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More than a quarter of jobs in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) rely on skills that could be easily automated in the coming artificial intelligence revolution, and workers fear they could lose their jobs to AI. The Paris-based bloc demanded “urgent action” to ensure the responsible and trustworthy deployment of AI, according to its Employment Outlook 2023 report released on Tuesday. High-skill occupations are most at risk, with lawyers and administrators most likely to see their tasks replaced by robots. The report found that low-skill jobs in construction and agriculture are also likely to disappear but will likely be replaced by other jobs with higher pay.
Amid growing evidence of bias in AI-facilitated hiring processes, the OECD said it was essential that policies be implemented to prevent discriminatory uses of artificial intelligence, especially for those already disadvantaged in the labor market, such as women, minorities, and indigenous peoples. It warned of the dangers of “untrained” algorithms introducing biases into the workplace and the use of biased data sets in training AI systems.
While many workers worry about losing their jobs to robots, the OECD report indicated that for most, the threat was not a matter of whether they would be laid off but instead of the kind of changes in the workplace they might experience. Most surveyed believed that AI could reduce tedious and dangerous tasks in their work, leading to greater worker engagement and physical safety.
However, three out of five workers worried that they might be laid off in the next decade by AI, with Eastern European nations at the highest risk. The OECD said that a significant share also thought wages in their sector would decrease because of AI. Two-thirds of those who already worked with AI said it had made their job less boring and monotonous and more efficient.
The OECD added that Those worried about losing their jobs to AI need support. Wage policies such as minimum wages and collective bargaining can help mitigate the impact of AI on labor markets. It said that governments can also provide direct support through tax and benefit systems to protect low-wage workers’ purchasing power.
The OECD is best known for its regular economic reports and policy criticisms, such as its work on corporate tax avoidance, which often hits nations on their home turf. It is also renowned for its international test of educational standards, the PISA. Its reports are widely read and quoted in the media. Still, arguably its most important contribution is its analysis of global trends and challenges in labor markets, which helps countries coordinate their policy responses. Its work on the global economy and its efforts to address crises in emerging markets are particularly influential. The OECD is a 38-member bloc, spanning mostly wealthy nations and some emerging economies like Mexico and Estonia. Its member states comprise about half of the world’s population and 80% of global GDP.

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The world of sexual harm is scary, and everyone on all sides needs
someone to talk to. I'm often that person. As a survivor and
trauma-informed educator, I support survivors develop a path to healing,
which might include referral to trauma and mental health services,
mediating discussions with their perpetrator and/or their community, or
simply just being on-call as a person to talk to. I also support
perpetrators in engaging in accountability practices, and refer them out
to more robust transformative justice processes. Finally, I lead
workshops and trainings to bolster community knowledge of trauma and
accountability practices, in the hopes that we can all do better in
supporting our community members as they heal from harm.
While I do some of this work as a paid consultant (see my website: www.emmakaywin.com), I never turn anyone away and often do not even bring up payment -- it seems a little uncouth to do so when people are hurting so much. However, perhaps you would like to help support this community-based emotional labor I provide by buying me a "coffee"! I'll use this money to continue to be able to survive myself while supporting people who can't afford to pay me but need my services.

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Evolution of the conventional ultra sonic test.
Get higher accuracy integrity of your pile to ensure foundation quality.
The Tubewave is an evolution of Crosshole Sonic Logging Technology. It is able to image an the circular cross section along the piles entire length.
Crosshole Sonic Logging Technology is able to scan multiple profiles of a pile because it requires multiple probes to determine pile integrity.
Crosshole Sonic Logging Technology scans multiple profiles to determine pile integrity.
However, the sensors only detect integrity between the sonic logging piles.
Compared to the Tubewave which can detect integrity across the diameter of the pile.
The Tubewave sensing technology will be able to scan the entire pile length to determine pile integrity result.
The trasmitter and receiver are at a fixed distance and allow the probe to detect cavities in 3D space.


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“Dance and film are made for each other!“
Founded in 2009, the Dance Film Festival is a biennial focused on the presentation of dance films, from dance documentaries to innovative recordings of dance pieces and, most importantly, the genre of dance for camera. The festival is a presenting and producing body and an institution to support the creation of dance films. Next edition will take place in 2021.
Pina Bausch Foundation: Ensembles
9 – 20 May 2019
Centre for Contemporary Art DOX
A video installation about the work of Pina Bausch and her company Tanztheater Wuppertal.
Installation is presented by Dance Film Festival Prague in collaboration with Goethe – Institute Czech Republic, Centre for Contemporary Art DOX and Pina Bausch Foundation.

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Mary and Jeff Bell Library
Information Literacy Services
The instructional mission of the Mary and Jeff Bell Library is to create, promote and evaluate programs and services for the University community to help them:
- Identify and articulate information needs.
- Identify and select appropriate information sources.
- Develop and execute search strategies.
- Locate and retrieve information in a variety of formats from the global information environment.
- Analyze and critically evaluate information.
- Organize and synthesize information.
- Use/apply information.
- Understand public policy and the ethical issues relating to the access and use of information.
Students must be able to navigate the Bell Library and our print and electronic information resources. They should also be able to evaluate, analyze, and synthesize information to make conclusions and effectively communicate their findings. Instruction in this area takes many different forms:
- Library tours are available on request.
- Course-related instruction is taught in all disciplines on request.
- One-on-one instruction sessions occur at service points.
- Consultations with librarians are available through appointment for in-depth research assistance or curriculum development.
- Instructional materials, such as brochures, resource guides, webliographies, electronic database guides, and general handouts are updated and made available in print and/or online.
If you would like to schedule a class for instruction in the use of Bell Library and its resources, please contact Lisa Louis in the Information Literacy Department at (361) 825-5905 or at Lisa.Louis@tamucc.edu.
No less than one week's notice (preferably two) is required in order for the instructing librarian to adequately prepare. Classes are usually held in the Library Instruction Centers, Rooms 109 and 216A, Bell Library. However, we will be more than happy to visit your class. We anticipate that faculty will be present during these instruction sessions. Thank you for your assistance in this important effort.
To support the University's outreach services, the Library also provides workshops for community groups (ex. school classes) during the semester, as well as during the interim periods when staffing is available. A minimum of two weeks prior notice is required. In addition to the teacher or group leader, the library also requires that these groups provide one adult for every 10 students or participants.
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Pope Francis gives his support to the March for Life in Paris on Sunday, January 25th
They will march with the Pope‘s support. The March for Life in Paris Sunday on January 25th has received the support of Pope Francis, who sent a message to the organizers by the intermediary of the country‘s Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Luigi Ventura.
Referring to the speech he addressed to the members of the Association of Italian Catholic Doctors, received in audience on November 17th, the Pope recalled that "human life is always sacred, valid, and inviolable, and that as such it must be loved, cared for and protected." Then, Msgr. Ventura continued, "beyond a legitimate demonstration in favor of human life, the Holy Father encourages the participants of the March for life to work untiringly to build a civilization of love and a culture of life." The March for Life, which will set out from Bastille Square at 1:30 pm, each year gives voice to citizens, explain promoters, who "want to express their opposition to the bioethical one-sidedness that began with the abortion law and recall that the principle of respect for human life the foundation of our civilization."


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We would like to take this moment to introduce our community to our now 7 month old Woodson.
This stunning, soon to be large Labrador retriever/flat coated (maybe a touch of something else), will be arriving into our loving arms in September. He will be neutered, UTD on all vaccines , and his “perfect” medical recovery notes from his vet coming with him. Woodson was found as a very young puppy tied up in an abandoned Walmart parking lot with a broken leg (100% recovered). His past injury will NOT affect him whatsoever moving forward. He is a very happy, well-rounded puppy. Good with kids, other dogs and cats.
He has not travelled to Canada yet (he’s currently fostered in Arkansas) due to the extreme heat in the south Arkansas . If interested please apply to adopt Woodson.

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TITLE: Lazy Summer Days
STORY: The simple beauty of the island life - Cinque Terre is the beautiful coastal region of Italy. With five gorgeous villages built precariously on the edge of the mountains, these colourful, rustic villages promises simpler, calmer and happier times. Have a glass of wine, speak to the locals ... it doesn't matter if it's in English or Italian, you're bound to have a great time.
SIZE: 8x10 inches (20cm x 27cm)
PAPER: Kodak Endura Lustre photo paper.
OTHERS: Photo is signed

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CEDAR CITY – A 5th District judge sentenced a 44-year-old Las Vegas man Tuesday to 120 days in the county jail for sending pornographic materials to a minor over the internet.
Judge Keith Barnes sentenced Sean Gerald Brogna to four months in the Iron County Correctional Facility and placed him on 36 months of probation for two counts of dealing harmful materials to a minor, both third-degree felonies.
He was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.
According to the court records, Brogna was arrested in 2011 after police conducted an online sting in conjunction with the California-based organization, Perverted Justice.
Perverted Justice consists of volunteers who work with authorities throughout the country to conduct online sting operations. The organization uses adult decoys who pose as children or teenagers, generally ranging in ages 10-15, on chat sites and wait for adults to approach them.
The volunteers set up in-person meetings with the suspects. The information is then passed to area law enforcement who will make an arrest at the point of contact.
In Brogna’s case, the adult decoy presented herself as a 13-year-old female from Utah. After identifying herself, including her age, the defendant began chatting with her about his intentions to have sex with her.
On one occasion, Brogna sent the girl a pornographic image and on another occasion via webcam in a live video stream he sent images that included sexual acts. The entire time, Brogna was acting under the belief the girl was 13 years old.
During one of the chats, Brogna gave his name to the alleged victim.
The information was then given to the Iron County Sheriff’s Office which began an investigation, eventually locating the defendant in Las Vegas.
Brogna begged the judge Tuesday to give him more time before having to start his sentence. Barnes refused, ordering the defendant to report to the jail at 2 p.m.
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New Delhi: Former Australia pacer Brett Lee is one of the best pacers to have ever played the game. The Australian stalwart during his prime was known for his searing pace and rattled the best batting lineups. Lee bowled to some of the greatest batters in history like Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, and Jacques Kallis, among others. Lee’s rivalry with Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar was the one fans eagerly waited for when India clashed with Australia.
Brett Lee was recently asked about a current player whom he would like to bowl if given an opportunity to which ‘Binga’ said that he finds Rishabh Pant very exciting and would love to bowl against him. During an interaction with the Sportsbet.io, Lee said that Pant is very unorthodox and can manipulate shots thus it will be very interesting to have a bowl at Pant.
“I had the pleasure to play against the older generation of Indian players like Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, and Virat Kolhi, at the start of his career. I think someone like Rishabh Pant would be very exciting to bowl to. He’s pretty nifty, walks around the crease, is very aggressive, and is the one guy I’d like to challenge myself against. I’ve had the pleasure to meet him a few times, and he’s pretty unorthodox, which would make it very hard to bowl him to,” remarked Brett Lee.
Meanwhile, Brett Lee will next be seen in the upcoming edition of Legends League Cricket, set to be played in September-October. Pant, on the other hand, is with the Indian team for the Asia Cup, which will get underway on August 27. India will play their first game against arch-rivals Pakistan on August 28.


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Landscape visualisation is the process of recreating a natural environment and displaying it in an interactive graphical simulation. To do this a terrain is displayed together with accompanying plant life and other objects. Present landscape visualisation software is capable in theory of displaying very detailed and large landscapes. The software is also in theory capable of simulating environments with thousands if not millions of individually structured plants. In practice though, the simulation of such landscapes requires such a large amount of storage space that it is not achievable on personal computers. Even storing small landscapes with a moderate amount plant life can be a major development problem. The extent of this problem is such that modem simulators almost always exhibit the following limitations. • When detailed landscapes are stored to the hard disk, the area of terrain covered is usually very small. • When large terrains are stored to the hard disk the detail used is usually low. • When detailed plants are used in a landscape only twenty or so plants are created and used over and over again in the landscape. This work is an original approach to solving the storage space problem that involves not storing any landscape data to the hard disk at all. In this solution, instead of the landscape simulator displaying a landscape that is stored on a hard disk, the landscape simulator displays a landscape that is randomly generated. The landscape is produced on a need-to know basis, the only landscape that exists in the simulator is the landscape that the user of the simulator can see. If the user's position in the landscape alters then the newly visible areas of landscape are created, and the areas no longer visible are removed from the simulator entirely. Areas of landscape being visited for a second time are always re-created the same way as they were originally created.
Creemers, W. (2001). Storage free terrain simulation. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses_hons/548


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Depending on the situation, we like to use acupuncture to treat eczema. It may should a little counter-intuitive, because the skin is already in such a bad condition, why stimulate it further with needles?
At Chinese Doc Singapore, Physician Julia works with gentle acupuncture to successfully treat eczema. In many of the cases, patients have even decided to use acupuncture alone because it is so effective. In other situation, the patients opt for herbal intervention to further reduce inflammation and speed up the recovery timeline.
How does acupuncture work? At one level, it serves to downregulate a hyper-stimulated nervous system. When you are suffering from eczema (and the same is true for Topical Steroid Withdrawal), the nervous system is hyper-stimulated because you feel the need to scratch, especially at night.
When the skin is flaring, the nervous system is amped up by several notches, resulting in vexation, irritability, inability sleep, feeling of heat in parts of the body, as well as a constant need to scratch. In such a situation, as many patient can attest to, the acupuncture can be very calming, and this calm mostly stays with the patient even after they leave the clinic.
Acupuncture is also able to sooth local inflammation on the skin, whether they present as skin reddening, bumps and nodules, or even weepy erosions. If you are suffering from an eczema flare, you need try once to find out how your body responds to acupuncture.

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Frontier Security President Ed Cash sat down with CNN prior to Super Bowl LII to discuss security for the event and how Homeland Security officials work with State and Local partners to prepare for large events like the Super Bowl. Click here to see the CNN story.
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Reviews/Theater; Historical People in a Fabricated Tale
By WILBORN HAMPTON
Published: September 16, 1991
It might seem gratifying to some critics to think that actors would sell their souls for a good review. It might seem even more satisfying for anyone on the other side of the footlights -- actors, directors, producers, even budding playwrights -- to believe that critics would sell their good opinion for a few dollars stuffed in an envelope. Paul Firestone assumes both points of view in "Sublime Lives," his slight first play at the Theater Row Theater, in which the author has taken a cast of characters from the American theater of a century ago and tried to fabricate a morality tale around them.
Mr. Firestone is clearly smitten by the theater, especially the fin de siecle era of actor-managers whose fame often rested as much on their egos as on their talent. At the center of "Sublime Lives" is Richard Mansfield, who is about to commission the play "Beau Brummell" from an aspiring young playwright named Clyde Fitch. In Mr. Firestone's version, this rouses the jealousy not only of William Winter, the drama critic for The New York Tribune, who wants to write the play himself, but also of Beatrice Cameron, Mansfield's leading lady and future wife, who is afraid Fitch will seduce him.
It is always a risky business to take real figures from history and force a fiction on them to teach a lesson. The moral tends to be obscured in direct proportion to the number of liberties taken. Mansfield, for example, was a genuine stage star for whom "Beau Brummell" was a huge success; Fitch was a sort of Neil Simon of his day, a popular and prolific playwright known mostly for social comedies and melodramas, and Winter was a well-known critic who had the bad luck to have poor taste and is remembered mostly for his savage attacks on new writers like Ibsen and Shaw (two playwrights, by the way, whom Mansfield later championed).
In his eagerness to drop names from that most important decade of the dawn of the modern theater, Mr. Firestone tends to get a little careless. It is one thing to have Fitch claim a friendship, even a liaison, with Oscar Wilde and another to have him read "Dorian Gray" a year before it was published in Lippincott's magazine. Or to have Mansfield receive a copy of one of Shaw's plays before he started writing them. Or to have Beatrice Cameron return from a trip to England, where she saw "Lady Windemere's Fan" a year before it opened, and have supper with "Wilde and Bosie" before the author had even met Lord Alfred Douglas.
But there are more serious problems of structure and characterization with "Sublime Lives." Mr. Firestone undermines the moral dilemma he tries to build for Mansfield by compromising his hero's integrity in the opening scenes. By the end of the first act, Mansfield has staged a bogus phone call from President Benjamin Harrison to get a bank loan, passed on bribe money to Winter for his good reviews, and lied to everyone around him. One doubts the Mansfield of Mr. Firestone's play would have any qualms about anything short of a felony except in how it might reflect on himself.
Mr. Firestone also makes a mistake common to beginning playwrights by having most of the interesting parts of his story take place offstage. In the case of "Sublime Lives" most of the drama seems to happen during intermission. The first act ends with several questions hanging. Coming back for the second act, the audience is informed in recitative fashion about all that's gone on while they were away.
A couple of good performances under William E. Hunt's direction manage to keep one's interest from wandering too far. William Verderber is thoroughly credible as Mansfield, capturing the posturing of a matinee idol without going overboard and keeping his unflagging self-interest within the normal bounds of any superstar. Jordan Charney's Winter is a portrait of well-bred corruption and snobbish villainy. Hans Freidrichs is somewhat affected as Fitch, although he makes the most of one genuinely funny scene. In it, Fitch flirts with Mansfield by telling about a previous incarnation in which Fitch was one Willie Hughes, an actor and "intimate friend" of Shakespeare who created the role of Juliet ("Shakespeare wrote the part for me") and who was the "Mr. W. H." to whom the sonnets were dedicated. Sublime Lives By Paul Firestone; directed by William E. Hunt; sets, Don Jensen; costumes, Traci di Gesu; lighting, David Neville; production stage manager, Otis White. Presented by Merry Enterprises Theater Inc.; artistic director, Lily Turner. At Theater Row Theater, 424 West 42d Street, Manhattan. Richard Mansfield . . . William Verderber William Winter . . . Jordan Charney Fred . . . Ron Keith Henry Salomon . . . Lenny Singer Beatrice Cameron . . . Pamela Cecil Clyde Fitch . . . Hans Freidrichs Constance Neville . . . Susan Farwell


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§ 2. Mr. David Marshall
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received about the eventual introduction in the United Kingdom of cabotage in the road haulage and road passenger transport industries; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
We have received nine written representations. I met a deputation from the Transport and General Workers Union on 22 October. I have nothing to add to my reply of 28 October to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, Leith (Mr. Brown).
§ Mr. Marshall
Does the Minister realise that cabotage poses a threat to jobs in this country, to safety on the roads and to the environment? Has he answered the specific question put to him by the Transport and General Workers Union, and what positive measures will he take to protect jobs and to prevent overloaded lorries, perhaps carrying dangerous substances, battling it out for business on our roads?
§ Mr. Bottomley
The Government take very seriously the point about enforcing the law, and we hope that the rest of the European Community will do the same. We will agree to cabotage if our operators have free and fair access to the markets of all member states. We have much more to gain than to lose from the liberalisation of cabotage if our hauliers grasp the opportunities.
§ Mr. Tony Lloyd
Nevertheless, will the Minister accept that there is much concern about the approach of cabotage? By the Department of Transport's own admission about 3,000 continental hauliers driving on British roads are found to be overloaded and flouting our safety regulations every year. Given the rules on toxic waste and other dangerous substances, does the Minister accept the need to look carefully at the matter before 1992, to ensure that we protect our citizens, rather than simply benefiting road hauliers who want to travel overseas?
§ Mr. Bottomley
We do not intend to wait until 1992 to continue to improve our enforcement effort, whether on foreign or domestic hauliers. We do not want different safety standards between now and then. The Polytechnic of Central London report showed that about 1 per cent. of the United Kingdom haulage market was likely to be taken by non-United Kingdom hauliers, whereas if the highly protected German market was opened up 20 per cent. of it could be secured by non-German hauliers. We have more to gain than to lose.

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by Del Harvey
Johnnie To’s sequel that’s not quite a sequel is a must-see for fans of action films, no matter where they might hail from.
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Chinese director To Kei-fung, better known to Westerners as Johnnie To, has outdone himself; literally. Exiled picks up the characters Hong Kong action lovers recall from his epic The Mission (1999) and take them to their inevitable conclusion in the most stylized and cinematically perfect way possible.
The Mission was successful largely because the story unfolded as we watched, thus the film drew the audience into its own particular jiang hu, or underworld, and a brotherhood among the assassins was formed as the audience looked on. In the sequel, Exiled, the character’s brotherhood is understood, and the audience is already aware of the way this film world works. This shorthand allows To instill in his characters and plot such a sense of “cool” that a certain iconography emerges, and with it a degree of sentimentality.
For fans of the original, Exiled is just what every good sequel should be. Director Johnnie To has injected it with all the elements of a good Hong Kong actioner: hard-boiled characters, abundant gunplay, and plenty of tough guy humor. Exiled takes the action film element and blasts them solidly into every corner of the widescreen frame, exulting in its macho attitudes while playfully poking fun at itself, if not the oeuvre of “Hong Kong Cinema” as it has come to be known.
The cast from The Mission returns: Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Roy Cheung, and Lam Suet play characters who resemble their earlier roles, even though right from the start it is clear that they are somehow different. The biggest difference is that, in Exiled, they all know each other and have a history, and this history transcends whatever terrible situation they are in currently.
In Exiled, we learn that our four characters originally joined the triad along with Wo (Nick Cheung), who was forced to go into hiding following a botched assassination attempt on Boss Fay (Simon Yam). Unfortunately for him, Wo has since resurfaced, taking up residence in Macau along with his wife Jin (Josie Ho), and their newborn son. But Fay still holds a nasty grudge, and dispatches Wo’s old buddies—Blaze (Anthony Wong) and Fat (Lam Suet)—to ensure Wo’s return is short-lived. But there to defend Wo are old friends Tai (Francis Ng) and Cat (Roy Cheung). We learn that Wo once took a fall for Tai, so Tai won’t let Blaze complete his hit on Wo. When these two opposing pairs of triad enforcers meet up, things get crazy pretty fast, and balletic gunplay, deafening sound effects, and an intense standoff ensues. Which turns into a meal, of course, as all the characters decide they’re getting nowhere fast and figure, what the heck, let’s break for lunch and a group photo, mother and child included. It’s a cultural thing; don’t think about it too much and it actually works.
However, so much commiserating leads to a subtle shift in the dynamic; the group decides to grant Wo’s final wish of securing money for Jin and the baby, and decide to resolve this little conflict later.
While many other directors would not be able to pull off such a stunt, in Johnnie To’s capable hands the far-fetched works. It’s all about unspoken honor, trust, knowing your place in the world, and acting accordingly. This is the beauty of having established these characters in The Mission; these people will live and die for one another, and can grasp their own and each other’s thoughts with near telepathic instinct. These are honorable guys who won’t hold a grudge if they’re assigned to kill one another because, in their world, gangland respect is everything.
But, if that respect isn’t reciprocated, then look out. And, eventually, that’s Boss Fay’s problem, along with a few other egomaniacal character tics. And when Fay pushes these assassins too hard, their honor and loyalty come first. This puts Blaze, Tai, Cat, and Fat on the same side and, just like they did in The Mission, they react like some sort of well-oiled gunplay machine.
It is in these moments where To elevates the action form into something resembling artistic dance, as he uses stillness and calm to offset the slow-motion bullet opera unfolding onscreen. He meticulously stages every action sequence, choreographing each gunfighter so that they are wound up and uncoiled like supple animals performing an age-old ritual with grace and style
And so, with the ultimate conflict set into inexorable motion, Exiled unspools before our eyes in ultra-cool, ultra-tough cinematic brilliance. In fact this film, like other notable To films The Victim, The Longest Night, and A Hero Never Dies, fairly drips with brilliant color tones. The vivid quality of the film heighten the sense of place and surroundings, and elevate the characters from simple gangland dog soldiers into something resembling deities, sort of like those shiny golden dragons.
Unlike his recent uber-dramatic Triad films Election and its sequel, nicknamed “The Godfather films of Hong Kong,” Exiled is one of the best action (read, escapist) films to come out of Hong Kong cinema in some time, and is sure to be embraced and exalted by lovers of the genre.
Del Harvey is the founder of Film Monthly, a filmmaker, and he teaches film at Columbia College Chicago.
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It’s British Week on “American Idol” and Hollie Cavanagh is taking the stage to sing her first song of the night, “” by . If you thought that Hollie had the Brit advantage, think again. She said, “Everyone’s like ‘Oh, this is your week, Hollie! British week!’ And I’m like ‘It doesn’t really mean anything!’ It just means that I was born there. I mean, I have a good song. I love my song.”
Hollie is singing “River Deep, Mountain High” by Ike and Tina Turner. Check it out!
The judges said that she showed that she had it in her. Jennifer commented that she was biting into the words and attacking the song. Randy said he loved it just like the other judges did. He said she wore it out and was digging in. “Very nice”, he added.
If you wish to read all of the up-to-the-minute details of what’s going on with the show, you can read our full recap here.
Was this your favorite performance of the night? Will you be casting your vote for Hollie Cavanagh to be part of the top four contenders? Sound off, Idol fans!

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Safeguarding chief feared intelligence from child sexual exploitation panel would be leaked
- Credit: Wales News Service
Oversights were made during an investigation into a child sexual exploitation panel which feared Weston-super-Mare businesses could be putting young people at risk, a tribunal heard this week.
North Somerset Council’s former head of safeguarding, Maggie Siviter, aged 56, is suing the authority for £1.4million for breach of contract.
The authority says Ms Siviter breached data protection rules in 2015. But Ms Siviter argues she should have been protected as she was a whistleblower into child sexual exploitation and grooming of young girls at businesses in Weston.
Ms Siviter was chairman on a child sexual exploitation panel, on which members of Trading Standards were concerned about two girls and connections with various Weston businesses.
An employment tribunal in Cardiff heard on Tuesday how Ms Siviter raised concerns about information from the child sexual exploitation panel potentially being leaked, after it emerged the woman taking the minutes at a meeting in October 2015 was related to the owner of Butterfly’s massage parlour.
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As Butterfly’s, which police shut down for operating as a brothel earlier this month, was named in the meeting, Ms Siviter feared there was a conflict of interest and the concerns would be leaked to the parlour’s owners.
Her fears were investigated by Robert Long, whose job at the council involved examining potential data protection breaches.
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The tribunal heard how during the course of his investigation, Mr Long changed the focus from the alleged conflict of interest to Ms Siviter breaching data protection rules in her role as panel chairman.
His report formed part of the evidence used by the council to dismiss her.
At the tribunal, Mr Long said he spoke to a colleague who told him the panel lacked a data sharing agreement, which would have allowed members to share sensitive information about children and possible abusers.
Mr Long did not mention in his final report whether or not his colleague had raised this issue with Ms Siviter. He also did not formally interview his colleague.
Although Mr Long did interview Ms Siviter during the early stages of his conflict of interest investigation, he did not speak to her once the scope of his enquiries changed to focus on her alleged data protection breaches.
When the judge presiding over the case said he was ‘quite surprised’ the information was not in his report, Mr Long admitted these were ‘oversights’.
Mr Long told the tribunal no pressure was put on him by other senior council employees in the legal and child services departments to come to a decision they wanted regarding Ms Siviter’s employment.
Ms Siviter’s solicitor said the mistakes were ‘glaring’.
The tribunal continues.


To Londoners the weather forecast is considered as accurate as auntie's new Tarot card-reading hobby skills, and as much as I hate to say this, that perpetual uncertainty is what seems to make people hopeful.
I've had a light summer skirt I bought in Paris hanging at the edge of my wardrobe (not even inside!) waiting for a warm day, holding on to the hope that the 'sun' icon will actually fulfil itself in later in the day. Of course it doesn't, and the best bit is that they don't bother changing the icon even when it's pouring outside.
I propose they make a 'maybe' icon. London's cynicism, half of it is thanks to the weather really. So here's looking forward to colder weathers, to layering, snug knits and structured coats from Chanel. At least we know chilly winds are definitely around the corner.


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About the Fellowship
The CHRISTUS Health Primary Care Emergency Medicine Fellowship is a 12-month program located at CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System, in Texarkana, Texas. The emergency department at CHRISTUS St. Michael is the busiest in the area, with over 60,000 patient visits per year, offering rich opportunities for training in emergency medicine. Fellows will work side by side with board-certified faculty throughout the program year in order to gain procedural experience, increase knowledge, and develop skills to prepare for board certification in emergency medicine.
The program is approved by the Texas Medical Board, as well as the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS). Under the oversight of ABPS, the American Academy of Emergency Physicians (AAEP) is the specialty arm by which the program is recognized. Graduates of the Fellowship are eligible to sit for board certification through ABPS/AAEP in Emergency Medicine.
To provide a well-rounded training experience to develop physicians with the foundation of primary care into well-equipped emergency medicine physicians. As a program of CHRISTUS Health, our mission aligns with the greater mission of CHRISTUS Health: To extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ.


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Soldier Family Legal Services provides confidential counsel to Soldiers, retirees, civilian employees, and their families regarding their personal legal affairs. The information, advice, and assistance responsive to legal needs enhances morale and is a very important aspect of unit readiness. We offer a variety of legal services in the following areas: Marriage Services, A-3 Visa/SOFA Stamp Services, Immigration and Naturalization Services, SOFA Liaison Services, and Claims Services. While many services require an appointment to speak with an attorney, clients can also take advantage of walk-in services to have documents notarized and obtain powers of attorney.
POWERS OF ATTORNEY. Powers of attorney (POA) are offered on a walk-in basis at any time during business hours. General POAs and specific POAs are available. Please make sure to bring all information related to the powers you are looking to give in a POA. The individual granting the POA must be present.
NOTARY SERVICES. Notarial services are offered on a walk-in basis at any time during business hours. Documents presented for notarization must be completely filled out and unsigned.
INFORMATION PAPERS. We have information papers on many common legal topics available in our waiting room during all office hours.
- WILLS/ESTATEPLANNING. A Will Worksheet MUST be completed prior to your appointment time. More complicated estate planning matters may require a referral to a civilian attorney.
- CONSUMERLAW. Debt collection/credit reporting problems, real property and leases (Tenant only), identity theft, Service members Civil Relief Act (SCRA).
- MILITARYADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS. The following military-specific cases are handled on an appointment basis: OER and NCOER Appeals; FLIPL Rebuttals; Memorandums of Reprimand (GOMOR) Rebuttals; Others IAW Regulation.
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SEPARATION and DIVORCE COUNSELING: Please note that only a state court judge can divorce you in a state court. AR 27-3 does not allow a JAG legal assistance attorney to represent you in a divorce. We will assist with the process by providing information, reviewing paperwork, and answering your questions.
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The mission of TDS is to provide a full-range of defense legal services to Soldiers worldwide, at no cost to the Soldier. These services include: Representing Soldiers at courts-martial. Representing Soldiers during criminal investigations and before involuntary enlisted separation, officer elimination, or grade reduction boards. Counseling Soldiers regarding restraint, nonjudicial punishment (aka Article 15), and any other adverse administrative action taken pursuant to Army regulations. Trail Defense services are available through the Camp Humphreys Client Legal Services. You can contact their office via email: firstname.lastname@example.org and DSN: (315) 757-2572.
Tax Preparation Services will no longer be available in-person at Client Legal Services in Korea starting with the 2023 filing season as per HQDA. Soldiers, Families and Retirees can find tax preparation assistance through Military One Source (MilTax) or through the Internal Revenue Service. Our legal assistance attorneys remain available to answer any substantive tax questions (e.g. tax controversies or issues pending before the IRS.)


Introduction to Data Acquisition
Data acquisition(DAQ) is the process of measuring an electrical or physical phenomenon such as voltage, current, temperature, pressure,or sound with a computer. A DAQ system consists of sensors, DAQ measurement hardware, and a computer with programmable software.
A sensor is a device that converts a physical phenomenon into an electrical signal that can be measured with a data acquisition system. An example of a sensor is a microphone. A microphone converts sound energy into an electrical signal that can be amplified, transmitted, and recorded. Other examples of sensors are:
- Load cells: for measuring weight and load
- LVDT sensors: LVDTs are used to measure displacement in distance
- Accelerometers: measuring vibration and shock
- Microphones: for capturing sound waves
- Current transducers: for measuring AC or DC current
- Digital sensors: used for discrete on/off counting, linear and rotary encoding, position measurements, etc.
A data acquisition device or DAQ is a device that converts a physical signal into a digital signal that can be read by a computer. Data acquisition devices can also include signal conditioning that can filter, linearize, amplify, or attenuate the signal from the sensor. DAQ devices can connect to a computer via USB, Ethernet, or Wi-Fi.
DAQ systems typically contain a computer to acquire, analyze, present, and store data measured by the DAQ card and sensors. The computer can be a standard Windows PC or laptop or an embedded controller. Custom software can be developed to display and analyze the acquired data. Data acquired can be saved to file that can be analyzed at a later time. Excel, or MATLAB can be used to graph and analyze data. Data can also be stored in a database for quality control or analysis.
Customers use data acquisition systems to perform automated testing on their products. This can greatly improve product quality and generate meaningful data to learn how the product is performing. Automated Software Technology develops custom software used in data acquisition systems. We can also help you select the right hardware and sensors for you application. Visit us for more information on our capabilities more in-depth information about data acquisition, and examples or other projects we have done for customers. You can also join our Roundtable discussion hosted by Automation Alley this June


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James D'Arcy - BIOGRAPHY
James D'Arcy (born 24 August 1975) is an English actor. His first appearances on television were small roles in the TV series Silent Witness (1996) and Dalziel and Pascoe (1996), followed by roles in TV movies such as Nicholas Hawthorne in Ruth Rendell's Bribery and Corruption (1997), Lord Cheshire in The Canterville Ghost (1997) and Jonathan Maybury in The Ice House (1997). In 1997 he furthermore played Blifil in the Mini-series The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In 1999, he acted alongside Daniel Craig in the World War I-drama The Trench as well as having a small role in the Comedy Guest House Paradiso. Description above from the Wikipedia article James D'Arcy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Despite recommendations to abstain from alcohol during pregnancy, nearly one in three pregnant women in Britain drinks alcohol, a survey of 11 European countries has shown….reports Asian Lite News
Britain (28.5 per cent) scored highest in alcohol consumption during pregnancy, followed by Russia (26.5 per cent) and Switzerland (20.9 per cent).
In contrast, women in Norway (4.1 per cent) were found to consume alcohol the least during pregnancy. They were followed by Sweden (7.2 per cent) and Poland (9.7 per cent).
“Differences in pregnant women’s drinking behaviour between countries can have many explanations besides variations in willingness of women to provide information about their alcohol consumption during pregnancy,” said Hedvig Nordeng, Professor from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
There could also be differences in national guidelines or educational campaigns about drinking during pregnancy, differences in prenatal care and attitudes towards alcohol use in pregnancy, or a combination of all these factors.
Further, women who reported alcohol consumption during pregnancy were more likely to be older, highly educated, employed and had smoked before pregnancy, the researchers said in the paper appearing in the journal Women and Birth.
Alcohol can seriously affect the development of an unborn baby, increasing the risk of miscarriage, premature birth, low birth weight, learning difficulties and behavioural problems.
“There is no defined safe minimum amount of alcohol to drink during pregnancy. We therefore recommend that all pregnant women should adhere to the guidelines for total alcohol abstinence during pregnancy,” Nordeng noted.
For the study, a total of 7,905 women from 11 European countries were surveyed, of whom 53 per cent were pregnant and 46 per cent were new mothers (with a child up to one-year-old).
The surveyed countries included Croatia, Finland, France, Italy, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland and Britian.


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Anok Yai’s career is a testament to the power of speaking up. The model—who last season walked for Hermès, Chanel, Mugler, Versace, and Tom Ford, to name a small selection—spoke at Vogue’s Forces of Fashion with Vogue Runway’s fashion news writer José Criales-Unzueta about her career and the ways in which she stood up for herself and forged her own path.
Everything comes back to a piece of advice her agent gave her, which is “know that you are the business. That was the best advice I ever received. At the end of the day, you are the business,” Yai says. That mindset empowered Yai to operate strategically as well as artistically, and to speak up and say no.
One crucial way she did say no was by only agreeing for a while to wear her hair in cornrows or as an Afro. “I got quite a hard pushback from the brands, but they noticed I was just standing my ground.” Other models took notice, appreciated Yai’s stance, and did the same. “There were signs backstage that were like ‘do not touch Anok’s hair,’ and other girls were like ‘how did you do that?’” Yai says. Saying no to harmful hairstyles came after Yai had what she describes as a “breakdown.” She recounts a harrowing story of a stylist who Youtubed a video of how to straighten natural hair while Yai was in the chair. “When I first started saying no, I was so scared. But what helped me is that I had a really strong team,” Yai says.
Hilariously, Yai also developed a habit of telling designers which looks she wanted to wear for the shows. Typically, the casting directors and designers assign the outfits to the models, but Yai didn’t know that when she first started modeling. “Every brand was saying yes,” she laughs. “But one day they called [my agent] and were like ‘what did you tell her?’” Sometimes, if you’re brazen enough to ask for what you want, you just might get it.
Lately, Yai has been developing another skill as well: that of visual artist. She completed the Black Rock Senegal residency, founded by Kehinde Wiley, and particularly loves to paint her friends. Her work as a model feeds her art, and vice versa. “I’m always focused on shape, texture, and how the fabric moves, and where the lighting is,” she says. Truly, the mark of a well-rounded supermodel.
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"Makers: Women Who Make America," a new documentary about the women’s movement, evolved out of a website featuring women’s stories.
Coke launches an integrated campaign full of cowboys, showgirls and badlanders that takes the second-screen experience to a new level.
A teaser for Skechers’s Super Bowl spot lets the cheetah out of the bag.
Rather than spend exorbitant sums on a Super Bowl ad, Target is buying into the big game with a little game of its own--a mobile app called Snack Bowl.
To provide an unexpected demo of the A4 Quattro’s handling abilities, Audi and agency Zulu Alpha Kilo set up an iPad-controlled slot car race in Toronto’s financial district.
Girls. Lots of them. All ages, shapes, sizes. With attitude to spare.
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The Screening Room channel on YouTube is giving those of us who can’t make it out to Park City a selection of 12 shorts screening at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Learn how to approach cooking as a daily act involving mindfulness, gratitude, and joy with Vanessa Young.
From the market to the kitchen to the table, cooking offers meaningful ways to bring tranquility and connection into your life. In this class we will explore how the act of creating and enjoying beautiful food can become an ongoing practice to support wellness.
Vanessa is a cooking instructor, writer, and educator known for her artful approach to food and wellness topics. As the founder of Thirsty Radish (www.thirstyradish.com), she shares recipes and inspires a creative approach to life in and out of the kitchen.


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Vermont Business Magazine The Springfield Housing Authority (SHA) and Evernorth announced today that the Woolson Block in downtown Springfield is fully occupied. The renovations returned the historic property to its prominent origins and will contribute to the economic vitality of downtown Springfield.
The Woolson Block is a three-story Italianate-style brick building, built in 1868 by the president of a Springfield machine tool company and woolen mill.
The historic building sits perched above the falls of the Black River in the center of downtown Springfield. Historical photos from the early 1900’s show the Woolson Block as a busy well-kept mixed use building. In more recent years the building had fallen into disrepair which ultimately led to tax sale by the owner.
“The Woolson Block represents a significant step in the revitalization of downtown Springfield from its old machine tool factory days to a modern infrastructure that attracts and retains younger people to our beautiful downtown where they can live safely and affordably,” said Bill Morlock, the Executive Director of the Springfield Housing Authority. “Both the housing and commercial spaces will contribute directly to Springfield’s continued economic revitalization through property tax revenue, the provision of goods and services, and new affordable housing.”
The redevelopment plan at Woolson Block involved a substantial rehabilitation of the historic structure and the creation of affordable apartments, transitional housing and more than 5,000 square feet of commercial space on the street level. The residential space will provide 15 rental apartments designated for a mix of households, all with incomes at or below 60% of the area’s median income. There also will be four single-room occupancy and service-enriched apartments for homeless and at-risk youth between the ages of 18 and 24 with incomes at or below 50% of the area’s median income. The transitional program will provide a structured environment for at-risk youth so that they’re able to develop the skills and habits they need to live independently.
Funding totaling more than $8.6 million from several private and public sources was raised to finance the total redevelopment costs. PNC Bank invested over $5 million through the federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, which is administered by the Vermont Housing Finance Agency. The Vermont Housing & Conservation Board provided over $1.75 million, including $1 million from the state Housing for All Revenue Bond of 2017. The Vermont Community Development Program provided $450k through the Town of Springfield plus Downtown Tax Credits worth $328 thousand. The Town also provided $200k through its revolving loan fund. The Vermont Community Foundation provided $250k in critical gap funding. The Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission provided $175 thousand in EPA Brownfields funds. Efficiency Vermont incentives of $34 thousand were also provided.
“Redeveloping this historic building was challenging,” said Evernorth Co- President Nancy Owens. “However, it offers several important community benefits including creating much-needed affordable housing and boosting the vitality of downtown Springfield. With the leadership of our elected officials, supported by a diverse range of funders, we were able to offer a forward-thinking mix of uses to include, 15 new affordable homes as well as 4 service enriched apartments for at-risk youth along with street level commercial space.”
Evernorth and the Springfield Housing Authority have previously collaborated in downtown Springfield. After a 2008 fire destroyed the Ellis Block, they worked together to restore the building, a historic movie theater with residential housing, which sits across the street from the Woolson Block.
Video remarks on the completion of Woolson Block from key project stakeholders below:
- U.S. Representative Peter Welch
- Gus Seelig, ED, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- Maura Collins, ED, Vermont Housing Finance Agency
- Dan Smith, ED, Vermont Community Foundation
- Bill Morlock, ED, Springfield Housing Authority (SHA) and Laura Ryan, Deputy Exec. Dir., SHA
- Nancy Owens, Co-President, Evernorth
- Matt Moore, Senior Developer, Evernorth
- Woolson Block Timeline
Evernorth is a nonprofit organization that unites Housing Vermont (HV) and Northern New England Housing Investment Fund (NNEHIF) to provide affordable housing and community investments in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire. In its combined history, Evernorth has raised and deployed over $1 billion in equity capital for affordable housing and built more than 13,000 affordable homes for low and moderate income people across northern New England. www.evernorthus.org
Woolson Block groundbreaking November 2019. Courtesy photos.
Source: 4.19.2021. Springfield Housing Authority https://springfieldhousingauthorityvt.org/


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D Srinivas | Raga Sriranjani | YouTube
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Music heals and lifts our spirits like nothing else. So why not listen to this soothing tanam by D Srinivas, one of India’s best exponents of the Saraswati Veena? In this video, D Srinivas plays a melodic improvisation in linear rhythmic progression in Rag Sriranjani.
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In this Darbar release, we bring to you Raga Sriranjani, which is fabled in Hindu tradition as the favourite Raga of Goddess Lakshmi. Hindus worldwide worship Goddess Lakshmi to bring in auspiciousness into their homes: She is the goddess of prosperity and wealth in the Hindu Pantheon.
Raag Sriranjani is a derivative Raga of Kharaharapriya, the 22nd Melakarta Raga of the Carnatic Raga system. It omits Pa or the 5th note in its ascent and descent and stands as a hexatonic Raga. There is an inherent perkiness to it that makes Sriranjani apt for melodic accompaniment in multi-percussion ensembles in Carnatic concerts known as Taal Vadya Kutcheri.
D Srinivas learned the Veena from his mother D.L. Tulasi and played his first concert at the age of 9. There is a sophistication in the way he develops the Ragas that makes his recitals a big appeal even to audiences outside the Carnatic genre. His treatment of the Raga is wholesome and there are moments of dramatic pauses that lend a high to this piece; The meends (gliding notes) are effortless and the use of the base strings create a flawless tonal quality.
This is part of Darbar’s on-location series where recitals are held in beautiful locations around India and the video and audio quality is optimized to give the feeling of an intimate setting of a Baithak or private soiree.
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it was! He goes to collect them from the wild too.......we ended up chatting about quite a few wild fish he travels the world to collect as well. He did make me be naughty though and get more than i was going to!!!
They are finally in the tank now!!!
Grouped together at first but starting to have a nice explore now!
Thanks Andarial - i love the scape too, but it may/may not work out. If not the ill probably go with loads of cryptocoryne beckettii planted torughoput the tank, mixed thorugh with elodea and vallisneria gigantea going up one side and over half the top. The vallisneria gigantea will be in store tomorrow and so thats going in the tank no matter what though!
Oh im SO happy right now with my baby puffers

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