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The American Ghost in the Shell movie will arrive next Friday, March 31, when its creators will finally find out whether it was worth playing in the whitewashing sandbox. (Many superfans will be scrutinizing was worth adapting at all.)
Today, the first five minutes of Ghost in the Shell available to begin the pre-judging. It jumps straight into the action, giving Dark Knight and Mission: Impossible vibes.
"73 percent of this world has woken up to the age of cyber-enhancement," says this one robotics-biz corporate douche at a power-dinner. "Do you really wanna be left behind?" This leads to a discussion of organic humanism vs. artificially enhanced existences, of spirit vs. machine.
Johansson's in the vaunted thermoptic suit within minutes, taking a pretty reckless-looking dive off a highrise. We won't spoil any more, other than to say it's violent as all heck. And that, problematic casting/problematic Hollywood aside—even this whole movie aside—ScarJo still kicks focused ass like no other. Where the F is the Black Widow movie, Marvel?
Ghost in the Shell is directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Hunstman) and stars "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, Pilou Asbaek, Chin Han, Juliette Binoche and Michael Carmen Pitt. If there's nothing that can get you on board with the new version, Mamoru Oshii's original Japanese anime version did hit more than 100 U.S. theaters last month—so do you dare hope it'll be back?
Next, watch a New York Comic Con rookie and veteran try to make their way through the convention together:


text: aniel Fishkin is an artist with the kind of tenacity that is mostly reserved for politicians and mountain climbers. When he was in college, he became fascinated with the daxophone, an experimental instrument played by drawing a bow over a thin piece of wood known as a tongue that’s clamped to a wooden block. The daxophone was invented by the reclusive musician and typographer Hans Reichel, so Fishkin e-mailed Reichel, asking to purchase one of the instruments. His request was ignored. Undeterred, Fishkin began his own course of daxophone tutelage, seeking out a teacher and crafting his own tongues and eventually taking an immersion course in German. Three years ago, he arrived on Reichel’s doorstep and they spent a week together, talking shop and building new instruments. Now, in his quest for still more exotic and interesting sounds, Fishkin has turned to yet another source: circuits. Specifically, the interaction between light and sound, as perceived by a series of cathodes and a battery.

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Glasson EJ, et al. Improved Survival in Down Syndrome over the Last 60 Years and the Impact of Perinatal Factors in Recent Decades. The Journal of pediatrics. 2016;169:214-20.e1. This is a fascinating study, showing dramatic improvements in the survival of persons born with Down syndrome (trisomy 21) over the last 60 years with data from a linked western Australia database. Infants with Down syndrome are much more likely to be born preterm, and the survival disadvantage of having T21 is much greater for very premature babies with the diagnosis. Although the survival disadvantage of Down syndrome has diminished over the years, such that they know are 93% as likely to survive to 30 years of age as the general population, the same is not true of premature babies with T21, who still have a major survival disadvantage. Of course this kind of study can’t say why that is, are premature babies with T21 more fragile? Do they have more serious complications of prematurity? Or are attitudes still a problem, with less intensive care given to these babies, with a greater willingness to limit care?
Schwarz CE, et al. Repeatability of echocardiographic parameters to evaluate the hemodynamic relevance of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants: a prospective observational study. BMC Pediatrics. 2016;16(1):1-5. This also I found a little surprising, but maybe I shouldn’t have, measuring things with ultrasound in tiny preterm babies often approaches the limits of resolution of the technology. For example a study which tells you that the diameter of the PDA is 1.8 mm, if your cutoff for treatment is 1.6mm, should probably be repeated, by another person, who doesn’t know the results of the first study. The second study might give you such a different answer that you would change your treatment decision, and the same is true for all the indices of whether a PDA is significant or not.
Baxter B, et al. Neonatal lumbar puncture: are clinical landmarks accurate? Archives of Disease in Childhood – Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 2016. This study also makes me question what I do, the usual landmark for doing an LP, the line between the 2 iliac crests, is a very poor indicator of the lumbar segment, and a worryingly poor indicator of the end of the spinal cord. Makes me wonder if we should find another anatomic landmark, or whether we should routinely do a spinal ultrasound to find the right point.
Shetty S, et al. Work of breathing during CPAP and heated humidified high-flow nasal cannula. Archives of Disease in Childhood – Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 2016. High flow cannulae at 8 litres per minute, or 6 litres for babies less than 1 kg, were compared with CPAP at 6 cmH2O. There were no differences in calculated work of breathing, or in thoracic/abdominal asynchrony, or in saturations.
The Schwarz study is really important. I’m actually surprised the variability wasn’t more. A real eye opener that in only 6 of 15 cases could both investigators trace the length of the PDA. PDA diameter really is a very weak measurement, both for clinical assessments and trial inclusion. I continue to advocate for the presence or absence of diastolic descending aortic flow reversal as the best marker of high volume PDA shunt, as shown in our MRI work – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23412748

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The Monroe Elementary School PTA will host a Kindergarten Open House from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday.
Families are encouraged to explore Monroe’s campus and kinder classrooms and meet the teachers.
Children who will be age 5 on or before Dec. 2 are welcome to enroll for the fall 2010 school year.
Please bring proof of address and immunizations, as well as a copy of the child’s birth certificate.
Monroe Elementary School is located at 431 Flora Vista Drive in Santa Barbara. For more information, call 805.966.7023.
— Adriane Butler is the board secretary for the Monroe Elementary School PTA.

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Santa at Petco – 12/14 & 15
On December 7th, 14th, and 15th, the Petco store in Glen Burnie will be offering Pet Pictures with Santa!
For a shelter donation of only $9.95, you can get your pet’s photo with the big elf himself!
Contact the Petco location in Glen Burnie at (410) 863-1401 for further details.
Where: 6631 Ritchie Hwy, Glen Burnie, MD 21061
When: 1pm to 4pm on 12/7, 12/14, and 12/15
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*Appointments are required to surrender your animal, please call 410-268-4388 to set up an appointment.
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Former San Francisco Ballet Principal Dancer, Kirov Ballet Soloist, and Choreographer Yuri Zhukov’s ‘Zhukov Dance Theatre’
(Enjoy the slideshow above.) One of the most exciting new contemporary dance troupes seen in recent years in the SF Bay Area is set to begin rehearsal for their annual Fall 2011 Season. But being able to see Zhukov Dance Theatre’s upcoming Season ’04’, September 1, 2, … Continue reading
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Global law firm Ashurst is advising Peel Hunt LLP and Liberum Capital Limited, as joint sponsors, in relation to the sale by Superdry Plc of its intellectual property assets in certain countries within the Asia Pacific region.
Superdry has agreed to sell all its intellectual property assets in certain countries within the APAC region to Cowell Fashion Company Ltd, a listed company based in South Korea, for an upfront cash payment of US$50 million. Superdry will also provide certain support and know-how relating to the Superdry brand to Cowell during the first two years following completion. In consideration for these services, an additional management fee will be payable.
The agreement means Cowell will own and use the Superdry brand in key APAC markets, starting with its home market of South Korea and extending to others including China, with Superdry and Cowell working together to develop products relevant for those markets.
The transaction constitutes a Class 1 transaction for Superdry under the Listing Rules. Completion of the transaction is therefore conditional on the approval of Superdry’s shareholders. Peel Hunt and Liberum are acting as joint sponsors to Superdry in relation to the transaction.
The Ashurst team is being led by partner Nicholas Holmes, assisted by senior associate Louise Chan and associate Kseniia Samokhina.

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Making it international debut back in 2011, but until 2017 did its make appearance in the Indian market. This promising car is expected to be the next success for the Renault after the Duster. Let's read the following review to know if this car is capable of making its way to the top in the Indian market just like Duster did.
Renault was among the first manufacturers to enter and venture the mid-size SUVs segment. As the result of the good timing, Renault has gained their well-deserving success with the Duster. However, with many new players–notably Hyundai Creta–to enter this profitable market, the Renault Duster has lost the prominent status in the segment. As a step to improve their recent performance, Renault has introduced its new premium crossover named Renault Captur which will lock horn with the Creta.
Fuel type: Diesel and Petrol
Power and Torque: 108PS/240Nm (Diesel) and 104PS/142Nm (Petrol)
Cargo space: 392 litres
Renault CAPTUR | Discover More
Unlike the international market in which the Captur is developed on the platform of the Clio, India-spec Captur is based on the Duster. In the Russian market, you might find the Captur under the name Kaptur.
1. 2017 Renault Captur Exterior
It is also worth mentioning that the Captur stands at a respectable ground clearance of 210mm. Moreover, it is the widest and longest car in its class at 1813mm and 4329mm, respectively. And the wheelbase of 2673mm is not insignificant either.
Renault Captur is the widest and the longest car in its segment
Renault has gone a long way in designing its new crossover, creating a distinctive model from its previous model. While the Duster brings the conventional SUV styling with muscular, boxy and sharp design elements, the Capture is more on the soft and curving side. It doesn’t have the rugged and imposing high-raised bonnet, instead, employs a swooping front face. The styling and curvy grille is flanked by two winding headlamps. Plus the shoulder line highlights its charming charisma. The dual tone bumper applies horizontal slat on its air dam, which resonates with the above grill. What’s more, it comes with LED DRLs on the fog lamps, full LED on the headlights as well as on the taillight.
The front of the Renault Captur is appealing with curvy lines
The LED lighting is fondly used throughout this crossover from Renault
On the side, the Capur looks sleeker with a floating dual tone roof (dual tone is optional but it absolutely worth it.) Renault doesn’t forget to add slashes of body cladding to the door as well as to the flared wheel arches to make it look SUV-ish, not to mention the impressive alloy wheels. The side profile looks balanced and proportionate.
The side profile of the Captur looks refined and balanced
The rear appears to be busier with more details and touches like dual tone bumper and chrome insert
Moving toward the side, you can see that it inherits certain features from the hatchback Kwid. Generally, it echoes the design from the front with a curved rear windshield and taillights. If it wasn’t for the dual tone plastic bumper, you might mistake it for a hatchback. Especially, the Capur offers a good deal of customization choices, providing the customers with a wide range of styling options.
2. 2017 Renault Captur Interior
The interior color applies the dual tone theme with black and grey coherently mixed on most parts of the car, for example, on the dashboard, car doors, and seats. Its interior design is on spot, which looks eye-pleasing smart and styling. The layout is simple and straight-forward, allowing a high practicality. But the biggest miss of the interior is the use of the hard plastic, which has downgraded the overall design a lot and doesn’t seem to be in line with its claimed premium SUV tag.
Inside the Captur, the interior is well-designed and good-looking
Seating and space
The seats on the front as well as on the rear offer a supportive and good cushioning. But the taller folk might find it deficient in thigh support.
The Captur offers a good space, but still, doesn't seem to match it its dimensions
From the given dimension of the Captur, you might expect a generous and roomy cabin inside. But, disappointingly, Captur’s interior turns out to be an average-sized one with just enough headroom and knee room. It houses a 390-litre boot space.
Renault Captur offers the space of 390 litres
The Captur is fully-loaded with a pack of features. Notably, it comes with a 7-inch touchscreen with a reversing camera which resembles one from the Kwid. However, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support are not available in this unit. What’s more, the six-speaker audio system of the Captur is of good quality.
Inside the Captur, you will find a lot of comfort features, like this chilled glovebox
The standard features also include keyless entry, engine push start-stop, and automatic climate control. It also offers automatic headlamps, rain sensing wiper as well as chilled glovebox. At the rear, passengers will get AC vents. Renault also generously treats the Captur with an abundance of LED use ranging from the exterior to interior lighting. Another interior miss is the split 60:40 rear seats.
Renault Captur comes with a Smart Access Card for convinience and easy access
Renault Captur also plays big with its safety kit with Dual front airbags, ABS with EBD, ISOFIX child seat and brake assist coming as the standard features. On the higher variants, the Capture is added with more airbags, hill-hold assist, ESP and rear parking camera with a sensor.
Renault Captur comes with a generous safety offer including dual front airbags, ABS with EBD
3. 2017 Renault Captur Engine Option and Performance
The 1.5-litre K9K oil-burner creates 110 PS of peak power and 240 Nm of peak torque. One encouraging feature of the engine is that there is hardly any turbo lag. Moreover, at low revs and mid-range band, the car is lively and smooth. The full-loaded capacity could not prevent it from adequately performing. With the assist of a light clutch, the Captur makes a great company at city driving. On the highway, the performance is not less impressive. It remains powerful until reaching the top-end revs, making it a good highway runner as well. What’s more, the NVH level is improving a lot from the Duster with less noise penetrating the cabin.
Renault Captur comes with both diesel and petrol engine, both displace 1.5 litres of fuel
The petrol unit could churn out 106PS of power and 142Nm of torque, and come with a 5-speed manual transmission.
Handling and riding quality
Sharing the underpinnings with the Duster, it is no surprise that the Capture gives out the same handling feels. They both are stable and pliant. Bumps and potholes are ironed out in such a good manner that you can tell when sitting inside the car. Steering is responsive and well-weighted when the car speeds up. It could be regarded as one of the best steerings in its class, which leaves us with no complaint.
Renault Captur is a great performer in both city and highway driving
4. 2017 Renault Captur Pros and Cons
It seems that Renault has made it a right choice with the debut of the Captur. The car offers a touch of premiumness as what Renault promises. And its performance is decent too.
- Full-loaded feature list as well as a fulfilling safety kit
- Proportionate and good styling and interior space
- Good ride quality and handling
- Lack of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity
- No offer of automatic transmission
- Poor interior plastic quality
5. 2017 Renault Captur Price
Captur RXT Mono
Captur Platine Mono
Captur Diesel Platine
6. 2017 Renault Captur Specs
1.5-litre H4K Petrol Engine
1.5-litre K9K dCi Diesel Engine
Length x Width x Height
4329 x 1833 x 1619
Suspension and Brake
Front: Mac Pherson strut with Lower Transverse link,coil spring
Rear: Twist beam suspension with coil spring twin tube Telescopic shock absorber
Renault Duster with the turbo-petrol heart will most likely be making its way to the showroom floors by the end of next month. Here's all that you should expect on the updated Duster along with the new powerful engine.
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi JV is planning to launch 7 new vehicles in Brazil. All of them will be underpinned by the CMF-B platform, which also expected to be shared with the next-gen versions of India-spec Nissan Kicks and Renault Duster.


The Trump administration will sanction Venezuela’s state-owned oil firm, a move the White House has long put off for fear that it would raise oil prices and hurt American refiners.
The move comes after a turbulent week for Venezuela that has created a standoff over the country’s leadership. The sanctions aim to transfer control of Venezuela’s oil wealth to forces that oppose socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro and deprive the strongman of resources that could prolong his grip on power.
Last week, the opposition leader of Venezuela’s National Assembly, Juan Guaido, named himself interim president amid street protests. President Donald Trump soon recognized Guaido as the nation’s leader and his administration has been marshaling international support for the opposition figure since then.
Maduro, having recently started another term following highly disputed elections, is refusing to back down. He is supported by the country’s minister of defense and Russia.
Mnuchin said PDVSA has long been a vehicle for embezzlement and corruption by officials and businessmen. The sanctions against PDVSA will prevent the nation’s oil wealth from being diverted to Maduro and will only be lifted when his regime hands control of them to successor government, he added.
“The path to sanctions relief for PDVSA is through the expeditious transfer of control to the interim president or a subsequent democratically elected government who is committed to taking concrete and meaningful actions to combat corruption,” Mnuchin said during a White House press briefing.
Under the sanctions, U.S. companies can continue to purchase Venezuelan oil, but the payments must be held in an account that cannot be accessed by the Maduro regime.
“If the people in Venezuela want to continue to sell us oil, as long as the money that money goes into blocked accounts, we’ll continue to take it,” Mnuchin said. “Otherwise we will not be buying it.”
Oil prices pared some losses after news of the sanctions broke, but major benchmarks were still down more than 2.5 percent following the official announcement. U.S. crude ended Monday’s session 3.2 percent lower earlier in the day.


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Russian Art Market to Return to the Health
By Marina Romanova
This summer London’s Russian art sales at four London auction houses – Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Bonhams and MacDougall’s – were the lowest in over a decade in records dating to 2007 at £16.4 million (around US$21.5m), falling short of their £17.7 million (US$23.2m) target, according to the UK and international press.
In 2015 Russian art sales brought a combined £21.1 million (US$27.69m) – barely over half the £40.7 million (US$53.41m) taken at the previous Russian Week in November 2014, and just one-third of the £64.3 million (US$84.38m) generated by the corresponding week in June 2014, according to Russian Art & Culture.
One of that “unmistakable signs of strength” in Russian Art market is an increase in the number of galleries, art fairs, and institutions in the past two decades worldwide and in London in particular, which suggest the growth of international recognition of Russian artists.
At the same time The Telegraph is writing about “unmistakable signs of strength” in Russian Art market, while the Russian Art & Culture were quoted William MacDougall, co-director and co-founder of MacDougall auction house specialize solely in Russian Art, saying that “Russian art market is returning to the health after a difficult period”.
Although, there were average poor performances at MacDougall’s with less than half the lots were sold, one of MacDougall’s more successful lots was a 1933 painting of the ruins of Palmyra by Russian modernist painter Alexander Yakovlev. Estimated at £110,000 (US$132,550), it was sold for £462,000 (US$606,310), while eleven years ago in 2005 it was sold for just £45,000 (US$59,055).
MacDougall’s auction house, as The Telegraph puts it, believes in “the newer markets for socialist realism and non-conformism, and more valuable six figure works by Konstantin Korovin, Vasily Polenov and Yury Pimenov, which have been on the market in the last 10 years, return with significantly higher estimates.” While the previous crisis of 2009 was based on objective economic factors, the Russian market now “is not flat. It is just suffering from negative psychology which affects confidence”, the paper were quoted Catherine MacDougall, co-director and co-founder of London’s MacDougall auction house, as saying.
Economic sanctions, the sharp fall in the value of the ruble over the past two years, and a general ‘feel bad’ factor amongst wealthy Russians all contributed to the weak Russian Weeks of auctions in London for many years.
At the same time, Russian art market, which is according to the last year Artnet analytics report comprised of about 2.5 percent of the US$16.1 billion global art market total for 2014, not the only one to go-slow. After five years of growth Christie’s reported a 5 percent decline in Global sales in 2015 to US$7.4 billion and Sotheby’s posted a 2015 fourth quarter loss of US$12 – 19 million, Russian art Dealer reports. If the pattern continues, the website speculates, it would mean that “in 2016 or 2017 we should see a sizable move downwards in the world economy that will further depress that art market.”
Even though, there have been healthy growths periods in a recent past that mirror broader economic trends, for instance, the period between 2004 and 2008 brought significant increase in sales of Russian art at auctions worldwide. According to www.artnet.com, total Russian fine art auction sales were more than US$600 million in both 2007 and 2008—a gain of 730 percent from 2003 totals. There also have been signs of recovery in recent years, with sales of Russian art rising back above US$400 million in 2013.
In 2007 and 2008, Sotheby’s organized two auctions dedicated to contemporary Russian art. They both resulted in record prices for the works of nonconformists, when Oleg Vassiliev’s “Before the Sunset” was sold for the record US$927,000, Evgeny Chubarov’s “Untitled” was sold for US$568,000, and Erik Bulatov piece “Revolution-Perestroika” went for US$390,000, the Art Territory article read. Furthermore, the most famous piece by Erik Bulatov “Entrance-No Entrance” was sold for US$1,085,600 even during economy slowdown in 2010 by Phillips in London, passing the one-million-dollar benchmark for any nonconformist artists at then BRIC sale.
Contemporary unofficial Soviet art, or nonconformism, or underground art is an alternative art movement that came onto the Soviet art backstage in the 1950s, and remained there until the collapse of the USSR. Interestingly works of Soviet non-conformists are much more collectable by Western art lovers’ than in Russia. As the Art Territory article about Russian contemporary reads, by the 1980s, many foreigners who visited Moscow or St Petersburg would buy the work of almost anybody who belonged to the nonconformist movement. While Russian customers even today prefer to focus more on traditional Russian art along with works from the 18th through 20th-centuries or contemporary Western art.
The record high price for a work at an auction of Russian art was paid for the piece of Konstantin Somov, Russian Symbolist painter, who was born in 1869 in St Petersburg and died at the edge of the Second World War in Paris in 1939. On June 14, 2007, Somov’s painting ‘Landscape with Rainbow’ (1927) was sold at Christie’s auction house for US$7.33 million, and seven times its high estimate.
However, the broader Russian art auction statistics from 1985–2015, places world celebrated painter Marc Chagall, early modernist, cubist and impressionist, to the top-selling Russian painter position with total sales of US$1.4 billion at auction. This is nearly twice the level of sales for the next highest selling artist on the list, Wassily Kandinsky, whose works have pulled in a total of US$547 million at auction in the same 30-year time span, the Artnet writes. Lately, his piece Strandszene (1909) sold for US$17.2 million at Christie’s New York in May 2014.
Among top selling individual lots are Russian geometric abstraction pioneer Kazimir Malevich’s ‘Suprematist Composition’ (1916), the most expensive work ever sold by a Russian artist. It brought more than US$60 million at Sotheby’s in 2008, at the height of the art market.
The very first Sotheby’s organized auction of Russian avant-garde and nonconformist works were held in 1988 at the International Trade Centre in Moscow. At the beginning there were mild hopes the auction would bring in up to US$900,000, but the event brought in a total of US$3.4 million with six works by Grisha Bruskin alone to be sold for US$865,000, a result that hardly anyone could have anticipated.
The next Russian Art auction is scheduled for November, 30th 2016 and will take place in MacDougall auction house in London. According to the MacDougall website, the house is looking for works by Geli Korzhev, Alexander Deineka, Yuri Pimenov, Alexander Gerasimov in particular, and other exemplary works of the Soviet masters.


|Abstract:||Imitation learning, sometimes referred as learning from demonstrations, has been used in real world scenarios because of its sample efficiency and computational feasibility, such as autonomous driving and robotics control. However, imitation learning often suffers from compounding error and data mismatch, which leads to lack of robustness. Another drawback is that in traditional imitation learning, people usually assume that data for both states and actions is accessible. In reality, data about the action experts took may be more difficult to access than the data about state transitions. For example, a driving video clip shows each states (traffic signal, road condition, map navigation, etc.) the vehicle is in, but does not contain associated information about whether the driver steers left or right in this transition. To address these two issues, we propose an algorithm called Robust Imitation Learning from Observation (RILfO), that aims to provide robustness in an imitation learning from observation setting. First, we allow the agent to learn a policy given state-only demonstrations from experts. Second, we introduce an adversarial agent that aims to optimally destabilize the system by carefully engineering its loss function. We jointly train the agent and adversary so that the adversary is reinforced, and the agent explores more possibilities, thus becomes more robust to the various adversarial conditions. We experimentally test RILfO in multiple benchmark environments, compare RILfO with some baseline methods, demonstrate its robustness. We also discuss about its limitations and opportunities for future work.


Let’s revisit cerveseria! A popular place amongst the younger set in Greenbelt finds a new home in BGC. They are just on their soft opening but it sure feels like they’re already settled and ready to serve you. Walk-ins kept pouring in and the place is already getting packed. Obviously, they’ve been missed by many loyalists. A quirky modern Spanish ambiance awaits everyone who has missed their food, drinks, and lively atmosphere with hip-pumping music while you dine. Only serving you at dusk till two a.m. for now, but Chef Gilbert Pangilinan says he will be opening for lunch soon and a breakfast and brunch menu seems to be in the works. A must-order is their Sangria which I can honestly say is the best in Manila.


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Originating in 1971, Pyott Boone Electronics was acquired by Prairie Capital and Vierville Capital in April 2011. The company was initially founded to supply eastern U.S. coal mines with quality electronic equipment but over the years the company expanded sales to include many other industries all over the world. Currently it sells equipment to mines producing coal, copper, gold and salt mines, as well as tunneling operations.
“Our community will not only benefit from jobs and capital investment but this investment will also help to build an internationally competitive company and industry leader in mine safety,” said Stuart Champion de Crespigny, CEO, Pyott-Boone Electronics.
The Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commis-sion approved $600,000 in Tobacco Region Opportunity Funds for the project. The Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority has approved an up to $250,000 grant to the company to assist on the expansion project.

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I have a question about the release date for Stop! Look! and Laugh!. In the book The Complete Three Stooges by Jon Solomon the release date is given as February 8, 1961, however on the Filmography here, in the newest edition of The Three Stooges Scrapbook. and even Wikipedia give the release date as July 1, 1960, plus the back of the DVD case for it says it came out in 1960.
So, I'm guessing that the release date given in The Complete Three Stooges is just an error that went uncorrected?

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The Euro remained unchanged versus the Dollar as no major economic news was released. German Industrial Production came out weaker with 0.6% versus 1.1% forecast. French President Sarkozy said the Euro Region will help stand behind Greece, should they need any assistance. Sarkozy warned speculators from betting against the Euro. Overall, EUR/USD traded with a low of 1.3606 and a high of 1.3704. EUR/USD is still trading in a daily channel between 1.3780 and 1.3450 waiting for a catalyst to break out of this range. No major economic data expected today.
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I received this book free from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Made for Love by Alissa Nutting
Published by Ecco on July 4th 2017
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Also by this author: Tampa
Hazel has just moved into a trailer park of senior citizens, with her father and Diane—his extremely lifelike sex doll—as her roommates. Life with Hazel’s father is strained at best, but her only alternative seems even bleaker. She’s just run out on her marriage to Byron Gogol, CEO and founder of Gogol Industries, a monolithic corporation hell-bent on making its products and technologies indispensable in daily life. For over a decade, Hazel put up with being veritably quarantined by Byron in the family compound, her every movement and vital sign tracked. But when he demands to wirelessly connect the two of them via brain chips in a first-ever human “mind-meld,” Hazel decides what was once merely irritating has become unbearable. The world she escapes into is a far cry from the dry and clinical bubble she’s been living in, a world populated with a whole host of deviant oddballs.
As Hazel tries to carve out a new life for herself in this uncharted territory, Byron is using the most sophisticated tools at his disposal to find her and bring her home. His threats become more and more sinister, and Hazel is forced to take drastic measures in order to find a home of her own and free herself from Byron’s virtual clutches once and for all.
DNF @ 40%
I knew from having read Tampa that Nutting could come up with some bizarre shit of a storyline that I’d still relish in reading. But I have come to realize with this novel that even I have limits. Made for Love felt like some bizarro Black Mirror parody sort of world where Hazel leaves her husband Byron who wants to implant a mind-meld chip into her brain. We’re given a flashback to how they met and it was all such a hilarious spoof on Fifty Shades of Grey and I was completely on board. Even the terribly awkward (but extremely comical) return home to her father where she finds him residing with a real-life sex-doll named Diane. Bizarre, yes. But I was still fully on board. I’m apparently cool with strange science fiction storylines and sex-dolls but I draw the line with strange men attracted to dolphins. Yeah, you read that right. After several chapters of Hazel and her father (and we mustn’t forget Diane), we’re thrown for a loop when we’re introduced to Jasper who, after conning his latest girlfriend into giving him all her money and bailing, experiences a random dolphin attack and finds himself only attracted to dolphins. And describes this attraction in explicit detail. I may never look at a dolphin the same.
I received this book free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.A Plague of Giants by Kevin Hearne
Series: Seven Kennings #1
Published by Del Rey Books on October 17th 2017
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Also by this author: Hounded, Hammered
In the start of a compelling new series, the New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles creates an unforgettable fantasy world of warring giants and elemental magic.
In the city of Pelemyn, Fintan the bard takes to the stage to tell what really happened the night the giants came . . .
From the east came the Bone Giants, from the south, the fire-wielding Hathrim - an invasion that sparked war across the six nations of Teldwen. The kingdom's only hope is the discovery of a new form of magic that calls the world's wondrous beasts to fight by the side of humankind.
DNF @ 30%
I really loved the first few installments of Hearne’s Iron Druid Chronicles but I called it quits after book four. The humor was still there, the great characters, but it started to feel very repetitive. I heard about a brand new series coming from him and was so ready for a fresh new story. And one about a fantasy world with giants and magic? Oh man, I’m so disappointed this wasn’t all I had hoped it to be. The opening was extremely promising, where a bard with magical abilities begins to tell the story of the Bone Giants. He’s able to take on the appearance and voice of individuals so most of the first chapters were voiced by a different individual with a different perspective of things ongoing. Around the time when Hearne attempts to merge their storylines together was when he lost me. There were too many characters with obscure names, too many points of view, and too much to keep track off right from the beginning to keep me invested.
I received this book free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Shadowless by Hasan Ali Toptaş
Published by Bloomsbury on October 17th 2017
Genres: Literary Fiction
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Hasan Ali Toptaş, "the Turkish Kafka", playfully challenges ideas of identity and memory in this surprising and beguiling novel.
In an Anatolian village forgotten by both God and the government, the muhtar has been elected leader for the sixteenth successive year. When he drunkenly staggers to bed that night, the village is prospering. But when he awakes to discover that Nuri, the barber, has disappeared in the dead of night, the community begins to fracture. In a nameless town far, far away, Nuri walks into a barbershop, not knowing how he has arrived. Blurring the lines of reality to terrific effect, this novel is both a compelling mystery and an enduring evocation of displacement.
DNF @ 15%
I typically stick with a pretty concrete set of genres because literary fiction and I so rarely get along. Sometimes I really try to push myself out of my comfort zone, hoping to find some diamond in the rough that will inevitably encourage me to venture outside that zone more often. This is one of those out of my comfort zone picks. Unfortunately, this is not encouraging me to pick up more literary fiction but instead to stay securely comfortable in the genres that I consistently love.
I never quite understood what was going on because it was this strange blend of literary fiction and magical realism, except I guess it’s supposed to be real but honestly, I don’t even know. I’m sure there is some beauty to a story such as this but when “his ears grew larger than soup ladles”, the broom suddenly had a voice, walls shivered at his touch, and his hair grew back immediately after being cut I just knew this was unfortunately not the book for me.


So there's the super heavy filthy dubstep ,as well as the chilled out dubstep sound that's got a groove to it like Pretty Lights. Today I've got sick chilled out dubstep remix of 'Wait So Long' by indie / folk group Trampled by Turtles. The original track is very catchy and has a feel good vibe, and Manic Focus pumped the track with some mellowed out electronic vibes. Manic Focus is the guy who brought us the dubstep remixes to Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dani California and Gary Jules – Mad World. This remix works just as well, with the perfect amount ofbass, turn it up, enjoy!
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Sidenote, Trampled by Turtles are going to be playing this year's Snow Ball Festival March 2nd-4th in Vail, Colorado with about 70 other bands and acts. Get more information here.


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That voice found its greatest impact in the laws he passed that wove government firmly into American life, extending aid and opportunity to those in most desperate need. Two thousand pieces of legislation, ranging from health care to education to civil rights, bore Ted’s fingerprints. He worked tirelessly to better people’s lives, even after the Reagan-era push for limited government rewrote the contract between nation and citizens. He did this because he felt he owed it to those who suffered, and those with whom he empathized out of his own pain and ever-present sense of inadequacy.
But Ted Kennedy was not immune to the darkness that plagued his family. He lived long enough to fail, to sin, to fall in and out of favor. The infamous incident at Chappaquiddick marked an unfortunate turning point in the youngest Kennedy’s life, and it would not be his last brush with controversy. As his personal failures compounded in the public eye, he struggled to maintain the traction that had carried his agenda so far.
The product of a decade of work and hundreds of interviews,
Catching the Wind will be an essential work of history and biography. The first of two volumes in a sweeping narrative, it traces the extraordinary life of an American statesman from his early years through the turning point of the 1970s. It is a landmark study of legislative genius and a powerful exploration of the man who spent his career upholding his mandate in service of a better America.

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Leslie Street Spit (Tommy Thompson park) is getting a new entrance!
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Chinese scholars are stumped that Donald Trump has reached this stage of the election and is now a step away from the White House. They did not realize how popular the anti-establishment movement had become and the change of sentiment in the American public. The middle class always provided the trend to establish the rules of Washington and the people that are hired to do their bidding. It seems like they are fed up with the current system and have begun to take active roles in deciding the fate of themselves and future generations.
Chinese scholars have become skeptical with many of the articles being published in China. What they see is an ordinary man with ordinary traits eliminating political correctness in the mainstream world of America. These scholars did not anticipate Americans’ distain for Wall Street and elites, nor did they see the rise of Donald Trump mimicking China’s rise.
Jin Canrong of the Renmin University of China indicated, “At the very beginning, we didn’t expect American disgust with Washington and Wall Street to have such a powerful impact on the US general election.” The impact was based on the printing of money and allowing those channels to be funneled by the privilege and their growing influence on the American political stage.
Trump’s support was based on a slowing global economy and the wealth discrepancy that allowed the elites to enrich themselves. Regardless, people of the world still believed that the election would come down to an outright battle between two individuals with strong political family reputations. “But now we discovered Trump could also attract many voters from the silent majority who found his outspoken style and negativity make him look very different from traditional politicians,” stated Canrong.
The negativity of the middle class was a built-up bubble of political correctness that made them think they were no longer valuable in voicing their opinions. The middle class’ change of sentiment relied on them being inclusive in the American dream. The problem with the American dream was that it became elusive no different than the printing of money that was given to Wall Street and not the middle class.
The middle class feels they are poorer now than ever before. One can also see the ethnic disparity between law and order, rich and poor, and Wall Street’s exclusivity on the money that Mr. Michael Bloomberg now advocates as a Democrat. The middle class is now heavily in favor of change and its role in stabilizing society could lead to a Trump victory over establishment-embedded Hillary.
Think of it this way: The middle class acts like a steam engine. If it feels that it’s disenfranchised, it will pick up the silent majority to convey its message. China labels it a “Trump Phenomenon” that enables the populous mentality to gain control of the American dream. Song Luzheng, a research scholar at the China Institute of Fudan University indicated, “Maybe Trump’s contribution in US history lies in his very existence, which has made people realize the problem of the current political system and this will eventually push through a change.” Mr. Luzheng is referring to his research that concludes it may be the democratic system itself, not Trump, which must be blamed for the antics of the current US election.
The antics of the US election may be disquiet displeasure; however, they’re also a form of leadership. The President is faced with fighting the greed and recklessness of Wall Street; he wants the richest Americans to pay their fair share of taxes. Economic inequality shrank the middle class. All these factors do nothing for the middle class because their sensibilities have changed by the virtue of doing nothing.
The problem is that the Democrats have more billionaires supporting their party than the Republican Party. What’s a true phenomenon is that you have one billionaire that decided to put away his pedigree in order to become a common man. Wall Street thinks the middle class is stupid. However, the middle class’ advantage is based on the familiarity that the wealthy class has contempt for itself.
Only Donald Trump would have the audacity to say, “If Russia or any other country or person has Hillary Clinton’s 33,000 illegally deleted emails, perhaps they should share them with the FBI!” He elicited part of the American dream that was broken and the notion that even the FBI failed to do the right thing. It’s humorous but by the same token drives the point home in what many Chinese scholars have indicated. The built-up bubble of political correctness has been burst.

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this makes me think of the Salem Witch Trials, because of the third eye and the noose, with the crow being the executioner. (Crows make me think of evil in general, usually in literature) eh. interpretation
That bird skull is wicked. Also, the feathers... especially how even with their shading there is this incredible feeling of them being swept back sharply to the right, almost violently. It definitely suits the image, in my opinion.


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Wow, it's been a while since my last post!
I've been enjoying life and the joys of cooking. More specifically, I'm enjoying being a Pampered Chef Consultant and throwing great cooking shows. Not only am I improving my cooking skills, but I am really loving all the new products and educating people on how to use them. I just threw a party for my Aunt, and lately I have been inspired to make healthy chocolate chip bran muffins. I look forward to receiving my muffin stoneware soon so that I can start!
As for knitting, I have been trying to finish my car lap blanket that is double knit out of boucle yarn. It's been sitting in my craft room collecting dust, and now that I have rescued it, I feel like I need to finish it! Other projects are tempting, and Ravelry isn't helping!
Speaking of my craft room, renovations are in order. I've been spending some time packing things up in preparation for painting and reorganizing. I do have a few ideas, but I think that I will delve into design later and ask for your opinions.
Are you on Weight Watchers? Let's be buddies. It's good to have buddies who understand the journey. And in addition to dropping the poundage, I'm looking into training for a marathon!
It's time to walk the pooch, who turns 3 in August. Seriously, where does the time go?

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With just one day left for the grand release of Kick 2, the buzz among the audience for this action entertainer is getting intensified. The aggressive promotions have helped the film in garnering good publicity and the first day collections in all areas are going to be huge. Already, 70 percent of the tickets have been sold and trade analysts predict that the film will collect a share close to 6 Crores on the opening day itself.
Starring Ravi Teja and Rakul Preet in the lead roles, the film is a sequel to the 2009 blockbuster Kick. Surender Reddy is the director and Nandamuri Kalyan Ram has produced it under his N.T.R Arts banner. SS Thaman is the music composer.
- Is Keerthy Suresh losing out on her popularity?
- Sree Vishnu announces his next
- Sammohanam’s first three day collections
- Star hero’s son to study filmmaking abroad
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Auto headlamps compulsory for Two-wheelers from 2017
As the road network of India is upgraded in India, new techniques for preventing accidents of two wheeler on Indian roads are been introduced. The visibility factors of two wheeler in India had been a major concern till now. Recently the road transport ministry after consulting motorcycle & scooter manufacturers have decided to make it mandatory for two-wheeler to be equipped with the automatic headlamp on (AHO) like that of Daytime Running Lamps in cars, from April 2017.
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Automotive Research Association of India ( ARAI) recently made a detailed presentation to transport minister Nitin Gadkari after the proposal was cleared by the panel which sets vehicle standards. They said the Supreme Court-appointed committee on road safety had also pushed the proposal considering the fact that AHO has been found beneficial in reducing crashes involving two-wheelers in many parts of the world. This has been a feature in European countries since 2003.
Experts on automobile safety said AHO has improved conspicuity of two-wheelers during day and at dawn and dusk. “It can be enhanced by optimizing the lamp’s colour, luminosity and intensity,” said an expert.
Transport ministry officials said they are now working on setting a new standard to have a feature in all vehicles, which can catch attention of people and traffic police so that they can come to rescue in case of any crash.
“In several cases, people trapped in vehicles in remote areas or off the main road don’t get help quickly. Unlike in other countries where the horn automatically starts when a vehicle meets with an accident and works as an alert. But here we need to have a different mechanism since automatic blowing of horn won’t sound abnormal to commuters or even traffic police,” said an official.


While last month was quite good for jazz fans with the likes of Lee Konitz and Chris Potter, April brings plenty of great shows featuring Bill Frisell, the Monterrey Jazz Festival on tour, with Potter and some other steller players, trumpeter Dave Douglas, the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival and Matt Skel ... More >>
Tyler Gilmore and his 17-piece Ninth Lincoln modern music ensemble will perform the Denver premier of "Piano Roll" Sunday, March 29 at Dazzle. Gilmore, who was this year's winner in the Emerging Jazz Composer Category of ASCAP's Jazz Commissioning Program, wrote the piece in honor of legendary piani ... More >>
Georgie James Places (Saddle Creek) Musically speaking, John Davis, best known as the onetime drummer for Q and Not U, and singer-songwriter Laura Burhenn come from a similar place: They both love throwback pop-rock as filtered through a contemporary indie sensibility. But the distinctions in their ... More >>
Shades of Blue (Blue Note)
Sonny Rollins has more than fifty years of jazz under his belt. But he's thinking about tomorrow.
Hark! The Herald Angels are practically the only group without a holiday CD this year.


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Congratulations to Enoch Liu, recipient of the Outstanding Design Work in 2B (Arch 293) Award.
Settled on an overlooked interstice of Cambridge, Ontario, Project POWER is a holistic community center, reconnecting locals and visitors to the river that defines this town. Building off an abandoned hydroelectric project, this design reinvigorates the industrial personality of the city, producing surges of electricity that can power 575 homes in the neighbourhood. Additionally, this intervention offers an edible garden, a canoe portage, and a fishing pond, tying together the activities defining the riparian zone and the city. At the center of these elements lies an educational center: a glowing hub that contextualizes the history of the river, its present forces at play, and its potential to catalyze local and sustainable living.


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Balancing Act: a microfinance accounting game
This game was produced to provide training course participants with a practical learning experience. By the end of a session using the game, participants will have practised accounting and decision-making and produced financial statements from the information generated during the game. It takes one full day to introduce, play and wrap-up the game. It is suitable for groups of 4-5 players and one trainer could supervise two playing groups.
The game is designed to consolidate and apply methods learned in the Calmeadow Financial Management Training Module I: Accounting, by taking players through a year in the life of a micro-loan fund as they move around a board containing scenarios and transactions. Transactions include disbursing and collecting loans, accessing various forms of debt, and investing excess funds. Players practise entering the transactions into financial record forms, such as the General Journal and General Ledger, and have to calculate how each transaction affects the Balance Sheet and Income Statement.
The original game was marketed as a set containing a board, cards and dice. It is now difficult to obtain this and it has been provided here in English as a set of downloadable guidelines. Using these it is possible to create your own playing board, cards and player instructions. You only need to add dice to be able to play the game. The Accounting Study Guide is also available as a downloadable document in the RFLC and provides the accounting knowledge necessary to play the game.

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"I'm sick of looking out my window and watching drug deals take place in front of my house. I'm sick of having to chain everything down in my yard to keep thieves from stealing everything."
Terry Austin lived in Fort Lauderdale when he wrote the above in an August e-mail to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He later ditched this city for Memphis, Tenn.
"Hopefully the residents that decide to stay will remember all of this when it's time to vote," he said.
Every day of every year, crimes occur, and victims are made. But this year's a little different: There's an election March 14.
Candidates Jon Albee and Charlotte Rodstrom are gunning for the District II seat on the City Commission, and incumbent Commissioner Carlton Moore faces Kelvin Haynes in District III.
Suddenly, crime is rediscovered, and perceptions based on individual incidents have at least as much influence as statistical reports from the Police Department.
"The one with the ski mask had a chrome handgun semi-auto and the other had a black semi-auto handgun," an officer wrote last Sunday about a strong-arm robbery at 1:20 in the morning, in the 1500 block of Northwest 10th Place. "Both suspects told the victims to 'get on the ground' and pointed their guns at them."
"Street-level crime has returned, and open-air drug dealing is back," Albee said recently in an interview.
Voters are still upset, the candidates say, about police cuts made in 2003, when the city ran out of money.
Candidates promise more police. Neighborhoods assess crime and demand the attention an election year affords.
This election, that inevitable discussion has more oomph. Crime has increased for two years now. The police chief's job was on the line, and six months ago he launched an "Action Plan" to get the basic crimes on a downward tick. The plan looks to be working.
Depending on who's looking.
"The stats are somewhat meaningless. It's really the perception," concludes former city commissioner and longtime crime activist Tim Smith. "It's 'How safe do you feel?' I don't know about the whole city, but over here [in Middle River Terrace], it's terrible."
The statistics might not matter to individual voters as much as personal experience does.
"[Victim] advised an unknown ... male suspect snatched her purse right off of her arms as she was standing near her car with her back turned." That happened last Sunday, at 2 in the afternoon, on Southwest 12th Court.
Around the table at a meeting called "Compstat," top police officials rehash the latest. Who was victimized? Where and how? By whom?
Suspects' pictures are passed around, and crime stories -- the guy who stole a convenience store ATM, which was empty; the many drivers who leave valuables in sight when they park in a city parking garage, and the burglars who profit; the patrol shifts quieted because police put a prolific criminal behind bars.
The gathering used to be monthly, but the Action Plan requires it weekly.
The changes made a difference, Chief Bruce Roberts says.
"Everything that's working, we'll continue," Roberts said.
The first six months of 2005, crime increased; the last half of the year, it started declining. If things keep going that way, this crime spike will be history.
Overall, though, the city finished 2005 with a 10 percent crime increase.
"The plan is working," agreed the chief's boss, City Manager George Gretsas. "But it's too soon to declare 'mission accomplished.'"
"The culprit entered by prying the rear north side sliding door open. The residence was ransacked." Reported Feb. 1, a Wednesday, on East Campus Circle.
Commissioner Moore said the chief should be fired.
"The police chief should go somewhere else," Moore said. "It's time."
He noted that former City Manager Floyd Johnson got a "public shellacking," and was fired in 2003 over budget problems. Why then, Moore asked, did Roberts get to keep his job after a scathing consultant's report last year that savaged Roberts' management?
Crime in Moore's District III, the northwest, dropped off a little the past six months. Not enough, though, "to brag about," Moore said.
Drug dealing is a common neighborhood complaint there. But narcotics arrests dropped from 2,269 in 2002 to 1,674 in 2005.
"[The victim] explained upon entering the house he immediately noticed that his 42-inch plasma television that was in his living room was gone." A Friday afternoon burglary, Feb. 3, on Southwest 16th Street.
"The morale of the Police Department is extremely low," candidate Rodstrom told voters recently.
The budget gashes of 2003 still leave about 60 officer jobs unfilled.
By summer's end, people will notice more police, Assistant City Manager David HM-ibert said. Hiring and training, continues. And candidates promise that's a trend that will go on.
"Once inside, the suspect[s] ransacked the house and for some unknown reasons, brought the garbage can inside the house and dumped the contents on the floor." Reported on Feb. 1, a Wednesday, on Southwest 22nd Ave.
Friday night, Smith led yet another crime walk in Middle River Terrace, a neighborhood next to South Middle River, where crime is worst in Fort Lauderdale.
The crime walkers know the tip-offs -- for a while, the drug sellers all wore red sneakers, so buyers would know who to go to, Smith remembered.
The dealers seem to have taken Friday nights off to avoid Smith's anti-crime crowd, but he said he's hesitant to tinker with the schedule.
After more than 600 crime walks, it's an institution. Even in a downpour a week ago, residents turned out, escorted by mounted police and a patrol unit.
And a political candidate or two.
Brittany Wallman can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org or 954-356-4541.
Here are the numbers of major Fort Lauderdale crimes in 2005, with 2004 comparisons:
Homicides: 14; a 7 percent reduction
Sex offenses (forcible): 99; 16 percent increase
Robberies: 750; 2 percent increase
Aggravated assaults: 496; 5 percent increase
Violent crime total: 1,359; 4 percent increase
Vehicle burglaries: 2,833; 26 percent increase
Residential burglaries: 1,634; 4 percent reduction
Hotel/Motel burglaries: 114; 33 percent increase
Property crime total: 11,180; 10 percent increase
Arrests: 10,909; 21 percent increase
Source: Fort Lauderdale Police Department


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MP to be aide to cabinet minister
PETERBOROUGH’S MP has been given a new role as a Parliamentary aide to a cabinet minister.
MP Stewart Jackson has been appointed by Prime Minister David Cameron as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Owen Paterson, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a role given to an MP by a senior minister in government. They act as an assistant and help track backbench opinion in the House of Commons.
As a last resort, a PPS may stand in for the minister. This will only happen in exceptional circumstances and must be justified by the minister in charge of the department.
A PPS is not paid extra on top of their salary as an MP.
Mr Jackson said: “It is an unexpected but interesting appointment and I am looking forward to being involved in Northern Irish politics at such a fascinating and important time in the life of the new coalition government.
“The role will involve keeping the lines of communication open between the Rt Hon Owen Paterson and ministers and backbenchers in the House of Commons. I will be answering questions and giving statements on his behalf, as well as advising him on what he is doing and how he is coming across.”
However, he added: “First and foremost my constituency will take priority and having a community role in Peterborough will remain very much an important part of my role.”


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When will liberal white Hollywood film-makers learn that, with every new attempt at diagnosing the state of race relations in the most segregated city west of the Mississippi, they unwittingly say far more about themselves and other rich white folks in their gated communities and hilltop enclaves?
The latest movie to frighten the horses is Paul Haggis's Crash, in which a dozen or more characters of varying ethnicities cross paths in ways that all involve race. An ambitious district attorney and his wife, both white, are carjacked by two articulate black street punks, but the DA is seeking the black vote, so he has to frame the issue as having nothing to do with race, even as he blackmails a black cop into tweaking evidence. A TV producer and his wife, both black, are humiliated by an embittered white cop. An Iranian shopkeeper develops a post-9/11 grudge against a Latino locksmith. A Korean woman screams anti-Mexican abuse at a Puerto Rican cop.
And so on. Everyone's a cipher. Everyone declaims big speeches about ethnicity, polarisation and hypocrisy as if they're lecturing a racial sensitivity workshop rather than in a movie. White liberals deal awkwardly with race in America - they're frozen in this defensive, apologetic posture before the subject, torn by the desire to be decent and sensitive, yet provocative and plainspoken.
The result is usually the same kind of mealy-mouthed, punch-pulling compromise that we've had to endure since Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (whose Ashton Kutcher-Bernie Mac remake, Guess Who, shows scant improvement 40-odd years on). Or there is the Olympian view available from Lawrence Kasdan's seat at Hollywood's top table in Grand Canyon. Like Crash, Kasdan's movie was excruciatingly well-intended, but seemed constitutionally unable to think of race in non-white terms.
If only we could leave discussion of race to those who might have a more legitimate grievance, a more satisfying perspective than simple white guilt. There are more movies of this kind than you might expect. Gregory Nava's El Norte is a portrait of Central American immigrants in Los Angeles in which the unnerving Other, the unseen volatile ethnic group, is white people. In Menace II Society, set in South Central, the only white people who appear are racist cops who dump beaten black gang members in a hostile Latino gang's patch. Racism is rarely mentioned, but the war zone the characters live in is its direct result. And for a movie somewhat similar to Crash, but exponentially more alert to racial hypocrisy and alienation from a black perspective, you could hardly improve upon Charles Burnett's brittle, ambiguous police drama The Glass Shield, which, unlike Crash, has more intelligent answers than it has stupid questions.


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Edgar Wallace Chadwick (14 June 1869 – 14 February 1942) was a left-sided footballer who had a long and distinguished career with Everton during the 1890s. He was also the national coach for the Netherlands from 1908 to 1913.
|Full name||Edgar Wallace Chadwick|
|Date of birth||14 June 1869|
|Place of birth||Blackburn, England|
|Date of death||14 February 1942 72)(aged|
|Place of death||Blackburn, England|
|Height||5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)|
|Playing position||Inside left|
|1884–1886||Little Dots F.C.|
|1905–1906||Glossop North End||35||(5)|
|* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only|
Born in Blackburn, he started his career at 15 with Little Dots FC, before signing as a professional with Blackburn Olympic in 1886. After one season at Olympic, he then joined Blackburn Rovers where he spent the 1887–88 season before signing for Everton in July 1888.
Chadwick signed for Everton on 1 July 1888 and made his club and league debut on 8 September 1888, playing as a forward, at Anfield, the then home of Everton. The home team defeated the visitors Accrington 2–1. When he played as a forward against Accrington on 8 September 1888, Chadwick was 19 years 86 days old; which made him, on that first weekend of league football, Everton's youngest player. Chadwick scored his debut club and league goal on 15 September 1888, playing as a forward, at Anfield. The visitors were Notts County and the home team won 2–1 with Chadwick scoring the first of Everton's two goals. Chadwick appeared in all the 22 League matches played by Everton in the 1888–89 season and was the only player to achieve 22 matches in that first season. Chadwick also top scored for Everton with six League goals. Chadwick played in a forward line that scored three–League–goals–or–more on four separate occasions.
He was an ever-present in Everton's first two years as a Football League team. In 1889–90 they finished runners-up, with Chadwick contributing nine goals. In the following season, 1890–91, Everton won the League Championship with Chadwick contributing ten goals and assisting fellow forwards Fred Geary and Alf Milward to score 20 and 12, respectively, as Everton were also the top scorers with a total of 63 goals from 22 games.
Chadwick was nicknamed "Hooky", as his frequent trick was to run with the ball parallel with the goal line, drawing the goalkeeper in the direction of the post, before hooking the ball into the opposite corner of the net.
Over the next few seasons, Everton continued to be a major force in the Football League, coming runner-up in 1894–95 and reaching another Cup final in 1897 played at Crystal Palace where again they were defeated, this time by Aston Villa, 3–2.
Chadwick spent two further seasons at Everton before joining Burnley in May 1899.
In all, he spent eleven years with Everton, making 270 league appearances, plus a further 30 in the FA Cup, contributing 97 league and 13 cup goals. His goals tally ranks him eighth in the all-time list of Everton goal-scorers and makes him the earliest of Everton's football "legends".
Chadwick's contribution to Everton's League winning team was recognised by a call up to the England team (alongside Alf Milward) for the British Home Championship match against Wales on 7 March 1891. England were comfortable 4–1 winners with Chadwick and Milward claiming a goal each. Chadwick went on to make a total of seven appearances for England, scoring 3 goals.
His season at Burnley was not a great success, and although Chadwick was the team's top scorer, with ten goals, he could not prevent them being relegated to the Second Division. In a match against Glossop North End in December 1899, Chadwick scored all three goals in a 3–1 victory.
In August 1900 he moved to Southern League Southampton, where he was re-united with his former Everton left-wing colleague Alf Milward. Chadwick and Milward's partnership contributed 26 goals (14 and 12, respectively) as Southampton once again took the Southern League championship. In the following season, Southampton reached the FA Cup final, which they lost in a replay to Sheffield United.
In May 1902 he sought fresh fields, but as Burnley still held his Football League registration he had to pay them £35 to release him to join Liverpool, where he stayed for two seasons before moving on to Blackpool in 1904. He was an ever-present for Blackpool in his one season with the club, and was also the club's top scorer with eight goals.
In 1908, Chadwick was approached to become coach of the Dutch national team. The experts are in disagreement as to whether Chadwick, or his predecessor Cees van Hasselt, should be considered as the first manager of the Dutch national team.
Chadwick was appointed manager of the Netherlands to prepare the team for the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London. As Hungary had pulled out of the tournament, the Netherlands had a bye into the semi-finals, where they met Great Britain. This match ended in a 4–0 defeat (with all four goals coming from Harold Stapley, who later spent six seasons with Glossop North End); and the Netherlands then played Sweden for the bronze medal, winning 2–0, as a result of which the Dutch gained their first international success.
Chadwick managed the Dutch national team for 24 games (generally friendlies against Belgium), winning 14. In 1909 they met the England amateur side and were defeated 9–1 (with six goals from Vivian Woodward, who was an amateur who spent six seasons with Chelsea), but against Belgium, Germany and Sweden they avoided defeat.
During the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm (where eleven teams participated in the football tournament, against only six in 1908) the Dutch defeated Sweden and Austria, but lost in the semi-final 4–1 to Denmark. In the play-off for the bronze medal Finland were crushed 9–0 with Jan Vos scoring five goals.
The greatest success of Chadwick's career as Dutch manager came on 24 March 1913, in a friendly against the English amateurs, which resulted in a 2–1 victory. Both Dutch goals came from Huug de Groot. After the match Vivian Woodward generously conceded: "The best team won."
Chadwick led the Dutch national team once more, in November 1913, when the English gained their revenge with a 2–1 victory.
He was also the coach of Sparta Rotterdam, with whom he won the 1915 Netherlands championship.
After World War I, he returned to Blackburn and reverted to his original trade as a baker. In December 1923, he applied for the manager's job at Blackpool, but after being on a short-list of two, he lost out to Frank Buckley.
As a player
|G||W||L||D||Win %||F||A||Goal +/-|
|Netherlands||22 October 1908||15 November 1913||24||14||8||2||58.33||71||57||+14|
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- Edgar Chadwick at Englandstats.com
- Career record as Netherlands manager
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- "Bondscoach Edgar Chadwick" (in Dutch). Voetbalstats.nl. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2008.

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Today was our Winter themed Art Day. Everyone in the school produced some artwork with a Winter weather theme.
In year 1 we made snowy landscape paintings and displayed them behind window frames.
We used different techniques to create our scenes; first we brushed on long brushstroke trees, then we used cotton buds to add small snowflakes on the branches, finally we dipped our fingers in the paint to make the snow on the ground and in the sky. When the paint was dry we made a frame using black paper.
We think they look really effective!


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Dave and Buster's officially coming to Gainesville
Celebration Pointe has confirmed to TV20 that Dave & Buster's is coming to Gainesville in early to mid-2020. Gainesville’s Dave and Buster’s will be a new, smaller-sized concept designed for Gainesville’s market size.
It will be a standalone building in Celebration Pointe’s “The Shops” area near the new Azulene Day Spa.
There are eight Dave and Buster’s locations in Florida, located in Orlando, Miami, Fort Myers, and Jacksonville.


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Twiztid: Trick Or Treat (Orange/White/Black Vinyl)
(randomly autographed insert, limited to 1000, indie exclusive)
A collection of 7 new, old, and rare Twiztid tracks on 3 color, Side A/Side B-style vinyl in orange, white and black. This will be the only physical piece released for this title. The LP will be numbered and the insert will be randomly autographed.
1. Need To Feed
2. The Host
3. Death 4any1 Who
4. Edgar Allan Poet
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