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How Polar Bears Work
By: Julia Layton & Nathan Chandler | Feb 10, 2020
The iconic polar bear has fascinated people for millennia. Brad R Lewis Photography - InMyLens.com/Getty Images
Polar bears have captivated humans since the beginning of recorded time. Writings dating back to 57 C.E. in ancient Rome describe flooded amphitheatres where polar bears and seals were pitted against each other (not much of a fight, as it turns out). Kings of ancient Egypt and early Norway were the first to keep polar bears captive, and the fascination with them has held through the centuries [source: Polar Bears International]. A terrifying version of the animal inexplicably shows up on a tropical island in the TV series "Lost." Ad campaigns all over the world feature polar bears to sell everything from bottled water to transportation systems to soda.
A Coca-Cola ad campaign in the 1990s added "adorable" to the polar bear's image. The ads featured a clumsy, animated cub that bridged the natural wariness between polar bears and penguins to share a nice, cold bottle of Coke. Polar bears don't actually have a natural affinity for penguins, as the two don't live in any of the same regions and never see each other. But still, cute is cute.
Polar bears' shocking whiteness, ferocity and sheer size make them icons of purity and power. Males can grow up to 10 feet tall (3 meters) and weigh up to 1,500 pounds (680 kilograms) [source: National Wildlife Federation]. A single bear can take on a 2,500-pound walrus, and hang on to the massive catch with 2-inch claws (5 centimeters). They walk hundreds of miles across ice sheets every winter, following their prey.
In the Arctic, polar bears are at the top of the food chain, and it's not just because of their size. They're so well-adapted to their environment that they experience no change in body temperature at minus 34 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 37 Celsius). However, the incredible survival mechanisms that let them thrive in frigid winters may prove to be their undoing. Because of global warming, winters are getting less cold and polar bears are dying. Some scientists project that if climate trends continue, 30 percent of the current polar bear population will be wiped out by 2050 [source: IUCN].
What's life like for an animal that needs such extreme cold to survive? Let's head to the Arctic and see how polar bears live on the ice.
Polar Bear Habitat: Life on the Ice
Polar Bear Diet: Bears on the Hunt
Polar Bear Reproduction
When Polar Bears Attack
Polar Bears and Climate Cage
Two bears frolic in Manitoba, Canada. George Lepp/Getty Images
The polar bear, or Ursus maritimus (sea bear), probably evolved about 150,000 years ago from brown bears [source: Live Science]. A polar bear can actually mate successfully with a brown bear and the resulting offspring is fertile, which gives more evidence of a relationship between the two. There are a lot more brown bears out there than polar bears, though. Brown bears number more than 200,000 worldwide [source: WWF]. Polar bears only number about 23,000.
Polar bears live only in the Northern Hemisphere – you won't find them at the South Pole. The 23,000 live in 19 separate populations throughout the Arctic, in only five countries: the United States (Alaska), Canada, Russia, Greenland and Norway. About 60 percent of the population lives in Canada.
Life in the Arctic is harsh: The bears live in total darkness between October and February, and the temperature can drop as low as -50 F (-45 C) in winter [source: Polar Bears International]. And that's exactly how they like it.
Polar bears are built for extreme cold. They experience almost no heat loss: Two layers of fur and a blubber layer up to 4.5 inches (11.5 centimeters) thick keep them so well insulated, they'll overheat if they run. The areas that lack this insulation – ears, tail and muzzle – are especially small, minimizing non-insulated surface area.
Polar bears mostly walk slowly, following their favorite prey, the seal, from ice sheet to ice sheet. They need the ice to hunt. In warmer months, when ice sheets get smaller, the bears will walk hundreds of miles to find solid spreads of ice.
Polar bears can walk up to 20 miles (30 kilometers) per day, for several days in a row, relying on tiny bumps on the bottoms of their feet to keep them from slipping on the ice. They'll swim, too, both to cool off after a meal and to bridge the gap between ice sheets when they're following seals. Polar bears use their front paws to paddle and their hind legs to steer (imagine the most powerful doggie paddling ever). They'll go only slightly under the water when they swim, and their nostrils close up when they're submerged. As much as they thrive on the ice, they're strong swimmers. Polar bears have been tracked swimming up to 60 miles (100 kilometers) at a time, and at up to 6 miles per hour (10 kilometers per hour) [source: WWF].
Aside from their dependence on staggering cold, one of the biggest differences between polar bears and other bears is that polar bears don't hibernate. Females go into a sort of semi-hibernation toward end of their pregnancy, but they don't experience the drop in heart rate and body temperature that characterizes real hibernation. They mostly just rest and sleep a lot in the months immediately before and after they give birth.
However, births are declining. Of the 19 polar bear populations, at least five are known to be shrinking dramatically. In at least one area, the creatures are reproducing at just 20 percent of the rate they were two decades ago [source: NBC News].
This serious drop in population is due to climate change, and it has a lot to do with the way polar bears hunt.
That's a Big Bear
Height of adult male: 8 to 10 feet (2.5 to 3 meters)
Height of adult female: 6 to 8 feet (1.8-2.5 meters)
Weight of adult male: 550 to 1500 pounds (250 to 680 kilograms)
Weight of adult female: 200 to 700 pounds (90 to 320 kilograms)
Claw length: up to 2 inches (5 centimeters)
Lifespan: typically up to 20 years (although one bear in a London zoo lived into his 40s)
Polar bears feed on the body of a decomposed narwhal along the Hudson Bay. Paul Souders/Getty Images
In the Arctic, polar bears top the food chain. Both males and females hunt, and their favorite meal is seal, especially a ringed or bearded seal. When hunting's especially good, they'll just eat the seal's fat – which helps build up insulation – and leave the rest behind. The biggest bears can eat 100 pounds (45 kilograms) of blubber in one meal [source: Polar Bears International].
While polar bears prefer seals, they're opportunists. They'll eat anything from beluga whales to walruses [source: Arctic WWF]. The bears can find food on land if they have to, attacking reindeer and raiding birds' nests (bird eggs are a favorite snack), but they aren't well-adapted to hunting on land. Polar bears might even eat garbage generated by humans.
Instead, their strength is on the ice. Polar bears can't swim fast enough to catch a seal in the water and need an ice platform to use their full strength to grab one. But with global temperatures rising, Arctic ice floes melt earlier in the year than they used to, reducing the surface area on which bears can hunt. It also means that when polar bears wander onto land, they can end up stranded because the distance between land and the nearest ice sheet is too far to swim in one shot.
A hunt starts with a scent. Polar bears can smell seals more than half a mile (1 kilometer) away, often by the scent left on their breathing holes [source: Polar Bear International]. In the fall, when the ice is softer, seals cut holes in the ice so they can come up for air when they need to. Polar bears find such breathing holes and wait, sometimes for several days, until a seal comes up for a breath.
When a polar bear spots a seal coming up for air, it gets down on all fours, delicately putting each paw on the ice to keep silent. The bear then makes a shallow dive through the hole to grab the seal with its claws. Those sharp, 2-inch claws grip the seal extremely well. Still, seals sometimes get away. Polar bears have been known to express frustration when they lose their prey, pounding the ice or throwing blocks of it in a sort of tantrum. When the hunt is successful, a bear will share a kill with others as long as they beg properly: keeping low, circling the kill and occasionally nudging the hunter with their noses.
After eating, polar bears always clean up, which is why their fur stays so white. They need to stay dry and fluffy to maintain their body heat. They bathe in water during the summer and snow during the winter, using their tongues to clean their paws and cubs. After a good meal and a bath, they'll often take a nap, for much the same reason: Their survival depends on energy conservation. After any kind of exertion, they'll often lie down and go to sleep for an hour or so. Like humans, a polar bear's full "night's rest" lasts for about eight hours, although it's as likely to take place during the day as at night. The bears spend most of their time in 24-hour darkness and 24-hour light depending on the season, so time of day is largely irrelevant
Life on the ice is pretty routine for a polar bear, unless it's a pregnant one.
A polar bear and her cub swim in sea ice. Paul Souders/Getty Images
As with most animals, polar bears mate in the spring. Scientists aren't sure how sexually mature males find females who are ready to mate. Brown bear females seem to leave a scent trail for males to follow. This could also be the case with polar bears.
Females usually mate successfully for the first time between the ages of 6 and 8. They only have about five litters in their lifespan, which is one of the lowest reproduction rates among mammals. Females only mate every few years, so males must compete fiercely for a female to mate with. When male bears fight over a female, the challenger will lower his head, put his ears back and open his mouth wide, roaring and bearing teeth. Polar bears seldom fight to the death for mating rights; the weaker bear usually submits after an injury.
Female polar bears don't really go into heat the way some other mammals do. They're induced ovulators, which means that it's intercourse itself that causes their ovaries to release an egg. Ovulation doesn't happen immediately, and it may take several tries before a successful mating occurs. Once mated, the couple stays together for about a week before separating. Polar bears aren't monogamous animals – a strong male might impregnate several females in one season [source: Polar Bears International].
Like most aspects of polar-bear life, the pregnancy process is about energy conservation. A pregnant female feeds heavily in the spring to build up her fat reserves and prepare for a maternity rest in the fall. In the maternity den, only the cubs eat, consuming their mother's high-fat breast milk for their first months of life.
In late fall, the female digs a cave in a snowdrift, either on a mountainside very close to sea ice or on the sea ice itself. This den is protected from the wind, and provides a secure place to sleep. In early winter, the female gives birth after an approximate eight-month gestation period [source: Polar Bears International]. However, it only takes four months for the unborn cub to actually develop. During the first four months of pregnancy, the embryo is stagnant in the uterus while the mother gains the weight (about 450 pounds or 200 kilograms) she'll need to ensure its development and proper feeding after birth.
There are typically two cubs per litter, and they're surprisingly small. A cub weighs about a pound (2 kilograms) at birth and measures about a foot (30 centimeters) long. It's also blind, toothless and lacking insulation, with only very short, thin fur. Polar bear cubs have no chance of survival without their mother. The family stays in the maternity den until early spring, and the mother doesn't drink, eat or defecate during that time. All she does is protect and feed her young. Even after they leave the den, cubs stay with their mom until they're about 2 years old, learning to hunt, clean themselves and survive in the harshest of habitats.
Like many mothers in the animal kingdom, a polar bear will kill anyone or anything that comes near her young. Polar bears are predators, pure and simple. So what happens when they get stuck on land, with people around? There might be trouble – but as we'll find out, polar bears seldom go looking for a fight with a human.
This 1878 engraving shows a group arctic explorers being attacked by a polar bear. Polar bear attacks are very rare. DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images
Modern zoos around the world keep polar bears, often trying to emulate their natural habitats as much as possible. A zoo is pretty much the only place where it's safe for a human to get anywhere near a polar bear.
With sea ice melting, polar bears are frequently forced to move onto land in the warmer months. More polar bears on land – looking for sustenance where their natural prey is absent – means more interactions with humans, and more attacks. Polar bears don't seek out confrontations, but if they're really hungry or feel threatened, they'll kill – and eat – a human without a second thought.
If you're traveling in polar bear territory, you should be mentally prepared for a potential encounter. The best way to avoid these animals is to keep attractants, like garbage, food, animal remains, soap, propane canisters – really, anything that smells – tightly sealed and in a place where no creatures can detect them. This bit of advice alone can keep you from coming face to face with a hungry (read: potentially aggressive) bear [source: BearSmart].
If you do stumble into a polar bear, don't panic. Stop moving. Assess the situation. Is the animal curious? Is it behaving in a predatory way? Or is it stressed and defensive? If the animal doesn't know you're there or seems unconcerned with your presence, simply slowly back away.
If the bear approaches, it may be trying to figure out what sort of being you are, exactly. And that's when you should raise your arms, begin speaking in calm, low tones, all for the purpose of making it clear to the bear that you're a human and not some sort of tasty two-legged prey. If all else fails, you may have to deploy bear spray to halt a bear attack. This potent spray is statistically proven to work better than firearms in many cases [source: Outside].
Still, attacks are extremely rare, and they're always by a bear that's either starving or provoked [source: Polar Bears International]. The town that hosts the most polar bears in the world, Churchill, Manitoba, has had two people killed by polar bears in 300 years [source: Polar Bears International]. The first attack took place after several teenagers came upon a bear and started throwing rocks at it. The second attack was on a man who had meat in his pockets and happened to come upon a hungry bear.
Throughout the animal's range – (including Canada, U.S., Russia, Norway, Russia and Greenland), researchers documented just 73 attacks by non-captive polar bears from 1870 to 2014. Of those attacks, 20 proved fatal [source: USGS]. Fatal encounters in North America are much more likely to involve black or brown bears, which are more numerous and have a much wider range, and thus, are more likely to encounter humans [source: KTUU].
This bear stands on a piece of melting ice. Paul Souders/Getty Images
Although the thought of a polar bear attack is scary, wildlife advocates are far more fearful about the potential impacts of climate change on this species' ecosystem. Global warming is causing distinct changes to the bear's habitat.
Namely, warming temperatures are melting Arctic sea ice, at rate of roughly 4 percent per decade [source: Carbon Brief]. Less sea ice means fewer hunting grounds for bears, which rely almost entirely on their seal stalking abilities to survive, sitting for hours on a piece of ice waiting for a seal to appear. Warmer conditions mean the ice forms later in winter and melting earlier in spring, so bears experience dwindling access to their primary food source. Some are forced to roam farther to find food, a startling development for animals that already spend about half of their waking hours hunting.
The extra energy they expend searching for sustenance sometimes takes a serious toll on bear nutrition and health. Scientists have documented bears losing significant body mass during these long hunting expeditions. In some cases, bears starve to death because they're simply unable to catch any seals [source: National Geographic].
But the news may not be all bad. "Although most of the world's 19 populations have returned to healthy numbers, there are differences between them," the World Wildlife Fund said in 2019. It noted that four populations were in decline due to climate-related stress, two were increasing, five were stable and eight had missing or outdated information.
In 2008, the U.S. listed polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act [source: WWF]. In Canada, officials are still convinced that populations are stable and have opted to keep polar bears listed as a species of special concern, rather than escalating its status to threatened.
"In this community of scientists, it's been known for some time that the international polar bear campaigns and their implicit story of the threat that the bear will go extinct are problematic," wrote Arctic Today in 2018. "The scientific guardians of the 19 populations of polar bear in the Arctic are connected through the Polar Bear Specialist Group under the UN's International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, and they never said that the polar bear will go extinct."
But even if the polar bear is not going extinct, that doesn't mean that polar bears are completely safe. It means that the story needs to be told differently, emphasizing the areas where polar bears are vulnerable as well as the stressing the climate change damage to the Arctic Circle in general and addressing the concerns of the people who live in that region as well.
The native Inuit people of Alaska had the utmost respect for Nanuk, the polar bear, even as they hunted it for food and clothing. They believed polar bears were near-human. Some tribes spoke of "polar bear men" who lived in igloos and shed their bear skin when no one was looking. After killing a polar bear, an Inuit hunter would hang skins in his igloo and make offerings of tools for several days. Inuit believed the bears chose to be killed to obtain tools that they found useful in the next life. If a hunter made a really good offering, the bear's soul would let other bears know that if they let themselves be killed by that particular hunter, they would have all the tools they wanted.
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My 2004 Toyota Camry Blower fan is not working at speeds L0, 1, 2. I looked around the net and the info I got says it's probably the blower motor resistor (https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00LHJFL0 ... EEQB&psc=1). I just wanted to get some confirmation here. Should be easy to change for an amateur like me, no?
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"A quirky romance, threat of a nuclear disaster , and a neon-drenched 80's L.A. collide in this visceral underrated gem"
Every so often a film comes my way, whether I'd heard about it before or not, that completely blows me away. Even more so when I realize that said film flies so far under the radar of most moviegoers, that it's damn near criminal. This is one of those films, and it could very well be one of the most underrated films in history, and one of the best, most intense films about the threat of nuclear war ever made. Sure, there are others out there. But none are as uniquely special as this one.
Harry (Anthony Edwards) meets the love of his life in a chance encounter. When he misses his second date with her, he tries calling her from a payphone to no avail. But then the phone rings. Thinking it's her, he picks up, only to hear a scared and agitated man on the other end warning of a nuclear war that will happen in 50 minutes. Harry doesn't know what to make of that news, but knows he must find Julie (Mare Winningham) and try to flee in case it is true. Harry soon descends on a dark surreal odyssey through the streets of L.A. in the middle of the night, while the city falls into utter chaos.
Immediately upon it's opening credits, something is starkly clear; this is going to be something special. From the very first frame, Miracle Mile presents to you, the viewer, with incredible visuals and similarly impressive compositions that only someone who's heart and soul is in it could render. Writer/director Steve De Jarnatt spent insurmountable time in framing each shot to perfection in such a way that very few films can convey. Watching this film you know it's his baby, and he takes great pain's in giving it life. And next to the films tone and subject matter, that's the biggest thing that left an impression on me. Miracle Mile looks fantastic, and it's mind-numbingly frustrating that De Jarnatt didn't get a nomination at any awards for his direction in this. So many of the images presented here will stay with you long after the film is over, and that's a quality you just can't manufacture tediously. It's a gift, and Steve De Jarnatt has it. It also helps that he worked alongside his Dutch cinematographer Theo van de Sande, who a few years later would deliver more amazing visual work with some of my personal favorite horror/thrillers like Body Parts and The First Power. This dream-team of visual power culminate in one of the most visually arresting films I've ever seen.
But it takes more than just the visuals to tell the story, or to keep you invested. De Jarnatt's script is sharp, engaging, quirky, exciting, thrilling, scary, intense, charming, and most of all, fascinating. Then there's Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham, who do a phenomenal job as the two love struck 20-something's who fall head over heels in love, only to have that love tested immediately. Tangerine Dream's electrifying and immersive synth score add yet another layer of genius to the table, further cementing their status as one of the most talented and influential synth prog rock composers in the industry. This score was fantastic. I've since been listening to it via YouTube for days and I just can't get enough.
How this film never gets the love it deserves blows me away. Because that's what this film did. It blew me away on such a visceral level that I haven't been able to stop thinking about it ever since I saw it. It hit's you on such a raw level. Though the film, at it's core, is a bit quirky (in the best possible way; think After Hours and Into the Night), it hit's a nerve because it's done in such a strong and far more serious way than either of those films. It's like the most intense version of that special kind of quirky 80's "serious boy meets free-spirited girl" love story, only set against the threat of a nuclear disaster filled with awesome cameo's and a killer ensemble cast that was impressive as it is freshly exciting. Seriously. The nonstop barrage of notable character actors and faces you continually recognize throughout the entire film was a lot of fun, and though they weren't big back then in 1988, they've certainly become cult icons in their own right. My personal favorite, and one that took me completely by surprise, was the one and only Brian Thompson, here stopping in towards the final act to deliver one of the more memorable small roles, and absolutely killing it in his very brief screen time.
Visually, Miracle Mile is a tour de force of the senses. Director Steve De Jarnatt painstakingly sets up each shot with such precision, you'd think he'd been directing films for decades. Yet, oddly enough, his only previous full length film was the low-budget sci-fi cult classic Cherry 2000, which I really need to revisit now. So it's safe to say that nothing he'd done previously, certainly not the single episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (his only other directing credit prior), would lead you to believe he was capable of delivering such a riveting slice of cult cinema. But it happened, and it's happened time and time again. It's a rare thing indeed, but not unheard of. The most recent example for me would have to be John Patrick Shanley's incredible directing debut with Joe Versus The Volcano. Another quirky romance that was as magical as it was darkly gothic in the most delightfully twisted way. Here, De Jarnatt's unconventional approach to somewhat unmarketable material proves that you can still breathe some life and vigor into a scary topic. It's just remarkable that most people have never seen it.
The scenes that seem to make the rounds more than any other are the ones of Harry (Edwards) either by the phone booth, or standing in the midst of a traffic jam as cars lie upside down and aflame around him. But the film is so much more than that and really, that's just a tiny bit of it's appeal. Sure the allure of the nuclear disaster, or the "big one dropping in less than an hour" is what pulls you in, but there's so much more going on. Harry encounters countless colorful characters, some who aid, others who impede, his quest to find the love of his life, Julie (Winningham), who's home heartbroken and hurt at their broken second date, completely unaware that Harry is literally going through hell to find her so they can escape in time. It's all of those random encounters, (some scary, others positively life-changing) that build the mild-mannered Harry into a stronger, more confident man. The kind of man who would tear through a city, no matter the cost, putting his life on the line and nearly getting killed multiple times in the process. In Harry's mind, if he's going to die anyway in less than an hour, he would rather die trying to find Julie and escaping than sitting idly by for the big bomb to drop on the city. He's never known happiness like he just experienced earlier that day, and the thought of spending just one more moment with Julie is worth risking his life.
I remember vividly seeing this cover at every local video store I would hit on a regular basis in the 80's and 90's. As intriguing as that cover is, I never made the effort to actually rent it. And it wasn't a film that I ever remember coming across on HBO or Cinemax, because if I had, I would surely have made the time to watch it. And until this very year, I've never heard anyone actually bring this up, discuss it or recommend it. How?? It blows my mind. We're talking 29 years since it's release, yet that's exactly what happened and it's criminal. Instead, it took a random comment somewhere online to strike a chord with me and finally make the effort to hunt it down, and I'm so glad I finally did. Do I feel dumb for waiting so long to finally see it? Sure. Because I can guarantee you, I would have loved it just as much as a teenager as I do now. I might not have appreciated the quirky love aspect to it (then), I most certainly would have been immersed in it's haunting imagery and amazing visuals.
It's the type of film that is so hard to categorize, so hard to pin down in any specific genre. I put it in there with films like After Hours, Into The Night and Joe Versus The Volcano; all uniquely riveting films that dare to be different in the most unconventional yet completely fresh way. If you've never seen it, or it's been a while since you have, I urge you to seek this one out. It might very well be the best hour and a half you've spent watching a film in a long while.
Fun Fact: Steve De Jarnatt also co-wrote Strange Brew in 1983. Go figure.
Miracle Mile has been release on VHS, Laserdisc, DVD and most recently by Kino Lorber on DVD and Blu Ray in 2015. Any of these releases can be picked up on the cheap for under $20. I watched the Kino Lorber DVD, which comes packed with interviews, commentaries and a mini-reunion of it's two main leads. I can tell you that the DVD transfer was excellent. So excellent in fact that honestly, I can't imagine the Blu Ray looking any better. That's how good the Kino Lorber DVD quality is. Since I don't actually own a copy of this film yet, as I rented it through Netflix, this NEEDS to be in my collection because I already know it will be a film I will want to revisit again and again and I will want to introduce unsuspecting friends to it and watch their minds get blown. So I will ultimately grab the Blu, just so I know in the back of my head it's in HD.


This post continues my series of tips, or things to consider, for workers with unpaid wages.Tip #2 is this: Know that statutes of limitations (deadlines) apply, and are of pressing importance.
Every situation that involves unpaid wages also involves a ticking clock. That is, there are statutes of limitations, i.e. deadlines, that apply to your unpaid wages.
Many wage laws have a two (2)- year deadline, and that deadline likely only applies to a period before the complaint-filing date. For example, Wisconsin wage law has a two-year deadline, and if a Wisconsin State wage complaint were filed in court on April 26, 2011, the worker could only seek unpaid wages for the two-year block dating back to April 26, 2009. With each day that passes, in this example, a day's worth of potentially recoverable unpaid wages is lost.
Please note that several laws, with several different deadlines, could apply to one situation of unpaid wages. I have seen situations where over five (5) potential legal claims existed for one worker with unpaid wages. Further, some laws (if you are fortunate enough they apply to you) provide for longer deadlines, ranging from three (3) to six (6) year deadlines, and in rare instances longer periods.
In sum, there can be multiple different laws, and multiple different deadlines, that can apply to one situation of unpaid wages.
Because such deadlines exist, if you have unpaid wages you should act promptly to (1) evaluate potential legal claims; (2) determine the potential claims' merits and deadlines; and (3) if there are potential claims you feel are worth pursuing, take legal action (negotiate with the employer and/or file a legal complaint).


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After playing to over 1 million fans in 2019 and being named the "Most-Heard Artist of the Decade" by Country Aircheck, Luke Bryan is back with the announcement of a new album AND new tour. The arrival of his seventh studio album, BORN HERE, LIVE HERE, DIE HERE is set to release on April 24 followed by his "Proud To Be Right Here Tour" kicking off in May.
Bryan announced first to his fans today in a live stream video — see it here.
Joining Bryan on the 32-date tour will be openers Morgan Wallen along with Caylee Hammack and Runaway June at select dates. Kicking off in Cincinnati, OH on May 28, the full list of cities and dates can be found below and at LukeBryan.com.
Bryan's upcoming album follows his chart-topping album, What Makes You Country, in 2017 which was his third consecutive album to debut at No.1 on Billboard's Top 200 Chart, and marked his fifth No.1 debut on Billboard's Top Country Albums Chart.
"PROUD TO BE RIGHT HERE TOUR"
5/28/2020 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
5/29/2020 St. Louis, MO Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
5/30/2020 Brandon, MS Brandon Amphitheater
6/5/2020 Orange Beach, AL The Wharf Amphitheater
6/18/2020 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Amphitheater
6/19/2020 Hartford, CT Xfinity Theatre
6/20/2020 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
6/25/2020 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest at American Family Insurance Amphitheater*
7/16/2020 San Diego, CA North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
7/17/2020 Mtn View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
7/18/2020 Sacramento, CA Toyota Amphitheatre
7/23/2020 Bend, OR Les Schwab Amphitheater
7/25/2020 Portland, OR Sunlight Supply Amphitheater
7/30/2020 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
7/31/2020 Little Rock, AR Simmons Bank Arena
8/4/2020 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
8/5/2020 Gilford, NH Bank of NH Pavilion
8/14/2020 Bangor, ME Darling's Waterfront Pavilion
8/21/2020 Virginia Beach, VA Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
8/23/2020 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
8/28/2020 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
8/29/2020 Raleigh, NC Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
8/30/2020 Charleston, SC to be announced….
9/24/2020 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
9/25/2020 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
9/26/2020 Green Bay, WI Resch Center
10/1/2020 Bossier City, LA CenturyLink Center
10/2/2020 Lafayette, LA Cajundome
10/8/2020 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
10/9/2020 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center**
10/10/2020 San Bernardino, CA Glen Helen Amphitheater**
Morgan Wallen on all dates except **
Morgan only*
Caylee Hammack May 28- July 31
Runaway June August 4- October 10
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After playing to over 1 million fans in 2019 and being named the "Most-Heard Artist of the Decade" by Country Aircheck, Luke Bryan is back with the announcement of a new album AND new tour. The arrival of his seventh studio album, BORN HERE, LIVE HERE, DIE HERE is...
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Here I will share my musings on life, favorite recipes, party/hosting ideas, travel journals and cool finds (i.e. gifts for others or yourself!). I'm very excited as this allows me combine my love of writing with my love of food, travel, entertaining and generally making people feel warm and special.
I had originally planned to make this a huge and ever growing company with affiliate partnerships and my own product offerings to make anything you read about on my site easier to accomplish from parties-in-a-box to custom favor bags. But I got a bit ahead of myself and sometimes you need to take a step back to allow something to grow more naturally ...and beautifully.
I'm going back to basics and focusing on what I love. I hope you enjoy.
I was born on a little peninsula off the southeast coast of China called Macau. At the time it was a Portuguese colony (and had been for 450 years) and while very densely populated and full of tall buildings it still had a small town feel when I was young. With an American mother and a Chinese father, we moved back and forth a number of times between Macau and the States, specifically, Connecticut. All of that exposure and travel provided me with an great appreciation for different cultures and a perspective on the world and life that I treasure deeply.
I made my last move back to the States when I was almost 16 to finish high school here as it would be easier to get into college and get financial aid. At least those were my arguments when I petitioned my father to let me move to the States by myself. Those reasons were all true, but secretly, I also longed for exposure to American high school experiences like prom. My father agreed and I flew across the world at 15 with 2 suitcases and lived with an aunt and her family in CT so I could attend my last 2 years of high school there and pave the way for college. It was a scary yet fantastic experience.
I had originally planned to major in journalism, as my first few college applications stated, but my very wise father suggested I opt for computer science instead. His belief was that I'd have an easier time developing a career and earning a living once I graduated, and that I could always go back to school for whatever I wanted once I had that foundation. I took his advice and went to Boston University and graduated with a computer science degree – wise move, since I don't think I would have been very good at journalism in the end at that stage in my life.
After college I stayed in Boston and got my first professional job as a software developer at a healthcare informatics lab which was part of Brigham and Women's Hospital. I worked on very interesting healthcare related projects for groups like the American Medical Association and a number of hospitals and healthcare systems in both the US and Canada. I really enjoyed my work, it felt good to create applications to help people and their caregivers. The informatics lab spun of a commercial start-up which I followed and expanded my role and capabilities. I was passionate, big picture focused yet had an eye for detail and a passion for delivering the best consumer experience possible. All of that led to my many roles at the start-up, from running the end-user engineering team, to all implementations to leading sales and business operations. But as with many start-ups, life was not easy and I found myself letting work consume me and while I adored the people I worked with day to day, the powers that be were also letting me down. One day I realized life is just too short to live that way - 100+ work hours a week and a CEO (a result of an acquisition) I didn't believe in. So I left. Fortunately, my next step was Microsoft, where I had the pleasure of working alongside brilliant, passionate people and with great customers and partners. I certainly learned a lot while I was there in my various roles starting off as a Technical Specialist (Systems Engineer) in their Financial Services group, moving to Technical Sales and then finally to my role as Lead Marketing Manager for the East Region Developer and Platform Evangelism Team where I led marketing and business operations for a marketing, sales and technologist team of 60+ to drive adoption and revenue.
Next was my biggest move yet – having our beautiful daughter Sofie. After having her, I was torn about returning to work and taking a few years off to focus on her and our family. Up until then, I had been very career focused and enjoyed a lot of satisfaction out of it. How do you put something that has always been such a big part of your adult life on hold? How would you measure your accomplishments? I ended up going back to work for after my maternity leave to see if it felt right and it didn't. Quitting your job and staying at home with your child to focus on family is a big shift and is certainly not for everyone, but it was clear it was right for me. Quitting my "regular" job was really probably more for me than for her. I'm sure she would have thrived in any number of care situations but I wanted to be the one with her, the one nurturing her and introducing her to the world, in the beginning at least. I also saw it as a chance to focus on our family and be able to be more present in life. I am very lucky to be able to do this and never forget that.
Interestingly enough, while I enjoyed my career I was never satisfied, always looking for what more I could, what bigger impact I could make. Now, it is completely up to me. I know my biggest impact is on my daughter and our family, yet there are also so many ways I can reach out and impact the world around me.
In 2009, we moved from Boston to Palo Alto, CA. If we were ever going to move away from Boston to try something new that was the time since I was still home with a young Sofie. It turned out to be a wonderful place to raise young children. The weather makes many things simpler, it is so easy to be outdoors all the time and the abundance of local produce and innovators was astonishing. Almost every conversation I'd overhear would be about some technology problem or start up. Those are the things I now miss since we have left, along with the good friends we made. But when my husband came home one day and asked, "Would you want to move to London, England?" I said, "Sure!". How could we pass up an opportunity like that?! I began researching the move, such things were much more complicated with a school age child and dog than if it had been just the two of us. During that time, an opportunity to move to NYC arose. What a dilemma – London or NYC? After much debating, we decided NYC was the best choice for us. So in January of 2013 we made the move and we love it here. The city is amazing and we have also been so fortunate have met the most wonderful and interesting people. Anyone who says New Yorkers aren't nice doesn't see NY like we do. I do miss Boston for all its character and our dear friends and I miss California's weather, produce and proximity to wine country and Hawaii, but I am delighted to now call this great city home. Now that the renovation of our humble West Village apartment is complete and we are able to host friends and family again all seems right.


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I present the structural construction of the water cooling first. The main elements listed hereunder form the system.
These elements - into a row, a circle - pipes connect it: water systems -> radiator -> reservior -> pump -> water systems. The coolant orbits in this closed system round and round.
The benefits of this water cooling - and at the same time his disadvantages - they follow the structural construction of the system from himself. The cooled computer settles down in an other room, than the radiator, pump and the reservior. The undermentioned drawing exemplifies this.
The neighbouring room is a totally dark one, a unheated loft locality. Like this here the air even on the warmest summer days relatively cool is left over. I distributed temperatures between 5-15 C° because of the weather though in winter függően. This environment is appropriate for the performance of the water cooling.
The other benefit of the system - on that of which level onto the structural construction can be leaded back -, that the pump and the radiator than potential noise sources were separated from the computer's environment. I mentioned the radiator because I fixed additional ventilators onto them here by what I may increase its refrigeration performance longer yet.
The disadvantage of the system is inmobility.


Reproducing at L'Automatica, Barcelona is five days (23 – 27 May) of reading, discussions, writing and making in the Catalan capital about maternity, as a mode of creation, care, and continuance. A collaboration between two experimental, autonomous collectives interested in the composition of publics — the online journal continent. and the community print shop L'Automatica — invite discussions that nurture the problems and potentials of giving birth to all things made, authored, built, generated, designed, shaped, knocked together and knocked up.
Do the presumed public making labours of writing, making images, publishing, printing and reproduction require us to "love our monsters" and "kill our darlings"? Do these impulses speak to those same kinds of care, attention and guardianship, that are present in the consuming and ambiguous patience, love, hardship, altruism, friendship, attention and responsibilities of motherhood? What response-ability do we assume or presume when we give birth to things, to words, to ideas, and then weave them into the material (mater, or mother) of, for example, a printed page.
Over five days of collaboration in May, we invite writers, artists, thinkers, mothers, fathers, sons and daughters interested in this questioning of motherhood, to share thoughts, voice, words, texts, images, sounds and actions —new and old— that will find their way into printed object, produced and reproduced on site with L'Automatica. Resonances between motherhood and creative labor, from the anecdotal to the analytic, the philosophical to the everyday, are all encouraged and more than welcomed. By the end of these Spring days in Barcelona we hope to create, together, a compendium of care, a handbook of hospitality or a card deck of custodianship, gifted to all those in attendance, and beyond. Is there anything you would like to "bring up"?
We are most grateful to have the support of HANGAR, and of the Consulado General de Suiza en Barcelona for these occasions in Barcelona.
Reproducing at L'Automàtica, Barcelona is a 5-day workshop that attempts to elucidate the many meanings of parenthood, motherhood and 'bringing something or someone up' in relation to labor of texts and the ramifications that the maternal and parental plays in art and cultural production communities. Here reproduction, printing, publishing, and public making hover around keywords such as: hardship, patience, love, altruism, brotherhood, sisterhood, care, friendship, attention, family, birth.
Through readings and new writings at L'Automatica, continent and guests with lived and intellectual experiences of these subjects are invited to participate, culminating in a compilation of texts, produced at the print shop, from new and existing writings, images, sketches, figures, diagrams and other things.
The workshop is for writers, artists, thinkers, designers, mothers, fathers, sons and daughters of all genders and cultures, ethnicities, languages and communities, concerned about the question of motherhood and labor, to share thoughts, words and texts.
With a rising consciousness about the effects of motherhood on creative labor and the materiality that is created in those situations, the conversation takes root in philosophical, sociological and also concrete examples of daily life. We hope to trace lines and words, out of margins, where intersectional, material, trans-post-foward-all-gendered-ungendered motherhoods breathe and create expanded knowledges about bodies and our relation to birth, celebration, care, spiritualities, cultures and tradition (Western and otherwise) are shaped, constrained and modulated.
Sunday: 10h final touches, fixing up the space, 12h Open doors session, presentation of the publication, vermuts and music in L'Automàtica.
Themes addressed include… From pregnancy to birth (Hannah Arendt's nativity, becoming two, from being pregnant with a subject to the birth of a form); Weiberwerk & Kinderspiel (Women's work and child's play, describing an advanced, everyday but also alchemical state in which nothing can be done except keeping the fire burning); monsters (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein experience, creating and loving and being monsters, "killing your darlings"); love and care (bringing up a text, reproduction and publication, letting go, the aftermaths of a text); mothers and fathers with/out children, and the parenting of each other and of other (human and nonhuman) things; precarization through love.
We would also invite you to bring along any and all objects, texts, illustrations, documents and evidences of motherhood and its traces in life, love, literature, film, media, law… or anything else we might be generous enough to bring up.
Please contact tallers@lautomatica.org for further practical information. The main language used will be English, so some comprehension will be helpful but not essential. There is no fee to participate, but capacity is limited, so please let us know if you're coming.


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Bulletin of the Centre for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Refugee Migration Monitoring in the Syrian Arab Republic (July 11, 2019)
Ceasefire observation
As part of the implementation of the Memorandum on the establishment of de-escalation zones in the Syrian Arab Republic, signed by the Russian Federation, the Republic of Turkey and the Islamic Republic of Iran on 4 May 2017, control groups continue monitoring ceasefire compliance.
Over the last 3 hours, the Russian party of the Russia-Turkey Commission on violations of the Joint Agreement has registered three cases of firing in the provinces of Latakia (1), Aleppo (1) and Hama (1).
The Turkish side has registered ten cases of ceasefire violations in in the provinces of Hama (5), Idlib (1).
Humanitarian aid provided for the Syrian population
Over the last 24 hours the Russian Centre for reconciliation of opposing sides and Refugee Migration Monitoring has held one humanitarian action in Hernbet Gazi, Homs province. People received 500 food sets with a total weight 2.420 tons.
The total number of humanitarian actions - 2,161 with total weight of cargo - 3,478.981 tons.
Reconciliation of opposing sides
Over the last 24 hours, no ceasefire agreements have been signed.
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The number of armed formations, which have claimed to observe the ceasefire regime, is 234.


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This addition means that the new controller is the world's first to support two industrial safety networks – CIP Safety and Safety over EtherCAT (FSoE), a protocol favored for its high-speed response. The controller is optimized to support applications in industries like automotive manufacturing and food factories where a wide variety of products are produced and production lines are frequently modified.
The new controller is also scalable from large automotive production lines to small parts production lines. With both CIP Safety and Safety over EtherCAT, Omron's latest solution addresses 40% of the global market's requirements for safety networking.


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Mechanika – w grach fabularnych zasady określające sposób przeprowadzania rozgrywki, na które składają się również m.in.:
 sposoby generowania świata gry oraz reguły według których rozgrywane są przygody (scenariusze),
 zasady tworzenia postaci i jej interakcji ze światem.

Rola mechaniki
Grę RPG można przyrównać do teatru kukiełkowego wielu aktorów. Gracz to aktor animujący swoją kukiełkę (postać), Mistrz Gry to scenarzysta i reżyser dbający o spójność przygody. Mechanika gry jest spoiwem, które pozwala na ujednoliconą interakcję wszystkich aktorów teatru w ramach wykreowanego przez Mistrza Gry świata (dając mu przy tym ograniczoną nad nim władzę).

Parametryzacja
W głównej mierze mechanika jest odpowiedzialna za usystematyzowanie i sparametryzowanie świata gry oraz stworzenie jego w miarę dokładnego matematycznego modelu (choć nie jest to regułą – istnieją systemy unikające nadmiernej parametryzacji, np. Neuroshima).

Dzięki użyciu liczb określenie przewagi jednej z postaci w danej dziedzinie sprowadza się do porównania współczynników danych parametrów, takich jak np. siła, czy zręczność.

Losowość
Aby upodobnić świat gry do świata realnego, w którym nie posiadamy pełnej wiedzy o danych wydarzeniach oraz zapobiec powstawaniu świata deterministycznego, wprowadza się najczęściej czynnik losowy oparty najczęściej na prawdopodobieństwie, który symuluje wszelkie losowe i nieprzewidziane wydarzenia (potencjalny wynik naszej niewiedzy o świecie). Najczęściej interpretowany jako szczęście.

Rozstrzyganie konfliktów
Cechy postaci zawierają częstokroć opis jej upodobań, wady, zalety itp. Choć z reguły decyzja gracza determinuje działanie postaci, to jednak niekiedy cecha postaci nadana w ramach systemu może spowodować akcję postaci niezgodną z jego wolą.

Może prowadzić to do konfliktu między graczem a Mistrzem Gry, będącym swoistym reprezentantem mechaniki (występuje wówczas jako swoisty dodatkowy gracz biorący udział w rozgrywce grający przeciwko innym graczom).

Jeżeli postać gracza ma cechę plotkarz i spotyka inną (np. niezależną), zaś gracz w danej sytuacji nie chce, by jego bohater zdradził pewną informację, a Mistrz Gry wyraźnie sugeruje, że powinien to zrobić (bo tak skonstruowana jest jego postać), to konflikt rozstrzyga mechanika gry.

Dość dobrze rozwiniętym jest system tzw. testów. W powyższym przypadku gracz winien wykonać test (np. związany ze współczynnikiem siła woli) określający, czy jego postaci udało się opanować język, czy też nie.

Mechanizmy w praktyce

Kości do gry
Losowość modelowana jest zwykle przez kości do gry. Najczęściej są one oparte na rzutach dedykowanymi kośćmi, choć istnieją również systemy, które z nich nie korzystają (np. Amber).

Mechaniki je wykorzystujące posiłkować się mogą różnymi ich rodzajami, najczęściej stosuje się kości o kształcie wielościanów foremnych: czterościenne, sześciościenne, ośmiościenne, dwunastościenne i dwudziestościenne. W systemach gier oznaczane są one zwykle przez     oraz  ( od wyrazu "kość", stosuje się również literę  pochodzącą od ang. dice – kość).

Używa się również kości dziesięciościennej  istnieją nawet specjalne ich rodzaje zwane kośćmi procentowymi, które na ściankach noszą liczby nie z przedziału  a  Czasami spotyka się także kości stuścienne, są one jednak niepraktyczne i zwykle posiadają znaczenie wyłącznie kolekcjonerskie.

Tworzenie postaci
Mechanika skupia się przede wszystkim na aspektach technicznych, dlatego z jej punktu widzenia podczas tworzenia postaci najważniejsze jest jej poprawne zdefiniowanie w ramach świata gry, na przykład przez określanie współczynników.

W grach wykorzystujących kości mechanika gry może opisywać sposoby przeliczania ich rzutów na odpowiednie współczynniki, w innych wypadkach może to być dokonane np. poprzez rozdzielenie przydzielonych postaci punktów doświadczenia.

Gracz powinien mieć pomysł na postać i jej ostateczną wizję. Wskazane jest, aby wykazywał się przy tym inwencją. Wiele mechanik silnia zaleca, aby gracz oprócz wyznaczenia kompletu współczynników inne aspekty postaci, takie jak jej wygląd, sposób wyrażania się, nawyki i przyzwyczajenia.

Istnieje też podział ze względu na wpływ gracza na ustalenie początkowych cech postaci: niektóre stosują losowy ich rozkład, inne wręcz przeciwnie – przyznają graczowi pewną pulę punktów, którą przydziela on swojemu bohaterowi wedle własnego uznania.

Metamechanika
Podczas rozgrywki mechanika nie zawsze ogranicza się do symulacji zdarzeń losowych w świecie gry. Pod pojęciem metamechaniki kryją się zasady, które służą lepszej kontroli fabuły i klimatu rozgrywki RPG. Zasady te mogą ingerować w reguły rządzące światem gry, wpływać na celowe działania postaci, w taki sposób, by usprawnić, czy urozmaicić rozgrywkę.

Testy, rzuty, modyfikatory
Powróćmy do przykładowej gry w której nastąpił konflikt świat gry–gracz. Test (w grach wykorzystujących kości nazywany też rzutem) jest sposobem na jego rozwiązanie. Dany test określa zwykle poziom trudności przed którą stanął gracz oraz warunki sukcesu oraz porażki.

Poziom trudności jest zwykle konkretną wartością liczbową ustalaną zwykle ostatecznie przez mistrza gry (zgodnie z regułami świata, scenariuszem gry itp.), którą w mechanikach wykorzystujących kości należy osiągnąć. Czasami spotyka się również system tzw. sukcesów. Pokonanie testu wymaga pokonania określonej liczby testów cząstkowych (zwanych właśnie sukcesami). Testy cząstkowe rozstrzygane są zwykle za pomocą kości.

Przy rzutach najczęściej można spotkać się z zapisem symbolicznym typu  gdzie  oznacza liczbę kości,  rodzaj kości, zaś  dodatkowy modyfikator oznaczający po prostu liczbę oczek jaką należy dodać do końcowego wyniku. Przykładowo  oznacza rzut dwiema koścmi ośmiościennymi z modyfikatorem równym trzy. Istnieją również modyfikatory ujemne, które zapisywane są wówczas ze znakiem minusa.

Wielkość modyfikatora charakteryzowana jest zwykle przez mechanikę gry, często na podstawie atrybutów lub stanu postaci lub też przez scenariusz gry (o którym decyduje mistrz gry).

W wielu systemach (Warhammer, Basic Role-Playing) popularną formą rzutów są rzuty procentowe (k100), których zwykle nie wykonuje się kośćmi stuściennymi, lecz dwiema kośćmi dziesięciościennymi interpretując wyniki rzutów koścmi jako cyfry wyniku procentowego testu.

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Gin and tonic has experienced a burst of popularity in recent years and has become many peoples drink of choice. We've seen an explosion of flavours, colors and combinations of the drink. However recently I got to experience the magic of Triple Three Gin and I'm convinced: This celebration of gin made by a three-generation distiller really offers something special.
The afternoon started off with a talk from the master distiller himself, Rolf Zeitvogel. He shared heart warming stories of growing up in the Black Forest in Germany, in the presence of gin extraordinaire s like his father and grandfather. He shared fond childhood stories, and the passion was palpable. Rolf told us about coming to South Africa after school to study wine making which was very popular at the time. Finally, he later returned to his love and passion of gin distilling. And now we reap the rewards!
It's not everyday you get to meet the master distiller himself. It was amazing to see this is not just a mass-produced drink but rather a labour of love. And believe me, it comes through in the impeccable taste and quality of Triple Three Gin.
This variation has a smooth, pure taste and is inspired by the earliest recorded gin recipes which were made from juniper berries. Personally I found it very flavourful and found the juniper notes really do come through.
African Botanicals was created from a blend of seven botanicals including the flora of the Western Cape. I found the flavour to be unique and something I can totally imagine foreigners to love! As well as South African's, of course.
The Citrus Infusion is very clear and crisp. It's a zesty gin enriched with hand-picked, farm grown citrus fruit. I found this one to be a very easy drink, totally perfect for many different palettes. It's a perfect Saturday afternoon gin around a braai. Furthermore it lends itself to so many combinations as well, play around with different tonics and added fruits.
While I've always enjoyed gin, I didn't know too much about the process and what actually happens behind the scenes. From that perspective, the tour was amazing! We got to see the process from beginning right to the point of packaging, and it was incredibly insightful. Who would have thought that those crates of pears can create pure magic. Consequently I think I'll appreciate the beauty of the humble pear a lot more going forward.
Thank you so much to Triple Three Distillery for having us for the afternoon, it was truly one to remember!


The U of O will be terminating their agreement with the SFUO come Dec. 24. Illustration: Kelsea Shore.
The Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) may well be the first post-secondary student union in the country to ever have their university terminate their contract, according to the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS). It's still unclear exactly how this termination will pan out and what impact it could have on U of O students. In the meantime, the Fulcrum put together a quick refresher on how the SFUO's relationship with both the U of O and its students reached such a catastrophic point.
La Rotonde and then the Fulcrum broke the news that SFUO president Rizki Rachiq and executive coordinator Vanessa Dorimain were facing allegations of fraud, with mention of vice-president operations Axel Gaga.
The allegations are tied to a police report filed with the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) following the submission of a report from previous SFUO president Hadi Wess. SFUO vice-president of operations Axel Gaga was also mentioned in the report filed by Wess.
The report stated that Wess was alerted to the possibility of fraud in April by Andre Belanger, business development and risk manager at the SFUO's bank (Caisse Desjardins), following unusual charges the bank flagged. Wess froze the account and then began investigating with SFUO finance director Nicole Labossiere.
Wess' report claims that Rachiq received more than $20,000 in cheques through a "faulty" club called Testing Restaurants UOttawa. He allegedly opened a separate bank account for the club that had two debit cards connected to it, one of which was in his name and registered under his past home addresses.
The report goes on to allege that a number of purchases were made with the club's card, including a $950 pair of eyeglasses from Albert Optical, a $609.37 charge at Louis Vuitton, a $498.30 charge at J'aime Coiffure (a Montreal hair salon), $338.28 at Audi Lauzon, and $500 in ATM cash withdrawals. Additionally, five deposited cheques linked to the account totaled upwards of $20,000.
Meanwhile, the allegations against Dorimain are tied to the SFUO's Leader Action event. Wess alleged that just over $3,000 in food that was supposedly ordered for the event from Dorimain's mother's catering company although he did not approve the order, and it was never delivered. Wess also alleged that Dorimain approved a $860 cheque for office cleanup,which is not a service the SFUO pays for, adding the cheque was made out to an alleged friend of Dorimain's.
No charges have been laid and the OPS would neither confirm nor deny whether a formal investigation is ongoing at the date of this publication.
The U of O put out a press release and sent an email to students stating the university administration had met with the SFUO executive to request an external forensic audit be conducted immediately. They also froze the transfer of funds collected from students to the SFUO until such audit is complete.
The SFUO's Board of Administration (BOA) met for the first time following the shockwaves caused by the SFUO fraud allegations. All executives were present at the meeting except for Rachiq, who did not send a proxy—supposedly to avoid the alleged appearance of a conflict of interest, according to an email he sent to the board—and retracted his signing authority with the federation. Dorimain chaired part of the meeting, despite concerns of a conflict of interest form several members of the board and gallery.
The meeting saw two in-camera sessions to discuss the allegations and a forensic audit. Two motions were tabled to suspend Rachiq with and without pay, both of which failed. Two related resolutions passed, one preventing the results of the audit from being used in a potential prosecution unless approved by the board, and another requiring Wess to pay close to $1,000 in legal fees to the SFUO.
Around 50 students gathered outside the SFUO office in the University Centre to protest executives named in fraud allegations and call for the impeachment of Rachiq. The protest was co-organized by Un-Tied SFUO, the University of Ottawa New Democratic Party (UONDP), University of Ottawa Greens (UOG), University of Ottawa Campus Conservatives (UOCC), and University of Ottawa Young Liberals (UOYL).
After missing the first BOA meeting post-allegations, Rachiq was present at the Sept. 16 meeting. The SFUO constitutional committee announced PwC had been chosen to conduct the audit, beginning on Sept. 17. It was revealed that that Gaga sat on the constitutional committee in charge of choosing PwC despite being named in the fraud allegations.
The board also discussed a letter from Wess in regards to the payment of $1,000 in legal fees, and decided to send him a letter in response reiterating his requirement to pay.
It was announced the vice-president equity, Caroline Lu, had resigned for undisclosed reasons. Lu's duties were shifted to the responsibility of vice-president external Paige Booth.
The U of O requested the resignation of all executives named in the fraud allegations until the forensic audit was completed, per a document obtained by the Fulcrum. The document, which contained three letters from the university to the SFUO, stated that in absence of "notable and rapid progress", the university reserved the right to deliver a notice of termination for their 2012 agreement with the federation.
In a press release, the U of O announced its plan to terminate the SFUO-U of O contract. Come Dec. 24, unless a new agreement is signed, the university will no longer recognize the SFUO as the exclusive union representing the undergraduate student body. The university will no longer collect fees from students for SFUO use to fund and support service centres, businesses, clubs and federated bodies.
— With files from Anchal Sharma, Savannah Awde, Graham Robertson and Marissa Phul.


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The first version/section of the new Monk Helper is now available! The options menu isn't organized properly yet so please don't post about making things easier to find. My main concern for now is to continue programming the rest of the new and improved Monk Helper and fixing a few glitches/lua errors that you may post along the way. This version of Monk Helper is considered a beta, so glitches are to be expected(even though I try to keep them to a minimum).
Emergency fix on the options menu. People who had older versions of the beta could have encountered a glitch that would break the addon. I have added code to remove this glitch(was caused by an old default options value). Also fixed a glitch that would cause certain options to keep resetting.
Sound effects aren't working, but this has been confirmed be a glitch on blizzards end. So it should magically start working in a future hotfix.
Paralysis monitor should now be functioning properly again.
Timers - Various timers for buffs/procs, cooldowns, durations and counters for each specs brew type. Many timers that were in the previous Monk Helper have been removed, either because they will no longer be in the game, or because they don't need to be there. I've kept only key cooldowns for each spec that don't have a long cooldown time and key buffs to watch for in pve or pvp. Suggestions for more timers are welcome but I'd prefer it if you wait until the addon is officially complete. Also, there are a few timers that I plan on adding to the next beta version.
Paralysis Monitor - A very accurate monitor for tracking paralysis on your paralyzed target. It can tell you when it expires, when it breaks, who breaks it and with what ability. There are many options to this monitor to suit your needs.
Profiles - New to Monk Helper is a whole new options menu (separate from blizzards menus) that comes equipped with a profile system. You can create as many profiles as you want with whatever names you wish. These profiles save all of your options(of course), but they also save every single frames position.
Resource Bar - An alternate mana/energy bar with many customizable options. It also shows how much mana your current spell cast will consume as a shaded portion of your mana bar. You can place markers at certain percentages, add a custom sound notification when you fall below a specified mana percent, etc. If you used my addon Mage Candy before, the mana bar is pretty much identical.
Chi Bar - Similar to the older chi bar from monk helper, but it has the option to show/hide the default chi bar background. The options for this feature are located in the resource bar tab as well.
Stagger Tracker - Same as the stagger tracker from the old monk helper. Displays the amount staggered as a number/percent or both, along with an icon resembling the stagger type.
Sound Notifications - Play sounds for things like touch of death executions, combo breaker procs and full stacks of vital mists.
Health Bar Stagger - Added an option in the resource bar tab to show the staggered amount on the health bar. This is displayed as a white shade on the health bar.
Touch of Death Notification - Displays a visual notification when you are able to cast touch of death on your target. This notification accounts for your current chi to cast it, as well as the spells cooldown.
Detox Tracker - A frame that displays class icons for every person in your group. If someone in your group can benefit from your detox spell, their corresponding icon will start glowing and all you have to do is click the icon to detox that person.
Please post any lua errors you may encounter (no duplicates please if you can help it) so that I may fix them in my spare time.
I think this should now be removed completely. It is not compatible with the latest version of WoW it does not work with the new graphics in WoW and well it hasn't been updated since 2014 !! and the owner seems to have lost interest as they cant be bothered to reply to any comments.
Shame really as it was a good addon.
I can't enter the config, it wont allowed me to type /monkhelper or /mh, I mean, whenever I type those command and press "enter", nothing happen, the /command still on the input box as if I had never pressed the enter key.
Hello, you have a great addon here, i've been using it since it became available.
I do have one request - could you enable a function that allows us to choose which spells are shown according to specialisation? Id prefer not to have a large RSK icon visible when switching to Mistweaver, or Tiger Palm for that matter. These are just exampled, but you get my point.
I really hope you reconsider Michael2256, i love the addon and im using it right now. It has some issues but i have been able to work around them with other addons mixed in. But a toolbox like this is so good for a class, makes the game so much more fun to play and easier to manage with just one addon.
Thanx Michael2256 for your effort in making this, i hope you reconsider.
for those who've jsut read the dev's post that this addon will sadly never be fisnished but are looking for something with this functionality check out monk timers.
Let me know if you are still having problems. The options menu should be working properly now.
Sounds like you didn't read the description. All the features so far are listed in the description, that's pretty difinitive if you ask me. The add on isn't complete yet as it is still a beta. Think of it as a monk version of mage candy I guess.
hi does this addon also track the ammount of renewing mist that is currently on party members?
First of all Im loving your addon. I have most on weak auras, but yours is so much more user friendly. Now I have a question/request for you. The problem is that I play all 3 specs on all 3 monks that I have. My problem is that when I change specs I would have to redo all the UI.
So my request is if you can add profiles to the addon BRM MW WW, or maybe even make it so that you can change setting on each spec.
Thats regarding positioning, but also if you can add a profiler that can select different icons to show on each spec. i.e. I dont care much about Provoke on MW.
I am voting on this function of having profiles to each that save location. If I have to reset my UI, everything winds up back in the middle and I have to 'de-clutter' again.
Monk Helper should now be functioning properly at lower levels. Make sure you have a specialization learned because the frames are not intended to show if you dont have any specialization chosen.
I'm impressed by the super fast reply! :) Still leveling up but will let you know if everything is working smoothly when my new toon hits 10 and choses a spec.
Confirmed: seems to be working fine now that I've hit level 10 and chosen a spec.
I just installed the addon today and it doesn't seem to work for me. Even with all the boxes checked, nothing shows up (whether in combat or not) except the Paralysis monitor. If I click the "show all" button, everything shows up briefly, but then disappears again.
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Edit: I tested the addon on another monk alt that's level 39 and it worked fine (the first one I tried it on was level 3) so I'm wondering if the issue has something to do with my level? Possibly the fact that I don't have a spec yet or something?
Love the addon a lot, but just wanted to say that I don't like the changes to Stagger Tracker and Sanctuary Tracker. One of the things that I love about your addon is how minimalist it can be. For your addon, I track only Shuffle, Statue/Sanctuary and Stagger. I like the previous version better, but understand other players may like this.
Is there a way to disable to the health/stagger bar and just leave the icon with the stats as you had it? Could we also have an option to revert Sanctuary as you had it?
Very nice suggestion. I was planning on adding that option eventually, but since it was requested, I'll start working on it as soon as I get time. Thanks for the feedback.
It turns out I had some free time as soon as I got home and I am pleased to let you know that there is now an option to enable simple mode for both Stagger Tracker and Sanctaury Tracker. Enjoy!
Thanks, Michael, this really is a nice change. So many addons get bloated with trying to put every single feature at your fingertips and making it really really big to the point of no longer being useful. Easily, the flexibility in your addon is what sets it apart. Really good work.


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Алексей Викторович Грачёв (; 5 марта 1969, Симферополь, Крымская область, Украинская ССР, СССР) — советский и украинский футболист, нападающий. Позже — тренер.

Карьера футболиста
Кроме него в семье воспитывалось ещё двое детей — его брат и сестра.

Воспитанник школы симферопольской «Таврии», где его тренером был Вячеслав Портнов. Во время прохождения службы спортроте в армии играл за киевский СКА. В 1989 году играл за керченский «Океан» во Второй лиге СССР. Переход в севастопольскую «Чайку» состоялся по рекомендации Анатолия Заяева главному тренеру Геннадию Макарову. Анатолий начинал играть в центре полузащиты, а затем перешёл на позицию нападающего.

Его следующей командой стала симферопольская «Таврия», выступавшая в Первой лиге СССР, где он стал игроком основного состава. Во время выступления за крымчан, его пригласили на просмотр в донецкий «Шахтёр», однако в итоге он поехал на просмотр в ахтырский «Нефтяник», куда поехали его одноклубники Эдуард Пискун, Александр Евтушок и Игорь Ершов. В составе команды играл в первом чемпионате независимой Украины. Команда по итогам сезона вылетела в Первую лигу, где затем стала бронзовым призёром сезона 1992/93. В Ахтырке он стал игроком основного состава, становился лучшим бомбардиром команды в турнире 1994/95, тогда же он занял третье место в списке бомбардиров Первой лиги. Грачёв является автором первого «покера», то есть четырёх забитых мячей в одной игре, в поединке против «Бажановца» 11 октября 1994 року. В Ахтырке он жил на одной лестничной площадке с одноклубником Эдуардом Пискуном, с которым он играл до этого в «Чайке» и «Таврии», позже и в кировоградской «Звезде».

Летом 1995 года Грачёв перешёл в кировоградскую «Звезду НИБАС» из Высшей лиги. Вместе с Пискуном его приглашали в российский «Уралан», однако Эдуард в итоге ушёл в краснодарскую «Кубань», а Алексей в «Уралан» из Элисты. В 1997 году вместе с командой стал победителем первого российского дивизиона. Зимой 1998 года вернулся в «Нефтяник». В сентябре 2000 перешёл во второлиговый «Электрон» из города Ромны. Начало сезона 2000/01 провёл в «Таврии», однако проведя лишь одну игру в чемпионате Украины, перешёл в «Нефтяник». Тогда команда стала победителем Второй лиги и вернулась в Первую, а Грачёв стал лучшим бомбардиром группы в которой выступали ахтырцы с 16 забитыми голами. Карьеру футболиста завершил в 2002 году.

Является рекордсменом «Нефтяника» по количеству проведённых матчей и забитых голов в чемпионатах Украины. В общей сложности провёл за «Нефтяник» более двухсот игр и забил более пятидесяти мячей.

Тренерская карьера
Окончил Симферопольский государственный университет имени М. В. Фрунзе.

В 2003 году вошёл тренерский штаб ахтырского «Нефтяника», где проработал в течение четырёх лет. Затем, на протяжении двух лет был тренером симферопольского «ИгроСервиса», после чего вернулся в «Нефтяник». В 2010 году вошёл в тренерский штаб «Севастополя». Затем работал главным тренером дубля, старшим тренером молодёжного состава, занимал должность тренера в «Севастополе-2». Летом 2012 года стал тренером «Севастополя-3», который выступал в чемпионате Крыма. После входил в тренерский штаб «Севастополя», был главным тренером дубля и тренером команды до 19 лет.

В 2014 году вошёл в тренерский штаб клуба СКЧФ. В начале 2015 года возглавлял команду СКЧФ 1998 года рождения на турнире Arena Yevpatoria Cup. Во всекрымском турнире возглавлял СКЧФ-2. Летом 2015 года стал главным тренером «Бахчисарая», привёл команду к бронзовым наградам чемпионата Крыма и победе в Кубке Премьер-лиги КФС в финальном матче над СКЧФ (2:1). Был признан лучшим тренером турнира. Летом 2016 года возглавил «Севастополь» и привёл команду к победе в чемпионате полуострова. 5 июня 2018 года был отправлен в отставку с поста главного тренера «Севастополя». С января 2019 года является главным тренером футбольной команды «Евпатория»..

Достижения
 «Нефтяник» (Ахтырка)
 Бронзовый призёр Первой лиги Украины (1): 1992/93
 Победитель Второй лиги Украины (1): 2000/01

 «Уралан»
 Победитель Первого дивизиона России (1): 1997

Личная жизнь
Жена — Жанна, экономист в симферопольской кампании «Таврия-Авто». Сын Дмитрий, также являлся профессиональным футболистом.

Статистика

Источники:
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Примечания

Ссылки

Футболисты СССР
Футболисты Украины
Игроки ФК «Портовик» Керчь
Игроки ФК «Чайка» Севастополь
Игроки ФК «Таврия»
Игроки ФК «Нефтяник-Укрнефть»
Игроки ФК «Звезда» Кропивницкий
Игроки ФК «Уралан»
Игроки ФК «Уралан-д»
Игроки ФК «Электрон» Ромны
Выпускники Таврического национального университета им. В. И. Вернадского