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The Cleveland County Courthouse is located at 100 Justice Place, Shelby, NC 27607; phone: 919-890-1000.
Named for Revolutionary War hero Benjamin Cleveland [1738-1806], the county was formed in 1841 from parts of Lincoln and Rutherford counties.
Cleveland County covers nearly 98,000 acres. Agriculture is the predominant industry throughout the County with farming concentrated in the northern portion of the County. Agricultural uses are varied and consist of truck crops, greenhouse and nursery crops, poultry and dairy livestock. Commercial areas are located in the municipalities with the largest concentration of commercial activity in Shelby along Highway 74. The highest concentration of industry is along Interstate 85/Highway 29 corridor.

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I started a couple of projects tonight that will either go in my shop or be given as baby gifts. I have a decent collection of charm squares, so I've started with them. On the left, I've paired up a hoot charm pack with a moda Bella solid pack. I think I got these almost a year ago. Fun to have a whole collection, but in retrospect, hoot isn't my favorite line. It will make a nice sized baby quilt or perhaps a throw.
On the right side, I'm using my polka dotted charm square stash. I have a lot more squares, so I'm toying with the notion of making a larger scrappy quilt. I used some kona snow that was in my stash to go with it & calm it down a bit. I thought about sashing, but I think I like it better without it.
I'm probably going to take on a couple of commissions that have come my way, too.
What sorts of things do you think would sell in an Etsy shop? Bags? Pouches? Bibs? Burp cloths? I am also toying with the notion of cloth diapers. I'd love more ideas...
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Mr. William Salone Hight: You were born on September 28, 1920 so that you and the School of Social Work share the same age – 95 years. I prefer to say that you are indeed chronologically talented!
After graduating from Atlanta University in 1951, you served as the Senior Medical Social Worker at the Kansas City, Missouri General Hospital where you assisted patients in addressing their social and emotional issues in response to their medical illnesses. Following this experience, you worked for the American Red Cross Home Service Division in Cincinnati, Ohio where you assisted active servicemen and their dependents and the dependents of deceased service men. You also supervised 60 families in a single shelter after the Great Cincinnati Flood of 1951, where damage exceeded $935 M and there was the loss of 17 lives and 518,000 people were displaced.
From 1956-1960, you continued your role as Assistant to the Chief of Hospital Social Services where you supervised 11 social workers and served as consultant to the Architect where you insured that there would be adequate office space and equipment for the In-patient SW staff and that there would be opportunity for the growth of the Department
You were employed at Queens State School and charged to organize a Social Service Division and develop a program designed to serve the needs of the mentally retarded population of the Borough of Queens. You met with various civic and community groups and organizations to lessen community resistance to the School’s presence. Your success with various community groups resulted in your being asked to establish 3 additional satellite clinics for the developmentally delayed in areas that had heavy concentrations of low income families who were unable to travel to the original site. Under your leadership, one graduate school of social work located in New York was the first to use a Center for the developmentally delayed as a field placement site.
You have served on numerous community Boards and organizations as well as state and national organizations. You have sturdily anchored agencies where you served as leader. As the captain in charge of various agency settings, you kept a sharp eye on the weather and navigated precarious straits. You strengthened fiscal ties, and delegated responsibility to various ship mates. You left agencies in good repair so that they were able to move onward and forward after your leadership expired. In your time as captain, you did what you set out to do – you made the agencies seaworthy and steady. In addition, you have continuously remembered the School that gave you your solid foundation and have been one of the major benefactors to Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work over the years.
You represent the best of what the social work profession stands for. Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work is honored, on the occasion of its 95th Anniversary, to present you with the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Your picture will be placed on the Distinguished Alumni Wall in the School of Social Work. Congratulations!95th Anniversary PM Session


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Despite beating Street revenue estimates by a penny, Cree (Nasdaq: CREE) saw its stock take a dip in after-hours trading Tuesday.
A guidance that comes in below analyst consensus.
Cree, which develops LED lights, such as its traditional-bulb-shaped LED, reported an adjusted net income of $51.3 million and revenue of $436.3 million for its recent quarter. That’s earnings per share of 42 cents.
Analysts had expected about $445 million in revenue and 41 cents earnings per share.
But, for the current quarter, the company expects $440 million to $465 million in revenue, with earnings per share of 40 cents to 45 cents.
The consensus? $465 million and 45 cents.
And shareholders are responding.
By 5 p.m., stock had dropped more than 6.4 percent to $46.03 in after-hours trading.
Cree, fronted by CEO Chuck Swoboda, is based in Durham.
Additionally, Cree entered into a credit agreement with Wells Fargo. The agreement provides for a $150 million unsecured revolving line of credit where the company can borrow, repay and reborrow loans prior to its maturity date of August 12, 2017. Proceeds of the loans can be used for working capital as well as acquisitions.

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Bihar and Jharkhand are witnessing a number of former bureaucrats trying to enter the poll race. What is new is that several have taken voluntary... ...http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/former-bureaucrats-line-up-for-tickets-in-bihar-jharkhand/
Gurgaon, March 5 (IANS) The Lok Sabha elections in Haryana will be held in a single phase April 10, an election commission official said Wednesday.... ...http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2014/03/05/342--Haryana-to-vote-in-a-single-phase-April-10-.html
1 photo While the basic silhouette of the concept and five door liftback layout is expected to be brought over into production with little... ...http://www.autocarindia.com/auto-news/geneva-2014-skoda-visionc-concept-unveiled-374021.aspx?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Autocar+India+All+Articles+feed
Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 3: A protest demonstration was organized by All J&K SRTC Volunteer Retired Employees Association outside Press... ...http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/vrs-employees-of-srtc-hold-protest/
Retired Bihar cadre IAS officer K P Ramaiah today joined JD(U) amid indication that he would take on Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in Sasaram Lok... ...http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=831140
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It is not even known how contacted you. If I click on your profile there is only the possibility of a chat. So I post here.
Hello, Here are two examples of bad games, but 100% of the games are bad.
Typical example where the lag changes sides, start of the game with lag but my team dominates, middle of the game the lag changes and we can no longer play as well and at the end of the game the lag starts again and we can win the match. But it's really not fair.
Match with big lag, it seems fluid but the commands do not respond and it is impossible to play against the opposing team. 0-4 loss in 5min. Extremely frustrating.
It is impossible for me to play in ranked, I lose all the matches. I can only play the characters with area damage or fast cadence to hope to touch the opposing player, the precision characters do not work, even if I make a headshot there is no damage because between the display at the screen and reality there is a lag.
I am Swiss, with a PC much higher than what Paladins requires in capacity and a good connection. No problem with other online games.

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The first time the Maryland Terrapins faced the Penn Quakers in women's lacrosse this season the game, played on a damp and cold evening in Philadelphia in March, ended in a 15-5 Terrapins rout. The rematch came on a warm, sunny, Mother's Day in College Park. In a game with somewhat higher stakes - a trip to the NCAA quarterfinals was on the line - the Terps prevailed once again this time by a 13-5 margin.
March to May yields a different start
Beth Glaros picked up the opening draw for the Terps but an aggressive Quakers defense forced a Maryland turnover. Though the Terps forced a turnover of their own, freshman Zoe Stukenberg forced her shot and Penn goalie Lucy Ferguson made the easy save. Unlike the game at Penn when Maryland jumped out to a 4-0 lead, it was the Quakers who scored first on Sunday. Penn isolated Lindsey Smith who scored on a low bouncer to put the Quakers on top early.
The Terps needed less than a minute to get the equalizer as Taylor Cummings controlled the draw and scored on a double move down the right alley. After the teams traded turnovers Terrapins' goalie Abbey Clipp came up with a save on a Penn free position that seemed to ignite Maryland's offense.
Maryland went on a scoring binge ringing up three goals in a 1:54 on game time. The run started with a dodge from behind the goal on the right side using a burst of speed to blow past her defender. Kelly McPartland followed with an attack from the left with a bouncer that squeezed through Ferguson's legs. Cummings controlled the draw and passed ahead to Beth Glaros. Ten seconds after McPartland's goal Glaros' low bouncer gave the Terps a 4-1 lead.
Keeping Penn in the game
Maryland won the draw but an unforced turnover by the Terps led to a Quakers' possession that lasted nearly eight minutes before Nina Corcoran found leading scorer Tory Benson in space from four yards for the easy score. The Terps tried the quick counter after Cummings controlled the ensuing draw and passed quickly to McPartland who had her shot deflected by the Quakers' defense.
Penn took advantage surprising Maryland with a quick attack on the goal. Nina Corcoran made the dodge down the right alley, beat her defender and brought the Quakers within one at 4-3. However, the Terps responded with two straight to extend the lead back to three.
The first came when Lamon, triggering from behind, found Brooke Griffin cutting in front of the net. Griffin scored her second straight on a pass from Zoe Stukenberg after the freshman drew a free position chance and passed to her teammate who had a better angle.
Two to one again
Another quick Maryland shot that Ferguson saved led to an opportunity for Penn and again the Quakers capitalized. Again it was leading scorer Benson who beat her defender one on one to close the gap to 6-4.
Before the half ended the Terps would ring up two more goals. Beth Glaros picked up her second of the day bouncing a free position past Ferguson. With thirty-three seconds to play in the half another strong dodge by Cummings doubled up the the Quakers and Maryland took an 8-4 lead into the break.
The second half
Maryland started the second half precisely they way they wanted. A Quakers' foul on the opening draw let Glaros take a pass from Cummings and race behind Penn's defense and put Maryland up 9-4 just twenty one seconds into the half Registering the Terps' second hat trick of the day. After a long stretch of missed shots and turnovers, Penn got back within four with Benson chalking up a hat trick of her own.
Continuing the theme of two to one Taylor Cummings picked up her hat trick scoring a typical Cummings goal just using her size, strength, and skill to find space and score to put the Terps into double figures and a 10-5 lead.
Breaking the pattern
As the rust wore off and Maryland's superior athleticism asserted itself beginning with Kelly McPartland. She began her attack from near the thirty meter mark simply running past her defender to ring up her second of the game. With the game well in hand, the Terps began to slow things down at times looking at times more like Northwestern than Maryland.
Still, Maryland managed to put up two more goals before running out the clock. Jen Mendez picked up her first of the game scooping in a rebound off McPartland's saved free position. The junior made up for that unexpected misstep with another sprint joining Cummings and Glaros as the third Terrapin with a hat trick. From there it was simply a matter of milking the clock to complete the 13-5 win.
Gotta mention the defense
These are names you don't hear about often: Maegan Douty, Alice Mercer, Casey Pepperman, Nadine Hadnagy, and Shanna Brady. Maryland's defense held Penn to four shots and one goal in the second half. Penn's seven turnovers in the second half outstripped their goals for the game. Penn is not a potent offensive team but the collective effort of the defense simply smothered any hopes the Quakers had of coming back.
And the draws
While she tried to deflect the credit to her teammates, in the Terps 17-3 edge in draw controls, the circle belonged to Taylor Cummings. The sophomore had 10 on her own. In a game where the Terps showed a bit of rust from having had two weeks off with an uncharacteristic eleven turnovers, and against an opponent that generally looked for long possessions, controlling the draw was one more key to Maryland's win.
On Saturday, Duke will come to the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex with a trip to the Final Four on the line. The Blue Devils won 10-8 at Notre Dame to earn the right to come to College Park. In their regular season match-up, the Terps rolled to a 19-10 win over the Blue Devils in Durham.


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This paper focuses on the role of energy in shaping Israel’s policies towards the Mediterranean. It is based on the main points raised at the fourth meeting of the research and policy group on “Israel in the Mediterranean” held in December 2019 at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The meeting was held at the initiative of the Mitvim Institute, the Hebrew University’s Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations and Haifa University’s National Security Studies Center. This paper highlights the main repercussions of energy findings on regional cooperation and the opportunities it opens up for Israel. It presents the link between diplomatic and economic considerations, and the emerging energy alternatives that Israel is considering as it formulates and implements policies. The paper does not reflect agreement among all meeting participants.
Policy Papers and Reports / Israel and the East Mediterranean

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In this holistic review of cycling science, the objectives are: (1) to identify the various human and environmental factors that influence cycling power output and velocity; (2) to discuss, with the aid of a schematic model, the often complex interrelationships between these factors; and (3) to suggest future directions for research to help clarify how cycling performance can be optimized, given different race disciplines, environments and riders. Most successful cyclists, irrespective of the race discipline, have a high maximal aerobic power output measured from an incremental test, and an ability to work at relatively high power outputs for long periods. The relationship between these characteristics and inherent physiological factors such as muscle capilliarization and muscle fibre type is complicated by inter-individual differences in selecting cadence for different race conditions. More research is needed on high-class professional riders, since they probably represent the pinnacle of natural selection for, and physiological adaptation to, endurance exercise. Recent advances in mathematical modelling and bicycle-mounted strain gauges, which can measure power directly in races, are starting to help unravel the interrelationships between the various resistive forces on the bicycle (e.g. air and rolling resistance, gravity). Interventions on rider position to optimize aerodynamics should also consider the impact on power output-of the rider. All-terrain bicycle (ATB) racing is a neglected discipline in terms of the characterization of power outputs in race conditions and the modelling of the effects of the different design of bicycle frame, and components on the magnitude of resistive forces. A direct application of mathematical models of cycling velocity has been in identifying optimal pacing strategies for different race conditions. Such data should, nevertheless, be considered alongside physiological optimization of power output in a race. An even distribution of power output is both physiologically and biophysically optimal for longer (> 4 km) time-trials held in conditions of unvarying wind and gradient. For shorter races (e.g. a 1 km time-trial), an 'all out' effort from the start is advised to 'save' time during the initial phase that contributes most to total race time and to optimize the contribution of kinetic energy to race velocity. From a biophysical standpoint, the optimum pacing strategy for road time-trials may involve increasing power in headwinds and uphill sections and decreasing power in tailwinds and when travelling downhill. More research, using models and direct power measurement, is needed to elucidate fully how much such a pacing strategy might save time in a real race and how much a variable power output can be tolerated by a rider. The cyclist's diet is a multifactorial issue in itself and many researchers have tried to examine aspects of cycling nutrition (e.g. timing, amount, composition) in isolation. Only recently have researchers attempted to analyse interrelationships between dietary factors (e.g. the link between pre-race and in-race dietary effects on performance). The thermal environment is a mediating factor in choice of diet, since there may be competing interests of replacing lost fluid and depleted glycogen during and after a race. Given the prevalence of stage racing in professional cycling, more research into the influence of nutrition on repeated bouts of exercise performance and training is required.


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Gauri Lankesh was the definitive activist-journalist, someone whose head and heart worked as one to encompass her life. Gathered here is a selection from Gauri’s writings, spanning langu...
Srinath Raghavan is Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, and Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College, London.
Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Germany, he later became stateless and spent much of his life in London in the Unit
Peter Nettl, author of Political Mobilization: A Sociological Analysis of Methods and Concepts (1963) and The Soviet Achievement (1967), was, at the time of his tragic death in an air crash in Octo
Denzil Saldanha was formerly Professor, Sociology of Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. His research interests have been in the areas of social movements; voluntary social action
Urvashi Butalia is a publisher and writer. Co-founder of Kali for Women, India’s first feminist publisher, and now director of Zubaan, she is also the author of the award-winning oral hi
Premchand (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936) is among the most widely read authors in Hindi and Urdu even today. He wrote many novels, such as Sevasadan, Premashram, Rangbhumi, Nirmala, Gaban, Karm

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In one of the most complex transplant surgeries ever performed, an international team of surgeons in California have restored the voice of a woman who had been unable to speak for more than a decade.
The successful team of surgeons replaced the larynx (also known as the voice box), thyroid gland and trachea in 52-year-old Brenda Jensen who had lost her ability to speak and breathe on her own.
Jensen is only the second person in the world to undergo a rare voice box transplant.
Al Jazeera's Bhanu Bhatnagar reports.
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The Spring of 2020 has encouraged more and more people to enter the world of gardening. If you are planning on working on your garden and would like it to be visited by bees that will help you pollinate your garden while helping the environment, you might benefit from some tips on attracting bees to your home:
1. Plant Bee-Friendly Flowers
Bees need a substantial amount of nectar and pollen. Therefore, you should concentrate on planting single-top flowers which produce more pollen such as daisies and marigolds. These flowers make it easier for a bee to land and access pollen, as compared to more extravagant-looking double-headed flowers.
2. Plant to Ensure Year-Round Blooms
Though bees work primarily in the spring and summer months, they are not entirely inactive during the fall and winter months. That is a time when they would especially benefit from plants, and planting flowers and trees that will bloom at different parts of the year will help. Cold-weather plants that are more textured, such as heather and snowdrops, allow bees to land and rest on them. For autumn, try opting for honeysuckle or dahlias, which are less susceptible and more resilient to the changing weather. Flowers like bluebells and lavender are perfect for the summer since they are more attractive to the ultra-violet vision of honeybees.
3. Create Resting Spots
By creating resting spots for bees around your garden, you will be encouraging them to come to hang out. Bees will be able to go and take shelter in your garden, and even breed if they feel comfortable enough. Your makeshift bee resting spot can be a pot of clay turned into a bee hotel or a pile of logs. Just ensure that it is facing sunlight, and the bees are not disturbed. You can also create water stations for them by filling a bowl of water with stones to land on.
4. Let Your Weeds Grow
Plants such as dandelions and climbing ivy create an area surface that is easy to land on for bees and will encourage them to keep visiting your garden. Consider laying off the weeder for a while and embracing the natural feel of your garden. If you do choose to weed your garden, ensure that you do not use chemicals to kill them; otherwise, you will risk harming your bee guests, along with the other wildlife in your garden.


The old Rusk Motel in East Texas will soon be demolished but first asbestos abatement must be performed, according to officials.
Officials also said that the appropriate measures will be taken in order to keep the citizens of the community safe. Three buildings make up the site that will be demolished. The asbestos removal will be completed within 10 days, which is the time mandated by state law.
A plastic tent will be covering the building in order to contain the asbestos particles and prevent them from becoming airborne. Suits and respirators were also worn by workers in order to protect them from the hazardous material.
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos, contact us or visit us at our site http://www.mesothelioma-asbestoshelp.org.


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the food was very good good meno price was right and the people were nice I most sure to send...更多
I've had some great General Tao's and my wife a wonderful tofu veggie plate. We also had some very disappointing servings of the same dishes. Once went in to eat and told we could only have take out. Simply not a reliable place to eat.
This is a small carry out restaurant that offers pretty good Chinese fare--- nothing special, but prepared as ordered in an open kitchen with a flaming wok in evidence. It's a busy spot with lots of menu offerings. Run by hard working folks. Better than...更多
When I get a itch for Chinese food China Town Restaurant is the way to scratch it. I've been eating here for years and I have yet to be disappointed. Recently I've had to change my diet to avoid cholesterol which means eating more veggies...更多
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Fisk University Celebrates its Trailblazing Students
Fisk University is featured in the August 2013 edition of US Airways Magazine, in an article about the nation's Historically Black Colleges & Universities.
Referred to as an "educational powerhouse," Fisk is highlighted for the quality of its programs and the achievements of its graduates, as well as its innovative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) departments.
- Homecoming 2017 Ultimate Kickback Fest
- 2017 Homecoming Schedule of Events Released
- Fisk University Hacking Team Finishes Among The Top Three In Black Enterprise Hackathon
- Freshman Yahya Mohamed Selected for UNCF® HBCU Innovation Summit in Silicon Valley
- Founding Partner of Pharos Capital Group to Speak at Fisk University for The Executive Series
- Fisk University to Host 2nd Annual Athletics Hall of Fame Luncheon
- Miss Fisk University Named 2018 Miss National Black College Alumni
- Jubilee Day Convocation to be Held October 6 at Fisk University
- Jazzy 88 WFSK to host 12th Annual Radiothon
- Fisk University Announces Partnership with Art Bridges Foundation


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Xbox Game Clips Cannot Anymore Be Directly Shared To Twitter From Consoles
As a result of Twitter's API changes, Xbox has verified that sharing game footage directly to Twitter from Xbox consoles and PCs has been disabled. Although Microsoft has not given a justification for the removal of this feature, it does coincide with a recent Twitter policy that charges businesses a beginning fee of $42,000 per month for API access.
Microsoft is currently urging customers to use the Xbox mobile app to directly publish videos from their accounts on Twitter. Since its introduction, the Xbox DVR system has gained some traction for posting video online because it's comparatively easy to push a button and showcase a memorable gaming experience within seconds.
This method was made more simpler with the arrival of the Xbox Series X|S consoles and an improved Xbox wireless controller because of a special capture button on the peripheral that could be programmed to record a particular amount of video. This is useful if you merely want to share a screenshot or a video clip that lasts 15 to 30 seconds.
Massive adjustments have been made at the social media platform at Twitter since Elon Musk paid $44 billion for it in October 2022 in order for it to become profitable. The gaming industry has been shaken up as a result of the company's mass layoffs and several policy changes. World of Warcraft, for instance, lost its built-in Twitter support, probably in response to Twitter's decision to charge for API access.
In an effort to combat "bot scammers" and "opinion manipulators," Musk has also suggested charging developers up to $100 per month for "API access with ID verification." This week, blue checkmarks from older accounts on the site were also removed. Due to their refusal to make the required payments, a number of gaming companies have as a result lost their checkmarks.


Hello guys. Time to start a new project. Still working with 12 Gauge from Hell extensively, but I felt I needed to do this while I can. .600 FE (.600 Ferran) is a wildcat concept I have created. Based off of 20 gauge shot shell brass, this cartridge is very much like a rifle cartridge, however like the 12gaFH it's still classified as a shotgun. Now, 20 gauge from hell is a real thing, but my cartridge is completely different. Where 20/12 gauge from hell is designed to go as fast as possible, my case is much much shorter at 2" and is designed for subsonic velocities so a suppressor can be used. With a 1000 grain hollow point, moving just below the supersonic zone, it can produce around 3000 ft-lbs of muzzle energy, despite it's slow speed. The advantages of my cartridge, and the platform I'm using are actually pretty cool. This requires no special chamber cut, no special magazine, or any other kind of trickery. Meaning, this gun will shoot both my cartridge, and normal 20 gauge slugs. This makes this an extremely versatile platform. This cartridge has North American game in mind, and is even more specifically aimed at shotgun only areas. Though, this should be good from deer, elk, moose, and bear, pretty much anything we got here and maybe a few African species. The suppressor, while not necessary adds to this cartridge, but like I said it's totally optional. Right now, to get a savage set up for this and to gather the materials (bullets, brass ect.) a person is looking at around $2100 in total for a very rough estimate. It could be made much cheaper still if you used a 20 gauge Ultra Slug Hunter from H&R, as it requires virtually no modifications except for a new pad and a threaded barrel if you choose to suppress. The savage is going to need a new stock, aftermarket bull barrel, muzzle threaded, and that's it. Anyways, I'm very early into the development and I've got a lot to go until it's ready for a test firing. I've got the brass and barrel on order now. So, if this is something that interests you, you can follow along here as this is where I'll post updates. Here is a quick video that kinda explains some stuff and shows it will fit in the savage. The slug will probably look a bit different, but the loaded length will be identical. Let me know what y'all think!


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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) – Matt Holliday went 3-for-5 with three runs batted in and two runs scored, as the St. Louis Cardinals continued their offensive tear with a 9-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the opener of a four-game series.
Yadier Molina went 2-for-4 with two RBI for the Cardinals, who have recorded 14 or more hits in each their past four games for the first time since doing so from May 30-June 2, 1979 (65 total). St. Louis had 16 hits on Thursday to bring its total to 53 over the current streak.
Albert Pujols hit a solo home run and scored twice for the Cardinals, who got five innings from starter Jaime Garcia (2-0). The left-hander gave up three runs — two earned — on eight hits.
Matt Kemp went 3-for-5 with a solo homer, two RBI and two runs scored for the Dodgers, who have lost three in a row.
LA starter Hiroki Kuroda (2-1) allowed six runs — five earned — on 10 hits over five full frames. The Japanese right-hander also stuck out three.


European Union Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen, who is on a two-day visit to Romania (26-27 April), says the Balkan country is showing signs of economic recovery after three years of recession. But Verheugen warned Romania that it must speed up short-term economic and administrative reforms and improve conditions for its Roma minority if it wants to increase its chances of being admitted into the EU. RFE/RL correspondent Eugen Tomiuc reports:
Prague, 27 April 2001 (RFE/RL) -- During his two-day visit to Romania (26-27 April) European Union Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen assessed the country's progress toward EU accession under its new leftist government, and told Romanian officials that they must push ahead with short-term reforms.
Verheugen welcomed the tentative reforms of the government of Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, who took office last December, but said the changes were just the beginning of "a long process."
Romania was invited to open EU accession talks in December 1999 together with Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, and Malta. But the country was slow to enact economic and institutional reforms, and a European Commission -- the EU's executive body -- report last November ranked it last among all 12 candidates. Romania, a country of 22 million, is the second most populous candidate nation after Poland, but is also the poorest, with an average per capita monthly income of about $100. Addressing the Romanian parliament, EU's Verheugen said the 15-nation bloc does not expect "miracles" from Romania, but wants clear proof that the Balkan country will undertake concrete short-term economic and administrative reforms.
"The EU does not expect to see miracles from one day to the other. What we want to see is clear and unequivocal direction -- and proof that substantial reforms can be delivered already in the short term. It will be particularly important to make progress in two key areas: economic reform and reform of the public administration."
Verheugen's stance was in line with his previous statement two months ago in Brussels, when he bluntly told Prime Minister Nastase the EU was interested in results, rather than declarations, from his government.
Now, 100 days since Nastase's leftist cabinet took office, the first modest signs of economic progress have become visible -- albeit partly due to measures taken by previous governments. In its economic forecast for the candidate countries, the European Commission this week said that the Romanian economy last year grew by some 1.6 percent after a three-year recession, and that the growth was expected to continue in 2001 -- though at the same modest rate.
Verheugen said that the economic upturn was only the first step in a long process and that Romania must complete the sale of its largest state-owned industries -- including the country's largest firm, the Sidex steel mill -- and push ahead with the privatization of the country's banking system.
Referring to Romania's aim of entering the EU in 2007, Verheugen said it was more important to ensure concrete results in the next two years than to set timetables.
"When EU concludes negotiations with the most advanced countries in 2002, Romania will want to show that she too has made substantial progress -- and I tell you, you have the potential to do that. Romania will certainly want to show that she's serious about her accession prospects. I very much welcome the Romanian government's commitment to be judged on its action rather than on its promises."
Verheugen also stressed that Romania had numerous social issues in addition to its economic problems. He noted that although Romania has fulfilled the political criteria for EU admission, other areas of concern -- like child welfare and racial discrimination -- remain:
"Romania already meets the political criteria -- but there should be no room for complacency. For instance, further efforts are needed to improve the treatment of institutionalized children in Romania."
After the fall of communism, the former Soviet-bloc country gained notoriety worldwide for its numerous orphanages where children -- many infected with the HIV virus -- were kept in sometimes horrific conditions. The EU called for the closure of these state-run institutions when it began accession talks last year. Although the situation has improved, Romania still has more than 30,000 children living in state orphanages.
Verheugen praised Romania for improving its treatment of ethnic minorities. Last week Romanian President Ion Iliescu signed a new local public administration law, which grants ethnic minorities the right to use their language in local administration -- a measure generally seen as an important step in improving the situation of the country's almost two million ethnic Hungarians. The law has aroused protests from the ultra-nationalist Greater Romania Party -- the second largest in parliament, with some 120 mandates in the 481-seat legislature.
But Verheugen said the government must also improve economic and social conditions for its Roma minority. According to official statistics, 400,000 Roma live in Romania, but their actual numbers are believed to be considerably larger.
"Another important issue is the treatment of the Roma minority. This is a problem shared by many candidate countries, and by some member states as well."
The EU official also emphasized the importance of maintaining an independent judiciary. His remark was seen as a first signal that the EU was worried by recent dismissals of top-level Romanian judges and prosecutors -- including head military prosecutor Dan Voinea, who investigated politicians close to President Iliescu.
But after talks with Iliescu and Prime Minster Nastase, Verheugen said the Romanian officials gave him assurances that the judiciary was independent and not subject to political pressure.
However, analysts and opposition politicians lately have accused the government of meddling in judicial matters after Justice Minister Rodica Stanoiu "recommended" that judges take into account what she called the tenants' "situation" when dealing with property restitution cases. Critics say that the property restitution law, approved earlier this year, already favors tenants who live in houses nationalized by the former communist regime.
Verheugen also mentioned that Romania has to bring its legislation in line with that of the EU. But he emphasized that opening negotiations with the 15-member bloc on as many legal chapters as possible "should not become a goal in itself" for any of the candidate countries. Instead they should implement crucial reforms more efficiently and quickly.
But the EU commissioner said despite serious difficulties Romania's membership was "no longer a question of 'if,' but of 'when.'" Still, he said a realistic deadline for Romania's EU accession depends on the country's progress in implementing economic and administrative reform in the next two years.


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Celebrities and the paparazzi are now in the business plan
GOSSIP SELLS THE GOODS
Celebrities and the paparazzi are now in the business plan
Before last Wednesday, few people had heard of plainmary. com, a website selling posh baby gear. By week’s end, the site had more than two million hits and had received orders from as far away as Dubai. Credit a tiny item in Rush & Molloy, a gossip column in the New
York Daily News, that reported Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had, six weeks earlier, ordered two of its US$190 monogrammed mats for their then-unborn twins. What made the story buzz-worthy was the news one of the mats had been ordered for “Rex Leon,” not “Knox Leon,” as their latest little boy is named, suggesting a last-minute change of mind.
The source of this breaking news? That would be Andy Behrman, plainmary.corn’s publicist, who learned gossip fundamentals writing for New York magazine. “It’s critical for a company like plain mary to have celebrity associations,” he says. “I mean who gives a s-t about a plain mary baby mat? But, all of a sudden, if the tush of a sainted Jolie-Pitt is peeing on this $190 microfibre mat, that’s a $10,000 mat that we’ll see on eBay shortly.”
Behrman comes to the job having sharpened his tabloid incisors repping Petit Trésor, the celebrity-gossip-fuelled Los Angeles purveyor of baby paraphernalia recently hyped in People’s gushing coverage of Jennifer Lopez’s Versailles-style nursery. Its two stores have become go-to destinations for paparazzi seeking “baby bumps,” and the celebrities vying for their attention. “When Tori Spelling goes into Petit Trésor, she knows there will be 10 photographers there because I’m going to call,” he says. Even negative publicity has burnished the store’s celebrity cred. In May, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes thrust the company into headlines with a cease-anddesist letter that complained bogus information had been leaked that they had dropped between US$350,000 and US$400,000 at Petit Trésor in the two years since their daughter had been born, in an “off the record” quote to Life & Style magazine “for the purpose of enhancing [the store’s] image and obtaining a commercial advantage.” (Behrman says the number was an estimate of what they’d spent in total, not only at the store.)
Such is the power of strategically placed celebrity gossip, next to which product placement in movies seems downright quaint. Today’s smuthound may think she’s catching up on the latest chapter in the Kate Hudson-Lance Armstrong romance as the pair are paparazzi-ed playing tennis. But the fact they’re outfitted in gear from Nike, a company Armstrong represents, suggests another agenda may be at work, one in which the gossip consumer is in fact the one being consumed. Paparazzi and celebrities routinely work together, says Mario Lavandeira, a.k.a. Perez Hilton, whose blog PerezHilton.com has made him a bona fide celebrity. It’s not uncommon for paparazzi to pay a celebrity for exclusive shots, he says. “They all work differently. Some will get cash upfront— $10,000, $15,000. Or they’ll get a cut of the
profit.” Product placement happens a lot, he says, noting Lindsay Lohan was paid to carry a nicotine replacement a while back. “Spencer and Heidi were photographed last week holding up some Nintendo game,” he says, referring to the much-gossiped-about stars of The Hills. “It’s like a free ad.”
Bonnie Fuller, the former editor of Star who has just formed Bonnie Fuller Media, views the current scandal involving Madonna’s alleged affair with New York Yankee
Alex Rodriguez as a classic example of gossip being marshalled into marketing buzz. Her sources tell her the two have known each other for months. Yet Madonna chose to make their association public—appearing in Rodriguez’s box at Yankee Stadium—just as reports
that sales for her upcoming world tour and latest CD were flagging, Fuller notes. “She’s very sophisticated and aware of how publicity plays into celebrity. She has courted controversy throughout her career to boost her profile.” Madonna is un-
touched by negative press, says Fuller. Being named an alleged home wrecker able to lure a much younger athlete only reinstates her bad girl, man-eater rep, a shrewd move for
the 49-year-old, she says.
“There are no coincidences in Hollywood,” says Elaine Lui, the Vancouverbased blogger behind Laineygossip.com,
the popular site that avidly chronicles the photo ops and smut eruptions that occur just before a tour or movie release. “I think certain celebrities and publicists are savvy to the fact that they can no longer control the message the way they did before, so this is their attempt to control the message and use it to their
advantage,” says Lui, who’s currently trying to track down whether Naomi Watts, who recently appeared at a Donald Trump-sponsored event, is angling for an apartment in one of his build-
ings. “She’s not like Nicole Kidman, she’s not a fame whore, so I’m thinking, what’s going on here? And real estate is at such a premium in New York. Even rich people can’t get the home that they want. So I’m like what can Donald Trump offer? Real estate.” Jennifer Aniston is a masterful player of the game, says Lui, referring to news of her relationship with singer John Mayer breaking a month before his North American tour. “I do think it’s a real thing,” she says of the relationship. “But it doesn’t mean people don’t exploit what’s real to further their careers.” Aniston is also known to exploit “candid” paparazzi imagery: last year, the British model Paul Sculfor was photographed leaving her house carrying a bottle of SmartWater, the brand she endorses.
Quantifying the value of gossip as marketing currency is difficult, but it’s increasingly being done. In 2006, Fraser Ross, the Toronto native who operates Kitson, the Los Angeles store beloved by celebutards like the Hilton sisters, took a stab at it during a legal skirmish with Us Weekly, not long after the magazine gushed that Kitson was “L.A.’s hippest hot spot.” Ross opened the store in 2000 on a strip of Robertson Boulevard frequently staked out by paparazzi covering the nearby celebrity hangout The Ivy. Shunning traditional advertising, he forged a symbiotic relationship with photographers and publications who displayed the Kitson name and products prominently. Halle Berry was captured by paparazzi leaving the store in 2002 just after her Oscar win with an initialled “H” handbag, which became a million-dollar seller, says Ross. Nicole Richie held her book-signing party there. Matthew McConaughey’s girlfriend will be launching her new jewellery line there next month.
The formula has garnered Ross a US$25million-a-year business, a place on the Los Angeles Times’ “100 most powerful” in southern California for controlling the “celebrity fashion machine,” and he’s turned the store into a tourist destination. In a legal action that exposed the quid pro quo underlying the machine, Ross sued a Us Weekly editor for not paying the bill for a private party held at the store. He claimed he had been guaranteed a two-page spread that didn’t
materialize. He also alleged the magazine had suppressed the Kitson logo in credits, captions or photographs, a snub that cost him an estimated US$10,000 a week in lost publicity. All’s been patched over, says Ross. Indeed, in January of this year, Us Weekly featured photographs of pop singer Britney Spears during her highly public breakdown during a 2 a.m. shopping spree at the store, which opened specially for her.
The Canadian outfitter Roots has also long parlayed celebrity associations with both athletes and performers—from Wayne Gretzky to Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake. Recently, Paris Hilton was photographed in a Roots “Stop Global Warming” leather bracelet, and Catherine Zeta-Jones was shot carrying a Roots Midtown Slide bag on the New York set of an upcoming movie, Rebound. “We like celebrated people wearing our product,” says Roots’ co-founder Michael Budman. “We encourage them. We’re not throwing crazy money at people. But we definitely give people product when it’s appropriate and when we feel it’s appreciated.” Hilton, who’s said to collect six figures to show up at Las Vegas clubs, wasn’t paid a dime for shopping at the store, he says. “She loves Roots and sweats. Look, that really helps the brand. Paris Hilton is probably one of the most popular figures in pop culture.” Celebrity endorsement of a specific product does register in a spike in sales, he says. “And if you get a great item in Us Weekly or People on a celebrity, that’s the formula for success. It can take it into the stratosphere.”
Debra Goldblatt, a publicist with Toronto’s rock-it promotions whose clients included the Drake Hotel, Lobby Restaurant, and Hazelton Hotel, says celebrity association is crucial. “We strategically invite certain people to visit stores, hotels, restaurants and then tell [the press],” she says.
The ever-increasing clout of gossip col umnists and bloggers reflects a bovine public eager to imitate celebrities who have become products themselves, able to earn more money for endorsement than performance. “The stigma that used to accompany making commercials has disappeared,” says Joanna Molloy of Rush & Molloy. “Just five years ago, any serious actor would be ashamed to do a commercial in the U.S.; they used to sneak off to Japan. But with the Internet, there’s nowhere to hide.”
Given the obsession with what stars purchase, it seems only reasonable some are paid to shop. “I’d say about 20 people are being paid to shop and those people are tabloid fodder who are tabloid friendly,” says Lavandeira ofPerezHilton.com. “Her career isn’t hot, but Lindsay Lohan gets paid to shop.”
Ross blames the managers and publicists who get a cut: “They’re pimping these people out far too much,” he says. Lavandeira, whose own fame has resulted in a clothing line and record imprint at Warner Records, sees it as smart business. “Look at Las Vegas,” he says. “There’s so much competition you have to do whatever it takes to stand out, get noticed, and get people into your venue. Even if they’re paying someone like Kevin Federline 10K to 15K to show up somewhere, he may not draw a big crowd but he’ll draw a lot of media.”
He believes the concept of “selling out” is outdated, noting that even indie musicians do it. “Feist, one of my favourite Canadians, sold out big-time with iTunes, but it didn’t seem like she sold out because it really helped boost her career. People make music because they want people to hear it.”
“Celebrities have become part of the business plan and the business model,” observes Sam Frier, a New York City publicist and cofounder of The Hall Company, whose clients include high-profile restaurants Bouley and Dos Caminos. Boldface mention in the New York Post’s Page Six, the Mount Sinai of gossip, can have definite financial consequences, he says, as can mention on certain highprofile blogs. “If a restaurateur is looking to open
in Vegas, he wants Page Six name recognition; that will cinch the deal. Or if you want a better rent or better lease terms, you want it because it will guarantee to the landlord you’ll be around.” Julian Niccolini, a partner in New York’s Four Seasons restaurant, has said a one-line mention in Page Six is of more value to him than a full-page advertisement in the paper, which costs US$30,000. “Anybody can place an ad,” says Frier. “And you don’t want to be in their company.”
CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENT OF A SPECIFIC PRODUCT DOES REGISTER A SPIKE IN SALES
“Getting your name into Page Six is gossip’s equivalent of getting one’s company listed on the New York Stock Exchange,” says Shinan Giovani, the society columnist for the National Post, whose scoops have been picked up by the column and who’s considered Canada’s closest equivalent. The smallness of the Canadian gossip universe distresses publicists. “In my dream world, I’d love to see 10 columns like that,” says Goldblatt of Giovani. The impact of a reference in his column can be measured two ways, she says: “From a marketing point of view, we quantify it through an ad value in a circulation rate: we calculate what it would cost to purchase that kind of ad mention in the National Post on a specific day, and how many people we are hitting. The second measure is response, both in website hits and mentions. So it does works; his mentions do push people to buy things and go places.”
For publicists, the upcoming Toronto Film Festival, which brings an influx of boldface names, is like Christmas, says Candice Best of Best PR Boutique. “Every day is like 10.” Cinema is secondary as newspaper writers are assigned to cover who was where, who ate where and who bought what. Goldblatt says she’s regularly contacted by People and Us Weekly to serve up dish on who was where with whom. Getting product in gift bags that might end up in celebrities’ hands is key, says Best. “That alignment with celebrity and gossip is instant validity.”
Given the mass-market appropriation of celebrity gossip, a new measure of exclusivity has emerged: no gossip mentions. “I have several clients who want no kind of gossip press at all,” says Frier. “They want to keep celebrities coming in. We tell no one, the staff is trained to tell no one, we obviously can’t help it if somebody spots someone, but we don’t force it and we don’t sell it.”
Meanwhile, Behrman is plotting how to publicize plainmary.com. “You want mention in anything with a nice-sized readership—New York Times, the New York Post, the New York Daily News. You want People, you want People.com, you want MSNBC, anything that’s going to drive traffic to an e-commerce site. You’d love to see it get to Canada, Australia, the U.K.—anywhere English-speaking,” he says. In a baby-obsessed culture in which pregnancy is viewed as a good career move, he holds the ultimate bait. “You’re talking to someone who has five pregnancies nobody knows about,” he says. “I can tell you Uma Thurman is pregnant.” What she’s ordering, however, he’s saving for Page Six. M
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Join Toronto-based poet Trish Salah for the launch of the new Canadian edition of Lyric Sexology Vol. 1.
Chances are you’ve read Salah’s poetry that “makes a perfect mess of so much human experience that’s been too tidily categorized” (Michael V. Smith). Drawing on personal history and theory, anthropological and psychoanalytic archives, Salah’s lyric and language poetry will be your summer reading, we hope.
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Robots and humans: when two societies meet
By Katie Griffiths, Young People's Programme Assistant at the British Science Association
Intelligent robots have the potential to change our lives and make an incredibly positive impact on society, Nick Hawes, Senior Lecturer in Intelligent Robotics at the University of Birmingham told the British Science Festival today, in the Lord Kelvin Award lecture. However, despite all that potential for the future, we are still facing huge challenges in bringing these intelligent robots to life.
Autonomous robots, with the ability to sense the environment, process information and react accordingly, will become more and more crucial to society, according to Dr Hawes, and one of the key motivators for this is a continuing change in demographic shift. As our population ages, greater and greater demands for care and financial support will be placed on our society. At some point in the future, we will simply run out of people who can provide care for the elderly and the very young. This is where robots could have one of the most beneficial effects on our lives: robots that can assist with caring for the elderly, monitoring their safety, and enabling them to live in their own homes for longer could revolutionise our future.
Then there are the Three D’s, the jobs that are too dull, dirty or dangerous for humans to want to do themselves. Dr Hawes pointed out that jobs like nuclear decommissioning are difficult for humans carry out quickly and safely, but that robots, trained to undertake tasks and hardened against radiation, could make jobs like this safer, quicker and easier all round.
The big question, however, is if these autonomous ‘thinking’ robots are so essential, why don’t we have them yet? The main reason, according to Dr Hawes, is that humans are just so awesome! He explained that humans are incredibly flexible in their reasoning; they have an amazing ability to use their previous learning to interpret and navigate new situations. Teaching a robot to not just measure and observe the world, but to learn from it, process it, interpret it and adapt to take action based on these processes is incredibly complex.
Currently, robots work best when they can use predictable rules, like measuring distances and calculating geometry to park a car, for example. However, for a car to drive itself, it has to not only measure distances and respond to this information, but also understand the rules of the road, and predict how people might interpret them. This higher level of processing is incredibly difficult to achieve, according to Dr Hawes, and this is where his research is currently focussing, hoping to bring us closer and closer to a future where autonomous robots will be in a position to have a positive impact on all our lives, and make a real difference to society.


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The Cape Royal Trail has a maximum elevation of 7,911 ft (2,411 m), a minimum elevation of 7,863 ft (2,397 m), and an elevation gain of 936 ft (285 m) in the [ A to B ] direction.
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The length of the Cape Royal Trail is 0.4 mi (0.6 km) or 855 steps.
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By Chris Parsons
LYNN CAMP —
The Lynn Camp Wildcats looked poised to pick up a win over visiting Pineville early on Thursday, but eventually fell, 14-3.
The Wildcats took an early 3-2 lead, but that’s all the offense they could manage against the visiting Mountain Lions.
Afterward, Lynn Camp coach Marc Estep said he felt like his team played well Thursday, just not well enough to win.
“We hit the ball fairly well, but we just didn’t hit it when we really needed to,” Estep said. “I liked the way our kids kept playing and didn’t give up.


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Today we pass the mic to three girls from India: Sonali, Subhasmita, and Juel. Subhasmita reminds us that even though we have made technological advancements, girls still have to go through child marriage. Sonali emphasizes the importance of girl’s education. Juel tells us that women are creators, protectors, nurturers, and survivors. Listen to their words about violence against women and child marriage for the #SayEnoughCypher.
#MTBA works hard to keep girls in schools, increase mobility for girls to go to school and make schools a girl friendly and safe environment

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The latest in a sequence of lists of recently-read books, listed in reverse chronological order.
- Stanley Wells : What Was Shakespeare Really Like? CUP.
- Laura Cumming : Thunderclap: A memoir of Art and Life & sudden Death. Vintage Digital.
- Rory Stewart :Politics On the Edge. Vintage Digital. This is a very well-written memoir of Stewart’s decade in British politics. I met the author during his first election campaign (see my report here), and my impression of him was that he was completely lacking in side. What you saw or heard, was exactly what he was. I wondered then whether someone so up-and-down straight could succeed in a profession often requiring the saying of different things to different audiences. It is telling that before his election, the only politician Stewart says that he had met and admired was David Milliband, who strikes me as similarly straight up-and-down.
In some respects, this book is a record of The Getting of Guile, as he learns how best to manage and manipulate the British civil service, and, and perhaps less successfully so far, British politics. His departure from elected public life is our great loss, and it does not behoove us. I hope he returns.
- Michael Frayn : Among Others: Friendships and Encounters. Faber and Faber. Well-written and sometimes moving vignetts of people Frayn has known in his life. Wished these were longer and there were more of them. The book would have been much better if the last one, with an extended metaphor in poor taste of a human body as a skyscraper, had been deleted.
- Allen Welsh Dulles : Germany’s Underground: The Anti-Nazi Resistance. Da Capo Press. This account is mostly compelling, although marred by the inclusion of entire documents in the main text, instead of selective quotations from them. Dulles was an active participant, when working for the OSS in Bern, Switzerland from November 1942, in various anti-Nazi activities, and collected documents and information as he worked. He was the grandson, nephew and (later) the brother of Secretaries of State.
- Martin Peretz : The Controversialist: Arguments with Everyone, Left Right and Center. Wicked Son. (HT: AS)
- Bruce Beresford : Josh Hartnett Definitely Wants to Do This … True Stories from a Life in the Screen Trade. 4th Estate. An interesting account of just a few years in the life as Australian film director. Many names are casually dropped, but that may be simply because Beresford has been around a long time and seems to have known everybody born in the 1940s. And it is not often one comes across the name Takemitsu; Beresford is a lover of classical music.
For a Hollywood film to be made it needs financing. Film investors, it seems, are mostly shallow, usually uninterested in the story they are being asked to fund. To get financing, it seems, a film project needs several famous actors to commit to the film. The more famous the better. To get their commitment, it seems, promises of large payments usually work. Sometimes, but not always, famous actors may even be interested in the story. Hence, a script may be required. Even when no one actually reads the script, they pass it around and comment on it. In particular, actors and their agents, use their power not to respond, or not to respond yet, to requests for inclusion in projects. Everybody is so polite that they don’t like to decline requests. But almost nobody is polite enough to actually say they decline, and, if they do say so, certainly not directly to the person pitching the script.
The key function of middle management in large organizations is to enable upper management to avoid ever actually talking to the people who do the work. The key function of agents and brokers in the film biz, it seems, is to enable actors to avoid talking to anyone else. There is an anthropological thesis to be written on the role of a script as a dynamic artefact in the attention economy of film-making.
- M. W. Rowe : J. L. Austin: Philosopher and D-Day Intelligence Officer. Oxford University Press. A fascinating and well-written book.
- Janet Stuart : This Way More Adventure: A Journey of Self-Education in Africa. 2QT Publishing. A diary of a year spent traveling in Africa in the 1970s, written by Janet Stuart and her late husband Patrick Stuart (whom I once knew).
- Daniel Finkelstein : Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival. William Collins. Compelling writing about a story of miracles and indefatigability.
- Cynthia Dearborn : The Year My Family Unravelled. Affirm Press. A moving and very-well written account of a complicated family and the changing relationships of its various members.
- George Fowler : Learning to Dance inside: Getting to the Heart of Meditation. Thomson Learning. This book was disappointing, especially after having read Fowler’s fine memoir. Clearly based on his own experience with meditation, Fowler assumes throughout that the activity is primarily goal-directed. For instance, he writes (page 34), “meditation is the deliberate search for an experience of what lies beneath all such cerebral busyness.” This was evidently the case for Fowler, but is not true for everyone, nor perhaps even for most people. On the contrary, one may engage in a meditation practice not deliberately, with goals aforethought, and not to search for anything, but because of some inner compulsion to do so. Most visual artists and musicians, in my experience, have not chosen those careers from some instrumental reason or to achieve some career goal, but because they feel a vocation. I find it strange that someone who was a member of a contemplative religious order for two decades should lack an understanding of the concept of a vocation.
- Jonny Steinberg : Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage. Jonathan Ball. No one outside a relationship can really know what it was like inside it, but Steinberg tries. Several times I thought he was too intrusive and I skipped over parts we have no right knowing or even speculating on. Very interesting to read, though, of the backgrounds and childhoods of the two protagonists and of the early days of the struggle, pre-Rivonia.
- Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex (Ghost-writer: J.R. Moehringer) : Spare. Transworld Digital. Very well written and compellingly, a credit to John Moehringer. While Prince Harry’s life has certainly had some severe downs (his parents’ divorce; the death of his mother; the coldness of the Windsor family; the malicious treatment given to his wife by the London tabloids), sympathy for him is undermined by his strong sense of unforgotten grievance for even the smallest perceived slight. What a cry-baby he is! Hard to believe that someone this sensitive was in the Army and served in a war. Did no one ever tell him to pull himself together and act like man? Oh, I forgot – his brother, his father, and his grandfather all did! And his schoolmasters at Eton! And his superior officers in the British Army!
- Randolph Stow : The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea. I read this as a teenager when it was a set text at school, and have not re-read it until now. Am surprised how adult its themes are, most of which were lost on me the first time round. Friends and family included people who’d been killed in WW2, or who’d been prisoners of the Japanese, and these aspects resonated with me more now than they had originally. Growing up with people with such wartime experiences is something, I have realized since, that has become unusual, at least in the western world.
Until re-reading this book, I had not realized that Stow was the librettist for Peter Maxwell-Davies’ song-cycle “Eight Songs for a Mad King”, to which I had listened obsessively at the time I was first reading Merry-Go-Round. What memories returned with learning this!
- Gabrielle Carey : Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family. University of Queensland Press. A moving and well-written memoir.
- Katja Hoyer : Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990. Penguin. A detailed and thorough account of the creation and development of the DDR, covering aspects of its economic, cultural and social life, and positioned within the wider political context. Although the author seems to wish to appear objective, the account is decidedly sympathetic to East German socialism. Those many people harassed, arrested, tortured, imprisoned, or executed for opposing the regime or its policies would be unlikely to accept this account.
- Chris Mullin [2010 and 2011]: The Diaries (Three volumes). Profile Books. Mostly fascinating, although Mullin does not always explain who people are at their first mention. Like a backbench MP’s lot, these diaries are a combination of the important and the banal. Although there is some discussion of ministerial life, there is surprisingly little reflection on his time as a Minister.
- Chris Wallace : Political Lives: Australian Prime Ministers and their Biographers. UNSW Press.
- Peter Hill : Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. Cambridge University Press.
- Stephen Hough : Enough: Scenes from Childhood. Faber and Faber.
- David Burke : Family Betrayal: Agent Sonya, MI5 and the Kuczynski Network. The History Press.
- Niki Savva : Bulldozed: Scott Morrison’s fall and Anthony Albanese’s rise. Scribe.
- David Rothkopf : American Resistance: The Inside Story of How the Deep State Saved the Nation. Public Affairs.
- Sean Kelly : The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison. Black Inc.
- Gyles Brandreth : Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait. Michael Joseph.
- Gareth Russell : Do Let’s Have Another Drink: The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. William Collins.
- John Delury : Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T. Downey and the CIA’s Covert War in China. Cornell University Press.
- Katharine Murphy : Lone Wolf: Albanese and the New Politics. Quarterly Essay #88.
- Gideon Haigh : The Brilliant Boy: Doc Evatt and the Great Australian Dissent Simon and Schuster Australia. A fascinating account of HV Evatt’s career as a lawyer and judge, and the global influence of his judicial dissents. Was he Australia’s best foreign minister? Gough Whitlam might disagree. Was he the smartest Federal politician never to have made it to PM? I would put Ted Theodore and Isaac Isaacs above him on that list. Moreover, Evatt’s political judgment was not always great, as the Petrov case showed.
My father spoke of reading in the 1950s the Parliamentary speeches of Menzies and Evatt in the papers the next day, or in Hansard later, and the impression he got was that Menzies’ speeches were usually vapid and superficial, while Evatt’s were well-argued, intelligent and often profound. However, if he had managed to hear the Parliamentary broadcast of the speeches when they were made, he would have had the opposite impression: he would have been swayed by Menzies’ superb oratory against Evatt’s wooden delivery.
They were both lawyers, and had faced each other in the High court in the Engineers case of 1920. When Evatt was appointed to the High Court at age 36 in 1930, Menzies appeared before him in the very first case he considered.
- Kerry-Anne Walsh : The Stalking of Julia Gillard: How the Media and Team Rudd brought down the Prime Minister. Allen and Unwin.
- Frank Bongiorno : Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia. La Trobe University Press. A good, well-written summary of Australian political history.
- Helen Fry : Spymaster: The Man Who Saved MI6. Yale University Press.


Talisk, Robyn Stapleton & Claire Hastings: this Friday (13th May) in Glasgow
RCS is hosting a concert celebrating some excellent award winning young musicians this Friday 13th May at 7:30pm. The gig is in Stevenson Hall at RCS, and tickets are £8.50 / £6.50. The gig is a warm up for our Recital Festival in the CCA 17th - 20th May. All of our 3rd year, 4th year and Masters students from the Traditional Music department will be performing - there are 19 gigs in total, and I'll post more information about this shortly. All recitals are free.
I've added some further information about Friday's concert below.
A performance to celebrate the success of current students and graduates of the traditional music department. Talisk won the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award and Mohsen Amini, who plays Concertina for Talisk, was recently crowned as the 2016 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year. The group's performances this year have included slots at world renowned festivals such as Cambridge Folk Festival, Cropredy Festival and Celtic Connections and live sessions on BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio 2, the trio’s experience far belies their years. For this concert, Jenn Butterworth will be joining the trio on guitar.
Robyn Stapleton and Claire Hastings are consecutive winners of BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year award. Hailing from the same region, Dumfries and Galloway, they share a wide repertoire of traditional and contemporary songs. Their voices complement each other perfectly, and they have gained many followers with their stunning harmonies. They will be joined by Jenn Butterworth on guitar and Alistair Paterson on piano.


Responding to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s (DCMS) ‘Promoting Britain Abroad’ report, UKHospitality Chief Executive Kate Nicholls mentioned: “The DCMS committee is completely proper to focus on the big worth tourism provides to the UK economic system, and hospitality is on the coronary heart of that providing.
“Every part of the UK has something to supply vacationers and we have now a implausible popularity as a rustic, however we must always not relaxation on our laurels and we must be globally aggressive. For instance, VAT stays a lot increased within the UK in comparison with our European counterparts. We would encourage the federal government to have a look at the price advantages of reducing the speed of VAT and the introduction of tax-free buying to redress this imbalance.
“The committee’s suggestion to introduce a short lived restoration visa is something UKHospitality has lengthy been calling for. This would go an extended option to serving to recruitment challenges and would assist the sector’s potential to offer implausible service to all its clients. We would strongly urge the federal government to think about its introduction as part of a pro-growth evaluation of immigration coverage.
“The impression the UK can leave on visitors, in particular school visits, should not be underestimated and we also absolutely support the committee’s recommendation to allow single visas as part of educational visits.”


Lanng & Stelman Develop N e w Remote Monitoring System
The Danish firm of Lanng & Stelman, a member of the Sabroe Group, has announced the recent introduction of an automatic remote control and monitoring system for cargo holds, containers, machinery and cold storage areas aboard ship. The system is presently being installed in 21 new state of the art ships at yards in Denmark, Poland, Brazil and Japan.
The system consists of a network connecting the various shipboard systems to one central position, such as the bridge and/or Chief Engineer's office, where a comprehensive review of system functions is possible. The system can also be coordinated with other electronic units which might monitor the main or auxiliary engines, rudder, bow thruster, or other instruments used in manuevering the ship.
Each event, alarm or malfunction related to these vital functions are automatically registered in the main system. This allows the Lanng & Stelman computer to communicate with and monitor all the electronic marine equipment connected to it.
All the system computer hardware and software are modular in design and can be adjusted to fit any size of ship. A PC is used as the main computer, adding to the system's adaptable.
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So I'd like each and every one of you to anwser these questions for me....
1. Has your character had any interaction with Ginny? If so, around what time?
2. Are your characters friends? Family? Or just people she passes in the hallway?
3. Is she a best friend or enemy?
4. What is your name?
5. what is your quest?
6. What is your favorite color?
7. Did she hang out with your character over the holidays?
8. Did she owl you over the summer?
That be all matties. Arg...
My Aim is still the same TheodoreTonks. So bug me if Ginny was suppose to do a scene with your character.

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“Rap Or Go To The League” releases tomorrow.
You may remember last year that 2 Chainz believed Grande’s set design was inspired by his pink trap house. After he voiced his opinion, he actually hopped on a remix and the two patched things up. It turns out Ariana actually laid down some vocals for his album too, teasing the upcoming single through a joint photo.
The pop star posted a picture of herself and the Hair Weave Killer on a luxurious lounge chair, possibly teasing a music video for the new song. “Rule The World” isn’t out yet but from the look of the photo, a video with the two of them isn’t out of the question. Is this a collaboration you’re excited for?

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Carla Bruni performs in Butrinti for International Music Day
In the early 1990’s, the public in Albania uses to know her as a model as it participated in the most prominent fashion shows in the fashion world. Later he became acquainted with the French president’s wife and with her as a singer. But today it will be in Albania and the public is able to follow closely, not just through the screens.
June 21 is also known as the “Holiday of Music” day in which many activities are held in the music center. “Hello everyone in Albania. I wanted to tell you what my name is Carla Bruni, who will sing for you on the Music Festival Day, in the Butrint Antique Theater at 21:00 and I hope you will be there “, so the rapporteur and the model for the public in Albania known. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife will sing today’s evening in Butrint’s ancient theater where she is expected to present 11 songs of her latest album. In 2017, she launched the fifth album titled “French Touch”.


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In this number of Il Pianeta azzurro you could find a lot of articles about the Network and experiences on marine and fluvial environmental education in Europe.
Angelo Mojetta talks about the history of fluvial environmnetal education in comparison with the present one. For example, he said that schools are a key place to learning about environmental issues, but today environmental education is also related with other citizen places, because of the nowdays diffusion of citizen science.
Edo Passarella describes his experience with Water Crew, in the middle of the sea, where human diversity and biodiversity are “a blessing”.
In conclusion, Paolo Balistreri describes the Partecipated Project “Caulerpa cylindracea – Egadi”, launched by the Department of Science and Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Tecnologies of the University of Palermo.
3 The history - Stefano Moretto
4 Experience on marine and fluvial environmental education in Italy - Angelo Mojetta
6 Water Crew - Edo Passarella
8 Weec Bergamo 2014 - Francesca Alvisi
11 “Reti nella rete” project - Fabrizio Torsani
13 Science and citizens get together in the Participated Project “Caulerpa cylindracea - Egadi” - Paolo Balistreri
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A delicious new take on the classic Penne All Vodka recipe, this creamy Vegan Cauliflower Vodka Pasta is a tasty and easy weeknight dinner option for the whole family.
- 300g rigatoni pasta (dry)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 brown onion, finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon red chilli flakes
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 300g cauliflower, thinly sliced or grated
- 1 teaspoon sea salt flakes
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 150g preserved artichokes, drained and chopped
- 80ml (1/3 cup) vodka
- 4 tablespoon tomato paste or puree
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ¾ cup soy milk or cream
- ¼ cup reserved pasta water
- 1 tablespoon miso paste
- Fresh basil leaves, to serve
- Bring a large pot of water (4-5 litres) to boil. Add a large pinch of salt to the water along with the dry pasta. Cook in the rapidly boiling water for 8-10 minutes. Reduce heat to low and simmer for a further 2 minutes until pasta is cooked but still firm (al dente). Drain all but some of the pasta water and set it aside.
- Heat oil in a large skillet on medium-high. Add the onion, chilli and garlic. Sauté for a minute or two until the onion starts to caramelize.
- Add the cauliflower, salt and pepper. Increase heat to high and sauté tossing constantly for 6-8 minutes until cauliflower is starting to caramelize. Add artichoke and mix well. Add the vodka to deglaze the pan and loosen all the caramelized, charred bits. Cook for another 2 minutes.
- Reduce heat to medium. Add tomato paste, thyme and oregano. Mix well and cook for 5-6 minutes until the sauce is heated through and cauliflower is cooked.
- Drain the pasta completely (but save ¼ cup of pasta water) and add to the skillet with the cauliflower sauce. Add the soy milk (or cream) and reserved pasta water. Mix well and slow simmer for 2 minutes until heated through. Stir through the miso paste.
- Garnish with basil leaves and serve hot.


The voters of Sodaville (pop. 290) elected Thomas Brady Harrington, 33, mayor in November, notwithstanding his criminal rap sheet showing robbery, eluding a police officer, felon in possession of a gun and other crimes (with his electoral success perhaps due to voters' confusing him with his father, a respected town elder). And the voters of Silverton (pop. 7,400) elected as mayor Stu Rasmussen, 60, an openly transgendered, longtime resident who previously served as mayor while a man but who sports breasts and dresses exclusively as a woman (especially miniskirts and cleavage-enhancing tops). Rasmussen still describes himself as a man and lives with his longtime girlfriend, but explained his switch as just his particular "mid-life crisis."
n "I'm really sorry. ... I thought he was just tired," said Lynne Stewart, who was arrested in West Melbourne, Fla., in October and charged with stealing items from a 56-year-old unconscious man who in fact had just suffered a fatal heart attack during sex with Stewart. She blamed her larceny on a cocaine binge that impaired her judgment such that (according to a police commander) she had sex with 20 men that weekend. (However, she was not charged with prostitution. Said the commander, "No, she just likes sex.")
n Lame: In a recent report of DUI excuses in the Swedish newspaper Nerikes Allehanda, a 56-year-old woman had asserted that, though she had been drinking, her driving was not affected because she had remembered to keep one eye closed so as not to be seeing double.
n Strange Justice: The Saudi Arabia delegation to the United Nations sponsored a conference on religious tolerance in November. (Not only does the kingdom employ a police force "on the prevention of vice and the promotion of virtue," but it is accused of widespread internal discrimination against disfavored Islamic sects).
n Patricia Howard filed a lawsuit against her USA Environmental employer in 2006 (just recently unsealed by a judge) for subjecting her to dangerous work during 2003-05. The workplace was in Iraq and involved detonating surplus munitions to prevent their falling into insurgents' hands, but that was not the "danger" she feared. Rather, the munitions were located in abandoned football-field-sized warehouses that had long been home to pigeons. Foot-high piles of feces had dried and turned to powder, and Howard charged that the company's respiration protection was nearly useless, subjecting workers to Hantavirus and other diseases.
One of the items in a November seized-contraband auction by the Denver Police Department was a 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass that was ultimately bought for $350 by a 19-year-old woman, but which is still evidence in an active murder investigation. Police eventually took back the car, which has bullet holes and a bloody interior and contained blood-stained clothing. Furthermore, a second shooting victim who was in the car survived and was among the bidders at the auction. He dropped out, but did later sell the winning bidder his spare key to the car for $40.
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Boy in the Striped Pyjamas essay
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas shows us that ignorance can be bliss, but once you become aware of your own ignorance, the illusion shatters. It also shows us that ignorance can be dangerous. Bruno is unaware of the horrible situation in ‘Out-with’, which he is quite happy to imagine as a lovely place to stay with friends. But when he starts to learn more about the Jews, he betrays his friend. Finally, Bruno unwittingly walks into danger, because neither he nor Shmuel are aware of the hazard. These points show that ignorance is often blissful, but it can also be incredibly dangerous.
Ignorance can be bliss, which is shown by Bruno when he talks to Shmuel about the camp, Auschwitz (which Bruno calls Out-With). Bruno imagines the camp as a nice, friendly farm in which the residents spend the day playing with their friends. This is evidenced when Bruno comments, “It’s so unfair. I don’t see why I have to be stuck over here where there’s no one to talk to and no one to play with and you get to have dozens of friends and are probably playing for hours every day. I’ll have to speak to father about it.” (page 110-11). If Bruno knew the truth at this point, he’d probably be wary of Shmuel, and avoid talking to him. That would mean he’d never make friends, and he’d be miserable for his entire stay at the house. This demonstrates that sometimes not knowing is for the best, as you could hear information that would spoil your enjoyment of the experience. Ignorance most certainly can be blissful.
Ignorance is bliss, but the realisation that you have been ignorant is certainly not. When you discover that you have perceived everything in the wrong light, everything you thought was correct will fall away and reveal the truth. There are many examples of this in Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. When Gretel, Herr Lizst and his father start implying that Jews are evil and are not their friends, Bruno begins to question his friendship with...
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Chipcon SmartRF® CC1020 Low Power RF Transceiver Partial ...
This report is an in-depth look at the circuit functionality of the Chipcon SmartRF transceiver. Report includes: Introduction, Schematics, Signal Naming Conventions and Symbol Definitions
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Chipcon AS has released the CC2420, claimed to be the industry's first 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 compliant RF transceiver.
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A New Jersey man gets 5 years in Prison for fabricating a story of a homeless veteran with his former girlfriend to raise funds worth more than $402,000 via a GoFundMe page.
Prosecutor Bradshaw said: “People genuinely wanted to believe it was true. But it was all a lie, and it was illegal. Our office is pleased to bring justice for the more than 14,000 kind-hearted people who thought they were helping someone who was living in a desperate situation.”
D’Amico and his then girlfriend Katelyn McClure created a GoFundMe page “paying it forward” in 2017 to allegedly help Johnny Bobbitt Jr, who posed as a homeless veteran.
According to prosecutors, the trio had met previously and concocted the story to make money. Following this, they conducted newspaper and television interviews and urged people to contribute for donations and “help” Bobbit.
D’Amico pleaded guilty to the charges in December 2019.
Through this, the trio raised more than $400,000 from about 14,000 donors in about a month. It went on to become the largest fraud to have succeeded through a crowdfunding platform, the prosecutor’s office in Burlington County, New Jersey, said.
However, the scam came to light after Bobbitt accused the couple of not giving him the money and sued them.
McClure and D’Amico allegedly spent all of the money raised via GoFundMe by March 2018, with a majority of it spent on a recreational vehicle, a BMW, and trips to casinos in Las Vegas and New Jersey, per a federal complaint.
Authorities have ordered D’Amico and McClure to fully reimburse GoFundMe.
D’Amico is currently in federal prison in Pennsylvania’s Lewisburg and his state sentence will run parallelly. On finishing his 27-month federal sentence, D’Amico will serve the remainder of his state time, the prosecutor’s office said.
Bobbitt, who also pleaded guilty to state and federal charges, is in a state drug court program as part of his plea agreement and is awaiting federal sentencing.


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If you needed any more proof of the staying power of Apple’s brand, look no further: a new survey shows that, yet again, the iconic iPhone is far and away the most popular smartphone brand among U.S. teenagers. What’s more, a record-setting 81 percent of surveyed teens indicated that their next phone would be an iPhone.
Even though the iPhone has been the most popular smartphone among teens for a number of years now, teen interest in Apple-made smartphones shows no signs of waning. Piper Jaffray’s Spring 2017 edition of its survey, “Taking Stock with Teens”, shows that a whopping 76 percent of American adolescents own an iPhone. That is the highest ownership level the investment firm has ever recorded in its survey of teen spending and consumption habits, which it releases semi-annually.
In fact, iPhone ownership among teens, as well as their intent to stay with the brand, has continued to grow unabated for Piper Jaffray’s last four survey periods. For comparison, last spring, Piper Jaffray reported that 69 percent of the Snapchat and Instagram-inclined youths owned iPhones, and that 75 percent of them expected their next smartphone to be of Apple manufacture.
As Piper Jaffray notes: “Apple continued to grow smartphone share among teens with 76% of teens owning an iPhone vs 74% in Fall-16. We view the survey as a positive data point on iPhone 7 demand and excitement around the upcoming launch of the 10th anniversary iPhone.”
That’s great news for Apple investors, who’ve been bullish about its stock and the impending release of the iPhone (8, Edition, X). The tenth anniversary iPhone is expected to come with a slew of new features, including wireless charging capabilities, an OLED display with 18.5:9 aspect ratio, and no Home button.
It’s also pretty dismal news for Android and Samsung, in particular, which recently unveiled its Galaxy S8 following a viral “Unbox Your Phone” video ad campaign. Piper Jaffray’s Spring 2017 survey, which polled 5,500 teens across 43 states, suggests that 16-year olds’ enthusiasm for their iPhones hasn’t dimmed just yet. Quite the opposite, teens across the U.S. seem intent on ditching their Androids. Just 13 percent of teens in Piper Jaffray’s latest survey said that their next phone would be an Android, down from 17 percent in the last one.
Apple on the other hand has no intention of slowing its roll or ad game. The company, which has a long track record of innovative marketing, recently announced that it is teaming up with cast members of Saturday Night Live to film a custom ad spot, undoubtedly expanding Apple’s cool factor.


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Salma Hayek and Silvio Horta, two of the people behind ABC’s popular drama "Ugly Betty," have teamed up again on another project sold to ABC, reports Deadline.com.
In what’s described as a last-minute purchase, ABC has put "Bastards" into development. The show is about a Cuban-American family that discovers the family patriarch had a child with the family’s maid more than two decades earlier.
The project originated with an idea from Hayek. Horta will write, and producer Mark Gordon will also executive produce, according to the story.


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