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18 January 2023 View four-part video series Youtube
Youthful insights on Parliament House in the first of a four-part video series.
'If you thought Snoop Dog's crib was cool, come check out this place,' says Isaac Muller as he and Cathy Langley co-host a new video tour of Parliament House.
It's the first in a four-part series of short films aimed at connecting young people to parliament, produced by the Parliament of Victoria in partnership with youth social enterprise Youthworx. The 'Welcome to Parliament' series is a fresh take on parliament, providing information on all the essentials whilst encouraging young people to get involved.
On their video tour, Cathy and Isaac marvel at the exquisite architecture of Parliament House and its stunning gardens. But the focus is on the function of the building as the home of democracy in our state. While explaining how a bill is passed and the role of MPs, our hosts also try on the Premier's chair for size, pose for a portrait amongst those of past Premiers and may even have uncovered some rumoured tunnels under Parliament House. Or did they? You'll have to tune in to see.
The second video sees Bol Mayan take the viewer through the main ways to get involved in parliamentary processes. He explains how to contact your local MP, the role of committee inquiries and how to support existing petitions or create your own. He also talks about parliament's various engagement activities available to young people.
Bol Mayan shares insights on how to get involved with parliament.
Young people can't be what they can't see, so the third in the series showcases Flynn, Michael, Chelsea and Liam, four young Victorians who have involved themselves in the work of parliament.
Fourteen-year-old Flynn Megahan delivered an impassioned entry to the Parliament Prize competition, highlighting the perils of a dangerous road crossing in his area. His message resulted in a favourable outcome with the two councils bordering the crossing collaborating to install a set of traffic lights. 'You might think that because you're a young person your voice isn't heard. I thought the same thing too before I made this video and look what's happened. Action was taken and that's great,' says Flynn.
Michael Garang speaks about his time working at parliament as a youth associate. He used sport to connect young people and MPs, organising a basketball tournament that brought the community in touch with their local representatives. Reflecting on his time with parliament, he says: 'It was a very successful program. A lot of people came to the event, and they really enjoyed doing the basketball tournament.'
Chelsea Daniel participated in the inaugural Parliament Express program, which was an opportunity for young writers to receive training and mentoring as they each produced a feature article about parliament on a topic of their choice. 'I chose specifically MPs on TikTok and the idea of TikTok as a news source for young people,' says Chelsea.
Liam Flaherty contributed to discussion around cannabis law reform by attending a committee youth forum on the topic. 'We sat down in workshop groups with different MPs, groups of young Victorians, and it was really nice to sort of hear different perspectives and hear different ideas,' says Liam.
Four young Victorians share their experiences engaging with parliament.
To round out the series, young people were invited to Parliament House for a chance to have their say about how parliament can best engage them. They proposed a range of initiatives including a youth advisory forum, a video game based on parliament and more activities and programs that open Parliament House up to young people.
When asked what their dream parliament looks like, one focus group participant says: 'My dream parliament would be one that is inclusive of gender, cultural background and language so that people don't feel put off by coming to a place like this, or people feel like if they go to parliament they are represented and heard and feel valued and included.'
A group of young Victorians discuss what they would like to see at parliament.
With over a million young Victorians in our state, the Victorian Parliament is committed to finding new and contemporary ways to engage with young people. The Welcome to Parliament series, created by young people for young people. is one example of this commitment. You can watch all four short films in the series on parliament's YouTube channel.


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Biographies Russian Artists 20th Century Modern Nonconformist Abstract Evgeni Dybsky
Evgeni Dybsky
Born: 1955, Constanța (Romania)
Painter, graphic artist, collagist. Born into a Russian-Jewish family in Constan?a in Romania (1955). Moved with his family to Pavlovsky Posad in Moscow Region (1956). Graduated from the 1905 School of Art in Moscow (1978) and the Vasily Surikov Institute of Art in Moscow (1978–84). Member of the Union of Artists (1988). Included in Sotheby's landmark auction of Russian avant-garde and Soviet contemporary art in Moscow (1988). Lived and worked in Germany and Italy (1990–96), Cologne and Moscow (1996–2008) and Berlin and Moscow (from 2009). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1975). Contributed to Artist and Modernity at the Kashirka Exhibition Hall in Moscow (1987), Russian Art at the Costakis Gallery in Athens (1987), Art contemporain soviétique: se?lection d'oeuvres provenant de la collection KNIGA by the Galerie de France at FIAC 87 in Paris (1987), Interart '87 in Pozna? (1987), Labyrinth at the Palace of Youth in Moscow (1988), Urbi et orbi at the Central House of the Artist in Moscow (1988), Artisti sovietici contemporanei at the Studio Giorgio Marconi in Milan (1988), Glasnost: Die neue Freiheit der sowjetischen Maler at the Kunsthalle in Emden and Galerie Valentien in Stuttgart (1988), Transformation: The Legacy of Authority. Recent Art from the Soviet Union at the Camden Arts Centre in London (1989), 5+1 pintores de Moscovo at the Fundação de Serralves in Porto (1990–91), The Quest for Self-Expression: Painting in Moscow and Leningrad, 1965–1990 at Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus (1990), Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina in Greensboro (1991) and Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock (1991), Moscow–London II at the Jill George Gallery in London (1991), Shared Earth at Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Grundy Art Gallery, Wakefield Art Gallery and Museum, York City Art Gallery, Salford Art Gallery, Usher Gallery in Lincoln and the Museum of Decorative Arts in Moscow (1992), Watching the Life at the Galleria 9 colonne in Venice (1993), Landscape at La Scuola in New York (1993), Cinque artisti contemporanei at the Marisa del Re Gallery Living Art in Milan (1994), Summertime at the Galleria d'Arte Valley 88 in Forte dei Marmi (1994), Galleria Tauro in Turin (1994) and the Galleria Sorrenti in Novar? (1994), Milan–Hamburg at the Tribeca Art Gallery in Milan (1994), Landscapes 3 at the Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Timoteo Navarro in San Miguel de Tucumán (1994), Nie! – i konformi?ci: Oblicza sztuki radzieckiej lat 50. do 80. / No! – and the Conformists: Faces of Soviet Art of 50s to 80s at the Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie and the Russian Museum in St Petersburg (1994), Oltre la grande soglia at the Galleria San Fedele in Milan (1994) and the Castello di San Giorgio in Orzinuovi (1995), Una collezione di arte russa moderna e contemporanea at the Villa Zorn in Sesto San Giovanni, Milan (1995), Vent d'Est at the Galerie Emiliani in Dieulefit (1995), Abstraction in Russia: XX Century at the Russian Museum in St Petersburg (2001–02), Autobiografia di una galleria: Lo Studio Marconi 1965/1992 at the Fondazione Marconi in Milan (2004), Collage in Russia: XX Century at the Russian Museum in St Petersburg (2005–06), Arte Contro at the Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto in Rovereto (2007), Invitation II at Borzo Modern & Contemporary Art in Amsterdam (2007), Suspended: Georgien/Russland – Begegnung auf einem anderen Terrain at the Neues Kunstforum in Cologne (2008), Painting of the 80s at the Matthew Bown Gallery in Berlin (2009), Time, space... meh! at the Matthew Bown Gallery in Berlin (2010), Always Other Art: Selected Works from the Collection of Victor Bondarenko at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art in Moscow (2010), 3+: Exhibition of Works by Teachers and Alumni of the Easel Painting Workshop of the Vasily Surikov Institute of Art in Moscow at the Lyceum of the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow (2010), Art Barter Berlin at the .HBC Project Space in Berlin (2010), Monte Verità at the Kunstverein Familie Montez in Frankfurt-on-Main (2011), Russische Künstler zu Gast beim BVMW at the BVMW-Bundesgeschäftsstelle in Berlin (2011–12), joint exhibitions with Boris Markovnikov and Gennady Voronov at the October District Exhibition Hall in Moscow (1988) and with Igor Vulokh at the RuArts Gallery in Moscow (2008) and one-man shows at the Galerie Forsblom in Helsinki (1988), Galleri Boibrino in Stockholm (1990), Galerie Gabriele von Loeper in Hamburg (1991), Galerie Doris Wullkopf in Darmstadt (1991), Linea Spazio Arte Contemporanea in Florence (1993), Galleria Seno in Milan (1993, 1996), International Images ltd. in Sewickley (1994), Galleria Free Art in Turin (1994), Tribeca Art Gallery in Milan (1994), Galerie Rackey in Bad Honnef (1998), Galerie Brehm in Cologne (1998), Stiftung Burg Kniphausen in Wilhelmshaven (1999), Galleria Filisetti Arte Contemporanea in Crema (2001), Galerie Stracke in Cologne (2002), Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow (2003), Russian Museum in St Petersburg (2003), Freud Museum in London (2003), Galerie Garanin in Berlin (2003), Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn (2004), Stiftung Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus in Düsseldorf (2004), IZO Gallery in London (2004), Galerija Vartai in Vilnius (2004), Moscow Museum of Modern Art in Moscow (2005), Galerie Henseleit Buchholz in Cologne (2005), Museum Synagoge Gröbzig in Gröbzig (2005, 2009), Galerie Sandmann in Berlin (2006), Kunst aus Nordrhein-Westfalen in Aachen (2008), Filisetti Arte Contemporanea in Caravaggio (2008), Paperworks Gallery in Moscow (2008) and Ludwig Museum in Koblenz (2009).
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Texas Tech assistant coach Chris Ogden (left) will be named the new head men's basketball coach at UT-Arlington. Tom Pennington/Getty Images
BEVO BEAT Men's Basketball
Source: Texas-ex Chris Ogden will be named new head men's coach at UT-Arlington
Seminole native was a team captain on 2003 Final Four team before starting his coaching career under Rick Barnes
Posted April 5th, 2018
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Chris Ogden, a Texas-ex who helped the Longhorns reach the 2003 Final Four before starting his coaching career, will be named the new head men's basketball coach at UT-Arlington, a source told the American-Statesman.
Texas forward Chris Ogden practices before the game at the Erwin Center on Jan. 25, 2003. Rebecca McEntee/AMERICAN-STATESMAN
An announcement is expected likely Friday. Ogden could not be reached for comment on Thursday.
Ogden is currently an assistant coach at Texas Tech under Chris Beard. The Red Raiders had a stunning ascension this season and reached the NCAA regional finals for the first time in program history.
As a player, Ogden was recruited to UT by former coach Rick Barnes and played in 85 career games from 2000-03.
The Seminole native started his coaching career as an administrative assistant under Barnes, literally starting at the ground floor of the coaching profession. His first responsibilities included film exchange with other teams and supervising UT's basketball summer camps.
Ogden became a full-time assistant under Barnes heading into the 2008-09 season. The Longhorns had three draft picks in 2010, and then three players were taken in the first round in 2011. With Ogden on the staff, Texas reached No. 1 in the Associated Press poll on Jan. 11, 2010.
Odgen followed Barnes to Tennessee for the 2015-16 season and then returned back to the state the following year. He joined Beard's staff the following season.
The UTA job opened up when longtime coach Scott Cross was fired after 12 seasons in Arlington. He compiled a 225-161 record and won more than 21 games in each of the last three seasons.
Contact Brian Davis at 512-445-3957. Email bdavis@statesman.com.
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Takes place on February 28, 2020 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
31700 W. 13 Mile Rd., Suite 100 Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Friday February 28th, 2020.
Pre-movie social gathering from 6:30-7:00. Screening starts at 7:00. Please arrive no later than 6:45 to ensure space for everyone.
1965. Costa Gavras. Thriller. French with English subtitles.
Adapted from Sébastien Japrisot's novel by the same name. Staring Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Allégret, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner and Pascale Roberts.
Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
Film screening is Free! (A $5 suggested donation would be appreciated.) Registration is required. Only 24 seats.
Popcorn and drinks available for purchase (cash only).
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About Extreme Sitting
Peter Wick
Producer, Director and Co-Writer
Peter Wick is an award-winning independent filmmaker, novelist, and comedian.
Wick won Best Director at NYIIFF for his third independent feature, Rock Paper Scissors. His Key West book series has sold in the thousands, and was reviewed by one Amazon reviewer as, "Borders on riveting." After teaching "Directing Actors" for several years at Seattle's Northwest Film Forum, Wick moved to Los Angeles, where he currently runs Azzurri Productions/Azzurri Publishing. Wick most often writes comedy (he has also performed standup comedy around the U.S.), except when he writes gripping noir (Key West), or imaginative fantasy (his new book Milo and Meg are Solid). Wick's films can be streamed on Amazon, and his books are available worldwide, having found readers in Europe, India, China, and Australia.
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Robert Silk
Co-writer
Robert Silk is the first competitive desert sitter and is the founder of the International Desert Sitting Association. When Silk isn't evangelizing about the outdoor endurance sport he invented, he is the senior airlines editor for Travel Weekly, the oldest and most renown travel trade publication in the U.S. In addition to news and news features about the airline and skiing industries, Silk writes the Wheels Up opinion column about commercial aviation. An all around outdoor enthusiast, Silk is also the author of "An Ecotourist's Guide to the Everglades and the Florida Keys," which was published in 2016 by University Press of Florida.
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My name is Evangelos Hajigabriel and I thoroughly enjoyed participating in ICRAR's work experience program for the five days I was there.
We began work experience at ICRAR-Curtin. After showing us around the building, our supervisor, Ronniy Joseph, gave a PowerPoint presentation explaining what astronomers at ICRAR do, and he introduced us to the web-like structure formed by galaxies. Ronniy then took us to his desk and explained what his research involved. He explained his research was more maths intensive and mentioned how maths was much more enjoyable when applying it to his research rather than solving for x. We also attended Journal Club, a weekly event where the astronomers discuss recent news in astronomy and share developments in their research. At Journal Club, Rowanna (an intern from the Netherlands studying engineering) explained her modifications to the SKALA antennas to make them more efficient. After a lunch break, we talked an electrical engineer named Mia, who explained the Murchison Westfield Array (MWA). She showed us an example of the antennas used there and explained how they worked and how to put one together, as well as how collecting data works and how to point the telescopes to a particular point in the sky using delays. Mia also explained several of the problems they face with the telescopes, including lightning damage and damage from wildlife. Finally, we talked to a group of PhD students researching pulsars. They explained some of their research and taught us how to calculate the furthest distance at which something can keep up with a pulsar as it spins, this being the distance at which it must travel at the speed of light to keep up.
Our second day of work experience was at ICRAR-UWA, where we met the coordinator of the ICRAR work experience program, Greg Rowbotham. After a quick tour of the building, we talked to Kevin Vinsen, who explained the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and introduced us to the concept of gravitational waves, which are ripples in space-time that we can detect. He also mentioned how Pythagoras Theorem is used in the theory of Relativity to describe space and time as one thing. We also talked to Luca Cortese about his research on galaxies. He explained how the youngest stars in a galaxy would appear green, not because the star itself was green but because of the hot gases surrounding the star. He showed us how it is now possible to calculate the redshift from each part of a galaxy which tells us more about its movement, such as its rotation. Luca also explained how astronomers need to send proposals to gain telescope time because there are many astronomers seeking to use the same telescopes. We watched a video about cosmology while we ate lunch and afterwards we asked Greg questions, I was particularly interested in his explanation of how we know the universe is flat. We also talked to a PhD student named Kate, whose research involved simulations and theoretical astronomy. She told us about building galaxies in simulations and modelling galaxy kinematics, and she showed us a website she created as a tool.
Again, at UWA, we began the day by talking to an astronomer named Pascal Elahi about his work in simulations, which involves constructing virtual universes. He programs a starting point in a stage of the Big Bang, codes in physics and from there simulates phenomena such as the formation of galaxies. This gets tricky when dealing with things we have a limited understanding of, such as dark matter and dark energy. Next, we spoke with Robin, a PhD student whose research involved studying how galaxies die. He explained how elliptical galaxies tend to produce fewer stars and contain mainly older stars, as oppose to disc galaxies, which contain many young stars. He mentioned how although there was a correlation, one did not necessarily cause the other.
Day 4 we were back at ICRAR-Curtin and we started by talking to a PhD student named Alex about his research on cosmic waves. He explained how he detected cosmic rays by detecting radio emissions produced by cosmic rays colliding with the atmosphere. He said that when he received information it was often converted from time-based data to frequency-based data and that for his research he needed time-based information. Next, we talked to Steve about imaging satellites using difference imaging. He told us that we can detect satellites even though they don't emit radio waves because FM radio waves reflect off the satellites and back to Earth and about how it's important to track satellites to make sure that they don't collide with each other or with space junk. We also talked to Teresa, who created a board game to show how it takes a very long time for light to travel from the core of stars to the outside because it reflects off many particles in the star. She had tried to simulate this game using Python but had encountered a bug where the program was producing negative numbers. Our task was to fix this bug, which we did by comparing similar parts of code to see what was wrong. After this, Pikky Atri, one of our supervisors, told us about her research on black holes and their birth. She explained how black holes could form from either a supernova or a direct collapse. Black holes that formed from a supernova will often be knocked off their current orbit whereas black holes that formed from a direct collapse will continue to move in conjunction with their galaxy, so by studying a black hole's movement we can determine how it formed. We later did this with some of Pikky's data.
For our final day of work experience, we were back at UWA. To begin, Paul (who is in charge of the Spirit Telescopes) took us up to see the Spirit Telescopes on the roof of the physics building at UWA. He explained how the telescopes work and how they doesn't take colour pictures because that makes decreases the accuracy in the data, however they can create colour images because the telescopes also have green, red and blue filters, and these can be layered on to produce a coloured image. Next, we talked to an associate professor name Chris, a theoretical astronomer who supervises the PhD students who work with simulations. He told us about how spirals form in galaxies due to differential rotation and about how stars mainly form in clusters. He explained how in the web-like structure galaxies form, there are galaxy clusters that tend to contain mainly elliptical galaxies. Chris also told us about how hot winds from moving galaxies cause gases to be ejected in the opposite direction of movement. After this, we attended Plot of the Week, a competition held by the PhD students where they explained their plots and we voted on whose was best. The winner gets to keep a shirt for the week as a prize. After lunch, Greg walked us through finding the mass of a galaxy using a hydrogen spectrum and the velocity of the galaxy. He then spent some time answering any questions we had.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this wonderful experience and I would strongly recommend it to anyone interested in astronomy.


As much as I appreciate the book I can't say it's worth the asking prices on bookfinder.com (so it's not going on my recommended list) but it was certainly worth the $6 I paid.
I practically just read about this book when it was referenced in a book about Selbu mittens. It was referred to as the bible of Norwegian Knitting Designs! I won't rest until I find a copy of this book in my price range.


by Edward A. Steinhaus, Assistant Professor of Bacteriology and Assistant Insect Pathologist to the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of California, Berkeley, California. X and 763 pages, with 250 illustrations. Comstock Publishing Company, Ithaca, N. Y.
As the author states, in a sub-title, this work is "An account of the microbes associated with insects and ticks with special reference to the biological relationships involved." It is written by an authority who is well known because of his contributions to subjects considered in this book and in writing it he has placed upon record an enormous amount of data which should prove of the greatest value to all interested in the subject.
The main body of the book is divided into the following chapters: Specific Bacteria Associated with Insects; Intracellular Bacteriumlike and Rickettsialike Symbiotes; Rickettsiae; Yeasts and Insects; Fungi and Insects; Viruses and Insects; Protozoa and Insects; Protozoa in Termites; Immunity in Insects, and Methods and Procedures. There is a bibliography and an index of authors and of subjects.
In the chapters devoted to the relationship of specific organisms and insects, each organism is considered separately, and the data regarding its association with insects is given in detail, thus affording one access to most of the important work that has been accomplished in regard to relationship of organisms to their insect hosts, methods of transmission of these organisms to animals and man, and much other data of importance.


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July 20, 2021 by Jeffrey Lageson
OL Reign reset begins as Laura Harvey retakes the reins
OL Reign reset begins as Laura Harvey retakes the reins.
Laura Harvey took Seattle Reign FC to two NWSL Shields and Two NWSL Championship matches in her first run with what is now OL Reign.
She coached the startup Reign club for five seasons, leading it from a sluggish start to a club that challenged for trophies. At the end of the 2017 season, she left to pursue other options. Her shock departure from the club, still then in Seattle and with a loaded roster of talent, was a move that led her to another startup in Utah and international coaching opportunity. The club had moved on, but much of a veteran core remained in place.
When the Reign coaching position became open recently, Harvey was not immediately commented on as a likely return to the club. Yet, after a couple short weeks under the helm of her former assistant Sam Laity, Harvey takes back a club full of promise, but lacking in points and success on the season.
The Reign have used the word "Bold" in much of their media and promotional materials throughout their existence. In bringing back Harvey, with a core of veterans and international talent and much of a season to play, this could very well end up being the case.
Although in 9th place in the standings as of taking charge after Laity's final interim match, the actual gap in the standings from 4th to 9th is 6 points. There is a great cluster in the middle of the standings and a few three point results could quickly make up the ground.
Coach Harvey has commented about being a different coach and the journey she has gone on since leaving the club. There is a real chance to right the ship this season should a winning run of even a few matches move the club up the standings. With returning Olympians and the talent on hand, the job is not so much a rebuild as a reset.
Reports are the contract is for 2021 through 2023.
July 2, 2021 by Vanya Tucherov
Sam Laity to Replace Farid Bentisti as OL Reign HC
From the team's press release.
TACOMA, WA (July 2, 2021) – OL Reign today announced that Farid Benstiti has resigned his position as head coach of the club with immediate effect. Assistant coach Sam Laity, who has been with the club since its inaugural season in 2013, will serve as interim head coach, beginning with tonight's match in Houston against the Dash.
"We are appreciative of Farid's many contributions to the club over the past 18 months and wish him the best in all his future endeavors," said OL Reign CEO Bill Predmore. "We have great respect for Farid's talents and all he brought to the organization, but in our recent conversations there was a collective agreement that new leadership was required to achieve the performances and results needed to satisfy our ambitions."
Benstiti was hired by OL Reign in January 2020 and led the club through twenty matches across four competitions, including the Challenge Cups in 2020 and 2021, the 2020 Fall Series, and the first seven matches of the 2021 NWSL Regular Season. Benstiti's record during his tenure was 6 wins, 9 losses and 5 draws, including last Saturday's 3-0 loss to Gotham FC.


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Indonesia election: violence-wracked province calls for independence
By Angus Watson, CNN
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(CNN) — As Indonesia's presidential candidates draw massive crowds to rallies across the country, leaders in the resource-rich but restive twin provinces of Papua and West Papua have called for an election boycott and their own vote to secede from the Southeast Asian archipelago-nation.
Neither incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, nor his main electoral rival Prabowo Subianto have addressed the surge in violence in the provinces collectively known by pro-independence campaigners as West Papua.
During presidential debates in which the pair have sparred on human rights and national security, the issue has not warranted a single mention. But on the western side of New Guinea island, in Indonesia's far east, a decades old insurgency has flared with violence.
Last December, militants from the Papuan Liberation Army admitted to attacking and killing up to 31 people working on the Trans-Papua Road Project, a highway that will bisect the resource-rich province.
Joko had touted the project as a key part of his presidency's focus infrastructure, a 4,300-kilometer-long investment open up access to vast gold and copper deposits and highland villages.
Hundreds of troops moved in to the already militarized Nduga region to try to capture rebels. The counter insurgency measures resulted in 32,000 displaced residents, according to the highest estimates made by rights group Frontline Defenders — who plan to submit their findings to Indonesia's Human Rights Council.
The Indonesian army has disputed the claim, saying that reports of destruction to villages are a "hoax."
"In the early weeks after the killings — security forces had established a monopoly on the channels of information," said Richard Chauvel, an Indonesia expert at the University of Melbourne. But despite Indonesia's apparent military lockdown. — with no foreign journalists and few rights groups granted access to Papua -- unconfirmed reports of violence have continued to leak out.
The United Nations is currently in negotiation with the Indonesian government to send a Human Rights Council Delegation to West Papua, though no date has yet been set.
CNN has reached out to the Indonesian government and Indonesia's Permanent Mission to the UN for further comment.
A vote of their own
Indonesia has shared the mountainous island with neighbor Papua New Guinea since 1969, when just over 1,000 people from the local Melanesian population were handpicked to vote in "Act of Free Choice," a vote critics say was anything but free.
The disputed referendum, which was noted in a 1969 UN resolution, confirmed Indonesia's takeover of Papua and West Papua from the territory's colonial rulers, the Netherlands.
A continuous low-level insurgency has plagued the region ever since, with Indonesia's military establishing themselves as a central part the governing status-quo, said Chauvel.
Violence has marked the relationship between roughly four million Papuans and their Indonesian rulers. Amnesty International said that between 2010 and 2018, 95 Papuans fell victim to extrajudicial killings at the hands of Indonesian security forces.
"West Papua is a militarized zone. People's everyday life is colored by harassment and intimidation at the hands of security forces," said Benny Wenda, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee in self-imposed exile in the UK who leads a global push for rights in Papua.
"Everywhere you go there are armed soldiers and police. This is normal. West Papua is seen as a colony of second-class citizens where Indonesia's army can do whatever it likes," added Wenda.
Now, as close to 200 million Indonesians prepare to choose between candidates Joko and Prabowo, Papuans are demanding a vote to be released from Indonesian rule.
Earlier this year Wenda, as a guest member of the Vanuatu delegation, presented a petition to the UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, requesting that the UN pressure the Indonesian government to allow Papua another referendum on independence. It was signed by 1.8 million Papuans — half the population.
"This petition was bravely smuggled from West Papua across the border into Papua New Guinea then to Europe," Wenda said.
The Indonesian government later criticized Vanuatu for inviting Wenda into their UN delegation to see the human rights high commissioner.
"The United Nations membership decided, almost 50 years ago, the final status of Papua as part of Indonesia," said Indonesia's UN representative Aloysius Selwas Taborat, adding that Vanuatu's comments are an outrageous challenge to that United Nations decision.
"The status of Papua and West Papua as a part of Indonesia is final, irreversible and permanent."
'It's their democracy'
The 2019 Indonesian national election is the second time that Papuans, like all Indonesians, will get to choose between Joko and Prabowo for president, with the pair facing off previously in 2014.
Voters in Indonesia's easternmost provinces turned out in droves for Joko last time around — handing him roughly 70% of the vote.
Chauvel, of Melbourne University, said that Joko had largely disappointed those voters in the years since, failing to live up to promises to lift standards of living — but the president has the distinct advantage of not having a military background, unlike his opponent.
"When Joko promised to improve rights for Papuans in 2015, key military figures within his own regime came out and undermined him," Chauvel said.
"The interest of security forces is to maintain the status quo, that's them governing Papua. Any movement by Joko to resist that is undermined."
Prabowo is a former member of that military, derided by so many in Papua for his involvement in counter-insurgency. In the late 1990s, Prabowo was a commander of the Kopassus elite special forces group that Human Rights Watch accuses of arbitrary arrests and beatings in Papua.
Wenda has called on Papuans to ignore the elections on April 17, despite local Papuan politicians vying for provisional jobs that day too.
"We are not part of Indonesia and their election has nothing to do with us," Wenda asserted.
"That is their democracy. We need to respect them, but we've voted in the past and the killing has continued."
This story was first published on CNN.com, "Indonesia election: violence-wracked province calls for independence."
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Jump Start programme provides creative dance experiences for children aged 7-11 (Key Stage 2) who live in Nottingham, and supports our aim to nurture young people who have potential and an ambition in dance.
We hope that Jump Start will enthuse and excite children to get involved in dance and develop new skills.
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Q: Deselect JToggleButton if file exists as I mentioned in a post before, I'm porting my program to Java, to make it available for Mac OS and Linux users.
At the start of the program, I'd like to check if adb is installed to the system using this code:
private void checkADBExists()
// Checks if adb binaries exist and sets jTogglebutton1 correspondingly...
{
    File adb = new File("/usr/bin/adb");
    if (!adb.exists())
    {
        jToggleButton1.isSelected();
    } else {
        jToggleButton1.isSelected()= false;
    }
}

Here's my problem:
If the file doesn't exist, the JToggleButton isn't selected, even though it should be and I get an error deselecting it.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Beats

A: Many of Swing's core components follow a simple getter/setter pattern.
That is, you can "get" a property value and "set" a property value (note, not all getters have a corresponding setter though).
In the case of a boolean property, the convention is to use "is" instead of "get", it just rolls off the tongue better.
So, in your case, all you are doing is getting the value if the selected property, not really what you want to do.
Instead use jToggleButton1.setSelected(true) or jToggleButton1.setSelected(false) based on your needs
You might like to take a look at How to Use Buttons, Check Boxes, and Radio Buttons for some more details

A: JToggleButton().isSelected() return a value not a variable. By  JToggleButton().isSelected() = false, you are trying to assign a value to a value, it doesn't make sense, much like writing a statement 2 = 2;. use JToggleButton.setSelected(true) to set the toggle button as selected and JToggleButton.setSelected(false) to deselect.

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NEW OLREANS, LOUISIANA – Liquid Peace Revolution is a group of musicians searching for new and unique ways to expand the boundaries of Rock 'N' Roll. The band's origins date back to 2003 when Kyle Deshowitz(guitar) overheard Evan Hall(bass) playing "Black Dog" in their local Guitar Center in New Orleans. These two both felt they had the same duty to music – to use music as a medium for connecting people around the world. Not even Hurricane Katrina could tear them apart. They showed each other new guitar riffs over the phone, while they were evacuated. In the following months numerous kids from school tried to fill the holes in the would-be five piece band but none truly meshed with Evan and Kyle musically.
In 2007, the long search ended with the introduction of William Alber (lead vocals) and Matthew Keegan(drums). Will was a god-send, whose energy and charisma reignited the fire in Kyle and Evan. A beautiful medley of influences from Robert Plant to Roger Daltrey combined with Will's own unique and (some may say) unnatural performance style made him an incredible asset. Matt brought the music to a new intensity with his blend of rudimentary precision and yet effortless flow. Remnants of the legends John Bonham and Keith Moon are always present in Matt's playing, but the ease with which Matt plays is unparalleled.
After the tedious evacuation of Hurricane Gustav (damn hurricanes!), the band began writing their first record "Flower Power Evolution" and gigging often at local venues in and around New Orleans. This record was an announcement to the world that true rock music still exists. With its savory mix of psychedelic riffs and bluesy solos, this album was a whirlwind start for the young band.
Jason Percle(keys), another friend from school, soon joined the group. Jason has the uncanny ability to grab the attention of a roomful of people. His understanding of music itself, both in theory and in technique, is impeccable. Jason was like gasoline to the fire, bringing an unprecedented fullness to the sound and chemistry of the group. The band wonders how they were ever without him.
Shortly after this final addition Liquid Peace Revolution began recording "Flower Power Evolution" at a local studio. Their music is timeless, bridging the gap separating the youth of today and the youth of days long gone. Liquid Peace Revolution makes music for the sake of music, which results in a very real and noticeable purity in their sound. The record was released in the summer of 2011.
After coming in 16th out of 12,000 bands in Hard Rock Cafe's Global Battle of the Bands, LPR released their EP "Sounds of Rainforest Monkeys." Recorded at Fudge Studios in the city, where Better Than Ezra, Cowboy Mouth, and Rebirth Brass Band have also recorded, this three-song EP marked a new era in LPR's career.
The band then made a quick trip to Texas to perform at the Houston Beer Festival, their first major festival outside the Louisiana, before starting on their second album, titled "Lucid Being," which is to be released within the next month. The band claims this new album will reveal a whole new side to Liquid Peace Revolution, and it is sure to turn some heads.
Now the band is booking their first major tour to promote the new album, and they intend to travel far and wide to share their passion with the world.


Preparation method: Place papaya cubes in a bowl. In another bowl mix lemon juice with olive oil. Season with cayenne pepper, cilantro, chives, salt and black pepper. Stir well, pour on the handle, cover & refrigerate for about 30 minutes to incorporate flavors before serving. Serve with chips, sliced avocado or on top of rice.
On a hot sunny day, Papaya Ginger Cold Buster is just right for you. Rich in papaya, banana, honey etc and served cold will give your day a good chill.
Want something light for either breakfast or dinner?
Papaya Acai Smoothie Bowl is very rich with natural fruits and can be served with different toppings of your choice.
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Watch this healthy recipe for an amazing Green papaya powder coffee recipe. Boost your alertness and your immunity. Green papaya has so many amazing health benefits. Learn more at herbalpapaya.com.


Thai Airways Flight 231 saw it's last journey in April 1980. The aircraft lost altitude, stalled and crashed after entering a thunderstorm on approach to Bangkok, about 8 miles from Don Mueang International Airport (formerly: Bangkok International Airport). All 4 crew members, and 40 of the 49 passengers were killed.
Flight 231 took off from Khon Kaen Airport (in Khon Kaen, Thailand) around 0550 hrs, headed to Don Mueang International Airport (in Bangkok, Thailand) ETA 0656 hrs. The flight operated on the route Bangkok – Khon Kaen – Udon – Nakhon Phanom – Udon – Khon Kaen – Bangkok.
At 0559 hrs, after take-off from Khon Kaen Airport, the pilot reported to Bangkok Area Control Centre that he was climbing to 6,000 ft, ETA Korat at 0626 hrs, ETA Bangkok International Airport at 0656 hrs and requested ATC clearance to Bangkok International Airport via W6 – KT – W1 – BKK.
Bangkok Area Control Centre cleared HS-THB to Bangkok International Airport via this route, to maintain FL 120 and asked the pilot to report when the aircraft reached FL 120.
At 0614 hrs, the pilot reported that HS-THB reached FL 120.
At 0626 hrs, the pilot reported that the aircraft was over KT.
At 0627 hrs, Bangkok Area Control Centre informed the pilot that HS-THB was in radar contact, 5 miles northwest of KT.
At 0642 hrs, Bangkok Area Control Centre cleared HS-THB to descend to 8 000 ft and informed the pilot that the altimeter setting was 1 008 mb. This was acknowledged by the pilot.
At 0644 hrs, Bangkok Area Control Centre advised the pilot to contact Bangkok Approach control on 119.1 MHz.
At 0644 hrs, the pilot contacted Bangkok Approach Control and reported that he was maintaining 8,000 ft. Bangkok Approach Control advised the pilot to descend to 6,000 ft and informed him that the altimeter setting was 1,008 mb.
This was acknowledged by the pilot.
At 0648 hrs, Bangkok Approach Control advised HS-THB to descend to 6,000 ft.
At 0651 hrs, Bangkok Approach Control advised HS-THB to descend to 1,500 ft.
At 0653 hrs, the pilot reported that HS-THB had reached 1,500 ft.
At 0654 hrs, Bangkok Approach Control informed the pilot that HS-THB was 7 miles from the Outer Marker and cleared the aircraft to make an ILS approach to runway 21R. This was Acknowledged by the pilot.
At 0656 hrs, Bangkok Approach Control advised the pilot to contact Bangkok Tower on 18.1 MHZ, but no answer from the pilot was received.
The aircraft operated in good weather conditions on both the outbound and return flight until, during approach to runway 21R, at an altitude of 1,500 ft near Bangkok International Airport, the aircraft entered a severe thunderstorm.
Losing altitude, about a minute after entering the storm, a downdraft struck the plane which caused the nose to go up and the plane to stall.
Many things in the passenger cabin fell to the floor. The rain was reported with hail. The passengers could see grey clouds through the windows, and the aircraft maintained altitude.
About thirty seconds later, altitude was lost again, unfortunately more severely.
The aircraft had gone into a nose dive, which the pilot tried to pull the aircraft out of.
The Hawker then slightly banked to the right, and was almost out of the dive when the aircraft crashed into paddy field, skidding for 510 feet and breaking up at 0655 hrs, day time. Times reported are GMT.
At 0656 hrs, Bangkok Approach Control instructed the pilot many times to contact Bangkok Tower on 118.1 MHZ, but no answer was received from the pilot. It is assumed that during that time the aircraft was pressed by a downdraft, lost altitude rapidly, and it had already crashed into the ground.
The accident killed 44 of the passengers and crew, 9 people were injured in the crash.
A review of the pilots' medical records disclosed no evidence of physical problems which could have affected their judgement or performance.
The pilot-in-command, aged 54, held an Airline Transport Pilot Licence valid until 2 August 1980 with an Instrument Rating and Aircraft Type Rating for the HS-748, Group 1. He had flown a total of 18 096:28 h, including 7 796:17 h in the HS-748 type, of which 193:17 h were flown in the last 90 days and 4:18 h in the last 24 h. He held a medical certificate valid until 2 August 1980 with the endorsement that he must wear corrective lenses while exercising the privilege of the certificate.
The Co-pilot, aged 55, held an Airline Transport Pilot Licence valid until 3 July 1980 with an Instrument Rating and Aircraft Type Rating for the HS-748 Group 1. He had flown a total of 24 372:46 h, including 11 899:45 h in the HS-748 type, of which 229:00 h were flown in the last 90 days and 4:18 h in the last 24 h. He held a medical certificate valid until 3 July 1980 with the endorsement that he must wear corrective lenses while exercising the privilege of the certificate.
The Bangkok Radar Approach Controller, aged 27, completed an Air Traffic Control Course from the Civil Aviation Training Centre – Thailand. She had performed air traffic control duties for 7 years. She held an Air Traffic Control Licence valid until 28 August 1980 with a Radar Approach Control Rating.
The Tower Controller, aged 35, completed an Air Traffic Control Course at the Airman Technical Training School, RTAF. He had performed air traffic control duties for 16 years. He held an Air Traffic Control Licence valid until 19 October 1980 with an Aerodrome Control Rating.
At 0705 hrs, Bangkok Tower alerted all units concerned in the vicinity of Bangkok International Airport.
At 0726 hrs, a helicopter from the SAR unit of the Royal Thai Air Force took off. Bangkok Approach Control vectored the SAR helicopter to the position where HS-THB disappeared from the radar scope.
At 0752 hrs, the helicopter sighted the wreckage of the aircraft.
The rescue trucks and ambulances could not enter the crash site. Survivors had to be evacuated by one helicopter of the Royal Thai Air Force, and another helicopter of the Aviation Division, Ministry of Agricultural and Go-operative.
They were evacuated from the crash site to the SAR unit, and then transported to the hospital by ambulances.
The dead persons were lifted by a Royal Thai Air Force helicopter to a nearby road, and then transported by microbus of the charity foundation to the hospital for autopsy.
The aircraft was destroyed. The fuselage was broken into three parts. The report stated that, in examining the aircraft wreckage and impact marks, the aircraft was banked slightly to the right at impact.
A Hawker Siddeley HS 748 like the one that crashed.
The plane ran forward after impact in the flight path direction about 510 ft. It is determined that the speed of the aircraft was high at impact. The plane did not stall.
The first part was the nose section. It was broken at the leading edge of the wing, and folded to the starboard side. The lower portion of this part was damaged up to the cabin floor.
The second part was from the leading edge to the trailing edge of the wing. It aligned to the aircraft skidding direction. Most of passenger seats in this part were torn from the floor.
The third part was from the trailing edge of the wing to the end of the tail section. It aligned to the same direction with the second part. The vertical and the horizontal stabilizers were in their normal positions. They were slightly damaged. All passenger seats of this part were damaged. The cabin floor was in good condition.
The starboard wing was torn from the fuselage and fell to the ground approximately 265 ft from the impact position. The wing was broken into two parts. The inner part which still contained the hot section of engine was damaged by fire. The outer part broke off and fell near the inner part. It lay in an upside down position.
The fuel tank in the outer part was damaged. The starboard main landing gear assembly attached to the inner part was broken off. The engine minus the hot section was broken into many parts and fell 77 feet behind the trailing edge of the wing.
The port wing, which remained attached to the second part of the fuselage, was broken. The flap was slightly damaged. The aileron was separated from the wing. There was a mark of fire along the wing span but there were more extensive fire marks in the engine area.
The engine mount was broken. The engine was thrown about 200 ft from the aircraft. The port main landing gear was still attached to its position but folded rearward.
The Hawker Siddeley HS-748 Series II, Serial No. 1568, HS-THB belonged to Thai Airways, merging into Thai Airways International in 1988.
The aircraft was manufactured by the Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd., England in 1964. It had been in service with Thai Airways Company since November 27, 1964.
It had accumulated a total time of 12 791:47 hrs. It was inspected when certificate of airworthiness No. 35/22 was issued by the Department of Aviation on August 26, 1979 valid until August 25, 1980.
The aircraft was equipped with two Rolls Royce Dart MK532-22 turbo propeller engines.
The port engine, serial No. 19320, accumulated a total time of 7 707:02 hrs since manufactured on May 14, 1971. It was removed from the port wing of HS-THF on April 20, 1978 for overhaul. After overhaul was completed, it was installed on the port wing of HSTHB on April 8, 1979.
It had accumulated a total time of 1 516:54 hrs since last overhaul on April 8, 1979. No discrepancies were reported in the engine log book before this accident.
The starboard engine, serial No. 570 was removed from the port wing of HS-THG on April 27, 1978 for overhaul. It had a total time of 6 220:35 hrs since manufactured on November 10, 1976. After overhaul was completed, it was installed on the starboard wing of HS-THB on April 12, 1979.
It had accumulated a total time of 1 526:28 hrs since last overhaul on April 12, 1979. No discrepancies were reported in the engine log book before this accident.
Thai Airways Company was the domestic flag carrier of Thailand. Its main base was the Domestic Terminal at Don Mueang International Airport: DMK (former name: Bangkok International Airport: BKK). Its head office was located in Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok.
The plane crashed into the ground approximately 8 NM northeast of Bangkok International Airport (Lat 14° 03'N, Long 100° 41'E).
The cause of the accident was that the pilot directed the aircraft into a thunderstorm, in an early dissipating stage. The aircraft was severely affected by a downdraft and lost altitude rapidly.
At that time the altitude of the aircraft was only 1,500 ft and the pilot could not maintain altitude of the aircraft. The plane crashed into the ground, and ran forward.
1. During flight prior to the accident, the pilot did not tune his radio to the ATIS frequency, so he did not receive the special weather report (SPECI) broadcast four minutes before the accident advising that there was a thunderstorm in the area he would soon encounter.
2. The pilot did not make use of airborne weather radar.
3. While the pilot was approaching at high altitude, he could see the thunderstorm, but it was not in his flight path to Bangkok International Airport. When the pilot was descending in compliance with Bangkok Approach Control instruction, he was not aware that the rain area which he was entering was a thunderstorm which was moving and developing severely. The thunderstorm which had developed to the severe stage was moving and intercepted the aircraft.
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Why Are We Making Our Bodies Destroy Themselves?
It would appear that, in between long stretches of time spent simply thinking in the dark and silence, I'm somewhat unusually productive tonight, so let me try writing this now as well instead of waiting for next evening as it seems to be the rule lately. Oddly enough, though I was far from certain that I'll manage it, I actually was planning to write a post to file under Health this week, so it adds up, even though this was really not what I had in mind.
Sleeping on issues is generally a very good idea, but this could very quickly and very easily become too complex if I dwell on it, in which case I'd end up setting it aside and then possibly never get around to writing about it, so better throw something out here while it's still fresh. For full disclosure, I probably should mention that this train of thought started after I learned this evening that my uncle was diagnosed with bladder cancer. Connecting that to the fact that my grandfather was also diagnosed with cancer last year, that I may have heard of one or two others as well shortly before that, though I'm not sure where they fall on the extended family tree, and that there have been some other recent scares related to that as well, this paints a very suspicious picture when you take into account the fact that cancer was nearly unheard of in this family until now despite most members that I know of living past the age of 80.
One needs to wonder why are we not only allowing but actually encouraging this to happen these days. I mean, from my point of view, bar a few truly terrifying brain conditions that reduce a person to a mere shell of themselves, cancer is the scariest and worst illness I can think of. It's not just the fact that it's often deadly and always painful, nor that subjecting yourself to the existing treatments for it may well be worse than dying, particularly if it's not caught early on, but also that it implies that your body has simply decided to destroy itself.
Granted that certain autoimmune diseases, those that make your body literally decide to destroy certain parts of itself that it still needs in order to function, are worse and more unusual in that aspect, but the truly serious ones are also far less frequent and can often be traced to certain conditions or flawed genes, whereas cancer looks more and more like a worldwide epidemic that few can consider themselves safe from. And it certainly looks like we're determined to pour more and more substances into the world and into ourselves and use more and more devices that are at least suspected to increase the risk.
There was a piece in an old article from National Geographic Magazine where someone was saying that, while it's true that the incidence of cancer and heart disease has tripled over the past two centuries, the average life expectancy has also doubled. I really don't find that an improvement. I'd much rather have 50 years of perfect health and then quickly drop dead from an injury or a massive infection than somehow have my life stretched on to 100 years but need to struggle with all sorts of treatments and keep going through hospitals starting in my 30s, and even earlier for some unlucky souls.
Seeing as all of us usually have a certain number of cancerous cells inside our bodies, due to various errors our bodies make while growing and repairing themselves, it could be argued that those errors accumulate and therefore cancer is an unavoidable outcome past a certain age. However, while that is quite true, there are plenty of young or relatively young people affected by it and the increased average life expectancy is far from sufficient to account for the rest because it's largely thanks to far fewer children now dying at or soon after birth, modern warfare claiming far fewer lives and certain parts of the world where disease and poverty were historically rampant benefiting from some medical services, so you may well find that, if you'd adjust for those factors, the real increase in life expectancy hasn't been all that significant. Besides, while it admittedly is not a new problem for old people, the incidence seems to have significantly increased among them as well in recent decades.
So what do we have in the modern and more or less developed world? Unsuitably high and constant demands from our bodies, unsuitably high supply of nourishment, dangerous substances all around us and dangerous devices frequently in use. It's no wonder we're ending up here! The question is only what are we going to do about it.
In the end, the powers that be probably do not mind reducing the population in this manner instead of the far more difficult method of drastically reducing the number of births, no matter the pain and suffering caused, and the pharmaceutical companies make too much money from treating this veritable plague of our age to be particularly interested in preventing it either, so it's all down to us, the regular people. Who knows, if logic, reason and ethics are obviously not enough, perhaps fearing their own death and suffering and the death and suffering of their loved ones could somehow make enough people act before it's too late.
Why Are We Making Our Bodies Destroy Themselves? was written on June 5, 2011 at 2:31 AM and filed in Health.


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Kelly Osbourne fired up by Zendaya hair comments
February 28, 2015 by Fred Stephens
When women fight, it is always better to stay clear… especially when it is their hair which is called into question.
The first clash after the Oscar trends and fashion show started on Monday during an episode of the 'Fashion Police' show which focusses on commenting on celebrity fashion.
Bringing fuel at the first post-Oscar episode of the American TV series was panelist Guiliana Rancic's comments about Zendaya's hair during the red carpet at the 87th annual Academy Awards.
Actress Zendaya (photo: Reuters)
If you're a woman, just stop and take a moment to think about your reaction to someone who publicly mocks your hair. Well, it may be similar to Zendaya's but your best friend will probably fire back and take your side as Kelly Osbourne did.
What triggered the storm during Monday's show was Rancic's "ignorant" and "disrespectful" comment about actress Zendaya's dreadlocks which, according to the panelist, "smelt like patchouli oil or weed".
Giuliana Rancic (photo: Reuters)
Wow! So what's next? Co-panelist of the E! show Osbourne immediately questioned her involvement in the 'Fashion Police' and threatened to leave the programme. "I'm giving everyone involved 24 hours to make it right or the world will hear how I really feel…" she tweeted. And added:
Insulted Zendaya naturally stepped into the rant, taking to Twitter to stand up for herself and describe Rancic's comments as "offensive" and "ignorant slurs".
"To say that an 18-year-old young woman with locs must smell of patchouli oil or 'weed' is not only a large stereotype but outrageously offensive", the actress wrote.
Of course, Rancic couldn't do anything but apologise for her comments on the show, explaining on Twitter: "I'm sorry I offended you and others. I was referring to a bohemian chic look. Had NOTHING to do with race and NEVER would".
Though Zendaya's hair caused quite a stir, so, too, did Osbourne's ultimatum which has been, apparently, respected.
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Investors are increasingly hyped up when it comes to earnings season. At least that's the hope and prayer for the folks over at CNBC that need all the excitement that they can get to lure viewers. And while some corporate chieftains, including JP Morgan's (NYSE:JPM) Jamie Dimon and Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE:BRK.A, NYSE:BRK.B) Warren Buffett are campaigning to end quarterly reporting, earnings season is really just a normal update on how business is going for companies.And earnings season comes, of course, every quarter -- quarter after quarter -- year after year. And for the last quarter of 2018, out of the 505 stocks that make up the S&P 500 Index, 358 have released their report cards for the quarter.And the news is pretty good. Sales overall were up on average by 6.88% and earnings were up on average by 14.20%.InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading TipsIt's no wonder that the S&P 500 is up by 10% year-to-date and we're only in February. 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But during that same time, utilities managed to outperform with a positive return of 1.66%This is all thanks to the combination of reliable core business assets and higher dividend payments that utilities represent.Of course, not all utilities are the same and neither are all dividend stocks. They can include a host of essential services including electricity, natural gas and water. And they are comprised of both regulated and unregulated businesses.Regulated business means that the companies have contracts set with specific rates for gas, electricity and water that are set by local public utility commissions (PUCs).This means that the companies with regulated markets must lobby local PUC officials for acceptable rates that take into consideration the cost of providing the services as well as the capital costs of the operations for the services.In addition, PUCs, along with other regulatory bodies, must approve any expansion of regulated services, including new plants and transmission or other conveyance lines. And they also need to gain approvals for payments for upkeep and repairs. All of this takes a wide array of skillsets by management to make the most for shareholders while keeping customers and their PUCs content. 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The shares have delivered a total return over the past five years of 127.76%.Yielding 2.42%, it makes for a good buy under $185. Pumping ProfitsPetroleum has been one of the better markets for companies last quarter with sales gains for companies reporting of 12.14% (so far within the S&P 500) and earnings growth of 102.19%. * 7 Reasons to Own Coca-Cola Stock One of the more reliable segments of the petroleum market is in the midstream segment of the toll-takers of the pipeline market. And one of my favorites dividend stocks in this space is Plains GP Holdings (NYSE:PAGP), which has a great network of pipes and related assets throughout North America including the vital Permian Basin in the U.S.Revenue continues to flow with gains over the trailing year of 29.90%. And the shares are valued at a huge bargain as they are trading currently at a 90% discount to the trailing sales of the company.As a passthrough, the distributions are shielded from current income tax liabilities making the dividends all the more valuable on a tax-equivalent basis. With the current distribution of 30 cents per year, it yields 5.03%.Plains GP Holdings (PAGP) Total Return Source: BloombergAnd the overall shares have been dependable for income and for an overall total return over the trailing twelve months of 12.29%. It makes for a good dividend paying toll-taker under $26.65.All My Best,Neil GeorgeNeil George is the editor of Profitable Investing and does not have any holdings in the securities mentioned above. 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Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Plains GP Holdings today reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 results.
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Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE: PAA) and Plains GP Holdings (NYSE: PAGP) today announced their quarterly distributions with respect to the fourth quarter of 2018. PAA announced a quarterly cash distribution of $0.30 per common unit ($1.20 per unit on an annualized basis), which is unchanged from the distribution paid in November 2018. PAGP announced a corresponding quarterly cash distribution of $0.30 per Class A share ($1.20 per Class A share on an annualized basis), which is unchanged from the distribution paid in November 2018.
Houston-based Cheniere Energy Inc. (NYSE American: LNG) announced Dec. 11 that the first commissioning cargo of liquefied natural gas has left its Corpus Christi facility. The shipment was loaded on the LNG carrier Maria Energy, chartered by Cheniere Marketing LLP, and marks the first export of LNG from the state of Texas. Here are five things to know in energy this week: • Houston-based Plains All American Partners LP (NYSE: PAA) elected Alexandra Pruner to its board of directors.
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE: PAA) and Plains GP Holdings (NYSE: PAGP) today announced that Alexandra Pruner has been appointed to serve as an independent member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of PAA GP Holdings LLC ("GP Holdings"). "We are pleased to welcome Alie to our Board," said CEO Willie Chiang. "She has extensive experience in the energy industry from a variety of perspectives, and her strong finance and investment banking background is a good fit with our board.
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Plains GP Holdings today reported third-quarter 2018 results.
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Stifel changed its rating and price targets for quite a few MLPs in the last week. It raised its rating for Plains All American Pipeline (PAA) and Plains GP Holdings (PAGP) from "hold" to "buy." Stifel has given a price target of $28 to both PAA and PAGP.


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Post by Stelio » Tue Nov 13, 2018 11:05 am
One of the characters in Blackstone Fortress, UR-025, has a remarkable background:
Blackstone Fortress wrote: The Imperial Robot UR-025 actually pre-dates the Imperium itself, to a time when Mankind first perfected artificial intelligence. Having assumed the guise of an automatous agent of the Omnissiah, UR-025 seeks the Blackstone Fortress' forbidden technologies.
That got me thinking about which are the oldest characters in the lore that are represented by models in Warhammer 40,000. Here are some notable examples, from youngest to probably-oldest...
Dante (Blood Angels) is the oldest living loyalist Space Marine. His exact age is unknown, but he is at least 1500 years old and has been chapter master for at least 1100 years.
Bjorn the Fell-Handed (Space Wolves) is the oldest active loyalist Space Marine. He was around when the Emperor was still walking, active in the Great Crusade and first coming to notability in the Fall of Prospero.
Cypher (Fallen Angels) pre-dates the Fall of Caliban, which makes him a pre-Heresy character as well.
Many other Chaos Space Marines are also pre-Heresy in age, including Abaddon (Black Legion), Ahriman (Thousand Sons), Fabius Bile, Khârn (World Eaters), Lucius (Emperor's Children), Typhus (Death Guard).
But coming before any of the Space Marines there are of course the Primarchs, and we currently have models for Magnus (Thousand Sons), Roboute Guilliman (Ultramarines), Mortarion (Death Guard). They were created in the late 30th Millennium. (Of course some of the Space Marines were born human before their Primarchs, and were converted later.)
Avatars of Khaine are shattered shards of the Aeldari god of war. That shattering dates to the birth of Slaanesh in the early 30th Millennium.
Asdrubael Vect was around before the Fall of the Eldar. So that's as far back as the late 29th / early 30th Millennium.
The Men of Iron date to the Dark Age of Technology and were destroyed in the 23rd Millennium... except for UR-025, it would appear.
Nurgle is thought by some to have come into existence around the time of the Plague of Justinian (6th Century) and to have gained sentience around the time of the Black Death (14th Century). Horticulous Slimux is reportedly Nurgle's first daemon, and so could date to that time period.
And then there are the entirety of the Necrons who come way before any of the puny flesh that currently walks around and even anything daemonic, before the War in Heaven warped the Immaterium sixty million years ago.
The oldest miniatures of all are arguably therefore the C'tan, for which we have models for the Nightbringer, the Deceiver, and a generic model in the Tesseract Vault. (Although technically they're shards now, and the shards slightly post-date the War in Heaven.)
Who did I miss?
Re: Oldest WH40k characters with models
Post by minamoto » Sat Nov 17, 2018 7:18 pm
I'd have added maybe Eldrad Ulthuan, he should be around the same age as Vect... ish.
Also the ELdar phoenix kings, who are no particular eldar beeing as the more like the sum of them all souls of Eldar who become a phoenix King. Not sure how old these are but in terms of humans it might be a bucket load of aeons.
*takes off lore hat*
Interesting to think about that lore, it may be a bit to nerdy for me to pretend in real life, all what I know about that. Also I think it is intresting from the perspective, that "mankind" is limited in their thinking of eternity and such, if you believe psychology. To live for 100 or 150 years seem imaginable but going up to 1000 years and more. That's quite a thing to think of.
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