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My first child’s birth was filled with a riot of emotion. I was ecstatic, exhausted, and stunned. As the initial euphoria of childbirth wore off and I was home with our new daughter, other feelings started to seep into my psyche. And, honestly, some of these
new-mom feelings I was afraid to talk about. They scared me, and made me question whether I could actually handle the one thing I always knew I wanted to do with my life: be a mother.
In my family, we didn’t talk about our feelings too much. I had always been expected to just “handle” my emotions. As a result, I suppressed a lot of my feelings as I grew into adulthood. I definitely was able to feel happiness and sadness, but I always felt I would be burdening people if I unloaded any of my emotions onto them. I’m sure
ex-boyfriends were grateful for this, because I never made a scene when they broke up with me.
But not talking about my feelings, especially the dark ones, was not and is not healthy. I have never felt that anyone actually “understood” me, but it was my own fault. I mean,
I rarely opened up to anyone enough to actually give them a chance to understand anything about me.
Have a baby, and these strange
new mom feelings, taught me that I can’t continue to keep a lid on everything inside me. I need to talk, even about the stuff that I worry others will think ridiculous, because I need to not feel alone, especially as a new parent who never had to care for a helpless baby before. Here are some feelings I had as a new parent that I was too scared to talk about: Afraid I'd Hurt My Baby
I remember standing against the wall furthest from our living room windows, cradling my newborn. Although I was more than 30 feet away from a closed, and locked, window, I was terrified that I’d somehow drop the baby out of it. We lived on the top floor of our apartment building, so it felt somehow reasonable to me that a child snug in my arms, far from harm’s way, would suddenly be catapulted through the glass. I talked to myself often when I was home alone with my daughter in the early days of my maternity leave,
trying to reason with this fear and stamp it out. I was embarrassed that I was consumed by these illogical thoughts, so I never brought them up to anyone. Worried I'd Given My Baby The Wrong Name
A roommate in college once told me how she went by a different name for the first couple of weeks of her life, and then her parents decided it was wrong for her so they changed. That’s all I could think about when I would say my daughter’s name out loud in the first few weeks of her life. I’d stare at her as I said her name; a name my husband and I had agreed on if we were having a girl and was chosen to honor my deceased grandmother. But it wasn’t rolling off my tongue when I said it as I looked at her. I started to panic. After all, her name was her identity. Had we messed up? It seemed ridiculous, since we had spent a long time thinking of and narrowing down our name list. So I didn’t want to speak up about it to my partner or plant any doubt in his mind that
the name we considered for almost a full year, and that we were both so confident about giving our daughter, might be totally wrong for her.
As it turns out, I can’t imagine her going by any other name.
Uncertain About My Love For This New Person
I assumed I would instantly fall in love with my baby upon meeting her (or him, since
we didn’t find out our kids’ genders before they were born). When that I didn’t happen, I freaked out. Something had to be wrong with me, right? I was an unfit mother. I wasn’t going to be able to be a parent to this tiny human. I was giving myself all sorts of guilt trips, but what I wasn’t giving myself was even a minute to reckon with this huge change in my life. I was expecting to get lovestruck but, like any meaningful relationship I had enjoyed up to that point in my life, love was born organically, when my heart, and hormones, were ready. I would have definitely benefited from talking to someone about this, instead of fearing that expressing my worry about loving my new child would have me banished from my mom group. Anxious About Bonding With The Baby
Because my maternal love didn’t appear suddenly and obviously when my newborn was first placed on my chest, I started to get anxious that I might never bond with her. Though some moms do instantly bond with their babies, that just wasn't the case for me. I just didn’t know how to qualify
the bonding. I didn’t feel consumed by love all the time with a baby in my life, but that was an impossible benchmark. I just couldn’t summon the courage in those early, sleepless, hormonally imbalanced days to ask a veteran mom — including my own — a very basic question:
How do I know I can love this baby forever?
Not Wanting To Be Touched
I held my babies
a lot when they were born. I breastfed them both, too, for two years each. I was in contact with these little people practically constantly. So I just didn’t want anyone — including my partner — touching me. I couldn’t stand the feeling of one more human needing something. I wanted my space, and I felt like a terrible spouse for having those thoughts. Doubting I Would Ever Feel Attractive Again
I didn’t know about the
fourth trimester before I was in it, and I was so disappointed that I still looked pregnant for a while after giving birth. Even when I eventually got back down to my pre-pregnancy weight (very slowly), my body didn’t return to its pre-pregnancy shape and that frustrated me. I didn’t take into account how motherhood could change me, and that I should see those changes as positive badges of the parenting journey. I only saw my mushy stomach and deflated breasts and doubted I’d ever feel good about my appearance again. Isolated From The Rest Of The World
I gave birth to my first child at the beginning of winter, so my entire
maternity leave was cold and dark. Literally. I didn’t take her out much in the beginning, for fear of her catching others’ colds, plus it took forever to bundle her properly. Though I was visited by friends and family, the stream of company thinned out after the first few weeks of my maternity leave, and the lack of human adult contact started to make me feel very alone. But I was afraid to share my feelings of loneliness. I had a baby now. Wasn’t that supposed to be enough? Confused About My Identity
sense of self was thrown off balance. I could compartmentalize all these different parts of me — the writer, the spouse, the sister, the daughter, the friend, the crazy lady who washed her shower curtain once a month at the laundromat — but now I also had to be a parent, and keep another person alive while being all these other things. I felt like a box of jumbled puzzle pieces that might never come together to complete a whole picture. Feeling Like I’d Never Be Good Enough As A Parent As someone with a Type A personality, I’ve always struggled with control issues. I like to feel that “I got this” about everything, and motherhood is a jarring wake-up call that derails any sense of lasting control, in my experience. I would constantly compare myself to other moms to get a sense of how I was measuring up. Was my breastfeeding game on point? Did my laundry game ensure the gentlest protection of my baby’s skin and the environment? The more I compared, the less confident I felt about my parenting abilities. It took me a while to come to the conclusion that you can’t “win” at parenthood. I probably would have reached that realization sooner if I had opened up to my husband, or a friend, or even just a parenting message board, about my fears of failure. Thinking I Had Made A Mistake
With all these troubling feelings swirling around, it was easy to fall into a pit of despair as a new mom. These worrisome thoughts dovetailed into one conclusion: we had made a mistake by having a baby. If I was
this confused, and scared, and anxious about being someone’s mom, it was clearly the wrong choice, right? I felt this way for a while, and, honestly, I still have thoughts like that, even nine years later. But I’ve learned from the mistake I made when I first became a mom: I can no longer stay silent about my fears. I must talk about them. Even talking to my non-mom friends comforts me, because everyone has felt like this at one time or another; these emotions are not always brought on by having kids.
Sharing my worries has helped to deflate them. I am lucky in that none of these feelings debilitated me. I probably would have benefited from talking to a healthcare professional more about them, but at least, over time, I realized that anyone close to me could be a terrific sounding board. I was not one who struggled with
postpartum depression, but I did have those dark days. I didn’t have to, though. I just needed to be honest about my feelings, and now, having recognized that, I can start teaching my kids to do the same. What Parents Are Talking About — Delivered Straight To Your Inbox


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houston innovators podcast episode 123
Houston innovator: The future of decarbonization is data-driven decision making
Decarbonizing the energy industry would be a lot more successful if companies had the tools to more efficiently and accurately track their carbon footprint.
Sujatha Kumar has created that tool with her startup Dsider, a decision intelligence platform with a suite of software tools to equip energy businesses with the data they need to make informed decisions. Kumar, founder and CEO, has spent years consulting companies on finding operational success and now is using her Dsider platform to streamline results.
"When I looked at how companies made decisions — especially in the decarbonization world — I realized there was a big gap to be filled, and that's how Dsider was born," Kumar says on the Houston Innovators Podcast.
"We are creating transparency so that companies can have a digital footprint of how decarbonization can happen, and allowing them to make decisions along the way that are always going to be towards decarbonation and not forgetting that everything has an economic trade off," she continues.
Dsider, a Greentown Houston member company, is targeting the energy industry specifically — oil and gas, petrochemicals, utilities, etc. She says Dsider has the potential to bring decarbonization decision making to other industries as well. For now, Dsider has a few customers and is actively seeking out a few more.
"One of the first few things we want to do is get traction with a handful of customers," "We have the rigor and we are able to make sure the products we have brought to market are really something that is going to land well with customers. From that, we want to see the growth accelerator."
This year, Kumar hopes raise seed funding and grow her team and customer base. She still is working with companies as a consultant with her business, Ayatis LLC. She says the two roles go hand in hand — Dsider is a tool she can offer her consultancy clients.
"We live in that world today where a single role isn't enough for us," Kumar says. "The consulting angle has really helped me think through the customer journey. ... That has really created the Dsider and product journey. In order for me to grow Dsider, I can't balance the consulting that I used to do, so all of my consulting will be geared towards helping customers decarbonize and leveraging Dsider to do that."
Kumar shares more on Dsider's potential impact on decarbonization and how she has observed changes in Houston's innovation ecosystem on the podcast. Listen to the full interview below — or wherever you stream your podcasts — and subscribe for weekly episodes.

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Nuts! No Guarantee of Weight Loss
Nuts are getting a lot of good health press lately. “Go nuts and still lose weight,” proclaims a nutrition columnist in Live Science. The New York Times published an ode this week to the wonders of nuts as a weight-loss aid. It’s quite a turnaround for nuts, which were out of favor in the low-fat everything 80s and 90s.
Nuts have a lot going for them. They are high in fiber, protein, and unsaturated fat. They are very satisfying. Snacking on nuts makes you likely to consume fewer calories later in the day. Even though they pack a lot of calories, research has shown that their calories are not well absorbed. And a study of two large cohorts of health professionals found that more frequent consumption of nuts links to a reduced risk of death from all causes.
It helps to have smart nutrition scientists like Richard Mattes at Purdue and others documenting all these benefits. Nut producers have wisely invested in nutrition research by independent-minded scientists like Mattes.
But with this love-fest for nuts, is it possible we’re going a bit over the top? In a word, yes. There’s no definitive evidence that nuts will make you lose weight, though there’s plenty to suggest that they might prevent weight gain.
Good, healthful foods (including nuts) are just that — good healthful foods. They are not medicines or weight-loss aids. “Eat more” is a great food marketing strategy, but lousy health advice unless you’re suffering from an eating disorder or wasting syndrome.
Eat well is better advice.
Click here to read more in the New York Times, here to read more in Live Science, and here to read more in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, here to read more in Nature Reviews Endocrinology and here to read more in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Vasili, author of several SDR# plugins has recently released a new APCO P25 plugin for SDR#. The plugin is easy to use, simply tune to a P25 voice signal, and it will automatically decode it into voice audio assuming that the signal is not encrypted. If the P25 signal is encrypted, you will hear garbled unintelligible voice. The plugin does not support trunking or any advanced talk group filtering features that you might find with DSD+, Unitrunker, SDR Trunk etc.
To install the plugin, simply download the zip file from rtl-sdr.ru and extra the .dll's into the SDR# folder. Then copy the text in magicline.txt file into the plugins.xml file inside the SDR# folder. The plugin should work with any SDR supported by SDR#, including the RTL-SDR.
The popular digital speech decoder (DSD) software has now been wrapped into a GNU Radio Companion block. Previously, DSD required use of virtual audio cables to get decoding to work with GNU Radio, but now the signal audio can be passed directly into this block.
Luke Berndt from the HackRF-dev forums has posted his work to make the functionality of DSD available to GNU Radio users in the form of a GRC block. “I have been playing around a bit and found an easy way to receive and playback digital LMR. More and more of the radio systems are going from narrow band FM to Digital. This makes it tough to listen to them on GQRX. DSD is a great program which can decoded the audio you get when you tune in a system in GQRX, but you either have to run it on another machine with a audio cable in between or figure out how to do a virtual audio cable on your machine.
Luckily, someone wrapped the DSD libraries so they can be accessed as GRC blocks. I have put together a GRC file and a Python program that make it a little easier to use the block.
If you have a chance, give them a try and let me know if they work. There is a good chance I have messed up the values in the filters or else where, but I have gotten clean audio out of it.”
Digital radio voice communications are becoming more commonly used in the radio spectrum. This is due to the various improvements offered over traditional analogue voice radio systems. Unfortunately for radio scanner hobbyists, digital radio is difficult to receive, as special radio scanners which can be expensive are required to decode the digital signal. Additionally, digital radio systems can be encrypted making it impossible for communications to be decoded by a hobbyist. However, most users of digital radio do not bother to encrypt their systems as it can introduce lag, monetary expense and extra battery drain in portable radios.
The most common digital speech codec is APCO P25, which DSD is able to decode. DSD is also capable of decoding other common digital codecs such as DMR/MOTOTRBO, NXDN, D-STAR and ProVoice.
Super cheap software defined radios such as the RTL-SDR can be used to decode these digital voice communication signals instead of expensive radio scanners. While this tutorial is aimed at the RTL-SDR, other software radios such as the Funcube dongle, Airspy, HackRF and BladeRF will also work. Hardware radios with discriminator taps connected to a PC may also work.
Examples of DSD Decoding Digital Voice with RTL-SDR as a Radio Scanner
YouTube user Geoff Wolf shows a video where he uses RTL-SDR as a police scanner to listen to public safety P25 digital radio using DSD, SDRSharp and virtual audio cable.
RTL-SDR: Decoding P25 Phase I QPSK with DSD and SDR#

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Sir George supported Macmillan Cancer Relief at the launch of the 'Better Deal' campaign, which aims to stop cancer spreading to people's finances.
Macmillan launched the campaign because cancer patients have told them that they suffer financial hardship as a result of having cancer. Many cancer patients claim that money worries are second only to pain as a cause of stress. More than three quarters of people surveyed by the leading cancer care charity said that they ran up extra bills for things like travel for treatment, hospital car parking, higher heating bills and new clothes because of weight change.
"I am delighted to give Macmillan Cancer Relief's 'Better Deal' campaign my full support. It is vital that we address this issue urgently to ensure that cancer patients have access to the information and financial support that they are entitled to. A cancer diagnosis can be devastating enough, without the added worry of financial hardship. It is imperative that we work together to get a better deal for people dealing with cancer and stop cancer spreading to people's finances".
At a Parliamentary reception, MPs from all parties heard Peter Cardy, Chief Executive, Macmillan Cancer Relief, ask for their help in persuading the Government to ensure every cancer patient is offered specialist benefits advice at diagnosis. Macmillan also want the law to be changed to make it easier for cancer patients to claim Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance.
Peter Cardy, Chief Executive, Macmillan Cancer Relief, added:
"Macmillan is delighted to have Sir George's support for its 'Better Deal' campaign to stop cancer spreading to people's finances. It is totally unacceptable that cancer patients should suffer the huge problem of debt, poverty or financial hardship at a time when they are most vulnerable -– especially when help is available if only they knew about it".


text: Yeah, a $570 ski pass is not really worth insuring imo. If you had say a Jackson Hole or Aspen season pass (which cost over $1200) than I could understand it. Chances are you won't go out and bust your ass the first day. They'll pro rate what they'll pay you which could turn into a lot less. For $570 I would just eat the cost. It's a bitter pill for sure, but I don't think it's worth spending money on the insurance for. Mind you, I have a season pass also and I don't even consider insuring it. It's not worth it.

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A photo blog illustrating the beautiful countryside within a walk or short drive of the town of Leek, Staffordshire. The area covered includes the Peak District National Park, Staffordshire Moorlands, Cannock Chase and South-east Cheshire.
Monday, 20 December 2010
Black Brook valley, the Roaches in the background
The intense cold continues here, it was -9ºC during my walk near Gradbach today. Thick layers of hoar frost have formed on the ground, walls and fences. (Canon EOS 60D, Tamron SP 10-24mm @ 11.0mm, 1/250s @ f/8.0)


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An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to compete.
A good-hearted musician struggles to find a way to tell his beautiful barista coworker that he loves her, despite the fact that she is in a relationship. Meanwhile, regulars and customers at the café where they work have their own problems and encounters. A police officer keeps his eye on his wayward cousin, who owes money to a charismatic dealer, and a married man contemplates his relationship with a good-looking new acquaintance. However, one customer believes he is in fact the main character in a computer simulation of modern life, set in the microcosm of the café, all designed by a young girl. Written by
The film takes place almost exclusively inside a real working West Philadelphia café. See more »
While Elly is sitting at a table talking to Avatar, the lighted logo on Avatar's MacBook computer goes dim, however, his screen is still lit. On this computer the back light for the screen is what lights the Apple logo. The lighted logo goes on and off during the conversation even though his screen is never turned off when we see it. See more »
You're not going to be deleted, Craig.
But you said, game over. The end.
It *is* over, Craig. You ended it just by the willingness to give yourself completely. That's the point. The whole game, the billions of avatars in their situations and trials, tribulations - every so often one of you does that. And then, they're no longer bound to the game, 'cause they've already won.
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Ohhh. A perfect ensemble piece. IGNORE the IMDb storyline.
OK. Tomorrow, after I've slept, maybe I'll feel less than 10, but, tonight? OK, yeah, a big, resounding 10/10.
It's hard to seriously fit you gently into a world. This time it works just beautifully. OK. I just stopped watching it, and I'm a little be-alcoholled. BUT I am one of those who is really nervous about showing films you really like to those you love, and THIS one I surely will.
I'm reminded of Kevin Smith, in terms of the reality of an intimate, special world, without the - weirdness?
OK. Bottom line. I don't know what to compare this to. Yeah, Kevin Smith, but gentler. What have I loved that'll give ANYONE a clue? Little Miss Sunshine - Steelyard Blues - Blues Brothers - Driving Miss Daisy - The Remains of the Day. And so many, many more.
Check my reviews. I don't often give a recommendation.
This is one. Go for it.
(And I have NO IDEA what the IMDb storyline is talking about. I suspect it's another film :/ )
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First Day Home (6/15).
I couldn't resist taking a picture of him in the container that brought him home.
20g tank. Please excuse the fingerprints and smudges.
20g for now. Will upgrade him to a 40-50g in a few months.
My baby bearded dragon. I've had him for two weeks today (6/29) and he is pretty much the love of my life.

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August 24, 2017
Bonjour, Hola, Nǐ Hǎo, Guten Tag, and Konnichiwa! At OPSWAT, we want to keep the whole world's data secure. To help reach audiences around the world, we have launched multiple microsites in the native languages of several countries.
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We now have websites up for audiences in the following countries (click on each to visit the site):
Next, we plan to launch microsites for China and Korea.
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Our goal is to educate users and organizations within countries around the globe about our data sanitization (CDR), vulnerability detection, and multi-scanning technologies, as well as our Cloud Access Control, high-security networks, and email and web security offerings.
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We want to keep data flow around the world secure, and these native language sites will help us to do just that.
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Attorney General Eric Holder and Deputy Attorney General James Cole are both stepping down from their roles at the Justice Department soon, leaving a power vacuum at an agency that has its hand in just about every ongoing national controversy and that plays a central role in the implementation of President Obama's agenda.
The top three jobs at the department will soon be vacant, and only four of the 11 assistant attorneys general have been confirmed. This presents Mr. Obama with both challenges and opportunities.
This isn't the first time the Justice department has faced a power vacuum. There was a similarly high level of vacancies in the agency in 2007, after the resignation of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez and the retirement of former Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty. The department's inspector general also reported at the time that just three of the 11 assistant attorney general positions were filled.
"It's always a challenge because the senior-level positions require Senate confirmation, and it can be difficult to move these nominees through a confirmation vote," Thomas Dupree, who served as deputy assistant attorney general during the George W. Bush administration, told CBS News. At the same time, he said, "It's an opportunity for [the president] to identify new people who will bring new energy and new ideas into the administration."
Robert Raben, an assistant attorney general in the Clinton administration, said that with multiple high-level positions open, Mr. Obama and his team have the chance to "to look at the whole matrix" of skills and experience needed to lead the Justice Department and find people tailored to meet each need.
Specifically, he noted that the Justice Department should have leaders with national security expertise, prosecutorial experience, and a healthy respect for the department's governmental oversight responsibilities.
"One pick doesn't have to be excellent at all three," Raben said.
The department's oversight responsibilities could be more important if Republicans win control of the Senate this November. Conservatives in Congress in recent years took the Justice Department to task over its role in the "Fast and Furious" gun walking scandal, as well as the investigations into IRS misconduct.
Justice Department officials "have to understand... the Congress is speaking for the American people, and you have to be responsive" to their inquiries, Raben said.
- Obama announces Eric Holder's "bittersweet" departure
- Will Eric Holder's successor shake off the political baggage?
While factors like the midterms may influence Mr. Obama's nominations, Dupree said it's unlikely that the department's agenda will change significantly under its new leadership.
Holder was most successful in his work on civil rights issues. He reformed prison sentencing guidelines to reduce racial disparity in the justice system and sought alternatives to incarceration. His role in the administration's decision to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act led to a victory at the Supreme Court that has paved the way for scores of lawsuits around the country that have toppled laws limiting same-sex marriages.
But there are unfinished battles, too. Holder enjoyed limited success in his efforts to begin trying terror suspects in the civil court system, but was unable to shift detainees out of the Guantanamo Bay prison facility for trial. He's also failed to come up with criminal charges against top officials at banks involved in the 2008 financial crisis, and mostly penalized them through historically large settlements.
And despite the agency's aggressive efforts to battle laws limiting voting rights across the country, there are several ongoing lawsuits that were sparked when the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act. Holder's successor will also finish overseeing the investigation into the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
"Anyone the president appoints to senior positions in the Justice Department are going to subscribe to his agenda," he said. "I don't think you're going to see any dramatic departures from what the Justice Department did under Eric Holder's tenure."
While the new attorney general sets the department's overall agenda, the deputy attorney general "traditionally has been sort of the chief operating officer... the guy or woman who makes sure the trains run on time and decisions are made," said William Yeomans, a 26-year Justice Department veteran who primarily served in the Civil Rights Division.
"You need to have the big picture leadership, and you need someone to execute the leadership positions," he said.
Cole ran day to day operations at the agency, but he was also the chief defender of the government's collection of Americans' phone data, and he was also charged with handling marijuana legalization issues once states began to pass legalization laws, according to the Washington Post.
While both roles are important, the former Justice Department officials noted that the many attorneys and investigators at the Justice Department will keep the agency's current agenda moving.
"There are career people there who have been doing their jobs for a long time, and there are still a fair number of political appointees," Yeomans said. "It's not as if the Department will be adrift."
In some cases, the department is currently relying on the leadership of acting officials -- appointees serving in a role until Mr. Obama can nominate them (or someone else) for Senate confirmation.
Stuart Delery is currently the acting associate attorney general, the department's No. 3 spot. His predecessor Tony West recently left his position as to accept a job at Pepsi. Additionally, Vanita Gupta is now serving as the acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. Mr. Obama is expected to nominate Gupta to be the division's permanent leader. Gupta has strong bipartisan support, which will be critical to fill this role.
The Civil Rights Division, which Holder has expanded and elevated in stature in order to more aggressively police racial discrimination in areas like housing and voting, has not had a confirmed leader for over a year.
Earlier, Mr. Obama nominated Debo Adegbile to head the division, but his nomination was blocked largely because conservatives objected to his involvement in an appeal in the high-profile case of Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Yeomans called Adegbile's rejection "one of the Senate's darker moments" but expressed optimism about Gupta's nomination.
"Her background is particularly important in this point of our history," he said. "She's done a lot of work on criminal justice issues and mass incarceration. With things like the Ferguson investigation pending... I think she's a great pick."
While Mr. Obama has said he's waiting until after the Nov. 4 elections to nominate Holder's replacement, Dupree noted that the president shouldn't wait too long.
"The amount of time these officials can spend in the position shrinks on a day-to-day basis," he noted. "There's a hard end-date of January 2017."
CBS News Justice Department Producer Paula Reid contributed to this report.
This article was corrected to note that the Civil Rights Division, not the Civil Division, has been without a confirmed leader for over a year.


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When accosted by a bumblebee, it’s best not to swat violently at it. But, failing that, try whipping out an iridescent object: the inside of a paua shell, a picture of an engine oil spill, the playing surface of a compact disc.
Researchers at the Bristol Camo Lab recently discovered that intense iridescence can obstruct the bee’s ability to identify shape, and, fingers crossed, distract it long enough to fly off and sting someone else.
As seen in soap bubbles, peacocks, and most glitter nail polishes, iridescence is the phenomenon of certain surfaces appearing to change color as the angle of illumination changes.
Yes, using bright colors as camouflage seems entirely counterintuitive. But it turns out the luminosity of this effect can conveniently confuse a bumblebee.
Using artificial flowers and sugar water, scientists at the University of Bristol trained bees to recognize which shapes contained the sweet reward. The insects, however, found it much harder to judge shapes when targets were iridescent.
Lucky for the Buprestidae family of beetles—better known as jewel beetles, because of their glossy iridescent hues.
Changing colors, the researchers said, make the outline of prey look indistinguishable from its surroundings, leaving the bumblebee to simply overlook it and continue on its chase.
“It’s the first solid evidence we have that this type of coloration can be used in this way,” according to lead author Karin Kjernsmo of the University’s School of Biological Sciences.
“Thus, if you are a visual predator searching for the specific shape of a beetle (or other prey animal), iridescence makes it difficult for predators to identify them as something edible,” she said in a statement.
“This study as wider implications for how we understand animal vision and camouflage,” Kjernsmo continued. “Now when we see these shiny beetles we can know that their amazing colors have many more functions than previously thought.”
The team is currently studying this effect using other visual hunters—namely birds, which are “likely to be the most important predators of iridescent insects.”
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Navy Yard Shooting Revives Calls to Expand Gun ChecksKathleen Hunter and Heidi Przybyla
The deadly shooting rampage at Washington’s Navy Yard is prompting Senate Democratic leaders to consider a fresh attempt to advance legislation strengthening background checks for gun buyers.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said he’ll schedule another vote to expand firearms background checks “as quickly as we can” when enough members support the bill. Reid said at the moment, the Senate lacks enough votes to pass the legislation.
Reid spoke a day after a government contractor, Aaron Alexis, opened fire inside the Navy Yard complex about a mile from the U.S. Capitol, killing 12 people. He was then shot to death by police.
“Sadly, these tragedies so close to the Capitol remind us of our vulnerability,” said Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, the Senate’s second-ranking Democrat.
Four months after 20 school children and six adults were shot to death at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, the Senate on April 17 didn’t secure the 60 votes needed to pass the background check measure authored by Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia and and Republican Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. It would have expanded mandatory background checks to include purchases from private dealers at gun shows and over the Internet.
The senators in favor of the failed background-check legislation expressed optimism they may be able to gather additional votes by combining a measure dealing with mental health issues with the previous bill.
“There’s a lot of consensus around some of the elements of a comprehensive strategy, like mental health,” which is “what we lacked in the last program,” said Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat who worked with families of the Newtown victims to press for new laws.
Manchin said he is open to adding a mental-health component. “I’ll support anything that moves,” he said.
Manchin said he has yet to discuss a strategy with Reid, and resistance remains high in the Senate to gun legislation. “I don’t think anything’s changed on guns,” said South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican who opposed the bill.
Even some of the effort’s staunchest backers expressed skepticism that a mass killing at the doorstep of Congress will alter the political landscape.
“I’d vote tomorrow for a strong background check,” said California Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat. “Having said that, we got 40 votes, we need 60 votes, and to go through it all again, it’s a very emotional discussion because it involves human life, innocent life, and not to be able to succeed is hard.”
Alexis entered the Navy Yard with a shotgun that he bought legally in Virginia, and he may have picked up a handgun once inside the Navy Yard, said Valerie Parlave, the assistant director in charge of the FBI Washington field office. She said officials have no indication he had a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle.
Most gun-restriction measures are opposed by Republicans, while Democratic supporters haven’t won over some colleagues facing a potential backlash from the gun lobby and voters in their states.
“I hope that some members will reconsider their opposition,” Durbin said. “This individual appeared to have some background issues that should have raised some questions.”
The April background-check vote, the most significant gun restriction vote in 20 years, marked a sharp rejection of an Obama administration priority. It also countered 90 percent public support in some polls of mandatory background checks.
Five Democrats voted against the background-check measure: Max Baucus of Montana, Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Mark Begich of Alaska and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota. Baucus announced soon after the vote that he will retire at the end of his current term. Reid voted no, allowing himself under Senate rules to seek reconsideration of the vote.
“If I read the reports, he bought his guns legally and had a background check, so the issue that that gentlemen had was mental-health issues,” Begich told reporters today at the Capitol, noting that he has introduced legislation that would have made sure Alexis “would have been in the background check system” when he sought to buy a gun.
“That’s what we should be doing,” Begich said. “That’s what I’m for, and that’s what I’ve been trying to get the Senate to vote on.”
Pryor and Begich face re-election next year in states carried by 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Cory Booker, a Democrat who leads state polls in a bid to replace the late New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg, said he hoped yesterday’s shooting “changes the conversation, especially on the mental-health issue.”
“We’ve seen now a few mass shootings where there were mental-health signs that I think should have prevented an individual from getting a gun or getting a weapon,” Booker, who is running in an Oct. 16 special election for the Senate seat, said today in an interview at Bloomberg’s Washington bureau.
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy, a freshman Democrat who pushed for tougher gun laws after the Newtown shooting, told reporters today at the Capitol that the public is running out of patience as Congress fails to act.
“The public is not going to sit by and allow this place to ignore mass shooting after mass shooting,” Murphy said. “There comes a time where the people have to get what they want in the Senate.”
Murphy said he hadn’t spoken to Democratic opponents of the background-check measure, and said that “no matter what state you’re in,” there was broad support for expanded background checks.
Manchin told reporters today that it was too soon to say whether he would renew his background check expansion push.
“I haven’t heard all the reports, and I think we need to do that,” Manchin said. “It’s so wrong to keep talking about gun control. We should be talking about gun sense, and that’s all out bill did.”
Last week Colorado voters -- in an effort backed by the National Rifle Association, the nation’s biggest gun lobby -- recalled two state legislators who supported stricter gun laws. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is founder and majority owner of Bloomberg News parent company Bloomberg LP, poured money into opposing the effort.
Arizona Senator John McCain, one of four Republicans who supported the background check measure in April, said in an interview that the Navy Yard shooting shows a need to change gun laws.
“We should do what we can to keep weapons out of the hands of people who are mentally unstable,” McCain said.
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Because the Journal noted, that might make Apple’s hypertension program vastly more profitable than leading chronic-care firms. A report in June by The Wall Street Journal detailed how Apple has piloted the idea of launching a healthcare service primarily based on a subscription mannequin with “Apple Doctors.” That undertaking, spearheaded by Dr. Sumbul Desai of Stanford University, has, nevertheless, stalled. You’ll discover loads of apps that claim to detect your blood pressure this fashion on the App Store proper now – together with ones with “free trials” that trick you into an costly auto-renewing monthly subscription. By the tip of the pilot, greater than 91% of the patients had lowered their blood pressure via life-style therapy like eating better and monitoring as an alternative of the usual care, Williams said, in line with the people who have been current.
Apple has been piloting teaching packages for employees with hypertension in tandem with AC Wellness for the past few years, and employees considered HealthHabit as a logical subsequent step to carry that work to life, three individuals said. Apple declined to touch upon the changes to HealthHabit or the potential for layoffs. However, like prior variants, the quantity of viral genetic materials could go down sooner in totally vaccinated folks when compared to unvaccinated individuals. Unvaccinated individuals stay the greatest concern: The greatest risk of transmission is among unvaccinated people who find themselves far more likely to get contaminated, and subsequently transmit the virus. We have offered a excessive-stage abstract of the new products under for Apple users who’re taken with learning about the newest competitors. Which means regardless that the chance of breakthrough infections is low, there might be 1000’s of totally vaccinated people who grow to be infected and able to infect others, especially with the surging unfold of the Delta variant. These tips might cut back medication bills for folks without health insurance coverage. This means absolutely vaccinated folks will likely spread the virus for less time than unvaccinated folks.
It syncs data to your iPhone by way of WiFi or Bluetooth and is rock strong by way of reliability, and I’ve been using it for a long time. Greater than 50 workers have been spending a significant amount of time working on the app. In accordance with Business Insider, Apple is “scaling again” HealthHabit, which had a dedicated crew of 50 workers engaged on the app. Apple is rumored to be engaged on a foldable iPhone, with analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expecting the machine to launch in 2023 with an 8-inch display. The standard Galaxy Watch 4 has an aluminum casing with 40mm and 44mm show size choices, whereas the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic has a extra premium stainless steel design with 42mm and 46mm sizes. A key new function of the Fold three is an uninterrupted 7.6-inch internal show with a 4-megapixel digital camera embedded underneath the display, whereas the Fold 2 had a gap-punch digicam. The Fold 3 and Flip three start at $1,799.99 and $999.Ninety nine respectively. Samsung at this time unveiled a sequence of recent products at a virtual event, including the Galaxy Z Fold three and Galaxy Z Flip three foldable smartphones, Galaxy Buds 2 wireless earbuds, and Galaxy Watch 4 smartwatch.

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Coast Roads 2022
The Coast Roads festival is a 2 day community festival based just outside of Ulverston, hosting a range of stalls, activities for the family and lots of live music on a variety of stages.
At Coast Roads we were part of the Unity stage and offered free stop frame animation sessions. We had fantastic short animations made by lots of enthusiastic young people. Take a look for yourself…..

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Creating Voices For Animation
Working in animation has always been a really satisfying and exciting part of my voice over career but creating a believable voice for animation is a lot more involved than just doing a funny voice. So, how do you find the clues to making choices, that create memorable characters?
Getting The Job
First, you have to get the job.
So just how do you get cast for animation jobs, animation shorts, films or series?
Usually you’re invited to audition because you are either a known performer with a good track record or you’re a voice over professional with a great deal of experience and a solid repertoire of character voices. You may have an unusual or quirky sounding voice, or you may just happen to have exactly the right natural voice for one of the characters.
More often than not, Producers use mainstream sound recording studios to audition prospective voices or cast members, although it can occasionally be done at a casting studio, where you perform the voice on camera, in front of the producers.
When you’re asked to audition, you’ll be sent a character breakdown, an image of the character, and a script or a few scenes from the script. Auditions like these are seldom paid.
You could also be asked to audition for an animated character for a television commercial. In that case you’d be booked to do what’s called a submission. That is, you go to a studio and record the complete script. Then your voice will be submitted to Advertising Agency creative’s and the client, for approval.
Preparing the Audition
In the ‘brief’ that you’ll be sent, you’ll be given the important information about the character and the character’s role or journey in the story.
Unless you’re playing a lead role, you may only be sent a few scenes or pages from the script. Hopefully this will give you enough information about the character’s role in the story or scene and its emotional journey or attitudes.
And, of course you’ll always be sent an image of the character, which will give you all the clues you’ll need to make choices about how that character sounds.
In cartoon animation, often the attributes are extreme, a really huge nose, really bug eyes, impossible buck teeth or strange body shape. It probably won’t surprise you to know that most of the really memorable work comes when you add charm by making strong choices around the character’s physical traits. Another way to say that is that you need to physicalise many of the clues you are given.
Let’s have a look at this image. There are a couple of great clues here. The first thing you notice is the eyes. This character is definitely mischievous, wicked, up to no good. That’s the emotional state or attitude and this will colour the choices you make with the script; the way the character bends words and the words that become important. The next thing to look for are the physical clues!
I mean, look at those extra-ordinary teeth! Now you do need to speak clearly, but you can’t ignore such a strong physical attribute and need to find a way for him to speak, making something of those teeth that’s humorous and engaging, as well as capturing the attitude behind the look in his eyes.
Now this one is cute, with all the attributes of cock-eared playfulness. The image says curious and innocent, so you would play with those emotional attributes… and that certainly is a good sniffing nose. I would use the open-mouthed aspect to do something, whether it be doggy panting or small quizzical noises, that aren’t in the script, to add to this character’s believability.
While it’s definitely not okay to change the script, unless it comes from the Producer or Writer, it is definitely okay to add colour to the character that help to further physicalise, such as sudden intake or exhaling of air and small physical reactions that there are not really any words for. Think about it? There are heaps of those that we use every day to add colour to our own expression and meaning in conversation. Here are some you may have even used today; huh? ha! mmmmmm? pffft tsk, tsk, tsk, aaaahhhh! You with me?
How about this one? It’s neither human nor animal but has some interesting human features, specifically the fact that the character is almost all arms and…chest, if you like. The shape reminds me of a Genie, the one’s that come out of a bottle, so you could make a choice to go with a Genie style voice or attitude to bring this one to life.
Voice Versus Visual
Voice over for anything is about the art of creating a strong visual for a disembodied voice. Every disembodied voice has a persona. Let me explain it like this. When we meet someone face-to-face, we get the whole picture and we accept what we get. With a disembodied voice, what we get is ‘that something’ in the tone of the voice that gives us a strong visual.
For instance, how often have you met someone over the phone, (the disembodied voice) and, because of clues the voice gives, created a visual for that person. Then, when you meet them, you’re completely blown away because the voice doesn’t match the visual you’ve created for it. That female with the bright, energetic 20-something sounding voice, who you’ve visualized as a petite, slim brunette with a big smile, turns out to be a tall, 50-something woman with big hair and pock-marked skin. That male with the deep, authoratative, even sensual voice is actually a pale-skinned, reedy guy with thin lips. Or conversely, the most annoying, unattractive voice you’ve ever heard falls out of the mouth of a goddess. Voice doesn’t fit the visual.
What animation or character creation is asking you to do is to find a voice that absolutely fits that visual, whether it’s a ‘character’ style voice or your own natural speaking voice, which just happens to have the right persona for that character.
Doing The Job
Often in animation, the record sessions are booked as scenes and much like film, can be recorded out of sequence. Sometimes, you may even find yourself alone in the studio, with the director taking you through your character work line by line. In this case, you really need to trust the director and hope that he or she has an absolutely spot-on vision for the work.
Of course, it’s much more fun to work with the other performers and I believe there’s more opportunity for spontaneity and ideas. That’s certainly been my experience anyway. Once the work is recorded, the audio is taken away and then the animation is done. This can be a really long process, often taking months. Then, when the animation is complete, you’re often asked to come back into the studio to embellish your work. Your character may be in the background and the animators have created a response from your character that there was no dialogue for originally. Occasionally the director feels that a line needs to be delivered differently. Sometimes, you’ll also be asked to add your voice to crowd scenes, such as people gasping in horror, or an audience laughing or random people in a crowd yelling something. These sessions are called Additional Dialogue Recording (ADR), and are always great fun.
Animation is great fun. No wonder so many people who call me about voice over say that have a real interest in it. And remember, not all animated characters are like the old Looney Tunes; Sylvester, Tweety and Elmer Fudd, although it can be incredibly rewarding to create a completely original, unusual voice for a character. Just think of brilliant animation films like Toy Story, where the casting is more often about the ‘right natural voice’ for the character. Once the right voice is cast, it’s up to the performer to bring all the character’s physical attributes to life.
Make a study of the animation you’re hearing out there. How about you revisit your favourite animation characters and ask yourself why they still resonate?


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Hiring a professional to repair your boiler is a good idea if you have the time and resources to do it. If you don’t have time or money, repairing the system yourself may be the best option for you.
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The Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has registered a case of cheating and corruption against former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and four officials who were in HUDA for allegedly realloting a plot to Associated Journals Limited (AJL) in Panchkula in 2005.
Hooda was the chairman of HUDA at that time, although the FIR does not mention his name.
Apart from the chairman, the FIR also lists HUDA’s then chief administrator and administrator under sections 409, 420 and 120B of the IPC and section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. It also includes the state financial commissioner and office-bearers of AJL, New Delhi.
When contacted, Hooda said, “I am yet to see the FIR and will be able to comment after I study it.”
The Indian Express was the first to report — in December 2015 — on alleged irregularities in the allotment of a 3,360-sq-m plot in Sector 6, Panchkula, to AJL. The plot was allotted by the Haryana lodges FIR against ex-HUDA chief Hooda in AJL case previous Hooda-led Congress government six months after it came to power in Haryana in 2005. AJL was then the publisher of The National Herald newspaper.
The FIR states that on August 18, 2005, the then HUDA chief “misused his post and violated rules” to order the allotment of the plot at the rates prevailing in 1982. The plot was originally allotted to AJL in 1982 but reclaimed in 1996 after the company failed to make use of it.
On September 1, 2005, the firm sought one year’s time to start construction, which was approved by HUDA officials. The FIR states that the then HUDA chairman, chief administrator and administrator, and the financial commissioner misused their positions to provide undue benefits to AJL causing a loss of Rs 64 lakh to the state exchequer.
On May 4, Leader of Opposition in the Vidhan Sabha and Indian National Lok Dal leader Abhay Singh Chautala had written to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar demanding the registration of a criminal case against Hooda on charges of criminal breach of trust embezzlement, forgery, corruption and criminal conspiracy.
Sector 6 is considered as one of the prime sectors of Panchkula and is home to a government hospital and the offices of HUDA, Haryana State Industries and Infrastructural Development Corporation (HSIIDC), the state marketing board, and the forest department, among others.

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Chicken and Pasta in Alfredo sauce is a great combination if you want something different but a heavy meal. In slightly more time than it takes to boil the noodles you’ll have a creamy, rich sauce draping itself luxuriously over pasta.
A week ago we’ve been in an Italian restaurant and tasted the same dish, it was flavorful yes but i find the pasta a bit hard to chew. From then on, I promised myself to prepare one of my own version… a creamy, cheesy Alfredo dish and I’ll make sure that pasta will be al dente for a more enjoyable meal. And here it goes… come & enjoy with me a late lunch!
- 1 lb. boneless chicken breasts
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 pound penne or fettuccine pasta
- about 10 pcs. of cherry tomatoes
- 1/4 cup of cooked green peas
Instructions for Cooking
- Heat olive oil in a skillet.
- Cut chicken breast into small strips, add salt and pepper. Cook on medium heat until cooked through.
- Steam cherry tomatoes & green peas for 1 to 2 minutes then set aside.
- In a saucepan, melt the butter, then add the cream and Parmesan cheese.
- Cook over low heat, stirring constantly. Do not boil.
- Mix chicken and Alfredo sauce together.
- Cook penne or fettuccine pasta in 3 quarts boiling water. Drain, pour sauce and chicken over noodles.
- Garnish with cherry steamed cherry tomatoes & green peas.
- Serve hot & enjoy!


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I check mine everytime I fuel up and have never had to drain it. When I changed my fuel filter at 11,000 miles it looked fine. I always try to get fuel at high volume stations (Flying J etc.)
It makes it easier if you clamp a piece of hose on the drain and run it a little below the bumper to catch the fuel. Only drain a couple of tablespoons if you have too. You don't want to get air in the system. I also use Power Service fuel supplement which takes care of water among other things. Walmart sells it. Hope this helps.
With any luck you'll never have to drain any water out although it's a good idea to drain a little fuel out at each PM just to keep the valve working. The number one reason for water in the fuel is getting bad fuel somewhere. The other reason is condensation in the tank, and that can be prevented by keeping the tank full when the motorhome is not going to be used for a while.


Marshall move wouldn't jeopardise Kiwis
Benji Marshall's desire to supplement his NRL riches with a lucrative short-term deal in Japanese club rugby will not jeopardise the Kiwis' defence of their World Cup crown next year because a temporary code hop will not happen until his contract with the Wests Tigers expires in 2015.
Although he is cosseted away in a pre-season camp on the NSW Central Coast, Marshall had the league world abuzz yesterday when media reports claimed he wanted an immediate release from the Tigers to emulate Sonny Bill Williams by cashing in on his footballing stardom in Asia.
Marshall's manager Martin Tauber said he was seeking a meeting with Wests Tigers chief executive Stephen Humphreys to explore the Kiwi captain's potential to follow the lead of Williams, who will join the Sydney Roosters for a one-season deal in February after fulfilling his commitments to the Panasonic Wild Knights.
It turned out to be a short discussion hours after news broke that Marshall was apparently heading offshore.
"Let me put your minds at rest. This will not be happening," Humphreys said.
"I have spoken with Martin Tauber, who assures me Benji is totally committed to his contract with Wests Tigers for the next three seasons.
"Benji Marshall will remain an integral member of our team and will not be seeking a release from his contract."
Amid a day of contradictory statements that opened with a report that Marshall would quit the Tigers, Tauber also added to the confusion when initially saying that, if the Tigers and Australian Rugby League Commission gave the playmaker dispensation to join a Japanese club, "it would be for the 2013-14 Japanese season".
That timeline would have surprised the New Zealand Rugby League given the Japanese rugby competition coincides with the World Cup in England, France and Ireland next October-November.
However, hours later, Tauber eased those concerns when insisting Marshall would lead the Kiwis at the tournament.
When asked if Marshall would try and gain a temporary release at the end of next season, Tauber said: "No. He's got the World Cup where he'll lead his country."
Although that development was welcome for the NZRL, chief executive Jim Doyle said he had always been confident Marshall was devoted to the Kiwis' title defence after speaking to him in Townsville after last month's trans-Tasman test.
"There have been no discussions whatsoever about him not being available or looking to potentially pursue other activities," he said.
If Marshall was to ever play in Japan, it would be after his Wests Tigers' contract expired at the end of the 2015 season, a campaign that could end the league component of his career.
Tauber said Marshall, 27, was interested in playing rugby in France or Japan before he retired.
"He may very well take the opportunity to go to Japan or France to play the 15-man game. But, at the present time, he's with the Tigers, so the fan base and the sponsors who are probably quite concerned about the press can rest easy, he's not going anywhere."
Marshall was prevented from playing in Japan in 2009 by then NRL chief executive David Gallop, but revisited the income-generating ploy with Tauber again while Williams was in the process of returning to league after a 12-game stint at the Wild Knights worth $1.3 million.
Tauber thought Williams' re-admission could set a precedent for NRL stars keen secure their financial futures in the rival code and had held preliminary discussion with Japanese officials.
"You can't blame Benji for looking at his options, just like Sonny Bill Williams. These players only have a limited time span to earn money from playing sport."
The Southland Times