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DALLAS, TEXAS (USA). The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Pathology is seeking an Assistant Professor of Pathology at Dallas County's Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences to teach forensic anthropology techniques to Pathology residents and fellows. Applicant must have an M.D., Ph.D., or M.D./Ph.D. and be board certified by the Board of Forensic Anthropology. Candidate will hold a full-time position with Dallas County, as well as a part-time position with UT Southwestern Medical Center. Competitive salary and start-up will be provided. To be considered, applicants must upload a cover letter, curriculum vitae, brief research statement, and contact information for three references to https://jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/.
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status. To learn more, please visit: https://jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/why-work-here/diversity-inclusion/.
Compliance with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate enforced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is a requirement for this position. Federal law requires individuals holding this position to be fully vaccinated or have an approved exemption for certain medical, disability, or religious reasons. Individuals who do not meet CMS vaccination requirements are not eligible and should not apply for this position but are encouraged to apply for other non-healthcare positions at UT Southwestern for which they qualify.


Former Celtic midfielder Massimo Donati feels UEFA ruling is "impossible"
Former Celtic midfielder Massimo Donati feels that the date UEFA have set to have all leagues ended by is “impossible” to achieve.
UEFA had a video call with all of its member associations two weeks ago. It was there where they told their members that all domestic leagues should be concluded by June 30th (Daily Record).
Yet, we’re nearly into April and football in Scotland is currently on lockdown. With eight rounds of fixtures still remaining, the nation would ideally have two months to end the campaign. But it seems highly unlikely that we’ll be playing any football at the start of May.
And speaking in the Daily Record, Donati agreed with the idea that there’s no chance of finishing the Premiership season by then:
“June 30? It’s impossible, the virus numbers are still too high but maybe UEFA know more than we do. I don’t think so. For me football has always been number one but when things like this happen it drops to second, third and the likes in order of priorities. Without our health, we are nothing.
“I have no answer now to the questions of Scottish football, because the most important thing now is preserving people’s lives.
“After we fix this problem with coronavirus, then we can talk about title winners and relegation, Champions League and Europa League places. Until then, it isn’t important to speak. Let’s be positive and try to believe that in one or two months this will all be over and we can begin to live our lives again.”
Could all games be crammed in during the month of June?
There is a potential alternative in potentially cramming all of our league’s final eight rounds of fixtures into June. Of course, that wouldn’t be ideal, and clubs with big injury lists likely wouldn’t be a fan either.
Games would have to be played every three or four days too. Even then, it could be a stretch to try and finish the league by June 30th.
It’s a good thing, then, that UEFA appear open to dragging this season into the next one. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin stated to La Repubblica over the weekend that one potential option is to end this season at the start of next term. That would then see next season moved back a tad.
There have certainly been worse ideas. But it’s like Donati says, it doesn’t feel right to be talking about football as if it’s the main priority in life. Whilst we’re still allowed to discuss the future of the title and what the current health pandemic means for Scottish football, safety and health are always primary.
That will be the case for Donati particularly. Many in his family still live back in his homeland of Italy – the worst affected country in all of Europe when it comes to the virus.
Hopefully, everyone in Donati’s family and indeed as many as possible in Italy manages to stay safe during these struggling times. It’s certainly a situation that makes football matters seem trivial.


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As if to trumpet our arrival to one of the most eco-obsessed resorts in the Maldives, the very icon of environmental-friendliness – the dolphin – came out to greet us during our transfer to Park Hyatt Hadahaa. Not just a token welcome party, but a teeming hoard of spinner dolphins jumping, scudding and cruising up to the boat on all sides. I tried to count them, but gave up at 80.
Immediately, Hadahaa’s intimate connection with nature strikes you. The single central byway is completely shrouded from the tropical sun by a dense canopy of palm and other foliage. The resort lets the fallen fronds lay where they fall (most resorts will sweep this debris up) blanketing the surrounding undergrowth with a thick duvet of leaves. But it doesn’t seem unkempt in any way as the main path is clear and tidily edged. When you emerge on the beach, you sink ankle deep in powder white sand (the softest I’d walked since Maafushivaru).
The marquee nature attraction at Hahadaa is the house reef. Reputed to be one of the very best (certainly top 10), it didn’t take long before Lori and I donned our gear and leapt in to explore. Immediately, you could see the how it got its reputation. Hadahaa is one of the rare house reefs where the coral growth extends richly into the lagoon as well as in and amongst the water villas (lagoons and the water villas that are often built on them are often mostly expansive sandy beds). The drop off was readily accessible and teeming with both fish and coral. We came back across the lagoon on return to swim among the coral croppings there. Often such growth gives one the sense of a coral garden. Hadahaa was more like a coral jungle. In fact, a recent marine biology survey assessed that Hadahaa had over 100% coral on its reef. This mathematical anomaly results from the fact that a number of table corals had tumbled down the reef drop off and now there were literally corals growing on top of them. There were corals on top of corals.
General Manager Julian Moore explained why Hadahaa (and many of the other Gaafu Alifu islands) have such excellent reefs. The atoll is the biggest atoll not just in the Maldives, but in the world. It spans about 70 kilometers north to south and 50 kilometers east to west. It is also one of the deepest. This combination brings both a rich flow of nutrients while providing a buffer of protection from storms to islands and reefs inside the atoll.
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Students of all abilities recently participated in a unified basketball tournament as part of the Special Olympics Unified Sports and P.E. program in PWCS high schools. The Unified Sports program is an active and educational experience providing a unique opportunity for students of all abilities to come together in a sport. Health and physical education and special education teachers from across the county teach and coach students to prepare for the tournament.
In addition to providing the opportunity for students to compete, participation in Unified Sports creates a team camaraderie among students and strengthens the belief that they are all in this together. This initiative is one of many strategies in place in PWCS to foster strong connections between students and provide a welcoming environment that is inclusive to all. Through the students’ participation, it creates a strong sense of belonging for all students involved, as well as the mindset that they’re united and share a common interest in their love for sports.
“Being involved in Unified Sports and P.E. has been an incredible way to become friends with so many amazing students in Battlefield’s program for students with special needs. Everybody in my P.E. class contributes something different, making it a great atmosphere,” said Callie Curtis, a senior at Battlefield High School.
Krista Link is a health and P.E. teacher and Unified Sports coach at Battlefield High School. Link said, “The relationships and friendships that I watch develop each year will hold a special place in the hearts of all the participants throughout their lives. These are friendships that may have never had that chance to materialize without this program. The impact on both general education and special education students is profound and inspiring for everyone involved in the program.”
Opportunities to play in a unified tournament would not be possible without the teachers, coaches, and administrators supporting and working for this initiative to provide an environment that is inclusive and encourages the well-being of all students. Students will prepare and participate in unified track and field events this spring.

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text: Hypoxia develops in the majority of solid tumors due to the inability of the existing vascular system to supply the growing tumor mass with adequate amounts of oxygen. A large body of clinical evidence suggests that intratumoral hypoxia correlates with the elevated aggressive behavior of cancer cells and their resistance to therapy, leading to poor patient prognoses. A heterodimeric transcription factor, hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), has been shown to orchestrate a large number of molecular events required for the adaptation of tumor cells to hypoxia. Therefore, HIF-1 has become an attractive target for the development of anti-cancer drugs. Here, we highlight some of the recently developed small-molecule inhibitors of HIF-1 function. These drugs disrupt the HIF-1 signaling pathway through a variety of mechanisms, including the inhibition of HIF-1α protein synthesis, stabilization, nuclear translocation and HIF-1 transactivation of target genes. © 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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"Yacht Club" is a rap & hip-hop song by Hip hop, cloud rap, SoundCloud rap, R&B, emo rap singer "Lil Yachty" featuring Juice WRLD from the studio album "Nuthin' 2 Prove". This song's duration is (2:46 min) and available in digital mp3 download and streaming format on Apple Music/iTunes & Amazon Music.
The song Yacht Club is written by EarlThePearll, Juice WRLD & Lil Yachty, produced by EarlThePearll and was released in October 19, 2018.

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PH CAP: Commissioner John Barr presents a proclamation designating October as Character Counts Month to Carolyn Brooks
A proclamation declaring October 2007 as Character Counts Month was presented to program coordinator Carolyn Brooks during the Board of Commissioners' Meeting on October 2, 2007. The proclamation stated that, "Character development is, first and foremost, an obligation of families, through efforts by faith communities, schools, and youth, civic and human service organizations also play an important role in supporting family efforts by fostering and promoting good character. Every adult has the responsibility to teach and model core ethical values and every social institution has the responsibility to promote the development of good character."
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Amazing handicrafts to be shown in Baku [PHOTO]
By Laman Ismayilova
More than 60 talented artists and fine crafters will gather under the same roof to present their wonderful art works.
The 7th Handicrafts Festival will be held at “Kapelhaus” German-Azerbaijani Cultural Society on April 14-15, Day.Az reported.
The festival is held twice a year - fall and spring.
Various samples of arts and crafts including stained glass paintings, ceramics, beading, embroidery, decoupage, jewelry, aromatic soaps, handmade, woodcarving and dolls will be put on sale.
In addition, visitors can take part in a number of creativity workshops.
A grand master-class with participation of the best students of the Ceramitec Academy of Arts, as well as students of world famous ceramic artist Mir Teymur Mammadov, will be organized with the support of the Pottery Center.
The festival will start at 11:00 . Admission is free.
Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova
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Dividing the Spoils
Dividing the SpoilsOn Capitol Hill, it's payback time for the wealthy donors who paid for the big victory.
Obama's Immigration Move About Much More Than Politics
Obama's Immigration Move About Much More Than PoliticsOf the thousands of words written about Obama's order, most have dealt with the politics of the issue, not the humanity behind it.
Why We Are Suing Harvard
Why We Are Suing HarvardA group of students is taking the university to court over its refusal to drop fossil fuel stocks from its investment portfolios.
Wall Street Pension-Raiders Scored Big in 2014 Midterms
Wall Street Pension-Raiders Scored Big in 2014 MidtermsHedge fund managers got a nice return on their political investments.
- Jonathan Williams | Jobs with Justice | November 24, 2014Retail workers in America's second most unequal city might soon have better working conditions.
- November 24, 2014Years of heavy investments in renewable energy technology appear to be paying off.
- November 24, 2014A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...
- Harold Meyerson | The American Prospect | November 23, 2014Of the thousands of words written about Obama's order, most have dealt with the politics of the issue, not the humanity behind it.
- Michelle Chen | The Nation | November 22, 2014Despite the GOP line, the president can’t bring about a complete overhaul of the immigration system himself, and millions will be left out of these new measures.
- BillMoyers.com Staff | November 21, 2014The 2014 midterms showed that the time has come to stand up to the plutocrats.


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Most major emerging markets—with the exception of those that generate U.S. dollar (USD)-based revenue—have issued their debt in local currency, avoiding the currency mismatch which caused so many challenges historically (see Chart 2).
Current conditions point to opportunities in USD-denominated emerging market corporate and sovereign debt. Furthermore, local currency debt may also offer attractive prospects in developing markets that are most compelling due to currency adjustments.
After monitoring emerging market credit markets for some time, we recently began buying select quasi-sovereign and corporate bonds in certain Latin American (Latam) countries. Latam investment grade yields, from a relative valuation standpoint, currently are nearly double U.S. investment grade (see Chart 3), an attractive entry point on a historical basis. Latam high yield also compares favorably to U.S. high yield (see Chart 4).
Credit ratings for emerging markets as a whole have also bottomed (see Chart 5), signaling, in our opinion, a potential turnaround. More specifically, emerging market corporate and sovereign rating downgrades reached their zenith in late 2015 into early 2016 and have since pulled back (see Charts 6 and 7).
The rout in commodity prices, particularly for oil, has been another obstacle for commodity-linked emerging markets that is now showing signs of improvement. Recent oil price stability—prices above USD $35 per barrel—should lend further support for emerging market opportunities. With commodity prices, spread valuations, and credit ratings stability currently in better alignment, we anticipate that opportunities in hard currency emerging market corporates are now appropriate.
Groupthink is bad, especially at investment management firms. Brandywine Global therefore takes special care to ensure our corporate culture and investment processes support the articulation of diverse viewpoints. This blog is no different. The opinions expressed by our bloggers may sometimes challenge active positioning within one or more of our strategies. Each blogger represents one market view amongst many expressed at Brandywine Global. Although individual opinions will differ, our investment process and macro outlook will remain driven by a team approach.

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Dee Ganley’s Changing People, Changing Dogs: Positive Solutions for Difficult Dogs is used by many trainers, particularly since it contains many clearly explained exercises that help difficult dogs.
What’s a difficult dog? I suppose it’s any dog that someone gets exasperated with, but generally the term includes dogs who don’t learn well because they lack normal control of their actions, or because their self-confidence is diminished.
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This revised edition has new exercises and photos. It’s crammed with easy-to-read and easy-to-implement strategies, techniques, exercises and games, Dee walks the reader through over fifty methods of addressing canine fear and aggression. The simple and effective exercises will have you and your dog(or your clients and their dogs) well on the way to a happy relationship. Strictly positive methods!
This book covers a lot of ground, with sections on:
- Training equipment
- Toys and chews for environmental enrichment and play
- Canine communication
- How dogs learn
- How to assess a dog for training and behavior work
- A few case studies.
What Others are Saying
“A good third of the book is an appendix giving step by step, detailed and clearly explained instructions for numerous exercises. Two of the self-control exercises that I use with clients almost daily are the Settle: Relaxed Down on Lead, and the Find It Game”. – Carolyn Clark, M. A. Director of Centre for Applied Canine Behavior
Having had more than one difficult dog myself, I was pleased to see this emphasis.

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It is a rare kitten who enjoys being bathed! However, like adult cats, they do need to be washed from time to time for their own health and safety. Flea or allergen control, removal of trapped debris or waste matter, all mean the occasional scrub is on the cards. Today I’ll share my experience of the best kitten shampoo products to get the job done quickly and kindly.
The key to success with bathing your kitten is to make bathing a familiar, thus “safe,” activity. This process actually starts not with bathing, but with simple gentle handling. As your kitten gets used to being handled, you can begin to introduce specific activities.
You can expect your kitten to display a bit of fearful resistance during the first bath or two. This is a natural response from a young animal with a fine-tuned “fight or flight” survival instinct. With consistent, gentle reassurance, you can help them overcome any fear.
Another key to bath-time success is to choose the right kitten shampoo to make sure your pet doesn’t have an adverse reaction and comes out cleaner. Often this means choosing “tearless,” all-natural, sensitive skin, hypoallergenic, pH balanced or other similar formulas that are free from chemicals and harsh cleaning agents.
What Is The Best Kitten Shampoo?
The best product for kittens will be gentle on their skin, while properly cleaning any nastiest that they happen to have stuck to them.
Nature’s Specialties Plum Silky
This soft, nourishing liquid* is safe for kittens and especially good for hairless kitten breeds because it has silk proteins that nourish the skin.
Four Paws Magic Coat Cat & Kitten
This tearless formula* is safe for kittens and adult cats. It contains keratin and lanolin, both naturally-occurring skin softeners and soothers.
This company also offers a waterless dry kitten shampoo*.
John Paul Pet Tearless Shampoo
This kitten-safe shampoo* is formulated with a kitten’s sensitive skin in mind. It includes aloe vera, oatmeal and almond oil as skin soothers.
Natural Kitten Shampoo
It is vital to make sure that the one you choose is specifically labeled for use with kittens. This is because they have very sensitive skin and also have less hair than do adult cats. These natural brands are safe and very gentle, with a pH balance that is suitable.
Espree Natural Kitten Shampoo
This brand offers a dry bath* and a shampoo formula* especially designed for kittens.
One of the principle ingredients is aloe vera which is a natural skin soother.
Odie and Cody Natural Hypoallergenic Organic
This popular and highly rated vet-recommended, organic multi-pet* is safe for kittens and adult cats and is free from all chemicals and artificial ingredients.
Dry Shampoo For Kittens
If you have a feral rescued or a very nervous kitty on your hands, sometimes dry shampoo can buy you a little time to get your pet used to handling before you introduce water! It allows you to “bathe” your baby without having to introduce water at all – you don’t even have to rinse waterless shampoo out of her fur.
Burt’s Bees Waterless Shampoo
This kitten dry shampoo* is pH balanced for feline skin and fortified with apple and honey extracts for skin soothing and a pleasant scent. It is free of all chemicals and harsh cleaners.
New Waterless Shampoo
This waterless shampoo* is suitable for dogs and cats of all ages as well as other pets. You can choose from two natural scents. It is free from detergent, alcohol, skin irritants and chemicals and is designed to be hypoallergenic.
Bio-Groom Waterless Shampoo
This waterless cat shampoo* is suitable for kittens and cats of all ages. It tearless with a pH balance suitable for feline skin and contains no alcohol or harsh cleaning agents.
Flea Shampoo for Kittens
If your kitten is four weeks or older and weighs at least two pounds, it should be safe to use flea shampoo for kittens (but ask your veterinarian FIRST to be sure!). If they are younger than four weeks old or weighs less than two pounds, you may or may not be able to use one of these quite yet.
Adams Plus Flea & Tick Shampoo
This kitten-safe flea and tick shampoo for kittens* kills fleas in all stages of life and works for 28 days before needing to be reapplied. It contains aloe vera, lanolin, oatmeal and coconut oil for extra skin soothing. This can ONLY be used on kittens ages 12 weeks and older.
Wondercide Control Spray
This flea, tick, and mosquito spray* can be used on cats of all ages and can also be used to spray bedding and seating. Choose from four all-natural scents. This spray is suitably pH balanced for feline skin.
Avoid Human Baby Shampoo
This is another area where many first-time kitten owners can get legitimately confused! After all, if the shampoo is safe enough for a human baby, it should be safe for a kitten, right? But what newbie kitten owners often don’t realize is human skin is more acidic than cat skin and also has more moisture. This is because humans sweat through their skin, while cats sweat through their paws.
For this reason, it is never completely safe to use baby shampoo on kittens because you will always risk skin irritation or worse! Flea infestation is the most common reason kitten owners sometimes turn to human baby shampoo.
Best Kitten Shampoo
We hope you have found this information about the best kitten shampoo useful as you and your kitten start your life together! And when it’s time to move on from kitten formulations to adult cat shampoos, have a look at our article on the best cat shampoos for adult cats.
Is there a product you swear by? Or do you have some great advice to make bath time fun for kittens and easy for their owners? Please drop us a comment to share your thoughts!
Affiliate link disclosure: Links in this article marked with an * are affiliate links, and we may receive a small commission if you purchase these products. However, we selected them for inclusion independently, and all of the views expressed in this article are our own.
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text: In addition to apoptosis resistance and cell proliferation capacities, the undifferentiated state also characterizes most cancer cells, especially leukemia cells. Cell differentiation is a multifaceted process that depends on complex regulatory networks that involve transcriptional, post-transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of gene expression. The time- and spatially-dependent expression of lineage-specific genes and genes that control cell growth and cell death is implicated in the process of maturation. The induction of cancer cell differentiation is considered an alternative approach to elicit cell death and proliferation arrest. Differentiation therapy has mainly been developed to treat acute myeloid leukemia, notably with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA). Numerous molecules from diverse natural or synthetic origins are effective alone or in association with ATRA in both in vitro and in vivo experiments. During the last two decades, pharmaceuticals and natural compounds with various chemical structures, including alkaloids, flavonoids and polyphenols, were identified as potential differentiating agents of hematopoietic pathways and osteogenesis.

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Emily Jacobs (Beverly Hills, MI) is a board-certified advanced practice nurse and a certified Integrative Nurse Coach. She has been a peer coach with VITAL WorkLife since 2021. Emily received her Master of Science in Nursing Adult Critical Care Clinical Nursing Specialist from the University of Colorado and her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. She is currently the Director of Education-Leadership of Corporate Nursing Orientation at Beaumont Health Service Center in Southfield, Michigan.
With over 20 years as a Critical Care nurse and 15 years as a coach and mentor, Emily is a clinical expert dedicated to staff professional development, holistic nursing, interdisciplinary collaboration, clinical program development, competency development, and an advocate for research and evidence-based nursing practice.
Emily coaches individuals and groups in building resiliency, health and wellness, difficult conversation, Emotional IQ, adjusting to a new role, work/life balance, prioritization, self-care strategies, setting boundaries, adverse events and workplace conflict.

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LOOKING AT AMY CONEY BARRETT’S FDCPA, TCPA RULINGS
- President Trump on Saturday nominated Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. Judge Barrett has been sitting on the bench for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals since 2017. With the Supreme Court set to hear arguments in a number of cases that could impact the direction of the credit and collection industry, many are wondering what impact the nomination — and likely confirmation of Judge Barrett — will have on the Court’s direction. AccountsRecovery.net went into its database of rulings and found a number of Seventh Circuit cases in which Judge Barrett was involved. Here is a summary of those cases.
JUDGE GRANTS MTD IN FDCPA LETTER OVERSHADOWING CASE
- In a case that was first spotlighted by Manny Newburger and Nabil Foster of Barron & Newburger, a District Court judge in New York has granted a defendant’s motion to dismiss after it was sued for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by allegedly overshadowing the validation notice in a collection letter and by falsely suggesting that a dispute had to be filed in writing.
JUDGE GRANTS TRO IN CASE AGAINST ALLEGED COLLECTION SCAMMERS
- The Attorney General of New York has filed a lawsuit and obtained a temporary restraining order shutting down a collection operation that allegedly used a call spoofing service to impersonate government officials and made fraudulent threats to the individuals and their friends and family members.
CALIF. GOV. SIGNS LICENSING BILL, STATE CFPB BILL INTO LAW
- The Governor of California has signed into law a pair of bills that will impact the future of collections in The Golden State — one bill will require collectors to obtain licenses in order to operate and the other will create a state equivalent of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
READ EXPERT PERSPECTIVES ON TRENDING COMPLIANCE TOPICS
- Click here to read this week’s Compliance Digest. You’ll get insights and opinions from seven different compliance experts — Rick Perr, Stefanie Jackman, Carlos Ortiz, Virginia Bell Flynn, Xerxes Martin, Helen Mac Murray, and Shannon Miller — discussing the impact of recent court cases and legislative updates. You’re not going to get that kind of varied perspective anywhere else. The Compliance Digest is sponsored by The Bedard Law Group.
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The first web comic strips reflected the office cubicles and Quake deathmatches of the late 90's. These comic strips moved gaming culture from society's fringe into the mainstream, and made it cool to be a nerd.
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Quake Funny Pages: >Byte Me_, Dilbert, Penny Arcade and User Friendly
Here are several collected Quake comic strips by writers and artists who were gaming with us in the late 90’s: >Byte Me_, Dilbert, Penny Arcade, and User Friendly.


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Films & Other Videos
Films with: Palmer, Geoffrey
- As time goes by.
- Lionel and Jean were lovers many years ago at the time of the Korean War. They were separated by a misunderstanding. Forty years later, fate brings them together again with hilarious results.
- DVD 7523
- Hollow crown. Richard II, Henry IV part 1, Henry IV part 2, Henry V /
- The Hollow crown: New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard; II King Henry IV, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2 and King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a story with recurring themes of power struggles, redemption, family conflict and betrayal -- IMDB. Pt 1. Prince Hal (Tom Hiddleston) defies his father, King Henry IV (Jeremy Irons) by spending his time at Mistress Quickly's (Julie Walters) tavern in the company of the dissolute Falstaff (Simon Russell Beale) and his companions. The King is threatened by a rebellion led by Hal's rival, Hotspur (Joe Armstrong), his father Northumberland (Alun Armstrong), and his uncle Worcester (David Hayman). During the Battle of Shrewsbury Hal faces Hotspur in mortal combat. Pt 2. Northumberland (Alun Armstrong) is told of the death of his son Hotspur in service of the King (Jeremy Irons). The Lord Chief Justice (Geoffrey Palmer) attempts to separate Falstaff (Simon Russell Beale) from the Prince Hal (Tom Hoddleston). The rebels continue to plot against the crown but their forces are outwitted. This brings comfort to the dying King, who is finally reconciled with his son. Falstaff rushes to Hal's coronation with the expectation of high office. "The newly crowned King of England, Henry V, (Tom Hiddleston) is persuaded by his courtiers including Exeter (Anton Lesser) and York (Paterson Joseph), that he also has a rightful claim to lands in France. The chorus (John Hurt) tells of England's preparations for war and Henry's army sails for France. After Exeter's diplomacy is rebuffed by the French King (Lambert Wilson) Henry lays siege to and captures the town of Harfleur. The French now take Henry's claims seriously and challenge the English army to battle at Agincourt"-- Container. After halting a duel between warring nobles Bolingbroke and Mowbray, Richard II banishes both men from his kingdom. Following the death of Bolingbroke's father, John of Gaunt, Richard seizes his money and land to pay for wars against rebels in Ireland. Bolingbroke returns to claim his birthright and more.
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- Mrs. Brown
- Queen Victoria ... was the world's most powerful woman. Rugged Scotsman John Brown ... was a lowly servant who looked after her horses. Yet when circumstances brought them together the result was a passionate friendship that scandalized a nation!
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A club in St. Louis was packed with party goers who had paid their money to see Trina perform, but as the night proceeded they came to realize the female rapper was nowhere to be found. Trina was scheduled to perform at the club in Missouri, called Imperial Palace, on May 19th but the promoters of the event claim that Trina was a no-show.
According to TMZ, Trina’s booking agent had received several letters proving that she had already been paid $7,000 in advance to perform at the club that night. Promoters are furious with the costs they had accumulated after the rapper failed to show up. Trina’s team on the other hand claims that the promoters are painting a scene that never really happened.
Long before the scheduled event, Trina’s team informed the club that she would not be able to perform that night due to other obligations. They claimed that they even made an attempt to return the $7,000 advance that had already been paid to Trina. The loophole in the matter is that the club says Trina never canceled the event in writing, so the promotions continued.
After Trina’s alleged no-show, the promoter is taking legal action, trying to sue Trina for at least $16,000. Although the event continued without Trina being there, the club claims they lost money due to refunds, paying Trina’s advance, promotional costs and other various fees.
According to Trina’s rep, the promoters did this on purpose. The rep believes that the club continued to promote the night as a Trina “concert” even though they were well aware that the rapper would not be able to show up. The conflict is brewing into an imminent legal battle as Trina’s rep has revealed they will be taking legal action of their own against the promoters.


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Tuesday, February 09, 2010
The Olympics start this week - and life will be perfect for a few weeks! One of the many nice things about living up North is being able to get both US and Canada's TV stations. So I'll be watching the big ceremonies on NBC (US) and the actual events on CBC (Canada). Curling! Skeleton! Luge! Speed skating! Snowboarding! Downhill - moguls - and what's that one where you ski forever then shoot at targets then ski some more?! What a sport!
And the Winter Olympics means The Knitting Olympics. I cannot believe it was only four years ago that I first heard of The Yarn Harlot. Her crazy idea of getting knitters around the world to knit together during the Olympic games - it'll never catch on! HA! Life has changed wildly since then so it's a nice moment to slow down and reflect on the great power of working together, of having a common purpose and common activity.
It's winter - the sun is blindingly beautiful and brilliant. What a day.


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Fisker's Production-ready Ocean e-SUV to Debut in January
【Summary】EV startup Fisker Inc. officially reveals details of the upcoming all-electric Ocean SUV.
Automotive designer and entrepreneur Henrik Fisker officially disclosed details about his company's upcoming electric vehicle plans. His electric vehicle startup Fisker Inc. is set to debut its upcoming affordable, yet upscale electric SUV in the coming months that will compete with Tesla models.
The battery-powered SUV is called the Fisker Ocean and the company will hold a private event to mark its global unveil on Jan 4, 2020. The event will also be live-streamed from the venue.
Henrik said the Fisker Ocean will be a sustainable luxury electric utility vehicle that has been designed to incorporate recycled materials throughout. For example, the Fisker Ocean's carpeting will be made from recycled fishing nets.
The company is also gearing up to introduce its official Fisker app on Nov 27, which will allow customers to reserve the upcoming Ocean e-SUV. Fisker also announced that the Ocean will be available exclusively through a flexible subscription service.
The flexible lease program will be offered without any long term contract to avoid the high costs of personal vehicle ownership.
Earlier, the designer also pointed out that the SUV's price would start just under $40,000, about the same price as the upcoming Tesla Model Y crossover. As of yet, we are unsure how (if at all) the CEO's initial price point estimate will factor into this so-called hassle-free subscription service.
The Fisker Ocean electric SUV.
The Fisker Ocean is just over 15 feet long and features a fixed hood like the one found on Alfa Romeo 4C. Fisker claims this design decision was made to shed weight and ensure space is optimally utilized without incurring unnecessary costs.
The space under the hood, or "frunk" as Tesla calls it, will house advanced electronics including the air conditioning unit to maximize the cabin space.
The Ocean will also get a full-length solar roof to aid the SUV's power source and will result in 1,000 extra miles added to the EV's overall range every year, according to Fisker.
Other environment-friendly initiatives like repurposing rubber waste and recycling polyester and plastics will also be used in the production.
The company has confirmed that the all-electric Ocean EV will be powered by an 80 kWh battery pack offering an estimated range of 250 to 300 miles, depending on driving characteristics and road conditions.
The Fisker Ocean will be produced in the United States for global export, however the company has not disclosed any details of where it will be built.
Deliveries are scheduled to begin in early 2022.
Manish Kharinta is a automotive writer based in the Los Angeles area. He has worked for automotive industry websites TheSmokingClutch.com, CarDekho.com and CarBikeindia.com. His experience ranges from covering auto shows, to car reviews and breaking automotive news. Manish aims to bring forth his unique perspective on automotive design and technological innovations in the automotive industry.
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Kia Motors Reveals its $25 Billion Electrification Strategy for 2020-2025
Here’s What You Need to Know about the Porsche Taycan’s Battery, Suspension & More
Volkswagen to Launch 34 New Models in 2020, Including 12 SUVs
Ford’s Next EV Following the Mach-E Might Use Volkswagen’s Electric Powertrain
- Here Are Some More Details About the Upcoming Tesla Model Y Crossover
- California Automaker Fisker Inc. to Debut the Fully-Electric Ocean SUV at CES, Electrify America Announced as EV Charging Partner
- StradVision is Pitching its Advanced Vision Perception Technology to German Automakers at ‘Startup Autobahn’
- BMW i Ventures Invests in AutoFi, a San Francisco-based Vehicle Financing Startup
- NHTSA to Investigate Deadly Accident Involving Tesla Model S in California
- Here’s What You Need to Know About Neuron's Electric Semi and Pickup Truck
- Volvo to Build an Electric Vehicle Battery Plant in the U.S.
- DC Fast Charging, Passive Air Cooling Systems Lead to Quicker EV Battery Degradation
- Ford & EV Startup Rivian are Building the First Fully-Electric Luxury Lincoln SUV
- Tesla is Planning to Use Cobalt-Free Batteries for its Electric Vehicles Built in China


Pooja Hegde has been decided to play the female lead role in Vijay’s 65th movie Dalapati 65 which started yesterday. The movie is directed by Nelson Dhilipkumar. The latest report doing rounds on the internet is that of a popular actress Pooja Hegde. She will be reportedly receiving the whopping amount of Rs 3.5 crore to play the leading lady role in the film.
According to sources close to the actress, this is the highest remuneration she has ever received and it is part of her growing popularity across the country. Pooja Hegde has been getting a huge list of offers coming her way from the various film industries in the country. It was already reported that Vijay will also be receiving a huge remuneration for ‘Thalapathy 65’.


Europe’s dark past obligates it to act decisively against Iran now, Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen has said, urging European nations to support an international sanctions regime against the Islamic Republic.
“I expect from the UK, France and Germany not to bury their heads in the sand but to join the American sanctions,” he said. “We have had bad experiences with the Europeans in our history — they have buried their heads in the sand in the past.”
In a recent interview with The Times of Israel, the Likud minister — a member of the powerful security cabinet — urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to join sanctions against Tehran and went as far as saying the country should be kicked out of the United Nations.
Cohen, 47, also called for the speedy implementation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to unilaterally annex parts of the West Bank — though he spoke before Israel suspended the annexation plan as part of its historic deal to normalize ties with the United Arab Emirates, announced Thursday. Cohen praised that deal in a Channel 12 interview on Saturday night, and predicted that Sudan would follow the UAE’s lead and make peace with Israel later this year.
“Iran remains the biggest state sponsor of terrorism — it finances Hezbollah in Lebanon and terrorist groups in Syria, Yemen, Gaza and elsewhere,” Cohen told The Times of Israel in his Knesset office.
“Iran is a threat not only for the Middle East, but for the entire world. And it’s clear to us that any money flowing to Iran will provide financial oxygen to those organizations.”
Countries refusing to support the US administration’s current effort to extend an international weapons embargo against Iran, which is set to expire in October, will “make a historic mistake,” Cohen warned. “They will be on the wrong side of history. They choose to stand with a radical dictatorship that kills its own people.”
Under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which was enshrined in a UN Security Council resolution, the ban on selling weapons to Iran expires on October 18. The US, which has since left the deal, on Friday proposed additional Security Council resolution to indefinitely extend the arms embargo. The resolution was defeated, with only two yes votes and 11 abstentions. Russia and China had announced their strong opposition to the resolution prior to the vote but eventually didn’t need to use their vote block it.
Europeans countries, too, were wary of the US initiative, worried that it could further unravel the nuclear deal with Iran and cause the regime to accelerate its pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Iranian support for terror groups across the region jeopardizes regional stability. The arms embargo on the regime must be extended. https://t.co/RZ6d1KZJim
— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) August 13, 2020
Cohen, a former economy minister, said regardless of the resolution’s success, Washington’s unilateral sanctions will continue and likely increase.
Adamant to intensify its “maximum pressure” campaign, the administration will force international companies to choose between doing business with America or with Iran, he said. “And I don’t know many significant companies in Europe that will forgo the American market. The Iranian market is very small compared to the US market.”
Any arms that will still be sold to Iran will ultimately be used to advance the regime’s regional aggression, he added.
‘Did you watch Tehran? It’s a good show’
Iran never abandoned its ambitions to develop a nuclear weapons program, according to Cohen. “They never stopped wanting it, they never stopped working toward it, and they never stopped lying about it.”
Cohen believes that the new head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, Rafael Grossi, who has taken a more aggressive stance toward Tehran, demanding it grant access to suspicious sites suspected of being nuclear facilities, has “good intentions” but is not doing enough.
“You have to ask for sanctions,” he said. “Otherwise, what’s the purpose of your organization? If you cannot carry out inspections and you don’t call for sanctions of those who prevent you from carrying out inspections, then how is this organization relevant?”
Cohen went as far as calling on the UN to expel Iran due to its unabated calls for Israel’s annihilation. “Iran cannot be a member of the UN,” he insisted. “A country that calls for the destruction of another cannot be a member state of the UN.”
Asked about recent mysterious explosions in Iran that caused tremendous damage to the country’s nuclear facilities, Cohen demurred. After a few seconds, he said with a smile: “Did you watch ‘Tehran’? It’s a good show.”
He was referring to a successful Israeli TV espionage series in which Israeli agents try to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program. The show was picked up by AppleTV, where it will air starting September 25.
Pushed for a more substantial answer, Cohen offered: “We cannot allow ourselves — and the world cannot allow itself — to have a nuclear-armed Iran. Therefore we will act with all means at our disposal to guarantee that this won’t happen.”
Annexation for Israel, a ‘sub-state’ for the Palestinians
Born in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon, Cohen worked as an accountant and later assumed various senior positions in the business sector before he entered politics with the now-defunct center-right Kulanu party in 2015. Last year, he joined Netanyahu’s Likud list and has been serving as intelligence minister since May.
His views on the Palestinian question appear slightly to the right of those of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he has urged to advance the unilateral annexation of the Jordan Valley and all settlements across the West Bank before the “historical window of opportunity” closes.
That window may have now closed, with Thursday’s announcement that Israel would suspend the annexation plan. Netanyahu later insisted the plan was still on the table though temporarily halted, while US President Donald Trump gave a confusing series of statements on the matter that also appeared to amount to the same message.
Cohen said: “There are 21 Muslim countries that surround us, and only one Jewish state. There is no doubt that we’re talking about our patriarchal homeland.”
He adamantly refused to endorse the idea of Palestinian statehood, saying that he advocates for Palestinian “autonomy” instead, in which Palestinians elect their president and their municipal leaders and get to determine their civilian agenda.
“We call it a sub-state,” he said. “It’s important to stress that the Palestinians have democratic rights… But we want security control.”
Palestinians currently living in parts that would be annexed to Israel should not be given Israeli citizenship, Cohen argued. Palestinians cannot vote for the parliament of the Palestinian Authority and also for the Knesset, he posited.
“It doesn’t work like this… Everyone who defines himself as a Palestinian should vote for the Palestinian Authority. I am not in favor of giving a double right to vote,” he said.
“It sounds strange to me when people are saying, ‘I have the opportunity to vote for my people, but no, I want to vote for the people that I am opposed to.’ They say their nationality is Palestinian. If someone recognized the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people, we can think about it. But it’s not possible to say, ‘I am Palestinian, but I don’t want to vote for the Palestinian Authority but for the Israeli Knesset.’”
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A review of the provocative new book by Davarian L. Baldwin, In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower
The COVID-19 pandemic, along with the rise of remote work, has brought significant speculation about the future of cities. In order to understand these shifts and trends, we spoke with urban planning expert Josh Stephens.
The California Legislature has come roaring back in 2021 with a whole new set of bills affecting planning and development
In November, Nithya Raman became only the second trained urban planner to be elected to the Los Angeles city council. CP&DR spoke with Raman about how planning influences her political agenda
The council vote was unanimous, but now comes the hard part: Implementing an upzoning in a city with strong homeowner advocacy and fire-prone hillside neighborhoods.
Many housing advocates considered the assignment of 1.3 million new housing units to Southern California via 2019’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation process to be a serious win. It was followed up by an intra-regional allocation process that weighted units toward high-cost, high-demand coastal cities, for another win. Last month, they scored a few more wins — 50 to be exact.
Highlights of my writing from 2020 in CP&DR, Planetizen, Common Edge, and more…
While many in the state do not have the means to pick and choose exactly where they want to live, the combination of remote work and pandemic ennui has prompted untold numbers of well-off urban Californians to retreat to suburbs and to exurban “Zoomtowns.”
The only difference, then, between a duplex and a blissfuly detached single-unit home is the age-old anxiety about new residents who might not be quite as wealthy as the incumbent residents.
Simon Winchester’s new book, Land, brings global scope to the concepts of land use.
In our final podcast of 2020, Bill and Josh discuss CP&DR’s most popular stories of the year, including the impact of the COVID pandemic on cities and planning’s responses to the year’s social justice movements.
2020 unexpectedly generated more writing about urban planning in the mainstream media than any other year in recent memory. And not for pleasant reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic brought urban life to a halt, inspiring news articles and photo essays about newly desolate streets, strained finances, and imperiled businesses.
60% of Orange County cities challenge their targets, which are much higher than last time around
The public health crisis of the coronavirus pandemic upended all the normal day-today routines this year. At least there are plenty of great urban planning books to read.
Already an epic-scale tragedy, California’s wildfires–consuming a record 4 million acres this year–are effectively shrinking the amount of land available for housing and prompting planners to make tough choices between growth and safety
Does the Embarcadero Institute’s push to lower the state’s housing need from 2 million to 1 million really change anything?
Southern California and Bay Area MPOs must get more aggressive to meet RHNA goals and SB 375 goals.


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Life's a beach with this easy-to-wear brooch from Little Moose! This fantastic design features a woman lying on a crocodile lilo made from laser cut green, pink and black perspex. The crocodile also features jet black crystal eyes and etching. Perfect for getting those summer vibes! Handmade in the UK, the brooch secures on the reverse with a silver tone pin revolver fastening device.
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Mexican - American, Zapotec textile artist Porfirio Gutierrez was born and raised in the richly historic Zapotec textile community of Teotitlán del Valle in Oaxaca, Mexico. His life’s work has been reviving and preserving traditional Zapotec natural dyeing techniques, with a focus on reinterpreting traditional textiles and materials.
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Another Christmas card in the fold. If I keep it up, which I hope to, I'll have more cards than I'll need come December. Today's card is for Merry Monday.
I bought this Tim Holtz Alterations die quite some time ago because I love the rustic look of it.
I wanted to do something a little different so I made the card base 4.25 by 4.25 and have the holly over the top edge making it an A2 card. I inked it all up with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and used an NBUS sentiment from Hero Arts.
I'm awaiting my order from Papertrey Ink and just placed one with Simon Says Stamp. Where am I going to put all this new stuff? I have an Ikea DVD rack and all my stamps and dies in DVD holders but one rack just doesn't hold them anymore. My daughter has two that she can't use and will give me. I guess I'd better have her ship them. I should have my head examined but they'd probably just find paper and stamps floating around in ink there, with a few dies thrown in for good measure. All I can say is "I'm probably still WAY behind some of the rest of you". wink wink
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!


Good stuff. Plenty of very succesful and reliable model subs have been built on the old Darnell box, but I'm personally more a fan of cylinders.
If you have access to a lathe, then making the endcaps for a cylinder should be straightforward.
Material wise you can use PVC or acrylic pipe. The latter offers a see-through cylinder, but it is more expensive and fragile- if you drop in something hard it will most likely crack or at least chip, whereas PVC will bounce. In the States, Polycarbonate is very popular. Like acrylic it's transparent, but is much tougher, in fact, AFAIK it's the strongest thermoplastic. Unfortunately it's very expensive here in the UK, especially for the larger diameters which is why acrylic is more popular. It gets the job done, although not a good idea to use it with gas systems.
PVC pipe is readily available in various sizes. A large boat like the Type VII will easily accomodate 110mm diameter pipe, I often see lots of this chucked out in skips, but you can also purchase a length new for very little. Endcaps can be machined from sheet plastics like ABS, acrylic, polycarbonate or you can even machine them from materials like aluminium. I would avoid wood, as it's difficult to seal well and water always seems to find a route in somewhere or other.
Shaft seals can be turned on the lathe, or you can purchase ready made. They're not ultra expensive, so if you're unsure about making those vital components, it's worth looking at the commercial units which work very well.


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Recently Shatta Wale and Medikal were remanded in prison custody for allegedly causing fear and panic and brandishing a gun in public, respectively. After the incident, some blogs reported Adwoa Smart opines that “Shatta Wale and Medikal are bad influences on the youth”.
After the story was published, comments from their fanatics were very unpalatable towards the actress.
In addressing the issue, Adowa Smart told James Clarke on Onua FM’s Anigye Mmere that she never made that statement. She continued by saying she only advised her colleagues and young people to stay out of trouble.
“I went for an interview. Shatta Wale’s issue wasn’t a matter of discussion, it was a side issue. I never said Shatta is a bad influence or anything that suggest that. Medikal’s name wasn’t mentioned. The question the presenter posed was how I’ve been able to stay out of trouble all this while? And I answered accordingly.”
The actress stressed the need for fellow celebrities and the general populace to avoid trouble because the law/state taking away your freedom or going to prison is not a joke.
51-year-old Adwoa Smart is a veteran Actress who came into prominence as a cast in the long-running Akan Drama Series ‘Obra’, which was very popular in the ’80s and ’90s.


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Soviet Spies - Continued
SOVIET SPY - Philby and the Cambridge Spy Ring
The dark, windowless room in KGB Headquarters held nothing more than a chair,
rows and rows of file cabinets, and a long table. If the room had had a window,
in the near distance the walls of the Kremlin could have been seen, ablaze with lights.
The newly appointed officer sat at the table while a filing clerk piled file upon file upon it.
As he went through the dossiers, the KGB official was astonished. Here was the history of four
agents who had penetrated the highest reaches of the British intelligence establishment.
Everything that Churchill or Roosevelt or Truman had thought had been reported to the Soviets
as soon as the three great statesmen had uttered these thoughts. The files were clearly marked:
Transmission to Control, to Beria, to Stalin. No bureaucracy was to impede the flow of
information from these spies. They were too important, their information too reliable. The KGB
man smiled. KGB men rarely smiled.
The quote above just shows how important the three men we are about to tell you about really were. The so-called Cambridge Spy Ring,
penetrated the highest secret information in the West and provided the Soviet Union
with the vital information. The four were not characters in a spy novel - they were real.
The spies were Burgess, Blunt, Maclean, and Philby.
There have been no more successful, more dramatically impressive spies than a group of Englishmen
who all met at Trinity College, Cambridge University in the 1930s. To one degree or another,
they were active for the Soviet Union for over thirty years. They were the most efficient
espionage agents against American and British interests of any collection of spies in the
Twentieth Century. One of them, Kim Philby, served the KGB for almost fifty years.
All four were eventually exposed but --- amazingly --- never caught. One, Burgess,
was a flamboyant, alcoholic homosexual. The second, Blunt, was a discrete homosexual
who rose to knighthood as the Royal Curator of Art. The third, Maclean, was a tense,
insecure diplomat of ambiguous sexual persuasion. The fourth, Philby --- and perhaps
the most intriguing of the group --- was a dedicated heterosexual who has been called,
not inaccurately, the Spy of the Century.
We will focus on the third man of the so-called Cambridge
spy ring Kim Philby -- a devoted British communist and
one of the most damaging moles in the
history of Western intelligence. Schooled at
Cambridge University, where he came in
contact with fellow Soviet spies Guy
Burgess, Donald Maclean and Anthony
Blunt, Philby entered the British Secret
Intelligence Service (MI-6), rising to highly
Harold Adrian Russell Philby was a British Secret Intelligence Service officer between 1939
and 1951. For two years, 1949 to 1951, he was SIS liaison officer with the CIA and the FBI
in Washington and thus at the heart of the Western intelligence war against the Soviet Union.
But all the while Philby was really working for Moscow and thus every Western intelligence
operation was doomed before it began.
The Cambridge spies were deceiving their colleagues, their service, their families and their country in the sincere belief that they were serving a greater cause through an elite intelligence service, the KGB,
which fathered them, mothered them, and appeared to trust them totally.
But, in turn, they were being deceived by the KGB because it really believed that
they were playing a treble game and were all traitors to the Communist cause.
DID YOU KNOW?
In fact, Philby is thought responsible for the deaths of
many Western agents he betrayed to the
Philby's association with fellow double-agents
Burgess and Maclean -- whom he helped
escape to the Soviet Union -- eventually led
to his downfall. Under suspicion, he was
relieved of his intelligence duties in 1951 and
dismissed from MI-6 in 1955. In 1963 he fled
to the Soviet Union, where he joined the
KGB. When he died in 1988, he was buried
with full honors in a Moscow cemetery.
With the exception of a single payment to Philby when he was financially distressed
after resigning from MI6, and travel funds for Mrs. Maclean and Mrs. Philby to assist
in their joining their husbands in Russia, the Cambridge Four were never paid for their services.
The assumption is that they were idealists, rather than spies in for it for personal gain.
The Russians, of course, still consider the Cambridge Spies, and Philby in particular,
as ideological heroes who advanced the aims of Soviet Russia in an unsettled world
that was allied against the goals of Marxism.
The British position, however, is one that moves from annoyance that Philby caused their
intelligence community such distress, to that of indifference.
Today, of course, it is well known that Harold Adrian Russell Philby was a Soviet agent within MI-6, a traitor to his own country and a man who betrayed many of the most important secrets of the Western democracies to the Soviet Union. Now Kim Philby is a legend --- a demon or an antihero, depending on one's philosophical bent. Philby himself, or a thinly disguised fictional counterpart, stalks through many modern spy novels.
--- Robert J. Lamphere, FBI Special Agent, 1986
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SKILLS AND DIGITAL PRESERVATION PRACTICES BY LIBRARY PERSONNEL IN SOME SELECTED UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA
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As part of the resources in university libraries are digital information resources, these libraries therefore need to undertake digital preservation practices to protect the lifespan of their digital resources. Personnel in these libraries need to possess ICT skill to effectively involve in the digital preservation practices. The study investigates ICT skill and digital preservation practices among library personnel in nine university libraries in South-west, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey design, the study population comprised 262 library personnel from nine university libraries in South-west, Nigeria. All personnel in the nine university libraries were sampled, while the questionnaire was the data collection instrument. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics, using standard deviation and correlation analysis. Majority of the respondents were male (46.9. ICT skills possessed by library personnel were: computing skills (3.56), word processing skills. Others were printing skills (3.52) and database creation and updating skill (3.30). The finding revealed a weak significant positive relationship between computing skills and digital preservation practices (n = 237; r = 0.288, p < 0.05). The findings revealed a weak significant positive relationship between computing managing skills and digital preservation practices (n = 237; r = 0.364, p < 0.05). There was a weak significant positive relationship between Internet Navigation skills and digital preservation practices (n = 237, r = 0.255, p < 0.05). Majority of the respondents (3.29) revealed that the library engages in general cleaning and dusting at regular intervals. Furthermore, majority of the respondents (2.95), indicated that the library has an integrated pest management system. Digital preservation practices is an essential activity to ensure the prolonged use of information resources in university libraries in South-west, Nigeria, as such adequate ICT skills must be possessed by library personnel. It was therefore recommended that management of libraries should review policies to accommodate and support effective digital preservation practices of information resources.
The study explains the situation of digital preservation and conservation practices in university libraries in Nigeria as it relates to the Information and communication technology skills required of library personnel.


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To increase level of attention from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and help with the implementation of the Sunscreen Innovation Act (SIA), the Public Access to Sun Screens (PASS) Coalition is implemeting efforts with a petition. The goal is to reach 100,000 signatures by June 21, 2015.
Currently, the PASS Coalition is petitioning the U.S. president to act immediately to fight skin cancer. The PASS Coalition believes everyone must work together to put an end to unnecessary new cases of skin cancer by making sure Americans have access to the latest sunscreens.
The PASS Coalition was formed in the United States in 2013 as a multi-stakeholder coalition of public health organizations, dermatologists, sunscreen ingredient and finished goods manufacturers, and concerned citizens.
The coalition successfully collaborated with the FDA, Congress and the White House to establish a timely and transparent framework for approving the next generation of UV active filters for over-the-counter (OTC) sunscreens. On Nov. 27, 2014 the U.S. president signed the bipartisan SIA, which passed unanimously in both the House and the Senate. This Act requires the FDA to quickly respond to pending Time and Extent Applications (TEAs) for sunscreens. The Hill newspaper named SIA as one of the top lobbying victories of 2014.
Despite the SIA being signed more than six months ago, none of the pending TEAs actives have been approved.


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The act of reading ... begins on a flat surface, counter or page, and then gets stirred and chopped and blended until what we make, in the end, is a dish, or story, all our own.
— Adam Gopnik
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No one can resist the charm of such a mystery.
But after this book, I turned to Willa Cather, an author I've never read before. (Not quite right. I've never read any of her novels or stories. I did read a book of essays, Not Under Forty, several years ago.) I was prompted to read Death Comes for the Archbishop because Karen of Cornflower Books, one of the reading blogs I've started following, is hosting a group reading starting next Saturday. So I'll wait to comment on the book, but it was wonderful. Completely different in subject matter from something I would have picked up on my own, and still I found myself wanting to spend as much time as possible with this book.
On the other hand, Wish Her Safe at Home was overdue at the library, and although I think 15 cents a day is a small price to pay for finishing a good book, I just couldn't get into this one. I think I'm just in the mood now for contemporary (or quirky) fiction. I might try it again, though.
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The launch of the ambitious “Saving Devon’s Treescapes” project has been marked by the planting of its first trees.
Backed by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Devon County Council and others, the initiative forms part of Devon’s efforts to address the huge loss of trees as a result of ash dieback. More than 90% of Devon’s native ash trees are expected to be lost due to ash dieback in the next five to 15 years.
Saving Devon’s Treescapes aims to support local communities to plant and nurture 250,000 trees across the county over the next five years – with a particular focus on trees outside of woodlands.
Devon Wildlife Trust is leading on the project on behalf of the Devon Ash Dieback Resilience Forum. Through community engagement, the initiative will enable people to care for and celebrate the county’s treescapes, supporting local action for wildlife and climate change.
The initial planting was carried out at the County Show Ground at Westpoint on land that will become a new orchard, and also marks the start of the tree planting season. Plans are already in place to plant many thousands more trees and shrubs at sites across Devon over the winter months.


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Stroke is a form of cerebrovascular disease, meaning it affects the vessels that supply blood to the brain
Stroke is a form of cerebrovascular disease, meaning it affects the vessels that supply blood to the brain. Stroke was first called “apoplexy,” a Greek word that means “to strike down.” Symptoms may appear slowly or suddenly, but the underlying conditions that lead to the disease are usually present for years before a stroke happens.
The American Heart Association estimates that about 795,000 Americans have a new or recurrent stroke each year. In people who survive a stroke, there may be paralysis, emotional problems, or trouble with speech, memory, or judgment. How bad the injury or impairment is depends on what artery was blocked and for how long.
Most strokes happen in people 65 years and older. Although many strokes happen without warning, there are physical symptoms that may signal you are having a stroke. Learn to recognize the signs.
What is a stroke?
A stroke is an injury to the brain that may also severely affect the body. A stroke happens when blood supply to part of the brain is cut off or when there is bleeding into or around the brain.
Your brain is a large, soft mass of tissue made up of billions of nerve cells. It is your body’s main control center and helps you to see, hear, taste, smell, talk, and walk. It is also the control center for thought, emotion, memory, judgment, and awareness.
The brain’s nerve cells need a constant supply of oxygen and sugar (glucose), which are carried by the blood. When blood fails to get through to parts of the brain, the oxygen supply to those areas is cut off. This is called ischemia. Without oxygen, brain cells die. The longer the brain is without blood, the more severe the damage will be. The area of tissue death that results from ischemia is known as an infarction.
Blood flow to the brain can be blocked in two ways:
- A clump of blood called a blood clot blocks an artery in the brain or neck.
- A weakened artery bursts in the brain.
Your brain cells control movement, so part of your body may become paralyzed after a stroke. If the right side of your brain is affected, the left side of your body may become paralyzed. If the left side of your brain is affected, the right side of your body may become paralyzed.
The effects of a stroke may be mild or severe, short-term or permanent. Some people have this cerebrovascular disease and recover completely within a few days, while others may never recover. The severity depends on
- What part of your brain is affected
- How much brain cell damage there is
- How quickly your body can restore blood to the injured parts of your brain
- How quickly the healthy parts of your brain can take over for the injured area
What are the causes?
A blood clot or a blocked artery leading to the brain causes about 87% of all strokes. This type of cerebrovascular disease is called an ischemic stroke. There are 2 kinds of ischemic stroke: cerebral thrombosis and cerebral embolism.
The other 13% of strokes are caused by ruptured or leaky blood vessels in or around the brain. This type of injury is called a hemorrhagic stroke. There are 2 kinds of hemorrhagic strokes: cerebral and subarachnoid. Hemorrhagic strokes cause more deaths than ischemic strokes, but those who survive a hemorrhagic stroke recover more fully and have fewer long-lasting disabilities.
How is the disease diagnosed?
Tests that show images of the brain (CT scan, MRI), measure the brain’s electrical activity (EEG), and show blood flow to the brain (carotid duplex scan) are used to find out the type and severity of cerebrovascular disease.
What are the treatments for stroke?
Advanced treatments and rehabilitation are helping many stroke patients return to their homes and families. Stroke treatments include anti-clotting drugs, hospital care, rehabilitation, and, rarely, surgery.
The best therapy for stroke is prevention. By knowing the warning symptoms and controlling risk factors such as cigarette or tobacco smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease, you can reduce your risk.
How can you lower your risk of stroke?
You can do a lot to lower your risk of this injury. Here are the top ten steps recommended by the National Stroke Association:
- Know your blood pressure and have it checked at least every year. If it is high, work with your doctor to lower it.
- Find out if you have a type of heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation.
- If you smoke, stop.
- If you drink alcohol, do so in moderation.
- Find out if you have high cholesterol then work with your doctor to get it under control.
- If you have diabetes, follow your doctor’s advice carefully to control it.
- Include exercise in the activities you enjoy every day.
- Enjoy a low-sodium (salt), low-fat diet.
- Ask your doctor if you have circulation problems that may increase your risk.
- If you have any stroke symptoms or observe them in others, call 9-1-1 right away.
- Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death in the United States, killing more than 129,000 people a year.
- Someone in the U.S. has a stroke about once every 40 seconds.
- Stroke is the leading preventable cause of disability.
- African-Americans have nearly twice the risk for a first-ever stroke than white people, and a much higher death rate from the disease.


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I posted a review on the First Things website of Michael Voris’ “FBI: Homosexuality,” and it’s raised a few hackles in the com-box. My basic thesis is the Voris’ production is not really an effort in evangelism or apologetics, so much as it is an expression of grief over the loss of America’s Christian identity. I point out that grief is a process which ends in acceptance, and that you can’t really move on and start building a new life—or a new evangelization—at any of the earlier stages of grieving.
So long as Catholics are still deeply upset, angry, and horrified at the widespread social acceptance of homosexuality, and remain in denial about the fact that gay marriage is going to be a political reality in the very near future (as it already is in my home country), there’s no way of effectively preaching the gospel to homosexuals.
It’s just not reasonable to imagine that a gay audience will be able to relate in any way to a production in which the advance of LGBTQ rights is seen as an attack on the foundations of civilization, or where pictures of same-sex couples in uniform embracing on the pier are supposed to produce a reaction of shock horror. It seems an obvious point, but practicing gays find the idea of gay sex appealing, not appalling. The fact that Voris, and many conservative Catholics, seem to consistently miss this in their attempts to “evangelize” the homosexual community suggests that we’re dealing with a serious psychological blind-spot.
I’m suggesting that this blind-spot is the result of Catholics being unable to see past their own pain in order to really reach the heart of LGBTQ folks. Voris promises to grapple with the suffering that same-sex attracted people face, but the truth is that what he deals with is the suffering that he faces as a result of other people’s homosexuality. He projects his own pain onto LGBTQ folks, and assumes that the same things which would bring him relief would also bring relief to homosexuals. Alas, if only it were that simple.


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TCI, Provo lovers. Check out the latest issue of Where When How to read about What to eat, Where to eat it, and Why, by yours truly. Flip to page 118. or type 118 in the box on top. Also check out the wonderful story by my friend Mackenzie Tewksbury about the Taste of TCI tour on page 62. A very cool way of spending three hours on the island.
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As the NBA celebrates 75 years of drives to the basket, shots from the outside and buzzer beating victories, Michelob ULTRA wants to toast the past, present and future of basketball greatness. Even as the “Boomshakalaka” takes over the loud speaker, that feeling of joy for the sport that people love is the sentiment that lingers long after the clock ticks to zero. During the NBA All-Star 2022 celebration, the official beer partner of the NBA is ready to toast all the greatness on and off the court.
To add a little extra to the NBA All-Star 2022 events, Michelob Ultra is taking a virtual and in person approach to this year’s celebration. In addition to hyping the festivities in Cleveland, the beer brand has brought a taste of the 90s iconic video game, NBA JAM, to the event. From those who can recall 1993 to others who are discovering the 90s vibe for the first time, the idea is to bring delight to all.
While three-time NBA champion and seven-time All-Star James Worthy said, “There is something special about NBA JAM and the power it had to bring real joy to so many people over the years.” That sentiment is just part of the connection. As Ricardo Marques, Vice President of Marketing, Michelob ULTRA, said, “No video game displayed the joy of basketball quite like NBA JAM, from its iconic catchphrases to 2-on-2 gameplay or flaming balls; as a brand that champions the joy of the NBA, it made perfect sense for us to team up with this iconic franchise during NBA All-Star that celebrates the history of the NBA.”
This activation encourages everyone to “Enjoy it Like It’s 1993.” The limited edition, branded cans that capture the visuals from the classic NBA JAM game. From the bold colors to the graphics, it is a step back in time yet perfectly on trend for the occasion. The special cans will be available at some Cleveland bars as well as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Also, the beer brand is giving fans the opportunity to transform themselves into that NBA JAM avatar, purchase a variety of merchandise and various other promotions that have everyone heating up the experience.
The NBA All Star Weekend runs February 18 through February 20. Michelob Ultra is a NBA official beer partner.


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The dollar fell against other major currencies Wednesday in Asia as investors trimmed bets on the greenback ahead of a closely watched speech by the Federal Reserve chairman and the release of Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes scheduled later in the global day.
In recent weeks, investors have bet on the dollar's ascent as they speculated that the U.S. will be the first major economy to exit from easing measures pumping cash into the banking sector.
While investors are primed to take trading cues from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech and the June FOMC minutes, some are already trimming their positions ahead of the two events, Tokyo dealers said.
"The dollar will likely rise steadily in the long run," said Shuichi Kanehira, head of FX spot trading at Mizuho Bank."But there will be many adjustments along the way."
Also helping strengthen the Japanese yen against the greenback was a surprise fall in Chinese exports and imports data that dented risk-taking sentiment, fueling demand for the safe haven Japanese currency.
China posted a surprise drop in exports in June amid slack global demand, revealing further weakness in one of the main drivers of growth for the world's second-largest economy. Exports fell 3.1% in June from a year earlier, compared with a 3.3% expansion expected. Imports also fell 0.7% from a year earlier, missing a 5.5% increase forecasted.
"Caution is growing over...whether China's gross domestic product data to be released Monday will be in line with the nation's target rate of 7.5% or whether we'll see shocking figures," said Masaru Ishibashi, head of the FX trading group at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
The dollar was at ¥100.50 as of 0530 GMT from ¥101.15 late Tuesday in New York, according to EBS. The euro was at ¥128.47 from ¥129.34. The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index, which tracks the dollar against a basket of currencies, was at 76.079 from 76.288.
Despite the weakening of the dollar, the greenback's falls were limited against the euro after Standard & Poor's downgraded Italy's rating by one notch on Tuesday, citing the country's worsening economic prospects. The euro was at $1.2787 from $1.2781.
The dollar was at 0.9720 Swiss francs from 0.9729 francs. The U.K. pound was at $1.4896 from $1.4860.

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"Paint it Black" by the Rolling Stones was No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart 50 years ago today.
In the mid-60s, bands like the Stones and the Beatles were looking to expand their musical horizons with new instruments.
For this song Brian Jones learned to play the sitar, an instrument with about 20 strings that is heard primarily in Indian classical music. This is the first song featuring a sitar to top the U.S. pop chart.
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