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Brian "Skinny" McCabe
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Brian "Skinny" McCabe is a one-man show when it comes to running a venue. From bouncing to bartending to promoting, the work always seems to come back to Skinny.
"I started working the door at Newby's in 2005," he says. "Before that, I was doing odd jobs, worked at FedEx, really just doing whatever."
More than 10 years later, McCabe has become a local music mainstay through his booking efforts as owner of the Hi Tone Café, one of Memphis' most popular places to see live music. A humble start working security at the front door of Newby's, a jam-band-happy college bar just off the University of Memphis campus, eventually led down a path that facilitated McCabe's ultimate goal – bringing in new faces from both near and far to participate in the Mid-South music scene.
"I'm into a little bit of everything, music-wise," he says. "But there's a formula that works at certain places that I've come to know over the years."
McCabe took over operations at the venerable Hi Tone Café's new home in the up-and-coming Crosstown area of Memphis in late 2014.
"As a multi-purpose venue, you have to reach all the markets," he says. "Hi Tone has always had a really broad mix of what they booked in the past, from rap to country to everything in between. It gives me a lot of choices, that's for sure. It's great to be able to fill up our calendar all year long with good acts."
Initial apprehensions about McCabe as the new owner of one of the city's hottest music venues was quelled early on with a steady stream of fresh, exciting acts alongside the usual Hi Tone fare.
"Over the years, I forged better relationships with other booking agents and that led me to being the first person to book a few artists for Memphis shows," he says. Among those shows, McCabe says booking the electronic bands Pretty Lights and Bass Nectar was particularly memorable. "To see those guys take off now and sell out arenas is pretty crazy," he says.
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Anselm Franke has been Head of Visual Arts and Film at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) since 2013. There, he initiated and curated the exhibitions Parapolitics: Cultural Freedom and the Cold War (2017/18), 2 or 3 Tigers (2017), Nervous Systems (2016), Ape Culture (2015), Forensis (2014), The Whole Earth and After Year Zero (both 2013). He previously worked as a curator at KW Berlin and as director of the Extra City Kunsthal in Antwerp. In 2005 he and Stefanie Schulte Strathaus founded the Forum Expanded for the Berlin International Film Festival of which he has been co-curator since. He was the chief curator of the Taipei Biennial in 2012 and of the Shanghai Biennale in 2014. His exhibition project Animism was shown from 2009 until 2014 in collaboration with various partners in Antwerp, Berne, Vienna, Berlin, New York, Shenzhen, Seoul and Beirut. Franke received his doctorate from Goldsmiths College, London.


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BPI And Coalition of Financial Trades Submit Letter to Congress Opposing OCC Payments Charter
BPI and a coalition of financial trades, including ABA, CBA, ICBA, CUNA, NAFCU and The Clearing House submitted a letter to members of the House and Senate on October 13 expressing opposition to the proposed payments charter as outlined by Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks of the OCC. As stated in the letter, such a payments charter would not carry the necessary prudential and consumer protections that banks are subject to and, thus, would undermine the stability of the financial system by potentially creating a gateway to the Federal Reserve's payment system.
The letter also argues that any such proposed charter should be conducted through an open and deliberative notice and comment process, with Congress also having a role in these deliberations. This will help to prevent any regulatory asymmetries that would threaten consumers and the financial system. Learn More >>
Stories Driving the Week
Robinhood Data Breach and Growth of Payment App Fraud Emphasize FinTech Threat to Consumer Safety
Fraud and cybersecurity remains a major risk for frequent users of FinTech services according to two reports this week. Bloomberg reported on a data breach at Robinhood and a recent New York Times report recounts the story of several users who became victims to online scams through popular mobile apps like Cash App and Venmo.
While adoption of many of these financial apps has grown during the pandemic due to easy sign-up processes and the growth of online payments more broadly, many of these apps do not maintain the same safeguards and consumer protections offered through banks. As described in the NYT, these apps bill themselves as easy to use and instantaneous in processing payments, leaving unsuspecting users on the hook when things go wrong. The article references one study conducted by security firm Sixgill, which sought to determine Fraud rates among payment apps by analyzing user activity on the Dark Net. The firm found that Cash App, a payments app owned by Square, was mentioned 10,577 times, a 450% increase from a year earlier. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the article mentions bank-operated Zelle, which offers better user protections due to a "more robust authentication for new users" and protection against losses.
These stories and the consumer safety threats brought about by FinTechs continue to repeat themselves. Consider the data breach that took place at FinTech company Dave in July that impacted 7.5 million users. Or the class-action lawsuit filed against Plaid, accusing the company of harvesting login information for bank accounts and violating user privacy through deceptive practices like matching bank login prompts to solicit user consent for the service. Every few weeks, the story is on repeat.
BPI Calls on DOJ to Align Bank Merger Guidelines with Every Other Industry
The Bank Policy Institute (BPI) responded to the Department of Justice's (DOJ) request for comments on whether the Antitrust Division should revise the 1995 Bank Merger Competitive Review guidelines in a letter submitted on October 15. In its response, BPI encouraged the Antitrust Division to bring its merger enforcement policy for the banking industry in line with every other industry. This revision is necessary not merely for consistency of approach, but to recognize and incorporate the fundamental changes that have occurred in the banking industry's competitive landscape since industry guidelines were last issued 25 years ago.
In 2010, the DOJ issued updated Horizontal Merger Guidelines but carved out the banking industry, and only the banking industry, from the Department's otherwise generally applicable merger-enforcement policy. BPI's letter proposes to apply uniformly the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) threshold under which the Department presumes competitive harm from mergers. Specifically, the 1995 Bank Merger Competitive Review guidelines incorporate an 1,800-point-HHI threshold for presuming competitive harm for the banking industry, far below the 2,500 point threshold the DOJ applies to all other industries.
BPI's letter also outlines changes to the competitive landscape in banking since 1995. These changes include additional competition from the non-banking sector. All four of the largest categories of household debt —mortgages, student loans, auto loans and credit cards — are offered by both bank and nonbank competitors without local retail bank branches, and competition within banking markets has become more aggressive due to the availability of new financial data sources and analytics. The letter concludes that this increased competition should provide the DOJ comfort that upwardly revising the bank HHI thresholds to the thresholds applicable to all other industries will not give rise to consumer harm. Learn More >>
A Replacement for LIBOR as a Loan Benchmark Would Ideally Be Sensitive to Liquidity Risk as Well as Credit Risk
With LIBOR scheduled to go off-line at the end of 2021, attention increasingly focuses on what will replace it. Regulators have encouraged use of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate or "SOFR" (a measure of overnight Treasury repo rates) and have professed themselves satisfied with its development as an alternative rate for derivative markets. Many banks, though, continue to advocate for an additional, benchmark that would better track banks' cost of funds, such as Ameribor, the ICE Bank Yield Index, or an index created by Stanford Professor Darrell Duffie. Advocates for an additional benchmark or benchmarks have emphasized the need for the benchmark to reflect the credit-risk-premiums paid by banks. This note suggests that it is at least equally important that the benchmark reflects liquidity-risk premiums. Learn More >>
Congressional Coalition Calls for Delay of GSIB Surcharge in Letter to Fed
A Congressional coalition led by Representative Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN) submitted a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles on October 9 urging the Fed to extend "the exclusion of [U.S. Treasuries] and [Federal Reserve Bank] balances and the impact of banks' participation in the MMLF to the GSIB surcharge." The letter argues that these changes are necessary to further support banks' ability to facilitate economic recovery, and warns that if changes are not implemented by the fourth quarter, "banks subject to the surcharge may see an increase in required capital, impacting the availability of credit at a time when consumers are facing unprecedented challenges." Learn More >>
Global Regulators Turn Attention to Nonbanks and Stablecoins Ahead of G20 Summit
Ahead of the G20 Summit scheduled to take place in November, global financial regulations are slated to address a multitude of important topics, including the regulation of nonbanks and stablecoins. Speaking at a Hoover Institution virtual event on October 14, Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Randal Quarles remarked, "[w]hile banks so far have been resilient to the shock from the COVID event, the same cannot be said for important parts of the system of nonbank financial intermediation." Quarles emphasized that NFBIs are "top of mind of international regulators" and confirmed that nonbank regulation was on the agenda for next month's G20 Summit.
The Financial Stability Board released a report on October 13, as mandated by the G20 in June 2019, titled "Regulation, Supervision and Oversight of 'Global Stablecoin' Arrangements." While the report does not address considerations related to AML/CFT, data privacy, cyber security, consumer and investor protection and competition, it establishes recommendations for a "holistic approach to regulation, supervision and oversight," emphasizing the importance of "international cooperation and information sharing."
Morning Consult: "A Liquidity Rule Dormant Since 2016 Is Getting a Second Life, and Banks Say the Treasury Market Can't Handle It"
The FDIC is scheduled to meet next week to vote on the implementation of the Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR), a liquidity requirement designed by the Basel Committee following the 2008 crisis. As detailed in a Morning Consult article published on October 15, BPI has argued against the implementation of the NSFR in its current form because "U.S. regulators' version would have assigned unfair values to Treasury securities. So, when Treasury markets seized up in March, broker-dealers would have had even less incentive to purchase Treasurys because it would have lowered their NSFR and strained balance sheets further." To read the full article, please click here.
Business Roundtable Releases Recommendations to Reduce Racial Wealth Divide in America
The Business Roundtable announced a new report on October 15, which establishes meaningful goals to reduce the racial wealth divide in America.
Some of the recommendations from the report include:
Increasing new loans to Black & Latinx homeowners
Making new investments in CDFIs & MDIs
Providing technical & mentorship to minority small business owners
To learn more, please click here.
New York Department of Financial Services Calls for FSOC-Like Organization to Regulate Social Media Platforms
The New York Department of Financial Services wants to see social media outlets like Twitter regulated as systemically important institutions, according to findings from an investigation conducted by the agency released on October 14. The report refers to an incident that took place on the platform in July, where a 17-year old hacked into the accounts of prominent celebrities, business leaders and politicians, including current Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, to conduct a financial scam that resulted in $118,000 in stolen bitcoin. The findings from the report describe the potential for individual actors to "weaponize" social media companies and determines that an oversight agency could help to identify susceptibility to key threats.
10/19/2020 – Fed hosts discussion on "Cross-Border Payments and Digital Currencies"
10/20/2020 – FDIC Board Meeting
10/21/2020 – Fed Governor Lael Brainard scheduled to give a speech at a virtual conference hosted by the Society of Professional Economists
12/11/2020 – Fed Research Conference on Bank Supervision
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The Day You Hoped Would Never Happen
The explosion, when it occurred, did so without warning. It's a miracle that no-one was injured.
One moment I was working at my computer, happily tapping away on the keys, and the next it felt as if the building was shaken to its foundations, there was the sound of tinkling glass and then … stillness. As if time stood still. The birds stopped twittering outside. The radio stopped in the middle of a happy-clappy bedou number. Nothing. Hardly a breath of wind passing through the house.
Of course we were always told to be on our guard in Saudi Arabia, but like most people, I suspect, we never thought it would happen to us.
I expected to hear a siren working its way up the street to the villa, but… nothing.
I opened the door of my office not knowing what to expect. And the sight that met my eyes as I walked round to the kitchen area was one of carnage. Shards of glass lying all over the place: on the floor, on top of the fridge, even embedded into the side of a cucumber that had been abandoned to its bloody fate the night before.
And all around me a sickly sweet smell with splatters of red on the floor, over the walls, on the ceiling and the relentless drip, drip, drip of crimson staining its way over everything.
What made it worse was the fact that I had been waiting for the delivery of three air conditioning units which, as usual, were promised for delivery the next day, but that next day never came.
Perhaps if it had been cooler, the stench and the resulting flies would have been more bearable. But as it was, I had to switch on our ultra-violet-electronic-fly-zapper that sent the little critters off to paradise, and the little tray started filling up with twitching bodies almost immediately.
I can't remember how long it took to pick up the shards of glass. Probably about half the time it took to get a bucket of soapy water (or three) and to wash down the walls, ceiling, floor, cupboards – and then to start on the larder contents and to clean up the mess that had been destined for supper.
By now, the full horror of the situation was slowly dawning on me. It was going to be bad enough explaining why there was now a dustbin full of soggy red cornflakes. But what on earth were we going to do for the next desert camp out? I mean, Château Riyadh usually took weeks to ferment to perfection. And now we were going to have to go down to the supermarket, buy up a whole load more grape juice, sugar and yeast, and start all over again, and just try to make something drinkable in under a fortnight.
It was enough to make you cry into your sid* and tonic.
[*Sid - short for Siddiqi (Arabic for happiness) is the name given to home distilled spirit made by expats for expats. Dangerous stuff, a bit like poteen]
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Trip to Wahba Crater
What is it that would make a normally sane group of people drive over 1,400 kms around Saudi Arabia simply to go and look at … a hole in the ground? For that was the apt description given of the trip in the list of forward events that had everyone slavering at the bit to sign up for this weekend of delights.
Well, twenty people, to be honest; not forgetting Beethoven, who didn't have much say in the matter. Reveille at the crack of dawn and a tired group of people meeting at the check point wondering what was in store for them. What was in store was a tale of not just one hole in the ground, but many – of varying appeal and complexity.
We left at 7am and drove down the escarpment on the Makkah road. The weather was 'grismal'; and after a week of bitterly cold nights the prospect of shivering at our camp wasn't the most appealing. The road led us past the red sands, which soon turned to yellow around junction 11 and on to brown near Jelah. 120kms from Riyadh there lay a great stretch of nothingness ahead of us except for a double row of pylons stretching into the distance, whilst the sun played peek-a-boo with the altocumulus.
But a giant Saudi logo (which, incidentally, looks splendid at night) proclaimed the start of the hills once again at Quwayiyah – a pleasant little town that looks unusually as if some thought has been put into its urban planning; and as we passed a convoy of cars from Bahrain we saw what looked like red slag hills, rich in copper, lead, zinc, iron and manganese.
But how could we have thought about driving straight past what must be the most picturesque petrol station on the trip – a purple and pink palace dedicated to good taste, situated on the outskirts of Jizala? But we did; and on to Ruwaydah, proclaimed to all visitors by a giant rifle flanking the northern side of the highway.
(Ruwaydah, by the way, is a popular girl's name in Arabic which means Walking Gently.)
We drove gently on past the tasteful row of plastic palm trees – green, yellow, orange and red – and on past the pegmatite rocks stacked haphazardly one on top of another. Pegmatite is mostly comprised of microline and quartz, but that may well have been furthest from our minds as we headed for the next service station to top up the tanks and to do what comes naturally.
Lesley's face said it all when she emerged from the 'facilities'. "I'll never complain about British service stations again", she remarked, giving this first hole in the ground a measly 2 out of 10 for visitor appeal.
On again and past the checkpoint at Halban (don't miss the canary yellow service station on the eastbound carriageway for yet another visual feast) and into a large stretch of grey-green rocks that then flattened out once again around Barzah. By 11.0am a dust storm blew up with fingers of sand reaching across the road, twisting into eddying whirls as impatient drivers scurried past. But the storm subsided by the time we reached Dhalim (Fact #1: westbound the signs say Dhalim – or Dhalm; eastbound, however, it is spelt Zalim!) and we coasted in to a Sasco service station.
Now, I was told by a Saudi in the office who visibly shuddered at the thought, that Dhalim is one of those places that mothers use to hush the errant behaviour of their offspring. "You just behave yourself or I'll ship you off to Dhalim" you can hear them say as they admonish their dear little brats. Apparently in 'the old days' it was a centre for the camel train raiders and even to this day, I was assured, you will not find many gas stations in the vicinity as people are afraid of their businesses being ransacked.
(Fact #2: Dhalim means 'revolt', injustice, or oppressor)
But either Mr Sasco hadn't heard about such stories or was too big to care. This time Lesley's face told a very different story. "Definitely the best hole in Saudi" she proclaimed. "8 out of 10 by my reckoning."
Chris was also pleased. Appointing himself king of the camp fire, he had already found his first piece of 'drift wood' in the service station and proudly carried it back to his charabanc.
Almost exactly 600kms from Riyadh, we turned northwards off the Makkah highway at junction 325, only to find that our convoy now consisted of only five cars – not the nine we had set off with. The bad news was that the rules of convoy driving had been forgotten – ie always keep the car behind you in view. The good news was that as all drivers had a set of instructions, it wasn't long before the remainder caught up with us as we sat parked by the side of the milky white quartz fields discussing whether we should send back a search party.
And so, on to Wahba; or Wabba; or Wabha (not to be confused with the Wabar craters of the Rub' al-Khali which were discovered in 1932). Whichever you choose, you can be assured that in terms of shear spectacle it sure takes a lot of beating. The road nowadays goes all the way to the very edge of the crater; only a set of painted poles warns you not to drive over into the abyss.
At the bottom some 400m below you is a white salt bed made up of sodium phosphate crystals. There are two theories as to how the crater was formed. Some believe it came about from volcanic activity in the form of an underground explosion. The rising volcano hit a body of water and the result was a massive explosion which ended up with this big hole in the ground. On one side of the crater lies an ash cone which is all that is left of the volcano.
Others would have it that a meteorite struck the region and formed the 3km-wide hole. The locals, on the other hand, apparently think that a large lake used to be here; but the lake decided it didn't like the area. They say it moved to Yemen. (I always did wonder about those locals!)
Nearly a kilometre away lies a field of black lava, textured with swirls as if it had been made of molten fudge.
That's where we pitched camp and decided that after the rotten weather of the previous week it was contrarily now too hot to go down the crater in the afternoon!
Whilst a few decided to sit it out and gossip over a mug of the hot and steaming, some of us more hardy souls decided to hike our way around the crater's rim. Last time I was there I had been assured by others that it took a mere 90 minutes to circumnavigate the hole. 92 minutes in, your poor narrator was teased mercilessly that we were not even two thirds of the way around and by the time we staggered in to camp the thought of a long drink and putting our feet up was highly appealing to one and all.
But there was wood to be collected for the camp fire; and after a five minute break, scavenging parties broke out over the lava field retrieving pieces of dead acacia which were thrown into a large pile.
Hyper-Panda's disposable bar-b-q came up trumps (just light the touch paper and stand well back) and James was pressed into service to put his natural pyromaniacal tendencies to good use in lighting the campfire. Alena reckoned that the somewhat oversized piece of fowl taking up an unfair percentage of the barbie was in reality half an emu masquerading as a chicken leg. Meanwhile Niji thrilled us with her samples of Thai cookery (and we haven't forgotten your rash promise of Thai cookery lessons!) whilst Beethoven knocked back more than his fair share of best quality Stilton. The Inces produced some 'holy water' (gad, but that's strong!), and to the sounds of German, Thai, and various dialects of the Queen's English we gossiped into the night.
The following morning after a hasty breakfast it was time for some to venture down the crater itself whilst others took life easier, searching for the fabled desert diamonds in the angled rays of the sun. Obsidian and perigots sparkled up from the ground, waiting to be added to various collections of desert trophies.
Down the crater things were tougher: through the oasis where water had collected in little pools, we squelched our way down to the shale and rock slope; but another 100 metres further down came to a near vertical rock face. Surely no-one but an idiot would even attempt to climb down it. But Chris and Keith shouted words of encouragement to Thomas whilst James did his impression of a mountain goat not once, but four times demonstrating how 'easy' the drop actually was.
Thomas got half way down before discretion took over from valour and he pulled himself back to safety. Khamseng, Niji, Benjamin and Timothy contemplated the thought of trying to get back up again with a broken leg, whilst your erstwhile narrator simply chickened out!
(It was only later that we discovered that if we had moseyed over to the right by about 20 metres there was a gentle slope that would have taken us all the way down to the bottom!)
Back at camp once more there was time for a test of Khamseng's borrowed gas stove where he and Niji found themselves playing mine host to a bevy of thirsty mouths knocking back more Nescafe and Liptons than you'd give credit for. And then it was time for the off, pausing briefly near the graffiti-covered concrete huts so that we could grab some final pictures before starting the long trek home. The westbound 'holes in the ground' were only mediocre this time (a 4 and a 7, pronounced our resident expert) and we hit Riyadh in good time to avoid the worst of the whacky races as the sun expertly gave up the unequal struggle for another day.
Lessons to be learned? Well, there has to be at least one complaint per trip. This time a person who should remain nameless remarked, as she scrunched her way through a lettuce leaf, that the next time she goes out on an expedition she hopes the leader won't be so obnoxiously thin and will have a good healthy appetite, rather than letting everyone starve as they wait for up to an hour for their next snack!
Bill saw his pride and joy getting a stone chipping on the windscreen and if you come across any really good holes in the ground, do let Lesley know before she gets round to publishing her Good (Saudi) Loo Guide.
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ACT light rail industry briefing
By: David Goeldner
Australia's national capital looks certain to have its light rail ambitions realised following briefing
A tramway proposed by Canberra's original architect Walter Burley Griffin just on a century ago will now be realised with this week's official launch of the Capital Metro light rail project.
About 350 delegates turned out at Canberra's National Convention Centre for an industry briefing to mark the start of a light rail project expected to stimulate economic growth along its corridor, and aid mobility in tandem with feeder bus services and cycling to the 12 km line.
The ACT Government's Capital Metro Minister Simon Corbell delivered the case for Canberra's light rail project, emphasising this was not a project merely to move people from A to B.
Corbell says Capital Metro is an opportunity to change and shape the nation's capital city.
"For too long we have focussed solely on the role of our city as the seat of Federal Government with reliance on the motor vehicle to get around town," he says.
"Our second century must be different. It will be about the best interests of Canberrans now and into the future."
Corbell says to achieve this is to closely link transport and planning strategies, encourage transit-oriented development, and ensure urban infill occurs with high quality public transport infrastructure.
"We understand that with the right infrastructure prior to an increase in development creates a great opportunity for the community, investors and government," he says.
Corbell says the route selected for Canberra's light rail alignment has a high percentage of government-owned land, which immediately increases opportunities for development.
He also pointed to the past, paying homage to Canberra's early architects Walter and Marion Griffin who 'cleverly' provided for rapid transit along wide medians of the main avenues.
"Unlike many cities now grappling with how to retrofit transport infrastructure, we are fortunate that this space is already available," Corbell says.
Corbell adds the project is pivotal to the rejuvenation of the northern gateway to Canberra, approached from the Federal Highway on to Northbourne Avenue.
"This avenue has the potential to be one of the world's pre-eminent urban boulevards, currently hosting 40 per cent of the city's hotels, many businesses and vibrant surrounding precincts," he says.
"We intend to use light rail to unlock the potential of the city centre and this important avenue, catalysing urban renewal."
Corbell says the ACT Government expects investment in light rail will stimulate business activity, increase population density and employment opportunity along the corridor, adding that the success of Stage One would lay the foundation for light rail to serve the rest of the city.
"It's the government's intent that the whole of Canberra be serviced by a high quality, strongly integrated public transport system able to reach any destination in the city."
Corbell says Capital Metro is a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity for the 'right team' to help shape the nation's capital.
"We are looking to form strong partnerships with industry to deliver this system, building on the private sector's ability to innovate and match our enthusiasm to better and further Canberra."
In his pitch to project managers and potential investors among the attendees at the industry briefing, Corbell stipulated the light rail system must be safe, easy to use, frequent, reliable, modern, and provide a high quality customer experience.
He adds there must be excellent urban design that befits the system's prominent location on Canberra's front door.
Capital Metro Project Director Emma Thomas says the Northbourne Avenue corridor is the entry-way to Canberra.
"It's an important route in terms of defining the nation," she says.
Thomas says her team's aspiration is to provide for an excellent public transport network in Canberra, and not just a light rail system 'sitting out on its own'.
She says the light rail project would be integrated in the city's bus network.
Canberra's public transport My Way smart card, currently used on ACTION buses, would also be integrated with light rail.
"It's our intent to keep this consistent through our public transport network."
Thomas says Capital Metro would also seek an elegant design that would lead to stimulating urban renewal at the key nodes of Gungahlin, Dickson and Canberra's CBD.
"We have a great opportunity to do that with the light rail system," she says.
"We want a world-class approach, and we are very serious about this urban design element and how it interacts with other modes of transport – walking, cycling, parking and bus routes."
Thomas says the targeted construction start date is by mid-2016 with operations commencing in 2019.
Since its inception as an ACT Government agency in July 2013, Capital Metro has already commissioned preliminary designs of the route, including space allocated for a depot at Mitchell, and how termini at each end of the route – Gungahlin and the CBD – is visualised.
Bus interchanges, park and ride stations and an average 500 metre sequence of tram stops have been conceptualised along the 12km route on the city's north side from Gungahlin, one of Canberra's satellite urban nodes, into the CBD along Flemington Road and Northbourne Avenue.
Trams are expected to operate at 10 minute frequencies, with 5 minutes in the peak. Trams will be between 30 metres and 33 metres in length carrying about 200 passengers. There will be 13 stops along double track line. Total journey time from Gungahlin to the CBD will be 25 minutes.
The industry briefing delved into detail with an address from ACT Treasurer Andrew Barr on the Territory's 'investment-friendly' adjustments to its taxation system, moving to a broad-based approach to revenue collection from land tax.
Barr says the project would be developed as a public-private partnership (PPP), and formed part of a projected $2.5 billion infrastructure plan for the ACT.
Barr was followed by Capital Metro Procurement and Delivery Executive Director Stephen Allday's presentation on the light rail corridor's proposed infrastructure and earthworks.
Concluding the formal presentations, Capital Metro's Finance and Economic Director Duncan Edghill says the agency was seeking a 'bundled procurement' process where design, construction, operation, maintenance, light rail vehicle supply, and finance will all be included in the public-private partnership.
Edghill says the ACT Government's policy is to shortlist two parties, but the agency reserves the right to shortlist to three parties as the EOI responses are evaluated.
He adds that while the ACT Government did not intend to make a financial contribution during the construction phase of the project, a contribution would likely be made at the end of construction, or at a later time, to reduce any PPP debt.
Prospective partners will have until mid-December to lodge their submissions following the October 31, 2014 release of the Expression of Interest documents which Edghill says will include further detail on the procurement process.
The shortlist of successful bidders is expected to be announced in March 2015.


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Q: How to run pretrained models of Pixel Objectness I can't run pretrained models of Pixel Objectness published by Suyog Dutt Jain et al in 2017.
I referred section Using the pretrained models in README.md on GitHub, but couldn't understand the following procedures well.
・Setup: Download and install Deeplab-v1 from here
・Refer to demo.py for step-by-step instruction on how to run the code.
I tryed to install and run "demo.py", but I got some errors.
Though I referred solutions on Website, unsolvable error remained.
/usr/bin/python2.7 /mnt/C6BF-F678/pixelobjectness/pixelobjectness-master/demo.py
/usr/local/DL-Box/digits-4.0/caffe/distribute/bin/caffe.bin test --model=/mnt/C6BF-F678/pixelobjectness/pixelobjectness-master/test.prototxt --weights=/mnt/C6BF-F678/pixelobjectness/pixelobjectness-master/pixel_objectness.caffemodel --gpu=0 --iterations=4
I0606 14:34:09.451035  9830 caffe.cpp:261] Use GPU with device ID 0
I0606 14:34:09.451524  9830 caffe.cpp:265] GPU device name: Quadro P6000
[libprotobuf ERROR google/protobuf/text_format.cc:245] Error parsing text-format caffe.NetParameter: 424:16: Message type "caffe.LayerParameter" has no field named "interp_param".
F0606 14:34:09.811586  9830 upgrade_proto.cpp:79] Check failed: ReadProtoFromTextFile(param_file, param) Failed to parse NetParameter file: /mnt/C6BF-F678/pixelobjectness/pixelobjectness-master/test.prototxt
*** Check failure stack trace: ***
@     0x7f3829e1cdaa  (unknown)
@     0x7f3829e1cce4  (unknown)
@     0x7f3829e1c6e6  (unknown)
@     0x7f3829e1f687  (unknown)
@     0x7f382a58ef7e  caffe::ReadNetParamsFromTextFileOrDie()
@     0x7f382a5c8418  caffe::Net<>::Net()
@           0x407954  test()
@           0x40625c  main
@     0x7f3828979f45  (unknown)
@           0x406a2d  (unknown)
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Aborted (core dumped)

Process finished with exit code 0

I have installed GPU and caffe.
It is much appreciated if you would explain procedures carefully.

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Universal Remote Control R2-Mini Remote-N-Go review: Universal Remote Control R2-Mini Remote-N-Go
John Falcone
Plenty of universal remote controls offer a wide array of sophisticated features--everything from PC-programming options to color LCD touch screens--but some cost more than any average TV, are the size of a laptop PC, and require a certified home installer to set up. It's refreshing, then, to see a model that goes completely the other way. The R2-Mini from Universal Remote Control is a programmable clicker that has only five buttons. It's small enough to fit on your keychain and may very well slip between the sofa cushions within hours of entering your home--but at $15, it's cheap enough to buy by the gross.
At 1.25 inches wide by 2.5 inches long by 0.5 inch deep, the R2-Mini is easily the smallest remote we've ever seen--even tinier than the Apple Front Row remote that's available for newer Macs. It's also a study in simplicity: the R2-Mini is designed to give you rudimentary TV-viewing options, albeit with the assumption that your set is probably acting as a monitor for your cable or satellite box. As such, it has just five buttons: two power keys (one for the TV and one for the set-top box), volume and channel rocker switches, and the all-important Mute.
Programming this mite of a remote is dead simple--just scan through the built-in codes by flicking a key until you stumble onto the one that powers your TV off, then repeat the process for your cable/satellite box (if you have one). The tiny instruction leaflet informs you that the Mini "has been designed to operate the majority of current TVs, satellite, and cable boxes." The remote is also smart enough to direct volume/mute signals to the TV and channel signals to the set-top box, if you have one. The respective power buttons on the remote glow red to indicate which command is being sent where.
As far as compatibility goes, our impromptu tests found no problems with TVs--the remote worked fine with the Sony, Panasonic, Hitachi, Dell, Maxent, and Vizio models we tried. But while the R2-Mini was also adept at controlling at least two Scientific-Atlanta cable boxes and our Dish Network receiver, we couldn't get it to work with either of our DirecTV boxes (including the HD TiVo). Also, while programming the R2 is straightforward and simple, it can get tedious to keep clicking the button until the remote stumbles across the correct activation code. It took as much as two minutes for some devices, and we got so into the rhythm of repeated tapping that we ended up clicking one too many times on a few occasions and had to repeat the process.
Ironically, the R2-Mini's minuscule size may have an unintended shortcoming: it could conceivably be a choking hazard for small children or pets. If that's a concern, you might want to attach a large novelty keychain or other tether to the eye hook built into its bottom side. Otherwise, the R2-Mini's iPod-esque white finish should make it reasonably easy to find amid any clutter, even in a poorly lit environment.
Now, we could point out the flaws of the R2-Mini's overly simplistic design: the absence of a numeric keypad (you can't directly punch in your favorite channel numbers, and it's awfully tiring on the thumb to surf from channel 2 to 200 one channel at a time instead of taking a shortcut via your onscreen electronic programming guide) or the way the R2-Mini glosses over dozens of mission-critical functions such as input toggling, DVR and DVD control, and so forth. We could do that, but we won't, because those shortcomings are pretty much irrelevant. For starters, the ultracheap price tag makes the R2-Mini virtually disposable, though its included CR-2025 lithium battery is, indeed, replaceable. Nobody should expect anything more than the bare-bones basics, which this remote ably delivers. But let's be honest about the R2-Mini's likely real-world mission: despite the warning emblazoned on the package ("Do not use in any public place without the consent of the owner or operator of any television"), this is a practical-joke device--the next-generation iteration of the TV-B-Gone. Keep the R2-Mini in your pocket, and you can be turning off TVs and switching channels in any bar, restaurant, or store window you can find. Similarly, the R2-Mini makes a great veto device for familial or spousal programming arguments. You may not be able to watch what you want, but you can damn well keep them from enjoying their favorite shows in peace.
Summing up, if you want an affordable programmable remote that can cover your basic TV-watching and home-theater needs, this isn't it; URC's $30 R5 or $40 R7 models, or the $10 Sony RM-V302 would be much better choices. But if you're looking for a tiny clicker for your bedroom or kitchen TV--or want to wreak havoc at your local sports bar during the play-offs--the R2-Mini has you covered.
Universal Remote Control R2-Mini Remote-N-Go
The Universal Remote Control R2-Mini is a tiny universal remote that's dirt cheap, works with most TVs and cable/satellite boxes, and offers simple programming and operation.
The Universal Remote Control R2-Mini isn't intended for anything beyond very basic TV-watching needs (power, volume, and channel). It can be tedious to program, and it's so small that it could easily get misplaced.
If you're looking for a cheap but functional TV remote that's small enough to fit on your keychain, the Universal Remote Control R2-Mini is just the ticket.
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ISBE Teacher Shortage Recap
Carter Staley / NPR Illinois
The Illinois State Board of Education this week hosted a conversation on possible solutions to the state's teacher shortage. We discussed the highlights on Statewide.
How Some Teachers In Alaska Are Tackling The Subject Of Climate Change
Elizabeth Warren Wants To Erase Most Student Loan Debt
By Anya Kamenetz • Apr 22, 2019
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has issued another big policy proposal as part of her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. This one concerns higher education.
Warren proposes that the federal government write off hundreds of billions of dollars in existing student loan debt.
College Admissions Scandal Reveals Difficult Path To Acceptance
News Brief: Sri Lanka Explosions, Mueller Report, Climate Education
By David Greene & Rachel Martin • Apr 22, 2019
The death toll in Sri Lanka is going up after a series of coordinated blasts hit churches and luxury hotels across that country on Easter Sunday.
Most Teachers Don't Teach Climate Change; 4 In 5 Parents Wish They Did
More than 80% of parents in the U.S. support the teaching of climate change. And that support crosses political divides, according to the results of an exclusive new NPR/Ipsos poll: Whether they have children or not, two-thirds of Republicans and 9 in 10 Democrats agree that the subject needs to be taught in school.
A separate poll of teachers found that they are even more supportive, in theory — 86% agree that climate change should be taught.
Congress Considers Making College More Accessible To People In Prison
Inmates are among the least-educated people in America. That's despite research that shows education is one of the most effective ways to keep people from coming back to prison.
Now, there's renewed interest in giving adults behind bars better access to higher education. A new bipartisan bill in Congress would allow incarcerated people to use federal Pell Grants — designed for low-income students — to pay for higher education, including college classes and workforce training.
When A Mexican American Student Group Voted To Change Its Name Controversy Ensued
By Adrian Florido • Apr 19, 2019
Virgin Islands Schools Are Still Facing Challenges From Hurricanes Irma And Maria
By Greg Allen • Apr 19, 2019
How Trump's Judicial Nominees Have Handled Questions On Brown v. Board Of Education
UNC Basketball Coach Sylvia Hatchell Resigns After Investigation
By Vanessa Romo • Apr 19, 2019
After more than three decades, University of North Carolina women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell has resigned from leading the celebrated program. Her resignation followed an external review that found she made "racially insensitive" remarks, exercised "undue influence" on athletes to play while injured and lacked a connection with her players.
How Effective Are School Lockdown Drills?
By Nathaniel Minor • Apr 19, 2019
On the morning of her 16th birthday, in her AP music class, Megan Storm thought she was going to die.
The sophomore at Lake Brantley High School in suburban Orlando, Fla., said she heard an announcement over the intercom that the school was in a code red lockdown — it was a drill, but Storm said students were not told that. She and her classmates hid in the dark, behind an instrument locker.
"It was just really quiet. And we all sort of huddled together," Storm said.
Twenty Years Later, A Look At Columbine, Then And Now
What's The Value Of A College In Prison Program — Beyond Recidivism?
By Lee V. Gaines • Apr 18, 2019
Johnny Page saw something as a child that no young person should ever see.
"I witnessed my cousin being killed when I was maybe six, seven-years-old," he said. Page said he was traumatized by the experience. He said he was overcome by a need to protect his family and friends. He became a fighter.
Rigor Vs. Reality: ISBE Tackles The Teacher Shortage
The Illinois State Board of Education used their monthly meeting Wednesday to host a conversation on possible solutions to the state's worsening teacher shortage. The board is looking for ways to maintain high quality standards without discouraging potential teachers from entering the profession.
Afterwards, the agency's chief education officer, Ralph Grimm, said there is no single solution.
"Two and a half hours of testimony I think really reinforced to the board how deep and structural the teacher shortage issue really is across the state, that its effects are felt differently in different parts of the state, but all over the state," he said.
Indiana Teachers Stage Protests To Spotlight Low Wages
Teachers have been protesting for higher wages. In Indiana, lawmakers introduced measures to improve the situation but many teachers say it may not be enough to keep them in the profession.
This story comes to us from Indiana Public Broadcasting.
A Rare Sight At Brigham Young University As Students Protest The Honor Code Office
By Daysha Eaton • Apr 16, 2019
Sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brigham Young University is known for its adherence to church teachings and for its strict Honor Code, which regulates everything from beards to premarital sex. Student protest is uncommon.
But last Friday, 300 gathered at the school's flagship campus to question its Honor Code Office, chanting, "God forgives me, why can't you?"
Students allege that the university is mistreating victims of sexual assault and harassment, especially women and LGBTQ students.
Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli Plead Not Guilty In College Cheating Scandal
By Laurel Wamsley • Apr 15, 2019
Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, entered not guilty pleas Monday in federal court in Boston.
Both waived their right to appear in court for arraignment.
Federal prosecutors announced additional charges last week against Loughlin, Giannulli and 14 other wealthy parents. They face one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and honest-services mail and wire fraud, as well as one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Arizona Teachers Can Now Discuss LGBTQ Issues Without Worrying About The Law
On Thursday, Arizona lawmakers repealed a law that restricted how public school teachers could talk about LGBTQ relationships in health classes.
The Arizona law regulated HIV/AIDS instruction in public schools. Since 1991, it has banned teachers in those courses from promoting "a homosexual life-style," portraying "homosexuality as a positive alternative life-style" or suggesting there are safe ways to have homosexual sex.
Georgetown Students Vote To Fund Reparations For School's Slavery Connections
How One Mother's Battle Is Changing Police Training On Disabilities
By Meg Anderson • Apr 13, 2019
Working with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, like Down syndrome or autism, can be complex and challenging even for those with years of training. But one group — law enforcement — often encounters people with these conditions in high-stress situations, with little or no training at all.
Patti Saylor knows all too well what the consequences of that can be.
Her son Ethan, who had Down syndrome, died after an encounter with law enforcement when he was 26. It's a tragedy she believes could have been prevented.
College Applicants Boxed In By Lawmakers
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Illinois lawmakers today rejected legislation that could have made it easier for former felons to apply for college. Popularly known as a "ban the box" bill, it would have prevented colleges from asking about criminal history on basic application forms.
Once a student is admitted, colleges would still be allowed to consider criminal history for housing and participation in campus activities.
But State Rep. Jeff Keicher (R-Sycamore), said it was still dangerous.
A Dystopian High School Musical Foresaw The College Admissions Scandal
A new musical explores life in high school in a way that's eerily familiar. It's called Ranked, and it's set in a dystopian world where your class rank — determined by grades and test scores — governs everything from where you sit to what your future holds.
How To Calculate The Cost Of College: A Guide To Financial Aid Terms
Right now, students across the country are in the process of choosing where to go to college. For many, that decision is closely tied to a school's financial aid offer. But with no current standardization of these offers, letters look vastly different from one college to the next. They're often filled with confusing terms and jargon, and not all colleges define and calculate these terms the same way.
Mascots, Money Or Math: What Stops School Consolidation?
Mark Ambrose
Illinois has 852 school districts — the third highest number of any state in the nation. Some are just single schools, with fewer than a hundred students. But getting districts to merge, or consolidate, has proven difficult.
Military Stores Asked To Stop Showing 'Divisive' News On Their TVs
By Sasha Ingber • Apr 10, 2019
The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, one of the largest retailers in the United States which serves millions of active-duty military members and their families, is clarifying a memo sent this week which recommended that stores stop displaying the news on their televisions.
The message, obtained by NPR, told managers, "News channels should not be shown on common area TVs due to their divisive political nature."
In Alaska, Shrinking Oil Revenues May Mean Severe Cutbacks To State Ferry System
Just after 6 a.m., a handful of cars drive down the ramp into the LeConte, the Alaska state ferry docked in Juneau.
The LeConte's destinations that day include Angoon, an indigenous village of 450, and Tenakee Springs, a town of about 150. Both sit on islands with no connection to the state's road system and airports. To get to Angoon or Tenakee Springs from Juneau, you can buy a seaplane ticket for $150, or spend $50 to ride the ferry.
Schools Can Help Homeless Kids — But Only If They Find Them
Melissa Esparza fled her home in west suburban Chicago two years ago. Then 16, she said her parents became physically violent after years of verbal abuse.
"One day, my mom and I were having an argument, and it turned into the day that she ended up hitting me, pulling some of my hair out. She punched me, scratched me and I had scratches all over me," Esparza said.


A Colony of Penguins II by George Jercich.
–The Morro Bay Art Association is presenting it's annual, "For the Birds" exhibit in celebration of the Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival. This exhibit is a collection of fine art paintings and photography depicting Morro Bay's vast array of indigenous species of birds, birds seen around the world and all things bird-related.
For the Birds will be on display from Jan. 10 through Feb. 18. Meet the artists at the opening reception Sunday, Jan. 18, 2 – 4 p.m.
During this exhibit, Art Center Morro Bay will be featuring glass sculptor, George Jercich. Jercich graduated from San Jose State University in 1984 with his MFA in Sculpture/Plastic Arts. He traveled throughout the USA, Europe and Asia seeking experiences in glass. He attended Pilchuck Glass School, the Interglas Symposium in Novy Bor, Czechoslovakia, participated in American/Thai Cultural Exchange Programs and co-instructed glassblowing at Ox-Bow Summer School of the Arts (SAIC). Jercich is also the co-founder of the California Glass Exchange. He instructed glassblowing, glass forming, 3D design and sculpture courses at Cal Poly for over 35 years.
This event is free and open to the public. Art Center Morro Bay is open from 12 – 4 p.m. daily. For more information, visit www.artcentermorrobay.org.


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Culture / Film
'Wildflower' is a dark comedy that follows the life of a mother and daughter navigating disability
WORDS Jasmine Pirovic PUBLISHED Wed, 13 Oct 2021 - 2:53 pm
At this point, you'd have to be quarantining in the Bermuda Triangle to not know about Jean Smart's recent resurgence. After all, it wasn't so long ago when we were all voraciously watching her play Kate Winslet's mother in Mare of Easttown. And with Jean's recent success on Stan's Hacks, we're certain that she's staying put in the cultural zeitgeist. If you needed more evidence know that she has just been cast in Limelight and eOne's new drama Wildflower signalling her return to film.
What is Wildflower about? According to Deadline, the plot is derived from director Matt Smukler's family life and has been pinned down as a "coming-of-age dark comedy". It centres character Bea Johnson, played by Kiernan Shipka, and trails her life so far, from birth to graduation. Along the way, we watch on as she "navigates life with a parent with an intellectual disability and an extended family that can't quite agree on the best way to help", so expect a few tears along the way.
From what we can tell, Jean Smart has been cast as Bea's mother. As for the rest of the cast, Alexandra Daddario from The White Lotus has signed on for Wildflower, as has Charlie Plummer who starred in Looking for Alaska, Samantha Hyde and Dash Mihok. Not only this, but Jana Savage is onboard as Wildflower's screenwriter. In terms of production, at the helm is Dylan Sellers and Chris Parker for Limelight, Hunting Lane Films and Morning Moon Productions.
Considering that casting has only just been finalised, we don't yet have a release date for Wildflower. Nor has a production date been set. In the meantime, if you enjoyed Jean Smart's performance in Mare of Easttown, here are 9 shows to dig into with similar themes. Otherwise, we'll be sure to keep you updated as more details arise.
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The companies that Sheryl Crow endorses include AILA, American Express, City Farmhouse and Got Milk.
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Some of the product types that Sheryl Crow has endorsed are: Nail Polish, Hair Care, Cosmetics and Makeup and Milk.
Sheryl Crow donates money and support many charities including: Aid Still Required, ALS Association, Andre Agassi Foundation for Education and Children Mending Hearts.
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Sheryl Crow is an American singer, songwriter, composer and actress. She was born Sheryl Suzanne Crow on the 11th of February, 1962, in Kennett, Missouri. She was brought up in a family of musicians, so from a young age she was surrounded by music. After graduating, she worked as a music teacher at elementary school, while playing in several local bands. She began working with producer Jay Oliver, and they produced several jingles for ads. Crow then toured as a backing vocalist for Michael Jackson during his Bad tour from 1987 to 1990. In 1993, she released her debut album "Tuesday Night Music Club", which was a huge success. For that album, she won Best Female Rock Vocal, Best New Artist and Record of the Year for "All I Wanna Do" at the 1995 Grammy Awards. Overall, in her career, she has released over 11 albums including "Threads" in 2019, all of which have made it to the top of Billboard's Top Country Albums.
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Philip Housden trained in Cardiff, South Wales, with junior doctor placements in South Wales, Nottingham and Canterbury prior to pursuing orthopaedic registrar training at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London and other hospitals in the London area. Philip subsequently went on to do Senior Registrar training in South Wales and undertook Fellowships in hip replacement surgery in Exeter as well as knee revision hip surgery in Melbourne, Australia.
Appointed as an Orthopaedic Consultant in East Kent in 1995, initially based in Canterbury, where he has worked as a general orthopaedic surgeon with an interest in lower limb problems ever since.
He is a programme director for the Kent, Surry and Sussex orthopaedic training programme. He has previously been Clinical Director for orthopaedics for the East Kent NHS Trust and remains with an active interest in the management of orthopaedic services and, specifically, the training of junior doctors.
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Timo Werner afflicted by Chelsea's striker curse: Richard Buxton
Fulham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola denies Chelsea striker Timo Werner, who has not scored in his last 10 league matches. PHOTO: EPA
His Stamford Bridge struggles are reminiscent of Higuain, Torres and Morata's
Richard Buxton
Chelsea's No. 9 curse is now plaguing a player who does not even wear the shirt.
Timo Werner may not sport the same ill-fated number which cursed Gonzalo Higuain, Alvaro Morata and Fernando Torres, but his struggles are starting to mirror their own.
The trio's tenures at Stamford Bridge ended up proving that the best days of their respective careers were behind them. Stakes for the German international, however, are far higher after faltering again in a late 1-0 win over Fulham yesterday morning (Singapore time).
Werner is still the Blues' joint-top scorer this season, with nine in all competitions, yet a barren run in the English Premier League has now stretched to around 11 hours without a goal.
By personal admission, he is struggling to come to terms with the physicality of his new surroundings and expectations heightened by a £47.5 million (S$85.8m) price tag.
Being shunted out wide in a three-man attack has also done little to help his case, with RB Leipzig's penchant for a two-pronged frontline allowing him to plunder goals at will.
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More than that, though, Werner's inability to find the target in the EPL is a clear sign of a player shorn of confidence in situations where he had previously flourished.
At Craven Cottage, he spurned several opportunities to break his domestic duck that vindicated Frank Lampard's reluctance to persist with the 24-year-old in a starring role.
History is potentially dissuading the former midfielder from repeating the mistakes that he witnessed first-hand in the west Londoners' dressing room with Torres in particular.
Persistence failed to overcome resistance for the ex-Liverpool talisman as his own eight-figure move to the capital a decade ago was hardly prolific.
The Spaniard's failure to fire consistently became a punchline that delighted Chelsea's many detractors at the time and left a succession of managers tearing their hair out.
Lampard's change in approach has yet to kick-start Werner on the goal trail and could soon carry far-reaching implications for the one-time Leipzig marksman as Germany coach Joachim Loew keeps tabs on his development in the build-up to this year's European Championship.
Pressure continues to mount on both Die Mannschaft's coach and his Chelsea counterpart, with the former already facing calls for his head from World Cup winner Lothar Matthaeus, if things do not go according to plan again at this summer's Finals.
Loew ruthlessly discarded Thomas Mueller, alongside several Germany veterans, two years ago in the belief that Werner and others were adept enough to step into the fold.
But if the striker continues to flounder at the Bridge, the mop-topped Svengali might be forced to swallow his pride and consider handing Mueller a recall in the coming months.
Lampard's belief that the goals will flow for Werner once more may not be enough to keep his place for club and country as both aim to deliver overdue statements of intent.
Time is not something which Chelsea's all-time top scorer will be afforded in the dugout with hopes of an EPL title bid already disintegrating into a European qualification scrap.
Werner is likely to be granted that same courtesy if he remains incapable of making the best of what Lampard described as "bread and butter" scenarios in front of goal.
Unless he finds a way to start gorging again, begging for scraps will not be an option.
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 TSMC announces that it has basically completed its production at 5nm and started trial production: the area has been reduced by 45% and the performance has been improved by 15%.
TSMC announces that it has basically completed its production at 5nm and started trial production: the area has been reduced by 45% and the performance has been improved by 15%.
On the 3rd of this month, TSMC announced that it had taken the lead in completing the 5nm architecture design based on EUV extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) technology and had entered the trial production stage.
According to official data, compared with 7Nm (the first generation DUV), the new 5nm chip based on Cortex A72 core can provide 1.8 times of logic density and 15% faster speed. The SRAM of the same process is also excellent and the area is reduced. At the same time, TSMC announced that it would provide a complete 5nm design rule manual, SPICE model, process design kit and silicon wafer certified materials, and fully support EDA (Electronic Automation Design Tool).
Earlier this year, TSMC said that 5nm would be mass-produced by the end of 2020. Considering that there is still one and a half years to go, it can be expected.
It is reported that the first generation of 5nm is the second introduction of EUV technology by TSMC, up to 14 layers, while the second generation of 7Nm EUV (expected to be used by Apple A13 and Kirin 985/990 this year) has only four layers. With the withdrawal of GF and Unicom, only Samsung, TSMC and Intel are the only wafer manufacturers that can make 7Nm wafers and more advanced technology at present, but Intel does not compete directly with TSMC, because its wafer factories are in a hurry to meet their own needs, just to ensure that their competitors, AMD, will place heavy orders.
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Cairo, 1887. A beautiful September day. Penrod Ballantyne and his fiancée, Amber Benbrook, stroll hand in hand. The future is theirs for the taking. But...
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Torn apart by war, Saffron Courtney and Gerhard von Meerbach are thousands of miles apart, both struggling for their lives. Gerhard - despite his objections...
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The 2015 Vits Awards winners.
Re: The 2015 Vits Awards winners.
IMDB_Vits is either a fool or a fraud. Please discuss, which do you think he is?
he rates all of these as "1" - 'Five Flights Up', 'Seventh Son', 'Mad Max', 'The Longest Ride', 'Age of Adaline', 'Fast and Furious' movies, 'Taken 1 & 2', 'The November Man', 'If I Stay', 'The Two Jakes', ' Transcendence ', 'Winter's Tale', the 'Ridick' movies, for a few examples.
Now these aren't great movies, but many of them are very good movies. If you agree with IMDB_Vits that these deserve a rating of "1" then you might think he is a genius.
I think he is either a fool or a fraud.
Since you're so pathetic, I thought I'd throw you a bone and wait several days to see if anyone would reply to you. You got 1 reply out of the 10 or so threads. Congratulations!
For example he rates all the James Bond movies as "1"
Now these aren't great movies, but many of them are very good movies.
MAD MAX 1 & 3 are the only ones of that group to have a positive consensus. I gave a 1 to FAST AND FURIOUS 2 & 4, which are considered by most to be bad as well. Also, it's very convenient that you didn't write about the positive grades I've given to classics.
If you agree with IMDB_Vits that these deserve a rating of "1" then you might think he is a genius.
What are you talking about? I grade to express my opinion. If someone agrees with me, it's a plus, but it's not my goal. It's not the goal of any blogger or professional critic.


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— 1988 Of Winston Churchill. The Last Lion.
And as she wept, her tears to pearl he turned, And wound them on his arm, and for her mourned.
— 1593 The mourner is Cupid. Hero and Leander (published1598), pt.1, l.375-6.
To disarm the strong and arm the weak would be to change the social order which it's my job to preserve. Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned.
I told my doctor I broke my arm in two places. He told me to keep out of those places.
— Rocinante was the name of Don Quixotes' horse.
Aniela knew very well that her departure would be to me a more dangerous catastrophe than a wound on my head or the loss of an arm or leg; and yet she did not hesitate a moment. I was perfectly aware that it was all her doing. She wanted to be near her husband, and what would become of me was not taken into account.
"What are you -- some kind of addict? Is this where you come to..." "Perhaps. I need writing. Don't ask me why -- just take out your pen and write your name on my arm -- go on."
We have no more thought of using our own powers to escape the arm of authorities than had the Apostles of old. No more are we ready to keep silent at man's behest when God commands us to speak. For it is, and must remain, the case that we must obey God rather than man.
— William Lowther (September 21, 1986) "Americans laugh at their presidents -- not with them", The Toronto Star, p. B3.
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What's that on his arm? What's that on his arm?
— Who: Captain Gault, before being shot by Keamy.
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Are you, like many other members of families concerned about the disconnect you have with one another?
Does it seem like everyone is going at a frantic pace and there is little to no quality time together? Is your home like Grand Central Station; rushing from place to place with lots of checklists!
Do you feel like some of you are getting lost in the shuffle? Do you feel like you are one of those people getting lost? Do you feel homesick in your own home? Like…you don't belong there because it isn't the kind of home-life you had hoped for?
Meanwhile, do you feel like you are loosing out on really enjoying one another? Do you have jealousy, envy, contention and strife in your family…perhaps abuse and even violence?
Are you or your children turning to addictive behaviors or substances to comfort the misery that is brewing with in? Is there a feeling of lack of patience, appreciation, respect, and tenderness? If you are experiencing this discord/disconnect, be honest with yourself and notice that this feeling most likely also extends to your parents, siblings and beyond into your work and community as well.
Are you tittering on the brink of the "D" word? Or are you already in the process of forming that divorce? Perhaps you are already divorced and are trying to figure out how to deal with the ex-spouse and the shuffling of the children from home to home. Are you also trying to spread the already "spread too thin" financial resources?
In other words: Does your current reality meet up with your vision of what you desired to experience when you were dreaming about starting your family?
If you are experiencing some or all of the above, WOW! Do I understand what you are going through! Been there, done that… except for the divorce thang. (Yes, I typed thang.) But, I personally understand what it feels like to be a stepchild. I also have lots of close up experiences with all the dynamics of divorce and I know how to turn that situation around into something amazing!
Better yet, to my relief and great joy I learned how valuable my family was and how they were helping me on my quest to find true abiding peace and happiness…a genuine happiness that no one and nothing in this world could take from me…not even my family!
The amazing thing I also discovered was that no one around me even had to change for that mighty shift to happen!
As a result of what I learned, I was able to completely let go of the worry, doubt and the wrestling within my soul concerning my family and extended family.
I replaced my former discouraging feelings with a new understanding; a clear view and certain self-confidence of how I could relax and enjoy every changing phase of life along with all the various dynamics that a family can bring into my world.
I can also share this knowledge with you.
Learn how you, as a parent and as a child may have unwittingly and innocently created jealousy, envy and sibling rivalry in your family of origin home and current home.
Be able to create a "Family Council Meeting" where each of you begin to express your contributing voice so the quality time in your family will dramatically increase. And everyone helps in forming a happy, satisfying family life.
Start using "Toofers," or immediate personal actions that rapidly release feelings of disrespect and contention so feelings of appreciation and unity can grow.
Begin sharing all the household responsibilities while learning healthy skills for life.
Learn how to create healthy personal boundaries.
Discover how to completely trust in your feelings.
Be able to bring and maintain a sweet, refreshing spirit into your home while leaving the cares of the world outside. In other words, you will learn how to create a safe nourishing and nurturing environment to learn and grow in.
Plus you will learn sooooo much more!
But more importantly, you will learn the Powerful Eternal Laws that, when activated in you, will allow you to command your world with exactness…and you will also be able to teach your children these magnificent laws!
At the end of this article you will find a link to a story that will provide you with an example of how you can teach these simple laws.
You will also start realizing that each member provides rich experiences so your entire family can learn and grow. When you apply what you are learning, stress and contention will be able to rapidly leave your lives.
With that release, a genuine increase of love and appreciation will come into your home. You will also begin experiencing a more genuinely satisfying, happy daily life.
These strengths will first develop within each of you and then spread to all members. Amazingly, if you desire, this sincere feeling of goodwill will continue to spread beyond the walls of your home! And you will then know what it feels like to become one with yourself and all others.
Enjoy a genuinely happier, more harmonious family life. Take Action! Click Here to shedule a Family Mentoring Time with me by phone, Skype or in person.
If you find this information valuable and uplifting take action again; share it with others. You may be only one person, but you have the ability to spread this positive, encouraging good news throughout the world by simply sharing it with one or two people. It might be just what they have been asking for!
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The following list is just a small portion of the topics I teach. Feel free to scan through it to get some ideas of what you would like to learn. You can even jot down some of the ones that stand out to you. Then I'll teach you how to apply them in your daily life.