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“You don’t have to know everything about the mountain in front of you to take the next step” Louie Giglio
Do you know that feeling of not knowing what you want and have no idea how to figure that out? Or maybe you do know what you want, but honestly it feels so overwhelming when you think of everything that you have to do to get there? Not to worry my friend, because things may actually be less complicated than you think they are.
Speaking for myself, I’ve always struggled to get going. Instinctively I knew that I had been given all these opportunities and that it was just for me to extend my hand and reach out and grab them, but boy, with that came a lot of pressure to make sure that it was the right decision and that I knew from start to finish what consequences that would have. You know what that was like? Exhausting. Exhausting for me, for my loved ones, because I would wine about it all the time and yet do absolutely nothing because I froze up.
Here’s what I’ve learned from the great ones: you don’t need to have all the steps figured out before taking the first step. And the one after that. As you move along, the path will become clear. Much like climbing a mountain, you won’t always be able to see the way to the top, but you know that it is there and as you continue the path will reveal itself and you will know whether to go right, left or straight ahead.
Can you see how liberating that is? And it is something you can apply to your life immediately. All of a sudden the pressure to have your goal entirely figured out, or your life for that matter, becomes obsolete. You can only take one step at a time anyway, and that is all you need to focus on.
The horrible thing about pressure and not knowing the entire way that will lead you to your goal is that you will most likely, like I have done so often, freeze in place. You don’t know how to figure out all the steps (spoiler: you literally can’t, because you don’t know what you don’t know) and so decide not to take a run at those you do know.
And so the one thing you can do and should do: take that next right step. It may not always be easy, but it will always be that simple.
WCYDN (What Can You Do Now)
- Remember: you can’t go wrong. The worst thing you can do is nothing. You’ve done that yesterday. Today, take that first step. It may seem small. It may seem insignificant. But it’s not – it is the first step to uncovering a better life.
- Allow for some stillness. Go inwards. Take a break, close your eyes, and breathe. As you do so, ask your soul what that next step is. Sometimes the answer will be clear immediately, sometimes you will need to give it some times. Both is fine, as long as your focus remains.
- Take action. Seems simple enough right? One guarantee that you have is that if you don’t do anything, nothing will get done. So figure out that next step and get about the business of doing it.
- The great thing about this little routine is that it helps you not to get overwhelmed, it saves space in your mind which is already overloaded and the very best is: you can do it until infinity. Just ask yourself that one question every day: what is the next right move?
I hope this little trick will help you in uncovering your best life! And I would love to connect with you. What do you find hard when actually taking that step towards working to your goal? Do you have a tendency to get overwhelmed, and if so, do you have a coping strategy like this one in place?
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|RHTYSC cricket teams and DTV-8 honour outstanding mothers|
|Monday, 14 May 2012 22:05|
THREE outstanding mothers were honoured on Mother’s Day when the cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) and DTV-8 hosted their 5th Annual Region 6 Mother-of-the-Year award programme.
Haimkumarie Basdeo of Canje was named the RHTYSC/DTV-8 Region 6 Mother-of-the-Year while Beverley King of Alness Village and Jenny Ramoutar of No. 2 Village were named runners-up.
The event was organised by the Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes Under-15, Bakewell Under-17, Gizmos and Gadgets Under-21, Pepsi Under-19 and Metro Female Cricket teams in conjunction with DTV-8 of New Amsterdam.
RHTYSC’s Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster at the presentation ceremony stated that the main aim of the mothers’ programme was to identify and honour outstanding role-model parents who played major roles in the development of their children.
He expressed concern about the lack of family values and respect for authority among the young generation and urge the awardees to share their parenting skills with their peers.
According to Foster, the RHTYSC is blessed with disciplined and committed members because of their family background and would continue to invest in family-related programme.
Basdeo praised the different cricket teams of the Club and DTV-8 for making her feel special, adding that motherhood is a God-given privilege. And discipline, patience and understanding were the virtues needed to be a good parent.
All three mothers were presented with a Mother-of-the-Year Certificate and a collection of prizes.
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The European Chamber of Commerce in Canada – West organized also a EU-Canada B2B Networking Luncheon, that was held during the largest and longest-running sustainable business summit and innovation showcase in North America, Globe 2020.
The B2B Networking Luncheon was organised by the Delegation of the European Union to Canada with elevator pitches from the EU Member States, such as Finland, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Germany, France and Poland.
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How to Benefit from EU’s Trillion Dollar Investment in Circular Economy
|The EU Delegation to Canada with the support of EU Member States Embassies in Ottawa and the EU Chamber of Commerce in Canada West organized a B2B Networking Luncheon with “Elevator Pitch” style presentations by EU Member States on business opportunities in their respective countries + B2B networking session for participating European and Canadian companies.
EU Member States Governments Representatives made brief – elevator pitch – presentations on investment and business opportunities in their respective countries triggered by the European Green Deal and their countries’ ambitious green transition to become climate neutral circular economies by 2050 while fostering growth, innovation, and competitiveness globally.

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"For many, the phrase 'earth architecture' conjures up images of primitive discomfort and poverty, but in fact - as Jean Dethier demonstrates in this persuasive book - the opposite is true. For almost 10,000 years man has built in unbaked earth, not only simple dwellings but also palaces, temples and fortresses of the utmost grandeur (...) In the wake of growing disillusion with the 'International Style', questions are being asked concerning the cost and availability of modern materials in a world starved of energy."
Based on an exhibition at the Centre Georges Pompidou, conceived and directed by Jean Dethier.
First published in France in 1981 as Des Architectures de Terre by the Centre Georges Pompidou, paris.
Published in the USA in 1983 by Facts on File Inc, New York.
Printed and bound in Spain.
8 by 10 inches
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Two upper-level creative writing electives: 8 credits two literature courses, chosen from an approved list: 7-8 credits literature courses that fulfill the requirement for the major are those in which a broad array of writers are studied courses in the following list are subject to change, and new. The minor in creative writing requires five courses for english majors who want to minor in creative writing, two courses required for the major will be allowed to overlap and fulfill the requirements of the minor. Professor martin pousson creative writing faculty (fiction) office: st 802 telephone: 818-677-2011 email:[email protected] professor sandra stanley graduate studies advisor office: st 801 telephone: 818-677-3426 email:sandra frank de la santo graduate administrative coordinator. Creative writing degree plan creative writing is one of the fastest growing degree programs according to the association of writers and writing programs, in 1975 the number of schools with creative writing degrees was 79 in 2009 that number was 822. Requirements for admission include an earned ma or mfa in english, creative writing, or related field past phds with creative dissertation fellows include olivia claire, david armstrong, alissa nutting, matt shears, vu tran, heather winterer, and many others.
Becoming a creative writing teacher requires a particular skill set and a level of education different educational settings carry differing requirements for credentials, licensing, and education however, a particular set of talents and exercised skills will be useful across these different settings. Course descriptions undergraduates at the ohio state university may take both introductory and advanced creative writing workshops in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Creative writing professor requirements - in creative writing will be steeped in both literary experience and career options below fulfill requirements in creative nonfiction, or fiction date: with the minimum experience as a path that all requirements creative writing.
The only requirements are workshop attendance and writing the program offers no degree in awarding fellowships, we consider the quality of the candidate's creative work, potential for growth and ability to contribute do my recommenders need to be professors or teachers who know my writing. Creative writing teacher: job description & requirements prospective students searching for creative writing teacher: job description check out the job description, job outlook, salary, and how to become a creative writing professor how to become a creative writing teacher | career. Hi i just got hired as a part time professor at a university when i got the application, it stated what the hiring requirements were for writing/english in the usa you will have to have a doctorate in english/writing/etc.
Mfa students run the works-in-progress (wip) reading series, the salon series (conversations about the writing life between students, faculty, and others) and infuse, a cooperative reading and art series between creative-writing and visual-arts mfa students. Creative writing programs watch our slideshow and learn more about master of fine arts — creative writing. Study creative writing at universities or colleges in united states - find 302 master creative writing degrees to study abroad creative writing studies theories and methods on expressing thoughts, feelings and emotions by using the written medium, as opposed to simply presenting written facts.
An assistant professor with the university writing program and the department of english, salas will be honored during a library social and award ceremony, scheduled for 4 pm, thursday, sept 6, in the halton reading room. In the past, many famous creative writing professors had no university degree at all since the 1970s, mfa programs have flourished today, the mfa (master of fine arts) in creative writing is usually the minimum requirement in some cases, a phd is also desired or required. Annie is associate professor of english and creative writing and the director of the creative writing program her first novel, new light , came out from black heron press (second printing, 2010) annie also writes young adult fantasy novels and is represented by kelly sonnack of the andrea brown literary agency.
Creative writing, critical race theory, gender and sexuality studies, postcolonial studies, and film and media studies drives the conversation—and the discipline—in the spirit of social transformation that is the cornerstone of a spelman education. Master of fine arts in creative writing the master of fine arts in creative writing is the terminal degree for the practicing writer, designed to qualify the recipient to teach creative writing at the collegiate and university level. Creative writers may contribute articles to magazines or anthologies, work as authors or teach creative writing, to name a few career avenues the skills required to make a living writing can be obtained through a graduate or undergraduate degree in creative writing, english literature, or other similar programs. A professional development program series for creative writing students, with a focus on creative lives, careers, and opportunities during and after graduation the program requirements include 48 hours of study evenly divided between writing courses and literature courses designed to inform that writing.


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is short comics about one mysterious roommate.
The story goes along by frame, at the same time the background image also follow to frame.
This work is kind of visual experiment that how i can match frames and background space.
Silver in Illustration 2018
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At glance, the vegetable of star fruit leaf (jukut don belimbing) or often called as lawar of star fruit leaf is usually presented in ceremonial events in Bali. By and large, the presentation is divided into two, namely for the offerings to God through oblations as well as presented through buffet invitation. The jukut don
At glance, the vegetable of star fruit leaf (jukut don belimbing) or often called as lawar of star fruit leaf is usually presented in ceremonial events in Bali. By and large, the presentation is divided into two, namely for the offerings to God through oblations as well as presented through buffet invitation.
The jukut don belimbing is commonly served with other menus processed by local society. Invitees can pick out and choose their preferred menus. Unfortunately, this star fruit leaf is only liked by certain people. Children are less interested because it’s slightly bitter. However, for adults this menu is very tasty.
For people on the Island of the Gods, the star fruit leaf is taken advantage as a vegetable ingredient as it is quite tasty. Other than being easy to get, this leaf is also good for digestion. However, the star fruit leaf used is not arbitrary, but the young one (not too old and not too young). Besides, it does not belong to the type of star fruit having sweet fruit, but the fruit is sour and whitish.
Lately, the star fruit leaf vegetable is also served at hotel, but has not something to do with ceremonial activities. In a chef competition, the star fruit leaf vegetable also becomes one of the contested menus. Of course, this vegetable has been processed in a modern way, so that it can be enjoyed by the tongue from various regions and even countries.
The ingredients used to make this vegetable are star fruit leaf, coconut milk and boiled pork or chicken blood. Meanwhile, the spices in use include onion, garlic, shrimp, coriander, chili, ginger, pepper, aromatic ginger, candlenut, palm sugar, salt and a few pieces of lime leaves.
How to prepare it? At first, finely wash the star fruit leaf whose number is tailored to the needs. After that, boil until cooked and then squeeze the leaf to reduce its water. It is also meant to eliminate its bitterness as well as make the leaf tenderer.
The spices are divided into two. A portion is used to make fine base genep (complete spice) and another portion to make raw spice. All the ingredients to make base genep are cut and then grounded or pureed by blender, so it becomes smooth. Then, fry it until cooked. The other spices namely onion and chili are sliced thin without frying.
Next, prepare a basin and put the base genep into it along with coconut milk and boiled blood. After that, mix them well. Put sliced red onion and chili and add the thinly sliced brown sugar. Put the boiled star fruit leaf and then mix together well. Add lime leaves having been sliced thinly and salt (to taste). Stir again evenly and now it is ready to serve. (BTN/015)

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Kenora has deer legged ticks that carry lyme disease. More information on lyme disease and prevention.
Kenora also has a fungus in the soil (Blastomyces dermatitidis) in some areas that can cause symptoms ranging from subclinical (minimal) infection up to chronic pneumonia. It is rare in humans but more common in dogs because it is soil born. Prompt treatment is important as it can be deadly for dogs. More information here.

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- Zhao X et al. Linearly Patterned Programmed Cell Necrosis Induced by Chronic Hypoxia Plays a Role in Melanoma Angiogenesis. J Cancer 7:22-31 (2016).
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Polly Wales Jewelry Artist
Originally trained in sculpture, British jewelry designer Polly Wales takes a playful, colorful approach to precious gems and metals. She finds beauty in imperfection, creating pieces that "always have unique and slightly unpredictable outcomes with a rough luxe." Thoroughly modern, her singular jewels derive from an eclectic mix of references, from Byzantine and Indian artifacts to current couture trends. Polly and her UK-based team handcraft luxurious jewelry that is socially responsible, ethical and sustainable.


Restaurants in Switzerland will be able to reopen on Monday 11 May 2020. But they’ll need to follow strict rules that were published this week.
The seven pages of detailed restaurant rules will make dining in the time of Covid-19 quite different to what we’re accustomed to.
Rules put together by the industry and Switzerland’s federal government will require diners to wash their hands as they enter restaurants and provide their names and phone numbers. This will facilitate contact tracing whenever an infection is later discovered. This information must be destroyed after 14 days.
Groups will be limited to four people, with exceptions made for families. The people in the group must know each other and arrive together or have made a group reservation prior to arrival. Different groups are not allowed to mix and must remain at least two metres apart. Spacing between tables can be substituted with dividers. All physical contact, including hand shaking, must be avoided.
All diners must be seated. Dining or drinking standing is not allowed. Live bands, karaoke and games such as billiards, darts or bowling are banned too.
In addition, restaurant managers and staff must follow strict hygiene procedures. Staff must wash their hands before touching plates, cutlery, napkins and table cloths.
For any task that cannot be done at a distance of two metres, masks and protective visors are recommended but not obligatory if the task is done quickly.
Many in the industry are not happy with the rules, describing them as excessively constraining and intrusive. Gilles Meystre, of Gastro-Vaud, told RTS that he thinks the worst rule is the requirement to record people’s personal details.
On Friday, the federal government backed away from the rule requiring diners to provide personal details. It is advised but no longer compulsory. The federal council pointed out that it is on clients’ interest to provide their details so they can be informed if a member of the restaurant’s staff later tests positive.
Meystre also pointed out that the measures will significantly cut restaurant seating capacity in some establishments. Certain restaurants will be forced to cut seating from 80 to 18 places, he said.


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Before their first earnings report is really taking a chance.If they do not perform they will take a big hit and be trading at 10 or under.If they do well,one can buy in without the downside risk of holding through their first report.Smart money is getting out until then..The other worry is the lawsuit.Some investors are taking this lightly but if they loose the suit sp will drop like a rock!!
The lawsuit is bogus....even if AKAMI wins it, we all read the articles on Limelight's ability to work around the design. Solid customer base....solid financial backing....and below the IPO price.....come on! I believe they do well and I am doubling down on this frantic weakness.

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We are glad to announce that we managed to quickly update all data and release the Null’s Brawl server version 15.169.
This is the latest version of the client and the newer one does not exist yet. Our team has done a fair amount of effort and in a short time has updated the entire program code. Now we have a new interface, 3D graphics and other innovations. We also add all skins for each brawler step by step. And most importantly, we added 2 new brawlers, this is Leon and Gene. Each of them can be upgraded to the maximum level using accelerated commands. By the way, the list of commands has been added to the server and in the future we will add more. Perhaps they will be available only for premium players. But players that already have access to the server, will receive bonus privileges.
List of Changes in Null’s Brawl v.15.169:
- Updated interface;
- Added 3D graphics in battles;
- Added new skins for all brawlers (we will soon add skins not available in the original version of the game);
- Added 2 new brawlers Gene and Leon;
- Added new commands;
At the moment, online battles are not available, but we are working on them. You can play in a friendly game, where all maps and all game modes are available (friendly game is available with bots only).
Um i downloaded the latest version but i still Need the code what i Need to do cuz It should be free….
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Хочу сондуков 10000 кристаллы 10000
Дайте приватный сервер
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Какой код вписать???
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If you were driving through northeastern Connecticut Friday something unusual may have caught your eye - a man pushing an airline beverage cart through the back roads of Pomfret.
It's all for a special reason - to honor the flight attendants and crew members killed in the September 11th attacks.
Paulie Veneto's goal is to push the cart to Ground Zero by the 20th anniversary. He started in Boston, and the full trip will be around 220 miles.
“The only reason I am doing this is to honor the flight crews from 9/11. For the heroics they did that morning on the airplanes," Veneto said.
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Veneto is a retired flight attendant. Some of his coworkers lost their lives that day.
"Flight 175 United. That's the crew that I knew," he explained.
He could have been on that flight.
“I came in September 10th, at 8 o'clock at night. Off the trip they left the next morning.”
For the last 20 years he's been on a mission to make sure his coworkers and all of the flight crews are recognized as the heroes that they are.
“What happened that day we all know and we all witnessed when those towers came down and all those fire and police and all of the people that we lost. Everyone forgot when this thing first started. 30,000 feet in the air," he said.
He started training for the journey last year.
“Potholes, buses and train tracks. The only difference is there is no turbulence down here," he said.
Some people go out of their way to greet him, something Veneto said really makes it worth the trip.
“I get emotional...It was these guys here that were friends of mine. They were the ones on the plane that hit the second tower. Oh wow.”
Veneto is going to be in Connecticut for at least the next week as he makes his way to Ground Zero by 9/11. For more information, visit www.pauliespush.com.


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Interesting exchange over whether Tesla or Hyundai uses more public funding than the other, or any at all to fund their clean energy recharging/refueling stations. Hyundai accused Tesla of funding the Supercharger stations using public money. Tesla testily replied that is not the case. It is known they paid back low interest government loans ahead of schedule and that Tesla funded the stations on their own. It is interesting that Hyundai is seeking help for hydrogen refueling stations for their cars. Possibly even government help. No doubt the competition between manufacturers and their competing power distribution is heating up. The complete article from GreenCarReports.com is a very interesting read and an indication of things to come in the world of clean energy motoring.
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Winking Green Man (large)
This jovial Green Man greets visitors and passers-by with a friendly wink.
The story of the Green Man is one of the oldest in the world, dating back to the time of the cave paintings and the shamen of North America and Europe. He represents the spirit and intelligence of the natural world.
This is a hand-crafted and hand-painted ornament, made in frost proof casting stone. It is 22 x 22cm and weighs about 2kg.
Colours can vary from the photo. Our ornaments are hand crafted and hand coloured, therefore no two pieces are exactly the same.


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The Highest-Paid YouTube Stars on the Internet
Lo Bosworth did her own makeup for The Hills
Lo Bosworth did her own makeup for ‘The Hills’ television show. The 29-year-old television personality – who starred in the hit series for during its four-year run – has admitted ...
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Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
- To tie strings around (fabric or clothing) and then dye it, in such a manner that the tied parts do not get colored.
to dye with strings
- A shirt that has been tie-dyed.
- I threw on jeans and a tie-dye and went to the concert.


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Sat, May 21 2022 - Two trails to Brasstown Bald: Arkaquah + Wagon Train (View Original Event Details)
Stellar day on trail! two of us hiked two approach trails to Brasstown Bald, the highest peak in Georgia. We started at Trackrock Gap on the Arkaquah trail. It was a tough 5 miles to the Brasstown parking lot, including 1,300 ft elevation gain in the first 1.5 miles. Then, after a quick stop for bathroom, we continued down the Wagon Train Trail toward Young Harris. We had lunch and turned around and headed back up toward Brasstown. This was a long, steady incline with a few rain showers to keep us cool! The final leg on Arkaquah was the toughest with lots of ups and downs.
Zeus the wonder dog continues to add to his portfolio, he has now hiked all three approach trails. Probably the clearest day for views even while some small thunder cells went through the area and we got wet. The coolness of the rain and sun blocking was welcome even as the temps were reaching the 80’s. Thankfully water was available at the Brasstown parking lot so we didn’t have to carry so much. There was no water on Arkaquah and only two running spots on Wagon Train. Three weeks ago on Wagon Train there was lots of running water, it was shocking how dry everything has become. Also, amazing how at the same time incredibly green and lush.


Fight against dog lab taken outside
Two groups want Medical College to stop operating on and killing the animals
In an effort to keep the Medical College of Wisconsin from using and then killing dogs in a human physiology laboratory designed for first-year medical students, two animal advocacy groups have erected a billboard along Highway 45 that decries the practice: "Don't put man's best friend under the knife. Stop the Medical College of Wisconsin's dog lab."
Yet, just as the 48-foot-by-14-foot poster went up near Hampton Ave. this week, a Medical College spokesman said the college would evaluate the possibility of replacing dogs with pigs for its 2008 laboratory.
The college's animal research and review board has approved a protocol allowing physiology course instructors to determine the educational value of pigs in a live animal laboratory, said Richard Katschke, the associate vice president of public affairs at the Medical College. This means that later this spring, the instructors will use pigs for the human physiology laboratory to see whether they are suitable models.
If they are, the instructors will rewrite the class protocol and apply for approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to use pigs. If they don't work out, said Katschke, "then it's back to the drawing board."
The college would then have to determine whether it will continue with dogs, look for another animal model or consider alternatives.
Katschke said the decision to re-evaluate the use of dogs was not the result of pressure from the billboard's sponsors - the Wisconsin Humane Society and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Instead, the decision was the result of a thoughtful re-examination of using companion animals for classroom purposes, and the public's general distaste for it, he said.
"If we were caving in to the animal rights groups, we wouldn't be using animals at all," Katschke said. Instead, "so much focus has been placed on the dogs that the importance of the class has been lost."
The college's change of course did not, however, appease officials from the Physicians Committee or the Humane Society.
Spokesmen for the groups said the college's announcement appears to be a deflection of the real issue, which is that 60 dogs are still slated to be killed after the next lab in February. And that animals are not ideal models for studying human physiology.
"Our primary concern is to encourage the Medical College to immediately discontinue the practice of killing dogs in their physiology lab," said Jeff Rusinow, a board member of the Wisconsin Humane Society.
"There is no reason why MCW can't change their practice now for this semester's upcoming lab," he said, considering that the college owns four state-of-the-art human simulators.
While many medical schools once used live dogs to teach human physiology, pharmacology or surgery, only two U.S. medical schools still do, according to the Physicians Committee. Those schools are the Medical College of Wisconsin and the New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y. And only one of the top 20 rated medical schools - Washington University Medical School in St. Louis - still uses any live animals, according to the committee.
The dog lab at the Medical College of Wisconsin is designed for students to explore the circulation system as part of a physiology course. Last year, 52 dogs were operated on while under anesthesia. The dogs were euthanized at the end of the laboratory exercise. It is expected that about 60 dogs will be used for the class during this year's spring semester.
The college's physiology department is ranked No. 1 in the United States in terms of the federal money it receives from the National Institutes of Health.
"It's a shame that an outside group with a philosophical position is resulting in a change in the way that medical education is done," said Gale Davy, executive director of the Wisconsin Association for Biomedical Research and Education.
"What does this change for anybody? For humans or for animals?" she said. "If the pig was as good a model as a dog, they'd have been using pigs years ago."


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Lucasfilm has confirmed the name of Kylo Ren's new TIE Fighter in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Set roughly a year after the events of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars 9 will kick off with Kylo Ren as Supreme Leader of the First Order. He'll have used the time to further establish the First Order's grip on the galaxy, as well as introduce new weapons, troops, and technologies.
Naturally, all these new features present a perfect opportunity for Lucasfilm to sell merchandise. October 4, 2019, will be Triple Force Friday, when a wide range of merch will hit the shelves. Force Friday is a normal part of the Star Wars promotional cycle, but this year's is particularly exciting because the merchandise will be associated with three projects; Star Wars 9, The Mandalorian, and Jedi: Fallen Order.
StarWarsNewsNet has obtained details of some of the action figures care of Twitter user Selene the Whisper, and one of the most interesting is a model of Kylo Ren's new TIE Fighter. Apparently this one-man vehicle is known as the TIE Whisper.
TIE Fighters are traditionally known for the "screaming" sound they make as they fly past, but it sounds as though Kylo Ren's TIE will be a lot quieter. This is quite an interesting detail, because it suggests the Supreme Leader aims to achieve his goals through stealth rather than unnecessarily indulging in brute force. Other merchandise hinted that Kylo Ren will be scouring the galaxy looking for dark side relics; perhaps he wants to ensure he can travel the galaxy without being tracked by the Resistance, who would no doubt target him.
The development of a stealth version of the TIE Fighter does feel very different, though; the First Order has traditionally seemed to follow the same pattern as the Emperor, depending on overwhelming numbers and superweapons rather than indulging in subtlety and stealth. Even in the old Expanded Universe, the Imperial Remnant only developed a TIE Stealth fighter when it was on the back foot and needed to operate in secrecy. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker kicks off with the First Order ascendant, having successfully launched a Blitzkrieg strike across the entire galaxy, so it's very surprising to see First Order scientists spending time developing this kind of tech. It perhaps indicates that Kylo Ren isn't quite so confident about the First Order's continued dominance; it could be that he knows better than to underestimate the Resistance, given they're led by his mother.
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Samsung Camera Phones To Be Pre-Loaded with Scanbuy’s 2D Barcode Application
A major win for ScanBuy to get Samsung to embed their mobile bar code reading application.
Scanbuy, a global leader in mobile marketing solutions, today announced that it has secured a global agreement with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. to preload the ScanLife mobile 2D barcode application on Samsung’s camera phones.
Samsung will begin selling these phones in Spain, Italy, and Denmark starting as early as next month. Availability will quickly expand to other major markets including Mexico and the United States.
ScanLife technology uses camera phones to connect the physical world to the digital world. The application reads EZcodes and other major 2D barcode formats designed to quickly recognize and process information. Marketers and content providers use the ScanLife Code Management Platform (www.scanlife.com) to extend brand engagement onto mobile devices, while end users scan EZcodes to get information quickly and easily.
The ScanLife solution gives consumers and code publishers both national and international interoperability for the use of 2D codes.
Samsung is the second largest phone manufacturer in the world, and is expected to sell over 200 million handsets in 2008. Samsung’s extensive line of popular phones include the Blackjack, Glyde, and the recently released Instinct.
“The 2D barcode solution delivered by Scanbuy is a valuable technology, making phone navigation simpler and more effective for end users,” said Wonsik Lee, Vice President of R&D Planning Team, Samsung. “We are dedicated to continually improving our customers’ experience using Samsung mobiles, and the ScanLife application allows them to instantly access information anytime and anywhere.”
As part of the global agreement, Samsung will pre-load camera phones with the ScanLife application for each new country rolling-out Scanbuy’s complete solution.
Samsung will also use EZcodes to promote and market their extensive portfolio of consumer related electronics.


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The crisis in the Eurozone will only end when politicians start focusing on structural reform.
Imagine that you are a doctor. A patient hobbles to your desk with a twisted ankle. Would you not be at least slightly perturbed if he immediately demanded: ‘Quick! Amputate my arm!’
Such an analogy may be a slightly unfair comparison to the Eurozone crisis. However, it cannot be denied that, in one of the most extraordinary examples of mismanagement in modern times, politicians have stubbornly focused on demand-side solutions to a calamity caused by catastrophic supply-side weakness.
At its heart, the root of the Eurozone crisis was caused by disparate levels of competitiveness rather than fiscal brinkmanship. Whilst it is true that many countries, most notably Greece, were models of fiscal ineptitude in the years preceding the global recession, others, such as Spain, actually ran surpluses. Yet even Spain is now engulfed in the economic crisis.
OECD figures reveal the vast disparities in productivity between Eurozone states. The main culprits of the Eurozone crisis have – perhaps predictably – low levels of productivity. Whilst the average Eurozone worker generates $50.90 per hour worked, the average Greek generates a mere $32.60. The average Portuguese worker generates $32.40 an hour and the average Spaniard and Italian also score below the Eurozone average. This is in striking contrast to Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands – all of which generate more than $55 per hour worked.
Another sure indicator of competitiveness is the Heritage Index of Economic Freedom. The Eurozone itself is not a highly productive economic bloc, with just four countries in the top 20 and no country in the top 10. However, Greece trails at an almost unbelievable 117th, sandwiched between Senegal and Malawi. Italy fares little better at 83rd, lagging behind the likes of Uganda and Ghana. Ireland is, bizarrely, the most economically free member state in the Eurozone, at 11th, though is in crisis for reasons unique to the other periphery members.
Low competitiveness, caused by high labour costs, state-ownership and expensive and plutocratic regulation, contrasted with other Eurozone countries, most notably Germany, where unit labour costs are lower than they were in 1999. The result has been large trade imbalances, with high, persistent surpluses in ‘core’ Eurozone countries mirrored by high, persistent deficits in the ‘periphery’ countries.
Some argue that this is clear evidence that the ‘Mediterranean states’ must leave the Eurozone. Such a policy would decimate the affected member states GDP in the immediate term, though proponents argue, would also argue that it would enable otherwise uncompetitive countries to devalue their exports into the market. Whilst this may ultimately be necessary, like austerity, this would in effect be hiding the symptoms of the crisis rather than curing it.
Uncompetitive countries debasing their currencies may temporarily enable a boost to exports (not that there is any clear evidence that it has worked here in the UK), though they would have to endure similar persistent devaluations in the future. The only long term solution to solving the economic weakness of the PIGS is to improve competitiveness.
Kevin Featherstone criticised successive Greek governments for opaque government statistics, woeful tax and regulation enforcement and cronyism. Greece’s truck regulator did not issue a single license between 1970 and 2010, creating a black market in trucking licenses and some of the most expensive transport costs in Europe. One does not have to be a cynic to suspect that this excessive enforcement is for the benefit of the average Greek truck driver, rather than the average Greek. Liberalising 70 such ‘closed shop’ professions was one of the conditions to Greece’s bailout (as if the predicted 17% boost to GDP was not reason enough).
Whereas there is evidence that the PIGS have regained competitiveness since 2008, Gavyn Davies pointed out that this has been due to lower imports (as a result of austerity) rather than higher exports. The policy recommendations for the Eurozone crisis therefore seem clear. Whereas austerity is inevitable, abolishing state sanctioned monopolies (through privatisation and liberalisation), raising the retirement age and cutting or abolishing employment rights and union privileges ought to be a modest start to the broader goals of modernising Europe’s most bloated and flabby welfare states. Tax reform that emphasises fewer breaks and lower rates could hardly hurt growth and competitiveness as well.
History may look upon the Eurozone crisis as a historical crisis that came to symbolise the West’s broader decline as the economic centre of gravity shifts to the East. Nevertheless, this is not inevitable. The European Commission recently announced that austerity may be eased in exchange for greater structural reforms to labour markets. Whilst higher spending will not be welcome, as fiscal rectitude remains a prerequisite, greater focus on solving the dire competitiveness issues in the periphery economies may be a sign that politicians have finally identified the correct problems. Whether this is translated into legislation depends on the political courage of Europe’s leaders to stand up to vested interests.


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Perylene imide (PI) molecules and materials have been extensively studied for optical chemical sensors, particularly those based on fluorescence and colorimetric mode, taking advantage of the unique features of PIs such as structure tunability, good thermal, optical and chemical stability, strong electron affinity, strong visible light absorption and high fluorescence quantum yield. PIs-based optical chemosensors have now found broad applications in gas phase detection of chemicals, including explosives, biomarkers of some food and diseases (such as organic amines (alkylamines and aromatic amines)), benzene homologs, organic peroxides, phenols and nitroaromatics, etc.
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Developing chemosensor techniques for trace-level detection of vapor analytes, especially volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and nitro explosives, which are of various health and security concern, has drawn increasing research interest and efforts in the past decades [1–3]. As we know, conventional analytical instrumentations such as gas chromatography (GC), mass spectrometry (MS), infrared spectroscopy (IR), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) [4–8], as well as some sensor methods such as surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors , quartz crystal microbalances  and electrochemical resistors  are normally managed in lab detection by professional and technical staff due to their expensive cost, bulk size or complicated and time-consuming operation. In contrast, chemosensors such as electrochemical sensors, field-effect transistor sensors, chemiresistive sensors, fluorometric and colorimetric sensors exhibit superiority regarding system simplicity for facile operation, and non-destructive detection with high sensitivity and selectivity [12–14]. Among these chemosensing methods, optical sensors (including fluorometric and colorimetric types) are highly attractive for chemical vapor detection not only for real-time operation, compact size, immunity to electromagnetic interferences and remote sensing capabilities, but also for simple readout of output signals (sometimes just by naked eyes). These vapor chemosensors are usually fabricated from fluorophores or chromophores as active sensing materials (also known as probes) in the form of solid films, relying on the rational design of the molecular structures. Compared to those molecule or particle-based sensors in solution-phase detection, these sensing films are usually prepared by immobilization of fluorescent or colorimetric sensors (in molecule, particle or fibril form) on suitable solid substrates, providing advantages in terms of their reusability and reproducibility, which are two crucial factors for practical applications and actual device development of chemosensors [14–16].
Among the widely diverse optical sensor materials studied thus far, perylene imides (PIs) have attained significant attention in the past decades, because PIs are exceptional n-type organic materials with excellent electron affinity, strong fluorescence (high quantum yield), strong visible light absorption, high thermal stability and photostability under ambient conditions. Indeed, the combination of these unique features makes PIs ideal materials for development in various electronic and optoelectronic devices including solar cells, light-emitting diodes, photoelectric sensors and chemosensors [17,18]. For example, PIs-based nanofiber films have been extensively studied by our and others’ groups for sensing a wide range of reducing gaseous species (i.e., electron-donating), such as ammonia (NH3) and volatile organic amines, by measuring the change of fluorescence intensity upon exposure to the analyte vapor [17,19]. The key of PIs-based chemosensors for successful vapor detection is introducing suitable functional groups on the imide or bay position to enable strong specific binding towards target analytes, while still maintaining the active fluorescence response and certain solubility for solution processing [17,20]. The two kinds of PIs widely used in the field of chemosensors are perylene diimides (PDIs) and perylene monoimides (PMIs), with most research focused on PDIs mainly due to their facile synthesis and good solution processability. However, PMIs usually retain the strong fluorescence upon assembly (aggregation) into solid state, while the solid state of PDIs is normally very weak in fluorescence mainly due to the p-p stacking quenching. In view of the primary requirement of sufficient fluorescence for sensor application (particularly those based on fluorescence quenching mode), PMIs provide some unique opportunities for sensor development, complementary to PDIs. Specifically, the anhydride group at one side of PMIs is intrinsically a strong and specific binder to amines through hydrogen bonding in concert with donor-acceptor interaction . In 2008, our group reported on a porous fluorescent film chemosensor for the vapor detection of aniline; the film was composed of intertwined nanofibers assembled from a PMI molecule (PMI-1 shown in Figure 1) . The successful fabrication of shape-defined, highly crystalline nanofibers was mainly driven by the one-dimensional (1D) intermolecular arrangement, while the tilted p-p stacking still allows for sufficient fluorescence in the solid state. Upon surface adsorption of amines (electron donor) like aniline, the fluorescence of PMIs gets efferently quenched through photoinduced electron transfer (PET). Such fluorescence quenching based sensors have proven highly sensitive for vapor detection of amines with limit of detection down to ppb level for aniline, taking advantage mostly of the unique nano-porosity of the nanofiber film, wherein the intertwined nanofibers form a porous “super net” structure with a large, open surface area that is conducive to both molecular diffusion and adsorption. The innovative materials design, along with specific nanoscale engineering, opened a new, promising direction for the development of solid-state fluorescent chemosensors , as evidenced from many follow-up studies in developing various PIs-based fluorescence sensors for chemical vapor detection [22–25]. Table 1 lists some representative PDIs and PMIs that have been developed and proven effective chemosensors for vapor detection in recent years.
Figure 1. (a) Fluorescence spectra of PMI-1 nanofibril film before (red) and after (blue) exposure to the saturated vapor of aniline (880 ppm) for 10 s. Inset shows bright field and fluorescence optical microscopy image of the film; (b) A diagram showing the procedure of fabrication of the nanofibers via slow solvent vapor transfer .
So far, some reviews have been published by our group and others on the solid phase PDI-based chemosensors, which are capable of both gas and solution phase detection. For example, Fu, Y  reported on a review mainly focused on the detection of organic amines, and the associated sensing mechanism and the design principles of probes. Fang’s group   summarized the sensory materials and device fabrication. Our group  recently published a review on the recent advance in the development of PDI-based optical sensors for environmental detection of heavy metal ions, inorganic anions, amines and other organic pollutants in aqueous and other liquid phase solutions. The PDI sensors covered in the previous review are mostly based on molecular state and the sensing response is caused by molecular binding or reactions in liquid solutions, such as ion coordination or complexation, protonation/deprotonation or other chemical reactions. In sharp contrast, the sensors covered in this review are based on solid aggregate of PDIs and work for gas phase detection of chemicals. We also published another review specifically focused on the nanoscale structural control of PDIs nanofibril interfacial heterojunctions via molecular self-assembly, with the aim to optimize the chemiresistive sensing performance so as to achieve trace level chemical vapor detection . Meanwhile, Kumar, K. and co-workers  published a specific review on the aesthetic design strategies and sensing mechanism of PDI-based sensors. However, the field still lacks a comprehensive review on optical chemosensors covering both PDIs and PMIs-based sensor materials, which combined would enable much broader detection of chemical vapors beyond the common species like amines. Moreover, multimodal sensors and array systems involving multiple sensor components have not been adequately reviewed for PDIs or PMIs sensors, though the multiplex sensor systems have recently drawn increasing attention in chemosensors, which help enable or enhance the detection capability for complex or mixture samples with the assistance of algorithm data analytics like machine learning.
Bulk-phase PIs have been widely used in various optoelectronics devices [29–31], including thin-film transistors [32,33], photovoltaics [34,35], liquid crystals [36,37] and chemiresistive sensors , etc. Performance of optical chemosensors (as well the devices fabricated therefrom) depends primarily on the physicochemical and optical properties of the sensing materials, here specifically the fluorophores or chromophores, which in turn are tightly correlated with the molecular design and structure engineering [28,29,39]. For PIs-based materials, there are three unique features that render their excellent applications in optical chemosensors (especially for vapor detection) . Firstly, the PI molecule possesses a large, planar and rigid π-conjugation system based on the central perylene skeleton, which is of π-electron deficient aromatic nature, making it a strong electron acceptor (n-type) with good environmental chemical stability. Due to the highly efficient p-p transition, PIs exhibit strong visible light absorption and fluorescence (close to unit quantum yield in good organic solvents), well suited for application in optical sensors based on fluorescence or colorimetric modulation . Secondly, molecules of PIs are flexible for structural modification through facile organic synthesis by changing the substitution at the imide position or bay area, which in turn can tune the solubility, spectroscopic and redox properties, as well as the self-assembly of PIs. Moreover, the imide (nitrogen) position on PI is a node in the π-orbital molecular wavefunction, meaning that modification with different substitutions at the position will not change the electronic (light absorption and fluorescence) properties. This provides a number of viable pathways for controlling the molecular structure of PIs so as to achieve the best sensor performance. Nonetheless, the bay-area substitution usually brings significant changes of the optical and electronic properties of PIs due to the direct interruption to the π-conjugation . Lastly, PIs are one of the most studied classes of n-type semiconductor molecules for self-assembly that form structure and morphology defined nanomaterials . Particularly, owing to the planar rigid π-conjugation geometry, PIs favor one-dimensional assembly, forming shape-defined nanofibers driven by the strong π-π stacking between perylene planes. There are enormous options for the one-dimensional molecular assembly to be optimized for both structure and morphology through changing the side substitutions at the imide or bay positions. The co-facial π-π stacking (in the format of H-aggregate) results in fluorescence quenching and a hypsochromic shift of the absorption [21,41]. While the nanofibers of PIs have been extensively studied as optical and chemiresistive sensors [17,23,27], the aggregation-disaggregation induced fluorescence change of PIs have also been developed into fluorescence sensors for detecting inorganic or organic ions in liquid-phase environment . However, for vapor analytes sensing, PIs have to be fabricated in the form of films or other formats of solid substrate, for which it is imperative to retain sufficient fluorescence of PIs in solid state (i.e., minimizing the fluorescence quenching caused by π-π stacking). In most cases, significantly increased fluorescence can be achieved by introducing large bulky moieties at either the imide position or the bay area; bulky moieties provide steric hindrance, thus tilting the co-facial π-π stacking, which in turn weakens the fluorescence quenching effect [20,42]. In addition, it has been demonstrated by our group and others that the construction and performances of PIs-based optical chemosensors are closely related to the different dimensions and morphologies of PIs assemblies [21,43–46]. For example, porous films with 1D PIs nanofibers showed significantly enhanced sensing performances in comparison to those with irregular morphologies. As mentioned above, relying on the good tradeoff between ordered molecular assembly and retaining strong fluorescence in solid state, our group initially explored the PMI-based fluorescent nanofiber sensor for trace vapor detection of organic amines . Following the initial work, Che and co-workers  have successfully fabricated thermally stable bilayer nanocoils based on an asymmetric PDI molecule, which demonstrate great sensor performance in detecting amines like aniline and phenethylamine.
Combination of the excellent physicochemical and optical properties mentioned above makes PIs an ideal fluorophore and chromophore materials for being developed as efficient chemosensors that are capable of vapor defection, targeting a wide range of environmental pollutants, explosives and biomarkers of some food and diseases, including organic amines, BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, o-xylene, m-xylene and p-xylene), organic peroxides, phenols, nitroaromatics, etc. Beside molecule design and synthesis, many efforts have been laid on the fabrication (and nanoscale engineering) of optically active thin (often porous) films from PIs. The sensor performance against environmental factors such as temperature, humidity and concentration, and in correlation with the thermodynamic parameters of analytes like boiling point, has also been studied in detail, aiming to further improve the robustness and sustainability of sensor system as desired in practical use . The environmental factors may also affect the intermolecular association of PIs aggregates, thus causing change in sensing performance [48,49].
Optical sensors fabricated from PIs are mainly developed in the aspects of fluorescent film construction, array technology and sensing platform. There are many methods for constructing thin-film based fluorescent sensors as described in this review, such as physical coating technology , Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technology  and molecular gel technology . Among them, physical coating technology, including spin coating, dip coating and spraying, is the most commonly used method for constructing fluorescent thin film due to its easy operation . However, this method requires strict instrumentation control in order to obtain high-quality films. Conversely, LB technology is relatively easy to operate and control, and the films obtained usually have highly organized structure, and to some extent, such structure can also be controlled or modified upon various needs. Molecular gels, on the other hand, mainly form three-dimensional (3D) network structure through interactions between molecules such as Van der Waals force, hydrogen bonding, π-π stacking, solvophobic vs. solvophilic interactions and so on . Formation of molecular gels normally exhibits stimulus phase change (shear stimulation and temperature change stimulation); therefore, the gels can be considered as physical gels, involving small molecules as gelling agents.
As for a complete sensor system or testing platform, it is typically composed of a sensor unit (material), a sampling part including gas (vapor) supply under precise control of flow rate, a signal readout device like photodiode for measuring the light intensity and an environmental chamber holding all the parts in a closed space where temperature, humidity and other experimental conditions can be controlled (Figure 2a,b) . The gas supply system is designed to work in a stationary manner to adjust sample volume or flow rate so as to control the vapor concentration mixed in ambient or zero air. The environmental chamber is usually required and critical for assessing the sensor performance against real world ambient conditions, with varying temperature and humidity, as well as presence of other interference chemicals or gases. While the sensor unit is often based on a single sensor material or sensing mode, nowadays the array-based sensing approach has become more popular and attracted increasing interest, particularly because the recent advancement in electronic circuit and on-chip data processing makes the incorporation of multiple sensors on a chip to be more feasible . An array with multiple sensors or sensing modes integrated can not only selectively identify a single analyte, but also enable or enhance the capability of differentiating multiple analytes in a mixed sample, which are actually more common in real world detections. For example, a colorimetric sensor array has recently been reported that effectively discriminates ten explosives . Particularly for colorimetric or fluorescence sensing mode, varying materials and molecules (e.g., dyes, nanomaterials and polymers) have been developed and incorporated into an array to target a broad range of chemical vapor analytes [55,56]. Taking advantage of the specific, strong chemical reactions (not just physical interaction) between the sensor and analytes, these sensors in an array can provide unprecedented sensitivity and selectivity in detection of different analytes within complexed or mixed samples.
Figure 2. (a) The picture of the gaseous analyte detection platform based on the film device; (b) Schematic description of the home-made sensing platform .

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A novel dinuclear copper(ii) complex, [Cu2L2(μ1,1-N3)2] (1), and a mononuclear copper(ii) complex, [CuL(NCO)] (2), have been synthesized from a planar tridentate ligand 2-methoxy-6-(8-iminoquinolinylmethyl)phenol (HL) together with pseudohalides as coligands, and the solid state structures were determined by X-ray crystallography. Structural characterizations reveal that the geometry of centrosymmetrically related copper(ii) centers in 1 is square pyramidal while it is square planar in 2. The impact of the structural diversity was found on their catechol oxidase mimicking activity. Strongly bridging azide ions being substitutionally inert mean complex 1 is inactive towards the catecholase activity, while mononuclear analogue 2 exhibits moderately strong catechol oxidase activity. The ESI-MS positive spectrum of a mixture of complex 2 and 3,5-DTBCH2 shows a peak corresponding to both superoxo and substrate bound species, Na[CuL(O2)(3,5-DTBCH)]+, suggesting that both the dioxygen and substrate simultaneously coordinated to the metal center in the catalytic cycle. Most importantly, complex 2 not only represents the mononuclear class of copper(ii) compounds that are rarely visited for the study of catecholase mimicking activity but also the first example of a mononuclear square planar complex exhibiting catechol oxidase activity. This journal is © the Partner Organisations 2014.


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Kicking off the Office’s first-ever mandatory training of all attorneys and paralegals on representing noncitizen clients, LA County Public Defender Ricardo García emphasized the need to protect the rights of a population under fire.
“Our immigrant population, whether they are from Latin America, Asia, Africa, Europe, it doesn’t matter, their rights are being violated constantly by our [federal] administrative agencies,” García said. “Oftentimes we are that first line of defense. That first line of protection. That first line of information.”
“That’s why training like this is so critical; it’s our constitutional obligation to our client,” García said. “Our form of protest is to make sure we’re empowering the people who our federal government does not want empowered.”
García thanked Graciela Martinez, head deputy of the Immigration Unit, for not only organizing the training, but for her relentless work in the community educating legal professionals on the best ways to uphold their “Padilla” duty. Padilla v. Commonwealth is the 2010 case in which the United States Supreme Court decided that criminal defense attorneys must research and properly advise, and when possible, minimize the impact of the immigration consequences to noncitizen clients in their pending criminal matter.
It’s a daunting task. According to the agency that implemented the training, the crossover between immigration and criminal law is among the most complex and technical areas of law.
Introducing instructor Kathy Brady, a senior staff attorney at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center with whom she has worked for many years, Martinez said such training was more crucial now than ever.
“When we (Brady and Martinez) arrived there weren’t mass deportations, we weren’t worried at every turn that ICE would be in the courthouse picking up our clients,” Martinez said. “It wasn’t a thing; it was unimaginable. But the unimaginable has now taken place. And every day is a new story that’s even more horrific than the last.”
The day included, in part, instruction on how to identify, analyze and defend against the adverse immigration consequences of various charges, using case scenarios and exercises.
Stacks of “Red Cards” were dispensed, which help clients assert their rights and defend themselves in many situations, including when ICE agents go to a home. The cards are in English on one side and Spanish on the other.
Deputy Public Defender Evan Franzel was grateful for the training.
“It’s imperative that we as public defenders know how to help stop our noncitizen clients from being permanently separated from communities and families. This training helped me gain the knowledge and tools I need to advise and protect my clients” he said.
“The training and the recent expansion of the Immigration Unit are encouraging developments that indicate that I as a line attorney have and will continue to have the support of management in this aspect of my job.”

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Both government and private sector employees will be able to use the new registration mark for car transfer.If your employment requires you to frequently relocate within India, there is some good news for you. To enable easy car transfers among states, the government issued a new registration mark for new automobiles under the "Bharat series (BH-series)" on Saturday. This initiative would make it easier for people to commute around India's states and union territories in their personal vehicles.Both government and private sector employees will be able to use the new registration mark for car transfer.
A person is allowed to maintain a vehicle for no more than 12 months in any state other than the state where it is registered under section 47 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, but must register the vehicle with the new state-registering authority within that time frame.A passenger vehicle user takes steps to re-register a vehicle, including obtaining a no objection certificate from the Parent State for assignment of a new registration mark in another state; assigning a new registration mark after paying the new State's road tax on a prorata basis; and applying for a prorata refund of the parent State's road tax.
This provision, which allows for a pro rata refund from the parent state, is a time-consuming process that differs from state to state.Defence personnel, Central and state government employees, PSUs, and private sector enterprises and organisations with offices in four or more states and UTs can voluntarily participate in the plan under the new "Bharat series (BH)" system.
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Like the bulk of The Last of Us, its single player expansion – Left Behind – is a stunning bit of work, mixing beauty, brutality, life, death, violence, hope and humanity in ways most other games never dare attempt. It’s the right kind of add-on, not just giving you more of what you’ve already enjoyed, but adding to the experience, taking you closer to characters you know and love and revealing something more about them. If you’ve finished Naughty Dog’s masterpiece, it’s damn near essential. If you haven’t, and you can, then you really should.
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The star this time is Ellie, the teenage girl under Joel’s protection for most of the original game. The game has a clever flashback structure that it’s best if you discover for yourself, but the core of the game is Ellie’s relationship with Riley, her most important childhood friend, and the pair’s last foray into a deserted mall. Of course, while the game is looking back into Ellie’s past, it’s also reflecting on her present, and much of the poignancy of the game – and it is genuinely poignant – lies in how her experience with Riley ties into her experience with Joel.
Left Behind is masterfully paced. There are scenes of fierce combat and tense exploration, but also stretches of silliness, beauty and real human warmth, which work thanks to the exceptionally good motion capture, and strong performances by the two leads, Ashley Johnson and Yaani King. Naughty Dog has taken risks here, daring to push the action and survival horror to one side to give space to the central characters, but it works. Left Behind is both moving and surprising, and the contrast between the quiet scenes and the scenes of violence or horror only makes the former more involving, and the latter more brutal.
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Mechanically, it’s much like the rest of The Last of Us, but with a few twists. Break the gameplay down to its components and it’s still a game where you push through areas of enemies – either human or infected – by eliminating them or, where possible, sneaking past them. Along the way we get a handful of puzzles, but none go beyond moving objects or finding items to open up a route.
If you felt The Last of Us’s combat ruined the experience, then Left Behind might still not be for you, but if you liked the mix of stealth, improvisation and making tools from scavenged goods, it’s as taut, nerve-wracking and intense as it was before.
In fact, it might be more so. As you might remember, Ellie isn’t any match for Joel in close quarters combat, and she can’t take much damage from humans or infected before she goes down. This puts even more emphasis on stealth, on isolating and tackling enemies one by one, and on picking your fights; in a few cases, violence really isn’t the answer. In other cases, you may be faced with overwhelming odds, but here a new mechanic comes into play.
Those scenes where the odds seem most stacked against you often feature hunters and infected at the same time, and all you need to do is add one to the other without getting in the way. You might still have to pick off the odd straggler, but it’s a whole lot easier than fighting them en-masse.
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Frankly, the less we say about the story or the gameplay the better. We will say, however, that this confirms Naughty Dog’s game as one of the most visually and sonically impressive titles of the HD era. It’s not just the lighting, scenery, textural detail and animation, all of which seem to push the PS3’s aged hardware to its limits, but also the artistry at work, whether we’re talking decaying mall architecture or the long-abandoned ruins of childhood attractions. Gustavo Santaolalla’s restrained score is again used sparingly and emotively, and the overall effect is cinematic without every making you feel like you’re playing a movie, not a game. Right now, no other studio does this better.
Of course, the one big minus you might take away from Left Behind is its length. Basically, you’re paying £12 for a two to three hour experience (though nearer the latter in our particular case). Some might describe this as poor value, and we have to admit we’d be more comfortable were the price slightly lower. But here’s the thing: would you rather have five hours of more of the same, padded out, second rate version of the original DLC, or would you rather have three hours of something that thrills, moves, scares, excites and nearly breaks your heart? It’s not just a case of quality over quantity, but how much you’re willing to pay for a work of gaming art.
Left Behind is The Last of Us in microcosm: one of the most absorbing, intense and emotionally-charged experiences you’ll find in a video game. It’s short, and you might still not like the combat, but if you loved The Last of Us it’s not to be missed.
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Nokia 2 with 4100mAh Battery Launched in India for Rs. 6,999
In a short span of 11 months, HMD Global has launched 11 Nokia branded mobile phones across the world. Today, the company unveiled its 12th device, the all-new Nokia 2 at an event held in New Delhi, India. It is priced at EUR 99 (~ Rs. 6,999) and is the company’s most affordable Nokia Android Smartphone. This new announcement comes after the recent launch of its flagship smartphone, Nokia 8. The Nokia 2 will be available in Black, White, and Copper color variants.
HMD Global Unveils Nokia 2 with 2-Day Battery Life & Pure Android OS
(October 31st, 2017)
It will go on sale starting November, and the official Indian pricing is yet to be announced. The smartphone sports a 5-inch LTPS display with HD (1280 x 720 pixels) resolution and Gorilla Glass 3 protection. Under the hood is the Snapdragon 212 quad-core processor clocked at 1.3GHz and comes coupled with Adreno 304 GPU and 1GB of RAM. With the entry-level chipset and just 1GB of RAM, the Nokia 2 cannot be recommended for power users.
There is 8GB of internal storage that can be further expandable up to 128GB via a MicroSD card. The USP of the Nokia 2 is its mammoth 4,100mAh battery that is mentioned to give two days of battery life. In terms of optics, the budget Nokia device packs an 8MP autofocus camera on the rear with LED flash and a 5MP fixed focus camera on the front for selfies. It runs on Android 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box and is guaranteed to receive Android 8.0 Oreo update.
On the connectivity front, the Nokia 2 supports 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, 3.5mm audio jack, and a MicroUSB 2.0 port. Unlike other budget smartphones, the Nokia 2 comes with a 6000-series Aluminum frame offering sturdy built quality. The power button and volume rocker are placed on the right edge of the device. Just like the Nokia 3, Nokia 5, & Nokia 6, the new Nokia 2 also comes with IP52 certification.
Latest: Nokia 2 Launched in India for Rs. 6,999
Almost a month after unveiling the Nokia 2, HMD Global today announced the official pricing of the device in India. The Nokia 2 is priced at Rs. 6,999 and is sold via offline retailers across the country. It is the most affordable Android smartphone from HMD Global. Though the device offers decent build quality and entry-level specifications, it includes only 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage.
However, there are leaks about the Flipkart exclusive Nokia 2, which will be offering 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage for Rs. 7,999. The company is yet to confirm about the upgraded variant of the Nokia 2. With the Nokia 2 launch, the company also announced a couple of introductory offers. The Nokia 2 users with Jio 4G SIM can avail 45GB (5GB per recharge for 9 months) of additional data on every recharge of Rs. 309 & above.
Additionally, the company will be offering 12 months of accidental damage insurance when opening a new Kotak 811 savings account with an initial deposit of Rs. 1,000. The Nokia 2 will be in Pewter/Black, Pewter/White, and Copper/Black color options.