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The Greater Kashmir has its largest base of circulation in Jammu and Kashmir, and is the most widely read English daily newspaper in the state. The Greater Kashmir group (GK Communications Pvt. Ltd) also publishes its sister projects in Urdu language such as, Nawa-e-jhelum, (4) Kashmir Uzma, and an English magazine, Kashmir Ink.
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The newspaper is the most popular and most widely read Urdu newspaper in Jammu and Kashmir. The Kashmir Uzma Daily newspaper is targeted towards the Urdu-speaking readers of the state, country and abroad specially middle east (Arab Countries) and focuses on reporting and highlighting local news, national news, social issues, international news, sports, political news, science and technology.
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IPB Attorneys Offer Tax Strategy Presentation to EntrepreneursPDF
On February 15, Benjamin L. Grosz and Jonathan L. Holbrook presented on tax strategies to an audience of entrepreneurs in creative fields. The session was hosted by Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA) and formed part of the Creative Entrepreneurs Series, alongside programs on copyrights and trademarks, business entity formation, contracts and licensing, negotiation and grants. Benjamin Takis, Founding Attorney of Takis Nonprofit Law PLLC, co-presented with the Ivins attorneys.
Partnering with WALA to support the program were the Gateway Community Development Corporation, the Creative Edge Collaborative and the Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council, including the Prince George’s Film Office and DPARK311.
Earlier this month, Grosz and Holbrook were joined by Heléna M. Klumpp in presenting to members of Women in Film & Video of Washington, D.C. Ivins, Phillips & Barker is proud of the pro bono contributions of our attorneys.

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I've recently closed out my myspace artwork album and I'm in the process of posting that stuff on this artwork blog. Makes sense...
Here's a piece that I did for my junior year at VCU. Obviously it's a redesign of one of our favorite movies for a digital drawing class. The piece is pencils with digital coloring in Photoshop. I was just learning some more Photoshop tricks and this is actually my first digital coloring, pre-Wacom tablet. So I colored this jank with a freaking mouse.
It is what it is...
Thursday, April 3, 2008
So, I suppose the obligatory sketch dump is in order. Here goes...
I've been working on my main weakness as per usual: anatomy. One day I will be extra special good at it. This is from Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist by Stephen Rogers Peck. It's a pretty good paperback that I carry with me frequently.
Here's a quick and dirty for my roomie's band The Black Times. Jim wanted an homage to the Ramones but with esoteric imagery a la Freemasonry, alchemy, etc. The triangle read '33' with the Freemason image but has been changed to a billiard rack with the 8, the cue, and the 4 balls for '804.' With time run out in the hourglass, a clutch of lightning and a scythe, the whole thing is roped off with an inverted ouroboros. Black times indeed...
In an effort to improve my skills, I've been going to figure drawing sessions for about 3 weeks now. On Friday I go to the Visual Art Center on Main Street from 6:30-9pm. On Sunday I go to Ghostprint Gallery on Broad Street, just a few blocks from my apartment.
Finished this one today on lunch break. Femur studies from the same anatomy book. Figured I'd mess around with some hatching too.
Actually I missed last weekend's session. Just plain forgot. But the first session yielded this drawing, inked with the Pitt brush pen and watercolored.
I see the glaring errors, and my old figure drawing teacher would probably bodyslam my ass, but I feel alright about it. Just alright. I feel better about the watercolors than the anatomy/figure drawing.
Let it go...

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As salmon suffer in Alaska’s warming snow- and rain-fed rivers, some scientists are looking to glaciers to predict the future of these fish.
GlacierHub Archives - State of the Planet
The acquisition of Four Twenty Seven, a leading provider of insight on economic climate risk, stands out as an indicator that the climate crisis is seen as a material risk that corporations and governments must consider.
On August 18, 2019, an event will be held to install a monument to Okjökull, the first Icelandic glacier lost due to human-caused climate change.
The world’s leading earth scientist is not allowing collective inaction to absolve her of personal responsibility.
Gustavo Valdivia’s work helps people to connect with the natural world in a different way.
Yak herders in the Himalayas are observing climate change in action, and it’s one of the factors threatening their way of life.
The report shows that every degree of warming matters for livelihoods in most communities.
This proposed declaration includes a number of rights, and specifically mentions that water resources in mountain ecosystems should be protected against pollution from mining activities.
A lot is different from my first visit to the park back in 2016 versus now.
Ladakh’s glaciers are retreating, causing floods and threatening livelihoods. But a recent study reveals that disaster risk reduction is often slow or absent due to its status as a conflict and military-tense zone.

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Back in April, the Fugees rapper, Pras Michel, faced conviction on conspiracy charges related to a money laundering scheme on behalf of Malaysian billionaire Jho Low, a fugitive. Now, in a surprising twist, Pras is pursuing a new trial, alleging that his defense attorney employed artificial intelligence (AI) during closing arguments in his case, which involved a $100 million foreign extortion plot. This development adds another layer of intrigue to the already convoluted narrative surrounding this Grammy-winning artist.
Pras Michel was found guilty on ten counts in April, including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered foreign government agent. These charges stem from his involvement in a complex plot, which also involved figures like Leonardo DiCaprio, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. Pras Michel, who profited approximately $88 million from the scheme, now faces the possibility of a 20-year prison sentence.
The unexpected twist in this legal saga involves the rapper’s allegations against his defense attorney, David Kenner, known for his previous representation of figures like Snoop Dogg and Suge Knight. Michel’s new defense team has asserted that Kenner used an “experimental” AI program to draft the closing argument for the trial. Even more alarming, they claim that Kenner had a financial interest in this AI program called “EyeLevel” and was quoted in a press release promoting the technology.
In the filing for a new trial, Pras Michel’s legal team has criticized his former attorney for “ineffective representation.” They argue that Kenner outsourced critical trial preparations to inexperienced contract attorneys employed by an e-discovery vendor. Additionally, Kenner allegedly failed to familiarize himself with relevant statutes involving the Foreign Agents Registration Act and money laundering, and he did not object to damaging and inadmissible testimony presented during the trial.
Moreover, the most striking accusation is Kenner’s use of AI in the trial proceedings. Pras Michel’s new legal team asserts that Kenner employed an AI program to draft the closing argument, but rather than enhancing the defense, the AI program apparently “ignored the best arguments and conflated the charged schemes.” What’s more, Kenner publicly boasted that this AI program “turned hours or days of legal work into seconds,” leaving a clear imprint of AI involvement in the trial.
Furthermore, the new legal team highlights that Kenner and his co-counsel had “an undisclosed financial stake” in the AI program, suggesting that their experimentation with the technology during Michel’s trial was potentially motivated by a desire to issue a press release promoting the program. Such a conflict of interest raises serious concerns about the fairness and integrity of the legal proceedings. In light of these allegations, Pras Michel’s quest for a new trial is poised to intensify the already complex legal battle, putting AI technology and its implications for legal representation in the spotlight.
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Sunday, October 29, 2000
Center celebrates its success
Helping the less fortunate
By Randy McNutt
The Cincinnati Enquirer
OXFORD The Oxford Family Resource Center's mortgage will burn today, but nobody will call the fire department.
It's all part of a celebration of self-sufficiency and community spirit.
Volunteers who established the center are understandably proud. In only three years their group has gone from a good idea to reality helping the community's less fortunate in various ways.
I'd say we're a model of how a community can work together, said Kathleen Carels, a volunteer receptionist.
The center, at 5445 College Corner Pike, is owned and operated by Oxford/Talawanda Community Services. The group helps people with housing needs, rental and prescription assistance, job searches, clothing and other problems.
With financial help from the city, groups and residents, Community Services has been able to pay off the $343,000 mortgage on the Resource Center's land and three buildings, bought in August 1997. The mortgage will be burned during a celebration from 2-4 p.m today, said administrator Mary Jo Clark.
The origins of the group go back to 1996, when Congress passed a welfare-reform law that gave greater responsibility to the states. Local leaders of the city, the old Oxford Advisory Welfare Services, McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, various church and civic groups and other agencies wondered how the law would affect Oxford's needy.
Community leaders committed themselves to continue providing food, clothing and housing assis tance, and to forming the Family Resource Center.
Later that year, they received a gift of $52,000 from the estate of Josephine Dunn. The Welfare Advisory group changed its name to Oxford/Talawanda Community Services and bought the site on College Corner Pike.
These days, the group also administers city money for rental assistance and utilities and offers a number of other services.
Our mission, Ms. Clark said, is to provide avenues toward self-sufficiency.
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'Graduated licensing' slow to show payoff
New driver laws in the Tristate
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Man accused of kidnapping, robbery
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International Journal of Scientific and Research Publication (IJSRP)
MANETs are very popular because of its infrastructure less network. These mobile nodes serve as both hosts and routers so they can forward packets on behalf of each other. It has restricted computing resources and due to mobility of node there is much change in network topology. These restrictions raise several new challenges for data access applications with the respects of data availability and access delay. This result in lower data availability in mobile ad-hoc networks than in wired networks.

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Lesley Gore, the pop singer best known for her 1963 smash hit “It’s My Party,” died Monday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital after a struggle with lung cancer, according to Lois Sasson, Gore’s partner of 33 years. Gore, a non-smoker, was 68.
Gore was only sixteen years old when she was signed to Mercury Records by another music legend, producer Quincy Jones. Released in 1963, “It’s My Party” went on to Number 1 on the Billboard charts and eventually went Platinum, marking the first hit record not only for Gore, but for Jones himself. The collaboration led to two more Platinum hits during the 1960s, “Judy’s Turn to Cry” and “You Don’t Own Me.”
While mostly remembered for her string of hit singles during the 1960s, Gore continued her career as a songwriter and recording artist in the successive decades, releasing a total of 12 studio albums and 6 compilations. She also received an Oscar nomination for her song “Out Here On My Own,” co-written with her brother Michael Gore for the film Fame, and even appeared on the Batman television series as one of Catwoman’s cronies. Gore’s last original album Ever Since was released in 2005.
“She was a wonderful human being,” Gore’s partner, Lois Sasson, said in a statement to the Associated Press. “Caring, giving, a great feminist, great woman, great human being, great humanitarian.”


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Painting instructions are open to all the artwork enthusiasts, specifically to folks that find themselves extra into artwork. In those instructions, a person can discover the one of a kind types of painting and test with as many as he desires or concentrates handiest on one. For instance, he can prefer to go for oil paints, or he can use water shades. The techniques additionally range, so he will have greater liberty on a way to take a look at the hints at his own rate. For instance, he can pick to best the renaissance fashion or deal with modern-day strategies. In addition, this art shape gives the flexibility to pick any challenge to rely on that a person wishes to paint and ways wherein he desires to speak himself, too. He can accomplish nevertheless lives, photographs, and also landscapes.
Almost all of the painting classes in Singapore offer panorama portray, that’s an outline of situations discovered within the herbal international; these scenes are dealt with because of the challenge of the work of art instead of as a feature in a distinct type of portraying. In these lessons, they provide all records to college students concerning panorama art, together with its historical past, strategies used and its advantages. Landscape art is a time period that addresses the interpretation of natural landscapes like mountains, valleys, trees, streams, and forests, and especially artwork wherein the primary situation is a broad view, with its components prepared right into a described composition. In other words, landscape backgrounds for figures ought to shape a crucial a part of the paintings. Sky’s commonly in the view and weather situations are usually a detail of the composition. Comprehensive landscapes as an awesome challenge aren’t present in all inventive traditions and broaden whilst there may be already an advanced lifestyle of symbolizing different topics. Landscape photography continues to be crucial because the 1800s and is included in its own article.
Painting lessons are without doubt activities that you may actually experience, specifically when focusing on panorama painting. Landscape painting turned into a remarkably reputable art form lengthy earlier than the arrival of the digital camera, and will without a doubt preserve going to catch the hearts and imagination of artists and artwork enthusiasts as properly. With attending these instructions, you’ll surely have an awesome time gaining knowledge of.
Tips To Bring Your Oil Painting
Artists love the usage of oil paints on canvas due to its many blessings. Whereas its sluggish drying system ought to seem like a drawback, in particular for people who might alternatively end their portions quicker, for most of the people of artists is a plus. This is as it gives them with enough time to paintings on an artwork piece in distinct sessions without worrying that some parts will dry quicker. They also discover it plenty easier to make changes to their creations thanks to the sluggish drying characteristic of oil artwork. Oil paints additionally include an advantage of making luminous colorings that are difficult to put on. It is likewise tons easier for the paints to blend with any surrounding colors so in the end an attractive artwork is completed.
Tip 1 – Use thick paste in the foreground to carry the volume
Three dimensional appears are pretty practical and it’s far definitely possible to achieve this whilst Singapore painting class. Oils and acrylics include the advantage of constructing thick impastos as compared to pastels and watercolours that lack the first-rate. To acquire the 3D appearance, follow the thick oil paste at the foreground of your portray after which thin it with receding planes for your piece. In the cease you will have a totally issue paint layer within the distant heritage growing the three-dimensional illusion.
Tip 2 – Create the texture of your piece by using dry brushing
The texture may be very important, particularly on pieces with leaves, grass and crashing water waves and the likes. By the usage of a dry brush technique, you may ensure the feel is seen to the eyes. Dry brushing involves skipping your brush so that the paint can peel off achieving the favored consequences. When you keep the brush horizontally and graze it you could tickle backside surfaces dragging to distinct directions to create the weathered look of your wood or make the water foam at the painting appearance bubbly. There are such a lot of results you can create with the technique so your painting is lifelike.


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Continue towards the fjord town of Geiringer —
Have your camera ready for a Spectacular scenic feast today as we drive along the lake Mjosa… the largest lake in Nordic country to the town of Lille Hamar… After we proceed to town of Lom via some of the most spectacular landscape that you can imagine. Then drive on to Geiranger via Dollsniba view point for a beautiful view of snowy mountains around and an overview of the Geiranger … king of the Fijord.
Arrive Geiranger and check into your superbly located hotel on the Geiranger Fjord… the best preserved natural landscape of the world. Truly the king of all fjords… a stay you will remember for a long time… great setting. Dinner at hotel.
Evening, we visit the Tivoli Gardens. Tivoli Gardens is a cross between a Old Fashion funfair, a series of Beer Gardens, sophisticated open air restaurants, concert houses, dance halls and Manicured Gardens. Evening is free to feel Copenhagen… walk down the Stroget … the pedestrian street. Window shop only. Dinner at Indian restaurant.


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Wranglers share hot dogs and tax brackets with their fans
He's been in the league less than a year, but rookie lineman Rob Schroeder has the Arena Football League pegged.
"It's like playing football in a hockey rink," he says. That's also a good description for the disorientation you feel as a first-time AFL spectator, seeing 16 regulation-sized athletes crammed on a half-sized field. A guy like Schroeder (6 feet 4 inches, 285 pounds) looks even more out of place like your big brother standing on your electric football game.
Veteran defensive back Damon Mason (5 feet 9 inches, 185 pounds) had a different impression. "I remember the first time I heard about Arena, I was like, 'Man, I would never play that. That's suicide.'"
Considering Mason's survived 10 years in the league, we can assume his first impression was wrong, but the league's not easy on its DBs. The thinner, shorter field (50 yards by 85 feet) begs for passing; strong-arm quarterbacks can take a touchdown shot from their own end zones. Plus, unlike the NFL or NCAA, one of the receivers is allowed a running start to the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped.
"The biggest surprise when I started was having a guy back up 10 yards and come running at you full speed every play," Mason said, and he's not the only one caught off guard by the different rule. First-time fans often spend the first few quarters yelling for offsides flags. (For more differences between the NFL and AFL see rules, below.)
And a recent rule change has made coverage even harder. Unlike past seasons, when the league restricted when and how players could be substituted, this year players can be switched out at any time. So now the chances are much better that the guy running full speed at Mason in the third or fourth quarter is fresh off the bench.
"A team will see your defense and keep bringing out fresh guys vroom vroom vroom and that's a plus for the offense. ... Back in the day, that guy [you were covering] was just as tired as you were; by the third [and] fourth quarter, it was about who had the stronger willpower. Now you might have the stronger willpower, but he has fresh legs."
The rule change, in addition to keeping Mason moving, brings the AFL's rules closer to the NFL's and quickens the game's already ridiculous pace. Arena games typically play out like SportsCenter highlight reels, usually with either nonstop scoring or heroic defensive stands. With the AFL's recent spike in prominence a TV contract with ESPN and a sexy new video game (see "Arena Football: Road to Glory") a move toward an even faster, sleeker game makes sense.
Free-substitution aside, Schroeder says the AFL's pass-heavy playbook and truncated field make playing defensive line more enjoyable. The two-back system (a QB and fullback in the backfield) leaves Schroeder freer to rush the passer, like the days on the schoolyard. But there's no five-Mississippi rule here, just some genuinely huge and scary dudes colliding. "The field's a lot shorter, and I like that. I don't have to run that far; I come to an Arena game, and I think, 'This is easy.' ... I hate playing against the run."
It makes sense that guys Schroeder's size would feel comfortable in the AFL. If he lived 2,000 years ago, he'd still be in an arena; only instead of quarterbacks, they'd be throwing him Christians.
Mason joined the league in 1998, the same year Kurt Warner left the AFL for NFL Europe. One of the AFL's biggest success stories, QB Warner led his team, the Iowa Barnstormers, to the Arena Bowl both seasons he spent behind center, 1996 and 1997. After playing a season with the Amsterdam Admirals, he signed with the St. Louis Rams and became one of only a few players to win the NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP in the same season.
Now say something if this starts getting eerie: Mason made Arena Bowl trips his first three seasons in the league, leading the team in tackles all three years and even setting a league record in 2000.
In case any NFL scouts missed the hits he was racking up, Mason remembers being featured in a magazine article titled "Diamonds in the Rough" the year Warner won the Super Bowl, an article about the most NFL-worthy players in the AFL. When friends called to tell him they saw him on a magazine cover, he started looking for bigger things. But his shot at Super Bowl MVP never came.
"We went to the Arena Bowl for the three years, and every time I talked to an NFL team, they would say, 'We know you're a really good player, but unfortunately the roster is already set for training camp.'" Every new season, he said, brought new excuses to keep him out of the big leagues. The New Orleans Saints under Mike Ditka were supposed to call Mason up in 2000, but Ditka never got the chance to hand Mason a jersey. He'd traded all the Saints' 1999 draft picks for UT running back Ricky Williams, and when Williams washed out, Iron Mike and his staff were fired.
Maybe the main difference between Warner's and Mason's careers is this: Warner throws passes, and Mason defends them. In the AFL, where 60- and 70-point games are common, the offense can hog the spotlight. In fact, Mason said, during his first few years in the league, some coaches didn't make specific game plans, or even practice plans, for defenses.
On March 24, Schroeder had the kind of game against the Nashville Kats that rookies have impure dreams about. He came about as close to winning a game as a lineman can, twice tipping the scoring exchange toward the Wranglers with a blocked extra point and a fumble recovery for a touchdown. The Kats came back in the end though, 63-70. When the opposing team scores 70 points, is anyone looking at the defense?
Schroeder says yes.
"They take [the scores] with a grain of salt. ... People know it's a high-scoring game. I think if you can produce and put up good numbers, you'll be noticed."
Mason, the only player in AFL history to log more than 800 tackles, seems to agree but adds that, for whatever reason, the NFL never gave him a real opportunity, and he gets a little upset when he hears teams complaining about the lack of good defenders or when he reads about failed experiments with moving college quarterbacks to coverage positions.
"Evidently they're not looking hard enough," he says. "I've been playing defense my whole life. ... I tackle and cover people in my sleep."
But whether or not the AFL's defenders get proper notice, Mason says, they can and do determine the outcome of the game. AFL games are typically high-scoring but usually pretty close. On April 2, for example, Austin managed a 45-38 overtime win against the New Orleans VooDoo, mainly with some solid fourth-and-goal defensive stops and a fumble recovery.
"In this league," Mason remarks, "the saying is, 'If you get at least one stop, we can lead.'
"I was told, 'If you play good, we win,' and I take that role."
But this season, the team has apparently needed more than Mason playing well to win. With a 3-5 record, the Wranglers, who made the playoffs last year, are fighting a losing season. Under new coach Brian Partlow and new QB Adrian McPherson, the team's in an awkward adjustment phase, struggling with turnovers and broken plays. And unlike the lack of a legitimate NFL shot, the losing record is something Mason won't accept.
"I do take it personally," he says, "I don't want any team to score more than 50 on us."
Winning is his job and his responsibility to the fans. "These people paid to come see you play," he says. "They deserve to see you give your best and to win."
But some of the Wranglers' most visible and vocal fans (read: face paint and choreographed dance routines) say they'll be back next year even if the Wranglers end with a disproportionately heavy "L" column.
Third-year season-ticket holder Matt "Guy in the Shiny Blue Top Hat and Matching Wig" Cross says he's disappointed in the season so far, but he'll buy season tickets as long as the team stays in town.
"Of course I'll be back next year," he says with a touch of near indignation, surprising from a guy with a metallic blue mop-top. "As a fan you've got to take the good with the bad." Unconditional love and acceptance: That's the Wacky Blue Top Hat Guy guarantee.
Cross, like many other season-ticket holders, tailgates in the parking lot before and after the games. Sometimes they're joined by actual Wranglers, one of the perks of being a hardcore fan in a smaller league.
Because of their accessibility, Mason calls AFL players "blue-collar athletes." Players and cheerleaders not only sign autographs on the field and at sports bars after the game, but also the AFL has to be one of the only major-league sports where the players make similar incomes to the average fans.
"People ask the difference between NFL and Arena," Mason points out. "One of the biggest differences is NFL players get paid millions; we get paid thousands."
Sharing hot dogs and tax brackets is one thing, but the league takes fan accessibility to an almost-uncalled-for level with the Manglers. Season-ticket holders of the screaming, face-painting ilk, the Manglers' semiofficial capacity with the team began three years ago as an April Fools' Day joke. In lieu of the expected halftime performance by the Lady Wranglers cheerleading squad, fans were treated to a sort of choreographed line dance by the paunchy, middle-aged, all-male Manglers.
For Mangler David Manchuca, this is exactly the sort of fan appreciation exclusive to the AFL. Get dragged-out and hog-snouted for a Redskins game, spend three hours sweating in a latex mask in the Cleveland Dawg Pound, and you won't be asked to take the field. In fact, they've got troops of guards trained to keep people like you off the field.
"If you dress up for an NFL game," Manchuca says, "all you're gonna do afterward is walk a mile to your car in the parking lot."
Catch the Wranglers in action this Sunday, May 6, 3pm at the Erwin Center vs. the Tampa Bay Storm. For tickets and more info, please see www.austinwranglers.com.


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APPROACH TO ESTABLISHING A DECISION MAKING SYSTEM OF RESOURCES DISTRIBUTION FOR AUTO TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
S.Y. Egorov, H.S. Salih
One of the primary tasks of economics is to improve methods of the optimal distribution of company resources.The article proposes an approach to creating a decision-making system for managing the distribution of transport and technological vehicles of an auto transportation company across its construction sites. As an example, we consider a truck company that has an extensive fleet of freight vehicles and specialized vehicles for construction work.To implement control mechanisms based on the use of operational data from construction sites, a resources management model is proposed, which is characterized by the implementation of flexible feedback.We developed an algorithm for generating managing actions in a feedback-based control system that minimizes the costs of am auto transport company when solving a set of tasks for distributing the company’s transport resources to remote objects.The approach is based on coordinating the implementation of projects according to the network plans that were built, taking into account the vehicles’ technical condition. Coordination of solving the problems of production and technical operation of a transport vehicle fleet allows us to make informed decisions on the use of the vehicles and helps to increase the overall technical readiness of the fleet. That, in turn, leads to an increase in the efficiency of the entire company and provides a less costly solution to large governmental projects.
Keywords: resource distribution, system for support of decision-making, network planning, monitoring.
CREATION AND PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONCEPT
OF CONTINUOUS LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
UDC 378, 004.942
M.V. Deev, A.G. Finogeev, A.A. Finogeev, I.N. Kolesnikov
The article analyzes the problems of life-cycle management of electronic educational resources. To solve them, it is necessary to develop a system for managing and supporting the life cycle of educational content. The aim of the work is to create a comprehensive scientific approach to the intellectual management of the stages of the life cycle of electronic educational resources with adaptive tuning to the changing requirements of standards and employers. As part of the development of the concept of managing the life cycle of electronic resources, it is proposed to develop a management model based on a detailed analysis of the life cycle model of educational content, as well as a set of indicators and an integrated assessment of the life cycle of electronic resources. The model describes the input parameters and external influences that affect the process of resource development from the beginning of development to decommissioning, the resources involved, as well as output results. The proposed indicators and integrated assessment will assess the effectiveness of the process of managing the life cycle of educational content. The developed system provides continuous management of the life cycle of electronic educational resources, adaptive updating of educational content and is included in the composition of the Smart Learning Environment, which allows to reduce costs in developing resources and to qualitatively improve educational material.
Keywords: management, CMS, life cycle, electronic educational resource, intellectual educational environment, management scheme.
A METHOD AND A TOOL FOR INFORMATION GATHERING IN ONLINE TRAINING PROCESS MANAGEMENT BASED ON AUTOMATED COMPLEX OPEN ENDED ASSIGNMENTS SCORING WITH THE USE OF ERROR BANK
V.A. Latypova, V.V. Martynov
It is possible to monitor training process using different statistic reports in learning management systems and massive open online course platforms. Online training process can be managed effectively by means of analytics applications. Analytics is based on gathered information. Problems can occur during information gathering if an online course contains complex open ended assignments, assignments which can’t be checked using tests. There are methods among the existing methods which allow to gather information effectively: situational assignment and special methods for specific domain. The methods allow to get reliable and complete information for management purposes. But the methods are not universal. Their usage is limited to open ended assignment type and domain. There is a need to develop a method for every specific task if situational assignment can’t be used and there is no special method. A universal information gathering method based on automated complex open ended assignments scoring with the use of error bank is suggested in the paper. A tool was developed and implemented in training process in Ufa state aviation technical university from 2013 till 2019. The usage of the method and the tool allowed to increase information gathering effectiveness in online training process management in complex open ended assignments implementation.
Keywords: online learning, training process management, complex open ended assignment, information gathering method, error bank.
USING POTENTIALS IN LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS
I.Z. Mustaev, М.B. Guzairov, V.Y. Ivanov, N.К. Maksimova, Т.I. Mustaev
The article describes a linear optimization model, which is an interpretation of the linear programming model of Kantorovich L. V. The accumulated potentials are considered as variables, a brief description of which is given in the paper. Additionally, models of forecasted and full potentials are given. The use of accumulated potentials opens up possibilities for modeling objects with long life cycles. This significantly expands the scope of the linear programming methodology to study the behavior of socio-economic systems in market conditions. The foregoing is illustrated in relation to an enterprise of the engineering field. In particular, a comparison was made of the results obtained from the initial data and the results obtained by recalculating the potentials. Features of the dynamics of accumulated potentials allow us to solve the problem of using optimization approaches in conditions of the high volatility of the external environment, in the conditions of emerging markets. Efficiency models and models of time norms are described, which play an auxiliary role in the formation of a linear programming model. In addition, indicators of the potential time norm and potential intensity of the equipment used in this model are formalized. The final model for calculating the production program written using potentials is presented. The model reflects the optimal use of resources and takes the form of direct and dual linear programming problem reformulated with the use of accumulated potentials. The model includes a description of the potentials of the objective function and equations reflecting the potentials of resource constraints.
Keywords: linear programming, accumulated potential, forecasted potential, dynamic model, sociophysical object.
FORECASTING OF MANIPULATIVE INFORMATION INFLUENCES
IN SOCIAL NETWORKS: TERRITORIAL ASPECT
V.A. Minaev, K.M. Bondar, E.V. Vaits, A.V. Kantysheva
Negative factors affecting information security of countries are described. Special attention is paid to the information-psychological effects highlighted in the Doctrine of information security of the Russian Federation. It is pointed to the expansion of the use of simulation methods for modeling information impacts on social groups and the corresponding information counteraction. The necessary definitions related to the use of the simulation approach proposed for the study of complex nonlinear systems to the modeling of information influences in social networks are given. The description of the system-dynamic model of information counteraction in the form of differential equations system is given. Simulation experiments were carried out with the model on the Anylogic software platform and analytical dependences of characteristic times reflecting the susceptibility of the population of the country’s settlements to influence through social networks, including mechanisms of negative influence, on the statistical characteristics of users were obtained. Typology of settlements of the Russian Federation on characteristics of information propagation in social networks of regions is carried out. It is concluded that the identified relationships can be used to predict manipulative information effects and planning information counteraction. In addition, it is emphasized that the simulation model allows, using statistically observed variables, to estimate parameters and variables characterizing the dynamics of information propagation in the population, which are statistically unobservable.
Keywords: simulation model, information manipulative influence, forecasting, counteraction, social network, typology, cluster analysis.
DIAGNOSIS OF EARLY STAGES OF ATTENTION DISORDERS BASED ON HYBRID FUZZY DECISION RULES
A.V. Polyakov, S.N. Rodionova, N.L. Korzhuk, L.V. Starodubtseva
The work is devoted to improving the quality of differential diagnosis of early stages of cognitive impairment in terms of fuzzy description of the studied classes of States.To assess the functions of attention, a device developed at the Department of biomedical engineering of SUSU is used to determine such properties of attention as concentration, volume, selectivity, switchability, distributability and stability. As a mathematical apparatus is used, the hybrid methodology for the synthesis of fuzzy decision rules. The basic element of which is the function of belonging to the studied classes of States (norm, mild cognitive impairment, moderate cognitive impairment, initial clinical stage) with a basic variable determined by the scales of the selected properties of attention.The decision on classification is made by the maximum value of the analyzed membership functions.The obtained mathematical models allow to diagnose the early stages of violations of all the studied functions of attention. Expert confidence in the obtained mathematical models exceeds 0.8. If, together with the level of attention, additional indicators characterizing the functional reserve, levels of psycho-emotional stress and fatigue and energy imbalance of the Meridian structures of the body are used, confidence in the correct classification of the early stages of attention disorders reaches a value of 0.9, which allows us to recommend the results in practical psychology and medicine.
Keywords: the early stage of cognitive impairment of attention, and hybrid decision rules, membership functions, confidence in the correct classification.
ASSESSING MODEL OF THE TARGET LIFE INDICATORS ACHIEVEMENT IN THE RESOURCE REGION DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
S.M. Lavlinskii, L.L. Yakovleva
The relevance of the study is determined by the lack of well-reasoned assessments of the level of the strategic goals achievement that were stated in the strategic development programs of Russia resource regions, taking into account the analysis of planned activities resourcing.In this regard, this article is aimed at substantiating a new method for assessing the feasibility of living standards target indicators in the development strategy of a subsidized resource region. For this, it is proposed to use a combination of the Stackelberg model and the regional forecasting model. The forecasting model is a model of socio-economic development of the resource region, adapted to the characteristics of Siberian territories. The planning model is a Stackelberg model that formally represents a two-level mathematical programming problem. This toolkit allows not only to compare various development strategies in terms of the dynamics of the living standards of the population, but also to formulate a program for developing the mineral resource base at the expense of the federal budget and ensuring the highest possible level of the region’s own income. The main principles of the methodology are illustrated by the example of the Transbaikal Territory, for which an assessment was made of the living standards target values attainability that were recorded in the Transbaikal Territory Development Strategy until 2030. The materials of the article are of practical value for management decision-makers for constitution and evaluation of regional development strategies.
Keywords: indicative planning, regional forecasting, Stackelberg model, bilevel mathematical programming problem, region development strategy, living standards.
ALGORITHMIC PROVISION OF OPTIMIZATION OF PARAMETERS FOR
AUTOMATED CONTROL SYSTEM TECHNICAL OPERATION OF
AERONAUTICAL EQUIPMENT BASED ON THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
M.I. Yatsechko, S.V. Ippolitov, R.V. Repin, V.A. Malyshev
The main problem in the development of algorithmic support for an automated control system for the technical operation of aircraft is the stochastic process of the probability of transitions of aircraft from one state to another. The article discusses an approach to solving the problem of optimizing the parameters of automation of the process of technical operation of aircraft, by achieving the maximum value of the indicator of functional efficiency in the conditions of limited resources (personnel of the engineering and aviation service and ground handling facilities). The analysis of the development of an automated control system for the technical operation of aircraft and their current status is considered. Aircraft planning methods are considered, optimization models by various criteria are shown. The positive and negative aspects of planning based on the queuing system are reflected, as well as the analysis of existing decision-making systems in the planning of work on aircraft. It is noted that existing systems do not solve the problem of distributing specialists to aircraft when servicing a group of aircraft. The task of optimizing the control system in conditions of a limited number of personnel with a minimum training time for a group of aircraft. An algorithm is proposed that implements the procedure for prioritizing the performance of work by engineering and aviation service specialists in the process of preparing a group of aircraft. On the basis of information on the number of personnel, the training time, each specialist forms a priority (turn) for the performance of work by specialists on aircraft. This algorithm is implemented using the Delphi programming language, and calculations and their approximations were performed using MS Excel. The advantage of the above algorithm is the possibility of its application, subject to a limited number of personnel involved in the preparation of aircraft.
Keywords: algorithmic software, parameter optimization, automated control system, aviation technology, technical operation, technical condition.
PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF APPLICATION OF THEORY OF GAMES TO THE ASSESSMENT OF SYSTEM SECURITY
L.V. Stepanov, A.S. Koltsov, A.V. Parinov, D.V. Parinov, B.A. Soloviev
: The paper considers the practical application of the game-theoretic approach to the task of assessing the security of systems. One of the factors determining the life and activity of any system is its safety. The concept of security is applicable to organizational, economic, engineering, biological and any other types of systems. The security status of the system is determined by many external and internal factors. Among the internal factors include the vulnerabilities inherent in this system, and among the external ones there are many threats that could potentially affect this system. The circumstance of the confrontation between threats on the one hand, and vulnerabilities (measures to eliminate vulnerabilities) on the other, makes it reasonable to use game theory methods to assess the security of a system.The parameters of threats and vulnerabilities, along with quantitative ones, can have a qualitative description, which limits the possibility of using mathematical methods. For this reason, these parameters must be formalized in a numerical form. To solve this problem, it is proposed to use a pairwise comparison of linguistic constructions. The obtained formalized values can be used to construct the game matrix.A feature of the approach proposed in the work is the possibility of its implementation in the form of algorithmic and software that will automate the work of analysts responsible for the formation of tactics and strategies for ensuring the security of any institution or organization. This fact reflects the practical usefulness of the proposed methodology.
Keywords: security system, security threats, system vulnerabilities, measures to counter threats, linear programming, game theory.
OPTIMIZATION MODEL AND INTELLECTUAL SUPPORT ALGORITHM FOR MANAGEMENT THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DISTRIBUTION IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM
Y.E. Lvovich, B.A. Chernyshov, O.N. Choporov
The article discusses the sequence of actions for the formation of an optimization model and an algorithm for intellectual support of the process of rating management of the distribution of resource support in the organizational system. The structure of the rating management system is determined by a set of features that make it possible to establish a sequence of particular management tasks that form a single decision-making cycle.The optimization model forms extreme and boundary requirements when coordinating the interests of the system’s managing center and the administration of its facilities in the distribution of resource support, which is allocated to each area of activity, contributing to a change in performance indicators to improve the facility’s position in the rating. Combining formalized requirements leads to the block task of linear programming.The intellectual support algorithm is based on a game approach to solving the block problem of linear programming. To this end, a transition was made to the vector-matrix form for writing direct and dual linear programming problems and iteratively searching for the saddle point of the Langrazh function with preliminary separation of the coefficient matrix and the constraint vector into two parts.
Keywords: organizational system, rating management, optimization, intellectual support, linear block programming.


Developers of projects linked to the metaverse are ignoring the recent negative climate in the cryptocurrency market and announcing several new developments.
One of them is the game Gods Unchained. After the hype surrounding the project in 2021, which took the GODS token to a new all-time high, the game’s team announced another extension to the balance phase of its latest card set, Divine Order.
In addition, the team announced a staking system for the GODS token, in which users will be rewarded with more tokens and the staking reward pool will be replenished with fees paid at The Forge.
To keep the Forge going, merging cards to create shiny versions should also arrive sometime in 2022. This has been a long-promised feature that many players are looking forward to.
This is because, the feature will not only create an ongoing demand for the GODS token, but it will also serve to decrease the overall card supply for all card sets.
Genesis Worlds and Heroes Chained
Who is also with news is Genesis Worlds. The metaverse has announced the release of its first Founders NFTs for late January.
In the game, each NFT will give the user the right to participate in the governance of the metaverse and mine the GENESIS token. This crypto asset, in turn, will feed the economy of the entire virtual universe.
In practice, each NFT will give 1 land, governance rights and issue GENESIS tokens. Each land will emit 3,326 GENESIS in the year. Mining emissions will begin on January 26th.
So, the longer the user keeps their NFT, the more rewards they will receive.
Finally, another metaverse with news is Heroes Chained. The project has just wrapped up its first funding round on Seedify, raising 327,000 BUSD.
Heroes Chained (HC) is a real-time fantasy action RPG. In it, the player becomes a Guild Master and gathers heroes.
All Guilds, items and collectibles will be traded on the open market for HeC, the in-game cryptocurrency. White paper of the game explains in detail how the game will look.ing


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In the early 1970s, a woman was sexually assaulted by a priest when she was a student at a Catholic school and was a part of the catholic church in the area. In 1996 the woman commenced a lawsuit against the priest and the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of London in Ontario. In 2000 she reached a settlement agreement with the priest and church for $100,000. Fast forward a couple of years to 2006 the priest plead guilty to sexually assaulting 47 girls under the age of 18. During the 2006 criminal trial, it was discovered that the church had received police statements in 1962 that the priest had assaulted three girls. This means that the church was aware of the priest’s behaviour before he sexually assaulted the woman and did nothing to stop it. When the woman found out about this she was upset. When she settled in 2000 she was told by the church that they were unaware of the priest’s prior abuse. Therefore in 2008, the woman commenced a new action to have the settlement agreement rescinded.
In 2020 a judge upheld a ruling to have the settlement agreement rescinded. The judge found that there was material misrepresentation by the Diocese which was grounds to have the settlement revoked. The woman was denied key information and given false information by the Diocese concerning important matters related to her case. She had settled for $100,000 in 2000 as she was under the impression that the diocese had no knowledge of the priest’s prior abuse. With the settlement rescinded she will now be able to commence a new action for a more appropriate settlement. The diocese was negligent. Their lack of action after receiving the police reports resulted in one if not more girls being sexually assaulted.
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Nicola Samori has managed to create a beautiful series of work that reflects a darker, depressing aesthetic.
Using oil paints, the artist manages to put a twist on traditional paintings. Nicola Samori smudges the faces of her subjects and surrounding area. The paintings' faces are hard to make out and add a haunting effect to the otherwise flawless depictions. The images are dark and haunting, yet undeniably beautiful. Nicola Samori's talent though is on par with many other artists, as her work and message is clearly displayed through her oil paintings.
Nicola Samori's work, according to JL Schnabel, "[...] incorporates the intense and realistic style of the Baroque period within a modern, psychological context."
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1. Twisted Traditions - There is an opportunity for artists to innovate by putting a unique twist on traditional techniques and styles.
2. Haunting Imagery - Artists can explore creating images with a haunting and unsettling effect to evoke a strong emotional response.
3. Modern Baroque - There is a potential for artists to combine the intensity and realism of Baroque art with contemporary psychological themes.
1. Fine Art - Artists in the fine art industry can experiment with new techniques and styles to create captivating and thought-provoking pieces.
2. Art Galleries - Art galleries have an opportunity to showcase artwork that deviates from traditional norms and offers a haunting and unique experience for visitors.
3. Art Education - Art educators can incorporate the works of artists like Nicola Samori to introduce students to different artistic styles and encourage innovation in their own works.


text: If you’re thinking about planting a vegetable garden this year for the first time, here are a couple of tips to keep in mind. One of the most important things to keep in mind is daylight. You’ll want to plant somewhere they’ll get at least six hours of direct sunshine. Planting in a convenient spot is a good idea. It’ll make it easier to keep an eye on everything and to water. I don’t know all of the chemistry behind having good soil, but I do know that adding compost and manure is a good idea. Once things start growing, it’s important to keep plants well watered and to remove weeds when they pop up.


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Of course, we visited several options and did a bunch of research before making each decision, but in each case, there have been unanticipated things that we never thought to ask about that have made a big difference in how much we've enjoyed our choices.
I'm not sure if we would have made choices based on these factors even if we had thought to ask about them ahead of time, but in the spirit of sharing what I've learned, here are the two biggest things that we didn't consider when making our choices but that have had a big impact on how much we've liked those choices:
Item 1: we didn't ask about how the day cares we visited handle kid-on-kid aggression in the toddler rooms. This, however, turns out to be a point of wide variation. One of my friends spent three solid months stressed out about whether her older son was going to get expelled from day care for biting. He was two. Another friend would hear from her child that she'd been bitten, but not get any communication from the school about the incidents. Both of these extremes are unnecessarily stressful, in my opinion.
Our day care strikes a nice middle ground. Older kids (4 and up) who bite or hit are sent home for the day, and if they can't stop, might be expelled. I'm not aware of that ever happening, though. In the toddler set, these things were treated as something that happens when kids don't yet have the words to express their emotions. The presumption is that they just need to learn better ways to respond, and the school partnered with the parents to make that learning happen. We got reports home of bites given or received, and the school taught very specific behaviors to do instead of physical aggression and shared those with us so we could reinforce them at home.
It was still stressful when Pumpkin was biting and being bitten- something that happened occasionally between 15 months and 3 years, with a peak at about 2 years- but at least we weren't worrying that she was going to be expelled from day care or wondering what else was happening that we weren't being told about.
|Pumpkin at the height of the biting phase|
Petunia never went through the biting phase. I think this is partly due to Petunia just being more laid back than Pumpkin, and partly due to the fact that Petunia's class is smaller than Pumpkin's was, so the teachers were probably able to see an incident escalating and intervene before any child made it physical. Regardless, this is now the main thing I mention when an expecting parent asks me about how to pick a day care. Most of the other advice I could give is pretty standard, but I never came across this particular issue when I was researching day cares and how to choose them.
Item 2: there are distinct advantages to NOT being at the "best" school in the "good" district. We picked our school for two main reasons: (1) It is a language magnet, and we love the idea of having our kids become fluent in a second language, (2) it is two and a half blocks from our house, which makes the logistics of drop off and pick up soooo much easier. We also visited other magnet schools and our neighborhood school when making our choice, but in the end, we only entered the lottery for our current school. (If we hadn't gotten in, we would have defaulted back to the neighborhood school, which we actually really liked.)
We looked at the various school performance statistics and did all the other things you're supposed to do when evaluating schools, but we didn't think to ask about things like: how much money will you extort from us with "expected donations" and other "optional" fundraisers? How do you schedule your on campus activities? It turns out that in those two key areas, we got lucky.
Our school is a magnet (meaning it draws kids from all over the district) and a Title 1 school (meaning that a large percentage of the kids qualify for the free or reduced lunch program). Both of these things contribute to a school environment that feels much friendlier to working parents than what I hear about from my friends in the "good" (i.e., wealthier) schools. There is an annual giving campaign, but they were appreciative of our donation, not demanding of it. There are a few other fundraisers throughout the year, but there is no pressure for the kids to bring in large amounts of money, so they truly do feel optional. And most importantly to me- they schedule their events in a way that minimizes impact on the parents' schedules. Parades, performances, and other special events tend to be first thing in the morning or last thing in the afternoon, not at random times in the middle of the day like I hear about from other parents.
I would never have thought to ask about event scheduling when visiting schools, but this thoughtful scheduling makes a big difference in whether Mr. Snarky and I can attend the events, so we are able to be more involved parents without having to take large amounts of time off work.
Bonus item: talking about school choice with other parents will uncover racism and classism that will shock you. Only about 25% of the kids in our school are white. The largest racial group is Hispanic, at just over 50%. A lot of parents with Mexican or Central American heritage send their kids to our school so that they can be not just bilingual but bi-literate. The next largest racial group is African-American, at roughly 16%. The school does not have a larger than average number of expulsions or other serious behavior problems (that information is included in the statistics we looked at when checking out schools), but many other parents would respond to the news about where we were thinking of going by getting a moderately surprised look on their face and saying something along the lines of "but that's a rough school!"
I quickly learned that "rough" is the code word for "not majority upper middle class white kids." Our school is not rough, not even in the upper grades (it is a K-8 school). One of my favorite things about going to school events is actually seeing the middle schoolers, who are always involved in the events and participating in a positive way.
I have no advice on this one. Schools are a difficult topic, where your general beliefs about what is right and your worries and aspirations for your children collide. It happens that both Mr. Snarky and I went to schools that would be coded as "rough" and thought that the diversity of our fellow students was one of the best things about our pre-college education. So it is relatively easy for us to ignore the comments about the school being "rough" and just be grateful that we got into such an awesome school that is so convenient for us (it was a lottery process).
Other parents will have different educational priorities and I would never judge a parent for making a different choice. I do judge the people who use the "that school is rough" code words, though. If you want your kid to go to a school where most of the other kids are of the same race and/or in the same socioeconomic class, fine, but don't justify that decision with the lazy assumption that schools with a different student body composition are somehow dangerous. Some may be, but many are not. Also, the biggest local on campus drug bust I can recall hearing about recently happened at one of the toniest schools in town. Using the "rough" code word just perpetuates inaccurate and harmful stereotypes. We need to do better.
Have you learned any unexpected things about schools and day care? Share them in the comments!


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BOSTON (CBS) — The Bruins needed a win on Tuesday night, but the team also needed a feel-good story during a tough stretch in the season. They got both thanks to goaltender Dan Vladar, who earned a hard-fought win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in his first career start.
With Tuukka Rasks till banged up and Jaroslav Halak sitting on the second leg of a back-to-back, Bruce Cassidy had to turn to Boston’s third goalie between the pipes. The 23-year-old Vladar rewarded the head coach with some stellar play in net, turning away 34 of the 35 shots that he faced in a 2-1 Boston win.READ MORE: Patriots Mock Draft Roundup: Mac Jones Or Trey Lance In First Round?
Vladar was given a heads up over the weekend that he might be making his debut this week, and those extra days to mentally prep helped. But he obviously felt some pre-game nerves ahead of his NHL debut, and some butterflies when the puck finally dropped.
But as the game went on, the former third-round pick looked like he belonged with the pros. When the horn sounded and Vladar had earned his first career victory, he was on cloud nine.
“I’m just the happiest guy in the world right now,” Vladar told reporters via Zoom. “It was always my dream to play in the NHL. I got the opportunity and I won, so there hasn’t been a better day for me hockey-wise. I really appreciate that the coaches gave me a chance and I think it was a great team effort.”
His nerves were relieved a bit midway through the first quarter when he submitted an entry for “Save of the Year.” Pittsburgh’s Colton Sceviour had a wide open net when the puck ended up on his stick following a juicy rebound, but Vladar somehow reached his stick across the crease and turned away that golden opportunity for the Pens.
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“Just a lucky save,” Vladar said casually. “It probably happens once in a hundred times. I don’t think you can really practice that, just big luck. Really happy that it happened today.”
Vladar said he received some incredible support from his teammates throughout the game, including endless words of wisdom from Halak on the bench.
“I was a little nervous, because when you get your first start like this you want to just show your best,” he said. “I know how I can play, but at the same time not every day that can be your best day. Just wanted to do my best to give us a chance to win.”
Vladar said his family back in Prague was glued to the TV to watch him do his thing on the NHL level. He called his girlfriend first after the game, and then called his parents, who despite it being 4 a.m. back home, were wide awake and just as excited as he was.
“They were celebrating. They’re probably going to be a little bit tired at work tomorrow,” he said. “It was a big event for our whole family. I felt like they were here with me.”
Vladar now has an NHL win to his name and a new trophy for his collection. He was given the game puck in the locker room, and has some big plans for the memento.MORE NEWS: Xander Bogaerts Shares His Thoughts On Liverpool, Super League: 'I Like It The Way It Is'
“I’m probably gonna sleep with it tonight,” he smiled. “I might buy some safe and just lock it there so that no one can steal it from me.”


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A fireworks display will take place in Bridgwater later ahead of the annual Guy Fawkes Carnival. The event is organised by Bridgwater Town Council and Sedgemoor District Council.
The Carnival will take place on a Saturday for the first time in years to make it more accessible to families. And there'll also be a fairground at St Matthews Field.
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It looks like yet another "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" remake is in the works -- and this time, it's all about the ladies.
Longtime film producer John Davis said during the 2015 Television Critics Association press tour that a new "League" reboot, backed by 20th Century Fox, will be female-centric, according to Collider. The move was partly inspired by "Mad Max: Fury Road."
"It’s female-centric, which I think is interesting. I love female characters, point-of-view characters in action movies," Davis told the site.
"The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" started as a comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill. In 2003, a film adaptation of the same name starring Sean Connery was released to poor reviews. Ten years later, Fox attempted to turn the comic series into a television show but the pilot failed to get picked up by the network.
Not much else is known about the new film adaptation, but there's one thing we can almost certainly bank on: Alan Moore won't be seeing it. While speaking to Total Film in 2009 about film adaptions of his comics, he said, "Do we need any more shitty films in this world? We have quite enough already. Whereas the $100 million could sort out the civil unrest in Haiti. And the books are always superior, anyway.”
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NEW YORK — In the new book “American Vertigo,” Bernard-Henri Levy describes touring across America, visiting prisons and megachurches and interviewing everyone from Sharon Stone to Richard Holbrooke. By contrast, the guests at his book party at Diane von Furstenberg‘s studio Jan. 23 were slightly less eclectic, but not much. There were fashion people (Oscar and Annette de la Renta) and media elite (Graydon Carter and Charlie Rose), socialites (Amanda Brooks and Anh Duong) and artists (Francesco Clemente). A few of the guests even seemed to be ripped straight from the headlines. Lapo Elkann, the Fiat heir, made his first public appearance since his overdose earlier this year and wound up eating dinner just a few seats down from Carter, whose magazine, Vanity Fair, recently did a big exposé on him. And former New York Times executive editor Joe Lelyveld had a warm exchange with Judith Miller, who was eager to tell him about the “eight thousand things” she’s been able to do since leaving the Times, including a recent trip to Antarctica.
Stephen Sondheim was also in the house, and was eager to say hello to Lauren Bacall. “Here comes one of my father’s models,” he said. Turns out, Bacall had been a fashion model for Sondheim’s father, Herbert, who had a long career on Seventh Avenue as a dress designer. “I was a terrible model,” protested Bacall. “I was terrified and bony.”
Three nights later, the crowd at the Winter Antiques show’s Young Collectors Night at the Seventh Regiment Armory was more about the ladies — Jennifer Creel, Coco Kopelman, Emilia Fanjul, Susan Fales-Hill, Samantha Gregory (who just returned from a yoga trip to Mexico) and honorary co-chairman Delphine Krakoff, who came with her husband, Reed.
But, while some perused the antiques regaling what was past, others were already lamenting the fashion week frenzy to come. Jane Lauder will accompany Serena Williams, a guest designer for Estée Lauder’s Flirt cosmetics line, to a handful of runway shows. “It’s work,” she said with a smile.
The same night and an ocean away, fashion’s finest trekked out to remote Bois de Bologne in Paris for the annual Sidaction AIDS benefit gala — and a hot affair it was, literally. “Is it only me, or is it boiling in here?” asked L’Wren Scott, who, under the tablecloth, had hiked the pooling Edwardian lengths of her Rochas gown into a miniskirt. “Someone should toss a plate through one of those windows.”
The socializing went on despite the sauna-like conditions. One of the rare times tout Paris mingles — bad blood and otherwise — it was a chance to see Donatella Versace interact with Olivier Theyskens, Lars Nilsson chatting up Loulou de la Falaise, Carine Roitfeld wearing Givenchy couture from Riccardo Tisci‘s show the night before and normally blasé fashion people get starstruck by the sight of Catherine Deneuve or Marisa Berenson. “I’m in Dior couture, of course,” offered Berenson, who sat next to Sidney Toledano, Dior’s president. Meanwhile, Pierre Bergé, the evening’s traditional ringleader, proclaimed it the best yet for the fund-raising effort. “We need to build even more momentum in this important fight,” he said.