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Collection of modern art that speaks to me without words, proves to me that much of what we know and feel deeply about is embedded somehow in our connection to artistic expression.
The Cathedral, František Kupka, 1912 - 1913, From the collection of: Museum Kampa
Like the brilliance of the colors, the hard geometric edges. Appeals to my more secular spirituality and suspect the artist has similar sense of grandeur.
The Bedroom, Vincent van Gogh, October 1888, From the collection of: Van Gogh Museum
The perspective here, skewed, and the dominant yellows keep the effects always fresh. ALso like the edging of the floorboards, the jolt of red in the middle of the bed.
Nan and Brian in Bed, New York City, Nan Goldin, 1983, From the collection of: MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
Here the light is mesmerizing, the gesture of the cigarett and the woman's gaze, that fact that she is covered while he is bare. But that split light! Shows a relation to painting, could BE a painting.
Untitled, Albert Oehlen, 1989, From the collection of: MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
I like the way this one makes my eye move and refocus - like the gesture of the egg shaped black line, and the geometric squares adding depth. Also the yellow anchoring the lower right corner.
Cries and Whispers, Hill Jephson Robb, 2003, From the collection of: MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
One of those pieces that gives you shape, dimension, brilliant color, object as object. The shadows it creates, the non-verbal solidness of it.
Flash art, Rosalie Gascoigne, 1987, From the collection of: National Gallery of Victoria
Letters! Numbers! Jasper Johns! Blindingly bright, the thing-ness of letters, the intrigue of the inserted photos. Screams contemporary. Deluged by random letters, yet composed.
Home décor (Preston + de Stijl = Citizen) Panorama, Gordon Bennett, 1997, From the collection of: National Gallery of Victoria
Here I am drawn to the echo of religious art, the symbolisms, the blend of street violence and the more traditional "visitation" figure holding the baby - the layers of bold stripes like a grid, the central grid like flying over a city at nights.
Caryatid, Amedeo Modigliani, (c. 1913-1915), From the collection of: National Gallery of Victoria
Modigliani and his blues and simple lines, always elegant. This is a fuller figure than I associate with some of his work, but the almondine face remains the same. Love how the etched blue sets off the figure.
Red landscape, Fred Williams, (1981), From the collection of: National Gallery of Victoria
Here the division of white and red gives the work volume and form, along with the way the red fades and brightens, the textured fabric-like threads change when enlarged to trees (?) -- jots of color that keep one's gaze moving in and out.
Burning tree stump, Fred Williams, (1968), From the collection of: National Gallery of Victoria
More by Williams, now with an ash gray background. Like the wash of of color, the abstraction as of trees or flowers - or maybe not!
Stained glass art - saw much of this in a museum in Orlando, beautiful for its own sake but also reminds me of the tradition of art as central to items of use.
Abstract painting, Grace Crowley, 1952, From the collection of: National Gallery of Victoria
This simply appeals to my wonder at the power of blocks of color, the relation of one shape to another, the juxtapositioning of the whole composition.
Cahill Expressway, Jeffrey Smart, (1962), From the collection of: National Gallery of Victoria
Nude with beast III, Arthur Boyd, (1962), From the collection of: National Gallery of Victoria
A painted picture of the Universe, Roy de Maistre, 1920-1934, From the collection of: National Gallery of Victoria
Junior's brush with Vorticism, Gareth Sansom, 2007, From the collection of: National Gallery of Victoria
Beauty, Athol Shmith, (1950s), From the collection of: National Gallery of Victoria
No Woman, No Cry, Chris Ofili, 1998, From the collection of: Tate Britain
This is sad and beautiful, especially pulling in for a close-up and seeing the pixilated paint, seed-like gems.
Thistle picture, Paul Klee, 1924, From the collection of: National Gallery of Victoria
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Paul J. Grinberg
Mr. Grinberg has served as a member of the Board of Directors since April 2004 and brings to the Board extensive accounting and financial reporting expertise. Mr. Grinberg has been an executive with Encore Capital Group (Nasdaq: ECPG), an international specialty finance company with operations in fifteen countries, since September 2004, currently serving as President, International and Corporate Development, overseeing Encore's International operations along with corporate development responsibilities, and formerly serving as Group Executive, International and Corporate Development and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Encore, Mr. Grinberg served as President of Brio Consulting Group, a company he founded that provided financial strategy and consulting services to private equity and venture-backed companies. Before that, Mr. Grinberg served as Chief Financial Officer of Stellcom, Inc., a systems integration firm focused on providing mobile and wireless engineering solutions to Fortune 1000 companies, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TeleSpectrum Worldwide, Inc., a publicly traded company that provided outsourced call center solutions to Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Grinberg began his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP, ultimately becoming a partner in the firm's Merger and Acquisition Services Group. Mr. Grinberg earned a MBA (graduating Beta Gamma Sigma) from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in accounting (graduating magna cum laude) from Yeshiva University.
Nicholas A. Mosich
Mr. Mosich has served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors since October 2010 and as a member of the Board of Directors since May 2009. Mr. Mosich has extensive knowledge of the real estate development and investment banking industries acquired through his career as a Managing Member of Ion Capital Partners, LLC/ Arroyo Vista Partners, LLC, both discretionary investment funds that acquire land for residential development projects in California. Mr. Mosich also bring 27 years of capital markets and business management experience, most recently as an Executive Vice President and Board Member of the The Seidler Companies Incorporated, a NYSE member firm ("Seidler"). While at Seidler, Mr. Mosich was responsible for overseeing its Private Client Service operations and Investment Banking Operations. He was a Managing Director of Seidler's Community Bank Group, active in mergers and acquisitions, raising public and private capital for emerging growth banks including an active role as a co-manager of the Axos Financial initial public offering. In January of 2001, he merged his predecessor firm, Hagerty Stewart & Associates, Inc., into Seidler. Previously, Mr. Mosich was a partner at McGoodwin James & Company, a venture capital firm headquartered in Costa Mesa. At McGoodwin, he was active in funding later stage venture companies and making private investments in public companies. Mr. Mosich completed his undergraduate degree (cum laude) at the University of Michigan and received a Masters of Business Administration degree from Stanford University.
James S. Argalas
Mr. Argalas has served as a member of the Board of Directors since August 2011. Mr. Argalas brings to the Board extensive experience in the financial and investment sectors. In 2006, he founded Presidio Union, LLC, a company that specializes in providing financial analysis and corporate advisory services to early stage growth companies and their investors, taking an active role in developing ventures that have the potential to create significant stockholder value. Prior to founding Presidio Union, Mr. Argalas was a Principal at Watershed Asset Management and NM Rothschild, where he was responsible for investments in distressed credit, liquidations, real estate, special situations, and debt and equity investments in Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Watershed, Mr. Argalas was an Associate Principal with McKinsey & Company and an Associate at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Argalas has a Master of Business Administration degree from Kellogg Graduate School of Management (Northwestern University) with majors in Finance, Entrepreneurship and International Business; in addition, Mr. Argalas holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.
J. Brandon Black
J. Brandon Black is currently an operating partner at Clover Crest Partners, a private investment group founded by experienced public and private company chief executive officers and operators to invest in service-based businesses located in the Western United States. In 2013, Mr. Black retired as the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Encore Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECPG), one of the largest global companies in the credit management services industry. During his nine years as CEO, Mr. Black was instrumental growing the business, expanding into new asset classes and geographies and making acquisitions that established Encore as the industry's leading debt management and recovery solutions provider. Prior to Encore, Mr. Black worked for First Data Resources and Capital One Financial Corporation, where he led various operating units including credit, customer service, fraud and collections. Mr. Black earned a M.B.A. from the University of Richmond and a bachelor's of business administration degree from The College of William and Mary. Most recently, he co-authored and published a book titled, "Ego Free Leadership: Ending the Unconscious Habits that Hijack Your Business."
Tamara N. Bohlig
Ms. Bohlig joined the Board of Directors in August 2019 and brings more than twenty-five years of experience in the asset management and brokerage industries, including marketing an extensive line of investment products and platform services, as well as developing, launching, and managing enterprise and consumer products and services. Ms. Bohlig currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer of AssetMark, an NYSE-traded asset management platform that serves financial advisors nationwide. Previously, Ms. Bohlig served as vice president across business development, client experience, and product management and marketing for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Prior to Schwab, Ms. Bohlig held vice president positions across statement and partnership marketing for JPMorgan Chase, N.A. (formerly WaMu and Providian). Her earlier career includes product marketing and management engagements at Logictier, Inc., and Hewlett-Packard, as well as sales and marketing roles for P&G and General Mills. Ms. Bohlig holds two degrees from Northwestern University, including an MBA from The Kellogg School of Management, and a bachelor of arts in sociology. She holds FINRA Series 7 and 24 licenses.
James J. Court
Mr. Court is Chief Executive Officer of Navogen, LLC ("Navogen"), a business and technology consulting firm which he founded in 2018. Prior to Navogen, Mr. Court served as Chairman and President of First American's Property & Casualty Insurance Group ("First American"). Mr. Court joined First American in 1999 and previously served in senior management roles including Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Officer; his responsibilities at First American included overseeing all three Property & Casualty operating units. Prior to joining First American, Mr. Court held information technology and operations positions at MGE UPS Systems and Printronix, Inc. Further, Mr. Court has led successful business and technology transformations in both the financial services and manufacturing sectors. Mr. Court holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University, a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems from the University of Redlands, and an Associate degree in Electronic Engineering Technology.
Uzair Dada
Mr. Dada has a strong business and financial background focused on technology and marketing. He is the Founder and CEO of Iron Horse Interactive (IHI), an award-winning marketing technology and services company serving an array of Fortune 500 companies. Under Mr. Dada's leadership, IHI has introduced a suite of proprietary demand generation solutions and technologies that are widely recognized for their innovation. Mr. Dada led the IHI team to develop atEvent – a first-of-its-kind mobile event solution with full integration – into one of the most widely used marketing automation and CRM platforms. IHI has achieved numerous industry awards and accolades, including reaching Eloqua Gold Partner status, and being featured as a 'Start-Up Spotlight" by the San Francisco Business Times. Mr. Dada is a graduate of UC Berkeley and the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University.
Gregory Garrabrants
Gregory Garrabrants is President and CEO of Axos Bank, a federally chartered savings institution with approximately $8.7 billion of total assets. Mr. Garrabrants has been President and CEO of Axos Bank since 2007 leading it to consistently strong national rankings as one of the highest performing banking institutions in the country including two first place rankings in S&P Financial's ranking of the nation's top performing large thrifts.
Prior to joining Axos Bank, Mr. Garrabrants was a senior vice president and the head of corporate business development at the nation's seventh largest thrift focusing on entry into new business segments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances.
Before his senior executive roles at banking institutions, Mr. Garrabrants served the financial services industry as an investment banker, management consultant and attorney for over 15 years. He was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs specializing in advising management and directors on issues such as strategic planning, capital and liquidity management, balance sheet management, asset/liability management, and enhancement of shareholder value. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Garrabrants served as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, Mr. Garrabrants led teams that worked with senior management of money center banks, non-bank financial services companies, insurance companies and asset managers on strategy development, sales force effectiveness, risk management, organizational design and corporate restructuring. Prior to McKinsey, Mr. Garrabrants worked as a summer associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Munger, Tolles & Olson, and Morrison & Foerster focusing on corporate and securities law and clerked for the Honorable Steven V. Wilson of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Prior to graduate school, he began his career at Deloitte Consulting in the financial advisory services and litigation support practices.
Mr. Garrabrants earned his Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, from the Northwestern University School of Law and his Masters of Business Administration, with the highest distinctions, from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering and a minor in Economics from the University of Southern California where he graduated with high honors. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and member of the California Bar.
Edward J. Ratinoff
Mr. Ratinoff is a Managing Director and Head of Acquisitions for Phoenix Realty Group, an institutional real estate investment firm focused on opportunistic multifamily investments. Mr. Ratinoff oversees the investment program for two fund vehicles totaling over $500 million in equity, directs acquisition teams in Los Angeles and New York, and is a member of the firm's investment committee. Prior to recently joining Phoenix Realty Group, Mr. Ratinoff held the position of Managing Director and west coast head for the J.E. Robert Companies. In this role, Mr. Ratinoff was responsible for all equity and debt transactions throughout the western US for the real estate investment funds sponsored by the firm and was a member of the investment committees for both JER Partners and JER Investors Trust (NYSE: JRT). He was also responsible for directing JER's multifamily investment strategy in the US, acquiring 2,300 apartment units in Seattle, Atlanta and Detroit. During his tenure Mr. Ratinoff led the acquisition of approximately $1.0 billion in assets representing multiple real estate sectors and geographies. Prior to joining JER, Mr. Ratinoff served as Principal with FowlerFlanagan Partners, where he either led or participated in the acquisition, financing and renovation of approximately 3,000 apartment units in California, Seattle, Arizona, Texas and Missouri. Mr. Ratinoff also held senior positions focusing on real estate investment banking with McDonald Investments, Chase Securities and BT Alex Brown, executing public and private capital markets transactions for west coast-based real estate companies. Mr. Ratinoff received a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and City Planning from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Business Administration from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

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Winner of "Best Documentary" ("meilleur film documentaire") at the 2009 César Awards.
Cleo From 5 to 7 being one of my favorite films, I found this a wonderful view into the director, Agnes Varda. The film evolves, the telling of her story, her artistic vision, her childhood, it is intriguing to watch - particularly if you are aware of the French New Wave Cinema and artists of that time. It puts another piece of the puzzle together. Interesting also for elements of Jacques Demy. If you are someone who likes a movie to get to its point, wrap things up quickly and get on to the next thing - I would not recommend this movie for you. On the other hand, if you are someone who likes to linger and explore off the beaten path places and soak up what little treasures you find along the way - you will enjoy this film very much.
What better way to pay tribute to the then fifty-year-old Cinematheque Francaise in one-hundred-fifty seconds than by filming the fifty steps.
Agnes Varda devotes her attention to curator Ydessa Hendeles' remarkable exhibit "Partners" which opened at the Haus der Kunst in Munich in November of 2002.
The indefatigable Agnes Varda's travels around the world, meeting friends, artists and filmmakers for an expansive view of the global contemporary art scene.
Truly enjoyable, and eccentric, reminiscence of times past and loves lost. Varda is enjoying herself in this tribute to her life in the movies and to her relationship to Demy. She is playful, never self-pitying, clever in her juxtaposition of images of the current with those of the past. What is more, she is never self-aggrandizing, as so many others are. And yet. And yet, she was one of the few women (the only one?) who dared take on the totally male-dominated French film industry in the Sixties and Seventies. She makes a light joke about la Nouvelle Vague, using her favorite decor, the sea coast, and talks about her friendship with the giants of that seminal period, from Resnais to Chabrol and Godard, but without a hint of irony about the misogyny of those auteurs.
Looking forward to the restoration of the Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
Agnes Varda is unbelievably creative and totally adorable. I love her. This is her story and she tells it in her own irrepressible style.
Integrity, authority, warmth. A remarkable human testimony.
I can't help myself - I'm a Varda fan.


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Assassinio del re e della regina di Serbia, il re e la regina sono stati feriti nei locali del Palazzo e poi gettati da una finestra nel giardino del palazzo dove vengono uccisi da un gruppo di cospiratori.

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Today is a big day: we are going for the summit of Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48 states (at 14,504 feet) and the official end of the John Muir Trail. The western portion of Mt. Whitney is in Sequoia National Park and the John Muir Trail was completed by the Park Service in conjunction with the Forest Service. Most people go to the top of Mt. Whitney and then east over the Trail Crest Pass and exit out of what is called Whitney Portal. We are planning on summiting Mt. Whitney from the west side and then coming back down on the west side, heading south for another 32 miles or so (including a side hike) and exiting out of Cottonwood Pass. So we decide to keep the same campsite, climb Whitney, and come back down to the same campsite. This means we have to hike 14 miles with close to 4,000 feet elevation gain and 4,000 feet elevation loss. OK, this means an early start and we plan for a 5am departure.
5am comes quickly and we are on the trail with headlamps in the dark. Have any of you ever hiked in the dark with a headlamp? It is like swimming in dark murky water without knowing what is around you. We hike for about an hour and as we reach Guitar Lake above tree line, the sky is light enough and we can turn off our headlamps. Guitar Lake is popular as a base camp on the west side for climbing Mt. Whitney. Guitar Lake is about 4.8 miles from the top of Mt. Whitney and is 3,000 feet below the summit so it makes for a good sunrise or hike to the top in the morning. We get beautiful reflections off of Hitchcock Lakes as we climb higher and get very close to a pika and Ray gets a few good pictures. The trail isn't actually too bad; just a lot of switchbacks as you zig-zag back and forth up (and up, and up….). We reach Trail Crest Pass where the John Muir Trail meets the Whitney Portal trail at 13,748 feet.There is 1.9 miles to the top of Mt. Whitney from this junction. Many people leave their packs at this junction and there are packs and people lined up here. It feels a bit crowded but Mt. Whitney gets about 20,000 visitors per year so it isn't surprising.
"As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls, and birds, and wind sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of the flood, storm and the avalanche. I'll acquaint myself with the glaciers and the wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can".
As I reflect on John Muir's quote today, I feel very near the heart of the world.
The trail on the west side of Mt. Whitney as it switches up the slope.
Congestion of packs and people at Trail Crest Pass and the junction with the Whitney Portal trail .
Ray and I on the top of Mt. Whitney. There is a little smoke haze in the distance from the fires this summer.
Awesome pictures…thanks for sharing! Wow what a great accomplishment, and doing what you love! Congrats!


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New Peer-Reviewed Study: Lockdowns Are No Good Against Coronavirus
written by adam dick - sunday january 17, 2021
Across the world, people have been suffering because of coronavirus crackdowns marketed as means to limit or even stop the spread of coronavirus. Yet, looking around, many people have observed that it seems there is little to no benefit from oppressive measures such as stay-at-home and business closure orders given that coronavirus spread and dangers appear not to be significantly reduced in countries that impose harsh mandates as compared to those that maintain greater respect for liberty and commerce.
The same seems to be the situation when comparing state and local governments in America that have adopted policies justified as reactions
written by ron paul - monday january 18, 2021
With the mainstream media still obsessing about the January 6th "violent coup attempt" at the US Capitol Building, the incoming Biden Administration looks to be chock full of actual purveyors of violent coups. Don't look to the mainstream media to report on this, however. Some of the same politicians and bureaucrats denouncing the ridiculous farce at the Capitol as if it were the equivalent of 9/11 have been involved for decades in planning and executing real coups overseas. In their real coups, many thousands of civilians have died.
Take returning Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, for example. More than anyone else she is the face of the US-led
Who Are The Worst Perpetrators of Violence?
The choice that every individual must make, and the resulting civilization (of lack of civilization) that results from the choice, is always the same. It's either peace, voluntary cooperation and exchange -- or force, violence, politics, and war. Every epoch is marked by the choices that are made.
Written by Ron Paul - January 11, 2021
Last week's massive social media purges – starting with President Trump's permanent ban from Twitter and other outlets – was shocking and chilling, particularly to those of us who value free expression and the free exchange of ideas. The justifications given for the silencing of wide swaths of public opinion made no sense and the process was anything but transparent. Nowhere in President Trump's two "offending" Tweets, for example, was a call for violence expressed explicitly or implicitly. It was a classic example of sentence first, verdict later.
Many Americans viewed this assault on social media accounts as a liberal or Democrat attack on conservatives and Republicans, but they are
The Ministry of Truth is a consortium of colluding "private" corporations. Freedom of speech is dead in America. This is not about Trump or protests. This is about shutting down all speech that is not approved by the leftist establishment.
There is one and only one thing that will make a difference. It's the bottom line. Boycott and divest. Stop buying on Amazon. Don't use Google. Don't use Facebook. Don't use Twitter. Get rid of your Gmail account. Sell all of your shares of Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter. Sell ETFs and mutual funds that hold these companies.
#DivestMinitrue #DivestMinistryOfTruth
#BoycottAmazon #BoycottApple
Google Pulls Parler as Apple Threatens the Same in Wake of Capitol Riot
Alphabet Inc.'s Google late Friday suspended Parler, a free-speech focused social-media network favored by conservatives, from its app store, and Apple Inc. threatened to do the same in the wake of the U.S. Capitol riot.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-t...re-11610148297
Are Gold & Crypto Going To Have a Big Year? -- With Daniela Cambone
Stansberry Research journalist, Daniela Cambone, joins the Liberty Report to discuss crypto, gold, silver and other metals. With the Fed feverishly counterfeiting dollars, are we headed for a big year for these assets?
Here is the bitcoin chart that was mentioned in the program:
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/BTCUSD/
Reprieve? UK Judge Rejects Assange Extradition
News that UK Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the US to face espionage charges has shocked supporters and opponents alike. Keeping Assange out of the clutches of the notorious Eastern District of Virginia Federal Court may well have saved his life. However, the judge did not oppose the US position that Assange committed the crimes he is accused of committing. Baraitser only ruled that because of the way he has been treated - and would be treated in the future - in government custody, Assange is too much a suicide risk to be sent to the US. Is this "victory" without principles going to stand? Also today: What happened to the flu? Fauci warns of a nationwide California-ization. Amen? And more...
Link to article mentioned in today's program: http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives...s-our-vietnam/
Ron Paul Flashback: Socialism and War Will Not Prevail
Please enjoy this speech given at a 2016 Mises Institute event in Houston.
Vaccines Should Never Be Mandatory
There's a huge amount of political pressure to release a COVID-19 vaccine. This will mean limited testing and it's reasonable to expect that there will be pressure to make vaccination mandatory. While anyone who wants the vaccine should be able to take it, it's wrong to force an untested product on the unwilling. The question is not whether vaccines are good, but whether everything good should be mandatory. It's hard to think of a more fundamental freedom than the right to do what you want with your own body. After all, there is a precedent for medical experts getting things wrong. Free the People creative director Sam Martin breaks it all down in the latest episode of Freedom Over Fear.
Rand Paul calls for Trump veto of coronavirus relief, mocks GOP colleagues
Rand Paul calls for Trump veto of coronavirus relief, mocks GOP colleagues for 'socialist spending'
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., continued to assail the new coronavirus relief package on Wednesday, blasting "jokers" in Washington who never agree to replace wasteful spending and calling former President Obama comparatively conservative to some of his Republican colleagues.
Paul told "Fox & Friends" he would support President Trump vetoing the newly passed $2.3 trillion package in coronavirus relief and government funding. However, he said he opposed Trump on handing out "free money" to people in the form of direct checks for $2,000, which the president called for Tuesday night.
Most working Americans didn't need the money,
Massie, Gabbard team up on bill to repeal the Patriot Act
Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) have teamed up to introduce a bill designed to repeal the Patriot Act.
The two House members are proposing bipartisan legislation designed to limit government surveillance of people without warrants and probable cause.
The Protect Our Civil Liberties Act would repeal both the Patriot Act and the FISA Amendments Act that permitted government agencies to collect mass telephone and email data. Gabbard and Massie argue that this surveillance violates Americans' right to privacy and their civil liberties.
More: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ct/ar-BB1bZaCs
Why President Trump Should Pardon Assange
There are many calls for President Trump to pardon Julian Assange. Ron Paul agrees that it would be a very good idea.
Rand Paul Fights New NDAA
@RandPaul is GOING OFF on the Senate floor in opposition to the NDAA right now:
"These neocons put forth a belief that the commander in chief has virtually unlimited power to initiate war, but they are just fine with...preventing the commander in chief from ending a war."
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A year ago, to the day, Meghan raised eyebrows when she debuted a less-than-perfect curtsy to the Queen.
But it appears the Duchess of Sussex has been practising because today, despite being pregnant, she adhered to royal protocol and knelt down much further.
Royal experts criticised Meghan last year fire for her 'poor attempt' compared to Kate's more polished effort.


In this study 37 pregnant women with mitral stenosis whom we performed closed mitral comissurotomy in Istanbul Thoracic and Cardivascular Surgery Center between 1970-1990 were analysed. Mean fallow up is 5 years (min. 2 years, max 8 years). Of 37 cases 33 were (%89,1) diagnosed during pregnancy and 4 patients were diagnosed before pregnancy. The average age is 23,2 years (16-42 years) Three patients were operated in the first trimester, 28 patients in the second and 6 patients in the third trimester. There is no operative mortality. Normal birth took place in 32 patients with no dead fetus. Before operation 15 patients were NYHA class IV, 22 were class III. In the postoperative evaluations, 35 patients were NYHA class I, five patients were class II. If pulmonary edema and haemoptysis is resistant to medical treatment, closed mitral comissurotomy is the technique of choice which can be perfomed in any trimester during prognancy.


This week took me to the depths of Hackney for an Immersive Theatre adventure which presented itself as an open evening of workshops, learning and free thought hosted by "The Scholars of the Last Torch" – a group of similar thinking individuals who seek a collective freedom.
The event takes place in the exceptionally bizarre Lumiere bar – a place so decorated and rammed with random bits and pieces that it is actually impossible to tell what Velvet Loop brought with them for the production and what was already super-glued to the walls. It's the perfect location for a commune to base themselves, and they do 'cult' scarily well in this place. All the actors are clothed in loose white clothing and move with a superior calmness. Smiles seem genuine, and they are convincing and enthusiastic about the joy they've found in this commune – but troubles lie beneath the smiles, and it doesn't take long in the evening for the cracks to surface, and for problems in the group dynamic to begin to rise to the surface.
There is some clear influence here from the style of Immersive Theatre masters Punchdrunk, and it works very well for this production. On arrival, everyone is given a personal tour of the warren of rooms available to the performance. Over the course of the evening, you are encouraged to move freely around the space and choose which actors to interact with and to follow. You can watch a scene, and then move away as soon as something else catches your attention. It's well worth eavesdropping, particularly outside the 'not-so-nice' bathroom's door – even if eavesdropping is outlawed in the commune.
It gets off to a slightly slow start, but the actors are brilliant at keeping everyone entertained and moving around the – somewhat absurd – space. They think wonderfully on their feet, and are good at answering any questions you fire at them—they will not be caught out. Ask them questions, and feel free to challenge their beliefs; they will rise to the challenge with an eerily calm smile and a well-prepared answer. There's even a website devoted to their practice, which is good attention to detail.
The idea of good vs evil is present in this production, but it is not so simple as identifying people as 'good' or 'bad' or even identifying the cult itself as 'good' or 'bad'—and there is no clear shift between right and wrong. There is more grey area in understanding people's motives than there is in the 'fog' the audience are told they are currently in. The ending presented is not cut and dry, as suspicion and accusation change focus from character to character in the climactic scene, and the group adopt a pack mentality as they shift blame and rage from one person to other – who comes out on top isn't clear when you're being ushered out.
The narrative leaves something to be desired, and while the production does well to link several story arcs, the one involving 'Pearlie' – which, to me, was the one sparking the deepest emotional connection – appeared to be left unresolved, which was disappointing.
The most enjoyable part of the evening comes with participating in the rituals and workshops offered by the cult. The basement shares some shocking similarities with my preferred yoga studio – in particular the candles and music – and when the group members start slowly dancing and humming and encourage the audience to participate I become concerned as to whether I'm in a mock-cult situation, or just at my regular yoga class. It's a fine line, but either way I close my eyes, hum along, and find myself genuinely having a good time.
This is fun theatre, but it doesn't delve deeply enough into the issues created by a cult mentality to be as haunting and eerie as it has the potential to be. You can go see it until 3rd April 2014 and buy tickets here, but word of warning – the bar is excellent and extremely reasonably priced, but whatever you do – don't drink the kool-aid!
The writer was given free tickets to review this production.
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Grieving families are being spared long waits to find out how their loved ones died after a coroner introduced inquests that don't require post-mortems.
North Staffordshire senior coroner Ian Smith decided to trial the new approach after being hit by a major shortage of specially-trained pathologists.
Previously, a number of bodies were having to be stored for up to two weeks before a post-mortem examination could be carried out to determine the cause of death. And as this information was needed for a death certificate, it meant relatives were also having to delay funeral arrangements.
But now the fast-track inquests have been welcomed by families, who can get the entire process out of the way within weeks rather than months.
Mr Smith said they still need a pathologist to carry out a full-scale examination in more complex cases.
Post-mortem examinations have traditionally been held when a death is unexpected or unexplained. They involve looking at the body and organs.
But if a patient dies in hospital, a doctor involved in their care may be able to determine the cause of death. It can also be done by a mortuary services manager, using a much less invasive examination.
Mr Smith and his team launched the new system a few months ago, with several other coroners' offices in England adopting a similar approach.
At the Hartshill court, they now hold around six to eight inquests each week that don't require a pathologist's report – roughly the same number as for those that do.
"We've got half-a-dozen pathologists who do some work for us," said Mr Smith. "But we were finding we were having to look out of the area because cases were stacking up.
It comes as Stoke-on-Trent MPs Ruth Smeeth and Gareth Snell are campaigning to get a CT scanner for the area, which could speed up inquest cases even further.
One of the inquests heard under the new system looked into the death of 84-year-old Joan White, who fell out of bed at Florence House care home in Porthill.
The resident fractured her hip and was taken to A&E. After returning to Florence House, her condition deteriorated and she suffered a cardiac arrest, dying on July 20.
A GP was able to certify Mrs White's cause of death. And at an inquest this week, an assistant coroner concluded she died as a result of an accident.
Her daughter Susan Bowen, from Bignall End, said she had no qualms about going ahead without a post-mortem. She told StokeonTrentLive: "My mum was frail and old. I was surprised that she was alive for so long.


Last wanders through the gorgeousness of Arezzo with an abundance of cafe e bistros offering the mandatory Italian coffee.
Then my ride arrives to take us high into the Tuscan mountains. I meet the first of my cooking buddies - Ellen from New York. Also her first trip without her husband and family. A truly nervous and new experience for her only because her family are in Tanzania and she couldn't bear the altitude sickness (her personal phobia). Then Michelle arrives who is from Texas but living as an expat in Amsterdam (we click instantly ). We 3 ladies share our stories of first time solo travellers and are totally high fiving each other for our bravery. For me, it's another tick because after all I was hoping to meet like minded people on my tour. The remaining group consist of Elizabeth (UK) single, solo traveller who drives herself to the tops of the Tuscany hillsides - so brave we all think, Cynthia and Alan -a gorgeous elderly couple who have been everywhere in the world and soooo damn interesting. Alan is here to eat and will leave the cooking to Cynthia. Oh and they are Canadian. The final couple - Brian & Leigh from Sth Africa. A special trip for them to celebrate Leigh's birthday.


This is amazing! A robot hand that can grab, throw, catch, dribble, tie knots, spin pens, etc. How long will it be before we can watch a robot expertly perform the whole calendar of sleights in Erdnase? Will sleights of the future be developed on the computer and available for download onto our robot hands? Will practice become obsolete? Exciting and interesting times are at hand, literally.


Medical Tourism being one of the successful acceptance among Foreign tourists, India is on the verge of promoting it in lot ways. Other than Multi-specialty hospitals, Health Resorts, and additional services being one of the major reasons for exploring better prospects in Medical Tourism. Kerala on the other hand, leads in this category. Following article includes few of the names of prominent health resorts and Ayurvedic resorts in India that are visited specifically for Medical Tourism by Medical Tourist.
With Medical tourism booming in India, Health resorts have been making their way successfully in the market. With the concept of Alternative Medicines Practice in India, receiving worldwide recognition and acceptance, many resorts have opened up new dimensions in this category. The resorts that open up Ayurveda centre or a Naturopathy centre within their capacity came along to be known as Health Resorts.
Swedish Spas and Health Resorts were known to people for quite a long time, but it wasn't enough when it came to body rejuvenation and holistic treatment. What was needed additionally was a wholeness and tranquillity which could be obtained only after practising the alternative medication available at the health resorts and health centres in India. One finds many numbers of retreats, resorts and Ayurveda centre in India which offer alternative medicines.
The concept is totally different from the regular spas. Here people are made to indulge in hour-long Yoga sessions along with a holistic body solution. A wholesome diet is offered which helps in body detoxification. The holistic body solutions include treatments for various medical conditions which show positive results without the use of allopathic medicines. Ayurveda would never have been complete without Yoga and meditation which is included in the sessions. Yoga has become much popular in the world with many people all over the world practising it regularly.
Naturopathy centres and health resorts became a talk in the town as many medical tourists from all over the world started visiting them. One state that is prominently leading in this category for its huge number of health resorts and centres is Kerala. Kerala has been known for its Ayurvedic practices and centres for years. So Health resorts in this state are gaining popularity than anywhere else. Additionally, the scenic beauty and sheer tranquillity of Kerala is quite inviting. People fall in love with this place for its natural beauty, lifestyle and the alternative medicine practices. However, before taking a hasty decision on ayurvedic treatment, do some research to find the best ayurvedic hospital in Kerala that provides exceptional care and treatment to relieve your ailments.
Apart from Kerala, there are health resorts in all the major states in India.
It is a very good article about "Health Resorts and Medical Tourism". I am first time read this article. It is very useful for all people.


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Ma Xiaochun (Simplified: 马晓春; Traditional: 馬暁春; Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎ Xiǎochūn, b. August 26, 1964 in Zhejiang, China) is a Chinese professional 9-dan, author, and head coach of the Chinese National Team?. He is best known for his title victories throughout the 1990s, dominance of the Chinese Mingren title, first Chinese player to win an international title, and light, flexible play style.
Ma began playing go at the age of nine, and half a year later placed third at a local youth tournament. In 1982 (when he was 18), he was awarded an amateur 7-dan rank. In early 1983, he won the 5th World Amateur Go Championship and was promoted to professional 7-dan status. By the end of the year he had been promoted to 9-dan status through a series of rank promotion tournaments. He became a full-time professional in 1985. During 1985-88 he won several titles, including the Tianyuan, National Go Individual and New Sports Cup.
Ma has been noted for his light, airy, elegant and dodging style and opening play. In his early years, this style would clash strongly with that of Liu Xiaoguang in several important tournament matches. Liu played a fierce, combative style opposite to Ma's. Further down the road, Ma's airy style of play would continue to give attacking players a difficult time.
1995-05-24 Nie Weiping 6th Tong Yang Securities Cup Final Masterplay: The Playing Style of Seven Top Pros?
1995-08-05 Kobayashi Koichi 8th Fujitsu Cup Final Masterplay: The Playing Style of Seven Top Pros?
A story at GoBase regarding Ma Xiaochun.
Chinese language website of Ma Xiaochun.
Ma Xiaochun is profiled in the first chapter of The World of Chinese Go, throughout the book Beauty and the Beast, and in Master Play: The Playing Style of Seven Top Pros.
 The World of Chinese Go p. 1.
 Beauty and the Beast pp. 48-52, 92-100.


Om att få Lopressor 100 mg Stockholm. Lopressor (Metoprolol) is a safe & effective long-term treatment of hypertension. It is in a class of medications called beta blockers, working by slowing the heart rate and relaxing the blood vessels so the heart does not have to pump as hard.


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import numpy as np
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from sklearn import feature_selection
from sklearn import ensemble

class FeatureFiltering:
    def __init__(self, app, filepath):
        self.app = app
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        self.headers = headers
        self.X = X
        self.y = y

    def read_file(self, filepath):
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        headers = data[0]
        data = data[1:,:]
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        return headers, X, y

    def run(self, algorithm_type, threshold):
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            indeces = self.chi2(X, self.y, threshold)
        elif algorithm_type == "variance_threshold":
            indeces = self.variance_threshold(X, threshold)
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            indeces = self.random_forest_classifier(X, self.y, threshold)
        else:
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        X = min_max_scaler.fit_transform(X)
        return X

    def chi2(self, X, y, threshold = 15.0):
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        chi2, _ = feature_selection.chi2(X, y)
        indeces = []
        for i, c in enumerate(chi2):
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        return indeces

    def variance_threshold(self, X, threshold = 0.005):
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        The default is to keep all features with non-zero variance, i.e. remove the features that have the same value in all samples.
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        selector = feature_selection.VarianceThreshold(threshold = threshold)
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        mask = []
        for i in range(len(X[0])):
            if i in indeces:
                mask.append(True)
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Johnny Francisco Araya Monge (born 29 April 1957) is a Costa Rican politician. He was the mayor of the country's capital San José from 1998 to 2001 and again since 2003. He was also the co-president of the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) from 2010 to 2013. He is a member of the National Liberation Party (PLN) and was presidential candidate in the 2014 election.

Early life
Johnny Araya was born in 1957. He is the nephew of Luis Alberto Monge, who was President of Costa Rica from 1982 to 1986. Araya graduated from the University of Costa Rica's Faculty of Agronomy in 1980.

Career
Araya worked as an agronomic engineer for many years. Elected councilor of the City of San José for the first time in 1982, he participated in the Harvard Institute for International Development's one-month program for mayors of Latin America and the Caribbean in 1992.

Mayor and international organizations official
He was mayor of the city between 1998 and 2001 and since 2003. He is also holding several other political posts: he is Member of the National Assembly, the National Policy Board, the San José Provincial Assembly and the San José Canton Assembly.

He was: Vice-president of the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities (UCCI), representing the region of Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean from 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2006; President-delegate and member of the Bureau of the World Federation of United Cities (FMCU); Vice-president of the executive committee of the UCCI from 2004 to 2006; Co-president of the UCCI from 2006 to 2008 and again vice-president from 2010 to 2012.

Inside the UCLG, Johnny Araya was a member of the executive committee of its Latin American regional section, the Latin American Federation of Cities, Municipalities and Associations of Local Governments (FLACMA) from 2004 to 2006; member of the World Council of UCLG from 2004 to 2007; FLACMA Co-president from 2006 to 2012; and finally UCLG Co-president for the 2010–2013 term.

Presidential candidacy
On 31 January 2013 the PLN nominated him as its presidential candidate to succeed his incumbent party colleague, President Laura Chinchilla, constitutionally barred from re-election.

Favored to win, Araya's campaign staff "guaranteed a triumph in the first round",  but Araya came in second place to Luis Guillermo Solís, who won 30.9% of the vote against Araya's 29.6%. Araya's support was limited to the rural provinces of Guanacaste, Puntarenas and Limón, where the PLN maintains a strong party support system.

On 6 March 2014 Araya announced that he would abandon his presidential campaign after polls showed him far behind Luis Guillermo Solís.

MECO Travel Incident

Five days after being chosen as the PLN presidential candidate, Araya flew in a private jet owned by MECO Construction, a firm that was awarded contracts worth US65 million by the former presidential administrations of Laura Chinchilla and Óscar Arias, both PLN members.  Araya attended a FIFA World Cup qualifying match in Panama with his campaign manager and the CEO of MECO Construction, who had previously made donations to Chinchilla's campaign. After returning to Costa Rica, Araya denied traveling on a private jet or traveling with MECO Construction's CEO.

The owner of the jet, a private business owner, said that Araya had taken several trips on the jet previously. Such trips are in violation of Article 128 of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Costa Rica, which prohibits donations from private companies.

Araya was arrested as part of Operation Diamond on 15 November 2021 for alleged corruption.

Notes

References

External links
Johnny Araya Official Web Site

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1957 births
Living people
People from Palmares (canton)
National Liberation Party (Costa Rica) politicians
Mayors of places in Costa Rica


Michael van der Mark has scored an eighth place in today's second race of the WorldSBK at Aragon. Van der Mark's Race 2 was hampered by having to start from the fourth row of the grid, following the incident with Michael Rinaldi at turn one in the Superpole Race. Because of this crash he ended the Superpole Race in 15th place. Despite this setback, Michael lined up at the start of Race 2 confident he could fight his way through the field and into the battle for the podium, as he did in Race 1 yesterday, but this time his progress was slowed by front-end chatter. Van der Mark was left with little option but to ride around the problem and pick up valuable points with eighth place at the finish. Van der Mark remains fourth in the series standings with 79 points, five more than fifth-placed Leon Haslam.


Sydney FC have taken their preparations away from the soccer field to combat burn-out for Saturday's A-League clash with Brisbane.
The Sky Blues beat Adelaide 2-1 over 120 minutes in Tuesday night's FFA Cup final, four days before grinding out a tough league win over second-placed Newcastle.
Sydney coach Graham Arnold said mental conditioning has been the focus of preparations for an eighth-place Roar side on a four-game undefeated streak.
He even afforded the squad a day off training to hit the beach ahead of the Allianz Stadium clash.
"It was a matter of getting away from Macquarie (University training base) for a day and freshening up," Arnold told reporters on Friday.
"We've done a lot of work this week on the subconscious mind, getting the right words in there and getting right things into their mind and they'll be ready for tomorrow night."
An injury cloud hovers over star Sydney midfielder Milos Ninkovic after his 62nd-minute substitution on Tuesday with a calf complaint.
He's been named to play, but Roar coach John Aloisi expected his absence.
"We've planned for if he does play or if he doesn't play," Aloisi said.
"Sydney will still play to their structures and their system and their way of playing, it's just the personnel's a bit different.
"Whoever comes in for him I'm sure will do a good job because I'm pretty sure he won't play. If you're coming off with a calf injury it's very hard to back up three or four days later."
The Roar, who beat Melbourne City last week before three straight draws, are set to be buoyed by the selection of Ivan Franjic on the bench for the former Socceroos defender's first game for the club since leaving in 2014.
Both coaches have been heavily linked to the Socceroos coaching job vacated by Ange Postecoglou this week but denied their focus was anywhere other than this weekend.
"I have a huge amount of respect for my players," Arnold said.
"It's the wrong thing for me to do, to go talking about other things when I'm just solely focused on helping my boys win tomorrow night."
* Brisbane are winless in their last six away games (two draws, four losses), last winning on the road in March against Newcastle.
* Sydney FC have not been beaten in their last 19 matches at Allianz Stadium, winning 16 of them.
* The Roar have had the better of the sides' past five encounters, winning twice with two draws.


EASTER is fast approaching, meaning it's a time for family and friends to get together, so making sure you've got enough food and drink is pretty essential.
It's always a good idea to check they have what you need before you kick off your bank holiday celebrations.
There will be differences in M&S's trading hours on Good Friday and Easter Monday as they're Bank Holidays but these will vary by location.
All "Special" opening hours over this period will be noted under each store on the Store Finder on the website.
If you can't get to a store, you can still shop online for most items.


In the final instalment of my 'what does writer do all day' blog I'm going to finish off describing my busiest month of the year so far.
I started week three with another appearance in the Literature Festival, this time in Shiney Row library. The crowd was a little bit smaller than the one at the Glass Centre but I was up against the 'Knit and Natter' group that was happening at the same time, I was always going to come off second best. That said, it was another great session with loads of good questions and even a visitor from Canada. I assume that she came over especially to see me. The session ran over the hour and we could easily have stayed for another sixty minutes.
For the rest of the week I had a bit of breathing space and added the finishing touches to my presentation for the Self Publishing workshop. I'd received notification that the workshop had sold out which was both exciting and scary as I knew I had a lot of people relying me on delivering something worthwhile.
The workshop was at Holmeside Coffee, home of our writer's group and the best coffee in Sunderland. Joe Collins who runs the place always goes out of his way to help us and once again he went over and above to make sure that everything was just right.
I've done loads of presentations over the years and have learned to have various back up plans for when things go wrong so I wasn't nervous going into it. I'd seen the attendee list and had a rough idea of who everybody was. There were a few friendly faces including popular local author Jo Burns who made a special effort to get there.
A trend I've noticed throughout the festival is the random person who hasn't booked turning up and dominating the event. I had one of my own and I guess I should be grateful that I had someone willing to gatecrash a sold out event. Turned out not to be too much of an issue apart from one poor lad having to sit on a high stool all night.
A number of years ago I had an interview which involved a Powerpoint presentation and despite thinking I had checked everything, on the day I realised I hadn't checked the sound as the scrolling graphics were accompanied with a car crash noise to match the car crash of an interview. I've never been 100% confident with using Powerpoint since then and always expect something to go wrong. And it did.
Once I finally got my MacBook to work with the projector, with a lot of help from Joe, I was ready and everything seemed fine. That was until I got to my first screenshot. What had looked perfect on my laptop did not translate very well when projected onto the big screen and people could barely see it. This meant a lot of improvisation and the careful notes I'd made beforehand went out of the window a little bit.
I felt that I spent a little too long on the practical side of self-publishing rather than the theory but there were a lot of questions and discussions amongst the group which I think I managed to answer so overall I would say it went very well. I did catch my friend Lisa staring blankly out of the window at one point but I'm sure she was just thinking about how lucky she was to be at such an event.
The informal feedback I got was very positive and I hope that was matched with the formal feedback.
I'm not sure if it was the adrenalin from doing the event or me over-analysing what didn't go so well but I barely slept on the Thursday night. This meant that I was going to a grumpy soul at the Putting Southwick On The Map meeting on Friday morning if I didn't sort myself out.
Another dry day meant I could walk over to the uni and Greggs' fine 'coffee and a sandwich for two quid' deal allowed me to have a very pleasant breakfast by the river. It was slightly spoiled by a dog jumping up on the bench and knocking my cup over but I'll tackle inconsiderate dog owners in another blog.
The Southwick meeting went well, as they always do and I headed home for a nap before a well earned couple of pints on the night.
With my appearances at the festival over I could kick back a little bit. I wrote a couple of blogs, caught up on some admin, including invoices so I actually made some money, and focused again on the main part of my job, my writing.
I finished my third novel a while back and despite having self published my previous two, I have decided to look for an agent and have begun the submissions process. There could be a whole blog on that process alone but I found the time to fire off a couple of submissions to carefully chosen agents.
The screenwriting workshop I had planned to go to was cancelled but the week finished with a fantastic writing masterclass with Rob Young, writer in residence at Sunderland university. Funny, engaging and down to earth, he pitched his presentation at just the right level and I think everybody in the room was enthused as they left the room.
The last weekend of the month was dominated by my visit to Oktoberfest in Newcastle. I'd had to cancel a couple of workshops I was going to attend so I could go to this and the most positive thing I can say is that I got a blog out of it.
The month finally drew to a close with Halloween. And a book launch.
Horror isn't really my thing and I don't get involved with Halloween but some time ago I was given the opportunity to contribute to an anthology about Sunderland myths and legends. I rewrote the legend of The Cauld Lad of Hylton Castle and there are various other tales by talented members of Holmeside Writers as well as students from the uni and Sunderland College. I've read a few of them. Ray Hopkins delayed his novel about whales and Eastern European gangsters to write about the Victoria Hall disaster. Tom Smith gained the nickname 'Beamish' due to the amount of research he did into the Lambton Worm and Iain Rowan wrote something about horses and fighting so very similar to Newcastle after a derby match.
The launch was held in my favourite pub, The Ship Isis so when the full on spooky stuff started, I slipped off to the bar to enjoy a couple of pints.
It's been an odd month as I haven't done a lot of writing but I hope this series of blogs has given you an insight into what life as a full time writer entails.
It might not be as romantic as some imagined and all the beer and free food probably explains why I've gained two stone since I started doing this full time but it has to be better than doing a 'proper job'.
Newcastle Oktoberfest. Oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper.


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OpTic Gaming destroys LOUD to win 2022 VCT Masters Reykjavík
By Desk Gamers Staff April 24, 2022 News PC VALORANT
OpTic Gaming wins 2022 VCT Masters Reykjavík (Image via Riot Games)
OpTic Gaming from North America has emerged as the winner of 2022 VCT Masters Reykjavík by beating LOUD by 3-0 in a thrilling best of five series. Every game was full of ups and downs where OpTic first dominated massively on every map, but LOUD made a comeback every time but couldn't themselves to the victory. Yay showcased an incredible performance in the series and took the maximum number of kills, i.e., 74.
OpTic started the first map, Ascent, aggressively, and they didn't give LOUD any chance to win the first four rounds to get a four-point lead. pANcada's clean shots in the fifth round helped LOUD put 4-1 on the board; however, they couldn't do much as OpTic snatched the next four rounds back to back. LOUD was pushed on the back foot as the first half ended with a score of 10-2.
LOUD woke up in the second half and thrashed OpTic by winning seven rounds out of eight. It was a remarkable comeback from LOUD; however, it was not enough to stop the opponent team, especially Marved, as OpTic moves ahead in the series by 1-0.
OpTic Gaming beats LOUD to win 2022 VCT Masters Reykjavík (Image via Riot Games)
The second map, Bind, had a similar story where OpTic destroyed LOUD in the first half, letting them win only four rounds. However, LOUD made a comeback in the second half by winning six rounds back to back, but at last, OpTic won three consecutive rounds to take the lead back. The map was pushed to overtime; however, OpTic secured the win once again by 14-12.
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LOUD was under so much pressure now, and it was clearly visible in the first half as they once again couldn't keep up with OpTic, and after the first half, OpTic had a four-point lead. It was pretty evident by then that OpTic would be taking the trophy home; however, LOUD again made an insane comeback in the second half but couldn't capitalize on it. The map entered overtime twice, and OpTic ended the game by winning the 2022 VCT Masters Reykjavík by 15-13.
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Plug and Play Morocco opens applications for its third acceleration program to run from March 10th until June 3rd, 2022
MOROCCO, January 4th, 2021 – Over a year ago, Global innovation platform, Plug and Play, joined hands with the OCP Group and the prestigious academic and research institution, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) to bring the Smart Cities Innovation Platform to Ben Guerir. Plug and Play Morocco launched in 2021, since then they have held two acceleration programs in the region as part of a joint vision to make the kingdom a premiere destination for VCs and startups in the surrounding regions. Now wrapping up their second cohort of Moroccan and African startups, Plug and Play Morocco officially opens applications for its third acceleration program to run from March to June 2022.
The ventures team of Plug and Play Morocco will receive, review, and interview candidates for this three months in-person program providing mentorship, resources and tools that support the growth and expansion of startups. Selected startups will benefit from interactive workshops as well as one on one coaching sessions with international experts in a comprehensive number of subjects such as, but not limited to: growth hacking and digital marketing, pricing and revenue models, accounting and legal, go-to-market strategies, early stage investments, storytelling, purposeful narrative and pitch polishing.
"It was a fast forward experience in learning how to build a company. The mentors we had the chance to meet were experienced, they helped us gain a lot of time, avoid a lot of mistakes, and the team at Plug and Play has been very nice and provided the best conditions for us to give our best," said Youssef Bouyakhf, Founder & CEO of Deepecho (Plug and Play Batch 2).
During this 3 months program, the selected startups are set to take part in 4 weeks of in-person acceleration, during which a series of workshops, networking opportunities and meetings will be catered to their needs. For the remainder of the 3 months, founders and their teams will have access to StartGate, UM6P's startup campus committed to providing world-class infrastructure and resources to support entrepreneurs launch, prototype and grow their startups, and to an array of living laboratories in the Green City of Ben Guerir, where they will be able to fully test their solutions and take full advantage of networking events that will shape their business journey. Virtual support will also be provided beyond the in-person weeks to allow our experts to follow each team's progress throughout and after the program.
On March 4th 2022, Plug and Play Morocco will kick off its third acceleration batch, an equity-free program for innovative and forward-thinking startups that will shape the future of Africa, out of StartGate, one of Africa's largest startup campuses located on UM6P's campus in Ben Guerir, Morocco. The program will start with a Selection Day, a half-day event during which representatives of the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, OCP Group, and its engaged subsidiaries will meet our selection of candidates from different African countries, carefully selected by Plug and Play Ventures. They will then vote, through a set of metrics provided by Plug and Play, for the startups they judge to be ready for the program.
Plug and Play Morocco is looking for Africa-based startups in the following focus areas: Retail and E-commerce, Mobility and IoT, Health Tech, Agtech, Real Estate and Construction, Supply Chain and Logistics, Waste and Water Management, Fintech, EdTech, Food and Energy. Applications are open and will close on February 20th 2022. Visit our website for more information and to apply for Batch 3.
"The Plug and Play program is different from other programs in the fact that it brings international and well- known mentors to Morocco. It also helps our startups have access to Silicon Valley's type of investments and at the same time learn from peers within the Plug and Play network around the world," commented Yassine Rahmi, E-reputation and Digital Marketing at OCP Group.


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PayPal Phishing Scam Strikes Mailboxes
A forceful online campaign is wildly spamming e-mails making fake claims of a security alert that apparently PayPal issued, thus published Nakedsecurity in news on February 23, 2011.
Actually, since more than 200m people use PayPal, online scammers are exploiting the situation for stealing money via treating the website as their main target. A particular method they are using is that of executing phishing attacks for the account information of PayPal users.
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Astonishingly, the purpose of this assault is for getting the user to divulge his name, birth date, address and credit card information.
Lately, an individual, aged 22 and belonging to Sherwood Nottingham (UK) was charged with having infiltrated 303 PayPal and eBay accounts as well as with siphoning more than $180,000 from authentic accountholders. The invader, it's alleged, cracked many eBay account passwords from where he gained admission into the PayPal accounts of the victims. Subsequently, he wiped these accounts off their balances and moved the money into his own account that he eventually used to make purchases.
Now according to the security researchers, any recipient at the very outset should feel doubtful of the e-mail as the sender's address reveals no indication that the related account is of PayPal's e-mail. However, users overall are being reminded that they shouldn't ever download attachments or click web-links coming via unsolicited e-mails rather they should visit the site directly via manual entry of the URL into the browser's address bar as also verify everything the e-mail claims from there.
Still, if the doubt persists then the user should visit the actual PayPal site followed with the usual logging in exercise and incase there really is a security alert from PayPal, then he can find it through the messaging mechanism of the website itself.
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