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China's restless West
The burden of empire
After a brutal attack in China, the Communist Party needs to change its policies towards minorities
LeadersMar 8th 2014 edition
A GROUP of knife-wielding assailants, apparently Muslims from western China, caused mayhem and murder on March 1st in the south-western Chinese city of Kunming, stabbing 29 people to death at the railway station and injuring 140 others. The attack has shocked China. The crime against innocents is monstrous and unjustifiable, and has been rightly condemned by the Chinese government and by America. But as well as rounding up the culprits, the Communist Party must face up to an uncomfortable truth. Its policy for integrating the country's restless western regions—a policy that mixes repression, development and Han-Chinese migration—is failing to persuade non-Han groups of the merits of Chinese rule.
The party says the attackers were "Xinjiang extremists", by implication ethnic Uighurs, a Turkic people with ties to Central Asia who once formed the majority in the region of Xinjiang. The killers may have been radicalised abroad with notions of global jihad. Whatever the truth, there is no doubt that Uighurs are committing ever more desperate acts. Scarcely a week passes in Xinjiang without anti-government violence.
The party claims that Xinjiang has been part of China for 2,000 years. Yet for most of that time, the region has been on the fringe of China's empire, or outside it altogether. An attempt to incorporate these lands began only with the Qing dynasty's conquests in the mid-18th century. (The name Xinjiang, "new frontier", was bestowed only in the 1880s.) During the chaos of the 1940s, Uighurs declared a short-lived independent state of East Turkestan. But from 1949 the Communists began integrating Xinjiang into China by force. Demobbed Chinese soldiers were sent to colonise arid lands, the state repression of Uighurs drawing heavily on the Soviet tactics for handling "nationalities". Uighur resentment of the Han runs deep. The feeling is mutual. Many Chinese are openly racist towards Uighurs, and the government thinks them ungrateful. In 2009 hundreds of people were killed during street fighting between Uighurs and Han, who now make up two-fifths of Xinjiang's population and control a disproportionate share of its wealth.
The Kunming killers' motives may never be known. But fears of militant Islamism arriving at the heart of China must not obscure the broader problem of Chinese oppression in Xinjiang. Recent crackdowns hit at the heart of Uighur identity: students are banned from fasting during Ramadan, religious teaching for children is restricted, and Uighur-language education is limited. Many Uighurs, like their neighbours in Tibet, fear that their culture will be extinguished. Xinjiang and Tibet (and Inner Mongolia) are still China's colonies, their pacification under the Communist Party a continued imperial project. Were it not for the Dalai Lama's restraining influence, violence in Tibet might be as bad as it is in Xinjiang. As it is, over 100 Tibetans have burned themselves to death in protest at Chinese rule.
There is a large military presence in China's west. The government seems to believe that unless Uighurs and Tibetans are held in check by force, the western regions could break away. That is always a danger. But suppression, which leads to explosions of anger, may increase the risk, not mitigate it.
The only way forward is to show Uighurs (and Tibetans) how they can live peacefully and prosperously together within China. The first step is for the party to lift the bans on religious and cultural practices, give Uighurs and Tibetans more space to be themselves, and strive against prejudice in Chinese society. Economic development needs to be aimed at Uighur and Tibetan communities. Otherwise, there will be more violence and instability.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline "The burden of empire"


Will Panera Bread Earnings Keep the Stock Climbing Higher?
The restaurant business is highly competitive, and the fast-casual space has seen more and more players enter the market. Panera Bread has been on the forefront of the fast-casual trend, with its healthy-eating options catering to customers with many different tastes. With the restaurant company set to report its second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, Panera investors want to see continued sales growth, yet they have some concerns that earnings are likely to fall from year-ago levels. Let's look more closely at what Panera Bread has seen over the past quarter and whether it bodes well or ill for its results.
Can Panera earnings keep up the company's positive momentum? Investors haven't been all that optimistic about the prospects for Panera earnings in recent months, pushing down their second-quarter estimates by $0.03 per share and making more dramatic reductions in their projections for the full 2015 and 2016 years. The stock, though, has held onto gains from earlier in the year, rising another 2% since late April and remaining near record highs for the share price.
Part of the reason for caution might be that Panera's first-quarter earnings report back in April fell short of the expectations that investors had for the fast-casual chain. Revenue growth of 7% was slower than shareholders had anticipated, and adjusted earnings fell 9% from the previous year's second quarter, reflecting slowing comparable-restaurant sales and higher operating expenses. Store-count growth continued to move Panera forward, but poor guidance for the remainder of 2015 forced investors to reassess the company's potential in the near term.
To respond to challenging conditions, the restaurant chain continues to follow its Panera 2.0 strategic initiatives. So far, that has included adding new workers, and although that will continue to put pressure on overhead costs, Panera believes that it should help make the company's restaurants more efficient in the long run. In addition, making it easier for Panera customers to get digital access to ordering via mobile, Internet, and kiosk-based order-entry systems should help stem the trend toward higher labor costs as well as providing a more attractive dining experience for customers.
Furthermore, Panera sees substantial potential in some largely untapped areas of its market. CEO Ron Shaich pointed last quarter to the growth opportunities in its catering business, with its hubs having the capacity to handle large catering customers that could overwhelm individual restaurant locations. Panera also thinks that offering delivery could lead to future growth, and as long as it can put together an efficient driver network, the company thinks that its digital ordering initiatives should support a successful delivery business as well.
During the quarter, Panera did face what could have become a serious public-relations problem. Late last month, a Panera customer said that she had found a razor blade in a bowl of soup she had ordered from a restaurant in Florida. The customers said that Panera had initially failed to respond adequately when she alerted the company of the problem, but then a local news station ran a report on the incident. In response, Panera made a change to its internal procedures, replacing sharp-edged bag-opening tools with conventional scissors. Investors didn't react negatively to the news, and Panera's quick action appears to have avoided any further reputational damage from the incident.
In the Panera earnings report, keep an eye on how optimistic company executives are about both the state of the restaurant industry generally and in Panera's efforts to stay ahead of its competition. As more rivals stake their claims for restaurant-goers, it'll be increasingly important for Panera to stay on top of prevailing trends and ensure that its customers keep seeing positive results from the fast-casual chain's strategic efforts.
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Ford unveils $11.5bn extra cost-cuts in bid to kick-start turnaround
Ford's profit margin dipped to 5.2pc in the first quarter from 6.4pc a year earlier Credit: STEPHANIE LECOCQ/EPA
Hannah Boland
25 April 2018 • 11:17pm
Ford is slashing an extra $11.5bn (£8.3bn) in costs through to 2021 on top of the $14bn it had already announced, and signalled it may be looking to sell operations in Europe, as it seeks to kickstart a turnaround.
The car maker expects its annual capital expenditure to peak this year at $7.5bn, and then will be cutting costs across engineering, marketing, manufacturing and sales between 2019 and 2022, saving a total of $25.5bn.
Ford said it would "not invest in next generations of traditional Ford sedans for North America", and instead would be transitioning towards only selling two models of cars in the region – the Mustang and a new Focus Active crossover, which is coming out next year....

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Angry Melton taxi driver fined £160 after helping disabled passenger
Melton taxi driver Lee Franklin EMN-180201-123958001
Published: 18:30 Wednesday 03 January 2018
A Melton taxi driver who was fined £160 for waiting in a car park too long to pick up a disabled passenger says the penalty could put cabbies off taking fares from people with mobility problems.
Lee Franklin, who has been driving cabs in the town for 40 years, was incensed when he received the parking ticket for staying a few minutes longer than the allotted 10 minutes allowed for pick-ups at the back of the Bell Centre.
He says he had to carefully help regular passenger, Tom Christian, out of his wheelchair and into the front seat before folding his chair and putting it in the boot.
"Every time we go in that car park to pick up a disabled passenger we are susceptible to a fine and it could put us off doing it anymore," said Mr Franklin, who operates Lee's Taxis.
"I was probably there three minutes longer than I should have been but my passenger was in a wheelchair, he had recently had a stroke and he can't breathe very well.
"If you start rushing him he begins to panic so I always take it very carefully and make sure he is comfortable."
Mr Franklin has not yet paid his fine, issued by Smart Parking, which operates the car park using photographic evidence to show vehicles arriving and leaving.
Mr Christian said he was willing to accompany the cabie to court to give evidence if it goes that far.
He said: "I was surprised when he told me he had got a parking ticket after helping me into the taxi.
"I have a job getting into it because I've just had a stroke and I have to take it slow.
"It's a lot of money to have to pay for helping me.
"I feel so strongly about this that I will go to court with him."
Smart Parking said Mr Franklin was invited to appeal his parking ticket by writing officially to the company.
A607 closed at Waltham after car catches fire
A spokesperson said: "There is an appeals process.
"We cannot comment further until an appeal has been made in this case."


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Andrew Russell Paulley (November 3, 1909 – May 19, 1984) was a Canadian politician.  He served as leader of the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation from 1959 to 1961, and its successor, the New Democratic Party of Manitoba, from 1961 to 1969.

The son of Russell Henry Paulley and Elizabeth Partington, Paulley was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and was educated in the city. In 1937, he married Mary Alice Sinclair. He moved to the suburb of Transcona and worked as a foreman upholsterer for the Canadian National Railway. Paulley served as mayor of Transcona from 1946 to 1949 and from 1952 to 1953.  He also became a Freemason, and was involved in the province's socialist politics.

Paulley was a CCF candidate for St. Boniface in the federal election of 1949, finishing a distant second to Liberal Fernand Viau.  He turned to provincial politics for the 1953 provincial election, and was elected for the riding of Kildonan—Transcona.  After redistribution, he was re-elected for Radisson in 1958 and 1959.

CCF leader Lloyd Stinson lost his seat in the 1959 election, and Paulley was selected as interim leader in his place.  In 1960, he was confirmed at a party convention as Stinson's permanent replacement.  Like all previous CCF and ILP leaders in Manitoba, he was elected without opposition.

The late 1950s was a period of transformation for the Manitoba CCF, as the federal party was in the process of merging with the Canadian Labour Congress to create the New Democratic Party.  There was no strong opposition to the change in Manitoba, and the provincial CCF formally dissolved itself in 1961 to be succeeded by the New Democratic Party of Manitoba.  On November 4, 1961, Paulley defeated Cliff Matthews and Hans Fries at a delegated convention to become the new party's leader.

The elections of 1962 and 1966 were disappointments for the Manitoba NDP.  In the late 1950s, the CCF under Lloyd Stinson had made modest increases from its previous standing, and some party members believed that the NDP was well-positioned to replace the Liberals as the main opposition to Dufferin Roblin's Progressive Conservative government.

This did not occur.  Roblin's government was fairly progressive, and won the support of many centre-left voters.  Roblin was also a more popular figure than Paulley on a personal level. The Liberals, for their part, still had a support base in the province's rural and francophone communities, and were also able to win a few Winnipeg-area seats. The NDP fell from ten seats to seven in 1962. It recovered to eleven seats in 1966, but was still relegated to third-party status.

Paulley, who was re-elected on both occasions, faced increased opposition from a "modernizing" wing within the party.  There was a growing belief among NDP Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) that Paulley, while a good representative of labour interests, could not lead the party to victory at the polls. In 1968, he faced a leadership challenge from MLA Sidney Green, a labour lawyer from the riding of Inkster in north-end Winnipeg.

The contest between Paulley and Green exposed a number of divisions within the Manitoba NDP.  Green claimed (probably correctly) that he was not challenging Paulley on ideological grounds, but his campaign was nevertheless depicted by some as "radical left".  Paulley, in turn, was depicted as representing an "old labourite" demographic, unable to reach out to a younger voters or communities which had not previously supported the CCF and NDP.

Paulley fended off Green's challenge by unusual means.  During the campaign, eight NDP MLAs signed a letter calling for Paulley to be re-elected such that he could stand aside for Edward Schreyer the following year.  Paulley responded to this endorsement by claiming that he had long regarded Schreyer as the best choice to be his successor, though he was somewhat ambiguous as to whether he would actually resign if re-elected.

At the 1968 leadership convention, Paulley received 213 votes to Green's 168.  Despite making a half-hearted attempt to retain power, he resigned as leader the following year.  Schreyer defeated Green by 506 votes to 177 in the leadership race held shortly thereafter.

Under Schreyer's leadership, the NDP won an upset victory in the election of 1969.  Paulley was re-elected in Transcona, and was sworn in as Minister of Labour and Railway Commissioner on July 15, 1969.  He also became Minister of Government Services on December 18, holding his position until September 3, 1970.  He stepped down as Railway Commissioner on February 16, 1973, though continuing to hold the Labour portfolio.

Paulley was one of several MLAs in the Winnipeg area to be targeted by a conservative "citizen's group" in the election of 1973.  The group in question convinced the Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties to avoid competing against each other in certain ridings, such that a single "anti-socialist" candidate could be offered.  Facing Tory Phil Rizzuto as his only opponent, Paulley nevertheless won re-election by 6275 votes to 4151.

Paulley continued to serve as Minister of Labour throughout the second Schreyer government, also taking responsibility for the Civil Service Superannuation Act and Public Servants Insurance Act, and (after September 22, 1976) the Pension Benefits Act.  He did not seek re-election in 1977, and did not play a significant role in public life following his retirement.

Paulley died on May 19, 1984.

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Bernd & Hilla Becher, Robert Smithson — FIELD TRIPS
"In December 1968, the American artist Robert Smithson embarked on a field trip to the huge industrial complex in the Ruhr district of Germany. His local guides were the Düsseldorf-based artist duo of Bernd and Hilla Becher, and Konrad Fischer, in whose Dsseldorf gallery Smithson was scheduled to exhibit. The Bechers had begun their own project of photographing the vernacular industrial architecture of Northern Europe in the early 1960s, and had already spent several months photographing at Oberhausen as well as at adjacent industrial sites. The different series of photographs made by Smithson and the Bechers of the same site foreground their respective preoccupations with the industrial landscape and the process of production and entropy, with systems and their inevitable dissolution. Their contrasting bodies of work embody alternate perspectives on time: the Bechers' sense of historical time and Smithson's of the geological. Though formally divergent, each artist's work comprises a radical rethinking of classical notions of beauty and landscape."
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Bemalinger – site specific paintworks by Jonas Georg Christensen og Peter Olsen.
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Jonas Mekas's autobiography I Had Nowhere to Go describes his survival in the camps and his arrival in New York. Mekas tells a universal story, that of an émigré who can never go back, whose loneliness in his new world is emblematic of human existence. Published by Spector Books, 2020.…


Applied Statistical Consulting Unit (ASSZÓ) is a self-financing unit of the Department of Probability Theory and Statistics. It carries out applied statistical research for its clients, including major insurance companies (in risk analysis or mortality modelling) or banks (credit risk management), but also for other departments of the Faculty of Sciences.
It consists of the members of the Department, including its PhD students. It arranges regular working seminars, if the work needs them. Several research papers were based on these applications and the teaching got richer by them, too.


Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar has introduced its newest private label wine – Forty-Six Diamonds, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma Valley, 2008 – which is available in each of its 64 restaurants across the country, including two Chicago area locations: 25 E. Ohio St., Chicago; 312-329-9463, and 960 Milwaukee Ave., Lincolnshire; 847-793-0333.
Marian Jansen op de Haar, Fleming's National Director of Wine, partnered with famed California winemaker Walter Schug and his son Axel of Schug Winery to bottle this 2008 blend. Walter Schug was the winemaker for Joseph Phelps in 1974 when they introduced Napa's first officially recognized Bordeaux style blend, the iconic Phelps Insignia.
The grapes for this year's Forty-Six Diamonds were sourced from four outstanding Sonoma Valley vineyards: Rancho Salina, located in the hills next to the famous Monte Rosso vineyard; Atwood, located in a cool, foggy patch on the valley floor near Kenwood; and Horne and Ricci, both in Carneros. The wine is a big, polished Cabernet-blend with dark cassis, plum, blueberry and black currant fruit flavors, with fine-grained integrated tannins and a long finish.
Fleming's produced its first private label Forty-Six Diamonds in 2007 and since that time has collaborated annually with premium wineries and winemakers to create a wine that is truly one of a kind.
Other winemakers who have collaborated in the creation of Forty-Six Diamonds in past years include Michael and Rob Mondavi, Jr. of the famed Napa family, Ken Deis of Flora Springs, and George and Frank DuBoeuf of Beaujolais. According to Jansen op de Haar, in 2011 Fleming's will partner next with Salvatore Ferragamo of Il Borro Winery in Tuscany, Italy.
Thomas Arvid, internationally renowned artist and wine aficionado who was commissioned to create the label for this handcrafted boutique wine, also assisted in the blending of Forty-Six Diamonds. Each year, his label design features a diamond shape in homage to the wine's name. Arvid's oversized still life paintings of wine and the rituals around it adorn the walls of every Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar across the country.
The nationally acclaimed Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar offers the best in steakhouse dining – Prime meats and chops, fresh fish and poultry, generous salads and side orders—with a unique wine list known as the "Fleming's 100" that features 100 wines served by the glass. Fleming's was launched in Newport Beach, California in 1998 by successful restaurant industry veterans Paul Fleming and Bill Allen. Today there are 64 restaurants nationwide. Fleming's is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including Wine Enthusiast's annual Awards of Distinction and Wine Spectator's annual Awards of Excellence. For more information, please visit www.FlemingsSteakhouse.com.


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Vion (en francès i occità) és un municipi francès, situat al departament de l'Ardecha i a la regió d'Alvèrnia-Roine-Alps. L'any 2007 tenia 866 habitants.

Demografia

Població
El 2007 la població de fet de Vion era de 866 persones. Hi havia 329 famílies de les quals 84 eren unipersonals (44 homes vivint sols i 40 dones vivint soles), 88 parelles sense fills, 141 parelles amb fills i 16 famílies monoparentals amb fills.

La població ha evolucionat segons el següent gràfic:

Habitants censats

Habitatges
El 2007 hi havia 400 habitatges, 336 eren l'habitatge principal de la família, 48 eren segones residències i 16 estaven desocupats. 363 eren cases i 35 eren apartaments. Dels 336 habitatges principals, 265 estaven ocupats pels seus propietaris, 61 estaven llogats i ocupats pels llogaters i 9 estaven cedits a títol gratuït; 3 tenien una cambra, 18 en tenien dues, 38 en tenien tres, 99 en tenien quatre i 177 en tenien cinc o més. 213 habitatges disposaven pel capbaix d'una plaça de pàrquing. A 136 habitatges hi havia un automòbil i a 175 n'hi havia dos o més.

Piràmide de població
La piràmide de població per edats i sexe el 2009 era:

Economia
El 2007 la població en edat de treballar era de 561 persones, 416 eren actives i 145 eren inactives. De les 416 persones actives 367 estaven ocupades (216 homes i 151 dones) i 49 estaven aturades (16 homes i 33 dones). De les 145 persones inactives 48 estaven jubilades, 55 estaven estudiant i 42 estaven classificades com a «altres inactius».

Ingressos
El 2009 a Vion hi havia 341 unitats fiscals que integraven 912 persones, la mediana anual d'ingressos fiscals per persona era de 16.256 €.

Activitats econòmiques
Dels 24 establiments que hi havia el 2007, 1 era d'una empresa alimentària, 1 d'una empresa de fabricació de material elèctric, 3 d'empreses de fabricació d'altres productes industrials, 6 d'empreses de construcció, 3 d'empreses de comerç i reparació d'automòbils, 3 d'empreses d'hostatgeria i restauració, 1 d'una empresa immobiliària, 5 d'empreses de serveis i 1 d'una empresa classificada com a «altres activitats de serveis».

Dels 5 establiments de servei als particulars que hi havia el 2009, 2 eren paletes, 2 guixaires pintors i 1 restaurant.

Dels 2 establiments comercials que hi havia el 2009, 1 era una fleca i 1 una carnisseria.

L'any 2000 a Vion hi havia 30 explotacions agrícoles que ocupaven un total de 54 hectàrees.

Equipaments sanitaris i escolars
El 2009 hi havia una escola elemental.

Poblacions properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

 Résumé statistique Fitxa resum de dades estadístiques de Vion a l'INSEE.
 Évolution et structure de la population Fitxa amb el detall de dades de Vion a l'INSEE
 France par commune Dades detallades de tots els municipis de França accessibles a partir del mapa.

Municipis de l'Ardecha


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Rudolf Ostermann GmbH, with headquarters in Bocholt (Germany), is a customer oriented, highly experienced, continually expanding wholesaler for the carpentry and furniture industry. With about 400 employees and a dispatch of up to 6,000 positions daily, Ostermann is the European leader in edges and accessories. From Bocholt and offices in the Netherlands, UK, Italy, France, Belgium and Switzerland, Ostermann supplies more than 25,000 carpenters, furniture producers and interior design companies all over Europe.


More David Beckham in his pants!
If the hordes of screaming women descending on Selfridges yesterday are anything to go by, then pictures of David Beckham in his pants will never fail to prompt mass hysteria!
The first of the racy ads were unveiled yesterday, as a six-storey high image descended to cover the entire front façade of Selfridges.
While Becks took his place on the podium, wife Victoria looked on proudly from the sidelines.
Playing a back seat, the former Spice Girl watched as her beau was presented to his adoring fans, and then indulged in a spot of shopping, to the surprise of wandering Selfridges shoppers, as Becks met fans, and signed autographs.


For Teens Only: Could I Have Clinical Depression or Bipolar Disorder?
Every annoying adult will tell a teenager that adolescence can be a troubling time. Hormones drive moods and the struggle to find both identity and your place with friends can be a touch and go experience. Observing friends' moods can help you gauge whether your own fall outside the typical range or not.
When your feelings seem more intense—either when you're happy or when you're sad— than those of your friends, it's worth exploring the signs and contours of a mood disorder.
If you or a loved one expresses thoughts of suicide, contact a medical professional, clergy member, family member or friend immediately or call 1-800-273-TALK. Suicidal thoughts result from biochemical imbalances that can be rectified.
If you recognize some of these symptoms in yourself, know first that you are not alone. Mood disorders are incredibly prevalent in society today. One in ten adolescents between the ages of 13 and 19 will experience some form of bipolar disorder or depression.
Some of the most talented celebrities ( Jim Carrey, Howie Mandell, Hugh Laurie), athletes (Terry Bradshaw, Ricky Williams, Earl Campbell), musicians (Kurt Cobain, Naomi Judd, Adam Ant) and politicians (Abraham Lincoln, Dan White, Merriwether Lewis ), have not only admitted to having mood disorders, they've discussed their situations openly on television. Having experienced the futility of hiding and ignoring their atypical moods, they exhort others to be honest with others and seek out the best treatments. To find more famous people who enjoy vibrant careers and relationships despite their mood disorders, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_depression. There are ten names listed under every letter of the alphabet! As ready as celebrities and others are to come out about their issues, within five years, there should be a show just about the challenges of having a mood disorder.
Do My Issues Add Up to Bipolar Disorder or Depression?
The first list covers symptoms of depression. If you're having persistent, intense sadness for periods of two weeks or more, to the point where you're staying home from school and other activities, you may be experiencing an imbalance of neurotransmitters (nor- epinephrine, serotonin and others) in your brain.
If you have periods of severe lows followed by periods where you're experiencing some of the symptoms from the second list above, you may have bipolar disorder. People with bipolar disorder can be misdiagnosed as having only depression because, interpreting them as positive, these individuals do not report their "up" or manic periods. Manic symptoms can feel good, but they can also ruin relationships, school achievement and job prospects. Further, if you engage in some kind of reckless behavior while you feel invincible during a manic high, the repercussions cannot be erased.
If biochemical compounds are interfering with your enjoyment of life and threatening your future, chances are biochemical compounds, introduced in the form of medicines, can chase those blues away. Decades of strict research have confirmed that depression and bipolar result from a chemical imbalance in the brain. Often, this imbalance can be treated and rectified. It has nothing to do with character weakness or inability to cope.
Our Bodies; Our Genes: The brain's chemicals become imbalanced for a number of reasons. Some individuals are genetically predisposed to depressive or bipolar illness. Just as a diabetic's body does not make enough insulin, the bodies and brains of some depressed people do not create an ideal balance of neurotransmitters. Mood disorders are just as biochemically based as asthma or multiple sclerosis. People suffering from these disorders do not feel ashamed for taking the medicine they need. Neither should you.
Scientists have also proven that mood disorders can run in families. The great American writer, Ernest Hemingway, fought suicidal thoughts all of his life, trying to manage his depression with alcohol. He eventually succeeded in killing himself at the age of 62.
This choice was nothing new for the Hemingway family. His father, Clarence Hemingway, his siblings Ursula and Leicester, and his granddaughter Margaux Hemingway, all took the same path to end their suffering. The biochemical predilection to depression and possibly manic depression ravaged the Hemingway family as much as breast cancer crops up in generation after generation of families today.
Researchers know now that suicidal thoughts emerge when neurotransmitters exist in sub-optimal levels. Once these levels are rebalanced, suicidal thoughts disappear, no matter how much the depressed person felt they were making a rational decision!
Life Events and Circumstances: A death, natural disaster or other traumatic event can send anyone—adult, teen, child—into such a spiral of despair, the brain cannot work its way out again (see our blog: "Quarterback Terry Bradshaw: Anxious and Depressed?"). Studies show that 40% of those experiencing post-traumatic stress also exhibit signs of chronic depression (see our article: "Traumatic Events and Mood Disorders.") A traumatic event can be purely individual. One soldier can come home from Iraq and jump back into the work force. More, however, are haunted by images of death and destruction. With medication and therapy, they recover. Is one a better person than the other?
The boost your brain receives from medication and/or therapy and/or lifestyle changes can get it back on track, functioning at optimal levels. In the majority of cases, individuals take anti-depressant medications for less than one year.
Other Disease: In other cases, serious illness such as heart disease, diabetes or cancer sends some into depression. First the medications required can cause hormonal changes that effect mood. If the disease prevents you from eating and exercising optimally, negative moods can descend as well. Most of all, however, the onset of serious illness can cause a level of stress, fear and sadness that affects even the most upbeat. Anti-depressant medication can help you face the challenges that lay ahead. Check with your doctor to make its safe to take the mood medications with your other medications.


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Stephanie Allynne performs regularly at UCB-LA with Last Day of School Text Message Show and ASSSSCAT. She can also be seen in In A World, Gregory Go Boom (Sundance 2014), KIT (Sundance 2013) The League, The Mindy Project, Maron, 2 Broke Girls, Kroll Show, Key & Peele, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Birthday Boys, and in Matt Besser's webseries The Master Class.
Her UCB credits include her solo show Urban Adjacent, Arts & Athletics (harold team), Library Cards (a play written and performed by Stephanie Allynne and Zoe Jarman), The Midnight Show, Bob and Naomi Odenkirk's The Non-Inappropriate Show, The Charlyne Yi Show: An Improvised Play, Nick Thune's Big Talk Show, and countless others. Stephanie also performs with the UCB Touring Company.
Stephanie also recently joined the "Mr. Show: An Evening with Bob and David" tour. She toured the U.S. with Drew Carey and The Midnight Show, performed at San Francisco Sketchfest, All Dick and No Jane Comedy Festival, The Del Close Marathon, Ron Lynch's The Tomorrow Show, The Super Serious Show, and The Hot House Comedy Show.
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Writer Stephanie Allynne sits down with Cameron to discuss finding her sexuality while in a relationship, shooting sex scenes, and playing Nat on 'The L Word: Generation Q', now in its second season!
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Jon Gabrus, Betsy Sodaro, Eugene Cordero, and Stephanie Allynne enrich their lives by learning how to whistle on this week's improv4humans with Matt Besser! They'll also follow an orgasm eater on a date, meet expert booger disposers, and get familiar with a guy who sells his vitamin filled urine. Plus, we figure out what were the steps that went through to put up a misspelled STOP sign in the return of the Mope Report.
Original airdate: December 18, 2014.
456 — Wild Horses (Re-Release)
Lauren Lapkus, Stephanie Allynne, Mary Holland, and Erin Whitehead are all friends, make up the improv group Wild Horses, and have been specially requested for your listening pleasure on this week's improv4humans with Matt Besser! Join them as they take us to a unique library story time, show us how embarrassing it is to be overly prepared for a phone call to a crush, and describe why cheese is sometimes not for everyone.
Original airdate: February 13, 2014.
41 — Girl Talk (w/ Wild Horses)
This week Mary Holland, Erin Whitehead and Stephanie Allynne from Wild Horses are in studio to play the classic 90's sleepover game Girl Talk! They will discover their futures while sharing embarrassing school stories and trying to avoid zit stickers. Plus: a Very Special Episode of Saved By The Bell that's even more special than usual!
49 — Drunk Mailmen, LOST and Middle School All Over Again
Hilarious actress and writer Stephanie Allynne join Matt and Dave this week to remember LOST, magazines, and kid songs from childhood. Plus, Tennessee town stories with wife Tig Notaro, not being prude, and feeling like you're in middle school all over.
This episode is sponsored by Mack Weldon (www.mackweldon.com code: HOMO) and Phlur (www.phlur.com code: HOMO).
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The humons have voted, and here are your favorite scenes of 2017! These performances feature Andy Daly, Bob Dassie, Mary Holland, Lauren Lapkus, Erin Whitehead, Stephanie Allynne, Mookie Blaiklock, Craig Rowin, Brandon Gardner, Tim Meadows, Shaun Diston, Chad Carter, Horatio Sanz, Rafe Williams, Eric Christensen, Ben Lyons, Melissa Darch, John Gemberling, Gil Ozeri, Jen D'Angelo, Jessica St. Clair, Lennon Parham, Will Hines, Scott Aukerman, Anthony King, Alex Fernie, Jason Mantzoukas, Sasheer Zamata, Noël Wells, Jon Gabrus, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Drew Tarver, Jessica McKenna, Eugene Cordero, Gavin Speiller, and Brian Huskey. Let these humons know you love them on improv4humans!
This episode is sponsored by The Harold Ramis Film School.


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A huqqah is a pipe used for smoking, with a water container (called a huqqah base) and a long flexible pipe. The Arabic inscription underneath this huqqah base reads 'from (?) the death of the Prophet year 1172' (wafaat rasuul dm 1172 sanah). This could mean the year 1758-9, 1804 or 1768-9 depending on how one interprets it. It may have been made for a Chinese Muslim, perhaps one of the Uyghur minority from Turkestan whom the Qianlong emperor integrated into the imperial hierarchy. Uyghur people use the Arabic alphabet to write their language. Qianlong had a Uyghur Muslim concubine, Rong Fei (or Xiang Fei) who lived in his palace from 1760-1788.


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Innovative Mobile Solution Meeting NHS Demand
First fleet of mobile decontamination units creating significant efficiencies for endoscopy departments.
Endoscopy departments across the UK are benefiting from access to the UK's first fleet of mobile decontamination units, from leading mobile medical unit provider, EMS Healthcare Ltd. Quest+ Decontamination is a ground-breaking innovation designed to save hospitals considerable time and money.
With this new fleet, hospitals can continue endoscope reprocessing services without disruption, creating efficiencies either when in-house decontamination is running at full capacity, department refurbishments are required, or equipment has reached the end of its eight-to-ten-year lifecycle.
The units, which have been designed in accordance with JAG guidelines and developed in partnership with Cantel (UK) Limited, include four RapidAER™ Endoscope Reprocessors, a double endoscopy grade height adjustable sink, integral RO plant, a track and trace system and clean and dirty areas enabling a one-way flow for scopes.
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is one of the latest trusts to bring the Quest+ Decontamination unit to the hospital estate. Collaborating with EMS Healthcare and Cantel (UK) Limited, the unit will be stationed at Leicester General Hospital for 12 months, alleviating pressure whilst the trust undergoes centralisation of its decontamination departments.
Claire Jones-Manning, Decontamination Lead at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, commented: "When we made the decision to centralise our decontamination departments we were faced with a period of sustained disruption across the trust. Working with EMS Healthcare we've been able to avoid this, finding a solution that will ensure the smooth delivery of services for our patients.
"Crucially, EMS Healthcare's support has allowed us to take a proactive approach to tackling capacity challenges – a real benefit to the overall efficiency of our trust."
The new contract at Leicester follows the successful deployment of the first Quest+ Decontamination unit at Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield.
Jo Quarterman, Commercial Manager at EMS Healthcare, added "To be able to follow up the deployment of our first mobile endoscopy decontamination unit at Pinderfields Hospital so quickly is a huge show of confidence in this solution. When developing the Quest+ Decontamination unit, we worked closely with leading healthcare providers and market experts to create a solution that could address capacity challenges just like this, so it is especially encouraging now to see the unit having an impact on the ground."
A domino effect
Introducing a fleet of four mobile decontamination units has allowed EMS to respond to increasing demand, with Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust being the most recent to follow suit. To date, over 6,000 scopes have been reprocessed inside the mobile units, with this number expected to continue to rise in the coming months.
Russell Snellgrove, Decontamination Manager at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, said: "When faced with a need for vital refurbishment works, the obvious side effect is major disruption to services. In the case of our decontamination department, we were faced with having to reduce patient lists, which would significantly increase waiting times. Instead, EMS Healthcare provided us with a solution that could be deployed quickly and safely on site, enabling the smooth transition of services for the trust.
"In the short time the unit has been on site it has already had a hugely positive impact on patient satisfaction. The trust is operating in line with our 2-week waiting time target, and we've been able to open a fourth endoscopy procedure room within the hospital as a direct result of increased efficiencies."
The power of partnerships
EMS Healthcare has officially partnered with reprocessing equipment provider, Cantel (UK) Ltd, and RO plant provider, Veolia Water Technologies, on the Quest+ Decontamination units. Collaborating in this way has allowed EMS Healthcare to provide trusts with a fully self-sufficient solution for all decontamination needs.
Nic Barnes, Sales Director at Cantel, said: "When we put this partnership with EMS Healthcare and Veolia in place, we aimed to be able to support hospitals in the delivery of uncompromised care. This has now been realised and is resulting in real cost and time efficiencies for hospitals embracing the solution."


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The Village Fine Arts Association (VFAA) has put out the call for artists and musicians to participate in the 12th annual Poety Art Night (PAN) on Saturday, April 13, 6:30 p.m. in the Milford Public Library Community Room, 330 Family Drive . Milford. Tickets will be available at the door -Adults $10, Children 17 and under $5.
The VFAA has been greater Milford's premier independent art organization for over two decades, holding art shows, monthly meetings with informational speakers, workshops open to all skill levels and numerous events and projects within the community.
PAN is a visual arts and poetry competition and sale. Artists are invited to enter their 2 or 3 dimensional artwork, accompanied by a poem. The poem should be either the inspiration for the art piece, or inspired by the art. The poem can be an original by the artist, or someone else or a previously published poem. Only original poems by the artist or commissioned by the artist for the show will be judged and eligible for prizes.
To enter the PAN competition artists should go to the VFAA website and download the prospectus. The entry deadline is March 16, so hurry to get your application in to participate in this event. As for the rest of us, we'll just have to wait until PAN comes to Milford on April 13.
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This book is an account of physical chemistry designed for students in the sciences and in engineering. It should also prove useful to chemists in industry who desire a review of the subject. The treatment is somewhat more precise than is customary in elementary books, and most of the important relationships have been given at least a heuristic derivation from fundamental principles. A prerequisite knowledge of calculus, college physics, and two years of college chemistry is assumed.


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Methods of anorectal manometry vary widely in clinical practice: Results from an international survey
The International Anorectal Physiology Working Party Group (IAPWG)
Background: Ano-rectal manometry (ARM) is the most commonly performed investigation for assessment of anorectal dysfunction. Its use is supported by expert consensus documents and international guidelines. Variation in technology, data acquisition, and analysis affect results and clinical interpretation. This study examined variation in ARM between institutions to establish the status of current practice. Methods: A 50-item web-based questionnaire assessing analysis and interpretation of ARM was distributed by the International Anorectal Physiology Working Group via societies representing practitioners that perform ARM. Study methodology and performance characteristics between institutions were compared. Key Results: One hundred and seven complete responses were included from 30 countries. Seventy-nine (74%) institutions performed at least two studies per week. Forty-nine centers (47%) applied conventional ARM (≤8 pressure sensors) and 57 (53%) high-resolution ARM (HR-ARM). Specialist centers were most likely to use HR-ARM compared to regional hospitals and office-based practice (63% vs 37%). Most conventional ARM systems used water-perfused technology (34/49); solid-state hardware was more frequently used in centers performing HR-ARM (44/57). All centers evaluated rest and squeeze. There was marked variation in the methods used to report results of maneuvers. No two centers had identical protocols for patient preparation, setup, study, and data interpretation, and no center fully complied with published guidelines. Conclusions & Inferences: There is significant discrepancy in methods for data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of ARM. This is likely to impact clinical interpretation, transfer of data between institutions, and research collaboration. There is a need for expert international co-operation to standardize ARM.
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anorectal manometry
anorectal physiology
faecal/fecal incontinence
high-resolution anorectal manometry
The International Anorectal Physiology Working Party Group (IAPWG) (2017). Methods of anorectal manometry vary widely in clinical practice: Results from an international survey. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 29(8), [e13016]. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.13016
Methods of anorectal manometry vary widely in clinical practice : Results from an international survey. / The International Anorectal Physiology Working Party Group (IAPWG).
In: Neurogastroenterology and Motility, Vol. 29, No. 8, e13016, 01.08.2017.
The International Anorectal Physiology Working Party Group (IAPWG) 2017, 'Methods of anorectal manometry vary widely in clinical practice: Results from an international survey', Neurogastroenterology and Motility, vol. 29, no. 8, e13016. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.13016
The International Anorectal Physiology Working Party Group (IAPWG). Methods of anorectal manometry vary widely in clinical practice: Results from an international survey. Neurogastroenterology and Motility. 2017 Aug 1;29(8). e13016. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.13016
The International Anorectal Physiology Working Party Group (IAPWG). / Methods of anorectal manometry vary widely in clinical practice : Results from an international survey. In: Neurogastroenterology and Motility. 2017 ; Vol. 29, No. 8.
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'It's a start': Can the Aurora Games create a new model for women's sports?
Last week's six-day celebration of women's sports in Albany was beset by problems, but founder Jerry Solomon is confident the concept is sound and the time to highlight female athletes is now
Erica Ayala
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American gymnast Katelyn Ohashi was among the biggest draws at the Aurora Games. Photograph: Tim Nwachukwu/NCAA Photos via Getty Images
Last week, the Aurora Games took over the Times Union Center in upstate New York. Billed as an international multi-sport women's festival, the event brought together roughly 150 athletes, including Olympic champions and grand slam winners, to compete for Team Americas and Team World in tennis, gymnastics, basketball, ice hockey, figure skating, beach volleyball and table tennis.
The mission of the Games, founded by longtime sports executive Jerry Solomon, was to create a platform to celebrate and elevate women athletes. The Aurora Games will be held every two years and has already committed to return to Albany for 2021 and 2023.
At a time when women in sports are fighting for equitable pay on the soccer pitch, an end to sexual assault in gymnastics and more professional leagues in ice hockey, the Aurora Games set out to establish a new bar for the production of women's sports. Whether it succeeded is an open question.
The most urgent topics in women's sports today have been pay equity, creating a professional environment and visibility. It would be difficult for the Aurora Games to successfully be a progressive women's sporting event without the participating athletes being compensated appropriately.
Team Americas ice hockey coach and Aurora Games advisory board member Digit Murphy told the Guardian that ice hockey contracts were set at $2,500 and covered travel, meals, accommodations and other expenses.
"They worked for four to five days and they got compensated handsomely. All their expenses are paid, all the bills are paid … we felt that it was a good number. We felt like it was more than they're getting paid for a month of the season, for a weekend."
Many of the players participating in the Aurora Games played in the now defunct Canadian Women's Hockey League or the National Women's Hockey League. In the 2018-19 season, women's pro hockey salaries in North America ranged from $2,000 to $10,000 dollars for a seven-month season.
Murphy noted she was asked to keep her equipment budget under $10,000, but did not know exactly how much was spent on the ice hockey events. Requests made for the details of the athlete contracts, including compensation, were not offered at the time of publication.
Women athletes largely agree pay equity is a process as opposed to a concrete destination. En route to larger salaries, women are also fighting for work conditions appropriate for world class athletes.
"My first metric is the athletes. If the athletes say to me, 'Hey, thanks for doing this, but this is a stupid idea. No one's ever gonna play this again.' That's not a good metric. The feedback from the athletes so far has been exactly the opposite. That they've been really appreciative … they've been talking about how great of an idea it is, how important it is how, how happy they are, to be part of it to be part of the first one that is really meaningful."
Athletes have expressed the same sentiment.
"It's been amazing and everything around it has been good," said Swedish ice hockey player Rebecca Stenberg said. "It's the first of its kind, so [we'll] see how it goes. I hope there's gonna be a lot more of these events and I hope that people see women's sports in another perspective."
American figure skater Mirai Nagasu added, "Growing up, I was told 'I can't do that because I'm a girl.' I should stick to Barbies and dolls and that's not always the case. I preferred bugs and throwing myself and taking really hard falls. Skating is a little like parkour with a lot more glitter … we put sunglasses on how hard we work. We make it look easy, that's our job. But it's really cool to be a part of something focused on women and females."
However, there have been a few things that were not in line with creating the best athlete experience. For starters, the equipment for the first several events, most notably gymnastics and basketball, were damp from the condensation the arena ice created.
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During Thursday's basketball shootaround and evening event, towels were placed near the benches and camera crew areas so no water made its way onto the court. During the ice hockey open clinic, a participating athlete noted there was "a lot of work" needed to get the ice to decent condition. The athlete also expressed concerns for the ice along the boards.
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There were also reports that the beach volleyball participants were not scheduled to have practice time until the day of their event, which had an 11am start time. Reports indicated the players were not originally offered an alternative practice area but that one was secured Saturday.
Some of these issues were likely due to all six events happening at the same arena in six consecutive days. Albany has already been secured for the 2021 and 2023 Aurora Games. However, Solomon may rethink having all the events in the same arena.
"We probably need to be outside of one building," Solomon said ahead of Thursday's basketball event. Albany was not a first-choice destination, but was the best choice at the time. While the idea of having all the events in one building was tempting, it proved difficult.
Another lesson from the inaugural Aurora Games is that visibility for women's sports remains an issue. Part of that is drawing on a more global market, Solomon said Thursday. Even if the Aurora Games was able to offer competitive contracts, and could offer a better venue experience for next time, did they do enough to draw in media attention in the first year?
"When you start to get into all this, you find out that the women get 4% of the coverage overall around the world in sports, as men. I actually don't even know how that's possible," Solomon told the Guardian.
To combat that, the Aurora Games partnered with ESPN in their first year. In May, the network announced it would air coverage from all six nights on ESPNU and ESPNews.
Print and online media covered the Games as well, but the press corps on hand for the events Thursday through Saturday was sparse. Some told the Guardian they felt the Aurora Games could have done a better job drumming up media attention.
The Aurora Games had consistent local coverage and national American outlets such as espnW and The Athletic covered Lindsay Whalen, the coach of the Team Americas basketball. CBC and the Wall Street Journal, and The Telegraph also covered the sports festival. The latter two questioned whether the Games would be successful in drawing crowds.
Katelyn Ohashi's perfect 10 reminded America life could be fun again
On Sunday, the event announced they drew an overall attendance of 20,423 over six nights, or an average crowd of approximately 3,400 for each session. The Times Union Center has a maximum capacity of 17,500 with the lower bowl seating 6,000 fans, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Murphy was pleased with the crowd of 2,851 fans that watched Team Americas defeat Team World in tennis on Friday night. The lineups included Rogers Cup champion Bianca Andreescu, former world No 1 Victoria Azarenka and two-time major champion Garbine Muguruza.
The biggest crowd of the week was for women's gymnastics, as 4,210 watched American gymnast and viral sensation Katelyn Ohashi scored a perfect 10 on the floor exercise to help Team Americas to the victory.
"I feel great. I think that it's a start. There's a lot of men's teams that would like 2,000 people at their events that are just starting … I think generating the buzz and excitement, it was very well done," she said.
Solomon added: "Success, or lack of success, for the Aurora Games can be measured in a lot of different ways, and by different people in different ways … Here tonight, you'll see a basketball game. The one thing we know, they're great athletes, they're going to put on the best show that they can. And, you know, if you like basketball, you probably gonna have a good time tonight. But there's not gonna be a lot of people in the stands. And so, you know, the critic will say, 'See, there's no market for this.'"
Solomon was right: it wasn't a great crowd. There were just over 2,500 fans on hand to watch Team World edge out Team Americas, 85-77. However, that will not convince him the event wasn't a success.
"I went to the first Super Bowl. It wasn't sold out. The tickets were cheap. And if somebody had said, well, 50 years from now, the Super Bowl is going to be the biggest thing on the planet. It would have sounded stupid.
"The Aurora Games are named after the Roman goddess of the dawn. And Rome wasn't built in a day. And so I think there are a lot of people who are very, very excited about what we're doing. And I think that we'll sort of see how it all goes."
Drawing a conclusion as to whether the 2019 Aurora Games was successful is complicated. Criticism of the attendance and venue challenges is fair. So too is Solomon's "let's wait and see" approach.
Ultimately, the six-day festival held this year is a baseline. It is natural for media to question the success of an event by clear-cut metrics like attendance, ticket sales, viewership and profitability. As of now, we only have the attendance numbers.
It is worth noting that the 2019 Aurora Games sought to do something that has never been done and they were successful in that. One could measure the volume of attendance, sponsors or salaries for events in one of the six sports to gauge success. However, that is an apples to oranges comparison. Of course, the Olympics is the closest analogue to the Aurora Games, but with a 119-year head start. Not to mention, it includes men and women.
Solomon sees the Aurora Games as an idea whose time has arrived. Eighteen years ago, he was approached by a group wanted to start a linear 24-hour women's sports network. Solomon didn't believe 2001 was the right time, but the idea stuck with him. By 2016, she began to see an opportunity to host a women's sporting event like none other.
"I really saw this as, this should be a platform for women athletes that shows what they're all about, because they're great. And they're entertaining. And they're personable, and they have stories, and their role models … but they get lost in the comparison to the men and in the bigness of the men," he said.
The 'bigness' Solomon is referring to all revolves around money. The average baseball team, a sport many believe to be struggling to keep fans, is estimated to be worth $1.78bn. Alternatively, an owner could buy a women's professional softball team for $250,000 and operate a franchise for roughly $1m, according to sports economist David Berri.
As of yet, we don't know if the Aurora Games made a profit or operated at a loss. It is also unclear if Solomon has fully detailed how to measure success of the first-of-its-kind event.
However, the baseline has been set. The Games recruited over 150 athletes, secured over 20 sponsors, and drew an overall crowd of 20,000 fans. With 2019 as a guidepost and with the city of Albany already committed for two more games, Solomon and his team must move the needle.


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package org.ovirt.engine.ui.webadmin.section.main.view.tab.datacenter;

import javax.inject.Inject;

import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.businessentities.StoragePool;
import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.businessentities.network.Network;
import org.ovirt.engine.ui.common.idhandler.ElementIdHandler;
import org.ovirt.engine.ui.common.uicommon.model.SearchableDetailModelProvider;
import org.ovirt.engine.ui.common.widget.table.column.TextColumnWithTooltip;
import org.ovirt.engine.ui.uicommonweb.UICommand;
import org.ovirt.engine.ui.uicommonweb.models.datacenters.DataCenterListModel;
import org.ovirt.engine.ui.uicommonweb.models.datacenters.DataCenterNetworkListModel;
import org.ovirt.engine.ui.webadmin.ApplicationConstants;
import org.ovirt.engine.ui.webadmin.section.main.presenter.tab.datacenter.SubTabDataCenterNetworkPresenter;
import org.ovirt.engine.ui.webadmin.section.main.view.AbstractSubTabTableView;
import org.ovirt.engine.ui.webadmin.widget.action.WebAdminButtonDefinition;

import com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT;

public class SubTabDataCenterNetworkView extends AbstractSubTabTableView<StoragePool, Network, DataCenterListModel, DataCenterNetworkListModel>
        implements SubTabDataCenterNetworkPresenter.ViewDef {

    interface ViewIdHandler extends ElementIdHandler<SubTabDataCenterNetworkView> {
        ViewIdHandler idHandler = GWT.create(ViewIdHandler.class);
    }

    @Inject
    public SubTabDataCenterNetworkView(SearchableDetailModelProvider<Network, DataCenterListModel, DataCenterNetworkListModel> modelProvider, ApplicationConstants constants) {
        super(modelProvider);
        ViewIdHandler.idHandler.generateAndSetIds(this);
        initTable(constants);
        initWidget(getTable());
    }

    void initTable(ApplicationConstants constants) {
        getTable().enableColumnResizing();

        TextColumnWithTooltip<Network> nameColumn = new TextColumnWithTooltip<Network>() {
            @Override
            public String getValue(Network object) {
                return object.getName();
            }
        };
        nameColumn.makeSortable();
        getTable().addColumn(nameColumn, constants.nameNetwork(), "400px"); //$NON-NLS-1$

        TextColumnWithTooltip<Network> descriptionColumn = new TextColumnWithTooltip<Network>() {
            @Override
            public String getValue(Network object) {
                return object.getDescription();
            }
        };
        descriptionColumn.makeSortable();
        getTable().addColumn(descriptionColumn, constants.descriptionNetwork(), "400px"); //$NON-NLS-1$

        getTable().addActionButton(new WebAdminButtonDefinition<Network>(constants.newNetwork()) {
            @Override
            protected UICommand resolveCommand() {
                return getDetailModel().getNewCommand();
            }
        });
        getTable().addActionButton(new WebAdminButtonDefinition<Network>(constants.editNetwork()) {
            @Override
            protected UICommand resolveCommand() {
                return getDetailModel().getEditCommand();
            }
        });
        getTable().addActionButton(new WebAdminButtonDefinition<Network>(constants.removeNetwork()) {
            @Override
            protected UICommand resolveCommand() {
                return getDetailModel().getRemoveCommand();
            }
        });
    }

}

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HCE is expected to deliver a simplified, lower cost approach for contactless mobile payments and digital secure remote e-commerce payments over the internet, removing much of the technical and business complexity associated with the alternative secure element implementation model. However, HCE introduces new security challenges and risk models that mean banks require security enhancements to their existing card issuing and transaction processing infrastructures. Limited-use credentials are delivered to the phone in advance to enable contactless transactions to take place. Although this method enables banks to maintain control, it has a different profile of security and risk challenges that need to be addressed, resulting in numerous technical approaches that can be taken.
RPC moved forward with the development of its digital payment application that enables contactless mobile payments via HCEprepped Android smartphones at point of sale terminals. "Given the criticality of this offering to RPC, my team was focused on finding the optimal HCE security solution in the shortest possible timeframe," Kuruc recalled.
RPC has been utilizing Thales hardware security modules (HSMs) in its main data centers for some years. However, Thales HSMs also can be used to secure HCE-based solutions: payment credentials are securely generated by the issuer and stored centrally using HSMs. As an integral part of the overall risk profile, the card issuers also have the flexibility to decide how many keys are saved on each phone to cover situations where authorization without handset data connectivity is needed. This exactly matched RPC's requirements.
Thales has been at the forefront of offering HCE support in its HSM software, working closely with the major card schemes since the initial HCE proprietary specifications were first made available to the vendor community in 2014 and therefore RPC was able to quickly benefit from this expertise. The payShield 9000 HSMs already deployed by RPC only needed software license upgrades (which can be performed remotely using the payShield Manager remote management tool) to support HCE. This was more cost effective than having to buy additional HSMs or being forced to migrate to a totally different HSM model.
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Listen: Deftones and Public Enemy are back, plus new music from Alicia Keys and BTS
Robert Spuhler September 24, 2020Updated: September 24, 2020, 7:37 am
Vocalist Chino Moreno of Deftones performs at Aftershock Festival 2018 at Discovery Park in Sacramento. Photo: Miikka Skaffari / FilmMagic
The Chronicle's guide to notable new music.
Deftones, "Ohms" (Warner)
The alt-metal heroes, who got their start in Sacramento, return for their ninth album and reunite with Terry Date, who produced the band's debut album and has worked with Incubus, Soundgarden, Pantera and Korn, among many others. The single "Genesis" finds the band heading back to its metal roots, while the title track would have been an alt-rock staple in 2001.
Deftones' new album "Ohm." Photo: Frank Maddocks
To also mark their comeback, the Grammy Award-winning band launched the Adopt-a-Dot campaign where fans can "adopt" one or more dots from the 12,995 pixelated dots that comprise their new album's cover-art, created by Frank Maddocks. The dots are $20 each and once purchased, fans can upload their photo to www.deftones.com/adopt and be part of the album cover.
All proceeds from the campaign benefit the UC Davis Children's Hospital and Live Nation's Crew Nation relief fund, which supports live music crews who have been affected by COVID-19.
Machine Gun Kelly, "Tickets to My Downfall" (Bad Boy/Interscope)
The rapper and actor goes full pop-punk on his fifth album, enlisting Blink-182's Travis Barker to produce and play drums (no word yet if Barker, a noted UFO aficionado, had anything to do with a song called "Concert for Aliens" that shows up on the track list), with Kelly on guitar. Halsey, Blackbear and Iann Dior each make guest appearances on the regular album as well, while bonus songs on the extended edition feature PVRIS and a cover of Paramore's "Misery Business."
Action Bronson, "Only for Dolphins" (Loma Vista)
As the rapper/TV host/author/foodie said on his 2018 album "White Bronco": "My next album's only for dolphins." At least one thing in 2020 was delivered as promised (seriously, take a listen for yourself). He's still got punch lines, he's still got pop culture references ("Golden Eye" calls back to the cult favorite Nintendo 64 game of the same name), and he's still got production ranging from U.K. "lovers rock" reggae to Spanish guitar.
Warning: The following video includes explicit language.
Sylvan Esso, "Free Love" (Loma Vista)
At times danceable, at times contemplative, the third album from the duo of producer Nick Sanborn and singer Amelia Meath is a shot of sunshine, featuring the band's signature electro-pop with plinking keyboards and handclaps in abundance. Single "Ferris Wheel" is, according to the band's Instagram account, "for the summer," but its story of that seasonal "fling" will apply to whatever time of year once the pandemic fades and nightlife resumes.
Spillage Village, "Spilligion" (Interscope)
The Atlanta hip-hop supergroup, which counts stars 6LACK, Mereba and EarthGang as members, reunites for its fourth album — its first since 2016. Songs like "Judas," "PsalmSing" and "Shiva" fit the album's title, but it's the apocalyptic "End of Days," a full posse cut, that best shows off what the group is capable of.
Warning: The following video includes explicit content.
Sufjan Stevens, "The Ascension" (Asthmatic Kitty)
It's a long way from the singer-songwriter's folkie 2015 record "Carrie & Lowell" to his latest. The former saw Stevens reprising his stripped-back, acoustic roots, while "The Ascension" is closer to 2010's electronic-leaning "Age of Adz." His social commentary is bracingly forward as well, with the first single, the album-closing epic "America," featuring lines like, "I have loved you, I have grieved, I'm ashamed to admit that I no longer believe. … Don't do to me what you did to America."
Joji, "Nectar" (88 Rising)
The online superstar (more than 5 million Instagram followers, and more than 750 million combined streams of the first four singles from "Nectar") has come a long way from his YouTube comedy days as Filthy Frank. His sophomore album, a hybrid of R&B, indie rock and electro-pop, attracted Diplo, Lil Yachty, Omar Apollo and many others for guest spots.
Public Enemy, "What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down" (Def Jam)
After a confusing spring breakup "hoax" and a Flavor Flav-less album under the name Enemy Radio, the fully functioning unit re-emerges with a new record and a guest list that sets clocks to 1989: Run-DMC, the two remaining Beastie Boys, Ice-T, PMD (of EPMD fame), Cypress Hill and George Clinton all make appearances. And that's before discussing "Fight the Power: Remix 2020" — featuring Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, Jahi and YG with a verse each — which took Twitter by storm on the night of the BET Awards. If there was ever a year where the public needed to hear from Chuck D, 2020 is it.
#ICYMI
Alicia Keys, "Alicia" (RCA)
The oft-delayed (first due on March 20, then May 15) seventh studio album from the R&B superstar comes almost a year removed from the release of its first single. Guests like Sampha, Miguel and Khalid make this a cross-generational release. Keys manages to respect her neo-soul roots while making the next generation of R&B stars (see Snoh Aalegra's collaboration "You Save Me") feel like the inheritors of a great legacy.
Prince, "Sign o' the Times" (Warner)
The "super deluxe" reissue of Prince's landmark 1987 album features a full 10 LPs, including a remastered version of the album, 45 previously unreleased songs and a complete concert from the "Sign o' the Times" tour, which included an onstage collaboration with Miles Davis. That may sound like it's for Prince completists only, but really … shouldn't we all be Prince completists?
SONG OF THE MOMENT
BTS, "Dynamite" (Columbia)
In one month since its release, the latest single from the K-pop group has hit the top of the charts in the U.S., South Korea and several other countries. The neo-disco jam features a little Bruno Mars influence, but it stays squarely in the boy band category that the seven-member collective has mined for so much international success.
YOUR STAY-AT-HOME DANCE BREAK
Flux Pavilion featuring Kata Kozma, "You & I" (Circus)
The British producer Pavilion pairs with up-and-coming songwriter Kozma for an anthemic dubstep-light track about heartbreak. It sounds like a triumph, until the lyrics come into focus: "We tried to fight it but we couldn't win; baby, I thought it was love." At less than three minutes long, expect it to be a popular target for remixes once dance floors are open again.
Robert Spuhler
Robert Spuhler Robert Spuhler is a Southern California freelance writer
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David Crosby, singer-songwriter with Byrds and CSNY, dies at 81
Madonna adds second S.F. show at Chase Center
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Q: Is python zip file module selfmodifying safe? Is it safe that appending files to running python zip file module itself?
I've written __main__.py as follows.
import sys, zipfile
w = zipfile.ZipFile(sys.argv[0], "w") # opening script self for writing.
w.write("newfile")                    # appending "newfile" to script self.
w.close()

r = zipfile.ZipFile(sys.argv[0], "r") # opening script self for reading.
print(r.open("newfile").read())       # print "newfile" content.
r.close()

and, executed as follows.
$ ls
__main__.py
$ zip -r test.zip *    <<<=== creating python zip file module.
    adding: __main__.py (deflated 35%)
$ echo "ABC" > newfile <<<=== creating a new file to be added to "test.zip"
$ ls
__main__.py  newfile  test.zip
$ python test.zip      <<<=== running "test.zip" python zip file module.
b'ABC\n'               <<<=== printed out "newfile" content.

from this result, it looks working well. but, I couldn't confirmed this selfmodying method and behavior result alongs with the python specifications or not.


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Home » Movie News » Kevin Smith Talks Ben Affleck Batsuit & DC & Marvel Comic Book Movies
Kevin Smith Talks Ben Affleck Batsuit & DC & Marvel Comic Book Movies
By Matt McGloin / Friday, February 7, 2014 - 2:34AM Friday, February 7, 2014 - 2:34AM
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Kevin Smith participated in a Reddit QnA earlier today to bring attention to his charity fund raiser aimed at ending child trafficking.
Of course as Smith is friend to the new Batman, Ben Affleck, he was asked about the new Batsuit.
Smith offers some hints that we haven't seen the Ben Affleck Batsuit before, and that it is iconic.
That'd be code for "It's not my detail to give away; all I can say is that every Bat-fan will love it. We've never seen this suit on screen before. And this is a suit that's iconic as f—. So take from that what you will. Meantime, if you catch Matt Damon on his AMA, he might have more details.
Smith is questioned if he is involved with Ben Affleck as well as the new direction of Batman, to which he replies he is not.
I'm not involved at all. I'm just a big, fat cheerleader, blinded by love of both Batman and the dude I used to work with a lot who's now gonna play him. Strange collision of lifetime passions – which, make no mistake, sounds exactly as homoerotic as I intended. In MALLRATS opening credits, Ben is depicted on cover of BUTTMAN ADVENTURES comic book. In the CHASING AMY commentary track, I say to Ben "You can be Clooney." He says "I can be Clooney." And I ask "But can you be Batman?" In JERSEY GIRL, Ben refers to the street-sweeper as "the BatMobile". And years after all that shit, homey winds up in the cape & cowl. That sh-t just makes me happy.
But the only words I've exchanged with Ben about the Batman role have been via email. I blew him up when I saw the suit and wrote "Zack showed me you in the suit. I've got the vapors. He wrote back "You saw it?! I haven't even seen the pictures yet! How's it look?" I replied "f— you and take all my money. a) Perfect suit. Every fan will love. b) You ARE Batman! c) Can I be Penguin?" Still waiting on a reply. He hasn't said no…
Smith is also asked about the DC and Marvel cinematic universes and if they are doing anything wrong.
And nothing.
There is no wrong. We're getting comic book movies! Who cares if they don't get them 100% right! When I was a kid, the only way you knew The Punisher was The Punisher in THE PUNISHER was because he had a little skull on his knife handle. The movies used to be ashamed of the costumes – going out of their way to f— with concepts that were perfected over decades in another medium. Now, Loki wears that f—ing hat with the horns. Iron Man looks more like Iron Man than the comic book version of Iron Man. Batman can turn his head.
This is a Golden Age of comic book movies. There's nothing wrong. It's all right. They're making comic book movies like they used to churn out westerns. I'm not into cowboys, but I love me a dude in a cape or a lady who will stomp your throat for justice. So I'm just a happy consumer.
"Batman Vs Superman" has a newly announced May 6, 2016 release starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane.
For more news on the "Man of Steel" and related movies head on over to the Cosmic Book News Superman movie hub.


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