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The family of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy fatally shot by a Cleveland police officer in November, said Tuesday they felt disrespected by the city’s response to a lawsuit over his death.
The city’s response, filed on Friday, had blamed the boy’s death partly on his own actions, stating it had been caused “by the failure … to exercise due care to avoid injury.”
“The city’s answer was very disrespectful to my son, Tamir,” Samaria Rice, the boy’s mother, said at a news conference alongside attorneys, according to Cleveland.com. “I have yet not received an apology from the police department or the city of Cleveland in regards to the killing of my son. And it hurts.”
The family’s attorney, Walter Madison, said the response as written places an adult-like responsibility on children. Cleveland officials have remained mostly silent about the lawsuit, aside from Mayor Frank Jackson, who on Monday apologized for the way the response’s phrasing made it seem like the boy was at fault over his own death.
Rice was killed Nov. 22 after officers responded to reports of someone in a park with a gun, shooting him less than two seconds after their arrival. The boy was later found to have been holding a pellet gun.
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In this podcast, The Outer Dark Virtual Symposium 2020 presents the panel Weird World-Building: Strange Cities, “Other” Countries, and Cobbly Universes, featuring Natania Barron, Jesse Bullington, Jeffrey Ford, Seb Doubinsky, L.M. Davis, and Sarah Read. PLUS Readings by Valjeanne Jeffers, Jeff Strand, L.M. Davis, and Ian McDowell. This programming was recorded on Saturday August 15, 2020.
In this podcast, experience the first Saturday afternoon block of The Outer Dark Virtual Symposium 2020 starting with readings by Valjeanne Jeffers (0:07:00), Jeff Strand (0:17:40), L.M. Davis (0:27:17), and Ian McDowell (0:34:59). Then listen to the panel Weird World-Building: Strange Cities, “Other” Countries, and Cobbly Universes (0:45:50) moderated by Natania Barron with Jesse Bullington, Jeffrey Ford, Seb Doubinsky, L.M. Davis, and Sarah Read. Scroll down for Additional Links to the many authors and works recommended in this episode. This programming took place and was recorded on Saturday August 15, 2020.
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Since their latest album „Retaliation“, Obscenity went through many changes. The most obvious being the additions of their new vocalist Manuel Siewert (December Flower) and their new bass axe man David Speckmann (Burial Vault). Both are now presenting their recording-debuts with Obscenity on “Summoning The Circle”, accompanied by the band’s veterans Hendrik Bruns (guitar) and Sascha Knust (drums) as well as guitarist Christoph Weerts. The recordings for the new songs took place at the Soundlodge Studio (Anvil, God Dethroned, Dew-Scented) with longtime-partner Joerg Uken and in guitarist Christoph Weerts’ own studio while mixing and mastering were done by Christoph Brandes in his Iguana Studio (Necrophagist, Spheron, Maladie). The result speaks for itself and delivers punchy and brutal classic death metal at its meanest. This is the perfect start into 2019, which marks the band’s 30th year in history!
“Summoning The Circle” will be released on December 7th, 2018 via Apostasy Records.


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Today marks the release of AWA’s debut EP ‘cry.baby.
The EP follows the success of her last single ‘Too Late For That’ ft. BJ The Chicago Kid. The single had incredible success at radio with a ‘Record of the Week’ spot on 1Xtra with Yasmin Evans & a ‘Track of the Week’ spot with Rickie, Melvin & Charlie on Radio 1. Alongside this it was playlisted by 1Xtra, Kiss FM and Kiss Fresh as well as Radio 1 & Capital Xtra support.
The EP includes two brand new tracks as well as previous singles ‘Like I Do’ which was premiered by FADER and gained playlist support from 1XTRA & Kiss Fresh as well as ‘Best New Pop’ on Radio 1. It also includes her Columbia Records debut ‘F**kin’ Love Songs’ which was premiered by Julie Adengua on BEATS 1, with the accompanying video premiered on COMPLEX; as well as ‘Comfortable’ which has been tipped by Nylon and Spindle, as well as receiving love from Radio 1, 1Xtra and BEATS 1 and Kiss Fresh.
Preaching the importance of self-love AWA addresses various types of relationships but most importantly the one we have with ourselves. Influences from 90’s R&B run through the EP & listen out for the sample of Mase’s classic ‘What You Want.’
“I like to look at “cry.baby” as a body of work that goes through the motions and perspective of different relationships. The casual ones, the complicated, the beautiful and the most important, the one with yourself. It’s all a journey and as long as you grow a little from your experiences, you good boo.” -AWA

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Commish points finger - Blames improper management for Palisadoes gridlock
Police Commissioner George Quallo has pointed the finger at Superintendent Robert Walker, commanding officer for the Kingston East Police Division, claiming that his "lack of diligence and proper management" was one of the reasons for the traffic gridlock that shut down access to the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) for up to eight hours on New Year's Day.
The police chief found, too, that rowdy patrons attending the popular party Sandz, as well as "touts" and "hustlers" who were directing them to park outside the 7th Harbour Beach Park, where the event was held, were to blame for the pile-up of traffic along the Palisadoes main road leading to the airport.
The findings were contained in the leaked six-page report Quallo submitted to Minister of National Security Robert Montague on the weekend.
Quallo cleared police commanders of any irregularity in the issuing of the permit to the promoters of the party, but acknowledged that police personnel underestimated the volume of vehicular traffic to plan for, as well as "the size and behaviour of the crowd".
"The policing at the initial stage [of the party] was not as decisive due to the quality of the supervision and management," he wrote in the report.
Quallo singled out Walker, who was the gold commander for the operations, and Assistant Superintendent Keisha Scott, the silver commander, for criticisms and indicated what action they would face.
"It appears that the divisional commander [Walker] may be faulted for the lack of diligence and proper management at the point of execution and, to that end, the Police Service Commission will be consulted on the issue of accountability," he wrote.
In the case of Scott, the commissioner said she will be "exposed to additional training", especially in command and control for major events. In addition, her "shortcomings" will be outlined to her in a letter.
... Police applied to KSAMC for licence to stage Sandz - Quallo
Scores of motorists, including the flight crew for at least four international airlines and other persons trying to catch flights out of the island, were stuck in traffic for up to eight hours as rowdy patrons attending the Sandz party spilt out on to the Palisadoes main road.
The incident, described by Quallo as embarrassing, prompted National Security Robert Montague to demand an explanation.
The police chief confirmed, in the report, the person who applied to the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation for the licence for the event is a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force. "[Name withheld] was referred to the assistant commissioner of police in charge of administration to determine whether he received the approval of the Police Service Commission to be engaged as a promoter," Quallo wrote.
He revealed, too, that Superintendent Courtney Coubrie, who was the commanding officer for the Police Traffic Division on the day of the party, will have to explain how police personnel, motorcycles and cars "under his command were deployed without his knowledge or approval".
According to Quallo, 27 police personnel were deployed to the venue of the party, including 16 from Coubrie's division and 11 from the Kingston East division.

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The French-American contemporary artist Louise Bourgeois, best known for her series of giant metal spiders, has died in New York, aged 98.
“I am very sad to confirm that Louise passed away this morning at Beth Israel Hospital after suffering a heart attack on Saturday night,” Wendy Williams, managing director of the Louise Bourgeois Studio said last night.
Bourgeois, inspired at the beginning of her career by Max Ernst and Constantin Brancusi, had never classed herself into a particular artistic grouping, preferring instead to pursue her own personal brand of art.
Among her most famous pieces are a series of giant spiders, which stand more than 30ft (9m) high, presented as symbols of the mother, entitled Maman.
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This essay is widely held to be one of the greatest examples of sustained irony in the history of the English language. Much of its shock value derives from the fact that the first portion of the essay describes the plight of starving beggars in Ireland, so that the reader is unprepared for the surprise of Swift's solution when he states, "A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout."
Readers unacquainted with its reputation as a satirical work often do not immediately realize that Swift was not seriously proposing cannibalism and infanticide, nor would readers unfamiliar with the satires of Horace and Juvenal recognize that Swift's essay follows the rules and structure of Latin satires.
The satirical element of the pamphlet is often only understood after the reader notes the allusions made by Swift to the attitudes of landlords, such as the following: "I grant this food may be somewhat dear, and therefore very proper for Landlords, who as they have already devoured most of the Parents, seem to have the best Title to the Children." Swift extends the metaphor to get in a few jibes at England’s mistreatment of Ireland, noting that "For this kind of commodity will not bear exportation, and flesh being of too tender a consistence, to admit a long continuance in salt, although perhaps I could name a country, which would be glad to eat up our whole nation without it."
In the tradition of Roman satire, Swift introduces the reforms he is actually suggesting by deriding them:
Therefore let no man talk to me of other expedients: Of taxing our absentees at five shillings a pound: Of using neither clothes, nor household furniture, except what is of our own growth and manufacture: Of utterly rejecting the materials and instruments that promote foreign luxury: Of curing the expensiveness of pride, vanity, idleness, and gaming in our women: Of introducing a vein of parsimony, prudence and temperance: Of learning to love our country, wherein we differ even from Laplanders, and the inhabitants of Topinamboo: Of quitting our animosities and factions, nor acting any longer like the Jews, who were murdering one another at the very moment their city was taken: Of being a little cautious not to sell our country and consciences for nothing: Of teaching landlords to have at least one degree of mercy towards their tenants. Lastly, of putting a spirit of honesty, industry, and skill into our shop-keepers, who, if a resolution could now be taken to buy only our native goods, would immediately unite to cheat and exact upon us in the price, the measure, and the goodness, nor could ever yet be brought to make one fair proposal of just dealing, though often and earnestly invited to it.
Therefore I repeat, let no man talk to me of these and the like expedients, 'till he hath at least some glympse of hope, that there will ever be some hearty and sincere attempt to put them into practice.
A Modest Proposal also targets the calculating way people perceived the poor in designing their projects. The pamphlet targets reformers who "regard people as commodities". In the piece, Swift adopts the "technique of a political arithmetician" to show the utter ridiculousness of trying to prove any proposal with dispassionate statistics.
Critics differ about Swift’s intentions in using this faux-mathematical philosophy. Edmund Wilson argues that statistically "the logic of the 'Modest proposal' can be compared with Marx's defense of crime in which he argues that crime takes care of the superfluous population". Wittkowsky counters that Swift's satiric use of statistical analysis is an effort to enhance his satire that "springs from a spirit of bitter mockery, not from the delight in calculations for their own sake".
Swift has his proposer further degrade the Irish by using language ordinarily reserved for animals. Lewis argues that the speaker uses "the vocabulary of animal husbandry to describe the Irish. Once the children have been commoditized, Swift’s rhetoric can easily turn "people into animals, then meat, and from meat, logically, into tonnage worth a price per pound".
Swift uses the proposer’s serious tone to highlight the absurdity of his proposal. In making his argument, the speaker uses the conventional, text book approved order of argument from Swift’s time. The contrast between the "careful control against the almost inconceivable perversion of his scheme" and "the ridiculousness of the proposal" create a situation in which the reader has "to consider just what perverted values and assumptions would allow such a diligent, thoughtful, and conventional man to propose so perverse a plan".
While Swift’s proposal is therefore obviously not a serious economic projection, George Wittkowsky, author of "Swift’s Modest Proposal: The Biography of an Early Georgian Pamphlet," argues that it is nevertheless important to understand the economics of Swift’s time in order to fully understand the piece. Wittowsky argues that not enough critics have taken the time to directly focus on the economics of Swift’s historical situation within which A Modest Proposal was written. He states that "if one regards the Modest Proposal simply as a criticism of condition, about all one can say is that conditions were bad and that Swift's irony brilliantly underscored this fact". According to Wittkowsky that has been the understanding most critics have settled with over the years of reading Swift's proposal. On the other hand, Wittkowsky states that it is beneficial for the reader to be familiar with the economics of mercantilism and the theories of labor in 18th century England in order to fully understand the background of A Modest Proposal. He explains that with the start of a new industrial age in the 18th century it was believed that "people are the riches of the nation", and there was a general faith in an economy which paid its workers low wages—high wages meant workers would work less. Furthermore, "in the mercantilist view no child was too young to go into industry". Wittkowsky reminds us that it is important to remember that in the "Age of Swift" the "somewhat more humane attitudes of an earlier day had all but disappeared and the laborer had come to be regarded as a commodity". We can better understand Swift’s satirical cannibalistic proposal when we take into account this idea in his time of the human being as a number or commodity.
It has been emulated many times as well. In his book A Modest Proposal (1984), evangelical author Frank Schaeffer emulated Swift's work in social conservative polemic against abortion and euthanasia in a future dystopia that advocated recycling of aborted embryos and fetuses, as well as some disabled infants with compound intellectual, physical and physiological difficulties. (Such Baby Doe Rules cases were then a major concern of the pro-life movement of the early 1980s, which viewed selective treatment of those infants as disability discrimination.)
In Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist, which contains hundreds of private letters written by Thompson over the years, contains a letter in which he uses A Modest Proposal's satire technique against the Vietnam War. Thompson writes a letter to a local Aspen newspaper informing them that, on Christmas Eve, he was going to use napalm to burn a number of dogs and hopefully any humans they find. This letter protests the burning of Vietnamese people occurring overseas.
The show Sealab 2021 references A Modest Proposal by the character of Jodene Sparks. It was suggested as recommended reading when Debbie wanted a child.

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Nike warns Egyptian Olympic body to safeguard sport brand's reputation
London, July 27 (ANI): After one of Egypt's Olympic swimmers admitted that the team was given knockoff Nike gear from China to compete in, the sports brand has issued a severe warning to that country's Olympic body to take all possible steps to safeguard and protect the sport brand's name and reputation.Yomna Khallaf, competing for Egypt in synchronized swimming, tweeted that her Olympic bag had a giant Nike logo... and that the zippers were marked Adidas.
Nike sent a letter of warning to the Egyptian Olympic Committee after Khallaf added that the initial attitude of the officials in Cairo was: 'take this or have nothing at all.'Contacted by the media, the Egyptian Olympic Committee confessed that its uniform supplier had been handing them knockoff goods, the Daly Mail reports.
General Mahmoud Ahmed Ali, the president of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, confirmed: "We signed with a Chinese distributor in light of Egypt's economic situation."He called the fake clothes and footwear 'sufficient' for the Egyptians competing in the games, and suggested that if Nike felt troubled by the violation of its copyright, the company should pursue the supplier in China, not his committee.
In the company's letter to the Egyptian Olympic Committee, Nike warned that it 'consistently acts to protect its brand and actively engages with law enforcement agencies and Customs authorities to stop counterfeit product reaching consumers and athletes.'
According to the BBC, the Committee and Nike are now 'in discussions' over the matter. However, it is unclear whether Nike will take legal action. (ANI)
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Jim DeMint, former senator and future president of the Heritage Foundation, writes a column for USA Today opposing gay marriage. But like so many social conservatives, he supports his position with a sleight of hand. DeMint writes:
Without strong families grounded in marriage, we cannot hold back the ever‐expanding power of government. As the marriage culture weakens, Big Government grows. Just look how the welfare state has expanded as the unwed childbearing rate has grown from single digits in the 1960s to more than 40% today.
Marriage policy exists to encourage a man and a woman to commit to each other permanently and exclusively as husband and wife and to be father and mother to any children. Sound marriage policy strengthens civil society and reduces the role of government.
The erosion of marriage costs taxpayers. And it’s not just conservatives who say this. Even the left‐leaning think tank, Brookings Institution, attributed $229 billion in welfare expenditures between 1970 and 1996 to the breakdown of marriage.
Yes indeed. Stable families are less likely to be on welfare. As Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill of Brookings write,
Our research shows that if you want to avoid poverty and join the middle class in the United States, you need to complete high school (at a minimum), work full time and marry before you have children. If you do all three, your chances of being poor fall from 12 percent to 2 percent, and your chances of joining the middle class or above rise from 56 to 74 percent.
But DeMint and other social conservatives make a logical leap when they connect that point to gay marriage. Gay people making the emotional and financial commitments of marriage is not the cause of family breakdown or welfare spending.
When DeMint says that “family breakdown” is causing poverty – and thus a demand for higher government spending – he knows that he’s really talking about unwed motherhood, divorce, children growing up without fathers, and the resulting high rates of welfare usage and crime.
So why raise the problems of broken families and then propose to prevent gay people from getting married? Why all the focus on issues that would do nothing to solve the problems of “family breakdown” and what DeMint has elsewhere called “the high cost of a dysfunctional society”? Well, solving the problems of divorce and unwed motherhood is hard. And lots of Republican and conservative voters have been divorced. A constitutional amendment to ban divorce wouldn’t go over very well with even the social‐conservative constituency. A legal ban on premarital sex would address the problem, but even social conservatives realize that it would be an imprudent exercise of state power. Far better to pick on a small group, a group not perceived to be part of the Republican constituency, and blame them for social breakdown and its associated costs.
But you won’t find your keys on Main Street if you dropped them on Green Street, and you won’t reduce the costs of social breakdown by keeping gays unmarried and not letting them adopt orphans.


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N THE 2003 Christmas comedy Elf, Will Ferrell’s character—Buddy the Elf—has a favorite saying: “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” At one point in the film, when Buddy first meets Jovie at Macy’s, she scoffs at this saying. He responds innocently, “If you sing alone, you can sing in front of people; it’s no different!” then begins to sing off-key in full voice. The grumpy floor manager pops out from behind a shelf and yells, “Hey! There’s no singing on the north pole!”
In the first chapter of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is sitting in his office when a boy stops outside his door to sing a Christmas carol:
“…but at the first sound of God bless you, merry gentleman! May nothing you dismay! Scrooge seized the ruler with such energy of action that the singer fled in terror.”
…so offended is Scrooge by the joviality of the boy, and so threatened by the song’s expression of goodwill. Later on, upon meeting the Ghost of Christmas Past, Scrooge is blinded by the great light emitting from the head of the spirit, symbolizing Truth (among other things). Scrooge asks the Ghost to wear its cap so as to shield him from this light; the Ghost responds, “Would you so soon put out, with worldly hands, the light I give?” As the Ghost takes Scrooge through his past, we see the first glimpse of his eventual transformation when he views himself as a young boy. Seeing his young self, he is reminded of the singer from the night before. Scrooge remarks:
“Poor boy…I wish…but it’s too late now… There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something: that’s all.”
In his book Reflections on the Spirituality of Gregorian Chant, Dom Jacques Hourlier pours forth great wisdom regarding the power of music to affect us deeply. (Though Dom Hourlier speaks specifically about chant, much of what he has to say can be said, I believe, about all great sacred music.) Through sacred music, Dom Hourlier writes, one comes to “apprehend the fullness of language that merely spoken words can never adequately express.” Music educates us to a deeper meaning of the words; the marriage of music and words “transports (us) a thousand leagues beyond the dictionary.” Dom Hourlier goes on to say that the “richness and beauty (of music) give rise to prayer.” The synthesis of these two qualities—education and prayer—is that sacred music sanctifies those who listen and sing. In a very real way, it makes us more holy. Sacred music brings us together, in Dom Hourlier’s words, “from the horizontal point of view, since it unites people in its beauty, and from the vertical, because it leads us all to God.”
Most Catholics are readily familiar with Psalm 95, “If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts…” Consider this Psalm and the two misers. There is no question that the store manager and Scrooge have hardened hearts. By shunning the music of Christmas, they are extinguishing the light that is the very essence of these songs and of singing, and all they have to offer mankind. (Scrooge, in fact, quite literally extinguishes the light of the Ghost of Christmas Past, by forcing him under his cap.) Thus, they are blotting out the voice of God, who speaks to us through all good things, who is “full of grace and truth.” We praise God and give thanks through singing the sacred music of Christmas; we offer the gift of music back to him. Yet, we can never understate the fact that we receive something through the experience of singing as well. Music plays a vital role in the drama of the liturgical year; when we live the liturgical year to its very fullest, it has the power to change our lives. Christmas without music would be incomplete. The music of Christmas forms us and aligns us to its joyful spirit of love and charity. At this time of year, all of us should bear in mind the potential for music to affect us deeply, and so let us finish the boy caroler’s song through music and in our lives:
“Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place
Like we true loving brethren,
Each other to embrace,
For the merry time of Christmas
Is coming on a-pace.
O tidings of comfort and joy.”
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The global economy could be hurtling toward one of the sharpest slowdowns in recent memory, with the UK plummeting to the bottom of the G7 growth league, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned today.
A full shut off of Russian gas flows to Europe and more upside inflation shocks would plunge growth into among the worst brackets since the 1970s.
The world’s economic watchdog said if existing headwinds intensify, expansion will drop to 2.6 per cent and two per cent this year and in 2023 respectively, “putting growth in the bottom 10 percent of outcomes since 1970”.
In the organisation’s most likely scenario, expansion is healthier, but the IMF said the likelihood of its gloomier forecast materialising is stronger than usual.
The UK will squeeze out the weakest growth of any G7 nation next year, slumping to just 0.5 per cent, meaning a recession in 2023 is almost certain. GDP will grow 3.2 per cent this year, a 0.5 percentage point cut from the IMF’s April forecasts.
Just at the beginning of 2022, Britain was forecast to post similar expansion to Germany next year.
However, scorching inflation, driven by imbalances in the jobs market, higher energy prices and ongoing Covid-19 trade disruption, has crippled the country’s economy.
The UK also has the highest inflation rate of any rich country, climbing to a 40-year high of 9.4 per cent. It is expected to hit 12 per cent in October, six times the Bank of England’s two per cent target, when another hike to energy bills lands.
That surge in living costs is eroding households’ living standards at the worst rate since records began, igniting fears the UK will tip into recession soon.
In a blow to Tory leadership hopeful Liz Truss’s promise to cut taxes to cushion the cost of living crunch, the IMF said these giveaways will need to be “offset by increased taxes [elsewhere] or lower government spending” to avoid fuelling inflation and adding to the UK’s debt load.
Truss rebuffed the remarks and slammed her contender Rishi Sunak’s plan to delay tax cuts until inflation is under control a “disaster”.
“Let’s be clear. [Sunak’s] plan is to raise taxes. He is planning to raise taxes on corporations, putting our taxes up to the same level as France. That is going to put off people who want to invest in Britain,” Truss said.
A spokesperson for Sunak’s campaign told City A.M.: “The IMF makes clear that inflation at current levels represents a clear risk for current and future economic stability, and that reducing it should be a top priority for every government. That is why reckless spending is the wrong way forward.”
A treasury spokesperson told City A.M. the government has “provided £37bn of help for households, including £400 off everyone’s energy bills, £1,200 for the 8m most vulnerable households and the biggest personal tax cut in a decade – giving 30m people a tax cut worth up to £330 a year.”
The Bank of England, and the world’s other top monetary authorities, need to “stay the course until inflation is tamed,” Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the IMF’s chief economist, said.
“Tighter monetary policy will inevitably have real economic costs, but delay will only exacerbate them,” he added.
Governor Andrew Bailey and co are expected next Thursday to launch the biggest rate hike since the Bank was made independent 25 years ago.
They have already lifted rates five times in a row to a 13-year high of 1.25 per cent. The US Federal Reserve has lifted borrowing costs 150 basis points since March, while the European Central Bank shocked markets with a 50 basis point move last week.


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Quezon City jail, just outside the capital Manila, is home to over 4,000 inmates.
Originally built in 1953, the country's jail authority suggests it is safe for 800 inmates -- a shade of its current numbers. By U.N. standards, it is fit for 200 inmates.
Inmate Ramon Go, who acts as "mayor" for some of the jail's dorms, has been incarcerated for 16 years. He's currently awaiting the verdict of his murder trial, which happened two and a half years ago.
It's always been packed, guards say, but recently the number of inmates has spiked.
Critics say this overcrowding is a predictable effect of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.
"The food is terrible," says one inmate. "And it's hard to find a space to sleep, especially when it rains."
Dormitories are affectionately called barangays, a Filipino name for neighborhoods. One 200-square foot room houses 85 inmates.
A rigorous search of those coming in keeps the amount of contraband to a minimum, says the jail's senior inspector. But it's still a jail, he shrugs, suggesting that drugs and other illegal goods do find their way in.
Many inmates could go home but can't afford the bail, which can be as low as 4,000 to 6,000 pesos ($86 to $129).
Joey Doguiles, the jail's senior inspector and chief of operations.
At the beginning of the year, just under 3,600 were incarcerated. In the seven weeks since President Duterte took office, that number has risen to 4,053.
With thousands of arrests made since the beginning of June in the war on drugs, the population of inmates keeps growing.


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Young actor strives to be unpredictable
Stage productions were a spontaneous alternative to football for Kyle Anderson in high school. Now, Anderson’s a college senior who will graduate with a degree in theatre and plans to pursue a career in acting.
“Acting sounded like fun and a lot less painful than football practice,” the Queens resident recalled.
To gain experience in the field, Anderson worked as an apprentice during summer 2004 at the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Minnesota. At Binghamton, he has starred in productions such as Macbeth, Twelfth Night, A Raisin in the Sun, The Comedy of Asses and Alcestes.
He’s now preparing for his next show, Proof, which opens Oct. 13 on campus.
“It’s definitely my favorite show so far because it revolves around family relationships, yet maintains a sense of humor,” said Anderson, a member of fraternity Zeta Beta Tau.
Proof features just four characters, two women and two men. But landing a part hasn’t left Anderson less modest.
“I don’t really know what kind of advice I would offer young actors because I’m still learning too,” Anderson said. “I do know that it’s important to be believable and interesting on stage. I think a good actor should keep his audience not knowing what will happen next — to be unpredictable.”
One of Anderson’s role models is actor Matt Damon because he has an interesting life story. “He went through hard times before he made it big and I respect that,” Anderson said.
Theatre Department Lecturer Carol Hanscom, director of Proof, said she believes Anderson will be able to make a career for himself as an actor.
“He has charm and charisma,” she said. “He’s empathetic and works hard. I love working with him. He listens and responds truthfully. I’d work with him again in a heartbeat.”


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It is known that young hero Akash Puri is currently shooting for his forthcoming flick Romantic. The film is directed by Anil Paduri, who is a close associate to Puri Jagannadh. Ramya Krishna will be seen playing a crucial role in the movie, which has Kethika Sharma as the leading lady in it.
As per the latest updates, the makers of Romantic will announce the release date of the film on the 10th of May at 01:56 PM. Buzz is that Romantic will release in April as a summer special. Puri, along with Charmme Kaur, is bankrolling the venture under his PC Connects banner. Akash, who tasted bitter experience with his previous film, is pinning hopes on Romantic. Let us wait to see if this film delivers the much-needed success to the young hero or not.
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I understand the first Brookhaven Farmers' Market will be held in Railroad Park Friday morning from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and repeated every Friday through the summer. I can't wait to find what great fresh home-grown produce will be available. And after you shop, be sure to walk over to the library to find some wonderful recipes from our extensive collection of cookbooks.
Just to get you thinking, we got some fresh tomatoes yesterday. We chopped up several seeded tomatoes, added lots of fresh chopped basil and chives (from the back yard) and tossed them with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. Then we served it over whole wheat angel hair pasta topped with pine nuts and freshly grated Parmesan. In less than ten minutes we had a world-class feast that even our teen-ager enjoyed.
So, don't miss the farmers' market and be sure to visit the library for some great cookbooks!
And to show great minds think alike, here is a post on the Seattle Public Library Blog about their farmers' markets: http://shelftalk.spl.org/2008/07/09/celebrate-seattles-farmers-markets/
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Courteney Cox is marking a special time in her life as a mother.
The “Friends” alum, 57, shared a video to Instagram on Wednesday of her daughter Coco Arquette entering the final year of her high school career and in classic Cox fashion, the milestone moment came with a cheeky montage video of the 17-year-old preparing to embark on her journey into senioritis.
“It’s the first day of the last year of Coco going to school,” Cox raved in the social media video set to “I’m So Excited” by The Pointer Sisters. “She’s a senior. Big day.”
The “Scream” star shares Coco with her ex, fellow actor David Arquette.
COURTENEY COX FINALLY LANDS AN EMMY NOMINATION FOR ‘FRIENDS’
In a sort of behind-the-scenes video jump, Cox can be seen brewing coffee and tending to the family dogs, Harley and Hopper, just before she hits the home intercom to summon her daughter down, asking if Coco was ready to head to school,
“No,” she replied. “OK, see you in the car,” Cox shoots back.
An ensuing video clip shows Cox and Coco driving on their way to her destination.
“Dropping my baby girl off for the first day of her last year of school,” the actress said from the car, before turning the camera on Coco, who responds to her mother, “Please stop filming.”
‘FRIENDS’ STAR COURTENEY COX ADMITS FEELINGS WERE ‘HURT’ OVER EMMY NOMINATION SNUB
It took no time at all before many of Cox’s Hollywood pals hit the comments section of her post – with fellow mother, Reese Witherspoon writing, “MOM Life!”
Cox recently told former film co-star Drew Barrymore she was taking a much different approach to motherhood and really started “sticking to my boundaries” with Coco.
“She’s like, ‘What? You’re a great mom, just don’t change. You know I don’t like change.’ So if I just say I’m going to be stricter, the fear goes right in,” Cox shared. “The one thing you’ve got to stick with is if you say, ‘I’m taking your phone away,’ then you’ve got to be strong. I am not always strong, that’s the key though.”
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Added Cox: “My partner Johnny [McDaid] is always like, “You have to stick with your boundaries. That’s really important.'”
Cox also said she often gives Coco a much longer leash to be her true and authentic self.
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“People will say, ‘Why do you let Coco wear so much makeup?’ She’s been wearing makeup forever, that is a self-expression for her,” Cox explained on the “Drew Barrymore Show.”
“She loves to dress up. She will dye her hair, it was purple a week ago, I think right now it’s blonde underneath – before it was blue,” she quipped, adding, “we’ve ruined the bathroom 1,000 times.”
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The Federal Government on Monday said travellers coming into Nigeria from France, Germany, and Spain would have to undergo a secondary screening at the nation’s international airports and self-isolate for 14 days.
He said the three countries have been added to the list of high-risk nations with widespread community transmission.
The Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnibe Mamora, said this in Abuja while briefing the press on the update on coronavirus.
Already, Nigeria had placed China, Japan, Iran, Italy and Republic of Korea on high-risk status.
Mamora said the step became important for travellers from the eight countries after Nigeria carried out a review of its case definition for coronavirus.
The minister said, “Despite that, we have not recorded a confirmed COViD-19 case in the last one week in Nigeria, it is important to remember that we are still at high risk like other countries.
“We continue to monitor returning travellers that fit our case definition and improve our surveillance, detection and risk communications.
“Following the declaration of a pandemic and increasing spread in countries, we carried out a review of our case definition. We have added three new countries to the existing list of five high-risk countries with widespread community transmission. These are France, Germany, and Spain. Therefore, eight countries are on our priority list – China, Japan, Iran, Italy, Spain, the Republic of Korea, France and Germany.
“Travellers from these eight countries will undertake secondary screening at the point of entry. They are also advised to self-isolate for 14 days on entry.”


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University of Akron to renovate Rhodes Arena instead of waiting for replacement
The University of Akron plans to renovate the James A. Rhodes Arena — and not wait to see if a new basketball facility is built in downtown Akron.
University President Scott Scarborough said he is awaiting an internal design proposal on how to upgrade the 5,500-seat, on-campus arena known informally as the JAR.
“Right now, the JAR is in need of some amount of renovation just to keep the experience at an acceptable level,” Scarborough said.
The work would be done in phases, with the first portion potentially included in the next school budget.
The arena is home to the Zips men’s and women’s basketball teams, and the women’s volleyball team.
Upgrades are needed even if the community builds an arena downtown, Scarborough added.
The university would not talk about specific ideas or renovation costs for Rhodes Arena, which opened in 1983 and is considered antiquated by modern standards.
A UA-commissioned study released in 2012 cited inadequate rest rooms and concessions, sight lines, seating, and areas for entertaining donors and special guests.
“The JAR lacks the appearance and presence for a Division I arena,” it says.
The study recommended adding a two-story glass-walled lobby; new chair-back seating to replace the majority of the bleachers; new concourses, rest rooms and concession area; and creating a dedicated student section.
The study, done by Populous of Kansas City, Mo., pegged the price tag at about $38 million.
“Whatever investment we would make in the JAR would not be a lost investment because it would always be home to volleyball and some of our other teams,” Scarborough said.
He said he hopes the first phase of renovations is included in the financial budget being put together in the spring. But he also warned that improvements to the arena might not make the cut.
“I’ve got to see if that fits within our budget, given all the other priorities that we’ll have,” Scarborough added. “One always hopes that someone will step forward and say, ‘I’d be happy to fund that on behalf of the university.’ Some donor.”
Zips season ticket-holder Ken Burkins said he’s curious to see how the university proceeds.
“I would be very much interested to see what the plans are for the renovation and how it would be paid for,” he said.
Scarborough said he wasn’t aware of any immediate talk about resurrecting plans for the downtown arena, an idea that has been discussed for years.
Earlier this year, Akron and Summit County officials recommended using a portion of a proposed sales tax increase on the November ballot to fund the facility.
But leaders later yanked the arena from the proposal after public complaints. Voters shot down the ballot issue anyway.
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Faye Tso was one of the first Navajo potters to use unconventional imagery in her pottery. While traditional Navajo pottery has very little decoration, Tso applied images of corn maidens, lizards, and dancers to the surface of the clay. Her grandson, Jarred Tso, is also an important younger potter who is carrying on this amazing family tradition. This is a striking and unusual piece of her pottery. This is a large melon jar with 28 ribs. The ribs are probably applique, as that was Faye’s favored technique. The jar was traditionally fired and then covered in pinon pitch. It is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Faye Tso”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration, or repair. Definitely a great piece of Navajo pottery history! The jar has an original tag from the 1986 Navajo Show at the Museum of Northern Arizona.


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Bruce breaks out of slump against a lefty, of course
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CINCINNATI -- Jay Bruce swears he didn't realize exactly how long it had been since his last hit. It wasn't just that he had lost count at a certain point or that he didn't want to linger on the number 26.
His thoughts were elsewhere as he rounded the bases on a two-run home run in the eighth inning Sunday against Milwaukee left-hander Will Smith, a home run that indeed snapped Bruce's career-long 0-for-26 hitless streak and provided the eventual winning margin in a 4-2 victory at Great American Ball Park.
"I was honestly happy that we didn't have to play extra innings," said Bruce.
Bruce turned 27 years old in April but this is already his seventh season playing in the major leagues. He's approaching the franchise record for most games played in right field; he's at 860 after Sunday, just 29 behind the 889 played by Ivan Goodman from 1935-42. Since Bruce first came up in 2008 he has been known as a streaky hitter. Before this recent stretch, Bruce had a nine-game hitting streak in which he hit .457 with seven doubles, two home runs and nine RBI.
Some lulls and highs have been more pronounced than others in Bruce's career but they've all taught him the value of patience.
"I knew I wasn't going to go oh-for-the rest of my career," said Bruce. "I've been making hard contact throughout this little funk that I was in, the oh-fer. I feel fine. I didn't even realize I was oh-for-so much. I had a good road trip. The last three games in San Diego I didn't hit well but I was still hitting balls hard at people. That's just the way it goes with baseball. There's no way to explain it. There's no way to will your way out of it. You've just got to continue to keep moving forward and take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves."
The home run was the 48th off a lefty by Bruce over the last five seasons. That's the most by any batter in the majors no matter which side of the plate they're swinging. It was the first time this season Smith had allowed a home run to a left-handed hitter.
Smith was ahead in the count, 1-2, but was paying attention to Brandon Phillips on first base after Phillips drew a walk on a nine-pitch at-bat ahead of Bruce. He got a 94-mph fastball up instead of away. Bruce drove it into the right field stands 383 feet away.
"I've been there before too," said third baseman Todd Frazier, who had a 0-for-31 hitless streak this season but who leads the team with 96 hits after picking up two on Sunday. "The more frustrated you get the worse it's going to be and he kept his head up and stayed up. I'm glad. The first thing I was thinking was his home runs against lefties and what a good time it would be to hit one out. A couple of guys told me I called it. I don't remember. I blacked out, so it was nice."
Manager Bryan Price has appreciated Bruce's all-around approach, too.
"During this period of time that Jay has struggled at the plate, there are certain things that I've noticed that have stood out," said Price. "How hard he runs out of the box on a routine groundout or fly ball and how his defense -- I don't want to say picked up. I think his defense is outstanding and it shows up every day but he's been in a situation to make plays and he's made them for us. That's what you have to do because of the up and down of a regular season. You've got to find ways to help when you're not swinging the bat."
Bruce did that his first time up against Milwaukee starter Yovani Gallardo. He hit a ground ball up the middle that went for a force out at second base but because Bruce beat the relay throw to first base Frazier was able to score on the play and give the Reds a 1-0 lead. Bruce eventually scored the second run of the inning on a Devin Mesoraco single.
A little bit of hustle turns what could have been no runs into two.
"Those are the things that you want to have on display every day with every player," said Price. "That type of effort. That type of palpable feeling that everyone is all-in, completely committed to winning and doing everything they can to win. I think he's putting it on display every day even though he doesn't have the results offensively to support his contributions. He's done it with his defense, hustle and effort and preparation, things we talk about all of the time."

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Following the presentation at Learn to Win 2021, the three scenarios for the FS2021 competition are as follows.
All teams looking to compete in the FS2021 competition are urged to download the full presentation notes from the Forms and Documents page. If you have any questions or require further clarity please feel free to email us at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Designed to mitigate the effect of possible COVID restrictions both in the UK and abroad, an overview of the three scenarios are as follows:
- Static event ‘heats’ held virtually
Live event in July for teams with a vehicle capable of running plus static event finalists*
Registered teams not participating in the live event will be invited to attend as spectators (numbers may be restricted)
- Business Plan Presentation plus FS-AI static
events held entirely virtually
Design and Cost ‘heats’ held virtually*
- Live event in July for teams with a vehicle
capable of running plus Cost and Design event
No or very limited number of spectators
* Finalists will have the option to participate via online platform if travel is restricted or if team does not wish to travel.
- Entirely virtual event
- FS and Concept Class teams compete as one class
in static events
- Lap Time Simulation (LTS) deadline would be
extended and assessed for both FS and Concept
Sim Racing event for all competition classes
- FS-AI teams continue to compete as separate ADS
and DDT classes in static events
Full details on all three scenarios, including further clarity on Class 1, Concept Class and FS-AI teams and specific times when the scenarios will be decided, are in the PDF document available on the Forms and Documents page.
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Welcome to South Street Gallery.
Experience the historical home of Nelson Pottery for well over 20 years.
At South Street Gallery you will find 25 selected potters of national and international renown. All work guaranteed handmade by Nelson craftspeople.
Click through to our website to find out more about us at the Gallery or view a selection of Potters work. If it is pottery materials you want then have a look at our current catalogue of Potters Materials.
A visit to The South Street Gallery is a unique experience you will never forget.
We have a fantastic range for you to enjoy and we are continually adding to our collections, so we can guarantee that no two visits to South Street Gallery are ever the same even if they're only a few weeks apart!
As the potters work is supplied and sold on a commission basis, we are able to keep prices low compared to normal retail outlets.
Within the beautiful historic Gallery building we have gathered together a wonderful collection of work by 25 talented potters from the Nelson and West Coast Regions.
As each potter is totally different from the next, we are able to offer a diverse range from up to the minute through to traditional styles.
The South Street Gallery supplies a full range of pottery materials to New Zealand professional and amateur potters. We can supply clays, kilns and kiln furniture, wheels, glazes and stains, tools, moulds, fritts, raw materials and a huge selection of other accessories.
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Think of a game you love. Most of us have a special game - or even a handful of special games - that arguably defined us, and our childhood, that we grew up playing. Looking back on them now, though, it can sometimes a bit tricky to see why you were so into them (rose tinted glasses are powerful things), and somehow, the games you grew up playing don't always age as well as you'd hope.
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But now imagine you actually went into the games industry, started up a company, and formed a multimillion dollar empire. You're flying high - and then the rights to your favourite game of all time came up for sale. That's what happened to World of Tanks studio Wargaming.net's CEO Victor Kislyi, as Randy King, Executive Producer on the Master of Orion reboot explains: "A long time ago, our CEO Victor played this game, and he loved it. So when it came up for sale by Atari, he had to have it. He wants to bring it back to life, so the world can experience the game he fell in love with - especially his kids"
A noble goal, then - but what is Master of Orion? Helpfully known in gaming parlance a 4X game - that's helpful in the same way a broken sat nav is helpful when you find yourself in deepest darkest Wales, because it tells you literally nothing about the game unless you already know what it stands for - it's an abbreviation that takes in the four "x"es - eXplore, eXpand, eXploit and eXterminate, which are roughly the four pillars of what you need to try and accomplish in Master of Orion. A turn based strategy game, you'll start out with just a handful of ships, and one planet under your control - and it's up to you to build up a base, produce more units, and explore the galaxy, expanding your empire by colonising planets as you go, or perhaps getting into the odd scuffle with a less than friendly alien race... or seven.
Before you get started with your intergalactic expansion, though, you'll have to make one of the most important decisions in the game - choosing which race you want to play as. Master of Orion comes with ten playable races to choose from, each of which has their own strengths, weaknesses and "perks". "Every race gives you some type of boost. Some races are better at warfare, some races love armour, [so you can choose a race to match your play style]" Our demo focussed on four of the game's races - the Alkari, a strange, bird like race who are proud, noble, but easily offended; the Darlok, a highly technological race, but one that prefers to steal rather than develop their own technology; the Mrrshan, a cat like race that are easy to please, but quick to turn; and the Psilon, a race that's very high on technology and research, and is essentially your stereotypical little grey alien.
Jumping into a game as the Psilons, things start off with a bang, or at least a virtual one, with the creation of the galaxy you're going to explore - kind of like Master of Orion's big bang. Every universe you play through is entirely randomly generated, but with some pattern to its creation, with a "seed" starting things off. There are essentially 99,999 different universes to play through, and if you play through one you really like, all you have to do is make a note of the seed, and you'll be able to play it over again.
Played from a zoomed out, top down, semi-isometric view, when you first start out in Master of Orion, you'll begin with just one planet under your control, and infinite possibilities. With an entire galaxy at your fingertips, you'd expect this could be a bit intimidating, but luckily, each race comes with its own special advisor to help you learn the ropes. "What we've done is build a game that stays true to the original roots of the game - but also is fun to play for new players", Randy explains, as the advisor pops up on screen to tell us how to move our ships.
With plenty of blacked out planets around, ripe for exploring, your first task is to explore your nearby surroundings, making use of your starter fleet of ships. To begin with, we only have three ships making up our fleet - a frigate (which is essentially your battleship, and the spine of your military armada), a colony ship (used for colonising planets), and a scout, a nippy little craft that's designed to make exploring the galaxy as speedy as it can feasibly be - although at the cost of having any weapons. Leaving our frigate behind to protect our home base, we send our colony ship off to the nearest silhouetted planet to see what wonders it holds...
Exploring planets is key to Master of Orion, as each and every planet is different, and comes with different resources. If you want to keep your people in food and water, research new technology, build new ships, and expand your empire, you'll need plenty or resources - and different types of materials too - so colonising a wide array of planets is important. "We have 14 different planet types in the game, like terran, desert, radiated, toxic, gas. There's different sizes, different states in terms of the resources that are on them (good, poor, rich) - and, we have rare resources, which are randomly placed". So there's plenty for budding galaxy explorers to hunt out.
Once you think you've found a planet that would be a nice addition to your galactic empire, all you need to do is send your colony ship across to have a look around. This triggers a fancy looking animation as the colonisation process gets under way, giving you a glimpse of the planet's surface. Like the planet itself, this has been procedurally generated, to ensure that not only does what you see match the planet's description - but that you get a different cutscene every time.
Of course, with a great number of planets comes great responsibility (or something like that), as it's no use having a massive empire of millions of people if they all just sit around twiddling their thumbs. Your people need to be given something to do - and this is where the magic happens in Master of Orion.
The screen above is your planet micro-management screen, which lets you assign your population to various tasks. Each little character you see represents around a million people, and so you can assign your population to the tasks you think are most important. If you have a planet you want to be the centre of your empire's research, you can put its entire populace to work on research; if you want a planet to become a factory, churning out ships and buildings all day long, you can put your populace to work on production, shunning the food and research options. Of course, when you're just starting out, you'll probably want to put most of your people to work on food production, as that helps grow your populace, giving you more options. Managing your population, and putting them to work on the things that matter to you is the most important part of the game - and it's one that has a lot of depth. "Some people used to play this game with a spreadsheet next to them - but the hardcore players, they're going to expect this level of micromanagement, so it's there." For those who're just starting out, however, there's another way - autobuild. Ticking this option lets the game automatically handle your planet's production chain, building all the factories, farms, and other buildings you could need, without you having to lift a finger, leaving you free to worry about the rest of your empire instead.
Master of Orion also comes with a pretty substantial tech tree for you to research. With a branching path, each item you research will let you research another, and so on, unlocking buildings, ships, and other technology as you go, so again, you can research the items you'll need to suit your play style. Of course, research doesn't happen overnight, and like everything in the game, each research item will take a number of turns to complete, giving you another thing to plan for.
So, that's exploration and expanding - but what of exploiting and exterminating? The two last pillars of Master of Orion come into play after you've explored a little bit longer, when you've come into contact with other races. After your initial tense first meetings, you're able to request an audience with any of the races you've met, where you have to put your interplanetary diplomacy skills to the test, in your effort to keep everyone happy, as Randy showed us, requesting an audience with the Myrrshans. Through your audience, you can request various things, from open borders, allowing you access to their space, to simple trade packages - or, if you really don't like someone, you can just declare war on them and screw the whole thing (that's the exterminating dealt with, then).
Another interesting twist are the independent races - these are races that aren't affiliated with the other races in the game, but you'll happen across by chance when exploring a planet. These races will give you quests to complete, whether it's unlocking a certain technology, building a new building, or perhaps even taking out a nearby pirate base, adding another extra bit of structure to the game (and another thing to think about). Pirates are another thing that seem to exist only to make your time exploring the universe that little bit trickier, but the independent races probably won't have the firepower to take them out - so perhaps they'll ask you for help. Either way, with every quest you complete, the independent race will like you more - which is handy, because it brings us to the final part of Master of Orion - how you actually win.
Rather than being a fully open ended game, Master of Orion does have an end, and a goal for you to reach. In fact, it has five of them, with each requiring a markedly different approach. The first, Conquest, is simple enough - all you need to do is kill everyone else. The other four are a little bit more involved. Technology requires you to research everything on the tech tree, before any of the other races manage it - something that'll test your micromanaging skills to their limits. Economic requires you to first unlock interstellar stock exchange, and then take control of it - something that's difficult to do, as all the other races want to get there first. Then there's Diplomatic (which wasn't detailed), and Excellence, a goal which requires you to meet all the races, at which point a galactic council gets formed. Once this happens, all the races get together to vote on a supreme leader - and if you get voted in, you win the game. The twist is, even independent planets get a vote - so you need to be nice.
Complex though it may sound, a lot of work's gone into making sure Master of Orion will be as challenging for hardcore fans as it is accessible for newcomers. There's a lot of interesting little things at work behind the scenes here to make your life easier, from the various auto options, to something we're sure will come in hands - a timeline, which shows you a graph of what's been going on, and lets you restart from any point. The perfect remedy for that time you accidentally declared war on that race that was ticking you off, only to realise their army was 5x the size of yours, in the world of Master of Orion, there'll be no regrets.
And even though we've talked about the basics of the game, there's still so much more to cover that we haven't touched on. Some star systems will be controlled by monsters - giant space aliens that patrol around, destroying anyone who comes near, requiring an immense amount of firepower to fend them off. There's also ship to ship combat in the game, with two modes on offer - tactical (which lets you take control of the ships yourself), and simulated, although the tactical mode is so early in development, it wasn't actually on show. Then there are star bases, huge structures that can form blockades over nodes (think star gates), stopping other races getting near, and the planet morale system, whereby your residents go on strike if their not pleased. High taxes make people depressed, low taxes make them happy - looks like Jeremy Corbyn's onto a winner then (!)
With so, so much depth, Master of Orion could easily have been intimidating to someone who wasn't on board the first time around, but with so much effort having gone into the accessibility - and so much polish making the game as smooth, and easy to understand as possible, this is a strategy game we could see ourselves sinking hours into. And seeing as we usually even suck at Civilisation, that can only be a good thing.

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As a Medical Device manufacturing company, medi is committed to delivering quality garments that consumers feel safe and confident wearing. At its Whitsett, North Carolina, facility, medi was using its own proprietary software for data collection and quality monitoring in its manufacturing processes. However, error codes in the software produced a large amount of paperwork because operators could not easily make changes to incorrectly entered information. Making corrections often took as long as an hour and a half, and duplicate data entry created variations in reporting.
Also, in order to maintain compliance with medical safety regulations on technology used in manufacturing, medi needed to validate its software to demonstrate its reliability and effectiveness. The homegrown system was outdated, and medi was uncertain whether it could satisfy the strict validation requirements. Rather than continue with its homegrown software, medi sought a new solution that could drive quality improvements and increase efficiency while facilitating the validation process.
medi found its answer in InfinityQS® ProFicient™, an enterprise quality hub powered by a Statistical Process Control (SPC) analysis engine. medi installed ProFicient on its Whitsett facility’s terminal server and purchased 30 user licenses. To provide medi’s shop-floor operators with an intuitive experience, InfinityQS custom-configured ProFicient’s graphical user interface. Before the “go-live,” an InfinityQS third-party affiliate validated the software to ensure compliance with industry regulations. Validation by medi’s own staff would have taken six months; with InfinityQS’s thorough template and work instructions, it took only a week.
With InfinityQS’s Dynamic Scheduler, medi’s operators now obtain a shop-floor checklist for scheduled quality checks and receive notifications when data collection is needed. Dynamic Scheduler automatically notifies key personnel if data collection is not performed, ensuring quality checks are completed in a timely manner.
To reduce manual input, save over 500 labor hours per year, and improve data collection, medi integrated a number of its machines with ProFicient: knitting, dyeing, sewing, finishing, returns, and final inspection. In some cases, medi enabled measurements to feed directly into the database. A key integration is with the CMD-100 machine, which checks stocking compression. medi’s stockings have multiple levels of compression to accommodate different severities of affliction; too much compression can be harmful.
In the returns department, quality assurance managers use ProFicient to track returns and customer complaints (stockings too tight or too long, susceptible to holes, or with inaccurate measurements). medi can then review a Pareto chart to identify patterns and pinpoint which items are producing a high number of returns or complaints. From there, medi can make corrections to their processes.
medi also uses ProFicient in its final inspection department, where the company requires 100% inspection of its stockings. Inspectors can now easily scan a barcode that pulls a stocking’s measurements from the database, enabling a quick pass-or-fail determination.
- Completed software validation in just a week, a task that typically would have taken medi’s staff six months
- Minimized errors and paperwork by increasing the accuracy and efficiency of data collection
- Enabled continuous improvement through advanced reporting and charts
- Saved the 100-person manufacturing staff approximately 300-350 man-hours per year in data corrections and accuracy
- Eliminated more than 500 labor hours per year by integrating many production machines with ProFicient
- Achieved ROI within 10 months of implementing the software
In addition to streamlining regulatory compliance, ProFicient has helped medi gain control over product quality and safety with a systematic approach to data collection. With advanced reporting capabilities, quality assurance managers are better able to make data-based, informed decisions that drive continuous improvement.
By monitoring error codes and addressing them with Assignable Cause and Corrective Action, medi takes a more preventative — rather than responsive — approach to maintaining its equipment and processes. Error codes can help indicate if a machine requires maintenance or is about to break down. If a specific machine is repeatedly producing errors, a report is issued and quality assurance managers can notify mechanics to address the problem before the machine fails. Previously, generating such reports took four hours; now, it takes between five and 10 minutes.
Also, ProFicient has helped medi minimize errors and paperwork by increasing the accuracy and efficiency of data collection. Without the need to correct errors or enter duplicate data, medi estimates that it is saving 300-350 man-hours per year. Moreover, the company achieved a return on investment (ROI) within 10 months of implementing the software.
medi plans to introduce ProFicient’s Data Management System to gather and compare quality-related data from multiple departments for real-time insight into its manufacturing processes. medi also hopes to implement ProFicient’s Lot Genealogy to trace the root causes of quality issues back to suppliers and vendors.
“InfinityQS ProFicient was an ideal fit for replacing our homegrown quality system. It not only met our initial requirements for software validation and ease of use, but has also extended our data collection and reporting capabilities to support our continuous improvement efforts. We are able to use the insight, or Manufacturing Intelligence, acquired from the data we collect to continue ensuring customer satisfaction and safety.”
Sedrick Bigelow, Quality Assurance Manager


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What are the eligibility criteria for funding?
Each case is weighed individually, since a number of variables are factored into this determination. An Intake Board renders decisions on each application.
What level of assistance does Yesh Tikvah provide?
Applicants can choose one of two options: either 18 sessions, for which Yesh Tikvah will provide 75% of costs; or 24 sessions, for which Yesh Tikvah will provide 60% of costs.
Now that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) has been passed, isn’t mental health included in basic insurance coverage? Likewise, aren’t low income families covered for mental health services by Medicaid?
Although mental health is covered by ACA, the costs of deductibles are not affordable for many families; hence the need for assistance. Medicaid has indeed expanded coverage for mental health services. As such, Yesh Tikvah will only assist Medicaid-eligible individuals if it is determined that comparable care by a Medicaid provider is not available. This includes cases where a specific specialty provider is required, or where a provider stops accepting Medicaid after a patient is already progressing in the therapy process.
Does Yesh Tikvah refer clients to suggested providers?
Yesh Tikvah does not make referrals. We encourage potential clients to explore their options for therapy. Moreover, we do not accept an application unless the client has chosen a therapist, and our intake committee reviews each application to ensure that the therapist chosen can accommodate the needs of the client. We do work closely with Naaleh, a referral agency in Cleveland that refers members of the community to available resources.
Does Yesh Tikvah only provide funding for patients seeing therapists from the Orthodox Jewish community?
No. Yesh Tikvah’s singular goal is to promote healing and mental health. As such, we recognize that either Jewish or non-Jewish practitioners may provide the ideal services for any specific case, and we provide funding for all situations.
Does YT fund visits to a psychiatrist or subsidize psychotropic medication?
Currently we do not; however, we may provide such assistance if it is determined necessary and feasible.

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I have been using this phrase for the past year, and I love it. It’s a term I originally coined that describes the shotgunning of weed. Weed is a term used for any plant that is an invasive species in your area. We have a lot of different types of invasive species out there. Some of them are pests, some of them are not. Some of them are destructive and some of them aren’t.
Weed is a term used for any plant that is invasive, but it can also be used as a term for any plant that is not a destructive species. For example, some of the most destructive plants in the world are pests. Some of them are not, but some are.
Weed is a term that is used to describe the plant that grows in abundance on someone’s land. It’s not a plant that eats anything, but it is an invasive weed that does eat something. We use “weed” to describe the plants that are not a pest, but still are in your area.
The use of weed refers to a plant that is not a pest, but is causing a problem. Most of the time it will not be a problem because some of the plants are not a pest, but in the case of weeds they do cause a problem.
I know these people. They may have been my parents, but I don’t think they had a clue. They just had a long time with some weed and you may have to deal with them.
Weed is also the term for many types of plants that are not a pest. Some are simply pests that are causing you trouble, like a bunch of weeds that could be ruining your yard, or a bunch of weeds that look like they have been growing in your yard for a long time, but are actually not a problem.In my opinion weed is the worst of the worst when it comes to not being a pest. It just does not look like a problem.
We have a problem here. I think we’re going to have to deal with it again and again. I don’t think we’ll have to do it all over again.
The weed problem is a good reminder that weed is a problem. We just have to deal with it over and over again. If you really want to be a pest, you have to be a pest. This is part of why we don’t do well with the term “weed” as a verb. It’s not like “weed” is a verb. It’s just a noun. “Wet” is a better word.
The weed problem is not a bad word, it is just a good noun. We need to stop being a pest and start being a good pest.
When I look at the screen, I can see three different types of weed.

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Latitude: 53.0905 / 53°5'25"N
Longitude: -2.877 / 2°52'37"W
OS Eastings: 341360
OS Northings: 355174
OS Grid: SJ413551
Mapcode National: GBR 7B.99NF
Mapcode Global: WH88T.SL52
Entry Name: Barnston Memorial
Listing Date: 28 November 1984
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1279425
English Heritage Legacy ID: 403429
Location: Farndon, Cheshire West and Chester, CH3
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Civil Parish: Farndon
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Farndon St Chad
Church of England Diocese: Chester
SJ 45 NW
West Side Barnston Memorial
Obelisk,circa 1858,slender,of yellow sandstone with cast iron railings decayed and partly removed.Concave mouldings at base of obelisk shaft and on plinth accentuate the impression of slenderness.On podia attached to the plinth are four lions crouching,mourning.The heavy funerary rail survives on three of the quadrants between the lions.On front of plinth BARNSTON is carved (in plain projecting capitals)above a circular plaque bearing a wreath.On left side is inscribed ERECTED IN MEMORY OF ROGER BARNSTON ESQ OF CREWE HILL,MAJOR AND BREVET LIEUT.COLONEL OF HER MAJESTY'S 90TH LIGHT INFANTRY,CB AND KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR AND OF THE ORDER OF MEJDEDIE BY HIS TENANTS AND FRIENDS.HE SERVED IN THE CRIMEAN WAR FROM THE 5TH DECEMBER 1854 AND WAS PRESENT AT THE SIEGE AND FALL OF SEBASTOPOL AND ALSO IN THE INDIAN MUTINY CAMPAIGN IN 1857 IN WHICH HE SUFFERED A SEVERE WOUND WHILE GALLANTLY LEADING AN ASSAULT AT THE RELIEF OF LUCK NOW ON THE 18TH NOVEMBER 1857 FROM THE EFFECTS OF WHICH HE DIED AT CAWNPORE ON THE 23RD DECEMBER 1857,AGED 31 YEARS,AND WAS INTERRED IN THE MILITARY CEMETERY OF THAT STATION.
Listing NGR: SJ 41360 55174
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West Virginia Teachers Strike
March 7, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm UTC-6
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More than 30,000 stunned West Virginia politicians and employers by launching a state-wide strike on February 22 in a fight against a miserable pay increase and a freeze on scheduled improvements to health insurance benefits. After union leaders negotiated a deal with the governor to end the strike, the state’s rank-and-file teachers voted to extend the strike until the teachers felt their demands were met.

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