Several years back, well before my 21st birthday, the band would take just about any show, anywhere. When you come from a relatively small town, playing in LA or SF was a badge of honor, no matter where within those cities we actually were playing. Turns out that the specific location does matter. And while San Francisco is very relaxed in most ways, it is not when it comes to liquor licenses. Couple this with the fact that I looked like I was 12 until I was 18, and I was basically the plague for any 21+ venues.
Some of these venues were kind enough to let me in and bring my drums inside, while others took one look at my baby face and said "Looks like you guys are gonna have to play acoustic." I had made it a habit to sneak in with the other band members, obscuring my entire body with a kick drum and then hiding in the green room or as far from the bar as possible.
At one such show in the Tenderloin of San Francisco, I was forced to stay outside while Clark and Devin set up gear inside. I was terrified, and with good reason. Within 30 minutes of sitting in the car, two men came up and leaned against the van. I was reading, so I didn't see them come up; I just felt the car move. Thankfully, they couldn't see me through the tinted windows and they assumed no one was inside. I'm 99% sure illegal contraband was exchanged before they walked away. I don't know if they looked inside because I was literally lying down under the window closest to them face down.
We made it out alive and managed to leave with all our gear intact and in our possession. One of the other bands wasn't so lucky and their van broken into.


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Opinion | August 28, 2016
In the small, homogeneous town where I grew up, before the word "diversity" was in common use to refer to people different from each other in some way, it was pretty common to hear racial and religious slurs.
My dad, born in 1919 and whose longest time out of Nebraska was serving in the still-segregated Army at Fort Riley, Kansas, would refer to black athletes as "boy," a term that harkens back to slavery and segregation. Others used even more offensive terms.
Not many black people lived in Beatrice, Nebraska, other than the Scott brothers, barbers just down the street from my house. Beatrice didn't have a synagogue or a mosque or hardly any residents who weren't as white as our yards in January.
Beatrice had a Catholic school, and I remember hearing terms that I didn't even understand, but later grasped as derisive toward Catholics.
Back then, towns like Beatrice and Glenwood Springs were more isolated from outside influences than in today's high-tech, hyperconneted world. The struggle for civil rights was more theoretical to us than real.
So by the time we reached middle school, most of my classmates and I had grown up hearing things, and some of us saying things, that were just plain bigoted.
This is a rationalization for bad behavior, but I think most of the slurs were rooted more in unchallenged ignorance more than in hate. If someone started telling racist jokes and we'd heard adult relatives do similar things, we would join in or laugh along. It was adolescent mob mentality.
Our teachers helped us learn the issues of the world and why not to say things that demean groups of people. Seventh-grade social studies included a unit on stereotypes, the first time I'd heard the term.
For the most part during my adult life, these things we learned in middle school have been a standard of expected conduct in our increasingly diverse society. Overall, Americans gradually got better about how we talk about people who aren't like us.
It's not just a question of being polite. If we have to think about how we describe someone or how we address someone, we are breaking the ignorance and disregard of a less sophisticated time in our history. Over time, what we say and what we hear changes how we think.
Racist, sexist, homophobic, religiously biased language was marginalized. Some people still thought these things but for the most part knew not to say them — though Barack Obama's election showed us that the proportion of our population with racist feelings is larger than many of us imagined.
Then came Donald Trump's presidential campaign. In many ways, Trump is like the name-calling bullies who got in trouble with my middle-school teachers — but there's no one to send a 70-year-old self-proclaimed billionaire to detention.
Trump, with his cruel language toward Mexicans, his sweeping generalizations about Muslims, his racial dog whistles that we all can hear, has emboldened those so inclined to start saying the things they learned as children just aren't appropriate.
Video from his rallies captures grown-up mob mentality, with supporters shouting the n word, calling protesters fags, calling Hillary Clinton a bitch who should be hanged and making references to her body — which, oddly enough, no one did with John McCain, Mitt Romney or Barack Obama.
It's spreading into everyday life, across the country.
A Latina restaurant worker in Virginia who is a citizen recently found a note on a receipt that said, "We only tip citizens."
In Iowa and Indiana, students taunted opposing Latino basketball players last winter with chants of "build a wall," and "Trump."
An El Salvadoran man was dragged from his car and beaten last year at the El Jebel City Market by man who yelled obscenities about our president and that "Mexicans" should go home.
Words matter. Trump launched his campaign two months before the El Jebel beating by saying of Mexican immigrants, "They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists." Then he got serious about putting people down.
As much as any other aspect of his rise, this is the threat of a Trump presidency — that we will regress and become a more hateful society.
Even if he loses, he has ripped at our social fabric in a way that frays decades of gains against discrimination and stereotyping.
The makeup of America is changing in a way that cannot be stopped. We will either embrace our growing diversity or risk being more deeply divided by it.
Racism and hatred are driven by fear. Fear's running mate is ignorance. Its antidote is familiarity, in this case, getting to know people who seem different from us and learning how much like us they are.
This doesn't just involve people of different religions and skin colors. America is so polarized today that liberals and conservatives need to reach out to each other.
In this process, we will learn that we are more alike than different. A conservative columnist and I recently exchanged emails in which we agreed that we make each other think harder, which we both enjoy.
Whichever way the election goes, America desperately needs to think harder and choose our words responsibly.
It will help us remember our middle school lessons and to behave like grown-ups.
Randy Essex is publisher and editor of the Post Independent.
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Humble Grumble – Guzzle It Up! (2013)
July 26, 2013 by progmistress
1. Kurt's Casino (9:53)
2. The Little Man (3:55)
3. Accidentally in San Sebastian (4:22)
4. The Campfire Strikes Back (4:36)
5. The Dancing Dinosaur (10:28)
6. Skunks (5:01)
7. Pate a Tartiner (6:07)
Gabor Humble – guitar, vocals
Megan Quill – vocals
Liesbeth Verlaet – vocals
Jouni Isoherranen – bass, keyboards
Jonathan Callens – drums
Pol Mareen – saxophone
Pedro Guridi – bass clarinet
Joren Cautaers – vibraphone, percussion
Pieter Claus – marimba solo (1)
Jana Voros – baby sounds (3)
Lisa Jordens – backing vocals (3)
Francisca Rose – pronouncing "tartiner" correctly (3)
Two years after the release of Flanders Fields, their first album for Milan-based label AltrOck Productions, Belgian outfit Humble Grumble have made their comeback in the spring of 2013 with Guzzle It Up!. Though mainman Gabor Humble first established the band in 1996, Humble Grumble's current incarnation dates back from very recent times, and is multi-national in nature – including, besides Hungarian-born Humble, Finnish bassist/keyboardist Jouni Isoherranen and Chilean reedist Pedro Guridi, as well as a number of Flemish musicians. The band also have quite a few festival appearances under their belt, and, around the time of the new album's release, they performed at Gouveia Art Rock Festival in Portugal and AltrOck's very own event in Milan, Italy.
While emphasizing the continuity of the band's sound, Guzzle It Up! also marks a departure from Flanders Fields, and not just in terms of lineup. In fact, when the previous album featured a core group of six people and an extended cast of guest artists, here the situation has been reversed: the eight-piece band – with Humble, Isoherranen, Guridi, saxophonist Pol Mareen and drummer Jonathan Callens joined by vocalists Liesbeth Verlaet and Megan Quills and mallet percussionist Joren Cautaers – handles all the tracks, and the contribution of guests is marginal. The rich instrumental texture of Flanders Fields has remained unaltered, with the clear-voiced lilt of the vibraphone providing a refreshing change from the usual keyboards, and the saxophone often engaging in dynamic duets with Humble's guitar. The latter's versatile vocals are complemented by the two female voices, their lively exchanges often bordering on endearingly wacky, and perfectly suited to the music's overall mood. On the other hand, Guzzle It Up! is clearly more ambitious in terms of structure: while Flanders Fields was a collection of 11 remarkably short songs, here a shorter tracklist is compensated by running times that have more than doubled. With two out of 7 songs around the 10-minute mark, even the shorter tracks seem to have adopted a more leisurely pace than the dense, whirlwind-like numbers that made up the band's previous effort. There are no instrumentals either, and a lot of emphasis is placed on the vocal interplay between Humble and his two female cohorts.
Humble Grumble's more ambitious approach is introduced right from the start with the almost 10-minute"Kurt's Casino", a brilliant combination of upbeat, downright infectious melodies and the rather somber subject matter of suicide, propelled by Jonathan Callens' spectacular drum work and Pol Mareen's ebullient sax, and enhanced by vibraphone and marimba (the latter courtesy of former member Pieter Claus). The album's longest track, "The Dancing Dinosaur", gives a new meaning to the word "eclectic" by throwing a slew of diverse influences into the equation with carefree abandon – jazz inflections as well as the inevitable Zappaesque bent coexisting with catchy, almost poppy chorus, wistful sax section, an atmospheric guitar solo and an unexpected, galloping hoedown towards the end.
Driven by Callens' pyrotechnic drumming, "The Little Man" suggests Samla Mammas Manna's carnival-like zaniness; "The Campfire Strikes Again" strays even further into Zappa-meets-RIO-meets-Gong territory, seasoned with a pinch of dissonance and the vocalists' striking repartee. Vocals (including rapping) and assorted wacky sound effects are the foundation of the off-kilter "Accidentally in San Sebastian", while "Skunks" (whose lyrics that would make Frank Zappa quite proud) pulls out all the stops, with Humble's exaggerated falsetto and chaotic vocal "harmonies" that sound like a skewed version of Gentle Giant, a wild guitar solo and hints of Eastern European folk. "Pate a Tartiner" wraps up the album in suitably eccentric fashion, also introducing an appealing funky note to complement the ever-present Gong and Zappa influences.
Clocking in at a very restrained 44 minutes, Guzzle It Up! is as much of an acquired taste as its predecessor – possibly even more so. Though the quality of the individual performances is outstanding, and the sheer joy of making music refreshingly evident, its abrupt changes in mood and style can strike some of the more mainstream-oriented listeners as inconsistent and even frustrating, and the wacky, anarchist humour of the lyrics can be occasionally hard to take for those who prefer a bit more subtlety. On the other hand, fans of Zappa, Gong and the Canterbury scene will not fail to appreciate the album and its ambitious direction. The photos in the CD booklet and on the band's website clearly point out that Humble Grumble belong on the stage, and that the studio format must be somewhat constraining to them. Highly recommended to any open-minded progressive rock fans, Guzzle It Up! may not be an easily approachable album, but is definitely an intriguing one.
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on July 27, 2013 at 7:16 am Dan Burke
What a great review, Raff! I read many music reviews online, and nothing quite hits the bullseye like your writing. (and Roger T's) Thanks so much for getting back into this!! This record came to me in a 'chef's choice' four-pak I bought from AltrOck awhile back. It immediately became my second favorite of the four. The Gong/Zappa thing works really well here without sounding derivative.
on July 27, 2013 at 7:45 am progmistress
Thank you so much for the kind words, Dan! I will try to do this as long as possible, even if writer's block is something that strikes out of the blue. The album is great indeed, and that opening track is truly infectious! I've got it stuck in my head since yesterday!
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This weekend I went to see the Cedar Falls Community Theatre production of The Music Man. I had watched the movie before but had never seen the play. It was an overall great experience.
The story takes place in fictitious River City, Iowa which was inspired by Mason City, Iowa where the author of The Music Man, Meredith Willson, was raised. The Music Man first opened on Broadway in 1957 and won five Tony Awards and went on to be performed 1,375 times on its first Broadway run. (There have been two revivals of the play on Broadway, 1980 & 2000.) The film premiered in Mason City and today if you go there you can tour Willson's boyhood home and visit The Music Man Square museum which celebrates Mason City's musical tradition.
Willson was actually nominated for two Oscar awards in his career, though neither were for his work on The Music Man, but rather for The Little Foxes (Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture) and the classic Chaplin film, The Great Dictator (Best Music, Original Score.) In 1958, the music from The Music Man beat out West Side Story to win a Grammy Award (Best Original Cast Album).
The original play The Music Man starred Robert Preston as con man Professor Harold Hill. He won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and also starred in the 1962 movie. The local production here starred Gary Kroeger who was a writer/performer on Saturday Night Live between 1982-1985. I agree with the people who saw the play and know Kroeger (who lives here now)— it was a role made for him. Some people even remember when he had the lead in the same play back when he went to high school here. His co-star in the play is Kristin Teig Torres, who can be seen on the demo reel at RiverRun.tv from a project we shot a couple years ago.
And while I've been to plays in large theaters in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles there is something special to walking eight blocks from your home to downtown Cedar Falls to have dinner, and then watch a play in a restored 100 year old theatre. It's nice to sit close enough to see the faces of actors you know who are performing words and songs written by someone who was raised an hour and a half away, knowing that that play has been performed and entertained people all over the world for more than 50 years.
So before the Field of Dreams, The Bridges of Madison Country, and Sleeping with the Enemy there was The Music Man to pave the way for future stories set in the quintessential heartland.
By the way, Nancy Price, who wrote the novel Sleeping with the Enemy, was at the performance Friday night which added a little extra reminder that every once in a while something other than corn comes out of the state of Iowa.
So wherever you live check out the community theater in your area. There's magic and talent in community theaters all over this country. (I hear even Charlie Sheen is getting into the community theatre spirit by volunteering his time to work with a quaint small town in Colorado.) I think as films become less and less expensive to make you will not only see a growing regional film movement, but one that is the equivalent of community theater. Keep in mind that our local community theater raised $1.2 million to renovate a historic theater a few years ago, so there are people and businesses ready and willing to invest in the local arts community.
Oh, and speaking of The Music Man, remember a little kid named Ronny who played Winthrop Paroo in the 1962 movie? Hard to forget him singing, "O the wells Fargo wagon is a'comin' down the road, O please let be for me." He went on to act in a few more productions such as The Andy Griffith Show, American Graffiti and Happy Days. These days that young Oklahoma-born actor is more well-known as the director Ron Howard.
On Saturday in Chicago he'll be honored for a Career Achievement Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. And what a career it's been—Apollo 13, Cocoon, Parenthood, Splash, Frost/Nixon (Oscar Nomination), and two-Oscars wins for A Beautiful Mind (Best Director, Best Picture).


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Apple's biggest scandal of 2022 is already happening
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Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review!
I've taken the last few weeks to unwind and ensure that my 2022 hot takes are as scorching as possible, or at least as prescient as possible. This week, we're talking about what I'm sure could be one of Apple's biggest scandals of the decade thus far: the itty bitty AirTag.
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AirTags are a very useful product from Apple that pretty much function exactly as advertised.
Unfortunately, that's the problem.
There's been a fair bit of controversy lately around how Apple rolled these out and how even though these are great devices to keep track of your keys, they can also easily be abused to stalk someone. This isn't a purely theoretical issue either, it's already happening.
It's not a particularly unique scenario where technology can be used for good and bad purposes — just think about the decades-long conversation around encryption — that said I have a feeling that this is a scenario where Apple is going to lose and it's going to be more embarrassing than any misstep in recent memory.
Apple has arranged so much of their wearable product marketing over the last few years on how their devices function in edge use cases. The Apple Watch's last several generations have focused on health tracking features that could help identify rare conditions or help users in a life-threatening situation. TV commercials have documented the individual stories of users who have found the Apple Watch to be a life-saving tool. With AirTags, there's potential for some of that same good, but there's also much more downside. In the next year, we're undoubtedly going to see examples of AirTags being used in nefarious ways that bundled together serve as the antithesis of one of these Apple Watch commercials. It may end up being a product defined by its gross shortcomings.
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Apple has made its own post-launch efforts to tighten up how AirTags that don't belong to a certain user can be detected, but these notifications have proven buggy and have often waited far too long to alert users. Add in the fact that Apple has seemed to treat Android integration as an afterthought, not a necessary partnership in order to ship a device like this, and Apple's incompetence looks a bit more severe.
I highly doubt that Apple is going to be able to design their way out of this problem. Regardless of what they ship on iOS to backtrack issues, Android's fractured ecosystem means that safeguards won't reach an awful lot of people who could be targeted.
For a nascent product category with such PR liability potential, it's hard to see how Apple justifies continuing to sell AirTags. It's a unique error from Apple in that the company delivered exactly what they initially promised but failed to consider the full scope of that initial promise's direct consequences.
Here are a few stories this week I think you should take a closer look at:
Elizabeth Holmes convicted on 4 of 11 counts
At long last, the trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes reached a resolution. Now, we wait for sentencing as well as further guidance on whether Holmes will be retried for several of the counts that the jury could not reach a verdict on. "Holmes was found guilty of conspiring to defraud investors, as well as defrauding investors from the DeVos family, hedge fund manager Brian Grossman and former estate and trust attorney Dan Mosely. She was not found guilty of charges related to defrauding patients," my colleague Amanda reported.
Google infringed on Sonos tech, trade court rules
Google's smart speakers infringed on key patents held by Sonos, a US regulator ruled this week, and the company will no longer be allowed to import the infringing products which are manufactured in China. Google has already begun rolling out design changes which it hopes will interrupt its ability to sell its smart speaker devices. Sonos has seen its early lead in the smart speaker war dissipate as tech giants have thrown their weight around, but the smaller hardware company isn't shrinking away.
A smaller, quieter CES
The Omicron wave stopped the TechCrunch team from making our way to Las Vegas to check out the latest gadgets at the Consumer Electronics Show, but we were at the show in spirit and watching along with countless livestreams. While it was certainly a more low-key year, there were still plenty of wild gadgets this year. Here are some of the best ones we saw.
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How startups can prevent tech debt from piling up
"…Favoring a short-term plan to get a faster go-to-market option is not always bad, provided the business has a backup plan to deliver well-designed code that would simplify future iterations and innovations. But for startups, reworking is difficult as deadlines and resource crunch prevent developers from producing clean and perfect code. Startups prioritize short-term plans and focus more on adding functionalities to achieve milestones, sign up marquee customers or raise funding. This roadmap shuffling and disregard for the long-term view trigger tech debt…"
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"…It's been a crazy year in growth marketing, what with the meteoric rise of TikTok, radical iOS privacy shifts and a staggering $240 billion poured into U.S. startups as of September 30. All of this new money has meant heavier investments in growth marketing throughout 2021. The heavier investments have occurred during uncertain times, with startups scrambling to find ways to measure iOS conversions and unlock TikTok as a new channel…"
3 things founders need to know about M&A
"…M&A is particularly beneficial for startups that struggle to scale operationally because they essentially buy cash flow, revenue and other companies' traffic, meaning startups grab a bigger share of their markets. They're also a good way for startups to find, consolidate and experiment with their value proposition. The problem though, is that most founders don't know how to get started with M&A and resign themselves to the shadows of bigger players. But mergers are accessible and advantageous to businesses of all sizes…"
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What we know about Marvel Moon Knight?
Moon Knight has finally arrived on Disney Plus, and it is clear that the show is going to be something special. Moon Knight is a Marvel Comics superhero who has not yet been adapted in any live action media. With the success of Disney Plus and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there are multiple shows in development for the streaming platform that will expand on the MCU. One such show is Moon Knight, starring Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector/Moon Knight.
While the show is still in early stages of development (it's unclear when it will begin filming), we've got a few details to speculate on what Moon Knight will be like and how it might connect to the larger MCU.
It's the best of both worlds for Marvel fans. While Marvel Studios is gearing up to release Black Widow, Marvel Television is also preparing its next big superhero show — Moon Knight. If you're unfamiliar with the character, Moon Knight is a former mercenary who becomes a vigilante after an encounter with an Egyptian moon god. Now mentally unstable, Moon Knight has multiple personalities, which is reflected in his various crime-fighting personas.
Plot details for Moon Knight are scarce, but the series' director and executive producer Justin Benson revealed what he can about the show so far. The new series will star Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector, a former marine-turned-superhero who suffers from dissociative identity disorder. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been built up around the themes of heroism and redemption, but Moon Knight looks set to explore the darker side of Marvel's mythology, with the lead character struggling with his own mental health issues while out patrolling the mean streets of New York City.
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Based on the first images released by Disney Plus, it seems as though Moon Knight will be much darker than any other MCU property to date. The original comic book incarnation of Moon Knight was an antihero-type character who wore white instead of black but fought crime in a similar fashion to Batman. In recent years, however, he has become more like a superhero in his own right, and the TV series will clearly be taking inspiration from this newer version.
Moon Knight is a Marvel hero who is basically Batman, but with a serious case of multiple personality disorder. He's a millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne type by day, and an ass-kicking superhero by night. And sometimes he thinks he's an Egyptian god. (He's not, but it helps him fight crime.)
Unlike Batman and most other superheroes, Moon Knight has no powers. He relies on his fighting skills and martial arts training. His costume has built-in armor plating and is fitted with gadgets that help him fight crime in the night.
Moon Knight was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin in 1975. Since then, he has had several different ongoing series, as well as numerous mini-series and one-shots. He's been a member of the Avengers and the Defenders, two of Marvel's major superhero teams.
Throughout his various series over the years, Moon Knight has fought alongside some of Marvel's biggest heroes, including Spider-Man and Wolverine. He has also been a hired assassin; a mercenary; a friend of Doctor Strange; and a co-star in The Defenders comic alongside Doctor Strange, Namor the Sub-Mariner, and the Silver Surfer.
Premiere Date
Unfortunately, there isn't one just yet. As Moon Knight has only recently been confirmed as a Disney Plus series, it will be a while before we see it on-screen. However, as production is set to begin this summer, we should expect to hear more about the series in the coming months.
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As casting details for Moon Knight Episode 3 are still under wraps, nothing is set in stone just yet. But there are some rumored cast members for the series that could possibly make an appearance in Episode 3. Oscar Isaac may be reprising his role as Marc Spector from 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse
Moon Knight is an intriguing character whose story in the comics has been a bit of a rollercoaster. He's had some great runs with writers like Warren Ellis, Charlie Huston and Jeff Lemire, but he's also been through some rough patches.
This iteration of Moon Knight looks like it could be one of his best stories yet. Whether or not you were familiar with the character before, Moon Knight Episode 3 is a good place to start learning about him.


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This summer, The Surf Lodge has teamed with eBay Giving Works for a selection of charity concerts, with 100 percent of proceeds benefiting the Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation (MPCCF). The partnership debuted with a performance from Edward Sharpe over Memorial Day weekend.
The series will continue on Sunday, July 13, 2014 with Grammy-award winning Gary Clark Jr., who recently toured with Kings of Leon. Tickets will be available exclusively through eBay Giving Works starting Monday, July 7.
The mission of MPCCF is to raise funds for the restoration and development of the historic Montauk Playhouse as well as create a community center for the arts, education, recreation and human services for the East End.
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This is a selective fund, and is granted as a subsidy either before or after completion of a project. It is granted to foreign feature-length film projects that are seeking support from French co-producers.
In 2012, it has a total budget of 6 million euros. Each year, 4 or 5 sessions will be organized, thereby supporting 40 to 60 projects.
The film must be a co-production between a production company established in France and one that is not, it must be directed by a non-French (or exceptionally French) director, and must be shot abroad.
The language in which it is filmed may be the official or commonly-used language(s) of the foreign country of which the director is a national; it may also be the language(s) of the territory where the film is shot.
Pre-filming subsidies must be applied for before the start of any filming.
Post-filming subsidies must be applied for by the French production company and are only applicable to projects rejected by the plenary committee meeting on pre-filming subsidies.
A committee of professionals chooses the projects based on their artistic quality, their ability to present different points of view and new ideas to the general public, as well as the relative weakness of the foreign professional network on which the projects would depend.
The committee comprises two sub-committees (colleges), presided over by two Vice-Presidents, one open to first or second films of a director, and the other to projects by experienced directors.
The projects are examined at three stages: first by the reading committee, then by the plenary committee, which decides whether the projects should be supported or not and finally by the assessment committee, which sets the aid amount.
Amount of aid
There is a ceiling of € 250,000 for pre-filming subsidy and of € 50,000 for post-filming subsidy. The amount awarded may not exceed 50% of the funding provided by the French co-producer; however, this limit is raised to 80% in the event that a project is a director's first or second feature-length film, for films with a budget lower than € 1,250,000, or for those co-produced with low-income countries (see www.cnc.fr).
Spending obligations
Between 50% and 75% of the aid granted must be spent by the production company established in France. An additional 25% of the aid granted must be spent by the foreign production company, for projects co-produced with countries that have weak film industries (see www.cnc.fr).
Finally, films with a total budget over € 2,500,000 must meet the CNC's approval conditions applicable to official co-productions or to French works.
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The World Cinema Support fund is co-managed by the Institut français, on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and by the CNC, which provides a significant share of the funds awarded. The Institut français is mainly responsible for the secretariat and for organizing the first college.
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I didn't know what it was when I first saw it at Dirty Annie's in Shell, Wyoming, but then learned that shepherds would live in these 7'x8′ abodes as they tended their grazing herds, protecting them from coyotes, wolves, bears, cattlemen and other predators. Imagine living through the winter in Idaho, Utah, Nevada, the Dakotas, Wyoming or Montana in one of these things! Funny what you can do when you've got to do it.
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At CES 2023, Google showed up as an automotive company
In recent years, Google has used CES as a platform to showcase its vision of "Better Together" — the idea that all devices should play nice with each other. Typically, that means it makes announcements around features like Fast Pair and expansion of Cast compatibility to more third-party products. At CES 2023, the company shared that it's working with Spotify to integrate the Connect streaming tool into the Android UI. It also teased a preview of an audio handoff feature that would suggest different devices to move your music onto depending on your habits and where you are.
But CES is a big car show, and Google also has products for automobiles. Today, it also told us that its higher-resolution maps will debut on the Polestar 3 and, for the first time since its announcement at I/O 2022, showed off the latest Android Auto interface to the public.
There were two vehicles at the Google booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center's trailer lot — a BMW i7 with the new Android Auto experience and a Volvo EX90 with Google built in. This was our first look at the Volvo itself, and we'll be putting up a separate hands-on about our experience with that in a bit. Our focus for this story (and video) is the new Android Auto.
Like we learned at I/O, the updated interface will adapt to bigger screen sizes and feature a split screen layout. Google's removed the status bar, placing indicator icons in a small square to the top left, and added a row of shortcut keys below that. When we were in the car, the left panel housed the Spotify app, and with a swipe from the right side, we pulled in a list of suggested playlists.
This left window also serves as a container for alerts that you don't have time to deal with during your drive. For example, if a notification comes in, you can swipe right on it to send it to the dock, and it'll wait there until you're ready to deal with it.
For more of our experience with the revamped Android Auto in the BMW i7, check out the video above! And make sure to stay tuned this week for a ton of news coming out of CES 2023. All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. All prices are correct at the time of publishing.
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Q: About JS comparators linked behaviour (Abstract Relational Comparison) Such code in JS 10 <= x <= 100 for any number x will always return true.
How is it called ? Why does it behave like this ? Where can I found some doc about it ?
Is 10 <= x && x <= 100 the shortest way to do things properly ?

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10 <= x is going to be true or false.
Then someBoolean <= 100 is going to cause the boolean to be converted to a number 1 or 0.
Both 1 and 0 are less than 100.

If you want to do two comparisons of a number then you need to explicitly make two comparisons and combine them with &&, not by simply mashing them together.
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A handful of new emotes have been added - "Okay", "Yikes", and "Go Team!" featuring Rammus, Ezreal, and Sona.
For more on upcoming emote changes, check out this thread - "Feedback & Discussion - Changes to emotes coming to PBE in patch 8.12"
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Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
10th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention (COP10)
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Most regional groups reconvened to coordinate their positions in the morning, and delegates met in plenary and contact group sessions in the morning and afternoon. In plenary, delegates heard a special presentation on interactions between human health and wetlands, and considered draft resolutions. Contact groups on the budget and the legal status of the Ramsar Secretariat met in morning and evening sessions.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION ON HUMAN HEALTH AND WETLANDS INTERACTIONS: Rebecca D'Cruz, STRP Vice-Chair, discussed how current and continuing pressure on wetlands and negative impacts on human health are due to changing and decreasing water quality in wetlands. D'Curz highlighted the need for wetland managers to engage actively with the health sector at the local and national levels, and emphasized identifying and implementing interventions that benefit human health and wetlands concurrently.
DRAFT RESOLUTIONS: Regional Initiatives: Herb Raffaele, Chair of the Standing Committee's Subgroup on Finance, introduced this item (COP 10 DR 6), observing that regional initiatives present an opportunity to expand the Convention's reach and to work more effectively within regions.
On political and financial support from contracting parties and other relevant governments in a region, delegates debated specific language and agreed to meet informally to produce revised text.
On secured funding for planned work, TANZANIA and CAMEROON stressed the need for a fundraising mechanism to seek funding for regional initiatives in addition to core funding. AUSTRALIA and SWITZERLAND proposed a standardized reporting format. SAMOA and AUSTRALIA called for balanced distribution of regional initiatives, and advocated additional funding to support regional initiatives. BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, PANAMA and PARAGUAY underlined the need for continuing support for ongoing initiatives in the new triennium.
Ramsar Small Grants Fund (SGF): Herb Rafaelle introduced this item (COP 10 DR 7), noting that the resolution calls for the establishment of a low-cost small projects portfolio (SPP), which will compile project proposals that have been evaluated and approved but not funded due to lack of funds. Rafaelle also noted that donors could select SPP projects for funding, thereby increasing SGF voluntary contributions.
INDONESIA emphasized the obligation of developed country parties to make voluntary donations to the SGF. SAMOA emphasized the needs of small island developing states, and JAPAN stressed the need for monitoring and evaluation of projects approved by the SGF. At Japan's request, Raffaele distinguished between signature and regional initiatives, noting that the latter are long-term, broad scale efforts within a region, while the former are specific regional activities. The REPUBLIC OF KOREA committed to donate US$100,000 to the SGF, and pointed out that contributions to the Ramsar Carbon Offset Fund will finance wetland management in developing countries.
COP Cycle: Delegates considered (COP 10 DR 3), which provides for extending the COP cycle from three to four years, and for regionally rotating meetings of the Standing Committee, the STRP and CEPA. The majority of parties opposed extending the COP cycle. SWITZERLAND said extending the interval would allow more time for implementation, but emphasized that additional costs should not be incurred, and also cautioned against taking decisions regionally.
NEW ZEALAND opposed the devolution of decision making. Barbados, for the AMERICAS, said extending the interval would require two intersessional regional meetings, and would also inhibit the COP's ability to respond to emerging issues. Samoa, for OCEANIA, and CHINA said a four year cycle would incur additional costs and administrative burdens, and reduce international visibility, with CHINA noting that it would send a signal that Ramsar is unimportant.
JAPAN proposed deleting paragraphs on regional rotation of meetings, citing high cost implications, while the US pointed to benefits, including exposure to other regions. GEORGIA offered to host the 2009 Standing Committee meeting.
Noting overwhelming opposition to extending the COP cycle, the Secretariat said the issue could be revisited at COP 11, if parties wished. COSTA RICA, URUGUAY, TANZANIA, MALAWI and ARGENTINA opposed this, stressing that the matter should be considered closed. The Secretariat said that the meeting report would note that the resolution was not adopted, and urge parties to consider hosting Standing Committee meetings, resources permitting, and delegates agreed.
Transition Committee of the Management Working Group: This draft resolution (COP 10 DR 4) was adopted, with an amendment proposed by Ecuador specifying that each IOP would be represented by one representative in the transition committee.
Communication, Education, Participation and Awareness (CEPA): Many parties expressed support for the CEPA draft resolution. AUSTRIA suggested a reference to the incorporation of previous work. On integrating CEPA action plans into policy instruments and programmes, UGANDA suggested additional reference to poverty eradication. A revised draft resolution will be prepared.
Future implementation of scientific and technical aspects of the Convention: On this item (COP 10 DR 10), the UK, on behalf of the EU, proposed reflecting the importance of voluntary contributions for STRP activities in language urging parties, donors, intergovernmental agencies, IOPs and others to use the programme to prioritize their financial and other support.
Regarding STRP tasks, AUSTRALIA highlighted the importance of detecting, reporting and responding to changes in ecological character, and their relation to the task on guidance for describing ecological character. VENEZUELA proposed an additional thematic work area relating to wetlands and urbanization, while INDONESIA suggested considering poverty reduction as a high priority task.
On wetlands and climate change mitigation and adaptation, and on biofuels and wetlands, BRAZIL cautioned against duplicating the efforts of other processes and favored deleting references to these topics. TANZANIA emphasized future priorities and integrating language on economic sector issues for wetlands, wetlands and poverty reduction, and wetlands and tourism. A revised draft resolution will be prepared.
STRP Modus Operandi: STRP Chair Heather MacKay briefed delegates on the proposed refinements to the STRP modus operandi (COP 10 DR 9). INDONESIA requested that the STRP include a thematic expert on socioeconomic issues. In response, the Secretariat cautioned against the STRP Oversight Committee appointing thematic experts in areas outside of its priority work areas, noting that the STRP will continue to collaborate with IOPs to seek expertise for such issues. BRAZIL proposed involving parties directly in approving the STRP's work. The Secretariat suggested postponing a decision on this, pending clarification of the proposal's implications.
Private-Sector Partnerships: Secretary-General Anada Tiéga introduced proposed principles for partnerships between the Ramsar Secretariat and the business sector (COP 10 DR 12), which aim to promote joint activities for wetland conservation and wise use through increased commitment by the private sector. Germany, on behalf of the EU, proposed adding reference to the Business and Biodiversity Initiative launched at CBD COP 9. TANZANIA called for tripartite partnerships, whereby the Secretariat could provide technical support, and emphasized the need to include access and benefit-sharing measures.
THAILAND suggested that the STRP prepare a handbook on the development of public-private partnerships. NEW ZEALAND proposed the inclusion of an additional objective to facilitate improved environmentally sustainable business practices.
INDONESIA suggested that the STRP develop guidelines on the wise use of wetlands for the private sector, including the optimization of sustainable production, and requested that CEPA strengthen cooperation with the private sector. Discussions will continue on Saturday.
Reports of the Contact Group Chairs: Finance and Budget Committee Chair Rafaelle reported broad support for a four percent increase in the budget, which the group agreed should be spent on hiring an additional staff member to focus on partnerships, and on enhancing support for the SGF and regional initiatives.
Reporting on the legal status contact group, Co-Chair Luis Vayas, Ecuador, said the group had agreed that an intersessional working group or task force should be established to continue addressing the issue.
ASIA: Chair Shueng briefed delegates on the outcome of the finance and budget committee, explaining that, although several regional groups supported a four percent increase, no consensus was reached. The Asian group did not reach consensus because JAPAN opposed the four percent increase.
AMERICAS: On the Secretariat's legal status, delegates considered Uruguay's proposal for a short-term approach to solve specific problems, followed by a mid-term strategy aimed at defining the Secretariat's legal status. Delegates noted that subregional initiatives should be properly integrated within regional initiatives. ECUADOR and CHILE requested clarification on the use of signature initiatives in the draft resolution on the SGF. URUGUAY indicated its interest in hosting COP 11.
EUROPE: Delegates supported establishing contact groups on wetlands and climate change, as well as on wetlands and biofuels. SWITZERLAND said the resolution on wetlands and biofuels should send a strong signal to other processes addressing biofuels that they should also consider impacts on wetlands. On enhancing biodiversity in rice paddies, the NETHERLANDS said that EU countries will seek to achieve a better balance between negative and positive impacts, in particular taking into account the role of rice paddies in food production.
OCEANIA: Regarding frequency and timing of COPs, some participants expressed concern that a four year cycle may result in regional and Standing Committee meetings becoming mini COPs. On the budget, the group did not reach agreement on which option it preferred. On the proposed Secretariat staff position on partnerships, delegates preferred to see more details prior to taking a decision, with some expressing concern that resources would have to be diverted from critical programmes such as CEPA or regional initiatives. The possibility of a government secondment to fill this position was also raised.
CONTACT GROUP ON THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE SECRETARIAT
The group met in the evening to discuss a Co-Chair's draft, including annexed terms of reference (TOR) for an ad hoc working group on administrative reform. Delegates discussed whether the TOR should include references to work undertaken so far and formal legal advice from the UN, and whether they should address both the Convention and the Secretariat. A revised text will be prepared.
IN THE CORRIDORS
The day revealed few surprises as delegates settled into a somewhat familiar routine in Changwon. The "shooting down" of a proposal to extend the COP cycle to four years was not unexpected, as one delegate explained: "if we go to a four year COP cycle then we'll relinquish the tiny semblance of visibility that we have."
However, some delegates were already predicting that tomorrow's debates would be more lively and contentious, with a morning presentation on wetlands and climate change, which could lead to interventions by parties with firm views on the issue. Given that some delegates are already revisiting the well-trodden terrain of "mandate issues," one delegate wondered whether a discussion on climate change would be possible without getting bogged down over questions of "duplication."
Another group of delegates expected heated debate on the status of sites on the Ramsar list, with NGOs flexing their muscles to name and shame those parties not living up to their commitments. This issue of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin © <[email protected]> is written and edited by Imran Habib Ahmad, Asheline Appleton, Stefan Jungcurt, Ph.D., Leila Mead, and Renata Rubian. The Digital Editor is Dan Birchall. The Editor is Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. <[email protected]> and the Director of IISD Reporting Services is Langston James "Kimo" Goree VI <[email protected]>. The Sustaining Donors of the Bulletin are the United Kingdom (through the Department for International Development - DFID), the Government of the United States of America (through the Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs), the Government of Canada (through CIDA), the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Commission (DG-ENV), and the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea. General Support for the Bulletin during 2008 is provided by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government of Australia, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, the Ministry of Environment of Sweden, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, SWAN International, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Japanese Ministry of Environment (through the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies - IGES), the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (through the Global Industrial and Social Progress Research Institute - GISPRI) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Funding for translation of the Bulletin into French has been provided by the International Organization of the Francophonie (IOF). Funding for the translation of the Bulletin into Spanish has been provided by the Ministry of Environment of Spain. The opinions expressed in the Bulletin are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of IISD or other donors. Excerpts from the Bulletin may be used in non-commercial publications with appropriate academic citation. For information on the Bulletin, including requests to provide reporting services, contact the Director of IISD Reporting Services at <[email protected]>, +1-646-536-7556 or 300 East 56th St., 11A, New York, New York 10022, USA. The ENB Team at Ramsar COP10 can be contacted by e-mail at <[email protected]>.


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Business Studies and English Studies
University of Stirling
UCAS Code: NQ13 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Do you see yourself working in a business environment? This degree will provide you with a strong knowledge base, skills and competencies to form a foundation from which managerial expertise can develop throughout your working life. The University of Stirling Management School has been awarded a Bronze Charter by the Small Business Charter in recognition of its active participation in supporting local economies through its work with start- ups and small businesses. Stirling Management School is committed to a research-led approach in all of its activities with all of our outputs being rated at an international level, and an impressive proportion deemed to be world leading. The Business Studies degree is highly rated. Our teaching staff are active in various areas of current management research. Research, therefore, informs their teaching, making it relevant to current debates within business.
From books and magazines to email and the Internet, texts are all around us. As texts of all kinds become more prominent and powerful in our lives, the ability to analyse them and appreciate their often elusive meanings becomes more highly prized. The English Studies degree at Stirling will enable you to recognise ideology and bias, and see through the spin of cultural and political debate. You'll refine your ability to think and write clearly – valuable skills in many careers and professions. Our graduates are well prepared in these transferable skills and have an excellent success rate in finding rewarding employment in many fields.The English Studies degree at Stirling introduces students to the critical and theoretical study of English, Scottish and American literature. Students have the opportunity to engage with texts from a broad range of historical periods, from the Middle Ages to the present day. There is also a language pathway through the degree, allowing you to study modules in language and linguistics in each semester. Core modules include: • Introduction to Literary Studies: Genres • Introduction to Literary Studies: Theories and Approaches • Literary Revolutions • Writing and History • Writing and Language • Restoration and 18th Century • Modernism and Modernity Lectures are supplemented by teaching and discussion in tutorial groups. Visiting creative writers, scholars and critics are involved in a lively course of extra-curricular lectures and readings. We also host Royal Literary Fund fellows who are on site specifically to give students extra one-to-one support as they develop their essay writing skills. Assessment takes the form of essays or other assignments written during each semester with credit sometimes given for oral presentations. There are no final exams in English.
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English is one of the most popular degree subjects and in 2015, more than 11,000 students graduated with English degrees - although this does represent a fall from recent years. As good communication is so important to modern business, you can find English graduates in all parts of the economy, although obviously, you can't expect to get a job in science or engineering (computing is a different matter - it's not common but good language skills can be useful in the computing industry). There's little difference in outcomes between English language and English literature degrees, so don't worry and choose the one that suits you best. More English grads took another postgraduate course when they finished their degree than grads from any other subject - this is an important option. Teacher training was a common choice of second degree, as was further study of English, and journalism courses. But many English graduates changed course and trained in law, marketing or other languages -or even subjects further afield such as computing, psychology and even nursing. This is a very flexible degree which gives you a lot of options
The number of business studies graduates fell significantly last year after a long period of increase. But there were still more than 14,000 degrees awarded and this is the third most popular subject for new graduates. Because so many graduates get business studies degrees, you can find them everywhere in the economy, and very few jobs are completely out of reach for a good business studies graduate. Around 40% go into jobs in finance, sales, recruitment, management (particularly retail) or marketing. There is also a small (but well paid) group who take their technical skills into computing and IT. Thousands of graduates from this subject go into professional jobs every year, and average starting salaries are above the average for all subjects and particularly healthy in London where they top £25k. Graduates with good degree grades in business studies are much more likely to get good jobs, so don't be complacent, and keep a close eye on your grades.
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The C.C.H.P Environmental Challenges project (2010-2014) aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of new territorial planning approaches aimed at improving the management of kitchen waste, waste recycling, energy efficiency and protection of soil and water resources.
The COR – Campaña Objetivo Residuos (Waste Objective Campaign) – is an awareness raising campaign (2010-2012) aiming at encouraging citizens to modify their habits and incorporate correct domestic waste management (separation of the different fractions) in their daily routine, shared by all members of the family unit in order to make the concept of European recycling society a reality in Barcelona.
EcoSolar (2015-2018) envisions an integrated value chain to manufacture and implement solar panels in the most ecologic way by maximising resource efficiency, taking into account reuse of materials during production and repurposing solar panel components at end of life stage. EcoSolar will demonstrate that during the lifetime of a solar electricity producing field, individual panels can be monitored, allowing to identify defaulting panels at an early stage, replacing or repairing them and thus to increase the overall energy yield.
Ecotic (2014-2016) has the main objective to raise awareness about the environmental issues surrounding the manufacture and use of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), the handling of WEEE and its treatment and recovery (including reuse and recycling). The project also aims to promote green energy with a special emphasis on households and school children in Romania. The project aims to engage all the relevant project stakeholders in a joint effort to tackle the problem of WEEE at national, regional and local level.
Life Ewas (2014-2016) project aims to foster innovation in waste management by demonstrating the potential of new information technologies to optimise current EU waste management practices and to establish a way forward for the adoption of a standard and more sustainable model. The project will also study the current waste management systems of the regions involved in order to identify ways of making them more sustainable waste.
The main objective of the FENIX project (2010-2012) is to create a user-friendly and flexible tool for easily obtaining environmental lifecycle assessment (LCA) results on packaging waste management. The tool will also take into account economic and social factors and will be adaptable to different European realities.
The successful completion of the FineSol (2015-2019) project would lift the ultra-miniaturisation/functionality road block and also enable reduction in raw material usage, reduction in WEEE, reduction in pollution and associated health costs and also a major reduction in EU energy demand with all its indirect benefits for environment and society.
2012-2016: FUSIONS (Food Use for Social Innovation by Optimising waste prevention Strategies) will contribute to achieving a Resource Efficient Europe by significantly reducing food waste. It will achieve this through a comprehensive and experienced European partnership covering all key actors across the food supply chain, including regulatory, business, NGOs and knowledge institutes, all with strong links to consumer organisations.
Green Commerce is a LIFE+ project that aims at promoting environmental responsibility in the retail sector. In other words, it is meant to green the activities of small shops in Europe, by, for instance, involving them in the campaign against climate change or reducing energy consumption and waste production. On the other hand, Green Commerce aims at raising consumers' awareness about the greenest shopping practices.
Green Cook is a project co-financed by the INTERREGI IV B programme (2010 – 2013), which is aimed at reducing food wastage and to make the North-West Europe a model of sustainable food management by in-depth work on the consumer / food relationship thanks to a multisectoral partnership.
Infocycle (2014-2016) aims at addressing the limited available quantity of WEEE in the Ipirus and Thessaly regions. Actions will aim at increasing the quality of processes by the partners of the existing collective recycling scheme, thus minimising its environmental footprint. Complementary, several actions are foreseen to increase environmental awareness and local culture regarding the risks of maltreating WEEE.
The main goal of Know Waste (2014-2017) is to promote waste reduction, reuse and recycling (RRR) in Cyprus, through an awareness raising campaign based on an integrated communication strategy aiming to inform, educate and motivate.
LIFE+ISR (2014-2018) project aims to demonstrate the environmental and economic benefits of two highly innovative sludge pre-treatment technologies that substantially reduce waste (i.e. sludge) production at municipal WWTPs. Both complementary technologies realise substantial sludge reduction, but are targeted at different types of WWTPs and situations. Thermocrack is an innovative technology based on thermal pre-treatment of sludge, which results in sludge and chemical reductions and enhanced biogas production. This technology will be implemented in the facilities of the Kralingseveer WWTP, which already has a digester. Optigest is a novel technology for sludge digestion, in which the hydraulic retention time and solids retention time are separated. Implementing Optigest results in sludge reduction, increased sludge volume handling capacity and enhanced biogas production. This technology will be tested in the facilities of the Tollebeek WWTP.
Miniwaste is a three-year project (2010- 2012), co-funded by the LIFE+ programme. It aims to demonstrate that it is possible to significantly reduce the amount of organic waste (food and green waste) at the source, and to monitor actions for waste reduction in an efficient and helpful manner. Let's bring bio-waste back to life!
The Life Memory (2014-2018) project aims to demonstrate (at an industrial prototype scale) an anaerobic technology, using the innovative Submerged Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (SAnMBR) technology, as an alternative to traditional urban wastewater treatment. The SAnMBR technology combines anaerobic digestion and membrane technology, allowing for the treatment of urban wastewater at ambient temperatures. Anaerobic digestion allows the conversion of the organic matter into a biogas flow (composed mainly by CH4 and CO2) that can be used at the WWTP to generate heat energy and electric power. On the other hand membrane filtration allows the sludge retention time (SRT) to be increased by 100% without increasing the reactor volume – thus in turn permitting anaerobic processes to be used for low-loaded wastewaters. Low growth rate of anaerobic bacteria coupled to longer sludge retention time reduces sludge production, so that there is less residual waste to be disposed of and fewer emissions.
The NOW – No more organic waste – project (2011-2014) aims to develop a new integrated system to eliminate organic waste in the organised large-scale distribution. It will involve local authorities and representatives of distribution groups.
Prewaste is a three-year project (2010-2012), co-funded by the INTERREG IV C programme of the European Commission. The project aims to significantly reduce waste production and hazardousness, in particular by delivering waste prevention best practices implemented in Europe, indicators and monitoring tools, and guidelines for planning and implementing waste prevention programmes at local or regional level. It's time to prevent!
Repurpose is a project led by Groundwork London with support from the London Community Resource Network and Middlesex University. Co-funded by the European Commission's LIFE+ Programme, the project engages residents on five London housing estates to create community reuse enterprises, by transforming redundant spaces on their estates into reuse hubs (The Loops) for the collection, refurbishment and redistribution of items. In this way, local people are being equipped with the skills and resources to reuse more, reduce fly-tipping and improve the local environment.
Find out more at www.repurpose.london.
RECO Baltic 21 Tech (RB21T) is an INTERREG IVB Baltic Sea Region project that fosters sustainable waste management in the Baltic Sea Region. It aims at strengthening the capacity of Baltic Sea countries to meet the requirements of the various EU directives. RB21T will directly target and assist 30 decision makers on the local/regional and national level in realizing a waste management investment, drawing on the Best Available Technologies (BAT).
The main objective of Rewaco (2013-2016) is to demonstrate a new, more efficient and cost-effective waste collection system - reversed waste collection - in three different neighbourhoods of Arnhem. By offering a series of incentives to the local population, the reversed waste collection system is designed to encourage people to separate valuable household waste.
The SMILE (2013-2016) project's main aim focuses on reducing and recovering marine litter in coastal areas. This will be achieved through the development of governance processes for preventing marine litter and the implementation of an innovative 'catching mechanism' for the litter transported by the river. Being developed within the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, all work will also contribute to the region's ICZM implementation.
In many cases energy, water and resources contained in wastewater may have significant value if recovered. Therefore, the EU is currently confronted with a paradigm shift from wastewater treatment to resource recovery. To facilitate this shift, the SuPER-W (2016-2020) European Joint Doctorate programme trains early-stage researchers (ESRs) in developing technologies for water, energy, nutrient and metal reuse, and bioproduction from (waste)water.
The WASP Tool project runs from 2011 to 2014 and aims to develop and demonstrate a waste prevention support tool for local authorities. This web-based decision support tool – WASP tool – will be used on a pilot basis by the three participating municipalities (two in Greece and one in Cyprus).
Waste on a Diet (2012-2016) aims to deploy solutions to facilitate full implementation of the pay-as-you-throw scheme. It aims to address the particular challenges of collective housing and rural areas to reduce quantities of waste and increase local treatment and recycling of organic waste.


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Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra starrer Kesari has entered Rs 150 crore club at the box office. To celebrate the film's success, Parineeti records female version of song 'Teri Mitti' .
Well, the makers are yet to decide if it will be incorporated in the film.
The male version which features in the film is sung by B Praak and the heart-touching lyrics have been penned by Manoj Muntashir.
Prior to Teri Mitti, Parineeti had earlier rendered Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin for the 2017 film Meri Pyaari Bindu. She also sang a duet with popular Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam.
'Kesari' is based on the 1897 Battle of Saragarhi, where an army of 21 Sikhs fought against 10,000 Afghans. Akshay essays the role of Havildar Ishar Singh.
On the work front, Parineeti will be seen next in Dibakar Banerjee's Sandeep aur Pinky Faraar alongside Arjun Kapoor and is set to reunite with Sidharth Malhotra in romantic comedy Jabariya Jodi.
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Pride Month events celebrate LGBTQ+ identity
by Aria Parikh
The Intercultural Center is celebrating Pride Month as its current Heritage Month in acknowledgement and support of the LGBTQ+ community. While the rest of America celebrates Pride Month every June to commemorate the Stonewall Riots, Swarthmore is slightly more fluid with its dates. This semester, the IC will be celebrating Pride Month from Oct. 7 to Nov. 21.
In an attempt to celebrate and recognize the multitudes of identities, including those that are traditionally marginalized, Swarthmore's Intercultural Center hosts various "Heritage Months," where speakers and events are organized around these identities. They also serve as educational experiences for the rest of the community. The LGBTQ+ community was first formally celebrated at Swarthmore in 1995, with "Coming Out Week," which has evolved over the years to become Pride Month, which was first commemorated by the IC on this campus in 2013.
"Pride Month is Swarthmore's celebration of LGBTQ+ identity, community, and history. It focuses on creating awareness and understanding of the contributions, histories, and experiences of LGBTQ+ folx. The target audience for the events of Pride Month is LGBTQ+ students, including those that are questioning, and allies!" wrote Cooper Kidd, the LGBTQ+ fellow at the IC, in an email.
IC fellow Nyk Roberts expanded on this. They mentioned that they wanted to create spaces for the members of the LGBTQ+ community to celebrate their identities.
"When you look at our Pride Month calendar, it is evident that this year's committee wanted to focus on being in community with other LGBTQ+ students, faculty and staff through parties, celebrations, and meetings around different LGBTQ+ identities," said Roberts.
The events planned this year emphasize art, education, and celebration. The month began with a poster-making session that involved students coming together to create posters to celebrate famous LGBTQ+ community members of the past. There was also a panel that discussed the question "Am I Queer Enough?", where professor Sa'ed Atshan gave a talk, after which a student panel shared their experiences of coming out and the various levels of acceptance that they felt. Another popular event that will have taken place at the time of publishing is the Queer Fashion Show, which has been a fixture at past Pride Months, according to Roberts.
This week, there will be a Glitter Bomb Party at Paces on Nov. 4, as well as the "Parrish is Burning" Drag Show, featuring many of the Drag Queens who took part in last semester's Pride Month "Royal Drag Show" event. Over one hundred students attended the show last semester, many of whom expressed to Roberts that they would like it to be included in future Pride Month Celebrations. Along with other luncheons and celebrations, Nov. 20 will be observed, campus- and nationwide, as Trans Day of Remembrance with a candlelight vigil. A few other events that aren't funded by the IC also take place at this time. Most notably, the Sager Fund, started in 1988 by Richard Sager '73, is bringing S. Bear Bergman, an American trans man, author, poet, playwright, and theater artist, to Swarthmore.
These events are mostly planned by the Pride Month Committee, comprising of 20 individuals from all four class years who are selected through an open call process. Kidd serves as a mentor to this committee, offering logistical and functional support to them. Members of the committee declined to comment for this piece.
To learn more about Swarthmore's Queer History, Dean Rivera recommends an article written for the Phoenix in 2013, entitled "A Queer History of Swarthmore." Along with the celebration of Pride Month, the IC serves as a resource to students, including those who identify within the LGBTQ+ spectrum, year-round.
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Queer-Centered Workshop Focuses on Challenging Dominant Narratives Around Sexuality
Original Student Musical "The Kai's the Limit" Celebrates Student Passion, Queerness
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