Youth sports tournaments are popular in most major US cities. Sports teams on the move now include everything from football to softball, volleyball to cheerleading. Team leaders and organizers often face the challenge of where to host their teams. Unless reservations are made far in advance, hotels and motels are almost always booked. They also lack the youth-friendly homes that these events need for children and teenagers to feel at home. The more youth sports organizers increasingly choose vacation homes for their teams to stay away from activities, competitions and tournaments.
Holiday homes are often equally conveniently located for tournament and sports venues such as hotels and motels. For children, teens and event leaders / organizers, it is only minutes away from where events are held, a key factor. Such homes are not only close to arenas, ballparks and convention centers, but they are also very often just minutes from major entertainment attractions that allow children, teenagers and their taxes to relax.
Tournament organizers and team leaders find that vacation homes can be very accommodating for youth teams. Many of these homes have children / bunk rooms, two or three bunk beds and two trundles, which provides the extra convenience that many children can share the same bedroom. Some four-bedroom vacation homes can sleep as many as 16. And most have a sofa bed in the living room that sleeps two more.
Many holiday homes are designed to keep children, teenagers and their taxes entertained, something they need after a day of physically and mentally challenging competition. These homes typically feature smart TVs, action-packed game systems like X-Box, DVD players, Foosball, Netflix and Wi-Fi access to smartphones, tablets and laptops. Such connectivity also helps keep everyone up to date on local tournament activities and sporting events around the world.
After a busy day of tryouts and tough challenges, children, teenagers and their taxes must relax. Holiday homes allow guests to do something they usually can not do at a hotel or motel-prepare hot dogs, burgers or steaks on a barbecue in privacy for their own backyard. Nobody is waiting for BBQs to be available or share yard space with strange hotel / motel guests. Each home usually features a large outdoor dining table and chairs as well as a comfortable seating area. Most homes also have an in-ground, private, gated pool and a relaxing spa or hot tub. Here, adults can stress their payroll taxes while youngsters swim competitors can practice their techniques over and over again in the privacy of the people they know.
Living in a vacation home, guests can enjoy healthy, economical meals for children and teens – three times a day. Unlike hotels and motels offering inflexible menus, most holiday homes allow for the preparation of unique meals to suit their team & # 39; health and taste preferences. Each home has fully-equipped kitchens with stainless steel appliances (dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave and double oven), granite counters and large breakfast bars. The kitchen also comes with pots, pans, bakery, cooking utensils, dishes, cutlery, even kitchen towels and paper towels – just like home.
Youth teams can be hard on clothes and uniforms. Hotel / motel laundry can be very expensive for an entire team. Most holiday homes include a washer and dryer for economical comfort at home. Cleaning after children and teens can also be a task, and therefore most homes also have household services.


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The Great Patriotic War is remembered by many grandiose battles in which Soviet soldiers defended the independence of their homeland. But in the history of the confrontations between the USSR and Nazi Germany, there is one unique battle that took place not on the battlefield, but on the football field. This is a match between the Ukrainian Start team and the German Flackelf anti-aircraft gunners, later called the "death match". The event took place in August 1942 in occupied Kiev and, over time, grew into fictions and legends.
How football developed on the territory of the USSR during the occupation
The war led to the collapse of the favorite of Ukrainian football – Dynamo Kyiv. Some of the players were drafted into the army, someone managed to evacuate. In September 1941, the top of Hitler's blitzkrieg was the Kiev "cauldron", as a result of which Soviet troops suffered huge losses, many soldiers and commanders were captured. Among those were members of several football clubs, including Dynamo. Some of them were released at the request of the head of the physical education department of the city council of Dubyansky and Professor Shtepa.
The Kiev Stadtkomissariat gave permission for the resumption of sports in the city. The first was the "Rukh" society. There were teams at various enterprises, where athletes who returned to the capital managed to get a job. The strongest team was formed at the bakery, whose director Joseph Kordik was an avid football fan.
How the legend was created, or a brief history of the Start team
The ethnic Czech Kordik managed to convince the occupation authorities that he was Volksdeutsche (he is an "ethnic German"). This gave Joseph certain privileges, and he used them to create a football team at the factory. The director hired masters from the pre-war Dynamo, supplied them with documents, provided them with meals, and organized regular trainings. The core of the team consisted of nine athletes, led by Nikolai Trusevich, a famous goalkeeper who played in Odessa clubs Pishevik and Dynamo, and later in Dynamo (Kiev).
When the Germans announced the holding of a football tournament in June 1942, Josef Kordik obtained permission for Start to participate in it. During the summer, the bakery team held several matches with the Germans, as well as the Hungarians and Romanians, whose garrisons were stationed in Kiev, and each achieved a landslide victory.
"Start" vs "Flackelf": organization of the match, team composition, results of the game
On August 6, the "Start" with a crushing score – 5: 1 – defeated Flakelf, the German team made up of serving air defense units. A rematch – the legendary "death match" – was held three days later. The application for participation from the Soviet team included former Dynamo players Mikhail Sviridovsky (captain), goalkeepers Nikolai Trusevich and Alexei Klimenko, Makar Goncharenko, Pavel Komarov, Fedor Tyutchev, Mikhail Putistin, Nikolay Korotkikh, Yuri Chernega, George Timofeev, Alexander Tkachenko, Ivan Kuzmenko. Kiev Lokomotiv was represented by Vladimir Balakin, Vasily Sukharev, Lev Gundarev, Mikhail Melnik. The match was held at the Zenit stadium in the presence of several thousand spectators. Entrance ticket cost 5 carbovanets. In the stands there were many German troops, including high ranks.
Preparing for the rematch, Flackelf maximally strengthened the squad and after the first half had an advantage in the long run – 2: 1. But "Start" did not give the opponent a victory. In the second half, Soviet football players turned the tide and won with a score of 5: 3 to the delight of Ukrainian fans. To the Germans' displeasure, the start of the Start was welcomed by the Hungarian and Romanian soldiers present at the stadium.
What happened to the fate of Kiev football players after the victory over the Germans
The last game of the 1942 summer tournament, "Start", was played against the "Rukh" team on August 16. And two days later, the arrests began, and the workers of the bakery were the first to be taken into custody.
There are several versions of the reasons for the arrest of Ukrainian athletes. The most common – the revenge of the Germans for losing. It was also assumed that the footballers working at the bakery carried out sabotage activities in the shops of the enterprise. However, this option has no real basis and is more like a legend.
The most likely version is that according to which the athletes became victims of a denunciation. Someone George Vyachkis, a Lithuanian by birth, who worked in the Gestapo during the occupation of Kiev and kept a restaurant for the Nazis, decided to raise his rating in the eyes of the German owners. To this end, he reported to the authorities that the Start players were agents of the NKVD. Formally, the basis for such a statement was, since Dynamo was in the office of this commissariat. Confirmation of this version is the arrest of exclusively former Dynamo players, the players of Lokomotiv remained at large.
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Howie Hawkins Press Release
(There will be a post-election interview with Howie Hawkins on Solidarity Webzine. Hawkins is a longtime third party activist who is running as a "Green Populist Candidate" for the 25th District of New York in the 2008 Congressional election)
Howie Hawkins for Congress
25th District, New York
www.howiehawkins.org
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 29
For More Information: Howie Hawkins, 315-425-1019, hhawkins@igc.org
Hawkins Says It's Time to Spread the Wealth in America – From the Bottom Up
Calls for Hike in Minimum Wage to At Least $10 an Hour
and Mandatory Paid Vacations for All Workers
Howie Hawkins, the Green Populist candidate for Congress in the 25th District, showed he is willing to go where Senator Obama and the Democrats fear to tread today when he called for Congress to support a redistribution of wealth in America in order to provide a decent standard of living for all Americans.
"Workers need a raise and a vacation," Hawkins said, in calling for amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that would raise the minimum wage to a living wage and mandate four weeks paid vacation for all American workers.
"The federal government has taken the side of corporate elites since the early 1970s to make the rich richer at the expense of the rest of us. The Orwellian doublespeak by the two major parties – but especially Sen. McCain – in denying what they have done is breath taking considering the real facts of 35 years of upward redistribution of income and wealth. Their solution for everything, even after the recent financial shenanigans, is more tax cuts and subsidies for the rich. Whether it's McCain's extension of the Bush tax cuts for the rich or Obama's $3000 a year wage subsidy to business for new jobs, it's always corporate welfare. The truth is that since 1973, wages have been stagnant for middle income workers and declined for bottom 40% of workers, while wealth and income has concentrated at the top," Hawkins noted.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the share of national after-tax income going to the top 1 percent of households more than doubled between 1979 (when it stood at 7.5 percent) and 2005 (when it reached 15.6 percent). If wages had kept pace with productivity gains since 1973, as they did between after World War II until 1972, the average wage today would be $26 an hour, instead of $16, which is the same as it was in 1973 in real terms. 45 million workers make less than $10 an hour, which is below the poverty level for a family of three working full time
"The federal minimum wage should be raised it immediately to $10 an hour, to what it was in real terms in 1968, and then to $15 an hour within 5 years," Hawkins added. Hawkins would also index the minimum wage to the cost of living.
Hawkins noted that the progressive income tax was intended to help reduce the inequalities of income by having the rich paying a higher percentage of their income to fund government. But in recent decades, the progressivity of the income tax has been reduced, while regressive payroll taxes have increased.
Numbers released by the CBO in 2005 showed the gap between the wealthiest Americans and everybody else had grown to its widest point since at least 1979. The top 1 percent of households received 70 times as much in average after-tax income as the bottom one-fifth of households in 2005 — the widest such income gap on record, with data available back to 1979. In 1979, by comparison, the richest households made 23 times as much as the poorest households. The average income of the top 1 percent of households was more than 21 times that of the middle one-fifth of households. This, too, was the widest such ratio on record.
Labor's share of national income had declined from 59.3 percent in 1970 to 51.6 percent in 2006, the lowest share since records began in 1929. Profits in 2006 were 13.8% of national income in 2006, the also highest share since 1929. In a $14 trillion dollar economy, that represents about a $1 trillion a year shift of income from workers' wages to owners' profits.
Inequality of income and wealth is now the most unequal since good records began with the institution of the income tax in 1913, with the single exception of 1928, the year before the Great Depression began. The top one percent now receives more income than the bottom 50 percent and owns more wealth than the bottom 96 percent.
"It should be the express goal of government to achieve a fairer distribution of wealth and income and power. The ridicule of wealth redistribution by the McCain and the Republicans and the denial by Obama and the Democrats that they intend to redistribute wealth demonstrates that differences between the economic policies offered by the corporate-sponsored parties are negligible. In fact, both supported wealth redistribution from working people to the richest financial elites when they supported the Wall Street bailouts," Hawkins said.
"Wage-led, demand side, bottom-up economic development is what we need now for economic recovery. But the emphasis from the major party candidates is on more tax cuts for business for the supply side, trickle-down approach that has sent us into the present economic tailspin. Obama's rhetoric against trickle-down economics is not matched by his proposals, or his actions with respect to the bailouts of financial speculators, or the economic advisors he has chosen like Robert Rubin and Larry Summers. And we have heard nothing from the major party candidates in this congressional race that distinguishes their approach from the economic policies of their own parties' presidential standard bearers," Hawkins said
In addressing the argument of business lobbies that they need incentives in order to take risks on expansion and new products, Hawkins said, "Today's business leaders are the laziest cohort of business leadership in our history. They constantly whine that they can't make new investments without corporate welfare to guarantee returns. They won't do business without special tax breaks, subsidies, and loan guarantees from the government. Meanwhile, the top executives take home outrageous compensation packages even when their companies lose money. Corporate CEO compensation today amounts to over 400 times the wage incomes of their average employees, up from 40 times in 1980 and 8 times in 1946. European and Japanese CEO's do business with salaries in the range of 10 to 12 times of their average employees wages."
Hawkins said the alternative to state-guaranteed profits for timid business leaders was to democratize economic enterprises. "If business leaders won't take the risks on the business opportunities that higher wages and more consumer demand will open up, then it's time to socialize the risks through public banking where the public shares in the risks and rewards, the losses and the gains, from business investments, and to target public bank investments to worker-owned cooperatives where income is shared among all the firm's workers in proportion to their labor contribution."
"Former Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis was right when he said, 'We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.' I would add that we need economic democracy to fully realize political democracy," Hawkins said.
Hawkins noted that October 24th was the 70th anniversary of 1938 adoption of the FLSA, also known as Wages and Hours Bill, which set federal minimum wage, abolished child labor, set the 40 hour work week and time and a half for overtime.
Hawkins said that making the minimum wage a living wage is not only the right thing to do ethically, so no working families are in poverty, it would also help stimulate the economy far more than throwing trillions at big bankers to buy their bad loans and securities, finance their acquisition of other financial firms, and pay themselves billions in salaries and bonuses.
"Wage-led, bottom-up economic recovery will work better than the failed trickle-down policies of tax breaks for the rich," Hawkins asserted. "We should also mandate at least four weeks of paid vacation. Mandatory paid vacations was part of the original draft of the Fair Labor Standards Act. President Roosevelt brought it up again in his 1944 State of the Union address outlining his proposed Economic Bill of Rights, which included the right to recreation. Mandatory paid vacations for all workers is a long overdue reform which all of Europe already has. Americans put in more hours at work than any other industrial nation, including the notoriously workaholic Japanese, but it is seriously impairing out physical and civic health."
Medical and poll-based evidence indicates that we seriously need relief. Work-related stress can lead to sudden heart attacks, obesity, anxiety, and depression. Americans average nine more weeks of labor per year than Western Europe, where workers in every county there get at least 20 paid days of vacation each year. Finland tops the list of vacation-supporting industrialized nations with 30 paid vacation days per year after the first year of work, plus 14 paid national holidays, according to a July 2007 report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Canada and Japan are near the bottom of that list, with a legal minimum of 10 vacation days. The US is the only industrialized nation that does not have a mandatory minimum of vacation time. Of the world's 195 independent countries, 137 have some kind of vacation/annual leave legislation in place. 52 percent of working Americans received less than a week of paid vacation in the past year and more than half of those received none. 65 percent of American workers received less than two paid weeks off.
A survey by Take Back Your Time of more than 1,000 U.S. adults found that more than two-thirds (69 percent) of Americans support the passage of a paid vacation law. Most enthusiastic about vacation-time-legislation were people under 35 (83 percent); African Americans (89 percent); Latinos (82 percent); people earning low incomes (82 percent); women (75 percent, versus 63 percent for men); and families with children (74 percent).
In addition, Hawkins said FSLA should be amended to also provide for:
A 32-Hour, 4-day Work Week
A Double-Pay Minimum for All Overtime
An Hour Off with Pay for Every Two Hours of Overtime
One Year Paid Leave for Every Seven Years of Work
Twelve weeks paid family leave for each newborn or adopted child, and for taking care of ill family members.
"Taken together these proposals will create millions of new jobs and allow us the free time we need to care for our families and to participate in our communities. More family time and more community participation should be the fruit of the increased labor productivity we have achieved over the last 35 years," Hawkins added.
Hawkins added that the FSLA must be amended to cover agricultural, domestic, and other excluded workers, which is a legacy of 1930s racism which wanted to keep black labor in the South and Chicano and Asian labor in Southwest and West cheap and segregated. FLSA must also be amended to ban the use of prison labor to produce goods and services for public markets, Hawkins said.
Hawkins noted that his proposals for amendments to the FSLA were adopted at Labor Party convention to which he was a delegate in June 1996 in Cleveland. The convention was composed delegates from labor unions representing some 6 million workers, including the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers, United Electrical workers, International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, American Federatation of Government Employees, United Mine Workers, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, and California Nurses Association, as well as delegates from local chapters of the Labor Party.
"Unfortunately, most of the unions did not follow through on their declaration of political independence in Cleveland. Unions have contributed over $10 billion to the Democrats since 1980, yet demands such as these are nowhere to be seen in platforms of Democratic candidates. Labor support is taken for granted by the Democrats because labor never threatens to support its own party. On the other hand, independent labor parties in Western Europe achieved most of these demands decades ago. The lesson is clear. Workers need their own party, independent of the corporate-sponsored Democrats and Republicans," Hawkins said.


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HorrorHarlot Reads Us THE RIOT ACT
Published at: Oct. 1, 2019, 5:03 p.m. CST by AICNStaff
While it seemed everyone I know was recovering from Fantastic Fest, I spent an evening snuggled up on my couch watching The Riot Act. Written and directed by Devon Parks, it's an artistically shot and tense steady burn of a thriller.
In 1901, Dr. Pearrow (Brett Cullen) murders a young actor to prevent his daughter Allye (Lauren Sweetser) from leaving town with him. She leaves town, he gets away with murder until she returns two years later for revenge and some vaudeville. But the good doctor is already being haunted by something wearing the dead man's clothes and a wonderfully disturbing burlap mask.
The cast is strong. Brett Cullen is delightfully unlikable. Lauren Sweetser brings it as vengeful, flawed, and hurting Allye. Connor Price is equal parts sweet and charming and unsettlingly creepy as August.
There are certainly parts of this indie thriller fall flat or feel low budget, but the good parts tip the balance well into making it worth it. There are several downright perfect shots; the use of warm tones, oranges and peaches, was refreshing in a period piece. Maybe I watch too many ghost stories, but it feels like 90% of movies set before 1930 think warm tones just hadn't been invented yet and everything is blue-tinted.
However, what really sold me was the use of music and sound. See, I'm not so much hopeless with technology as I am resigned and little lazy with it. So when I couldn't link my tablet to my television of average intelligence in three minutes, I just settled in with my headphones. I'm glad I did; the music isn't front and center, but it did make me nauseated on more than one occasion. And that's wonderful.
In under two hours, The Riot Act delivers a lot of tension and a lot of fun. The fun includes a woman in jodhpurs, a showdown in a brothel, and the gross misuse of a vaudeville audience. The end, no spoilers, stays open to a sequel. To my mind, that's the best and most frustrating way to end a thriller.
Catch The Riot Act on VOD and all digital platforms October 8th, see if you have as enjoyable a time with it as I did.
Caveat: it's a thriller, not a horror, so it doesn't count toward your Halloween quota. You have to watch two movies that night. I believe in you.
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Farnaz Fassihi Covers Precarious Events in Iran
Posted January 30, 2020 by OPC of America
Friends and relatives gather on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, during a candlelight vigil for the victims who were killed in a plane crash in Iran on Jan. 9. Photo: Dave Chan/Getty Images
by Chad Bouchard
As the New York Times correspondent covering Iran, OPC Governor Farnaz Fassihi has been in extra high gear since before the new year, keeping up with assassinations, attacks, mass protests, the tragedy of a downed jetliner, and volatile Iran-US brinksmanship.
"Iran is a big and significant story both in terms of what is happening inside the country and its standoff with the United States. As an Iranian-American journalist and someone who has covered the story for over 25 years, I feel a responsibility in telling the story accurately and with context and nuance," Fassihi said in an email.
News from Iran had already heated up in November, when security forces shot and killed up to 600 people who had taken to the streets after a fuel price increase sparked unrest and inflamed calls for ousting the Islamic Republic's leadership. In December, she broke the news of a mass killing in the southern city of Mahshahr where Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps had encircled a group of ethnic Arab men in the marshes and opened fire.
In late December, she wrote that police beefed up security as some people called for renewed protests at the graves of those killed in November. US forces conducted airstrikes on facilities in Syria and Iraq that the Pentagon said were linked to pro-Iran militias, and demonstrators stormed the U.S embassy in Baghdad.
Fassihi's reporting went into overdrive following the U.S. drone strike near the Baghdad airport on Jan. 3 that killed several high-level officials, including leaders of Iraqi militias backed by Iran and Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the commander in charge of most Iranian intelligence and military operations abroad over the past 20 years.
"Iranian sources in Iran are warning that killing Gen. Qasem Suleimani spells war," one of her earliest tweets read after the news broke. "Official reaction will begin with a strike," she quoted one of the sources as saying.
Fassihi tweeted more than 30 times in the first day while the story was developing, sharing confirmation of events from her sources as well as videos, photos and context, all while writing the next-day Times piece that summarized the attack and immediate fallout.
Her reporting was featured on the Times podcast The Daily on Dec. 3 and Jan. 7, when she shed light on the worst violence in Iran for 40 years during the uprising and the impassioned reaction of activists and other supporters, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's emotional prayer for the dead over Suleimani's coffin. Among those Fassihi talked with at the funeral was a 22-year old university student. She asked why he attended.
"And he said, knowing General Suleimani was out there made me feel safer. He was like a security umbrella above our country. And that's a sentiment that I heard over and over," Fassihi said.
She said there are many Iranians who did not love and respect Suleimani, but added that it was crucial to remember that he was instrumental in the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria and "singlehandedly the most revered and influential character in Iran."
The pace of news surrounding Iran remained relentless in the following days, with the retaliatory missile strikes against U.S. military targets in Iraq, and Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 getting shot down on Jan. 8 soon after takeoff from Tehran, killing 176 passengers and crew.
Fassihi humanized victims by delving into their lives, posting messages from loved ones and reporting on funerals. She translated a tweet from a Tehran MP who called on Khamenei to "'take a look at' the pain and agony of a grieving mother being held back by security forces from attending her son's burial."
On Jan. 21, she tweeted "Best line I've heard about the impact of Ukrainian Airlines tragedy on Iranians: 'This flight had 176 dead and 83 million injured.'"
Most recently, Fassihi's Jan. 26 piece "Anatomy of a Lie" examined what led up to the missile attack against a jetliner, and the immediate cover up that ensued. She wrote that authorities feared admitting the mistake would undermine some of the public support the government had galvanized after Suleimani's assassination and Iran's retaliatory missile strikes.
"They advocated covering it up because they thought the country couldn't handle more crisis," she quoted a ranking member of the Revolutionary Guards.


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– japoński film z 1958 roku, w reżyserii Akiry Kurosawy.

Fabuła
Akcja filmu rozgrywa się w bliżej nieokreślonym czasie ery Sengoku. Księżniczka Yuki (Yuki-hime) jednej z prowincji, na które podzielona jest Japonia, musi uciekać wraz ze swoim wiernym generałem Makabe przez terytorium czyhającego na jej życie nieprzyjaciela. Los zsyła im do pomocy dwóch niezaradnych i chciwych wieśniaków – Taheiego i Matashichiego. Kanwą filmu jest przemyt złota z zajętego przez wroga terytorium na tereny neutralnej, sąsiedniej prowincji.

Główne role
 Minoru Chiaki – Tahei
 Kamatari Fujiwara – Matashichi
 Toshirō Mifune – gen. Makabe
 Misa Uehara – księżniczka Yuki (Yuki-hime)
 Susumu Fujita – gen. Tadokoro
 Eiko Miyoshi – stara dwórka
 Takashi Shimura – gen. Nagakura
 Toshiko Higuchi – dziewczyna z Akizuki

Pozostałe informacje
 Jest to pierwszy film panoramiczny Akiry Kurosawy.
 George Lucas miał uznać ten obraz za jedno z najważniejszych źródeł inspiracji przy tworzeniu Gwiezdnych wojen, jednak dziś jest to teza mocno dyskusyjna.

Bibliografia

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

Japońskie filmy z 1958 roku
Japońskie dramaty filmowe
Japońskie filmy przygodowe
Japońskie filmy historyczne
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Japońskie filmy czarno-białe
Filmy kręcone w Japonii


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Does Masturbating Make You a Sex Addict? What About Porn? What About Bondage? Even the Experts Can't Agree.
In the world of sex therapy, there is no consensus on what constitutes a sex addict.
On one end of the spectrum are people—usually men—who believe they might be sex addicts because they masturbate a couple times a week.
And then there are people like Josh, a 44-year-old retired military officer from California who couldn't stop flirting with women online. These digital dalliances sometimes developed into in-the-flesh flings. Ultimately, Josh contracted herpes and infected his wife. As part of his therapy, he told her everything. Now, their marriage is on the rocks, and he fears he will lose the love of his life.
"She hasn't said it in a long time—that she loves me," the father of four told The Daily Beast.
Are both examples illustrations of sex addiction?
(Click here to read more)
An unprecedented experiment in mass forgiveness
How Snapchat tech titans are harshing the mellow in Venice Beach


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Eugene Considers City-Wide Sick Leave Ordinance
KLCC | By Rachael McDonald
Published April 9, 2014 at 2:35 PM PDT
City of Eugene
The city of Eugene is considering a sick leave ordinance modeled after one recently passed in Portland. They discussed it at their meeting Wednesday. Not all councilors think it's a good idea.
Councilor Mike Clark says a citywide sick leave ordinance would be great in an ideal world but…
Clark: "My concern here revolves around the fact that this will cost, in the real world, this will cost our community hundreds and hundreds of jobs."
The Greater Eugene Chamber of Commerce is against the sick leave ordinance. Councilor Claire Syrett proposed it. She says more than half of the workers in Eugene do not have paid sick time.
Syrett: "Sick workers, children going to school or day care sick, have a real impact on the health of their coworkers and other children. Families in financial stress cannot afford to lose a day's pay and thousands of workers right now in Eugene have zero protection against being fired for calling in sick or having to stay home to care for a sick child."
Councilors are still exploring the proposal. They asked staff to research similar laws passed in San Francisco and Seattle. Portland's ordinance went into effect January 1st of this year.
Politics & GovernmentCity of Eugenesick leave
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Rachael McDonald is News Director at KLCC. She's been with the station for more than 10 years. Previously, she established the Richland, Washington bureau for the Northwest News Network. She also worked as News Director at KAZU in Monterey, California. Rachael has won numerous awards for her reporting.
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Eugene Wants Community Input On New Community Court
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In an effort to reduce costly jail sentences, the city of Eugene is planning to establish a Community Court for certain offenses. City officials are…
Eugene Budget Committee Looks At Ways To Cope With Shortfall
The public has the chance this week to comment on the latest ideas for shoring up Eugene's $2.5 million deficit. The budget committee will have a public…


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Intel to merge Xeon, Itanium chipsets
Out to create a common platform by 2007
Tony Smith
Tue 13 Apr 2004 // 08:39 UTC
Intel is to align its Xeon and Itanium chipsets to allow vendors to build servers and workstations that can take either processor family by 2007.
Speaking at last week's ClusterWorld event, Intel Software and Solutions Group executive David Kuck said the chip giant will create a "common platform so that Itanium and Xeon processors are interchangeable at a socket level".
Today, Xeon MP processors are plugged into mPGA603 sockets, while Itanium 2 chips go into mPGA700 sockets.
The company's plan is to have such a 'common platform' in place by 2007, a spokesman said, according to InfoWorld.
The reasoning behind the move is an attempt to cut costs, primarily of complete Itanium-based systems. Since Intel is pitching Itanium as an alternative to high-end Unix iron, the goal is not so much to allow vendors room to compete more effectively on price, but to make it cheaper for them to offer Itanium systems and thus encourage them to do so. Buyers of big iron tend to be less price-sensitive that purchasers of low-end servers, but hardware vendors are always keen to shave what they can off costs.
Intel's move primarily favours single and dual-processor rigs, which of all Itanium systems reach down the furthest toward Xeon territory. Just as Xeon territory is expanding upwards, of course, courtesy of Intel's AMD64-like 64-bit x86 extensions - as indeed is AMD's Opteron line. Reducing the cost of Itanium systems may help reduce the number of sales cannibalised by adding 64-bit technology to Xeon. ®
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Opening of Michelle Danner Los Angeles Acting School and New York Acting School
Santa Monica, CA, October 27, 2012 --(PR.com)-- The Michelle Danner Acting School in Los Angeles is expanding into New York with the opening of a new conservatory, which will offer a six and twelve-month Well Rounded Actor's Training Intensive.
The program at the Michelle Danner Acting School includes The Golden Box for actors. This world-class acting intensive is a two-day workshop that teaches the actor how to create fleshed-out and interesting characters through an intense and emotional technique. Exercises and lectures demonstrate the building of provocative, complex back stories and open the actor's instrument emotionally. Also explained is how to find emotional triggers and psychological gestures that can be used to augment your work. Designed to benefit both beginners and seasoned actors, the class explains in detail the technique used at the New York school of acting.
Other classes at the school include Scene Study Beginning/Intermediate/Advanced, Improve Workout, Casting Director Workshops, Auditioning for Film & Television: On-Camera, and Voice Intensives Level 1 & Level 2. Students will also familiarize themselves with the business of acting with Breaking into the Industry, and acting workshops for those aspiring to be acting professionals.
The Michelle Danner Acting School provides a working knowledge of many powerful acting methods, and allows the student to discover a combination that works for them. Students develop a personalized process that will allow them to bring life to roles in a swift, consistent manner. Techniques are diverse and encompass the following schools of acting: Meisner, Hagen, Strasberg, Chekov, Adler, and the Stanislavsky Technique.
The acting schools in America are a conservatory that offers six, and twelve month Well-Rounded Actor's Training Intensive programs to those interested in learning the craft. It also provides M1 visa sponsorship for international actors.
Michelle Danner has coached Hollywood's most prominent actors. Students have included Chris Rock, Salma Hayek, Zooey Deschanel, Penelope Cruz, James Franco, Isla Fisher, Christian Slater, and more. A prolific actor and director, Michelle has worked on over 30 plays and musicals in Los Angeles and New York, and she has directed two feature films: "How to Go Out on a Date in Queens," starring Jason Alexander, and "Hello Herman," starring Norman Reedus. More information about both can be found at http://www.allinfilms.com/and http://www.hellohermanthemovie.com
About The Michelle Danner Acting Studio
Michelle Danner is a well-known acting coach in Los Angeles, and her school is expanding into New York. She has trained many famous actors including Chris Rock, Seth MacFarlane, Gerard Butler, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Salma Hayek, Michael Pena, Common, and many others. Michelle Danner operates a production company, All In Films, which has produced several acclaimed films including the recently completed Hello Herman. The trailer can be viewed at www.allinfilms.com. Information about both school locations can be found at http://www.michelledanner.com/or by calling 310-392-0815.
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The Koleos successor will not have a "flashy" design. The current model is shown.
Renault says that five seats are enough for the automaker's Koleos successor because the brand has enough seven-seat vehicles in its lineup.
Renault already has a seven-seat Espace large minivan while the new Scenic compact minivan will have a seven-seat version and the brand sells seven-seat Kango car-derived van.
"I don't think there are enough families with four kids" to justify adding another seven-seat model, Renault's design chief Laurens van den Acker told me at the Geneva auto show last week.
The new-generation Koleos, which will sit above the Kadjar compact crossover, goes on sale in Europe starting early next year.
The next Koleos and Kadjar share the CMF-C/D based platform with the compact-sized Qashqai and larger X-Trail from alliance partner Nissan.
"Essentially we have made a Renault version of the X-Trail," van den Acker said.
But unlike the X-Trail, the Koleos replacement will not offer room for seven.
Also, don't expect the new SUV to offer a flashy design. "The higher the price the more conservative the customer," van den Acker said.
He declined to comment on whether Renault would keep the name Koleos. The first generation of the South Korean-built SUV has been a sales flop, with European volume down 29 percent to 5,310 units last year. By comparison, the Captur is Europe's top-selling small crossover and the Kadjar is on pace to be among Europe's top-five selling compact SUVs this year.
In contrast to Europe, the Koleos has been a steady seller for Renault in China. Its successor will have its world debut at the Beijing auto show next month.


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Q: Attribute Error: next() I want to loop one level deep using next() with os.walk
Critical line of my code:
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(dir).next(1):

Error:

AttributeError: 'generator' object has no attribute 'next'

I tried using .next(x) to replace old next()[1] as suggested by community, but this also doesnt work.

A: You are using python3. In python3 the next() method was replaced by __next__.
These method do not accept any argument(i.e. a.__next__(1) is an error).
They advance the iterator by one. To advance it by more elements call next repeatedly.
If you want to advance the iterator by one use, I'd suggest to use the next built-in function:
>>> L = (x for x in range(10))
>>> next(L)
0
>>> next(L)
1

Note: the next built-in function was added in python2.6, I believe, so it's safe to use even in python2.
However, in your code it does not make sense calling next at all. What are you trying to achieve with it?
Doing:
for root, dirs, files in next(os.walk(dir)):

Will raise an error, since next returns the first element of os.walk, which is a three element tuple, containings lists of strings. But the for loop will iterate over the tuple, trying to unpack a single list into root, dirs, files.
If any directory has more or less than 3 files/subdirectories the code will fail.
If you want to skip only the first directory you'll have to call next separately:
iterable = os.walk(directory)
next(iterable)   # throw away first iteration
for root, dirs, files in iterable:
   #...

If you wanted to iterate only on the directories, as speculated by Martijn, then you don't have to do anything in particular. Simply don't use the root and files variables in the loop. In this case I'd suggest to rename them to _, which is often used to indicate a variable that we must assign, but isn't used at all:
for _, dirs, _ in os.walk(directory):
    # Work only on "dirs". Don't care for "_"s

If you want to consume the first n elements of an iterable, you can use itertools.islice and collections.deque to do it fast and without memory consumption:
from itertools import islice
from collections import deque

def drop_n_elements(n, iterable):
    deque(islice(iterable, n), maxlen=0)

And then use it as:
iterable = os.walk(directory)
drop_n_elements(N, iterable) # throw away first N iterations
for root, dirs, files in iterable:
    # ...

It just occurred to me that there is an even faster and easier way to drop the first n elements of an iterable:
def drop_n_elements(n, iterable):
    next(islice(iterable, n, n), None)

It is slightly faster than using deque(..., maxlen=0) because it does only a single call to the next method of islice.

A: for root, dirs, files in os.walk(dir).__next__()[1]:

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Fine Mycelium™
Mike Todd
The Traceability of Fine Mycelium™ — A Revolutionary Advantage
Story by Katrice Dustin in conversation with MycoWorks Chief of Product, Mike Todd. Photography by Alyssa Duncan.
MycoWorks is creating a new industry standard for superior quality through the actionable traceability of our products. By tracing defining moments in the creation of each sheet of Reishi™, our teams apply data to further refine a sheet's structure and appearance, shaping desired outcomes in less than 6 weeks. Reishi™ can be fully optimized from initial growth to the final stages of production: a revolutionary advantage that gives brands a sustainable alternative to leather that can be fine-tuned to achieve uncompromising quality and aesthetics.
Reishi™ can be fully optimized from initial growth to the final stages of production: a revolutionary advantage.
From product start to finish, MycoWorks' Fine Mycelium™ experts work alongside in-house specialists with premium-tier brand partners to create unique materials for iconic designs and new, one-of-a-kind products. Chief of Product Mike Todd is integral to the process of ensuring Reishi meets our brand partners' highest standards. A former SVP of Supply Chain at Coach, Mike provides invaluable insight and a thorough understanding of the luxury leathers and garments industry. Mike's journey with MycoWorks began in autumn 2018 when, embarking on his retirement in New Hampshire, he was introduced to CEO Matt Scullin by a mutual friend.
"Matt's positive attitude, intelligence and integrity was refreshing and his candid discussion was a big change from the pre-packaged talks I was familiar with in the corporate world."
Mike remembers well their initial introduction: "Matt's positive attitude, intelligence and integrity was refreshing and his candid discussion was a big change from the pre-packaged talks I was familiar with in the corporate world."
Intrigued by the new natural material Matt was describing, Mike soon hopped on a plane to San Francisco to experience Reishi firsthand at the MycoWorks labs. There, he was immediately inspired by Matt's vision and ambitions for Reishi. "We went for a burrito and took a long walk. Matt was youthful, energetic, impressive, and really cared about creating this luxury material that was super positive for the environment," Todd explains.
"I thought to myself, here's a group of talented people with so much energy and belief in their product. All of this made a huge difference in my decision to join."
"In the lab I was able to speak with the small scientific team, and Matt had a great rapport with each of them. I thought to myself, here's a group of talented people with so much energy and belief in their product. All of this made a huge difference in my decision to join."
"I began to reminisce about some of the beautiful products I had developed in the past and thought of all the ways I could harness my knowledge to make this new luxury material,"
Touching Reishi for the first time brought Mike back to his years working in a vegetable tannery in the UK, where he followed recipes handed down from skilled craftsmen. "I began to reminisce about some of the beautiful products I had developed in the past and thought of all the ways I could harness my knowledge to make this new luxury material," he shares. Mike brings a master craftsman's ability to assess quality through intimate attention to detail, and the generosity of an experienced teacher who has mentored a generation of apprentices.
"Reishi™ should live in a category of its own."
At MycoWorks, Mike relishes "getting data-driven scientists closer to the hands-on, sensorial experience earned from my years of top leather industry immersion. This transfer of knowledge that can only happen through people." And while Todd understands that the look and feel of Reishi rivals that of leather, he advocates against comparisons, insisting it should live in a category of its own. "Of course, there's a certain spirituality and redemption seeking in working with non-animal material—the guilt is gone," says Todd. "But we simply want to add value to the industry. We are a powerful choice, not a substitute for leather."
New products made with Reishi are created through a synergy of art and science that combines the groundbreaking technology of MycoWorks' Fine Mycelium™ experts and the artisanal craftsmanship of luxury design partners. When asked how he approaches design collaborations, Mike lights up: "I ask myself, how does the client connect with the material? It's tactile—there is life in the way it moves. There is often an emotional connection."
"I ask myself, how does the client connect with the material? It's tactile—there is life in the way it moves. There is often an emotional connection."
He compares the dynamic to artists collaborating on an art piece, where everyone is invested in each step of the work's creation. The revolutionary advantage of the traceability of Reishi™ enables a reciprocal creative process in which expert brand and design partners communicate their material needs and ideals, and the MycoWorks team fine-tunes each sheet of Reishi™ to ensure a final product perfectly suited to each client.
The revolutionary advantage of the traceability of Reishi™ enables a reciprocal creative process.
For Mike, "traceability and collaborative working relationships are grown from the ongoing conversation between brands, designers and our experts. We are very dependent on knowledge of the process, which consists of the people and the product, inside MycoWorks and out, from birth to rebirth," says Todd. "If you have the knowledge and are able to relay the data, then your customers and partners can work with you to develop their understanding of the product in a completely open way."
MycoWorks has created the world's first non-plastic, non-animal biomaterial that performs like leather, and with a growing list of elite brand collaborations on the horizon, the Reishi team is helping to launch a new era in fashion. For Mike Todd and his peers, this is an unprecedented time in which designers can control their materials not only at the product development stage, but also from day one of production, enabling them to engineer properties on demand for custom performance comparable to a variety of animal leathers.
"When we are adaptable yet hold a vision for the future, the possibilities become endless."
For Mike, this new era also means continuously improving the development process in collaboration with brand partners, and his excitement for this work is undeniable: "even with where I am in my life, I can never stop learning. If you stop learning, what's the point?" Mike's ambitions are clear: "when we are adaptable yet hold a vision for the future, the possibilities become endless."
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Turkey's ambassador to Washington Serdar Kılıç has penned a letter to the Wall Street Journal to correct "falsehoods" published in the newspaper about the conflict between Turkey and Kurdish forces in the northwest Syrian enclave of Afrin.
Kılıç wrote in response to an article by French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy, which called on world leaders to "stand up to Erdoğan's brutality" in the operation against the mainly Kurdish Peoples' Protection Units (YPG) in Afrin.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government launched Operation Olive Branch against the YPG forces in control of Afrin on Jan. 20. Turkey considers the group to be an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a terrorist-designated group that has been involved in conflict with the Turkish armed forces for decades.
However, the YPG neither represent all Kurds nor even protect them, wrote Kılıç, saying that 300,000 Syrian Kurds had fled to Turkey "to escape PYD-YPG atrocities".
"Not a single Kurd has dared to return to the areas currently held by the PYD-YPG," he added.
300,000 Syrian Kurds fled to Turkey to escape from PYD-YPG atrocities.


There's a lot of concern these days about the possibility of someone hacking your Internet-connected car, but somewhat less attention paid to the idea of hackers targeting the ancillary systems drivers rely on. Gas pumps. Traffic lights. And now, the humble automated car wash.
Motherboard reports that a group of security researchers have discovered a way to hack a brushless, laser-guided system known as the PDQ LaserWash found at automatic car washes around the country. In a real-world test earlier this year, the group was able to remotely close the bay doors, trap a vehicle inside, and manipulate a robotic arm to continuously strike and spray the car with high-pressure water.
The exploit was actually uncovered a couple of years ago, but it remains a theoretical possibility as they never had a chance to test it out. But a facility in Washington State finally agreed, and though they wouldn't allow the test to be filmed, it was successful (and scary) enough that they presented their findings at the annual Black Hat hacking conference in Las Vegas this week.
According to Motherboard, the PDQ systems are all running on Windows CE and are connected to the Internet so remote technicians can monitor their status and send out updates. The researchers were easily able to guess the master default password, which hadn't been changed in many locations, and from there they found a security exploit that allowed them to write an "attack script."
Thankfully, these were friendly hackers, because this is scary stuff—if it were a malicious actor behind the intrusion, all they would reportedly have to do is select the IP address of the car wash they wanted to control and press go. The script automatically activates at the end of the wash, shutting the doors as the driver tries to exit and forcing the robotic system to ignore its safety sensors and warnings. Without an attendant on duty, there's little a hapless driver could do to stop it.
Although they didn't actually hit the truck during the test to avoid damaging it or the robotic arm, the ability was there. Before their presentation this week, they also notified the company and the Department of Homeland Security. A PDQ spokesman told Motherboard that it's currently investigating the vulnerability and working on a fix.
There's a time and a place for that, and buddy, this ain't it.


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Q: Luracast Restler 3 RC6: How to rename XML objects names I have a code such as:
<?php
class Files {
  protected function get() {
    return array(
      'files' => array(
        'file' => array(
          array(
            'filename' => 'test1.jpg',
            'modified' => '2015-01-01 00:00:00',
          ),
          array(
            'filename' => 'test2.jpg',
            'modified' => '2015-01-02 00:00:00',
          ),
          array(
            'filename' => 'test3.jpg',
            'modified' => '2015-01-03 00:00:00',
          ),
        ),
      )
    );
  }
}

The JSON output is:
{
    "files": {
        "file": [
            {
                "filename": "test1.jpg",
                "modified": "2015-01-01 00:00:00"
            },
            {
                "filename": "test2.jpg",
                "modified": "2015-01-02 00:00:00"
            },
            {
                "filename": "test3.jpg",
                "modified": "2015-01-03 00:00:00"
            }
        ]
    }
}

XML output:
<response>
  <files>
    <file>
      <item>
        <filename>test1.jpg</filename>
        <modified>2015-01-01 00:00:00</modified>
      </item>
      <item>
        <filename>test2.jpg</filename>
        <modified>2015-01-02 00:00:00</modified>
      </item>
      <item>
        <filename>test3.jpg</filename>
        <modified>2015-01-03 00:00:00</modified>
      </item>
    </file>
  </files>
</response>

Problem is that I want the files to be within <file> tags, not within <item> tags.
Here is an example XML output I would like to get:
<response>
  <files>
    <file>
      <filename>test1.jpg</filename>
      <modified>2015-01-01 00:00:00</modified>
    </file>
    <file>
      <filename>test2.jpg</filename>
      <modified>2015-01-02 00:00:00</modified>
    </file>
    <file>
      <filename>test3.jpg</filename>
      <modified>2015-01-03 00:00:00</modified>
    </file>
  </files>
</response>

How can I achieve this?
I've tried pretty much everything I possibly could come up with, with no luck.
I tried the following answer, but it didn't help. I guess the answer is for Restler 1 or 2, since it's so old:
Luracast Restler: "Naming" returned objects
EDIT:
Changing the XmlFormat::$defaultTagName = 'file'; or something like that is not an option, since I need to rename other <item> tags also in the same request.
EDIT 2:
I know this can be achieved by creating my very own "XmlFormat.php" file with a format that I want to have, but does the current original support this kind of customisation like it used to (according to this answer: Luracast Restler: "Naming" returned objects) or is this feature been removed later on?

A: I think there is no way to do this, without creating my very own format

A: You can use XSL transformation.
Here is code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
    <response>
      <files>
            <xsl:apply-templates select="//file/item"/>
      </files>
    </response>
</xsl:template>
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Most of us have grown up with Sesame Street, one of the most beloved children's programs of all time. Yet little did we know that show's benefits extended beyond entertainment and occasional learning.
A mom who was worried that her baby was going to cry during her first flight gave out earplugs and candy to all her fellow passengers.
Jenson Wright, who was first diagnosed with lymphoma in November 2013 when he was four years old, is cancer-free after undergoing a pioneering stem cell transplant that used a donated umbilical cord.
An 88-year old woman has been reunited with the daughter she believed died 69 years ago.
An Ohio father's approach to disciplining his 10-year-old child by making her walk five miles to school in near-freezing temperatures has gone viral and divided the internet.


This recipe was created by my mother during my postpartum period and makes a delicious healthy (ish) treat for the whole family. It is gluten and dairy free and could easily be made vegan. Crispy, gooey, festive and decadent without being too sweat, it also comes together really well.
Firstly cream together the oil and sugar. Take lots of time to ensure they are completely blended with no small lumps of oil. The mixture should be light, fluffy and noticeably paler than at the start.
Next add the eggs one at a time and whisk in. Take time at each stage to blend the mixture well.
Whisk in flour one large spoonful at a time followed by the cinnamon and baking powder.
Grease the baking tin evenly with a little coconut oil and add a small teaspoon of flour to the oiled surface. Tip in all directions to ensure complete tin coverage.
Spoon half the cake mixture into the tin and gently spread out with the back of a spoon or knife.
Add smallish spoons of apple on top of the cake mixture. Avoid the edges but cover the interior of the cake.
Seal the apple in by spooning the rest of the cake mixture onto the apple layer and gently spreading to the edges.
Bake at 370 degrees for 35 mins. Check tip of cake is soft and springy.
Remove from oven, leave in the tin for about 5 minutes, then run a knife around the edge of the cake before tipping it onto a cooling rack.
Once cooled lightly dust a plate with powdered sugar and transfer cake for icing.
For the chocolate topping mix the coconut oil, cacao powder, maple syrup, almond milk, cinnamon and salt well. The mixture should be soft and creamy.
Spread the raw chocolate onto the cake with the back of a spoon or knife, covering the top and sides.
Leave to harden in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes or until serving!
*Eggs can be replaced with flax eggs to make the cake vegan.


The risk of infections spread by contamination is an ever-present concern for many businesses. And for a number of hospitals - and those looking to meet laundry guidelines for care homes – one of the major tools in the battle against contamination has proven to be an ozone washer system – which uses a natural gas to kill 99.999% of infections.
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York Hospital, the flagship hospital of York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, installed the OTEX ozone disinfection system for the disinfection of their microfibre cloths and mops as part of its plan to bring Domestic Services back in-house.
The OTEX washer system uses mostly cold water and faster wash cycles, dramatically reducing utility and detergent costs, and cutting labour bills by saving time.
The disinfection system is so successful that York Hospital bosses recently announced the passing of a year without a patient acquiring the MRSA superbug infection.
For healthcare organisations, OTEX's built-in validation provides the means to prove that their methods meet 'Essential Quality Requirements' as well as 'Best Practices', as set out by the new Choice Framework for local Policy and Procedure (HTM 01-04). With the ability to print 'disinfection verification receipts', OTEX users can comply with the guideline that "linen should be processed using a disinfection cycle complying with the specified level of reduction in bacteriological contamination and this process will be required to be validated". Training is provided by JLA and advice is also given on how to categorise contaminated or soiled linen, as well as the handling of laundered items.
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Danger of the Opt Out: Strategies for Preserving Section 8 Project-Based Housing in Philadelphia, a report prepared earlier this year by Justice Lab students Rita Burns, Sara Mohamed and Andrew Newstein for Community Legal Services, has been adapted for publication in the next issue of the American Bar Association's Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law.
According to the report, Philadelphia is at risk of losing significant numbers of affordable housing units as landlords "opt out" of the federal Section 8 program. The report recommends steps that the city should take in order to preserve as much affordable housing as possible.


Exped brand Canoe type dry bag.
3 litre capacity, fold and roll closure with quick release buckle and hanging/grab loop on base.
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Material resists 10,000mm water column. 100% water and dustproof.
Suitable for smaller kit items in your pack or as a PLCE pouch liner.
PLCE Utility pouch for scale only, not included.


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Home 2012 WALL TOUR
February 1st - ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
Address of venue: Melaleuca Drive, BOONDALL QLD 4034, Australia. MAP
Website: www.brisent.com.au
Roger's tour of The Wall now heads over to Brisbane, and the Entertainment Centre, which Roger performed in back in 2007.
The Visa pre-sale ran from Monday July 4th at 3pm through to Thursday July 7th at 9am. An additional fee was added to tickets bought during the pre-sale period. The general sale of tickets through Ticketek began on Monday, July 11th at 9am. The public sale will also see a limited number of VIP packages made available for each show on the tour. Our thanks to Les Bounds for the ticket scan shown to the right.
FIRST HALF: In the Flesh, The Thin Ice, Another Brick in the Wall Part 1, The Happiest Days of our Lives, Another Brick in the Wall Part 2, Mother, Goodbye Blue Sky, Empty Spaces, What Shall We Do Now, Young Lust, One of My Turns, Don't Leave Me Now, Another Brick in the Wall Part 3, The Last Few Bricks, Goodbye Cruel World
SECOND HALF: Hey You, Is There Anybody Out There?, Nobody Home, Vera, Bring the Boys Back Home, Comfortably Numb, The Show Must Go On, In The Flesh, Run Like Hell, Waiting for the Worms, Stop, The Trial, Outside the Wall.
Do not read on if you don't want surprises to be spoilt, regarding what the band played, and what happened as the night unfolded!
Night three of the tour, and the first of a trio of nights in Brisbane.
Brain Damage visitor Andrew McMillen's review of the show was published on TheVine.com.au, and his comments are accompanied by a nice picture gallery. In the review, Andrew notes that:
"So here we are: in Waters' world for two hours and change, including an intermission. All eyes upon a 68 year-old showman who is, clearly, in his element. This entire exercise is a business venture, yes; a very profitable one, as it were. But: this man doesn't have to do this any more -- he probably hasn't for a very long time. Yet he endures, touring this absurd concept throughout the world, because he loves it. There can be no other explanation. And we love him for it, because… among many other reasons, at which other rock show in the world do you get to witness a plane crashing through a wall? It is a wholly absorbing spectacle; at times, so much so that one wishes it to never end. There is a consistent narrative built into proceedings; they're playing The Wall, of course, but much of the imagery and projections are taken from the film version. The wall gradually fills the stage over the first hour. By the halfway point, the animations and graphics being displayed are so mesmerising that it becomes a source of annoyance that the wall is incomplete, as we can't see the whole thing. Build the damn thing quicker!"
You can read the full review here. Nice work, Andrew! If you went to this show, please let us know what you thought of the event, and if anything interesting or different happened if you've been to previous shows and can compare.
CONCERT REVIEW by BD CONTRIBUTOR, Alex Jefferson
Seeing all three nights here and wow - am I pleased at that?! The show really exceeded all my expectations with the stylish blend of effect, music and message. All the band played really well. I was worried that I would miss the guitar and vocal of Dave Gilmour but didn't.
The show seemed to go by in a flash, especially the second half, and I felt really sad when Outside The Wall finished and the band disappeared not to return. I was hoping for an encore. I deliberately didn't read setlists so didn't know if they did anything else at the end.
However it was such an amazing show I don't mind! Looking forward to tomorrow night now!
CONCERT PICTURES by BD CONTRIBUTOR, Les Bounds
CONCERT REVIEW by BD CONTRIBUTOR, Pat Smith
This review is a little different. My husband has always been a huge Floyd fan and he talked me into going to this show. I'd never seen any of them live before and I now sincerely hope that this was not the last time.
It was a spectacular event and it is clear that Roger has put a lot of thought into the presentation. I wasn't so sure about the naked woman during one of the earlier songs, in the first half, but hubby seemed to enjoy it!
The Bring The Boys Back Home segment was so touching and I, and many of those sat around us, had tears at the scenes of the soldiers returning home.
If we can get tickets, we'll see the show again. I cannot believe my husband's finally managed to convert me!!
CONCERT PICTURES by BD CONTRIBUTOR, John Elliott
CONCERT REVIEWS and PICTURES by other BD CONTRIBUTORS
Hopefully coming soon - we welcome all contributions!
Last Updated ( Friday, 10 February 2012 )