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Alright, it's been a little bit between posts and I do apologize for the delay. I've been working very long hours as I prepare to leave my job at the end of this week and it can get somewhat draining. This weekend I also spent some time with my family in Atlantic City for my sister's twenty-first birthday. I've never been to Atlantic City before, but I get its charm as a promise of an America that once existed at one point - the northeastern oceanside oasis. However, there remains something ultimately American about its failing commerce and community butting right up against large and bright casino buildings and hotels. Just a strange feeling overall. It was a fun weekend and on the way back, I thought of a new post about the Replacements that I want to put up this week. It is a little strange to right about the Replacements what with Alex Chilton just dying, but I feel that it is time to lift the veil on my thoughts of one of my favorite bands - perhaps the band that can speak best for me.
Anyway, in order to fill space, I thought we'd do a little Good, The Bad, The Ugly:
First, The Good:
- Obviously, the NCAA tournament. The games have been literally insane. I spent much of Sunday afternoon pulling my hair out amid the chiming of slot machines while I watched the genius of the Tennessee vs. Michigan State game unfold. We have an up for grabs Final Four that could go in a variety of directions - namely four - but I see a Michigan State vs. West Virginia Final. Something about Butler in the championship game doesn't seem right. Maybe in a few. And we all hate Duke.
- Eating this fish platter my dad ordered at a restaurant:
- Dwyane Wade's line from last night: 32 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 steals, 3 blocks.
- The NBA playoffs coming up in general. They are going to be legitimately exciting.
- Going to a great Knicks vs. Nuggets game last week and getting drunk in great seats.
- The Ricky Gervais Show on HBO.
- Warm weather.
- Jogging through Atlantic City away from the boardwalk.
- "Good Intentions Paving Company" by Joanna Newsom
- She and Him, Volume 2
- Elliot Smith's From a Basement on a Hill. Seriously underrated.
- Mad Men coming back in about six months.
- How to Make it in America. Baffling, entertaining, like unoffensive air just blowing across your face when you are exhausted on Sunday evening. That is what TV was invented for.
- The Nets just won their tenth game. I like their young players. They can turn it around. The kids playing in the park like Brook Lopez.
Now, the Bad:
- Breaking Bad. Nah, its actually great, but I just don't like the attention it takes from Mad Men.
- Getting five "Run, Forest, run" heckles while running on the boardwalk at Atlantic City.
- Baylor letting Duke win that game yesterday.
- The NFL Draft is now four days long.
- Blitzen Trapper album has not leaked yet. I'm going to buy it anyway.
- I did not make it to the quarterfinals of the Amazon/Createspace Breakthrough Novel Award. I'll post the comments when they come out. This is not really "bad," more "indifferent."
- How to Make it in America going off the air. I love that show. Not really, I just want to upset people who hate it.
- Seeing actual human feces on the subway stairs. Always surprising, always bad.
Finally, the Ugly:
No, but seriously, this week I am going to try to bring you two new music posts; the first podcast, now that I have my theme music all worked out and ready to clip in front of the podcast; and just general greatness as usual.
But for now, I am going to leave you with the next installment of From Here to The Last Mound of Dirt. We are picking back up in Part II, Section II of the novel. The narrative has now shifted to the perspective of the limo driver who is driving the O'Donnell family to the cemetary for the burial. The driver's name is Peter Kosciuzko and he is a distant acquaintance of Ben O'Donnell and the rest of the family. As he drives the family to the burial, he ruminates on the nature of his own family, families in general and the history of the town they are all from.
Without further adieu, the next insallment of From Here to the Last Mound of Dirt:
Peter Kosciuzko waited at the light at he intersection of Main Street and Gnarled Hollow Road. As he waited, he itched his forehead with the hard, plastic bridge of his driver's cap. Peter pushed his hair back and then placed his cap back on his head. He looked out the window and saw a Blue Point Brewery sign lit up in the window of the Country Corner. He would stop in there for a toasted lager once he was finished with work. After driving to and from a funeral, he enjoyed sitting at a bar and drinking a dark, somewhat sweet ale. When he rested his lean forearms on the curved wooden edge of the bar counter, it eased his mind away from the death and mourning he was used to and brought it closer to the jagged, sticky surface of life. Now, however, he had to steer the funeral procession through the town and out to the cemetary in Calverton – the military cemetary.
The light at the intersection was the longest one in town. The traffic on Main Street was much busier than the traffic going around the bend on Gnarled Hollow up to Old Town towards the high school and the Bryant Funeral Home. Mr Kosciuzko's family had lived in town for generations. His grandfather was a young man when there were still farms on Gnarled Hollow and the tire factory stood across from the intersection where he now idled at.
The light turned green and Peter eased the limo into the left turn. It was important to ease a limo into a turn – a long slow roll of the wheel. Peter had driven taxis, limos, coach buses and now limos again. In between driving limos and buses, he had been a teacher of English, only briefly, at Nassau Community College. Though he liked to imagine himself as a patient man, he did not have the patience to teach. His thoughtful nature was best suited to a more private setting; to the front seat of a luxury sedan, where he could collect his thoughts and have them to himself as the yellow lines, mailboxes and house lights stretched and passed.
Peter pressed gently on the gas to ease the limo up the hill of Main Street, which cut through the center of town. The glare of the sun caught his eye and he had to pull down the mirror to block it. He knew the roads so well that no maneuver felt dangerous to him, no small movement made him lost control of the car. They passed Ben O'Donnell's office on the left and the firehouse next to it. The firehouse's red, electric banner read the temperature: 68°. Peter Kosciuzko glanced in the rear view mirror at Ben O'Donnell. He'd been at the party Ben and Connor had thrown for the firefighters. It was after the old Setauket post office burned down. It was a small post office, but it was the first one – an historical landmark. And for a town that valued history so much, it was devastating. So Ben O'Donnell threw a party for the firefighters. It seemed like a bad idea, to get the town firefighters drunk, but somehow he got away with it. He had that charm about him. Mr. Kosciuzko knew from sharing drinks with Ben at the corner that if Ben O'Donnell grinned and said, "Hey, take a night off," a man was more than inclined to listen; even the chief. There was no food at the party, just cases and cases of beer. They hooked up a record player to the station PA and played music. Ben insisted on Billy Joel. "Born to Run" had just come out and all the firefighters loved that. Peter had loved that album too – Bruce Springsteen smiling and looking to his left with a scruffy beard. A handsome musician looking to the side like that made him feel that there was some answer out there, that there was a be to free; to be like the air.
The party had spilt out to the street and even some of the cops pulled in to have a few. Rose O'Donnell wasn't there. She was at home watching their baby. Ben was showing pictures of her to the firefighters and the cops with one beer in his hand and a second bottle of beer tucked into his pocket, making a little patch of moisture on his pocket.
They turned right at the intersection of Main Street and Old Main Street. Peter Kosciuzko looked in the rear view mirror. He saw Ben O'Donnell with his nose no more than a centimeter from the window. He looked pensive, his pointed jaw was working and it gave his face a muscular look – like an actor. Peter's favorite actor had been Paul Newman and he thought that Ben looked like him, maybe a little more gaunt. Ben's jaw was less square too, but there was something going on behind the chinline and the face – there was character there. Ben's pensive look made Peter think that there might be some similarity between them, that they shared some inclination for wistful thinking. Peter felt goosebumps rise on his skin and he knew that they were not the same. A school bus switched gears and groaned past the limo. Mr Kosciuzko was not a social man, but he found himself in social settings, drawn to social men like Ben O'Donnell. He liked a man that could tell a good story, though he could not tell a good story himself. There was a time at the Corner when Ben had been there with Connor – it was before the incident between them – and was retelling one of his night's out with Billy Joel. They were sitting at the bar near the wall, while Peter had sat opposite them near the bathrooms.
"So Billy knocks them dead. Finishes with 'Only the Good Die Young.' I was feeling good on the side of the stage talking to a blonde who was from Baltimore, no, Annapolis – she had that marble mouth way of talking. Anyway, she was pretty – ˝
Conner put his hand on his shoulder and Ben pushed it off.
"But nothing to compare to Rose. I just like playing around with these girls. Billy comes off stage and says we've got to go to a party afterward at Studio 54. I know I should be figuring out a train home, but I can't say no."
Ben took a drink from his pint.
"You see," Connor had said, "you're going to drive Rose crazy if you keep staying out. Plus you can't still be riding your motorcycle when you get like that. You've got to think about the family."
Ben turned in his seat to Connor. "You did spend too much time with mom."
Connor shook his head and took a drink.
"Anyway, we get to the bar and it's the same crowd. People doing blow all over the place and you know how I can't stand to see that stuff. But I just like the energy in a place like that. Billy had two blondes with him – one was really fantastic looking – and walks up with Chevy Chase."
Mr Kosciuzko had leaned into the bar to hear better, the waist of his jeans pinching his hips.
"From Saturday Night?" Connor said.
"That's right. So he comes up and Billy introduces him to me. He's a good looking guy. I tell him that I like the Weekend Update stuff."
"And what did he say?"
"He pretended to spill his drink and then gave me this big smile and said, 'Thank you very little.' I laughed because I liked the line and told him that Akroyd was wrong, that he wasn't such a smug bastard."
Connor laughed.
"His eyes got wide and then I slapped him on the back and we had a laugh."
"Did you get to talking?"
"Yeah we swapped some jokes and he told me some of the ideas they were working on."
"Was Belushi there?"
"No, I would've loved to talk to that guy."
"Anything going to come out of it, Benny?"
Ben shrugged and finished his beer. He exhaled and stretched his back. "I'll just keep talking, keep drinking, keep making jokes, keep working at our little practice here to keep Rose happy and then hopefully I'll be earning my keep the right way." He tussled Connor's hair and stood up on the rails of the bar stool. "Another, brother?"
Connor held up his glass.
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UEFA botch Champions League last-16 draw
Champions League draw repeated after UEFA's Man United error
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Gab and Juls explain why the draw for the UEFA Champions League round of 16 has to be redrawn. (1:24)
UEFA suffered embarrassment on Monday when the Champions League round-of-16 draw had to be repeated after the initial draw was rendered invalid due to a clerical error where Manchester United were mistakenly omitted as potential opponents for Atletico Madrid.
During Monday's initial draw, United were eventually paired with Paris Saint-Germain, having earlier been placed as opponents for Villarreal, whom they could not have met, having been in the same group as Unai Emery's side.
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"Following a technical problem with the software of an external service provider that instructs the officials as to which teams are eligible to play each other, a material error occurred in the draw for the UEFA Champions League round of 16. As a result of this, the draw has been declared void and will be entirely redone at 3 p.m. CET (9 a.m. ET/ 2 p.m. GMT)," a UEFA spokesperson said.
Atletico were the next team drawn and, while United should have been one of their potential opponents, they were omitted as a computer glitch appeared to indicate they had already been drawn when they had not.
"We are speaking to UEFA to check for an explanation and resolution after the errors committed during the Champions League round-of-16 draw," an Atletico statement read.
The draw was repeated later on Monday and the standout ties included Atletico Madrid v Manchester United and PSG v Real Madrid.
Round-of-16 draw
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Benfica vs. Ajax
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Initial round-of-16 draw, declared void
Benfica vs. Real Madrid
Villarreal vs. Manchester City
Atletico Madrid vs. Bayern Munich
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Sporting CP vs. Juventus
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15 Jul Tee It Up Tuesday: The NFL Comes To SXSW V2V
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SXSW V2V day two was off to a bang this afternoon with a panel of three NFL athletes who are actively entrepreneurs speaking about the topic: "Betting on Yourself: An NFL Look at Risk Taking." Our team was in the audience and found it to be one of the best panels that they have experienced. The players were authentic, humble, and insightful.
The panel begins with NFL player Sam Acho sharing his current mantra: 10 will get you 10. He plays outside linebacker, so he goes after quarterbacks for sacks. This is a contract year for him, so his entire mission is to be the best outside linebacker in the NFL. His goal is to hit at least 10 sacks because he knows that his career will take off if he can hit that number of sacks. He believes it is difficult for him to achieve his football goals if he is distracted, so he is solely focused. In his off season he is focused on getting his MBA and spends his free time giving his time and talents to charities. "I don't think there is enough time in a contract year in the NFL to focus on anything else," he says.
Emmanuel Acho, Sam's younger brother, disagrees and prefers to try and do both. Along with playing football, he is working on a startup, pursuing his masters degree, and nurturing a successful NFL career. "Getting off the train (the NFL), is very difficult to get back on," he says. During the football season, he really has time for nothing else outside of football. In the off season he is working on a startup called Be Neighborly, which is a community building application to connect neighbors. There is a great debate around some football players because some don't have options outside of football. These brilliant guys all had options outside of football.
Ronnie Cameron is on the opposite spectrum from what Sam is going through right now in his contract year. His NFL future was never as secure, so his entire focus in college was for him to get his MBA and football just kind of happened for him. His passions have always been beyond the game of football. He created Bonfire Impact, which is a network for social impact that helps non profit organizations achieve their goals. "When I played football I spent all day worrying about football, but football didn't spend all day worrying about me," he says. "It finally came to a head where I knew that I had to make a long term decision, so I pulled the band aid off of my football career and jumped into the startup world full time." At age 23, he had a contract offer from the Lions and told the coach he was going to pass to focus on his startup. He ended up saying no to seven teams because he knew it was the brave decision. The safe decision was to stay and play football because he had been doing it since he was seven years old.
Sam and Emmanuel had a spirited discussion about whether or not trying to juggle numerous things while playing football was a good idea. "The assumption that I refuse to make is that I will stay healthy," Emmanuel says, "I must open up doors because I want to make sure that if I don't take my team to a Superbowl, I still have options." Ronnie said, "I had to have a plan B." All three shared the very real stress behind worrying if you are going to be cut every single day. A lot of people asked Ronnie why he walked away from the NFL, but he was able to keep a lot of doors open because he made a conscious effort to transition his career. Building your brand while you are actively in the NFL becomes tremendously important because once you leave, a lot of doors can be shut and many opportunities just don't exist. According to the ESPN documentary "Broke," by the time that an NFL player has been out of the league for two years, 78% of those players will be bankrupt, divorced, or depressed. Sam shared that he believes that this statistic is a flawed business model that must be addressed. He believes that there is value in finding something else for players to do during the off season. Emmanuel shared, "Yes, it's great if you are one of the 22% that makes it out of the league happy, married, and financially sound, but it is very important to look out for everyone else on the ship with you."
Ronnie said, "I think startup and football are truly gambling on yourself. There are so many parallels between the two worlds. I think this is why NFL players do well as entrepreneurs." Emmanuel said, "To make it in the NFL you have to be a dreamer. Statistics show that startups probably won't make it, so in order to believe that yours will, you have to be a dreamer." Sam said, "Ultimately what we are all doing is betting on yourself, your idea, your passion. You are saying there is something that I have that I am going to share with the world." Emmanuel said, "You have to be so confident that you have to lose sight of reality. You have to be that optimistic."
Sam has a phrase he uses, "Let's freaking go!" He has been playing since he was a small child and never had any injuries until his season ending injury with a broken leg last season. It caused him to take a retrospective look at his life and he started Living Hope Ministry trying to build a hospital for the people of Nigeria. That turmoil and pain brought out his rallying cry of "Let's freaking go!" He took the rehabilitation time to focus his energy into other passions. Ronnie said, "Why not chase something great? What not chase the unknown? Leave a legacy."
Emmanuel shares, "In our position we are asked to do all kinds of things, so we have to discern what is worth our time. Time is money." Ronnie encouraged, "Chase your passion. It is easy to put your full effort into something that you are passionate about." The biggest takeaway from this WOW panel was to put Sam Acho's "Let's freaking go" rallying cry into action. This inspiring SXSW V2V panel was a highlight of the entire conference so far.
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New indicator on pesticides in European waters
The EEA has published a new indicator that tracks findings of pesticides in Europe's rivers, lakes and groundwaters. The data, collected from EEA member countries across Europe, shows the share of water bodies where excessive levels of pesticides have been recorded from 2013 to 2019. The data are limited to those pesticides reported by countries to EEA for which exceedance thresholds have been set in Europe.
The new EEA indicator shows that levels of pesticides exceeding thresholds were measured in a quarter of all reported monitoring sites in European surface waters in 2019. From 2013 to 2019, this share varied between 13% and 30%. The share for groundwater with exceedances was considerably lower, at between 3% and 7%.
In about a quarter of the monitored sites for lakes and rivers, harmful levels of pesticides were measured in 2019. Less so in groundwater.
The dataset, reported by countries voluntarily, still has considerable gaps and it is too early to detect a stable trend in pesticides pollution in European waters.
Pesticides differ from many other pollutants as they are designed to have effects on organisms, such as plants, insects and fungi, and therefore can have an impact on the environment. In the EU, pesticides are regulated on the basis of high protection goals for human health and the environment, with being authorised only after a comprehensive scientific risk assessment. Nevertheless, pesticide contamination of surface waters and groundwater can still occur and could affect aquatic fauna and flora.
Pesticides can end up in rivers, lakes and groundwaters, with potential to harm aquatic ecosystems and water quality. The European Environment Agency's (EEA) new indicator, which aims to track Europe's progress in reducing pesticides in waters, shows that excessive levels of pesticides have been recorded in a considerable share of European freshwaters.
The EEA aims to update the indicator next year and it will be part of a wider set of indicators that track progress on the European Commission zero pollution ambition, "Farm to Fork" and Biodiversity strategies that are part of the European Green Deal.
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How to Prepare for Pregnancy When You Have Ankylosing Spondylitis
Your chances of having a healthy pregnancy are greater if your AS is well controlled from the beginning.
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Planning and preparing for pregnancy are important if you have ankylosing spondylitis.Mosuno/Stocksy
When you're first diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), how the disease will affect a future pregnancy probably isn't the first concern that comes to mind. But as a type of arthritis that tends to strike at a younger age than other forms, such as rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis, AS is more likely to affect women who are interested in becoming pregnant.
Ankylosing spondylitis's relative rarity — at least compared with other rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus — means it hasn't been widely studied in the context of pregnancy. And it's often lumped in with other diseases when doctors discuss risks related to pregnancy.
But in the past couple of years, new research has shed light on just what the risks associated with pregnancy are when you have AS — both to mothers and their future children, during and after pregnancy. While these studies have been small, they shed some light on what women with AS can expect.
Here's an overview of the risks associated with pregnancy when you have AS, how your treatment plan may or may not change, and what to discuss with your doctor before you become pregnant.
Risks of Pregnancy With Ankylosing Spondylitis
In some forms of arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis, disease activity tends to go down during pregnancy. But for AS, that doesn't appear to be the case.
Even before pregnancy, women with AS are already more likely than men to experience certain effects of the disease, according to Elaine Husni, MD, MPH, vice chair of rheumatology and director of the Arthritis & Musculoskeletal Center at the Cleveland Clinic.
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"Women have more subjective disease activity, so sometimes they have more widespread pain than men do," Dr. Husni says. "Women also experience more fatigue and peripheral joint involvement, and they tend to score more poorly on functional impairment," despite having less damage to their spine than men do, on average.
Before and during pregnancy, having more disease activity is associated with a variety of harmful effects, says Husni. "Having higher disease activity can reduce fertility and is associated with a higher probability of negative outcomes," such as preterm labor or low birth weight.
According to a study published in May 2019 in the journal Arthritis Care & Research, women with AS are generally at higher risk for several adverse outcomes in pregnancy. This includes a 67 percent higher risk of their baby requiring treatment in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
In addition, compared with pregnant women without AS, those with AS who scored high on an index of disease activity were almost six times as likely to require a Caesarian section (C-section) for delivery. And women with AS who took corticosteroids during their second trimester were more than four times as likely to give birth prematurely.
There haven't been many studies that evaluated AS disease activity during pregnancy, but the limited data available suggests that many women experience an increase in active disease. This was one conclusion from a study published in March 2018 in the journal Rheumatology.
In that study, women with axial spondyloarthritis (an umbrella term for certain inflammatory spinal conditions, including ankylosing spondylitis) had their disease activity assessed at seven different points before, during, and after pregnancy. The highest levels of disease activity and self-reported pain were during the second trimester of pregnancy, when 45 percent of the women had active disease.
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Physical function was worst during the third trimester, and self-reported mental health was best six weeks after giving birth — significantly better than during the first trimester of pregnancy.
Treating Ankylosing Spondylitis During Pregnancy
Given the risks associated with certain drug treatments during pregnancy — including preterm delivery, as noted in the May 2019 study — many women with AS go into pregnancy determined to avoid drugs at all cost. But this is often unrealistic and even risky, according to Husni.
"The healthier you are when you get pregnant and while you're pregnant, the better your outcomes are likely to be," she says. "To stay healthy, you have to stay on your drug, stay in touch with your physician, and make a plan to be as stable as possible."
Husni says there are no hard and fast rules about which medication for AS can or cannot be taken during pregnancy. The important thing, she says, is to make sure your disease is as stable as possible — both for your health and comfort, and for your baby's.
It's much better, she says, to have stable disease activity while taking your regular medication during pregnancy than to go off it and experience a surge in disease activity — which is likely to require more intensive drug treatments that may pose a greater risk to your baby.
"If we do have to use steroids to calm the disease, we'll try to do it with the lowest dose and duration possible to reduce the risk to your baby," Husni notes.
But regardless of what medication is needed, keeping your disease activity under control has to be the priority, she says. "The more active your disease is, the more you're at risk for poor outcomes."
Planning Ahead for Pregnancy With Ankylosing Spondylitis
Having a healthy pregnancy with AS can depend on steps you take before you become pregnant, says Husni. "Spontaneous pregnancy may not be the best choice. If you're planning a pregnancy, you should mention it" to your rheumatologist.
Husni notes that in the general U.S. population, one in two pregnancies is unplanned — so some women with AS won't be able to plan ahead. But if you can, you should talk with your rheumatologist about whether your disease activity is stable enough to give you the best shot at a healthy pregnancy.
"If your disease is very active, we might say, 'Let's postpone this for six months and get this under good control, and then try to have a baby,'" says Husni. And, of course, it's important to use birth control while your disease is not stable.
Given the extra strain that AS can put on pregnancy, Husni says it's also a good idea to see an obstetrician earlier than you might otherwise, to plan ahead, and to see your obstetrician frequently during your pregnancy, if recommended.
When you have AS, your regular self-care during pregnancy is even more important, Husni emphasizes. That means getting plenty of sleep, planning out your day ahead of time, eating nutritious meals, and getting some exercise. This is something you can discuss early on with either your rheumatologist or your obstetrician.
While planning for and during your pregnancy, Husni advises that you'll fare best if you communicate frequently with your rheumatologist, your obstetrician, and any other doctors you see.
"The key message is that planning and counseling are important," she says. "Tell your doctor if you're interested in getting pregnant, and we can work as a team."
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Binggo Mobile taps EON to tech up Micro-Entrepreneurs!
EONxBinggo Mobile. (L-R) Cheese Ong, Co-Founder at Binggo Mobile, Joel Ong, Co-Founder at Binggo Mobile, Paolo Baltao, SVP and Head EON Banking Group and Kimberly Espiritu, Communities and Linkages Head, EON.
Binggo Mobile, the company behind smartbinggo.com, has partnered with Union Bank of the Philippines, through EON, as it transforms micro-enterprises, like cafés and sari-sari stores, into phygital (physical to digital) storefronts, starting in the Visayas and Mindanao regions. By becoming a Binggo Mobile affiliate, micro-entrepreneurs can sell airtime load and earn commissions without having to maintain an inventory, just as Grab offers transport services without owning a fleet. They will also get a Binggo Mobile account and a Binggo Mobile VISA card, powered by EON, so they can start saving, do cashless transactions, and even avail of Binggo Mobile loans.
"Even as the world turns digital and seemingly dominated by tech giants, Binggo Mobile proves that there will always be a place for micro-entrepreneurs – the neighborhood stores we have been so used to. Just like EON, it leverages on technology to reinvent the way things are done to allow its customers to earn more and fulfill their aspirations," said Kimberly Espiritu, Assistant Vice President and Communities and Linkages Head of EON.
"As we strive towards financial inclusion, we equally aspire for inclusive prosperity. No one should be left behind. Collaborating with Binggo Mobile gets us closer and closer," said Paolo Baltao, Senior Vice President and EON Banking Group Head.
"We believe that this partnership with EON is the best way to realize our vision for Binggo Mobile. We were looking for a payment solution. EON gave us more than that. EON gave us the opportunity to ensure the financial well-being of our affiliates," said Joel Ong, Co-founder at Binggo Mobile.
Cheese Ong, Co-Founder at Binggo Mobile, also added "EON is the best fit with our platform. It is scalable to support our growth as we reach more of the unbanked and add more products in our offering."


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Akashi, city, Hyōgo ken (prefecture), west-central Honshu, Japan. The city is adjacent to Kōbe on the Akashi Strait of the Inland Sea.
Akashi, Japan: museumMunicipal Astronomical Science Museum and planetarium, Akashi, Hyōgo prefecture, Japan. World Photo/Shostal Associates
Akashi developed as a castle town, and many relics of the Jōmon and Yayoi periods remain on the nearby hills. Artifacts of the Jōmon period (c. 10,500–c. 300 bce; a hunting and gathering society) include pottery with distinctive cord impressions. During the Yayoi period (c. 300 bce–c. 250 ce) immigrants from Korea introduced irrigation techniques and bronze and iron implements.
Before World War II, Akashi was a thriving city, its economy based on the aircraft industry, but half of the population was lost to air raids in the old part of the city during the war. The heavy steel industry developed during the Korean War and revived Akashi as an industrial and residential district. The city was formerly a fishing centre, but the yield of marine products subsequently decreased because of overfishing and marine pollution. The Japanese standard-time meridian, 135° E, passes through the city. The northern terminus of the Akashi Strait Bridge is just southeast of Akashi in southern Kōbe. Pop. (2010) 290,959; (2015) 293,409.
Akashi Strait Bridge and AkashiAerial view of the Akashi Strait Bridge and Akashi city (centre background), west-central Honshu, Japan. Kim Rötzel
This article was most recently revised and updated by Michael Ray, Associate Editor.
Hyōgo
Hyōgo, ken (prefecture), western Honshu, Japan. The prefectural capital is Kōbe on Ōsaka Bay. Hyōgo is bounded by the Sea of Japan (East Sea) to the north and the Inland Sea to the south and includes Awaji…
Honshu, largest of the four main islands of Japan, lying between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It forms a northeast–southwest arc extending about 800 miles (1,287 km) and varies greatly in width. The coastline extends 6,266 miles (10,084 km). Honshu has an area of 87,992…
Japan, island country lying off the east coast of Asia. It consists of a great string of islands in a northeast-southwest arc that stretches for approximately 1,500 miles (2,400 km) through the western North Pacific Ocean. Nearly the entire land area is taken up by the country's four main islands;…
Kōbe, city, capital of Hyōgo ken (prefecture), west-central Honshu, Japan. Kōbe, its neighbouring city Ōsaka, and nearby Kyōto are the centres of the Keihanshin Industrial Zone, the second largest urban and industrial agglomeration in Japan, and the city and its surroundings constitute the western portion of the Ōsaka-Kōbe metropolitan area.…
Inland Sea
Inland Sea, the body of water lying between the Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. It is composed of five distinct basins linked together by channels. Its east-west length is about 270 miles (440 km), and its waters are easily navigable. The sea has an irregular coastline…


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Exclusion Zone: Anti-Air Warfare for iPhone
Generic Company Place Holder Exclusion Zone: Anti-Air Warfare
Don't enter my air space. I will shoot you down. I will shoot you down fast. That's basically all I can do. Exclusion Zone: Anti Air Warfare, from Appular, is a missile defense game that draws its inspiration from Missile Command, even though it plays like a bizarro-version of Flight Control. Simply put: Flight Control is a route-creation game where you need to get your planes to land safely. In Exclusion Zone, you want to guide your missiles so nothing lands safely.
Don't get confused, Flight Control fans: No, you don't want these planes to safely land at these airstrips.
When you start the game, you have access to all of its five levels. In every level, you have a bird's eye view of an aiport. There are usually two airplane runways, a helicopter landing pad, and two missile silos. From time to time, airplanes and helicopters try to land on the runways and landing pads. You don't want the aircraft to land. When air vessels start to get near landing areas, you have to take your finger, place it on a missile silo, and then draw an interception path for the silo's missile so that it will destroy the incoming aircraft. The more planes and helicopters you shoot down, the more game points you collect. At the end of levels, you get a point score. Levels can go on indefinitely and only end when you fail to stop an aircraft from landing.
Of course, there is some skill involved in Exclusion Zone. The further away from a runway that your missile hits a target, the more game points you receive. Unfortunately, far away aircraft are the hardest to shoot down. As you progress through the game, you get better at figuring out where an aircraft is heading and where you should route your missile to intercept it.
Unfortunately, the game becomes tedious quickly. At first, when I started playing, I enjoyed shooting down aircraft—it was surprisingly refreshing. But my initial feeling did not last long. After only fifteen minutes or so, I really got tired at firing at planes, because, unfortunately, that's all you do in the game. There is nothing more to it.
I will admit that I enjoy listening to the game's sounds. There is nothing like the noise of a missile hitting a helicopter or plane—it's an oddly satisfying tone. Graphically, the game isn't anything impressive. Planes, helicopters, and buildings could easily be rendered better—they all seem a little grainy.
Exclusion Zone is not going to satisfy everyone. If you grew up in the '80's, where Missile Command and Pong ruled the day, and video game levels never seemed to end, then you will probably enjoy the game. But the challenge gets old fast, and without level limits or set goals to achieve, Exclusion Zone just seems like a poorly aimed rocket that missed its mark.
[Sam Felsing is an editorial intern for Macworld.]


In the beginning was the email....and the email was from India!
A God Thing is what I would like to call the string of events that eventually lead to my trip to India. Let me start from the beginning. One day in the month of August, 2000, I received an email from a pastor in India. He introduced himself and his ministry, and recounted many interesting facts about India. India has an ever-increasing population, the second most populous nation in the world, but there are less than three percent Christians. An estimated sixteen thousand people perish every day never having heard the Gospel message of Jesus Christ. Pastor Jaya Kumar presented himself as a very enlivening and compassionate person, and toward the end of his letter he asked me to pray for his ailing wife, Sujatha, who was suffering from pneumonia and tuberculosis. He mentioned that the medical bills were beyond his means and he did not have the money for her treatment and medicines. I was very moved by his piteous situation and immediately replied asking him how much the medicine would cost in US dollars, the sum of which turned out to be $72.00. The exchange rate is USD1 = INR45 i.e. the dollar is forty five times more expensive, which I happened to discover later when I was back home. I was wholeheartedly prepared to help him pay his medical bills so that his wife would receive proper treatment, no less than I would expect for my own children.


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Zimmerman to ask state to pay some bills in Trayvon's case
Robert Beatty— August 29, 2013
ORLANDO – George Zimmerman's attorney said Tuesday that he is going to ask the state of Florida to pay for some of his client's non-lawyer legal bills, including for experts, printing and court reporters, and that the price tag could reach $300,000.
Zimmerman was acquitted last month of all charges in the 2012 fatal shooting of Miami Gardens teenager Trayvon Martin. The decision in the nationally televised trial touched off protests across the country.
Since he was found not guilty, Zimmerman is entitled under a Florida law to recoup the defense costs, minus private attorney fees, said his lawyer Mark O'Mara. The law also says that any costs already paid can be refunded with the approval of a judge, he said.
"I just think it's patently unfair that the state by overcharging a case they could not prove at trial gets to cost either Mr. Zimmerman, or me, or the donors a whole bunch of money that they're not responsible for," said O'Mara, who also said the defense team has not totaled the expenses yet. Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder.
To receive trial expenses, Zimmerman's attorneys must submit the bills to the Judicial Administrative Commission, which is the state's agency that reviews such expenses and decides which are reimbursable.
When Casey Anthony was acquitted of murder in the death of her daughter in 2011, the commission paid more than $100,000 of the expenses incurred during her defense. But it refused to pay about $12,000 of submitted costs.
The State Attorney's Office has not received a motion on the reimbursement of costs but if it does, it will respond in court, said spokeswoman Jackelyn Barnard.
O'Mara, who normally bills at $400 per hour, said neither he nor any of his fellow attorneys have been paid. At O'Mara's rate alone, for 40 hours per week and 16 months of work, his costs would be more than $1 million.
Though he and his fellow defense lawyers took the case pro bono, he said after all the money issues are settled he'd like to be paid something. State statute on acquittal fees prohibits Florida from paying for privately secured counsel. So any pay for the lawyers' services would likely come from money they are seeking to recoup from prosecutors.
In a motion, the defense claims prosecutors held back evidence before the trial and O'Mara estimates that he and co-counsel Don West spent more than 200 hours trying to secure those documents. They want to be paid for their time.
Any money awarded in that motion would go directly to the attorneys.
"That's the only way we could get attorneys' fees paid for by the state in any form or fashion," O'Mara said.
He said he anticipates the hearing on the possible sanctions, which hasn't been scheduled yet, could take up a few days and he plans to call state attorney Angela Corey and Zimmerman prosecutors to the stand.
As for the expenses he is seeking from the commission, O'Mara said he anticipates that only $50,000 will be authorized. For the rest, the defense has the option of suing the agency, which would then put the final decision in the hands of a circuit court judge. All other costs would be
Zimmerman's responsibility. O'Mara said he isn't sure how much Zimmerman is still raising from donations to his website but that it has slowed since his acquittal.
"George incurred this cost, period. His donors have helped out with those costs but to the extent that that doesn't cover it, then he's going to have to figure out a way to pay these people back," O'Mara said. "Some of these experts were willing to work with us because they realized the magnetism of the case and the absurdity of the prosecution against him."
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Mad Men is allowed to do whatever it wants
April 23, 2013 April 23, 2013 / Katie Man
If you aren't up to date on Mad Men and don't want anything spoiled, please don't read on.
While watching this week's episode of Mad Men, "To Have and To Hold", I came to the conclusion that Mad Men is the only show on TV that is allowed to do whatever it wants. The storylines can include anything and it can be shot in any style. As for content: Sex? Yup. Lots of it. Nudity? No, but not because it can't. The show is so sexy that nudity would be redundant. Gore? How about Pete's girlfriend's pulpy face? Or that time a foot was run over by a lawnmower?
But it's not just controversial stuff that Mad Men is allowed to do. How about Joan's storyline this week: a female executive in her mid-thirties wants to have a mid-week sleepover with an old girlfriend? Makes total sense! They'll bath Joan's child when they wake up! My point is: because anything can happen on Mad Men, when the show takes a turn for the wacky, we, the audience, accept this wackiness. That's Mad Men.
This was one of those wacky weeks. In "To Have and To Hold", we saw new characters, new settings and old characters out of their normal environments. The energy was frenetic and jarring. The colours were loud and dull at the same time. The whole effect often left me with my hand over my mouth, slightly shocked and slightly confused. But I loved it.
The first sequence of the episode sets the tone for the rest of episode to come. In the first scene, Don and Pete are meeting with the man from Heinz Ketchup in Pete's sad little apartment in the city. The first shot dollies through the doors of the bedroom, bright blue and green stained glass, to the meeting of men in the living room. It is a secret meeting, so it makes perfect sense to have the meeting in Pete's secret lair. Their clothes are blues and greens and browns, just like the decor. But nothing stands out. Everything looks drab. These men look like they belong in this apartment, as strange is it seems logically for Don to be in this apartment.
In the next scene, Dawn, Don's secretary, meets her friend at a diner. This is the first time Dawn has had a scene and storyline all her own. The colours of the diner are vivid red, and the clientele is noticeably black. While the cinematography suggests that Dawn is comfortable in this setting, the dialogue between the two friends is about how Dawn is out of place on Madison Avenue. The scene is about how everyday, Dawn works in an environment that has an undercurrent of sadness and instability. As she puts it, everyone is sad. Women are crying in the bathroom and men are crying in the elevator. Everything is off.
The next scene starts with a close-up of Joan's mother having bright pink make-up applied to her face, by an unknown woman. We can tell that we are in Joan's apartment. Moments later, Joan enters and it is revealed this woman is an old friend.
Again and again, a new scene starts and we, the audience, are jarred by bright colours, music and unfamiliar territory. By the end of the first 3 scenes, we still haven't spent any time in the SCDP office. "To Have and To Hold" is an episode all about how the characters behave outside the office, when they are out and about in the city. Its an episode about how all the characters are somehow out of place.
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"… don't judge me. I'm in New York." – Joan's friend.
New York. The City. To the characters in Mad Men, the City is a place where you don't have to act like yourself. While in the City, out on the town, one is allowed to do whatever one wants. Out for a night on the town, Joan allows herself to kiss strangers. Joan's married friend sleeps with a man she met that night. Hey, she's in the City. She's treating herself! Pete has his own apartment where he sleeps with whomever will join him. Not until Pete strays from the city, and brings his affair home, does he get burned. Trudy tells Pete he should have kept it in the city. It was the least he could do. Speaking of Pete's seedy little apartment:
Don: "Nice place."
Pete: "Well, it's available to you. You know, if you ever have to spend a night in the city."
Don: "I live here, Pete."
That's Don. He doesn't need to be anywhere to be someone else. He is always someone else. "To Have and To Hold" really showed how changeable the man, "Don Draper" can be. Take three small moments from this episode as an example. In each moment, Don is fully present and acting truthfully. But how can one man be so incredibly different?
Don and Stan are in a secret room at work. Stan offers Don his joint. Don accepts. They look at Stan's art for Heinz.
Don: "A hot dog cries out for mustard."
Stan: "No. I think a hot dog cries out for ketchup. The squiggly line. Hmm. I think we should order lunch."
Both laugh.
When was the last time Don laughed? His smile is wide, ear-to-ear, and distorts his otherwise beautiful face. But he is really happy. In the privacy of the secret room for Project K, Don allows himself to laugh with his whole body.
Don shows up on the set of the soap opera, To Have and To Hold, where Megan is performing her first love scene with another actor. Don proceeds to ream Megan out, making her feel guilty and suggesting her profession is equal to that of a prostitute.
The rage on Don's face is scary. Again, his face is contorted into something grotesque. How can he muster such rage against Megan for kissing another man, when he is cheating on her in private? Did Don plan to yell at Megan? Or does he come to the set not knowing how he'll react? That's what's scary about Don, too. He is unpredictable.
The city used to be a place where Don would cheat on Betty, away from the suburbs and home. Now, Don lives there. He has no safe place to escape to, so he keeps the routine and cheats on Megan in the city.
After yelling at Megan, Don goes to the apartment of his mistress, Sylvia, who lives in the same building as the Drapers. Don tells Sylvia to take off her cross, to which she responds, "I pray for you… I pray for you to find peace."
Don's reaction is devastating. "I pray for you to find peace" is just what Don wants for himself. Sylvia knows that she won't help Don find peace, but she also knows that is what he wants. Don allows himself to be affected by this statement. He shrinks into himself and holds back tears.
Don is a man who always exists in the moment. It is a strength and a weakness. It allows him to laugh and to scream and to do things that make him feel terrible. He is always changing and never the man he was the day before. Accordingly, Mad Men is always changing. An unconventional episode like this one highlights the fact that anything can happen on this show. That's why we keep watching. Although, I must say, my dad is so pissed off at Don Draper that he stopped watching after "The Doorway Pt. 2." I'm pretty pissed off as well, but I can't stop watching now.
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In the beginning, I had some compassion for Don. However, over the Mad Men years, he has become increasingly obnoxious. He definitely has double standards!
The only reason he married Megan is because he was lonely. Don is a cheater, and a deserter from the military. He could not stand the fact that Betty cheated on him, and called her a whore. Excuse me!
I was done with him for the way he treated Peggy, and Lane. When he threw money in Peggy's face – that was it for me! I really liked Lane, and enjoyed his medieval beating of Pete. Lane should have beat the crap out of Don, as well!
I don't know what's happening with Joan, except she's becoming a miserable witch! The show really started going downhill two seasons ago. When it married Joan to a man, who was in love with his military career, and then impregnating her with Rogers' child, whom he could care less. Although, Joan agreed to further her interest, she allowed the company to pimp her to a client to gain the account. YUK!
Lastly, I don't blame your father for giving up. However, I have to keep watching because my curiosity about what the characters will do next will probably led to what I've read, so far, that Season 7 is the finale.
I can't say that I'm sorry to see the show end before it becomes unbearable to watch.
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While I don't agree with you about Joan, I have definitely lost any patience I had with Don. But, often the characters start a season in a totally different place then where they end, so there is still hope for Don. (Whether he deserves a happy ending or not is another question.)
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Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) and ESERO Romania - European Space Education Resource Office are inviting highschool students to join the National Exo-RO Rover Competition. This contest aims to challenge teams of students to design, build and lead a rover-type mission, similar to space robotics. The deadline for registration is 24 January 2021.
In 2021, the Exo-RO national competition will adopt a hybrid type of learning which combines school work with remote learning. The teams will design the rovers, build them and send them to the jury. Afterwards they will be launched on an imposed route that has a maximum length of 30 metres located in a very offering place in terms of landscape. During previous editions, the rovers explored muddy volcanoes in Buzău, the underground environment in Bacău and an aquatic environment in Timișoara in 2018.
The goal of the competition is to arouse the interest of young people in the space field and to increase the quality of education through the formation of professional skills for young people. Rovers, which are built as robots to explore an exoplanet, have limited dimensions (maximum mass of 2.5 kg and maximum linear dimensions of 40cm x 30cm x 20cm). Also, rovers must be equipped in order to perform two scientific missions, one that is required and another one chosen by the team.
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Israel should be attentive to any attempts at hacking its computer networks that might interfere or influence its democratic system, army chief Gadi Eisenkot told a Knesset panel last week. Such incidents have occurred in recent years in the United States, France and Ukraine, Eisenkot said. Although he did not name any specific actor, all the instances and attempts of hacking he mentioned were attributed to Russia.
Speaking to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee for some three hours on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces chief of staff laid out the security situation and outlined the progress the army has made in implementing its multi-year program. He spent a good deal of the time discussing the IDF's preparedness in the realm of cybersecurity.
Eisenkot said that two dangers facing Israel that have been on the rise in recent years are hacking and the sub-conventional threat of terror, guerilla warfare, rockets and tunnels.
He noted that two threats now in decline were conventional military threats and the threat of non-conventional warfare. He attributed the former to the collapse of the Syrian army and the latter to the nuclear accord with Iran, which temporarily suspended the country's nuclear program, as well as and the dismantling of Assad's chemical weapons caches in Syria. According to the chief of staff, the decline in the magnitude of threats previously considered more dramatic, along with changes in the risks that Israel must confront, have allowed the IDF to invest more resources into developing responses to terror, guerilla warfare and hacking.
Considering instances involving hacking and the U.S. and French elections, and the hacking of national infrastructure in Ukraine, Eisenkot recommended that the lawmakers monitor attempts to influence democracy in Israel. Since the army cannot protect hospitals and electrical facilities, the government should be aware of the threat, he said.
According to lawmakers present at the meeting, Eisenkot mentioned two phenomena: attempts to falsify election results through hacking and attempts at mass manipulation of voters' opinions through social media and other websites.
Two years ago, Eisenkot had considered establishing a separate cyberwarfare arm in the IDF General Staff, but the plan is now on hold due to the implementation of the multi-year plan. Instead, components of cyber defensive and offensive capabilities were strengthened, while the existing collection of cyberintelligence is to be maintained with the same amount of resources as in the past. The chief of staff has said on other occasions that about 80 percent of the army's resources are invested into defensive capabilities and about 20 percent are directed to offensive capabilities.
Eisenkot told the lawmakers that the threat of a cyberattack on Israel has grown significantly in recent years. Cyberdefense is in the hands of the General Staff's computer and communication integration branch, whose name was changed this year to include the term cyberdefense. As for defense, the IDF focuses mainly on military systems but also partakes in efforts led by the National Cyber Bureau and the National Cyber Security Authority in protecting government systems.


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WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who died on Saturday at age 81, is being eulogized by colleagues on both sides of the aisle, including members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii): "We mourn the passing of a great American and human being, John McCain. He fought many battles, met many extraordinary challenges, and faced the end with the courage he exemplified throughout his life. And yet, the end came too soon.
"Much will be said and written about John McCain over the days and months ahead, all paying tribute to this grand patriot. All of us who had the privilege of serving with Sena McCain have our personal stories and memories. He was my chairman and I will miss him.
"My heartfelt condolences to Cindy McCain, his children, grandchildren, and the entire McCain ohana."
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.): "My heart is heavy today as I join countless Americans across our country in mourning the loss of one of our nation's greatest leaders and statesmen, one of my personal heroes, Sen. John McCain. Throughout his life – as a naval aviator, a prisoner of war who endured years of torture, a congressman, and a six-term senator – John repeatedly showed how anything is possible when armed with determination, a deep sense of patriotism and an unbreakable will.
"His refusal to give up in the face of adversity inspired me when I was a mission-less helicopter pilot with no legs recovering at Walter Reed. In fact, I met him there for the first time when he visited us wounded warriors. He joked that he and I both flew into a missile and that didn't take much skill. It's what you do afterwards that matters.
"His unyielding optimism showed me there was a way to continue serving my country and to advance the core values of the nation that we both fought to protect. His integrity and commitment to putting country above all else as an elected official is an example I have tried to embrace during the comparatively short time I have had the honor of holding political office.
"I will forever treasure the privilege of working with John McCain in the Senate — even if it was only for a short time — and I will be forever grateful for the sacrifices he made in service to the greatest country the world has ever known. I hope the heights he reached and the life he led can be a lesson to us all about the power of perseverance and the ability of every American to overcome any challenge and make our country a better place."
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.): "My colleague John McCain will be remembered as a devoted father and husband, war hero and a conscience of the Senate. Sending my condolences and prayers to his friends and family, and to the American people, who have lost a true patriot."
Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento): "America has lost a dedicated and tenacious patriot in Sen. John McCain. Sen. McCain exemplified the spirit of our nation's values throughout a life that was tirelessly committed to public service: as a naval officer and United States senator. Sen. McCain's profound loyalty and commitment to the principles of a free and just society made our country a better place and will continue to be an inspiration to all."
Rep. Mark Takano (D-Riverside): "Sen. John McCain was as a proud patriot, an honest public servant, and a revered American hero. His principled leadership, unshakeable character, and strong moral compass will be missed by Congress and the American people. Today, we mourn the loss of a great American."
Rep. Ami Bera (D-Sacramento): "Today is a very sad day. This nation has lost a true American hero. Please keep the McCain family in your prayers."
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Santa Clara): "Throughout his entire life, Sen. John McCain displayed a love of country as a public servant. His presence will be missed."
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Manhattan Beach): "Thank you John McCain for your courage. War heroes who were captured tend to have a lot of courage. cc: @realDonaldTrump"
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa (D-Hawaii): "Sen. John McCain dedicated his life to serving our country. A brave soldier and public servant, he represented his state and nation with respect and humanity. Our prayers and aloha are with his family and loved ones."
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii): "Our warmest aloha and prayers are with Sen. John McCain and his family during this difficult time. May they find peace, shelter and strength in the warm embrace of God's love."
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.): "The halls of Congress will never be same without Sen. John McCain. A man who devoted his life to serving this country, Sen. McCain had an unwavering commitment to our democracy, even in his final days. When the worst of our politics tried — and continue to try — to pull us apart, he showed courage.
"His north star as a legislator and leader were always his morals and his convictions, never partisan ideologies. He was a man of honor who put country and duty first."
Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.): "Patriot. Hero. Public servant. Maverick. Sen. McCain will be missed by this nation. As a Vietnamese refugee, I will treasure the memory of visiting Vietnam with Sen. McCain talking about our deep and mutual love for America. Rest in peace, Senator. Your legacy lives on."
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.): "A grateful nation thanks you for a life of service. My thoughts are with your family and loved ones."
Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.): "John McCain was a war hero, American patriot and a tireless public servant. Saddened over his passing. He dedicated his life to our country and did so with honor and distinction. I send my deepest condolences to his family, friends and constituents as our nation mourns his loss."


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The formal concept arises from the mixed-use character it will acquire, consisting of four stacked geometric volumes. Two of these are slightly offset, and exactly aligned on the rear face. These gestures of displacement are designed to interrupt the robustness of the building and express an elegant sense of movement. The lowest volume houses the hotel, and the three volumes above it are allocated to office use by three different corporations, each occupying one volume in its entirety.
As a response to its urban context, adjacent to one of the city's most significant urban highways, Americas Ave., the building presents a façade resembling a double skin, enveloping it for its protection.
The solar gain the building will receive on three of its four sides was one of the most significant design challenges. For this reason, the faces respond to this need with recessed aluminum framing, in the style of a curtain wall, specifically designed at the correct angle to create shadows and avoid excessive solar gain. On top of this, the building uses double glazing offering a high degree of solar protection. The purity and repetition of the lines of the façade grant it unique and timeless qualities that enhance its iconic character. As a result, it is the first building of this type in the west of the country to receive LEED certification.
The ground floor is conceived as a plaza, a large public space, providing access and transit for the building's various uses.
A triple elevator core facilitates the operation of the hotel, offices, parking lot, and services. The vehicular and pedestrian entrances are set in a large plaza with textures and vegetation giving pedestrians priority over cars. The dominant textures used in the floor surface are natural limestone, which continues the geometry of the façade across the ground, with randomly-placed areas of paving.
Torre Américas 1500 is the first stage of development of a whole complex. This first stage is located on a site measuring 4,116 m², with a built area of 29,461 m² distributed over 26 floors from the ground floor to the last office level, below the heliport. There are 7 basement levels covering a total of 28,509 m². The structural design is based on post-tensioned concrete slabs and a central circulation core.


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16 Paris Metro Stations With Absolutely Incredible Designs
Posted on November 8, 2012 April 29, 2022 by StickyMangoRice
The Paris Metro is one the largest metro systems in the world, taking Parisians and visitors to all corners of the City of Lights. Known as a global centre of art and design, the creative spirit of the city has made its way to the city's train stations too. Some stations pay homage to the history or the culture of the area, and other impress with stunning designs from famed designers.
But with over 300 stations in the Paris Metro network, how do you know which stations follow the classic white-tiled Paris for at, and white ones have that extra artistic spirit? Here is a list of some of Paris' most impressive and decorative train stations.
1. Cadet (line 7)
Cadet metro station is located north of the Seine, not far from Pigalle. In this small station you are wrapped in the first incarnation of the American flag, a tribute to their allies and friends across the ocean. This is a stunning metro station to behold, as ribbons of red white and blue race from ceiling to floor.
Cadet Metro station
2. Varenne (line 13)
As an homage to the nearby Musee de Rodin, Varenne metro station adds a touch of class with a pair of huge sculptures, one resembling Rodin's famous 'Thinker' sculpture.
The thinker, Varenne
3. Liege (line 13)
Across from the platform in Liege are a series of murals arranged with painted tiles honouring the Belgian town of Liege, and the battering that it heroically withstood during WW1. The station was previously known as Berlin but changed with the onset of the great war.
Liege metro station artwork
4. Bastille (line 1, 5 and 8)
Bastille has an above ground platform full of colour and life. Figures spring out of the walls in lively 3D murels, an homage to day to day life of France of yesterday and it's people. Some famous Parisian figures make an appearance, as do jugglers, musicians, soldiers, miners, farmers, nobles and many more.
One of the figures of Bastille station
More characters, Bastille metro
Jugglers, musicians and other artisans
5. Arts et metiers (line 3 and 11)
Arts et Metiers might be the best Paris metro station to board a train, and in honour of the museum of the same name above ground, the interior has become a Jules Verne Victorian era submarine. The walls are burnt copper fastened with rivets. The ceiling is alive with cogs and wheels. Garbage bins and seats in matching copper and portholes in the walls complete the fantastic illusion of this excellent station.
6. Réaumur – Sébastopol (line 3 and 4)
Also paying homage to the Arts et Metiers museum, Reaumur Sebastopol is never short of a crowd, with life-sized commuters painted onto the walls.
Réaumur – Sébastopol. Try and spot which people are real and which aren't. Difficult, huh!
7. Pont Neuf (line 7)
While you're underground waiting for your train in Pont Neuf, above ground the museum of money is raging. But don't despair, part of the collection can still be enjoyed as giant coins crawl up the walls and onto the ceiling. If you stand alone on the platform and look up at the ceiling, the effect is really cool, and feels like something from Alice in Wonderland!
Pont Neuf with money sculptures on the ceiling
Trainside view of Pont Neuf
8. Tuileries (line 1)
Need reading material at Tuileries? Impossible. Stretching along the walls are a brief history of the last 100 years complete with pictures and descriptions. There's always something to learn at Tuileries.
We landed on the moon!!
Arc de Triomphe cameo
9. Concorde (line 1, 8 and 12)
The walls of Concorde metro station are all lettered, like a giant newspaper find-a-word. Every white tile has a different letter, spelling in an unbroken stream phrases from the French constitution. The end result is an amazing effect!
Concorde metro station walls
The letters coming across the whole ceiling
10. Hôtel de ville (line 1 and 11)
As the mayor of Paris conducts his business at the Hôtel de Ville above our heads, in the metro station below, among bits and pieces of decoration is a massive costs of arms of the city of Paris. It also shows some history of the metro system on various plaques.
The Paris coat of arms in Hotel de Ville
11. Parmentier (line 3)
The theme is potatoes, oddly. Parmentier is named for Antoine-Augustine Parmentier, the frenchman who pushed to introduce the potato as a staple food throughout France and Europe.
Some potato information in Parmentier
12. Jaurès (lines 2, 5 and 7)
Above ground Jaurès with its breezy open air, art deco design and stained glass windows give the station an airy lightness.
The stained glass windows of Jaures
13. Chaussee d'antin la Fayette (line 7 and 9)
A busy station near mega shopping area La Fayette, and nothing special to behold if you're focused on the designer shopping bags in your hands…but look up a the ceiling. A la Sistine Chapel, the great murals above are a blue sky of French portraiture.
Ceiling art, La Fayette
A huge figure on the ceiling of the station
14. Cité (line 4)
The art nouveau street lamps with their low-hanging globes of soft light lend to Cité metro station an elegance, and a gentlemanly sophistication reminiscent of a time not too long ago. The light bounces off the polished tiled ceiling and slick floor to great effect.
Cite of lights
15. Cluny – La Sorbonne (line 10)
There are two cool things about Cluny – la Sorbonne. Firstly, there are no advertisements. This gives the station a pure, clean look, and also accentuates the second cool thing, the sparkling tiled mosaics above, flying across the ceiling like frozen birds of pastel blues, yellows and purples. The names of notable artisits, writers, philosophers and other Frenchmen of importance in the Latin quarter are signed on the ceiling as well.
The mosaic tiles of Cluny
A great bird. Or a prawn.
16. Assemblée Nationale (line 12)
Another station with no advertising, the blue walls and big white spots of Assemblée Nationale allow this huge cartoon cowhide to be freed for admiration without obstruction.
Modern art. Or an egg.
Spots on the wall of the metro station
What do you think is the coolest Paris metro station? Let me know in the comments below!
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