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Movie Review – 'Neighbors'
Tim Falkenberg March 10th, 2014 - 11:20 AM
Several months ago now, our Weekly Trailer Roundup was topped by a pair of R-comedies headlined by Zac Efron: That Awkward Moment and Neighbors. To me, they both had potential. The trailers did their job. I was excited for the movies. Then I actually saw That Awkward Moment, and "excited" is about the last thing I felt. Fairly or not, my excitement for Neighbors was seriously tempered (Efron is the only connective tissue betwee the two pics, but I didn't think he was great in Moment).
That'll teach me to whimsically equate unrelated productions.
To a sold out crowd, Neighbors made its premier Saturday night at SXSW, and it wouldn't be much of an exaggeration to say it had us literally rolling in the aisles. It's no exaggeration to say this is one of the funniest and freshest R-comedies since The Hangover. Now if they can just avoid the impulse to serialize it to death.
The story follows two threads: Seth Rogen and Rose Byre as a couple with a new baby trying to come to terms with the realities of responsible adulthood, and a frat cohort led by Zac Efron and Dave Franco trying to make fraternity history by doing something epic, something on the level of say, inventing beer pong…and just maybe trying to cope with the impending conclusion of college as well. After burning a prior house down, the frat moves in next door to Teddy and Kelly (Rogen and Byrne), and through a series of events that I won't go into here (but are pretty damn funny to watch), the two households begin an epic feud.
If that all sounds a little crazy, it's because it is. But the movie absolutely nails the tone it's trying for, consistently asking the audience not to suspend their disbelief entirely, but only to push the bounds of believable out a little ways. It's what allows the movie to isolate Teddy and Kelly from the rest of the neighborhood by saying the frat bought out the rest of the block, but Teddy and Kelly can't move because, being next to a frat, their home value has now plummeted. This is where the real fun of the movie is found. It gives itself license to do just about anything, but restrains itself just enough that the audience isn't pulled in too many directions. It's a lot like The Hangover, actually, by way of Home Alone. You want to believe all the craziness these characters do, and so it flies.
A big part of that is the way the characters themselves are drawn. As the old adage goes, keep it simple, stupid, and although I never thought I'd celebrate character arcs so skinny they're practically anorexic, it's exactly that this movie calls for. What sets it apart is that is that it doesn't forsake its characters. Rogen is the formerly partying everyman he plays so well, taken to a new high here when he's forced to couple that with actual responsibility for a wife and child. Byrne's Kelly is a woman struggling to stay sane while staying home all day. Efron is the king who knows his reign must end. And Franco is the sidekick who points him the way. There's not very much, but the way little bits of personality are sprinkled throughout the film contributes the grounding that the picture has. But those are also easy character arcs to complete. The most heavy-handed it gets is Efron confronting his own college mortality, and even that gets broken up by an amazing series of bros before hoes jokes.
Because really, that's what we want from this movie – jokes – and thank goodness the script and the actors are good enough to give us an abundance of hilarity. Rogen, of course, is a known comic quantity, but Efron proves very capable and Franco fits his sidekick role well, although it does seem like some of the awkwardness of his character is less acting and more pure awkwardness. Byrne gets a chance to leave behind the stuck up nature of her character in Bridesmaids, and absolutely owns it as the desperate-for-a-party Kelly. And finally, a discussion of the cast cannot conclude without mentioning the sublime comic supporting turn of Ike Bairnholtz as Teddy's friend from work, as well as an all-too-brief performance from Lisa Kudrow.
The Verdict: 4 out of 5
This review has ended up somewhat shorter than normal, but that's because there's a very limited amount to say. This movie knows what it is: an R-comedy the vein of Knocked Up, Superbad, The Hangover, etc., but it's smart enough to remain engaging and well executed to a high degree. My patience for this kind of film can be limited, but Neighbors knows what it's doing. It doesn't outstay its welcome, it's hilarious throughout, and it has all the character development it needs without an ounce more. Your enjoyment of this film is going to be entirely contingent on your enjoyment of others of its kind, as it is directly out of the Apatow circle of influence, but rest assured – this is among the better films this subgenre has to offer.
For more on Neighbors, check out our impressions from the SXSW World Debut.
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Taking the 'Permanent' Out of Permanent Alimony
Taking the 'Permanent' Out of Permanent Alimony
Alimony, Divorce, Family Law, Uncategorized
Unhappy married couples tend to believe they're trapped in a life sentence—they may be right. Geoff Williams reports for U.S. News.
Most people, when they take their wedding vows, hope they'll be together with their spouse until death do them part. But in the headwinds of love, many don't consider or are simply unaware that in some states, it's possible to be together until death even if you divorce.
Permanent alimony is what it sounds like. A couple marries and when they divorce, one spouse pays the alimony for the rest of their natural life, or until their spouse's demise—whichever comes first. In most cases, remarrying quashes the payments, which is why many of the payees opt for living with someone else rather than remarrying.
Even opponents of permanent alimony agree that there are sometimes good reasons for a spouse to receive permanent alimony (e.g., they have a disability preventing them from working). In other cases, however, when the recipient is healthy and college-educated, it can seem as if fate has smiled upon one person, who now has something akin to lottery winnings for life, and scorned the other as an unlucky soul who now must pay for the mistake of marrying the wrong person for the rest of their life.
Even Powerball winnings end after 20 years, while permanent alimony continues through one's retirement—although the amount paid can be reduced by the courts. Consequently, a number of senior citizens find themselves giving up a chunk of their Social Security check to a spouse who is receiving the same amount of Social Security, plus the alimony.
The permanent alimony trap can be especially maddening for someone like Jane Carter, 43, who is using a pseudonym so she can more freely discuss her husband's case, which will soon be hashed out in court. Her husband separated from his first wife in 2003 and was ordered by the courts to pay his ex-spouse $90,000 a year (not including child support). They divorced in 2005 and eventually the amount was lowered to $81,000 a year. So far, Carter's husband has paid his ex-wife $800,000 in alimony, and while his monthly alimony payment used to be 30 percent of his income, with the economy the way it's been, 57 percent of his income now goes to his ex-wife.
Unless Carter wins the court's favor, there's seemingly no end in sight. In fact, she says her husband's ex-wife is now after her money. "I have a small nest egg for my 11-year-old son, and her lawyer is trying to find out how much I have for that nest egg because we're in the midst of a modification proceeding," says Carter.
Permanent alimony is a particularly vexing problem for anyone mired in the courts; Carter and her husband are both licensed attorneys and well-versed in the law, and they still find navigating the law challenging.
Many states have abandoned the practice of permanent alimony—or at least reformed the law—but it's still going strong in states such as New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, Connecticut, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Florida. Permanent alimony was created in the days when women didn't go to college and rarely had careers, instead tending to the kids and household. Then it was sorely needed. Now, opponents argue, those reasons for its being are long past.
Debbie Israel, a 47-year-old college math teacher in Miami, is engaged but refuses to marry until permanent alimony is reformed in her state. She began dating her fiance, an engineer, in 2010 after their respective divorces in 2008 and 2009. After about a year of seeing each other, he proposed. She said yes. But shortly after, Israel was reading up on divorce and learned that in the state of Florida, her wages could wind up in the hands of his ex-wife, which led Israel to become a core member of the Florida Alimony Reform Group, which now has more than 2,000 members.
The nonprofit has been pushing for alimony reform since 2010 and plans to fight other family-law problems once the state reforms alimony—something its divorced founder, Alan Frisher, a Melbourne, Fla., certified divorce financial analyst, is confident will happen. The change could take place as early as this year, with a bill to end permanent alimony expected to go to a vote in the Florida legislature within a few months.
Israel, who is divorced, could have received permanent alimony but declined. She considered it, but when a cousin asked her, "Why would you want to be attached to an unhealthy relationship for the rest of your life," that question stuck with her—ultimately leading her to decline alimony and develop a plan for her to receive child support for her and her ex's son.
Both Israel and Frisher know many people who are mired in the stresses of permanent alimony. Frisher tells of an IT guy who is behind in permanent alimony payments and wakes up every day wondering if this will be the day the sheriff will come knocking on his door. Israel knows a fellow Florida Alimony Reform Group member who, after discovering her husband having an affair with their nanny, is now paying permanent alimony to her perfectly healthy ex-husband—for the rest of their lives, if the law isn't fixed. Israel laments that she even had a friend who committed suicide over permanent alimony.
"Some people are told that their marriage is ending, and then they feel like they're losing their family since they don't have access to their kids on a daily basis, and they see their finances wiped out, and then they're told that they have to pay their ex for the rest of their life," Israel says. "That can be too much to cope with."
Frisher would like to see alimony in his state limited to half of the marriage. In effect with that law, for example, if someone was married for 18 years, the spouse with less ability to earn an income would have nine years of alimony—presumably ample time to go back to school or find a decent job.
Permanent alimony kills the desire to work hard as well, according to Frisher, who offers an example of a dentist who is a member of the reform group and currently pays his ex-spouse $10,000 a month. He cites another member, a physician paying $6,000 a month. In both cases, if the dentist and physician were to expand their practices and make more money, the way the laws are written now means their exes could go to court and call for their alimony to be raised.
The current law arguably creates a welfare-type state for the recipients, also killing their desire to work hard, opponents of permanent alimony charge, due to their receiving a de facto monthly annuity for the rest of their lives.
"In some unusual cases, I can see where alimony should be made permanent, such as if a spouse is disabled," says Robin DesCamp, a permanent alimony reform activist in Portland, Oregon, "but there should be a formula, and I personally don't think you should have to give a person more than 25 percent of your income. You shouldn't have to give more than 50 percent of your income to a healthy person who can get a job at Starbucks, for crying out loud."
If you need advice regarding alimony, contact the Men's Divorce Law Firm today to speak with a caring professional about your case.
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Deion Sanders Wins Custody of Sons, Joint Custody of Daughter

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Because chemistry research is done at extremely high temperatures, the research-grade glassware must be more thermally resistant than artistic glassware. Research scientific glassblower Karen Carraro works with borosilicate glass, which has a melting temperature of nearly 1500 °F.
In the basement of the Chemistry 1973 building, past a hallway lined with blue lab coats and shelves of strangely shaped glass flasks and tubes, the seemingly disparate fields of scientific research and artistic creativity are forged together.
As the facility manager of Penn's glass shop, Karen Carraro works as a research scientific glassblower and is responsible for maintaining, repairing, and creating custom scientific glassware for students, researchers, and faculty across campus.
"Scientific glassblowing is a unique field," says Carraro. "The [first] people that became scientific glassblowers were actually the chemists: They used glassware in their labs, and they created apparatuses for their research."
Carraro was first attracted to scientific glassblowing as a career thanks to family members who were involved in the trade. She began her career as an apprentice for her stepfather Tom Cachaza, the glassblower at Drexel, before taking over the glass shop facility at Penn, where she's been for the past 25 years.
Nowadays, people can buy glassware from a catalog, but as researchers look for creative approaches to scientific problems, there is often a need to create custom, one-of-a-kind apparatuses. "Glass is cheap compared to the analyses that are done, like the million dollar machines that measure the chemicals, but glassware is such an integral part of the work that they do to isolate those chemicals," she explains. "What the shop is able to do is to help researchers recycle, reuse, and repair the materials that are the crux of their work."
Carraro spends much of her day jumping back and forth between tasks: setting up a new piece on the lathe, putting finished work in the oven, ordering new glass components, and working with students who come to the studio with broken pieces or custom requests during her drop-in hours. Part of the day involves "diagnosis": identifying parts of an apparatus that needs to be replaced and figuring out whether or not it can be repaired. Glassware in need of repair is then cleaned and annealed before the broken area can be cut out and new glass welded in.
Carraro prepares glass tubing components for a custom piece requested by the Goldberg lab.
While most of her glassblowing work is focused and quiet, Carraro greatly enjoys the opportunities she has to interact with the students and faculty who come to the shop, where she tries to draw on their innate ability to think outside the box. "They tend to articulate what they want, and I have to transition them from that articulation to a drawing," Carraro explains. "What's different about research scientific glassblowing is that we need to have specifications of what apparatus they are looking to get made."
Members of the lab of Karen Goldberg know first-hand how Carraro and the glass shop helps make their research possible. Their group is working on "green" chemical transformations by finding ways to make and break bonds in ways that are more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. But many of the chemicals they are working with can't be exposed to oxygen or water, so their experiments must be conducted either in a vacuum or under purified inert gases like nitrogen or argon.
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Celebrating 150 years of the periodic table
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Answering big questions by studying small particles
Goldberg's students rely on specialized glassware known as Schlenk lines as an integral part of their research. The lab has twelve Schlenk lines that the group uses every day, and if a line becomes broken or damaged, it could mean a month's worth of work lost from having to disassemble, pack, and ship the lines off for repair. But with Carraro available to make speedy repairs on site, the time lost is less than a week. "This is a great resource that a lot of places don't have anymore," Goldberg says about the glass shop. "[Carraro] is critical to [our lab's] operation."
Carraro also helps researchers figure out what portions of broken glassware can be salvaged. "Any time any glassware is damaged, she's very approachable," says Drew Newman, a third year graduate student in the Goldberg lab. Newman goes down to the shop often to speak with Carraro about what can be repurposed if a store-bought piece isn't doing the job or how to save parts of large, expensive pieces when something becomes broken.
Back in the shop, Carraro stands at the helm of an imposing 55-year old Heathway lathe at the far end of the room. She places a round-bottom flask, a massive piece larger than a basketball, carefully between the two ends before turning on the flame. "This is how I normally work," she says, casually turning away from the lathe. "I let the piece sit and warm up while I do something else, like talking to students or working on another piece."
She returns to the flask, torch in hand, and begins to melt away the neck piece so she can add on a different sized connector. She pulls away the top of the flask in one smooth, clean motion. Because the research apparatuses must be more thermally resistant than artistic glassware, the borosilicate glass she works with require a much higher melting temperature—nearly 1500 °F.
A small number of students at Penn also have the opportunity to learn directly from Carraro about scientific glassblowing. She shares her expertise as part of a course that teaches them how to think about glass damage, how to look for stress, how to choose appropriate glassware, and how to stay safe while working with vacuum or high pressures. They then create an oil bubbler, a bulb that has a glass joint fused inside, for their final project.
Alex Phearman at work in the Goldberg lab.
Alex Phearman, a fourth year graduate student in the Goldberg lab, says taking the class helped him appreciate Carraro's work. "[The bubbler] is something that Karen could make in 15 minutes, and we spent a long amount of time and all of ours are crooked. It's nice to know what the glass shop is capable of and the skillset that is involved," he says.
Carraro enjoys teaching the course, but mentions that one of the challenges is coaxing the students through the process of being a beginner. Glassblowing is a repetitive, practiced skill that can only come with hours of practice and a few mistakes along the way.
Carraro's years of experience, including 4,000 hours of training as an apprentice, are tapped into on a daily basis as she balances high-adrenaline moments with the repetitious nature of most of what she does. "There a period of time when the glass becomes liquid that everything is on. You need to be able to be monofocused at that point—distractions will actually affect your ability to stay with the piece," she says.
But far from being nervous while working with high heat and delicate materials, Carraro describes glassblowing as a sort of "meditative practice" that still requires sharp-minded focus. "You come into a zone where you basically let all the distractions go. I find it to be extremely meditative. But then, if the glass does not react in the way that you're anticipating, it's the ability to make the correction during the time of the repair."
Not every piece she works on goes perfectly: Shortly after adding a new neck onto the large round-bottom flask, the joint begins to crack. "Embrace the mistake and move on," she says before starting to fire the next piece of glassware. "Just like in the chemistry lab: The reaction doesn't go well, the repair doesn't go well. It's the ability to let that go so that you can get back into a productive mindset."
Schlenk lines are crucial to performing the air- and water-sensitive chemical reactions done by the Goldberg group.
From embracing mistakes, a need to be curious, putting in hours of work, and having a "fire in the eyes," there's more than a few parallels between Carraro's work and the work done by the students and researchers she supports.
Carraro's shop is also a place where students can take a break from frustrations with their research to talk to Carraro. "Their ability to come down and have a moment outside the lab with me is really comforting, and I really enjoy being a big fan of theirs," she says.
Members of the Goldberg group agree, and they are enthusiastic about having Carraro as one of their colleagues. "Karen has been a very welcoming face, and she's always willing to help the students and help us make our research feasible and possible," says Phearman. "It's nice to be able to come here and talk to Karen, and she prioritizes high-need things, like a broken Schlenk line, so that we can get back as soon as possible."
With summer research projects in full force, Carraro says that this time of year is always busy for her, with lots of students around doing research (and breaking glass). But among the challenges of her specialized work of designing, envisioning, building, and fixing glassware and the fast-paced, ever-changing nature of her craft, she continues to love her work at the interface of art and science. Each apparatus she creates has its own individuality and impact brought to life through the creative process—much like the researchers, and the work they do, that she supports every day.
Erica K. Brockmeier Writer
Eric Sucar Photographer
Derick Crucius Videographer
Penn's 263rd Commencement
The Class of 2019 took to Franklin Field on Monday, May 20, for Penn's 263rd Commencement ceremony, where President Amy Gutmann urged graduates to "weave together a world better, freer, and more inclusive."


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DmC: Devil May Cry är ett actionäventyrspel utvecklat av Ninja Theory och gavs ut av Capcom under januari 2013 till Playstation 3, Xbox 360 och Microsoft Windows. Det är den femte delen i spelserien Devil May Cry, och som fungerar som en reboot till serien. Spelet handlar om Dante, en ung man i början av sin långa saga.

En remastered-version under titeln DmC: Definitive Edition, som körs på 1080p/60 fps och inklusive all nedladdningsbart innehåll, nya dräkter och nya spelfunktioner såsom ett manuellt målssystem, gavs ut till Playstation 4 och Xbox One den 10 mars 2015.

Referenser

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Officiell DmC webbplats
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Datorspel 2013
Playstation 3-spel
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A field called Castle Close acquired in 1968, revealed a circular feature, which turned out to be the remains of a prehistoric round house. Ten years later in 1978 pottery sherds were discovered during ploughing.
As work continued on the farm-land being reclaimed, a house built and valley garden created, worked flint tools began to be discovered.
As a result of all the finds Mr Hadley was anxious that parts of the farm should be excavated and from 1978 a series of excavations were undertaken by Mr Hadley, members of the Cornwall Archaeology Society directed by Daphne Harris, and George Smith from the Central Excavation Unit of the Department of the Environment.
The Mesolithic Area known as the Rock Mound dated from hazel nut fragments to 5,550 - 5,250BC.
The Neolithic Site in North Pond Field dated from charcoal to 3,850 - 3,600 BC Cal.
The Beaker Mound, yielding one of the best finds of Beaker Pottery in Cornwall, dating c1,540 BC.
The Bronze Age Hut dated to c1,380 BC.
The Iron Age area nearer the cliffs has not been examined in depth.
As a vast amount of material from all the areas was found, (over 48,000 Mesolithic flints alone) Mr. Hadley set up a small Museum in a barn on the farm to display the material, some items were also	deposited with the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro.
Chynalls Cliff Castle, Coverack NGR SW78601745.
Lankidden Cliff Castle, west of Coverack NGR SW75571652.
Goonhilly Downs, over 65 Bronze Age Barrows and the Late Neolithic / Early Bronze Age 'Dry Tree' Standing Stone NGR SW72562119.
Trebarveth, Romano-British Salt Manufacturing Site, on the seaward side of the public footpath between Coverack and Lowland Point NGR SW79601931.


I taught at Southeast High School in special education for 33 years. I retired in 2003. Preckwinkle "subbed" for one day and is eligible to make more than twice the amount of money I get from retirement after 34 years teaching in Illinois.
The Illinois Federation of Teachers had better take a good look at what its lobbyist is doing. How can Preckwinkle lobby for Illinois teachers, then rip them off to the tune of more than $100,00-a-year retirement pension for subbing just one day?
I think that should get teachers wondering about how much IFT represents them when letting one of its lobbyists walk off with twice as much money as a retired teacher will be getting eight years after retirement.
If I were a member of IFT, I would leave that organization if Preckwinkle is allowed to take all of that money after only teaching (or should I say "subbing?) one day!
Is law still in effect?
In your article about the two "gentleman" taking advantage of a 2007 law enabling them to "earn" a teacher's pension after substituting for two days, I would like to know more about this law. Who sponsored it and is it still in effect?
This law is an insult to every teacher and legitimate substitute who entered a classroom to teach.


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PCC cannot be held responsible for information that it or its employees provide concerning the RoHS status of a component, or for errors or omissions, even if due to employee error or negligence.
Ultimately, you the customer, are responsible for verifying RoHS compliance of product purchased from PCC or any distributor, as no distributor can certify RoHS compliance beyond reviewing supporting documentation from the component's manufacturer.


Stop by the Hasty 183 Diner, at Olson's Truckstop of Hasty (near Clearwater), for a fresh and hearty meal! Check out their full menu for a great meal. You can call ahead and have your meal ready to go when you arrive. They provide delicious homestyle food at a great price. From tasty tacos to their special burger baskets, and much more. Great variety for families and truckers alike. All menu items are cooked fresh when you arrive--customer service is their priority. Eat well, and leave satisfied!
Monday: Kids dine free! Bring the family and enjoy a complimentary entrée from the kids' menu with the purchase of each adult entrée. Children must be present to claim.
Tuesday: All you can eat tacos! Soft or hard shell tacos served with your choice of beef or chicken accompanied by all your favorite toppings!
Wednesday is Wingsday at Diner 183! Order just a few or as many as you dare! At just $.50 each, eat as much as you want! Choose from house-made teriyaki, barbeque, or buffalo sauces.
Thursday is known as Burger Basket Thursday. Your choice of burger toppings and cheese pairs perfectly with french fries!
Friday – best day ever!
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Q: Spotbugs mvn plugin missing classes needed for analysis I'm using a GitLab CI/CD Pipeline that uses the spotbugs plugin for Maven; when I try to run
mvn compile spotbugs:check

I get the following error:
[INFO] Fork Value is true
    [java] The following classes needed for analysis were missing:
    [java]   org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions

The previous command works on my local machine, but fails on the GitLab runner. I suppose this may be a configuration problem (ie: something wrong on my pom.xml file) but I am not quite sure how to fix it.
Here is pom.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
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First Concert of Alfred H. Pease
Dodworth's Hall
Conductor(s):
Pedro de Abella
Chamber (includes Solo)
Performance Forces:
Instrumental, Vocal
08 Feb 1864, Evening
Participants: John Rogers Thomas; Theodore Habelmann; Franz Himmer; Jennie R. Van Zandt; Alfred Humphries Pease
"Wanderer, Der," D. 489
Composer(s): Schubert
Text Author: Schmidt von Lübeck
Participants: John Rogers Thomas
Tannhäuser, "Freudig begrüssen wir die edle Halle," Allegro
aka March; Fest march; Festmarsch; Grand march; Tannhauser. Freudig begrussen wir die edle Halle. Allegro
Composer(s): Wagner
Participants: Alfred Humphries Pease
Puritani, I, "Qui la voce sua soave"
Composer(s): Bellini
Participants: Jennie R. Van Zandt
Gesänge, op. 34. "Reiselied"
aka Journey
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Text Author: Heine
Participants: Franz Himmer
Polka de la Reine, La, op. 95
Composer(s): Raff
Our duty to our flag
Composer(s): Wood
Break! break! break!
Composer(s): Pease
Text Author: Tennyson
Andante e valse
Composer(s): Venzano
Paraphrases de concert on Verdi's Rigoletto
aka Reminiscences of Rigoletto; Fantasia Rigoletto; Rigoletto fantasie
Composer(s): Liszt
"Alone"
Composer(s): Storch
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 January 1864.
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 January 1864, 7.
"DEBUT IN AMERICA, OF MR. ALFRED H. PEASE, PIANIST."
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 February 1864.
Advertisement: New-York Times, 08 February 1864, 7.
Announcement: Courrier des États-Unis, 08 February 1864.
Announcement: New York Post, 08 February 1864.
: Steinway, William. New-York Historical Society. The Diaries of William Steinway., 08 February 1864.
"My wife at Pease's Concert, Dodworth's Hall."
Review: New York Post, 09 February 1864.
"Mr. Alfred H. Pease, a pianist belonging to Cleveland, Ohio, but lately returned from six years' study in Germany, gave his first concert at Dodworth's Hall last night, assisted by Mrs. Van Zandt and other vocalists. The lady sang with considerable brilliancy Bellini's Qui la voce, the Venzano Waltz, and a plaintive local composition by Mr. Pease.
This young pianist possess a powerful and showy style of execution, which by no means disqualifies him for the lighter graces of piano-forte playing. He has devoted much attention to the music of Liszt, and played last night his difficult arrangement of 'Rigoletto,' and the Tannhauser March. Quite as pleasing, however, to the general audience were the miscellaneous selections given in response to the calls for encores, among which may be specially noticed an arrangement from 'Faust,' showing considerable versatility of style. Mr. Pease was warmly applauded after each of his efforts."
Review: New-York Times, 10 February 1864, 4.
Part of review of multiple performances. "…on Monday evening…Mr. Albert H. Pease made his début in America—the land of his birth. The gentleman has studied extensively in Germany, and is, we believe, a pupil of Hans von Bulow, the chief of the modern school of pianism. He has certainly profited by good instruction, and can boast of a fine mastery of technical difficulties combined with fair strength. His left hand is singularly bold and free, and was excellently illustrated in the octave passages of the 'Tannhauser March.' The entire repertoire of the piano is, of course, open to a gentleman of Mr. Pease's attainments. What further instruction he needs will come best from experience—from that self-criticism which all intelligent people exercise when they are brought face to face with the public, and feel, as the greatest must, a sense of inadequacy. Much of Mr. Pease's knowledge requires to be crystalized. It is at present in a somewhat fragmentary condition. The study of the schools seldom gives fluent continuity of thought; it only supplies the material. This material Mr. Pease possesses, and the rest may fairly be left to himself. The début was a success that must have been peculiarly gratifying to the gentleman, inasmuch as his honors were borne off in the presence of nearly all the leading pianists of the metropolis. Mme. Van Zandt, Mr. Himmer, the German tenor, and Mr. J.R. Thomas, the popular song-writer, assisted in the vocal department. Signor Abella conducted."
Announcement: New York Clipper, 13 February 1864, 347.
"Pease, executioner on the piano, will make his debut in America, on the 8th inst. We will now no longer be compelled to cry, 'Pease, Pease, where there is no Pease,' will we?"
Review: Musical Review and World, 13 February 1864, 54-55.
Gives program. "Mr. Pease has been studying for several years in Berlin, Germany, enjoying the instruction of such eminent men as Hans v. Bulow and Kullak. He returns to us as a pianist of great powers, whose technical ability is of the first order. Of course, we should not always like to endorse his conception of the pieces he played, but on the whole, he gave satisfactory evidence of his being a very valuable addition to the stock of eminent pianist we have in our midst. His left hand is exceedingly well trained; the octave passages in the march from 'Tannhæuser' were rendered in a very quick tempo (faster than we have ever heard them done), yet they were perfectly clear and faultless. Mr. Pease played two pieces by Raff, not known here. We understand that he has in his repertoire a great many pieces by modern German authors. We hope he will make them the chief feature of his concerts, for they form a very agreeable and very necessary change from the monotony of the concert programmes mostly given by pianists in our days.
Mr. Pease was very ably supported by Mrs. Van Zandt, and Messrs. J.R. Thomas, Himmer and Abella. The song 'Alone,' rendered by the German tenor, was not Schubert's, but is composed by Storch. Mr. Thomas created quite a stir by his performance of the song, 'Our Duty to our Flag,' by A. Wood, a very vigorous and appropriate composition, which pleased the audience so much that it had to be encored. The same honorable reception was given to Mr. Pease's setting of Tennyson's well-known poem, 'Break! Break! Break!"
Review: Dwight's Journal of Music, 20 February 1864, 192.
"Mr. Alfred H. Pease, a young American pianist, who has been studying in Berlin under Hans von Bülow and Kullak, gave his first concert last week, and won much praise for his executive ability. Pieces by modern writers for the piano are expected to enter largely into his programmes. This time he played two of Liszt's transcriptions: the March in Tannhäuser and 'Rigoletto,' [sic] and two pieces by Raff. He had the assistance of several singers, Mrs. Van Zandt, and Messrs. J. R. Thomas, Himmer and Abella, who sang songs by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Bellini, and one or two English ones."


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Military censorship is a type of censorship that is the process of keeping military intelligence and tactics confidential and away from the enemy. This is used to counter espionage. Military censorship intensifies during wartime.

United States
Military censorship existed in the United States since the time of the American Civil War. United States military in the 20th century defined military censorship as "all types of censorship conducted by personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States", and distinguished within it armed forces censorship, civil censorship, prisoner of war censorship and field press censorship.

Notable military censors

 Israeli Military Censor
 Office of Censorship
 Wartime Information Security Program

See also

 Cartographic censorship
 Information warfare
 Postal censorship
 Prior restraint
 War correspondent

References

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Although it takes a great deal of time and resources to complete, a university education is an extremely valuable asset in a person's life. This privilege provides many benefits which can never be taken away. A university education can provide a person with the tools and skills needed to become a productive member of society, to accomplish personal financial goals as well as to broaden intellectual curiosity.
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Those with the means and desire to attend university will find that this experience is very beneficial to preparing a person to become a productive member of society. Not only can a higher education lead to employment opportunities, it can also teach a person to network, cooperate in a team and be more open-minded. A university degree allows people to widen their employment opportunities as well as their own sphere of influence based on greater understanding of world issues. For example, a degree in English may lead to travel around the world to teach others, share knowledge and skills. A degree gives a person the confidence necessary to contribute to the development of others.
One of the reasons why individuals pursue higher education is to gain the skills needed to attain their employment and financial goals. A university education is invaluable for individuals who wish to change their standard of living or to gain financial freedom. For example, financial freedom allows a person to travel, learn more about the world, but to also share this wealth and contribute to the wellbeing of others through charitable donations or volunteering.
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It is very difficult to think about how Randy Rhoads would of sounded like today (if he had lived). When we reflect about his passing 25 years ago, on the 19th of March 1982, it brings to mind that appalling pilot-error aviation tragedy. Randy's spirit is still with us and his immense body of work most certainly will be heard into the far foreseeable future. This fact did not die on that horrifying day.
Most of the posters on this board do have a guitar (you BETTER play it every day this month) to express their budding creativity on. How can we guitar players have a moment of silence for Randy on the 19th this month? That is impossible. Randy Rhoads was just so loud and great sounding for us to be silent on any single day of the year.
It is so moving to hear that many people are planning to go to Randy's traditional family memorial service. Please send my best wishes and utmost respect to the Rhoads Family.
Great post, dude. Yeah, 25 years........wow...been a long time. I haven't touched my guitar since last week....I need to plug it in. But I can't wait to see what is going on this month for him. I'm going to play guitar all day on the 19th. I wish I could go to the memorial service, but alas, I live in Missouri, so whoever knows the Rhoads personally, give them my regards.
there will be no moment of silence in this house on 19-march the guitar will be loud and proud in tribute to my hero as will the stereo!!
While playing guitar and playing along with Randy! Great Idea! I'll do it but I won't be anywhere near as good or same sounding as Randy was.


SEO is important for any small business in the Silicon Valley, especially if they have a local customer base. Optimizing for search engines is vitally important for the little guy these days, as well as large companies that are trying to compete nationally or internationally. Here are some things you can do to boost your placements in search engine results.
The world of SEO is changing all the time. So, if you're searching the Internet looking for tips on how to improve your SEO on your website, you will pull up mostly outdated information. Using outdated methods in SEO will likely get your website banned by Google. It is important that you get advice from a human source and not old articles. This blog post was written in March of 2019.
Google is the leader of search engines and they will tell you the best thing and only thing you can do to boost your SEO is to have helpful content that your customers want to see. This is true, but not the whole truth. You, of course, need to put your keywords in certain places on the page in order for a search engine to be able to understand what your page is truly about. This is called on page optimization, and it is vital.
First, do keyword research to find the most popular phrases in your industry that people type into the search engine. Narrow that list down to the ones that have the lowest use by your competitors. Then use one of those phrases to optimize each page on your website.
Additionally, you should start a blog. Use one of those phrases as a topic for a blog post. Write a new blog post at least once per week. For more information on boosting your SEO with this on page optimization, see our blog post How to Write SEO Friendly Blog Posts.
If you need some help or would like this to be done for you, so you can focus on running your company, give Mike a call at JOHO Marketing.


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Michael Houser
Pictures/ Video
Remembering Mikey
The Music, Memory, and Spirit of Michael Houser
The 17th Year Celebration of Michael Houser's Life
19/07/19 at 6.06pm / by samholt / 0 Comment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 10, 2019
Each year on August 10th, fans come together to celebrate the life and music of the late musician, Michael Houser. This year marks the 17th anniversary of Houser's passing and Sam Holt Band is hosting one special show in Atlanta Georgia (Terminal West) in celebration of Houser's legacy. The show is open for all fans to come and celebrate together.
Michael Houser was a founding member and lead guitarist of the band Widespread Panic. He appeared on seven studio albums from 1986 until 2002, was featured on 4 live albums by Widespread Panic (2 released posthumously), as well as several archive releases, live video concerts and compilations. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the spring of 2002, he passed away on August 10 of that year, in Athens, Georgia, at the age of 40.
Sam Holt was Michael Houser's guitar tech. During that time, Houser was a mentor for Holt. Holt eventually stepped in as lead guitarist for Widespread Panic and fans were amazed how Sam and the band were able to capture to classic Widespread Panic spirit and sound. Once Jimmy Herring joined Widespread Panic as lead guitarist, Sam Holt would go onto form his own popular touring band Outformation as well as keeping the spirit and music of Houser alive by performing 'Remembering Mikey' shows around the US.
The August 10th celebration at Terminal West in Atlanta, GA, will feature songs from Houser's posthumous album Sandbox, as well as classic songs he wrote for Widespread Panic. Sam Holt Band will also perform original material that was inspired by Michael Houser. The show is billed as, 'Sam Holt Band Presents: Remembering Mikey – Celebrating the Music, Memory, and Spirit of Michael Houser'.
Sharing the stage with Holt is Adam Grace, keyboardist for Truth & Salvage Co., Ross Parker on bass, and Jeremy Ward on drums. Special guests are also scheduled to appear.
This one night event will also will help raise funds and awareness for a new program called "Mikey Houser's PreAmped" … a new program created by Nuci's Space that will fund music classes in After School Programs in Athens Clarke County schools. Participating fourth and fifth graders will explore musical instruments and receive instruction from Athens area musicians.
Your support helps make this happen. With this program, Michael Houser's family hopes to bring the benefits of music, which so enriched Michael's life, to others.
To learn more about Nuci's Space and the programs and services they provide to the Athens community, including mental health support for musicians and artists, please visit www.nuci.org.
"This show will be a unique experience for Houser fans. I am a huge fan of Widespread Panic and Michael Houser's music. It is an honor to be a part of this celebration. He had one of the greatest musical minds of our time." – Adam Grace
"I think about him (Houser) all the time. He was gone way too soon, but left us with some great music that still inspires and touches people." – Sam Holt
Tickets for the August 10th celebration are available here.
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This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades
Rich Smith, The Motley Fool, AOL.com
Feb 1st 2012 1:16PM
At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and "initiating coverage at neutral." Today, we'll show you whether those bigwigs actually know what they're talking about. To help, we've enlisted Motley Fool CAPS to track the long-term performance of Wall Street's best and worst.
Tesla = Apple?
A little more than a month ago, fans of electric-car pioneer Tesla Motors (NAS: TSLA) got shocking news: Morgan Stanley, long a fan of the stock, had turned coat on Tesla. Downgrading from an overweight rating, Morgan skipped right past the traditional pit stop at neutral and went straight to an underweight rating on the stock. (Wall Street-speak for "sell.")
Key to Morgan's sell thesis was a major rethink on the popularity of electric cars. According to the analyst, as far out as 15 years from now, we're still probably only going to see e-cars making up about 5% of global car sales. Pretty small beans considering some of the companies that have been talking up the concept, but not everyone agrees with this downbeat assessment.
Case in point: Yesterday, at the break of dawn, rival banker Jefferies & Co. initiated coverage of Tesla with a buy rating and a bold pronouncement: "If Apple made a car, this could be it! Tesla's strategy is based on a combination of technology, performance, unconventional marketing, and a 'cool factor.'"
The way Jefferies sees it, comparing Tesla's (old) Roadster or (new) Model S to the green econoboxes on offer like Ford's (NYS: F) Focus, Toyota's (NYS: TM) Prius, or General Motors' (NYS: GM) Volt is entirely the wrong way to look at these things. Tesla's real rival, writes Jefferies, is not any of the profitable mass-market vehicle makers, but rather luxury-car builders such as BMW (OTC: BAMXY), noting the appropriate economic question is "Would you buy a Model S with similar price/performance to a BMW 5-series and the ability to use cheaper electric fuel?" And more to the point, would you buy Tesla's luxury e-buggy over BMW's premium gas-guzzler if you knew that, say, Leonardo DiCaprio owned a Tesla?
Because, as it just so happens, he does. And so does Dustin Hoffman. And Jay Leno. And Matt Damon, Sergey Brin, and... Condoleezza Rice. Fact is, there's a whole website devoted to spotting "cool" celebrities in their Tesla-mobiles. And if Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and the upper echelons of the Washington, D.C., elite all think that Tesla is cool, maybe you should, too.
The price of cool
And it goes without saying that if enough people think Tesla is cool, then a lot of them will buy its cars. (Especially once the advent of the Model S brings the price point down below six figures.) The question, though, is whether even charging $60,000 a pop is going to be enough to make a successful business out of Tesla and a profitable investment for you.
Here's what we know: So far, Tesla has never earned a profit, despite selling more than 1,800 Roadsters at $100,000 apiece. We know that Tesla is:
Deep in $226 million worth of debt.
Burning increasingly large piles of cash with each passing year.
And at its current rate, will burn through all its cash within 12 months.
And we know that if CEO Elon Musk delivers on his promise to bring Model S to market by July, and to turn Tesla profitable next year, none of this will matter a whit. Because Mr. Market doesn't care nearly so much about the money a company has lost in the past as it does about the profits a company can earn in the future.
Can he do it?
So can Musk pull it off, make Tesla a success story on the order of Apple, prove Morgan Stanley wrong, and make Jefferies look like a genius? The answer is a definite "maybe." Even Morgan admits that Tesla's performance on the Model S so far has been "near-flawless ... pre-production," and that in all likelihood, "the Model S [will indeed] launch on time in July." And if the analysts are right about that, then maybe they're also right about the $1.28 per share Tesla will earn next year, the $2.38 it will earn the year after, and the $2.98 per share it will earn in 2015.
From there... it's off to the races.
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At the time this article was published Fool contributor Rich Smith does not own (or short) shares of any company named above. You can find him on CAPS, publicly pontificating under the handle TMFDitty, where he's currently ranked No. 348 out of more than 180,000 members. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.The Motley Fool owns shares of Ford Motor and Apple. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended buying shares of Tesla Motors, General Motors, Apple, and Ford Motor. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended creating a synthetic long position in Ford Motor. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended creating a bull call spread position in Apple.We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors.


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China's non-manufacturing purchasing managers' index, a gauge of service sector business activity, rose to 55 in February from 53.4 in the previous month, marking the first increase after dropping for three consecutive months, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday. A figure above 50 suggests expansion in business activity. The new orders index climbed to 51.4 from the January figure of 50.9, while the business expectations sub-index rose 1.8 points to 59.9.


Week three was probably the best all around game the Hoosiers played in 2013. The offense started slow but closed out the game putting up 42 points and the defense pitched a second half shutout and did not allow an offensive touchdown from the Falcons. It turns out that this Bowling Green team was very good as they went on to win the MAC championship. The Hoosiers did however fail to build any momentum from this win.
Why They Played: The Hoosiers and Falcons meet for the first time on the gridiron as part of a home-and-home series. Indiana always has had a good relationship with the MAC and plays at least one school from the conference every year.
This was a must win game for the Hoosiers. Not a should win or a could win, but a real must win game. After falling to Navy, the Hoosier's bowl hopes rested on today's game against the Falcons. Kevin Wilson deemed it a big enough game to break out the Chrome helmets a week early.
Nate Sudfeld, QB, Indiana – Sudfeld finally got his first well-deserved start under center and lead the Hoosiers offense with 335 yards and two touchdowns through the air. The sophomore also added a score on the ground.
Stephen Houston and Tevin Coleman, RB, Indiana- The Hoosiers got a good look at how dynamic this offense could be with the running attack getting back to full steam. Both backs went over 100 yards on the ground as they combined for 284 yards. Houston finally broke through with a good performance breaking off several long runs including a long of 60 yards.
Cody Latimer, WR, Indiana- The junior receiver showed why he is on the Bilitnikoff Award Watch List as he set a new career high in receiving yards with 137. Latimer, who had been held in check over the first two games hauled in six passes and a touchdown.
Shaun Joplin, WR, Bowling Green- The Falcons could not muster much on offense today, but the senior receiver did all he could grabbing seven passes for 104 yards.
Tim Bennett, CB, Indiana-The junior defensive back put together another solid game as he recorded seven tackles and three pass break-ups. The Hoosiers have been lacking in the secondary in the past few years, but Bennett looks to have put a stop to that as he was all over the field for the Hoosiers.
Nick Mangeri, DE, Indiana- The Indiana defensive line applied pressure to Matt Johnson all day and Mangeri led the way. The sophomore picked up a sack and a diving interception in addition to four tackles.
Paul Senn, LB, Bowling Green- Senn's biggest impact in this game came on special teams as he blocked a punt and took it 56 yards for the Falcons only touchdown and recovered a fumble on another kick return, on top of that Senn had three TFL's.
Special teams continue to be a difficulty for the Hoosiers, as they had a punt blocked and lost another fumble on a kick-off return. The blocked punt is inexcusable as nobody was assigned to block Paul Senn, allowing him to literally take the ball off Erich Toth's foot and into the end zone. Equally as concerning is the kick return team. The Hoosiers, once again, could not get anything going for them in the return game as sophomore Damon Graham handled the return duties. Graham has only averaged 24 yards per return and fumbled away another. The upside for the Hoosiers is that Mitch Ewald connected on all six of his extra points, but did not attempt a field goal. Indiana also attempted an ill-advised onside kick to start the second half, granted the defense stopped the Falcons, it was an unnecessary risk given the time and the score of the game.
The Hoosiers offense showed a lot of balance in this win as they passed for 335 yards and ran for 266. One of the keys to the game in our "Three & Out" piece was for the Hoosiers to get back to having a balanced offense.
The game turned when Bowling Green was stuffed at the IU 22 yard line on fourth down. The Falcons were leading 10-7 and were in field goal range when the decided to go for it. IU shut the play down and never looked back as they took the lead on the next series.
Cody Latimer hauled in a 33-yard touchdown strike from Nate Sudfeld that extended the Hoosier lead to 28-10. The way that the defense was playing there was no way Bowling Green was going to make up 18 points on the Hoosiers.
Indiana– Nate Sudfeld, Quarterback- Nate Sudfeld finally got to start a game. He rewarded the coaching staff with a terrific performance. Sudfeld threw for two more touchdowns and ran one in as well. More importantly he took care of the ball.
Bowling Green- Shaun Joplin, Wide Receiver- Joplin had a very solid day, but couldn't help the Falcons reach the end zone. Indiana did a nice job limiting the yards after the catch.
The Hoosiers were in a must-win situation and they came through swimmingly. After an ugly first quarter, where the offense moved the ball well, but couldn't finish, and the punt team gave up the only touchdown for the Falcons, the Hoosiers played a fairly complete game. The defense showed that they can indeed stop an offense that was fairly solid and the offense hummed under Sudfeld. Speaking of the offense, it is quite clear now that Kevin Wilson is going to use a two-quarter back system as we saw him insert Tre Roberson in the game in goal line situations. Sometimes it backfired and other times it worked. The offense got backed to a balanced game plan as they ran the ball well to take pressure off the passing game. Both Stephen Houston and Tevin Coleman had big games on the ground.
The most concerning part of the game was the coaching. Wilson gambled on two early fourth and goals and failed to come away with points. While it did not end up hurting the Hoosiers, there were too many points left on the field. When it comes time to play better teams some times the Hoosiers will need to take the 3. Also, Wilson opened the second half with an onside kick. While, I love the aggressiveness of the call, it was neither the time nor the game to start breaking out trick plays. Overall, it was an encouraging game for the Hoosiers and sets up a big statement game next week against Missouri.


A laboratory operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is among the handful of facilities that have secretly had their permits suspended in recent years for serious safety violations while working with bioterror pathogens, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY after winning a Freedom of Information Act appeal.
The CDC's own labs also have been referred for additional secret federal enforcement actions six times because of serious or repeated violations in how they've handled certain viruses, bacteria and toxins that are heavily regulated because of their potential use as bioweapons, the CDC admitted for the first time on Tuesday. Before USA TODAY won access to records of the lab suspension, the CDC had repeatedly refused to answer questions about its own labs' enforcement histories.
The revelations show the CDC's facilities are among a small group of biolab operators that have the worst regulatory histories in the country, receiving repeated sanctions under federal regulations.
Citing security reasons and a federal bioterrorism law, the names of labs that have been suspended or faced other enforcement actions have been a closely guarded secret by the CDC and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The two agencies not only operate high-security biolabs, but they also co-run the Federal Select Agent Program that regulates government, university, military and private labs that work with bioterror pathogens such as anthrax, plague and Ebola. The government calls these kinds of pathogens "select agents."
Only five labs have been suspended from the Federal Select Agent Program since 2003 and another five labs have faced repeated referrals for enforcement actions, according to information the CDC provided last year to USA TODAY and later to congressional investigators. The revelation that CDC's own labs are among these small groups that have faced serious and repeated sanctions raised questions among some lab safety watchdogs about the agency's secrecy motives.
A heavily redacted USDA letter obtained by USA TODAY shows a CDC-operated lab was suspended from doing select agent research around 2007 and reinstated in 2010 because of federal violations in the handling and transfer of a virus. The USDA blacked out the name of the virus.
The CDC said Tuesday the suspension involved an individual lead scientist and the labs associated with that scientist's research, which was located at the agency's lab complex in Fort Collins, Colo. The violations involved research with Japanese encephalitis virus, which can cause a deadly inflammation of the brain and is often transmitted by mosquitos. As a result of the USDA inspection and findings that the research was not in compliance, the remaining samples of the virus were destroyed or transferred to another facility that was registered to possess them. The CDC noted in its statement that as of 2012, Japanese encephalitis virus was no longer considered by the federal government to be a select agent.
In response to USA TODAY's questions about how many CDC labs have faced select agent sanctions, the CDC said its own labs have been referred six times since 2003 to the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which handles enforcement actions for select agent violations.
Three referrals involved sending improperly killed select agent pathogens to entities not approved to receive them.
Two referrals involved the discovery of select agent pathogens in un-registered spaces in CDC facilities.
One involved inventory and oversight concerns.
Five of the cases were closed after CDC "demonstrated enhanced procedures to prevent future occurrence," the agency's statement said. One enforcement action case remains open, but the CDC would not say what it involves. The agency would not answer questions about the dates of the cases or pathogens involved. "CDC has nothing more to offer beyond the statement," the agency said in an email.
CDC's lab operations have been under scrutiny since 2014 because of a series of high-profile safety incidents at the agency's headquarters in Atlanta that involved anthrax, Ebola and a deadly strain of influenza that revealed a lax safety culture inside the world renowned agency.
The agency noted it has taken numerous actions in the past year to improve safety at its labs and said it is "committed to doing all we can to protect laboratory workers and the communities around them, while supporting scientific advancement to combat evolving threats."
Go to USATODAY.com for the full story.


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The Landscape For Campaign Finance, 10 Years After Citizens United
Ten years ago today, the Supreme Court issued an opinion that has been called a victory for free speech, a hostile corporate takeover of our democratic process and a small revolution in campaign finance law. We're talking about the case Citizens United v. FEC. The court ruled 5-4 that corporations have the right to spend as much money as they like to support or oppose political candidates. Opponents argue that this let powerful, sometimes hidden, interests reshape American politics.
To look at how this ruling has changed politics in the last decade, Nate Persily of Stanford Law School joins us.
NATE PERSILY: Hello.
SHAPIRO: With 10 years of hindsight, what effect do you think that this one decision has had on campaign finance?
PERSILY: Well, I think Citizens United has really become more of a metaphor for all the problems in the campaign finance system as opposed to sort of focus on the decision itself. But the decision itself was simply about clearing the way for corporations to spend as much money as they wanted on politics, on electioneering activities. And while we haven't seen a rush of corporations filling that void, we have seen rich individuals - in particular, through the vehicle of superPACs - spending an enormous amount of money since Citizens United.
SHAPIRO: And to what extent is that a direct reflection of the court's ruling in Citizens United?
PERSILY: Well, Citizens United sort of opened the door that a lower court decision called SpeechNow v. FEC sort of blew open. And so while the issue of superPACs and individual money was not at issue in Citizens United, it certainly laid the foundation for a more sort of deregulatory posture in campaign finance.
SHAPIRO: Give us a specific snapshot of what we're seeing today and how that reflects what the Supreme Court decided 10 years ago.
PERSILY: Well, I think it is true that these rich individuals are playing an outsized role in the campaign finance system, but we're also seeing the rise of small-donor fundraising. So candidates like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are finding that they're able to raise tens of millions and maybe hundreds of millions of dollars over time on small-donor fundraising. This is also something that Donald Trump learned. He raised and set a record in 2016 for small-donor fundraising and...
SHAPIRO: Which has nothing to do with Citizens United at all.
PERSILY: Which has nothing to do with Citizens United at all. And it is, you know, a product of the new technology of fundraising - the fact that you can appeal over the Internet to lots of people.
SHAPIRO: Do you think that means that the fears about big money in politics are starting to get eclipsed because big money is no longer kind of, like, the golden ring that everybody's trying to grab?
PERSILY: I think if you want to examine the impact of big money on politics in the U.S., you have to go beyond the presidential election. And so for Senate and congressional elections, it's still the case that superPACs can be extremely important when it comes to competitive races. And we're seeing a lot of money from a lot of different sources come into American politics.
SHAPIRO: In this ruling, the court expressed support for disclosure and transparency. Has that happened?
PERSILY: There hasn't been increased disclosure as a result of Citizens United. If anything, we've seen a move toward funding vehicles like 501(c)(4) organizations, so-called dark money organizations, where there's less transparency. But Citizens United does make clear that if states or the federal government wanted to be more aggressive when it comes to transparency and disclosure that they could do so. The area where we've seen more transparency is in the area of digital advertising since the 2016 election, where the major Internet platforms have required archives of the advertisements and then more information about who's spending money on their platform.
SHAPIRO: But that's a decision that the Internet companies are making - the Facebooks and Googles of the world. It's not state or federal law, right?
PERSILY: That's right. And so these firms are, in many ways, taking up the baton of regulation that the federal government has dropped because there's no consensus among the Republicans and Democrats about campaign finance reform anymore.
SHAPIRO: Nate Persily is a campaign finance expert at Stanford Law School.
PERSILY: Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Алфа-банк () е частна банка в Русия със седалище в гр. Москва. По данни на "Форбс" към края на 2010 г. по активи тя е 7-а банка в страната и най-голямата частна банка.

История
Учредена е на 20 декември 1990 г., а получава лиценз за извършване на банкови операции през януари 1991 г. Преобразува се от дружество с ограничена отговорност в открито (публично) акционерно дружество през януари 1998 г. Обединява се с групата компании "Алфа-капитал" през юли същата година.

Относително безболезнено преодолява икономическата криза в Русия от 1998 г. (след мораториума върху плащанията от правителството от 17 август същата година), без да прекратява плащанията на вложителите и изправно погасявайки купоните по еврооблигациите. Успява да се справи също и с 20% панически отлив на частни вложители през юли 2004 г. на обща стойност 650 млн. ам. дол., като се налага нейните акционери да помагат с лични средства.

Общи данни

Собственост
Над 77% от акциите на банката принадлежат на мощната финансово-промишлена "Алфа-Групп" (фактически този пакет непряко владеят или контролират Михаил Фридман – 36,47%, Герман Хан – 23,27%, и Алексей Кузмичов – 18,12%), а останалите акции – на физически лица, вкл. 13,76% – на президента на банката Пьотър Авен.

Дейност
"Алфа-банк" е универсална банка, работеща с юридически и физически лица. Обслужването на физически лица се осъществява и с помощта на интернет-банкинг (система "Альфа-Клик").

В света работят около 110 отделения и филиала на банката, дъщерни банки в Украйна, Беларус, Казахстан и Нидерландия. Представителства на банката действат във Великобритания, Кипър и САЩ. Персоналът е над 16 хил. души.

Финансови данни
 уставен капитал – 59,588 млрд. руб. (2009 г.)
 собствен капитал – 3,4 млрд. ам. дол. (2011 г.)
 активи – 31,4 млрд. ам. дол. (2011 г.)
 чиста печалба – 641 млн. ам. дол. (2011 г.)

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Seattle residents gather on December 4 to discuss next steps after Trump. Photo by Emma Cassidy, Survival Media Agency.
Seattleites Form Neighborhood Groups to Resist Trump
Signs of an anti-Trump movement: All of the city's districts now have Neighborhood Action Councils.
by Sara Bernard
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 5:30pm
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As soon as the results were in on election night, Seattle-based activist Kaya Axelsson and several fellow organizers knew they had to do something — fast. While the idea of community-based activism driven by Neighborhood Action Councils (NACs) was a concept Axelsson and her colleagues were familiar with, November 8, 2016 "is the first time we said it out loud to each other," she says. To prepare for a Trump administration, the feeling was extremely clear: "We need to do this."
Within days, Axelsson and some 50 Seattleites had formed what's now been dubbed the Neighborhood Action Coalition, an all-volunteer umbrella for the hyperlocal groups being created across the city to help guard against the President-elect's agenda—which, so far, could include everything from creating a Muslim registry to denying climate change to defunding all sanctuary cities like Seattle, which effectively shield undocumented immigrants from federal officials.
Five days after election night, Axelsson helped organize a forum where hundreds gathered to discuss their fears (so many, in fact, that the bar where it was held overflowed onto a nearby park). On Sunday, December 4, the second event Axelsson helped with — the Neighborhood Action Coalition's official kickoff — drew almost as many people, and within minutes, attendees had stopped wanting to talk about their post-Trump feelings and begun pulling up lists of concrete, local actions. "In the first 15 minutes of the event, they were ready to go," Axelsson says.
Examples include anti-racist education, particularly with regards to Muslim and immigrant communities. One idea, for instance, is a series of workshops that debunk persistent stereotypes about Islam. "The first step for us is going to be fighting that xenophobic rhetoric, especially if we are a sanctuary city and funding does get cut for us," Axelsson says. "People are going to feel the sting of that" and it could, potentially, create bad feeling, as "it's easy to be in solidarity when it's no cost to you."
One community organizer says he'll work to create a hate-free zone in Rainier Beach, according to a Neighborhood Action Coalition press release; another says she'll help create a phone tree so that Seattleites can mobilize when needed. Another idea, says Axelsson, is for activists to be ready, in the event of an Immigration & Customs Enforcement raid, to dispatch large groups of people to the scene in order to "confuse an ICE officer." Activists are looking to take to the streets on inauguration day, and brainstorming ways to protect their digital communications against federal surveillance. During the second half of Sunday's event, more than two dozen local nonprofits gathered for a "Community Action Fair," too, which also offered people concrete ways to get involved.
"I'm excited about gently, but firmly, pushing my community to take more political risk," says Axelsson, who grew up in Capitol Hill. Solidarity, to her, means action. She's organized for gender justice, climate change, and racial justice issues in the past; she says she's "someone who puts their body on the line fairly often for political causes" and is still dealing with the repercussions of being arrested for that. A future with even more arrests in it looks scary. "I fear political persecution," she says. "If the NSA made a list of troublemakers, I would be on it." But a bigger fear than that one is that people won't take those risks, at a time when, she believes, we have to. "We're pushing a political line… we have to push it forward because [a Trump administration] is going to try to push it back."
There are now NACs for every Seattle City Council district, and Facebook groups for each, which will soon be posted on the Coalition's website and Facebook page. Those interested in getting involved — and really, Axelsson says, "all levels of engagement are welcome and necessary right now," even just bringing food to meetings — could connect to either the main group or their neighborhood's group. The Coalition has a listserv and an email address (SeattleNAC@gmail.com) that people who aren't on Facebook can contact, too.
The galvanizing effect of what even our state attorney general has called "unthinkable" is definitely a good thing, Axelsson adds, but she's loathe to use the term "silver lining." As "happy as we are to have each other in this time," she says of herself and fellow organizers, "We're not happy." In order to maintain a sense of urgency, which organizers are reminded of constantly, "You have to feel that sadness and that fear."
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Stale Words and Hackneyed Ideas That Make Edtech Investors Cringe
Opinion | Investors
By Andrew Ackerman Jun 17, 2017
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If you go to startup pitch events, you've seen it happen:
An entrepreneur says something—something so naïve, egregious and hackneyed—that it makes the investors, along with educators who are now increasingly in the audience, physically cringe. As funders wince and squirm uncomfortably, some are thinking along the lines of: "How do I respond to this pitch genuinely without coming off like a jerk?"
In the interest of fixing this problem at the source, I reached out to some of the advisors and investors in the Dreamit Edtech network to get their "lemon lists" of concepts, statements, and business models that edtech entrepreneurs may want to think twice—or thrice—about.
For convenience, I've aggregated their suggestions into two broad categories: Cringe-worthy Concepts and Modest Missteps.
Cringe-Worthy Concepts
These are not inherently "bad ideas" per se. It's just that the investor community have seen tons of these, and in order to impress you need to jump right to what makes your approach a quantum level better than everything else out there. Hint: "It's mobile," "We have a better UI," and "It's for millennials" are not the answers.
Student engagement and retention mobile apps
The free version has to be useful enough to teachers that they will use it, but you have to keep enough value in reserve that the administration will make budget for it.
Yes, this is a big problem. But there are many startups in this space. Most of them offer some variation of the thesis that improving how "engaged" students are in their coursework and community will boost academic outcomes which will then increase retention. Yet academics are not the main reason student drop out; according to a study from Inside Track, it's the fifth most important factor.
The other solutions I see in this space tend to throw a lot of features (such as calendars, student to student messaging, event check-in, and newsfeeds) into an app and hope better retention just happens. I'd cite a few examples of this approach but, as you can imagine, startups who take this approach rarely get off the ground and those who do don't last long.
Parent communications platforms
There are already several well-capitalized startups (including Bloomz, ClassDojo, Remind), established companies (SchoolMessenger), and other deep pocket players from learning management system providers that already boast significant traction here. Like Peter Thiel says, if you are not delivering a 10x improvement, you don't stand a chance.
Chatbots are hip and cool these days and, while I agree that they have a lot of potential, most of the pitches are simply applications that turn IBM Watson's natural language processing technology loose on a university's existing FAQ page. If that's all you've got, what makes your business better and defensible? In these situations startups that master the space early get a rush of initial business—until the mass of fast-followers come in and drive prices down to the bare bones.
College recruiting and lead generation
The growing population of 18- to 24-year-olds in the U.S., along with the stream of foreign applicants to U.S. universities (which, to note, has taken a small dip under the Trump administration), the widespread adoption of online applications, and nearly 700 colleges accepting a common application, combine to make college admissions more competitive than ever. So finding and getting into the right college is clearly a major pain point.
Do you know what company is "Facebook for country X?" Facebook is.
The catch is that the vast majority of people suffer it only once. This means that customer acquisition is challenging and your company's revenue model has to be rich enough to support it. Unfortunately, the days when you could sell a lead to the university solely because a student visited its page on your website and clicked "save" are long gone. For your lead to be worth much to the college you need to have robust data about that student's underlying needs and preferences, and demonstrate that students value your site or app as a highly trusted source of information and advice.
Peer-to-peer or crowdsourced tutoring network
Simply saying "We're the Uber of education!" doesn't make it so. There's a graveyard full of these startups (such as Tutorspree) and only a few survivors like Wyzant. They almost all underestimate the cost of customer acquisition and overestimate how much usage and viral boost they will get.
To be clear, it is not any specific dollar amount that concerns us; it's the ratio of customer acquisition cost (CAC) to the lifetime value (LTV) of the customer. As a general rule, LTV has to be 3x higher than CAC for the business model to work. But when I see these kinds of businesses, if they estimate CAC at all, it's based on a small experiment that won't scale. So I ask them, "If the economics are that good, have you maxed out all your credits cards to pour every last cent into this customer acquisition channel?"
Invariably, they start backtracking, hemming and hawing, and eventually admit that there either are channels that cannot absorb more marketing spend (e.g., they were bidding on rare search terms that just don't come up that often) or that CAC starts to rise as others spend more (e.g., startup bidding on more competitive search terms).
Particularly unconvincing: telling us you got a few hundred signups at your college "with zero marketing spend." What this tells us is that you have no idea what it will cost to get students onboard at the other 4000-plus colleges you do not attend.
Any B2C app for language learning
Personally, I like using Duolingo, and Voxy is a great option for people who want to learn English. But as with tutoring networks, the customer acquisition costs are much, much higher than you think, especially the ones that, like Google Adwords, can scale with you are you grow.
Some of the apps do reasonably well at getting free users, but usage drops off pretty sharply when they are asked to pay anything. That means the acquisition cost per paying customer is very hard to recoup.
"It's mobile," "We have a better UI," and "It's for millennials" are not the answers.
Graveyard Ideas
These next few ideas were great…back in the day. Now, the market is pretty much locked up. Startups that are attempting to build the following tools are at least 10 years too late to the party, especially if they're attempting to tackle the US market.
Yet another student book exchange
How are you better than Chegg (or Amazon for that matter)?
Yet another LMS
Switching something as deeply entrenched in a school's operations as their LMS is so painful that it's basically a non-starter. Switching costs are high, and most schools are not likely to switch from solutions like Blackboard or Canvas for the sake of a prettier interface or more "social" features. Sometimes you could give your solution away for free and they still wouldn't switch. In fact, a freebie option is emerging as some schools are adopting Google Classroom as a lightweight LMS.
Yet another Test Prep Provider
Kaplan, Princeton Review, Tutor.com … the list goes on and on.
MOOCs or General Assembly for country X
Do you know what company is "Facebook for country X?" Facebook is. (Except for in China, perhaps.) Which leads us to…
Don't Say These Things
"90%+ of teachers hate their LMS/SIS/etc."
And yet they don't seem to switch. What does that tell you?
"It's fully integrated. Plug and play... as long as there are APIs."
So it works. If it works. Except when it doesn't work. Gotcha.
"And we haven't even started selling to parents yet!"
Yeah, that's not hard at all…
"If we only get 1% of the market…"
Yeah, that's not hard either…
"I created this because it is what my child/class/students needed."
My follow-up question: "Is it what other child/class/students need?" If, after two years of cranking away, there are only a few dozen of other schools that are willing to pay to solve this same problem, most investors will lose interest very fast.
"We will get the teachers using the free version and then school will pay for it."
Ah, no they won't. Why would they when teachers can use the free version? It's not surprising that a go-to-market strategy that avoids the pain of selling directly to a school administration by hooking the teachers and effectively deputizing them to drag the principal along appeals to a lot of founders. But figuring out where to put the paywall between free and premium is critical. The free version has to be useful enough to teachers that they will use it, but you have to keep enough value in reserve that the administration will make budget for it.
So now that you know how to make an edtech investor cringe… please don't. Take the time to pick the right concept and get it right. Then, we'd love to hear from you.
Author's note: I'd like to thank all the people who contributed their ideas to this warning list… but most of them asked to remain anonymous (I wonder why?) so I'll just say "Thank you all… and you know who you are" :-)
Andrew Ackerman (@andrewackerman) is Managing Director of DreamIt Ventures.


I am fascinated by waste. I have always been intrigued by our society's relationship to various forms of waste—food waste, plastic waste, textile waste, toxic waste, technological waste, even human waste! It is omnipresent, inescapable, and pervades nearly every aspect of daily life, yet it's also intentionally hidden, stigmatized, feared, and avoided. Entire industries exist to sort, manage, process, ship, bury, burn, reuse, and upcycle our waste. The scale of our country's trash is incomprehensible. And its impact on our climate is truly reprehensible.
As someone who aims to live a trash-light lifestyle, I am always thinking about what I am consuming and what waste I am producing. In high school when I started getting into the environmental movement, I went through my trash after a week and inventoried it, shocked by what I discovered. I developed solutions to each of my "trash problems" and found it so satisfying to implement them in my daily life, despite the often strange looks I would get from onlookers.
Inspired by my neighbor and zero-waste pioneer Bea Johnson, I began changing my ways to produce as little trash as I could. As a result, I felt a heightened sense of integrity and intentionality over my consumption. I felt less environmental anxiety and instead, more accountability and ownership over my choices because I was able to control (most of) the waste I produced. Motivated to share my findings with others, I decided to start making artwork about trash. This piece is called Seven Days.
For Seven Days, I asked four of my friends to collect all their trash and recycling for a week. I then took a portrait of them lying in it. For the exhibition of this series, I printed the portraits as largely as I could and instead of mounting, framing, or hanging them, I put them as is on the ground of the gallery in which they were exhibited. Behind each printed portrait sat a large pile of my subject's trash.
This series is about confronting the waste we produce every day. It is about getting intimate with what we throw away in order to remember that there is no "away." Rather, all of our trash goes somewhere—the landfill, the ocean, the atmosphere, overseas… In this case, each subject's personal trash pile sat in a clean gallery space, forcing viewers to literally walk around it, smell it, and touch it.
Call me crazy, but I enjoyed going through each person's trash; I felt intimately connected to them. Beneath sticky smelly food wrappers there were ticket stubs, tissues, tampons, Sticky notes, letters, cat food containers, and even hair trimmings.
Each subject's trash is not only a personal history of their week, but also a record of their consumption patterns. Their trash reveals aspects of their identity: their consumption habits, food preferences, shopping choices, behavior, and even relationships with others.
I often wondered, if I were to take the person out of the image and leave the pile of trash remaining, who would the viewer think produced that pile of trash? This series will perhaps make viewers confront their stereotypes about identity based on what they learn from each pile.
My hope is that this work inspires people to think more deliberately about their consumption and the trash they create, hopefully finding ways to generate less waste.
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