Angela Bensemann hopes her children Toby, 7, and Jessica, 4, will get easier access to the disability support they need after the announcement of a pathway to citizenship for Kiwi expats in Australia. (Photo supplied)
19 February 2016
Sam Sachdeva – Stuff
Kiwi expats living in Australia have cautiously welcomed news of an easier pathway to citizenship – but have fears about who will be left behind along the way.
Australian leader Malcolm Turnbull announced a government amnesty, opening the door to citizenship for between 60,000 to 100,000 Kiwi expats living and working across the Tasman, following a meeting with Prime Minister John Key in Sydney.
The news has been cautiously welcomed by Kiwis who have been working and living in “the lucky country” for years, but without the same rights as Australian citizens.
The pathway to Australian citizenship has opened up for some Kiwis, but many expats will continue to be ineligible for social welfare. (Photo: PMO MEDIA)
Angela Bensemann, who moved to Australia with her husband Kirk in 2007, is among the thousands of expat Kiwis who have suffered because of their “second-class” status.
Bensemann’s two Australian-born children, Toby, seven, and Jessica, four, both suffer developmental disabilities; Toby has autism and Jessica has serious language problems.
John Key and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the breakthrough agreement on Kiwi expats following talks in Sydney on Friday. (Photo: PMO MEDIA)
While they are required to pay into the National Disability Insurance Scheme, they cannot access it until their children are 10 because they are not Australian citizens.
Bensemann said the news was “fantastic” for those Kiwis living in Australia who met the requirements, although not everyone would qualify, and hoped it could help her family to access disability support more easily.
Bensemann said her family had felt “discriminated against” for being unable to access the services their Australian friends could, despite making the same contribution to society.
“We live here, we work here, we contribute to the community, we pay taxes, we pay the levy fees, we essentially are Australians and this is our home now.
“To not be able to access services for your children when you are contributing to paying into those services is just heartbreaking – every child deserves the best start in life.”
I am let down
Queensland mother of two Tara Waghorn is one of those who may not qualify for the citizenship scheme.
Waghorn, who moved over to Australia as a 14-year-old in 2001, said she had struggled to support her children since leaving her partner and getting made redundant from her job in the mining industry last November, as she was not eligible for government assistance.
“I’m pretty disappointed really: I have been working and paying my taxes, I haven’t had to ask for anything before and to get shut down and told there’s nothing they can do … it’s a bit shocking.”
While the new policy would help her uncle and brother living in Australia, she believed she had not earned enough in the time she was working to qualify for residency and citizenship, and felt let down.
“I am let down, because I’ve been here 15 years and I’m not counted: I can’t vote, I can’t have any say in what happens.”
Winners and losers
Joanne Cox, spokeswoman for expat advocacy group Oz Kiwi which has made a strong push for expats’ rights, said the news was largely positive.
“They’ve recognised that there’s an issue in the way things are now, where some 200,000, 250,000 people are just simply excluded, and let’s say half of those people now have a pathway to citizenship, that’s great.”
However, it was clear there would be “winners and losers” from the announcement.
“There will be a group of New Zealanders who meet the criteria…but the downside is, anyone else, like if you’ve got a young family, stay-at-home mum, she’ll have been out of the workforce, anyone who works part-time, anyone who’s a casual labourer, they won’t earn enough to be considered.”
Labour foreign affairs spokesman David Shearer said the announcement was a step in the right direction, but Key needed to work harder to restore the reciprocal rights that Kiwis once enjoyed in Australia.
“There is still a wide inequity in the way New Zealanders generally are treated across the Tasman including the fact we have no access to social services despite paying taxes there.”
The pathway to citizenship should also apply to all new arrivals, rather than only those living there already, Shearer said.
Green Party global affairs spokesman Kennedy Graham said the news was positive, but that the pathway was not comparable to the benefits that Australians in New Zealand enjoyed.
“A real win for Kiwis would be to secure the same rights for New Zealanders in Australia as we give Australians living here,” Graham said.
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Bauer: New WMC head says group will remain politically active
By Brian E. Clark
Expect more political activism from Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce – the state’s largest business group – after Wisconsin Bankers Association head Kurt Bauer takes over the helm on March 31.
“Our members expect the WMC to be a strong advocate in Madison and that’s what I intend it to be going into the future,” said Bauer, who has headed the Wisconsin Bankers' Association for the past seven years.
Bauer is replacing James Haney. Under Haney's quarter century of leadership, WMC became a big political player.
Bauer expressed strong support for Gov. Scott Walker in his effort to reduce the state’s budget deficit.
“I’m a fan of his and have known him for a long time,” he told WisBusiness.com in early March. “Things are tough and he is to be commended for doing what he said he was going to do. We have to get back to fiscal sanity.”
Bauer said the job was too much of an opportunity to pass up.
Additional links“And openings like this don’t come around very often,” explained Bauer, who decided to pursue the WMC job after he was approached by the firm conducting the search to find a new CEO for the group.
“Jim Haney had been at WMC for 27 years. I’ve been an admirer and gotten to know him over the years and respect him very much. He’s an institution in this state.
“I respect WMC. It certainly wasn’t because I was unhappy at the WBA. I love this job and I love the industry. But this was too good an opportunity to pass up.”
Bauer said he believes the turmoil in the banking industry over the past few years has prepared him well to head WMC.
“I’ve been fortunate to be involved with banking trade organizations in two different states for 18 years. I’ve been CEO twice; first with the Arizona Bankers Association and then with the WBA.
“Both offer unique challenges. When you run a trade association you have to be part PR guru, part lobbyist, part sales person and entrepreneur. Every day is a little different.
“But I think what really prepared me for the WMC more than anything was the last two-and-one-half years in banking. It was a very tumultuous time.
“Going through that crisis, we saw the workflow here accelerate dramatically. And it wasn’t sleepy beforehand. That prepared me for the challenges I know I will face at the WMC.”
A Beloit native, Bauer said his work with the WBA has given him a deep understanding of the Wisconsin business scene.
“I have a pretty good grasp of the major tax and regulatory issues facing Wisconsin,” he said. “I look forward to having a chance to broaden my horizons and work with other sectors of the business community more closely.”
On the political front, Bauer lauded Walker for trying to reduce the state’s $3.6 billion deficit.
“Everyone during the election, Democrat or Republican, said they were for cutting spending and getting back to fiscal sanity and that is something that the electorate wanted to hear and it resonated.
“But it’s harder when you get to the specifics because people do not like having things taken away from them.
“Politicians, as a general rule, don’t like to say no to constituents. I hope we can get through this. I remember a statement by Todd Berry of the Taxpayers Alliance not too long ago.
“He said that our situation is very challenging, but if we address it and are willing to take the pain right now we can have a brighter future for Wisconsin.”
Bauer contrasted Walker’s efforts with Minnesota and Illinois, which are raising taxes to lower budget deficits.
“This really can give us an economic business advantage,” he said. “Frankly, I think it will be an interesting case study to watch and see which approach works best.
“If we are successful here with right-sizing our spending with what are tax collections are, it will grow the economy. In Illinois and Minnesota, I don’t think they will be as fortunate.”
Bauer declined to comment on Walker’s efforts to change collective bargaining for public workers.
“I’m going to skirt that question right now because I’m focusing mostly on banking issues,” he said.
“No one likes it when you cut and everyone likes it when you spend, spend, spend. But the money isn’t there anymore and we have kicked this can down the road as far as we possibly can.
“I was the WBA’s chief lobbyist back in the heady days of the 1990s when tax collections were coming in millions of dollars, hundreds of millions of dollars above projections, and the Legislature spent every dime of it, never believing that those good days would end.
“We’ve waited 12 years to get serious about adjusting the spending. We have to do it,”
Bauer said he's happy that Walker’s budget doesn't include any tax or fee increases.
“I think that sends a strong message that we are doing whatever we can given the tough budgetary circumstances we have to make Wisconsin attractive to businesses, retain businesses that we have and to keep them from having to make tough choices as far as efficiencies that include layoffs.
“To me, it is all about jobs. That is how you rebuild the state and that is how we deliver on a great quality of life here in Wisconsin that we are known for.”

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When firefighter Josh Martin walks for 20 kilometres with a 20 kilogram pack on his back the burden he carries will be heavy.
But, it will be nothing compared to that faced by those living with post traumatic stress disorder.
The Ballarat City firefighter will be joined by hundreds of others as they walk to pay tribute to firefighter Nathan Shanahan who died by suicide late last year.
Mr Martin, who is co-ordinating the event called Walking Off the War Within, said the challenge was a replica of the walk Nathan completed in April 2015 when he walked from Mildura to Adelaide.
“We say, if we walk as one we can share the burden,” Mr Martin said.
Nathan’s father John Shanahan said the walk would highlight the need to be open and talk about PTSD.
“We really want to highlight PTSD. We’re certainly getting alot of awareness now,” Mr Shanahan said.
“It’s something Nath would be wanting us as a family to pursue. He spoke to strongly about (his struggles) and did so much for Soldier On.
“As a legacy to him, we certainly need to be pushing it.”
Walkers will walk laps of Victoria Park on April 22 while booths with information from support agencies including Lifeline, the Black Dog Institute, Survivors of Suicide and Soldier On will be based at the back oval of St Patrick’s College.
“(Nathan) was a massive advocate of speaking publicly about mental illness and getting it out there,” Mr Martin said.
“Unfortunately, his days got too dark and he couldn’t handle it. So we are doing this to honour and continue the fight he started three years ago.”
The walk will begin at 9am and is expected to be completed by 4pm.
“It’s extremely important family members come as well … because they can share the burden,” Mr Martin said.
The support for the walk will be statewide – with emergency service members in Northern Territory and Western Australia also jumping on board and hosting their own walks.
Mr Shanahan said the walk was to remember Nathan but also to encourage everyone to talk about mental health.
“We need all workplaces and businesses to become aware of mental illness and to have processes in place acknowledging that mental illness is a genuine illness.”

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The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppein, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Sex-Pistols, The Spice Girls, James Blunt and the like are believed to be some of the most successful musical acts of all times. Three decades ago, record payers and gramophones belted out the dulcet tones of John Lennon and Freddie Mercury. Today, I-pod speakerphones and CD players blast the musical works of Oasis and the Arctic Monkeys. Dig a little deeper and you will be astonished by the fact that most of the cult bands of our times have one thing in common, they are all British!!
Gone are the days when the whole world looked to America for quality music (which is not to say that American music isn’t of great value). Today, some of the best music in the genre of Rock, Pop and Metal are recorded in London, which is speedily becoming the new “musical capital” of the world. In the 1960s, whilst the rest of the world swayed to the tunes of the quintessentially American Elvis Presley and Doris Day, England was busy developing its own distinctive genre of foot-tapping music. It was only a matter of time before the world was to witness the “British Invasion” – a term used by the media to denote the influx of British rock and roll, pop and beat musicians into the global music scene).
February 1964 saw the beginning of the British Invasion era with growing popularity of The Beatles in USA. John, Paul, Ringo and George replaced Elvis and jointly became the fantasy of all girls, of all nationalities, worldwide. It was at this time that the clipped British accent was declared sexy. The Beatles were soon followed by bands such as The Who and The Rolling Stones. The music of the aforementioned bands broke all barriers of nation, class and age. Today, they are appreciated by both, the Flower Power generation of yesterday as well as the Gizmo Geeks of present times.
The United Kingdom was also the birthplace of genres such as Progressive Rock and Punk Rock. The former is associated with classical tinged music and obtuse lyrics. Band’s such as Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd and Queen all bore the stamp of progressive rock. Punk rock bands are remembered for their anarchistic lyrics which attacked the British government and society. Modern American punk rock bands such as GreenDay seem to have been inspired by their British predecessors, The Sex Pistols. Punk rock and progressive-rock are staples of the eyeliner-wearing “goth scene” of today.
Today’s Britain comprises of a healthy mix of people of different races and nationalities. Different cultures inhabit the streets of London, intermingling of different communities has led to the amalgamation of various regional musical elements, giving rise to the emergence of ‘fusion artists’. The predominantly Indian population of South Hall is famous for its experimental intermingling of British ‘house music’ with the upbeat Indian ‘bhangra.’ Similarly, the amalgamation of the Jamaican ‘benna’ and modern English rap has led to interesting results.
Britain is also the hub of live performances and concerts. A number of historic music festivals have been held on British soil. The Glastonbury festival is the prime music and performing arts festival on earth.
A century ago, Britain was known for the hegemony it had over the global economic scenario (as it had the maximum number of colonies). Today, Britain enjoys a monopoly over the global music scenario; it is evident that for the British, old habits die hard! Yesterday, they were the economic superpower, today, they are the musical superpower.
And as Queen so eloquently put it:
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text: Born October 20, 1964 in Davyton, part of Jamaica's rural Manchester parish, reggae royalty, "Rasta renaissance" trailblazer, and marijuana activist Jepther McClymont OD (born 20 October 1964) began his musical trajectory singing in his local church choir and was taught guitar by his father. He christened the arrival of his stage name Luciano in 1992 with his first single, "Ebony & Ivory", which was released via Aquarius Records. Bringing together dancehall and roots reggae, the celebrated singer scored his first Jamaican hit in 1993, "Give My Love a Try", and his first UK reggae hit followed shortly after, "Shake It Up Tonight". He kicked off the start of a fruitful working relationship with the producer Philip "Fatis" Burrell on his debut album (1993's Moving Up), which didn't quite make the entrance he had anticipated but paved the way for album number two. Released in 1994 on prestigious label VP Records, One Way Ticket was a coup for the '90s "Rasta Renaissance" scene, a dancehall movement that leaned on Rastafari consciousness, and spawned homegrown hits including the track title. Another album arrived in 1995, After All, with Luciano signing to Island for Where There Is Life, which yielded several hits including "It's Me Again Jah". Conceiving his spiritual persona "The Messenger", he released a second album for Island Jamaica under that name in 1997 and marked the '00s and 10s with a steady stream of albums, including 2001's A New Day for VP Records, which earned him a nomination for Best Reggae Album at the 2002 Grammy Awards. In 2007, he was awarded the Order of Distinction in the rank of Officer in recognition of his contribution to reggae music. He scored another Grammy nomination in 2016 for 2014 LP Zion Awake. 2020 saw the release of album The Answer.

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A senior doctor from the Narsipatnam Area Hospital in Andhra Pradesh, who was suspended by the state government in April after his video on the shortage of PPEs (Personal Protective Equipment) went viral, was detained by the police on Saturday alleging that he caused nuisance on a main road in Visakhapatnam.
While it was alleged that he was in an inebriated condition as videos showed a shirtless Dr Sudhakar Rao in confrontation with the police, the doctor in the same video denied that he was drunk.
The incident took place at Akkayyapalem and Visakhapatnam city police Commissioner RK Meena claimed that the doctor had been mentally unwell for the last few weeks.
A series of videos that have now gone viral show the doctor's car stopped on the side of the road. He was seen shouting at the police and using abusive language against Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and minorities. The next video shows him sitting shirtless inside the car and then shouting at the police, and he was then seen walking in the middle of the road shirtless doing the same. The videos are not continuous and therefore it is not possible to understand why the confrontation started.
The next video shows cops tying his hands up, even as one constable hits him with a lathi. The doctor is seen lying down on the road, with his hands tied and refusing to budge. Later, the police put him in an auto and take him away.
The video where the constable hit the doctor with a lathi was widely shared and the behaviour of the policemen was criticised. The Commissioner said that the constable seen in the video had been suspended for his actions.
Several people gathered as the doctor lay down on the road, with his hands tied and refusing to budge. The police later physically lifted him and put him in an autorickshaw, which whisked him away as people were filming the incident on their phones.
Dr Sudhakar was in the centre of a major political row last month, as the YSRCP government suspended him after he had alleged a shortage of protective gear for medical workers in a viral video. However, at the time, the YSRCP alleged that the doctor was 'in cahoots' with the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to malign the government.
The latest action by the police also quickly turned political as the TDP took to Twitter and condemned his detention.
TDP General Secretary Nara Lokesh, who is also the son of Leader of Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu tweeted, "Dr Sudhakar, who had only asked for a mask, was unfairly suspended. The Dalit doctor has now been tied up and beaten up with a lathi by the Jagan Mohan Reddy government. We condemn this incident."
జగన్ దళితులను దారుణంగా అవమానిస్తున్నారు.నిజాలు బయటపెట్టిన ఉత్తమ వైద్యుడైన సుధాకర్ గారి పై కక్ష కట్టి వేధిస్తున్న జగన్ తగిన మూల్యం చెల్లించుకోక తప్పదు (2/2)— Lokesh Nara #StayHomeSaveLives (@naralokesh) May 16, 2020
In the video which had gone viral in April, Dr Sudhakar Rao, an anaesthetist with 20 years of experience, had spoken about how doctors were being forced to use one N-95 mask for 15 days.
"We will die. Why won't there be positive cases (among medical staff)? They are not giving minimum importance to the medical department," he said in the video.
Speaking to TNM later, the doctor had said, "When hospital staff do not have any medical gear, people like politicians, higher officials and the police have the standard N-95 masks. Aren't the medical staff supposed to get all that?”


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I asked this question in the questions thread, but it got overlooked. I’m copying and pasting my comment here:
I just picked up a Qanba Q4 after using a custom TE-S stick for a couple of months. I plan on modding this one and had a question. I’m a minimalist, so I plan on ordering a plain black plexiglass cover with only the first 6 buttons. I’d like to relocate the start button.
I was wondering if I could rewire the stick so that the SELECT button on the top-front pnale would be the start button instead (and just not have a select button). Is this possible? If not, I might dremel another 24mm hole near the top and place the start button there, similar to the TE-S.
I opened the stick up, and there is only one wire running from the main PCB to the SELECT/MODE/TURBO etc PCB labelled select. If I remove that wire and replace it with the START wire (not its ground), would that work?
Any suggestions or thoughts? Is there any reason I would need that SELECT/BACK button?

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Zinc barge left rudderless
International mining company MMG has lost a 1.6 tonne rudder from the barge that transports zinc concentrate from the Port of Karumba to export vessels waiting further out to sea in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Last Tuesday, the captain of the Wumna noticed the vessel had lost steering, and on closer inspection discovered the rudder had fallen off.
A fracture in the post that connects the rudder to the ship caused the 2.5-metre piece of steel to fall to the bottom of the sea and week-long search operations have failed to locate the rudder.
General manager Mark Adams says they're trying to locate the rudder, but have ordered a replacement from Germany to ensure production doesn't stop at Australia's largest open cut zinc mine.
"We brought the ship back into port for a thorough risk assessment, but for safety reasons we've suspended operations and at the same time we're looking for the rudder, doing both side-scan sonar survey and a magnetic survey, both of which are underway at the moment."


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Containers are loaded onto a ship at the port of Rotterdam, Hook of Holland, Netherlands, September 11, 2018. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
A look at the day ahead in markets from Sujata Rao
It’s not just the costs of producing goods that’s going up, the price that must be paid to transport them shows no sign of easing — shipping a 40-foot container unit by sea costs double what it did a year ago and remains six times above pre-pandemic levels, the Freightos FBX index shows.
This will add 1.5 percentage points to 2022 inflation, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which warns that consumers will feel the full brunt of price increases only after 12 months.
This causes “complicated trade-offs” for central bankers, the IMF says.
Or maybe not. Money markets are betting policymakers will opt to stomp inflation, even at the expense of economic growth. More than 200 basis points of U.S. rate rises are priced by end-2022, which if realised, would be the most in a calendar year since 1994, Deutsche Bank points out.
In any case, the gap between two- and 10-year Treasury yields seems well on the way to turning negative for the first time since 2019, narrowing below 6 bps on Tuesday.
This is the so-called curve inversion that is considered a reliable predictor of recession. Yet, the Fed has signalled it’s watching other curve segments which are still steep, giving it room to tighten policy further and faster.
The question is when do stock markets start to get seriously spooked? While two-year U.S. yields rose 165 bps this quarter and the 2-10 curve has snapped in some 70 bps, world stocks have recouped some gains recently and will end the quarter with only a small loss.
They likely have their eyes trained on “real” interest rates; stripping out inflation, 10-year yields remain deeply negative while “real” yield curves are so far sloping upwards.
Key developments that should provide more direction to markets on Tuesday:
-BOJ ramps up battle to defend yield cap read more
-German consumer sentiment lowest since Feb 2021 read more
-ECB President Christine Lagarde, ECB bank supervisor Elizabeth McCaul, ECB board member Peter Kazimir
-New York Fed president John Williams, Philadelphia Fed president Harker
-U.S. monthly house price index, JOLTS job openings, consumer confidence
-U.S. 7-year note auction
-Chile to raise interest rates by 200 bps to 7.5%
Reporting by Sujata Rao; editing by Karin Strohecker
This article was originally published by Reuters.


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THE cereal cafe set up in London is to open branches in the Middle East, thanks to a Snapchat from a sheikh.
Cereal Killer has been running for two years, and discovered 20 per cent of their customers are from the Middle East.
Gary Keery and his twin Alan plan to open three cafes in Jordan, Kuwait and Dubai this month.
Shops in Oman, Bahrain and Qatar will follow.
Lucky Charms, which are a cornerstone of the cereal cafe, contain gelatine in the marshmallows, which would be unsuitable for the Middle Eastern market.
However the pair have tracked down a vegan version.
Gary told the Evening Standard of the decision to expand: “We had a rush of customers from the Middle East and I found out a sheikh had Snapchatted a picture of his visit. Now 20 per cent of our customers are from there.”
Last year the Brick Lane site in London was targeted by Class War activists who were against hipsters transforming their community with gentrification.
The cafes sell 120 cereals, with a large bowl costing £4.50.
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Although many shoulder problems can be treated successfully without surgery, sometimes surgery is required.
Shoulder arthroscopy is a minimally invasive method of treating multiple shoulder problems. The use of this instrument to repair the intricate structures of the shoulder requires great knowledge, technical skill, and experience.
Darren Keiser has performed several-thousand shoulder procedures in his career, including various types of all-arthroscopic repairs and shoulder joint replacement. This also includes arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, which he has performed since 2003, when this procedure was still in its infancy.
The goal is to help you overcome all of your shoulder pain and to restore your shoulder mobility and strength (with the most advanced form of treatment) as quickly and painlessly as possible.
If you suffer from shoulder difficulties, Darren Keiser invites you to sign up for an appointment so he can assist you! Thank you for taking the time to visit and for allowing me to serve you!
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Thats a Wrap: Two Quarters of Production Internship Done
Sound is speeding. Camera is rolling. Welcome to the life of production; life on set is what you make it. I can walk away from my internship here at Hidden Woods Media knowing I made the most of my time, and I have a film because of it. Alongside all my time at the office and on set with Hidden Woods’ team, I spent just as much time producing and working on my capstone film for my studies back at the University of Denver.
For my entire winter quarter — the same time as my first ten week internship — I worked with three other students to polish a script for a short film and work on pre-production. As co-producer, I attending various rounds of casting, worked on production logistics, scheduling, and script breakdown. By the time ten weeks had flown by, I had a very full and incredibly organized production binder that I turned in, having no doubt that we were going to be prepared to the production of this narrative project.
In hindsight, my time here at Hidden Woods had a major influence on the professionalism and high quality of the documents that I used to prepare for my narrative shoot. Day after day I added pages of logistics to our production binder and all that jazz. Meanwhile, I came in day after day to Hidden Woods and sat down with the team here at Hidden Woods for pre-production meetings for HGTV Home by Sherwin Williams, taking notes of the process that was leading up to production. Pat occasionally pulled me aside to offer advice and double check if there was anything I needed to be clarified which might be helpful for my narrative project. They taught me effective organizational systems and kept me honest and working at a professional level that left the pre-production for my short film running on schedule.
As I was finishing my first internship, Sherwin Williams went into production with fifteen hard working crew members and several complex components that made it the largest project I have worked on to date. On those long set days, I was grateful to talk with the sound mixer and shadow him as his PA, along with all my other observations I made during that week. I took careful note of how the set was run: transitions between shots, set up time, Pat’s effective directing techniques, and Maya’s incredible AD skills that kept everything and everyone on time… you name it.
Cue production for my capstone, which was on a much much smaller scale. Nevertheless, I approached it with everything I had learned from just a few weeks before. My AD skills improved dramatically — coordinating schedules, finalizing and sending call sheets, keeping a time check, and making sure everyone was where they needed to be. Teamwork was critical and this shoot, but I was able to offer gaffing advice, help advise the DP, and run sound. Over this production, I became a master at multitasking. On several occasions I thanked Hidden Woods for preparing me for this. When other people needed direction on what needed to be accomplished, I had an answer.
Because of my internship with a production company, I learned production, and I now realize, I am beginning to learn a thing or two about how to work in this capacity, to which I am insurmountably thankful. Granted I am by no means an expert, and I always have more to learn — I had already started my hands on learning by the time I had reached production of my own film.
With spring quarter coming to a rapid close, so does my time as Hidden Woods’ intern. But before then, I’ve taken the opportunity to learn about post production. I took my weakest editing skills and began to ask questions (there really is no such thing as a bad question), and improved my editing skills as I synced interviews, prepared projects, pulled B-roll selects, even editing drafts for clients. In about three weeks, my editing skills went from basic to fairly proficient. Hot keys still aren’t my specialty, but it’s getting there.
In two weeks, post production for my narrative project wraps, and the film will be finished. Admittedly, I look forward to the day I can say it’s done, but in the mean time I thank Pat and Dave for having such an effective logging and editing system that I have carried over to this project.
To summarize my production internships at Hidden Woods Media: it was truly an invaluable experience. This internship is the pinnacle of hands on experience that I am positive will last me long into my career. The opportunities here are priceless, and the people who work here have become a family. This field of work isn’t easy, but the weeks of pre-pro meetings, days on set working with sound, and countless hours working in premiere and sourcing music has been the highlight of my college career.


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Mar 2nd 2018 @ Jessel Gallery
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An evening of acoustic music at Jessel Gallery, voted best art experience in the Napa Valley. $20 suggested donation at the door.

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Romantic Sex Story: On this day, Wendy wants to experience a very special birthday present or two..."There are two birthday presents I'd like to receive." She looked to him, blushing at her erotic thought, "It's a recent fantasy that I want to make come true. I want to experience Sarg fucking me." "I hope I'm not being replaced," he joked. "Believe me, you'll never be replaced! You have me for love and life forever."

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The international reactions followed the declaration of the two parties to the conflict in Libya an agreement on a ceasefire that will enter into force today, Friday, and while America and other countries welcomed the agreement, the Turkish president considered him to be weak.
"I think what the Libyans have achieved in Geneva represents a significant and important milestone for the people," said the United Nations Acting Envoy to Libya Stephanie Williams.
The two delegations of the Libyan Joint Military Committee signed today, Friday, in Geneva an agreement on a permanent ceasefire in all regions of Libya under the auspices of the United Nations, which will come into force immediately.
The two signed delegations represent the forces of the internationally recognized Government of National Accord and the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar.
The head of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, said that the signing of the ceasefire agreement coincided with the anniversary of the liberation of Libya from the former regime on October 23, 2011.
In a statement, Al-Sarraj praised the role of the UN mission in Libya in reaching this agreement to achieve peace based on justice and guarantees that remove the specter of war and unrest.
Al-Sarraj stressed that accountability was not neglected, stressing that he did not tolerate those who committed crimes against the Libyans and those who left mines and mass graves upon their withdrawal, in reference to the Al-Wefaq government's commitment to holding Haftar accountable.
The following are the most prominent reactions to the announcement:
An essential step
On Friday, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, considered the ceasefire agreement reached by the parties to the Libyan conflict in Geneva, "an essential step towards peace and stability" in the country.
"I congratulate the parties for giving priority to the interest of their nation over their differences," he said at a press conference at the headquarters of the international organization in New York.
"Many have suffered" from the conflict "for a very long time," he added, expressing his regret over the deaths of civilians due to the clashes.
The US administration said it welcomes the permanent ceasefire agreement throughout Libya, which was signed during the Joint Military Commission talks in Geneva.
It considered that this agreement is a big step forward towards achieving the common interests of all Libyans, reducing the escalation, stability and the departure of foreign fighters.
"We congratulate the two parties on the successful outcome of their negotiations, and we also congratulate the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Stephanie Williams, for her pivotal role in facilitating the talks. We now urge internal and external actors to support the implementation of the agreement in good faith," a State Department statement said.
In Egypt, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Hafez, welcomed the permanent ceasefire agreement in Libya.
He said in a statement that Egypt appreciates the agreement of the Libyan military today to maintain calm on the front lines and avoid escalation, and called on the countries involved in the Libyan issue to contribute to the current effort and ensure that there is no escalation.
Hafez expressed Egypt's aspiration to continue efforts related to the political track, and to support the efforts of the UN envoy to Libya to achieve the main goal, which is to ensure the stability of Libya and preserve its sovereignty, integrity and territorial integrity, with the need for foreign forces to leave the country.
As for Germany, which is working as a mediator in search of a political settlement to the conflict in Libya, it described the permanent ceasefire agreement signed Friday between the warring parties in this country as "the first decisive success" in that direction.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a statement that the ongoing negotiations "lead to the first decisive success," saying that it is "a good basis for finding a future political solution."
For its part, the European Commission welcomed the announcement of the ceasefire in Libya on Friday, and called for its implementation and the resumption of peace talks.
"The permanent ceasefire agreement is essential for the resumption of political dialogue," EU foreign policy spokesman Peter Stano told reporters, stressing that "it is also very important that this agreement be implemented."
However, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the ceasefire agreement in Libya is not credible, and "the days will show the extent of its steadfastness."
This came in response to journalists' questions after performing Friday prayers in a mosque in Istanbul.
Erdogan expressed his belief that signing an agreement for a permanent ceasefire in Libya is not credible.
He said that the agreement was reached at the level of delegates, "one of whom represents the coup Haftar", and the other is a military commander from Misrata representing the Government of National Accord headed by Fayez al-Sarraj.
He pointed out that the ceasefire agreement in Libya is not an agreement at the highest level, and the days will show the extent of its steadfastness.
And he added, "I hope that this decision will be adhered to the ceasefire."
For their part, observers considered that the agreement may defuse the military conflict of the crisis, provided any local parties that might obstruct it are excluded.
They believed that the resilience of the coalition depends on the agreement of the countries concerned with the Libyan crisis, chiefly Russia, on the need to implement all its provisions, the most important of which is the withdrawal of foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya.
Political analyst Jibril Al-Zou said, "The permanent ceasefire agreement signed today in Geneva is dependent on two matters. The first is the removal of Haftar's character from the scene permanently, and the second is that there is international consensus and support for this agreement."


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Fake News Starts with the Title
This medium post may be the 100th article you have read on the topic of fake news since the 2016 US Presidential Election. While misinformation and malicious fake news are certainly not new, everyone has become aware of its existence. This increased awareness is well and good (the first step in solving a problem is realizing there is one, right?) but, this overload has caused the lines between fake and real to become blurred for many. While it is very hard to say, computationally, what is true, I hope to offer you some new scientific evidence that fake and real news can be differentiated.
“Is there any systematic stylistic difference between fake and real news?”
To approach this problem, we look at 3 different types of articles: real, fake, and satire. Real news stories are stories that are known to be true and from “well trusted” news sources. Fake news stories are stories that are from well known “fake news” sources that are intentionally trying to spread misinformation. Satire news stories are stories that are from news sources that explicitly state they are satirical and do not intentionally spread misinformation.
Now here is where it gets tricky. It is fairly difficult to get solid ground truth about fake and real news. So, to determine the ground truth of these articles, we take a “strict source” approach. For example, if we are to think about the news as a spectrum from “general very reliable” to“purposefully fake, never reliable”, we want to capture the extreme ends of this spectrum. To find these extreme ends of the spectrum, we use Zimdar’s crowd sourced list of fake news and Business Insider’s most trusted news list. For satire news, we simply collect news sites that state they are satirical on the front page.
With this ground truth approach in mind, we analyze 3 independent data sets: Craig Silverman’s BuzzFeed data set from his article entitled “This Analysis Shows How Viral Fake Election News Stories Outperformed Real News On Facebook”, a data set from Burfoot and Baldwin’s 2009 study on satire news, and a brand new data set of political fake, real, and satire news collected by ourselves.
To analyze, we compute many different natural language features on both the body text and the headline text of each article in the data sets. Then, we perform a mixture of Wilcox hypothesis testing methods and Support Vector Machines to tease out the differences in article types and demonstrate the features’ ability to predict when news is fake. If you are not familiar with these methods: hypothesis testing is used to say if there is a statistical siginicant difference between two classes of data and SVM is a supervised classification methodology used to predict the class of a data point. So, in our case, the classes are fake news, real news, and satire news. We do this analysis on each data set independently to ensure no one data set’s limitations impact our final conclusions. There are many more technical details to these methods, but to not get bogged down, I will get right into results. For those of you who have a higher need for cognition (or time to burn), the paper can be found here.
Titles are a strong differentiating factor between fake and real news.
By far the biggest difference between fake and real news sources is the title. Specifically, we find, across both the Buzzfeed data set and ours, that fake news titles are longer than real news titles and contain simpler words in both length and technicality. Fake titles also used more all capitalized words, significantly more proper nouns, but fewer nouns overall, and fewer stop-words (examples: the, and, a, an). In addition, we find that in the Buzzfeed data set, fake titles use significantly more analytical words, and in our data set, fake titles use significantly more verb phrases and significantly more past tense words.
Looking at a few random examples from our data will solidify these results:
FAKE TITLE: BREAKING BOMBSHELL: NYPD Blows Whistle on New Hillary Emails: Money Laundering, Sex Crimes with Children, Child Exploitation, Pay to Play, Perjury
REAL TITLE: Preexisting Conditions and Republican Plans to Replace Obamacare
FAKE TITLE: URGENT: The Mainstream Media Was Hiding One HUGE Fact About Trump Win!
REAL TITLE: Obama Designates Atlantic, Arctic Areas Off-Limits To Offshore Drilling
As you can see, these results shows that the writers of fake news are attempting to squeeze as much substance into the titles as possible by skipping stop-words and nouns to increase the use of proper nouns and verb phrases. In other words, the fake titles use many verb phrases and named entities to get many points across, while the real titles opt for a brief and general summary statement (many claims vs few claims).
The content of fake and real news articles is also substantially different.
Not only is the headline of an article a differentiating factor, but the content structure is actually quite different as well. In particular, we find that real articles are significantly longer than fake articles and that fake articles use fewer technical words, smaller words, fewer punctuation, fewer quotes, and more lexical redundancy. Further, fake news articles are easier read, use fewer analytic words, have significantly more personal pronouns, and use fewer nouns and more adverbs.
These many differences may seem abstract, so here is the take away point: Fake news has very little information or substance in the article content, but packs a ton of information into the titles.
This result is even further supported by our ability to predict the news category using a small subset of our features. We achieve a 78% accuracy when separating fake from real titles and a 71% accuracy when separating fake from real content. This means our simple subset of features improves prediction over random by between 21% and 28%. (If you are not familiar with machine learning, this is basically saying we can automatically predict if an article is fake or real using content structure much better than if we were to randomly choose what category a news article should fall into.)
Fake content is more closely related to satire than to real.
Now let’s include our satire news articles in the analysis. Up to this point we have only looked at the categories of fake and real, but including the category of satire may give us more insight. When adding in satire articles to the analysis, we find that the majority of our feature distributions are common between satire and fake. Specifically, both satire and fake content use smaller words, fewer technical words, fewer analytic words, and significantly more lexical redundancy, as well as, fewer quotes, fewer punctuation, more adverbs, and fewer nouns than real articles. This similarity between satire and fake content is further supported by our prediction results. When predicting satire news from fake news, we get a much smaller accuracy improvement over baseline than we do for fake versus real or satire versus real.
This finding is interesting and useful for several reasons. First, much of the journalistic coverage of fake news has assumed that fake news is inherently persuasive and meant to look like real news, but this is actually not the case. The high similarity between satire and fake content demonstrates that fake news is written in a less investigative way, as we know satire news is written to be absurd and not have sound arguments. To many, this claim seems obvious (fake news can’t make sound arguments because they are fake, duh), but it has some important implications you may not realize. People are still fooled by fake news, just look at the 2016 US Presidential election, but fake news has very little logical or argumentative substance. The field of communications may provide us with some insight.
Real news persuades through arguments, while fake news persuades through short-cuts.
To better explain our findings, we look to the well studied Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) of persuasion. According to ELM, people are persuaded through two different avenues: the central route and the peripheral route. The central route of persuasion results from the attentive examination of the arguments and message characteristics presented. This route involves a high amount of energy and cognition. In opposition, the peripheral route of persuasion results from associating ideas or making conjectures that are unrelated to the logic and quality of the information presented. This route could also be called a heuristic route or a short-cut that takes very little energy and cognition. Humans are prone to these short-cuts, including relying on your trust for a friend on Facebook (my friends are smart, they would never share fake news!), skimming an article for content, or simply believing what the title of a news story states (the title makes sense to me and I don’t have time to check it out if it’s legit). These damage from these short-cuts can be amplified by the homophily (birds of a feather flock together) of social networks or the algorithms that sort by our estimated interests.
So what does this mean for our fake news results? We found that fake news articles pack a lot of substance in the title, sometimes even an increased number of analytical words in the title. In spite of this, we also found that the body content of fake articles has very little substance, including high lexical redundancy (they repeat themselves a lot), a lack of analytical words, and a lack of direct quotations. Moreover, we found that much of the fake news’ content structure is similar to the well known, eccentric satire content structure. Since humans are prone to taking short-cuts in trust decisions, by packing all the claims into the title, users may have very little need to open the article to find out more. These fake news titles often present claims about people and entities in complete sentences, associating them with actions. Therefore, titles serve as the main mechanism to quickly make claims which are easy to assess. Thus, we may believe fake news because we are negligent or simply out of having low energy. This notion is further supported by what we already know about information in social networks: many of the links shared or commented on are never clicked, and thus, only the titles of the articles are ever read (one study that discusses this is Wang, Ramachandran, and Chaintreau 2016).
This finding is concerning as a person may be convinced of fake news simply out of having low energy or mental overload, not just due to a lack of education or a lack of care (Didn’t have lunch today? You may share fake news during your Facebook break! No matter how well educated you are…). Unfortunately, misleading claims in the titles of fake news articles can lead to established beliefs which can be hard to change through reasoned arguments (especially if those fake beliefs are coherent with your previously held beliefs). One possible remedy for these issues is for articles that aim to counter fake claims to pack the counter-claim into their titles, taking advantage of human short-cuts in persuasion.
Overall, this work points out that we can detect fake news to some extent, but it is still our responsibility to take the time to the read an articles arguments and asses the veracity of our biases before sharing information.
We have much more work to come in this area, but in the meantime, please, read the article content and think before sharing.
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Nathan Penlington’s childhood obsession with Choose Your Adventure has led him down a number of exciting paths. He tells the story in his new documentary ‘Choose Your Own Documentary’, debuting at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Like millions of children in the 1980s I grew up reading Choose Your Own Adventure books. The simple mechanic of choosing where the story would go next, and which page to turn to, redefined storytelling for a whole generation. As readers we became responsible not only for the outcome of the story, but for the journey, and in doing so Choose Your Own Adventure books neatly illustrated that our own lives are a tangle of narrative possibility. That is powerful stuff for an eight year old.
I’ve still got the books I had when I was a kid, and I’ve collected quite a lot more over the years from second hand shops. I loved them – falling through the fifth dimension and meeting the author Edward Packard inside his own book, breaking the rules and finding Ultima the planet of paradise, being trapped in a time-loop with an old man that keeps looming over you – are moments that I vividly remember. I loved them, and I still love them, but I was never even close to owning a complete set.
So you can imagine my excitement when a few years ago I found someone on eBay selling the first 106 Choose Your Own Adventure books in one lot – from #1 The Cave Of Time right through to #106 Hijacked. The night the auction ended I calculated my maximum tactical bid, took a risk, waited and placed a bid in the final minute. I won the books for a total of £41.01. If I’d made a different decision the rest of this story wouldn’t exist.
A few days later a huge parcel of books arrived. I cut through the tape, ripped back the flaps and began pulling books out – a tumble of titles that ranged from the prosaic Mystery Of The Secret Room, through the genre defying Space Vampire, to the suggestively ambiguous The Trumpet Of Terror.
The distinctive red and white covers instantly transporting me back to when I obsessively read and reread them as a child, turning down the corners, so if I hit a dead-end, I could go back and try again.
As I reached for the last book in the box: book number one, The Cave of Time, out fluttered four small pages. It was only as I grabbed them, I realised they weren’t pages from the book, they were pages of what seemed to be an old diary. A name scrawled across the top in blue biro – Terence Prendergast.
Those pages are one of the most heart-breaking things I have ever read. The diary contains the thoughts of a child growing up the 1980s, a child who has been bullied, has no self-esteem, and even though he loved Choose Your Own Adventure does not think of his own life in terms of possibility and choice.
I became obsessed with the diary, the obsession haunted my sleep, hung over my days. I had a gnawing need find out the truth behind the pages, I needed to know that Terence, who would now be a man around the same age as me, overcame those difficulties and emotions that had threatened to overwhelm him. It was almost as if the child I used to be responded to those pages like a letter in a bottle.
Collaborating with a team of filmmakers, Fernando De Jesus, Nick Watson and Sam Smaïl, we decided to document my quest to find Terence Prendergast. And for the past few years my life has become a Choose Your Own Adventure book: my search for Terence Prendergast has spanned four continents, and brought me face to face with the octogenarian originator of Choose Your Own Adventure Edward Packard, a self-help guru, a sword-swallower, a graphologist, a seaside arcade owner, and some ghosts from my own past.
And in doing so we’ve made a documentary with a difference; part spoken word, part stand up, part film. With over 1500 possible versions, and multiple endings, every performance is different. At each twist and turn it’s the audience who dictate which path the documentary takes – whether I meet with success, failure, or the unexpected, depends on the choices the audience make via remote controls.
The hardest challenge of making any documentary is that you can’t write reality, and the challenge of making such a complex Choose Your Own Adventure style documentary is that you definitely can’t write multiple realties. Despite this complexity, every story the show tells is true. Those stories are funny, emotional and profoundly human, and they are ultimately an exploration of what happens when you flip back to a corner you’ve folded down and turn to a different page.
Choose Your Own Documentary is at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013.
Dates: 31st July to 26th August (Not 14th)
Gilded Balloon Teviot, Venue 14, Edinburgh.
Venue box office: 0131 622 6552

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Utah naturalist and writer Terry Tempest Williams will speak at Northern Arizona University tomorrow night. She’s published more than a dozen books about wilderness and its necessity to the human spirit. Her most recent book The Hour of Land chronicles the threats to America’s national parks and public lands. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with Terry Tempest Williams in advance of her visit to Flagstaff.
Arizona Republican Senator Martha McSally wants to become the first member of Congress to hike the full length of a federally designated national scenic trail. She recently hiked a seven-mile section of the Arizona Trail on a visit to Flagstaff. KNAU’s Ryan Heinsius reports.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has vetoed legislation that would have expanded the power of the state's Ombudsman-Citizen's Aide to review public meeting violations and a second bill granting legal immunity to state officials who manage federal lands.

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16U All-Star game a great success
December 9, 2013
NAPHL 16U All-Star Game
Team Easton 6 vs. Team OT Sports 3 – The inaugural 16U All-Star Game was met with a great reception on Sunday night at the Schwan Super Rink. Scouts, players and fans packed the arena to catch a glimpse at what was to be a very entertaining and high scoring game.
After each of the 40 players were introduced, the action started right away. Team OT sports got on the board just over five minutes into the game as Pursuit of Excellence defenseman Noah Turanski blasted a shot from the point that beat Team Easton goalie Cole Weaver over the shoulder after he was screened in front. Team Easton responded with a pair of goals from University of Minnesota recruit and Omaha forward Tarek Baker, who scored twice in a four minute span to put Team Easton ahead 2-1 after one period.
Team OT sports responded on an unassisted goal from Lansing forward Adam Goodsir to tie the game at 2-2. At the halfway point, the goalies for both clubs were swapped out. Team OT Sports and Lansing goalie Max Quertermus left making an impressive 26 saves on 28 shots. Weaver departed making 15 saves on 17 shots. Right after the switch, Omaha’s Van Barr gave Team Easton a 3-2 lead on a nice set-up by teammate Nick Heid.
In the 3rd period, Team Easton jumped out to a 4-2 lead as Omaha defenseman Nick Heid, who had three points on the night and was named the game’s #2 star, scored a goal that slipped past San Jose netminder Jacob Acton. Team OT Sports didn’t give up as they took advantage of a power play that saw Anaheim’s Zachary Kiser tuck home a back door goal after some nice effort behind the net by California’s Cody Key and Lansing’s Josh Kirsch. With the game in the balance the remainder of the way, New Jersey’s Ryan Walker put the game out of reach with less than three minutes to go as Heid and Baker would assist on Walker’s goal to make it 5-3. Baker would add a hat-trick as he scored on a virtual empty-net as Team OT Sports was trying to get Acton out of the net for an extra-attacker with less than a minute remaining. Acton finished with seven saves on 11 shots, while Team Easton goalie Christophe Jobin from the Texas Tornado got the win, stopping six of seven shots.
Baker, who finished with three goals and two assists, was named the game’s #1 star. Teammate Nick Heid was named the #2 star for his one goal, two assist effort and Quertermus was named the games #3 star for his solid goaltending in the first half of the game that kept Team OT sports even at the break. Team Easton coaches were David Wilkie from Omaha and George Haviland from New Jersey. Team OT Sports coaches were Brian Sherry from Lansing and Todd Collins from Phoenix.


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Residents in South Shields will have a chance to speak out about their community.
Those in the Beacon & Bents, Simonside and Rekendyke, West Park and Westoe wards are invited to submit queries before a community forum meeting, with answers from councillors to follow.
The meeting takes place in the sports hall of Laygate School at 6pm on October 5.
Forum chairman Coun John Anglin said: "This is something new that's being introduced to give residents a real stake-hold in their communities.
"We will listen to their concerns and worries."


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After 40 years in Cynthiana, fifth-generation Bullard granddaughter says the move to small-town USA has met every need of the still-family-owned business.
Unless one stumbled onto Bullard’s website, the mounds of history behind one of Cynthiana’s shining stars would never be completely known or understood.
The business saw its first light of day in 1898 San Francisco when Edward Dickinson Bullard began supplying carbide lamps and other mining equipment to gold and copper miners in California, Nevada and Arizona.
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Le Salon du Design – 4th edition of the vintage design fair
Pavillon Sicli, Geneva, Switzerland
November 05 – 06, 2022
The only fair in Switzerland entirely devoted to 20th-century furniture, lamps and objects, Le Salon du Design, returns for a fourth edition at the Pavillon Sicli in Geneva. After a two-year hiatus, the vintage event, known as one of the most beautiful in Europe, is back on the weekend of 5 and 6 November 2022. 33 specialised galleries will take over the 1300 sqm of the modernist building to sell the most desirable items from the 1900s to the 1990s. Coming from Switzerland, France, Romania, Belgium and Austria, they will reveal their most beautiful finds exclusive to the Fair attendance. Since its first edition in 2017, the Geneva fair has been defending quality and selecting its exhibitors from recognised professional dealers. In the cosy atmosphere of the Pavillon Sicli, visitors will be able to shop original and often rare icons from the past, signed by the designers who made history or more confidential names to be discovered.
While strolling through the fair’s booths, interior design lovers and collectors will discover early examples of armchairs designed by the Finnish Alvar Aalto, sophisticated floor lamps by the Italians Gio Ponti and Angelo Lelii, and radical designs by the champions of the movement (Ettore Sottsass, Michele De Lucchi). The know-how of Danish Modern, represented by Finn Juhl, Hans J. Wegner or Borge Møgensen, among others, will be on display in this Scandinavian wooden furniture that is still in hot demand. Lovers of natural, more rustic materials will be pleased with the alpine creations of French(wo)men Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Chapo and André Sornay, or the 1950s and 1960s productions from South America. The fair will provide the opportunity to add a few icons to your collection, to find the masterpiece that was missing from your home or simply to treat yourself to a sustainable purchase. During the last edition in 2019, more than 5000 did attend the Geneva design fair.
WHERE? The dome of the Pavillon Sicli in Geneva is the ideal place for a quality fair dedicated to 20th-century design. Designed by Heinz Isler in the 1960s, the building is part of the city’s architectural heritage. WHEN? The weekend of November 5-6, 2022 Friday, November 4, Private press preview from 3 to 6 pm (upon appointment), Saturday, November 5 from 10 am to 8 pm, and Sunday, November 6 from 10 am to 6 pm. WHO? Founded in 2017 by Corine Stübi, co-owner of Kissthedesign gallery in Lausanne, the fair gathers 33 professional dealers specialized in 20th-century design among the best of Switzerland and Europe. SWISS EXHIBITORS: Galerie Kissthedesign, Lausanne (organizer); Demosmobilia, Chiasso Buma Design, Niedergösgen; Cube art & vintage, Berne; Les illuminés design XXe, Genève; CH Design Furniture, Cheyres; Etoz, Berne; Edracadabra, Genève; Uniquement Vôtre, Lausanne; PPS, Bâle; Galerie Port Franc, Lausanne; Patina Möbel, Berne; Espacemoderne, Lausanne; Enthusiastic Approval, Zurich; Gabinetto, Genève; Mobilier 20e, Lausanne; Artichoke vintage furniture, Genève; Messy Dessy, Genève; Cargo Culte, Vevey; etc. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITORS: Koen Steen, Bruxelles, Belgium; Neoantic, Paris, France; Formes Utiles, Lyon, France; Alge Möbelagentur, Wolfurt, Austria; La Galerie du 20ème Siècle, Poitiers, France; Antiquités du XXème, Saint-Tropez, France; Pascal Delmotte Interior design agency, Bucarest, Roumanie; Ré-Actuel, Malbrans, France; App’Art Galerie, La Clusaz, France; Mobilierdesign vingt, Thise, France.
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Mindfulness Meditation: Awakening Joy - Setting Intentions (Virtual) - CANCELLED
Awakening joy is a practice, and setting a sincere intention to cultivate wellbeing is the key to opening oneself to a beautiful and embodied healing experience. As we navigate through today’s challenging world, self-care practices like meditation can ease stress and strengthen the immune system. Join us as we meditate with mindful presence to notice joy in our daily life. This practice is open to novice and experienced practitioners. Followed with Q&A.
This is a 60 minute event and is being offered live In-person & Virtual via Zoom on the same date and time.
Registration will open two (2) weeks before the event.
- Please register for ONE format only.
- In-person event will take place at the Burlington County Library, Westampton, NJ.
- Virtual registrants will receive an email invitation with a zoom link within 3 hours of the event.


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Dispersed in home offices throughout the nation’s capital are dozens of Health Canada’s most qualified civil servants, making up quite possibly the government’s most important bureaucratic teams in this phase of the pandemic.
They’re epidemiologists, toxicologists, pharmacologists, biochemists, virologists, immunologists, microbiologists, and clinical experts, and they’re the gatekeepers for the mass immunization of Canadians against the coronavirus.
Their thankless task — spending days analyzing hundreds of thousands of pages of data — would normally take the department one year for a single product. Given the pressure of the pandemic, they’ll complete the 2,000-hour job in a matter of months.
This is how Health Canada is ensuring that whatever gets injected into the arms of Canadians is both safe and helps bring the pandemic to an end.
On Sept. 16, Health Minister Patty Hajdu signed the Interim Order Respecting the Importation, Sale and Advertising of Drugs for Use in Relation to COVID-19, thus creating a special, speedier approval process for coronavirus vaccines.
At the time this was written in mid-November, leading producers Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca started special rolling submission processes, which allow them to submit data on their vaccines as the data become available, so as to speed up the authorization.
To prepare for the slew of data headed its way, Health Canada assembled teams of reviewers. Groups of seven to 10 specialists — the most experienced vaccine reviewers at Health Canada — have been given the job of studying each company’s data.
These reviews are broken into three phases, each handled by different teams, which themselves are made up of specialists in the type information they’re tasked with evaluating.
The data reviewed in the first phase is pre-clinical information, including the vaccine’s effect on animals. Each of Pfizer’s, Moderna’s, and AstraZeneca’s Phase 1 studies had gone smoothly by mid-November.
The second phase involves reviewing each company’s clinical-trial data, and Phase 3 looks at each company’s manufacturing facilities and capabilities.
Health Canada has also assigned reviewers to collaborate with Canada’s international colleagues, including members of the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities, with whom they’ve been sharing information throughout the pandemic in order to accelerate approvals.
Once the assessments are done, information about each vaccine is compiled. If a review team needs more information than what the companies provided, it reports to one of several managers whose job is to communicate directly with Moderna, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca.
The managers will eventually handle engagement with other companies that apply through the expedited authorization process. Health Canada has been in contact with the other companies whose vaccines Ottawa has agreed to buy: Medicago, Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, and Novavax. They’re also expected to enter the expedited authorization process.
The purpose of the department’s review process is to determine if the vaccines are safe, effective, and of high quality. Health Canada’s reviewers do this by verifying the reams of statistics, analyses, and other data the companies provide.
Final-phase clinical-trial data shared by Moderna and Pizer in November indicated that their vaccines not only far surpassed Health Canada’s minimum guideline of 50 per cent efficacy, but also the 70 to 75 per cent effectiveness the department wants the vaccines to meet.
In mid-November, Health Canada expected to issue its first authorizations in January, allowing the first vaccines to be delivered to the highest-risk populations in the first quarter of 2021, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had suggested.
Once the review teams complete their studies and the department issues its authorization, it will publish two data sets: a decision summary and an in-depth explanation of its decision, accompanied by all the relevant scientific and technical information.
Through a process called “pre-positioning,” the interim order Hajdu signed also allows Canada to import vaccines before approving them, but Health Canada has said it doesn’t expect this will be necessary for the earliest doses.
Even after Health Canada approves a vaccine, it will continue to monitor its rollout to ensure it’s safe.
*Details of Health Canada’s process of approving COVID-19 vaccines is based on: publicly available information; a technical briefing from Health Canada on Oct. 8; and an interview with Dr. Supriya Sharma, the chief medical adviser for Health Canada. As one of the department’s top-ranked civil servants, Sharma performs a mix of duties, including advising Deputy Minister Stephen Lucas. Sharma spoke to iPolitics about the vaccine-approval process on Nov. 18.
This article originally appeared in the iPolitics Holiday Magazine published earlier this month.


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After launching the successor Galaxy A8 in China last month, Samsung has now brought it to India and will start selling it from today across all retail and online channels at Rs. 32,500. In the Indian variant, Samsung has left out the Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC and is using its own Exynos 5430 chipset. Rest of the specifications are same as the Chinese Galaxy A8.
Starting with the design, Samsung Galaxy A8 is metal unibody smartphone with premium looks – same as the predecessor Galaxy A7. With the 5.9mm thickness, it is the slimmest Galaxy A series smartphone till date, but not the slimmest smartphone ever made. The Galaxy A8 measures 158×76.8×5.9mm and weighs 151 grams.
One of the big highlight of Galaxy A8 is that the It has a fingerprint sensor on the home button, which wasn’t in the Galaxy A7. In our limited time, we found it to be pretty accurate too.
Upfront, the Samsung Galaxy A8 features a slightly bigger 5.7-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) Super AMOLED display than the Galaxy A7’s 5.5-inch display. It is very nice to look at, but colours appear a bit over-saturated.
Inside, the Galaxy A8 packs an octa-core (1.8GHz quad-core + 1.3GHz quad-core) Exynos 5430 processor coupled with 2GB of RAM. Samsung didn’t give straight answer to why they decided to go with Exynos chipset instead of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 615, but it seems that the Qualcomm SoC’s heating issue is known by the firm and it didn’t want to take chance.
At the back, Galaxy A8 packs a 16-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The smartphone runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop with company’s latest TouchWiz UI on top.
The 32GB of built-in storage on A8 is further expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB). The Galaxy A8 features hybrid dual-SIM slots, so you can either use dual-SIM at one time or single-SIM with microSD card. Both the slots are capable of 4G LTE, but if you are using 4G on one SIM then the other will only support 3G/2G. It is backed by non-removable 3050mAh battery.
Above the display, you will find earpiece grill with two sensors – proximity and ambient light sensor, and the 5-megapixel camera. Below the display sits the physical home button that also features fingerprint sensor and two capacitive touch buttons – back and menu.
The left side of Galaxy A8 features volume rocker and dual hybrid SIM slots, while the right edge only features power / lock button. The Micro-USB charging / data port, primary microphone and 3.5mm audio jack sits at the bottom. The top edge only has secondary noise cancellation microphone.
The Galaxy A8 is now available through all retail and online outlets across India. It comes in three colour options – Black, White and Shiny Gold. Though we feel that Samsung Galaxy A8 is nice package, it is still an expensive offering by the company. We will soon bring you detailed review of the device, so stay tuned.


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The Common Overseer of Omotosho Tope Joseph (OTJ) Ministries has predicted the end result of the upcoming governorship election in Anambra State.
In an announcement he made accessible to DAILY POST on Tuesday, the cleric stated he was talking God’s thoughts on the gubernatorial election that comes up in November 2021.
He stated that victory is between candidates of the Individuals Democratic Occasion (PDP) and All progressive grand alliance (APGA)
In response to him, APGA will pull the gang in the event that they current Hon. Chukwuma Umeoji because the candidate however added that the PDP stands a greater probability in the event that they current Godwin Maduka because the candidate.
Talking additional, Omotosho stated that the candidate of the Younger Individuals Occasion, YPP, Ifeanyi Ubah, is the candidate that may shake the bottom for the celebration however he is not going to win.
He acknowledged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will need to current Chief George Moghalu, however added that the hand of the Lord is just not on him..
The clergyman identified the governorship election will likely be very robust, including, “If APGA needs to win the election, they need to use Chukwuma Umeoji.”
He stated if the ruling celebration presents another candidate, “PDP will win the election.”
Anambra 2021: Prophet Omotosho predicts winner of governorship election
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Pokemon Go Will See Increased Team Go Rocket Activity This Weekend
Team GO Rocket is invading the world of Niantic's Pokemon Go in a new event happening this Sunday, November 24 for a few hours.
The folks at Niantic and The Pokemon Company have “intercepted messages” from the evil Team GO Rocket. It looks like these thugs plan on invading a whole lot of PokeStops in the hit mobile augmented reality game Pokemon Go. Why these two companies could not prepare for the inevitable takeover is beyond me, but at least you’ll get to do some cool new activities this weekend.
Starting on Sunday, November 24 from 11 am to 1 pm in your local time zone, Team GO Rocket grunts will take over every PokeStop. Additionally, there will be exclusive Field Research tasks from Professor Willow that will aid you in finding more information on the dastardly Pokemon team.
Battling Team GO Rocket grunts will earn you Mysterious Components. Collecting six of these items will allow you to craft Rocket Radars which are used to track Team GO Rocket Leaders. Defeating members of Team GO Rocket, as well as completing Professor Willows Field Research will allow you to progress the “Looming in the Shadows” Special Reseach. This will give you the location of the Team GO Rocket Boss, Giovanni.
If this short Team GO Rocket event isn’t enough for you, the final Pokemon Go Community Day in 2019 is just around the corner. From December 14-15 from 9 am to 9 pm each day, every featured Pokemon from this year will be out more frequently. It will also give players some extra bonuses to gain more XP and Stardust.
Pokemon Go has been incredibly successful for Niantic and The Pokemon Company. In just its first month of release, which the game was only available in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, it garnered 163 million downloads. In comparison, Nintendo’s most successful mobile game, Mario Kart Tour, reached 123.9 million downloads worldwide in its first month of release.
Pokemon Go is available now on iOS and Android devices. If mobile games aren’t your thing, Pokemon Sword and Shield are both available now on Nintendo Switch.


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November 27, 2008
Ocean State Jobbers pots recalled
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Ocean State Jobbers steel pots due to a burn hazard.
The stainless steel pots imported from India by Ocean State Jobbers Inc. of North Kingstown, R.I., have handles that can detach, presenting users with a serious burn hazard, the commission said.About 7,000 of the pots sold as Century Cookware Stainless Steel Stockpots were sold throughout New England from July 2008 through October 2008 for between $15 and $25, the commission said.
The pots have two opposing metal handles and
Century Cookware marked on the front and bottom.
Consumers were advised to stop using the recalled pots and return them the the appropriate retailer for a full refund.
Consumers can call 800-603-9601 for information.


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We love iftars – so much that we’ve spent most of our money on them already this month. Luckily there are plenty of budget options across the city, and all of the below cost less than Dhs100. With everything from traditional Arabic mezze to casual burgers and Italian spreads, our city has it all.
Andalusia Restaurant Serving up an enticing array of Spain’s southern coast favourites with a mix of traditional mezzes, with special themed nights. From Dhs60. Daily from sunset-9pm. Al Manara, Opposite Times Square Sheikh Zayed Road (056 509 0189).
Bareburger For a casual iftar head to Bareburger. Enjoy a choice of burger or a salad with a side, a drink and a shake for just Dhs69. Dhs69 per person. Daily from sunset-1am. Dubai Festival City Mall, Festival City (04 343 7110).
Bianca Visit this cute eatery at The Beach and enjoy all you can eat pasta and pizza with free soft drink. Dhs95. Daily from sunset. The Beach, JBR (04 554 9459).
Biryani Pot Break the fast with an authentic and delicious Ramadan iftar menu from Biryani Pot featuring a range of Indian delicacies. Dhs59. Daily from sunset-2am. Jumeirah Beach Road, Umm Suqeim (04 338 277).
Café Isan This popular budget restaurant has an iftar menu that features Thai classics such as tom yum goong spicy prawn soup, Thai basil chicken (kra pao gai), homemade crispy spring rolls (poh pia pak) and papaya salad (som tum). Dhs55 per person. Daily from sunset. Cluster M, JLT (04 513 5289).
Carluccio's Enjoy iftar with an Italian twist at Carluccio’s. Two or three course menus available at all UAE outlets. Dhs99 (two courses), Dhs119 (three courses). Daily from sunset. Various locations including Dubai Mall (04 434 1320).
Flow This iftar honours the culinary traditions of nomadic Arabia. The healthy sharing menu features meats, seafood, salads, mezze and desserts. Dhs85 per person. Daily from sunset-8.30pm. Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Sheikh Zayed Road (04 319 8767).
Local During Ramadan, guests are invited to break their fast at LOCAL with a traditional Turkish dining experience. From Dhs99 per person (minimum of eight people), half price (kids aged six-12), free (kids under six). Daily from sunset-9pm. TRYP by Wyndham Dubai, Barsha Heights (04 247 6630).
More Café Three courses including soup pots to share, a selection of salads and a choice of main courses suitable to all dietary preferences. Dhs99 per person. Daily from sunset. Various locations including Mercato Mall, Jumeirah 2 (04 227 6135).
Promenade Indulge in a variety of traditional dishes from the buffet – a selection of juices, salad, mezze, soups, breads, and main courses. Dhs69 per person. Daily from sunset-9.30pm. Four Points by Sheraton Bur Dubai, Bur Dubai (04 397444).
Shakespeare and Co. Enjoy a three-course iftar menu at this quirky café, starring a soup, salad and main course. Dhs99 per person. Daily from sunset-9pm. Various locations including Emirates Living (04 360 8886).
Skye & Walker This traditional iftar serves up Middle Eastern treats, sweets all set to traditional music. Dhs85 per person. Daily sunset-9.30pm. Marriott Executive Apartments Dubai Creek, Deira (04 213 1221).
SOBO This family-style iftar features a selection of hot and cold mezze, followed by mixed grill platter with rice and Arabic sweets and fruit for dessert. Dhs99 per person. Daily from sunset-9pm. Courtyard by Marriott Dubai Green Community (04 885 2222).
Tirquaz Celebrate with family, friends, and colleagues at Tirquaz Bistro’s iftar buffet, which includes shisha in some packages. Dhs69 (buffet), Dhs99 (with shisha). Daily from sunset. Majestic Hotel Tower, Bur Dubai (04 501 2528).
Via Veneto Dates and Sardinian flat bread, followed by a two-, three- or four-course menu with signature dishes to include risotto and agnolotti al brasato. Dhs99 (two courses), Dhs129 (three courses), Dhs149 (four courses). Daily from sunset. Manzil Downtown Dubai, Downtown Dubai (04 242 7882).

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This slider bracelet features a rose gold-tone disc on an adjustable rose gold-tone stainless steel bracelet. The disc is also engraveable. Presented in an authentic Fossil tin. Closure: Adjustable Drawstring Mechanism Material: Stainless Steel & Rose Gold Plating Measurements: Min. Inner Length: 165mm, Max....
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Norma Allen Is Buried
Norma Allen, nee Dillet was buried last Saturday 2nd June following a church service at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Nassau. At the funeral were former Attorney General Allyson Gibson and Minister of National Security Marvin Dames. Mrs. Allen was strong supporter and lived in the Stapeldon Gardens area. The Chairman of the PLP Senator Fred Mitchell sent a letter of condolences to her son Niven thanking the family for her support. The photo is by Peter Ramsay of the Bahamas Information Services.


Snow flurries and light snow will continue into the afternoon hours. Minor snow accumulations from a dusting to a half inch is possible.
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An armed robbery suspect sustained life-threatening injuries after being shot in Fond du Lac County.
First responders helped ring in the holidays at the 45th annual Howard-Suamico Christmas Parade.
Christmas is just two and half weeks away, and kids and families are getting into the holiday spirit.
Single digit temps around the area caused problems in the Fox Valley Saturday morning.
The frigid temperatures forced some area communities to cancel their weekend Christmas celebrations. But New London braved the cold for its annual Holiday of Wonder Parade.
Maybe it's the weather. Maybe it's all of the injuries, but many Packers fans are saying "no thanks," to this weekend's Packers game.