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Dr. Eduardo Moacyr Krieger, 86, of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine (FMUSP), is enthusiastic about the preliminary results of a recent study in which he is participating: an analysis of about 2,000 patients with hypertension from all over the Brazil. The goal is to find out what proportion of them are resistant to the treatment for high blood pressure. In developed countries, up to 30% of patients fall into this category.
The good news: “The response of Brazilian patients to the treatment for hypertension has been really spectacular. The percentage of those with resistant hypertension is very low compared to the international average, provided that the patient receives all the necessary care. It is something comparable to the best results obtained in other countries. This will be very useful as a standard for the Unified Health System (SUS),” says Krieger, who cannot yet reveal the exact percentage because it is a multi-center study with 26 participating institutions.
Krieger’s career and that of other scientists of his generation, many still active, is illustrative of the transformations and the considerable advances in biomedical research that have been made at Brazil’s largest university. From modest beginnings, when USP researchers had to face challenges of infrastructure and public health or political persecution during the military regime, the university has been able to form groups that are carrying out ambitious projects of scientific and social impact, working in cutting edge areas such as cell therapy and personalized medicine.
Inspired by Buenos Aires
An interesting aspect of their origin is that many of the USP biomedical research groups received their inspiration and encouragement from Argentine researchers, who were already renowned as physiologists in the middle of the 20th century.
Among these figures was the first Argentine—and first Latin American—to receive a Nobel Prize for his achievements as a scientist: Bernardo Alberto Houssay (1887-1971), who won in 1947 for his work on the hormonal regulation of blood sugar levels. Under a program sponsored by the Brazilian Federal Agency for the Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (Capes), the Argentine laureate and his colleagues visited Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul State) in 1954. That’s when Krieger, a newly minted doctor, met Eduardo Braun Menéndez one of the disciples of the Nobel laureate, and was invited to spend a few months in Buenos Aires working with the team.
The environment had to be improvised. Because of his opposition to the Argentine military regime, Houssay and his colleagues had been expelled from the University of Buenos Aires and forced to establish the Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine in a house provided by Menéndez’s wealthy family—a different laboratory in every room. But the intellectual fervor of that environment was so great, according to Krieger, that he fell in love with basic research and decided to deepen his understanding of the fundamentals of the cardiovascular system.
But the Argentine connection does not end there. Dr. Miguel Covian, another member of Dr. Houssay’s group, was invited to join the Ribeirão Preto Medical School, established in 1951 by a São Paulo doctor, Zeferino Vaz, with a mission to become an institution dedicated to research. Since he knew Krieger from Buenos Aires, Covian called him to Ribeirão Preto, where the young doctor settled in 1957.
“I usually say that I became a physiologist only because I worked with a Nobel laureate in physiology,” says Krieger. “This kind of leadership in research is fundamental to one’s career because, after all, you learn science from those who know it, not from reading a book in the library. The training of a scientist is still very much like learning a craft: you start as an apprentice. And these great personalities are the ones who are enthusiastic and persuasive and who create a kind of genealogical chain of researchers.” Coincidentally, with regard to the genealogy itself—not the metaphorical, involving teachers and students, but the literal, from father to son—the Argentine doctor also inspired Krieger’s son, José Eduardo Krieger to follow in his footsteps. He now heads the Genetics and Molecular Cardiology Laboratory of the Heart Institute (InCor).
Indeed, the atmosphere of that time both inside and outside the state capital involved some common ingredients. One of the most important was what you might call the first revolutionary phase of molecular biology, explains Dr. Erney Plessmann de Camargo, 79, a parasitologist at USP’s Institute of Biomedical Sciences, who in the early 1970s, in a nod to university reform, brought together teachers and researchers from several of the university’s basic science departments. Formerly scattered throughout various USP faculties, specialties such as histology, parasitology, immunology and physiology, in addition to others that today are the source of significant scientific production at the international level, migrated to the Institute on the main campus in the São Paulo neighborhood of Butantã.
Camargo, who has done major work on the biology of Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease, cites several seminal discoveries that, during the 1950s and 1960s, seemed to finally be revealing the secrets of how life works from the standpoint of its molecular bases: the discovery of the famous double helix structure of DNA; the process of energy production in mitochondria, the “power plants” of cells; how proteins are produced in ribosomes. “The circumstances were very favorable for becoming interested in science, and we had great teachers to show that to us,” he says.
According to Camargo, another reason he was attracted to parasitology was political: almost all the researchers involved in the field were politically left-leaning. “We were the red department of the School of Medicine,” he jokes. Among his leftist colleagues were Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva, who died in 2014 and was a little older than Camargo, and Professor Samuel Pessôa, a friend of military officer and communist leader Luis Carlos Prestes. The association between political engagement and the parasitology department, then located at the Medical School headquarters in the neighborhood of Pinheiros, was logical for many of these researchers, if one considers the link between poverty and serious diseases caused by parasites. “Professor Pessôa said he wanted to solve the problems of the Brazilian people,” says Camargo.
If this view served to stimulate the scientific production of the group, it also placed its members in harm’s way following the military coup of 1964. Several USP parasitologists were stripped of their political rights by the new regime, including Camargo. Both he and Pereira da Silva would later be arrested. Camargo would not return permanently to USP until the 1980s, welcomed at an event attended by about 200 people that served as the university’s way of making amends to the formerly persecuted parasitologist.
To Camargo, although today’s university environment at times seems less politicized than the 1960s, the differences are not as great as one might think. “I do not believe that the intellectual and political structure of the scientific community has changed significantly since then. What changed greatly were the circumstances: the end of the specter of the Cold War, the end of the physical and cultural oppression when the military regime collapsed, and the continuing, though slow, humanization of capitalism. I’m fairly certain that if some kind of oppression were to return, the non-conformism of the scientific community would also return, and would again be called subversive,” he argues.
Camargo is now engaged in trying to understand, in a broad sense, the evolutionary history of the trypanosomatids group, as it relates to causing Chagas disease. A wide variety of vertebrates, from fish to reptiles, are affected by these creatures, not only transmitted by insects known popularly as o barbeiro (the kissing bug), but also by ticks and leeches. Being able to study this fascinating evolutionary trajectory is, in part, a measure of the success of parasitology, he says.
“The parasitology of my early career had incredible sanitary and socio-political challenges linked to malaria, Chagas disease, schistosomiasis and diseases caused by other vermin. It was, quite correctly, a parasitology directed toward human diseases. Today, these problems are not on the same scale as at other times, nevertheless parasitology has become a very important branch of natural history, since parasites constitute the largest group of living things on the Earth.”
From bench to bedside
At about the time Krieger was becoming established in Ribeirão Preto, the duo formed by Drs. Maurício Rocha e Silva (who died in 1983) and Sérgio Henrique Ferreira, now 80, did work that would become the basis for some of the first effective drugs for reducing hypertension. They analyzed, for example, how substances found in the venom of the Bothrops jararaca (pit viper) affects bradykinin, a molecule produced naturally by the body.
Later, Ferreira would explain the mechanism by which substances such as aspirin and morphine combat pain and inflammation. Today, younger colleagues of Ferreira at USP in Ribeirão Preto, like Fernando de Queiroz Cunha, are continuing this work in order to tackle diseases involving inflammatory mechanisms, such as sepsis (generalized infection), rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.
“You could say that Mauricio Rocha e Silva is my scientific ‘grandfather’ and Sergio Ferreira is my ‘father,’ ” says Cunha, returning to the genealogy metaphor—Ferreira in this case was his doctoral advisor.
Although several USP biomedical research groups have for decades focused on the clinical applications of the findings of basic science, Cunha says the pace has picked up over the past five years, with an increasing emphasis on so-called translational research.
The advantage of the Ribeirão Preto campus in this regard, according to Cunha, is that it has a good hospital and is very active in basic research. In addition to pharmacology and immunology, groups such as the one headed by Dr. Marco Antonio Zago, current president of USP, have won distinction. Zago’s group investigates hematological diseases and the use of stem cells to treat some forms of blood cancer.
“The issue,” says Cunha, “is that the Brazilian pharmaceutical industry is only now beginning to realize the importance of radical innovation. The market share controlled by Brazilian companies is important and robust, but until recently has focused almost exclusively on generic or similar products.” Thanks in part to research-sponsoring agencies, according to Cunha, cooperation between the university and the productive sector is beginning to take hold. “We cannot expect the university to bring a new product into the market,” he says.
An example of an initiative that may become a reality in the future is an immunobiological test developed by Cunha and his colleagues for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Most patients with this autoimmune disease respond well to the use of methotrexate, a major anti-arthritic drug. However approximately 30% of patients do not respond to it, but this becomes clear only three to six months after the start of treatment. The test developed by the Ribeirão team would indicate from the outset that methotrexate will not work for a specific patient. “This means that six months of treatment would not be wasted,” he says. The team has already applied for a patent for the test and is negotiating its manufacture by Brazilian companies.
The group has also made progress on understanding sepsis, a generalized infection that can affect hospitalized patients following major surgery and is fatal in up to 50% of cases in Brazil. Sepsis is a complex phenomenon. Part of the risk it poses to health comes from the fact that, at some stage, signals of the immune system become confused and “tired,” thereby preventing it from effectively attacking the bacteria that cause sepsis. The Ribeirão team has now identified a molecule that could serve as a target for new drugs that would restore that signaling.Republish

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The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal upheld the ruling of the Court of First Instance requiring a medical center, a female doctor, a nurse and an insurance company to pay a patient an amount of 170,000 dirhams in compensation for the material, psychological and moral damages that she suffered while receiving a laser treatment session to get rid of fats in the abdomen, and she suffered burns. In the skin it left a permanent disability.
The details of the case are due to a woman filing a lawsuit against a dermatological and cosmetic center and a doctor, in which she demanded that the defendants pay her an amount of two million dirhams in compensation for the material, psychological and moral damages she was exposed to, and obligate them to pay fees and expenses of the case and in exchange for attorneys’ fees, indicating that she went The center is for treating fat in the abdominal area, and the doctor decided that the treatment will be with a specialized laser fat removal device.
The plaintiff explained that she underwent the first treatment session without complications, and in the second session, she felt severe pain while operating the device and told the nurse the “second entrance opponent” who was in charge of the device, noting that after the session ended, it was found that there were burns on the abdominal skin in the areas that were treated with laser and she The doctor gave her creams and told her that the burns would disappear, but her condition got worse.
The plaintiff indicated that with the increase in pain, she tried to contact the doctor, but she did not answer the order that forced her to go to the hospital, as it was found that she had suffered first and second degree burns and had undergone surgery as a result of which the dead parts of the skin were removed in the abdominal area and that resulted in permanent skin disfigurement. The abdomen accounted for 5%.
She added that she had issued a criminal case against the doctor, and a final ruling was issued against the doctor, which ordered her to be fined 100 thousand dirhams, and that he paid 10 thousand dirhams in compensation for the benefit of the plaintiff for causing her mistake to prejudice the integrity of her body.
The attorney of the first and second defendants submitted a memorandum in which he argued that it is not permissible to hear the lawsuit due to the previous ruling in the criminal judgment, which has become final, as the plaintiff was ordered to pay compensation and thus the plaintiff obtained compensation, and it is not permissible to combine compensation and compensation, and he demanded the inclusion of three new opponents in the case «the contracting insurance company With her, the center is responsible for bearing the compensation arising from the medical error, the nurse who undertook the treatment of the plaintiff, in addition to the hospital in which the plaintiff underwent surgery and was subjected to wrong medical treatment by emergency doctors in that hospital.
The court of first instance ordered the defendant to be obligated by the medical center and the medical center, and the first entry opponent “the insurance company” and the second entry opponent “the nurse” to pay the plaintiff jointly a complementary compensation of 170 thousand dirhams.
The appeals court upheld the ruling and obligated each appellant to pay the fees for his appeal.

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In Praise Of the Great Poet
“a writer, a person and a cultural icon”
“writer’s writer’s writer” John Ashbery
“one of the most important American poets” New York
"Bishop's poetics is one distinguished by tranquil
observation, craft-like accuracy, care for the small things of
the world, a miniaturist's discretion and attention. Unlike
the pert and wooly poetry that came to dominate American
literature by the second half of her life, her poems are
balanced like Alexander Calder mobiles, turning so subtly
as to seem almost still at first, every element, every weight
of meaning and song, poised flawlessly against the next.”
“A strong sense of the poet as (an) observer”
“An eye so acute that at a first reading little appears to be to
imaged about the subject"
“A quality of childlike wonder”
Born February 8, 1911 in
Mother was mentally ill, died-
Elizabeth raised by grandparents
Attended Walnut Hill School then
Lived in several places
Key West, Florida
Was a lesbian- but didn’t influence her
Died October 6, 1979 in Worchester
Death of father when she was 8 months old.
1916 mother institutionalized –short story “In The Village”
1934 Death of mother
Lived with Grandparents—great Village, Nova Scotia. Refers
to the period in her writings.
Moves with paternal family in Worcester, Massachusetts—
developed chronic asthma.
Time in Worchester chronicled in “The Waiting room”.
Sent to live with mother’s sister in Revereand later
. Introduced by aunt to the works of Victorian
poets, including Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Thomas
Carlyle, Robert Browning, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
•Limited formal schooling before the
age of 14 due to bad health.
•Walnut high School
•Vassar College class of 1934
•Underground magazine Con
Spirito, with Mary McCarthy, at
•1934 meets Marianne Moore and
work published in Vassar
•Moore recommended Bishop for
Houghtin Mifflin Prize.
•Moore published a handful of her
poems in an anthology called Trial
Balances in 1935
•After being rejected by several New
York publishers North and South
published in August 1946
North and South: introduces the themes central
to Bishop's poetry: geography and
landscape, human connection with the natural
world, questions of knowledge and
perception, and the ability or inability of form to
control chaos. Robert Lowell like
Moore, showed Bishop possibilities--practically, in
the form of grants, fellowships, and awards, and
In 1950 Lowell helped Bishop secure the
post of poetry consultant for the Library of
Congress while she worked on her second book
1950, won the Lucy Martin Donnelly Fellowship and an
award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
1951 she traveled to South America but…
ate a cashew fruit to which she had a violent allergic
fell in love, both with Lota de Macedo Soares, and with the
landscape and culture of Brazil.
For fifteen years Bishop lived with Soares
She wrote to Lowell that she was "extremely happy for the
first time in my life" (28 July 1953).
relationship with Lota de Macedo Soares gave her life
stability and love, and she established residences in Rio de
1954 publish her second book, A Cold Spring.
1956 Pulitzer Prize
Donald Hall called Bishop "one of the best poets alive."
Bishop spent the next three years translating a
popular Brazilian work, the diary of "Helena
Morely”—calledMinha Vida de Menina.
The story of Helena's life in the small town of
Diamantina in 1893 reminded Bishop of her 1916
Great Village, and translating this work while
reflecting on and writing about her own childhood
helped Bishop explore her past as artistic
The translation was published under the title The
Diary of Helena Morely by Farrar, Straus, and
Cudahy in 1957.
A Cold Spring, her second volume of poetry, appeared in 1955. Brazil
became the setting for many of the poems that were collected a decade
later in Questions of Travel (1965).
After the suicide of Lota de Macedo Soares, Bishop increasingly began
to live in the United States, and became poet-in-residence at Harvard
University in 1969. A close friendship with Alice Methfessel began in
1971 and continued until the time of Bishop's death in 1979. Her final
poetry volume, Geography III, was published in 1976,
Bishop often spent many years writing a single poem, working toward
an effect of offhandedness and spontaneity. Committed to a "passion
for accuracy," she re-created her worlds of
Canada, America, Europe, and Brazil. Shunning self-pity, the poems
thinly conceal her estrangements as a woman, a lesbian, an orphan, a
geographically rootless traveler, a frequently hospitalized
asthmatic, and a sufferer of depression and alcoholism. "I'm not
interested in big-scale work as such," she once told Lowell.
"Something needn't be large to be good."
"I am 3/4ths Canadian, and one 4th New Englander - I had
ancestors on both sides in the Revolutionary war." -
In 1978 Bishop told Alexandra Johnson in an
interview, “I’ve never felt particularly
homeless, but, then, I’ve never felt particularly at
home. I guess that’s a pretty good description of a poet’s
sense of home. [S]he carries it within [her]” (102). After
1930 Bishop returned to Great Village only occasionally (in
1946, 1947, 1951 and throughout the 1970s). But as she
moved out into the world, she took her experiences of
Great Village with her as touchstones. What Elizabeth
Bishop carried within her was a vivid sense of space and
time, shape and colour, a multi-dimensional perspective, a
layered memory, which emerged first in Great Village, and
which helped her navigate the world. Somewhere inside
her mind, her childhood home, an “inscrutable house,”
endured as an aesthetic template, anchor and exemplar.
1945: Houghton Mifflin Poetry Prize Fellowship
1947: Guggenheim Fellowship
1949: Appointed Consultant in Poetry at the Library
1950: American Academy of Arts and Letters Award
1951: Lucy Martin Donelly Fellowship (awarded by
Bryn Mawr College)
1953: Shelley Memorial Award
1954: Elected to lifetime membership in the National
Institute of Arts and Letters
1956: Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1960: Chapelbrook Foundation Award
1964: Academy of American Poets Fellowship
1968: Ingram-Merrill Foundation Grant
1969: National Book Award
1969: The Order of the Rio Branco (awarded by the
1974: Harriet Monroe Poetry Award
1976: Elected to the American Academy of Arts and
1977: National Book Critics Circle Award
1978: Guggenheim Fellowship

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Join me for a ‘Teeny’ bit of table inspiration from
Gone with a Handsomer Man by Michael Lee West.
Besides some table inspiration, this book provided me with lots of laughs
from the cast of quirky characters, along with some major food cravings.
Teeny Templeton, is an out of work pastry chef who cuts her own hair, does her own nails,
prefers cotton over silk, and plain white dishes that don’t match.
She sets the table with some blue & white floral dishes. . .
“I set the patio table with blue-and-white floral dishes,
added a vase filled with hydrangeas. . .”
There are no hydrangeas at my table,
but my peonies have just begun to bloom!
Villeroy & Boch “Switch 3” Dinnerware, a mix and match collection,
allows you to combine patterns to personalize your table.
The Cordoba dinner plate has a bird and flower design, reminiscent of Portuguese tiles. . .
The Castell salad plates have a checkerboard motif,
a pattern perfect for the countryside, or lakeside!
I added hobnail glasses to the table that Teeny’s ‘Aunt Bluette’
might have served iced tea in.
Iced Tea that a girl from
a peach farm could love. . .
Summer Peach Tea Punch,
recipe courtesy Southern Living
Makes 1 gallon
3 family-size tea bags
2 cups loosely packed fresh mint leaves
1 (33.8-oz.) bottle peach nectar
1/2 (12-oz.) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
1/2 cup Simple Sugar Syrup
1 (1-liter) bottle ginger ale, chilled
1 (1-liter) bottle club soda, chilled
Garnish: fresh peach wedges
Bring 4 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan; add tea bags and mint leaves.
Boil 1 minute; remove from heat. Cover and steep 10 minutes.
Discard tea bags and mint. Pour into a 1-gal. container; add peach nectar,
lemonade concentrate, and Simple Sugar Syrup.
Cover and chill 8 to 24 hours.
Pour chilled tea mixture into a punch bowl or pitcher.
Stir in ginger ale and club soda just before serving.
Summer Peach Tea Punch
- 3 family-size tea bags
- 2 cups loosely packed fresh mint leaves
- 1 33.8-oz. bottle peach nectar
- 1/2 12-oz. can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
- 1/2 cup Simple Syrup
- 1 1-liter bottle ginger ale, chilled
- 1 1-liter bottle club soda, chilled
- Garnish: fresh peach wedges
- Bring 4 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan; add tea bags and mint leaves. Boil 1 minute; remove from heat. Cover and steep 10 minutes.
- Discard tea bags and mint. Pour into a 1-gal. container; add peach nectar, lemonade concentrate, and simple syrup. Cover and chill 8 to 24 hours.
- Pour chilled tea mixture into a punch bowl or pitcher. Stir in ginger ale and club soda just before serving.
To make simple syrup:
- Bring sugar and water to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Boil, stirring occasionally, 4 minutes or until sugar is dissolved and mixture is clear. Cool to room temperature (about 30 minutes).
- To make a cocktail version of this punch, add a combination of Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka and /or Peach Schnapps. Mix to your preferred ratio and crowd. A general formula to follow is 1 part alcohol to 3 parts mixer.
Teeny picks up dinner at the grocery store:
“I came out with an apple walnut salad with raspberry vinaigrette, a wedge of brie, and a cheesecake sampler.”
An Apple Walnut Salad~ sliced apples, walnuts, dried cranberries
and blue cheese crumbles on a bed of baby lettuce.
Teeny’s salad is dressed with raspberry vinaigrette.
We saved our calories for Brie,
so no cheesecake sampler for us :)
Brie in Puff Pastry
Coop: “ ‘I love how your mind works, Teeny. Like a bird hopping from twig to twig, never losing sight of the worm.’ ”
Enjoy this book and help yourself to
some Southern flavor, food & fun!
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“Teeny” table details:
Placemats & Napkins/ Bed, Bath & Beyond
Blue Goblets/ Dollar Tree
Villeroy & Boch “Switch 3” Dinnerware / HomeGoods
Hobnail Glasses & Pitcher/ World Market

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Reaction Mechanism Generator Documentation
Reaction Mechanism Generator (RMG) is an automatic chemical reaction mechanism generator that constructs kinetic models composed of elementary chemical reaction steps using a general understanding of how molecules react.
This documentation site if for the newer Python version of RMG called RMG-Py. It is developed on GitHub as RMG-Py.
Arkane is developed and distributed as part of RMG-Py, but can be used as a stand-alone application for Thermochemistry, Transition State Theory, and Master Equation chemical kinetics calculations.
RMG is free, open-source software, and is under active and ongoing development. If you are interested in assisting with or guiding its development, please let us know. Any issues, concerns, or comments can be posted to our Github issues page.
While you are free to use or modify RMG components as you wish, we would like to coordinate with you. Please contact Professor William H. Green, Professor Richard H. West, or the The RMG Development Team for further information.
Quick reference guide:
|I want to...
|analyze models & search databases
|RMG website resources (no download needed)
|create mechanisms automatically
|Download and run RMG, see the RMG User's Guide
|make transition state theory calculations
|Download RMG and run Arkane, see the Arkane User's Guide
|post an issue with RMG
|GitHub issues page
|contribute to RMG project
|RMG developer's wiki

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With Avery Bradley almost certain to miss at least some time at the coming season’s beginning, Courtney Lee is the obvious choice as a starting replacement. If Lee starts alongside Rondo, Jason Terry is free to come off the bench, a role in which he thrived for years with the Dallas Mavericks.
Doc Rivers confirmed as much to Bob Ryan Wednesday at the Action for Boston Community Development’s Hoop Dreams event (yeah, I know, we’re a little late on the news–but YouTube clips sometimes get lost, at least until @MrTrpleDouble10 of Red’s Army finds them).
“Courtney Lee will probably start to start the season, and then, when Avery comes back, we’ll see,” Rivers said.
As we’ve discussed on the King of the Court podcast, I’m a little worried that Bradley’s development will be stunted this season because of Boston’s back court depth. Rondo figures to play most of the 48 minutes, and Terry and Lee both deserve serious time. That could leave Terry, Lee and Bradley scrapping for mostly shooting guard minutes, or maybe each of them will have his minutes cut because of the logjam.
Terry should be fine with somewhat limited minutes because he has the confidence of Muhammad Ali. Lee should be fine with limited minutes because he’s always played a smaller role, and succeeded in one, even when starting. But Bradley’s just 21 years old. His confidence, which soared last season, might not be as permanent yet as Terry’s. If he plays just 15 minutes on certain nights, can he still show the confidence he only revealed last season once he started playing bigger minutes? Has confidence been ingrained in him yet, or was it just a fleeting mirage because he was succeeding at such a high level last season?
Obviously, it’s better to have more talent than less. Bradley could prove to be completely fine in a slightly smaller role. But the concerns, I believe, are legitimate ones.

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) Brandon Knight scored 17 points, Kyle Singler and Tayshaun Prince had 15 apiece and the Detroit Pistons beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 89-79 on Monday night for their fifth straight home win.
Detroit is 1-10 on the road but 5-3 at home, and the Pistons have recovered a bit after losing their first eight games of the season. They beat Phoenix by 40 last week in their previous home game, and the victory over Cleveland wasn't really as close as the score indicated.
Detroit led 56-39 at halftime after holding the Cavaliers to 29 percent shooting.
Cleveland was without guard Dion Waiters, who sat out with a sprained left ankle. Anderson Varejao had 17 points and 18 rebounds for the Cavs.


A Productive Rant About this keyboard competitions lets type so
The first is a competition to win one of the four “A” and one “B” keyboard competitions, all held at the same venue, so we have a lot of fun! We have three winners each, so you can win everything! We’ve already won the second and third, so I’m not going to do it again.
This competition is for typing, not speed, so you don’t need to worry about typing really fast. The fourth is to win a keyboard, also known as an A keyboard. The A keyboard is the one with ‘a’ keys right next to each other. The A keyboard can type 1,000 words per minute, and the B keyboard is the same speed, but has no ‘a’ keys.
You have to type at a speed of 1,000 words per minute, and you have to use the A keyboard for the four-letter words and the B keyboard for the four-digit ones. The winner gets to keep one A keyboard and one B keyboard (and anything else you can get), so they can keep their keyboard. But don’t complain if you cant type that fast, because they can give you a new keyboard.
The winner gets their new keyboard, but there is one condition. You need to find a keyboard you can type faster than their keyboard. No problem. The winner can play the first round by typing 1,000 words per minute. The second round is identical, with the winner typing 10,000 words per minute. The third round is the real fun though. The winner has to type a new keyboard a new time. If he doesn’t, they get to keep the older one.
To win a new keyboard, you need to be typing 1,000 words per minute and to type 10,000 words per minute, you need to be typing 1,000 words per minute. The winner gets to type a new keyboard of their choice for 100 hours. After that, you loose all of your time. For example, if you type 1,000 words per minute and the winner keeps typing 1,000 words per minute, you lose all of your time.
The number one reason I love games is that it’s easy to just type it in your head. You can type in some words from your head and make it into a game, and you can type in 10,000 words, but you can’t type in 1,000 words.
This is one of the reasons I love typing in my head. I can type in just about anything I want to with my right hand, including a new keyboard. The challenge is to type 1,000 words per minute and the winner gets to type the keyboard of their choice, but after that, you lose all of your time.
This is a great way to make sure you don’t get caught in a situation where you can type 100 words into your head, and then you’re stuck. But there’s a big difference between how you type and how you type it, and that’s when there’s no real need to type. So be sure to type that sentence in your head like you type it.
If you get caught typing 100 words in your head while using a keyboard, youll get a penalty that lets you type the keyboard of your choice. If you dont, then you can continue typing, but you wont get any time.
It’s a competition that lets you type the words in the keyboard, so you can type how you type. If you get caught, youll get a penalty for typing in your keyboard. So you cant type how you type if you get caught. But typing is much easier than typing out 100 words.


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Belarussian writer wins Nobel prize, denounces Russia over Ukraine
By Daniel Dickson and Andrei Makhovsky
STOCKHOLM/MINSK (Reuters) - Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for her portrayal of the harshness of life in the Soviet Union and in her first public response denounced Russia's intervention in Ukraine as an "invasion".
The Swedish Academy said Alexievich's work, which chronicles the lives of Soviet women during World War Two as well as the consequences of the 1986 nuclear disaster in Chernobyl and the Soviet military adventure in Afghanistan, was "a monument to suffering and courage in our time".
Alexievich collected hundreds of interviews from people whose lives were affected by these tumultuous events, putting them together in works that were like a "musical composition", the academy said in awarding the 8 million crown ($972,000) prize.
"By means of her extraordinary method – a carefully composed collage of human voices – Alexievich deepens our comprehension of an entire era," the academy said.
Born in Ukraine in 1948, Alexievich lived in exile for many years because of her criticism of the Belarussian government and after returning home four years ago has kept a low profile, staying out of politics.
But after the prize was announced on Thursday she obliquely criticized Belarus's hardline leader Alexander Lukashenko and denounced Russian forces for their involvement in the separatist conflict in neighboring Ukraine.
"It is occupation, a foreign invasion," she said at a news conference in Minsk, adding that she wept when she saw photographs of those killed during pro-European street protests in the Ukrainian capital last year.
"I love the good Russian world, the humanitarian Russian world, but I do not love the Russian world of Beria, Stalin and Shoigu," she said, referring to Soviet leader Josef Stalin, the security chief responsible for Stalin-era mass purges, Lavrenty Beria, and the current Russian defense minister, Sergei Shoigu. Continued...

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Stay on Schedule With Chemo
To get the best long-term results from chemotherapy, it’s best not to skip or delay treatment. Chemo’s goal is to kill the maximum possible number of cancer cells. If you miss treatments, it could create a gap that allows cancer cells to regroup and make a comeback.
In addition to making your treatment as effective as possible, staying on schedule can help with daily and weekly planning. Over time, you should be able to predict when you’ll need to rest and when you’ll feel well enough to schedule fun activities.
Follow these tips to help you stay on schedule.
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- Stock up on feel-good essentials: face and body lotion; lip balm and nasal gel to avoid dryness; and gum and hard candies, which prevent dry mouth.
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This month, from September 15 to October 15, celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month!
I wanted to speak about the Hispanic representation that has been introduced on Broadway and how much of an impact it has had on Broadway through musicals and events!
"In The Heights"
The musical "In the Heights" celebrates the Hispanic culture by involving Spanglish songs and Hispanic characters. The story is about a young man, Usnavi, who lives in Washington Heights.
He works at a coffee bodega and is surrounded by a Dominican American community that explains their lives and troubles in Washington Heights.
They express their situations through singing, dancing, and acting.
The musical involves salsa and merengue with Spanish speaking songs and even a song that translates Spanish to English (Sunrise). The musical won four Tony's. The musical is being turned into a movie in 2021!
The musical "Hamilton" also celebrates diversity and Hispanic characters.
Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, John Laurens, and most of the cast were all played by Hispanic or Black characters.
The show tells Alexander Hamilton's life story. Also, the show was created by the same person who made "In the Heights," Lin Manuel Miranda! His musicals seem to always involve and celebrate the Hispanic culture. In addition, Hamilton holds the record for the most Tony Award nominations, 16!
Viva Broadway" celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month. The event celebrates the contribution that Hispanic culture has had and still has on Broadway.
The event is a concert that is made to "bridge the world of Broadway with Latinx audiences around the country."

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ASIA China (Security threat level – 3): On 23 November...
China (Security threat level – 3): According to reports on 13 August 2019, the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) plans to hold a protest march in Hong Kong beginning at 1500 local time (0700 UTC) on 18 August. Protesters plan to initially gather at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay and march to Chater Road in Central. The motive of the demonstration is to reiterate demands of the ongoing protests, including a full withdrawal of the extradition bill, an independent investigation into alleged police brutality, the release of all detained protesters, the withdrawal of the government’s classification of the protests as riots and the implementation of a requirement that all lawmakers in the territory be elected.
China (Security threat level – 3): Flight operations at Hong Kong International Airport (VHHH/HKG) resumed beginning at 0600 local time on 14 August 2019 (2200 UTC on 13 August); however, delays and cancellations continue to occur. While as many as 100 demonstrators remain inside the facility, protest organizers have announced a temporary suspension of demonstrations at the airport following clashes with police officers the previous night. Authorities have increased security measures at the airport, which include restricting access to departure and arrivals halls to passengers with valid travel documents, such as tickets for flights scheduled to depart within the next 24 hours.
Violence broke out at the airport at approximately 2300 local time on 13 August, when protesters occupying the airport clashed with police officers attempting to release an individual whom the protesters had detained on suspicion of being an undercover police officer. The confrontation occurred as police officers attempted to extract the hostage after he lost consciousness and demonstrators refused to allow him to receive medical attention. Protesters then threw objects at police officers, who responded with pepper spray and arrested five demonstrators after retrieving the hostage. Protesters also later briefly detained a journalist from a Chinese state news outlet, but later released him to paramedics to receive treatment for injuries the protesters had inflicted on him. Police officers left the area by 0000 local time on 14 August, and many of the protesters left shortly afterward. Airport authorities have obtained a temporary injunction against demonstrations on the airport premises following the violence.
Japan (Security threat level – 1): According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), as of 0900 UTC on 14 August 2019, Tropical Storm Krosa was located approximately 550 km (340 mi) south of Iwakuni and was moving north at about 10 kph (6 mph). At that time, Krosa was generating maximum sustained winds of 93 kph with gusts of up to 120 kph. Currently, the storm is forecast to make landfall in Shikoku by 15 August and is expected to affect various areas — including Shikoku, Kyushu and western Honshu islands — on 14 August. Authorities have suspended all flight operations at Miyazaki Airport (RJFM/KMI) and Tanegashima Airport (RJFG/TNE). In addition, officials have partially suspended operations at Amami Airport (RJKA/ASJ), and West Japan Railway has canceled services from Osaka to southwestern Japan scheduled for 15 August.
"Location: Costa Rica
"Event: The United States National Weather Service has identified the potential for heavy rainfall for Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua from early Wednesday, August 14, through Friday, August 16. Rain accumulation of 1-3 inches/day with maximum of 4-6 inches/day is forecasted. The highest risk is for western Panama and Costa Rica, where the mountains will play a role in enhancing rainfall rates, which can see rainfall near 12 inches."
Greece (Security threat level – 3): On 13 August 2019, the U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) issued updated travel advice regarding ongoing wildfires in Greece, which reads in part as follows: “A wildfire in Illea region, Manolada has meant that the National road between Payras and Pyrgos has been closed. Wildfires are ongoing in the Psachna area of the island of Evia (north of Athens) and in the Corianthiakos Bay area of Thiva (north-west of Athens). The Greek authorities have evacuated villages in Evia as a precaution, and the Greek authority wildfire alert remains at category 5 (red alert). Smoke from the fire on Evia is also affecting Athens. Local authorities have advised that anyone with breathing difficulties should remain indoors and switch off air-conditioning units.”
"Location: In front of the U.S. Embassy
"Events: There are reports that PetroCaribe Challengers and other groups have called for demonstrations culminating in front of the Embassy on Wednesday, August 14, 2019. There is no announced start time for the demonstrations; however, they are expected to reach the Embassy between 10:00AM and 12:00PM. Be aware that travel to and from the Embassy during the day may be difficult as transportation can be heavily impacted on Blvd. 15 Octobre.
"The Embassy has requested increased Haitian National Police presence around the Embassy as a precautionary measure. We will issue updated information as necessary."
Iran (Security threat level – 3): On 14 August 2019, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) updated its travel advice for Iran to read in part as follows: “Reconsider your need to travel, due to the risk that foreigners including Australians could be arbitrarily detained or arrested. Dual nationals are also at risk. We can’t guarantee access to consular services or legal representation if you’re detained or arrested.”
Papua New Guinea (Security threat level – 4): On 14 August 2019, the U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) issued updated travel advice for Papua New Guinea, which reads in part as follows: “Mount Bagana in Bougainville erupted on 13 August. Air Niugini has suspended flights to the Buka and Hoskins airports following the Ulawun volcano on 3 August. Visitors should check with their airline / travel operator if visiting Bougainville and New Britain.”

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If you aren’t already a SCUBA buff, you will be after taking the plunge on a ship diving excursion in Costa Rica. The name of …read more
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine
Anyone who’s done a bit of traveling knows that every time we visit a new, distant place, we are somehow changed. Delving into different cultures, meeting the locals, seeing new sights and tasting new food expands how we see and think of the world, and we come away from those experiences with a greater understanding of and appreciation for our human family. When we travel, we not only learn about other people and other places, we also learn about ourselves. We discover our strengths and weaknesses, our preferences and intolerances, and we’re given the opportunity to grow as people. Travel experiences stay with us forever – the memories you make last a lifetime, and you share a special kind of connection with those who were with you on the trip. If you think about it, travel may be the one expense in life that actually makes you richer.
There are lots of reasons to travel more, but here are a few reasons that should get you thinking about packing your suitcase:
- Travel puts things in perspective. Life is busy and can be stressful, but oftentimes, if we stand back a bit, things tend to look different. The saying “don’t sweat the small stuff – and it’s all small stuff“ takes on new meaning when we travel. We slow down, breathe deeper and our perception starts to shift. It’s hard to feel anything but grateful when you’re surrounded by beauty, marveling at amazing architecture or strolling leisurely along a white sandy beach. Travel takes us to new places, but it also takes us out of our own heads.
- Travel ignites creativity and inspiration. Some of the world’s greatest artists, writers and philosophers are/were avid travelers, because new environments have a way of inspiring us. If you enjoy spending time in front of a canvas, make a point of putting pen to paper or practice any type of art form, a journey abroad can stir up new ideas for your work. Of course, you don’t have to be an artist to experience a creative surge while away. Travel is a great way to get inspired about life in general and a trigger for approaching everything in a fresh new way.
- Travel makes for great stories. How many interesting, funny or thrilling stories do you have from your day-to-day life? The very essence of travel is adventure, and excursions to foreign places are perfect fodder for wild tales of it. Even describing the views you experienced while abroad can make for an enthralling story, and of course, if you’re a thrill seeker, there’s no end to the possibilities you might take on. Mountaineering, scuba diving, zip-lining, paragliding, rafting – what’s your pleasure? Travel can take us out of our comfort zone in lots of adrenaline-inducing ways.
- Travel gets you out of your usual routine. If you find yourself buying coffee in the same place every day, walking the same streets, watching the same shows on TV and switching the lights out at the same time each night, it might be time to shake things up. Travel naturally gets you out of your standard daily routine and opens your eyes to the world around you. Every day is an adventure when you’re traveling, especially if you’re in a place you’ve never seen. There is something to discover around every corner and a world of new flavours and aromas to explore.
- Travel gives you friends around the world. Wherever you go, there’s always someone happy to meet you. Connecting with new people is one of the great benefits of traveling, and the longer you linger, the more likely it is you’ll make a few new friends. Talk to the locals but be sure to talk with other travelers too. You’ve already got something in common with them – a love for the location and an affinity for world exploration.
Destination M has extraordinary properties in some of the world’s most desirable locations, and nothing makes travel easier (or more comfortable) than having a beautiful place to call home while you’re away. As a member, you’ll have access to our portfolio of destination residences – and even greater incentive to get away.
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Hollywood, CA – The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce’s Walk of Fame Selection Committee publicized on Thursday (June 20) the 2020 Class for The Hollywood Walk of Fame which will feature 35 new stars. Among those stars are Hip Hop entrepreneur 50 Cent, renowned filmmaker Spike Lee and 15-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys.
50 took to Instagram to express his enthusiasm for the prestigious gesture. “Man this is some cool shit, Mom, I think I made it. LOL,” he said in the caption of the post featuring the announcement.
Revered actor and rapper Mahershala Ali will also receive a star. He famously co-starred on the Netflix series House of Cards, The Hunger Games Mockingjay series, part 1 and 2, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button and many more projects.
Other recipients included comic giant Dave Chappelle, Julia Roberts, Octavia Spencer, Terry Crews, superhero character Batman, Kathie Lee Gifford, Christina Applegate, Wendy Williams among others. The dates for the ceremonies have not been reserved yet as recipients have two years to schedule the celebration from the time of the selection.


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Subscription video on demand (SVOD) streaming has officially surpassed cable in television (TV) consumption as of July 2022, according to a recent Nielsen report.
Consumer preferences are shifting, and it’s caused the entertainment market to innovate for a better part of the last decade. In 2013, more than 100 million households paid for cable. In 2020, less than 80 million did, and experts predict that this number will keep falling in the coming years.
Read on to learn more about the rapid growth of streaming and what’s in store for the future of this subscription segment.
Streaming Surpasses Cable in July 2022
Cable usage has been slowing down since 2015, when the percentage of Americans relying on satellite TV or cable services dropped by 20%, according to the Pew Research Center.
This year, SVOD streaming represents nearly 35% of TV consumption, outperforming cable and broadcasting for the first time ever, as reported by Nielsen. Overall, the segment experienced a 22% year-over-year growth.
Netflix alone experienced an 8% increase in viewership due to the company’s release of the newest season of Stranger Things earlier in the year. Other streaming platforms such as Prime Video and Hulu also experienced a combined 6.6% increase in viewing.
SVOD streaming has been growing steadily in recent years, especially after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Streaming services are expected to represent close to 40% of the global subscription market, as noted in SUBTA’s 2022 State of Subscription Annual Report.
How New Consumer Preferences Affect the Future of Streaming
Consumers are driven by personalization and convenience, which can’t be accessed when using cable television. Streaming, however, provides both, and it’s enticing customers to want more.
Over 90% of users indicated that they plan on subscribing to more streaming services in the future.
While SVOD services like Netflix or Disney+ are trending upward due to new consumer preferences, other streaming platforms are experiencing great success as well.
As of 2022, nearly a quarter of U.S. consumers digest the news via podcasts, according to Pew Research, and consumption varies per age group.
- Ages 18-29: 33%
- Ages 30-39: 29%
- Ages 50-64: 18%
Close to 80 million U.S. consumers listen to podcasts every week, and the number of monthly listeners is expected to reach 125 million by the end of 2022, according to SUBTA’s 2022 State of Subscription Annual Report.
This trend is empowering media companies to expand their reach by enhancing their offerings. The latest example happened on August 29, when NBC announced the launch of its new offering, Dateline Premium, on Apple Podcasts Subscriptions.
The shift in consumer preferences is an opportunity for entertainment and media businesses to re-imagine their offerings to stand out from the competition.
“Everything that these [streaming] companies do is done with the goal of attracting new subscribers that they didn’t have before, or getting their current ones to continue with their monthly fee. The products that they’re offering will continue to evolve and grow,” said Jon Giegengack, Principal at Hub Entertainment Research and SubSummit 2022 speaker, in an interview with SUBTA.
Streaming Takes the Lead — And Continues to Evolve
There are now several streaming platforms competing for the public’s attention, which is motivating businesses to innovate based on evolving consumer preferences.
On August 26, Bloomberg reported that Netflix is considering prices for its ad-supported tier — that the company announced in June in order to reach audiences it had previously neglected. Users could be charged between $7 to $9 per month, which is roughly half the price of a current monthly Netflix ad-free subscription.
Disney+ is also launching an ad-supported tier on December 8 to “cater to the diverse needs of our viewers and appeal to an even broader audience,” said Kareem Daniel, Chairman of Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution, in the press release.
The idea of implementing an ad-supported tier falls in line with today’s consumer preferences. Nearly 60% of on-demand viewers would rather consume content with ads and save $4-$5 than pay for the ad-free experience, according to data from Hub Entertainment Research shared with SUBTA.
HBO Max and Discovery Plus are also working on expanding their subscriber bases — this time through a merger. The two streaming services will combine their efforts to create a single streaming platform to improve the customer experience and reach Warner Bros. Discovery’s 2025 target of 130 million paying subscribers.
Giegengack noted that streaming services may become an asset for businesses looking to provide even more convenience to customers.
“Look at Amazon and all the different channels (music/photo/shopping) they allow people to bundle together in one subscription. I think we’ll see a lot more of that in the future since people have so many subscriptions now,” he said. “They need a simpler way to manage it all.”
What You Can Learn From the Entertainment Industry If You Operate a Different Kind of Subscription
According to TransUnion, 70% of U.S. consumers who watch both cable TV and streaming platforms believe that there are enough streaming services to replace the need for cable.
In an industry where innovation is key, it’s important to maintain a fresh and valuable offering that fulfill consumers’ needs and preferences. It’s also just as important to focus on the uniqueness of your product/service.
Ensure you “build your subscription around the one thing nobody else is doing,” noted Giegengack at SubSummit 2022.
If you find yourself in a competitive industry, how can you redesign your offering so that your customers’ desires are met and your brand separates itself from the competition?
“The businesses that understand and anticipate the shifts in the marketplace and the new consumer habits will be able to separate themselves from the competition,” SUBTA Co-Founder Christopher said.
- A recent Nielsen report has announced that SVOD streaming has surpassed cable in television consumption as of July 2022.
- The streaming industry is rapidly growing and is predicted to represent nearly 40% of the global subscription market, as noted in SUBTA’s 2022 State of Subscription Annual Report.
- Changing consumer preferences are forcing businesses to reevaluate their offerings.


Singing his praises! Ryan Gosling looks dapper in navy blue suit as he supports his new movie Song to Song at SXSW
Hollywood has arrived in Austin, Texas.
And Ryan Gosling played the part of the Hollywood star well as he posed on the red carpet at South by Southwest in the southern city to promote his new film Song to Song.
The 36-year-old Canadian star wore a dapper jacket with a single button done up over a starched white shirt that he button up high around his neck.
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Hollywood takes on Texas: Ryan Gosling, 36, played the part of the Hollywood star well as he posted on the red carpet at South by Southwest in the southern city to promote his new film Song to Song
Looking elegant: The Canadian star wore a dapper blue jacket with a single button done up over a starched white shirt that he button up high around his neck
The handsome star wore matching navy blue pants and a pair of shiny black leather shoes.
He wore his perfectly coiffed hair slicked back and parted slightly to the side while he gazed seriously into the camera.
Ryan showed love for his fans as he took some time to sign autographs for the well-wishers who turned out to support him at the premiere.
The actor appeared to be having a good time as he smiled while fans took photos all around him.
Giving his fans some love: Ryan took some time to sign autographs for the well-wishers who turned out to support him at the premiere
Is he enjoying himself? The famously stoic actor appeared to be having a good time on the red carpet as he cracked a bit of a cheeky smile
Hoards of fans: The actor displayed a hint of a smile as he made his way through the crowds and inside the theater for the premiere of his film
Song to Song features a star-studded cast, including Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Val Kilmer, Tom Sturridge and Benicio Del Toro.
The film also stars a number of high profile musicians, including Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Lykke Li, the Black Lips, Florence and the Machine, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
It tells the story of two couples - Rooney and Ryan, who play struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and Michael and Natalie, 35, as a music mogul named Cook and his waitress girlfriend, Rhonda.
Fan favourite: Ryan was mobbed by fans as he arrived at the theatre
Another musical: Song to Song tells the story of two couple trying to make their way in the music world in Austin, Texas
Selfie time! The Hollywood favourite was happy to pose for pictures with eager fans
Set in Austin, Texas, the four people find their lives entwined as they chase their dreams of fame and success in the world of music.
And fans of Ryan in La La Land can look forward to hearing the 36-year-old sing again in this latest offering from the Canadian heartthrob.
Written and directed by Terrence Malick, Song To Song opens in cinemas on March 17.
Snap happy: Ryan proved he's one of the most down to earth stars in showbiz
Strike a pose: The Song To Song cast joined forces inside the event
Star-studded: The film, directed by Terrence Malick, also stars Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender (pictured), Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Val Kilmer, Tom Sturridge and Benicio Del Toro
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On October 6, 2018, Fannie Mae appointed Hugh R. Frater as interim chief executive officer of the company. Mr. Frater has been a member of Fannie Mae’s board of directors since January 2016.
Mr. Frater serves as non-executive chairman of the Board of VEREIT, Inc. and as a director of ABR Reinsurance Capital Holdings Ltd. He previously led Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC (“Berkadia”), a national commercial real estate company providing comprehensive capital solutions and investment sales advisory and research services for multifamily and commercial properties. He served as chairman of Berkadia from April 2014 to December 2015 and he served as chief executive officer of Berkadia from 2010 to April 2014. Earlier in his career, Mr. Frater was an executive vice president at PNC Financial Services, where he led the real estate division, and he was a founding partner and managing director of BlackRock, Inc.
Mr. Frater has a bachelor of arts in English from Dartmouth College, and a master of business administration in finance from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, where he serves on the board of overseers.

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Virginia Frances Sterret was born in 1900 and grew up in a small town in Missouri. She was an introverted child with a talent for art. She immersed herself in her other worldly drawings and at the young age of 13 entered some illustrations into the Kanas State Fair and won 3 first prizes. Then at 15 she won a full scholarship to Chicago’s Art Institute. By 19 she received her first illustration job when she was commissioned by Penn Publishing Company to illustrate the Comptesse de Ségur’s Old French Fairy Tales.
Despite her small town origins, her work was completely cutting edge and of the time. Bridging that gap between the Art Nouveau movement with her organic shapes and flowy forms into the Art Deco movement with her angles and geometric patterns and elongated characters. A beautiful meeting of two worlds. At 19 she contracted Tuberculosis and by 22 was confined to a Sanatorium. But she didn’t let her illness slow her down and at the age of 23, while still ill and convalescing in the hospital, she began work on her masterpiece – Arabian Nights. She had very little strength and could only draw in small increments. But she carried on and after 3 years, Arabian Nights was completed.
Virginia had a slight improvement in her health and began having exhibits around where she lived in California. In 1930 she began work on her last commission, a series of illustrations for Myths and Legends. Sadly, this commission was never completed, her health took a turn for the worse and she died on June 8, 1931. She was 30 years old. Her local newspaper wrote this obituary – “Her life spent in prosaic places of the West and Middle West, she made pictures of haunting loveliness, suggesting Oriental lands she never saw and magical realms no one ever knew except in the dreams of childhood….Perhaps it was the hardships of her own life that gave the young girl’s work its fanciful quality. In the imaginative scenes she set down on paper she must have escaped from the harsh actualities of existence.” What a truly gifted woman! wow! oxo gd


Greenberg spoke sparingly and with a tone of dejection during the 45-minute hearing, answering “yes” and “I do” as the judge read the details of his informed consent. He was wearing dark overalls and had his hands tied in front of him.
As part of the plea, Greenberg agreed to provide “substantial assistance” to prosecutors as part of their extensive investigations, including testifying in court proceedings or in large federal juries if necessary, and handing over any documents available to him that could help the federal inquiry .
Previously, CNN reported that Greenberg had provided investigators with information about how he and Gaetz had encounters with women who were given money or gifts in exchange for sex.
The Greenberg plea documents released on Friday document how he socialized using popular cell phone apps, paid thousands of dollars for sex with younger women, dated drugs and multiple people in hotels, and repeatedly exploited the power and funds of his public office .
Gaetz is not mentioned in the 86 pages of the Plea Deal documents published last Friday, to which his spokesman Harlan Hill pointed out in a statement on the plea agreement on Friday.
“Joel Greenberg has now confessed to falsely accusing an innocent man of having sex with a minor,” Hill said in a statement Monday.
In the plea agreement, Greenberg admitted falsely accusing a teacher in Florida of having sex with a student in 2019. Greenberg allegedly targeted the teacher after filing filings to turn Greenberg down for the county tax collector.
Greenberg’s admitted sexual charge provides for a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison. However, the pleading prosecutor said that if he helps them significantly, he may be able to impose a penalty lower than the minimum.
After the hearing, Greenberg’s attorney Fritz Scheller spoke to reporters that his client felt “a lot of remorse”.
“He is on his way to rehabilitation and has a lot of regrets,” said Scheller. “I think he feels accepted.”
Scheller wouldn’t say how many times Greenberg met with federal investigators and refused to comment on the possible consequences of the plea for Gaetz and other Florida officials.
“Does my client have any information that could hurt an elected official? I think this is a must see on TV. You just have to wait and see,” said Scheller.
Scheller declined to respond to Gaetz’s spokesman’s statement when it was read to him on Monday.
Greenberg’s cooperation with the government was briefly mentioned at the hearing. Judge Leslie Hoffman explained to Greenberg how his collaboration could potentially affect his final sentence, and Greenberg admitted that he understood.
Under the deal, Greenberg also pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and prosecution of a political rival. He must register as a sex offender and refund the underage victim.
Roger Handberg, the prosecutor handling the case, told the court that the plea agreement discussed on Monday constituted the entirety of the agreement – no part of the agreement was kept under lock and key and out of the public eye.
Brian Beute, Greenberg’s former competitor for the tax collector’s headquarters whom Greenberg harassed on Monday, told reporters prior to the hearing that he was satisfied with the consent form.
“I have new hope and satisfaction with our federal system,” said Beute.
This story has been updated with additional developments and reactions.
CNN’s Katelyn Polantz contributed to this report.
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Business analyst, gene Munster, predicted that in the next two years, cheaper versions of iPhones might be developed by Apple. In his conversation with Emirates Business, Munster said that he expected an unsubsidized model of iPhones priced around $200 (approx Rs 11,000) mostly aimed at the developing markets like China and India.
Munster predicts such a move is because the Western model would not function well in these markets. In the West, mobile network operators provide the high-end phones at subsidized costs and would later recoup this amount by the provision of monthly data plans which cost a lot. The likelihood of this method working in the developing markets is very slim.
Currently, the most popular smartphones in these relatively new markets are Android-based phones. There could also be a lot of potential customers who have not upgraded to smartphones. The analyst cites all these reasons for his prediction that Apple would most likely roll out a cheaper iPhone by 2014. Even though it is just a proposed theory now, the idea has great potential in store for Apple. The growing smartphone markets could be effectively tapped by the smartphone maker to turn it to its advantage.
If at all Apple decides along these lines, it remains to be seen if it would roll out an older model or if it a budget version. Apple is never known to use budget hardware. But such cheaper smartphones would definitely give it an edge over Android with phones like Google Nexus 4, immensely popular because of its low price in U.S. and U.K.


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The novel coronavirus is advancing across the Middle East, straining frail public health services and exacerbating preexisting political and sectarian tensions, both within states and between regional rivals.
Annual Report 2019 In this report, Shia Rights Watch quantifies violence against Shia Muslims and presents the dynamics of anti-Shiism in various nations of the world. This report reflects year-round investigations arranged by native activists and international researchers on actions taken to endanger populations based on their Shia identity.
A new report published by Amnesty International today exposes how despite all their rhetoric of reforms, the Saudi authorities are using the Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) as a weapon to systematically silence dissent. Alongside the report, the organisation is also launching a campaign calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all human rights defenders detained for their peaceful expression.
(Beirut) – Bahrain’s human rights record worsened in 2019, as the government carried out executions, convicted critics for peaceful expression, and threatened social media activists, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2020 . The government executed three people in July, including two prisoners convicted in a mass trial marred by serious due process violations and allegations of torture.
Shia Rights Watch condemns violence-inciting speech at the Pertubuhan Ilmuan Malaysia Convention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in early January of 2020. Communication with both Malaysian and Saudi Arabian authorities have been initiated to address the abhorrent marginalization of Shia Muslims by Saudi presence in the nation of Malaysia.
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Tuesday arrested a man it said had opened fire on a security patrol in the eastern Al-Qatif region, a regular flashpoint between the Sunni Muslim dominated government and minority Shi’ites. State TV identified the man as Mohammed Hussein Al Ammar and said he had been wanted since 2016 for attacks on security forces and robbing vehicles transporting cash.
Incidents of Anti-Shiism, November 2019 In November, Shia Rights Watch continues its oversight on anti-Shia incidents all over the world. Events noted in this statement are a collection of violence against Shia Muslims reported by grassroots activists and reporters. The organization notes that ongoing cases that follow up incidents cited in the previous analysis are …
The Institute for Gulf Affairs is releasing a short report revealing the extremist contents of the Saudi military publications that may have triggered the Saudi military officer who killed three American navy sailors on Friday. The articles translated were all written by known extremist clerics with a long and public history of anti-Antisemitism, anti-Christian and anti-Shia hatred and some of supporting terrorism.
Incidents of Anti-Shiism in August, 2019 During August, Shia Rights Watch celebrated the Eid al-Adha by illuminating Time Square, New York. The organization called for solidarity against intolerance and injustice. SRW Eid al- Adha activity can be found here and here. Analysis of anti-Shiism in the first six months of 2019 was published as well.
“The Saudis watching the Iranians trying to break into northern Nigeria is almost like watching someone else try to befriend your best friend,” said Ini Dele-Adedeji, a Nigerian academic at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, referring to the region’s religious elites that have aligned themselves with the kingdom.


Sony is planning to release a new “Honami” smartphone overseas as a successor to its Xperia Z smartphone launched at CES in January.
The new phone, according to published report in Korea this week, will include a 20 Megapixel, f/2.0 camera.
The Sony i1 Honami will likely be available only in Korea, at least initially, but it indicates, the growing importance of the camera as a a key battleground feature in smartphones. The Honami appears to be Sony’s answer to the newly announced 41-Megapixel Nokia Lumia 1020 and the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom.
Details on the new Sony phone are expected to be announced on September 4 during the IFA show in Berlin.
Source: Phone Arena


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Someone stole my words.
Suddenly and casually and simply. As simply, casually and suddenly as walking to a coffee shop, past a white zen. Like how [yawn] boringly [yawn] routine [yawn] is that?
One moment they [words] were dashing around my head, ebullient, frolicsome, gurgling and straining to be tippity tappity typed in on my keyboard, and the next, not quite as predictably as this cliché, they were gone.
I went blue in the face with all the pushing and squeezing and knuckle clenching and eventual gasping. But. I was truly and horrifically wordless.
Apart, of course, from those few words and phrases that are so deeply ingrained in the subdermal regions of one’s psyche, that like trusted friends they never leave your side, even in your darkest hour. I could, still say things like “I’m hungry”, “You’re beginning to piss me off”, “arsehole”, “fark off” etc. Even "she sells sea shells on the sea shore". 21 times in a row, without a pause and no stray sheas and sores.
I couldn’t spill a single word on Word [my clever punnery (true, it isn’t yet a legit word in the English Dictionary) is yet intact, as you will appreciate].
I am back, to tell you that Laaaaavely Lizza clandestinely nominated one of my posts for the rising blogger. And Judd, an astute [you will agree once you see the SHOUT masthead on his site] blog critic with an aversion to insulting clichés [now how odd is that?!] from New York, decided to bestow us at Shout with The Rising Blogger Award.
La la la la la.
So I will leave you with this, no doubt brimful with admiration for your darling monster on blog, to brighten your day with yet another affirmation from the ether world that you do indeed have good taste.


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Introducing Two Rivers & Four Lakes
It is said that a city without water is a city without vitality. Guilin is richly endowed with water. Two Rivers and Four Lakes Scenic Area is a water system located in Guilin’s downtown area that should not be missed. It is a peaceful oasis in the middle of bustling Guilin. As the name suggests it consists of two rivers and four lakes. The two rivers are the Li and Taohua (Peach Blossom) Rivers. The three of the four lakes are named after trees that grow along their banks and the fourth is named after a cave located nearby. The four lakes are the Rong (banyan tree) Lake, Shan (Chinese fir) Lake, Gui (Osmanthus tree) Lake, and the Mulong (Wooden dragon) Lake. The Mulonghu Lake is named after the Mulong Cave which overlooks the lake. The cave is located in Guilin’s Diecai Hill Park.
Two Rivers & Four Lakes Fast Facts
• Chinese Name: Liangjiang Sihu Jingqu 两江四湖景区
• Best Time to Visit: April to November
• Recommended Visiting Hours: About 1 to 3 hours
• Things to Do: Photography, Walking, Cruise
• Opening Hours: 08:30-17:30 for Twin Pagodas; 08:00-17:30 for Mulong Lake Scenic Area
• Entrance Fee: Twin Pagodas-¥35; Mulong Lake-¥30; Prices for cruise vary in different cruiser types and routes
• Address: Downtown Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
What to expect at Two Rivers & Four Lakes
The four lakes are surrounded by beautiful ancient trees and flowering plants. There are pavilions, statues, and stone carvings scattered around the area. Guilin’s ancient South Gate, part of the ancient city walls is located between Rong and Gui Lakes. The area of Two Rivers Four lakes is very beautiful and quite peaceful. In the middle of Ronghu lake is an island with a teahouse. The island is built in the style of a Chinese garden with rock formations, bridges, and beautiful plants. There is also a marble boat docked next to the island. The centerpiece of the island is a teahouse built in traditional Chinese style architecture. There visitors can sit overlooking the lake while enjoying a cup of China’s wonderful tea. To get to the island, visitors must cross a marble zigzag bridge. There are two identical arched marble bridges located next to each other between Rong and Gui Lakes. There are several pavilions located on the banks of Gui Lake.
There is a cruise that travels through the Two Rivers Four Lakes area each evening. The trip is a wonderful experience. As the slow moving boat travels through the area the extraordinary scenery passes by like a moving postcard. There are performances located along the route including local Guilin Opera, dancing fountains, and traditional music. The performances are located in buildings located on the riverbank. These cannot be viewed by people who just walk around the scenic area, but are reserved for people on the cruise.
Even though it is located in the center of downtown Guilin, the Two Rivers Four Lakes Scenic Area is very peaceful. Every evening after dinner local Guilin residents can be seen walking along the meandering paths of the area. Two Rivers Four lakes is a wonderful oasis from the hustle and bustle of downtown.
How to get to Two Rivers & Four Lakes
• To Mulong Lake Scenic Area: Take bus No. 1, 18, 89 or 100 and get off at Donzhenlu Station.
• To Riyue Shuangta Cultural Park (Twin Pagodas): Take bus No. 2, 5, 16, 23, 88, 208 or Tourist Line 2 and get off at Wenminglu Station.
• To Riyuewan Wharf: Take bus No. 2, 3, 10, 11, 99, or 100 and get off at Yangqiao Station and then walk to the wharf.
• To Wenchangqiao Wharf: Take bus No. 2, 16, or 23 and get off at Xiangshan Gongyuan Station and then walk to the wharf.
• To Jiefangqiao Wharf: Take bus No. 14, 28, 30 or 204 to Longyin Bridge Station. Then walk around 1.1 km to the wharf.
Additional travel advice on Two Rivers & Four Lakes
• Chinese Tour guide service is offered on cruise boat. It is not allowed to take your own tour guide on the boat.
• Please take care of yourself and belongings when taking a lake cruise.

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A six month commitment to yourself
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Transformation is currently being composted while I focus on preparing for the launch of my book. I am re-imagining it and letting it tell me what it wants to be. Stay in touch to find out when I re-open the doors.
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Once you’ve felt the Yes to Transformation, we begin with a 2-hour initiatory call to ground into clear intentions. This is Vulture Magic, my framework for feasting on what is dying or releasing in our lives (crippling self-doubt, fear of success, the inner critic’s bullying voice, the fucks we give that hold us back), and then impregnating ourselves with what has died to seed more liberatory, pleasurable, and exciting ways of being.
During our call, you name what is ready to be named. I take tons of notes from what I hear, underlining your sizzling keywords and phrases. We will be making alchemical magic happen with your own language.
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