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Bud Cort, American actor/comedian, was born Walter Edward Cox in New Rochelle, New York. The second of five children, he grew up in Rye, New York, the son of Joseph P. Cox, an orchestra leader, ... read full biography
Known for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Harold and Maude (1971), MASH (1970), Coyote Ugly (2000)
Mar 29, 1948 (age 71) | 5' 9" (1.75m)
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe Award. Another 1 win & 4 nominations
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Your tennis racquet should always suit your skill level.
Beginners should use a basic and versatile racquet. Oversized, pre-strung racquets offer the best versatility and have the largest sweet spot.
Intermediate players, who maybe belong to a club or recreational team, can try lighter, smaller racquets if they are a power player, or larger racquets if they're more of a finesse player.
Advanced tennis players can look for high-tech composite racquets that offer superior power and lightweight feel.
If you play with long, looped swing and aggressively hit the ball, you are considered a power player. You can benefit from a "control racquet." These smaller racquets help you keep in control on the court.
If you have a slow to moderate swing speed and shorter, more compact strokes, you're considered a finesse player. You should take advantage of a power racquet, which will increase the sweet spot and hitting power.
Combination players may exhibit a mix of the aforementioned characteristics and should consider moderate swing tennis racquets.
Before you choose a tennis racquet, it is important to understand the many factors that control its performance.
The larger your racquet's head, the more powerful your shot. However, the smaller the head size the more control you have. If you're in the middle, there are mid-sized versions that offer you a little of both.
Measures between 107 square inches and 125 square inches. Super oversize racquets come as large as 135 square inches.
The length of your racquet is the distance from the bottom of the handle to the top of the head.
The weight of a racquet affects both power and control. With today's racquets increasingly lighter racquets, manufacturers have placed most of the weight, or mass, in the head to increase the power.
When racquet flexes it wastes energy. All manufacturers have different ways of determining and indicating their stiffness and flexibility ratings.
The shape of the racquet head depends on your preference in the look of the racquet and your skill level.
A sweet spot is the area on the racquet that allows for a solid hit and return. The larger the racquet, the bigger the sweet spot.
A grip that is too small will allow the racquet to twist in your hand and can eventually lead to tennis elbow.
A grip that is too large will decrease wrist snap on serves and prolonged use can also cause tennis elbow.
Once you have the type of frame that best fits your playing style and swing, you will need to determine the type of stringing that suits your game.


Ronald Chester Korner, "Chet", 84, of Willington, loving husband of the late Barbara (Eldredge) Korner, entered into eternal rest on November 28, 2018. Chet was born December 9, 1933 in Coventry CT, son of the late Frederick and Florence (Brown) Korner. He worked and retired after forty one years of service from the University of Connecticut in the Horticulture Department. Chet is survived by his sisters Priscilla (Pat) Korner of East Hartford, Janet and her husband Raymond of West Hartford, Shirley and her husband Thomas of Merrow; brother Sidney Korner of East Hartford, as well as several nieces and nephews; step-son Steven Eldredge, his wife Jean and their son Thomas of Farmington NH, a step-granddaughter Ashley, her husband Adam and their son Killian Wayne Kimball of Hanscom AFB in MA. He was predeceased by his brothers Walter, Russell, Calvin, and Raymond, as well as a dear niece Kimberly Boudreau and a step-son James Eldredge. Chet's family will receive relatives and friends on Tuesday December 4, 2018 from 9:00am to 10:00am at Potter Funeral Home, 456 Jackson St. Willimantic. His funeral service will begin at 10:00am at the funeral home. Burial will follow at the Willington Hill Cemetery.


Interview: TOM KERR Tom Kerr was appointed editor of the Racing Post in 2018. Prior to that he had been at the newspaper for for nine years, earning a reputation as a journalist that gets the controversial big issues that often upset the racing cart with often hostile reaction. Meeting Tom Kerr.
The Racing Post's Tom Kerr talks about his background, or not, in horse racing, his love affair with Kauto Star and the BHA graduate scheme. He talks Kempton Park and other culturally important buildings and venues being under threat. He also answers critics of the Racing Post and defends the reputation of the paper and the spiking of his feature on a Chechen warlord and his opinions on FOBT's.
The Racing Post's Tom Kerr continues his interview talking about Fixed Odds Betting Terminals and his view on the whip in horse racing and the storm he kicked up after his piece was published.
In the final part of our interview with Tom Kerr, Tom talks about his punting activities, gives bookmakers a broadside, punters getting their bets on and he also talks the big issues facing racing.


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Thoroughbred Legend
What some have called 'the greatest day in Canadian horse racing' the Kenilworth Gold Cup took place in Windsor, Ontario, October 12, 1920, when the two biggest names of the day competed in a historic match race.
The immortal Man o' War, holder of more records than any other horse and the leading three-year-old of 1920 was owned by Samuel D. Riddle of Philadelphia, and Sir Barton, the Canadian-owned champion of the older-horse division and America's first Triple Crown winner in 1919 owned by Commander J. K. L. Ross of Montreal faced off to settle the supremacy of the North American turf.
Man o' War, was the prohibitive 1-to-20 favourite, with bettors wagering a reported $220,000 on the race organized by the track's operator, Mr. Abe Orpen and considered a major coup in a time Canadian racing needed a boost following the government's wartime ban on betting in 1918 and 1919. It was a highly anticipated event that would become the first horse race filmed from wire to wire, with the footage later shown in movie theatres across the continent.
Originally proposed as a contest that might also feature a third great racehorse of the time, Exterminator, the terms of the race at a mile and a quarter and a weight-for-age format was not to the liking of Exterminator's owners so he was not entered resulting in a match race between Man o' War and Sir Barton. The two competed for a $75,000 US, winner-take-all purse with accompanying Gold Cup, designed by Tiffany & Co and valued at $5,000. That same trophy was later donated to Saratoga Race Course by Mrs. Riddle, the wife of Man o' War's owner and is now known as the Man o' War Cup, presented each year to the winner of The Travers Stakes.
Following the race the Canadian Sportsman and Live Stock Journal carried a photo of Man o' War on the cover of its October 18th, 1920 issue accompanied by a caption reading "MAN O' WAR – Winner of the $75,000 race at Windsor on Tuesday, October 12th, defeating Sir Barton in a most decisive manner and showing himself to be a wonder horse".
Man o' War's race at Kenilworth Park was his final career start and win, something that was repeated by Exterminator and a later "Big Red", Secretariat who also concluded their careers with wins at Canadian tracks.
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Q: A scalene trapezoid with integer side-lengths has perimeter 10; find its height I have a problem that I encountered on a math competition, but I don't know how to solve it. Can someone help me?

A scalene trapezoid ABCD with bases AB and CD has a perimeter of 10 centimeters. All the side lengths are integer numbers. Find the height of this trapezoid in simplest radical form.

No, I don't need the answer, just the solution.

A: If the side lengths are $a,b,c,d$, we know that $a+b+c+d=10$. Also, scalene means that the numbers $a,b,c,d$ are different. This determines $a,b,c,d$ up to permutation. If $a$ is the bottom and $c$ is the (smaller) top, then the height of the trapezoid is also the height of the triangle with side lengths $a-c,b,d$. A triangle with given side lengths is only possible if the longest side is shorter than the sum of the two other sides. You will notice that only one triangle is possible under these restrictions. To find its heiught, Heron's area formula might be helpful.

A: Cut out the center rectangle from the trapezoid and glue the two right triangles together to form triangle $ABC$. Notice that $ABC$ needs to have integer sides, cannot be equilateral, and that we've removed an even length from the perimeter, so $ABC$ has even perimeter less than $10$. There is only one such triangle.

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Thomas S. Carothers, M.D. is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and specializes in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus. Dr. Carothers completed his fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus at Baylor College of Medicine/ Texas Children's Hospital. He received his Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. After an internship at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, he completed his residency in ophthalmology at the University of Florida Affiliated Hospitals. Dr. Carothers completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Houston. He is a member of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus.


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This course is designed to introduce students to quantitative asset management. Students will learn the basics of portfolio construction and will backtest strategies. The course will cover many asset classes including equities, bonds, and currencies. We will also look at hedge funds and alternative asset classes such as art. Prior knowledge of a programming language such as Matlab, Stata, SAS, R, or Python is necessary for the successful completion of the course (I will not provide any programming introduction). Please bring your computers to every class.
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Affinity Insights – Issue 9 June 2019
The Importance of culture for investors
One of the important take outs from of the Banking Royal Commission is that poor corporate culture not only leads to bad outcomes for customers but also for investors.
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne harshly criticised NAB for a culture that did not genuinely admit its failures.
Unhappy clients affected by the fees-for-no-service scandal joined disgruntled shareholders who have seen their shares fall in value by more than 20 per cent over the past five years.
While admittedly not a like-for-like comparison, a company famous for its focus on culture — Netflix — is up more than 450 per cent over the same period. These are not isolated examples.
Numerous studies demonstrate that companies with a positive workplace culture consistently deliver superior investment returns.
Research by Harvard Business School suggests that companies with "performance-enhancing cultures" had average revenue growth four times higher than firms with poor culture.
The challenge for investors is being able to assess corporate culture from the outside, particularly, as pointed out by the Royal Commission, there is often a profound disconnect between a company's public pronouncements and its day-to-day actions.
Some companies are explicit about their cultural expectations, such as Netflix's 100-plus page "Freedom & Responsibility" document, famously described by Facebook chief operating officer and billionaire Sheryl Sandberg as "the most important document ever to come out of Silicon Valley".
However, most public information, such as annual reports, shed little light on what is really happening inside an organisation. So, here are some ways that you might determine whether a company deserves your investment based on its culture.
What employees say about a company
Understanding what employees feel about their experience of working for a company can be instructive.
While online services such as Glassdoor are designed for job applicants, it is also a valuable resource for investors.
With hundreds and, in some cases, thousands of reviews by current and former employees aggregated to company ratings, the free service avoids the problems of small samples or the views of a vocal minority of disgruntled employees.
Staff turnover
The number of staff leaving a company over time is a window into culture which is often publicly accessible.
Generally, low turnover is a good sign, as teamwork takes time to develop and longer-serving employees are better trained.
However, in some instances, very low staff turnover is a bad sign, demonstrating management complacency or unwillingness to address underperformance.
The quantum and method of senior management pay sets the tone from the top and is disclosed in listed company annual reports.
Salary packages, which have a significant deferred component dependent upon performance and behaviour, is now mandatory in large financial institutions, with smaller organisations soon to follow.
As the Royal Commission pointed out, for meaningful cultural impact, it is essential that genuine consequences, such as the loss of cash and share bonuses for the most senior people, follow poor performance.
According to Netflix, "many companies have value statements but often these written values are vague and ignored. The real values of a firm are shown by who gets rewarded or let go".
Sometimes, the most telling assessment of a company's culture is the direct interaction with the people and products themselves.
If staff are happy to go the extra mile and seem genuinely pleased to be at work, that's a good sign.
If there are problems returning faulty goods, telephones go unanswered or staff are surly and unhelpful — even if profitability looks good today — cultural problems are likely to undermine your returns as an investor.
Article by Catherine Robson. Published by The Sydney Morning Herald, March 10, 2019. Find the original article on The Sydney Morning Herald here.
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Republican Ballots Dominated First Week Of Early Voting In Oconee County, But Democratic Ballots More Pronounced In Absentee Counts
***Early Voting For June 9 Election Continues Tuesday***
Nine out of 10 of those who participated in the first week of In-Person early voting in Oconee County used the Republican ballot, but less than two-thirds of those who had turned in an Absentee ballot by the end of last week had used the Republican ballot.
Early In-Person voting has been light, with only 533 persons showing up at the Board of Elections and Registration Office across from the Courthouse in Watkinsville to cast a ballot by the end of the day on Friday.
Voting with an Absentee ballot has been heavier, with 3,873 persons turning in a ballot that way.
Overall, 4,406 of Oconee County's 30,457 registered voters have cast a ballot In-Person or via Absentee for the June 9 primary and nonpartisan races.
Of the ballots cast, 30.3 percent were in the Democratic Primary, 67.7 percent were in the Republican Primary, and 2.0 percent were in the Nonpartisan judicial elections alone.
Early voting will continue on Tuesday and is being held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays until June 5 at the Elections and Registration Office, 10 Court Street, across from the Courthouse.
Early voting also will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 30.
Voters must social distance, and workers are wearing protective equipment.
Turnout And Ballot Comparisons
The June 9 election is a combination of the postponed March 24 presidential primary as well as of the party primaries and nonpartisan elections originally scheduled for May 19.
Fran Leathers, director of Elections and Registration for Oconee County, said in an email on Friday that her office has issued 9,291 absentee ballots, of which 2,892 (31.1 percent) were Democratic and 6,102 (65.7 percent) were Republican.
Her office issued another 297 Nonpartisan ballots (3.2 percent).
The 4,406 ballots returned or cast in person so far represents only 14.5 percent of the county's registered voters. (This is a correction from the initial post, which did not include the In-Person votes in the computation.)
In 2016, when the presidential primary was not merged with the state party primaries, 6,743 of the county's then 22,255 registered voters cast a ballot, or 30.3 percent.
If all of the voters who asked for an absentee ballot either turn in the ballot or come in and vote in person, 32.3 percent of the voters would have cast a ballot even if no one else shows up for in-person voting.
Party Comparisons
In 2016, when both the Democrats and Republicans had a U.S. Senate race in the primary, only 351 Oconee County voters cast a Democrats ballot, while 6,240 voters cast a Republican ballot.
So Democratic ballots already far exceed the number cast locally in 2016, while Republican ballots so far are less than half the count from four years ago.
In the 2018 Gubernatorial election between Republican Brian Kemp, Democrat Stacey Abrams and Libertarian Ted Metz, Abrams received 6,015 votes in Oconee County (29.0 percent) to 14,480 (69.8 percent) for Kemp and 249 (1.2 percent) for Metz.
Both parties have a long way to go to get those kinds of numbers of votes cast for the June 9 elections.
On election day, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Nonpartisan judicial races will be decided on June 9 unless there is a need for a runoff.
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Google was recently caught citing a flawed study to claim that its Nexus 7 tablet had become the most popular tablet device in Japan earlier this year, even though that study didn't count iPad sales originating in Apple's direct sales, or two of the largest carriers in that country.
In announcing the new version of its Nexus 7 tablet, Google's Sundar Pichai showed off a number of figures demonstrating the growth of the Android tablet market. Among those figures was the claim that the Nexus 7 had become the most popular tablet in Japan, outperforming even Apple's popular iPad.
That claim, though, was based on a study released in January from Japanese market research firm BCN. BCN's study looked at sales from 2,400 stores in Japan, but it left out not only Apple Stores, but also Japanese telecom giants SoftBank and KDDI.
Apple has a total of seven retail stores in Japan, and it is uncertain to what extent those stores account for sales of Apple's products in the country. It's also unlikely that BCN's figures took Apple's direct online retail sales into account in its figures. Thus, the study likely, due to its very construction, missed out on several of the major outlets for iPad purchases.
Additionally, BCN's "study" was more of a survey in actuality. It only covered about 16 percent of tablet-carrying sales channels inside Japan.
Looking into the issue, SlashGear spoke with a representative from IDC, a more established market research firm that both media outlets and manufacturers cite regularly. That representative cast further doubt on Google's claims, saying he was "a bit puzzled" that the search giant relied on a study with such questionable methodology.
"We count the Nexus 7 as part of Asus' shipments," the representative said, "and looking at our Japan numbers for 4Q12 — which represents shipments into the channel — Apple shipped about 773K iPad units versus about 350K Nexus 7 units for Asus."
Despite by some measures shipping less than half the total of iPad shipments into Japan, the Nexus 7 remains a considerably popular tablet and among the most popular in a continually growing Android tablet market. In presenting the new Nexus 7, Google representatives pointed out that there have now been about 70 million Android tablet activations, with about 50 million of those coming in the last 12 months. While that number may raise eyebrows given Google's prior reliance on BCN's flawed numbers, the activation figure presumably comes from Google's own servers.


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ESCP Honorary doctorate for Prof. Andrzej Kozminski
Prof. Andrzej K. Kozminski, President of Kozminski University has been awarded an honorary doctorate by ESCP Europe, the oldest business school in Europe. The ceremony took place on Dec 8, 2017, at Palais des Congrès in Paris, during the graduation ceremony of the Class 2017 at ESCP Europe in the presence of many distinguished guests, including Tomasz Mlynarski, Polish ambassador to France.
Prof. Kozminski is an economist, sociologist, and the best-known management scholar in Poland. His academic credentials are best described by the following numbers: 4681 quotations, and Hirsch index of 27. In 1993 he established Kozminski University, and served as its rector (1993-2011), and since 2011 he's been the president of the university.
Andrzej Koźmiński obtained his Ph.D. at the age of 24, and at 27 – his habilitation degree (a senior doctorate). He interned in Italy and France at major companies and financial institutions. Upon his return to Poland, he continued research at the Main School of Commerce in Warsaw, and at the Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw. He was nominated to professorship at 35.
Professor Kozminski lectured in France: at university in Orleans and at Sorbonne. He was a Fulbright scholar at Carnegie Mellon University in 1970s, where he collaborated with Professor Herbert Simon (a winner of Nobel prize in economy), and later also worked at UCLA and George Washington University.
Research interests of Professor Kozminski include: systemic transformation in Central and Eastern Europe, theoretical studies in systems analysis, studies on leadership, and development of a socio-economic index, showing more precisely the current status of economy and socio-political conditions in a country than the popular GDP index. He is also an author of management textbooks, popular at Polish universities.
Founded in 1819, ESCP Europe is the oldest business school in the world and has trained several generations of leaders and entrepreneurs. Thanks to its six urban campuses (in Berlin, London, Madrid, Paris, Turin and Warsaw) and its deeply European identity, ESCP Europe has a unique style of intercultural managerial training and a global perspective of management issues.
Kozminski University is a strategic partner of ESCP Europe in Poland. In the "Financial Times" ranking of business schools released in Dec 2017 ESCP Europe is ranked 13th, while Kozminski University is ranked 64th in Europe. Both schools are proud to receive triple accreditation (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA).


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India All India 11 Jan 2021 Decreasing trend in black carbon Aerosol concentrations
Decreasing trend in black carbon Aerosol concentrations
Published : Jan 11, 2021, 11:45 pm IST
Updated : Jan 11, 2021, 11:53 pm IST
Aerosols, the tiny particles suspended in the atmosphere, affect life through adverse health effects and have an enormous impact on climate
Aerosol sources include extensive burning of crop residue and forest fires, besides exhaust from vehicles, as also from other aspects of rapid urbanization and industrialisation. — Representational image/AP
TIRUPATI: Scientists at the National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL) have found decreasing trends in the surface (black carbon) aerosol concentrations at several locations in the past one decade.
Aerosols, the tiny particles suspended in the atmosphere, affect life through adverse health effects and have an enormous impact on climate. Aerosol sources include extensive burning of crop residue and forest fires, besides exhaust from vehicles, as also from other aspects of rapid urbanization and industrialisation. Any change in the natural and human activities alters the climate and climate-related impacts.
Gadanki, an autonomous organisation under the Department of Space located in Chittoor district, said the testing was done in its lab.
According to a research paper 'Changing patterns in aerosol vertical distribution over South and East Asia' published in the journal 'Nature- Scientific Reports', "substantial imprints of aerosols are being noticed over South-East Asia, where extensive amounts of man-made aerosols with complex chemical, physical and optical characteristics are being emitted."
"Based on long-term satellite measurements, a 'dipole pattern' in Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) has been publicised and it indicated a concurrent increase over India and reduction over China. Scientists have credited the reduction over China to clean air actions. Conversely, over India and adjoining seas, a rapid increase in aerosol loading has been reported," said NARL scientist and Bhatnagar Awardee Dr. M Venkat Ratnam.
Dr. A.K. Patra, Director, NARL, said that the increasing trend in free tropospheric aerosol has important consequences on the background meteorology and dynamics. "Depending on the aerosol types, they can modify the cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) activity directly and the background instability indirectly, thus affecting convection and/or precipitation processes," he said.
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On December 1, 2022, Jeremy Skibicki was charged for the murders of four Indigenous Canadian women: Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, and an unidentified woman referred to as the Buffalo Woman. The murders were thought to have been committed between the months of March and May 2022.

Investigations by CBC News revealed that Skibicki had a pattern of spousal abuse, with two previous partners having been allegedly assaulted, threatened, and raped by Skibicki. Both partners were of Indigenous (Métis) descent. Further investigations of Skibicki's Facebook revealed a pattern of far-right, misogynistic, violent, anti-semitic, and white supremacist behaviour.

Victims
Four individuals are thought to have been victims of Skibicki. Three of the four were Indigenous women, and the fourth individual is thought to additionally be of Indigenous ancestry. Family members of several of the women stated that they were experiencing homelessness at the time.

Rebecca Contois was a member of the O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation and lived in Winnipeg at the time. She was 24 years old.

Morgan Beatrice Harris was a member of the Long Plain First Nation and lived in Winnipeg at the time. She was 39 years old. Harris was last seen in the area of Winnipeg's Main Street and Henry Avenue.

Marcedes Myran was a member of the Long Plain First Nation and lived in Winnipeg at the time. She was 26 years old. Myran was last seen in the North End neighborhood of Winnipeg.

Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe/Buffalo Woman was an unidentified woman of possible Indigenous descent. She was thought to be in her mid twenties and living in Winnipeg at the time. She was previously referred to as "Jane Doe" or as an unidentified victim, but discussions among advocates and Indigenous elders led to the adoption of the name "Buffalo Woman", which the Winnipeg police adopted. The name was given to refer to the buffalo spirit which gave her name to individuals who had not received a spirit name in order to know one another, and allow for the acknowledgement of Buffalo Woman by the spirit realm. Buffalo Woman was thought to have worn a Baby Phat brand reversible brand jacket with a fur hood.

Alleged perpetrator
Jeremy Anthony Micheal Skibicki is currently charged with four counts of first-degree murder for the killings of Contois, Myran, Harris, and Buffalo Woman. A representative for Skibicki stated that his client would plead not guilty.

Skibicki has a documented history of alleged abuse against his partners. In June 2015, Skibicki was convicted following the assault of his common-law partner. The woman, who was pregnant at the time, was strangled by Skibicki and was punched repeatedly in the face. Skibicki threatened to kill the woman if she attempted to call the police, the woman filed for a protection order but the order was dismissed. Skibicki allegedly expressed violent fantasies towards his previous partner, and had smothered his partner so hard that her teeth began bleeding. He was sentenced to two months in prison and two years probation for the assault. In 2019, Skibicki's then-wife filed a protection order against him at their first wedding anniversary. In 2021, Skibicki was charged with disobeying court orders, threatening her, and assaulting her with a deadly weapon. Skibicki's then-wife was told by him that he would kill, torture, traffick, or abduct her. Skibicki had alleged that she was abused by her husband, including having been raped by him while she was asleep and suffocation by a pillow. Earlier in May of 2022, his then-wife filed paperwork for a divorce. Another assault charge against him, for allegedly attacking his spouse, was stayed. Both of Skibicki's previous partners were Indigenous, and were of Métis descent.

Following an investigation by CBC News, it was found that Skibicki's personal Facebook page contained violent material, in addition to antisemitic, misogynistic, and white supremacist material. Skibicki described himself as a member of "Holy Europe", the "Alliance of Patriotic Parallel Movements of European Folks" (APPMEF), a far-right organization which promotes the belief that white Europeans need to preserve their bloodlines from being diluted by race-mixing, multiculturalism, and immigration.

Timeline
The killings were committed between the months of March and May 2022. Police believe the Buffalo Woman was killed on March 15, 2022.

Investigators believe that Harris was killed on May 1, 2022, the day she was last seen alive.

Police suspect that Myran was killed on May 4, 2022.

On May 16, 2022, Rebecca Contois' partial remains were found in a garbage bin near an apartment complex in Winnipeg's North Kildonan neighborhood. In the ensuing search on June 2, 2022, further remains of Contois were found at the Brady Road Landfill. Skibicki was charged by authorities on May 18, 2022 for the killing of Contois.

On May 24, 2022 authorities issued an alert asking for help in finding Harris.

On December 1, 2022, police announced that Skibicki was charged with three counts of first degree murder for the additional killings of Harris, Myran, and Buffalo Woman. Skibicki appeared in court on December 2, 2022, his case would go directly to trial without holding a preliminary hearing.

Investigation
Authorities discovered Contois' body on May 16, 2022 in a "horrifically grisly scene" in garbage bins behind Mar Joy Apartments in North Kildonan, Winnipeg. It was believed that as part of the residential pickup, Contois' remains would be placed in the Brady Road landfill.

Authorities began searching the Brady Road landfill for Contois' remains on June 2, 2022 following the lighting of a sacred fire. They were joined by authorities from the Ka Ni Kanichihk's Medicine Bear Counselling Program and the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak's missing, murdered and Indigenous women and girls liaison unit. Contois' remains were found in June of 2022.

Reactions

Law enforcement
Winnipeg Police Chief Danny Smyth stated in a press conference that it was unsettling whenever there is any kind of serial killing, highlighting that the women were Indigenous and stating "We're very sensitive to the whole missing and murdered Indigenous women investigation and inquiry and the recommendations that came out of that."

Government reactions
Winnipeg mayor Scott Gillingham stated "condolences are not strong enough" and that the women were "members of our community ... someone's daughter, someone's sister, someone's mother, someone's friend" in a press conference that there was much more work to be done in protecting Indigenous women and girls, highlighting the vulnerability caused by homelessness, addiction, and poverty.

Members of Parliament Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) and Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) proposed an emergency debate in the House of Commons of Canada on the issue of MMIWG2S+ and called for further resources to support vulnerable women following the revelation Skibicki had allegedly killed multiple Indigenous women. The request for a debate was not granted. Gazan stated: "While the government stalls in providing resources, Indigenous women and girls and two-spirit continue to be murdered." Gazan pressed the Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations Marc Miller on the decision by the Winnipeg police not to search the Brady Road landfill for the bodies of the three missing Indigenous women, of which Miller remarked that he found the decision "very puzzling". Miller stated his intention to meet with Harris's family, while Gazan met with the families of Harris and Wilson, along with other Indigenous leaders, in a press conference.

MLA for Point Douglas Bernadette Smith, whose sister went missing in 2008, supported the decision to refer to one of the victims as "Buffalo Woman". Smith attended a vigil for missing and murdered Indigenous women held following the announcement of further victims. Shadow Justice Minister Nahanni Fontaine expressed on her twitter that community members were feeling "rage, despair, disgust and unspeakable sadness" following the arrest of Skibicki, who she described as a "monster". Fontaine asked "When will the protection of Indigenous women, girls and two-spirited be taken seriously? Winnipeg now has the distinction of having two separate serial killers of Indigenous women. Are we waiting for a third or fourth to rear their murderous heads?"

Indigenous leaders
Grand Chief Jerry Daniels of the Southern Chiefs' Organization, which represents two of the reserves that the victims were from, stated: "We will be keeping you in our thoughts and prayers as you grapple with the news that your loved ones have been taken from us in such a violent way."

Kyra Wilson, Chief of the Long Plain First Nation, where Harris and Myran were from, called for further support for Indigenous women, two-spirit, and gender diverse individuals, in addition to support due to the deaths of two community members. Wilson highlighted the disproportionate violence committed towards Indigenous women for many generations.

The Assembly of First Nations, which was holding a special chief's assembly in Ottawa, held a moment of silence in honour of the victims and their families on December 6, 2022.

Community reactions
A candlelight vigil was held outside of Skibicki's home on December 1, 2022 for individuals grieving the loss of the women and other loved ones.

See also
Gilbert Paul Jordan
Highway of Tears
List of solved missing person cases
Missing and murdered Indigenous women
Robert Pickton

References

2020s in Winnipeg
2020s missing person cases
Far-right politics in Canada
Formerly missing people
Hate crimes
Incidents of violence against women
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls movement
Missing person cases in Canada
Murder in Manitoba
Violence against Indigenous women in Canada
Women in Manitoba


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List of universities in africa
No Nigerian university made the list of the top 7 universities in Africa and while this will not come as a surprise to many people, it is quite sad.
This new list released by QS has very little surprises with the University of Cape Town, at the top and at rank 191 in the world ranking of universities.
Stellenbosch University is the second best university in Africa and ranks at number 361 in the world, while the American University in Cairo is at number 4 in Africa.
The ranking by QS is based on factors such as academic reputation, citations per faculty, employer reputation and other factors. Below is the list of the 7 top universities in Africa:
1. University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
2. Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in South Africa.
Stellenbosch is jointly the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa alongside the University of Cape Town which received full university status on the same day in 1918.
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3. University of the Witwatersrand
University of the Witwatersrand
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, is a multi-campus South African public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University.
4. The American University in Cairo
The American University in Cairo
The American University in Cairo is an independent, English language, research university located in Cairo, Egypt.
5. Cairo University
Cairo University is Egypt's premier public university. Its main campus is in Giza, immediately across the Nile from Cairo.
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6. University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria is a multi-campus public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa.
7. University of Johannesburg
The University of Johannesburg, known colloquially as UJ is a public university located in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The University of Johannesburg came into existence on 1 January 2005 as the result of a merger between the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), the Technikon Witwatersrand (TWR) and the Soweto and East Rand campuses of Vista University.
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For the Planet and Humanity
The Planet Is in Our Hands: Countering Trump's Climate Crimes
Curtis Johnson, Truthout | Op-Ed
In light of the tremendous stakes of the climate crisis for the future of life on Earth, Donald Trump's decision to pull the US out of the Paris climate accord was a monstrous act. It came after previous acts by the regime to gut climate and other environmental protections, undermine the Endangered Species Act and protections for wildlife, open public lands and the oceans to further exploitation of fossil fuels, put science-deniers who are hostile to protecting the environment and the public in charge of key government environmental positions, suppress climate research and scrub climate change information from government websites.
Taken together, Trump's order to dismantle the Clean Power Plan, which would have cut emissions from US power plants, and his Paris decision mean that instead of US greenhouse gas emissions falling, they will likely remain at the level they are, or even rise. The result? Worsening an already growing climate cataclysm. Trump's actions are predicted by scientists to make it that much more difficult to prevent the world from breaching temperature limits needed to prevent dangerous climate change. The longer that deep cuts in emissions are avoided, the more serious the damage will be, and the less likely climate disaster can be prevented.
Trump's decision may also mean that other countries are less likely to meet their Paris goals, despite statements from some that they remain committed to the accord.
Given these impacts, Trump's decisions on climate and the environment should be called what they are: crimes against the planet, against life and against human beings.
"America First" — the Planet and People Be Damned
Trump justified his decision in the most selfish and chauvinist of terms:
This agreement is less about the climate and more about other countries gaining a financial advantage over the United States. The rest of the world applauded when we signed the Paris Agreement — they went wild; they were so happy — for the simple reason that it put our country, the United States of America, which we all love, at a very, very big economic disadvantage.
He went on to claim that the Paris accord would have meant massive loss of jobs and shuttering of coal plants in the US, while other countries like China and India expanded their own, and other unacceptable economic losses. Trump thinly lied that he wants to renegotiate the agreement to make it "more fair" to the US and that the US would remain "the world's leader on environmental issues."
Firstly, it must be said, there is no country on the Earth more responsible for climate change and its depredations on species and humans than the US. The US is today the second largest contributor to greenhouse emissions. China now produces more greenhouse gases than the US, but US emissions per person are more than those in China and India combined. This doesn't even include the fact that much production in China and India contributing to emissions is done for the international market, essentially for the benefit of the wealthier countries.
Additionally, the US is far in the lead of any other country in producing the largest portion of greenhouse emissions over time that have built up. It's responsible for fully 20 percent of the carbon emissions in the atmosphere. But Trump and his people don't care anything about this. They don't care about what damage has been and is being done, or the responsibility of the US to alleviate the destruction for which it is responsible. In fact, as part of this decision, Trump said he would stop US contributions to the Green Climate Fund, the UN-sponsored program to assist poorer countries to develop by investing in cleaner energy technologies. Instead, Trump says all that matters is what is an "advantage for America." So, in essence, what damage the US emissions have already caused, and what happens going forward to the rest of humanity or the species of the planet, are of no consequence. That's not acceptable.
Some critics of Trump say the decision to pull from the accord "will only hurt the US" and its standing in the world, and so the US should stay in for this reason. But people in this country should not identify their own interests as the same as those who hold power in this country, which are in fact opposed to the interests of the majority of people here and throughout the world.
Further, Trump completely misunderstands (or is just trying to cover up) that the Paris accords and goals for each country were set by each country on a voluntary basis. Whether and how they are met is also completely voluntary. Some call this the "beauty" of the agreement, but it is actually one of the big problems with the accord, because all of these countries are only making steps they precisely think won't harm their own "economic and national interests" too much, whether the planet can stand it or not.
So, under this voluntary agreement, there was no forced shuttering of factories or job losses by any country on any other country, including on the US. This is entirely false and meant to create a dangerous and vengeful "we're the victim" narrative. And let's be truthful; Trump does not care about the lives of coal miners. And it is not other countries that are eliminating coal jobs, but the workings of the capitalist market itself (of which Trump is a personification), principally the outcompeting of coal by natural gas production — yet another destructive fossil fuel. Trump's figures for his "argument," like most everything else from this president, are just falsehoods. In this case, they are based on cherry-picking worst-case scenarios from studies commissioned by a group known as the American Council for Capital Formation, which is composed of some of the largest fossil fuel and other pro-business interests. (Point by point fact-checking and refutations on Trump's justifications have been done elsewhere; one of the best is here.)
Further, any country or leader who can only promise jobs for people (like increasing coal mining jobs) that would contribute further to the destruction of the natural world that all species and humans need to survive and thrive is entirely illegitimate.
A very important point that needs to be made in all of this is that Trump's Paris decision is not just a big "screw you" to the planet and the people worldwide, it is also a further "doubling down" on attempts to consolidate a fascist form of government. It doesn't stand alone, and can't be understood correctly apart from the moves by this regime and its allies on every level to silence the press, to attack the rule of law, to attack protest and democratic rights, enforce a vicious white supremacy and misogyny, unleash vile deportations and hatred toward immigrants, and threaten the world, even former allies under the signboard of "America First."
It's a further attempt to coalesce an unthinking, anti-scientific, anti-evidence, "post-truth" and vicious ethos as the ruling norm, where reason, concern for others (besides white Americans) and critical thinking are seen as weak, and worthy of not just disdain, but destruction. Trump's Paris decision came in the same week that white supremacist, brown-shirt types wielding knives on both coasts targeted people of color and then killed them or others who stood up for them. Trump's Paris decision resonated with these types of fascist elements throughout our society.
Trump's portrayal of a victimized US that has been taken advantage of by the rest of the world and is now being laughed at is chillingly reminiscent of Hitler's constant assertions that Germany had been betrayed — "stabbed in the back" by foreign enemies and abetted by domestic ones. Let's not forget how this was a key way the Nazis galvanized the population to unthinking obedience, and to lay down their lives in committing the most atrocious crimes against others. We cannot allow this to be repeated.
All of this raises further the need for mass repudiation, denunciation and resolute resistance to stop Trump and this whole fascist regime, and to force them out before they can do further untold damage.
The Climate Stakes
A November 2016 report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) predicted that if all countries meet their current Paris goals, (including those by the US), the result would still be a 3 degree Celsius temperature rise. So, what is needed is emissions cuts not just meeting the Paris goals, but cuts that would actually prevent temperatures from exceeding a 1.5-degree Celsius rise — a level we are already dangerously close to. This planetary need demands an emergency footing.
Obama set as an aspirational goal for the Paris accord, a US 26-28 percent cut in emissions below 2005 levels by 2025. According to Climate Action Tracker, the US, even with Obama's policies fully realized, was on track to cut emissions only 10 percent by 2025.
But now even these small cuts that fall far short of the declared US Paris goal, (which wouldn't cut emissions enough), are being tossed aside by the Trump regime. Trump's decision to pull out of Paris, to seek to do away with any restrictions on burning of fossil fuels at a time when the necessity of protecting life and people is immediate, makes this president and all his cronies that support this entirely illegitimate and a tremendous danger to the future.
What are the stakes if global temperatures are not kept below the 2-degree Celsius aspirational goal of Paris? Increases beyond this would make it much more likely that the Arctic, Greenland and parts of the Antarctic ice caps, as well as glaciers worldwide — already rapidly melting — will be locked into a death spiral. This could rapidly escalate the release of methane and carbon locked in permafrost and in frozen ocean hydrates, which are already releasing greenhouse emissions with just the approximately 1 degree Celsius warming that has already occurred.
The vast impacts of this — from further transforming the planet's weather patterns and its climate system, to undermining key planetary ecosystems that sustain life, to sea level rise, to spreading drought and more damaging storms, and to increasing conflict, wars and mass forced migrations (especially impacting the poorest people on the planet) — can only be called catastrophic. When looked at in interaction with extinction of species, transformations of the world's oceans, the death of coral reefs, habitat destruction and many other related building threats to world ecosystems, it's clear that such a scenario must be prevented to sustain a livable planet.
Stopping Trump's Regime, Saving the Planet
Some commentators are arguing that since the EU and other countries are vowing to uphold the Paris accord and meet their climate goals, and that a number of governors and mayors in the US have also said they intend to follow through on cutting emissions in line with original US proposals, that Trump's decision may not be too harmful. And that because of changes in the viability and lowered cost of new sustainable energy technologies, Trump's aim to stick with and even expand fossil fuel production is destined to fall by the wayside. This line of thinking says, in effect, that the destructiveness of everything this regime is trying to do (and not do) on climate will just be pushed aside by the sweep of history. I believe this is mistaken and would steer people away from seeing the seriousness of this decision and the need to resist it.
It's true that wind, solar power and other new sustainable energy technologies are spreading and taking hold in ways not seen previously with the ordinary workings of things. Also, that states or cities actually significantly cutting emissions would be a positive thing. But a much more drastic and rapid transformation of the world's energy system — a more or less immediate decision to stop extractions of the dirtiest of fossil fuels and an overall plan for rapid elimination of fossil fuel use in general and a switch to general use of sustainable technologies — is really what's required, given the emergency state of the climate crisis.
This is what's needed now — not piecemeal or moderate cuts in line with profitability for large capitalist interests. This will not occur by hoping for "the adults in the room" in government to do the right thing, waiting for the next election or by identifying what is needed as what is in line with "US economic interests." This can only occur by people in the US joining with people around the world — standing up, rising up to save life on our planet, taking the future into our hands. This starts with stopping Trump and his whole administration from carrying out their dangerous direction on this and every front.
Copyright, Truthout. May not be reprinted without permission.
Curtis Johnson is a research scientist and freelance writer who has reported on the Gulf oil spill, the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the extinction crisis and the climate crisis, as well as other environmental topics.
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/41126-the-planet-is-in-our-hands-countering-trump-s-climate-crimes
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Another very disturbing study documenting the escalating destruction of life on the planet by the workings of this system has come out. Only people, acting together and demanding this destruction end, in on-going actions, and ultimately making revolution, have a chance of reversing this trend caused by capitalism.
From Report in Science Alert
"Insects around the world are in a crisis, according to a small but growing number of long-term studies showing dramatic declines in invertebrate populations.
A new report suggests that the problem is more widespread than scientists realized. Huge numbers of bugs have been lost in a pristine national forest in Puerto Rico, the study found, and the forest's insect-eating animals have gone missing, too."
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Q: Launching gunicorn instances a docker image, using docker run In my dockerfile, for a Flask app, I have a set of commands that work as planned.
The last line of my dockerfile is currently:
ENTRYPOINT [ "/bin/bash", "-c" ]

I need to launch some gunicorn instances for this image.
So, I run the following commands in the terminal, outside the image.
$ docker run -itd --name running_name -p 5000:5000 image_name bash

If I run without bash, I'll just enter exit the container automatically after a few seconds...
$docker container exec -it running_name  /bin/bash -c bash

Now that I'm in, I launch the gunicorn instances, and do docker exit. Because of exec, the instances are still running.
Is there a way to launch the gunicorn instances from docker run, without having to enter into the container?
I've tried ENTRYPOINT [ "gunicorn", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:5000" ] but I still exit automatically
I've also tried substituting the last line for CMD gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 and then do docker run -d --name run_name -p 5000:5000 image_name
I still exit automatically.
Edit: To reflect the possible answer below, here's my updated tries and extra information.
The following files are all at the same level of the directory structure.
In the api_docker.py file, I have:
app = Flask(__name__)
api = Api(app)
api.add_resource(<some_code>)

In the gunicorn.conf.py file, I have:
worker_class = "gevent"
workers = 2
timeout = 90
bind = "0.0.0.0:5000"
wsgi_app = "wsgi:app"
errorlog = "logging/error.log"
capture_output = True
loglevel = "debug"
daemon = True
enable_stdio_inheritance = True
preload = True

I've also tried removing the bind and wsgi_app rows, from this file.
In the dockerfile:
<some_code>
CMD ["gunicorn", "--conf", "gunicorn.conf.py", "--bind", "0.0.0.0:5000", "api_docker:app"]

I build successfully, and then I do:
docker run -d --name name_run -p 5000:5000 name_image

A: You need to give gunicorn a module to actually run, e.g. app:main for an app.py file with a main function, and you should do this all as the CMD, not ENTRYPOINT, or from docker run unless you plan on providing further gunicorn-related arguments when you actually run the image. (run arguments or the CMD are appended to the ENTRYPOINT)
Or, you could use an existing image that already has these details for you - e.g. https://github.com/tiangolo/meinheld-gunicorn-flask-docker

A: To solve this issue, I did the following:

*

*Removed the options daemon , enable_stdio_inheritance, and preload from the conf file.

*I also increased the timeout and graceful timeout parameters to 120.

*Gunicorn will look for a conf file, and will use the parameter values defined therein, unless they are overwritten in th CLI. Therefore, I just ran CMD ["gunicorn"].

I think the most important change was that of point 1, namely the daemon to false(which is the default), not sure why though... I would guess that as a daemon process, the docker container would not monitor it correctly and just exit.


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Paul Rissen
A Three-Part Model for Understanding Stories
OK, so now we've acknowledged that despite it being a buzzword, there is some value in exploring this thing we call 'storytelling'. I've developed a model for understanding different elements of narrative that can be useful.
Here, I'll explain the three layers that make up this model, and talk a little bit about how they might be seen to manifest themselves online.
The Story World
The Story World encapsulates the 'things' alive in your stories. The people, the places etc. and the events.
The bottom layer is the Story World. This is made up of all the things we can point at, within the universe of a narrative — the people, the places, the organisations, the props. It's the world one can imagine walking through when reading a book, hearing an audio play or even reading, listening to, or watching, the news. Crucially, it's the stuff which is kept alive in the mind, when thinking about a story, regardless of the way in which the narrative unfolds.
It's not just the people and so on, though. The Story World, in this model, includes the things that happen to them — the narrative events, the plot — the state of the characters, locations and so on. Not just the current state, either — but the state at any point in the narrative.
The BBC Mythology Engine (2010), allows us to explore the Story World of Doctor Who (and Eastenders) by making the characters, places and events addressable — and exposing the in-universe connections between them.
Perhaps more importantly, the Story World includes the connections between the people, places, events and so on. Obviously these change over time, but these are the real meat of the story, in most cases — which characters have relationships; which characters experience the same events; how events are caused by other events. As I used to say, somewhat glibly, when these characters were relevant to Eastenders:
"No-one cares about Pat Butcher. They care if she has a fight with Peggy Mitchell."
The Story World is the sum total of concepts, and connections, that are revealed by a narrative.
Using the analogy of the flashlight from last time, the Story World layer is the equivalent of having that blinding light on, right at the beginning. It shows the complete set of concepts, and connections, that, by the end of a narrative, have been revealed to the audience.
This, in itself, is interesting. It's what we discuss once we've finished consuming a story — how it all fits together. There's a craft here, and a pleasure to be gained, from appreciating the web of narrative that has been constructed. But at the same time, if that web was revealed all in one go, a different kind of poetics would be lost — the storytelling.
The Story Telling
The Story Telling is the revelation, in a particular order, of the connected information from the Story World.
As mentioned last time, 'storytelling', in my definition, is the revelation of connected information over time. Here, it is the specific selection of which concepts and connections to reveal, and in which order.
This is the crucial work of the author and/or director, encompassing cuts and fades in audio-visual media. The order in which you reveal things fundamentally changes how people experience a story — thus for anybody involved in creating narratives, this design is extremely important, and depends on the message that is intended to be conveyed.
In the online world (though not exclusively a preserve of this medium), the rigidity of the order of narrative is much more flexible. Especially if you consider the various events in a plot to have their own, independently reachable addresses, the control of the author is shattered.
All is not lost, however. We can, and often do, merely transfer existing forms of narrative — text, video, audio, online, thus keeping control of the storytelling. But even in a more hyperlinked form of narrative, we can still make choices over what to link to, at any one time. This is what the team I worked with on Storybox, attempted to do.
In Storybox (2011), the reader can see multiple perspectives on the same moment in time — but only some of these perspectives allow the reader to move on to the next event in the pre-ordained sequence.
The Web was designed to be a universal space, with the intention that it could be accessed by anyone, from anywhere, with no prerequisites (other than having an internet connection). No prior knowledge, no specific devices or operating systems, and no accessibility requirements — stateless, as they say. But, at least at first glance, this throws a hand grenade into the world of narrative.
Frequently, this is expressed as a fear of lack of control. 'The Death of the Author' and all that. Ultimately, though, I believe it's more about the fear that the clarity of the message, the intent, the thing that an author is trying to get across, can be obscured, muddled or even completely lost, if there is no guide to traversing the Story World.
I don't think there's anything wrong with that fear. It's completely understandable, and it is a real pitfall of the medium. We tell stories to make sense of the world, yes, but also to communicate something about the world and our experiences. Exploding those into atomic pieces poses the threat that we will lose any kind of opportunity to understand and empathise with others.
However, as with any medium, the Web has strengths, as well as weaknesses. What it offers is the chance not only to take multiple paths through the Story World, but to bind those multiple paths together. Rather than disconnected narratives which conceptually use and reuse familiar characters, settings and events, the Web offers a chance to link these together, thus connecting the stories we tell, enabling us to better share multiple perspectives on the same world. Showing us that there are more than two sides to every story, and that, backed up by some form of evidence, the plural point of view is a strength of humanity, if a complex one for us to fully realise.
The Story Knowledge
The Story Knowledge is the state of information that the audience has at any one time.
The final level is Story Knowledge. If the Story World contains everything; and the Story Telling is our path through that world; then the Story Knowledge is the information, and understanding, that anyone experiencing the story has, at any one time.
This is, of course, where spoilers come into play. What one person knows about the Story World can be very different to what another person knows, depending on where they both are situated on the continuum of the narrative.
Thus, the Story Knowledge is often something subject to a process of negotiation — between the author and the reader, between the machine and the reader, and indeed between multiple readers.
It can be as simple as asking "Have you seen Star Wars yet?", out of consideration to not 'spoil' the Story World for someone else. Online, the best example I've seen is Somethin' Else's use of a 'spoiler filter' on the Skins website. Simply asking a user which episode they've seen up to, influences what information they are exposed to on the website.
Spoilers are of course, multifaceted. Some people actively seek them out, preferring to know in advance what is within the story world. This can be because they prefer to concentrate on the story telling — the 'operational aesthetic' as Jason Mittell has discussed; but also because they want to assess whether a narrative is suitable for their tastes — hence the recent coining of the term 'trigger warnings'.
But this is also where I think there is room for exploration, when we take into account the affordances of the Internet and the Web. APIs, and in particular the REST architectural style, can be boiled down to the manner of asking questions to a computer, about things within the story world.
In this way, we can exchange information with the story-world-as-Web, by revealing what knowledge we have as an audience, asking an API things like 'what happens next?', and essentially moderating our storytelling experience through a machine.
That machine, of course, will have been designed by a human, and would have rules encoded (aka the other buzzword, algorithms), to represent the requisite order of narrative revelation. That process, of course, could be considered one of telling stories to a machine. An intriguing prospect, which raises the question, for content creators and storytellers who wish to engage with the Web — has 'the audience' now expanded to include both humans, and machines, too? And what could we do with that opportunity?
Thanks to Sarah Challis for the visual design on the model/layer images.
More from Paul Rissen
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Today, Campari, the iconic Italian aperitif, unveils the latest in the Red Diaries series – the enigmatic and enticing short film, Entering Red. Remaining true to Campari's mantra that every cocktail tells a story, this year's production inaugurates the celebration of the iconic Negroni cocktail as the world famous drink marks 100 years since its existence. The story further reiterates that Campari truly is at the heart of the Negroni, making it the irreplaceable ingredient.
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The short movie, starring highly acclaimed actress Ana De Armas and Italian actor Lorenzo Richelmy, is skilfully directed by critically commended Italian director Matteo Garrone. As the birthplace of Campari, the city of Milano has an important part to play in the film as the city's most stunning locations come to life, including the breath-taking Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, home of Davide Campari's staple Camparino bar, and the Duomo, turning both monuments 'Campari red' for the occasion.
Entering Red is a suspenseful and intriguing story, where viewers get to know Ana, played by the eponymous Ana De Armas, whose curious soul explores the charismatic city of Milano through the stimulating and pleasurable lens of Campari. The film opens in a bar where Ana is drawn to a Mysterious Man, played by Lorenzo Richelmy, while dancing to a band's live music.
When the Mysterious Man leaves the bar with the band's lead singer, Ana realizes there's a ring left on the table, marked with the word 'N100'. Curious and exhilarated, Ana embarks on an empowering journey to understand the meaning behind this mysterious clue that will lead her to become a woman more aware of who she is. Step by step, she follows her Soul, Mind and Heart with the help of expert bartenders, the Red Hands, who know more than most about the world she is discovering.
All three elements combined, representing the gin, red vermouth and Campari, culminate to create the perfectly balanced blend that makes up the Negroni and becomes N100, a spectacular celebration of the iconic and timeless cocktail's centenary. Surrounding the Red Hands and metaphorically guarding their wisdom and expertise, the bar she discovers in the final scene subtly represents Campari's quintessential orange peel, much like the shape of Leonetto Cappiello timeless artwork, the Spiritello.
The film also features cameo appearances from six of the world's best bartenders, the Red Hands, and seven world-famous influencers representing countries across the world. In further celebration of the centenary of the Negroni, the Red Hand bartenders have created a unique twist on the classic recipe, each with its own story to tell.
The N100 celebrations will resonate around the world, with key events taking place in Florence during Negroni Week, to commemorate the place where the curious soul of a Campari connoisseur gave birth to one of the best creations in the cocktail world 100 years ago.
On her leading role, Ana De Armas states: "It has been a pleasure to play the lead role in Entering Red, which has been such a fantastic project and journey. It was an empowering role, where my character, Ana, takes charge of her destiny, for which I am proud. Not only have I fulfilled a dream of working with Matteo Garrone, but I also met an inspiring cast, and I have been able to discover the beautiful city of Milano all while celebrating a timeless icon that passed the 'taste' and test of time, the Negroni. It was a true pleasure to be part of the campaign with such a passionate brand and wonderful director."
On making the short movie, Matteo Garrone comments: "Working on a project like Entering Red has been an invigorating experience. Entering Red was a journey of discovery and training not only for our protagonist, but also for me. A journey into a world that I started to explore myself during filming. I tried to lose myself in this world, trying at the same time to tell a story that could bring the brand itself to life. The result is a story of self-discovery of the elegant and sensual world of Campari, a dreamlike dimension that is glamorous at the same time. From Hollywood and Italian actors, to world-renowned bartenders – Campari – once again – has the ability to bring wonderful talent together to create something truly special in the year of the anniversary of the Negroni."
Bob Kunze-Concewitz, Chief Executive Officer of Campari Group says: "In what marks a truly exciting year in the history of Campari, we are thrilled to announce the brand new Campari Red Diaries short movie in celebration of the centenary of the Negroni. The movie takes viewers on a journey into the world of Campari through the lens of the inspiring Ana de Armas, ending in an iconic celebration: N100, a hundred years of Negroni. With his incredible filming style and poetic approach, there really is no better director to bring it to life than the talented Matteo Garrone. As our mantra, 'Every cocktail tells a story', we are excited to tell the story of the Negroni and kick-start a year of celebrations alongside some of the best bartenders from around the world who share our passion. We hope the movie inspires you to 'Enter the Red' and join the world of Campari in celebration."
Entering Red is available globally on Campari's official YouTube channel and social media channels and will be celebrated with a red carpet premiere in Milano.
J. Walter Thompson Milano created the Campari Red Diaries 2019 concept, including the original story of Entering Red by creatives Marco Rocca, Alessandro Polia and Sergio Rodriguez (CEO and CCO at J. Walter Thompson Milano), of which the screenplay was written by Massimo Gaudioso, Andrea Tagliaferri, and Nicola di Robilant. Entering Red was produced by Think Cattleya.
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I never realized how far away the 'other side of the world' was, until I moved there.
"Ras Al what?" My parents looked at me with what I always construed as disappointment, but the for first time I realized maybe it was just confusion. It wasn't the first time in my 42 years that I had thrown a curve ball at them.
"Ras Al Khaimah," I repeated slowly. Not even knowing if I was pronouncing it correctly.
"Where the hell is that?" My dad blurted with his usual amount of tact.
I was a bit hesitant on how to explain this part, because I still was not exactly sure. The job I had applied for had said Abu Dhabi and not knowing where that was two months ago, I had googled and researched it to find out. Then my contract that appeared on my computer a week ago said the actual job was in Ras Al Khaimah. I had googled that too; but there was not much to find out about the place.
My dad and I both looked at her. What? She already knew more about it than I did. I had to laugh, "How in the hell do you know that?" Some say I inherited my dad's tact.
She just smiled, "Well, you know. It was on the news that he was just there." Good 'ol Entertainment Tonight.
"Jeepers cripes." That was my dad's equivalent that the conversation was over as far as he was concerned.
Reading this section put a smile on my face and it was as if I was right there in the car with you guys. Papas "jeepers cripes" and of course how nana always knows anything and everything "Brad Pitt".
As for the "disappointment" goes, are you sure your not my mother.
Keep up the good work auntie. I'm enjoying it so far.


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It's important to remember that email marketing is about getting that sale, but it's more about keeping the dialogue going between you and your customer so they remain committed to your brand.
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The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, has cautioned Representatives of foreign countries and organisations, resident in Nigeria, against interfering in Nigeria's internal affairs.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gave the warning in a statement signed by its Spokesperson, George Edokpa, on Monday, in Abuja.
The Ministry expressed deep concern on statements made by the United States Embassy, United Kingdom High Commission, and European Union Election Observer Mission, regarding the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen.
"The various statements, especially of those referred to above, appear prejudicial, and signify alignment with the opposition and endorsement of its position, that the ruling party, and by extension, the Federal Government of Nigeria, is working on rigging the forthcoming elections in Nigeria.
"These statements also portend tolerance for corrupt acts, and downplay the anti-corruption crusade of the Buhari administration, knowing fully that the suspended CJN had not denied the charges against him.
"Also, probity requires of him to step aside, while the case is under scrutiny", it stated.
According to the Ministry, it is pertinent to underscore the unfortunate fact that statements, as referred to above, are inimical to the well-being and development of Nigeria.
"Given their nuisance value of promoting sectional and religious divide in the country, anarchy and retrogression.
"Now, more than any other time, Nigerians and true friends of Nigeria, should be working towards re-positioning Nigeria to realise her potential, and sustainably provide the leadership expected of her", it stated.
The Ministry noted that, President Muhammadu Buhari had consistently demonstrated respect for the rule of law, as a Presidential Candidate, and as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and would engage in nothing to the contrary.
"It is therefore, absurd to presume that the suspension of the CJN, is geared towards rigging the forthcoming elections, in favour of the ruling party.
"For the avoidance of doubt, be it known that on three occasions, that Mr. President went to court as a Presidential Candidate and lost his case, in 2013, 2011, and 2007.
"The Presiding Judges at the Supreme Court were all Northerners and Muslims: Justice Muhammad Lawal Uwais, Idris Lebo Kutigi, and Dahiru Mustapha, respectively", it stated.
It noted that in one instance, the Presiding Judge at the court was from Katsina State, and the President's former classmate, yet, he lost the case.
"The minority judgments in his favour, were given by two Judges, both of them Southerners and Christians: Justices George Adesola Oguntade, and Sylvanus Nsofor.


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Q: Multiple python sessions with IDLE Is it possible to run more than one python script at the same time?   I try to start a second instance of IDLE, however I get an error message:

"Socket Error:  No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it."    and then  "IDLEs subprocess didn't make a connection...."

Thanks

A: I have ended up running python scripts in a CMD shell, while editing others in IDLE.   There's probably a better way, but this works.


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I'd love opinions on what you guys think? Should I stick to this newer style, or the older style that takes longer and doesn't have outlines?
Also thinking of fleshing this character out and making her an OC or something.
And what if we cross?
She reminds me of Abby Sciuto from NCIS!
Thanks! Yeah, I can kinda see that, haha.
That's the best kind of goth girl!