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Book review: How Murdoch has spread corruption
Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation & the Corruption of Britain
Tom Watson & Martin Hickman
Penguin Books 2012,
360 pages, £20.00
This book provides much needed background information to the Levenson inquiry, which investigated the phone hacking scandal of Rupert Murdoch-owned newspapers and its cast of characters.
Thoroughly footnoted and indexed, it is a detailed account of the unravelling of the "web of corruption" spun by the British Murdoch press, a web that spread from London's police force to Downing Street. It provides a window into how, in the authors' words, "Murdoch's enforcers imposed their will through blackmail corruption and intimidation".
One of the authors, Tom Watson, is a British Labour MP. In 2009, he was accused by the Murdoch press of being a perpetrator in what was known as the "Damian Gate" affair, a plan to smear Conservative MPs David Cameron and George Osborne with salacious gossip concerning drugs and prostitutes.
It was the second time Watson would experience the full brunt of the Murdoch tabloid machine. It devastated Watson's life and, in so doing, created one of Murdoch's most potent enemies, a politician game to stand up to News International (NI).
Watson was no fan of Tony Blair. In August 2006, together with other junior Labour ministers, he wrote to Blair demanding he set a date to step down as prime minister. Blair was furious, but, with waning support from Labour, finally gave in.
The political editor of Murdoch's Sun newspaper informed Watson that its then-editor, Rebekah Wade (now Brooks) would never forgive Watson for what he did to her friend Tony Blair. The Sun immediately labelled Watson the ringleader of "a plotting gang of weasels". This was the beginning of her relentless press campaign against Watson.
Blair had a close relationship with Murdoch, later becoming the godfather of Murdoch's child. Before Labour was elected to government in 1997, Blair assured Murdoch that if New Labour won, there would be no repeal of Thatcher's anti-union labour laws.
In office, Blair resisted any regulation of the media by his government and relaxed cross-media ownership. Murdoch's British papers supported Blair and Labour through three consecutive governments. With Blair gone, the Murdoch press put its support behind the Conservatives and Cameron.
Watson returned as a cabinet minister under Gordon Brown in 2007. In 2009, the ill-conceived smear campaign against Cameron and Osborne instigated by Brown's spin doctor, Damian McBride, would soon give NI the ammunition it needed.
McBride's emails were intercepted by a political blogger and leaked to the Murdoch press. One email mentioned Watson, but Watson claims he was never in on the plan.
When the Murdoch press was finished however, Watson had become ringleader again. By now, says Watson, in the public's eyes he was a reviled "Brown toady and a thug". The Murdoch press clamoured for Brown to sack Watson. Instead, Watson removed himself to the backbench where he could sue NI without conflict of interest.
At the same time, Watson joined the cross-parliamentary Culture, Media and Sport committee. Several months later, the committee would be investigating the News of the World for phone hacking and, by last year, Rupert Murdoch himself.
Murdoch and son James were forced to appear before the committee to answer questions about illegal phone hacking at NoW.
Watson's success relied heavily on the work of investigative journalist Nick Davies, a Guardian reporter. Before the 2007 conviction of private investigator Glenn Mulcaire and NoW's reporter Clive Goodman for illegal phone hacking and conspiracy, Davies had written Flat Earth News, a book about Fleet street's use of private investigators like Mulcaire to illegally obtain individuals' bank statements, criminal records and mobile phone records for their stories.
Shortly after the conviction, Davies received information from a Metropolitan Police senior official about the extent of the material and names in Mulcaire's notes. Mulcaire's victims numbered in their hundreds (132 names are listed in the book's appendices).
The influence of NI at the highest levels of the police was such that the police sat on the evidence and did nothing for years, not even to inform the other victims. The book explores compelling information within that evidence of possible criminality at the highest levels of NI and other UK papers.
The official line that NoW gave in its defence of phone hacking was that there was just "one rogue reporter". Davies would help blow that defence away.
Meanwhile, the government readily accepted NI's excuse while MPs continued their cosy relationships with the Murdochs and NI editors like Brooks.
Another key player was Mark Lewis, a suburban Manchester lawyer. Mulcaire was publicly convicted of illegally hacking the phones of eight people: three victims worked for the royal family, the rest worked in sport, business, politics and fashion.
Lewis contacted the other five hacking victims to see if they wanted to pursue an invasion of privacy civil claim. Only one was interested, Gordon Taylor, a football union executive.
Initially, the police refused to hand over Mulcaire's notes to Lewis who finally had to get a court order. The evidence was damning.
In 2008, NI settled the Taylor case out of court for an enormous sum approved by James Murdoch to keep Taylor quiet lest the public find out there was more than one rogue reporter working for NI papers.
There followed a series of hacking victims' cases against NI, doggedly pursued by Lewis, that finally led to the untenable state of the "one rogue reporter" defence and to the resignation of James Murdoch from NI when his denial of knowledge of phone hacking could no longer be maintained.
The weight of mounting evidence of corruption also forced PM Cameron to set up the Levenson Inquiry into the press in July last year and forced the Metropolitan Police to set up three separate investigations into police corruption. The Levenson Inquiry continues to uncover evidence of the collusion between the Murdochs and the government, notably around the tender for BSkyB.
Culture minister Jeremy Hunt had improperly lobbied for and was ready to approve News Corp's tender for BSkyB, Britain's largest satellite TV network. Owning a majority in BSkyB would have given Murdoch even greater control of British media.
In Britain, Murdoch already owns 50% of the news media and with it was able to heavily influence not just government decisions but also those of the police. In Australia, Murdoch owns 70% of the news, and — since cross-media ownership was significantly relaxed in 2006 under the Howard government pay TV, publishing houses and websites.
The authors point out that Murdoch honed his skills when he took over his father's single Adelaide newspaper, The News. His uncompromising tactics and scant regard for ethics would take Murdoch a long way in the news business.
The authors detail numerous instances that led to Murdoch becoming notorious for breaking promises in relation to business deals. They found it incredulous that Hunt would accept such promises to push through the BSkyB deal.
Truth is not a strong feature of Murdoch's most profitable tabloid papers, which print a daily stream of gossip and sensationalism bound up with a sustained attack on whichever political policies or politicians are on the nose with Murdoch.
In the book, former editors discuss how Murdoch, who has admitted to taking a personal editorial interest in all his papers, calls them daily and how that kind of intimidation influences editorial choices.
The upside of the phone-hacking scandal has been more public awareness of the influence of Murdoch over British politics. The outcome will no doubt lead to a strengthening of the UK media watchdog, the Press Complaints Commission, with beefed-up enforcement capabilities.
Murdoch may not be successful in controlling BSkyB should that remain a possibility after Ofcom, the UK independent regulator and competition authority, hands down its verdict, especially if Rupert is found to be "not a fit and proper person" to hold a media licence. If so, there should be renewed pressure on the Australian government to conduct a proper investigation of News Corporation.
A good place to start would be with a leaked transcript to New Idea in 1993, which was duly published and could, therefore, be legally re-printed in all the Murdoch-owned British tabloids. The transcript was of a very private phone conversation between Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles.
No investigation was made at the time into how the Murdoch-owned magazine came to have the transcript. It was obtained by illegal phone tapping and New Idea claimed they had evidence of authenticity.
Former Greens MP Bob Brown called for such an investigation both then and now. To pretend that there is nothing to investigate in Australia beggars belief.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard often attributes her unpopularity to the unrelenting negative coverage given to her by the media, but failed to set up a meaningful inquiry. The Australian, which sets the daily political agenda for the media, has publicly declared war on the Greens, brazenly showing its inherent bias.
Where are the courageous Australian whistleblowers and investigative journalists to tell what they know of corruption in the long history of the Murdoch press in Australia? Please step up.
Green Left has been the face of equality, equity, and empathy and the pillar of hope for all of us who are oppressed, violated and forgotten.
Kanyanatt Kalfagiannis Australian Alliance for Thai Democracy


Freelance journalists and other independent media workers are vital to free expression, bearing witness to events in remote corners of the globe and telling the untold stories. The international newsgathering industry relies heavily on their contribution. In many parts of the world, where they often represent the only independent voice, freelancers struggle to work in the face of poverty, insecurity and repression. The Rory Peck Trust, established in 1995, is a registered charity with an ongoing commitment to the welfare and safety of freelance newsgatherers. The Trust subsidises training in hostile environments, provides financial and moral support to freelancers in need, and to the families of those killed, imprisoned or seriously injured during the course of their work. The Trust believes that by supporting the right of freelance newsgatherers to do their work freely and in safety, it is supporting the independent view, press freedom and democracy.
Rory Peck was one of the most skilful and respected freelance cameramen of his generation. A fearless and individual operator, Rory captured some of the most enduring images of the late twentieth century. In October 1993, he was killed in cross fire while covering the October coup outside Moscow's television centre, Ostankino.
When Rory died, there were no rules and no structure concerning what to do if a freelancer gets killed, nor how to support those left behind. In 1995 Rory's widow and close friends set up an organisation to provide the assistance to their families that no-one else would give.
The Rory Peck Trust has grown into a highly respected body which is now influencing the way that newsgathering organisations worldwide treat their freelancers. The Trust enjoys the active involvement and support of an international and influential committee of broadcasters including ABC News, Al Jazeera, AP Television News, ARD, BBC, BSkyB, CBC, CBS, Channel 4 TV, CNN, ITN, NBC, Reuters, SKY News, WDR, ZDF and international journalists' safety organisations. The Trust is totally independent and relies on its income from sponsorship, charitable donations and grants in order to fund its work.


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Q: Is the rattling fan on my ultrabook bad? I'm a programmer so hardware is a bit foreign to me. I recently purchased an ASUS Zenbook from amazon (It was so shiny I couldn't resist here's the link) and it just arrived yesterday. After already purchasing a Dell and having to return it I was on full alert for any problems and after plugging it in I realized that the fan made a slight rattling sound when held close to my ear (this could be paranoia though). Now it is an Ultrabook so the fan rarely ever comes on and when it does it can only be heard from very close. Therefore it's not really a problem of annoyance but rather making the computer last. Any help in identifying whether this is a problem is appreciated! Thanks.

A: It's probably not a problem based off the description, but you can run a diagnostics test from boot to see if it returns anything negative. Usually it's the f2 key that allows you to enter the bios. Try the different function keys on bootup and look for the diagnostics test from the menu. Go to this link - http://www.asus.com/support - and put in your product information. It will guide you through doing the diagnostics.

A: All fans will make noise but if it sounds like something is preventing it from spinning freely you can start worrying about it.  If you don't need the computer 'right now' you could try an exchange but since you ordered it you're probably looking at nearly a month turnaround.  Even then they may say nothing is wrong with it or 'they fixed it' and give the same laptop back.  If they do swap the fan, there's the possibility of the tech breaking parts of the case and saying it was in shipping.  If they send you a new one it could have something else wrong with it.
Run something like SpeedFan for a while.  Most CPU's like to run between 30 and 50C, if it's consistently over that you'll know for sure.  Most CPU's will throttle themselves or stop when they near 90-100C or so.

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RCP Manager is the EicasLab Tool specifically conceived to manage the on-field real-time Rapid Control Prototyping process.
The RCP Manager tool is available in the RCP module.
To test and validate the overall real-time software code, before transferring it in the final target, EicasLab offers a powerful RCP module, based on a Real-time Scheduler and multi-threading and multi-core programming techniques, that - starting from the control system architecture designed in EicasLab – is able to generate a special real-time software code, composed by Application Software (AS) and Basic Software (BS), to be transferred on a PC, with a Linux RTOS installed, directly connectable to the plant to be controlled.
The RCP Manager tool is the EicasLab tool which allows to perform Rapid Control Prototyping activity by allowing to test and validate the overall real-time software code, before transferring it in the final target.
The design of a control system starts with a simulation phase in which the user implements the control architecture and simulates the overall designed system. The Like Real-time Simulation performed with the SIM tool gives the preliminary assessment of the control system performance.
Once the Modelling and Like Real-Time simulation phase has been performed, it is possible to carry out the RCP activity by selecting the RCP on field operative sub-mode in the MASTER tool.
to customise the variables to record for repeating offline the experimental trials executed on field and for performing advanced software debugging and control tuning through the Slow Motion tool.
In order to properly configure the thread and core assignment, the RCP module offers a very high level of flexibility by providing powerful core management and thread configuration utilities, that together with the scheduling configuration utility - which allows to define for each control function the scheduling constraints (period and phase) - allow testing the control system on the real plant and emulating the hardware architecture of the final target, by using only one multi-core PC platform.
In order to configure the hardware interfaces for the communication with the real plant, guaranteeing high flexibility, the RCP module provides fully customisable libraries of built-in interfaces and protocols together with the possibility to create user programmed interfaces.
A set of characteristic parameters related to the hardware interfaces are required (f.i., in the case of Ethernet card it is necessary to set the IP address, the Subnet Mask, the routing table, the protocol, …) in order to load the suitable driver interface and to generate the code that pilots the selected hardware interfaces and manages the communications toward the real world.
When the RCP has been configured, the Assisted Compiling Process may be run. During this process all the software (Application Software generated by the ACGAS module and Basic Software generated by ACG for RCP feature provided by the RCP module and based on multi-threading and multi-core programming techniques) necessary for performing the RCP activity is automatically generated, including the scripts for configuring the hardware interfaces (loading of the suitable driver and setting of the interface parameters).
The output of the Assisted Compiling Process is a real-time application - based on multi-threading and multi-core programming techniques - which will be automatically managed by RCP Manager tool and runs in real-time the overall control strategy compliant with the real-time scheduling constraints set by the user.
The RCP Manager tool is the EICASLAB tool that allows to control the overall RCP process on field. RCP Manager is equipped with a friendly graphical user interface named RCP Manager GUI.
The RCP Manager GUI is subdivided in sections, where a menu toolbar, a RCP control panel and 6 wide plotting areas provide all the necessary features to configure and support the RCP process.
to change, during the real-time execution, some parameters defined by the user in SIMBUILDER.
In the six plotting areas the trends of a set of variables, selectable by the user in SIMBUILDER, can be plotted during the experimental trial execution. Like the SIM tool, each plotting area can contain up to four graphs, displayed with different colours, that may provide the user with a direct visual feedback on system performance.
providing information about the execution time of each control activity or of the whole thread.
In order to analyse the control system performance, the RCP Manager tool has the capability of recording on the PC disk all the variables of interest, creating a set of data files called "POST files", for performing offline analysis through the POST tool.
The RCP Manager tool has also the capability of recording on the PC disk all the variables necessary for the offline repetition and debugging of the experimental trial execution through the Slow Motion tool.
A smart system of buffering is used for both Data recording for POST analysis and Data recording for Slow Motion in order to avoid frequently writing on the hard disk and to minimize the writing time. In order to prevent any loss of recording samples which would affect the fully successful Slow Motion activity, the Data recording for Slow Motion task is optimised and has a higher priority with respect to the one performing the Data recording for POST analysis.
The RCP Manager GUI provides a smart panel for commanding and modifying a pre-defined set of parameters during the trial execution.
If the MPI/CPO module is enabled, the RCP Manager tool may be easily integrated with the MPI/CPO tool to allow running a smart procedure for identifying in real-time the parameters of the plant model and/or optimising in real-time the control parameters.


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Report Roundup
Nation Gets Lackluster Grades on Child Well-Being Report
"America's Report Card 2012: Children in the U.S."
Despite a prioritization of children in the national agenda, the United States seriously lags in keeping its youngest citizens healthy and ensuring they are ready to learn, according to a new report.
The nation earns an average C-minus overall in the report, with lackluster grades in five separate categories: economic security, early childhood, K-12 education, permanence and stability, and health and safety.
The report, by the organizations Save the Children, based in Wilton, Conn., and the Washington-based First Focus, is the first in a planned annual series of evaluations. The U.S. Senate commissioned the report-card series in 2010 after a subcommittee chaired by then-U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, launched an investigation into the recession's impact on youths and academic performance.
While the report notes points of progress, in no major area of grading does it give the United States anything above a C-plus.
In the area of economic security, for example, the report gives the United States a D, citing U.S. Census Bureau data showing that 43.9 percent of children younger than 18 were living in low-income families during 2011.
The report praises some federal attempts to mitigate damage done by the recession, including the expansion of the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit, using 2009 economic-stimulus funds. But the report card also cites federal statistics that put the number of children living in households without adequate access to food at 8.5 million in 2011.
The nation's C-minus grade in K-12 education is attributed to weak National Assessment of Educational Progress scores in mathematics, reading, and science—especially among minority students—and inequities in school funding. The report notes that 40 percent of schools that receive aid under the federal Title I program for disadvantaged students are funded at less than their districts' averages.
By Ross Brenneman
Vol. 32, Issue 08, Page 5
Published in Print: October 17, 2012, as Nation Gets Lackluster Grades on Child Well-Being Report
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package org.locationtech.geowave.core.store.api;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Set;
import org.locationtech.geowave.core.index.ByteArray;
import org.locationtech.geowave.core.index.ByteArrayRange;
import org.locationtech.geowave.core.index.persist.Persistable;
import org.locationtech.geowave.core.store.api.BinConstraints.ByteArrayConstraints;
import org.locationtech.geowave.core.store.statistics.query.BinConstraintsImpl.ExplicitConstraints;

/**
 * Base interface for statistic binning strategies. These strategies allow a statistic's values to
 * be split up by an arbitrary strategy. This allows a simple statistic to be used in many different
 * ways.
 */
public interface StatisticBinningStrategy extends Persistable, BinningStrategy {
  /**
   * Get the name of the binning strategy.
   *
   * @return the binning strategy name
   */
  String getStrategyName();

  /**
   * Get a human-readable description of the binning strategy.
   *
   * @return a description of the binning strategy
   */
  String getDescription();

  /**
   * Get a human-readable string of a bin.
   *
   * @param bin the bin
   * @return the string value of the bin
   */
  String binToString(final ByteArray bin);

  /**
   * Get a default tag for statistics that use this binning strategy.
   *
   * @return the default tag
   */
  String getDefaultTag();

  /**
   * Adds all of the field names used by the binning strategy to the provided set.
   */
  default void addFieldsUsed(final Set<String> fieldsUsed) {}

  default Class<?>[] supportedConstraintClasses() {
    return new Class<?>[] {
        ByteArray[].class,
        ByteArray.class,
        ByteArrayRange[].class,
        ByteArrayRange.class,
        String.class,
        String[].class,
        BinConstraints.class,
        ByteArrayConstraints.class};
  }

  default ByteArrayConstraints constraints(final Object constraints) {
    if (constraints instanceof ByteArray[]) {
      return new ExplicitConstraints((ByteArray[]) constraints);
    } else if (constraints instanceof ByteArray) {
      return new ExplicitConstraints(new ByteArray[] {(ByteArray) constraints});
    } else if (constraints instanceof String) {
      return new ExplicitConstraints(new ByteArray[] {new ByteArray((String) constraints)});
    } else if (constraints instanceof String[]) {
      return new ExplicitConstraints(
          Arrays.stream((String[]) constraints).map(ByteArray::new).toArray(ByteArray[]::new));
    } else if (constraints instanceof ByteArrayRange) {
      return new ExplicitConstraints(new ByteArrayRange[] {(ByteArrayRange) constraints});
    } else if (constraints instanceof ByteArrayRange[]) {
      return new ExplicitConstraints((ByteArrayRange[]) constraints);
    } else if (constraints instanceof ByteArrayConstraints) {
      return (ByteArrayConstraints) constraints;
    } else if (constraints instanceof BinConstraints) {
      return ((BinConstraints) constraints).constraints(null);
    }
    return new ExplicitConstraints();
  }
}

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Mainboard: Written in C, running on an AVR chip.
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Everyday, worldwide reports grow dimmer.
From a 75% decline in flying insect biomasss to between .01 to .10% of all species becoming extinct each year, today we know that our destruction of nature is also rapidly eroding the world's capacity to provide food and water to billions of people.
The United Nations reports that our use of natural resources has tripled in 40 years and, for the first time in human story, more than half of the world's population is located in urban areas. In order to work towards solutions for climate change and habitat loss, we must understand the roots of what got us into this predicament.
In 1637, Rene Descartes wrote, "Cogito, ergo sum." Credited as the first thinker to emphasize reason for developing natural science, Cartesian theory also asserts that each individual is a liberal, autonomous subject. It is the separation of intelligence (mind) from the experience (body.) Thus, the duality between Earth and man, and mind over matter, was born.
Nearly four hundreds years later, and we are raised in homes cut off from the natural world, where temperature and light are controlled and, where, for the most part, we do not experience any physical discomfort. Today, the majority of us no longer know how to sustain our own livelihood. E.g, we don't know how to build shelters, erect an outdoor fire that we cook over, or how to grow and hunt our own food.
Inversely, indigenous people have been living in symbiotic relationship with nature, forever. In response, we have systematically erased their cultures, taken their lands and forced them to adapt to our ways. Still, our native peers have continually demonstrated that we are not separate from the world around us.
One solution, then, lay in our embodiment and re-connection with our whole selves, as well as with each other and our planet.
Facilitating elders through a session of "MEDs" — meditation & movement, exercise & dance - outdoors.
Embodiment is to give concrete form. It is to make corporeal, to organize and incorporate. It is also to embrace or compromise. Passion, purpose and power all reside within our bodies. So too does empathy.
We do not feel the shame, failure and discouragement we are reaping upon the planet because we have been raised within a world culture that celebrates colonialism and power-over as a means to take what one wants, while imposing what others need. After thousands of years of force and coercion, human trauma is now wide spread across our planet.
Accustomed to violence as entertainment, we live with an absence of meaningful touch and connection in our lives. Instead, our assailable bodies are bombarded by endless notifications ping'ing across multi-media accounts. These mirror the daily assault of unnatural light, pulsating images and deafening noises that accompany a manic paced society.
Our resulting de-sensitization has made us acutely uncomfortable with the sensitivities of real-time human interaction, and has also resulted in our immunity to feeling the suffering that our separation from nature, both within and without — along with its accompanying lack of vulnerability — creates.
Embodiment is the pathway for transforming our deepest pain into our greatest power. Although, we have to first recognize that we are in need — a near impossible task when we are disconnected to our feeling & sensing bodies.
Yet, we can distinctly recall our blissfully embodied childhoods. Times when we, perhaps, chased half-naked after fireflies, tumbled over the earth, played with our neighbors and felt held by loving parents. By the time we reach adulthood, however, our wildness has been bred out of us and we have come to primarily inhabit a world within our minds. Tragically, today's child spends less than half of the amount of time outdoors than we did.
Today, we spend upwards of 93% of our time indoors, with 1700 hours a year spent at work, where we are largely stationary and rely solely on our brainpower to produce results. 76% of us spend 200 hours a year commuting alone, between jobs that rarely fulfill any sense of real purpose within us and our homes, where we are too exhausted to do anything but continue to check out of our bodies. We feel miserable and we don't know why.
With seemingly no one to talk to, we are unable to express our feelings and to identify and name our emotional states. And we accept this as just the way it is because it is how we were raised. We feel hopeless about changing any of it, so we disconnect from our bodies as well as from our deeply felt senses of conviction. In the process, we squelch our innate desire for living a passionate life mired in justice and purpose.
Long before Descartes uttered his fateful words, man had rendered vulnerability a weakness.
Our desire to control our wide-open nature was partially motivated by our wishes to alleviate the pain and mortality that are par for course on planet Earth. Thus, reclaiming natural death and loss as a vital part of our life cycle is essential to our positive, forward movement.
In coming back to our bodies, we also need to remember how to share our tools and resources, and how to merge with our inherent nature once more. When we allow ourselves to feel the destruction that our individual choices are inflicting, we will be more willing to divest from the big-box stores, where disposable goods are loaded in by the truck full, as well as from any corporation that values profits over people and the planet.
After all, it is our very dis-connect that has allowed us to grossly consume single-use products without any regard for the future that our children and their children will be inheriting. We have lived like isolated islands — hoarding box store, seasonal stuff in 2-car garages - for too long now.
What's more, is that we have been raised to view all of this as normal. Our television shows, and all the other media that we actively consume in almost every moment of our domesticated lives, reinforces all of this behavior as status quo. All of this culminates in a populace of people that that don't know how to get some of their most basic needs met.
Coming back to our bodies, through meditation, somatic experiencing, the expressive arts, or a dance & movement practice, is how we begin to feel once more.
We can re-connect with our gut intuition, to the songs our hearts yearn to sing and to our voices that demand we speak up on behalf of our planet.
We must mend the divide within. We are not our minds, or our egos and identities. We can't think our way out of the mess that this impossible duality has created. Technology, and the 3.5 hours a day the average person spends on a screen, is not the solution, either. We have to rewrite the story altogether.
I feel, so here I be.
Let us feel our despondency and hopelessness. Let us admit to ourselves that we are not doing this well. We have to reclaim our whole, feeling bodies so that we can authentically realize what is really happening versus residing in the fantasy of a non-existent future.
Let us feel this mess we have made and mourn the loss of all the creatures that might not ever exist again. Let us allow our anger to be heard and our rage, about the errors of our ways, be released — most specifically, by people of color.
We have to remember how to play and be vulnerable; how to touch without sexual motives; and how to discover surrender in each other's arms.
We have lost fundamental connection, yes, but we can reverse this trend. We do it through embodiment. When we are regularly meeting our primal, human needs for vulnerability, connection, touch and intimacy, then we are less likely to buy items we do not need, support systems that are immoral, and look outside of ourselves for solutions that have always existed within.
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Since breaking out in 2002 with Cabin Fever, Eli Roth's name has been synonymous with the horror. Nearly every movie he's worked on since, from the Hostel series to The Last Exorcism to Grindhouse, has been associated with the genre, but in recent years he's shown interest in branching out. In addition to the kung-fu screenplay he wrote with Wu Tang Clan's The RZA, The Man With The Iron Fists, he's long talked about an apocalyptic disaster movie and now apparently he's decided to make it his next project.
Screen Daily caught up with Roth at the Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival recently and the filmmaker confirmed that Endangered Species will be his next directorial effort. First announced back in 2009, the film will have a budget somewhere in the $40-60 million range, making it by far the largest production he's ever done (Cabin Fever was made for $1.5 million; Hostel was made for $4.8 million and Hostel II cost $10.2 million). The project will be Roth's first time directing since 2007, not counting the short film he made as part of Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds.
While I'd at least be moderately curious to see what Roth would do with a bigger budget, I'm more upset that he's doing Endangered Species instead of Thanksgiving. When I spoke to the director last August he said that he and co-writer Jeff Rendell had begun working on the feature version of the fake trailer, but there was some concern that they would get distracted "talking about girls from high school and going on Facebook and screwing around." The Screen Daily story doesn't mention the Thanksgiving movie, but let's hope that it's still in the cards.


When we bought this book many years ago, we were both excited and intrigued by the more than one hundred projects and great ideas for celebrating life that are nestled between its covers. As it turned out, Nancy got to use the book for about a week and a half before it turned up "missing" in our third grade daughter's room. She had found it beside Nancy's work basket and decided after one look that it must have been intended for her! Perhaps it was, because she has used it ever since for inspiration for gifts, solace on rainy days, and, now that she is a teenager, as a touchstone to the strength of her own childhood. We hope it serves your family as well as it has served ours.


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Q: R Studio: Opening an RMD file that contains a report, and another of code, but there is no content. Am I missing a package? I have a report sent to me in the format of an RMD file. Another RMD that contains the code. However, all that I see are empty files when opened. Im using anaconda: Rstudio 3 version 1.1.456 (is this outdated?)
Unless there is a script to open the file?

A: The .Rmd format is a particular flavor of markdown so you can open the file with any plain text editor to verify that it is not empty and indeed has the code inside.

A: I have a solution to my problem: For anyone trying to open an Rmd file in the future with similar circumstances.. open the file, while open, Go into "file - Reopen with encoding - UTF-8".


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Diego Maradona Applauds Liverpool From Man United Directors' Box Whilst Wearing Extraordinary Earrings
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Reds' display so impressive that even Diego was moved to clap.
Former Argentina and FC Barcelona legend Diego Maradona was in attendance at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon as Liverpool beat Premier League champions Manchester United 3-0, with the one-time playmaker exhibiting an extraordinary pair of earrings, according to reports in the Daily Mail.
SEE ALSO: The top 10 best Manchester United players of all time
SEE ALSO: The top 10 best Liverpool goals.
The Argentinian was given a seat in the Old Trafford's directors' box to watch the Merseyside giants run amok at the Theatre of Dreams, with visiting skipper Steven Gerrard managing to score a brace of spot kicks either side of the break ti help his team to a resounding win in the north west.
In fact, some of the football that Reds head coach Brendan Rodgers's side produced against their arch enemy was so eye catching that Maradona himself was even moved to stand up at one point and applaud.
However, unfortunately for Diego, that only revealed his hilarious earrings for all to see ….
SEE ALSO: PES 2014 best players: the 20 highest ranked players on Pro Evolution Soccer 2014.


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OTH FOOTBALL PREVIEW 2021: Top 50 Players Countdown, No. 15-12
August 16, 2021 Outside the Huddle 2021 Football Preview, Prep Football, Top 50, Top 50 Football 2021 0
Outside the Huddle and Blitz are counting down who they feel are the top 50 individual players in northeast Indiana heading into the 2021 season.
Today, we continue unveiling the best players in the area with positions No. 15-12.
No. 15: WR/DB Rylan Crawford, senior, Leo
Listed as a wide receiver and defensive back truly sells Crawford short, because the kid can play almost anywhere on the football field.
Leo utilizes Crawford in a variety of ways and Coach Jared Sauder does not hesitate to move the Illinois State commit around – from putting him at tight end on offense to bringing him up close to the line of scrimmage on defense.
At 6-foot-3, Crawford's length and wing span make him an excellent receiver. He hauled in 20 catches for 356 yards and five TDs a season ago for the run-heavy Lions. Many of his receptions came on crucial third downs and opportunities in the red zone. Considering he was WR1 by a clear margin for Leo, the fact that he was still able to get separation from defensive backs was impressive.
On defense, his five INTs showcased just how much of a ball hawk Crawford is. Expect opposing offenses this season to game plan away from Crawford in the pass game.
COACH'S QUOTE ON RYLAN CRAWFORD
"Rylan is a tremendous athlete and one of the most versatile football players that we have ever had in our program. He has played multiple positions for us on both sides of the ball and is a big playmaker in special teams as well. Rylan is one of our captains and is a team-first guy who will do what is asked of him to help the team win." – Leo coach Jared Sauder
Leo's Rylan Crawford takes off with the ball during September 11, 2020's game at New Haven.
No. 14: OL/DL Brody Bolyn, junior, Norwell
A mix of tactical expertise and brute strength, the 6-3, 255-pound Bolyn is one of the top linemen in the area. A First Team All-NE8 selection last season, Bolyn was also one of the few sophomores to be voted IFCA All-State.
Bolyn is a bruiser, plain and simple. On offense, he finishes every block no matter the situation. His length allows him to get leverage quickly, while his lower-body strength allows him to drive defenders away from the play, sometimes pummeling them until they end up on their butt.
On defense, Bolyn's quick feet and hands allow him to get off blocks and get into the backfield and create havoc. He is at his best when he is able to pursue and finish off quarterbacks flushed out of the pocket.
COACH'S QUOTE ON BRODY BOLYN
"Brody is a great kid with a great work ethic. He is a very strong, physical player with a motor that doesn't quit. Brody is a kid that loves to play football and it shows on the field." – Norwell coach Josh Gerber
No. 13: LB Domanick Moon, senior, Snider
Despite leading Snider in tackles a season ago and committing to Purdue last December, it still feels as if Moon hasn't yet broken out as one of the top overall talents in the region.
Consider Outside the Huddle on the hype train for Moon for 2021. The Panthers are set to have arguably the best defensive unit in the SAC, and Moon will be the leader. The 6-2, 225-pound linebacker has worked to grow quicker and stronger in the offseason. His hands are gargantuan, allowing him to corral balls out of the air and also help to throw off blocking attempts.
With Snider set to bounce back from an average 2020, Moon has made it a priority to elevate his game from a season ago and be the beast in the middle of the Panther defense.
COACH'S QUOTE ON DOMANICK MOON
"Dom is a veteran high school football player that brings lots of experience and leadership to our team. He is dominant on defense and should provide a big advantage in each game plan. Very excited to watch him and our defense this year." – Snider coach Kurt Tippmann
Snider's Domanick Moon
No. 12: OL Chris Hood, senior, East Noble
Ever seen Chris Hood on the football field? It is impossible to miss the 6-8, 320-pound behemoth who committed to Ball State over the summer.
Early in his high school career, Hood was a big body who took up space up front but really didn't have the skills to match his size. But over the last year-plus, Hood has grown into his physique and has begun truly dominating defenders.
Entering 2021, Hood will be looked upon to lead an offensive front that will be protecting a new quarterback and opening holes for some dynamic running backs. Hood's footwork has improved immensely and he is no longer a lineman you can simply run around to get to the QB.
COACH'S QUOTE ON CHRIS HOOD
"When I think back, Chris has been in our program since he was a little kid. To see his growth and development, especially the last three years, has been amazing. His journey to becoming a Division I commit, an all-state player and a three-year starter has been so fun to watch and we expect HUGE things from the big fella in 2021 as the leader of our offensive line." – East Noble coach Luke Amstutz
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OTH FOOTBALL PREVIEW 2021: No. 7 Warsaw Tigers
OTH FIRST ELEVEN 2021: No. 11 Brody Glenn
PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW: #11 Leo Lions
August 9, 2019 Outside the Huddle 2019 Football Preview, Prep Football 0
When you lose a three-year starter at quarterback, your leading rusher and arguably the best defender in the Northeast 8, most coaches would be apprehensive the following season. But this is Leo, which hasn't had […]
5A REGIONAL PRIMER: Bishop Dwenger vs. Lafayette Harrison
November 12, 2019 Outside the Huddle Prep Football, Uncategorized 0
Alright, time to get real. Sectionals are behind us, meaning every potential foe from here on out is deserving to be considered a state title contender. Which area teams have a chance to survive at […]
Prep Hoops Game of the Weekend: East Noble at Norwell
January 25, 2019 Outside the Huddle Prep Basketball 0
We head to the Northeast 8 for this weekend's biggest game. While Friday night will be full of a lot of boys action in the SAC and the girls across the area will get their […]


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He joined up with IBM, then your planet's biggest computer business, and had been an element of the architectural group that designed the prototype regarding the IBM group of computer systems. He returned to Wits where he met their future spouse, the belated Thelma Mullins BA , BA Hons , a geography that is former and renowned humanitarian, who he married in At Wits Henderson developed and directed Southern Africa's first computer centre and ended up being appointed the united states's first Professor of Computer Science in Henderson served their alma mater for 21 years, from to their tenure at Rhodes centered on attracting more powerful academics, increasing management and reforming the college's funds, the latter of that he did aided by the help of Wits colleague Jerry Steele BCom , MCom Above all, Henderson's intention was to improve the stature of Rhodes when you look at the tradition of this great universities around the globe.
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Monument Mining Limited reports that it has commenced the Front End Engineering Design (the "FEED") work leading to an internal Definitive Feasibility Study (the "DFS"), based on results of additional follow up test work on its Pre-Feasibility Study (the PFS"), Sedar filed on December 14, 2016 namely "NI43-101 report: Selinsing Gold Mine and Buffalo Reef Project", prepared by Snowden (the "2016 NI43-101 PFS Report").
The 2016 NI43-101 PFS Report uses the biological leaching process to treat sulphide gold ores. The Sulphide pre-treatment plant would require an estimated capital of US$39.5 million, providing a US$23.1 million NPV and 34.8% rate of return, given approximately 6 years life of mine. The additional test work was designed to determine, among bio-leach, intensive acid leach and Intec hydrometallurgical process, which sulphide treatment technology can deliver the best overall performance and economic recoveries in relation to Selinsing and Buffalo Reef ore characteristics.
As a result, the BIOX® Process has given the best overall performance in terms of the above parameters, shown on average 90% recovery of gold from representative samples of ore from the Buffalo Reef material at Selinsing. The BIOX® Process is a patented technology owned by Outotec (Finland) Oy. It uses micro-organisms in the oxidation of certain gold bearing sulphide minerals in order to facilitate gold recovery. This technology has been used for decades to build sulphide pre-treatment plants all over the world.
FEED/DFS has commenced targeting completion in September, 2017. This will include the overall plant process design to set up FEED criteria, FEED for add-in flotation plant and BIOX® Process plant, other alterations to the existing gold processing plant, and internal DFS with an execution plan to move forward to a detailed engineering and construction stage.
Most of the work will be carried out internally by Monument's experienced technical team. The pilot plant built for Intec test work will be used for continuous test work on the BIOX® Process over the life of sulphide production when ore characteristics change with mining at depth. The Company is also in the process of selecting experienced experts in the BIOX® Process to assist in FEED/DFS work.
While Intec has not been chosen as the most suitable treatment on Selinsing/Buffalo Reef sulphide ore, the test work going forward with Intec will be focused on production of very close to LME grade copper metal at the Mengapur Project. The Deed of Variation and the "Heads of Agreement" executed on February 14, 2015 is under review by the Company and Intec.
The commercial objective of the test work is to produce copper metal in-country at the Mengapur site. Malaysia is a net importer of copper metal to feed its copper metal products manufacturing and fabrication industries. This will entail confirmation test work programs using copper ore feed from the Mengapur site and pilot plant programs using Intec. The technology has successfully produced copper and other base metals for more than 7 years in Tasmania, Australia by treating waste dumps as a commercial project.


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Q: What could cause the 'L1' button to stop working, and is it possible to fix? I accidentally let the controller fall from my hand and now the L1 button isn't working. (which is terrible, because I love FIFA).
What can I do? is it possible to fix?

A: More often than not it is possible to fix a broken button in a controller. The required work to fix said problem varies with the level of broken you're dealing with. First off you're going to need the proper tools, at the very least a small headed phillips screwdiver to remove the screws holding your controller together.
If the damage is mechanical you can buy the parts neccesary (more often than not) from a local hardware store to fix it, if your hardware store doesn't carry the parts you have several other options but the most reliable would be to search the internet, perhaps ebay.
If the damage is in the board somehow you would first need some knowhow on what you're looking at to even be sure what's broken, then have the rest of the knowhow to fix it. At this level of repair you're probably going to need a soldering gun.


I'm just posting this in case anyone's interested or cares to provide any feedback. I'm not reinventing the wheel or anything here.
I decided to build my own tank after having difficulty finding one of good quality and size that would ship to Nebraska and not be super expensive.
I made this diagram to sort things out in my own mind and to figure out exactly what size glass I'd need (including overlaps and everything). The diagram should be fairly self-explanatory. I made it using MS Paint, since I was too stupid to figure out how to use the 3D modeling programs I downloaded. The only measurement I wasn't 100% sure on was the exact size of the doors. I think I'm just going to wait until I build the whole thing, then cut the doors last.
I'd appreciate any feedback anyone has. I'm sure when I start building this thing I'll discover many fun and exciting surprises I haven't thought about yet. I will plan on doing a build thread with lots of pictures for anyone who might be interested, and so hopefully people can learn from my mistakes.
Notes on ventilation: I really wasn't sure on what size to make these. I have seen a variety of opinions. Ed says he uses 4" vent along the front, for a 90 gal tank I believe. This one is 70 gal. The standard Sherman vent is 3/4 or 1 in tall on the front, and Chris said he also includes a 2 in vent along the top. So I just went with 1 in. Sherman vent along the front and 2 in strip along the top. The top vent would be easier to widen, but I'm thinking the Sherman vent can only be made so wide.


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Q: Send all error messages to a text file? I'm trying to run the following command:
$ psql -d template_postgis -f /usr/local/pgsql-9.1/share/contrib/postgis-2.0/postgis.sql

It produces a vast amount of error output, of which I can only see the end within my shell - I need to see the beginning to work out what's going wrong.
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psql:/usr/local/pgsql-9.1/share/contrib/postgis-2.0/postgis.sql:6065: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block
psql:/usr/local/pgsql-9.1/share/contrib/postgis-2.0/postgis.sql:6075: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block
psql:/usr/local/pgsql-9.1/share/contrib/postgis-2.0/postgis.sql:6081: ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block

However, if I try to send the messages to a text file:
$ psql -d template_postgis -f /usr/local/pgsql-9.1/share/contrib/postgis-2.0/postgis.sql > error.txt

The text file only contains three commands:
SET
BEGIN
ROLLBACK

So why isn't all the output being sent to the text file, and how can I see all the output?

A: In Unix (and others), there are typically two output streams you want to use, STDOUT and STDERR. Both are standard streams.
With > you only redirect STDOUT to a file.
With 2> you redirect STDERR to a file (the "2" because its file descriptor is "2").

Actually, there's STDIN too, which you can redirect with <. This graphic shows how they typically interact.

Since error messages should always be printed to STDERR (and most programs respect that), try something along this to separate normal output and error output:
command > normal.log 2> err.log

Similarly, you can redirect STDERR to STDOUT.
command 2>&1 > out.log

As a shorthand, you could also redirect everything into one file right away – at least with most shells. Don't rely on this for portability though.
command &> out.log


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Emergency care access to primary care records: an observational study
Bowden, T., Lyell, D. & Coiera, E., 1 Aug 2020, In : BMJ Health and Care Informatics. 27, 3, p. 1-7 7 p., e100153.
Comparing New Zealand's 'Middle Out' health information technology strategy with other OECD nations
Bowden, T. & Coiera, E., May 2013, In : International Journal of Medical Informatics. 82, 5, p. e87-e95 9 p.
Electronic health records: an international perspective on "meaningful use"
Gray, B. H., Bowden, T., Johansen, I. & Koch, S., Nov 2011, In : Issue brief (Commonwealth Fund). 28, p. 1-18 18 p.
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Protti, D., Bowden, T. & Johansen, I., May 2009, In : Informatics in Primary Care. 17, 1, p. 17-22 6 p.
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Adoption of information technology in primary care physician offices in New Zealand and Denmark, part 1: Healthcare system comparisons
Protti, D. J., Bowden, T. & Johansen, I., 2008, In : Informatics in Primary Care. 16, 3, p. 183-187 5 p.
Adoption of information technology in primary care physician offices in New Zealand and Denmark, part 2: Historical comparisons
Adoption of information technology in primary care physician offices in New Zealand and Denmark, part 3: Medical record environment comparisons
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Motorola's Moto G has yet to land at any physical retail store in the US - but it will within the next few days, apparently.
Best Buy confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that it plans to sell a no-contract, Verizon version of the Moto G for $99.99 (£60) as soon as it arrives, meaning you could buy one at your nearest Best Buy any day now. Previously, you could buy only the 8GB Moto G for $179 or the 16GB Moto G for $199 from either Motorola or Amazon.
Although Motorola already said US consumers could pick up a Moto G at carriers starting in early January 2014, a Google+ user named Josue Joseph, who claimed to work at Best Buy Mobile, leaked a photo of the Moto G in Verizon packaging on Monday. He revealed that Best Buy would offer the handset for $100.
Tech news blog Droid Life then promptly leaked a Best Buy document, revealing the Verizon Moto G would release on 9 January. Now Best Buy spokesman Jonathan Sandler has told the LA Times that the smartphone is indeed landing in physical stores and will be available for $99.99.
Motorola's Moto G, which notably features Android 4.4.2 KitKat, unveiled on 13 November initially for developing markets, though it first launched in Brazil and parts of Europe. It then landed in the US and Canada by early December.


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Alleged assault victim describes scene at his parents' home
He testified one of the accused kicked down the door and hit him
Jan 19, 2017 11:00 AM By: Linda Richardson
The Sault Ste. Marie Courthouse is pictured in this file photo
Ryan Gridzak described to jurors Wednesday what happened when two men he said he didn't know forced their way into his home in the early morning hours of March 15, 2014.
The 26-year-old complainant took the witness stand at the trial of Zachary Torcaso and Dereck Maione on assault and other charges stemming from the incident.
Torcaso has pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault and single counts of break and enter to commit the indictable offence of mischief and threatening.
Maione faces three charges and entered not guilty pleas to break and enter to commit an indictable offence, possession of a dangerous weapon (a knife) and committing an assault while carrying a weapon.
Gridzak testified that two of his friends had dropped by his parents' MacDonald Avenue residence — his family was out of town — for drinks and to play video games, before they cabbed to a downtown bar.
The trio drank beer — Gridzak testified that he consumed three to four bottles — before they went to Top Hat on Queen Street East at about 11 p.m.
At the bar, they ran into a woman, "an acquaintance from a few years ago" who had dated a friend's brother, he told assistant Crown attorney David Didiodato.
Gridzak said they stayed there, where he had some more beer and two to three shots, until about 1:30 a.m., before the friends and the woman returned to his home to play beer pong in the basement rec room.
Before they began playing, the woman "started getting emotional, tearing up, telling me she missed her ex-boyfriend Zach," he said.
The Crown witness said he suggested she call someone to come and pick her up, and she indicated she was going to phone her ex.
About 10 minutes after she made the call, she relayed information that he had arrived, and Gridzak testified they went to the front-door landing where she was putting on her shoes when he heard a "big bang" on the door.
He told the six-woman, six-man jury that "Torcaso kicked the door down and struck me with a closed fist."
Gridzak said he was "caught off guard" and was pushed into a closet door, which came off its hinges.
The first blow struck him on the right side of his face, he said, indicting he was hit two or three times before he asked his attacker, who he was and the man replied "I'm Zach, f-----r."
Gridzak said he started to retreat down the hallway to get away, calling out to his friends who were still in the basement.
His attacker followed him, and Gridzak said that's when he saw a second person, whom he identified as Maione, with "a big knife with a black handle."
He said he then spotted one of his friends, and the two of them backed into the kitchen, and were followed by the "two assailants."
Gridzak explained that he eventually made it outside, followed by Torcaso and he ran around him and went back inside, barricaded the door and told the second man, who still had the knife, to "please, please leave my house."
When the man left, Gridzak said he called police.
Didiodato provided the court with photographs that showed blood on the front door and handle, and a wall next to the door, which Gridzak described as his blood.
Photos of Gridzak revealed blood on his face, hands, arms and shirt.
Gridzak said he didn't know the two accused, but looked up Torcaso on Facebook after a police officer mentioned his last name and "recognized him" when he clicked on his profile picture.
He testified that he got Maione's name from one of the friends who was at his house that night, recognized him when he came up as a friend of Torcaso's on Facebook and gave his name to the investigating officer.
During cross-examination by Eric McCooeye, Torcaso's lawyer, Gridzak agreed that he was intoxicated, and the three people, including the woman, with him at the house likely were in the same state.
He denied the defence lawyer's suggestion that he had been in a bedroom with the woman, not downstairs with his friends, prior to the incident.
Gridzak, who agreed that he was involved in martial arts until he was 17 and has a first-degree black belt, indicated he punched Torcaso in the face during the altercation.
He said the blood on his hands wasn't checked to determine if it was someone else's blood.
He also told McCooeye he hasn't any explanation about why he told 9-1-1 that three men were trying to break in to his house.
"I don't recall that," he said, when McCooeye played a tape of the call.
When the defence pushed him about why he told the 9-1-1 operator he didn't know the men and didn't mention the name Zach, he said "I was scared. I wanted them to tell me they were coming."
The trial continues at the Sault Ste. Marie courthouse.
About the Author: Linda Richardson
Linda Richardson is a freelance journalist who has been covering Sault Ste. Marie's courts and other local news for more than 35 years.
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Meet the team behind Reef Check Malaysia:
Julian Hyde, General Manager
Julian is British but has been living overseas since 1992. He is a scientist by training, with a degree in Biochemistry. He worked for over 10 years as a management consultant, including six years in Russia managing a variety of environmental consulting programmes. He moved to Malaysia in 1999, initially managing an environmental consulting company in KL before moving to Tioman Island to pursue his dream of running his own dive centre - which is how he became involved with Reef Check Malaysia.
Having relocated back to KL in 2005, he became involved in a project to establish a sustainable Reef Check centre in Malaysia, and now operates as its General Manager.
Alvin Chelliah, Programme Manager
Alvin is a Marine Scientist and has pursued this dream since he was a boy. He graduated from Universiti Malaysia Sabah with a bachelor's degree in Marine Science and went on to do his master's degree in the same field at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. In between studying, he worked at Aquaria KLCC where he got kicks from feeding sharks and fish that can swallow your arm (thankfully, Alvin still has all of his members). Finally realising that he prefers having his limbs attached to his body, Alvin now works at Reef Check Malaysia to be part of active marine conservation in Malaysia. He mainly conducts EcoDiver training and does Reef Check surveys on the various Malaysian islands with volunteers and dive operators under the EcoAction Programme. Alvin also claims that he is in the process of growing a set of gills.
Chen Sue Yee, Programme Manager
Sue is also a Marine Scientist graduating from Universiti Malaysia Sabah with a bachelor's degree in Marine Science, and later a master's degree in the same field. Prior to joining RCM, Sue already had working experience in marine conservation doing an internship in the Philippines for her degree. Do not be fooled by her petite size and feminine demeanour. An athletic and outgoing girl, Sue would put most men to shame. She would go diving even when it is considered unwise to step out of your door and do seven hour a day dives a whole week consistently... when it's still not prudent to step out of your house. Together with Alvin, Sue also conducts EcoDiver training and does Reef Check surveys under the EcoAction programme. She also worked at Aquaria KLCC before going on to complete her master's degree. She does not claim to be growing a set of gills.
Lau Chai Ming (Edmund), Programme Manager
Growing up in the coastal town of Port Dickson has made Edmund fond of the sea. There aren't much corals in his hometown, so it never crossed his mind that he will develop a passion in coral reef conservation until he first conducted a Reef Check survey in 2005. He has since volunteered for RCM until he joined as a staff in 2015. Edmund has a Bachelors degree in Ecology and Biodiversity from Universiti Malaya and a Masters degree in Marine Ecology and Biodiversity from the same university. Edmund had a chance to be selected for a Professional Fellow Exchange Programme to Tallahassee, Florida in the USA to observe and learn on environmental sustainability policy development and management. This experience benefited him greatly as he now also assists in community and stakeholder management, especially for some of our new programmes in Perhentian Island. As a Programme Manager, Edmund currently handles part of our Reef Check surveys, as well as bleaching monitoring surveys and trainings.
Nadhirah Rifai, Assistant Programme Manager
Ira was born and raised in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Living by the coast, Ira counts herself lucky to be able to witness spectacular views of the ocean every single day. However, she soon realised that there is more than just enjoying ocean views. Through her exploration of the underwater world, Ira found something important, something worth protecting. Ira graduated from UMS with a Bachelor's Degree in Marine Science, where she had the opportunity to do an internship with the Department of Marine Parks in Labuan, conducting marine educational programmes with students. Prior to joining RCM, Ira was working with WWF Malaysia, assisting marine biologists in the Semporna Priority Conservation Area on the Collaborative Environmental Management project on Mabul Island, Semporna.
Pricynthia Nesha, Assistant Programme Manager
Cynthia graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Marine Science from Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Growing up in the city, she never had the opportunity to experience the sea despite being fascinated with it since she was a child. It was during her university years that she developed a deeper sense of appreciation for the ocean. She first joined RCM as an intern for 2 months after completing her studies, and then joined the team as a full time staff. She previously headed RCM's outreach and awareness programmes, working with primary school children especially for the Rainforest to Reef (R2R) programme with island and urban schools. Cynthia currently manages RCM's communications and marketing efforts.
Norhasnieza Bt Razali, Communications Officer (Community Liaison Officer)
Nieza was born and raised in Kampung Tekek, Tioman Island. This bubbly young woman who graduated with a diploma from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia is currently the Community Liaison Officer on Tioman Island. She handles the ASEAN Green Hotel programme which is slowly being introduced to the resorts in Tioman Island. Nieza is also in-charge of coordinating programmes like beach cleanups for volunteers of Cintai Tioman. Most of her time is also spent interacting with local villagers and key people to discuss planned programmes and gathering information which is useful in the running Cintai Tioman. When she is not out and about meeting people, you can find Nieza in our Cintai Tioman office, located on the second floor of the food court area right opposite the main jetty in Tekek village. Nieza also manages the children's corner which we have recently set up in the office.
Nazirul Amin Azmi, Assistant Programme Manager (Community Liaison Officer)
Nazirul Amin, or better known as Yun among his colleagues, is now the Assistant Programme Manager/ Community Liaison Officer for Sibu and Tinggi Island. Yun graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Biodiversity Conservation from Universiti Malaysia Terengganu and went on to work with Fuze-Ecoteer (formerly known as Ecoteer) as an intern for the Perhentian Community Project. He then worked on the Perhentian Turtle Project, also under Ecoteer for another year before joining RCM. Yun now spends most of his time on Sibu Island, where he will be based for this project. He works with the local community there, as part of RCM's new project to develop a dugong-seagrass management plan. He enjoys a mix between teaching children, working with the community and research work, which makes him ideal for the job on Sibu Island.
Muhammad Adzmin Ab Fatta, Assistant Programme Manager (Community Liaison Officer)
Adzmin, who hails from Sabah is our Community Liaison Officer who will be spending most of his time on Mantanani Island. He has had lots of experience in this field, working for WWF prior to joining RCM. During his time with WWF, Adzmin was the Assistant to the Marine Biologist and went on to being the Assistant to Marine Conservation Officer for another 2 years. He was also the Project Coordinator for Green Semporna. His interest in conservation also led him to volunteer for the Hard Coral Mapping Project in Semporna, where he was elected as the Programme Coordinator. Here at RCM, Adzmin will be working closely with the Mantanani community and various key stakeholders who will be involved in the long-term programme to ensure the sustainability of the island. He will be spending time looking into awareness and outreach programmes and to determine the best approach for marine resource management on the island.
Jamie Valiant Ng, Assistant Programme Manager (Community Liaison Officer)
Jamie, who was also born and raised in Kota Kinabalu received a B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from University Malaysia Sabah. Jamie previously worked in Pulau Banggi, Kudat, as an enumerator conducting socio-economic surveys and then in a community development project in Sapulut Forestry. He then joined the Semporna Islands Project for almost 6 years, first as a community outreach and public awareness officer, and then as Project coordinator. He was also involved in the Acoustics Detection for Anti-fish bombing project. His vast experience gave him a deep appreciation for everyone that is involved in protecting and conserving the natural environment for future generations. Jamie currently works part time for RCM and spends most of him time on our Mantanani community project.
Budy, Programme Manager (Community Liaison Officer)
Budy was born and raised on Mantanani Island. A former fisherman who practiced fish bombing, he has now given up his old ways and is now a RCM local champion for his community. As a programme officer, Budy is in charge of maintaining and monitoring our reef rehabilitation efforts on Mantanani besides helping to run RCM's community programmes on the island. He also runs the Mantanani recycling programme, assisting in the collection and crushing of plastic bottles to be packed and sent out of the island. Budy is assisted by his wife and four kids to run this recycling programme on the island, which is picking up pace. Nicknamed "Mantanani GPS", Budy is a licensed boatman and is able to remember the exact locations of our Reef Check surveys, enabling him to easily ferry our colleagues to the sites during surveys. He also assists in the installation of fish bomb detectors around the island.
Reef Check Malaysia (RCM) is a non-profit organisation that was registered in 2007 to engage with the local community to raise awareness for the importance of, and threats to, coral reefs.
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Scotland the Grave: 'Repression' is a Twisty Thriller with an Ambitious Premise
By Tom Osborne in Features Reviews September 18, 2020
In a futile attempt to outrun a personal tragedy, child psychiatrist Marianne (Thekla Reuten) leaves America behind for the ominous streets of Aberdeen. Her first patient, a troubled boy called Manny (Elijah Wolf), says little. Instead, he draws sinister crayon pictures of terrible accidents. As she learns about the disappearance of her predecessor and studies his case notes, Marianne begins to share his theory. She comes to believe that Manny has some sort of connection to the accidents and tragedies that have been happening recently, just as his drawings predict.
It's a fairly generic premise, and although the film hints at more ambitious themes – referencing things like Schrodinger's Cat and multiverses – it never manages to escape a quagmire of stale tropes and bland genre fixtures. The performances, particularly from Reuten, who plays the part of a scholar pushed to the brink of madness expertly, are strong throughout. Even smaller parts like those played by Rebecca Front and Peter Mullan are excellent and help to bring a certain realism to the film. However, these characters all feel constrained to predictable roles that could have been copied and pasted out of a dozen other supernatural thrillers.
In particular, the budding romance between Marianne and strapping Scotsman Kieran (Emun Elliott), is underdeveloped to the point that it feels more like an exercise in box-ticking than a relationship with emotional heft. As a result, the final act of the film, which spirals into some genuinely original and pleasingly mad twists and turns, feels a bit undeserved.
In terms of cinematography, the film is superb. The oppressive gloom of its depictions of Scottish landscapes isn't going to entice any tourists to visit, but it certainly makes for a dramatic backdrop. From the opening scene, the film hints at enticing mysteries and dangers lurking in the shadows of the town. It's a shame that the script isn't quite up to the job of realising this promise.
The film focuses on ideas of determinism and free will, which is a weighty topic to try and unpick in such a limited time and on such a limited budget. Unfortunately, this ends up being quite an apt theme. Events in the film, for the most part, unfold in predictable ways, and the characters are shackled to prescribed roles dictated by the expectations of the genre. Aside from an impressively ambitious set of final twists, audiences are likely to leave their screenings with a sense of deja vu rather than unease.
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