I drink alcohol every night, but I'm not much of a drinker. In Britain, this isn't especially contradictory. We inhabit such a boozy nation that someone like me—who takes wine with most meals, welcomes each weekend with a G&T, and even subscribes to a craft beer club, for goodness sake—can comfortably herald himself "not much of a drinker." Since I rarely embark upon an evening with the sole intention of knocking back shots until I can't remember my name, I identify as not much of a drinker.
Mind you, our nation's relationship with drunkenness is subtly shifting: millenials are spurning the sauce to keep hold of their cash and their Instagram-friendly abs, and middle-aged personalities such as Clare Pooley (in her book, The Sober Diaries) and Adrian Chiles (in his documentary, Drinkers Like Me) are questioning whether their middle-class, Waitrose-style drinking is as addictive and potentially life-ruining as the Wetherspoon variety (answer: almost certainly). Meanwhile, "Dry January" is growing in popularity, for reasons I cannot fathom. Why would you voluntarily reject the liquid solace that offers the only relief from the dampest, dankest, darkest, most depressing month of drudgery we face? Can't we just do Dry September, instead?
If I have a problem—and I'm not saying I do, folks, I'm just indulging in a bit of exploratory thinking here—it's that I've mentally adjoined alcohol with an ever-increasing roster of events. Champagne for Valentine's Day. Prosecco for birthdays. Pimm's in the summer. Mulled wine at Christmas; well, all December, really. Beer with a barbecue. Port with cheese. Cocktails on a Friday night. Sherry in the trifle. An aperitif while cooking—lager shandy if it's something spicy. Aperol Spritz when I'm on a plane—with a Bailey's nightcap if transatlantic. Drinks when a colleague switches jobs, drinks for football, drinks for Eurovision, drinks for the theatre, drinks in the interval, drinks drinks drinks. The only time this strikes me as truly problematic is when I observe myself rushing to tuck my son into bed so I can begin the night's drinking. But I shove that concern to the back of my mind, because I am NOT much of a drinker.
"When I saw Mad Men, and all those cool guys in suits slugging bourbon, I found myself reaching for the cocktail cabinet more often"
Anyway, I mention all this because—despite not being much of a drinker—I am in in love with the Dirty Martini. I can't recall when I first encountered it, but I suspect it was after Mad Men. (I used to just drink beer and wine, but when I saw Mad Men, and all those cool guys in suits glugging bourbon and whisky and petrol, I found myself reaching for the cocktail cabinet more often). The Dirty Martini matches the glamour of its rival cocktails—it's shaken over ice, it comes in its own classy little glass—but it's not sweet, or naff, or bright orange. It's just a proper hard hit of cold spirit, with a savoury olive kick.
When I'm in the States I drink it is as often as possible (but never before 6pm, because that would mean I have an alcohol problem—and, as I've explained, I'm not much of a drinker.) You can go to virtually any bar over there—in an airport, a casino, or at the side of the motorway—and get an exceptional Dirty Martini. I like mine with vodka rather than gin, a twist of lemon and "extra dirty," ie, with about two tablespoons of brine in it—which is disgusting when you think about it, but I don't think about it, I just drink it.
But I've struggled to find a comparable one in the UK. Obviously it's not a regular order down at the Dog and Duck, and that's to be expected, but I've really scoured London—The Ivy, the American Bar at the Savoy, even a bar in City that's actually called Dirty Martini—and I've yet to find one as perfect as I routinely enjoy in the US. So, I started to make them at home.
I add two parts vodka to one part vermouth, shake over ice, add a spritz of lemon bitters, rim the glass with lemon and serve with an olive, a slice of lemon and LOADS of brine. I'm very proud of my Dirty Martini. All my friends have been forced to try one. I've been drinking it, probably twice a week, for at least five years.But then, last week, I stumbled across an online article about my favourite tipple, and suddenly realised for all this time I've been USING THE WRONG VERMOUTH! I've been casually buying Martini Bianco whenever I trudge through Duty Free, but apparently that's a "sweet, pale vermouth best served with tonic water," and for a "real" Dirty Martini I should be using dry vermouth, such as Noilly Prat.
I have taken this news badly, immediately spending £15 in the supermarket buying the "right" kind of vermouth, to make sure no more evenings of sipping Dirty Martinis are WASTED.
But who can blame me for this schoolboy error? I'm not much of a drinker, after all.


This was a great opportunity to get a pregnant mare who has produced winners who is bred to a great young sire in Golden Lad. Because of the deal we struck with the University of Maryland broodmare program, they will be retaining 50% of the breeding bonuses on the Golden Lad foal. The cover date was March 29th, so we are hopeful for a March 1st birth.
This mare will be based at GreenMount Farm in Maryland and this first foal is targeted to be Maryland-bred.
Our plan is to sell the foal as a weanling or a yearling depending on its development and market conditions.
NOTE: Our partner, Housatonic Bloodstock will be buying 25% of this broodmare opportunity (and covering 25% of the on-going expenses). Wasabi Ventures Stables will be retaining 20% and 55% will be available to Club members.
NOTE ON PRICING: Since this mare is already pregnant we will NOT BE adding the $5,000 first year stud fee on. Per our Broodmare Program, any Club member is capped at 3% ownership in any individual offering.
Campaign Vows was a stakes-placed winner on the racetrack who hails from one of the most productive female families cultivated by renowned Maryland breeder Sycamore Hall Farm.
Campaign Vows is by the top class runner and stallion Broken Vow, who is now a rising star in the broodmare sire ranks, as well, his daughters having produced Eclipse Champion Sprinter Runhappy, Grade 1 winner Big World, and over twenty stakes winners.
Her dam, Who's Cozy, placed in a Grade 3 at Saratoga plus a pair of other stakes races, and in addition to Campaign Vows, Who's Cozy has produced the stakes winner Who's In Town (who actually crossed the line first in a Grade 2 race at Saratoga as a 2-year-old) and two other winners, as well as the unraced filly Who's In Love, the dam of stakes-placed 2-year-old winner Buff's in Love.
Who's Cozy is out of Who Did It and Run, who beat males in the Grade 2 Jersey Derby and also won three other stakes races during a nine-win career that saw her earn $325,756. Who Did It and Run's other foals include four-time stakes winner and Grade 3-placed Giant Run, plus stakes winner American Victory (dam of a stakes-placed winner), and five other winners. Also appearing under Campaign Vows' third dam is Grade 2 winner Hangover Kid.
Campaign Vows herself was a maiden special weight winner at a mile-and-a-sixteenth and also took a one mile allowance, both victories coming as a 3-year-old and on the grass. She subsequently closed her sophomore campaign with a 3rd-place finish in the Squan Song Stakes going 7 furlongs on dirt.
Campaign Vows has so far produced two foals to race, a 2013 Jump Start filly named Jump For Trump, who won two races and $52,299, and a 2014 Flatter filly named Baltimore Beauty, who has won four races and $90,569, with three of those victories coming in 2018. Campaign Vows also has a 2-year-old filly by El Padrino named Ellie Liesalot (unfortunately her would-be 3-year-old filly and her foal of 2018 both met with untimely demises).
Campaign Vows is currently pregnant on a March cover to the exciting young Maryland sire Golden Lad, a Graded Stakes-winning son of one of the country's top stallions, Medaglia d'Oro, and his dam is a half-sister to last year's Leading Freshman Sire, Dialed In. Golden Lad's first runners will reach the races in 2019, and he covered more mares in his first year at stud (104) than any other stallion in Maryland did that breeding season. His first yearling to sell this year brought $26,000, off of his advertised stud fee of $5,000.
The foal by Golden Lad out of Campaign Vows will be eligible for the Maryland Million series, as well as the lucrative Maryland-bred bonuses — which will be split with the University of Maryland's Equine Program, from whom Campaign Vows was acquired.


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Elon Musk Is The Richest Person In The World As Wealth Amounts To $185bn
Elon Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth of $185bn (£136bn).
in Entrepreneur, Billionaires, Market News, Wealth
The Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur was pushed into the top slot after Tesla's share price increased on Thursday.
He takes the top spot from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who had held it since 2017.
Mr. Musk's electric car company Tesla has surged in value this year and hit a market value of $700bn (£516bn) for the first time on Wednesday.
That makes the car company worth more than Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai, GM, and Ford combined.
Mr. Musk reacted to the news in signature style, replying to a Twitter user sharing the news with the remark "how strange".
An older tweet pinned to the top of his feed offered further insight into his thoughts on personal wealth.
"About half my money is intended to help problems on Earth, and a half to help establish a self-sustaining city on Mars to ensure the continuation of life (of all species) in case Earth gets hit by a meteor-like the dinosaurs or WW3 happens and we destroy ourselves," it reads.
The tycoon's fortunes have been buoyed by politics in the US, where the Democrats will have control of the US Senate in the forthcoming session.
Daniel Ives, an analyst with Wedbush Securities wrote: "A Blue Senate is very bullish and a potential 'game-changer' for Tesla and the overall electric vehicle sector, with a more green-driven agenda now certainly in the cards for the next few years."
Expected electric vehicle tax credits would benefit Tesla, "which continues to have an iron grip on the market today", he added.
Mr. Bezos has also seen his fortunes rise over the past year. The coronavirus pandemic has meant Amazon benefited from stronger demand for both its online store and cloud computing services.
However, he gave a 4% stake in the business to his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott after they split, which helped Mr. Musk overtake him.
In addition, the threat of regulation has meant Amazon's stock has not risen as high as it might otherwise have done.
The owner of a business that has only just made its first annual profit and is still a minnow compared to the likes of Toyota – or Amazon – is now the world's richest person.
It is the fact that Tesla's share price has increased more than seven-fold in the past year that has sent Elon Musk's fortune rocketing past that of Jeff Bezos.
To believe the electric car maker's worth could rise so rapidly in just 12 months is the ultimate example of irrational exuberance.
It means that Musk will have to show within the next five years that Tesla can make more profits than just about the whole of the rest of the motor industry combined to justify the valuation.
Mind you, his many fans will point out that the somewhat eccentric tycoon has constantly confounded the skeptics who bet that he would go bust.
And of course, 20 years ago another tech visionary was staring disaster in the face when the dot com bubble burst and big profits seemed a distant dream – but Jeff Bezos went on to make those who bet on Amazon very rich indeed.
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Purported Toyota Agya facelift rendered, Perodua Axia facelift to follow?
In Indonesia, Toyota and Daihatsu has worked hand in hand to offer two entry-level models for the market, the Agya and Ayla. The Perodua Axia in turn, is based on that duo.
A lone photo that emerged on Autonetzmag has caught our attention, pointing to a possible facelift for the Toyota Agya. Seeing that our Perodua Axia has remained on the market unchanged since late 2014, it is safe to assume that the Axia will likely see a facelift in 2017.
For the said rendering, the unknown person took inspirations from the European Toyota Yaris and applied it to the outgoing Agya. The Agya now receives LED daytime running lights on the highest variant, on top of the side skirts and wing mirror-mounted turn indicators.
Despite only being a render at this point of time, we are fairly certain that Toyota is indeed working on an updated Agya, considering that not much has changed on the Agya.
Locally, we have received word that Perodua is working on the Axia facelift, codenamed D88N.


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Behind the Exhibit: 'You're U.S.' an Intimate and Adventurous Project On View at The Center for Contemporary Art
Posted on September 2, 2014 by Elie Porter Trubert, Executive Director of The Center for Contemporary Art
A new multimedia exhibit at the The Center for Contemporary Art featuring 30 American profiles of subjects from 10 states is unlike anything I've ever seen.
Elie Porter Trubert
In addition to the portraits by artist Emile Klein, the "You're U.S. — At Home With America" exhibit, which opens Friday, Sept. 5 with a public reception from 6 to 8 p.m., features an audio visual space where visitors can watch and listen to stories of the subjects and share their own in weekly StoryCorps-style recording sessions.
Area schools will participate with Emile in a visiting artist program based on "You're U.S." and create American profiles of people in their own communities. And, finally, the artist will present a series of demonstrations and public lectures on diverse topics from portrait painting to piñata making.
The exhibit's journey to our Bedminster Center began shortly after I was hired as the Executive Director in 2011, when I received a phone message from an enthusiastic man who said he was biking across the United States painting people's portraits while he lived with them, and he was looking for an exhibit space to show the work.
The whole thing struck me as farfetched and even odd. Add to that the fact that, as the new director of an organization with a bold new name, I was constantly fielding calls and email inquiries from artists about exhibiting.
So it may not be surprising that, at first, I did not return his call. (If you are reading this, I'm sorry Emile!)
That weekend my husband and I got together with friends who own a bike shop in Hunterdon County. They love to entertain us with stories of colorful local characters and small town goings on. So they began to tell us about a young guy who had come into their shop for repairs that week and said that he was cycling across New Jersey painting portraits of people from all walks of life and recording their stories.
I nearly spit out my beer. I cried out, "Wait a minute. Was his name Emile?!" Yes it was, and they told me a little bit of his story. Needless to say that on that Monday morning I called Emile and we set up a lunch meeting. I arrived at restaurant in a bitter winter downpour, an orange bike on the porch catching my eye as I pulled in.
I learned that Emile is an incredibly smart, driven, creative and energetic young artist from California who was creating "American profiles" of people from all walks of life and every corner of the nation. His organization and the project are called, "You're U.S."
Once his subjects have been identified within a state, Emile cycles there and lives with them in their homes, receiving room and board in exchange for a portrait in oils, all part of an effort to create what he calls a democracy of art ownership. And this contemporary limner's bicycle and touring gear, paints and raw materials are all American-made.
Emile's painting style is surprisingly Old Masters for a 20-something artist, but it is when each American profile is completed that it becomes contemporary. Visual, literary and audio elements make up each profile. In addition to the painted portrait, Emile and his team record the subject's story, often accompanied by an original music score inspired by it, and write a brief essay about the person.
As he described the project over lunch and I began to see the big picture and I knew that I wanted to bring the exhibit to The Center for Contemporary Art. I was new and we were essentially an old organization in the process of transformation. This was an exhibit that would appeal to a broad audience in a very inclusive way which was right in line with the goals for all of our programs.
And that bike on the restaurant porch? It turned out that Emile had biked from Annandale, where he was working on a portrait, to Bedminster in a torrential winter rain storm.
"You're U.S. — At Home With America" is on view through Oct. 25.
Elie Porter Trubert is the Executive Director of The Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster, N.J. Check out The Center's website at www.ccabedminster.org. Founded in 1970, The Center for Contemporary Art is a vital regional art center with a comprehensive studio art school, professional exhibition program and important community outreach component.
Photos at top courtesy of Emile Klein: At left "Kong" 2013, oil; At right: "Sadie" 2012, oil.
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The October issue is on sale now!
It's September, which means a change of season is upon us, school is back in session, and — oh yes — the October issue of Bead&Button is on newsstands now! This issue features several gorgeous projects to shift you into an autumnal mindset, including the amazing Isabella Lam's "Ivy trails necklace" (below). Like her many other designs, this one is utterly beautiful but not fussy or too heavy. It's a classic design and the crystals sprinkled throughout add just enough sparkle that you could wear it for a nice evening out. The question that always comes up around here is "Would you wear it to the grocery store or Target?" In other words, is it too fancy for everyday life?
Isabella Lam's "Ivy trails necklace" is a classic.
Well, the answers always vary on that, but personally, I find this design very wearable as it is. But if you feel the crystals are too dramatic to wear to work or while you're running errands, you could easily substitute the crystals with other beads of the same size, or maybe swap the pearls for round gemstones to mellow it out a bit more.
Isabella's necklace, adapted as a bracelet.
• I substituted Pip beads for the Czech glass leaves because I thought the leaves would be a little too large in a bracelet and would have the potential to fold under the bracelet.
• In step 11, I used 11/0s instead of 8/0s between the SuperDuos. This eliminated the natural curve of the design.
• Finally, I mirrored the edge embellishment on the other side.
It was an easy adaptation and I think it looks great. Thanks, Isabella, for the wonderful design!


Goedhart, M. J. and Finlayson, O. E. and Lindblom-Ylanne, S. (2009) Research-based Teaching in Higher Level Chemistry Education. In: Innovative Methods of Teaching and Learning Chemistry in Higher Education. UNSPECIFIED, pp. 63-85.
Many graduates from science programmes move on to higher research degrees (MSc., Ph.D) or pursue research careers in industry or research centres. This chapter addresses whether undergraduate programmes in chemistry adequately prepare graduates for such research and examines the relationship between teaching and research. Finally specific examples are given which show how undergraduate students can become engaged in research and research-like activities.


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Few fans realized that the inspiring force behind The Cosby Show and its spin-off, A Different World, was in fact world renowned psychiatrist Dr. Alvin Poussaint, a man known more for his insightful studies into the needs of the African American family than for his screenwriting talents. One of the country's top authorities on subjects ranging from multiculturalism to family dynamics, Poussaint has advised the State Department, the Department of Health and the FBI on racial issues. Due to his passionate advocacy for more positive black images in American culture, Poussaint was chosen as the script consultant for both of Cosby's hit NBC series. It was his influence that helped The Cosby Show and A Different World become some of the most revered programs in television history, while concurrently breaking new ground in the depiction of African Americans in the media..
Veteran of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi, Poussaint is an expert on the dynamics of racial and ethnic relations in America's increasingly multicultural society. His work has diagnosed the symptoms and prescribed the remedies for almost every social malady affecting African American's today. Firmly believing that the family unit shapes an individual's choices, Dr. Poussaint's research shows how changing family patterns, increased competition in the workplace and disruption in our communities often results in divorce, violence and neglect. In his thoughtful presentations, Poussaint teaches audiences how to balance these important issues to create powerful, positive solutions.
Drawing on his years of research, Poussaint speaks with refreshing candor on the dynamics of prejudice and the necessities of diversity. Author, psychiatrist, educator, and respected social critic, he educates on the use of media as a learning tool and the impact of televised violence on children and families. Always informative and insightful, Dr. Poussaint leaves audiences with poignant messages on how they can strengthen themselves, America and the world.
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Come On, People! On the Path From Victims to Victors
In his book, co-written with Dr. Bill Cosby, and in his presentation, Dr. Poussaint shares his vision for strengthening America by addressing the crisis of people frozen in feelings of low self-esteem, abandonment, fearfulness, sadness, and frustration. By addressing these issues and providing tools to deal with them, Dr. Poussaint helps empower people to make the daunting transition from victims to victors, helping them to become purposeful and effective citizens, actively engaged in shaping the lives of their children, caring for their physical and emotional health, and encouraging their families toward higher educational achievement.
Children's Resiliency: Coping With Violence
Many studies show that a significant number of children who are exposed to violence either by witnessing constant community violence, being victims of violence perpetrated by parents or others, or being exposed to domestic violence may develop stress disorders including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression, and conduct disorders. Such children are likely to perform less well in school and to be at a higher risk of committing violence against others. However, for a high percentage of children exposed to violence, these disturbances do not occur and many show the resilience to successfully cope with a degree of psychological and physical abuse. These are children who, by dint of temperament, strong love, and nurturing in their early years, develop a strong sense of self and an ability to feel a sense of control over their environment that enables them to bounce back from adversity. Children's resilience is always enhanced when there is a strong, loving, and caring adult in the environment.
Breaking Down Segregation & Disparities in Healthcare: A Life and Death Issue
The continuing healthcare disparities among African Americans and other ethnic minorities in relation to white Americans are part of the legacy of a segregated healthcare system (which some called medical apartheid) existing in the United States until the mid-1960s. Segregated health facilities in the South were responsible for a "separate but equal" system that meant blacks received inferior care or no care at all. They were also abused and exploited for research without regard to protecting their lives and wellbeing. There are numerous examples from the past, including the infamous Tuskegee study, which illustrate the egregious and toxic nature of racism in American medicine. Blacks often put their lives at risk when they entered a segregated facility or were denied care altogether even in emergency situations. Because of these horrid experiences, a deep distrust developed in African Americans and other minorities that made them reluctant to seek healthcare, particularly when equal access was denied. It is welcome that the government has come to recognize these disparities and the need to close the healthcare gap between African Americans and whites. Both in the burdens of death and illness, African Americans experience disparities which lessen their quality of life and life expectancy. There are disparities in infant mortality, life expectancy, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, HIV/AIDS, stroke, homicide, and mental health. Addressing these disparities must include improving healthcare access, introducing innovative health education programs, and addressing the social ills associated with poverty. The federal government has now taken on the disparity issue and is trying to empower people to adopt healthier lifestyles and improve public health initiatives. Many medical schools and hospitals around the country have put healthcare disparities high on their agendas in an effort to find effective solutions that will ultimately benefit large and neglected segments of our population.
The Media's Impact on Children & Society
Research demonstrates that media violence, particularly on television and in movies, influences the values, attitudes, and behavior of children. Children directly imitate behaviors seen on television; for instance, if they see a great deal of aggression, they imitate it in their own play and interactions. In television and the movies, conflict is too often resolved through the use of violence rather than through peaceful means such as discussion, negotiation, and mediation. Dr. Poussaint discusses this disturbing trend and offers solutions to counter it.
Lay My Burden Down: The Mental Health Crisis Among African Americans
Suicide among African Americans, particularly young black men, has increased dramatically over the last 20 years. This increase in suicide is a symptom of the broader problem of mental health in the black community. The persistent presence of racism
• despite the significant legal, social and political progress made during the last half of the 20th century
• has created physiological and psychological risks for black people that drastically differ from white Americans. The negative impact of the past on African Americans produces multiple stresses that can best be described as a collective "Posttraumatic Slavery Syndrome," which is often manifested by a general mistrust of healthcare providers. Dr. Poussaint explains that we need to improve the mental health of African Americans by eliminating healthcare disparities, providing increased access to quality care, and emphasizing targeted outreach. Together, we must break through the barriers of fear and stigma to heal our communities.
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Xanthodaphne heterogramma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Description
The length of the shell attains 25 mm.

Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brazil.

References

 Odhner N. (1960). Mollusca. Reports of the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition 2 (Zoology, 22): 365–400, pls 1-2
 Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155
 Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213.

External links
 MNHN, Paris: holotype

heterogramma
Gastropods described in 1960

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test('optimize a JPG', async t => {
	const buffer = await fs.readFile(new URL('fixtures/test.jpg', import.meta.url));
	const data = await imageminJpegoptim()(buffer);
	t.true(data.length < buffer.length);
	t.true(isJpg(data));
});

test('throw error when a JPG is corrupt', async t => {
	const buffer = await fs.readFile(new URL('fixtures/test-corrupt.jpg', import.meta.url));
	await t.throwsAsync(async () => {
		await imageminJpegoptim()(buffer);
	}, {message: /JFIF/});
});

test('throw error when a large JPG is corrupt', async t => {
	const buffer = await fs.readFile(new URL('fixtures/test-corrupt-large.jpg', import.meta.url));
	await t.throwsAsync(async () => {
		await imageminJpegoptim()(buffer);
	}, {message: /EPIPE|ERROR/});
});

test('progressive option', async t => {
	const buffer = await fs.readFile(new URL('fixtures/test.jpg', import.meta.url));
	const data = await imageminJpegoptim({progressive: true})(buffer);
	t.true(isProgressive.buffer(data));
});

test('throw on wrong input', async t => {
	await t.throwsAsync(async () => {
		await imageminJpegoptim()('foo');
	}, {message: 'Expected a Buffer, got string'});
});

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Selling Petronas back to Sabah not the way forward, says Sabah DAP
Julia Chan
A Petronas logo at their office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia August 15, 2017. — Reuters pic
KOTA KINABALU, Dec 11 — Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's recent suggestion of "selling" stakes in Petronas to oil producing states in Malaysia is a misguided attempt to raise money for the federal government and will potential set back the Warisan state government in the coming Kimanis by-election, said a DAP state leader here today.
DAP Sabah secretary Chan Foong Hin expressed his worry that the suggestion would backfire if misinterpreted by the people, especially as the state was preparing to head into the by-election.
"It is not right to raise funds for the federal government by way of selling Petronas shares to the state government. I believe that the Prime Minister, in his infinite wisdom, would be able to come up with many other creative ways to raise funds needed to settle federal debts," said Chan.
Chan was referring to Dr Mahathir's reply at an interview with Reuters on Tuesday where he said that the Malaysian government was considering selling stakes in Petronas to states where the company's oil and gas fields are, which would include Sabah.
The statement had raised eyebrows with some Sabah leaders saying it would be foolish for Sabah to pay for what was rightfully theirs.
"It would be good if Tun, as the coalition leader of Pakatan Harapan could consult with the Warisan-led Sabah state government before making any statements that may be easily misconstrued," said Chan.
Chan said he believes that the prime minister was trying to suggest fulfilling Pakatan Harapan's election manifesto promise of paying 20 per cent petroleum royalty or its equivalent to Sabah and Sarawak by way of transferring part of the federal government's ownership in Petronas to the states.
"I would welcome it if Tun M intends to fulfill the promise of paying the 20 per cent oil royalty as stated in the PH election manifesto by way of transferring shares in Petronas to the state for Sabah. If so, Sabah state government should pay only a token of RM1 at most for the transfer of the shares in Petronas to them," said Chan.
Chan said that the amount of Petronas shares to be offered to the state as alternative to the 20 per cent oil royalty has to be at least equivalent to the percentage of petroleum produced by the state in the country.
"In fact it would be best if the dividend payable yearly by the Petronas shares to be transferred to the state government would be able to cover for the 20 per cent royalty payment," said Chan.
He also said he could not understand why the federal government kept on claiming that they could not settle the 20 per cent oil royalty as promised, when it could just be put into a trust account.
Chan said that as at to date there are only four issues pending at the special Cabinet Committee on the review of the implementation of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 and that these four are: oil royalty issues and petroleum cash payments; oil minerals and oil fields; Territorial Sea Act 2012; and state rights over the continental shelf.
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I have lots to be grateful for everyday. Today I would like to say how grateful I am for the young lady in my house. She is a blessing to me each and everyday. Now I wish I could say we see eye to eye, that we never argue and that we love on each other all day long, but that would not be the truth. What I am grateful for is a healthy young lady that has a mind of her own, a loving and giving spirit, and a love for God. She helps take care of her little brother and treats him like a prince. She looks up to her big brother and can't imagine him not being around in a few years. My little girl is growing up and though it might make challenging days and at times I just want to scream, I know that I am the most blessed woman in the world to have my darling daughter Emily Ann. What are you grateful for today?


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Why Banning Things Almost Never Works
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(ANTIMEDIA) After the tragic Charleston shooting last week, South Carolina's governor demanded a ban on the Confederate flag shifting the national conversation from a very real confrontation of racism to a circus act focused on a relic of it—rather than the root cause. In the aftermath of the media frenzy, companies pulled the flag from their shelves and prohibitionists set their sights on a memorial to slave-owner Thomas Jefferson in Washington D.C..
While the intentions of outright banning symbols, statues, or behavior are usually always good—desires to end racism, hate, or destructive behavior, for example—the mechanics of such policies are time and again proven ineffective, if not disastrous.
Take the Drug War. Riddled with institutionalized racism, the government's moral crusade to end the proliferation of drugs and addiction is by all measures an utter failure. 45 years after the Controlled Substance Act passed, heroin use has skyrocketed, the war on marijuana is incontrovertibly futile, and the violence police inflict on non-violent individuals while enforcing drug prohibition is commonplace. Another result of the government's decades-long push to eradicate drugs? The world's largest prison population, which often enjoys a steady flow of drugs behind bars while addicts are deprived of the treatment they need.
Only fifty years before the Drug War was instated, the United States government attempted to ban alcohol with the 18th amendment to the Constitution. The amendment was largely inspired by a temperance movement in the United States. While those who favored prohibition wanted to help improve society and solve alcoholism, their willingness to use the government to do so proved disastrous. Not only did "bootlegging" explode—so did organized crime. Those convicted of alcohol offenses during Prohibition overflowed jails and court systems, much like victims of the Drug War today. In 1933, government overcame its hubris and repealed the 18th amendment by passing the 21st. Today, alcohol still boasts a reputation as one of the most lethal drugs on Earth, alcoholism is still a societal ill, and the government still forces the same disastrous approach to addiction with its War on Drugs.
Organized crime, catalyzed by prohibition, inspired yet another ineffective state attempt to control behavior: the National Firearms Act of 1934. It instituted a $200 excise tax on the sale and transfer of certain weapons in a direct attempt to discourage possession of machine guns, sawed off shotguns, silencers, and other "gangster weapons" (as if black market mobsters were eager to obey government decrees). The bill was passed after the gruesome St. Valentine's Day mob massacre. Though prohibition was repealed before this law was passed, it was a direct response to the violence created because of prohibition.
The next sweeping legislation came in 1968 with the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act. As detailed in Adam Winkler's book, "Gun Fight," the bill was dubbed an opportunity to reduce violence on the streets after a federal report blamed widespread, contentious race riots, at least in part, on easy access to guns (it was also fast-tracked because of the 1968 assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.). Though crime, in general, was up during those times, the most telling element of the legislation was that it banned "Saturday night specials," cheap and easily obtainable guns that rioters brought into the streets. Nevermind that the explosive situation was directly caused by institutionalized racism—the perpetrator of that racism solved the surface problem of "crime" and patted itself on the back (it also provided grants for law enforcement and FBI-conducted riot training for police). Two years later, the federal government waged the Drug War and the mass round-up of minorities was in full swing. Regardless of individual bills, bans on guns have failed to reduce violence, as evidenced by Chicago's gun policies and analysis of nations that impose strict gun control.
Even the government's attempts to ban racism have—at least in part—failed. Though the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 attempted to ameliorate many deeply-rooted racial problems in America—and in many ways did—the hateful ideology remains a major fabric of American society. In spite of the federal government's triumphant attempts to help minorities, the condition of people of color in society is one of grotesque disadvantage socially, economically, and politically.
Bans are almost always touted as solutions to societal problems, yet they almost always ignore the underlying issues that manifested the comparatively superficial problems in the first place. Racism caused a horrendous shooting while the subsequent flag ban overstated an inanimate object's contribution to such hatred. The Drug War sought to eradicate drugs but ignored the underlying reasons why they proliferated, proving to be an embarrassing misadventure in regulating human behavior. Prohibition similarly attempted to outlaw addiction, not only failing, but inspiring crime and violence.
Even bans on seemingly legitimate things—such as GMOs—ultimately do not live up to their stated goals. While countries may ban Monsanto, they do not always ban toxic pesticides, which are proven—more extensively than GMOs—to cause health problems. The federal government sets limits for "allowable" toxins in drinking water—like mercury and lead—yet these substances are still found in the water supply at rates higher than what is deemed safe. Bans on abortion fail to stop the practice while bans on sex education in favor of abstinence-only programs produce higher rates of teen pregnancy.
Most currently, on Friday the Supreme Court overturned bans on gay marriage nationwide, citing personal autonomy, civil rights, and equality. It finally acknowledged the cruelty and oppression of imposing laws that prevent two individuals from sharing something so intimate as a life partnership, repealing bans around the country.
While humanity faces innumerable ills, banning undesirable behavior, ideology, and items that represent both is an attempt to forcibly control human behavior—a monumental undertaking that rarely works. Many times bans exacerbate problems by driving them underground and out of sight, as is the case with both the War on Drugs and racism.
We can no longer rely on corrupt, inefficient, bureaucratic governments to solve society's ills, especially considering that they play a major role in perpetuating these problems so often. Laws don't change cultures—cultures change laws. After all, the Civil Rights Act was only passed after decades of protest and nonviolent resistance. When we, as a society, decide to end racism, it will end. When we decide to end the Drug War, it will be phased out. When we decide to stop consenting to oligarchy—and enough people join us—the oligarchy will fall.
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Susana Harp Iturribarría (Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca; 8 de abril de 1968) es una psicóloga, política y cantante mexicana de música tradicional. Desde el 1 de septiembre de 2018 es Senadora de la República de la LXIV legislatura del Congreso de la Unión en representación del estado de Oaxaca,  y Presidenta de la Comisión de Cultura del Senado de la República.

Nació en la ciudad de Oaxaca en 1968. Estudió psicología en la Universidad Regional del Sureste. Posteriormente realizó una maestría en Programación Neurolingüística en el Centro Mexicano de Programación Neurolingüística". En su repertorio interpreta sones tradicionales en diversas lenguas, así como temas de compositores mexicanos donde fusiona lo tradicional con lo moderno, en su estilo musical reivindica sus raíces mestizas.

Biografía
Nació en la Ciudad de Oaxaca, su madre Lila Iturribarría es originaria de Oaxaca y su padre Antonio Harp Helú es un comerciante que llegó a México procedente de Líbano a los cinco años. Desde muy pequeña participó en actividades comunitarias conocidas como tequio , y su infancia se desarrolló tranquila, aunque siempre mostró interés por la música ya que su abuelo Jorge Fernando Iturribarría le inculcó tal gusto.

A los 16 años de edad decidió estudiar canto, pero antes prefirió enfocarse en su carrera académica y concluyó la licenciatura en psicología en la Universidad Regional del Sureste. A la edad de 22 años se trasladó a la Ciudad de México para continuar de manera formal sus estudios de canto y a la vez hacer una especialidad en Psicoterapia Gestalt y una maestría en Programación Neurolingüística. Fue hasta 1996 cuando tuvo la oportunidad de incursionar en la música con un proyecto llamado Xquenda , que fue su primer disco con canciones oaxaqueñas en zapoteco, náhuatl, mixe y en español.

Posteriormente, fundó la Asociación Cultural Xquenda A.C y por medio de ella ha apoyado diversos proyectos para el Centro de Capacitación Musical y Desarrollo de la Cultura Mixe (CECAM) en Santa María Tlahuitoltepec. Esta asociación civil promueve e impulsa el talento de los estudiantes del Cecam. Ha producido materiales discográficos y conciertos en los que han colaborado intérpretes como el tenor Fernando de la Mora, el flautista Horacio Franco, el pianista Héctor Infanzón, el saxofonista Miguel Ángel Samperio y el arpista Andrés Alfonso Vergara, con el objetivo final de conseguir fondos para poder brindar "educación de calidad para que los niños y jóvenes oaxaqueños no emigren para trabajar y estudiar, y concluyan sus estudios dentro de sus comunidades". La Banda Infantil del Cecam obtuvo en 1985 el Premio Nacional de Artes y Tradiciones Populares de México.

Trayectoria
Susana Harp ha realizado presentaciones en diversos escenarios de América y Europa así como en diversos festivales de México, con el principal objetivo de promover la música tradicional mexicana. Frecuentemente ha interpretado canciones en lenguas autóctonas como el zapoteco, el mixe, el náhuatl, el maya, entre otras. Paralelamente, ha promovido la cultura de comunidades marginadas a través de la música.

Su discografía cuenta con ocho grabaciones de estudio, mediante ellos ha logrado apoyar a más de cincuenta proyectos culturales, tanto de artistas independientes como de comunidades indígenas. Cabe señalar que la cantante se ha logrado colocar con gran aceptación entre el público.

Carrera artística

Xquenda (1997)
Con la edición en 1997 de su disco debut Xquenda, Harp se dirigía a una audiencia contemporánea. Este álbum contenía sones tradicionales como "La Llorona", "Canción Anónima" y "La Martiniana", y el disco fue bien recibido por la crítica y logró posicionarse en el "Top 10" de álbumes de música mundial en México. Susana recibió diversos reconocimientos como "mejor artista revelación" y por su labor de difusión y recopilación de la cultura mexicana. Este material fue producido de forma independiente con el apoyo del Instituto Oaxaqueño de las Culturas, con Xquenda Harp recibió reconocimiento tanto en México como en Estados Unidos.

Dicho reconocimiento público comenzó cuando el periodista Guillermo Ochoa la invitó a su programa para conversar sobre su primer disco.

Béele crúu (2000)
Tres años más tarde después del lanzamiento de "Xquenda", Harp lanza al mercado su segundo álbum de estudio titulado Béele Crúu, un álbum de música mexicana con canciones en español, Zapoteco y Mazateco y que contenía temas memorables como "Sabrosito Son", "La Mulata" y "Sol de Alas Anchas". Con este álbum realizó una gira por México, Estados Unidos, y Europa que supuso la primera gira a gran escala por la intérprete. A lo largo de su trayectoria, Susana siempre ha contado con una audiencia diversa, multirracial, que se siente atraída por el amplio concepto musical que contiene así como la fusión de diversas culturas y ritmos.

Mi tierra (2002)
En 2002, Susana Harp editó Mi tierra, un álbum memorable y entrañablemente honesto que se ganó la aclamación comercial y de la crítica, este discó fue grabado con la Banda de Música del Estado de Oaxaca dirigida por Eliseo Martínez. "Mi Tierra" tuvo un recibimiento excelente en el mercado latinoamericano debido a que el álbum poseía tanto sones tradicionales como chilenas, boleros y una versión instrumental del Dios Nunca Muere, en México permaneció 10 semanas en las listas, en Estados Unidos llegó a posicionarse en el álbum número ocho en ventas del género world music, mientras que en Europa se colocó en el número 10 en los charts de música mundial.

Este álbum se ha convertido en los mayores éxitos de Susana Harp debido a que logró colocarse rápidamente en los charts de toda Latinoamérica, Europa y Asia en la posición número diez durante varias semanas consecutivas. En México, Harp impactó a la crítica debido a las excelentes interpretaciones y se caracteriza por ser una artista que aplica en su mayoría el género world music, además del folk.

Arriba del cielo (2003)
A la par con la promoción del álbum "Mi Tierra", la artista realiza el que sería su tercer álbum de estudio titulado Arriba del Cielo, el cual salió a la luz en 2003 desde su lanzamiento tuvo una mayor acogida, en él se destacan temas infantiles como rondas, canciones de cuna y nanas aunque en cierto modo este trabajo estaba dirigido hacia un público infantil tuvo una mejor aceptación entre el público mayor, ya que los arreglos y las versiones realizadas de estos temas resultan más complejas, además de que la mayoría de las letras incluidas en este álbum fueron interpretadas en lenguas indígenas de México como el náhuatl, mixteco, zapoteco y español.

El álbum fue bien recibido por el público llegando a ser el más vendido en su género en México, España y entre el público hispano de Estados Unidos, entre otros.

Ahora (2005)
En abril de 2005, Harp reaparece con un nuevo álbum titulado Ahora de este álbum se destacan canciones como "Se vive así", "Morir en paz", "La bailarina", "De cara al sol", entre otros, este álbum cuenta con importantes canciones que rápidamente se convirtieron en éxitos moderados. En este disco Harp debuta como compositora escribiendo los temas "Wiyeri niukiyari" y "Jpas abtel", las demás letras incluidas son de la autoría de Marcial Alejandro, Héctor Infanzón, Pepe Elorza, David Haro, la poeta chiapaneca Enriqueta Lúnez, entre otros.

"Ahora" se colocó dentro de los álbumes más vendidos del género world music en países como Italia, Francia, España, Argentina, Japón, México, demás países latinoamericanos, asiáticos, europeos además con este disco Susana entró en los charts de África, principalmente en Marruecos.

Fandangos de ébano (2008)
Producción de 2008 en donde se rescatan sonidos de influencia afromexicana, intentando dar visibilidad a los pueblos afromestizos. Las canciones que incluye el álbum son: anoche estuve soñando, mariquita María, soy el negro de la costa, arriba del cielo, seguiré mi viaje, negra consentida, el santiagüito, ariles del campanario, la mariquita, corrido de ébano, pedimentos de angelito, pinotepa y danza de los diablos.

De Jolgorios y velorios (2009)
Acompañada por la Orquesta Sinfónica del Instituto Politécnico Nacional presenta en 2009 los temas: el solito, muerte platícame, la Catrina, arrullo al revés, morir en paz, dios nunca muere, guendanabani, décimas a la Calaca, la llorona, parabienes de angelito y la Martiniana.

Mi tierra vol. II (2010)
El segundo volumen de Mi tierra apareció en 2010 donde Harp es acompañada por la Banda Sinfónica de Oaxaca, en este álbum aparecen las canciones la malagueña curreña, flores mazatecas, lindo oaxaca, ya te he dicho, llévame oaxaqueña, son bilgu, dios nunca muere, como un lunar, la paulina, son huilni, soliluna y fantasía sobre la danza de la luna.

Mexicanísima (2011)
Celebrando el bicentenario de la Independencia de México grabó Mexicanísima con temas recolectados en el Archivo General de la Nación que reflejan las épocas prehispánica, conquista, colonia, independencia y contemporánea.

Aguadiosa (2012)
Para 2012 presentó el álbum Aguadiosa cuya investigación fue asesorada por la UNAM y CONABIO, en donde llama sobre la gran diversidad de México y los problemas que presentan; los temas incluidos son:  ¿quién parará esta locura?, aguadiosa, lluvia de tu cielo, wiyeri niukiyari, casi lo se, mi corazón me recuerda, agua marina, el gusto, tirinquen tsutsuki, canto de amor y desesperanza al río papaloapan.

Misterios Gozosos (2014)
Misterios Gozosos es su decimoprimer álbum donde interpreta un repertorio del cancionario popular mexicano: cielito lindo, la bruja, que nadie sepa mi sufrir, bésame mucho, luz de luna, las canastas, nereidas, la bamba, caballo viejo, se te olvida, bilongo, la llorona, huapango de moncayo e historias del huapango.

Vida personal
Es sobrina del empresario mexicano Alfredo Harp Helú y nieta del político y escritor oaxaqueño Jorge Fernando Iturribarría. Se casó con un empresario mexicano. En los últimos años vive en Oaxaca de Juárez y alterna su estancia en la Ciudad de México junto a su esposo e hijo.

Fue propuesta como candidata al Senado por parte del partido político Morena, parte de la coalición Juntos Haremos Historia. El 1 de julio de 2018 resultó elegida como senadora.

Discografía
 1997 Xquenda.
 2000 Béele crúu (Cruz del cielo).
 2002 Mi tierra.
 2003 Arriba del cielo.
 2005 Ahora.
 2008 Fandangos de ébano.
 2009 De jolgorios y velorios.
 2010 Mi tierra, Vol. II.
 2011 Mexicanísima.
 2012 Aguadiosa.
 2014 Misterios Gozosos.
 2016 20 Años de Son, Vol. 1 y 2.

Véase también

 Lila Downs
 Santa María Tlahuitoltepec
 Pueblo mixe
 Asociación Cultural Xquenda

Referencias

Bibliografía

Enlaces externos

 Susanaharp.com

Nacidos en Oaxaca de Juárez
Cantantes femeninas de México
Cantantes de Oaxaca
Cantantes en español
Cantantes en zapoteco
Cantantes en mixe
Cantantes en maya
Cantantes en náhuatl
Intérpretes de chilena de México
Senadores de las LXIV y LXV Legislaturas de México


Google's email service Gmail that has nearly 1.5 billion monthly active users turned 15 on Monday. Created by Paul Buchheit on April 1, 2004, Gmail started with an initial storage capacity of one gigabyte per user. Today, Gmail allows 15GB free storage. Users can receive emails up to 50MB in size, including attachments, while they can send emails up to 25MB in size. In order to send larger files, users can insert files from Google Drive into the message.
It's still a free product for consumers, but Gmail has now become a paid suite of enterprise products, including presentation and word processing software. A year after Gmail, the company launched Google Maps which is now the leading map service on the web.
Google also bought Android and YouTube, the biggest mobile operating system and video-sharing site. The company built the Chrome browser, which replaced Microsoft's Internet Explorer as the preferred choice of the end users.
"All those Google products have more than a billion users each. Android alone powers almost nine out of every ten smartphones shipped globally," the report added.
Google in January released a new interface design for the mobile version of Gmail that includes new visual implementations, as well as feature additions. As part of the new design, users will be able to quickly view attachments like photos without having to open or scroll through the entire conversation.
Android is best OS as far I have tested….


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Tabarna término utilizado en el antiguo Imperio Hitita, se refería a la máxima autoridad imperial; es, el equivalente del Emperador entre los romanos.

Parece ser que la palabra deriva del nombre de Labarna, uno de los primeros grandes reyes hititas, y probable fundador del Imperio Antiguo Hitita. De esta manera, el título de Tabarna se habría transformado en genérico a partir de un nombre propio, al igual que el título de César entre los romanos.

El tabarna no era un monarca absoluto, en el sentido que entendemos un Emperador. Antes bien, aparecía asesorado por un consejo consultivo, el panku, que presenta a rasgos generales las características propias de los consejos de ancianos de otras culturas y civilizaciones, y convierte al Imperio Hitita por lo tanto en una aristocracia militar.

Aunque entre el Antiguo y el Nuevo Imperio Hitita hubo un eclipe político derivado fundamentalmente del ascenso de Mitanni, hubo una continuidad política en los reyes de Hattusa. Distinta fue la situación al caer Hattusa en manos de los invasores kaskas hacia el año 1190 a. C., lo que significó también la destrucción de la unidad hitita.

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Gobierno hitita
Títulos reales


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Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys®: Used Motorcycles Sales Are On the Rise.
Motorcycle sales are up and being driven by used motorcycle sales. A majority of people who are looking to buy a motorcycle are now trending toward purchasing a used bike. A used ride is less challenging financially and offers those with less disposable income an easier entry to the motorcycle rider's world while offering others the chance to own a more upscale bike at a more affordable price. That being said, the fact of the matter is that used motorcycle prices have risen to the healthiest level they have been since 2008 and if people are purchasing used motorcycles, it creates a demand for new motorcycles. I know that seems a tad counter-intuitive, but riders are realizing that because their used bikes are more valuable now than they have been for the past five years, they can trade them in for a brand spankin' new bike.
Obviously then, this trend has ultimately begun to benefit the entire motorcycle industry as well. More people have purchased used motorcycles and, now realizing their worth, may now be looking to trade up for new bikes. Not only does this create demand from manufacturers like Harley-Davidson, Polaris and others, it opens up new avenues for more apparel and accessory sales as used and new bike riders alike buy new clothing and stands etc to compliment their new ride. Increased demand means more profit for these companies which they can infuse into R&D which allows them to create more innovative products.
So what does this mean for this year's motorcycle sales forecast? Tough to say at this point because weather is the primary driver during the selling season, but it sure looks like a positive trend. Last year's uncharacteristically warm temperatures early in the year caused us all to hop on our motorcycles and jump-start the selling season earlier than usual. This year may be different, as many meteorologists are predicting a later winter, but who knows what the weather will do, given its unpredictability the last few years…
In all, the recent trend in sales of used motorcycles is driving the motorcycle biz forward. Though the recovery from the economic struggles we have been experiencing since 2008 is still slow, it is nonetheless a recovery and it looks like things are finally starting to look up. Higher prices for used bikes support that notion and the domino effect is seeing those sellers trading up to new bikes, thus pushing the industry forward at all levels–even through this incessantly lengthy recession.
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Harold T. was hit by a State vehicle, while working as a motorcycle escort for a funeral. The State employee cut through an opening in the funeral procession as he was riding alongside in order to get to his next traffic control post. Harold broke his knee and foot and tore his rotator cuff in the accident. He later developed excruciating pain in his legs. His orthopedist suspected CRPS, which is a peripheral nerve disorder that usually occurs after a traumatic event. We retained a CRPS specialist who, after much testing, confirmed the diagnosis and placed him in a multi-disciplinary pain management program, which helped him tolerate the chronic, stubborn pain. The insurance defense doctor said Harold did not have CPRS and, essentially, that he was faking, and required neither treatment nor medication. The first offer by the State was $100,000. We settled the case at a second mediation, shortly before trial, for $2,500,000.
Andre M. was badly injured by a motorist who failed to yield while making a left turn. He spent the next 11 months in and out of surgeries and confined to a wheelchair. Andre was immobilized, unable to provide for himself or his family, all while his expenses and staggering medical bills grew exponentially. The Defense tried every trick they could to tarnish the viability of Andre's claim. They even called Andre's mother to try and have her convince Andre to accept their low ball offers. The Defense alleged that his injuries were exaggerated due to pre-existing medical conditions, that he was drunk or high at the time of the accident, and that he was travelling at an excessive speed. None of these allegations had merit, nor were they supported by the evidence. All the defense arguments failed at mediation and the case settled for $2.25 million.
Janusz Z. was broadsided by a construction truck that failed to yield after stopping at a stop sign. Janusz did not have a stop sign and had the right of way. Hit full-on by a large truck, Janusz sustained severe crush injuries to his feet and ankles, a fractured hip, knee, ribs, and a liver laceration. He was in the hospital for 33 days. The severity of his injuries left Janusz permanently disabled–unable to return to work, provide for his family or live the very physical life he had enjoyed before the accident. An insurance company investigator visited Janusz in the Emergency Room to get a statement while he was heavily medicated, shortly after the accident. From the outset, the insurance company took the incredible stance that the accident was Janusz' fault, and that he was grossly exaggerating his injuries. They denied all liability. They hired a private investigator right after the accident, before he even retained legal counsel, who followed and videoed Janusz for a total of 300 days, in an attempt to prove he was not truly injured. We fought tooth and nail to force a timely and fair settlement but ultimately had no choice but to go to trial. In the courtroom Defense counsel painted Janusz as a faker and malingerer but we presented the jury with the best expert witnesses, accident reconstructionist and skilled trial attorneys. Four years after the accident, the jury returned a verdict of $19,466,000 for Janusz.
Lauren B. was the passenger on a motorcycle when a piece of equipment that was not properly secured, fell off of the vehicle driving in front of them. The motorcycle swerved to avoid being struck and passenger Lauren B. was ejected in the subsequent crash. She sustained a fractured ankle and later developed Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) in the lower part of her leg. CRPS is a serious medical condition caused by severe damage to the nerves, an injury that we are very familiar with but that insurance companies often refuse to acknowledge. The pain from CRPS is intense and chronic but not easy to prove. The insurance company refused the claim outright and the adjuster would not even pay for the damage to the motorcycle. We filed suit early on to protect Lauren's interests and upon further investigation found that the vehicle had a known defect. Despite receiving recall notices to fix the problem, repairs were never made even though they were very inexpensive. This discovery along with the extensive damage to Lauren's health and well-being after the accident resulted in a settlement of $3.5 million.
Mario C. was riding his motorcycle in the middle of 3 lanes of a surface street when a car pulled out of a gas station on his right and continued into his lane in front of him without signaling. Mario braked, locked up and went down with his bike landing on his leg. He sustained a broken knee and required surgery. The insurance company adjuster accepted, then denied, liability and did not accept that the degree of damage to Mario's knee was that extensive. The final insurance offer was $137,000. We advised Mario not to settle for that amount and took the case to trial. The jury returned a verdict of $1.2 million. We also collected costs of more than $64,000 and more than $50,000 in additional interest.
James C. was riding his motorcycle on a surface street in the left lane when a pickup truck pulled out of a side street on his right and crossed into his lane, side swiping him and pushing him into oncoming lanes where he crashed at the curb. He suffered multiple orthopedic injuries from which he ultimately recovered, but he also suffered a head injury that continued to be problematic, affecting his daily life in subtle ways. The insurance company disputed the nature and extent of the head injury. The original offer was for $300,000, for the orthopedic injuries. We advised James to reject the offer and retained a neuropsychologist who conducted two days of testing on James. The results confirmed that James had suffered a traumatic brain injury. We also took the depositions of a close co-worker and James' wife, who testified convincingly about the changes in James' personality. The insurance company case settled shortly thereafter for the $1,000,000 policy limits.
Debra H. was riding her motorcycle on HWY 395 when a motorist, distracted by scenery, rear ended her. Debra and her bike were pushed approximately 30 feet before the bike flipped onto its side, then slid an additional 120 feet along the roadway before finally coming to a stop at the shoulder. After interviewing the parties and two witnesses as well as examining the physical evidence–the police officer on the scene concluded that the other motorist was solely at fault. Nevertheless, the insurance company challenged Debra's extensive injuries. We refused to back down and fought for the value of Debra's case. In the end, the insurance company agreed to tender the full $1 million policy limits.
Roberto R. had an accident with a lit-up California Highway Patrol officer. He initially signed with a competitor, who mishandled his Motorcycle Accident Injury Case. They did not file the government claim form correctly, then decided he had no case to pursue, telling Roberto the circumstances were "too complicated" and there was "no value" to his case. This injured rider was a club member and had stopped treating for his injuries for several reasons. He was left hanging with not a lot of time. Luckily, he came to us for a second opinion. It was immediately apparent that the facts had not been properly assessed and the other firm was discouraged at the challenge of proving the law enforcement officer was at fault. Upon our investigation, the officer's own department agreed he was responsible for the accident. We were able to secure our client the proper medical treatment so he was able to fully recover physically. If he not called us and just listened to what our competition said he would have been out a $275,000 settlement and been permanently injured.
Pavlin Z. was riding a 50 cc Honda scooter along the curb in San Francisco and suffered a tibial plateau knee fracture when an SUV in the number one lane changed lanes and cut him off. There was no contact between the scooter and the SUV; Pavlin hit the curb trying to avoid being hit by the SUV. The investigating officer faulted the scooter rider entirely. The SUV driver was named only as a witness in the Traffic Collision Report rather than as an involved party. Further, another witness on the Traffic Collision Report was unfavorable to Pavlin. The insurance company denied the claim outright and we filed suit immediately. In Discovery, we established that the witness did not have a clear view of the accident, and while the SUV passenger saw the scooter, the SUV driver did not. The "facts" of the case were effectively reversed with this new information and the case settled 11 days before trial for $1,400,000.


> Nokia are pretty good, but my Nokia 6 is still on the December's security patch.
> They're generally about 2-3 months behind. Better than most though.
My Nokia 8 has Android version 8.0.0 and Security Patch level 1 January 2018. It is always up to date. The interesting thing is that the low end £79 Nokia 3 is also kept up to date also and also runs Oreo. This proves that other manufacturer's claims that old phones are too low spec to run Oreo are untrue.
This would not be such a problem if they were Android One compatible phones running standard software builds supported by Google. As it is many of them run old insecure versions of Android and some come pre-loaded with malware. I am glad that I have a Nexus 5 running Marshmallow.
Anyone caring to put my crazy idea to the test can now buy an LG 20 as a Pay As You Go upgrade for £0.99 from Carphonewarehouse.com. If you have an old PAYG SIM from one of the main networks hanging around that you have used to make a phone call in the last 3 months then you probably qualify for a 99p LG 20 with free courier delivery. To get to the Carphonewarehouse upgrades page, hover your mouse over "UPGRADES" and then click on "Pay as you go all phones".
Does anyone know of a smaller android phone that I could buy instead to put on my wrist?
Surrey satellites told me that they sometimes use lead plates in front of and behind commercial grade microprocessors as an alternative to buying space certified micros costing a hundred times as much. Perhaps you could run your Raspberry Pi 2 in a lead box when you take it to the ISS.
I have a Lumia 630 which cost me £49.95 which has a nice IPS LCD screen and a £14.95 Lumia 530 which has a lousy TFT LCD screen. Although there are not as many Apps as there are for Android I like the unique Windows Phone apps. I carry both a Lumia 630 and a Huawei Y550 around with me so I have access to all of the Android apps anyway. The most interesting thing about Windows Phone apps is Microsoft's willingness to allow free ported Gameboy Advance games into their library. I have installed dozens of free Gameboy Advance games onto my Lumia 630. I like the fact that I can install apps directly onto my Lumia 630's MicroSDHC card. I also like the integration of Windows Phone into iTunes. I can download all of my latest PC iTunes video podcasts onto my Lumia 630 by pressing just one button. The Lumia 630 HERE Drive+ app works offline which is a help when I am driving about in rural areas with no phone signal.
My son has a 26 inch 4K monitor which he used with his PC for software development, playing games and watching Youtube clips. He gets the full 4K effect because he sits two foot away from it None of my family really ever watch our 720p 22 inch TV and so we will never buy a 47 inch 4K monster.
Xiaomi make the same mistake as does Huawei and all of the other Chinese mobile phone companies who have managed to enter the Western phone market. They customize the Android user interface to "differentiate themselves from other suppliers". The problem with this is that this means that they do not keep the copy of Android in their mobile phones up to date. I am on the market for an Indian manufactured Android one phone that is kept up to date by Google themselves.
Do you ever wonder how much other people's possessions are worth but are frustrated that you do not have the technology to find out? Do not worry, The Amazon Fire Phone includes a feature called firefly. What you do is take a photograph of each your neighbor's possessions. The phone then identifies the possession and automatically adds it to your Amazon cart. It has never been so easy to keep up with the Joneses.
Any phone bigger that 5 inches in size looks ridiculous against your ear. What you need is a sub-5 inch phone and a tablet. If you want to go on the internet outside the range of wi-fi then you can tether your tablet from your phone.
The best way to wipe an Android device is to do a factory reset, completely fill the device with music or video podcast files and then do another factory reset. There may be fragments of old directory information left left but the majority of the data will be gone. This works because each location in flash memory can only contain data from one file and so when a device is full then to all intents and purposes the old data has gone.
I bought a SONY eReader from my local Tesco supermarket 18 months ago. It was discounted because sales were poor. I bought it because I had read that it displayed the A4 pages in technical PDFs better than the Kindle. Diagrams are not distorted and each half A4 page of text can be read clearly in landscape mode.
I will not be buying an Xiaomi phone because they have a custom User Interface (MIUI). I will stick with my Nexus 5. The problem is that when a manufacturer branches from the standard Android software build to produce a custom UI then this makes it unlikely that the phone will receive Android security updates. My tip for buyers is to buy a Nexus phone or one of the new Google One standard phones because they run standard Android. Samsung, HTC, Huawei and Xiaomi all think that customizing their UI helps to differentiate their phones in the market place and so improves sales. It does not.
Old games are often very well suited to portable hardware such as mobile phones and the PSP. The games I most like to play on my PSP are those on the Activision Hits Remixed UMD. Playing games like River Raid and Pitfall 2 is much more enjoyable than playing COD Ghosts.
I also have a (2013) Nexus 7. It is well supported by Google. I am already running Android 4.4.4, which not many other tablets or phones are running. I understand that my Nexus 7 will get all of the security updates that I need for the next 4 years or so. My Nexus 7 will run any current game well. I imagine that there will be games that my Nexus 7 will not run well within 2 years time but I will delay upgrading my Nexus 7 until it no longer supports the current version of Android.
I bought an unlocked Y300 phone as an upgrade from Carphone Warehouse. It is normally £59 but has twice been reduced to £39. To qualify for the upgrade I bought a Pay As You Go Virgin SIM for an old candy bar phone which I topped up up by £10 every 6 months. Virgin may not be the best network to use for upgrades at Carphone Warehouse because it is not usable in all upgrades. I recommend O2, Vodafone or Orange PAYG SIMS for Carphone upgrades. I think that the best Android upgrade deal at this moment might be £79 unlocked Moto Es from phones4U.
About 2 years ago I walked into my local Tesco store and to my surprise saw a large display of old black small Samsung phones. I then looked more closely and realized that these phones were new iPhone 5s. IPhone 5s look really dated.
Microsoft should not be stopping the production of S40 phones because smart phones are unusable for making voice calls because of their very low battery life. I have recently bought three Nokia 105 feature phones, which have a one month battery life, to guarantee that my family can still phone home even when they have been camping for two weeks. I generally use an Asha 205 as my main phone because I only need to charge it every few days. Also I can answer more quickly by pressing the green button on my Asha 205 than by using a swipe. I do sometimes use my Android HTC CHA CHA as a talk phone because it has a green button but still find I miss more calls than I would on my S40 phones.
Sadly all of these Android phones with the exception of the Moto E are destined for landfill long before they break. The reason is that because they run customized versions of Android they generally only ever support one version of Android. They can not therefore benefit from Google Security fixes such as the many that were introduced with Android 4.4 Kit Kat. I have a Nexus 5 phone and a Nexus 7 tablet which means that they will be supported by Google for at least 4 Years. The thing to look for over the next Year if you can not afford a Nexus phone is a Google One certified phone. In a Years time an Indian designed and manufactured Google One phone with stock Android will be a better investment than the Galaxy 6 or whatever Samsung is trying to sell you then.
Pantech seems to only sell low end Android phones. I can how the Google One standard Indian Android phones will wipe out these phones. People are prepared to pay for all of the fancy features of a high end none upgradable Samsung phone. What people do not want is an unremarkable Android phone which can not be updated to the latest version of Android.
This is very true. However, the answer is to buy a Nexus 5 phone for £280 or Nexus 7 tablet for £190. Nexus devices are guaranteed to get all Android security updates. The new Google Silver branding program will overcome this issue. Phones will only receive Google Silver certification if they run standard Android.
The Nexus 5's camera is very good. I was recommended an SONY Xperia SP when looking for a cheaper Android phone with a good camera. I was told that like the Nexus 5, the Xperia SP includes a quality SONY camera mechanism. I do not know personally if the Xperia SP has a good camera. What I do like about the Nexus 5's camera is that you can take a photo at sunset and on phone processing makes it look like the photo was taken at midday.
The £99 Moto-G is great but the £99 model only has 8 Gb of on phone flash memory, which can not be expanded. Also the Moto-G camera does not get good reviews. From what I can see, you need to pay at least £180 for an Android phone with an 8 megapixel camera (Sony Xperia SP).
I have previously used Samsung phones with their annoying touchwiz interface. When I upgraded to a Nexus 5 running Android Kitkat I was surprised how well thought out the true Android Kit Kat experience was. The camera, together with the camera software is fabulous. My Nexus 5 has a very long battery life. The Nexus 5 is so much better than an old style small iPhone and is also half the price.
Nokia produce good hardware. The battery life of Nokia S40 feature phones is is much better than most iPhones and Android phones. I carry a Nokia S40 feature phone along with my smart phone so that I can allways guarantee that I can make a phone call. That is after all what phones are for. Also Nokia phones have superior antennas to many other phones and so can often communicate in remote areas that others can not. My hope is that Nokia Windows phones will combine the best of both worlds: good hardware and good software.
Intel has done a very bad job of explaining how PC performance has increased dramatically in the last few Years. I started working in a new job a Year ago and was given a brand new bottom of the range HP PC. My existing colleagues already had 4 year old bottom of the range Dell PCs. Everyone was shocked when tests that took 25 minutes to run on their PCs took only 5 minutes to run on my PC. Intel has simply not explained to people who buy PCs that in an I/O intensive task a sandy bridge i3 PC with a SATA disk drive has 5 times the performance of a Pentium 4 with an IDE disk drive. If the 64 bit copy of Windows 7 that had originally been installed on the new PC had not been downgraded to 32 bit Windows XP then the PC would have been even faster. Intel please pay for some TV ads explaining how amazing a Haswell i5 and i7 is.
When my family play games we play Steam games on PCs. The huge advantage that PCs have over consoles is that recent PC games can cost as little as £2 in steam sales whilst the cost of next gen console games will take many years to fall below £50. For example you can buy Bioshock Infinite for £11.89 in this weekend's Steam sale.
If £11.89 is too much for a game then try www.humblebundle.com, where I bought 9 top EA games including Battlefield 3 and Dead Space 3 on Origin 3 weeks ago for $5. There are 1 or 2 new humble bundles each week and and the 5 oldest games in each of these bundles can be got for $1.
I have bought 15 Humble Bundle Windows steam games which would work in the Steam Box under Linux. These games cost me a total of $10 and include popular Indie games such as Fez.
Intel do not sell any 8051s of their own any more. What I was talking about was 8051 compatible microcontrollers from companies such as Siemens.


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AngioDynamics President & CEO Eamonn Hobbs Calls On Congress to Act in FDA Bill to Protect Patients By Regulating Compounding Pharmacies
July 26, 2007 at 12:00 AM EDT
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Hobbs: 'Regulating Compounding Pharmacies Should Be Key Patient Safety Plank in FDA Bill'
WASHINGTON D.C. (July 26, 2007) – Eamonn Hobbs, President & CEO of AngioDynamics (NASDAQ: ANGO), released the following statement on the need for Congress to act now through the "must pass" FDA bill to regulate mass-producing compounding pharmacies:
"As Congress continues consideration of FDA legislation, S 1082/HR 2900, it is critical Members work to include a key patient safety plank: new authority for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take action against rogue mass-marketing compounding pharmacies and to require physicians to inform patients about whether their prescribed compounded drugs are FDA approved.
"In recent years, the FDA has worked tirelessly to crack down on numerous compounding pharmacy manufacturers whose products have been found to contain impurities and dose and concentration inconsistencies. In an FDA paper published in May 2007, 'Special Risks of Pharmacy Compounding,' the agency noted it knows of more than 200 adverse events involving 71 compounded products since 1990. Yet, the FDA needs more authority.
"Earlier this year, bipartisan draft legislation by Senators Edward Kennedy, Richard Burr and Pat Roberts was circulated to strengthen the FDA's role in overseeing compounding pharmacies as de facto manufacturers. The Kennedy-Burr-Roberts proposal has widespread support from Consumers Union and other consumer groups. Regrettably, the bill's opponents – led by the compounding pharmacy manufacturers' lobbying group, the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists – are working hard to prevent the measure from even seeing the light of day.
"As the process continues, policymakers should draw a distinction between legitimate and traditional patient-specific pharmacy compounding and mass-producing compounding pharmacies. Compounding pharmacies that are acting as de facto manufacturers should be held to comparable standards through the FDA to ensure that physicians have access to the safest, most effective drugs for their patients. At a time of great attention around drug safety, American consumers deserve nothing less."
AngioDynamics, Inc. is a leading provider of innovative medical devices used by interventional radiologists, surgeons, and other physicians for the minimally invasive treatment of cancer and peripheral vascular disease. The Company's diverse product line includes market-leading radiofrequency ablation systems, vascular access products, angiographic products and accessories, dialysis products, angioplasty products, drainage products, thrombolytic products, embolization products and venous products. More information is available at www.angiodynamics.com.
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Q: Tabulator animation of group rows I have been trying for some time to add animation to a change in visibility of the rows belonging to a group. In other words, when you click the arrow for a group and the rows become visible for that group. I know there is the actual row itself and the data in the row that both need to be animated.  Any help would be very appreciated.

A: This isn't possible im afraid. The rows are added and removed from the table as the group is expanded/collapsed, because they aren't hidden but removed there is nothing to animate on.

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Some African-American and Latino students say they seek each other for support instead of University of Iowa diversity programs. That comes as a new Hechinger Report study shows many flagship universities across the country with relatively low African-American and Latino student enrollments, but he University of Iowa with a slight rise in first-time degree-seeking students from those minority populations.
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