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Bobby B. Lyle '67 honored with SMU's 2018 J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award
Posted on March 28, 2018 Updated: September 24, 2019
SMU's Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility recognized entrepreneur and civic leader Bobby B. Lyle for his work as an engineer, educator, business executive, philanthropist, community leader and mentor.
Dr. Lyle received the 2018 J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award during a luncheon on Thursday, March 29 at Moody Coliseum. The annual honor recognizes a community leader who personifies moral leadership and public virtue.
The founder of Lyco Energy Corporation in 1981, Lyle has been a leader in the petroleum and natural gas industry for more than 25 years, exploring throughout the United States. He was instrumental in development of the Dallas Galleria and the InterFirst Bank-Galleria and, in 2005, established Lyco Holdings, Incorporated, a private investment firm.
He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas, Volunteer Now, and the Dallas Historical Society. Lyle has been recognized with the Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award from Methodist Health System, inducted into the Dallas Business Hall of Fame by Jr. Achievement, and presented the William Booth Award by the Salvation Army for contributions to the betterment of humanity.
Dr. Lyle has served as an SMU trustee for 30 years, and the Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering was named in his honor in 2008. In addition, he served as Cox School of Business dean ad interim from 1971-73 and executive dean from 1973-75. He has endowed four academic chairs at SMU, supporting outstanding faculty in cyber security, engineering innovation, engineering entrepreneurship, and leadership and global enterprise.
Lyle is a past president of the SMU Alumni Association. He has served on the Executive Boards of the School of Engineering and the Cox School of Business, and as a trustee of the Institute for the Study of Earth and Man in SMU's Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences. He is vice chair of the Maguire Energy Institute in the Cox School and of the Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility. He is co-founder and current chair of the Associates Board in the Cox School and serves on the board of the SMU Hart Global Leaders Forum. He received the SMU Distinguished Alumni Award in 1995 and in 2006 was named to the School of Engineering Hall of Leaders.
His other civic activities have included leadership roles in the Boy Scouts of America, the Communities Foundation of Texas, the Volunteer Center of North Texas, the National and Dallas Advisory Boards of The Salvation Army, Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation, Texas Trees Foundation, Center for Nonprofit Management, Trinity Trust Foundation, Kindness Foundation and Dallas Assembly Foundation.
Lyle graduated from Louisiana Tech University, received a graduate degree in engineering administration from SMU, and earned a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
The J. Erik Jonsson Award is named after a co-founder and former president of Texas Instruments who, as Dallas mayor, worked tirelessly to improve the morale and image of the city in the wake of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The award is given to individuals who epitomize the spirit of moral leadership and public virtue.
"Mayor Jonsson was one of those people who was brilliant as a mayor, not necessarily for his solo acts, but for his ability to bring people together," says Rita Kirk, William F. May Endowed Director of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility.
"Each of the people that we recognize in the J. Erik Jonsson Award brings people together," Kirk adds. "They figure that there's a better way to do things if we take advantage of the talents and abilities and insights of everyone in our community, and then put those actions to use."
Past recipients of the J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award, now in its 21st year, include David O. Brown, Terry J. Flowers, Lyda Hill, Gail Griffin Thomas, Nancy Ann & Ray Hunt, Walter J. Humann, Ruth S. Altshuler, Bob Buford, Ronald G. Steinhart, Michael M. Boone, Zan W. Holmes Jr., Roger Staubach, Caren Prothro, Tom Luce, Ron Anderson, Jack Lowe Jr., William T. Solomon, Stanley H. Marcus, Charles C. Sprague and Curtis W. Meadows Jr.
— Written by Kenny Ryan
> Visit the SMU Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility online: smu.edu/ethics
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Q: File doesn't show up after downloading from google drive I'm trying to run a Google Colab Notebook and I am unable to figure out where my file goes after I download.
I am trying to download a file called train.csv which is the dataset I use to train the model.I picked the following code up from the official google colab guide
from google.colab import auth
auth.authenticate_user()
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
drive_service = build('drive', 'v3')
import io
from googleapiclient.http import MediaIoBaseDownload

#figured out how to get the file id of my file
requests = drive_service.files().list(q="name='train.csv'").execute()
fid=requests.get('files')[0]['id']

request = drive_service.files().get_media(fileId=fid)
downloaded = io.FileIO('./ColabNotebooks/train.csv')
downloader = MediaIoBaseDownload(downloaded, request)
while done is False:
    _, done = downloader.next_chunk()
downloaded.seek(0)

But after this, when I check the folder of the drive by:
!ls, I don't see the file stored. I tried reading the file using pandas, but it showed an error.
Where is the error? Why am I unable to get the file from my google drive and send it to the colab server ?

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The Times Higher Education issued today its 11th annual Global Employability University Ranking: for the 6th consecutive year, emlyon ranks 2nd of the French business schools behind HEC and maintains its rank among the global top 40 #38.
Designed by Human Resources Consultancy Emerging, this annual ranking serves to assess the reputation of the institutions and their graduates from the sole perspective of recruiters. This year, close to 11,000 recruiters and directors at top international companies across the world were surveyed.
Following the 2022 QS Business Masters ranking, the 2021 GEURS 2021 survey is yet another recognition of the School on the international scene. It brings forth the successful professional integration and sustainable employability of the students of emlyon in the working life.
For Isabelle Huault, President of the Executive Board and Dean of emlyon business school, "this ranking is the voice of recruiters who not only commend the professionalism of the students of emlyon, but also celebrate their commitment and their ability to give meaning to their actions in their companies. Congratulations to these ambassadors of emlyon. I am thankful for such talents and the outreach they provide to our School, far beyond our frontiers."
The Career Center of emlyon is implementing a great diversity of actions in favor of the employability of its community, including the Careers Forum, which will take place this year from January 10th to 13th, 2022, a great opportunity for recruiters and students to come together. From October to July 2022, the alumni network also offers a series of 10 webinars, the "Employability World Tour", to introduce the specificities of employability of 10 different countries and help students and graduates with their internship or job searches.
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The Prince of the Torah is basically the Prince of the divine truth. He is similar to the Sar HaAnpin, or the Prince of the Presence, an angel which is similar to the Holy Guardian Angel. The Prince of the Torah texts seem to take their origin from the diaspora period during which the Talmud was written. This makes sense with the preoccupations of the time and the lack of access to the temple.
Here are the instructions for conjuring the Prince of the Torah as they were recorded by the early Rabbis. This could be useful for modern magicians in exploring ways to call upon their Holy Guardian Angels.
"He who would bind himself to the Prince of the Torah must wash his clothes and his garments and immerse in a strict immersion in case of a nocturnal emission. And he must enter and dwell for twelve days in a room or in an upper chamber. He may not go out and he may not come in and he must not eat or drink. But from evening to evening see that he eats his bread, clean bread of his own hands, and he drinks clear water and he may not taste any kind of vegetable.
And he must insert this midrash of the Prince of the Torah into the prayer three times in every single day; it is after the prayer that he should pray it from its beginning to its end. And afterward he must sit and study it for twelve days, the days of his fasting, from morning until evening, and he must not be silent. And in every hour that he finishes it he must stand on his feet and adjure the servants by their King and he must call for every single prince twelve times. Afterward he must adjure him by the seal – every single one of them.
These are their names. He must say SQDHWZY'Y YHVH the prince; NHBRDYW'LW YHVH the prince; BYR GHWRYRY'L YHVH the prince; and there are some who say (GHWRYDYHW'L YHVH the prince) SRWYL'YL YHVH the prince; (ZBWDY'L YHVH the prince) ZGKWHR'Y UHVH the prince; TWTRUSY'Y YHVH the prince; PLYTRYH YHVH the prince; WHWB'RY YHVH the prince; MRGYWY'L YHVH the prince; RHDBYWRWN YHVH the prince; W'DYRYWDWN YHVH the prince. Thirteen.
He must adjure them for the twelve days in the name of YWPY'L who is the adornment of the height of his King and in the name of SRBY'L who is one of the princes of the chariot; and in the name of SHRRY'L who s a beloved prince; and in the name of HSDY'L who is called to might six hours in each day. And he must go back and adjure them, the latter four princes, with a great seal, and in the name of SWRTQ a holy name and a fearsome crown.


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Patent Trolls Are Destroying Free/Open Source Software and They're Coming to Europe, Thanks to the European Patent Office
Posted in Europe, Free/Libre Software, Patents at 7:18 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Patent trolls already infest London, but that's good for London-based law firms (not a tourism attraction, just a drain and a stain on the British economy)
Summary: The EPO was forewarned about its impact on innovation and facilitation of cumbersome litigation by trolls; but the EPO ignored all the warnings as if its goal was to attract the trolls
TODAY'S European Patent Office (EPO) organises events with front groups of patent trolls.
Here's a new example: "If you want to create an IP strategy that supports your business strategy, join us at our joint event with @LESIntl in Dublin…"
There were more examples like that earlier in the week. Why is the EPO associating with and even promoting LESI? As if they don't know who (or what) LESI fronts for…
"Why is the EPO associating with and even promoting LESI? As if they don't know who (or what) LESI fronts for…"The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) under Iancu also sides with patent trolls while denying such a thing even exists, but that's another matter. Today's EPO regularly meets litigation and trolling front groups; it never meets actual scientists! That exposes the alarming bias. António Campinos does this just like Battistelli did. Nothing has changed. Both of them also promote software patents in Europe (not merely tolerating these but promoting these — a subject we'll cover in our next post).
Mind yesterday's blog post from Mozilla ([1] below, already included in yesterday's daily links but re-added because of importance). This patent troll, Skyhook, has quite a history attacking FOSS with patent lawsuits [1, 2]. About a decade later it's still doing that and it now targets relatively small companies.
What do the lawyers think about all this? Fantastic! Good for business. Theirs.
Audrey Horton (Bird & Bird, Team UPC) writes some new nonsense from the UK, promoted by IAM's parent company for a fee (for extra audience). Remember the Unwired Planet case in London (there are already several such cases)? Horton uses misleading euphemisms like RAND, ZRAND and FRAND (all the letters in these acronyms are white-washing lies) to describe what boils down to patent trolls infesting Europe, looking to exploit frivolous litigation with questionable and possibly illegal European Patents. In her words:
Under the Unwired Planet decision, it might not be open to Z selectively to claim the right to be granted a RAND licence. If the licence was a unitary, portfolio, worldwide, group to group licence, arguably Z had to take it as a whole or not at all. It did not follow that Z was somehow prevented from saying to T, and the court, that it no longer relied on any licence to which it was entitled to resist the grant of relief for infringement of the UK patents. Such a waiver ought not to be treated as ineffective or invalid. Unwired Planet did not suggest that a patent owner had an independent right to come to the court for a declaration as to the scope and extent of the licence he was required to offer to an implementer, when the implementer expressed no interest in taking such a licence.
The case above is significant (we covered it many times before) because several years ago we saw this troll increasingly turning to British courts. It's looking to shake down everything that moves. It doesn't develop anything, so the money sinks into black holes. Germany too is rapidly becoming a hotspot for patent trolls. Thanks, EPO! █
Related/contextual items from the news:
Mozilla Cloud Services Blog: A New Policy for Mozilla Location Service
Several years ago we started a geolocation experiment called the Mozilla Location Service (MLS) to create a location service built on open-source software and powered through crowdsourced location data. MLS provides geolocation lookups based on publicly observable cell tower and WiFi access point information. MLS has served the public interest by providing location information to open-source operating systems, research projects, and developers.
Today Mozilla is announcing a policy change regarding MLS. Our new policy will impose limits on commercial use of MLS. Mozilla has not made this change by choice. Skyhook Holdings, Inc. contacted Mozilla some time ago and alleged that MLS infringed a number of its patents. We subsequently reached an agreement with Skyhook that avoids litigation. While the terms of the agreement are confidential, we can tell you that the agreement exists and that our MLS policy change relates to it. We can also confirm that this agreement does not change the privacy properties of our service: Skyhook does not receive location data from Mozilla or our users.
Our new policy preserves the public interest heart of the MLS project. Mozilla has never offered any commercial plans for MLS and had no intention to do so. Only a handful of entities have made use of MLS API Query keys for commercial ventures. Nevertheless, we regret having to impose new limits on MLS. Sometimes companies have to make difficult choices that balance the massive cost and uncertainty of patent litigation against other priorities.
Mozilla has long argued that patents can work to inhibit, rather than promote, innovation. We continue to believe that software development, and especially open-source software, is ill-served by the patent system. Mozilla endeavors to be a good citizen with respect to patents. We offer a free license to our own patents under the Mozilla Open Software Patent License Agreement. We will also continue our advocacy for a better patent system.
European Patent Office's Cooperation and Collaboration With Patent Trolls Instead of Science and Technology
The Corrupt EPO Apparently Hides Its Serco Outsourcing Deal
Jo Johnson Quitting Twice in Two Years is a Terrible Sign for the Unitary Patent (UPC)
As Microsoft Windows Drops to Just 30% Market Share the Microsoft-Connected 'Net Applications' Wants You to Think Windows Still Has Over 90% of the Market


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Who is Yumiko Igarashi? He is a male celebrity. He was born on Saturday August 26th 1950, in Unknown.
Yumiko Igarashi has powerful personality, and possesses great potential for success, but this power is delicate and conditioned by a strong commitment of his to his ideals and vision, which must be used to inspire others to join him in his dream. He must learn to effectively bring together the necessary elements - people, ideas and resources - to realize his goals. This undertaking can be quite complex and multi-layered, so Aso must also learn to surrender to the larger cause that he serves, and to understand that the final result may be quite different from his original vision. But with such faith and commitment, Yumiko will make an enduring impact on the world.
is good at business and politics. He naturally understands large institutions, and has the ability to think and act on an international scale. He has developed the talent to deal effectively with a great variety of people, to understand and consequently to unite many differing people toward a single goal. As the visionary with both his feet on the ground, Yumiko Igarashi is gifted with uncommonly sound common sense. He can see the beauty and potential in a given idea, but also the practical methods that will bring it to fruition. He also understands intuitively the limitations of ideas - what will work and what will not.
Yumiko Igarashi is a steady partner in any relationship, and offers sound advice and consistent emotional support. He avoids airs and pretension, does not suffer from flights of fancy, and resists the emotional heights. However, Yumiko is also very difficult to live up to. This ambitious personality of his makes him a most difficult master who drives all that is around him to accomplish the utmost of what they are capable of.
Aso's lesson is to share his vision and allow others too to make their personal contributions. This flexibility is perhaps the toughest challenge for Yumiko Igarashi's strong personality. When he grows more faith in the ability of others, he would lessen his tendency to control, and sometimes even manipulate, people and situations. More...
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Entrepreneurial and progressive, Yumiko Igarashi is ever-striving, heading for the top, and enjoying an enterprising, ambitious and determined personality to do things well, and an unyielding dedication to his plan until the goals are achieved.
He bounces back easily from setbacks and can overcome any adversities or obstacles thrown in his way.
There is danger, however that his trait of determination and dedication will shift to stubbornness, making Yumiko cling to ideas and projects well past their fruitious season. It is a good idea for him to keep fresh pipeline of ideas to make it easier to replace outdated plans by new and better ones.
Patient as he is towards his goals, Yumiko's flying, ravaging temper endangers his relationships with the very same people that will help him to accomplish those goals. He should use his strength of will to study and practice anger management.
Yumiko Igarashi makes a good performer, but at the same time he can be quite intense and serious.
His artistic talent is emphasized in the performing arts where sensitivity and understanding for people and situations is called for.
Yumiko can easily gain high respect in the community, being understanding of the views of others, and he often tends to achieve his goals.
When balanced, he is compassionate and emotionally secure. Aso is also a natural healer, with leadership qualities and the ability to genuinely empathize. He also radiates love and spiritual happiness to those around him.
When unbalanced, drama queen is not an unfamiliar term to Yumiko, and he often likes to give advice to others even when his own life is a mess.
By becoming aware of his emotions, he can gain control over them rather than have his emotions control his life. And the reward is great because then he shows vast depth of understanding while keeping his emotions checked.
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It's Saturday morning and I have the house to myself. I am not usually at home on a Saturday morning in December so it is a real treat. It is quiet. It is peaceful. And it is awesome. I am so grateful for this time. And if you are a mom reading this, I know you get this. Big time!
Above all, I knew that doing the dirty dishes first would strip me from relishing in the peace that the quiet house was giving me.
The dirty dishes could wait and as I share this with you, I am so happy for my decision.
Instead I wandered over the window and saw that it was snowing. Mother Nature was laying a pure white blanket on everything I could see. The stillness was palpable. Each unique white snowflake was fluttering and drifting down from the sky, finding its way to its final resting place and contributing to the vast, white, silence that was being created around me.
Out of nowhere, a crow crowed. The silence was put on hold. Part of me thought: how dare it disturb my peace whilst another part of me loved it.
This silence returned. I find silence creates an expansive space within me that I love. It fills me up. It nourishes me from the inside. It makes me feel whole, alive and at one with everything around me. It sparks my creativity and fuels my curiosity like nothing else can.
As I watched the snowflakes fall, I thought of the similarities between them and us. They are all different. There is not another snowflake like the one that just fell. Like our fingerprints, they are each unique. They are magnificent. They are like our children, each pulsating with its own uniqueness and brilliant.
As the snow fell and sprinkled all it landed upon with its white softness, it reminded me of the icing sugar I sprinkled on the Xmas cookies I baked last week.
This moment guided me to an intention: Just like the snow, I want to "wrap and sprinkle" but not just presents with paper and glitter. And not with snow either!
This holiday season, I want to wrap and surround those around me with my presence. And I want to sprinkle everyone, including myself, with kindness.
We can learn so much from nature. When we take the time to immerse ourselves in it and notice it for all it is, for its magnificence and grace, it is a guide like no other.
Taking the time to slow down and stare out the window today allowed me to ponder and reflect on so much. With the dirty dishes on hold, I could feast on nature and set some positive intentions for the holidays.
However, it has been more than this. This time has been my self-care. It was what I needed to do. It has filled me up. It has instilled in me a deep gratitude for my life.
Nature is what connects me to me. It grounds me and centres me to what is important. It leads and guides me to BE. To observe. To notice without judgment. To watch and appreciate the as is. To accept that, whatever it is, it is what it is.
My message to you this holiday season is to take the time to wrap yourself in stillness. Take the time for YOU. Because when you do, the chores will be more palatable, the kids will seem less whiny and you will have more energy, joy and abundance to give. After all, it is in the giving that you find the receiving.
And don't forget to sprinkle the world and yourself with kindness. You need it. We all need it.
Wishing you and your loved ones a peaceful holiday season, connected to those around you and disconnected from all that drains you. Take the time to unplug. Sever yourself from the WI-FI and follow your heart. Grace your family with your undiluted presence. This is what you need and this is what your children need and want. They want this more than anything. The children in the 2013 IKEA Holiday season advert were bang on the buck!
PS. The other message from me to you is this: seize the moment. I just received a text to say that my son is unexpectedly on his way home! My day alone has turned into 2 hours alone. But that's okay. However, had I done the dirty dishes first, I would not have stared out the window. I would not have written this post and I would have missed many valuable lessons.
PPS. I'm even happier that I left the dirty dishes because now that my son is home, he can do them!


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TV highlights for the week of Dec. 6-12
Chuck Barney, East Bay Times
● Bryan Cranston returns to television and breaks bad again in "Your Honor," a 10-episode limited series. The Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actor plays Michael Desiato, a respected New Orleans judge who desperately bends the rules to protect his teenage son (Hunter Doohan), who was the driver in a fatal hit-and-run accident. The victim happens to be the son of a ruthless crime lord (Michael Stuhlbarg), and the effort to cover up the incident leads to a high-stakes game of lies, deceit and unfortunate choices. "Your Honor" is executive-produced by Robert and Michelle King, the husband-wife team behind "The Good Fight" and "Evil." (10 p.m., Showtime).
● Have yourself "A Holly Dolly Christmas." It's a one-hour special in which country music legend Dolly Parton performs faith-themed hymns and lighthearted holiday classics while sharing a few personal Christmas stories. (8:30 p.m., CBS).
● Brace yourself. The dysfunctional Gallaghers are back for the 11th and final season of "Shameless." As Frank faces his own mortality in his alcoholic and drug-induced twilight years, the family confronts big changes brought on by the pandemic and gentrification in Chicago's South Side. (9 p.m., Showtime).
● Fresh off her exciting Emmy triumph, Zendaya returns in the first of two new episodes of "Euphoria." Tonight's story line follows her character, Rue, as she celebrates Christmas after being left by Jules at the train station and relapsing. (9 p.m., HBO).
"Nurses," a Canadian medical drama series, makes its U.S. debut. The show follows the professional and personal lives of five newbie nurses working on the front lines of a busy Toronto hospital. (10 p.m., NBC).
Former "Blue Bloods" star Amy Carlson debuts as a recurring character on "FBI: Most Wanted." She plays Jackie Ward, a bounty hunter who crosses paths with the Fugitive Task Force during a tense kidnapping case. (10 p.m., CBS).
● Someone sound the alarm in Whoville. Matthew Morrison ("Glee") stars as the Christmas-hating grouch in "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical!" It's a stage version of the story performed in London. (8 p.m., NBC).
● "The Great Christmas Light Fight" returns with back-to-back episodes. Watch Clark Griswold wannabes jack up their electric bills and get their shine on while hoping that their epic illuminated displays earn them big cash prizes. (8 p.m., ABC).
Narrated by Hugh Bonneville, "Silent Night – A Song for the World" is a documentary that delves into the creation and cultural impact of the revered Christmas carol. Kelly Clarkson, Josh Groban, Katharine McPhee and others celebrate the song that was composed in 1818 in Salzburg, Austria, and has been translated into 140 languages. (8 p.m., the CW).
Do you hear what I hear? "The Christmas Caroler Challenge," back for a second season, rounds up 10 singing groups, each with distinctive musical styles, and has them throw down in a fierce competition to find out who can put the best spins on holiday tunes. (8 p.m., the CW).
"The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" is a revelatory documentary that chronicles the triumphs and trials of brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb. The film follows the musical performers as they ride the highs of fame and fortune, navigate the ever-shifting music business and deal with the difficulties of working alongside family. (8 p.m., HBO).


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Strictly Final To Spur Further Sales in 3DTVs
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LONDON, December 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
- Leading electrical retailers Currys and PC World say 40% of their TV sales are now 3DTVs -
- Sales in home entertainment tech continues to soar with one TV sold every second during the Christmas sales period-
Currys and PC World, the UK's leading electricals retailers, reports that sales in 3DTVs have breached the 40% mark for the first time ever.
The retailer predicts that further sales in 3DTV sets will continue to peak this week - catalysed largely by the much anticipated broadcasting of Britain's favourite prime time show Strictly Come Dancingin 3D this Saturday.
Earlier this year, the retailer reported sales in 3DTVs alone to have grown 500% since last year, with 3DTVs now accounting for two in every five TVs sold since the technology became more accessible to the mainstream market. Last month, Currys and PC World launched its Logik 3DTV - the first set of its kind to be priced at just under £350.
Sales generally within the home cinema technology have risen significantly, with Currys and PC World recording an 83% year-on-year growth in the category. Figures from last year showed that 1 TV was sold every second during the Christmas sales, with the retailer predicting a similar, if not better-than-expected, performance this year.
Phil Samuels, Category Director, Dixons Retail comments: "Consumers are upgrading their home entertainment tech by taking advantage of some fantastic deals on the most covetable TVs and cinema systems around, with 3DTVs really taking off. Strictly is one of Britain's best loved shows and the Final is set to be a momentous occasion - the perfect excuse to snap up a 3DTV set ahead of Christmas and watch the passions flare up with the twirl of sequins as if you were in the Blackpool ballroom yourself!"
About Currys and PC World
Currys and PC World are the largest specialist electrical retailing and services operators in the UK & Ireland. Most recently, they have created exciting new store designs, including Megastores and 2-in-1 Currys & PC World superstores. This gives customers the best of both formats, as well as a wider selection of available products including wireless speakers, televisions, laptops and computers.
For more information or for interviews with Dixons Retail category managers, contact the Dixons Retail Press Office at M&C Saatchi PR:
Email: dixonsretail@mcsaatchi.com
Tel: +44(0)20-7544-6000
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Syrian conflict: US-backed forces breach wall around Islamic State-held Raqqa
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US-backed Syrian force battles Islamic State in Raqqa's Old City
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US-backed forces in Syria have breached the wall around Raqqa's Old City, the US military says, marking a major advance in the weeks-old battle to drive Islamic State militants out of their self-declared capital.
IS seized Raqqa in January 2014
The city later became the de facto capital of IS
Up to 100,000 civilians remain in Raqqa
The US Central Command said the coalition struck two "small portions" of the Rafiqah Wall, allowing the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces "to advance into the most heavily fortified portion" of the city, bypassing booby traps and snipers.
It said the strikes left most of the 2,500-metre wall intact.
The head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdurrahman, said the breaching of the wall was the most important development to date in the battle for Raqqa.
He said three SDF units advanced toward the wall under air cover, breaking through the IS defences, and that heavy clashes were underway.
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Footage provided by the SDF showed their fighters roaming Qasr al-Banat, a historic quarter inside Raqqa's Old City.
Another unit entered through the so-called Baghdad Gate, opening up a second front inside the Old City.
'Key milestone'
Brett McGurk, the top US envoy for the international coalition against the Islamic State group, hailed the breach, saying it was a "key milestone" in the campaign to seize the IS stronghold.
The US military said IS fighters were using the historic wall as a fighting position, and had planted explosives at several openings.
It said coalition forces were making every effort to protect civilians and preserve the historic sites.
US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters in the eastern side of Raqqa. (AP: Furat FM)
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces launched a multi-pronged assault on Raqqa in early June, after securing the surrounding countryside.
On Sunday, the US-backed fighters crossed the Euphrates River on the southern edge of the city, completing its encirclement.
Up to 100,000 civilians remain in city
The Islamic State group seized Raqqa, their first major city stronghold in Syria, in January 2014.
The city later became the de facto capital of IS' self-proclaimed caliphate, stretching across lands controlled by the militant group in Syria and Iraq.
UN officials say 50,000 to 100,000 civilians remain in the city amid "dire" conditions.
Those who try to escape risk being attacked by IS militants or forcibly recruited as human shields.
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US-backed forces launch offensive against Islamic State stronghold Raqqa
US to arm Kurdish YPG fighters in Syria despite fierce opposition
US-backed Syrian rebels announce plan to retake Raqqa from IS


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NOW That's What I Call 12" 80s
Release Date 16 April 2021
Calling all music lovers, NOW That's What I Call 12" 80s has arrived! This unique four-disc album features 47 original 12" and extended versions of 80s classics rarely used in compilations, making it a must have collector's item. Includes the music of icons, Queen, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Duran Duran, Whitney Houston and "Blue Monday" by New Order widely regarded as the biggest selling 12" of all time.
1 Queen - Radio Ga Ga (Extended Remix)
2 Duran Duran - The Reflex (Dance Mix)
3 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (Carnage Mix)
4 Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (Murder Mix)
5 The Communards With Sarah Jane Morris - Don't Leave Me This Way (12" Extended Version)
6 Bananarama - Love In The First Degree (Eurobeat Style)
7 Limahl - Never Ending Story (12'' Dance Mix)
8 Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams (Extended)
9 Soft Cell - Torch (Extended Version)
10 Heaven 17 – Temptation (Extended Mix)
11 Nena - 99 Red Balloons (Club Mix)
12 The Specials - Ghost Town (Extended Version)
1 New Order - Blue Monday (12" Version)
2 Visage - Fade To Grey (12" Version)
3 Howard Jones - New Song (New Version)
4 a-ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V. (Extended Mix)
5 Tears For Fears - Shout (U.S. Remix)
6 Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You A Rose Garden) (12" Remix)
7 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance (Extended Club Mix)
8 Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (12" Version)
9 Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure (12'' Version)
10 Propaganda - Duel (Bittersweet)
11 Yello - The Race (Extended Version)
1 Irene Cara - Flashdance…What A Feeling (Remix)
2 Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (12" Remix)
3 Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (1984 Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers Remix)
4 Laura Branigan - Gloria (12" Version)
5 Diana Ross - Chain Reaction (Special Dance Remix)
6 Billy Joel - Tell Her About It (Special Remixed Version)
7 Modern Romance - High Life (Extended Version)
8 Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life (12" Version)
9 Five Star - Can't Wait Another Minute (12" Version)
10 Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) (Extended Mix)
11 Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) (12" Version)
1 Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters (Extended Version)
2 Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy (Extended Version)
3 Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It (Extended 12" Remix)
4 Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride (Remix) (Club Version)
5 Altered Images - Don't Talk To Me About Love (Extended Version)
6 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) (12" Version)
7 Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) (Extended Version)
8 Kim Wilde - You Came (Shep Pettibone 12" Mix)
9 Nick Kamen - Each Time You Break My Heart (Dance Mix)
10 Marilyn - Calling Your Name (Extended Version)
11 Dollar - Hand Held In Black And White (Extended Version)
12 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle (Extended Riddle)
13 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow (12" Version)


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Every can goes to help a polar bear!
Maybe some petrol companies want to get in too?
Due to the market uptake of its previous four products, the UN IPCC are working on synthesizing a new blend of GOBBLEDEGOOK – due for release at the end of October 2014.
Al Gore is considering taking suit.
He claims he invented all of these concepts at about the same time as he invented the internet.
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Blair Witch – Review
January 2, 2017 by Jaime Rebanal
✯½
The original Blair Witch Project isn't necessarily a film that I like but I get the appeal it has and I do carry my own respect for it, and in the hopes of finding some surprise out of a new Blair Witch film, anticipation only increased when Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett were directing and writing. Wingard and Barrett have shown themselves to be able to give horror a new voice in a modern age especially with a repertoire of short films as part of the first two V/H/S films and The Guest, so did it all pay off with Blair Witch? I'm sad to say the answer is no.
Blair Witch ignores the events of the abysmal Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 now to directly continue off from the events of The Blair Witch Project. James Donahue, the brother of Heather Donahue from the original film, discovers a video of supposedly his sister after her disappearance and now brings an entire group of his own friends in order to set out and make a documentary about this search. It was nice to see a return to the found footage format for the Blair Witch series but to see it was also going to tie in with a supposedly new story it wishes to tell, something along the lines of an homage to the original was set to come but maybe there's a level to which the supposed "homage" becomes far too much it copies every beat down.
It was from there Blair Witch only began to fall: it takes what fans loved and recognized most out of The Blair Witch Project in order to blatantly copy down story beat after story beat and the attempts at shock soon begin to lose their value. As a matter of fact because one would already recognize such beats to begin with, the tension was nonexistent and everything can be seen from a mile away. It's one thing to pay homage to a source of inspiration but changing up dialogue while keeping what anyone can so easily recognize from a source that they already would have familiarized themselves with only erases the suspense of what is set to come about, instead it just makes for a continuous bore. Sure, Wingard can craft a few intense moments from only showing glimpses contrasting what the original aimed for but they aren't enough to hide what so blatantly retreads upon familiarity.
It doesn't stem only from the lack of tension where Blair Witch simply doesn't work, it's a film that updates The Blair Witch Project now with more improved technology and that's it. With all of the improved technology, what only could ever be fitting is that we now have characters who are just plain idiots in order to emulate The Blair Witch Project and indeed, it's what we got. A camera crew that decides to go into the woods is quite surprisingly scarce on safety equipment the moment they first come in, but at least it made sense with the low budget approach to the original Blair Witch Project but all that comes by in Blair Witch is just one cheap flashlight for each member and bad things come along for the crew. Of course it was every last member in themselves that caused all of this to happen, and with a lack of real connection towards any of them, there's no reason to care anyway.
What's most frustrating is the sort of logic that Blair Witch is presenting in order to keep everything moving at convenience. Loads of stupid decisions come by (i.e. operating webcams from drones even though it was established there was no signal in the forest), made by even stupider and more unconvincing characters who never grab our interest enough, all presented just to add up to the film's primary issue with retreading upon the original Blair Witch Project. I'd understand wanting to homage the original material because of how influential it was upon a new sort of horror film for its time but there's no point in trying to emulate so many of the most familiar aspects if so little new can come about.
If something at least saved the experience, it would be the final sequence. Sure, there's a copy of the iconic apology which concluded the original Blair Witch Project but at least it feels like something more were attempted on Adam Wingard's end even if it ended up resulting to more idiocy on the characters' ends. I wish that I didn't carry such a harsh reaction towards Blair Witch because even though I was never a fan of the source which inspired it, I still carried a certain respect for it on the count that it has laid an important mark on a different sort of horror film through its success. Sadly it has also inspired numerous clones and Blair Witch happens to be one of the most blatant of them all.
All images via Lionsgate.
Directed by Adam Wingard
Screenplay by Simon Barrett
Produced by Keith Calder, Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Jessica Wu
Starring James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott, Valorie Curry, Corbin Reid, Wes Robinson
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Student conceives and opens juice bar in four short months
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A 22-year-old track and cross country runner at UVU saw an untapped market.
The result? Ivie Juice Bar in Provo.
Ivie Blake Gonsalves opened her juice bar's doors Oct. 20.
"There are plenty of yogurt and ice cream places in Provo," Gonsalves said. "I wanted to start a place where people could be indulging in a delicious snack but be eating healthy at the same time."
Ivie's uses fresh produce and natural ingredients in a variety of options to satisfy cravings. Options include smoothies, shakes, milks, acai bowls, juices, cleanses and small snacks.
Scott Hollingshead, a senior at BYU, is glad to have discovered Ivie Juice Bar.
"The acai bowls taste like fruit sorbet, and I am stoked this place is close to campus for a good after-school snack," Hollingshead said.
The student-visionary who spent her summers working in California employed friends and family to get her store up and running in just four short months since conceiving Ivie. Gonsalves has a passion for healthy living and based her menu off her personal diet.
Nancy Gonsalves, Ivie's mother, helped with creating the menu and formulating the ingredients of each product.
"We did a lot of taste testing," Nancy Gonsalves said. "For the cleanses we wanted to make sure we incorporated a balance of all the nutrients a body needs throughout the day. With a lot of hard work we managed to create recipes for juices that have the correct amount of carbs, proteins and everything else in a healthy, balanced day."
Gonsalves chose the downtown location for her juice bar with the neighborhood in mind.
"With the new temple being built and a lot of new businesses opening here, the University Avenue and Center Street area is gaining a lot of traction," Ivie Gonsalves said. "The location is key to any business, and we are excited to serve the residents and visitors of downtown Provo."
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Sharks' Second Line Shines in Season Opener
The San Jose Sharks won their first game of the season in a thriller against the Arizona Coyotes. The Sharks grabbed an early lead, but lost it in the dying minutes of the third. Luckily, they emerged victors in their first game in 10 months. However, in this 4-3 shootout win, one line stood out.
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San Jose Sharks Voices: Introducing Randy Hahn & Dan Rusanowsky
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Sharks' 2020-21 Success Depends Greatly on Final Realignment Plan
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Kraken Need to Select Sharks' Gambrell in Expansion Draft
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Sharks Lack Center Depth Heading Into 2020-21
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Sharks' 2020 Offseason is Similar to Their 2015 Retooling
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Sharks 2020 Offseason Outlook
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Dylan Edy is an adroit and versatile voice artist, voicing various productions on all types of media campaigns, with many top South African and international clients.
In film, Dylan lent his voice to the Sunworld Production of Florida Road, and the adlibbed animated short film The Road to Heaven.
In television, he hosted SABC 3's youth travel show, Which Way, and played the voice of Colonel Truter in Penguin Films' The Bulhoek Massacre.
Dylan has recently voiced television and radio commercial campaigns for Liquifruit, Sony, Jeep, Audi, Pick n Pay, Caltex, Checkers, Revive Projects, Campari, Heat and TopCar Magazines, Homenet, iTouch and the Western Cape Government .
Online, he is the voice behind the Savanna Dead Funny Comic Choice Awards, Brandseye, and Distell's Pure Cider campaigns and he's hosted live and recorded campaigns for Suncoast Casino and Entertainment World, Food Lovers Market, Windhoek and Shoprite; as well as voicing audio-visual campaigns for the likes of VW, Woolworths, Investec, Capitec, and Mweb.
Dylan regular clients since 2011 include Kalahari.com, Sandown Motors, and Quirk eMarketing.


A grim, dark indoor cave that is a favourite haunt of the Gigginox.
A tight indoor cave that is home to a Giggi nest. Detritus litters the cubby hole to the east, and is a popular rest spot for certain creatures.
The Gigginox will come here to rest upon taking significant damage.
This area comprises of a lower and an upper section. You can climb to the upper section around its northern side.
Flying Wyverns, such as the Barioth, will come to this area to rest upon taking significant damage.


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What was the age difference between Paul and Linda McCartney?
How long was Paul McCartney married to Linda?
Was Linda pregnant when married Paul?
Did the Beatles attend Paul and Linda's wedding?
Did George Harrison go to Linda McCartney's funeral?
Where is Heather Mills today?
What happened when Paul McCartney made eye contact with Linda McCartney?
Where is Paul McCartney's farm in Scotland?
March 12, 1969, will go down in history as a tragic day for love-struck Beatles fans. On a soggy morning in London, 26-year-old Paul McCartney became the last of the Beatles to abandon bachelorhood when he married 27-year-old Linda Eastman. "It rained, and this was appropriate," The Guardian reported.
Who was the best man at Paul McCartney's wedding?
brother Mike
McCartney's brother Mike was best man and the groom's seven-year-old daughter, Beatrice, from his second marriage, was flower girl.
Paul and Linda McCartney's marriage: The story behind their 30-year love story. See inside Paul and Linda McCartney's 30 year marriage… After meeting in 1967, Paul and Linda McCartney spent three decades together before Linda sadly died.
Was Linda the love of Paul's life?
Paul and Linda's love story is one for the history books: they were married (and inseparable) from 1969 until her death in 1998, after a three-year battle with breast cancer.
Late, in 1968, Linda became pregnant. She and McCartney were married, and had a baby (named Mary after McCartney's own mother) the next year. During this same time, the Beatles were growing apart.
Why didn't the Beatles attend Paul McCartney's wedding?
Well, Lennon was actually preoccupied with his own private wedding ceremony, and both he and McCartney had made a point of not inviting any of their bandmates. In fact, Harrison was the only Beatles member McCartney invited personally, owing to the fact that he had been best-man at Harrison's own wedding.
With proceedings occurring later than expected due to a train delaying one of Paul McCartney's groomsmen, many outside waited hours in the pouring rain to catch a glimpse of the happy couple. None of the other Beatles would attend.
How did Paul McCartney react to Linda McCartney's death?
Sir Paul McCartney bought his farm in Kintyre before he met Linda but it was her love of its "wildness and freedom" that created so many happy memories.
McCartney penned the hit as a tribute to his mother, who died of breast cancer when he was 14. "It was amazing, it was a beautiful hymn," comedian Tracey Ullman said after the service. Celebrity guests included the other surviving Beatles, Ringo Starr and George Harrison, as well as Sting and Elton John.
Who owns the Linda McCartney brand?
Ownership. The brand became part of United Biscuits' McVitie's Prepared Foods division in March 1996. The company was sold in December 1999 to H.J. Heinz Co., who planned to sell the vegetarian food products worldwide.
Heather is largely based in Sussex, where daughter Bea goes to school. She vigorously promotes veganism and animal rights, and also campaigns to clear landmines and to support amputees. Mills lost a leg after a road accident in 1993 and has said that discovering veganism contributed to her 'miraculous recovery'.
When did Paul McCartney marry Linda Eastman?
Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman at Marylebone Register Office on 12 March 1969. Although the event was supposed to be a secret, many onlookers and reporters heard about it and turned up for a glimpse of the couple. The registry office had been booked the previous day, and McCartney had bought a £12 ring "just before the shop shut".
After making eye contact with Linda, Paul recalled to Barry Miles in the book Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now that he knew he had to think fast if he was going to get Linda's attention. "The band had finished and [Linda and the Animals] got up to either leave or go for a drink or a pee or something, and she passed our table," he said.
What happened to Jane Jane Lennon and Paul McCartney?
Jane would accompany Paul, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr with their spouses to India in early 1968. Their relationship came to a screeching halt shortly after when she found Paul in bed with a fan.
Paul's former girlfriend Jane encouraged him to purchase the land called High Park Farm in Campbeltown near Argyll's Mull of Kintyre in 1968 (via the Daily Record ). "Going up to Scotland was real freedom.


Of course, the length of my hair is not particularly interesting. As with most narratives (which is what histories present), the more intriguing issue is the explanation why. Why, at this point in my life, have I allowed my hair to grow? A friend who had not seen me for over a year commented on my hair last week, giving me the opportunity to create a narrative about my hair. My explanation was that I have not gotten my hair cut since becoming a full professor this past August. But, my own explanation is not necessarily complete. In fact, any of us tell stories, like our identifications, strategically. Perhaps (to create a narrative about my narrative), my response was a way to emphasize my recent promotion. The length of the hair was just the opportune time to insert that personal tidbit into the conversation, or perhaps that explanation was said in jest.
In fact, I can construct a number of narratives about my lack of a haircut. I could provide an innocuous response that I have not taken time to get a hair cut or that it is a sign of a mid-life crisis. I could correlate my last haircut to the conclusion of last year's Presidential primaries, so that I have not gotten a haircut since Hillary Clinton (or Donald Trump) received the Democratic (or Republican) Presidential nominations. Of course, that requires a further explanation as to whether it is in protest or celebration of either one.
So the simple, demonstrable fact of my longer hair operates as a catalyst for a range of narratives, useful in different situations, just as anyone can use information from the past to create a whole range of historical narratives for different purposes. That is the distinction that Keith Jenkins (building on Hayden White, among others, in his little book Re-thinking History) makes between things that happen in the past and the narratives that historians and others construct about them. While we can demonstrate particular demonstrable facts about the past, we cannot know the past in total, and we certainly cannot know how all of the particular events of the past (those demonstrable and those that are not as demonstrable as the length of my hair) relate to one another. The construction of narratives and meanings about the past, the work of history, is a creative process. Even when someone explains why they did something, whether in an interview or a personal diary, it is impossible to know how much they are leaving out or employing the narrative for other purposes.
Is this not stating the obvious?
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addToStatus(networkList.join(" "));
},

listNetworks: function() {
WifiWizard.listNetworks(test.handleList);
addToStatus("Listing networks...");
},

disconnect: function() {
var ssid =  document.getElementById("SSID").value;
addToStatus("Disconnecting: " + ssid);
WifiWizard.disconnectNetwork(ssid, addToStatus, addToStatus);
},

connect: function() {
var ssid =  document.getElementById("SSID").value;
addToStatus("Connecting: " + ssid);
WifiWizard.connectNetwork(ssid, addToStatus, addToStatus);
},

clear: function() {
document.getElementById("status").innerHTML="";
addToStatus("WifiTest Cleared.");
}
};

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If your headhunter hates your resume, you may want to hear them out before you get defensive.
Many job seekers at one time or another find themselves engaging with a headhunter. Regardless if you have been solicited, or you have sought them out, a headhunter will always ask you for your resume. So what do you do if your headhunter tells you that you need resume help? As a professional resume writer, career coach, and oft-times recruiter, I can tell you that this happens for one of three reasons.
Or, to put it more delicately, your resume format is not optimizing your skillset effectively and therefore will not be as productive a marketing tool as it could be. If your resume is out of date, unattractively formatted, contains an objective statement or is just hard to read, then your headhunter may rightly ask you to create a more professional looking resume. If this is the case, you will be well served to listen. If writing resumes is not your thing, there are wonderful professional services who can help with resume writing.
Your headhunter presumably is very familiar with the hiring company and their needs. A resume is only a two page document highlighting the skills you have assumed will be most relevant. However, sometimes there is an important facet to the job that is not apparent on your resume, that the headhunter may be aware of. If you are confident that you actually do have the skill and can ethically claim it on your resume, you are well served to take your headhunter's resume help. They usually get paid only if you are hired, so they are highly motivated to get you the job. That being said, you will be the one to interview and work there so avoid overstating any claims.
Resume formats are both an art and a science. There are parsing techniques, keywords and current trends that are proven to be effective, but there are also personal preferences. It is very frustrating to pay money to get help with resume writing, only to show it to a recruiter and be told that it should look different. This has happened to a few of my clients. While I personally always prefer my version and can back it up with statistics, what I usually tell my client is that if they really want to work with that headhunter, and the headhunter feels strongly about a different template or resume format, the client should consider reformatting to the headhunter's preference (and using the other one for positions outside the headhunter's scope).
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Police say teen runaway found safe
Tribune staff
A14-year-old girl who had been reported missing as a runaway has been found and returned back to her home safely.
According to City of Cheboygan Director of Public Safety Kurt Jones, Kaitlin LaLonde was reported to be walking down the road Friday morning, around 6 a.m.
"I know it was on Facebook, but the person who spotted her had just read it in the Tribune first thing this morning," said Jones.
Jones said the teenager was picked back up and placed back with her parents this morning. He thanked everyone who helped in the search for her.
LaLonde had been reported as a runaway Thursday.


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If you use a web form like Wufoo to collect contact information, you often want those contacts to wind up in your project management tool like Clio.
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After an 8-year production period, the RM2200D mixing console, introduced in 2003, had been discontinued in December 2010.
The discontinuation concerns all devices (article numbers) starting with RM220-.
In the following you can find general information on the environmental conditions for an RM2200D. If the standard is not met, DHD cannot ensure the proper functionality of the device.
As for the mounting in a 19″ rack, you need to leave at least one height unit (44 mm) of space above and below the DSP frame to allow air circulation for cooling of the device. If there are more heat-emitting devices mounted in the rack and/or the DSP frame is equipped with many cards, you will need to leave accordingly more space for ventilation. Do not cover the perforated metal plates at bottom and top of the case. Also avoid operating devices which lose a lot of heat in direct vicinity of the DSP frame.
To connect a RM2200D see section 5.8 of the RM2200D manual.
Is it possible to represent more than 4 ASCII characters in the fader channel display?
Every RM220-020D Fader Module of the RM2200D has a "4-character ASCII display" for each channel.
Modules with a larger number of ASCII characters for each fader channel are neither available, nor planned or feasible for the RM2200D.
Nevertheless, it is possible to define channel names with up to 16 characters in the PC software. The PC software shows up to 16 characters, depending on the number of faders and the resolution of your computer monitor. However, only the first 4 characters of these channel names will be used for the RM220-020D hardware panels.
Please use an additional PC monitor as extension if longer channel names are necessary.
What can I set via the Analog Control Inputs (ACIs) of the RM220-122 module?
Apart from the audio inputs and outputs and GPIOs, the RM220-122 module of the RM2200D also provides two analog control inputs (ACIs).
You can connect potentiometers directly to the ACIs to control the output level of the headphone outputs on the same module.
It is not possible to use these ACIs to control other functions.
Documentation for the RM2200D Version 3.x as PDF file to read offline.
Short instructions how to upgrade your systems firmware to Version 3.x and how to logon as user. PDF file to read offline.
10/11/2005,09:40 12.34 Mb Documentation for the RM2200D Version 2.x as PDF file to read offline.
04/06/2004,12:29 4.43 Mb Basic overview of the RM2200D.
Installer with all necessary software to run a RM2200D.
It includes the RM2200D Configuration Software, the Firmware and a default configuration file.
Please read the following quickguide, before updating the firmware of your device!
Current firmware update for the RM2200D.
If your system runs stable, no firmware update is needed!
11/04/2007,13:35 1.31 Kb A default configuration file, used for setting up Consoles. Please note, that this file must NOT fit your individual hardware setup!
Following, you can find drawings of the frames and modules of the RM2200D Mixing Console. The drawings are packed in a ZIP file.


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The 'Popish Plot': Titus Oates and 'Alternative Facts' in Seventeenth-Century Britain
On 6th September 1678, eighteen years after the Restoration began and a decade prior to the Glorious Revolution, a former naval chaplain by the name of Titus Oates stood in court before magistrate Sir Edmund Godfrey. He gave a statement under oath. There was, he said, a Popish plot to murder King Charles II.
Immediately the press in London, and elsewhere in Britain, ran the story. Detailed transcriptions of the trial's proceedings were made publicly accessible. Newsmongers and satirists produced illustrated broadsides and pamphlets based on Oates' claims. Since such popular print was commonly displayed in public places such as taverns and coffee houses, it was almost impossible to escape news of Oates' 'plot', especially in the capital. It seemed, captivatingly, as though a Catholic conspiracy was maneuvering beneath people's very noses. In response, fear-driven anti-Catholic sentiments escalated and were exacerbated by the publication of anti-Catholic popular print. It was a positive feedback cycle which culminated in the execution of at least 22 suspected Popish conspirators.
The catch? The Popish 'plot' was entirely fictional. Oates' statement was filled with lies presented as truths – arguably comparable to 'alternative facts' in today's discourse.
Most importantly, those 22 or more 'conspirators' were innocent.
Inventing a Conspiracy
Oates claimed he first heard rumours of the 'plot' whilst serving as a naval chaplain in Tangier. Fired from this role, he kept himself out of poverty by co-writing anti-Catholic pamphlets with former clergyman Dr Israel Tonge, whom he met through his father.
In 1678, after a year of being tossed between Catholic seminaries in Spain, France and England, Oates returned to London out of exasperation, where he rekindled his relationship with Tonge. He entertained the fervent anti-Papist with anecdotes of how Catholics had disrespected him, and even warned Tonge that because of his anti-Popish pamphleteering, he may be the target of a conspiracy. When Tonge asked Oates to put all this down on paper, Oates eagerly obliged – arguably because he was pleased to finally have an audience. In 43 depositions, Oates outlined the Popish 'plot'.
The plan was, he said, to murder King Charles II by bullet or by poison. The King's Catholic brother James would also be killed unless he consented to the plot. The regicide would provoke uprisings in Scotland, Ireland and England. Oates claimed to have seen letters between his Catholic acquaintances and gave seemingly convincing details of their comings and goings during his year in the seminaries.
Tonge passed on Oates' depositions to the King via his friend, Christopher Kirkby. The King's First Minister interrogated Kirkby and Tonge. He didn't believe their wild claims.They needed a new approach.
On 6th September 1678, Tonge had Oates brought before Westminster magistrate Sir Edmund Godfrey to legally swear in his evidence of the 'plot' . This brought it to much wider attention. They then faced a Privy Council investigation, where Oates expanded his accusations to 81 depositions. Notably, he accused Edward Coleman, the Duchess of York's secretary; the Duchess of York was the wife of King Charles II's brother James, which made her sister-in-law to the King. Coleman happened to be a potential conspirator; a search of his papers seemed to actually corroborate some of Oates' story. Thus, despite increasing inconsistencies in Oates' claims as the interrogations continued, the Privy Council became increasingly inclined to believe him.
Upon Godfrey's death in October 1678, which the press portrayed as part of the Catholic 'conspiracy', Oates was summoned to the House of Commons. He name-dropped five Catholic lords amongst his accusations, which made his story more convincing and added a sense of urgency, whilst additionally accusing relatively minor figures who had antagonized him personally in the past. He stood as a witness in the trials of several accused conspirators, providing extraordinarily flimsy evidence which was nevertheless taken as fact. Whenever he made self-incriminating errors, he fell back on false excuses like his poor eyesight or his selective memory. Widespread anti-Catholic hysteria in the wake of the rapidly unravelling 'plot' and the print surrounding it meant that, regardless of this, the courts were eager to sentence the accused: at least 22 men were executed.
Titus Oates: a vengeful anti-Papist, or a man caught up in his own lie?
By 1681, the tide turned against Oates as the authorities began to see through his deception. When he accused the Queen, a devout Portuguese Roman Catholic who was already under scrutiny because of her beliefs, of being part of the 'plot', the King had had enough. In 1684 Oates was arrested, and in 1685 he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Should his legacy be that of a repulsive perjurer, as his contemporaries in 1685 promoted? Or should we entertain the possibility that he was in fact a desperate man who took a lie too far, under the encouragement of people more influential than himself?
There is a case to be made that the 'plot' Oates invented was really just an unoriginal, formulaic conspiracy tale akin to many others of his time. Catholic regicidal plots were commonplace in discourse; for example, the 1605 Gunpowder Plot was habitually used in print as a reference point every time a new 'plot' was uncovered. Some historians suggest that Oates' 'plot' narrative fitted a contemporary formula: a group of Catholic elites would kill the Protestant King, which would then provoke an uprising, and all this would be uncovered by a man who would, via a well-placed associate, warn the government before it was too late. If it is true that considerable parts of Oates' story were copied from 'plot' narratives he had heard before, can we really consider him a calculated, manipulative scandalmonger? More likely, he quickly found himself of his depth and was forced to improvise based on what he knew.
Alternatively, William of Orange's portrayal of Oates as a martyr in the late 1680s indicates that he was in fact purposeful in his persistent pushing of the 'plot', not merely succumbing to pressure to continue the lie. William saw Oates as a defender of the Protestant faith against Popery, which implies that Oates sought out retribution against potential enemies of the Protestant state through convincing the authorities to execute them. Did Oates invent the 'plot' to defend his Protestant countrymen? Or was he more concerned with personal vengeance for his experiences at Catholic seminaries in the preceding years? Either way, this evidence suggests that Oates had his own anti-Catholic motivations and thus was not merely a puppet enacting the wishes of higher-ranking men.
The wider anti-Catholic discourse at the time is also notable. Historian Tim Harris argues that Whig propaganda relating to the Exclusion Crisis was responsible for Oates' 'plot' reaching parliamentary and popular discourse. This Crisis emerged because in 1673 it became publicly known that the King's brother James, the heir to the throne, was Catholic. His accession would turn England over to Popish tyranny, or so it was perceived. Since Oates' 'plot' involved a Catholic takeover of the monarchy, it reinforced the Whigs' campaign to exclude James from the monarchical succession. Harris argues that without this political backdrop, Oates' 'plot' would not have so fervently attracted the press and thus the public interest. Perhaps Oates was really a coincidental figure in a predominantly parliamentary issue. Or perhaps he consciously harnessed popular Exclusionist views to promote his own anti-Catholic agenda.
The 'Plot' in Popular Print
There is a myriad of popular print which attests to the fact that Oates' lies were portrayed to the public as unquestionable truths.
A 1679 broadsheet shows illustrations of different stages of the plot unfolding, with descriptions of the events underneath. The text begins: "The design of this Popish PLOT was to reduce Great Britain and Ireland… under the Tyranny of the Romish Religion and Government." This shows no doubt about the validity of Oates' claims, and the capitalisation of "PLOT" alludes to the publisher's profit-driven primary desire to harness popular interest in the events. The text goes on to describe how, "…you see there several Traytors ready to destroy his Majesty", which conveys a sense of urgency. It also suggests to readers that Oates had rescued them just in time. Such prints were displayed in public places like squares and taverns so that many people had a chance to see them for free. Nevertheless, the highly detailed engraved illustration alludes to the broadside's high production cost, which implies that its producers were confident that, for entertainment or as a legitimate source of news, print relating to Oates 'plot' had a considerable consumer base.
Similarly, a 1681 set of illustrated playing cards depict the unravelling of Oates' 'plot'. Notably, the first card depicts the first (fictional) conspiratorial meeting between the Pope and his cardinals, then the second card depicts the 1666 Great Fire of London. Clearly the printer aimed to make the cards' users assume that the fictional 'plot' uncovered by Oates was connected to the real fire that had occurred 15 years earlier. This legitimised Oates' story, since it was widely believed at the time that the Great Fire of London was started by Catholics who sought to punish the primarily Protestant city. Many cards in this pack depict trials and executions, which indicates that interest in Oates' 'plot' perhaps lay in popular fascination with the gruesome, and with the drama of life-or-death scenarios. Would card players have really paid much attention to such illustrations? Certainly illustrated print such as this offered a chance for the illiterate – a significant portion of society – to hear about the plot in a manner other than word-of-mouth.
These are just two examples of how Oates' plot was portrayed in print. What is arguably most significant is the effort taken to produce a variety of media covering all stages of this legal and political saga. Clearly, there was a popular demand for anti-Catholic print and news of the conspiracy, and also an enthusiasm amongst writers, illustrators and printers to produce it. Phenomena around this time, like pope-burning processions, where the masses assembled to burn effigies of the Pope as a symbol of opposition to Catholicism, demonstrate that there was some sort of positive feedback mechanism whereby anti-Catholic print fuelled an already fierce anti-Catholic fire.
'Alternative Facts' in the Seventeenth Century?
The concept of 'alternative facts', meaning the portrayal of false information as truth in order to manipulate public opinion, has cropped up increasingly frequently in recent discourse. This phenomenon is often portrayed as an unwelcome consequence of our present-day dependence on online news sources, like political soundbites and social networking sites. Modern-day people are assumed to be uniquely accepting of news at face value.
However, the ability of lies dressed up as truths to captivate a significant popular audience is not unique to the twenty-first century. Neither is the press's profit-driven desire to harness and exacerbate sensational popular hysteria as a source of demand. The example of Oates' fictional Popish 'plot', which – via popular print – enraptured late-seventeenth-century public opinion so much that at least 22 innocent men were executed, exemplifies this. It is no coincidence that it happened amid what historians call the 'print explosion'.
Evidently, 'alternative facts' are not new. However, with every news story covered by a multiplicity of perspectives in a multiplicity of sources at our fingertips, we should now in theory have an advantage over our seventeenth-century ancestors. If we were to harness these to make a conscious effort to read between the lines of news media, we would much more easily identify 'alternative facts' and confine this whole phenomenon to the past.
Written by Sophie Turbutt
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Anon., [En]gland's Grand Memorial (London: Printed by T. Dawks, 1679), illustrated broadside.
Anon., A Representation of the Popish Plott in 29 Figures (London: Sold by Robert Greene, 1681), playing cards.
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Category : Early Modern History, Uncategorized
Tags : alternative facts, catholic, conspiracy, popish plot, print culture, seventeenth century, Sophie Turbutt, titus oates
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