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Great Wall has introduced a new crossover Wey Latte, a prototype of which was shown last spring, and now the car is ready for release, in connection with which the manufacturer has disclosed the details.
The Wey Latte crossover has dimensions of 4668 x 1890 x 1730 mm with a wheelbase of 2745 mm, it is built on a modular platform LEMON The car turned out to be very modern, it received a futuristic interior design and four displays at once: a digital dashboard, a large screen of a multimedia and entertainment system, a block climate control and another display hidden in the rearview mirror. In addition, all relevant information can be projected onto the windshield in front of the driver. The car is equipped with comfortable seats, a panoramic roof with a sunroof, cruise control, modern driver assistance systems.
The Wey Latte crossover will be available in a single hybrid version that includes a 1.5-liter petrol engine with 156 hp. and an electric motor. The total output of the power plant is 238 hp. The rechargeable battery with a capacity of 1.7 kW • h is located under the rear sofa.
Sales start this fall at a price of $ 20,000.


Manitowoc County Circuit Court judge candidates talk drug court, community safety
MANITOWOC – While there were some disagreements, all five candidates for Manitowoc County Circuit Court judge recognized the value of the new drug court program and talked about the need for leadership in the county's judicial branch.
"That is really the biggest problem right now in our community is how to handle these individuals who have committed crimes who have serious drug addictions who need help," candidate Eric Pangburn said at Thursday's Candidate Forum.
"What we have been doing is not working," he added. "The amount of people who have been incarcerated in this country is substantial. We need new and innovative approaches, such as the drug court."
Pangburn was joined by John Bilka, Ralph Sczygelski, Jerilyn Dietz and Patricia Koppa during the Candidate Forum Thursday, hosted by the League of Women Voters of Manitowoc County. Audience members were asked to submit questions for the candidates, and each took a turn answering.
Many of the submitted questions asked about the new drug court that started in Manitowoc County in August 2017 with the goal to reduce charges related to drug-seeking behaviors, such as "operating while revoked" and "bail jumping."
"By educating the populace about such things, we actually do improve community safety …," Patricia Koppa said. "What we've talked about tonight with the diversion programs, we've educated a whole room of people that these exist."
The candidates also answered questions about community safety, incarcerating people for not paying fines, victims' rights and prison populations.
Bilka said he was surprised and pleased the Council Chambers at Manitowoc City Hall was filled with so many people.
"I think it is very important that the community gets involved with these things and that the community knows who their judges are and votes in these things and participate because judges have so much impact on so many people's lives," he said. "They have a direct impact on thousands of people."
He also said if elected he would focus on making sentences fit the crimes and work to reduce recidivism.
According to Dietz, a county judge should also be a community leader.
"I think leading by example is important," Dietz said. "I believe a judge needs to be a community leader as well as a courtroom leader. I think that the courthouse needs to be a place that leads the community and sets the standards in how the community wants the world to look and how the community wants the crimes to be addressed."
Sczygelski said he felt technology was the biggest factor for change in the courtroom. The popularity of cell phones and the ease of taking photos and video with those cell phones have made it easier to see what actually happened in a lot of cases.
"The real highwater of the tide that has come in with regards to safety is this — the cell phone," he said. "You pull it out, you record the person acting violently … that is changing how the world is working right now."
He said one thing judges can do to help people is to make sure their courtrooms are outfitted with the technology required to see the evidence from a cell phone or other recording devices.
Thursday's forum was recorded by the League of Women Voters of Manitowoc County, which will publish the video on its website, www.lwvmanitowoc.org.
The five candidates for Manitowoc County Circuit Court judge will be on the ballot for the primary election Feb. 20. The two with the most votes will go on to the spring general election April 3.
Voters must be registered to vote and present a photo ID. People can register in person at the City Clerk's office or online at www.myvote.wi.gov. To register to vote, people will need to provide proof of their residence.
Meet the candidates
- Practices family and criminal law at Bilka Law Office
- Has been a lawyer in Manitowoc County since 2010
- Guardian ad litem for Manitowoc County Circuit Court
- Volunteers with Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Website: www.johnbilkalaw.com
- Practices family law at Mozinski & Cashman
- Guardian ad litem for Manitowoc County Circuit Court
- Formerly a prosecutor of criminal cases for the State of Wisconsin
- Awarded by the Department of Justice for victim advocacy in 2010
- President for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Manitowoc County Board of Directors
- Legal consultant for the Prison Rape Elimination Act and law enforcement training speaker through the Department of Justice
- Website: www.dietzforjudge.com
- Register in Probate and Circuit Court Commissioner for Manitowoc County Circuit Court
- Member of Manitowoc County Juvenile Justice Committee, Manitowoc County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and the CCAP Steering Committee for the Supreme Court of Wisconsin
- Awarded Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017
- Volunteers with Girl Scouts, EAA, Thunder on the Lakeshore, St. Francis of Assisi Parish and Roncalli High School
- Website: www.koppaforcircuitcourt.org
- Municipal judge for Two Rivers and Mishicot since 2014
- Family law instructor for Lakeshore Technical College paralegal program
- Selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star 2013-2017
- Participates in Boy Scouts, Two Rivers Kiwanis and the Manitowoc Masonic Lodge
- Website: www.pangburnforjudge.com
- Practices law through Sczygelski & Pangburn Law Firm, LLC
- Private attorney for the cities of Manitowoc and Kiel
- Outside counsel for Manitowoc and Calumet counties
- Former president of the Manitowoc County Bar Association
- Website: www.ralphforjudge.com


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Georgetown, September 7, 2020. Cuban Ambassador, His Excellency Narciso Reinaldo Amador Socorro, congratulates Foreign Minister Hugh Todd on his recent appointment
During a courtesy call today, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, His Excellency Narciso Reinaldo Amador Socorro, congratulated Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Honourable Hugh Todd on his recent appointment.
Georgetown, August 26, 2020. The Minister of Home Affairs of Guyana, Hon. Robeson Ben received the Ambassador of Cuba in a courtesy call which took place in a friendly and fraternal atmosphere, both parties expressed their willingness to collaborate on migration matters through mechanisms that guarantee an orderly, regular and safe migration as well as to continue strengthening the historical ties of friendship that have prevailed between Guyana and Cuba.
Georgetown, August 21, 2020. This morning, the Cuban Ambassador paid a courtesy call to the new Minister of Education of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Honorable Priya Manickchand. The head of the Cuban diplomatic mission congratulated the Minister on her recent appointment to the post and wished her success in her new work.
Georgetown. August 20, 2020. The Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, the Honorable Nigel Dharamlal, and the Minister within that Ministry, Honorable Anand Persaud received the Ambassador of Cuba, Narciso Reinaldo Amador Socorro, who congratulated both senior Guyanese officials for their recent appointments.
Georgetown, August 19, 2020. The Ambassador of Cuba, Narciso Reinaldo Amador Socorro, paid a courtesy call to the Prime Minister of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, retired Brigadier Hon. Mark Anthony Phillips. The Cuban diplomat congratulated the Prime Minister on his recent appointment to that position and wished him success in the achievement of his high responsibility.

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Hayden Panettiere has debuted an intricate neck tattoo after making a surprising return to social media.
The Nashville star, 30, shared a photo of her body ink that displayed the eye of raya on the back of her neck.
"Newish ink #TheEyeOfRa ," Panettiere captioned the black-and-white snap on June 8 (US Time).
The Eye of Ra symbolises resisting bad energy and restoring harmony according to ancient mythology.
The actress' social media activity and new tattoo comes after a difficult year with her boyfriend Brian Hickerson. In February this year, Hickerson was arrested for domestic violence after allegedly assaulting her.
Since joining Instagram over the weekend, Panettiere also shared a video of her ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko delivering an impassioned speech on the systemic racism and the Black Lives Matter protests unfolding in the US.
"The old saying, you can't judge a book by its cover, couldn't be more appropriate than right now," 44-year-old Hickerson said. "We have many types of books of the shelf, some are good, some are better, and many are just beautiful. You wouldn't even know just by looking at it. However, once you learn more by giving it a chance, once you open the book, or open your mind, love can conquer anything."
Panettiere shares five-year-old daughter Kaya with Klitschko. Kaya lives with her father in the Ukraine. She split from the former boxer in 2011, but briefly reunited with him in 2013 and they got engaged. By 2018, the couple had officially parted ways and she moved on with Hickerson.
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This Week In Tesla News: Self-Driving And Reliability In Focus
This past week Tesla Motors TSLA -1.30% had to contend with some thorny issues including a critical survey from Consumer Reports and doubts about its vaunted Autopilot self-driving tech.
Reliability dings: The week started with a negative “predicted reliability” survey from Consumer Reports that claimed a “worse-than-average overall problem rate” for the Model S. Problem areas included the drivetrain, power equipment, charging equipment, center console, and body and sunroof issues (squeaks, rattles, and leaks for the latter two).
Musk Responds: CEO Elon Musk quickly responded claiming that the survey “includes a lot of early production cars” and that the issues are “already addressed in new cars.” He also rightly pointed out that Consumer Reports cited (in the same survey’s press release) high owner satisfaction, with 97 percent of owners expecting their next car to be a Tesla.
Mitigating factors: Also noted in the Consumer Reports press release is Tesla’s attention to customer service. ”Almost every survey respondent made note of Tesla’s rapid response and repair time,” the press release said, adding “for its early adopters, Tesla has made a practice of overdelivering on service problems under the factory warranty.” Finally, Consumer Reports noted that Tesla has been adding complex new technologies to its cars this year and that “it’s not surprising” to see problems when this happens...


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This was a fun agate to cut and had an area that was cutting into the nice agate. So instead of just grinding it all away, I cut a notch to give these legs on my take of a Star trek emblem shape. Though it’s more polished arrowhead shape. It is a really nice example of gem Montana Agate. A large cabochon polished on both sides with great contrast and pattern.
Visit my Sold cabochon Gallery to see past opals I have cut. You will find other examples of materials, shapes, sizes, colors, and in general see my work there. Some stones date back over 15 years in there. I don’t show everything I cut, just the ones I really liked over the years. Please let me know if you have any questions about those materials.
Its also important to visit your local rockclub if you have one near by. Its a great place to start if you are new to gems and minerals. Thank you.

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French model 1914 Hotchkiss machine gun, 8 mm caliber, made in 1918, having a very rare early flash hider, excellent condition with light patina, matching serial numbers, on an omnibus mount with anti-aircraft extension and vertical fire bracket, $9775.
British MkII Bren gun, .303 British caliber, made by Inglis in 1944, excellent condition, bipod and matching barrel, $51,750.
U.S. model M60 machine gun, 7.62 mm NATO caliber, made by New England Group, Maremont Corp., likely new and possibly unfired, all-original with original tripod, $51,750.
Czechoslovakian ZB30J light machine gun made by CZ, Brno, 7.92 x 57 mm (8 mm) caliber, the forerunner of the British Bren gun, very good to excellent condition, $40,250.
German World War II MG 42 light machine gun, 8 mm caliber, 1943, an early example having a side cocking handle, aluminum grips, original winter trigger, anti-aircraft sight, and empty shell bag, also unusual non-standard postwar black paint covering what appears to be a Parkerized finish, $52,900.
The Mauser Schnellfeuer pistol, 7.63 mm caliber, 5" barrel, was an export to China. With 98% arsenal refinish, a good bore, and having a blued finish, grooved walnut grips, 20-round magazine, and an original Mauser banner stock, with selector switch and Chinese markings on the left side of the frame, this pistol sold for $14,950.
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan’s Auctions
In the prelude of The Remains of Company D: A Story of the Great War (2009), author James Carl Nelson conceptualized what his grandfather, Private First Class John Nelson, faced after climbing out of an Allied trench in France, going over the top and moving toward enemy fire. James Carl Nelson wrote:
“And he runs now, left foot right foot, through the dangling yellow golden stalks, chasing his own shadow, longer now in the late afternoon’s glow, and he can make out the long dark tip of his bayonet hovering over his left shoulder as he chases it east…and running now double-timing and from the corner of his right eye he can just make out the dark form of one of the boys and then suddenly he’s just gone…and in the dazzling light something shiny and glimmering and glinting over there on the left and oh, Jesus Christ, the machine guns….”
John Nelson’s war was cut short when he was felled in a wheat field just beyond the Paris-Soissons Road on July 19, 1918, machine gun bullets like a scythe dropping him to the earth and nearly killing him.
There’s no way to sugarcoat a machine gun. It’s a killing machine, pure and simple. As such, it’s not your everyday collectible.
For a specialized group of collectors, machine guns have a certain appeal, generally as historical military objects. One of those collectors was Richard Wray of Cincinnati, who died last year at the age of 82. A veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division, Wray researched and bought machine guns for more than half a century, at one point owning nearly 400 weapons dating from the early 1900’s to the 1970’s. Examples from World War I and World War II were his primary interest. He likely owned the type of machine gun that nearly killed John Nelson in a French wheat field.
Cowan’s Auctions of Cincinnati sold the remains of Wray’s collection in a 191-lot sale on April 30. About 80 pieces were machine guns—Class III weapons that receive heightened government scrutiny of their ownership. Wray’s holdings had been whittled down during his later years, but what remained were many of his prized pieces.
As an auction, this was something different. Although Cowan’s has conducted sales of historic firearms and militaria for years, those events weren’t of this caliber. One Web site (www.TheTruthAboutGuns.com) described the material as “The Best Machine Gun Porn in the History of the World Ever.”
Just walking into the lobby of the auction house showed that this sale was something unusual, as there were a number of anti-aircraft machine guns among the items featured in the entry space. In the salesroom the enormousness of Wray’s collection became apparent. There were machine guns standing on tripods near the auctioneer’s podium and automatic weapons lining long rows of tables on two sides of the room.
The standing-room-only crowd consisted almost exclusively of men, many with gray and/or thinning hair that bespoke their age, and most of sound economic means. Those on the floor faced strong competition from absentee, phone, and Internet bidders from across the nation and around the world.
Wes Cowan, president of the auction company, started the sale with a warning, not that it was needed for this particular crowd. “If you buy one, please recognize you’re not going to walk out of here with a machine gun today,” he said, noting that the paperwork to transfer ownership can take months to finalize.
The auction easily exceeded expectations, grossing just over $2 million. Only a couple of lots were passed.
In large part, the outcome was the result of the basic economics of supply and demand. Class III weapons must be licensed in order to be lawfully sold. It’s a relatively small pool of material that, because of federal law, hasn’t grown since 1968. In some cases, only one or two examples of a particular weapon legally exist in private hands.
Beyond the scarcity of many of the lots, however, the sale had something else going for it. “The great thing about the Wray collection is not only were they machine guns, but they were complete with sights and tripods and all that,” said Jack Lewis, director of historic firearms and militaria at Cowan’s.
Classic weapons generated the strongest bidding. The top lot of the day was a German World War II MG 42 light machine gun made in 1943 that sold for $52,900 (includes buyer’s premium), while a British MkII Bren gun made by Inglis in 1944 realized $51,750.
A German World War II MP 40 submachine gun made in 1942, having Nazi markings, the Bakelite side panels in an unusual brown color, sold for $43,700. “The MP 40, that’s got to be a record,” said Lewis. “That’s normally a ten- to fifteen-thousand-dollar gun. This had something special. The Bakelite stock was brown and looked like simulated wood. Normally it’s black.”
There were guns often associated with gangsters, such as the Colt Thompson 1921A submachine gun, recognizable by its drum barrel, that sold for $42,550, and an Auto-Ordnance M1A1 Thompson submachine gun, marked “U.S. Property,” with a 30-round stick magazine, that sold at $31,050.
Men such as Lewis, a veteran of the Vietnam War, felt a special connection with some of the lots, including a Colt M16 in like-new condition and probably never fired, which sold for $31,725, and a M60 machine gun, with its original tripod, also likely new and possibly unfired, at $51,750.
Lewis recalled carrying an M60 through the jungles of Southeast Asia during the war. The M16 was the American soldier’s standard issue. “I had to use one of those as a pillow for a year, so God bless it,” he said.
Despite strong bidding throughout the sale, there were times when there was apparently still money left in a gun. Lewis said a German Parabellum LMG14/17 was one such case. Designed for use on a World War I airplane or zeppelin, the piece sold for $40,250, the low end of its estimate. “The German Parabellum, I don’t think it brought its full potential,” he said. “It’s not the most desirable gun, but everyone told me it was [only] the second one they have ever seen.”
Other guns sold better than expected, including a Czechoslovakian ZB30J light machine gun made by CZ. The forerunner to the British Bren gun, it topped at $40,250, well above its $20,000/30,000 estimate. Lewis described it as a “real surprise.”
Speaking after the auction Cowan said the public shouldn’t be leery of the guns being in private hands. “These are not weapons that people need to be afraid of being out on the street. These are purchased by guys who treasure them as historical pieces. They may shoot them, but they shoot them at special ranges,” he said.
“You have to be a wealthy guy to own these things, and they are highly regulated by the federal government. That’s why the prices are what they are. It’s not like going out and buying a handgun.”
Cowan said the military aspect makes them special. “These are weapons that will be no less important to think about as weapons of war than a Civil War carbine or a Springfield musket. When we look back on these historically, they are part of the way that armies of the world wage war. One can debate whether they ever belong in private hands, whether they belong in a war museum, but they are part of our world history and the history of warfare.”
For more information, phone Cowan’s at (513) 871-1670 or visit (www.cowanauctions.com).
Originally published in the August 2013 issue of Maine Antique Digest. © 2013 Maine Antique Digest


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Dose reduction in computed tomography by individualized scan protocols
2004 (English)In: Acta Radiologica, ISSN 0284-1851, Vol. 45, no 3, 301-307 p.Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Purpose: To find a method of adjusting the mAs-value in relation to the size of the patient undergoing computed tomography (CT) examination as a means of minimizing the radiation dose to the patient. Material and Methods: A correction factor to be applied on the tube charge for each patient was calculated using two mathematical methods. This approach was tested on 4 Perspex phantoms of different sizes and geometries. Noise was measured in the images with and without use of the correction factors. Retrospectively, correction factors were calculated for 12 CT examinations of the abdomen and the dose reduction was estimated for these patient studies. Results: The variations in noise measured in the images of the different phantoms were dramatically reduced by both methods. The retrospectively performed patient study showed that the largest correction factor was 7 times greater than the smallest, which means that a dose reduction factor of 7 is possible in the extreme case. Conclusion: Our proposed methods of adjusting the applied tube charge (mAs-value) in relation to the size of the patient can be used on the vast majority of CT systems. The potential for dose reduction is great, especially for small patients.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2004. Vol. 45, no 3, 301-307 p.
computed tomography, dose reduction, noise
Medical and Health Sciences
IdentifiersURN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-46229DOI: 10.1080/02841850410004814OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-46229DiVA: diva2:267125

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One ongoing crisis involves the federal government. Another crisis involves a private company in B.C.
Both entities have something in common: They lengthened media scrutiny of their respective stories by either refusing to answer even basic questions or ghosting the media entirely.
Let’s start with the Trudeau government and the nightly cost of $7,000 for a single hotel room someone occupied to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. (The media initially reported the cost to be $6,000 a night, but with the exchange rate at the time, the number is now confirmed to be higher).
Other five-star hotels were available at lower rates.
Dogged by media questions since last year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Ministry of Global Affairs refuse to reveal who stayed in the room and instructed staff to do the same.
Trudeau is obviously the guest who enjoyed the room – complete with private butler service – so “no comment” is laughable. But until the government shares what taxpayers have a right to know, media scrutiny will continue.
Meanwhile in B.C., a real-estate development company filed for creditor protection and made front-page headlines that have persisted for more than a week. The story matters because the company’s court action is something that concerns developers. Is the court action the impact of current interest rates and should the industry worry? It also matters because hundreds of the company’s customers are left in the dark about their purchases.
To alleviate fear, the story begs for clarity. But the company opted to ghost the media, so the news cycle continues.
Ignoring the media or refusing to comment have the same outcome: They send a message that you are hiding something, which only serves to escalate the crisis. Speculation and rumours abound. You lose the narrative. You sustain reputational damage.
Without information, journalists dig for anything they can find. Sometimes coverage becomes hostile, even personal.
So, why do people refuse to comment when they’re in crisis? Often, lawyers advise clients to avoid the media because the case is “before the courts.” That’s an old-school mindset, one that erodes trust and hinders the ability to rebuild it.
On the other hand, lawyers who understand the impact of public opinion work with crisis managers to help control the narrative. Together, they draft public comments for sensitive situations without compromising legal integrity.
Taking it a daring step further: If you are the first to report your crisis, you’ll land better and recover quicker.
The federal government and real estate developer both blew the chance to tell their story first. In fact, Canada’s high commissioner in London anticipated the outcome of the opulent hotel room, writing in an internal email: “We knew it was going to come out.”
So, it begs the question: If government knew the matter would be exposed, why didn’t it cancel the booking and choose a different option? Call it idiocy; call it entitlement.
For the developer, a court filing is a matter of public record. The company could have used that information to inform a public statement and get ahead of the story.
By issuing a public statement, the news cycle becomes shorter or ends. On the other hand, stonewalling or remaining silent results in handing over the reigns of your reputation to someone else to tell your story.
Renu Bakshi is a former long-time journalist who now works as an international crisis manager and media trainer. She is based in Vancouver and can be reached at email@example.com.


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On Monday, the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance announced that one of the biggest financial backers of a 2016 ballot question to raise the cap on charter schools - Families for Excellent Schools - was fined $425,000 for violating the state campaign finance law.
According to the state, the fine, the largest in OCPF history, is all the cash on hand for Families for Excellent Schools. It is still a slap on the wrist, however, given the high stakes of the group’s duplicitous campaign and long-term goal.
FESA is a New York-based entity founded by hedge fund managers and other business interests working to expand charter schools across the country. The group said it is working to improve public education, but in reality it seems to be laying the foundation for an alternative education system based not on high academic achievements for students but on government-backed profitability for shareholders.
The New York Times recently put the latter intent in perspective in an article that traced how Michigan children lost out in that state’s all-out gamble that a “radical expansion of charter schools would fix the stark inequalities in the state’s education system.”
The article noted that “Michigan’s aggressively free-market approach to schools has resulted in one of the most deregulated educational environments in the country,” but that the educational outcomes have not kept pace.
“A Brookings Institution analysis done this year of national test scores ranked Michigan last among all states when it came to improvements in student proficiency,” according to the article.
“And a 2016 analysis by the Education Trust-Midwest, a nonpartisan education policy and research organization, found that 70 percent of Michigan charters were in the bottom half of the state’s rankings.”
On the other hand, according to the article, hundreds of nonprofit public charters in Michigan “have become potential financial assets to outside entities, inevitably complicating their broader social missions.”
In 2016, those outside entities tried to establish a beachhead in Massachusetts by pouring millions of dollars to push Question 2, the ballot question that would have mandated a limitless expansion of charter schools in the state.
We now know the extent to which a local pro-charter school group, the Great Schools Massachusetts Ballot Question Committee, was in bed with these outside entities.
According to the OCPF, the Great Schools ballot committee received $15 million from FESA between the time the ballot question was qualified in July 2016 and the state election on Nov. 8.
The $15 million, according to the state, represented 70 percent of the Great Schools committee’s receipts during that period, and, the state said, the money was funneled to Great Schools in “a manner intended to disguise the true source.”
We know this after the state forced FESA to file a statement as a ballot question committee, and in so doing to file a campaign finance report disclosing all contributions and expenditures from July 1 to Dec. 31, 2016.
Because of that refiling, we now know for sure that on the issue of charter schools in Massachusetts, the fox is running the henhouse; that is, residents and their governments are working at cross purposes.
We knew that Gov. Charlie Baker was a strong proponent of charter schools.
We knew that he appointed James Peyser, former executive director of the Pioneer Institute and a staunch charter school promoter, as state secretary of education.
Now, according to the OCPF, we are learning of other Baker administration appointees who are using their financial muscle in pushing charter school expansion in the state.
The FESA disclosures, for example, show that Paul Sagan, chairman of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, contributed nearly a half-million dollars. This is in addition to a $100,000 donation he had previously admitted to making to another pro-charter school group.
Also outed in the disclosures was Mark Nunnelly, who contributed $275,000 to FESA.
So, when it comes to charter schools, there are two kinds of people in this world, my friend - those who sell and those who buy.
In 2016, Massachusetts residents decided not to buy the bill of goods FESA was selling through its local affiliates, but you can bet they will come selling it again. The potential profitability is too tantalizing.


HP Pavilion dv6-6153cl
REVIEW DATE : August 3, 2011
PROS: Uses newest Intel CPU technology. Has switchable graphics. Attractive appearance. Includes two-year warranty.
The HP Pavilion dv6-6153cl ($999.99 list at Costco) offers a nice blend of power and style in a desktop replacement laptop. Its Sandy Bridge Core i7 processor and generous helping of RAM deliver solid productivity and multimedia performance, and its switchable graphics engine provides enough 3D horsepower to satisfy all but the most demanding gamers. A Blu-ray drive would be nice, as would another hour or two of battery life, but you do get a big, speedy hard drive, Intel's Wireless Display 2.0 (WiDi 2.0) technology, and a two-year warranty.
The keyboard deck sports the same sleek finish as the lid and holds a comfortable full-size island-style keyboard with a dedicated number pad off to the right. The multitouch touchpad and dual mouse buttons sit inside a backlit border and are a pleasure to use, providing smooth cursor control and responsive mouse clicks. There's a fingerprint reader on the lower-right side of the deck and a power switch and Web browser hotkey on the upper left. This is a Beats Audioequipped laptop, using four speakers (two in a speaker bar below the screen and two in the base) and software to deliver a much better audio experience than you normally get from a laptop; but a subwoofer, like the one embedded in the dv7-6123cl ($999.99 list, 3 stars), would give it some much-needed bass. The 15.6-inch screen has a resolution of 1,366 by 768 and does a good job of displaying detailed video at 720p, but if you want full HD (1080p) you'll have to splurge for a more expensive model such as the Dell XPS 15z ($1,534 direct, 4 stars), which has a 1,920-by-1,080 resolution screen.
The dv6-6153cl showed some multimedia prowess as well. It completed our Photoshop CS5 test in 3 minutes 52 seconds, which is identical to the result of the dv6-6163us and a few seconds faster than that of the MacBook Pro (3:58); the Dell XPS 15z was the fastest with a score 3:40.The dv6-6153cl's Handbrake time of 1:36 was dead even with that of the HP dv6-6163us and 23 seconds faster than what we saw on the Samsung QX411-W01 (1:59).
Manual switchable graphics on the dv6-6153cl can help conserve power when GPU use is not warranted. The integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 is used for everyday non-graphics-intensive tasks and the discrete AMD Radeon HD 6770M is used to do the heavy lifting. On our DirectX 10 (DX10) Crysis gaming test the AMD GPU gave us 49.9 frames per second (fps), which is more than adequate for smooth gaming. Its result of 19.6fps on our Lost Planet 2 DX9 test was not quite as impressive when compared with those of the Samsung QX411-W01 (26fps) and XPS 15Z (37fps). But you should enjoy relatively smooth gaming on this laptop as long as you dial down the settings and stick to older, less-demanding titles.
In terms of battery life, the dv6-6153cl's 55Wh battery lasted 5 hours 34 minutes on our MobileMark 2007 test. That pales in comparison to the dv7-6123cl's time of 9 hours 14 minutes and is around an hour shorter than the XPS 15Z's 6:22. Only the MacBook Pro had a shorter battery life (4:40).
The HP Pavilion dv6-6153cl offers a nice balance of components, style, and features for a sub-$1,000 desktop replacement, but it lacks a few necessities that would have put it over the top, such as WiMAX and Bluetooth wireless, a Blu-ray drive, and a high-resolution display. If you require full 1080p and a bit more battery life, CPU power, and graphics prowess, consider the Dell XPS 15z instead.
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Doctors have predicted that Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj could die within two weeks if he persists with a hunger strike. Officials at the UN tribunal in the Hague say the 52 year old ultra-nationalist must be kept alive in the interests of justice, by being force-fed if necessary. “The doctors had two main observations to report. Firstly, that they were satisfied with the conditions provided to Mr Seselj in the Dutch prison hospital, where he is being kept under close observation in order for a prompt medical intervention to be undertaken should a medical necessity arise. Secondly, they reported on Mr Seleslj’s medical condition and expressing their grave concern with the state of his health due to his refusal to take food and medicine.” said spokesperson Refik Hodzic.
Doctors treating the Serbian former Deputy Prime Minister say his life hangs in the balance: “We have examined Dr Seselj yesterday afternoon, together with my Serbian and Russian colleague. We were really worried about his condition, he has been on hunger strike for 25 days now so he’s entering a critical period and as of today we fear for his life.” said Doctor Patrick Barriot.
Seselj stopped eating on November the tenth in a bid to enforce a variety of demands, including self-representation. His trial, on war crimes charges dating back to the 1990’s which he denies, was suspended last week. It’s feared Seselj’s death could have political repercussions in Serbia, ahead of parliamentary elections in January. His opposition Radical Party holds roughly one third of the vote.


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Jared Kushner’s approach to Middle East peace deserves a closer look.
The political process, which began in Madrid and continued in Oslo has been stalled since 2001. Meanwhile, the conflict has intensified, positions have hardened, and the possibility of an agreement remains elusive. More of the same will not produce different results.
So, Kushner decided to start with economics, not politics. He seeks to improve the economic lives of the people of the region, not just among Palestinians, but also young Jordanians and Egyptians. People need hope and progress before debating where to draw border lines. No one has tried this promising approach before.
Kushner’s Bahrain conference got far less attention in Western media than it deserved. While some noted the absence of Palestinian Authority officials and some missing Arab government representatives, almost none noticed that Kushner won real funding commitments to build infrastructure and fund local reforms to speed job creation and jump start Arab economies.
This has the benefit of transforming Middle East peace’s biggest stumbling block—a growing, restive army of unemployed youth—into a driver of cooperation. Prosperity thins the number of protestors while promoting peace.
Right now, the United States is consumed with impeachment and the Arab world with Iran. Yet, deep-rooted trends, revealed in the recent elections in Israel, show that Arabs and Jews are now seeking reconciliation for the first time in decades.
From a balance-sheet perspective, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu should have won the recent election easily. Under his government, the United States and other nations moved their embassies to Jerusalem, legally recognized the annexation of the Golan Heights and the extension of the West Bank settlements. These items have been on the Israeli wishlist for decades. At the same time, the Israeli economy is booming. Tel Aviv is home to more than twenty “unicorns,” start-ups valued at more than $1 billion, and its tech sector has more jobs open than candidates available. All the lights are green. And yet Israeli youth voted massively against him. Why? The Netanyahu style is considered too aggressive, according to exit polls. Young Israelis say they want peaceful relations with Palestinians and neighboring Arabs and doubt Netanyahu can deliver.
The Israeli Arabs are sending a similar message. The unified Arab list came in third with thirteen seats. (By contrast, Avigdor Lieberman’s party won only eight and presents itself as the maker of kings.) Arabs make up about 20 percent of the Israeli population but, historically, their participation in national elections has lagged far behind that of Jews. This month’s national election was a break from that trend. Some 61 percent of eligible Arabs voted, up 12 percentage points from the previous election. By voting in large numbers, they are saying that they want to integrate, but not as second-class citizens.
Put together, the votes of younger Jews and Arabs merge into a constituency for peace. Kushner’s plan takes account this new strategic situation and provides both sides with something new and valuable.
To believe that the current domestic upheaval diminishes U.S. influence, and therefore the viability of the Kushner plan, is a mistake. As a friend of the United States, I think that the current crisis in Washington actually reinforces the brand of America; that it is a country where institutions work, countervailing powers duel under law, and rivals stay within the constitutional channels. More than military might, the image of a law-abiding democracy is more impressive. It that gives the United States a leading role in world affairs.
Therefore, America remains the only power that can secure a peace plan between Israelis and Palestinians. Its leaders should not be too distracted by domestic issues to seize a rare possibility for peace presented by Israeli elections.
Kushner’s plan deserves to be tested and evaluated now, while Israel’s Arabs and Jews are open to listening. To do this, it must first succeed in the first stage of its plan, economic empowerment. New roads, port facilities, schools, hospitals and factories, backed by private investors and multinational aid agencies. The lives of ordinary Israelis of differing faiths will be slowly knit together through work and trade. Eventually, this will form the foundation for political compromise and, from that, peace.
Ahmed Charai is a Moroccan publisher. He is on the board of directors for the Atlantic Council, an international counselor of the Center for a Strategic and International Studies, and a member of the Advisory Board of The Center for the National Interest in Washington and the Advisory Board of Gatestone Institute in New York.

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[An on-line version of this announcement will be available at https://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-3.8.1.html]
These updates fix minor bugs, and introduce optional features to address changes in OS platforms and network abuse.
Optional or fixed with Postfix 3.8.1, 3.7.6, 3.6.10, 3.5.20:
Optional: harden a Postfix SMTP server against remote SMTP clients that violate RFC 2920 (or 5321) command pipelining constraints. With "smtpd_forbid_unauth_pipelining = yes", the server disconnects a client immediately, after responding with "554 5.5.0 Error: SMTP protocol synchronization" and after logging "improper command pipelining" with the unexpected remote SMTP client input. This feature is disabled by default in Postfix 3.5-3.8 to avoid breaking home-grown utilities, but it is enabled by default in Postfix 3.9. A similar feature is enabled by default in the Exim SMTP server.
Optional: some OS distributions crank up TLS security to 11, and in doing so increase the number of plaintext email deliveries. This introduces basic OpenSSL configuration file support that may be used to override OS-level settings. Details are in the postconf(5) manpage under tls_config_file and tls_config_name.
Bugfix (defect introduced: Postfix 1.0): the command "postconf .. name=v1 .. name=v2 .." (multiple instances of the same parameter name) created multiple main.cf name=value entries with the same parameter name. It now logs a warning and skips the earlier name(s) and value(s). Found during code maintenance.
Bugfix (defect introduced: Postfix 3.3): the command "postconf -M name1/type1='name2 type2 ...'" died with a segmentation violation when the request matched multiple master.cf entries. The master.cf file was not damaged. Problem reported by SATOH Fumiyasu.
Bugfix (defect introduced: Postfix 2.11): the command "postconf -M name1/type1='name2 type2 ...'" could add a service definition to master.cf that conflicted with an already existing service definition. It now replaces all existing service definitions that match the service pattern 'name1/type1' or the service name and type in 'name2 type2 ...' with a single service definition 'name2 type2 ...'. Problem reported by SATOH Fumiyasu.
Fixed with Postfix 3.8.1:
Bugfix (defect introduced: Postfix 3.8) the posttls-finger command could access uninitialized memory when reconnecting. This also fixes a malformed warning message when a destination contains ":service" information. Reported by Thomas Korbar.
Bugfix (defect introduced: Postfix 3.2): the MySQL client could return "not found" instead of "error" (for example, resulting in a 5XX SMTP status instead of 4XX) during the time that all MySQL server connections were turned down after error. Found during code maintenance. File: global/dict_mysql.c. This was already fixed in Postfix 3.4-3.7.
You can find the updated Postfix source code at the mirrors listed at https://www.postfix.org/.


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Our Ear, Nose and Throat contribute significantly to our sensory input and perception of the world around us It includes three major sensations of hearing, smell and taste.
Commonly. known as ENT, they are as critical as every other organs of the body. However, ENT is not just limited to the ear, nose and throat. It focuses on everything surrounding them as well including the Larynx, Thyroid, Temporomandibular joints, paranasal sinuses and so on.
An ENT Specialist is the one who attends to problems associated with any of these three critical parts as they are functionally interconnected.
Some of the common ENT problems observed are swallowing issues, sinusitis, vocal cord problems, chronic ear, nose or throat infections and snoring. ENT Doctors are well-trained to handle any of the above issues as well as emergencies.
The Best ENT Hospital in Ambur is the KM NU Hospitals, which is widely acclaimed for its exceptional ENT care, in addition to other speciality services. Some of the finest and experienced ENT doctors are a part of a seasoned team in the Department of ENT. In addition to their skills in getting to the root of the problem to find a solution, the ENT Specialists have extensive exposure to using advanced technology in providing timely care to patients.
The hospital is equipped with all modern diagnostic, testing and surgical equipment which help in reaching the best possible medical support to patients in distress and in quick time.
Outwardly, ENT issues may not look that critical, but if ignored, they can create serious complications leading to multiple organ collapse. Bacterial and Fungal infections are commonly seen affecting the Ear, Nose and Throat. Additional, conditions like Thyroid and Tonsillitis might require minor surgical interventions.
Our competent ENT doctors at KM NU Hospitals are well versed in treating the most complex cases related to ENT ranging from Ear Infections to Allergies to Cancers. While Ear and Nasal Cancer is rare, throat cancers are observed quite frequently seen, especially in patients, who are used to frequently chewing Tobacco. The other issues associated with ENT include Sleep Apnoea, Acid Reflux Disease and Vertigo.
One of the critical symptoms that should not be ignored with respect to ENT is a lump in the neck region that lasts more than 2 weeks. This could well be early signs of either mouth or throat cancer or part of Lymphoma ie, cancer affecting the lymphatic system. These can spread further internally and affect even normal breathing. An ENT Doctor should be immediately consulted on observing such symptoms.
The Department of ENT at KM NU Hospitals, one of the best ENT Hospitals in Ambur, has redefined healthcare with its high-quality ENT Care. ENT Doctors with their passion and expertise to heal supported by an excellent nursing and paramedical staff, have brought smiles on the faces of thousands of patients in discomfort.

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By Cheryl Chin, Channel NewsAsia
Published: 20 Mar 2019 - 12:28 PM
The Committee in an unmoderated caucus, having a heated discussion
On the 19th and 20th of March, 2019, the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (SOCHUM) discussed about the topic of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) rights.
From the beginning of the committee session, there was polarity between countries. There were countries that were supportive of the LGBT community and other countries that declined to implement LGBT rights.
Western democracies like the United States of America, Australia and France were keen to protect the LGBT community and their rights. The French delegate asks other delegates to ‘seek compassion’ and to ‘recognise them as humans’. She used the example of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, saying that if we can feel sorry for this tragic heterosexual couple, we should empathise with same-sex couples and their struggles. The delegate of the United States hopes that countries against the LGBT community can ‘gain acceptance steadily’ and ensure LGBT rights as time goes by. Nordic nations such as Norway and Sweden are pro-LGBT as well. The delegate of Norway said that the LGBT community deserve ‘equal human rights’ and they already have implemented rights like legalising same-sex marriages.
On the other hand, countries following the Sharia law, which include Iran and Yemen, as well as countries with Conservative Christianity like South Sudan are against the LGBT community. The delegate of Iran argued that giving the LGBT community rights would ‘go against the foundation of Islam’, due to her claim that Iran is an ‘Islamic republic’. She warned that giving rights would ‘threaten the social fabric of the country’ and refused to change the laws for the LGBT community in Iran. The delegate of South Sudan mentioned how people found to be in same-sex relationships will ‘face imprisonment of up to 10 years’. The delegate denies the implementation of LGBT rights as he feels it would ‘cause an uproar among the people’, adding to the conflict of the ongoing civil war.
The rest of the countries had mixed views about the LGBT community. Some nations were willing to protect the LGBT community from hate crimes but were reluctant to legalise same-sex marriage. The delegate of Iraq called for delegates to ‘stop violence toward the LGBT community’ but refuses to change their stance that the LGBT community do not deserve equal rights, due to their adherence to the Sharia law. The Chinese delegate had a relatively neutral stance on the LGBT community. He highlighted the ‘dere need to protect LGBT people’ despite his claim that China has ‘no proactive stance’ on the issue. However, he disapproves of media representation of the LGBT community in the media.
After sharing their views on the LGBT community, the delegates went on with the unmoderated caucus, where the polarity grew stronger. Delegates of countries against the LGBT community told their pro-LGBT counterparts to not force their ideals on them. These delegates feared that implementing LGBT rights in their conservative nations would stir up conflict among the religious community. The pro-LGBT delegates were saddened by the lack of acceptance for LGBT individuals and tried to convince the anti-LGBT nations to change their stand. In the next unmoderated caucus, there was an argument due to the accusation from the delegate of United States that conservative countries view the LGBT community as ‘less than human’. The delegates of anti-LGBT countries were offended by this claim, defending themselves by saying that the delegate of the United States was making it up. Among the accused was the delegate of Iran, who was greatly angered by this accusation. Shouting ensued as the delegates tried their best to support their respective stances.


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A rendering of the future state of the emergency room entrance after the Building A expansion is completed.
Salem Health is growing with you in mind!
It has been projected that the population of seniors and patients with complex health needs in our community will grow by nearly 20% in the next five years. We are preparing for their care by expanding Building A.
Join us for the groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, Jan. 14, and help us celebrate this exciting project.
Schedule of events:
9:30 to 10 a.m. —Refreshments and mingling
10 a.m. — Speakers and performance by refugee Uhuru Youth Choir
- Vice President of Community Engagement Leilani Slama
- Salem Health Board of Trustees Chair Katherine Keene
- Salem Health Foundation Board of Directors Chair Alex Casebeer
- Salem Mayor Chuck Bennett
- Salem Health President and CEO Cheryl Wolfe
10:30 a.m. — Groundbreaking and event conclusion


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A Primer in Theatre History by William Grange
A Primer in Theatre History covers productions, personalities, theories, innovations, and plays from ancient Greece to the Spanish Golden Age. Grange discusses theatre from 534 BC in Athens to 1681 AD in Madrid. The book contains highly informative chapters on theatre culture in the ancient classical world, the medieval period, the Italian Renaissance, classical Asia, German-speaking Europe, France to 1658, and England to 1642. Following a wide-ranging introduction, chapters allow the uninitiated reader straightforward access to well-researched material, often presented in a humorous and approachable fashion. Descriptions of films augment discussions of theatre, while an extended bibliography and comprehensive index assist the reader in making further inquiries. Each chapter features illustrations by Mallory Prucha, a designer and graphic illustrator who has received several awards at theatre conferences around the US. A Primer in Theatre History does not read like a scholarly tome. Its whimsical wrinkles offer readers a more contemporaneous view of theatre than is customary. It employs, for example, frequent references to movies germane to topics and time periods under discussion. Such use of film promotes familiarity among younger readers, who can then appropriate analogies to theatre performance.
Publication Date: 2012-01-01

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Would you like to enjoy Florence in a slow, ecological and sustainable way? Give a look at the new map of cycle lanes.
Realized by the Municipality of Florence, it’s a useful tool for tourists who want to discover paths in the parks or along the river on two wheels, but also for Florence citizens using the bike to go to work or to move around.
The map shows 90km of current cycle lanes and 12km of still in progress ones: come to get it for free in the tourist office in Piazza Stazione n.4 or download it from the website.
The map shows also the project “Bicipolitana” to go around the city on bike paths avoiding Florence traffic.
And if you have more technological skill…glance at IF and Feel Florence apps, to keep up to date on new routes in and around the city.
Have a good ride!!

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“Dancing With The Stars” season 30 is in full ballroom mode, and Olivia Jade continues to score ‘W’s keeping her in the competition.
This past week marked the season’s third week of dance battles, and Olivia along with dance partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, scored the HIGHEST score of the night.
The partners danced the tango to “Hold It Against Me” by Britney Spears for ‘Dancing With The Stars Britney Night!’
Their high score secured them the first spot in the safety zone from elimination.
When asked whether or not there’s a chance her mother and former “Full House” star, Lori Loughlin, would give ‘DWTS’ a shot, her daughter said “it’s not out of the question.”
In fact, Olivia’s pro-dance partner has already “been trying to recruit” Lori!
“I don’t know how many more seasons I got in me, but I’ll stick around for [Lori],” Chmerkovskiy, 35, told Page Six and other reporters during a post-show presser Monday night.
While Olivia hasn’t straight up asked her mom whether or not she’d come on the show, she did say that Lori has been nothing but supportive.
“But she’s just proud of me. Mama bear, just excited,” the YouTuber said.
Chmerkovskiy added that Lori has been in “total mom mode” since Olivia got into the competition.
“We FaceTime her all the time. Literally right after we get off the stage I call her,” Olivia Jade explained. “She’s the biggest support ever. She’s really proud of me, and I love her so much. She’s my hero, so it’s really nice to know she’s watching.”
The former USC student has been a polarizing contestant since it was announced she’d be joining the show.
Olivia, her sister and parents were subjects of the college admissions scandal of 2019.
Where the scandal began!
Lori and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, plead guilty last may for bribing both Olivia Jade and their older daughter, Isabella “Bella” Giannulli, into the University of Southern California as fake rowing recruits.
Many fans feel Olivia Jade is not worthy of this platform or position given she’s basically had everything handed to her on a silver platter.
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Upon being cast on the dancing competition show, Olivia Jade told reporters she hopes to use this experience as an opportunity to “grow” and is “grateful” for a second chance in the entertainment business.
“I hope people just really genuinely know how excited and grateful I am,” she said. Adding, “I think about a few weeks ago, and knowing that this was very far-fetched and not really in the cards. I’m super thankful for a second chance. I’m ready to put myself back out there and try new things, I’m really excited to challenge myself and put myself out of my comfort zone, which I don’t do often.”


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Late Voice presents the work of Richard Elliott, a writer, teacher and cultural musicologist based in Newcastle upon Tyne (UK). I am the author of the books Fado and the Place of Longing: Loss, Memory and the City (Ashgate, 2010), Nina Simone (Equinox, 2013), The Late Voice: Time, Age and Experience in Popular Music (Bloomsbury Academic, 2015), The Sound of Nonsense (Bloomsbury Academic, 2018) and DJs do Guetto (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022). I’ve also published articles and reviews on popular music, literature, consciousness, memory, nostalgia, place and space, affect, language and technology, details of which can be found elsewhere on the site.
I’m a Senior Lecturer in Music at the International Centre for Music Studies at Newcastle University, where I specialise in popular music studies. Prior to this, I lived on the South Coast of England, where I taught courses on popular and classical music, contextual music studies, and music and media at the University of Sussex. I have also worked as a teacher of English for Academic Purposes, a journal editor and a reviewer of books and music.
My research interests are wide but mostly connect to ways in which music reflects and produces time and space. I’ve long been fascinated by the roles played by loss, memory, nostalgia and revolution in popular music. My work in these areas is heavily influenced by theories of place and spatiality and I am particularly interested in how music creates or evokes ‘memory places’ for individuals and communities. Just as important for me is the way that music soundtracks lives and histories and, to this end, I’ve written about the representation of time, age and experience in popular song.
More generally, I research, teach and write about various global popular musics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, music and cultural theory, urban musicology, the poetics of song and the politics of authenticity. I have a background in a variety of disciplines, with a BA in Comparative American Studies, a MA in Popular Culture and a PhD in Music.
DJs do Guetto (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022). More
The Sound of Nonsense (Bloomsbury Academic, 2018). More
The Late Voice: Time, Age and Experience in Popular Music (Bloomsbury Academic, 2015). More
Nina Simone (Sheffield: Equinox, 2013). Series: ‘Icons of Popular Music’. More
Fado and the Place of Longing: Loss, Memory and the City (Ashgate, 2010). More
JOURNAL ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS
Some of the essays listed here are available to read on this site – see ‘Essays‘ section.
James Barker, Richard Elliott, and Gareth Longstaff, ‘“Standing in Your Cardigan”: Evocative Objects, Ordinary Intensities, and Queer Sociality in the Swiftian Pop Song’, in Disrupted Knowledge: Scholarship in a Time of Change (Leiden: Brill, 2023), 259–79. https://brill.com/display/book/9789004536418/BP000014.xml.
‘The Reincarnation of an Egyptian Queen: Dystopian Lateness and Speculation in Nina Simone’s Afrofuturism’. Jazz Research Journal 15, no. 1-2 (2022): 25-50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1558/jazz.22863.
‘The Most Annoying Noise of All Time’. Australian Humanities Review 70 (2022): 58-66. http://australianhumanitiesreview.org/2022/11/30/the-most-annoying-noise-of-all-time/.
‘Aneka, “Japanese Boy” (1981)’, in One-Hit Wonders: An Oblique History of Popular Music, edited by Sarah Hill (New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022), 129-37.
‘Brilliant Disguises: Persona, Autobiography and the Magic of Retrospection in Bruce Springsteen’s Late Career’, Persona Studies 5/1 (2019): 17-32. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21153/psj2019vol5no1art848.
‘Sounding Out Popular Music History: A Musicological Approach’, in The Routledge Companion to Popular Music History and Heritage, edited by Sarah Baker, Catherine Strong, Lauren Istvandity and Zelmarie Cantillon (London: Routledge, 2018), 46-54.
‘Species of Sonic Spaces’. Literary Geographies 3/1 (2017): 69-86.
‘“Words Take the Place of Meaning”: Sound, Sense and Politics in the Music of Robert Wyatt’, in The Singer-Songwriter in Europe: Paradigms, Politics and Place, edited by Isabelle Marc and Stuart Green (London: Routledge, 2016), 51-64.
‘“My Tongue Gets t-t-t-”: Words, Sense and Vocal Presence in Van Morrison’s It’s Too Late to Stop Now’. Twentieth-Century Music 13/1 (2016): 53-76.
‘Words from the New World: Adventure and Memory in Patti Smith’s Late Voice’, in Patti Smith: Outside, edited by Claude Chastagner (Montpellier: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée, 2015), 113-35.
‘Across the Evening Sky: The Late Voices of Sandy Denny, Judy Collins and Nina Simone’, in Gender, Age and Musical Creativity, edited by Catherine Haworth and Lisa Colton (Farnham: Ashgate, 2015), 141-53.
‘“Time and Distance Are No Object”: Holiday Records, Representation and the Nostalgia Gap’, Volume! 11/1 (2014): 131-43.
‘You can’t just say “words”: Literature and Nonsense in the Work of Robert Wyatt’, in Litpop: Writing and Popular Music, edited by Rachel Carroll and Adam Hansen (Farnham: Ashgate, 2014), 49-62.
‘The Choreography of Longing: Songs, Screens and Space in Carlos Saura’s Fados’, Quaderns de Cine 9 (2014): 71-8.
‘So Transported: Nina Simone, “My Sweet Lord” and the (Un)folding of Affect’, in Sound, Music, Affect: Theorizing Sonic Experience, edited by Marie Thompson and Ian Biddle (London: Bloomsbury, 2013), 75-90.
‘Free, Confused and Lonely: On Age, Pop, Fashion and Incompatibility‘, Radical Musicology Volume 6 (2012-2013), http://www.radical-musicology.org.uk/2012/Elliott.htm. PDF
‘Public Consciousness, Political Conscience and Memory in Latin American Nueva Canción’, in Music and Consciousness: Philosophical, Psychological and Cultural Perspectives, edited by David Clarke and Eric Clarke (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), 327-41.
‘The Same Distant Places: Bob Dylan’s Poetics of Place and Displacement’, Popular Music and Society 32/2 (2009): 249-70.
‘Popular Music and/as Event: Subjectivity, Love and Fidelity in the Aftermath of Rock ’n’ Roll’, Radical Musicology 3. (2008).
‘Reconstructing the Event: Spectres of Terror in Chilean Performance’, British Postgraduate Musicology 8.
‘Aging and Popular Music’, in Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging, edited by Danan Gu and Matthew E. Dupre (Cham: Springer, 2019). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_259-2
‘Beatboxing’, in Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World (New York: Bloomsbury, 2018).
I am the revising author for the following entries in Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World originally authored by Richard Middleton:
- ‘Singing’ (revised 2018)
- ‘Solo’ (revised 2018)
- ‘Song’ (revised 2018)
- ‘Songwriter’ (revised 2018)
- ‘Vocalized Tone’ (revised 2018)
- ‘Voice as Instrument’ (revised 2018)
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Pleased to have found your intriguing work Richard. I look forward to exploration. Regards From Thom at The Immortal jukebox.
Thanks Thom. I look forward to reading your posts too.
Thanks. feel free to comment. Thom
Dear Richard. Very much enjoyed your article on Sinatra and late style. I’m currently working on ‘Crooner’ for Reaktion, and wondering if I could send you the Sinatra slice to peruse? All best Wishes, Alex
Thanks for sending the chapters Alex. I look forward to reading them.

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"Virtue is the fount whence honour springs"
- Christopher Marlowe
About this Quote
This quote by Christopher Marlowe is emphasizing the significance of virtue in achieving honor. Virtue is the foundation of honor, and without it, honor can not exist. Marlowe is recommending that honor is not something that can be attained through external methods, such as wealth or power, but rather through internal qualities such as morality and integrity. He is implying that if one is virtuous, then honor will naturally follow. This quote is a reminder that true honor is not something that can be bought or taken, however rather something that is earned through living a life of virtue. It is a suggestion that if we want to be appreciated and appreciated, we should aim to live a life of integrity and morality.
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Mickey Guyton Announces New Duet With Kane Brown
Mickey Guyton returns this Friday (July 14) with a new single called "Nothing Compares to You," and that's not all: The song is a collaboration with Guyton's friend and fellow country star Kane Brown.
Guyton officially named names on social media on Monday (July 10), after teasing that she had a new song coming — and that was a duet with a big country star — for several days. The tease videos featured Guyton's new song announcement, but bleeped out the details of the song title and who her duet partner is.
"Alright, y'all, no more bleeping," the singer wrote in the caption of her final post.
"After much anticipation — by me — I am so excited to share that I'm releasing my new single, 'Nothing Compares to You,' on Friday. And guess what? It is a collaboration, and this collab is just, it's mind-blowing, and I'm so excited," she gushed in the clip.
"Are y'all ready for this? Are you ready to hear who I'm collabing with? It's...drum roll please...Kane Brown!"
Soft music — perhaps from the track of "Nothing Compares to You" — is playing in the background of her announcement post, but it's too quiet to make out any of the details or lyrics of the song.
In 2022, Guyton dropped three new songs: "Something 'Bout You," "How You Love Someone" and "I Still Pray." Her long-awaited full-length debut album, Remember Her Name, arrived in 2021.
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What is a bird nesting ball and what makes alpaca fiber so
special as a nesting material?
Each four-inch ball is made from grapevines, and hand-filled with alpaca fiber.
Hang the nesting ball from its jute
rope in a tree which blends into the environment. The
delicate fiber, unlike some nesting materials, is easily used by birds and does
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The apartment is located on the south side of the building overlooking the pool and large garden . From the balcony there is a view of the sea.
The apartment consists of a spacious living room, a large bedroom , a kitchen and a bathroom . The sliding door in the livin …see more
Sunny villa, pool, Costa Tropical, WiFi. House is located just above Playa San Cristobal, Almuñecar. Sunny, comfortable, quiet, lovely pool, two large terraces, great views. WiFi
Location du soleil piscine, Cote Tropical. La maison est confortable, avec WiFi et vue Casa soleada, piscina, buen acceso, encima de la playa San Cristóbal, en Almuñecar, vistas preciosas y WiFi …see more
As mentioned above, the structure is well connected thanks to the boats (which lead 7 minutes into the city center 'and in 2 minutes in Cernobbio and to the bus linking structure (the bus stop is right in front) to Como. The most fascinating aspect of my neighborhood is rich panorama of colors and contrasts in every season
Harbourside patio garden
Private sun deck.
RNLI patrolled surf beach.
Beach,shops & pubs.
Perfect bucket & spade holiday.
On July 19 new decking almost finished & new outdoor utility wetroom to be completed as bookings allow! …see more
stunning views to Connemara & Killary Fjord, Inish Turk & Clare Islands in front, Achill Island, Clew bay, Croagh Patrick to the right & the mountain ranges behind. Perfect for relaxing, walking, fishing, surfing, watersports horse & bike riding mountain climbing Adventure, exploring or relaxing in a stunning beautiful location , this house and location has it all …see more
Home from Home superb caravan located on the amazing Tattershall Lakes country park offering a man made beach, jet ski lake, fishing lakes ,cable wake, golf course ,swimming pool , gym ,spa. bar & restaurant all on site …see more
Adventure holidays, walking, cycling, mountain climbing, sightseeing, fishing, golfing, exploring wildlife in the National Park, lakeside relaxation, for young and older alike. Parking for up to 3 cars. Wi-fi. Luxury house near wildlife on other side, town nearby. Near Kerry and Cork airports, Killarney bus and train stations a few minutes away in prestigious Homelands. …see more
Situated opposite the Playas del Duque, this upmarket and comfortable studio apartment comfortably fits two, but sleeps 4 if not planning on spending a lot of time indoors. The patio is luxurious, with stunning sea views.
Car not necessary, but street or pay parking available. A minute walk to bus stop. Marbella central 5kms. …see more
A great base for families looking for a seaside holiday or cyclists, rock climbers, walkers and fossil hunters who want to explore the seaside town of Swanage
A comfortable house with dedicated parking and easy access to shops, pubs, restaurants, beach and Downs.
Rental includes bedding and towels (not beach towels), well equipped kitchen. Unlimited WiFi, Smart TV.
Top Quality Three Bedroom Property With Panoramic Views to the Sea
Relaxing Location With a Half Mile Walk Through Fields and countryside to the beach and Coldingham Village
Sleeps 6 (3 Bedrooms) New on the market.. Quality furnishings,art, new beds exceptionally comfortable.
Kitchen and bathrooms new. …see more
The owners have always enjoyed self catering holidays and their hope is that the Mill House can offer its guests the comforts of home but with the WOW factor. When booking, if there is a specific need or request just ask and we will do our best to accommodate this, There is a large patio area to the front with picnic table, bench and barbecue overlooking the waterfall. …see more
Just 5 miles away is Newquay City Centre where you can sample places to eat out, enjoy some light shopping, visit the beach's and even take surfing lessons if you've always wanted to have a go, this location really does have it all. There are also many fun filled days out to be had in the surrounding area which can be easily reached by car …see more
Pilgrims' Way Elie is a small family sized self catering upper apartment. It is a very popular holiday rental cottage with families and people looking for a quiet retreat in picturesque Elie. Elie beach is 50 meters down the lane with no roads to cross on the way. …see more
Spacious 2-bed / 2 bath apartment, located within a superb gated development, frontline to one of the best beaches on the southern coast. Set amongst beautiful gardens with water features, Tennis court, Pools, Air-conditioning, close to Peurto Banus, Marbella and golf. …see more
This is ideal for people who want a quiet cottage with access to all the amenities that Cardiff and the surrounding countyside has to offer. The owner lives in the adjacent house and is on hand to answer any queries and sort out any problems. …see more
Situated the picturesque Finn Valley of Donegal surrounded by moors and Mountains, 20 minutes from blue flag clean beaches. Ideal for walkers, cyclists, mountaineering, strolling dog lovers, lovers of traditional Irish music and Guinness. Special Offer 2 weeks for the price of 1 from 4th Oct to 13th Dec 2014 and 3rd Oct to 12 Dec 2015 …see more
Very nice topfloor apartment in the albatros complex this one has 3 bedrooms And very nice furniture. Nice views the perfect holiday place Sky TV, DVD, Music centre, Microwave, Iron+Board, Aircon., Ceiling fans, Pool, Privat Solarium, Secure parking, 1 double bedroom We hold a high standard of cleaning. On arrival a 65 Euros cleaning fee is due by up to 4p, 75 Euros for 5p …see more
Private swimming pool, great for families, direct access to the pool area, great sea views, 5 minute drive to great beach locations, free Wi-Fi, BBQ, fully air-conditioned, calmness area, ideal for all types of travellers!
Within 2km, guests can find restaurants, fish taverns and super markets, great sandy beach locations! …see more
The apartment, with four bedrooms, is located in the very heart of Tarifa old town. It is situated in the first floor of a traditional XIX century building, with thick walls, artistic ceramic floor tiles and an Andalusian style façade with balconies. …see more
Located at only 5 mins walk from Menaggio main square this modern design apartment located at attic floor provides living area with kitchenette, sofa bed, 1 double bedroom and shower room. Well proportioned terrace ideal for outdoor meals. Car park. …see more
Welcome in the places of Odissea and in the land of Ulisse!
A relaxing holiday among sea, mythology, parks, salt lakes, Roman ruins, fantastic islands.
In San Felice Circeo has been found Neanderthal man and you can visit Grotta Guattari. …see more
* Mountain View * Suitable For Children Of All Ages * River View * No Pets Allowed * Off Street Parking * Park With Loch Opposite The Apartment * Beach 2 Miles Away * Golf Course 1 Mile Away * Close to town * En-suite * Spacious …see more
Chemical free swimming pool, lounging bar, pool table, outside kitchen with pizza oven, complete privacy, mountain views, river beach walking distance,yoga, walking holidays, guided hikes, mountain biking, fishing, kayaking, abseiling. …see more
4**** resorts perfectly located in Estepona, great sea and mountain views, one destination for holiday makers. Your stay with us will be well taken care of and well enjoyed. This resorts suite excutives, group of friends, families,couples or inviduals. Please note: Rates shown are promotional rate and may subject to change without notice. …see more
Unique location, just 50 meters away from Praia do Paraiso and 180 mtr from Praia do Carvoeiro. All apartments are facing southwest to the ocean and all have balconies to enjoy the sun. Our lovely pool and garden area is great to relax or simply enjoy a refreshing swim This Apartments are ideal for groups, or Family Holidays …see more
Luxury1 bedroom apartment with amazing unobstructed views to the sea from all rooms. The Theatre, many Restaurants and Bars, Casino, Cinema, Supermarket all within 5 minutes walk. Car not necessary as New Brighton train station and buses are also within 5 minutes walk. …see more
Under new ownership, now including linen and a tumble drier that has been installed for your convenience
Parking 4+ cars
Large enclosed garden with decked BBQ area
Timber shed containing beach equipment for guest use
Large hard-standing for trailer/boat 5 miles to the fishing village of Padstow boasting Rick Stein's seafood restaurant and other establishments. …see more
Simple yet complete, this beautiful 665ft² fully furnished 1 bedroom apartment will suit your relaxed and cosy stay.
REMRAAM™ creates a friendly yet tranquil neighbourhood with communal swimming pools, lawns, barbecue areas, play areas for children and a mosque. Guest Access
Lovely family oriented community …see more
close to city beach called Znjan with crystal clear sea, you have promenade by the sea to the centar of town, dog friendly, close to dogs beach ,all pets alowed,invalide beach nierby,quite surroundings come to this apartment and get rest, you can seat on balcony and have quite time for read a book …see more
This holiday offers everything to most types of holidaymakers. There are lovely beaches, country walks and many places to see,including Torquay,Paignton,Dartmouth and Totnes This Situated in a private road 5 minutes walk away from Town Centre!! …see more
Possibility of water sports to be a very appreciated by few clusters (we have a coastline with more than 6 km. Of excellent beaches and quiet coves and beautiful). Also you can enjoy during the season of different recreational activities, from fireworks, outdoor theater …see more
You will fall in love with this new and unique apartment. Here you will feel like home: very well located, cosy, modern and fashion furniture, balcony facing the pool where you can enjoy your al fresco meals. This is what you need to relax and have an excellent holidays …see more
An exclusive Tuscany destination, a hill peppered with luxurious villas, where you can walk to the beach, eat at local restaurants, and from which you can take short trips to an amazing amount of uniquely beautiful southern Tuscany destinations True authentic Tuscany coast, more known to Italians than foreigners, for a once-in-a-lifetime holiday …see more
Apartments Lana are situated in Seget Donji, small fishing village, 1.5 km from Trogir center.
The city of Trogir, its old core, it has been under UNESCO protection since 1997. If you like peace and quiet surrounding our house offers accommodatio …see more


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Guns in the Airport
Guns in the Airport
In 2014, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law House Bill 60, also known as the Safe Carry Protection Act. With this bill, gun owners with carry licenses are able to take their firearms with them into many more areas, including some government buildings, into bars and into school zones. They can even be carried into places of worship, unless disallowed by the church itself. Perhaps the most controversial part of the so-called “Guns Everywhere Bill” is the section regarding airports.
It is true that you can technically carry a gun into an airport if you have a carrying license. In fact, in 2015, a man tested the law by carrying a fully-loaded AR-15 into Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport, which was deemed perfectly legal. What news reports didn’t say, however, is that the man did not go past any security checkpoints with his gun. Doing so can land you in legal trouble not only with Georgia law enforcement officers, but with the federal government as well. If you have had gun charges at the airport brought against you, you need an experienced criminal defense attorney by your side. Call the lawyers at Kilgo Law today at (678) 842-4331 for a free consultation.Get Help Now!
Where Can I Carry a Gun at Hartsfield-Jackson?
If you have a carry license, you are allowed to possess your firearm in certain areas of a commercial airport, as laid out in Georgia Code Section 16-11-130.2. These areas include:
- The parking lot
- The main lobby and walkway
- Shops in the terminal
What connects all of these areas? You don’t have to go through security screening to get to them. Trying to get through a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening area with a firearm (or any weapon) on your person can be a felony. If you are in possession of a firearm as you go through the screening area, and leave immediately, you will generally not be charged. But if you do make it through security screening somehow with a weapon, you will be charged with at least a misdemeanor. If it is proven you have intent to commit a crime with that weapon, you will be charged with a felony, punishable by a fine of $1,000 to $15,000 and/or a prison sentence of 1 to 10 years.
According to Georgia Code Section 16-12-127, it is also illegal to try to conceal a weapon in order to sneak it onto a plane. This includes placing in a container or the freight of a transportation company, as well as into the baggage of another person without their knowledge. This is a felony, and is punishable by 1 to 20 years in prison and/or a fine up to $15,000. In some cases, you may also be charged with the federal crime of terrorism, which carries with it very serious penalties.
So how do you bring your gun with you on a trip? Don’t have it accessible to you, or any other passenger. Georgia Code Section 16-12-123, section (b), explains how to avoid any trouble when traveling with your firearm. Your gun should be in a secure case, checked in and properly declared. That way, it is inaccessible to passengers, and the flight company as well as the TSA are fully aware that it is on board.Every Day Counts!
Legal Representation for Gun Charges at the Airport
With the freedom we enjoy in Atlanta to carry our guns with us just about wherever we go, it’s sometimes easy to forget we have them on us when we travel. Sometimes it is enough to quickly leave the security checkpoint line when a legally-carried firearm is discovered. Other times, however, charges will be brought against you. In those cases, you need help from experienced attorneys. The legal team at Kilgo Law has decades of combined experience representing clients in criminal cases. If you gun charges at an airport in Atlanta have been brought against you, contact us today at (678) 842-4331 for a free initial consultation.Don't Delay!

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The break-up of iconic Pakistani rock band, ‘Strings’, which has been creating musical magic for 33 years, has left fans devastated and heartbroken. Netizens have flooded social media with their reactions and pleading with the band for a “farewell concert”.
Two of the original members of the band - Bilal Maqsood and Faisal Kapadia - took to social media on Thursday and announced that the band had come to the end of the line, and posted a farewell note.
"The past 33 years have been incredible for both of us. It’s so rare to have the chance to be able to do things like this and we are infinitely grateful to all our fans for making it possible... Although the band technically may not be together anymore, both of us share an inseparable bond that will connect us no matter where life takes us. Thank you so much for everything," the post read.
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#Strings wasn't just a music band, but an essential part of our lives! 💜— Maleeha Hashmey (@MaleehaHashmey) March 25, 2021
From patriotic songs such as "Main Tou Dekhoon Ga" to "Sajni", "Dhaani", "Nindya kay paar", you did a 👌 job!
Thank you for adding colour to our lives! @faisalkapadia & Bilal Maqsood!pic.twitter.com/EnNLeioeR8
First Junaid Jamshed & now Strings. One by one our teen years being dismantled. Still Sar Kiye Yeh Pahar will always be one of the best songs to come out of Pak. What a band and what a sweet journey full of wholesome music for all. pic.twitter.com/94zHlQCNp3— Blue on Blue (@razzblues) March 25, 2021
Popular Pakistani band #Strings bid farewell to fans after producing beautiful songs and memories for 33 incredible years💞— SouthAsia (@southasiamag) March 26, 2021
Childhood nostalgias ain't gonna be the same for many of us ☹@stringsonline #BilalMaqsood #FaisalKapadia #Endofanera #StringsPakistan #Musica #SouthAsiaPK pic.twitter.com/myWYuHCq4d
Although many netizens expressed their gratitude to the band members for their timeless music, some demanded a “farewell concert”.
It won't be wrong to say that #Strings have been one of the greatest bands in the South-East Asia. Sad to see them disband but their music will live for all of eternity.#dhaani was way beyond its years and even #duur, #sarkiyepahaar don't sound like they were created in the Nineties.— Yashar Khan (@ayasharkhan) March 26, 2021
@stringsonline was and would remain one of the iconic bands of our generation. From Duur to Zinda Hoon to Anjaney Kyun, the latter being a personal favorite, Strings was an embodiment of pure class.— Sushovit Mishra (@Sushovit) March 26, 2021
I'm going through sad hours all of a sudden. A band that I stanned, which was 33 years old, just disbanded yesterday. All my moments with them, the happy times and the sad ones, they're all just memories now 😭😭😭😭— kyuhyun's general surgeon (@tabi_suju) March 26, 2021
I was not ready for this.
Goodbye Strings. A beautiful run❤😔
The song 'Najane Kyun' by Strings was also featured on the Pakistani version of the "Spider-Man 2" soundtrack. Their last album ‘Thirty’ was released in 2019.


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The Federal Trade Commission will “likely” file an antitrust suit against Microsoft and Activision Blizzard to block the companies’ planned $69 billion merger deal. That’s according to a new Politico report that “three [unnamed] knowledgeable people.”
While Politico writes that a lawsuit is still “not guaranteed,” it adds that FTC staffers are “skeptical of the companies’ arguments” that the deal will not be anticompetitive. The sources also confirmed that “much of the heavy lifting has been completed” in the commission’s investigation and that a lawsuit could be filed as early as next month.
Sony, the main opponent of the proposed purchase of Microsoft, has publicly argued that an existing three-year contractual warranty to Activision’s top-selling Duty franchise on PlayStation is “inadequate on many levels”. In response, Microsoft head of Xbox Phil Spencer has publicly promised to continue shipping Duty games on PlayStation “as long as there’s a PlayStation to ship to.” However, it’s not clear whether the companies have rethought that offer as a legal agreement; The New York Times reported this week that Microsoft had offered a “10-year deal to keep.” Duty on PlayStation.”
Numerous statements from Microsoft executives, including Spencer, have suggested that the company is less interested in strengthening its position in the “console wars” and more interested in boosting its mobile, cloud gaming, and Game Pass subscription offerings. Past DutyPolitico reports that the FTC is concerned about how Microsoft could “use future, unannounced titles to boost its gaming business.”
Microsoft “is prepared to address concerns from regulators, including the FTC, and Sony to ensure the deal closes with confidence,” spokesman David Cuddy told Politico. “We will continue to monitor Sony and Tencent in the market after the deal closes, and together Activision and Xbox will benefit gamers and developers and make the industry more competitive.”
There are still plenty of speed bumps
Reports of a possible FTC lawsuit add to a growing list of worrying signals about the proposed purchase from several international governments. Earlier this month, the European Commission said it was conducting an “in-depth investigation” of the deal. In the UK, a similar “Phase 2” investigation by the UK Competition and Markets Authority is scheduled for next month.
Those international investigations are expected to conclude in March, so the proposed deal doesn’t close before then and gives the FTC some time before it has to file a lawsuit. Such a lawsuit would need to be approved by a majority of the four current FTC commissioners and would likely start in the FTC Administrative Court. And whatever the outcome, legal maneuvering on the matter could easily delay the planned merger beyond a July 2023 contractual deadline, after which both companies would have to renegotiate or abandon the deal.
An FTC lawsuit on the matter would also be the strongest sign yet of a robust antitrust enforcement regime led by FTC Chair Lina Kahn, a major tech skeptic who was appointed to the post in June. In July, Kahn announced an antitrust suit against Meta (formerly Facebook) and the proposed $400 million purchase of Within, makers of the VR fitness app. Supernatural.
Three months after the proposed purchase of Microsoft was announced in January, a group of four U.S. Senators wrote an open letter urging the FTC to take a close look at the deal. Last month, the merger news site Dealreporter said FTC employees had raised “significant concerns” about the deal. And this week, the New York Times quoted “two people” in reporting that the FTC had contacted other companies for affidavits expressing concerns about the deal, a possible sign of litigation preparations.

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Pokemon Go is opening up their new raid mechanic to more players. Earlier today, the popular mobile app announced that players that were Level 31 or higher could now participate in the beta version of Raid Battles.
Trainers level 31 and above: You can now participate in Raid Battles at select Gyms around the world.— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) June 23, 2017
Raids are a new feature in Pokemon Go in which a superpowered Pokemon temporarily takes over a gym. Players from all three teams work together to bring down the Pokemon and are rewarded with select items and a chance to catch a powered down version of the Raid Pokemon.
Raid Bosses range from powerful Dragonite and Gyarados to more common Pokemon like Magikarp. While players are encouraged to take on raids in groups, many players have reported being able to beat raids on their own.
In order to participate in Raids, players will need a Raid Pass. Players get one free Raid Pass per day by interacting with gyms, and they can purchase additional Passes via the in-game shop.
Raids are currently available only in select gyms, which could mean that many players that could participate in Raids won't actually find one to join.
Pokemon Go will open up raids to more players in the coming days, so expect to see more announcements soon.
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The nurse aide classes in Morehead City that are shown to you on this page are all the North Carolina state approved school programs that are available as of the making of this post. Potential applicants can learn more about enrollment by contacting the facility and speaking with a course adviser.
Carteret Community College
3505 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557
The North Carolina Nurse Aide I Registry is a federally mandated listing for nursing home nursing aides. Any nursing aide who works in a nursing home must have his name on the Registry. This list includes registered nurses, license practical nurses, and nurse aide IIs, and medication aides.
Before a nursing aide is hired by a nursing home for work, the nursing home must verify the status of the nursing aide on the Nurse Aide I Registry. To work, the nursing aide must have a good standing on the Registry and an active status. A nursing aide is not allowed to work in a nursing home if he has any findings of abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of a resident’s property that occurred while in the nursing home.
To verify a nursing aide’s status, the nursing home or employer may either:
• Go online at the verify registry listings page at https://www.ncnar.org/verify_listings1.jsp#verify. This link provides access to the state’s NA I Registry, Medication Aide Registry, Geriatric Aide Registry, and the Health Care Personnel Registry.
• Call the automated telephone voice response system of the Registry or the VRS, at (919) 715-0562.
• Ask for a registry staff by calling (919) 855-3969, from Monday through Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. E.S.T.
To access or start the verification process, the employer must:
1. Enter the nursing aide’s Social Security Number.
2. Enter his (the employer’s) email address to receive notifications regarding the nursing aide’s registry status changes for up to a year.
3. Click on the “Submit Request” button to start the process.
4. Check if the name on the result matches the name of the nursing aide that you are checking.
5. Record the confirmation number and keep it in the business files.
– Employers are required to keep the confirmation number since this serves as proof of accessing the Registry. A confirmation number is provided for every search that was made. The employer should also include the confirmation number’s date and time specific.
Morehead City is a port city that is found in Carteret County. This city forms part of the Crystal Coast. As of the 2010 census, their total population was at 8,661. This city has a total area of approximately 5.7 sq miles and a population density of 1,507.6/sq mile. This city was named after Governor John Motley Morehead. Major roads serving this area include NC 24, NC 58, and U.S. Route 70.
Examples of health care centers that you can find within the city include Falls Darryl L MD Facog, Med-Center One, Sea Breeze Family Practice, Harborview Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, ould John Jay MD, Park Anglea M MD, Stroud L Ashley MD, Station Club, Coastal Horizons Center Tasc, Urgent Care of Morehead City, and STD Test Express. photo attribution: create-learning