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Dir: Bill Condon. US. 2015. 103mins
A beautifully mannered, gently moving and eminently thoughtful film that offers a delightful final twist on the story of the world’s most famous detective, Bill Condon’s Mr Holmes is an entertaining and absorbing film that interweaves several story strands and comes up with an enthralling portrait of a man whose powers may be fading but who still searches for answers. It also allows Ian McKellen a wonderfully nuanced role that is perfect for his lugubrious style and innate intelligence.
In one delightful sequence he goes to the cinema to see a film adaption of one of Watson’s stories, just to see how he is presented on screen.
The film sees McKellen reunited with Condon after their Oscar-winning 1998 film Gods And Monsters – a fictional tale that also dealt with aging and a man (Frankenstein director James Whale) at the end of his days – and it is clear there is a shared trust in how to present Holmes. Some myths are punctured (no pipe or deerstalker here, and apparently 221b Baker Street was also an invention of Dr Watson), while the old support cast of Watson, Mycroft Holmes and Mrs Hudson play little part in this story of a 93 year-old Holmes tackling with supressed emotions as his mental powers dwindle.
It is beautifully shot – largely based around the remote house in the Sussex Downs where Holmes has retired to, largely to raise bees – and designed, with Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of Mitch Cullin’s novel keeping away from the usual Holmes’ clichés and coming up with an elegant story that closes circle on the legend of the master detective.
The film opens post Second World War, with Holmes returning from Japan where he has been in search of a rare plant named Prickly Ash which is rumoured to have restorative qualities and he hopes can help him keep his fading memory intact. He spends his days tending bees with his only company his housekeeper (Laura Linney) and her young son Roger (Milo Parker), but starts to challenge himself to recall the real aspects of his final case.
At heart Mr Holmes is about identity and morality, with the central strand the rather tender relationship between the fading detective and young Roger who encourages him to piece together the aspects of his long-forgotten case. Young Milo Parker makes for a feisty balance to the doddery Holmes, while Laura Linney exudes practical charm as the housekeeper at her wits end trying to deal with the eccentric detective.
Flashbacks to 1919 as Holmes investigates the mystery of a woman who may be plotting murder allows McKellen to play a Holmes still brimming with sharp wit and energy, but the heart and soul of the story is with the older version desperately trying to reconnect with lost recollections and at last facing the mistakes he has made.
In one delightful sequence he goes to the cinema to see a film adaption of one of Watson’s stories, just to see how he is presented on screen (deerstalker and hat intact), with, in a clever bit of casting, the onscreen Holmes played by Nicholas Rowe, who played the teenage Holmes in Barry Levinson’s 1997 film Young Sherlock Holmes. Gentle fun and astute insight define Mr Holmes – a fine addition to the list of stories about the great detective.
Production companies: AI Film, Archer Gray Productions, See-Saw Films partners, BBC Films
International sales: FilmNation, www.wearefilmnation.com
Producers: Anne Carey, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman
Executive producers: Aviv Giladi, Len Blavatnik, Christine Langan, Amy Nauiokas
Screenplay: Jeffrey Hatcher, based on the novel A Slight Trick Of The Mind, by Mitch Cullin
Cinematography: Tobias Schliessler
Editor: Virginia Katz
Production designer: Martin Childs
Music: Carter Burwell
Main cast: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan, Patrick Kennedy, Roger Allam, Phil Davies, Frances de la Tour, Nicholas Rowe, John Sessions, Frances Barber


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(From left to right) NATALIA LOYA, ALEX NEWELL, MICHAEL WILLETT
Alex Newell (“Glee”), Michael Willett (MTV’s “Faking It,”) and Natalia Loya (Telemundo’s “La Voz Kids”) scheduled to perform at LGBTQ youth conference at USC.
BY ORLY LYONNE
More than 1,200 LGBTQ youth from 100 Southern California cities and more than 75 schools are expected to attend the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s 22nd annual Models of Pride conference at the University of Southern California (USC) campus on Saturday, October 11.
As the nation’s largest free conference of its kind, Models of Pride offers a full day of life-enriching programming designed to help young people build confidence and self-esteem and develop valuable life skills. Hosted by the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s LifeWorks youth development and mentoring program, Models of Pride includes workshops/presentations, lunch/dinner, live entertainment and a dance for all youth up to the age of 24.
With “What’s Next?” as this year’s theme, participants will discuss what the next crucial issues are to be addressed within the LGBT community and among themselves.
“From the passage of marriage equality laws to the creation of LGBT characters in media, this generation of youth has witnessed major victories for the LGBT community,” says Michael Ferrera, LifeWorks’ Director. “To continue this momentum, we must support these youth to feel empowered to decide what’s next in the fight for inclusivity and diversity. They are the next generation of LGBT leaders.”
Alex Newell (who portrays transgender student, Unique, in the FOX show Glee) Natalia Loya (a finalist on Telemundo’s hit music competition reality show, La Voz Kids) and Michael Willett (star of MTV’s Faking It) are also scheduled to perform at the conference.
In addition to the youth portion of the conference, more than 200 parents, educators, social service providers and other youth-serving professionals will attend workshops tailored to their concerns and interests. Known as the Parents and Professionals Institute, this full-day program for adults is free.
For the first time in Models of Pride’s history, the conference will be streamed live online at http://modelsofpride.org/worldwide for the benefit of youth and adult allies who physically cannot attend the event.
Models of Pride takes place on Saturday, October 11, 7:30am – 8:30pm, at the University of Southern California, Exposition Boulevard & S. Figueroa St. in Los Angeles. For more information and to register for Models of Pride, visit modelsofpride.org.

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Accepted by the mainstream Jewish community, some gays now feel excluded at New York’s premiere LGBT synagogue
In 2011, Tel Aviv’s Daphni Leef helped ignite the J14 movement for social change. She looks back at what went wrong.
Members of the Kurdish religious sect are under siege in Iraq. Who are they? What do they believe? And what is to be done?
Is Jewish rebellion really a form of submission? Two new novels and one political critic examine apostasy.
To Peter Himmelman, fame was no match for observance, and the music just got better
Historian Alon Confino traces a source of today’s global anti-Semitism to the ethical revolution triggered by Kristallnacht
Whether they’re drawn by social programs, religious practice, or the food, non-Jews have changed the face of the organization
They focus on fairness, community, and social justice—rather than profit. And some of the food is pretty good, too.
In his Jaffa café, London native Danny Phillips hopes that savory, sweet, and vegan pastries can bring Arabs and Jews together
Why Harlan Ellison’s personality overshadows his classic science fiction
Maya Zack’s singular take on home economics
The twisted mind of Otto Weininger
Maya Arad breaks ground as an Israeli writer—by living in America
Fifty years after the publication of Exodus, is it time to let Ari Ben Canaan go?
When it comes to Judd Apatow’s characters, what’s in a name?
How the kids who brought you “Stupid Cupid” changed American music
Communing with Bernard Malamud’s Jewbird
How Stanley Elkin hit his stride
An off-Broadway show pays homage to the queens of comedy
Why an Orthodox novelist shuns Orthodox publishers
A young girl’s account of the Warsaw Ghetto was a big success. Then the diary—and its author—disappeared.
Judith Katzir on the lives of Israeli women, both real and imagined
Alisa Solomon gives us the story behind West Side Story
Emulated by Scorsese and worshipped by Spielberg, Samuel Fuller’s B movies still have the power to stun
One of three Hamas leaders killed in IDF strike led 2006 Gilad Shalit capture
Bronze tribute to be unveiled near the late singer’s Camden home next month
Infamous 1986 spying case plays out in NYC production of The Law of Return
Sophie Masloff, elected in 1988, was also the city’s first female leader
James Foley, kidnapped in Syria in 2012, was killed by jihadist terror group
Doesn’t address whether or not Hamas commander was killed in Gaza strike
B.K.S. Iyengar, who died today, worked closely with musician Yehudi Menuhin
Rick Santorum says tourism is down 95 percent. That’s not exactly true.
Controversial reality show patriarch and preacher son headlining annual event
Forging ancient artifacts, procuring army sick passes, and pretending to be normal after a traumatic brain injury
After making a splash back home, the creators of the Hebrew-language program are launching an English version on Vox Tablet
From the Archive: With a women’s-only gig at Arlene’s Grocery in New York this week, Bulletproof Stockings hits the bigger time


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Van Cleef & Arpels Maison celebrated the art of High Jewelry at the 7th edition of the most anticipated art exhibition in the Kingdom, 21,39 Jeddah Arts.
Organized by the Saudi Art Council, the event commenced from 29 January in Jeddah this year’s event under the theme of “I Love You, Urgently” focused on the environmental concerns and places the youth at the core of this exhibition.
This edition focused on the Van Cleef & Arpels Middle East Emergent Designer Prize, the yearly award which aims to nurture local design talent. A concept of ‘Past, Present & Future’, which celebrated Julia Ibbini, the winner of 2019, a Cyclical theme, whose impressive ‘Symbio Vessels’ winning sculptural vessels were displayed at Jeddah Arts 21,39. It is during this period that
Check out our interview with Julia Ibbini to know more about her and the production of her design piece.
In addition, the 21,39 Jeddah Arts event also hosted the extraordinary display of work by Arthur Hoffner, a French designer and winner of the People’s Choice Award at the 2017 Noailles Design Parade.
Arthur artistically created an installation suffused with balance and suspended motion, echoing the Perlée collection from the Maison. The French designer collaborated with the Maison to produce a series of vases combining gilded brass spheres, aluminum tubes and blocks of marble put together in a precarious composition that appears to defy the laws of gravity.
Click on the link to read more about Arthur Hoffner here.

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Necklaces join civilizations and fashion throughout appeared through the Stone Age to remain. Early ones had been made from shells, bones, stones and animal tooth and they are a pattern from then to now. Stone beads – In addition to the wide range of valuable and semi-valuable stone beads that can be bought to make use of in jewelry making, different stones reminiscent of these discovered on the seashore or on a countryside walk will also be used. Though it almost definitely won’t be attainable to drill these beads, they are often wire wrapped, placed in wire cages or knotted around utilizing macramé techniques and then used as a part of jewelry designs. Stones may also be found which have naturally worn holes in them.
This can be a practice that it is best to never have interaction in particularly if you’re new to the importing. Wiring money to a business concern that you have not completed business with earlier than, opens your self up to fraud. As soon as the money is transferred to the suppliers account, it is gone eternally. The only way to get the money back is to have the money transferred again into your account.
Silver is the most typical of the precious metals. Fine silver is pure silver, which is seldom used for jewellery as a result of it’s too mushy. Sterling silver is 925 elements silver to 75 of copper, the alloy most often used. Silver weighs about half as a lot as gold, has larger flexibility, however is just not as malleable, it has always been inexpensive as properly. A comparable piece of gold jewelry may cost a little four or 5 occasions that of a bit of sterling silver jewellery.
Jennifer ‘s – I might suggest contacting the shop instantly. They may be retired since I found this image from last 12 months’s assortment. Another place to look would be in used bridal online shops. There’s a lot of women selling their used dresses and footwear for very affordable costs and you could discover the exact footwear for half price, which might be slightly worn. Good luck!
Afghan culture in itself may be very formal and crammed with a whole lot of protocol even in routine life. Hospitality is a cultural norm and an emblem of prestige in afghan societies. The respectable households are known by their hospitality, decorum and etiquette in everyday life. The weddings carry all these options making them Afghan’s conventional life’s and culture’s consultant celebration.

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The central 2-star Americas Best Value Inn offers 24-hour front desk, laundry and 24-hour security. The building was renovated in 2009.
This hotel is situated 28.3 km away from Highland Park. The city center is 5 km away from the hotel.
A museum, an amphitheater and a theater are set within walking distance.
Guests can reach Americas Best Value Inn by car from Charlotte Douglas airport in 40 minutes.
Americas Best Value Inn offers non-smoking rooms with traditional décor featuring free wireless internet, an in-room safe, cable television, a personal computer and a mini-refrigerator. For more comfort a bathtub, a shower and a hairdryer are provided.
Eat & Drink
At the restaurant Japanese dishes are served. Guests can wine and dine at Golden Corral Buffet & Grill and Hokkaido Japanese Express, located in the neighborhood.
Business facilities at Americas Best Value Inn include a meeting room and a photocopier.
Wireless internet is available in the hotel rooms for free.
Free public parking is possible on site.

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Volvo inspires confidence
Most of the world’s major exchanges rose in April, with Stockholm no exception. But while the US markets plough towards record highs, Sweden is 20 percent below last year’s peak.
One reason is exchange rates; one dollar costs less than 8 kronor, compared to 8.80 a year ago. Another is the big decline for Swedish banks, which account for a large share of market capitalisation.
Most of our companies issued interim reports in April, and these were acceptable or slightly above expectations.
Although expectations have fallen alongside weak US numbers in early 2016 and worries about China, some companies seem much more stable than previously.
Volvo is managing a big US decline brilliantly even though production has been cut significantly, which usually leads to weaker profitability. A relaxed management exuded confidence, and Europe’s truck market is strong. China, important for its construction equipment, and Brazil, a big truck market, are already at low levels, so things are unlikely to worsen. And if the US improves sooner or later (the truck cycle has a life of its own) the future looks fairly bright. Cash flow was a bit worse in the quarter, but this is likely to be remedied during the year. The question is whether Volvo will soon be debt-free, making the current market capitalisation of around SEK 200 billion fairly low. This is 10 times operating profit.
Sandvik has also stabilised. Despite a continued weak mining market the company managed to up its margin and the new management has quickly got to grips. New financial targets will be presented at a capital markets day in a few weeks, and possible structural transactions will be discussed.
Our guess is the capital-intensive steel arm will be sold or listed to improve returns and catch up with Atlas Copco.
Banks are suffering from negative interest rates, but the Riksbank and ECB seem to be suggesting this will soon come to an end. Even if the first hikes are not until 2017, banks should have passed the worst this quarter. There should be significant potential as rates return towards zero.
We made no major changes to the portfolio this month.


A sequel series to the Eureka Seven anime, Eureka Seven: AO brings the LFO’s to television after being absent for several years. Fans may be excited to see what is happening in the world of Eureka and Renton again, though the first thing viewers will notice is that neither is actually present. How does the lack of the title character impact the series? Read on to find out.
The series is very peculiar in the fact that it is set in the year 2025 on Earth, which fans of the original series may find as confusing, while those that are new to the universe shouldn’t have any problem. The story starts out in a demolished city as members of Generation Bleu attempt to aid the situation, amidst idol talk of a blue haired woman who had be a great help but vanished. From here, the story takes to the island of Okinawa, which being disputed between China, Japan, and independence has a lot of ill will towards anyone that does not come from the island itself. Because of this the main character Ao, an outsider whose blue-haired mother gave birth to him on the island after she was rescued, has dealt with a lot of crap and whose closest friend is Naru, a sick girl treated by Ao’s adoptive grandfather.
While Ao may be the focus of the show, there is quite a cast of characters, a three man group lead by Gazelle who seek to find their way in the world, the Japanese Armed Forces trying to get a leg up in the world, and the previously mentioned Generation Bleu who continually save the world. One of the main problems with the show is that the characters are pretty quickly introduced and while additional major characters aren’t really added after the first half every person in the show seems to be in constant flux, changing from situation to situation. Gazelle’s group itself goes from trying to earn Okinawa’s independence single-handedly to going off to Generation Bleu. There are a few really interesting characters, but the major problem is that almost no one has set motivations often making it hard to tell how characters will react to any situation except waiting to see how it all plays out.
The episodes themselves are almost as lost and confused as the characters within them. So many of the elements of the show remain unexplained and the things that are explained are often unsatisfactorily so. Ao is explained to clearly be Eureka’s son from the original series, which was set 10,000 years in the future, so time travel? This would explain the Scub Coral arriving in the huge flashes of light, but not really cover who or what the Secrets that the LFOs are combating are, which were not part of the original series. In some way this series is like Blood C, a sequel, prequel, kinda thing that has the same name, but acts very much alone, though in the case of Eureka Seven: AO this is just the first part, which means no resolution or really any explanations.
The visuals are very clean and well done and for once almost all the characters have very realistic features, such as hair and eyes with the exception of Ao and Eureka who are stated to be not human, or not fully human at least. There is one other character with made dyed maybe not pink hair, but she herself has multiple questions brought up about her with no solid resolution yet, but anyway all the characters, for the most part, look like normal people. At least the people anyway.
The most interesting aspect of the series are the LFOs, while Ao’s is a surfer robot on a board, the other LFO’s stay away from being humanoid. Brightly colored and with unique shapes and designs, the LFO’s of Generation Bleu are some of the most visually interesting things in the entire series, where other countries’ LFOs are all designed and painted similarly. The Generation Bleu LFOs are also visually distinct with how they are meant to operate and at least do act consistently in that regard as the ranged LFOs will actually stay at range for support.
The voice acting is certainly done well and at least the voice acting doesn’t suffer despite all the dramatic changes in characters throughout the show. Between the English and Japanese, viewers shouldn’t worry about which would be the preferred version as both stand up pretty well to one another.
The music throughout the series does a pretty good job on encapsulating the feelings during the none combat oriented episodes of the show, which there are a few. It compliments the world building taken to show off what the Earth of 2025 is like and the people that live in it. The opening theme “Escape” by Hemenway is a standard rock style song that captures the themes of Ao trying to find answer, even if there are so far none in this first part. The ending theme “Stand by Me” by Stereopony follows much like the opening theme except focused more on the themes of sticking with those you care about and trying to find them again.
While this first part of the series has a few problems with maintaining consistent characters and answering any questions that come up, one of the positives of the series is the special features at least does offer a little more than the standard commentary, clean opening and ending, and trailers. In addition to all those standard features is a special making of video titled “Inside the Booth: Eureka Seven AO”, which actually shows off some of the process that FUNimation has for recording lines. For those that are curious about how the voice actors go about their job and the process of fitting the lines to the animation, it gives a lot of interesting information. Another curiosity viewers may find is the fact that there are in fact 4 opening and 3 ending themes, which allows viewers to see and try to pick the subtle differences as the series continued.
While the series itself has a few problems related to pace and characters, it is an interesting series. Fans of the original series may have far more questions than new viewers, so in some ways it might be more of a series for those less familiar with the series. The visuals are very vibrant, especially for the LFO, Secrets, and Scub Coral those not much else stands out. The audio is very par and certainly meets the standard of today’s anime and the extras have one stand out feature. Though ultimately Eureka Seven: AO suffers from the problems of its story, perhaps the next part will fill in those answers that the series so desperately needs.
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Carry pack made from plastic film that is enclosed on all sides and has a handle for carrying the pack. The handle has two layers, has a folding line at its end facing the top panel of the pack and is sealed to the top panel in the area of this folding line.
1. A carry pack made from plastic film and which is enclosed on the bottom, top and side panels and has a handle for carrying the filled pack, wherein the handle lies flat on the top panel (4) of the pack (1) when it is not being used and is connected to the top panel by a sealed seam (7) extending at least approximately across the whole length of the top panel in the middle of the top panel, and wherein the handle (5) has a section provided with a hand hole (8) on each side of the sealed seam that can be folded vertically upwards.
2. The carry pack according to claim 1, wherein the section of the handle is a middle section and extends at least approximately across the whole width of the top panel when it is lying flat on the top panel.
The invention relates to a carry pack made from plastic film that is enclosed on all sides and has a handle for carrying the pack.
In the familiar carry packs of this kind the handle is either an extension of the side panels of the carry pack or is sealed to the same. This either requires a large amount of material or has a not very positive effect on the appearance and display value of the side panels.
The purpose of the invention is to create a carry pack of the kind outlined above that avoids the above-mentioned disadvantages but nevertheless guarantees that the handle functions fully effectively.
In the solution to this problem proposed by the invention, the handle has two layers, has a folding line at its end facing the top panel of the pack and is sealed to the top panel in the area of this folding line.
The handle is therefore only in contact with the top panel of the pack and the side panels are completely free. The sealing nevertheless makes sure that the handle is attached to the carry pack very securely.
It is also very advantageous if in accordance with the invention the seam joining the handle to the carry pack extends at least approximately across the whole length of the top panel.
This ensures that the handle is attached securely enough and that the weight of the contents does not lead to deformation of the carry pack in the area of the top panel.
In a further advantageous development of the invention, the middle section of the handle extends at least approximately across the whole width of the top panel.
The handle is as a result big enough to accommodate a sufficiently large hand hole on each side of the seam.
One embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawings:
FIG. 1 shows part of a carry pack with the handle lying flat on top of the top panel of the pack and
FIG. 2 also shows part of the carry pack with the handle pointing upwards.
1 in FIG. 1 is a carry pack which has two side panels 2, two end panels 3, a base (not shown) and a top panel 4, which are made from a plastic film and are joined together by folding lines / sealed seams. The carry pack is thus enclosed on all sides and provides very effective protection for the contents. A handle 5, which is located symmetrically to a middle line 6 and is sealed to the top panel 4 along this middle line, rests on the top panel 4. The sealed seam 7 formed in this way extends--like the handle 5--across the whole length of the top panel 4. The handle 5 is provided with two hand holes 8 in its middle section, which extends across the whole width of the top panel 4, so that enough space is available for the hand holes.
In FIG. 2 the handle 5 has been folded upwards into its carrying position, so that it can be taken hold of easily.


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Munich Security Conference Chairman Christoph Heusgen has said it is possible that Russia might attack a NATO member-state.
Source: European Pravda, with reference to dpa, a German news agency
Details: When asked whether Russian President Vladimir Putin could order an attack on a NATO state, Heusgen replied: "Of course. After all, Putin said on multiple occasions that the collapse of the Soviet Union was the greatest catastrophe of the 20th century, because it left a lot of Russians outside of Russia."
Heusgen also said that "Putin wanted to restore Great Russia within the borders of the nonexistent Soviet Union, a global empire in which he would rule like a Tsar".
Heusgen said Putin could target Moldova or the Baltic States.
He refused to speculate whether Putin was really capable of it, but said that "we have to do everything we can to ensure Ukraine gets the weapons and military aid it needs to successfully oppose the Russian aggressors and expel them from its territory".
Boris Pistorius, Federal Minister of Defence of Germany, said that Russia might attack a NATO country in the next 5-8 years.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces, Mikael Büden, and the Minister of Civil Defence, Karl Oscar Bolin, said that all Swedish citizens should be prepared for war.
Commander-in-Chief of the Norwegian Armed Forces, General Eirik Kristoffersen, believes that his country has little time left to increase defence production to be able to withstand Russia’s aggression.


And so mercifully, and at long last, the most improbable part of memory's strangest electoral year ends, not with a self-pitying whimper, but with at least a semblance of dignity. Almost five days after her nemesis had assembled enough delegates to warrant legitimate public claim to status as Party nominee apparent, Hillary Clinton, on Saturday, June 7, 2008, acknowledged his victory and pledged her ardent support. Not a moment too soon. Tenacity was about to morph into sulky churlishness.
For almost three months, Hillary Clinton, the politically undead (see this article), wandered the United States, painfully pursuing her lost cause. She had every right to do so, of course, staying close in delegates all the while, and winning most of the late battles, and all of the electorally important ones. Still, for months her struggle was hopeless, and those with more than a passing understanding of Democrat identity group politics knew it.
Because of the Party's nomination arcana, from at least as early as March, possibly earlier, Clinton had no hope of overtaking the Illinois Senator in pledged delegates; and American blacks' unchallenged status within the Democrat coalition as most cosseted and critical voter bloc meant there was no chance Party grey beards would overrule an even slight Obama lead in pledged delegates. Long ago they had decided it would be better to gamble with electoral defeat than to fracture and enfeeble their political coalition.
And so, with Saturday's declaration, the longest and most riveting open-casket political wake in American history comes to an end.
Democrat elders and activists, having engineered, or submitted to, their choice, can now begin attending to the risk they have created.
As we go about our work this week, they are in a frenzy of applying tourniquets to their still gushing civil war wounds, burying their dead, and trying to reconcile their angry and scattered factions (many older women, Latinos and working class whites, particularly, seem to require urgent critical care); perhaps a Valium soup kitchen will be set up for Harriet Christian and the Party's similarly afflicted (video -- contrary to desperate hope, Harriet appears not to have been an agent provocateur).
But, at least to this observer, and historically atypical as this may be, Democrats, actually seem aware of, and up to, the task they're facing.
Despite their history of dubious choices followed by electoral incompetence, and with every reason for euphoria and overconfidence this time, they show disturbing signs of realism and readiness for battle. Contrary to confident public pronouncements, they exhibit a healthy respect for the enormity of the task they've set themselves: electing not only the first black to the Presidency, but unquestionably the most left-wing candidate the Party has ever proffered.
If the Democrats, with every reason for euphoria, seem unwontedly clear-eyed, McCain and the Republicans, with little reason for confidence, seem brimming with it.
One hears talk of a big win. But in reality, Republicans and conservatives have a total of one reason not to slit their wrists: polls show, contrary to all expectation, that McCain is actually in the game. Granted, given the atrocious "generics" (Bush/Republican fatigue and unpopularity, shaky economy, $5 gas, war weariness, etc.), for the Republican candidate to be electorally competitive at this point is not merely happy news, it is a near-miracle.
But the present state of affairs has resulted from absolutely nothing Republicans consciously planned or accomplished -- it is rather the product of the astonishing conjoining of two phenomena, both of which were essential: the Democrats' conscious decision to reject the safe and try, yet again, for socialist utopia at home and flaccid internationalism and weakness abroad; and the Republicans' lucky stumble to the one candidate who, in the present dismal political environment, might possibly be able to seize the chance afforded by the Democrats' brazen choice.
Be proud of and celebrate what you have actually accomplished; be humbly grateful for, and very careful with, what providence, in spite of your incompetence, has given you. The present presidential match up is in the latter category. It is not clear the Republican candidate or his advisors actually know this.
I have every reason to hope McCain and his supporters get the next five months right.
Our beloved country, freedom's last redoubt, civilization's only power capable of resisting the advancing tide of barbarism, keep of Castle Earth, is seriously contemplating elevating to the presidency Barack Obama, an effete academic weakling, a messianic soothsayer, perfervid followers in tow, who believes America's collective soul is broken and that He has been called to mend it, a caricature Euro Statist whose voting record and public utterances reflect passionate belief in all the discredited far leftist critiques of America (and their attendant fixes), a dreamy naïf with a permanently adolescent world view born of lifelong refusal to work in the real world, a thinly disguised leftist revolutionary who for decades eagerly immersed himself in a vile crowd of crypto-Marxists, quislings, racists, domestic terrorists, and antisemites, and who now simply says, calm as you please, he never really shared their views, a twenty-eight carat tyro whose resume of accomplishments would fit neatly on the back of a Visa card, a man whose scary wife (whom the candidate himself seems to fear) dislikes the country that has showered her with great good fortune. Sorry. I know that sentence exceeded its grammatical carrying capacity, if not its potential content.
Barack Obama, measured by his chosen life experiences, closest associations, voting record, and pre-presidential campaign utterances, is, in personality and experience, the least qualified, and, in philosophy and program, most radically left candidate ever offered for the presidency by the Democratic Party. By comparison, George McGovern, Michael Dukakis, Walter Mondale, Al Gore and John Kerry seem the very embodiment of presidential readiness and political moderation.
And all this is occurring while the Democrats control both House and Senate by margins that will increase in November and at a time in history when the continued existence of Western Civilization is in serious question.
We have every reason to pray and hope for John McCain's success.
Political prognostication is a risky business in the most normal of elections. In this election it is arrogance and folly. Having been right once already, and not merely in the outcome but the details (see this article), prudence would dictate silence. But in elections, from early prognostication flow campaign tactics, and from campaign tactics flow history. I care about the history that this year's electoral outcome will produce (see above). So here goes.
In a pure contest between John McCain and Barack Obama, confined to the polite subjects of personal biography as self-servingly presented by the candidates, the candidates' persona, and current issues, McCain will lose. Present polls are meaningless and will change markedly, as they always have in presidential elections, as the public focuses on the election and its personalities. Left to self description and public perception, Obama will seem slightly less threatening and more ingratiating, and McCain slightly less affable and substantially older.
Moreover, without the introduction of something compelling, all other major factors favor Obama: principally, the generics (see above), but also money, energy, organization, manpower, and media bias that will reach historically unparalleled intensity.
And then there is the really great unknown, turnout, which, on both sides of the contest, creates only further downside for McCain: will the Obama cohorts (the young and blacks) turn out in markedly larger than normal numbers; and, for McCain, will the Christian conservatives, so critical to the last three successful Republican Presidents, turn out in markedly smaller numbers?
In short, the country will not elect McCain, in the affirmative sense. However, it very well might reject Obama because of his life-long politics, as opposed to those he claims suddenly to have discovered when the taste of the presidency first reached his mouth.
And therein lies the difficult road to victory for John McCain.
An unexciting, possibly even unliked, candidate's ascension to the presidency because of his opponent's downright scariness has a long and respected pedigree in American politics. Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, to name but two recent examples, come to mind.
This will mean that either McCain or his independent supporters -- or, most effective, some combination thereof -- will have to incur the disapproval of the New York Times. Otherwise, employing his personal gifts combined with the full complicity of an adoring and selectively silent media, Obama will march to November as an unthreatening and inspirational centrist.
Without McCain (or his independent supporters') active, persistent and repetitive reminder of who the man really is, as revealed by his odious past -- chosen "work" (leftist political agitator), awful associations, hard left voting record and recent highly revealing San Francisco gaffe ("Bittergate") -- the country will elect a person who does not exist.
The efficacy of discussing the real Obama emerges from a glance at the chronology of Hillary Clinton's vanquishing:
In the early primaries -- pre-Wright, pre-Ayres, pre-Bittergate -- Obama won the white vote in three key states: Iowa, Wisconsin and Virginia. He continues to lead in the polls in the first two of those states (Iowa and Wisconsin). The lesson appears to be that, not only is Obama widely attractive when unsullied by reality, but that, once a favorable perception of him unimpeded by accurate information is formed, it has staying power.
In all of the key later primaries, where Obama's steaming landfill of a background was in the picture from the start -- Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky -- Clinton won handily. Yes, these were tougher venues for Obama under any circumstances, but that alone cannot account for the scope of Clinton's victories, or for the fact that in some (e.g., Pennsylvania) she won though outspent nearly 3-1; and in others (e.g., Texas) she won with a much weaker state organization.
Almost as important as the later Clinton primary outcomes, Obama was at his personal worst when trying to deal with the negatives of his career presented by actual critics. Between the emergence of Wright, on about February 28, and Obama's final resignation from Wright's hate factory on April 28, Obama offered more than five wildly divergent explanations. Amazingly, even a few in the media noticed that all his various remarks didn't hang together too well. Like all weak men, Obama is at his best when surrounded by adoration; in a fight he has little to offer.
The enormous and abundant negatives in Obama's background are still powerful, no matter which tanked pundits say which of them are "behind us." The truth is none of it -- not Wright, Ayres, Pfleger, Bittergate, or the man's voting record -- is "behind us." It is behind us only if McCain and his supporters allow it to be. All of it is still enormously powerful, but only if mentioned.
McCain can win the election, but he cannot win nice.
McCain and his independent supporters cannot permit Obama's newly minted self-definition to become imprinted on the public mind, and allow the man to walk calmly away from a twenty year train wreck of a record -- work, associations, voting, and public statements -- any portion of which should be disqualifying for the presidency.
It will not take a fortune to vividly remind the voters of, say, Missouri Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, and Colorado of these seamy details of the great unifier's last twenty years.
Doing so soon, before Obama is able to sell a false and enduring version of himself in these states and elsewhere, may well be the difference between victory and defeat.
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The book is decidedly on the hammy side. Charon's initial reaction to the boat is "well, blow me for a landlubber if I like that!" for example. And I might have liked it better if the newcomers really did plan to compete with Charon and generate a little intrigue. But, lack of plot aside, I give this guy credit for his absurd but creative idea. Charon as the janitor on a boat full of famous dead people? Heh. I mean, really!

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The confiscation of 84 crypto addresses (considered to be connected with the Hamas’ terrorist organization) has been ordered by the National Bureau of Israel for meeting terror financing. A recent analysis has pointed out that numerous cryptocurrencies such as Dogecoin, Ether, Bitcoin, and Tether have been utilized by the Islamic terrorist organization based in Hamas. It indicated that the confiscated wallets contained up to $7.7M valued cryptocurrencies.
Hamas acquiring power through crypto
Benjamin Gantz, Israel’s minister of defense, sanctioned a confiscation order for 84 crypto wallets that the officials have connected to the militant group of Hamas. The Israeli government reports the addresses to be utilized in the activities related to terrorism.
Elliptic Ltd, a London-based analysis provider of blockchain, disclosed that the accused wallets of cryptocurrencies comprised of digital assets valuing more than $7.7M. A notable thing, it stated, is that all of them those addresses should not be considered to be linked with the terrorist group because some among them were included in a bigger network utilizing services like exchanges for receiving deposits from a lot of users.
It was emphasized by Elliptic that the majority of these wallets were previously associated with Al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas’ military wing). Additionally, the purpose of the addresses was to campaign for raising funds by operating from January 2019 to May 2021, and it raised Bitcoin valuing over $100,000.
It has become clear by the order that multiple of the cryptocurrencies have been utilized by Hamas counting Ether (ETH), Tron (TRX), Bitcoin (BTC), Dogecoin (DOGE), and Tether (USDT) was listed top for being mostly issued by the terrorist group in the form of digital assets.
Palestinian proceedings for its digital currency
Nowadays, Palestine is undergoing a highly turbulent phase of time. Recently, Palestine and Israel declared war against one another as a result of the complicated cultural and historical differences. Moreover, the Jewish nation does not even accept Palestine’s existence. Rather it has imposed its financial authority over the region. The Monetary Authority of Palestine is planning about launching its digital currency as it relies on a blended economy including JD (Jordanian Dinars, U.S. dollars, and ILS (Israeli Shekels).
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Shatrughan Sinha expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for disqualifying Rahul Gandhi
It was entirely sarcastic of Shatrughan Sinha to thank PM Modi for disqualifying Rahul Gandhi.
Shatrughan Sinha, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader, has criticized the Indian government for disqualifying Rahul Gandhi from the Lok Sabha. According to Sinha, the government’s action illustrates poor judgment abilities but will provide fuel for the fire for opposition parties.
Sinha expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Modi for the issue, claiming that it will not only safeguard democracy but also help opponents receive extra seats. Opposition parties have united as a result of Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification, he added.
“Well, on the one hand, what they did appears to be a manifestation of Vinash Kale Viprit Buddhi (In tough situations, people are losing their capacity for making sensible choices), but on the other hand, it will have influential political benefits. It has given Rahul Gandhi and the opposition a tool that will both defend democracy and help them win an additional 100 seats,” according to Shatrughan Sinha, who spoke to ANI.
We are grateful and thank our friend, Prime Minister Modi,” he continued.
Sinha applauded Delhi’s Chief Minister Kejriwal for taking a stand on such a serious issue and praised Mamta Banerjee, the most well-known figure and street fighter in India, for doing the same.
In a defamation case brought against him for his remarks about the “Modi surname,” Rahul Gandhi was given a two-year prison sentence on Friday, which resulted in his exclusion from the Lok Sabha.
He remarked at a Lok Sabha election rally in Kolar, Karnataka, in April 2019, when he said, “How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?” Gandhi was granted bail on certainty and the sentence was suspended for 30 days to allow him to appeal to higher courts.
The Congress Parliamentary Party office in Parliament will host a meeting on March 27 at 10.30 a.m. for members of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. The purpose of the meeting was to strengthen their demonstration against the Centre over the Adani issue and Rahul Gandhi’s removal from the Lok Sabha. Congress members will attend Parliament dressed in black as part of the protest.
Manish Tewari, a Congress MP, has also filed an emergency session motion in Lok Sabha to discuss Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification. The Congress Party has called for a Joint Parliamentary Committee investigation into the Adani case and has structured protests during Parliament’s current Budget Session.

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Investing.com Crude oil futures rose during the Asian session on Friday after falling to a three-week low on Thursday over disappointing U.S. unemployment figures and hopes over extra supply from Libya.
Libya’s National Oil Corp expects to start production from country’s largest oil fields, El Sharara in next few days as protestors agreed to end a two-month-old stoppage of the facility.
Trading volumes are expected to remain light due to the holiday period, reducing liquidity in the market and increasing volatility, which can help exaggerate market moves. Japanese markets remained closed on Friday for New Year’s holiday.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, West Texas Intermediate crude for delivery in February traded at USD95.60 a barrel during Asian morning trade, up 0.16%.
Earlier on Thursday, New York-traded oil futures fell by as much as 1.5% to hit a session low of USD96.94 a barrel, the weakest since December 16.
NYMEX oil futures were likely to find support at USD96.53 a barrel, the low from Dec. 16 and resistance at USD99.38 a barrel, the high from Dec. 31.
The U.S. Department of Labor said in a report earlier that the number of individuals filing for initial jobless benefits declined by 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 339,000 last week. Analysts had expected U.S. jobless claims to fall by 7,000 to 334,000 from the previous week’s revised total of 341,000.
Oil prices also weakened on Thursday due to a broadly stronger U.S. dollar, as dollar-priced commodities become more expensive to investors holding other currencies when the greenback gains.
On Friday, the dollar index, which tracks the performance of the greenback against a basket of six other major currencies, was trading flat at 80.71.
Oil traders now looked ahead to key U.S. weekly supply data, which was forecast to show a fifth consecutive weekly drop in crude stockpiles.
After markets closed Tuesday, the American Petroleum Institute, an industry group, said that U.S. crude inventories fell by 5.7 million barrels in the week ended Dec. 27. The more closely-watched numbers from the U.S. Energy Information Administration have been delayed until Friday due to the New Year’s holiday.
U.S. crude futures, also known as West Texas Intermediate or WTI, have been well-supported in recent months amid indications the U.S. economy is gaining momentum.
NYMEX oil prices ended 2013 with a gain of approximately 6%, the biggest annual advance since 2010.
Elsewhere, on the ICE Futures Exchange in London, Brent oil futures for February delivery dropped 0.25% to trade at USD108.02 a barrel, while the spread between the Brent and U.S. crude contracts stood at USD12.42 a barrel


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The Latin America animal feed additives market size witnessed significant growth in the past and is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 2.1% during the forecast period (2023-2030)
Animal feed additives are an important part of animal nutrition because they improve the output and quality of feed and the health and performance of the animals. Animal feed stops dangerous microbes from growing and helps good microbes grow, improving gut health and the digestive and immune systems. Farmers are getting more financial help to run livestock, poultry farms, and other agribusinesses. This is expected to increase the demand for cost-effective animal nutrition products and grow Latin America's animal feed additives market.
Rising Meat Consumption
Meat consumption has increased a lot in Latin America because of a growing population, more people living in cities, and changed tastes in food. This trend drives the need for feed chemicals to help animals grow meat more efficiently. The Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA) says that in 2020, Brazil produced about 27.3 million metric tons of meat. This includes beef, chicken, and pork. Over the years, the number of people living in Brazil, their wages, and the growth of cities have all led to a steady rise in meat consumption.
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Animal feed is mostly corn. Weather, global markets, and government actions can affect Latin American grain prices. Corn is a key ingredient in many animal feed additives. Therefore, price fluctuations affect their cost. Latin American grain prices fluctuate, according to FAO data. Brazil, the region's top maize producer, had its corn price per metric ton fluctuate over the past few years. In 2020, corn in Brazil cost USD 190 per metric ton, up from USD 152 in 2019. Corn-based animal feed additives can be affected by these price changes.
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High-quality meat, poultry, and dairy products are in demand due to increased population, income, and diet. The Mexican Meat Council reports that meat consumption has continuously increased. Meat per capita increased by 6.1% to 81.8 kilos in 2020. Due to their affordability and variety in Mexican cuisine, poultry, and pork consumption has increased. Meat consumption is expected to rise across Latin America. According to the FAO, Latin American meat consumption is anticipated to rise by 17% between 2017 and 2027—population growth, urbanization, and an increasing middle class with more spending power fuel this growth. Latin American demand for high-quality animal protein presents opportunities for producers of animal feed additives.
The Latin American animal feed additives market is segmented based on type, form, distribution, and country.
The market is further segmented by Type into Feed sanitizers, Antibiotic, Amino Acids, Vitamins, Minerals, Mycotoxin Binders, Feed Acidifiers, Functional Feed additives (Enzymes, Probiotics, Antioxidants, Vitamins), and Others.
The functional Feed additives segment dominates the market and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.3% during the forecast period.
Probiotics dominate the market among the functional feed additives type and are expected to grow at a CAGR of 1.9% during the forecast period.
The market is further segmented by form into dry and liquid.
Dry dominated the market and is expected to register a CAGR of 1.6% over the forecast period.
The market is further segmented by distribution channel into Poultry, cattle, pork, and Aquaculture.
The pork segment dominates the market and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.3% during the forecast period.
The market is analyzed by country in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and the Rest of Latin America. The rest of Latin America dominated the market and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 1.9% during the forecast period.
The Latin American market is also growing because more people are using natural feed products for animals. Natural animal feed ingredients, made up of parts that come from organic bioactive chemicals, are good for the health and growth of animals. Over the next few years, the need for natural animal feed products will likely grow as livestock owners learn more about the importance of animal safety and health and as worries about the quality of food grow.
The number of people eating meat is increasing, which is good for the growth of the cattle business. As people worldwide become more health aware, they are more likely to live a healthy lifestyle and eat foods high in protein daily. Demand for ready-to-eat and processed meat products is also likely to increase due to people spending more time at their desks, having busy schedules, not having enough time to cook and eat, and changing eating habits. This will help the South American animal feed additives market grow.
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The ABC/Facebook Republican debate just ended.
I watched it all and tend to agree with most of the facebook users who find Romney a complete fake who needs to ‘shut it’.
Overall- Huckabee did ok; John McCain did better. But the only candidate who really shined was Ron Paul- and Facebook users seem to agree…
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Canada’s largest Protestant denomination boycotts Israeli settlement products
The United Church of Canada -- the largest Protestant denomination in the country -- voted this week to boycott products made in Israeli settlements, local media reported.
Bruce Gregersen, a United Church General Council officer and spokesperson, told The Toronto Star newspaper that the vote was a “significant step” toward the church’s affirmation of the entire proposal.
“I think the mind of the council appears to be clear,” he said in the newspaper.
While tallies of the Tuesday vote were not immediately available, Gregersen reportedly said voters were “substantially in favor” of the boycott motion.
Representatives will vote on Friday to decide whether their decision will be a permanent policy of their church, which counts nearly 3 million adherents.
Many in Canada’s Jewish community strongly condemned the vote, according to a statement by the World Jewish Congress.
“The reaction of the Jewish community is one of unbridled outrage. It is beyond comprehension that [the church] would choose to so skew a commentary on the conflict and come out with so one-sided an approach,” Shimon Fogel, CEO of the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the Jewish umbrella body in Canada, said in the statement.


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PALO, Leyte – More than P51 million worth of new vehicles and firearms were turned over by the Police Regional Office 8 (PRO-8) to different police units in Eastern Visayas on Wednesday, a report from Camp Ruperto K. Kangleon here said.
PRO-8 Regional Information Officer Lt. Col. Ma. Bella Rentuaya told the Manila Bulletin that the turnover was in line with the objective to enhance law enforcement operations in Eastern Visayas.
Rentuaya said that PRO 8 has issued 33 new patrol jeeps single bab 4×2 (Toyota Hi-lux) and 300 units of 5.56mm basic assault rifle (BAR) “Galil ACE 22N” to its various line units on Wednesday at the PRO 8 Grandstand,
Of the new police vehicles worth P36,960,000, eight units were given to Leyte PPO, seven to Biliran PPO; six units toNorthern Samar PPO, five units to Southern Leyte PPO, four to Eastern Samar PPO, and three units to Samar PPO.
The new firearms, worth P14,099,700 were also handed over to the recipient Provincial/City Police Offices (PPOs/CPOs).
PRO 8 Regional Director Brig. Gen. Ronaldo F. De Jesus said the procurement of the vehicles and weapons was in line with the PNP Capability Enhancement Program (CEP) 2020 which aims to enhance the operational readiness of the personnel and upgrade the law enforcement approach.
“The support and trust given to the police force in Eastern Visayas, as reflected by the provision of these vehicles and firearms, give us the opportunity to be one step ahead against our enemies involved in illegal drugs, criminality, and insurgency,” De Jesus said.
He urged the recipients of the new equipment to render proper care management and utilize them in pursuit of their mission to serve and protect.
The turnover was facilitated by the Office of the Regional Logistics and Research Development Division (ORLRDD) and attended by Brig. Gen. Ronaldo R. Mendoza, Deputy Regional Director for Administration (DRDA); Col. Edwin Buenavenura C. Wagan, Deputy Regional Director for Operations (DRDO); Col. Jonathan A. Cabal, Chief Regional Staff (CRS), Maj. Teddy C. David, Regional Pastoral Officer (RPO) and other key personnel.


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FHP: 1 dead, 2 injured following three-vehicle rollover crash near Belle Glade
The crash took place at about 7 a.m. on East Canal Street near Senter Road east of the city limits.
BELLE GLADE – A 22-year-old Davie man died and three people sustained serious injuries in a three-car crash in western Palm Beach County on Friday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Officers were dispatched to East Canal Street, just east of Senter Road and south of State Road 80, at about 7 a.m.
According to FHP's report, two sedans were traveling northeast on East Canal, also known as County Road 880, when one attempted to make a right turn near Senter Road.
The driver from Davie failed to slow down in time and crashed into the rear of the other sedan. His vehicle overturned and veered into the path of a pickup traveling southeast. The pickup collided into a guardrail.
A 25-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman in the Davie man's car sustained serious injuries, FHP said. Both also were from Davie.
The driver of the second vehicle, a 30-year-old Belle Glade woman, also had serious injuries. Her passenger, a 32-year-old Belle Glade man, had minor injuries.
The pickup driver, a 47-year-old Royal Palm Beach man, was not injured.
Investigators said two people were flown by Trauma Hawk to St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach. It did not specify the car or cars in which they were riding.
The crash shut down all lanes of East Canal Street Friday morning as FHP crews investigated.
In withholding the man's name, FHP invokes a Florida constitutional amendment approved in November 2018 and modeled after the national Marsy’s Law victims’ rights movement. It bars public-safety agencies from releasing the names of crash victims.
Media outlets and public-records advocates have argued the law should apply only to victims of crimes.
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Google Doodle design for my Advertising Illustration class. I wanted this project to be an homage to someone I admire as an artist and a visionary so I chose to represent one of my favorite painters, Gustav Klimt. I designed the layout and visuals based on his portfolio of paintings. I also did a rough animation of an idea I had where light reflected off the "gold leaf" in my illustration, but some things still need refinement.


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Infinitely proven worldwide by riders of all levels. The award winning, mid flex, time tested Infinity is perfect for any condition. Carbon VXR Laminate Technology provides power and an agile response to the ends of board while keeping torsional control. Furnished with Original Rocker Camber Profile, the Infinity is an all terrain deck that handles hardpack, powder, and park exceptionally well. Take your riding to Infinity and beyond.
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* Size: 145,147
* Dimensions: 27.6-23.5-27.6 (147)
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Well, we just saw Samsung launch its latest ubergizmo with tons of interesting features, like pause video playback at the blink of the eye. However, there is an important hardware feature of the Samsung Galaxy S4 to note here: finally a Near Field Communications (NFC) chip is embedded in the device (something that Apple left out of the iPhone 5), making it useful for mobile payments, building access control, and lots of other security uses. Issuers, payment services providers and trusted services managers have long been dreaming of mobile phones with NFC chips: not having to send plastic credit cards with EMV chips (or magstripes in the US) but being able to personalize the credit card right on the phone reduces card management costs, improves end user satisfaction. There is nothing new here. But here's where NFC finally in a mainstream mobile phone can revolutionize fraud management:
1) GPS verification. So if you use it to make a card present transaction by touching your phone NFC credit card to a PayPass or other proximity based credit card reader, the payment authorization platform can immediately know where you are, correlate it with the riskiness of the location (country) and use your location to build a risk score.
2) More factors and better capabilities for payment authentication. Instead or in addition to asking for a PIN code for transaction authentication, the payment processor can contact your registered phone and - based on risk - can ask for a PIN code signature, or secondary authentication like facial recognition or biometric retina vein recognition to authorize a higher value transaction.
3) Linking the NFC chip to an eWallet. This will be easier than ever before. If the NFC chip is initialized to be a credit card, the eWallet application can check for the presence of it and maybe even use it in a card present transaction.
After RSA's acquisition of SilverTail, things are heating up in mobile application level behavioral detection.
We see fraud management vendors increasingly looking at mobile application behaviors (beyond web fraud management and device fingerprinting) to build out a normal and abnormal behavior profile for the network traffic signatures coming out of the application (similarly to how SilverTail/RSA looks at web traffic signatures). Note that this is clearly a grey area that falls between what device fingerprinting vendors (iovation, 41st Parameter, BlueCava, ThreatMetrix), or risk-based authentication (RBA) vendors (RSA, Entrust, CA/Arcot, etc.) or what traditional back-end, cross-channel transaction monitoring vendors (Actimize, ACI, Detica, SAS, etc.) have been doing. Although device fingerprinting and RBA vendors have long been providing SDKs and APIs for developers to include in their mobile applications, understanding mobile application network traffic and building good and bad behavioral models is becoming something people are increasingly interested in.
Mobile application behavior detection has the benefits of not having to open up application code, not having to define too many security policies or rules. Because of this, mobile application behavior detection and network traffic signature profiling is something we expect to see a lot of vendor interest in the next 9-12 months.
Want to know more about Access Certification and Attestation? Would you like to win an iPad and get a courtesy copy of a Forrester report on the findings of a survey on the topic?
Forrester is collaborating with the University of British Columbia (UBC) on an Identity and Access Management survey. The main topic of the survey is Access Certification and Attestation, also known as Access Governance. It takes only 15 minutes to complete the survey. In August 2013, Forrester, in collaboration with UBC, will publish the highlights of survey results.
Here's what we offer for your participation:
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The Queen of Soul has been battling ill health over the last few months, but has declined to disclose the exact nature of her problems. She recently axed a number of shows, insisting she wanted to fully complete her treatment before heading back on stage.
In an update released to the Associated Press, Franklin says her recovery has amazed her doctors and she hopes to be back at work soon.
Read more here: EURWEB.COM
Photos by: AP Images/Aretha Franklin


Surface Damage Characterization Using Image Analysis, Human Visual Rankings and Customized Algorithms ( US 2018 146 )
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Level: Intermediate Evan Bittner, Statistical Engineer, Corning Christine Cecala, Senior Research Scientist, Corning David Brockway, Senior Statistical Engineer and Distinguished Associate, Corning Casey Volino, Senior Engineering Associate, Corning Eric L. Null, Senior Chemical Measurement Scientist, Corning
Durability of cover glass on displays is an important attribute for consumer devices. To assess cover glass resistance to surface damage, quantitative metrics are needed that can discriminate between different samples in laboratory testing while maintaining a relationship with human visual rankings to accurately simulate user experience. To move from subjective, highly variable rankings to robust quantitative metrics, the VIRTUAL Eye measurement system was developed. Key features include two edge lights to illuminate samples and an overhead camera to capture images of surface damage. With images of surface damage on hand, JMP is used to drive the data processing, quantitative analysis and user feedback. Usable pixel intensity data is extracted from images; in-house algorithms were created and developed to extract the metrics from that data. Established platforms such as Graph Builder and Quality and Process pushed the analysis of data and metric creation forward, while scripting provided power, flexibility and efficiency throughout the development process. The tools in JMP helped provide a path to quantifying the visual perception of surface damage.


Italian Architect Stefano Boeri, famed for the Bosco Verticale of Milan is now working with China for a proposed series of “forest cities.”
Read more at the Guardian: “We have been asked to design an entire city where you don’t only have one tall building but you have 100 or 200 buildings of different sizes, all with trees and plants on the facades,” Boeri told the Guardian. “We are working very seriously on designing all the different buildings. I think they will start to build at the end of this year. By 2020 we could imagine having the first forest city in China.”
The first such settlement will be located in Luizhou, a mid-sized Chinese city of about 1.5 million residents in the mountainous southern province of Guangxi. The architect said believed Chinese officials were finally understanding that they needed to embrace a new, more sustainable model of urban planning that involved not “huge megalopolises” but settlements of 100,000 people or fewer that were entirely constructed of “green architecture”.
“What they have done until now is simply to continue to add new peripheral environments to their cities,” he said. “They have created these nightmares – immense metropolitan environments. They have to imagine a new model of city that is not about extending and expanding but a system of small, green cities.”
wwwhat is this, some kind of SUPERNATURAL OCCURRENCE???? have the SNAKE PEOPLE who PUPPETEER the united states government planted a heat-sensing monitor in that tree??!?! are they mocking me with their plant-like facade??!!!
PEEDEE GET MY PHONE, I NEED TO TELL MY FOLLOWERS SOMETHING


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The Delaware Supreme Court has endorsed the application of a single state’s insurance law to disputes over coverage under policies issued to a global company for costs associated with environmental waste sites in two states. The Court reversed the lower court which had decided to apply instead the law of the state in which a given site was located. The Court stressed that although the states with the sites had an interest in their cleanup, the cleanup will occur regardless. This matter, said the Court, is a contract dispute over who will pay for the costs of cleanup. Thus, in the context of contracts, according to the Court, the law that should control is from the state (New York in this case) with the “most significant relationship among the parties” for the subject insurance policies. The Court noted that the policyholder’s predecessors had their principal place of business in New York at the time the policies were written and that there were “a number of contacts with New York over time after the beginning of the coverage.” The Court strongly preferred there be a consistent interpretation of the policies under a single state’s law for a “comprehensive, nationwide insurance program” of the type this policyholder purchased. This outcome is better, said the Court, than “the policy being read in fundamentally different ways in different cases, based on the happenstance of where, across a broad variety of possible locations and jurisdictions, potential liability results in litigation.”
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American rap maestro and Hip-Hop artiste Meek Mill, has announced his presence in Ghana ahead of his anticipated performance at the Afro Nation.
The rapper made this declaration by means of his YouTube channel, some hours ago.
Philadelphian-based rapper, Meek Mill, who is the first American act listed to perform on the bill, hence denoting his first significant appearance in Africa, is charged to show up on stage on 29th December, along with Tiwa Savage, P-Square, Kuami Eugene, Gyakie, Oxlade, among other artistes.
Apart from the iconic rapper’s bid for performance, other artistes included to perform on the list consist of musicians such as Davido, Stonebwoy, P-Square, Rema, Black Sherif, CKay, Gyakie, Camidoh, KiDi, Asake and other numerous acts.
This profoundly expected edition of Afro Nation, comes after the 2019 African version, successfully delivered in grand style. This African music fest is geared towards supporting indigenous entertainment powerhouses to partake in organizing the event.
Additionally, the annual music fest initiative will aid in opening business doors for many local vendors as could be allowed, decidedly enhancing Ghana’s spectrum in terms of culture and tourism.
The highly anticipated show, which is set to last for over two days, won’t merely play host to admired musicians from the worldwide diaspora, but will also give various fans the opportunity to have significant knowledge about the continent, as well as the traditional settings that have molded the foundation of music, arts, and origin of so many all over the world.
The event is guaranteed to churn out great performances from the most present musicians within Africa, and the diaspora. The organizers behind the show have beforehand, confirmed a couple of huge names set for the event’s mega success.
To top this off, Afro Nation Ghana will welcome all the main Amapiano artistes, Major League DJz, Uncle Waffles, Kamo Mphela, and Scorpion Kings who are ushering in the most classic sounds from South African entertainment scope, to the world.
This year’s edition of Afro Nation comes after the immensely successful Portugal beach festival this summer, in addition to the first US show in Puerto Rico during the Spring.
Afro Nation Ghana openly welcomes dozens of fans from the global diaspora, making their journey back home to chill, and to reestablish a bond of attraction with loved ones during the turn of the new year, in West Africa’s most thrilling point of cultural substance.


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If you are thinking about quitting your smoking habit, you aren’t alone. Nearly 77% say they want quit smoking. Quitting smoking, which can cause damage to nearly all of your organs including the heart, is one thing you can do for yourself. Nearly one-third (33%) of deaths from heart disease can be attributed to smoking or secondhand smoke.
You may feel tempted to switch to electronic cigarettes (e.g. vape pen, vape pen and other nondisposable vaping devices) to ease the transition between traditional cigarettes and not smoking. What is the best way to quit smoking cigarettes and vaping? Can ecigarettes be used as a means to quit smoking permanently?
1: Although vaping can be less harmful than smoking it, it’s still not recommended.
E-cigarettes use nicotine (extracted from the tobacco) and flavorings to create an inhalable aerosol. The chemicals found in regular tobacco cigarettes can reach as high as 7,000, with many of them being toxic. Blaha claims that while we don’t know the exact chemical makeup of e-cigarettes (or what they contain), there’s no doubt that vaping is less harmful than traditional cigarettes.
However, there’s been an outbreak in related lung injuries and deaths from vaping. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) reported 2807 cases and 68 deaths of vaping-related lung injury (EVALI), in February 2020.
“These cases most commonly affect people who modify vaping devices and use black market modified electronic e-liquids. Blaha states that this is especially true when vaping products contain THC.
Vitamin E acetate is a known chemical of concern to people with EVALI, according to the CDC. Vitamin E acetate (a thickening agent used in THC vaping product) was found in all EVALI patients whose lung fluids were examined by CDC.
The CDC recommends:
- Do not vape or use e-cigarettes that contain THC.
- Avoid informal sources like friends, family, or online retailers to purchase a vaping apparatus.
- You shouldn’t modify or add to any vaping device for which you are not authorized by the manufacturer.
The Johns Hopkins University has published thousands of chemical substances in vape juices, many of which have yet to be identified. The team found several potentially harmful substances. These included caffeine, three chemicals not previously known to be in ecigarettes, a pesticide, and two flavorings with potential toxic effects and respiratory irritation.
2: Researchers suggest that vaping is bad news for your heart.
Nicotine, the primary chemical in regular cigarettes or e-cigarettes is addictive. It can make you crave nicotine and cause withdrawal symptoms. Nicotine is toxic. It can cause high blood pressure rises and adrenaline spikes, which increase heart rate and increases the possibility of suffering from a cardiac attack.
Is vaping dangerous? There are many things we don’t know about vaping. This includes the chemicals that make up the vapor, and how they affect our long-term health. Blaha says that ecigarettes pose a risk to your health. The emerging evidence suggests links to asthma as well as association between dual e-cigarette use and smoking with coronary disease. You’re likely to be exposed and potentially dangerous to chemicals we don’t understand.
3: Electronic cigarettes are just like traditional cigarettes.
Both regular cigarettes and electronic cigarettes contain nicotine. Studies suggest that this substance may be as addictive or as addictive as heroin, cocaine, and other drugs. Blaha states that ecigarette users are more likely to take e-cigarettes as much nicotine as they would from regular cigarettes. Blaha says that you can either buy extra strong cartridges (which have a higher nicotine content) or increase your ecigarette’s power to get a stronger dose.
4: E-cigarettes aren’t the best method to stop smoking.
Although e-cigarettes have been promoted as aids to quitting smoking, they aren’t approved by Food and Drug Administration as cessation products. A recent study showed that most people who attempted to quit smoking with e-cigarettes ended up continuing to smoke traditional and electronic cigarettes.
The CDC advises those who use ecigarettes to quit smoking to evaluate the risks and consider other FDA-approved options.
5: A new generation has become addicted to nicotine.
E-cigarettes and especially the disposable version are more popular with youth than traditional tobacco products. According to the 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey more than 2 million U.S. middle school students reported using electronic cigarettes in 2021. 8 out of 10 of those students were using flavored tobacco e-cigarettes.
Blaha believes there are three reasons that ecigarettes may appeal to young people. Many teens believe vaping to be safer than smoking. E-cigarettes can be used at a lower price than traditional cigarettes. A third benefit is that e-cigarettes don’t have any smoke, which appeals to both teens and adults. E-cigarettes do not have the smell of cigarettes, which helps to reduce stigmatization.
Blaha stated that the thing most concerning about vaping is its rise among youth. “It’s all one thing to go from smoking cigarettes, and vaping is another. It’s quite an entirely different matter to vape and begin nicotine use. You may also find yourself addicted to nicotine, which can lead you to use traditional tobacco products.
Data from the CDC show that youth vaping has dropped somewhat since 2020. This trend could have been caused by children being kept at home by their parents during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Blaha points out that interpretation is complicated because young people can change their preferences easily and may not consider vaping using disposable products like puff bars or puff bars. The same CDC report indicates that disposable ecigarette consumption has increased by 1,000% for high school students and 400% for middle school students.
Vaping and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Blaha says that data showed that ecigarette sales fell when the coronavirus outbreak first started. This could have been due to people spending more time at work and avoiding shops.
Blaha however sees a disturbing trend: a rise in daily use of e-cigarettes among vape enthusiasts. “The average number of vapers per day used to only be 1 in 5. But it seems that it has risen significantly, which is worrying as it could indicate more nicotine addiction. I will keep an eye on it.”
Smoking or vaping can increase the severity of respiratory problems related to COVID-19.
Are you looking to quit smoking cigarettes?
There is a strong association between smoke and cardiovascular disease. You can help your body recover faster if it quits sooner. Talk to your doctor and determine the best method or tools for quitting smoking.


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The first official single from Quantic's freshly announced 'Magnetica' album is "Duvidó" featuring Portuguese resident, Angolan born vocalist Pongolove. Premiered by the Guardian, with a stunning video filmed by B+ in Colombia. A fiery vocal delivery, with lyrics in Portuguese heavily dosed with slang from Portugal and Angola, makes this intoxicating party cut all the more unique, and showcases the style that made Pongolove a go-to collaborator for Buraka Som Sistema (most famously, aged just 16, fronting their huge 2008 hit "Kalemba (Wegue Wegue)"). Set against Quantic's heavy electronic bass and authentic and experimental melodic elements, the playful, street-smart artistry of this great MC and singer calls to mind flashes of M.I.A., another early Buraka collaborator. Reflecting Will "Quantic" Holland's desire to bring an African aspect onto the backdrop of his Colombian influences of recent years, "Duvidó" unites curulao from the Pacific coast of Colombia with the kuduro and semba rhythms of Angola; and Colombian marimba mixes with the merengue or highlife feel of the guitars. Plenty of innovation bubbles around these traditional sounds, highlighting the innate talent for trend-setting production that has always made him one to watch, across more than a decade as a prolific artist. A gem for DJs and collectors, the "Duvidó" 12" boasts two exclusive vinyl-only tracks - an entrancing and polyrhythmic Alternate Version of the lead song, and a new club cut "Mambe Nights" - as well as the "Duvido" instrumental. A limited run of 300 coloured vinyl will be available alongside the heavyweight black pressing. Early 2014 has seen the troubadour Quantic relocating to New York, having spent the last seven years living in Colombia (with stints in both Calí and Bogotá), a base from which he sought out and worked with many of the finest musicians from Latin America and the Caribbean. The sum of many musical adventures, the new album finds Quantic revisiting his electronic roots, blending distinctive, forward-thinking production with elements of folk, reggae, soul, highlife, cumbia and more - with a host of handpicked guests illuminating the sounds, styles and languages of Ethiopia, Jamaica, Brazil, the UK and beyond. Anticipation for the record is running high, as befits the first studio album from Quantic under his main solo moniker since 2006's 'An Announcement to Answer'. He has, of course, been far from quiet in the interim, keeping the world on it's toes with acclaimed side-projects including the Quantic Soul Orchestra, Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro, Quantic & Alice Russell, Flowering Inferno and Ondatrópica (Soundway), and high profile live shows to match.
Each record is protected within its record sleeve by a white vellum anti-dust sleeve.
All items are shipped brand-new and unopened in original packaging. Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands.


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Almost two weeks ago there was a question regarding Nano HPLC technology that I attempted to answer and in that post I mentioned Agilent as one of the pioneers in the Nano LC field. Agilent’s “nano” workhorse is a 1200 Series HPLC-Chip/MS system, which uses microfluidics chip-based technology for nanospray LC/MS. Based on the HPLC-Chip and HPLC-Chip Cube MS interface, it provides “a new level of nanospray MS sensitivity, robustness, ease of use and reliability”. Here is Agilent’s sales video:
The HPLC-Chip integrates columns, connection capillaries,and nanospray emitter directly on the polymer chip surface eliminating peak dispersion and providing uncompromised chromatographic performance
Re-usable, integrated biocompatible HPLC-Chip designed for high sensitivity nanospray LC-MS.
HPLC-Chip Cube provides easy to use operation with automatic chip loading, solvent and sample delivery to the chip, high pressure switching of flows and automated chip positioning in the MS source.


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As the use of consumers’ personally identifiable information (PII) by businesses continues to evolve, sensitive data is constantly being placed at risk of compromise. To ensure that consumers can take necessary actions to protect themselves after a breach has occurred, 47 states have enacted data breach notification laws. This white paper explores the attitudes, experiences, and perceptions of fraud victims in four metropolitan areas: Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and Minneapolis.
To better understand the data breach-identity fraud paradigm, Javelin surveyed fraud victims in four major metropolitan areas across the U.S.: Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and Minneapolis. In comparing the experiences of fraud victims who had suffered a data breach with those who did not, the effects of data breaches on the integrity of consumer identities are readily apparent. It is evident that data breaches have become part of the public consciousness, specifically because of their role in facilitating identity fraud. This has severe implications for all stakeholders, as affected consumers are holding a variety of organizations accountable for failing to protect their P11 from being compromised, bought, sold, and misused by fraudsters, hackers, and other criminal entities. Changing the status quo is critical to maintaining consumer trust in an environment where P11 is successfully stolen en masse, on an all too regular basis.
In March 2014, the National Consumers League retained Javelin Strategy & Research to conduct a comprehensive research study on data breach and fraud victims’ experiences, behaviors, and attitudes. The NCL conducted an online survey of 200 fraud victims in the Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and Minneapolis metropolitan areas. The results of this study are not nationally representative and cannot be extrapolated to groups outside fraud victims in these four metropolitan areas. The overall margin of sampling error is +1- 6.93 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. The margin of error is larger for subsets of respondents.


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