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IPOB: Serious Meetings Between Gov. Willie Obiano And Igwe Achebe To Rearrest Nnamdi Kanu Exposed
Monday, August 14, 2017. 11:13GMT Serious Meeting is going on between the Executive Governor of Anambra state, Willie Obiano and the Onitsha traditional ruler, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, concerning the need to re-arrest Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Sources close to the traditional ruler have revealed that there have…
IPOB: WHO ARE BIAFRANS? – By Russell Bluejack
IPOB REFERENDUM SENSITIZATION TOUR IN BIAFRA LAND LED BY THE SUPREME LEADER MAAZI NNAMDI KANU 14 August 2017 Study the Article below carefully and see that the original Biafrans are situated along the sea and ocean. On January 3, 1873, a business treaty was signed by the following: 1)King and chiefs of…
Biafra: I WILL AREST YOU Gov Obiano Warns Nnamdi Kanu
The governor of Anambra state, chief Willie Obiano On 15th of July 2017, said that he will single handedly apprehend anybody or group that will try to thwart the November 18, 2017 scheduled gubernatorial election in the state, saying that the right to vote is the primary right of every citizen and no one should…
Biafra: HAUSA/FULANI SLAVE ERRAND BOY ORJI UZOR KALU IS A MONUMENTAL DISGRACE TO HUMANITY
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By Godswill Leeleebari For Family Writers Press The persistent effect of moral derangement and imbecility know no bounds as efforts to negate the Biafra restoration drive by one of the hypnotised One-Nigerianists and crass egocentric political opportunists, Orji Uzor Kalu, the erstwhile Executive Governor of Abia State, has once again, shamelessly demonstrated his foolishness in…
IPOB: Can Nigerian Acting President Yemi Osinbajo Do Same
IPOB Supreme leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu By kelechi Okorie – TBP Twitter: @KelechiHoney As adage says "one who is not present where a corpse is buried exhumes it from the leg", when one is ignorant of his problems, solution becomes a costly commodity. Unscrupulous elements both from Northern and Western parts of Nigeria calling /making…
IPOB: WHO IS BEHIND THE KILLING OF THE WORSHIPPERS AT OZUBULU CATHOLIC CHURCH
Parishioners massacred during Sunday service in Ozubulu, Anambra State by suspected Bokoharam / Fulani herdsmen on military uniform BIAFRA: WHO KILLED WORSHIPPERS AT OZUBULU CATHOLIC CHURCH? By Ifeanyi Chijioke -TBP {The government may have chosen not to heat up the polity or cause ethnic cum religious tension in the country and trying everything possible to…
Hausa/Fulani gunmen attack worshipers in Anambra church, warning graphic!!!
There is tension in Anambra State following reported death of over 50 worshipers as gunmen launched early morning attack during a Sunday service. The attack occurred at St. Philip's Catholic Church, Ugwu Oye in Ozubulu, Anambra State. News of the reported attack, which is being shared in various platforms read: "Black Sunday!! Many feared…
IPOB: WE MUST BOYCOTT THE ALREADY RIGGED ELECTORAL SYSTEM OF NIGERIA -IPOB AFFIRMS
By Eluwa Chidiebere || Biafra Writers According to Merriam Webster's dictionary, election is the process or act of electing. It is also defined as the right, power of privilege of making choice. Prior to the system of democracy that started in the 17th century, this is achieved through majority decision-making process where a sizeable population…
IPOB: A CLARION CALL ON BIAFRANS TO FIGHT AGAINST THOSE WHO HAVE SOLD OUR RIGHTS AND IMPOVERISHED OUR LANDS
By Victoria. O. C. Agangan | Biafra Writers Whenever I hear Arewa youths, Oodua People's Congress, blabbing and issuing all kinds of threat, I begin to wonder who the real owners of Nigeria are. Biafrans do not belong in Nigeria, this is why there is nothing like "Biafra youth" or Ohaneze(real), advocating…
IPOB: WE SAY NO TO PUNCH NEWSPAPER AND OTHER NIGERIA MEDIA OUTLETS PROPAGATING FALSEHOOD AGAINST BIAFRA
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Marc Holliday made an average of $16.3M in compensation at SL Green Realty from 2006 to 2017.
In 2017, Marc Holliday earned a total compensation of $17.4M as Chief Executive Officer at SL Green Realty.
Marc Holliday's 2017 compensation ranked 189th out of 13,167 executive pay records tracked by us this year.
Holliday earned more than 98.6% of all executives tracked by us in 2018.
In the industry group of Miscellaneous Investing, Holliday's pay ranked 6th out of 724 executive pay records tracked by us in 2017.
Holliday earned more than 99.2% of executives in this group.
Holliday received $11.9M in stock awards, which accounts for 68.24% of total compensation.
Holliday also received $1.9M in non-equity incentive plan, $2.2M in option awards, $1.4M in salary and $45.3K in other compensation.
In 2016, Marc Holliday earned a total compensation of $17.3M as Chief Executive Officer at SL Green Realty.
Marc Holliday's 2016 compensation ranked 168th out of 13,853 executive pay records tracked by us this year.
Holliday earned more than 98.8% of all executives tracked by us in 2018.
In the industry group of Miscellaneous Investing, Holliday's pay ranked 2nd out of 737 executive pay records tracked by us in 2016.
Holliday earned more than 99.7% of executives in this group.
Holliday received $11.3M in stock awards, which accounts for 65.14% of total compensation.
Holliday also received $2.5M in non-equity incentive plan, $2.2M in option awards, $1.4M in salary and $44.1K in other compensation.
In 2015, Marc Holliday earned a total compensation of $23M as Chief Executive Officer at SL Green Realty.
Marc Holliday's 2015 compensation ranked 82nd out of 13,574 executive pay records tracked by us this year.
Holliday earned more than 99.4% of all executives tracked by us in 2018.
In the industry group of Miscellaneous Investing, Holliday's pay ranked 1st out of 724 executive pay records tracked by us in 2015.
Holliday earned more than 99.9% of executives in this group.
Holliday received $19.2M in stock awards, which accounts for 83.13% of total compensation.
Holliday also received $787.5K in bonus, $2M in non-equity incentive plan, $1.1M in salary and $43.1K in other compensation.
In 2014, Marc Holliday earned a total compensation of $16.4M as Chief Executive Officer at SL Green Realty.
Marc Holliday's 2014 compensation ranked 193rd out of 12,876 executive pay records tracked by us this year.
Holliday earned more than 98.5% of all executives tracked by us in 2018.
In the industry group of Miscellaneous Investing, Holliday's pay ranked 6th out of 684 executive pay records tracked by us in 2014.
Holliday earned more than 99.1% of executives in this group.
Holliday received $14.2M in stock awards, which accounts for 86.59% of total compensation.
Holliday also received $1.1M in non-equity incentive plan, $1.1M in salary and $41.2K in other compensation.
In 2013, Marc Holliday earned a total compensation of $12.7M as Chief Executive Officer at SL Green Realty.
Marc Holliday's 2013 compensation ranked 243rd out of 11,965 executive pay records tracked by us this year.
Holliday earned more than 98.0% of all executives tracked by us in 2018.
In the industry group of Miscellaneous Investing, Holliday's pay ranked 8th out of 659 executive pay records tracked by us in 2013.
Holliday earned more than 98.8% of executives in this group.
Holliday received $6.6M in stock awards, which accounts for 52.34% of total compensation.
Holliday also received $1.1M in bonus, $3.8M in option awards, $1.1M in salary and $38.9K in other compensation.
In 2012, Marc Holliday earned a total compensation of $10.3M as Chief Executive Officer at SL Green Realty.
Marc Holliday's 2012 compensation ranked 399th out of 10,949 executive pay records tracked by us this year.
Holliday earned more than 96.4% of all executives tracked by us in 2018.
In the industry group of Miscellaneous Investing, Holliday's pay ranked 16th out of 598 executive pay records tracked by us in 2012.
Holliday earned more than 97.3% of executives in this group.
Holliday received $7.2M in stock awards, which accounts for 70.44% of total compensation.
Holliday also received $2M in bonus, $1M in salary and $39.1K in other compensation.
In 2006, Marc Holliday earned a total compensation of $16.8M as Chief Executive Officer at SL Green Realty.
Marc Holliday's 2006 compensation ranked 73rd out of 5,371 executive pay records tracked by us this year.
In the industry group of Miscellaneous Investing, Holliday's pay ranked 1st out of 290 executive pay records tracked by us in 2006.
Holliday received $7.5M in bonus, which accounts for 44.62% of total compensation.
Holliday also received $691.4K in option awards, $600K in salary, $5.2M in stock awards and $2.8M in other compensation.


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Timmon Records in Helsinki, Finland - the home of Myron & E's band & collaborators The Soul Investigators - have released their own custom versions of the Myron & E recordings, cut right at home in the Timmion Cutting Laboratory. The two albums are strictly limited edition vinyl releases, packaged with old school thick cardboard sleeve and "tip-on" cover.
Cold Game contains the full, original versions six tracks from Myron & E's Broadway (the U.S. release on Stones Throw) and three others which aren't on the U.S. release.
Going in Circles contains the full, original versions three tracks from Broadway and four others which aren't on the U.S. release.
Myron & E's Broadway was released last summer, and we'd like to congratulate the band for making a few Best-of-2013 lists, with thanks to KCRW DJs Liza Richardson and Marion Hodges, and the voters of Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards.
The duo kick off an all new west coast tour this week beginning with a show at The Mint in Los Angeles with Peanut Butter Wolf.


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by: MESFIN FEKADU, Associated Press
Posted: Nov 5, 2019 / 08:03 AM PST / Updated: Nov 6, 2019 / 08:22 AM PST
FILE – This June 29, 2012 file photo shows Pharrell Williams, right, alongside his producing partner Chad Hugo at the 25th Annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. The innovative production-songwriting duo of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, are nominated for the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame 2020 class. Joining them as nominees are Outkast, R.E.M., Mariah Carey, Patti Smith, Journey, Vince Gill, Gloria Estefan, the Isley Brothers, the Eurythmics, Mike Love, David Gates and Steve Miller. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — The Neptunes, the creative, innovative production-songwriting duo of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo who shaped pop and urban radio from the '90s well into the 2000s thanks to crafting hits for Britney Spears, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Usher and Beyoncé, are nominated for the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Joining the Neptunes as nominees for the 2020 class are other visionaries who have carved out their own space in the music universe: the rap icons Outkast and rock pioneers R.E.M., who announced they had called it quits in 2011.
The Songwriters Hall gave The Associated Press the list of nominees Tuesday, a day ahead of its official announcement.
Twenty-four acts are in contention for the 2020 class. Performing nominees include Patti Smith, Journey, Vince Gill, Gloria Estefan, the Isley Brothers, former Eurythmics members Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, Mike Love, Bread's David Gates and Steve Miller. Mariah Carey, who co-wrote 17 of her 18 No. 1 hits and earned her first Songwriters Hall nomination last year, is up for the prize again.
Non-performing solo nominees are William "Mickey" Stevenson, Rick Nowels, Sonny Curtis, Jerry Fuller, Tony Macaulay, Bob McDill and Roger Nichols. Non-performing songwriting duos nominated include the late Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, L. Russell Brown and the late Irwin Levine, and Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan.
Songwriters are eligible for induction after writing hit songs for at least 20 years.
Six songwriters, or songwriting groups, will be officially inducted at the Hall's 51st annual Induction & Awards Gala in New York on June 11, 2020. Eligible members can vote for three non-performing songwriters and three performing songwriters until December 16.
The Neptunes, based in Virginia, became highly sought producers and songwriters as everyone, from pop to rap to R&B stars, requested their services. Williams and Hugo worked on Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits such as Nelly's "Hot In Herre," Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl," Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like It's Hot" and Ludacris' "Money Maker." They crafted a number of Top 10 hits, too, including Timberlake's "Rock Your Body," Kelis' "Milkshake," Usher's "U Don't Have to Call," Snoop Dogg's "Beautiful," N'Sync's "Girlfriend," Jay-Z's "Excuse Me Miss" and "Change Clothes," N.O.R.E.'s "Nothin'" and Mase's "Lookin' at Me."
The duo helped Britney Spears break out of her good-girl image in 2001 with the racy "I'm A Slave 4 U," one of the singer's traditional songs; the hitmakers produced more than half of Timberlake's pivotal 2002 solo debut "Justified," including the hits "Like I Love You" and "Senorita"; they helped Beyoncé enter the world as a solo singer in 2002 on her debut solo song, the funky "Work It Out"; and they assisted Jay-Z as he scored his first No. 1 hit as a lead artist on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart in 2000 with the anthem "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)."
The Neptunes also wrote and produced music for Mariah Carey, Madonna, Busta Rhymes, Shakira, Common, Toni Braxton, Cee-Lo, Solange, Faith Evans, Ciara, Omarion, 702, Mystikal and Clipse, whose first two albums were fully helmed by the duo. The Neptunes earned the Grammy Award for non-classical producer of the year at the 2004 show.
Williams and Hugo met in the seventh grade and appear together in the alternative hip-hop trio N.E.R.D. along with Shay Haley. In recent years Williams, a 13-time Grammy winner, has produced without Hugo (two Grammys), churning out hits for other artists such as Daft Punk, Kendrick Lamar, Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande, Migos, Beyoncé and Jay-Z. Williams also found major success with his own music, even earning an Oscar nomination for the smash "Happy," one of the top songs of the decade.
If inducted, Outkast and Williams — who also raps and sings — could join the elite group of hip-hop players in the Songwriters Hall: Jay-Z, Jermaine Dupri and Missy Elliott joined the organization in 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Outkast emerged from the Atlanta rap scene in the mid-90s, marking both commercial and critical success with the albums "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik," "ATLiens," "Aquemini" and "Stankonia," as the Southern hip-hop movement thrived. Andre 3000 and Big Boi's fifth release, 2003's double album "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," propelled them to pop star icon status, thanks to the inescapable hit "Hey Ya!" The album, which blended sounds of jazz and rock with hip-hop, became the second rap-based album to win the Grammy for album of the year, following Lauryn Hill's win for "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" at the 1999 show. A rap album hasn't won the top Grammy prize since Outkast's win, though hip-hop heavyweights like Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Kanye West, Drake and Lil Wayne have competed for the honor.
R.E.M. shook up the music world with its experimental, edgy sound and then earned multiplatinum success and a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The group got its start in Athens, Georgia, coming out of the region's flourishing indie-rock scene. The band was credited for helping launch college radio with songs such as "Radio Free Europe." And later the mainstream caught on, and R.E.M. became chart-topping rockers, selling millions of albums with hits like "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)," "Losing My Religion" and "Everybody Hurts." Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills announced in 2011 that the band was done. R.E.M.'s original lineup included Bill Berry, who left the group in 1997, two years after he suffered symptoms of an aneurysm onstage, though he guest-performed with the band throughout the 2000s. All four members are nominated for the Songwriters Hall.
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Army reservists from Wales are thinking like Taliban bomb-makers in order to build a realistic improvised explosive device (IED) search facility to train soldiers about to deploy to Afghanistan.
The reservists from the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers are constructing stretches of road and sand pits in which IEDs will be planted exactly like those used by insurgents.
"Eighty per cent of IEDs can be detected by sight if you know how to read the ground sign," explained Sergeant John Swithenbank of 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment.
"The aim of the course is to try to save lives by enabling soldiers to spot an IED without having to be nearly on top of it with a metal detector before identifying where the device is," Sergeant Swithenbank continued.
"I deployed to the Babaji area of Helmand in the summer of 2010, and even in those six months the techniques and materials used in IEDs had changed so much to escape our searching devices," said 38-year-old Swansea resident Lance Corporal Kenneth Thomas, who was in Afghanistan to construct a major road that ran through an area littered with IEDs.
"We were very conscious of the threat of IEDs around us while we were working, so I think this kind of training facility is a brilliant idea. The guys on patrol need to be so clued up, or it's not safe. The value of being able to read the signs that indicate a possible IED is immense. And that's what this training area gives."
"This is a massive training tool for the soldiers who are deploying to Afghanistan, which will give them a good background in what to look for in the very dangerous areas where they could be working," he said.
"I can't think of anything else more worthwhile that we could possibly be doing than preparing troops for their combat role in Afghanistan.
"There is a very real sense of satisfaction in construction projects like this where we are doing something that is going to help the guys going out into theatre and hopefully keep them safe."
"I've worked on a number of Army Reserve construction jobs in the UK for home training, but this is the first time I've built something directly in support of operations�- which is also proving to be a good learning tool for those of us thinking of deploying.
"In the Army Reserve you wait for the opportunity to deploy, so for us to come out here and do anything to help those soldiers who are told to go is something that a lot of us are quite proud of."
The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) is the only remaining militia unit in the British Army and, as such, is the oldest regiment of the Reserve Forces, having appeared as early as 1539 in the Royal Muster of Military Units in the United Kingdom.


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AluSolutions gets ready
Build-up for the AluSolutions conference and exhibition is underway at the ADNEC in UAE.
The two day, free of charge event will be officially opened on 10th May by Mr Jamal Al Dhaheri, Chairman of Talex.
The conference will include speakers from EGA, Gulfex, the Bureau for Middle East Recycling, Emirates EnvironmenL Group, and many more!
You can view the full list of attending companies here: www.alusolutions.com/participants
It's not too late to register either. Simply go online to www.alusolutions.com/register or visit the...
Hydro: New recycling line
Hydro has commissioned a EUR 45 million facility aiming to recycle up to 50,000 tonnes of used beverage cans per year at its Neuss plant in Germany.
The facility is located in the heart of a growing can market, as Europeans now are using more than 30 billion cans a year. That equals 450,000 tonnes of used beverage cans (UBC) to recycle.
Waste for some, "silver" gold for others, Hydro turns this urban-mined resource into material for new can tabs, ends and bodies, closing the recycling loop.
Countries collect cans in various systems, where collected the...
Dry recycling system for aluminium salt cake
A simplified dry recycling process to recover the 5-10% of aluminium which remains in the aluminium salt cake produced in the smelting process of secondary aluminium, has been developed by German recycling equipment manufacturer, BHS-Sonthofen.
According to the company, to date the recovery of this aluminium has thus far proven difficult, costly and time consuming. However, it said that it has now developed a new process based on the selective impact crushing of the salt cake.
Alcoa power agreement
Alcoa has reached an agreement with the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) that will help improve the competitiveness of its Intalco smelter.
As a result, the smelter will not curtail at the end of the second quarter as previously announced by the company.
The amendment to the power contract is effective July 1, 2016 through Feb. 14, 2018 and provides for additional access to market power during this period.
This short-term amendment with BPA, combined with the state of Washington's $3 million budget proviso for workforce training, are key factors in...
New Companies Join Aluminum Association During Spring Member Meeting
Ebner Furnaces, GMB Group, Penny Plate, TSI, Inc. and SciAps Bring Membership to Record 113...
Sapa delivers record results in first quarter
Sapa has delivered the strongest first quarter since the company was established in 2013.
The demand for lighter cars in both North America and Europe, resulting in aluminium substitution in the automotive industry, is contributing positively.
Owners Orkla and Hydro reported to the financial markets Sapa's results for the first quarter of 2016. Sapa continues to deliver strong results.
Underlying EBIT improved with 46% compared to the same quarter previous year to NOK 571 million. Performance improved across all business areas mainly due to the...
ASI holds first AGM
Over 120 representatives from across the aluminium value chain attended the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative's (ASI) inaugural Annual General Meeting (AGM) event, held on Tuesday 26 April at the Audi Forum, Ingolstadt, Germany.
The AGM successfully ratified ASI's new Constitution, and acknowledged ASI's new Directors-Elect, and the newly elected Standards Committee. This marks another important stage in the evolution of ASI as a standards-setting and certification organisation that recognises and fosters the responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of...
United Steelworkers union scraps efforts for U.S. tariff on aluminium
A Canada-U.S. trade fight over aluminium appears to be over before it really began.
The United Steelworkers union abandoned efforts on Friday to get the U.S. government to impose steep tariffs on aluminium imports, blaming a lack of industry unity.
Last week, the labour union petitioned the Obama administration to put an emergency tariff of up to 50% on all imports – a move that could have sideswiped Canadian producers, including Rio Tinto.
But the union abruptly withdrew the petition in the wake of outrage from the Canadian government, rival unions and...
Constellium appointment
Constellium has announced that the Board will nominate Jean-Marc Germain as an Executive Director at the company's next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June 2016, with the view to him becoming Chief Executive Officer of the Company in the course of summer 2016.
Jean-Marc Germain will succeed Pierre Vareille, who announced in March 2016 his desire to retire as the CEO of the company.
"After conducting an executive search process, the Board is delighted to have Jean-Marc Germain join our Company," stated Richard (Dick) Evans, Chairman...
Wagstaff appointment
Lee joined Wagstaff in May of 1999 as an Area Manager responsible for sales in Japan, Western North America, Russia and the Ukraine. In 2011 Lee was named Vice President, Sales & Marketing the position he held until his retirement. Lee graduated from the Colorado School of Mines and worked for Kaiser Aluminum for 26 years in various supervisory and managerial roles during his domestic and international assignments.
Steve Anderson (pictured), formerly Director of Engineering at Wagstaff, Inc. has been promoted to Vice President, Sales & Marketing. Steve holds degrees...


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Mozilla just made Firefox more private and secure for U.S. users
By Pcmag February 25, 2020
On Tuesday, Mozilla announced encrypted DNS (Domain Name System) over HTTPS (DoH) is being enabled for US Firefox users by default. It should help protect users against data collection by third parties or attacks on browsing histories by malicious individuals on your network.
This change is something the company has been pushing for some time, as it's a decade-old flaw in the system. In order to link a web address such as www.pcmag.com with an IP address, DNS had to perform these links without encryption - even for encrypted "https" sites - because of how the system was built (Mozilla provides a more detailed explanation here.) Now, it should be more difficult, but not impossible, for ad-tracking networks to grab your data.
Because the websites you visit will be visible to the DNS Server that Firefox is connecting to, Mozilla chose two providers - Cloudflare and NextDNS - to work with, making Cloudflare the default. Mozilla also has a set of standards that a DoH provider must adhere to in order to be a part of its "Trusted Recursive Resolver" (TRR) program, meaning that they will not be able to sell user data they retain or use it to identify individual end users, among other criteria.
While this system is being enabled by default, users outside of the US will need to go into their Firefox settings, then General, then scroll down to Networking Settings and click the Settings button on the right. "Here you can enable DNS over HTTPS by clicking, and a checkbox will appear," Mozilla says.
SEE ALSO: The cost of Avast's Free Antivirus: Companies can spy on your clicks
The reason it isn't being rolled out internationally is because of criticism from security services. Mozilla previously said that it has "no current plans to enable DoH by default in the UK," for example, because GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) said the feature would interfere with ISPs' ability to block copyright-infringing materials, child abuse images, and extremist material.
Although Firefox is the first browser to make this a default feature, other browsers, including Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi, all have options to enable it. In fact, any Chromium-based browser can apply it "pretty much universally." The only major omission to that list is Apple's default browser, Safari.
Topics: Tech, Tech, Cybersecurity, Firefox, Mozilla, DNS


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Load shedding
by Daily Patriot
A country disturbingly used to the menace that is 'load shedding', Pakistan has had its share of power
'outages' or breakdowns as well. On Saturday night, virtually the whole country went dark once again.
Amidst all kinds of rumors and memes and self-effacing jokes regarding the state of the country's power
sector, people had to endure more than nine to ten hours – in some cases more – of no electricity.
Thankfully, power was restored to 80 percent of the country by mid-morning Sunday, with some areas
being deprived of the load for short periods, in order to manage the supply better and ensure there was
no repeat of the disaster. But, of course, the chief need now is to understand what happened and what
went wrong. While Energy Minister Omar Ayub told
Various messages, the inquiry that has now been set up is what will hopefully discover the real reason
and help us avoid such situations again. The blackout appears to have been caused by poor
maintenance, technical errors and failure to maintain the power system, or keep in good order the
organizations which run it by ensuring they have long-term, capable officials in charge.
From what we know so far, it appears that the fault which caused the entire system to falter and had a
cascading effect affecting one transmission line after the other, occurred at Guddu in the Kashmore
district of Sindh. The Guddu power station is a vital link to power distribution in the country. There have
been previous faults in this area as well. In 2015, it was said to have been caused by heavy fog which
made transmission lines vulnerable to failure and short-circuiting. This time too there are some experts
who are saying fog and smog were one of the main factors in making transmission lines more vulnerable
to touching each other or to creating short-circuiting, which triggered a failure across the power grid.
Pakistan is one of the few countries in the world which has a national grid connected across the country.
While this is a good thing and extremely useful to the nation, the problem also is that it needs to be
intricately maintained to keep the entire system running and prevent the kind of blackout we saw. Other
investigations are also on.
There is an argument that, while the load on the system has been increased, transmission lines and
other centers have not kept pace with the demand placed by this load. In addition, the fact that LNG-run
plants are not operating in central Punjab – where the load is greatest – because of the government
failure to purchase LNG for some days of January, is being reported as another factor. The issue of LNG
purchase has come up repeatedly both on Geo News and in this newspaper. There have also been
questions about appointments to the DISCOS and to the NTDC, the organization in charge of the
transmission and distribution of power across the country. There needs to be a full and non-political
inquiry into the events which took place so that we can safeguard our system and ensure a fault of this
magnitude which has occurred before is not repeated in the future.
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The Senior Choir of St. John the Evangelist plays an active role in the Parish. The Choir practices each Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:00pm in the Church. There are currently fifteen members in the Senior Choir: two tenors, four altos, and nine sopranos.
At this time, we would especially like to see some additional men join us. If you like to sing as part of a group, please come along. You do not need to be able to read music to be part of our choir.
Anyone, male or female, interested in becoming a member of the Senior Choir is encouraged to contact Choir Director Stephanie Gavell at 834-3445.


Disease burden in patients with asthma before initiating biologics: A retrospective cohort database study.
Allergy Asthma Proc 2019 Mar 29. Epub 2019 Mar 29.
Background: Real-world data on the characteristics and burden of disease among patients with asthma before receiving asthma-specific biologics would improve the understanding of the use of these therapies in a clinical setting. Currently, limited data are available on the use of mepolizumab and omalizumab for the treatment of asthma.
Noninfectious complications of common variable immune deficiency.
Pediatric cutaneous mastocytosis and mutation screening.
From the Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department, Health Science University Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Utility of therapeutic strategy based on the modified Pulmonary Index Score for childhood asthma exacerbation.
Clinical profile and quality of life of Puerto Ricans with hereditary angioedema.
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado.
Genetics/epigenetics/allergy: The gun is loaded … but what pulls the trigger?
From the Center for Asthma Prevention and Education, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China.
Pearls and pitfalls of food challenges in infants.
Department of Internal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
A cross-sectional, population-based survey of U.S. adults with symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis.
OptiNose US, Inc., Yardley, Pennsylvania.
From the Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College School of Medicine, Albany, New York.
Effect of inhaled corticosteroids on serum periostin levels in adult patients with mild-moderate asthma.
From the Department of Pharmacology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Shrimati Sucheta Kriplani Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Clinical burden of asynchrony in patients with asthma when using metered-dose inhalers for control.
Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts.
New and evolving therapies for hereditary angioedema.
Clinical updates in aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.
Allergy Asthma Proc 2019 Mar 18;40(2):93-102. Epub 2018 Dec 18.
Allergy Asthma Proc 2018 Nov 14. Epub 2018 Nov 14.
Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is believed to create a substantial population-level disease burden in the UnitedStates due to its high prevalence and significant disease morbidity, but many studies of CRS epidemiology are based onadministrative or historical record sources rather than primary population sources.
Effect of indoor air quality on the natural history of asthma in an urban population in Poland.
From the Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Pol.
Extrinsic warming of low-osmolality iodinated contrast media to 37°C reduced the rate of allergic-like reaction.
From the Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital/Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China.
Department of Paediatrics, Allergology and Gastroenterology, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University of Torun, Poland, Bydgoszcz.
Effect of indoor air quality on the development of rhinitis in an urban population in Poland.
Generalized rash and pruritus in a 58-year-old woman.
From the Section of Allergy and Immunology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Pearls and pitfalls in the diagnosis of cough variant asthma.
The Translational Pulmonary and Immunology Research Center, Long Beach, California.
Challenges in managing patients referred for eosinophilic esophagitis: A telephone survey and retrospective review.
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
From the Allergy Department, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
From Education Division, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Atopic dermatitis: A disease "".
Impact of patient satisfaction with his or her inhaler on adherence and asthma control.
Allergy Asthma Proc 2018 Nov 18;39(6):437-444. Epub 2018 Oct 18.
Servicio de Neumología y Alergia, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Barcelona, Spain.
Cross-sectional study on Asthma Insights and Management in the Gulf and Russia.
Allergy Asthma Proc 2018 Nov 16;39(6):430-436. Epub 2018 Oct 16.
Real-World & Analytics Solutions, IQVIA, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Human factors engineering validation study for a novel 0.1-mg epinephrine auto-injector.
Allergy Asthma Proc 2018 Nov 29;39(6):461-465. Epub 2018 Aug 29.
Core Human Factors, Inc., Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
A 45-year-old man with elevated levels of immunoglobulin A.
From the Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles, California.
Background: Epinephrine remains the treatment of choice for acute anaphylaxis. However, currently available autoinjectors are costly, and studies have demonstrated human factor issues that result in incorrect use as well as device failures.
Departments of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Introduction: Camel's milk is a safe and therapeutic nutrient. Camel's milk allergy is almost unknown.
From the Section of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Background: Allergen specific immunoglobulin E (sIgE) levels predictive of shrimp allergy have not been identified, but these may be helpful in identifying patients at risk for shrimp-induced allergic reactions.
Objective: This study sought to identify component resolved diagnostic tests useful for diagnosis of shrimp allergy in patients with or without house-dust mite (HDM) sensitization to the major allergen cysteine protease (Der p 1).
Division of Pediatric Allergy, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Background: Increased numbers of mast cells that contain tryptase are found in lesional atopic dermatitis (AD) skin. The association of serum basal tryptase (sBT) with anaphylactic reactions and mast cell diseases has recently been shown in children with venom and food allergy.


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Günter Stratenwerth (* 31. Januar 1924 in Naumburg; † 15. April 2015 in Basel) war ein deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler. Er war von 1961 bis 1994 ordentlicher Professor für Strafrecht an der Universität Basel und Verfasser zahlreicher Lehrbücher zum deutschen und schweizerischen Strafrecht.

Leben
Stratenwerth wuchs bis zum siebten Lebensjahr in Naumburg an der Saale auf. 1932 zog die Familie nach Bielefeld. Mit vierzehn trat er in die Flieger-Hitlerjugend ein. 1942 schloss er das Abitur ab und trat bereits zwei Wochen später in den Militärdienst bei der Luftwaffe ein. Da die Wehrmacht in Stalingrad im Rahmen der Offensive Fall Blau schwere Personalverluste erlitt, wurden Angehörige der Luftwaffe in sogenannte Luftwaffen-Felddivisionen umgeteilt und als Infanterie eingesetzt. Auch Stratenwerth gehörte hierzu, wurde aber bereits im November 1942 verwundet. Nach einem längeren Aufenthalt im Lazarett kehrte er im Frühjahr 1943 zu seiner Einheit zurück. Durch Initiative seines Vaters wurde er im Sommer 1943 – gegen seinen eigenen Wunsch – wieder umgeteilt, um zunächst eine Ausbildung zum Motorflugzeugführer zu erhalten und danach als Fluglehrer in Dresden tätig zu sein. Im Februar 1945 wurde er nach Bayern verlegt. Während eines Kommandounternehmens musste er am 30. April 1945 – kurz vor Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Europa – aufgrund eines Schneesturmes am Tauernpass notlanden.

Als Mitte 1945 die Universität Göttingen wieder öffnete, immatrikulierte er sich umgehend und studierte bis 1949 Rechtswissenschaften. 1950 promovierte er, 1956 habilitierte er an der Universität Bonn zum Thema "Verantwortung und Gehorsam". Vier Jahre später – 1960 – erhielt er eine Professur an der Universität Erlangen, wechselte aber bereits ein Jahr später an die Universität Basel, wo er von 1961 bis 1994 Strafrecht und Rechtsphilosophie lehrte.

1992 verlieh die Universität St. Gallen Stratenwerth den Ehrendoktor. Am 7. November 2013 wurde ihm diese Ehre auch durch die Universität Basel zuteil.

Günter Stratenwerth war Vater von drei Kindern. Die Hamburger Ausstellungsmacherin, Journalistin und Autorin Irene Stratenwerth ist seine Tochter. Er starb am 15. April 2015 im Alter von 91 Jahren. Seine Urne wurde auf dem Friedhof am Hörnli in Riehen beigesetzt.

Werk
Sein Beitrag zur schweizerischen Strafrechtslehre umfasst die grundlegenden Werke Schweizerisches Strafrecht Allgemeiner Teil I und II sowie Besonderer Teil I und II, verfasst teilweise mit Guido Jenny, welcher das Werk hätte fortführen wollen. Er ist jedoch im September 2006 verstorben. Seit der 6. Auflage des Besonderen Teils II zeichnet Felix Bommer als Mitverfasser. Das vierbändige Werk Schweizerisches Strafrecht galt bis zum Erscheinen der Basler Kommentare zum StGB als das Standardwerk und wird auch heute noch von der bundesgerichtlichen Rechtsprechung in einem Zug mit den Kommentarstellen zitiert. Sein Einfluss auf die höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung in Strafsachen in der Schweiz ist beachtlich.

Daneben hat Günter Stratenwerth die Strafbestimmungen des Bankengesetzes im Basler Kommentar kommentiert und zusammen mit Wolfgang Wohlers einen Handkommentar zum Strafgesetzbuch herausgegeben.

Literatur

Weblinks
 Günter Stratenwerth bei der Akademischen Burse Göttingen

Einzelnachweise

Strafrechtler (20. Jahrhundert)
Strafrechtler (21. Jahrhundert)
Hochschullehrer (Universität Basel)
Ehrendoktor der Universität St. Gallen
Ehrendoktor der Universität Luzern
Sachbuchautor
Deutscher
Geboren 1924
Gestorben 2015
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Human La is found at RNA polymerase III-transcribed genes in vivo
Jennifer A. Fairley, Theodoras Kantidakis, Niall S. Kenneth, Robert V. Intine, Richard J. Maraia, Robert J. White*
Aston Medical School
The human La autoantigen can bind to nascent RNA transcripts and has also been postulated to act as an RNA polymerase III (pol III) transcription initiation and termination factor. Here, we show by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChlP) that La is associated with pol III-transcribed genes in vivo. In contrast, the Ro autoantigen, which can also bind pol III transcripts, is not found at these genes. The putative pol III transcription factors NF1 and TFIIA are also not detected at class III genes. Binding of La remains when transcription is repressed at mitosis and does not correlate with the presence of polymerase at the gene. However, gene occupancy depends on the phosphorylation status of La, with the less prevalent, unphosphorylated form being found selectively on pol III templates.
Chromatin immunoprecipitation
RNA polymerase III transcription
TFIIA
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Fairley, J. A., Kantidakis, T., Kenneth, N. S., Intine, R. V., Maraia, R. J., & White, R. J. (2005). Human La is found at RNA polymerase III-transcribed genes in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102(51), 18350-18355. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0506415102
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Tag Archives: Jackie O
By Scarlett Harris ¶ Posted in On the (Rest of the) Net, On the Net	¶ Tagged ABC News, America's Next Top Model, Bitch Flicks, BuzzFeed, Calling Spots, Casey Affleck, Catherine Deveny, Daily Life, Disney princesses, Down Under Feminists Carnival, financial abortion, Gilmore Girls, Hillary Clinton, Ivanka Trump, Jackie O, Jezebel, Kim Kardashian, Lorelai Gilmore, Medium, MTV, Nate Parker, New Yorker, professional wrestling, Quartz, rape, reproductive rights, Scream, Standing Rock, The Babysitters Club, Variety, WaPo, Zero at the Bone	¶ Leave a comment
I wrote about why Lorelai Gilmore is a Cool Girl. [Bitch Flicks]
Is America's Next Top Model relevant in 2016? [Buzzfeed]
Though I wish she was in the White House and not the wild, I really relate to photos of Hillary Clinton out and about as a post-election salve. [Daily Life]
Why Hillary going makeup free in the wake of her defeat signals a return "to an earlier iteration, reclaiming her identity as the accomplished, aggressive lawyer Hillary Rodham, who pursued success while rejecting the rules put forth by the patriarchy." [Quartz]
I've been thinking about what Catherine Deveny refers to as "financial abortion"—where a biological father legally opts out of an unwanted pregnancy—for a while so I'm glad someone is finally giving voice to this notion. [ABC News]
A history of famous men taking off their shirts. [Buzzfeed]
"The Art of Lobbying Ivanka Trump." [Jezebel]
Could her rumoured appointment to a First Lady-like position shake up the role traditionally put aside for the President's spouse? [WaPo]
How a new breed of TV shows are dealing with rape as a plot device. [Variety]
"The Year They Stole Kim Kardashian." [MTV]
A thoroughly modern Disney princess. [Buzzfeed]
"The Feminist Legacy of The Baby-Sitters Club." [New Yorker]
Jackie O the Scammer. [MTV]
This is what having a miscarriage is like. [Medium]
Women built Standing Rock. [Jezebel]
How Scream reflects the small-town mentality of America, 20 years after its premiere. [MTV]
Why did rape allegations derail Nate Parker's career but Casey Affleck is an Oscar contender despite alleged sexual misconduct? [Buzzfeed]
More reading material can be found at the latest Down Under Feminists Carnival. [Zero at the Bone]
ICYMI: My favourite books of the year.
My piece for Calling Spots' last issue about navigating kayfabe in the reality era of wrestling is now live.
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By Scarlett Harris ¶ Posted in On the (Rest of the) Net, On the Net	¶ Tagged abortion, Barack Obama, beauty, Bristol Palin, death penalty, Dolly Model Search, feminism, Gala Darling, Gawker, Gloria Steinem, Jackie O, Jenna Sauers, Jess McGuire, Jezebel, MamaMia, Mother Jones, reproductive rights, Rick Santorum, Sandra Fluke, Snog Marry Avoid, sportspeople, Sunday Life, The Vine, World Wrestling Entertainment	¶ Leave a comment
The Dolly model search is back and seeking 13-year-old girls for their looks. Oh, and, like, a great personality and stuff. [MamaMia]
We need more men like THIS, who speak out about the blatant turning of blind eyes to violent and entitled footballers. [MamaMia]
Gloria Steinem urges voters to re-elect Obama, as he's the only candidate who really cares about actual women's rights. [Jezebel]
Rick Santorum used to work for the WWE?! Yikes! [Mother Jones]
Bristol Palin writes about President Obama and Sandra Fluke. I hate to say this about a Palin, but she makes a good point… [Bristol's Blog]
Forced pre-abortion transvaginal ultrasounds, from a doctor's perspective. [Jezebel, via Whatever]
Following on from last week's article by Gala Darling on feminism and high heels, Jenna Sauers voices her own concerns on our sartorial choices dictating our political stances. [Jezebel]
On lady writers profiling "tall, brooding famous men with lots of money" for men's magazines. [Gawker]
Jess McGuire on Jackie O's Sunday Life profile. [The Vine]
The beauty politics of Snog, Marry, Avoid. [MamaMia]
What it's like to be an executioner. [MamaMia]
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Feminism, Jackie O & C*nts.
By Scarlett Harris ¶ Posted in Good Weekend, Magazines, Sunday Life	¶ Tagged feminism, Jackie O, Jacqueline Maley, Kyle Sandilands, Sydney Morning Herald	¶ 1 Comment
The weekend newspapers really produced their fair share of thought provoking articles, with Jacqueline Maley's exposé on the word c*nt, and Jackie O's anti-feminist and pro-Kyle Sandilands outing in new-look Sunday Life.
The first article was an entertaining read, detailing the historical responses to the word c*nt which, when it was a street name in London in the 13th century (albeit in the red light district), suggested a sort of acceptance in the old world. PC run wild in the modern day one, perhaps?
Maley also writes of the feminist connotations of c*nt, and why it's deemed acceptable in some circles ("Hey, c*nt!" as a term of endearment) and not in others.
Personally, it's just a word to me, like "fuck", "slut" and a plethora of other expletives that can be used to offend. While the article insists on writing it "c…", as per The Sydney Morning Herald's editorial guidelines, I guess I'm doing the word no favours in its quest to become destigmatised: even though I use it quite often and in affection, I still asterisked the "u" out.
On to the apparent "Better Half" of Kyle Sandilands, Jackie "O" Henderson, who unshockingly somewhat excuses Sandilands treatment of women on his show. In last year's "fat slag" journalist controversy, Henderson stayed mum, saying in the article that, "I wasn't about to beat up on my friend when the rest of the country was, just to save my behind. So I did keep quiet."
So it doesn't surprise me when Henderson say she's not a feminist:
"Does she consider herself a feminist? 'No,' she says, with a shy smile.
""Why?' I cry in disappointed tones. 'You're a woman.'
"'I know,' she says, laughing. 'I know. I do feel like I have achieved so much, in radio especially. But I've never considered myself a feminist. I'm just, you know, I'm doing what I love. I'm really proud of how far I've come. But … you know.'"
Yeah, we do. You're embarrassed about the stigma being a feminist has, much like the connotations of c*nt. But someone who's best friends and business partners with a man who uses his platform and influence to berate women on air for all manner of things—their appearance, their sexuality, their opinions—is not someone I want standing under the feminist umbrella.
Related: Who Thinks Jackie O's Parenting Style is Beautiful?
I Think I'm Beginning to Understand This #MenCallMeThings Thing. Except It's Not Just Men & It's Not Really Me.
Ain't Nothin' Gonna Break My Slutty Stride.
Elsewhere: [Sydney Morning Herald] The Incredible Explosive Word.
[Sydney Morning Herald] What Jackie O Really Thinks About Kyle Sandilands.
[MamaMia] A Letter to Jackei O & All the Other Non-Feminists.
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Magazines: Who Thinks Jackie O's Parenting Style is Beautiful?
By Scarlett Harris ¶ Posted in Magazines, Who	¶ Tagged Erica Bartle, Girl with a Satchel, Jackie O, MamaMia, Mia Freedman, Michael Clarke, Pru Goward	¶ Leave a comment
A couple of weeks ago, Jackie O was vilified by the Minister for Families, Pru Goward, for feeding her baby Kitty whilst crossing the road, and most women everywhere jumped to her defence.
As one of Who's "Most Beautiful People" for 2011, she explains her role as a mother:
"… I think for me the most beautiful thing is the bond you share [with your child]—I know all mothers say that, but you just can't explain the love you feel. You honestly would die for your child without a moment's hesitation. You put yourself second and it's a really nice feeling to be rid of that vanity, to not be so self-obsessed. I love watching other mothers with their babies, too…"
Given the outrage Goward's comments sparked by women in the media, it seems very timely that Who chose O as one of their finalists this year, and chose instead to focus on the wonderful things about motherhood, as opposed to the mistakes—according to Goward, at least—a new mum is bound to make.
Related: "Cultural Talking Points": How Does Jackie O's "Bad Parenting" Relate to Hunting?
Elsewhere: [MamaMia] Jackie O & the Twisted Politics of Being a Bad Mother.
[Girl with a Satchel] Jackie O, Michael Clarke & the Pillorying of Pretty People.
"Cultural Talking Points"—How Does Jackie O's "Bad Parenting" Relate to Hunting?
By Scarlett Harris ¶ Posted in On the Net	¶ Tagged Andrew Frank, Anne Summers, Craig Reucassel, Erica Bartle, Girl with a Satchel, hunting, Jackie O, Michael Clarke, Wheeler Centre	¶ 2 Comments
From "Jackie O, Michael Clarke & the Pillorying of Pretty People" by Erica Bartle on Girl with a Satchel:
"[Michael] Clarke and Jackie O are, whether they like it or not, cultural talking points, as much as gossip ones. Such stories, particularly with glamorous figureheads, can create a healthy discourse at the intersection where the private and public spheres collide…
"The Jackie O story, while no doubt horrifying for O herself, gives us an opportunity to talk about women's issues: how career women are managing their family lives (or not), employer progressiveness (or lack thereof) with maternity and paternity leave (particularly in male-centric media organisations), the pressure to maintain 'superwoman' standards of living, grooming and working even after a baby is introduced into one's life and the value placed on motherhood…
"To me, both Clarke and Jackie O are culturally symptomatic, rather than the cause. It is very important that we are able to critique the culture—to challenge the status quo—which is a media construct perpetuated repeatedly until it is the norm, while not laying blame on the individual for their behaviours…"
I bet Andrew Frank, who wrote yesterday of his disgust at how the Wheeler Centre panel handled his hunting question at "The Sentimental Bloke" discussion, would agree with this statement, particularly the last part in bold. Perhaps panelist Dr. Anne Summers should give it a read…?
I personally don't agree with hunting but, like panelist Craig Reucassel said the other night, as a meat eater my stance is slightly hypocritical.
And I can certainly see where Andrew is coming from; killing your own food diminishes the carbon footprint of meat production on the environment. As long as the kill is swift and made by a skilled hunter, like Andrew, perhaps hunting isn't so bad…
But as the meaning I derived from Bartle's statements asserts, don't hate the player, hate the game. A viewpoint the sentimental blokes—and Summers—could do well to take up.
Related: "Who the Bloody Hell Are We?": The Sentimental Bloke at the Wheeler Centre.
Elsewhere: [Girl with a Satchel] Jackie O, Michael Clarke & the Pillorying of Pretty People.
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By Scarlett Harris ¶ Posted in On the (Rest of the) Net, On the Net	¶ Tagged Abbie Cornish, abortion, African Americans, burlesque, celebrity, Charlie Sheen, Christina Hendricks, Columbine, Elizabeth Taylor, Facebook, fat-shaming, gay marriage, Inception, Jackie O, Jezebel, John Galliano, Justin Bieber, Kate Walsh, Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga, Lois Lane, Lolita, Lucy Ormonde, MamaMia, meat dress, Mel Gibson, Mia Freedman, music, Pamela Paul, personal branding, racism, rape, Rebecca Black, Sarah Ayoub-Christie, spelling, Sucker Punch, Superman, The Awl, The Sartorialist, transgender, transphobia, tweens, Vanessa Hudgens, Wordsmith Lane, Zach Snyder	¶ Leave a comment
Rebecca Black is subversifying the pop world.
"Yet here the discerning viewer notes that something is wrong. Because it is a simply matter of fact that in this car all the good seats have already been taken. For Rebecca Black (her name here would seem to evoke Rosa Parks, a mirroring that will only gain in significance) there is no actual choice, only the illusion of choice.
"The viewer knows that she'll take the only seat that's offered to her…"
The Awl even goes so far as to say Black's relationship with the rapper in her "Friday" clip might be Lolita-esque, and that the video is a commentary on "a crypto sex scene from which we return to the suburban house party". Creepy.
What it feels like for a (tween star) girl.
I hate answering the phone. When I lived at home, I would never answer the landline when it rang. Now that I fend for myself and can only afford one phone, I only answer numbers I recognise. So does Pamela Paul, via MamaMia.
Extremely racist anti-abortion billboards aimed at African Americans.
Lucy Ormonde asks if it's acceptable for women to make the first move. My answer: hell yes! Otherwise I would never get any action!
"Words That Are Transphobic & Why."
The Sartorialist's "sturdy" shitstorm.
It's okay to be "fat", just as long as it's in the right places, ie. bum, hips and boobs, allowing for a small waist, à la Kim Kardashian and Christina Hendricks.
After reading this review, I can't wait to see Sucker Punch: a "Burlesque meets Inception" amalgamation of "bustiers, fishnets and glitter instead of asylum uniforms" where Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish et al's characters reside in the film. These are just some "of the many clues that we are not actually inside the mind of a young girl, but inside Zach Snyder's spank bank!"
Perhaps it could have been titled something else, but "How to Be Skinny" has some good points.
Kate Walsh is not a loser!:
"She's certainly not a loser, based on her many accomplishments. Having a baby doesn't instantly turn you into a winner. If you feel like a loser for not having a baby, that is your personal truth, but it is not The Truth. And! The fact that so many media outlets picked up this one sentence segment—from a long cover story with quotes about divorce, high heels and Lady Gaga—shows that we, the public are the real losers, for placing so much importance on how a woman uses her uterus."
"5 Seconds of Every #1 Song From 1993–2011."
"What Celebrity Culture Means:" Asking completely unqualified famous teenage boys their opinions on abortion and rape:
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Going Gaga for breast milk.
On catastrophes and guilt.
Is gay marriage really the hallmark of society's downfall? Not according to this fab pie chart.
Charlie Sheen, Mel Gibson, John Galliano et al: our obsession with celebs behaving badly.
Sarah Ayoub-Christie likens the freelance market to war, via Lois Lane, on The New Adventures of Superman. I'm inclined to agree!
"Jackie O & the Twisted Politics of Being a Bad Mother" at MamaMia.
Jezebel has also picked up the story.
Where's the (nerd) love?
Today's celebrity perfumers could take a lesson from the late Liz Taylor in personal branding.
90% of Facebook users take note: "Ten Words You Need to Stop Misspelling."
The fashion life cycle of the meat dress.
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Yankees Notes: Brett Gardner, Jorge Posada, Cito Culver, and Hector Noesi
by Bronx Baseball Daily under MLB
I have to admit that a radio appearance and the debut of Stephen Strasburg took up most of my attention last night, but that didn't stop the Yankees from beating up on the Orioles.
They won 12-7 behind a grand slam from Curtis Granderson and a hard fought performance by Phil Hughes.
Here are some notes:
Hughes improved to 8-1 with a 2.71 ERA on the season. An all-star game appearance might be in his future.
Nick Swisher upped his average to .311 with three hits and five RBI last night. An All-Star game could be in his future too.
Brett Gardner was lifted in the eighth inning yesterday with a sore thumb, the same one he broke last year.
Jorge Posada started catching drills yesterday, but he's still at least a week away from returning behind the plate.
Yankees first-round pick Cito Culver was a big Yankee fan growing up, and that could help them sign him quickly .
RHP Hector Noesi, who is pitching in Double-A Trenton, was the Eastern League Pitcher Of The Week last week with a 2-0 record, 14 Ks, and a 1.38 ERA.
I'm doing more draft work for Pinstripes Plus today, but I'll try to have another update or two before the game starts tonight.
May 29, 2010 — Yankees Notes: Hughes, Cano, Sanit, Posada, Aceves, Duncan, Single-A All-Stars (0)
May 19, 2010 — The Yankees Long List of Injuries, Updated (2)
May 12, 2010 — Yanks Turn on the Jets Late, Split Double-Header (0)
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The Internet is a chamber of secrets for Potter fans
Several of my friends are under an "Internet blackout." They won't venture online until after they've finished reading "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final installment in the adventures of the famous Mr. Potter.
That's probably a good idea, as apparently the entire book has leaked online, with every page photographed and available via various BitTorrent file-sharing sites. As I write, The Washington Post claims only the first 495 pages of "Deathly Hallows" are online, but Salon.com disagrees and says it's all there.
For Harry Potter fans, the entire World Wide Web is now a chamber of secrets: Enter at your own peril.
I haven't read the whole thing. I'm not a rabid Potter fan and have no desire to download the book. But I have seen a few of the leaked pages (unless they are elaborate fakes) and a summary of all of the sorts of things you probably don't want to know.
Not to worry. I'm not telling.
At any rate, Scholastic, J.K. Rowling's U.S. publisher, is reportedly readying its legal team to sue the trousers off whoever leaked "Deathly Hallows" in the first place. So, my attorney advises me against saying anything.
It's times like this when I'm glad the Internet wasn't around when I was young. I didn't have to go out of my way to avoid the great spoilers of my childhood, like Spock dying in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" or Darth Vader revealing that he is Luke Skywalker's father in "The Empire Strikes Back."
Sorry if you didn't know those plot twists already. I can't be held responsible if you've been living in a cave. Besides, Spock got better.
Oh, and while I'm at it: Rosebud was Charles Foster Kane's sled, Soylent Green is people, and "To Serve Man" is a cookbook.
I'd give away the ending to "Sleepaway Camp," but you don't care, anyway.
But don't worry. I'm not going to spoil anything recent. The only time I've ever done that was when a friend and I saw "The Sixth Sense" and, five minutes into the movie, I leaned over and whispered the big twist. But I didn't know. I was just guessing. It's not my fault that it's so obvious.
Wait. I did tell a few people the ending of M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village," but that was just to spare them the agony of sitting through the movie.
As important as spoilers for books, movies and TV shows have become, it's amazing that the modern definition of the word "spoiler" isn't yet in Webster's or the Oxford English Dictionary. Clearly, English-speaking lexicographers are dropping the ball. Even Roger Ebert now sometimes warns of spoilers in his movie reviews.
(While I was writing that last paragraph, another friend went online and threatened bodily harm to anyone who spoils the final Harry Potter book for her. She is 34 years old.)
Unlike Scholastic, however, some publishers actually make a point of leaking spoilers to the media before readers have a chance to read for themselves. I'm speaking, of course, of Marvel Comics and DC Comics, which alert The New York Times and The New York Post every time something major happens to one of their characters. If Captain America dies or Spider-Man reveals his secret identity to the world, it'll be on CNN before you have a chance to track down a copy of the comic book in question.
It just goes to show that Marvel and DC aren't really in the storytelling business anymore. They're in the business of promoting their trademarked characters, which they can then license for movies, toys and video games. This may be why I don't read superhero comics anymore.
As for everyone who still does care about storytelling, remember: Think twice before you click on that link.
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The movie with no name generates early buzz
The most interesting thing about director Michael Bay's "Transformers" isn't the movie itself. If you want a movie about giant robots who moonlight as cars and airplanes, the 1986 animated version, "Transformers: The Movie," is a better deal.
No, the most interesting thing is the mysterious teaser trailer screening before "Transformers" — a teaser for a movie that doesn't yet have a title.
The Internet Movie Database refers to the film as the "Untitled J.J. Abrams Project." But rumors have floated around the Internet for weeks, usually citing the working title "Cloverfield." Probably no bogus movie name has generated so much buzz since George Lucas began work on a film called "Blue Harvest" — better known as "Return of the Jedi."
For now, "Cloverfield" will have to do. Executive producer J.J. Abrams ("Alias," "Lost") isn't giving up many hints. On Monday, Ain't It Cool News posted a letter from Abrams in which he denied any connection to two Web sites that seem to be part of a viral marketing campaign for the film: www.ethanhaaswasright.com and ethanhaaswaswrong.blogspot.com.
Whoever "Ethan Haas" is, the Ethan Haas Was Right site, which invites visitors to solve puzzles in order to uncover Haas' prophecies of impending doom, looks pretty professional not to be part of some elaborate marketing scheme.
So far, Abrams said, fans have discovered only one legitimate "Cloverfield" Web site, 1-18-08.com, named for the film's scheduled Jan. 18 release date.
The trailer itself is doing a good job of generating interest. At first, it appears to be home-video footage of a party. Maybe the movie is a comedy? Then things take a slightly darker tone, and you think, "A drama? Maybe a thriller?"
Then the explosions start, and the person holding the camera, along with the other partygoers, heads outside just in time to catch a blast lighting up the night sky, followed by what sounds like a roar.
When I saw the trailer in the theater, people in the audience were, at this point, asking each other, "Is that Godzilla?"
Godzilla doesn't appear. But the next thing you see are buildings crumbling and cars flying across the city. Then something crashes in the street below.
It's the severed head of the Statue of Liberty.
We're in New York City, and Really Bad Things are happening.
Then the trailer ends with that date: 1-18-08. So, whatever is happening, you'll have to wait seven months to find out.
That's brilliant marketing.
Judging from just the trailer, the film currently known as "Cloverfield" looks like "Godzilla" meets "The Blair Witch Project" — a monster movie told from the point of view of amateur video. Probably not coincidentally, "The Blair Witch Project" is another film that took full advantage of an unorthodox marketing campaign, which had a lot of moviegoers convinced the film was a legitimate documentary rather than a clever work of fiction.
All we know about "Cloverfield" is Abrams is producing it, "Felicity" creator Matt Reeves is directing it, Drew Goddard ("Alias," "Lost") is writing its screenplay and it stars a cast of unknowns, who reportedly weren't even allowed to see the script before they signed on.
For now, we're left to guess. Is the entire film going to be "home movie" footage, or was that just a trick to throw us off. Is there really a giant, Godzilla-like monster? And what is up with all of this Ethan Haas stuff, which makes the movie look like some sort of cosmic doomsday out of the pages of an H.P. Lovecraft story?
That ought to keep people talking until January.
Labels: cloverfield, culture shock, jj abrams, viral marketing
British TV's 'Hex' should leave viewers bewitched
This usually works the other way around. American producers find a clever British TV show, adapt it for the U.S. and spring it on an unknowing audience.
"The Office" and "Three's Company" are two successful American shows based on series that aired originally in Britain.
"Amanda's," based on "Fawlty Towers," is an unsuccessful one. Which is probably why no one remembers it.
But occasionally, an American show will have such an impact in Britain that it will spawn imitators there. Such is "Hex."
When it first aired, "Hex" had a reputation as the British answer to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Actually, its first season has more in common with "Charmed." The more Buffyesque plots don't kick in until the second season, which is currently airing on BBC America.
The show's first 10 episodes — all six episodes of season 1 and the first four of season 2 — are now available on DVD. The three-disc box set lists for $49.95, with most retailers knocking at least $10 off that.
Set at an isolated boarding school that once belonged to a woman who more than dabbled in the occult, "Hex" follows a shy student named Cassie (Christina Cole), who discovers she has both supernatural powers and a mysterious link to the late lady of the house.
That would normally be enough for any teenager to cope with, but Cassie's problems are just beginning. As soon as her powers start to manifest themselves, she attracts the attention of a mysterious stranger, who spends most of his time lurking in the mists just off the estate and doing his best impression of a tortured Jane Austen hero — except evil.
The stranger is Azazeal (Michael Fassbender), leader of a group of fallen angels. And fallen angels are always bad news.
Cassie's only real friend is her roommate, Thelma (Jemima Rooper), who happens to have an unrequited crush on Cassie. This is doubly bad news for Thelma, who ends up dead by Azazeal's hand by the end of the second episode.
Normally, I wouldn't spoil a major character death like that in a review like this, but in this case, there is life after death. When Thelma shows up at her own funeral, it's obvious: She is a ghost, and she isn't going anywhere soon — even if Cassie is the only mortal who can see her.
So, it's up to Cassie and her ghostly and even-more-frustrated-than-ever best friend to unravel the mystery of Cassie's powers and figure out what Azazeal wants, besides wanting Cassie, which he makes clear at every opportunity. It's fate, he says.
While "Hex" lacks the self-conscious, pop-culture humor of "Buffy," it doesn't wallow in the sheer goofiness that made "Charmed" often too painful to watch.
What it has that those two shows lack, however, is gorgeous cinematography. The producers of "Hex" take full advantage of their rural English setting, and every episode has the look and feel of a movie.
They're also not afraid to take chances. The seventh episode introduces a new character, Ella Dee (Laura Pyper), a 500-year-old demon hunter with impeccable taste in Goth fashion, who sends the series in a totally new direction. If Ella and Buffy were to ever face off, my money would be on Ella.
Note to movie producers: Pyper is an excellent actress who needs more work.
Although the DVD box set ends four episodes into season 2, it nevertheless ends with a perfect cliffhanger, which will leave anyone hooked by the first 10 episodes eagerly awaiting the show's final nine episodes.
It's just a shame "Hex" ended after just two seasons.
Labels: bbc america, british television, culture shock, hex


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Maryland Route 227 (MD 227) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland.  The state highway runs  from Marshall Hall east to U.S. Route 301 (US 301) in White Plains.  MD 227 connects the communities of Bryans Road, Pomonkey, and Pomfret in northwestern Charles County.  The state highway, which was constructed in the mid-1920s and early 1930s, originally had its western terminus at Pomonkey; the remainder of the current route was part of MD 224 and all of MD 226.  MD 227 gained its present western terminus in the mid-1950s.

Route description

MD 227 begins at a boat ramp on the Potomac River adjacent to the ruins of the namesake mansion at Marshall Hall within Piscataway Park.  The state highway heads south as Marshall Hall Road, a two-lane undivided road through a forested area.  MD 227 crosses Mill Swamp and begins to pass residential subdivisions as the highway approaches the community of Bryans Road, where the highway intersects MD 210 (Indian Head Highway).  The state highway heads south as Livingston Road to Pomonkey, where MD 224 continues southwest as Livingston Road toward Mason Springs while MD 227 veers southeast as Pomfret Road.  The state highway crosses Mattawoman Creek, passes west of the historic farm McPherson's Purchase, and intersects the Indian Head Rail Trail on its way to Pomfret, where the highway meets Marshall Corner Road.  MD 227 turns north onto Marshall Corner Road, curving to the east and passing the entrance to Green's Inheritance before meeting the southern end of MD 229 (Bensville Road).  East of Pomfret, the state highway passes close to another pair of historic homes, Pleasant Hill and Oak Grove, the latter of which is on the intersecting Turkey Hill Road.  MD 227 crosses Pages Swamp and passes close to another historic home, Spye Park, before reaching White Plains, where the state highway reaches its eastern terminus at US 301 (Robert Crain Highway) opposite county-maintained Willetts Crossing Road.

History

Present-day MD 227 was built as part of three different state highways.  Livingston Road between Bryans Road and Pomonkey was constructed around 1923 as part of MD 224, which originally ran from MD 6 at Doncaster to the District of Columbia border in Forest Heights.  Marshall Hall Road was built as MD 226 between 1924 and 1927.  MD 227's portion of Marshall Corner Road was constructed between 1924 and 1926.  The final portion of MD 227, Pomfret Road, was started in 1929 and complete from Marshall Corner Road to the bridge over Mattawoman Creek in 1930.  The gap between Mattawoman Creek and Livingston Road was filled by 1933.  MD 227 was extended north over Livingston Road and Marshall Hall Road to its present western terminus, taking over all of MD 226's course, in 1956.

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iRobot Corp., the leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, has received a $7.6 million order from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division.
iRobot Corp., the leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, has received a $7.6 million order from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division. The order calls for upgrades and spares for 46 Man Transportable Robotic System (MTRS) robots. MTRS is modeled after the company's multi-mission iRobot 510 PackBot. All deliveries under the order will be completed by Q2 2015.
The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division also awarded iRobot a three-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with a total ceiling of $13 million. This contract also calls for robot upgrades and spares for MTRS robots, and an initial $277,000 order has been placed.
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