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AGW Panic monger defends his toxic waste dumping
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#1 AGW Panic monger defends his toxic waste dumping
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/ga...915-15caf.html
Garnaut defends dumping mine waste in river
September 15, 2010 - 5:04PM
Professor Ross Garnaut ... defended the decision of mining companies in which he has been involved to use a controversial method of releasing mining waste into rivers and the ocean in Papua New Guinea.\
Climate change expert Ross Garnaut (actually no,. he isn't a scientist he's an ECONOMIST) has defended the decision of mining companies with which he has been involved to use a controversial method of releasing mining waste into rivers and the ocean in Papua New Guinea. Professor Garnaut, who conducted the Rudd government's 2008 climate-change review, was the chairman of Lihir Gold, a mining company taken over by Newcrest Gold last month.
He is also a director of OK Tedi Mining Limited, another company that operates in PNG.Last week the ABC's 7.30 Report aired a report about Lihir and OK Tedi's practice of using deep sea tailings placement (DSTP) at two separate mines. The Lihir project, under Newcrest, is set to produce 1 million ounces of gold a year on LihirIsland, 900 kilometres north of Port Moresby.
(He's in the money...he's in the money...)
OK Tedi extracts copper, gold and silver from its remote Star Mountains operation in PNG's Western Province. According to the ABC report, OK Tedi discharges 56 million tonnes of metalliferous waste into local river systems each year.
Oh dear me, ANOTHER climate alarmist who doesnt practise what he preaches...oh be STILL my heart....,
The practice is banned in Canada and the US and indigenous landowners were concerned with the method being employed at the mines. Professor Garnaut said the report comprehensively misrepresented his work. He said that, through the integration of false and misleading statements by several people and misleading footage, the ABC had built up an "elaborate, negative and false impression of the activities" of the Lihir and OK Tedi operations.
"The piece amounts to a comprehensive attack on my professional and personal integrity," he told reporters at a press conference in Canberra.
His what?
Professor Garnaut said he had approached 7.30 Report anchor Kerry O'Brien about what he considered were "errors and distortions in the piece" and was offered an interview with the reporting journalist. "I declined, on the grounds that it was unreasonable to expect that the journalist who had played an important role in the presentation of egregious errors and distortions would straightforwardly acknowledge errors," he said.
Translation: he would be caught lying on camera.....
Instead he suggested a statement on the program that acknowledged the piece had been erroneous and misleading, accompanied by an apology. O'Brien declined.
Because it was the truth
Professor Garnaut said there were genuine dilemmas in resources development everywhere. Disposal of waste and tailings inevitably involved some disruption of the natural environment, he said. On Lihir, Professor Garnaut said, the decision to use DSTP rather than land-based tailings disposal was taken after careful consideration of the alternatives.
...and all the money falling into his pockets....
He said the local people of the Lihir group of islands were also consulted before a decision was made, and involved careful consideration that agricultural land was scarce, valuable and highly prized. "The people of Lihir were very clear that the careful placement at great depth of this material was strongly favoured by them," Professor Garnaut said.
He said monitoring in the deep ocean had shown there had been some effect of DSTP on zooplankton but it did not smother all growth of the tiny invertebrates. "There is no effect on the food chains and the ecology of the seas affecting any fish used by humans.
"There is no effect on the natural environment." DSTP in Lihir's circumstances were world's best practice, the economist said.
Professor Garnaut said the dilemmas at OK Tedi had been more acute. He had taken up his position as a director at the request of BHP Billiton to join and chair the board on the PNG Sustainable Development Program in 2002 "because of the opportunity that it provided to make a large and different contribution to sustainable development in PNG", he said.
"Sustainable development is hard anywhere. It is especially hard in PNG.But the achievements under the program were considerable, he said. Legal action has been suggested to Professor Garnaut but he said he was simply seeking to correct the record at this stage. "At this stage, right at this moment, my primary purpose is to correct the gross distortion in the program," he said.
Right...call in the lawyers...
"I don't think there's any doubt I've been defamed, that's a different question as to whether action will be taken about it." An ABC spokeswoman said the 7.30 Report would respond to Professor Garnaut's objections to the report tonight.
When they can find their way clear to doing so with a straight face.....
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Hampshire detectives investigating allegations of physical abuse against a former colleague of the Archbishop of Canterbury at a holiday camp for teenage boys have appealed for possible victims to contact them.
A series of accusations have been levelled against John Smyth, a former leader at the Iwerne camp, which had close links with the Church of England and where Justin Welby worked as a dormitory officer in the late 1970s.
Mr Welby has insisted he was 'completely unaware' of the allegations after the Church issued an apology over its handling of the claims.
The allegations have come to light following a Channel 4 News investigation into the prominent QC and part-time judge, who is now based in South Africa.
The Iwerne Trust, which oversaw the Christian camps, was made aware of the allegations and compiled a report in 1982 but failed to tell police, Channel 4 News said.
Although not naming Mr Smyth, Hampshire Police have confirmed they are investigating 'a senior figure at the Iwerne Trust'.
A statement said: 'We are investigating allegations of non-recent physical abuse involving a senior figure at the Iwerne Trust.
It went on: 'We recognise that many institutions failed catastrophically but the Church is meant to hold itself to a far, far higher standard and we have failed terribly.
Speaking on LBC Radio today, Mr Welby said he had been 'completely unaware' of any allegations when he worked at the camp.
He said: 'I was at that particular camp in the mid-70s. I was young then - 19 to 21 or 22.
Mr Welby said he was first informed of the alleged abuse in late 2013 or early 2014, by which time it had been reported to the police 'as per the Church rules'.
He added that he had only had fleeting contact with Mr Smyth since.
The Titus Trust, which took over some functions of the Iwerne Trust, said it was made aware of the allegations in 2014 and informed police and the Charity Commission.
Public school Winchester College, which had connections with Mr Smyth, confirmed in a statement that it had carried out its own investigation into allegations about him.
It said: 'Nothing was held back in 1982 in the school's inquiries. House masters were informed, and many parents consulted.
The college said no report was made to the police at the time, partly at the wish of the parents of the boys involved in the allegations.
The statement went on: 'We do not know whether any pupils or parents, undergraduates or university authorities reported the matter directly to the police.
It added: 'The law today is very different from 35 years ago, insisting that any allegation must be immediately reported to the authorities.


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Home – Leila Chudori
by Rebecca Hussey
[Deep Vellum Publishing; 2015]
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About two-thirds of the way through Home by Leila Chudori (translated by John H. McGlynn), the novel's two protagonists discuss definitions of the "flâneur," the figure of the leisurely walker. Dimas Suryo, an exile from Indonesia now living in Paris, offers his preferred definition to his daughter Lintang:
I am most in agreement with the explanation provided by Charles Baudelaire, who said that activity on a journey is the same as a home for the flâneur, like water for fish. Passion and work become one in the activity. A flâneur will forever be looking, and building his home in the flow and motion of movement. He might feel he has left his home, but in fact he built a home in his journey.
Thus Dimas explains his life of wandering to his daughter, and thus does Chudori introduce her central theme: how and whether one finds a home when forced to leave one's original homeland. Can Dimas and Lintang, both flâneurs, find a home in the journey itself, or do they, in the end, want to return to — or in Lintang's case discover — their origins? (more…)

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Pay close attention to the first strokes of paint that the brushes will make. This is, by far, the most helpful hint you'll get. Seriously.
Don't waste any more hint coins.
How is the paint applied to the brushes on this contraption, anyway? Is each one dipped in paint separately? Or is there some crazy paint bucket that the whole contraption is dipped into at once? Why is the sky blue?
What is the point of this crazy painting contraption anyway? What situation would call for such a wacky paint job?
Maybe aliens made it? Wouldn't alien technology be more advanced, though?


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Landmark Federal Study: Cell Phone Radiation Linked to Brain Cancer
Findings Bolster EWG Concerns and Advice On Cell Phone Safety
WASHINGTON – The radiation emitted from wireless devices could cause brain cancer, according to a multi-year study from the federal National Toxicology Program.
The results appear to confirm human evidence used by the World Health Organization that declared cell phone radiation a possible carcinogen.
The research found that male rats exposed to radio-frequency (RF) radiation had a greater chance of being diagnosed with a brain cancer called malignant glioma, as well as developing a tumor found on the heart. The radiation levels the rats were exposed to included power levels that current cell phones are allowed to emit.
This study from the National Toxicology Program, part of the National Institute for Health, was conducted on laboratory animals to help determine what the potential risks might be for people, noted EWG president Ken Cook.
"The federal government isn't exposing rats to cell phone radiation because we're concerned about rats getting cancer from cell phone use," Cook said. "These studies are done because of their relevance to people, and this particular study raises serious concerns."
"By confirming the connection between cell phone radiation and malignant tumors in male rats, the NTP's study raises concerns for risks to people to a new level," said David Andrews, PhD, a senior scientist with EWG.
David Carpenter, director of the School of Public Health at State University of New York at Albany, who has followed the issue closely said the study "won't end the debate, but I can't imagine anything with more credibility than an NTP report."
Carpenter told EWG he thought the report could spur other health organizations to take a fresh look at the issue, including the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer, which in 2011 classified cell phone radiation as a "possible carcinogen."
EWG has been at the forefront of public interest organizations raising concerns about cell phone use and cancer. The 10-year, $25 million study confirms reports by EWG from 2009 and 2013 highlighting the potential health risks from cell phones and wireless devices.
EWG's 2009 report spotlighted comprehensive review studies that showed increased risk of two types of brain tumors, including glioma.
In an effort to help concerned consumers take steps to protect themselves and their families, EWG has created tools and tips that can help reduce exposure to radiation from cell phones, including our Guide to Safer Cell Phone Use and one to help pick the best cell phone case to mitigate radiation exposure.
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Oil Broke out of a year-long consolidation on 9-29-16.
The dollar followed up a week later. As the dollar run up began, oil went in to a 3 week plateau, a holding period.
The downward pressure on oil and commodities created by the strengthening dollar capped the oil move, although it attempted to hold higher prices, bull flag, and set up for a move higher.
Finally, the dollar made one further push higher on 10/20, gunning for the top of it's channel, which would have been about 99.50.
On that day, oil began to sag, and finally started selling off in earnest on 10-31. The dollar followed almost immediately after.
What we see, again and again, is that the dollar leads, oil follows. The fall in oil led to a perfect set up, a retest of the breakout from late Sept. However, the retest failed. At least it didn't neatly hold.
The weakness in oil is partly attributed, theoretically according to fundamentals, to a couple of record inventory build reports. And then there was a rumor that OPEC would yet again fail to agree in November.
But the dollar is still heading down towards that retest. That weakening dollar is likely to bouy oil and commodities.
So likely, even though the neat retest failed, oil will probably balance in this area, which is dead center of the whole 2016 range.
And similarly, markets will probably sit here through the election, then use the next news events to get moving again.
With oil, the next news is the actual OPEC event. The election is ostensibly an event vis a vis markets in general. Although, the president is fundamentally irrelevant to markets, it's sentimentally an issue.
And then the more actually important events are the central bank meetings in December. The US Fed has long been posturing that it will raise rates. The ECB will likely give clarity if QE will really end in March, or get extended.
A quick survey of stocks finds the SP 500 right at the mid of the up move follow the false Brexit breakdown.
Like Oil and the dollar, it's right in the middle, and likely to balance here going in to news.
This exact spot also happens to be exactly on top of the 2015 range.
The Nasdeq, a broader measure, slightly more tech sensitive, is similarly poised. Not quite as neat as a pin, but same basic picture.


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Donald Trump is reportedly telling Obama-appointed ambassadors they have to be out by Inauguration Day — no exceptions.
The New York Times reported that as soon as Donald Trump takes office, he's booting every ambassador appointed by President Obama — with no exceptions.
Trump wants all of Obama's appointees out by Inauguration Day. It's normal for a president to want their own diplomats installed. But usually, the previous ambassadors are given at least some time to get their affairs in order before being removed.
The American Foreign Service Association, which represents diplomats, said that during the Obama administration, 135 of the 446 openings were offered to political appointees. Those are usually supporters or people close to the president. The rest of the spots go to career diplomats.
That generally doesn't pose a problem because those appointees usually go to relatively stable countries that are on good terms with the U.S., so there's not a lot of complicated diplomatic work to be done.
In the past, Democratic and Republican presidents gave outgoing envoys weeks or months to figure out what to do with their families — especially if they had kids.
Former ambassadors like Derek Shearer are struggling to understand the Trump administration's decision. He said, "It feels like there's an element just of spite and payback in it. I don't see a higher policy motive."
Trump has promised to do a lot in his first hundred days. With that busy of a schedule, he may not be able to fill all available diplomatic positions for a while.
That could leave dozens of countries — including China, Japan and Canada — without an ambassador for months.


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On January 15, 2017, we have celebrated the 16th anniversary of Wikipedia not only at the WMAM office but also in Stepanakert Wikiclub. It has become a good tradition for all active Armenian Wikipedians to get together on the same day. This celebration is also a great opportunity for Wikimedia Armenia to summarize all organized contests and award the winners. On this day we also presented a report on the achievements of the year and talked about the future plans.
In order to attract new volunteer speakers for the Spoken Wikipedia project, Wikimedia Armenia announced a call for the speakers via its social platforms. After careful selection we have chosen candidates with the best declamation voice, who later recorded 51 articles synopsizes.
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Wikicamp brings together teenagers, students, youngsters, youth from 9-21 years old which come to learn to edit, contribute to the open knowledge, to develop various skills, to mingle and have fun!
[[File:|thumb|Saturday Workshop, January, 2017]] Every Saturday Wikimedia Armenia organizes open workshops edit-a-thons at the WM AM office where new editors are taught how to edit different wiki projects and the experienced editors participate in edit-a-thons dedicated to different themes. Anyone interested in wiki projects, Wikipedia, wiki editing and needing assistance, as well as wiki editors, who want to edit in pleasant atmosphere participate in these workshops. We have about 15-20 participants in each workshop. Among them there are also active wiki editors of hywiki, hywiktionary, hywikisource, Wikidata who help to conduct the workshops.
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The Only Alternative & His Other Possibilities
It seems Mimi Fariña joined this rock band sometime in the summer of 1966. Their earliest known gig was in August of that year, and by February 1967, the band apparently had another female singer, as you can see from the blue and orange poster below. But Mimi probably left the band a little earlier than that, since she accompanied Joan on her two-month tour of Japan in January. The Only Alternative disbanded in 1969.
Left to right: Pat Hunt, Tor Olson, Tom Rice (in back), Mimi, Michael Aragon, John Bingham. If you know anything more about The Only Alternative and his Other Possibilities, write to me at doug@richardandmimi.com.
August 17, 1966, at The Fillmore.
Psychedelic Fashion Show.
This handbill shows Mimi and The Only Alternative billed as separate acts. Perhaps this is where they met. Jefferson Airplaine and Quicksilver Messenger Service are also on the bill.
Sep 30-Oct 2, 1966, at San Francisco State College
The Acid Test: "Whatever It Is"
The performers are not listed, but other sources list the following acts: Ken Kesey, the Merry Pranksters, The Grateful Dead; The Final Solution, Wildflower, Congress of Wonders, San Francisco Mime Troupe, The Committee, and Mimi Farina.
October 8, 1966, at U.C. Berkeley.
With Quicksilver Messenger Service
and Circus Maximus ("with Nepenthe")
October 18 thru 23, 1966, at The Matrix.
December 17, 1966, at California Hall.
With Country Joe and the Fish.
Artist: Tom Weller
February 6-12, 1967, at The Matrix.
Opening for Sopwith Camel.
Artist: Victor Moscoso.
February 17-19, 1967, at The Matrix.
Artist: Victor Moscoso (from a photo by Fred Roth)
June 3-4, 1967, at The Ark, in Sausalito, CA.
With Andrew Staples.
October 7, 1967, at The Ark, Sausalito, CA
With Moby Grape and Baltimore Steam Packet.
unknown date, 1967, at The Ark, Sausalito, CA
Concert Dates:
Date: Appearing with: Venue:
66 Aug 17 Mimi, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service Fillmore Auditorium
66 Sep 30-Oct 2 Grateful Dead, The Committee, Congress of Wonders San Francisco State College
66 Oct 8 Mimi, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Circus Maximus U.C. Berkeley
66 Oct 10-15 Mimi, Tom Rice, Denise Le Brun Hungry I
66 Oct 18-23 (headlining) The Matrix
66 Oct 24-27 Jefferson Airplane The Matrix
66 Dec 17 Country Joe and the Fish California Hall
67 Feb 6-12 Sopwith Camel (billed but apparently never showed up) The Matrix
67 Feb 17-18 Fred Roth The Matrix
67 Feb 19 Big Brother & the Holding Company and Fred Roth The Matrix
67 Mar 3-5 (headlining) The Matrix
67 Apr 4-8 Steve Miller Blues Band, Orkustra The Rock Garden
67 Jun 3-4 Andrew Staples The Ark (in Sausalito)
67 Oct 7 Baltimore Steam Packet, Moby Grape The Ark
[unknown date] (headlining) The Ark
More Posters: Mimi Solo
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Assam reports 143 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths
Dispur (Assam) | December 4, 2021 2:48:50 AM IST
Assam reported 143 fresh COVID-19 cases and two fatalities in the last 24 hours, the state health bulletin informed on Friday evening.
Following this, the total number of cases of Coronavirus positive patients logged in the state rose to 6,17,306 with 1,133 active cases. Of the 29,668 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, a positivity rate of 0.48 per cent was observed.
As many as 196 patients were discharged who were infected with the virus thereby making the total count of discharged cases rise to 6,08,713. The recovery rate is at 98.61 per cent.
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Currently, as a product of one of the fastest growing industries, this new device has caught the attention of the elite. The e-cigs are now available online and at retail outlets, and many celebs from the movie and music businesses to the celebs working on the small TV shows have tried them.
Famous celebrities:
A lot of actors from the entertainment business have been caught on camera vaping. Here is an incomplete list of them (please make a comment if you know other celebrities who vape for me to add them to this list) :
I like Jack and his acting style! He is my favorite actor. Maybe you know or maybe you don't, but he has received more nominations than any other male actor in the history of filmmaking. Rest assured he won many of the nominations for his great performances. In my opinion even though he didn't receive any awards for the Joker in "Batman" (1989) and Jack in the psychological horror "The Shining" (based on the same-title novel by Stephen King), they were his best performances. The famous phrase "Here's Johnny" is improvised by him. The actor is currently retired, with almost six decades of acting.
He was caught on camera many times puffing on many occasions.
Dennis Quaid:
Dennis Quaid, is a unique actor in the Hollywood film industry, born in Texas, USA. He dropped out of college so that he can pursue a career in acting. He acted in numerous movies: "Far from Heaven", for which he won several awards for best supporting actor, "Vantage Point", "Traffic", and my favorite disaster movie – "The Day after Tomorrow", where he saves his son from the extreme climate change weather that caused a new ice age. Dennis is also a musician.
According to a video on YouTube he is puffing in the parking area of Hollywood film city.
Johnny Depp:
Photo Credit: Angela GeorgeJohnny Depp needs no introduction, does he? The Pirates of the Caribbean star, is one of the most popular actors in the world and receiver of many awards for acting. His Pirates movies alone have grossed over $7 billion worldwide, $3 billion in the U.S alone. His acting style is eccentric, with manners not easily understood by the average man/woman, as evidenced in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" as Charlie, as captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates moves, as Edward Scissorhands in the same-title movie.
He is spotted as puffing in real life, and in one of his movies. In "The Tourist", a thriller-romance movie, in the scene where he meets Elise (played by Angelina Jolie) in the train for the first time. The brand that he is puffing in the movie can not be identified, but the model is a cigalike type.
Leonardo DiCaprio:
Leonardo Dicaprio born in Los Angeles, California is one of the greatest actors ever. He is most famous for playing the role of heartthrob in "Titanic" , as a dream-invader in "The Inception", as wealthy broker in "The Wolf of Wall Street", as diamond smuggler in "Blood Diamond". Pretty much every film he had starred in has been major blockbuster making tons of money worldwide. Leonardo is also a producer. In real life he is a committed environmentalist and frequently speaks about climate-change. He is hard to spot, because he almost always wears a hat, sunglasses and moves fast in public. I don't blame him for hiding, because many people (mostly paparazzi) don't allow him to live a comfortable and normal live. I guess that is the price for being famous.
He was photographed with an electronic cigarette while bicycling, unknown brand, but cigalike type.
Robert Pattinson:
Photo Credit: Georges BiardThe British heartthrob known best for his role as Edward Cullen in the vampire-romance series "Twilight Saga" where he plays a vampire that falls in love with Bella (Kristen Stewart). The series made over $3.3 billion dollars on $375 million dollars budget, almost 10 times the money. Before taking the role he also played in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, one of the most popular Harry Potter movies. He's also been named as one of 100 Most Influential People in The World. He was spotted several times vaping, including once at Hollywood Awards, on the set of the movie "Cosmopolis" , and other places.
Paris Hilton:
The extravagant and eccentric Paris Hilton, centering the stage in the avidly buzzy Hollywood fashion business, has been a lot in the news for her glamorous lifestyle. She is great-granddaughter of the founder of famous Hilton hotels, one of the biggest hotel chains in the world. In early life she was a model and today she is famous for being famous; Paris Hilton has a celebrity status for no particular reason, but whole bunch of different reasons mostly related to her lifestyle. Hilton also owns chain of stores where she sells perfumes, luxury footwear, handbags and other.
She was spotted on the streets e-smoking.
She is a popular actress and fashion model born in New York. Lindsay starred in many movies, mostly romantic. That is no coincidence given her beautiful looks and hot body. Lohan rose to fame in her 20s starring in several blockbuster movies. There is a photo of her on the net where she is reading a script (probably) and puffing in what is probably her house garden.
Britney Spears:
Britney is one of the most popular pop singers of all time. Britney was named as one of the best selling music artists having sold more than 100 million album copies. I remember, when I was in college, her greatest song "Oops! …I did it again", being played everywhere, on every TV and radio channel, in every bus and car – pretty much everywhere where there were speakers – she was/is that famous. Other singles (Womanizer, Everytime, Sometimes and many others) would follow. Britney would receive numerous awards in her career including a grammy award, MTV movie video awards as wells as becoming star on the Hollywood walk of fame. Till today she is still considered a pop icon.
The pop singer is also an actress of a successful film called 'Crossroad'.
She has also been seen vaping numerous times.
Known for her role as an intern in the TV series medical drama "Grey's anatomy". She starred in the show for 5 years before requesting earlier termination. Aside from the series, Katherine also played in several other movies and was a cover model for popular magazines (Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair and others). On the show "Late Night with David Letterman" she vapes together with the host David.
Simon is a music magnate and showman. He is not a singer, but a businessman and TV personality. He is most famous as being a judge on the popular TV shows "Britain's Got Talent" and "The X-Factor" where he bashes and insults those that are not talented for singing or anything else. His remarks for the candidates are sometimes controversial and sarcastic. Cowell also owns a music publishing company focused on producing music, that also holds several high profile brands including the shows mentioned above.
There are many photos of him vaping.
Photo Credit: Angela GeorgeTough, beautiful and sexy. That is Michelle. She has to be the most popular action actress currently. Michelle is known for her roles in the "Fast and Furious" franchise, as racer and mechanic, as Ana Cortez, a leader and a police officer in the TV series "Lost". She was awesome in "Lost". As you may conclude Michelle plays independent and tough girl in almost all of her movies, I guess she is also like that in real life. Michelle has been seen puffing while shopping in New York.
Most of you probably know him already, so I won't bother you much with a long intro.
His real name is Peter Gene Hernandez, but is better known by his professional name. In my opinion, he has one of the most beautiful voices in the music universe. His singles "Just The Way You Are" and "Grenade" have topped the number one spot on Billboard Hot 100. Together the songs have over 1.2 billion views on YouTube. Bruno has sold more than 100 million copies of his work worldwide making him one of the best selling artists of all time.
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— Bruno Mars (@BrunoMars) May 12, 2013
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LONDON (Reuters): One of China's biggest exports in 2023 will be its social e-commerce phenomenon. TikTok, YouTube and Amazon.com (AMZN.O) are among the companies rolling out features that blend online sharing and shopping. The latest craze also is destined to run into some limitations.
There's early evidence that selling goods over live social networking works beyond the People's Republic. Viewers enjoy interacting with celebrities and so-called influencers, but the ultimate goal is clicks to buy. Social sensation Nisrin, for one, has attracted 500,000 TikTok followers, while selling as much as 10,000 pounds ($12,313) of makeup and other products in a single video session.
ByteDance-owned TikTok introduced the concept in the United States and Britain to replicate the success of Douyin. Its Chinese sister app enabled goods valued at $119 billion to be sold in 2021. Amazon recently unveiled its own copycat, Inspire. OnlyFans, a video service known for its sexual content, also allows creators to sell personalised merchandise to subscribers.
Live online shopping revenue will help offset shrinking marketing budgets. U.S. social media advertising spending, which had been growing at around 30% a year, is set to slow to about 12% on average over the next three years, to reach $114 billion in 2025, according to data portal Statista. By contrast, consultancy McKinsey projects U.S. social media e-commerce sales will increase 20% annually over the same span, to $80 billion.
The appeal makes sense. Retailers want to attract and keep shoppers online. With customers able to learn more about products from interactive live streams, it should reduce returns, a costly aspect of the e-commerce trade.
Many products won't suit the medium, however. Cosmetics work better than, say, electronics. Social-media services also may struggle to charge influencers and retailers extra fees. Amazon and others are offering shopping features at no additional cost. And competitors may ultimately be their clients. Venture capitalists have invested $700 million, per research outfit Pitchbook, into startups such as Firework that provide such technology to brick-and-mortar retailers.
Network effects will be powerful. On TikTok, a two-hour live shopping event helped one small beauty brand generate the equivalent of a week's worth of sales at its flagship store. Such anecdotes are what will make e-commerce go viral on Western social media.
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Future income of salaried or self-employed person to be considered while computing compensation under MV Act
Published on October 31, 2017 November 9, 2017 By Prachi Bhardwaj
Supreme Court: In reference relating to the computation of compensation under Sections 163-A and 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (MV Act) and the methodology for computation of future prospects, giving a unanimous decision, the 5-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and Dr. AK Sikri, AM Khanwilkar, Dr. DY Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan, JJ held that the determination of income while computing compensation has to include future prospects so that the method will come within the ambit and sweep of just compensation as postulated under Section 168 of the Act. The bench said:
"To follow the doctrine of actual income at the time of death and not to add any amount with regard to future prospects to the income for the purpose of determination of multiplicand would be unjust."
Stating that this concept is to be applied to salaried employees and self-employed persons, both, the Court explained that the purchasing capacity of a salaried person on permanent job when increases because of grant of increments and pay revision or for some other change in service conditions, there is always a competing attitude in the private sector to enhance the salary to get better efficiency from the employees. Similarly, a person who is self-employed is bound to garner his resources and raise his charges/fees so that he can live with same facilities. Regarding self-employed persons it was said:
"To have the perception that he is likely to remain static and his income to remain stagnant is contrary to the fundamental concept of human attitude which always intends to live with dynamism and move and change with the time."
The Court, hence, laid down the following guidelines for computation of compensation:
While determining the income, an addition of 50% of actual salary to the income of the deceased towards future prospects, where the deceased had a permanent job and was below the age of 40 years, should be made. The addition should be 30%, if the age of the deceased was between 40 to 50 years. In case the deceased was between the age of 50 to 60 years, the addition should be 15%. Actual salary should be read as actual salary less tax.
In case the deceased was self-employed or on a fixed salary, an addition of 40% of the established income should be the warrant where the deceased was below the age of 40 years. An addition of 25% where the deceased was between the age of 40 to 50 years and 10% where the deceased was between the age of 50 to 60 years should be regarded as the necessary method of computation. The established income means the income minus the tax component.
The age of the deceased should be the basis for applying the multiplier.
Reasonable figures on conventional heads, namely, loss of estate, loss of consortium and funeral expenses should be Rs. 15,000/-, Rs. 40,000/- and Rs. 15,000/- respectively. The aforesaid amounts should be enhanced at the rate of 10% in every three years.
The decision in Sarla Verma v. Delhi Transport Corporation, (2009) 6 SCC 121, is to be relied upon for determination of the multiplicand, the deduction for personal and living expenses, and the selection of multiplier. [National Insurance Company Limited v. Pranay Sethi, 2017 SCC OnLine SC 1270, decided on 31.10.2017]
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Total War: Three Kingdoms Takes Cool Approach to Classic Formula
By Cory Wells on July 2, 2018
While most strategy games focus on strong lore or points in real-life history, no company has focused more on history than Creative Assembly with its Total War series. Seeing success from its true battlefield strategy games ranging from historically accurate events to the recent Warhammer partnership, the games have always put a different sway on strategy titles. The games truly bring the table-top style to life as the focus isn't on building structures. It's about managing the battles on the field all while focusing on the storyline. The upcoming Total War: Three Kingdoms will focus on the titular period of Ancient China with real commanders and major changes on the battlefield. We were able to recently play a battle with Pawel Wojs, Project Art Director for Creative Assembly.
Total War: Three Kingdoms is based on Luo Guanzhong's 14th Century historical novel, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The game will focus on the people from the book and even include a classic mode for players who appreciate the time period. The team wants its fans to appreciate different and more obscure periods of history. Quite a bit has been upped on the battlefield in Total War: Three Kingdoms.
Immediately noticeable on the field are the visuals. Draw distance has been improved and colors are lush and popped. There are a lot of details that are even more noticeable. Taking siege weapons to walls to breach an enemy kingdom is broken down separately. Some weapons include flames that cause different effects, especially with breaching. "We have temporal anti-aliasing and an improved shadow system," said Wojs. "It gives us really high-fidelity shadows across all distances. We've always struggled with shadows because we have such a huge spread of distance from really close up to really far. We also have a new sense of the depth-of-field. We have a cleaner rendering of the surfaces to also help with improving the lighting."
The landscape for one of the traditional Total War titles with spectacular to look at. While the Warhammer games added more diversity in terms of environments due to its content, the traditional style with the time period influence and its subjects is pleasant to play in. Players are still able to zoom in to watch individual battles, but Three Kingdoms will do so much more than just improving visuals.
Taking from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there will be individual characters involved. While the novel is considered fiction, it involves real people and events from that era. Taking place during the end of the Han dynasty in China, real-life generals were raised to almost god-like levels. The story in the battle we completed involved the taking down of Lu Bu. Each of your generals will have influence on the warriors and if they don't trust you as a leader, they can up and leave. Morale plays a huge part and each general will have an ability to use to help with this. Total War has always had warriors leave in battle but taking the generals' sense into consideration is a new addition that's really cool.
The biggest and coolest addition is the ability to have the generals duel. Once in a close proximity, the option to a duel is a button press away. The two will joust on horses until one they are both removed and go toe-to-toe. The special abilities of the generals come into play here. Lu bu was quite the general as he managed to dominate my other four, but we eventually got him down. "Lu bu is quite the warrior," Wojs said. "He's pretty nasty and is almost 'Darth Vader' levels of skilled." If you think you can just launch arrows at him, good luck. He'll block the arrows. All of them. The strategy for dueling while making sure your other warriors are still maintaining added an incredible new element to the game.
Creative Assembly wanted to recreate the events Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel in real time, but there will be a classic mode for players to try. The difference surrounds these generals. Heroes and villains will become human and just fight within their respective units. The campaign and true story puts these generals at the forefront, but players that want the more traditional approach to the game will have that option. It's totally worth embracing this new aspect to the franchise, though.
The Total War series has always been a fun strategy game that involves placing units and using true strategy to turn the battle in your favor. It's not about having the best units and spamming your opponent. Three Kingdoms might be the coolest direction that Creative Assembly has taken with the historically accurate portion of the series. The game will launch in Spring 2019. You can check out the walkthrough we were able to play through below.
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The element of Pisces is Water, which gives them great emotionality as well as intuitiveness. They are almost esoteric signs, in flight that capture the emotions of other people, even if they do not know and name them.
Pisces predict the future in a very subtle and not always noticeable way so that they can react faster than others and always accordingly. Unfortunately, however, the presence of Water in their sign also means that they are not certain what they want to do every time. They tend to withdraw into themselves and think a lot, not always about the most important issues, which means that many people may avoid them.
They are impulsive and very susceptible to any influences from outside, which is why they often take on other people's opinions and views and may be considered unstable and even unreliable. They like to parry with magic, and sometimes they have some skills in this direction, but above all their intuition and ability to sense the emotions of others is unusual, which, however, does not always reflect positively on them.
The fish keeper is the Neptune planet. It makes them so sensitive, empathetic and also somewhat mysterious that they often amaze those around them.
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Neptune also gives them a great intuition, and even a sixth sense, which develops strongly through an interest in mystical matters. Negative aspects of Neptune's influence on Pisces can be noticed above all in their shakiness, inability to take entrepreneurial actions and the tendency to escape from reality, especially when they do not succeed.


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By Andrew White \ November 20, 2018
As an organization matures, the idea of processes — the "how we do things around here"—inevitably becomes a frequent topic of conversation. This happens for good reason: processes eliminate inefficiencies and make it easier to onboard new team members.
The ideal process is like Shangri-La, El Dorado and the perfect sandwich, all rolled into one. It's fictional, unattainable; yet organizations across all industries regularly seek it out. idfive is no different — collectively as as an agency, we continue to hunt for ways to do things faster, inexpensively, better.
In informal chats about process, many fivers shared their thoughts and challenges, and a common theme emerged: Few have and most want full end-to-end ownership of a project. In a world where we juggle 20-30 web projects at once, as soon as a resource finishes their part of a project, they're pulled into something new—and only see their work in passing from then on.
Weighing Waterfall Vs. Agile
Traditionally, websites (and other software) have been created using the waterfall methodology. Waterfall is a linear approach where all phases of a project happen in order—requirements, design, development, testing and deployment. Things flow into one another, much like a waterfall.
At idfive, we've traditionally followed a very similar model: discovery, UX and wireframing, design, development, quality control and deployment. This method for developing websites has many benefits — chief among them, formal starts and ends to phases of a project. With this, you control costs by controlling who is actively working on a project at any one time.
From idea to final working product, a Waterfall project can take months, if not years, to finish. Therein lies the risk: what if the problem we're trying to solve changes while we're in the middle? If stakeholders only look at the final product, how do we even know we're getting it right?
In the early 90s, the Agile methodology emerged as an effort to address these failings. While Waterfall teams deliver a working product to stakeholders at the end, those that use Agile deliver working code every two weeks. Agile teams are founded on working collaboratively, soliciting feedback from key project stakeholders, iterating and repeating the process. Despite its rapid deployment approach, Agile isn't necessarily any faster or more efficient. It still may take a team just as long (or longer) to create a fully functional product using Agile than if they used Waterfall.
Waterfall is steady, measured and regimented. Agile is rapid, collaborative and iterative. But that's not to say that Waterfall isn't collaborative or Agile isn't measured. Contrary to what many Agile evangelists may tell you, there is no "best" method; each has strengths and weaknesses that an organization must weigh against one another.
Waterfall made the most sense for idfive and for our clients for decades. Many of our clients are large universities and organizations that necessitate decisions be agreed upon by many people. Our clients also are busy people with many other responsibilities that prevent them from devoting the on-demand focus needed for an Agile project. Another less exciting (but no less important) point: when it comes down to it, a waterfall project is easier to scope. So then what can idfive do to provide the best service to our clients while meeting deadlines and producing quality work?
Enter: Lean UX
Technically, Lean UX is a flavor of Agile. It has many of the same collaborative philosophies of Agile, but gives organizations the flexibility to adopt the aspects that make the most sense for them. Simply put, Lean UX is whatever we want it to be. While Lean UX has a number of different tenets, here are three that we're championing.
Cross-Functional Teams
Any good hiring manager knows that unicorns don't exist. The same goes for the single-minded, only-good-at-one-thing types. None of us are unicorns, but we're all multidisciplinary by nature and have experience working outside of our lanes. It makes natural sense to capitalize on that experience and build teams across all disciplines. In Lean at idfive, all project teams have a member from user experience, design and development. We were already doing this in most ways; but now, it's central to the process — not ad hoc.
When making a wireframe, UX gets buy-in from design and development. When making a pixel-perfect mockup, design gets buy-in from UX and development. When coding the final product, development gets buy-in from UX and design.
With this approach, team members have an ownership in not just their own work, but the entire project. Just because it's before or after a team member's "turn," it doesn't mean they have any less responsibility in making sure the final product is a success.
Shared Understanding
All web projects are built on details — from the color of a button to the central goals of the work. Unfortunately, these details, critical to a project's success, can be lost in between phases of a project because they're buried in documentation or too much time has passed since the decision was made.
A shared understanding of project details amongst team members is central to Lean UX and is key to our process improvements at idfive. To address this, every project now has a formal "strategy delivery" meeting to discuss recommendations with UX, design and development.
In many ways this step simply formalized what we've being doing; however, this in conjunction with informal check-ins throughout the project lifecycle, help to reinforce project details and why we're doing the work that we are.
No Rock Stars, Gurus, or Ninjas
We know that a UX-er is not the only person with great ideas about UX. The same goes for designers, developers and their work. A Lean Workshop — a brainstorming session—is a mandatory part of every project. Immediately following strategy, UX, design and development all meet to sketch and find ways to execute on the strategic direction.
At the end of the workshop, UX has what is needed to finalize wireframe(s) and design/development know the direction of a project, having participated in creating a solution. With the Lean Workshop, we are embracing collaboration and are owning work as a team rather than individually.
We haven't changed simply for the sake of change. Like everything we do at idfive, we've been measured and thoughtful about these adjustments. Some aspects of Lean fit naturally into our web process, while others don't. We've taken small steps to find the perfect balance between Waterfall and Agile.
In the end, it's all about improving the final product for our clients. The passion fivers bring to the work we do is evident in our desire to find new, more efficient ways to collaborate and deliver kick-ass projects for our clients.
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Trail of black holes and neutron stars points to ancient collision
Photo: Chandra image of the elliptical galaxy NGC 4261 (X-ray: NASA/CXC/A. Zezas et al.; Optical: Pal.Obs. DSS)
An image of an elliptical galaxy by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed a trail of black holes and neutron stars stretching more than fifty thousand light years across space. The trail of intense X-ray sources is evidence that this apparently sedate galaxy collided with another galaxy a few billion years ago.
"This discovery shows that X-ray observations may be the best way to identify the ancient remains of mergers between galaxies," said Lars Hernquist of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge (CfA), Massachusetts, and a coauthor on an article on the galaxy NGC 4261 in an upcoming issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters. "It could be a significant tool for probing the origin of elliptical galaxies."
"From the optical and radio images, we knew something unusual was going on in the nucleus of this galaxy, but the real surprise turned out to be on the outer edges of the galaxy," said Andreas Zezas, also of CfA, and lead-author of the paper on NGC 4261. "Dozens of black holes and neutron stars were strung out across space like beads on a necklace."
The spectacular structure is thought to represent the aftermath of the destruction of a smaller galaxy that was pulled apart by gravitational tidal forces as it fell into NGC 4261. As the doomed galaxy fell into the larger one, large streams of gas were pulled out into long tidal tails.
Shock waves generated as these tidal tails fell into the larger galaxy triggered the formation of large numbers of massive stars which over the course of a few million years evolved into neutron stars or black holes.
The origin of elliptical galaxies has long been a subject of intense debate among astronomers. The currently favored view is that they are produced by collisions between spiral galaxies. Computer simulations of galaxy collisions support this idea, and optical evidence of tails, shells, ripples, arcs and other structures have been interpreted as evidence for this theory. However the optical evidence rather quickly fades into the starry background of the galaxy, whereas the NGC 4261 X-ray observations show that the X-ray signature may linger for hundreds of millions of years.
NGC 4261 is approximately 100 million light years away from Earth. The data for these results were taken from the Chandra archive. NGC 4261 was originally observed with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer on May 6, 2000. Other members of the research team were Pepi Fabbiano and Jon Miller, both from the CfA.
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., manages the Chandra program for the Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters, Washington. Northrop Grumman of Redondo Beach, Calif., formerly TRW, Inc., was the prime development contractor for the observatory. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory controls science and flight operations from the Chandra X-ray Center in Cambridge, Mass.
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MicroStrategy Purchases Another 7,002 Bitcoin Totaling Over $414M
November 29, 2021 CryptoExpert Bitcoin
MicroStrategy announced that it bought an additional 7,002 Bitcoin (BTC) for $414.4 million.
At this rate, each BTC was bought for an average price of $59,187, according to the announcement from CEO Michael Saylor. He added that the business intelligence firm currently holds 121,044 BTC, which it acquired for a total of $3.57 billion, paying an average price of $29,534 each.
While not buying as consistently as previously this year, MicroStrategy continues in earnest to pile onto its Bitcoin strategy when it does. Upon releasing its quarterly financial results last month, MicroStrategy revealed that it had increased its BTC holdings in Q3 2021 by 8,957. At the time, BTC's price was approximately $61,500, so the new addition had amounted to $550.85 million.
The company also went into detail regarding its corporate strategy, which it said consisted of two parts. While the company remarked that it will continue to focus heavily on BTC as part of its corporate strategy, in addition to this, MicroStrategy is finding demand for its enterprise analytics and business intelligence services growing.
Concerning the former, MicroStrategy will focus on acquiring BTC through the use of excess cash flows, and debt and equity transactions. The company's total revenue stood at $128 million, which is a slight increase year-over-year. Additionally, MicroStrategy will aim to provide leadership among the bitcoin community. It is already doing this to a certain degree, with Saylor particularly focused on encouraging green energy solutions for bitcoin mining.
Earlier in September, MicroStrategy had bought an additional 5,050 BTC for $242.9 million, at an average price of $48,099. An 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gave some further information about the purchase, including that MicroStrategy had added nearly 9,000 BTC to its corporate treasury so far in Q3 2021. During a period between July 1 and September 12, the company spent around $419.9 million in cash on BTC.
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There have been more than a few comparisons between Bitcoin and gold, along with many lines of thought, but regarding the current rush, renowned trader Mark Fisher sees this like the silver run of 40 years ago.
Silver spiked in demand through the 70s and 80s as it became an asset that the regular man on the street could be involved in. There was no Wall Street elitism and its price was reasonable, it was an exciting time for common investors.
This is what Fisher sees at the moment with Bitcoin. The red tape and the egalitarianism of high-level investing is absent, and it is spurring a new wave of adoption with individuals.
Moved dramatically
"The reason people are so attracted to Bitcoin is because people want something that's actually moved dramatically, that there's no Wall Street to it," said Fisher. "The thing that every cab driver is talking about all day long."
"Bitcoin was what silver was back in the late '70s and '80s — for sure," Fisher added. "No rhyme or reason."
Indeed, Bitcoin has made its mark for individuals as it flies in the face of the institutionalized money and investing systems. Its decentralized network is what attracts many, and its functionality away from red tape and arbitrary rules are what keep people in.
With silver, it was a similar situation as those investors in the 70s and 80s were finding an opportunity to invest in something that was far more in their hands than an asset like gold, at the time.
The run is only beginning
Through the waves of adoption, it has ebbed and flowed between individuals, and the 'Wall Street' types. The most recent run towards $10,000 and above was attributed to market growth and mass adoption, especially in Asia.
However, the next level of this adoption metric will be when expected Wall Street whales enter the water through the power of soon-to-be-released futures.
Fisher predicts the launch initially is "going to be the Wild West."
"It's going to be great volatility," he said. "And for someone like me, who cares what it is, as long as it moves, right?"
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Facebook Messenger Is the Second Most Popular App in U.S. Not YouTube
September 6, 2015 By Waleed Javed
Facebook Messenger is leaving YouTube behind.
Market reports indicate that Facebook Messenger is the second most popular app in U.S. not YouTube as we all used to think. It seems Mark Zuckerberg's social network has gained more popularity, whereas the video streaming website no longer triggers' users' interest.
YouTube was long believed to be the most popular website and market reports confirmed its leading position. However, recent statistics show that the tables have turned and many Internet users spend great part of their time on Facebook and its related apps.
While Zuckerberg's online platform is at the top of users' preferences, its Facebook Messenger service is the second most popular app among United States inhabitants. 73.3 percent of the app audience is going to Facebook, whereas 59.5 to Facebook Messenger.
YouTube has dropped on the third position, but the difference is too little to alarm us. According to the U.S. report, 59.3 percent Internet users take to YouTube when they want to kill time.
The survey was conducted by analytics company comScore. They have further illustrated that Google search drew around 52 percent users during the three-month period of the study.
At the opposite pole, the least popular app is WhatsApp. Despite the recent 900 million user record that the company has set, the app has not yet made it to the top 15 list. On a higher grade is Twitter, which was labeled as users' 13th choice, but cannot yet succeed in fully restoring its good reputation. Apple Music occupies the 14th position, according to comScore's classification.
The survey further compared tech developers' popularity among users. Figures have revealed that Apple is preferred when it comes to hardware getting a 44.2 market share. Google Android is the best smartphone platform, according to most users. 51.4 percent have chosen this company during the survey.
HTC is America's least favorite smartphone producer; it has only gathered a 3.5 percent market share. Motorola is doing slightly better with 4.9 percent. Samsung is the only smartphone that Americans would consider if they were to give up their iPhones. The company ranked second in smartphone platform choices with 27.3 percent market units.
The survey further revealed that 192 million U.S. residents are using smartphones (77.1 percent), but analysts did not specify whether the trend was rising or descending.
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Some users have reportedly begun to see the Read and Listen buttons Facebook first announced during the f8 2011 conference. According to InsideFacebook, these new buttons only appear after hovering over content in the Facebook Ticker to the right-hand column of the platform.
Assuming it isn't obvious, clicking the "read" button leads you directly to the article your friend is digesting with just one touch. Similarly, the "listen" button will bring up the music app being used by your friend in order to groove along with his or her tunes.
In this way, Facebook has made bouncing back and forth between its various affiliated "Read, Watch, Listen" partners an effortless experience. The new buttons might even boost user activity for the various applications: More visibility to Facebook's current 800 million-strong user base can't be a bad thing.
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Statue honouring the Queen set to be unveiled in community gardens
PUBLISHED: 12:00 26 July 2018
Olivia Gantzer
The statue, sculpted by Douglas Jennings, will be jointly unveiled by the Rev James Langstaff and Cllr David Turner. Picture: Gravesham Council
History will be made today with the unveiling of Gravesham Borough Council's statue of the Queen to celebrate the longest reigning monarch.
The statue, sculpted by Douglas Jennings, will be jointly unveiled by the Rev James Langstaff, bishop of Rochester and H.M. Prisons and Cllr David Turner, honorary freeman of the borough and leader of the council, at 10am in St Andrew's Gardens.
The statue portrays the Sovereign in her Order of the Garter robes and is thought to be the only seated sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II in existence.
The statue, made of bronze, will be visible to pedestrians, passing motorists and from the river.
The statue cost £225K and has been entirely funded by local businesses and individuals including Edinburgh House, Esquire Development Ltd, G&M Motors, Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, Hatten Wyatt, Istead Rise Community Association, Kimberly–Clark, LEJ Properties, Port of London Authority, and Reef Estates Ltd as well as other individuals and businesses who have requested anonymity.
Council leader cllr David Turner said: "In 1897 Queen Victoria statues were produced to mark Victoria's diamond jubilee and the new statue is a grand tribute to mark Elizabeth's long reign.
"My deep gratitude goes out to all who contributed to the cost, to the officers who managed the project and, of course to Douglas Jennings who has delivered for us another world class piece."
Douglas Jennings received the Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture in 2015 for the statue of squadron leader Mahinder Singh Pujii, which is also in St Andrew's Gardens, on the river front.
He has developed detailed figurative monuments for public figures in the world of sport, public service and politics and is well known for his highly skilled, lifelike sculptures and drapery.
He said: "Gravesham Borough Council approached me about designing a commemorative statue of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II following the success of the memorial statue I created of squadron leader Mahinder Singh Pujii."
He added: "As head of the commonwealth it is fitting the Queen's statue is placed by squadron leader Pujii who represents all those from the Commonwealth who served alongside Britain in all conflicts."
Gravesham Borough Council
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Kendrick House
Kendrick is the co-ed residence hall for first- and second-year students. Together with Dolliver and Crosby (see below), it forms the area known as the Tri-dorms, and is situated in the heart of Lower Campus. Kendrick is close to the Dining Hall and Classroom Complex, and is a short walk to most other academic buildings, and evening study/hangout in the Livingston Hall Student Union. A bridged second floor entryway and light-filled, two-story atrium distinguish Kendrick visually. Kendrick offers 20 double rooms and 16 singles as well as a kitchen and lounge. It is staffed by one residence director and two peer mentors.
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Dolliver is the first- and second-year residence hall for male students. It has two lounges and a kitchen where students gather for in-house activities. Dolliver has an outdoor patio area that is home to a small garden in the warm months. Like each of the residences in the heart of campus, Dolliver is close to most things on Lower Campus including the Dining Hall, Classroom Complex, other academic buildings, and evening hangout/study spots in the Student Union. Dolliver has 23 double rooms, seven singles, and is staffed by two residence directors and two peer mentors.
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Crosby, the largest of the Tri-dorms, is the first- and second-year residence hall for female students. It has three floors and features a spacious, open-plan lounge and kitchen area that students use for activities. Crosby is the closest residence to the Dining Hall and Student Union. It has 34 double rooms, 19 singles, two triples, and one quad. Crosby is staffed by three residence directors and three peer mentors.
Hill House is one of the newer residence halls on campus built in the mid-2000s. It is situated on the hill just beyond the Student Union near the center of campus. Hill House has a kitchen and several lounge areas that are great as study nooks or hangout spaces. It is open to college sophomores, juniors, and seniors, and it is also a shared residence for Bard Academy at Simon's Rock (there are separate designated keyed entrances and halls for college students). Hill House has 28 double rooms and 26 singles, and it is staffed by two residence directors, a college peer mentor and two academy mentors.
Carriage House is situated in the peaceful woodland of Upper Campus and is open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Built in 2009, it is one of the newer residence halls on campus. It has a kitchen and lounge space, and has been known to host the Carriage Cafe, an informal social gathering for Upper Campus. Carriage House has 21 double rooms, and is staffed by a residence director and a peer mentor.
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Pibly House is located on Upper Campus in the hilltop meadow across from the provost's residence and is open to juniors and seniors. Pibly House was formerly the Simon's Rock gymnasium until the Kilpatrick Athletic Center was opened in 1999. Subsequently Pibly was transformed into apartment-style suites, which have two or three single rooms with a common lounge space. Pibly House is staffed by one residence director and one peer mentor.
The Mods are 11 apartment-style residences on campus that are open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. These sought-after apartments are located on Lower Campus between the Daniel Arts Center and the Kellogg Music Center. Each of the Mods has two single rooms, one double room, and a common lounge space and kitchen. The Mods were extensively renovated and reopened in the fall of 2017 with new amenities and a beautifully landscaped central courtyard. The Mods are staffed by one residence director and one peer mentor.
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Forget 'American Idol,' Kelly Clarkson Is Joining 'The Voice' For Season 14
May 12, 2017 by Zoe Jewell
Sorry, American Idol!
Kelly Clarkson has officially signed up to be a coach on Season 14 The Voice, despite rumors she was going to judge the ABC reboot.
Though she won the first season of American Idol back in 2002, the "Since You've Been Gone" singer confirmed she's joining the NBC show on Thursday, May 11.
"I'm so excited to join The Voice at NBC. We've gone back and forth about a role as a coach for years, but the timing hasn't been right until now," she said in a statement.
"I have always loved appearing on the show as an adviser or performer and established an amazing relationship with the network during my Christmas special," she continued.
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"I can't wait to turn my chair and see the faces of up-and-coming artists and provide them with the help and support they've needed to break into the industry. Watch out Shelton, I'm comin' to win!!"
Blake Shelton even took to Facebook Live to share the exciting news with his fans.
Credit: Trae Patton/NBC
"Hey! I'm finally not knocked up and I can join your show!" Kelly said to the 40-year-old on FaceTime.
"I know, my gosh, can you stop getting pregnant every five minutes please?" he joked back.
"I know I'm done having children, so now I can join The Voice. I'm excited. I've been excited. Blake was telling y'all I've been excited about this for a few years now … the timing hasn't been right."
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This news comes just days after fellow American Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson confirmed she'd be joining Season 13 of The Voice, replacing Alicia Keys.
Though nothing has been confirmed, it's likely the "Piece by Piece" singer will be joining Blake, Adam Levine, and Miley Cyrus as judges for Season 14.
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Migraines are hell and researchers are looking into a new solution: Ketamine, the hallucinogen-turned-club-drug-turned antidepressant, may also help alleviate the crippling headaches for people who otherwise don't respond to treatment.
That's according to new research presented this weekend at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists in Boston. The study, conducted at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, involved 61 participants with migraines, the recurrent throbbing or pulsing headaches that cause moderate to severe pain, and often include sensitivity to light and sound. Attacks can be debilitating, causing nausea and vomiting for some people.
About 12 percent of Americans get migraines—they're three times more common in women than men. The study consisted of people whose migraines hadn't responded to other treatments; that's known as having "intractable" migraines. People were referred by headache physicians, or neurologists who specialize in treating headaches, between January 2014 and December 2016, says study co-author Eric Schwenk. "Occasionally some patients with migraines have heard about ketamine therapy, and request to be given the treatment after talking to their headache physicians," says Schwenk, who's also director of orthopedic anesthesia at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
If you're only familiar with ketamine's reputation as a potent recreational hallucinogen—"Special K"—you might be surprised to hear migraine patients clamoring for it. But like a handful of other previously demonized "club drugs," ketamine has been earning researchers' respect. It's a well-known, safe pain reliever at low doses and an anesthetic at higher doses. Meanwhile, evidence continues to grow about its value as a fast-acting antidepressant, offering benefits in minutes that other drugs require weeks to provide. There's a reason emergency room doctor and Tonic contributor Darragh O'Carroll called it "my favorite medicine of all time."
Because of ketamine's potential as a migraine treatment, at least one sufferer flies to Los Angeles several times a year simply for some pain relief. At Jefferson, patients receive an intravenous infusion of ketamine continuously for three to seven days, under close supervision. Those who've never had the drug before may undergo some other tests to establish a baseline, Schwenk says.
Among the 61 patients included in the study (17 men and 44 women), almost 75 percent saw an improvement in their migraine intensity. At admission, the average migraine headache pain rating was a self-reported 7.5 on a scale of 0 to 10. On leaving the hospital, the average pain rating was 3.4; less than half of the initial amount. Patients stayed just over 5 days, on average, and they experienced generally mild side effects including blurry vision and nausea and vomiting.
"Our study focused only on short-term relief, but it is encouraging that this treatment might have the potential to help patients long-term," Schwenk said in a statement. "Our work provides the basis for future, prospective studies that involve larger numbers of patients." The current study is retrospective, collecting results from a number of previous individual cases rather than a prospective study, which would enroll subjects at the same time under controlled conditions.
Richard Lipton, director of the Montefiore Headache Center at Albert Einstein College Of Medicine, echoed that sentiment. He did not participate in the study, but told Tonic he's encouraged by the results. "As ketamine is an approved drug, in expert hands, this treatment is an option for intractable patients," he says. "Future studies should more rigorously assess the short and long-term benefits of ketamine using blinding and a placebo control groups." As in, there should be a group of patients who get an infusion of a placebo, and the researchers shouldn't know which group is which.
One question future research might address why some patients respond to ketamine, while others don't—about a quarter in this study didn't respond. There's a clear division between the two, but, Schwenk says, "We have not been able to identify any factors that predict response yet."
The hospital plans to open an infusion center which can treat more patients and further the research. Schwenk believes ketamine may help with other painful chronic conditions, such as fibromyalgia and complex regional pain syndrome. Schwenk and his colleagues are betting they've just begun to unlock the potential of "Special K."


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Bundesliga: Bayern Munich thrashed Stuttgart as Robert Lewandoski equaled Gerd Muller's record
Bayern Munich had started the match in a high tempo style but had to wait before Serge Gnabry scored in the 40' minute to give Bayern the lead at halftime. Gnabry also scored a few minutes after the break to give Bayern a two-goal cushion. Lewandoski decided to join the party by scoring twice in three minutes with his second strike on Tuesday being his 42nd goal of 2021 equalling that of Gerd Muller's record of most goals scored in a calendar year in the Bundesliga which was set back then in 1972. Serge Gnabry scored his third to complete his hat trick two minutes later. With the score ending 5-0 in favor of the away side. Serge Gnabry was involved in all five goals against Stuttgart while finding the back of the net nine times this season more than any midfielder in the division.
But all of Serge Gnabry's performance will seem to fade in comparison to the man who keeps on firing in all cylinders while also breaking and setting records in Robert Lewandoski who in May had previously broken the same Gerd Muller's record for most Bundesliga goals scored in a season. He will have a chance to surpass Gerd Muller's record of most goals scored in a calendar year in the Bundesliga at their final home league game If the season when Bayern take on Wolfburg if he scores he will the record outright and prove to the Bundesliga that he is and might be the greatest striker to have graced the League.
Bayern's win ensures they are nine points adrift at the top of the table with second-placed Dortmund at home to bottom side Greuther Furth on Wednesday. in which a Dortmund win will see it cut the gap at the top of the table to six points.
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