The 'Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted' actress, who has a 15-year-old son, Jaden, and 13-year-old daughter, Willow, with her husband of 16 years, admitted she felt particularly lucky to be spending the holidays with them after one of Will's good friends died suddenly on Christmas Eve.
The 42-year-old star wrote on Facebook on Tuesday (24.12.13): "My husband lost a friend today. It hit me how often I forget that nothing lasts forever, especially life. Today, I am blessed to be surrounded by the love of my family and friends, and I have been reminded not to take that for granted."
She added: "Honour and cherish what and who you love because nothing is immune from impermanence. Love."
Jada's declaration of love for Will came shortly after his 'Focus' co-star, Margot Robbie, denied rumours they were having an affair after photographs emerged of them looking cosy together in a photo booth in New Orleans, Louisiana, in October, amid reports he and Jada were undergoing a trial separation.
The 23-year-old actress insisted on Twitter last month: "It's disappointing that goofing around on set could be taken so out of context."
Earlier this year Jada insisted it would take a lot for her to "abandon" her husband.
She said: "What is the thing that Will could do to make me not love him? That would make me abandon him? I can't think of one. I'm sorry. Except if he did something bad to the kids -- now we've got a problem."


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Since October 1, companies that can't fulfill their bill payments will look for court protection. The moratorium was a part of government measures aimed to cushion consequences from an economic recession caused by the virus.
However, according to economists Joerg Kraemer and Marco Wagner, "it could be worse, though. The fact that on average, companies have relatively high levels of equity on their balance sheets means the hit to the economy will be “far less dramatic” than in the early 2000s."
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In 2003 Harley-Davidson will be celebrating its 100th birthday, confirming the extraordinary staying power of the company founded in Milwaukee by Arthur and Walter Davidson, and Bill Harley. This stands testimony to the unique bond between man and machine: the Harley riders from all strata of society, and the Harley motorcycle. The Flatheads, Knuckleheads, Panheads and Shovelheads, and the customised choppers with their chromed sissy bars and fish-tail exhausts are all compellingly photographed on location by Garry Stuart, and are examples of the extraordinary evolution of Harley into an American icon. These motorcycles have a special place in the hearts of thousands. Through a series of wonderfully composed colour photographs, Classic Harley Davidson presents the bikes, their riders and their lifestyles and the landscape to which they are inextricably linked.
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Mark Williams founded, edited and published some of Britain's leading bike magazines, including Motorcycle International, Bike and Which Bike? He has also regularly contributed to the US magazine Motorcyclist. His book credits include Road Movies and Running out of Road. Garry Stuart is a freelance photographer who has contributed to many of Britain's leading motorcycle and car magazines. He provided the photography for the Salamander books Classic Jeeps and Classic Pickups.
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It’s a beautiful spot, spectacular jutting rocks overlooking a wide blue sea. It’s popular with tourists, as the sightseeing boat making its leisurely way among the rocks attests.
Two public telephone booths nearby bear a handwritten message: “Value your life!” It’s a strange admonition -- why should it be necessary? Below it is a phone number, that of the local police station. And next to the phone is a small pile of 10-yen coins, so you can make the call even if you’re flat broke.
Tojinbo in Fukui Prefecture is a famous suicide venue, rather like San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, only more so -- on average, 25 people a year jump to their death off those beautiful 25-meter-highTojinbo rocks, as against 20 who jump from the Golden Gate.
Yukio Shige is a retired local police officer who in 2004 founded a non-profit organization that seeks to head off those suicides. He and 15 volunteers -- Buddhist priests, college students and others -- patrol the beach, their eyes peeled for wanderers who somehow don’t look like tourists.
“We watch for people who aren’t carrying cameras or souvenirs, who walk with eyes lowered, who seem out of place,” Shige tells The Big Issue (Sept 1), the biweekly magazine sold exclusively by homeless people. “We approach them and say hello. Last year we came to the assistance of 41 would-be suicides.”
Shige’s NPO is perhaps the only organization of its kind in the world, its mission not merely to head off a desperate action but to follow up, seeing people through the personal crises that led them to these cliffs. It was a harrowing personal encounter that spurred Shige to action.
It happened in September 2003, six months before his retirement. He met an elderly couple at a rest area at a local forest park, and spotted cuts on their wrists that suggested failed suicide. He took them to a hospital, and later introduced them to prefectural welfare authorities.
His intervention proved futile. The couple later hanged themselves at a shrine in Niigata Prefecture. They sent Shige a kind of suicide note, expressing gratitude for his help and frustration at how the welfare bureaucracy gave them the runaround, shunting them from one branch to another.
“It was like they’d been counting on me and I let them down,” Shige tells The Big Issue. “I felt they were sending me a message: ‘You can do something in Tojinbo.’ It was a kind of fate.”
Retiring in March 2004, he opened at his own expense a place at the foot of Tojinbo Tower where people in trouble could go for help. That expanded into his NPO, known in Japanese as Kokoro ni Hibuku Bunshu Henshukyoku (literally, Editorial Bureau for Anthologies that Touch the Heart -- a reference to the group’s publication of essays by people who have contemplated suicide.)
Shige speaks of one woman his group helped recently. She’s 37 years old, unemployed, a single mother, with infirm parents to care for. She contacted him by phone: “I want to die.” Shigegot her settled in a temporary shelter, talked her landlord into writing off what she owes in unpaid rent, and is now helping her file for personal bankruptcy.
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The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS: EICH), which rose 3.93% or 115.25 points to trade at 3,046.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS: ONGC) added 3.29% or 4.00 points to end at 125.50. Moreover, Tata Steel Ltd (NS: TISC) was up 3.03% or 26.85 points to 912.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (NS: BRTI), which fell 4.98% or 34.60 points to trade at 660.55 at the close. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS: TCS) declined 4.64% or 151.65 points to end at 3,113.80. HCL Technologies Ltd (NS: HCLT) was down 4.07% or 40.00 points to 943.55.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Steel Ltd (BO: TISC) which rose 3.04% to 912.70, and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO: MAHM), which was up 2.86% to settle at 1,165.05 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO: READY) which gained 2.25% to close at 4,502.75.
The worst performers were Bharti Airtel Ltd (BO: BRTI) which was down 5.03% to 660.30 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO: TCS), which lost 4.64% to settle at 3,113.25, and HCL Technologies Ltd (BO: HCLT) which was down 4.10% to 943.40 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1198 to 635, and 60 ended unchanged. On the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2019 rose, 1285 fell, while 155 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eicher Motors Ltd. (NS: EICH) rose to 3-year highs, up 3.93% or 115.25 to 3,046.85. Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (NS: HCLT) fell to 52-week lows, down 4.07% or 40.00 to 943.55. Shares in Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO: MAHM) rose to all-time highs, gaining 2.86% or 32.40 to 1,165.05. Shares in HCL Technologies Ltd (BO: HCLT) fell to 52-week lows, losing 4.10% or 40.35 to 943.40.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.15% to 18.37, a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.40% or 7.00 to $1,735.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.28% or 2.39 to hit $102.40 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.80% or 1.93 to trade at $105.09 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.22% to 79.47, while EUR/INR fell 0.42% to 80.37.
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Yes, Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Space Lamps are Super Important to the Show
Creator Mike McMahan talks the Season 3 finale, visiting Deep Space Nine, working on the Strange New Worlds crossover, and more.
Warning: Full spoilers follow for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3.
As creator Mike McMahan’s Star Trek: Lower Decks finishes its third season this week, the showrunner is keeping his eye on the important things – like picking out the correct desk lamps for the season finale’s big briefing room scene.
“It's funny – I love Star Trek lamps, but I don't love Star Trek chairs, so I often have them change the chairs, but keep the lamps,” laughs McMahan. “I don't know who this is of value to, but a lot of that goes into every single shot of our show!”
The thing is, that eye for nerdy Trek detail is of value to a lot of fans, and it’s part of what makes the animated Lower Decks such a fun show. (The lamps in question are cartoon duplicates of those seen in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, of course.)
Now, as Season 3 comes to a conclusion with the space-battle extravaganza "The Stars at Night," McMahan is discussing the finale as well as some high points from the season, including the USS Cerritos’ visit to Deep Space Nine and the upcoming crossover between the animated Lower Decks and the live-action Strange New Worlds.
The Old Bad Faith Admiral Scenario
Vice Admiral Les Buenamigo (Carlos Alazraqui) became a recurring character this season as a friend to the Lower Decks crew… until his true motivations were revealed in the finale. He has secretly been developing a new class of AI-powered starship, the Texas Class, that would replace the Cerritos and its fellow California Class ships. And not just that, but it turns out he’s a pretty bad guy who doesn’t care who gets hurt so that he can achieve his goal.
Of course, this is a tried and true Star Trek trope, the official/ambassador/admiral/captain who shows up for an episode or two but is either corrupt or incompetent (or both). Let’s call it the Admiral Cartwright syndrome.
“I think in all of these shows the ship feels like a place where all of your favorite found family lives, and the captain feels like a parent,” McMahan tells IGN. “And then when the admiral comes in, it's like your dad's boss or something, or your mom's boss, and you don't want to see their boss. Your mom and dad are your boss. So there's always kind of a weird feeling about that.”
Not just that, but Gene Roddenberry’s pseudo-rule about no conflict among Starfleet personnel can be bent when you bring in one of these guys. And that just makes for good storytelling.
“They're a way to have somebody come in and create conflict, because we don't want them to just appear and be like, ‘Hey, everything's going good, I'm going to take off,’ although that does sound very nice,” laughs the showrunner. “I really like, in this episode, that Captain Freeman is like, ‘You're not one of those bad faith admirals?’ So I like creating the idea that captains in Starfleet know that there's that kind of admiral you might have to deal with. And that feels kind of true to life to me too. … Kirk was great and Picard is great because they know when to follow protocol and when to break it. There's a long history in Star Trek about celebrating the rules, but also knowing when to bend and break the rules. And that there's flawed characters, and getting the right flawed characters in Starfleet, is a blast.”
Return to Deep Space Nine
Lower Decks featured the first full return to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine this season in the episode “Hear All, Trust Nothing.” While the space station of the title had been glimpsed briefly on the show in the past, this was the first time we actually saw a story unfold on DS9 since the show ended back in 1999. Indeed, even actors Nana Visitor and Armin Shimerman returned to their roles as Kira Nerys and Quark for the episode.
But one does not simply tell a new Deep Space Nine story. As McMahan explains, there is a process in place so that all the Star Trek shows that are currently happening don’t step over one another in terms of continuity. It starts with getting the OK from Trek production company Secret Hideout.
I really wanted the episode to make you go, 'Wow, I love Deep Space Nine.'
“The bigger thing is making sure I talked to everybody on Picard,” says McMahan, “and everybody about ... does it affect the other shows currently? But also, does my perception of Deep Space Nine in canon match with everybody who's been also working in and around Star Trek for the last 20 or 30 years?”
The question also became how do you tell a story that feels like a DS9 story?
“I really wanted to do a thing that felt like... like going to Deep Space Nine is like going to a national park where you want to be there, you want to enjoy it, you want to see what's going on, but you don't want to change it too much,” he says. “You don't want to leave yourself there too much.”
The showrunner always wanted a show that would take place in this era, post-Dominion War, so essentially after TNG, DS9 and Voyager ended. “To see what people are doing, get one more TNG-era show,” he laughs. He describes this episode as being like finding one more present behind the Christmas tree.
“I had grown up watching TNG, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager, and I just wanted one more,” says McMahan. “I wanted to see an extension of all that stuff that I loved. And so I'm getting to do that [with Lower Decks] all these years later.”
Ultimately, Lower Decks and the DS9 episode in particular clearly come from a place of love for the franchise.
“I really wanted [the episode] to make you go, ‘Wow, I love Deep Space Nine, I should go re-watch Deep Space Nine,’” he says. “That was my main goal because nobody does Deep Space Nine better than Deep Space Nine can. I'm not [DS9 showrunner] Ira [Steven Behr]. You know what I mean? And I never would want to pretend to be. I want to honor what they did and spend a day there for fun, but I would never pretend that I could do what they did.”
Lower Decks: Strange New Worlds
And then there’s Strange New Worlds, the most recent Star Trek series which we learned over the summer will feature a crossover with Lower Decks… despite one being live-action and the other animated, and despite the shows being set about a century apart. McMahan has had a hand in the writing of the episode, which will somehow see Lower Decks’ Mariner and Boimler meet up with Strange New Worlds’ Captain Pike and Spock.
“When [SNW co-showrunner] Henry [Alonso Myers] first floated it to me, we had a lot of talks about how does this feel [like] Lower Decks but always feel [like] Strange New Worlds,” recalls McMahan. “I talked to [SNW co-showrunner] Akiva [Goldsman]. I talked to our cast. We figured out kind of the most fun way to do it that felt like nobody's show was taking over the other one, that it was a really cool merger. And then they let me take a bunch of passes on the script to make sure that... It was funny. I think the first time I went through and just did a tightening pass, like I always do on Lower Decks scripts, of all the Lower Decks parts of it -- all the Lower Decks-ishness and all the characters. And then after, they had me go through, and just for fun, do a pass because they wanted the tone to all feel like it fit. So I got to do a pass and write lines for Uhura and Spock and Pike. This dream gig. I told my wife I couldn't believe I was writing a Spock line!”
As for whether or not Lower Decks might return the favor and host Captain Pike and the gang next, McMahan’s hailing frequencies are on mute for now.
“Let us get this first one done, dude,” he laughs. “Come on. We're working as hard as we can.”


Nordic Semiconductor partner and technology design company Neuvatek Inc has developed a smart lock that enhances the freight security of shipping containers and trailers. The ‘SmartLock’ is part of a complete ‘Intelligent Locking System’ (ILS) released by Southern California-based asset tracking solutions provider T5 tek Inc.
The SmartLock is manufactured from 7075 aluminum alloy providing an excellent strength-to-weight ratio, and can be retrofitted to any existing swing door trailer installing in place of the hasp on the curbside door. The trailer’s existing door handle can then be secured into the SmartLock using a heavy duty drop pin mechanism that is retained or released using a motorized lock. The integration of Nordic’s nRF52840 SoC enables the device to be securely unlocked using Bluetooth® LE or NFC wireless connectivity from a smartphone app, or alternatively remotely via a Cloud-connected telematics gateway. A cellular IoT-enabled model is also available in the absence of a gateway or smartphone.
“Traditional systems such as tie wraps, disposable bolts and padlocks leave you exposed to theft and tampering,” says Joe Hage, CEO of T5 tek Inc. “The SmartLock ensures freight security, while providing intelligent geotelematic metrics and real time data on usage and status. With SmartLock you have total control over the security of your containers and trailers.”
Once installed, the SmartLock’s magnetic sensors and 3D accelerometer—supervised by the nRF52840 SoC’s powerful 64 MHz, Arm® Cortex® M4 processor with floating point unit (FPU)—detect door open/close, locking/unlocking and tampering events. The SoC then relays that event data to the transport company or logistics provider in ‘real time’ via the Cloud-connected gateway. This enables operators to respond immediately in the event of attempted theft or lock tampering.
To ensure the highest level of security the SmartLock takes advantage of the nRF52840’s advanced security features including an Arm TrustZone CryptoCell-310 cryptographic module and an AES 128-bit hardware accelerator that provide cryptographic functions and include a true random number generator (TRNG). In addition to the Arm processor and security features, the Nordic SoC provides low latency wireless connectivity between the SmartLock and a smartphone or gateway. The nRF52840 features a 2.4 GHz multiprotocol radio with 8 dBm output power and -95 dBm RX sensitivity for robust and reliable connectivity.


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Smart Grid Sensors Market - Overview:
Advances in grid technology coupled with the rising need for sustainable solution in grid infrastructure is fuelling the demand for smart grid sensors. Market Research Future (MRFR) reports that the global Smart Grid Sensors Market Share is poised to surge at 18% CAGR between 2017 and 2023. This will see the Covid-19 Impact on Smart Grid Sensors Market reach a valuation of USD 4 Bn by the end of the forecast period.
Smart grid sensors are witnessing widespread adoption owing to their advantages. The need for generating real-time data to improve power transmission efficiency and reducing power dissipation is driving the adoption of smart grid sensors. The energy sector in striving to reduce cost and down-time. As a result, technologies such as smart grid sensors are gaining momentum.
Smart grid sensors help in assessing weather condition, temperature, power fluctuation among others. The high efficiency and reliability, makes smart grid sensors an important technology in the energy sector. The growing demand for energy and construction of new power grids is providing an impetus to the global smart grid sensors market.
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Some of the key players of Covid-19 Impact on Smart Grid Sensors Market include General Electric Company (U.S.), ABB Ltd. (Switzerland), Oracle Corporation (U.S.), Cisco Systems, Inc. (U.S.),Siemens AG (Germany), Schneider Electric SA (France), Itron, Inc. (U.S.), Landis+Gyr (Switzerland), Tech Mahindra Ltd. (India),Aclara Technologies LLC (U.S.), S&C Electric Company (Illinois, U.S.), Esyasoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (India), Open Systems International, Inc. (Minnesota, U.S.), Wipro Ltd. (India), Kamstrup A/S (Denmark), Trilliant Holdings, Inc. (U.S.), NexGrid, LLC. (U.S.), Globema (Poland), EnerNOC, Inc. (U.S), and e-Smart Systems Pvt. Ltd. (India)
Detailed Regional Analysis
On the basis of the region, the market has been segmented into Europe, Asia Pacific (APAC), North America and the Rest of the World (RoW). North America is expected to lead the global smart grid sensors market during the forecast period. Adoption of innovative technologies in the energy sector coupled with the increased inclination towards use of clean energy is key trend influencing the smart grid sensors market in North America. In recent years, market opportunities have increased substantially in the region.
The Europe smart grid sensors market is also expected to witness a sound growth in the forthcoming years. Germany, the UK, France, Netherland are among the important smart grid sensors markets in Europe. Moreover, increased environmental initiatives by Europe is likely to favour the market growth in Europe during the forecast period.
Asia Pacific is viewed as an important market for smart grid sensors. In fact, the APAC smart grid sensors market is likely to exhibit the highest CAGR during the assessment period. China and India are expected to represent standout shares in terms of revenue. On the years,
The segmental analysis of the market has been conducted based on component, sensors, service, application and solution.
On the basis of component, the market has been segmented into sensors, programmable logic controller (PLC), networking hardware, AMI meter and others. On the basis of sensor, the market has been segmented into outage detection sensors, dynamic line rating sensors, voltage/temperature sensors, transformer monitoring sensors and others. On the basis of service, the market has been segmented into support & maintenance, deployment &integration, consulting and others. On the basis of application, the market has been segmented into Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), and smart energy meter and others. On the basis of solution, the market has been segmented into billing &customer information system, substation automation, smart grid communication, advance metering Infrastructure (AMI), grid asset management and smart grid distribution management.
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LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1 Global Smart Grid Sensor Market Segmentation
FIGURE 2 Forecast Methodology
FIGURE 3 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis Of Global Smart Grid Sensor Market
FIGURE 4 Value Chain Of Global Smart Grid Sensor Market
FIGURE 5 Share Of Global Smart Grid Sensor Market In 2017, By Country (In %)
FIGURE 6 Global Smart Grid Sensor Market, 2017-2023,
FIGURE 7 Sub Segments Of Sensors
FIGURE 8 Global Smart Grid Sensor Market Size By Sensors, 2017
FIGURE 8 Share Of Global Smart Grid Sensor Market By Sensors, 2017 TO 2023
FIGURE 9 Global Smart Grid Sensor Market Size By Component, 2017
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At Accident Advice Helpline, we’ve been helping people to make claims for compensation where they weren’t to blame for over 15 years now. We deal with all areas of personal injury compensation and in that time we’ve come to gather an unrivalled expertise when it comes to personal injury claims. In that time, we have found that one type of personal injury is the most prevalent when it comes to the most common accident claim.
Slips, trips and falls
Slips and trips are the single most common accident claim. According to statistics published by the HSE, slips, trips and falls account for 4.1 million lost working days a year. Although greater awareness has led to a steady decrease in reported instances of slipping or tripping in the workplace over the last ten years, slipping and tripping is still the most commonly reported accident at work. Slipping or tripping can result in serious injuries such as fractures and head, neck or shoulder injuries. Slipping or tripping can also be referred to as an initiator accident, where slipping or tripping leads to a further accident such as scalding or a fall from height.
Preventing slips and trips
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freedoms," he said in a speech on civil liberties here today.
Clegg acknowledged that the "threat we face from
terrorists is very very real but the Labour government got the
balance between liberty and security wrong."
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Innocent until proven guilty. Equal before the law. Each
individual able to think and speak without fear or
persecution," he said.
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In addition, we present some results of an extensive evaluation of the programme, combining quantitative and qualitative techniques. The programme was developed with 4 intervention groups (in total 100 regular participants, plus a control group of 557 persons) in Guatemalan post-conflict context, which is dominated by ethnical segregation and racism. Nevertheless, the proposed programme and model of intervention could be of great use in other studies and intercultural projects, within cooperation for development, and in the area of migration.
In spite of some limitations in research (small sample size of some subgroups) and intervention (limited duration of programme, irregular participation, lack of good facilities), the results showed some notable improvement in the affective-cognitive and behavioural components of tolerance regarding attitudes towards the diversity and in the intercultural phases, especially in developing decentring processes and comprehension. The promotion of inter-ethnic interaction, communication, trust, awareness of others and their cultures, the appreciation of one’s own culture, awareness of convergences, appreciation of cultural diversity, and reduction of prejudice have been responsible key factors for the changes. A longer duration of the programme is recommended to enhance the improvement in intercultural living together.
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Peter Brook, managing director of the Yorkshire-based intermediary, said the package was "proving extremely popular" and "by taking out an independent finance package you can avoid paying over the odds at the dealership and essentially make the purchase as a cash buyer, which could, in turn, even lower the price of the car."
Brook explained the company was "able to fill the void left by ING by a number of other providers".
According to Oracle, the UK vehicle finance market was worth £22bn in 2012, of which ING held a 5% market share, meaning its pullout was estimated to have left a £1bn shortfall.
ING’s departure, however, followed a period when many in the industry, including other brokers, were talking of the ‘recession-proof’ strength of the prestige market. BCA reported auctioning £231.4m of upper executive, sports and luxury cars in the opening six months of 2012. At the time, Richard Lawton, marketing manager of MainDealerOffers.co.uk, spoke of the rising activity of brands such as McLaren, Bentley and Eterniti as evidence of the growth in the high-end market.
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Tony Gannon, communications director at BCA added the market was "exceptionally buoyant, with buyers prepared to invest six-figures for the right vehicle" despite the economic downturn.
In March 2012 fellow prestige finance intermediary Bridford Financial Solutions reported a "spike" in finance deals of £4.4m, aided by the introduction of variable rates by ING, which also funded Bridford. In particular, Bridford reported healthy business for Range Rovers, having placed more than £1m in finance on its first 30 deals for the model in November 2011 and passed £3.5m arranged by August 2012.
Since then multiple funders have been cited as having the potential and interest to lend more in the high-end market. These have included Investec Asset Finance, which began prestige finance in an exclusive partnership with London Asset Finance and has declared its ambition to double its book by 2014.
Aldermore Bank has likewise said it would invest further in the broker sector and support introducers who had lost out from the removal of ING. And Hitachi Capital is also in the mix, with its consumer finance branch entering the UK market in May 2012, with the rumoured ambition of writing £300m of business by 2014/15. Earlier this year, the business finance arm of Hitachi Capital – HCBF – began funding DSG Prestige, the high-end car finance brokering arm of DSG Financial Services formed from Bridford. Carl D’Ammassa, managing director of HCBF, confirmed that, although the company was looking to fill spaces left by ING, the variable rate product it would supply to DSG Prestige wouldn’t be available on a "blanket basis".
Also, early this year, Oracle was awarded Broker of the Year for 2012 by Alphera Financial Services, and commended by the BMW subsidiary independent lender for its volume commitment and overachievement of efficiency targets.
Looking ahead, Brook has predicted renewed sales in the prestige market saying: "The automotive industry has always been an indicator of economic prosperity – with sales picking up and the potential cost to the consumer coming down, this may be an early sign of better things around the corner. You can expect to see a lot of people buying new cars in the coming years; many had held off doing so due to the downturn – but now things are improving and their cars are another year or two the worse for wear."
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The Five Main Components of Voice & Audio –
Audio and voice are on a healthy and steady rise, and on first thought I find that an interesting phenomenon. I find it interesting because I think it goes against the always-more ethos. More modalities, more channels, more features, more data and more choices. And yet this medium seems to offer less: no colors, no shapes, no faces, no buttons to press, nothing to swipe, nothing to type, no windows to open or close – only sound heard and sound spoken. So, who on earth is going to be attracted to something that gives us not more, but less than we are used to getting?
Here are the top five constituencies that are excited, or at least should be excited, about voice and audio.
Unless you’re a graduate student locked in the library all day, reading reams of text and churning out paragraph after paragraph of speech, you’re probably consuming and creating at least an order of magnitude more information by listening and speaking than by reading and write. In fact, we start speaking much earlier than we write, not to mention becoming proficient writers that we can effortlessly express ourselves clearly and concisely through text. For us humans, speaking and listening are more than modalities of expression: they are a fundamental manifestation of our humanity. But beyond that, capturing high quality audio or capturing a voice stream to be processed by software is much less expensive than capturing and managing high definition video.
What’s also compelling and exciting about audio is how seamlessly it blends unobtrusively and minimally disruptively into the flow of a naturally occurring event. Whether you’re recording an interesting conversation or capturing a thought or insight, one click on your smartphone is all it takes to start the recording and that’s it. No tripods to set up, no lights to set up, no “wait, let me get this hair under control” before the shoot starts.
For the advertiser, audio, whether linear or on-demand, whether heard through a smartphone, smart speaker, or earbuds like AirPods, is a medium that almost guarantees that the consumer of an ad will hear the entire ad. You can take your eyes off a magazine ad, mute it, turn your back on a TV ad or change channels, skip a Google ad, or mute it with a click on your tablet, but if you’re listening and your eyes or your hands (or both) are busy, you don’t have an easy way to skip an ad (if you can skip it, that is). You must endure, and we usually do. And that, like it or not, is music to the ears of the advertising men and women out there.
The physically busy
Whether you’re driving, combing your hair, sunbathing, keeping your eyes closed, holding a piña colada or trimming your flowers, shining your shoes, folding your clothes, showering, polishing your nails, washing your dog, voice and audio are your go-to interface to get things done (add something to your shopping list, light up some music) and consume information (ask for the time, get the answer to a question that just popped into your head is while enjoying the sun). Try doing this with a surface while your eyes are busy (or closed) or your hands are busy (or dirty) and let me know how much you enjoy the experience.
The physically handicapped
Through my work with the AARP Foundation, I have often had the opportunity to experience firsthand how liberating smart speakers are for us humans as we age and gradually (and sometimes very quickly and suddenly) lose our freedom and ability to move our will on the world around us. Simple things we never thought about suddenly become impossible tasks or very difficult: turning the lights on and off, tuning in to our favorite radio station, setting a timer, getting the answer a question (“When is the next Orioles game?”). ). We don’t wish anyone to always have someone on hand to help with such “simple” things. And even when we have someone around who can help us, unless it’s such a person’s job to fulfill those requests, we feel reluctance to be so imposing—sometimes even when the person we ask for help is paid be on our cue and call.
In other words, language and audio give us the opportunity to maintain our freedom and dignity as we age and become less able. Yes, it is certainly not healthy to rely entirely on yourself: seeking and receiving help from other people is part of a healthy social life. But it’s tragic to rely entirely, or almost entirely, on other people to do simple things all the time.
Perhaps the only group of speech and audio — and particularly smart speakers and far-field voice assistants — who may be most fundamentally affected by technology, and being early in life, with the most enduring consequence, are members of the alpha generation. The impact of audio has already begun with Generation Z, who, according to studies, “not only hear music, but live it, to amplify it or to escape from their surroundings”. But for the Alpha generation, the kids growing up with Amazon Echo and Google Assistant as a fact of life (they don’t know a world without smart speakers), the ever-available smart speaker has allowed them to do things themselves before they read or write or type. Yes, they could tap and swipe with their smartphone when they were two years old, but they couldn’t search and explore themselves — say, find games or answer questions like “What’s the biggest dinosaur?” or “Who lives the longest?” These smart speakers can even answer the infamous “why” questions toddlers are adept at asking, such as: B. “Why do we need to drink water?” and “Why do dogs bark?” and “Why do bees like flowers?”. In other words, this generation’s smart speaker represents independence, the ability to explore the world on your own without having to rely on or wait for adults – those big people who know everything and can do everything – or (God forbid) older siblings to be around. And this – a very young person who is not suffering under anyone’s yoke – is a new and wonderful way for me to start in life.
dr Ahmed Bouzid is CEO of Witlingo, a McLean, Virginia-based startup that develops products and solutions that enable brands to connect with their customers and prospects through voice, audio and conversational AI. Before Wittlingo, Dr. Bouzid Head of Alexa’s Smart Home Product at Amazon and VP of Product and Innovation at Angel.com. dr Bouzid holds 12 patents in the field of speech recognition and natural language processing and has been recognized as a Speech Luminary by Speech Technology Magazine and one of the Top 11 Speech Technologists by Voicebot.ai. He is also an ambassador for the Open Voice Network, leader of the Social Audio initiative and a writer at Opus Research. You can find some of his articles and media appearances here and here. His new book The Elements of Voice First Style, co-authored with Dr. Weiye Ma, is scheduled for release by O’Reilly Media in early 2022.
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text: Arise resulting from malfunctioning of the neural circuits that rely on these brain regions. QA impairs spatial studying that will depend on the hippocampus and chronic QA decreases functional connectivity in between prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus . Recently, Parrott et al., utilizing 3-HAAO knockout mice have shown that these iNOS Compound animals are protected against LPS ALK6 Formulation induced modifications in behavior that rely on hippocampus suggesting neuroprotective effects of abolishing QA production inside the hippocampus . AD pathology usually emerges in hippocampus ultimately affecting cortical locations, and reduce cortical and hippocampal volumes are observed in MDD sufferers, which correlate with neurotoxic and neuroprotective branches of KP . In the molecular level, QA is actually a comparatively weak agonist at NMDAR that shows high binding preference for NMDARs containing NR2A and NR2B subunits . The forebrain areas are very susceptible to harm by QA as these regions possess the highest amount of NMDARs with these subunits . In addition, QA perturbs actin-cytoskeleton dynamics in neurons and astrocytes which disrupts normal protein transport required for maintaining synaptic homeostasis . Additionally, QA is identified to increase oxidative anxiety by creating no cost radicals and improve lipid peroxidation . Aside from the direct effects of QA on neurons by acting as an NMDAR agonist, QA contributes in activation of glial cells and upregulates chemokine production namely MCP-1 and expression of the connected chemokine receptors which is related to action of pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-, IL-1 and IFN . Likewise, QA has other non-NMDAR mediated effects that incorporate induction of neuronal apoptosis, lesioning and death of oligodendrocytes, production of cost-free radicals that increases ROS formation and cause lipid peroxidation, impair mitochondrial respiration which have been reviewed in detail previously . Inflammatory stimuli activate immune cells in the periphery and upregulate the oxidative branch of KP that increases QA production in macrophages and microglia. CNS associated inflammatory situations where the BBB is leaky, infiltration of peripheral macrophages which can be able to produce larger amounts of QA when compared with microglia are yet another supply of this neurotoxic metabolite adding the fuel for the fire. 7.5. Kynurenic Acid (KA) Just about the most essential metabolites from a therapeutic standpoint is KA, developed by the irreversible transamination of kynurenine by the enzymes KAT I-IV . In the brain, the synthesis of KA occurs de novo in astrocytes by the enzyme KAT II after kynurenine uptake by the large neutral amino acid transporter . Apart from KATs, KA might be synthesized from other sources in the physique which are reviewed by Ramos-Ch ez et al. . KA can be a non-competitive antagonist in the NMDA receptors exactly where it might bind to the glycine co-agonist website of this cation channel receptor, an antagonist in the 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (7 nAChR) as well as activates the orphan G-protein coupled receptor 35 (GPR35) [123,163]. The effects of KA inside the brain are varied and can modulate glutamatergic, acetylcholinergic, gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) and dopaminergic neurotransmission . As an antagonist to excitatory glutamatergic receptors, low amounts of KA raise -amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor response, at greater concentrations, KA can act as an anti-convulsant blocking the excitotoxic effec.


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Avalara to go private in US$8.4 billion deal with Vista Equity
Avalara said on Monday (Aug 8) it had agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners in a deal that values the automation software platform at US$8.4 billion including debt.
Private equity companies have lately ramped up dealmaking activity as valuations of companies across sectors have dropped due to a sell-off triggered by high inflation and tightening monetary policy.
In the first half of the year, the PE firms were the chief drivers of global dealmaking even as overall M&A hit a roadblock.
Vista’s offer of US$93.50 per share, which marks a 2 per cent discount to Avalara stock’s last close, sent shares down nearly 4 per cent in premarket trading.
However, the price marked a 27 per cent premium to stock’s close on Jul 6, after which it surged nearly 30 per cent on media reports of a possible takeover.
Founded in 2004, Avalara runs a cloud-based platform that helps companies with tax compliance. The Seattle-based company counts Pinterest, Zillow Group and Roku among its customers.
Goldman Sachs & Co advised Avalara on the deal, which is expected to close in the second half of 2022.
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There was a time, not long ago, when smart money said Amazon couldn’t compete against Barnes & Noble and Borders selling books.
Excerpts from The Wall Street Journal:
[Shortly after Amazon launched in July 1995] Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and CEO, enjoyed playfully tweaking both B&N and Borders. In 1996, he said that he understood—but did not share—the two retailing giants’ initial disinclination to make a commitment to selling books online. “I think it’s rational for those guys at this point,” he said. “They’re big enough to break into the market after it’s been validated.”
At that time, Leonard Riggio, B&N’s chairman and chief executive officer, told Mr. Bezos he was interested in buying part or all of Amazon.com, according to Tom Alberg, an early Amazon investor and a member of its board of directors. Mr. Riggio and his brother Stephen, then B&N’s vice chairman and chief operating officer, “started calling Jeff,” recalled Mr. Alberg. “They said they wanted to do something. They didn’t know exactly what they wanted to do. They said, ‘You’re doing a fantastic job, but, of course, we’re going to kill you when we launch.'”
In the late fall of 1996, the Riggio brothers journeyed to Seattle, where they had dinner with Messrs. Bezos and Alberg. Mr. Alberg recalled that the Riggios were very complimentary about what Mr. Bezos had accomplished, but they also reiterated the claim, “We’re going to kill you,” when they launch their own website. The Riggio brothers expressed interest in putting together a joint venture. One suggestion was a website—separate and apart from the Amazon.com site—that would use the Amazon.com system and would carry both the Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com brands. Nothing ever came of the B&N approach.
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Today, B&N, which is the target of a takeover bid by Liberty Media Corp., has a market cap of about $1.2 billion, compared to $84 billion for Amazon.com.
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The prime minister has rejected a call from broadcaster Stephen Fry to strip Russia of the 2014 Winter Olympics because of its new anti-gay laws.
In an open letter on his website Fry said Russia was "making scapegoats of gay people".
David Cameron said he shared his "deep concern about the abuse of gay people in Russia", but did not back a boycott.
Fry later acknowledged the Games would go ahead in Sochi, but suggested athletes could hold symbolic protests.
A Russian law, passed in June, prescribes heavy fines for anyone providing information about homosexuality to people under 18 - but Moscow denies it is discriminatory.
Fry was among several hundred people who gathered in Westminster to demonstrate the against the law.
He was among those calling for the Games to be moved to a different country, but others at the protest were urging athletes to refuse to attend.
The Games are due to take place in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in southern Russia in February next year.
Speaking to the BBC, Fry said it was "probably not realistic to call for a move or a boycott at this stage in terms of it achieving its objective".
He added: "But I think it is realistic to call for it and to create moments like this where people think really hard."
Fry called on athletes attending and make a symbolic protest, suggesting it could be a gesture such as crossing their hands in front of their chest, which he went on to demonstrate.
He said: "It's inevitable it will happen, but I hope people will agree with me that all our athletes and all the athletes in the Games should find a symbol whether during the performance of their piece or at the end of it.... and definitely on the medal podium."
Fry said he hoped such a move would "show solidarity, to take some of sweetness of victory out of [Russian president Vladimir] Putin's mouth to show they are thinking of the gay people of Russia who are being tormented and brutalised every day - and indeed are committing suicide more and more".
In his letter, which was published on Wednesday, Mr Fry compared the situation to the decision to hold the 1936 games in Nazi Germany.
It was addressed to Mr Cameron, International Olympics Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge and British Olympic Association chairman Lord Coe.
Fry wrote of Russia: "Beatings, murders and humiliations are ignored by the police. Any defence or sane discussion of homosexuality is against the law."
"It is simply not enough to say that gay Olympians may or may not be safe in their village. An absolute ban on the Russian Winter Olympics of 2014 is simply essential," he also said.
"Stage them elsewhere in Utah, Lillyhammer [sic], anywhere you like. At all costs Putin cannot be seen to have the approval of the civilised world."
He urged Mr Rogge and his fellow committee members to "take a firm stance on behalf of the shared humanity it is supposed to represent".
Writing on Twitter, Mr Cameron said that while he did not support a boycott, "I believe we can better challenge prejudice as we attend, rather than boycotting the Winter Olympics".
In a response to the prime minister's comments, Fry later tweeted: "PM, you may be right. Would that have been true in 1936? But is there nothing we can DO? Putin grows and grows in confidence".
Meanwhile, Lord Coe spoke about the issue while attending the World Athletics Championships at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium - the scene of his win in the 1,500 metres at a 1980 summer Olympics boycotted by the US over Russia's invasion of Afghanistan.
Lord Coe said the issue of gay rights in Russia "needs to be addressed" but said he was "against boycotts".
"They only damage one group of people and that is the athletes," he said.
"I believe that coming to Moscow in 1980 was the right thing... International sport is not an inhibitor of social change, it actually has quite strong catalytic effects."
'Over the top'
Mr Rogge said he had asked Russia to explain how its new law might affect the Games.
He said Russia's written reassurances over the Winter Olympics needed clarification.
"We are not clear about the English translation of the Russian law and we want clarification of this translation to be able to understand what has been communicated to us," Mr Rogge said.
He stressed that, under the Olympic charter, sport was a "human right and should be available to all regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation".
A press release on the website of Russia's UK embassy says "any form of discrimination" is prohibited under the Russian constitution.
It says reports of a "wide-scale violence campaign against LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] activists after the adoption of the new law is simply not true".
"Russia will welcome all sportsmen and guests of Sochi Olympics regardless of their sexual orientation," it adds.
"At the same time, we hope that our foreign guests will respect the laws of the host-country according to the basic principle of the Olympic movement (the Russian legislation prohibits only LGBT propaganda among children)."
Former Kremlin adviser Alexander Nekrassov told BBC Breakfast the new law was designed to protect children against all forms of sexualisation.
He said Fry's comparison of Russia with Nazi Germany was "over the top" and "went against" the interests of the gay community.


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430 meters to public transportation
Located in heart of Manchester
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The rooms here are clean and the price is affordable, at this hotel located in a quiet yet conveniently central area.This is a basic facility with a basic price, but it still manages to include some nice perks such as the enjoyable breakfast package. You will also find the staff to be knowledgeable and welcoming. The location is great - just a five-minute walk to the Piccadilly train station puts you within easy reach of all of Manchester.Guest rooms are ensuite and come with a host of amenities. Business travelers will not be disappointed either, by the well-appointed business conference facilities available.This very affordable hotel offers a lot more than might be expected for such a reasonable price.
Children and extra beds
Minimum age of guests is: 1 year(s).
Extra beds are dependent on the room you choose. Please ask the property for more details.
Recommend for students and backpackers”
It is not bad and my requests was attended to immediately.
cheap city centre accommodation”
Cheap accommodation right in the centre for about fourteen pounds a night. Perfect if you are on your own
Location is quite gd, clean, affordable”
Location is quite close to station, room is clean, environment is special because it is next to the student hostel. Frankly speak, overall rating is average, BUT given at this price, I will not expect luxurious services. So after considering the price, this hostel is probably having the most highest services-to-price ratio. I give 9/10.
Bon emplacement et très bon accueil”
Bon service, le lieu est un point fort en revanche grosse surprise en découvrant qu'il s'agit d'une résidence étudiante, couloirs bruyants. Chambres bien entretenues et complètes.
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Anti-Gay Bullying: Are the Ravi Verdicts Too Harsh?
Certainly, the Ravi verdicts have aroused controversy. Were they fair?
Posted Mar 25, 2012
Last week, Dharun Ravi was convicted on 15 criminal charges, including bias intimidation; a hate crime. This conviction ends another, though not yet final chapter of an awful incident at Rutgers University that has had reverberations throughout our nation and around the world.
Certainly the convictions have aroused controversy and if newspaper articles and blog posts are any indication, not everyone is in agreement with the verdicts. Some believe Ravi is being unfairly punished for Clementi's suicide; a death he of course did not directly cause-but may have contributed to. Full disclosure: as a child I was viscously bullied throughout elementary and middle school. I was a good student who liked to show off his smarts, but a poor athlete and I was also effeminate-a lethal combination that was almost guaranteed to get a boy scapegoated during the 60's and 70's. So I certainly could understand how someone who was bullied would consider suicide, even though my childhood fantasies were more the murderous kind.
Perhaps this is why I have a visceral reaction when I hear some of the objections over the Ravi conviction. Shortly before the verdict, I was interviewed by NPR and asked if I thought people were being too tough on Ravi. Ravi's lawyer called his actions "stupid kid behavior" an explanation seemingly meant to excuse his behavior and minimize its damage. I have even heard colleagues of mine here at Rutgers espouse theories describing the impulse control sections of 18 year-old brains as underdeveloped which would seem to somehow diminish Ravi's guilt. However, I don't buy it and even question the motivations behind such statements. Kids much younger than Ravi know the difference between right and wrong. His refusal to accept a plea bargain on a lesser charge suggest that he believed he could be found innocent in a trial and therefore was not willing to take responsibility for his actions. Is this once again stupid kid behavior or the consequences of a brain that is not fully mature? Why do we not hear such explanations in the defense of poor Black youth from places like Newark and Camden who commit crimes? Perhaps "stupid kid behavior" and brain development explanations apply only to well-to-do college students who harass gay people..
Shortly after the verdicts an Op Ed piece on cyber bullying appeared in the New York Times stating that "the hate crime civil right statutes are being stretched to go after teenagers who acted meanly not violently" and that "this isn't what civil rights laws should be for". But I would argue (and Webster's Dictionary would agree) that by limiting the term to mean only physical assault, the author is defining violence too narrowly. As a victim of bullying, I can tell you the name calling, alienation, and public humiliation I received was more wounding than the punching and kicking. I do agree somewhat with the writer whereby I am not sure how helpful it would be put Ravi in jail for 10 years. I am no legal expert, but I have heard of people convicted of manslaughter who received lighter prison sentences. As a social worker and psychotherapist, I am a great believer in rehabilitation and redemption--I know people can learn from their mistakes and I hope that Ravi can learn from his.
However, as a bullied gay man myself, I can tell you that substantial punishment is indeed warranted and will send the nation and the world a message that bullying, virtual or live, for any reason including sexual orientation, is wrong. It is too bad it has taken a tormented college student's suicide to get this important message across when there are actions that can be taken to avoid such tragedies. Studies demonstrate that the presence of active, visible student groups on campus is related to lower incidents of anti-gay harassment and less suicidal behavior among gay and lesbian youth. For sure such groups have existed at Rutgers for a long time, but in my opinion we did not do a good enough job making their existence known to incoming students. Last fall, a year after his Tyler's death, Rutgers joined with the Clementi Foundation to give a conference on cyber bullying that was inexplicably silent on the issue of harassment of LGBT persons--thus many of us still have a ways to go in terms of understanding and addressing these issues. It's worth noting and not incidental that the man Clementi had been seeing and who was also video broadcasted felt a palpable hostility whenever he visited his dorm. This raises the question as to whether a toxic, homophobic environment contributed to this tragedy. Ravi's crime, and Clementi's suicide calls upon the Rutgers community, myself included to carefully assess and address what's happening on our campus. Other educators would be wise to assess theirs as well.
Acknowledging and condemning anti-LGBT bullying and disseminating information about accessible supportive LGBT resources are effective ways for faculty, staff, and administrators in middle schools, high schools and colleges to communicate to students that anti-LGBT harassment or bullying of any kind is unacceptable Those of us who work in education need to make sure this information and support is available and that our students know about it. Gays and lesbians (and bisexual and transgender persons) deserve to be able to function in an atmosphere of safety and respect. Ultimately this is good for their mental health and that of everyone else.


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Springfield—The Springfield Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has announced that it will produce a 2022-2023 season that will include at least six concerts at Symphony Hall; and that tickets are now on sale for the first of two spring concerts to be held on Friday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m.
SSO Interim Director Paul Lambert said the SSO is planning a season of at least six concerts at Symphony Hall. Performances are being scheduled while the SSO and the musicians’ union continue contract negotiations.
Lambert said tickets for the SSO’s first of two Spring concerts, “Of Heroes and Poets,” are now on sale to the public. Tickets for the SSO’s May 13 concert, also to be conducted by Mark Russell Smith, are also on sale.
Tickets for the April 22 concert featuring Cuban American cellist Thomas Mesa, can be purchased on the Springfield Symphony Orchestra website, www.springfieldsymphony.org/event/of-heroes-and-poets/, or by calling the SSO box office at (413) 733-2291. The box office is open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Mesa, the featured visiting artist, is a musician affiliated with the Detroit-based Sphinx organization. Focused on increasing representation of Black and Latinx artists in classical music, Sphinx is a social justice organization dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts. Mesa will perform Antonin Dvorak’s Cello Concerto. The Symphony will also present William Grant Still’s Danzas de Panama and Robert Schumann’s Symphony #2. The music will fill Symphony Hall with Latin tunes and rhythms.
Mesa has received numerous awards and recognitions, and has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in the United States and Mexico, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, Santa Barbara Symphony, Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra. Mesa received his BM from The Juilliard School, MM from Northwestern University, and is a doctoral candidate at Manhattan School of Music.
To learn more about the music that will be featured, visit the SSO’s website at www.springfieldsymphony.org/event/of-heroes-and-poets/.
Mark Russell Smith, who previously served as Music Director and Conductor of the SSO from 1995-2000, will serve as guest conductor for both the April 22 and May 13 concerts. Smith is Music Director and Conductor of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra. He has worked as Director of New Music Projects for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and Artistic Director of Orchestral Studies at the University of Minnesota, and has also served as Music Director for the Richmond Symphony Orchestra and Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra.
The SSO’s next concert will be “Dances of Spring” on Friday, May 13. More details will be forthcoming on that planned concert and can also be found on the SSO’s website.
The Springfield Symphony Orchestra is the largest Massachusetts symphony outside of Boston. It consists of over 70 musicians from the NE region of the United States and Canada, and holds many performances in a given season – as either the full orchestra or in ensemble formats.


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Mad Max: Fury Road is sort of a sequel to old films but doesn’t need to be viewed as such. Other than main character’s quick flashbacks, the plot and overall premise has very little to do with those. The main character is being played by Tom Hardy in this outing, thus taking over from Mel Gibson (who was apparently attached to the project up until 2003). Max is entangled in the plot after being captured by the War Boys army of monstrous cult leader King Immortan Joe (played by Hugh Keays-Byrne). He is basically only kept alive to provide blood for a sick boy Nux (Nicholas Hoult). At the same time, Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) leaves with a mission to collect gasoline with her War Rig vehicle. But, as it turns out, her plans are completely different. She decides to escape and that leads to a massive chase, with Max being dragged into it against his will.
The film itself is one gigantic action sequence, with few quiet moments. And for people expecting some sort of character development or thicker narrative, it might be wise to avoid this monstrosity at all costs. Which, of course, is not to say they should, really. Yes, Mad Max: Fury Road might be an excess in action and violence, with little emphasis put on the script. But it does so in such a cinematic way, one just simply cannot resist being dragged into this madness. The dialogue is often lost amidst the sound roaring engines, explosions and screaming. But then, those lines are mostly functional and give the audience only basic expository information. The film is pretty much told solely through its visuals. And, no matter your cinematic preferences, that in itself is a thing rarely witnessed these days.
Similarly to recent The Raid series Gareth Evans, Miller finds artistic beauty in violence and destruction. There is a poetic, almost balletic quality to his sequences. What is happening on screen might be beyond ridiculous but the director guides the viewer through his clever camera work and dynamic editing that. Viewer can always tell what is happening on screen at any given moment. Besides, Fury Road is an orgy of physical effects, stunts and pyrotechnics. Yes, there is some CGI here and there to enhance the world. But it never succumbs to this, whether you want to admit or not, cheap film trickery. Quite the contrary, you can almost smell the sweat, taste the blood and feel the impact. Indeed, the production process behind this project must be a geek heaven for cinema enthusiasts.
Special mention must go to the excellent production design. While all previous three films were made in the same vein, they would never be able to be realised on such a scale. Miller’s new opus has a truly epic feel and it dazzles with detail. Even though, story remains really sketchy all the way through, there is a sense that dozen others could be told about each aspect or location we get to see along this fast paced ride. It’s an universe that can be expanded upon and there are several hints of where it could go next. The overall fantastical look brings to mind the works of Guillermo del Toro. There is a similar sense of texture to the designs - both real and otherworldly.
Filmmakers are also endlessly inventive when subverting mundane imagery we know from our daily lives and applying different meanings to them. One of the most common visual elements are associated with gasoline and car machinery. For instance, steering wheels are treated as religious objects and insignias of war. They seem to serve a similar purpose to Christian cross in Mad Max universe. Indeed, the entire cult of Immorten Joe revolves around those types of themes: V8 engine is a deity, silver car paint serves as a symbol of warrior and martyr. These sort of distortions are not completely unlike the ones found in several films of Terry Gilliam. He seems to be yet another major influence on Fury Road, both in the feverish density of each frame, as well as quirky sense of humour.
Among this chaos are two central actors. Both Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron supply the cool, while everything else is set ablaze. Furiosa’s icy cold stare becomes the most prevalent and lasting image after the film is long over and her determination is what fuels the narrative. A lot has been said about the female energy to finally fuel (pun intended) this male orgy of destruction. And while this is certainly the case, the central character is very much in common with other terrific heroines of cinema past – Sarah Connor and Ellen Ripley. About time we got an update on this trope, especially as well done as this.
On the other hand, Max is a bystander, a reluctant hero. Similarly to Mel Gibson in old films, Hardy plays him as a man of few words and even those come out of his mouth with great difficulty. At the very beginning, he is clearly less than a man. More of a beast, really. But, as the story progresses, there is more focus and motivation. The tortured memories of painful past ultimately push the character into regaining the heroic persona. It could be even said that Fury Road is as much about female empowerment (as illustrated through Furiosa) as it is about male rebirth (which is the case with both Max and Nux). The film strikes a refreshing balance between those two, basically presenting them as equals. For once.
The one’s enjoyment of the new Mad Max will largely come down to one thing: whether one can tolerate an action film that doesn’t pretend it’s anything more than that. Miller clearly makes no apologies about it and neither should viewer expect to find subtlety and refinement. Normally, this kind of approach might be posed as an issue and it does apply to most blockbusters like this. But, because of its visual potency and horrific beauty, Fury Road is so much better than that. It might come as close to pure cinema as any action film ever made. And, frankly, it’s hard to imagine anybody doing a much better job than this.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Prisoners have rights which must be protected
Two weeks ago a Sinn Fein delegation, including elected representatives Caral Ní Chuilín, John O’Dowd, Paul Maskey and Raymond McCartney visited Maghaberry prison to view conditions and meet with prisoners. Coiste Na nIar Chimí representative Michael Culbert was also part of the delegation.
I had already discussed the Maghaberry situation with Minister of Justice David Ford and asked for clearance for the Sinn Fein prison visit. At the start of this week Martin McGuinness and Raymond McCartney MLA also met with him on this situation.
In addition Caral Ní Chuilín MLA has also met and had several conversations by phone with the Head of Prisons in the north Robin Masefield.
The news on Tuesday evening that Liam Hannaway had ended his hunger strike was therefore welcome news. He had raised a number of issues with the Sinn Féin delegation when they met him two weeks ago. These were discussed directly with the prison administration and the Justice Minister.
It was clear from all the conversations that have taken place that with the necessary political will all of the issues relating to Liam Hannaway, and indeed the wider problems in Roe House can be resolved.
The fact that another prisoner Harry Fitzsimons, who had been held in the punishment block, had now been moved back into Roe House was also a welcome development.
It clear that there are problems with the regime in Maghaberry.
Maghaberry has been the focus of a series of critical reports over a number of years.
In 2006, an inspection made over 155 recommendations but more than half were never implemented. The most recent inspector’s report made over 200 recommendations and concluded that the current situation in Maghaberry could not be allowed to continue.
Last year, the prison governor and his deputy were dismissed and 13 members of staff disciplined following an inquiry into the suicide of a prisoner in August 2008.
Subsequent reports were highly critical of the way the prison was being run and disciplinary procedures were taken against prison staff who it was alleged were surfing the net and watching television rather than being on suicide watch.
Four prisoners have taken their own lives in the last 4 years in Maghaberry.
A new governor, brought in last July to implement reform, faced open hostility from staff. Following his car registration number and name being found in a prisoner's cell the governor resigned amidst fears for his safety. Subsequently the Prisoner Ombudsman Pauline McCabe was asked to carry out an investigation when it was alleged that a member of the prison staff planted the note in order to intimidate the Governor.
Earlier this year, increasing tensions between staff and prisoners culminated in protests by a number of segregated prisoners, including a 48-hour lock-in of prisoners during Easter.
Recently relatives of some of these prisoners have been in contact with Sinn Féin representatives in relation to the situation in Maghaberry.
The Sinn Fein delegation that visited Maghaberry on May 14th had access to the segregated wing and met with ten prisoners representing various groups within Roe House. The delegation also met with the current governor, Alan Craig, and other members of the administration.
The prisoners raised a number of issues. They included complaints about a number of punitive actions such as the use of strip-searching as harassment of both prisoners and their visitors and a range of other conditions-related issues that were very familiar to the former prisoners on the delegation. The prisoners cited one clear example of this. Despite the fact that it was obviously unnecessary, prisoners appearing by video link for remand were being subjected to strip-searches.
The proximity of dogs in the visit processing area, the presence of the PSNI in the visitors’ area, the public identification of those who are to be strip-searched, and visitors being threatened with arrest if they refuse to be strip-searched, were also raised.
The delegation assured them their concerns would be conveyed to the prison administration, the Prison Service and to the Justice Minister – and they have.
Republicans have a long experience of prisons and of hostile and antagonistic prison systems. It is our belief that prisoners and their families must be treated with dignity and respect. Prisoners have rights and the prison regime should reflect this.
There is currently a review taking place into the prison regime. It is our intention to continue to pursue all the matters involved with the Minister of Justice and the Prison system.


Rex Early a longtime Indiana Republican Party leader and one-time candidate for governor, has passed away at age 88. Early remained a gregarious community and political activist, serving as Vincennes University's board chairman and later as state Republican Party chairman in 1991-93.
Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags to be flown at half-staff in Marion County to honor the life of former state representative Rex Early.Flags should be flown at half-staff sunrise until sunset on Wednesday, Nov. 16 in Marion County. Gov. Holcomb is asking businesses and residents in Marion County to lower their flags.
To read more about this proclamation, click here: proclamation


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Last week Hubby and I got to attend a fun event hosted by Thomas and Chef Tim Love owner and executive chef of several restaurants in Fort Worth.
He hosted a small gathering of local bloggers and we got to play “Stump The Chef”, where he had a huge assortment of ingredients and we picked 4-5 and he had to come up with a dish using Thomas products!
He shared a few great tidbits. One is that you aren’t supposed to open an English Muffin by slicing it, because the slice makes it flat like bread. You’re supposed to open it with your fingers or a fork so that it is jagged and the jagged edges make it more crunchy when you pop it into the toaster!
He also said, to make a great meal you need three things: Salt, Fat, and Acid. With those three things you can make a good recipe great! He said you can go to a steak house that serves steak and mashed potatoes and it’s a good steak house, but, if they add lemon on the top of steak at the end it makes it a great steak house!
He suggested playing “Stump The Chef” at home with the kids, he said they are more likely to eat something they had a hand in creating. He said he plays with his kids all the time!