response of nations to future contagions that start within their borders.
Whether there will be sober reflection is another question. Prospects for that will dim if people who lead an investigation of the World Health Organization are people who just don't like it—or who conclude that, whatever their feelings, hyperbolic attacks on it are politically optimal. But prospects will also dim if people who wish the organization well don't honestly confront its shortcomings.
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5 Ad Campaigns that made Marketing History
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Advertisements are written or visual messages dedicated to promoting a specific product, service, or campaign. Businesses can pay the owner of a channel or platform that reaches a similar audience to broadcast this message. Two of the biggest challenges in advertising are measuring the value of the advertisement and ensuring it resonates with the right people.
Here is a list of some ad campaigns that made marketing history!
1.Dove Real Beauty Sketches | You're more beautiful than you think- 2013
Dove is an American personal care brand owned by the British multinational consumer goods company Unilever. Dove products are manufactured in countries around the world. The products are sold in more than 150 countries and are offered for both women, men, and babies.
In September 2004, Dove began its Campaign for Real Beauty, followed by the creation of the Dove Self-Esteem Project in 2006, by Geyner Andres Gaona and Amy. The campaign has been criticized as hypocritical in light of the highly sexualized images of women presented in the advertising of Axe, which, like Dove, is produced by Unilever.
In May 2011, Dove prompted criticism and accusations of racism after publishing an advert for their body wash showing three women with different skin tones side by side in front of a "before and after" image of cracked and smooth skin, with a black woman below the "before" and a white woman below the "after".
In October 2017, a three second video for Dove body lotion posted on their page on Facebook in the United States prompted criticism and accusations of racism. The video clip showed a black woman removing her T-shirt to reveal a white woman, who then lifts her own T-shirt to reveal an Asian woman. The full thirty second television advert version included seven women of different races and ages.
The ad sparked criticism, leading Dove to remove the advert, saying it "deeply regret(ted) the offense it caused." Dove further stated that the "video was intended to convey that Dove body wash is for every woman and be a celebration of diversity". The black woman in the advert, Lola Ogunyemi, said the advert had been misinterpreted and defended Dove.
2.The "Color Like No Other" campaign, Sony Bravia – 2015
Bravia (stylized as BRAVIA) is a brand of Sony Visual Products Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation, and used for its television products. Its backronym is "Best Resolution Audio Visual Integrated Architecture". All Sony high-definition flat-panel LCD televisions in North America have carried the logo for BRAVIA since 2005. BRAVIA replaces the "LCD WEGA" which Sony used for their LCD TVs until Summer 2005 (early promotional photos exist of the first BRAVIA TVs still bearing the WEGA moniker).[citation needed] In 2014, in part of Sony President & CEO Kasuo Hirai's plans to turn Sony around, BRAVIA was made into a subsidiary rather than just a brand of products.
BRAVIA televisions and their components are manufactured in Sony's plants in Mexico, Japan, and Slovakia for their respective regions and are also assembled from imported parts in Brazil, Spain, China, Malaysia and Ecuador. Principal design work for BRAVIA products is performed at Sony's research facilities in Japan, at the research and development department at the Sony de Mexico facility in Baja California, Mexico and at the Sony Europe facility in Nitra, Slovakia.
The brand was also used on mobile phones in North American, Japanese and European markets as of 2007.
The Bouncy Balls commercial was launched in 2005 with the idea of selling the new Sony Bravia television that had a novel LCD screen. In our analysis of Balls commercial from Sony, we see how the entire campaign is cooked to get more than 250,000 colored bouncy balls through the streets of San Francisco.
The Balls commercial of Sony was a resounding success. That year he won the Grand Prix of Cannes and was considered the best commercial of the first decade of the S.XXI. Then a series of continuations were launched, but they did not have the impact of Balls. We leave you with the announcement in HD.
3. Nike: Just Do It – 1988
Nike is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing, and worldwide marketing and sales of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories, and services. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world's largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$37.4 billion in its fiscal year 2020 (ending May 31, 2020). As of 2020, it employed 76,700 people worldwide. In 2020 the brand alone was valued in excess of $32 billion, making it the most valuable brand among sports businesses. Previously, in 2017, the Nike brand was valued at $29.6 billion. Nike ranked 89th in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.
The company was founded on January 25, 1964, as "Blue Ribbon Sports", by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight, and officially became Nike, Inc. on May 30, 1971. The company takes its name from Nike, the Greek goddess of victory.
The "Just Do It" campaign launched in 1988 was highly successful, with the company defining the meaning of "Just Do It" as being both "universal and intensely personal." While Reebok was directing their campaign at aerobics during the fitness craze of the 1980s, Nike responded with "a tough, take no prisoners ad campaign." One of the campaign's objectives was to target all Americans—regardless of age, gender or physical fitness level—and Nike's fundamental objective was to represent sneakers as a fashion statement to consumers, which led to Nike apparel becoming worn as more than just fitness gear. The "Just Do It" campaign went out to a range of media outlets including merchandise, outdoor billboards, print media, and graffiti art.
Throughout the campaign, Nike enlisted a range of people from varying ethnicities and races, as well as numerous notable athletes, in order to attract customers and promote the image of Nike as being reliable to not only everyday customers but professional athletes. Athletes such as football stars Bo Jackson, Ronaldinho, and Wayne Rooney; basketball stars Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant; and tennis stars Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were used in their advertisements.
4. Always: #Like a Girl – 2015
Always is an American brand of menstrual hygiene products, including maxi pads, ultra thin pads, panty liners, disposable underwear for night-time wear, and vaginal wipes. A sister concern of Procter & Gamble, it was first introduced in the United States in test markets in the spring of 1983, then nationally in May 1984. By the end of 1984, Always had also been introduced internationally in the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, and Africa.
Always sanitary pads and other products are sold under the brand name Whisper in Japan, Singapore, India, China, South Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Australia, Cambodia and Indonesia, Lines in Italy, Orkid in Turkey, Evax in Spain, and Ausonia in Portugal. The 'Always' name is applicable to products sold in the US, Africa (Kenya and Nigeria primarily), and some European countries.
Products are manufactured in Belleville, Ontario, Canada at a 700,000-sq.-ft. plant with 175,000-sq.-ft. of warehouse. The plant is one of Procter & Gamble's largest in North America. Although Always has local factories in the countries that it sells in, in some cases, its products are manufactured and exported.
The "Like a Girl" campaign, which was released worldwide with more focus on US and African markets, from Leo Burnett won the 2015 Emmy Award for outstanding commercial. Lauren Greenfield directed the spot, which debuted in June 2014 and aired during Super Bowl XLIX. The commercial asked the question "When did doing something 'like a girl' become an insult? "Running, throwing, or fighting like a girl are seen by adults as equivalent to weak, but by young girls as strong.
Using #LikeAGirl as an insult is a hard knock against any adolescent girl. And since the rest of puberty's really no picnic either, it's easy to see what a huge impact it can have on a girl's self-confidence. Making a start by showing them that doing things #LikeAGirl is an awesome thing!
Coke: Share a Coke India: Celebrating relationships! – 2011
Coca-Cola India is the Indian version of the renowned Coca-Cola company, the Consumer goods firm known across the globe. The Coca-Cola Company started operating in India in 1956. Coca-Cola is India's largest beverage maker and is estimated to have around 40% share of the country's branded beverages market.
For Coca-Cola overall, India is currently the sixth-largest market after the U.S., Mexico, Japan, Brazil and China. While Quincey's mandate to his India team — led by T. Krishnakumar, president Coca-Cola India and Southwest Asia — is to move India one notch up in the foreseeable future, his long-term vision is for India to be among the company's top three markets globally.
Beverage maker Coca-Cola has launched a new packaging and campaign called 'Share a Coke', celebrating relationships. The seven-year-old global campaign, now coming to India, will also feature Coke bottles and cans with words like 'Papa', 'Didi' and 'Bhai' replacing its logo.
The 'Share a Coke' campaign first launched in Australia in 2011, and involved changing the traditional wrapping around the Coca-Cola bottle to say 'Share a Coke with…' and a popular name. The purpose of the campaign was to create a more personal relationship with consumers and inspire shared moments of happiness.
In Australia, the top 150 most popular names were printed onto millions of bottles and the campaign was so well-received other countries around the world adopted it with their own unique twists.
The "Share-A-Coke" campaign was built around a powerful story theme community. The concept of sharing is very community/family-centric. It allowed people to connect with a story of love, acceptance and understanding. It created a global family.