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Clue: The Musical
by Joe DiPietro, Galen Blum
COMPANY : Stage Door Players [WEBSITE]
VENUE : Stage Door Players [WEBSITE]
SHOWING : July 14, 2006 - August 13, 2006
Was it Miss Scarlet in the Lounge with the Candlestick? Or Colonel Mustard in the Kitchen with the Revolver? The internationally popular Parker Brothers board game is now a fun filled musical which brings the world's best known murder suspects to life and invites the audience to help solve the mystery. Come play along! There are 216 possible endings!
Director Robert Egizio
Musical Director Linda Uzelac
Choreographer Ricardo Aponte
Sound Design Dan Bauman
Stage Manager Blake Hall
Lighting Design Amy Humes Lee
Production Manager Courtney Loner
Costume Design Jane C Uterhardt
Scenic Design Chuck Welcome
Mrs Peacock Aimee Ariel
Mr Green Brad Bergeron
Professor Plum Charlie Bradshaw
Miss Scarlet Barbara Cole Uterhardt
Mrs White George Deavours
Colonel Mustard Eric Miller
Detective Patty Mosley
Mr Boddy Joseph Swaney
Clue: The Balancing Act
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It probably sounded like a great idea at the time to the boys and girls in New York . �Hey! Let�s write a musical based on that game everybody played as a kid!� My online research on the show indicated that it may not have been such a great idea after all. The original off Broadway production of �Clue: The Musical� ran for a scant 29 days before closing and a cast album was recorded but never released. The movie version came and went without making a ripple (or a profit). I tried desperately to find any sort of downloadable music from the show because there was one song in the second act I liked, but couldn�t remember the name of it.
I guess that should have tipped me off.
I have said in the past that I base my reviews on how well a production uses the resources available to it. Using that criteria I really want to give Stage Door�s production of �Clue: The Musical� a �5�, but this production is a perfect demonstration of theatre as a balancing act. On the one hand you have the very impressive physical production of the show, and on the other, the very weak source material the show is built on. I really hate saying this, but Stage Door�s production of �Clue� provided an �average� theatrical experience with an incredibly above average effort. I must extend compliments on the effort put forth. It truly was impressive! However, it could not totally overcome the weight of the absence of talent in the writing.
First on my list of compliments: the choreography. In this production of "Clue: The Musical" the choreography virtually saves the show! All I can say is Ricardo Aponte is a God! I have never met the man and have only seen two shows he choreographed, but he sure knows how to make movement on the stage interesting and entertaining. He also knows how to fill time with movement and not make it repetitious or boring. Without his choreography, the audience would have been the ones murdered, not Mr. Boddy.
Second: the cast. Director Robert Egizio assembled a very balanced, talented group of actors who formed a strong ensemble. While the physicality of some of the actors was not exactly what I would expect in their roles (Colonel Mustard, Mr. Green and Mrs. Peacock), all gave very solid performances. The true stand-out of the show was George Deavours as Mrs. White. A man in drag is usually guaranteed to get laughs, but Mr. Deavours brought such a wonderful characterization to Mrs. White, he stole the show! I was also impressed with the work of Patty Mosley as the ditzy detective. She brought a breath of fresh air and a burst of energy to the second act. All of the actors in this one deserve commendations. They all did a truly remarkable job of creating enjoyable characters that were fun to watch, even though they didn�t get much help from the script or the score. I would also like to compliment all of them on their vocal projection, both while singing and speaking. You might think it�s a minor thing, but it is so often missing or trails off as the performance progresses (especially in community theatre). It�s wonderful to be able to hear the actors (and I was sitting way in the back in a corner).
Third: the set and staging. Chuck Welcome is also a God! (I have never met him either, but I have seen several shows he designed).His sets for Stage Door�s productions are always clever, well crafted, functional and visually impressive. �Clue� is one of his best in my opinion. The re-creation of the board on the stage floor combined with the lid to the game on the stage left flats, plus the game pieces and the back wall entrances really let the audience know what the show was all about long before the first word is spoken. The other elements to the staging involving the characters primary colors were very clever: the different colored drinks and flashlights were especially fun.
Fourth: the costumes. These characters easily lend themselves to being swaddled in their pre-defined color schemes (purple for Professor Plum, etc.). There is also help from the design of the original board game too. I felt that each character was perfectly dressed for their part and their wardrobe was a great asset to the actors by portraying the character�s personality to the audience. The only negative was that Mrs. Peacock�s skirt seemed to be too tight for the actress. It impeded her ability to move and because of her short stature, the desired effect of a fabulous babe in a tight skirt didn�t quite come off. Instead of being sexy, it looked to me like it just didn�t fit too well.
Fifth: director Robert Egizio. I have to admit the guy knows where to point the spotlight. What I mean by that is: he knows what to accentuate and what to minimize. If you�ve got a less than strong book, give the audience something to look at. Compensate by filling the audience�s eyes with dancing and visual wonders. Make sure you have good vocal talent to make the absolute most of the music. I�d be willing to bet that if you were to ask any audience member what they remember most about the show, they would most likely say something visual. I have my doubts that many would recall any of the songs (even the ones that were reprised over and over). And in my opinion, in a musical, that is fatal. If he had assembled anything less than the production team, and talented cast he had, the audience wouldn�t have had a clue of what they had paid for.
Sixth: musical director Linda Uzelac. The woman is the eighth wonder of the world! I have also never met her, but have seen several shows she has been musical director for. She always puts 110% into the show. She single-handedly (OK, she really used both of her hands) provided full orchestration for the entire show and managed to work her way into a speaking part too!
In conclusion, I hope you will go see �Clue: The Musical� it is great to see so much craft being used so skillfully. It is just a shame to see it used on this material.
-Rial
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Why didn't Robert choreograph? by Okely Dokely
Usually he also choreographs when he directs. This is only the second time in 4 years and 10+ shows he's directed that I remember him directing but getting someone else to choreograph.


China Beatniks Jeff Wasserstrom and James Farrer and friend of the blog Andrew Field will be presenting this week at a March 12-14 conference at NYU in Shanghai (on the ECNU campus), called "Urban Representations." The conference is sponsored by NYU, Northwestern University, Sophia University, and ECNU. Click through for a schedule and paper titles.
Will China Put the "Eco" Back in "Economy"?
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Smash Bros. Sells Better On 3DS Than Wii U
Cecilia D'Anastasio
Filed to:Super Smash Bros.
Yesterday's Nintendo financial report revealed that Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U sold 3.43 million fewer copies than the same game on the 3DS. It's a surprising discrepancy considering that Smash 4 is the franchise's first handheld incarnation and the game has traditionally been played on a home console.
The 3DS's 50% sales buff is hard to parse. Since the game's 3DS release, fans have complained that the Smash wrecks their circle pad, works poorly with the handheld's ABXY button layout, can't utilize the Circle Pad Pro, is laggy (especially for more combo-heavy characters) and, players say, is still shitty to play online against friends or strangers. The Wii U also features several game modes and stages that 3DS players can't access.
And, frankly, Smash is meant to be played locally with friends. I'm sorry. It's true.
There are a few potential explanations, though. Nintendo initially released Smash 4 on the 3DS. People excited about the game may have rushed to purchase it immediately and neglected the Wii U version when it came out two months later, despite its superior graphics. Why buy two versions of the same game?
Also, the 3DS hardware simply did better. Compared to the Wii U's unimpressive 13.56 million units sold, the 3DS (which had several models) sold 65.3 million. Curiously, on the Wii, which sold 101.6 million units, Nintendo pushed 13.2 million copies of Smash Bros. Brawl—the equivalent of Smash 4 on the 3DS and Wii U combined.
Maybe the explanation is a little more whimsical. When I posed the question to Kotaku staff, weird snack correspondent Michael Fahey told me, "I preferred it on the 3DS, where my failure was small and hard to notice."
Senior reporter at Kotaku.

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Jury composed of Paula GAITÁN, President, Astrid ADVERBE, Sepideh FARSI, Tarek ATOUI, Eduardo WILLIAMS.
Elsa MINISIMI, Sigrid BOUAZIZ, Pierre CRETON.
Awarded by the French Competition Jury.
Awarded to a film in the French Competition. The prize is sponsored by the post-production company VIDÉO DE POCHE (who will make a DCP copy of the prize-winning film).
Awarded by the First Film and Cnap Jury to a first film in either the Internationall Compétition Internationale, French Compétition or Ecrans Parallèles.
Awarded by the First Film and Cnap jury to a film from the International, French and First Films competitions. Jury composed of Marta Bianchi, Gaëlle Boucand et Garbiñe Ortega. The Award is sponsored by the Cnap.
Awarded by the First Film and Cnap jury to a film from the First Film Competititon.
Awarded to a French film for the French, International or First Film selections b a jury of tree international online films critics.
This award is sponsored by the Institut Français. Jury composed of Frédéric Jaeger, Giovanni Marchini Camia, Nanako Tsukidate.
The GNCR Award (National Grouping for Research Film) is awarded to a film from the festival selections. The laureate receives support towards the film's distribution in France (publication of a brochure by the GNCR and programming of the film in GNCR cinemas).
A selection of films in competition are presented to a voluntary group of inmates in agreement with the Marseille Prison Management. The Prize is sponsored by the CNC in the context of buying copyright for the catalogue Images de la Culture.
Awarded by the Marseille Espérance Jury to a film in the International and French competitions or First Film. The jury composed of trainees from The Ecole de la Deuxième Chance Marseille. The Prize is sponsored by the City of Marseille.
Awarded by a jury of 17 highschool students from Aix-Marseille Academy university and 2 from Hanovre (Germany) to one of the films in the international, French and First Film competitions in partenership with the Aix-Marseille Academy and and Aix-Marseille Provence Metropole. The Prize is sponsored by agnès b.
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Astronomia
1624 Rabe – asteroide della fascia principale
Cratere Rabe – cratere sulla superficie di Marte

Elettrotreni
Elettrotreno RABe 501
Elettrotreno FFS RABe 511
Elettrotreno FFS RABe 514
Elettrotreno FFS RABe 520
Elettrotreno FFS RABe 524
Elettrotreno FFS RABe 1050

Persone
Bahne Rabe (1963-2001) – canottiere tedesco
David Rabe (1940) – drammaturgo e sceneggiatore statunitense
Eugene Rabe (1911-1974) – astronomo tedesco
Folke Rabe (1935-2017) – compositore svedese
John Rabe (1882-1950) – uomo d'affari tedesco
Lily Rabe (1982) – attrice statunitense
Thomas Rabe (1965) – manager tedesco

Altro
John Rabe – film del 2009 di Florian Gallenberger
Rabé de las Calzadas – comune spagnolo della provincia di Burgos, Castiglia e León

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Pepperstone presents, The Trade-Off - a weekly digital series focused on helping retail traders navigate an ever-evolving world of financial markets.
Published: Dec. 1, 2021 at 10:25 PM CST
MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The last two years have shown that volatility in the market can be triggered especially when restrictions are implemented, countries close their borders, and the world has essentially shut down. This is true of today, although traders must also navigate central bank's normalising policy.
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Over this time, Pepperstone has seen increasing demand for up-to-the-minute commentary and intel on market movements from around the world; both to assist with sourcing opportunities, and to help traders efficiently price risk.
Pepperstone is proud to introduce an innovative online series called, The Trade-Off – a fast-paced and entertaining weekly show, with a focus on helping traders make sense of the news flow across global markets. The series features Pepperstone's own Head of Research, Chris Weston, and Blake Morrow of ForexAnalytix.
Join these two highly experienced and popular traders as they debate, discuss, and dissect what's hot, what's not, risk and the best trades in the market every week.
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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 7 out of 10 Americans die each year from chronic diseases, many of which are preventable. When preventive care is used and illnesses and diseases are caught early enough, individuals can avoid or better control their health problems.
But what exactly is preventive care?
Preventive care is a type of health care whose purpose is to shift the focus of health care from treating sickness to maintaining wellness and good health. Preventive care occurs before you feel sick or notice any symptoms and is designed to prevent or delay the onset of illness and disease. The CDC asserts that treatment for chronic diseases works best when they are detected early.
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Statistical Trends
Humboldt Rankings
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The last weeks at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation have been a study in contrasts:
There was often reason to be pleased because many outstanding researchers were honoured – for example, for their work on the secrets of black holes, the fascinating senses of animals, and the fight against malaria.
But we all received alarming news as well. News about growing conflicts, about the persecution of researchers and encroachments on the freedom of knowledge. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will continue to support scientists and scholars who are threatened by war and persecution in their home countries: it is extending the Philipp Schwartz Initiative into a second round and is working with national and international partners on developing a platform for an exchange on the situation of researchers at risk.
You can read more about all of these subjects in our latest Newsletter.
Sponsorship programme for threatened researchers goes into second round
With the support of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative, another 24 threatened reseachers are due to start working at German universities and research institutions from January 2017. more...
Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany denounces drastic interventions in the academic freedom of Turkish researchers
Statement issued by the Alliance of Science Organisations. more...
Bonnie Bassler and Martin Wikelski receive Max Planck Research Award
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Max Planck Society honour scientists with awards for their pioneering research into the sensory perception of organisms. more...
2016 Sofja Kovalevskaja Awards granted
Six international research talents to receive up to €1.65 million each and develop their own research group in Halle/Saale, Heidelberg, Jena, Mainz and Potsdam. more...
Federal President Gauck: "We are a country of science and research"
Speaking at the Annual Meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany's president Joachim Gauck stressed the role science plays in solving global problems and paid tribute to the contributions made by the Humboldt Family. more...
Winners chosen for 2016 Humboldt Alumni Awards – new call for applications open
Awards for the best network initiatives by Humboldtians this year went to Argentina, Australia, Great Britain and Russia. Applications for the 2017 Humboldt Alumni Award can be submitted until 30 November 2016. more...
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Singapore - Jim
Thanks for the well wishes over the last couple weeks. Robin and I had a great time on the honeymoon. Everything went really smoothly and the service in both countries was unparalleled. Seriously… in Langkawi, it was the best overall service I've ever had at a hotel.
Singapore was scorching hot, but we used the metro to jump all over town, and it was really easy. We had the most fun in Chinatown, eating weird unnamed foods and meeting random people. The street food is SO good. Hard on the system but really really tasty. We had one nice dinner at Rang Mahal (Indian restaurant at the Pan Pacific Hotel, I think?) and it was excellent.
Both the Andaman and the Datai were amazing properties. The service, as I said above, was more than excellent. Everyone was prompt and courteous. Smiles everywhere. It was weird… the staff was invisible and yet doted on us the whole time. We were so happy with it.
It rained pretty much non-stop while we were there, which actually worked out nicely, because you could really only take an hour or two of sun at a time. We saw a ton of wildlife, which is one of my personal favorites. We got chased by a monkey… it was special. The spas were great, but not really worth raving about. The food at the Andaman was pretty mediocre, with the weird exception of the beach bar. The food was much better at the Datai, especially at the Thai Pavillion restaurant.
We also had dinner at the Four Seasons' Ikan Ikan restaurant, which was excellent. Besides that, we ate at the street markets and a traditional Chinese seafood restaurant in town, and both were great and a lot of fun.
Pacific World did a great job with all of the transfers. Out of the six drivers, five couldn't have been friendlier. That's pretty good odds. The company checked in with us at each stop and they coordinated well with hotels.
Side note… Robin and I want to thank whoever set up the six o'clock checkout at the Datai over and over again. That made our traveling so much easier, so thank you very very much.
Cathay Pacific wasn't the most comfortable, but coach never is, and I think we just got a bad draw in terms of older planes. We got stuck with the electrical box seats a couple times, but we switched back and forth and made do. Silk Air was great.
What else am I missing?
The cost of everything was really pricey, but I expected that. There were basically no Americans anywhere, only English and Russian tourists, which we thought was fun. The beach was great, but the water was really dark, so I think snorkeling and diving was pretty non-existent. We didn't rent a car, we just used the hotel car service, and it was really easy. Pricey, but they wait around for you, so you can change your schedule on the fly. We took a cooking class at the Andaman, which I highly recommend. Worst meal: Japanese Restaurant at the Andaman. Best Meals: Ikan Ikan at the Four Seasons, The Pavillion Restaurant at the Datai, and Din Tai Fung at the Paragon Shopping Center in Singapore.
Anyway, thank you for all of your help. Robin and I had a wonderful trip and we appreciate all your work in making it go so smoothly. It's funny… Robin made a comment about four days in, while we were sitting by the pool: "You know… I don't think I want to travel anywhere but southeast Asia again." She was a little nervous about it before we left, so it's a testament to how well things went. Thank you again.


Will need to take a look at this one. Please save the scribe to the online cloud folder and let us know what it's called and we can download it from there. Also if the voiceover is an imported MP3 would be handy to attach to the post for us as well.
I had the same problem. Playing in Scribe is OK (voice over and sound track). When converting to a movie, sound is lost.
I did do a short scribe with just voice over that played OK in movie format.
try deleting the sound files and then importing them back in.
Hi Mike, I tried this before but didn't work. Any other thoughts? Thanks.
You could attach your sound files here so support can look at them.
It would be worth saving and exiting the scribe file after you have deleted the audio. Then opening again and readding and saving. This would remove the audio from the project completely and the create completely new audio links.


I recently received a question about refinancing a car loan. In a perfect world, none of us have to take out a loan to buy a car, or we get such a small loan that it is paid off very quickly. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work that way. For a variety of reasons, many Americans have car loans, and some of them are quite large.
First, figure out the terms of your current loan. You will need to know the current balance, the interest rate, your monthly payment, and any special info. One piece of information that is important is whether your current loan has any "gap" insurance (which guarantees that the lender will pay the entire loan even if car is totalled and you owe more than it is worth.) Another thing to know is how your lender feels about allowing the vehicle outside of the US - some companies won't let you take your car on PCS orders outside of the country while they have a lien against it. Make sure that your loan doesn't have a prepayment penalty - it isn't common with car loans but some bad loans do have them. You can call your lender to ask.
Pick one or two reputable banks or credit unions to check with. I have personally refinanced with Navy Federal Credit Union and USAA Federal Savings Bank. I also know that Pentagon Federal Credit Union has excellent rates, and so far their service has been good. You don't have to use these companies, but they are the companies with whom I've had good experiences. Whatever credit union or bank you use is okay. While I don't have any proof, I have found that service seems to be better with credit unions or banks. I wouldn't recommend using a company that specializes in auto lending - I have yet to see an auto lending company with the service, interest rates and fee-free policies that a good credit union or bank offers.
Check online to see their current interest rates. Decide if your vehicle qualifies as new (usually this model year and next model year), used, or refinance, based upon your bank/credit unions definitions.
Looking at your current information, decide whether should you pursue a refinance. The main reason that people choose to refinance a car loan is that they can get a better interest rate. However, that isn't the only reason. Sometimes borrowers would like to shorten their loan term, or are unhappy with their current company for some reason. I'm sure there are more reasons that I have forgotten or never even considered.
Once you've chosen a bank (or two, or three), call and ask questions.
Are there any fees associated with refinancing a car loan?
Are you eligible for the advertised interest rate?
Are there any rate discounts available, such as for automatic payment?
Take notes so you don't get confused.
Call your current lender and tell them that you are considering refinancing. Let them know the best interest rate that you have found and ask if they would be able to match that rate. I know this has worked with USAA in the past. I have heard that other lenders won't go for this, but I think the possibility warrants the time for a phone call. The worst they can say is "no." If they do agree, however, you've saved the retitling fee, plus the time required to process a refinance.
If your current lender won't lower your interest rate, call or go online to your first pick bank or credit union. Apply for a refinance. You will usually get an answer very quickly, within a day or so. Sometimes it is even faster! Make sure to ask if there are any interest rate discounts available, such as the automatic payment discount I talked about above. Once you are approved, you will have to go to the bank or credit union, or have the papers delivered to be signed, for the new loan to be processed.
You will have to pay to have a new title issued for the car. The reason is that the car will then be retitled with the new lender's name listed on the title. Fees vary by state but usually run between $10 and $50. Your state motor vehicle administration can tell you about the fees before you decide to refinance. The lender usually takes care this for you; just check to make sure that it is done. Make sure to retain the release of lien from your previous lender - you don't want to discover several years from now that they failed to release the lien on your car.
All this can take as little as half an hour, or a couple of hours at the most. Obviously, people with the larger loans or the higher interest rates will benefit the most from refinancing, but even lowering your car payment by $20 a month can help during these challenging economic times. Take a few minutes today to see if vehicle refinancing will work for you. I hope to be hearing success stories soon!


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Home » Books » Engineering & Transportation » Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Author: Adam Higginbotham
Genres: Engineering & Transportation
Publish Date: February 12, 2019
Senior Lieutenant Alexander Logachev loved radiation the way other men loved their wives. Tall and good-looking, twenty-six years old, with close-cropped dark hair and ice-blue eyes, Logachev had joined the Soviet army when he was still a boy. They had trained him well. The instructors from the military academy outside Moscow taught him with lethal poisons and unshielded radiation. He traveled to the testing grounds of Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, and to the desolate East Urals Trace, where the fallout from a clandestine radioactive accident still poisoned the landscape; eventually, Logachev's training took him even to the remote and forbidden islands of Novaya Zemlya, high in the Arctic Circle and ground zero for the detonation of the terrible Tsar Bomba, the largest thermonuclear device in history.
Now, as the lead radiation reconnaissance officer of the 427th Red Banner Mechanized Regiment of the Kiev District Civil Defense force, Logachev knew how to protect himself and his three-man crew from nerve agents, biological weapons, gamma rays, and hot particles: by doing their work just as the textbooks dictated; by trusting his dosimetry equipment; and, when necessary, reaching for the nuclear, bacterial, and chemical warfare medical kit stored in the cockpit of their armored car. But he also believed that the best protection was psychological. Those men who allowed themselves to fear radiation were most at risk. But those who came to love and appreciate its spectral presence, to understand its caprices, could endure even the most intense gamma bombardment and emerge as healthy as before.
As he sped through the suburbs of Kiev that morning at the head of a column of more than thirty vehicles summoned to an emergency at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Logachev had every reason to feel confident. The spring air blowing through the hatches of his armored scout car carried the smell of the trees and freshly cut grass. His men, gathered on the parade ground just the night before for their monthly inspection, were drilled and ready. At his feet, the battery of radiological detection instruments—including a newly installed electronic device twice as sensitive as the old model—murmured softly, revealing nothing unusual in the atmosphere around them.
But as they finally approached the plant later that morning, it became clear that something extraordinary had happened. The alarm on the radiation dosimeter first sounded as they passed the concrete signpost marking the perimeter of the power station grounds, and the lieutenant gave orders to stop the vehicle and log their findings: 51 roentgen per hour. If they waited there for just sixty minutes, they would all absorb the maximum dose of radiation permitted Soviet troops during wartime. They drove on, following the line of high-voltage transmission towers that marched toward the horizon in the direction of the power plant; their readings climbed still further, before falling again.
Then, as the armored car rumbled along the concrete bank of the station's coolant canal, the outline of the Fourth Unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant finally became visible, and Logachev and his crew gazed at it in silence. The roof of the twenty-story building had been torn open, its upper levels blackened and collapsed into heaps of rubble. They could see shattered panels of ferroconcrete, tumbled blocks of graphite, and, here and there, the glinting metal casings of fuel assemblies from the core of a nuclear reactor. A cloud of steam drifted from the wreckage into the sunlit sky.
Yet they had orders to conduct a full reconnaissance of the plant. Their armored car crawled counterclockwise around the complex at ten kilometers an hour. Sergeant Vlaskin called out the radiation readings from the new instruments, and Logachev scribbled them down on a map, hand-drawn on a sheet of parchment paper in ballpoint pen and colored marker: 1 roentgen an hour; then 2, then 3. They turned left, and the figures began to rise quickly: 10, 30, 50, 100.
"Two hundred fifty roentgen an hour!" the sergeant shouted. His eyes widened.
"Comrade Lieutenant—" he began, and pointed at the radiometer.
Logachev looked down at the digital readout and felt his scalp prickle with terror: 2,080 roentgen an hour. An impossible number.
Logachev struggled to remain calm and remember the textbook; to conquer his fear. But his training failed him, and the lieutenant heard himself screaming in panic at the driver, petrified that the vehicle would stall.
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Dr Philip J Nicholson
I am a human geographer and artist working on creative geovisualisation. My work seeks to unpack the aesthetics of geospatial media via creative practice, play, experimentation, and narrative.
I received my PhD in Human Geography from the University of Glasgow in 2018. Since then I have worked on a set of projects focused on human environment relations and environmental change to develop creative geovisualisation as a method of working collaboratively and creatively to map social and environmental data sets.
I joined the University of Exeter as a research fellow in June 2020. I am currently working on an ESRC funded covid-19 response project investigating the impact of COVID-19 on the UK waste sector.
Research Specialisms
Creative Geovisualisation,
Digital Geographies
Participatory Methods
Creative Geographies
PhD Human Geography 2018 (University of Glasgow)
MA Creative Practice for Narrative Environments 2012 (Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London)
BA (Hons) Contemporary Fine Art 2008 (Sheffield Hallam University)
My work on Creative Geovisualisation is informed by my PhD which was concerned with unpacking the past, current and future of GIS from an arts and humanities perspective, and in particular how the body becomes a repository, or archive, of embodied practices associated with a particular set of technologies. I am also trained as an artist, and the most significant, and unique, element of my PhD project was the deployment of my creative practice as a tool of enquiry. Methodologically, my research is built on observations of and dialogues with GIS practitioners from academia and business; the data I collect becomes part of a practice-led geovisualisation process often comprising of videos works, performances, collages, circuit bending experiments, and so on that pull-apart and unpack the 'how', 'what' and 'where' of GIS.
I am especially interested in the dense power relations within which geospatial technologies are deployed in post-independence and post-colonial contexts, and how communities can, and are allowed to, engage with such technologies and the data they produce, and create new forms of resilience.
COVID-19 Waste Project
2020-21 Co-I 'Waste management during the COVID-19 outbreak: investigating a critical sector in crisis'. ESRC, as part of UKRI Rapid Response to COVID-19 (£271K). PI: Angeliki Balayannis; Co-Is: Steve Hinchliffe (Exeter), Toni Gladding (OU), Thom Davies (Nottingham), Emma Garnett (KCL).
2013-2018 'Snap, Pan, Zoom, Click, Grab and the Embodied Archive of Geographic Information Systems ' Full AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award Studentship (£56,000)
Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers)
Nicholson PJ, Dixon D, Pullanikkatil D, Moyo B, Long H, Barrett B (2019). Malawi Stories: mapping an art-science collaborative process. Journal of Maps, 15(3), 39-47.
Nicholson PJ (2021). Technology, Aesthetics, and Affordances. In Specht D, Kent AJ (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Geospatial Technologies and Society, Routledge.
Clive R, Jackson N, Nicholson P (2019). Report on Chancellor's Fund the Green-Blue-Grey Campus/Rain Garden Project., University of Glasgow.
Clive R, Jackson N, Nicholson P (2019). The Green-Blue-Grey Campus/Rain Garden Project: Executive Summary. University of Glasgow, University of Glasgow.
The Green-Blue-Grey Campus/Rain Garden Project: Executive Summary
philip_nicholson Details from cache as at 2021-01-15 02:10:48
External positions
GeoViolence Group
Editorial Assistant GeoHumanities Journal


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Constellation Brands (STZ): Mexico investments, Coca-Cola agreement to help portfolio growth
On a reported basis, the company now expects a loss of $0.25 per share to $0.10 per share for FY2022
Shares of Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) stayed in red territory despite the company reporting better-than-expected results for the third quarter of 2022. Both revenue and earnings beat estimates and the company updated its adjusted EPS outlook for the full year.
Quarterly performance
Net sales declined 5% year-over-year to $2.32 billion on both a reported and comparable basis but surpassed market estimates. Net income attributable to CBI was $470.8 million, or $2.48 per share, compared to $1.28 billion, or $6.55 per share, in the year-ago period. On a comparable basis, EPS rose 1% to $3.12. Excluding Canopy losses, EPS rose 8% to $3.42, exceeding expectations.
Within the Beer segment, net sales increased 4% year-over-year to $1.75 billion. Strength in Modelo Especial and explosive growth from Corona Extra helped drive depletion growth of more than 8% for the segment. Modelo Especial achieved a depletion growth of 13% while Modelo Chelada posted 35% depletion growth. Corona Extra reported depletion growth of 11%. All these brands witnessed share gains during the quarter.
Within Wine and Spirits, net sales declined 25% to $568 million. Organic net sales increased 3%. The Prisoner Brand Family, Kim Crawford, and Meiomi brands contributed to the company's share gains in the high-end of the US wine market. Constellation's Wine business outpaced the US wine market by double-digits in the 3-Tier ecommerce channel during the quarter. This was led by a 27% growth in Meiomi.
Constellation updated its capacity investment plans in Mexico which were expected to support the growth of its high-end Mexican beer portfolio. The investment will support an additional 25-30 million hectoliters of total capacity and includes the construction of a new brewery in Southeast Mexico. It also includes the expansion of the existing sites at Nava and Obregon. Total CapEx for the Beer business is now expected to be $5-5.5 billion over FY2023 to FY2026.
Constellation has entered into an agreement with The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) to bring the FRESCA brand into beverage alcohol through the launch of FRESCA Mixed, a line of ready-to-drink cocktails. According to its research, adult alternative beverages is an approx. $8 billion segment projected to grow at a CAGR of 15-17% over the next three years. These investments are expected to help Constellation expand its portfolio and drive growth over the long term.
Constellation revised its earnings outlook for FY2022. On a reported basis, the company now expects a loss of $0.25 per share to $0.10 per share. On a comparable basis, it expects EPS of $10.50-10.65. In the Beer segment, net sales are expected to grow 10-11% and operating income is estimated to grow 6-7%. In the Wine and Spirits segment, net sales are expected to decline 21-22% while operating income is expected to decline 23-25%. On an organic basis, net sales are expected to grow 4-6%.
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Pride Tiger wears its Thin Lizzy influence proudly
September 2, 2013 · by the newt	· in from the 'hood.	·
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, JUNE 14, 2007
ROADIES DON'T NORMALLY earn applause for slipping and landing flat on their backs while lugging gear down ramps, but when it happens to one poor sap at the Virgin Festival's second stage, a small cheer goes up among the onlookers.
Witnesses to the wipeout include Pride Tiger guitarists Sunny Dhak and Bob Froese, who seem impressed that the stagehand has protected the white Fender Telecaster he now holds aloft, like a rescued infant, over his supine body. Electric guitars are precious commodities to guys like them, easily worth sacrificing your spine for.
A few minutes later, Dhak and Froese have traversed the wet ramp themselves, along with bandmates Matt Wood and Mike Payette, and are testing their instruments as the political-punk noise of Rise Against carries up from Thunderbird Stadium. Drummer-vocalist Wood, hopping around in a black hoodie and munching on a banana, surveys the audience of precisely four people who have gathered in front of the Future Shop stage. Then he wanders back to adjust the custom maple Yamaha drum kit that he bought–used, and on the installment plan–from Long & McQuade.
When the band's 6:10 p.m. showtime arrives, a CFOX representative tries her best to instill rowdy enthusiasm in the rain-soaked festivalgoers hunkered within earshot. "Get away from the tents and get over here," the MC commands, "these guys are gonna rock!" Then she goes on to list various bands that she presumes Pride Tiger is indebted to, wrongly naming Motorhead and AC/DC before Wood reaches for his mike and pipes up with "Thin Lizzy!"
The mention of the '70s band most might only know from the song "The Boys Are Back in Town" doesn't galvanize the crowd, but once Pride Tiger starts previewing tunes from its forthcoming major-label debut CD, The Lucky Ones (out June 19 on Capitol EMI), the similarity to Phil Lynott's underrated outfit is undeniable. Wood's vocals are often coloured by Lynott-style phrasing, while Dhak and Froese's harmonic fretwork is the epitome of Lizzy's soaring, twin-guitar sound.
Yet these scruffy, indie-looking guys–none of whom were even born when "The Boys" hit the airwaves in '76–  also manage to inject a street-smart vitality and contemporary hard-rock vibe into the proceedings. It sounds like Pride Tiger has managed to concoct a killer sound capable of winning over everyone from 20-something Main Street hipsters to 50-year-old CFMI die-hards. In other words, they could be freakin' huge!
Five days after their inauspicious late-May Virgin Fest gig, the members of Pride Tiger convene at Pat's Pub, a needle's throw from Hastings and Main. Around back and across Cordova Street, Downtown Eastsiders bake in the afternoon sun at Oppenheimer Park, which resembles a mini Woodstock, if only because of the unabashed drug use. The languid blather of junkies on the sidewalk drifts through the pub doors as the story of Pride Tiger unfolds.
Turns out the guitar team of Dhak and Froese came together in Vanderhoof, a town of 4,000 one hour northwest of Prince George, where they formed a punk-hardcore band called Incrementum. "It was a middle-of-nowhere town," Froese recalls, nursing a beer, "but we had a really healthy scene going up. Thinking back about it, we had probably one of the better scenes goin' for B.C. towns. We'd bring bands up there and put on our own gigs, and had, like, a straight-edge hardcore sorta scene. It was great. There's still a lot of people from that town involved in music."
One of those people is Jamie Hooper, vocalist for East Van headbangers 3 Inches of Blood. For those not up on the local indie-metal scene, 3IOB has developed a rabid following through thrashy, mythically tinged tunes like "Curse of the Lighthouse Keeper" and "Destroy the Orcs", which it delivers via outrageously entertaining live shows.
Froese, Dhak, and Wood were all members at one time but quit over "a whole bunch of little things", according to Froese. "We had this band [Pride Tiger] sort of going on the side," he says, "and having so much fun with it, and at that time, with 3 Inches, we weren't having a very good time. There was member changes, not a lot of money, we did a recording in Chicago, we were stuck there, we couldn't pay our rents back home, and people were getting evicted. I mean, we love those guys, and we had a great time doin' it, but we just wanted to get out of it and stop singin' about Orcs."
The three current Pride Tiger members played on the 3IOB album Advance and Vanquish, released in 2004 by powerhouse New York metal label Roadrunner Records. (Coincidentally, 3 Inches has a new album coming out on Roadrunner a week after Pride Tiger's debut hits stores.) The connection between the two bands runs deep, back to when they all lived in the Blood House, "a crazy old punk house" near the intersection of Boundary and Kingsway.
"We had about eight or nine people living there in probably a three- or four-bedroom house," Froese recalls. "I think the lowest we paid was about 100 bucks a month, and that price was good at the time. Matt was in [local metal act] Goatsblood then, and our 3 Inches of Blood tour got cut short, and we'd all given up our places, and Matt was like, 'Come, you can chill here.' So we moved there, met him–didn't even know he could play drums–got to know him better, and that's how we formed this band."
When the Pride Tiger rhythm section shows up to shoo the guitarists away from the fast-dwindling supply of domestic draft, Payette, the oldest member at 30, looks a little the worse for wear. Turns out the native of Cornwall, Ontario–he moved to Van when he was 18–is hung-over from getting "wasted" at the Cobalt the night before. He plays on the Cobalt baseball team, which has spiky-haired bar manager wendythirteen tending the mound. "This is the fourth year of playing," he says, "and we've never won a single game. I'm not even joking."
Payette doesn't mind that the team's pitcher is no Sandy Koufax or that "she's always got a drink in her hand"; he regards wendythirteen as the most respectable music promoter in town. "She's like the only one that pays well," he claims, and Payette should know, as his former thrash-punk unit S.T.R.E.E.T.S. (Skateboarding Totally Rules Everything Else Totally Sucks) was regularly booked at the grungy Main Street hangout. He describes that now-defunct group as "a bunch of art kids inspired by skateboarding", and says they broke up when frontman Dr. Jonny Molson met a girl on their last tour, fell in love, moved to New York, and got married.
Though he's the only Pride Tiger member who hasn't played in 3 Inches of Blood, Payette is quick to defend the metal outfit his bandmates deserted. When Wood suggests that the overall chances of commercial success are better with Pride Tiger than his old band, the bearded bassist bluntly asserts that 3 Inches has been doing "pretty fucking good", pointing to the fact that it has opened for metal giants Iron Maiden. "Yeah, as far as a metal band could go, they're doin' really well," Wood concedes, "but that wasn't really my reason for leaving. I just wanted to be in a rock 'n' roll band and didn't want to be in a heavy-metal band forever."
Whether or not Pride Tiger becomes the next multiplatinum rock band out of Vancouver–and who isn't hoping that Nickelback's shameless plundering of Pearl Jam fades soon?–depends mostly on public reaction to The Lucky Ones. The 13-track disc was produced by Matt Hyde (Slayer, Monster Magnet, Fu Manchu), who had the quartet ensconced in L.A.'s Sunset Lodge Studios for two months. "We were one of the first bands to ever record there," notes Payette, who, between sessions, hung out at L.A.'s Rainbow Bar & Grill, where he'd occasionally spy Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister playing video poker. "It was probably the smallest studio I've ever recorded in, so it wasn't what I was expecting, but it just goes to show that you can record a kick-ass album in a small studio."
The North Delta–raised Wood explains that one of Hyde's main goals as producer was to simplify Pride Tiger's guitar-based music–most of it written by 26-year-old Dhak–and to encourage lyricist Wood to sing more. The thing is, isn't it tricky as hell to play drums and sing at the same time? "Yeah," he agrees, "lots of practice was involved, but I love it, so the fact that I have no singing ability kinda works with playing drums at the same time."
Wood might not be overly confident about his vocal skills, but he doesn't need to be. Pride Tiger's riff-based music doesn't require a Freddie Mercury to pull it off; it's a simple, invigorating noise that uses ballsy rhythms and unbeatable licks to incite outbursts of air-guitar-playing and cause people to drive fast.
Wood explains that most of the tunes on The Lucky Ones were inspired by things that have happened in his life during the past year or so. Judging by the lyrics in the uplifting title track, rollicking good times have been a major part of that experience. Against an exhilarating backdrop of double-barrel guitars and get-yer-ass-up bass and drums, Wood sings joyfully: "Everybody's comin' over/Come on and put that record on, yeah/Turn it up a little more/if you're not dancin' then there's somethin' wrong, put that record on." Two minutes in, Wood orders "Now turn it up!" and a spiralling lead solo lifted directly from the Scott Gorham Instructional Guitar Handbook appears, leading you to wonder if Pride Tiger's embrace of the Thin Lizzy aesthetic might be a tad too obvious. "It's just common knowledge," Payette says with a shrug.
"That's kinda the whole reason why we're doin' this, too," Wood adds. "Like Mike said earlier, Thin Lizzy got kinda forgotten about, and it's like, 'Can you believe that no one knows who this band is?' I like every single thing they've ever done. So, hopefully, somebody listens to us and then picks up a Thin Lizzy album."
From the righteously rifftastic "What It Is" to the midtempo charger "A New Jones", there are indeed moments on The Lucky Ones when Pride Tiger sounds more than capable of matching Phil Lynott shot for Jim Beam shot. But as much as Wood and company have an obvious affection for the era of feathered roach-clips and airbrushed panel vans, they're not afraid to mix things up.
The rollicking "White Witch Woman Blues" serves up Hemi-powered swamp boogie, while the metal-fortified "Forget Everything" suggests that Froese and Dhak haven't killed off their inner headbangers. And as much as the two guitarists come on like they subsist on cheap wine and homegrown weed, they aren't afraid to take things down to a delicate acoustic lull on "Wizard's Counsel".
Whether you're talking the platinum-selling '70s-indebted hit machine that is Wolfmother, the spandex-clad dandies of the Darkness, or Queen-fixated screamo upstarts My Chemical Romance, young bands blatantly allying themselves with groups from the golden age of guitar rock has been a trend for much of this decade. Three months ago, Pride Tiger found itself on a sold-out bill at the Plaza Club with Priestess, the high-flying Montreal quartet with a serious Sabbath/Zeppelin fixation.
According to Froese, the success of his retro-minded buddies in Priestess gives him reason to feel confident about Pride Tiger's immediate future. "We're such good friends with them," he says. "They bring us onto their tours and give us so much support. And they're just doin' so well. They're really paving the way–where I guess maybe Wolfmother had gone a bit before them–and, hopefully, we're next."
Tags: 3 Inches of Blood, Bob Froese, Goatsblood, Matt Wood, Mike Payette, Pat's Pub, Phil Lynott, Pride Tiger, S.T.R.E.E.T.S., Sunny Dhak, The Lucky Ones, Thin Lizzy, Vancouver, Virgin Festival, wendythirteen
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HASA Announces Further Expansion into Nevada Through Strategic Partnership
HASA, Inc., a leading has announced a significant expansion into the greater Las Vegas region through a strategic partnership with the Thatcher Group
By Meeta Ramnani
HASA, Inc., a leading producer and distributor of high quality water treatment products used to sanitize and maintain water systems, today announced a significant expansion into the greater Las Vegas region through a strategic partnership with the Thatcher Group ("Thatcher"), a diversified chemical manufacturer and distributor.
In conjunction with the transaction, HASA will expand its distribution in the commercial and residential pool channel in Nevada with Thatcher as a strategic partner. Thatcher's Henderson, Nevada site will represent the eighth point of distribution for HASA, expanding the Company's footprint to an adjacent region and accelerating the growth of its mini-bulk service offering.
Chris Brink, Chief Executive Officer of HASA, commented, "We are thrilled to announce HASA's expansion into Nevada, furthering the Company's reach and value proposition within a strategic and high growth area. We believe that HASA's capabilities and resources will provide significant value to both residential and commercial pool customers throughout the region."
Craig Thatcher, President of Thatcher Group, Inc., added, "We are honored to have this partnership with HASA and believe that this will enhance the value that our customers receive from the additional services offered through HASA."
Mr. Brink concluded, "We'd like to thank Craig Thatcher, Mike Mitchell, and the entire Thatcher team as we look forward to partnering with Thatcher on this expansion and growing our businesses together in the years to come."
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The new hidden garden oasis at London Bridge station
Take a stroll through the walkway for a breath of fresh air and greenery
Ellie McKinnell
The walkway has been turned into a gorgeous garden (Image: Darryl Moore)
You can now take a break from the hustle and bustle of the London commute in a new garden oasis at London Bridge station .
If you need a moment of tranquility between getting off the Tube and getting on the train just take a route via the Stainer Street walkway, which has been transformed into four lush urban gardens .
Created using materials from the recent RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival, 'New Forms' is trying to promote sustainable approaches to design and show how plants can be used in unusual urban locations.
Escape the city (Image: Darryl Moore)
Richard Emmins, who works for Network Rail , said: "Stainer Street is already one of the most interesting parts of London Bridge, with Victorian-era brickwork alongside the amazing artwork installed last year.
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"Adding the New Forms gardens makes the area even more impressive and we hope passengers enjoy the peace and tranquillity they bring to the station."
It's a real urban oasis (Image: Darryl Moore)
Henry Johnstone, business and operations manager for Team London Bridge, said: "The project shows how strong the desire is to have greener, more sustainable cities and this is proof that it can be done in unique and creative ways.
"We'd like to thank all of the designers for such remarkable creations.
"New Forms is one of many projects in our strategy to make London Bridge a place to 'come to' rather than 'go though'."


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Located in Downtown Victoria at 1200 Government Street in the heart of Bastion Square, the Irish Times Pub is home to 190 seats over two floors.
The Columbia, home of LAFFLINES (est. 1989) and the Raymond Burr stage.
Moose Mulligan's in Sicamous, B.C. in your only waterfront fun and Dining destination. Our webpage also provides you with quick links to Sicamous houseboat rentals, Sicamous weather, Sicamous golf information and Sicmous sledding information.
The Railway Club in Vanvcouver is the best live music venue in the city. Come try our Espresso Martinis and swing to swell sounds!
The Thirsty Turtle Bar & Grill Restaurant near Vancouver airport is a fun place to meet friends for great food offering outside patio seating in the summer.


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package br.unesp.rc.integratesys.atuadores;

import br.unesp.rc.integratesys.library.IntegrateSysLibraryLoader;
import br.unesp.rc.integratesys.sensores.SensorTemperatura;
import br.unesp.rc.integratesys.simulacao.AgendadorTarefas;

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public class Aquecedor extends AtuadorDeTemperatura {

    private final int VARIACAO_TEMPERATURA_POR_NIVEL   = 4;
    private final int INCREMENTO_TEMPERATURA_POR_CICLO = 2;

    public Aquecedor(AgendadorTarefas agendadorTarefas, SensorTemperatura sensorTemperatura) {
        super(agendadorTarefas, sensorTemperatura);
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        return VARIACAO_TEMPERATURA_POR_NIVEL;
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As of this morning, we're looking to cut 18,000 Microsoft positions including around half of the Nokia destruction-palooza orchestrated by Mr. Elop and Mr. Ballmer.
How does this affect all of Microsoft? Redmond? That's a bit unknown. Just looking at the State of Washington WARN site, I don't see a notification from Microsoft yet: http://www.esd.wa.gov/newsandinformation/warn/ .
And that concerns me because now you have a level of stress and anxiety at Microsoft. First, the selfish stress about whether my job is affected. Then personal circle stress. Then partner collaboration stress. Then way out there general concerns about the company. And guess what: when folks are stressed and gossiping, they are not effectively - er, excuse me, productively (?) - implementing the latest strategy. Physiologically, they have increased cortisol and this time will turn into a fog.
That's why I hope that Cut Quickly happens. Without it, we're back to our first layoff experience. If anything broke the back of this blog, it was the first big Microsoft layoff back in 2009. How? How could the realization of a step towards Mini-Microsoft do that? Because it was implemented so poorly, with constant worries and concerns and doubts about engaging in new ideas due to expectations those would be the easiest to trim during ongoing cut-backs. When was it over? When was the "all clear" signal given?
So if this truly drags on for a year: we need a new leader. This needs to be wrapped up by the end of July. 2014.
One last small comment: yeah, everyone loves to flatten, including me. But to truly flatten engineering at Microsoft we need to decide that people management is actually a well invested career path. Most developers I know that become Leads are invariably harmless as a manager but spend most of their time deeply technical because they know that's where the rewards are. For the others that I know that have embraced becoming a people manager and have excelled there: well, if they get flattened into an Individual Contributor then they might as well leave Microsoft. Bless their hearts, but if they had to reconstitute their Dev skills to match the career ladder level they climbed to as a leader, they are sorely out of luck. I'll be honest with them. I hope all the other leaders out there are just as honest.
Thoughts? Are you affected? The one bit of advice I can pass on from the previous round of layoffs: don't leave any HR 1:1 meeting without being absolutely satisfied you know everything you need to know and have everything to move forward. Because once you're out the door, for all the assurances you're going to get, it's super-hard to make a connection for more information and follow-up.
Now, excuse me, I'm sure I'll have a busy morning. And like all of you, I'm keeping an eye out for a sudden HR Generalist meeting that pops up on my calendar... until I hear the All Clear.


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WER DAS LIEST, IST DOOF!
German writer Lion Feuchtwanger, in exil from Nazi Germany. The neon sign was installed above the shelves stacked with Feuchtwanger's collection of books: Anyone reading this is dumb! For the exhibition "Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht", the sign flashed its message in the ZKM bookshop.
This work was conceived for the library of the Villa Aurora in California, the former residence of the German writer Lion Feuchtwanger, in exil from Nazi Germany. The neon sign was installed above the shelves stacked with Feuchtwanger's collection of books: Anyone reading this is dumb! For the exhibition "Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht", the sign will flash its message in the zkm bookshop.


There were 4 elections held in Jersey in 2005.
Election for the role of Connétable of Trinity (1 seat), 4th October 2005 .
John Gallichan was elected as Connétable of Trinity in 2005 unopposed.
Election for the role of Connétable of St Brelade (1 seat), 9th November 2005 .
Mike Jackson was elected as Connétable of St Brelade in 2005.
Sarah Ferguson was elected as Deputy of St Brelade No 1 in 2005.
Andrew Lewis was elected as Deputy of St John in 2005.
Juliette Gallichan was elected as Deputy of St Mary in 2005.
Anne Pryke was elected as Deputy of Trinity in 2005 unopposed.


Come together as a community and light ourselves up with a kundalini practice by candlelight. Starting with simple poses to warm and open your body, we will move to kriyas of breath and movement, followed by a yoga nidra, or guided meditation, to quiet and balance the brain. From outside to inside you will be lifted, lightened and renewed. How better to enjoy a late winter evening? Bring friends, bring loves, bring yourself, and explore a beautiful evening together.
The entire evening is appropriate for everyone...novices, beginners and advanced alike.


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Mid Back vs High Back Office Chair
Differences Between Mid Back and High Back Chairs
Upper Back Support
User Height
If you are shopping around for a new chair, you may be comparing high back vs low back office chairs. The best office chairs, after all, come in a wide variety of designs to suit different body types. Keep reading to learn more about the differences between these two types of chairs.
High-back office chairs are great for those who suffer some upper back pain or pain in the shoulder blades, making them an excellent choice for an ergonomic office chair
Each chair type excels with users of different heights, so be sure to read up on the appropriate height range.
High-back chairs tend to be slightly more expensive than a mid-back office chair or a low-back chair.
The primary difference between these two types of chairs is the size of the backrest. As the names suggest, high-back office chairs boast a higher-than-average backrest (height-wise) and low-back office chairs feature a low-or-medium-sized backrest (height-wise.) This key difference leads to a number of other contrasts, such as when you are comparing a mat vs wheels for hardwood floor office chair, Herman Miller Aeron Size B vs C, and vinyl vs leather office chairs.
Here are more differences between a high back and low back seats.
If you are concerned about postural health, try out any chair before making a purchase and experiment with all of the adjustment options available.
If you are someone that suffers from health issues regarding the upper back, including spinal problems and the like, you could be well-served by choosing a high-back chair or, in some cases, a medium-back chair. These taller-than-average chairs are great for upper back issues and even typically include a headrest. Most often, you'll find some great gaming chairs for kids that are designed for back support. You will find these advantages in most varieties of high-back chairs, even if you are comparing leather office chairs to mesh chairs. To check out a high-back option, read our VANSPACE executive office chair high back ec01 leather executive chair review.
Obviously, these chairs work best depending on how tall you are. If you are on the shorter side, go for a low-back chair. If you are taller than average, go for a high-back chair. If you aren't sure which chair type would suit you best, choose a medium-back chair. Also, be sure to peruse any documentation that accompanies the chair's advertising materials, as it will typically list the appropriate height range for each model. You'll also find these measurements on many gaming chairs and office chairs.
This will depend on the make and model, but typically high-back chairs tend to be slightly more expensive than medium-back chairs or low-back chairs. This should be taken into consideration before making a purchase.
High-back chairs take up more room than low-back chairs, which should be something to consider if you work in a small home office. High-back chairs may make it more difficult to tuck them into a desk when not in use, whereas low-back chairs can easily squeeze out of the way when not in use.
How to measure the ideal backrest height for a mid-back chair?
The backrest should be around 26-inches in height, but this will vary depending on your size. When it comes to an executive chair or mid-back chair, be sure to conduct measurements ahead of time.
Are office chairs bad for your back?
They can be depending on the type of chair you go with. If you are concerned about postural health, choose a chair made by a renowned company like Herman Miller and try out all of the available adjustment options, including the lowest arm height and maximum seat height.
Which office chairs are best for your back?
A rolling office chair can be bad for your back, but it really depends on the make and model. A mid-back office chair could be bad for your back or great for it, depending on its maximum height.
STAT: Prolonged sitting has been associated with musculoskeletal dysfunction. For desk workers, workstation modifications frequently address the work surface and chair. (source)
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LITERATURE QUIZ / FANTASY CHARACTERS MULTIPLE CHOICE – Can you choose which fantasy series features each of these characters?
LITERATURE QUIZ / SASSY HARRY POTTER – Can you pick Harry's sassy response to each character?
LITERATURE QUIZ / HARRY POTTER CHARACTERS MOST MENTIONED A-Z Can you choose the most-mentioned Harry Potter character for each letter of the alphabet?
TELEVISION QUIZ / GHOSTS OF SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU!
TELEVISION QUIZ / GHOSTS OF SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU! – Can you pick the ghosts from 'Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!' without picking the decoys?
MOVIES QUIZ / 10 TO 1: PIXAR CHARACTERS – Can you pick the Pixar characters that are part of the given movie or franchise?
CUTE SCIENCE QUIZ / HAIKU MULTIPLE CHOICE: ANIMALS Each haiku describes a fact about animals. Choose the one best described by each poem.
QUIZ / WHAT'S IN A DISNEY NAME?
HOLIDAY QUIZ / CHRISTMAS BADDIES Can you pick the villains featured in these Christmas-themed movies and books?


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RIP Victims of Operation Cast Lead - 27 December 2008.
On this day in 2008, Israel commenced its massacre of the Gaza Strip, which killed more than 1400 Palestinians, including at least 318 children. A further 5,000 were injured, 400,000 left without running water, 4,000 homes destroyed and tens of thousands of people left homeless.
Israel's justification for the massacre was that the bombings were in retaliation for rockets being fired from Gaza into Israel. What they don't mention is that the rockets were fired in retaliation for Israel breaking a cease fire and bombing Gaza. This cease-fire had been honoured by Hamas, yet Israel claims it was Hamas who broke the cease-fire. Israel, as usual, misrepresents the facts and rewrites history.
The 22 day Operation Cast Lead was a war-crime, in which no-one has been punished or held accountable. Israel used nuclear and chemical weapons on densely populated civilian areas. The weapons included missiles with depleted uranium, phosphorous bombs, and DIME (Dense Inert Metal Explosive). DIME is a carbon shell which splinters and shoots out tungsten dust, burning and destroying everyone and everything within its radius.
Human Rights Watch released a report in March 2009 which cited the indiscriminate and repeated use of white phosphorous as evidence Israeli war crimes. White phosphorous is traditionally used in open areas to screen troop movements, however, during Operation Cast Lead it was used in areas in which Israel had no troops. It wasn't used as a screen, it was used to deliberately maim and kill.
A United Nations review of Operation Cast Lead was headed by Jewish Justice Richard Goldstone (http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=32057). He handed down a 575 page report which accused both Israel and Hamas of war-crimes. In a press conference, Justice Goldstone said "the mission concluded that actions amounting to war crimes and possibly, in some respects, crimes against humanity, were committed by the Israeli Defence Force". Goldstone found that the use of rockets by Hamas was deliberately aimed at killing Israeli civilians and so also constituted a war crime. However, Hamas's weapons are primitive and certainly are not Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Whilst a crime, Hamas was not aiming to obliterate an entire civilian area or trying to destroy their infrastructure. Hamas killed 13 Israelis. If Israel wants to punish Hamas, and Palestinians collectively, then who punishes Israel? Israel killed over 1,400 Palestinians and many are suffering permanent injury from the use of WMD.
There is no excuse for use of these weapons in Gaza.
Israel has consistently used WMD in Palestine. When accusing Palestinians of crimes, Israel will use military aircraft to bomb the residential area in which the suspect lives, often killing the suspect and their family members. Israel does not make an effort to simply arrest and charge their suspect. Even in the cases where they do arrest suspects, they rarely charge them with any crime, but instead hold them indefinitely. Israel's definition of crime is very loose. Simply being Palestinian is enough for Israel to suspect a person of a crime and to hold them indefinitely.
Where was the international uproar when Israel massacred the 1400 people in Gaza? Where was the uproar over Israel's use of WMD on civilians? Who will be held accountable? Israel has done such a good public relations job of demonising Palestinians that no-one cares for them or pleads their case. Yet, how many of us would stand by as our country was invaded and we are forced from the land at gun-point, as many of our people are murdered or raped. Would we fight back? As the world condemns Palestinian aggression, it then wages illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan based on "pre-emptive" strikes; a policy which has been responsible for massacring hundreds of thousands of people who never committed a crime, and never would commit a crime, against the invading nations. The last country invaded for its alleged use of WMD was Iraq. A charge which was shown to be false. Yet there is ample evidence of Israel's possession and use of WMD on civilians and no country is speaking up against it. Why not?
The hypocrisy shown towards Israel is disgraceful. It is time that the world stood up against Israel's decades of propaganda, rewriting of history and it's ethnic cleansing of Arab identity and presence in Palestine. It is time that Israel was held accountable.
RIP the victims of Operation Cast Lead and victims of all other war-crimes committed by Israel.
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