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US Indo-Pacific Commander Admiral John Aquilino said if deterrence fails in the disputed area, ‘my second mission is to be prepared to fight and win’
China has fully militarized at least three of several islands it built up in the disputed South China Sea, arming them with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems, laser and jamming equipment, and fighter jets in an increasingly aggressive move that threatens all nations operating nearby, a top US military commander said on Sunday.
US Indo-Pacific Commander Admiral John Aquilino said that the hostile actions were in stark contrast to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) past assurances that Beijing would not transform the artificially enlarged islands in contested waters into military bases.
The efforts were the flexing of military muscle by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), he said.
“I think over the past 20 years we’ve witnessed the largest military buildup since World War II by the PRC,” Aquilino told The Associated Press (AP) in an interview.
“They have advanced all their capabilities and that buildup of weaponization is destabilizing to the region,” Aquilino said.
There were no immediate comments from Chinese officials.
Beijing maintains its military profile is purely defensive, arranged to protect what it says are its sovereign rights.
Aquilino spoke with the AP onboard a US Navy reconnaissance aircraft that flew near Chinese-held outposts in the South China Sea’s Spratly Islands (Nansha Islands, 南沙群島), one of the most hotly contested regions in the world.
During the patrol, the P-8A Poseidon plane was repeatedly warned by Chinese callers that it had illegally entered what they said was China’s territory and ordered the plane to move away.
However, the US Navy plane dismissed the multiple warnings and pressed on defiantly with its reconnaissance in brief but tense moments witnessed by two AP journalists invited onboard.
“I am a sovereign, immune United States naval aircraft conducting lawful military activities beyond the national airspace of any coastal state,” the US pilot radioed back to the Chinese.
Aquilino said the construction of missile arsenals, aircraft hangars, radar systems and other military facilities on Mischief Reef (Meiji Reef, 美濟礁), Subi Reef (Jhubi Reef, 渚碧礁) and Fiery Cross Reef (Yongshu Reef, 永暑島) appeared to have been completed, but it remains to be seen whether China will pursue the construction of military infrastructure in other areas.
“The function of those islands is to expand the offensive capability of the PRC beyond their continental shores,” he said. “They can fly fighters, bombers plus all those offensive capabilities of missile systems.”
Washington’s main objective in the disputed region is “to prevent war” through deterrence, and promote peace and stability, including by engaging US allies and partners in projects with that objective, Aquilino said.
“Should deterrence fail, my second mission is to be prepared to fight and win,” said Aquilino, who leads the largest US combatant command with 380,000 military and civilian personnel covering 36 nations and territories.
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When Manny Huizar came home from his job on the overnight shift stocking shelves at a San Jose Safeway, he often showed his three brothers videos of him catching shoplifters as they tried to get away with baskets of liquor and groceries.
Some of the footage captured Huizar stopping thieves at the door before they left the store, his family said. Other times, the videos he copied on his phone from Safeway’s security cameras showed the 24-year-old pushing a full grocery cart back into the store after confronting a suspect who made it as far as the parking lot.
“He did it a lot of times,” said one of his brothers, Jose Huizar. “He didn’t like it when people would steal from the store. He just took it seriously and maybe he took it personally. I know from co-workers and friends that everybody would tell him, ‘Hey, it’s not worth it.’”
A week ago Sunday, at 3:35 a.m., after a confrontation with a thief in the liquor aisle, Huizar was shot dead – a tragedy that comes amid a fraught time and fierce debate over crime in America’s cities.
Frustration over highly-publicized, brazen thefts at supermarkets, pharmacies and retail stores is filling social media. There’s a growing sense that the thieves are becoming more emboldened — and that nobody is taking responsibility.
“People are getting so sick and tired of this behavior happening over and over and over again,” said Rachel Michelin, CEO and president of the California Retailers Association that has lobbied for stiffer consequences. “Everyday citizens are going to start taking the law into their own hands. My fear is that we’re going to see many more of these types of situations happening across the state.”
Over recent months, accounts of shoplifting at Walgreens and CVS and other retail outlets have placed a spotlight on California’s Prop 47, a voter-approved measure that in 2015 began lowering the penalty for thefts of less than $950 from a felony to a misdemeanor. Supporters say the law is not to blame. Data – which has been criticized as incomplete – shows no sustained increase in property crimes since the law took effect.
But critics say look no further than Google for “shoplifting in California” — one of the most frequent related searches that pops up is “How much can you steal in California without getting in trouble?”
Since word of the June 5 shooting spread through the upscale Willow Glen neighborhood last weekend, the sidewalk in front of Safeway has become a growing memorial where Huizar’s family has spent every day embracing shoppers offering flowers and condolences.
“People keep coming,” said Huizar’s mother, Marisela Cornejo, who kept vigil until midnight one night last week.
Family and friends describe Huizar, the youngest of the four brothers and a sister, as talkative and generous, someone who “wouldn’t hurt a fly,” and so big-hearted he was almost “nerdy.”
“He helped me take my groceries to the car,” shopper Gilda Alvarado told Huizar’s mother, clutching her hand through the window of her SUV. “He always said hello.”
Details of the confrontation are still unclear. A few days after the shooting, the only sign that something was amiss at the Safeway store was a security guard wearing a bulletproof vest and the store’s top wine shelf wiped clean of the most expensive cabernets.
Police would only say that Huizar had been in “an altercation prior to the shooting” with an adult male, who is still on the loose. Huizar’s brother Jose said he still has “a thousand questions.”
One of Huizar’s co-workers, who also stocks shelves and asked not to be named, said that store management warns employees not to confront shoplifters. Still, he said, it was routine for him and Huizar to casually mention to suspicious-looking people in the liquor aisle after 2 a.m. that “‘Sorry, it’s too late for liquor sales’ and hope it will deter them from doing anything.”
Sometimes, he said, the attention is enough for would-be shoplifters to panic and leave. Other times, “they’ll walk in and walk out with shopping carts full. We say you can’t leave with that, but they always say, ‘You can’t touch me, you can’t chase us.’”
Shoplifting incidents rarely turn deadly. But last year, a Rite Aid employee in Los Angeles was killed when he confronted thieves stealing cases of beer.
The year after Prop 47 became law, crime statistics showed a 9% jump in larceny – including a notable increase in shoplifting and vehicle break-ins – but that returned to previous levels the following year, according to Magnus Lofstrom, criminal justice policy director at the Public Policy Institute of California.
It’s not clear, however, whether the prevalence of shoplifting truly declined from 2015 to 2016 as the data suggests, Lofstrom said, or whether retailers simply reported it less often. Either way, “the crime data shows that California is not unique,” he said, and “this is part of something that is experienced in other places in the country as well.”
Michelin from the Retailers Association says the true scope of the problem doesn’t show up in crime data.
“It’s this merry-go-round where retailers say, ‘Well, we’re not going to report them because when we have called, the police don’t show up,’” she said. “The police don’t show up because they say the district attorneys won’t prosecute. The district attorneys say they don’t prosecute because the police aren’t bringing in the cases. The police say we’re not bringing the cases because the retailers aren’t reporting them.”
The retail association isn’t advocating the repeal of Prop 47, she said, just fixing it. For instance, she said, the misdemeanor could be raised to a felony after multiple thefts by the same person total more than $950.
It’s time, she said, “for our elected leaders to take this seriously.”
Huizar’s family doesn’t know whom to blame. They wonder if Manny’s 6-foot-2 stature was enough to intimidate the gunman. They question why Safeway hired a security guard only after the shooting.
In an emailed statement, Safeway said little except that it was working with law enforcement and that store safety is a top priority.
The night of the shooting, Huizar’s co-worker said he was stocking shelves on the opposite side of the store when he heard something smashing through the glass doors, then saw someone dive into the back seat of a sedan and speed off. When he heard another employee call out, “Come save him,” he rushed to Aisle 2, then knelt on the polished floor spilled with blood and held Huizar’s hand as he died.
“The best I could do was make him feel he wasn’t going to go alone,” he said.
While the family waits for answers, they plan to keep returning to the sidewalk in front of Safeway, where Mexican prayer candles are burning.
“Until the day I bury him,” Jose said, “this is where I’ll be.”

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Trumbull jail to begin ‘telemedicine’ counseling for inmates
By Ed Runyan
Officials with the Trumbull County jail and Mental Health and Recovery Board will meet in the coming weeks to plan for an innovative program to provide jail inmates with “telemedicine” counseling.
Thanks to a $119,000 state grant, inmates will begin to receive mental-health counseling in the coming months through audio-video teleconference equipment to be installed at the jail.
It will be one of the first counties in the state to provide this type of mental-health treatment, said April Caraway, executive director of the mental-health and recovery board.
Officials have said that they have seen an increase in recent years in the number of inmates with mental- health issues because there is a lack of resources and facilities available to treat the mentally ill.
A year ago, the mental- health and recovery board provided $40,000 to hire a full-time “jail navigator” to connect inmates with health care providers while they are in jail and after they leave.
The board also has provided $19,000 each year to pay a part-time person to screen inmates when they enter the facility and assess their mental-health needs and determine whether they need to be placed on suicide watch.
Dr. John Malvasi, the jail physician, treats the mental-health needs of inmates as much as possible, but he has a limited amount of time for that, said Eric Shay, assistant warden and jail administrator.
The navigator and others on the jail staff will identify inmates who are experiencing mental-health issues, and they will be brought to the teleconferencing area for therapy sessions with a doctor, Caraway said.
A big focus will be to identify individuals who are going to be released soon to get them counseling, an assessment and possibly an appointment with a counselor for the days shortly after they are released.
Caraway said this is important because individuals who have been in jail who have a drug addiction frequently use their first opportunity after getting out to party with drugs. Sometimes that can be fatal because their body cannot handle the same amount of drugs after they have been clean a while, Caraway said.
The grant will pay for the equipment that will be used for the sessions and the services of a psychiatrist through Coleman Behavioral Health and possibly a couple of other local health care providers.
Shay said one of the big benefits for the jail is that the inmate will not need to be transported from the jail to a health care facility.
Without a court order indicating that an inmate needs to be evaluated as a result of his or her court case, most inmates do not receive mental-health counseling, Shay said.
“It’s very obvious a large percentage of inmates have issues — mental health and substance abuse,” Shay said. “Identifying those is important in managing the inmates.”
When inmates are booked into the jail, they are classified according to their danger to others or themselves.
“It’s a lot easier to maintain control when you have a good classification system,” he said.

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text: Bladder cancer may be produced by azo dyes due to the presence of carcinogenic aromatic amines. Nine cases of suspected occupational bladder cancer that were exposed to different crack test sprays in metal-related jobs were examined. A detailed occupational history was taken and, if possible, the N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) status was determined. The first exposure to crack test sprays ranged from 1957 to 1986. Age at first exposure was between 14 and 33 yr. Age at first diagnosis of bladder cancer varied from 35 to 64 yr. Latency periods were between 17 and 45 yr. The maximal reported exposure period was 29 yr. Four of six genotyped cases were slow NAT2 acetylators. The handling of the crack test spray included spraying the red dye-containing matter on the metal body and washing off the spray with a rag. Thus, workers were exposed by dermal contact as well as by inhalation. The crack test spray, which makes the cracks visible after washing off the red testing spray compounds and applying an additional white spray, contained dyes such as solvent red 19 (Sudan red 7B, N-ethyl-1[[4-(phenylazo)phenyl]azo]-2-naphthylamine) or a mixture of p-phenylazoaniline-N-ethyl-2-naphthylamine and p-phenylazoaniline-N-ethyl-1-naphthylamine. The aromatic amine 2-naphthylamine is classified as human carcinogen by IARC and the national authorities and has been banned in many countries since the mid 1950s. Bladder cancer patients with metal-related jobs need to be explicitly asked about the use of crack test sprays.

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By Jessica Vogelsang, DVM
Believe it or not, periodontal disease is the number one condition diagnosed in veterinary clinics- so if you’re looking at your dog’s teeth with some concern, you’re not alone!
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This is my last Water News diary for the year and I’d like to take the opportunity to remind the fighting I/P posters that the Middle East, where a few great waterways are the major source of water for a large area of dry lands spanning a number of national borders, the scarcity of water has played a central role in defining the political relationships in the region for thousands of years. Its ideological, religious, and geographical disputes go hand in hand with water-related tensions and it is becoming abundantly clear that the incoming administration of Barack Obama will have to deal swiftly with the powers of the region as the water crisis is not limited to the Jordan basin, but extends throughout the Middle East, encompassing also the watersheds of the Nile and the Tigris-Euphrates. Because of water’s preeminent role in survival (Israel depends on fresh water resources originating in the occupied territories for about one-third of its total supply) the parched and volatile Middle East must be dealt with because the fact is that the region is running out of water. The people who have built their lives on what was once a reliable source of fresh water are now seeing a shortage of this vital resource impinge on all aspects of their increasingly fragile relations.
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ALTO RIO GUAMA INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil — A bit after sunrise, dozens of Indigenous Tembé men began preparing for the important day ahead. They danced, chanted and donned matching black T-shirts before setting off on motorbikes into Brazil’s Amazon forest.
Self-declared “forest guardians,” their aim was to find and expel illegal loggers and miners within their territory on the eastern edge of Brazil’s Para state. Emblazoned on their T-shirts was their group’s name — Ka’Azar, which in their language means “Owners of the Forest.”
“For a long time, since I was born, I heard my father and the elders talk about the need to fight the loggers in our lands,” said Ronaldo Tembé, a 21-year-old member of the 40-man patrol. “We are trying to combat deforestation within our reserve, which is becoming increasingly precarious.”


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Following their games, players will autograph their cleats for auction at NFLA , with proceeds to benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children.
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29 Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers • Dec.
I’m very thankful for customized jerseys opportunities.
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20 San Francisco 49ers at Dallas Cowboys • Dec.
The final touchdown came on a play that included runs, laterals, missed tackles and the Stanford band coming onto the field.
• MLB’s Miami Marlins have hired Kim Ng to Personalized Jerseys their GM, making her the first woman to hold the position in MLB and likely for any of the major professional men’s teams in North American sports.
It makes sense that the launch of the new Golden Double Stuf Oreo cookies would attract Mr.
My last game, the last few weeks, I could hardly walk.


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Its that time of the season wherein netizens, fans and audiences who have grown up watching the legendary global icon and bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan’s ace and cult TV quiz reality show Kaun Banega Crorepati which has been airing on Sony TV from past so many years now and this time around, the most exciting scoop is that Big B’s KBC 13’s promotional campaign created by Nitesh Tiwari.
This is true that for making buzz and piquing audiences curiosity to another notch higher for upcoming season of Kaun Banega Crorepati 13, Big B’s KBC 13’s promotional campaign created by Nitesh Tiwari.
Using the brand of KBC to share a relevant yet heart touching story which is going to be presented in three parts in a short film format as a part of the promotional campaign and branded entertainment storytelling, Big B’s KBC 13’s promotional campaign created by Nitesh Tiwari.
This is true that it is the future of brand storytelling, with an exclusive curtain raiser and unveiling of the 3 part short film which has been helmed by the ace bollywood film maker Nitesh Tiwari who has given our indian cinema hit hindi movies like Chillar Party (2011), Bhootnath Returns (2014), Dangal (2016), and Chhichhore (2019).
Initially in the first place, Nitesh has conceptualized a long format film titled Sammaan which is going to be presented to audiences in three installments.
Particularly this time for the 13th season of famous and iconic quiz TV reality show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), the launch communication has evolved itself from being an advertisement campaign to now becoming and termed as a branded entertainment which has been conceptualized, written and directed by bollywood’s most celebrated film maker Nitesh Tiwari which is going to be exploring a long format film that’s going to be showcased to fans and audiences in three installments.
This long format film shot extensively in Berchha, Madhya Pradesh stars actor Omkar Das Manikpuri who is best known for his stage and film performances. With local talent adding to the realism of the narrative, the film conveys an immersive cinematic experience.
The idea of shooting this film in a real village like Berchha only strengthens and resonates clearly how KBC is so synonymous with the people of the country, even in its most remote corners. The film opens with a proper scenario which has several relatable characters and the narrative has been helmed with a tinge of humour and laughter, engages the audience most unexpectedly. Keep watching to know how the story unfolds.
Known for his storytelling, this year, Nitesh Tiwari brings alive an interesting take on human emotions and aspirations with utmost subtlety through the 3-part short film titled ‘Sammaan’.

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I’ve been much obsessed by related questions lately. What are information, memory, and computation? What are learning and intelligence?
One can answer these questions in either direction, starting with information and going forward to intelligence, or starting with intelligence and going backwards to information. I typically find it easier to explain from the bottom up, so I’ll start with information.
Cesar Hidalgo, Director of MIT’s Media Lab and physicist, defines information as physical order. When energy flows through systems of matter, they have the ability to self-organize.
We can use the image of a whirlpool in bathtub to help us understand this. Water sitting in a tub is matter with little energy flowing through it. When we unplug a stopper, energy flows out of the tub and the water spontaneously organizes into a whirlpool. This physical order is information, so the whirlpool is information.
The problem with fluids is that they can’t store information. As soon as the energy stops flowing through the tub, the whirlpool dissipates and there is no memory of it. This brings us to the question of what is memory? It is information that is captured in a solid state. If we were able to freeze the whirlpool into ice, that would work as a memory device. So memory is just the crystallization of information in solid states.
Once we have information stored, we can begin using it to compute. Computation is the transformation of inputs into new output via a function. As Max Tegmark, another MIT physicist puts it, computation is the transformation of one memory state into another memory state.
Tegmark continues by explaining that if computation is all about the transformation of information from one memory state into another, then learning is simply the ability to improve the function used in computation. Learning is simply getting better at computation.
All of these allow us to understand what intelligence actually is. Intelligence is the ability to accomplish complex goals. It is the ability to use information, memory, computation, and learning in order to arrive at desired outcomes. This has two consequences; intelligence is value neutral and it makes little sense to quantify it in a single metric like IQ.
The first consequence is self-evident. We can select goals that are extremely benevolent or extraordinarily evil. World peace would be a benevolent goal. The “Final Solution” would be an evil goal. Both require massive intelligence in order to pull off as they are incredibly complex goals.
The second consequence is evident once we begin thinking of intelligence beyond the individual as the focal point. It makes little sense to think of intelligence as just an individual trait anymore. The ability to compute information to accomplish goals is better done in networks once the goal becomes complex enough. This is why two cognitive scientists, Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach, believe intelligence is better measured at the collective level.
Instead of measuring g, or general intelligence in an individual, Sloman and Fernbach have advocated that c, or collective intelligence, is a better method. This measure can still be applied to an individual in a team, but it attempts to measure how difficult it is to replace a person within a team. If a person contributes highly to a group in accomplishing a goal, regardless of their g, then they would have a high c. Cognitive scientists have in fact generated a valid measure of c and Sloman and Fernbach believe it could become more useful in general.
The more general problem with intelligence, whether measured in humans with g or c, is that that there is nothing preventing machines from doing it better over time. Tegmark asks readers to think of a landscape of human competence, with lowlands, foothills, and mountains. Computers have been slowly advancing and their performance is like water flooding the landscape, forcing humans to retreat, first into the foothills, but eventually further and further up into the mountains.
As McAfee and Brynjolfsson point out in their newest book, Machine, Platform, Crowd, machines are already a better replacement for human minds on many things we value, such as judicial sentencing and mortgage and business loan processing. Machines do fail at some tasks, namely those that we haven’t bothered to model or figured out how to model with functions. However, machines mostly perform the same or better than humans across the board on tasks which they can model by computing inputs to desired outputs.
Those are my current understandings of information, memory, computation, learning, and intelligence. Information is physical order that arises from energy flowing through matter and can be stored in solid states called memory. This information can act as inputs to functions which compute them into outputs. Learning is the act of tweaking the function over time for improved outputs. Finally, whenever we are using our computational abilities to achieve specific outputs, we are acting intelligently, which often requires networks larger than the individual for complex goals.
What fascinates me about these questions is that they force us to very genuinely and openly ask ourselves what our collective aims and goals for society are. When machines can use intelligence to extract information from crowds using massive platforms to compute and learn, what do we hope and wish for those humans lost in the flood? What goals are worth using intelligence to accomplish? What information state should we be aiming at and will it be better for all or just a few?


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The Juneteenth Jumpoff
From the venue:
The Jumpoff is an event series that takes place throughout the year which and focuses on bringing the dance culture back to the world. This unique experience allows guest to experience specialty cocktails and a soundtrack line up by some of the most talented DJ’s in the Atlanta area! In a city where sections and lounges reign supreme, The Jumpoff brings together people to create a fun, high energy, and carefree environment for all guests to experience music, art, food, and culture! It has grown from a pop-up party to one of the most anticipated events in Atlanta.

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Virtual reality (VR) and its close cousin augmented reality (AR) have been "next year's big thing" for several years in a row, failing time and again to create the public frenzy -- or the revenue -- that these technologies would be expected to create. In fact, the disappointment has become so perennially reliable that even the most die-hard AR and VR supporters have finally started to temper their optimism.
The irony? Next year might actually be the breakout year for practical -- and marketable -- applications of augmented and virtual reality technologies.
That swell of AR and VR solutions demand should prove a boon to several tech companies in and around the business. It's Facebook (META 0.85%), though, that's still best positioned to capitalize on the opportunity. It won't be an outright game-changer for the company, but it could be enough to take the edge off any rough spots in Facebook's foreseeable results.
2020 could be the year
It was IDC that made the call late last month, suggesting total spending on augmented and virtual reality would grow a little more than 78% next year, reaching $18.8 billion. Better still, the technology market research house forecasts that the compound annual growth rate for the next five years would be 77%, which would put the AR/VR market size on the order of $200 billion by 2024.
The numbers certainly qualify 2020 as the pivotal year so many have been waiting for, if they pan out. Investors have heard the hype before, only to see Alphabet all but abandon work on Google Glass while smartphone makers have largely dropped support for making their wares the powerhouse of VR headsets.
IDC's outlook feels like it holds some water all the same though, as the underlying technology necessary to get the most from beyond-reality experiences has finally caught up with the premise and promise of augmented/virtual reality itself. Namely, developers have found ways to make VR and artificial intelligence work together in a way that actually matters beyond mere novelty.
Thank Facebook for most of the tech evolution
Facebook has been quietly leading that relevancy charge.
Most investors may not fully appreciate that Facebook is more than just the owner of Oculus, the brand behind this year's second-best-selling VR headset, according to TrendForce. Namely, Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) is doing some of the most cutting-edge work in the arena that may end up being more marketable than Sony's market-leading but mostly gaming-oriented gear. While it too wants to offer entertainment options, Facebook has been encouraging software developers to create more practical uses of its hardware.
Case(s) in point: A year ago, Facebook made its DeepFocus AI rendering system freely available. The platform not only lets hardware figure out where and what objects may be in a room, it also renders that image for human eyes the way a human eye would normally see them. In the middle of this year, FRL released a piece of similar software called AI Habitat, and another called Replica, that allow for intelligent navigation of a virtual space.
The practical-use question of all the VR tools Facebook has developed or acquired still remains a bit elusive, though the distance between the tools' capabilities and genuine life improvement is shrinking.
In the meantime, while Facebook is getting better at the more difficult VR challenges, the easier hurdles are being readily cleared. Just this week, Oculus released hand tracking for its relatively new Oculus Quest headset, negating the need for a physical hand-controller that feels like something between a mouse and a joystick. Initial reviews are positive.
Early signs of rapid growth
All of these little things have added up to drive a sizable leap in the functionality of virtual reality in just a couple of years.
Evidence of that leap comes in the form that investors want to see most: numbers. Nielsen's SuperData Research arm recently reported that since Oculus' affordable Quest headset hit the market in May, VR hardware spending has grown to the tune of 31% this year. That's still only $2.1 billion, but the next generation of virtual reality hardware is still in its infancy (if it's even available yet). In other words, the VR market isn't out of the turn. It's in the midst of the turn.
SuperData Research also notes that VR spending growth is being supplied by consumers and corporations alike as more practical-use concerns are addressed. That nuance jibes with IDC's long-term outlook, which suggests that commercial usage rather than consumers will drive the bulk of the expected growth from here. IDC also believes VR will fare better than AR in terms of revenue, better playing into the VR hand Facebook has been building for itself.
The bottom line
Again, the mainstreaming of VR isn't going to drive the kind of growth Facebook enjoyed shortly after its social networking site became a digital centerpiece several years ago. It's sharing the VR and AR space with other players, and 2020's expected $18.8 billion worth of AR and VR hardware spending is still only a fraction of Facebook's typical annual revenue.
The convergence of the right hardware and software developments is just now starting to reach a critical mass, though, and Facebook's Oculus -- and the Oculus Quest in particular -- look like the leaders of the market outside of Sony's gaming-oriented share. In fact, Facebook has managed to steal VR hardware share from Sony this year, from 19.4% in 2018 to 28.3% as of TrendForce's most recent look. Sony's share has fallen from 43% to 36.7%.
That's a pretty good start for Facebook as we, hopefully, head into virtual reality's breakout era.


5 minutes with...Captain Sensible of The Damned
14 Nov 2016
The Damned have paved the way for punk rock in the UK since the '70s. We talk to founding member, true punk hero and adopted Brightonian Captain Sensible, ahead of the band's 40th anniversary performance at Brighton Dome.
I knew I wanted to be a performer when… I saw T Rex play the Fairfield Halls, Croydon. I was having no luck whatsoever with the ladies and yet this bloke had them throwing themselves at him. I started saving for a guitar that week.
My first public performance took place at… Beulah Heights community festival with early Johnny Moped lineup. We masked our musical ineptitude by claiming we were playing free form jazz.
The first gig I went to was… Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch... somewhere in Streatham when I was 10 and had nagged my mum to take me.
The first album I ever bought was… the Rolling Stones psychedelic masterpiece 'Their Satanic Majesties Request' - what a way to start a record collection.
My favourite part of touring is… getting up in the morning and purchasing a day travel pass then riding the towns local bus, rail and (if they have them) tram network. I've been doing that for 40 years now so probably more public transport knowledge than some local councils I could mention.
My favourite song to perform live is… Neat Neat Neat - its just a great riff to jam around.
The last song I listened to was… Eleanor by the Turtles. 60s pop still sounds fresh to me.
The proudest moment of my career to date was when… my Dad attended his first Damned show and said that, apart from all the swearing he'd quite enjoyed it.
If I wasn’t performing, I’d probably be… that's the whole point. I have no other discernible talents. There was no plan 'b', it was twang a guitar or bust.
People would be surprised to learn that… I was the singer of the TV's Big Break theme tune - composed by head Womble Mike Batt and recorded in Abbey Road with a live band. Shame the programme is off the telly, I used to enjoy the repeat fees.
The best thing about living in Brighton is… you can be yourself without worrying what everyone else thinks. The is the last refuge for those who don't fit in anywhere else.
The Damned are at Brighton Dome on 24 November.
This interview appears in the third issue of Brighton Dome feat.
feat. is a free music & culture magazine featuring exclusive content, interviews, and photos of some of the contemporary artists that we’re so proud to have gracing the stages of Brighton Dome’s iconic venues.


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There is no specific definition of human rights given anywhere. It is said that the rights which a person derives from his birth are human rights.
Being human, there are certain rights like the right to life, right to dignity, right to livelihood, and many others. Human rights are moral rights. They are universal rights.
It is observed that the rights don’t serve the purpose unless they are protected. For the protection of human rights, there have been conventions, summits, and formation of commissions.
This is the reason for the creation of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC).
- Paris Convention on NHRC
- Composition of NHRC
- Removal of Member of NHRC
- Why NHRC Came into Existence
- Functions of NHRC
Paris Convention On National Human Rights Commission
The Paris Convention came up with few suggestions:
1. It is every nation’s duty to establish a human rights commission.
2. There should be an autonomous body working for the protection of human rights.
3. To scrutinize the working of these bodies, there must be watchdog agencies to ensure better operation.
4. India has also signed all international treaties related to human rights like amnesty international and green peace.
Composition Of National Human Rights Commission
1. One Chairperson who is generally a retired Chief Justice of India (or a Supreme Court Judge). As of 2nd June 2021, the Chairperson of NHRC is Arun Kumar Mishra. See the list of former Chairpersons.
2. Four ex-officio members appointed by the President with the consultation of the advisory committee:
I. Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes.
II. Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.
III. Chairman of National Commission for Minorities.
IV. Chairman of National Commission for Women.
3. President to appoint four other members with the consultation of the advisory committee:
I. A person who is or has been a judge of the Supreme Court.
II. A person who is or has been chief justice of a High Court.
III. Two members having specialized knowledge and practical experience in human rights.
Removal Of Member Of National Human Rights Commission
A member of the National Human Rights Commission can be removed on two grounds by order of the President:
2. Incapacity to perform
Why National Human Rights Commission Came Into Existence
There are various reasons for which NHRC was made or introduced. Its existence is of utmost significance. The reasons are as follows:
1. The remedy sought through courts or by the medium of litigation is costly and expensive.
2. The procedure of trial in court is time consuming.
3. To overcome the emergent situations and circumstances.
4. There are certain restrictions in PIL as well. PIL can’t be the source of justice for human rights.
5. The court process is formalised and technical.
Functions Of National Human Rights Commission
National human rights commission performs various functions at the national level for the protection and upliftment of human rights. They are as follows:
1. NHRC creates a balance of harmony between parliament and citizens by protecting human rights.
2. NHRC is a national body, apex to the State Human Rights Commission, and works as an appellate body also.
3. NHRC investigates the matters and scrutinizes complaints related to violations of human rights.
4. In various cases, NHRC asks the central government to investigate the matters which concern national integrity.
5. It keeps surveillance on all bodies who are working for the protection of human rights.
Note: NHRC is not a constitutional body.

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Tre Soldi (212 E. Ohio St., no phone yet), the upcoming restaurant from the group that owns Coco Pazzo and its sister café, has signed chef Brandon Wolff (Signature Room, La Madia, Osteria Via Stato) to run the kitchen.
Wolff and Coco Pazzo’s executive chef, Federico Comacchio, collaborated on the menu, which revolves around Rome and the Lazio region more generally—the three coins in the restaurant’s name refer to those in the fountain in the Rome-set movie and song.
“There are some very classic dishes that you may not know are Roman,” Wolff says. Per esempio:
- Pasta carbonara, with eggs and black pepper
- Bucatini all’amatriciana, the spicy tomato sauce with guanciale
- Carciofi alla giudea, twice-fried artichokes, a dish from Rome’s Jewish ghetto
- Roman pizza, in maybe six varieties at opening. “Roman pizza is crispier [than Neapolitan], and definitely has a thin crust,” Wolff says.
The Tre Soldi team hopes to open in the first week of June, which will probably be right after we get that B-52s song out of our heads.


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The Ghana Hotels Association has welcomed the call by the Tourism Minister for the hotels to reduce their high cost of charges.
But it’s concern about the high levies and charges imposed by government on members which has increased its cost of operations
Tourism Minister, Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal in a recent meeting said the high hotel charges are impeding growth of local tourism.
But President of the Hotels Association, Dr. Edward Ackah-Nyamikeh Junior Junior tells Joy Business both government and hotel operators must dialogue to find a common ground.
According to him, the high rate of hotel charges are also due to a combination of government policies and hotel practices.
“The Minister’s call is in the right direction to the extent that he situated it within the context of government and hotel players dialoguing to help reduce the cost of hotel rates. You see for me the Minister’s call is also an admission that the perceived high hotel rates is a factor of government policies and hotel practices and that is why he is calling for that dialogue.”
“Indeed with regards to government policies, you know we’ve been talking about the high tax build up in our operations, talking about 2.5% NHIL, 2.5% GETFUND and then now 1% Covid-19 levy and then on top of all this we add the 12.5% VAT and 1% Tourism Development Fund”, he pointed out.
He also said the regulatory charges paid by its members are also exorbitant, saying “where we pay levies for operations and then you have high emoluments in terms of staff”.
The hospitality industry was one of the hardest hit during the emergence of covid-19, recording negative growth rate throughout the year 2020.
It also contracted by 10.7% in the first quarter of 2021.
- Alan Kyerematen, Sammy Gyamfi and others mourn with Kwame A Plus at late father’s funeral
- FDA sensitizes traders and patients on medicine adverse reactions
- Mohbad: Nigerian nurse association says health worker who treated late singer not registered
- Graduated students urged to keep developing their skills for success
- Building contractor accused of defiling his stepdaughter freed
- 21500 healthcare workers benefit from health workforce programme
- France to end its military presence in Niger by end of 2023 – Macron
- Ghana’s gross reserves stood at 1.0 month of import cover in August 2023; trade surplus hits $2.016bn – BoG
- Alan to speak on Monday on political future after quitting NPP flagbearer race
- Livestream: The Probe discusses impact of #OccupyJulorbiHouse protest
- Dr. Sa-ad Iddrisu: Historians must document all human rights violations under Akufo-Addo’s watch
- Yaw Nsarkoh: Osagyefo & The Madiba: Global Africa in Search of Transformational Leadership in the 21st Century
- Ghanaian forward Ibrahim Sadiq gets assist as AZ Alkmaar win big in Eredivisie
- Nhyira Fm’s Mama Effe honoured at Mali’s 63rd Independence celebration in Kumasi
- #OccupyJulorbiHouse: I am here for Ghanaians, not NPP or NDC – Stonebwoy

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‘ I’M TOO OLD’
You can reap the health and wellbeing benefits of running at any age. A recent University College London study found people who began to exercise in their 60s and 70s still gained significant health benefits. Just ask Sandra Bridger, who took up running at 66 and says she feels more alive than ever. Or Charles Eugster, who only began at 95 and now holds multiple world records in his age group. And while there are certain conditions – such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis or a serious heart or lung condition – that might affect your ability to run, they don’t necessarily rule it out. Movement is medicine, provided it’s delivered in the right dose.

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In an audio production environment, latency refers to the time taken for an audio signal to travel through and be processed by an audio workflow. Latency matters because when it gets too large it becomes noticeable and hinders the audio production process. Fortunately, a good audio interface can help to reduce latency.
In this article we’ll look at:
- What is audio latency?
- What causes latency?
- How much latency is too much?
- MIDI latency
- How audio interfaces can help to reduce latency
What is audio latency?
Think of a typical digital audio production workflow:
- An instrument (e.g., guitar) or voice generates an (analog) sound signal
- The sound signal is converted to an electrical signal (if necessary via a microphone)
- This signal then travels through cables and into an audio interface
- It gets converted from an analog signal to a digital signal through a process of analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)
- The digital signal flows into a computer system and a digital audio workstation (DAW) software package for processing
- The (digital) output of the DAW flows back to the audio interface and gets converted back to an analog signal through a process of digital-to-analog conversion (DAC)
- Finally, the (analog) signal leaves the audio interface and moves to the output system (i.e., headphones or monitor speakers)
This whole process takes time. And the time that’s taken, or the delay, for an audio signal to loop through this workflow is called latency.
Latency matters because when it gets too high it becomes noticeable and hinders the audio production process.
What causes latency?
Electrical (audio) signal transmission occurs at very fast speeds in modern systems—measured in milliseconds (i.e., thousandths of a second)—but the time taken for an audio signal to traverse an audio production workflow still adds up.
The key causes of latency in a digital audio workflow are:
- ADC and DAC processing
- Internal buffering in the audio interface
- The buffer setting in DAW software
- Computer processor speed
ADC and DAC processing is complex and handled by dedicated hardware in audio interfaces.
Both processes need to occur in an audio workflow, i.e., analog sound needs to be converted to a digital signal (ADC) for computer processing, and then back again to an analog signal (DAC) for amplification and human hearing.
The ADC and DAC processes together can add 1-2 milliseconds to latency.
Set your buffer size carefully
Buffers are used to store temporary memory in digital systems. In a digital audio workflow, buffers are used during signal transport and also by device drivers in the computer system.
The purpose of buffers is to help ease the burden on a computer’s processor—the higher the buffer, the lower the burden on the processor, and vice-versa.
This is because buffers store data before passing it to the processor, so the more data that’s held by the buffer, the more time the processor has to get through its workload.
You can set the buffer size in DAW software packages, typically having a choice between 32, 64, 128, 256, or even 1,024 samples.
There’s a tradeoff, however—the higher your buffer setting, the more latency in your system. And setting your buffer too low may over-tax your processor and lead to distortion or other undesirable effects.
This is where computer processing speed plays a role—the more powerful your computer’s processor, the smaller buffer size you need to use. All else equal, this will result in less latency.
In practice, a fair degree of trial and error is required in setting the right buffer size for your setup.
Device drivers can make a big difference in latency
Device drivers are pieces of software that help complex software programs communicate and interact with pieces of hardware in a digital system.
They are the biggest variable contributing to latency, adding quite a lot—or not so much—depending on the operating system and software-hardware combination in the system.
Some audio interfaces rely on the computer operating system’s built-in driver, while other interfaces come with custom-built driver software—these usually provide better latency performance.
So, in terms of latency, the drivers that an audio interface uses play an important role—the better (or more customized) the driver, the better the latency outcome usually is.
How much latency is too much?
As we’ve seen, latency is unavoidable in a digital audio production workflow. But how much can we tolerate before it starts to become a problem?
To help answer this, consider that sound travels at around 340 meters per second.
If you’re sitting 1 meter away from a piano, for instance, you’ll hear the piano’s sound after around 3 milliseconds. This delay (latency) is small enough to go unnoticed by human ears.
But what about when the delay gets larger?
According to Presonus, a leading audio equipment manufacturer, if the latency starts to exceed around 12 milliseconds then most listeners will notice it.
At this point, latency can start to become quite distracting and counterproductive for a music production environment.
Till now we’ve been discussing audio latency, i.e., the latency associated with analog and digital audio signals. But latency is also an issue for MIDI information.
MIDI is a communication standard that conveys digital information about music—the notes played, how they were played, and their timing—but doesn’t include actual audio data. MIDI, therefore, is like a ‘musical score’ rather than a recording of music itself.
In a common setup, when you strike a key on a MIDI keyboard (or other type of MIDI controller) a message is sent from the keyboard to a connected software instrument (e.g., in a DAW). The latency is the delay between when you strike the key and when you hear the sound produced by the software instrument.
This latency has two parts:
- MIDI latency, which accounts for the time taken for the keyboard to send the MIDI data to your computer, and the time to process the data by the MIDI input port in your computer and DAW or plugin
- Audio playback latency, which is the time taken for your audio system to produce an audible sound from the software instrument
MIDI latency can be affected by several factors, including computer performance, the specific MIDI devices being used (e.g., MIDI instruments, MIDI ports, or MIDI interfaces), and the software and plugins that process the MIDI data.
While you should be aware of MIDI latency, MIDI data is much smaller and simpler than audio data so MIDI latency is usually less of an issue than audio latency.
How audio interfaces can help to reduce latency
As we’ve seen, there are many factors impacting latency in a digital audio system, including the distance to travel through the system, buffering, and ADC/DAC processing, amongst others. All of this will add to latency.
Fortunately, audio interfaces can help to reduce latency. There are three ways in which they do this:
- They are purpose-built hardware and software devices with dedicated drivers
- They come with a variety of connection types
- They offer direct monitoring
Let’s take a closer look.
Latency using a sound card vs an audio interface
So far, we’ve been discussing digital audio workflows that include audio interfaces.
But what if you don’t have an audio interface in your workflow?
In this case, you’ll probably need to rely on your computer’s in-built sound card for the ADC and DAC processing that’s necessary for digital audio production.
(N.B., the ‘sound card’ may simply be a ‘sound chip’ built into your computer’s motherboard—we’ll refer to both possibilities as a sound card.)
But sound cards are not purpose-built for ADC and DAC in the way that audio interfaces are, and they don’t have dedicated drivers.
Hence, sound cards typically result in higher latency than audio interfaces.
The additional latency of sound cards compared with audio interfaces can make a big difference in digital audio workflows.
The latency for a typical headphones output from a sound card, for instance, can be as high as 20 milliseconds. This far exceeds the 12 milliseconds level at which latency becomes noticeable.
By comparison, a good audio interface would have a latency of just a few milliseconds for a similar task.
Most modern audio interfaces come with three ways in which to connect to your computer: USB, Thunderbolt, or PCIe.
Of these, USB is usually the slowest.
PCIe typically comes with high-end professional interfaces and connects directly to a computer’s internal processing, offering the fastest data handling and lowest latency of the three.
Thunderbolt is also very fast as it can employ direct memory access through specially designed drivers, resulting in high data handling efficiency and very low latency.
You can, therefore, choose the audio interface that best meets your latency needs based on the connection type it offers.
Many audio interfaces allow the audio signal to bypass the computer and DAW software, going straight to the headphone and line outputs instead—a feature called direct monitoring.
With direct monitoring, you can listen to the input signal of an interface with near-zero latency.
There is usually an in-built mixer available on interfaces that offer direct monitoring, allowing you to adjust the balance between your (direct) input signal and the playback from your DAW software.
Direct monitoring offers a convenient way of avoiding the issues of latency during an audio production session.
Latency refers to the time it takes for an audio signal to travel through an audio production system.
It’s the delay that you hear between producing a sound (e.g., playing a note on a guitar) and hearing its output from the system (i.e., through headphones or monitor speakers).
When latency gets too large—around 12 milliseconds or more—it becomes noticeable. Beyond this point, latency can hinder the audio production process.
Other than the time taken to travel through cables and hardware, latency is also impacted by ADC and DAC processing, buffering, and computer processing speed.
Fortunately, audio interfaces can help to reduce latency.
Audio interfaces have dedicated hardware (i.e., ADC and DAC units) and software (i.e., drivers) that are far more efficient than using a computer’s in-built sound card.
They also offer a choice of connection types, so you can choose the type that best meets the latency needs of your system.
What’s more, many audio interfaces offer direct monitoring functionality—this allows for near zero-latency monitoring of your input sound. Direct monitoring can be a great way to avoid latency issues in a digital production environment.
So, while latency is unavoidable in a digital audio workflow, audio interfaces can help to reduce and manage it.
You can choose an audio interface that best meets your workflow needs, and adjust your system parameters (such as buffering) to get the best latency outcome for your production process.
What is audio latency?
Audio latency is the time taken for an audio signal to travel through (and be processed by) a computer and be heard through speakers or headphones. When latency gets too large it can hinder the audio production process.
What causes audio latency?
Latency in a modern audio workflow is caused by the time it takes for digital audio data to be converted from analog to digital and back again, as well as the time it takes for the computer to process the audio and output it.
What are latency issues?
Latency issues refer to delays or time lags when audio data is processed. This can result in distortion, audio glitches, delays in monitoring and playback, or synchronization problems between different tracks or devices.
What is a good level of audio latency?
Latency starts to become noticed when it exceeds around 12 milliseconds, so a good audio latency is less than this.
How do I reduce latency in audio?
You can reduce latency in your audio setup by using fast connection types (e.g., Thunderbolt or PCIe), choosing the right device drivers, setting the right buffer size, using a more powerful computer, and using an audio interface.
What is a buffer?
A buffer is a temporary space in the computer’s memory that stores incoming and outgoing audio data. It allows for smooth audio playback and recording by storing and processing audio data in small chunks.
What is the sample rate?
The sample rate refers to the number of audio samples recorded per second. It is measured in hertz (Hz) or kilohertz (kHz). Higher sample rates result in higher quality audio but also require greater processing power.
How are buffer size and sample rate related?
Buffer size and sample rate are related as follows: buffer size / sample rate = latency.
This means that a smaller buffer size and higher sample rate will result in less latency (and vice-versa). But the higher sample rate requires more computer processing power, which in turn may impact latency when recording or playing back audio.
How can I set the buffer size and sample rate?
The buffer size and sample rate can usually be set within the preferences or settings of the DAW software being used.
What is MIDI latency?
MIDI latency is the delay between when a MIDI message is sent by a MIDI controller (e.g., MIDI keyboard) and when the corresponding sound is produced (e.g., by a software instrument).
What is a DAW?
A DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) is software used for recording, editing, and producing digital audio. It includes tools for mixing, mastering, and arranging audio tracks, as well as support for software instruments and effects plugins, and external hardware devices such as MIDI controllers and audio interfaces.
Why is computer processing (CPU) power important for audio latency?
CPU (Central Processing Unit) refers to the primary processing chip in a computer. It’s responsible for executing instructions and performing calculations, including those required for processing digital audio. All else equal, the more CPU processing power your computer system has, the lower the latency (and vice-versa).


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MANCHESTER — When Thomas Andrea retired in 2021 at age 62 from a career as a public relations consultant, he decided to pursue his passion for the arts. Not as an artist himself, but as a patron, helping others establish themselves in the community.
A native of the Cos Cob section of Greenwich, Andrea graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in mass communications. He moved to New York City to try to establish his career.
“Most of my friends had posters of the Grateful Dead, I had artwork,” he said.
“When I moved to New York City after college, I loved going to museums down there,” he said.
In 1987, Andrea returned to Connecticut and started his own public relations business in 1992.
“I did special events like Symphony on Ice that was sponsored by United Technologies,” he said. “That was an annual ice skating show at the Harvard Civic Center that raised toys for Toys for Tots. It was a free ice skating show.”
The collaboration with UTC turned into a long-term working relationship that lasted for more than six years. His next venture was to work with Sullivan and LeShane Public Relations in Hartford.
Through most of his 35-year adult life in Connecticut, Andrea has lived at Clock Tower Mill apartments at 158 Forest St., and it is at his apartment in Manchester that he has developed his space into his private art studio, filled with with dozens of paintings by artists from across the state.
His passion for these artists has inspired him to spotlight them as a patron, hosting his first private, by invitation only, exhibition for an artist. The first one is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 24, and will spotlight artist Michael Olson of Chaplin.
“Last November, I went to the Artists’ Open Studios of Northeastern Connecticut,” Andrea said. “I never heard of it before. It’s an annual event where that whole section of Northeastern Connecticut, they have two weekends in a row and all artists who want to participate can show either at their homes, at galleries, at churches, at community centers. My friend and I drove up and you pick what artists you want to go visit. My friend, Rebecca, picked four artists and I picked four artists and we said, ‘OK, let’s go see eight artists.’ Lo and behold, she and I, without knowing it, both picked out this guy named Mike Olson.”
While checking out the artists, he saw Olson assisting a young boy, giving him tips on drawing.
“This guy’s talented and he’s nice. There he is, taking time to help this young kid,” he said.
His first purchase of an Olson piece was an abstract expressionist piece titled “Genesis.”
“I love the power of it packed into this size,” he said. “I got his card and that started my relationship with this guy.”
Andrea said he and Olson over the next few months started to hang out together and Olson accepted his invitation to have his works presented at Andrea’s apartment, showcasing them for art connoisseurs.
“There would be close to 30 pieces, new, relatively new pieces, and any place he wants to hang them, we will hang them,” Andrea said. “It’s just a way of introducing Mike to a larger audience. It’s not wild. It’s more like a salon kind of feel to it.”
Olson’s art is fairly diverse, from oil paints to digital prints on metal.
“Mike is talented,” Andrea said. “His wide range of work blows me away. I think he warrants a show like this.”
He said that a little exhibition like this is great for people who find traditional museums overwhelming.
“My friends, none of them are artists,” he said. “I want to break down that wall and show them that art can be understood, appreciated, and do it in a relaxing kind of at atmosphere. A lot of times going to galleries, it’s like going to church. I don’t want them to feel like they’re at church. I want them to be relaxed and have fun.
“When I saw Mike’s work, I just thought, ‘This guy is wicked talented.’ I want more people to know about this guy, this homegrown talent of ours.”


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sketch of Clovelly, Devon, down the cobbled street to the harbour
Working in coloured pencil and graphite, planning a future painting.
I don't normally like working from photos but I've wanted to do some paintings of Clovelly for some time. I took lots of photos when we were there on a misty day - it was very moody and atmospheric and it really suited the village which is built with rocks from the beach, the incredibly steep streets cobbled with smaller rocks.
I liked the composition in which the stone walls frame the view of the harbour and its curving harbour wall made of more of the rocks - huge ones, wrapping around and framing the sand, sea and boats. You can see some photographs here http://sitekreator.com/vivien/coast.html
Normally I wouldn't go for this 'every stone' approach but the stones are so chunky and so important to the image that I thought I would.
Charcoal with coloured pencil for another, better version, much larger? - the underlying grey would be really suitable. Or a canvas? again I could do a grisaille before adding subtle touches of colour?
I'd like to do another of the misty harbour. Too many things to do and not enough painting time :>( (photo of this in the link)


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Senior Retirement Communities & Homes in BLOOMINGTON, Indiana
Here are the best 55+ senior retirement communities and homes in BLOOMINGTON, Indiana. This list of BLOOMINGTON, IN retirement facilities includes care homes for retirees, as well as retirement communities for 55+ adults, including active, independenent living, assisted living and continuing care retirement communities (CCRC).
Stonecroft Health Campus is a retirement residence in Bloomington, Indiana in the 47403 zip code area. Nestled at 363 South Fieldstone Blvd inside Monroe county, Stonecroft Health Campus provides retirement living to all retirees who live in Bloomington and provides a family-friendly environment, as well as three delicious daily meals, visiting physician services and hygiene assistance. It can accommodate a maximum of 100 or fewer seniors at a time.
Brookdale Bloomington is an assisted retirement home in Monroe county, Indiana. It is located at 3802 Sare Rd in Bloomington, Indiana and offers senior care and living to 55 and older adults who reside in the Monroe county area. Brookdale Bloomington can provide accommodation to up to 56 seniors at a time. Some of the amenities offered by Brookdale Bloomington include dementia and Alzheimer’s care, daily living assistance and rehabilitation services. Retirees who are looking for retirement communities in Monroe county, Indiana near the 47401 zip code area should feel wonderful about choosing Brookdale Bloomington as their retirement residence.
Gentry Park -bloomington is a pet-friendly home for retirees in Monroe county, Indiana that provides numerous amenities to its residents. It is located at 901 S Hastings Dr in Bloomington, Indiana, 47401 zip code area. Some of the services offered by Gentry Park -bloomington include wide entries and doorways, hygiene assistance and complimentary laundry service. Gentry Park -bloomington can offer retirement living to up to 116 or less retired adults.
Garden Villa - Bloomington is a home for retirees in Bloomington, Indiana that accepts Medicare and Medicaid to pay some of the cost for retirement living. Garden Villa - Bloomington is located at 1100 S Curry Pk in Monroe county and offers features like manicured grounds, large apartments, hygiene assistance and caregivers on-call throughout the night and day. It can provide elderly adults living in Monroe county a maximum of 224 total retirement residences.
When looking for luxurious senior assisted living communities in Bloomington, Indiana, you will come across Monroe Place, located at 2770 S Adams Rd, 47403 zip code area. Monroe Place enables 55 and older adults living in Monroe county in Indiana to experience senior living at its best. With community features that include hygiene assistance, on-site physician services and 24/7 caregivers, 55 and older adults should feel wonderful about picking Monroe Place as their retirement community. It can accommodate 55 and older adults living in Monroe county with up to 66 or less retirement residences.
Finding the best assisted retirement home in Bloomington, Indiana is not easy, however it’s possible if you look at Golden Living Center - Bloomington. It is located at 155 E Burks Dr and provides services such as an emergency alert system, pet services and private and companion suites. Golden Living Center - Bloomington provides 153 total retirement apartments to Monroe county retirees.
Meadowood Health Pavilion is a retirement facility located in Bloomington, Indiana at 2455 Tamarack Trail. It offers retired adults in Bloomington and nearby areas who are searching for retirement residences in Monroe county amenities that include free medical transportation, 24/7 concierge service, healthcare services and three delicious daily meals, health condition monitoring. Meadowood Health Pavilion includes 66 total senior living units.
Those retirees who need aid with everyday tasks and want a home for retirees in Bloomington, Indiana should consider Bloomington Nursing And Rehabilitation Center. It can accommodate a total of 38 residents. Bloomington Nursing And Rehabilitation Center assists with daily tasks such as bathing, getting dressed, help moving around and other nursing care as required. It includes amenities like regular activities and expanded dietary menu.
Hearthstone Health Campus is a retirement home in Monroe county that includes board and care services for elderly adults who reside in Bloomington, Indiana and nearby areas. It’s located in the 47404 zip code area at 3043 North Lintel Drive and offers amenities like on-site rehabilitation, routine wellness checks, weekly laundry service and newly renovated retirement residences. It has a total of 139 retirement living units.
Bell Trace Health And Living Center is 55+ retirement community located in Bloomington, Indiana in Monroe county. It is perfect seniors who require caregiving and housing all under one roof. Bell Trace Health And Living Center is situated at 725 Bell Trace Circle in the 47408 zip code and provides amenities such as on-site occupational therapy, religious services and community spaces. It has a capacity of 80 total retirement apartments.
Hi Jill's House is a home for retirees in Bloomington, Indiana in the 47408 zip code area. Nestled at 751 E Tamarack Trail inside Monroe county, Hi Jill's House provides retirement living to all retirees who live in Bloomington and provides a homey environment, as well as breakfast lunch and dinner meals, health condition monitoring and mobility help. It can house a maximum of 40 or fewer elderly adults at a time.
Autumn Hills Alzheimer's Special Care Center is a retirement residence in Monroe county, Indiana. It is situated at 3203 Moores Pike Road in Bloomington, Indiana and offers senior care and living to 55 and older adults who reside in the Monroe county area. Autumn Hills Alzheimer's Special Care Center can provide accommodation to up to 66 seniors at once. Some of the amenities offered by Autumn Hills Alzheimer's Special Care Center include memory care for dementia and Alzheimer’s, scheduled wellness visits and private and companion suites. Senior citizens who are looking for retirement facilities in Monroe county, Indiana near the 47401 zip code area will feel great about choosing Autumn Hills Alzheimer's Special Care Center as their retirement residence.
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Richland Bean Blossom Health Care Center is a pet-friendly senior retirement home in Monroe county, Indiana that offers many amenities to its residents. It is situated at 5911 State Road 46 in Ellettsville, Indiana, 47429 zip code area. A few of the services provided by Richland Bean Blossom Health Care Center include sing-along nights and karaoke parties, fitness classes and personal laundry service. Richland Bean Blossom Health Care Center can offer retirement living to up to 79 or less retirees.
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Julija Stoliarenko has revealed what caused her to collapse on the scale at the UFC Vegas 22 weigh-ins.
Stoliarenko was set to open the card against Julia Avila at women’s bantamweight. Unfortunately, the fight was canceled due to Stoliarenko fainting twice at weigh-ins, but the 27-year-old says she still wants to fight.
“Hello everyone, so I want to explain what happened today on the scales at the weigh-ins. The problem was not my weight cut. I actually want to say it was actually one of the easiest weight cuts in my career, and the weight was dropping too fast,” Stoliarenko began in a video posted to her Instagram. “The main issue I think was that I made weight too early. Basically, the weigh-ins start at 9 a.m. and I was already on weight at 5 a.m. It was just too long of a time on weight. As everybody knows when you cut weight you can not be on this weight for too long because you’re already at the limit of your dehydration. That was an issue why it all happened.
“I’m so upset because right now I’m feeling great. I actually feel ready for a fight. My body feels great. I’m still in good shape. I know that I can fight,” Stoliarenko continued. “It just happened that the athletic commission did not clear me for a fight because we are taking care of the fighters. Of course, that situation looked terrible. The UFC also takes care of its fighters. I just want to say sorry for the UFC first of all and the sorriest for Julia Avila. I hope that maybe in the future we can meet up. Gosh, I was so ready for that fight. I was in such good shape and I’m so upset that I can not show people that I prepared for this fight.”
Julija Stoliarenko goes on to say she will be back as soon as she can. She also said thanks to everyone for all the messages about her well-being.
Stoliarenko was coming off a decision loss to Yana Kunitskaya in her return to the UFC. The 27-year-old was on The Ultimate Fighter but lost a decision on the show to Pannie Kianzad and lost to Leah Letson at the finale and was released from the promotion.
Who would you like to see Julija Stoliarenko fight next?This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM


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Full day excursion of Petrohue Falls and Osorno Volcano
- Enjoy traveling around Llanquihue Lake and know about the German colonization and agriculture in the area
- Marvel in Vicente Perez Rosales National Park with the Saltos del Petrohue and its turquoise waters
- Admire the Osorno volcano, known internationally for its wonderful natural conditions
Depart from your hotel in Puerto Varas (urban zone) along the south bank of the Llanquihue Lake toward to Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park. Once you reach the Park, you will be able see the imposing Petrohue river falls with its turquoise waters. Contemplate the origin of the Petrohué River, the Todos los Santos Lake and visited some of its peaceful beaches. Later, head towards the Osorno Volcano, going through the Ensenada village, where you can enjoy a typical southern lunch.
The expedition continues to the ski center and its cafeteria located at 1,200 meters above sea level; and where you can access the ski lifts (not included) that will allow you to observe better the landscape. On your way, see how the lava formations from earlier volcanic eruptions were formed. Stop and enjoy a panoramic view from the top of the Osorno Volcano.
Afterwards you will be returned to your hotel in Puerto Varas.
- Pick-up and drop-off from Puerto Varas or Puerto Montt Hotels (urban zone)
- Bilingual guide (English or Spanish)
- Entrance fee
- Passenger Transport Insurance
- Gratuities (optional)
During checkout, you will be asked to provide the name and address of your hotel in Puerto Veras for pick-up.
- Wear a winter raincoat, appropriate footwear for walking, sunscreen, and comfortable clothes
- Bring water
- Pick up from Puerto Montt (urban zone) hotels is at 07:30 am
- Pick up from Puerto Varas (urban zone) hotels is at 08:00 am
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Agartala: September 21. The Trinamool Chatra Parishad today staged protest in front of the Shiksha Bhawan protesting the dire straits of the education system in the state.
Tripura Pradesh Trinamool Congress in-charge Rajeev Banerjee, Pradesh Trinamool Congress leader Pujan Biswas, Tripura Pradesh Trinamool Students Council in-charge Neel Kamal Saha, student leader Shibam Saha and other leaders were present on the day.
In-charge Rajeev Banerjee said, “Tripura Pradesh Trinamool Chatra Parishad today protested in front of the Shiksha Bhawan because there is extreme anarchy in the education sector in the state. Teachers have not been appointed for a long time and the wrong appointment of teachers by the Left Front is still being continued by this government”.
He also alleged that the schools across the state are facing severe crisis of students.“In some places it was seen that the infrastructures of schools are in very bad condition, the kind of mid day meal that is being given to the students is not fit for consumption. What is the secret behind this! If today’s demands are not met, we will take bigger steps in the future”, he said.