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Christie's Presents Macabre Exhibition Curated By Artist Benjamin Spiers
by Christies
Christie's presents Macabre, a selling exhibition co-curated by the British artist Benjamin Spiers. From the grim and eerily strange to the distorted and fascinatingly dark, this spellbinding exhibition examines the artistic treatment of the macabre through the ages. Macabre places fantastical relics of bygone centuries alongside cutting-edge creations of today.
From Bosch to Burra, Rodin to Rego, a cross-section of uncanny artistic production is traced through a range of media. Macabre offers viewers and collectors the opportunity to consider how these diverse works contrast with and speak to one another, offering a rounded dialogue on humanity's collective fascination with the curious, peculiar and mysterious.
The exhibition will present 60 works spanning 500 years. Highlights include Paula Rego's Wide Sargasso Sea (2000), a multi-figure narrative composition that takes its name from the novel by the British-Dominican author Jean Rhys, and Otto Dix's Neue Sachlichkeit-masterpiece Sitzender rothaariger Akt mit Strümpfen vor rosa Touch (1930). The Surrealist visions of Salvador Dalí and Max Ernst are placed in dialogue with Lucas Cranach the Elder, Auguste Rodin and Marlene Dumas.
Jacob Isaacsz van Swanenburgh (1571-1638), Sinners being punished in Hell and Paula Rego, Wide Sargasso Sea (2000)
Benjamin Spiers showcases an exploration of the pursuit of the macabre in his own work and that of his contemporaries. Drawing upon his knowledge and vision, Spiers will integrate a selection of contemporary artists with an array of works spanning centuries and mediums. His intention is to fuse dialogues and perspectives on the macabre throughout the ages.
George Grosz, Paar im Zimmer (1915) and Benjamin Spiers, Pinkie (2022)
Benjamin Spiers: "The macabre takes painting and literature to a place it has never been before. It is very playful, as well as being quite troubling, when there is something in a painting that is unpalatable, it is often the most exciting element. The macabre is often the kind of focus for that emotion and that thought. It breaks something open and allows it to become much more meaningful and radical."
The exhibition is presented at Christie's headquarters in London from 29 October to 9 December 2022.
Tags: ART, AUCTION, Auguste Rodin, Benjamin Spiers, Christies, Jean Rhys, LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER, Marlene Dumas, Max Ernst, Otto Dix, Paula Rego, Sale, Salvador Dalí
Christie's, the world's leading art business, had auction sales in the first half of 2019 that totalled £2.2 billion / $2.8 billion. Christie's is a name and place that speaks of extraordinary art, unparalleled service and international expertise. Christie's offers around 350 auctions annually in over 80 categories, including all areas of fine and decorative arts, jewellery, photographs, collectables, wine, and more. Prices range from $200 to over $100 million. Christie's also has a long and successful history conducting private sales for its clients in all categories, with emphasis on Post-War & Contemporary, Impressionist & Modern, Old Masters and Jewellery.
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Hand-foot syndrome induced by high-dose, short-term, continuous 5-fluorouracil infusion
S. Chiara, M. T. Nobile, C. Barzacchi, O. Sanguineti, M. Vincenti, C. Di Somma, P. Meszaros, R. Rosso
A.O.U. San Martino - IST, Istituto Nazionale Ricerca sul Cancro (GENOVA)
The aim of this study was to examine in detail the incidence and severity of hand-foot syndrome in advanced colorectal cancer patients receiving 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and leucovorin (L-LV) chemotherapy. 70 advanced colorectal cancer patients (pts) were given weekly 24 h continuous 5-FU (2600 mg/m2) infusion plus L- LV (100 mg/m2 i.v., 50 mg orally). The toxicity, in particular HFS, was analysed, correlated to the main pts characteristics and compared to the other observed side-effects. HFS occurred in 36/70 pts (51%): grade 1 in 16 pts, grade 2 in 16 pts, grade 3 in 3 pts and grade 4 in 1 pt. It occurred after a median number of nine courses. In one case, chemotherapy was interrupted for this toxicity, and in another 5 pts drug reduction and/or treatment delay were undertaken. Changes in the therapeutic programme because of diarrhoea or mucositis were more frequent, even though these toxicities were generally mild in our series of pts. HFS was significantly correlated to previous exposure to chemotherapy (P= 0.00003). HFS was a frequent side-effect of high-dose, short-term continuous 5-FU infusion, but the impact on quality of life of pts and on the correct delivery of the planned chemotherapy was limited.
European Journal of Cancer
5-fluorouracil
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Chiara, S., Nobile, M. T., Barzacchi, C., Sanguineti, O., Vincenti, M., Di Somma, C., Meszaros, P., & Rosso, R. (1997). Hand-foot syndrome induced by high-dose, short-term, continuous 5-fluorouracil infusion. European Journal of Cancer, 33(6), 967-969. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0959-8049(96)00497-2
Hand-foot syndrome induced by high-dose, short-term, continuous 5-fluorouracil infusion. / Chiara, S.; Nobile, M. T.; Barzacchi, C. et al.
In: European Journal of Cancer, Vol. 33, No. 6, 05.1997, p. 967-969.
Chiara, S, Nobile, MT, Barzacchi, C, Sanguineti, O, Vincenti, M, Di Somma, C, Meszaros, P & Rosso, R 1997, 'Hand-foot syndrome induced by high-dose, short-term, continuous 5-fluorouracil infusion', European Journal of Cancer, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 967-969. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0959-8049(96)00497-2
Chiara S, Nobile MT, Barzacchi C, Sanguineti O, Vincenti M, Di Somma C et al. Hand-foot syndrome induced by high-dose, short-term, continuous 5-fluorouracil infusion. European Journal of Cancer. 1997 May;33(6):967-969. doi: 10.1016/S0959-8049(96)00497-2
Chiara, S. ; Nobile, M. T. ; Barzacchi, C. et al. / Hand-foot syndrome induced by high-dose, short-term, continuous 5-fluorouracil infusion. In: European Journal of Cancer. 1997 ; Vol. 33, No. 6. pp. 967-969.
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Against Child Trafficking Hello Traffickers, Meet the Parents!
Since the late 1970s you have met regularly to discuss topics of common concern. This year on 24/25 May in Milan in cooperation with the European Parliament: The Adoption Dilemma.
May we, on behalf of the parents, suggest you discuss how to deal with the outstanding issue of solving these parents' pain? And, of course, how to re-connect them to their children. Including apologies and financial compensation. For all parties involved.
Believing she was 'stolen' and trafficked as an 'orphan', Jyothi Svahn goes on a multi-country hunt for her birth family – and uncovers an international adoption industry built on lies, greed and heartbreak.
With the help of ACT, a Swedish adoptee follows the criminal trail to India to unmask the deception behind her adoption story. ACT's founder Roelie Post explains the pattern on Channel AsiaNews.
In this exclusive look at the first episode, Nelufar begins her journey in America, which adopts more children from overseas than all other countries in the world put together. But ominous forces lurk beneath many of these joyful unions.
ACT's founders Roelie Post and Arun Dohle (on the background) guided Nelufar into the Dark Side of Adoption.
Available on Netflix US and UK.
DOCUMENTI / La Corte d'Appello dovrà ora decidere se il procedimento va affidato a un altro giudice. Il magistrato Sofia Fioretta non aveva concesso l'ascolto delle telefonate di Marco Griffini sostenendo l'assenza di indizi. I legali dei genitori adottivi chiedono di estendere l'inchiesta ad alcuni collaboratori dell'associazione, indicati dalla Procura di Roma quando ha trasmesso il fascicolo alla Direzione distrettuale antimafia di Milano. Le famiglie contestano anche i reati di riduzione in schiavitù dei minori e truffa aggravata.
This Indian family spoke out in the documentary "Manufactured Orphans". Their child is in Italy.
The PvdA, SP, D66 and Christian Union consider that the adoption of children from Bulgaria must stop until further research is done. The Parties shall notify this following the broadcast of Brandpunt Reporter of tonight, in which different stakeholders tell that the adoption procedures in Bulgaria are not always properly followed. Since 2010 more than 80 Bulgarian children came to the Netherlands.
Nobody involved in adoptions in Bulgaria, says to be able to check whether adoptions are governed by the rules. According to those involved, children go abroad while they have family in Bulgaria who wants to take care of them. This is not allowed by the Bulgarian and international adoption laws.
Indian parents file a police complaint in the Netherlands: kidnapping.
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Game notes: Aaron Rodgers rises above during yet another iconic performance
Packers quarterback overcomes toe injury on record-setting night vs. Bears
Wes Hodkiewicz
packers.com digital reporter
QB Aaron Rodgers
GREEN BAY – Aaron Rodgers didn't get the relief he was hoping for with his banged-up toe but the Packers quarterback still looked every bit the part of an NFL MVP making a serious run at a repeat on Sunday night against the Chicago Bears.
Whatever pain he was dealing with, Rodgers was his same surgical self in completing 29-of-37 passes for 341 yards and four touchdowns (141.1 passer rating) during the 45-30 win over the Bears.
It was the seventh time in his career Rodgers had four or more touchdowns with no interceptions against Chicago, the most in NFL history against a single opponent.
Second place? Rodgers' six vs. the Minnesota Vikings.
It wasn't easy, though. While Rodgers and the Packers battled back from a slow start to score on four straight possessions between the second and third quarters, the league's reigning MVP did so with apparent discomfort in the fractured toe he's dealt with for the past month.
"It feels worse," Rodgers said. "I don't know what kind of setback that I had tonight but we'll look at it tomorrow (Monday). Definitely took a step back tonight."
Rodgers sought a few different opinions on the toe during the team's Week 13 bye but remained hopeful it would heal on its own. He felt good enough to practice in a limited capacity on Friday, his first on-field participation in nearly a month.
Yet, Rodgers continues to play some of his best football. Despite practicing just twice since his return from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Nov. 13, Rodgers has completed 103-of-152 (67.8%) for 1,325 yards, 10 touchdowns and one interception in his last four starts (114.1 passer rating).
Chicago generated some early pressure on Rodgers, getting two of its three sacks in the opening quarter, but Green Bay's offense found its rhythm thanks to a steady run game (21 carries for 120 yards and a touchdown) and Rodgers getting multiple receivers involved.
He completed at least three passes to six targets, with All-Pro receiver Davante Adams (10 catches for 121 yards and two touchdowns) and Allen Lazard (89 total yards and a TD) leading the way. Veteran tight end Marcedes Lewis also had his most catches (four) and receiving yards (51) in a Packers uniform.
To Rodgers' credit, no one even seemed to notice his discomfort. While he left the field to a chorus of "M-V-P" chants, Rodgers jokingly pointed out how he was walking, not running, up the tunnel.
"For him to be able to do what he's been doing … I think it's just a testament, his talents, but I think it just shows you how talented he is above the neck as well," said Lazard of Rodgers.
"I think that pays dividends when it comes to that position, obviously. Yeah, he's a special guy and so thankful to have him in our locker room as a friend. He's done a great job as a leader."
Sunday's win over the Bears did carry a lot of significance to the future Hall of Famer. With his touchdown to Adams with 4 minutes, 33 seconds left, Rodgers moved ahead of Brett Favre for most TD passes against Chicago (61 in 27 games) in NFL history.
It was also Rodgers' 23rd win over the Bears (including playoffs), moving one ahead of Favre for most wins by a Packers quarterback over their oldest rival.
"That does mean a lot to me, it really does," Rodgers said. "To follow Brett and know how successful he was over his and how many big games he played in against them, it's a sweet rivalry. It's one that is very special to me and I knew I was three (TDs) from tying, four from breaking so I'm definitely going to hang on to that ball. That ball is an important one."
More on Lazard: After a physically taxing and mentally grueling stretch of 12 straight games to start the 2021 season, Lazard returned from the bye week feeling refreshed.
With veteran Randall Cobb going on injured reserve Saturday with a core injury, Lazard saw more work in the slot against Chicago and he responded with perhaps his best game of the year with six catches for 75 yards and a touchdown.
Lazard missed a game last month with a shoulder injury but said that mostly was behind him heading into Green Bay's matchup with the Los Angeles Rams on Nov. 28. To him, the team's Week 13 bye represented a chance to heal up, mentally.
"For me, the biggest thing was just a mental reset," said Lazard, who also had one carry for 14 yards. "Just being mentally drained out from the grind the NFL is. The fact that we played 12 games – a whole college football season – and then we get a bye and now we still have to play four more games before we even get to go play for the trophy."
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Kelly gets the call: The Packers suffered yet another setback on the offensive line with right tackle Billy Turner leaving in the second quarter with a knee injury. Heading into Sunday, Turner and right guard Royce Newman were the only Packers players who had yet to miss a snap this season.
Stepping in for Turner and finishing the game was ninth-year veteran Dennis Kelly. Despite Kelly starting 17 games (including playoffs) for Tennessee last season, Sunday was actually the first time he'd taken an offensive snap for Green Bay all year.
Kelly picked up one holding penalty but otherwise contributed to an O-line that plowed the way to a 439-yard day for the offense and gave Rodgers a workable pocket to throw from.
"Big D-Bak did a great job stepping in," joked Rodgers, referencing Kelly's resemblance to All-Pro left tackle David Bakhtiari. "I love Dennis. I think he's got a real steady personality and he's a pro's pro, so I was happy to have him out there.
"It's tough to go the entire season I'm sure and not play and then, boom, you're thrust into a game, an important situation, down in the game and you're going to have to play a half-plus of football and deal with the conditioning of that … doing it over and over and long drives, I'm just really proud of him."
The Packers are hoping to get Bakhtiari back at some point, but so far have lost Pro Bowl guard Elgton Jenkins and rookie center Josh Myers to knee injuries.
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Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon carried the load for Packers' offense in Arizona
Robert Tonyan comes up big on National Tight Ends Day
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Lou Van Beirendonck performs as keynote speaker at the Hrpro.be Digital Day.
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By Barbara Graham of Law Office of Barbara Graham, LLC posted in Child Custody on Tuesday, July 17, 2018.
My oldest child turned 18, shouldn't my support payment drop?
On behalf of Law Office of Barbara Graham, LLC posted in Child Support on Monday, April 3, 2017.
The issue of child support can present a lot of complications. Those with experience in dealing with such matters under Missouri law know that a so-called "calculator" is used to set levels of payment for parents. But in our computer-dominated world, there is truth in the phrase "garbage in, garbage out."
On behalf of Law Office of Barbara Graham, LLC posted in Child Support on Tuesday, March 17, 2015.
Individuals in Missouri may not know that, despite the fact that more women fail to pay obligated child support than men, women who are owed child support and do not receive it tend to be worse off financially than men in the same situation. The average household income for a mother who is not receiving the child support she is owed is $26,231 versus $51,791 for fathers.


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The Republicans want judges to define 'Black' |
The Republicans want judges to define 'Black'
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Mia Brett
October 25, 2022Bank
America has a long history of trying to define race.
Very badly.
There has never been a consistent definition applied universally and non-arbitrarily. That's not surprising. Race makes no sense.
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The concept developed post-hoc as justification for othering and oppression in the service of hierarchical desires and economic need.
The Republicans and their allies hope to take the country back to the time of asking judges to define race. That hope lies in the Supreme Court case concerning gerrymandering, Ardoin v. Robinson.
While we know race is a social construct and nonsensical, we can't ignore race and the legacy of racial distinctions without reproducing the faux neutrality central to white supremacy. Pretending the laws that don't mention race are neutral usually results in privileging the white cishet men who have historically made the same law.
Since the end of Jim Crow segregation, conservatives have had to enforce racism through "facially neutral" legislation (that is, laws that don't mention race). They have had to rely on the discriminatory outcomes of neutral law that's still racially targeted, such as voter ID requirements or mandatory minimum sentencing, all under the guise of "colorblindness" and the promise that the law does not see race.
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The response from those concerned with actually addressing racism in law has been to argue for "race-conscious" laws that might explicitly acknowledge race but only in order to address racial harm.
The Voting Rights Act was a gold standard for race-conscious law in that it required the consideration of race when examining the impact of congressional district maps or voting restrictions.
That it worked meant it has also been repeatedly targeted by the Republicans. In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down two key sections of the VRA in Shelby v. Holder. Now, the Republicans are trying to weaken section 2 of the VRA. That section prohibits any voting procedures that discriminate based on race.
Section 2 is used for lawsuits claiming "vote dilution," which typically concerns redistricting maps. The VRA requires congressional maps be drawn in such a way as to not "dilute" Black voting power.
In defending a Louisiana congressional district map in Ardoin v. Robinson, the Republicans are trying to restrict the definition of "Black," which could definitely serve to dilute Black voting power.
Rather than counting everyone who checks the "Black" box as Black (the current definition), the Republicans want to limit those counted as Black as only including people who only check the "Black" box – excluding anyone who checked multiple ethnic or racial boxes.
Racial definitions have always been imposed on racialized populations. Courts defining who counts as "white" or "Black" is not only arbitrary and nonsensical but an enactment of white supremacy.
The only way to address racial harm without reproducing white supremacist racism is by relying on the self-identification of those within the racialized groups. The court redefining Blackness is trying to subordinate Black people and define their group identity for them. Blackness must be defined by Black people.
While, technically, this restrictive definition would still rely on self-identification, it would limit the definition of "Black" to not include anyone who might be Black and something else.
It would limit inter-group solidarity and likely serve old racist goals. Reducing Blackness to some kind of Black purity of one race forces racial conversations back to rigid binaries and made-up race science.
Race is an arbitrary social construct, not a rigid binary. Mixed-race people have always threatened white supremacy because they challenge the race-science claims that race is essentialist and rigid.
They also invoke absurd concerns for white people that they could be around a Black person without really "knowing" it.
In miscegenation cases, a white spouse could accuse his spouse of fraud if it was determined the spouse was mixed race and "passed" to marry a white person (this could also be used in states without miscegenation statutes to get out of an interracial marriage).
Such claims support Cheryl Harris' argument that whiteness is a type of property in white supremacist society. Whiteness as property only works in opposition to Blackness and is strengthened by restrictive definitions of Blackness imposed on Black people by white people.
During slavery and Jim Crow segregation, mixed-race people were automatically included in Blackness, because it served economic goals and protected white purity from "pollution." Interrogation into sufficient blood quantum for racial distinction will always serve white supremacy and reinforce race as scientific essentialism.
Lower courts have found the more restrictive definition wouldn't change the Louisiana map, but adopting a more restrictive definition for Section 2 claims could have far-reaching consequences.
If mixed-race people aren't counted as "Black" for the purposes of voter discrimination, or dilution claims, what are they counted as?
If they are counted as white, they cannot make voter discrimination or dilution claims at all despite the likelihood that they are still experiencing such discrimination. It's unlikely such a definition would be restricted to redistricting maps.
With conservative justices questioning due process claims under the 14th Amendment, it's possible even Loving v. Virginia is in danger.
Before interracial marriage was legalized, anti-miscegenation statutes could be read as restricting marriage for all-mixed race people. This argument was used by those challenging the statutes.
While it wasn't successful, the claim was thrown out because the court was not presented with a mixed-race person trying to marry another – not because judges found the claim ridiculous.
In 1982, Congress amended Section 2 to include any law that has a discriminatory impact on voting to be unlawful in response to Mobile v. Bolden. In Mobile, the Supreme Court ruled that for laws to be in violation of the Voting Rights Act the legislators must have had the intent to be discriminatory if the law was racially neutral.
A more restrictive definition of "Black" would make the discriminatory impact of a law smaller. Therefore excluding mixed-race people from Blackness could make discrimination claims from those included in Blackness more difficult to prove.
This critical race theory (yes, I said it) analysis is necessary to understand the danger that we face if the Republicans take us back to a time when the court imposed rigid race binaries and enforced definitions of race on marginalized groups.
We must defend voter power every chance we get.
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rachel's love affair with flowers started as a little girl, roller skating around her neighborhood with rubber bands on her wrist, picking flowers from gardens and selling them to her neighbors. Her first real flower job was delivering flowers for Valentine's Day, and from that moment on she knew she wanted to work with flowers. After many years working for a prominent Berkeley florist, she started fioribei floral design studio in 2001. Her work has been featured in Martha Stewart Weddings magazine, Ruffledblog, The Men's Warehouse Prom Guide, as well as countless Bay area weddings and events. She can also be found teaching classes in the art of flower arranging at Handcraft Studio School in Emeryville, CA.
here at fioribei we believe in using seasonal, locally grown flowers. not only are they better, fresher, and longer lasting, but you are getting to enjoy the timely and fleeting beauty of a bloom, just as mother nature intended. also in doing so you are supporting local farmers, something rachel is passionate about after having worked on a farm for over a year.


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Discoveries of All Kinds
Pathikrit "Po" Bhattacharyya grew up in Calcutta, the son of doctors. Because of his broad intellectual curiosity in high school, when it came time for college he had trouble focusing on a single subject. He chose Brown, he says, for its flexible curriculum. "I liked far too many subjects in high school," he explains, "and I had no way of picking one or the other."
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Po Bhattacharyya, Class of 2014.
One constant has been Bhattacharyya's interest in animals. He spent the summer before his junior year working for a safari park ranger in South Africa. He found many of the people he worked with there "very racist," he says. "It was like going back to the days of apartheid." Once, when he and the ranger were out looking for poachers, they came across a dazed and confused black woman mumbling to herself on the side of the road. Bhattacharyya thought she was mentally ill, but the ranger was convinced she was a poacher and approached her with a loaded gun. He put her in his car and dropped her off away from the reserve in the middle of nowhere.
"I've seldom seen a human being treat another human being as poorly as that," Bhattacharyya says. He still regrets how he reacted that day. "I froze up and didn't leave my seat," he says. "I didn't know what to do."
At Brown, Bhattacharyya became fascinated with jellyfish, especially a long and stringy type called siphonophores. With bud-like structures coming off either side of what's known as the central stem, siphonophores, most of which swim throughout the water column, can grow to 120 feet, making them the longest animals in the world. To capture prey, they shoot small, hollow harpoons filled with immobilizing toxins.
But what really fascinates Bhattacharyya about siphonophores is that they are actually dozens of individual animals, called zooids, joined together. The zooids act as a colony, with each class of zooid carrying out a function for the larger group. In a 2009 paper, Brown evolutionary biology professor Casey Dunn, with whom Bhattacharyya studied, described siphonophores as "thousands of conjoined twins…, some with only legs to move everybody, others with only mouths to ingest food, others with enlarged hearts to circulate the shared blood, and others fully dedicated to the sexual production of new offspring colonies."
In his senior year, Bhattacharyya received a Royce Fellowship to study siphonophores. He traveled to Villefranche-sur-Mer outside Nice in southern France, where the animals live in abundance and can easily be collected. Bhattacharyya brought several specimens back to Brown with him and studied their nervous systems. Amazingly, there is no central brain controlling and organizing the zooids. They are believed to communicate with each other by passing messages along the nerve cells running down the central stem. "They have the most advanced nervous system in the animal kingdom," Bhattacharyya says. He used existing research on the siphonophores' genes to map out the animals' nervous system.
But Bhattacharyya is too restless to stick with jellyfish. Next year he plans to work for the educational technology company IXL Learning in San Mateo, California, and he eventually hopes to return to India and start K–12 schools with an American-style liberal arts curriculum.
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A former football agent is being investigated by police after he allegedly 'threatened to kill' Cardiff City staff.
Willie McKay helped secure the deal for Emiliano Sala to move from France to the Premier League before he died in a plane crash in the English Channel on January 21.
The 59-year-old, who is no longer registered as a football agent, helped arrange the doomed flight while his son – a football agent based in Bawtry – was acting as the agent for the selling club.
Now it has emerged that McKay has been the subject of an investigation by South Wales Police over claims he threatened to kill staff at the Premier League club in a dispute about who is liable for damages following the tragedy.
A brief statement from the Welsh force said that the investigation has since been 'transferred to the Metropolitan Police'.
A spokesperson for the police: "We have received an allegation of a possible public order offence that took place at Kendall Street, W2 on Friday, February 22.
Kendall Street is in an upmarket part of London north of Hyde Park and February 22 was six days after Sala's funeral in Argentina.
McKay has previously admitted paying for the flight, but has denied choosing the pilot or the plane.
He and his son Mark have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. Both have not responded to questions over the police investigation.
Mark's father Willie has said that his family have 'been through hell' and have been made 'scapegoats' by the Welsh football club.
He told BBC Sport earlier this month: "He was abandoned in a hotel more or less to do his travel arrangements himself. Nobody at Cardiff seemed to be doing anything.
"It was a bit embarrassing from Cardiff's situation because they had a player that was worth €17m and then left him to sort a hotel for himself and go on the computer and look for a flight himself.
Cardiff City declined to comment on the police investigation when they were approached by the Press Association sportdesk.


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'The Walking Dead' VR Game Lets You Fight Zombies, Humans in New Orleans
Skydance Interactive is gearing up for the launch of its long-awaited "Walking Dead" virtual reality (VR) game, which it has built in partnership with Skybound Entertainment: The company shared a first trailer for "The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners" Wednesday, and also began to show off parts of the game to media and industry insiders in recent days.
"The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners" plays in New Orleans 3 years after the outbreak. Taking place in the "Walking Dead" universe, the game explores a separate story line, albeit one that occasionally overlaps with the stories explored in both the comics and the TV show. Players have to navigate a city that isn't just overrun by zombies, but also contested by two separate factions of surviving humans.
The game offers more than 15 hours of gameplay, and a wide open world for players to explore. There are 20 main missions, but you could spend a lot more time in its world, if it wasn't for those bells: Every so often, one of the factions rings the bells of their headquarter tower, luring out the zombies, and forcing you to move along to prevent certain death.
However, "Saints & Sinners" creative director Adam Grantham told Variety that players would only spend around a third of their time on actual combat. The rest of the time is reserved for the game's storyline, for explorations of the city, and for crafting new weapons from found objects — as important skill after the breakdown of civilization, as any "Walking Dead" fan knows.
The constant back and forth between action-filled combat scenes, moments of quiet exploration and dialogue with dubious characters mimics the pacing and structure of the TV show. It also contributes to a general sense of unease, as a recent half-hour demo given to Variety revealed — you just never really trust the quiet, and expect zombies behind every corner. "Obviously, we want people to feel uncomfortable, because it's 'The Walking Dead'," said the game's art director Jake Geiger.
Skydance is set to release "The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners" on January 23 of next year. The studio hasn't disclosed which platforms the game will debut on, but the company used Facebook's Oculus Rift S headset for its press demos, all but assuring that it will be available on the device.
And while the combat was harrowing, the real challenge was to figure out which humans to trust, and which ones to confront. Said Grantham: "You'll learn a bit about yourself playing this game."


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Remembering the Sony Magic Link
Author Kevin Hazzard
Topics Mobile
I admit that I've been a geek for a good long while now. 30 years ago, I was taking computers apart and soldering new things into them to experiment or to force them to suit my needs. Those were fascinating times in the computer industry to be sure. Operating systems were simple enough to be understood in their entirety by a single person. Software applications were also very simplistic. Kids in 2009 would LOL at our total lack of sophistication but we were enthralled to be able to move circle and squares sloppily about the screen to simulate bombs or gnomes or whatever we could imagine. We had to use our imagination more in those early days and it wasn't a bad thing per se. Poor graphics and poor sound weren't an impediment to us because we didn't know that they were bad. But we knew they could be better and that kept us going.
At the halfway point on my journey thus far, I bought a Sony Magic Link PIC-1000 handheld computer. It was 1994. I think I paid about $800 for it at the time. I remember the excitement I felt as I opened the package and powered it up. It ran the Magic CAP operating system from General Magic and it was a thing of pure joy, I'll tell you. The screen sporting 16 shades of gray was organized into a virtual desktop complete with drawers that you could open and close by tapping them. You could drag objects into and out of the drawers. It had a filing cabinet, an on screen keyboard and a graphical toolbar of contextual tool icons at the bottom of the screen. The built-in modem would allow you to connect an e-mail or fax provider to exchange messages and documents with others.
I used my Sony Magic Link every day for a couple of years and it taught me a lot about the value of good software design. Some of the applications were clunky but, for the most part, it was a very functional device. Sony positioned the Magic Link as an upscale alternative to Apple's Newton. Having used both of them, I believed the Magic Link to be a far superior device for getting things done. The screen was bigger. It did decent animations. It had a built-in modem and a PCMCIA card slot. And the sound was good for the period. The Newton was cool but it was a glorified notepad, in my opinion. There's no doubt that Apple studied the Magic Link with great care to learn from it. As an iPhone user today, I often think about how similar my iPhone is, in so many ways, to the seminal PDA from Sony. Many of the Magic Link's gestures and graphical metaphors live on in the iPhone today, with or without attribution from Apple. Microsoft didn't seem to learn much from it though as Windows Mobile 6.5 still feels like a desktop OS crammed into a device not so well designed to run it. The truth hurts, I know.
I'm pretty sure that I still have that old Magic Link lying around in the attic somewhere. As I sit here in the White Hawk Music Café waiting for my son to complete his guitar lesson, I bristle with some of that old excitement I felt in 1994, wondering if I find that old device in the attic, will it still work? Will it be as fun today as it was then? Is there something I can solder into it to make it do something fun and new? Some things never change, I suppose. And that's good, too. Never stop learning. That goes for you, too, Mr. Ballmer. Watch and learn.
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From the outside, the QT Hotel in Surfers Paradise looks like any other art deco-esque beach hotel, and that's because up until recently, it was. The QT Hotel just opened after a complete renovation of an older building, and the vibe on the inside is both funky and fresh.
Not only is the hotel comfortable, colorful and inviting on the inside, it just looked like a place you would want to hang out at with your friends on any night out. Plus, there's the Stingray Lounge, the Yamagen sushi and the oh-so-delectable Bazaar restaurant to keep you entertained right on-site.
The hotel is buzzing — buzzing from the designer decor and the people within. There are 297 rooms, done up in hip beach style, that either provide a view of the ocean or the mountains and river behind. Enjoy your welcome homemade lemonade up on your room's balcony, or head down to the outdoor pool and spa area. Both make for relaxing dips into the world of QT.
On my stay, we had a room on one of the upper floors with an ocean view. When you opened the door, you could hear the waves crashing onto the beaches of the Gold Coast.
What's even better are the combined hotel and meal packages on offer at QT. You can get your weekend stay, a dinner at the fabulous Bazaar restaurant and breakfast there as well, for one discounted price.
Check out the QT Hotel in the Gold Coast. Located at 7 Staghorn Avenue, Surfers Paradise, 4127.
>> Be sure to read about my top hostel picks in the Gold Coast if interested in a more budget stay.
My stay at QT Hotel was provided free-of-charge courtesy of Gold Coast Tourism, but all words are my own.


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Stories of Hope and Splendor
Poetry & Essays
Georgia and the Dragon
Georgia and the Dragon is a children's book in six parts. Ideal as a bed-time story or for young readers, it tells the tale of Georgia and her friend, Dragon, and their adventures in both their worlds. Part one is about Dragon's sixth birthday. It is a special day. For it is the day when he finally learns how to fly. Georgia and the Dragon, Part One, is available on Smashwords for free. If you can't wait, here it is:
Georgia and the Dragon, Part One –
In Which a Dragon Learns How to Fly on His Own
"Shhhh, my mom is going to hear you!" Georgia whispered.
"So sorry, Georgia. I didn't mean to make all this noise."
"It's okay. It's just that I'm officially napping right now and I don't want anybody to know that I'm not. Now, tell me again."
"Tell you again what?"
"The story!"
"The story?"
"Yes, the story you told me before."
"Oh, yes, I already forgot. That was a long time ago."
"No, it wasn't. You just told me."
"You know that, for us, an hour is much longer than for you."
"I did not know that. But now pleeeeease tell me again."
"Okay, but you promise to take a nap afterwards. You really need your sleep. It's good for you."
The sun came through a gap in the curtains in Georgia's room and illuminated a spot right in front of her bed. There sat—red leathered wings, dark blue scales and a long snout—a Dragon, the size of a Labrador Retriever.
"Dragon!" Georgia whispered again, this time somewhat more urgent.
"Uhm, yes?" Dragon answered.
"Oh, yes, the story. Are you ready?"
"Ok. Here it goes."
"Ok. Here it goes," Georgia said back.
Dragon smiled.
"Once upon a time, there was a Dragon. His name was… Junior. Dragon Junior. He lived with his family far, far away, deep inside a lush, green valley, in a world full of wonder and wild things, speaking willows and… sudden weather changes."
"Weather changes?" Georgia interrupted the Dragon.
"Yes, weather changes," the Dragon replied.
"But you never told me about the weather changes before."
"That's because I did not remember it until now."
"I see. Go on."
"So, our story is about his sixth birthday," Dragon continued.
"I am six," Georgia intersected. "Almost."
"On all the birthdays before his sixth birthday, Dragon Junior got what every Junior Dragon gets."
"Presents!" Georgia said.
"Presents," Dragon replied. "And a party. And also, at every birthday a dragon learns something new."
"That's so awesome!" Georgia closes her eyes tight, in full anticipation of what is to come.
"On Junior's first birthday, the Dragon family sat together around a fire behind their house.
There was Papa Dragon, Mama Dragon, Junior's seven siblings: Milo, Moritz and Merry, Blidlick and Flidlick the twins, Fush, Push, Hush, and, of course, Junior. They all sat around the fire, roasting marshmallows and baking potatoes. And they all told a story. And the reason they all told a story was that on his first birthday, Dragon Junior learned how to speak. When all the others were finished telling their stories, it was Junior's turn to tell his. And he told the story of one day in the winter when it was so cold that there were flowers on the inside of the windows. And the flowers were made out of ice.
That winter Papa Dragon went to the middle of the large pond behind the house and sat down. After he sat there for a while he breathed in very deeply and when he breathed out, a long flame came out of his mouth. It melted all the snow on the pond and turned it into ice. The surface of the pond was now so smooth that they all could go ice skating on it. And that's what they did.
When Dragon Junior was done with his story, everybody clapped and cheered. Then Mama Dragon brought out the ice cream cake. It had one candle on it. Papa Dragon lit the candle with his fiery breath and Dragon Junior blew it out.
On his second birthday, the whole family went to the river because on his second birthday, Dragon Junior learned how to swim. They all sat on the beach and watched as Dragon Junior waded into the water and swam all the way across. And when he was on the other side he turned around and swam back. It was a long way across and Junior made it, mostly, because everybody was cheering him on.
Afterwards, there was a big celebration, with lots of ice cream cake. Dragon Junior blew out two candles that day.
On his third birthday, his family took Junior to a large meadow. The meadow was so large that if someone would stand at one end and yell over to you at the other end, you would not hear him. Papa Dragon, Mama Dragon and Junior's seven siblings were all there. They lined up next to each other. Papa Dragon gave the signal, "Three, two, one, GO!" and the whole family ran across the meadow as fast as dragonly possible. And even though they were all older than him, Junior did really well. In fact, he came in second. Right after his mama. She could run like the wind but Dragon Junior was right behind her throughout the race. In fact, he almost passed her just before the finish line but she gave it all she got and won. There was a big party afterwards, with a large ice cream cake, of course. That year, Junior had to blow out three candles.
On Junior's fourth birthday, the Dragon family went to the large pond. It was very deep and the whole Dragon family waded into it. Then they swam all the way to the middle. Papa Dragon carried a large rock that he dropped right smack in the center. Now they all formed a circle.
"Whenever you're ready," Papa Dragon said. Dragon Junior nodded once, took a deep breath and then he disappeared under water. The pond was murky and the rest of the family could not see Dragon Junior for a while. But then his head appeared and he held the large stone in his front claws. That was the day when Dragon Junior learned how to swim under water. Afterwards, there was a celebration with an even bigger ice cream cake than the year before. Junior blew out four candles that day.
On his fifth birthday, Dragon Junior got up very early and collected branches and small fallen trees from the woods and brought them to the middle of the large meadow where they had their race only two years earlier. In the evening, the rest of the family came and brought food and juices, apples, marshmallows and potatoes. Mama Dragon carried something that nobody could see because it was hidden inside a box. They all gathered around in a circle and Mama Dragon opened the box. In it was a large ice cream cake. It had candles on it.
"Whenever you're ready," Papa Dragon said.
Junior nodded and then took a deep, deep breath. When he breathed out, a small flame came out of his mouth. The flame lit all the five candles.
"From now on, Dragon Junior," Papa Dragon said, "you can light all the candles on all your birthdays that are to come."
Everyone clapped and cheered, Mama Dragon cut the ice cream cake and distributed the pieces equally. Afterwards, they sat around the large pile of wood that Junior had collected that morning. "Whenever you're ready," Papa Dragon said. Dragon Junior nodded for the second time that day. Then he breathed in very deeply and when he breathed out, a large flame came out of his mouth. It kindled the wood pile which caught fire. Everybody cheered again and now Papa Dragon, Mama Dragon and all seven of Junior's siblings breathed in very deeply and the flames that shot out of their mouths kindling the rest of the large wood pile.
It burned high into the night sky and they all sat around it and roasted marshmallows and baked potatoes. They told each other stories until the fire became smaller and smaller, and when only glowing amber was left, they put dirt over it and walked home through the starry night.
And then came the day for Dragon Junior's sixth birthday. He could not really sleep the night before. He was just too excited. The family got up at first light and Mama Dragon made each of them a bundle with food and water for the day. There were apples and nuts and freshly-baked bread thickly spread with butter. Then they walked out the door and through the woods behind their house. They passed the pond and made their way through the valley and to the foot of the mountain. From there they went upward. The path was narrow and they had to walk behind each other. First they passed wide, open pastures with horses and cows grazing in them. Some held goats and sheep and even donkeys. Eventually they left the lush rolling hills behind and soon came into a lightly wooded forest where their steps were dampened by soft pine needles under their feet.
When they came out of the forest to the border where the trees ended and the rocky ground began, Papa Dragon told them that they would soon enter the clouds. That's how high up they were. Juniors feet began to hurt and Mama Dragon decided that they needed a break. So they sat on the rocks and ate some of the provisions they brought. Dragon Junior ate mostly nuts and one half of an apple. Merry ate the other half.
"We are about two-thirds up the mountain," Papa Dragon said. "Now that we will soon enter the clouds we need to stay together. I will go first and Mama Dragon will go last so we don't lose anybody."
After they had finished eating they continued on their path up the mountain and soon they walked into the clouds. The fog was thick, and Junior had trouble seeing more than ten feet in front of him. But he knew that his mama was behind him and he couldn't get lost.
After they had walked for a few hours, the clouds suddenly cleared and they saw the path again. The peak of the mountain lay in front of them. Junior, even though his feet hurt, thought it would be well worth climbing the rest of the way to the top. And that's what they did.
And when they arrived at the top of the mountain, they saw the clouds far below them and in the distance, other mountain tops peaked out like upside-down sugar cones. The sun was about to set and the fog below was illuminated in golden light. Junior thought that this was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen. When he told this to Mama Dragon, all she said was, "wait until you see everything."
Junior wasn't really sure what "everything" meant but he could not wait to find out. "Whenever you're ready," Papa Dragon said to Junior. He nodded and jumped onto Papa Dragon's back. On the other side, there was a cliff that went straight down and disappeared into the clouds below.
Papa Dragon, Mama Dragon, Milo, Moritz and Merry, Blidlick and Flidlick, Fush, Push and Hush, all lined up at the edge of the cliff. They looked at Papa Dragon who counted, "Three, two, one, FLY!"
What happened next was the craziest, the most amazing thing Junior had done in his life. When Papa Dragon pushed off the cliff, he didn't just fly straight ahead. No. He dove down, head first, toward the clouds. Junior had to hold on to Papa Dragon's back otherwise he would have fallen off. "Hold on tight!" Papa Dragon said. When they entered the clouds, Junior could not see anything. He felt the air rushing by as they flew, fast as the wind, through the fog.
Then, suddenly, they were past the clouds and Junior saw the land far below him. It was then when Papa Dragon unfolded his wings and they now no longer dove down head first but sailed through the air. Junior could feel the wind in his nostrils, so much so that he had to sneeze. After a little while, Mama Dragon appeared next to them and behind her all the others.
From here Junior could see their house far below. He could see the pond where he had learned to swim under water, he could see the large meadow where he had learned how to run. He even saw the river where he had first learned how to swim. "I will never forget this," he said to Mama Dragon.
"Wait until you see everything," she replied.
While Junior wondered what that meant, Papa Dragon gave another command: "We climb," he said. And suddenly his wings, motionless until now, began to move up and down, pushing Papa Dragon upward and back toward the clouds. The rest of the family followed and soon Junior found himself, again, in thick fog, unable to see anything.
After a couple of minutes Papa Dragon came out of the fog.
A moment later, Junior saw Mama Dragon and his siblings come out of it as well. From then on, they flew upward, higher and higher. In fact, they flew higher than Junior could possibly have imagined.
The clouds and the mountain peaks were now far below them. The sun was setting in the sky laying a golden shimmer of light onto everything they saw.
"Whenever you're ready," Papa Dragon said. That was the moment Dragon Junior had been waiting for. In fact, that was the moment Dragon Junior had been waiting for all his life. He looked at Mama Dragon who nodded to him. Then he looked at his seven siblings who nodded to him as well.
"I'm ready," he said. Then he counted quietly in his mind, "Three, two, one, GO!"
Junior unfolded his wings and let go of Papa Dragon's back. For a moment, nothing happened but then he lifted off and soon sailed, all by himself, through the air. What a feeling that was! The wind under his wings made him feel weightless. He could see far into the distance and far behind him. He could see the clouds and the land below, and above him was only the sky. He closed his eyes for a moment. "That's what Mama Dragon meant when she said, wait until you see everything," he thought to himself. "That's what it means to fly."
He moved his wings a little bit, just like Papa Dragon had taught him, and began to fly to the right. Then he moved his wings to the other side and began to fly to the left. When he looked back, he saw Papa Dragon and the rest of his family behind him. They cheered him on, "You did it!" and "Go, Junior, GO!" And then he moved his wings again. This time he went downward. He became faster and faster. In fact, he flew so fast now that he had to pull in his wings. The air was rushing by, loud as thunder and his eyes were little slivers as he raced through the sky.
From afar, you could see the whole Dragon family as it dove, fast as lightning, toward the clouds and disappear into them. Dragon Junior suddenly could not see anything anymore. "Count to five," he heard Papa Dragon's voice next to him. "Then unfold your wings."
Junior began to count, "One, two, three, four… five!"
He unfolded his wings just as they came out of the clouds. Far below him, he saw his house and the pond behind it.
"Fly toward the pond," Papa Dragon told him.
Junior moved his wings a little bit until he flew straight.
"Don't forget, you have to flap your wings really hard when you're about 30 feet above the ground."
"Okay," Junior said but the pond came closer, really fast, and he didn't know exactly when to flap his wings to break his fall.
"Now!" he heard Papa Dragon say.
And so Junior flapped his wings. Up and down, up and down. He slowed down but he was still too fast to land.
"Follow me!" Papa Dragon said, as he flew toward the middle of the pond.
Junior followed, his wings still flopping. Now he was right above the pond. The surface of the water came closer and closer and closer and then… SPLASH!!
He went deep into the pond and almost hit the bottom. Then he swam back to the surface. When his head appeared, he could hear the cheering coming from the shore. Papa Dragon, Mama Dragon and all the others stood there, clapping and cheering him on. He swam toward them and when he waded out of the water Mama Dragon gave him a big hug.
"I'm glad you learned how to fly but I'm especially glad that you're okay."
Then Papa Dragon hugged him, "You came in a little fast there, didn't you?" he said with a smile.
"It was amazing!" was all that Junior could say.
His siblings hugged him, patted him on the shoulder and congratulated him to his first successful flight. Then his mama opened a box that stood on the edge of the water. Of course, it had ice cream cake in it. Six candles. Junior lit them all with his fiery breath and they sat together and ate the ice cream cake until the stars came out. Then they made a large fire and roasted marshmallows and baked potatoes. And when the moon rose in the night sky, they went home.
This was the last time Papa Dragon, Mama Dragon and his seven siblings called him Junior. From that day forward he was known everywhere as… Dragon. The End. Ahhhhhh"
Georgia was fast asleep when Dragon finished his story. So he lay down at the foot of her bed, put his head on his front claws and fell asleep too. And in his dreams he flew with Georgia through the sky. She sat on his back and shouted, "I can see everything, I can see everything!"
Really – The End
I hope you enjoyed the first part of Georgia and the Dragon in which a Dragon learns how to fly on his own. There is more to come. Many more adventures will be available soon. In part two, Georgia and her parents move from the city to the country and into a large old house. There is much to explore and Georgia and Dragon will tell you all about it. If you liked this story, consider writing a review on Amazon. I promise to read each and every one of them.
Until the next adventure, I remain very truly yours,
Stefan Bolz


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Domino's Domestic Sales Continue to Sizzle
Industry News July 25, 2017
flickr: Mr. Blue MauMau
While Domino's international sales weren't as high as expected, the domestic gains blew away Wall Street expectations.
Domino's surge to the top of the domestic pizza mountain continued Tuesday as the sizzling brand crushed Wall Street expectations yet again, this time delivering domestic same-store sales gains of 9.5 percent—the brand's 25th consecutive quarter of positive momentum.
Domino's second-quarter results included international same-store sales growth of 2.6 percent and diluted earnings per share of $1.32, up 34.7 percent from the prior year quarter.
"It was another outstanding quarter for our domestic business, as brand momentum, strong execution and emphasis on getting better each day continued to drive what we do," says J. Patrick Doyle, Domino's president and chief executive officer, in a statement.
Company-owned domestic stores jumped a healthy 11.2 percent in the second quarter, which sailed past Consensus Metrix estimates of 7.7 percent. Domino's net income of $65.7 million ($1.32 per share) easily topped the FactSet EPS consensus of $1.23 per share.
Revenue also rose to $628.6 million, up from $547.3 million last year, also beating FactSet's $610 million estimate.
Shares of Domino's are up more than 34 percent for the year as the company charges ahead.
If there was one blemish, however, it came with Domino's mild international growth. The 2.6 percent boost marked 94 consecutive quarters of same-store growth overseas, but it wasn't quite the boon Domino's expected.
"While international same store sales growth was slightly under our expectations, we remain very confident in our continued ability to generate best-in-class growth, and are encouraged by the strong store growth we are seeing from our international franchisees," Doyle says in a statement.
Domino's also reported revenue increase of 14.8 percent in the second quarter versus the prior year period, which it credited "primarily to higher supply chain revenues from increased volumes. Higher same store sales and store count growth in both our domestic and international markets also contributed to the increase in revenues."
Domino's enjoyed global net store growth of 217 stores, including 39 net in the U.S. and 178 internationally. The company has added 1,281 net new stores over the trailing four quarters.
The chain's strong showing follows a bullish first quarter that saw domestic same-store sales skyrocket 10.2 percent year-over-year and EPS rise 41.6 percent to $1.26.
"As a work-in-progress brand, we will always remain focused on areas we can improve—but I am extremely pleased that our steady strategy, solid fundamentals and strong alignment with franchisees and operators had us well positioned to sustain success and win," Doyle says in a statement.
Domino's remains at the forefront of user-friendly technology in the pizza game. In the first quarter, the brand said it was testing GPS-tracking technology and continuing to enhance its delivery service. Domino's rolled out some interesting promotions in recent months, including discounting online orders 50 percent during the second week of July to celebrate "its appreciation of cows and all things dairy."
The chain also unveiled Bread Twists as a side item in late June. The new items come in three flavors: Parmesan, Garlic or Cinnamon. Domino's took to Facebook Live to broadcast "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" for its first National Movie Night on June 11. In a partnership with EPIX, Domino's streamed the iconic film live on social media for guests to watch and connect with each other.
Additionally, Domino's announced in May that it was teaming up with IFTTT, known as If This, Then That, a digital platform that connects services through conditional statements called Applets. It allowed Domino's to connect ordering with daily life. For example, guests could schedule their porch lights to flip on when a pizza order was placed, or to turn off the sprinklers and start the automatic vacuum. They could even turn on the TV and begin a song once the pizza went in Domino's oven.
"… we're empowering customers to unleash their imagination as they create new ways to integrate some of our favorite innovations, like Domino's Tracker, into their everyday lives," Dennis Maloney, Domino's senior vice president—chief digital officer, said at the time.


Atrial fibrillation is the most common abnormal heart rhythm in the world. The incidence increases with age. Having atrial fibrillation increases the risk of stroke, which can be quite disabling. To prevent stroke in atrial fibrillation, patients need to take blood thinners. However, there are many agents out there with different characteristics including cost and efficacy. How does a patient who is not well versed in the medical field choose one of these agents? Well, traditionally, it would involve a visit to the doctor's office and a long conversation. However, we think there is a better way.
This mobile app allows the clinician to take an interactive, educational application to the bedside or exam room of a patient, and show them the decision making process for choosing an appropriate medication for stroke prevention. It allows the patient to visualize the thought process of prioritizing the factors, including cost, complexity, side effect profile, and efficacy. In the end, the app makes a recommendation to the patient, which is based on data from randomized clinical trials that are well accepted in the medical literature.
This electronic tool will aim to standardize the discussion process and take into account the patient's preferences such that the patient is empowered in the decision-making process. A literature review was completed using several landmark trials and consensus guidelines on thromboembolic prophylaxis in patients with atrial fibrillation. For the purposes of assessing the patient's stroke and bleed risk, we reviewed the literature supporting use of the HAS-BLED and CHADS2 scoring systems.
1. Risk of a stroke or thromboembolic event, as determined by the CHADS2 score.
2. Risk of major or minor bleeding, as determined by the HASBLED score.
Patients who have renal failure, mechanical heart valves, and various cardiac conditions were excluded from this assessment tool in keeping with the exclusion criteria in the landmark trials.
With clinician assistance, this tool should take less than 15 minutes to complete.


The Medicare Prescription Drug Program (Part D) significantly increased Medicare beneficiaries' access to prescription drug coverage and lowered their out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs. However, the program still faces the challenge of helping older adults make good plan choices- estimates suggest that, on average, enrollees overspend on their coverage by about 30%. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provides an internet-based decision support tool called Plan Finder to assist older adults in their choices; yet this tool has proven to be complex and difficult to understand.
Postdoctoral fellow in health economics and policy at Harvard medical school Brian E. McGarry, PhD, Nicole Maestas, PhD, associate professor for health care policy, and David C. Grabowski, PhD, professor of health care policy, take a look at how the Plan Finder could be simplified in a study published in Health Affairs.
Plan Finder attempts to help enrollees choose low cost Part D plans by providing a personalized total cost estimate for each available plan, but this information my get lost when presented alongside potentially complicated plan details like premiums, deductibles, cost sharing amounts, and formulary design. Using a randomized experiment conducted in a nationally representative sample of older adults, McGarry, Maestas, and Grabowski examine how changes to the current Plan Finder design, which remove financial details and increase emphasis on the total cost estimate, affect people's ability to choose low cost plans. They find that simplifying the menu in this way leads people to select lower cost plans without changing user satisfaction with the tool or the average quality of plans chosen. Based on their results, the authors suggest that financial information on the default Plan Finder menu be modified so that only total cost estimate are shown, or that total costs be presented alongside plan premiums and estimated out-of-pocket costs. These changes may be an easy, low-cost approach to easing customer woes with the Plan Finder tool, and increasing its usability.


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Inland fish are found in lakes, rivers, streams, canals, reservoirs, and other landlocked waters. Inland fish are vulnerable to a range of threats, including overharvesting, pollution, and changes in water conditions as the climate changes.
2018 marks the 10-year anniversary of the establishment of the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC). Read on to learn 10 things you might not know about NCCWSC and the Climate Science Centers!
Following an open competition and extensive review by scientific experts, host institutions and consortium partners have been selected for the Alaska, Northwest, and Southeast Climate Science Centers.
Applications are Now Being Accepted to Host the North Central and Southwest Climate Science Centers. An information session will be held on June 28, 2017 at 3:00 PM EDT.
Apply to be a member of a Science Review Team conducting a 5-year review of the Northeast, South Central, or Pacific Islands Climate Science Center!
Scientists from the USGS Georgia Coop Unit, together with the Southeast CSC and other partners are developing tools that decision makers can use to more formally account for uncertainties when moving forward with conservation and resource management.
If you are near a red maple and have a few minutes each year, you can help inform science about the future of forests!


DB Sports are proud to sponsor the player of the tournament in next weeks Hibernia Trophy, taking place next weekend (August 18 – 20) at Pearse Park, Sallynoggin, Co. Dublin.
Held by the illustrious youth football club St. Joseph's Boys, the Hibernia Trophy is Ireland's top underage elite football tournament, bringing together stellar names in world football, ensuring the highest quality of football on show.
Over the course of the three days the likes of Leicester City FC, Celtic FC, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Ipswich Town FC, Leeds United and Legia Warsaw will take part.
Onlookers will want to keep a keen eye on proceedings; past players of the Hibernia Trophy now light up the Premier League and beyond. Irish legend Robbie Brady once starred in the Hibernia Cup, while Liverpool's Ben Woodburn was a previous Hibernia Cup star, as was current Newcastle United midfielder Jonjo Shelvey.
Admission for the event is priced at €10 for a weekend adult pass and €5 for a weekend children's pass, whereas a day adult pass costs €5 and a day child pass costs just €3.
The action begins on Friday evening at 5pm, with the final game beginning at 7.20pm. Saturday's action starts at 10am, with the last game ending at 5.30pm. And finally, Sunday's matches begin at 10am, with the final kicking off at 1pm.
All those attending are asked to get there early to ensure a good view of the action. While you're here, why not check out the rest of our regularly updated blog here.


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Il 21 novembre 2017 Muse Bihi è stato annunciato il vincitore delle elezioni presidenziali del 2017.

Carriera militare
Nel 1985, ha disertato dall'esercito somalo e si è unito al Movimento Nazionale Somalo (SNM).

Dal 1985 al 1988 Bihi ha partecipato alla conduzione di intense operazioni di guerriglia condotte dal SNM contro il regime di Siad Barre. Fino al 1990, Bihi ha servito come ministro degli affari interni sotto il defunto presidente Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal.

Carriera politica

Amministrazione egal
Dopo la rinascita e la dichiarazione di indipendenza del Somaliland nel 1991, il colonnello Muse Bihi Abdi ha svolto un ruolo fondamentale nel processo di riconciliazione dei clan del Somaliland a Burao, Berbera, Sheekh e Borama.

Nel 1993, Bihi è stato ministro degli interni e della sicurezza nazionale nel governo del defunto presidente Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal.

Amministrazione Silanyo
Nel 2010, Bihi è diventato il presidente del Partito per la pace, l'unità e lo sviluppo.

Elezioni presidenziali 2017

Le elezioni presidenziali del Somaliland del 2017 si sono svolte il 13 novembre 2017 e il 21 novembre Bihi è stato annunciato come vincitore delle elezioni, diventando presidente eletto del Somaliland.

Presidenza

Muse Bihi Abdi ha prestato giuramento ufficiale come 5 ° Presidente della Repubblica del Somaliland il 13 dicembre 2017 nella capitale Hargeisa alla presenza di dignitari provenienti da Etiopia, Gibuti, Unione Europea e Regno Unito.

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Altri progetti

Presidenti del Somaliland

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