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Philippines Graphic is 95!
It’s hard to imagine that this magazine has managed to exist and bear witness to the long and winding march of our nation’s history. Until opportunity and a bit of luck finds the Graphic in the company of men who have lent their pen on its pages more than 50 years ago.
For our 95th anniversary, we present to our readers the essays of two Graphic alums—Amadis Ma. Guerrero and Pablo Tariman.
Guerrero was a staff writer of the Graphic from 1969 to 1972, when Martial Law closed down all the newspapers and magazines in the country.
A multi-awarded writer, Guerrero, now 81, has authored some 20 books, including collections of short stories, travel essays, biographies, as well as coffee-table books on the visual and performing arts.
In this issue, he returns to write for us the life and works of the late poet, verse playwright, literary and art critic, essayist, author, and Art Studies (formerly Humanities) professor Ricaredo Demetillo.
It is an essay that comes with a companion feature on the late Panay poet, written by his granddaughter, Astarte Demetillo Abraham. We managed to present to our readers excerpts of the poetry of Ricaredo Demetillo, courtesy of Astarte and her father, the poet’s son-in-law, Edru Abraham, a celebrated performing artist, musician, ethnic band founder and leader, composer, and retired Art Studies professor.
The story on Demetillo is part of our continuing series on past Filipino writers. It is, in our small way, a move to expose the new generation of literary readers and would-be writers to the thoughts and writings that defined the age of these literary greats. We hope that by doing this, our readers may know what goaded these writers to do the literature that they did.
Pablo Tariman was a proofreader-writer for the Graphic in 1971, covering politics, travel and entertainment. He is a poet whose poems have been included in the anthology, “The Best Asian Poetry 2021,” published by Kitaab Publishing in Singapore.
Tariman captures with his pen the life and works of the late Queen of Philippine movies Susan Roces, who passed away last May. His heartfelt memory essay relives special moments, not known by many, about the woman whose beauty has been described as the “face that refreshes.”
The past merges with the present as Philippines Graphic reaches 95. We have on our cover president-elect and incoming Agriculture Secretary Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.
The proclamation and inauguration of Bongbong Marcos as the 17th President of the Philippines is the biggest story in the month of June. And the Graphic, as in decades past, is there to witness as the son of the late President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos takes hold of the highest elected position in the country.
Last, but not the least, we offer to our readers the June issue of the Philippines Graphic Reader, the first nationally-circulated literary magazine of Philippine literature in English under the editorship of noted poet and essayist Marra PL. Lanot

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Plants tell us a huge amount about the environment they grow in, says the new Lancaster professor who specialises in how air pollution impacts on biodiversity.
Growing up in a rural area, Professor Carly Stevens got a first-class education in the local wildlife, starting her fascination with plants and what they reveal about the world around us.
‘By the time I finished infants I knew the names of all the local birds, butterflies and flowers though I couldn’t read or write well,’ says Carly, who has just been promoted to a Chair in plant ecology and soil biogeochemistry at the Lancaster Environment Centre, where she has worked for 8 years.
‘What still fascinates me about plants is that they tell you all sorts of things about soils, climate and the wider environment: you see this through their traits, how they are responding to different pressures and by the different species you find in an area.’
Carly is best known for her work charting the rise in atmospheric nitrogen and its impact on plants and the wider ecosystem.
Atmospheric nitrogen is produced mainly from the burning of fossil fuels and from the animal waste and artificial fertilisers involved in intensive agriculture. The nitrogen gets into the atmosphere and then enters the soil through rain, dust and gasses. It acts as a fertiliser, discouraging many native plants, which flourish in low nutrient conditions.
While creating major environmental problems, atmospheric nitrogen has never received the same attention from the public or scientific community as carbon dioxide emissions.
‘We can all get on board with too much CO2 being damaging,’ says Carly, ‘but nitrogen is more complicated. Crops need nitrogen and we actively put it on them, but in other places it’s a bad thing.'
After studying Ecology and Environmental Science at undergraduate and masters’ level, Carly did a PhD at the Open University, looking at the impact of atmospheric nitrogen on plant communities around the UK. Carly spent two years travelling the country, taking and analysing soil samples and recording the plant communities in 68 different field sites.
‘My research showed that in areas of high atmospheric nitrogen deposition we get lower numbers of plants. It was the first time anyone had shown conclusive evidence of the impacts of nitrogen deposition in the natural environment. It had been shown in experiments, my research showed it was actually happening and that it was damaging biodiversity.’
Carly’s paper on the research was published in Science, one of the world’s top scientific journals – an almost unheard-of achievement for a first paper by a young researcher. Science thought the paper so significant, that they arranged a press conference in the Royal Institution and asked Carly to present her research.
'It was terrifying, a roomful of journalists from the major newspapers and media. It cured me of nerves for giving talks because nothing would be as terrifying again.'
Carly ended up on the front page of the Guardian and in many other newspapers and media outlets. Her paper has been widely cited since.
A year later, Carly joined Lancaster University to work on soil erosion, and how to reduce phosphorus and sediment pollution in agriculture, but she found she was missing plants. An EU grant, giving her the chance to expand her UK atmospheric nitrogen experiment to different sorts of grassland right across Europe, took her back to the Open University. The European study confirmed her UK results, and fed into EU and UK policy.
‘Nitrogen pollution limits are set by critical loads: the evidence we gathered helped to set the critical load to a lower level and fed into approaches to habitat protection,’ explains Carly.
She was awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, to study how grasslands recover from nitrogen deposition, and how this interacts with climate change.
‘Leverhulme Fellowships are great because they give you so much freedom to explore your ideas. I was able to work closely with UK policy makers looking at the impacts of nitrogen on different habitat types and helping them with developing indexes, providing evidence for critical loads.’
She also got involved with the Nutrient Network Collaboration – a global collaboration where scientists all run same experiment across the world.
'A lot of the experiments were tackling really fundamental questions in plant ecology: about how plants compete with each other, how plant communities interact with climate change and other big global change problems like invasive species.'
‘It connected me with some high-profile ecologists across the world, all interested in grasslands, and led to some amazing collaborations and papers in high profile journals like Nature and Science.’
Carly returned to Lancaster as a lecturer – ‘probably helped by having a paper in Science published on the day of the interview’ - and now, becoming a professor.
Nitrogen has remained at the centre of much of her work. She is currently leading the evidence review to revise the critical loads for grassland habitats.
She helped to create two Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), on Food Security and on Soils and is the academic director of the Waitrose Collaborative Training Partnership, a £2 million training and research programme. More than 30 PhD researchers are working with Waitrose producers and suppliers on projects to improve sustainability in crop production, soil and water use, biodiversity and ecosystem services in agriculture.
‘It’s an absolutely amazing project, the opportunity it opens up for PhD researchers to work directly with food suppliers throughout their PhD and see their work put into action. It’s given me a much better understanding of how food systems work.’ Carly is also director of the Lancaster Environment Centre’s postgraduate research programmes, covering almost 200 PhD and masters level researchers. She loves supervising students and helping them to achieve their research ambitions.
Four years ago, Carly had her daughter, Keira, and is now juggling her demanding work with being a mother. Before having a child, she worried about how it would impact on her career. She now feels very supported by her departmental colleagues and that being made a Professor shows that female academics with young families can still progress within the university.Back to News

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Below is a recently published article on the Community Blog about women
in computing and Fedora's history and current activities involving outreach.
I think is something that should definitely be shared to all Fedora
social media pages. I'm not sure on what the policy on Red Hat social
media is, but I could also see this being something great to put out on
one of the other Red Hat accounts too.
Feel free to share this around too, I think this is a great summary of
the work being done in Fedora to improve diversity and increase
outreach. Thanks all!
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Subject: [Fedora Women] Women in Computing and Fedora - CommBlog article
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 19:21:10 +0530
From: Bhagyashree Uday <bhagyashree.iitg(a)gmail.com>
jflory7 and I have recently published an article about Women in
Computing and Fedora on Community Blog. Do take a look at it :
It talks about :
*Diversity efforts in Fedora
*Anisha Narang's Grace Hopper experience
*Women's involvement in Fedora
*New opportunities for women like Outreachy
*Snippet of an interview with Fedora Diversity Adviser, Maria "tatica"
Leandro detailing her inputs on the current diversity situation in
Fedora as well as her goals and vision as Diversity Adviser.(A full
interview is scheduled for later)
*Call for Action - How can you help ?
Looking forward to knowing your inputs,


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Biomedical Chemistry: Research and Methods
EISSN : 2618-7531
Current Publisher: Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Moscow,Russia (10.18097)
Total articles ≅ 86
Latest articles in this journal
Published: 1 December 2020
Biomedical Chemistry: Research and Methods, Volume 3; doi:10.18097/bmcrm00131
Studies of genomes and transcriptomes are performed using sequencers that read the sequence of nucleotide residues of genomic DNA, RNA, or complementary DNA (cDNA). The analysis consists of an experimental part (obtaining primary data) and bioinformatic processing of primary data. The bioinformatics part is performed with different sets of input parameters. The selection of the optimal values of the parameters, as a rule, requires significant computing power. The article describes a protocol for processing transcriptome data by virtual computers provided by the cloud platform Amazon Web Services (AWS) using the example of the recently emerging technology of long DNA and RNA sequences (Oxford Nanopore Technology). As a result, a virtual machine and instructions for its use have been developed, thus allowing a wide range of molecular biologists to independently process the results obtained using the "Oxford nanopore".
Published: 1 December 2020
Biomedical Chemistry: Research and Methods, Volume 3; doi:10.18097/bmcrm00143
Blood exosomes and microvesicles, collectively known as small extracellular vesicles (sEV), are vesicles about 100-150 nm in size. Small EV are involved in various aspects of signaling in the body; in addition, they can serve as markers of various pathologies. For biochemical studies, vesicle solubilization is often required. We tested the ability of various detergents to dissolve membranes of the sEV. Small EV were isolated from the blood serum of healthy volunteers by gel filtration on Sepharose CL-2B and tried to solubilize them using the anionic detergent DOC (sodium deoxycholate), non-ionic detergent Brij 35 (polyoxyethyleneglycol dodecyl ether), zwitterionic detergent CHAPS (3 - [(3-chloramidopropyl) dimethylammonio] -1-propanesulfonate), and cationic detergent CTAB (cetyl trimethylammonium bromide). The concentration of sEV in the solution was determined by dynamic light scattering. We find DOC is the most effective for sEV solubilization.
Published: 1 December 2020
Biomedical Chemistry: Research and Methods, Volume 3; doi:10.18097/bmcrm00140
The D3Targets-2019-nCoV web service predicting the interaction of chemical compounds with SARS-CoV-2 virus proteins and human proteins involved in the pathogenesis of COVID-19 by structural similarity and molecular docking was evaluated. The quality of the prediction was assessed as a balanced accuracy, which was calculated based on the results of the prediction for the structures of chemical compounds from the test set we compiled. The test set consisted of 35 active and 59 inactive molecules, including compounds with the experimetnaly confirmed absence of activity against the selected targets and compounds active against SARS-CoV-2 targets, not presented in the CoViLigands database. The authors of the analyzed web service did not indicate the thresholds for the values of the similarity score and the docking scoring function, using which it would be possible to reliably divide the compounds into active and inactive with respect to target proteins. Therefore, we assessed the balanced accuracy of the predictive methods D3Targets-2019-nCoV at various thresholds for cutting off active substances from inactive ones. Using our test set it was found that the highest value of balanced accuracy (0.59) was achieved when choosing active molecules based on the results of 2D similarity assessment (cutoff threshold was 46%). Assessment of 3D similarity did not allow achieving balanced accuracy values exceeding 0.5. It is shown that using the 2Dх3D integral similarity assessment recommended by the authors, the maximum value of the balanced accuracy 0.57 was achieved at a threshold of 31%. The calculated balanced accuracy for molecular docking results does not exceed 0.51. On the case study for the tideglusib, it was shown that the values of the scoring function for two target proteins, the activity against which was confirmed in the experiment (3CLpro and GSK3B), do not differ significantly from the values of the scoring function for the remaining 44 targets were not confirmed.
Biomedical Chemistry: Research and Methods, Volume 3; doi:10.18097/bmcrm00127
The discovery and investigations of new therapeutic agents with anticoronaviral activity is extremely important due to the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Currently, there are no anti-COVID-19 drugs, characterized by efficacy which has been proved in correspondence with criteria of evidence-based medicine. However, there are some anti SARS-CoV-2 drugs, acting on the other Coronaviridae family member causing SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome). Consequently, a wide range of organic substances of synthetic and natural origin were studied for the anticoronaviral activity. The review summarizes and systematizes the literature data on the anti-coronavirus activity of triterpenoids. The structural features of triterpenoids, which are important for the mechanisms of anticoronaviral activity, are discussed. The structures of the most active compounds are presented. The material is classified by approaches to study the anticoronaviral activity of individual substances or plants extracts. Recommendations for the further research of triterpenoids anticoronaviral activity are given.
Biomedical Chemistry: Research and Methods, Volume 3; doi:10.18097/bmcrm00128
The aim of this work was to identify genes whose mRNAs were subjected to alternative splicing by apoptotic endonuclease EndoG in CD4+ T lymphocytes from healthy humans, mice, and rats. In order to induce EndoG, lymphocytes were transfected with an EndoG-containing plasmid, or a control pGFP plasmid, or were incubated with cisplatin. Efficiency of transfection, number of cells with DNA damages and the level of EndoG expression have been monitored. Total cell mRNA has been sequenced and the changes in proportion of splice variants of genes were analyzed. The changes in the proportion of 28 mRNA splice variants have been identified in human and murine lymphocytes in both transfected with EndoG gene or incubated with cisplatin. Thus, EndoG can be considered as a potent modulator of alternative splicing of mRNA of identified genes.
Biomedical Chemistry: Research and Methods, Volume 3; doi:10.18097/bmcrm00125
Peach is a medicinal plant which has many traditional applications uses against various diseases. In this study we have evaluated differences in tannins and flavonoids in the composition of flowers and peach leaves and their antioxidant properties. Antibacterial activity of the peach flower and leaf extract was investigated using Mycobacterium tuberculosis and E. coli by the disk diffusion method. Total fractions of flavonoids and tannins were obtained using ethanol and aqueous extraction, respectively. The antioxidant activity was evaluated using the adrenaline autooxidation test. The results have shown that the peach flower extract contains many flavonoids, tannins that probably account for better antimicrobial effects as compared with the peach leaf extract. This shows perspectives for the use of peach flowers for the treatment of many diseases, especially for tuberculosis, and other diseases associated with overproduction of free radicals.
Biomedical Chemistry: Research and Methods, Volume 3; doi:10.18097/bmcrm00119
The electrochemical method of analysis of biological objects based on the reaction of electro-oxidation/electro-reduction of molecules is considered. Materials and complex systems for modifying electrodes as well as methods for producing modified electrodes to increase the sensitivity of recording the flow of electrochemical reactions on the surface of the electrodes are described. Methods of electrode modifications based on synthetic lipid-like didodecyldimethylammonium bromide, gold and silver nanoparticles, one-dimensional nanoparticles based on lead compounds, titan oxide nanoparticles, dispersions of carbon nanotubes in organic solvents, in polymers with different chemical structure are considered. It is shown that the appropriate functionalization of the working electrode surface makes it possible to increase the sensitivity of the electrochemical biosensor system and decrease the limit of detection. The results are presented in the form of an algorithm applicable for selection the beneficial type of modified electrode for the corresponding electrochemical reaction and biosample analysis.
Biomedical Chemistry: Research and Methods, Volume 3; doi:10.18097/bmcrm00118
The conditioned media in which the tumor cells are cultured represents a model object for studying of secretome and proteomic composition of exosomes. This pool of proteins is of particular interest in terms of the search for potential markers of malignant diseases. The efficiency of the isolation of exosomes and secretome from the cell culture media largely determines the success of their analysis by the mass spectrometric method. In this paper, we have applied various approaches to isolate secretome and exosomes originated from Caco-2 colorectal adenocarcinoma cells. The combination of ultrafiltration and centrifugation provided a deep proteomic analysis of the secretome and exosomes obtained from the one initial volume of conditioned medium without the addition of fetal bovine serum. Applying tandem mass spectrometric analysis we have identified 436 secreted proteins. In exosomes, the characteristic proteins ALIX, CD63, syntenin, lactadherin (MFGE8) were identified. Using targeted mass spectrometry, the exosome markers CD82, CD9 and HSPA8 were determined at the levels of 0.08 ± 0.03 fmol/μg, 0.13 ± 0.03 fmol/μg and 2.6 ± 0.02 fmol/μg of total protein, respectively. Among the secreted proteins, there were many markers associated with tumor progression and metastasis, such as DAG1, PODXL, LRRN4, TGFBI, IL6ST, DSC1, DSG1, and NPC2.
Biomedical Chemistry: Research and Methods, Volume 3; doi:10.18097/bmcrm00115
The increase in enzyme inhibition developed during prolonged incubation of an enzyme preparation with a chemical substance may be associated with both the non-covalent and also with covalent enzyme-inhibitor complex formation. The latter case involves catalytic conversion of a mechanism-based irreversible inhibitor (a poor substrate) into a reactive species forming covalent adduct(s) with the enzyme and thus irreversibly inactivating the enzyme molecule. Using a simple approach, based on comparison of enzyme inhibition after preincubation with a potential inhibitor at 4ºC or 37ºC we have analyzed inhibition of monoamine oxidase A (MAO A) by known MAO inhibitors pargyline and pirlindole (pyrazidol). MAO A inhibitory activity of pirlindole (reversible tight binding inhibitor of MAO A) assayed after mitochondrial wash was basically the same for the incubation at both 4ºC and 37ºC. In contrast to pirlindole, the effect of pargyline (mechanism based irreversible MAO inhibitor) strongly depended on the temperature of the incubation medium. At 37ºC the residual activity MAO A in the mitochondrial fraction after washing was significantly lower than in the mitochondrial samples incubated with pargyline at 4ºC. Results of this study suggest that using analysis of both time- and temperature-dependence of inhibition it is possible to discriminate mechanism-based irreversible inhibition and reversible tight binding inhibition of target enzym
Biomedical Chemistry: Research and Methods, Volume 3; doi:10.18097/bmcrm00124
Pneumonia caused by the COVID-19 virus has led to quick search of drugs that would able to block the spread of this virus. A standard way of drug development is a long process. One approach that can significantly accelerate drug development is drug reposition. In this study a virtual screening of the database of approved drugs has been used for search inhibitors against 3СLpro COVID-19, the main protease of COVID-19. Molecular docking, simulation of molecular dynamics and binding energy estimation by MM-GBSA method allowed to select several compounds for further experimental testing. The most promising drugs are the HIV protease inhibitor Indinavir, the inhibitor of protease hepatitis C Telaprevir, the antiulcer drug Dalargin, and the ErB receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor Neratinib

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While Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav has not reacted to Singh’s remarks, sources in RJD said the party had to do a “balancing act” since it will field a few upper caste candidates in Lok Sabha polls.
High drama was witnessed at Phulwari Sharif police station on the outskirts of the city, where the mercurial elder son of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad sat on a dharna, flanked by scores of supporters and declared I will write a letter to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar seeking the dismissal of the impertinent police official.
Some RJD leaders, especially those owing allegiance to Leader of Opposition in state Assembly and Tej Pratap’s younger brother Tejashwi Yadav, avoid visiting the party office, on Patna’s Bir Chand Patel Path, when Tej Pratap is around.
The Grand Alliance saw the recent additions of Upendra Kushwaha’s RLSP and EBC leader Mukesh Sahni’s Vikasshil Insaan Party. Former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (S) has already been part of it.
The development comes at a time when the Opposition has mounted its criticism against the Nitish Kumar-led government over reports of physical abuse and sexual exploitation at short stay homes and shelters.
Patna, Feb 29 (ANI): Former railway minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Monday said the ruling government’s statement of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, is just a political stunt to reserve their berth in the next general elections.He further asserted that the BJP-led Central Government will not win the 2019 polls.
Srinagar, Feb 18 (ANI): Condemning the JNU row, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) Patron Farooq Abdullah said that the scuffle between lawyers and students outside the Patiala House Court is an attack on India’s democracy. Farooq added that the entire JNU row has been exaggerated and the Vice Chancellor should have handled it himself. Meanwhile, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) founder Lalu Prasad Yadav accused the Delhi Police for being a mere spectator in the JNU row, alleging that they are acting on behalf of the Centre.
Patna, Jan 22 (ANI): Commenting on the Janata Dal-United MLA Sarfaraz Alam's molestation case, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday said in his view, there should be quick action against Sarfaraz, if there is any evidence. He added that now the JDU has to decide how they want to proceed in this matter.
Patna, Jan 12 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Yadav on Tuesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had failed to safeguard the nation and the party was liable as to how the terrorists entered Pathankot’s highly secured airbase. He further said that instead of engaging in communalism, BJP should answer about nation’s security. He said that Pakistani former General Pervez Musharraf is not the government of Pakistan and held the Pakistani government answerable regarding the Pathankot terror attack.
New Delhi, Jan 09 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Pathankot is of utmost importance and this decision has been highly appreciated. He stated that although this decision was good but the Prime Minister has failed in forming a coherent strategy for Pakistan. He added that there are many drawbacks regarding Pakistan which requires attention.
Patna, Jan 08 (ANI): Hinting at the Pathankot terror attack, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had failed to protect the country. He also said that the centre only talked about law and order while the country remained unsafe in their hands.


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BIG plans to redevelop the West End of Oldham town centre are one step closer to reality with the purchase of the Pennine Way Hotel by Oldham Council.
The Advertiser exclusively revealed in May that the site was likely to be purchased as part of ambitious plans for the future expansion of the town's new university.
Last week it was revealed that the sale has now been completed for an undisclosed sum, with the plot on Manchester Street expected to become the focal point of University Centre Oldham.
The hotel, which has 20 employees, will close to customers at the end of August.
Staff have been offered replacement jobs at other sites owned by the parent company, but the nearest alternative is at Chorley in Lancashire.
One staff member, who did not want to be named, said: "The staff have had a rough deal.
"We have been kept in the dark and now we have been offered this new job - but it is miles away."
The Advertiser understands that although University Centre Oldham has not yet committed to taking the site, it is looking to expand and this is definitely its preferred choice.
The centre is currently based at Oldham Business Management School in Cromwell Street but will need more space after hitting its student recruitment target three years ahead of time.
University spokesman Phil Williams said: "It is the option we would put first but it is by no means clear at the moment.
"Other sites are still being considered."
Plans for the West End redevelopment also include a new Coliseum theatre, apartments, public squares, retail and the further development of Oldham College.
A study has already been commissioned to assess how traffic should be managed, and options being explored include the closure of Union Street to through traffic and the widening of King Street to allow traffic both ways.
The three star hotel in Manchester Street opened in 1972 and has 130 rooms on seven storeys.


He's also accused of syphoning hundreds of thousands of pounds from his former wife Barbara Becker and his estranged wife Sharlely 'Lilly' Becker.
Tennis legend Boris Becker, who declared bankruptcy five years ago, will now face a court hearing after failing to hand over his tennis trophies to settle USD 65 million in debts. Boris Becker, a six-time Grand Slam champion, declared bankruptcy in 2017, but has now been summoned to Southwark Crown Court to face charges. This comes after he was accused of failing to comply with information-disclosure obligations and failing to provide his tennis trophies in an attempt to raise funds to pay off his debts.
The 1985 Wimbledon title, as well as the 1991 and 1996 Australian Open trophies, were among the items the German great was required to hand over. The trophies are said to be worth a total of USD 2.3 million, according to reports.
He’s also accused of syphoning hundreds of thousands of pounds from his former wife Barbara Becker and his estranged wife Sharlely ‘Lilly’ Becker’s bank accounts. A three-week trial is scheduled for Germany’s greatest ever male player, who will be aided by the use of a translator.
He faces seven counts of concealing property, five counts of failing to disclose details of his estate, two counts of removing property required by the receiver, and one count of concealing debt, all of which he denies.
There are a total of 24 charges against Becker, all of which he denies. If convicted, he could face a sentence of up to seven years in prison. The Insolvency Service brought the case on behalf of Kwasi Kwarteng MP, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.


Journalist Salah Hasan Nusaif al-Ejaili painfully remembers his introduction to the infamous prison west of Baghdad known as Abu Ghraib.
“The worst was the first day I arrived in Abu Ghraib, how they forced me to strip … naked in front of everyone,” said Ejaili. “They placed a black hood on my head and left me hanging all night.”
Ejaili worked as a cameraman in Iraq for Al Jazeera Arabic channel in November 2003.
He was gathering information about an attack against American forces in Diyala. While at the scene, a US soldier asked him what he was doing and who he worked for.
When he answered truthfully, Ejaili was arrested. He would spend the next four months imprisoned in the notorious facility.
|Former Abu Ghraib prisoner tells his story|
First he was held hooded and chained in Diyala, taken next in a helicopter to Tikrit, and then driven to Abu Ghraib prison – a place where he alleges he was sadistically and criminally abused.
“I was terrified,” Ejaili said, adding that he thought he would be killed.
The Americans sang to him as he hung immobilised: “Happy birthday Al Jazeera.”
When graphic photographs surfaced in April 2004 showing “the scandal in Abu Ghraib,” it was all too familiar to Ejaili.
“There were so many people in the prison with me,” he said.
Nearly 13 years later, Ejaili and three other Iraqi men who say they were tortured at Abu Ghraib are still waiting to see if anyone can legally be held accountable.
On Thursday, a federal court in Virginia will decide if the US-based contractor CACI Premier Technology can be sued for alleged abuses at the prison. Al Shimari v CACI is a long-running civil suit that began in 2008 and is being argued on the prisoners’ behalf by the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Following the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the Americans took control of Abu Ghraib prison and used it to detain and interrogate suspects. CACI was contracted to provide interrogation services and received more than $19m in payments.
The contract, awarded to CACI in August 2003, was to provide “interrogator support”, “screening cell support”, “open source intelligence” and “special security office” among other things .
Defense Department investigations found that CACI interrogators “directed or participated in some of the abuses, along with a number of military personnel”. Requests for comment from the Pentagon went unanswered.
CACI has called the civil suit baseless and in its defence argued: “The plaintiffs have not identified any mistreatment they suffered at the hands of a CACI PT interrogator, nor have they developed evidence that CACI PT personnel directed anyone to mistreat any of these plaintiffs”.
Ejaili, however, recalls things differently.
He said that sometimes in Abu Ghraib he would be chained to his cell and made to endure a day or two without food. During his interrogations, which happened every few days, he was stripped, sworn at, and “sometimes there would be further punishment”.
There was the humiliation and degradation, too, like the time he became violently ill and vomited. Ejaili was forced to clean up the mess with his own prison uniform – and then ordered to put it back on.
With the help of a lawyer, Ejaili was finally brought before an Iraqi court a few months after being detained and released from Abu Ghraib.
“It was a matter of 10 minutes. The judge told me, ‘There are no charges against you.'”
And with that, Ejaili was dumped outside the prison with none of his personal belongings, not even his shoes.
Some of his co-plaintiffs make even more troubling allegations about their time in US custody.
Suhail Najim Abdullah al-Shimari, detained from 2003 to 2008, said he was given electrical shocks, threatened with dogs, and forced to partake in physical activities while naked.
Taha Yaseen Arraq Rashid, held from 2003 to 2005, alleged that he was placed in stress positions, shot in the head with a Taser gun, had his bones broken, was subjected to sexual acts while chained – and forced to watch a female prisoner being raped.
Saad Hamza Hantoosh Al-Zuba’e, released in 2004, had his genitals beaten with a stick and was kept in solitary confinement for almost a year.
Ejaili is now living in Doha, Qatar, and working as a producer for Al Jazeera Arabic.
He is busy raising his three children and has told them nothing of his time in Abu Ghraib. His wife, however, “she knows all the details”.
All four plaintiffs are only looking for their cases to move forward through the courts.
Thursday’s federal hearing will address the “political question doctrine”, which says the federal courts should not hear cases that are the responsibility of other government branches.
CACI is arguing that even if the company was at fault, it should be immune from a court’s review.
“To say that torture is a political question is to assert, contrary to Congress and international law, that torture remains a policy option,” wrote David Cole, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center.
There is photographic evidence that men in Abu Ghraib were made to act like dogs, assembled in naked pyramids, and stand in crucifixion poses.
“I am not shocked. Neither is anyone else who served at Abu Ghraib,” Eric Fair, who worked for CACI, wrote about the images in his memoir, Consequence.
“Instead, we are shocked by the performance of the men who stand behind microphones and say things like ‘bad apples’ and ‘Animal House’ on night shift.”
Ejaili said he hopes the case pushes forward.
“I simply want justice. Torture needs to stop everywhere,” he told Al Jazeera. “All my life I learned that justice is above all in America. So why not give me the justice I deserve?”
|Inside Story Americas – Abu Ghraib: A justice denied|


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The Circle of Knowing is a group of twelve researchers and scholars known as Archons in Final Fantasy XIV. The group was founded by Louisoix Leveilleur dedicated to the salvation of Eorzea, and its members are prominent figures in the main scenario quests and Seventh Umbral Era storyline in the original Final Fantasy XIV. The Warrior of Light would interact with different members depending on which nation they created their character in, and which Grand Company they chose. This determines which member of the Circle defends the Warrior when they are later attacked by Gaius van Baelsar.
- Louisoix, who is involved in the primal quests and leads the group.
- Y'shtola, who interacts with the Warrior of Light who starts in Limsa Lominsa and joins the Maelstrom.
- Yda, who interacts with the Warrior of Light who starts in Gridania and joins Order of the Twin Adder.
- Papalymo, who is paired with Yda for scenes in Gridania and with the Twin Adder.
- Thancred, who interacts with the Warrior of Light who starts in Ul'dah and joins the Immortal Flames.
- Urianger, who crosses paths with the Warrior of Light at some point during their journey, and is involved in some of the temporary Seventh Umbral Era content for Lodestone achievements.
- Moenbryda, an expert in aetheric research.
- Rammbroes, an anthropogeographer.
In the quest "Of Archons and Muses," it is said that the Archons are the manifestations of The Twelve. Louisoix's staff bears the mark of Thaliak, and there is mention of a Roegadyn Archon who lived during the Sixth Astral Era named Ahldbhar, the incarnation of Rhalgr.
Una Tayuun, Satzfloh, and Percevains were erroneously associated with the Circle of Knowing in early editions of Encyclopedia Eorzea; they are correctly associated with the Path of the Twelve in later editions.
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During the Sixth Astral Era, an Archons group appeared to fight the calamity. They helped evacuate city-states and influenced the original formation of Grand Companies. Despite that some believe the Archons either caused or rectified the Sixth Umbral Era 1500 years ago.
Tired of the war and unhappy with the Forum's unwillingness to intervene, Louisoix Leveilleur promised to take matters into their own hands by more clandestine means. He met in silence with twelve of his pupils and formed the Circle of Knowing with the goal of saving Eorzea. Louisoix knew that to deter the threat of a Garlean invasion, they would have to warn the Eorzean Alliance. Louisoix sent his fellow Archons to the three city-states, hoping to convince one of their respective leaders to re-establish the Grand Companies—consolidated command centers that combine military, economic and technological resources to prepare for the next disaster.
Y'shtola, Yda, Papalymo, and Thancred arrive late to fight Gaius when he attempts to kill the Warrior of Light, though he easily defeats them and the Warrior.
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
After the Seventh Umbral Era and Louisoix's death, the surviving members of the Circle of Knowledge merged with the Path of the Twelve into a new organization, the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, and made it their goal to restore the world.


Kanu Nwankwo, His Wife, Amara At Arsenal Stadium For Wenger’s Farewell Match
Super Eagles legend, Kanu Nwankwo was present at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, May 6 to honour his former coach Arsene Wenger in his last home game for Arsenal. In Wenger’s final home game as Arsenal supervisor, the Gunners put in a very impressive performance to earn a comprehensive 5-0 victory over Burnley.
Arsene Wenger watched Arsenal beat Burnley 5-0 in his remaining home match in charge on Sunday earlier than telling fans: “I will miss you.” Wenger is leaving Arsenal after 22 years in charge and he now only has two away fixtures remaining before signing off next Sunday after his lowest-ever Premier League end in sixth.
The failure to win the title since 2004 has proved costly for Wenger and the Frenchman was presented on the Emirates Stadium pitch with a miniature gold version of the trophy to celebrate the unbeaten Invincibles season 14 years ago.


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|St. Louis Catholic Church First Ever to Post Link to Priest Abuse Group
By Tim Townsend
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 8, 2008
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests says for the first time in its history, a Roman Catholic church has posted a link on its website that directs its user to the activist group’s own site.
From the St. Cronan Church website:
Though controversial at times, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests has a website (www.snapnetwork.org) containing helpful information and resources, not only for those who have been abused and their families, but for all of us who want to learn more and be of support to our brothers and sisters in Christ who are hurting the most at this time. If there was ever a time when we needed to pray together, it is now.
St. Cronan, located in south St. Louis, is known for its more liberal take on Roman Catholic teaching. Two members of the church’s pastoral team, Sr. Louise Lears and Sean Collins, resigned over the summer. Lears left the church just before former St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke placed her under the canonical penalty of interdict, a lesser form of excommunication.
Collins and Lears had attended the ordination of two St. Cronan parishioners - Rose Marie Hudson and Elsie Hainz McGrath - as members of an organization called Roman Catholic Womenpriests. The two women were eventually declared excommunicated by Burke along with the woman who performed the ordinations at Central Reform Congregation, a St. Louis synagogue.
St. Cronan parishioners have been through their own ordeal with an abusive priest. It’s former pastor, Joseph Ross - who was laicized, or defrocked in 2002 - was arrested last month in Arkansas and returned to St. Louis to face new allegations.
The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office has said the recent charges against Ross include 11 counts of statutory rape, statutory sodomy and child molestation. Investigators said the abuse took place between 1998 and 2000 in the 1200 block of Boyle Avenue in St. Louis. St. Cronan’s is at 1203 S. Boyle Ave.
Ross pleaded guilty in 1988 of sexually molesting an 11-year-old boy during confession at Christ the King Church in University City in 1986.
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It is not unusual for players to share high praise for each other prior to the start of a highly anticipated season. And rookie Matthew Knies had just that for Auston Matthews during an interview today at Upper Deck's rookie showcase today (September 5, 2023).
When asked about playing with teammate Auston Matthews, Matthew Knies had some high praise for the 25-year-old.
“Pretty damn good. He’s not just the best goal scorer in the NHL but he plays defense too. He’s kind of the best overall player [in the NHL] in my eyes.”
Matthew Knies has suited up for just three regular-season games with the Maple Leafs last season, while appearing in seven playoff games. The 20-year-old was selected 57th overall in the 2021 NHL draft.
One could argue that while Auston Matthews is one of the best goal scorers in the league, Connor McDavid is currently the better all-around player.
Still, you can't argue that Matthews has been one of the best players in the league in recent years. Scoring an unthinkable 299 goals in 481 games since joining the league in 2016-17.


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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – The U.S. and Europe split their morning foursomes on Day 2, and then the U.S. dominated afternoon fourballs for a commanding 10 1/2 to 5 1/2 lead. Here's a recap of the matches so far. Day 2 afternoon fourballs: U.S. 3, Europe 1 MATCH 13: Brittany Lang-Brittany Lincicome (U.S.) def. Carlota Ciganda-Mel Reid (Europe), 2 up: Easily the best match of the week and one that Europe did well to get to the 18th hole. Lincicome started with six straight birdies and made 10 in the first 15 holes. Lang dunked a wedge for eagle on the seventh hole. Europe was 10 under, and lost. MATCH 14: Jodi Ewart Shadoff-Anna Nordqvist (Europe) def. Lizette Salas-Angel Yin (U.S.), 4 and 2: The
Doug Ghim advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur on Friday with a 2-and-1 victory over Scotland's Connor Syme. Tommy Humphrey also advanced with a 1-up victory over Taiwan's Chun An Yu. Doc Redman beat Australia's Travis Smyth 1 up, and Mark Lawrence Jr. finished off Dawson Armstrong 3 and 2 to complete an all-American final four at Riviera Country Club.
Green Jacket Auctions has temporarily complied with a demand from Augusta National Golf Club to remove three green jackets from its bidding site, including Byron Nelson's jacket that was likely going to fetch $150,000 or more. The auction site didn't really have a choice, though, after ANGC filed a lawsuit and a judge agreed with the club. Here is the report from ESPN. A judge on Thursday temporarily halted the sale of a Masters champion's green jacket and other items from Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters golf tournament by a golf memorabilia company. U.S. District Chief Judge J. Randal Hall said the club's policy concerning the jackets weighs in its favor and that there were sales

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Bigger is always better in these situations, so a 454 Casull or 460 S+W are obviously better. But as already noted, these guns often are in such large frames that portability is a problem. I would consider the 41 mag to be the absolute minimum for "bear medicine, and the 45 LC and 44 mag definitely better. Any of these three will do.
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Sep 02, 2009 · With a decent length barrel and the best factory loads in each caliber the deer likely won't know the difference. Handloaded hot, the .45 Colt in the right gun can out run the .44 magnum. So It gets the nod in that case.
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In Mayfaire Town Center, new clothing stores will open soon
New clothing stores will soon open in Mayfaire Town Center, including Blush Clothier and Isa Roe Boutique.
A grand opening for Blush Clothier, which offers fashionable and classic teen and women’s clothing, is set to begin at 10 a.m. Friday, while the celebration for Isa Roe, a clothing store for young teenage girls, is set to take place around the first week of April.
Although they have separate owners, both stores started online.
Gianna Democko, owner of Blush Clothier, launched her online business during her senior year at East Carolina University, where she studied fashion merchandising.
“It was actually a project for one of my fashion classes,” said Democko, a 2020 ECU graduate. “I said, ‘Well, let’s try,’ and it blew up.”
Her first brick-and-mortar location was on Oleander Drive, but she wanted more foot traffic. To that end, Democko has leased approximately 1,300 square feet in a prime Mayfaire location – 1001 International Drive, near the entrance to Mayfaire next to Drift Coffee & Kitchen. The place was previously home to Red Bank Wine.
Mayfaire Town Center already features national chains of women’s clothing stores as well as local boutiques, but the owners of the new stores said they offer unique options.
“The way I see it is that our brands are exclusive to our store and a lot of our brands are from Europe,” said Democko, who studied overseas fashion trends in Spain, Portugal and in Morocco at the ECU.
Although she said she felt her store was different from others downtown, “I like being in other stores because it’s great that we can support each other.”
For Britany Rivera, owner of Isa Roe, solving a dress problem presented the former Marine with a challenge she wanted to take on.
The store and its name were inspired by her 13-year-old daughter, Isabel, and Isabel’s friend, Monroe.
“What we’ve noticed is that with young teens, it’s hard to find age-appropriate clothes for them that they want to wear,” Rivera said. “I feel like it’s a struggle for teens and moms.”
Isa Roe buyers, she said, won’t feel the pressure of a fashion industry that sometimes only offers crop tops to young girls.
“I want her to feel comfortable in the clothes, but I don’t think it’s something that needs to be revealed or made to make a 13 year old look like an 18 or 19 year old. “, Rivera said.
Construction began this week for Isa Roe, which occupies 868 Inspiration Drive, the space formerly occupied by Fuzziwig’s Candy Factory.


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Here’s an interesting blog article that talks about Vitamin D deficiency and its relationship to some cancer. Please feel free to visit her blog and read the article in full, maybe even leave her a comment to tell her you visited and where you heard about her blog. Also, please check out the resources she lists for more up-to-date information as it relates to Vitamin D research and the problems of deficiency.
According to Garland, other scientists have found that the cells adhere to one another in tissue with adequate vitamin D, acting as mature epithelial cells. Without enough vitamin D, they may lose this stickiness along with their identity as differentiated cells, and revert to a stem cell-like state.
So here’s a few references:
Model of how Vitamin D works in cancer. (from which the above quote is taken)
Science Daily article has the following key points: “[P]revious research has shown that higher levels of vitamin D reduce the risk of developing colon and rectal cancer by about 50 percent….
“For those who already have colon cancer: The results showed that individuals with the vitamin D levels in the highest quartile were 48 percent less likely to die (from any cause, including colon cancer) than those with the lowest vitamin D measurements. The odds of dying from colon cancer specifically were 39 percent lower, the scientists found.
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Another place to get some current information on Vitamin D deficiency and its effects on our children is on my squidoo lense “Children’s Vitamin D deficiency”.
This blog is where I can discuss the current and future trends in the nursing profession as I see them happening. I will try to find news articles, blog posts, personal stories and links to display here for anyone who is interested in nursing as a possible profession or, for those of us already in the trenches, those who are looking for answers to the dilemas they face on a daily basis.
I believe with all my heart that nursing as a profession is wonderful. No where else can you get as much satisfaction for the work you do; but no where else can you get as much frustration and irritation, either. As a nurse for going on 20 years now, I have seen my share of changes in my profession. I have seen changes in healthcare and hospital administrations. I have seen cutbacks on staffing, patient care standards, and therapy in the hospital setting. At the same time, I have seen more and sicker patients being admitted with shorter and shorter stays. As a nurse, I am constantly faced with the choice of whether to do what I feel is best for my patients despite lack of time or to do what is necessary only. I wish I could say that I always opt for the first options, but I am human and there are days that I am unable physically to care for all of my patients as I would like to. When you have a patient load that precludes spending quality time with your patients, you sometimes have to just do the best you can and meet the Standards of Care set forth by your state board.
On that note, I would like to include below an excerpt from a blog. I hope after reading this, you will visit the site and spend some time reading all the comments there. They are heart-breaking and eye-opening. These comments will give you a feel for what is going on in nursing right now.
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The Greening of the Sahara during the Mid-Holocene: Results of an Interactive Atmosphere-Biome Model
Martin Claussen and Veronika Gayler
Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters
Vol. 6, No. 5 (Sep., 1997), pp. 369-377
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An asynchronously coupled atmospherebiome model was used to assess the biogeophysical interaction during the mid-Holocene, 6000 years before present. The model determines its own land surface conditions and can, therefore, predict quasi-equilibrium changes in global vegetation patterns. For the mid-Holocene, the coupled model simulated a northward shift of savanna up to 20⚬N into the Sahara which in turn amplified the response of the atmospheric circulation to changes in the Earth's orbit during the Holocene. Moreover, in the simulation, most of the western part of the Sahara appeared to be vegetated by xerophytic woods/shrub and warm grass, while the eastern part remained a desert. The simulated vegetation distribution agreed better with palaeobotanical reconstructions than results from the same model, but omitting vegetation-atmosphere interaction.
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Ducey predicted there would be a need to fight back against the Biden administration’s attempts to implement gun control and infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of Arizonans.
“There’s a lot of discussion out of Washington, D. C., about congressional action around the Second Amendment, and this law was simply to protect the rights that we already enjoy in Arizona,” he told KTAR-FM.
Ahead of Biden’s executive actions on gun control, Gov. Doug Ducey (R-AZ) says:
“We’re gonna protect Second Amendment rights in Arizona … Whatever [Biden] does, it likely won’t do anything to solve these mass shootings that we’ve had.” pic.twitter.com/nAyX15lpGp
Ducey’s comments about potential gun control laws, executive actions, or legislation from Congress, along with any trampling of the Constitution, were rather prescient.
On Thursday, President Biden called for lawmakers to consider legislation banning ‘assault weapons’ and ‘high-capacity magazines’ in his major gun announcement, insisting that “no amendment to the constitution is absolute.”
“The idea is just bizarre to suggest that some of the things we’re recommending are contrary to the Constitution,” Biden insisted.
BIDEN: “Nothing I’m about to recommend in any way impinges on the second amendment… No amendment to the Constitution is absolute. You can’t yell ‘fire in a crowded movie theater’ and call it freedom of speech. From the beginning, you couldn’t own any weapon you wanted to own.” pic.twitter.com/4dChTPgmQm
During his State of the State address in February, Abbott called on Texas to become a Second Amendment sanctuary due to the consistent drumbeat of anti-gun lawmakers.
“Politicians from the federal level to the local level have shouted: ‘Heck yes, the government is coming to get your guns,’” he said. “We won’t let that happen in Texas.”
That same month, Newton County in Missouri passed a bill that authorizes the arrest of any federal agents who try to infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of its citizens.
“Specifically, section 4a of the Newton County ordinance grants the sheriff’s department ‘full authority to make an arrest of any and all federal agents that violate state laws and enforce regulations’ that violate the Second Amendment.”
Part of President Biden’s executive actions include a call for restrictions on so-called “ghost guns” – handmade firearms without serial numbers – as well as a demand for a comprehensive report on firearms trafficking.
The President also directed the Department of Justice to publish suggestions for “red flag” legislation for states.
“Red flag” laws allow authorities to confiscate firearms from individuals deemed a risk to themselves or others, without having been convicted of a crime.


Earlier this week we promised to carefully assess comments made by Cllr Graham Brown to undercover reporters from the Daily Telegraph and to respond on the powers the Council has to deal with possible breaches of the Councillor Code of Conduct.
Whilst Cllr Brown is not a member of the planning committee which decides on planning applications his claims of being able to influence the system have deeply troubled both the council and the public."
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Clear skies over North Devon, Somerset and Dorset will bring a sharp frost. Tomorrow will start cold but the sun will improve things
Another widespread frost has formed meaning a very cold night and a cold start tomorrow. But a lovely day ahead.
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Review Summary: A return to form (sort of).
Memphis May Fire’s five year climb up the “rise-core” food chain may have hit a few stumbling blocks. The one-two punch of The Hollow
, which brought the band to the very top of their genre, was made a distant memory after 2014’s Unconditional
. On that less than stellar effort, poor production and appalling lyrics -- along with MMF’s apparent unwillingness to divert from their standard metalcore formula -- disappointed both longtime fans of the band as well as newcomers expecting to hear an excellent metalcore record.
Fortunately for Memphis May Fire, some of the problems that plagued Unconditional
are solved on their newest release, This Light I Hold
. The production is stellar, as the vocals of Matty Mullins are placed very comfortably in the mix; his growls are striking and powerful without overpowering his bandmates. This allows the guitar leads of Anthony Sepe and Kellen McGregor to be prominent once more, unlike the muddy “wall of noise” that was heard on Unconditional
. The drums of Jake Garland are also punchy and dynamic, especially on the heavier songs such as ‘Sever the Ties’.
As far as songwriting goes, This Light I Hold
is par for the course, by Memphis May Fire standards. As expected, the band show that they are perfectly happy staying in their comfort zone; supplying catchy, fun metalcore with no groundbreaking elements and no massive surprises. This is in stark contrast to several of their contemporaries (Bring Me the Horizon, Crown the Empire, Of Mice & Men) who seem to be doing all they can to distance themselves from the “risecore” genre, for better or for worse. While this obviously gives weight to the claims that Memphis May Fire are generic and a one-trick-pony, it’s oddly refreshing to see a band that knows what they’re good at and sticks to it. The placement of well-crafted guitar solos where one would normally expect a “chugging” style breakdown (‘The Antidote’, ‘This Light I Hold’) is also a welcome addition to their sound.
Unfortunately, the largest problem that plagued Unconditional
has not been rectified on This Light I Hold
, this being Matty Mullins’ lyrics. While not as terribly preachy as his last effort, Mullins’ lyrical output on This Light I Hold
ranges from generic hopecore: “Don’t let your fears keep you from dreaming/It’s all a lie when you believe you can’t (‘Not Over Yet’)” to horribly cringe-worthy and defensive cliches: “Decrease the morals/Increase the funds/Don’t be too preachy if you wanna be loved (‘Carry On’)”. Throughout the record, there is absolutely no hint of subtlety or nuance in the lyrics. At this point, this lyrical train wreck has become the norm for Memphis May Fire, and it unfortunately brings the album down several notches.
At the end of the day, This Light I Hold
is, in many ways, a return to form for Memphis May Fire. While the lyrics are as bad as ever and Matty Mullins’ ego is still fully on display, several of the elements that made The Hollow
top-notch metalcore releases are prevalent. If you’re a fan of the band’s previous work, then you’ll probably find something to enjoy in This Light I Hold
as well. But, for those that have already decided that Memphis May Fire isn’t for them, this album will do nothing to change their mind.

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Kwesé Gamer and ESL Africa are incredibly proud to announce that international esports casters Lauren ‘Pansy’ Scott and Jason ‘Moses’ O’Toole will be attending the annual rAge expo for the ESL African Championship final.
The finals of the ESL African Championship, to be held on the weekend on 6 – 8 October, is where the best two North African teams will be facing off against the best two South African teams.
Scott and O’Toole will be lending their casting abilities and trademark style to the talent deck of the grand finals, alongside a host of local commentators, panelists and analysts.
The 27-year-old British national contracted to ESL has been involved in esports for over 10 years, and started casting from her bedroom before the word ‘esports’ entered the main English lexicon.
Casting the Battlefield franchise, World of Tanks and Dirty Bomb, Scott is probably most widely known for her Counter-Strike: Global Offensive casting ability.
“Most people know me from casting games like CS:GO and Call of Duty or Enemy Territory depending on how old you are, but my casting career hasn’t always reflected what I was playing during my evenings. I have been a huge fan of military sim games from around 2011 when I first picked up ARMA 2’s expansion pack Operation Arrowhead,” Scott explained to ESL.
Most recently, Scott was the main caster and host for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Invitational at this year’s Gamescom, and commentator for ESL One: New York 2017.
“I missed that gritty feeling ARMA games gave me, then we heard about Battlegrounds… Fast forward from where it started to where it is now, I have put in more hours than anyone that I know and my reward is knowing that I hate people who go to Pochinki and keep a shotgun late game.”
Additionally, Scott has been in the driving seat for some of the biggest ESL tournament in the world, which includes ESL One: Cologne 2014 – 2017, Intel Extreme Masters XI – Oakland, and this year’s Intel Extreme Masters XI - World Championship.
O’Toole started his professional career at the very young age of 16, playing for United 5 in North America. One of the first premier tournaments that United5 played in, was the 2003 CPL Winter Championship – where United5 placed 7th.
After a somewhat lengthy playing career, O’Toole realised that he still wanted to be involved in esports but couldn’t spend around 45 hours a week practising or competing.
Making the decision to step away from tournaments as a competitive player, he contacted a local team and asked if he could broadcast some of their games as a hobby.
As O’Tool explained to MLG’s Chris Puckett, “it all just blew up from there. It wasn’t something planned or expected. The game just got to that level.”
Through hard work and dedication, O’Toole managed to evolve into an anchor, analyst and commentator for Room on Fire, a freelance casting team based in the USA.
Also known as the Bald Eagle, the former professional Counter-Strike 1.6 player has some high-profile casting gigs under his belt.
This year alone he served as analyst for PGL Major Kraków 2017’s Offline Qualifier, served as commentator for ESL One: Cologne 2017, and commentator for DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017. Most recently he served as commentator for ESL One: New York 2017.
Other than commentating at the ESL African Championship finals at rAge, O’Toole will also be attending ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2017 in October as a commentator and analyst, and in November will be serving as commentator for ESL Pro League Season 6 - North America.
Kwesé Gamer and ESL Africa are incredibly excited to have Scott and O’Toole on board for the finals.
The massive arena erected by Kwesé Gamer to host the ESL African Championship finals will be one of the largest at this year’s expo.
With seating for many eager South African esports fans, visitors will be able to watch all the action on massive screens on the side of the stage.

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For only the third time since Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart transitioned to a hybrid data list, blending airplay, streaming and sales, on Oct. 20, 2012, a song debuts atop the survey.
Pop singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha and powerhouse country duo Florida Georgia Line‘s “Meant to Be” launches at No. 1 on the chart dated Dec. 16. Rexha makes her first visit to Hot Country Songs, while FGL earns its sixth No. 1, and first since “H.O.L.Y.” reigned for 18 weeks beginning May 21, 2016.
“Meant” is being driven in part by budding multi-format support at both pop and country radio, where it’s being dually promoted. It rises 31-28 on the Pop Songsairplay chart (up 33 percent in plays, according to Nielsen Music) and pushes 57-48 in its second week on Country Airplay (2 million impressions, up 47 percent).
On the Billboard Hot 100, “Meant” reaches the top 40 (42-40). Rexha earns her fifth top 40 Hot 100 hit and FGL lands its 10th. (All charts will update tomorrow, Dec. 5, on Billboard.com.)


With Sasquatch just around the corner, it’s time to start planning your festival schedule. Being the music junkie I am, I’ve been pouring over their line up since it’s released, trying to figure out where I’ll be every minute of every day. Of course, my schedule isÂ fraught with conflicts, but if you’re torn over who to see I’m going to do you a favor and let you know some of my top picks to catch Friday evening.
Right off the boat, make sure to get to the Yeti stage to catch California’s HoneyHoney. This duo was here a few weeks ago with James Morrison (a review can be found here, and the interview I did with them will be up in the next few days), and they blew me away. While they’reÂ unbelievablyÂ attractive, what really makes them a must see is their charisma on stage and the quality of their song writing. Making music inspired by authentic country and soul, songs from their latest album, Billy Jack, areÂ ripe with a certain level of raunchiness, while also offering soul searching insights. Catch their set, starting at 5:05, and if you’re looking for a way into their hearts- I’d start with offering them a shot of whiskey after their performance.
At 6:05, make your way over to the Sasquatch stage to check out Of Monsters and Men. Their single ‘Little Talks will get you dancing, but what you may not know if you’re a radio junkie is that some of their other material is even better. I’m hoping to hear ‘Love Love Love’ especially- it’s a slower song, but one with all the elements that make Of Monsters and Men worth seeing- searing vocals, interesting lyrics, and floating instrumentals.
The Banana Shack is where you’ll find my next two must-sees- STRFKR and Beats Antique. Both are electronic bands, at at these stages you’ll find one hell of a dance party. STRFKR is one of my favorite live acts, their performances lead you to shed your skin and get lost in their understated vocals and keyboard playing. They’re not bass driven, they’re sort of rocky and breezey and a great way to spend the later half of the 7 o’clock hour- starting at 7:45. When STRFKR ends, don’t even think about leaving the Banana Stage. Beats Antique is one of the most buzzed about acts out there, and with an hour long set starting at 9, you won’t want to miss a moment. Beats Antique is just… it’s hard to find words to describe. It’s electronic music with integrity- it’s not trying to be pop or rock, and listening to tracks like ‘Cat Skillz’ is like an giving your brain a workout. Be there, and stay there, the entire set.
If you’re wondering where to end your night, take a cue from the crowd that will be growing over at the Sasquatch stage. Pretty Lights starts at 10:15, and based on the last time I saw him at the Gorge will BLOW YOU AWAY. This DJ is one of the best around, and the crowd he draws exudes the kind of energy rarely seen at festivals in Washington. And don’t even get me started on his light show- it’s one of the best. Â Check out one of his videos below, and make sure you’ve saved enough energy through your first day at Sasquatch to dance along with the hundreds of people in front of the stage.


NEW DELHI: The state-run Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) is ready to manufacture affordable 3G and 4G handsets to back Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s ambitious Make in India and Digital India programmes.
The objective of C-DoT, which offers consultation, development and manufacturing services to the telecom industry, is in complete sync with Prime Minister Modi’s vision to promote indigenous manufacturing.
“We have a capacity to build 3G and 4G handsets in India. Depending upon the chipset, a device in a price range of Rs 2,000 to 3,000 can be possibly produced,” C-DoT director Vipin Tyagi told ET, adding that market prices are artificially inflated.
An affordable computing device is key to Digital India’s success, according to Tyagi. “We can look at high value-added products. If the device cost comes down in tandem with Internet charges, then it could prove to be a key growth driver for India,” he said.
The Centre has embarked on the Digital India programme with an initial cost projection of Rs 1.13-lakh crore, envisaging to digitally empower 1.3 billion Indians with access to seamless broadband connectivity and mobile devices.
In the absence of a manufacturing ecosystem, India’s rapidly growing smartphone industry is largely reliant on imports. A 3G smartphone costs Rs 4,000 on average while the cheapest 4G device is said to be Lenovo’s recently launched dual-mode LTE smartphone, which is priced at Rs 6,999.
C-DoT wants to break this price level and take global competition head-on.
Global handset makers such as Samsung, Nokia, Apple and Sony are big players in India’s smartphone market, which also has home-grown manufacturers such as Micromax, Lava and Karbon among major players.
However, most of the devices the domestic manufacturers sell are imported, mainly from China.
“We have restarted manufacturing services, which were earlier discouraged due to focus on expansion. We are very much supportive of indigenous manufacturing and academic intervention, and have firm faith in Indian engineers,” Tyagi said, adding that the domestic products will provide safeguards against “IP-clinical trials” by foreign device makers.
Lately, C-DoT has indigenously produced single-terabit router and supplied GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) equipment worth Rs 1,000 crore to United Telecoms for the ongoing national fibre network, implemented byBharat Broadband Network.
The organisation has already taken seven manufacturers on board for technology transfer.
As per the collaboration, JPL will offer its Cloud Native 5G Core to telcos globally along with Subex’s HyperSense for enabling closed-loop network automation, product performance and customer experience analytics.


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A prominent feature of the first presidential debate, healthcare was barely mentioned Tuesday night in President Barack Obama's and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's arguments that focused heavily on other domestic issues such as jobs, taxes, energy and immigration policy.
The two candidates addressed voters in a 90-minute town-hall format at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., three weeks before Election Day in the second of three presidential debates and the last to focus on both domestic and foreign policy.
“I actually think it was surprisingly absent given the size of healthcare as part of our federal budget, as part of our national economy—GDP—and as part of the lame-duck issues we have to tackle,” such as extending certain Medicare programs and the anticipated sequestration process, said Ilisa Halpern Paul, managing government relations director at the law firm Drinker Biddle and Reath in Washington. “I did anticipate one or two direct questions from voters.”
Instead, the candidates wove healthcare—albeit slightly—into answers to questions on other topics. For instance, the president mentioned contraceptive coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as well as funding for Planned Parenthood during a discussion of income inequalities between men and women in the workplace. A major difference in the campaign, Obama argued, is Romney “feels comfortable having politicians in Washington decide the healthcare choices that women are making.”
The president continued by saying that his healthcare bill requires insurance companies to provide contraceptive coverage to everyone who is insured because the issue is not just a health issue, but also an economic one.
"When Gov. Romney says that we should eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood: There are millions of women all across the country who rely on Planned Parenthood for not just contraceptive care, they rely on it for mammograms, for cervical cancer screenings," Obama said. "That's a pocketbook issue for women and families all across the country, and it makes a difference in terms of how well and effectively women are able to work."
Meanwhile, Romney characterized the 2010 healthcare reform law as an example of how the Obama administration has hurt the nation's middle class and deterred small businesses from hiring new employees.
“He said he'd reform Medicare and Social Security—he hasn't even made a proposal for either one,” Romney said. “He said middle-income families would have a reduction in their health insurance premiums, it's gone up by $2,500 a year,” he continued. “If Obamacare is implemented fully, it will be another $2,500 on top. The middle class is getting crushed under the policies of a president who has not understood what it takes to get the economy working again.”
Halpern Paul and Jodie Curtis, senior government relations director at Drinker, Biddle and Reath, said it's possible that this second debate did not focus much on healthcare because it was such a prominent topic in the first match-up. And Halpern Paul noted that the latest debate ended nine minutes past the scheduled time, so it's possible the remaining questions from voters centered on healthcare.
Still, Halpern Paul said she would have liked to have heard more specific details, especially from Romney on the issue of healthcare coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. While the former governor has said more than once that he does not want people with pre-existing conditions to be denied access to coverage, he has not laid out how he would pay for such a measure. "And I was hoping to hear an answer tonight," Halpern Paul said.
The candidates will meet for the final debate Oct. 22 at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., to discuss foreign policy.


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The Jets have been the central focus of ESPN since training camp began, and that truth hasn’t been lost on Rex Ryan or many others. The Jets coach went so far as to call his team ESPN’s version of “Hard Knocks,” which is a show on HBO that follows one NFL team throughout training camp (the Jets were featured on “Hard Knocks” in 2010).
“I know we did Hard Knocks before, and this is like the ESPN version of it or something,” Ryan said during an interview with Stephen A. Smith and Ryan Ruocco on ESPN Radio New York. “It is surprising. There’s no doubt. We’re just a team that’s coming off last year’s 8-8 record. But we do have some personalities here.
“Obviously people want to see Tim Tebow, they want to see Mark Sanchez and Darrelle Revis or whoever. That comes with the territory. Certainly I think in some ways the more success you have, the better this thing is for you. … The cameras are around, we’ve had different things, and sometimes it gets you ready.”
Ryan pointed out the
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