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BIO Announces Zoom Event with Anne Zimmerman
BIO's "Reading Biography Like a Writer" series continues with its third Zoom event, featuring Anne Zimmerman on Thursday, January 27, at 7 p.m. (Eastern Time). In conversation with Anne Boyd Rioux, Anne Zimmerman will discuss what biographers can learn about the craft from the recently published Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am (HMH 2021). Julia Cooke's Come Fly the World tells the story of several "ordinary women"… Read More »
BIO 2022 Fellowships and Prizes
BIO encourages all members to review its three fellowships, now accepting applications for 2022. Please share information about the Rollin Fellowship and the Rowley Prize, which are open to nonmembers, with your friends, colleagues, and networks. The Hazel Rowley Prize The annual Hazel Rowley Prize is open to first-time biographers. The winner receives $2,000; a year's membership in BIO; registration to the annual BIO Conference; and publicity for the author and project through BIO's website… Read More »
BIO Announces Zoom Event with Debby Applegate
Update: The recording of this event is available here. BIO's "Reading Biography Like a Writer" series continues with its second Zoom event, featuring Debby Applegate on Tuesday, December 7, at 7 p.m. (Eastern Time). In conversation with Holly Van Leuven, Applegate will discuss what biographers can learn about the craft from Nancy Milford's groundbreaking feminist biography Zelda: A Biography (Harper & Row, 1970). The book explores the tumultuous relationship between Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, a… Read More »
BIO Presents its 2021 Editorial Excellence Award to Bob Bender of Simon & Schuster
Update: The recording of this event is available here. Bob Bender will receive BIO's 2021 Editorial Excellence Award, presented annually to an outstanding editor of biography, on Thursday, November 18 from 7 p.m to 8 p.m. Eastern, at an online event featuring several of his authors: Marie Arana, David W. Blight, Scott Eyman, and Jeff Guinn. Registration for the Zoom event is available at this link. Bender is Vice President and Executive Editor… Read More »
Join Us for a Special Zoom Workshop with Ruth Franklin
Update: The recording of this event is available here. Please join us for a special Zoom workshop with Ruth Franklin as she discusses what biographers can learn about writing biography from closely reading one of her favorites, The Quest for Corvo: An Experiment in Biography (1934), in which A.J.A Symons attempts to chronicle the life of an elusive writer whom he discovers to be part priest, part con man. She will… Read More »
New BIO Roundtables and a Special YA Biography Event
BIO is introducing two new roundtables for members. These are opportunities for members to meet once a month or so via Zoom to network and discuss their projects. Please contact the hosts to join. —Science biography (including nature and medicine): Gabriella Kelly-Davies —Global biography (to discuss the challenges of writing global and international biography): Victoria Phillips And the YA Biography roundtable, hosted by Heidi King, is welcoming new members and is holding a… Read More »
David Levering Lewis Looks at Two Black American Leaders in BIO Conference Keynote
After receiving the 2021 BIO Award from Pamela Newkirk, David Levering Lewis spoke on "Black Biography Matters: A Prophet and A President." The prophet was W. E. B. Du Bois, the subject of Levering's two-volume, Pulitzer Prize-winning biography. The president was Barack Obama. Levering started his talk by giving a mini-bio of an unnamed figure: A biracial American who did not face the extreme discrimination other Blacks did, thanks in part to having one white… Read More »
BIO Honors Award Winners at Conference
As it does every year, BIO recognized the winners of several awards on the first day of its 2021 virtual conference. The presentations and winners' remarks were prerecorded; winners of all but two of the awards had already been announced. You can see a video of the award presentations here. Shepard Service Award On the video, attendees learned that Sonja D. Williams was the winner of the Ray A. Shepard Service Award, given to… Read More »
A. N. Wilson Wins 2021 Plutarch Award
A. N. Wilson's The Mystery of Charles Dickens (HarperCollins) has won the 2021 Plutarch Award for the best biography of 2020. Wilson is a prolific writer, whose previous books include biographies of Charles Darwin, Prince Albert, C. S. Lewis, and Queen Elizabeth II, among many others. He is also a prize-winning novelist. Named after the famous Greek writer, BIO awards the Plutarch to the best biography of the year, chosen by a committee of five… Read More »
Four Win Chip Bishop Fellowships
Gabriella Marie Kelly-Davies, Paula Broussard, Trina Young, and Helen Bain are the winners of this year's Chip Bishop Fellowships. Each will have the fee waived for the upcoming BIO Conference, held online May 14-16. Kelly-Davies is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Sydney. Broussard is a freelance writer from Los Angeles. Young, from Maryland, writes about popular music. Bain is a Ph.D. candidate at King's College, London. The Chip Bishop Fellowship was established by… Read More »
Rachel L. Swarns Wins Frances "Frank" Rollin Fellowship
Rachel L. Swarns is the winner of the 2021 Frances "Frank" Rollin Fellowship for her proposal of an as yet untitled, multigenerational biography of an enslaved Black family torn apart by the 1838 slave sale that saved Georgetown University from financial ruin. The committee was impressed by Swarns's lucid, engaging narrative as she highlighted slavery's devastating impact on a family fatefully separated when "the nation's most prominent Jesuit priests sold 272 enslaved men, women and… Read More »
Need Help Paying the BIO Conference Fee? Apply for the Chip Bishop Fellowship
Honoring the late Chip Bishop, a former BIO Board member, this fellowship for biographers-in-need covers the annual conference fee. For 2021 only, there will be 10 Chip Bishop Fellowships offered. Students and other aspiring biographers in financial need are encouraged to apply. (If a winner has already paid for the conference, the fee will be refunded.) To apply, please respond to the four questions listed under How to Apply. The deadline is May 1, … Read More »
Afridi, Dunkle Win 2021 Caro Fellowships
Humera Afridi and Iris Jamahl Dunkle are the 2021 winners of BIO's Robert and Ina Caro Research/Travel Fellowship. Afridi, a New York-based writer of Pakistani origin, is working on The Book of Secrets: The Extraordinary Life of Noor Inayat Khan, a biography of a World War II heroine, mystic, poet, author, and musician. Khan was an Indian American woman who posthumously became a renowned and decorated war hero for her role in guerrilla tactics… Read More »
BIO Announces Finalists for Plutarch Award
Biographies of Malcolm X, Jimmy Carter, and Charles Dickens are in the running for the 2021 Plutarch Award, which will go to the best biography of 2020, as chosen by a distinguished panel of BIO members. The winner will be announced on May 16 during the 11th BIO Conference. You can see the five finalists as well as the other five books that made the longlist for the award, here.… Read More »
BIO Hosts Online Event with Peniel E. Joseph
Peniel E. Joseph discussed his The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. in a conversation with author and poet Ed Pavlic. You can see a video of the conversation here. Members of the Biographers' Circle generously donated to this fundraising event. Gayfryd Steinberg, a member of BIO's Advisory Council, and her husband Michael Shnayerson organized this philanthropic group in 2019 to support BIO's fellowships and… Read More »
Tanya Paperny Wins Hazel Rowley Prize
Tanya Paperny is the 2021 winner of BIO's Hazel Rowley Prize for her proposal for Tender/Fierce: The Life and Death of My Revolutionary Prababushka. The committee was impressed by Paperny's gripping prose about an important story of political tyranny that has been little told from a biographical perspective. "In 1938, my great-grandmother Tatiana Ivanovna Shatalova-Rabinovich was executed by the Soviet secret police and dumped in a mass grave where hundreds would soon lie," Paperny writes.… Read More »
BIO Zoom Workshop: Biography and Storytelling – A Conversation with Candice Millard
How do biographers create compelling narratives from the facts of history? In her captivating slice-of-life biographies, BIO Award winner Candice Millard shows us how it's done, with stirring and highly effective results. In this BIO workshop, which you can see here, Candice spoke about her passion for research and her disciplined approach to crafting narrative biography in a conversation with BIO President Linda Leavell. Biographers at any level of experience can admire and learn… Read More »
BIO Conference Preview: Writing the First Biography of Your Subject: A Q&A with Debby Applegate and Abigail Santamaria
Debby Applegate is the author of The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher (Doubleday, 2006), winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Biography; and Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age (forthcoming from Doubleday, November 2, 2021). Abigail Santamaria is the author of Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015), and I Am Meg: The Life of Madeleine… Read More »
BIO Announces Longlist for Plutarch Award
A distinguished panel of judges composed of BIO members has selected 10 nominees for the 9th annual Plutarch Award, which is the only international literary award for biography judged exclusively by biographers. "The 2020 Plutarch Committee was well aware that we were judging last year's biographies during a year like no other," says Kate Buford, Plutarch Award Committee Chair. "The books under consideration had not only to be stellar examples of the craft of biography,… Read More »
BIO Zoom Workshop: Biography of Science, Medicine, and Innovation
What particular challenges and opportunities lie in writing about the lives of pioneers in the fields of science, medicine, and technology? Three distinguished panelists share their experiences, ranging from making technical information accessible to general and young adult audiences, to debunking "racial champion" myths and revealing "warts-and-all" about legendary subjects. Watch a video of the workshop here. Panelists: Rayvon Fouché is Professor of American Studies in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Purdue University.… Read More »
David Levering Lewis Wins 2021 BIO Award
By Kitty Kelley David Levering Lewis is the winner of the 12th BIO Award. This prize is bestowed annually to a distinguished colleague who has made major contributions to the advancement of the art and craft of biography. Lewis, 85, an American historian, is the Julius Silver University Professor and Professor of History at New York University. He is the first author to have won two Pulitzer Prizes for Biography for his successive volumes on… Read More »
BIO Workshop on Biography of Creation
Biography of Creation: Writing about Artists, Musicians and Culture Three biographers with a tantalizing variety of books discuss the special challenges associated with writing about artists and other creative talents. Watch a video of the event here. They address topics of use to any veteran or aspiring biographer, but also focus on writing with authority on the arts and cultural history. Who are you writing for and how technical should your language be? How… Read More »
First-time Biographers Can Apply for Hazel Rowley Prize
BIO's Hazel Rowley Prize is given to the author of an exceptional book proposal for a full-length biography. In addition to a $2,000 award, the winner will have their proposal evaluated by an established literary agent. They will also receive a year's membership in BIO, along with registration for the annual BIO Conference, and publicity for the author and project through the BIO website, The Biographer's Craft newsletter, and social media. The prize is part… Read More »
Call for Submissions for the Rollin Fellowship
Apply here.… Read More »
BIO Virtual Workshop: BIO's Coaches Answer First-Time Biographers' Questions about Proposal Writing and Promotion
Three accomplished biographers who have worked with other writers to help bring their biographies to life answered questions about proposal writing and promotion. You see the video here. Moderator: Marlene Trestman is the author of Fair Labor Lawyer: The Remarkable Life of New Deal Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin, and is now writing Most Fortunate Unfortunates: New Orleans's Jewish Orphans' Home, 1855-1946 for LSU Press. The former Special Assistant to Maryland's Attorney… Read More »
BIO Honors Gayatri Patnaik
On November 9, BIO hosted a virtual event honoring Gayatri Patnaik, winner of the 2020 Editorial Excellence Award. Taking part were three of her authors: Imani Perry, Marcus Rediker, and Jeanne Theoharis, along with literary agent Tanya McKinnon. You can see a video of the event here. Patnaik is Associate Director and Editorial Director of Beacon Press, where for 18 years she has edited and published many books on race, ethnicity, and immigration. A… Read More »
BIO Workshop: Coaches Answer First-Time Biographers' Questions about Research and Writing
If you missed this live Zoom workshop, you can watch the video here. Three accomplished biographers who have worked with other BIO members to help bring their biographies to life answer questions about research and writing. Panelists: Kate Buford, Carl Rollyson, and Carol Sklenicka Moderator: Anne Boyd Rioux… Read More »
BIO Announces New Fellowship in Support of African American Lives
By Eric K. Washington, with Sarah Kilborne, Anne Boyd Rioux, and Sonja Williams BIO is pleased to announce the new Frances "Frank" Rollin Fellowship for African American Biography. The Rollin Fellowship will award $2,000 to an author working on a biographical work about an African American figure (or figures) whose story provides a significant contribution to our understanding of the Black experience. The deadline for applications is February 1, 2021. The Rollin Fellowship is… Read More »
By Eric K. Washington One could say Carole Ione, also known professionally as IONE—a playwright, poet, diarist, and frequent co-creator with her longtime spouse, the late composer Pauline Oliveros —has grown accustomed to long waits. As chair of BIO's Black Lives Matter Committee, I recently had the privilege of informing Ione that Frances Anne Rollin Whipper (1845–1901) would be the namesake of a new $2,000 fellowship next spring, to be offered for a biography-in-progress of… Read More »
Biographies Live on Despite COVID
COVID-19 has upset publishers' schedules for releasing new books, which might explain the large number of notable biographies coming out in the last few months of 2020 (some were postponed from spring releases). Traditional cradle-to-grave works, group biographies, and books about "hidden figures" are among the books generating interest among media outlets, before their fall and winter publication. We're highlighting here just some of the books likely to garner critical and popular attention, because of… Read More »
Fair Use: Q&A with the Experts
On June 9, Brandon Butler and Peter Jaszi took part in a virtual workshop for BIO on fair use for biographers. Here, Butler and Jaszi answer two follow-up questions on the topic. You can see a recording of the workshop here, and read BIO's Statement on Best Practices regarding fair use here. Q: Taking into account fair use doctrine, when do we—and when don't we—have to pay licensing fees in order to use… Read More »
BIO Workshop: Agents Discuss the State of the Publishing Industry
You can see a video of this workshop here. Three agents discuss the state of the publishing industry during the pandemic, particularly for biography and related nonfiction, as well as the agent-author relationship. Faith Childs is President of Faith Childs Literary Agency in New York and represents novelists and nonfiction writers, including biographers, historians, critics and journalists. For three decades she has been actively engaged in efforts to increase the representation of people of… Read More »
Six BIO members shared their views on race and biography for the July issue of The Biographer's Craft: Black Lives/Young Readers by Ray Anthony Shepard Archival Interventions: Reconstructing Life on the Margins of History by Pamela Newkirk Biography Matters by Patricia Bell-Scott Before There Was Karen, There Was Miss Anne by Carla Kaplan The Sword and the Shield by Peniel E. Joseph Biography Has Mattered to Black Lives by Eric K. Washington … Read More »
Black Lives Matter to BIO
During this historic summer of 2020, Black Lives Matter is garnering support nationally and internationally. For biographers and readers of biography, black lives matter, and writing black lives matters. Six BIO members will contribute essays to the July issue of The Biographer's Craft about black lives, racism, and how they relate to biography. Here, in the meantime, are biographies of African-Americans by BIO members. Alexandrov, Vladimir. The Black Russian, 2013. Bell-Scott, Patricia. The Firebrand … Read More »
BIO Workshop: Living Subjects
On Wednesday, June 24, BIO presents "Living on the Edge: Writing Biography of a Living Subject." Kai Bird (author of a forthcoming biography of President Jimmy Carter), David Greenberg (John Lewis), and Will Swift (Joan Baez) will talk about the the craft of writing an authorized or unauthorized life of a living subject. This form of biography requires juggling the skills of a journalist (tracking down key sources and interviewing them) and a historian (doing… Read More »
By Linda Leavell BIO members recently elected a new vice president, Sarah Kilborne, and three new board members: Natalie Dykstra, Steve Paul, and Eric K. Washington. Like BIO's membership at large, members of BIO's Board of Directors come from diverse backgrounds and practice the art of biography in multiple print and non-print media. Sarah Kilborne has chaired BIO's Publicity and Social Media Committee for the past two years. Thanks to her initiative and enthusiasm for… Read More »
BIO Workshop: Making Full Use of Fair Use
You can see a video of this workshop here. This meeting is free and open to all who register. Fair use—the right of biographers and other writers, under limited conditions, to quote, paraphrase, summarize, and reproduce the copyrighted words and images of our subjects and others, without paying fees—is embedded in the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976. Our distinguished panel of experts cuts through the almost universal confusion about fair use to illuminate this… Read More »
BIO Workshop: Promoting Your Book During the Pandemic
This meeting is free and open to all who register. May 27, 2020 01:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Jennifer Richards and Rachel Tarlow Gul from Over the River Public Relations will share what they have learned about how book promotion is changing during the COVID-19 pandemic. They will share their insights and strategies and explain the role of a publicist and how to hire one. Former Random House, Inc. executives, Richards and… Read More »
Sonia Purnell Wins 2020 Plutarch Award
Sonia Purnell's A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II (Viking/Penguin) has won the 2020 Plutarch Award for the Best Biography of 2019. The Plutarch is the world's only literary award given to biographers by biographers. Named after the famous Greek writer, BIO awards the honor to the best biography of the year, chosen by a committee of five distinguished biographers. The award comes with… Read More »
Jay Prosser Wins Hazel Rowley Prize
Jay Prosser is the 2020 winner of BIO's Hazel Rowley Prize for his proposal for Empire's Loving Strangers: Journeys Through an Asian-Jewish Camphorwood Chest, a biography that explores one Jewish family's experiences and connections across empires and centuries. Prosser is a reader in humanities at the University of Leeds in England, where he has taught since 1999. His book was previously shortlisted for the Tony Lothian Prize for the best unpublished biography, which is… Read More »
BIO Announces Winners of Caro Fellowships
BIO's Robert and Ina Caro Research/Travel Fellowship Committee (Deirdre David, Marc Leepson, and Steve Paul) is pleased to announce the selection of the 2020 winners: Lance Richardson and Lynne Bermont. Richardson, who lives in Austin, Texas, is working on True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen (under contract to Knopf/Pantheon [US] and Chatto & Windus [UK]). The $2,500 award will enable him to travel to Dolpo, in remote Nepal, the landscape that inspired Mattheissen's best-known… Read More »
Mayborn/BIO Fellow Looks at Two Subjects, Two Cultures
Working on a dual biography of a relative who crossed paths with the Chiricahua Apache chief Geronimo, Morgan Voeltz has faced several challenges. She has also come to a conclusion that is probably familiar to many biographers: "Neither of these characters is entirely a hero," she said, "and neither is entirely a villain." Voeltz spoke about her experience working on the biography (her first), at a talk on February 20, at the Women's International Study… Read More »
New Hidden Figures Fellowship Replaces Mayborn/BIO Fellowship
James McGrath Morris, the driving force behind the Mayborn/BIO Fellowship, is helping to launch a new fellowship program to assist aspiring authors working on a book about a lesser-known figure who merits a biography. The Santa Fe Hidden Figures Fellowship will provide a grant of $1,000, a two-week stay in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in a casita at the historic Acequia Madre House in cooperation with the Women's International Studies Center (WISC), dinner five nights… Read More »
BIO Announces Finalists for 2020 Plutarch Award
BIO's Plutarch Award Committee has chosen five finalists for the 2020 Plutarch Award for the best biography of 2019. The selected titles include the third book in a multi-volume biography of Lincoln, a look at the lives of renegade anthropologists, and the story of an American spy during World War II. "It' been a remarkable year for biography," said Caroline Fraser, Plutarch Award Committee Chair. The finalists have emerged from an exceptional long list that… Read More »
Bio Announces Longlist for 2020 Plutarch Award
BIO's Plutarch Award jury has nominated 10 books for the Plutarch Award, honoring the best biography of 2019. The Plutarch is the only international literary award judged and presented by biographers. BIO's Plutarch jury will choose five finalists from the longlist and announce the winner on May 16 at the 11th Annual BIO Conference in New York. This year's nominees, in alphabetical order by the author's last name, are: All the Powers of Earth: … Read More »
BIO Hires Michael Gately as Executive Director
BIO's Board of Directors has hired Michael Gately to serve as the organization's executive director. His duties include working with BIO's Program Committee to organize the annual conference; working with other committees to publicize and administer BIO's various awards; and assisting the board with administrative responsibilities. Gately assumed his new, part-time job on January 6, 2020. A graduate of Princeton University, Gately has wide experience in publishing and education. His previous positions include being the… Read More »
What's Love Got to Do with It? A Passionate Biographer Talks about Getting to Know Her Subject
By Dona Munker, New York Correspondent Every serious biographer knows that only the most intense engagement with a subject can compel the writer to spend years in the archives and construct a narrative that has the energy it needs to carry both writer and reader across the finish line. Which is why, as Janice P. Nimura suggested to an audience at the City University of New York Graduate Center in October, biographers always long to… Read More »
Ileene Smith Receives 2019 Editorial Excellence Award
Ileene Smith, winner of BIO's 2019 Editorial Excellence Award, received her award on November 13 at the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Smith has been vice president and executive editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux since 2012. She is also editorial director of the Jewish Lives series published by Yale University Press and the Leon D. Black Foundation. Smith has previously been the recipient of the… Read More »
Hermione Lee Wins 2020 BIO Award
By Justin Spring Dame Hermione Lee, Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford, is the winner of the 11th annual BIO Award, a prize bestowed yearly by the Biographers International Organization to a distinguished colleague who has made a major contribution to the advancement of the art and craft of biography. Lee will receive the honor on May 16, at the 2020 BIO Conference at the Graduate Center of the City University of New… Read More »
BIO, Other Organizations Issue Statement on Fair Use
By Kai Bird Perhaps a biographer's worst nightmare is to be told by his or her publisher's lawyers that he or she cannot quote from all those colorful diaries and letters and must instead rewrite his or her manuscript so as to only paraphrase or summarize these sources. This happened to Ian Hamilton in 1986, when he was sued by the subject of his biography, J. D. Salinger. Random House compelled Hamilton to rewrite his… Read More »
A Tribute to James Atlas (1949–2019)
By Anne C. Heller He could be seen among gatherings of biographers wherever we meet: at festivals and symposia, on prize committees, at literary parties, leading panels of his distinguished friends in explorations of their craft, gallantly introducing new biographers to colleagues and readers with a keen and generous word of praise. His standards were old fashioned, unusually high, and deeply literary, and his praise will be remembered and cherished by the unknowable number of… Read More »
First-time Biographers, Apply Now for the Rowley Prize!
Biographers International Organization (BIO) is now accepting applications for the Hazel Rowley Prize. The prize rewards a biography book proposal from a first-time biographer with: funding (a $2,000 award); a careful reading from an established agent; one year's membership in BIO (along with registration to the annual conference); and publicity for the author and project through the BIO website, The Biographer's Craft newsletter, etc. The prize is a way for BIO—an organization of biographers, agents,… Read More »
Sign Up for the New BIO Quarterly Newsletter
Have you signed up to receive The Latest News in Biography quarterly newsletter? You can read the premiere September 2019 issue here. We hope you will share the newsletter with your colleagues and readers. Please subscribe here. Do you have biography news you would like to share for future newsletters? Let us know!… Read More »
Ileene Smith Wins Editorial Excellence Award
Ileene Smith is the winner of the 2019 Editorial Excellence Award, given each year by BIO to an outstanding editor, from nominations submitted by BIO members. Smith has been vice president and executive editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux since 2012. She is also editorial director of the Jewish Lives series published by Yale University Press and the Leon D. Black Foundation. Smith has previously been the recipient of the PEN/Roger Klein Award, the Tony… Read More »
Morgan Voeltz Swanson Wins Mayborn Fellowship
Morgan Voeltz Swanson won the Biography Fellowship awarded annually at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, held in July at the University of North Texas. The fellowship is cosponsored by BIO and BIO co-founder James McGrath Morris. With her fellowship, Swanson receives a two- to three-week residency in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and mentoring from Morris during her stay. In addition, she will receive complimentary admission to the 2020 BIO Conference and a $500 stipend. During… Read More »
Video Highlights from the 2019 BIO Conference
Here are some highlights from the 2019 BIO Conference, held in New York City on May 17-19. You can see the morning plenary with David Remnick, Stacy Schiff, and Judith Thurman, and Nigel Hamilton introducing 2019 BIO Award winner James McGrath Morris, who gave the keynote speech.… Read More »


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Miss Turkey 2016
BELEK, Turkey - Buse İskenderoğlu (20) was crowned Miss Turkey 2016 at the Regnum Carya Golf and Spa Resort in Belek on September 28. She will represent Turkey in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18. In second place was Tansu Sıla Çakır (20). She was crowned Miss Turkey Universe 2016 will represent Turkey in Miss Universe 2016. Damla Figan and Çağla Çukurova completed the top four.
Labels: Miss Universe 2016, Miss World 2016, Turkey
Miss Nederland 2016
HILVERSUM, Netherlands - Zoey Ivory van der Koelen (23) was crowned Miss Nederland 2016 at the Studio 21 in Hilversum on September 26. She will represent Netherlands in Miss Universe 2016. Denise Swier was the first runner-up and Kelly van den Dungen was the second runner-up.
Labels: Miss Universe 2016, Miss World 2016, Netherlands
Miss Guatemala 2016
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala - Melanie Jeanett Espina Luna (23) was crowned Miss Guatemala 2016 at the International Convention Center of the Westin Camino Real in Guatemala City on September 25. She will represent Guatemala in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18. Ana Lucía Villagrán and Nancy Ortíz Valdez finished in second and third place, respectively.
Labels: Guatemala, Miss World 2016
Miss Mundo Costa Rica 2016
Jessica Melania González Monge (25) will represent Costa Rica in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18.
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Miss World Lesotho 2016
Rethabile Tšosane (21) will represent Lesotho in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18 after the original winner stepped down to pursue her studies.
Labels: Lesotho, Miss World 2016
Miss Guiné-Bissau 2016
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau - Sandra Marisa Araujo Monteiro (19) was crowned Miss Guiné-Bissau 2016 at the Azalai 24 de Setembro Hotel in Bissau on September 24. She will represent Guinea-Bissau in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18. Rubiato Nhamadjo was the first runner-up.
Labels: Guinea-Bissau, Miss World 2016
Miss Ireland 2016
DUBLIN, Ireland - Niamh Kennedy (20) was crowned Miss Ireland 2016 at the Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport on September 22. She will represent Ireland in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18. Aoife McGrane was the first runner-up and Leanne Gray was the second runner-up.
Labels: Ireland, Miss World 2016
Miss Egypt World 2016
CAIRO, Egypt - Nadeen Osama El Sayed (19) was crowned Miss Egypt World 2016 at the InterContinental Citystars Cairo Hotel on September 18. She will represent Egypt in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18. Merray Azer and Rewan Adel finished in second and third place, respectively.
Labels: Egypt, Miss World 2016
Miss Guinea Ecuatorial 2016
OYALA, Equatorial Guinea - Anunciación Onguene Esono (20) was crowned Miss Guinea Ecuatorial 2016 at the Grand Hotel Djibloho in Oyala on September 17. She will represent Equatorial Guinea in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18. Gladis Deborah Motto Mangue was the first runner-up and Mina Bisila Hinestrosa Etingue was the second runner-up.
Labels: Equatorial Guinea, Miss World 2016
Miss Danmark 2016
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Helena Heuser (19) was crowned Miss Danmark 2016 at the Docken in Copenhagen on September 17. She will represent Denmark in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18. Fatoumata Camara was the first runner-up and Elina Ea Dahl was the second runner-up.
Labels: Denmark, Miss World 2016
Miss World Spain 2016
SALOU, Spain - Raquel Tejedor Meléndez (20) was crowned Miss World Spain 2016 at the Teatre Auditori de Salou on September 17. She will represent Spain in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18. Carla Font Cabrera was the first runner-up and Miriam Paredes Ginés was the second runner-up.
Labels: Miss World 2016, Spain
Miss Universe Guyana 2016
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Soyini Fraser (26) was crowned Miss Universe Guyana 2016 at the Guyana Marriott Hotel in Georgetown on September 17. She will represent Guyana in Miss Universe 2016. Rafieya Husain and Ariella Basdeo finished in second and third place, respectively.
Labels: Guyana, Miss Universe 2016
NEW PROVIDENCE, Bahamas - Cherell Williamson (23) was crowned Miss Universe Bahamas 2016 at the Albany Resort in New Providence on September 17. She will represent Bahamas in Miss Universe 2016. The first runner-up was Chivvaun Smith and the second runner-up was Erika Adderley.
Labels: Bahamas, Miss Universe 2016
Miss Universe Barbados 2016
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Shannon Harris (21) was crowned Miss Universe Barbados 2016 at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Center in Bridgetown on September 17. She will represent Barbados in Miss Universe 2016. Jamiliah Forde was the first runner up and Christina Yearwood was the second runner-up.
Labels: Barbados, Miss Universe 2016
Miss Universe Iceland 2016
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Hildur María Leifsdóttir (23) was crowned Miss Universe Iceland 2016 at the Gamla Bio in Reykjavik on September 12. She will represent Iceland in Miss Universe 2016. Sigrún Eva Ármannsdóttir and Andrea Sigurðardóttir finished in second and third place, respectively.
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Miss Universe Kosova 2016
PRISTINA, Kosovo - Camila Alejandra Barraza (21) was crowned Miss Universe Kosova 2016 at the Klan Kosova studios in Pristina on September 6. She will represent Kosovo in Miss Universe 2016. Medina Hajra was her runner-up.
Labels: Kosovo, Miss Universe 2016
TAMUNING, Guam - Muñeka Joy Cruz Taisipic (18) was crowned Miss Universe Guam 2016 at the Sheraton Laguna Guam Hotel in Tamuning on September 8. She will represent Guam in Miss Universe 2016. Annalyn Buan and Marystar Welch finished in second and third place, respectively.
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Miss Belize 2016
BELIZE CITY, Belize - Rebecca Rath (23) was crowned Miss Belize 2016 at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts in Belize City on September 11. She will represent Belize in Miss Universe 2016. Marcia Moody was the first runner-up and Dianira Rivera was the second runner-up.
Labels: Belize, Miss Universe 2016
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - Maja Taradi (20) was crowned Miss Slovenije 2016 at the Atlantic Aqua Park in Ljubljana on September 7. She will represent Slovenia in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18. Alena Musić was the first runner-up and Ana Kondic was the second runner-up.
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Miss République Démocratique du Congo 2016
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo - Andrea Moloto (24) was crowned Miss République Démocratique du Congo 2016 at the Pullman Kinshasa Grand Hotel on September 10. She will represent the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18. Anado Kabika as the first runner-up and Stella Furaha was the second runner-up.
Labels: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Miss World 2016
Miss World Japan 2016
TOKYO, Japan - Priyanka Yoshikawa (22) was crowned Miss World Japan 2016 at the ANA InterContinental Tokyo Hotel on September 5. She will represent Japan in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18. Misato Makino was the first runner-up and Natsuki Robertson was the second runner-up.
Labels: Japan, Miss World 2016
Miss Ukraine 2016
KIEV, Ukraine - Oleksandra Kucherenko (18) was crowned Miss Ukraine 2016 at the October Palace in Kiev on September 2. She will represent Ukraine in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18. Viktoria Kiosse and Alena Belova finished in second and third place, respectively.
Labels: Miss World 2016, Ukraine
Miss Universe New Zealand 2016
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Tania Dawson (23) was crowned Miss Universe New Zealand 2016 at the Skycity Theater in Auckland on September 3. She will represent New Zealand in Miss Universe 2016 in Pasay, Philippines on January 30, 2017. The first runner-up was Seresa Lapaz and the second runner-up was Larissa Allen.
Miss World Sri Lanka 2016
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Amritaa De Silva (20) was crowned Miss World Sri Lanka 2016 at the Hilton Hotel Colombo on August 30. She will represent Sri Lanka in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18. The first runner-up was Vithma Kumarage and the second runner-up was Kaushi Pathirane.
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Señorita Panamá Mundo 2016
PANAMA CITY, Panama - Alessandra Camila Bueno Fontaine (24) was crowned Señorita Panamá Mundo 2016 at the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel in Panama City on September 1. She will represent Panama in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18.
Labels: Miss World 2016, Panama
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Anna Lára Sigurðardóttir Orlowska (23) was crowned Miss World Iceland 2016 at the conclusion of the Ungfrú Ísland 2016 finals held at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik on August 27. She will represent Iceland in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18.
Labels: Iceland, Miss World 2016
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica - Ashlie White Barrett (20) was crowned Miss Jamaica World 2016 at the Iberostar Rose Hall Suites in Montego Bay on August 21. She will represent Jamaica in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18. Whitney Levy was the first runner-up and Milinda Smith was the second runner-up.
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Miss Malaysia World 2016
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Tatiana Kumar (18) was crowned Miss Malaysia World 2016 at the Corus Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on August 27. She will represent Malaysia in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18. The first runner-up was Ranmeet Jassal and the second runner-up was Shweta Sekhon.
Labels: Malaysia, Miss World 2016
Miss Scotland 2016
GLASGOW, Scotland - Lucy Kerr (19) was crowned Miss Scotland 2016 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow on August 26. She will represent Scotland in Miss World 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on December 18. The first runner-up was Katy McGlinchey and the second runner-up was Keryn Matthew.
Labels: Miss World 2016, Scotland
Miss Bolivia Mundo 2016
Miss Mundo Chile 2016
Miss Universe Australia 2016
Miss Universe India 2016
Miss Universe Haiti 2016
Miss Universe Sweden 2016
Miss Universe Guatemala 2016
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In 2013 NVIDIA revolutionized monitor technology with the unveiling of G-SYNC, which for the first time synchronized a monitor's refresh rate to the update rate of a GPU, eliminating screen tearing, minimizing stutter, achieving low input latency, and improving refresh rates and image quality. This seemingly-obvious but previously unachieved innovation introduced the world to super smooth gaming across the full range of a monitor's refresh rates, from 0Hz to its max, be that 60, 100, 120, 200, or 240Hz, and kick-started a new era of development for gaming monitors. Now, PC gamers can experience the latest titles at high resolutions and ultra fast refresh rates, free of immersion-breaking screen tear and stutter, at home and on the go, with advanced features and high-quality panels that further enhance functionality and picture quality.
Today, NVIDIA ushers in the next revolution of monitor technology with the unveiling of the world's first High Dynamic Range (HDR) PC gaming monitors, featuring 4K G-SYNC panels running at 144Hz. These new G-SYNC HDR monitors feature higher peak brightness for stunning, vivid visuals with bold saturated colors; tremendous contrast for richer, more natural dark scenes; and a wide gamut of colors close to the DCI-P3 cinema standard. With these and other advancements your favorite games, such as Mass Effect Andromeda and Shadow Warrior 2, will look more realistic than ever before, mesmerizing you with dazzling displays of color, brightness and contrast that were previously impossible to render.
Created in concert with AU Optronics, G-SYNC HDR displays are designed with the latest technologies to deliver the ultimate gaming experience, with visuals that better match the capabilities of the human eye. And unlike HDR TVs, G-SYNC HDR monitors were designed from the ground up for the ultimate PC gaming experience, with stunning image quality, tear-free and stutter-free G-SYNC smoothness, minimal motion blur, and near-zero input latency, compared to the 22-41ms of latency added by recommended HDR TVs. In addition, G-SYNC HDR monitors stand further apart from other HDR displays through the implementation of full array 384-zone backlights, and cutting-edge Quantum Dot technology.
The backlight illuminates the screen, and with 384 individually-controllable LED backlight zones, light will only be shown when and where it is required, enabling G-SYNC HDR displays to simultaneously produce bright bold colors and deep blacks, reminiscent of the very best plasma displays. Monitors with fewer backlight zones, edge-lit backlight zones, or with only a single global backlight are incapable of matching the contrast and image quality of the new 4K G-SYNC HDR monitors, and with 384 controllable zones we have unparalleled control over the picture, producing the best images you've ever seen on an LCD gaming display.
To further enhance the monitor we have applied a Quantum Dot Enhancement Film (QDEF), to create deep saturated reds and greens out of the blue light produced by the 384 controllable LED backlight zones. First used on high-end HDR televisions, QDEF film is coated with nano-sized dots that emit light of a very specific color depending on the size of the dot, producing bright, saturated and vibrant colors through the whole spectrum, from deep greens and reds, to intense blues. This enables a far larger set of colors to be displayed, producing pictures that more accurately reflect the scenes and colors you see in real life. The end result is a color space 25% larger than the traditional sRGB color space, close to the DCI-P3 standard used in the best digital cinemas.
With the latest LCD, backlight and Quantum Dot technologies, full HDR10 support, G-SYNC, and NVIDIA certification, the new 4K G-SYNC HDR monitors deliver the highest-quality gaming experiences every single time, with the brightest colors, darkest blacks, and smoothest gameplay, at 4K, at 144Hz, with none of the added lag found on TVs.
G-SYNC HDR monitors from ACER and ASUS will be available later this year.
HDR is a sight to behold, but impossible to accurately show on standard screens. For the best comparison look to real life - imagine blacks as dark as a night in the countryside; smooth, realistic transitions between bright lights and dark spaces; colors as vivid as those in a field full of flowers; and peaks of brightness that replicate the sunniest of days. Also imagine those scenes on a monitor with a wide gamut of colors nearly identical to those seen in the highest quality digital cinemas; with near-perfect brightness uniformity; without visible backlight bleed in dark scenes; and without the tearing and stuttering seen on traditional monitors, laptops and TVs.
These G-SYNC HDR monitors also come with support for HDR10 – the HDR format being adopted for PC gaming. And in partnership with your favorite developers, NVIDIA is getting upcoming and already-released games ready for the launch of G-SYNC HDR, such as Mass Effect: Andromeda and Shadow Warrior 2. These games are brighter, more vibrant, and even more impressive and beautiful than they already were, and in Mass Effect Andromeda nebulae will take your breath away.
Look for hands-on impressions of HDR-enabled games on your favorite tech and PC gaming websites, and for further coverage of the games and G-SYNC HDR on the NVIDIA GeForce YouTube channel.
Click here to view the interactive comparison of images in fullscreen; images are simulated to show, on a standard dynamic range display being used to view them, the difference between HDR and SDR. Actual images may appear different on HDR-compatible displays.
Like G-SYNC, expect G-SYNC HDR to evolve over time. In 2013 G-SYNC began with one 24" 144Hz 1920x1080 TN-panel monitor, and today we now have 240Hz monitors, 144Hz 4K monitors, 21:9 UltraWide monitors, curved monitors, IPS monitors, VA monitors, monitors with integrated Tobii eye-tracking, and massive 35" monitors. And in 2015 we introduced G-SYNC for laptops, followed by new models in 2016 with resolutions up to 4K, and refresh rates up to 120Hz. Now, whether you play at home or on the go, you can benefit from tear-free, smooth gaming thanks to G-SYNC.
Engineered and crafted for gamers, new G-SYNC HDR 4K, 144Hz monitors are the ultimate addition to an enthusiast gamer's rig. The killer combination of NVIDIA's G-SYNC and HDR technologies, and NVIDIA certification, deliver the definitive gaming experience with incredible contrast, deep saturated colors, and stunning brightness. And of course, it's all enhanced with the hallmark quality of G-SYNC's variable refresh rate technology, for super smooth, tear-free gaming.
If you wish to experience the next generation of PC gaming for yourself, G-SYNC HDR monitors will be available later this year from our partners at ACER and ASUS. For news of events with live demos of the monitors stay tuned to the NVIDIA GeForce, ACER and ASUS social media networks, and keep a close eye on your favorite tech sites for hands-on impressions of G-SYNC HDR from the CES show floor.


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Ireland pledges to end offshore oil drilling
By Energy Reporters | 25.09.2019 | Policy
Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says his government is planning to phase out oil exploration in Ireland's territorial waters.
"Our independent Climate Change Advisory Council recommended that exploration for oil should end … I accept this advice and Ireland will now act on it," the prime minister said.
"We will take coal off our electricity grid by 2025. Our renewable electricity will rise from 30 per cent today to 70 per cent in 10 years," Varadkar told the UN general assembly.
The taoiseach said in New York for the climate summit: "For almost 1,000 years, my country, Ireland has been associated with the colour green. The Emerald Isle. In the future I want Ireland to be known as a green country because of how we respond to the climate and environmental challenges facing our planet.
"In the last week, on foot of a request from me, our independent Climate Change Advisory Council recommended that exploration for oil should end, as it is incompatible with a low carbon future. They recommended that exploration for natural gas should continue for now, as a transition fuel that we will need for decades to come while alternatives are developed and fully deployed."
But the taoiseach still "needs another good shove", said opposition parliamentarian Bríd Smith.
The People Before Profit member had a bill to ban oil and gas exploration blocked by the executive in July after winning the lower house's approval. Varadkar said he would phase out oil exploration off the Irish coast but gas drilling would continue.
Smith said the government issued exploration licences since her proposed legislation was blocked under the "money message", which can block bills if there might be a cost to public funds.
"The growing movement, the climate strike for example, is pushing the taoiseach into seeking cover for his actions on climate. He is trying to come across as groundbreaking, but it's all spin. Licences for oil exploration issued this year are valid until 2035," the opposition member added.
"To say it's OK to use gas and to extract gas is nonsense. It's not a transitional fuel, it's poisoning the planet."
Smith told The Times that the Dublin government was looking to support fracking overseas. She added: "The immediate intention is to import fracked US gas. The use of fracked gas from other countries misunderstands the crisis we are in. There are no borders around countries when it comes to climate change."
Ciarán Cuffe, an Irish Green Party MEP, said Varadkar's move was significant but it should have ended gas exploration.
"Tens of thousands of people on the streets in Ireland last week tells the government it's not business as usual," the MEP said. He claimed there were "hundreds" of civil servants in the climate department working on "exploitation rather than conservation".
Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Picture credit: Wikimedia
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Q: How to combine one 8x4 df with one 7x4 df to produce a 56x5 df with multiplied values I have dataframe tech_change_supply that looks like this:
supplysector       tech_change_all   tech_change_elec    tech_change_no_elec
aluminum                  NA            .26                  .77
cement                    NA            .86                  .92
chemicals                 NA           1.32                   NA
food processing           NA            .39                  .70
iron and steel            NA            .02                  .58
other manufacturing       NA           1.11                 1.04
other nonmetallic         NA            .41                  .75
pulp paper wood           NA            .96                   NA

and dataframe tech_change_service that looks like this:
subsector       tech_change_all   tech_change_elec    tech_change_no_elec
boilers                0                0.0                1.0
boilers_CHP            0                0.0                1.0
electrochemical        0                1.0                0.0
feeedstocks            0                0.0                0.0
machine drive          0                1.0                0.0
process heat           0                0.0                1.0
other uses             0                0.5                0.5

I need to combine these two dataframes in a way so that there is a supplysector column from tech_change_supply and a subsector column from tech_change_service, where each supplysector has every subsector (i.e. "aluminum" is repeated 7 times with each subsector matched to it once). Additionally, I need to maintain the tech_change_all, tech_change_elec, and tech_change_no_elec, and multiply these using the values from each supplysector, with the exception being "other uses" where I need the average of tech_change_elec and tech_change_no_elec. For example:
supplysector   subsector          tech_change_all   tech_change_elec    tech_change_no_elec
aluminum        boilers                  0                 0                  .77
aluminum        boilers_CHP              0                 0                  .77
aluminum        electrochemical          0                .26                  0
aluminum        feedstocks               0                 0                   0
aluminum        machine drive            0                .26                  0
aluminum        process heat             0                 0                  .77
aluminum        other uses               0                .515                .515

this also needs to be done using base R or dplyr 0.8.1, tidyr 0.8.3. Thank you!
Data:
> dput(tech_change_supply)
structure(list(supplysector = structure(c(2L, 3L, 4L, 6L, 7L,
9L, 10L, 11L), .Label = c("agriculture", "aluminum and nonferrous metals",
"cement energy processes", "chemicals", "construction", "food processing",
"iron and steel", "mining", "other manufacturing", "other nonmetallic minerals",
"pulp paper and wood"), class = "factor"), tech_change_all = c(NA_real_,
NA_real_, NA_real_, NA_real_, NA_real_, NA_real_, NA_real_, NA_real_
), tech_change_elec = c(0.265280686, 0.856866327, 1.316191449,
0.390516499, 0.02304637, 1.114989892, 0.410722674, 0.956948382
), tech_change_no_elec = c(0.768341707, 0.915245624, NA, 0.6994352,
0.575833299, 1.040612635, 0.752058291, NA)), row.names = c(NA,
-8L), class = "data.frame")

> dput(tech_change_service)
structure(list(subsector = structure(c(2L, 3L, 5L, 6L, 7L, 10L,
9L), .Label = c("agriculture energy use", "boilers", "boilers_CHP",
"construction energy use", "electrochemical", "feedstocks", "machine drive",
"mining energy use", "other uses", "process heat"), class = "factor"),
    tech_change_all = c(0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L, 0L), tech_change_elec = c(0,
    0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0.5), tech_change_no_elec = c(1, 1, 0, 0,
    0, 1, 0.5)), row.names = c(NA, -7L), class = "data.frame")

A: We can use a cross-join to put the data together in all combinations. dplyr enables cross joins (all combinations of rows) by using a full_join with by = character().
together = full_join(tech_change_supply, tech_change_service, by = character(), suffix = c(".supply", ".service"))

From there you can use normal mutate operations to do your multiplication/averages as needed. I'll leave that to you - be careful with your NA values. You can end with select(-ends_with(".supply"), - ends_with(".service")) to remove all the non-transformed columns.

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Motorcyclist in Arizona killed after Highway 95 crash
On Behalf of Harris, Powers & Cunningham PLLC | Oct 7, 2014 | Car Accidents
Drivers need to be aware of motorcyclists on the roadway, and a recent accident on Highway 95 demonstrates this. The crash in Bullhead City killed a motorcyclist on Oct. 1; authorities reported that the accident occurred near Seventh Street when a 94-year-old woman driving a 2008 Buick LaCrosse attempted to make a left turn into the U.S. Postal Service Highway Station and failed to yield.
A 44-year-old Bullhead City motorcyclist was headed north on the highway when the Buick struck his bike. The man was taken to University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, but died early the next day. He was apparently not wearing a helmet when the accident took place. The driver of the Buick suffered minor injuries and went to Western Arizona Regional Medical Center.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 141 motorcyclists died in 2012. 69 of the deaths occurred when a helmet was not in use, and the NHTSA estimated that 41 lives were saved due to helmet use.
Those on motorcycles generally have less protection than others when involved in automobile accidents, so motorcyclists may be seriously injured or killed in a crash. When an accident occurs because of the negligence of another driver, an injured party or a victim's loved ones may be entitled to compensation for expenses and can file a personal injury or wrongful death suit in civil court. A settlement for damages could provide those directly affected with financial restitution for medical expenses, funeral costs or property damages.
Motorists are expected to watch for pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists while driving. Negligence can occur when a driver follows a motorcycle too closely or does not check blind spots.
Source: Department of Transportation, "Traffic Safety Facts Arizona 2008-2012"
Source: Mohave Daily News, "Motorcyclist dies from injuries", October 03, 2014


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Q: Formating of Pseudo code I have the code:
\documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{article}
\usepackage{comment} % enables the use of multi-line comments (\ifx \fi)
\usepackage{fullpage} % changes the margin
\usepackage[swedish]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
 \usepackage[linesnumbered]{algorithm2e}
\begin{document}
\begin{algorithm}[htb]
\label{alg:algo1}

\KwIn{Objects $O1...On$}
\KwOut{$true$, falls Mehrheitsvotum besteht, sonst $false$}

$counter\leftarrow0$\;
\For {$i=1$ \thinspace to n}{
    \For {$j=1$ \thinspace to n}{
     \If {$O_1=O_j$}{
     $counter \leftarrow counter+1$}
    }
}
\If {$counter\geq n/2$}{
return $true$}
\Else {return $false$}
\end{algorithm}
\end{document}

When compiled, there are some vertical lines for every for or if and it says "end" when the loop is over. Can I get rid of the lines and the end? Thanks

A: As the manual, section 7.4 says:
\usepackage[linesnumbered,noline,noend]{algorithm2e}


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9-year-old girl talks about being bitten by shark
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (CNN Newsource/WESH) — A 9-year-old girl was bitten by a shark Friday morning at New Smyrna Beach.
The girl was bitten on the lower right leg.
"I didn't see it and I didn't know it was a shark," Maggie Crum.
But, it was indeed a shark that bit Maggie in the right leg causing cuts with teeth marks that took a dozen stitches to close.
"I knew it was like a bite but I didn't know what it was… I knew it wasn't a jellyfish or something like that because it hurt too bad," the girl said.
Maggie, her sisters and their parents were playing in the water just south of 27th Avenue a few minutes before 11 a.m.
Big sister Jaidyn and mom were both stung by jellyfish the day before so Jaidyn thought maggie was being dramatic.
Volusia County, particularly New Smyrna Beach, records the most shark bites worldwide — typically at the jetty where shark track the abundance of bait fish and where surfers ride the best waves.
"I was like 'that can't happen to me.' Like 'that's not going to happen because it's really like…that's not going to happen, ' but apparently I was wrong," Maggie said.
Based on the injury, doctors estimate the shark was 3 to 4 feet.
All the sisters got a teddy bear following the hospital visit.
Maggie named her shark 'Sharkey.' And though she probably can't get back in the water while the family is in town because of the stitches, Maggie will go back.
"I'm pretty sure if it happens once then there's like zero percent chance it will happen again …I'm not really scared about it," Maggie said.


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Banca d'Italia-Bank of England joint research conference on 'The macro-financial impacts of climate change and the net-zero transition'
Banca d'Italia-Bank of England joint research conference on 'The macro-financial impacts of climate change and the net-zero transition'Milan, 19-20 October 2021 (hybrid event)
In the framework of ongoing cooperation on climate change issues between the UK and Italy, holding respectively the G7 and G20 Presidencies in 2021, and building up to the November UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021 (COP26) in partnership with Italy, Banca d'Italia and the Bank of England are delighted to announce their joint research conference on 'The macro-financial impacts of climate change and the net-zero transition'. The event will be opened by Ignazio Visco, Governor of the Bank of Italy, and Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England and will see the participation, among others, of Michael Greenstone, Solomon Hsiang, Geoffrey Heal, Monika Piazzesi and Stefano Giglio.
The conference aims to foster debate among policymakers at central banks and leading academics on the latest frontier of research, and will include a high-level panel discussion on net zero policies and finance.
For further information, please email the organizing committee at G20.BDI@bancaditalia.it.
The event is also available on Bank of Italy's YouTube Channel.
The conference summary is available here.
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For one thing, I'm toying with the Mists of Pandaria beta. Cool so far, but anything other then the new Pandaran areas crash on me.
I'm also playing allot of pvp. Recently I've had a good run, with (I believe) my first win in Arathi Basin – which I also happened to film, so I have record – and back-to-back wins in Tol Barad and Wintergrasp. The AB match was one of my best. I was lethal and only died once, and that was from falling off a ledge near the lumber mill to my doom.
I was in Tol Barad the other morning, and with us on defense is wasn't all that hard. I died three times but we won handily. One of the group called for us all to rush to Wintergrasp, and who am I to say no to that? I love Wintergrasp.
We won that handily, too. There were only about five of us there total but the dumb group leader I was with insisted I had invite privileges (which I didn't) so I couldn't group with the rest of the bunch. I died once when I got ganged up on in the fort and another time to a tough Blood Elf pally, but I respawned quickly right nearby so I came back and killed her while she fought an ally.
So, I'm playing WoW now and again. You can also go to Chaos is Gaming and read an article on me introducing a friend of mine to the game. Later!


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Seth on the end of Bazooka Joe Comics
From Sequential.
Topps recently announced the discontinuation of its long-running Bazooka Joe comic strip, since 1954 a popular addition to its bubblegum packaging. The strip has a storied history (ironically the subject of an upcoming celebratory book from Abrams ComicArt, Bazooka Joe and His Gang: A 60th Anniversry Collection). For many years the gags were written by Underground comics legend Jay Lynch and drawn by former Tijuana Bible cartoonist Wesley Morse. According to The New York Times, the gum company executives have decided to rebrand, reducing the iconic character to the role of occasional spokesperson/mascot, stating, "What we're trying to do with the relaunch is to make the brand relevant again to today's kids."
Sequential asked cartoonist Seth, creator of the Jocko gum-machine giveaway comic, and a Bazooka Joe collector of long-standing, to comment on the news.
"Contrary to popular opinion, I am NOT more of a Pud fan than a Bazooka Joe fan (though Pud had his charms as well)! Bazooka Joe is definitely my favourite of the two. However, that said, when I heard that Topps was discontinuing the little comics in the gum I mentally shrugged. "Who cares?", I thought. They killed the real Bazooka Joe decades ago anyway. Whatever modern version is currently being given away with the gum is surely some sort of abomination (I'm assuming). Still, some part of me felt kind of disappointed to hear it. One less anachronism in the world. Even if those little modern comics are utterly horrible ….it's still sort of charming that today's kids were unwrapping their gum and reading a comic strip for one second before they balled it up and tossed it away and turned back to their electronic distracter. A minor continuity of childhood stretching back to the mid 20th century, I s'pose.
Truthfully I wish there were a lot more of these sort of things in the world. Why didn't every candy company put a comic or gag cartoon in with their product? Why didn't Cracker Jack put a whole little comic book into the box in their heyday (a disappointing comic book where every page would've been accidently glued together by molasses and caramel corn)? Those tiny Bazooka Joe comics were such a great little marketing tool and I always thought that Topps was fairly brilliant to have thought up the idea.
Though thinking about it –I'm ashamed to admit it I'm not sure who came up with it first. Was it Fleer or Topps? Either way– a smart, sweet little idea. Innocent almost. I cannot imagine why Topps would bother discontinuing the only element of their gum that makes it worth buying? But then, it's the classic kind of stupid business move that "clear-cutting" pop-culture businesses make all the time. They don't recognize something interesting in their midst until they have ruined it. Look to the entire history of mainstream comic books to support this statement.
I must say, I always deeply enjoyed the poor quality of the old Bazooka Joe strips. There was something inherently odd about those strips and that tiny world of the characters. They seemed to take place just around the corner from some better kid strip –like Peanuts or maybe Little Lulu. Just over on the other side of the fence where the world was still vaguely 1930′s. A neighbourhood where the people never digressed in speech because they were only allowed 3 words per balloon (less in their Canadian neighbourhood since they had to squeeze in a French translation as well!).
So many of those waxy comics passed through your little hands as a child and yet you never really had any sense whatsoever of who those characters were. They all seemed like bit players. As often commented –the only elements remembered about them were their oddities. Joe's eye patch, Mort's sweater, Percy's cowboy suit and Herman's obesity. The little girl (Jane?) was memorable only because she was the only girl (at least the only one I remember). When I found out that the strip's cartoonist was also a pornographer back in the 30′s I could not have been happier. It somehow made Bazooka Joe even more perfect.
Loving Bazooka Joe has always been about loving the IDEA of something. Little strips going out into the world wrapped around gum for little children. That's great. Pure. Simple.
There really was nothing much else to love about it but the idea. I have hundreds of Bazooka Joe strips in a binder in my library. I'm never going to reread those. There is nothing to re-read. They exist as an object. An artifact of an idea. So, I guess I am sorry that this charming old fashioned idea is passing out of the charmless world we live in today. But as I said, they'd already wrung most of the flavour out of this thing 20 years ago (much like well-chewed gum) so I'm not crying about it either. Thank God Jack Chick is still passing out his classic-cartoon-styled hate literature on city benches. There's so little of these ephemeral kind of oddities left in the world. One less now."
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McDonald's main point in his book is the idea of creating an armature, that is defining the idea that you wish to convey and then using everything within your story to support this idea. McDonald uses the analogy of the wooden skeletons used to support clay models to show how the underlying structure is important but invisible at the end.
Snyder's book revolves around his 14 point beat sheet that I have found incredibly helpful for structuring our story and which I will not reiterate here as it can be found in the pdf. Synder also talks about "the grid", which is physical arrangement of all beats into three rows (three acts) on note cards.
Usually I work everything out digitally, but having just finished Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, in which Kleon advocates for the use of analog means while brainstorming, I decided to deviate from my traditional Trello, Evernote and Google Doc routine and get some notecards. Am I actually being more creative? I honestly don't know, but it is immensely more satisfying to pin note cards to a board and rearrange them.
So winter break is over and things are beginning to pick up steam again. I have personally been delving back into story structure and climbing, but the newest and most useful development I would like to share is our new approach to the word interesting.
But why? That is the real question.
I can't remember what podcast or book I learned the notion from, but the idea is that when discussing new ideas, be they game design, story, art, whatever, there tends to be a response of using the word interesting.
Don't use it. It is a filler word.
Collectively we tend to use the word interesting to convey that an idea is cool or neat, but the problem is that unless the word interesting is followed up with because the sentence is at best filler and at worst a vague acknowledgment that the group should go along with the idea without examining why.
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The point is not to never use the word interesting ever again, but to follow up on why that concept is interesting. Interesting, right?
Hadi: That's it for 2016!
I've been so bad at keeping up with this DevBlog as we come to a close on 2016. I'd like to say it's not my fault, but it's totally my fault! That's what I get for trying to juggle too many things at once, again… oh well.
So what's been new since the last time I wrote you ask? The short answer is; a good amount.
Concept art, for now, is all but done. I'm looking forward to the concept pieces our awesome artist Andrew has been working on for the past month. Programming is coming to a point where we are combining all of the isolated prototyping done by Sean and Christian, who have done a great job getting us to where we are this year. Our social outlets have been doing very well thanks to Isla, our community manager, with new followers trickling in almost everyday, and our plans for our podcast, which has been changing back and forth due to various reasons, are well on their way and should become available starting in January of 2017!
Last week was an excellent break from all things game development. I spent a good chunk of the time climbing both inside and out with my brother before the season ends. Although with how warm it has been, who knows when the snow will come this year.
In relation to games, I played quite a bit of Gauntlet Slayer edition which was quite a bit of fun to play with a bunch of us sprawled on the couch.
Except for the last boss.
I also got into some mayhem during a few local missions of Helldivers, first time I had played with three others in couch co-op.
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Jewish Federations of North America: While the umbrella group for North American Jewish federations tries to stay out of the partisan fray, it has weighed in on political matters when it felt the issue merited it. For example, on Dec. 10, JFNA rebuked Israel's chief rabbi for criticizing an Israeli politician's visit to a non-Orthodox Jewish day school in New York. In its statement, JFNA said: "Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau was wrong to criticize Minister Naftali Bennett for the latter's visit to a Solomon Schechter community day school in Manhattan." On Trump, JFNA has issued no statement, and a representative told JTA it has no plans to do so.


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