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He has wielded Twitter to announce unexpected policy and White House staffing changes, and to share his unfiltered thoughts on the Academy Awards and companies such as Amazon, Ford and Nordstrom. And he has positioned himself as a primary spokesperson and expert on complex issues such as COVID-19, even overshadowing Dr. Anthony Fauci as the infectious disease specialist’s popularity grew.
But now the curtain is drawing to a close on President Donald Trump’s time in office, and experts are pondering how President-elect Joe Biden will communicate with the public once he is sworn in on January 20, 2021.
What can we expect from a Biden administration? Political PR pros point to the campaign he ran to defeat the Republican incumbent to become the 46th president.
“Every new administration’s communications strategy evolves from the campaign that put it into office, in its strategy, tactics and personnel,” says Chuck Alston, SVP, corporate reputation, at MSL U.S. and former executive director of the Democratic Leadership Council. “To be sure, you’ll see greater respect for the mainstream press and certainly a more civil White House briefing room...We anticipate a multichannel, integrated strategy that will not rely on presidential whim for its direction nor its messaging.”
But don’t expect a complete return to former President Barack Obama’s playbook, which saw him become the first sitting president to appear on a late-night talk show as a guest, shortly after his first inauguration in 2009, on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” Obama would make other appearances on “Ellen” and “The Daily Show.”
“The Biden-Harris campaign did not put media availability at the center of its campaign comms strategy,” points out Alston, “so we shouldn’t expect the administration to do so.”
Expect a break from the celebrity politics of the last two presidents, say other experts, who predict Biden will revert to more traditional methods of communicating with the public.
“He is going to have a much more paternal approach to communicating than we have seen from the last two presidents,” says pollster Lee Carter, president of Maslansky + Partners. “Obama was a rising rock star, an orator and really the center of attention in his administration, and Trump was a reality TV star who went to disrupt Washington, DC. They had more of a celebrity approach.”
“[Biden’s] focus will be about trying to take the temperature down and, as we’ve seen from the last few speeches he has given, make us feel like things are going to be better,” Carter adds. “He is also much more comfortable having other people in the spotlight, so he will rely on experts and will be comfortable in having [Vice President-elect] Kamala Harris take on an outsized role.”
Don’t expert Biden to try to match Trump in tone, but there are some things the 46th president can learn from his predecessor about cutting through the media clutter. During his victory speech on Saturday, the former senator and vice president told the audience, “This is the time to heal in America.” However, if Biden’s platform is to bring together a divided nation, he is going to have to evolve his comms strategy, PR pros point out.
“As much as we might hate Trump’s tweets and his brash stream-of-conscious communication, he has the ability to cut through bureaucracy and talk directly to the people. I think Biden is going to have to find a way to do that, too,” explains Carter. “People have gotten used to a regular cadence of communication from the president. A 2 p.m. press briefing every day and a roundtable of experts aren’t going to keep everyone in the know.”
However, he adds that Biden is unlikely to match Trump’s taste in social media and will have to communicate unconventionally in other ways, such as appearing on unfriendly networks to convince skeptics of his intentions.
“If you look at [Biden’s] Twitter feed, you think, ‘Did he write this or someone else?’” notes Carter. “He’ll also have to appear on Fox News or some of these other emerging channels to really break through and resonate, if he is to make a majority believe in this idea of unity.”
Indeed, the perceived division between Democrats and Republicans cuts deep. According to an October poll from Public Opinion Strategies, a GOP polling firm, 78% of Democrats say that the Republican Party has been taken over by racists. On the flip side, 81% of Republicans say the Democratic Party has been taken over by socialists.
John Files, EVP at Powell Tate, agrees that during the campaign, the now-president-elect “lagged President Trump in social media performance across platforms including Twitter, where Trump sought to agitate his critics and activate his base. Biden seems less personally invested in social media and less interested in using the internet as the tip of his communications spear.”
“He has demonstrated a more traditional approach to media and communications, shaped by his deep regard for the value media plays in supporting civil discourse in American democracy,” he adds.
However, Files sees pluses in that approach for Biden.
“To be sure, that doesn’t mean he’ll enjoy all the coverage or that he’ll be shy about pushing back and seeking to influence it. The net effect will likely be less harsh online rhetoric and more even-handed engagement with media from the Biden administration,” he says.
Tom Cochran, a partner at 720 Strategies who spent more than four years in the Obama administration, also sees a return to more traditional methods from Biden, but with “a continuation of the newer digital ways.”
“The Biden administration isn't the Obama administration, and nor should it be,” he explains. “It should build on the good done by previous administrations to effectively communicate directly with all Americans, not just a political base.”
Announcing news via social media like Trump does isn’t “inherently bad or unprofessional,” notes Cochran. “The Trump administration's message, tone and vitriolic attacks were the problem.”
“We should all want to live in a country where communications from the White House are official, presidential and not riddled with typos, ALL-CAPS or expletives,” he adds. “The Biden administration will bring the requisite decorum back to communications, regardless of the channel.”


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The word “romance” evokes something different in all of us. For some, it’s a cozy Hallmark movie about an undercover billionaire who saves a small-town bookstore and falls in love with the shop owner in the process. For others, it’s the song they danced to at their wedding, or a painting that reminds them of a faraway place to which they’d like to escape.
And for so many of us, romance defines an idea. A lifestyle we’ve never experienced, friends we can only dream of having, or a luxury hotel we can visit but never live in forever. The following is a list of books that cover all aspects of romance, and so many of the ways that they can turn bad. So much romance and beauty are just a cover for something horrific that lurks underneath.
You’re Invited by Amanda Jayatissa
Who doesn’t love a destination wedding? Amaya, apparently. Sometimes it’s painful to move on after you’ve parted ways with your ex, but things get a lot more complicated in this twisty, well-paced thriller when Amaya’s finds out that her ex is marrying her estranged best friend. Even more mysterious is that she was invited to the wedding, which promises to be the event of the year. But when Amaya’s former friend goes missing, and it’s not looking as though she’s—you know—still alive, the dream wedding turns into a real-life whodunnit, with Amaya at the center.
They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall
There is nothing more romantic than being invited to a private island off the coast of Mexico. Miriam is sure she’ll never receive such an opportunity again, so of course she takes it, along with six perfect strangers of varying professions and circumstances who have never met. But by the time Miriam and her fellow vacationers realize that maybe this trip was too good to be true, and that there may be something sinister afoot, they’re surrounded on all sides by beautiful ocean waters with no way out.
Good Rich People by Eliza Jane Brazier
This book is so deceptive that all the characters in it are fooling themselves in addition to each other. Lyla and Graham have more money than they know what to do with, and it turns out that money can’t buy happiness. It can, however, buy them lots of time to lure in unsuspecting tenants into their guest house so they can have a little too much fun destroying them for sport. It’s The Most Dangerous Game meets Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
The unnamed protagonist in this romance-y thriller will do anything to make his wife happy. It just so happens that what his wife wants is a partner in crime. But as their own twisted game escalates, their perfect appearance of a dream life starts to fall apart. This book asks the question: is it possible to have it all? Love, money, a happy family, and the craftiness to get away with murder.
People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd
We’re living in the age of the digital celebrity. Anyone who’s spent more than thirty seconds on social media has seen that account. The beautiful person with the glowing, minimalist aesthetic and adoring family. Emma is one such influencer. Celebrating the birth of her second child—but more importantly, the launch of her new merch—she seems to have it all. But while she boasts over a million followers, all it takes is one stalker to threaten everything.
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
If a person seems too good to be true, it’s probably because they are. Still, Jane is new in town and doesn’t have much in terms of money or prospects, so who is she to judge? When she meets Eddie, she’s charmed, even when things get a little bit suspicious. Everyone has a skeleton or two in their closet, after all. But in Eddie’s case, the skeleton may actually still be nestled safely beneath the beating heart of a wife he won’t let out of the attic.
Stone Cold Fox by Rachel Koller Croft
Thanks to her mother’s influence, Bea knows what she’s worth. It’s just a matter of finding the perfect partner who can help her get it. When she sets her sights on the humdrum but absurdly wealthy Collin, she’s positive it’s in the bag. But when she sinks her teeth in, she discovers she may have bitten off more than she can chew. It’s all fun and games until someone (maybe even Bea) gets killed.

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My favorite Louis Armstrong song has to be ‘The What-About-Bop!’
What about, oh yeah, what about!
Everybody love dem what about!
The neocons love it, the Islamists love it!
Everyboy lovin’ dem what about!
Hey baby, hey baby what you whataboutin’ ’bout, girl?
Everybody lovin’ dem what about!
GOP God Squad love it,
Democrat Blame Squad love it,
Everybody lovin’ dem what about!
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In a groundbreaking pronouncement, the International Forum of Theoretical Physicists today stated that Donald Trump’s election confirmed the existence of the multiverse.
At a press conference held at the National Academy of Sciences, Belinda Suarez, IFTP’s executive director, declared that our plane of existence is only one of an infinite number of universes with distinct histories, thereby putting an end to decades of debate in the scientific community.
When pressed about the connection between Trump and the multiverse, Suarez stated that the U.S. presidential election results struck the scientific community as such an astronomically improbable event that they inspired some of the world’s leading mathematicians and physicists to calculate their likelihood.
Given Trump’s flagrant contempt for women, blacks, Hispanics, the LGBTQ community, Muslims, immigrants, disabled persons, war heroes, and basic human decency, the scientists discovered that the odds of his election were so prodigiously minute that they proved we reside in the only universe in the infinite multiverse where this could have possibly taken place.
Suarez stated that, “When scientists previously theorized about the multiverse, they postulated that anything that could possibly happen actually did, only in an alternate timeline. In other words, there’s a universe where Germany won the Second World War, another where Kim Kardashian is Pope, and a third where people eat nothing but asparagus. In some universes, humans have arms growing out of their foreheads or tank treads instead of feet. Literally every possible scenario exists in a reality separate from our own. It therefore struck us that, somewhere in some other universes, scientists were discussing the preposterous assertion that the United States would elect Donald Trump president. It turns out we were right. And they laughed at us.”
When pressed about who exactly “laughed at us,” Suarez replied with, “We built a machine to communicate with the other universes, and most of them laughed at us. We also received quite a few condolences. Pope Kim the First wrote us a very heartfelt epistle. The asparagus universe’s scientists are working on a device to ship us a bouquet of conciliatory… well… asparagus. We tried to dissuade them, but they insisted.”
Apparently, several universes remarked on our terrible situation, including one where people eat their own feces for breakfast, another where giant praying mantises evolved to become our autocratic masters, and a third where the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse hold sway over a shattered hellscape. They all thanked their respective gods/demons/insect overlords that they did not reside in our reality.
Asked if any universes expressed joy at Trump’s election, Suarez paused and responded “Well, the universe where Donald Trump is Emperor of the Moon thought it was pretty great.”
Suarez concluded her briefing by addressing how the scientific community planned to utilize this amazing discovery. “We’re working on a machine to transport us into literally any other universe. I personally want to get the hell out of here, and I’m sure many of you feel the same.”
Dateline: MOSCOW, Year Three After Trump—Three years into Trump’s presidency, a “new coalition of the willing,” of over a hundred countries led by Russia, China, and Europe declared war on Trump’s “rogue regime,” citing in a public statement: “the lunacy of allowing the American nuclear arsenal to be controlled by a manifestly insane and senile president, a dysfunctional Congress, and a delusional or apathetic American public.”
“The situation is just like George W. Bush’s declaration of war on Saddam’s Iraq,” said Putin at a press conference in Moscow, speaking for the Coalition. “Except that unlike Saddam, Trump actually has stockpiles of WMDs. We, too, seek regime change in defense of civilization itself. But this time the regime that must be eliminated by preventative military action is obviously Trump’s in the United States.”
When reminded that Trump never gassed his own people, whereas Saddam gassed the Kurds in 1988, Putin said, “Yes, but remember that time when Trump ordered that all the bridges in the United States be firebombed, because Trump had heard a rumour that a guy named Fred Bridgeman in South Dakota had called him fat? Remember how Trump had targeted bridges solely because that fellow had the word ‘bridge’ in his last name? And remember how Trump had neglected to warn the commuters, so that the bridges were destroyed along with the millions of Americans who were in the process of driving across them?
“Or remember that time when in broad daylight Trump raped a journalist in the middle of a White House press conference and then bizarrely denied that he had done so, calling the video evidence provided by the hundreds of cameras present ‘a big lie cooked up by failing news companies’?
“Or how about that time when Donald Trump ordered a nuclear strike against South Korea, mixing up the South with the North?
“Yeah, there’s only so much insanity and instability a civilized world can stand.”
Putin was pressed about why Russia would join the New Coalition of the Willing when Russia reportedly had personal leverage against Trump. Putin reminded the questioner that he had played his “Trump card, so to speak,” but it had backfired.
“You remember when we leaked the golden showers video, so to speak (again). Trump was caught with Russian prostitutes and we added that footage to the financial kompromat we had on him. When we secretly ordered Trump to help Russia take back our territories in Eastern Europe and he refused, we sent the video to Wikileaks. But after the world saw Trump with the pissing prostitutes, Trump said it wasn’t him but an actor with a bad wig.
“And that was that. The media went on to the next Trump scandal, since there was a new one every five minutes. We never bothered revealing the financial conflicts of interest Trump has with foreign banks, because most Americans wouldn’t understand them or care. For the same reason, the U.S. government doesn’t attempt to prosecute Goldman Sachs or other colossal banks for fraud, because the complexity of the case would put a jury to sleep.”
Putin was asked whether he thinks the Coalition can possibly defeat the American military machine. “Of course we can,” said Putin. “For decades, Americans have fought only fake wars against pipsqueaks like Saddam, terrorists in caves, or Stalinists in Grenada in 1983. Americans love to consume toys for their pleasure, not to make war. They’ll quickly surrender and the world will breathe a sigh of relief to be rid of Trump.”
For his part, a defiant Trump dared the Coalition to invade the United States. “Let them come!” he said at a Rose Garden press conference, holding a machine gun, his nose covered in cocaine. “Then they can say hello to my little friend!” There was tittering in the press pool and Trump said, “No, not my junk—which I can assure you all is yuge. This machine gun I’m holding—this is the little friend I meant. And the rest of the world can say hello to it. When they get here.”
Dateline: WASHINGTON, D.C. Year One After Trump—An anonymous member of President Trump’s staff fastened a digital sign to Trump’s lapel whenever Trump has been set to speak to the media, to stop reporters from having to flail about, guessing whether the president is lying.
“It started because I got annoyed watching the TV news,” said the staffer. “The anchors and pundits kept asking why Trump was saying that the sky is green, that two and two are five, or that his inauguration crowd was the biggest of all time. They just couldn’t figure out what Trump was up to—as if no politician had ever lied before! Or as if no legit psychopath had ever held high office!
“I just got sick of watching these fools on TV dancing around the issue, too timid to reckon with reality, just asking tedious questions like, ‘Why would the President say this when he must know it’s demonstrably false?’ or using euphemisms like Hilary Clinton’s gem, ‘Trump lacks the temperament to be president’—because it’s more polite to speak of ‘temperament’ than about Trump being literally a predator like a shark or the Terminator killing machine, a bona fide psychotic narcissist and, of course, a compulsive liar.”
To spare viewers from “having their time wasted by these clueless or cowardly news folks” and to “hold the baby journalists’ hands and steer them to the truth about Trump,” the staffer began affixing a battery-powered sign to Trump’s lapel. The staffer would listen to Trump speak in an interview, speech, or press conference, and editorialize by remote control.
For example, when Trump told ABC news that he’ll launch an investigation into massive voter fraud in the U.S., the sign on Trump’s lapel lit up with a message that scrolled across the small screen even as Trump himself was speaking. The message read, “Mother of all whoppers! The psycho Trump fears that a woman, Hillary C., beat him by three million in the popular vote—coincidentally the same number he says are voting illegally.”
And in his speech at CIA headquarters, when Trump accused the media of lying about his inauguration crowd size, the lapel sign read in blaring red letters, “Yuge lie! Psycho Trump can’t lose in a dick-measuring contest with a black man like Obama.”
Asked why he or she prefers to be anonymous, when Trump surely knows who is putting the LED sign on his suit, the staffer said, “Of course Trump doesn’t know! If he did, I’d be dead. Trump carries a laser blaster at all times. And if Trump knew, do you really think he’d leave the sign on and continue to lie like a madman?”
The extent of Trump’s obliviousness has flabbergasted the rest of the world. “How can Trump still not know about the sign?” asked a Democratic Congresswoman. “How can no one on his team be telling him that he’s being clowned over and over again, that everyone on earth now has a running breakdown of his every boast, evasion, distortion, slander, and confabulation, of every act of vain posturing or brazen pandering he clumsily undertakes?”
Clarice Foggarty, fellow at the Brookings Institution, theorized that “No one dares tell Trump about the sign for the same reason no Iraqi told Saddam Hussein he had no weapons of mass destruction.” In an authoritarian regime, she said, “the emperor is always wearing clothes even when he’s stark naked and his genitals are visibly flapping in the breeze. Otherwise, you’ll find yourself headless.”
As to why President Trump evidently can’t himself see the infamous sign, one psychotherapist speculated that Trump “effectively lives in the fiction he constantly spins. Trump can’t see beyond the hyperbole, according to which he’s a billionaire because he’s the greatest businessman ever, and he’s president because he’s a Batman-like hero who can do no wrong. Anything that contradicts that preposterous self-image can’t register in Trump’s conscious mind. If Trump suddenly could see himself the way practically everyone else sees him, his head would melt from the epic cognitive dissonance.”
The current political climate has been difficult for public unions.
And if the future can really be portended, then things do look a tad bleak.
The unreasonable expectation of being held responsible for doing your job has caused morale to plummet.
When you walk the halls of the EPA or the IRS or the BFD you can see grief counselors rubbing stooped shoulders and multi-denominational clergy offering spiritual solace to the fearful. Read more Public Union Members Vote to Legalize Bribery
Dateline: WASHINGTON, D.C. (Crazy Town)–President Trump signed an executive order, commanding that every sign be erased, that Barack Obama had been president.
Trump ordered the military to destroy everything from stamps bearing Obama’s facial likeness, to news recordings of Obama’s speeches, to political cartoons about Obama.
The President added that anyone caught saying that an African-American was ever president of the United States would be sued personally by him.
“Repealing Obamacare is only a stepping stone,” said Trump’s spokesperson, Kellyanne Conway. “Talk about alternative facts! You liberals in the media actually think an African-American was president for eight years. But show me the evidence he was ever in office, once we’ve finished tossing that evidence into the memory hole.”
According to Democratic Senator Lillian Lillyliver, “You see, Republicans erred in attempting to tar Obama by informally naming the Affordable Care Act after him. Now they have to deal with the mess of trying to repeal and replace it, just because that healthcare bill is associated with Obama’s name, since Republicans evidently want no memory to survive that Obama had ever been president.”
Asked why she thinks Republicans are so opposed to that memory, Lillyliver said, “Methinks it’s because Obama’s as black as Trump’s heart.”
“President Trump seems to be taking a page from the pharaohs,” said Egyptologist Manuel Mysterioso. “If a pharaoh wanted to destroy his predecessor’s legacy, he obliterated every trace of it, by chiseling the former pharaoh’s face from relief sculptures, for example. And so future generations would forget that that detested pharaoh had ever lived. The belief was that our spirit resides in some physical form so that if you destroy the form, the spirit–and thus the intangible memory–dissipates.”
“It’s a case of ‘Hear no evil, see no evil,’” said one political analyst. “You know: out of sight, out of mind. If you don’t have to be reminded that something awful happened, you can pretend it never did. Why it matters whether a neoliberal president like Obama has light or dark skin is anyone’s guess. That’s a matter for a psychotherapist. I mean, Obama bent over backward a thousand times to accommodate the insanity from the far right. And the Republicans deliberately stonewalled him from the get-go to prevent the public from forming the conviction that a civil, democratic government can function as an alternative social arrangement to a capitalistic marketplace.”
“I’ve already forgotten who was president before me,” said Trump. “You say it was a ‘man of colour.’ Does that mean he was just someone other than an invisible man, someone who wasn’t colourless?” After the euphemism “person of colour” was explained to Trump, the president said, “Oh, so he was black, you say, an African American. I see no evidence there was any such person who used to sleep in my bed.
“In fact, the very notion that there are people with non-white skin seems farfetched to me. I’ve never seen these dark-skinned people you speak of. Is this like the myth that there are hordes of non-millionaires and non-billionaires polluting the earth? Where are all these losers supposed to be hiding? My Cabinet’s composed mostly of millionaires and billionaires, because there’s no one else in my world. And how can I step outside my world and still be me?”
The new spate of chilly and foggy ongoing weather conditions has left the crossed-armed and annoyed Britons shaking their heads in disgust. No place has been spared, ranging from Cumbria through West Scotland, the South West, Wales, and even as far as other neighbouring locations. Read more The Weather Moaning Tradition
October 8th’s release of the “Billy Bush Tapes” couldn’t stop a Republican avalanche exactly one month later. The Republicans maintained their decided advantage in both the US House and Senate.
Donald Trump snuck out an electoral college win and put #Pussygate in his rear view mirror.
In January of 2009, Democrats had a similar configuration. They seized the opportunity to pass a 2,700 page healthcare bill that was on a website for viewing a scant 72 hours prior to the vote. Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously said “we have to pass (the bill)…(so we) can find out what’s in it.” Read more Making Law like Sausages
Bridges span everything from troubled waters to Terabithia, and are a major important, but how they really made?
WHERE DO BRIDGE?
First, political leaders identify a place where bridges done need to be made.
They do this by looking where folks go and how much water or revines there do is.
From there, they identify the shortest point from A to B where they should bridge. Read more How Bridges Are Really Made
Over the past 18 months a previously unknown but highly dangerous psychiatric disorder has spread across the entire United States. It is now considered by medical experts to be our nation’s most nefarious mental health problem. This malady’s scientific name is Tolerance of Racist, Unbalanced, Misogynistic Predators Disorder. But it’s more commonly known by its acronym, T.R.U.M.P.
People exposed to T.R.U.M.P. lose the ability to maintain clear, rational thinking and are unable to tell fake news from real. Scientists have discovered that T.R.U.M.P. tends to target less educated and lower income individuals. Blue collar workers concentrated in white, rural communities seem to be particularly vulnerable to this disorder. Read more Warning: You may already be exposed to T.R.U.M.P. Disorder
l) “The Art of the Deal” is the first item on his Amazon wish list.
2) He’s changed his password to “BigHands.”
3) The bumper sticker on his car says WHO CARES ABOUT YOUR HONOR STUDENT? I LOVE THE UNEDUCATED. Read more Fifteen Signs Your Husband is Thinking of Voting Republican
Yesterday, we found out the butthurt DNC wanted to sue 2016 (!)
As with other recent dodgy dealings with the Democratic and Republican establishments, this astonishing act of presumption has set an alarming precedent.
And now, it seems everyone else wants to get in on the game.
A whole TWENTY-EIGHT beleaguered State legislatures are PLEADING with disgruntled anti-2016 hatemongers and bigots to delay any lawsuits they are filing… Read more Exhausted SLAPP States beg Litigants: Stop Frivolous Anti-2016 Lawsuits Flood
After watching John Oliver’s ‘Fuck you 2016’ Skit, DNC ‘Ideas Man’ John Podesta decided it wasn’t good enough to just sit and unconstructively rant about 2016. Politics is not about mere sentiment, but about practical reality. Why don’t we sue 2016? Read more Butthurt DNC Idiots Decide to Sue 2016
Kanye West has once again surprised his fans and critics alike by announcing plans to collaborate with the infamous serial killer Charles Manson on an upcoming album.
Turbo Grafx 16 promises to be the most edgy and non-conformist albums yet from one of the most creative and innovative stars of rap.
Yet sadly, contrary to persistent rumours in recent times, Kanye West is not collaborating with fellow artistic geniuses Vanilla Ice and Justin Bieber.
So, it really is just Kanye ‘n’ Charles this time! Or as Kanye himself calls him: Read more Epic Album Dream Team: Charles Manson Joins Kanye Turbo Grafx 16 Family
Immediately following his inauguration, President Donald J. Trump issued his first executive order; demanding records from AT&T, Comcast and other Internet Service Providers for anyone who has ever googled naked pictures of Melania Trump. Read more Hot Off the Press: Donald Trump Sex Scandal (& First Executive Order)
Jerry Brown, the aging governor of California, addressed a special session of the state legislature yesterday to nominate Dick Blum, the husband of Senator Dianne Feinstein, to receive this year’s prestigious Charles Crocker Award. Crocker is the well-known Robber Baron from the golden days of the trans-continental railroad. In his remarks, Brown said “Like Charles Crocker before him, Mr. Blum has inspired us all by not allowing himself to be sidetracked by even the most egregious criticisms and name calling.” Governor Brown was referring to the persistent charges of nepotism, corruption and outright thievery after Mr. Blum was given the contract for constructing the long awaited Bullet Train. Read more Award Winning Dick Feted in California
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Taking sides to champion our own political heroes is like hawking gangrene as the cure for psoriasis. The only side we should take is our own and stay tough on those we’ve allowed to lead us. They only go astray because we let them. For some reason they’ve come to believe we’ve elected them so they can be afforded a good living. A great living in most cases.
When the information age was dumped on us, I suspect there was great concern among those who had burrowed themselves into scurrilous public service. Information threatened our very ignorance. A requirement for their success. Imagine their delight when they discovered it wasn’t a threat at all. It was a tool. Read more Spreading Elucidation

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London’s Slade Art School Appoints First Black Director After Student Protest Against Systemic Racism
London’s Slade School of Fine Art will welcome its first Black director on Oct. 4, 2023. Mary Evans, a Nigerian-born British artist, has been appointed to the position at the prestigious art school. She joins the school of fine art from Chelsea College of Arts, University Arts London (UAL), where she led the undergraduate fine art course for five years. Evans also taught undergraduate-level courses at Central Saint Martins, a UAL institution.
Known for her paper silhouette art, influenced by her African heritage and the Black diaspora, Evans’s work has been on display at international exhibits such as the Baltimore Museum of Art in 2008.
According to The Art Newspaper, vans will take on the role previously held by Kieren Reed, who began in September 2018. In 2021, the Slade School faced pushback in the form of protests from the student body. The demonstrations highlighted concerns about systemic racism and a lack of studio space during COVID-19.
To address the institution’s history of racism and underrepresentation of non-white students and staff, the students formed a demonstration called #sladeoccupied.
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In February 2022, an external organization, Nous, conducted an independent investigation into the school’s culture, concluding: “Genuine and meaningful change is needed to create a School in which everyone feels respected and valued.” According to the outlet, the report found the institution’s “… recruitment panels are not sufficiently diverse, and recruitment processes are not consistently applied.”
Following the announcement of Reed taking a sabbatical after completing his five-year tenure, Evans said, in a UAL statement, “It will be a privilege to work in an environment that offers a transformative education to emerging artists where students and staff can express themselves and take risks in an increasingly equitable environment at this important moment when diverse knowledges are relevant and necessary.”
Stella Bruzzi, the executive dean of University College London’s (UCL) arts and humanities department, which Slade is organized under, said Evans’ “… directorship of the Slade will support both the faculty and wider UCL in our world-leading and interdisciplinary arts and humanities disciplines.” In 2022, Bruzzi’s ability to constitute change within the institution was previously questioned in a student letter to the UCL vice provost. Bruzzi will serve as a member of the faculty leadership team, working closely with Evans.
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Evans currently has a solo display at South Africa’s Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa titled GILT.


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A 24-year-old woman was shot while driving on Chicago’s South Side Monday night, police said.
Just after 11 p.m., the woman was driving alone in the Englewood neighborhood when she was viciously gunned down near the intersection of 71st and Wentworth, according to police.
She told authorities she had been heading westbound when someone pulled up, jumped out of another car and started shooting, striking her multiple times and causing her vehicle to veer off the road.
Chicago police said they don't know why the woman was targeted or if the shooting was totally random.
The woman was transported to Oak Lawn’s Advocate Christ Medical Center in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the head.
Chicago police have been increasingly responding to shootings aimed at drivers. Illinois State Police report at least 20 expressway shootings so far this year. The most recent, Thursday night, when a truck driver was critically wounded on the Dan Ryan.
Police have no suspects in custody in connection with the woman’s shooting. It is unknown if it was gang-related.


text: Blast Radius follows a sister and brother at mortal odds in an Earth radically changed by years of alien occupation. The human insurgency finally has a weapon to turn the tide - at a terrible cost. The conquering alien race has found a chilling solution to end human resistance for good. The Honeycomb Trilogy by Mac Rogers are three stand alone plays set in the same futuristic universe, that together create an epic sci-fi trilogy. Part Three: Sovereign will run June 14-July 1.

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Mahindra Scorpio-N: M&M To Launch 5 Models of Mahindra Scorpio
Mahindra is all set to launch the latest Scorpio N (in 5 models) and an upgraded version of Scorpio Classic along with Petrol-Diesel options on June 27, 2022.
The 2022 Mahindra Scorpio N will be available in five variants. This model is powered by a 2.0-liter Mstalian turbo-petrol engine and a 2.2-liter Amhawk diesel engine.
Mahindra & Mahindra will announce the price of the new Scorpio N (Mahindra Scorpio-N) in the country tomorrow.
The company had unveiled the next-generation exterior design of the vehicle in May. The interiors were revealed earlier this month.
The 2022 Mahindra Scorpio N will be available in five variants. The model is powered by a 2.0-liter Mstalian turbo-petrol engine and a 2.2-liter Amhawk diesel engine.
The second is available in two tunes. Transmission options will include six-speed manual and automatic units, and the 4WD system will be offered with higher variants of the diesel version.
In terms of design, the new Mahindra Scorpio N, sold with the Scorpio Classic (current generation Scorpio), features a signature six-slot grille with chrome inserts, new LED projector headlamps, and f-lights with C-shaped LED DRLs.
New front and rear bumpers, contrast color skid plates and roof rails, new dual-tone alloy wheels, new LED tail lights, rear wiper and washer, an integrated spoiler with a high stop lamp and a shark-fin antenna.
With electric sunroof, dual zone climate control, Sony source music system, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, touchscreen infotainment system, wireless charging, dual tone interior theme and modified macro.
The center console comes with a new flat-bottom steering wheel, Adrenox connected car technology, an engine start-stop button, as well as front and rear cameras.
The new Scorpio N Mahindra will be offered in six-seat and seven-seat configurations.


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A new study confirms previous research that daily supplementation with two grams L-Carnitine in the form of Carnipure™ tartrate during pregnancy can significantly reduce the increase of plasma free fatty acid levels frequently observed during pregnancy. Increased levels of plasma free fatty acids are thought to be the main cause of insulin resistance, a major factor in developing gestational diabetes. The new research was conducted at the Medical University of Vienna (Austria) and published in the Journal for Obstetrics and Gynecology (Gynäkologisch-geburtshilfliche Rundschau; Vol. 49, No. 4, published May 2010).
As early as the 12th week of pregnancy and up to delivery, plasma total and free LCarnitine levels drop significantly. Low free L-Carnitine levels have been shown to result in a 2- to 3-fold down regulation of the expression of carnitine acyltransferases, the enzymes involved in fatty acid oxidation in the mitochondria. When the relative mRNA levels of these enzymes are low, the plasma levels of free fatty acids increase.
Supplementation with Carnipure™ tartrate resulted in a significant increase of the expression of these enzymes, thus resulting in significantly decreased levels of plasma free fatty acids. Additionally, the plasma levels of L-Carnitine were found to be higher after supplementation.
“Carnipure™ tartrate has clear benefits for pregnant women. It not only maintains normal L-Carnitine levels but also decreases plasma free fatty acids, thus potentially decreasing the risk for developing insulin resistance,” commented Prof. Dr. Alfred Lohninger, lead author of the study.
A nutrient produced in the body and found in some dietary sources, L-Carnitine plays a critical role in fat and energy metabolism. It shuttles long-chain fatty acids into the cells’ mitochondria where they are broken down for energy generation. Extensive research has shown that supplementary Carnipure™ plays a supportive role in many areas of health, including sports nutrition and exercise recovery, cardiovascular health, weight management and healthy aging. Carnipure™ is easily integrated into dietary supplements as well as functional foods and beverages.
Lonza is one of the world's leading suppliers to the pharmaceutical, healthcare and life science industries. Its products and services span its customers’ needs from research to final product manufacture. Lonza is the global leader in the production and support of active pharmaceutical ingredients both chemically as well as biotechnologically. Biopharmaceuticals are one of the key growth drivers of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Lonza has strong capabilities in large and small molecules, peptides, amino acids and niche bioproducts which play an important role in the development of novel medicines and healthcare products. Lonza is a leader in cell-based research, endotoxin detection and cell therapy manufacturing. Lonza is also a leading provider of value chemical and biotech ingredients to the nutrition, hygiene, preservation, agro and personal care markets.
Lonza is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. In 2009, Lonza had sales of CHF 2.69 billion. Further information can be found at www.lonza.com.
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The adore for Nixta Taqueria has jumped the pond and produced it to Europe. Inventive Basque chef Iñaki Aizpitarte, who is chef-proprietor of the restaurant Le Chateaubriand in Paris, is coming to Austin in Might for the Wild Earth Festival and arrived at out to chef Edgar Rico at Nixta about cooking a collaborative dinner at the East Austin taqueria on May well 13.
Rico met Aizpitarte, whose cafe has been celebrated by some publications as 1 of the most effective in the environment, when Aizpitarte cooked a pop-up meal at Trois Mec in Los Angeles. Rico labored there with chef Ludo Lefebvre.
“He did a grilled avocado dish with a grapefruit granita, which was the craziest vegan dish I’d ever experienced,” Rico claimed. “It was like you have been consuming ceviche but in a definitely distinct manner. I bear in mind looking at him make it. It was just one of these times of explosion in your lifestyle: These matters should not do the job together but they did and it was remarkable. He’s like a magician.”
Additional:Chef Mashama Bailey provides famed Savannah contact to Austin’s new Diner Bar and Grey Market place
Rico states he has no concept what the menu will appear like at the 8-training course, wine-paired supper, but he understands it will be seasonal and inventive and he appears to be ahead to turning the customer from France on to some Texas elements.
“’I don’t make a menu right until I see all the things and scent every thing,’ Iñaki told me, ‘and then I make a menu incredibly fast,’” Rico explained to the American-Statesman just lately. “I’m positive he’s never cooked with a nopal. He’s also never experienced Gulf shrimp, which I believe for him will be seriously great.”
Rico stated he dined at Le Chateaubriand five yrs back and has usually admired the chef. When he listened to that Aizpitarte wanted to prepare dinner at his taqueria, Rico claimed he was humbled and fascinated.
“He claimed, ‘I like your fashion of cooking and what you are doing with veggies,’” Rico reported. “I guess all that French cooking I was doing with Ludo, I guess he sees some of that in my tacos.”
Extra:Perry’s opening Central Austin place of its Carve American Grille
Nixta will host seatings at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. on May possibly 13, with tickets costing $175. The 50 tickets went on sale at noon on Tuesday at nixtataqueria.com.
Aizpitarte’s delicacies will also be on screen at the Wild Planet Pageant. The pageant, which celebrates makers of naturally fermented wine and beer, normally takes position May possibly 14 and 15 at Jester King Brewery, with tickets costing $95 for the two times. For lovers of natural wines and beers, it is 1 of the most thrilling foods and beverage situations of the calendar year. Tickets and additional data at wildworldfestival.com.


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Imaging of dynamic processes within biological tissue or living cells is a challenge in the field of microscopy. Many processes happen either on fast time scales or in nanoscopic dimensions and call for microscopes with fast data acquisition and high resolution.
In the Institute of Biophysics we are designing a new fluorescence microscope, which relies on the effect of stimulated emission depletion (STED) and a high degree of parallelization. A bundle of 64 laser beams will be scanned accross biological samples and the emitted fluorescence will be detected by a custom-designed fast single photon detector array.
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In Mental Health Social Work, Colin Pritchard draws on his many years of experience in research, teaching and practice in order to explore key issues for social workers who want to work in the mental health field.
Mental health social work can be one of the most rewarding and one of the most frustrating areas of social work practice. Social workers need to have a good knowledge of interventions and their evidence bases, from pharmacology to psychotherapy, but also be able to work sensitively and effectively with both clients and carers in a rapidly changing context.
Based on a series of case studies and research based practice, the book explores key topics including:
- the multiple factors affecting mental health
- the bio-psycho-social model of practice
- key areas including depression, suicide, schizophrenia and personality disorder
- the mental healthâ€"child protection interface
- residential work
- treatment modalities.
Presenting new and challenging research findings in this field, this book will be invaluable reading for undergraduate social work students and for practising social workers.
Table of Contents
Part 1: A Psychiatric Perspective 1. In the Beginning: Cultural History and Poetry of Madness 2. What Does Mental Health / Disorder Mean? 3. Defining Mental Disorder: A Psychiatric Framework 4. Defining Mental Disorder: A Framework for the Schizophrenias 5. The 'Minor' Mental Disorders Part 2: Bio-psychological Perspective 6. Critique of Unidimensional Medicalisation of Mental Disorder 7. Other Problems of Psychiatry 8. Mental Health Social Work with People with Mood Disorders 9. Mental Health Social Work with People with Schizophrenia Part 3: The Emergency Perspectives 10. Mental Health Social Work with 'Suicidal' People 11. Personality Disorders and the Psychiatric-Child Protection Interface 12. Statutory Mental Health Social Work: Care and Control Dilemmas and Role of the Approved Social Worker 13. The Accommodation Dimension: Housing and Mental Disorder 14. The Vortex of Mental Disorder: The Client Speaks
Colin Pritchard is Professor Emeritus at the University of Southampton and Research Professor in Psychiatric Social Work at the Institute of Health and Community Studies, University of Bournemouth. He is an academic veteran of the social care field who has maintained a mental health practice while being an active and sometimes controversial interdisciplinary researcher.

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Onstage 2gether havin' fun - Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary, Ronald LaPread - Commodores For-evah!
Mr. Thomas McClary (Orig Commodore) & I. What an awesome spirit! Luv this pic even MORE, but man I need to watch those cookies. Bad angles, u see. B&W makes it a bit betta! lol
Happy b/c I luv my Commodores pic @ Essence. Sad b/c I appear 2 have quadruple chin. Well, worse things 2 fret on. Here t'is!
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Singbird Trisha C who recently returned from Kenya has left Crazy Fox’s Ruffman Empire for Team Kebir Entertainment.
According to information shared on Team Kebir’s Facebook page this week, the songstress will be among the artists who are going to be unveiled at a signing ceremony slated for 25th December.
It’s not clear why Trisha who was rumoured to be in a relationship with the Ruffman Empire head Crazy Fox departed from the label. Crazy Fox is yet to speak on Trisha C’s exit from his label.
Team Kebir Entertainment which was founded at the beginning of 2018 has been growing. The company owned by popular comedian Feel Free runs a comedy night every Tuesday at Nyakuron Cultural Centre and comes 25th December, it will sign several upcoming artists and comedians. The company says, the new signees will enjoy various privileges and benefits under the one year contract.
In other news, Trisha C returned from Nairobi, Kenya a month ago and contrary to the allegations made by Juba Eye blog, the singer is not pregnant as alleged. A source close to the singer said, “Juba Eye was trying to tarnish Trisha’s name with a fabricated lie”.


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My lab seeks to understand the neural basis of decision-making and working memory in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and how these abilities are regulated by neuromodulators. In particular, we hope to understand how the activity of neurons in the PFC is linked with an animal’s ability to switch between different strategies and how the dopamine system shapes this activity in a manner that is adaptive. My lab uses various optical imaging and stimulation techniques, including fluorescent microendoscopy, fiber photometry, 2P imaging and optogenetics to record and stimulate from neural populations. We also use microdialysis and voltammetry to record dopamine levels, and patch electrophysiology to study the effects of our manipulations on single neurons. Lastly, we build computational models and use machine learning techniques to analyze and interpret the activity recorded in networks of PFC neurons.


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A bipartisan group of senators have asked that the first of three official presidential debates pose questions to the candidates about the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction recommendations.
Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) today sent a letter to the co-chairs of the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates asking that the nearly $16 trillion national debt top the agenda.
“In light of the gravity of this issue, we believe that the Debate Commission should ask each presidential candidate to devote specific and extensive attention to the question of how the candidates would get our nation’s fiscal house back in order during the first debate dedicated to domestic policy,” the letter asks.
President Obama in 2010 created the commission helmed by former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) and former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles to craft a deficit-reduction plan. Their report failed to reach the supermajority of 14 votes out of the 18 on the panel. Their plan is a mix of spending cuts, tax hikes, and entitlement reduction and reform.
Obama has brushed off the Simpson-Bowles recommendations. Mitt Romney has complimented the general Simpson-Bowles deficit-reduction philosophy but not all of the report’s details.
“Specifically, we request that you ask the presidential candidates which of the recommendations of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform they would adopt as part of their plan to reduce the deficit. As part of this discussion, we believe that it would be essential to engage the candidates in a detailed discussion of their priorities for tax and entitlement reform,” the senators asked the debate chiefs.
“We hope that such a debate would begin a national discussion that results in a consensus that both of our major national parties can endorse to reduce the deficit and place our nation’s economy on a path to future growth.”


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The Fall of Gondolin
by J. R. R. Tolkien
edited by Christopher Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018
Christopher Tolkien, in this new volume, brings to a conclusion his decades-long endeavor to present definitive critical editions of his late father’s writings about wizards, hobbits, and all things Middle Earth. The Fall of Gondolin follows last year’s Beren and Lúthien, which appeared on the tenth anniversary of The Children of Húrin, which was something of a surprise sales hit, obviously tapping into an audience considerably enlarged by the critical and commercial success of Peter Jackson’s movie trilogy adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. All three of these slim volumes follow a similar plan: first, an introduction by Christopher Tolkien trying to manage to impossible feat of simultaneously giving newcomers a kind of overview of what they’ll be encountering and also giving die-hard fans a detailed play-by-play of how he’s treating their sacred texts. Then, readers get sequential iterations of the tale in question, carefully culled from J. R. R. Tolkien’s notes, sketches, and from The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. And finally, as one more treat that makes these volumes so attractive (and, for those so inclined, collectible), there are eight gorgeous new illustrations by long-time Tolkien artist Alan Lee.
Those various version tell the story of a dark hero, Tuor, in the age before the events of The Lord of the Rings, and his story plays out against a backdrop featuring far more mythological than what readers encounter in the famous trilogy: in this story, men and elves interact with the gods Tolkien has set over Middle Earth, and his High Elf lords fight with monsters, and all of it centers around the hidden city of Gondolin, a long-ago legend to figures like Gandalf and Aragorn in The Fellowship of the Ring.
As with all the foundational stories of Tolkien’s legendarium, the story of Tuor’s lonely quest to fulfill his destiny is compellingly constructed, more concentrated than the narrative of The Children of Húrin although less evocative than Beren and Lúthien. It’s naturally not best served by the archivist approach Tolkien fils takes in these volumes, however attractively they’re presented. And despite the most conscientious Preface imaginable, there’ll be very little that any reader new to Tolkien will be able to make of passages like this:
Then did Rog shout in a mighty voice, and all the people of the Hammer of Wrath and the kindred of the Tree with Galdor the valiant leapt at the foe. There the blows of their great hammers and the dint of their clubs rang to the Encircling Mountains and the Orcs fell like leaves; and those of the Swallow and the Arch poured arrows like the dark rains of autumn upon them, and both Orcs and Gondothlim fell thereunder for the smoke and confusion. Great was the might of ever increasing numbers were borne slowly backwards till the goblins held part of the northernmost city.
Probably this isn’t even a glancing blow, let alone a mortal wound. The Children of Húrin amply demonstrated that these volumes will be greedily consumed by their cognoscenti (an attractive boxed set of all three books is scheduled for the autumn), although the note of finality in The Fall of Gondolin is somber. Christopher Tolkien is in his nineties and plans no further books; the literary legacy of his father will soon pass into other hands.
Steve Donoghue was a founding editor of Open Letters Monthly. His book criticism has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, and the American Conservative. He writes regularly for the National, the Washington Post, the Vineyard Gazette, and the Christian Science Monitor. His website is http://www.stevedonoghue.com.


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Well, I love this country on a pretty regular basis, BUT.
Only in Canada will you find the Prime Minister doing a cameo role on a silly little sitcom like Corner Gas.
Good for Paul Martin.
I'm already a bleeding heart for life, but I'd say his 30 second spot probably did more to up his likeability factor than all the million dollar ad campaigns he's launched combined. Maybe you're not such a snob after all, Paulie.


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Tulsa, OK – City of Tulsa offices will be closed Monday, Oct. 12, for a furlough day due to budget reductions in Fiscal Year 2010, which began in July 2009. Public safety and mission critical operations, however, will operate as normal.
Trash and curbside recycling services will operate as usual on Monday. The City of Tulsa greenwaste site, 10401 East 56th Street North, also will be open as usual on Monday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tulsa Parks recreation centers will be closed on Monday, Oct. 12. Those who have reservations for park shelters must pick up keys at the Central Community Center, 1028 East Sixth St., by 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9.
The City of Tulsa Animal Welfare Shelter, 3031 North Erie Ave., will be closed on Monday, Oct. 12. The shelter's usual schedule is Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m.
Both City golf courses - Mohawk and Page Belcher, as well as the Tulsa Zoo, will be open on Monday, Oct. 12. Gilcrease Museum also will be open on that day.


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Technical report TR00-17. A system, DIVE-ON, was developed for visualizing and interacting with data from distributed data warehouses in an immersed virtual reality environment called a CAVE. The system provides navigation operations, OLAP manipulations, and data selection and filtering...
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Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) is an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology widely used in Canada. Data available in SAGD industrial processes contain valuable information for monitoring, soft sensing, control, and optimization. This thesis focuses on data mining and optimization in the...
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Technical report TR03-08. Existing association rule mining algorithms suffer from many problems when mining massive transactional datasets. One major problem is the high memory dependency: either the gigantic data structure built is assumed to fit in main memory, or the recursive mining process...
There are many road construction companies in Canada that possess numerous fleets of heavy equipment. A big portion of the operating cost of these fleets is consumed by maintenance operations. This thesis focused on the cost of maintenance operation for a road construction company. The objective...
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For some, it’s a long time coming. For others, it’s the first step towards a slippery slope, and for others, it’s an economic opportunity. But regardless of your stance on the federal government decision to legalize cannabis, three things are clear. Legalized marijuana is coming, it will have an impact on businesses, and the province is taking a steady approach regarding how they handle this foundational change. The latter was on full display during Justice Minister Heather Stefanson’s time on the podium at the MBiz Breakfast Series presented by 6P Marketing on May 31.
The timely and divisive topic of legalized cannabis covered the entire 35-plus minute speech and Q & A with the Minister. The justice minister spent the first portion of her speech covering the province’s plan for legalization, one that includes a legal age for purchase and recreational use of marijuana of 19, allowing for municipalities to determine if they will sell it in the community, and ensuring only cannabis grown by federally authorized producers be sold at retail locations. It was during the Q & A with Manitoba Chambers of Commerce president and CEO Chuck Davidson where the minister spent a fair amount of time tempering the notion of legal cannabis being some massive revenue boost for the province. In fact, she said it could be quite the opposite. In the opinion of the minister and the province, the costs associated with awareness, prevention, and advancing technology in helping law enforcement detect cannabis will play a factor and could outweigh any revenues.
Minister Stefanson also used her closing comments to push back a bit at the perception that the government is moving at a glacial pace as implementation looms. Stefanson shot back that was far from accurate and lauded the government as one of the more proactive governments in preparing for, as she called it, “arguably one of the largest public-policy changes that we will face in our generation.”
We would like to extend our thanks to Minister Stefanson for being our guest. We would also like to thank series presenter 6P Marketing, and series sponsors and partners CPHR Manitoba, CPA Manitoba, Travel Manitoba, and the Winnipeg Free Press.


PopCap Games and Hasbro have teamed up to bring the Bejeweled developer's games "into a new world of face-to-face games," according to a press release from PopCap.
The collaboration will hit retail stores this spring with two games. The first board game is based on PopCap's Bejeweled, in which players will match three tiles to eliminate them. Bejeweled Frenzy, the second board game, tasks players with building a stack of cards as quickly as possible. According to a product listing on BBCW Distributors' website, Bejeweled Frenzy (pictured above) includes 84 cards and 7 Boost Gems that earn players bonus points.
Those who purchase Hasbro's Bejewled board game will also receive a download code for Bejeweled 3, while Bejeweled Frenzy board game owners will receive downloads for four rare gems in PopCap's Facebook game Bejeweled Bitz.
"Hasbro shares PopCap's vision and commitment to high quality and endlessly enjoyable game play," said Brennan Townley, director of brand licensing at PopCap. "We're thrilled to work with Hasbro to create unique game experiences around PopCap's intellectual properties that expand our brands in authentic, meaningful ways."
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Kay Redfield Jamison offers readers a marvelous evocation of love and death in Nothing Was The Same (Knopf, $25). The book is “about love and what love had brought, about death and what death had taken.” Kay’s husband Richard was her colleague and friend as well as her spouse. It was Richard who helped Kay manage her manic-depressive illness and encouraged her to write about it. He died of a complication from the Hodgkin’s disease he had had many years before. Jamison describes the happiness of their twenty years together, his death, and then her mourning. In one of the most interesting sections she analyzes the difference between grief and depression as only she can.
The exemplar of the nonfiction narrative, Tracy Kidder’s Strength In What Remains (Random House, $26) tells a moving story about a young man named Deogratius who escapes from death in Burundi and arrives on our shores penniless, friendless, and with no English. Through his intelligence, diligence, and sweetness, he does find friends who help him. He goes from sleeping in Central Park and delivering bags for Gristide’s to attending Columbia School of General Studies and Dartmouth Medical School. Before graduating he decided to return to Burundi and establish a health center; it is there that Kidder visits him. Deogratius’s story represents what the United States at its best has to offer the world: a haven, opportunity, and support, and Kidder feels that our country gains as much by this as the individuals assisted.
There are two excellent books about Senator Ted Kennedy and, of course, his own touching memoir, True Compass (Twelve, $35). Any one of these will satisfy those who loved and respected the Senator and those with fond memories of the family. True Compass, composed with the help of Ron Powers, feels as though the Senator is talking to us about his life. He recalls his childhood as the baby brother, Jack’s presidential campaign, his own appointment to the Senate, Robert’s sadly aborted campaign (how would American history be different if Robert Kennedy had not been assassinated?), his own growing reputation, and his personal problems and successes. It is a remarkably honest biography, unexpected from a famous politician.


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“The City” star Whitney Port has a contingency plan no matter what happens with her MTV reality show, which is rumored to be facing cancellation after this season. Port is the spokeswoman for an acne-fighting treatment, Zeno, and will film a new campaign tomorrow for its latest product, the Zeno Heat Treat. The commercial will show Port stroking the stuff on her face while lounging poolside in a white bikini at a private estate in Nyack.
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|Airport Name:||Galeao Antonio Carlos Jobim|
|City Name:||Rio de Janeiro- City served by this airport.|
|Local Time:||3:35pm on Sun, Feb 5, 2023 in America/Sao_Paulo time zone|
|IATA/FAA Code:||GIG - 3-letter code assigned by IATA or FAA.|
|ICAO Code:||SBGL - 4-letter code assigned by ICAO.|
|Latitude and Longitude:||-22.808903 - Latitude of this airport.|
|Longitude:||-43.243647 - Longitude of this airport.|
|Altitude:||9 metres above the sea level.|
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Air Paradise International - AD - PRZ
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Aerolineas Argentinas - AR - ARG
British Airways - BA - BAW
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Brazil - Country or territory where this airport is located.
BR - ISO2 code of the country.
|Currency:||R$ - BRL (Brazilian Real) - Currency used at this airport.|
|Calling Code:||+55 - Telephone dialing in code for this airport.|
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by David Madrid – Apr. 22, 2012 08:47 PM
The Republic | azcentral.com
Rejecting an almost $1.7 million price tag, Litchfield Park officials may resort to condemnation to transform a deteriorating piece of land into a public park.
For two years, the city has been unable to reach an agreement with the owners of Scout Park to buy the property and some related land, which is in a neighborhood near downtown and is deteriorating from lack of watering and maintenance.
If final attempts to have the park donated or to buy it at a fair price are unsuccessful, the city will resort to eminent domain, a legal process to acquire land at fair market value for the benefit of the public.
Eminent domain is the condemnation process government uses to acquire property through the courts. The city would file in Maricopa County Superior Court to acquire the property for public park and recreational purposes. If the city is successful, the court would establish just compensation for the parcels.
Last week, the City Council unanimously approved a resolution to condemn the park if necessary.
Some council members said the city exhausted all options in attempting to acquire the land.
“We have literally been through this for two years,” Litchfield Park Mayor Thomas Schoaf told a packed room of people at the council meeting. “We understand the problems of the park. We understand … that it’s a blight that decreases property values. It’s not a very safe place to play; (however) … there are a lot of kids that play there.”
The city can use eminent domain to use the parcels for public park and recreational purposes.
The park is in disrepair with dying grass and trees, a playground that needs paint, a basketball court with no hoops and backboards, sagging picnic tables and shabby benches.
But before condemning the park, the city will reach out to the owners of Scout Park, Las Vegas-based Dragon and Crane Corp., in an attempt to convince the business to donate the park to the city.
City officials said the past two owners, Suncor Development Co. and Kabuto Arizona Properties, promised to donate Scout Park to the city. Suncor sold the Wigwam and land including Scout Park to Kabuto International Phoenix Inc. in 1990.
Kabuto Arizona Properties filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009.
The city attempted to buy Scout Park from Kabuto, which sold the park in August to Dragon and Crane for less money than the city offered.
If Dragon and Crane does not agree to donate the park, lodge and pathway, then the city will offer to buy the land for its appraised value. If Dragon and Crane does not agree to sell the properties, then the city will begin eminent-domain proceedings.
City Manager Darryl Crossman said if the city resorts to eminent domain, the process could take anywhere from two months to a year depending on each party’s appraisal values of the properties. The closer the competing appraisals are, the shorter the time frame, he said.
The city will offer to buy:
The 5.6-acre Scout Park with an appraised value of $243,065.
A 1.89-acre pedestrian and golf-cart pathway that crosses under Litchfield Road at an appraised value of $143,937.
A 1.7-acre parcel that includes Scout Lodge, which was built by Litchfield Park founder Paul Litchfield and has been used by the Boy Scouts for years. The appraised value is $130,293.
Schoaf said once the city acquires the park, it will figure out how to fix it up considering the city’s tight budget.
The mayor said he and several council members were reluctant to use eminent domain, but he said old and new promises to donate the park to the city were not kept.
The city insists George Lee, former president of Kabuto Arizona Properties, promised to donate the park several times. Schoaf and other council members said they believe Lee was sincere. Schoaf said the decision not to donate the park went higher than Lee.
“We went through a process in which Kabuto demonstrated the lack of business ethics that they have,” Schoaf said. “For us to reach an agreement with the head of their company and with the attorney representing the company, only to go out to San Francisco to find out that the deal changed by 150 percent.”
On May 12, city officials said they traveled to San Francisco to finalize a deal to pay as much as $250,000 for the park, but Kabuto’s president, Shigeru Sato, said he did not authorize the agreement and asked the city for $450,000.
Later, the city offered even more for the park and nearby parcels.
Schoaf said Kabuto further demonstrated its lack of ethics by transferring Scout Park and the other properties to a Las Vegas entity that “literally has no substance.”
Kabuto sold Scout Park to Dragon and Crane for $250,000. Dragon and Crane is listed as a home-based business by the Nevada secretary of state. Its registered agent is listed as Watanabe & Nakagawa Tax Service, Las Vegas. Dragon and Crane offered to sell the park to the city for about $1.7 million.
Efforts to reach Yoshikatsu Nakagawa, director and president of Dragon and Crane, were unsuccessful.
Lee said he could not comment.
Schoaf said he expects criticism from some residents over the condemnation.
“This is not a decision that will be 100 percent supported in our community,” he said. “I personally anticipate that I will hear from multiple people that we should not do it.”
The residents who gathered outside the council meeting after it ended were not critical of the council.
Barbara Nelson said she and her late husband, Rodger Nelson, a Luke Air Force Base fighter pilot, built their home two streets north of Scout Park in 1967 when there were only three houses and the park in the neighborhood.
She said the park and Scout Lodge are pieces of Litchfield Park history.
Marcie Ellis, who lives near the park, said everyone values the park and lodge because many residents and their children have grown up playing ball in the park or participating in both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts at the lodge.
“Our property values have all suffered,” Ellis said. “People drive by that park; they see the park and they don’t know what it is, and it takes our whole neighborhood down.”


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My wine life started in the mid 90's, I was a Catering Manager at MIT and I covered the President House events. The president at the time, told me that "at the MIT President's house we only serve wine made by David Stare." Before the internet the "who is David Stare?" question put me in touch with some very interesting people in some very interesting careers. My interest in the Wine Business grew. Less than a year later that I headed west to the CIA Napa to take my first wine course with Karen MacNeil. I quit my catering job the day I returned from CA. I worked in restaurants and on the road for a local broker. Anything to get exposure to wine, tastings, books, people... My love for wine was alive and growing. My love for European Wine began in the late 90's when I started at Boston Wine Company. I worked there for Mr Francophile for eleven years. During these years I traveled to France, Italy and Spain learning about wine. During this time I completed the WSET at Boston University. At Boston Wine Co. I worked two different territories as a Sales Representative and then covered the state as the On Premise Sales Manager. On the personal side of things, I was born and raised in Massachusetts just north of Boston. Irish and Sicilian, my love for food comes from the Sicilian side my cooking skills probably the other (luckily my husband can cook). I still live in MA, I think it's the change of seasons and proximity to family that keeps me here. My husband and I are busy raising our two young boys. We live on the South Coast of MA where during the warmer half of the year you will find us sailing Buzzards Bay on our classic 1936 sloop we have been restoring for 12 years. I like to think that life is about quality not quantity.
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FAVE MUSIC ARTIST: Mark Knoplfer
FAVORITE COMPOSER: Beethoven
FAVORITE PASTA: Gnocchi, made by Barbara Lynch
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The Jewelry of Elsa Peretti and the hobbies of Salvatore Ferragamo
MOTOGUZZI, VESPA, FIAT 500, FERRARI, DUCATI OR COLNAGO? Vespa
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ITALIAN PARKING STORY:
While making a sales call at Armani on Newbury Street (does that make this an "Italian Parking Story"?), my car was hit, pushed up onto the sidewalk, knocked over a tree and totaled. All of this right in front of the gap and five valets. No witnesses!
Villa Giona, I think they are all still there…
FAVORITE COFFEE - ILLY or ILLY? Tea
FAVORITE ITALIAN DIRECTOR: Dario Argento
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A blending lesson of cabernet with Justin Meyer, while taking a course at the CIA, Napa in 1995. That's when I knew I wanted to get into this business. 1996 Louis Latour Meursault-Blagny "Chateau de Blagny" while standing in the vineyard, that's when I knew I wanted to stay in this business.

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María Luisa (märē´ä lōōē´sä), 1751–1819, queen of Spain, daughter of Duke Philip of Parma, consort of King Charles IV. Dissolute and domineering, she exerted, with her favorite Godoy, the real power in the government, thus contributing to the downfall of Spain at the hands of Napoleon I. She was present at the meeting in Bayonne at which Napoleon forced her husband and her son, Ferdinand VII, to abdicate. She shared her husband's confinement and exile. Goya painted several revealing portraits of her.
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The Algarve’s west coast faces the full brunt of the Atlantic, whose crashing breakers and cooler waters have largely deterred the developers. Nevertheless, the rocky coastline is punctuated by fantastic broad beaches accessible from the small village of Carrapateira, or the prettier and livelier villages of Aljezur and Odeceixe. This is popular territory for surfers, campervanners and hardy nudists who appreciate the remote beaches, but be warned: the sea can be dangerous and swimmers should take great care. The designation in 1995 of the stretch of coast from Burgau to Cabo de São Vicente and up through the Alentejo as a nature reserve – the Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina – has afforded the rugged scenery a certain amount of protection, though it also means that accommodation is scarce and it certainly helps to have your own transport.
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