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The Audacity of Dreams
Sanjay Vijaykumar
Co-founder & CEO, MobME
It was a nerve-wracking Hamletian dilemma. Either I was to complete my engineering degree and get in queue of job-seekers or surge ahead of the line to become a techno-entrepreneur. I listened to the streaks of adventurism within me. Luckily, I had a few more who were on the same page with me - Sony Joy from College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram (which is also my alma mater), and Vivek Francis, an alumnus of Sree Chithra Thirunal College of Engineering. For the three of us, the engineering degree receded into background as our zeal and passion to become startup entrepreneurs, straight from the campus, triumphed.
MobME is a young and vibrant Mobile Internet company with a track record of providing Value Added Services for Mobile Phone users and Carrier Grade Solutions for Telecom Operators since 2006. Sanjay Vijayakumar , Co-Founder & CEO Enterprise shares his story of his dream startup MobME…
Thus was born MobME Wireless, the first telecom campus startup in India. It was the power of idea – and we were fascinated by it. But it did not come that easy. There were sleepless nights; there were gnawing feelings of uncertainty. But then we had taken the plunge and there was no question of going back. M o b M E , a mobile media and entertainment firm, is now one of the fastest emerging 50 IT companies in India. It was rated as one of the country top 100 innovative startups by NASSCOM in 2006. A year later, it was the youngest of the NASSCOM 100 IT Innovators alongside Texas Instruments, HP and Infosys. The icing on the cake came from Wall Street Journal when it mentioned MobME as one of the10 startups to watch out for in India in 2008. Significantly, it has triggered the dream of India having its own Silicon Coast.
For me, the bottom line is: we should not stop dreaming. And if we have to dream, why not dream big? Why should we take life a tad too seriously? A decent engineering degree may fetch you a job with hefty salary. Surely a tempting proposition! But just think of it: you will still remain an employment-seeker, not an employment-giver. In fact, it was my dream also, initially. But during the first year itself, I realized it was not a big deal as this was something everyone could do. I was aware of the pitfalls and challenges of my decision. I had been earlier enrolled at School of Architecture, Delhi, and Naval Academy, Goa, but could never finish the courses there. Could I afford to make a hat-trick of incomplete degrees by dropping out of the engineering college as well? Wont it be an injustice to my middle class parents who had pinned all their hopes on me? But the urge to pursue my dream was overpowering. Surely, I dont regret it now.
And how did we concretize our dream? We began by selling recharge coupons to college students. In three months flat, we managed to sell 14,000 SIM cards. That was the stepping stone. We then started selling T-shirts soured from Coimbatore in the college. By the end of third semester, we could tote up a princely Rs.8 lakh -- in just eight months! That fulled our dreams to launch a company. That is the history of MobME.
MobME is a pioneer in mobile governance initiatives. It has fulfilled the communications needs of banks, government institutions, state governments and nodal agencies through SMS, voice, and other mobile technologies. It has now its offices in Kochi, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram. I would say there are ways of doing things. For instance, when our parents came to know of our doing, they were shocked, but we convinced them. We had to bunk classes, but we kept our teachers in the loop. They knew we were pursuing our dreams and not bunking classes to while away our time in the college canteen. We convinced our parents and teachers with the sheer conviction of our idea, our dream, our enterprise. I would also like to remove the misconception that beginners have to fend for themselves. We still receive a lot of guidance from people like Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder of Infosys, who is also the Chief Mentor of Startup Village in Kochi, India first telecom incubator. The list of mentors include Rajan Mathews, Director General of COAI, Kiran Karnik of NASSCOM, Ganesh Lekshminarayan, CEO of Dell India, and Abhishek Goyal, investor, Flipkart, along with a host of successful entrepreneurs from Kerala like K.Nanda Kumar, CEO of Suntec, Navas Meeran of Eastern Group, Jose Thomas of Choice Group and Murali Gopalan of US Technology. Famous Hindi poet Dushyant writes: "Who says a hole cant be made in the sky, but then you have to throw the stone with full conviction." Very true! Unless you knock the door, it will not open. Dont forget Malayalam film legend Mammootty gave all the promotion works of his movies to us and we didnt have any previous business experience, then. Even conventional businesses can be done in unconventional ways.
India lacks a great technology startup ecosystem with an appetite for risks. We are trying to do that at Startup Village, which is accelerating the tech startup ecosystem in Kerala. Our mission is to achieve 1,000 product startups and start the search for a billion dollar company from a college campus by 2020. Based on the PPP model, it will tap student startups from the state 164 engineering colleges. India Department of Science and Technology and MobME have invested Rs.2.5 crore each in it in the hope that it will form an ecosystem for startups to create breakthrough technologies for the global telecommunications industry.
Kerala is 100 per cent literate, has near 100 per cent tele-density, high IT literacy and access to broadband, making it an apt state to set up a telecom incubator. There is an imperative need to remove the notion that the entrepreneurial capability of Kerala is low when compared to states like Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Particularly interesting at Startup Village is its Innovation Zone. Blackberry has opened an innovation zone called Rubus Labs to promote application development in the BB10 platform. It will serve as an experiential zone for students to experience the possibilities of mobile technology. With 164 engineering colleges participating in the Startup Village, the scope of innovations is expected to increase manifold.
There are two ages to launch a company -- at the age of 40 when one has a wealth of experience or at the age of 20 when there is no experience but then there is dream in the eyes and fire in the belly
The choice is to look for the security of a job or to grab the opportunity. Uncertainty and risk are attendant risks in entrepreneurship at every single stage. You may fail in one opportunity that comes your way. But there is also the possibility of creating an enterprise.
I personally believe that it is better to start early in life.
The cost of starting up in college is the least as you are not expecting a salary for yourself. Also, the fear of failure is a big deterrent but in college this really doesnt matter because even if you fail, life does not get shattered as you are still in college. The energy, the enthusiasm, the creative instincts are at the maximum when you are young. It is the time when you are ready to build, break and innovate. If you look at the Silicon Valley, the average age of the founders of Yahoo, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook was around 24
Things are now happening at a brisk pace in Kerala. Startup Village is the beginning of a revolution for entrepreneurial incubation in the country. Incubatee companies that are recognised by National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB) of the Central governments Department of Science and Technology will be eligible for service tax exemption for three years and up to Rs 50 lakh of revenue. They are also by default selected to make a pitch pre sentation to Startup Village Angel Fund.
This could fetch them an initial amount of Rs 30 lakh for their venture. KPMG, which will provide high-level consulting services to the incubatees, will also help them in their initial tax support services.
Young entrepreneurs are to be also given professional mentorship, physical and technology infrastructure and financial support through programmes like the IEEE Student Project Programme, Startup Village Scholarships, Accelerator Programme and Angel Fund.
Startup Village has also been instrumental in bringing the first Student Entrepreneurship Policy in the country in Kerala. The state government has announced a landmark policy that provides 20 per cent attendance and 4 per cent grace marks to college students who try to create knowledge, employment and wealth in the society.Read More
The prospects at Startup Village are awesome. Lab-X foundation, a US-based NGO, has associated with it to facilitate internship opportunities and outreach programme in the US engineering colleges by meeting the entire expense for internship. This would give a tremendous fillip to students who have the ability and conviction to launch their own startups.
MindHelix Technosol, a company based out of the Startup Village, has been selected by the US-based Alchemist Accelerator Programme for enterprise product startups. The company, which pioneered TukTuk Meter, a GPS based auto fare calculator, has created a cloud computing based customer interaction application, which has been selected for the accelerator.
US-based company Nuance, which makes voice recognition software to recognise customers through phones and applications, plans to start its innovation zone at Startup Village. Another venture is Parkinsons research zone which will offer technology solutions through advanced computerized 3D modelling technology to the neurological disorder.
IBM and Startup Village have signed an MoU to help engineering students and young professionals attain industry-ready skills through its Career Education and Academic Initiative Programme. Similarly, the MoU signed between Oracle India and Startup Village to integrate the Oracle Academys Advanced Computer Science curriculum into Startup Villages engineering programme will allow over 30,000 students and 200 teachers of Kerala to gain exposure to Oracles advanced computer science programme and its software.
Last but not the least, Freeman Murray, legendary entrepreneur and mentor from the US, has set up a Startup School for young entrepreneurs enrolling 100 students initially for a six-month course, of which four months would be residential classes in Startup Village.
It can safely be said the future belongs to innovators. Today, over 35 per cent of India population is below the age of 20. By 2020, 325 million people in the country are expected to reach the working age, which will be the largest in the world. This catapults us into one of the most powerful and leading economies of the world over the course of the next decade. Such a scenario requires massive scale up in its incubation and entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Underlining all this is the ability to take calculated risks. Confidence and ideas can produce wonders. If you try to tread on a path that is less trodden, there is a possibility that your feet may get bruised. But you must show gumption and courage; you must have the ability take the adversity on your chin. One thing we have learnt is that you cant be unlucky all the time.
The stupendous success of MobME is not only a testimony to the audacity of dream but also a celebration of entrepreneurship. The success of the company has now created a blueprint for more private sector companies to launch TBIs in India.
MobME has also become the first campus startup whose plan to launch an IPO has been approved by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in the SME Exchange.
My one advice to young Indian students is that if 22 year olds can build technology product companies in garages and college dorms in the US, why cant we? We dream of a day when the sun sets at dusk in the Valley, it would rise to see the dawn of a Silicon Coast in India. And I dont have to gaze into the crystal ball for that. It is all happening.
The die has been cast; the beginning has been made. Only the young people can make it kinetic by leapfrogging into the fascinating world of entrepreneurship. If you have an idea, a natural flair for breakthrough innovation, dont forget to come to us. We may help fulfill your dream of a product startup and transform you into a high-profile entrepreneur.
Sanjay started his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 22 while in 3rd year of engineering, to build up MobME Wireless, one of India's most exciting and innovative mobile internet companies. He is also the Chairman of the Board for Startup Village, India's first Technology Incubator in PPP mode promoted jointly by MobME along with Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.


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The #MeToo Movement Missed This One: "You Fucking Communist Cunt, Get Out of Here!" (Richard Mellon Scaife's Directive to a "Columbia Journalism Review" Reporter, Related by Al Franken)
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COMMENT: With Al Franken's departure from the Senate–an event that figures to make the Democrats' chances of regaining control of the chamber more precarious–we reflect on aspects of Franken's and John Conyers' departures:
Franken's troubles were foreshadowed by long-time GOP (and Trump) dirty tricks operative Roger Stone. Might Stone, as is his wont, have played a role in arranging this gambit?
Lee Ann Tweeden worked for Fox News for years.
Tweeden's CV also includes modeling stints for Playboy, among other outlets.
We do not pass judgement on Tweeden's work for outfits like Playboy and Hooters. In a society that is sexist and hierarchical, "strutting one's stuff" is a common tactic on a career pathway for women fortunate enough to be sufficiently endowed to effect such a move. Nonetheless, for her to emerge as an icon for sexual harassment is "different."
Although the famous photograph of Al Franken touching her breasts was non-consensual, it occurred in the context of a script calling for such things. That this is emerging twelve years later is something that warrants more intense scrutiny than it has received. " . . . Consent is the key. Consent is the cornerstone, the foundation of all sexual assault statutes in the U.S. and likely all nations. Although certainly not interpreted or applied uniformly across the wide spectrum of jurisdictions in equal measure. What Leeann Tweeden did say was that the photograph Senator Al Franken staged 12 years earlier with him pretending to, or lightly touching her breasts as she slept and a kiss during a rehearsal of a scene, in the same time frame, in which a kiss was part of the script, were non-consensual. . . ."
Tweeden's accusations have been echoed by other accusers, several of whom have chosen to remain anonymous.
Combat helmets of the Azov Battalion, whom John Conyers opposed.
John Conyers' troubles were signaled by long-time "Alt-Right" figure Mike Cernovich.
Conyers had been labeled "Putin's Man in Congress" for criticizing the Azov Battalion. Well, he ain't in Congress any more. In addition to its openly Nazi symbols, Azov's spokesman is Roman Svarych–who, in the 1980's, was the personal secretary to Jaroslav Stetsko, the wartime head of Ukraine's Nazi collaborationist government and a key architect of Nazi ethnic cleansing in that state.
Even before entering the Senate, Franken would have been in the GOP's crosshairs. We note that he related stridently misogynist behavior by GOP financial benefactor Richard Mellon Scaife–a main funder of the far right and a member of the storied, extremely wealthy Mellon family. Scaife's remark–to a reporter from the Columbia Journalism Review no less–has not garnered much attention. Scaife was using the kind of language we might expect from–Edward Snowden!
All of this is not to say that many–perhaps most–of the sexual harassment charges surfacing in recent weeks against various figures may not be true. One pays a price for doing work of this kind. After close to forty years on the air, part of the price I have paid is misanthropy. Echoing Hamlet "I care not for man." I have a VERY low opinion of human nature. It is not unusual for people commanding power and influence to routinely leverage such gravitas for financial and/or sexual gain. Nonetheless, in the context of the Four B's of American politics–Bullets, Bribes, Beds and Blackmail, I think the Conyers and Franken situations bear more scrutiny than they have received.
From the standpoint of counter-intelligence analysis, the #MeToo phenomenon signals a superb tactic for political destruction: a) infiltrate a woman into the entourage or professional environment of a male politician, media or business figure targeted for destruction; b) have her gain the trust of her political target and his associates (the cardinal rule for a good double agent is "make yourself indispensable to the effort"); c) after sufficient passage of time, surface the allegations of sexual harassment; d) IF the opportunity for actual sex play and/or flirtation presents itself, take advantage of it for later use as political/rhetorical ammunition; e) with accusers having the tactical luxury of remaining anonymous, the operational template for a form of sexual McCarthyism and the precedent-setting contemporary manifestation of a sexual Star Chamber is very real–the operational similarities between much of the #metoo movement and the Salem Witch Trials should not be lost on the persevering observer; f) proper vetting of the accusations is absent in such a process; g) for a public figure in the U.S., proving deliberate defamation (libel/slander) is extremely difficult and litigation is very expensive–the mere surfacing of charges is enough to taint someone for life and the exorbitant expense of litigation is prohibitive for all but the wealthiest among us.
The CIA has long been involved with the women's movement. (Check out Miscellaneous Archive Show M4: Gloria in Excelsis: The CIA, the Women's Movement and the News Media.)
We can't help but feel a brutally ironic degree of schadenfreude, with the so-called "progressive sector" now being impaled on the very one-dimensional identity politics they have championed for so long. If Adolf Hitler had been a Palestinian lesbian, folks in Berkeley would be walking around in brownshirt uniforms, Sam Brown belts, jackboots and swastika armbands.
The so-called progressive sector has had little to say about the rape charges against Julian Assange.
We don't expect so-called progressives to take a critical look at the issues we have raised here. Political comedian Mort Sahl hit the nail on the head decades ago, when he observed: "A liberal's idea of courage is eating at a restaurant that hasn't been reviewed yet."
Past a point, we find it impossible to stomach what is going on. In the last election, with the first female major party candidate in this country's history (Hillary Clinton) and an openly avowed sexual predator (Donald Trump) running against each other, 52% of white American women voted for Trump–#PhysiciansHealThyselves!
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken; Dutton [HC]; Copyright 2003 by Al Franken; ISBN 0-525-94764-7; p. 132.
. . . . Where did this malicious tone come from in the first place? I submit that it can be traced to a day in 1981, when billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife fielded a reporter's question about his financial backing of conservative groups.
"You fucking Communist cunt, get out of here," he said to Karen Rothmyer of the Columbia Journalism Review. He went on to tell her that she was ugly and that her teeth were "terrible." Of Ms. Rothmyer's mother, who was not present, he said, "She's ugly, too." Sensing that it was time to wrap up the interview, ms. Rothmyer thanked Scaife for his time. He bade her farewell with a cheery "Don't look behind you." . . . .
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I'm sure there are fascists who are relieved to know that Franken is not in their hair anymore.
Posted by Uncle Grody | December 11, 2017, 1:33 pm
Imagine that: a document purporting to be a draft lawsuit complaint against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer by a former staffer Senate over sexual harassment allegations was released exposed. But it turned out to be an obvious hoax. And it also was sent to multiple news organizations on Tuesday, the same day of Alabama's special election where GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore was facing numerous sexual harassment allegations.
So it would appear that there was another right-wing dirty-tricks operation that was intended to create a big "Chuck Schumer sued for sexual harassment!" headline on the very same day of a crucial election involving a GOP facing numerous sexual harassment allegations.
But it didn't pan out because it was an obvious forgery. First, it appeared to be lifted verbatim from the from the sexual harassment lawsuit against Democratic representative Conyers. That's the document that was obtained by BuzzFeed after 'Alt Right' media personality Mike Cernovich provided BuzzFeed them with documents from a second complaint against Conyers. Recall that Cernovich was a major promoter of the "Pizzagate" hoax during the 2016 election.
Second, the fake document makes references to "House Rule 23", which is a real rule for House of Representatives. But Schumer is a Senator. Oops.
So it was an obvious hoax. But who was behind it? Surprise! Mike Cernovich and fellow 'Alt Right' media personality Charles Johnson are the two people who were pushing it…until the it pointed out by others how it was obvious hoax. And now Cernovich and Johnson claim they were completely fooled by it and are the real victims of this hoax and maybe the 'deep state' was behind it all in order to discredit them:
Alt-Right Hyped Sexual Harassment Hoax to Attack Schumer
The fake document accusing Sen. Chuck Schumer of sexual harassment copied language from a real document that exposed Rep. John Conyers.
12.13.17 3:09 PM ET
A forged document accusing the top Democrat in the Senate of sexual harassment copied language verbatim from a real sexual-harassment complaint filed against Rep. John Conyers.
On Tuesday afternoon, right-wing social media personalities Charles Johnson and Mike Cernovich boasted of obtaining a document that would put a senator out of a job.
"Michael Cernovich & I are going to end the career of a U.S. Senator," Johnson posted on Facebook on Monday.
The senator was Minority Leader Charles Schumer of New York, Axios first reported.
But the document was fake. A copy of the document, obtained by The Daily Beast, purports to be draft lawsuit complaint against Schumer by a former staffer. It accuses him of sexual harassment. Schumer's office told The Daily Beast the document and her signature are forgeries. Schumer's office said the senator was not in Washington, D.C. or the United States during several dates in the document when he is said to have harassed the staffer.
"The document is a forged document and every allegation is false," Schumer spokesperson Matt House told The Daily Beast. "We have turned it over to the Capitol Police and asked them to investigate and pursue criminal charges because it is clear the law has been broken. We believe the individual responsible for forging the document should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law to prevent other malicious actors from doing the same."
The former staffer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, confirmed the document was a forgery.
"The claims in this document are completely false, my signature is forged, and even basic facts about me are wrong," the former staffer said in a statement. "I have contacted law enforcement to determine who is responsible. I parted with Senator Schumer's office on good terms and have nothing but the fondest memories of my time there."
Indeed, elements of the fake complaint against Schumer appear to have been lifted verbatim from a real sexual harassment lawsuit against Conyers. That complaint was unearthed by BuzzFeed—after Cernovich, a right-wing media personality, provided them with documents from a second, similar complaint against Conyers.
The Conyers complaint references "House Rule 23" and a "mediation" process between Conyers and his accuser. The fake Schumer complaint also describes allegations as falling under "House Rule 23," which of course does not exist in the Senate. The "mediation" process in the Schumer document was never mentioned again.
After Cernovich claimed credit for bringing down Conyers, the longest-serving member of the House, he predicted bringing down an even bigger Democrat.
On Monday, Cernovich tweeted a screenshot of Johnson's statement on Facebook ("Currently reading the sexual harassment settlement documents of a major Democratic US Senator") and added: "Spoke with Chuck Johnson on the phone, he told me he as the whole case file."
When a journalist criticized Cernovich's sourcing on Twitter, Cernovich replied that the media was "already doing damage control! It doesn't matter. I already have legal documents, exact dates, same as with Conyers."
Cernovich quickly backtracked once it was reported Schumer's office had gone to police on Tuesday. (Under D.C. law, forging a document filed in a public office is punishable by up to 10 years in jail or a $25,000 fine.)
"There's language that looks like it came from some of the Conyers stuff, like it might have been copied from there," Cernovich said during a Tuesday evening broadcast on Periscope. Cernovich now said he thought the document was a hoax, but it "still could be confirmed."
Reached by The Daily Beast on Wednesday, Cernovich said he was the victim of a "sophisticated forgery" and provided the supposed "number of the hoaxer," which was disconnected.
Johnson, for his part, wouldn't directly answer questions about the forgery.
"There are no reporters at The Daily Beast but I will give you a quote," Johnson told The Daily Beast over email Wednesday. "'I enthusiastically look forward to an investigation.'"
Johnson referred The Daily Beast to a Facebook post he recently wrote, which read:
"I was sent a very sophisticated complaint that claimed Senator Chuck Schumer had sexually harassed a subordinate and paid her off. After communicating with the source through encrypted email and texts the source went dark. I sent the document to multiple journalists, lawyers, and members of Congress, all of whom agreed it should be investigated. I am offering $10k for the identity of the persons responsible and would be happy to cooperate with any investigators."
"This is the journalist process CNN doesn't go through," Cernovich said on Periscope on Tuesday. "CNN, they go 'oh shit, Don Jr. got an email about Wikileaks before anybody else? Boom boom boom front page news.' But me, I go oh, wait, hold on a minute, let's chill."
In fact, Schumer's office said, CNN and other outlets including the Washington Post, BuzzFeed, The New Yorker, and ABC News all received the document on Tuesday, around the same time as Cernovich and Johnson. None of those outlets posted in advance about being in possession of documents that would "end the career of a U.S. Senator" though.
"Whoever did this — I don't know if it was a deep state operation, a Soros thing, or if it was just a prankster," Cernovich said on Periscope, "but somebody's in a lot of trouble for forging documents."
Cernovich and Johnson both have dubious records as journalists. Johnson infamously misidentified a college student as a woman who falsely accused University of Virginia students of rape. He also falsely accused then-congressional candidate Cory Booker of lying about his address, and falsely accused a New York Times reporter of posing for Playgirl. Cernovich fanned the flames of the Pizzagate hoax, a conspiracy theory that accused high-level Democrats of running a child sex-trafficking ring through a pizzeria.
"Alt-Right Hyped Sexual Harassment Hoax to Attack Schumer" by Kelly Weill; The Daily Beast; 12/13/2017
A Facebook post from Charles Johnson on Monday. That was first hint of that something was coming.
But then it turned out to be a forgery:
And it wasn't just a forgery. It was an obvious forgery:
And now we have Mike Cernovich and Charles Johnson asserting that they had no idea it was a forgery and are themselves victims of this hoax (although Cernovich suggests the document "still could be confirmed", which doesn't exactly help his credibility here:
And Charles Johnson describes the source of the forgery as a source he communicated with through encrypted email and text:
And note how it sounds like multiple news outlets also received these same forgeries on Tuesday, the same day of Alabama's special election and one day after Johnson's Facebook post:
That sure seems like extremely suspicious timing. Specifically, that sure seems like extremely suspicious timing that points in the direction of a right-wing dirty tricks operation designed to create a one-day story on the same day of the Alabama special election where sexual harassment charges against the GOP loomed large.
Don't forget that it doesn't matter if the document later revealed to be a hoax as long as the intended impact is to shift the vote towards the GOP candidate in a special election on Alabama on the day the forgery becomes a public story.
That's why the Tuesday distribution of this forgery to new outlets one day after Johnson's cryptic Facebook post is so suspicious…it appears that Johnson and Cernovich were building up hype with the intent of ensuring the story got at least some national exposure during the crucial voting period in Alabama before it was identified as a hoax.
Maybe that wasn't the actual intent, but it sure appears that way. And as dirty-tricks hoaxers like Cernovich and Johnson know well, appearances matter. A lot. That's why they're dirty-tricks hoaxers smear merchants. It works. So while we don't know yet the motive behind this hoax, it's hard to come up with a more appropriate pair of individuals than Cernovich and Johnson to point out over and over how this appears to be an intentional smear job knowingly pushed by Cernovich and Johnson on the day of the Alabama special election for the purpose of a one-day shock story. We don't know that's true, but boy does it look like it.
Posted by Pterrafractyl | December 13, 2017, 5:00 pm
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Can you believe it has taken me since June to post something else? Anyway, I posted a quilt on my other blog www.flutterbyatomicbutterfly.blogspot.com/ and I promised instructions here. I stopped taking photos the further I progressed in the quilt because I doubted I would really post it, but I decided to in the end. If you have any questions, email me at kellyrory1@msn.com and I will try and answer them. The size of quilt that I will be posting instructions is a square baby size that fits nicely over a car seat or to lay down for play.
Wow! Who knew it would take me 3 months to actually post to this blog. I am really in the mood to sew and get my hands on some yummy fabric. I decided to share a quilt I made back in 2003 before my daughter was born. It now hangs on my son's bedroom wall. It has some *personality* if you will. LOL! I see lots of things I would have done differently, but I can't change it now. I *think* the fabric is from Moda, but I can't remember exactly. I am sorry for not having a source. I also added a card that I made today using the new Hen image from The Saltbox Studio. I absolutely love it. I designed this card from a quilt I saw on a Windham Fabrics magazine ad. I loved it. I pulled out some of my Old School pattern paper from 1999 etc. It just goes to show that you never know when you are going to need some of that older stuff! LOL!
Hello! This feels really strange to be starting a second blog. I decided to start a new blog in conjuction with my current blog to showcase another part of my life. I absolutely love to sew and to create using fabrics rather than paper. The fabric store is equally as exciting and enticing as a row of pattern paper. Through this blog I hope to share my sewing and needle art projects that I have already made and those that I will make and share in the future. As much as I would have liked to have shared these projects on my other blog, I felt that these projects needed a completely new forum. I hope you enjoy sharing my journey as I create and hopefully inspire others. I really wanted to title my blog "Sew it Seams", but it was already taken, so I decided to use it for my first entry.


Happy holidays? Some area residents may find that is far from the case.
• Show your feelings. If someone close to you has recently passed away or you're unable to be with family over the holidays, realize it's OK to show, and share, your grief and emotions.
• Reach out to others, especially if you are feeling lonely or isolated. Seeking out community or social events can offer support and companionship. Volunteering to help others can also lift your spirits and make you feel more connected.
• Be realistic about the holidays. Change your expectations about the festive season; it doesn't have to be perfect. As family dynamics change, holiday traditions and rituals will too. Hold on to a few traditions and be open to new ones.
• Set aside differences with family and friends. Accept others as they are. If possible, set aside grievances until there is a more appropriate time to discuss. If necessary, limit time spent socializing with loved ones if these situations make you feel anxious or angry.
• Stick to a budget. Deciding how much you can afford to pay for gifts will reduce the financial strain – and related stress and anxiety – on your family. Happiness can't be bought with gifts, so show your love in creative ways. Consider gifts of time, such as spending a day with a loved one or teaching a child a new hobby or skill.
• Plan for success. Set aside specific days to shop, bake, decorate, visit or do other activities. Plan meals in advance and line up what you'll need to buy. Don't be afraid to ask for help to prepare for or clean up from parties and meals.
• Learn to say no. Agreeing to take part in a project or activity for which you have no time can leave you feeling resentful and overwhelmed. Set realistic expectations for what you can do over the holidays. Seek balance and try not to overdo it.
• Make time for the people who matter most in your life. Rather than rushing around, take a break by planning outdoor winter activities with your children or plan a date night with your partner.
• Don't abandon your health. Eat healthy; you can still enjoy a holiday treat, while keeping in mind portion control. Get enough sleep and try to be active every day. Make time for yourself to recharge from the holiday bustle, such as taking a walk, listening to music or reading a book.
• Seek professional help if required. Despite your best efforts, you may still feel sad, anxious, stressed or unable to cope. If these feelings persist, speak to your health care provider or a mental health professional. Locally, the Canadian Mental Health Association (www.cmhahkpr.ca) provides a free, 24/7 professional crisis support line at 1-866-995-9933.


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Diarra Named Big 12 Player of the Week
K-State Athletics ReleaseDecember 30, 2019
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State junior guard Cartier Diarra earned his first career Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week honor on Monday after scoring a career-best 25 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with 22.4 seconds left, to help the Wildcats defeat Tulsa, 69-67, on Sunday.
Diarra is the first Wildcat to earn the Big 12's weekly honor since Barry Brown, Jr., and Dean Wade won the accolade in back-to-back weeks on January 14 and 21, 2019. Overall, it marks the school's 29th Player of the Week honor since the inception of the Big 12 in 1997, including the 13th under head coach Bruce Weber.
"It was just staying confident," said Diarra after his career-best performance on Sunday. "I know that early on I wasn't shooting the ball well. The scouting reports are saying 'He can't shoot,' and I know I've been a good shooter in the past. My freshman year, I think I shot 40 (percent from 3). Last year, I shot like 37, 36. I've got to get it back up and the only way to get that back up is shooting in the gym, practicing, working on it and of course, shooting in the game. I did miss five of them. I wish I didn't miss those five, but I made ones that counted and what we needed to get the win."
The 6-foot-4, 188-pound guard from Florence, S.C., Diarra collected his third 20-point game of the season in Sunday's victory over the Golden Hurricane, connecting on 8-of-16 from the field, including 6-of-11 from beyond the arc, to go with a 3-of-4 effort from the line, a game-high 7 assists and 5 rebounds in 33 minutes of action. His 6 3-pointers were a career-high and the most by a Wildcat since teammate Xavier Sneed knocked down 6 triples against West Virginia on Jan. 1, 2018. He now has at least 6 assists in 9 of 12 games this season.
For the season, Diarra is averaging 12.8 points on 40.6 percent shooting, including 31 percent from 3-point range, to go with 5.8 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.9 steals in 31.2 minutes per game. The team leader in assists and steals, he ranks second on the team in most offensive categories, including scoring, double-digit scoring games (7), field goals made (52), 3-point field goals made (18) and free throws made (31) and attempted (49).
K-State (7-5, 0-0 Big 12) opens up Big 12 play this weekend, as the Wildcats travel to Norman, Okla., to take on Oklahoma (8-3) at noon CT at Lloyd Noble Center. The game will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
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Q: xamarin.forms german resx (language) ignored on android, working on ios I am making an app with support for english, german and arabic.
The user can change the app language at runtime on click.
switch (v)
            {
                case "german":
                    mainPage.FlowDirection = FlowDirection.LeftToRight;
                    LocalizationResourceManager.Instance.SetCulture(CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("DE"));
                    CachedUser.localCode = "de";
                    break;
                case "arabic":
                    mainPage.FlowDirection = FlowDirection.RightToLeft;
                    LocalizationResourceManager.Instance.SetCulture(CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("ar"));
                    CachedUser.localCode = "ar";
                    break;
                case "english":
                    LocalizationResourceManager.Instance.SetCulture(CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en"));
                    mainPage.FlowDirection = FlowDirection.LeftToRight;
                    CachedUser.localCode = "en";
                    break;

            }

There a three resx files

All are identicaly, only the strings content ofc changes depending on the language.
This is the german resx file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
    <resheader name="resmimetype">
        <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
    </resheader>
    <resheader name="version">
        <value>2.0</value>
    </resheader>
    <resheader name="reader">
        <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
    </resheader>
    <resheader name="writer">
        <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
    </resheader>

        <data name="YouAreHere" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Du befindest dich hier: </value>
    </data>

        <data name="Next" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>weiter</value>
    </data>

    <data name="German" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Deutsch</value>
    </data>

    <data name="Arabic" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Arabisch</value>
    </data>

    <data name="English" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Englisch</value>
    </data>

    <data name="PickLanguage" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Wähle deine Sprache</value>
    </data>

</root>

This, for instance, is the working arabic one:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
    <resheader name="resmimetype">
        <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
    </resheader>
    <resheader name="version">
        <value>2.0</value>
    </resheader>
    <resheader name="reader">
        <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
    </resheader>
    <resheader name="writer">
        <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
    </resheader>

        <data name="YouAreHere" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>أنت هنا: </value>
    </data>

    <data name="Next" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>التالي</value>
    </data>

    <data name="German" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>ألمانية</value>
    </data>

    <data name="Arabic" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>عربي</value>
    </data>

    <data name="English" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>إنجليزي</value>
    </data>

    <data name="PickLanguage" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>اختر لغتك</value>
    </data>

</root>

You can see, they all are identical.
The code works perfecly on iOS.
But on Android, the german language is ignored. Between Arabic and english I can switch perfectly.
What  could be of issue here?

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Aberdeen City Council's Common Good Fund continues to help local charities 'flourish'
Five local organisations gave their take on the funding they received from the city council's Common Good Fund as they aim to help communities across Aberdeen.
Kirstie Topp
Friends of Seaton Park are one of the many beneficiaries of the common good fund
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The hard work of unsung heroes across Aberdeen has not gone unnoticed and now a number of community groups in the city will get a cash boost to help their projects flourish.
Services and ongoing projects that aim to help communities across the city will receive money from Aberdeen City Council's Common Good Fund.
The fund was created as a result of the historic Stocket Charter, which King Robert the Bruce signed in 1319 to give Aberdeen the Forest of Stocket in return for yearly rent.
Profit raised from the land was the foundation of the Common Good Fund.
Groups or individuals in the city can apply for a share of the funding and any applications are considered by the local authority.
We reached out to five of the successful groups to learn more about their ongoing work and what the funding means to them.
On a clear yet chilly spring morning, we headed out to Tillydrone to speak to John Sergison, chairman of Earth and Worms which has been running since 2019.
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The project has taken ownership of a peaceful and colourful community garden found tucked behind the pharmacy on Hayton Road.
Chairman John Sergison and a team of volunteers have been working hard to create facilities on the site that can make fertiliser and compost from green and food waste.
Earth and Worms make fertiliser and compost from green and food waste
Before Earth and Worms took on the space it was littered with rubbish and empty alcohol bottles left behind by fly-tippers and litterbugs however John said that the space had "always screamed potential".
Following a major clean-up of the site, a simple growing space was created and the garden has since expanded to include composting facilities and a future full of possibilities.
In time it is hoped a kitchen area can be created that will aid with the group's goals to reduce food waste.
They also hope to be able to deliver workshops allowing people to pick and dry herbs or make delicious treats such as jams and infused oils using ingredients grown in the garden itself.
Earth and Worms also look to support local residents with their mental health and aim to create a stronger sense of community.
John explained: "Tillydrone has already got a brilliant community in it but it's about adding to that and creating a space that's offering something different in the area.
"Food banks or people living in the local area can drop off peelings and vegetable scraps, as long as they are fresh, and we will turn them into compost.
"We also use cardboard which we get from the pharmacy, coffee grains from Kilau, and once the community campus opens up we can have their coffee grains from the café.
"It's all about getting as much local waste as possible, keep it here and that way we can be self-sustained in compost and natural fertilisers."
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The project received £26,000 from the Common Good Fund, which will create a role for someone to manage the garden full-time.
John said: "It also allocates for a six-month feasibility study to be opened up and the idea is that once the space is ready and it's in a condition in which people can feel safe and no one needs to supervise then that means that we can deliver from here a gardening service.
"That then brings in an income to keep this place going and we hope to offer traineeships as well in the future."
John said the cash award was "absolutely amazing" and added: "We are so deeply overwhelmed with the help we got from the city council.
"It shows that there is a need for these places and that people can feel that they are being respected for doing the work that they are carrying out.
"There's a whole team behind the Earth and Worms garden and everyone is ecstatic to have this. It will give them a major push to be able to see all our ideas come to fruition."
Anyone interested in lending a helping hand with gardening or building projects is welcome to head down to the community garden between 2pm and 5pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Meanwhile, one of the Granite City's leading family support charities Home-Start Aberdeen will receive £45,000 from the fund.
Established in 1987, it provides practical and emotional support to around 200 families with young children every year.
Home-Start Aberdeen helps families to create a secure and loving home environment where their children can grow up to be happy, healthy and confident.
General manager Eleanor McEwan told us it was an "ongoing challenge" to fund the charity's vital work and said the last two years had been "particularly difficult".
She said: "Demand for our services has never been higher.
"The Covid-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected families who were already struggling. They do not have the resources to cope with the psychological, social, and economic fallout.
Home-Start Aberdeen will receive £45,000 from the fund.
"More families have fallen into poverty and we are seeing big increases in depression and loneliness. Children have missed out on opportunities and experiences which are so important for learning and development in their early years."
Eleanor said the funding would make a "huge difference" and added: "It will allow us to continue to be there for families when they need us most, making sure they get the right support at the right time from the right person."
This year Common Good Fund awards were given to "Friends of" groups who work hard to maintain and improve the much-loved and visited parks across Aberdeen.
Friends of Seaton Park were delighted to receive a share of the council cash.
Located to the north of the city, Seaton Park boasts beautiful garden areas, various species of wildlife and is home to the famous Mr Therm, a former steam engine that was used to transport coal from Aberdeen Harbour.
The group was awarded £20,000 and the money will be used to repair some of the paths and roadways in the park grounds.
Chairwoman Sheila Gordon explained: "Whilst this may not seem of great importance it can make walking, running, or cycling hazardous and lead to falls.
"It is not only for safety reasons but also for the comfort of anyone in a wheelchair and, having tried out a mobility scooter, I can vouch for how uncomfortable some parts of the local paths and roads are. I can only imagine how it feels for a baby or small child in a pushchair."
Friends of Seaton Park was awarded £20,000
The funding comes as the group prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary and Sheila said: "It is good to celebrate with such a lovely award."
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The Friends recently secured money from the Coastal Communities Fund to buy two new picnic tables and an oak tree will be planted in the park as part of the city's contribution to the Queen's Jubilee Green Canopy.
Sheila added: "We also hope to be able to have events and an AGM soon and to continue working with Aberdeen City Council to maintain and improve the park for the future."
Money was also awarded to the Friends of Victoria and Westburn Parks, an active group of volunteers who meet every Saturday to carry out gardening and general clean up work to improve the parks in the Rosemount area.
The group was formed in November 2013 and currently has around 20 members.
They applied to the Common Good Fund hoping to get money to allow the sides of the ponds in Westburn Park to be repaired.
Westburn Park has been a firm favourite with Aberdeen residents for decades and features tennis courts, bowling greens, football pitches, skate ramps, and a children's play area.
Group chairwoman Janice Lyon said: "We raised funds to have three new picnic benches installed alongside the ponds in 2019 to encourage more use of this area of the park.
Money was also awarded to the Friends of Victoria and Westburn Parks
"Unfortunately the sides of the ponds are now in such a state of disrepair they are unsafe for children to play there."
She added: "We were delighted to have been awarded the full £15,000 which means we will see these ponds restored to their former glory later this year."
Finally, we spoke to the Friends of Jacob's Ladder to learn more about their ongoing project to repair and reopen the historic stairway and surrounding pathways at Woodside.
Jacob's Ladder originally opened to the public in 1921 to provide residents with a route from Don Terrace to Grandholm Bridge.
Thousands of workers at the Grandholm Mills used Jacob's Ladder to get to and from work every day.
The staircase has been closed for more than a decade due to structural damage and fears over safety.
Because the stairs are out of action pedestrians are forced to add an extra ten minutes to their journey as they have to walk around Don Terrace onto Gordons Mills Road.
Group chairwoman Rosalind Walker started picking up rubbish from the riverside walkway in 2015 and after speaking to passing residents she soon discovered how important the Jacob's Ladder stairs were.
She said: "These stairs have been closed for almost 15 years and the locals wanted them to be reinstated for access purposes, as a community resource, and for their historical value."
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Despite a setback due to the coronavirus pandemic the Friends of Jacobs Ladder and River Side Walkway group was officially established in February last year.
In April last year group volunteers cleared the granite stairs of weeds, overgrown trees, and mud and it is hoped the funding award will enable the stairway to return to its former glory.
The group will get a sum of £26,000 to put towards the restoration work.
Rosalind explained: "The Common Good Fund money will enable us to have a full structural survey carried out on the stairs by a structural surveyor.
"It will also allow in-depth tests to be carried out as to the integrity of the concrete and steel, and we will then be able to instruct a quantity surveyor to assess the costs involved to have the stairs returned as a safe usable community resource.
"Once we have the figures involved in the restoration of the stairs we then hope to be able to start fundraising on a bigger scale."
Those interested in supporting the project are encouraged to complete an online survey at www.jacobsladderrestoration.com and any responses given will help the group when they apply for future funding opportunities.
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Q: adverb phrase or adjective phrase
You can take a short ferry ride from the city of Surabaya to Madura for a heart-stopping bull race, filled with excitement.

In the sentence, is the phrase "filled with excitement" adverb phrase or adjective phrase? Thanks in advance.

A: "Filled with excitement" is an adjective phrase, in which "filled" is an adjective and "with excitement" is its complement.

A: It's a non-restrictive adjective phrase, headed by the participial adjective filled. The adjective itself is modified by the prepositional phrase with excitement, which serves as its complement.
This adjective phrase most likely modifies a heart-stopping bull race. It theoretically can modify a short ferry ride, but it's too far from it.
An adverbial phrase modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb.
Had it been an adverbial phrase, it would've modified take a ride, but this would've looked strange:

You can take a ride, filled with excitement. (seems to modify either you or ride)
  You can take a ride excitedly. (now it surely modifies [take a ride])

We can use filled with excitement predicatively:

This ride is/seems/feels filled with excitement.

A: excitement is a noun and filled a verb in past simple form, but this is not the case.
filled works as an adjective, like full or complete so filled with excitement (noun) works as an adjective phrase.


Every human yawns, likewise animals. Particularly among humans, a yawn can be transferred from one person to another; it is contagious. Yet we fail to learn why this involuntary action is indispensable to human existence, despite the fabulous science of yawning.
Many times, we find ourselves doing an unusual amount of yawning in an attempt to catch our breath. We see yawning as a sign of stress and tiredness alone, even though to yawn has its good sides.
Yes, you heard me right. We have the good side of yawning too.
is yawning good for your health?
The answer to your questions is "Yes".
Stay with us, let's quickly explore the what it means to yawn, the science behind yawning as well as the benefits of a yawn and body stretching.
A yawn is an automatic and involuntary action consisting of the simultaneous inhalation of air and the widening of the eardrums, followed by an exhalation of breath.
Wikipedia has it that, Oscitation commonly known as 'Yawning' most often occurs in adults immediately before and after sleep, during tedious activities and as a result of its contagious quality. It is commonly related to tiredness, stress, sleepiness, or even boredom and hunger.
Yawning consists of an involuntary wide opening of mouth with maximal stretching of jaw, together with a long and deep inhalation through the mouth and nose, followed by a slow expiration, associated with a feeling of comfort. The average duration of a yawn is 5 seconds.
To stretch your body while waking up from a good sleep can feel fabulous. As you yawn you open your mouth wide for 4-6 seconds, stretch your respiratory tract and diaphragm and inflate your lungs.
We call it stretching but in your body the opposing muscle groups contract together tighter and tighter until joints, limbs and trunk are fully extended and then you reach that peak in tension.
The release of the tension coincides with a sense of pleasure. This coordinated stretching and yawning is an involuntary act called Pandiculation.
Still wondering if yawning is good or bad for the health? See the good side of yawning explained below.
Behind the surprising science of yawning, is the health benefits you get when you yawn frequently.
These advantages of yawning will be explained in four categories: the Neurological, sexual, physiological and other benefits of oscitation.
Yawning is extremely beneficial to the brain. This underrated involuntary action of ours does a lot more good than we can ponder.
A yawn occurs before, during and after instances of abnormal thermoregulation, heat stress and hyperthermia. Patients with clinical disorders such as multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, migraine, stress, anxiety, head trauma, and stroke experience excessive yawning which is followed by temporary cessation of their symptoms. This is because these conditions lead to an increase in the body core temperature, thereby resulting in abnormal thermoregulation, which the body then tries to correct transiently by way of yawning.
A yawn helps to calm your brain by forcing you to breathe deeply and by increasing blood flow to the brain through the act of stretching your jaw.
Someone yawns when blood or brain oxygenation is insufficient, that is, when oxygen levels decrease and carbon dioxide concentration rises. It is thought to remove "bad air" from the lungs and increase Oxygen circulation in the brain.
Another theory about why we yawn is to allow the in-flow of more oxygen into our bodies. When you yawn, you fill your lungs with oxygen and remove a build-up of carbon dioxide. This might explain why we tend to yawn more in the company of others. Larger groups of people produce more carbon dioxide, which means you need more oxygen to counterbalance.
It's actually the body's way of rejuvenating the brain (that is, to restore it back to its original state of been young, dynamic and effective) so that it can function more effectively.
Oscitation stimulates a nerve or the nervous system of the brain that plays a major role in being more conscious and self-reflective, and that also aids in relaxation, alertness, and maintaining a good memory. Any time you breathe deeply, your brain waves slow down and your muscles get the message to relax.
Oscitation increases when people are engaged in difficult mental work something you've no doubt noticed in your own life. It staves off sleep! It also helps contract the facial muscles, which forces blood through cerebral blood vessels to the brain and this, scientists say, may function to increase alertness.
The arousal occurring after yawning is being considered to be due to the mechanical stimulation of carotid body. The carotid bodies are highly vascularized, and their compressions may thus affect their shunt system, thereby leading to release of hormones such as adenosine and catecholamines, which afterwards transfer the arousal response.
When you yawn, you relieve the ear discomfort and hearing problems that are commonly experienced by people during rapid altitude changes in airplanes and elevators. It is helpful in normalizing the air pressure in the middle ear with the outside air pressure.
That's right 'it's almost like pushing the 'reset' button on an electronic device. When you yawn, you help regulate your body's circadian rhythms, or the roughly 24-hour cycle of human behavior and biological activity.
8. Some of the other benefits of of a yawn include increasing memory, improved self-examination, improves your sense of timing, enhances pleasure and lowers stress.
A single yawn can lift your mood. When you yawn, your dopamine levels rise. This activates oxytocin, or pleasure and relationship-bonding chemicals.
Now that you've known this, feel free to explore the good side of yawning frequently. Every yawn comes with amazing benefits and your body needs it.
If you have other people who will find this post useful, feel free to share on social media.


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Сюзанна Йорк (, справжнє ім'я Сюзанна Йоланда Флетчер (); , Челсі, Лондон — , там же) — англійська акторка театру, кіно та телебачення.

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Сюзанна Йорк народилася в 1939 році, в Челсі, історичному районі на південному заході Лондона. Вона молодша дочка Симона Вільяма Флетчера (1910—2002), банкіра і сталевого магната, та його першої дружини, Джоан Мері Баврінг, вони одружилися в 1935 році та розвелися в 1943. На початку 1943 року, її мати вийшла заміж за шотландського бізнесмена, Адама М. Гамільтона, і переїхала з дочкою, до Шотландії. У 11-річному віці Сюзанна пішла до середньої школи (Marr College) у місті Труні, (Південний Ершир). Пізніше вона стала жителькою заміського будинку — пансіону (Wispers School) у Західному Сассексі. У 13-річному віці її вигнали з пансіону, коли опівночі застукали в шкільному басейні, де вона плавала оголеною, і вона переїхала до Східного Гаддона (East Haddon) у Нортгемптонширі.

У віці 9 років, окрилена своєю роллю зведеної сестри Попелюшки у шкільній виставі, вона вперше вирішила звернутися до коледжу драматичного мистецтва у Глазго. Однак, коли її батьки розлучилися і вона з матір'ю переїхала до Лондона, Сюзанна навчалася у Королівській академії драматичного мистецтва, де виграла премію Ронсона як найперспективніша студентка.

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У 1959 році Йорк взяла участь у в телепостановці «The Crucible» з Шоном Коннері, що сприяло її кар'єрному росту, і у 1960-му вона дебютувала у фільмі «», де зіграла роль другого плану з Алеком Гінесом і . 1961 року, вона зіграла головну роль у фільмі «Сливове літо» (The Greengage Summer), в якому знялися також Кеннет Мор і Даніель Дар'є.

У 1960-х роках вона успішно грала у фільмах різних жанрів. У парі з Альбертом Фінні в 1963 році Йорк зіграла роль Софі у фільмі «Том Джонс», який здобув премію «Оскар» за найкращий фільм.

У 1970 році вона була номінована на премію «Оскар» за найкращу жіночу роль другого плану в фільмі Сідні Поллака 1969 року «Загнаних коней пристрілюють, чи не так?». А в 1972 році на Канському кінофестивалі здобула приз за головну жіночу роль у фільмі Роберта Альтмана 1972 року  .

Померла 15 січня 2011 року, у віці 72 років від злоякісного ураження кісткового мозку — мієломної хвороби (множинної мієломи).

Фільмографія
 1960 «Жив-був шахрай» () — Еллен
 1963 «Том Джонс» () — Софі Вестерн
 1966 «Людина на всі часи» () — Маргарет Мор
 1969 «Загнаних коней пристрілюють, чи не так?» () — Еліс
 1969 «Битва за Британію» () — Меггі Гарві
 1970 «Братська любов» () — Гіларі Дав
 1970 «Джейн Ейр» () — Джейн Ейр
 1980 «Пропадаючи від любові» () — Сю Люїс
 1984 «Різдвяна історія» () — пані Кретчіт

Примітки

Британські телеакторки
Британські кіноакторки
Офіцери Ордена мистецтв та літератури
Лауреати премії BAFTA
Псевдоніми артистів
Померли від мієломної хвороби
Артисти, відомі під псевдонімами


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The Echo Dot is all the tech of the Echo, minus the speaker.
New Amazon 'Tap' and 'Echo Dot' Gadgets Unleash Alexa on the World
Two new devices, lots of new possibilities for voice controlling everything.
If you want to see what it's like to live in the future Amazon imagines, just walk into the company's UX Lab in San Francisco. Not that you can; the security feels like the president is working inside. But once you get behind the doors, the space is part office and part testing ground for seemingly every room in your home. Amazon's head of devices Dave Limp surveys his territory from behind a kitchen island, in front of a pristine countertop that looks like the set of a 2022 episode of The Barefoot Contessa.
Limp has two new voice-controlled devices, both launching today, which join the Alexa collection alongside the Echo and the Fire TV set-top box. The Amazon Tap ($129.99) is an Alexa-enabled portable speaker along the lines of a Bluetooth model like the UE Boom. The Echo Dot ($89.99) is like a tiny Echo, all the microphones and smarts and almost none of the speakers. Both can do everything the Echo can, anything you can do with a sentence that begins with "Alexa…" In short, they put the platform in a lot more places: in small rooms and next to TVs, to the beach and into the car and on vacation. Alexa is free to roam the world now.
To see what Alexa can really do, though, what Amazon as a whole can do, stick to the kitchen. A few feet away from Limp, two Dash Buttons stick to the metal fridge, ready to replenish supplies with a click. A Dash wand hangs next to ribbed white mugs. A TV hangs above the sink, and the counter is lined with Amazon's new auto-replenishing water filter, a Bosch oven, and a Nest thermostat. Down the hall there's a makeshift bathroom, a washer and dryer, the normal home staples. Back in the kitchen, Limp has a red Kindle Fire tablet on a wooden stand, and---of course---two Echos to control it all.
Eventually, he says, all these things will be connected. "Your kitchen is not going to be a homogenous environment," though. "We can't rely that Amazon or anybody else is going to build all those devices and control them for your home." That goes double for the outside world, where we'll constantly interact with technology we didn't buy and don't know how to use. That's why Amazon hopes Alexa is bigger than any device, or even any device type---it's supposed to be everywhere you are. Any device can use Alexa; anyone can make Alexa do new things. In the quickening race between super-powerful voice assistants, Amazon's is the one that's leaping off your phone and into the real world. That's why it's winning.
The Tap is more or less the device everyone's been asking for since the Echo first appeared a year ago. It's an Echo, except you don't have to plug it in all the time or shout at it from across the house like a misbehaving child. The one-pound, cylindrical black speaker has a rugged mesh exterior, playback controls on the top, and a big microphone button on the side. Tap the button, and you can speak to Alexa just as you always would. It can tether to your phone, or connect to Wi-Fi. The big thing missing here is the always-on, far-field listening tech that makes it possible to shout at your Echo from across the room. You can't do that on a battery-powered device, unless you want the battery to last about five minutes. This one lasts for nine hours of playback, Amazon says.
If you ignore all the built-in voice features, you're left with a fairly standard portable Bluetooth speaker. Dual stereo speakers inside the Tap spit out sound in all directions, and for a portable Bluetooth speaker, it actually sounds pretty good. It doesn't seem to be as rich or clear as the UE Boom, for instance, but it's about on par with what I'd expect for the price. You can pre-order the Tap today, and it'll start shipping later this month.
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There's only one way to buy the Echo Dot, on the other hand, and that's from your Echo. ("Alexa, order Echo Dot" is the magic phrase.) The Dot is sort of a companion for the Echo, kind of, but not necessarily. It's just a smaller Echo, with a tiny (and bad) speaker. It still plugs into the wall, still does far-field voice recognition, it's still named Alexa. It's just small enough now to go on your desk, or your bedside table. It's going to be a lot of people's new alarm clock. Best of all, it has an audio-out port, which means you can connect it to any old speaker in your house and suddenly it's connected to all things Alexa. It can even connect to a Bluetooth speaker, if you'd rather connect that way. Suck it, Chromecast Audio.
You're probably wondering: How crazy does this get? Can I set up a mesh network of all my Alexa products and control everything from anywhere? Well, yes and no. Since everything the Echo does happens in the cloud anyway, you can definitely now control your living room temperature from the comfort of your hotel. That's great. But you can't yet rig up a synchronized music system through your house, or have Alexa scare someone in the other room. All that is probably possible, though. Since so much of the system's power is not on the device itself, Alexa can update in a big way without touching the hardware.
We've been saying this for a while, but it bears repeating: The Amazon Echo is all grown up. It can play Spotify, control your lights, read you the news, answer your questions, order you pizza and an Uber, and so much more. As of today, it can also control your thermostat, thanks to a new Thermostat API. Amazon's worked with Nest, Honeywell, and others to make changing the temperature as easy as saying it out loud. And as Amazon adds more capability to the service, it wants developers to do so as well; Amazon wants to be the voice-controlled back-end for everything you own and use.
David Pierce is a former senior staff writer at WIRED, covering personal technology.
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Women need foods that contain fiber and one of them is the breakfast bar. You will find that certain breakfast bars contain grains, vitamins and fibers you need to start the day right. Well, women need these nutrients in the morning to get through the day. Fibers in the breakfast bars help the body digests and create energy for the rest of the day.


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Six out of ten Norwegian politicians favour introducing a ban on begging in cities, a poll carried out by news agency ANB has revealed, showing that rhetoric aimed at Roma immigrants is starting to have an impact.
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An Escape Plan will release the 'Living Together' EP on Friday 18th January. The release is to coincide with the launch of the new IKEA campaign for 2013 which the lead track 'Living Together' will soundtrack. This was originally written by The Bee Gees and released in 1979 on 'Spirits Have Flown'. An Escape Plan's bitterly evocative version of 'Living Together' was recorded at the scenic and historic Delapre Abbey in Northampton during the Christmas period, reflecting the haze of winter with a clear sobriety that surrounds the whole record.
The EP also features 'The Shipping News', which is taken from the band's likewise beautifully hand-crafted debut album 'SONGS OF SCARECROWS' (released on Christmas Eve 2012), and the previously unavailable track 'Hum Along'.
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Rejoinder to Duncan Foley and David Laibman
Kliman, Andrew and Freeman, Alan (2000): Rejoinder to Duncan Foley and David Laibman. Published in: Research in Political Economy No. 18 (April 2000): pp. 285-293.
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Article that appeared as Zarembka, P (ed) Economic Theory of Capitalism and its Crises, Research in Political Economy 18, pp285-93. Stanford, CT: JAI Press.
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Responds to debate initiated in Research in Political Economy 17 (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/621907/description#description)
This article formed the final part of a four-way exchange on the rate of profit which appeared in Research in Political Economy 17 and 18 in 1999 and 2000, between David Laibman, Duncan Foley, Andrew Kliman and Alan Freeman. This piece constituted Kliman and Freeman's final response to the debate around Laibman's initial critique of the Temporal Single System Interpretation (TSSI) of Marx's value theory. Keywords: TSSI, MELT, value, Marx, price, profit rate, Okishio, non-equilibrium, equilibrium, money
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The Tracker SPS-03B is a small pistol safe with a biometric lock. It uses a cold rolled 20 gauge steel (1mm). There is a security cable which is included that mounts on the left side of the unit. The cable is 40" long. There is foam interior on the top and bottom to protect your handgun. One interior strap will hold your contents in place. We recommend that you bolt the SPS-03B down using the 2 holes included in the bottom. The mounting hardware is not included.
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Globalisation is dead, warns the Levi's CEO
The chief executive of Levi's has declared globalisation "dead" following months of supply chain chaos and rising freight costs.
Chip Bergh, chief executive of the 169-year-old denim brand, said: "Everybody knows the supply chain issues that have impacted our business greatly over the last nine months or so, but the other thing that is happening is the geopolitical forces.
"I think globalisation is dead, and this trend where this [apparel] industry has habitually chased the lowest-cost-manufacturing base around the world over the last couple of centuries, I think it's coming to an end."
The original Levi Strauss was a Bavarian immigrant who moved to California and went into business in 1853.
Levi's classic "501″ line became a wardrobe staple in the 1980s and early 1990s. The company now sells its wares in 110 countries.
It decided to move production from America to the Far East in the early 2000s. Mr Bergh told the World Retail Congress in Rome: "The name of the game today from a business standpoint is supply chain resilience and agility.
"When you are missing sales because a ship is parked outside and can't get to the port and unload containers, and you're leaving money on the table because the consumer can't buy the product, that's a big business issue." He said that rising cost pressures and inflation were driven by the pandemic, supply chain bottlenecks and shortages of labour in some parts of the world.
Mr Bergh added: "We've now realised that [goods] being produced in the lowest-cost countries and putting product on a boat and shipping it to the other side of the world and not getting it to the shelves on time has a cost to it," he added.
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Have you ever been stuck in a place where they don't speak your language? Did it leave you relying on charades to get your message across?
Knowing and speaking the language not only helps you avoid touchy situations, but gives you some credibility. When you take time to learn some of the language, you're likely to find those on the receiving end more receptive and willing to help you get what you need.
In the world of stand-up paddling (SUP), the credibility factor definitely comes into play. It also helps you improve your overall skill set if you know what to reference and what these specific terms mean.
Bottom—The bottom of the board. SUP boards have two different types of bottoms: flat and convex (curved inward). A flat bottom is more stable. A convex bottom makes the board faster and more maneuverable, but also less stable.
Deck—The top part of the board you stand on. It can be either flat or slightly domed.
Deck Pad—The part of the deck you place your feet. Made of foam, rubber or other material that provides traction and cushion.
Fins—Just like a surfboard, stand-up boards have fins on the bottom tail of the board to aid in stability, maneuverability and staying straight. Most have a large center fin with 2 smaller fins on each side.
Fin Box—The slots that the fins bolt into.
Handle—The groove in the center of the board for carrying. The handle is also a good indicator of where to stand.
Leash—Attaches to the rider's ankle, so when you fall, your board doesn't sail to shore. When paddling in flat water, leashes aren't usually necessary.
Leash Cup—The little plastic piece in the tail of the board where the leash attaches.
Nose—The front or tip of a SUP board. If you notice that water is coming up over the nose, it means you're too far forward, so inch backwards on the board.
Rails—The sides or edges of the board. When you want to paddle straight, you should paddle as close to the rails as possible. Because of this, it's common for the rails to get dinged up from paddle impact.
Rocker—Refers to the curvature of the board from nose to the tail. This makes more of a difference when surfing than paddling in flat water.
Tail—The rear 12 inches of a SUP. The design specification of the tail is more related to surfing: edgy wide tails are used for aggressive turns while rounder tails provide smoother turns.
Vent and Vent Plug—Some boards have vents that are sealed with vent plugs. Because those boards are made of foam, the gases in the board will expand and contract with the air temperature. Vent plugs can be removed to allow the gases to equalize during storage, preventing damage to the board.
Paddle Flutter—When the water isn't evenly dispersed off of the blade and it zig-zags (flutters) through the water. It makes your stroke less efficient.
Power Face— If your paddle has a bent shaft, the power face will be on the "inside" angle of the bend. This is the face of your blade you'll pull through the water with each stroke. The power face should face to the back of your board.
Blade Dihedral—(dye-hee-dral) Some stand-up paddles have a dihedral shape to their power face. It looks like a ridge or spine running down the length of the paddle blade. The dihedral's purpose is to eliminate paddle flutter as you pull it through the water, increasing your stroke's efficiency.
Paddle Bend—The elbow in the paddle where the shaft meets the blade. This bend is typically 8°-10°. The bend helps provide a more efficient, less fatiguing paddling stroke.
Cadence—How fast you move from paddle stroke to paddle stroke. A high cadence is most typical in racing or a power workout. A more relaxed cadence doesn't expend as much energy and moves your board more slowly.
PFD—Personal Floatation Device or lifejacket. An absolute must-have with any paddling activity.
Now you're ready to Talk the Talk with the SUP crowd, even if you can't yet "walk the walk." You'll get there!


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Suffolk firefighter warns drivers not to stockpile fuel at home due to huge fire risk
You can only store 30 litres at home without informing your local authority
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Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service and the National Fire Chiefs Council is urging people not to stockpile fuel (Image: Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service has joined an appeal urging people not to panic buy and then stockpile fuel using jerry cans and other containers especially.
The service's official Twitter account retweeted a statement from the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), which set out the dangers of keeping excessive amounts of fuel indoors or in cars.
With an increasing number of people choosing to store fuel at home after the wave of panic buying since Friday (September 24), it's important to remember the risks associated with this.
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As a highly flammable liquid, even the vapours given off by petrol could cause a disaster if met by an ignition source.
The NFCC said: "Storing fuel in a car, the workplace or at home can create a fire hazard due to its highly flammable and combustible nature.
"This can cause a serious risk of injury, loss of life and damage to not only people's properties but to others in the vicinity."
You can store up to 30 litres of petrol without informing the local Petrol Enforcement Authority, but it's stressed that storing any amount of petrol at home should be done with the utmost care.
Storing several jerry cans of petrol in your car could pose a safety risk (Image: WalesOnline/Rob Browne)
Phil Spooner, who has been a Crew Manager with Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service for 30 years, explained how to store petrol safely at home.
He said: "It should be stored in a well-ventilated place, away from any source of ignition, such as electrical equipment or heaters.
"As well as being extremely flammable, petrol is also corrosive. If it's not stored in a suitable container, like a steel jerry can, it could leak."
Mr Spooner also said that transporting significant litres of fuel in a car could be hazardous.
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"I wouldn't recommend carrying cans of petrol in the car because a build-up of fumes could act as an ignition source, as could turning the engine on.
Since queues began forming at petrol stations on Friday, several images have circulated on social media of drivers filling their cars with jerry cans - seemingly oblivious to the risks.
Due to petrol's volatility, he said that fuel should be kept in an outhouse away from a heat source, rather than indoors.
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Say what? - by Korin Miller
Ah, the keto diet. On the plus side, it's helped tons of people lose weight. On the not-so-plus side, it comes with a whole slew of pretty gnarly side effects like the keto flu, keto breath, and keto diarrhoea.
Now, people are talking about another not-so-pleasant side effect of the keto diet: keto crotch. Yep, some people online (shout-out to r/keto!) noticed that their vaginas started to emit an intense odour after going on the low-carb diet.
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Is keto crotch a real thing?
To make one thing super-clear first, there's no research confirming that keto crotch is, in fact, a thing. But that doesn't mean people aren't still experiencing a less-than-pleasant stench down there on the keto diet.
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Keto crotch sounds similar to the keto breath phenomenon. When your body is in ketosis (a.k.a., breaking down fat for fuel instead of carbs), it produces ketones (chemicals like acetoacetate, beta-hydroxybutyrate, and acetone—yes, that last one is the same ingredient in nail polish remover). These are chemicals that are naturally produced by your body, but, because your body produces more of them on the keto diet, the excess can make your poop, pee, and breath a little more smelly (again, like nail polish remover).
But, tbh, that's probably not what's happening here, says Jessica Shepherd, MD, a minimally invasive gynaecologist in Dallas and founder of Her Viewpoint. Instead, it's more likely that going on the keto diet changes your vaginal pH—and that changes your vaginal odour, she says. "Any diet can change your vaginal pH," she says, which can then change the odour a bit.
What should I do about it?
If you notice there's a weird smell going on after you go keto, you may want to give it a few days to see if it goes away, says Dr. Shepherd. (Also, definitely don't douche. Douching can open you up to a whole host of other issues and increase your risk of infection.)
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But if the smell persists or you start to notice other symptoms like itchiness, burning, and abnormal discharge, it's time to see your doctor. You could have an infection that's unrelated to your diet.
This article originally appeared on Women's Health US.
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Korin Miller
Korin Miller is a freelance writer specialising in general wellness, sexual health and relationships, and lifestyle trends, with work appearing in Men's Health, Women's Health, Self, Glamour, and more. She has a master's degree from American University, lives by the beach, and hopes to own a teacup pig and taco truck one day.


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