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As part of its latest Developer Day event, Microsoft announced a new AI platform coming in the next version of Windows 10. While Microsoft already uses AI in a number of smaller ways across Windows, the company says its AI platform will give developers the tools to easily take advantage of AI and machine learning with their apps.
The AI platform will allow developers to tap into pre-trained machine learning models to bring AI smarts to their apps using the new Windows ML API. Further, the platform allows developers to move AI processing to be performed locally, rather than shifting the workload to the cloud. This will allow for real-time analysis using the local device's own hardware, which could cut down on latency, as well as server costs and bandwidth.
Windows ML will eventually be enabled across all Windows 10 versions, and it will work with Universal Windows Platform and Win32 apps, Microsoft says. Additionally, Windows ML will be supported across a range of device families and types, including PCs, HoloLens, servers, and eventually even Xbox One. Microsoft's AI acceleration efforts are bolstered by partnerships with hardware makers, including Intel, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and AMD. In particular, Intel says it is working with Microsoft to enable Windows ML support for its Movidius Myriad X Vision Processing Unit (VPU), a system-on-chip built specifically to handle AI and deep learning tasks.
"Our ML model evaluation is tuned for efficiency across the diverse silicon that runs Windows," said Kam VedBrat, Group Program Manager for the Windows AI Team. "By using instruction set optimizations on modern CPUs, hardware acceleration on GPUs that support DirectX 12, and a driver model for purpose-built AI processors in the future, we deliver performance and efficiency on the broadest range of form factors."
In addition to the Windows AI Platform, Microsoft says that Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX), an open format for machine learning models, will get added support with Visual Studio. With Visual Studio Preview 15.7, developers can now load ONNX files in UWP projects, allowing it to automatically generate a model for the project.
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Here's everything you need to know about Windows 10X
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Baldur's Gate III gameplay to be revealed on February 27
The world will get its first look at Baldur's Gate III gameplay on February 27 via a live stream from PAX East. Baldur's Gate III is being developed and published by Larian Studios.
Would you buy a smartphone with full Windows 10 on ARM?
Earlier today, a company called Emperion unveiled details about a smartphone its building that supposedly runs full Windows 10, on an overclocked Snapdragon 845 processor, that’s also able to run Android apps without emulation or dual-booting with Android. It sounds too good to be true, and it probably is, but let’s assume this is a product that can be executed on. Would you buy it?
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It seems A.D.D. is not just for hyper kids and over stressed workers. This spring both Lake Superior ice and weather seem to be having trouble staying focused on one task – WARMING UP!
Admittedly it is fun watching the ice break up and then wondering who is going to end up with a giant unwanted pile of it stacked up on their shoreline. From here a west wind will push it to Saxon Harbor, a south wind will transport it to the Minnesota north shore or even Canada, a north or east wind just packs it back in here (last choice!)
The sea caves- watch- camera located along the popular stretch of sea caves off of Meyers road takes pictures of the water (or ice) conditions every daylight hour: http://wavesatseacaves.cee.wisc.edu/
It’s been fun to watch the sequence of ice break-up images out there in the very spot that hosted over 138,000 visitors this winter. And not a footprint remains.

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Many rumours are doing the round and here's what we have. The latest buzz that is doing the rounds is that the reason of their split is Mrs. Roshan's increasing proximities with the actor Arjun Rampal.
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Social media had almost 2.46 Million active users in 2017, which is almost 71% of internet users. Social Media Engagement happens more with shares, likes and comments.
With smartphones and mobile phones, active users on social media have increased and are expected to grow. Creating engaging and interactive content for social media engagement has become a high priority.
Plan and implement content in such a manner that audience find value in the content. Answer questions and needs of followers. Keep them engaged so that they come back to you for more content.
With too much spent on marketing activities, budgets may restrict you to spend more for social media engagement. Ads are not the only source of social media engagement with the audience.
Here are 8 ways you can multiply social media engagement with your audience, without spending on ads.
1. Questions & Answers Sessions
Invite people to be part of questions and answer session on social media. Use live videos, or communities or your business page for. Ask questions related to your brand, product or industry, make the sessions productive.
Creating a two-way communication helps increase engagement with followers or audience. Ask for advice and expectations from your brand. Where do they see your brand in next phases of development?
Create questions focusing on audiences requirements. These help you like a survey to know your to do’s and content ideas. questions should be of 80-100 characters maximum. Easy to answer and in one-two words. Easier the better. They can be fill in the blank types and sometimes off the topic not always.
The more you engage with your audience, more you know them and more content you can create for them.
2. Catchy & Impacting Visual Content for Social Media Engagement
Social media has changed trends from being text-based to more of visual content. If you want to grab your audience attention with content, Being visual is the answer to it.
Different ways of using visuals in posts are trending on social media. Visual Content will help you convey your message and make your content viral effectively and efficiently.
Infographics, Quote Cards, Informative Screenshots, Illustrative images, Call to Action Images and many other ways visual posts can be shared to gain more audience engagement in big numbers.
Being Serious is not always required. Humorous posts go viral the most. Be funny use memes, comic posts, gif images and add these to your marketing strategy.
Canva a free online designing tool can be used to create engaging visual content, without having designing knowledge.
3. Check Effectiveness of Content
Creating engaging content is the primary input to a marketing plan. Post content on all social media in the initial stage it will help you to study the engagement. The audience on various social media platforms engages differently.
First, analyse the content, measure its effectiveness and success and include in your next plan of action, then use social media data to plan for future strategies. Later on, divide your post content into different segments and relate content engagement and audience behaviour with it.
There are various free and paid tools for analytics.
- Google analytics
- Social Media Insights of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Linkedin
- Sprout Social
The above mentioned tools will help you analyse social media content and its effectiveness.
4. Contest & Giveaways on Social Media
Consider this beforehand, too many promotional posts annoy audience and followers. Content should engage your users and limits your promotional content. In addition, content used in a better way helps build relationships and build trust with your brand.
Contests and offers are a good way to get more eyeballs to your posts. More views and engagement will always help you come up with the ranking of your posts and engagement.
In fact, giveaways are like giving back love which your followers give you. Plan for a giveaway after reaching a milestone of followers. Spreading the content of giveaway will indirectly help in getting more audience to post engagement.
Games, request for tips, conversation starter posts are other forms of a contest which help in viewership indirectly.
Many other ways can be used to engage with the audience, the main objective should be we should stick to what we know, so the audience can relate to what the post is speaking about.
5. Survey & Polls
Survey and posts are like quizzes and contest. They should be simple to understand. Creating poll and survey helps to engage with your audience.
Testing audience’s knowledge is not the part of a survey. Know about audience’s new requirements, you can work on these requirements or maybe you can add new features to your products or new ideas to your blog content or articles.
A survey improves engagement among the audience and helps in your post reach or increase click-through ratio(CTR).
6. Increase video content
Videos being the most engaging visual content have a direct impact on sales and posts engagement. Most of the digital sales take place after watching videos of products.
Videos like how to dos, step by step guides or tutorials solve the purpose of sharing information and engagement.
Start with a buzz, create a buzz of video with the use of social media text copy. Add text script to the video to make it available for reading even if the sound is off. Use catchy titles for the video thumbnail.
7. Check your Post Time for most Social Media Engagement
To emphasize, being active on social media all the time or anytime will not improve visibility or engagement on the page. Ultimately, social media gives more results when content is made for the people and number of users are online.
Social presence and being active as per the audience is required. Consider target audience activeness and plan post according to audience presence.
No doubt, Friday post should be of happiness. During weekends people are in a weekend mood this will help connect emotionally with them.
Post Timing for Social Media.
Best Time: 1 PM to 3 PM
Avoid: 8 PM to 8 AM
Best Time : 3 PM, 5 PM
Avoid: 8 PM to 9 AM
Best Time: 8 AM to 9 AM, 5 PM
Avoid : 3 PM to 4 PM
Best Time: 7 AM to 8 AM, 5 to 6 PM
Avoid: 10 PM to 6 AM
Offourse post shared during best times give you most shares. A planned content calendar will help you to implement post timings.
8. Customer Service
Creating page engagement, increasing shares, likes etc will always help in building trust with audience and followers.
Customer service of social media is like after sales service is given for a product. Trust and relationship with audience grow stronger with customer service. Respond to customers queries and take feedback frequently. A feedback is like a gift it’s on us how we take it positively or negatively. This interaction adds value to posts and brand.
Engagement with new followers and audiences can be done by introducing yourself to them after the number increases.
A direct message of clients or followers is the most missed part of various businesses. Social media to do list should comprise of checking and replying to messages.
To summarize with add content calendar to your to-do list for being Socially Active. Content can help increase views, reach and engagement with these points.
1. Questions & answers sessions
2. Catchy & impacting visual content
3. Check the effectiveness of content
4. Contest & giveaways
5. Survey & polls
6. Increase video content
7. Check your post time for most social media engagement
8. Customer service
Let us conclude, create marketing strategies for your social media engagement. Share with us in the comments below how effectively it worked for your brand. Let’s discuss other effective ways used by you to increase social media engagement.


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- Tuesday, June 29, 10:30-11:00AM
- Friday, July 9, 10:30-11:00AM
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The Akhenaten adventure [kit] by P.B. Kerr
Amber Brown is not a crayon [kit] by Paula Danziger ; illustrated by Tony Ross
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene W. Field ; [illustrated by] David McPhail
Sleep, baby, sleep by illustrated by Teri Weidner
A book of sleep by Il Sung Na
Joe Biden by Michael V. Uschan
Eli Manning by John F. Wukovits
Cesar Millan by Gail B. Stewart
Firegirl by Tony Abbott
The Traitors' Gate by Avi ; illustrated by Karina Raude
Wild Hogs — Like any good travel movie, this film shows that it's the journey, not the destination.
Fear and loathing in Las Vegas — When packing for a trip, some people have different priorities than others. An ether frolic of a movie, from the mind of Hunter S. Thompson.
Ni Hao, Kai-lan. Kai-lan's carnival by adapted by Alison Inches ; based on the screenplay written by Sascha Palandino ; illustrated by Jason Fruchter
White on black by Tana Hoban
Baby manatee by written by Patricia A. Pingry; illustrations by Drew Rose
Baby orangutan by [photographs provided by San Diego Zoo; written by Julie D. Shively; illustrations by Meredith Johnson]
Wake up, sleepy bear! by Christine Morton-Shaw and Greg Shaw ; illustrated by John Butler
Wake up, farm!: with flaps and pop-up fun by Andrew Everitt-Stewart
A child's good morning book by Margaret Wise Brown; illustrated by Karen Katz
Program Date: Tuesday, June 29
Program Time: 10:00-10:30AM
Summer Reading should be fun, right? What could be more fun than a delightfully romantic film?
I know where I'm going — simply one of the best romantic films ever. Shot in the gorgeous western islands of Scotland, the ocean is practically one of the characters in this movie.
Fool's gold — Lost treaure? Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson? Sign me up.
In this bestselling travelogue, Eric Weiner travels to countries like Iceland, Bhutan, Qatar, Holland, Switzerland, Thailand and India to try to figure out why residents tell researchers they are actually quite happy. In doing so he displays an openness to other cultures and a sense of humor in this absorbing funny and thoughtful look at nations of bliss.
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You can now see all of our participant's entries in our image gallery. We had almost 70 people enter this year, and with so many of the entries being really fantastic the judging was very tough. Thank you to everyone who entered! We enjoyed seeing everyone's art, and hopefully you will too! Included below is the list of winners only:

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So let’s create today new effect and recently got too popular. This effect looks too hard and unique with colour bands but it’s actually too easy and anyone can make this in minute.
So without wasting time in reading let’s move to effect.
- Select image as shown in example.
- Duplicate layer with CTRL+J and make selection out of it by any method you like.
- Take the rectangle marquee tool and select small portion of image in width and hight must be of image size and just copy it.
- Then with move tool just stretch to look as Speed Warp Effect.
- For more effects convert same layer to smart object and with warp option modify it.
- That’s all guys we have done Speed Warp Effect.
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2022 DESK Art Calendar 5x7 Retro Vintage Art Style by Maine Artist Alan Claude
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2022 Art Desk Calendar by graphic artist Alan Claude features his latest stunning vintage retro art images of everyday moments on the Maine coast.
We are celebrating the 11th Edition of Alan Claude's popular Art calendars that reflect the spirit of New England coastal life. Can't you feel that sea breeze?
Inspired by bold, Poster Style graphics from the 1920's and 30's, mixed in with a little Edward Hopper, a heap of drama and a teaspoon of serenity 12 beautifully printed 5x7 images on recycled FSC heavy 100 lb paper. Printed with Certified Wind Power.
- JANUARY 2022 - Good Book On A Snow Day - Gardiner, Maine
- FEBRUARY 2022 - Dog walk at Squirrel Point Light - Arrowsic, Maine
- MARCH 2022 - Lobster Boat in Round Pond Harbor - Bristol, Maine
- APRIL 2022- JetPort - Portland, Maine
- MAY 2022 - Camden Lighthouse - Camden, Maine
- JUNE 2022 - Bec's Walk on Cadillac Mountain - Acadia National Park, Maine
- JULY 2022 - Sunset at Ladies Delight Lighthouse - Lake Cobbosseecontee, Maine
- AUGUST 2022 - Lobster Boats in Friendship - Friendship, Maine
- SEPTEMBER 2022 - Kayaking in Port Clyde - St George, Maine
- OCTOBER 2022 - Sailboats in Round Pond Harbor - Bristol, Maine
- NOVEMBER 2022- Cyclists at Watch Hill Lighthouse - Westerly, Rhode Island
- DECEMBER 2022 - Winter Harbor Lighthouse - Winter Harbor, Maine
Every year I look forward to viewing and ordering the next year's calender. Alan's depiction of Maine brings back such fond memories!

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This is the official forums for the Minecraft server, the Legend of Minecraft. Having a hard time beating that boss because he's never on? Think the server can improve? Are you curious if the chicken or Link came first? All can be answered here! !

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4th Asia Pacific Congress on Diabetes and Endocrinology
“4th Asia Pacific Congress on Diabetes and Endocrinology” to be held during October 16 -17, 2023 Vancouver, Canada. The upcoming conference will be organized around the theme “Recognizing Current Research Challenges in Diabetes and Endocrinology”.
The main objective of Endocrinology Congress 2023is to promote awareness about diabetes and risk associated with it along with endocrinology. It folds reputed scientists, researchers and faculty from universities and research institutions, Obesity specialists, Diabetic surgeons, Weight loss specialists, physicians, endocrinologists, nutritionists, dietitians, health care personnel, CEO’s, Presidents of industries, business delegates, young researchers and talented student populations under a solitary gable catalysing information exchange for the advancement of research in the field of Endocrinology and Diabetes.

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A year’s worth of urine is enough to fertilize a year’s worth of food, researchers say
“The urine one person produces annually contains enough fertilizer to grow nearly a whole year’s supply of food,” Rich Earth Institute claims.
Adults produce between 100 and 150 gallons of urine per year, containing about 9 pounds of nitrogen, 2 pounds of potassium, and 1 pound of phosphorus.
This is enough “NPK” fertilizer to grow grain for a loaf of bread every day of the year, according to Rich Earth’s research.
Obviously we won’t want bread everyday of the year, but mix in some other produce with your grain and you could have a full plate fertilized with nothing but your own pee!
“The pee of one person is rich enough to fertilize a tenth of an acre of vegetable garden for the year,” according to the Permaculture Research Institute.
Think about it as a closed-loop nutrient cycle… Why use un-sustainably mined minerals to fertilize your food when recycle yours over and over?
The nitrogen used in commercial fertilizers is synthesized in a process fueled by natural gas, a fossil fuel increasingly derived by fracking.
The phosphorus comes from the mined rock phosphate, a non-renewable resource. Along with “peak oil,” some argue we’re now entering a period of “peak phosphorus.”
The potash that’s being mined for potassium is also a non-renewable, depleting resource.
Pee should be diluted with 90% water before applying to your crops, according to the Permaculture Research Institute, as too much of a good thing in the same spot can be overkill.
And mixing pee with ash (from your fire pit) outperforms commercial fertilizers, according to the Institute.
Another tip, if you don’t want to put too much effort into making mixtures, is to pee straight on your compost pile, as it does wonders for the composting process and doesn’t need to be diluted.
Male pee (especially) distributed around the perimeter of the garden can help keep pests away too, because of the testosterone in it, the Institute says… So go ahead guys, mark your territory!

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Gary Vizioli is a Relationship Manager with Wells Fargo Community Lending & Investment. The Community Lending & Investment team specializes in offering debt and equity capital to organizations that provide economic development, job creation, and affordable housing in communities of need nationwide. Since joining the team, he has helped close on the financing of over 2,000 newly constructed or rehabilitated units of affordable rental housing. He also serves as board co-chair of the New York Housing Conference's Rising Leaders Network, as well as in a variety of volunteer capacities throughout New York City. Gary earned an M.S. with Distinction from New York University and a B.S. from Penn State University.


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Best HDD for gaming
Hallo, I am completely confused with all the comments and reviews an advice on hdds I know sdd are the best but seriseriously still lacking in space I mean your steam vlient for example all games must be on the hdd you install steam right so plus os and programmes 256gig is not enough so I want to know which hdd is best for gaming some say wd black but its over priced for minimal gains with mass amount of noice and wd green is outa the question since its not made for that and wd blue is low end so how about a normal seagate 7200rpm 64mb cache sata 3 drive or toshiba ? Btw I have a asrock z87 extreme 3 mobo i5 4430. I just want general advice on a nice gaming drive help
Well first of all you can download software which can move Steam games from a folder in your SSD to a different folder in your HDD by use of a shortcut. I have a 120gb SSD which I have Win7 on and a few games like BF4 etc etc, then any others that i'm not using i have on my WD blue 1tb HDD.
WD Black is the best HDD on the market for speed. It's also a lot more expensive. Steam doesn't actually benefit from an SSD greatly in my own personal experience and I find leaving my Steam games on my HDD is perfectly fine and fast enough.
With regarrds to which brand, Seagate did have some reliability issues in the past where as WD are known for reliability.
I think it's largely irrelevant personally. You do realise that your HDD won't affect your FPS in all but very unusual boundary cases? It only make difference when you launch a game and when level are being loaded. Most multiplayer games usually have you waiting for someone on a 5yr old laptop before you can start, so it's only singleplayer that is affected too.
Personally I have an SSD for my system drive and a game or two that I play often, but most my steam library is sitting on a WD Green (it was acquired, not what I'd purchase if I had the choice). Sure, maybe levels take a few extra seconds to load but I'm not that bothered.
If I was buying one, I think the sweetspot is the WD Blue or the Seagate you listed, as long as it's 7200RPM I think that's about right. Like I said though, I'm not convinced it makes a massive difference.


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The Portland Police Bureau announced on Thursday that the city will take down the 120-year-old Thompson Elk statue between Lownsdale and Chapman squares, across the street from the Multnomah County Justice Center, because protesters damaged its structure by setting it on fire.
On July 1, protesters lit fires at the base of the statue, police say. The Regional Arts & Culture Council determined the damage to the base so severe that the statue might topple over and injure someone.
"Engaging in criminal activity including vandalism and property damage is not peaceful demonstration," Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell said in a statement. "We ask for the public's help in identifying and sharing information about those responsible so they can be held accountable."
The bureau said the public restrooms in Lownsdale and Chapman squares near the elk statue were also damaged severely during protests.
The elk statue was erected in 1900 in honor of David P. Thompson, who served as mayor of Portland from 1881 to 1885, according to The Oregonian. It has regularly been at the center of protests—people climbed atop the animal to kiss during the last night of Occupy Portland protests, and protesters draped portions of a fence from its antlers last month.

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TAIK IN THE ASSYRIAN AND BIAINIAN CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS, ANCIENT GREEK AND EARLY MEDIEVAL ARMENIAN SOURCES (THE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE 19th CENTURY FRENCH ARMENOLOGISTS)
Saint-Martin and Marie Brosset gave importance to the fact that Taik was one of Armenia’s provinces from the ancient times when studying the historical and political geography of Armenia in their researches and translations of the Armenian medieval sources. They paid special attention to the geographical characteristics of the Taik province of Great Armenia, based on the information of the medieval sources (especially “Ashkharatsuyts”) as well as the works of M.Chamchyan and Gh. Inchichyan. The Assyrian and Biainian cuneiform inscriptions as well as the ancient and medieval sources have preserved evidences about Tayk.
The historical and geographic data of Armenian medieval sources give evidence to great importance of the province of Taik (in ancient times։ Daiaeni of the Assyrian and Diau(e) of the Biainian cuneiform sources) in the Armenian political and cultural history because of its strategic position and deep-rooted statehood traditions in the Armenian Highland.
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The Tornado NEO is equipped with our highly innovative AVC (Automatic Vibration Control) technology. The integrated, fully isolated AC motor with double-belt drive is supplied via the external DMC-10 digital motor electronics with super-stable multi-voltage power supply.
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“Acoustic Signature implemented across-the-board improvements to its entire turntable lineup: an accumulation of at least twenty-five years of industry experience, along with the present-day implementation of its innovations in vibration control, platter bearing design, and constrained-layer damping. With these updates, the mostly all-metal Tornado Neo provides a stable platform for multiple cartridges and tonearms to easily show their individual differences and performance characteristics. With already solid construction and the Neo advancements, the Tornado provides exceptional performance, along with countless hours of musical enjoyment.”
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Third of five strike days voted on by union members on June 5, and comes the weekend of the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Montreal, when stores are particularly crowded.
Crown said in an email that the only branch that closed as of Saturday afternoon was in the Quebec City neighborhood of Saint-Foy, where managers were handling services in dozens more.
Maxime Nadeau, president of the National Trade Union Confederation, said the strike was related to stalled negotiations over wages. He said the employee start-up rate is $17.12 an hour, rising to $21.23 an hour after eight years in the job.
“We have a ridiculous salary offer on the table, even insulting, so obviously we are asking for parity with the SAQ (Societe des alcools du Quebec),” he said in a phone interview.trending stories
Nadeau quotes Prime Minister François Legault, who warned on June 12 that with a persistent labor shortage, “companies that are unable to pay salaries above $15 or $20 (an hour) will run into problems.”
Nadeau added in a statement that the union, which represents about 200 employees spread over 16 branches of government-owned cannabis stores, had deliberately chosen the weekend “when traffic is very high” to begin labor work.
The Quebec cannabis company, known as SQDC, said in an email that it “fully recognizes the right of employees to exercise pressure tactics in the context of ongoing negotiations.”
“The company remains ready to continue negotiations and our desire to reach a negotiated agreement that satisfies the parties involved.”
SQDC, a subsidiary of SAQ, is responsible for the distribution and sale of marijuana products in Quebec.


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Aramex extends Shop & Ship program
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Aramex has launched its Shop & Ship (S&S) affiliate and partner program, coming shortly after the global launch of the S&S FLEX membership.
S&S is an e-commerce last-mile delivery service from Middle East headquartered Aramex that enables global consumers to receive goods from online stores in the US, the UK, and more than 20 other countries.
Businesses are able to deliver domestic packages to any of Aramex’s 24 S&S hubs around the world with the logisticsw operator taking care of international shipping to the customer.
It allows any online merchant to integrate with S&S Checkout to fulfil locally and ship globally. The service is available in over 50 countries worldwide.
Hassan Mikail, chief e-commerce officer at Aramex, said: “These initiatives further highlight our efforts to bring the benefits of S&S to as many people as possible. Online merchants who partner with us benefit from direct-to-consumer marketing, zero cost and zero challenges for international logistics, plus world-class customer service support.”


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Sodexo Shutting Down Huntington Facility
Sodexo Inc. says it will shut down its Huntington facility because of a lost contract with Huntington University. The company, which provides food service operations for the school, says the move will result in the loss of more than 70 jobs.
Sodexo says the layoffs will occur on July 5, when its contract ends. The company says it expects its 68 food service workers to be hired by the new contractor. The facility also employed a general manager, catering manager and executive chef.
You can see the company’s notice to the state by clicking here.
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Amazon may be planning for a major expansion in Israel, with a big part of its resources going to Annapurna Labs, the secretive Israeli chip making startup it bought for $350 million in 2015, according to Haaretz's Eliran Rubin.
The report says the expansion includes a new 32,000 square foot (3,000 square meter) R&D facility that would have about 800 employees within the next two years. Annapurna Labs, which employees about 200 people now, will be the "basis" for Amazon's upgrade plan in Israel, it says.
In fact, the report says Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos even made a secret visit to Annapurna Labs recently to meet with its management and staff members, underscoring the growing importance of the region to the company.
It's unclear what exactly Amazon wants to do with the team at Annapurna Labs. Although it was founded in 2011, Annapurna Labs' work has mostly been under wraps, often being called a "secretive" chip designer. It only has one press release on its site, which is about an ARM-based chip targeting low-cost servers and Internet of Things devices.
One of the job listings for Annapurna Labs may give a better clue to what it plans to do in the future. It says Annapurna Labs is now part of Amazon Web Services, and is looking for "exceptional engineers to help develop the next generation chips based on a revolutionary architecture."
When Amazon made the acquisition in 2015, the deal was speculated to be a move aimed at eventually lowering the cost to run its cloud data centers. Amazon mostly relies on custom chips made by Intel, but having an alternative option like ARM — although believed to be far behind Intel's server technology — could potentially help drop some of its costs.


CORNING — The Corning boys completed a sweep in league play Thursday afternoon with a 9-1 win over the visiting Oroville Tigers.
Despite the lopsided final, Oroville got on the board first with a goal from Johnathan Chue in the opening minute off a corner kick from China Xiong.
The Cardinals struck back quickly, Ricky Guzman punching it into the net in the sixth minute off the fingertips of Oroville keeper Andrew Vang, who had a busy 80 minutes. The Cards kept the ball in Oroville territory most of the half and the Tigers didn’t have another opportunity until midway through the second half.
Guzman’s goal came in the wake of shots from Gonzalo Chavez and Jese Morfin Moreno in the second and fourth minutes that both went wide.
Gustavo Alfaro was next up for the Cards, scoring from the left side in the eighth minute.
Julian Guzman set up Edgar Guzman in the 17th minute to make it 3-1.
After a shot from Moreno sailed high, Julian Guzman scored in the 27th minute, Chavez knocked in a header off a feed from Julian Guzman in the 33rd minute and Hector Madrigal scored from well outside the box in the 34th minute to give Corning a 6-1 lead as the teams went to the sideline.
Alfaro scored his second on a deflected corner kick in the 43rd minute. Carlos Abreu had a shot in the 44th minute that went wide right and Madrigal sent a cross to Julian Guzman but the shot went over the crossbar.
Edgar Guzman scored again in the 48th minute with Alfaro picking up the assist and Ricky Guzman picked up a second goal in the 52nd minute, punching it in to the top right corner of the net.
Corning coach Victor Torres pulled several starters in the 53rd minute, including keeper Cesar Bogarin, but the Cards still managed to keep the ball on the Oroville end most of the remainder.
In the 67th minute, Josy Mendoza knocked a cross into the box and Jonatan Abreu knocked it into the net with his body, but the goal was disallowed by the officials because it bounced off Abreu’s elbow.
The Tigers had a couple of chances in the second half on a shot from Devin Naredo in the 58th minute that was deflected by Corning keeper Gustavo Guillen. Xiong had a corner kick in the 58th minute, but it was blocked and cleared.
Ricky Guzman had two goals, Chavez had a goal and two assists, Julian Guzman had a goal and four assists, Madrigal had a goal, Edgar Guzman had two goals, Alfaro had two goals and an assist and Moreno had an assist. Guillen had a pair of saves and Bogarin had one save.
The Cards finish the regular season 10-0 in league play, 18-1-1 overall. Corning’s loss came against Chico, 2-1, on Dec. 10 and the tie, 0-0, came against Pleasant Valley on Dec. 7.
Torres said a seeding meeting is scheduled for Saturday, after which the playoff brackets will be released. As either the No. 1 or No. 2 seed, Corning should host through the semifinal round. Anderson, also 9-0 in league play going into Thursday’s action, played University Prep Thursday evening.
The Tigers finish the year 5-12-2 overall and 3-4-1 in league play, third place in the Westside League.
Corning 11, Oroville 0
The Corning girls beat Oroville on the south field 11-0.
Itzel Ramirez had three goals and a pair of steals; Nayeli Lara had two goals, an assist and three steals; Emily Rodriguez had two goals and an assist; Melissa Sigaran had two goals, Brianna Cardoso had a goal, five assists and five steals and Sulema Parra had a goal and a steal. Keeper Deana Marshbanks had two saves in the shutout win.
The Cardinals finish the year 17-3 overall and 9-1 in league play, their only league loss coming against Orland, 1-0, on Feb. 4. They finish first in the Westside League and third overall in Division II.
The Tigers finish 1-9 in league, 2-16 overall.


What are the tax and reporting requirements of nonprofits?
All tax-exempt organizations must file certain reports with federal, state and local authorities. Because of distinctive state and local requirements, it’s important that you consult with your legal counsel and accountant to ensure that the necessary paperwork is being filed for your organization.
That said, at the federal level, you’ll definitely need to file one of the following:
- Form 990, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax, or
- Form 990-EZ, Short Form Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax
- 990-N (e-postcard) for exempt organizations that normally have less than $50,000 in gross receipts
See Legal for more information regarding these forms and requirements in the state of California.
In terms of paying taxes, exempt organizations are exempt from income taxes, but they are still required to pay payroll taxes. Typically these are withheld from employee paychecks and paid quarterly. Be sure to file and pay on time. Willful failure to pay is a felony under federal law and the interest and penalties for late filing can add up quickly.
The IRS provides an Exempt Employer’s Toolkit (www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=172794,00.html), which includes all of the forms that must be filed by organizations that have employees.
In addition to federal requirements, you’ll need to file payroll taxes with your state and, in some cases, locally. Check with your state’s Department of Revenue to determine when and where to file payroll taxes.
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Nigerian Police Force has commenced the standard investigative procedure to find out how eight children suddenly died simultaneously and on the same day in LagosState.
According to the State’s Police Command, the eight children were reportedly found lifeless in a Lexus Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV van in the Badagry Area.
Meanwhile, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, the spokesperson of Police Command in the state, confirmed the tragedy to journalists in a statement yesterday.
The spokesperson revealed that the children’s were found locked in the vehicle parked on Adelayo Street in the Jah-Michael area of Badagry.
He revealed that the bodies recovered had been deposited in Badagry General Hospital’s mortuary at the time being, where further examinations would be carried out to know if the truth behind their passing isn’t made up or fabricated.
Some reports implied that the car had a child lock feature and could only be opened outside.


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Additive manufacturing (AM) techniques have provided many opportunities for the rational design of porous metallic biomaterials with complex and precisely controlled topologies that give rise to unprecedented combinations of mechanical, physical, and biological properties. These favorable properties can be enhanced by surface biofunctionalization to enable full tissue regeneration and minimize the risk of implant-associated infections (IAIs). There is, however, an increasing need to investigate the immune responses triggered by surface biofunctionalized AM porous metals. Here, we studied the immunomodulatory effects of AM porous titanium (Ti-6Al-4V) printed using selective laser melting and of two additional groups consisting of AM implants surface biofunctionalized using plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) with/without silver nanoparticles. The responses of human primary macrophages and human mesenchymal stromal cells (hMSCs) were studied in terms of cell viability, cell morphology and biomarkers of macrophage polarization. Non-treated AM porous titanium triggered a strong pro-inflammatory response in macrophages, albeit combined with signs of anti-inflammatory effects. The PEO treatment of AM porous titanium implants showed a higher potential to induce polarization towards a pro-repair macrophage phenotype. We detected no cytotoxicity against hMSCs in any of the groups. However, the incorporation of silver nanoparticles resulted in strong cytotoxicity against attached macrophages. The results of this study indicate the potential immunomodulatory effects of the AM porous titanium enhanced with PEO treatment, and point towards caution and further research when using silver nanoparticles for preventing IAIs.
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The analysis of Covid-19 deaths and excess deaths – which compared countries in three different ways – showed the UK worse off than the US, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan.
The Government said it was too early to compare with other countries but with the G7 nations coming to end of first wave it is possible to look at the stats,and they are not good news for the UK.
On all three measures of the G7 nations – recorded Covid-19 deaths per 100,000 people, excess deaths per 100,000 people, and excess deaths as a proportion of the usual level of deaths – the UK has been the hardest hit. Of the G7 nations, Germany, Canada, and Japan, have seen comparatively few deaths.
The BBC worked with the Health Foundation, an independent health analysis charity, and economists at Oxford University’s Institute for New Economic Thinking on comparable analyses between countries.
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said on Monday: “Every death is a tragedy and our absolute priority has always been to save lives, guided by the latest scientific and medical advice.
“Although it is important to look to evidence from other countries, comparing figures directly can be misleading as different countries compile their statistics in different ways.”
Health Secretary Matt Hancock last month said that regional flare-ups of the virus in England would result in “local lockdown”.
He told a Downing Street briefing there would be “local lockdowns in the future” with the Joint Biosecurity Centre having a “response function” that could address local spikes in infections, in partnership with local public health agencies.
Mr Hancock has said that under local lockdowns schools, businesses or workplaces could be closed in areas with a high prevalance of infection.
– When will local lockdowns be introduced?
PHE said there was no threshold for determining when a local lockdown should be implemented.
Advice will be given on a case-by-case basis and decisions taken by leaders based on this advice and the specific circumstances of the area, it added.
– How will these be implemented?
Specialist teams from the local authority or PHE can use powers to contain local outbreaks such as closing public spaces, businesses and venues.
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Inspired by the likes of Dark Souls, Earthbound, and various tabletop RPGs, Karmasutra is an intense, erotic hybrid RPG/Visual Novel taking place in a rich, detailed, open world.
Karmasutra takes place in the world of Tattva - a mysterious, heavenly realm that acts as the final challenge for sinners who seek the call of Nirvana in other worlds. Once home to ancient, sacred civilizations, these eras have now passed; in the wake of this passing, the realm has become an afterlife, a final challenge for restless wandering souls who commit sins in other worlds.
As our protagonist awakes in this strange land, he's quickly introduced to concept of Samsara; the journey across Tattva that all "Wanderers" must undergo to cleanse themselves of sin. Confused by this sudden pitch, our Wanderer also learns that this so-called "call of Nirvana" is not absolute; in fact, there are some Wanderers that choose to ignore the call in exchange for the infinite sexual & material pleasures - and dangers - that this mysterious afterlife seems to offer.
In this foreign realm however, Wanderers are not the only residents. From the sacred gurus who guide Wanderers and the demonic Asurian tricksters to the monstrous manifestations of sin and the Gods themselves, Tattva is never truly what it seems. But in this mysterious world, where both the path of Sin and the path Merit seem to lead to their own rewards and consequences, which path is truly correct? And more importantly, which path will you, the Wanderer, choose?
Karmasutra is a hybrid VN; it plays as an RPG, and interactions with NPCs are done in typical visual novel form. It takes place in a large world, filled with many, many unique NPCs - all with h-scnes - and various smaller events and interactions that can be pursued in parallel to the main story.
Some features include a morality system, which will change the way characters interact with you and dictate certain events across the world of Tattva,
a Dungeons & Dragons-inspired tabletop exploration system, featuring a number of interesting and unique locations,
and a turn-based combat system with a unique twist - instead of just fighting, enemies can also be conversed with, randomly generated with one of many possible personalities per-type of enemy.
And last but not least, here are a few more peaks at some of the game's characters during visual novel scenes:
The game is currently scheduled for first quarter of this year. We're considering a crowdfunding campaign, but nothing is confirmed.
While we currently don't have patreon you can always follow us on Twitter for future updates: https://twitter.com/TopHatStudiosEN
What do you think about the premise of the game?
What's your impression of art, and do you think it works for the type of game we're aiming to make?
Because of the morality scale feature and higher interactivity of NPCs, there's a very high replay value to uncovering everything the game has to offer. What do you think of the concept of replyability integrated into the game like this?
A large inspiration for the game's story draws from religious elements of Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism. How do feel about using religious themes as major elements in forming a story?
Feedback and additional questions are certainly welcome! Thank you for reading!


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Conciliar Church Policy during the Reign of Fernando IV, King of Castile-León, 1295-1312
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Publisher's summary: This study examines the relationship between the clergy and the monarchy, and the clergy’s attempts to guard their rights. It examines the four provincial councils (May 1310 at Toro, August 1310 at Alcalá de Henares, October 1310 at Salamanca, and July 1311 at Zamora) which played a significant role in the reassertion of the Castilian and Leonese prelates’ libertas ecclesiastica and the suppression of the Order of the Templars in Castile.
Table of contents:
Preface by Joseph O’Callaghan
1. Church-State Relations in the Kingdom of Castile-Léon in the Thirteenth Century
2. In Defense of the Castilian and Leonese Churches’ libertas ecclesiastica (1295-1302)
3. Safeguarding the Rights of Castilian and Leonese Churches
4. Preserving libertas ecclesiastica: The Church Councils of 1310-1311
Fernando IV, Knights Templar, church councils, Order of the Templars
Councils and synods -- Spain -- Castile -- History --To 1500, Catholic Church -- Spain -- Castile -- History -- To 1500, Castile -- Spain -- History, Castile (Spain) -- History -- Ferdinand IV, 1295-1312
Pepin, Paulette L., "Conciliar Church Policy during the Reign of Fernando IV, King of Castile-León, 1295-1312" (2003). History Faculty Books. 5.
Pepin, P. L. (2003). Conciliar Church Policy During the Reign of Fernando IV, King of Castile-León, 1295-1312 (Vol. 6). Lewiston, N.Y.: Mellen Press. ISBN: 9780773468580

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[NetBehaviour] Intel in Europe anti-trust raids
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*Intel in Europe anti-trust raids*
The European Commission has raided the offices of Intel and other
computer makers across Europe as part of a probe into possible
Intel has been involved in a lengthy investigation by Brussels over
alleged unfair trade practices.
"The investigations are being carried out within the framework of an
ongoing competition case," said European Commission spokesman Jonathan Todd.
The US computer chip maker had no immediate comment to make on the raid.
In March, the European Commission announced that it was teaming up with
Japanese authorities to investigate Intel in the wake of warnings that
the US group had been stifling competition in the Japanese chip market.
Last month, it emerged that Intel was being sued by US rival Advanced
Micro Devices (AMD) for anti-competitive practices.
Two suits were filed in Tokyo and are the latest salvos in a two-decade
battle between the two companies.
Japan's Fair Trade Commission found that Intel violated competition
rules by offering rebates to five PC makers, including Hitachi and
Toshiba, on the condition that they agreed not to purchase or limit
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Caitlyn Jenner has gotten herself into hot water following a comment she made about last week's shooting at the congressional baseball practice. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was critically injured in the attack, and three others were wounded, but Jenner joked that at least "liberals can't even shoot straight." Understandably, the internet is not happy.
Jenner's comments on the incident began in a way more appropriate manner: "Nobody deserves what happened out there. There's no justification for it...Fortunately, the guy was a really bad shot." Obviously, the next line of her "joke" did not sit well with many people, and so to Twitter they went.
Hopefully Jenner clears the air soon. There's far too much terrible stuff happening in the world for people to spend all their energy voicing outrage against a celebrity, rather than a politician.


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12 October, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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BOAA Dark is our evening program, incorporating video projects, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, live music and much more. BOAA Dark will transform the nights with colour, lights and performance art. This week features music from Nervous Pedestrian and Baby Blue
Nervous Pedestrians are a 4 piece band from the Rat. Founded in early 2018, they are beginning to make their way into the big wide suburbs of making tunes.
Baby Blue features an evolving lineup of Dave Mudie (Courtney Barnett, L.A. Mood, Gumboot), Nathanael Riley (19th Century Strongmen, Captain Apples), Cordelia Crosby (Genna Rose Bruce), Andrew Campbell (Jim Lawrie, Lipsync Chicks), Perrin Date (New Band), Liam‘Snowy’ Halliwell (Jade Imagine, No Local, The Ocean Party), Jesse Williams (Girlatones, Leah Senior) and Josh Coleman (Gumboot); an inarguably high calibre cast of some of Melbourne’s most in-demand musicians.


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In the ever-evolving world of music, some bands transcend the confines of time, leaving an indelible mark on the industry. One such iconic group is link alternatif toto88, a band whose timeless melodies and impeccable musicianship have captured the hearts of generations. From their inception in the late 1970s to their enduring presence today, Toto’s journey through the realms of rock, pop, and fusion has solidified their status as a musical powerhouse.
Toto’s story begins in 1977 when a group of highly talented musicians from diverse backgrounds came together in Los Angeles to create something magical. Their self-titled debut album, released in 1978, set the stage for their meteoric rise to fame. With tracks like “Hold the Line” and “I’ll Supply the Love,” the album showcased Toto’s exceptional songwriting abilities and their ability to seamlessly blend rock, pop, and soul influences into a cohesive sound.
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A mental health trust is believed to be the first NHS organisation to have bought back its private finance initiative debt from its private sector partner.
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Mental Health Foundation Trust has paid off its contract with its private equity holders for the re-build of West Park Hospital in Darlington, County Durham, trust board papers reveal.
The 30 year PFI arrangement would have seen the trust pay the equivalent of £32.15m to Norwich Union Public Private Partnership Fund, now trading as Aviva, Treasury figures show.
The deal was signed in 2003 and annual repayments for the project, which had a total capital value of £16m, started in April 2004.
The trust’s January board papers show the full repayment was made in December after being deferred from October.
Colin Martin, finance director at the £250m annual turnover trust, told HSJ the “voluntary termination” cost £18m and would release £2m a year from its income and expenditure account.
He said: “We paid off the senior and junior debt and picked up the legal fees, which were a couple of hundred thousand pounds.”
He added he believed there was “potential” for other NHS organisations to do the same.
The foundation trust’s accounts for 2009-10 show that on 31 March 2010 it had £41.6m cash and cash equivalents on its balance sheet - up from £26.7m the year before. The trust is continuing to generate a significant surplus and in December forecast a surplus for 2010-11 of just under £6m.
Although Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys’ scheme is small in comparison with most acute trusts, there are 17 trusts in England that have private finance schemes with capital values of £25m or less.
“I haven’t heard of anyone else talking about this” she said. “There’s no standard contract around PFI so it would have to be a deal-by-deal examination on how you would go about it.”
A study of hospital PFI released by the National Audit Office in June found most contracts were well managed but 12 per cent of trusts had no one managing the contract full time.
Norwich Union Public Private Partnership Fund has private finance schemes with two acute trusts, a primary care trust and another mental health trust.


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Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes
Written by: Alex Sandell
with comments from Propagandhi bassist,
To say I was disappointed when I first heard this CD (which is available at a store near you TODAY!) would be an understatement. I was pissed off, let down, enraged and embittered. I was probably also overreacting, but I had been waiting for nearly half a decade for this to be released, and to hear what I thought, at the time, was Propagandhi's attempt at selling out to impress the kids, left me with a miserable feeling in my gut that I'd place somewhere between hyperactive bowel syndrome and being dumped by your favorite girl. I fired off a missive to the band ranting and raving like a lunatic over what a bunch of sellouts they were, and how, after making me, along with their other fans, wait a long four years for this record, they owed us something a little bit better than what we had been given. Propagandhi didn't take kindly to my ill-tempered hissy-fit, and wrote back slightly calmer missives of their own.
Not only did Chris, the lead singer and lead guitarist of the band, convince me that this new album wasn't, as I put it, "pulling a Rancid" by becoming more hardcore to please the young punks in the pit, he actually had me wondering if the first two Propagandhi releases weren't actually the group's attempt at selling out. "This record," Chris said, "is the first thing I've ever done in my life that I'm actually proud of." Todd, the band's new bassist that took John's place a couple years back, reinforced this statement by telling me that Chris does indeed know his shit stinks (I had claimed otherwise), and "hates everything he does, and now he feels very happy with what he's done finally." Wow. Did I suddenly feel like a horse's ass.
After the comments from Todd and Chris, I decided to give the CD another listen, but still couldn't get into it. This left me in a bit of a bind, knowing I'd have to give a negative review to a CD that one of my favorite bands worked really hard on, and seemed to be genuinely proud of. I had spent all of two minutes thinking of ways I could solve this problem before deciding that, since my review was going to be negative, Todd and Chris could comment on what I said about their songs, essentially reviewing my review. I've never seen that done before, and I thought it was a pretty nifty, novel idea. Artists of all shapes and sizes are always bitching about bad reviews, so why not let them actually point out why they think the review is bad?
Todd immediately took to the idea, and offered to lend his opinions to this very page. Since that time, I've actually started to like the CD a hell of a lot better, and my review isn't nearly as scathing as it was going to be (it's actually fairly positive), but Todd kept his word and commented on each individual critique that I gave to the songs on the new Propagandhi CD. I think his comments add a certain insight to the review that you wouldn't have gotten if it had just been my opinions. Reviews are usually pretty exclusionary, and I figured a little change would be good. Anyway, enough of this overly-long, self-explanatory introduction, and onto the review!
Mate Ka Moris Ukun Rasik An:
Alex says: An excellent start to Propagandhi's first full-length release in over 4 years. The melodic beginning leads into a thrashing guitar and rapid pace, introducing us to faster, harder Propagandhi. It won't hit you at first as a "sing-a-long" type song, but will quickly grow on you.
Todd (bassist from Propagandhi) replies: I may agree with my little buddy here. I think there's some hot licks, and really good lyrics by Chris. Especially if you know the woman in the song, which you probably do not. Well ya do now, muthas.
Alex gives it a 9 (on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the best. And, if you didn't know that 10 is the best, you should probably go shoot yourself.)
Fuck the Border:
Alex says: Propagandhi's new bassist is introduced with a brief bass solo, and then his pissed-at-the-world singing voice. Totally hardcore. Todd is definitely a welcome addition to Propagandhi, and completely contrasts with the melodic styling of ex-bass player, John, and his soft singing voice, and more flowery take on politics. I think a lot of people will miss the "John songs," but a lot more will welcome Todd's. If you were a fan of John's (like myself), you can always pick up one of the excellent Weakerthans' releases, and listen until your heart melts into an empathetic pile of mush.
Todd replies: Yes, a different person with different ideas changes a band. I can only be me. I hope people dig my perspective on music. This song is actually pretty old. I like it. I'm faster but still sensitive!
Alex gives it a 8
Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes:
Alex says: On first listen, this sounds just like another typical hardcore song, but after a few spins you'll notice that there's a lot of melodic undertones, and even overtones, to the hardcore. One of my favorite songs on the CD.
Todd replies: I love this song. Chris
makes great songs, in my opinion. Great licks again makes me wish I had
his talent actually.
Alex gives it a 9
Back to the Motor League:
Alex says: This song doesn't belong on this record. It's a huge departure from the other tracks, both lyrically and musically. Chris's voice doesn't even sound the same as it does on the rest of the CD, or the CD's that came before, to be honest. My brother thought it sounded like they were trying to imitate the Offspring, in an attempt to grab a few of the Offspring's loyal, yet tasteless, fans. When I relayed this to Todd, he just about shit brown anarchy symbols. If this was an individual song on a 7", I'd probably love it. As a part of this record, I think it fails. Still, it's got a nice little sideline slam directed at all of the Korn's, Eminem's and Limp Bizkitz's across the world, giving it a few bonus points.
Todd replies: If we ever did or ever would copy the Offspring I'd have to wear a bag over my head. I think they are one of the worst bands ever. I think all their songs stink. Motor League is fashioned after old bands like Raven, Accept and shit. The old rockers. We live for that stuff. At a glance the most petty song on the record. But if you look close it's got a lot of meaning. It gets frustrations off our chest, and tells the world we'll keep on down our path no matter what the others do. Though, someone thought it was going to be a radio single (I believe the "someone" he's referring to is me - Alex) it's actually railing against that shit. The tune's railing against those type of venture capitalist bullshit bands.
Alex gives it a 6
Alex says: One of the only
times that Propagandhi slows down enough to let you clearly hear the lyrics.
It's lucky that they do, because the words are fucking great. Too bad the
song is boring as hell.
Todd replies: That's a funny review. I like the lyrics too. I like the music too though, what can I say? We would've tossed it otherwise. I'm not objective. Maybe boring? Me don't know.
Alex gives it a 4 (for the lyrics)
With Friends Like These, Who the Fuck Needs COINTELPRO?:
Alex says: This was one of the first song titles Propagandhi listed when announcing songs from their then upcoming album, like a year or two ago (this album probably had more "official" release dates than any that came before). Ever since, I've looked forward to it, based on the title alone. It was well worth the wait. The song is catchy as hell, has great lyrics, and leads into a wicked funny homage to Judas Priest that only us old punk fans that survived eighties heavy metal (fuck the Australian Outback, the next Survivor should put 16 people in a small-town stuck in a permanent "eighties" night) will actually get.
Todd replies: I agree with me man here.
Alex gives it a 9
Albright Monument, Baghdad:
Alex says: It's really weird to think I actually hated this song when I first listened to it. It's a damn fine song, with a damn fine chorus. You'll never think of "affluence" as a good thing again (if you were ever dumb/greedy enough to think of it in that way, in the first place).
Todd replies: Yes, I can see how this may take a couple spins it's a little different. I love the chorus. If we could do it again I would like another one between the breaks in the earlier part of the song.
Alex gives it a 8
Ordinary People Do Fucked-Up Things When Fucked-Up Things Become Ordinary:
Alex says: I already nominate this for "best song title of the year 2001." A lot of nice switches in pace, musically, and really cool vocal interaction between Todd and Chris. This one will have your ass in the pit and your face bloodied, leaving you feeling grateful for it.
Todd replies: I like this I think it's the best music and lyrics I've ever made. Me and Chris mixed everything up. Both our songs contain music written by each other and sometimes sang by the guy who did not write the song. To make full band cohesion, instead of his song, my song, his song, my song type feel.
Alex gives it a 9
Ladies' Nite In Loserville:
Alex says: This is tied for my favorite song on the CD. I've had women saying these exact same things to me. The lyrics had me giggling like jailbait after a bottle of Boone's Farm, even if that wasn't the intention. You'll be yelling along with this one the first time you hear it.
Todd replies: Ladies' Night is a good ern to me. The lyrics I hope are not misunderstood by folks. That's the trouble with "art" ha. I like Chris' little laugh at the end. Cracks me up.
Alex gives it a 10
Ego Fum Papa (I Am the Pope):
Alex says: I don't know if Propagandhi came up with the church sounds at the beginning, but they are hysterical. The first time I heard them I had to look around to make sure I wasn't 15 years old, and back in Catholic church, with my mom, who made attendance mandatory. Why is it that everyone in church is continually coughing? Is that part of the expelling demons thing? Anyway, Propagandhi got the sounds down to a science. The song itself is extremely short, and fairly satisfying, even if you have heard it a million times before. I don't love it, but I don't hate it. Average. The end reminds me of a straight-edge type chant.
Todd replies: I like the lyrics a lot. The most average song on the record, I agree. The church stuff is done by us. I think I like it on the record cause of the lyrics. It's a good song, just not quite up with some others. Perhaps. Jord (our drummer) loves it so that's good enough for me.
Alex gives it a 5
New Homes For Idle Hands:
Alex says: I despised this song the first time I heard it. Somehow, even it has grown on me. I'm a sucker for "duets." All the way back to the early KISS shit when Gene and Paul would "duet" together (pun intended), I'd begin drooling in prepubescent stereophonic ecstasy. If only Propagandhi wore ridiculous Halloween makeup and gigantic platform boots.
Todd replies: Despised it? Yowch. Glad it grew on ya. I think it's a.o.k. another older one.
Alex gives it a 6
Alex says: This song is tied with "Ladies' Night In Loserville" as my favorite on the CD due to one thing, and one thing only: the amazing fucking chorus. GOOD GAWD, I hate to go off over and over again about this "duet" thing, but never have two voices interchanging been used to greater affect.
Todd replies: I can live with that, Alexio.
Alex gives it a 10
March of the Crabs:
Alex says: This song stinks about as much as crab lice. It's extremely boring, and there doesn't seem to be anything to it, outside of speeding up and slowing down, never taking the time to add anything like a chorus, which may actually stick with you (sort of like crabs). Sucks when lice is actually catchier than a song.
Todd replies: It's straight
ahead. The lyrics contain intense meaning for me. My old buddy Regal
loves it so's if the world is bored by it at least Regal's banging his mutated
Alex gives it a 3 (sorry Regal)
Purina Hall of Fame:
Alex says: The intro. to this song is chilling. So chilling, in fact, that it drove both of my carnivorous brothers to vegetarianism. Texas Chainsaw Massacre has nothing up on the shit that precedes this tune. The song itself is a bit too long. It's fairly draggy, and doesn't end the album on a very powerful note, musically. The whispering voice sarcastically reinforcing the excuses we make for eating meat ("there's nothing you can do") is a nice touch, and does add to the haunting feel of the song, in a classic Alice Cooper type way.
Todd replies: I like this last puppy. It's a little longer and moves around a bit, we knew it was an ender we wanted drama and fury. I like it a lot. It's very depressing really. But, the solo at the end is supposed to be very hopeful. The sounds are from a movie, and our friend Bruce made the heartbeat sound, then we just panned them to each speaker.
Alex gives it a 5
OVERALL RATING - Propagandhi's "Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes" gets 7.2 Juicy squirts out of a possible 10.9 ejaculations. This is after listening to it a good 10 or 15 times. Unless you're a HUGE fan of hardcore, the record is like skin cancer: it really needs to grow on you before it makes an impact. I don't like it quite as much as their first full-length, "How to Clean Everything," and don't think it even comes CLOSE to their second, Less Talk, More Rock, but that's to be expected, being that I think Less Talk is one of the ten best punk records ever created.
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I'd like to thank both Todd and Chris for addressing my seething anger in a civil manner, and would like to give extra thanks to Todd for taking the time to add his comments to this review, and being an all-around cool guy.
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Jeff Rooker has been appointed as minister for children in
Northern Ireland, secretary of state Peter Hain announced today,
writes Clare Jerrom.
Rooker spent his first day in the role visiting children at
Playboard’s Play Day in People’s Park, Ballymena.
The minister said he would be bringing a new emphasis within
government on young people’s issues and confirmed he would be
establishing a Children and Young People’s Advisory
“This forum will articulate the views on behalf of
children and young people throughout Northern Ireland,” he
said. “It will focus on many issues that matter most to them
by identifying problems and presenting solutions.”
“They will have an important role in helping government to
develop a range of policies, and I will listen carefully to what
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TAQWACORE: THE BIRTH OF PUNK IN ISLAM (2009)
- Run Time: 80 min.
- Rating: 14A
- Director: Omar Majeed
The word Taqwacore is taken from a novel by Michael Muhammad Knight, The Taqwacores, his book (combining “taqwa”, an Arabic word for God-consciousness, with “hardcore”), about a group of young Islamic punk rockers, received a lot of attention among young North American Muslims and inspired the creation of an actual Muslim punk scene.
The first half of Majeed’s documentary deals with this burgeoning scene as a group of bands travel together touring the American countryside. Young, disaffected and secular, these musicians are caught between two worlds – the Islamic culture they come from, and the
western culture in which they are coming of age.
In the second half, he changes settings to Pakistan, where the bands have traveled to perform. Author Michael Muhammad is along for the ride to observe and comment on the reality his writing has created.
“Taqwacore is undeniably exciting.” — Al Kratine, The Montreal Gazette
About the Director
Majeed is a Pakistani-Canadian film director and producer. He has received a Gemini award for his editing work in television. Taqwacore was his first feature-length documentary, and he recently co-directed the feature-doc The Frog Princes, which premiered at the 2012 Hot Docs festival.


Junior doctors urgently need free access to wireless networks at work, NHS England’s clinical informatics director has said.
At a recent conference, Professor Jonathan Kay argued that wireless access would enable doctors to use apps and reference sources on their phone or tablet while treating patients.
He said that lack of access to wireless networks for trainee doctors, even when wireless networks are installed, is a good example of how NHS trusts must change their thinking to enable digital health.
Speaking at a joint CCIO Leaders Network and Clinical Health Informatics Network event last week, Professor Kay said: “Providing junior doctors with wireless access should be an obvious step for trusts."
Without wireless access, junior doctors cannot access clinical reference sources such as NICE guidance at the point of care, limiting their ability to treat patients using the best knowledge available, he told the ‘Transforming the power of information into ptractice’ event.
NHS England’s clinical informatics director said limiting access to clinical evidence and best practice knowledge resources should be considered “a patient safety issue."
He also indicated that mobile access is essential to accelerate the adoption of ward-based e-prescribing and medicines management and technologies for recording vital signs.
He said he had become aware of the issue after the NHS Hack Day community did an online survey revealing that many junior doctors struggle to get connectivity.
Professor Kay said many trusts already have the necessary wireless networks in place, but have policies – such as security policies and patient charges – which restrict availability to trainee doctors and other clinicians.
He would also like to see agreements in place that enable junior doctors to move between different hospitals and automatically carry their access to wireless networks with them.
NHS England has identified wireless networks as an essential information infrastructure requirement for a digital NHS underpinned by apps and mobility.
Guidance expected today from NHS England on the new £260m Technology Fund may say that trusts can bid for funds to support investments in wireless networks.


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The two men running to represent Franklin and parts of Medway in the state House of Representatives are both lawyers who own their own practices and grew up in the area, but that's where the similarities end.
Democrat Jeff Roy of Franklin, and Republican Richard Eustis of Medway bring different experiences and have opposing views about the direction the state is heading.
The two men are campaigning for the 10th Norfolk District seat, which was left without an incumbent when Democrat James Vallee resigned in June to take a job in the private sector. The election is Nov. 6.
Roy, 51, has 14 years experience in local government, something he says distinguishes him from his opponent.
"I spent 10 years on the Franklin School Committee, nine as chairman, and that truly tested my ability," he said. "We successfully navigated through some tough terrain and difficult issues."
During his tenure, Roy said, Franklin built two elementary schools, two middle schools, and an early-childhood education center, and the groundwork was put in place for a new high school.
He said he is perhaps most proud of the Franklin Arts Academy, "a school within a school" at Franklin High that gives students interested in visual and performing arts the chance to concentrate in those disciplines while completing their graduation requirements.
Roy said the arts academy was started without additional school funding, and has provided an opportunity for students with a passion for the arts who perhaps didn't thrive in traditional classroom settings.
"I've had mothers tell me they wouldn't be looking at colleges with their sons or daughters without the arts academy," he said.
Roy said he believes the arts academy is an example of how government should provide opportunities for people to help themselves.
Roy said his priority, if elected, will be jobs and the economy, and said he'd be willing to explore rolling back the state sales tax to 5 percent from the current 6.25.
"I'd be in favor of anything that puts more money into people's pockets that they can spend," he said.
Roy also said he would advocate for infrastructure improvements and grants to help small companies grow, and would push for a continuation of the efforts already started on Beacon Hill to eliminate outdated and unnecessary business regulations.
"Massachusetts is on the right track and I want to be part of the team that keeps us on that track," he said.
Local aid and school funding also will be a focus for Roy, who said he benefitted from a quality education at Milford High School before going on to Bates College and Boston College Law School.
"I want to see those same opportunities for the next generation," he said. "That is why I'm putting a heavy emphasis on maintaining or increasing Chapter 70 funds," as state aid for education is known.
Roy said he will take a bipartisan approach to getting things done on Beacon Hill, and try to bring civility back to government.
"I'll work with people, no matter what their party, and come up with solutions for the common good," he said. "We need to work together."
Eustis, 45, believes his experiences as a commissioned officer in the Navy, which he joined after graduating from Suffolk University Law School, heading the Worcester County Bar Advocates, and as a father of two children in the Medway public schools have prepared him for the job of state representative.
His background also "runs parallel with the interests of my constituents," Eustis said.
He said he believes Beacon Hill has a "failing record" of attracting companies to the state and keeping them here, and he blames legislators for creating an environment that sends the wrong message.
"Everyone elected should be reaching out to business," Eustis said. "Instead, everyone I've spoken to has expressed frustration by the attitude of their government."
He recalled speaking with the owner of a small company who said it cost him $500 to register his business in Massachusetts.
"In Maine it would have cost him $25," he said.
"We need to reach out to the largest and the smallest businesses across the state and proactively ask what our state government can do for them to develop and retain jobs in Massachusetts," Eustis said.
To help make the state more business friendly, Eustis said, he would "revisit the state's commercial tax policy," and would consider lowering the tax rate and offering tax incentives for job creation to accelerate growth.
He also said he would reexamine fees and regulations in an effort to create a climate more amenable to economic development.
"The status quo is not working in this state. . . I have not talked to one voter who believes this state government is heading in the right direction," he said.
Eustis also called himself "a fierce opponent of any wasteful spending on Beacon Hill."
"We have limited resources in the state, and every wasted dollar is a dollar taken away from the people in our community struggling in the shadows, who are genuinely in need," he said.
He said he has "watched millions of dollars being wasted" by the Democratic-controlled Legislature, which he said created 200 new government jobs paying at least $100,000 during the last term.
In addition, he said, Governor Deval Patrick's own figures show the state is spending $1 billion a year on benefits for immigrants who are here illegally, including reduced-tuition aid and health care.
"I do not want to provide in-state tuition rates to the children of illegal immigrants when legal residents are struggling to put their kids though college," Eustis said.
"These are luxuries the state just can't afford."
Ellen Ishkanian can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.


200-year-old elm tree at root of name change of new Lincolnville GO Station
Construction of Old Elm GO Station expected to be completed in 2022
Sept. 30, 2021
The Ontario government is giving Lincolnville GO Station a new name -- Old Elm GO Station -- in an effort to honour the historic 200-year-old elm tree being preserved during the construction of a new and improved station on Tenth Line.
The new GO station will feature modern amenities and ensure passengers no longer have to cross railroad tracks to get to the station.
"For two centuries, this elm tree has proudly stood in Whitchurch-Stouffville," Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney said.
"That is why we’ve taken the necessary steps to protect it, while making improvements to the new GO station that will create a safer environment for all customers."
The province will reroute the bus loop around the 40-metre-tall elm tree to ensure its conservation.
"Our government knows that when it comes to building transit, there is no one-size-fits-all approach -- every community has its own unique needs," Paul Calandra, MPP for Markham-Stouffville, said.
"Rerouting the bus loop around the elm tree celebrates this piece of local history and acknowledges the efforts of students from Oscar Peterson Public School and St. Brigid CES, who advocated to save this important natural landmark."
Whitchurch-Stouffville Mayor Iain Lovatt said he was proud to have worked with area MPPs to protect the local landmark and looked forward to continued collaboration as the town proceeds with building Old Elm Station’s new, relocated site.
Improvements to the new Old Elm GO Station will include 672 parking spaces, an accessible platform, bike lane, and bus loop connecting GO Transit customers to local transit options.
"We are excited to deliver the new and improved future Old Elm GO Station to our customers in York region," Metrolinx president and CEO Phil Verster said.
"The new station will not only provide an enhanced experience for our customers, but will also honour the importance of the living piece of history on its grounds through a new name."
Construction of the Old Elm GO Station is expected to be completed in 2022.