On iOS and Android, there are different ways to connect your smartphone to your TV and cast display the screen interface on your TV, wireless or with cables — the most obvious is AirPlay and Chromecast, but there are a whole bunch of methods. Here is our guide to enjoying all the audio, video and streaming content of your smartphone or tablet on your TV.
We have plenty of reasons to want to connect and connect our smartphone or tablet to our TV, especially if we consume a lot of video content streaming from our iPhone and other iOS devices or our Android tablets and smartphones. For example, many Netflix subscribers do not have a TV that offers SVoD or box service by default. In this case, they must either turn to their TV box or broadcast from the Netflix application. Same thought for YouTube or videos on multimedia players found on the web.
Without evoking the inevitable evening slideshow on the family TV that is now prepared rather with our smartphones than with a projector.
Whether for Android or iOS, Google's wireless technology, cast, is particularly useful on a daily basis. It works with most devices (Android smartphones and tablets, iPhone and iPad, browsers …).
Originally, the technology was introduced with the first keys Chromecast, sold today ~56$ in a reworked version ( ~90$ for the 4K version ) by the giant of Moutain View. This mini HDMI Wi-Fi key has become truly essential.
To the point that today are few services that do not have a cast function (the option is sometimes unlocked with a subscription …). In addition, you do not have to have a Chromecast key to use wireless display technology: all Android TV boxes (such as the Nvidia Shield or the Xiaomi Mi Box ) have this feature.
Modern TVs equipped with Android TV also have a default Cast feature in their interface — we think for example excellent Sony TV.
In practice, just have your Chromecast key or your Android TV box connected to the HDMI port of your TV and connected to your Wi-Fi to simply caste directly from compatible applications on iPhone and Android. For Chromecast-enabled apps, check out Google's guide. Audio or video streaming services are mostly compatible. To check if your music streaming service has a Chromecast feature.
Finally, only on Android and the Chrome browser (all platforms), you can cast directly either your screen for Android or a tab on Chrome. To do this, just use your smartphone or tablet to install the Google Cast app and Chrome, the extension of Google — available by default on the latest versions in the small menu at the top right. Simple and efficient.
The AirPlay technology is, like Google's, based on Wi-Fi. Introduced by Apple, AirPlay is very convenient and works instantly provided you use Apple products or compatible products — the Freebox Revolution is, for example, but not the new Delta Freebox. Like Google's cast, AirPlay uses your network to transfer the display of your iPad or iPhone to your receiving device.
If you do not have a compatible device, it will go through the purchase of an Apple TV 4K, whose price is around 250$. That's more than three times the price of a Chromecast, but you'll have 4K and other native features on the box which enable you to connect your smartphone to your TV.
To transfer the display from your iOS device to your TV, just open the iOS shortcuts panel and then launch AirPlay streaming to your Apple TV — or use the feature you'll find in apps with the same logo. Most video or audio players on the web are AirPlay compatible, which allows you to stream directly from your iPhone browser. Note that AirPlay is also accessible on macOS: you can broadcast the entire screen of a Mac in AirPlay without any worries, just like videos and audio from most readers.
Another way to connect your smartphone to your TV is Miracast. It must be admitted, slowly but surely, the format Miracast which was however promising is falling into disuse. Notably because of the success and interoperability of Chromecast that made our old Miracast dongles superfluous.
In addition, compared to its competitors, the technology combines the flaws, the main being that it is not possible to lock his smartphone during a broadcast, frankly annoying when you see the possibilities offered by a Chromecast.
It has become quite difficult to find quality Miracast dongles, the reference being that Microsoft less than 60$ is more expensive than a Chromecast … In short, the only argument that we find in Miracast is its open source nature. Not sure that can convince.
USB Type-C will save us?
Another way to connect your smartphone to your TV is USB Type-C. The move from the overwhelming micro-USB standard to the new-generation USB Type-C ports has crushed a number of consumers who were losing their habits — and their compatible hardware. But the promise of a faster, more versatile and more powerful port has seduced builders and users. However, the reversible format of Type-C is sometimes an illusion of evolution, because if the smartphone or the computer did not adopt for its port the standard USB 3.0 and 3.1, the advantages of the new format do will not be so many.
Especially when it comes to transforming the USB signal into smartphone HDMI to tv. You will first need to check the compatibility of your devices with standards 3.0, SuperMHL and DisplayPort. As many warn you, the number of compatible smartphones and TVs is still minimalist. We will let you check the features of your devices. One of the most advanced consumer examples is the latest iPad Pro: with a USB-C to HDMI cable (or an adapter, tested with a Hootoo ), you can broadcast what it displays.
Do you remember how long it took to check before buying a smartphone if it was compatible with MHL? This standard, which begins to date, made possible the connection Micro USB to HDMI, and it was therefore enough to a cable to display his smartphone on his TV. You will find compatible cables on Amazon.
And the SuperMHL was. What is SuperMHL? More or less the same technology that accompanied our smartphones until then but optimized to take into account all branches of USB Type-C and allow a higher definition output of a digital signal. So today is the standard that must be monitored before the purchase of a smartphone for this use: unfortunately, it is still far from being massively adopted as we mentioned above.
As usual, Apple solutions do not shine by their interoperability. However, the Cupertino company has thought of incorporating into its Lightning a technology to transform its digital signal to an HDMI output. It is about the same standard as the MHL but with an image quality far from what can — in theory — offer USB Type-C. You'll find a Lightning to HDMI adapter on Amazon for 65$.


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Advent people (4) Simeon
On this 4th Sunday of Advent we'll turn to a fourth advent person in the gospel of Luke, that of Simeon.
Like Zechariah and Elizabeth, God takes the initiative to bless a righteous and devout believer by granting him his dearest wish. But again, much more is going on. The Spirit is on him, the Spirit has revealed he would see the Messiah and the Spirit directs him to the Temple to meet the parents and child.
Simeon's advent has come at last and his song of praise is all about God – who keeps his promises and who has sent his salvation. After a lifetime of waiting he can depart in peace. The Messiah is a light for Gentiles through the glory of fulfilled promises to Israel. The baby in his arms is of and for the Jews but the salvation he brings will be for all.
And Simeon's prophecy to Mary foreshadows that the salvation will be costly; light has darkness to overcome. The mission of the Messiah will reveal hearts, encounter opposition and bring grief to his mother.
His words carry huge significance; the whole story of Israel, and of the world itself, rests on the little bundle of flesh in the old man's arms. This is the supreme 'upside down-ness' of Christmas.
No wonder his parents marvel. Let's join them in wonder and thankfulness and praise.
25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. 26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Messiah. 27 Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, 28Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:
29 "Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,
you may now dismiss your servant in peace.
30 For my eyes have seen your salvation,
31 which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
33 The child's father and mother marveled at what was said about him. 34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, 35 so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too."
Sundays in Mark (76) The end of the story
Tidying up our simple Sunday reflections in the Gospel of Mark.
Did Mark intend his Gospel to end so abruptly with the words 'they were afraid'? Is there a lost ending? One that would have told the story of resurrection appearances and a response of joyful faith by the disciples in Galilee as hinted at in verse 7?
Or is that our assumption of what a proper gospel ending should be? (And the addition of the later ending shows others shared that assumption).
Or did Mark, in true Markan style, end as dramatically as he began? He sure has a consistent emphasis on themes of fear and astonishment. And these reactions are pretty well always in response to the astonishing authority, actions and power of Jesus. Is Mark ending this way to draw attention to the revelation of the awesome power of God in raising his son from the dead?
There is, of course, no way to answer this definitively.
One thing is sure. The Gospel writer leaves all of us, the readers, confronted with the empty tomb and all that it signifies.
Sundays in Mark (75) He is Risen!
Continuing our simple Sunday reflections in the Gospel of Mark.
And we're nearly there! I've loved doing these wee Marcan reflections each week.
The 'young man' in white says what most angels seem to say to people they meet – 'Don't be afraid'. Here is a glimpse of the 'otherness' of God reflected in his messenger.
But fear and terror are not appropriate in this situation. For now the world has changed. Bad news and grief and despair are being transformed in the face of the astonishing good news given by the angel.
And this is the 'good news', the gospel – the man Jesus of Nazareth has been crucified, killed and buried. But he has been raised bodily from the dead; the tomb is empty, death has been found powerless in the face of the power of God. And this man Jesus is raised to a new order of eschatological existence. The future world of resurrection has broken into the present.
All has changed.
No wonder the women are bewildered. This good news is so 'paradigm shifting', so 'big' that they cannot begin to take it in.
That will take time … and Christians ever after, from the early Christians and their writings recorded in the NT, to believers around the world today are still processing that great good news.
So how does this astonishing good news, first spoken by the angel to the women all those centuries ago, continue to speak into and transform your life and context today ?
6 "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.'"
8 Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
Sundays in Mark (74) terror in the tomb
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We've reached chapter 16 and the last moments of hopelessness and mourning for the lost Messiah.
Mark's focus switches back to the women. They were prepared for sunset (and the end of the Sabbath) to purchase perfumed spices as soon as they could, likely to pour on Jesus' head. He would have been in the tomb for 2 nights and a day in a hot climate by the time the women arrive at the tomb on Sunday morning.
Mark is typically minimalistic. The size of the round stone is mentioned to emphasise the impossibility of the women or the 'young man' moving it on their own.
No wonder the women were terrified (the word is that strong) – entering a tomb, huge stone rolled away, no body and a white-robed stranger sitting inside. The stranger isn't called an angel but he fulfils the role – a holy, pure, divine messenger. And I guess there must have been something terrifying about him – something glorious, transcendent, other ….
And this is the typical response of anyone encountering an angel of God, let alone God himself.
What place should the fear of God – fear of his otherness, his glory, his holiness, his power and his mystery – have in the modern church, in your faith? What place does it have? Has the modern church pretty well lost any sense of God's complete and terrifying otherness? And if so, what are the implications?
Jesus Has Risen
1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3 and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?"
4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. 5 As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
Sundays in Mark (73) Courage at Jesus' burial
Mark is in concise descriptive mode, but as usual there is a lot going on behind the scenes. It's deeply poignant that there is no (male) close relative or disciple of Jesus around to ask for the body so it can be buried quickly before the Sabbath and according to Jewish custom.
Jesus is alone in death, abandoned to his fate.
Joseph of Arimathea, I think, tends to get overlooked. In contrast to the disciples he acts with real courage. Permission to allow a body of a convicted enemy of Rome to be buried had to be granted by Pilate. Joseph is a senior member of the Sanhedrin which had passed its own judgement on Jesus. He must have been drawn to Jesus' teaching of the kingdom of God.
If it was one thing to take the risk to follow Jesus when he was alive, it is an extraordinary decision for Joseph to identify himself publicly on the side of a dead man. But an urgent decision had to be made, and it was Joseph who stood up to be counted.
Influential and likely well off, it is Joseph, and presumably his servants, who tend to Jesus' body and take it to a nearby stone-cut tomb. It is only in death that Jesus is among the wealthy.
Sometimes in life, there comes a moment when you either stand for what is right and what you believe in or you bottle it and don't.
Maybe sometimes we act like Joseph and grab that moment in faith. Maybe more often we act like the other disciples and disappear or keep our heads down. Joseph certainly was the exception. But the good news is that with Jesus, there is always restoration and forgiveness for a new day and a new opportunity to stand with him.
The Burial of Jesus
42 It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. 44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. 45 When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. 47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where he was laid.
Sundays in Mark (72) Jesus and women
Jesus, the Messiah, the beloved Son of God, is dead; executed by pagans, rejected by Israel, abandoned by his disciples. The story of the gospel has reached both its climax and its nadir.
And isn't it remarkable, that in the midst of these dark and momentous events, Mark inserts a little interlude about Jesus and women. Too easily these verses are skipped over.
But we've seen that Mark is much too canny an author to be putting in irrelevant padding. No, these verses are significant. But how?
At one level, like a good story teller he's setting up the women's involvement in the burial and resurrection to come.
But at another level, his matter of fact description reveals some fascinating things about Jesus' relationships with, and dependence on, women.
While Mark mentions three specific women, 'many others' were present. These were all Galilean women. And this group of women had had the surprising and remarkable role of basically being Jesus' 'ministry support team' in Galilee.
Luke makes this even more clear in Lk 8:1-3. He also mentions some specific names among 'many others' who accompanied and supported Jesus' itinerant ministry.
1After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; 3 Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod's household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.
So here we have the Messiah, the Son of God, soon to be revealed as the risen Lord, being supported in his mission to Israel and to the wider world by a fairly substantial group of women.
It is these women who risk being there to be with Jesus as he faces death. It is these women who would be first to minister to Jesus in death, just as they had in life. And it is these women, who would be the first witnesses of the resurrected Lord.
Now of course it is one thing to highlight these facts, it is another to translate them to the contemporary church.
A 'hard patriarchialist' might say the women had to stand in because the men had failed! But there is no hint of this here (or anywhere else in the NT). On their own these verses are highly suggestive of the remarkable and vital role of women within Jesus' mission. Taken with Jesus' own counter-cultural inclusion of women within the kingdom of God, and the overall thrust within the NT of equality in the new community of the Spirit, this passage forms a piece in the NT jigsaw picture of the honoured and indispensable role of women in the earliest Christian community.
Women at the cross
40 Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph, and Salome. 41 In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.
Sundays in Mark (71) The Centurion's exclamation
Over the last two weeks I've been reflecting on Mark's account of the death of Jesus, specifically how his death (1) reveals the identity and mission of the Son of God; (2) is associated with impending judgement on the temple and today (3) the significance of the pagan Roman soldier being the one to recognise something of Jesus' true identity.
Wasn't it John Wayne hundreds of years ago (1965) who, playing the soldier in The Greatest Story Ever Told, exclaimed in his drawling American accent that 'Truly this man was the Son of Gawd'?
'Tis unfortunate that this line still tends to get automatically associated with Wayne's hammy acting.
For it is a crucial turning point in Mark's narrative. The centurion on duty would have witnessed the whole crucifixion and the extraordinary events surrounding it. It is clearly the manner of Jesus' death that convinces him of … what?
As a Roman, does he recognise Jesus' extraordinary status and authority, perhaps his god-like power and transcendent identity? He is awestruck by Jesus, but he expresses his thoughts as a pagan Roman soldier. One thing is for sure, this Jewish rabbi does not belong on the cross.
Mark takes the Roman's words to another level of meaning. His gospel has begun with the proclamation that it is all about the good news of Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God. Here, the Roman, unwittingly confirms the truth. His public exclamation must have 'spoken' powerfully to the Christians in Rome to whom Mark writes. Jesus is God's Son, not the Emperor.
And, I like to think, this Gentile recognition of the Jewish Son of God prefigures the inclusion of the Gentiles under the Lordship of the risen Christ. The good news of Jesus is good news for all.
The Death of Jesus
33 At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34 And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?").
35 When some of those standing near heard this, they said, "Listen, he's calling Elijah."
36 Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down," he said.
37 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.
38 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, "Surely this man was the Son of God!"
Sundays in Mark (70) the death of Jesus and the Temple curtain
This week we return to Mark 15:38 and the death of Jesus and the decisive spiritual significance of the moment of Jesus' death as witnessed by the tearing in two of the Temple curtain.
Have you (like me), always been taught that the tearing of the temple veil was the inner veil that separated the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies – and this was symbolic of the dividing wall between man and God being abolished at the death of Jesus?
Reading around this a bit, its seems that this theory is pretty shaky. There was a second, outer temple curtain separating the sanctuary from the forecourt. This was in full public view when the doors were open. And, according to Josephus, this was a magnificent thick curtain, 80 feet high and portraying the entire heavens.
The tearing from top to bottom of this curtain is dramatic and irreversible. It is a public sign, but of what? A strong case I think can be made that Mark has in mind here a parallel to 'the heavens being torn open' at Jesus' baptism (Mk 1:9). Just as the baptism marks the beginning of Jesus' mission, his death marks the climatic end. There is a 'tearing of heaven' at both.
The tearing simultaneously acts as a visible sign of judgement on the temple. Jesus' mission has been confrontational all the way through. He had already warned of the coming destruction of the temple, a fate bound up with Israel's rejection of her Messiah. The death of the Son of God is intricately bound up with the fate of the temple.
The story of Israel is not ending. But with the death of Jesus, it begins a remarkable new chapter that will change broaden and redefine the people of God. The temple stands as the nation's great ethno-centric symbol, the dwelling place of their God. But its days are numbered. Yes, Jesus is the Messiah of Israel, but not only of ethnic Israel. As the resurrection is about to show, he is the Lord of ALL.
Sundays in Mark (69) The death of the Son of God
Continuing our simple Sunday reflections in the Gospel of Mark and specifically within the climax of the passion narrative.
The fresco from the Kloster monastery in Alpirsbach shows Jesus being offered the drink described in this text.
Jesus approaches his inevitable death: the slow agony of crucifixion, the struggle for breath, the heat of the sun, blood loss and trauma from multiple injuries, desolation at his Father's absence have all taken their brutal toll. No-one gets down alive from a Roman cross.
At his cry of desolation the onlookers offer him a drink to moisten his mouth so he can speak, mistakenly thinking he's making one last desperate cry to be saved by calling out to Elijah – the prophet around whom Jewish eschatological hopes swirled.
Jesus' final cry here is loud – the text has a sense of a 'great cry' – it is a horrible, shocking scene, filled with the finality of death.
Mark's focus is on at least two things:
1. Jesus revealed, against all the odds, as the Son of God
2. The decisive spiritual significance of the moment of Jesus' death witnessed by the tearing in two of the Temple curtain
3. The Gentile centurion being the one who recognises Jesus' true identity
I'm just going to comment on the first of these and come back to the others in the next couple of weeks.
Jesus as Son of God is the 'red thread' tying Mark's view of Jesus together.
His sonship is announced at his baptism; known by demons; revealed to Peter & co on the Mount of Transfiguration; disbelieved at his trial; and now finally announced by the centurion at the cross.
'Son of God' has reference to Ps 2:7 and Is 42:1 which allude to the kingly character and power of the Son – and thus Jesus' baptism has overtones of a kingly enthronement.
Here is God's anointed one, but his identity is only revealed to Jesus at his baptism and is a continual source of 'hiddenness' and 'secrecy' within the Gospel of Mark. In Mark 9:2-9 – the Son of God is revealed to the disciples, this revelation is connected to the command not to tell anyone until the Son of Man rises from the dead.
There is an intentional veiling of Jesus' identity until after Easter. The 'messianic secret' is to preclude misunderstandings of mistaken messianic expectations 'getting in the way'. The Son of God continues his mission towards the cross, empowered by the Spirit.
Here, at last, is the identity of the Son of God being revealed. The mission of the annointed servant is completely surprising and paradigm shifting. And here, in the moment of Jesus' death, it is 'successfully' achieved. Yet, those to whom it was revealed have fled. No-one understands what is really going on – and the one person who gets closest to this is a pagan soldier …
What does all this suggest to you about the way God does things?
Sundays in Mark (68) Jesus forsaken
We've reached one of the most famous and most debated and most preached couple of verses in the Gospel of Mark.
At noon, the brightest part of the day, the sun darkens for three hours. The darkness is a sign of the immense spiritual and eschatological signficance of what is unfolding on the cross.
Darkness was associated with the original Passover, a sign of God's judgement and of death. Does Jesus' cry of desolation in the midst of the darkness reveal his experience of God's judgement and of death? And in doing so his cry reveals the unfathomable depth of the passion of the Christ?
Jesus' cry echoes the words of Psalm 22:1, yet are spoken in Aramaic. I've heard all sorts of interpretations of these verses.
– Jesus loses hope and dies a failure on the cross. Like Albert Schweitzer's idea of Jesus as a radical but failed apocalyptic Messiah.
– Jesus didn't really feel forsaken, his cry is more an affirmation of faith in his Father looking beyond death to the resurrection.
But the words in Psalm 22 are of a desperate cry for help for the righteous sufferer. Mark has made clear the impending horror of the cross and Jesus' full awareness of what lay ahead. He has come to give his life 'a ransom for many'. His death will be substitionary, representative and involves bearing other's judgement for sin t0 effect liberation, freedom and forgiveness.
I think we need to be cautious about how far we can press these verses to speak to the depth of trinitarian relationships between Father and Son being 'severed'. But Jesus endures and experiences the curse and judgement of death (Deut21:23) which separates him in some awful way from the presence of his Father. The sinless one dies a death that is not his to endure.
He dies your death and mine.
And in doing so, his desolation is real. His pain is real. His death is real.
And it is in that very historical reality that Christian hope is rooted.

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Thirty thousand bottles of wine and a pig called Helga by Todd Alexander
A laugh a minute
Todd Alexander delivers a laugh out loud, blow by blow account of meeting the man of his dreams and moving with him to the country to become gentleman farmers.
Todd has a dream: he will emulate his heroine Maggie Beer. Jeff just wants to buy cushions – so many cushions - more cushions than anyone can imagine, let alone use. Todd has more than a passing penchant for buying cookbooks; he also wants to run the sort of B&B he would actually like to stay in.
We are all guilty of dreaming that we can extend our holidays into our everyday life. Becoming more like Maggie Beer is an aspiration most of us can relate to. And few of us would dispute the sentiment that we could surely do better after staying in very sub-standard accommodation and paying through the nose for it.
"The felt carpets were filthy, their flowers faded and frayed. The thin fibro walls were beige… the beds were rock hard; the sheets were see-through and smelt like weeks-old scourers that have sat in the kitchen sink…," Alexander writes.
I'll stop right there, because chances are your skin is already crawling. Todd Alexander has a way with words, and throughout this charming, self-effacing book his larger than life personality shines through abundantly.
I love that he's out there loud and proud in that way that many gay men have of being pee your pants funny; and I adore the build-up throughout the book of the sense that this must surely end badly for everyone.
Todd Alexander is an accomplished author. He's been writing for more than 20 years and his first book was published in 2006. This was followed by numerous others including runaway best seller How to Buy and Sell on eBay.com.au
The connection to eBay may surprise but ultimately also explain why, despite their naivety and distinct lack of qualifications to become gentleman farmers; Todd and Jeff have made an unqualified success of it.
Todd was at the pinnacle of his corporate career working for eBay when he made the decision to scale back his professional working life to spend more time developing the lifestyle block in the Hunter Valley.
Jeff, meanwhile, was a builder, and the pair had already established a successful track record of renovating city properties before they embarked on the greatest makeover of their relationship.
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The story of how they did it is sure to induce belly laughs.
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TotalEnergies and Air France-KLM sign a 10-year MoU for SAF
TotalEnergies and Air France-KLM have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the delivery of more than 1 MMcm3/800,000 tons of SAF by TotalEnergies to Air France-KLM Group airlines over the 10-year period from 2023.
This sustainable aviation fuel will be produced by TotalEnergies at its biorefineries. It will be made available to Air France-KLM Group's airlines, mainly for flights departing from France (in accordance with French legislation) and the Netherlands.
The sustainable aviation fuels produced by TotalEnergies reduce CO2 emissions by at least 80% on average over the entire lifecycle, compared with their fossil equivalent.
Air France-KLM has implemented a strict sourcing policy and is committed to purchasing only SAFs that do not compete with human food or animal feed, that are RSB* or ISCC** certified for sustainability, and that are not derived from palm oil.
With the signing of this MoU, Air France-KLM and TotalEnergies confirm their collaboration and their goal of furthering the development of a more responsible aviation sector.
A long-standing partnership in support of aviation sector decarbonization
Air France-KLM Group and TotalEnergies have been collaborating on the use of sustainable aviation fuel for nearly 10 years. Their partnership began with "Lab Line for the Future" in 2014, a two-year experiment during which 78 flights between Paris-Orly and Toulouse and between Paris-Orly and Nice were powered by 10% SAF supplied by TotalEnergies.
In January 2020, Air France and TotalEnergies participated, alongside Safran and Suez, in the Call for Expression of Interest launched by the French government aimed at developing sustainable aviation fuel production in France.
Over the last two years, TotalEnergies has also supplied SAF for a number of Air France-KLM Group commercial flights:
In May 2021, Air France's first long-haul flight, between Paris and Montreal, powered by 16 % SAF produced in France;
In October 2021, an Air France flight between Paris and Nice powered by 30% SAF;
In May 2022, an Air France flight operated as part of the SkyTeam Sustainable Flight Challenge, between Paris and Montreal, powered by 16% SAF;
In June 2022, several flights operated by all of the Air France-KLM Group's airlines as part of the Connecting Europe Days, powered by 30% SAF.
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I drop the tailgate and eagerly lean the top half of my body toward the bed. I followed this truck for two hours watching two dog crates bounce in the back, but dogs aren't in the cages. Beavers are. It's moving day and these two beavers have a new home to build in Idaho's backcountry.
But until recently, the same department now moving beaver, was issuing kill permits to eliminate nuisance dam builders. Beavers hear water running and they run to stop it. They also chew, flooding roads with trees toppled by their teeth. Roads close when under water and those trees might be your windbreak.
Through the caged front of the crate, the jostled animals are alert with eyes wide. They're two of 19 moved in one summer. Traveling by truck is foreign for all of them, but mild compared to the transplant tactics of the 1950s when Idaho's wildlife biologists dropped beaver in the backcountry via plane and parachute.
Old footage of the operation is worth seeing and hearing. Narrator with classic, stern voice delivers scripted lines. Grainy film clips spliced together show beaver drop. Box cracks open on impact. Ball of fur lumbers out.
There are more roads today than there were 80 years ago. Most beaver transplants are done within a one-to-two-mile hike from the truck. The two I'm watching are going into Duck Creek. A small tributary near the Idaho-Montana border. Brook trout and cutthroat trout find Duck Creek, but they don't stay. The creek runs dry most summers and the few parts that puddle are so shallow they freeze in winter.
Brower recruits volunteers to build beaver lodges and beaver dam analogs before transplants arrive. Beaver dam analogs (BDAs) are man-made clogs on creeks created with posts, mud and willow. The Nature Conservancy also engineers similar BDAs in the West. Human hands can't make the structure last, but wild paws can.
Transplants, at an average cost of $250 per animal, are moved in pairs or family groups. A solo beaver won't stay put. For this habitat experiment to work, the beaver has to stay put. Well, as put as any busy animal will. A radio tag on their tail tells Brower if they stay. Sending in a male and female together should help.
I watch the pair leave the crates and transition from dry ground to wet. They sink, surface and swim with purpose issuing a firm tail slap as they survey the pool's perimeter. They're probably gauging workload versus motivation.
Love this! I've covered beaver management and this is the best solution I've seen.
I wrote and illustrated a book for young readers on the 1948 beaver drop in 2016. It s called " Beavers Away! " The idea for the book came from a grad school Masters project on the ability of beavers to mitigate some of the effects of climate change. It is a truly remarkable story!
Wow! Cool! A " win-win" situation.
It is refreshing to know wildlife are encouraged to what they do best! Everything man made isn't better! The Beavers work is a fine example!
I will now LOVE the Beaver!
THATS FANTASTIC! For generations humans have been at war with the animal world. I have no idea what they were trying to prove. Now fortunately, some humans are trying to work in harmony with nature, slowly, one step at a time. Its the only thing that makes any sense. Neglecting and even killing animals should be as much a crime as killing humans, except in some cases, unfortunately, as food. But animals should never be killed as sport. What gives us the right?
This is so fascinating! I love whoever thought of this. Go beavers!
Please do a follow up in a year or two and let us know if the beavers are thriving in their new locales. I am thinking about deer that were transplanted from the Austin, Texas area to Mexico, and it did not end well for the transplants.
Very interesting, and certainly informative! I will send to 2 friends who live on the Jefferson in Cardwell!
This turned out better than the turkey drop on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. But, seriously, this is great news. Hope the reintroductions continue – by whatever means.
Rocky and Bullwinkle were the Original Creators of this method.
Thank you to the men and women who help these adorable animals.
These adorable beavers remind me of my pet guinea pigs. I can't believe the laid back personalities of these creatures after being parachuted from a plane! Thank you to all of the wonderful people who care for them and our environment. God bless.
There is so much to think about with animals and wildlife conservation. It can be overwhelming at times as there is so much to do. This was so much nicer than issuing a kill license. Just goes to prove it doesn't have to be that way. Thanks for all you are doing!
We have newly arrived beavers at our lake. ( I know because they cut down one of my trees.) How can I have them removed and relocated? ( I live in NY state).
Beavers design, build and maintain watershed improvements at a small fraction of the cost of other methods. The near exterpation in the 1800's was the first major alteration to our landscape and the impacts are still felt regionwide. Kudos to the people and organizations leading the way to recovery using nature's engineers.
Just north of the western edge of Yellowstone Park there is a beaver complex and associated wetland along the Gallatin River. The beavers created this wetland masterpiece that included a number of dams that created habitat for birds, fish, mammals and other wildlife. From pullouts along U.S. Hwy 191 that overlook this wetland, one can see moose, mule deer, coyotes, beaver, muskrat, sandhill cranes, ducks, wading birds, bald eagles and other raptors. For photos of this area, including some of the wildlife. After about ten years, some of the ponds silted in, so the beavers moved their complex a bit downstream. The area continues to be a wildlife magnet although there is no longer sufficient water depth in the old ponds to attract the diving duck species. For a great survey of the many benefits of beavers and efforts to restore them, I can highly recommend Ben Goldfarb's recent book, EAGER: THE SURPRISING, SECRET LIFE OF BEAVERS AND WHY THEY MATTER.


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We present a consolidated view of the complexity and challenges of designing studies for measurement of energy metabolism in mouse models, including a practical guide to the assessment of energy expenditure, energy intake and body composition and statistical analysis thereof. We hope this guide will facilitate comparisons across studies and minimize spurious interpretations of data. We recommend that division of energy expenditure data by either body weight or lean body weight and that presentation of group effects as histograms should be replaced by plotting individual data and analyzing both group and body-composition effects using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).


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Mark Miller is a strong advocate for environmental protection. Was among the first to raise awareness of the dangers of ODSs in Canada in 1988.
Dr. Molina is one of the world's most knowledgeable experts on pollution and the effects of chemical pollution on the environment.
As a research chemist in the USA, Dr. Montzka has sampled and quantified ozone-depleting substances in the global atmosphere for more than 20 years.
Mr. Balaji Natarajan is a Program Officer, who works with Asia and the Pacific region countries on Methyl Bromide phaseout activities.
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Ameneties Committee November
Minutes of a Meeting held on 26 November 2019 in the Jessel Room
Present: Cllrs Chris Ditton (Chairman), David Boniface, Alan Foster, Antony Harris and Mrs Jayne Russell.
Apologies were accepted from: Cllr Phil Kirkby.
Declarations of interest: None declared.
Questions and Statements from the Public. There were none.
The Village Green (the Upper Glebe Field).
It was noted that our Contractor had started work on the project to level the Village Green but work had been suspended due to repeated heavy rain. Our Contractor has informed us that the ground can not be grass seeded until the coming Spring as the ground is now too cold for the seed to take. It was noted that some members of the public are concerned about the fitness of the Village Green to accommodate the Goudhurst Village Fete in June 2020. It was noted that that Fete will be organised by the Goudhurst Parish Hall Trust and the Chairman of the Trust is a Member of this Parish Council committee. There was a brief discussion about alternative sites for the 2020 Fete including part of the Lower Glebe, Chequer Field or Finchcocks. It was decided to recommend to Council that the matter be reviewed in February 2020.
Hedge, gates and fencing on the south side of the Village Green. The height of the hedge has been reduced to the height of the small foot gate installed in the south west corner of the Green. The Contractor will keep it cut to that height four times a year. Two 3 metre lengths of Palisade fencing and a new foot gate will be installed on Tuesday, 03 December 2019.
Benches and Litter Bins. Following Council Minute 259/19, it was noted that the In Memory of Norma Neal bench in the Back Lane children's play area will be moved to the Village Green. Furthermore another Norma Neal bench, presently at the Primary School, will also be moved to the Village Green. One will be situated at the west end of the Green facing east; the second one on the north side of the Green facing south. Cllr Mrs Jayne Russell is arranging for the benches to be moved. The Clerk will arrange for quotes to establish appropriate secure bases for the benches.
With regard to the Litter Bins, it was noted that Council Minute 260/19 summarised the action to be taken.
Village Green – gate to be established in the north east corner. Council has received a request from members of the public for a gate to be introduced for pedestrian safety reasons. The Clerks will obtain quotations.
Tree Survey. Following Council Minutes 010/19 and 082/19, it was noted that some Members attended a meeting on 08 November 2019 with our arboreal adviser and contractor. The contractor has tagged trees on our estate. Council needs to consider priorities for the needed tree work against available budget expenditure. The Clerk will liaise with Chairman, Amenities Committee on this, In the meantime Assistant Clerk has started to accurately map on our mapping software the trees for which Council has responsibility.
Electric Vehicle Charge Points. Cllr Alan Foster will take a meter reading at the Parish Hall so as to estimate how much energy is being used by electric vehicles being charged at the charge points.
Royal Mail letterboxes. It was noted that, subsequent to this meeting, Assistant Clerk had once again written to the Royal Mail asking that the letter box removed from the A262 Cranbrook Road, opposite the Goudhurst Inn, to the Taywell Farm shop some 250 yards to the east be moved again to a site offered by Mr Donald Sargeant at the Weald Service Station forecourt. This position would be much ore convenient for local residents in that area.
Goudhurst in Bloom. It was agreed that the Asst Clerk will use social media in the search for a volunteer to take over the running of Goudhurst in Bloom.
Goudhurst Pond: Replacement fencing on the south side. It was noted that one quote had been received so far. Amenities Committee to decide
S106 Funding. It was agreed to draw up some costed schemes so that, should the possibility arise, Council could bid for S106 monies from local developers should appropriate schemes come to pass. Examples put forward:
An outdoor gymnasium equipment at the Village Green or elsewhere;
To create a 'hoggin' path along south side of the A262 Station Road from the junction of Ranters Lane to the area of the junction with Blue Coats Lane. Thought to be circa £25k.
A play area for Lurkins Rise (Hillier's Field).
The meeting closed at 8.05 pm.
Clerk to the Parish Council
Anthony Farnfield MBE


West End Church is a worshipping community which seeks to glorify God by growing in faith, being open to and sharing in God's Word and Spirit. We seek to serve and support our local community. We encourage and promote a concern for people throughout the world because we believe that God's love embraces all of humanity.
Our congregation is a friendly group of middle-aged to older people and a few young adults. We have a Sunday Club who meet monthly with 6-10 young children attending regularly. Worship tends to be traditional, helped by the choir who usually offer an introit and sometimes an anthem during the service. We also have a music group who lead more contemporary musical worship. There are a number of worship leaders in the congregation and Local Arrangement services provide an opportunity for something different.
There are several housegroups for fellowship and study; they meet at various times during the week.
The church has an active Ladies' group which includes ladies who are not members at West End. They have a varied and interesting programme of speakers and events throughout the year. Usually they meet on Tuesday evenings in the church building.
CAMEO caters for some of the older members and friends of the church. Meeting monthly for fellowship and friendship with refreshments.
The Boys' Brigade has been a great success on Friday nights. The numbers fluctuate but there are often 20-30 boys enjoying activities and being taught about the Christian Faith.
The church buildings sit in the heart of the residential West end of Hexham. They include two rooms and a hall which are well used by the local community including uniformed organisations, theatre groups, exercise groups, a brass band and male voice choir. The hall, in particular, is well used for parties and regular groups like Rugbytots.
West End seeks to serve the local community by providing and maintaining a place for worship and other purposes.


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Mathematica: A World of Numbers . . . and Beyond
DATE - 1961-Present
Mathematica: A World of Numbers. . . .and Beyond was the first fully immersive and large-scale exhibition produced by the Eames Office, designed for the March 1961 opening of a new science wing at the California Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles. The museum approached IBM to contribute to the new wing, and asked Charles to propose a suitable exhibition.
Charles and the rest of the Eames Office responded with a show educating fundamental mathematic concepts through interactive devices and graphics. Mathematica included a wealth of interactive components, including funhouse mirrors to teach a lesson about transposition. Projective Geometry creates "an elaborate artifice," which changes when looked at from different directions. The hypnotic balls of the Celestial Mechanics activity move faster and faster as they near the center of the cone, just as planets closer to the sun orbit more quickly due to the sun's gravitational pull. The Office also designed a forty-foot-long, eight-foot-tall timeline of the "Men of Modern Mathematics" showing the history of mathematics from AD 1000 to the present.
More than fifty years after the original inauguration of Mathematica, the first show organized by the Eames Office, visitors continue to relish its beauty and multilayered exploration of how mathematics shapes our world. The exhibition continues to be more engaging and accessible than many of its modern-day counterparts. After it reopened in New York in 2004, Edward Rothstein explained in The New York Times that Mathematica "still exudes confidence. It invites attention not by promising participatory sensation but by offering beauty and elegance. It spurs curiosity not by aiming for simplicity but by offering hints of complexity."
The book, An Eames Primer, explains that Mathematica "had its own standards and they were quite high. . . . In the words of Charles Eames, 'It should be of interest to a bright student and not embarrass the most knowledgeable.'" In particular, the Eameses were fascinated by an observation that they heard early on in their research: though most people think of mathematics as being about numbers, the world of numbers actually represents just about one percent of the world of mathematics. Mathematica: A World of Numbers . . . and Beyond makes that idea extremely vivid to the visitor.
"As the first major exhibit of the new wing of the California Museum of Science and Industry, it was an ambitious goal. . . . Though Mathematica's initial run was open-ended, it is fair to say that no one expected that 1961's opening exhibition would be so popular that it would stay in place for almost 37 years. In fact, Mathematica outlasted the building itself. Since the building was closed (and then demolished) in 1998, the exhibition has traveled." Today, three versions of Mathematica are currently on display at the Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts; the New York Hall of Science, in Queens, New York; and most recently, The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
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Ras Kass Sets Off "Soul On Ice 2" With "Guns N Roses" Single With Styles P & Lil Fame
June 19, 2019 | 12:00 PM
by Trent Clark
Los Angeles, CA – It's been 22 years, 8 months, 18 days since Ras Kass released his magnum opus, Soul On Ice (the album featuring "Nature of the Threat" for you next-gen YouTubers).
HipHopDX can now reveal that the West Coast vet's long-awaited sequel, Soul On Ice 2 is completed and will be released sooner than later. And to preview the album's diversity, the first single, "Guns N Roses" featuring appropriately aggressive verses from Styles P and Lil Fame, showcases the same type of East Coast grit that was prevalent during the time of the original album's heyday.
"I wasn't even sure I would ever even try to approach Soul On Ice 2 but after nearly 25 years, this is my Silver Anniversary," Ras Kass tells HipHopDX. "I needed to take inventory and see how I had changed (if any) and how our society had improved (did it really?)."
"I'm thankful to everyone who helped me make a true sequel that really serves as my 'New Beginning'".
The upcoming project also sports contributions from the likes of Snoop Dogg, Pete Rock, Diamond D and more. Check down below for the HipHopDX-premiered cover art and tracklist of Soul Of Ice 2 ahead of its July 26, 2019 release date.
1. Silver Anniversary (prod. Twiz the Beat Pro)
2.Grammy Speech (f. viola solo by Christen Lien) (prod. Diamond D
3 Midnight Sun (f. CeeLo Green) (prod. The Olympicks)
4 F.L.Y. (prod. DJ Green Lantern)
5 Street Superstar (prod. J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League)
6 White Power (f. Immortal Technique)
7. Shark Week
8. Wxt Thv Shxts (prod. J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League)
9. The Long Way (f. Everlast)
10 Guns N Roses (f. Styles P & Lil Fame)
11, LL Cool J (f. Snoop Dogg)
12. Trapped Music
13. Gingivitis w/ Jamo Gang (El Gant, J57, Ras Kass)
14. Can U Feel It (prod. Pete Rock)
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Jeannie Suk Gersen Canceled By First Circuit (Update x3 Uncanceled)
There is little doubt that Harvard Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has the chops. Not only is she a renowned scholar, but she's written extensively and boldly about the failures of Title IX due process. And the case is before the First Circuit Court of Appeals, Boston's federal appellate court, where she's right at home. To be blunt, Gersen is a brilliant choice of representation for the appellee in Doe v. Boston College, scheduled for oral argument in less than a week.
Why then did Judge David Barron unceremoniously toss her from the case?
It's not that Doe will go unrepresented without Gersen, He's not only got lawyers, but excellent lawyers, as he's represented by Andrew Miltenberg. But for the sake of this argument, Doe chose to bring in Gersen as the lawyer of choice to argue the appeal. That's Doe's right. So long as Doe can afford to do so, and Gersen is willing to take on the representation, a party has the right to be represented by the attorney of his choosing.
But without explanation beyond "would create a recusal," Judge Barron decided otherwise, and at the eleventh hour.
There are reasons why a judge might issue such a denial. If a lawyer was brought in after the appellate panel of three judges was named for the purpose of manufacturing a conflict, forcing recusal of a judge whom a litigant believe to be antagonistic to his cause, the court might view that as an attempt at gaming the system and refuse to allow it. After all, counsel is there to represent the appellee, not to get rid of a meddlesome judge.
But there is neither a suggestion, nor a possibility, of such a nefarious motive here. At the time Jeannie Suk Gersen was named as the person who would conduct oral argument, when her name was placed on the appellate brief (which, per Judge Barron's order, had to be refiled with Gersen's name removed), no panel had yet been named. Not that there is any judge on the First Circuit whom the appellee wanted so desperately off the case, but no one could possibly know who would be sitting on the case in any event.
Judge Barron, a former Harvard Law prof, formerly serving in the Department of Justice, offers neither an explanation of who might be recused should Gersen argue the cause or why. Presumably, he would be the judge at issue since he denied her appearance. But then, Judge Barron got his commission in 2014, and whatever relationship existed during their joint tenure at HLS was now five years past.
It's not at all unusual for lawyers and lawprofs to know people who eventually sit on federal benches. What do you think they were doing before they became judges? We became friends or maybe enemies. We went to the same parties. We talked. We argued. We may have even shared secrets from time to time. But we're also lawyers and capable of rising above personal feelings, good or bad, because we understand that our duty, whether to the law or client, comes first. And at the same time, we take no offense when a dear old pal rules against us. That's life in the trenches, and we know walking in that being friends won't win our case, and being enemies won't lose it.
Here, the denial of Jeannie Suk Gersen's appearance for the appellee makes no sense. It's not a matter of consanguinity, so what could it possibly be? Judge Barron offers no clue, but clearly takes it out on the appellee's choice of counsel. A litigant has a right to the lawyer of his choosing, but no judge has a right to sit on a case and not recuse himself. And ironically, the panel has since been announced.
Judge Barron is sitting on every case being heard that day. Except Doe v. Boston College. Senior Judge Norman Stahl is also sitting on all cases but BC, but there's no suggestion of any basis for recusal of Judge Stahl.
To the extent the mysterious denial of Jeannie Suk Gersen related to Judge Barron, the problem is alleviated by the fact that he won't be on the panel considering the case. So why did he cancel Gersen as Doe's lawyer? Assuming there was a reason, even if it went unstated, the reason no longer exists. Judge Barron's bizarre and unexplained denial of Gersen's appearance as counsel for appellee at oral argument should be withdrawn and granted, with perhaps a few words of apology for any suggestion that the denial reflected any suggestion of improper motive by Gersen's appearance.
But that doesn't fully address the problems created by Judge Barron's order. It takes time to prepare for oral argument, and this order no doubt wreaked havoc with Doe's legal team to deal with the sudden and unanticipated refusal to allow Gersen to argue the case. But there's more. The court should reschedule argument for a couple weeks later to give the appellee time to prepare properly after this debacle.
Judges, particularly those who have gotten a paycheck for the entirety of their legal career, often fail to consider that a client has to pay for their inadvertent decisions. Gersen was retained for her representation on this case, and Doe paid for it. Gersen certainly put significant time into the case in preparation for oral argument, and Doe paid for it. With Gersen tossed from the case, someone else had to scramble to prepare for oral argument in the case. And yet again, Doe paid for it. There is an actual out-of-pocket cost to such decisions, even if judges don't consider such banalities to be their problem.
But here, to the extent any judge felt any inkling of conflict giving rise to the need for recusal, that wasn't Jeannie Suk Gersen's fault. It wasn't Doe's fault, who did nothing more than choose the lawyer whom he thought would best represent his cause, as is his right. The problem, if there really was a problem, is solely the judge's.
Feel compelled to recuse? That's up to the judge, but absent some improper purpose, it doesn't get dumped on a litigant or his attorney. Having done so, the First Circuit needs to undo this bizarre and inexplicable denial of Jeannie Suk Gersen as attorney for Doe and correct its error. Unfortunately for Doe, no fix will alter the fact that he will still be the one paying for Judge Barron's "canceling" Jeannie Suk Gersen.
Update: After posting, I learned that a motion for reconsideration was made and denied by the three judges on the panel.
Why? Here's the full text of the decision:
Appellee's Motion for reconsideration of the order denying Attorney Jeannie Suk Gersen's motion to file a late notice of appearance is denied.
Nice of the First Circuit to clear up this mystery and protect the constitutional rights of litigants.
Update 2: A "corrected" order has issued, now including the following:
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, dissenting.
That's it. No further explanation.
Update 3: Inexplicably (again), the court reversed itself and restated Gersen as counsel for the appellee.
Gersen, in the interim, filed a motion for en banc review, which was subsequently denied as moot.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2019 by SHG.
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12 thoughts on "Jeannie Suk Gersen Canceled By First Circuit (Update x3 Uncanceled)"
Howl October 30, 2019 at 9:08 am
B. McLeod October 30, 2019 at 9:24 am
Bizarre, and with no court rule (or authority of any kind) cited in support.
PseudonymousKid October 30, 2019 at 10:44 am
This is really lazy and something I'd expect to see from some court out in podunk not a federal appellate court. At least do some shoveling and Posner the dots together for us.
SHG Post author October 30, 2019 at 10:51 am
On the contrary, PK. It's not lazy. It's authority. Citations and rationales are for kids. When you're a circuit judge, "no" says all there is to be said.
You know full well I expect more from authority than "because I said so".
If it was good enough for your mother, it's good enough for the circuit.
albeed October 30, 2019 at 10:09 am
I did it because I can and I don't give a rat's ass about Doe's pocket.
/Dishonorable Judge David Barron
At least that would be something of a reason, which is more than we have now.
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B. McLeod November 1, 2019 at 4:49 pm
When First Circuit panels discuss an issue they are going to decide, part of the discussion is dedicated to reaching panel agreement on mode of disposition (i.e., whether they will express the ruling as an order, order with memorandum, unpublished opinion or published opinion). What we are seeing here reflects that they had agreed on the least informative mode, an "order" (without memorandum), which likely also limited the dissent, by their internal practices, to "LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, dissenting."
ShallMustMay November 2, 2019 at 9:16 pm
SHG, your house your rules. I re-read for refresh & hope I abide. As well I hope this keeps this post alive to update.
Might be – As Maine Goes … so does the Nation once again.
I will hold out for hope Judge Lipez & the panel explain the previous decision in the future.
Love, Josephine
SHG Post author November 2, 2019 at 9:48 pm
Inexplicably, the court withdrew its decision and Jeanie will be arguing the appeal.


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February 20, 2012 | Contributed by: Stephanie Hobbs
In advance of our 2012 annual conference Search Starts Here in April, I'm pleased to announce a Local Search Association free webinar preview this Thursday, February 23 at 2:00 p.m. EST featuring Bob Nicols, CEO and founder of AXIOM Sales Force Development. Bob's topic: Sales Transformation: Improving Business Results by Changing Your Sales DNA.
Today's economic uncertainty, the proliferation of technology, increased competition, lower margins, more informed buyers and increased market pressure for sales growth have forced business management to rethink the way they sell their products and services. "Sales transformation" has become the catch phrase for many C-level executives in the race to find solutions to questions about sales and earnings growth, positioning and differentiation; even survival.
In order to gain market share and protect and grow existing customer relationships, organizations must shift perceptions among their prospects and customers. They must move from being perceived as a "qualified vendor" or "sales rep" to being viewed as a "trusted advisor" and "partner."
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Bob will share some of AXIOM's best practices and insights developed from more than 20 years of dedication to sales force development and to improving the sales experience for the buyer no matter the size of the sale.
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Stephanie Hobbs, an award-winning print and online Yellow Pages executive with broad domestic and international experience, was the Local Search Association's former vice president of communications.
Based in the Association's executive office Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, Ms. Hobbs directed the Association's communications efforts, including industry advertising and public relations initiatives, Web sites and oversees all aspects of its annual conference.
Prior to joining the Local Search Association, formerly the Yellow Pages Association, she served as director of external communications at Verizon Information Services (now SuperMedia) in Dallas, where she handled media and public relations, merger communications and served as company spokesperson.
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Jimmie Walker
About Jimmie Walker
Place of Birth : The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Carter Walker Jr. (born June 25, 1947), known professionally as Jimmie Walker, is an American actor and comedian. Walker is best known for portraying James Evans Jr. (J. J.), the oldest son of Florida and James Evans Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times which originally ran from 1974–1979. Walker was nominated for Golden Globe awards Best Supporting Actor In A Television Series in 1975 and 1976 for his role. While on the show, Walker's character was known for the catchphrase "Dy-no-mite!" which he also used in his mid–1970s TV commercial for a Panasonic line of cassette and 8-track tape players. He also starred in Let's Do It Again with John Amos, and The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened with James Earl Jones. Walker continues to tour the country with his stand-up comedy routine. In 1967, Walker began working full-time with WRVR, the radio station of the Riverside Church. In 1969, Walker began performing as a stand-up comedian and was eventually discovered by the casting director for Good Times, after making appearances on Rowan & Martin's Laugh In and on the Jack Paar Show. He eventually released one stand-up comedy album during the height of his Good Times popularity: Dyn-o-mite on Buddah Records (5635). During Good Times' 1974–75 season, Walker was 26 years old, though his character was much younger. John Amos, the actor who portrayed Walker's father on Good Times, was actually just eight years older than Walker. Walker credits producer/director John Rich for inventing "Dy-no-mite!" which Rich insisted Walker say on every episode. Both Walker and executive producer Norman Lear were skeptical of the idea, but the phrase and Walker's character caught on with the audience. Also, off- and on-camera, Walker did not get along with series' lead, Esther Rolle, who played Florida Evans, in the series, because she and Amos disapproved of Walker's increasingly buffoonish character and his popularity, and Walker felt hurt by their disdain. Dissatisfaction led Amos (before Rolle), to leave the show, making Walker the star of the show. Walker was the only Good Times star to not attend Rolle's funeral.
Jimmie Walker is known for the following movies:
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Character : Morris Bird III
Character : Mozambo
Jimmie JJ Walker & Michael Winslow: We Are Still Here
Character : Striker
Let's Do It Again
Character : Bootney Farnsworth
Doin' Time
Character : Shaker (as Jimmy Walker)
I Am Richard Pryor
Character : Chester
Monster Mash: The Movie
Character : Hathaway
David E. Talbert's What Goes Around Comes Around
Character : Preacher
Character : Rudy ray
Super Shark
Character : Dynamite Stevens
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Murder Can Hurt You!
Character : Parks the Pusher
Plump Fiction
Character : Stingy Costumer
Character : Soap Beatty
A Wrestling Christmas Miracle
Character : Dr. Lemon
The Concorde... Airport '79
Character : Boisie
The Comedian
Character : Jimmie Walker
Rabbit Test
Character : Umbuto
But... Seriously
Character : Himself (archive footage)
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
Character : Pimp
Character : Windshield Wiper Man
Character : Jay Jay
Character : Celeb #3
Imps*
Character : Thomas
Jimmie Walker is known for the following tv shows:
B.A.D. Cats
The White Shadow
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Beat the Geeks
Character : James "JJ" Evans
Son of the Beach
Character : Ronald Baker
Bustin' Loose
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Comedy.TV
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Character : Mickey Garner
Character : Wally
Character : Marvin Jones


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By MILA ANDRE
There's a gem of a show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Cartier: 1900-1939," which is certain to make women sigh and men hold on to their wallets. The exhibition traces design styles by showing more than 200 of the most exquisite necklaces that can be separated into two or three bracelets; pins that double as pendants; belts that could be worn as necklaces; clocks whose innards are hidden in precious columns, and tiaras like the one at left (in this case, a Russian-style kokoshnik), all made of precious stones and diamonds set in platinum. So, as one swoons over each and every design, it comes as a shock that most of them were made for stock. What an exhibit! Through Aug. 3 at the Met, Fifth Ave. & 82d St. (212) 879-5500.


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Q: MySQL Regular expression with alternation group not working I'm trying to match this string "محمد مصلح حسن القطان" from a column in MySQL table using regular expression which have different alternations of the letter "ا". I have tried this
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It claimed to convert the source SWF (~1MB) to an alpha transparent AVI (~876MB) but the result in PowerPoint was a black background with each frame overlaid on top of the last. The same tool can convert to a series of transparent PNG files which could then be animated natively in PowerPoint but not with the same frame rate.... It claimed to convert the source SWF (~1MB) to an alpha transparent AVI (~876MB) but the result in PowerPoint was a black background with each frame overlaid on top of the last. The same tool can convert to a series of transparent PNG files which could then be animated natively in PowerPoint but not with the same frame rate.
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It claimed to convert the source SWF (~1MB) to an alpha transparent AVI (~876MB) but the result in PowerPoint was a black background with each frame overlaid on top of the last. The same tool can convert to a series of transparent PNG files which could then be animated natively in PowerPoint but not with the same frame rate.


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Sony enters the cloud with Gaikai acquisition
Sony Computer Entertainment put a significant foot forward into the cloud gaming space today, as it revealed that it has signed an agreement to acquire game streaming service Gaikai.
Mike Rose
Sony Computer Entertainment put a significant foot forward into the cloud gaming space today, as it revealed that it has signed an agreement to acquire game streaming service Gaikai. Gaikai, along with OnLive, is one of the biggest players in the burgeoning cloud gaming market. Various publishers and even Sony have previously predicted that game streaming will play a huge role in the industry's future, as it allows consumers to play titles almost immediately without installation. Through this acquisition, Sony is planning to build its own new cloud gaming service using Gaikai's resources. The deal cost Sony approximately $380 million, subject to "certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions." It was rumored earlier this month that Gaikai was looking for a buyer, although the reports indicated that the company was looking for well over $500 million. It was also rumored that Sony would reveal its acquisition of Gaikai at E3, but no such announcement was made at the event, and Gaikai declined to comment on those rumors to Gamasutra. Andrew House, president and CEO of SCE, explained that the company will now look to deliver cloud gaming and other streaming content on "a variety of internet-connected devices." He added that SCE is planning to "aggressively expand" its entertainment offerings through the introduction of this technology.


Here is my current paint concoction (or however you spell that) being worked on at the new art studio. I haven't been there much because of getting the kids ready to go back to school and all but I am inching along. Unfortunately, I have been told that I will be needing surgery ASAP for the numbness in my right arm. Yes, irony strikes once again…I am fortunate enough to have this wonderful art studio to work in and my drawing arm goes numb. Unbelievable huh? I can only draw and paint in tiny spurts right now because of the numbness and pain and the doctor says the nerve damage will be irreversible if I don't get the surgery quickly. So alas, I must go under the knife if I am to continue drawing and painting. I have also been told that it is not 100% that the surgery will fix me so please cross your fingers, pray, or dance naked under the full moon for me…whatever it is you do to bring about results. I really need all the help I can get on this one. I will keep you in the loop on when the surgery is to happen and will soon put up my 'studio hours' so that you can come visit me and my characters in the works.
Previous Post My art studio has been born!!!


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Q: Xubuntu 12.04 hangs when sleeping the second time After booting my machine, it's able to suspend correclty the first time, with the power button flashing slowly.  I'm able to hit the button and have it come back on.  The second time however, seems to never get all the way to sleep, I'll just come in to find a blank screen with the power button showing a steady light, and I have to do a hard reboot to get it back.
Running Xubuntu 12.04, 3.2.0-25-generic kernel, P67A-G43 motherboard with 2600K processor.

A: I had the same problem, and I fixed it by following the instructions in this forum thread:

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Can you even believe the world without the Internet? Can you consider residing without the capacity to turn in your pc and use the World Wide Web as an all-powerful and omniscient tool that it is? Well, you will probably have a terrible answer to the preceding questions. However, you may actually have a negative answer to the subsequent question: what exactly is the broadband Internet? Sure, a whole lot of people will say that that is the form of Internet connection they have set up at their homes or workplaces, however this does not certainly solution the question, does it?
Technically speaking the FCC presently defines the broadband Internet as a connection that is faster than four Mbps. However, the more common definition is something that is faster than a conventional fifty-six K dial-up Internet connection.
In maximum cases, it's far authentic to tell people that broadband, additionally normally called excessive speed Internet is the sort of Internet connection they are the usage of, as this surely is the most typically used sort of Internet connection during the USA and the entire world. In addition to this, it's also proper to say that that is the form of the Internet get right of entry to that gives the best Internet connection speeds in the meanwhile, and while in comparison to the dial-up connection, broadband Internet is the apparent preference.
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The Navy rendered assistance to repair the left bank sluice gates of the Rajangana Reservoir, which had been non-operational for nearly a week. In response to a request made by the Rajangana regional irrigational engineer, the naval divers attached to the North Central Naval Command assisted in the repair work on the inside and outside gates of the 35-feet deep sluice. Within two days, they were able to make both gates operational, enabling over 10,000 acres of cultivated paddy land to receive much needed water.


Every evening, Klair knows Grandpa is home from his hard ranch work when she hears the clink, clink, clink of his spurs. Klair wants to be just like Grandpa and have a pair of boots of her own.
One day, Klair joins Grandpa for a day of work on his cattle ranch. Grandpa's rules are simple: help, listen, and don't complain. Klair works hard all day to be just like Grandpa. But will it be enough?
Grandpa's Boots is a loving tale about the wonderful lessons we can learn from our family.
Although she was born in a small Idaho town, Louise Davis has been all over the United States. Her family's Gunstock Ranch on Oahu inspired this book. Davis loves animals and currently has a horse (from Hawaii), two llamas, two cats, and two fish. She lives in Idaho with her husband and four children. She has always loved reading books to her children and received a bachelor's degree with a focus in Creative Writing to write her own books to share with children.


Stripes on Stripes on Stripes!
Francesca's boutique is a great place to find very affordable clothing and jewelry. This week I came across Francesca's 'Quincy Striped Dress' and it looked very familiar! Famed fashion designer, Nicole Miller has created a similar look for her S/S '13 line.


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Sleeping girl killed by police bullet
A sleeping seven-year-old girl was killed when a Detroit police officer's gun went off during a search for a murder suspect.
Assistant Chief Ralph Godbee said Aiyana Jones was hit in the neck by a single bullet and died in hospital. The girl was sleeping on a couch when she was shot.
"This is any parent's worst nightmare. It also is any police officer's worst nightmare," Mr Godbee said.
Officers set off a flash grenade as they entered an apartment with guns drawn about 12.40am local time yesterday, with a warrant to look for a suspect in the murder of a 17-year-old boy.
The lead officer encountered a 46-year-old woman immediately inside the front room of the house and "some level of physical contact" followed, during which the officer's gun went off, Mr Godbee said. The officers had identified themselves as police, he said.
Aiyana's father Charles Jones said the woman was his mother and the child's grandmother.
Mr Jones said. "They say my mother resisted them, that she tried to take an officer's gun.
"My mother had never been in handcuffs in her life. They killed my baby, and I want someone to tell the truth."
Mr Jones said that after hearing the explosive and gunshot, he rushed into the room where his daughter had been sleeping. He said police forced him to lie on the ground with his face in his daughter's blood.
Mr Godbee said the officer was suspended on full pay. Police did not believe the gun was fired intentionally, he said.
During the search, officers arrested a 34-year-old man suspected of shooting dead teenager Jarean Blake at an off-licence.
Mr Jones said the suspect was not in his apartment but in one upstairs that officers raided at the same time.


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TOP TEN: Vital Idols
Saving the best for last.
It's end of the Idol as we know it, and we feel fine about reminiscing and playing our favorite songs from the artists that were a part of one of the most successful television shows of all-time. For 15 seasons now on FOX, beginning in June 2002, we've watched new talent emerge on stage and dialed our little hearts out (and texted and clicked a few buttons on the web) to see if our pick was going to move onto the next round of competition and, eventually, win the prize of being crowned the nation's idol. Like any program, an eventual decrease in ratings and, in this case, slumping record sales from winners, began to defeat the purpose of it. It shouldn't be a surprise that its latest season will be its last (at least, for now.) Still, you can't devalue the program for what it did in its heyday. It was a giant and one that will be remembered forever.
While the show's last premiere begins tonight at 8PM Eastern on FOX, we thought we'd take a trip down memory lane and find out which American Idol finalists ranked as the top ten from the archives of Adam's Top 40. (These results may change, obviously, as a few contestants remain on my listing as of last week.) Since September 2002, when the first song from a finalist made my chart, 27 performers from the show have landed at least one top 40 single on my chart, and they're responsible for 88 top 40 singles in total (with more to come, I'd hope.) That's a whole lot of top 40 property over hundreds of weeks in the last 13+ years. So, who's my top Idol finalist when it comes all those weekly points? Check it out below.
Biggest hits are determined by year-end point totals. Singles marked with a ** represent those entries that garnered an act's top point total, but not the highest peak in the top 40.
10. LEE DEWYZE
Season: Nine, winner
Top 40 hits: 1
Biggest hit: "Sweet Serendipity" (#5, 2011)
09. DAVID ARCHULETA
Season: Seven, second place
Biggest hit: "Crush" (#5, 2008)
08. BO BICE
Season: Four, second place
Biggest hit: "The Real Thing" (#1 for three weeks, 2006)
07. ELLIOTT YAMIN
Season: Five, third place
Biggest hit: "Wait For You" (#5, 2007)
06. CLAY AIKEN
Season: Two, second place
Biggest hit: "Invisible" (#5 for two weeks, 2003)
05. PHILLIP PHILLIPS
Season: Twelve, winner
Top 5 hits: 3
Number ones: 0
Biggest hit: "Gone, Gone, Gone" (#2 for two weeks, 2013)
04. ADAM LAMBERT
Season: Eight, second place
Biggest hit: "Whataya Want From Me" (#1 for two weeks, 2010)
03. DAVID COOK
Season: Seven, winner
Biggest hit: "Light On" (#1 for five weeks, 2008/2009)
02. CHRIS DAUGHTRY/DAUGHTRY
Season: Five, fourth place
Top 40 hits: 13
Biggest hit: "It's Not Over" (#5 for five weeks**, 2007)
Singles charted:
"It's Not Over" (#5)
"Over You" (#9)
"Feels Like Tonight" (#11)
"What About Now" (#3)
"No Surprise" (#1 for two weeks)
"Life After You" (#5)
"September" (#7)
"Photograph" (Santana featuring Chris Daughtry) (#17)
"Crawling Back To You" (#1 for two weeks)
"Outta My Head" (#26)
"Start Of Something Good" (#29)
"Waiting For Superman" (#6)
"Battleships" (#29)
01. KELLY CLARKSON
Season: One, winner
Top 5 hits: 11
Biggest overall hit: "Don't You Wanna Stay" (Jason Aldean featuring Kelly Clarkson) (#1 for four weeks)
Biggest main-credited hit: "Because Of You" (#1 for three weeks, 2005)
"A Moment Like This" (#2)
"Miss Independent" (#3)
"Low" (#22)
"The Trouble With Love Is" (#4)
"Breakaway" (#3)
"Since U Been Gone" (#7)
"Behind These Hazel Eyes" (#1 for four weeks)
"Because Of You" (#1 for three weeks)
"Gone" (#11)
"Walk Away" (#7)
"Never Again" (#15)
"My Life Would Suck Without You" (#2)
"I Do Not Hook Up" (#11)
"Already Gone" (#2)
"All I Ever Wanted" (#28)
"Don't You Wanna Stay" (Jason Aldean featuring Kelly Clarkson) (#1 for four weeks)
"Mr. Know It All" (#3)
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" (#2)
"Dark Side" (#16)
"Catch My Breath" (#9)
"People Like Us" (#6)
"Underneath The Tree" (#12)
"Heartbeat Song" (#9)
"Invincible" (#7)
"Piece By Piece" (#12+)
Remember to watch tonight's premiere of American Idol as a part of its two-night premiere at 8PM Eastern on FOX. Follow PGTC by clicking the tab below, or click the "Get Social!" page to find us on social media.
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Managers have differing views on Pompey red card
Last updated : 18 April 2011 By Michael Morris
The visitors got nothing from the officials with a sending off to add to their woes.
Cotterill said: "It probably changed the game when we had a player sent off because I felt we were well into the game at that point.
"I don't want to make any excuses as I haven't seen the incident on video but our player has a gash on the side of his face.
"And I don't know whether Bothroyd should also have been sent off.
"We have been on the back end of some poor refereeing decisions and it wasn't even a free-kick before they scored their second goal."
With survival assured and the play-offs out of reach, Cotterill's men have little to play for in their final four outings.
The manager admitted that was a factor as his side succumbed to defeat.
He added: "We looked as though we were running on empty and as if our boys were waiting for their holidays.
"If we had a full side with plenty of energy then we may have got something out of the game.
"Normally as the season goes on the bookings tend to go down but I don't even want to speak to the referee because I will only get into trouble."
Cardiff counterpart Dave Jones took a contrasting view to Cotterill on the red card incident.
City had gone in front prior to the red card when Olofinjana nodded home and they cruised to victory thereafter.
Bothroyd doubled their lead on the verge of half-time after latching on to Craig Bellamy's header before the on-loan Manchester City star set up Whittingham to round off a fine display.
Cardiff are back up to second following the win and Jones said: "It was hard earned because the expectations at this club are huge and it was another good performance by us.
"The referee got the sending off spot on as their player definitely head-butted Jay Bothroyd.
"It made life a little easier for us as we knew it would be tough today but every one of the players were focused on their jobs.
"Every single player was on top form and Craig Bellamy deserved a goal as he set a very high example.
"But every one of our players worked hard throughout the 90 minutes."
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