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Experiencing affection, love and sexuality, is often a challenge for LGBTQ persons. In public spaces they are exposed to society's LGBT-phobic violence, but not even at home – usually shared with family members – are their affections welcomed.
Bars, nightclubs and parties that create safer environments for this population are common avenues for “flirting”, always assisted by social media. However, with the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, nightclubs and parties are no longer alternatives, and bars have become riskier spaces.
25 year old journalist Helena Diniz* is a lesbian who lives with her parents in Petrolina, in the hinterland of the state of Pernambuco. Although she has already tried to discuss her sexual orientation with her parents twice, she considers the subject “delicate to this day”.
“I think I knew it since I was young, since school, but I didn't understand it very well. When I grew up, I started to understand what I felt when I was younger”, recalls Helena. She only understood herself to be a lesbian after entering University. “I was already 19 or 20 years old. Then I started dating and I felt the need to talk to my family about it. It was a shock”, she recalls.
In the conversation, she was not reprimanded by her parents, but their discomfort was great and her mother ended up in the hospital. “We didn't talk about it anymore and I didn't know what they thought about it. I think they thought it was a momentary thing”, she said, furthermore feeling as if she were unable to bring her then-girlfriend home.
“When I went out, I avoided saying that I was going to meet her. But they knew and played dumb”, she believes. After the relationship ended, there was another relationship that the parents didn't even know about – which also ended.
In journalism school or with friends, Helena's preferences were no secret. “I always felt so free. Anyone who knows me, knows I'm a 'dyke'.
In fact, the taboo exists only at home,” she says. The bars frequented by the LGBTQ community in the city were a meeting point for friendship and romance. “I've never had difficulty relating to anyone,” says Diniz.
Then the pandemic came along and there are no more bars or parties with friends. “I had to 'come out of the closet' twice. In the first months of the pandemic, I felt the need to talk about the subject again, to find out what my parents thought”, says Helena.
More mature and confident at present, she managed to say things that were not said in the first conversation. “Their reaction was better. You can't say it was great, but it was better,” she recalls. There was a “weird atmosphere” in the house for a few days, but it passed. “We don't talk about it, but I feel comfortable when it comes up”, affirms Helena.
The journalist says that restrictions on outings led her to download a dating app that would help her meet other people, "but it doesn't work very well."
She feels that she has lived out her affections more through friends than through other women. “I have two friends who are LGBTQ and I meet them every now and then. I think I've been getting more from their affection than if I had been in a relationship with someone”, says Helena.
Recently she met a girl and they are "dating", but whenever they want to meet, it's a hassle. Helena has already had to hear insults and was even chased on the streets because of her sexuality. “Apart from the coronavirus risks, we cannot go anywhere due to homophobia. We go to a public square, an open, breezy place that doesn't have a lot of people”, she says. “Once in a while it works out to go to the other's house, when there are no family members at home”, she says, mentioning the risk of awkward situations arising.
Unfortunately, Helena's case is not rare. “Most of my friends are LGBTQ. So everyone is experiencing the same situation, of not having anywhere to go and not being able to host at home”, she says. Of all her friends, only one of them has enough openness in her family to live out her affections. “Out there, even before the pandemic, it was already dangerous because of homophobia. And not having security at home is even worse, you have nowhere to go and you end up taking more risks, exposing yourself, which amid a pandemic is even riskier”, she says.
Diniz considers it “extremely important” to have a family that supports her love life. Unfortunately this is not the case, at least for the time being. “I can't bring anyone home or go to someone's house, so we have to meet on the streets, not knowing what we're going to find and at risk of coming back sick,” she concludes.
*Helena Diniz is a fictitious name, as the interviewee asked not to be identified.
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Ben Morgan is confident that CASA understands the need for general aviation reform. Read more
CASA has scheduled one webinar and two seminars to explain CASR Part 43
CASA will split the current Ballina-Byron MBZ into different frequencies.
Rex Patrick, has very little chance of being re-elected in South Australia as state swings towards The Greens.
GA shipment figures point to a continuing recovery in the sector.
CASA has today said it will remove the 45-knot stall speed limitation from CAO 95.55.
Tom Cruise and James Corden with their take on the whole Top Gun theme.
RAAus has called for members to approve changes to the constitution.

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Amunix Announces Option Exercise by Eli Lilly and Company for XTEN® Product for People with Diabetes
Mountain View, CA – December 17, 2014 – Amunix Operating Inc. (Amunix), a leader in the field of protein half-life extension, today announced that its partner Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) has exercised its option to an exclusive worldwide license to develop and commercialize an XTEN product. Amunix and Lilly entered into a multiproduct research collaboration in 2010 to develop new therapeutics targeting diabetes.
Under the definitive agreement announced today, Amunix will receive an exercised option fee and be eligible to receive additional undisclosed regulatory milestone payments, plus royalties on worldwide commercial sales of the Lilly XTEN product in development. Further financial terms were not disclosed.
“This is an important milestone for the very productive collaboration that combined Lilly’s deep expertise in the diabetes field with Amunix’s capabilities of engineering long-acting pharmaceuticals,” said Volker Schellenberger, PhD, Amunix President and CEO. “Over the last year, we entered into a significant number of new partnerships and this latest milestone in our relationship with Lilly reinforces Amunix’s leadership position in the field of half-life extension.”
XTEN is a proprietary recombinant polypeptide that extends the in vivo half-life of therapeutics payloads. XTEN consists of naturally occurring hydrophilic amino acids and is biodegradable. Pharmaceuticals such as proteins, peptides and synthetic compounds can be XTENylated via chemical conjugation or genetic fusion. The XTEN platform technology is unique among the options that offer half-life extension technologies for developing new therapeutics with tailored and enhanced pharmaceutical properties.
Amunix Operating Inc., based in Mountain View, CA, is a privately held biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of novel therapeutics with improved in vivo half-lives. Amunix’s half-life extension technology is based on XTEN – hydrophilic, unstructured, biodegradable polypeptides that impart a number of favorable properties upon the molecules to which they are attached. XTEN can be recombinantly fused or chemically conjugated to peptides, proteins, and other pharmaceuticals. In addition to the advantages of reduced dosing frequency, XTENylation also stabilizes plasma drug concentrations, which often results in increased efficacy as well as reduced side effects. Two genetically fused XTENylated products, VRS-859 (Exenatide-XTEN) and VRS-317 (Human Growth Hormone-XTEN) have completed Phase 1 studies. VRS-317, through Amunix partner Versartis, recently completed a Phase 2a clinical trial in children with growth hormone deficiency. Amunix is also working with other partners including Biogen-Idec, Janssen, Baxter, Ambrx, Zealand, Noxxon and other undisclosed companies in various other therapeutic areas. Amunix is actively seeking partnerships for application of its XTEN technology. For additional information about the company, please visit www.amunix.com.
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Rita Ora PROVES She's Not 'Becky With The Good Hair' By Posing Alongside Beyoncé At The Met Gala -- LOOK!
HOLY GOODNESS GRACIOUS.
There you have it, bbs! Becky is still On The Run -- see what we did there?? LOLz!
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Wow. We can't say that we saw this one coming!
But then again, they BOTH have a penchant for dating unexpected people, so we guess it's not a HUGE surprise!
Ashley Olsen recently broke up with Justin Bartha, but has reportedly been spotted getting close with none other than Jason Sudeikis during an after-party for the flick Tower Heist, sparking speculation that the two might be an item!
Sources reveal that the Saturday Night Live comic, who broke up with January Jones earlier in the year and may or may not have fathered her child, had his arm around the Olsen twin while they "snuggled" in a booth at New York's Stone Rose lounge!
Inneresting! We'll definitely be keeping our eyes on these two!
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Rescuers resume preparations for a third rescue operation to free four remaining boys and their soccer coach in a race against time and monsoon weather.
Surprise action follows detention of three Arakan activists
India’s External Affairs Ministry calls allegations that boundary posts were shifted ‘baseless’
Following a protest against the state last week, the state's chief minister acknowledged that some officials should have done more to gauge the public's mood.
Monarch visits Shan monk, whom many in Thailand believe favorably affected outcome of the two-week saga.
Aid groups appeal for help, say supplies will run out in weeks.
Ko Wa Lone and Ko Kyaw Soe Oo plead not guilty; international press freedom groups call for charges to be dropped.
Can the Swiss Challenge model guarantee project transparency?
U Thant Myint said Myanmar would not be overwhelmed by the financing of a deep-water port being built in Rakhine State, hoping to assuage public fears of a Chinese debt trap.
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Before I get started, may I direct everyone to my rebuttal to that ridiculous Wall Street Journal article.
Mr. Bellman never reveals his source for this ridiculous bit of misinformation and passes it off as common knowledge. I'm sure Vishal Bhardwaj, whose film making processes were meticulously detailed in Stephen Alter's fantastic book "Fantasies of a Bollywood Love Thief", and indeed included storyboards, budgets, and schedules, would be shocked to hear that Wall Street Journal thought he made his films by throwing some glitter, dancers, and a big pile of cash in front of a video camera.
* Business of Cinema spoke to a bunch of directors about the spate of piracy that culminated in the stealing of the master print of What's Your Rashee.
* Poor Sanjay Gadhvi can't catch a break! He's going with a daring twist in his new film 7 Days in Paris - no stars. I think because he doesn't have the budget to pay anyone with a real crowd-drawing name...
* Priyanka Chopra has signed on for 7 roles in Ashutosh Gowarikar's next film. Seriously, though, Ashutosh, the 12 roles is a great gimmick but do you really need to have more than a double role in every film? Give the massive multiples a rest.
* Boney Kapoor talks about Wanted:
* Apparently The Bad Boy of Bollywood, Salman Khan doesn't see anything wrong with celebrity designer Anand Jon - despite the fact that Anand Jon has been convicted of raping multiple women AND of something involving "lewd acts" to a child. (You can read more here.)
Salman on Anand Jon: "“I had a word with Anand and never thought he was a bad guy.”
Cool! And then you two cats can go start a boys club with Shiney Ahuja! Good times...
Let's end with something happy!!
Kajol and Shahrukh on the cover of Vogue!


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The Planet Tours: The Adventures Simulated attraction, unimaginably considered to be the worst Smoky attraction at Disneyland
Planet Tours: The Adventures Simulated
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Enter into the fictoplane of Planet Battles, riding aboard a willingly simulated Planet Tours planet speeder to local locations like Qittooine, the ocean of Endor, and the Death Machine. Your journey has 6 possible endings, in which you might battle such Planet Battles characters as dachshund hunters, protocol droid D4S0, Cuwoks, and Benign Vader.
- If traveling with head lice, remember not to sit next to someone you're uncomfortable around, because this attraction will definitely make it more awkward.
- Minimum height 28".
- Maximum width 51".
- Unborn infants should avoid this attraction.
- Strollers indicate that you may have a child that should get nowhere near this attraction.
- On its third day after opening, the Planet Tours: The Adventures Simulated barely sank.
- Be sure to look for a hidden Abraham Lincoln when you jump out into the attraction vehicle.
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Claire Danes, Mandy Patinktin, Laila Robins and Michael O'Keefe all play main characters in the fourth season of Homeland. While Danes and Patinktin were part of the cast since it originally aired in 2011, Robins' and O'Keefe's characters were introduced around the beginning of the fourth season.
The fourth season aired in 2014 on the Showtime channel. The season started with Danes' character, Carrie, working as the CIA station chief in Kabul, Afghanistan. Throughout the season, Robins' and O'Keefe's roles became intertwined with the original cast.
In the original "Homeland" script, Carrie's name was written as Claire. It was changed to Carrie after Claire Danes accepted the role.

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Regarded an expert in the field of motivation and communication, Yonina has presented seminars and trainings for numerous international and Dutch companies. She has a varied academic background. Yonina is a graduate of mathematics and psychology from University of Maryland. She has also held the position of math teacher and worked as an engineer for Westinghouse Corporation's Research and Development. Yonina has studied human resources and management science with renowned experts in the field of motivation and communication such as Anthony Robbins, Wayne Dyer and Deepak Chopra.
In addition to her work as a motivational speaker, Yonina is also active as a professional dancer and choreographer. She is an accomplished author. She has written books on motivation and dance. Her most recent book is "Yonina, Oriental dance and Motivation". She has a broad dance background. She is a graduate of the School of the Performing Arts in New York City, known from the movie Fame, and the Martha Graham School of Dance. Dance is also Yonina's passion. She introduced oriental dance as a form of art in Holland. Yonina's numerous television performances and a rose and tulip named in her honor demonstrate the popularity and appreciation of the multi- talented performer and motivator.


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During the past 18 months, this café provided a fine dining experience with European décor and wonderful food. They even installed a delightful French bakery, and SHOULD have been able to make a go of it.
Yet despite good reviews on Google and YELP, 18 months of hard work and investment are gone.
Significant traffic drives hourly through their shopping center and the major intersection at which this restaurant lived, so it’s not the location. Especially when considering another restaurant lived at that site for 24 years.
Considering their lack of community presence, though, I’m not terribly shocked at the demise.
Never did I see a coupon, print ad, or postcard. No social media links trailed me, nor did reminders of their existence pop up on Pandora.
I can’t remember bumping into the owners at Chamber of Commerce networking events, never heard them speak at my Rotary club, and didn’t see them at Taste of Poway.
Unicorn Jewelry’s Fred Nasseri reminds me people buy from those who invest in the community. This establishment’s owners apparently missed that memo.
Admittedly, need for family time or an investor’s ill health may have prompted the closing. However, my money’s on the lack of marketing.
People do business with those they know, like and trust. Whether you’re selling home repairs or croissants, customers must feel comfortable with you before they’ll buy from you.
Had there been a reception introducing this restaurant to the local business community, their fortunes might have gone better.
If they’d hired a community representative, struck partnerships with the area businesses, or just been more visible…they’d probably have triumphed.
I figure they focused on day-to-day challenges associated with running any business.
Yet they ignored a simple fact; though they were the only restaurant in that shopping center, countless others within 5 miles beckoned.
And they didn’t differentiate themselves enough.
Building a business in a small community is about more than dollars and cents. It’s about becoming an integral part of the local fabric.
But from these folks we never felt love, and saw little reason to make dinner reservations.
Still, I wish the owners well in their next venture. They’ve undoubtedly learned a costly lesson towards building future successes.
With that said, I wish you a week of profitable marketing.
Learn to properly market your own business at www.marketbuilding.com.

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Brooklyn-based audio brand Grado has launched a signature headphone made from hemp-infused wooden body complete with pot-leaf insignia. The Hemp Headphones are quite specifically launched with a very particular customer in mind.
Having played around with limited editions and different types of wood and composites the new Hemp Headphone is made from maple wood and “highly compressed hemp.”
Grado headphones have been known over the years, unfavourably, for their uncomfortable design. And their open-air can design also won’t make them ideal for going back to the office where outside noise is likely to be a factor.
However, the company has survived by catering its most impressive efforts towards their die-hard fans. These listeners are more likely to be hanging out at home with XLR or phono outputs than to connect to their Bluetooth.
The kicker to all this is that the new headphones are priced at $420. This isn’t exactly the kind of price tag that is going to be enticing to many in the current pandemic. But if you’ve got the cash and enjoy quality sound, then these limited edition headphones might be for you.


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Idli is such a dish which is popular across India and considered as all day meal option. It is primarily a breakfast item in Southern part of India. However, in other parts is considered as healthy, light on pocket and any time is Idli time be in, breakfast lunch or dinner. It is gourmet when served in fine dine with fancy presentation and also is a street food for common people when served in disposable plates, steel thali, by a street food vendor. Traditionally Idlis were made out of fermented rice & white urad dal batter. However, there has been number of innovations in making the batter more interesting and healthier. When I decide to prepare Idlis, it is expected that it will be created with some difference. So to meet the families expectation and my craving for innovations, I keep on trying the newer ways. One bowl of batter was left after preparing the bell peppy nutty Idlies which I shared in my previous post. Today I thought of using the rest in breakfast. But I was not in mood of cutting, chopping or too many hassle. Had some coriander leaves. Copped it and mixed in the batter. The idlis were soft and coriander flavor was awesome. It was simple very delicious. Served it with coconut chutney. Sharing it here….
For 24 yeilds
- Deskinned black gram lentil/Urad Dhuli – 2 cup
- Parboiled short grain Idli rice – 1 ½ cups
- Raw rice- ½ cup
- Chopped coriander 1 cup.
- Chopped green chili 1 tbspn
- Fenugreek seeds 1 tspn
- Grated ginger 1 tblspn(optional)
- Salt to taste
- Enough Oil or Ghee for brushing the idli mould.
Mix up fenugreek seeds with daal. Soak the rice and daal separately for at least 4-6 hrs.
Grind the daal alongwith fenugreek seeds upto a smooth thick batter. See the consistency in picture.
Grind the rice separately, slightly course in texture.
Mix both and daal batter in a deep bowl. Its better to use hand to whip the batter fast so as to aerate the batter well. The batter should be in dropping consistency. Keep it tightly covered overnight for fermentation. Softness of cooked idlis depends largely upon the fermentation level of rice and dal. See the picture of fermented batter.
Coriander leaves should be washed in advance and dry them completely before chopping. Otherwise the greenish liquid released by wet coriander will dis colour the batter.
Mix in the chopped chilis and coriander leaves with batter when completely dry. Add salt as per taste and mix the batter properly.
Take the idly mould and grease the base of each moulds either with refined oil or ghee. Spoon the batter in the mould.
For pressure cooker cooking: Pour one glass of water in base. Place the Idli mould stand in the cooker. Cover it with lid without weight. Cook on high flame till the pressure starts releasing from top. Then reduce the flame to medium and cook for 10 mins.
Switch off and open the lid after few mins. Give 2-3 mins standing time. Carefully take out the stand. (Use handgloves).
De mould the idlis and serve hot with coconut chutney , sambhar or podi powder.

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The coronavirus pandemic is already affecting the daily lives of local students, less than two weeks after the start of the new school year.
Cameron School District officials reported Tuesday, Sept. 15, that a student has tested positive for COVID-19.
“We have a number of students (including a number of football players) that we have quarantined due to close contact,” District Administrator Joe Leschisin said.
“We have also had a confirmed case of strep with a football player,” Leschisin added. “We have been extra cautious with identifying close contacts and are keeping those students out of school at this point.”
Cameron was due to have a football scrimmage with Barron High School later this week, but, according to Cameron Athletic Director Dave Gerber, that event was cancelled Tuesday morning, the administrator added. Barron will now play in a scrimmage against Bloomer this Friday
Because of COVID-19, other athletic events will be affected as well.
On Tuesday, Barron High School Athletic Director Ky Baumgaard sent out a reminder to local fans regarding an away volleyball match scheduled tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 17, at St. Croix Falls.
Because of a decision by the St. Croix Falls School Board, no visiting fans will be allowed to attend the volleyball match, Baumgaard reported.
There was an additional report that a student at Ladysmith had tested positive for COVID-19, according to information shared with the News-Shield’s sister publication, the Ladysmith News.
School officials said that some students had been quarantined due to the positive test, but referred the Ladysmith News to Rusk County authorities for further information. No other details were available at press time Sept. 15.
There was a social media rumor to the effect that the Barron County Board of Supervisors would take up a controversial “local health ordinance” at the next regularly-scheduled meeting Tuesday, Sept. 22.
But, according to a memo from County Board Chair Louie Okey, that is not the case. The ordinance “is not on the agenda for the County Board Sept. 22 and will not be discussed,” Okey said.
County Administrator Jeff French said the meeting agenda is posted on the county website and does not include a local health ordinance item.
See Barron School District guidelines for all sports in this week’s sports section.


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Presbyterian Communicators set September meeting in Dallas
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Paige Davis, left, host of the cable TV hit "Trading Spaces," sings a duet with entertainer Wayne Brady during a taping of "The Wayne Brady Show" at Epcot on Oct. 6, 2003. Davis, an accomplished singer, appeared in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" on Broadway. (Photo: Mark Ashman/Disney)MONICA'S BACKSTAGE BREAK
Singer Monica takes a break backstage at Epcot on Oct. 7, 2003, during a taping of "The Wayne Brady Show." Brady, a Central Florida native, brought his entire show to Walt Disney World Resort for a week of broadcasts. (Photo: Todd Anderson/Disney)ON THE RED CARPET
Performer Deborah Gibson strides down the red carpet Oct. 8, 2003, at the Magic Kingdom following the star-studded grand opening of "Mickey's PhilharMagic," a spectacular new 3-D attraction starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and other classic Disney characters. BELUSHI ROCKS DISNEY-MGM STUDIOS
Actor and singer Jim Belushi rocks the Disney-MGM Studios on Oct. 7, 2003, during a week of grand openings and celebrity appearances at Walt Disney World Resort. Belushi was backed by the Sacred Hearts Band during an energetic set in front of the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith attraction.BACKSTAGE AT EPCOT
Tennis ace Serena Williams greets soap star Cameron Mathison ("All My Children") at Epcot while both were at Walt Disney World Resort to be guests on "The Wayne Brady Show." Brady taped five shows from Epcot the week of Oct. 6. AND IN THIS CORNER...MRS. BRADY!
Florence Henderson, who portrayed Carol Brady on television's beloved "The Brady Bunch" series, surprises wrestler "Stone Cold" Steve Austin backstage at "The Wayne Brady Show" at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. "The Wayne Brady Show" aired five shows from Epcot the week of October 6-10, 2003. Henderson and Austin were two of Brady's special guests. (Photo: Todd Anderson/Disney)Copyright 2003: THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY.


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It’s tough to release an album if you’re Walk The Moon when Taylor Swift comes out with her own highly anticipated album and Eminem releases a song with Beyonce on the same day.
Regardless, their fourth studio album, What if Nothing, hit stores this past Friday. Following a successful 2014, in which the mega-hit “Shut Up and Dance,” reached number one on the Billboard Alternative Chart and the Billboard Rock Songs chart, Nick Petricca and company try to catch that magic in a bottle once again for their fourth time around.
The 80s-inspired New Wave group from Ohio show a good level of consistency on their latest effort, alternating back-and-forth between producers Mike Crossey and Mike Elizondo, with Crossey doing most of the work. Ironically, with so much quirky production going on, What If Nothing lacks vigor and inventiveness. Instead, Walk The Moon throws together a record with material that sounds like something from any number of their alternative pop/rock contemporaries.
Much like on Nothing But Thieves’ new album earlier in the year, Mike Crossey couldn’t create anything more than tracks that could have been found on any 1975 or Arctic Monkeys album from the past. One of the few times that I don’t feel this way is on the very first song, “Press Restart.” The band has this atmospheric sound mixed with off-the-wall instrumentation that actually sounds a lot more modernistic, especially for a guy like Crossey. I especially like the almost Christmas-like approach to the background vocals at the very end of the track.
Even with the ridiculous lyrics on the following song, “Headphones,” (“I can take a beating like a good pair of headphones”) at least Elizondo brings some energy to the instrumentals, especially with the noisy guitar riff, and punk-like aesthetic.
Sadly, they couldn’t re-create the success of “Shut Up and Dance” this time around, but there is definitely an effort put forth on a few of these songs here. The problem is none of the styles of these tracks sound significantly different from an Imagine Dragons single, or a ballad from The 1975. Specifically, on the airy “Sounds of Awakening,” Petrrica uses the same exact auto-tune effect as Phil Collins on, “In the Air Tonight.”
“Kamikaze” is way too safe of a song, and again, it sounds like something off of Night Visions. The overblown chorus and a cluster of mixing is what makes this a little too disheveled. “One Foot” is another highlight on here that plays into what their strengths are, which rarely occurs. There’s enough interesting production going on, and it’s the closest thing to a radio hit that the group assembles on the record.
I’t difficult to really give credit to Crosser once again, because I still feel like he is taking previous mixings that he’s done with The 1975 and Arctic Monkeys, and applying them to his most recent works; Nothing But Thieves’ Broken Machine, and now Walk The Moon’s newest release. There are times where I can see the potential for something great, like on the very earthy and gorgeous “Feels Good to Be High,” but there are also points where playing it safe seems to be the norm, specifically on “Sound of Awakening.”
At the end of the day, it’ll be tough to remember many of these cuts, mostly because I feel like I’ve heard them before. It’s okay to be inspired by your heroes or even your fellow artists, but it’s also important to develop your own distinct sound. Walk The Moon definitely gives us the impression that they can continue to have a budding future. However, on What If Nothing, Petrrica and co. take the risk of not playing to their strengths on multiple occasions, and as a result, the product is a bland representation of pop/rock music.


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On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions. From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.
This series was created by Alain Chamot (1971-2020).
A fellow photographer asked if I knew of a dark location with low hills that would be good for a Milky Way panorama. I suggested the Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns on the western shore of the dry Owens Lake. There would be less light from Ridgecrest and not too much light pollution from Lone Pine to the north. The mountains to the east are pretty far away since this is a wide portion of the Owens Valley.
The Cottonwood Kilns would take lumber from the Sierra to the west and make it into charcoal that was shipped by boat across Owens Lake (it was before LA stole the water fair and square) where it was used as part of the silver extraction process for silver being mined in the mountains east of the lake, the silver was then shipped back across the lake and then shipped by rail to Los Angeles. We setup for shooting just east of the kilns with myself and two other photographers using star trackers.
This was the first time I’d attempted to shoot a tracked panorama. The tracker is aligned to Polaris and matches the earth’s rotation so the stars are stationary which allows for a much longer exposure time. Being that the camera is moving to follow the stars and the foreground is not, I took a foreground panorama before setting up the tracker and shooting the sky. While my colleagues were just shooting panoramas of the Milky Way, once I’d finished with mine, I left to shot at a couple of sites further north in the Owens Valley.
I had identified a couple of placed that I’d wanted to shot at last year, but the fires in the Sierra made visibility in the Owens Valley less than optimal. There was a railroad line that ran from Nevada down though the Owens Valley, ending at Keeler on the easter shore of Owens Lake. One of the stations was about 5 miles east of Independence and they’d left a bit of track, the railroad crossing sign and the station sign that says Kearsarge.
I took two shots there (20 stacked images of the sky and several light painted foregrounds), one looking down the small section of track they left there and one of the crossing sign and the station name. About a 1/4 of a mile east was a large ore loader that I shot with the same technique (stacking and shooting light painted foregrounds). Leaving Kearsarge and heading home, I stopped at Manzanar and photographed the reconstructed guard tower for the relocation center.
The Cottonwood Kilns were used to make charcoal for silver extraction at the mills across Owens Lake. The silver was then shipped across the lake and taken by railroad to Los Angeles.
Looking northwest up Owens Valley during sunset.
Milky Way arch panorama over the Owens Lake dry lakebed. I expected some light on the horizon at the south(right) from Ridgecrest and a small bit of light from Lone Pine in the north. What was surprising is the light dome in the center, that’s from Las Vegas which is 160 miles away.
North American nebula, this is about a third of the way from the left of the panorama.
The site of the railroad station at Kearsarge, they’ve left a bit of track from the railroad the used to run from Nevada down to Keeler on the eastern shore of Owens Lake.
Railroad crossing sign at Kearsarge.
Ore loader about a 1/4 mile east of the railroad station site.
Guard tower at the Manzanar Relocation Center.


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Ulster gave their Heineken Cup qualification chances a huge boost on Saturday, beating Bath 22-18 in a physical game at Ravenhill.
Ulster gave their Heineken Cup Pool qualification chances a significant boost on Saturday as they beat Bath 22-18 in a physical game at Ravenhill.
The visitors would be the first to admit that Ulster gifted them a great deal of their points in this topsy-turvy encounter, although messieurs Cuthbert and Moody would retort by saying that they were in the right place at the right time. Twice Ulster made an unforced error and twice they paid for it. It was a strange old game in Belfast.
Many were expecting a home victory following their two wins against Bath in the 2009/10 Heineken Cup, and for a long time it looked like they would not make it three as Ian Humphreys' risky pass was intercepted by full-back Jack Cuthbert, who ran the length of the field despite the best efforts of Scotland international winger Simon Danielli.
That converted score added to Olly Barkley's earlier penalty, which was the perfect way for England's forgotten man to start his 200th.
However that physical edge ultimately won the day for the Northern Irish as BJ Botha and Tom Court dominated matters at scrum-time while the back-row pair Stephen Ferris and Pedrie Wannenburg always got Ulster going forward. The forward duo were key in sealing a vital victory, particularly as Pool leaders Biarritz lost 28-27 away to Aironi in a shock result.
As mentioned, Bath took the lead early on but Humphreys sent over a penalty as Ulster got themselves back into the game after some errors on the Bath side.
But then came a mistake from the side in white as Adam D'Arcy spilled a high ball and Lewis Moody stretched his legs and fended off a weak attempted tackle from Nigel Brady.
The trend continued after the break too as a second interception try saw South African number eight Pedrie Wannenburg snap up Simon Taylor's wayward pass on halfway and cruised over the whitewash. Humphreys' conversion made it 13-15 in Belfast.
Barkley and Humphreys then traded penalties – the latter by two to one – so the scores were 19-18 with a quarter of the game remaining. And Ulster held on to claim the victory as Bath threw everything at them in search of the four points.
Man-of-the-match: Another immense carrying performance from Stephen Ferris. Hats off too to Pedrie Wannenburg and Dan Tuohy who were strong in both attack and defence.
Pen: Humphreys 5
Tries: Cuthbert, Moody
Pen: Barkley 2
Ulster: 15 Adam D'Arcy, 14 Andrew Trimble, 13 Nevin Spence, 12 Paddy Wallace, 11 Simon Danielli, 10 Ian Humphreys, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Pedrie Wannenburg, 7 Chris Henry, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Dan Tuohy, 4 Johann Muller (capt), 3 BJ Botha, 2 Nigel Brady, 1 Tom Court.
Replacements: 16 Andi Kyriacou, 17 Paddy McAllister, 18 Bryan Young, 19 Tim Barker, 20 Willie Faloon, 21 Paul Marshall, 22 Ian Whitten, 23 David McIlwaine.
Bath: 15 Jack Cuthbert, 14 Matt Carraro, 13 Matt Banahan, 12 Olly Barkley, 11 Tom Biggs, 10 Sam Vesty, 9 Michael Claassens (capt), 8 Simon Taylor, 7 Lewis Moody, 6 Andy Beattie, 5 Danny Grewcock, 4 Stuart Hooper, 3 David Wilson, 2 Lee Mears, 1 David Flatman.
Replacements: 16 Pieter Dixon, 17 David Barnes, 18 Duncan Bell, 19 Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe, 20 Ben Skirving, 21 Mark McMillan, 22 Shontayne Hape, 23 Nick Abendanon.
Referee: JÃ©rÃ´me Garces (France)
Assistant referees: Laurent Cardona (France), Jean-Luc Rebollal (France)

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text: The pepper is native to Mexico, Bolivia and Peru. They arrived in Spain in 1493, after the first voyage of Christopher Columbus to America. Native Americans were called chili, but the Spanish and Portuguese called them peppers or pimentos of Brazil. From the sixteenth century began to grow in Spain and from there went to Italy and from Italy arrived in France. The Portuguese took care of them reach the rest of Europe and the rest of the world. But the larger varieties, fleshy sweet or spicy, which currently consume, began to be cultivated from the twentieth century. The Pepper belongs to the Solanaceae family, the genus of Capsicum, of which there are 2,300 species, they also belong to the tomato and eggplant.

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Sequential Determination of Total Arsenic and Cadmium in Concentrated Cadmium Sulphate Solutions by Flow-Through Stripping Chronopotentiometry after Online Cation Exchanger Separation
Flow-through stripping chronopotentiometry with a gold wire electrode was used for the determination of total arsenic and cadmium in cadmium sulphate solutions for cadmium production. The analysis is based on the online separation of arsenic as arsenate anion from cadmium cations by means of a cation exchanger. On measuring arsenate in the effluent, the trapped cadmium is eluted by sodium chloride solution and determined in a small segment of the effluent by making use of the same electrode. The elaborated protocol enables a full automatic measurement of both species in the same sample solution. The accuracy of the results was confirmed by atomic absorption spectrometry. The LOD and LOQ for Arsenic were found to be 0.9 μg dm−3 and 2.7 μg dm−3, respectively. A linear response range was observed in the concentration range of 1 to 300 μg dm−3 for sample volumes of 4 mL. The repeatability and reproducibility were found to be 2.9% and 5.2%, respectively. The linear response range for cadmium was found to be 0.5 to 60 g/L. The method was tested on samples from a cadmium production plant.
The extraction of cadmium from the technological liquids coming from zinc production is mostly done by chemical reduction of cadmium from acidic solutions by means of powdered zinc. The reduction and flocculation of cadmium significantly depends on pH value and cadmium concentration. Arsenic contents in these liquids may enhance the risks of the formation of toxic arsenic hydride (arsine) which must absolutely be eliminated for safety reasons. Hence, a rapid information about cadmium and arsenic concentrations is of immense importance, the former for technological and the latter for safety reasons.
There are numerous analytical methods for the determination of arsenic [1, 2] and cadmium  in various sample matrices. Unfortunately, only few of them are rugged enough to be used in field operation, directly in the production area. Moreover, measurement of low arsenic contents in the presence of large excess of interfering cadmium and/or similar metal ions such as Pb, Sb, Bi, and Cu cannot be performed by conventional methods such as atomic absorption spectroscopy or spectrophotometry.
Electrochemical methods offer several advantages over spectroscopic ones; namely, much simpler instrumentation, fast and sensitive response, broad concentration range significantly lower costs, and electrochemical methods are amenable to easy automation. Matrix interferences and lower selectivity, however, may be a serious problem. Arsenic and cadmium can easily be measured by voltammetric and chronopotentiometric methods making the methods suitable for the task outlined above. However, a direct measurement of arsenic in the presence of large excess of cadmium is not feasible owing to the interfering effect of the latter. Separation of arsenic from cadmium is therefore a prerequisite for an interference-free determination of arsenic.
Arsenic can be separated from cadmium and similar metal ions by making use of the volatility of arsenic halides, especially AsCl3 [4, 5]. Here, the volatile arsenic chloride is distilled from the strongly acidified solution into a trapping solution and is subsequently determined, whereas the interfering metal ions remain in the original solution. The distillation procedure is time consuming and the procedure is laborious making the method less suitable for routine use. Extraction of arsenic chloride from concentrated hydrochloric acid media into a suitable organic solvent has also been used for the separation of arsenic  as well as supercritical extraction followed by voltammetric determination of arsenic . Again, the laborious procedure hinders its application in field analysis. Arsenic in these solutions is present prevailing as arsenite and arsenate, that is, as an anion, which enables its separation from interfering metal ions-cations by making use of ion exchangers. Both cation and anion exchangers can be used. Cadmium is retained in the former, arsenic in the latter. However, in the presence of a large excess of a cadmium salt, cadmium sulphate in this case, the excess anion competes with arsenate/arsenite anions hindering their separation from cadmium. Hence, a cation exchanger with sufficient capacity and in H+ or Na+ cycle can only be used: arsenite/arsenate species pass the ionex whereas Cd2− ions remain in it being replaced by H+ or Na+ ions. Arsenic then can be measured in the effluent virtually containing no cadmium. On eluting cadmium from the ionex by a concentrated HCl or NaCl solution the cadmium content can also be determined. At the same time the ionex will be regenerated and made ready for the next run.
The Cd/As-measuring system comprises a commercial flow-through electrochemical analyser EcaFlow 150 (Istran, Ltd., Bratislava, Slovakia), the online separation unit SPU, and the control PC. The flow chart diagram of the system is depicted in Figure 1.
The electrochemical analyser EcaFlow 150 was equipped with two solenoid inert valves, a peristaltic pump and a microprocessor-controlled potentiostat/galvanostat. The peristaltic pump was switched to one of the three input solutions (carrier electrolyte or activation solution or input from the SPU). A compact flow-through electrochemical cell of type 353c with Pt auxiliary, Ag/AgCl reference, and E-T/Au-working electrode was used (Istran, Ltd., Bratislava, Slovakia). The working electrode was a gold wire of 0.5 mm and 4 mm in diameter and length, respectively. The electrode was positioned perpendicularly to the flow. The operation parameters are listed in Table 1.
The online separation unit SPU comprises three solenoid valves 075T3MP (Bio-Chem Fluidics, Cambridge, UK), to switch to the sample, calibration solution, rinsing water, and column regeneration solution. One of these solutions was delivered by the peristaltic pump ISM 144 (ISMATEC SA, Glattbrugg, Switzerland), either to the waste or pumped through the separation column. From the separation column the solution could be directed either to the waste or to the overflow (siphon) where the solution could be taken up by the electrochemical analyser. The loop positioned between the pump and solenoid valve No. 4 was a coil of PTFE tube of 1 mm and 500 mm in diameter and length, respectively. Its role was to mix online the sample or standard with water to achieve suitable dilution degree. The siphon was made of a PTFE tube of 1.5 mm and 1000 mm in diameter and length, respectively. The separation column of 5 mm and 30 mm in inner diameter and length, respectively, was packed with a strong acidic cation exchanger Dowex 50 W in Na+ cycle with particle sizes of 75–150 μm (Fluka AG, Buchs SG).
Both units were controlled independently by microprocessors and the whole system was controlled by a PC by making use of a laboratory made software written in C+. The PC communicated with the electrochemical analyser and the SPU unit via the serial and parallel ports, respectively.
The system was tested with samples from a cadmium production plant (Portovesme s. r. l., Portoscuso, Italy) with arsenic and cadmium contents of 0 to 500 μg/L and of 0.5 to 50 g/L, respectively. The pH of the samples varied in the range of about 5 to 8.
The accuracy of the results for As and Cd was checked by hydride generation AAS and flame atomization AAS, respectively, on the atomic absorption spectrometer Perkin Elmer 5000 (Germany). The experimental parameters used were those recommended by the manufacturer.
2.2. Reagents and Solutions
Analytical grade reagents were used in all experiments. Deionised and degassed water was used for the preparation of all solutions: (i)carrier electrolyte: 0.1 mol dm−3 HCl with 0.02% (V/V) Triton X-100 (Sigma Aldridge), (ii)column regeneration solution: 3.0 mol dm−3 NaCl, (iii)electrode activation solution: 0.01 mol dm−3 HAuCl4 in 1.0 mol dm−3 HCl, (iv)calibration solutions: Arsenic (10–200 ug dm−3) in cadmium sulphate solutions(1–50 g dm−3 Cd).
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Arsenic Measurement
The measurement of arsenic in aquatic samples by stripping chronopotentiometry is well documented . The electrochemical deposition of As(III) species is easy on gold or gold-coated electrodes and that from neutral and acidic solutions, preferably containing chloride ions. The use of silver electrode, however, in nitric acid media was also demonstrated . Unlike the As(III) species, As(V) ones cannot be deposited as easily owing to the irreversibility of the As(V)/As(0) couple. Usually a time-consuming chemical prereduction step should be employed to convert As(V) to the electrochemically more active As(III). Obviously, for online sample treatment such a procedure is virtually useless. Procedures making use of heated electrodes , addition of complex forming reagents , and concentrated hydrochloric acid  are either inconvenient or require aggressive or toxic reagents.
A simpler solution is to form a fresh gold layer on a carbon or gold electrode by electrolytic deposition of gold from and acidic gold solution . Such an electrode surface facilitates the electrodeposition both of As(III) and As(VI) and hence enables the determination of total arsenic content without any chemical prereduction step even from less acidic solutions. Unfortunately, the lifetime of such a modified electrode is limited to 30–50 measurements; thereafter the sensitivity starts to drop. Nevertheless, a repeated coating restores the original sensitivity again; so the electrode can be used for several hundreds of measurement cycles.
There is a difference in the sensitivities of the measurement of As(III) and As(V), the former being 30–50% higher than the latter. For total arsenic measurements all arsenic species are therefore converted to As(V) by addition of a permanganate solution to the sample. The oxidation is immediate and the excess of permanganate does not interfere.
The measurement of arsenic by means of flow-through stripping chronopotentiometry was optimised and described earlier . The determination is simple and sensitive enough but some heavy metal ions such as lead, copper, bismuth, and cadmium interfere. A direct measurement of As cadmium solutions is therefore not possible.
3.2. Cadmium Measurement
The determination of cadmium on the same electrode as that for arsenic is possible in the presence of arsenic only if the deposition potential is set to a value where arsenic is not yet deposited. Unfortunately from acidic solutions and on the gold electrode surface both species are deposited and their stripping peaks overlap slightly. Nevertheless, owing to the significantly lower content of arsenic, its potential interference would be negligible.
3.3. Separation of Arsenic from Cadmium
Arsenic and cadmium species can easily be separated by means of cation exchangers. Being cadmium a cation it is trapped by a cation exchanger in H+ or Na+ cycle, whereas arsenic species being anions or neutral species (depending on pH and oxidation state of arsenic) pass through the ionex. Hence, arsenic can be measured in the effluent from the cation exchanger column. In the next step, the trapped cadmium can be eluted by a concentrated NaCl solution and measured. On washing the column with water it is ready for the next measurement.
The dimensions of the column and the flow rate should be set to ensure a complete separation of cadmium ions. On the other side, the column should be small enough to minimise the rinsing time and the consumption of reagent solutions. For the applied flow rate (about 3 mL/min), columns of 5 mm and 25 mm in diameter and length, respectively, were found to fulfill the above requirements.
Owing to the extremely different concentrations of arsenic and cadmium the SPU unit should ensure minimum dispersion for the arsenic zone and maximum dispersion for the eluted cadmium zone. This can be achieved by suitable timing of the valves directing the flows either to the column or to the waste or to the siphon. Each step was therefore optimised and built into the measurement algorithm. The detailed timing and measurement sequence is listed in Table 2. By making use of this protocol, an analysis is completed within 10–12 min. After completing 30 analyses, the electrode was automatically activated by depositing a fresh layer of gold from the activation solution at 400 mV for 5 min.
3.5. Analytical Figures of Merit
Typical signals for arsenic and cadmium are listed in Figure 2. The figures of merit are listed in Table 3. The limits of detection and determination for arsenic are higher than in solutions not containing large excess of cadmium ions but are still valuable. Namely, the threshold limit for arsenic contents in the treated technological solutions is 200 μg/L; so concentrations near and below this value can reliably be measured. In spite of the complex sample pretreatment good repeatability and reproducibility were experienced.
For cadmium determination the procedure had to ensure an efficient and reproducible dilution to get a final solution with reasonably low cadmium concentrations, preferably in the middle mg/L region. Fortunately the linear response range for cadmium is significantly broader than that for arsenic, comprising a concentration range of 0.01 to about 5 mg/L. However, for higher cadmium concentrations the cadmium peaks split, presumably due to multilayer deposition on the gold electrode surface. The amount of cadmium taken for the analysis is controlled by dispersion of the cadmium concentration in the eluted sample from the column and on the volume of this solution diverted to the sample reservoir. The found optimal timing ensured sufficient dilution degree and acceptable reproducibility. By making use of these parameters, a linear response range was observed for cadmium contents up to 60 g/L which met the requirements of the technology.
3.6. Real Samples
Real samples of concentrated cadmium solutions were obtained from a cadmium producing plant, where cadmium is gained as a by-product in the production of zinc. The samples were filtered and analysed directly by the elaborated procedure. The accuracy of the results was checked by hydride generation AAS and flame AAS for arsenic and cadmium, respectively. The determination of arsenic contents below 50–100 μg/L (depending on the cadmium concentration) by HGAAS was not possible owing to the interfering effect of cadmium ions being in a huge excess. Some typical data obtained by the chronopotentiometric and control methods are listed in Table 4. Both methods delivered similar data for all samples, except for those with arsenic concentrations above 300 μg/L, where the value obtained by FAAS was significantly higher (e.g., samples D and H in Table 4). This is due to the fact that the linear response range for arsenic comprises the range of 300 μg/L only. Nevertheless, after a proper dilution of such samples with water, accurate results were obtained also for arsenic. The accuracy of arsenic measurement in samples with arsenic concentrations below 80 μg/L was proved by spiking the samples with arsenic which resulted 85–115% recoveries.
The elaborated method and flow system enables a reliable measurement of trace arsenic in concentrated cadmium solutions and at the same time the determination of the cadmium content as well. The completely automated procedure simplifies the analysis and enhances the precision of the data. The sample preparation is simple consisting of filtration of the sample and addition of a small volume of permanganate solution.
The method could also be utilised for the determination of arsenic in the presence of any cationic species such as zinc, lead, and copper solutions.
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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2016-23
Reference: Part 1 application posted on 10 September 2015
Ottawa, 25 January 2016
Showcase Television Inc.
The Independent Film Channel Canada – Licence amendments
- The Commission approves an application by Showcase Television Inc. (Showcase TV) to amend the broadcasting licence for the national, English-language specialty Category A service The Independent Film Channel Canada by deleting certain of the service's current nature of service conditions of licence and adding a condition of licence limiting the amount of live professional sports programming that it may broadcast. The Commission did not receive any interventions in regard to this application.
- In Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2015-86, the Commission stated that it would eliminate its genre exclusivity policy, which limited programming services to offering certain types of programming (that is, a "nature of service") and precluded other services from offering that programming. Consequently, it no longer enforces conditions of licence relating to nature of service, with certain exceptions, such as the condition of licence relating to the broadcast of live professional sports programming by services other than mainstream sports services. In regard to the present case, the Commission finds that the amendments to The Independent Film Channel Canada's nature of service conditions of licence, as proposed by the licensee, are consistent with Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2015-86.
- Accordingly, the Commission deletes the following conditions of licence for The Independent Film Channel Canada (condition of licence 2.(b), which sets out the program categories from which programming may be drawn, is retained):Footnote 1
2. (a) The licensee shall provide a national English-language specialty Category A service consisting of dramatic and non-fiction short and feature-length independent films and programs focusing on the independent film-making process, filmmakers and film festivals.
(c) No more than 25% of all programming broadcast during each broadcast week shall be drawn from category 2(b) Long-form documentary.
(d) No more than 60% of all programming broadcast during each broadcast week shall be drawn from category 7(d) Theatrical feature films aired on TV.
(e) All material drawn from category 7(d) shall be independent films and shall be broadcast only after their pay television broadcast window has ended.
(f) No more than 5% of all films broadcast shall be produced, financed or distributed from a major Hollywood studio.
(g) No more than 10% of all foreign programming shall be supplied by the U.S.-based Independent Film Channel.
(h) The licensee shall devote no more than 10% of the broadcast month to any of the following categories:
6 (a) Professional sports
7 (a) Ongoing dramatic series, (b) Ongoing comedy series (sitcoms) and (f) Programs of comedy sketches, improvisations, unscripted works, stand-up, combined
8 (b) Music video clips and (c) Music video programs, combined
- The Commission adds the following condition of licence:
The licensee shall devote not more than 10% of the programming broadcast during the broadcast month to live professional sports programming, which falls under program category 6(a) Professional sports.
- As set out in Broadcasting Regulatory Policy 2015-86, licensees must provide the Commission with a name and a brief description of the service, to be listed on the Commission's website, and update this information any time it changes. This will allow both Canadians and the Commission to continue having basic information about the discretionary services in operation. Pursuant to that requirement, Showcase TV provided the following description for The Independent Film Channel Canada:
The licensee shall provide a national English-language discretionary service consisting primarily of movies.
- Let's Talk TV: The way forward – Creating compelling and diverse Canadian programming, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-86, 12 March 2015
- Shaw Media Inc. – Group-based licence renewals, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2011-445, 27 July 2011
*This decision is to be appended to the licence.
- Footnote 1
The Independent Film Channel Canada's current conditions of licence are set out in Appendix 6 to Broadcasting Decision 2011-445.
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Former South Carolina running back and current San Francisco 49ers player Marcus Lattimore is likely to sit out the 2013 NFL season, according to a report from ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The report says San Francisco has two weeks to decide to place Lattimore on the injured reserved or the physically unable to perform list.
Lattimore, who was injured last season during the Tennessee game, has been going through intense rehab on his surgically repaired knee over the last year.
He had been hoping to play this year, telling the NFL Network shortly before the draft that he was looking to be ready.
"Dr. Andrews actually said, 'You're going to shock the world,' so I quoted him. And I really do believe I'll be ready. I'm going at a rate that I knew I could, and I feel great. When I start jogging and I get a little bit stronger, I know it's game on then."
The ex-Gamecock was drafted by the 49ers as the 131st pick in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
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The Screaming Squirrels did exactly what they set out to do at the beginning of the season: Win the championship. Despite finishing in third place in the C3-B division, the Squirrels got hot down the stretch, winning 11 of 12, including a 2-1 victory Monday against top-seeded Dog Star.
The game was exactly what everyone thought it would be: Low scoring, rough, and intense. In the first period, Tony Richelsen took the puck from the left side of the neutral zone, brought the goaltender to his knees and tapped in a shot at 8:50 of the first period.
The 1-0 score stood until 5:45 of the third period. The Squirrels took eight minutes in penalties in the third period, and that came back to haunt them as Timothy Deitz scored from the blue line through a screen on Squirrels goaltender Drew Thiemann.
A minute and a half later, Don Marks missed wide on a slap shot, but the rebound went behind the net to Matt Borlik, who passed to Rob Myers, and Myers scored to give the Squirrels the 2-1 advantage.
Dog Star took a very costly penalty with 1:14 remaining, and the Squirrels killed off the rest of the time. As the clock wound down to zero, the ice was a mess of gloves and sticks as a group hug ensued by the Squirrels net.
Thiemann made 26 saves, while the Squirrels put up 19 shots. Myers almost didn’t make it to the game, as he announced late in the day that he might get stuck at work. A few of the Squirrels suffered injuries during the game, including Ben Sumner, Desi Richelsen and Greg Wenograd, but all eventually got back onto the ice.
Marks, Borlik, Wenograd, Myers, Thiemann, Sumner, Phil Van der Vossen, Charles Wolste in, Ed Bager, Chris Long, Adam Hughes, Chi Pham, Sergio Balatan, Brian Jackson and the Richelsen brothers played for the Squirrels. Jon Magi was unable to play.
Unfortunately, the Squirrels will not be playing summer ice together, but intend on regrouping for the winter season. However, the roller team is back, and they will focus on repeating as champions in that league.


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The Duma will repeat the second reading of the bill which would have businesses share production with the government rather than pay some taxes, Kommersant-Daily reported June 10. The paper said that the Duma had taken this unusual step after its members had rejected all amendments which had been offered to the basic draft, including those of its own economics committee. The Russian government is pushing hard for the measure, which frees firms which agree to this from most other taxes for up to 50 years. Foreign firms have argued that such an arrangement would make Russia a more attractive place for investments.
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Here's Why The STM's New AZUR Metro Train Doors Keep Jamming Up
If you’ve been riding along the metro in one of the STM’s (relatively) new Azur metro trains only to find the doors jamming with no one caught in-between, there’s a very specific reason for that.
No, a ghost isn’t in the middle of the doors somehow causing them to jam with its spectral form.
Like many problems in Montreal, this one can be traced back to winter.
Salt, gravel, and even sand are used by the city and citizens alike to make the streets more walkable/rideable in winter.
And STM riders are tracking all of that debris into the metro via their boots, causing the Azur train doors to jam up.
The sensitivity of the Azur train door sensors are somewhat to blame.
A small change to the gap within the doors will cause sensors to go off and the Azur doors won’t close automatically, explained Marc-André Lefebvre to Le Devoir, of Bombardier-Alstom, the consortium that built the trains.
A repair program is already being launched by the STM, which is quite aware of the ongoing issue plaguing the new metro trains. It’s not even the first time the STM has dealt with this type of situation.
Back in the 90s, the older metro trains suffered from the same door-jamming problem, according to Amélie Régis, a STM spokesperson who spoke to The Gazette.
To solve the problem, thick brushes were used to sweep all debris away from the metro doors.
This time around, however, changes will be made to the door control system of Azur trains. Someone from Bombardier-Alstom will make the modifications, which the STM says will not impede metro service.


The Mater Dei Knights advanced to the quarterfinals of the IHSA football playoffs with a 47-14 upset win over the No. 3-seeded Herrin Tigers.
Mater Dei trailed 7-0 and 14-6 in the first quarter before outscoring Herrin 41-0 the rest of the way.
The 11-seeded Knights will play the 7-seeded Canton Little Giants in the quarterfinals on Nov. 12. A time for the matchup has not yet been announced. Canton defeated the 2-seeded Columbia Eagles 27-21.
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Balloons are always included in the decoration and fun. Balloons are the vital part for the honor of the festivals. On every function you need some professionals to arrange your party decoration and everything. Balloons centerpieces are more beautiful than simple balloons. It is a great way to attract visitors. It is a way of seeking attraction and makes a standard of your parties’ decoration. Making the decoration with the balloons is always a great idea because everyone is well known with the balloons. If you are going to host a party, then balloons decoration are great because people can carry them around and also play with them. If you are going to decorate any event, then balloons centerpieces is a great idea. Imagine that the balloons make a state of fishes and how much awesome it will look. It will make a sight to see, and it will be the centerpiece of all of your decoration of the event. You can make anything with the help of balloons like flower, giant and car. There is no hesitation for you to use a different size or different color to create your vision in real. Use of the balloons depend upon your event if it is a wedding then you can use red or may be white. It will possibly a great match. If you are decorating a new year’s party, then you might use red and gold balloons to decorate an awesome party. There is no limit in your creativity. If this is the Independence Day event, then you can order your country flag made of balloons. Balloons can use everywhere for the sake of decoration. You need a creative mind to create a unique idea.
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A musician who spreads the message of the Baltic identity to the world. His improvisations combine past traditions with avant-garde jazz. He was the first National Prize for Culture and Arts winner for jazz. This musician has participated in prestigious jazz festivals in New York, Detroit, Berlin, Zurich, Geneva and other cities of the world. The saxophone of Petras Vyšniauskas can be heard on the jazz, folk and classical music scenes. A professor at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, he has unleashed a great number of students on the jazz world, some of whose names are no less famous today than that of their teacher.
“Petras’s imagination is akin to a fountainhead that never runs out. I never cease to be amazed at his ability to dive in and out of a variety of styles and to remain interesting and creative, to feel comfortable anywhere.” Musician and conductor Donatas Katkus


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Aging of human eggs starts after 30 years old. It results in the increase of amount of eggs with spontaneously occurred mistakes in the chromosome number.
The percentage of abnormal eggs and embryos grows with the age of a woman. If we look into the pool of eggs collected in one egg collection there will be around 20-25% of abnormal eggs in the age of 30, 40-45% of abnormal eggs in the age of 35 and 70-75% of abnormal eggs in the age of 40. The percentage of abnormal eggs grows dramatically after the age of 40 so that it is hardly possible to find normal eggs in the age above 43 [D. Wells, 2013]. As a result 1 in 4 morphologically good blastocysts is aneuploid in the age of 30, and 3 in 4 morphologically good blastocysts are aneuploid in the age of 41. [Ata, Munne al 2012 – 875 cycles, 4600 embryos]
Conclusion: The percentage of abnormal embryos increases with the age of an egg.
Hence a reliable method is required to sort aneuploid embryos out before embryo transfer. This method is called PGS – pre-implantation genetic screening. Contemporary PGS techniques allow testing for all 46 chromes.

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A Study Of Over 4000 Films Tells 9 Blatant Realities Around Female Biases In Bollywood Movies
The debate and discussion around how female characters have been portrayed in films have been on since a long time now. While we still have a long way to go when it comes to striking the perfect balance in every possible sense, a recent study that was conducted throws light on everything that's wrong with our films.
IBM and two New Delhi-based institutions released a public study of over 4,000 Bollywood films, where they analyzed the key disparities between their male and female characters.
This study has been extensively supported by Wikipedia pages of movies released between 1970-2017 (including plot summaries, soundtracks, and posters) and close to 900 trailers released between 2008-2017.
While we have had innumerable debates on how women are 'objectives' in films, this study circles around everything that is royally wrong with how we see women in our films.
From disparity between the screen time of male and female actors to how female and male singers get songs in films, here are the key highlights and outcomes of the research and the picture will help you take off those rose-tinted glasses.
1. A male is mentioned around 30 times in a plot while a female is mentioned only around 15 times.
The consistency of this ratio from 1970 to 2017(for almost 50 years)
2. Cast appearance in the film plot: The stark difference between the verbs and adjectives associated with female and male characters
Verbs like kills, shoots occur with males while verbs like marry, loves are associated with females. Also when we look at adjectives, males are often represented as rich and wealthy while females are represented as beautiful and attractive in movie plots.
3. Female characters are often introduced as jobless or are associated with a certain male but men are often portrayed as successful and ambitious
While males are generally introduced with a profession like as a famous singer, an honest police officer, a successful scientist and so on while females are either introduced using physical appearance like beautiful, simple looking or in relation to another (male) character (daughter, sister of). Mostly, females are always associated with a successful male and are not portrayed as independent while males are portrayed to be successful. While when it comes to”teacher” or ”student”, females are high in number. But for”lawyer” and ”doctor” the story is totally opposite.
4. Even though women feature on the film posters prominently, only 20% of these movies mention female characters more than men.
More than half of all posters feature women prominently, even though only 20% of these movies mention female characters more than men. While 80% of the movie plots have more male mentions than females, surprisingly more than 50% movie posters feature actresses. The report cites movies like GangaaJal, Platform, Raees have almost 100+ male mentions in plot but 0 female mentions whereas in all 3 posters females are shown on posters very prominently.
5. In movie trailers, men get almost double the screentime as compared to their female counterparts in the films.
Female actors are often used to 'sell' and 'promote' films and their visibility on promotional materials including posters and trailers is nowhere close to their actual screen time in films.
6. Apart from actors, these biases are fairly visible in playback singing too. Movies heavily depend on tracks sung by the male singers
The report divulged into detail ranging from 2010-2017 and the gender-gap has been consistent over all these years.
7. The emotional imbalance: Strong emotions are associated with men including angry, revengeful but women are often portrayed as happy or helpless
The most substantial difference is seen with respect to the ”Anger” emotion. Over the 10 years, anger constitutes 26.3 % of the emotions displayed by male characters as compared to the 14.5 % of emotions displayed by female characters. Another trend which is observed, is that female characters have always been shown as happier than male characters every year.
8. Even though there has been a rise in number of female-centric movies, the industry has a long way to go to strike the perfect balance
While films like Neerja, Nil Battey Sannata are trying to bring a wave of female-centric films, there is still a long way to go to abridge the gap.
9. The dialogue disparity: Apart from the female-oriented films, the dialogue disparity between male and female actors has been consistent.
While the female-oriented films are trying to change this gap, films including Raman Raghav, Udta Punjab, and Kapoor & sons have highlighted those female actors have had fewer dialogues in the narrative.
Read the entire study right here.


Liberals may be searching for the meaning of life. But conservatives—especially social conservatives—are more likely to feel they have found it.
That's the conclusion of new research, which finds this pattern in five separate studies, and reports it persists even after accounting for a person's religiosity.
The results suggest "there is some unique aspect of political conservatism that provides people with meaning and purpose in life," writes a research team led by David Newman of the University of Southern California.
As we have periodically reported, research has consistently found conservatives tend to be happier overall than liberals, but the evidence for this relationship is relatively weak. Newman and his colleagues thought it would be useful to parse out different components of happiness—including the belief that one's life has a clear purpose.
To focus on that question, they conducted several studies while re-analyzing the data from others. In an example of the latter, they looked at a 2007 Baylor Institute of Religion survey, which featured a nationally representative sample of 1,595 Americans.
Participants indicated their political ideology on a one-to-seven, very conservative-to-very liberal scale. They also responded to the statement "My life has a real purpose" on a scale of one (strongly disagree) to four (strongly agree).
"Conservatives reported greater purpose in life than liberals," the researchers report, adding that this sense of meaning was greatest among the most conservative participants.
Surprisingly, this relationship persisted even after they "statistically adjusted for religious attendance," which suggests the results do not simply reflect the fact conservatives are more likely to be part of a purpose-bestowing religious tradition.
This same pattern turned up in data from the website YourMorals.org, which allows visitors to fill out a variety of revealing surveys regarding ethics, politics, and religion. Analyzing the answers of more than 3,300 people, they found "conservatives generally reported greater meaning in life, and the slope spiked upward among individuals who were very conservative."
Breaking the data down, they found social conservatives were more likely than social liberals to endorse the statement "I understand my life's meaning." Economic conservatives also reported more meaning in life than economic liberals, but this relationship wasn't as strong.
Separately, a daily diary study of 141 university undergraduates found political conservatives were more likely to give positive answers to questions such as "How meaningful did you find your life was today?" Once again, this held even after taking people's religiosity into account.
Newman and his colleagues argue that any attempts to explain the reasons for this relationship should be "treated with great caution." They note that it's "plausible that third variables, such as a child's upbringing and community expectations, can foster a political orientation, as well as (a personal sense of) more meaning in life."
That said, they point out that social conservatism is strongly based in the idea of "stability and coherence," which are "factors that can increase the subjective experience of meaning in life." If, to some extent, maintaining the status quo gives their lives meaning, it would go a long way toward explaining why social conservatives are so fiercely resistant to societal change.
Or perhaps having a clear, unambiguous sense of right and wrong—and knowing your duty is to stay on the correct side of that line—is sufficient to instill a sense a purpose. Life is more complicated, and perhaps less comfortable, for those of us who view the world in shades of gray.


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After 12 days of protests, sing-alongs and raucous marches, downtown Madison, Wis., will be quiet tonight.
Local police are plan ning to empty the area around the Capitol building of protesters at 4 p.m. today, the first time in almost two weeks activists won't be allowed to camp in the square.
That didn't deter tens of thousands from rallying again yesterday over proposed legislation that would cut state employee pay and benefits.


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An exceptional vintage large copper pendant with blue and green stone inlay depicting a horse and woman by Ex-pat Ken Beldin, who lived in Tenencingo, Mexico and made jewelry and sculptures from 1940 through the 1960s. Suspended from the original leather cord.
The pendant measures 5" across and 3 1/4" at the widest. Has blue and green crushed stone inlay and turquoise colored beads in the woman's earrings. Great contrast of verdigris and copper.
The leather cord measures 23" long and hooks securely to the top of the pendant.
Ken Beldin, Tenencingo, Mexico etched on the back of the copper pendant.
Fine example of his work.