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Big women more likely to have irregular heartbeat
According to researchers, bigger women have a greater risk of atrial fibrillation, one of the most common heart rhythm disorder.
health and fitness Updated: Apr 08, 2017 17:21 IST
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Big women — taller, heavier females with a greater body surface area — have a nearly threefold greater risk of atrial fibrillation or irregular heartbeat than small women, says a 30-year study involving 1.5 million women.
Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disorder, with a 20% lifetime risk. It occurs most often in people over 60 years of age and increases the risk of stroke and heart failure.
"We found that bigger women have a greater risk of atrial fibrillation," said study author Annika Rosengren, Professor at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
"There was a stepwise elevation in risk with increasing body size. The group with the highest body surface area had nearly three times the risk as those with the lowest body surface area," Rosengren said.
Body surface area (BSA) is influenced by both height and weight.
Women were divided into four groups according to BSA. Compared to women with the lowest BSA, those with the highest BSA were 9 cm taller, 28 kg heavier, and had a higher body mass index (BMI: 21 versus 28 kg/m2).
Body surface area was calculated by a standard formula based on weight and height.
During a maximum follow up of 33.6 years, 7,001 women were hospitalised with atrial fibrillation at an average age of 49 years.
Compared to women in the lowest BSA quartile, those in the second, third, and fourth (highest) quartiles had a 1.16, 1.55 and 2.61 times increased risk of atrial fibrillation, respectively, according to the study presented at EuroPrevent 2017, annual congress of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), being held at Malaga, Spain from April 6-8.
"Atrial fibrillation is the result of obesity-related metabolic changes but there is also a second cause," Rosengren said.
"Big people — not necessarily fat, but big — have a larger atrium, which is where atrial fibrillation comes from. People with a bigger atrium have a higher risk of atrial fibrillation," she explained.
"If you are very tall, I think that it could be a good idea to avoid accumulating excess weight. That would apply to both men and women," Rosengren said.
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Tanzania started drugs and blood transport by drone from this January.
The area of Tanzania is larger than that of Nigeria and about four times that of the UK, so it is difficult to secure enough clinics in remote rural areas.
California's Zipline(http://www.flyzipline.com/) will make 2,000 deliveries a day to more than 1,000 health facilities across the east African country, including blood, vaccines and malaria and AIDS drugs, following the success of a smaller project in nearby Rwanda.
Malaria is the leading cause of death in Tanzania and children under the age of 5, and often require blood transfusion when developing malaria-induced anemia. In the case of rare blood types there is the possibility of causing death by causing out of stock.
It also helps save the lives of thousands of women who died of bleeding after birth.
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We hope that these issues will be solved quickly by technological innovation.
And we hope that it will lead to an improvement in the level of medical service provision in rural area in Africa and a decrease in mortality rate.


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The Wordnik word of the day for May 7, 2015, was cassation.
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Charles knows he's not like other kids. Every day at school, he's reminded that his life isn't like that of his classmates. Every day at home, he sees that he doesn't receive the same care as other children in his neighbourhood. To dodge the unfairness and taunts, Charles imagines a peaceful haven peopled by good-hearted little frogs.


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Q: Entity recognition gcp custom model I trained a custom model for named entity recognition using Automl service on GCP.
Here is my code to run it using python:
from google.cloud import automl

# TODO(developer): Uncomment and set the following variables
# project_id = "YOUR_PROJECT_ID"
# model_id = "YOUR_MODEL_ID"
# content = "text to predict"

prediction_client = automl.PredictionServiceClient()

# Get the full path of the model.
model_full_id = automl.AutoMlClient.model_path(
    project_id, "us-central1", model_id
)

text_snippet = automl.TextSnippet(
    content=text_content, mime_type="text/plain"
)
payload = automl.ExamplePayload(text_snippet=text_snippet)

response = prediction_client.predict(name=model_full_id, payload=payload)

for annotation_payload in response.payload:
    print(
        "Text Extract Entity Types: {}".format(
            annotation_payload.display_name
        )
    )
    print(
        "Text Score: {}".format(annotation_payload.text_extraction.score)
    )
    text_segment = annotation_payload.text_extraction.text_segment
    print("Text Extract Entity Content: {}".format(text_segment.content))
    print("Text Start Offset: {}".format(text_segment.start_offset))
    print("Text End Offset: {}".format(text_segment.end_offset))

I get this internal error in predict function:
six.raise_from(exceptions.from_grpc_error(exc), exc)
File "", line 3, in raise_from
google.api_core.exceptions.InternalServerError: 500 Internal error encountered.
Can someone from GCP explain the source of error and how to fix it?

A: Since you have received this Internal error, we would need to make sure that you are not hitting any of the Quota & Limits before submitting your issue to the product team on Issue Tracker

A: There is a problem with the text_content variable.
It is not defined before you define text_snippet.
The result is when you call predict, your payload is empty (set to None):
text_snippet = { content: None, mime_type='text/plain'}

Remember to uncomment and set the project_id and model_id variables because you need them to get the full model id that AutoML expects.

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6714 Montréal eller 1990 OE2 är en asteroid i huvudbältet som upptäcktes den 29 juli 1990 av den amerikanske astronomen Henry E. Holt vid Palomarobservatoriet. Den är uppkallad efter den kanadensiska staden Montréal.

Asteroiden har en diameter på ungefär 9 kilometer.

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The Neptunes
You may not know it, but you're already mad about the Neptunes
Profile and Interview by Simon Price, Independent on Sunday, 28 July 2002
YOU MAY NOT know the name. But if you've ever screamed "I hate you so much right now!" along with Kelis, told Ol' Dirty Bastard ...
Pharrell Williams: Sorry, laydeez, he's booked
Interview by Stephen Dalton, The Times, 21 July 2006
Music is my one true love, says blingtastic baron of beats, Pharrell Williams ...
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Oakland, Calif. – On the so-called "Black Friday" shopping day of Nov. 27, 2014, following the failure to charge cops in the killing of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Mo., 14 Black activists chained themselves together on a Bay Area Rapid Transit platform. They wanted to stop trains from moving at the West Oakland station in response to the police war against Black communities. The 14, a majority of them women, faced criminal charges.
Now, after a year-long campaign by the "BF14" and a broad coalition of allies, District Attorney Nancy O'Malley dropped all the charges on Dec. 4.
Organized labor took several key actions in advance of the DA's decision. In May the Alameda (Calif.) Labor Council canceled a plan to honor Nancy O'Malley at its annual dinner, citing her handling of the BF14 case. A BART union member showed up at a BART hearing to support the BF14.
Then on Nov. 10, as part of a national Fight for $15 action and in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, 14 labor leaders held a sit-in at the DA's office, demanding she drop the charges against the BF14.


MUMBAI: Eros International's Love Aaj Kal has raked in Rs 1.08 billion in its first week, making it the biggest grosser of the year.
The movie, made in association with Illuminati Films Production, has collected Rs 750 million from India alone.
Says Eros International senior VP - Distribution-India Nandu Ahuja, "We are thrilled that our first venture with Illuminati Films has proven to be such a huge success. The superb run of the film in the first week has superceded all expectations. The Raksha Bandhan holiday greatly helped boost up admissions mid week".
Love Aaj Kal was released with approximately 1200 prints in over 1800 screens worldwide.
"Love Aaj Kal has performed incredibly well in all the overseas markets. We were expecting a commercial success but this kind of response has been overwhelming with all major markets indicating remarkable box-office results," says Eros International president (Distribution) Europe and Africa Pranab Kapadia.


Gnarly Charly, gymnastics expert and bike riding candidate for GCPNC, won a seat on the board!
Volunteers from Figueroa For All and the LACBC's RideFigueroa campaign helped "bike the vote" during recent neighborhood council elections – and we elected 85% of the candidates we identified as pro-bike lane! Victory! Will it be enough to convince Gil Cedillo to let the LADOT install bike lanes on North Figueroa? That remains to be seen – the next big bike lane meeting is set for this Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 6 p.m. at Nightingale Middle School. Be there!
Read on for election results.
It can be tough to put everything together to mobilize a get-out-the-vote initiative. This is not because it is a complicated process. It simply takes time and resources to gather a slate of candidates, let as many people as possible know who they are, and lead voters to elections to vote for these people. Without much time, and with zero resources, the people volunteering in Figueroa For All and with the LACBC's RideFigueroa initiative came up with a list of bike-friendly candidates in NELA's Neighborhood Council elections, we also created a spreadsheet of as many candidates running for office as possible, and emailed out a survey to candidates asking them if they supported bike lanes. The results of our survey of candidates was published on this shop's blog. The Flying Pigeon LA shop hosted a bike ride the day of the elections to ensure that at least a few people voted for our pro-bike slate of candidates.
Our numbers on the ride were low – less than 10 riders voted with our group at all the elections we attended (some joined us to vote in only one election, some voted in all three we visited). There was some drama about how we would ensure our voters had documentation to prove their "stakeholder" status the day before the election (documentation conditions more stringent than current voter registration requirements to vote for a congressman or president) – we know for a fact that some of our voters were turned away at the Greater Cypress Park Neighborhood Council. Fortunately, the people working elections with the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment were able to explain what we needed to show that our voters were stakeholders. An email the Monday after the elections made sure our votes counted. Whew! Thanks EmpowerLA!
The results of all the typing and communicating in the stolen hours between work and home life?
Figueroa For All endorsed Neighborhood Council candidates won 85% of the seats they were running for!
The GCPNC is made up of 15 board members and a 4-person executive committee, with a pretty big chunk of board positions vacant prior to this election. 4 out of 19 is definitely better than 0 out of 19.
The ASNC is a board made up of 21-person board with a 5-person executive committee. 5 votes is not a majority, but it's a start!
19-person board with 5 executive committee members. Our voter guide picked a lot of winners in this election! The pro-bike lane council members have a strong majority in the HHPNC!
15 board seats w. up to 10 alternates and a 5-person executive committee. The Figueroa For All group didn't do very much in this area of NELA and that is something that needs to be remedied. Congrats to Molly Taylor!
19-person board with a 5-person executive committee. 6 solid pro-bike lane votes plus many on the ERNC have expressed pro-traffic calming sentiment. That makes this a very bike and pedestrian friendly council.
Mobilizing bike lane supporters for the upcoming May 8, 2014 "community meeting" (another entertaining fiasco in the making) being held by Councilman Gil Cedillo at Nightingale Middle School at 6 p.m.
The majority of the North Figueroa Street bike lane project runs through Council District 1, overseen by Gil Cedillo. Whether or not Councilman Cedillo is swayed by any of this remains in the air. All of the work behind Figueroa For All, and much of what the LACBC's RideFigueroa has done as well, has been to convince him that bike lanes, crosswalks, curb ramps, pedestrianizing several intersections, and coordination with local schools is worthy of his approval.
It is unknown whether Councilman Cedillo will stamp out protected bike lanes on North Figueroa Street. His listed "alternative" for the project is worse than doing nothing, and shows a desire to make the project worse for bike riders and pedestrians alike instead of adding positive things to it. His district staff often wince whenever we bring up this issue with them – there is clearly something larger happening in his office with this issue, beyond his self-stated desire to "hear from the community". These large meetings turn into vitriolic echo chambers for bike lane opponents, their small numbers of shrill complaints holding more emotional sway than the typically polite and well-researched remarks made by kids, parents, seniors, business owners, commuters, students and the like in favor of bike lanes.
A small taste of victory with these "Bike the Vote" results, but will it matter? That remains to be seen. Keep your eyes on the prize, folks, and I hope to see you at the next public meeting on the matter on Thursday, May 8, 2014 at Nightingale Middle School at 6 p.m.


My painting, Composite II, was accepted in the Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition. I'm a little late getting this up, so the show is down now. But, I was mentioned in The Columbus Dispatch in the article, Juried show presents fine array of winning Buckeye State talent. You can go to the article here if you would like to read it.


The activity ideas on each page can be a way to involve brothers, sisters and other children and are not necessarily intended to be completed by the child with communication difficulties. Each activity is presented in detail in the section following the nursery rhymes and a CD of them is included to make reproduction simpler. A frog is hidden in each illustration to be found and coloured in. Sign and say "frog" with each representation. At the end of the signing section you will find additional signs for "frog" and the "colours". This book can be used at home, in the nursery and at school, but wherever and however it is used, the most important consideration is that it should be FUN.


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Michael Kors introduces menswear and an exclusive handbag for the Middle East
In his new expanded store in The Dubai Mall
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Michael Kors has just opened his new store in The Dubai Mall with plenty of exciting news...
Michael Kors (who recently purchased Versace) has recently opened the doors to his newly expanded store in The Dubai Mall. To celebrate, the American designer has introduced a series of Middle Eastern-first products.
Firstly, Michael Kors has expanded the region's offering to now include his menswear range for the very first time. The new store is home to the brand's men's ready-to-wear pieces, as well as accessories and leather goods.
Plus, he has also designed a special-edition Whitney handbag specifically for the Middle East. The style was first introduced in the brand's S/S '18 collection and has been reworked for the region in a deep Admiral blue lambskin with gold hardware and a chain link strap. There's also three zippered compartments because, as noted by the brand, "the best handbags are as functional as they are chic". The bag will be available for purchase in-store from November.
Until then, see the new merchandise for the 2018 Watch Hunger Stop campaign.
"My nickname when I was a child was chuckles" – Michael Kors
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In a gathering in Bogota, Colombia on Nov. 19, 40 human rights lawyers from across Latin America launched an innovative "Red Litigio LGBT" – an LGBT Litigation Network – in order to guarantee the rights of LGBT persons in 13 Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. Despite many legal victories, especially in terms of recognition of same-sex couples rights such as in Argentina and in Colombia, much work is needed throughout the Latin American world. In Bolivia, Paraguay and Venezuela there is little to no recognition of LGBT rights with governments advocating to restrict rights, while activists in countries such as Brazil with LGBT rights on the books fear a chipping away of rights and an increase on anti-LGBT violence under the presidency anti-gay president Jair Bolsonaro. Organizers say that over the past five years, there have been at least 1,300 murders of LGBT persons in Latin America. That translates to four each day.
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Does anyone know if the Louisville meet is still taking place this year? On the kentucky masters website it has it listed but there is no meet information.
Is the meet still happening or is it cancelled? If it is cancelled, does anyone know of a good meet around the same time that is SCM?
Wookie, there are several of us that would like to see meet information posted. The last I heard, the meet was scheduled for the weekend of November 21 & 22. You may want to email Mark Gill since he is the meet director. Hope we get to see you again this year!
I did email Mark. Got no reply.
Thanks. This weekend and Nov. 7th, I have prior plans. That is why the 21-22 is a good weekend for me to find a meet. Thanks for the info though!
Awwww...I see. Gee, what's more important? A swim meet or honeymoon? Gonna have to knock some sense into Mark for pickin the honeymoon.
Seriously, that's awesome. Congrats to him!
i just visited the Kentucky Master's Swimming site. The meet is still listed at the top of the page but there is no link. It says something to the effect that entries are not available yet.
Information is posted at www.tyrgrandprix.com. Online registration should be available later today.
Information is also available for the Great Lakes Zone Championships at the same website.
Please explain something... In looking at the results for the Indy meet of this series, events #57-63 (at the very bottom of all results) are listed as some distance and then the word "split" appears next tot he distance. In all cases there is only one person in the event. What is this all about?
I think it's the splits for 800 and 1500. The South pool swimmers got splits every 50, the north pool got none.
When a swimmer requests an official split, we list it as a separate event. This way, when the meet results are submitted, the splits are also available for top 10 consideration, records, etc. If there were multiple swimmers requesting the same split, there would be more than one athlete listed.


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London Dungeon Suffer Severe Blacklash After Series of Vulgar Valentine's Tweets
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If you had told me last week that the worst Valentine's Day social media backlash was going to emanate from London Dungeon, I would have probably made some sort of confused noise, and then unleashed a barrage of follow-up questions. The main one would have been this: why on Earth were London Dungeon even posting Valentine's Day memes?
For those not in the know, London Dungeon is a popular, but utterly freakish, horrifying tourist attraction that definitely didn't traumatise me as a child. Through a combination of effects, actors and (ugh) mannequins, it seeks to recreate the grim, disease ridden depths of the city's past.
It's been a London institution for 40 years, so you would think that the social media promotion would be a bit of a no-brainer. The odd discounted ticket code here, the odd competition there, no fuss, no muss. When you actually scroll through their Twitter feed though, it becomes evident that they actually take social media promotion pretty seriously.
They banter back and forth with other pages, riff on popular memes and news items and generally try their utmost to make London Dungeon seem cool and savvy. It's a little bit amusing, and largely harmless. Or, at least, it was, until Valentine's Day rolled around.
They posted a series of memes, formatted in the 'parental advisory' black on white style, blending modern, romance-related terms with references to Victorian London horror. That doesn't sound so bad, until you realise that Victorian London horror includes the violent slaughter of prostitutes.
Missed @dungeon_london's delightful Valentine's Day social media campaign yesterday. The whole thing is sexist but these are the standouts. pic.twitter.com/DwoFD9j7if
— EastEndWomen'sMuseum (@EEWomensMuseum) February 15, 2017
One post read "What's the difference between your job and a dead prostitute's? Your job still sucks!", while another said "Jack the Ripper just messaged. He wants to Netflix and kill.". Just about the only thing you can say in defence of either of those is that they're context appropriate, but then you get this: "I love a girl that's a good eater. Female translation: you're fat."
The backlash was swift, brutal, and completely justified. The Dungeon soon took the posts down, and replaced them with an apology Tweet. That's all well and good, but the question still remains - how did anyone ever think that this bizarre campaign was a good idea?
The first thing to consider is that the London Dungeon is a family attraction, so promoting it with references to murdering sex workers probably isn't going to hit the right target. I'm not sure what the target audience is for that kind of humour, but whoever they are it's probably unwise to accept a dinner invitation from them.
We recognise that we've upset some people and for that we're very sorry. pic.twitter.com/RW8d4VRC8D
— The London Dungeon (@Dungeon_London) February 15, 2017
Even without an explanation on record (though many people on Facebook and Twitter are demanding one), it's possible to trace the cause of the problem, at least as far as the first two posts go, but the third is just outright cruel, and not linked to the history of London in any way I can figure out. It just seems to be mean for the sake of mean.
Corporate Twitter backlashes are ten a penny, but this is the worst one in quite some time, and it very pointedly highlights the need for meticulous quality control when posting on social media. This, to me, would seem to be the result of leaving it entirely in the hands of one person, who by the looks of things might need to go and see a therapist. And then start looking for a new job.
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(typographié ) est un jeu vidéo indépendant d'horreur psychologique en vue à la première personne, suite directe du jeu Outlast. Développé et édité par Red Barrels, il est scénarisé par J. T. Petty.

Sorti le  sur Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 et Xbox One, il est porté le  sur Nintendo Switch.

Trame

Scénario
Le journaliste Blake Langermann et sa femme Lynn Langermann, spécialistes en phénomènes paranormaux, enquêtent sur le cas d'une jeune femme enceinte, surnommée «Jane Doe», retrouvée errante dans le désert de l'Arizona.

Leur hélicoptère s'écrase alors qu'ils se rendent sur place pour enquêter. À la suite de l'accident, Blake se réveille seul au sommet d'une falaise. Il part alors à la recherche de sa femme.

Il finit par découvrir qu'elle a été enlevée par le gourou d'une secte ayant la mainmise sur un village proche laissé quasiment à l'abandon.

Les développeurs du jeu affirment s'être inspiré des événements tragiques du massacre de Jonestown.

Personnages
 Blake Langermann : Protagoniste du jeu (caméraman et personnage principal).
 Lynn Langermann : Compagne de Blake, victime d'enlèvement.
 Sullivan Knoth : Antagoniste principal. Il est le gourou d'une secte se livrant à des meurtres.
 Marta : Seconde antagoniste. Elle prend en chasse Blake Langermann plusieurs fois.
 Ethan : Ex-membre de la secte qui aide Blake.
 Val : Hérétique ennemie de Sullivan Knoth.
 Josiah : Hérétique victime de Sullivan Knoth.
 Mary : Hérétique victime de Sullivan Knoth.
 Laird Byron : Antagoniste mineur et homme de petite taille.
 Nick Tremblay : Antagoniste mineur. Il mesure 2 mètres et porte Laird Byron sur ses épaules.
 Jessica Gray : Amie d'enfance de Blake et victime des abus de Loutermilch.
 Loutermilch : Antagoniste mineur du jeu. Il apparaît dans les visions de Blake.

Système de jeu
Outlast 2 reprend les mécaniques de jeu du premier opus de la série. Le personnage incarné est ainsi fréquemment mis en position de faiblesse et de vulnérabilité. À cet égard, le joueur n'est pas en mesure de se tuer ses assaillants. Ce procédé, sciemment mis au point par les développeurs pour en exploiter les ressorts psychologiques de la peur, a aussi pour but de ne pas permettre au joueur de s'affranchir de scènes de jeu qu'il pourrait écourter en attaquant les adversaires. Toujours dans cette même logique, il n'a non plus systématiquement la possibilité de se défendre contre ses ennemis. Il est alors contraint d'utiliser l'environnement pour se cacher (à l'intérieur de barils, casiers, armoires, sous des lits...). À défaut, il pourra s'enfuir, épisodes durant lesquels il pourra s'aider d'obstacles sur son chemin pour ralentir ses assaillants, par exemple en fermant les loquets des portes derrière lui. Une mécanique de jeu qui peut rappeler le jeu Clock Tower.

Si des éléments sont communs avec le premier opus, des nouveautés apparaissent néanmoins. Ainsi, le joueur dispose de nouveaux instruments comme l'ajout d'un microphone au caméscope, déjà rencontré dans le premier opus, qui permet au joueur de peut capter des sons faibles et de les amplifier afin d'entendre des discussions éloignées. Cette nouvelle version du caméscope est également doté d'une vision nocturne. Toutefois, l'utilisation prolongée de ces divers instruments nécessite une source d'énergie, ce qui implique des contraintes supplémentaires au joueur s'il veut assurer leur fonctionnement. Le joueur est donc encouragé à explorer son environnement à la recherche de batteries qui viendront alimenter son camescope et ses fonctionnalités additionnelles.

Une possibilité spécifique dans le jeu permet au joueur de revisionner des scènes qu'il a filmé avec son camescope. En effet, ce dernier est capable d'enregistrer des scènes dans les cas où son objectif est orienté vers des points précis. Ces captations peuvent ensuite faire l'objet d'un revisionnage ultérieur avec, en arrière plan, les commentaires du personnage principal incarné, qui offre ainsi au joueur son ressenti sur les événements qu'il a lui même enregistré.

Comme dans le premier opus, des documents collectables sont disséminés dans le jeu. Le protagoniste principal peut, soit les lire directement, soit les consulter via le caméscope à tout moment où il les aura enregistré.

Développement
Le développement du jeu a été annoncé au premier trimestre 2016 par Al Caponi, cofondateur du studio Red Barrels et fondateur de la société CeMondeLeVotre. Une version bêta est sortie le  sur Xbox One et PC. Annoncé pour l'automne 2016 sur Windows, Linux, Mac, PlayStation 4 et Xbox One, le jeu a été repoussé pour des raisons de développement en 2017 dans un communiqué officiel en août 2016.

Le jeu est sorti le 25 avril 2017 sur Windows, Linux, Mac, PlayStation 4 et Xbox One.

Avis à la sortie
À sa sortie le 25 avril 2017, le jeu obtient une note moyenne sur Jeuxvideo.com de 16,4 par les joueurs.

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During his last days Albert Einstein devoted himself more to the thinking of social welfare than to the theories of science. He took his concentration away from the equations and thought more about philosophy, psychology, belief and their relation with human life. He wrote this letter just one year before he died which gives us idea about his notion towards religion. This renowned letter is preserved and was sold in an ebay auction for millions of US dollars.
Here is an image of the original letter and a transcript of the letter hereafter.
Inspired by Brouwer's repeated suggestion, I read a great deal in your book, and thank you very much for lending it to me. What struck me was this: with regard to the factual attitude to life and to the human community we have a great deal in common. Your personal ideal with its striving for freedom from ego-oriented desires, for making life beautiful and noble, with an emphasis on the purely human element. This unites us as having an "unAmerican attitude."
Still, without Brouwer's suggestion I would never have gotten myself to engage intensively with your book because it is written in a language inaccessible to me. The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still purely primitive, legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can change this for me. For me the Jewish religion like all other religions is an incarnation of the most childish superstition. And the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong, and whose thinking I have a deep affinity for, have no different quality for me than all other people. As far as my experience goes, they are also no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. Otherwise I cannot see anything "chosen" about them.
Now that I have quite openly stated our differences in intellectual convictions it is still clear to me that we are quite close to each other in essential things, i.e; in our evaluations of human behavior. What separates us are only intellectual "props" and "rationalization" in Freud's language. Therefore I think that we would understand each other quite well if we talked about concrete things.


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Cavaliers top Warriors in thriller. Again.
By Dan FeldmanDec 25, 2016, 6:22 PM EST
The venue changed. So did the stakes. A very important player entered the equation.
But sixth months after their incredible seven-game NBA Finals, Warriors-Cavaliers once again ended with Cleveland players enveloping their star in jubilant hugs along the baseline as the buzzer sounded.
Kyrie Irving – who replaced LeBron James as the center of postgame attention – hit a heavily contested fadeaway over Klay Thompson with 3.4 seconds left to give the Cavs a 109-108 win an an instant Christmas classic.
Though this was only one regular-season game – Golden State won both regular-season matchups with Cleveland and 73 games last year – both teams played with incredible intensity in this budding rivalry. As much as both teams will downplay the significance, this was no ordinary regular-season game.
"It's Christmas," said a beaming Irving, who had 25 points, 10 assists, seven steals and six rebounds.
The Warriors nearly played Grinch. But just as they blew a 3-1 lead in last summer's Finals, they blew a 14-point fourth-quarter lead and a three-point lead with the ball and 45 seconds left today.
Richard Jefferson ignited Cleveland by dunking on Kevin Durant in the fourth to end an 11-1 Golden State run – especially because Jefferson then received a technical foul for winking at Durant:
Jefferson's dunk over Klay Thompson later in the period required no additional taunting:
By that point, the Cavaliers were right back in the game, and their confidence only grew.
LeBron James – who finished with 31 points, 13 rebounds, four assists and two steals – dunked as if he were trying to tear down the entire hoop:
Draymond Green, who spent most of the game threatening to get a second technical foul and got a technical last week for hanging on the rim too long, held up his palms in bewilderment. What would it take for the Warriors to get a break against Cleveland?
They thought they answered that question last July.
Their league-altering newcomer excelled today. Durant scored 36 points, another excellent Christmas performance by the former Thunder star. He kept Golden State clicking as Curry started slow, and the question that hovered over the entire season gained prominence: How will anyone stop these Warriors? Stop one of their MVPs, and you still have to contend with the other. Golden State won the first, second and third quarters. And it's not as if Curry just disappears. His 3-pointer untied the game with 1:14 left.
But, a possession later, Irving stole the ball and drove for a layup. Then, came a little controversy.
The Warriors' penultimate possession ended in a clear shot-clock violation, but officials reviewed it anyway – giving the Cavs, who were out of timeouts, a chance to diagram a play. Golden State also subbed out Curry during the stoppage, which seemingly shouldn't have been allowed and made it easier for Thompson to guard Irving. (Update: The NBA says the 24-second violation made a sub permissible.)
But Irving still hit the big shot against the Warriors – his second in two matchups, dating back to Game 7.
On Golden State's final chance, Durant stumbled with the ball, and time ran out.
Welcome to the rivalry, KD. The Warriors' talent keeps falling short against Cleveland's perseverance.
That could change, of course. These teams face each other again in Oakland on Jan. 16. They could also meet in an unprecedented third straight finals.
After this hard-fought, exhilarating contest, that'd be a delight.


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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Coal Forum applauds U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's decision to repeal the Clean Power Plan.
"We have been eagerly awaiting this news ever since President Trump promised us a few months ago that he would continue to change Washington's attitudes toward the coal industry," said Coal Forum Co-chairman Chris Hamilton.
The West Virginia Coal Forum is an organization representing business and labor in the coal industry.
In Pruitt's official filing to repeal the Clean Power Plan, he states EPA lacks the statutory authority for such an over-reaching regulation that is fraught with economic pitfalls and practical impossibilities. In an analysis by the National Review, the editorial board correctly summarizes the Clean Power Plan: "The combination of severe limitations on carbon dioxide emissions and incentives for adopting alternative-energy schemes was intended to achieve exactly what Barack Obama had previously promised to do: ruin the coal industry."
Hamilton agreed with that analysis.
"We have been saying for years that the Clean Power Plan was nothing more than an orchestrated campaign to destroy coal mining in the United States, particularly in Appalachia," Hamilton said. "Repealing the CPP is the right thing to do. EPA's actions today are further proof that we now have an administration that understands the massive role coal plays in the American economy and electric grid and that the agency also finally understands the limits on the power granted to it by Congress."
For additional information, contact the West Virginia Coal Forum at (304) 957-2306.
"Anything that will help bring coal miners back to work is welcome news to the West Virginia Coal Forum. The governor's bold plan gives the federal government the chance to help coal miners return to work and alsobring much-needed stability to the eastern electric power grid. We areeager to work with Gov. Justice on this plan as more details become available."
By Chris Hamilton
Co-chairman, West Virginia Coal Forum
Senior Vice President, West Virginia Coal Association
Morgantown City Council is starting down a dangerous path.
In late June, the Council began consideration of a resolution to have the city of Morgantown support the Paris Climate Accord's overall emissions reduction goals.
This action flies in the face of what is best for West Virginia and the nation. Let's remember that President Donald Trump officially paused American compliance with the Accord while he renegotiates better terms for our country.
If the resolution ultimately passes, Morgantown will join other cities that have taken independent action on climate change via the Paris Accord regardless of the economic consequences.
Let's be clear about this: Morgantown's action serves as an affront to every single coal miner, manager and vendor that works tireless to keep coal mines running to produce low-cost reliable electricity for Americans.
The West Virginia Coal Forum kicked off it 2017 tour with June events in Morgantown and Charleston and made it clear to the state that coal mining is here to stay.
"On the Road: 2017 and Beyond" provided updates on West Virginia's coal industry performance, and featured presentations by Gov. Jim Justice, Senate President Mitch Carmichael, the dean of West Virginia University's and mineral resources program, representatives from the state's leading power companies, industry experts and leading coal researchers.
"These have been excellent events to kick off the Coal Forum's 2017 meeting series," said Chris Hamilton, co-chairman of the Coal Forum, which is an organization representing business and labor in the coal industry. "Our coal industry is ready to soar. We at the Coal Forum felt it was time to take a new message out on the road so the public can hear first-hand about all the incredible opportunities in store for West Virginia's coal industry."
CHARLESTON — Speakers at Thursday's Coal Forum discussing a WVU study predicting a continued longterm decline in the state's coal industry, the possibility of converting coal into transport fuels and updates on coal-fired power from power plants.
The West Virginia Coal Forum presented 2017 and Beyond Thursday at the Culture Center with future meetings planned in Wheeling, Logan and Bluefield.
West Virginia coal mines are on track to produce nearly 50 percent more coal this year than last, but in the long term they need help from the state Legislature, Bill Raney says.
Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association, said mines in the Illinois Basin have taken market share from West Virginia in the power generation sector. Neither Illinois nor Indiana have coal severance taxes, he said.


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MCLA Alumni Join Forces at 1Berkshire
Kevin Pink '09, left, recently joined Ben Lamb '07, right, at 1Berkshire, a county-wide organization focused on economic development and promotion of the Berkshire region.
MCLA alumni not only form lasting friendships—they often work together to impact the region. Recently, Kevin Pink '09 joined Ben Lamb '07 at 1Berkshire, a county-wide organization focused on economic development and promotion of the Berkshire region as a preferred place to visit, to live, and to grow a business.
There, Lamb is director of economic development, and Pink now serves as the organization's economic development coordinator.
As MCLA students, Lamb and Pink were involved in a dynamic breadth of activities that fostered their capacity to create meaningful relationships and collaborations for a common cause.
"The liberal arts experience, and the ability to get fully immersed in the MCLA community, opened doors of introspection, relationship building, and applied theory to practice that isn't always possible in other academic settings," Lamb explained. "MCLA further ingrained a love and passion for the Berkshires that has persisted and grown through our work in the region."
Their projects at 1Berkshire include working with entrepreneurs and businesses, creating meaningful job pipelines for both youth and adults, and focusing on business retention and expansion programming.
With the soon-to-come launch of the Berkshire Blueprint (an action plan for cooperative regional initiatives that outlines a clear, well-articulated focus on prioritized business issue areas) Lamb, Pink, and 1Berkshire are excited to be major players in the facilitation of work outlined in the Blueprint. This work will continue for years to come and will engage a wide variety of partner organizations so all may collectively own the future prosperity of the Berkshires.
"The connections made with faculty, staff, community members fellow students, and now alumni have been incredibly valuable in our work," Lamb said. "The same people involved in the college spheres of influence are many of the same meaningful stakeholders in the surrounding communities and the region as a whole. Additionally, with the strong role that MCLA plays in the regional economic ecosystem, the work is intimately tied to our passion for the College as alumni, and the region as Berkshire-loving residents."


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I am grateful for this occasion to present to you the report of the Secretary General on the UN Verification Mission in Colombia. And it is a pleasure to be able to do so in the presence of the Foreign Minister of Colombia, Mr Carlos Holmes Trujillo, and one of our closest partners in the Colombian Government, Mr Jose Emilio Archila, High Counsellor for Post-Conflict.
I am also pleased to inform the Council that since the Secretary-General´s report was issued, the key mechanisms provided for the implementation of the Peace Agreement, in particular those provisions on the reintegration and security of former members of the FARC-EP have resumed their work for the first time since the start of the new Government. They include the Commission to Follow up, Promote and Verify Implementation; the National Reintegration Council; the Technical Board [Mesa Técnica] to oversee the security of former combatants; and the Working Group on legal guarantees. The Mission participates in several of those mechanisms and we welcome the spirit of cooperation that has been prevailing in the meetings of these bodies. We trust that this spirit will be sustained in the weeks and months to come. As the Secretary-General have said several times, reintegration in the current circumstances in Colombia is a very complex task, and both sides have an important role to play in completing it successfully.
As those bodies resume their work, a short assessment of where reintegration stands seems in order, together with a review of the challenges ahead, in their various aspects: political participation, security, economic opportunities and legal guarantees.
With regard to political participation – a central aspiration of FARC and a driving consideration behind its decision to negotiate an end to the conflict – we take a positive view of the current situation. Eight of the ten FARC representatives afforded seats in the two chambers of Congress have assumed their responsibilities and are contributing to the debates and the legislative activities of these bodies. We welcome the collegial spirit that is being displayed in Congress in spite of sharp political differences. We also note that the financial difficulties that undermined FARC participation in the elections at the beginning of this year have been largely overcome. We appreciate that President Duque´s efforts to build political consensus on policy issues have included FARC members of Congress.
In relation to physical security, you have noted from the Secretary-General´s reports the stark contrast between the situation of those former guerrillas that are under security measures provided by the state, and those who are outside their scope: while not incident-free, the security perimeters that protect the designated areas where reintegration is taking place have been effective; and so have been the close protection teams granted by the National Protection Unit of the Interior Ministry to hundreds of FARC leaders and residents of the reintegration areas. I note that the goal in the Peace Agreement of training and recruiting 1,200 close protection personnel is nearing completion, a significant number of them women – a first in the National Protection Unit.
To address security risks outside the training and reintegration areas, the Police is providing former members of the FARC-EP with training in self-protection. The National Protection Unit, the Security forces, and the Mission have deployed tripartite teams to 18 departments where groups of reintegrated combatants are present. These teams monitor closely the security situation in those areas and take action as required. With the number of FARC members killed outside the Government security umbrella reaching now 74 since the signing of the Peace Agreement, it is obviously imperative that these measures soon make a difference.
Economic reintegration remains today a subject of serious concern. The vast majority of those in the process of reintegration still have no clear economic prospect beyond the monthly stipend that is to end by August of next year. The resumed National Council on Reintegration has therefore a huge task before it, under the difficult circumstances of a much wider geographical dispersion of the former members of the FARC-EP. To succeed where the previous Council failed, it needs a solid consensus on its approach to productive projects, land and the proper mix of collective and individual reintegration. Some of the lessons learned from the past year are shared between the Government, the FARC and ourselves.
They include the need to connect reintegration much more directly to local development; to empower local authorities; and to link up more systematically with the private sector, universities and other actors willing and able to assist with long-term reintegration. Resources will of course be critical. We have taken note that the Government´s budget proposal for 2019 provides that public spending on reintegration be maintained at the same level as last year. We hope that Congress will uphold that proposal. I should add that the Mission and the United Nations as a whole will continue to do their utmost to support effective reintegration. And in this respect, I would like to acknowledge the countries whose voluntary support have enabled the Mission and the UN Country Team to step up their contribution to productive projects.
In addition to the need to broaden and accelerate economic reintegration effort, a heightened subject of concern at this point is the sense of legal uncertainty that remains pervasive among former FARC-EP members. As mentioned in the Secretary-General´s previous report, that sense of uncertainty has dogged the reintegration process over the past couple of years due to the controversy surrounding the peace agreement, and the protracted political¡, legal and constitutional debates over the establishment of the Special Peace Jurisdiction.
While the ruling from the Constitutional Court last August has upheld the powers of the Jurisdiction, it has not removed the persistent questioning of its role by some sectors. This is not a situation unique to Colombia. Reconciling peace and justice is everywhere a controversial and emotional issue. To overcome it, the Colombian peace process has sought to innovate by bringing together the full guarantees of due process, victims´ participation and the benefits of restorative sanctions. This is a promising solution to old and difficult dilemmas.
Those magistrates who bear today the heavy responsibility of providing truth and reparation to victims, and reliable access to transitional justice for participants in the conflict, are deserving of the respect and support of state institutions, and the full cooperation of all persons under their Jurisdiction. They are also deserving of the support of the international community. It is the field of conflict resolution as a whole that will benefit when the Special Jurisdiction succeeds. Of course, once again, financial support is a critical dimension. I welcome that the funds assigned to the system of court lawyers attached to the Jurisdiction were just made available. We also note that the Government has proposed a slightly increased budget for the three bodies that make up the System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-repetition, and we hope, once again, that Congress will endorse that proposal.
Unfortunately, the tragic killing of social leaders continues. Over the weekend, in the department of Cauca, the coordinator of a coca crop substitution committee was killed together with his two sons. That this leader was promoting a government-sponsored. program that is part of the peace agreement illustrates the brazenness of the killers and the pressing need to mobilize state institutions for the prevention and prosecution of these crimes. We fully share the sense of urgency expressed by the President, the Inspector General [Procurador General], other national and departmental authorities as well as civil society who subscribed in August the National Pact for Life and the Protection of Social Leaders and Human Rights Defenders. As a first step towards translating this commitment into action to stop the killings, we look very much forward with anticipation to the Action Plan under preparation by the Government to implement the National Pact.
Before concluding, on behalf of all the staff of the Verification Mission in Colombia I should like to express our deep gratitude to the Government of Colombia, to FARC and particularly to your Council for your support to the extension of our mandate. We believe we have contributed to overcome several of the implementation challenges the peace agreement has faced, and to preserve confidence in the future. The new administration has decided to take on the great responsibility to carry forward the peace process. The Mission, the United Nations as a whole are committed to continue to do our part to ensure success.


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A very interesting Taihu scholar's rock in classic form with narrow base and wide top, extensive networks of openings balanced on a jiangnan-style wood stand. The naturally weathered stone from the Tai Lake looks like a flower when viewed from the top see 4th photo. The stone with stand measures 22.5 inches high and is in excellent condition. Dates mid 20th century.


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George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be "Charlotte's Web." George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part . . . because she's a boy.
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Devonshire Square is delighted to announce that the Cinnamon Kitchen's #HouseofHoli is back – bigger, better and brighter than ever! Leave the dull, grey City at the door, don your protective white suit, and step into the madness at the House of Holi, for thirty minutes of paint-pelting friends, family and colleagues! Sitting amongst the skyscrapers and the concrete, Cinnamon Kitchen, in association with India's No.1 beer Kingfisher, will bring a vibrant injection of colour to the urban environs of the City with the return of their purpose-built party pod – popping up outside Vivek Singh's modern Indian restaurant in Devonshire Square from Tuesday 7th to Saturday 18th March. A pop up bar will also feature a menu serving an array of colourful Holi cocktails alongside Kingfisher beer, the leading Indian beer brand. All the further details, dates and times can be found on their official website: http://www.cinnamon-kitchen.com/house-of-holi-2017/ Please email their events team on events@cinnamon-kitchen.com to enquire about private hire – a great idea for team building, parties and after work celebrations!
Devonshire Square will be celebrating Valentine's day by hosting in its historical Western Courtyard a passionate and emotionally transporting Argentinian tango performance by multi awarded dancers "Tango Movement". The talented duo have won the prestigious LUKAS Tango Performers of the Year 2015, an award based on both a public vote and the decision of a panel of experts that included a choreographer from Strictly and Tango World Champions. Tango Movement will be performing for the Devonshire Square's audience three sets of Tango with 15 minutes intervals in between. The free attendance performance will start at 12.30pm and will be dedicated to support The Connection, London's busiest homeless charity, in aid of which the Devonshire Square's community will be fundraising from Tuesday 14th till Friday 17th February. Donation boxes will be available in the Western Courtyard during the show and in all reception desks from 8am to 5.30pm.
On Thursday 22nd December at 12.30pm, talented vocalist and song writer Sammie Jay will delight the Devonshire Square's audience with a live performance that will include some of the most popular Christmassy POP tunes and songs from her own album. The FREE attendance event will take place in Devonshire Square's Western Courtyard and is part of the "Art for Love" Christmas Festival, organised by Devonshire Square Events Team to support The Connection, London's busiest homeless charity, in aid of which the Devonshire Square's community will be fundraising during the whole duration of the festival.
On Friday 16th December from 12.30pm to 2pm, Devonshire Square will be hosting a live concert by talented saxophonist quartet "Girls on Sax". The musicians will perform and eclectic mix of Jazz, swing, and POP music, including some of the most popular Christmas tunes. The Girls on Sax featured on TFI Fridays Brass OFF with Mark Ronson and TFI Friday's New Years Eve Special with Olly Murs. Individually, they have performed with some of the best orchestras in Europe. The FREE attendance concert is part of the Devonshire Square's "Art for Love" Christmas Festival, organized by the Devonshire Square Events Team to support The Connection, London's busiest homeless charity. If you wish to know more about the "Art for Love" Christmas Festival, please contact the Devonshire Square Events Team on 02076450800.
Devonshire Square is absolutely delighted to announce that on Thursday 15th December at 5pm, will be hosting in its historical Western Courtyard international music artist Zalon live in concert with his band. The extraordinary talented soul singer has accepted Devonshire Square's invitation to take part, with a FREE attendance live concert, in the "Art for Love" Christmas Festival, a 4-week programme of world class artistic performances, organized by the Devonshire Square Events Team to support The Connection https://www.connection-at-stmartins.org.uk , London's busiest homeless charity, in aid of which the Devonshire Square's community will be fundraising during the whole duration of the Festival. Zalon is an Urban Music Award nominee who has independently sold out tours in Europe, South America and iconic venues in the UK. He was Amy Winehouse's leading singer and toured with her for three years to promote her "Back to Black" Album which received five Grammy Awards. To know more about Zalon's music: http://www.zalononline.com/epk If you wish to know more about Zalon's concert and the "Art for Love" Christmas Festival, please contact the Devonshire Square Events Team on 02076450800.
On Wednesday 14th December at 12.30pm, Devonshire Square will be hosting a breathtaking acrobatic show by two world class aerial artists who will perform inside a giant globe, set up for the occasion in Devonshire Square's Western Courtyard. The two acrobats, who have captivated crowds all over the world, will showcase mesmerizing moves, incredible flexibility and strength, under a visually delighting fall of glitters and snow. The extraordinary acrobats in beautiful costumes will stun the audience with a highly impactful visual show and extremely challenging routines. The show is part of the Devonshire Square's "Art for Love" Christmas Festival, a four week programme of world class artistic performances, conceived and organised by the Devonshire Square Events Team to support The Connection, London's busiest homeless charity, in aid of which the Devonshire Square's community will be fundraising during the whole duration of the festival. The event is FREE attendance and is open to everyone. If you wish to know more about the "Art for Love" Christmas Festival, please contact the Devonshire Square Events Team on 02076450800.
Real penguins in our courtyard!
Don't miss the chance of meeting the adorable real penguins that Devonshire Square will be hosting in its Western Courtyard on Tuesday 13th December! Our beautiful feathery guests will be accompanied and supervised by two professional handlers who will provide people with information about these extraordinary birds. Visitors will be able to take unique photographs and enjoy the joyful and festive atmosphere that the penguins will bring to Devonshire Square! The FREE attendance event will take place from 12.30pm to 3pm and is open to everyone.
On Friday 9th December at 5.30pm, Devonshire Square's Western Courtyard will be the stage for a stunning "Illuminated Ribbon Dance Show" by a troupe of five professional dancers. Delicate LED light will turn the ribbons into blazing trails of light as they are whipped through the air by the dancers dressed in beautiful illuminated costumes, creating a magical visual effect.
Devonshire Square is thrilled to announce that on Thursday 8th December, its historical Western Courtyard will be the stage for a FREE attendance spectacular tribute dance show to Michael Jackson. A troupe of internationally acclaimed dancers will bring Michael Jackson's moves to street dancing life, performing routines to iconic songs such as Beat It, Thriller, Smooth Criminal, Dirty Diana and more. The show will feature high impact break dance moves and slickly delivered dance routines by some of UK's top dancers such as: Page Barrington, an original Thriller Live West End and World tour cast member; Matt Walker, who has danced for the likes of Chris Brown, One Direction and Cheryl Cole; Alice Walker, whose previous clients include Rita Ora, One Direction, Petshop Boys, Madness and Fatboy Slim; Kieron Providence, who has danced for Whitney Houston, Kanye West and Alexandra Burke; Damien Anyasi, who was the winner of the prestigious UK Dance Teacher of the Year Award 2014 and part of the choreographic/creative team for the London 2012 Olympic ceremony watched by millions.
On Wednesday 7th December, from 12.30pm to 2pm, Devonshire Square will be hosting a Christmas concert by "Get Gospel" Choir. Finalists at the BBC Gospel Choir Competition 2015, the "Get Gospel" Choir will perform a wonderful repertoire that will intersperse Christmas songs with contemporary gospel tunes, including their own version of some of the most well-known POP songs and old hymns. The FREE attendance concert will take place in the atmospheric setting of Devonshire Square's Western Courtyard and is part of the "Art for Love" Christmas Festival, a rich programme of performances by world class artists, organized and hosted by Devonshire Square Events Team to draw attention towards social causes by using the power of arts. The Devonshire Square's community will be fundraising in aid of The Connection, London's busiest homeless charity, during the whole duration of the Festival. If you wish to know more about the "Art for Love" Christmas Festival, please contact the Devonshire Square Events Team on 02076450800.
On Friday 2nd December from 5.30pm to 6.30pm, Devonshire Square will be hosting in its historical Western Courtyard a FREE attendance concert by The Capital Arts Children's Choir, a world class choir with an international reputation. Its extended and unrivaled biography of recitals, concerts, operas, musicals, radio and TV performances, films and international concert tours, ensures that the Capital Arts Children's Choir is one of the most successful children's choir in the UK. They performed in the most prestigious venues in London and internationally, including the Royal Albert Hall and the O2 Arena. The choir will delight the Devonshire Square's community with a beautiful Christmas themed repertoire. The concert is part of the Devonshire Square's "Art for Love" Christmas Festival, a four week programme of artistic performances, conceived and organised by the Devonshire Square Events Team to draw attention towards social causes by using the power of arts. The Devonshire Square's community will be fundraising in aid of The Connection, the busiest homeless charity in London, during the whole duration of the Festival.


Silence on the Wire by Michael Zalewski (No Starch Press). An eye-opening and fascinating on how hackers do their dirty stuff. I'm sorry, I know some geeks consider the word "hacker" sacrosanct as something positive and not a pejorative like the news media has made it. But the meaning of words evolves over time and that's a fact. So get over it-a hacker is a bad guy, and Yes the word now commonly means almost the opposite of what it originally meant 25 years ago. That's life, so get over it. But getting back to the book, this is an excellent description of passive reconnaissance and indirect methods of attaching networks. The main audience of appeal is probably security thinkers, tinkerers, enthusiasts, even academic historians of the information age. The appear is likely to be less for the system administrator who actually has to do security on her network, but for the pure information security specialist this book is pure gold. Note that you need to have a strong math background to understand a few parts of this book, plus a strong grounding in how TCP/IP works. I could also see this being an excellent supplementary text for a university-level course in information security. Bottom line: strongly recommended for those who like to think about network security.
CYA Securing IIS 6.0 by Bernard Cheah and Ken Schaefer (Syngress). Great book for administrators who need to know how to secure IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003. After all, one thing administrators need to be able to do is Cover Their A** (yes, that's the meaning of the "CYA" in the title!) This book is concise and easy to read, and breaks down a complex subject into easy to digest segments with specific procedures you can implement. My two favorite chapters were Chapter 4 Configuring Basic Web Server Security and Chapter 5 Advanced Web Server Security Configuration, they're terrific and tell you just what you need to know to harden your web server against attack. I learned a few things myself reading these chapters even though I've written several IIS books myself including my latest IIS 6 Administration (Osborne/McGraw-Hill), which I can't help taking the opportunity here to shamelessly plug! Anyway, I know Bernard from the IIS and MVP communities and he's a great guy and he and Ken have written a terrific little book here. Bottom line: buy and read.
CISA Exam Cram 2 : Certified Information Systems Auditor by Allen Keele and Keith Mortier (Que). Having certifications is a must in the IT job market these days, and especially so in the information security field where there are a wide range of certifications for different purposes. One of these certifications is Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), a key certification from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ICASA) that has been around since 1978 and measures capability in information systems auditing, control and security. This book is designed to help you achieve this certification. Bottom line: useful if you plan to go for your CISA.
SSL VPN: Understanding, Evaluating And Planning Secure, Web-based Remote Access by Joseph Steinberg and Tim Speed (PACKT Publishing). An excellent book that takes a vendor-neutral approach to implementing SSL VPNs. The topic of SSL VPNs is a hot one these days, and it's hard to find a networking or security magazine that doesn't mention something about it. That's largely because SSL VPNs make it easy to deploy secure VPN connections, especially compared to the complexity of implementing policy-based IPSec VPNs. But successfully deploying SSL VPNs takes careful planning too, and this book guides you through understanding how SSL VPNs work and how to plan, implement and manage them. I especially liked the discussion of end point security concerns and how to resolve them. There's also an appendix that looks at different SSL VPN offerings currently in the marketplace. Bottom line: good book, read first before deploying an SSL VPN.
Snort Cookbook by Angela Orebaugh, Simon Biles and Jacob Babbin (O'Reilly). Ever cooked a snort? Or is a snort something you cook with? This is the best snort book ever. It's a task-based book that leads you step by step through installing and optimizing snort, configuring logging and alerts, building rules, managing snort sensors, analyzing logs, and tons more. Bottom line: if you don't know what snort is, don't buy this book!
Tip: Don't forget to check out my blog http://itreader.net where I blog anything useful and interesting I've read lately in books, white papers, etc. Basically, the purpose of my blog is to let me do the reading for you, saving you valuable time. After all, time is the most precious commodity an IT professional has, right?


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New Track: New Breath – Fliptrix
As one of the leading lights in the thriving UK hip hop scene, last month's announcement of FLIPTRIX's album release for 'INEXHALE' caused a riot of excitement. Already teasing us with the video releases for album tracks 'It's Like That' and 'Bagging Up Music', the conscious emcee now launches into full album mode as he drops the Chemo-produced single 'New Breath', premiered by DJ Target on BBC Radio 1Xtra.
With his trademark mellow tone FLIPTRIX takes us on a luscious melodic journey, delving into a variety of flows as his lyricism explores purpose in life and the social constraints around us on a daily basis.
After revealing the full tracklist for the album this week, which is produced by Chemo, Molotov & Joe Corfield, fans and music critics are itching to hear as much as they can before the album is officially released on 24th August. With UK Hip Hop royalty Skinnyman, Ocean Wisdom, Capo Lee, Coops, Carmody and more all featuring across the 16 tracks, the album provides new talent, varying genre flavours and highly respected pioneers of the UK sound.
'New Breath' was released on his own label High Focus Records, which has grown to be the biggest independent Hip-Hop label in the UK over the last 8 years, being home to Rag'n'Bone Man's early projects and most recently achieving an independent Top 40 with Ocean Wisdom's Wizville album earlier this year, FLIPTRIX has released a staggering 7 projects since 2007. He is also a member of super group The Four Owls, who dropped 2 of the most classic records in UK Hip Hop history ('Natures Greatest Mystery' in 2011 & 'Natural Order' in 2015) and have successfully toured the world numerous times and collaborated with the legend DJ Premier on the monumental 'Think Twice' single.
Check out the video for banger 'New Breath' – and if you're in the London area on the 26th August, be sure to catch FLIPTRIX headlining his show at Jazz Cafe.
July 3, 2018 by Tracey Dawkins Categories: New ReleasesTags: BBC1 Xtra, boom bap, Capo Lee, Carmody, conscious songs, Coops, DJ Target, Fliptrix, High Focus Records, hip-hop, Inexhale album, Jazz Cafe, London, music video, New Breath (single), new releases 2018, Ocean Wisdom, Rag'n'Bone Man, Skinnyman, UK talent	Leave a comment
New Music Video: Bagging Up Music – Fliptrix
Hot off the heels of the scorching Joe Corfield produced single 'It's Like That', FLIPTRIX is back with a different flavour for new track 'Bagging Up Music', the second release from his forthcoming project 'Inexhale'. This Chemo produced banger deviates from the usual boom bap sound we are used to hearing from FLIPTRIX, bringing in together haunting melodies and skippy hi-hats allowing the fierce emcee to do what he does best.
In partnership with the legendary Jazz Cafe, High Focus Records is proud to announce that on the 23rd of August 2018 they will be celebrating the release of FLIPTRIX's brand new album 'INEXHALE'! With FLIPTRIX performing his new works live as well as guest appearances from Ramson Badbonez, Strange U, Jazz T & Molotov this is sure to be a brilliant night as we usher in a brand new masterpiece into his already stellar back catalogue. This event will give fans the a chance to pick up a copy of the album before anyone else as the official release date is the 24th August.
Check out video for 'Bagging Up Music'….
June 7, 2018 by Tracey Dawkins Categories: New ReleasesTags: Bagging Up Music (single), boom bap, Fliptrix, High Focus Records, Inexhale album, Jazz Cafe, new music video, UK, UK talent	Leave a comment
New Music Video: It's Like That – Fliptrix
Solid UK Hip Hop contender FLIPTRIX releases visual for latest single 'Its Like That', the first insight his forthcoming album project 'Inexhale'.
A no holds barred lyrical shelldown from start to finish over an incredibly smooth Joe Corfield production, 'It's Like That' is the return to the airwaves for FLIPTRIX who released his immaculate 'Patterns Of Escapism' LP over a year ago. A word play masterpiece that sits in a dreamlike haze, 'It's Like That' continues to show the multifaceted depths of this hot emcee as the track sees him begin to experiment with varying styles and rhythms that are a step away from his usual boom-bap style; something that is an ongoing recurrence throughout the album as a whole, which he describes as "a breath of fresh air that will hit you like a hurricane."
The South London rapper become a pioneer and integral part of the UKHH scene. Releasing an impressive 7 projects since 2007, he is also a member of super group The Four Owls, who dropped 2 of the most classic records in UK Hip Hop history ('Natures Greatest Mystery' in 2011 & 'Natural Order' in 2015), have successfully toured the world numerous times and collaborated with the legend DJ Premier on the monumental 'Think Twice' single.
Alongside his artist success, FLIPTRIX is also the founder and director of independent label 'High Focus', which has spearheaded the UK Hip Hop movement for the last 8 years, being responsible for releases such as Rag'n'Bone Man's early projects which set him firmly on course for superstardom, and most recently achieving an independent Top 40 with Ocean Wisdom's Wizville album earlier this year. The label, which began in 2010, has previously been nominated for best small label at the 2015 AIM awards, whilst its YouTube channel HighFocusTV has gained over 132 Million views and boasts almost 250,000 subscribers.
Continuing his independent reign, FLIPTRIX releases 'It's Like That' via High Focus with the video launching via YouTube. The visuals pay homage to the pirate radio scene that had a huge part to play in the birth & incubation of urban music in the UK as they follow FLIPTRIX taking over London's radio frequencies guerrilla warfare style. The creative visuals wrap perfectly around the sonics and tone of the record thanks to camera focus, lighting and edits making this piece of original, captivating and quality output a real statement for the 'Inexhale' album announcement….check it out…
May 9, 2018 by Tracey Dawkins Categories: New VideosTags: boom bap, Fliptrix, High Focus Records, hip-hop, Inexhale album, It's like that (single), London, new music video, Ocean Wisdom, Rag'n'Bone Man, UK, UK talent	Leave a comment
New Track: Purple – Joker Starr
With some polished boom bap production from Micall Parknsun, this new single from JOKER STARR holds a wealth of lyrical content and a deep bellowing hook inspired by the legend Prince.
"I had the idea to make a chorus out of two 'Purple Rain' and '1999' – I wanted to give a feel of one of his records but had no idea how I was going to manage it. The song is more inspired in his style rather than the content of the lyrics."
With 15 years in the game, the rapper also known as Billy Bang Banga has built his name as a feared opponent in a string of Don't Flop battles and collaborated with the likes of Estelle, Terri Walker, Jehst, Durrty Goodz, Mystro, Ty, Sway, Fliptrix, Verb T and more.
Purple is now available on iTunes.
August 2, 2016 August 1, 2016 by Tracey Dawkins Categories: New ReleasesTags: 1999, boom bap, Durrty Goodz, Estelle, Fliptrix, hip-hop, Jehst, Joker Starr, Mystro, new release 2016, Prince, Purple (single), Purple Rain, SWAY, Terri Walker, Ty, UK hip-hop, UK music, Verb T	Leave a comment


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Contributed Content Supplementals
Beyond the Glitter: Belly Dance and Neoliberal Gentrification in Istanbul: Supplemental Material
By Cari Merritt
Cite As: Merritt, Cari. 2006. "Beyond the Glitter: Belly Dance and Neoliberal Gentrification in Istanbul: Supplemental Material." Supplementals, Fieldsights, November 1. https://culanth.org/fieldsights/beyond-the-glitter-belly-dance-and-neoliberal-gentrification-in-istanbul
This post builds on the research article "Beyond the Glitter: Belly Dance and Neoliberal Gentrification in Istanbul," which was published in the November 2006 issue of the Society's peer-reviewed journal, Cultural Anthropology.
"Istanbul 2010 cover." November 20, 2012 via Sarah Kinna.
Editorial Footnotes
Cultural Anthropology has published a number of other essays on cities and neoliberalism. See William Cunningham Bissel's essay about the relationship between neoliberalism and colonial nostalgia in Zanzibar, "Engaging Colonial Nostalgia," Ahmed Kanna's "Flexible Citizenship in Dubai: Neoliberal Subjectivity in the Emerging 'City-Corporation," and Emanuela Guano's essay, "Spectacles of Modernity: Transnational Imaginaries and Local Hegemonies in Neoliberal Buenos Aires."
Cultural Anthropology has also published a number of other essays on performance and globalization including: Damani James Partridge's essay, "We Were Dancing in the Club, Not on the Berlin Wall: Black Bodies, Street Bureaucrats, and Exclusionary Incorporation into the New Europe," and Teri Silvio's "Remediation and Local Globalizations: How Taiwan's 'Digital Video Knights-Errant Puppetry' Writes the History of the New Media in Chinese."
"Ortakoy - Istanbul." November 20, 2012 via Sarah Kinna.
Questions for Classroom Discussion
1) What role can performance practices play in illuminating class and religious differences in urban Turkey? What unique perspective does performance enable in discussions of social and economic change?
2) According to Potuoglu-Cook, how has belly dancing traditionally been regarded in Turkey? How do such connotations compare to modern day views of belly dancing in Istanbul? What events have precipitated such shifts in people's understanding of belly dancing?
3) What are the dilemmas of Islamic resurgence in contemporary Turkey? How does Potuoglu-Cook's focus on belly dance articulate those dilemmas?
4) What does Potuoglu-Cook mean by "neoliberal gentrification?" What has this process meant for Istanbul in terms of urban space and local residents? Which kinds of people in particular are at the heart of Potuoglu-Cook's discussion and why? How then, as Potuoglu-Cook writes, do "urban and cultural gentrification mutually constitute one another" (635)?
5) What was the motivation for redevelopment projects in Istanbul during the 1980s and how has Turkey's international image (in sharp contrast to other Middle Eastern countries) played a role in this project? What is "neo-Ottomania?"
6) How have the construction of modern architecture and the preservation of Ottoman architecture been justified in gentrifying Istanbul? What are some other things--e.g. images and practices--that have been marketed for similar reasons?
7) What does Potuoglu-Cook argue lies beneath Istanbul's image of a "world-class global city" that wears a "facade of material and moral orderliness" (650)?
8) How do different social groups define "cosmopolitanism" in modern Turkey and what are the real costs of clashing cosmopolitan ideals on-the-ground?
"Ortakoy at Night - Istanbul." November 20, 2012 via Sarah Kinna.


I received a call on Thursday from Mike requesting my assistance to help him find his wedding ring which he had lost a couple of weeks ago. When I asked Mike how he had lost his ring he replied that he picked up a runner off his dresser because it had some dirt on it. He had walked out of the front door to shake the runner and thought he had heard a ping noise but without realizing what it was, He returned back into the house. After a couple of days Mike realized his ring was missing from his dresser. He searched high and low for the ring in the house with no luck. He then recalled the ping nose that he had heard, and that it must have been his ring that hit the sidewalk and bounced on the lawn. Mike spent hours looking for the ring with no luck.
I stopped in on Mike this morning and he showed me the area where he thought the ring could be. I searched through dead leaves and pine needles and I told Mike that since the foliage was near the same colour as his ring it would be very hard to locate the ring with the naked eye. I searched the other side of his side walk and found his ring neatly covered in pine needles. Mike was very grateful that he had found me on the Internet.
Thank you Mike and Maryann.
A young couple vacationing in Hawaii called me to help them find her lost wedding ring. They had enjoyed the day on Kaimana Beach and weren't sure when it had slipped off her hand. I had to ask a few people to let me scan the area around and under their chairs and towels. After about 10-15 minutes of searching, I found the ring! Boy was she happy and lots of clapping from the surrounding beach goers who were all pulling for me to find her ring. She was in tears and very grateful.
Lost Rings at Night! – Pensacola Beach – FOUND!
Jan posted in usedvictoria.com that she lost her wedding ring, I replied that I maybe able to help locate it for her. We arranged to meet at Gyro Beach where she was playing with her dog and lost her ring in the sand. It was 7 P.M. Monday evening and Jan walked me down the beach to the spot that she was standing while throwing a stick for her dog and felt her ring come off.
I got set-up and started searching and within 7 minutes Jan had her ring back where it belongs, on her finger. OMG she was so happy and surprised, I am going to tell all my friends and co-workers she told me . She told me that she had bought a metal detector hoping to recover her ring only to discover the learning curve was more than she expected.
I love my job, another great recovery.
Lost Men's Platinum Wedding Ring at Sand Bar, Kaneohe…..Found!
Clint Dodson was enjoying a Father/Daughter day at the Sand Bar in Kaneohe Bay. Clint was throwing around a football having a great time when his wedding band he had worn for 16 years sailed off with the next throw. He thought it was lost forever. Sarah, who worked for Clint, looked up Ring Finders and gave me a call. I met the boat at the docks and went out to the sandbar to metal detect. Luckily Clint had used his iPhone to tag the exact GPS location. However it was late in the day, the kids were cold and everyone wanted to head home. I gave the area two passes but turned up nothing. I took a visual location and returned the next day, kayaking with my sweetheart who helps me metal detect to the sandbar. It took 3.5 hours, but I found it. While standing knee deep in the water, I sent the above picture to Clint and asked 'Is this your ring?' He replied " Holy crap! yes that's my ring". We made it back home a few hours later and Clint came over to pick up the ring. He could not believe he had his ring back. So happy!
I received an email about a lost man's gold wedding ring lost in the snow. We just received about 4 inches of the snow the night before. The ring was lost while removing the snow from the car and shoveling. The ring was somewhere in two snow plies around the cars in the driveway. I was able to come and perform the search the same day. I flatten down the first pile with no luck, then the second pile I got a good beep. Pen pointing closer to the hard snow ball and there was the ring inside. They were very happy to have the ring returned to them. I continued with a prayer and a blessing over this couple.


It is time to reveal the winners!
We were just amazed by the numbers of comments in our blogs.
Thank you all so much for partisipating in our blog hop!!
and the other lucky person gets the Craft Heaven Shop prize!
A big congratulation to you!!
and I will forward it to Magnolia.
the Craft Heaven Shop prize??!
Again a big thank you to everyone that partisipated!


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