There is just no rest for the wicked, as the saying goes. And, there has been no rest for Kate Major as far as problems, rumors and police drama is concerned.
It all started with a call to the police allegedly because live-in boyfriend Michael Lohan has been violent against her. Lohan was arrested then released on a $10,000 bail.
Major called the police again after Lohan made threatening phone calls to her after he was released from jail. Police came to her rescue once more and got an arrest order to haul Lohan back to jail.
A chase ensued after Lohan jumped off a third floor balcony to evade arrest, but he was caught just the same.
So, you think everything will be okay now, right? Wrong. Because, after all the drama and press coverage that was given to what was happening in Kate Major's life and in her apartment, she is now facing eviction.
Major has been served with an eviction notice from her apartment complex in Tampa, Florida, because her personal drama has resulted in too much negative publicity and chaos into her high-profile apartment. Her landlord has reportedly given her until November 1 to pack up.


Home›Make Money Online›Legitimate Work From Home Jobs, Can You Really Make Money Online?
This is the question of the day! Is it really possible to find legitimate work online, and make money doing it? How can you tell if it's a scam or not? So many things sound too easy and too good to be true. How does someone like me, with no real knowledge of how all this computer stuff really works, dive in and find real work that you can do from home, with the goal of being able to bring in a substantial income? Does any of this hit home with you?
Hopefully, if you've been wondering the same thing, I can provide you with some information that will help. I've been searching and experimenting for a while. My real frustration in my searching was that I just wanted someone, some site to just be 100% up front in what to do and how to do it, what the "work" involves and how much you'd get paid. I don't want to click here, and go there, and the next thing you know you're in a maze of flashing webpages making ridiculous offers, and each one is THE BEST offer or scheme out there, limited time only, for you only, today only. Most of all I seriously hate the pages you click on, then when you try to exit 3 or 4 more annoying pop-up pages keep asking you if you're sure you want to leave. YES I want to leave, that's why I clicked the big red X. Can you feel me here?
While searching I decided to Google legitimate jobs, and work at home scams. If you've done this as well, unfortunately you may find yourself watching a YouTube video of someone addressing a scam, that at the end of the video is selling you the very product you were researching. Clever, clever sales tactic, but again, very annoying when you just want a simple straight answer. What is real out there, and what types of internet marketing schemes, or data entry jobs are legitimate, and can provide you with a decent, or even decadent source of income?
Well, don't lose heart my friends, the answer is yes, there are real jobs online to be found, and I'll offer you some of the knowledge I've gained to this point, and the benefit of my scam research! There is actually a large variety of real jobs to choose from, I'll explain some of the choices and options available to you if you've been thinking about working from home.
Now is there one that will make you get rich quick? That's not likely, despite what a lot of the sites try to sell you. It's not impossible, just improbable. Most of the people that profess to have made a bizillion dollars in a week, have probably put a lot of money into advertising and websites up front. If you're like me, you don't have a ton of money to invest, that's why we're looking for work online!! There are online data entry companies that are legitimate, and if you are patient, and follow their business model EXACTLY, it is very possible to make $300 or more a day, and build a long lasting residual income with low maintenance. It will take a couple of months to really see any progress, depending on the time you have to invest, but it is possible.
There are several legitimate online data entry companies that partner with Fortune 500 companies and 1000's of smaller businesses through which you can do traditional data entry jobs from home. If you've never had any experience doing these types of word processing, most of the companies that you would work through provide you with the training to do the job. These types of data entry jobs most often pay you on an hourly scale, much like if you were working for them in an office setting. Legitimate online companies are the real deal, provide literally thousands of job opportunities, all the training, and support teams to help you with any questions. The best comparison would be that working through one of these companies is similar to being employed through a Temp agency.
Now don't be scared if any of this language sounds foreign to you. A reputable online business will teach you step by step every skill and avenue that you would need to be successful. You can make money from home by doing "Home Typing", but it is a gradual thing that requires a little organization and patience. The best thing is that if you decide to use the services of a good online data entry portal, they teach you how to do everything on the internet by using FREE sites. There are ways to create and advertise on the internet without having to invest a ton of money.
Another avenue that many people pursue to make money online is network marketing, or Multi Level marketing. This type of work involves recruiting other people into your business and sales, either of certain products or sales of the business itself, which would involve a lot of advertising and follow up. If you're a go-getter and into sales, and have money to spend on marketing, there are actually a couple of legitimate network marketers to explore, and there is big money to be made, but it does require effort. This kind of business has made millionaires, but it is a numbers game in a competitive market and it is necessary to recruit constantly, and have good follow up skills as well to keep new members under you involved and productive.
If you're searching the web, and you run across an offer that sounds too good to be true, I urge you to proceed with caution! Read all the fine print and terms and conditions. Many times a site will claim that it's free to get started, or that all you have to do is fill out surveys, etc. What they won't tell you is that in order to get paid that you may be required to complete 10 trial offers from the survey companies, and in a month's time you'll suddenly have monthly service charges or charges for products and subscriptions showing up on your credit card. Protect yourself, be careful in your searches, read, read, read all the fine print and terms, and good luck to you if you're out there searching for alternative income.
The Internet is a huge new world, and people are coming up with new avenues of making money online every day. My advice would be that if you find something you're interested in, don't join right off the bat, even if their ad says "You'll never see this offer again"! This is just a marketing ploy playing on our response to urgency, the hurry before it's too late offer that makes us want to buy now. Give yourself time to do a thorough search on Google or YouTube regarding any offers you're interested in. You will undoubtably have to wade through a lot of sales pitches, but some people and sites out there give you honest reviews of all the details regarding online businesses.
The bottom line is, can you make money online? Yes, it's a huge world out there, and people are doing it every day, from traditional jobs to outrageous marketing schemes, there's something out there for everybody!


This book is great for little fingers, it is made from a thick cardboard. Beautiful colors and the cat family is adorable! Her father taught her about photography. She was good at painting. As she got older she was invited to a show her artwork at a gallery. Each of the places and people have fun names like paw-triats, Meowxican, and fur-realists painter. This is really cute that kids will love to have this read to them.
Born in Columbus in 1991, Lindsay Dale-Scott made her mark on the illustration industry after encouragement from both parents to pursue a creative career. While studying graphic design and illustration at Columbus College of Art and Design, she earned an award for her advertising campaign for the sloth sanctuary (she loves sloths!) of Costa Rica. She gained local, regional, and national recognition with the American Advertising Awards, "The Addy's." Lindsay describes her work as whimsical with a soft, sophisticated touch, drawing inspiration from classic Disney artist Mary Blair. Vintage posters, folk and fairy tales, and things that are a bit quirky also inspire her. She currently resides in Cleveland with her husband, two bunnies Sam and Pepper, a teddy bear named Toby, and a long-haired Dachshund named Violet. She enjoys living outside the city but is always keen to make trips into the city and other towns for inspiration.


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10 Best Movies to See in February: 'Black Panther,' Sci-Fi, S&M and More
From the most-anticipated Marvel movie ever to the end of the 'Fifty Shades' trilogy, here's what you'll be seeing at the movies this month
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The 10 best movies to see this February – from the most anticipated Marvel movie ever ('Black Panther') to the end of the 'Fifty Shades' trilogy. Marvel Studios
Goodbye, the cinematic dump month we know as January; hello, the occasionally fertile pre-Oscar period of weeks we call February. At this time last year, we were prepping to see a little film called Get Out – whether the 2018 edition delivers something equally as memorable is anybody's guess, though we have high hopes for both the sci-fi flick Annihilation and the stellar-looking Black Panther. We're also getting new films from Clint Eastwood, Brooklyn's most ill-tempered indie virtuoso, and the animation house behind Wallace and Gromit – and that's not even accounting for some Best Foreign Film Oscar nominees and the grand finale of our era's defining love story. (Or, at least, the one about which we've made the most bondage puns.) Here's what's coming to a theater near you this month.
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Annihilation (Feb. 23rd)
Promotions have played it coy with the details of writer-director Alex Garland's enigmatic new project, – having not read the source novel, we know it involves an all-woman research team (including Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson and Gina Rodriguez), a surreal forest and some sort of surrounding, shimmering membrane. Also a mutant albino crocodile and some deer with cherry blossoms for antlers show up, as does a darker and more abstract unknown. Garland brought a philosophical bent to the outer reaches of sci-fi with Ex Machina, and all signs suggest that he's going to continue classing up the genre with his latest effort. Personally, he had us with "mutant albino crocodile."
Black Panther (Feb. 16th)
Creed director Ryan Coogler insisted on doing things his way while operating as part of Marvel's machinery – and judging from the trailers/what we've heard so far, his take on the superhero (notably the version featured in Ta-Nehisi Coates's groundbreaking run in the comics) is going to have fans joyously flipping the fuck out. T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman), the hero-king of the hidden African kingdom of Wakanda, has to beat back a colonialist threat that's linked to an exiled throne seeker (Michael B. Jordan). Along the way, many asses are kicked, courtesy of Boseman's noble royal and a patrol of bald, female warriors led by The Walking Dead's resident badass Danai Gurira. Did we mention that Kendrick Lamar curated soundtrack? Can this come out right now, please?!?
Early Man (Feb. 16th)
In which the rascals at Aardman Animations take the feather-light antic energy of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep back a few millennia. After the demise of the dinosaurs, a humble caveman named Dug (voiced by Eddie Redmayne) embarks upon a perilous quest with his pet boar. To save his tribe's valley from the villainous Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston), he'll have to team up with a kindly vendor (Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams) and, most improbably, win one of history's earliest soccer matches. Who likes characteristically dry British humor with elaborate slapstick, done in a comic fusion parents and kids can enjoy?
A Fantastic Woman (Feb. 2nd)
Star-making performances in foreign releases don't always get a similar fanfare stateside, so here's a hot tip: whatever 'it' is, Daniela Vega's got it. As lounge singer and trans woman Marina, the star of Sebastián Lelio's sensational (and now Oscar-nominated) new drama sprints the full emotional gauntlet in 104 minutes flat. First, her older boyfriend dies unexpectedly; then his family scorns Marina out of small-mindedness, forbidding her from attending the funeral. There are more perils on the horizon, but watching this woman grieve, persist and persevere is, its in own way, a melodramatic treat. Not to mention that her performance is, quite simply, a knockout.
The 15:17 to Paris (Feb. 9th)
On the afternoon of August 21st, 2015, a gunman opened fire aboard a train to Paris from Amsterdam. In a display of pure heroism, a group of passengers including three Americans – off-duty servicemen Spencer Stone and Alex Skarlatos, along with their boyhood friend Anthony Sadler – banded together to disarm and subdue the attacker. Regular chronicler of star-spangled bravery Clint Eastwood has taken it upon himself to dramatize this incident, tapping the actual trio of do-gooders to portray themselves as they navigate the high-pressure scenario. Go right ahead and bring your dad.
Fifty Shades Freed (Feb. 9th)
Ever since the second installment ended in wedding bells, audiences have obediently waited for the conclusion to the romance between spanking enthusiast Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) and hardy, flexible Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson). Now, after a year of quivering anticipation, they're gonna get what they've been begging for. The climax to the BDSM-tinged book-turned-movie-phenomenon sees Mr. and Mrs. Grey struggling to adjust to married life, as Christian's eye wanders and a face from Ana's dark past returns to cause a little havoc. Returning director James Foley is sure to dish out more of the luxurious escapism that's made this franchise so lucrative – the only porn here is interior design porn, folks.
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Game Night (Feb. 23rd)
A group of friends (Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler and New Girl's Lamorne Morris, to name a few) get together for a night of murder-mystery fun. What they do not realize is that the guns, the hitmen and the blood are all real. Cue hijinks! From the Tropic Thunder school of humor comes this silly, breezy farce featuring Jesse Plemons as a cut-rate Bond villain and a running joke concerning a bloodstained pooch. Making a successful studio comedy can't be that hard, right?
Golden Exits (Feb. 9th)
King of the micro-indie misanthropes Alex Ross Perry is back, caustic and emotionally guarded as ever! An out-of-towner (Emily Browning) comes for a stay in the sort of Brooklyn that all those trend pieces warned you about – brownstones, kale, bourgeois neurosis, yadda yadda yadda. She then disrupts the lives of pretty much everyone she meets, including Jason Schwartzman, Mary-Louise Parker, Chloë Sevigny and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz. Perry has a skill for crafting characters that can remain complex and sympathetic, even when you want to bash their faces in. That's a compliment, we think.
Loveless (Feb. 16th)
We're as broken up as you are that this isn't a behind-the-music dramatization of My Bloody Valentine's heyday. But hey, at least we get another jewel of bleak austerity from Russia's premier miserablist Andrey Zvyagintsev. This Oscar competitor revolves around the fruitless efforts from a bitter married couple to locate their missing son. Who took the kid could not be further from the point; the filmmaker would rather document the emotional ground war waged by the parents, and draw a bigger parallel between their crumbling union and the ingrained conflict in his fractious nation.
Winchester (Feb. 2nd)
Everybody processes loss in their own way. Some people simply carry on with life; some have a full-blown crisis; and others, like Sarah Winchester, sink personal fortunes into the construction of a sprawling mansion in order to be haunted by ghosts for the rest of her days. Helen Mirren stars in this horror flick based on the bizarre true story of gun manufacturer William Winchester's widow Sarah, who spent 38 years obsessively expanding their San Jose home after his passing. She claimed that the grounds were infested with the spirits of those who had died from her husband's creations – cue her paranoid nightmares to life. If Michael and Peter Spierig's Saw spin-off Jigsaw is any indication, Mirren better hold onto her limbs and prep for her grisliest role since Caligula.
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-- Detailing Dr. Jane Goodall's decades of pioneering work with wild chimpanzees in Africa, Through a Window reads like a novel.
Her research paints a vivid portrait of our closest relatives and reveals the essence of human emotions.
Goodall holds up the mirror of chimpanzee life, and we see ourselves reflected.
-- Best friends Meagan Davis and Jake Nichols were born on the wrong side of the tracks. Living in a rundown trailer park—her with a welfare scheming, neglectful mother and him with a father wounded in the Gulf War and suffering from PTSD—they forge a friendship they think is unbreakable.
-- A twisted game of Hide'n Go Seek forces an unlikely alliance between a no-nonsense FBI agent and a search-and-rescue worker.
-- an inside look at the world of firefighters. Not the blood and guts of day to day life of a firefighter, but a look inside the world of the firehouse.
You will get to see what it used to be like 30 years ago, and what it is like now. If it wasn't real you wouldn't believe these things could happen at work.
Author Tim Casey is a retired firefighter/ paramedic with more than thirty years of professional firefighting and in this book he recounts the events that he either witnessed first hand, participated in directly, or had special knowledge about.
If you haven't laughed out loud at a book in awhile, stop waiting and get this book.
-- After a hard life, Taser finally lands a safe home and a loving master in an upscale Scottsdale, Arizona neighborhood.
When a woman is murdered on his street, this Black Labrador suddenly faces the loss of everything he's struggled a lifetime to gain.
Taser must find the killer or return to the harsh world of the county dog pound. He's aided by his buddy, Meatloaf, and a colorful pack of neighborhood dogs.
They struggle with their limited human vocabulary and a fractured knowledge of the world. Other obstacles include new alpha dog rivals, old deadly enemies, and a menacing coyote population from the adjacent Arizona desert.
In the end, Taser must decide how much he can risk to save his world.
This is a fun mystery narrated by the dogs, written for adults with a humorous tone and a love of animals and their quirks.


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Avail-TVN Selects Elemental for New Video Services
2011-06-13 – Elemental Technologies today announced that Avail-TVN will deploy Elemental™ Live and Elemental™ Server video processing solutions in its Super Head End facility in Burbank, California, along with the Elemental Conductor management system. Avail-TVN is leveraging the full Elemental product line to deliver in excess of 100 channels of content.
Elemental Honored with Two TechAmerica 2011 Awards as Company Thrives
2011-05-20 – Elemental Technologies was honored with both the Rising Star and the Cool Product of the Year awards at the annual TechAmerica Oregon ceremony on Thursday, May 19. Elemental was recognized for its groundbreaking video processing technology, commitment to delivering premium-quality video, and its impact on the technology industry.
Elemental to Showcase Unmatched Multi-Screen Video Processing Solutions at NAB 2011
2011-04-04 – Elemental Technologies today announced its plans for the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) annual conference and exhibition in Las Vegas, April 11-14. The company brings its award-winning product line to this year's show with an augmented feature set, further ground-breaking performance, and video quality improvements geared to the specific needs of content programmers, service providers and broadcasters.
RadiantGrid and PBS Select Elemental Server Technology to Support Broadcast Video Distribution
2011-03-29 – Elemental Technologies today announced that PBS will use Elemental Server video processing technology with RadiantGrid's media delivery platform to support PBS' Next Generation Interconnection System (NGIS) non-real-time (NRT) broadcast video file delivery project.
Level 3 Co-Founder Kevin O'Hara Joins Elemental's Board of Directors
2011-01-25 – Elemental Technologies today announced the appointment of Kevin O'Hara to its board of directors. O'Hara is the former president and co-founder of Level 3 Communications and brings more than twenty years of experience in network communications and IP video delivery to Elemental's board.
Elemental Announces Video Conversion Support for 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family
2011-01-05 – Elemental Technologies today announced the company is solidifying its leadership in GPU-accelerated video processing, extending its architecture to support high-speed video conversion on the 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family. An initial technology demonstration will take place at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 6-9 in Intel booth, Central Hall, #7153.
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Home Headlines Will White America Stop Calling Itself 'Caucasian' After Boston Bombings?
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"The most revealing image of Dzhokhar is not the one of him hugging an African-American friend at his high school graduation, but the one of him sitting at a kitchen table with his arm around a guy his age who appears to be of Central Asian descent," she writes . "In front of them is a dish plov , a Central Asian dish of rice and meat, and a bottle of Ranch dressing." Again, it is difficult to imagine a journalist writing with such breathtaking arrogance – why is the Central Asian friend more "revealing" than the African-American one? What, exactly, are they "revealing"? – about the inner life of someone from a more familiar place.
One way to test whether you are reading a reasonable analysis of the Tsarnaev case – and yes, they exist – is to replace the word "Chechen" with another ethnicity. "I could always spot the Chechens in Vienna," writes journalist Oliver Bulloughs in the New York Times . "They were darker-haired than the Austrians; they dressed more snappily, like 1950s gangsters; they never had anything to do." Now substitute the word "Jews" for "Chechens". Minority-hunting in Vienna never ends well .
Demonising an Ethnicity
It is easy to criticise the media, and after this disastrous week , there is much to criticise. But the consequences of the casual racism launched at Chechens – and by association, all other Muslims from the former Soviet Union, who are rarely distinguished from one another by the public – are serious. By emphasising the Tsarnaevs' ethnicity over their individual choices, and portraying that ethnicity as barbaric and violent , the media creates a false image of a people destined by their names and their " culture of terror " to kill. There are no people in Chechnya, only symbols. There are no Chechen-Americans, only threats.
Ethnicity is often used to justify violent behaviour. But no ethnicity is inherently violent. Even if the Tsarnaevs aligned themselves with violent Chechen movements – and as of now, there is no evidence they did – treating Chechen ethnicity as the cause of the Boston violence is irresponsible.
One hundred years ago, the violent act of one Polish-American caused a country to treat all Polish-Americans with suspicion. Now, the Poles have become "White" – which is to say they are largely safe from the accusations of treason and murderous intent that ethnic groups deemed non-White routinely face. When a Polish-American commits a crime, his ethnicity does not go on trial with him.
But this change is not a triumph for America. It is a tragedy that it happened to Poles then, and a greater tragedy that we have not learned our lesson and it happens still – to Hispanics, to Africans, to Chechens, to any immigrant who comes here seeking refuge and finds prejudice instead.
"I respect this country, I love this country," the suspects' uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, said in an emotional condemnation of his nephews. "This country which gives chance to everyone else to be treated as a human being."
Chechens and other Muslim immigrants from the former Soviet Union are human beings. They are not walking symbols of violent conflict. Do not look to a foreign country to explain a domestic crime. Look to the two men who did it – and judge them by what they have done, not from where their ancestors came.
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True Intelligence is only an artificial heartbeat away.
Somewhere between conscious and unconscious, somewhere between nature and nurture, somewhere between tits and ass, lies… EX MACHINA.
Young computer programmer Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson,UNBROKEN) wins a contest to spend a week with reclusive company boss Nathan (Oscar Isaac, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS) the inventor of the world's largest search engine, Bluebook. Flown out to a vast mountain estate, Caleb discovers Nathan's true objective is to use Caleb to assess the Artificial Intelligence of a humanoid robot named Ava (Alicia Vikander, in a CGI skinsuit that makes us look at her tits and ass).
Ah, so it's a battle between artificial and superficial. (The fact that what society considers "superficial" is actually the reason we are on the planet – to procreate – is another discussion…)
EX MACHINA is the Artificial Intelligence movie we've been waiting for. Many good old and recent films have tackled the A.I. conundrum (METROPOLIS, BLADE RUNNER, THE MACHINE, CHAPPIE, ROBOCOP 2014,), but their third acts get tangled up in A.E. (Artificial Entertainment, i.e. running and screaming and Pretty Orange Explosions).
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EX MACHINA is a true intellectual odyssey, brilliantly constructed so that its dialogue alone provides the breathless tension usually associated with throwing shields and fuel-injected suicide machines. A plot within a motive within a plot… From the moment Caleb meets Nathan – and Nathan tries to make him feel at ease with his hip lifestyle and vernacular – we are on edge.
Isaac plays the distracted genius Nathan perfectly, a cool, young, uber-intellectual CEO, who works out like a maniac, drinks like a pirate and has a wall of Post-It notes that gives new meaning to either "backburner" or "procrastination"; he's in the room with you physically, but playing a chess game in his head to which none of us are privy.
In Nathan's subterranean fortress, Caleb meets Ava the robot, kept like a tiger in a glass case of emotion. She has a see-through body, the face of an altar-girl and a seeming inborn innocence expressed through a crystalline voice that belies her canniness – and she is subliminally terrifying. Why? Because we are immediately attracted to her. Yes, we intellectually know that Ava is just an actress camouflaged by CGI, but in our dark groins, we know that even if she were a robot, we would still be attracted to her! And that is the danger, because – like any manipulative female – she/it would exploit that attraction for her/its ulterior agenda. As Nathan correctly predicts. But an agenda denotes "desire." Visual stimuli and survival instincts are built into organisms as evolutionary tactics, to procreate and continue their genes. Nathan built Ava's visual stimuli and her brainwave connections; the question is, at what point in "consciousness" does the desire for continuance arise? Desire to experience more? Desire to crave fulfillment? Desire to do a dork?
It is no accident Caleb is a computer geek and not a Wolverine-type. Domhnall Gleeson (son of the mighty Brendan) embraces his character of the unmuscled wimp with no girlfriend, uneasily succumbing to artificial t&a clouding his real intelligence. (But who are we to talk, right? What do you think breast implants are? Artificial. Yet the bigger they are the cloudier we get.)
Due to our entertainment media programming, we have been conditioned to regard certain "types" as heroes and villains, but EX MACHINA insidiously sways our allegiances between all three characters, and by the climax, we must claw ragged at our objectivity to discern exactly who is hero, villain and patsy.
The ingenious idea here is that Nathan used search engine technology to create Ava's A.I. "Not what people were thinking but how people were thinking… Impulse, response, fluid, imperfect, patterned, chaotic." An excellent concept – because it is truer than we dare admit. Tooling around on the internet is truly stream of consciousness writ tangible. More than once, we've sent YouTube videos to friends with the qualification, "Don't even ask how I got here!" Tripping down a real life rabbit hole… Today I looked up Turing Test and three hours later ended up on Queen + Adam Lambert's 2015 New Year's Eve gig. Yesterday I started on Room Service by KISS, and ended on tigers attacking people. How do we GET to these places?! How do we make these connections? Our convoluted minds have wandered like this since primitive times, the internet has codified that wandering, with power of suggestion, experience, negative and positive reinforcement, tenuous and solid linking, with search engines, spiders and marketers actually tracking our unconscious streams of consciousness! And selling us shit. The real question should be: does six hours on YouTube constitute Artificial Intelligence – or Lack Of Intelligence?
The ultimate irony in humans trying to discern artificial intelligence in machines is that the majority of humans hardly exhibit real intelligence. To whit: Reality TV, Christianity, Islam, George W. Bush's two terms, Kim Jong-un, American Republicans, NASCAR, Miley Cyrus, American "healthcare," The Vatican, astrologers, Adam Sandler films, the Ku Klux Klan (see: American Republicans), the military, Sarah Palin, Disney films where the wife is smarter than the doughy husband, the kids are smarter than the parents, and the pets are smarter than everybody… need I go on? So it is "odd that the only measure we can imagine for intelligence is to be just like us." [Kris Hammond] Which means that the opposite of artificial in this sense is not "real" but "organic." That makes the concept of A.I. make sense. Because organic intelligence doesn't necessarily mean "smart" [see above]. Does it begin to register why Hawking's A.I. machines would run away with the game?
The transparency of Woman, the gingerness of Man.
The movie bravely goes there. Guys, you know what I'm talking about. Or are you pretending not to know while your girlfriend is still in the room?… Where are you looking? Movie broaches the subject of sex with a machine. (Is that what James Brown meant with Sex Machine?) Gets it out of the way early with Nathan's frankness; in reply to one of Caleb's technical questions, from out of nowhere: "In answer to your real question, You bet she can fuck! In between her legs is an opening with sensors…" Caleb denies, "That wasn't my real question…" But does it take the Howard Sterns of the world to actually say what everyone is thinking?
But is it a diversion tactic? Did you program her to flirt with me? Does a hot robot cloud your ability to judge A.I.?…
Caleb finds himself caught between information and disinformation. Odd things keep happening: power outages, Nathan's half-truths and left turns; Nathan's Japanese sex slave with a body like disco buttah (Sonoya Mizuno), and his bouts of drinking himself unconscious and purging with a punching bag every morning; an undercurrent of something askew, abetted by the skin-tightening soundtrack and sound design (Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow) – drones building intensity, nails down blackboard, sudden release…
Caleb is very open with Ava about his purpose, "I'm here to test if you have a consciousness or if you are just simulating one," but things take a decidedly Clingy Girlfriend turn when he neglects to visit one day and she tells him: "I waited for you, but you didn't come yesterday." Uh-oh. (Is that what Bruce Springsteen meant with "Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack. I went out for a ride and I never went back"?) Then the power goes down. In the red emergency glare, Ava tells Caleb, "You shouldn't trust Nathan. He lies." Proving she is capable of duplicity, deceit, underhandedness, deception. Yup, the Clingy Girlfriend app all right.
It is when she starts wearing ugly short-haired wigs and old-lady dresses – in an attempt to make herself look pretty for Caleb – that it goes from Clingy Girlfriend to Psycho Girlfriend (some men still claim there is no distinction), until she asks him, "What will happen to me if I fail the test?" Clouding his judgment even more, Nathan asks him, "I know how you feel about her. Now the question is, How does she feel about you?" Instead of installing the Jennifer Lopez app at this point, the movie swerves darker.
While walking into the movie theater, I saw a young art-nuveau couple (he had a pink streak in his hair; she was dressed like a store mannequin, with most of her baby-smooth upper C-cups exposed and a vinyl skirt that exposed her taut lick-me thighs), and he was looking away from this body-built-for-banging at a billboard showing an even more scantily-clad female. Not only does this perfectly illustrate the human animal's drive for a successful evolutionary model (desire, search, impregnate, in quick succession, with as many mates as possible, to breed as many offspring as possible to continue the gene pool), it also illustrates how our instincts for desire are on a hair trigger and can be activated at the slightest provocation with objects that are not even three-dimensional or attainable. (Artificial Attraction?)
From this concept, we draw a direct line to two-dimensional porn, to three-dimensional Real Dolls and then to Ava. How can a human male – programmed as he is to react instantly to erotic stimulus – not be affected by this hard-9 Real Doll with working parts that can fake enjoyment of your tool better than your real life pushing-6 girlfriend? In other words, for those fundamentalists or youngsters or fat church ladies who think this movie's premise is pushing unreality – that a guy can fall for a robot – the rest of us know it is merely mirroring reality.
All the right questions are asked – ethical, technical, philosophical – and all the right answers are made metaphysical meat. With the sub-text that if you can do something, and you're not ready for it, it will overpower you. With touches of humor to slice through the dark: Nathan calls his creation, "the greatest scientific event in the history of Man!" Caleb adds: "If you've created a conscious machine, it's not the history of Man, that's the history of gods." Very funny when Nathan casually turns that into – "You said I was a god." "I didn't quite say that." "Yes you did, you looked at me and said, 'You are a god.'"
An exclusive screenwriter before this movie (28 DAYS LATER, DREDD), director-writer Alex Garland has crafted a movie that appeals to any organically intelligent being, as a reaction to the bombast of unintelligent summer movies with no concept called high concept. EX MACHINA is about a supercomputer that doesn't become "evil," and doesn't become the "thing to run from," and doesn't devolve to action over ideas in the last act. EX MACHINA is fascinating, foreboding, insightful, mind-warping, with as much color and vibrancy as any iron man or furious road or tomorrow land. You will leave EX MACHINA with a thousand new ideas and concepts swirling through your artificially intelligent little lobes. If you haven't been clouded by tits and ass…
EX MACHINA (Apr 2015) R
Director, Writer: Alex Garland.
Music: Geoff Barrow, Ben Salisbury.
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander, Sonoya Mizuno, Claire Selby, Corey Johnson, Symara A. Templeman.
Word Count: 2,450 No. 1,107
EX MACHINA Making Of
Deus Ex Plained.
Movie title is derived from "deus ex machina" (pr. DAY-us ex MAH-keena) and means, "god from the machine," from Greek plays when an actor was literally lowered by a machine onto the stage to drive the plot. Colloquially, deus ex machina has come to mean "the hand of God," "God as machine," "God out of machine." Nowadays its use is mainly derogatory, to imply a contrived solution to an insurmountable problem, e.g. the Eagles in the LORD OF THE RINGS and HOBBIT movies are deus ex machinae as they turn up out of nowhere and save the day whenever the heroes are painted into a corner.
Turn deus ex machina around, from "God as machine" to "Machine as god" – and there's the fear of A.I. in a nutshell. As physicist Stephen Hawking has warned many times, the development of full A.I. could "spell the end of the human race." It would "take off on its own"…"Whereas the short-term impact of A.I. depends on who controls it, the long-term impact depends on whether it can be controlled at all."
And thus do we arrive at the theme of EX MACHINA: I read the title this way: the shortened Latin form (ex machina) means "from the machine" or "out of the machine," implying that all life, all future intelligence would spring from, would issue forth from, this machine loosed upon the world.
As Nathan says presciently: "One day the A.I.'s will look back on us the same way we look at fossil skeletons on the plains of Africa."
Testing Turing
The Turing Test (invented by Benedict Cumberbatch… or that closeted guy in THE IMITATION GAME, Alan Turing, whom some call the Father of Computers… Wasn't that Steve Jobs?), in its simplest explanation, is to determine whether a machine has A.I.
The way Nathan runs his experiment in EX MACHINA though, is not technically a Turing Test, which Caleb notes, because he can see the subject and already knows it is non-human. A true Turing Test involves communicating with an A.I. and a human (as a "control" subject) via a keyboard only and trying to discern which is which. If you cannot tell which is the human, the test is meant to signify Artificial Intelligence in the machine.
In a sense, Nathan is taking the next audacious step in A.I. tests, which has not been codified yet, because we do not have humanoid robots that can pose as humans (not counting Alan Turing, Steve Jobs or Rain Man). This higher level test should ideally supersede the Turing Test and it will include showing the machine that is being tested, and for humans to try – just try – to figure whether it is man or machine. At that stage, it will be as Hawking warned, when the Terminators will rise and try to wipe us out by throwing us instead of strangling us thereby letting us send a person back in time to stop them. Idiots. That's what you get with artificial intelligence…
For a machine to exhibit what we call A.I., it means it is fooling a human into thinking it is conscious. So wouldn't that mean, ironically, the machine is exhibiting real intelligence? Or is it implied with the term "artificial" that the machine is not truly aware of its simulation of intelligence? But what if the machine IS aware? How could we test for this, if the only prescribed test for "consciousness" is the limited test that just "proved" it was conscious?
The Turing Test seems to involve a conversation – an intelligent conversation with underlying psychological strands. Which means that if one were to run the Turing Test on your average truck-driving, military-supporting, religion-thumping, dumb-voting, non-sequitur human, you'd be hard pressed to find intelligence anyway, artificial or otherwise. As Monty Python said, "Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space, 'cause there's bugger-all down here on Earth."
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Game 39 – The Browns Make Warrior Wishes Come True!
After a crazy week of making Warrior Wishes come true in California and Chicago at 6 events in 7 days…
My dad made his way back home to spend a day watching the grandkids and planning out week 11. This week we will be making wishes come true at the Browns, Dolphins & Rams games.
We were up before the sun Thursday morning as I dropped my dad off at the train station to catch a train downtown Chicago to catch his 8am $1 megabus bus ride to Cleveland.
Throughout the years we have made some unforgettable memories in Cleveland. Some of our favorites include touring the Rock n Roll hall of fame, hosting a WWII veteran at the World Series and watching the Browns win their fist game in nearly 2 years last season. My dad said that was one of the most fun games he had ever been to! And that's saying a lot!
Here are some other amazing memories of making wishes come true in Cleveland.
My dad's bus arrived in "The Land" just after 3pm. Upon arrival he made his way over to the Burnham Restaurant to meet the warriors for a delicious pregame meal.
The Burnham Restaurant is your bridge to Cleveland's community designed in the spirit of Daniel Burnham. Burnham was an American architect and urban planner whose impact on the American city was substantial. He was instrumental in the development of the skyscraper. Located In the heart of downtown Cleveland, the Burnham features sustainable conscious cuisine steeped in their Mid-West traditions. Make sure to stop by for lunch or dinner next time you're in town! We cannot thank them enough for hosting us for a delicious pregame meal!
Today we had the honor of hosting Air Force Master Sgt. Christopher Sweet, Army Medic Samuel Johnson, Army Sgt Brandon Klopfenstein and Marine Cpl Anthony Martinez at the Browns game thanks to the Pro Football HOF, Adrian Allison and the Cleveland Browns! We appreciate all of their support!
Air Force Master Sgt Christopher Sweet faithfully served our country for 22 years! Remarkably 9 of those years her served as a military widower. His late wife TSgt Jessica R. Sweet served almost 12 years before she was diagnosed with leukemia and passed away at the young age of 30. Chris, with the help of his parents and Jessica's parents, did his best to be both Mom and Dad to their children all while continuing to give everything he could to his job.
Master Sgt. Sweet later remarried another military widow. Danielle Balmer lost her husband in 2007. Air Force Office of Special Investigations Special Agent Ryan A. Balmer made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in Iraq.
Danielle nominated Chris for this experience because he is a "HUGE die hard Cleveland sports fan since he was a little boy." And "He is the greatest husband, father, and all person that you could ever meet.
55 year old Army Combat Medic Samuel Johnson Jr joined the Army in 1984. Samuel recieved extensive training as a combat medic before heading overseas to Hanau, Germany where he served with the 23rd Engineering Battalion until 1986. He ultimately served until 1988 before he was honorably discharged.
Sgt Brandon Klopfenstein served 6 years in the Army National Guard before being medically discharged. Brandon is a die hard Cleveland sports fan and has been a captain at our annual golf outing!
Cpl Anthony Martinez enlisted into the Marine corps in 2015. He is currently an infantrymen in 1st battalion 2nd Marines. Cpl Martinez has served on deployments to Jordan in 2016 and Afghanistan in 2017. After his deployment to Afghanistan he had to get back surgery and then had complications with the first one which led to a bacteria infection in his spinal canal. After his second surgery He was not able to move my right leg which led Cpl Martinez to learn how to walk again to this day.
It was an honor to host this group of warriors in Cleveland!
After a delicious meal, the warriors made their way across the street to First Energy stadium to watch the Steelers & Browns kick things off.
It was a must win game for both the Steelers & Browns to have any chance at making this years playoffs. Both teams were off to disappointing starts to their season. But there is still hope!
The warriors enjoyed the game from great seats on the 50 yard line!
The browns wasted no time scoring a touchdown on their opening drive and added another before the half. Meanwhile Mason Rudolph & the Steelers struggled to do anything on offense.
The Steelers managed to score a touchdown in the second half to make it a one score game, but Rudolph tossed 3 interceptions in the 2nd half and the Browns went on to win the game 21-7.
The Browns win was overshadowed by an unfortunate fight that broke out late in the 4th quarter. After Myles Garrett sacked Rudolph all hell broke loose when Garrett ripped the helmet off Rudolph's head and used it as a weapon to hit him in the head with it! It was the craziest thing we had ever seen! Needless to say, certain players will be fined & suspended for their actions.
Despite the madness, the warriors celebrated the Browns win!
We would like to thank Air Force Master Sgt. Christopher Sweet, Army Medic Samuel Johnson, Army Sgt Brandon Klopfenstein and Marine Cpl Anthony Martinez for their service and sacrifices!
My dad made his way back to the bus station after the game. He will be home for less than 24 hours before making his way to Miami for the Dolphins game on Sunday. Stay tuned…
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Doormen Who Stood By After Brutal Attack on Asian Woman Are Fired
One was seen on video closing the door to the Midtown Manhattan building after the attack, as the victim, a Filipino-American woman, lay on the street outside.,
One was seen on video closing the door to the Midtown Manhattan building after the attack, as the victim, a Filipino-American woman, lay on the street outside.
The building management company told residents in an email that the doormen had not followed the proper "emergency and safety protocols."Credit…Andrew Seng for The New York Times
By Jonah E. Bromwich
April 6, 2021, 12:15 p.m. ET
The lobby staff members who closed the door to a Manhattan apartment building last week without taking immediate action after a Filipino-American woman was brutally attacked on the street outside have been fired, the building told residents in an email on Tuesday.
Rick Mason, the executive director of management at the Brodsky Organization, which owns the luxury apartment building in Midtown, told residents in an email that two doormen who were inside the building at the time had not followed "emergency and safety protocols."
"For this reason, their employment has been terminated, effective immediately," his email said. Mr. Mason did not identify the doormen, and a spokeswoman for the union that represents them did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The attack on the woman, Vilma Kari, 65, last Monday was one of a wave of assaults that have caused mounting fear and anxiety among Asian-Americans in New York and across the country.
Adding to the outrage that greeted the release of the video of Ms. Kari's attack was the fact that building staff members appeared to stand by passively after it took place, with one of them moving only to close the door as Ms. Kari was lying on the ground injured. That worker was fired, as well as another doorman who was visible in the video only momentarily.
A longer version of the video that the building released in the days following the attack showed both staff members standing by for about a minute, though that video also showed that they may not have witnessed the attack firsthand.
They later exited the building and appeared to help Ms. Kari. Mr. Mason's email to residents emphasized that they had flagged down a police car.
Brandon Elliot, 38, was arrested after the attack, and the Manhattan district attorney's office charged him with three counts of assault as a hate crime. Mr. Elliot, who in the video appeared to have kicked Ms. Kari in the torso and head, singled her out as Asian and told her, "You don't belong here," according to the criminal complaint.
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Miley Cyrus switched things up at the 2019 Grammys, by ditching the dress and going with a slouchy high-fashion suit.
The superstar singer arrived at the 2019 Grammys wearing an oversize black tuxedo with nothing underneath, plus matching black flared pants. She accessorized with silver earrings and finished the look with a side-swept beauty waves.
She added a pair of custom black and gold sandals featuring her initials "MC" on the heels.
The Grammy nominee, 29, opened up about the support she received from designers an fans after sharing her story on Instagram.


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This ball caught my eye about a week ago. My local Sports Authority has a sale going on these (2 dozen for $20). What caught my attention was that they are a 3 piece, low compression ball. I wrote them off at the time because I automatically think low quality "rock" when I hear the name Tommy Armour. Well, I had a change of heart a couple of days ago (3 piece ball for $10/dozen allurement) and purchased two dozen. I reasoned that if I hated them, I could take one dozen back and get $10. I could then give the rest to my son who is a minor and will play anything.
Concerning my game, I typically shoot in the upper 70s to low 80s. My average drives are in the 250 to 260 yard range (with roll out in normal conditions). My balls of choice lately have been the TF D2 Feel and Srixon AD333. Even though I could afford ProV1's, I'm always on the look out for a budget ball that performs above its price level.
Brief Company Description - 3 Piece, Soft Ionomer Cover; New Larger, Low Compression Core; Firm Ionomer Mantle; Advanced, Alternating, Dual Radius 408 Dimple Pattern.
I was a little off my game with the driver starting out. I noticed more side spin with the TA as opposed to the balls mentioned above. However, on the back 9, I started hitting some really nice drives. The TA did not disappoint. Caught it pure on one hole and ended up hitting a wedge into the green as opposed to an 8 iron that I normally have to use. Also, did some comparisons off the tee with some distance balls that I found on the course (Laddie X, Noodle L&S, and Wilson Titanium). The TA was just as long or longer as all of these.
The TA's were fine for me off the irons. They tend to be a high trajectory ball (which the box shows). Didn't feel real soft or real hard. Distance was comparable to the TF and Srixon.
No complaints here either. These balls aren't ProV's of course but they check up nicely with some roll out. Got up and down several times with them. These greens tended to be firm and I had no problems with the ball rolling off the back.
This is where I thought this ball would fail. I'm very picky about how a ball feels off the putter. Tried some Wilson 50's one time and couldn't stand them because they felt like putting marsh mallows. Also, tried some Maxfli Rev EXT Spins recently that ended up being a little to "clicky" or hard feeling off the putter. Surprisingly, these TA's felt good off of the putter also.
The balls hold up very well. No visible degradation after several holes.
As you can probably tell, my expectations for this ball were very low. I definitely thought that I would be taking them back. Now though, I plan to keep playing them. Unfortunately, the season is almost up where I live.
For $10 a dozen, I think this has to be one of the best golf ball deals out there.
Thanks for taking the time to fill us in. This being a 3-piece ball should be better than any 2-piece around the green.
Keep in mind though that NO Tommy Armour ball from Sports Authority is on the official USGA Conforming ball list, so these would be illegal to use in any competition.
Well shoot. Didn't realize that. Guess I always assume that non-conforming balls will be labeled as such. That's probably why I was getting such great distance with them. Think I'll take the remaining dozen back and get some Wilson Zips. They had those on sale for around $15.
1. There are a few balls listed under "845s" at the top of the list rather than under the TA name.
2. Just because a ball is not on the list doesn't mean it doesn't conform to the USGA/R&A's limits. The fact that this ball is not on the list is likely due to the fact that the USGA hasn't tested it yet or it was never submitted for testing because anyone playing this ball isn't likely to care. I am sure it conforms.
3. Non-conforming balls are only illegal in tournaments with the Conditions of Competition in effect. With exception to pro/semi-pro or USGA sanctioned amateur events, most tournaments/events do NOT have this in effect.
Thanks for the reply. I think I'm still taking them back. I really like them for putting, iron shots, and chip shots. However, I played them again today and there is just too much side spin with a driver. I'm thinking I need to go back with a two piece ball. Read several reviews of the Wilson Zip today and I suspect that it will be too soft off the putter. I'm thinking about trying the Noodle + L&S. I read a report where robot distance testing determined that it was one of the longer (legal) balls out there.
Love the Zip! Don't count it out.
That was 3 years ago under one set of swing conditions. A different swing could very well find different results. To be honest, there will be little difference in performance between low compression 2-piece surlyn balls.
You know your probably right. Years ago, I used to play the WS Smartcore Professional Distance. Thought it was a great ball. The Zip is appealing because your getting a 3 piece ball for the same price as a 2 piece ball (cheaper in some cases). I'll give it a shot. I'd rather have it soft off the putter as opposed to a clicky rock.
you can actually get a double dozen of Zips from budget golf for $20 with their instant rebate. I have about 7 dozen stocked up now.
This is a complete thread jack, I apologize, but a local golf shop had tf gamer v2's for 9 bucks a dozen. That is a good price for a quality ball.
Well yes, for $9 a dozen I would definitely hop on those. I tried the original Gamer when it came out and really liked it. Most local places (usual suspects: ****'s, Walmart, Meijer, SA, etc.) around here have it for $19.99.


I'll let this short piece speak for itself. It features a purification piece of music called "Know Thyself" by Paul Avgerinos, and clay work by Cailey Clark. I've recently launched the RING Channel on youtube and this video is posted there. Please make sure you watch it high-resolution. Using my old Youtube channel, it has over 2500 subscribers and nearly 1 million views. So the films will be getting additional exposure. The vimeo link is: https://vimeo.com/89025474 --- Enjoy!


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Are Libraries the Key to Teaching Digital Literacy?
Public libraries and school libraries are crucial for teaching digital literacy. Libraries offer much more than books. Today's libraries are technology hubs where anyone can access and use technology daily. As more technology emerges and the amount of online content grows, libraries are at the forefront of teaching library patron's digital literacy.
Considering the connection between digital literacy and success, it is easy to see this is an essential skill. Since libraries provide access to technology and teach patrons how to be astute information seekers, libraries are the key to teaching digital literacy. Let's look at more ways libraries fill this necessary role.
Libraries are most often the first venues to introduce new technologies and provide access to technology to the public. Within school environments, librarians curate technology and online resources for educators and students, and the libraries offer the spaces for individuals to use the technology and create content.
As patrons and students use technology in libraries, librarians are at the ones tasked with teaching them how to use it appropriately. Digital literacy involves knowing how to use technology appropriately. This includes teaching individuals how to navigate new websites, new devices, and computers. If a library amasses a collection of digital resources, but students are not taught how to use them, the resources are worthless.
The key to digital literacy is understanding how to find and evaluate digital content. Librarians have always been the ones teaching the masses how to be smart consumers of information by assessing one's sources. However, with the alarming number of students who cannot differentiate between real news and fake news, it is more important than ever before to stress the importance of evaluating content.
Librarians are the most skilled educators in this area. According to Professor Nicole A. Cooke, librarians have always been tasked with teaching people to be "savvy consumers of information." Now, this involves teaching individuals to recognize a website's reliability.
Finally, a strong library educates educators. By allowing librarians to take on a leadership role in their schools, librarians can curate educational technology and online content that supports teachers, as well as teach them how to use it in their classrooms.
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Home/News/Cryptocurrency Exchange Huobi Australia Shuts Up Shop; More Crypto Job Losses
Cryptocurrency Exchange Huobi Australia Shuts Up Shop; More Crypto Job Losses
February 25, 2019, GMT+0000, 7:51 am
The relentless cryptocurrency bear market has claimed yet another victim. This time, it is Huobi Australia, who announced earlier today it will be shutting up shop just eight months after launching in Melbourne.
Huobi Australia, who launched as part of a joint venture between blockchain investment and consulting firm Blockchain Global and Huobi Group – one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges by traded volume – broke the news to its users via email and social media on Monday, informing them that:
Due to poor market conditions and associated recent staff redundancies here at Huobi Australia, all operations, including the management of our platform, social media channels and customer support will be managed by our team at Huobi Global headquarters starting 26th February 2019."
Whilst the exchange itself will continue operating, it will exist "in its current coin-to-coin format," according to Huobi Australia's communiqué. Indeed, the Australian arm of the Huobi Global empire previously submitted a registration with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) in the hope it could add a fiat on-ramp to its offering. However, per today's announcement, the exchange has "decided to forgo [its] AUSTRAC registration."
It remains to be seen where members of the Huobi Australia team will move on to next. The exchange was led by chief executive Adrian Harrison, a financial services professional with nearly two decades experience working across Asia. Other Huobi Australia employees included business operations manager Jack Zhang, financial controller Lei Dong, and head of growth and marketing Lien Chin; each of whom have yet to update their LinkedIn profiles.
More Pain Awaiting Australian Crypto Exchanges?
As reported weeks ago by local news outlet ABC, AUSTRAC – Australia's leading financial intelligence agency – have officially registered a staggering 246 cryptocurrency exchanges since April 2018. Considering the Australian population is not even 25,000,000 – less than two-thirds the size of California – it leads one to wonder if more pain awaits this group of cryptocurrency exchanges, particularly if the now-record-long Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency bear market continues to wane.
Crypto Job Losses Continue
Huobi Australia's closure and staff layoffs come just weeks after the South China Morning Post reported Huobi Group was "optimising staffing" by cutting an undisclosed number of its 1,000-plus employees.
This proceeded other job cuts announced by Bitcoin mining giant Bitmain Technologies, along with a number of cryptocurrency exchanges such as Kraken, Coinfloor, and Coinbase.
Matthew Willemsen
Matthew Willemsen is an Australian-based news journalist who covers the latest advancements relating to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Upon graduating with a Bachelor of Business from Monash University - majoring in both accounting and economics - Matthew soon grew fascinated in blockchain technology, becoming enthralled by its potentially disruptive social and economic implications. You can reach him at willemsen.mb@gmail.com or on Twitter @mwill_crypto.
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Photo by Zach Weinberg Article by Jim Morrison, via VEER Magazine Ziggy Marley is four decades into a performing career, but he sounds loose and free, his idealistic edges as sharp as ever. The crown of being reggae royalty, the son of the one, sits lightly. He's relaxed, laughing...
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On Foot: Visitor center a treat on the Beebe Trail
PUBLISHED: April 22, 2008 at 12:00 am | UPDATED: September 14, 2018 at 12:00 am
OROVILLE — Thomas and I have a running joke about visitor centers. I will find any excuse to stick my head in one and spend an hour reading every word of text below the displays, playing the interactive games and perusing the book store.
Thomas, on the other hand, loves being outside. He will find any excuse to avoid visitor centers, including visiting parks in winter when the centers are closed or picking parks so obscure the resident ranger greets us from a card table and a folding chair.
Our walk along the Dan Beebe Memorial Trail east of Kelly Ridge brought me a surprise April 4 when we learned the trail would be a 6.2-mile round trip from Saddle Dam Day Use Area to Lake Oroville State Recreation Visitor Center. * Thomas realized too late the hike he"d picked for the day would take us directly to the center.
The trail picks up at Saddle Dam Day Use Area on Kelly Ridge Road a couple miles south of the visitor center. There"s considerable parking and a restroom. You get there by following Montgomery Street to Washington, turning right as Washington turns to Highway 162. Follow 162 to Kelly Ridge Road and turn left. Saddle Dam Day Use Area is on the right.
We picked up the trail to the west of the parking area where it follows along behind the houses that stair-step upwards along Kelly Ridge. It"s well marked and easy to follow with little elevation gain until the second half when it goes inland as it splits away from the Bidwell Canyon Trail. It then heads up toward the center.
At one point, the Beebe Trail crosses Bidwell Canyon Road on its way around the thumb of land at the southern end of Lake Oroville. The last two miles are a slow, steady uphill walk.
That early April day, wildflowers were blooming at every turn. Besides the usual poppies, Blue Dicks and Shooting Stars, it was the first time I had seen so many Ground Irises along the trail. The irises seemed to be popping up in every color, from white to cream and yellow to pink and lavender. The orchid-like petals seemed almost translucent in the morning sun.
The trail was empty except for a dog-walker or two, and we spent our time taking close-up pictures of the wildflowers and far-away shots of the houseboats floating on the lake we could see from between the trees.
The Beebe Trail takes hikers to the back of the center at the stairs to the 47-foot high tower. From up there, its a sweeping 360-degree view. We could see a hazy Sacramento Valley and the outlines of the Sutter Buttes and the Coast Range. Bald Rock at almost 3,300 feet high to the north stood out in granite contrast to the dark green chaparral brush surrounding it.
As is typical these days, the lake was very low with dirt-colored bathtub rings all around the shore.
Oroville folks can be proud of the visitor center that is filled with displays detailing the birth of the country"s tallest (770 feet) earthen dam, the story of how the Maidu and other Indian tribes existed here for centuries and the pioneers who changed the face of the land and the people who lived here.
Before long, Thomas extricated me from the center and we returned to the trail. The beauty of this walk is that with its uphill climb to the center, the return trip is all downhill.
With our stops to photograph the wildflowers and poke around the visitor center, we were on the trail about four hours.
People who would like to get a view of some of Oroville"a great trails, the lake and spring"s burst of wildflowers may want to take part in a one-day trail clean-up Saturday being put on by trail-user groups.
Families, hikers, bicyclists and equestrians are asked to help. People should show up to the parking lot at Royal Oaks Drive that overlooks the dam at 10 a.m. There will be an orientation and directions before helpers head out to the trails. People might want to bring a sack lunch and a good supply of drinking water. Those who collect bags of trash before 2 p.m. will receive a free Lake Oroville parking pass for a day.
The Mountain Assistance Unit, Lake Oroville Bicyclists" Organization and Bidwell Bar Association are sponsoring the clean-up. For questions, call Lake Oroville Visitor Center at 538-2219.
On Foot is all about walking. Style Editor Laurie Kavenaugh can be reached at 896-7765 or lifestyle@chicoer.com. See photos of today"s On Foot at www.chicoer.com/lifestyle.
Correction, April 24, 2008: The original version of this article misspelled the name of the trail. The correct spelling is Beebe. Return to corrected sentence.


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Княжество Гомма () — княжество, находившееся в регионе Гибэ, Эфиопия в XVIII веке. Столицей был город Агаро.

Княжество располагалось в основном в холмистой долине, с населением в 1880 году, по оценкам, около 15 000-16 000 человек. Его размеры примерно такие же, как у современного вореда .

В княжестве располагались два холма Синка и Бемба, которые были священными для народа оромо.

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Хассен утверждает, что первым правителем Гоммы был Абба Боке, хотя Бекингем и Хантингфорд заявляют, что им был его сын Абба Манно. Абба Боке получил контроль над всей Гоммой, между Яччи и Догайе, за исключением области под названием Катту. Позже Абба Манно смог аннексировать Катту во время своего правления (ок. 1820-1840) и продвигал ислам, покровительствуя мусульманским религиозным учителям, а также активизируя деятельность ордена Кадирия.

В 1886 году княжество Гомма было завоевана Бешуа Абуэ от имени императора Эфиопии Менелика II.

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Those who would dismiss our faith often claim that Christmas is merely an appropriation of older, pagan holidays. Well this is where they are wrong. Although the date for Christmas coincides with older celebrations of pagan revelry, the true meaning of Christmas to a Christian is far different than the intent of those ancient pagan holidays. Although the two worlds often intertwine, the real meaning of Christmas and the intent of the pagan celebrations are worlds apart.
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Above: James Younge, Jordan Rossow and Nathan Strobel run neck and neck on the Sleepy Eye golf course on Thursday (photo courtesy of Dale Compton).
On a roll, the Loyola/Cleveland boys team won the Sleepy Invitational Meet on the Sleepy Eye golf course on October 6.
The Crusaders have now won five of their six meets this season with the only loss coming at the TCU invitational week two when they raced against some tough AA schools.
"We have been getting stronger all season and our times are continuing to drop," said head coach Dale Compton. "With the end of the season approaching, it's nice to see us getting healthy and finishing strong at the right time."
Soren Kelly ran very well at Sleepy Eye, leading the way for the Crusaders with his best time of 17:19 for 4th place overall and 19 seconds behind the winner of 100 runners.
Not far behind was Nathan Strobel running a strong race to finish in ninth place with a 17:31 completion.
The rest of the top five, James Younge, Sam Vetter and Corbin Deichman, were packed together right behind Strobel in 12th (17:49), 13th (17:54) and 15th (18:02) place respectively.
The Crusaders had 53 points, 18 better than second place LCWM/Nicollet. Also competing were Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey, Springfield, Sibley East, Sleepy Eye Public/Sleepy Eye St. Mary'/New Ulm Cathedral, NYA, MVL, Wabasso and Watertown Mayer.
Other Crusaders in the race were Jorden Rossow (24th, 18:49), Carter Zimmerman (30th, 19:10), TJ Waldron (32nd, 19:16), Mitchell Buboltz (40th, 19:56), Nick Huisken (41st, 19:57), Andrew Buboltz (46th, 20:04), Matthew Soupir (52nd, 20:30), Andrew Tieva (62nd, 21:03), Thayne Remiger (84th, 23:13), Elijah Mons (92nd, 24:36) and Isaac Coudron (97th, 26:51).
On the girls side, the Crusaders ran a complete team for the second time this season. Led by freshman Molly Koester (7th place, 21:57), the girls team finished in 8th place. The best time of 81 runners was 20:12.
Compton moved up all three seventh graders up to field a full varsity team: Charlotte Kirschner (15th, 22:59), Lily Phillips (38th, 24:32) and Hannah Coudron (63rd, 27:15).
"Charlotte, Lily and Hannah ran really well in their varsity debuts," Compton said.
Cora Koester (54th, 25:58) and Jewel Factor (55th, 25:58) continued to push each other and cut time each meet.
With a 7th place, 6:28 finish, Charlie Maxfield led the Crusader junior high boys in the mile and a quarter. Nelson Reece was 16th with a 7:00 finish. Gavin Waagner was 19th with a 7:13, Jax Leagjeld was 21st with a 7:17, Brian Buboltz was 27th with an 8:01, Gave Speckel was 28th with an 8:02, and Emmett Endres was 31st with an 8:56.
For the junior high girls, Izzly Endres took 5th with a 6:53, and Gisele McCabe was 13th with an 8:05.
The cross-country runners return to action on Thursday with a meet on the Madelia golf course.
NRHEG Invitational
At the NRHEG Invitational held at Riverview Golf Course in New Richland on September 20th, conditions were hot and humid, affecting the times. But the Loyola/Cleveland boys put together another nice team effort to win their fourth meet of the season.
Boys team scores were 1st: Loyola/Cleveland 33; 2nd: Maple River 91; 3rd: Tri City United 100; 4th Blooming Prairie 104; 5th NRHEG 113; 6th Medford 141; 7th WEM/JWP 155; and 8th Austin Pacelli 177.
Among the 65 runners, the winning time was 17:02.60. Loyola/Cleveland finishers were as follows: 3rd Vetter 19:04; 4th Kelly 19:13; 6th Younge 19:15; 8th Deichman 19:43 and 12th Strobel 20:02.
Girls team scores were 1st: Maple River 44; 2nd: Austin Pacelli 50; 3rd: TCU 76; 4th: BP 91; and 5th: WEM/JWP 95; and 6th: Medford 133.
With 42 competing, the winning time was 21:46.30. Crusaders came in as follows: 6th Molly Koester 23:53; 26th Cora Koester 29:59; and 27th Factor 30:00.
In the boys junior high 1.25-mile race, Crusaders finished as follows: 9th Nelson 8:49.60; 10th Maxfield 8:54.70; 17th Leagjeld 10:01.80; 21st Buboltz 10:36.30; 26th Speckel 11:28.50; and 27th Endres 15:14.20.
Kirschner was 1st in the girls junior high race with an 8:31.40. Other crusaders finished as follows: 7th Phillips 9:29.00; 8th Endres 9:37.00; 12th Coudron 11:17.50; and 16th McCabe 12:19.00.
Crusader Invite
Running their course on the Loyola hill on September 16th, the varsity boys were 1st of six teams. Martin Luther/GHEC/Truman was 2nd. TCU was 3rd. NYA was fourth, MCW was 5th, and St. Peter took 6th.
A minute and 14 seconds behind the winner, Strobel finished 3rd overall among the 64 runners and best for the Crusaders with a 17:48.6.
The Crusaders owned the next two slots as well when Younge finished in 17:50.1, and Kelly crossed the finish line in 17:57.3. Sam Vetter (8th, 18:39.2) and Carter Zimmerman (9th, 18:45.7) rounded out the Loyola/Cleveland front five.
Pushing the quintet along, Chase Kijenski was 10th with a 18:51.6 finish, and Rossow was 12th with a 19:26.9.
Waldron was 15th with a 19:26.9, Deichman was 22nd with a 20:26.4, Huisken was 24th with a 20:43.7, Mons was 27th with a 21:10.3, Mitchell Buboltz was 28th with a 21:11.9, Andrew Buboltz was 30th with a 21:17.0, Soupir was 31st with a 21:31.5, Tieva was 33rd with a 21:43.6, and Remiger was 43rd with a 22:11.7.
The varsity girls finished last of five teams. Molly Koester was 10th among the 39 runners (22:47.0), Kirschner was 20th (24:41.7), Cora Koester was 27th (26:24.2), Factor was 28th (26:24.1) and Kathryn Cooney was 33rd (27:37).
Among the 22 runners in the junior high boys race, Nelson was seventh (15:51.4), Waagner was 14th (16:54.2), Brian Buboltz was 15th (17:10.0), Leagjeld was 17th (17:37.5), and Speckel was 20th (18:39.2).
For the junior high girls, Endres took eighth of a dozen runners with a 17:09.0, McCabe was 10th with a 19:27.8, and Hannah Coudron was 11th with a 19:36.6.
NYA Lions Invite
The Loyola/Cleveland boys won the Class A portion of the NYA Lions Invitational on September 13 and took fifth overall against some tough AA schools.
"Race conditions were good and our team ran well on a beautiful course at Baylor Park," Compton said. "We were down one runner tonight on varsity but the rest of the guys stepped up."
With an 18:01.8 finish, Younge was first for the Crusaders and 23rd overall. The rest in the top five were Kelly (27th, 18:13.8), Vetter (31st, 18:20.8), Strobel (47th, 18:50.2) and Kijenski (62nd, 19:35.5).
Kyle Zimmerman was 76th with a 19:58.3, and Carter Zimmerman was 92nd with a 20:14.0.
For the varsity girls, Molly Koester was 44th with a 23:10.56, Cora Koester was 107th with a 27:43.34, and Factor was 112th with a 28:29.16
"Our girls had good races today despite our small numbers," Compton said. "We have yet to field a complete girls team but are hoping to get a few of our injured athletes back soon."
It was another solid performance for the Crusader JV and junior high runners. Rossow and Waldron led the way for our JV boys and their 4th place finish.
TCU Invite
It was a hot one on the Montgomery National golf course for the Gerry Smith Invite on September 8, and host TCU changed the start time to accommodate for the high temps.
The Crusader boys finished a respectable 6th of 28 teams. There were 180 runners, and the winning time was 15:36.9
"Our team put forth some good efforts against some very tough competition tonight," Compton said. "We were happy with all of our efforts and are looking forward to next week when we host the Crusader Invitational."
Young (18:30.8) was first for the Crusaders and 31st overall. Kelly was two places back with a 18:35.9. Vetter was 42nd with an 18:50.7. Deichman was 47th with a 18:58.7. Strobel was 61st with a 19:14.9.
At the heels of the top five, Carter Zimmerman was 71st with a 19:27.2, and Kijenski was 84th with a 19:51.6.
For the girls, Molly Koester was 54th of 144 runners with a 23:34.06 finish. Factor was 119th with a time of 28:04.10. Cooney was 123rd with a 28:33.09. Cora Koester was 129th with a 20:06.65. The leader finished in 18:41.38.
For the junior high boys, Kyle Zimmerman was 3rd with a 19:42.3. Waldron was 9th with a 20:11.1. Rossow was 12th with a 20:22.9. Huiskin was 26th with a 21:30.1. Mitchell Buboltz was 34th with a 22:12.8, Tiea was 45th with a 23:09.8, and Soupir was 49th with a 23:28.9.
Jewell Factor and Cora Koester on the Sleepy Eye course.
TJ Wadron at Sleepy Eye.
Jewell Factor and Cora Koester run side by side on the Baylor Park course near Norwood.
Jorden Rossow at Norwood.
Jax Leagjeld on the course near Norwood.
Thayne Remiger on a path at Norwood's Baylor Park.
TJ Waldron at Northwood's Baylor Park.
All photos courtesy of Dale Compton.
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The public deficit decreased in 2014 compared to 2013, both in the Eurozone and in the 28 EU member countries. Debt however continued to rise in both zones, according to data published by Eurostat on Wednesday. Belgium 's deficit rose above 3% of GDP, and national debt is at 106.7% of GDP.
The ratio of public debt to GDP increased from 91.1% at the end of 2013 to 92.1% at the end of 2014 in the Euro-zone. In the EU as a whole the ratio went from 85.5% to 86.8%. The ratio of public deficit (negative budgetary balance) to GDP decreased in the Eurozone from 3% in 2013 to 2.6% in 2014. In the EU as a whole it dropped from 3.3% to 3%.
Four countries reported a government surplus in 2014: Denmark (+1.5%), Luxemburg (+1.4%), Estonia (+0.7%) and Germany (+0.3%). The lowest ratios of public deficit to GDP were reported in Lithuania (-0.7%), Romania (-1.4%), Latvia (-1.5%), Sweden (-1.7%) and the Czech Republic (-1.9%).
14 member states, however, reported a deficit of at least 3% of GDP: Cyprus (-8.9%), Portugal (-7.2%), Spain (-5.9%), Bulgaria(-5.8%), the United Kingdom (-5.7%), Croatia (-5.6%), Slovenia (-5.0%), Ireland and France (-3.9% each), Greece (-3.6%), Poland and Finland (-3.3% each), Belgium (-3.1%), and Italy (-3.0%). As for national debts, the lowest ratios to GDP were reported in Estonia (10.4%), Luxemburg (23.0%), Bulgaria (27.0%), Romania (39.9%), Latvia (40.6%) and Lithuania (40.7%). 16 EU countries registered public debt ratios over 60%, including Greece (178.6%), Italy (132.3%), Portugal (130.2%), Cyprus (108.2%) and Ireland (107.5%).
Belgium's deficit reached 4.1% in 2011, and therefore has decreased since. Belgian national debt went from 102.2% of GDP in 2011 to 105.1% in 2013, and 106.7% in 2014.
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A key border crossing between Syria and Jordan opened Monday for the first time in three years.
The Naseeb crossing is important for overland trade in the region, including for Syria's neighbor Lebanon.
Rebels opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad seized the crossing in 2015, but government forces recaptured the area in July.
Another crossing shut down by the seven-year conflict also opened Monday between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
The Quneitra crossing had been closed for four years. It is used primarily by United Nations peacekeepers maintaining a 1974 cease-fire between Syria and Israel.
The opening of the border crossings is a positive step for Assad's government in its effort to reclaim territory it had lost to rebels during the conflict that began in 2011.


SAN FRANCISCO — Feb. 1, 2018 — InfluxData, the modern Open Source Platform built specifically for metrics, events and other time series data that empowers developers to build next-generation monitoring, analytics and IoT applications, today announced the latest release of InfluxCloud that adds capabilities allowing developers across the globe to take full advantage of the capabilities of InfluxData, including new security, expanded global region support and faster onboarding.
InfluxCloud is a secure, fully managed database-as-a-service hosted and managed by InfluxData, offering all the features of the InfluxData platform. Its new release delivers expanded support for multiple users and organizations, providing for true separation of administrative duties for visualizing and exploring metrics and event and IoT data. The multi-user support allows for a single hosted solution to be available to larger teams while ensuring that only specific data is accessible to each authorized team member, allowing user-specific dashboards for broader cross organization usage.
In addition, the new release of InfluxCloud has added support for key regions in Asia. Support has already existed across North America and Europe. Companies can now store their mission critical metrics and events collected from their systems into different regions to provide isolation and a degree of failure independence, and run their instance closer to their other organizational data.
Also as part of this update, pre-built dashboards allow customers to co-monitor the health of their InfluxCloud instance. While 24×7 monitoring by InfluxData is provided as part of the subscription, this new release provides customers with enhanced visibility into how changes in workloads impact their subscriptions such as the need to purchase additional storage or the need to increase the resources required to meet their needs.
InfluxCloud is available today with subscriptions starting at $249/month. For more information, see https://cloud.influxdata.com/plan-picker.