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"Years of intensive study — and decades of professional experience — have shown that we will never be able to prosecute and incarcerate our way to becoming a safer nation."That is what Attorney General Eric Holder said in a speech this week to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
There is a movement underway to finally walk back the failed "war and drugs" and "tough on crime" initiatives that have caused so much havoc, ended so many lives and cost our country dearly. Its interesting to me that this movement is getting so little attention. Perhaps that's because it doesn't fit very well into our current obsession with how polarized our politics are these days. People on both the right and the left are joining this movement - perhaps for very different reasons. But regardless of motivations, most of them agree with what AG Holder said.
The Obama administration has launched three major initiatives in this area. The first was A Drug Policy for the 21st Century. The plan lays out four evidence-based strategies:
- Prevent drug use through education
- Expand access to treatment
- Reform our criminal justice system by keeping non-violent drug offenders out of prison
- Support people in recovery
While law enforcement will always play a vital role in protecting our communities from drug-related crime and violence, we simply cannot incarcerate our way out of the drug problem. Put simply, an enforcement-centric “war on drugs” approach to drug policy is counterproductive, inefficient, and costly.Secondly, in order to challenge the "tough on crime" mantra that fueled so many of these failed policies, AG Holder initiated a Smart on Crime approach. It contains five principles:
- Prioritize prosecutions to focus on the most serious cases
- Reform sentencing to eliminate unfair disparities and reduce overburdened prisons
- Pursue alternatives to incarceration for low-level nonviolent crimes
- Improve reentry to curb repeat offenses and re-victimization
- "Surge" resources to violence prevention and protecting most vulnerable populations
Finally, this April the Obama administration announced its Clemency Project 2014. We haven't heard much about that one lately. But I suspect that we are in the stage in which petitions are being prepared and/or reviewed. At some point in the next few months we are likely to begin hearing announcements about the granting of clemency to prisoners who qualify.
On the other side of the isle, the web site Right on Crime provides a clearinghouse for all the conservative initiatives that are currently underway - mostly at the state level. As I've mentioned before, states like Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas are undertaking major reforms to their criminal justice systems. At that site you'll find names like Grover Norquist, Mark Levin and Jeb Bush joining the bandwagon for reform.
For a bi-partisan and international approach to much of this, check out the signatories to Breaking the Taboo - an initiative focused on ending the war on drugs. You'll find that people like Lech Walesa, George Schultz, Noam Chomsky and President Jimmy Carter have signed on.
I see that some of my friends who are Obama supporters have taken to criticizing Sen. Cory Booker for teaming up with Sen. Rand Paul on a bill promoting reform. I don't support Rand Paul and wouldn't vote for him for dog-catcher - much less president. But when he supports a bill that allows teenagers and ex-offenders to have their records cleared of past offenses for low-level crimes, I'm ready to team up on that one! I think this is exactly what Bernice Johnson Reagon was talking about when she said:
...in order to take the next step we’ve got to do it with some folk we don’t care too much about. And we got to vomit over that for a little while. We must just keep going.So yes, I'll vomit a bit over agreeing with libertarian Rand Paul (and all the conservatives who are joining this movement) and then get on with the business of reforming our criminal justice system. That's what pragmatists do.


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Yoga, Women, and Cancer: Experiences in a Specialized Yoga Program
Cowling, Angela Elizabeth
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The purpose of this project was to better understand the experiences of women with cancer who participated in a specialized yoga program at a studio in Toronto. The focus on this particular location served as a case study of such specific physical activity programming for special populations. This study examined who participated in this program and explored their reasons for participating in efforts to better understand their thoughts on health, including the imperative to be healthy (i.e., healthism), illness, physical activity (specifically yoga), and the interrelationships between such issues in their lives. Using qualitative research methods, semi-structured interviews were completed in order to gain a better understanding of the lived experiences of women who have participated in yoga classes while having or recovering from an illness. Participants consisted of five women in remission from cancer who practiced yoga prior to their diagnoses, during treatment, and throughout recovery. Findings indicated participants' motivations for practice centered on achieving holistic health and experiences during the cancer journey were greatly influenced by their socioeconomic privilege. In addition, results showed an overwhelming focus on positivity and the adoption of healthism. Future implications of this research may be to modify existing specialized yoga programs and provide recommendations on the use of yoga in cancer care, as well as consider how to approach the influential "tyranny of cheerfulness" in cancer culture and combat dominant healthist ideals. In addition, this project will contribute to the existing body of sociocultural research in health and physical activity and increase knowledge of experiences in this population.

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Wondering where to watch Stamped from the Beginning online? So look no further because we have all the streaming details. Produced and directed by Roger Ross Williams, the documentary explores the history of racial imagery and discrimination against the black population in America and details how their impact is still felt in the country.
Here’s how you can watch and stream Stamped from the Beginning via streaming services like Netflix.
Is Stamped From the Beginning available to stream?
Yes, Marked from the start is available to stream on Netflix.
Focusing on the history of racism, the documentary delves into the stories of injustices and horrors against black people in America and how the biases inherent in this discriminatory treatment permeate society even today. Whether it’s white supremacy, the terrifying reality of slavery, the emerging power of the Black Lives Matter movement, stereotypes against black people, the increase in sexual abuse against black women, or even the resistance against racism of some influential figures, the film which is divided into different chapters captures the essence of racial injustice and discrimination that still prevails in the country. Released on November 20, 2023, it is based on Ibram X. Kendi’s novel Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America.
The group of people featured in the documentary includes Angela Davis, Alexa Rachelle Jennings, Lynae Vanee, Rafa Marinho, Julian Joseph, Paisley Rose Carswell and David Goldstein, to name a few.
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The synopsis for Stamped from the Beginning is as follows:
“Tracking the roots and evolution of racist concepts in the United States in order to understand today’s society.”
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Pakistan has some serious problems and "western Islamophobia" clearly is not one of them.
PAKISTANI militants have broken their short-lived ceasefire with a bloody sectarian attack in the eastern city of Lahore that has left 31 people dead and more than 280 injured.
Three co-ordinated bomb blasts targeted a huge funeral procession by Shi'ites, a minority Islamic sect in Pakistan, just after sunset on Tuesday night, local time, as thousands crowded the streets to break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan.
The blasts are the first major attack since the country was hit by devastating floods, which have directly affected more than 10 per cent of the population.
An estimated 35,000 Pakistani Shi'ites were marching in the procession to mark the death of Hazrat Ali, the son-in-law and cousin of the Prophet Mohammed who was assassinated 1300 years ago during Ramadan, when a bomb was detonated near a well-known Shia building.
As panicked marchers scattered, suicide bombers triggered two more blasts, sparking a violent reaction from the crowd, which turned on police and set fire to nearby vehicles and buildings, including one police station.
|A policeman looks towards the wreckage of burnt motor bikes near the site of a bomb blast, which took place during a Shiite Muslim procession a day earlier, in Lahore September 2, 2010|
Lahore commissioner Khusro Pervez yesterday described the bombings as a "security lapse", saying at least one attacker had successfully broken through a security cordon.
But police rejected that suggestion, saying several security officers had forced one of the suicide bombers to detonate his payload early, and had died in the process. A second bomb went off as survivors and onlookers were gathering around the injured from one of the two earlier explosions.
An Urdu newspaper website reported yesterday that a militant group known as the Lashkar-e-Jhanghvi al-Alami had claimed responsibility for the attack, although police said they had no proof of the claim.
The bombing came just one day after the Pakistan military launched fresh attacks on Taliban militant hideouts in the Khyber Agency on the Afghan border, and as the US State Department announced a $US5 million ($5.5m) reward for information leading to the capture of Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud.
The US has charged Mehsud with terrorism over the murder of seven Americans at a CIA base in eastern Afghanistan last December and added his Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan group to its terror blacklist. The TTP, which the State Department says was behind the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007, has also been linked to the botched car-bomb plot in New York's Times Square in May and a deadly attack at the US consulate in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar in April.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani yesterday condemned the latest blasts as "cowardly acts of terrorism". "Those elements playing with the lives of innocent people will not escape the law of the land," he said.
Sunni Islam hardline groups such as al-Qa'ida and the Taliban consider Shi'ites - about 20 per cent of Pakistan's 160 million people - to be heretics.
The schism between the two groups centres on a disagreement over whether Hazrat Ali was the fourth and final caliph (Muslim leader) after Mohammed - as Sunnis believe - or the rightful successor to the prophet.
Last month suicide bombers hit an important Sufi shrine in Lahore, killing 43 people. Two months earlier, gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed two Lahore mosques belonging to Ahmadi Muslims, another minority Islamic sect, killing at least 82 people.

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NEW YORK – A jubilant and relieved Brown coach Mike Martin said time went backward over the last eight minutes as his team’s 18-point lead evaporated to three with under a minute left in regulation in Saturday’s Ivy League Tournament semifinal,
But the No. 4 Bears held on to defeat No. 1 Princeton, 90-81, in front of a packed house at Levien Gymnasium and a national ESPNU audience.
The team’s semifinal victory, the first-ever for a No. 4 seed in either the men’s or women’s division through the six-year history of the Ivy League Tournament, sends the Bears to Sunday afternoon’s finale and a chance for the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1986.
Despite a regular season championship, Saturday’s furious comeback and the national memory of last year’s Sweet 16 run, the Tigers’ chances at an at-large bid to the Big Dance appear to be slim.


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Caroline has recently relocated to Kigali from Belgium, and she holds a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Brussels University (ULB), as well as a post-master degree in Cultural Anthropology at the Catholic University of Leuven. She began her career 15 years ago in Human Resources at a big corporation while she launched her psychotherapy private practice. She quite quickly dedicated her career exclusively to psychotherapy and went on to lead a mental health center in Brussels. She has a classic background in Humanist Psychology with a specialization in trauma including psychological first-aid interventions.
Beside that, she also works with a broad range of other requests like depression, anxiety, phobias, and burn out. She is using a wide range of advanced clinical techniques such as EMDR, Hypnosis, Energy Psychology, Mindfulness, and IFS (Internal Family System). Because Caroline also believes that in some cases bodywork can contribute to the healing process, she founded a center in Brussels where she worked in collaboration with massage and acupuncture therapists. Caroline has training in TRE, Yin Yoga, Inner Dance, Access Bars, and Kahuna Bodywork. Most of the time she combines talk therapy with some other innovative clinical techniques that can accelerate the healing process, as well as spirituality for those who would like to include it. Works in English and French

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Alton Williams is a man who knows where all the bodies are buried.
Growing up playing in the same cemetery he would later work in, he always had a connection to the place. But now as chairman of Evergreen Cemetery in Casselberry, he has discovered that this plot of ground is more than a final resting place. It’s a living history lesson. As he unravels the cemetery’s past, he is also taking steps to make sure its history isn’t lost again.
In 2014, the city of Altamonte Springs paid for a surveyor to use a magnetometer to help find 23 previously unmarked graves at the cemetery, which is at 150 Cypress Way.
Bodies were thought to be buried there before former slave owners Laura and William Brawner dedicated the 16 acres for a cemetery for former black slaves in 1890. At that time in the Jim Crow South, which included Florida, blacks and whites were as segregated in death as they were in life and not allowed to be buried together.
In addition to being a cemetery, the property was home to former slaves who worked in the nearby fern industry, Williams discovered. Nine “shotgun” houses used to sit on the property. These were narrow, single room houses that received their name because it was said that if you fired a shotgun through the front door, the pellets would go out the back door without hitting a wall.
Workers lived in the houses rent free, but the homes did not include a bathroom or running water. Williams’ great aunt and mother lived in one of the houses during the mid-1900s. They are now buried there along with other members of his family.
Over time, the cemetery had about 100 to 200 people live in the shotgun houses until the homes were all moved off the property or torn down by the 1950s, Williams said.
Williams began working there as a board director in 1998, unaware of its history to slavery. He did not plan to stay there long.
“But when I got there, I just couldn’t leave,’’ said Williams, 59. “It was like a baby and it needed me to take care of it and raise it and make sure it was OK.’’
After researching the property’s history, he discovered that part of the land that was originally dedicated by the Brawners belonged to other owners, including Casselberry Investment Properties Ltd., managed by Lilian Selph of the Casselberry family, and the city of Casselberry.
Armed with his research, Williams went to court on behalf of Evergreen Cemetery Inc., which was called Altamonte and Fern Park Community Cemetery, Inc. at the time, from 2003 to 2007 in an attempt to regain ownership of 5.27 acres.
He only won back half an acre.
“I was pretty disappointed about it because we believed there were bodies on the whole property because there were no records for the cemetery until 1890, but they were burying there prior,” Williams said.
In addition to sparse records, many of the former slaves’ graves had wooden headstones, which rotted over time. It’s Williams’ mission to find and properly honor those who were buried, but whose identities have been lost to time.
About 10 years ago, Williams received a call from the great-granddaughter of the Brawners, Laura Burkhalter, who was 84 at the time. She had read about the court battle in the newspaper and wanted to speak with him.
She was previously unaware that her family had donated the land and gave him family relics from that time period. After she passed away in 2010, her husband donated more antiques from the family and cemetery, including pictures of all the family members, an old rocking chair and a hearing aid.
“This is history that was almost lost. We did not know that the history was even there,” Williams said.
He began to form the idea of building a replica shotgun house to house all of the antiques he was collecting. As a result, he came up with the Brawner House Museum of Historical Facts as a means to put all the relics somewhere.
The project began in April and is expected to cost $50,000. He has raised $25,000 in just over a year and the house is being entirely built by volunteers.
Warner Reid, 71, is one of the builders of the replica shotgun house. He has been involved with the cemetery for three years, helping build other structures on the property.
“It’s about giving back to the community and bringing back history,” Reid said.
All cemetery functions, including burials and maintenance, run entirely on donations and fundraising events held throughout the year.
“We do not charge for grave spaces there at all. They just give a donation. It doesn’t matter if it was a penny, we’re going to give you grave space,” Williams said.
“We want it [Brawner House Museum of Historical Facts] to be not just a museum. We want it to be where the elementary schoolchildren come and do their book reports or have field trips and learn about our history that was almost lost.” Williams said. “Because a lot of that history is not taught, and we want them to come and learn something that they didn’t know about.”

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Always a reader. Writing to remember and to share my thoughts on the books I read.
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee is a saga of four generations of one Korean family. The history underlying the story is that of Korean immigrants in Japan. I love the first half of the book for its focus on the individual characters. The second half incorporates too many characters and story lines. At the end though, this book is the story of a mother and the story of an immigrant population and well worth reading.
Read my complete review at Memories From Books - Pachinko
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Jim Norton joins Broadway's 'Of Mice and Men'January 6, 2014 @ 5:31 am
NEW YORK (AP) - Jim Norton will join James Franco and Chris O'Dowd in the Broadway revival of "Of Mice and Men."
Producers said Monday that Norton, whose recent credits include "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" and a Tony Award-winning turn in "The Seafarer," will play aging ranch handyman Candy.
The story by John Steinbeck centers on big-dreaming George, played by Franco, and the mentally challenged Lennie, portrayed by O'Dowd. Former "Gossip Girl" star Leighton Meester will play a beautiful temptress.
The play, which starts performances March 19 at the Longacre Theatre, hasn't been seen on Broadway in 40 years. Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro will direct.
Norton is currently performing in Conor McPherson's "The Night Alive" at the Atlantic Theatre Company.
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(edited from the skintherapyletter.com article: Adverse Reactions to Herbal Therapy in Dermatology)
The use of herbal therapies is on the rise. Because of their convenient availability, some people with chronic skin disorders have attempted to take more control over their health by using herbal remedies along with or instead of conventional treatments. Some people have lost hope; standard treatments have failed to be effective for them. As a result, they seek newer therapies in an attempt to find a “cure” for their problems.
There are many herbal remedies that have scientific merit; they may be of clinical benefit and provide safe, effective and reliable alternatives to conventional medicine. However, herbal products cannot be patented.2 They are intended for the self-treatment of a self-diagnosed, self limiting condition.
Although there are numerous herbal therapies that are relevant to the specialty of dermatology, many of these have not been studied in proper randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trials. Most herbal treatments have evidence that is based on sparse anecdotal reports and word of mouth.
Many of these therapies are considered “natural” and therefore harmless. However, because of the poor regulations that exist in monitoring these drugs, adverse reactions do occur.3 Herbal therapy, therefore, should be avoided in pregnancy, infants and children because of the uncertainty of adverse reactions that could occur. Herbals that are recommended for topical use should not be ingested and vice-versa.
There is little incentive for pharmaceutical companies to investigate or standardize these preparations because it is unlikely patents would be applicable. Because of the assumed safety of natural products, many patients believe these products have “fewer” side-effects. Herbal therapies should be regarded as drugs.
Since drugs have side-effects, such events can be seen with herbals. Drug interactions although infrequent, can also occur with herbal therapies and conventional medications.4,8 This may be due to altered absorption, distribution and/or excretion.6 These effects can increase or decrease the activity of the corresponding drugs and lead to unexpected adverse events or changes in drug efficacy.5 Some herbals may be contaminated with toxic substances or the herbal can be toxic alone. Others may have traces of potent topical steroids.7 This makes it even more important for an individual to consult with a doctor before taking herbal therapies in combination with other medications.
Herbal Therapies: Side-Effects and Drug Interactions
Evening Primrose Oil (EPO)(Efamol®) 4,6,8
Used to treat: Acne, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis
Possible side-effects: Gastrointestinal upset, headaches
Drugs that shouldn’t be interacted: Phenothiazines, seizure threshold of phenobarbital, phenytoin
Aloe Vera 4,6,8,9,16
Used to treat: Abrasions, acne, atopic dermatitis, bites, burns, dermabrasions, frostbite, poison ivy, psoriasis, sunburn
Possible side-effects: Contact dermatitis
Drugs that shouldn’t be interacted: Corticosteroids, potassium
Calendula (Calendula officionalis) 4,8,9,16
Used to treat: Boils, burns, eczema, herpes simplex or zoster, mouth irritations, ulcers, wounds
Possible side-effects: Allergic reactions, allergic contact dermatitis
Capsaicin (Zostrix®) 8,9,16
Used to treat: Pityriasis rubra pilaris, post herpetic neuralgia (PHN), itching associated with psoriasis and PUVA
Possible side-effects: Severe burning, intolerability, allergy
Drugs that shouldn’t be interacted: Can cross react with latex, bananas, kiwi, chestnut, avocado
Goldenseal (Hydratis canadensi) 4
Used to treat: Boils, hemorrhoids, tinea
Possible Side Effect: Allergic contact dermatitis
Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabralensis or ura) 4,6,8,16
Used to treat: Eczema, melasma, “sore mouth”
Possible side-effects: Contraindicated in hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypokalemia, liver/kidney disorders
Drugs that shouldn’t be interacted: Cyclosporin A (CyA) , digoxin, prednisone, thiazides
Slippery Elm Bark (Ulmas fulva)
Used to treat: Abscesses, boils, herpes simplex, skin irritations, ulcers
Possible side-effects: Dermatitis. CAUTION! Oral form can induce miscarriage in pregnant women.
St. Johns Wort (Hypericum perforatum) 4,6
Used to treat: Burns, neuralgia, wounds
Possible side-effects: Oral form can cause photosensitivity, erectile dysfunction
Drugs that shouldn’t be interacted: amitriptyline CyA , digoxin, paroxetine, HIV protease inhibitors, oral contraceptives, retrovirals
Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) 4
Used to treat: Combined with herbs for alopecia, halitosis, stomatitis
Possible side-effects: Essential oils can be a mucous membrane irritant
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) Garlic, Ginger, Ginseng (Panax ginseng) 4,8,17
Used to treat: Various conditions
Possible side-effects: Can cause spontaneous bleeding
Drugs that shouldn’t be interacted: Aspirin, NSAIDs, warfarin, heparin
Tea Tree Oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) 6,8,9
Used to treat: Acne, impetigo, mouth ulcers, psoriasis, tinea (fungal) infections
Possible side-effects: Taken externally- Allergic contact dermatitis, burning, dryness, itching, 5 irritation, systemic allergic reactions, can cross react with colophony. Taken internally- TOXIC
Bromelain-Pineapple (Ananas comosus) 16
Used to treat: Wound healing, postsurgical pain
Possible side-effects: Allergic contact dermatitis, gastrointestinal upset, diarrhea
Drugs that shouldn’t be interacted: Ethyl acrylate
Borage Oil 15
Used to treat: Atopic dermatitis
Possible side-effects: Potential for hepatotoxicity orally, no toxicity data for topical use.
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) 16
Used to treat: Compress for weeping lesions, itchy skin
Possible side-effects: Allergic contact dermatitis
Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) 16
Used to treat: Compress for weeping lesions
Possible side-effects: Taken externally – Skin irritation. Taken internally – Hypoglycemia
Drugs that shouldn’t be interacted: Hypoglycemics
Chamomile (Matricaria recuita L) 4,6,9,16,18
Used to treat: Atopic dermatitis, candida albicans, gram-positive infections
Possible side-effects: Allergic contact dermatitis, anaphylaxis
Drugs that shouldn’t be interacted: Hypersensitivity cross-reactions to ragweed, Chrysanthemums (Compositae family)
Arnica (A Montana) 8,9
Possible side-effects: Taken externally – Allergic contact dermatitis. Taken internally – TOXIC
Horse Chestnut seed extract (Aesculus hippocastanum) 6,8
Used to treat: Chronic venous insufficiency (swelling, itching, tenderness)
Possible side-effects: Taken externally – Allergic contact dermatitis. Taken internally – Dizziness, drug induced lupus, GI upset, headache, pruritus
Zemaphyte (Chinese Herbal Therapy) 6,10-14
Used to treat: Atopic dermatitis
Possible side-effects: Diarrhea, increased liver function tests, reversible dilated cardiomyopathy, reversible acute hepatic illness, fatal hepatic necrosis, symptomatic nephropathy & bladder carcinoma, worsening of atopic dermatitis, acute urticaria
Drugs that shouldn’t be interacted: Methotrexate
It is important for dermatologists and consumers to become aware of these adverse events and interactions in order to better educate their patients and possibly prevent potential and unexpected adverse reactions.8
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4 different poses I sent to the client. He ended up selecting number 2
Line art I sent to the Client for approval before moving forward with color!
Here's the lineart colored with basic shaded flats, pictured with the clothing color palette options I sent the client! He ended up liking the first option.
This was a private commission completed this month for a Client of his TTRPG character Kionji, an eleven warrior empress! I worked with the client to design the character's appearance based on the backstory notes I was sent.


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- Justice has widely been said to be the moral value which singularly characterizes Judaism both conceptually and historically. Historically, the Jewish search for justice begins with biblical statements like "Justice (Heb. ẓedek), justice shall ye pursue" (Deut. 16:20). On the conceptual side, justice holds a central place in the Jewish world view, and many other basic Jewish concepts revolve around the notion of justice. God's primary attribute of action (see Attributes of god ) is justice (Heb. mishpat; Gen. 18:25; Ps. 9:5). His commandments to men, and especially to Israel, are essentially for the purpose of the establishment of justice in the world (see Ps. 119:137–44). Men fulfill this purpose by acting in accordance with God's laws and in other ways imitating the divine quality of justice (Deut. 13:5; Sot. 14a; Maimonides, Guide, 1:54, 3:54). This process of establishing justice in the world is to be completed in the messianic reign of universal justice (see isa . 11:5ff.; Deut. R. 5:7). All history, therefore, like the Torah itself, which is its paradigm, begins and ends with justice (Ex. R. 30:19). The two main biblical terms for justice are ẓedek and ẓedakah. They refer to both divine and human justice, as well as to "the works of justice" (Ex. 9:27; Prov. 10:25; Ps. 18:21–25). This justice is essentially synonymous with holiness (Isa. 5:16). In the Bible, furthermore, "justice" is so consistently paired with "mercy" or "grace" (ḥesed; Isa. 45:19; Ps. 103:17ff.), that by talmudic and later times the term ẓedakah has come to mean almost exclusively "charity" or "works of love" (BB 10b), and the notion of "justice" is rendered by the terms "truth" (emet), "trust" (emunah), and "integrity" (yosher). Throughout the literature, finally, other values, particularly peace and redemption, are consistently associated with justice, as its components or products (Hos. 12:7; Ps. 15:1; Ta'an. 6:2). Ultimately, therefore, virtually the entire spectrum of ethical values is comprised in the notion of justice. Jewish justice is different from the classic philosophic (Greek-Western) view of this concept. In the latter, justice is generally considered under the headings of "distributive" and "retributive." These are, of course, also comprised in ẓedakah, but while "distributive" and "retributive" justice are essentially procedural principles (i.e., how to do things), Jewish justice is essentially substantive (i.e., what human life should be like). Substantive justice depends on an ultimate (i.e., messianic) value commitment. This is also made clear by modern thinkers, such as hermann cohen , who regards the just society as the ideal society of universal human dignity and freedom (Ethik des reinen Willens (1904), ch. 15; Religion der Vernunft aus den Quellen des Judentums (1929), ch. 19), and Ch. Perelman, who in his analysis of justice writes: "…in the end one will always come up against a certain irreducible vision of the world expressing nonrational (though justifiable) values and aspirations" (Perelman, Justice (1967), 54). Although Perelman does not claim to be discussing a particularly Jewish concept of justice, he is aware of the Jewishness of this ethos (cf. W. Kaufmann, in: Review of Metaphysics, 23 (1969), 211, 224ff., 236). The substantive view of justice is concerned with the full enhancement of human and, above all, social life. Thus it suffuses all human relations and social institutions – the state (the commonplace dichotomy between individual and collective responsibility, often illustrated by the contrast between Ex. 20:5 and Ezek. 18, is transcended in the recognition of the dialectical interrelationship between the two, illustrated in Deut. 24:16 alongside Lev. 19:16 (see also sanh . 73a), and in the contemporary involvement of the individual citizen in the collective actions of his nation), lawcourts (e.g., II Chron. 19:6; Maim. Yad, Sanhedrin, 23:8–10), economics (Lev. 19:36), and private affairs – and, indeed, the single positive ordinance encumbent also on all non-Jews is the establishment of judiciaries (Sanh. 56a). Justice is not contrasted with love, but rather correlated with it. In rabbinic literature, Jewish philosophy, and Kabbalah, God is described as acting out of the two "attributes of lawfulness and compassion" (PR 5:11, 40:2; Maimonides, Guide 3:53). The critical problem pertaining to justice is that of theodicy: if God is just and rules the world, how can the successes of evil be explained? The problem of theodicy, a recurrent theme in literature, is raised by the Psalmist and is the theme of Job. It is the subject of E. Wiesel 's story, written in the wake of the Holocaust, in which three rabbis subpoena God to a trial and find Him guilty. In the history of Jewish thought many solutions to the problem have been suggested, among them the essentially neoplatonic notion that evil is privation, i.e., that it is not something positive in itself but merely the absence of good (Guide 3:18–25); the view that evil and suffering constitute trials of the just, or, in rabbinic literature, "afflictions of love," i.e., that God tests the righteous by causing them to suffer in this world; and the doctrine of reward and punishment in olam ha-ba (Sanh. 90b–92a; Albo, Sefer ha-Ikkarim, 1:15). The rabbis regard Moses as the ideal of strict unbending justice, in contrast to Aaron, who is the prototype of the ideal of peace, and they interpret the incident of the Golden Calf as exemplifying the problem arising from the clash of these two ideals (cf. Sanh. 6a–7b and parallels). In the same context they suggest that compromise in legal cases may constitute a denial of justice (ibid.). A reply to, though not a resolution of, the problem of theodicy in our time may be attempted in two directions. (a) to protest against injustice in the tradition of Job, Ḥoni ha-Me'aggel , and the ḥasidic leader Levi Isaac of Berdichev, which is possible only before a responsible authority, i.e., a just God; to regard justice as a normative, rather than a descriptive, concept, as does Cohen, who writes that "justice maintains the tension between reality and the eternal ideal" (Religion der Vernunft, p. 569). According to this view, justice can be striven for and looked for only in the future – whether the future of mankind as a whole (the days of the Messiah) or of the individual – i.e., in God, whose justice in judgment is affirmed in the blessing recited in the hour of death, "blessed be the just judge." Man is obliged to imitate God by acting on the principle of compassionate equity (Micah 6:8; Mak. 24b; BM 30b, 83a), and – at the final consummation of history – justice and mercy become identical. -ADD. BIBLIOGRAPHY: L.E. Goodman, On Justice: An Essay in Jewish Philosophy (1991). (Steven S. Schwarzschild)
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Despite an announcement earlier this month saying progress was being made in talks with city teachers on a new contract, the chair of the school district’s negotiations committee said Monday discussions have now stalled.
In a statement issued Monday, School Board Negotiations Committee Chairman Rich Girard announced negotiators for the Manchester Education Association (MEA) informed the committee of their decision to go to mediation.
Girard said as a result, there will be no further contract discussions until the mediation session, currently scheduled for March 21, takes place.


Singer and entertainer Ciara took an L on social media on Sunday after instructing women to “level up” if they wish to get married.
The 32-year-old singer posted a clip from a Jan. 20 sermon by John Gray, along with the quote, “Too many women want to be married but you’re walking in the spirit of ‘girlfriend.'”
“#LevelUp. Don’t Settle,” she captioned the post, sharing the same clip and hashtag on Twitter.
Addressing his “single sisters,” Gray quotes the scripture saying, “‘He that finds a wife finds a good thing.’ It didn’t say, ‘He that finds a girl that he’s attracted to, who he then begins to date, who he then calls his girlfriend, who he then buys a ring, proposes to and makes her his fiancée, who he then marries later who becomes his wife.’”
“You’re not a wife when I marry you, you’re a wife when I find you,” Gray added, “But a wife is not the presence of a ring, it’s the presence of your character.”
Needless to say Ciara’s bit of advice didn’t go over well with fans, who took to social media to criticize her.
“Ciara’s playing a dangerous game,” one tweeted. “You should never, no matter how perfect your relationship/marriage appears to be, sit on a throne and tell people why they’re not romantically successful. You can be the queen of the ball today and have cake in your face tomorrow!”
This Ciara business is another reminder that Rihanna is always right.
— David Dennis Jr. (@DavidDTSS) January 21, 2018
Ciara telling women to “Level up” and live “like a wife” so they can b married is astounding to me. Didn’t you need grace, mercy & compassion when you were being dragged up and down the Internet for the Future situation? How quickly ppl forget when they reach a perch of privilege
— CiCi Adams (@CiCiAdams_) January 21, 2018
If only Ciara could get y’all to talk about her music this much lol
— Sylvia Obell (@SylviaObell) January 21, 2018
Okay, according to US Weekly, the “Goodies” songstress has since responded to the criticism.
“I was one that girl wanting to be loved a certain way bit was making the wrong choices,” she posted on Instagram. “I found myself at my lowest moment. I was a single mom sitting at home, and then I realized that the perfect love I was looking for was how God loves me, how He wants me to be loved, and who He was calling me to be as a mom and a woman. That’s when I realized married of not married… I needed to love myself. #LevelUp”
— Ciara (@ciara) January 21, 2018


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Tallahassee National Cemetery to be dedicated Friday
The Tallahassee National Cemetery will make its official debut Friday.
The 250-acre cemetery will be dedicated amid the fanfare of bands, color guards and speeches by a host of local and national dignitaries. The public is invited to the ceremony, which begins at 1 p.m., at the still-under-construction cemetery at 5015 Apalachee Parkway.
More than 500 people are expected to attend the ceremony, which will have seating under a large tent.
National cemeteries provide a final resting place for military veterans, their spouses and qualified children. There are more than 83,000 military veterans in a 75-mile radius of Tallahassee.
The first burials will be this fall.
“(The dedication ceremony) is the first step to opening a national cemetery, which will provide burial benefits to veterans and their spouses in the greater Tallahassee area,” said Raymond Miller, director of the Tallahassee National Cemetery. “There is no doubt what was once an idea has turned into reality.”
Congress authorized the Tallahassee National Cemetery in 2010. The land was purchased for $6 million in 2012. Construction started in October and will cost $26 million, which includes roads, utilities, landscaping, a maintenance building, an administration building, a covered outdoor funeral service facility, a facility for a standing honor guard and a Memorial wall for veterans whose remains have not been recovered.
The Tallahassee National Cemetery becomes Florida’s ninth national cemetery and one of more than 130 nationwide, operated by the National Cemetery Administration, an arm of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The Tallahassee National Cemetery is one of five currently under construction, and the first new one dedicated since 2012.
Among the officials scheduled to speak Friday are three U.S. Representatives, including Tallahassee Rep. Gwen Graham, as well as the U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald. A Navy band from Jacksonville will play. Art Myers, WCTV television host, will emcee.
Any military personnel who served their assigned term of duty and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable are eligible for burial or cremation in a national cemetery, as are their spouses. Dependent children can also qualify for burial in a national cemetery.
Veterans cannot reserve a spot. But upon their death, as long as his or her survivors have the veteran’s discharge papers, a funeral home director can quickly schedule a veteran’s burial in the national cemetery.
Burial in a national cemetery saves veterans at least $1,300 over the national median cost of a funeral ($7,000). Veterans/veterans families receive their plot and headstone for free, as well as funeral services at the cemetery.
The cemetery will initially have room for 6,720 casket and cremains burials across 50 acres. The remainder of the 250-acre cemetery is expect to accommodate burials for 50 to 100 years.
Tallahassee National Cemetery Dedication
Parking is available at the Walmart Supercenter, 3535 Apalachee Parkway. Attendees should park in the yellow spaces at the north side of the parking lot. A free shuttle will run continuously to and from the cemetery at 5015 Apalachee Parkway. Wheelchair users or those with mobility issues who have disabled parking tags may park at the cemetery. Attendees are encouraged to carpool and arrive before 12:30 p.m.


Nokia was one of the world’s biggest mobile phone manufacturers but it fell behind with the advent of iPhone and Android smartphones. In 2014, Microsoft came knocking in the form of a saviour to Nokia’s troubles. This led to their devices and services division being sold to Microsoft.
In 2016, Finnish company HMD Global bought a part of Microsoft’s feature phone business and has a licensing agreement that allows it to make smartphones under the Nokia brand.
And now, Nokia 6 continues in the footsteps of its predecessors’ design heritage: it has a dashingly sophisticated look, has a smooth to the touch metal exterior and precise details.
Build and aesthetics
The Nokia 6 is once again made out of aluminium (6000 series this time around) and available in two different colors – black with gold accents and white with copper accents. The bezels appear to be trimmed down compared to last year’s Nokia 6, and because of this, the capacitive navigation buttons have been moved on-screen and the fingerprint sensor is now on the back below the camera.
The display is 5.5-inches with a resolution of 1920 x 1080, and although it’s not directly mentioned, it is suggested that Nokia will once again use an LED panel rather than AMOLED. One of the most important aspects of this phone, the camera, is 16 megapixels with f/2.0 aperture (rear) and 8 megapixel (front) which is not too shabby at all. In fact, the camera on the N6 gives competitors like the Moto G5 a run for their money. Furthermore, 3,000 mAh battery and 32 (or 64GB) of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB is good value for money.
Hands down, the Nokia 6 is clearly the most accomplished out of the trio of the new line of Nokia phones – that is Nokia 2, Nokia 6 and Nokia 8.
It encompasses a premium design at a reasonable price (Kshs 25,000 in Kenya), while still being able to hold a high level of security with the stylish fingerprint sensor.
The Nokia 6 is available in three colours – Matte Black, Silver and Tempered Blue.
One of the most scrutinised aspects of smartphones today, is the charging speed. But here, the Nokia N6 is disappointingly slow to charge. And even though it continues in the footsteps of its predecessors in terms of design heritage, it is not comfortable to hold. There is nothing particularly clever or different in terms of design, although the other noticeable elements of Nokia smartphones are present, especially the shape of the phone.
There’s a comforting weight to the handset, and while its 154 x 75.8 x 7.85mm body makes it a sizeable presence in the hand it’s still not very easy to use, as the multi-touch prompts are on the far corners of the screen.
The flat sides and sharp corners of the Nokia 6 aren’t as comfortable on the palms as phones with rounded edges, and this is noticeable if you hold it in one hand for an extended period of time.
How it compares to rivals
Compared to the Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus, two of its closest rivals, the Nokia 6 is much better looking, so if style is important to you then this is a phone you’ll want to consider.
The power/lock and volume keys are easy to hit on the right of the phone, and Nokia has also included a 3.5mm headphone jack up top, while a micro USB port resides next to a single internal speaker on the base of the handset.
Considering the price of the phone, it’s nice to see a fingerprint scanner (which doubles as the home key) on the front of the Nokia 6, flanked by touch-sensitive back and multi-tasking keys. The scanner is responsive and works well, although there is a momentary pause between you presenting your finger and the phone unlocking and waking.
Meanwhile, the large 5.5-inch full HD display is bright and clear with decent viewing angles, and it’s more than good enough for a handset in the bracket the Nokia 6 falls into. It means video playback and gaming are comfortable, with plenty of space for on-screen controls.
The Nokia 6 is powered by 1.4GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor processor and it comes with 3GB of RAM. The phone packs 32GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Nokia 6 packs a 16-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 8-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
All in all, the N6 is a brilliant phone that showcases an array of audio visual qualities that would enhance any user’s experience. Though, the phone is far from refined and Nokia still have a long way to go.


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A staggering four in five hospitals in England are suffering chronic bed shortages as the NHS teeters on the brink of a full blown crisis, new figures show.
In the last month 80 per cent of hospitals have recorded bed occupancy rates above safe levels.
Around 15 per cent of beds are supposed to be kept free to allow staff to clean up and keep patients safe from infections.
But analysis by the Lib Dems shows 124 out of 152 NHS trusts failed to meet the 85 per cent target each day from December 1-18.
And 34 NHS trusts were so jam packed they didn’t have a single bed to spare on at least one day in the same period while more than a quarter had occupancy rates above 95 per cent.
The trusts struggling the most include North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust - which had no beds spare from the 12th to 18th December.
Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust also had no free beds for four days or more this month.
Lib Dem Shadow Health Secretary Norman Lamb said: “The Government must stop turning a blind eye to the funding crisis facing the NHS.”
THE SUN SAYSRadical thinking is needed to cure the NHS after warning that patients will have to wait a month for GP
WINTER MISERYTop doctor warns GP services are 'skating on thin ice' as Brits could wait a MONTH for an appointment
'DRAMATIC IMPACT'NHS snubs breast cancer drug even as patients and charities credit it for giving them 'precious extra time'
'reduce the burden'NHS hospitals raked in £120m through parking fees in ONE year despite Jeremy Hunt's crackdown
XMAS STAFFING CRISISFour in five hospitals to draft in GPs for stretched A&Es to plug staffing gaps over Christmas
HEALTH WATCH DODGENumber of inspections to be CUT - and some hospitals will only be checked once every five years
He added: “Soaring bed occupancy rates are a symptom of a cash-strapped NHS struggling to cope with rising demand this winter
“Chronic bed shortages have a serious impact on care, with patients facing longer waits, cancelled operations and a higher risk of infection.”
The figures are based on official NHS winter reports for December this year.


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Ghanaian rapper Guru born Maradona Yeboah Adjei has descended heavily on Charter house for given the artiste of the year award to Kuami Eugene.
A lot of netizens including Afia Schwarzenegger and Guru seems not to be happy with the fact that artiste of the year’s award was given to Kuami Eugene.
According to the Hip hop; Afrobeats; Azonto; Hiplife and fashion designer, Guru the award was supposed to go for Sarkodie because he put in much effort in his work last year.
Guru made this revelation on his Twitter page when he was promoting his new song with Peter Fameye titled Get up.
Reading from the caption on his song Get Up, the NKZ champion said that Kuami Eugene should give the award back to the rightful owner Sarkodie.
He further congratulated Kuami Eugene for being the best artiste of the year.
He wrote: “The only year under review me GURU kind of support Sarkodie to win artist of the year Masa give back His award wai anyway congrats My Fadama Boy ade3 wo fie aa oy3″
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The Wizards Said WHAT? Nick Young: ‘Ain’t nobody going to take it easy on us if we’re pouting’
The hope is that young Wizards, especially the likes of John Wall, Chris Singleton and Trevor Booker, never get used to losing. That the current doldrums are helping shape their future focus toward doing the little things to win. Of course, in the interim, in the locker room environment after loss eleven in a 12-game old season, defeat seems to be more and more accepted than frustrating.
There’s talk of trust, talk of turnovers, talk of John Wall getting down on himself. “I get down on myself for making a mistake, but I know how to move on to the next thing, just keep playing basketball. It’s just tough when you make three or four in a row,” said Wall after Saturday night’s 103-90 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. What’s unknown at this point is how much Wall openly getting down on himself after mistake one or two affects the rest of his team. Maybe they take cues from him, maybe they are getting down on themselves for their own mistakes.
“He’s our point guard, we gotta feed off of him. He’s the guy that leads this team almost like the captain of a boat. We have to feed off of him, and he has to get everybody involved in the game as well as get himself involved,” said team veteran Rashard Lewis, a guy who could stand to get himself involved as well in hitting open jump shots to help Wall’s cause. Lewis is 6-26 from three-point land this season, a 23.1-percent that’s his career worst, aside from his rookie season when he went 1-6 from deep as a 19-year old. “He’s still a young player learning how to play the game, but at the same time, he’s the floor general,” said Lewis of Wall.
“When you get your butts kicked pretty bad, and we’ve lost a lot, the tendency is sometimes you start feeling sorry for yourself,” said coach Flip Saunders.
“You got to find something to get your spirits going and stay focused out there, because ain’t nobody going to take it easy on us if we’re pouting,” said starting guard Nick Young.
At many times the Wizards seem close to putting together intangibles like trust and body language — the small, less noticed things that have added up to make Washington a band of losers. But at more times, the Wizards too quickly forget what it means to be a team made up of players, not players who make the team. Question is, if some key Wizards can’t find the answers within, where are they going to find them? And more importantly, what is organizational leadership going to do about it?


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More states are pondering the legislative bandwagon mandating breast ultrasound screening for women with heterogeneous or dense breasts. While lawmakers debate the merits of ultrasound screening, some breast imagers are transitioning from handheld ultrasound screening to automated ultrasound systems to image women with heterogeneous or dense breasts.
Legislation spurs demand
Jefferson Radiology in Hartford, Conn., launched a breast ultrasound screening program in 2005, encountering a lukewarm reception. "Anecdotally, 5 to 10 percent of women wanted ultrasound screening prior to 2009," recalls Jinnah A. Phillips, MD, director of breast imaging.
However, in October 2009, Connecticut became the first state to pass breast density legislation, which requires providers to notify women if their mammogram reveals dense breast tissue. It also requires insurers to cover adjunctive testing, such as screening ultrasound or MRI for these women.
"After the law passed, we saw overwhelming demand," says Phillips. Within a few months of its passage, the practice had a backlog of more than 500 patients requesting ultrasound screenings. At that point, Jefferson Radiology added automated breast ultrasound screening to its handheld ultrasound screening program. To keep up with increasing demand, the practice would have had to eliminate other ultrasound studies. The automated breast ultrasound system provides the throughput to image 25 to 30 patients daily, says Phillips.
The automated screening model can succeed without legislation and reimbursement. Susan J. Ward, MD, radiologist with Renown Breast Health Center in Reno, Nev., decided to integrate automated ultrasound into practice after reviewing a study published in the European Journal of Radiology in March 2008, which showed breast ultrasound screening doubled the cancer detection rate among women with dense breasts compared with mammography.
In October 2010, the center installed an automated system while seeking to educate women and referring physicians about breast density and screening ultrasound. The practice modified its screening mammography patient letter to add information about breast density.
|Dense Breast Legislative Update|
|Connecticut: Breast Density Inform law and insurance coverage for supplemental breast ultrasound screening as an adjunct to mammography (October 2009)
Illinois: Insurance coverage for whole breast ultrasound screening as an adjunct to mammography (March 2009)
Texas: Breast Density Inform law * (September 2011)
Florida, New York: Pending Breast Density Inform * legislation
*Breast Density Inform legislation requires providers to notify women of heterogeneous or dense breast tissue, but does not require payors to reimburse for the study.
"Patients and referring physicians were confused at first," admits Ward. "In the last six months, medical and popular literature have addressed the topic, and we've added posters and pamphlets. Now, women understand the importance of screening ultrasound."
The effort led to a spike in ultrasound volume. In Nevada, where women pay out of pocket for the study, the practice has scanned 110 women since formally launching the program in November 2010. However, most studies were requested in the last six months.
Ward estimates that half of the 10,000 mammograms she reads annually indicate heterogeneous or dense breast tissue. "I've been frustrated for a long time because you can only see so much on the mammograms in these cases." The challenge has been exacerbated by increasing constraints on screening MRI. Beginning in 2010, some payors started re-categorizing breast MRI as experimental for anyone with less than a 25 percent risk of breast cancer and tightened reimbursement parameters.
Ultrasound can provide another screening option for women with dense or heterogenous breast tissue.
Marla R. Lander, MD, a breast radiologist at Desert Comprehensive Breast Center in Palm Springs, Calif., participated in a three-year study that provided 3D ultrasound to women with breast density greater than 50 percent. "About 98 percent of women jumped on the screening opportunity when offered," she says.
Plus, patients continue to return for ultrasound screenings. "Women like ultrasound because it is more comfortable [than mammography], and our discovery rate of cancer is higher. Women feel more secure with the additional study and referring physicians appreciate the supplementary


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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is officially the next chapter in the Sci-Fi franchise! 20th Century studios announced the title, some cast members, and more this afternoon.
Today brings some exciting news/updates on the next Planet of the Apes film. We’ve known it’s been in the works for a little while, but today brings some concrete details on what fans can expect as filming is set to start next month.
For one, the title is officially Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and we have confirmation that it is a DIRECT continuation of the previous films. While details are still light, the press release reveals Kingdom will take place “many” years after the events in War of the Planet of the Apes.
Fans have been wondering since it was initially revealed as being in the works, whether or not this would serve as a continuation or a reboot. Personally, I’m thrilled to see this version of the Apes moving forward rather than trying to kick off another reboot.
On top of that, and the impressive artwork included, 20th Century also confirms prior reports of Owen Teaguq being set to star, while announcing the addition of Freya Allen (the Witcher) and Peter Macon to the cast.
20th Century Studios’ “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” starring Owen Teague (“It”), Freya Allen (“The Witcher”) and Peter Macon (“The Orville”), will begin production next month under the direction of Wes Ball (“The Maze Runner” trilogy). This film starts an all-new chapter in the “Planet of the Apes” saga, picking up many years after the conclusion of 2017’s “War for the Planet of the Apes.” The screenplay is by Josh Friedman (“War of the Worlds”), Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”), and Patrick Aison (“Prey”). Joe Hartwick Jr. (“The Maze Runner” trilogy), Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver and Jason Reed (“Mulan”) are the film’s producers. Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping are the executive producers.
Steve Asbell, President 20th Century Studios said, “’Planet of the Apes’ is one of the most iconic and storied science fiction franchises in film history, as well as being an indelible part of our studio’s legacy. With ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ we are privileged to continue the series’ tradition of imaginative, thought-provoking cinema, and can’t wait to share Wes’ extraordinary vision for this new chapter with audiences in 2024.”
“Planet of the Apes” is one of 20th Century Studios’ most popular and enduring franchises, amassing more than $1.7 billion worldwide. Based on a novel by Pierre Boulle, the first film in the series was released by Twentieth Century-Fox in 1968 and went on to become one of the year’s biggest hits, winning a special Academy Award® and followed by four theatrical sequels and two television series. A remake, “Planet of the Apes,” directed by Tim Burton, was released in 2001, then a 2011 reboot, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” was followed by two sequels, 2014’s “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” and 2017’s “War for the Planet of the Apes.”
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is set to launch at some point in 2024.

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The Roosters have won their latest battle against bitter rivals South Sydney by snaring troubled star Blake Ferguson.
Injury, coupled with an NRL deregistration which still stands, will prevent Ferguson from making his Roosters debut until round one next year, at the earliest. But the fact he will eventually wear the red, white and blue is already a significant coup given the Rabbitohs were also desperate to sign the former NSW three-quarter.
Ferguson was given his team kit and offered an off-field role with the premiers on Wednesday after the NRL rubber-stamped the move at a meeting with him and his manager, Sam Ayoub, at Rugby League Central. The 24-year-old will report for his first day on the job on Wednesday in what has been described as a ‘‘community-based role’’.
However, a first-grade berth remains in the distance, due to rehabilitation which must be completed on and off the field. Ferguson arrived at his new club in a moon boot, the result of an ankle injury which would have prevented him from playing in 2014 even if the governing body had allowed him to do so. The NRL will also closely monitor the other rehab he must complete before his penance is complete. ‘‘Our welfare and education people will continue to work with him while he’s in rehabilitation,’’ an NRL spokesperson said.
Ferguson has been in limbo since being found guilty of the indecent assault of a woman at a Cronulla nightspot on the eve of the second State of Origin match last June.
Sacked by the Blues and the Raiders, he turned to boxing only to lose a bout to Goulburn labourer Luke Turner on the undercard of a fight night featuring Anthony Mundine, his cousin. Ferguson has vowed to turn around his life and converted to Islam, following the lead of Mundine. However, he has subsequently been spotted drinking at various nightspots, raising questions about his readiness to return to professional sport.
The Roosters have had their own alcohol-related dramas in recent times, with halfback Mitchell Pearce dropped from the NSW side for the opening Origin game at Suncorp Stadium. However, the premiers have convinced the NRL they have the right working environment for Ferguson to fulfil his undoubted potential.
‘‘In terms of him playing, that’s still with the NRL,’’ said Roosters chief executive Brian Canavan. ‘‘We’d like for him to play for the club but in the first instance we’ve got to support the program.
‘‘He will work in the club in the community development area and specifically in indigenous programs. That’s part of the welfare package we work with the NRL on.’’
The NRL approved the appointment after it was satisfied Ferguson was on a modest salary that would not provide the Roosters with any salary cap advantage should the club try to register him in the future.
The move is a blow to the Bunnies, who were hoping Mundine’s ties with the club would appeal, as well as the prospect of playing in a backline which includes star fullback Greg Inglis. Instead, the Roosters have their man and will be able to table him a deal with the money freed up by the departure of rugby-bound Sonny Bill Williams.


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With a car consisting of so many components, knowing how to clean your exhaust is not always straightforward to guess. However, you don’t always need to seek an exhaust specialist if you are looking to give it a clean. Exhaust systems form an important part of every vehicle. Without it, harmful exhaust gasses would remain, and noise pollution would be high. The exhaust system works by expelling fumes from your car and turning them into less dangerous gasses. This is why keeping your car’s exhaust maintained is important for longevity and optimal performance. There is also the solution of getting a custom-built exhaust, which we discuss in our blog below.
Dirty exhaust pipes are common because black soot collects as a result of the normal combustion cycle. To learn how to clean your exhaust pipes, simply use a damp sponge with a light abrasive cleanser. If you do not have a sponge to hand, you can also use a damp towel as an alternative. The time for build-up to clear can vary but this should normally take around 10 minutes. If the soot has been building up for a few years, this can take much longer. Then, all that’s left to do is leave them to dry out. And it really is that simple!
There are a number of benefits of custom-built exhausts. From increased performance to durability, getting a custom performance exhaust allows you to utilise your engine's power. Compared to a normal exhaust system, having one custom made means you can have it tailored to your exact needs. An exhaust specialist will offer custom-built exhausts and will be able to install this for you. As well as this, custom performance exhausts increase overall efficiency. This means your engine can burn less gas whilst also receiving a boost in power. Due to improved fuel efficiency and lower emissions, a custom exhaust will take longer for soot to build up. So, investing in a custom-built exhaust is a worthwhile choice for the future.
Looking for an exhaust specialist? Get in touch with DCM Tyres today for any tyres fitting or car services and repairs. With years of experience and automotive knowledge, we can fit your custom exhaust in Dorset. Alternatively, for more information on how to clean your exhaust, feel free to give us a call on 01258 488667 (Blandford) or 01747 851654 (Shaftesbury).


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Dench Talks the Bard at St. Martin’s
St. Martin’s Press took North American rights to Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench. The April 2024–slated title, acquired by Michael Flamini from Penguin Random House UK adult rights director Sara Scarlett, is structured as a series of conversations with the director and actor Brendan O’Hea. In the book, St. Martin’s said, Dench discusses the multitude of Shakespeare roles she’s played, including Ophelia and Lady Macbeth; provides “a fascinating insight into one of our greatest playwrights”; and shares her “passion, knowledge, and unique perspective on Shakespeare.”
Long Sells Memoir to 13a
For Gallery’s 13a imprint, Pamela Cannon bought world rights to a currently untitled memoir by actor and activist Nia Long (Boyz n the Hood). The book, said 13a publisher Charles Suitt, is “a candid account of Nia’s life and journey as one of Hollywood’s most resilient, relatable stars.” Long is “a trailblazer who is all about action.” Suitt added, “We are looking forward to her telling her truth as only Nia can.” Verve sold the title, which does not yet have a publication date.
Putnam Re-ups Monaghan
Putnam executive editor Tara Singh Carlson bought world rights to Annabel Monaghan’s Summer Romance in a two-book agreement. Monaghan’s 2022 debut, Nora Goes Off Script (also published by Putnam), was one of Amazon’s Best Romance Books of 2022 and Cosmopolitan’s 30 Best Romance Novels of 2022. Putnam said Summer Romance follows a professional organizer and divorced mom “whose own life and pantry are a mess” until she “finally puts it all to rights with the help of someone unexpected who reminds her of the person she’s always known she can be.” Marly Rusoff, of the Marly Rusoff Literary Agency, represented Carlson, and the novel is set for summer 2024.
Celadon Plays Kuehn’s Spy Games
At auction, Celadon’s Ryan Doherty bought world English rights to former journalist Christine Kuehn’s Family of Spies. The nonfiction book, Celadon said, is “a genealogical detective story” in which the author, along with her husband, tries to uncover how her grandparents became members of the Nazi party. (They helped lay the groundwork for the attack on Pearl Harbor after being dispatched to Hawaii as spies, and the author’s grandfather was the only person ever convicted for the bombing.) Kuehn was represented by Susan Canavan at Waxman
Literary Agency. The book is slated for winter 2025.
Dixon Gets Techie at Random House
Tech entrepreneur and investor Chris Dixon sold Read Write Own to Ben Greenberg at Random House. The North American rights deal was brokered by Chris Parris-Lamb at the Gernert Company. The publisher said the book is “a potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the internet.” In it, Dixon offers “a playbook for the digital horizon, an argument for a better internet, and a clarion call for anyone looking to navigate and build the future.”
Lake Union Eats Easton’s ‘Mulberry’
White Mulberry, the debut novel by Rosa Kwon Easton, was acquired by Melissa Valentine at Lake Union in a two-book, world rights agreement. Joelle Delbourgo, who has an eponymous shingle, handled the sale. The agent said White Mulberry opens in Korea in the 1930s and follows a young woman named Miyoung, who leaves her small village for Japan in search of a better life. But once there, “she must pass as Japanese to survive.” Delbourgo added that the novel was pitched as Pachinko meets The Personal Librarian. Easton is an attorney who has had work published with Storycenter.


- Nigerian Bank UBA Sees African Units Making Up 50% of Profit
Nigerian lender United Bank for Africa Plc expects its operations in 18 other African countries to account for half of its earnings over the next three years.
The Lagos-based bank injected more than $100 million into its units in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Benin, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Mozambique to help them expand, UBA Chief Financial Officer Ugochukwu Nwaghodoh said in an April 15 interview in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub. The cash, pumped into the operations over July and August, will start having a “full effect” on income from this year, he said.
UBA expects contributions from its foreign branches to increase from 45 percent last year even as the operations in its home market continue to grow, Nwaghodoh said.
Nigeria’s third-largest lender by revenue raised $500 million selling Eurobonds last year to fund its expansion as the economy of Africa’s biggest oil producer recovered from a 2016 contraction after a slump in crude prices triggered a foreign-currency shortage.
It is targeting an improvement in its return on equity, a measure of profit, to 18 percent this year from 16 percent in 2017, the CFO said. UBA will “defend” its net interest margin in Nigeria amid declining interest rates by reducing what it pays depositors for their savings, Nwaghodoh said.
“The loan-to-deposit ratio today is 60 percent, so I have a lot of liquidity, and can dictate the price at which to take deposits,” he said.
In Ghana, UBA is looking to boost its operations and increase the capital beyond the minimum 400 million cedis ($90 million) that regulators require, Nwaghodoh said. It will bolster the buffers by capitalizing earnings, in which it transfers surplus income to its capital holdings, within the unit for 2017 and mid-year 2018, he said.
UBA’s stock rose 3.2 percent, the biggest increase in more than three weeks, to 11.20 naira at the close in Lagos on Tuesday. The shares have gained 8.7 percent this year, compared with a 6.7 percent increase in the 162-member Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index.


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After six seasons, Star Wars: The Clone Wars came to an end earlier this year, but not all of the stories planned for the series ended up making it to the screen. In a new video from Lucasfilm, the show’s producers talk about three such missing stories — and where they ended up being told.
As Pablo Hidalgo, member of Lucasfilm’s Story Group — which tracks the wider mythology of the franchise outside the movies — points out, Star Wars: The Clone Wars holds an important place in the franchise. “It’s the last expansion of the Star Wars universe that came directly from George Lucas,” he says in the video. Even though the television series has ended, replaced by Star Wars: Rebels — which launches online Sept. 24 ahead of its broadcast debut Oct. 13 — the stories it created will live on in different formats.
“Even though those Clone Wars episodes did not get publicly revealed, we still look at those core stories as having happened [in the larger canon],” he explains. To that end, all three will be shared with the core Star Wars fanbase, whether as comic books (Star Wars: Son of Dathomir, published by Dark Horse Comics earlier this year), novels (Star Wars: Dark Disciple, which will be published by Del Rey next year), or even story reels on StarWars.com (“Crystal Crisis on Utapau,” as seen in the video itself).
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The story behind The Joy of Cooking—in contrast to its name—is a tragic one. Irma Rombauer, a St. Louis, Missouri native hailing from a family of German immigrants, was in need of a way to cope with her husband’s suicide in 1930, around the time of the Great Depression. Though Irma herself had no official credentials, even described by her family as a “terrible cook,” she was encouraged by her children to start collecting her favorite recipes. After more than a year embarking on the task, ending up with more than 500 under her belt, she self-published The Joy of Cooking—and it quickly won the hearts of the local community, thanks to its crowd-pleasing recipes and convivial writing style that readers found easy to relate to.
More editions would follow over the next years as the Joy franchise would passed on to the succeeding generations of Irma’s family. Many changes would be made between their release, the most prominent of which include the following: old recipes being reworked to adapt with the evolving trends in cooking, such as ditching the use of canned mushroom soup for a scratch-made bechamel sauce; the addition of new recipes, with contributions from guest chefs; a shift in the style of writing, from the highly personable first edition to a more straightforward, almanac-like tone and back again; and most notably, the eventual introduction of a then-novel format listing ingredients within the procedures as they’re actually called in the recipe—a format now known as the ‘action method’. It taught many a novice housewife how to cook, and has sold about 18 million copies since its release.
To this day, The Joy of Cooking is considered a culinary bible by many. Need a recipe for beef stew? Flip to page 479. Cheesecake? The book has seven different versions. Chocolate pudding? Eggplant parmigiana? Buttermilk biscuits? Tips on stocking and storing food in the pantry? You’ll find it all there. Joy has all the recipes you need (and didn’t know you’d need), from the building blocks (basics such as omelettes or mayonnaise) to the more elaborate (If you look hard enough you’ll find a recipe for braised bear). It might not have the best, most creative, most innovative recipes out there. But it’s extensive, comprehensive, and—like a true friend in the kitchen—reliable, allowing you to whip up just about any dish at moment’s notice.
It was difficult to pick just one recipe in a sea of reliable classics, but I eventually settled on one of its more unusual entries: Joy’s take on Cincinnati-style chili, a specialty of the eponymous city in Ohio originally created by Macedonian immigrant Tom Kiradjieff in 1922. We chose it for its mix of flavors: beyond the standard beef and tomatoes, you get the warmth of spices like cinnamon and cloves, and the depth of chocolate that lingers in the background. You can take it plain (a.k.a. “one-way”) if you prefer, but for the full, authentic Cincinnati experience, we say go by the following serving suggestions: pile the mix on top of spaghetti noodles to have it “two-way”; top it off with shredded cheddar cheese for “three-way”; add chopped onions for “four-way”; and—to really take it to the highest level—add a smattering of red kidney beans to have it “five-way”. While the dish is far from hip or elegant (what with its kitschy, deliberately over-the-top character), a forkful of its complex but comforting flavors will convince you to keep this in your repertoire.
Cincinnati Chili Cockaigne
Adapted from The Joy of Cooking, 75th Anniversary Edition
Yield: 6 servings
Time: 3 hours (15 minutes prep / 2½ hours cooking / 15 minutes assembly)
- 4 cups water
- 2 lb ground beef chuck
- 2 pcs onions, chopped finely
- 5-6 pcs garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 15-oz can tomato sauce or diced tomatoes
- 2 tbsp cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
- 10 pcs black peppercorns, ground
- 8 pcs allspice berries, ground
- 8 pcs cloves, ground
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1½ tsp ground cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- ½ oz unsweetened chocolate, grated
- 500g spaghetti, cooked
- 225g cheddar cheese, grated
- onions, chopped
- red kidney beans, cooked
- oyster crackers, optional
- hot pepper sauce, optional
- Bring water to a boil.
- Add ground beef. Stir until separated, and reduce heat to a simmer.
- Add onions, garlic, tomato sauce, vinegar, and worcestershire sauce.
- Stir in ground black pepper, allspice, cloves, bay leaf, salt, cinnamon, red pepper, cumin, and unsweetened chocolate.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 2½ hours.
- Cool, uncovered, and refrigerate overnight.
- Skim off all or most of the fat from the chilled chili mixture and discard.
- Reheat the chili.
- For 2-way, serve over cooked spaghetti.
- For 3-way, top with grated cheddar.
- For 4-way, sprinkle onions on top of the cheese.
- For 5-way, top all with red kidney beans.
- Serve with oyster crackers and hot pepper sauce if desired.

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Bill Donaldson - Painted N Scale Figures
Project: 2' x 5' Railroad Layout
Designer/Artist: Bill Donaldson
Bill sent over an image of some of the N Scale unpainted figures we sell showing the detail and time he took to paint them. His goal is to populate his 2' x 5' railroad layout and to practice the difficult techniques of painting model figures. To give a good sense of scale, these figures are standing/sitting on the tip of a popsicle stick!
Thanks for the submission Bill - nice job!


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Manchester Aquatics Centre refurbishment
22 Nov 2021
Manchester Aquatics Centre will close for refurbishment on Friday, 26 November - reduced programme of public swimming will continue
Manchester Aquatics Centre will close for refurbishment on Friday, 26 November 2021. The works will be split into phases to enable a reduced programme of public swimming to continue at all times.
The work is expected to be completed by late Spring 2023.
The refurbishment scheme has been designed to maintain and grow the centre’s aquatics and health and fitness programmes for the next 20 years.
For full details and the range of alternative centres across Manchester that the local community can use during the closure, including Sugden Sports Centre, conveniently located just 100m away, visit:


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Webinar: Creating an Effective Study Recruitment Webpage
This webinar will provide practical guidance on using the USC Clinical Studies Directory publishing tool to create a study webpage and on developing effective content so that your study can be found and read.
Speaker: Katja Reuter, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Preventive Medicine at the Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC; Director of Digital Innovation and Communication for the Southern California Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SC CTSI)
For many websites, commercial or not, significant visitor traffic comes via search engines such as Google. According to Pew Internet Research, more than 80% of Americans use the Internet to search for health information. But will your study be found by these engines? A compelling description of a research study online can be critical to attracting participants. Dr. Reuter will highlight two important aspects of creating a study recruitment webpage:
We will review the steps required to develop a study webpage using the publishing tool of the USC Clinical Studies Directory. The study pages are designed to help patients and their families who search online to find ongoing clinical studies at USC and to contact the study team. Dr. Reuter will suggest tips for research teams to increase the discoverability of their study pages. She will present approaches to developing effective study page content. For example, you will learn about search engine optimization (SEO) and how to select popular keywords for your study title and description to increase the chances of being found by online information seekers. SEO is a well-known concept in the marketing world to improve search rankings of web content. It involves constructing online content so that users are guided to it because it is highly ranked on the first search results page.
For questions, please contact Katja Reuter or NamQuyen Le.


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Police make appeal over theft in Conon Bridge
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Police are appealing for information following a theft in Conon Bridge.
Dingwall police say a black, Rampage Launch bike ramp was taken from Riverford Crescent, Conon Bridge between 5pm on Tuesday, October 6 and 3pm the following day.
Anyone who saw a person or persons in the area acting suspiciously at or around the time is asked to make contact.
Police can be contacted on 101 quoting reference PS-20201007-2893 or NE/4027/20.
Alternatively Crimestoppers can be contacted entirely anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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We are Europe’s pioneers in 360° audio. From multi-track recording, to immersive audio mixing, our team specialises in creating cutting-edge audio solutions for content industries and consumer experiences.
Europe’s frontrunners in 360° audio, ARK360º are trailblazers of an immersive audio revolution. We are the first studio in the UK to support 360 Reality Audio and Dolby Atmos studio playback. We are codec-agnostic and we work across object-oriented audio, multi-channel technology and ambisonics.
Over the last couple of years, we have mixed thousands of tracks in 360RA and Dolby Atmos codecs, working with award-winning and chart-topping artists such as Dua Lipa, A$AP Ferg, Arlo Parks, Tom Grennan, Rick Ross, Joy Crookes, Liam Gallagher, Metronomy, Motorhead, Foals, Rudimental, Kojey Radical, Tinie Tempah, Ella Henderson and James Arthur.
ARK360º, alongside leading tech companies like Meta, Sony, Apple, Netflix, Amazon, Tidal, and Deezer, are creating and delivering breakthrough audio experiences to billions of people worldwide through a collaborative ecosystem by connecting artists, engineers and tech businesses with consumers. We also work closely with record labels, artist management, production houses, advertising agencies, and expanding collaborations with wellbeing and tech startups.
Our mission is to bring exciting new audio formats to the market and establish them as a new standard, to enhance the profile of quality immersive sound in human experiences and industry applications.
We boast a stellar team of mix engineers who have been working in Dolby Atmos and 360RA since its inception.
Our headquarters is at North London’s The Crypt Studio – a purpose-built state-of-the-art immersive audio recording and mixing studio suite. The Crypt is one of London’s landmark studios, situated in a stunning mid-Victorian church, and comprising two recording and editing suites. The gorgeous building, steeped in history, lets in ample natural light, and is air-conditioned making for a setting that’s equal parts striking and stress-free. Here, our expert team is engaged in specialist audio work. Contact us if you would like to see the space, experience the technologies first-hand, enquire into dry hiring the studios for recording or attended and unattended immersive mix sessions.
Our network is expanding across Europe and beyond, training engineers within our growing community to the highest standards across multiple technologies and new disciplines. The core UK team of audio specialists advise on all projects.


My power supply recently blew up/failed so I bought a new 600W Nexus NX-8060 power supply since it is supposed to be quiet. I've had it in for over a week and put on a hardware monitor just to check a new processor fan was working efficiently (that was fine) and it showed me that my voltage on the 12+V in the power supply was not in the monitors normal range.
The hardware monitor program is called Asus probe. The output of that voltage seems to be ranging from 13-13.37V. Today it seems to have stayed steady at 13.1V and the monitor isn't grumbling.
I am unsure whether to send it back or not as maybe it is faulty. I'm worried about my other components and my next upgrade which I plannned to use the power supply for. I need to know pretty soon because like I said I've had it in a while unaware of the issue with no problems that I can see visibly (but will it slowly trash my system?). There is no list of normal ranges with the power supply. I emailed Nexus but so far they are ignoring me.
Thanks in advance for any help,
My 12v-reading from ASUS Probe usually sits on 11.99v, if you're getting voltages that high, it may be just enough to do some damage... That's about 11% over standard, I'm not sure what kind of tolarance the parts would have. I would recommend not taking a chance, and set it back.
Thanks for quick reply. I've requested a return for it to be on the safe side. I ordered it from www.novatech.co.uk . They have always been ok so far with parts I ordered and most likely it is the manufacturers fault.