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MOTION to Expedite - Notice of Motion for Expedited Discovery by Facebook, Inc., Mark Elliot Zuckerberg. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Snyder, Orin)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------ x : PAUL D. CEGLIA, : : Plaintiff, : : v. : : MARK ELLIOT ZUCKERBERG and : FACEBOOK, INC., : : Defendants. ------------------------------------ x NOTICE OF MOTION FOR EXPEDITED DISCOVERY Civil Action No. 1:10-cv-00569RJA PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the accompanying Memorandum of Law and the annexed Declarations of Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, Professor Frank J. Romano, Gus R. Lesnevich, Professor Gerald R. McMenamin, Bryan J. Rose, Michael F. McGowan, Don Henne, and Dr. Albert Lyter III, and accompanying exhibits, the undersigned will move this Court, at a date and time to be set by the Court, for expedited discovery under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(d)(1), and an order: (1) Compelling immediate production of the original signed version of the purported contract attached to the Amended Complaint, the native electronic version of that document, and all copies of the purported contract in electronic or hard-copy form; (2) Compelling immediate production of the purported emails described in the Amended Complaint in their original, native electronic form, as well as all copies of the purported emails in electronic or hard-copy form; (3) Immediately seizing, and permitting Defendants to inspect and image, all computers and electronic media in Plaintiff's possession, custody, or control; and (4) Staying all other discovery until this initial phase of discovery is complete. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, pursuant to Local Civil Rule of Procedure 7 of this Court, Defendants request oral argument and state their intention to file and serve reply papers. Dated: New York, New York June 2, 2011 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Orin Snyder Orin Snyder Alexander H. Southwell GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 200 Park Avenue, 47th Floor New York, NY 10166-0193 (212) 351-4000 Thomas H. Dupree, Jr. GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 (202) 955-8500 Terrance P. Flynn HARRIS BEACH PLLC 726 Exchange Street Suite 1000 Buffalo, NY 14210 (716) 200-5120 Attorneys for Defendants Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, Inc. 2
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Amid Coronavirus pandemic,…
Amid Coronavirus pandemic, a resurgence of global labour unrest
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The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak appears to be unleashing a wave of labor movements across several parts of the world. Amid a global health crisis, labor unions are organizing protests apprising public officials about their plight. On the occasion of International Workers' Day on May 1, rallies, demonstrations, and speeches were observed in parts of the US, Asia, Europe, Australia, and Canada. As per media reports, global labor unions are coming together to raise voices against unfavorable and unsafe working conditions at their workplaces, mass layoffs, and low wages.
For instance, thousands of laid-off hotel workers and janitors in Los Angeles called for an ordinance aiming towards job security. Anti-government protests made a comeback in Hong Kong which were met with police spraying pepper at demonstrators. Taiwanese labor activists also raised demands for improving the labor situation in the country and complained that the government's economic stimulus responses are leaving behind the working people.
Labour and human rights activists were arrested in the Philippines on Friday for carrying out small demonstrations and demanding mass testing, hazard pay for workers and paid quarantine leaves to the labor across the country. Hundreds of essential workforce including nurses and Amazon employees demonstrated walkouts on the occasion of May Day, demanding a safer working environment. Many protests observed social distancing norms, while others chose to flout the regulations.
Not only on the streets, but some of the rallies also went digital due to the lockdown restrictions. A coalition of three major labor unions in Indonesia took to social media to organize strikes demanding an end to the deliberation of the omnibus bill on job creation.
Worldwide lockdowns to contain the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic is leading to mass layoffs across various sectors. Significantly, nearly 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy are at risk of losing their source of livelihood owing to the continuous decline in working hours due to the COVID-19 restrictions. Millions of workers have applied for unemployment insurance in the United States and other countries. Amid the crisis, an array of workers' representatives including the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) are preparing measures for the protection of labor at local, national, and international levels.
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Why War Risk and Inflation Are Battering International Business Leaders' Confidence, Per a New Beazley Report
Beazley's recently released report shares top geopolitical risks that businesses are currently facing.
By: Roger Crombie | July 12, 2022
Topics: Global Risk | Insurance Industry
Global events in 2022 have significantly altered business leaders' perceptions of the geopolitical risks they face.
Similar concerns are expressed over the businesses' ability to respond to those risks, which has fallen dramatically since 2021. So says a Risk & Resilience report commissioned by Beazley, the specialist insurer.
The report paints a troubling picture, at both the international and local levels.
After a relatively lengthy period of stable prices, upticks in inflation are causing deep concerns about domestic stability, alongside the fear that global tensions are increasing the threat from external forces.
As business struggles to adjust to this new reality, business strategies are at the point of inflection, with global sanctions, commodity shortages and price hikes beginning to bite.
Preparedness and mitigation strategies are therefore becoming a key focus, the report said.
Which makes it more worrying that, across the UK and U.S., few business leaders feel well-able to manage current geopolitical risks, Beazley reported. Concerns about the possible consequences of war have been spiking upwards compared with 2021, and inflation has become a dominant issue.
"It is urgent that business builds its resilience as we face a high risk/low resilience geopolitical environment," Beazley said. "Some 55% of business leaders believe they lack the necessary resilience to deal with Inflation. In the U.S., the number is 65%."
Increased Economic Impact
Not unsurprisingly, given that the report was carried out immediately before the outbreak of war in Ukraine, "when even the most knowledgeable pundits were still skeptical about Russia's full intent," the mood of business leaders had already shifted to a heightened awareness of the threat that geopolitical risk poses.
"Against a challenging backdrop, business strategies are now at a point of inflection," said the report's author, Roddy Barnett, head of political risks and trade credit at Beazley.
"Even those territories far removed from the theatre of war in Eastern Europe are feeling the impact of global sanctions and commodity shortages on risks across the board from supply chain to cyber, to political risk and trade credit."
Economic uncertainty is up 31% on 2021, and not just the major economies are feeling the pinch, he said.
"Rising prices and an unpredictable economic environment are driving instability and civil unrest, as we have already seen in Sri Lanka, with countries such as Egypt and Turkey possibly vulnerable too," Beazley said.
"The speed at which civil unrest can escalate on the back of economic crisis can be clearly seen from the recent rioting in Sri Lanka, which has resulted in a number of deaths, hundreds of injuries, widespread property damage and the resignation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa."
The report continued: "The impact of the secondary effects of the war is likely to be particularly serious in countries such as Turkey and Egypt, which are highly dependent on energy and food imports from Russia and Ukraine. Experience suggests that the resulting economic pressure from severe economic hardship is likely to drive up political tensions."
The bigger picture painted by the report stated that "U.S. business must confront the double threat of unpredictability at home from rising gun violence, whilst as a world superpower it is facing up to a watershed in geopolitics as its relationship with Russia and China shifts."
Business leaders need to better understand their geopolitical risks, the report says, and prepare for and seek to mitigate them where possible. Specialist political risk, trade credit and terrorism insurers have a role to play in providing appropriate cover that provides the risk mitigation that they need, Beazley said.
"Businesses need to know that as we face a moment of geopolitical change, which is fraught with unpredictability, they can protect overseas physical assets and their human capital both at home and abroad, by actively investing in a mixture of risk management and effective insurance cover."
Constructing the Report
To prepare its risk and resilience report, Beazley commissioned research company Opinion Matters in January 2022 to survey the opinions of over 1,000 business leaders and insurance buyers of businesses based in the UK and U.S. with international operations. With a minimum of 40 respondents per country per industry sector, the report represents a wide spectrum of business opinion.
In more detailed findings, 21% of businesses across the UK and U.S. listed war and terror as their number one concern, compared with 15% in 2021. The number of UK and U.S. businesses citing economic uncertainty as their primary concern increased from 21% to 27%. More than a quarter of UK and U.S. business leaders put the consequences of rising inflation at the top of their risk list.
While it is encouraging to see that U.S. businesses leaders remain more optimistic about the challenge of political risk, they cannot remain above the fray forever as the domestic threat environment is almost as challenging as overseas," the Beazley report said.
"Increasing prevention and post-event support in the event of a deadly weapons incident is spiking up the agenda for US risk managers," Barnett said. "The past two years have been the deadliest on record for gun violence, with more than 1,300 mass shootings across the United States, statistics that have been brought into sharp relief by the recent tragic incidents in Texas and New York State."
Summarizing the report's findings, he said: "What is clear is that as we face this moment of geopolitical change, which is fraught with unpredictability, businesses need to respond by protecting overseas physical assets and their human capital both at home and abroad.
"Just as business must roll with the punches and respond to the circumstances of the moment," he continued, "as insurers it is our duty to explore the complex world in which our clients operate and to create innovative solutions to help them build future business success in a geopolitical environment that has never been more challenging." &
Roger Crombie is a United Kingdom-based columnist for Risk & Insurance®. He can be reached at [email protected]
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[[File:Jonah Lwanga.jpg|thumb|His Eminence Jonah of Kampala]] His Eminence, the Most Reverend '''Jonah (Lwanga)''' (18 July 1945 – 5 September 2021) was [[Metropolis of Kampala|Metropolitan of Kampala]] and Exarch of All Uganda, part of the [[Church of Alexandria]]. His Eminence was credited with the establishment of the [[Diocese of Gulu]] in Uganda. ==Biography== The future Metropolitan was born in rural Degeya, British Protectorate of Uganda on [[July 18]], 1945 to an Orthodox family. Father Obadiah Kabanda Basajakitalo was his grandfather, and thus His Eminence grew surrounded by the missionary efforts of the first Orthodox Ugandans. From 1952 to 1964, Jonah completed his general education in Bulemezi and Kyadondo, Uganda and then departed that year to study at the Ecclesiastical School of Crete, until 1968. Immediately following graduation from the Ecclesiastical School he continued his studies at the University of Athens, graduating in 1973 with a degree in Philosophy. Jonah stayed at the University of Athens until 1978, this time obtaining a degree in Theology. In 1979 Jonah headed back to Uganda, serving as secretary of the Ugandan Mission under Metropolitan Frumentios (Nasios) (1972–1981) of the [[Metropolis of Nairobi|Metropolis of Irinoupolis]] until 1981. On [[May 1]], 1981, he was [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[Deacon|diaconate]]. In October His Beatitude [[Anastasios (Yannoulatos) of Tirana|Anastasios (Yannoulatos)]], then Bishop of Androusa (1972–1991), arrived in Kenya in order to become Vicar for East Africa, following the repose of Metropolitan Frumentios. The East African Mission grew substantially during his tenure because it was one of the few occasions in Church History that a hierarch from a certain Synod (the [[Church of Greece]]) ruled another Synod's (the [[Church of Alexandria|Patriarchate of Alexandria]]) jurisdiction during its vacancy. His Beatitude ordained Deacon Jonah to the Holy [[Priest]]hood in 1982. In the same year, as Professor of Theology, he was sent to the [[Orthodox Patriarchal Ecclesiastical School of Makarios III|Ecclesiastical School of Makarios III]] in Riruta, Nairobi, which had been inaugurated in the previous year. During this time, he was elevated to [[Archimandrite]]. Archimandrite Jonah worked together with Professor [[Makarios (Tillyrides) of Nairobi|Andreas Tillyrides]], now Metropolitan of Nairobi, who helped establish the seminary since 1977. One was the counterpart of the other: Professor Andreas was a Greek missionary, layman and pupil of His Eminence [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia|Kallistos (Ware) of Dioclea]] in Oxford University; while Professor Jonah was an Ugandan native, consecrated clergyman and studied with the great ecclesiastical teachers of Athens. The fall of both Atheist Albania and the Socialist Bloc in 1991 marked the end of the persecution against Orthodoxy in Albania, and Bishop Anastasios was elected the first Archbishop of Tirana since 1967, leader of the [[Church of Albania]]. Succeeded him as Vicar to East Africa Metropolitan [[Petros VII (Papapetrou) of Alexandria|Petros of Accra]] (1990–1994), future Patriarch of Alexandria (1997–2004). With the help of Patriarch [[Parthenios III (Koinidis) of Alexandria|Parthenios III of Alexandria]] (1987–1996), Metropolitan Petros submitted to the Holy Synod the request to establish two titular dioceses: one in Riruta for Professor Andreas, then known as Archimandrite Makarios, and another one for the Tanzanian Mission in Bukoba for Archimandrite Jonah. The Holy Synod agreed and, on [[July 26]], 1992, Archimandrite Jonah was elected titular [[Metropolis of Mwanza|Bishop of Bukoba]], while Makarios was made Bishop of Riruta on the previous day. One of His Grace's first decisions in Tanzania was joining the [[Syndesmos|Syndesmos Orthodox Youth Movement]] together with Bishop Makarios. Bishop Jonah has always stressed the participation of children in the Church, as he was raised in the Church in his youth. Because of this, today East Africa has the largest Orthodox population of Africa. In 1997, Metropolitan Petros was elected Patriarch of Alexandria following the repose of Patriarch Parthenios. Three days after his election and under his recommendation, the Holy Synod elevated Bishop Jonah to [[Metropolis of Kampala|Metropolitan of Kampala]] and Exarch of All Uganda on [[March 12]], 1997, and Bishop Makarios to [[Metropolis of Zimbabwe|Metropolitan of Zimbabwe]] and Exarch of Southern Africa in 1998. His Eminence succeeded Metropolitan [[Theodoros (Nankyama) of Kampala|Theodoros (Nankyama)]] on the see of Kampala, honoring his legacy and expanding the Orthodox Faith in Uganda. During 1999, Metropolitan Jonah made a lecture tour in the United States in which he described his experiences and struggles as a [[missionary]] in Uganda. He visited over 18 [[parish]]es throughout the country, learning about the way Orthodoxy spread in the United States and applying it later in Uganda. Under Metropolitan Jonah, over twenty medical facilities and a hospital have been established in Uganda, as well as an Orthodox Mother's Union to address issues of spiritual and social development of women and their children and to fight against poverty, hunger and illiteracy. The union administers over sixty Orthodox communities in Uganda. Schools for children have also been built, including Orthodox classes on Sundays. Its children serve in the Church with [[minor orders]]. He also established a female monastery dedicated to [[Catherine of Alexandria|Saint Catherine of Alexandria]] in Uganda. <small>([https://goo.gl/maps/VquWWER5E7Q5AzBw7 see map])</small> Metropolitan Jonah actively spoke out against corruption in his country, and used to encourage his priests to do so. He attended the Council of Crete in 2016. On [[October 27]], 2017, the Holy Synod of Alexandria under His Beatitude [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros II]] gave Metropolitan Jonah the title of [[Geronda|Elder]]. On [[November 26]], 2018, thanks to His Eminence's efforts, the Holy Synod established the [[Diocese of Gulu]] for the Nilotic Mission. In 2019, the Metropolis of Kampala celebrated the 100th anniversary since the discovery of Orthodoxy in Uganda in 1919. It was followed by a Greek parade. His Eminence considered himself and his flock as Greeks. He didn't see any ethnic barrier between Greek and Ugandan Orthodox, saying that both have the same culture. Metropolitan Jonah wasn't wrong; due to its location in the Nile Basin, were not for the fall of Egypt under Islam in the 7th century, the whole territory of Uganda today could be part of the Eastern Roman heritage, together with the Nilotic and Northern Bantu people. The Greek language is also taught in schools, some of which were built on land donated by Ugandan tribal leaders. In September 2021, during a visit to Greece, His Eminence became seriously ill and was hospitalized in Athens. Metropolitan Jonah departed for eternal life on [[September 5]], 2021 at 75 years of age, 28 of episcopacy. Metropolitan Makarios, his friend and colleague for almost four decades, took over the Ugandan Church. Together, both hierarchs were the oldest living members of the Holy Synod of Africa in terms of episcopacy. == Sources == * [http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/alexandria/current/bio_jonah_metr_kampala.htm ORI: Metropolitan Jonah of Kampala and All Uganda] * [https://youtu.be/g5gWRMcNsX0 YouTube: The Greek Orthodox Church in Uganda] * [https://www.ugandaorthodoxchurch.co.ug/childrens-ministries/ Metropolis of Kampala: Children ministries] * [https://www.ugandaorthodoxchurch.co.ug/education/ Metropolis of Kampala: Education] * [http://www.uomb.online/ Uganda Orthodox Medical Bureau] {{start box}} {{succession| before=—| title=[[Metropolis of Mwanza|Bishop of Bukoba]]| years=1992–1997| after=Porphyrios (Skikos)}} {{succession| before=[[Theodoros (Nankyama) of Kampala|Theodoros (Nankyama)]]| title=[[Metropolis of Kampala|Metropolitan of Kampala]]| years=1997–2021| after=—}} {{end box}} [[Category:Bishops]] [[Category:20th-21st-century bishops]] [[Category:Bishops of Bukoba]] [[Category:Bishops of Kampala]] [[Category:University of Athens Theology School Graduates]]
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Managing Water in Changing Burma
In a reporter's notebook, Tyler Chapman speaks with farmers and experts about creating a plan for the nation's water usage.
By Tyler Chapman
A farmer takes water from a pond in central Burma, October 2012.
MANDALAY, Burma—The rhythm of prosperity and survival for farmers in much of central Burma has been the same for decades: sesame, rice, peanuts.
Those three crops, planted one after another to coincide with historically reliable weather patterns, have sustained farmers and their families for generations.
Now, the weather is changing and so are their lives. This year, the sesame crop was lost for lack of rain, a financial and psychological setback that left farmers scrambling for alternatives and answers.
For a country with abundant water in the rivers that run south from the Himalayas, Burma is unable to provide either consistent irrigation for its farmers or clean drinking water for its people.
The farmers' predicament this year is seen as another sign that Burma is feeling the effects of climate change on everything from harvests to the supply of water for bathing, cooking and drinking.
"Of course the farmers are worried about climate change," said Tai Lynn, the son of a farm family that lost its sesame. "This trend has been under way for a while now."
Farmers in the Irrawaddy Delta, to the south, say it all began on May 2, 2008, when Cyclone Nargis came ashore and killed up to 138,000 people. Scientists say Nargis was only a precursor to worse storms in the future.
With Nargis came a storm surge that left the farmers' rice paddies and drinking water contaminated with salt water from the Andaman Sea. Then the rainy season, between May and October, started to change.
"These days, the monsoon comes later and leaves sooner," said Tai Lynn, the farmer's son. "That leaves a shortage of water."
"Normally we have 120 days of monsoon a year and now it's down to 107," said Dr. Khin Ni Ni Thein, secretary general of the Ayeyarwaddy River Basin Research Organization, a water think tank. "And the intensity is no longer predictable."
New protests
Floodwaters from heavy rains carry sewage, fertilizer and pesticides into lakes, ponds and wells in rural Burma—the sources of water for millions of people. The dry season parches them.
Rivers that could otherwise provide clean water are polluted with human waste, garbage and runoff from agriculture and mining.
As for the big cities, the water and sewer systems date back to British colonial times and are crumbling from almost 50 years of neglect under the former military dictatorship.
Now that the country is democratizing, people in Rangoon and Mandalay are beginning to protest the lack of clean drinking water, electricity outages that render water pumps useless and sewage systems that overflow in severe rainstorms.
"Life is miserable for people in Yangon (Rangoon)," Dr. Ni Ni said, shortly before the city was pronounced the most unlivable in Southeast Asia.
As if that isn't enough, the government has acknowledged that nationwide tests showed a high level of arsenic in the nation's drinking water, increasing the chances of cancer, vascular disease and brain damage.
"We cannot drink arsenic-contaminated water by any means, even after boiling it," Dr. Than Htut of the Health Ministry told Mizzima.
"People think water from rivers and creeks is dangerous for health as it is contaminated with human waste and other impurities," he said. "So the people switch to groundwater … But the groundwater is also contaminated … It is becoming a huge problem."
"Water is a basic human right," Dr. Ni Ni told me. "If we don't have water, how will we survive? I'm very much afraid."
With the help of international aid groups, the government has begun a nationwide campaign to teach Burmese people basic sanitation techniques and how to purify their drinking water.
For generations, rural Burmese have taken their washing and cooking water from often-muddy lakes and ponds, and relied on rain storage tanks and wells for their drinking water. Gastrointestinal diseases are endemic.
At a novice initiation ceremony at a monastery on flooded Inle Lake last year, I saw some people urinating into the lake through holes in the floor on one side of the building and others scooping water from the lake on the opposite side for cooking rice.
"The habitual way of doing things has to change," Dr. Ni Ni said.
She is among water experts and government officials trying to put together a national water plan before Burma's democracy-fueled economic boom gets under way.
"We need integrated water management," Dr. Ni Ni told me. "It can't be done at the cabinet level. It has to come from the highest level … This is a new paradigm. We are going to have to live with more storms and floods."
"We are talking about the country's development. If we don't have good water, we can't have sustainable development."
As for the farmers in central Burma, they are hoping President Thein Sein's government will act quickly.
"If the new government does not take urgent action on water management and climate change," said Tai Lynn, the farmer's son, "it will be bad not only for the farmers but for all of us."
Tyler Chapman is a regular contributor to RFA.
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'Superbugs' found breeding in sewage plants
Written by Ibrahim on December 21, 2013 . Posted in Latest News
Tests at two wastewater treatment plants in northern China revealed antibiotic-resistant bacteria were not only escaping purification but also breeding and spreading their dangerous cargo.
Joint research by scientists from Rice, Nankai and Tianjin universities found "superbugs" carrying New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1), a multidrug-resistant gene first identified in India in 2010, in wastewater disinfected by chlorination. They found significant levels of NDM-1 in the effluent released to the environment and even higher levels in dewatered sludge applied to soils.
The study, led by Rice University environmental engineer Pedro Alvarez, appeared this month in the American Chemical Society journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters.
"It's scary," Alvarez said. "There's no antibiotic that can kill them. We only realized they exist just a little while ago when a Swedish man got infected in India, in New Delhi. Now, people are beginning to realize that more and more tourists trying to go to the upper waters of the Ganges River are getting these infections that cannot be treated.
"We often think about sewage treatment plants as a way to protect us, to get rid of all of these disease-causing constituents in wastewater. But it turns out these microbes are growing. They're eating sewage, so they proliferate. In one wastewater treatment plant, we had four to five of these superbugs coming out for every one that came in."
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have been raising alarms for years, particularly in hospital environments where public health officials fear they can be transferred from patient to patient and are very difficult to treat. Bacteria harboring the encoding gene that makes them resistant have been found on every continent except for Antarctica, the researchers wrote.
NDM-1 is able to make such common bacteria as E. coli, salmonella and K. pneumonias resistant to even the strongest available antibiotics. The only way to know one is infected is when symptoms associated with these bacteria fail to respond to antibiotics.
In experiments described in the same paper, Alvarez and his team confirmed the microbes treated by wastewater plants that still carried the resistant gene could transfer it via plasmids to otherwise benign bacteria.
A subsequent study by Alvarez and his colleagues published this month in Environmental Science and Technology defined a method to extract and analyze antibiotic-resistant genes in extracellular and intracellular DNA from water and sediment and applied it to sites in the Haihe River basin in China, which drains an area of intensive antibiotic use. The study showed plasmids persist for weeks in river sediment, where they can invade indigenous bacteria.
"It turns out that they transfer these genetic determinants for antibiotic resistance to indigenous bacteria in the environment, so they are not only proliferating within the wastewater treatment plant, they're also propagating and dispersing antibiotic resistance," Alvarez said.
"This calls for us to take a look at these breeding grounds for antibiotic-resistant bacteria and how we might be able to create better barriers than chlorination," he said. "I think we need to take a serious look at photo-disinfection processes, like ultraviolet disinfection. It has been shown to be more effective on resistant organisms. We also need a better understanding of how these microbes flow through the environment."
Source: Rice University
Published on 21st December 2013


UK based Revival Creative's debut album was birthed from the rhythm of song-writing, serving the church and leading worship at various conference and events.
As the worship collective of Revival Fires Church, Dudley, the team's desire was to capture something of the presence and atmosphere of the Holy Spirit as a community of believers brings their devotion and affection to Jesus.
Produced by Ryan Baker-Barnes, Günther Kass and Jeremy White (Bright City) and mixed by Jonny Bird (Martin Smith, Soul Survivor, Matt Redman), this release features 10 original songs that will inspire you in worship.
Read More UK based Revival Creative's debut album was birthed from the rhythm of song-writing, serving the church and leading worship at various conference and events.
Songwriter Ryan Baker Barnes says "These last 18 months have been an amazing journey. Laying aside the solo projects to build with community, the people we see week-in and week-out. Being intentional about relationship and songwriting. Redefining our view of success and loving the creative process. And so Revival Creative emerged, a community of worshippers at our church of Revival Fires. These are my friends, this is my family, this is our sound.". That's what I really felt with this album, this is an album that feels fresh and unique and it's amazing to hear that.
The energy of this album is apparent from the moment you press play. 'Awake' is a stunning song that draws on modern worship sounds. There are some lovely guitars on this opening track that makes the song soar. The energy continues with the groovy drums and synths on 'Open Arms'. I loved both these songs from the off.
As you might expect with an album from worship leaders in the local church, you have tracks that have anthem choruses and also songs that are really honest and intimate. 'Come Holy Spirit' grows and grows into a massive song, a really big song that takes off and takes you to a place that we all should be at, humbly asking God to "breathe on me".
This is such a powerful album that uses a mix of sounds very prominently. The musicianship is wonderful, with great drums, strong guitar tones and lovely use of synths without going over the top. There is a nice mix of sounds coming from the vocalists that it's hard not to get drawn into the songs.
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Judas and the Black Messiah and the Black Excellence Industrial Complex
Director Shaka King explains how it became possible to make a Hollywood movie about the socialist Black Panther Fred Hampton.
By Julian Kimble
Courtesy of Parris Whittingham
When screenwriting brothers Keith and Kenny Lucas approached Shaka King about the project that became Judas and the Black Messiah, his response was succinct: "Oh, I'm in." Other directors had attempted to make studio films about the young Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton through the years, but they never came to fruition. King and the Lucas brothers succeeded, with some assistance from director Ryan Coogler, who helped produce the film.
Judas and the Black Messiah, which is in theaters and available on HBO Max February 12, is a tense drama set against the backdrop of the Black Power movement during the late 1960s. It tells the true story of William O'Neal (Lakeith Stanfield), who becomes an informant for FBI agent Roy Mitchell (Jesse Plemons). O'Neal is tasked with getting close to Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya), chairman of the Panthers' Illinois chapter, whose intellect and charisma further ignited the Bureau's racist paranoia. Eventually, he helped facilitate the events which led to Hampton's murder at the hands of law enforcement in December 1969. The film is so well-crafted that it's unsettling—even though many viewers will already know what's coming—with a third act bound to stay with viewers long after they've watched.
King, born and raised in Brooklyn, earned a reputation in indie circles for his directorial debut Newlyweeds back in 2013. When the film was largely overlooked after its debut at Sundance Film Festival that year, King shifted his focus to TV, directing episodes of TBS's People of Earth and HBO's High Maintenance in addition to writing for HBO's Random Acts of Flyness (there were also two short films, 2015's Mulignans and 2017's LaZercism). Judas puts him back on the big screen where he belongs.
"Even though I'd previously only done comedy, my favorite movies to watch are '70s crime dramas," says King, who has a political science degree from Vassar College. "I don't really watch comedy." King recently spoke to GQ about bringing Judas and the Black Messiah to life, different perspectives on Black liberation, and the state of Black art.
GQ: What motivated you to make this film?
Shaka King: A number of things. One of them was the fact that I recognized the opportunity to put forth some really radical ideas in a very palatable vessel. [Keith and Kenny ] came to me and said, "Look, we have this idea for a movie about William O'Neal and Fred Hampton. And we see it as The Departed inside of the world of COINTELPRO." That was the pitch.
They'd taken it around to all the studios for a year and they were all like, "What? Uh, not interested." I would watch that movie in two seconds if you told me it existed. And I'd say I had a rather surface-level understanding of the Panthers' politics, but I knew enough to know the world could use that—and that this is the only way to get it to them. Because there's no way that you're going to be able to make a Fred Hampton biopic within the studio system. There isn't even a Louis Armstrong biopic, and he's on stamps. And then you start reading Fred's words and you're like, "Whoa, OK. Not only are these politics radical, but the way that he's presenting them is incredible." He was such a wordsmith as a writer. And this is me not even hearing him yet, I'm just reading.
So then I'm reading and I'm like, "This is so profound." He's reduced this idea that academics write long treatises on to very simple terms that are so witty, clever, funny, relatable, and profane. It was like reading standup—but they weren't jokes. And then to hear him deliver them and to say, "Oh my God, he's MCing now. So he's the first MC. OK cool, so I can make a movie about the first MC and it can also be an undercover movie? Who wouldn't want to make that?" So it was all those things. I don't know why the Lucas Brothers came to me, other than the fact that we had a great rapport having worked together on a pilot presentation. But when they brought it to me, it was just the only thing I wanted to do.
What type of research did you do, considering you only had fundamental knowledge of the Black Panther Party's politics? What did you read?
I read Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination. Obviously The Assassination of Fred Hampton, but I educated myself on the national chapter. I remember the first book I read was Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, which just covers the national party. I read a book called From the Bullet to the Ballot, which focuses specifically on the Illinois chapter, and that was very useful—even though I came to find out after the fact that all these books have some inaccuracies. I watched Eyes on the Prize and the making of Eyes on the Prize because I wanted to get as much information on William O'Neal as I could. There's a book about William O'Neal that was written by this cop who he framed, which is a crazy story, called The Badge They Are Trying to Bury that I bought for like $800 because there's only one of them. I read this book called Just Another Nigger by Don Cox, who's a former Panther. And this book called Nine Lives of a Black Panther, A Taste of Power, and as many of the autobiographies that I could get my hands on. I read a lot of books, man.
Imagine how traumatized [the Black Panther Party] must have been after the events of December 4 [following Hampton's murder]. Traditionally, they haven't been forthcoming about their history with strangers, so they're rightfully cautious about who they talk to. So we were really lucky that I was able to get some contacts within the Illinois chapter who were willing to speak with me. Lynn French was the first, and she introduced me to some others, like Michael McCarty. And obviously, we were beyond fortunate to have been in dialogue with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. for like, a good year before we started rolling. And while we were in prep, we met with [his mother] Mama Akua Njeri, formerly known as Deborah Johnson, on at least two occasions. The second week of filming, they signed on as consultants. One of the stipulations was that Fred Hampton Jr. be on set every day—and he was, which was invaluable to everyone. And that's not to say that it wasn't incredibly challenging, for him and for us, but we were able to find those points of interest and the movie you see is a result of that.
Director, Shaka King, on set during the filming of Judas and the Black Messiah, 2021.Everett Collection / Courtesy of Glen Wilson for Warner Bros.
There's a moment early in the film where Hampton famously mentions socialism being the answer to capitalism rather than Black capitalism—which he calls a stopgap tactic, but not the solution. There's a longstanding debate between people who lean into capitalism versus others who embrace socialism. What do you want people on both sides to take away from this film with regards to that specific conversation?
I don't believe in Black capitalism. I don't think it works at all. All it does is empower a very minute percentage of Black people, which makes it useless. Capitalism is just self-serving, ultimately. And that's why we put that line at the top, just to let you know: "Nah." I know people assume, because it's a movie being distributed by Warner Bros., that we're going to make Fred Hampton a liberal or something. But I just wanted people to know, up front, that's not this movie. In terms of what we want people to take from it, I really do think Fred and the Panthers had the answers. So ideally, these are the heroes of our film. I want people to come away from this movie and learn about them and what they stood for and, hopefully, be as affected by their ideology as I have been.
Fred Hampton's magnetism really comes through in Daniel's performance. This film is going to spark new interest in Hampton, so what do you want people to take away from it with regards to him?
I think what this film can do is just remind you that he was also a person who fell in love, wanted to have a child, and was thinking about that. Really, the whole reason for dramatizing real-life figures is so you can take an icon and make them a human being. And the thing with the Panthers is that, even though Fred Hampton is an icon to many, the Panthers overall have been talked about in a very negative light across the globe. And even when they're referenced as icons, they're reduced to their militant views and their fashion as opposed to their political ideas and community organizing practices. So we want to present the complexity of these individuals, the humanity of Fred Hampton, and really lean into the love that was at the core of all that they were trying to accomplish and stood for.
So were you also looking to course-correct? Because a lot of how Fred Hampton and the Black Panther Party were covered at that time was either slanted or written directly by law enforcement.
Sixty to 70 percent of the articles were written by the FBI. So yeah, it's total course-correction. It's counterpropaganda.
What specific inaccuracies were you looking to address?
To start, that they hated white people. That they weren't an organization engaged in self-defense—or rather, that they were reactionary and warmongering. I wanted to address that, but also not sugarcoat things, as much as possible. We lean into the truth, as far as we researched it and as far as it's been told to us.
I couldn't help but think about the "Capitol insurrection" as I watched the film. It addresses the false equivalence of comparing the Panthers to the Ku Klux Klan. Roy Mitchell literally equates their efforts to white supremacist activity, when it was actually a direct threat to white supremacy. And that's part of what really scared J. Edgar Hoover about the Panthers, right?
I actually think what scared Hoover the most was the fact they were feeding kids. I think that really scared the shit out of him, because he was like, "They're going to win if they do that." That and the fact that they were building medical centers and shit, because then he'd be like, "Well, if they're doing this, people are going to realize that we're not doing anything for them."
What type of work did you do with Lakeith to nail the nuances of O'Neal's character?
Just normal director-actor stuff. I had four years worth of prep that I'd been doing on the O'Neal psyche, who he was, why he was doing what he was doing, and I just communicated that to Lakeith. And the beauty of working with a master like him is that you have a vision in your mind and then you share that vision with him. Then he basically has his own interpretation and he gives you these gifts that you could have never even imagined. One of the reasons I love working with him is because, for me, the greatest joy in directing actors is the surprises they give you—the things they do that even surprise them. I want actors to surprise themselves, and he does that all the time; that's something that he is known for. Maybe it hasn't been expressed that way, but that's why you like watching him.
O'Neal seems to think he can trust—or possibly be equal to—his FBI handler Roy Mitchell, this white man who's leveraging power over him simply because he invites him into his home. Does he believe he's unique?
My mom has one of my favorite sayings in the world: "Some people really think the white man's ice is colder." And that's O'Neal. There are certain behaviors that give you a sense of who this person really is and what it means for them to be in this space. In a lot of ways, there's two types of Black folks in this world: There's Black people who are in a room full of white people and love that shit, then there's Black people who are in a room full of white people and can't wait to get the fuck out of there. And maybe there's a third who are in a room full of white people and just don't notice. Then there's obviously those who are in the room full of white people and think, "OK, I've gotta be in this room full of white people, but if I could have shaped my day any way, it wouldn't have been this way." And it's very clear who O'Neal is.
I read the transcript of O'Neal's Eyes on the Prize interview where he mentions feeling like an FBI agent and feeling good about that. I also read Roy Mitchell's obituary, which said he had as many as nine informants within the Panthers. What are you trying to say about trusting systems?
It's interesting, because [O'Neal's] such a fucking liar. He's clearly affected by the decisions he made. He's clearly affected by the events of December 4. But he talks about how he walked in that room, saw the blood everywhere, and realized that Roy Mitchell didn't know that he wasn't there that morning, and that he could have been there and gotten shot. And that's a lie, because he drugged Fred Hampton. That means he knew that [Hampton] was going to be assassinated that night and he made sure to not stay there. I don't think he ever felt betrayed by Roy Mitchell, but I do think that he recognized that he was disposable to him eventually, and used that to leverage more money and other things from him.
William O'Neal had two phones in multiple cars in the '70s—I got this from The Badge They Are Trying to Bury. He had the FBI fly him around the world. So he was a lot more aware, I think certainly later in his life, than he was as an 18-year-old. I think as a teenager, he actually thought this guy cared about him. One of the things we wanted to show along the lines of "the white man's ice isn't colder" was what it's like for an 18-year-old Black man to go to this FBI G-man's house in 1968, and sit there and drink from his glass and play with his baby—in a city as segregated as Chicago, which is still one of the most segregated cities in the world. Like, how scary was that first drive to his house? We had that scene, but couldn't afford to shoot it.
Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield in Judas and the Black Messiah, 2021.Everett Collection / Courtesy of Glen Wilson for Warner Bros.
Dominique Fishback is very good as Deborah Johnson [Hampton's girlfriend and the mother of his child]. I've seen you say that you could have had more women in more prominent roles, considering the role women played within the Black Panthers. Did anyone question you about there not being more women in the film, or is that something you noticed as you were making it?
No, it was something I thought about while making it. The movie was leaning far more into the actual history of the chapter—to the point where Will [Berson, co-writer] and I were so specific in those early drafts, because we had done a lot of research and wanted to show that. We had the addresses of the Better Boys club, the apartment, and all of the locations in the slugline of the script. Wanda Ross is really the one who's responsible for the formation of the Breakfast Program and was a main character in those early drafts. And there were other women who had more prominent roles, along with people like Mayor [Richard J.] Daley and State's Attorney Edward Hanrahan. But as you start to take the movie and reduce the scope to accommodate the undercover movie that you've pitched and gotten people to sign off on, you're also having to adjust budget overages, because you can't afford this many actors. And when you're also trying to accommodate so much story, and you can't get the script under 200 pages, things start to fall by the wayside.
And this is before we created the character of Judy Harmon [an integral part of Hampton's security cadre in the film], because the Illinois chapter—and I think it's worth mentioning—of all of the chapters, was the largest chapter and the one with the most egalitarian gender politics. But they, as far as I'm aware of, had women in the security cadre. The movie is really focused on the security cadre and that culture. Even though we obviously like to show the Panthers building medical clinics and their free breakfast program, just by nature of the kind of movie it is, it focuses more on the security cadre. So that's why we were like, "Let's combine these two characters and make Judy Harmon a major character, just because we have no other women who are major characters other than Deborah Johnson." And that's still not reflective of the actual history, where most of the members in the Illinois chapter were women, as far as I know. But it's the movie you saw.
The film was originally supposed to be released last August, close to Fred Hampton's birthday. Now it's releasing in Black History Month, which historically feels more pandering than genuinely celebratory, and might be even worse this year considering the pandering we as Black people experienced from corporations last summer. How do you feel about the timing of the release?
The truth of the matter is that I haven't even been thinking about Black History Month as the release date as much as I've been thinking of the climate that the movie is coming out in. But in terms of the Black History Month and McDonald's Kente cloth of it all, that stuff is just funny to me. It's so transparent that I'm not even affected by it, other than honestly finding the pure humor in it all.
So how do you feel about the climate that it's being released in?
I think that's probably why it exists. There's so many things that had to go right for this movie to get made. I think you can appreciate how rare and impossible it is to get Fred Hampton Jr. and Akua Njeri to make a movie with Warner Bros. We're talking about revolutionaries making a Warner Bros. film, so that's a real accomplishment. But I think it's also a sign of something that's just meant to be. And then you look at when the movie's coming out and the fact that great directors have been trying to make a Fred Hampton movie for decades but always ran into some hiccups. We had challenges, but the movie got made and it's coming out. You see when it's coming out and you're like, "Well, I guess that's why it got made."
How do you feel about Black art at the moment? I feel like there's been this commodification of a certain type since the middle of the 2010s.
Yeah, my boy Mtume Gant, who's a filmmaker, called it the "Black Excellence Industrial Complex." I think that's the most brilliant summation of it all.
How do you feel about that phenomenon?
I'm not Pollyanna-ish about any of this stuff. I had a very different experience releasing my movie [Newlyweeds] in 2013 at Sundance. Just the way that the market was transparently like: "Your movie is worthless because there are Black actors in it who I've never heard of." Most of the sales agents passed and one of the few who didn't told me that, point-blank. I was like, "I'll prove you wrong"—and I didn't. So I pivoted to TV after that, because I was like, "Well, there's no home for me here and I'm not going to torture myself psychologically trying to prove myself in an industry that's not actually a meritocracy." And while I was doing TV, the Black Excellence Industrial Complex happened and I could start to think about making movies again. So I recognize it for what it is on the political side of things. I'm not sitting here applauding the industry for diversifying. But at the same time, you're telling all the homies: "Get in. Come on, while the door is still open."
During the uprisings last summer, I told all my Black friends who complain to me about the experiences they have in these predominantly white environments: "Yo, now is the time to fucking say the things that you haven't been saying." They're texting you while you're at home, asking you, "Are you OK?" They're sending you cookies and shit. You need to go to HR and ask for another $20,000. Like, do it now. You need to talk about getting promoted. And my friends who did that got promoted. They got something out of it. And you know what? If they were to go back now and make the same demands, they probably wouldn't get them. So I look at it like that: Get it while the getting is hot. But I'm not out here drinking the Kool-Aid. I'm not stupid.
And also, in terms of this Black Excellence Industrial Complex, look at the actors in your film. Daniel and Lakeith were both in Get Out. Daniel was in Black Panther and Queen & Slim. Lakeith was in The Photograph and Sorry to Bother You. There are several reasons for why this film could only have been made now.
That's the thing: the Black Excellence Industrial Complex has served this movie. It stands on the shoulders of Black Panther. This movie exists for a number of reasons, but one of the big ones is the fact that one of the producers directed the biggest Black movie of all time, and it was his last movie before this one. And everyone wanted to be in business with him. Maybe they didn't want to pony up the budget that we needed for this film because they still believe in the racism of Hollywood and couldn't recognize the value of Lakeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya, Ryan Coogler, Charles King putting up half the budget, and the Black Panthers' IP— after the movie Black Panther came out and made a billion dollars. But, nonetheless, they were all eager to take that meeting because of Ryan's success, which is really sort of the apex of the Black Excellence Industrial Complex. I've joked that if this movie is successful, maybe we usher in the "Black Radical Industrial Complex." Maybe after that—plus the rebellions, plus the pandemic, plus Trump—they'll want to do a million movies like this. "Which Black Panther doesn't have a movie yet? Action figures! Cartoons!" That's how capitalism works.
Back to O'Neal: He was definitely being used as an asset, but he also realized that and used it to his advantage. He was dishonest, but do you think he was a victim?
He was, but he played such a key role in his own demise. So I don't feel sorry for him. What I always tell people is that William O'Neal made very specific choices, because William O'Neal and Fred Hampton were both seeking power and freedom, they just had very different definitions of what those things were. And also, very different ways of going about what they each thought those things were. William O'Neal made choices and they hurt a lot of people; ultimately, they hurt him.
The two of them wanting the same things in very different ways is what makes the title so perfect.
I showed a super-early cut to my friend Terence Nance, the artist and filmmaker, and he was like, "Man, it kind of makes you question: 'Which ancestor are you?'" And I was like, "Man, you nailed it, bro." Because they're polar opposites and we all kind of fall somewhere in between.
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Satan's Spawn: Spawn & Spitfire Volume One (Books 1-3) by K.J. Dahlen
Buckle your seat belts and get ready to dive into the underworld where MC and organized crimes rule the streets...
Volume One of the Spawn & Spitfire Series
SATAN'S SPAWN MC #1
Deke Tory. He is respected by many and feared by all. As the president of Satan's Spawn MC, he is a man who knows what he wants and he will take what is his. But when he finds himself drawn to the spitfire girl who appears out of nowhere, he fights falling in love with her. Love makes men weak. Deke is a ruthless leader who lives to protect his club and family from harm. Love isn't part of his equation. Loyalty and allegiance is everything to him.
Growing up on the streets since the age of ten, the only rule Cassie ever learned was the rule of survival. Never trust anyone at face value and never let anyone in. She is a tough woman, many men would steer clear from. However, when her best friend Peaches is snatched off the streets, Cassie breaks her rule to save her and fulfill a promise she made to her long ago. Tracking her down to Troy, New York, she never knew how her world was about to change forever.
When a dangerous man from her past comes looking for Cassie, the same someone who would see her dead to keep his terrible secret, Deke finds himself more than ready to keep Cassie, his club, and family safe. Can he break down the walls she has built up to protect herself? Can Deke protect her—can he even hold on to her?
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Just when Cassie thinks her past is over…someone comes looking for her. Someone she and everyone else thought was dead a long time ago. She has a man in her life and her dreams are coming true, so when Robbie comes after her, she has more to lose than she ever had before. Except this time—she isn't alone. She has friends with the MC and family to help her fight against the darkness that threatens her.
Then she discovers yet another surprise—she has a sister…
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Just as Cassie's whole world is coming together—it's ripped apart when Deke's dad, Sam stops the wedding. When Sam finds out who she really is, he asks about Flynn's older brother. No one realized he even existed and they scramble to find him before he comes after Cassie. Rumor is Donavan will kill the person who snitched on his brother and got him killed.
When the police come around asking more questions…Cassie reveals another dirty little secret. Detective Lance's partner isn't who he seems and he takes her back to Boston at gunpoint. Sam follows to rescues Cassie from certain death. He promises Deke that he'll bring her back to Troy—to him. Can Sam keep his vow?
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Cassie, tiny little wisp of nothing, but deadly in her own way.
Deke has a chip on his shoulder towards Cassie within seconds of meeting her. She can't stand him, he took her best friend. But, did he really? Can Deke stay no emotions towards Cassie.....can Cassie resist Deke?
As Cassie's background starts to unravel, as a reader, my core was shaken. The things K.J. had Cassie and her best friend go thru blew my wind. Her ability to spin this story, but make it feel real, kudos to you! There was times as I was reading that I keep saying, these poor girls can not deal with anything else....then more of the past was unlocked.
I am only going to give this book a 4.5 stars due to the grammar errors and in spots words were missing....I understand that if her brain was racing and her fingers just could not keep up! But, in some spots, I had to reread a sentence to get what she was trying to say.
Dirty Billionaire (A Trilogy) by Meghan March
I've got a big dick and an even bigger bank account. That's pretty much where my bio ends. Honestly, I don't need to say anything else. I've just sold 99% of women on going home with me.
Do I sound like an asshole to you?
That's because I am.
And guess what? It works for me just fine.
Or at least it did.
Until I met her.
Books talk about sparks flying. Fuck that shit. With her, it was like emergency flares mixed with jet fuel. Or maybe just straight up napalm.
Only one problem.
She didn't leave her name or number when she disappeared from the hotel room after the hottest fucking night of my life. Now I've had a taste of unicorn pussy—the sweetest, rarest of all pussy—and I need it again.
So what's an asshole to do?
I took this problem to the street. A missed connection gone viral.
And when I find her? I'm keeping her.
The Dirty Billionaire Series is comprised of three novellas: Dirty Billionaire, Dirty Together, and Dirty Pleasures.
The storyline was fun to read. The main character is an aspiring country singer who finds herself married to a dom billionaire after a one night stand. Their relationship builds over the compromises of his need to possess her. She is a take no crap kinda girl and doesn't allow is control issues dictate her life.
Overall, this series kept me reading if only because the series was completed when I started reading. I don't think that the cliffhangers that were presented at the end of each book would have brought me back to read book two and three if I had to wait six months or longer for them.
Sinful Souls MC Box Set, (#1-3) by Amo Jones
All three books in the Sinful Souls MC series.
Perilous Love (Book 1)
What happens when you're the daughter of the most feared assassin known to mankind?
After having to flee her family home in New Zealand at age eight, Alaina Vance knows very little about her parents. She now lives an uncomplicated life—in her final year of college—with her hardest decision being what drink to order.
That is until she meets Zane Mathews. The sexy and domineering president of Sinful Souls MC.
Her whole world as she knew it starts to flip before her very eyes. As everything that she thought she knew was really nothing at all.
Intricate Love (Book 2)
Vicky Abrahams has a tendency to get herself into tricky situations. But after a crazy spring break with one of her best friends, she has a bigger situation she needs to deal with—Blake Rendon.
Blake is part of the Sinful Souls MC. He has never been interested in anything serious with any woman, until Vicky. This interest results in him taking time to figure out his feelings for her.
Is it too late once he does?
Has Vicky already moved on?
Tired of all the secrets that almost broke her, she has every reason to be upset. But under it all, there's no one quite like Blake fucking Rendon.
Watch this story unravel as you meet new characters and new stories.
Tainted Love (Book 3)
Kalie-Rose is that girl.
She's that girl who calmed the storm within Ade Nixon.
She attained the unattainable.
She silenced his demons with her innocence.
Ade Nixon is the Vice President of Sinful Souls MC. His Hulk-sized body covered in tattoos and piercings - along with his don't give a fuck attitude - screams, "I'll suffocate you in your sleep". And he would.
Kalie-Rose is a popular dancer living in Hollywood Hills, she dances for some of Hollywood's elite. After giving Ade her virginity on a silver platter two years ago, a wedding brings them back together. Even if only for a short amount of time.
*This book contains upsetting content, which may set off triggers.
I didn't start reading any of Ms. Jones' books from the beginning so going back to see where you meet Alaina, Vicky and Blake put all the books into order for me. Seeing what these men and women went through at the beginning of their friendships and relationships blew me away! I knew Ms. Jones could write and express so much emotion through her stories but talk about HOT and PASSIONATE!
I am a very big Amo Jones fan and to say that I was thrown back into a wall, pushed and shoved with emotions for these amazing characters does not even come close to describing what they went through and how I was pulled along. I can not and will never get enough of Amo Jones' books and I can not wait to see where she takes us next time. Ms. Jones these characters are becoming apart of my soul and I nearly broke several times during this box set! I love you for all of the pain though and congratulate on an outstanding job of writing greatness!
F*CKER (Westbeach #2) by Amo Jones
Written as a standalone
Ryker Oakley only cared about three things during school —fighting, his band, and getting laid. When he took it upon himself to 'babysit' Bryleigh Munroe, he didn't expect her to be so much trouble, and he sure as shit wasn't prepared for how fast she would grow on him. Fast-forward to eight years later, his band—Twisted Transistor—is the most successful rock group known to mankind. When his brother's wedding brings the only girl he ever came close to caring about, back into his life, he discovers something he thought they had left behind in the past, had been destroying her daily.
Bryleigh Munroe was a popular girl at school, but because her father was a politically powerful man in the San Diego region, the boys either swore away from her or were trying too hard to get with her. She wanted one night. Quick and dirty. No strings. Only she didn't expect Ryker Oakley to flip the script on her without her even realizing. Eight years later, Bryleigh still battles with the mistakes she made when she was younger. She's had to deal with things that she shouldn't have had to, all on her own.
After all this time has their bond remained silent? Can she forgive the torment Ryker inflicted on her? Or will the choices they made all those years ago force them to re-unite.
I think I am officially obsessed with this author because every time I read her books I get completely consumed by everything in the book I am reading. Everything in the world gets closed off for me and it feels like I am sitting near the people in the stories she tells. Especially this book had me right next to Bryleigh for the entire book, even if it switched to another person, and my stomach was aching around every different chapter wondering how things could have gone this way or that.
This read takes you back to what happened with Bryleigh and Ryker all those years ago during high school and what happened between them for Ryker to not have her family invited to a certain event. Let me tell you I was LIVID when I read about the past that she was put through and no wonder Ryker didn't want them invited. I understood how Ryker was from reading Losing Traction but the way he reacted with Phoebe made me hope he wasn't guy I had pictured in my head. But, Ryker is well, Ryker and he has a hot head when it comes to Bryleigh.
This book was my everything for the past two days, and two days because I wanted to expand this book out as much as I could because I am in love with these characters. All things that include this band and the people they are connected to pulled me into their world and has me aching for more. Some crazy stuff happens throughout this book and not only did those things shock me but they left me speechless with many different emotions. Ms. Jones kept me sad, excited, turned on, disgusted, hurt, and I even laughed quite a bit with Indie and Phoebe at times. If you haven't read an Amo Jones book yet, I suggest you start now because they are dark but they are AMAZING!!
Crossover: Devil's Due MC and Vipers Creed MC Prequel by Chelsea Camaron and Ryan Michele
Two motorcycle clubs, two different reasons for being, and one lifestyle find each other together.
– Devil's Due MC –
Respect is earned, never freely given.
Our road is a path for justice. Nomads always on the open highway, we follow the trail, no matter where it leads, everyone be damned.
– Vipers Creed MC –
Respect is hard earned.
Live by the creed, die by the creed. If you aren't with us, you're against us. If you step into our world, your balls better be big and your cock even bigger.
Brothers, bikes, and bitches collide. Respect is everything.
When two clubs cross over into each other's worlds, only madness, mayhem, vengeance, and heat can possibly ensue.
This is a cross over novella between two established MC series. This story takes place before the series begins so it is not necessary to read anything before this book. This work of fiction contains violence, language, and situations intended for mature audiences. This is not meant to be an exact depiction of life in a motorcycle club, but rather a work of fiction meant to entertain.
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I love MC books and I especially love MC books by these two ladies!! I was so excited to get this ARC and have a chance to get a glimpse of the men of Vipers Creed MC and Devil's Due MC!! I was in a different frame of mind after finishing a different read so I was a little lost thinking this should be apart of the other book, but that was something that quickly fixed itself after the first few chapters. You dive right into Ms. Camaron's Devil's Due MC where she takes you through the earlier years and it was hard for me not to question about a few things I remembered from the actual series that I read.
When I got to where Ms. Michele wrote about the Vipers Creed MC it was easier for me to pin point important parts I wanted to know about from the actual series because this was the last out of the two I read. I would have loved to read this novella before each series, and tie all of this together while binge reading! I loved hearing more about the early years of Stiff and Spook, although some of Spook's actions upset me very much and wanted to punch him.
Getting to hear from each of the guys from each motorcycle crew was so HOT and I just kept reading wanting more! Hearing some of their stories and how things started off for some of the guys was intense. I loved this novella and hope to read more from these two ladies together again!! Congrats on an awesome 4 star read!!
Ravage (Scarred Souls #3) by Tillie Cole
Is finding one's true love worth committing the greatest sacrifice of all?
Taken as a teen, prisoner 194 was stripped of his name and freewill, meticulously honed to be a ruthless machine. Even as he tries to fight his captors hold on him he knows that obedience is the only way to save his sister, who is the one person that keeps him from turning into a monster.
As a young girl Zoya Kostava barely escaped the brutal attack that killed her entire family. Now twenty five she lives in secrecy. That is until she hears her brother also survived and is living with their greatest enemy.
Zoya risks her safety and anonymity to find the brother she thought dead and is captured by a beautiful, brutal man. A man who both captivates and scares her, in him she sees a soul as lost as her own.
They both have so much to lose will they be able to save each other…and survive.
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Zoya was the sole survivor in her family's massacre. She was only 5 when she was shot 3 times and presumed dead. She screamed for her older brothers to help her, but at the tender ages of 10, they were dragged away and captured, drugged, and experimented on for years. When she learns that one of her brothers is alive and well, she seeks him out. But as she approaches his home, she is captured by 194.
Valentin (aka 194) was captured at the age of 10, as his sister is ripped from his arms, and he vows to do whatever he needs to save her. He's subjected to years of abuse and experimentation. He's been promised his sister in exchange for one more life - that of Zaal - Zoya's brother. In order to get to Zaal, Valentin kidnaps Zoya.
OMG! I can't tell you how much I love Tillie Cole's way of writing. She has a way of creating visually moving images and characters. The Scarred Souls series is not for the light of heart. It is a cross between mafia, human trafficking, underground fighting, mystery, and science fiction. She has created an amazing storyline, and I can't wait to continue to read this series to see how it develops. 5-unbelievable stars!
Princess (Oath Keepers MC Nomads #1) by Sapphire Knight
Biker bitch? Not this chick.
I can't stand my father and his group of criminals and what better way to get back at my father, the President, then to sleep with one of them?
Poor little Prospect, he never saw me coming.
When my safety is jeopardized yet again by the MC, it's not the Prospect to my rescue though, it's a hell bound Nomad out for blood and my heart.
Amazing! This...this book has made me addicted to MC all over again. Princess (yes, that is her name) is the estranged daughter of the President of the Oath Keepers. He's been out of her life for a long time, but when he starts hanging around her mom's house again, she decides to get back at him by trying to sleep with as many of his club brothers as she can to embarrass him. But what she doesn't count on is catching the eye of the one person who doesn't report to her father.
Viking is a killer. He's a nomad for a reason. He doesn't like to follow rules. He was sent to kill the leader of the Oath Keepers Nomads but when the leader saves his life, he takes a look at the loyalty he sees and becomes a brother. Suddenly after seeing Princess in a bar, he can't keep away from her.
Everything I love about MC books is here in these pages. Viking is scary but oh so sexy. Princess is defiant, not a pushover, and a little wild. They both have just enough spirit that the other needs to tame. Sapphire Knight kept me reading and I couldn't look away.
Dirty Deals (The Complete Sexy Manhattan Fairy Tale) by Michelle Valentine
The King Always Gets His Way.
Women, business, pleasure: When I want it, I get it.
I'm never denied.
Including her.
I will break her.
I will show her who the king of this city really is.
The Feisty Princess of Manhattan will learn I am not a man that can be tempted.
No matter how damn bad I want her in my bed.
Dirty Deals was originally three books from Michelle Valentine in her Sexy Manhattan Fairy Tale Series, all boxed up into one. I must admit, this was a new and refreshing read for me. Sexy, roguish, and irritating, Alex King is Manhattan's ruthless, bad boy, business billionaire. He is ruthless, and his latest business deal has him promising to hire Margo, the former owner's daughter. But that doesn't mean he won't try to do everything in his power to get her to quit. Margo Buchanan is no silly twit. She's smart, calm, and devious. She's there to spy on Alex, and try and make a deal with Alex's potential business partner.
OMG! Yamanda is Alex's potential business partner and one of his oldest friends - and they are polar opposites. I was laughing out loud at the antics Yamanda would pull - especially getting these two together.
This was a story of two people who had both been so burned by love in the past, that neither one is willing to give up a little bit of control. Until a crazy friend makes sure they do. This book was awesome - it had intrigue, humor, and scorching hot...business deals (*cough). 5-stars!!
Hellraiser (The Devil's Own MC book two) by Amo Jones
They say there are defining points in your life – moments where you f**ked it all up, moments that make you its bitch, moments that shape you into the person you are.
The day I met Braxton Ward was one of my moments.
My name's Melissa Hart, and I don't think you're ready for this story.
I go by a few names: Hella, Brax, 112, or, depending on whether I've been balls deep in you or not, C*nt. I don't push the boundaries because in order to do so, one must have them. I've never had them. Being homeless at the not-so-tender age of fifteen morphed me into an emotionless shell, and when The Army recruited me, that shell turned into steel.
They say if fire is hot enough, it can melt steel; the hate that burns between Melissa Hart and me just might be hot enough.
Shit doesn't come easy for us. Enemies are expanded, secrets are revealed, and lives will be taken. Yeah, I'm Braxton "Hella" Ward, and you bet your f*cking ass that you ain't ready for this story.
Amo Jones is quickly becoming one of my all time favorite authors, and her latest book BLEW ME AWAY! We were introduced to most of the characters in One Hundred and Thirty Six Scars but if you didn't get a chance to read that one first she still gives a little about the characters in this read. I have to say that I was a little nervous about reading Hella's story only because it's Hella and we know this guy is extreme, but I was WAY to ready to dive in when I got the chance! Hella and Beast was once prisoner of The Army and made into the killing machines they are now. Hella was made from the streets though and just molded by The Army once he was recruited. Hella and Beast vowed to destroy anything and everything about The Army and thought they did but an unsuspecting visit to his girl proves they were wrong.
The fight between Hella and the girl he says he hates was so intense and freaking HOT! I was shocked at all the things Hella and his girl go through in this book and was CRAZY surprised at how Ms. Jones ended the book. I NEED MORE!! I am so very addicted to the dark, hot, and dangerous life of The Devil's Own MC! Amo Jones your work in this book was amazing and I am addicted to this series and can't wait for the next one!!
Following Love (Loves of Deception #2) by Kay Lindy
Roxy Garrison found herself in a world she never thought she could possibly be involved in. A world that broke every rule she ever followed. Roxy liked to live outside of the social norm, but one thing she would never tolerate was drugs. Her small family spiraled out of control after losing her mother to cancer, and her father numbed his grief by getting high; his addiction was out of control. Any semblance of home she had was ripped away which drove Roxy to leave everything behind for a new life in the city. She never expected to find herself living with a drug dealer and working for him as his personal driver. Drug deal after drug deal pushed Roxy to her limit. In a world that strips people of their dignity and self-respect, Roxy found a love so fierce that she turned away from all of her morals and lost every part of who she once was.
NEW AUTHOR ALERT! This is the second book in Kay Lindy's new series Loves of Deception. Roxy moved away from her sister, after the death of her mother. Seeing how drugs destroyed her father and their once happy home, Roxy is shocked when she learns that her boyfriend is also a user, and owes money to a very powerful dealer. The dealer sees something in Roxy and promptly offers her a deal - stay away from her boyfriend and be his driver for two weeks. It's not what she wants, but it's an easy job - until she meets Blair.
Blair is all kinds of wrong for her. He's the son of the dealer she's driving for, and he's dealing himself. But sometimes falling into what is wrong for you is subtle and sly, until you find yourself submerged in the mar. A trip home, and a reunion with old friends and family, have Roxy second guessing her new life.
OMG! I seriously think Blair is my new book boyfriend. How can a bad guy be so right? Roxy is a strong character, but I think Kay Lindy did an amazing job showing that sometimes even strong people can become trapped in their own struggles, and can't see how far they fall. I liked Jack, the sweet guy from Roxy's past trying to pull her into the light, but I LOVED Blair. Forewarning, there is a cliffhanger at the end, and I'm patiently waiting to read it!! I love finding new authors, and Kay Lindy is becoming a new favorite for me. I'm giving this book 4.5 stars and please hurry with the next book!!


Using the Word class, you can easily convert a string to its ASCII encoding, essentialy striping it of its diacritics.
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Slowly but surely, Americans are coming to see death not as a failure on the part of medicine but as a natural part of life. DHMC is leading the way in this movement, as described here. And a pair of related stories recount deaths realized in this manner: one after a life measured in many decades, one after a life measured in hours.
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Two large impressionistic-style paintings of scenes from DMS history were recently hung in the Medical School's Chilcott Auditorium, noticeably changing the room's personality from drab and utilitarian to warm and inspiring. "The paintings make Chilcott a much more intimate space," says second-year student Natalia Berry. "It's such a fluorescent-lit place—a very industrial, sterile space—so the paintings definitely add warmth."
Colors: With their busy course schedules, including 20 hours a week of lectures in Chilcott, second- year students find the paintings a relaxing diversion. "I like that the colors are a bit muted . . . that the artist didn't go for a lot of clarity, sharp lines, definition; that by painting a little fuzzier and with less detail, each painting seems softer, more relaxed," says Mark McAllister, another second-year student.
In one painting, titled House Call, DMS's founder, Dr. Nathan Smith, sits astride a stately black horse while he instructs two medical students as they're about to visit a mother and her baby. The second painting, The First X-Ray, shows Dr. Gilman Frost, a DMS faculty member, conducting the first clinical x-ray in the nation—in Reed Hall at Dartmouth in 1896. Both are the work of artist Sara
Students who spend 20 hours a week in lectures here enjoy these new paintings.
Dykstra, and third-year DMS student Joseph Dwaihy also played a major role in the project.
House Call and First X-Ray are part of a trilogy that Dykstra and Dwaihy recently completed. The third painting in the series, Intensive Care, was hung outside Zimmerman Student Lounge at DHMC. It shows the first intensive care unit in the country, established at Hitchcock in 1955 by Dr. William Mosenthal.
In all three paintings, "the compassion of the figures is directed at a central lighted area," explains Dykstra. In House Call, the light is on the baby, a symbol of preservation of life. In First X-Ray, light is
focused on the machine, a symbol of medical technology. And in Intensive Care, light is directed toward the healing of a sick patient.
The similar layout of First XRay and House Call ties the two paintings together, adds Dykstra. For example, Dr. Frost, on the left in First X-Ray, is looking down at his timer, and the rider on the left in House Call is looking down at his horse's mane.
Intimate: Berry's favorite painting is House Call. "It encapsulates the essence of what medical care is, which is reaching out to people who are isolated and in need of help. It's an entirely different scene today. Patients come to this very high-tech hospital and physicians are booked to the max, but that painting is something to aspire toward . . . it's really the core of the physician- patient relationship. I like that. It reminds me of that intimate- helper role," she says.
"The paintings are visually stimulating," comments another second-year student, Joan Hier. "They give your mind a way to wander from lectures sometimes —in a good way," she quickly adds with a laugh, "because they're about medicine so you're not straying too far."
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one high-correlation cluster, it is suggestive of a coil artifact.
coil artifacts will tend to appear in large, dense clusters.
an option sounds suspiciously like work.
1b. Similar to 1a, but specify a results directory for correlations.
this still uses the results directory variable, rdir.
then looking for large clusters of high correlations.
4. Run a complete test, but alter some clustering options.
and an automask is created (limiting all future computations).
Any -mask overrides the automask operation.
If -do_corr is 'no', this is skipped.
1. The correlation dataset is created (unless -do_corr is 'no').
or with the average masked time series.
time series with this averaged result.
The demeaned data is scaled to have unit length (sumsq=1).
(so across the expected brain).
Correlate each voxel time series with the mean time series.
If -do_clust is 'no', this is the last step.
2. Threshold the result (if -do_clust is 'yes').
or at a certain percentile (see -percentile).
Simply threshold the correlations at this value, maybe 0.9.
that value, whatever it turns out to be.
then 20-percent of the voxels should survive the cutoff.
Later, the question will be how they cluster.
expect the data to have a problem.
correlation voxels are in one cluster).
the volume, we do not expect any problem.
of the mask, the data is consider to FAIL (see -frac_limit).
If 'no', only create the correlation volumes.
artifacts from bad coil channels.
If 'yes', create the correlation volumes.
If 'no', simply assume they already exist.
This is for re-testing a previous execution.
This mask is expected to cover the brain.