A friend recently shared with Wendy and me that their child had reached the age when they wanted to be called by the more formal version of their first name. This is not unusual. I remember hitting the age when I wanted people to drop what I considered the childish sounding "Tommy" and call me just "Tom." That lasted until college when friends just stated calling me "Tommy" or "Tommy V" and I just sort of rolled with it. Our Madison went through a similar journey with her moniker. She asked that we drop the "Maddy" and call her "Madison." Somewhere in her young adult years she came to accept "Maddy Kate" as the endearment with which it is used.
In today's chapter, the prophet Isaiah is promising the people of Judah that their momentary circumstances of devastation, defeat, destruction, and depression will give way to better times. The times, they will be a changin'. And with the change comes a new name.
As I meditate this morning it strikes me that in some corners of our culture names have ceased to have any attachment to meaning at all. When I go on-site with clients and meet with teams I will regularly run across people with names with spellings and pronunciations simply made up by a parent. I even had one woman tell me this past month that her name was "meaningless," and the subtext of the statement was that she felt a lack of meaning in her life. I found it fascinating that a name without common metaphorical meaning became, itself, metaphorical to her.


These are 10-spd compatible, carbon, disc, clincher wheels. The wheels were used sparingly on my extra cross bike. In excellent condition. The freehub body is compatible with 10-speed cassettes, not the newer 11-speed spacing.
Carbon Rims will also accept rim brake bicycles. 130mm spacing on rear hub.


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Michael Dean "Mike" Woodson, né le  à Indianapolis dans l'Indiana aux États-Unis, est un joueur puis entraîneur américain de basket-ball. Il évolue en NBA, le championnat professionnel américain, au poste d'ailier ou d'arrière entre 1980 et 1991.

Après avoir entrainé les Hawks d'Atlanta pendant six saisons entre 2004 et 2010, il succède en  à Mike D'Antoni, dont il était l'assistant, au poste d'entraineur des Knicks de New York. Il occupe ce poste jusqu'à la fin de la saison 2013-2014.

En mars 2021, Woodson est nommé entraîneur de l'équipe universitaire des Hoosiers de l'Indiana. Il quitte alors son poste d'entraîneur adjoint des Knicks de New York.

Statistiques
Statistiques en carrière :  (14,0 par match),  (2,3 par match),  (2,3 par match) en 786 matches de saison régulière.

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Naissance en mars 1958
Naissance à Indianapolis
Joueur américain de basket-ball
Entraîneur américain de basket-ball
Joueur drafté par les Knicks de New York
Joueur des Knicks de New York
Joueur des Kings de Kansas City
Joueur des Kings de Sacramento
Joueur des Clippers de Los Angeles
Joueur des Rockets de Houston
Joueur des Cavaliers de Cleveland
Entraîneur des Hawks d'Atlanta
Entraîneur des Knicks de New York

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Following the suggestion that if you get asked a question more than twice you should write a blog post about it, here is the info on my standing desk set-up.
A few months ago I finally got a standing desk after reading [see here, here, here] about their benefits for a long time. Since then several visitors to my office have asked for details on the set-up and where to buy it, so I'm putting this list up in case others are interested. It's based on the research I did in simmer 2015, so if you think there are better options or you want to add to the list just post your suggestions in the comments and I'll incorporate them. By the way, you can hack your own for under $25.
Best price given my current set-up. I already had a fantastic desk and chair, so I wanted to buy an add-on.
Ease of set-up: The desk platform arrived ready-to-go, with no installation of building required – just slide it out of the box onto your desk.
I wish I had more area to scatter papers around my keyboard. The 48″ version seems like a solution, but it eats up a ton of counter space.
I think the monitor riser is about 15 cm too low, but I'm worried about putting it on stand.
Now the details: I narrowed it down to these when thinking about what to choose.
If you can afford a new desk, these are motorized and are fully adjustable.
SteelCase: When I started my job at UF the first thing I bought was a very high quality from OEC Buisness Interiors. It cost >$700 and is worth every penny.
1) they may not be for everybody, and you have to make sure you use them properly.
2) Maybe what you really need is a treadmill desk! Meghan Duffy tells you what you need to know and her set-up.
UPDATE 9/29/15: I still like really like this desk, but have noticed that in the standing position the monitor is about 2 inches too low. I am looking at some options, of which my first choice is an adjustable arm like this one by Ergotron (assuming the platform can tolerate an arm on the end with my heavy thunderbolt display). Another possibility is a table mounted arm, though this Ergotron seems to be the only one is strong enough and with enough height. Finally, there are some really cool fixed-height stands (I like this Uniti by iForte and this HiRise by Twelve South gets rave reviews), but this means it will be a tad high in the sitting position.
Bottom line – want one that is fully adjustable? You will need to spend some extra money and buy a table by an Uplift. On a budget or the right height? Varidesk is fine.
UPDATE 1/26/206 I tried a Wellness Mat the other day and they are INSANELY comfortable. New fave, for sure. Expensive but worth it.


The reason why I started this blog was because often people come to me with question about suitable looks, hairproducts and the lipstick i'm wearing.
Here I will be answering all your hair & makeup related questions.
My name is Dayhana Herrera.
I'm a Makeup artist & hairstylist working in the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
I was born in Colombia and grew up in Curaçao, a beautiful island in the Caribbean sea.
An island with so much cultural diversity is the place that sparked my interest in Beauty, Hair, Makeup & People.
In 2014, I decided to turn my passion into a reality by joining the industry as a professional makeup artist and later on as a hairstylist.
For me, it's very important to make my clients feel comfortable & confident throughout their service.
I consider myself Lucky to be able to have such a creative job.


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McCORMACK SAYS SQUAD ARE RARING TO GO AHEAD OF RETURNING TO TRAINING
Midfielder says players can't wait to get started
All being well, the players will return to training in accordance with the return to playing protocols on Monday, and midfielder Alan McCormack says the squad can't wait.
The players and staff will undergo the first of their regular tests on Thursday ahead of Monday, and McCormack says they are eager to get going with the potential of the League 2 play offs to come.
"It has been a long nine weeks," he said.
"Usually over the summer you get six or seven weeks off but you always have in your mind a date when you are going back but the hardest part of this suspension as a footballer has been the unknown, not knowing when or how we would be back. There were so many questions, it has been difficult working on our own, not knowing if we were preparing for matches or not. We have been working hard at our fitness, we have had a few days off every two or three weeks just to rest and recover but other than that we have been working hard and preparing as best we can.
"We had a Zoom call last week telling us the plans around returning to training and the excitement is building, the light at the end of the tunnel is growing brighter and we can't wait to be back.
"For me, I have got used to training on my own. I know I need to do it and I have got to do it and I know, as a professional, it is what I need to do. I know the club expect that of us and I know the Gaffer would not take too kindly to anyone not coming back in good shape. I am sure everyone is in good shape and, while following all the safety measures and protocols, we hope we can be back in to the football pretty quickly and I think we are in good shape to do that.
"We have got a tight group in the dressing room. We always keep in contact with each other. Everyone gets on, we are all together and united and everyone works hard. We have missed being together over the last nine weeks and that has been tough.
"Our motivation to try and win promotion is huge. The motivation jumped ten fold when the news came out that the play offs could well happen. We are all desperate for them to happen, we will be ready and to have that chance of playing for something is huge. Every player is desperate to get back.
"If it is Cheltenham who we play then it will be tough. They are a good side who will feel unfortunate not to go up but we are looking forward to it."

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The Battlefield of Dreams – Part 2
This is the continuation of a story I did in 2008 while I was a Yuchengo media fellow at the University of San Francisco-Center for the Pacific Rim. Some information may have already been superseded by more recent data. But hey, read on.
After the two-month boot camp, enlistees with a college diploma are elevated to a rank three steps higher than the lowest. But sweeter than the rank is the bonus. Dancel and Edmilao, now both stationed at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, received a $12,000 bonus when they got out of training.
Edmilao is also using his tuition assistance privilege to study environmental management at the University of Maryland. He already has an economics degree from the De La Salle University in Manila, but the educational benefit available to military personnel was too good to pass up.
"I plan to be an officer," says Edmilao, 28, who wants to maximize all the military benefits here but retire in the Philippines.
George Barreto, a retired Marine, has also recently obtained a master's degree in business administration, courtesy of the education allowance he availed as a retired serviceman.
"The military has put structure and purpose in my life. It has given me opportunities and experiences that are hoped for," says Barreto, who enlisted in 1988 after a troubled post-high school episode.
His father was in the Navy, and he grew up in Vallejo, California, a Navy community with strong Filipino ties, but joining the military did not even cross his mind until he became desperate later in life. He had been working odd jobs after high school because he did not take advantage of his father's privilege to receive assistance that would send dependents like him to college.
"I joined the military as a last resort," Barreto admits.
"I needed a fresh start, away from family and friends. I didn't have any money or a place to go and the military gave me that opportunity," he recalls.
He then approached a recruiter.
"I told him he that didn't need to sell the military to me, just get me out of this town for awhile. So here I am," he says.
Dancel, too, was not planning on becoming a "doc."
The former reporter had wanted to pursue a journalism career when he moved here in 2003, but the only newspaper that replied to his applications was based in a small town in Alaska with a population of 5,000. He could not imagine living there, he says.
He then applied as information officer in the U.S military, "the one that writes press releases and reports," he says, but was turned down because the sensitive position was open only to U.S. citizens, and he was only a legal permanent resident then. He was told to try again when he receives his citizenship.
Edmilao, who has now served seven years in the U.S. Navy as a corpsman, recounts how he was reeled in by the military. His two cousins had enlisted in the Navy and urged him to do the same.
He was then working at the cafeteria of an electronic store, something he was not used to as he had lived a relatively well-off existence in Manila. He was looking for opportunities and wanted some independence from his father, whom he barely knew but was now forced to live with in America.
"Since I was not doing anything much, I decided to join. Now my two cousins have both quit and I'm still here," he says.
The same is true for many Filipino Americans who first found a job and later a career with the U.S. military.
While there is no official count of servicemen in the Air Force, Army, Navy or Marines based on their race, the Migration Information Source, in a report published in September, said there were 81,545 immigrants from the Philippines who had served in the armed forces of the United States as of 2006, representing the largest group of foreign-born veterans who had served in the U.S. military.
The report, citing data from the American Community Survey, noted that Filipinos accounted for 12.4 percent of the 658,020 foreign-born veterans, Mexicans 10.9 percent, Germans 8.8 percent, and Canadians 7.3 percent.
Of the Philippine-born Filipino American veterans, 27,778 were in active duty during the Vietnam War, 5,337 during the Korean War and 7,186 during World War II. There would have been more had the U.S. Congress not enacted the Rescission Act of 1946, which effectively declassified as U.S. veterans all 250,000 Filipinos who served under the Commonwealth Army and Philippine Scouts during the Second World War.
Still, considering the actual number of veterans of Asian descent listed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, 81,545 is a large population of foreign-born Filipino military personnel.
The DVA reported that as of Sept. 30, 2008, there were 298,600 Asian-American veterans, which is projected to reach over 299,000 next year before going down to 293,000 ten years from now.
"I have learned that it doesn't matter what part of the world you came from or what the color of your skin is. Hard work, determination and perseverance will lead you to success," says Staff Sgt. Felix Barrios, who is due for promotion to warrant officer in February 2009.
Barrios, who hails from Pampanga, migrated here in 1997. He met his recruiter, also a Filipino-American, while working at a retail store in Daly City, two years later.
In April 1999, Barrios, whose great grandfather fought under the U.S. flag during World War II and who has relatives in the Navy and Air Force, fulfilled what he considers his "calling" and joined the Marines.
He was part of the assault elements that performed the violent initial push to Iraq in February 2003. He was also part of Operation Iraqi Freedom II in 2004, where he was a shop chief for a weapons repair facility that supported seven separate battalions.
While he admits the toll his job takes on his family, being away from them for long periods, Barrios says he believes in "bringing the fight to the enemy to prevent terrorists from spreading terror in the United States and other sovereign countries."
"I want to continue my service until the Marine Corps says that they don't need me anymore, whether that's 20 years or 40 years from now," says Barrios, who is with the Marine Wing Support Squadron 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing in Camp Pendleton, San Diego.
It's people like Barrios that the U.S. military is looking for.
As the Global War on Terror continues, the military also continues to recruit new members.
In its November report, the Department of Defense lauded all branches of the military for meeting or exceeding the recruiting goals for the month. The Army had recruited 5,605 against its target of 5,275; the Air Force met its exact goal of 2,916, as did the Navy, which had a goal of 3,082; the Marines got slightly more than its target of 1,782 with recruits of 1,868.
Last year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposed the increase of the size of the Army to 547,400 and the Marine Corps to 202,000 by 2012, while the Navy and Air Force personnel would be reduced.
"They will really persist and run after you because they need people," Edmilao says of recruiters for the military. When he enlisted, all he needed was to fill up the form, submit his Social Security Number and documents showing he was legally staying in America, and the recruiter was all over him, he says.
This aggressive recruitment keeps America's military the second biggest in the world after China.
As of July 31, 2008, the United States had 1.4 million personnel in active duty, with another 848,000 in reserve components. It has over 290,000 troops spread in at least 49 countries outside U.S territory, but most of them – roughly 150,000 – are in Iraq.
During the presidential campaign, the presence of the U.S. troops in Iraq had been a topic of heated debates as Democrats wanted the immediate pullout of troops from Iraq while Republicans wanted to keep the troops where they are.
But on one thing the two parties agreed: It was essential to recruit more Americans into the military if the U.S. troops would remain "the best in the world," a term that now president-elect Barack Obama had used.
"As a consequence of these wars, it's important for us to increase size of the Army and the Marines, so we can decrease the tours of our men… Military service should be an obligation not just of some but of many," Obama told CNN in an interview in October.
Arizona Sen. John McCain, in the same interview, said the government should ensure that "the first reason for joining the military should be patriotism," although he conceded that the government should have to "offer them something."
"I want to reward them as much as possible but you have to be careful that they are not there for reward," McCain said.
The senator, himself a former Navy officer who served in the Vietnam War, noted the role of immigrants in the United States' campaign against terrorism.
"I'll never forget attending a ceremony in Baghdad. There were 160 people who were willing to serve in the military for an extended period so they can get their citizenship. That's how much they want to be part of this country," McCain said.
And it is true, that is how much immigrants want to be part of this country.
For the means to feed their families, for a job, a career, a sure path, for what remains of the American dream, immigrants such as Filipino-Americans, would run out to the battlefield, dodge bullets, and pray, ever so fervently, that they last longer than 10 seconds. ##
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Special diagrams permit the brightness of optimal colours to be ascertained for a given chromaticity. If these parameters are integrated into the CIE diagram as a third dimension, the result will be the «colour-mountain» by S. Rösch. The colour-solid shown will arise when the so-called brightness-value of the corresponding optimal colours is plotted vertically above the colour points on plane of the CIE standard colour diagram. All feasible non-self-luminous colours will be located inside the resultant colour-mountain. (Detailed text)
Optimal colours are theoretical constructions defined by physical concepts. A transparent body can be said to possess an optimal colour if, at a predetermined wavelength, it either permits all light to pass through it (transmission) or blocks all light. An opaque body of optimal colour either reflects all light of a certain wavelength (remission), or it absorbs it completely. Of course, there are neither pigments nor dyes which imitate these properties perfectly, but optimal colours can nevertheless be counted amongst all conceivable non-self-luminous colours. Our plate concerns these colours — and not self-illuminated objects. As can be seen, all realisable non-self-luminous colours lie within the colour-solid first described in 1928 by the German mineralogist S. Rösch, the surface of which is taken up by the optimal colours. As implied by the title of his work, Rösch wanted to facilitate the Classification of Colours.
As far as additive colour mixing and its measurement is concerned, the term «colour valency» is often used by experts in preference to the word «colour» alone. A colour valency is specified by the three digits which form the basis of the CIE system. These digits determine the value of a colour stimulus for an additive colour mixture. We can thus state coolly and correctly that, with colour-valencies pertaining in each case to the same colour pigment or material, the optimal colours are the brightest and, with colour valencies of in each case the same brightness, the optimal colours are the most saturated. The degree of brightness of a colour is described as the so-called relative brightness value, seen in comparison to a pure white.
Special diagrams permit the brightness of the optimal colours to be ascertained for any given pigment or material. If this parameter is integrated as a third dimension into the CIE diagram, the Rösch colour-mountain will be created, rising above the point C — the symbol for the standard light source. The planes, which become smaller and brighter towards the tip, each contain colours at equal brightness, and in the diagram represent the values 0 (the original CIE diagram), 20, 40, 60 and 80. With 100, the mountain reaches ideal white, and thus its summit.
If we were to use the CIE diagram with colours which are created by scattered, refracted or reflected light, not all regions within the tongue shaped surface (as defined by the spectral curve and the purple line) can be occupied. Rather, there will be a restricted area for these non-self-luminous colours, and this area is dependent on luminance. This factor caters for the selective change which a body imparts on light rays and, with this factor as a reference, the area available within the CIE diagram can also be calculated.
Following Rösch's lead, the American psychophysicist D. L. MacAdam became the first to define this area exactly, and for this reason experts nowadays refer to «MacAdam limits». The chart shows these limits as they occur at a luminance factor of 0.3. The positions of 22 non-self-luminous colours have been plotted in this diagram, which can partly be derived from standard tables based on Munsell's system. The three green hues which appear in the upper area possess, from left to right, the values 5G 6/10, 10GY 6/12 and 5GY 6/10, according to Munsell's notation (hue, value and chroma). In our everyday language, we would perhaps refer to these as brilliant green, light yellow-green and deep yellow-green. In Munsell's notation, no further full-digit values can be given to the three colour-hues assigned to the lower right, at the end opposite green. But we can still give them names — from left to right we could call them dark pink, deep red-orange and brilliant orange.
Date: The mountain-like identification of colours was introduced in 1928 by the German physicist S. Rösch.
Country of origin: German
Basic colours: Red, green and blue
Form: Colour-mountain
Application: Colorimetry
Related systems: Munsell — CIE — CIE-MacAdam
Bibliography: S. Rösch, «Die Kennzeichnung der Farben», Physikalische Zeitschrift 29, pp. 83-91 (1928); G. A. Agoston, «Color Theory and Its Application in Art and Design», Heidelberg 1979; M. Richter, «Einführung in die Farbmetrik», Berlin 1976.


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A Seventh Set of Amendments to the Combination Regulations: CCI Makes Sweeping Changes to the Framework
Saumya Raizada
[Saumya Raizada is an Editor at IRCCL.]
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on 13 August 2019 notified the seventh set of amendments to the CCI (Procedure in regard to the Transaction of Business relating to Combinations) Regulations 2011 (Regulation). These amendments, done keeping in mind the objective of making the merger control process in the country simpler, shall be effective from 15 August 2019 and are likely to give a major boost to the M&A scene in the country.
Introduction of a green channel
The CCI has, via Regulation 5A, inserted a green channel route for the parties which would ordinarily not cause any significant threat to competition under Schedule III for a faster merger approval. The parties who are willing to take an advantage of the said route have been given the opportunity to file a notice under the newly modified Form I along with a declaration specified under Schedule IV on confirming as per all plausible alternate market definitions that parties to the combination, their respective group entities and/or any entity in which they, directly or indirectly, hold shares and/or control: -
(a) do not produce/provide similar or identical or substitutable product(s) or service(s);
(b) are not engaged in any activity relating to production, supply, distribution, storage, sale and service or trade in product(s) or provision of service(s) which are at different stage or level of production chain; and
(c) are not engaged in any activity relating to production, supply, distribution, storage, sale and service or trade in product(s) or provision of service(s) which are complementary to each other.
The Regulation gives the status of a 'deemed approval' to the regulations notified under this route, upon an acknowledgement by the CCI, thereby no standstill obligations apply to the merger after an acknowledgment is received from the CCI.
If the combination is found later to not fall under Schedule III, or upon filing of an incorrect declaration, the CCI has the power to undo the transaction and to levy requisite penalties for the act committed after giving an opportunity of being heard to the parties.
A fresh Form I notified
An amended Form I has been notified with effect from 15 August 2019. Changes made include both a more cogent flow in the entire form and certain other key additions in the previous form itself. Some important amendments made to Form I are set out below:
Description of the combination: Inter-connected transactions have been included in the scope of the combination being notified and the parties filing a Form I shall have to be more careful with assessing inter-connected transactions as per Regulations 9(4) and (5).
The rights 'acquired' or 'arising out of' or 'in connection with' the transaction being notified under Section 6(2) of the Competition Act 2002 (Act) along with 'inter-connected transactions' have been made a part of the 'scope of the combination' to be filed by the parties.
Any foreign investment as a result of the combination and the country(ies) of origin have also been made a part of the description.
Under the head of 'value of the proposed combination'- the parties do not need to identify whether the consideration is in the form of equity, cash, or other assets anymore.
Activities of the parties to the combination and sector overview: The form has been structured so as to enlist the two options of a 'Yes' or a 'No' with respect to the existence of horizontal and vertical overlaps and only parties which checking the 'Yes' option have the additional burden of responding to further questions on the same as per each plausible alternative relevant market. This leads to a significant improvement in the form's structure while, at the same time, facilitating the green channel filings.
Parties making the filing also need to show if they were party to any proceeding before the CCI under or pursuant to any provision of the Act or before other competition authority(ies), during the last five years and provide details of said proceeding(s).
Attachment: Part VIII has added as an attachment to enable parties to provide all supporting documents in one place. 'Control' has always been at the forefront of merger control scrutiny and such a visual representation will likely aid the CCI in a timely review of the notified combination, although it would mean more work for the party making the filing.
Limiting the number of summaries to be filed to one
The amended regulation has also done away with Regulation 13(1B), which required a 500-word summary containing non-confidential information to be filed by the parties for the purpose of uploading the same on CCI's website along with an additional 2000-word non-confidential summary. The Regulation now requires the parties to submit only a 1000-word non-confidential summary comprising details regarding: (a) name of the parties to the combination; (b) the nature and purpose of the combination; (c) the products, services and business(es) of the parties to the combination; and (d) the respective markets in which the parties to the combination operate. This summary would be posted on the CCI's website.
Self-assessment seems to be at the heart of the amended Regulation issued by the CCI. With a separate 'green channel' being made for merging entities without any horizontal or vertical overlaps, companies can now get a much faster approval than the previous 210-day timeline for approvals. Earlier, entities, even without any horizontal or vertical overlaps between them, were mandated to file a notice before the CCI, triggering the process of a 'merger review' wherein the CCI had 210 days to decide upon the fate of the notified merger causing significant delays in the process of an M&A transaction. During the said period, parties were not able to consummate the proposed merger, or, if they did, they were subject to heavy gun-jumping penalties. While the move on the face of it looks to be a complete overhaul in the existing merger control regime, the exercise of the option a green channel comes with its own set of possible hiccups. The duty cast on the party wanting to go forward with the green channel is significantly heavier than before. Parties need to not only be particular and thorough with ascertaining whether their transactions overlap horizontally/vertically, but also look to find out if they have any 'complementary activities'- a term left undefined and open to interpretation by the parties filing under the channel. Parties shall also have to define and justify their choice of the relevant markets, which makes the exercise cumbersome. Pre-filing consultations are also bound to increase, especially in the nascent stage of implementation of the proposed amendments.
The Regulation defines no new terms of the penalty to be imposed for the faulty filings made under the green channel transactions and they continue to be governed as per Section 20(1) of the Act. The CCI may re-open any transaction which is likely to cause or has caused any appreciable adverse effect on competition up to one year from the time the combination has taken effect. It is to be noted that the Competition Law Review Committee in its report (CLRC Report) had expressly identified that 95% of the cases have been cleared in Phase I, thereby the likelihood of CCI's interference post consummation of a transaction going via the green channel route is a risk worth taking in favour of the ease of doing business agenda of the existing government. Additional notifications in respect of allowing companies undertaking the process of M&A under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (to resolve their distressed assets) to pass through the green channel route may also be under pipeline, since it is one of the important changes proposed in the CLRC Report.
Furthermore, the changes in respect of Form I, known as the 'short-form', do make it a lot more extensive than its earlier image. At the same time, however, the CCI has made an effort to simplify the form and make it much more lucid. The standard declaration forms introduced in a couple of parts are bound to save a lot of time of the parties undergoing the filing.
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In TFS 2012 Update 2 Microsoft introduced the ability to tag Work Items (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/dn132606.aspx).
I absolutely love the idea of tagging Work Items. Especially because they allow you to add custom metadata without needing to do any WITD customization. As I mentioned in a previous post, this is a great help to enable the Single Team Project approach. However, there are some big problems, that IMO make Work Item Tags almost unusable for any large project.
Tags in their current form are only really usable in Web Access. When viewing WI's in VS or MTM you can't enter/modify tags, and you can only even see them in the results grid, the WI Detail form doesn't appear to include tags.
I can't merge tags. Say if I had a tag to indicate hot fix bugs, and some people typed "HotFix" and some typed "Hot Fix". Even once I discover this there's no way to easily correct the tags other than going into each Work Item one at a time and changing it (can't use Excel to bulk edit Tags either).
I can't delete tags. So in the above HotFix example, even if I go through and change every WI to "HotFix" the next time somebody creates a new one they will still see the incorrect "Hot Fix" tag in the dropdown.
If I have tags that I'm using to categorize Work Items, say "Priority: High", "Priority: Medium", "Priority: Low", I may want to go and ensure that every WI has a Priority tag assigned. As far as I can tell there is no way to search/query/filter for this. I can't do a "show me all work-items without one of these 3 tags". You can't do any kind of "negative" filtering.
I can't filter SSRS reports or generate excel based reports on tags.
I can't have security on tags, who can create tags, delete tags, scope tag groups to teams, etc..
These issues are big enough blockers that I can't recommend teams use tagging until at least some of them have been resolved. WI Tagging makes for a great demo, but it needs some more love and care before most of my teams can actually start using it.


Karen Dumas, the ex-chief of communications and external affairs for Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, apparently jumped before she was pushed out at City Hall. Her resignation, however, left a void in a beleaguered administration.
Mayor Bing should bring her back.
She resigned following a controversial lawsuit filed by a disgruntled employee who had a number of run-ins with Dumas. It's worth noting that the aggrieved individual was an "at-will appointee" who served at the "pleasure of the mayor." As such, she could be fired for cause – or for no reason at all.
Since no evidence has surfaced that Dumas committed any crime – or was engaged in illegal or unethical conduct – she is a victim of a rush to judgment. Before the long list of allegations by the fired employee was adjudicated, the mayor felt the need to remove the cloud of suspicion that Dumas abused her authority. He buckled under media pressure to force Dumas' resignation.
Dumas was also blamed for a slew of top-level aides leaving the administration over the past couple of years. That may be true.Until the right mix is found, an infusion of new blood is pretty much routine in any major governmental organization. What we do know is that the "departed" were not sent packing by Dumas alone. She needed the consent of the mayor.
Every administration needs a "heavy" to wield the ax when necessary. Dumas fearlessly assumed that role to resolve the mismatch between Bing appointees and seemingly intractable problems of the city. She came off as competent and loyal in an administration void of strong managers and focus.
A man in her position would have never been accused of creating a "hostile work environment." He would be seen as a tough, "hard-nosed" administrator.
Judging by the Bing administration's continuing disarray, whoever replaced Dumas has failed to make the government run smarter. In many ways, the city has returned to a path of mediocrity characterized by ongoing scandals, malfeasance and gross mismanagement.
Funds continue to be misappropriated. The Water and Sewerage Department is on the verge of federal court takeover. Labor problems plague city services. Buses don't run on time. Neighborhoods go dark at night endangering residents. Outdated fire-fighting equipment leaves residents to perish. Neighborhoods are unsafe. The government is a laughing stock.
If Bing has any thoughts about being re-elected, he must polish the tarnished image of his administration. It starts with bringing Dumas back to finish the job of removing the dead weight and getting the administration on course. Along with the authority, she should be given the title.
As deputy mayor, Dumas could help send the message that the Bing administration is ready to demand a higher standard of accountability.
Remember that Mayor Bing and his longtime buddy, Kirk Lewis, allegedly had a falling out. Lewis' attempt to become emergency financial manager for the Detroit school district subsequently fell though. That relationship was repaired and Lewis was rehired as Bing's chief of staff.
Karen Dumas knows far more about the functions of government and what constitutes sound pubic policy. She's should be back on the job.


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The ACRL announced the recipients of the 2011 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award: The Luria Library at Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, Ca.; the Grinnell College Libraries, Grinnell, Iowa; and the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C.
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We Must Remember All the Land is Ours
Religious Zionists of America President Martin Oliner expresses skepticism over 'Deal of the Century.' 'We are grateful to Trump, but we must remember that all the land is ours' • Watch
Honest Media Coverage of Rocket Fire?
Terror groups in Gaza fired hundreds of rockets at Israel, and Israel responded. How did the media do? i24 examines and HR's executive director Daniel Pomerantz explains • Watch
Trump Signs Historic Golan Declaration
President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. The document reverses more than a half-century of U.S. policy as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House • Watch
Pompeo Meets With Netanyahu
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday lauded the White House's warm ties with Israel during a visit to the country and promised to step up pressure on Iran. Netanyahu thanked Pompeo for the Trump administration's strong stance against Iran, which Israel regards as an existential threat • Watch
Arab World Has Failed The Palestinians
The Oxford Union is the world's most prestigious debating society, with an unparalleled reputation for bringing international guests and speakers to Oxford. A few weeks ago, Muhdar Zahran, a Jordanian of Palestinian descent made the case for why the Arab world has failed the Palestinians • Watch
Why We're Protesting Anti-Israeli Bias
On March 18, 2019, the UN Human Rights Council will launch an unprecedented assault on the rights of Israelis, and on the UN's own founding principles. The UN Watch will be protesting to demand an end to the prejudice and injustice of the UN's relentless bias and demonization of the Jewish nation, and against the betrayal of their own founding values • Watch
Routes Uncovered: Jerusalem Walls
Jerusalem is one of the most iconic cities in the world, and one of its biggest icons is its walls. Built during the Ottoman period, the city walls protected the city from intruders, helped collect taxes and also became an architectural element to beautify the city • Watch
Moment Gaza Sniper Shot IDF Soldier in Helmet
It was about two weeks ago when YWN-Israel published a photo of the helmet of an officer in the IDF paratroopers, a helmet that was struck by sniper fire from Gaza. The incident occurred near the Kissufim Crossing as IDF soldiers were dealing with rioting along the Gaza border. The soldier was evacuated to the Soroka Medical Center, miraculously in stable condition. The Lebanese Al-Mayadeen news service has now released video footage of that attack, showing the moment sniper fire struck the officer's helmet • Watch
Bakery Takes Direct Hit From Gaza
Palestinians in Gaza fired dozens of rockets at southern Israel on Monday, critically wounding one person in a strike on a bus, medical officials said, a day after an Israeli incursion prompted deadly fighting in the enclave • Watch
Government Releases Video in Memory of Terror Victim
Following the murder of Gush Etzion resident and activist for Eretz Yisroel Ari Fuld, HY"D, on Sunday, 7 Tishrei, Israel's Government Press Office released the following video entitled "Once a soldier, always a soldier", as a memorial tribute to his tenacious and untiring fight in the media against Israel's enemies • Watch
Thousands at Slichos by the Kosel
During the month of Elul, tens of thousands gather at the Kosel to recite Slichos every night. Watch the crowd gathered there this past Motzai Shabbos, the first night of Elul, as the main Minyan takes place • Watch
What are the "Palestinian Territories?"
Mainstream media talk about "Palestinian Territories," about "Gaza" and the "West Bank." But they don't always give you the full context. Here's what you need to know: in one minute • Watch
Stone Falls at Western Wall
A stone fell off the Western Wall on Monday morning – but by miracle, no one was injured. The stone fell into the egalitarian prayer plaza, also known as the "Ezrat Yisrael." It hit the prayer platform a few meters from a woman who happened to be visiting. Some are saying that this should serve as "food for thought" for the Reform Movement • Watch
Sad: Tefillin Disruption Clip
A sad and embarrassing incident occurred this morning at Ben-Gurion Airport when a Lubavitcher Chasid asked a Jew to put on Tefillin but was verbally assaulted by a woman who asked him to do so elsewhere • Watch
IDF's Defense at the Gaza Border
The IDF is defending the Gaza border, but why? As Hamas prepares for the "Great March of Return," 100,000 Palestinians are set to breach into Eretz Yisroel on Tuesday, May 15 • Watch
Dramatic Revelation: 'Iran Lied Big Time'
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu revealed intelligence from Iran's secret nuclear files Monday night. In his address, Netanyahu said that "Iran lied big time" when Iranian leaders denied that the Islamic Republic had a program to develop nuclear weapons • Watch
US Secretary of State Meets Netanyahu
Newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Eretz Yisroel earlier today, where he is set to discuss the Iran nuclear deal with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a deal Pompeo indicated that the United States is likely to leave • Watch
Pesach Greetings From Ambassador Friedman
As Ambassador Friedman bakes Matzahs in Kfar Chabad, he wishes all of the people of Eretz Yisroel and Jews worldwide a Happy Passover – which holds a special meaning this year • Watch
How Israel Rules the World of Cyber Security
As U.S. intelligence agencies accuse Russia of hacking the 2016 presidential election, a Ben Ferguson travels to Tel Aviv to find out how Israel, also known as "Startup Nation", is on its way to becoming the world's top cyber superpower • Watch
Pence Recites the "Shehecheyanu"
Speaking at the Knesset on Monday afternoon, US Vice President Mike Pence recited the Hebrew "shehecheyanu" blessing. While visiting Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's office earlier on Monday, Pence emphasized that visiting Jerusalem is "a great honor" for him • Watch
Watch: Pence Full Knesset Speech
Vice President Mike Pence says the United States will open its embassy in Jerusalem next year, ahead of schedule. In an address to the Knesset on Monday, Pence defended the decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, which has been condemned by the Palestinians and their Arab allies • Watch
Netanyahu's Message Regarding Iran
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's records his remarks for the Saban Forum, where he discusses the Iranian threat and what Eretz Yisroel is doing about it • Watch
Arab Muslim in the Israeli Army
Why would an Arab Muslim serve in the Israeli military? Because he, like many Israeli Arabs, proudly defend the nation that has given them freedom and opportunity. Mohammad Kabiya, Israeli Air Force reservist, shares his remarkable story • Watch
Why did Israel Build a Security Barrier?
Some call it a "fence," an "apartheid wall" and a "separation barrier." It's been the subject of heated argument and countless news stories. So why did Israel really build it? Honest Reporting in a minute explores • Watch
Why Pray, If You Can't Bring Your Gun?
This week a lot of people died in Israel. How did it all happen? What critical facts did the media leave out? And why do some headlines make it look like there's no moral difference between the victims and the attackers who killed them? • Watch
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The Pentagon is getting a nice fat discount on its next order of super-expensive F-35s
The Department of Defense has a "handshake" agreement with Lockheed Martin Co to cut 8.8 percent from the price of its latest order of F-35A fighter jet, shaving a year from the time frame in which each aircraft will cost less than $80 million
By Mike Stone, Reuters | Published Jun 11, 2019 11:38 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Department of Defense has a "handshake" agreement with Lockheed Martin Co to cut 8.8 percent from the price of its latest order of F-35A fighter jet, shaving a year from the time frame in which each aircraft will cost less than $80 million, a Pentagon official said on Monday.
The Pentagon said over three years the agreement will be worth $34 billion for 478 F-35 fighter jets. It is preliminary and a final deal is expected to be sealed in August for the 12th batch of jets, one of the most expensive aircraft ever produced.
The preliminary agreement details the first year, and lays out agreed upon options for two additional years. The options are there because official purchases cannot be made until the U.S. Congress approves an annual budget for those years.
This year's agreement will lower the cost of each F-35A, the most common version of the aircraft, to $81.35 million, Under Secretary of Defense Ellen Lord said, down from $89.2 million under a deal inked in August 2018.
Under the options covering the second and third years of the purchase, the price of each jet will drop below $80 million, Lord said. In those later years production would be around 160 jets per year.
The F-35 program has long aimed at growing the fleet to more than 3,000 jets and bringing the unit price of the F-35A below $80 million through efficiencies gained by ordering larger quantifies.
"I am proud to state that this agreement has achieved an estimated 8.8% savings from Lot 11 to Lot 12 F-35A's, and an estimated average of 15%" reduction across all variants from Lot 11 to Lot 14, Lord said in the statement. That savings exceeded expectations in a RAND Corp study.
"The unit price for all three F-35 variants was reduced and the agreement will include an F-35A unit cost below $80 million in Lot 13, exceeding the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin's long-standing cost reduction commitment earlier than planned," the Lockheed Martin F-35 program general manager Greg Ulmer said in a statement.
While being a major part of Lockheed's revenue, the F-35 has recently been holding competitions to find less expensive subcontractors to help control costs.
The new pricing could encourage more foreign customers to join the F-35 program. Lockheed executives have said that any country with an F-16 jet, the predecessor to the F-35, is a potential customer. This could put the market size at about 4000 jets, Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson recently told an investor conference.
Vice Admiral Mathias Winter, the head of the Pentagon's F-35 office, has testified to Congress, that "future potential foreign military sales customers include Singapore, Greece, Romania, Spain and Poland."
Foreign military sales like those of the F-35 are considered government-to-government deals where the Pentagon acts as an intermediary between the defense contractor and a foreign government.
Other U.S. allies have been eyeing a purchase of the stealthy jet including Finland, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.
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In a victory for the rule of law and a strict adherence to the Constitution, the U.S. Senate has rejected the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Goodwin Liu to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
As detailed in our memo here, Professor Liu has a record that is clearly hostile to a literal interpretation of the Constitution and open to incorporation of foreign law in judicial rulings. Combined with his extremely thin legal experience, it was clear that he was unfit for the appeals court, despite being twice nominated to the post by President Obama.
In the final tally, the Senate's vote of 52-43, with one Senator voting present and another four Senators absent, was well short of the 60 votes needed to move the nominee forward.


On her 12 p.m. ET hour MSNBC show on Tuesday, host and NBC chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell, along with chief environmental affairs correspondent Anne Thompson, gushed over President Obama's effort to push the climate change agenda. Mitchell touted how Obama "will be delivering remarks at the United Nations Climate Action Summit" and "is expected to call on world leaders to follow the U.S. lead on climate change..."
Mitchell cheered the climate change protest in New York City ahead of the U.N. summit: "And what is also so extraordinary was some said 400,000 people marching for climate change action-" Thompson interjected: "I was there." Mitchell continued: "I'm sure you were – this weekend. And there are protests down on Wall Street and also the moms protesting. Tell me about that group."
Sounding more like an activist than a journalist, Thompson proclaimed: "Americans are living climate change in real time...there were a lot of moms out there....And the mothers are concerned because they see not just what's happening today, but they fear for their children."
Mitchell did raise the issue that the U.S. push to reduce carbon emissions "isn't going to matter as long as China is growing at 10% and polluting like crazy..."
Thomspon declared: "Someone has to lead....if the United States can do it, maintain it's position as a world super power, continue to grow it's economy, have a high standard of living, you mean to tell me that China and India aren't going to try to do the same thing?"
ANDREA MITCHELL: And we're waiting now for President Obama, will be delivering remarks at the United Nations Climate Action Summit. The President is expected to call on world leaders to follow the U.S. lead on climate change and pledge new help to struggling nations. Joining me now is NBC's chief environmental affairs correspondent, Anne Thompson.
ANNE THOMPSON: Hi, welcome to New York.
MITCHELL: It's so good to see you. Thank you. It's a good excuse to come and visit with you.
THOMPSON: It's good to have you here.
MITCHELL: But you are the resident expert. When I see people talking about the U.S. lead, I think back to Copenhagen and past summits when the U.S. blinked and really didn't show a whole lot of leadership. So now they're claiming that the White House is doing a whole lot more.
THOMPSON: Here's the difference. In 2009, the world wondered, is the U.S. really committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions? I think one of the surprising things about the Obama administration is that he has, it has been committed to doing something about climate change. In fact, he said it would be a priority of his second term. Clearly just look at today's news, I mean, it got blown off the front page of any newspaper because of the strikes in Syria.
But I think what you do see is the United States is now coming from a position of strength. The Obama administration has set out a climate action plan, it has promised – it has got an agreement with the auto companies to double fuel efficiency by the year 2025. It is going to reduce carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants, oil power plants by 30%. These are the kinds of actions that the United States is doing at home, it can say to the rest of the world, "Look, we can do it, so we can help you do it." And I think that's the tone you're going to hear the President strike today.
MITCHELL: I'm sure you were – this weekend. And there are protests down on Wall Street and also the moms protesting. Tell me about that group.
THOMPSON: I think, Andrea, I think what you saw, and again, to go back to 2009, the difference is now that Americans are living climate change in real time. And that's what – there were a lot of moms out there. What struck me about Sunday is that it was such a family affair. And the mothers are concerned because they see not just what's happening today, but they fear for their children.
I talked to a mom from California, she wants 100% clean energy. That would dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. I talked to another mom from Maine, they are seeing in the Gulf of Maine the species that are there are changing. They're seeing more jellyfish. Jellyfish show up because the water is warmer. And it's not just happening in Maine, it's happening all around the world.
You see other moms who are protesting fracking. Now fracking, which gets – here in the east gets natural gas out and natural gas has fewer emissions, carbon emissions, than coal, so to burn it for electricity it's a good thing. But the problem with fracking is what it does to the environment when you get that natural gas out of the ground.
And so all these things, people are now feeling the impacts of climate change in 2014 in a way that we didn't in 2009.
MITCHELL: And we've had such extreme weather events, and whether it's cause and effect, it makes people think that this is more imminent.
What do you say to people who say whatever you do here with car – reducing car emissions, isn't going to matter as long as China is growing at 10% and polluting like crazy and using coal. And it's a global problem and why should we sacrifice or change our lifestyle if they're not going to?
THOMPSON: Someone has to lead. And you're absolutely right, if the United States does all of this and China and India, which are the other two big emitters of carbon, don't do something, then – I was talking to somebody yesterday, they're like, what's the point? But the key is if the United States can do it, maintain it's position as a world super power, continue to grow it's economy, have a high standard of living, you mean to tell me that China and India aren't going to try to do the same thing?
MITCHELL: And it'll drive technology for solutions.
THOMPSON: Right, exactly. This is going to be, I think, more than a government-based solution, it's going to be a market-based solution. Because once green energy becomes more affordable than coal, why are you going to burn coal? Why won't you go to solar and wind and water?
MITCHELL: Anne Thompson, that's why we love seeing you. Thank you so much.
THOMPSON: I'm so glad you're here. That's the only good thing about U.N. week, as far as I'm concerned.
MITCHELL: Thank you. It's certainly not the traffic.
MITCHELL: We will be carrying the President's climate change address to the U.N. live coming up next.


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Tinder announces new safety features on its app
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With personal safety becoming a major concern for consumers, more companies are introducing safety features. Uber recently integrated an in-app feature amid fears of sexual assaults; and now, Tinder has announced it will be adding its own safety features on its app.
The three new features that are due to be rolled out are:
Photo verification for users – this will compare profile pictures to real-time photos that will help verify the person's identity and increase trust for other members
An in-app Safety Center
A new safety service that will connect users to emergency services if needed
These new features will use the Noonlight platform. It will allow the user to trigger an alarm by pressing a button. This alarm will be able to be connected to other smart devices.
Noonlight currently partners with a number of universities, including Washington University and Southern Methodist University, to try and improve student safety.
For Tinder, app members will be able to share details about their dates, like who they're meeting, and when are where the date will be. Noonlight says this will be like a "bodyguard [and] quick backup for daters" who are meeting someone for the first time.
If a Tinder user feels like they're in a dangerous situation at any time, they can use Noonlight to contact staff and the user will then be contacted. If they don't respond, Noonlight will then call emergency services.
Elie Seidman, CEO of Tinder said "Every day, millions of our members trust us to introduce them to new people, and we're dedicated to building innovative safety features powered by best-in-class technology that meet the needs of today's daters."
"I'm proud to share these updates, which represent an important step in driving our safety work forward at an unmatched scale."
According to Tinder, the feature will be rolled out in the US this month, but it's still not clear as to whether it will be extended globally. The team says that this will be treated like an ongoing update in Tinder's overall safety features.
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A meeting of the NFN Steering Group was held at Friargate Meeting House, York, yesterday 6th July 2017.
This recognition from being formerly a 'Listed Quaker Group' was approved by Meeting for Sufferings in April of this year.
It was further agreed and minuted that the cost of the conference to participants in 2018 will be subsidised from our reserves at £199 per head to encourage attendance which we hope will exceed the 40 rooms to be provisionally booked. (The subsidy being approximately £25 per head and the net cost to participants £199).
Our thanks to Brian Wardrop for maintaining the previous NFN website over many years. Our registered domain name 'nontheist-quakers.org.uk' now comes to this site.
Most of the material on this new site has been derived from the old site so we still owe much to Brian's original hard work. I hope the switch-over will run with no teething problems, but if there are any glitches I have overlooked please add a comment below. (or click on 'Leave a comment/comments' above to leave your reply).
I came across this recording on the QUG website of Jan Arriens commenting on non-theists at the QUG conference at Woodbrooke a couple of weeks ago and thought it would be of interest here.
Jan indirectly refers to his having spoken at our conference in 2015.
If you don't wish to listen to the whole 28 minute recording (such busy lives!) then the first 7 minutes upto a member of the audience referring to the Dalai Lama as a non-theist but not a materialist is of particular interest. (I hadn't intended the link below to be so direct so hope QUG won't mind and if it doesn't work properly see the link to their website above).
As promised, a few words on the Godless for God's Sake reprint, for the Newsletter and website.
Godless for God's Sake has been credited with kick-starting the dialogue between nontheist and theist Friends when it was first published nine years ago in 2006. In fact, it brought into the open a subject that had been quietly making ripples for at least a couple of decades. Written by 27 Quaker nontheists from 13 Yearly Meetings in the USA, Britain, New Zealand and Australia, and addressed to 'readers who seek a faith or world-view free of supernaturalism', its first edition topped the list of best-selling books in both the London and the Philadelphia Quaker bookshops. Chuck Fager, editor of the American Quaker Theology, asked rhetorically: 'What have we come to in Friends' religious thought when the most exciting book of Quaker theology I've read in recent years is produced by a bunch of Quaker nontheists?' An unapologetic theist himself, he added: 'The proper response to the testimonies in these pages is not scorn or witchhunts but an invitation to further conversation'.
Godless had to be reprinted twice within 12 months, then several times on a print-on-demand basis, until stocks were exhausted. But publication of recent books both attacking and defending nontheism, coupled with concerns about how the controversy might affect plans for a revision of Quaker Faith and Practice, have prompted new demands for Godless, resulting in a fresh reprint, generously financed by the American-based nontheist Friends planning group.
Copies are available from the Quaker Centre Bookshop, telephone 020 7663 1030, price £9.50. All proceeds (after bookshop discounts) go to the Nontheist Friends Network. You read it when it first came out? Read it again with fresh eyes – or why not treat your meeting library to a copy?
At the AGM on Sunday one topic we discussed was whether we should set up a Facebook group for the Non-theist Friends Network (UK). There were pros and cons discussed.
It would be yet another place to have to check for interesting posts or discussions, adding to the sense that we may miss things.


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KISS Biopic in the Works, Sought by Netflix
Chad Childers Published: April 22, 2021
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As KISS come to the "end of the road," now's a great time to tell their story. According to Deadline, Netflix is nearing a deal for a new KISS biopic called Shout It Out Loud.
As the project is still early in the process, there are few details. However Netflix is said to be in a bidding war to release the film that will be directed by Joachim Rønning (Kon-Tiki, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales). The script is written by Ole Sanders and KISS founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are said to be offering close cooperation on the film.
Stanley confirmed the news, simply tweeting the Deadline article and posting the comment "True!"
The movie is expected to utilize the band's concert anthems and will tell the story from the early friendship of Stanley and Simmons to enlisting Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, sharing their formative years as well as the struggles to remain relevant and distinctive as a wave of heavy music rose to prominence in the '80s.
No details have been released on casting or the timetable for the turnaround of the movie. KISS are currently in the midst of their "End of the Road" tour which will serve as their live farewell.
In other KISS news, KISS Replicas has announced that there is now an officially licensed Demon Monster KISS costume. Inspired by Gene Simmons, the costume comes with a thick outer hard shell and detailed armor. It was cast from the actual molds used to create Simmons' Demon look.
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Dolly Parton will open second Pirates Voyage dinner attraction in Pigeon Forge in the spring
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — Keep an eye to the spyglass, mateys; Dolly's pirates will be searching for treasure in the Great Smoky Mountains, next summer!
After nearly a decade of rave reviews and financial success on the Carolina coast, Dolly Parton's newest Pirates Voyage dinner attraction is slated to open in the spring.
"The show has been so successful in Myrtle Beach that we kept looking at Pigeon Forge and wondering why we didn't already have a Pirates show there," Parton said. "We have the perfect location, in one of the hottest areas of Pigeon Forge, and the time is now for my pirates to stake claim to the Great Smoky Mountains!"
When complete, the 21,000 square foot arena, adjacent to The Island in Pigeon Forge, will be the stage for Crimson and Sapphire pirates to battle on deck, in the water and in the sky above their full-sized pirate ships in a 15-foot-deep indoor lagoon.
Spectacular acrobatic competitions, live animals and an original music score by Parton and Mark Brymer creates an immersive adventure experience all while guests enjoy a spectacular four-course pirate feast.
"We're glad we can finally share Dolly's exciting news," Jim Rule, World Choice Investments CEO said. "For some time, we have been working on set and costume designs, unique show elements for this theater and animal and staff training. We're all looking forward to opening in 2019."
Additional details about the project will be released soon. Site construction is slated to begin in early January with an opening projected for spring.


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Reported story details for Black Widow show Marvel planning a prequel film for Scarlett . Ever since Johansson made her MCU debut in Iron Man 2, she has played one of the most requested characters to receive a solo spin-off movie. Those requests only grew in number after she co-starred in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and played key roles in both Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War.
Marvel Studios finally answered the call earlier this year when they hired a writer to develop Black Widow , though there's been no word since on when the film will take place in the MCU timeline. There's of course been plenty of speculation on this front since the announcement was made; after all, if the movie is a prequel, then it doesn't guarantee Widow's survival in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4. Now, a fresh report had (potentially) shed some light on the movie's storyline.
That Hashtag Show reports that Black Widow will be a prequel movie after all. According to their sources, the movie will take place 15 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, where Natasha has now made America her home. The film would also allow for appearances by certain other MCU characters. Even though a Hawkeye/Black Widow team-up is the more common request, THS states that early discussions are underway for Sebastian Stan to return as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier in the movie.
Marvel Studios has made it very clear the MCU will be forever changed after the next two Avengers movies, so going back to Black Widow's prime years as a spy would be a fascinating move. It immediately allows for the story to exist without dealing with the aftermath of Avengers 4, instead keeping the focus squarely on the titular superhero. The move to the past would also take away some of the stakes of the film, since audiences would know going-in that Widow cannot be killed.
Pairing her up with Winter Soldier also makes sense for this time period. We don't know how exactly Bucky would be involved, but presumably the film wouldn't incorporate the Natasha/Bucky romance that sometimes exists in the Marvel comics. Alternatively, Winter Solider could be hunting Widow, as part of a mission that involves him tying up loose ends following the collapse of the Soviet Union. This would further allow Black Widow to reveal how Natasha was recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D.
These are just reported story details at this time though, and fans will have a much better understanding of what future (if any) Black Widow has in the MCU after seeing Infinity War. Once the dust settles on Thanos' arrival, more details on Black Widow are sure to surface or be confirmed. The film is reportedly targeting a 2020 release too, so it may not be that long before a more concrete update arrives.


We meet every Tuesday and Thursday night at the Little Five Points Center for Arts and Community at 1083 Austin Avenue in Atlanta. It's on the corner of Austin and Euclid Avenues, just south of Little Five Points. Go to Google maps or get directions on getting here by MARTA (Atlanta's subway system). Our red and yellow sign is visible on the top of the building just above the parking lot.
We typically start around 7 pm and finish about 9 pm. In summer we are outside on the lawn. In winter or when it's raining we are in our room on the third floor (the room nearest the back stairwell). There is a shiny new elevator for our building just inside the entrance off the back parking lot. Look and listen for people throwing or bouncing objects.
Meetings are free of charge and open to anyone. There's usually someone around willing to teach you the basics. Bring water because there are no drinking water fountains in the building.
After juggling meetings we go eat together at a local restaurant. Tuesdays we go to various places and Thursdays we go to Savage Pizza in Little Five Points.
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CREDIT ''Frontline,'' public television's weekly documentary series, with staying on top of the news. ''Who's Running This War?'' looks at the Nicaraguan rebels, the contras. Tomorrow the House of Representatives debates whether to give the contras $100 million in aid, and on Thursday it is scheduled to vote on the issue. Representatives swayed by ''Frontline'' are likely to vote no. ''Frontline,'' on Channel 13 at 10 o'clock tonight, knows which side it favors.
The one-hour program looks specifically at the Nicaraguan Democratic Front, the largest rebel group fighting the Sandinistas. ''Frontline'' finds it to be an ineffectual fighting force, with ''a notoriously bad record on human rights.'' Its leaders all seem to be former followers of the dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, and any legitimacy, or moral purpose, is not apparent. Meanwhile, its United States supporters, some of whom may act illegally, are all rich right wingers.
What's wrong with these findings is that there is nothing wholly right with them. The context is askew. The producer, Martin Smith, has taken a political position, and then selected facts to uphold the position. Journalism is supposed to work the other way around.
Consider, for example, the charge, or insinuation, that the leaders of the Nicaraguan Democratic Front are all former Somocistas. The State Department, trying to rebut charges like that, said last month that only 27 percent of the 153 ''most senior military leaders'' of the front were once members of Mr. Somoza's National guard, while 20 percent were former members of Sandinista security forces; 53 percent, it said, were civilians with no military background at all.
The State Department figures may be questioned. In citing so many ''senior military leaders,'' the State Department seemed to be reaching down to sergeant and corporal. On the other hand, ''Frontline'' recognizes no front leader who was not a Somocista. It is walking a very thin line.
Thus it presents Col. Enrique Bermudez and Adolfo Calero as the two principal leaders of the front. Colonel Bermudez did, in fact, support Mr. Somoza; he was his last military attache in Washington. ''Frontline'' shows him as unrepentant, which, presumably, he is. Then it gives us Mr. Calero, a burly man in fatigues, whom it identifies only as the former Coca-Cola distributor in Managua. It neglects to mention that Mr. Calero opposed Mr. Somoza, who then threw him in jail.
This is followed by a quick aside by the narrator, presumably because it is not important: Since 1979, he says, the Sandinista Army has grown from 8,000 to 65,000 soldiers, equipped with Soviet tanks and helicopters, and trained by Cuban advisers; there is also a militia of 200,000.
The ''problems'' are not described; apparently they're not important either. In fact it was widely reported that the swelling of contra ranks was caused largely by Roman Catholic peasants from northern Nicaragua, who fled the Sandinistas. ''Frontline'' also fails to mention that, inept as the contras may have been in 1984, they still operated in one-third of Nicaragua. They withdrew after United States aid was withdrawn.
''Frontline'' does note the existence of anti-Sandinista groups other than the Nicaragua Democratic Front, but declines to say anything about them. Eden Pastora Gomez, the leader of the Democratic Revolutionary Alliance, who has rejected the front, is not mentioned. The attempt by Alfonso Robelo and Arturo Cruz, both former Sandinistas, to introduce a contra code of conduct is dismissed as inconsequential. Human rights abuses by Sandinistas, meanwhile, are mentioned in only a single sentence.
Indeed, the program reserves most of its scorn for Americans who support the contras, particularly John Singlaub, a retired major general, who raises financial support. He does this, ''Frontline'' indicates, chiefly among rich Texans and Arizona retirees. The retirees sing ''Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here.'' One rich Texan, who gave $65,000 to buy a helicopter (a very small, second-hand helicopter, presumably) says that General Singlaub was ''undoubtedly sent by the Lord.'' Contra supporters look foolish.
''Frontline'' also explores, correctly, the White House connection to General Singlaub. It identifies Lieut. Col. Oliver L. North, a member of the National Security Council, as the man he dealt with. In its zeal, however, ''Frontline'' then indicates that a White House request that photographs of Colonel North not be published was part of a cover-up. In fact, when The New York Times first published reports on Colonel North's activities, it withheld his name because the White House said Colonel North's life would be endangered if he were identified. This doesn't suggest a cover-up. There may be a case to be made against financing the contras, but it's not being made here.


Buhari Media Organisation: Atiku Has 100,000 Staff? Even Dangote Doesn't!
"We are indeed amused that Atiku, who only recently retrenched some staff of his GOTEL TV in Adamawa State without properly paying them off is dropping hints in the media about a N33,000 minimum wage for his staff. One of his senior managers was even quoted as saying over 100,000 people are currently drawing salaries on a monthly basis from the former Vice President... Not even Dangote Group which is the largest conglomerate in West Africa has the number of staff these people claim to be on Atiku's payroll."
The Buhari Media Organization (BMO) has countered the claim by Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that he would pay N33,000 as minimum wage to his staff.
Niyi Akinsiju, the BMO Chairman and Cassidy Madueke, the BMO Secretary, made the organisation's position known in a statement published by NAN on Friday.
The statement read: "We are indeed amused that Atiku, who only recently retrenched some staff of his GOTEL TV in Adamawa State without properly paying them off is dropping hints in the media about a N33,000 minimum wage for his staff.
"One of his senior managers was even quoted as saying over 100,000 people are currently drawing salaries on a monthly basis from the former Vice President, so we are wondering who between him and the PDP presidential candidate is lying about the actual staff strength of the companies.
"Not even Dangote Group which is the largest conglomerate in West Africa has the number of staff these people claim to be on Atiku's payroll. BMO however noted that this is not the first time the candidate and his people have sought to bamboozle Nigerians.
"Only a few days ago, the PDP presidential candidate promised to reduce fuel price to N90 per litre if voted into power at a time it is common knowledge that the landing cost of a litre of refined petrol is about N158. He must have been shocked in Dubai to see how Nigerians instantly rubbished his poorly thought-out 'campaign promise'.
The group also berated the PDP for "wasting" resources on the meeting held in Dubai.
The statement continued: "Here is a man who has vowed to get Nigeria working, but has spent the last few weeks with his associates boosting the local economy of Dubai under the guise of strategising for the presidential campaigns.
"On the contrary, President Muhammadu Buhari is not only committed to ensuring a new national minimum wage, but is also keen on ensuring that more Nigerians benefit from his social welfare programmes across the country."


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The January/February/March 2009 issue of Hinduism Today features Hindu of the Year, Swami Avdheshananda, head of Juna Akhara, Hinduism's largest monastic order with 500,000 monks.
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The marital home may feel hugely important to you. Not only is it the place you've chosen to live, the nest you've feathered, and the repository of all your perfectly positioned stuff, it may also be your children's home. Giving all that up and turning your world (and possibly your children's world) upside down may seem like the very last thing you want to do. Many couples fight over who should get the home, but instead of fighting for it, maybe you should consider letting go of it.
While there are so many reasons to keep the marital home yourself, there are also many reasons why keeping the home may in fact end up being a bad idea.
Financially: While you are married there is X amount of money coming in as income for the family. This pays for all of the expenses. When you divorce the amount of money coming remains the same, but it now has to pay for two households. If you maintain the previous expenses then add on the costs of your ex having a separate residence, there simply may not be enough money to cover both, no matter how you juggle spousal maintenance and child support. Keeping the home may end up with you taking out even more debt to maintain it. And if you can't keep up with the debt, you will damage your credit report and could potentially lose the home.
Emotionally: Remaining in the same home where you were married can create a huge emotional burden on you and on your children. There are a lot of memories in that house and nothing is ever going to be the same again. Sometimes a fresh start is a good thing for everyone.
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