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On 26 June 1954, in a quarterfinal match of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, Austria beat Switzerland 7–5 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The 12 goals scored in the match set a World Cup record, unequalled to date, for the highest scoring match ever. The match is known by its German name, Hitzeschlacht von Lausanne (roughly translated to "The heat battle of Lausanne"), due to the high temperature that it was played under, 40 °C (104 °F).

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Switzerland, the tournament hosts, took a notable lead early on. In four minutes, the Swiss scored three goals: forward Robert Ballaman opened the score at the 16th minute, followed quickly by two goals by Josef Hügi. Austria then became the first team in World Cup history to recover from a 3–0 deficit, scoring 5 goals in the remainder of the first half; Theodor Wagner initiated the Austrian response at the 25th minute; forward Alfred Körner drew the score to 2–3 one minute later, and another minute later Wagner equalized to 3–3. Austria had tied the score in three minutes. In 11 minutes, between the 16th and the 27th minutes, six goals were scored, three by each team. At the 32nd minute, Ernst Ocwirk gave Austria the lead; Körner added his second, making the score 5–3. Ballaman scored again for Switzerland at the 39th minute. The first half thus ended 5–4 in favour of Austria, being the highest scoring half in World Cup history, even after inside left Körner had missed a penalty kick in the 42nd minute.

Nine minutes into the second half, Wagner put Austria up 6–4 with his third goal, recording the seventh hat-trick of the 1954 World Cup (See List of World Cup hat-tricks). Hügi would then emulate the feat, scoring his third at the 58th minute. Switzerland was not able to equalize, and Erich Probst made it 7–5 to end the scoring at the 76th minute. According to FIFA, the extreme heat adversely affected Switzerland after they led the match 3–0 at one point. Other sources add that at first, Switzerland had been able to take advantage of the temperature, when Austrian goalkeeper Kurt Schmied suffered from hyperthermia early in the match, quickly allowing the first three Swiss goals, before being assisted by the Austrian masseur while in play.

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The trajectory of Gambian democracy: The country, the government and the people
By Moudou Lamin Age-Almusaf Sowe
I would like to get started with the Swahili saying that goes, "ukiona mwenzio ananyolewa zako tia maji". Difficult to translate but "if you see your neighbours house on fire stand by with water to put yours out in case it spreads. While working on my address for a literary conference, I discovered an unnegligible QUESTION from a colleague West African writer, and on the letter addressed to me, she said:
"ML, why don't you speak about Gambian politics and educate the masses with your write-up? We appreciate the way you write and do know it's a natural gift from Allah, cherish it. "
This was my reply to her; " Even when God saved the people of Egypt from the mischief of a wicked ruler (Pharoah); they still went astray ; as such, The Gambia. Listening a lot and not saying anything at all, is the fastest way of becoming a very good public speaker in The Gambia nowadays. I added to her that, I always want to be the first to hear and the last to speak; the lie spread faster than the truth. Islam had condemned vain talks- and I value the tenets of my religion above anything", I ended.
Now to do justice to the topic in hand, let's conduct a deeply atmospheric, slow-burning examination of the effects of modern Gambia on the shoulder of democracy, and of political participation of one man's subtle but inexorable slide into moral decadence. I'll employ the seediness and cynicism of representative democracy to a dangerous mixture of tribalism, of simple old-fashioned values and unrestrained debauchery reads like democracy from participatory citizenship, but none of them is worst than political oversight in a country of less than 3 million people. Let me remind you that in the presidential Republic of The Gambia, the President of The Gambia serves as both the head of state and head of government of the nation. The executive wields both executive authority and legislative authority. Furthermore, the National Assembly is comprised of 53 elected members as well as five members who are appointed by the president. Gambia has a unicameral parliamentary system with only one chamber of parliament that is the National Assembly. The speaker is the leader of the National Assembly and is mandated to moderate the proceeding of parliament as well as presiding over voting by members of parliament during the passing of bills. The speaker and his deputy are selected from the appointed members of parliament and not the elected members.
Having known this, The Gambia's December election 2016 indicated that African democracy and obedience to the law was the coming of age to shift from dictatorship to democracy. But do you all know that The Gambia was the longest continuously surviving multi-party democracy in Africa until a successful military coup in 1994, with civilian rule being restored in 1996? If democracy is actually the opposite of dictatorship, I would like to ask you what type of democracy is actually existing in The Gambia?
Are we having a multiparty democracy,
A sociocracy,
Democratic republic,
Deliberative democracy,
Constitutional democracy,
A Liberal democracy or a defensive democracy, or that it's an Anticipatory democracy?
My assignment will therefore be that we thoroughly study our governance, the institutions, and our society to substantiate, ascertain, measure, and thereafter, be able to actually tell what type of democracy had been existing or injected by the New Gambia. To help you in your research, let me honestly inform you that the system of education that had been existing in The Gambia from post-independence, mainly focuses on academics ( i.e, book knowledge) in my own opinion, this education has badly influenced newly self-crown, so-called journalists, motivational speakers, so-called political science students, activists of all kinds , both the learned and the ignorant, all writing trashes of dejectedly poluted, unsolicited and undeserving comments and articles on social media to represent our democracy. I'm even made to see the actual reason why God had (Himself ) chosen former President, Yahya AJJ Jammeh to at least once be a president for The Republic of The Gambia. God knew very well that despite being bad- the fact is, Jammeh had some undeniable qualities of a good leader in him to silent and deactivate his subjects at any interval. In my scholarly work and new book ( TEMPLE OF WISDOM) , I define POLITICS as intellectual deception, and therein, define DEMOCRACY as a reverse system of political bait that's being exercised over AFRICAN societies to rape their mother's civilization and defile its beautiful culture and norms, in the eye of pretense and material supremacy.
If we were to go into the various kinds of levels of knowledge that will take democracy out of the forbidden context of unattainable intellectualism, we shall never succeed until there is a wide scholarship competent beyond school primer and comic book level, to define us as a people. As if that will necessitate for us to form political institutions to inform and educate the present Gambian youths on the limitations, applications, and the meaning of democracy, in order to get rid of their book knowledge. That being said, it won't be that every red monkey in our forest of education can jump on national T.V. to express their eloquence, party affiliation, or influence for cheap popularity without having an insightful known-how of our political history and society.
Apply your political terms you've read or reading at the University of The Gambia (UTG) only on your exam papers, and do reference works of people when you copy from them than imitating who you're not. The Gambian takes too much pride and thinks that his little education makes him or her know everything in this world. I would like to recommend Aunty Patience Sonko-Godwin to most of you for a political orientation and historical initiation into the knowledge of extraterrestrial scholarship of thoughts, even though; she's a historian who can tell you it took half of her life to accurately write a history of The Gambia. This, her leniency and patience would subject you to an academic discipline in the field of political science. When elders are silent on an issue, it doesn't mean the children who spoke are elders. An elder will always be elderly in both speech and writing. To know further, the various African citizens official/ social attitude to democracy and freedom of expression has certainly in the twenty-first-century of political struggle made state money gone into guns and in the hands of thiefs, not books or history; social discipline has been relegated to this dispensable category, thus- making The Gambia now a country of tribalism, being at the height of favoritism, co-meddled with hypocrisy and narcissism.
To transform an adjective ( Gambian) into an adverb of undocumented word, let me speak "Gambianly" to intentionally but intellectually abuse English in letting my readers know that the industry of knowledge, doesn' t manufacture noisy or bragging people, but it focuses mainly on producing intellectuals in the world, whose values are known in the way they write or speak. In Africa, the difference between hard work and intelligence have not been clearly explained to some bunch of fools, who's been settled down with a successful career– have termed themselves self-important–and tend to undermine the value of others. Experience without wisdom is like a library without books, and knowledge without wisdom and experience is like a golden necklace expensively tie onto a pig's neck.
Do we forget that everything on earth is in pairs? What if someone has the experience but lack the documents, equating that as well to someone who got the documents but lack the experience. To interject ancient wisdom to modern speakers of newly-ancient dialect of low understanding, it's inarguably to accept that wisdom teaches us to know those who were not even learned at all– have not received any better education compare to us, and factually, hadn't obtained even a post-secondary certificate; were far more intelligent than people of modern times who hold PhDs , double-master's degrees, and have attended the world's most accredited universities – but yet, they're just ignorant because they've book knowledge mixed with remnants of contaminated ethics in the Age of Technology. From creation to date, the world's most intelligent people are mostly haphazardly educated; or- had never been to school at all. But nowadays, those who've been to school are those ignorant.
A person who's been abandoned to live in a forest will surely master the language of animals and behave like them. But he who is taught by the society has ethics and a better mind to reason appropriately. What we should battle for, is not education with documents but education with wisdom and experience. With that, we can transform ideas into realities and realities into benefits. Wisdom is not bought at a market neither at a shop, nor is it the same with knowledge- but it's a gift from God. This reminds me of the difference between "Wisdom and Knowledge". Wisdom is an intellectual ability of an individual to do what others cannot, and it's the unique will power to recognize what's right from the wrong. It comes from the word "Al Hakim', meaning The Wise, which is one of the (Ninety-Nine Names of Allah.) While knowledge simple means knowing or to know. E.g, one can obtain knowledge through learning, research, etc. But one does not directly obtain wisdom from a person or thing, but it's rather given by God. In order to grow and develop its full potential as a postcolonial nation, The Gambia needs dedicated, trained, and ambitious intellectuals with the potential to heal from the wounds of dictatorship the country has once experienced. The country needs democratic institutions with action-oriented and well-trained personnel to reliably inform and educate its present youth on the applications, limitations, and very importantly, our exact democracy that is totally different from western theories and fitting to their societies– and just practically impossible and inapplicable in The Gambia. The education system of the country needs structuring and alteration to some extent, to introduce effective research and vocational skill education as important components of academic acceleration and development. Political relationships to youths must exist outside of the power relations from which it is trying to emerge.
In the twilight of the Barrow Administration, new unions of highly ambitious youths emerged from all corners of the country , each is now a politician, an activist, a journalist , or even a changemaker with no difference or direction. The electoral success enjoyed by the party enabled it to champion a whole raft of democratic reforms and yearning for a rapid development, has been now celebrated as a laboratory for popular and participatory forms of criticism against a government of less than three years in office. However, through analysis of the trajectory of the Gambia's democratic experiment on my DESK OF SILENCE, the true challenge of embedding democracy inside existing structures emerges with a U-turn with high expectations but with low support from its citizens to even build a hut as a relic of history to be its first remarkable development under the Barrow Administration.
Drawing on long-term ethnographic research and intellectual honesty, I would like to provide you a critical analysis of citizen's participation in Gambian politics , if one is not to frown at my expression and even if one does- you won't deny the fundamental role the media and Gambian activists have played in ushering the New Gambia in 2016.
Since it was social media which in one way of the other had served as an outlet where cowardice Gambians first displayed their bravery against the Jammeh Regime, still, social media is–and has been the only avenue of hypocrisy, backbiting, witch-hunting , stereotyping, blackmailing, and demotivation of innocent and vibrant Gambians. This being said, those holding a microscope to the power relations between political appointees, public officials and local community activists all end up becoming direct advisers to the president instead of a child accepts being a child, and an elder being an elder, and to like to be seen as one.
The social media, especially Facebook reveals how different social actors think and feel about citizen's participation away from formal assemblies, and how some citizens engage in what is a tenuous, and at times mutually distrustful, tactical and strategic relationship with political patrons. One of the ugly sides of democracy in a country that suffered dictatorship, is the inability of leaders to educate its citizens on democratic constraints, its suitability and accountability as an important factor behind the rotation of office from one government to another. In conclusion , permit me to borrow a quote from Albert Einstein who said: "Those who have the privilege to know, have the duty to act." But to the contrary, in The Gambia those who had the privileges and thereafter know- are actually those misusing democracy. In addition, the Gambia has truly escaped dictatorship but heading to worst than dictatorship. This is evidence from the attitude of the youth who from post-Jammeh era, have no regard for the law; and have chosen and succumbed to a lifestyle that was never known in The Gambia. Alan Saporta said: " The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it." Let me say any national problem which is not solve, is still a problem for its people. Freedom is so very nice and can even turn a mice into a goat, but let us remember a quote from Martin Luther King, Jr, which reads: "
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup." Let me also say now that The Gambia is totally free from Jammeh and dictatorship, from what I can see, everyone wants to drink from the cup of freedom to either lead or be a leader, or the leader. I have said in The Throne of the Ghost, and I repeat; leaders are chosen by God not people, people can only nominate, recommend, or vote for a leader.
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Sagar and Meherun Runi Sarowar Remembered.
Meherun Runi is a former channel operator of BDCHAT (Nick: Shakchunni) who also contributed to the field of journalism as a reporter for the private television network, ATN Bangla.
Meherun Runi and her husband Sagar Sarowar, were brutally murdered in their home on February 11, 2012. The couple is survived by their seven year old son, Mahir Sarowar Megh.
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Posted on February 3, 2014	by AmyBeth Inverness
Not that one, though I love him so. I grew up with Bloom County. And playing the cello.
The musical opus… a musical composition or set of compositions usually numbered in the order of its issue according to Merriam-Webster.
Or maybe symphony would be a better analogy…a long piece of music that is usually in four large, separate sections and that is performed by an orchestra.
Even better, perhaps, is concerto… a piece for one or more soloists and orchestra with three contrasting movements. That feeds into the fact that the analogy I'm making is to a set of books, each of which has a different main character.
A composer does not create and release a symphony one piece at a time, hoping that the audience will like each bit before he can move on to the next. A composer creates the entire work, as a whole, and then it is released…performed for the patrons and adoring crowds.
A writer doesn't have that option. Especially an author like me, who's just starting out. We query an individual book, and we hope to sign a contract for that book, and maybe it will even be a two-book deal.
The exception, of course, is the self-published author who can decide to put out one novel in 50 separate chapters, or release their 12 volume magnum opus as a single PDF file. But I digress…
I have two books sitting on the shelf, awaiting Lent, when I shall do the first round of edits. They will be queried when I've done at least two or three rounds of editing and rewriting.
Meanwhile, the book I took off the shelf to work on has turned into something I really like. It's not a story of boy meets girl, they like each other, have a few issues, then eventually have a happily ever after. It's polyamorous, so boy meets girl who meets another…etc. But it's even more complicated than that.
Complication is necessary to good fiction, but it can easily go too far and leave the reader lost or bored. My WIP (Under the Radar) is a story in which the characters' young adult lives (and to a small extent, their childhoods) affect the main romance in the book, which occurs in their late 30's (measured in Earth years.) The rough draft was 90k of their young adult lives, which is, honestly, mostly just exposition for most of them.
After splitting The Jubilation of the Southern Cross and Hearthsong into two novels, I decided to do the same for Under the Radar. It worked perfectly. But whereas JSC and HS take place over the course of a few months, one immediately following the other, UTR covers years of the characters' lives.
It's like a symphony. JSC is a scherzo. It's a rapid, somewhat humorous story in triple time. There are three main characters. HS is an allegro, where several more characters are added to the first three.
UTR is five books. I think concerto is apt…because each one concentrates on a different character, or soloist. The only books that are simultaneous are #1 and #3. At that time, the main characters are completely separated from each other. Book #2 focuses on the character who is slightly older, and tells more of the backstory. Book #4 is the main climax, bringing them back together, but without the satisfying Happily-Ever-After. They only get a Happy-Enough-For-Now. Book #5 delivers a twist and the Happily-Ever-After.
Following different characters is not the only difference in the books. They each have a very different tone. To use an example from the traditional romance-writing world, I know that a novel written by Stephanie Laurens will have a certain level of steam in the relationships. A novel written by Debbie Macomber will have less steam, and more sweetness. Anything written by Tiffany Reisz will curl my toes. The five UTR books each have a different heat level. In one, the main characters decide to postpone their sexual intimacy. In another, the main character is studying to be a companion.
I love the different ebb and flow of the books. It is working out very well. I think the overall story is being told in an interesting way, with some of the backstory happening in flashbacks, and some simply alluded to. Although each book is a complete story, not every volume ends with a satisfying Happily-Ever-After. This is a problem in the world of Romance novels, where the Happily-Ever-After is a requirement of the genre. And although each story is complete, there is a sense that this is only one part of a greater story. I hope the reader feels that they want to keep reading, and doesn't feel cheated.
One way to ensure they don't feel cheated is to release the symphony of books all at once, or at least very close together. Since I have to write them all at the same time for consistency's sake, going back and forth to change things in a previous book when I have a revelation in a later book, this is a feasible plan from a writer's point of view.
The problem is, most publishing houses won't want to take a risk on a five book series from an unproved author.
Fortunately, I'm not planning on UTR being my debut work. JSC and HS come first…maybe under the title Brave New Whirl. Then there are a couple of others that should come next, especially since the main character of UTR #5 is a secondary character in The Scar.
Let's hope the first novels do well. Because Under the Radar is a story I really want to share with the world.
Oh crap…
Now that I'm writing this, I'm starting to outline The Coward of the County which belongs in a symphony with The Scar. Eep! Too much! Too soon! Slow down my OCD brain!
For those who are curious, the five books that make up Under the Radar are:
The Postman in Shining White Armor (Iresh's story)
Doing the Right Thing (Kevin's story)
Let's Try This Again (Simeon's story)
Fool Me Thrice (Scharona's story. Scharona is also the overall #1 main character in UTR.)
The Keystone (Courtney's story.)
Now, before I finish the rewrites on these, I have to go back and re-read Tiffany Reisz' Original Sinners series. Firstly, because one of the book uses significant flashbacks to tell the story, and secondly because Tiffany makes us hate a character and then love him in…spoilers. My original idea for UTR was to take every horrible (not abusive, just bad) thing any guy I've known or my friends have known and put those things into just three different guys. Well, it ended up being two guys. I want the reader to initially think the worst of them, and then come to love them. Tiffany does so eloquently, sneakily, and thoroughly. I hope I can do the same.
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I like the idea of comparing our stories to musical pieces! It would be fun to write a loooong historical novel like an epic symphony 🙂
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Archives for October 2012 - College of Mount Saint Vincent
College of Mount Saint Vincent Dance Company-in-Residence BalaSole Presents Voces Directed by Adjunct Professor Roberto Villanueva on January 26 & 27, 2013 in NYC
Riverdale, N.Y– UPDATE: Roberto Villanueva, Founder and Artistic Director of BalaSole Dance Company, will present Voces, a new
College of Mount Saint Vincent Hosts the New York Classical Players November 16, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.
Riverdale, N.Y. – The New York Classical Players will be performing Tchaikovsky in Context at the College of
College of Mount Saint Vincent Celebrates Hudson Heights Grand Opening with Ribbon Cutting & Announcement of Naming Winners
Riverdale, N.Y. – To celebrate the opening of the Mount's new dining hall, the expansive new space housed
College of Mount Saint Vincent Hosts First New York Catholic Youth Day Nov. 3, 2012
Riverdale, N.Y. – The College of Mount Saint Vincent is pleased to host the first New York Catholic
College of Mount Saint Vincent Professor of Humanities & Teacher Education Addresses
Riverdale, N.Y. – Dr. Ron Scapp, professor of humanities and teacher education at the College of Mount Saint
College of Mount Saint Vincent Students Participate in 10th Annual Day in the Life of the Hudson Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012
Riverdale, N.Y. – College of Mount Saint Vincent students and Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Patricia Grove will
College of Mount Saint Vincent Presents Day of Service October 20, 2012
Riverdale, N.Y. – Students, faculty, alumnae/i, administrators, and staff from the College of Mount Saint Vincent will participate


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Healthcare Analytics: Are You Using Data to Drive Decisions?
By Meghan Franklin
An electronic medical record company works with customers to identify providers who may be over-prescribing narcotics and patients who may be physician-hopping to feed an opioid addiction.
Physicians in Flint, MI discover the percentage of children under five-years-old in Flint with elevated blood lead levels nearly doubled after the city switched its water source to the Flint River.
Emergency Department (ED) nurses form a task force to identify factors that contribute to pediatric asthma patients being readmitted to their ED.
Hospital administrators launch a patient satisfaction survey to help assess how they can improve the patient experience, from hospital admittance to discharge.
What do all of these scenarios have in common? They all use healthcare analytics, the field that seeks to transform captured healthcare data – whether related to billing, clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, etc. – into actionable insights. Healthcare analytics is increasingly important in a healthcare environment that continues to move away from a fee-for-service reimbursement model and towards value-based care/a pay-for-performance reimbursement model.
According to a 2018 article in Becker's Hospital Review, organizations with data-driven decision making have output and productivity five to six percent higher than their peers. How is your organization currently capturing and using data to your advantage? Here are a few things you may want to consider as you dive deeper into healthcare analytics (or perhaps just start to get your feet wet).
Do you have the right tools to capture the types of data that will help drive decisions that are important to your organization? The one with the most data doesn't win; healthcare analytics is all about how data can provide insights that will contribute to your organization's strategic goals. While some organizations may choose to implement a claims-based analytics system, others may choose an electronic medical record-based analytic module. Still others build enterprise-wide data warehouses that can help drive both clinical and business decisions. Ensuring your organization has the tools to capture meaningful data is an important first step in building an analytics program.
Do you have people/roles identified who can use captured data in meaningful ways? As your organization's analytics program matures, the team you have in place will likely grow and mature, too. No matter what stage you're at, however, implementing any sort of data capture program should necessitate discussions about who should have access to what types of data and what the expectations are for that data usage. Is your patient experience team responsible for looking at how appointment wait times may affect patient satisfaction? Who is looking at how your organization's new text messaging appointment reminders are reducing no-shows? Who is analyzing trends in readmission rates for certain patient populations? While some data analysis and decision support can be automated – an electronic medical record alerting a provider that it's time for a patient to receive a certain immunization, for example – a lot of captured data requires deeper analysis to provide value to your organization. Do you have someone or a team of people who can derive that value from your data? Just as important, perhaps, do you have people who can communicate that data to those who need to act on it? In his article, "4 Ways Healthcare Data Analysts Can Provide Their Full Value," health data analyst Russ Staheli, MPH says, "Presentation is critical. After the work spent getting data to this point, the analyst needs to tell a story with the data in a consumable, simple way that caters to the audience."
Have you made data an important part of your organization's culture? There is a world of difference between setting an organizational goal and actually using data to track that goal and determine where you are succeeding or falling short. A hospital with which I worked launched an organization-wide initiative to eliminate preventable harm. It may have been a lofty goal, yes, but the program's insistence on regularly capturing and reporting on preventable harm data led to an impressive reduction in preventable harm over a relatively short amount of time. Organizational leaders set clear, data-driven goals each quarter and encouraged complete transparency between units so that they could learn from each other. They even relied on data to launch a thrice-weekly email blast that talked about patient safety successes and near-misses. In short, this hospital's data-driven patient safety program made data an integral part of the organization's culture and a regular part of their patient care conversations.
Meghan Franklin is a freelance writer who has worked extensively in healthcare, both as a writer and as a project manager.
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"One who is ignorant of scientific knowledge of the spirit soul does not look inside the body to find happiness in the soul; instead, he goes outside to search for happiness." "The human body is rarely achieved and although temporary like other bodies, it is meaningful because in human life one can perform devotional service. Even a slight amount of sincere devotional service can give one complete perfection." "Krishna is the knower of everything because He does not see outside in but inside out. Gopinathji sees the Motivations, Intentions & Aspiration within our heart." His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada In this inspirational, spiritual, transcendent yogic arts audiobook the very heart of Bhakti, or devotional yoga is revealed. With stirring philosophical purports by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, as well rare archival kirtans by the venerable widely respected master - here is the perfect collection for every dedicated devotee, aspiring yogi, the media, as well as all school, library, institutional and university collections. An ultra-rare, exciting audio experience! Jagannatha Dasa is the author of some thirty-two international best-selling biographies on the Beatles and other iconic rock groups of the 1960s. He is also a well know Hollywood screenwriter, the voice on over five hundred popular audiobooks as well as an in-demand character actor in some twenty-five classic films. Narrated By Jagannatha Dasa Produced by Pusta Krishna Das Edited by Macc Kay Production executive Avalon Giuliano ICON Intern Eden Giuliano ©2021 Eden Garret Giuliano (P) 2021 Eden Garret Giuliano


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Bills GM Beane would consider cutting unvaccinated player
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane would theoretically consider cutting an unvaccinated player if it meant the team being able to lift NFL COVID-19 protocols restricting in-person team meetings.
"Yeah, I would," Beane told the team-sponsored " One Bills Live" broadcast on Wednesday.
"You guys saw it in the fieldhouse, we had three and four meetings going on, and sometimes you're talking over each other. But it was the only way to pull it off and be social distant," he added, referring to NFL protocols limiting the number of players who could meet at one time. "So it would be an advantage to cut a player and fall under that umbrella."
Beane's response was to a question about potentially cutting a player at the lower end of Buffalo's 53-man roster, and comes when the NFL is loosening its restrictions for teams whose staff and players have been fully vaccinated.
The Bills, for example, were one of numerous teams allowed to conduct the draft at their headquarters and without officials wearing face masks under the new vaccination rules.
The Bills did not make Beane available for comment.
What's unclear is whether and how the NFL will expand its policy once teams begin practicing in person.
Last year, teams were limited to hosting most meetings via Zoom, with restrictions placed on how many players and coaches could gather at one time. Team officials and players were also required to undergo daily COVID-19 testing and wear masks.
Beane expects those restrictions to be loosened, while noting the rules have yet to be determined.
"I think there's going to be some incentives. If you have `X' number of percent of your players and staff vaccinated, you can live normal, let's call it — back to the the old days," he said.
"If you don't, it's going to look more like last year," Beane added. "But I hope, if those are the rules, that we'll be able to get enough people to be vaccinated and not have to deal with all the headaches."
The topic of vaccinations has been a source of debate among the Bills.
Last month, quarterback Josh Allen told The Ringer podcast the decision to get vaccinated is a personal choice, while adding he was still debating whether to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
"I think everybody should have a choice to do it and not to do it," Allen said, speaking by video from his offseason home in California. "You get in this tricky situation now where if you do mandate that, that's kind of going against what our Constitution says, and the freedom to kind of express yourself one way or the other."
The NFL and NFL Players Association are encouraging but not mandating players to get vaccinated.
Starting safety Jordan Poyer's wife, Rachel Bush, has actively protested mask wearing and mandatory vaccination on her Twitter account. Bush is an Instagram model who has nearly 91,000 followers.
On Wednesday, Bush deleted a post in which she noted numerous high-profile players are against receiving the vaccine.
In the deleted tweet, posted about an hour after Beane spoke, Bush wrote: "I wonder if Buffalo is aware of how many players are actually against being an experiment for the vaccine. I know some big names right off the bat. Can't force anyone to do anything. "
Bush then questioned whether any push to have players vaccinated could be divisive.
"Have to keep the vibes we have had in the past if you expect success this year," she wrote.
Poyer was a defensive team captain last season.
The Bills are coming off a breakthrough season in which they won their first AFC East title since 1995 and made their deepest playoff run in 27 years before losing to Kansas City in the conference championship game.


SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, were among the hundreds in Pyongyang on Sunday watching South Korean K-pop singers perform in the North for the first time in more than a decade as tensions between the old rivals thaw.
It was the first time a North Korean leader had attended a South Korean performance in the North's capital. Kim was seen clapping in time to the music and later took photographs with the performers.
The audience cheered and sang along to songs during the two-hour concert and the South Korean performers were later presented with bouquets.
"(Kim Jong Un) showed much interest during the show and asked questions about the songs and lyrics," Culture Minister Do Jong-whan told reporters after the show.
The performance coincided with the beginning of annual joint South Korean-U.S. military drills, which have previously been met with denunciations and missile launches by the North. The exercises were delayed and shortened this year in order not to spoil the Olympic detente.
The two Koreas have set a date for their first summit in more than a decade on April 27, and Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump could meet in May.
The concert, billed as "Spring is Coming", was put on a the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre by an lineup of top South Korean performers including veteran vocalists Cho Yong-pil, Lee Sun-hee, rock star Yoon Do-hyun and singer Baek Ji-young, as well as K-pop girl band Red Velvet.
The North Korean leader appeared in a group photograph with the performers, distributed by North Korean media. He was also seen talking to members of Red Velvet, who have more than 4.6 million followers on Instagram.
The South Korean delegation travelled to Pyongyang on Saturday in a reciprocal cultural visit after North Korea sent performers to the South in February, the South's Culture Ministry said.
A taekwondo performance was staged earlier on Sunday.
A 2015 survey of North Korean refugees by the U.S. government's Broadcasting Board of Governors found that 77 percent of respondents said it had become more dangerous to listen to foreign radio under Kim.
Cho Yong-pil, 68, sang a string of hits including "The Cafe in the Winter", "Short Hair" and "Let's Go on a Trip". Cho staged a solo concert in Pyongyang in 2005 - the last concert by a South Korean artist in the North before Sunday's performance.
The same South Korean singers will hold another concert with North Korean performers on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Kim Yong Chol, North Korea's former intelligence chief who now handles inter-Korean affairs, met South Korean journalists on Monday to apologise for the fact they were unable to cover the concert after being invited to the country do so.
Kim "asked pardon" from the "valued guests".
"Having invited South Korean journalists to the North, we have a duty to ensure that you can gather news freely and film comfortably", Kim was quoted as saying.
Kim said the journalists' inability to cover the concert stemmed from a breakdown in cooperation between Kim Jong Un's security detail and concert organisers.


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Severe thunderstorm watch across entire region
Updated: 5:27 PM EDT Jun 30, 2015
The entire WXII viewing area is under a severe thunderstorm watch through Tuesday night.The watch is in effect until 9 p.m. in northern and western counties and until 10 p.m. in the immediate Triad and points south and east. | County-by-county alerts | Street-level interactive radarThe biggest threat in any severe storm will be damaging winds, National Weather Service officials said.Hail and an isolated tornado cannot be completely ruled out, NWS officials said.Davie County emergency officials said they've received a few reports of trees on homes near Highway 601 south of Mocksville. No other damage has been reported.Stay with WXII 12 News, WXII12.com and the WXII News and Weather app for complete severe weather coverage.
The entire WXII viewing area is under a severe thunderstorm watch through Tuesday night.
The watch is in effect until 9 p.m. in northern and western counties and until 10 p.m. in the immediate Triad and points south and east. | County-by-county alerts | Street-level interactive radar
The biggest threat in any severe storm will be damaging winds, National Weather Service officials said.
Hail and an isolated tornado cannot be completely ruled out, NWS officials said.
Davie County emergency officials said they've received a few reports of trees on homes near Highway 601 south of Mocksville. No other damage has been reported.
Stay with WXII 12 News, WXII12.com and the WXII News and Weather app for complete severe weather coverage.


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Virginio Ferrari is an internationally acclaimed sculptor, who's monumental sculptures can be found on street corners and public parks, at universities and libraries, corporations and in private collections in Chicago, and all over the world. Ferrari's current work has been described as lyrical abstract sculpture in bronze, stainless steel, marble and granite. His work is preoccupied with creating situations that delight the eye, allowing for the interaction of sculpture and the casual observer, giving the modern city a human dimension.
From 1966 to 1976 Ferrari was Assistant Professor of Art and Sculptor in Residence at the University of Chicago and since then has remained in Chicago where he has devoted his full energies to sculpting. Ferrari holds many accolades for his achievements, including the Illinois State Service Award for outstanding contributions as a sculptor who has vitalized and humanized urban spaces and being awarded the Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (senior order of knighthood of the Italian Republic) by the president of Italy, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, for his important contributions to the international art world.
He currently divides his time between his studios in Chicago, USA and Guardistallo, Italy.
Marco G. Ferrari is an artist based in Chicago, Illinois. He builds films, installations, digital images, and video projection performances that explore our relationships with place and time, to probe how identity is shaped by tensions raised by our attachments to or de-attachments from our built and natural environments.
His films have been screened at exhibitions such as the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale; Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea–Palazzo Forti (Verona, Italy); the Athens International Film and Video Festival (Ohio); and the University of Chicago in Delhi (India).
Ferrari received his MFA from the University of Chicago in Visual Arts and his BA from DePaul University in Communication and Italian Studies. He currently balances his art-making studio practice as an independent curator, lecturer in Media Studies at John Cabot University, and freelancing as a cinematographer and VJ.
Alberto Ferrari is the Creative Director for the City of Chicago's Graphics and Reproduction Center. He graduated from the Univerisity of Illinois–Chicago where he began his creative work as a photographer focusing on architectural based projects. He continues his interest in design and image as a freelance graphic designer and photographer.
Monica Chadha is a LEED certified, licensed architect who has been practicing for over 20 years. She is the Founder and Principal of Civic Projects, a hybrid design practice that uses social engagement to work collaboratively with communities and organizations. Ms. Chadha focuses not only on the quality of the built environment but also on with emerging entrepreneurs to build their businesses through economic drivers such as pop-up retail and business incubation.
At both Studio Gang Architects and Ross Barney Architects, Ms. Chadha was responsible for the design and team leadership of several award-wining buildings including the Champaign Public Library and the University of Minnesota Duluth's Civil Engineering Building. Current projects include the Englewood Exchange, a café/retail storefront with a demonstration and commercial kitchen that is being built in partnership with Whole Foods, US Bank and the Greater Englewood Community Development Corporation and the Englewood Accelerator, the first business incubator on Chicago's South Side, which opened in 2014; and a contemporary arts space in Oak Park.
Ms. Chadha has been an Adjunct Professor in the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology since 2007. She is also on the faculty of Archeworks, a Chicago-based design school, research lab and think-tank. In 2011, she served as the Founding Director of Impact Detroit, a partnership with the Detroit Collaborative Design Center (University of Detroit, Mercy) that provides comprehensive design, environmental, social and economic development services to communities in Detroit.
Ms. Chadha received her Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Bachelor of Environmental Studies in Architecture from the University of Waterloo, Canada. The Design Futures Council recognized her as an Emerging Leader in 2010 and in 2013 she was included in the inaugural Public Interest Design 100 list of leaders.
Jennifer Park, AIA, is principal and owner of Jurassic Studio, a design firm that enjoys exploring form, patterns, composition and their translation into our social context. Her professional experience in architecture, design and education spans cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Richmond, and her project experience spans academic, commercial, retail and residential settings. Jennifer maintains close ties to academia currently serving as an adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute (SAIC) and Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) teaching architecture studio courses. She believes in teaching students how to think critically about our social and political environment as part of the design process. In addition to several project awards, Jennifer was acknowledged as one of Chicago's 2015 Women of Influence in Michigan Avenue magazine and was a finalist for Curbed's 2015 Young Guns Award recognizing rising talent in the fields of architecture and development. She also is a recipient of the 2015 Burnham Prize for the Currencies of Architecture Competition hosted by the Chicago Architectural Club in affiliation with the Chicago Architecture Biennial.


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O maçarico-das-rochas (Actitis hypoleucos) é uma ave pertencente à ordem Charadriiformes e à família Scolopacidae. Ocorre em Portugal, nomeadamente no Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela.

Subespécies
A espécie é monotípica (não são reconhecidas subespécies).

Ligações externas

Referências gerais

Actitis
Aves de Portugal
Aves descritas em 1758

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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Våra bästa år är ett dubbelt samlingsalbum av det svenska dansbandet Thorleifs, släppt 2007.    Sju av melodierna var då nya.  Albumet släpptes utanför Sverige i särskilda specialversioner i Danmark, Finland och Norge.  På albumlistorna placerade det sig som högst på 24:e plats i Danmark och sjunde plats i Sverige.

Låtlista

CD 1
"Våra bästa år"
"Skicka mig ett vykort"
"Varenda gång"
"Låt mig bli din egen ängel"
"Med dej vill jag leva"
"Rosor doftar alltid som mest (när det skymmer)"
"Till Folkets park"
"Andante, Andante" (instrumental)
"Du, bara du"
"Kurragömma"
"Gråt inga tårar"
"Aldrig nå'nsin (glömmer jag dig)"
"Farväl"
"En liten ängel"
"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"
"Att glömma är inte så enkelt"
"Spar dina tårar"
"Tre gringos"
"Ring en signal"
"Gröna blad"
"Om du lämnar mig"
"Chattanooga Choo Choo"

CD 2
"Vi ses igen"
"Sakna och aldrig glömma"
"Gång efter gång"
"Och du tände stjärnorna"
"En dag i juni" ("Safe in My Garden")
"Nu kommer tårarna igen"
"Genom skogar över ängar"
"Skänk mig dina tankar"
"Only You"
"Älskar du mig än som förr"
"Drömmarnas tid är förbi"
"Ingen får mig att längta som du"
"Raka rör (och ös till bäng)"
"Kärleken skall vinna"
"The Last Farewell" (instrumental)
"Kommer hem till dig"
"Fem röda rosor"
"Ner mot havet" ("You Want Love")
"Det sa bom bom i mitt hjärta"
"Du gav mig kärlek"
"I Mexicos land" ("South of the Border") (bonus)
"Ra-Ta-Ta" (bonus)

Listplaceringar

Källor

Fotnoter

Dubbla samlingsalbum
Samlingsalbum 2007
Samlingsalbum av Thorleifs
Samlingsalbum utgivna på Warner Music Group
Flerspråkiga samlingsalbum


On arrival at the field yesterday, the breeze seemed very light and variable. Looking across at an adjacent field, which I have used very occasionally, it was decided to fly there again. Just for a change.
But what was this... Several people were fiddling about, pulling arrows out of a large target. Now, that was a 'red flag'. I didn't want to get shot at while flying! And close by, there it was - a literal red flag. Just above the sign saying, and I paraphrase, 'tick off if the red flag is up!' So I did.
Shortly after, at the more usual flying field, the bright orange 2-Skewer Diamond was soon flitting about on several meters of line. A prolonged gust saw the small kite quickly climb and take out 30 meters (100 feet) of 20 pound Dacron.
This diamond kite was the very one in the image that brands My Best Kite on each online platform - website, Facebook page and Pinterest page. You know, the orange diamond with black tail against a blue sky with a hint of cloud. You might even see it in your browser tab up there.
Back to the aerial action... With the wind so very light and dropping out completely from time to time, it was tricky keeping the kite up. Eventually, 60 meters (200 feet) of Dacron was out. But not before plenty of ups and downs and pulling the kite right in to within several meters of my hand.
Sizable Spring thermals were about, shifting the breeze direction all the time. In fact, at one point, the kite was hanging up at 50 feet while I felt the breeze on my face! Of course, when the kite got lower, it was hard to pull line in quick enough before it touched the grass. A tail-wind landing!
Some time later, with a decent puff of breeze from behind, the 2-Skewer Diamond soared to 200 feet way overhead. At the zenith, the line went slack and took on long sweeping curves, showing how the wind direction was different at different heights above the ground. At other times the light-weight kite just hovered or even climbed slowly with the line hanging vertical. Almost zero tension back at the winder!
So, it was a spot of quite pleasant Spring flying, in sunny weather.
With the sun going down and an ever-so-gentle breeze barely moving the leaves on the peach tree, I decided to put up the 2-Skewer Diamond from our small backyard. This was yesterday afternoon.
The trimming hole has been sealed up with sticky tape, and its function replaced with a small length of sail plastic taped near one tip of the horizontal spar. In flight, it's really not that obvious.
Well, what a flight it turned out to be. After a few attempts to get the kite to stay above gutter level, it finally caught a waft of breeze and soared up to a high angle. A few more meters of line went out, and then a few more. Flying right on the 'edge of the envelope'. Sometimes barely able to climb, then not quite able to maintain height. Keeping yours truly busy on the line!
Eventually, the bright orange Diamond was at something like 3 or 4 times the height of our roof, and well over the neighbor's property.
Bringing the kite in was straightforward. It's nice being only 2 strides from the back door away from a kite flying location!
Yesterday's 'window of opportunity' that is, to get out and fly something while the sun peeked out and wind speeds were down somewhat on previous days.
There were still some fresh gusts moving the tree tops around and loudly rustling the leaves when we arrived at the reserve. I was hoping the wind would moderate after some rain clouds moved on, out to the West. In the meantime, we put up the 2-Skewer Diamond, and it coped quite well. Soon, it was powering around the sky, occasionally being pushed down and to the right by the wind strength.
After a few minutes around 350 feet, I brought the bright-orange Diamond down, with optimistic thoughts of trying the 2-Skewer Sled.
The breeze certainly was too strong for the Sled initially, causing it to collapse frequently. This kite does re-inflate rather well though, perhaps because of the angled (non-parallel) vertical spars. Hence there was one flight where it went through an accelerate / collapse / re-inflate cycle more than half a dozen times!
Later, there was a lull in the breeze, and the 2-Skewer Sled managed to stay inflated long enough in the still-turbulent air to get a movie for the web page. Hopefully, more ideal conditions might come along later in the week so I can do justice to this very light and efficient little Sled kite.
All this time, the trusty Windtronic meter was running. The breeze had averaged 5.1 kph and peaked at 18.9 kph.
May and I walked down to the nearby small reserve with the boys. The weather: very pleasant air temperature and sunny, with a moderate amount of high cloud about.
We had with us the Tiny Tots Diamond and the 2-Skewer Diamond. The former on polyester thread and the latter on 20 pound Dacron.
Both kites flew magnificently in the gusty gentle breeze. 'Gentle' in the technical sense, meaning a wind strength no higher than 19kph (10 knts). It's on Wikipedia, it must be true ;-) Most of the kids had a go on both kites, not to mention having a great time trying to pelt the orange 2-Skewer Diamond with twigs and seed pods when it was low!
It was a real pleasure seeing once again how the tiny Diamond on thread was able to handle quite a wide range of wind speed. On its single-point attachment to the flying line. The very simplest kite I have ever designed and built - although the Simple Diamond made from dowel and thicker plastic is essentially the same design, except scaled up.
The 2-Skewer Diamond could have done with a touch more tail length to stay straighter in the freshest gusts today. But it still soared high on around 100 feet of line. When lower down, turbulence from trees upwind made things a bit more interesting for both kites.
All up, some easy, enjoyable and thoroughly uncomplicated flying today!


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Norwegian Crown Prince Couple attends CGI in NYC
by admin · Published September 29, 2009 · Updated June 16, 2016
"Who are they?" asked curious New Yorkers, when noticing the media crew crowding around Norway's Crown Prince and Princess on a busy midtown sidewalk on Sept. 24.
By Berit Hessen – Norwegian American Weekly
A smiling and relaxed Crown Prince Couple in New York City. Photo © Berit Hessen.
Their Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon Magnus and Crown Princess Mette-Marit were visiting New York last week to take part in the 5th Annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), hosted by former President Bill Clinton.At the CGI, world leaders work together to plan and launch specific projects to address global economic, environmental and social challenges. This was the first time the Crown Prince Couple attended the forum.
The Norwegian royals were not present when President Barack Obama addressed CGI's opening session, but they attended the two last days of the forum. On their first day, the royal couple sat next to actor Ben Stiller, who is involved with the Save the Children Foundation. Celebrities such as Bono, Brad Pitt, and Quincy Jones also attended.
During their busy schedule, the Royal Couple talked with Norwegian journalists outside the Sheraton Hotel on 7th Avenue. Amongst the bustling crowd, the royal couple also made time to interact with the spectators in a jovial manner.
"This is an exciting and pulsating city," the charming Prince commented. The Crown Prince, who lived in New York for a month in 1999, said "it is very nice to be back."
The Crown Prince and Crown Princess expressed a deep interest in the issues discussed at the seminar. HRH Crown Prince Haakon, who has been a Goodwill Ambassador for UNDP (United Nations Development Program) since 2006, said: "significant progress has been made and we must realize that our goals are achievable." He is very engaged in conveying the United Nation's importance and working with strengthening authorities to find local solutions. Target number one of the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) is to halve the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day. The dedicated Norwegian Crown Prince remarked: "I think we are on the right track to cut extreme poverty in half by 2015." The Crown Prince is also concerned about climate change. "I don't think we in the long run can improve development issues without integrating the climate," he stated.
HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit is involved in the UN's humanitarian work as well. She is a Special Representative for UNAIDS (The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS).
Two former Norwegian Prime Ministers were amongst the 60 former or current heads of state that took part in CGI 2009; Gro Harlem Brundtland (UN's Special Envoy on Climate Change) and Kjell Magne Bondevik (President at Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights). This year's summit gathered more than $8 billion in pledges. In total, the commitments are projected to improve more than 200 million lives, according to the initiative's website.
While in New York, the Norwegian Royal Couple were interviewed by the renowned international correspondent Christine Amanpour on her new CNN program "Amanpour." The show will air on Oct. 2.
This article was originally published in the Norwegian American Weekly on Sept. 28, 2009. For more information about the Weekly, call us at (800) 305-0217 or email subscribe@norway.com.
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La Casa de la Carnicería es un edificio ubicado en el lado sur de la plaza Mayor de Madrid. Se trata de un inmueble de cuatro alturas, estando rematado el último piso en forma de ático, con la planta baja porticada, y los laterales coronados por torres angulares.

Historia

Tras los consejos en 1565, el corregidor Francisco de Sotomayor sugiere una casa dedicada exclusivamente a las operaciones de carnicería. La primera construcción se aborda en el lienzo meridional al construirse el edificio que albergó el depósito general de carnes desde el que se abastecía a los mercados de la villa. En el  la venta de verduras se destinaba exclusivamente a los cajones instalados en la vecina Puerta de Sol.

Aunque se desconoce la fecha exacta de la construcción del edificio actual, se cree que fue reconstruido completamente tras el primer incendio de la plaza Mayor en 1631, en que el costado sur de la plaza quedó destrozado y la fachada quedó totalmente inhabilitada. Para dicha reconstrucción se siguió el estilo de la Casa de la Panadería, que está situada justo enfrente. En la actualidad su fachada es homogénea con el resto de los edificios de la Plaza. Se distingue por dos chapiteles en la cubierta y la planta del ático levantada entre ambos.

A finales del , se convirtió en la sede de la Tenencia de Alcaldía y de la casa de socorro del distrito de la Audiencia.

Desde principios del , se convirtió en Tercera Casa Consistorial, albergando distintas oficinas del Ayuntamiento, instalándose en 1918, en la Casa de la Carnicería, la recién creada Hemeroteca Municipal. Propiedad del Ayuntamiento de Madrid, su último uso fue como sede de la Junta Municipal del Distrito Centro de Madrid hasta 2008.

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Edificios institucionales de Madrid
Edificios de oficinas de Madrid
Panadería
Arquitectura de España del siglo XVII
Arquitectura de 1631


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A Worthy Action Pic In 'Extraction'
Chris Hemsworth shown in a scene from "Extraction," now showing on Netflix.
Tyler Rake sounds like a Mad-Libs action hero name. When you add to the mix that this character actually, literally kills someone with a rake, it starts to veer into parody territory. That's why it's somewhat surprising that the film built around that wonderfully silly name, "Extraction," is entirely sincere and also pretty fun.
"Extraction," on Netflix, is a straightforward shoot-em-up about a jaded mercenary, Mr. Rake, played by Chris Hemsworth, who's hired to save the 14-year-old son of a drug lord from another drug lord in Bangladesh. It doesn't do anything to push the genre forward, but it's better than you might think, existing comfortably somewhere on the action flick spectrum between Tony Scott and Peter Berg.
Much of that rests on Hemsworth's (very large) shoulders. The Australian actor hasn't had the easiest job finding solid roles outside of Thor. He's always good even when the movie isn't, and obviously has some tricks up his sleeves that belie his action-hero physique. But many of his leading man roles that don't have anything to do with the God of Thunder have come and gone without much fanfare. So it makes a certain amount of sense that "Extraction" is Marvel-adjacent. It's written by Joe Russo (one half of the Russo brothers who have directed a handful of Marvel movies, including "Avengers: Endgame"), directed by Marvel stunt coordinator Sam Hargrave in his debut and based on a graphic novel ("Ciudad").
The graphic novel origins help explain "Tyler Rake," but that name is about the extent of the comic book elements in the actual film. And, to be fair, "Extraction" even knows it's ridiculous, hence the rake and the fact that the 14-year-old asset Ovi (Rudhraksh Jaiswal) walks up to the line of making fun of it at one point.
The film begins at the end, showing Tyler Rake (it just feels more right to say his full name) bloodied, battered and near-death on a bridge, having blurry flashbacks to some feet in the sand before cutting to two days earlier in Mumbai. (Don't hate "Extraction" for its clichés, they're just part of the fun).
It won't shock you to learn that Tyler Rake is a bit of a loner who keeps his living quarters in shambles, but you get the sense that he always knows where the bottle of Oxy is. A woman (Golshifteh Farahani) comes to him with the job to save the kid, whose father is in prison, and Tyler Rake sets off to Dhaka to track him down. There, the criminal underworld plays out in broad daylight, with crime bosses, child soldiers, corrupt police and an overall vibe of instability populating the streets. Tyler Rake finds the kid easily enough, but then things start to get more complicated when he discovers that he's not the only one looking for Ovi (and ready to kill to get him).
But don't despair, Tyler Rake has about two hours of non-stop fight in him before he gets to that bridge and the blurry flashbacks. He'll fight, and win, against anyone who comes in his way — even a group of kids. He doesn't kill any of them, though. He just kind of injures and disables the "Goonies from hell."
The word distraction has started to lose all meaning this deep into our home lockdowns, but there is a certain comfort in curling up with a big, silly action pic like "Extraction." It reminds you of something you might have spent money on to see in an ice-cold theater on a hot summer day.
"Extraction," a Netflix release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "strong bloody violence throughout, language and brief drug use." Running time: 118 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.
MPAA Definition of R: Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. (But since it's on Netflix, it's more of a suggestion than a requirement).


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First High-Resolution Structure of the Human Mitochondrial RNase P Obtained
Germany: Molecular Biology First High-Resolution Glimpse of the Powerhouse of Human Cells
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Biophysical Chemistry and the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) have determined the molecular mechanism of the first step of RNA processing in human mitochondria. This step is carried out by an enzyme complex called mitochondrial ribonuclease P (mtRNase P). The scientists visualized the structure of this molecular RNA cutting machine using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). This reveals for the first time how mitochondrial RNAs are cut, and explains why mutations in the involved proteins lead to disease in humans.
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Artistic depiction of human mitochondrial ribonuclease P. A rendering of the three-dimensional model of mtRNase P is depicted in the foreground with protein subunits in grey and RNA in red, and the typical cristae-structure of mitochondrial membranes and associated protein complexes are depicted in the background.
(Source: Arjun Bhatta / Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry)
Göttingen/Germany — Mitochondria are organelles within our cells that generate the majority of chemical energy required to sustain life. They contain a dedicated genome with a special set of genes that need to be expressed to fulfill their function. An important step in mitochondrial gene expression is RNA processing, during which the premature RNA is cut into functional entities by specialized RNA-cutting enzymes. Defects in this process lead to severe human diseases, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are not well understood.
Human cells contain two genomes. In addition to the well-known nuclear genome, a second genome exists in mitochondria. These organelles and their genome likely originate from certain bacteria, which were taken up by evolutionary ancestors of our cells millions of years ago. Today, they are the powerhouses of the cell, because they consume oxygen to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP is the universal biological energy currency that fuels all biochemical reactions. The genes encoded in the mitochondrial genome are essential for this process, and mitochondrial gene expression is therefore crucial for cellular function.
Switzerland: Cytology
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In the first step of gene expression, the genetic information stored in the mitochondrial DNA is copied to RNA in a process called transcription. The mitochondrial transcription apparatus is different from its counterpart in the nucleus, and researchers Hauke Hillen and Patrick Cramer at the MPI-BPC have previously studied it in detail (Bonekamp et al., 2020; Hillen et al., 2017a, 2017b). One particularly intriguing difference is that, in mammals, mitochondrial genes are not transcribed individually gene by gene. Instead, almost the entire genome is copied into one long RNA molecule, which contains ribosomal RNA sequences and messenger RNA sequences (mRNAs) separated by transfer RNA (tRNA) sequences. To become functional, this so-called polycistronic RNA therefore needs to be cut precisely to release the individual RNA types. This critical step is known as RNA processing.
Human mitochondria have a specialized molecular cutting-machine, called mitochondrial ribonuclease P (mtRNase P). It recognizes the tRNA regions in the RNA and then cuts precisely at their beginning. Similar enzymes can be found in all domains of life. However, mtRNase P is different because it is a complex composed of three proteins of which only one resembles other known RNase P enzymes. The other two subunits are unique to mammalian mtRNase P. Moreover, mtRNase P not only cleaves the RNA but also chemically modifies it by adding a methyl group at a certain position, making it a multi-functional molecular machine. Malfunction of mtRNase P leads to severe mitochondrial disease in humans. Yet, the underlying precise mechanisms on how mtRNase P works as well as why mammalian mitochondria have evolved such a highly specialized and unique machinery were unknown.
Researchers at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry and at the UMG have now deciphered how mtRNase P cuts RNA in human mitochondria. To achieve this, the team led by group leader Hauke Hillen first reconstituted the complex in a test tube and then determined its three-dimensional structure using cryo-EM. For this technique, the sample is rapidly flash-frozen in a thin layer of glass-like ice before it is imaged in an electron microscope at liquid nitrogen temperature. Because the molecules are randomly oriented in the ice, the resulting images represent two-dimensional projections of the sample from different angles. These images can then be averaged and used to reconstruct the three-dimensional structure of the target molecule at sub-nanometer resolution.
The atomic model of mtRNase P is shown as transparent surface, while the RNA is shown as red cartoon. Enlarged are structural details that reveal the mechanisms of RNA recognition, cleavage and methylation. Arrows indicate the cleavage position and methylation reaction, respectively.
This approach allowed the researchers to obtain the first high-resolution three-dimensional structure of human mtRNase P. It shows how the three protein subunits bind to each other and to the mitochondrial RNA. The surprising finding: Mitochondrial RNase P interacts with a different part of the RNA than all other known RNase P enzymes. While these enzymes typically recognize a specific structure of the tRNA (called the 'elbow'), mtRNase P instead binds an element on the opposite side of the tRNA (the so-called anti-codon loop). "This was really unexpected at first. But it makes a lot of sense!", Hillen says. "The mitochondrial genome in mammals has diverged strongly from its bacterial ancestor over the course of evolution, and mitochondrial tRNAs often differ from canonical tRNAs in their elbow structure". The anti-codon loop, in contrast, is present in all mitochondrial tRNAs because it is required for their primary function: to interact with mRNAs at the mitochondrial ribosome. The interaction with the anti-codon part of the mitochondrial tRNA is mediated by the mtRNase P subunits unique to mitochondria. "This could explain why human mitochondrial RNase P is different from other RNase P enzymes and has additional subunits: It has to recognize different structures in the target RNA," adds Arjun Bhatta, PhD student in Hillen's group and first author of the study.
The structure also explains how mtRNase P combines two enzymatic functions — RNA processing and methylation — into one molecular machinery, and provides the molecular mechanisms for these functions. The two unique mtRNase P subunits are so-called moonlighting enzymes. This means they have multiple functions and carry out other tasks in the cell in addition to RNA processing. One of them (SDR5C1) is a dehydrogenase, a type of enzyme typically involved in metabolism, and the other one (TRMT10C) is a methyltransferase, an enzyme that adds a small chemical modification to RNA. The structure shows that the methyltransferase subunit acts as both an enzyme and a structural scaffold. Together with the dehydrogenase subunit, it forms a "platform" to which the RNA can bind. This positions it in a way that methylation can occur precisely at the correct position. It allows binding of the third subunit, which performs the cutting of the RNA. "This kind of re-purposing of apparently functionally unrelated protein folds seems to be a common theme in mitochondrial gene expression, as we had previously discovered similar adaptions in the mitochondrial transcription machinery," says Hillen.
New Insights into Disease Mechanisms
The detailed analysis of the human mitochondrial RNA cutting machine also provides insights into the molecular basis of some mitochondrial disorders. Genetic studies have shown that mutations in the subunits of mtRNase P lead to mitochondrial diseases in patients. The structure now allowed the researchers to precisely locate these known mutations within the mtRNase P. This shows that some mutations affect parts of the complex that are directly involved in RNA binding, and therefore likely lead to a decreased function of the RNA cutting machine. Thus, the structure provides a molecular explanation for how these mutations lead to diseases in humans.
In the future, Hillen and his team want to build on these results and unravel the mechanisms underlying the next steps of RNA processing in human mitochondria. (hh)
References: Bonekamp, N.A., Peter, B., Hillen, H.S., Felser, A., Bergbrede, T., Choidas, A., Horn, M., Unger, A., Lucrezia, R.D., Atanassov, I., et al. (2020). Small-molecule inhibitors of human mitochondrial DNA transcription. Nature 588, 712–716.
Hillen, H.S., Parshin, A.V., Agaronyan, K., Morozov, Y.I., Graber, J.J., Chernev, A., Schwinghammer, K., Urlaub, H., Anikin, M., Cramer, P., et al. (2017a). Mechanism of Transcription Anti-termination in Human Mitochondria. Cell 171, 1082-1093.e13.
Hillen, H.S., Morozov, Y.I., Sarfallah, A., Temiakov, D., and Cramer, P. (2017b). Structural Basis of Mitochondrial Transcription Initiation. Cell 171, 1072-1081.e10.
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