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Dark Shadows Every Day
The 1960s vampire soap opera, one episode a day.
Best of DS Every Day
Episode 906: Little Caesar
July 28, 2016 December 1969, Gordon Russellantique shop, hard-boiled, like a boss, mask, soap opera rapid aging syndromeDanny Horn
"They're like an organization — they're evil, Liz! Terribly evil!"
They blew into town a month ago, and started making noise. A bunch of trouble boys, call themselves the Leviathans. There's something squirrely about 'em, I know that much.
It's all tied up with the Stoddard family, up on the hill, especially Carolyn. These guys have plans for Carolyn, big plans, and by the time they're done, they're gonna give the human race a sock in the kisser.
So Carolyn's in the antique shop with Megan, see? And then this kid muscles down the stairs, name of Alexander Todd.
Yeah, get a look at him. It's guys like this that cause all the trouble. Thousands of guys have got guns, there's only one Alexander.
Megan makes with the introductions, and the kid gives Carolyn the up and down. You can see why, she's a snappy-looking dish. He's never seen a broad like her before, and he goes for her in a big way.
Carolyn wants to know where he came from, so Megan throws her a line of bull. "Alex is Philip's nephew," she says. "Philip took the baby back to my sister's earlier today. Then he went to his brother's, to pick up Alex."
It's the bunk, natch, nothing but a cheap flim flam, but Carolyn thinks it's on the square. She's not wise to the Todds yet; you never get the straight dope from these rats.
Megan says Alex can go upstairs and cool his heels, but nothing doing. Nobody's going to plan for this mob but Alex, you get me?
So he sticks around, plays nice with the antiques. He's sure got it bad for this skirt.
Digging through the box, Alex gloms onto an African mask, and shoves it over his map.
Behind the face furniture, he gets all kicked up, and starts chasing Carolyn around the shop. He's growling, she's laughing. He's got it all figured out, this guy. I guess sometimes the doorbell rings, and the whole setup is right there in the room with you.
But then Carolyn gets on the blower, and playtime is kaput. Some palooka called Grant is in a tight spot, and she's gotta hold his hand till the heat's off.
So she's gotta beat feet, which puts Alex exactly nowhere. He thought he had it cold, all wrapped up in tissue paper with pink ribbons around it. Now it's nothing but a flop.
Alex says he doesn't want her to go, and Megan chuckles, "Carolyn, I think he's jealous!"
Carolyn laughs. "Well, I couldn't be more flattered!" So she leans down, and plants a kiss on him. "Goodbye, Alex. You and I are going to be seeing quite a lot of each other!"
Sure, she ankles, but he's over the moon. She likes him! This is gonna be duck soup. What did I tell ya? Alexander's got the only game in town.
Megan's gotta head upstairs, so she asks Alex to take charge of the shop. Yeah, scram, he says. Make yourself scarce. He parks himself at the desk, and waits for something new to walk in.
And then some gink breezes into the joint, and who do you think it is? It's Paul Stoddard, Carolyn's old man.
Alex sneers. "May I help you?"
"Are you the only one here?"
"Megan's upstairs."
"I see. Well, I'm looking for Carolyn Stoddard."
"She isn't here."
"Well, now, do you know when she would be back?"
And then the kid clams up, and makes it plain they're through.
"I see, well," Stoddard says. "In that case, I'll just wait, if it's all right."
Alex says, yeah, go climb up your thumb. Then he just sits there, and looks at Stoddard like he wants to paste him one.
Stoddard tries to break the ice. "Well, I haven't seen you before. I knew the Todds had a little baby, but I didn't know about you. I'm Carolyn's father."
Yeah, Alex says, what's that gotta do with the price of eggs?
"You wouldn't happen to know where Carolyn went, would you?"
But Alex keeps his trap shut. He ain't in the mood to jaw all day, he's got business.
Stoddard starts sweating bullets, this is getting to him. Alex is really doing a number on this sap.
Megan comes back downstairs, and there's Stoddard, just standing around loose.
"He's waiting for Carolyn," Alex says.
"She went to visit someone at the hospital," says Megan. "She won't be too long. Make yourself comfortable."
Stoddard says thank you, but Alexander isn't playing ball. He just looks at the guy, like he's saying, what's the matter, Stoddard, don't ya know how to open the door? Just put your hand on the knob, and pull.
So Alex gets up, and walks over to the calendar. He tears off a page, and then he draws a red circle around January 15th.
This gets Stoddard all twisted up. "Why did you do that?" he says. "Why?"
Alex shoots him a grin. "That's when my birthday is. You wanna come to my party? Carolyn's gonna be there."
Stoddard can't believe what he's seeing, but Alex just looks at him, thinking, do I have to draw you a diagram?
And I guess Stoddard can't take it. That's it for him; he gets yellow, and makes a break for the door.
All right then, scram, Alex says. Get outta here, go on home. But remember, you're in this up to the neck. You're gonna ride this all the way to the end of the line, and it's a one-way trip.
He stares out the window, and watches Stoddard make tracks down the street.
Yeah, he says. That's right, you bum. If you want me, you're gonna have to come and get me!
Tomorrow: Barnabas v Julia: Dawn of Justice.
Dark Shadows bloopers to watch out for:
The phone rings, interrupting Alex as he chases Carolyn around. There's a shot of Alex taking the mask away from his face, and then we cut to Carolyn. She's looking directly at the camera, waiting for her cue to pick up the phone.
Barnabas tells Liz, "The man is still on the critical list, but Julia Hoffman seems to be convinced that he'll recover." Why does he need to say Julia's full name to Liz?
Paul tells Liz that Carolyn is in danger, "here in Collinwood." He means Collinsport.
Alexander is played by David Jay, who appears in six episodes. IMDb is a little confused about David, who I believe did not appear in an episode of Hunter as COSMIC Agent 1 in 1967. Hunter was made in Australia and David was six at the time, so I suspect that IMDb is getting him mixed up with somebody else called David Jay. The same goes for Division 4, Winners and Hard Knuckle, which were also made in Australia.
David's real credits, as far as I can figure, are an appearance on the CBS soap Love Is a Many Splendored Thing in 1972, and a voice credit for the Rankin-Bass special The Little Drummer Boy Book II in 1976. Then he went back in time, moved to Australia and started his career over again.
The traveling afghan makes another appearance today, in Paul's hotel room. We last saw it two weeks ago in Megan and Philip's room.
Dark Shadows episode guide
— Danny Horn
← Episode 905: Waiting for Quentin	Episode 907: Barnabas v Julia: Dawn of Justice →
32 thoughts on "Episode 906: Little Caesar"
I've always thought that the resemblance between Jeb and Alexander was uncanny. Not just in looks, and mannerisms and everything.
Yeah, definitely a significant resemblance. Watching the Alexander episodes has me curious about whether they had already cast Chris Pennock to play Jeb at this point. Is there any way to know?
Bill Wilson says:
Most likely Chris Pennock was already cast when they cast the children. He auditioned for the role of Philip, and Dan Curtis said, "Let's save him for the guy in the box!"
I loved this kid's 'Boston (?)' accent when he says 'MISTA STODDAD'
Slocum says:
It's worse than a Boston accent — he's from Worcester, Mass — or as he would say it — "Woostah".
Danny Horn says:
I'm calling it a Bronx accent, mixed with a slight lisp. The studio was in New York, and this kid wasn't a known child actor (as Denise Nickerson was). I'd bet money that he was a local kid.
PrisoneroftheNight says:
You'd lose your shirt on that bet. 🙂
http://darkshadows.wikia.com/wiki/David_Jay
Oh, for Pete's sake. Why am I ignoring Dark Shadows Wiki this week? 🙂
John E Comelately says:
I generally have DS Wiki open on another tab while I read your blog. Just in case. Matter of fact, the wiki is sort of how I found you.
They may have the info, but you have insights and laughs, which are worth even more to me.
L.W. Hatcher says:
He was born in Massachusetts but grew up in New York. He's a very close friend of mine you are definitely right.
He was local. Having been born in Massachusetts but he grew up in New york. His mother and father lived right by the Ed Sullivan theatre in Manhattan.
TD says:
Also "drawrings."
Alexander is my favorite incarnation of the Leviathan, because he's just so inscrutable and weird. Michael and Jeb are both rather obvious brats, not that mysterious, but Alexander is creepy.
Samantha Harris says:
Me too, I LOVE Alexander. He extrudes pure evil without resorting to anything more than a cold stare.
That little kid would have been perfect for The Omen.
I especially enjoy his scenes with Jonathan.
"The creepy child" is a major horror trope. DS toyed with it from time to time with David, but since he became a sympathetic character, it couldn't stick. So they have to bring new creepy children in from time to time. Alexander is the best creepy child DS ever had.
P.S. – I hate creepy children.
The creepy children KNOW that.
davidspofforth says:
When did David become a sympathetic character?
Or by 'sympathetic' do you just mean 'not as murderously psychopathic as before'?
He definitely had that "Omen" quality.
He is a serious creepy child. I would not want to be in the same room with him.
By the way- this blog entry was excellent Danny. I mean, they're all excellent but this was an especially good one. Alexander IS Little Caesar!
Ubiquitous says:
Pizza! Pizza!
For some reason, I remember the Todds claiming the baby was theirs and wondered why they sent it away when he suddenly became Alexander's age. The coming and going of male cousins of differing ages got ridiculous!
"Antique Shoppe, Taxidermy & Child Care – Leviathans Welcome"
A bit long for a business card, but they could fit it on the front window.
David used to be called a "little monster." That title now belongs to Alexander.
David Jay does a great job of making him creepy.
Added thought: Didn't you down deep want to see someone smack that smirk right off that boy's face?
Virginia Brekhus says:
Are those the "glorious garments"? They look like pants and a shirt.
L.W.Hatcher says:
I'm a close personal friend of David Jay's and he is mistaken for at least one other actor by that name. He doesn't want to be outed in the world nowadays and that's actually his stage name. I knew him long before he ever revealed to me he was a child actor. I love this man like a brother and would never betray his confidence whatsoever. Thanks for reading this and just know that David is alive and well living a modest lifestyle. He still appreciates his fans and wishes them the best. ✌
Helen Tudor-Douglas (@helendarras) says:
Hello L.W.Hatcher, you say you know David Jay? I did too, but it was back from 1979-1981 in college when he went to the Univ. of Tampa & I went to USF in Tampa. I haven't seen him, or his very kind Uncle that lived in Florida, since then. Is there a way for me to say "Hi David!" to him? I have some old photos of him of myself & our group of old college friends that I'm sure he'd love to see….& it's been 40 yrs since we've spoken & I just would enjoy saying "Hi" to him.
I can pass on that you would like to speak with him. He's a very private recluse nowadays. If he does want to speak with you I will definitely put you 2 together. I screen shot your comment and I'll send it to him as soon as im off of here. I'll be in touch.
Straker says:
I was a little younger than Alexander in 1969 but I had the same awful haircut and pretty much the same attitude.
I believe that this is one of the episodes my best friend was on. He played the little boy which was Barnabas nephew. Played by my best friend David Jay. His stage name.
Nyssa The Hobbit says:
I remember seeing that Little Drummer Boy II movie in Sunday School decades ago. One of the Roman soldiers sang about how much better money is than bartering. 🙂
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How universal internet access could reboot South Africa
The Fourth Industrial Revolution offers South Africa, and Africa a real opportunity to use digital technology to leapfrog growth and to emerge as key players in the technology sector.
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Internet for All
World Economic Forum | 1310 days ago
Five years ago, when Christine Ngwenya was 14, her hopes for her future started to take shape.
"My dream is to be a scientist because I am so curious about the world - I want to know everything," she said at the time. "Because I want to be a scientist, maths is very important to me."
Christine comes from Diepsloot, a densely populated township north of Johannesburg in South Africa. In 2013, she was in Grade 9 in a public school. Her class was big. She was one of 44 students who was averaging well under 20% for maths. Christine was one of the best performers - her average was just over 23%.
Democracy brought the hope of economic transformation to South Africa. But instead of enabling shifts in economic classes, South Africa's education system is an apartheid legacy that can perpetuate economic divides.
Only one in five learners who write matric pass pure mathematics.
But Christine bucked the norm because of the internet and a smart, online education initiative. Today she's in her first year of a Bachelor of Science degree at the Nelson Mandela University, thanks to an e-learning maths initiative run by Olico.
A civic co-operative that wanted to replicate the success forged by Sal Khan, Olico started with Khan Academy content, but subsequently built a maths platform that is now locally relevant and available for free online.
Christine encountered the internet for the first time when she engaged the maths programme at a mathematics lab and internet cafe set up by Olico near her home. After three years her maths mark improved by some 40% and she achieved a university entrance.
Christine's story bears out the data in Digital Divides, a World Bank Development report, that reveals that digital technologies make development more inclusive, efficient, and innovative.
The report shows how the benefits of digital technologies filter throughout an economy.
The big returns from digital investments are services, growth and jobs. But there's another important insight. Christine's success shows that when government, civics and the private sector work together, even the most challenging socio-economic problems can be solved.
This is why, during the World Economic Forum on Africa meeting in Durban in May 2017, the Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services and various local, regional and global multi-stakeholders announced a partnership to launch the Internet for All - South Africa to connect 22 million unconnected South Africans to the internet by 2020.
This is the fourth country model testing a new methodology to close the digital divide by concurrently addressing infrastructure, affordability, local content, and skills development.
Internet for All - Rwanda was the first to be launched in December 2016, followed by Uganda in March 2017 and Argentina in April 2017.
"Everyone should have access to the internet," Christine told us when we investigated her story this month.
A handful of Christine's 44 peers joined the maths programme. "All of the people who went to the maths lab are now in university," she reports.
"Most of those who didn't go to the maths lab are now just staying at home. If I didn't get into university I'd also be doing nothing," she says. Internet for All can be a game changer because it will democratise education by connecting everyone to the innovations, hacks and solutions that bring meaningful change to socio-economic challenges.
I can relate to this, because I am a product of education experiments thanks to my parent's quest to give me quality schooling.
The journey started at kindergarten, which incorporated elements from Froebel and Montessori. Then came a private academy, a Visa Oshwal Community run primary school, and an Opus Dei Catholic girls high school.
Later, I attended the African branch of an American university, studied at an EU-funded post-graduate programme through distance learning, as well as at the Centre for Development Economics at Williams College.
Experience taught me that a vast array of knowledge can be very powerful - as Malawian William Kamkwamba discovered at the age of 14.
Forced to drop out of school for five years during Malawi's severe drought, after reading library books, William used to scrap blue gum trees and spare parts to create an electricity-producing windmill. He used this turbine to power lights and radios in his family's home.
A graduate of Dartmouth College and former Global Fellow at Ideo.org, William now works with WiderNet to develop an appropriate technology curriculum that allows people to bridge the gap between "knowing" and "doing".
Today, as South Africa commemorates Youth Day and the class of '76, who courageously rose up in protest of inferior education, young South Africans should rise up again.
With unemployment reaching chronic levels, the young and the brave must ensure that the youth are well heard, represented, and have strong participation on the Internet for All - South Africa initiative.
Forty-eight percent of South Africans between the ages of 15 and 34 are unemployed. The statistics that make up this figure reveal a disturbing trend - an increasing number of young people are giving up on looking for work. South Africa is a young country: two-thirds of the population are under 35.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution offers South Africa, and Africa - a continent where 70% of the population is under 30 - a real opportunity to use digital technology to leapfrog growth and to emerge as key players in the technology sector.
This opportunity is real. Last year Jumia, a Nigerian based ecosystem of e-commerce offerings, apps, marketplaces and online classifieds, became Africa's first 'unicorn'. After receiving funding from Goldman Sachs, MTN, Orange, AXA and Rocket Internet, Jumia, which serves 23 African countries and employs 3000, was valued at over a billion US dollars.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, with its breakthroughs in 3D printing, artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and quantum computing, will reshape humanity. As Klaus Schwab states: "The changes are so profound that, from the perspective of human history, there has never been a time of greater promise or potential peril."
The peril is almost too terrible to imagine - but we must contemplate it to ensure it is never realised. If this revolution bypasses Africa's youth, what will remain is a continent at war with itself.
The promise is the realisation of the full potential of people like Christine and William, and the creation of many more start-ups like Jumia.
But this promise can only be realised if business, civic society and government work shoulder-to-shoulder, to harness the transformative power of digital and other technologies.
We must innovate inclusive and sustainable solutions that benefit all, but especially our youth who need them most.
Written by Elsie S. Kanza, Head of Regional Strategies - Africa, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum Geneva.
This article was republished courtesy of the World Economic Forum.
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There Is Nothing Sacred About the Politics of Ladyparts
By Charles P. Pierce
Reproductive choice seems to have come back to center stage again. Partly, this is because Willard Romney took time out from surfing his momentum to have another quadrophenic episode in public on the subject. And partly, this is because of this particular baldheaded bag of douche from Tennessee:
"You told me you'd have an abortion, and now we're getting too far along without one," DesJarlais tells the woman at one point in the call while negotiating with her over whether he'll reveal her identity to his wife. They then discuss whether he will accompany her to a procedure to end the sort of life the congressman now describes as "sacred."
What a swell guy. I remind the assembled that this goober is a United States Congressman. Who is running for re-election. Who likely will be re-elected.
Here's what I know, as is demonstrated in both these cases. (All Romney's doing is making the same argument theoretically that DeJarlais tried to run by his girlfriend. It's all about expediency.) There are very few people who actually are pro-life. There is more talk-talking and less walk-walking on this issue than there is among the Romney boys regarding military service. (By the way, if anyone should ask, Josh? You're a punk.) Push most of these people to the wall, especially the Penis-Americans in the congregation, and they're dialing the clinic faster than almost anyone else.
In our politics, anyway, the fight against reproductive freedom always has been a fight over women's control of their own bodies and their right to make their own health-care decisions without the meddling of Bible-banging secular hypocrites and the Clan of the Red Beanie. This is why the fight suddenly was joined this past year over what was thought to be the previously settled issue of contraception. Just as the real target was never Roe, but Griswold, and never abortion, but privacy, the political conflict always has been about control. Congressman DeJarlais was all right with his girlfriend's getting an abortion as long as he got to make the decision and as long as the procedure made his life a little more convenient. Romney, I assure you, would be perfectly fine if one of his boys came to him with a similar problem. He's running for office, for Pete's sake.
Charles P. Pierce Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976.
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Mulberry House is a pet friendly assisted living community located at 2862 Lamotte Street, 48453 zip code. Up to 6 older adults who want a personal care home in Sanilac County can take advantage of assisted living services offered by Mulberry House. This senior care home has an affordable cost and includes services like dietary menu including pureed options, relocation services and planned get-togethers for residents and family members.
Christensen Care provides senior living in Tuscola county, Michigan. It offers a total of 6 studio, shared and 1-bedrooom apartments for retirees. Christensen Care is pet friendly and can provide assistance with bathing and showering, putting on clothes, functional mobility, eating by themselves, styling their hair and toilet hygiene to any 55 and older adults living in Marlette, MI and Tuscola County. Christensen Care is located at 7663 Mayviille Road, 48453.
For older adults who are searching for assisted living in Marlette, Michigan, Mathews Afc is a great upscale residential care facility that includes religious services. It has a maximum capacity of 6 assisted living apartments and includes services such as creative arts and crafts, 24-hour security system and regular doctor check-ups. Its official license number is AF760367059. Mathews Afc offers assisted living services not just to Marlette residents, but also to all Sanilac County residents.
If your loved one needs aid with daily living, you should consider Conquest Afc - Marlette, an assisted living facility in Marlette, Michigan located at 3222 Main Street, 48453 zip code area. It includes amenities such as monthly assessments by a registered nurse, taking care of laundry and multiple social activities every day. Conquest Afc - Marlette offers assisted living in Sanilac County to a maximum of 12 senior citizens.
Brown Afc provides assisted living services in Sanilac County to up to 6 seniors at a time. Brown Afc is located at 3737 Vandyke in the 48426 zip code area. As part of it personal care package, it includes services like interior and exterior maintenance and upkeep, on-site hair salon and grooming services and breakfast, lunch and dinner with snacks in-between.
Clearview Afc, located at 4105 S Sandusky Road, Peck, Michigan, 48466 provides assisted living for older adults residing in Sanilac County and surrounding areas. Clearview Afc has a total capacity of 6 assisted living apartments. A few of its services include medication administration by licensed nurses, transportation services and programs for daily fitness.
The Cottage House is an assisted living facility in Croswell, Michigan, providing services and care to elderly adults who need help with bathing, dressing, sitting and standing up, eating by themselves, personal hygiene and toilet hygiene. If you are searching for assisted living in Sanilac County with highly skilled staff members available 24 hours per day, do not overlook The Cottage House. It has a total capacity of 6 assisted living apartments.
While looking for assisted living care in Peck, Michigan, you may come across Hickory Hollow, located at 41 East Barbara in the 48466 zip code area in Sanilac County. Hickory Hollow assists retirees living in Peck who are searching for assistance with bathing and showering, dressing, sitting and standing up, eating by themselves, combing or brushing their hair and going to the bathroom. Hickory Hollow includes amenities such as: all meals and snacks, secure entry and a community cooking section.
Austin Clf is an affordable assisted living community that allows pets, located in Sandusky, Michigan. It has a total of 4 assisted living units. Austin Clf can be found at 225 Austin Street, in the 48471 zip code area. It provides help to 55 and over adults living in Sanilac County with ADLs such as taking a bath, dressing, transferring, styling their hair and bathroom hygeine. A few of the amenities you can find at Austin Clf include a dietary menu for retirees who have diabetes, large dining room, numerous fun arts & crafts activities and welcoming visiting hours.
Located at 5565 E Peck Rd, inside 48422 zip code area, Martinez Manor provides senior assisted living in Croswell, MI to retirees who reside in Sanilac County. Martinez Manor accepts Medicaid and Medicare and provides services that consist of memory care for dementia and Alzheimer's, housekeeping services, keyless entry with keypad and a fitness room. It can provide board and care to up to 15 Sanilac County residents.
New Life Adult Care is a pet friendly senior living facility situated at 8625 Lakeshore Rd, 48450 zip code. Up to 6 seniors who need a personal care home in Sanilac County can take advantage of senior living services offered by New Life Adult Care. This community has an affordable cost and includes services such as accommodation for specific dietary needs, help with relocation and scheduled meetings for residents and their families.
Lakeshore Adult Foster Care provides senior living in Sanilac county, Michigan. It offers a total of 12 shared and private one bedrooms and studios for retirees. Lakeshore Adult Foster Care is pet friendly and can provide help with showering, getting dressed, getting in and out of bed, eating by themselves, styling their hair and using the bathroom to any senior citizens living in Lexington, MI and Sanilac County. Lakeshore Adult Foster Care is situated at 5090 Lakeshore Road, 48450.
For 55 and over adults who are searching for assisted living in Snover, Michigan, The Downington Inn is a great luxurious residential care facility that includes religious services. It has a maximum capacity of 6 assisted living apartments and offers services such as creative arts and crafts, around-the-clock security system and licensed physician assessment checks every month. Its official license number is AF760310324. The Downington Inn provides assisted living services not only to Snover older adults, but also to all Sanilac County residents.
If your loved one needs aid with daily living, you should consider Martinez Retirement Home, an assisted living facility in Sandusky, Michigan located at 127 Lincoln, 48471 zip code area. It includes services such as comprehensive monthly assessments by a licensed nurse, weekly laundry service and numerous recreational activities on a daily basis. Martinez Retirement Home provides assisted living in Sanilac County to a maximum of 12 older adults.
Custer Street Dba New Passages provides assisted living care in Sanilac County to up to 6 senior citizens at a time. Custer Street Dba New Passages is located at 283 Custer Street in the 48471 zip code area. As part of it personal care package, it provides amenities like apartment upkeep and maintenance services, barbershop and salon services and breakfast, lunch and dinner with snacks in-between.
M & J Family Home, located at 6954 Walter Street, Brown City, Michigan, 48416 provides assisted living for 55+ adults residing in Sanilac County and surrounding areas. M & J Family Home has a maximum capacity of 5 assisted living apartments. A few of its amenities include medication set-up and reminders, transportation to outings and doctor appointments and fitness and exercise programs.
Harrington Farms is an assisted living facility in Sandusky, Michigan, providing care and housing to senior citizens who need assistance with showering, dressing, transferring, feeding themselves, styling their hair and going to the bathroom. If you are trying to find assisted living in Sanilac County with trained caregivers always available, do not overlook Harrington Farms. Its maximum accommodation capacity is 6 assisted living apartments.
While looking for assisted senior living in Sandusky, Michigan, you may find Ordish Afc Home, situated at 138 Lexington St in the 48471 zip code area in Sanilac County. Ordish Afc Home helps elderly adults living in Sandusky who need aid with bathing and showering, putting on clothes, getting in and out of bed, eating by themselves, styling their hair and toilet hygiene. Ordish Afc Home includes services like: 3 daily meals, secure entry and a community cooking section.
New Life Adult Care Too is an affordable assisted living center that allows pets, situated at Lexington, Michigan. It has a total of 6 assisted living apartments. New Life Adult Care Too can be found at 7770 Shorecliff Rd, in the 48450 zip code area. It helps retired adults living in Sanilac County with ADLs such as taking a bath, putting on clothes, functional mobility, styling their hair and going to the bathroom. A few of the amenities you can find at New Life Adult Care Too include a special menu for retirees who have diabetes, well-lit community dining area, movie theater room and flexible visiting hours.
Located at 3646 Pine Street, inside 48427 zip code area, Deckerville Pine House offers assisted senior living in Deckerville, MI to 55 and over adults who live in Sanilac County. Deckerville Pine House accepts Medicaid and Medicare and provides amenities that include memory care for dementia and Alzheimer's, apartment cleaning and housekeeping services, keypad entry and a fitness center. It can provide board and care to up to 6 Sanilac County residents.
Woodland Acres is a pet friendly senior living facility situated at 3855 W Downington Road, 48472 zip code. Up to 6 elderly adults who need a personal care home in Sanilac County can take advantage of senior living services offered by Woodland Acres. This community has an affordable cost and includes services such as separate menu for seniors with dietary needs, help with relocation and scheduled outings and gatherings for residents and their families.
Mendoza Afc provides senior living in Sanilac county, Michigan. It offers a total of 5 private studio and one-bedroom suites for older adults. Mendoza Afc is pet friendly and can provide help with showering, putting on clothes, moving from one place to another, feeding themselves, styling their hair and using the toilet to any elderly adults living in Croswell, MI and Sanilac County. Mendoza Afc is located at 5575 Lancaster, 48422.
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MCT Digital has more experience in the development of digital finishing than any other American organization today. MCT Digital's founding team and product specialists come from Mikkelsen Graphic Engineering, who pioneered the use of digital flatbed cutters to accurately "cut to print". Without this innovation, the grand format market could not have grown to be as successful as it is, due to the inability of printers to efficiently finish their printed graphics for sale. This growth was accomplished using MGE's revolutionary vision system, and was later followed by a variety of copycat products.
MCT Digital has a plethora of knowledge and experience in the digital finishing arena; the many substrates, applications, and how best to finish them. After pioneering and introducing Europe's two leading machine manufacturers to the US marketplace, MCT Digital's mission was to develop a next generation digital cutter made in the USA. The VersaTech and VersaTech2 were designed and developed specifically to add more versatility and productivity to the end user's finishing capabilities. This was accomplished by MCT Digital's evolutionary and patent-pending dual belt technology, and "all-in-one" laser-router-blade solution for high performance laser cutting of roll to roll fabrics, acrylics, paper products, and more.
Our philosophy at MCT Digital is to bring a customer-centric approach, offer a wider and more efficient product line, and combine all of that with more cost-effective pricing, to allow digital flatbed finishing technology to become more useful for a wider range of customers and applications. MCT Digital will also continue to provide additional productivity and workflow benefits for its products without leaving behind those who purchased earlier products, including an upgrade path of improvements to the VersaTech2.
The well-being and profitability of its customers' business is the best guarantee for MCT Digital's own success and continuity. MCT Digital has developed an array of customer service solutions, that will allow our customers to maximize their uptime, and in return, increase profits. An MCT Digital technician is always available by email or phone to provide efficient, reliable, and fast support, wherever your business is located. Our location in the heart of the Midwest, Milwaukee, Wisconsin serves as the base of MCT Digital operations for products manufactured, engineered and supported in the USA. This strategic location lends itself to allowing for efficient expediting of parts, service, and consumables throughout North America and beyond.
MCT Digital also owns and operates CutGuru - supporting 800+ customers worldwide with application support, cutting blades, router bits and mats/conveyors. With the combined experience of MCT Digital & CutGuru, we bring together a diverse knowledge of almost every printable material and digital finishing system used. Through immediate help, and significant stock positions, CutGuru can have your consumable parts to you before others even reply to your inquiry. Supplying industry standard products to all the popular machine manufacturers, we are able to buy in much higher volume and pass on the savings to our customers. Looking for something that no one else offers? CutGuru offers a large specialty order catalog, or can design a specialty tool from scratch to meet your exact specifications. Located within MCT Digital, and the heart of the historic district of Milwaukee, Wisconsin—home to the world's leading machine shops and machining expertise, CutGuru can certainly meet all of your needs! Give us a call today.
"MCT Digital engineers and manufactures the VersaTech2 in the US. It's a three-in-one finishing platform that delivers productivity and sensible automation for both board and fabric rolls. Add options and automation as your business grows!"
Thirty-eight companies from around the world entered the competition, submitting 80 entries in 21 categories. Evaluated during the 2012 SGIA Expo (Las Vegas, October 18–20), this year's submissions represented some of the industry's most innovative digital products.


Located inside Tijili Hotel Seminyak, Kakatua Restaurant offers both Indonesian and International dishes. The atmosphere of Kakatua Restaurant is friendly, colorful, and welcoming.
Here, at Kakatua Restaurant they launch recently their new menu, The Tuna Salad and Stir Fry Sweet Sour Squid. Should you find yourself deciding what appetizer to have, be sure to ask heavier entrees, The Tuna Salad.
Juicy large chunk tuna combined with fresh full handed lettuce, a stapple of any salad; green and red oakleaf lettuce, mizuna lettuce, Frisée lettuce, combine with sliced red raddish, olives pickle, spiced up with extra virgin oil and balsamic vinegar, a touch of corriander, and finally a pinch of lemon to make the relish scent, it was a jolt to the palate.
Another favourite main dish, the new addidition from chef is their Stir Fry Sweet Sour Squid. Flavour with Chinese spice, this sweet sour squid was a combine of succulent squid get slathered in a tasty sweet sour and spicy sauce. Sweetness and tang from ketchup, sweet soy sauce, and oyster sauce, and heat from the birds eye chillies. This dish is so versatile with a crunchy kicks from the spring onion that you can't eat it alone, taste it with heaps of rice.


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Screening – The first step in purifying surface water is to remove large debris such as sticks, leaves, rubbish and other large particles which may interfere with subsequent purification steps. Most deep groundwater does not need screening before other purification steps.
Pure water has a pH close to 7 (neither alkaline nor acidic). Sea water can have pH values that range from 7.5 to 8.4 (moderately alkaline). Fresh water can have widely ranging pH values depending on the geology of the drainage basin or aquifer and the influence of contaminant inputs (acid rain for example). If the water is acidic (lower than 7), lime, soda ash, or sodium hydroxide can be added to raise the pH during water purification processes. Lime addition increases the calcium ion concentration, thus raising the water hardness. For highly acidic waters, forced draft degasifiers can be an effective way to raise the pH, by stripping dissolved carbon dioxide from the water. Making the water alkaline helps coagulation and flocculation processes work effectively and also helps to minimize the risk of lead being dissolved from lead pipes and from lead solder in pipe fittings. Sufficient alkalinity also reduces the corrosiveness of water to iron pipes. Acid (carbonic acid, hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid) may be added to alkaline waters in some circumstances to lower the pH. Alkaline water (above pH 7.0) does not necessarily mean that lead or copper from the plumbing system will not be dissolved into the water. The ability of water to precipitate calcium carbonate to protect metal surfaces and reduce the likelihood of toxic metals being dissolved in water is a function of pH, mineral content, temperature, alkalinity and calcium concentration.
One of the first steps in a conventional water purification process is the addition of chemicals to assist in the removal of particles suspended in water. Particles can be inorganic such as clay and silt or organic such as algae, bacteria, viruses, protozoa and natural organic matter. Inorganic and organic particles contribute to the turbidity and colour of water.
The addition of inorganic coagulants such as aluminum sulfate (or alum) or iron (III) salts such as iron(III) chloride cause several simultaneous chemical and physical interactions on and among the particles. Within seconds, negative charges on the particles are neutralized by inorganic coagulants. Also within seconds, metal hydroxide precipitates of the aluminum and iron (III) ions begin to form. These precipitates combine into larger particles under natural processes such as Brownian motion and through induced mixing which is sometimes referred to as flocculation. The term most often used for the amorphous metal hydroxides is "floc." Large, amorphous aluminum and iron (III) hydroxides adsorb and enmesh particles in suspension and facilitate the removal of particles by subsequent processes of sedimentation and filtration. Aluminum hydroxides are formed within a fairly narrow pH range, typically: 5.5 to about 7.7. Iron (III) hydroxides can form over a larger pH range including pH levels lower than are effective for alum, typically: 5.0 to 8.5.
In water purification plants, there is usually a high energy, rapid mix unit process (detention time in seconds) where the coagulant chemicals are added followed by flocculation basins (detention times range from 15 to 45 minutes) where low energy inputs turn large paddles or other gentle mixing devices to enhance the formation of floc. In fact, coagulation and flocculation processes are ongoing once the metal salt coagulants are added. Organic polymers were developed in the 1960s as aids to coagulants and, in some cases, as replacements for the inorganic metal salt coagulants. Synthetic organic polymers are high molecular weight compounds that carry negative, positive or neutral charges. When organic polymers are added to water with particulates, the high molecular weight compounds adsorb onto particle surfaces and through interparticle bridging coalesce with other particles to form floc.
When particles to be removed do not settle out of solution easily, Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) is often used. Water supplies that are particularly vulnerable to unicellular algae blooms and supplies with low turbidity and high colour often employ DAF. After coagulation and flocculation processes, water flows to DAF tanks where air diffusers on the tank bottom create fine bubbles that attach to floc resulting in a floating mass of concentrated floc. The floating floc blanket is removed from the surface and clarified water is withdrawn from the bottom of the DAF tank.
To clean the filter, water is passed quickly upward through the filter, opposite the normal direction (called backflushing or backwashing) to remove embedded particles. Prior to this step, compressed air may be blown up through the bottom of the filter to break up the compacted filter media to aid the backwashing process; this is known as air scouring.
This contaminated water can be disposed of, along with the sludge from the sedimentation basin, or it can be recycled by mixing with the raw water entering the plant although this is often considered poor practice since it re-introduces an elevated concentration of bacteria into the raw water. Some water treatment plants employ pressure filters. These work on the same principle as rapid gravity filters, differing in that the filter medium is enclosed in a steel vessel and the water is forced through it under pressure.
Chlorine dioxide is a faster-acting disinfectant than elemental chlorine. It is relatively rarely used, because in some circumstances it may create excessive amounts of chlorite, which is a by-product regulated to low allowable levels in the United States. Chlorine dioxide is supplied as an aqueous solution and added to water to avoid gas handling problems.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Water purification", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.


A photography and lighting professional in the entertainment industry, David Devlin of Bozeman, Montana, has contributed to numerous projects across multiple forms of media. He has contributed as second-unit director of photography to more than a half-dozen films directed by Steven Spielberg, including War of the Worlds and Saving Private Ryan. David Devlin has provided lighting to promote advertising campaigns for such varied products as Dolce and Gabbana, Tommy Hillfiger, Prada, Armani, and A&W Rootbeer.
David Devlin has also received media mention for many projects for which he designed and coordinated the lighting. In 2002, the online professional journal Live Design interviewed him about his work on Spielberg's film Minority Report, which required the use of advanced projectors to imitate light shafts through windows and strategies for multiple lighting adjustments with minimal time and numerous changes to equipment settings. Known for his adeptness at creating desired effects, he traveled to the United Kingdom to work with the production team of War Horse and faced challenging lighting conditions in producing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, released by LucasFilm and Paramount Pictures.


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Mr. Karna Gupta
Mr. Karna Gupta at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee
On June 16th, 2015. See this statement in context.
June 16th, 2015 / 12:50 p.m.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Information Technology Association of Canada
Karna Gupta
On rural and remote, I think it does need a national investment strategy. I think if you look at most of our large infrastructure carriers in the country, whether it be cable, satellite, or telephony, these companies do spend several billions of dollars a year to upgrade their technology and they continue to do so.
Given our geographic footprint, the way the country is, there is an economics question that comes to the table. How do you make it more viable and economically attractive for various companies to invest? This is where it needs to be addressed from a policy point of view and from a government point of view. How do you look at this as a national infrastructure project and collaborate with the companies to roll it out? You can't just tell the companies, "Thou shalt take infrastructure everywhere and up into the remote areas", if the economics don't work.
If you look at most of the companies, I would submit to you that their total investments on an annual basis probably run in excess of $10 billion, when you combine them all. We still haven't reached the remote areas. It does require a support between public and private to look at this, just like roads and sewer systems. We need to build this infrastructure collectively between the private and public sector.


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Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts > Political Science and International Relations > Campaign 2020 Lecture Series > Fernando Guerra
Fernando Guerra
There has been much discussion about voter suppression in the national elections. This presentation looks at how voter suppression has the potential of impacting the Latino community with specific examples from California and Los Angeles county. Even though California is known as the most inclusive state, voter suppression continues to exist because of systemic processes that have unintended consequences.
Fernando J. Guerra, professor of political science and Chicana/o studies, is the founding director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at LMU. Guerra has served on standing commissions, blue ribbon committees, and ad hoc task forces for the City of Los Angeles, the State of California, and regional bodies in Southern California. He is a source for the media at the local, national, and international level and has published in the area of state and local government and urban and ethnic politics. He earned his doctorate in Political Science from the University of Michigan and his BA from the University of Southern California.


Sophomore Grace Stock hit two homeruns in the two game series.
The softball team stretched their win streak to seven games after sweeping Hope College in a two-game set over the weekend.
The first game of the day started out as a defensive battle, with only one run being scored by either team through the first four innings.
Hope's 1-0 lead couldn't survive the top of the fifth inning, however, as the Knights managed to score seven runs on a bases loaded walk, a single by senior Maddie DeGroot, a double by junior Abi Colon, and a two-run homerun by sophomore Grace Stock. Calvin scored one run in both the sixth and seventh innings, extending their lead to 9-1. A Hope College RBI with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, put the score at 9-2, where it remained for the rest of the game.
Calvin junior Hannah Horvath collected three hits in the contest, while DeGroot, Colon and Stock each drove in two runs. Sophomore Bri Leegwater allowed only three hits and one run in 5.2 innings, and improved her record to 5-0 on the season.
Just like the first game of the series, Hope jumped out to an early 1-0 lead over Calvin in game two. This lead was short lived, as Stock hit her second two-run homerun in the bottom of the second inning, giving Calvin a 2-1 lead.
After a leadoff double by Stock in the bottom of the fourth inning, junior Kayla Groen drove in the runner on a base hit. Thanks to an error by Hope's pitcher, Groen scored on the next batter, pushing Calvin's lead to 4-1.
While Hope fought back with a two-out RBI in the top of the fifth inning, back-to-back RBI singles by junior Grace Quiggle and Groen and the bottom of the inning gave the Knights a 6-2 advantage.
The four-run lead was all sophomore Ellie Borst needed in the circle, as she only allowed one base runner in the final two innings, giving Calvin a 6-2 win.
Borst struck out six and only allowed four hits en route to her team-high seventh win of the season. Stock and Groen both had two RBIs in the game, and Groen had a game-high three hits.
The Knights will play a home doubleheader against conference foe St. Mary's on April 13.


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Double Check: Can You Explode Pasta à la Robert Pattinson?
Edie Miller
Published: May 14, 2020 1:45:18 PM
GQ magazine recently published a glorious series of interviews with Robert Pattinson, possibly humanity's weirdest, most delightfully baffling celebrity. The article as a whole is a thing of beauty, but has attracted particular attention for its revelations about Pattinson's insane, mind bending, possibly life-threatening pasta recipe.
Pattinson's culinary inspiration stems from a stark, pressing question: What if "pasta really had the same kind of fast-food credentials as burgers and pizzas?" So far so… intriguing? But if the concept is basically coherent, the method is not. The interview goes on to describe Pattinson microwaving pasta, doing something with sugar and cheese that he describes as "congealing," adding "any sauce," encasing the entire thing in cornflakes in place of breadcrumbs, wrapping it in tinfoil, and microwaving it. If you haven't yet read it or need to refresh your memory, now is the time to do so.
Here at Logically, we are committed to knowledge, to proper digestion (sorry) of media, and most importantly, to the unflinching pursuit of the truth. This being the case, when we heard about the pasta recipe from hell, my colleague Joe and I decided to fact-check it.
We contacted some honest to god adults, with relevant qualifications, and jobs, and better things to be doing with their time, and asked them if they thought the recipe was possible, or if Pattinson had truly lost his mind.
First up is Olivia Potts, chef and author of A Half Baked Idea, how grief, love and cake took me from the courtroom to Le Cordon Bleu.
Olivia, thanks so much for helping us assess this urgent issue. Is Robert a genius or a dangerous lunatic?
I read the piece with my mouth hanging open. I genuinely don't know what Robert was trying to achieve, or why, or why he'd do it in the way he did. I think, if it wasn't for the sugar, I'd be tempted to say genius, just because I don't understand it, but once sugar became involved, I'm sorry, he's a dangerous lunatic.
As a fellow creative food professional, do you have any insight into Robert's process?
I feel like the flash of genius that Pattinson had where he suddenly envisaged pasta as a handheld fast food was like the kind of thing that comes to you in the hours between sleep and waking, and you make a note on your phone so future you doesn't forget your entrepreneurial inspiration, but then you look at it in the cold light of the day and think 'cold brew hair straighteners?! What was I ON?'
Cornflakes instead of breadcrumbs. I feel instinctively like it's not possible for this substitution to work but I'd love to be told I'm wrong?
Ok, this bit isn't totally off the wall. Well, it is, but not in the context of his other choices and decisions. Cornflakes are not an uncommon substitution for breadcrumbs, albeit in slightly different types of dishes – cornflake 'breaded' chicken is a common American dish, giving crunch and color and, I guess, a corny flavor, to chicken goujons or nuggets. You do need to crush them for that, and then fry or oven bake the dish, and I'm still not quite sure exactly what role they were playing here.
WHAT is the sugar supposed to do?
I trained in patisserie. I've used a lot of sugar in a lot of different ways, but I have categorically never layered it with cheese, or used it to 'congeal' pasta? Sometimes you use a very small amount of sugar to take the metallic taste from tinned tomatoes in a pasta sauce, but this… this is something else. Is he candying the pasta? I just don't understand it.
At one point Pattinson becomes very insistent that there is a specific type of pasta that this works with, he describes it as "a squiggly blob," and "sort of messy…like, the hair bun on a girl." Are you able to shed any light on what kind of pasta he means?
So, I've given a LOT of thought to this, and reread Pattinson's description many times. I think he means farfalle: the bow-shaped pasta, with crinkly edges. I hope Pattinson will forgive me when I say that, within this interview, precision is not his strong point, so I've decided that when he says 'the hair bun on a girl' he doesn't actually mean a bun, but a ponytail, where the pasta bow cinches in – and if you squint, farfalle does *kind* of look like a squiggly blob.
Do you think he's onto something?
My husband was desperate for me to give the whole thing a go, see if it worked, or if I could make it work. Thankfully we don't actually have a microwave so I had a ready-made excuse not to waste a shit-ton of ingredients in the pursuit of emulating a fever dream.
Have you ever tried to innovate in the kitchen to anything like this extent? Do you have any similarly outrageous recipe ideas?
Absolutely not. If this is innovation, I want no part of it.
The next part of our investigation required a microwave expert. Nigel Wright has 13 years of experience in both industrial and domestic electric engineering. We asked him some questions to get to the bottom of the microwave's role in Pattinson's recipe, specifically the explosion bit.
Hi Nigel, thanks for stepping in. What is it about tinfoil in particular that doesn't mix with microwave cooking?
So microwaves work by agitating the molecules in whatever you want to cook through the energy in the wave. Usually this means agitating the water molecules in whatever you're cooking first, causing the food to heat up. But because foil is metal, it causes a charge instead. If it was a thick metal it could heat up slowly, but since it's a thin metal, that charge can't be stored – it has nowhere to go. So it arcs in the air in the microwave causing sparks, and worse.
Do you think the explosion caused in the article is plausible?
Definitely. It's perfectly feasible that foil in a microwave could cause an explosion as spectacular as the one written about. There are videos on Youtube where people try it out, but most chicken out after about 30 seconds. If you were to leave it running, it would expand the air inside the microwave and the energy would have nowhere to go – it could easily blow the door open.
Should we try it?
So there we have it, the physics and the cookery elements of the recipe are certainly bizarre, but according to our experts they check out. As to whether the experiment truly took place, we have only Pattinson's and the interviewer's testimony. So, what's our verdict? Honestly, it doesn't really matter if this story is true; it's the greatest comedy writing of the lockdown so far. *Chef's kiss*
You can (and should) buy Olivia's book here, and read her blog here. We suspect Nigel would rather we left him alone now.
UPDATE: An eagle-eyed twitter follower has noted that the kind of pasta Pattinson means is possibly angel hair, rather than farfalle. We consider this to be extremely plausible.
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The Rocky Road, en español El Camino Rocoso, es un cortometraje de cine mudo estadounidense de 1910 dirigido por D. W. Griffith y protagonizado por Frank Powell. Se conservan copias de la película en los archivos cinematográficos de la Biblioteca del Congreso y del Museo de Arte Moderno.

Reparto

 Frank Powell como Ben
 Stephanie Longfellow como la mujer de Ben
 George Nichols como El Labrador
 Linda Arvidson
 Kate Bruce como La Sirvienta
 Charles Craig como Farmhand / En la Iglesia
 Adele DeGarde
 Gladys Egan como tal La Iglesia
 Frank Evans como tal en La Barra
 Edith Haldeman como La Hija, de Niña
 James Kirkwood como El  Mejor Hombre
 Henry Lehrman como la Barra Exterior
 Marion Leonard
 Wilfred Lucas
 W. Chrystie Molinero como El Ministro
 Owen Moore
 Anthony O'Sullivan como En la Barra
 Harry Solter
 Blanche Golosina como La Hija, en Dieciocho
 J. Waltham como En Barra
 Dorothy West actúa  En Iglesia (sin crédito)

Véase también

 Lista de películas americanas de 1910
 Filmografía de D. W. Griffith
 Filmografía de Blanche Sweet

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Películas dramáticas de Estados Unidos
Cortometrajes de 1910
Películas dirigidas por D. W. Griffith
Películas en blanco y negro de Estados Unidos
Películas de Estados Unidos
Películas de 1910
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intellectual activists who are mounting a challenge to the tidal wave of globalist modernization.
The smiles come easily, even at the end of a long day. A sense of warm civility surrounds Martin Khor. Yet it's evident that here is a tireless campaigner for rewriting the rules of the game in favour of the Third World. I've caught up with him during an international forum on globalization.
If there's one thing that sparks passion out of this gentle Malaysian, it's the trendy form of colonialism known as globalization. He helped alert activists worldwide to the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) when few people knew about it. He rails against global tobacco companies who aggressively market cigarettes in the Third World, at a cost of an expected seven million deaths by the year 2010. 'If this is not genocide, I don't know what is,' he says angrily.
Khor's militancy is backed up by solid research and analysis, which helped the organization he heads – Third World Network – to win the 1996 Award for South-South Co-operation from the G7 (most industrialized) nations. The Network links groups and individuals to promote the needs of Third World peoples, including fair distribution of the world's resources, and development which is ecologically sustainable and meets human needs.
His interests stretch far beyond globalization to embrace a gamut of concerns. Indeed, the range of topics written about and advocated by Martin Khor reads like a listing of New Internationalist issue themes: primary health care, North-South dialogue, biopiracy, structural adjustment, genetic engineering, sustainable development.
Environmental protection is first and foremost. 'Being brought up in Penang, one almost naturally becomes an environmentalist,' says Khor. 'It's a beautiful island, with lovely beaches and hills. When "development" began to pollute the seas and plans for hotels threatened the ambience of the hills, many local people like me became activists.' Khor is a founding member of Friends of the Earth Malaysia.
That love for nature, coupled with a visceral dislike for 'the materialistic rat-race', helped shape Khor's philosophical vision. Learning about colonialism in university, and how political independence did little to soften economic exploitation, deepened his commitment to social activism. Khor helped form the Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP), which blended global analysis with practical activities to help consumers, farmers and fisherfolk on local issues. CAP later helped launch the Third World Network, which maintains a blend of local and global concerns in its work.
These days Khor pours much of his talents as a writer, economist and advocate into the globalization issue. 'We have to strip the myths about globalization being about efficiency and serving consumers' interests,' he insists.
Beneath the activist passion there's still a warmth. Despite the fatigue from this late-night event capping a gruelling Canadian itinerary, Khor's face lights up when a Malaysian student approaches him to thank him for his speech.
Murray MacAdam is a journalist and NGO worker in Toronto.
This article is from the April 1998 issue of New Internationalist.
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In addition to his reputation as a leading junior in real estate litigation in England and Wales, Toby has a breadth of experience in wider commercial litigation and professional negligence litigation, both nationally and internationally.
Much of Toby's practice has had an international element over his career, including representing international clients within the courts of England and Wales, acting in the forum of international arbitration, and appearing in non-UK appeals to the Privy Council. In such forums Toby has represented clients based all over the world, including (in recent years) the USA, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Spain and Brunei.
Toby has particular expertise in Arbitration, Expert Determination and other forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution. He has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) for a decade and was invited to give a lecture to the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors in 2015 on arbitration in Hong Kong. He is regularly appointed within expert determinations either as expert or as legal assessor. He is a qualified ADR Group mediator and is regularly involved in mediations, acting either for one party or as the mediator. Toby is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators.
Toby is ranked as a Leading Junior in the UK in Real Estate Litigation in both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500, in which he has recently been described as doing "an excellent job of getting to grips with complex and heated property disputes", and "fiercely intelligent, commercial, great with clients and a pleasure to work with".
Appearing in a leading recent case relating to the recovery of property transferred to Guernsey in order to avoid the claims of creditors for fraudulent misrepresentation (4 ENG v Harper  BCC 746).
Appearing in a number of cases before the courts of England and Wales in which issues relating to alternative dispute resolution have arisen, including appeals from arbitration awards and disputes relating to expert determinations. In Flight Training International v International Fire Training Equipment Ltd (2004) Toby successfully represented a multi-national company in High Court litigation about the proper construction of a dispute resolution clause.
Representing the Government of Gibraltar before the Privy Council in relation to a commercial judicial review of the refusal to grant a trading licence.
Appearing in a leading case of international significance in relation to the professional negligence of LPA Receivers (Medforth v Blake & Ors  CH 86) overturning the Privy Council decision in Downsview Nominees v First City Corporation Ltd.
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Ms. B's Used Books and CDs closes with sale, memories
"I love and appreciate every single person who has come in and shared a love of books and music with me," owner Belinda Bledsoe said.
Ms. B's Used Books and CDs closes with sale, memories "I love and appreciate every single person who has come in and shared a love of books and music with me," owner Belinda Bledsoe said. Check out this story on Tennessean.com: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/sumner/hendersonville/2018/01/25/ms-bs-used-books-and-cds-closes-sale-memories/1063811001/
Jen Todd, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee Published 5:15 p.m. CT Jan. 25, 2018 | Updated 8:08 a.m. CT Jan. 26, 2018
Ms. B's Used Books and CDs in Hendersonville is closing after 15 years.(Photo: Jen Todd / The Tennessean)Buy Photo
Ms. B's Used Books and CDs in Hendersonville was busy as usual one January afternoon.
Only this time, customers opened the door, looked at owner Belinda Bledsoe and said "I'm so sad."
Bledsoe is closing the shop to focus on spending more time with her elderly parents, who live in Georgia. And after 15 years, she's ready to start a new chapter.
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"I've just decided I'm gonna get out now while the getting's good," she said.
Store had lots of love, stories
Regular and new customers have come in since her announcement on Saturday, many sharing stories.
"I used to bring Ms. Belinda pizza from Lil Caesar's," said regular Christie Elise Jones, who has sold and purchased books since it opened.
On the week of Bledsoe's announcement, Jones purchased three more: "The Aeneid" by Virgil, "Mythology" by Edith Hamilton, and "The Essays of Michel de Montaigne."
"I'm going to miss it so much," she said.
Everything is on sale at Ms. B's Used Books and CDs through Feb. 24, when the shop will close for good. (Photo: Jen Todd / The Tennessean)
Bledsoe will particularly miss the children, and many have grown up with the store.
"The kids are one of the hardest things about saying goodbye," she said.
With the prime location, several people have already shown interest in the space.
"That building is one of the last buildings in Hendersonville that has any charm," she said.
Until she closes shop for the last time, she will continue to enjoy the stories from customers.
"From the bottom of my heart, I love and appreciate every single person who has come in and shared a love of books and music with me and supported me in my adventure," she said.
Everything is on sale at Ms. B's Used Books and CDs, including book shelves.
The store is open through Feb. 24
Books, CDs and DVDs are 20 percent off unless otherwise marked
Vinyl records are 10 percent off
The store is accepting purchases only, not trade credit
Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat.
Where: 330 W. Main St. in Hendersonville
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Q: Remove Icons from Eclipse Oxygen IDE My IDE Release 4.7.0 (Oxygen) has many Icons like these:

Is there a way to customize the view?

A: In the 'Window > Perspective > Customize Perspective' dialog on the 'Tool Bar Visibility' tab you can enable or disable various groups of the tool bar buttons.


MEMS devices have the potential to perform surgical tasks without the need for an incision. However, in most countries of the world, development of medical devices is highly regulated with the need to document all stages in the process, including design requirements and concept designs at the beginning of the design process. This talk focuses on the general requirements for MEMS surgical devices and some concepts that might be used to meet them.
The development is reported of ultra small and low power wireless sensor nodes and the implantation in small animals for food safety and medical applications. Moreover, a surgical navigation system using wireless sensor nodes is proposed and discussed as a potential future application, and the preliminary results is presented herein.
The Microsystems Technology Division of Uppsala University is committed to make microsystems for the good life. I will present our research on novel materials and technologies for miniaturized systems that are for the good of society and can provide fundamental answers in science.
Micro Robotics provides manipulation, control, sensing, intelligence, skills and automation in the micro/nano scale. We have been working on micro robotics including dexterous high-speed micromanipulation, micro assembly, cell characterization, and 3D cellular system construction. The major topics are high-speed cell characterization & sorting, 3D cellular system construction, and cell functionalization analysis. Now we are looking at more advanced researches and developments in new bio application fields, such as causality of various stresses in differentiation, proliferation, generation, development, and disease. Mechano biology is the example of such research topic and currently so active in biology and medical. Also we are interested in automating biological experiment processes to speed up identification, screening and analysis efficiently. Finally, we will try to collect automatically as many precise physiological data as possible corresponding to various multi-modal stresses and to clarify novel biological findings by applying the system science principles.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for drinking-water quality and Chinese National Standard for drinking water auality monitoring, fluoride, nitrate, chloride and sulfate in drinking water are should be regulated due to the chronic health concerns. However, no low-cost effective quantitatively monitoring method exists yet. Therefore, in my group a portable and low-cost chip-based ion chromatography system was developed for end-users to check the quality of drinking water in situ. Relative technology will be introduced in this talk.


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Q: How can I pass a PowerShell function to a .NET method that takes a Func? I need to create a .NET object in PowerShell. The signature for the constructor is:
public ObjCTor(TClient param1, Func<TClient, IInterface> param2)

and the class is defined as:
public class ObjCTor<TClient> : IOtherInt1, IOtherInt2 where TClient : ConcreteBase

The first parameter is easy enough.  I'm stumped on the second.  How can I pass a PowerShell function as Func<T1, T2>?
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A: PowerShell can convert a ScriptBlock to a delegate, so something like this might work fine:
$sb = { param($t1) $t1 }
New-Object "ObjCTor[CClient, Func[CClient,IInterface]]" -ArgumentList $param1,$sb

Note that PowerShell cannot deduce generic type arguments from a ScriptBlock.  In your case, ObjCTor looks like a generic class so type deduction isn't a factor, but if you were calling a generic method, things could get messy.

A: The syntax supplied by Jason wasn't quiet correct.  This works:
$= New-Object "ObjCTor[TClient]" -ArgumentList $param1,$functionToCall

I was also missing the $args[0] as a parameter in my scriptblock/delegate.  This is what I should've had:
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Govt invites comments on the draft Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022
New Delhi, September 25 2022: The Indian Ministry of Communications had initiated a public consultative process prior to enacting a new Telecom Bill.
In July 2022, a Consultation Paper on 'Need for a new legal framework governing Telecommunication in India' was published and comments were invited. Comments have been received from various stakeholders and industry associations.
Based on the consultations and deliberations, the Ministry has now prepared the draft Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022.
To facilitate further consultations, an Explanatory note to provide a brief overview of the Bill has also been prepared.
Comments have been invitec by October 20.
Early media reactions suggest the bill could have "far reaching effects on OTT services, spectrum allocations and other fields."- Business Standard. The Bill, which will regulate the sector once it becomes an Act, seeks to replace the existing legal framework governing telecommunication in India, comprising the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 and the Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1950.
The draft Indian Telecommunication Bill says, spectrum should primarily be given through auction. For specific functions related to the government and public interest, like defence, transportation and research, it proposes assignment through the administrative process.
The telecom department aims to bring in a landmark change by extending the definition of 'telecommunication services'.It proposes to bring over-the-top (or OTT) communications services such as WhatsApp, Telegram, satellite-based communication services and internet under the ambit of the bill.
So, OTT communication services have to take a licence now and be subjected to the same conditions governing telecom players in India, like quality of service and security rules, etc.
Shiv Putcha, Founder and Principal Analyst, Mandala Insights says,including OTT under telecom is contentious.
Next, the draft bill tries to achieve through law a 'right of way' (ROW) enforceable at the state- and at the municipal-corporation level. This legal framework is key to the rollout of 5G services. It lays down a framework in which a public entity that owns the land has to grant 'right of way' permission expeditiously, unless it gives a substantive ground for refusal.The existing regulatory framework, based on Right of Way Rules, 2016, has had a limited impact in addressing bottlenecks in the rapid expansion of telecom infrastructure.
The Bill also raises some concerns. Experts indicate, the Centre cannot take coercive action against states or municipal corporations to impose 'right of way' rules, as land is a state subject.
More clarity is required as to how the government plans to regulate OTT communication services under this Bill.
Analysts also worry that the Bill will adversely impact the consultative role of TRAI, weakening its position. It excludes the obligation of the government to consult TRAI on licensing issues.
Mint adds Social media and messaging platforms such as Whatsapp, Signal and Telegram, which offer voice or video calling, will fall under the ambit of the draft telecom bill, but for light-touch regulation, telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday.He said such apps were already covered under the Indian Telegraph Act. but now have been specified under the proposed legislation.
"Technology has brought so many changes that the distinction between a voice call and a data call has practically disappeared,"the minister said.
The bill proposes to give the government the power to intercept messages on internet-powered communication services. The minister said the provision for this existed earlier as well. He, however, clarified that decryption of service would not be sought. "There is no question of decryption."
Draft Telecom Bill PDF here
Explanatory note to draft here


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