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Durham Engineering&Physical Sciences :: Technology
TECH 850 (1SY) - Intellectual Asset Management for Engineers and Scientists
Intellectual Asset Management
Online Course Delivery Method: Scheduled meeting time, Online (no campus visits), EUNH
This course provides an introduction to the most important topic for business in the 21st century--intellectual assets. Students receive an overview in practical, real-world aspects of managing intellectual assets (copyright, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, etc.). Students taking this course will be exposed to lectures, guest presentations, and case studies aimed at increasing their understanding of intellectual property strategies and related legal issues; technology assessment; technology valuation; licensing issues, strategies and negotiation techniques; business planning and start-up company development; and strategies for attracting investment for new ideas. The instructors and guest speakers for the course are involved in managing, protecting, investing in, or commercializing intellectual property assets in real world settings such as university technology transfer offices, patent law firms, venture capital firms, start-up companies, and related settings.
Only listed colleges in section: Engineering&Physical Sciences, Graduate School
Instructors: Maithili Shroff
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 W 5:10pm - 8:00pm ONLINE
TECH 880 (01) - Intellectual Property Law for Engineers & Scientists
This course will cover the major doctrines of trade secrets, patents, copyrights, and trademarks, including what kinds of information qualify for protection, what must be done to obtain that protection, and the underlying policy choices made by legislators and courts.
Instructors: Jenna Matheny
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 R 5:10pm - 8:00pm KING N113
Durham Liberal Arts :: Theatre & Dance
THDA 435 (01) - Introduction to Theatre
Introduction to Theatre
Special Fees: $24.00
Introduces all aspects of theatrical production: play writing, acting, directing, design, technical theatre and construction, and theatre management. Cultural and social context of theatre in our time and through the ages. Introduces major classical and modern types of theatre. Selected plays are read and discussed, and attendance at theatrical production is required. Special Fee.
Attributes: Fine&PerformingArts(Discovery)
Instructors: Nina Morrison
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 TR 11:10am - 12:30pm HS 205
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Questions? Nina.Morrison@unh.edu
From Hamlet to Hamilton, THDA 435 Intro To Theatre covers highlights from theatre history, theatre now, & the theatre of tomorrow, and fulfills the FPA DIscovery Requirement. You will see live UNH Theatre & Dance productions and filmed theatre, take part in creative assignments, and find out the answer to: What is theatre? Where did it come from? Who makes it and how? What makes theatre special? How do I get free and cheap tickets? What will be the theatre of the future?
Students say: I loved this project. *We all really bonded with each other and I think I made a new group of friends!* *I'm glad I took this class with friends.* I've never taken a theatre class and never did something like this but I had a lot of fun.
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 TR 2:10pm - 3:30pm HS 210
THDA 438 (01) - History of Theatre II
History of Theatre II
The history of theatre and its drama is introduced through close study of the world's greatest plays of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries -- How these plays were performed then, how they are performed now, their political, social and cultural urgencies.
Equivalent(s): THDA 438H, THEA 438H
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Fine&PerformingArts(Discovery)
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 TR 9:40am - 11:00am PCAC M213
THDA 442 (01) - Introduction to the Art of Acting
Intro to the Art of Acting
Designed for non-THDA major students interested in the art of acting. Students broaden and deepen their own creativity, gain a deeper understanding of human behavior and interaction, and strengthen analytical skills through class work and projects. Focuses on the basic skills of acting: the ability to effectively communicate, to gain access to the full spectrum of human emotions, and increase spontaneity. Important innovators and theorists in the field of theatre and acting are covered, such as Sanford Meisner, Constantine Stanislavski, Bertolt Brecht, Jerzy Grotowsky, Agusto Boal, and Jacques Lacoq. Additional topics include contemporary plays and playwrights, an historical perspective of the art of acting, and the current state of live theatrical performance. Theatre majors not allowed. Special Fee.
Equivalent(s): THDA 551, THEA 551
Majors not allowed in section: THEATRE, THEATRE:ACT&DIR, THEATRE:DANCE, THEATRE:DES&TEC, THEATRE:MUSTHEA, THEATRE:SECTHED, THEATRE:YTHDRAM
Instructors: Aimee Blesing
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 TR 11:10am - 12:30pm PCAC M118
THDA 444B (01) - Famous Dancers of the 20th Century
Famous Dancers - 20th Century
The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to the dancers of the twentieth century whose contributions to the art form have made dance an important cultural necessity. This includes examining how their style of dance and unique personalities has had a major influence on our perceptions of dance and how they have had an effect on society. Writing intensive.
Only listed classes in section: Freshman, Sophomore
Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Inquiry (Discovery), Fine&PerformingArts(Discovery)
Instructors: Gay Nardone
THDA 458 (01) - Costume Construction
Costume Construction
Study and development of costuming techniques, including hand and machine sewing, pattern drafting, alterations, and fabric manipulation. Emphasis on demonstrated understanding. Special fee.
Instructors: Victoria Carot
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 MW 11:10am - 12:30pm PCAC CSHP
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 F 11:10am - 12:30pm PCAC CSHP
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 F 9:40am - 11:00am PCAC CSHP
THDA 459 (01) - Stagecraft
Elements of play production: basic building components, tools, and materials for producing the scenery; equipment and shop layouts supporting all of the areas of the set, lighting, and costume designs; and consideration of various stage spaces and theatrical venues. Practical application on University theatre productions. Special fee. Lab.
Instructors: CJ Sneath
1/24/2023 5/8/2023 TR 9:40am - 11:00am PCAC JOHN
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CollabNet Named to SD Times 100 for 14th Consecutive Year in ALM and Development Tools Category
CollabNet recognized again for advancing the software delivery industry and supporting developers
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City of Auburn :: Auburn City Council meeting will be held on Tuesday November 13, 2012 at 7:00 pm at City Hall.
Auburn City Council meeting will be held on Tuesday November 13, 2012 at 7:00 pm at City Hall.
The Auburn City Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 7:00 pm at city hall.


January 15, 2014 /0 Comments/in Trips /by Paden W.
In Heilongjiang province, the northern-most of China's 22 provinces, there is a city named Harbin. Harbin is notable for its Russian influenced architecture, a Chinese beer, being ludicrously Siberian-type cold and probably most famously the largest Ice and Snow Festival in the world that takes place in early January every year.
The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival originated from local Harbiner traditional ice lantern show garden party in winter since 1963. It had been interrupted for a number of years during the Cultural Revolution but had been resumed in January of 1985.
The first ice lanterns were a winter-time tradition in northeast China. During the Qing Dynasty(1644 – 1911), the local peasants and fishermen often made and used ice lanterns during the winter months.
This little one couldn't not be in the photos, so I tried to work her in.
The average temperature in Harbin during the winter sits at a balmy 1.7°F (-16.8°C). Yet, annual low temperatures below -31°F (-35°C) are not uncommon.
I hope this sets the scene because, quite frankly, this is the coldest I have ever been in my life and I need you to know that because this harsh climate definitely colors the experience of traveling around Harbin during the festival. During our journey, we were privileged to enjoy a cool -18.4°F (-28°C) for the majority of the day. Luckily, the wind wasn't blowing too much because I'm afraid to know what it would have been like with wind chill factored in. Despite this harsh arctic wasteland's best efforts to thwart us, my fellow travelers and I didn't arrive unprepared. I wore no less than 2 pairs of socks, 3 layers of pants, 4 layers of shirts, a mask, a hood, and a winter jacket with solid winter boots. Even bundled to the max like this, Katie, Lotte and I still needed to pop into one of the many little refuges about every 15-20 minutes.
In spite of all the frigidity, we had a really good time. When we arrived in the city, like many other times this summer, we normally have no idea where to go first. We generally just grab a bus and see where it takes us. Stakes felt a little bit higher than before, because being outside for even a few minutes would freeze the little hairs inside your nose, which feels REAL weird. Yet fortune smiled upon our frozen faces because we met a lovely young lady on this bus who could speak English and helped point us in the right direction. We arrived on the main drag of Old Harbin where its Russian-influenced architecture is easily identifiable and also luckily where everything that you would want to see in Harbin is located. We snagged some lunch and popped off to St. Sophia's Greek Orthodox Cathedral after navigating through many underground shopping streets.
After surviving the return route in the underground shopping labyrinth, we hit up a Lonely Planet recommended coffee shop and let our bright pink mugs, mitts, and toes thaw until it was dark outside which is when we decided to make our way over to the Ice and Snow Festival.
We arrived at the entrance which was absolutely stunning.
Abandon warmth all ye who enter here.
Our excitement was crushed a little when we arrived at the ticket counter and the attendants wouldn't let us use our Student IDs to get half price like it said on the advertisements and the sign right next to the window. He told us it was for Chinese people only. My favorite part about this exchange was that in this very room there were flags from all over the world, yet this jerk couldn't see this irony. So we forked over 300 RMB ($50) and grumbled all the way in.
But the grumbling was short-lived because the Ice Festival is AWESOME. There were many giant castles, snow sculptures of cartoon characters, pagodas, scenes from famous Chinese mythology like the story of Sun Wukong the monkey king.
Everything was so much larger than life. The ice blocks are created with holes in them so that they can run lots of lights inside. During the festival, there are three different venues you can attend. We attended the largest one, but couldn't justify spending another 240 RMB ($40) on seeing sculptures of Doraemon, Mickey Mouse and Despicable Me minions. I don't have much to say about it other than I climbed a couple castles made of ice and rode a two story slide that was glowing bright green all the way to the bottom. I can't recommend you go to see this crazy winter wonderland enough. Just stay warm, dude.
November 9, 2013 /2 Comments/in Trips /by Paden W.
Instead of getting a single day with fireworks like we do on July 4th for Independence Day. China takes a whole week off for National Holiday/Mid-Autumn Day. After messing up our plans to head into Inner Mongolia and see the grasslands and ride a camel, we decided to hit up this mountainous area in the nearby-ish province of Jilin right next to North Korea.
I mentioned before that China has a ton of different ethnicities. Well, this area is no different. Many of the people in this area are ethnically Korean. In fact, this area is call the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. It's a little like the Tibetan Autonomous Region except a whole lot less volatile. Everywhere we visited in Yanji City, the biggest city in the the autonomous zone, had Korean characters above all the Chinese characters. This area is often referred to as the "Third Korea".
This area or rather the main feature of the area is called Changbaishan (长白山)aka "Ever White Mountain". It and other landforms like it are called "calderas", just in case you find yourself with a geologically challenged vocabulary. To the rest of us, it's just a big ol' volcano that has collapsed upon itself and now is filled with a beautiful pristine lake named Tianchi (天池)aka "Heaven Lake".
We managed to really luck out here. According to the local drivers and hotels in the area, the mountain and the surrounding park areas were completely packed with tourists only a few days before we arrived. One driver even said that he had to wait in traffic for 3 hours just to get to the mountain which is only about 10km away.
On the first day, we got off the train and starting eating Korean food by the truckload. It's definitely different than the usual northeastern Chinese cuisine we've been getting in Shenyang. There's even a bunch of different restaurants dedicated to serving up dog in a lot of different ways.
Later, visited this really weird run down amusement park. Imagine some really weird county fair and abandoned creepy zone of Pripyat, Ukraine had a baby. That's what this park was like. It had spinning rides, tiny rollercoasters, cotton candy and even baby bottle fish feeding… What? There were toys to pose for pictures with like little tanks, and creepy dolls. There were even some propaganda style statues from the Korean war dedicated to the all glorious leader himself Kim Il-Sung. Peacocks and deer with less than necessary hair/feathers but also some pretty miserable living conditions. Poor little fellas. Zoos in America bum me out, but zoos in China just make me angry. But, my anger subsided quickly because of all the other weird stuff going on. Piles of old people were lying all over the ground playing a Korean game named "Go-Stop", an especially talented sugary candy dripping artist crafting his own renditions of the traditional Chinese zodiac.
In case you don't follow me on Instagram, I'd like to show you something really weird.
The next day, we went to a hot spring spa resort. It cost us around 300 RMB ($48~) and a little extra for me because apparently WVU basketball shorts are a bit of a swimmers faux pas. Who knew? I scored some speedo-esque swimwear (ladies, please.) and off the pools I was. This spa was so nice! There were tea and flower infused pools, pools with hot jets, pools with cold jets and some with little fish that eat all your detritus. The Sino-fish relationship is getting out of hand, y'all.
On the last day, we walked all around the park where Changbaishan and a bunch of other little scenic spots are. This mountain is really weird for two reasons.
Secondly, on top of this mountain, according to North Korea's propaganda, is where the Supreme leader Kim Jong-Il was miraculously born. I bet you were thinking "Wait, a minute dude wasn't it a camp in Siberia?" Well, probably not because who in their right mind keeps track of all the sources of demagoguery in the world. The Ever White mountain is on the border of China and best Korea. When Kim Jong-Il died in 2011, nature mourned its loss apparently as the ice cracked on this lake and it shook the heavens and earth.
Changbaishan and Tianchi are really beautiful. It was also very, very cold and windy. The road to the top was incredibly steep and included gratuitous nausea-inducing switchbacks. There isn't much to say about our friendly neighborhood caldera and the surrounding parks that I haven't already. So I'll just let the rest of my pictures do the talking.
October 2, 2013 /0 Comments/in Travel Advice, Trips /by Paden W.
After a lot of miscommunication and getting lose at the bus station, then an hour ride on such sought after buses, we arrived at the very confusing complex for the the Terra Cotta Army. Why is it confusing? To arrive at the gate to see the warriors, you must first embark on the noble quest of acquiring tickets. These tickets are posted far away from the parking lot of the park, and farther still from the actual entrance into the dig sites and museum. After getting your tickets, which you should totally bring your ancient student ID from college because it will still work and save 50% of the ticket price, you must wander through what seems like miles and miles of tourist shops all selling the same things: candy, magnets, little replica warriors and horses about the size of your finger, and all sorts of toy guns and light-up tops.
But it's worth it, because the actual full-sized soldiers are a pretty amazing piece of history. The story goes that in 1974 a farmer was digging a well and stumbled onto this site where now current estimates suggest that in the three pits containing the Terracotta Army there were over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits near by Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum. What's more interesting is that out of all of these statues, they may be similar, but no two are exactly the same.
Another thing about being in China that I love is that I'm experiencing first hand all sorts of history that I never even came close to learning about in America. It's a real bummer because I never considered taking an Eastern World history class. Qin Shi Huang was a crazy dude but did so much for China. This guy was the first emperor of unified China, he started construction on parts of the Great Wall, created massive road networks, standardized money, weights and measurement systems and of course had these Terracotta soldiers guard his future final resting place. Yet, all of these accomplishments came at the expense of many Chinese lives including my home girl Meng Jiang Nu, and the 460-1100 scholars he BURIED ALIVE. Oh yeah, and to top it off he burned books too! Plus, his tomb hasn't been fully excavated because this jokester probably has it booby trapped with rivers of mercury and crossbows primed to shoot anyone trying to break in.
I'd like to impart some advice on you if you are ever going to visit the Terracotta Warriors exhibit. Do the dig sites in reverse order. Site 3 is the smallest and least impressive, 2 is a little bigger, but 1 is what you're there for. It's enormous and they're still doing tons of excavation to this day. It would have been a little bit of a let down to see the other sites after 1. I'm glad Lotte suggested this when we headed in.
It was pretty remarkable to see something so old, and in pretty decent shape. Even if many of them are missing heads, or are broken, some of the soldiers even have still have paint on them. This is definitely one of the coolest spots we stopped at on our trip. I just wish these pictures could do this experience justice.
September 2, 2013 /0 Comments/in Beijing, Folklore, Trips /by Paden W.
So I don't know if you are entirely familiar with Opera of any kind, but I had heard about how important to Chinese culture the Beijing Opera. There's been movies and documentaries about the Opera and what the people go through to be a part of it; to keep this crazy and interesting part of their culture alive.
It's a pretty wild experience. If you clicked the video above, which I'm sure you have by now. You will have discovered the true meaning of the word caterwauling. The ol' Peking Opera is something to really take in. Besides the elaborate costumes, they tell interesting folklore stories, use only a few very simple instruments to orchestrate the production. While half of the Opera is singing and dancing the other part includes some intense high-flying acrobatics and choreographed on-stage battles.
The plays are normally several acts long and take a few hours, we experienced a tourist-friendly version that included subtitles on big displays and was only 45 minutes long, showing two different plays. Act I was a play about a concubine and an emperor leading into battle and how the power of music motivated the soldiers to win. It was bonkers and the lady ends up killing herself because China. Act II is about this lady who needs to steal secret mushroom to revive her dead husband but in order to do that she must climb Kunlun mountain and defeat a crane god and a deer god because they were so the guardians of the mountain.
White: sinister, evil, crafty, treacherous, and all around a suspicious fella. Anyone wearing a white mask is usually the villain.
Green: impulsive, violent, often makes rash decisions.
Red: brave or loyal type.
Black: rough, fierce, and a totally righteous dude.
Yellow: ambitious, fierce, cool-headed, but also kinda like cruel and calculating.
Blue: steadfast, someone who is loyal and sticks to one side no matter what.
Silver/Gold: Often used for gods or Buddha but sometimes for ghost bros too.
So basically if you're in Beijing, you've got an open mind and you want to see something you won't forget. (for several reasons) Do yourself a solid and see the the Beijing Opera.
This'll be my last Beijing post. Katie has some great posts about the next few stops on our journey. I think she captures the spirit of our trip really well for leaving Beijing, and taking the trains to DaTong, and Pingyao. I'll be making a picture portfolio page in the coming days that will feature the best pictures I've taken. I'll probably post my best pictures instead of making a whole post on it.
Class just started back up today and I'm so excited. I missed teaching these guys!
August 28, 2013 /0 Comments/in Beijing, Trips /by Paden W.
After hanging with Qian for two days, we decided maybe it was a good time to move back into a hostel in the city. Not because he wasn't the nicest and most hospitable dude ever, but mostly because it took a 1.5-2 hours to do anything inside the city and that bus trip was killing us. With our new home-base established at a little place among the hutongs named "the Red Lantern", we actually were able to explore the city over the last few days.
We saw a Tibetan style temple named the "Lama Temple" where I took many notes to research some of these incredible many-appendaged deities, both wrathful and good, though often times it's hard to tell which is which. The temple was also a museum of sorts. It contained old artifacts like period clothing, tiny teapots, tiny statues, large statues, printing press materials, scrolls that had been printing-pressed upon and tapestries that would put any college stoner's wall ornaments to shame. It's probably for the best that they're locked up in a museum, because even the shortest baked-gaze at one of these mind-melters would surely leave even the most experienced Reefernaut plunging into the depths of a rabbit hole so deep they could never emerge. Real talk.
This is Vajrapani…or rather just a mask of his head. He's a pretty angry dude at times. He's one of the 3 protective deities surrounding Buddha. I will own this someday.
Over the next few days, we visited Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden Palace. Maybe it's because these places get a lot of hype that they weren't as exciting as we were expecting, maybe it was the 90°+ weather or maybe it's because we were absolutely mobbed by fellow tourists and we weren't ready for it. Either way, they were neat to see but our experience was kind of a letdown. Inside the Forbidden City there is a calligraphy museum that was worth checking out.
I can't help imagining how cool it would be to be inside the Forbidden Palace with only a few hundred people, but we were definitely dealing with thousands and thousands.
Oh well. That's pretty much China tourism in a nutshell.
Although, the giant Mao portrait and tomb didn't disappoint at all.
August 25, 2013 /1 Comment/in Beijing, Travel Advice /by Paden W.
We spent a grand total of eight days in Beijing. We realized after the breakneck pace of the first few days of our stay that we should start to space out all the excitement to one sight a day. I think by the end we were pretty over old Peking. But, if you're looking to travel to Beijing during the tourist season or just popping through to catch the best tourist attractions on summer vacation, I have a few tips of Beijing travel advice that might make your trip a little easier.
1. Get centrally located. While this seems like a no-brainer, it's really important because Beijing is so large and most of the must-see spots are located in the center of the city including Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven as well as many other sites. There are a number of really reasonably priced hostels like the Red Lantern that are actually relatively short distances to the spots.
2. Depending on your length of stay, get a smart card. You'll be taking public transportation all of the time. All the subway stops were a flat rate, but with a ton of other tourists and Beijingers around it can take a long time just to get your tickets. It's not too expensive to get one, either. It's a 20 RMB deposit and then you add money from there. It makes things go smoother when you're navigating the circuitous, lengthy subway terminals, you get a 60% discount when riding the bus, AND you can turn it back in at certain subway stations to get your deposit back when you're done! CHA-CHING!($u$).
After doing a brief number crunch, this is the amount of dough I saved.
3. Add an extra hour for travel time if you have to change to a different metro line to reach your destination. I've never experienced quite a large subway system like Beijing's before, but 9/10 transfer stations have you walking a country mile to get to the next train. It feels a lot like walking to different terminals in an airport.
4. Be prepared both mentally and physically for crowds. Before I moved to China, I thought I knew what it was like to be crowded. I thought "There's no way it could be worse than the Red Line on the Washington, DC metro during rush hour." Oh to be that naïve, once more. It turns out I didn't know what a crowded subway, bus, hallway, park, train, or really just any room you want to exist in could be or was actually like. Everyone always says China has a lot people. Sweet heavens is this ever true. Overcrowding is nightmarish in the dead of that blistering summer heat.This goes for a lot of cities in China, but doubly so Beijing. Many of the experiences we had like the Summer Palace, which had around 300 thousand people visiting by the team we were leaving early the day that we were there, and 400 thousand the day before. Things can seem far less magical if you aren't mentally prepared to see the sights you want stuffed with a whole gaggle of camera-toting, electric-fan-hat wearing sightseers.
5.Lastly, if you're getting burnt out on seeing the sights, I recommend taking a nice stroll through Nan Luo Gu Xiang near Houhai lake. You can walk through the hutongs and find all sorts of neat little shops, even some that aren't completely aimed at tourists! After walking around you'll realize that almost all of the bars feature the same crooning one man/woman with a guitar to pop songs. It's charming in that weird China sort of way.
Keep these little tips in mind when heading into the Middle Kingdom's ever-expanding capital city. You'll have at least a marginally more enjoyable time. I promise.
August 22, 2013 /0 Comments/in Trips /by Paden W.
Wow, that was some trip. I started posting the first part of my trip while I was actually on it. Liveblogging my little heart out as we went along, but it became increasingly more difficult because as you may (or may not) know the internet in China is pretty restricted.
This means none of the real social media outlets that I love except for the ones deemed a-ok by the government. So while the rest of the world Facebooks and Tweets, China has Sina Weibo and a little program called QQ that owns everything. that does pretty much everything Facebook/Twitter does but contained within a wall the government can monitor.Also outside of the "Great Firewall of China" blogging platforms like WordPress (which my blog humbly inhabits).
While I've got a VPN that works really well and allows me to connect beyond the scope of the Chinese government's furrowed brows, I still had to be connected to wifi to send it out through the VPN. This of course is after I typed anything I wanted to say on my phone. Plus, I could only use the pictures I was taking with my phone. So what's the point?
The trip was really wild, though. We changed plans a few times and our sojourn into Chinese culture ended up being a little bit different than our original plans. Even still, Katie, Lotte and I traveled more of China than I think many of our students. We met so many interesting people. Some really radical people, some really weird and disgusting. Katie and I came back early because we were scraping the bottom of our pockets. Lotte is still out there visiting some people in the Philippines. God speed, sweet traveler.
Anyway, I'm home now, I've got a few entries coming up over the next few days and I'm gonna space them out so we got mad stuff to read the future, dude. I've just got to get my head back in real life mode after being a nomadic backpacker.
July 15, 2013 /0 Comments/in Beijing, Trips /by Paden W.
After navigating the somewhat circuitous and ever-expanding Beijing metro we arrived at the more than steep mountain at the foot of the Summer Palace. A lot of love for these tourist attractions quickly dwindled as we dealt with the crowds and just existed in this 95°F weather. But it was still fairly picaresque.
In the park, we saw these huge strangely weathered rocks and Lauren mentioned these were called contemplation stones. Apparently, in the middle of a monk's garden there maybe be one of these big fellas and the monks would gaze into them because the shape of the rock was also a reflection of the shape of the universe. Whoa.
Lotte and I woke up early and said goodbye Maia and Lauren the only other Americans I know in China. (It's a real bummer we won't see them anymore.) Afterwards, we helped a lost Australian couple buy fast train tickets to Shanghai while waiting on our couchsurfing compatriot.
I've never experienced couchsurfing in the wild. I've always stayed with friends or relatives. This trip is going to rely heavily on this largely personally untested method of lodging. But after today, I'm really excited to see what else it has in store for us.
Mao Gourd for luck/prosperity. But we all admit it kinda looks like a grandma.
Enter Qian. A true blue dude that really grasps the spirit couchsurfing is shooting for. He went out of our way to show us around Beijing and even took us to Tiananmen Square. He said he felt bad because he lived so far outside of the city (almost an hour and a half) but it is so nice and quiet out here. I definitely needed this after being crammed in subways and tourist spots.
Here's my main dude showing us how easy it is to make the Tomato/Egg dish we all love.
July 12, 2013 /1 Comment/in Beijing, Trips /by Paden W.
We departed July 6th, which was a day earlier than previously planned because SOMEONE bought the wrong tickets. Whoops! It wasn't no thing. We hit that sweet sweet fast train all the way into everyone's favorite Chinese capital city of Beijing.
Allow me take a moment to teach you a little bit of the Mandarin I've been learning. 北 is běi and it means "north". 京 is jīng and it means "capital".
When we arrived 5 hours later we headed out to the Temple of Heaven. It was a beautiful park, and like everything in China filled to the brim with people. While normally this is a little aggravating, in this instance in was great. There were large groups of people, mostly elderly, playing musical instruments and assembling 20+ person choir to perform traditional Chinese songs together. We explored some more of the park and I learned that people have been worshipping Heaven in China since the 26th Century BC. That's bananas!
We headed to the hútòng district near a few lakes in the middle of the city. We weaved through some alleyways and endured a whole row of the same bar that featured cold drinks, good food and, most prominently, a single dude or girl crooning some Chinese pop song while playing a guitar amplified to 11. What.
We met up with Katie and her sister who suggested this banging pizza joint named Hútòng Pizza. Pizza isn't the same as home, but isn't bad either!
Destroyed from walking so much at the Temple of Heaven and through the hútòngs, we came home and slept hard.


This property is 2 minutes walk from the beach. Showcasing a sun terrace and views of the city, Summer Hotel is located in Da Nang in the region of Da Nang Municipality, just 22.5 km from Hoi An. Guests can enjoy the on-site restaurant.
Every room at this hotel is air conditioned and has a flat-screen TV. You will find a kettle in the room. The rooms come with a private bathroom. Extras include slippers and free toiletries.
There is a 24-hour front desk at the property. Da Nang International Airport is 5 km away.


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10 Consistently Great Movie Podcasts
August 8, 2017 Alex Brannan	Leave a comment
The podcast universe is an ever-expanding, increasingly inaccessible audio medium with many diamonds in the rough. The diamonds, however, can be hard to find. Even when discussing the subgenre of cinema-related podcasts, it is hard to narrow down the wheat from the chaff.
The upshot is that, for movie fans, it is hard to go wrong with any movie podcast. However, there are clear winners that rise to the surface and are consistently high quality. From the serious to the silly, the scholastic to the plebeian, these podcasts represent quality listening experiences for your drive-time commute or household chores.
The Black List Table Reads
Only relegated to the honorable mentions column because it is recently defunct, "The Black List Table Reads" gave listeners something that no other movie podcast could: real, unmade movie scripts. Being culled from the increasingly influential Black List, the list of un-produced movie scripts chosen and thus broadcasted to execs for their potential, the scripts are given full cast table reads so that listeners can get a picture of the film that could be.
Creator Franklin Leonard call the reads "ear movies," and they very much are. The scripts run the gamut of genre so that you may pick to your fancy, and they are always presented in a way that highlights the scripts' strengths. Not only is it fun to listen to, but it gives much needed attention to unmade scripts.
Point of Entry Episode: Balls Out (Ep. 1-4)
Also honorable mentioned for its lack of new episodes, "James Bonding" makes the cut because it is coming back soon. Originally on the Nerdist network (soon to be on Earwolf), "James Bonding" follows two die-hard James Bond fans, Matt Mira and Matt Gourley, as they break down every entry in the franchise with special guests.
It is undoubtedly a niche podcast, so non-Bond fans need not apply. But for those who enjoy the martini-drinking spy will love hearing the Matts light-heartedly prove that they know far too much about a fictional character.
Point of Entry Episode: Casino Royale (Ep. 6)
Denzel Washington is the Greatest Actor of All Time Period
As with "James Bonding," "Denzel Washington is the Greatest Actor of All Time Period" is a niche podcast (I mean, just look at that title). If you are not well-versed on your Denzel, then you might have trouble getting into this one. But the undying love that hosts W Kamau Bell and Kevin Avery have for the legendary actor is enough to get you interested. The two hosts are really the reason to tune in, and their unique rating system of Denzelishness is great.
Point of Entry Episode: Getting into the Denzelishness (Ep. 0) and The Equalizer (Ep. 1)
The Top Ten:
10. Collider Movie Talk
Of the podcasts on this list, "Collider Movie Talk" is the most straightforward show. It is a daily news podcast (also a Youtube show, although it is a format that lends itself easily to the audio-only arena), and that is about all you can expect from it. Fans of the Collider or Schmoes Know brands will tune in for the personalities on the panel, but even if they are unknowns to you the information that they provide will keep you up-to-date on the inner workings of Hollywood. This said, the panelists tend to focus more on what interests them (superhero movies, Star Wars, horror movies).
Point of Entry Episode: Whichever is most recent
9. Movie Maintenance
In terms of consistency, Sanspants Radio's "Movie Maintenance" might be the least successful, as an episode's quality is solely dependent on the pitch. But more often than not the pitches are endlessly entertaining.
The premise of the podcast is that some movies just need fixing. As such, each week one of the hosts will take a relatively new major release and re-write it to their liking. What results is a dramatic reading of the pitch that often leans into storytelling conventions in order to subvert the negative storytelling of the given film. What is most fun is being led through the journey of an episode along with the non-pitching co-hosts, who often audibly respond to twists and turns in amusing ways.
Point of Entry Episode: Aliens 3 (Ep. 102)
8. How Did This Get Made
Earwolf's "How Did This Get Made" has been around for some time, but it remains one of the go-to outlets for bad movie roasting. The ultimate enjoyment may come from the personality of a week's guest(s), but the dynamic between hosts Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas pick up slack in this regard week after week. It is almost more fun experiencing the triumvirate's comedic relationship than it is to hear about the movie being discussed.
This said, the podcast becomes all the more enjoyable when one has watched the bad movie in question, if only to share in the miserable experiences of the hosts. The downside is that you have to watch some real stinkers.
Point of Entry Episode: Sleepaway Camp (Ep. 48)
7. Screen Junkies Movie Fights
Like Collider, Screen Junkies works first and foremost out of Youtube, but Movie Fights can also be accessed via audio feed. Unfortunately, it is a much more visual podcast than Collider Movie Talk in that much of the enjoyment comes from seeing the visual reactions of competitors (particularly the often curmudgeonly-looking champion Dan Murrell).
Still, the show is endless entertainment for those movie fans that love to bicker. It becomes hard to listen to the show without audibly breaking out into disagreement over a competitor's argument. The competition is loose and fun and always judged dubiously, but it wouldn't work any other way.
Point of Entry Episode: Best Movie Fight! – Movie Fights 1 Year Epic Battle! (Season 2 Episode 24)
6. I Was There Too
Matt Gourley returns to the list (and debuts on the list proper) with "I Was There Too," a podcast that takes a different approach to the movie podcast format. It is an interview show, which is conventional enough, but it is a step removed from convention by interviewing extras and/or small supporting actors from some of the biggest movies in history.
From comedian Paul Scheer in Meet Dave to character actor Stephen Tobolowsky in Groundhog Day, Gourley rounds up a variety of acting talents to talk about the world of Hollywood. Gourley gets his interviewees into some interesting alleys of conversation at times, but mostly it is his true giddiness to be talking to these actors that makes the podcast lively and enjoyable.
Point of Entry Episode: Aliens | T2 | Titanic with Jenette Goldstein (Ep. 11) or Speed with the Passengers of Bus 2525 (Ep. 7)
5. You Must Remember This
"You Must Remember This" is one of the few movie podcasts that delves into an older era of cinema. Most of the other podcasts on this list focus on current releases, but Karina Longworth at Panoply dives headfirst into in-depth stories of Classical Hollywood. The podcast is a goldmine of well-researched knowledge that any cinephile would benefit from hearing.
Whether you want long, multi-part essays on particular eras or people or one-off episodes about smaller subjects, "You Must Remember This" delivers with just the right amount of information and entertainment
Point of Entry Episode: Bogart, Before Bacall (Ep. 13) and Bacall, After Bogart (Ep. 14)
4. The Worst Idea of All Time
Sometimes, torture is a form of entertainment. In the case of the hosts of "The Worst Idea of All Time," New Zealand comedians Tim Batt and Guy Montgomery, this torture comes in the form of watching the same movie 52 times in a year. But not just any movie, but some really terrible movies.
Season one makes for some great binge-listening. The duo watch Grown Ups 2, having not seen Grown Ups, and they do whatever they can to stay sane. In this pursuit, they create false narratives and focus on strange areas of the film in ways that only make the shoddily made film better. Even if you haven't seen the movie (which they highly recommend you don't), you can find enjoyment in these two guys ruining their mental health.
Point of Entry Episode: You're best off starting from the beginning of whichever season you choose.
3. The Flop House
Hosts Elliot Kalan, Dan McCoy, and Stuart Wellington are the perfect trio to discuss movie failures. Not unlike "How Did This Get Made," the podcast survives on the charismatic relationship of its hosts, but "The Flop House" does something more with its loose conversational structure. The movies they discuss sometimes lack substance entirely, but the hosts in their roundabout way make comedy gold out of nearly every one. Cinema and comedy fans alike will find endless enjoyment in the deep well of episodes in "The Flop House" canon.
Point of Entry Episode: Bratz (Ep. 14) or Mirrors (Ep. 34)
2. Doug Loves Movies
"Doug Loves Movies" is one of the original movie podcasts, and it remains one of the most fun and unique out there. Stand-up comedian Doug Benson works like a dog, consistently putting out episodes from comedy clubs around the country. The show features panels comprised of comedians and Hollywood figures that compete in trivia games for the sake of giving an audience member a prize bag of random items brought by the guests.
The show has changed somewhat since the end of Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, which was the basis of the show's biggest game: The Leonard Maltin Game. But Benson has added some new, interesting games to fill the gap. The quality of individual episodes can depend on whether the frequent guests on the panel are your personal favorites or not, but it is always fun to play along with the games at home.
Point of Entry Episode: Whatever episode is newest. It's best just to jump in!
1. Filmspotting / The Next Picture Show
Yes, I realize that these are two separate podcasts and that it may be blasphemous to anoint them jointly as the best movie podcast out today. However, when viewed as a pair (they are "sister podcasts" after all) they provide the most in-depth movie analysis in the podcast sphere.
"Filmspotting" has been around for a while, with endless hours of content that involves lists and traditional long-form reviews. The relatively newer "The Next Picture Show" is the perfect augmentation to this more traditional review show. The hosts take a new release film and put it in direct comparison with a similar film from the past. This historical perspective often sheds new thematic light on new films, often in ways that cannot be found from other review outlets.
With the conventional review format of "Filmspotting" (itself going satisfyingly in-depth on many formal aspects of a given film) and the historical comparison of "The Next Picture Show," the podcasts are much more comprehensive than other movie podcasts on the market.
Point of Entry Episode: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg / La La Land (Eps. 57-58)
As always, thanks for reading! Got a favorite movie podcast not listed here? What is it, and why is it great? Let me know in the comments!
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Looking to carry on their impressive run of form, New York Red Bulls will welcome Seattle Sounders to the Red Bull Arena in the early hours of Thursday morning.
For the hosts on Thursday, after enjoying a recent fine run of form, New York have begun to climb up the Eastern Conference and a win would see The Red Bulls close the gap at the top of the table. Currently sat fourth in the table, New York have won seven, drawn two and lost four and their points tally of 23 sees them seven points adrift of leaders Atlanta United. Scoring 28 goals in their 15 games, New York holds the third best-attacking stats in the division, however, it is their defensive record that has caught the eye, The Red Bulls have only conceded 15 goals, no team holds a better defensive record. Along with losing just one in their last eight, New York have also won their last three matches against Seattle at the Red Bull Arena.
As for the visitors, despite securing a second place finish in the Western Conference last season, Seattle have endured a very difficult start and are fighting a battle at the other end of the table. With a points tally of just 11, The Sounders currently sit 10th in the table and only hold a two-point advantage over slipping into bottom spot. Winning just three of their 12 MLS matches so far this season, Seattle have also only managed to register nine goals and no team in either conference holds a worse attacking ratio. As for their recent form, along with crashing out of the US Open Cup, Seattle have now lost four of their last five.


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Q: mount loop offset not working anymore I always mounted complete disk images with mount -o loop,offeset=$((START * BLOCKSIZE)) image.raw /mnt
It's not working with the last 2 images. I always get the "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0," message.
With this image the offset should be 1048576
Disk sm.img1: 39.1 GiB, 41943040000 bytes, 81920000 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0000aa2b

Device     Boot    Start      End  Sectors  Size Id Type
sm.img11    *        2048 79691775 79689728   38G 83 Linux
....

The image is working, I can boot it in qemu.
The mount cmd I am using:
mount from util-linux 2.29.1 (libmount 2.29.1: btrfs, assert, debug)
What am I doing wrong?

A: TLDR: Most likely your sectors are not 512 bytes-long. The most common alternative value is 4096 bytes per sector, hence the offset should be 2048x4096= 8,388,608. You may try this value, or..
you may determine it:
# ls -lt debian-testing-amd64-DVD-1.iso -rw-rw-r-- 1 mario mario 3981279232 mar  1 10:58 debian-testing-amd64-DVD-1.iso
# hexdump -s 446 -n 64 -v -e '1/1 "Partition:| %02x" 3/1 " | %3u" 1/1 " | %02x" 3/1 " | %3u" 2/4 " | %9u" "\n"' debian-testing-amd64-DVD-1.iso
Partition:| 80 |   0 |   1 |   0 | 00 | 237 | 224 | 252 |         0 |   7775936
Partition:| 00 | 254 | 255 | 255 | ef | 254 | 255 | 255 |     19984 |       832
Partition:| 00 |   0 |   0 |   0 | 00 |   0 |   0 |   0 |         0 |         0
Partition:| 00 |   0 |   0 |   0 | 00 |   0 |   0 |   0 |         0 |         0
#

Thus the size of this disk is exactly 3981279232 bytes, and it contains 7775936 sectors, each one of which is then 3981279232/7775936 = 512 bytes long. You may learn more by reading here.

A: I just think you have a typo in the command used.
mount -o loop,offeset=$((START * BLOCKSIZE)) image.raw /mnt

Replacing offeset with offset works for me.
mount -o loop,offset=$((2048 * 512)) image.raw /mnt

Another way is to use losetup:
losetup /dev/loop0 image.raw -o $((2048 * 512))
mount /dev/loop0 /mnt

Hope it helps.

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CTC, previously the sub-committee of the International Moving Image Society (BKSTS) has announced a significant re-launch with a renewed vision of supporting the global cinema industry at its awards night held in London on November 21st.
CTC with the endorsement and support of IMIS, has now become a completely independent, not-for-profit industry organisation focused on bringing organisations, professionals and students together from across the world to share knowledge and expertise related to cinema technology with the aim of improving the experience for movie-goers.
"CTC has been on significant voyage of re-discovery and renewal over the past two years adding new people and expertise to make the organisation truly global in its outlook. "The industry is currently undertaking significant change and faces certain challenges and threats over the coming years," explains Richard Mitchell, President of CTC (and also VP Global Marketing at Harkness Screens). We believe that there is an inherent need to bring the entire cinema community closer together from film makers through to exhibitors and manufacturers to address some of the pressing issues relating to technology and presentation of content and create an improved final product for the movie-goer," Mitchell adds.
As well as providing guidance and support to exhibitors from large multinationals through to small independent operators, CTC engages in a number of activities aimed at educating and improving the movie-going experience. These include research projects, white papers, training courses, lectures, technical handbooks, educational visits, seminars, web seminars, networking events, projectionist certification (in conjunction with regional cinema associations) and CTC is also a driving influence behind one of the industry's leading technical journals, Cinema Technology Magazine.
"Technology and innovation continue to drive change not just across the cinema industry but in the way consumers digest and interact with content. CTC, with its impartial approach and breadth of expertise hopes to enable the cinema industry to understand the opportunities new technology can provide, how and when new technologies might be implemented, what the industry standards of today and tomorrow might mean and how they might be adhered to, how to make better use of the technology that exists today resolved and ultimately what makes a better future for cinema," explains Mitchell.
As well as implementing a new internal structure comprising of an Executive Board and a Board of Governors, CTC is creating a new fifteen-person Advisory Council to help provide steering and support on key focus areas and future outputs for the organisation to ensure these are aligned to the objectives of the industry. To that end, CTC is seeking volunteers engaged in the cinema industry from across the globe who share the vision of improving the movie-going experience to nominate themselves to join the advisory council and help shape a better future for the cinema industry.
The new look CTC will begin offering membership opportunities to professionals and organisations from January 2018 and will announce further details of these in due course.


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%SHRINK_BISECT Shrinking via the bisection method.
%   [alpha, iter] = SHRINK_BISECT(G, T, tol) computes the smallest alpha
%   in [0,1] such that alpha*T + (1 - alpha)*G is positive semidefinite,
%   where G is symmetric indefinite and T is a positive definite target
%   matrix. iter is the number of iterations of bisection and tol is a
%   convergence tolerance.
%
%   NOTE:
%   * There are NO DEFAULTS.
%   * Input is NOT check for validity.
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%   By N. J. Higham and N. Strabic, 2014.
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%   Modified by C. E. Mower, 01/04/2015.
%

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left = 0;
right = 1;
err = 1;
iter = 0;

% bisection
while err > tol

   iter = iter + 1;

   middle = 0.5*(left + right);

   % build S
   S = middle*T + (1 - middle)*G;

   % attempt cholesky factorization
   [~, p] = chol(S);

   if p
      left = middle;  % S is indefinite.
   else
      right = middle; % S is pos-def
   end

   err = right - left;

end

alpha = right;

end

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Dec. 11 - U.S. President Barack Obama and his family attend a church service at St. John's Church. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
REFEEDING TO ADD HEADLINE ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: U.S. President Barack Obama, the First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters Sasha and Malia attended a church service on Sunday. The President and his family strolled together, on the sunny but chilly day, across Lafayette Park, to St. John's Church, an Episcopal church which is located near the White House. Every U.S. president since James Madison has visited St. John's Church. The church was founded in 1815.


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Sarah Mueller ('19) Works to Be Published by plain china
Sarah Mueller ('19) will have two of her works republished in plain china, the national undergraduate literary journal associated with Virginia Commonwealth University.
plain china will be reprinting Mueller's creative nonfiction piece "Not Above the Knee" and the fiction work "Sticky Air."
"Sarah's writing has an impressive range of style and tone, reflected in the two works chosen by plain china," Kevin Koch ('81), professor of English, said. "She can explore the darker moments of human experience, as in her fictional work, 'Sticky Air,' and she can make you laugh uproariously, as in her nonfiction work, 'Not Above the Knee.' But even her comedic work, in the end, conveys a serious message to the reader."
Mueller is just the latest Loras student writer to have her work featured in plain china. Over the two years, the publication has republished works by six other Loras poets.
"Having students republished in plain china along with other student publications and over 25 years' worth of wins and placements in the Delta Epsilon Sigma National Undergraduate Writing Competition has really put Loras College on the map for developing fine writers," Koch said.
Mueller was awarded the Rechenmacher Award for Creativity by Loras College during the 2019-2020 academic year.
plain china is an online anthology of the best undergraduate writing and the first of its kind on a national level. It is a publication curated by and for undergraduate students that seeks out and publishes the best poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction written by undergraduates.
Both of Mueller's works were published in the latest issue of Loras' The Limestone Review. For a copy of the current issue (or recent back issues) of The Limestone Review, contact Dr. Koch at kevin.koch@loras.edu.


Ulm/Billdal, 28th February 2013. At this year's European Congress of Radiology (ECR, March 7th – 11th 2013, Vienna) RaySafe presents the new software solution RaySafe S1 for the first time in Europe: The cloud-based solution enables efficient dose management within diagnostic imaging process at hospitals. By providing accurate and easy-to-use radiologic information, RaySafe S1 helps healthcare workers in order to to avoid unnecessary radiation to their patients. Furthermore, the software helps to reduce faulty images and contributes to long-term reduction in costs by improved process quality. RaySafe S1 has already been successfully launched in the USA and Canada in November 2012.
RaySafe (formerly Unfors Instruments), the international market leader in the field of measurement devices for the quality assurance in diagnostic radiology, now expands its product portfolio with RaySafe S1. The software solution can smoothly be integrated in radiology departments with X-ray equipment from different manufacturers that support the DICOM standard. Magnus Kristoferson, CEO at RaySafe, emphasizes: "Having dose reduction solutions for equipment, staff and patient we aim to minimize hazards for the hospital staff and the patients and to optimize the technical performance. With RaySafe S1, we are the only company worldwide to provide a comprehensive solution for the X-ray room." Thus, the combination of RaySafe's measurement devices and related software solutions enables reliable dose management at each stage of the diagnostic X-ray process.
In the field of "Quality Assurance for Diagnostic X-ray", RaySafe also presents the measurement device RaySafe X2 at the ECR, which has been launched successfully in November 2012. The solution is specially designed for quality assurance of radiographic and fluoroscopic X-ray equipment and is characterized by advanced sensor technology paired with intelligent signal processing as well as intuitive user guidance. The sensor of RaySafe X2 captures all relevant parameters and provides the user with easy-to-read information such as dose, dose rate and waveforms on the touch sensitive display. RaySafe X2 has been available in Europe since January 2013 as part of the comprehensive line-up for the quality assurance of X-ray equipment.


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by George Haw | @georgeWarfieldH | Featured Writer
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Week five is here, and so are your top waiver wire pickups! It's also that time of the year when we all make an effort to give thanks for the people and things in our lives that we couldn't live without. So, what better time than now to talk about some players that are still available in most leagues, and give thanks to the fact that there's still time to pick 'em up.
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Jerryd Bayless – PG – Milwaukee Bucks – 20 percent
On the month of November, Bayless has averaged 12.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.2 steals, 1.8 turnovers and 2.3 three-pointers in 30.7 minutes. Those numbers are well above his career averages, because, in his career, Bayless has never finished a season averaging more minutes than the 25.3 per game he saw in his seventh year in the NBA. This current uptick in playing time is, in part, due to the plethora of injuries the Bucks have had to weather through these first four-plus weeks. With O.J. Mayo, Jabari Parker and, most relevant to Bayless' value, Michael Carter-Williams having missed time due to injuries this season, Bayless has been asked to do more than would normally be expected. With that time, however, he has played well and will still see enough court time, even with a healthy team, to hold value in deeper leagues.
What currently makes him a nice spot play in standard leagues is his great shooting percentage that's included valuable three-pointers. In November, Bayless is shooting 46 percent from the field, including 49 percent from three. That means that if you are in the need of threes or just some extra points, Bayless can provide that while not hurting your percentages.
On top of that, Carter-Williams is somewhat injury prone, so there will always be that potential upside. It may be tricky to predict when he will have a big game when everyone around him is healthy, so he's not currently a reliable start day-to-day. Bayless is worth keeping an eye on, however, because some players just tend to get injured more than others, and Carter-Williams is one of them (played in only 66 games over the past two seasons). He currently has situational value in standard leagues and pretty consistent low-end value in deeper leagues, but if those injuries pop back up (which they probably will), he'll become a good pickup no matter the size of your league.
Gary Harris – SG – Denver Nuggets – 13 percent
In his last five games, Harris has averaged 15.4 points (while shooting 54.7 percent from the field and 81.8 percent from the line), 2.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists and one steal in 31.2 minutes. In that span, he's also shooting 50 percent from beyond the arc, while attempting four three-pointers per game. That makes him currently valuable in three categories (the steals aren't bad either), and as long as he continues to log the same amount of playing time, that shouldn't change.
And it doesn't look like it will anytime soon, as Denver's new head coach, Michael Malone, has recently praised the second-year player for being one of the team's "most consistent players and shooters." Maybe it was the coaching change, as Harris had a pretty awful rookie season under former Nuggets head coach Brian Shaw, or maybe he's just a young player playing with more confidence. Whatever the reason for the turn-around Harris is in the middle of, he seems to be doing all the right things to secure himself valuable minutes.
As a shooter, Harris is going to hit some dry spells, so he might be a popular add/drop player this year, but right now, he is on a roll and is definitely worth a pickup in deeper leagues. As for owners in 10-team leagues, if you have an extra roster spot, he's worth a look, because at the moment Harris is on the rise, and as a "sophomore" that always holds added promise.
C.J. Miles – SF – Indiana Pacers – 31 percent
ESPN's fantasy system has Miles listed as a SF/SG, but the Pacers are playing him as a stretch-four, and it's been paying off for Miles and anyone lucky enough to have played him during his past five games. During that time, Miles has averaged 20 points on 50 percent shooting to go along with 4.2 three-pointers, 1.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.2 turnovers. Those are pretty great numbers to still be available in most leagues, and when you realize that Miles has done it all while averaging just 27.2 minutes, they look even better.
Not only is Miles putting up great stats for himself, but he is also playing a part in the added success that Paul George has recently enjoyed. In their last game, against Washington, George and Miles put up 40 and 32 points respectively and did so while shooting a ridiculously efficient 68.5 percent from the floor. In that game, Miles shot an almost perfect 8-of-9 from beyond the arc. Saying Miles is hot is just a bit of an understatement, as the 10-year veteran has averaged only 9.6 points in 20.5 minutes over his career.
About this time is when a good skeptic's alarms would begin to sound, alerting them to an impending "but" or "however" lurking around the corner – and they wouldn't be wrong. Miles is an injury waiting to happen and even had a sore ankle before his game against the Wizards. But if injuries are Miles' only real problem, there shouldn't be much of a hesitation at all for most owners. Compared to fantasy football, fantasy basketball roster spots are not as valuable and a bad game doesn't hurt as much. That means that if you can use the kind of production Miles is currently putting up (and most owners probably can), you should grab him now and enjoy the ride for as long as it lasts. When it's over, simply get off and find another.
Luis Scola – PF – Toronto Raptors – 16.1 percent
Scola hasn't averaged 30 or more minutes a season since his days with Houston four years ago. Since then, his playing time has dropped to averages around the low 20s and his scoring has seen a similar decline. Playing more of a reserve role during those years, Scola was rarely more than a spot play in fantasy leagues, but he has had his moments.
The Raptors' big man is currently in the middle of one of those moments, as he has now started every game for Toronto this season, already equaling the total number of starts he saw last year with the Pacers. As Scola himself could probably tell you, however, starting does not guarantee more playing time. In his first 11 games this season, Scola only surpassed 25 minutes once, seeing 31 in his fourth game of the season. As a result, he put up 19 points and 12 rebounds. So it seems he just needs more time, and over the past four games he's gotten just that, averaging 29 minutes per game. He's also averaged, over that time, 17 points and 6.3 rebounds while shooting 58 percent from the field. Those numbers are strikingly similar to the ones he averaged in his prime while in Houston.
As we've seen before, Scola has proven capable of this type of production, but he's never been able to keep it going for long. That may very well be the case with his current pace, but either way, he is worth the look if you're currently in need of extra scoring that won't hurt your shooting efficiency. And with the Raptors now on a three-game winning streak that includes having won against the Clippers and Cavaliers, (two teams with tons of talent at the power forward and center positions), there doesn't seem to be much reason to change things up if you are Raptors head coach Dwane Casey. Maybe it lasts, and maybe it doesn't, but for now, Scola is worth an add in deeper leagues and should at least be interesting to a few owners in each standard league.
Jusuf Nurkic – C – Denver Nuggets – 17.6 percent
This pick feels more like a package deal than it does just one player, because the amount of value you place in a returning Nurkic, is about as much as you should now see in his current replacement, Nikola Jokic (who we'll get to later). Nurkic, however, is still recovering from the knee surgery he underwent this past May but seems poised to return on schedule, sometime in December. In Nurkic's rookie year ('14-'15), he averaged 6.9 points and 6.2 rebounds in just 17.8 minutes. Those may not fly off the page, but for a rookie, they are pretty standard. It's the second year that tends to be a popular breakout period for players in the NBA, and Nurkic showed last year he has that potential. His per 48 minutes scoring and rebounding last year were 18.5 and 16.6 respectively, and while no one expects him to play every minute of every game, it does show what the 21-year-old could be capable of.
Enter Nikola Jokic, a 20-year-old rookie, currently playing center for the Nuggets. Jokic is now showing just as much promise (if not more) as Nurkic. Jokic has averaged 14 points and 8.3 rebounds over his past four games and doesn't look to be slowing down anytime soon. So the question is more about what you need at the moment. If you're looking for a player you can use now, Jokic is worth a grab as long as he's seeing 25 or more minutes of action. But, even if you only pick him up for a spot play, Jokic may hold some potential longer term value as well. That value is undoubtedly connected to Nurkic and how his return plays out.
Being in his second year, the Nuggets may see Nurkic as a higher priority than Jokic, but nothing is certain. If you find you don't currently need any extra production in points or rebounds but have roster space, Nurkic could be a nice player to stash and see what happens. In fact, Jokic might actually be just as valuable in that same respect, so for now, either player is worth taking a look at. If, when Nurkic returns, one of the two is able to emerge over the other as the definite starter, he could eventually become valuable enough to be a must-own in all leagues.
So, as a recap, it's Jokic with immediate low-end value in points and rebounds and potentially much more if he can hold onto enough playing time, and Nurkic with more definite potential but no immediate value until he returns and gets back to being near 100 percent.
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Donna Yorke is reporting for the early shift at her office when her colleague is overcome by a strange coughing fit that quickly turns into a bloody, choking convulsion killing her in minutes. After trying unsuccessfully to help several colleagues and friends in the office experiencing the same symptoms, she moves the bodies to a far off section of the office not wanting to look at her dead co-workers. Afraid to leave not knowing what she'll face outside, Donna gathers supplies and holds up in her small office with a sleeping bag, some snacks from the vending machine, and a flashlight to ward off the dark.
On the other side of the city, Jack Baxter is hiding in his home when he makes the fateful decision to leave his refuge in the hope of finding other survivors. He finds one; a young girl named Clare who lost her parents to the disease. Together they make their way into the city center and after spending a comfortable night in a department store, they make a gruesome discovery — the corpses are moving around, awkwardly, but they're moving on their own. When Jack and Clare hear a car they track it down hoping to find others like themselves. Not only do they find two survivors but are told there is a group of about fifty people living at the local university.
The university has become a beacon for not only survivors but the dead who surround the place. Drawn to the living, the re-animated corpses flock to the university, and at first are calm almost unaware of the living walking among them but that soon changes. In a few short days, the rather sedate corpses become violent, attacking survivors venturing out and stalking out places where the living are congregating.
Soon after, a soldier left behind after a failed mission into the city joins up with the university group. Knowing food supplies are running low, a decision is made by the survivors to make their way to the military base in the hope of finding supplies and other survivors. What they don't count on is how the dead will react to the plan.
I wasn't sure if I should refer to this book as apocalypse or zombie fiction. As far as the survivors are concerned, it's the end of the world they knew. Then again, it's also a story full of the walking dead; although I was appreciative of the fact Moody doesn't mention the word zombie anywhere in the book. Reminding me of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend, Moody manages to evoke a loneliness that feels surprising real slowly introducing us to each survivor along the way. One thing he doesn't do is get bogged down in details and in a way it's refreshing. Why should I know what's going on when none of the survivors do? Some might find that annoying but in this book, I enjoyed the sense of lawlessness and the unknown Moody created and he didn't deviate which can be so tempting in a story like this one. Leaving the reader with very little knowledge made it interesting to imagine what would have caused the metamorphosis.
This isn't a book for everyone. While it's not gross or disgusting, quite restrained actually, it's not something you read at lunch either. And it does have a few scenes that reminded me of a popular zombie movie but if you're willing to look past those small bits, Autumn: The City is a fast and entertaining read.
Autumn: The City is the second book in the Autumn series.
Well, most zombies come with an apocalypse. Patton Oswalt characterizes them as almost a polite break-down of order; the infrastructure is still there, it's just the people that have broken down.


Did you catch us at Bonefish?
It was so fun seeing so many people at Bonefish Grill Wednesday night. We served folks and helped raise money for the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County! CEO Michael Johnson thought we may have helped raise $15,000 during dinner!


Sharks are perennially a sure thing when it comes to pop culture. Every year we get Shark Week, and SYFY still laughs all the way to the bank every time they kick out another Sharknado film. So when something like The Meg trailer came along, it was like blood in the water with fans of popcorn movies (myself included) thrilled at the prospect. Unfortunately now that the meg has surfaced, it turns out that what was promised in the trailers translated to something more toothless than we would have ever expected.
Based on the series of books by author Steve Alten and adapted by the sibling screenwriting team of Jon and Erich Hoeber (authors of Red and Red 2), The Meg is about a group of deep-sea explorers who unwittingly stumble into an isolated area on the sea floor which has been hiding the last remnants of the giant pre-historic shark species, Megalodon.
The first problem is that this is a shark film. People get eaten in shark films. So why Warner Bros. decided to cut the film down to a PG-13 rating is a mystery, because as soon as it does, huge amounts of the anticipated fun gets pushed off screen. It'd be like if a Fast and Furious film wound up having all of the car crashes happen off screen.
The cast is fine, the writing is decent, there's a few fun moments, and the film isn't badly made (nothing as offensive as 47 Meters Down), but it doesn't go far enough to embrace the cheese. Without dialing it up to 11, it winds up being a handful of fun set pieces surrounded by doldrums — and clocking in at just shy of two hours, that's not a good thing. But if you're looking for a shark-adventure film to take the whole family to (11-13-year-olds wouldn't find anything in this shocking), you won't wind up offending anyone.
The Meg opens in theaters on August 10th, 2018.


"I extremely enjoyed my time at Missouri Boys State. I will recommend it to anyone."
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has named a lawyer from Kennett and a veteran to the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents.
Phillip Britt of Kennett has served as the Drug Court Commissioner for the 35th Judicial Circuit since 2002. Prior to that, he represented the 163rd District in the Missouri House. Britt also served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Dunklin and Pemiscot counties. He graduated from Southeast and received his law degree from the University of Missouri.
Dexter resident Edward Gargas was also named a regent. Gargas is the director of operations and sales for Bagby Wealth Management. He's a commissioned officer in the Missouri Army National Guard and a combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Gargas, too, graduated from Southeast Missouri State University.
Both men were appointed to terms that end January 1, 2022.


Farmhouse design has actually made a name for itself in the shower room. You have the claw-foot tub, the natural color palette, as well as the useful shelves and also feces dotted around the area. With each other, these farmhouse-style functions produce a calming, collected-over-time feeling that could make virtually anybody want to sink down into a warm bathroom as well as relax.
Let's have a look at 6 bathrooms that highlight various components of farmhouse style. Add one attribute to rejuvenate your restroom, or soak all of them as much as develop a full-on farmhouse washroom in your home.
Straightforward wood racks hold restroom essentials and a blooming orchid in this home in Savannah, Georgia. The subjected brackets– painted white like many other aspects in the space– and the cafe curtains add an additional touch of nation appeal.
Alongside the shower, indoor designers Victoria Holmes and also Lana Salter developed a walk that gives the home owners a lot more open storage. The slim step is big sufficient to hold a wood body brush as well as a couple of potted plants.
The farmhouse style continues in this area with white-paneled wall surfaces, train floor tiles as well as the star of the program: a claw-foot bathtub.
Farmhouse style is about maintaining it simple. On that particular note, Rebecca Zajac of Design by Numbers offered a Las Vegas pair 2 huge hooks on the wall for their towels. The hooks are basic but satisfy the couple's requirements.
Next she added a rustic wood stool. It brings in a natural appearance and also operates as a side table to the bathtub.
Drop your look to the floor under the stool legs, and you'll discover 2-inch hexagonal tiles, a feature that provides a nod to the client's love for vintage style, Zajac states.
Farmhouse charm oozes from this antique family members storage device that a Georgia couple repurposed as bathroom storage space. The layer of seaweed-green paint updates its aged surface and makes it stand apart versus the tan as well as white colors bordering it.
The cupboard also keeps with farmhouse design by having open shelves on the top component. Below the pair presents household images best along with fresh towels.
A natural combination– full of whites, tans as well as greens– inside this The golden state house echoes the shades outside the window. Past shade, architectural designer George Bevan of Bevan + Associates added horizontal paneling to respond to the high ceiling in the small area.
Spikes of green additionally protrude from the wall surface. Those are air plants organized over the tub, giving the space a bit of nature inside.
A cast-iron claw-foot bathtub takes the show in this Canadian house. The home owners determined to spend lavishly on it, together with the stand-up tap, says indoor designer Bethany Van Hecke.
The classics proceed in the shower. Beyond the glass wall surfaces, floor-to-ceiling train ceramic tiles complete the remainder of that washing area.
Nothing states farmhouse like having a barn door lead to the restroom.
These handy property owners wished to save money on this attribute and also decided to do it themselves. They found the door at a salvage yard; it had actually come from an old dairy farm in Ohio. Then they found the materials for the door's track at a local tractor supply company, and $128 later, they had a functioning barn door for their farmhouse washroom.
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A Bill to Allow Criminal Courts Access to HIV Test Results Fails In Texas
A bill to allow access to HIV test results for any criminal proceeding in Texas courts died in that state's House of Representatives on May 26. SB 779 had passed in the Senate earlier in the month despite testimony against it, but it had not moved through the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. On May 20, with the end of the legislative session looming, the House voted to suspend the rules and placed the bill on the General State Calendar just before the Saturday deadline. The final hurdle was to bring the bill to the floor of the House for a second reading before midnight the following Tuesday. That deadline was missed and now opponents of the bill say it has been eliminated from consideration for the legislative session that officially ends on June 1.
SB 799 would have amended the state Health and Safety Code to allow HIV test results, which are currently confidential, to be subpoenaed during grand jury proceedings. Any entity that was subpoenaed and released information could not be held liable, and the court would issue a protective order to limit further release or disclosure of the test results.
Opponents of the bill said it was unnecessary since Texas law already allows law enforcement and public health officials to test individuals for HIV when appropriate through a process that has confidentiality provisions. They also said SB 779 would undermine privacy rights, increase the stigma of HIV, discourage voluntary testing and treatment, increase bias against HIV positive criminal defendants and could result in sentence enhancements based on health status.
SB 779 was actively opposed by HIV advocates including the Center for HIV Law and Policy and the Positive Justice Project, which encouraged Texas residents to write or call their state legislators and ask them to vote against the bill.
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HIV-Related Stigma: Protecting the Confidentiality of Clients Living with HIV/AIDS, Carolyn McAllaster (adapted from a manuscript co-written by Allison Rice, Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke AIDS Legal Project) (2012)
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Map: HIV Criminalization in the United States, CHLP (updated July 2020)
Map: An Overview of States Criminalizing Viral Hepatitis, CHLP (updated July 2020)
Chart: U.S. HIV Laws and Prosecutorial Tools, CHLP (updated June 2020)
HIV Criminalization in the United States: A Sourcebook on State and Federal HIV Criminal Law and Practice, CHLP (updated May 2020)
Fact Sheet: Punishment is Not a Public Health Strategy: The Criminalization of Viral Hepatitis, CHLP (2018)
HIV Criminalization Beyond Non-Disclosure: Advocacy Toolkits on Intersections with Sex Work and Syringe Use, CHLP and National LGBTQ Task Force (2017)
Guiding Principles for Eliminating Disease-Specific Criminal Laws, Positive Justice Project Steering Committee (2015)
Consensus Statement on the Criminalization of HIV in the United States
Consensus Statement on HIV "Treatment as Prevention" in Criminal Law Reform
Consensus Statement on the Rights of Youth in State Custody


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An Americans First Democrat Says The Dem Candidate For The Senate From Mississippi Has Signed A No-Amnesty Pledge—And The GOP Candidate Hasn't
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From: John DiPaolo [Email him]
In case you missed it, this weeks NumbersUSA newsletter reported:
"MS. Senate Candidate, Travis Childers, signs FAIR's Anti-Amnesty Pledge"
Travis Childers, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Mississippi, became the first Democrat to sign FAIR's Anti-Amnesty pledge on Thursday. The GOP candidate in the race, Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), has yet to sign the pledge.
See previous letters from John DiPaolo.
James Fulford writes: The WASHINGTON POST has a report on this.
Democrat Childers agrees to anti-amnesty pledge that Chris McDaniel signed,
By Sean Sullivan, Washington Post, October 2, 2014
Former congressman Travis Childers, the Democratic Senate nominee in Mississippi, on Thursday signed an anti-amnesty pledge a conservative organization is pushing, a move that could endear him to disgruntled supporters of former tea party candidate Chris McDaniel, the runner-up to Sen. Thad Cochran in the GOP primary.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Childers said he signed the Federation for American Immigration Reform's pledge in part because he worries about Mississippi's high unemployment rate, which he thinks would be exacerbated by allowing undocumented immigrants to work in the U.S.
"I don't think you need to be rewarding people who break the law," said Childers, a conservative Democrat.
Mississippi's unemployment rate was 7.9 percent in August,according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Only Georgia's was higher.[More]
I don't think this will change the outcome of the race, but not only will it endear Childers to disgruntled McDaniel supporters—white Republicans—but it may increase turnout among black Mississippians, who do regularly vote Democratic, and who are the first people to be displaced by cheap foreign labor.
See my 2008 column Labor Day In Mississippi, in which I reported that black workers "cheered and clapped" when ICE raided a factory where Mexicans were taking over their jobs.


little city farmhouse: Hi, I'm Cait!
Welcome to the blog! For any of you that have been following me for a while, you know that I used to blog. It got to be a little like my laundry pile and I couldn't keep up. But it's a new year with a new work flow.
I thought I'd take a moment to introduce myself and my business to all of you! My name is Caitlin (you can call me Cait!) and Little City Farmhouse is my shop. I've been professionally refinishing furniture for many years. I've spent years researching, learning product, and painting furniture. I love my job and I hoard paint. Seriously.
I'm married and I have two kids. My hubby is the power tools behind this little operation. Once the kiddos were both in school this painting gig became my full time job and I started blogging for Country Chic Paint.
The number one question I am emailed, on a daily basis, is "do you have a store?" Honestly, I wish I did! I know what it would look like, what I would carry, what my days would look like in my little brick and mortar store. That little dream will become what Little City Farmhouse is about this year, without the physical location. You'll be able to shop a product range online soon (including our Handmade Hearts and our Farmhouse Pillows) and see what is available for furniture if you live in the area for pick-up. Little City Farmhouse is about home, and the handmade products we create reflect that. That being said, the refinishing furniture isn't going anywhere. Painting is the heart of Little City Farmhouse!


Endodontics, often called root canals, is a dental specialty focused on the care and treatment of the dental pulp. Our team at Dakota Family Dentistry is specially trained in the area of endodontics and several different procedures improving the oral health of our patients. Endodontic procedures are needed when pulp tissues deep within the tooth have become damaged by decay, trauma, or infection. Maintaining a healthy tooth pulp is important because the pulp contains blood vessels and nerve tissues that keep the tooth alive and thriving.
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Here are few more obsolescent, if not obsolete, visualised entries (the ones I like to call bygones).
The language related : Brazeries cylinder and brayer.
The sartorial: bretelles and bertha and (Russian) blouse, and baldric.
The carriages: barouche, brougham, buckboard, American buggy.
The curios: back comb, balsam bottle, bauble, bannerstone, bucranium.
Finally, here is another word like bail, whose illustration hardly seems obvious.
Boat, as in, boat-shaped utensil for gravy or gravy boat.
Whoever commissioned and selected the illustrations must have revelled in eccentricity. I see no other reason for the gravy boat.