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Movie Marketing Madness: Sherlock Holmes – A Game of Shadows
Posted on December 16, 2011 February 14, 2016 by Chris Thilk in marketing, Marketing Recap, Movie Marketing, Social Media
2009's reimagination of Sherlock Holmes via a big-screen adaptation starring Robert Downey Jr. in the title role was something of a mixed bag for me. While I enjoyed the performance and the chemistry and banter between him and Jude Law as Dr. Watson this was certainly something far different than the Basil Rathbone classics I'd grown up with. That's not a bad thing in and of itself but I think it took a little while for me to acclimate to this far different portrayal of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective and accept it for what it was: Something that required little of the audience but sought to entertain by any means necessary for two hours or so.
Now Downey Jr. and Law – as well as director Guy Ritchie – are back in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Picking up shortly after the first movie left off this entry pits Holmes against his most formidable adversary, Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris). Holmes is on Moriarty's trail, believing him to be at the center of a vast web of conspiracy and criminal activity but to find him he enlists the aid of a young woman (Noomi Rapace) who has secrets of her own.
The Posters
The first bit of official marketing for the movie came in the form of two teaser posters, one with an up-close picture of Downey Jr. with Harris as Moriarty in the background and the other with Law being the focus and Rapace off to the side. They effectively showed that there would be a consistency in the look and feel of both movies as well as in the marketing efforts.
The next two posters had Downey Jr. on one and Law on the other, both of them clutching weapons and in profile to the camera with France and London, respectively, in the backgrounds. They continued the brand consistent blueish gray look from all the rest of the marketing and certainly showed some expanded settings but that's about it.
Then a series of six action-shot type of character posters were released, with one each for Downey and Law and two each for Rapace and Harris, with everyone brandishing a gun or other weapon or in some other kind of action shot.
The final theatrical poster has Holmes and Watson in a dark Paris alley, fog behind them and the imposing shadow of what we can presume to be Moriarty against the wall to the side. It continues to sell the atmosphere of the movie and what's hoped to be the wide appeal of the two lead actors.
The Trailers
The first trailer promises those who enjoyed the first movie more of the same here. We open with Holmes getting a tarot card reading, which of course becomes more complicated. From there we see what appears to be Holmes and Watson reuniting after some time apart, with Holmes intoning that he's on the most important case of his career as he investigates Moriarty. From there on out we've done away with most exposition or plot setup as we move to straight action. There are train shoot-outs, huge cannons firing and chases through the woods. We get glimpses of the same slow-motion special effects that were used in the first movie as well as lots of inventions and tools that give the movies a distinct steampunk vibe.
The second was more of the same, though with a good amount of different footage. There's lots of explosions and gun play and lots of time devoted to the run through the forest the main characters engage in that has lots of exploding trees and bullets whizzing by. Not much more than the barest of plot outlines is given here, though, other than some menacing glances and a bit of exposition about Moriarty being Holmes' biggest case and the most dangerous criminal mind of their time. It's all about selling some gothic action here and not about anything resembling a plot.
The next trailer starts off with two people playing chess, which serves as a metaphor for the struggle between Holmes and Moriarty. We see a bit of the same footage we've seen in other trailers but with occasional short interview snippets with Ritchie, Law and Downey talking about the conflict of the characters and the story and why people will be interested in seeing it.
The official website opens by playing a nearly full-screen version of the second trailer.
Once that's done playing the first section of content is "About" which has a short but mostly decent Synopsis, Cast and Filmmaker bios and Production Notes to download.
The "Photos" section has over three dozen (at which point it became difficult to count" stills from the movie. "Videos" has both Trailers, a couple of TV spots and two behind the scenes looks at the recording of the film's soundtrack score.
"Downloads" has Wallpapers, IM Icons, Posters and specialized wallpapers for iPhones and iPads. You can listen to samples from the score in the "Soundtrack section.
The companies that helped to promote the film are listed under "Partners" while "Sweepstakes" has information on a contest run by the Carl's Jr. fast-food chain.
"Special Features" has a couple games for you to play as well as a Facebook app that lets you find out who from among your friends there is a your nemesis.
Advertising and Cross-Promotions
A number of TV spots were run that continued to sell the movie to the general public as a known quantity, with lots of action and humor. It's clear this is in the same style and tone as the first movie, which was popular so the hope is this one will be likewise. Interestingly some of these spots are where we get our first look that Rachel McAdams is back but to what extent isn't as clear.
Plenty of online and outdoor advertising was also done, mostly using the film's key poster art and images of Downey and Law and usually also involving a picture of the train that figures into one of the movie's key action set pieces.
Among the film's promotional partner companies were French Connection (which displayed fashion "inspired by" the movie in store windows), Shuttle Computers, English Tea Store, Delta Airlines (which offered a contest to win tickets to the movie's premiere), Hershey's (which promoted theater snacks as being perfect while enjoying the film) and Hardee's, whose Carl's Jr. franchises have already been mentioned.
Media and Publicity
The one constant theme of the early press about the movie was "confusion." While casting details were leaked out and reported no one involved in the production was spilling any information about the film's story or plot (Los Angeles Times, 1/13/11), which apparently was part of the plan to keep people guessing and ramp up expectations in the audience that way. One detail that later got released was the movie's subtitle.
Outside of that there wasn't a whole lot that happened in the press as release day grew closer. The cast, Downey in particular, made the talk-show rounds and gave plenty of other interviews so it's not as if there wasn't a lot of activity happening. But there weren't many, if any, sort of big industry stories that pegged it as an "important" picture in any regard. Or if there were they never got on my radar, which is also completely plausible.
This is one of the most clear cut cases of "If you liked the first one here's more of the same" sequel marketing that I've seen. It might even beat efforts for the second Transformers movie and a couple other blatant offenders. Everything here (except the odd way Rachel McAdams barely makes an appearance…does something untoward happen to her character in this one?) is designed to make sure that the audience is completely sold on the notion that very little original will happen here. Instead it's made clear that this is, while not recycled, certainly very familiar material that covers well-worn ground.
So if you liked the first one – and I did overall while at the same time recognizing it was completely disposable entertainment that I barely remembered a half-hour after watching it – you should be sold on this one and will make your way to the theater. Which is fine.
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Disability awareness: Accommodation doesn't have to cost a lot
by Carol Dunn September 9, 2019
I am a short person, just a little over five feet tall. When I began working at Velsoft, the chair I was provided was too big for me, and my back got sore every day. The company accommodated this, by purchasing a new chair that didn't cause my back to ache. As well, because of my height, a footstool and computer monitor stands were also purchased for me.
These accommodations allow me work at my job without causing me pain, and cost approximately $300. I do not have a disability, but modifications were necessary in order for me to perform my job duties without getting hurt.
One of the misconceptions about hiring people with disabilities is that it will have a high cost for employers. But this isn't the case.
Virginia Commonwealth University's Rehabilitation Research and Training Center is dedicated to developing and advancing evidence-based practices to increase the hiring and retention of people with disabilities. The following cases are presented on VCU's website:
Chris is a call center customer care agent who has a spinal cord injury. Because of his injury, he has limited use of his arms and hands. He also uses a wheelchair. Accommodations made for Chris include raising his desk to fit his wheelchair, and purchasing a trackball mouse so he can access information on his computer. The total cost for these adaptations was $233.
Sharon also works at a call center as a customer care agent. She is blind and needed a screen reader so she could access information on her computer. The cost of this accommodation was $895.
Rudy has a spinal cord injury, and while he can move his elbows and wrists, his fingers are paralyzed. He also uses a wheelchair. In order to perform his duties as a cashier, a trackball mouse was purchased so he could use the computer, and a change dispenser was attached to the cash register. He uses a dowel stick to dispense the change. Hooks were also mounted on his workstation to help him put customer purchases into bags. As well, a piece of his desk was removed so his wheelchair would fit underneath it, and a bookcase near his desk relocated to provide space for maneuvering his wheelchair. The cost of these adaptations was $106.
Kelly is an operations specialist who is deaf. She works in a bank and uses sign language to communicate. She writes on paper to communicate with people who don't know sign language. Her job responsibilities include maintaining a filing system, processing online research requests, and scanning files in and out of the vault. When Kelly is away from her desk, staff members flick the lights to alert her that they need her assistance, instead of the previous practice of ringing a bell. She also uses a special phone that allows her to type messages. Because the bank already owned this phone, these accommodations didn't cost anything.
None of these accommodations had significant costs associated with them, and in fact, some were less costly than my own. In some cases, all that was needed was a creative solution that didn't cost a penny.
Debunking myths associated with employing people with disabilities is one of the topics covered in Velsoft's Disability Awareness course, which was recently updated. The course also includes why employers should hire people with disabilities, learning about barriers to diversity such as stereotypes, how to make accommodations and what is reasonable, along with accessibility and communication essentials.
Providing disability awareness training is an important step for any workplace that wishes to become more inclusive, while also tapping into the skills and knowledge of people with disabilities.

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1. GEG executives and volunteers deliver meal boxes and express sincere care to people in need in multiple locations.
2. A lot of GEG team members join the volunteering activities.
3. GEG volunteers are giving out 500 Red Cross Family Kits, donated by GEG, and other daily necessities to residents in São Lourenco and Patane.
4. GEG volunteers also give out bottled water and other daily necessities to people in need.
5. Team members of the F&B Department of GEG's flagship properties are packing the meal boxes.


For today: a few words regarding Cheap Sheep's best sheep peeps.
The friends you keep say a lot about who you are. To better understand a sheep (or person), understand their friends. Cheap Sheep here likes to keep it classy—when he's not hard at work, he's hanging with his woolly little buddies from Serta. Like Cheap Sheep, they know their sleep. Serta Mattresses will put you down for the count and keep you in comfort all night long. Sweet untroubled sleep.
But back to me. Let's talk sheep for a few minutes. Review what you know about Cheep Sheep: he is intelligent (a knowledge of mattresses and sleep that is unrivaled), kind (he shares his goodwill and continually bargains to get you better deals on sweet, sweet sleep), and oh-so easy on the eyes (lustrous, curly locks…piercing eyes…sleek nose—don't feel guilty if you're sneaking another peek at my picture). He wants friends with equally high standards.
Now, review what you know about the Cheap Sheep peeps from the Serta Factory fold. These sheep make great mattresses. Consider the Serta Perfect Sleeper. That Serta Mattress is stamped as a "Best Buy" from Consumer Digest. 'Tell me more' you say. OK. It is also the official mattress of The National Sleep Foundation. Seriously, people. It's a foundation dedicated to sleep. And they're saying this Serta Mattress is for real. And, I'm here to tell you that they got it right. If you value your sleep like I do, come down to Mattress Hub and check out the Serta Mattresses my friends have worked so hard to perfect. Those wooly little rascals.
And now, a few words as we part ways again. Remember, Cheap Sheep travels far and wide. He needs places to call home. Thankfully, the good folks at Mattress Hub are keeping pace with Cheap Sheep. They have stores all over Kansas and the Midwest, including new locations in Maize and Kansas City. If you find yourself tossing and turning, seek them out. They can provide help.


MindoLife's Smart Double Light Switch is a smart home unit which is installed over a dual existing switching point in the house.
MindoLife's Smart Double Light Switch is a smart home unit which is installed over a dual existing switching point in the house. While retaining the previous manual switching ability it enables a secured remote control of that switching point over the air and via the internet, allowing it to be monitored and take part in smart scenarios. Scheduled light/s on or of, light switching dependencies with other light switches, moderate lights out regime and countless more configurable smart scenarios to suit one's habits and specific light switching needs. Installation does not require any changes to the home electric grid.


It's a sad fact, but you probably spend more time every day sitting behind your desk than you do sleeping in your bed. And yet, despite forking out thousands for an oak-framed sleigh bed with airsprung, memory-rolled mattress, you decided on a desk from IKEA? Something doesn't add up.
If you think this slim-yet-sturdy desk has a retro look to it, you're right. First designed in 1970 by Hans J Wegner, it's a simple desk that epitomises the designer's signature steel-framed furniture. Two sleek drawers, sleek but study legs and a huge oak tabletop — the perfect, pared-back workstation.
Ideal for… The perennial procrastinator. Without any bells, whistles, cubbies or crannies to get lost in, it's a four-legged tool of focus.
We don't work all the time — despite many of us feeling like we've always got the laptop open. And that means that it pays to have a versatile desk, one that can be repurposed when the clock strikes 5. This solid beech desk, from British-born contemporary craft furniture-makers Another Country, was designed to be multipurpose — and won the Design Guild Mark for excellence in 2014.
Ideal for… The fresh freelancer. If you've just started working from home, and space is at a premium, a desk that doubles as a dressing and dining table is just the thing.
Is there anything more frustrating that trailing cables and overstuffed extension cords taking up room under your desk? The StudioDesk from BlueLounge feels your pain, and offers a neat space below the desktop to store cable clutter and other unsightly messes.
Ideal for… The neat freak. A clean workspace means an organised mind. There'll be no nagging neatness worries when sitting at the StudioDesk.
One of the most simple ways to up your productivity is to shift your seating position and posture throughout the day. From Artifox, Standing Desk 02 does away with sitting altogether, and features a built-in dock, cable grid and roomy oak desktop to boot.
Ideal for… The aching entrepreneur. You've got enough to stress about without throwing your back out. Stand, stretch and always be ready to dash out of the door to seal a deal.
Sometimes, of course, it pays to keep things classic. This walnut desk, the Navarra from Riva 120, features an exquisite cross leg detail, several draws and a multi-level desktop. It's a standard desk — not trying to reinvent the wheel — but what it does, it does very, very well.
Ideal for… The traditional typist. You clock in, clock out, and do so in style — and that's no bad thing. Now get down to business.
Your desk tends to sit in the corner, often buried under pile upon pile of papers and ignored as soon as you stop working for the day. With Carlo Mollino's 1949 Cavour desk in your home office though, you'll be working voluntary overtime. It's a piece of art in itself — oak frame, class top and black lacquer. What more could you want?
Ideal for… The creative clock-puncher. If you've got an eye for art, working at this desk will inspire even your most second-rate spreadsheet.
Bear with us. We know that work and play usually sit very far apart — but that'll change when you're sitting at this 'desk'. And, using a ping-pong table — and a steel-framed Iroko wood one, at that — as your work desk is made completely possible by the handy hidden side drawer, in which you can nearly store the net, bats and balls.
Ideal for… The bat-handy businessman. If your ideal meeting doesn't involve as many boardrooms as backspin chops, net this one from RS Barcelona.
Setting industrial style against Mid-century Scandinavian design was a bold move by designer Rob Scarlett. But, resting on the solid materials of black steel and solid oak, this sleek, simple Brunel desk is some of his finest work. It's refined, practical and laid-out for the man who enjoys everything in its place.
Ideal for… The fastidious freelancer. With simple spaces to organise everything from your hole-punch to your paperclips, you can work easy.


Calvert Vaux's original designs called for an Italianate exhibition hall and a round, classical temple for Cherry Hill. Instead Cherry Hill, designed by Jacob Wrey Mould, was created in 1860 to be a turn-around for carriages, and became a popular gathering spot in the 19th century. An ornate fountain was built, and was used as a watering trough for the horses. It was refurbished in 1998.
Cherry Hill recieved its name from the cherry trees that bloom across its landscape in the spring. It has become a very popular spot due to the views it offers overlooking the Lake, Central Park West, Bow Bridge and views of the Ramble. It is also big for film crews, magazine shoots and engagement and wedding photo ops.


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I have been looking forward to Maleficent with equal amounts of anticipation and dread. On one hand, she is easily my favorite Disney villain, so cold and so pure, and I want desperately to see more of her and her back-story. On the other hand, she is easily my favorite Disney villain, and I would hate to see her parodied, taken lightly or ultimately destroyed in a film that does not understand this great character. The good news is that this film almost gets it right; but that is also the bad news.
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In Space Jam (the original), the interior of Schlesinger's Gym has a scoreboard appearing in many scenes. The score on the board is 80 - 62. Animators rarely allow cel "real estate" to go without some oblique reference, also known as an "Easter egg," especially in background details (that's how Derpy Hooves got started). Is there some in-house meaning to 80 - 62, or 8062?
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Sleep is the debut tape by Boio, a surrealist rock duo Robby co-founded with Finnegan Shanahan.
Robby's credits on this tape include drums + percussion, vocals, and production.
A collection of songs by Aphids, an old band of Robby's. He recorded drums + perc, synths, and backing vox.
A collaborative song Robby co-wrote and co-produced with Pascal Le Boeuf and Sarah Goldfeather.
Robby can be heard playing percussion with Contemporaneous in this recording from the premiere at Roulette.


Get your shopping started early.
Black Friday is just around the corner, and some retailers are getting started a little early with sales kicking off days or even weeks before the big event. Best Buy has released its Black Friday ad detailing its own deals, and started offering some of the discounts already.
The Best Buy site shows off the circular ad and has some items already marked down. The Oculus Rift bundle has been marked down to $350 from $400, and a few Turtle Beach console headsets are half-priced at $30. The deals also include a selection of TVs from Samsung, Toshiba, and Insignia, ranging from a 32" HD Insignia for $90 to 50" Samsung 4K display for $330.
Several laptops are also on sale, including touch-screen hybrids from Dell, Lenovo, and HP, along with $150 off several models of Apple MacBook Pros. Similarly, several models of iPad have been marked down at least $100, with the high-end iPad Pro coming down a full $150. The iPhone 6 and various Android models are also marked down.
This is just a sampling of the discounts, though, as the circular ad shows off several more discounts coming on the actual sales day following Thanksgiving. For more on all the deals and to plan your shopping trips, check out our full wrap-up of all the Black Friday happenings.


Introduction of formulated diet particles for larval culture will simplify hatchery protocols and promote consistent survival, while decreasing total operating costs. The blue swimmer crab, Portunus pelagicus, is a commercially important species with substantial aquaculture potentials in the Indo-Pacific region. Feeding trials aimed at investigating protein nutrition of P. pelagicus larvae were undertaken with the megalopae instar. Microbound diets (MBD) with four different dietary protein sources (fish meal, squid meal, krill meal and soybean meal) were formulated and fed to newly molted megalopae until they metamorphosed to the first crab stage. Thirty megalopae were reared individually for each dietary treatment, with the addition of two control treatments of megalopae fed live Artemia nauplii and an unfed treatment.
Survival was high for all fed treatments (73.3–93.3%), while total mortality was recorded for the unfed control. Megalopae fed the fish meal based MBD demonstrated higher survival than that of megalopea fed live Artemia, suggesting that MBD have the potential to completely replace live food for the culture of P. pelagicus megalopae without adversely affecting their survival. These results also suggest that P. pelagicus megalopae are able to adapt to a range of dietary protein sources. For megalopae fed live Artemia nauplii, mean development time was significantly shorter (4.0 ± 0.4 days) and the mean carapace width and dry weight of newly settled first stage crabs were significantly greater, (3.1 ± 0.0 mm, 1.3 ± 0.1 mg, respectively) than megalopae in all other fed treatments. Among MBD treatments, no significant difference in mean development time was detected, however, the mean carapace width of crabs that metamorphosed from megalopae fed fish meal based MBD (2.8 ± 0.0 mm) was larger than those fed squid meal based MBD (2.6 ±0.0 mm) and the mean dry weight of individuals fed fish meal based MBD (0.87 ± 0.04 mg) was also significantly heavier than those fed soybean meal based MBD (0.72 ± 0.04 mg). The outcome of this research provides valuable information regarding protein requirements of P. pelagicus megalopae and will aid in optimising formulated diet particles for potential use in commercial hatcheries.


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1st Circuit Revives 13-Year-Old Qui Tam Suit Against Nursing-Home Pharmacy Chain, Finds Relator Was 'Original Source'
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Thirteen years after the filing of the initial complaint, the First Circuit recently revived a False Claims Act (FCA) suit, reversing the district court and holding a relator can be an "original source" without participating in or having contemporaneous knowledge about the alleged fraud. See United States ex rel. Banigan v. PharMerica, Inc., 950 F.3d 134 (1st Cir. 2020). The First Circuit's reasoning conflicts with the approach taken by several other circuits, which require participation in or close observation of the alleged scheme in order to qualify as an "original source."
Relevant Background
Through its qui tam provision, the FCA provides financial incentives to individuals to bring civil actions for fraud on the federal government in the capacity of relators (i.e., whistleblowers), by entitling them to a share in any eventual recoveries. See 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b) & (d). The statute attempts to strike a balance between incentivizing qui tam lawsuits and deterring parasitic lawsuits based on allegations already made by another relator or already in the public domain. One provision of the FCA, known as the "public disclosure bar," prohibits relators from proceeding with a lawsuit based on information that has been publicly disclosed in specified ways, unless (1) the government objects, or (2) the relator is an "original source." See 31 U.S.C. § 3730(e)(4). In relevant part, an "original source" is someone who has independent knowledge of the information on which the allegations are based.1
In Banigan, the relator alleged that his employer, a drug manufacturer, offered kickbacks disguised as discounts, rebates, and other incentives to induce long-term care pharmacy companies to prescribe the manufacturer's medications to nursing home residents. The relator did not participate directly in the alleged scheme and instead learned most of the facts alleged in the complaint from co-workers and documents after the scheme concluded.
The defendant moved to dismiss, arguing that the public disclosure bar applied because the relator's complaint was substantially similar to the allegations in another case. The court agreed, and it also found that the relator was not an "original source" because, among other reasons, he learned of the fraud from others and only saw corroborating documents after the scheme had ended. United States ex rel. Banigan v. PharMerica, Inc., Civ. A. No. 07-12153-RWZ, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72800, at *13 (D. Mass. Apr. 30, 2018).
First Circuit's Opinion
On appeal, the First Circuit agreed that the public disclosure bar applied because the allegations were "substantially similar" to those in a prior lawsuit even though the relator provided "greater detail" about the fraud. Banigan, 950 F.3d at 142–44. However, it reversed on the issue of the original-source exception, finding that the relator qualified even without direct participation in the alleged fraud.
In its analysis of the original source exception, the court focused on the "direct . . . knowledge" requirement in the statutory text. The court used the same "absence of an intervening agency" definition of "direct" as had the district court, id. at *144–45, but it reached the opposite conclusion. The defendant argued that the relator lacked "direct" knowledge because (1) he learned of the scheme from those who designed it, (2) he neither designed, participated in, or observed the scheme, and (3) his investigation came only after the scheme had ended. Id. at *145. The court rejected this reasoning, finding that it would "require a relator to have either participated in the fraud or observed it in operation to qualify as an original source," id. at *21, a requirement that would undermine the FCA's "core purpose" of fostering disclosures of fraud, id. at 145–46. Despite conceding that the relator's knowledge of the scheme came from others, the court held he was an original source because he had "obtained the remaining information underlying [his complaint] through his own investigation." Id. at *145. The court therefore "readily conclude[d] that Banigan's knowledge satisfie[d] [its] definition of 'direct' as 'immediate,'" finding that Congress could not have "intended to reward as original sources only those who participated in the fraud." Id. at *146.
While Banigan has been cheered by the FCA qui tam bar, placing the decision in its proper context will help defendants minimize its impact. The opinion acknowledged a potential circuit split on the interpretation of "direct . . . knowledge," with at least three circuits reading the criterion as requiring a relator's participation in, or contemporaneous witnessing of, a fraud.2 It does not seem likely the Supreme Court will take up the question, however, as the issue of "direct . . . knowledge" is highly fact-specific, and Congress removed that language from the statute in 2010. Moreover, the 2010 amendments to the FCA also gave the Department of Justice the power to veto the application of the public disclosure bar simply by opposing the defendant's motion. See 31 U.S.C. § 3930(e)(4)(A). That power further minimizes the impact of the public disclosure bar under the current version of the statute.
1 The court applied the definition of "original source" that was in the FCA when the relator filed his complaint. See Banigan, 950 F.3d at 144; see also 31 U.S.C. § 3730(e)(4)(B) (2007) (requiring "direct and independent knowledge"). In 2010, Congress amended the FCA to remove the word "direct." See 31 U.S.C. § 3730(e)(4)(B) (requiring "knowledge that is independent of and materially adds to the publicly disclosed allegations or transactions").
2 The court cited, for that contrary reading of the statute, decisions of the Third, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits: United States ex rel. Schumann v. AstraZeneca Pharms. L.P., 769 F.3d 837, 847 (3d Cir. 2014), United States ex rel. Newell v. City of St. Paul, Minn., 728 F.3d 791, 797 (8th Cir. 2013); United States ex rel. Saldivar v. Fresenius Med. Care Holdings, Inc., 841 F.3d 927, 935-36 (11th Cir. 2016). See Banigan, 950 F.3d at 145 & 145 n.15.
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Do you ride a snowmobile in the winter? Drive your classic car only during the summer? Park your RV in storage for a few months? These types of vehicles should have comprehensive coverage year-round.
Comprehensive auto insurance can help protect your vehicle against fire, theft and other types of damage while it is in storage.
Typically, you maintain insurance coverage for your motorcycle for the winter. Motorcycle insurance is normally based on 12 months of coverage and accounts for off-season storage. Classic car insurance may be similar. For more information, speak with your insurance representative.
Do you insure your seasonal vehicle for a year but only drive it for a few months? If you decide to cancel your insurance policy, you may be subject to an early cancellation penalty.
Insurers take specific factors into consideration when calculating your seasonal vehicle premiums. Some of these factors are the same as those used when calculating car insurance premiums.
Find out how car insurance premiums are calculated.
A few weeks before you take your seasonal vehicle out of storage, contact your insurance representative and update your policy. You should also ensure that your licence plate sticker covers the time period during which you plan on driving your seasonal vehicle.
On average, are car is stolen every 3.5 minutes in Canada.
A standard motorcycle policy typically includes third-party liability, accident benefits and uninsured automobile coverage.


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Take the scallops from their shells: check for freshness. Remove and discard all matter surrounding the white flesh. Wash the scallops in iced water, place on a clean tray, and freeze for 24 hours to kill any possible parasites. Defrost the scallops in the fridge and use the same day.
Peel the Jerusalem artichokes and slice into rounds of about 3mm thick. Place into a pan with just enough water to cover, add some salt, bring to the boil quickly and refresh in iced water. The artichokes need to retain a little crunch to give the dish texture.
To make the dressing whisk the egg yolk, vinegar and a tablespoon of water in a bowl, with a pinch of salt and some ground black pepper. Gradually whisk in the oils until it emulsifies like a light mayonnaise. Taste and season with a little lemon juice and more salt and pepper if needed.
To assemble the dish slice the scallops about 2mm thick and lay them neatly out onto a plate. Season with a little salt and lemon juice. Lightly pour a little of the truffle dressing over the scallops, rubbing gently over them in a very thin coating with the back of a spoon. Sprinkle the blanched Jerusalem artichoke over the scallops with a few small chive batons. Finish off with a few salad mâche leaves, and if in season grate white truffle over the top.


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Huawei P10 Lite, P10 and P10 Plus are now official in Malaysia
By Alexander Wong 1:37 pm, 8 March 2017 80 Comments
Huawei Malaysia has officially unveiled its P10 lineup with 3 distinctive models. Apart from the P10 and P10 Plus, Huawei is also introducing the P10 Lite for the Malaysian market.
Starting with the highest spec model, the P10 Plus is a 5.5″ flagship smartphone that now comes with a Quad HD display. It runs on Huawei's in-house developed Kirin 960 processor that's mated with 6GB of RAM. On-board it comes with 128GB of storage which is expandable with microSD up to 256GB. The key highlight of the P10 Plus is its new dual-camera setup that's co-engineered with Leica. Similar to the Mate 9, it gets 20MP (monochrome) + 12MP (RGB) sensors that are assisted with Optical Image Stabilisation. In addition, it gets a higher-grade SUMMILUX-H lenses with f/1.8 aperture. For the first time on a smartphone, it also gets an 8MP Leica front camera with a f/1.9 lens.
Powering the P10 Plus is a 3,750mAh battery that can be charged quickly with Huawei's SuperCharge technology via USB Type-C. The P10 Plus also boasts faster 600Mbps downloads with its built-in 4 antenna design. It's also a dual-SIM device and the secondary slot can support 3G connectivity for calls/SMS. One of the biggest change for the P10/P10 Plus is its new fingerprint sensor which is now placed at the front underneath its glass panel. Out of the box, it runs on their latest EMUI 5.1 that's based on Android 7.0.
Left: P9, Right: P10
The Huawei P10 is a notch smaller with a 5.1″ Full HD display. The hardware and design are pretty much the same as the P10 Plus but it comes with 4GB RAM and 64GB of storage. While the main camera has a similar 20MP + 12MP set up with OIS, it uses the older SUMMARIT-H f/2.2 pair of lenses which is used on the current Mate 9 and former P9 series. Since it's a smaller device, it gets a 3,200mAh battery with SuperCharger technology power adapter included.
Also announced is the P10 Lite. Despite being the cheapest of the lot, it gets a slightly bigger 5.2″ display that also does Full HD resolution. Under the hood, it runs on a Kirin 655 processor (similar to the honor 6X) along with 4GB of RAM and a decent 32GB of storage. It's also a dual-SIM unit supporting microSD expansion up to 128GB extra.
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As expected for a "Lite" version, it comes with a single 12MP rear camera and a front-facing 8MP selfie shooter. It also gets a 3,000mAh battery which is pretty decent for its specs. Unlike its bigger siblings, the P10 Lite gets a glass back which also retains a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor.
Availability and pricing
At the moment, all 3 models come in either Prestige Gold or Graphite Black. The Graphite Black gets a matte finish while the Prestige Gold has a hyper diamond-cut treatment at the back. Huawei Malaysia has mentioned that more colour options will be available sometime in May or June.
The P10 series will be open for pre-order starting 23 March and it will be available nationwide on 31 March. Below is the full pricing for the P10 series in Malaysia:
Huawei P10 Lite (4GB RAM + 32GB storage) – RM1,299
Huawei P10 (4GB RAM + 64GB storage) – RM2,499
Huawei P10 Plus (6GB RAM + 128GB storage) – RM3,099
The P10 and P10 Plus cost RM400-500 more than its previous P9 series however you do get an improved camera, more RAM and double the storage than before. What do you think of the Malaysian prices? Let us know in the comments below.
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The MadCap Software Scholar Program Welcomes
Beijing Foreign Studies University Chooses MadCap Software to Provide Students With Advanced Technical Writing and Translation Tools to Support Technical Communications Careers in the Global Economy
La Jolla, CA and Beijing, China – June 9, 2016 – Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) is teaming up with MadCap Software to empower students pursuing a master's degree in Translation and Interpretation with a strong competitive lead when entering the workforce. Using the fully integrated MadCap Flare and MadCap Lingo products, BFSU students will gain first-hand experience in developing, translating and localizing state-of-the-art documentation across a range of print and online formats.
MadCap Flare is the most advanced technical authoring and multi-channel publishing software for delivering content across print, Web, desktop and mobile channels. MadCap Lingo computer-assisted translation (CAT) software offers a translation document workflow management solution that improves translation efficiency and streamlines the authoring and localization workflow. Utilizing these two fully integrated products, KU Leuven students will now have the opportunity to strengthen their authoring, translation, and localization knowledge to support the growing demand for technical communication professionals and deliver documentation in users' language of choice.
The School of English and International Studies (SEIS) at BFSU is one of the leading institutions in China for training highly qualified interpreters and translators. BFSU is incorporating MadCap Flare and MadCap Lingo into its Translation and Localization course to ensure the consistent delivery of information across different channels–even as content is tailored to support different regions around the world.
Technical writing is an emerging profession in China, and there's a need for modern software tools to serve the needs of businesses with an increasingly global reach. By adopting state-of-the-art MadCap Flare and MadCap Lingo software for our course, we are equipping our translation students with modern tools and techniques for supporting today's technical writing, content management, and localization demands.
Sanjun Sun, PhD | Director of the Master of Translation and Interpretation Program, BFSU
"We are thrilled to have been selected by Beijing Foreign Studies University as the software of choice for empowering students to apply best practices in technical authoring, publishing and translation, using our integrated MadCap Flare and Lingo software," said Anthony Olivier, MadCap founder and CEO. "Through our MadCap Scholar Program, it is our goal to offer students all over the world with the tools that will help enhance their skill sets and better position them in the workforce. Our work with BFSU reflects a mutual dedication to preparing students for the real-world communications needs that businesses face worldwide."
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Apple is working with Goldman Sachs on a credit card that will carry the iPhone maker's digital wallet logo.
The card will replace a rewards-card Apple currently has with Barclays and is likely to be tied to Apple Pay, the Daily Mail reports.
It will be available in 2019, and could cause a major disruption to traditional high street banks, sources claim.
It could, for instance, provide loyalty points that offer discounts on Apple products. However the exact benefits it will offer remain unclear.
The collaboration comes as Apple puts increasing focus on revenue from online services and content, and as Goldman Sachs seeks to make more money from consumer banking operations.
The partnership was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing unknown sources.
Goldman has been incrementally pushing into consumer banking products.
It does personal loans and savings accounts under the brand Marcus, and has been looking at introducing other consumer products.
A co-brand credit card is when a company partners with a bank to create a credit card that will spur loyalty and spending with the company.
Details of the partnership are scarce, but Apple has indicated for a while that it intends to grow its payment platform, Apple Pay.
Currently only available on Apple devices, expanding into the physical realm will enable the tech company to achieve their ambition of replacing cash and plastic.
It would also allow Apple to serve more customers in a greater capacity.
A credit card would allow devoted iPhone customers to use Apple pay when purchasing items from a place that does not yet accept contactless or digital payment.
The Wall Street Journal did report that the marriage of the two companies could allow Goldman to offer in-store loans to customers buying Apple products.
There are hundreds of co-brand partnerships, with brands large and small, and it's an intensely competitive business for credit card companies.
Apple is a huge and iconic brand, and it would be a symbolic success for Goldman as it enters the consumer credit card market, industry experts claim.
"It's not going to put them on the map when it comes to market share, but it's definitely a strong customer base you want to have," said Brian Riley with Mercator Advisory Group, which specialises in consulting with companies looking to do co-brand credit cards.
This is the second time Apple and Goldman have been mentioned together as potential partners.
The Journal reported earlier this year that Goldman was looking to take over Apple's iPhone financing program from Citizens Bank.
Apple, which still gets most revenue from the iPhone, reported a hefty rise in earnings during the first three months of this year, alleviating worries about the iPhone's prospects and a hit from US-China trade tensions.
Analysts praised a big jump in revenues in Apple's services business, which is seen as an important element of diversification away from having revenues tied to gadgets.
A 31 per cent rise in services to $9.2 billion ($13.2b) was credited to revenue gains from Apple Pay, Apple Music and other programs.
Goldman Sachs Bank USA last month acquired personal finance startup Clarity Money. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Free-to-use Clarity Money is a leading app that uses artificial intelligence to help people manage their finances with personalised, "actionable insights" such as saving money or finding better credit cards, according to Goldman Sachs.
"Consumers want a better way to manage their finances," Goldman Sachs' chief executive Stephen Scherr said in a release.
Goldman Sachs and Apple both declined to comment on the report, which cited unnamed people close to the matter.


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Earth Rights Conference Held at Niger Delta University
by Gordon Abiama
A group of over 150, including lawyers, surveyors and appraisers, traditional rulers, the academia, environmentalists, civil servants and NGO representatives gathered in Bayelsa State on March 3rd at the state-owned Niger Delta University to tackle issues relating to land ownership, housing costs and the prosperity paradox in Nigeria. The forum was organized by our local NGO, Africa Centre for Geoclassical Economics, the Earth Rights Institute (with support from the International Georgist Union) and the Niger Delta University.
The forum helped to clarify grave misconceptions about Nigeria's Land Use Laws and land tenure practices amid current calls for radical reforms, while highlighting the economic importance of land. Participants were introduced to the economic and political dangers of land speculation. Mr. Abiama began with a power-point presentation of great thinkers of and their views on the land question.
Opening remarks were given by the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Hon. ThankGod Apere, represented by his Technical Assistant, Arc. Boufini Richman, on the need to create policies that will ensure affordable access to land and shelter. "Our efforts at urban development are faced with many challenges ranging from lack of effective enforcement of planning laws, increasing cost of construction materials to rural urban migration which has put Yenagoa city under tremendous social and economic pressure."
Commissioner Apere noted that the implementation status of Nigeria's Land Use Law has lately come under severe criticisms by different sections of the society, resulting in calls for radical reforms or even outright abrogation. He assured participants that despite these difficulties, the Bayelsa State Government plans to initiate several housing projects and commercial developments in the state capital of Yenagoa.
Mr. Ebiowei Doukpola, the Executive Secretary of Yenagoa Capital City Development Authority, expressed his vision to develop a clean, decent and functional Yenagoa City, by establishing characteristic urban districts offering a balance of different land uses and services. He emphasized that the most important element of implementing a master plan is the control of land. He identified the five basic ingredients of an effective land administration system: 1) easy land title documentation process via land registration; 2) proper identification of land parcels; 3) promotion of efficient land markets; 4) protection of land ownership rights and 5) effective service delivery. He did not, however, acknowledge any negative implications of private land ownership.
Professor Emeritus, Reuben Udo, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Niger Delta University is perhaps best known for his contribution towards the promulgation of the Land Use law of 1978. Prof. Udo described the Land Use Law as one of the most vilified in Nigeria. He asserted that those who have condemned the Law and are asking for its abrogation have not taken the time to study it, adding that they appeared not to be aware that the law came about as a response by government to numerous complaints about development constraints posed by existing land tenure systems in the country. "I was convinced from studies of migrant farmers in the South-South and South-West regions of Nigeria, that a firm and revolutionary land policy was necessary for the planned development of Nigerian economy and for ensuring political stability and fostering national integration."
Prof. Udo observed that both government and the private sector required land in an increasing scale for development projects, and, although legislation existed empowering government to acquire land compulsorily for public purposes, it had become difficult to do so at reasonable cost in some urban areas. An increasing number of land speculators "purchase lands which they do not intend to develop, hold on to them till development had substantially increased their market value, then sell at abnormal profits." He said a firm land policy was needed to check artificial inflation of land values and to minimize 'unearned' income from land speculation.
The result of this development, said Prof Udo, was the promulgation of a decree that, in principle, vested all land in the state to State Governments, and all future transactions in land would require the approval of the respective State Governors and will be on leasehold basis for 99 years.
This implied a revolutionary change in ownership, usage and control of land in the Southern states — but not so in the Northern States, which had operated under a similar law since 1916. This meant that the Governors in the Southern states replaced the Family (or Clan) head, the Oba or any other traditional ruler as trustee of land for the people.
Unfortunately, however, the Land Law was never fully implemented. Nevertheless, though it is criticized by the elite, it remains popular among most Nigerians. "Most newspapers carried headlines, articles and editorials describing the legislation as one of the few major and positive achievements that the military administration had to its credit," said Prof. Udo. "Many members and high officials of the Government," he continued, "…are closely associated with the landed aristocracy. The vested interest in land by such persons generally works to impede effective implementation of land reform legislation. The role played by this group is a major factor responsible for the widening gap between the declared objectives of land reform laws and the realization of such objectives."
Gordon Abiama's presentation highlighted the ways in which neoliberal economic policies have produced an unjust and inequitable social order all over the world. Quoting from the article, "Who Owns the Earth?" by Alanna Hartzok (2001), Mr. Abiama commented on failure of both the capitalist and socialist solutions to the wealth distribution problem. He introduced the audience to Geoism, otherwise known as The Third Way paradigm, which recognizes land as a distinct factor of production. He further quoted from Alanna Hartzok's article that Geoism or the Georgist paradigm "arises from and brings into proper perspective an appreciation and unification of the highest values of both the left and the right. It shows concern for fairness in distribution of wealth and collective societal needs as emphasized by the left-wingers and the individual freedom and incentive in production valued by the right."
An old woman had hobbled up to him. My son, they arrived this morning and dug up my entire farm, my only farm. They mowed down the toil of my brows, the pride of the waiting months. They say they will pay me compensation. Can they compensate me for my labours? The joy I receive when I see the vegetables sprouting, God's revelation to me in my old age? Oh my son, what can I do?
What answer now could he give her? I'll look into it later, he had replied tamely. Look into it later.
He could almost hate himself for telling that lie. He cursed the earth for spouting oil, black gold, they called it. And he cursed the gods for not drying the oil wells. What did it matter that millions of barrels of oil were mined and exported daily, so long as this poor woman wept those tears of despair? What could he look into later? Could he make alternate land available? And would the lawmakers revise the laws just to bring a bit more happiness to these unhappy wretches whom the search for oil had reduced to an animal existence? They ought to send the oil royalties to the men whose farms and land were despoiled and ruined. But the lawyers were in the pay of the oil companies and the government people in the pay of the lawyers and the companies. So how could he look into it later?
— from Forest of Flowers, by Ken Saro-Wiwa (1986)
Mr. Abiama enlightened participants on the evils of land speculation and its manifold impact on the social and economic development of a city. He observed that land values in Yenagoa are rising very rapidly. Land speculators are already cashing in on the situation, pushing access to land out of the reach of the common man. Dismissing assertions that land value taxation will not be enough to meet public finance commitments, Mr. Abiama referred to Lagos State whose major source of public finance is the collection of ground rent and has therefore gone out to tackle the menace posed by land speculators. Mr. Abiama explained how land value taxation, unlike other taxes, recovers the value that government spending on services and infrastructure gives to land, distributing it to all citizens equitably. Land value taxation, when robustly implemented and based on fair and current valuations eliminates incentives for speculation, reduces land prices and keeps land accessible and affordable for those who need it. He concluded by saying that "the land value approach in public finance holds considerable potential for addressing the varied distortions in land management and use. The result of an analysis of its potential impact on Yenagoa would be most instructive for our land policy planners."
Mr. Moses Teibowei, of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, spoke on the Bayelsa State's experience of land value increase. When the state, which was formed from parts of three other states, was created in 1996, land values in Yenagoa, its capital, skyrocketed. Mr. Teibowei called on the government to create an enabling environment for the people to make the best and judicious use of their assets, notably land while calling for a review of the Land Use Act of 1978 as demanded by the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers.
The conference also announced the intention of the organizers to embark on a Challenges and Opportunities Project for Land Value capture Implementation for Yenagoa and possibly other big cities like Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, while encouraging them to enroll in courses, such as those offered online by the Earth Rights Institute and the HGI.
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Dreamrider
by Barry Jonsberg
Grades 7+ 256 pages Knopf February 2008 Hardcover
If you're a fat teenage boy like Michael Terny in Dreamrider by Barry Jonsberg, constantly transferring from one school to another because you're a target of bullying, life can be tough. Michael's life is even harder because his mother died in a car crash when he was young, and he has been raised by his father, who hits the bottle too much and thinks that if Michael would only learn to defend himself and fight back, most of his son's problems would disappear. What would YOU do in a similar situation - fight back, even though doing so would likely provoke that much more violence and perhaps get you into trouble, or escape your situation the best you could, through the only thing you have control over - what you eat and what you dream?
Though Dreamrider is set in Australia, I couldn't help but be reminded as I read it about cases in the US. where bullying was one of the factors in such examples of extreme violence as at Columbine. Michael doesn't go on a wild shooting spree - he's a relatively normal though overweight young man who has his share of problems but who tries to accept them and deal with them passively, through his dreams and fantasies. One problem he has an especially difficult time trying to resolve, which increases as the novel progresses, is where his dreams end and reality begins.
Imagine being able to control, to manipulate every single thing in your dreams and to discover that it might be possible to bridge the gap between your dreams and reality - that dreams and reality were but two different sides of a continuous Mobius Strip. What would you do with the power to be able to control reality through your dreams? Would you use your power for good, to heal people and perhaps bring peace to the world? Or would you use it to get back at those who've wronged you in the past, for revenge?
At his latest new school, Millways High, Michael still gets bullied by students like Jamie Archer and Martin Leechy, who smears chocolate cake in Michael's face and hair. However, some of the teachers are nice to him, like Mr. Atkins, his Home Group teacher who befriends him and knows magic tricks. Also, Michael makes friends with a girl, Leah McIntyre, and his stepmom, Mary, helps make his life easier by acting as a buffer between him and his abusive but (probably to his own way of thinking) well-intentioned father.
One of the major premises the book is based on is that it is possible to control one's dreams. In reality, it IS possible to exert influence on your dreams - it's called "lucid dreaming" - and it is one way some people manage to cope with bullying, abuse, and mental health problems. The scenes in Dreamrider depicting Michael's dreams, which he eventually shares with Leah, are vivid and captivating, making the reader question what is real and what is a product of Michael's mind.
Dreamrider blends fantasy and reality, and you can't help but root for Michael Terny and empathize with him. However, I felt a bit tricked into accepting what was presented in Michael's daily life at school as being real, when contrasted to his dreams - like Michael's being pulled up onto the roof of one of Millway's separate buildings after he jumps (while being pursued by Jamie and his gang of buddies) by a character who is one of his split personalities. It seems like cheating, trying to have it both ways. It's saying Michael's creations, or one of his split personalities, can have enough of an existence in "reality" to save his life.
All told, if you like books that make you wonder what is real and what is not, or if you like reading about people who are underdogs, you'll like reading Dreamrider . Barry Jonsberg has written a wonderful novel sure to raise many issues about mental health and how schools should deal with the issue of bullying. It's a book that teens and adults will enjoy, a novel that will cause you to ponder what it means for something to be real or a product of one's fantasies. Wholeheartedly recommended to teen and adult readers.
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Probably, you moisturize each day after your shower and even eat in a healthy manner. However, the skin could feel tight, dry and even itchy. Most people in realizing such things may run straight to their dermatologists. However, the issue, maybe the choices we make with our health care products, or how we use these products. Notably, some of the habits we have embraced for skin care and beauty are the causes of skin dullness or even skin infections. Before making an appointment, you need to see if you are practicing some habits that could harm your skin beauty and the health of your skin.
Notably, we like going for this type of showers. This could happen, especially if it is a cold season. The habit is harmful as it robs the skin of the natural oils and lipids. These lipids are protective of the cells. It is vital to ensure you limit the time you take in the shower and also use warm or lukewarm water. Do not enjoy the fun of hot and long showers while exposing your skin to dangers. The habit can also result in skin dryness and sometimes itchiness. Moisturizing each day, may not be sufficient to treat the damage.
Why Hot Showers are Bad for Skin?
Alcohol and caffeine intake can cause skin aging. If you have plans to maintain skin beauty and youthfulness, avoid these two. They can dehydrate the body, causing sagging and dryness. Skin dehydration can be dangerous, and there is the essence to maintain moisture by improving water intake. If you do not shun the habits, you may suffer puffiness, wrinkling as well as fine lines.
The habit of rubbing the skin rigorously after taking a shower is common. Unfortunately, it is a cause of friction. The friction can be a cause of skin irritation or itchiness. After having a shower, you need to use a moisturizer soonest and also avoid the habit of rigorously rubbing the body. Use the moisturizer on the damp body to ensure it locks in the available moisture on the skin.
While exfoliating is essential in improving the beauty and looks, it can be harmful to the skin. The habit is vital for the removal and the elimination of the dead skin cells. Besides, it aids in skin rejuvenation. However, overdoing it could harm the skin by causing skin redness and skin inflammation. It can also result to acne or even pimple breakouts. In case individuals make use of strong chemicals, allergic reactions may be experienced. All these harmful effects may cause skin dullness and thus the loss of the natural beauty. While exfoliating, ensure to be gentle as well as use the best cleansers for satisfying results. Also, select natural products to keep the skin free of allergic reactions.
These cleansers or soaps may have effects of removing the skin lipid layer if regularly used. The result is that water evaporation from the skin occurs quickly. Consequently, skin dryness, as well as flakiness, may occur. These factors contribute to skin dullness. Also, avoid those cleansers that may be water based as well as those that may be alcohol based. They may have the same skin damaging effects. You can choose or select soaps that are mid scented or even body washes to avoid suffering skin dehydration, irritation, allergic reactions or skin redness. It is important to acknowledge and adhere to the instructions of a product called Genucel. The product may help in reducing fine lines and eye puffiness.
During this season, most people will avoid the use of sunscreen and avoid exposing the skin. However, sunburn is skin damaging in all the seasons including winter. When selecting beauty products, you need to ensure that you choose those that contain sunscreen. Ensuring optimum skin protection in the winter season is critical to skin health and beauty. If you fail to use it, assuming that there are no risks, then you will be damaging the skin.
Other habits such as improper dieting, failure to exercise as well as too much smoking and or alcohol intake could result to skin damage as well as skin aging. It is critical to avoid them and beware of the harmful effects they could have on your skin.
Notably, we are unaware of the daily habits that may be causing skin damages. It is vital to ensure that we are aware of the routines that are potential dangers to the skin appearance as well as its health. Notably, skin dehydration, over-exfoliating and even failure to use sunscreen at all times are skin damaging. Besides, some chemicals may be skin damaging. It is vital, therefore, to adopt practices that ensure optimum skin protection.


CG Roll Call is hosting Election Impact 2016 on 10 Nov at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill.
This event is an opportunity to hear directly from leaders in DC on the impact of the Congressional and Presidential elections, including diving deep into topics like cybersecurity, healthcare, defense, energy, technology and budgets. Speakers include Congressmen, campaign directors, senior staffers, well renowned journalists and leaders from the DC tech scene, including Crucial Point's Bob Gourley.
Gourley will be participating on a panel designed to extract actionable information on cybersecurity for business and government alike. Moderated by Jennifer Koons, the panel will examine the concept of Cyber Pearl Harbor and dive into the balance between thinking of this construct in terms of hysteria or realistic threat. More importantly, the panel will explore the threat and how the government can advise and assist private companies and state and local municipalities.


CA Identity Manager provides several default options that determine when email is sent. Some of these options require additional information, such as a task or event name. For example, sending an email when a task starts requires selecting the task that triggers the email.
Sends an email when a user has been created. The email is sent when the CreateUserEvent reaches completion.
Sends an email when a user has been modified. The email is sent when the ModifyUserEvent reaches completion.
Sends an email when a workflow process assigns an approver. When you select this option, specify the applicable workflow process. Email that is defined with this policy sends individual email to approvers at every step of the selected workflow process.
Sends an email when a workflow process reaches a specified activity. When you select this option, specify the applicable workflow process. Email that is defined with this policy sends individual email notification for each approval step.
Sends an email when an event reaches the Before state. When you select this option, specify the event.
Note: If you specify Event Started, and the email fails to send, the event associated with the notification will not execute.
Sends an email when an event reaches the After state. When you select this option, specify the event.
Sends an email when an event reaches the Approved state. When you select this option, specify the event.
Sends an email when an event reaches the Rejected state. When you select this option, specify the event.
Sends an email when an event fails. When you select this option, specify the event.
Sends an email when the task starts processing. When you select this option, specify the task.
Sends an email when the task completes. When you select this option, specify the task.
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The Ducktown Basin Museum is located on the Burra Burra Mine site, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site consists of 10 buildings on 17 acres and was the headquarters for Tennessee Copper Company's mine operations from 1899 to 1975. The property, now owned by the Tennessee Historical Commission, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1983.The museum's mission is to preserve and interpret the cultural and industrial heritage of this copper-mining region of southern Appalachia. This is accomplished using a DVD presentation that provides an overview, along with artifacts, photographs and displays. Major themes examined include the technology and methods of mining, smelting and the associated chemical industry; the impact on the environment and subsequent reclamation efforts; and the social life in company towns. Tours of the grounds are available by appointment.
Limited because of the historic nature of the structure.
Pets are allowed on the grounds but not inside the museum.
The Ducktown Basin Museum protects and preserves a century of copper mining in the Basin. The culture of mountain life is showcased in the generations of miners' families,whose histories and stories are a part of the rich culture captured by the museum and its members. This is our history, who we are.


A stylish new office building was the first thing that came into view during a tour for foreign media last month. Another building has a cafeteria and a convenience store. It's easy to forget you're in the official no-go zone, where access is restricted.
We first went through automated security checks and radiation measurement at the new building, where 1,000 employees of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s decommissioning unit work. A sign prohibits games such as Pokemon Go.
Visitors no longer must put on hazmat suits and full-face charcoal-filter masks, or plastic shoe covers, unless they are going to the most contaminated areas. We donned the gear for low-dose areas: a helmet, double socks, cotton gloves, surgical mask, goggles, and a vest with a personal dosimeter.
There was little reminder of the devastation from 6 ½ years earlier. The highly contaminated debris and mangled vehicles are gone. The feeble-looking plastic hoses mended with tape and the outdoor power switchboard that rats got into, once causing a blackout, have been replaced with proper equipment.
A new curved cover has been built over the Unit 3 reactor, whose roof was blown off, leaving a mess of girders, concrete and cables. A horizontal smudge high up on a nearby waste-storage building marks the height of the tsunami: 17 meters, or 56 feet.
The 900 huge tanks built to store a growing volume of radioactive water tower over visitors. A water management team monitored the contaminated water at what was once the crisis command center. Strings of good-luck, folded-paper cranes still hang in the hallway.
The tanks underscore the challenges that remain, in the basements of the reactor buildings, where the water collects, and deep inside the three reactors that had meltdowns.
Remote-controlled robots provided a limited view of the melted fuel earlier this year, in areas where it is too dangerous for humans to go. The exact location of the fuel remains largely unknown. It was an early step in the still-uncertain, decadeslong plan to decommission the plant.
Associated Press writer Mari Yamaguchi has visited the Fukushima nuclear power plant six times since the 2011 disaster.


Photography is something that impresses a lot of people and if you plan on taking your hobby to the next level then it's strongly recommended that you consider investing in a DSLR. While there are a number of other camera models available in the market that you can pick, there's nothing that can compare to the DSLR. If you're not convinced about how good these cameras are then you can conduct a spiegelreflexkamera test to see the quality of a DSLR as compared to the other cameras in the market.
One of the most obvious reasons you should use a DSLR is because of superior picture quality. No camera can compare to the photo quality that a DSLR can deliver. Also, these cameras are faster which means that you can capture multiple moments frame by frame without missing out on any. No matter what the light conditions are, you will always manage to get some beautiful pictures with a DSLR.
When you use a DSLR camera you will never have to worry about blurry images because of the settings within the DSLR camera. There are a number of settings that allows the DSLR camera to see the surroundings better. It is like speaking to a person and telling them what you expect from the image. You need to make sure that you do not stress too much about how you will be able to get moving images when you are out capturing the wild. All you need to do is trust your DSLR camera and you will be able to capture the most flawless and beautiful images that you will ever see. You can even see the details of the wings of a flying bird and this is what a DSLR camera can give to you.


Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new way of imaging the functional activity of the brain in unprecedented detail. The team used single-wavelength pulse-width-based photoacoustic microscopy to monitor blood oxygenation, flow, and metabolism down to the level of individual capillaries.
The technique does not require the use of any labels or contrast agents and has been tested on resting and stimulated mouse brains. Comparing the new technique to previous methods, the investigators saw orders of magnitude improvement in the temporal resolution of the imaging of the mouse brain. They're now able to monitor the brain at 10 microsecond slices down to spatial resolutions 35 times finer than provided by ultrasound-array-based photoacoustic computed tomography.
The team also followed up to review the state of red blood cells that have been impacted by the photoacoustic imaging, demonstrating seemingly no damage to them.


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The Fog by Maclear and Pak
The Fog is a picture book by written by Kyo Maclear and illustrated by Kenard Pak. This is an example of a story for children that starts out in comical fashion, but you soon realise there's a horrifying environmental message. The metaphor of fog serves double duty as a symbol of climate change and as a psychological state. Where to from here? The ending offers part of the answer.
SETTING OF THE FOG
PERIOD — Although the natural scenery suggests atemporality, this picture book will prove very much an environmental story of its time.
DURATION — Technically the story takes place within a single warbler's lifetime. In reality it would take place over a longer period (well, we hope). Time is a rubber band in this particular story. We don't know exactly how far it's been stretched. Likewise, we don't know exactly how long we have left before our climate becomes insufferable for all but a few humans.
LOCATION — The story feels like it's based on a place in Northern Europe, but could be Northern America or Iceland. (The author lives in Canada, the illustrator in America.)
ARENA — Icy Land is an island. Islands are utilised in various ways across narrative, but in a climate change story, the island carries extra symbolism: We may all feel like we're on an island, but we are all connected when it comes to looking after our one and only planet. By the end of the story the characters on the island have connected with characters from all around the globe, puncturing the illusion that we are all battling alone.
MANMADE SPACES — Icy Land, like any beautiful spot, is mostly a tourist destination and there's evidence of tourist facilities.
NATURAL SETTINGS — The story is set in a fictional place first known as Icy Land. It is a place of natural beauty, though this doesn't change even once the fog rolls in, due to the skill of the illustrator.
WEATHER — This story features several inversions. The first (humorous) inversion is a human-watching bird. The second is far darker: a cooling. It's not really an inversion, since climate change means some places will get colder while other places get hotter. Climate change is about extremes. But overall the planet is heating, so the cooling down of this small area feels like an inversion. The fog will probably be read as pollution. If you've ever experienced a smoke crisis due to bush fires, you'll know that smoke looks identical to fog (though when it's smoky you can't breathe, and people die of respiratory illness).
TECHNOLOGY CRUCIAL TO THIS PARTICULAR STORY — The warbler uses the technology humans are currently utilising to deal with climate change. In the nest there is a fan and some contraption that he (or she) has rigged up. This feels like a metaphor for those of us waiting for a techno Jesus to save us all.
LEVEL OF CONFLICT — We are currently suffering through an era in which a large, influential segment of the population do not accept the reality of the climate crisis, and even if they do, prioritise their own wealth above anything else. When the girl in the red hood asks 'can you see what I see?' she is a Greta Thunberg archetype, but an archetype common across children's literature — children can typically see what adults cannot, precisely because they notice.
THE EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPE — The bird and the girl are noticers, and this is their superpower. Unlike most others around them, they are correct to be concerned about the changes to their environment. They are anxious as a result, but their anxiety propels them to act. Fog is often used in stories to symbolise confusion or lack of a way forward. Here, when the girl is lost in the forest, she doesn't know what to do about the climate.
STORY STRUCTURE OF THE FOG
Verso flap of the hardcover:
Why has the fog come?
When will it leave?
Why doesn't anyone notice it?
Is anyone else thinking this could be on the flap of a Stephen King novella? The flap copy continues:
Set in the far and icy north, this is the mysterious and enchanting story of a sudden fog, a yellow warbler and a small human.
Warble is a small yellow warbler who lives on the beautiful island of Icyland, where he pursues his hobby of human watching. But on a warm day, a deep fog rolls in and obscures his view. The rest of the birds don't seem to notice the fog or the other changes Warble observes on the island. The more the fog is ignored, the more it spreads. When a Red-hooded Spectacled Female (Juvenile) appears, Warble discovers that he's not the only one who notices the fog. Will they be able to find others who can see it too? And is the fog here to stay?
MARKETING COPY
This is one of those stories in which the main characters stand in for entire groups.
The bird at first seems to be a comical creature, because birds wearing glasses can't help but look comical, right? Below we have another bespectacled bird, but in a very different kind of book:
Nerdy Birdy by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Matt Davies
JUFFROUW SPITS OP REIS [c. 1948] Piet Broos
But when the warbler realises something terrible is happening, the storytellers turn him into a more serious character. He doesn't entirely stop being funny; his annoted notebook means he never stops noticing and never stop being funny. (Via intratextual labels, the warbler classifies humans the way humans classify birds — by their appearance and behaviour.)
The bird likes his status quo, human-watching. When he notices the tourists stop coming, he wants to find out why and to put things right.
The Minotaur opponent is climate change.
At first the warbler tries to fix the environment by adapting his own little life to the new normal. But this doesn't fix the bigger problem. 'The fog' is still there. Everyone's life is still awful.
Worse, everyone is starting to forget how good things used to be.
The warbler finds the girl, who is lost in the woods. Whenever a character is hopelessly lost in the wilderness, this is probably the climax of a mythological journey — where the hero meets the Minotaur in the centre of their psychological labyrinth. The bird helps the girl to become unlost, which is the first part of the long journey out of that labyrinth.
The girl and the bird have the potential to be opponents to each other, but in fact this is a story about co-operation. The spread below shows the moment humankind and nature really begin to see each other. Note their placement on the page — neither is in superior position. They realise at this moment that each is reliant upon the other for survival.
The bird stays at home, so that journey is a classic Robinsonnade. The girl's mythic journey is Odyssean, and mostly takes place off the page. This is a masterful blends of two major types of mythic journeys. Or is it? I think it's actually a blend of all three! This book is also an example of the new kind of feminine mythic structure, in which a character (femme or otherwise) thinks and feels her way out of a major problem, not via conflict but via cooperation. For more on all that see The Three Types Of Modern Myth.
After this revelation, plans change. They engage the rest of the world in the fight to save our habitable climate.
Notes arrived from around the world. With each one, the fog began to life a little. The wind began to blow again.
The illustrator has depicted positive actions via tiny paper boats, which is masterful.
Children will see from the ending that humans and animals must work together, with other likeminded people from around the world.
I really, really hope this picture book won't be too sad to bear in a few decades' time. If so, it won't be for lack of children's book storytellers trying to raise the alarm.
FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION
If you like the art style of this picture book, you'll also like Jon Klassen's.
A Jon Klassen print
Jon Klassen Extra Yarn
Categorized as Picturebooks Tagged climate crisis, female myth, mythic structure, Robinsonnade, weather
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I don't have any receipts for income or expenses. Can I still file a tax return?
Yes you can. The tax preparers at Express Tax Services will sit down with you and reconstruct your income and expenses for the tax year that you are filing. Please keep in mind that the IRS/state agency may request information regarding the recordkeeping of your business and you may be required to furnish this information.
I only accept cash payments for my business. Can I still file a tax return?
Yes you can. Please keep in mind that it is vital to keep some sort of record-keeping of the cash that you are receiving for your business.
I perform various odd-jobs throughout the year for different individuals and collect cash payments. Can I still file a tax return?
Yes you can. If your net-earnings from self-employment were $400 or more, you are required to file an income tax return. If your net earnings from self-employment were less than $400, you still have to file an income tax return if you meet any other filing requirement listed in the Form 1040 instructions.
Estimated tax is the method used to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes and income tax, because you do not have an employer withholding these taxes for you. Use the worksheet found in Form 1040-ES, Estimated Tax for Individuals to find out if you are required to file quarterly estimated tax.
Form 1040-ES also contains blank vouchers you can use when you mail your estimated tax payments or you may make your payments using the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS).
An Employer Identification Number (EIN) is also known as a Federal Tax Identification Number, and is used to identify a business entity. Generally, businesses need an EIN. You may apply for an EIN in various ways, and now you may apply online. This is a free service offered by the Internal Revenue Service. You must check with your state to make sure you need a state number or charter.
The Small Business Taxes: The Virtual Workshop is composed of nine interactive lessons designed to help new small business owners learn their tax rights and responsibilities. The IRS Video Portalcontains video and audio presentations on topics of interest to small businesses, individuals and tax professionals.


This paper will review the ethical implications of elective cesarean sections, specifically the issues of patient autonomy and beneficence/nonmaleficence, and how they relate to cesarean delivery on maternal request (CDMR).
Physician-Assisted Suicide: Right to Life or Right to Death?
Pediatric Cochlear Implants: Medical Miracle or Cultural Genocide?


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David Hume: The Last of The Great Empiricists
Posted on October 23, 2009 October 23, 2009 by centrelli
Known as the most important philosopher to ever write in English, David Hume comes in as the topic for today. He was the last of the great British empiricists whose many works still remain to be deeply influential today. More noted during his time as a historian, Hume wrote a six-volume history about England. Join me as we examine his life, ideas and one of my most favorite philosophical theories.
David Hume was born in 1711 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Originally, David Home, he changed his name in 1934 because non-Scotts couldn't pronounce his name correctly. He wasn't even 12 years old on the day he joined the University of Edinburgh, and studied many fields such as: history, science, literature, philosophy and math. David studied until he felt that he needed a change of scenery and moved to France for a few years. At the age of 26 Hume wrote one of what people today call his most important work, The Treatise of Human Nature. In this book he talks about everything from morality to space and time.
Bundle Theory
This is the theory I was referring to. Bundle theory is an idea of Hume's that states that an object is just a bunch of properties. An object is not conceivable without its properties. In other words, think of an orange. If you take away the oranges color, its taste, its smell or its consistency, is it still an orange? If you take away one property, how about all of them? The point is there is no particular substance, objects are just collections of ideas that we give names to.
Hume's Ethics
Although known more for other fields in philosophy, Hume did develop an Ethical theory. In the Treatise of Human Nature Hume laid out his idea that the foundation of ethics is in that of human emotions. As a Sentimentalist, Hume had claimed that our emotions dictate our reason. He goes into explain that some virtues are natural while others like justice are artificial. Unfortunately, there's much debate on what he means by these terms. Although, this theory is not known as much as other ethical theories such as: Utilitarianism, Ethical Egoism, and Kantian Ethics, it is still reasonable to agree that human emotion dictates our choices and ethical actions.
David Hume had a very active life. In 1763-1765 he served as a secretary to Lord Hertford in Paris, France. In his later years he also met and then later had a falling out with Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Hume lived in France for quite sometime but eventually moved back to Edinburgh in 1768. On his deathbed James Boswell visited Hume who told Boswell that he considered it a "most unreasonable fancy" that there is a life after death. He died from what many believe was bowel or liver cancer and was buried in Edinburgh on the Eastern slop of Calton Hill.
Hume was a very well accomplished philosopher by the time he passed away. He contributed to almost every field of philosophy, and left a mark on the world as the most important person in the field to write in English. This, of course, is only a short introduction to the wonderful life of David Hume. He inspired such philosophers/thinkers as Karl Popper, Immanuel Kant, and Albert Einstein. To get the best out of Hume I would suggest taking a look at The Treatise of Human Nature, like I said earlier, it covers a lot of material; it's one of the best overviews of Hume's Philosophy. Well, that's all for today! Thanks for reading, and keep on thinking!
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