In The Neoliberal Mind, Dr Madsen Pirie makes the first serious, monograph-length attempt to describe what a 'neoliberal' really is – as a description of temperament and political beliefs, not as a political slur. Optimistic, forward-looking, and globalist in outlook, Dr Pirie's neoliberals are people who are excited about the prospect for deeper trade links around the world to lift people out of poverty and for technological advances to solve the problems that face societies around the world. They prefer to draw their ideas from the real world instead of theorising abstractly, and believe that markets above all alternatives have proven themselves to be the best way of promoting innovation and economic efficiency, to drive humanity's prospects forward.
In The UK and the World in 2050, Madsen Pirie looks ahead to the world in thirty years time and, based on existing scientific advances, considers how we might use technology to solve problems like climate change and world hunger.
It is one of those stories that bring English kings alive to schoolchildren – like Cnut ordering the sea to retreat, Alfred burning the cakes or Harold getting an arrow in the eye – and probably just as fanciful or misleading. It is a romantic story of Bad King John on an island in the River Thames, canopy above him and quill pen in hand, being forced by the assembled barons to sign Magna Carta – the 'Great Charter' of rights and liberties, on which Western constitutions, the rule of law, justice, democracy and freedom still rest. The reality is different. There certainly was such a grand meeting between the despised King John (1166-1216) and his barons on the island of Runnymede in June 1215. But there was no quill pen (kings at that time would affix their seal, not their signature, to documents).
In fact, there was probably not even a physical charter to be sealed – just hurried drafts, produced by scribes, on what was being negotiated and agreed. Nor did the charter that eventually emerged, with clauses on subjects such as fish weirs, widows' inheritances and forests, look much like a conscious design for a constitution. Applying only to the elite, it was certainly no blueprint for democracy. And within weeks, John had got the Pope, his feudal superior, to annul the whole thing anyway.
Yet despite all that, Magna Carta and what it stands for still runs deep in the Western consciousness. It has almost totemic status as the guarantee of our rights and freedoms, and of just government, restrained by the rule of law.
Foundations of a Free Society—now in Spanish!
Dr. Eamonn Butler's monograph for the Institute of Economic Affairs, Foundations of Free Society, has now been translated into Spanish, for the 548m speakers worldwide who count it as a first or second language. The book tells how free societies unleash talent and initiative to create prosperity and happiness.
Jamie Whyte is a management consultant and former lecturer in philosophy at the University of Cambridge. This collection of his best columns for newspapers including The Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times captures his entertaining, thought-provoking style. Whyte is primarily concerned with the relationship between the state and individuals: invariably arguing that politicians should back off and leave us to make decisions for ourselves.
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations is one of the most important books ever written. Smith recognised that economic specialization and cooperation was the key to improving living standards. He shattered old ways of thinking about trade, commerce and public policy, and led to the foundation of a new field of study: economics. And yet, his book is rarely read today. It is written in a dense and archaic style that is inaccessible to many modern readers. The Condensed Wealth of Nations condenses Smith's work and explains the key concepts in The Wealth of Nations clearly. It is accessible and readable to any intelligent layman. This book also contains a primer on The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith's other great work that explores the nature of ethics. You can buy your copy here!
Austrian School economists gave us the ideas of marginal utility, opportunity cost, and the importance of time and ignorance in shaping human choices and the markets, prices and production systems that stem from them. 'Austrian' economics has revolutionised our understanding of what money is, why economic booms invariably turn to damaging busts, why government intervention in the economy is a mistake, the importance of time and information in economic decision-making, the crucial role of entrepreneurship, and how much economic policy is just plain wrong. Eamonn Butler explains these ideas in straightforward, non-technical language, making this Primer the ideal introduction for anyone who wants to understand the key insights of the Austrian School and their relevance and importance to our economic situation today. Now updated with an additional chapter on Contemporary Austrian thinking.
This short book is an accessible introduction to liberty – one of the key concepts of political and economic thought. It explains why liberty is so important and sets out in clear language the benefits of freeing individuals from big government. The guide consists of ten concise chapters, each focusing on a particular aspect of liberty and written by an expert in the field. The authors show why liberty is essential if people are to lead prosperous and fulfilling lives, and also point to the terrible consequences when politicians and officials get too much power. At a time when our freedom is threatened by a rising tide of government controls, A Beginner's Guide to Liberty is essential reading.


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Q: What could be the reason for failure in using a single-phase full-bridge square wave inverter to drive a coil for wireless charging? I am working on a wireless charging project that needs a three-phase inverter. I built the inverter (with flexible wiring using connectors) myself and tested it as a single-phase full bridge converter at first. The inverter worked fine for resistive load (although there were so many noises in the waveform), but when the coil was connected, the voltage across the coil was totally distorted (not a square wave and I don't know what is that). I would like to ask what could be the possible reason(s) for this?

Inverter test for coil (left) and for resistive load (right)

This is the circuit of the inverter test for coil. For resistive test, the circuit was just similar to this one but with R1 being removed and L1 being replaced by resistor.
-Coil inductance = 3.9uH
-Switching frequency = 128kHz
At the moment of switching, there was no secondary coil. The coil connected to the inverter just acted like an inductor.
Thank you!

A: The RD15HVF1 MOSFET is totally unsuited to the application and may indeed have been damaged by overheating. That device is specifically designed for VHF/UHF High power amplifiers applications.
It is not a good "switcher" and has an on-resistance of about 0.5 ohms on a good day. Driving it with Arduino outputs is not recommended either because of the gate capacitance takes quite large peaks of current every time you "switch" - this may damage the Arduino.
But it's even worse than this - the top three MOSFETs are also driven from Arduino outputs but are configured as source followers and this means the maximum positive voltage that can be driven from the source is pretty poor - maybe a couple of volts maximum. You NEED a proper driver circuit to avoid damaging your arduino and / or the MOSFETs (on load).
I'll also echo what was said about needing a capacitor from top drains to bottom sources to catch back-emfs when MOSFETs switch off.

A: To run this circuit properly you will need a high side driver for M1, M3 and M5.  The gate voltages must be higher than the source, so they must be higher than the V1 rail in order to turn on properly.  Many manufacturers make chips you can use for this purpose.
An app note to explain: AN-6076

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NEW YORK – Fear Kevin Knox. Fear yourself very much. Or imagine this: Rent, do not shop in New York.
The story suggests that the rookie time at the New York Knicks will be short and likely to end in a trade rather than earlier. The first round of this organization is the NBA equivalent of a temporary worker. From Monty Williams to Danilo Gallinari to Kristaps Porzingis, the Knicks have the nastiest habit of discarding their own first-round picks more often than they trigger a head coach.
In the last 25 years, the Knicks have made 22 selections in the first round. This includes the incomparable Frederic Weis, who finished 15th in the 1999 NBA Final just one week after losing the Knicks to the San Antonio Spurs. The Knicks went over Ron Artest in this design, and a year later Weis was shown up by Vince Carter at the 2000 Olympics. But these are stories for another day.


The admitted killer of an American Special Ops soldier in Afghanistan will receive $8 million in damages from the Canadian government, plus an official apology for mistreatment.
That's the reported agreement between the Liberal Canadian government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the fighter, Omar Khadr, 30. He spent a decade in the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility after being captured in a 2002 firefight at an al Qaeda compound in which Special Ops Sgt. First Class Christopher Speer was killed.
In a 2010 plea bargain the Canadian-born Khadr confessed to throwing the grenade that killed Speer, an Army medic.
Khadr's father, Ahmad, was a trained terrorist and alleged money man for Osama bin Laden who moved his family from Egypt to Pakistan. He was killed in a 2003 skirmish with Pakistani troops.
Under the Khadr son's agreement with military prosecutors, he pled guilty to murder, attempted murder, providing material support for terrorism, spying and conspiracy. He received an eight-year prison sentence.
Remember President Obama had been trying to em pty Guantanamo. In 2012, Khadr was returned to Canada to serve the remaining six years. But three years later a Canadian judge granted bail, pending appeal of his sentence.
Once in Canada, Khadr also sued its federal government for $20 million for not protecting its citizen and for allowing U.S. interrogators to abuse him through sleep deprivation during interrogations. He claimed his confession came under duress. Canada's Supreme Court ruled that Canadian intelligence obtained the confession under "oppressive circumstances," then shared it with American colleagues.
Speer's widow and Special Ops teammate have filed papers to seize any funds paid Khadr under a successful U.S. lawsuit.


I have now been in Australia almost an entire week. The escapade has certainly been interesting, even right from the start. thundering36 had told me that the Qantas non-stop flight from San Francisco to Melbourne was the inaugural one. He was right. When I got to San Francisco, I saw some balloons at the airline gate. Then I saw some flamboyant dude in a navy blue raincoat with a red hat. I later learned that the guy is tWitch, and that he was filming for an episode of the "ellen" show. I was subsequently filmed entering the airplane and briefly interviewed by tWitch. I wasn't asked to fill out a waiver sheet, so I doubt that I will make it on the show, but it made life interesting for the flight.
Oh yeah - the flight. 15 hours. Ouch! I was fortunate to have the two seats next to me empty, which was nice. I had already slept most of the flight from Chicago to San Francisco, but was able to sleep more during the first half of the flight. Meals were actually welcomed not for the sake of eating, but for burning time. I listened to a lot of music and watched a couple movies (most of Woodstock and the whole movie of Blockers). The whole period of travel, starting from my leaving home to getting to my brother's place in Melbourne was about 36 hours. Yowsa!
The trip from the airport to my brother's place was interesting. We got lost and I have having a difficult time negotiating driving on the opposite side of the road and all the other opposites that entailed. I had to concentrate unbelievably hard. But ... We eventually made it, although thundering nearly suffered two heart attacks from my driving!
I pretty much begged the first day, and on Sept 4 we headed to the Crown Casino to celebrate thundering's birthday with an exquisite buffet. thundering's birthday was actually the day before, but it was still his birthday in the US. Melbourne is actually 15 hours ahead of my regular time zone.
After the lunch buffet, I headed to the Crown poker room for some $1/$3 turbo NL Hold em. If you start taking, the dealer hits a timer, giving you ten seconds to decide. If you pay an extra $3, you get a little extra time. You have to pay a time charge of $5 When you first sit down. Rake is 10% up to $15! When I inquired, I was told "Welcome to Australia!" And by the way, there is no tipping to the dealer on winning hands!
The players seemed loose and bad. Bluffs were rampant. I played patient poker and made a tidy profit. It felt good to get off to a good start.
The next day (Wed) thundering needed a day of rest, so I took public transportation into the city, roamed around a bit, and then headed back to Crown for my second session. Again, the players seemed really bad. I caught some cards and got paid off on some big hands. Would it always be this easy? Ha - I believe we call this foreshadowing!
I headed back out from the city, and thundering and I had dinner at a great Greek restaurant.
On Thursday, we parked at the administrative offices and members club for his footy (Australian Rules Football) team, ate lunch, looked at their grounds and hall of fame, then headed into the city for the first post-season footy game. thundering's mobility issues got our seats moved from the top row of the stadium to main floor handicapped seats. Score! After a great game, we headed back out of the city pretty exhausted after a long day.
I am posting this on my phone, so I will need to pretty it up with pictures when I get back home in another week or so.
There will be more to come. Thanks for reading!
Today begins quite an adventure for me. In a few hours, I will take the first of three flights that will result in a trip to visit my brother, thundering36, in Melbourne, Australia. It's been several years since I have traveled far from the USA, and this trip will easily be the farthest.
The flight from San Francisco to Melbourne is a straight shot -- over 15 hours, almost completely over water. Mrs. lightning and I were debating whether it would be better to be eaten by sharks or munched on by miscellaneous ocean fish if the plane crashed. I think I would prefer feeding a group of many fish. I guess it's just my nature!
We've planned a few things for the trip. thundering36 and I will celebrate his birthday with a nice brunch buffet at the Crown Casino. Strangely enough, I think I'll find a little time for poker!
We also will be going to a footy game, which I am really looking forward to. I imagine the experience will be quite different than watching Australian Rules Football on television in the USA.
The real challenge of the trip will be driving on the opposite side of the car and the opposite side of the road. I'm gonna have to make sure I concentrate and don't do anything stupid.
I'll be staying for 11 days before heading back via Sydney and Dallas Fort Worth. It should be quite an adventure. I decided not to take a laptop computer, so I'll probably be communicating mostly via phone and social media.


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As someone who grew up in the heart of Chicago but who has also unabashedly fallen in love with New York, I take issue with how often people seem to like to pit these two cities against each other. Some of my dear Chicagoan friends tell me that New York is too crowded, too dirty, too expensive, too pretentious, not nearly as incredible as it claims to be. Meanwhile, native New Yorkers have informed me that Chicago is nothing but a 'second city,' too Midwestern, too gang-ridden, insufficiently cosmopolitan, always trying yet inevitably failing to live up to the greatness that is New York. What is this ridiculousness? Why can't each city be appreciated in its own right instead of being regarded as an inferior version of the other? Why can't we all just get along? Spoiler alert: This will not be a Chicago vs. New York blog post. I'm not in the business of polarizing my audience. Plus I've never been a huge fan of taking sides in such debates. Call it indecisiveness, but I don't see things in black and white—I'm more of a gray area kind of gal. So these past few weeks of winter, as Simon and I split our time between Chicago and New York for the holidays, I was interested not so much in comparing these two cities but rather in having new and inspiring experiences in both.
In mid-December, as part of our last-minute scramble to find the perfect Christmas gifts for our families, we visited the Union Square Holiday Market. It turned out that the rest of New York was in an eleventh-hour Christmas shopping frenzy too—the market was so packed that the only way to explore each vendor's offerings was to join the long, snail-paced line weaving through the square and wait a minute or two at each stall to get a front-row vantage point. But everyone was in good spirits, and the body heat the crowd collectively generated on that 30-something degree day made for a surprisingly cozy outdoor shopping experience. We had many excellent finds (a lovely red infinity scarf for my mom, a Toulouse Lautrec-inspired set of coasters for Simon's mom, etc., etc.) but by far the most interesting stall we came across sold handcrafted jewelry and wall décor made of antique ceramic plates, vintage coins, animal skulls, and other ancient curiosities. The vendor, Scott Jordan, told us that he had personally collected the artifacts for the jewelry and wall art by conducting urban archaeological digs at various sites across the city. We found this absolutely fascinating, and we'll certainly be returning to the holiday market next year. Shopping on Amazon may be convenient, but the holiday market is a much more intimate, creative, and fun setting for finding that perfect gift.
Our second New York adventure of the winter was a trip to City Bakery. I had discovered City Bakery on a scrumptious list of 27 places in the world to get incredible hot chocolate. So when we walked through its doors I was thoroughly expecting to be wowed, and City Bakery delivered!! Our hot chocolate was so decadent that it was served not in a mug, but in a bowl, with a spoon. It was a thick, creamy, and rich milk and dark chocolate concoction that came with an enormous, fluffy, made-in-house marshmallow on top. And it was heavenly. To top it off, the buttery and flaky pretzel croissant we ordered with it was the perfect complement—the saltiness of the croissant offset the sweetness of the hot chocolate just enough to leave me wanting more of both. I'm getting excited all over again just thinking about it! The only other time I can remember having such an amazing winter treat was during our visit to Angelina three years ago, a café across the street from the Louvre in Paris. So I feel so very lucky that the gem that is City Bakery is in lower Manhattan, just a few subway stops away from home. You might just find us there the next day that it drops below 30 in the city. Oops, I think that's tomorrow!
Two days before leaving town for Chicago, we celebrated my birthday on Broadway and attended a performance of If/Then at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. I think most Broadway shows could be appreciated from just about any theater in the world, but I was really happy we got to see this particular one in New York itself. In case you're unfamiliar with the show's premise, it's a very contemporary sort of musical that traces the alternative paths that a woman's life can take based on one small and seemingly trivial choice that she makes after moving to New York City. Having spent the past year and a half making big decisions, wondering about their ramifications, and trying to make it in New York myself, I really connected with the story on a personal level. I won't spoil the ending for anyone, but let me just say that Idina Menzel was fabulous, and that as we left the theater and walked toward the lights of Times Square, I was filled with a sense of endless possibility. New York as of late often makes me feel this way.
We made it to Chicago just three days before Christmas, and on this particular visit we were determined to not only catch up with family, but also to experience the city from a fresh perspective. Growing up there it had been so easy to take our surroundings for granted. This time, though, we were ready to soak up the city, to rediscover it, to make new memories there. And so, after making a big batch of Swedish chocolate balls for Christmas day, I took my little brother to the annual Zoo Lights festival at Lincoln Park Zoo. The event was clearly geared towards children and families, but I found it pretty magical myself. It began at 5pm, after normal zoo hours had ended, and while the animals all appeared to be sleeping, every tree, patch of grass, and walking path in sight had been illuminated by a gorgeous holiday light display. The zoo had transformed into a winter wonderland of sorts. You could see the breathtaking Chicago skyline across the pond. And even the typically frigid weather was on its best behavior for us. We spent a good two hours wandering amidst the lights, taking in the festive atmosphere, and snapping enough photos to exhaust our camera batteries.
We spent Christmas itself and the days directly after it with Simon's lovely extended family, playing cards, watching movies, and giving and receiving a rather extraordinary amount of gifts. And once the celebrations slowed down a bit, we went on an adventure to find a favorite Chicago coffee shop. We already had a couple of favorites in New York (they'll be featured on our coffee project page very soon, promise!) but none yet in our hometown (we were over-scheduled high schoolers the last time we'd lived there, after all—coffee shop hopping hadn't been a priority at the time!). So we found this fabulous list of Chicago's best coffee shops and decided to try two of them. First, we met up with a dear old friend at Gaslight Coffee Roasters in Logan Square. The latte there was hands-down incredible. Creamy and nutty with just the right touch of acidity, flavorful in a layered and complex way. And we loved the spacious, industrial, loft-like sort of vibe in the coffee shop too; it was exactly the sort of atmosphere we'd hoped to find in that corner of the city.
Our next coffee shop stop was The Perfect Cup in Ravenswood—Simon's parents took us there. At The Perfect Cup, interestingly enough, the latte was actually somewhat less amazing than the establishment's name suggests. But we were okay with this because the café itself was so darn cute. It was sunny and bright, with large comfy couches and Ikea-like dining room furniture. Our table was large enough for a game of chess and a game of cards to be played side by side. Overall, The Perfect Cup felt like it could have been a close friend's apartment; it was a homey, inviting, and comforting place to while away a cold winter afternoon.
As I write this, it's nearly one week later, and we're back in our little Upper West Side abode. Winter is far from over, but we've loved wrapping up 2014 with these Chicago/New York adventures and we're super excited for whatever the new year will bring. For now, given the pile of cookbooks that I got for Christmas currently sitting on the coffee table (and given the frighteningly cold forecast for the weekend!), I'm thinking I'll spend the next couple of days holed up in the kitchen, cooking up some mushroom bourguignon and malted chocolate pecan pie...Stay warm, everyone!


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Revisiting Roots
Sophomore Alana Nii reconnects with her heritage by taking Japanese at Jefferson.
Performing at 2019 iNite, sophomore Alana Ni does taiko, or Japanese drumming
Aafreen Ali, Staff Writer
Hiragana.
Katakana.
Kanji.
Three alphabets for one language. These differences from English were only a few of the challenges sophomore Alana Nii faced when learning Japanese as a way of finding her family's culture in herself.
As a fourth-generation Japanese-American, Nii has some separation from the Japanese side of her family but wanted to reconnect with the Japanese heritage that her family had lost over the years.
"When my grandparents were growing up, they had to deal with a lot of prejudice since they too, were Japanese. Eventually, their desire to assimilate into American culture caused my family to lose a lot of their own," Nii said. "In middle school, I started learning more about my family history from my parents, and I realized I wanted to reconnect with this part of me I felt like I had lost touch with."
This cultural connection motivated Nii to switch from French to Japanese after hearing about Jefferson's Japanese program. Though she had started learning the basic alphabets and phrases on her own in middle school, she faced challenges in the beginning with the syntax and structure of the language because it differed so much from English.
"The way Japanese is structured, you have to finish your sentence and listen to the entirety of the sentence that was said by the other person, whereas in English you can spit words out and people will get what you mean," Nii said. "That was, and still is a big struggle for me, so my grammar tends to be really off if I don't think out everything I'm about to say way in advance."
The grammar and alphabets were difficult to learn, but she improved her understanding in the class under teacher Koji Otani.
"Otani Sensei is a good teacher, but above that, he's a very kind, hard-working person," Nii said. "He's really nice about not giving out too much homework, and he's always fun to talk to."
Nii enjoys the lessons in class, as she learns much about the culture and the language from them. She furthers her understanding through participation in many of the Japanese department's activities, doing shodo (Japanese calligraphy) and leading the Japanese iNite act of taiko drumming. These activities, combined with the culture lessons done in class, helped Nii make connection between her life and Japanese culture.
"They're all little things, like my grandmother's onigiri, or my dad's sense of style for certain things, that I see when we do our culture lessons in class."
Through lessons in class and cultural immersion through activities, Nii finds her growth in skill and reconnection with the language to be amazing.
"I think my own personal connect with the language and culture has definitely come a long way, and I'm really looking forward to keep improving for two more years with Sensei," Nii said.
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ltigtSuper Size Melt/igt Scored by Composer Steve Horowitz
New York, NY (March 15, 2004)--Composer Steve Horowitz created the original music score for the Sundance hit Super Size Me, capping off a productive four-year relationship with director Morgan Spurlock, that began with the MTV reality show I Bet You Will. The film, picked up by Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn, to be released in theatres across the U.S. this spring, follows Spurlock for 30 days as he drives himself to near physical ruin by eating only McDonalds.
"It was decided right from the start, because Super Size Me was made for the big screen, we'd have to raise the bar on the music from the TV show I Bet You Will, regardless of the film's small budget," said Horowitz. This posed a significant challenge for the composer, as he'd have to score the movie almost entirely on his home studio desktop, without the luxury of replacing desktop sketches with hundreds of live cues, as he did with I Bet You Will. To compensate and maintain the authentic edge needed to support Spurlock's grass roots documentary, he drew from his experience as a Grammy award-winning engineer.
"When I go to score a film like Morgan's, I want to have a palette that no one else can touch, something beyond switches and knobs," noted Horowitz. For the voice over, informational sections of the film, examining the mentality of fast food culture, Horowitz explained, "We tried a lot of different music, but what seemed to work best was a folksy down home sound." The meat and potatoes of these "folksy" tracks are live drum parts, pulled from his vast custom library, compiled from nearly twenty years of recording music. "I don't use two bar loops, I try and take as big a chunk as possible so it sounds more natural," described the composer. With the addition of a sampled Horowitz on bass and a live guitar track, provided by Andy Barbera, the "down home tracks" were complete.
For the "happy" eating theme that juxtaposes the increasing seriousness of Spurlock's dilemma, Horowitz put together a virtual recreation of his own band "The Code International" by digitally speeding up and slowly down samples to create a new composition. These techniques were instrumental in giving the film "a live feel" that it otherwise would not have had. Horowitz stated, "The challenge for the new generation of composer, increasingly faced with projects where they're called upon to engineer as well as compose, is to harness the power of today's desktop in support of their unique voice and keep it from getting lost in a sea of pre-sets and factory samples."
Director Morgan Spurlock commented, "the beauty and miracle of independent filmmaking is the resourcefulness of the personalities of the people involved, like Steve, who have the guts, determination and skill to pull it off, regardless of the obstacles they face in the process. Steve's music is what the picture needed."
Steve Horowitz has also written original songs for Joe (from the hit children's TV series Blues Clues) as well as Dora The Explorer. He won a Grammy Award for production work on the album True Life Blues, the Songs of Bill Monroe, which won Best Bluegrass Album in 1996, and a Webby in 2003 for music and sound design with Nickelodeon Online.
Steve Horowitz
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Don Vicious
Tags: Donald Trump, Sex Pistols, Johnny Rotten, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Pussy Riot, TWITTER
Illustration from Creative Commons.
(Updated Jan. 22.) I didn't write "Don Vicious." My inner 20-year-old punk-self wrote it, roused from suspended animation two weeks ago, after Donald J. Trump whined on Twitter that the cast of Hamilton should "immediately apologize to Mike Pence for their terrible behavior."
The cast had asked Pence, after he attended the show, to "uphold our American values" and "work on behalf of all of us."
"Don Vicious" (with apologies to Sid) came to me whole as I was walking on the High Line. I imagine it performed in the style and spirit of Pussy Riot or of Sex Pistols front man Johnny Rotten singing "God Save the Queen/A fascist regime..."
I'm dedicating the song to John Lennon, who in his heart was a punk till the end (listen to "Serve Yourself"), who's been gone 36 years today, and who would have appreciated Yoko Ono's post-election Twitter howl—a howl that I'd suggest speaks for most of us.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you "Don Vicious"...
We know you're a total disgrace
Anyplace you show your face
We'll fuck you up
We'll put you down
Because you're a malignant clown
Hey, hey Donald J.
How many girls did you grope today?
With your tiny hands
You're a racist Nazi
Ignorant man
You steal from people
Your life's a scam
You're like the spawn of Son of Sam
You hate Muslims
You hate Jews
Women, black skin
Brown skin too
I invite you to join me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter. Read More


Normally I don't do this, but I'm going to start the review by commenting on how remarkable the graphics are. Not only does everything look like it's made from clay, but everything is squishy and malleable as well. Everywhere you roll, you'll make imprints, and the longer you stay in one place, the deeper the imprint will be. It even takes some getting used to just to look at it! Also, clay 'water' is even more malleable than regular clay. And you know how when you play with Play-Doh, and you mix two colors together and bits stay stuck together on another color even when you pull them apart? Well they do that in the game, too. It's a really neat effect!
Anyway, you play as a round lump of clay and roll around mazes like Marble Madness or Super Monkey Ball. As you roll, you'll have goals you need to reach. Sometimes it's getting to a certain spot, and sometimes you must empty a bin full of clay water, 'eat' all the clay chocolate in a level, and more. There can be multiple goals per level, too. You get stars depending on how well you perform each goal in a level. Stars unlock new stages as well, so you'll want to get as many as you can!
You have several abilities that will help you reach those goals. By pressing buttons on the D-pad, you can morph from a ball into a cube, disc, or cylinder. Doing so will help you squeeze into certain spots or climb slopes easier. By pressing the Y button near certain objects, you can 'possess' them and play as them. Playing as a bigger square, for instance, will help you cover more ground. By pressing the ZR and LR buttons, you can do more important things. One button rewinds, in case you made a mistake. But it'll only rewind where you are. It'll also leave an impression of your character that'll stay there, which you can then use as a stepping stone. The other button 'carves' into the clay, which is handy if you need to make a hole in something or 'eat' chocolate clay.
The game sounds neat so far, but it does have a few problems. I've always had a tough time with physics-based puzzlers, as just being slightly off can ruin the whole level. Breath of the Wild players probably know what I'm talking about. Camera angles can sometimes be problematic, and goals can be a little unclear at first. The tiny text doesn't help matters, and makes it really hard to play in handheld mode. Also there are only 16 levels, and they are really small. Like they fit on an in-game table. Granted it's hard to get all the stars in each level. You can create your own stages and upload them online to share with others and try other players' stages as well. But the editing tool is hard to use and they don't explain very well how to do it, and from what I can tell, there wasn't much room for creativity with all the pre-made items. I wanted to make a Pac-Man maze but I don't think I could. Anyway, I'd like to see this game engine improve and be used in other clay-based games. Wouldn't it be cool to use this same kind of clay game engine with a new ClayFighter game? There's a series due for a revival. What do you think?
Nothing violent or objectionable here. Reading skill is a must for the text, and younger players may find the game too difficult and frustrating. Claybook is rated E for Everyone.


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What's it like doing PR for big electronic music acts? Dive in with TheoryX's Erin Osovets
TLDR: Erin Osovets of TheoryX helps take DJs to the next level through PR and Marketing.
There is a lot happening behind the scenes in the electronic music world, people and groups that are all interconnected, all working hard to make sure the business side of the industry functions smoothly. Handling the tasks the artists and DJs don't have the time or inclination for is an important part of getting the music heard by fans around the world. Public Relations is one of those tasks that is so vital for a DJ looking to make a career out of the music, and one that requires a dedicated and hardworking person in your corner. For many DJs, that person is Erin Osovets. With past and present clients that include BT, Max Graham, John 00 Fleming, Tritonal, Jerome Isma-AE, Super8 & Tab, Robbie Rivera, JES, Black Hole Recordings, Gareth Emery, and many, many more, Erin has the experience and knowledge to take DJs to the highest levels. She's also a great person to talk to, and I was excited to catch up with her to get a behind the scenes look into the PR business of the electronic music world.
What brought you into the electronic music business?
I fell in love with electronic music after hearing BT's "Flaming June" in the early 2000's. At that time in the U.S., it was nearly impossible to see your favorite DJ live unless you were in Miami or NY. I went to Belmont University in Nashville and majored in Music Business and Journalism and somehow Tiesto came to town to play a gig! I think this was 2004. That show solidified that I wanted to work in this industry and after several years of working in marketing and PR at various companies, I started theoryX in 2011.
What's the best part of your job?
The best part is meeting people from all different sides of the scene and being able to see your hard work come to life through a sold out show, a nice press piece or from grateful fans at a meet and greet.
What aspect of your work do you think would surprise people?
Backstage is not as wild as some would think. Many of my clients don't even drink that much and usually we just sit around talking about our kids or do work on our phones before the set starts. It's too hard to party every night!
Do you think PR and marketing for electronic music artists differs from other music industries?
I think working in EDM right now is the most exciting.
The shows and festivals have the biggest and coolest production and the fan base is more flamboyant than in other genres. From a PR perspective, I think it's easier to promote a client or a track because there are so many media outlets and bedroom DJs and they're always looking for the next best thing. However, that can be a double edged sword because then there's way more competition and noise that you have to break through in order to be heard. Some of my favorite tracks don't get the coverage they deserve because there's too much being released or it was bad timing.
What advice do you have for artists who aren't sure whether or not they need to hire a PR firm?
I wouldn't hire a PR firm until you've established your sound and made somewhat of a name for yourself. For example, we don't sign someone until their social media numbers are significant (and real), they're getting radio play from the top names and they are touring at least occasionally. If you're just starting out, we won't be of much help to you because unfortunately the media cover who they know and a new name really needs the backing of a bigger name. So be your own publicist for a while–make contacts at the blogs, find a writer who likes your sound and start to build relationships yourself. When you're starting to be noticed and the work load gets to be too time consuming, then it's time to hire a publicist.
What is one of your favorite "on the job" memories?
It was after seeing two clients (Super8 & Tab and Tritonal) play to huge crowds at EDC Las Vegas. My theoryX partner Lauren and I, along with the guys from Super8 & Tab, went to Marquee and watched Kaskade tear it up for 4+ hours. I was exhausted, hadn't slept for over 24 hours and was on a 7am flight that morning but it was one of the best sets I ever heard and a memory I'll cherish forever!
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Marriage is meant to be a very supportive and loving relationship, but it sometimes gets twisted into turmoil. Have you ever wondered why a marriage fails? What can be the possible reasons? Sometimes neither of the spouses is at fault; it is misunderstandings or lack of communication that serve as a reason for growing problems.
If one spouse suffers a twisted marriage, it is surely not going to bear fruit for the other one too. As the misunderstanding grows, Sitting with both of your hands intertwined together in the hope that the things will become better as time passes will not help. This article will help you know if you're going through a messed-up marriage, and also reveal the ways to cope with the same one.
"Honey! Please pass me the salt." She grumbles, "Oh! I just don't understand why you can't move your hands." Or on wife's asking, "Should we eat out today?" the husband replies, "Why do you find excuses to save yourself from cooking food?" In a twisted marriage, these kinds of arguments are very common. Neither of them gets any idea when these small arguments turn into serious disputes.
In a twisted marriage, healthy communication between the spouses recedes. In the name of communication mainly arguments take place, and therefore communication loses its value and tends to be ignored. It's not surprising to learn that physical or psychological violence can also take place.
A problem is only a problem till the time it is solved. Problems arise in almost every field people are into, be it education, a business or marriage. Problems can be solved by looking into the nature of them and coming up with reasonable solutions. But what if your spouse isn't ready to understand that they are doing something wrong; this is a bigger problem than others. You clearly notice that the decisions your spouse is making are going to harm the family or both of you. But you wonder why they don't understand this simple thing even after you've told them plenty of times.
What if the same is happening with you, we'll advise you to muster your courage and work out on your twisted marriage. "Where there is a will, there is a way", remember this famous quotation? You may find yourself broken inside, but there also lies immense potential and will to help you ride out of any problem, no matter how big it is.
There might be a possibility that your spouse is carrying some burden of a problem all alone as he doesn't want to see you sad by disclosing it to you. If you sense something like this, the best thing could be talking to your spouse over what troubles them. They may feel offended if you talk about it in the presence of others. So, take care of their privacy.
You tried to talk to them in person, but it bore no result. Don't be disappointed! You can discuss the matter with your family, trustworthy relatives or friends. If your spouse doesn't listen to you, you can politely tell them that you are calling your family, friends or relatives to talk over the matter. Other trustworthy people often prove to be helpful to fix a twisted marriage.
Don't suffer thinking the things will get resolved by themselves. Your suffering can provoke further violence. So, raise your voice if something wrong is being done to you. If you find yourself wholly-dependent on your spouse economically and are concerned about it, you'd better find a job or take economical-help from your family, relatives or friends when needs arise.
If the things don't become better, don't think twice to seek help from a professional counselor. Professional counselors are experienced people who can guide you in better ways than others may. They can counsel both of you to figure out what things have gone wrong to make your marriage hell, and in addition they also provide the possible solutions. After all your efforts, if you feel that separation is the only solution left, then you can take help from a legal advisor.
Conclusion : Oh, my spouse! When you glance at me, I realize how easily you touch my heart making it more open and beautiful. Such is the relationship between two spouses. Don't back down thinking that no good could happen in your marriage when the problems appear. Rather, have faith in yourself while turning your twisted-marriage into a trusting-marriage.


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Queeries is an online training provider to teach medical professionals how to properly treat and communicate with LGBT+ patients.
The LGBT+ community experiences healthcare inequalities due to stigma, lack of provider's awareness and insensitivity. Queeries exploits cutting edge webinar technology, including virtual reality. Breaking the inequality in standard of care has major social and economic implications. Using an innovative platform and a creative delivery, Queeries allows individuals in the LGBT+ community to receive the healthcare they deserve.
Though originally designed for medical professionals, Queeries is now an LGBT+ training provider, and teaches individuals from corporate groups, not limited to just medical professionals, how to be LGBT+ competent, benefiting more than the company's LGBT+ employees!
I currently have some great advisors helping with Queeries, including; Lord Chris Smith – the first openly gay MP – who I approached whilst studying at Pembroke College Cambridge. Knowing his personal tie with LGBT+ issues, I reached out to him to discuss Queeries. He was excited about my ideas, and pledged his support from that point forward; Dr Harley Katz is a serial entrepreneur and happens to be one of my best friends. He is a spring-board for ideas and has been there to guide me with his business acumen since the conception of Queeries, and finally Dr Richard Ma who I reached out to at the start of WE Innovate when I was collecting market research and when Queeries was still a free-standing LGBT+ clinic. After intense conversations, he helped me realise that Queeries, as I had it operating, would not work in the NHS. His juxtaposition as the leading LGBT+ health researcher, medical doctor and member of the LGBT+ community means that he is an excellent advisor!
I've been greatly supported by the Enterprise Lab. Being part of WE Innovate has been an amazing experience. Every week, I looked forward to attending WE Innovate as I know I will see friendly faces, both from students and the staff, as well as learn an invaluable skill that I have never been taught in my academic training. The support from the cohort side is also uncanny; I have never been part of a cohort more encouraging and constructive. Being part of WE Innovate has allowed me to form relationships with other entrepreneurs, which is not something I have been part of before.
Besides the support from the staff and cohort, learning how to administer market research has been the most beneficial to me. During WE Innovate I faced significant hurdles, many routed in the complexity of the UK National Health Service and the difficultly in developing a service that is both innovative and commercially viable. By continually developing my understanding of the market, I have been able to adapt my business model to overcome these challenges in two ways: Firstly, I have a greater understanding of the business environment I want Queeries to operate in, which required extensive research (72 surveys and 36 interviews!), networking and modelling. Secondly, I learned how to constantly evaluate and rework my ideas to succeed. These are skills that are directly transferable to my studies and other endeavours.
Since the conclusion of WE Innovate, I have remained an active student in the Enterprise Lab. I have volunteered and been asked to participate in various capacities, at multiple events, and have even been called upon to teach others from my experiences as a social entrepreneur. The whole time, the entirety of the Enterprise Lab team have been extremely supportive – reaching out to their networks to find advice on my visa status issues, funding me to partake in the YLH Social Entrepreneurship Challenge in Berlin, and for providing constant camaraderie!
While the goal has formerly been to operate in the healthcare space, I have received overwhelming feedback from corporate groups, including well-known international banks, who want to have their employees Queeries trained. The plan is to work with these corporate groups to create a tailored Queeries programme to make their organisation as LGBT+ friendly and competent as possible. The revenue I plan to make from this step will allow me to fund the development of the virtual reality. Further, I was selected to take part in a programme called SimDH, where London Southbank University has been commissioned to conduct independent research to study the effects of my training.
Some other successes have been getting first prize in the digital and technology category in the Creative Conscience Global Awards Scheme – an organisation that promotes socially valuable, human centred design that enables and inspires people to change their lives and the lives of those around them for the better, and being selected as one of the 30 participants to compete in the global challenge with the goal of creating a sustainable social entrepreneurial health solution that will help not only those with the funds to buy new digital health products, but also the marginalised members of urban communities.
My advice to anyone thinking of starting a business would be do your market research, stay resilient and remain passionate about your project. Conducting thorough market research will save you time in the long-run and listen to people who have more experience than you do. I have learned more over these last two years whilst working on Queeries than I have in any classroom – about entrepreneurship, business logistics, market research, pitching, and about myself. Though I did not win WE Innovate or the competition at Cambridge, my resilience and passion to make a real impact in the LGBT+ community has allowed me to persist through these hurdles. If you are passionate about your project, then you will be more resilient to overcome the inevitable hurdles and challenges. Fundamentally, Queeries would not be what it is today had it not been for the vast amount of market research, speaking and most importantly, listening to others more experienced than myself and the fact that I am as determined as ever to succeed and make a real difference in the lives of LGBT+ people.


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Ebiquity, FirmDecisions and Reed Smith form an alliance to help advertisers better manage their media agency contracts
by Ebiquity Marketing
August 1st, 2016 – Ebiquity and FirmDecisions today announced an alliance with international law firm Reed Smith to provide advertisers, for the first time, with a complete media agency contract management service. Reed Smith provide the appropriate best-practice legal advice and drafting; FirmDecisions ensure that contract compliance is delivered, while Ebiquity confirm whether any pricing promises in the contract have been achieved.
The alliance is in response to the growing need for advertisers worldwide to ensure their media agency contracts deliver the best possible return-on-investment. It follows the media transparency recommendations, published recently by the U.S. Association of National Advertisers (ANA) in association with Ebiquity and FirmDecisions, which stated "advertisers should ensure that contracts with their media agencies contain robust provisions to deliver full transparency" and that "as the media landscape evolves, it is critical that contract provisions be re-evaluated and upgraded."
"This is a critical turning point for advertisers who must regain control of their media budgets and maintain governance going forward via full transparency. We listened to our clients, and responded by forming this alliance to provide them the advice and counsel required to achieve transparency and contract compliance." Michael Karg, Ebiquity Group CEO.
"Contracts between agencies and advertisers set the ground rules for a great relationship, and unless there is suitable governance in place, that relationship will deteriorate. This alliance has been formed to protect brands and protect their agency relationships." Stephen Broderick, CEO, FirmDecisions.
Reed Smith developed with the ANA a new media agency contract template, released alongside the ANA's media transparency guidelines. Click here for more information.
"Advertisers must take this situation seriously. The need for a comprehensive review and concise contract has never been more compelling." Doug Wood, Partner and Leader (Entertainment & Media Practice), Reed Smith LLP.
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by William George | Jan 30, 2015 | Monitor
International News Coverage
Middle East, Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Egypt Raises Death Toll From Coordinated Sinai Attack to 32
Ashraf Sweilam / Associated Press
Egyptian officials on Friday raised the death toll to 32 from coordinated and simultaneous attacks that struck more than a dozen army and police targets in the restive Sinai Peninsula the previous night.
U.S. Drone Strategy in Trouble as Yemeni Al-Qaeda Gathers Support
Yara Bayoumy / Reuters
But in recent months convulsions in Yemeni politics have pushed President Barack Obama's strategy close to failure as the group, known locally as Ansar al-Shariah, has broken out of its mountain bastions to stage attacks across the country
Senior Kurdish Military Commander Killed in Iraq Fighting Islamic Militants
The Wall Street Journal & Associated Press
Officials said a senior Kurdish military commander and eight Kurdish fighters have been killed in clashes with Islamic State militants in northern Iraq.
Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Flogging Postponed Second Time
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have again postponed a second round of 50 lashes on the blogger Raif Badawi. No reason has been given, but last week Mr Badawi was reported to be physically unfit to face the penalty after receiving the first flogging.
Mitt Romney Won't Run in 2016 Presidential Election
Jonathan Martin and Michael Barbaro / The New York Times
Mitt Romney said Friday that he would not seek the Republican nomination for president in 2016. Mr. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, shared his decision on a conference call with a small group of advisers.
U.S. Rejects Cuba Demand to Hand Back Guantanamo Bay Base
The US says it will not hand back the Guantanamo Bay naval base as part of efforts to improve relations with Cuba. Cuban President Raul Castro included the demand in a speech on Wednesday, calling also for the US trade embargo to be lifted.
Zimbabwe's Mugabe, 90, Becomes African Union Chairman
Edmund Blair / Reuters
Ninety-year-old Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, one of Africa's most divisive figures, ascended to the rotating chairmanship of the African Union (AU) on Friday, casting a shadow over the continental body's relations with the West.
Chadian Forces, Beating Back Boko Haram, Are Said to Retake Nigerian Town
Adam Nossiter / The New York Times
Chadian forces have retaken an important Nigerian town north of here that had been under the control of Boko Haram since October, according to a Chadian military spokesman, Nigerian news media reports and officials in neighboring Niger.
Blast at Shi'ite Mosque in Southern Pakistan Kills 49
Mukhtar Ahmed / Reuters
At least 49 people were killed in a powerful explosion at a crowded Shi'ite mosque in Pakistan during Friday prayers, the latest sectarian attack to hit the South Asian nation.
China's Great Firewall Gets Taller
Eva Dou / The Wall Street Journal
China's government has unveiled a smarter and stricter Internet filter, riling web users and widening the divide between China's Internet and the World Wide Web. A recent upgrade to China's web filters, commonly referred to as the Great Firewall, has made it more difficult to use services called virtual private networks to circumvent the country's blocks to U.S. services like Google and Facebook .
India to be $4-5 trillion Economy In 10-12 Years: Jayant Sinha
PTI / The Economic Times
Stating its great time to invest in India, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha today said the Indian economy has potential to become a $4-5 trillion economy in the next 10-12 years.
Energy Security, Science and Technology, Climate Change
Most Americans Support Government Action on Climate Change, Poll Finds
Coral Davenport and Marjorie Connelly / The New York Times
An overwhelming majority of the American public, including nearly half of Republicans, support government action to curb global warming, according to a poll conducted by The New York Times, Stanford University and the nonpartisan environmental research group Resources for the Future.
Japan Looks at 2030 Energy Targets in Shadow of Fukushima Cleanup
Osamu Tsukimori Mari Saito / Reuters
Japan began deliberating its 2030 targets for power generation on Friday, a process likely to turn contentious when nuclear restarts are considered even as the much delayed cleanup at Fukushima continues four years after the meltdowns there.
Global Challenges and U.S. National Security Strategy
Paul Hamill
Key Quotes from the Testimony before Senate Armed Services Committee, 27 January 2015
ASP's Caribbean Energy Security Event Follows Biden's Lead
Andrew Holland
Earlier this week, Vice President Biden hosted the Caribbean Energy Summit at the State Department. He said to leaders and stakeholders from across the region: "We're in the midst of a seismic shift in the global economy: the ascendancy of the Americas as the epicenter of energy production in the world. We have more oil and gas rigs running in the United States, than all the rest of the world combined. Mexico, Canada and the United States is the new epicenter of energy — not the Arabian Peninsula. It is the new epicenter of energy in the 21st century."
What's in a Name? ISIL being labeled Daesh
Matthew Wallin
Check off another name on the list of officials, states, and agencies which refuse to grant ISIL its self-appointed label of being the "Islamic State." Business Insider has noted that LTG James Terry, in command of Operation Inherent Resolve, is using the term "Daesh" to refer to ISIL.
The U.S. Should Take the Lead on Climate Change
Philip Rossetti
Climate change presents a serious risk to the national interests of the United States, yet it still struggles to garner political support to address it as a diplomatic issue. Expansive multilateral agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol have failed to produce any significant progress towards achieving objectives of reducing global emissions. This has been largely due to the need for balance between inclusiveness and commitments, necessitating that obligations be low enough that a large number of states are still able to participate.
The Progress and Uncertainty of the Agreement at Lima
The Lima conference marks a significant shift in the thinking of the global community to move away from commitments which are well defined and strictly enforceable to more ambiguity and inclusivity, focusing on global cooperation rather than burdening developed states that are seen as responsible for climate change.
Green Bonds for Clean Energy
Luke Lorenz
The promise and potential of alternative energy is rapidly becoming a reality. In the manufacture of green technology, the United States has a clear opportunity for significant export growth and global leadership. This sector is also becoming a sound investment. The issuance of "Green Bonds", investment instruments of which proceeds are dedicated to the advancement of alternative energy initiatives, has skyrocketed in just a few years.
5 Key World News Stories
Maggie Feldman-Piltch
Government officials in the Philippines said Monday at least 43 members of the elite Special Action Force were killed in a counter-terrorism raid, making it the largest single loss of involving Philippine police officers in recent history.
Conference – Energy Security in the Caribbean: Unique Challenges
February 4 @ 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Join ASP as we host a conference on February 4, 2015, discussing the challenges facing the Caribbean in securing their energy future and how to move forward in the years to come.
Obama's National Security Policy: A New Assessment
February 25 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Based on the research for his new book, Faces of Power: Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Obama, Seyom Brown will argue that Obama's national security policy resembles those of Reagan and George W. Bush in their second terms more than any of his other predecessors; and will assess the implications of Obama's evolving grand strategy for his successors.
ASP Recently Published
Libya: On the Brink
Giancarlo Lima
This report analyzes the recent events that have placed Libya on its current path. In order to understand events on the ground, this report includes a breakdown of key Libyan parties and figures as well as an examination of the economic and energy dimensions of the conflict. The report then concludes with a look forward for Libya and recommendations for the U.S. and international community.
U.S. Fusion Program Recommendations
Caroline Julia von Wurden and Andrew Holland
This report on fusion energy is informed by a roundtable discussion of fusion energy that was hosted by ASP on December 4, 2014. The report goes on to explain the potential benefits of fusion energy in the U.S. as a safe and clean source of power, but only if certain barriers to the implementation of this technology are overcome.
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Феаген, Теаген () — тиран міста Мегари у VII ст. до н. е. (приблизно 645 — 630 рр. до н. е.)

Біографія
Феаген походив з аристократичного роду і прославився як здібний воєначальник. Цілком можливо, що він був обраний мегарським полемархом.
Користуючись невдоволенням демосу, обуреного несправедливим на його думку розподілом доходів від морської торгівлі і безмежним збагаченням аристократії, зібрав навколо себе збройних прихильників. Після того, як афіняни захоплили Елефсін і пересунули мегарський кордон до річки Япіс, Феаген влаштував своєрідну демонстрацію, перебивши худобу, що належала знаті, на пасовиську біля кордону, і рушив до міста. Майже не зустрівши спротиву, встановив у Мегарах тиранію за коринфським і сікіонським зразком.

На початку свого правління Феаген користувався неабиякою популярністю і намагався її зміцнити. Відомо, що він збудував криту водойму, що забезпечувала містян питною водою, і прикрасив Мегари іншими будівлями. Тиран також відомий організацією клерухії на острові Саламін. Можливо саме він і приєднав острів до Мегар, хоча не можна виключати, що Саламін належав мегарянам ще з VIII століття до н. е.

Феаген намагався розповсюдити свій вплив і на сусідні Афіни. Він, зокрема, надав підтримку своєму зятю — афінянину Кілону, відомому своєю перемогою на Олімпійських іграх. Кілон намагався встановити в Афінах тиранію за мегарським зразком і Феаген надіслав йому озброєний загін, з яким заколотники захопили акрополь. Але це їм не допомогло. Путч був жорстоко придушений, а Афіни розпочали з Мегарами війну. Врешті решт Феаген втратив підтримку у власному місті і народ, підбурюваний його супротивниками, вигнав тирана з Мегар.

Джерела
 Енциклопедичний словник Брокгауза і Єфрона
 Legon, Ronald P. Megara: the political history of a Greek city-state to 336 B.C.. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1981.
 Л. А. Пальцева. Из истории архаической Греции: Мегары и мегарские колонии

Тирани Мегар
Давні мегарійці
VII століття до н. е.

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New Prime Minister: Haniya
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has chosen Ismail Haniya as the Palestinian Authority's new prime minister.
20 Eylül 2018 Perşembe 18:16
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Haniya was born in 1962 to a poor refugee family at the Shati refugee camp, just outside Gaza City, where his family - like almost 70% of Gazans - lived on monthly stipends provided by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
In 1983 he joined the Islamic University of Gaza, where he soon joined the Islamic Student Bloc, a precursor to Hamas.
In 1987 he graduated with a BA in Arabic literature. In December that year he joined the intifada (uprising), which began when an Israeli truck ran over six Gaza labourers.
It was at this time that Hamas, an acronym for Harakatu al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Islamic Resistance Movement), was founded by a group of Muslim Palestinian intellectuals and activists affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood and led by Shaikh Ahmad Yasin.
Haniya was arrested for a short time in 1987, and again in 1988, on charges of involvement in the uprising and resisting the Israeli occupation.
In 1989, Haniya was re-arrested and sentenced to three years in jail in connection with his role in the resistance.
On his release in 1992, Haniya was deported to Marj al-Zuhur in southern Lebanon along with more than 400 Muslim activists from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
After the creation of the PA, Haniya and other Hamas leaders were arrested by PA security agencies.
The PA saw Hamas' often violent opposition to the Oslo Accords as a direct threat to a "national scheme".
In 1997, following the release of Yasin from an Israeli jail, and the failed Mossad assassination attempt in Amman on Khalid Meshaal, a Hamas leader, Haniya became a close aide and confidante of Yasin.
In 2001, a few months into al-Aqsa Intifada, Haniya consolidated his position and became one of Hamas' political leaders, probably occupying the third place after Yasin and Abd al-Aziz al-Rantisi. Al-Rantisi was assassinated by Israel in March 2003.
In September 2003, Haniya and Yasin were slightly wounded when an Israeli warplane bombed a house where the two had been dining in downtown Gaza.
Yasin was assassinated by Israel in a missile attack in April 2004.
Calm and soft-spoken, Haniya is considered among the more pragmatic figures in Hamas. According to Atif Udwan, professor of political science at the Islamic University in Gaza, Haniya is a good listener.
"He respects his interlocutors and doesn't like static attitudes. He is a very approachable person."
The fact that Hamas has chosen him as the next Palestinian prime minister may suggest that the movement is edging towards moderation.
National unity
Haniya is a strong proponent of Palestinian national unity. He reportedly played a main role in preventing a brief showdown between Fatah and Hamas in 2005 from getting out of control.
Haniya, unlike some other Hamas leaders, has avoided suggesting "the destruction of Israel".
He said in Gaza a few days after Hamas' electoral victory that Hamas would seek a modus vivendi with Israel if it recognised a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders.
Haniya has also voiced a willingness to abandon violent resistance if Israel reciprocated by stopping violence and repression against Palestinians.
Israeli recognition
One of Haniya's main objections to the Oslo accords, reached by Israel and the PLO in 1993, is that the PLO granted Israel a "free" recognition without a reciprocal Israeli recognition of a Palestinian state.
In an interview last year, he said the US and the international community duped the Palestinians by telling them that the Oslo Accords would end the Israeli occupation and give them an independent state.
"What we've got instead are more settlements, more occupation, more roadblocks, more poverty and more repression," he said.
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HomeThe MarketAn even better Fit
An even better Fit
By Larry Edsall
| Photos by Larry Edsall
It was hard for me to believe it had been more than a decade since I'd driven a Honda Fit, probably because it had been such a pleasant experience, writing at the time that the Fit was, indeed, well-suited, worthy, ready and athletic when it first became part of the Honda lineup.
Interesting that Honda (Fit), Nissan (Versa) and Toyota (Yaris) all launched new subcompacts at the same time. Of the three, the Fit was the most fun to drive, even when it had an automatic transmission.
So here we are a decade later and the Fit is in its third generation and I've just spent a week driving one, this time with a 6-speed manual, all the better to take full advantage of what the car's 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine provides. What it provides is a mere 130 horsepower and 114 pound-feet of torque, but that's sufficient when you get to shift for yourself as I've been doing in the 2018 Fit Sport.
For 2018 the Fit gets new styling, a new Sport trim package, additional technology and refinements that Honda says give the car "new attitude." Perhaps, but I've always thought it had plenty of spunk.
Design changes include a lower and wider look, new grill and new wheels. New tech includes the Honda Sensing suite including that availability of collision mitigation braking and road departure mitigation.
Opt for the Sport setup and you get an aero-body kit, integrate fog lamps, lower and shaper front splitter and three-strake rear diffuser — both trimmed in orange — 16-inch wheels (our test car wearing grippy Firestone tires), and a chrome exterior exhaust tip.
And that's just the exterior changes. Inside, there's a black cross-hatched fabric with orange stitching, plus audio with a 7-inch display screen and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility and a 180-watt, 6-speaker setup.
Honda's manual gearboxes are a driver's delight. The clutch pickup point is easy to find and forgiving should you commit a foot foul. The gearbox falls readily to hand when you drop if off the steering wheel. Shifts are quick and sure and the drivetrain responds with enjoyable performance.
Cornering is fun and makes you wish there was an autocross competition in the next parking lot you find.
And all this fun comes for just $17,500, plus destination charges. It's a bang-for-the-buck delight.
2018 Honda Fit 5-door Sport
Vehicle type: 5-passenger hatchback, front-wheel drive
Base price: $17,500 Price as tested: $18,390
Engine: 1.5-liter four-cylinder, 130 horsepower @ 6,600 rpm, 114 pound-feet of torque @ 4,600 rpm Transmission: 6-speed manual
Wheelbase: 99.6 inches Overall length/width: 161.8 inches / 67.0 inches
Curb weight: 2,553 pounds
EPA mileage estimates: 29 city / 36 highway / 31 combined
Assembled in: Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
Larry Edsall
A former daily newspaper sports editor, Larry Edsall spent a dozen years as an editor at AutoWeek magazine before making the transition to writing for the web and becoming the author of more than 15 automotive books. In addition to being founding editor at ClassicCars.com, Larry has written for The New York Times and The Detroit News and was an adjunct honors professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.


The Velogames Fantasy BinckBank Tour 2018 runs a detailed scoring system, designed to accurately rate each rider's achievements during each stage and in the final standings.
Daily Points are scored for each of the stages of Fantasy BinckBank Tour 2018.
Each road stage has nominated intermediate sprints along the route. The leading 3 riders at each of these points score fantasy points.
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Organizers are tasked with a laundry list of responsibilities and this aspect is easily overlooked or viewed as a "nice to have" rather than a "must have" service. To prevent this situation from happening at your next event, we've created a checklist to efficiently ensure maximum impact, engagement and reach.
Create a unique hashtag for the event and clearly display it, encouraging the attendees to use it when posting about the event.
Publicize a live tweet stream of the event through the organizer's Twitter account prior to the event start date, so that those unable to attend can follow the top takeaways and participate in the conversation and sharing. This may seem counter intuitive to organizers who charge for events, but the sharing and ultimate reach of the posts will boost participation for future follow-up events.
Enable a wifi service for your guests, if cell service is a problem in a venue. Many venues block cell signals which significantly impacts social coverage of an event.
Ensure that Twitter handles for presenters are clearly marked throughout the presentation (at the bottom of each slide)—not just at the beginning or end.
Package posts that presenters can use to promote the event prior to the conference dates on their own personal or company social sites and in eblasts, email signatures, websites, etc.
List the conference on all local online calendars.
Establish a specific check-in with Foursquare so that when attendees arrive they are not just checking in at the conference center, but also checking in at your event name at the conference center.
Have an event team member who engages with social participants through the conference, thanking them for engaging, sharing their posts, etc.
Help your attendees stay focused on the presentation by being the first to post content. Attendees following along with the event hashtag will be able to easily retweet or share your posted content rather than typing out the highlights on their own. This also gives your account a boost in exposure as your content is shared.
Successful social media promotion can enhance your event's attendee experience and reach the audience members who were unable to attend in person. It is an excellent way to elevate the impact of your event. By utilizing these tips, you will see immediate interaction among followers, potential customers and others. Instead of making this a day-of afterthought, plan out and implement these tools. By doing so, you will see immediate interaction among followers, potential customers and others, which will increases brand and name recognition.