Chris Alton was the recipient of the Graduate Studio Award in 2015, his final project for the residency was Under the shade I flourish.
During the mid-1960s, "an unknown rhythm 'n' blues band"* called Trident were briefly managed by the non-UK domiciled billionaire, Michael Ashcroft; a controversial figure notable for "opaque tax practices" and "operating in the dark". Under the Shade I Flourish (2015-16) imagines that Ashcroft continued to manage Trident.
By incorporating feedback from his life into their narrative, Under the Shade I Flourish engages in a cartographic process, which involves the cross-pollination of both fact and fiction.
Trident become a vehicle to discuss the connections between Britain's colonial history, offshore finance and soft power. Fictitious tours see them zigzag haphazardly between venues, mimicking financial graphs; song lyrics repurpose Latin mottos and tax terminology; and posters advertise performances in notorious centres of tax avoidance (including Belize, where Ashcroft resides).
Luke Burton works across sculpture, video, and photography. He uses urban landscape and architecture as either a central protagonist or stage-like foil to explore Romantic artist positions, play and humour as a form of gentle dissidence, and the complexity of the decorative in contemporary culture.
The representation of the artist's hand is privileged across Luke's work, correlative to the indexing of human touch as both the figurative and literal embodiment of the creative act. He considers how this can be used alternately to create a sense of intimacy and estrangement; autonomy and contingency at the point of aesthetic reception.
Luke graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Sculpture in 2013. Recent exhibitions include An Uneventful Day, Carrol/Fletcher, London (2013); A Dense Glitter of Alternatives, Vitrine, London (2013), and Love/Architecture, Turner Contemporary, Margate (2013).
The focus of Ruth Beale's work is often the relationship of culture to society, in particular the cultural representation and expression of political ideas. She is also interested in how the preservation and dissemination of ideas and objects impacts on what is valued and overlooked.
Taking an inquisitive stance, these interests are addressed collaboratively in themed discussions called Miss B's Salons, research projects, such as a catalogue of All the Libraries in London and performances such as Art for Virtue's Sake (ICA, London 2010), a lecture on the historical relationship between education and 'culture as a social project'.
Beale's practice also includes drawing, video work and the collection and the re-presentation of archive material. Current projects include a residency at the Working Class Movement Library in Salford, and a collaborative events project called 'Performance as Publishing'.
Nicky Teegan's work is deals with fetishism, collecting and fanaticism. It specifically focuses on the fetishisation of everyday objects, outmoded technologies and found oddities and their subversion into devotional objects. It examines the function of these devotional objects and rituals and their purpose.
Underlying this, Teegans' work draws from dystopian science fiction and UFO cults, taking influence from texts by H.G Wells, J.G Ballard and William Gibson.
With this in mind objects, drawings, installations, videos and sound pieces are made and archived. The practice is a collection of handmade oddities and devotional objects, referencing films, books, music and everyday life. The objects are built to serve a performative/ritualistic function, or as curiosities. Lo-fi and the handmade are essential elements of the work, understanding of material and format is imperative to the practice. Repetitive industrious methods such as weaving, repetitive drawing, sound looping, layering and photocopying are deployed. Audio pieces are developed through a laborious method of looping and layering, evoking elements of chanting and drone.


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Kendall Jenner Might Launch A "More Serious" Fashion Brand
The model talks future goals and growing up in the public eye in an interview by Cara Delevingne.
By Teresa Lam Jan 11, 2018
By Teresa Lam
Having landed not just one but three Harper's Bazaar February issue covers, Kendall Jenner seems to be having a pretty good new year so far. Alongside an editorial featuring pieces from Dior, Burberry and more, the cover story includes an interview conducted by none other than Kendall's close friend, Cara Delevingne.
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Cara: You grew up in the public eye. Is there anything you feel you missed out on?
Kendall: The obvious answer is college, I guess, but I don't even know if I regret that. I had a pretty normal childhood, with a twist, and went to school until the 10th grade. For 11th and 12th, I did homeschool, but I still saw a lot of my old friends. I didn't go to prom, though, which was kind of annoying. I can't really complain except for now, maybe, I would like to go to Disneyland or a public beach. To go to a beach in peace would be lovely. To be able to hang out and meet new people and not be bothered would be awesome.
Cara: What does it mean to be a supermodel today versus 20 years ago?
Kendall: I've actually talked about it with a couple of women, like Cindy Crawford, who have been doing this for a long time. I feel like social media obviously has a lot to do with how it's different. A lot of people are like, "Oh, it's so much easier now because you have Instagram. You don't even need an agency anymore." But that's just not true. I still had to go to all the castings, I still had to go meet all the photographers, I still had to do all of that to get to where I am now. There wasn't a step taken out just because I had social media. I still have 12-hour days, I still have even 24-hour days sometimes; I still have to do all those things. We don't work any less hard than the '90s models did when they were young.
Cara: Would you ever consider designing your own line?
Kendall: Kylie and I have our little brand that we do together, and actually have a fun time doing it, but I would love to branch off and do something a little more serious and really sit down and test my brain and play with it a little bit.
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Q: Avoiding no such column error in sqlalchemy when querying all columns except the manually added one I've got an existing sqlite3 table which has been created without a primary key. I'm using automap to automatically generate the class. In order to get automap to work, as it expects a primary key, I've manually added a primary key column:
    appuser = db.Table(
        'AppUser',
         metadata,
         db.Column('id', db.Integer, primary_key=True),
         extend_existing=True,
         autoload=True,
         autoload_with=engine
    )

Now I get an error complaining about missing id any time I try to query all columns. I'd rather not have to specify the columns every time the table is queried, this is done later when the data is presented.
Is there a way to get around this without explicitly mentioning all columns? I tried the deferred and defer options to no success.
Adding deferred to column like so: deferred(db.Column('id', db.Integer, primary_key=True)) just resulted in error:

sqlalchemy.exc.ArgumentError: 'SchemaItem' object, such as a 'Column' or a 'Constraint' expected, got <ColumnProperty at 0x7fa96bc4c6d0; no key>

And adding defer to the query options also resulted in the same missing id error:
        userRecords = self.session.query(appuser).all()
        userRecords.options(defer('id'))
        for row in userRecords:
            print(row)

sqlalchemy.exc.OperationalError: (sqlite3.OperationalError) no such column: appuser.id

The error occurs in the for line, so I can't even print out individual attributes like so: print(row.app, row.username)

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They Live by Night | Nicholas Ray | United States, 1949
Film - Feature | January 19 | 7 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen,
Fugitive lovers on the run from nightmare America—drab, mercenary, and insanely competitive—create their own fantasy world full of charm and playful naiveté in Ray's contribution to l'amour fou. Bowie (Farley Granger), an escaped convict, and Keechie (Cathy O'Donnell) are innocents who were "never properly introduced to the world we live in," and their romance is their only defense against a cruel world. Already in this astonishing first film, Ray's style is striking in its compactness and expressive mise-en-scène, and personal in its peculiarly nervous existentialism. The tenderness of the love story contrasts sharply with the noir elements of the genre.
Tickets required: Free for Cal Student Film Pass holders $7 BAMPFA members, UC Berkeley students $8 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, retirees; non-UC Berkeley students, 65+, 18 & under, disabled persons $12 General admission
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Rated 2 out of 5 by ohsoashxo from I don't care for it... It says it can be used to heat protect and that's what I bought it for. I put it on my ends only, and I try to put as little as possible, then I've tried 3 methods: just blow dry, blow dry and then flat iron and just flat iron putting it on.All 3 times it made my hair greasy (from root to ends whenever I flat ironed). (I have curly, biracial hair btw).
What hair type is this used on?
I don't know what type it can be used on but I know it doesn't work for my hair. I am Caucasian & have fine naturally curly hair with about 25% gray. Even if I blow dry my hair straight, this oil is too heavy for my hair. I do use the non-oily keratin spray as a heat protectant and that works well for me.
Is this an heat protector too?
Yes, it's mentioned in the product description on the bottle. That's what I use it for and it works great, though I use it sparingly so my hair doesn't get to oily.
Does this replace a leave in conditioner and does it help with fly aways amd frizz?
This is a favorite product of mine for shine and frizz control. But, I really wouldn't recommend using it as a replacement for a leave in conditioner -- of course it all depends on your type of hair. I have very frizzy color-treated hair. So I still use a leave in conditioner along with the Keratin Dry Oil Mist. The way I use this product is more as a finishing to my hair rather than a conditioner. Before I style my hair -- I spray some of the KDOM into my hand and then gently rub it on both hands and then work it through my dry hair before styling. Then after styling I spray some more mist on my hands again and work the mist into my ends and strands in order to give my hair a nice shiny finish as well as control fly a-ways and frizz. I have tried several other keratin products but this is the first one that I really liked. It gives my hair a nice finished look and it doesn't weigh my hair down. So I'm able to use it several times between washings. Hope this helps answer your question.
Can this product be applied to dry hair, in other words, between shampoos?
Is this good for curly hair if I let it dry naturally? I like it curly but it looks very dry... especially  at the ends.
It would be great for dry hair.
Because of the Keratin, is this a good or bad product to use daily?


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Jon Czerwinkski
SDCC 2018: Resident Evil 2 Demo
July 25, 2018	Jon Czerwinkski	Opinion, Videos	0 Comments
Hey, everyone! It's Jon of the Gamer Heroes podcast! I just got back from an incredible weekend at San Diego Comic Con. One thing I wanted to share with you was my experience playing the brand new Resident Evil 2 remastered demo at the convention! I recorded a little clip with my initial thoughts and will probably talk more about it on next week's episode of Gamer Heroes, so don't miss that!
First up, I want to share my thoughts on the demo but make sure to check out below for some photos from the set they put together. They basically built a little Raccoon City at SDCC, pretty crazy.
http://heroespodcasts.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SDCC2018_JonResidentEvil2.mp4
Next up are the photos I talked about. I hope you enjoy them!
Finally, check out my big cosplay! It's black suit Superman!
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Alright, we'll talk more about Resident Evil 2 on Gamer Heroes next week! See you then.
Yoga Hosers – A Spectacle of Fun
September 2, 2016	Jon Czerwinkski	Reviews	0 Comments
Kevin Smith's latest movie, Yoga Hosers, hits theaters tonight! His new movie stars his daughter, Harley Quinn Smith, as well as Johnny Depp's daughter, Lily-Rose Depp. The movie is part of the True North Trilogy which began with Tusk and now continues with Yoga Hosers. While this review is basically spoiler-free, there's a fee notes about general plot as well as a couple of cameos you might not have expected. But I promise we don't give away the Canadian farm.
I was recently given the opportunity to attend a pre-screening of Yoga Hosiers as part of a Q & A session with Kevin Smith and his daughter, Harley Quinn Smith. During this session Smith discussed why he decided to create such a bizarre movie and how he plans to tie it into his "True North Trilogy". He explained that he simply was excited to make a movie that was "fun and starred his daughter". Whether this movie is critically perceived as a masterpiece or not, simply put "he didn't care". Although some would be quick to label him, I found his attitude to be inspiring. People are very critical and often depend too much on the general population's opinion, NOT their own. So here's my opinion on Yoga Hosers, and how it was so bad, it became good.
This film takes place directly after the events of "Tusk" (the first installment in the "True North Trilogy") and pretty much stars the same cast reprising their roles for this film, turning a pair of one-scene characters into its main protagonists. Colleen McKenzie (Harley Quinn Smith) and Colleen Collette (Lily-Rose Depp) pass their time obsessing over pop cultural and yoga. While the Colleens struggle with standard teenage normalcies like crushes and bad minimum-wage jobs, a secret Sausage-Nazi invasion is happening right beneath their noses, or feet.
Who doesn't like a film about two female leads stopping a hostile Manitoba Sausage-Nazi takeover? That's right, Sausage-Nazi's!
This film comes jam-packed with endless cheesiness, sarcastic references, and Canadian slams which is all a part of the Kevin Smith charm. It's very reminiscent of a younger Clerks that somehow tangled with Gremlins.
The effects are what you would expect from a B-Grade movie. Character introductions are handled with 8-bit Technicolor cutaways, comic-style fight scenes, and a black/white flashback to provide some context regarding the ridiculous Sausage-Nazi villains. All stylistic approaches Kevin Smith added to throw this semi-horror and semi-action movie over the top on its imagery.
In my opinion, the best parts of this film are the cameos. Johnny Depp nails it, with his peculiar role of Guy LaPointe. Justin Long couldn't have been any funnier as an "out of his mind" Yoga instructor. It was quite refreshing to see both Harley Quinn Smith and Lily-Rose Depp have a natural chemistry that extends beyond the big screen.
By no means is this a good movie, but it has something few movies have, FUN. Of course, hearing Kevin Smith's explanation of this movie helps for understanding this bizarre spectacle, but I personally enjoyed it. I didn't take it seriously and I didn't have any expectations. Yoga Hosers was a fun transition from its seemingly disturbing predecessor, Tusk. I am looking forward to seeing Jay and Silent Bob in the final installment of the True North Trilogy: Moose Jaws.
I give this movie a solid 3 out of 5 UFO's.
Resident Evil 7 Playable Trailer – Who's it for?
June 16, 2016	Jon Czerwinkski	News, Opinion	0 Comments
The first trailer for Resident Evil 7 dropped on 06/13/2016, showing a ton of new dynamics that only touch the tip of the iceberg of what we can expect from the franchise's newest installment. Sony in partner with Capcom sweetened the deal by offering PSN members an exclusive playable trailer, much like what Konami did with failed project Silent Hills.
First impression – This trailer is terrifying, and the playable portions are incredibly good, however you can't help asking yourself "why is this called Resident Evil, again?". This game is not what Resident Evil fans would expect from the seventh installment of the franchise.
1. It's not third-person – since the very first Resident Evil game was released in 1996 the franchise has always been third-person.
2. There is no direct references to Resident Evil known characters or story lines (there was a picture of a helicopter that had an Umbrella symbol, and its speculated that the woman's voice is Ada).
3. Resident Evil 6 was left open – At the very end of Jake's campaign there are heavy implications that his story will continue.
4. Resident Evil has always been about Bio Terrorism – this playable trailer appeared to be an isolated supernatural occurrence (ghostly girl who randomly appears and disappears, creepy mannequins, isolated story on a family murder in Louisiana).
With all that aside, the actual game itself is intriguing offering everything a fan of the horror genre can ask for; including scary set pieces, various puzzles with hidden doors, and the overall tone set by the first person view. Resident Evil 7 is coming to PlayStation VR this year and will be fully playable inside the VR headset from beginning to end. I spent a good 2 hours exploring the many secrets to be unlocked, including alternative endings that are strictly based on the order in which you find items. As previously stated, there's likely many more secrets left to be discovered, much like the Silent Hills playable teaser which took days, weeks, or even months for players to solve all the puzzles.
As a long time Resident Evil fan, you can trust me when I say this wasn't Resident Evil. I can't help but think Capcom wants to cash in on all the attention that Silent Hills received. It was a great beginning to a standalone horror game that felt like what Silent Hills could have been. Needless to say, this was just a demo and there is a strong possibility that Capcom can still redeem themselves and surprise us all.
Resident Evil 7 will be available on January 24th, 2017 for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, and Xbox One.
Take a look at the trailer from the official YouTube page here:
Hardcore Henry – A Hardcore Review
April 12, 2016	Jon Czerwinkski	Reviews	1 Comment
Hardcore Henry brings many thrills, some really great, and others not so much. If you are looking for a non-stop, over the top action movie Hardcore Henry will not disappoint. If you value compelling characters or a slightly believable plot, I wouldn't recommend spending the $10 to see this movie. Wait for it to come out on Redbox.
While we can appreciate the artistic approach, Hardcore Henry is a fun one-time novelty. Call of Duty is a game, not a movie. Now down to some details but don't worry, no spoilers. Jump the image below for The Good and The Bad.
Hardcore Henry's Good
Overall Film Quality and Visuals:
First person view adds stakes and terrifying falls
Creative deaths
Played Queen "Don't Stop Me Now"
Large variety of weapon usage including a Gatling gun
Honorable Mention – written for the effects and immersive experience
Hardcore Henry's Bad
Loss of view with fast motion scenes
Motion sickness is inevitable
Some scenes are directly from a Call of Duty game
Little to no attachment to the characters
Over-acting
Foreseeable plot twists
The "Boss Fight" falls flat
No clear motive
Random musical number
Some characters existed simply so they could be killed
I give this film 2.5 UFO's out of 5.
Have you seen the first big screen first-person only film, Hardcore Henry? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
Krampus: The True Nightmare Before Christmas – Review
December 8, 2015	Jon Czerwinkski	Reviews	1 Comment
The timing for Krampus' release couldn't have been any better, as people prepare to see their favorite in-laws or grumpy aunt, or simply family they just don't like. This film captures many concepts that are overlooked or forgotten during the holidays, the joys of caring and selflessness. Krampus serves as a reminder of why you shouldn't be naughty.
If you are unfamiliar with this German based folklore, Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure who punishes children during the Christmas season who have misbehaved, he is described as the "shadow of Saint Nicholas".
(WARNING SPOILERS TO FOLLOW)
The film begins by showing a disjointed family preparing for a long Christmas weekend, as they dread the arrival of their relatives. During dinner one of the main characters, Max (Emjay Anthony), totally loses his Christmas spirit after his heartfelt letter to Santa is read aloud at the dinner table by his bullying cousin. In a fit of embarrassed rage, Max rips up his letter for Santa Claus, and accidentally summons Krampus.
The film spends a fair amount of time emphasizing the family's distaste for one another; however, the movie progresses quickly, dropping subtle signs of of Krampus' presence.
Krampus has a fun and humorous tone from the beginning. It intentionally pokes fun at the horror genre clichés, by giving impossible rationalizations to explain why there is no power, or a dark spontaneous blizzard is looming over their neighborhood. Comedic actors like Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation) and David Koechner (Anchorman) are no strangers to such roles, and deliver enjoyable performances.
The movie really begins to build steam as the first victim is slayed, quickly transitioning from funny and a little creepy, to downright terrifying. This film takes advantage of both practical and computer generated effects. Some of the best practical effects are seen are in the attic with the large possessed toys, such as the human eating jack-in-the-box. In addition, the film's depiction of Krampus was a pleasant surprise, as he was not your run-of-the-mill demon wearing a Santa coat, but instead a dark and twisted version of Saint Nicholas. On the other hand, the effects fell somewhat short when it came to the scenes including killer gingerbread men and their assault on the family.
There were more set pieces than expected, and the film spent just the right amount of time showing them off. The most beautiful scenes were the ones incorporating the characters navigating through the dark blizzard storm. They really contribute to the dark eerie feeling of hopelessness and isolation
The film yields many surprises; one of the biggest surprises is the animated montage depicting the grandmother's encounter with Krampus as a poor child in Germany. This was a unique and artistic way to explain the origins of Krampus.
Nonetheless, I found the ending to be refreshingly dark because "sometimes you get what you wish for." Krampus is the perfect blend of comedy and holiday horror, making for a truly fun holiday movie. It's jam-packed with surprises, clichés, and relatable characters that bring this Christmas horror home. Although, it has its sub-par cheesiness, and mild creepiness it brings all the right messages, inspiring viewers to not lose sight of what Christmas really is about… not ripping up your Dear Santa letters!
Overall I rate this film 4 out of 5 UFO's:
What did you think of the latest holiday horror film? Did you think it lived up to the hype? Comment below with your thoughts!


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Eliot on Doyle
Over at Bookslut, Greer Mansfield has an excellent review of Michael Dirda's On Conan Doyle: or, the Whole Art of Storytelling. Here's the quote:
On Conan Doyle also delves into the strange world of Sherlock Holmes "scholarship." Dirda spends a generous amount of time discussing the inner workings of exclusive Holmes societies like the Baker Street Irregulars (of which he is a member; On Conan Doyle is dedicated to them), sketching some of the wilder obsessions of Sherlock scholars, and evoking the romance of searching for antique and obscure books in dusty bookstores around the world. Book-hunting adventures have led Dirda to the original volumes of Strand Magazine in which Sherlock Holmes first appeared, and he mentions a fellow Irregular who somehow came into possession of T.S. Eliot's copy of The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories. Eliot revered Holmes, and he once said that his favorite passage of English prose was this exchange from The Valley of Fear:
"Well," cried Boss McGinty at last, "is he here? Is Birdy Edwards here?"
"Yes," McMurdo answered slowly. "Birdy Edwards is here. I am Birdy Edwards."
Tagged Birdy Edwards, Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear, TS Eliot
Siobhan Reynolds, Lioness Rampant
My friend Siobhan Reynolds died this weekend in an Ohio plane crash, and I wanted to write about her life and her work. Siobhan needs some introduction, and you will get some from this post. But you should also first read Radley Balko's tribute at The Agitator for background.
In Media Res?
In 2010, I started a nonprofit, Americans for Forfeiture Reform, to work on asset forfeiture issues in the United States. Asset forfeiture laws are deeply implicated in the conduct and structure of American governance, allowing executive branch agencies to control part of their own funding free of legislative or democratic control. The subject is closely related to Radley Balko's seminal work on the emergence of paramilitary policing in the United States, and also to Siobhan's work against the atrocities conducted in the name of the Controlled Substances Act. I remember reading Balko's coverage of Sioban's persecution by federal prosecutor Tonya Treadway, and later on realizing that somehow Siobhan and I had somehow connected over Facebook.
Siobhan's story is compelling and unique. It was obvious to me that many of the arguments she was making were by and large correct, and represented a substantial path forward in curtailing the Drug War and reforming American democracy. Her nonprofit work through the Pain Relief Network was gutsy, brilliant, and effective. We began talking, and I ended up flying out to Santa Fe to meet her earlier this year.
Unvanquished, Indomitable
Siobhan was a rare person. Having suffered much, she did not relent. Yet challenging an entrenched, powerful bureaucracy that holds itself above and beyond any law is a task beyond most, and Sisyphus himself may have had an easier doom. When I first met Siobhan, she warned me of the many ways in which Leviathan has become a Hydra, and how easily the government can crush those who speak against it.
Siobhan helped me see the silly semiotics of the "big government" trope. I think she would say that it isn't "big government" but "unconstrained and unrestrained government" that forms the core of the political issue of our time (of any time?).
When I saw Siobhan for the first time in Santa Fe, I was particularly struck by her presence. Siobhan is bold, and fearless; she speaks with a blazing contempt for those who she considers the "controlled opposition" of drug policy and criminal justice system reform. I did not always agree with her conclusions, but there is no doubt that some of the barriers to true policy reform in this country are found in the institutions that ought to support it.
Yet, beyond all expectation, Siobhan was tremendously effective. We know this because the government, represented by the federal prosecutor Tanya Treadway, went out of its way to bankrupt Siobhan's nonprofit, the Pain Relief Network (Balko):
Of course, the government doesn't like a rabble rouser. It becomes especially wary of rabble rousers who begin to have some success. And so as Reynolds' advocacy began to move the ball and get real results, the government hit back. When Reynolds began a campaign on behalf of Kansas physician Stephen Schneider, who had been indicted for over-prescribing painkillers, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tonya Treadway launched a blatantly vindictive attack on Reynolds' free speech. Treadway opened a criminal investigation into Reynolds and her organization, attempting to paint Reynolds' advocacy as obstruction of justice. Treadway then issued a sweeping subpoena for all email correspondence, phone records, and other documents that, had Reynolds complied, would have been the end of her organization. Treadway wanted records of Reynolds' private conversations with attorneys, doctors, and pain patients and their families. It was unconscionable Here's an activist advocating on behalf of suffering people, and the government comes along and demands she turn over accounts of her private conversations with those same people. (Some of whom undoubtedly sought out extra-legal ways to relieve their pain, since the government had made it impossible for them to legally find relief.)
So Reynolds fought the subpoena, all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. And she lost. Not only did she lose, but the government, with compliance from the federal courts, was able to keep the entire fight sealed. The briefs for the case are secret. The judges' rulings are secret. Reynolds was barred from sharing the briefs she filed with the press. Perversely, Treadway had used the very grand jury secrecy intended to protect Reynolds as a gag to censor her. The case was a startling example not only of how far a prosecutor will go to tear down a critic, but of how much power they have to do so.
The sad thing is that it worked. The Pain Relief Network went under. Reynolds also lost a good deal of her own money. She was never charged with any crime. But that was never the point. It was a transparent and malicious effort to smash an annoying critic. And it was successful. (I wrote a piece for Slate on Treadway's vendetta against Reynolds.)
Does no one remember their Solzhenitsyn? One finds eerie parallels to this kind of political repression in the behavior of all kinds of noxious governments, from the Soviet to the Nazi to the North Korean.
ἀνεῤῥίφθω κύβος
In latin, "iacta alea est". It is attributed to Caesar on crossing the Rubicon. At the time the meaning implied something closer to "The game is afoot", indicating that the proverbial dice had been tossed and that there was yet a determination to be made as to the emergent, chaotic outcome that hinged on the skill of the player and the vagaries of chance.
My friend Mitch Richards called me early this morning on hearing of Siobhan's death. Earlier this year, I'd connected Siobhan with Mitch for an interview on the Mid-Missouri Freedom Forum, a radio show in Columbia, Missouri. Here is a link to the mp3 of that interview.
But I digress. Yes, the "game is afoot". The work Siobhan started has a future. "Politics is a lagging indicator of society", as Jacob Sullum says, and Siobhan was a visionary, as Radley Balko says:
There aren't very many people who can claim that they personally changed the public debate about an issue. Reynolds could.
Radley, of course, is too modest to note that he is another such person, who has single-handedly changed the public debate on law enforcement and police militarization.
At one point Siobhan told me that "War is not just what America does. It is what we are." I did not disagree with her. She was a warrior.
Addendum: Here is David Borden, Robert Higgs, and Jacob Sullum.
Tagged Siobhan Reynolds
Police state newspeak
Ordinary citizens commit "crimes". In Florida, cops don't commit crimes; rather, they commit "moral character violations".
Tagged Florida, Newspeak, Orwell, police, police unions


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The Goethe-Institut signs a two-year framework contract for text translations in over 80 languages with lingoking. The language service provider from Munich has thereby become a partner of the Goethe-Institut for all text translations from the Marketing & Sales staff department.
Munich, 15 June 2016 – Following several successful translation projects such as the comprehensive translation of the Goethe-Institut web portal for newcomers in February this year, the Goethe-Institut has now decided to expand and intensify its cooperation with the language service provider lingoking from Munich with a two year framework contract. The framework contract can be extended to a maximum period of four years, if desired.
As part of this contract, the global language service provider lingoking will translate texts into various languages for the Marketing and Sales staff department. The texts for translation are taken from the fields of e-commerce, didactics and market research, amongst others.
"For the framework contract we were looking for a translation service provider that was able to cover the broad linguistic and thematic spectrum of our texts from the areas of sales, marketing and online marketing. Equally, the service provider needed to have resources at their disposal that enabled them to carry out even urgent assignments in a professional manner. lingoking demonstrated its ability to translate the Goethe-Institut's specialist terminology at a high level, as early as during the application process.
By winning this contract, lingoking is continuing to strengthen its position as a leading service provider for text translations in the German language services market.


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Q: Hive- Create table only if first table is empty I need to write query in hive, where I need to join tableA with TableB on col1, if there is a match then processing completes. But if we don't get any matching records then we need to perform different join criteria on col2.
Can anyone help me on this? Thanks in advance.
I need something like this:
create table Data1 AS
select *
from table1
join table2
  on table1.a = table2.a;

*

*I want to check if the first table is empty or not, if it is not empty, then only create second one.

*I don't know how to check if first table has data in it

create table Data2 AS
select *
from table1
join table2
  on table1.b = table2.b;

----------Example 2nd Join -----------------
with tableA as (
select 1 as a,  22 as b
union
select 2 as a,  23 as b
union
select 3 as a,  2 as b
)
,
tableB as (
select 111 as a,  2 as b
union
select 222 as a,  1 as b
)
select x.* from
tableA x join tableB y
on x.b=y.b

so it should answer 3,2,which uses second join, as we dont have matching records for first one.
----------First Join
with tableA as (
select 1 as a,  22 as b
union
select 2 as a,  23 as b
union
select 3 as a,  2 as b
)
,
tableB as (
select 1 as a,  2 as b
union
select 2 as a,  1 as b
)
select x.* from
tableA x join tableB y
on x.a=y.a

it should give below result:
a   b
1   22
2   23

as first join works,we shouldnt get any records matching with second join condition.
***** sorry I have used example data from SQL server and not hive

A: As you pointed out Hive doesn't support or in the join clause, but now that I think about it this isn't quite what you want anyway. To exactly replicate your business logic, you can use the following code, which uses a left join for each of your conditions and then a case statement
select t1_a, t1_b, --repeat for all cols of table1
case when t1_a is not null then t1_a else B.a end,
case when t1_b is not null then t1_b else B.b end
--repeat this for all the columns of table2
 from
    (select table1.a t1_a, table1.b t1_b --repeat for all cols of table1
            ,table2.a t2_a, table2.b t2_b --repeat for all cols of table2
    from table1
    left join table2
      on table1.a = A.a) A
    left join
     table2 B
      on (t2_a is null and t1_b = B.b);

A: Thanks for your help.I got solution for my problem:
First I performed joins in two different tables,and then used Except operator for required results.Its working!
  DROP TABLE IF EXISTS TEST3
            CREATE TABLE TEST3 AS
            SELECT * from
            (
            SELECT * FROM TEST1
            UNION ALL
            SELECT * FROM TEST2 a
            WHERE NOT EXISTS
            (SELECT 1 FROM TEST3 b WHERE a.UNQKEY=b.UNQKEY)
            )a


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Book Review of A Passport to a Nation of Talking Slugs and Other Stories by Andrew Kozma
A Passport to a Nation of Talking Slugs is a collection of weird, speculative fiction containing four stories of people exploring strange places and situations, from a newly-discovered civilization of six-foot-tall talking slugs to being haunted by a man in a dark chocolate suit. Whether waking up in a prison camp or navigating a city full of copies of themselves, the characters in these stories are bent on understanding their world, even if that understanding also means the end of the world they thought they knew.
Andrew Kozma's fiction has been published in Drabblecast, Albedo One, Interzone, and Daily Science Fiction. His book of poems, City of Regret (Zone 3 Press, 2007), won the Zone 3 First Book Award. His previous collections of short fiction are The Year of the Stolen Bicycle Tire and Other Stories and You Have Been Murdered and Other Stories.
*I was given a copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review*
This eccentric collection of stories is for anyone with an open mind. Well written and thought provoking, each story brings up ideas and questions leaving the reader in a state of wonderment. I won't lie, I'm not sure I fully grasped everything these stories have to offer; this is one of those books that is worth a second reading. Great news is, it's not very long so a second or third reading is very doable. The creativity of the worlds each story creates is amazing and the flow and use of words work great. If you like being forced to think outside the box then this is a book you need to pick up.
Book Review of Black Bullet by L. D. Rose
Fledgling vampire Jonathan Kerr has just met his match.
Not even his past life as a former Marine and FBI agent could prepare him for the battle against the monster inside him, struggling to take hold. After an old nemesis of the Senary surfaces in Brooklyn, unleashing chaos and terror in the battered borough, Jon sets out to take him down. Instead, he ends up with far more than he bargained for when he clashes with the beautiful half-vampire hybrid, Lawan Knight.
After escaping near death and suffering unspeakable horror at the hands of vampires, Lawan trusts no one, regardless of species. In between bouts of drunken stupor, her only goal is to exterminate all those who've wronged her, including every member of Jon's vampire bloodline. But Jon's soulful eyes and quick smile crawls under her skin, transforming her black and white world into a hazy shade of gray.
As the days rapidly grow darker, Jon and Lawan turn to one another, but their inner demons threaten to tear them apart. The only way either of them will survive is if they overcome their greatest fear--
*First Place Winner of The Paranormal Romance Guild's 2016 Reader's Choice Awards for Paranormal Horror!*
*I was given a copy of the novel in exchange for my honest review*
First off, this was a great continuation of Releasing the Demons. It can be read on it's own, but I would always suggest starting at the beginning of a series to get a better grasp of the world the story is in. I liked Jon from the first book and was excited to see where his story would lead. Lawan made a great female lead and my heart felt for her so bad! After all the pain she had been through it almost brings tears to your eyes to know she has a man like Jon.
Their love story is just as steamy as Blaze and Valerie in Releasing the Demons, but I felt it was more tender and just like the book before it, had a great natural progression. This novel is just as exciting and full of action as the first and is a great second novel for this series! I really hope and am looking forward to reading more, wanting to know more about the other hybrid brothers and the possible love interests they might have.
This novel is R rated as well, so keep that in mind. It's an action packed love story and has a great pace. If you love paranormal romance, and vampires especially then this book needs to be added to your list!
Book Review for Releasing the Demons by L. D. Rose
Blaze Knight has been through hell and back, but the nightmares aren't over yet.
Five years after Blaze was maimed by Cyrus Chimola, a powerful vampire with a penchant for torture, he's still trying to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. As a genetically engineered mercenary with the ability to bend fire to his will and to see in infrared, Blaze's mission is to protect what's left of humanity. When Chimola and his crew return to the Bronx gunning for Blaze's blood, Blaze is forced to face the demons of his past. Hell-bent on revenge, he seeks the help of Valerie Medeiros, an NYPD detective who manages to steal his heart and save his life in more ways than one.
Motivated by her sister's gruesome death, Valerie has made it her life's goal to bury every vampire in the ground where they belong. When she brings in Blaze Knight for suspected murder, she discovers he's not only innocent, he isn't a man at all-he's a half-vampire hybrid working with a band of brothers for the U.S. military. Valerie has a hard time trusting anything with fangs, yet she quickly falls headlong into Blaze's life, a life full of darkness and horror she can't even begin to fathom. The bodies are stacking up, but Valerie can't seem to let go of this hybrid, a beautiful monster filled with pain, rage, and passion, unlike anything she's ever known.
In a world where the line between good and evil is blurred, Blaze and Valerie will find danger at every turn, risking everything they've come to know and love, including one another.
* I was given a copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review*
This book read like a thrilling action movie! The story moved at a great pace and leaves you eager for more at every turn. The one thing I absolutely loved about this novel is the natural progression with the love story. This can be hit or miss for me and with this novel, it was a hit!
This book would be like watching an R rated movie, so keep that in mind if a teenager or younger person wants to read it. The dark world makes an interesting backdrop for our main characters and helps you empathize with the trouble they find themselves in. This novel is great for anyone wanting to pack some action into their reading list!
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A frosty (beautiful) morning in Booneville today. Got going pretty smoothly, and after getting lost just once (Kentucky, at this stage of the game, has stopped taking care of their route markers and distinguishing landmarks) I was making pretty good progress until I stopped for lunch just after passing JCHS Road. I assume that's an acronym, but… It doesn't really roll off the tongue. After lunch, I found myself in Big Hill, Kentucky, luckily rolling down the 2-mile 6% grade into a blissfully flat landscape as far as I could see.
I'm not saying that the part of Kentucky I'm in now is absolutely, South Carolina Lowcountry flat- but compared to Appalachia, it is beautifully flat, the hills are smooth and rolling, and rarely do I need to gear waaaay down and crank my way up switchbacks anymore. I'm back in farm country, a huge relief, and was able to make a pretty easy 89 miles in less than 8 hours- definitely the fastest average speed of the last week. I ought to make Bardstown by early tomorrow afternoon. The forecast calls for thunderstorms Wednesday… Maybe I'll get lucky. With the new terrain, I don't feel the need for a rest day just yet, but if I need to take a day off, it would be good to have it land on a place where I can refuel, make bike repairs, and of course, check out a distillery.


Ford, Hyundai, Rinspeed, Tesla, Guangzhou-Toyota, PSC Motors.
Ford to head for China: The C-Max plug-in and Mondeo Hybrid will become available for the Chinese market by next year. It is the first step of Ford's eastern expansion that will see the carmaker introduce a full range of hybrid and electric cars in China by 2020.
Prius-Fighter only by 2016: Hyundai postpones its dedicated hybrid model. While initial plans saw a launch for November this year, the presentation has been set for the International Electric Vehicle Expo on south Korea's Jeju island in March 2016.
Rinspeed's hybrid concept: The Swiss company will present its Ʃtos at CES Las Vegas in January 2016. The hybrid sports car comes with various autopilot features and will be accompanied by its own drone able to start and land on the rear.
Tesla autopilot to spread: The widespread release of firmware 7.0 – including the full range of autopilot – will be initiated this Thursday, Elon Musk announced on Twitter. Within "roughly 5 days," the update will be made available to all Model S worldwide.
Toyota EV for China: Spy shots emerged that show the all-electric Leahead i1 EV production version by the Guangzhou-Toyota joint venture. The electric car is based on Toyota's Yaris and will be offered in China by the beginning of 2016.
Hybrid hypercar: PSC Motors released new images of its hybrid sports car SP-200 SIN to be launched next year (we reported). The Vegas company also conveyed the car's power: impressive 2,400 hp. Production is limited to exclusive 35 units.
Charging in California, Tesla strategy.


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Debit card transactions in tax payment services in the UK 2016-2017
Number of debit card purchase transactions in tax payment services in the United Kingdom (UK) from October 2016 to October 2017 (in 1,000s)
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This statistic illustrates the total number of debit card purchase transactions in tax payments in the United Kingdom (UK) between October 2016 and October 2017. It can be seen that the number of purchase transactions fluctuated during the period under observation, reaching a total of over 35.1 thousand as of October 2017. The highest number of transactions in one month occurred in May 2017, when more than 40.85 thousand debit card transactions in tax payments were recorded.
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Shake it off sis, it's nothin' but Rust In The Wind! This hi-lo dress will have you ready to move along! It features a halter tie neck, and faux wrap detailing at the waist. Such a fun color and perfect floral touch!


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A place where new ideas to help support families are welcomed
The team maintain the supportive atmosphere online (Credit: Somerset County Council)
Somerset County Council is encouraging creativity and autonomy to drive forward its relationship-based approach to children's social work
"It would be good if they could bring new ideas with them. We're really receptive to trying out new ideas and seeing if they work for us."
Elizabeth Sterland, consultant social worker in a frontline safeguarding team in Taunton, Somerset, is musing with her colleagues on the type of social workers they hope will join their team.
It is carrying vacancies after staff have taken promotions in other areas of Somerset which, as Elizabeth points out, is a very positive reason to say goodbye to people, even if it does put the team under pressure.
Now a consultant social worker after eight years working in the Taunton team, Elizabeth experienced the years during which Somerset children's services were rated inadequate by Ofsted. However, Ofsted's last inspection found real progress had been made and its last focused visit in 2019 praised the increasing numbers of permanent team managers and social workers, the manageable caseloads for all staff and the good understanding of thresholds and working with partner agencies.
Family safeguarding model being introduced
"What's nice about the journey we've been on is that now the changes have become embedded it feels we can go even further to develop the best practice possible," Elizabeth says.
She's excited the council has adopted the family safeguarding model, developed by Hertfordshire County Council, as she feels it will help them build on the systemic practice approach already in place.
"It feels like the next step. We couldn't have done this when we were rated inadequate. Nobody had the headspace. We were just trying to get visits completed on time and get the basics right but now it feels like we've got a bit of breathing space and we can really focus on quality."
Better at holding risk
Cathy Jones, the operations manager for Taunton's safeguarding and assessment team, agrees.
"Our practice has changed a lot. We've been able to move on from being very process driven and are now focused on more strengths-based and relationship-focused practice. That's happened because we've become much better at holding risk and dealing with anxiety – both our own and that of our partners.
"You can't get to know families properly and understand the dynamics without being skilled at holding risk. And you can't hope to make sustainable change in families if you don't take the time to get to know them and their history."
Cathy doesn't underestimate the challenges that still lie ahead but says it's nice to be in a place where social workers now have more autonomy and the opportunity to be creative.
"When you're coming out of 'inadequate' you have to micromanage because people are under so much pressure they find it difficult to see the wood for the trees. You have to take it back to basics and we were definitely risk averse. But now I'm asking social workers to be more creative in their thinking about how they can keep children at home safely."
Cathy cites an example of a father they were working with because of concerns about child neglect. Although he was making progress on his emotional involvement with his children, he kept missing appointments with professionals.
"I asked the social worker what she thought we could do to help. She said because the father had learning disabilities she thought he might benefit from having a modern Alexa with a screen so he could have a large, visual reminder of his appointments in his kitchen. So we secured some funding and that's what we did. We're now monitoring to see if it helps."
Elizabeth and her colleagues – Rachel Mcauliffe, a student social worker on a Frontline course, Abigail Prettejohn, a safeguarding social worker and Sophie Simmons a newly qualified social worker – say they like the supportive atmosphere of the team where nobody is left to feel alone.
Resilience in a crisis
This has never been more valued than during the current coronavirus crisis, which has seen teams having to keep in contact with each other and some clients online while social distancing guidelines remain in place.
Abigail says of all the places she has worked she has felt most at home in the Taunton team.
"We can have a laugh and you know people have got your back – from the admin teams who go out of their way to help you to the duty manager being there for you when you're dealing with a 13-year-old locked out of their family home at 9pm at night."
Cathy says it's important the organisation understands the impact on social workers of dealing with difficult and emotionally distressing cases.
"We had a social worker who had to remove a child at 4.30pm on a Friday and the team manager and I went to check everything was ok on our way home just so she didn't feel alone. You can't underestimate the toll that takes on someone. I want the office to feel a safe place for them, even for black humour if it helps them cope. That's why I encourage people interested in working here to pop in for a chat and to meet the team before the interview. It's important it doesn't feel like a scary place."
Generous with knowledge
Sophie says she had such a good experience on her student placement that she decided to return for her assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE). "It just had such a good feel about it that I knew this was where I wanted to start my career."
Rachel agrees and says the team is generous with their experience, knowledge and passing on skills.
Cathy says this passing on of knowledge is encouraged through the career pathway, where consultant social workers take on a practice educator role with students, chair strategy meetings and mentor more complex cases.
"I think Somerset has a lot of exciting things happening now for social workers who are keen to develop. The family safeguarding model roll-out is exciting and we are also getting the family drug and alcohol court (FDAC) in Somerset next year which is also a different way of dealing with complex cases," she adds.
The group leave on the whispered intelligence that Cathy has brought in cake for the team.
Elizabeth laughs: "There's always lots of cake!"
If you're interested in joining the Taunton team, or any other team in Somerset's children's services, check out the current vacancies. Alternatively, book a place on one of Somerset's try before you buy days for social workers and occupational therapists.


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Our classic shortbread is made from only four natural ingredients: butter, flour, sugar and salt.
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Welcome to my charming home - Laughs! Thrills! Pathos!
Our current household mantra is "It could have been so much worse." Our other household mantra is "It costs £1,500 for someone to install the kitchen for you" and we trot this out whenever one of our family questions the wisdom and the sanity of Z doing the renovation work himself when he comes home from work.
So for the foreseeable future I will be doing the dishes in the bathroom and living on cheese and crackers. I hope we finish the kitchen before I die of scurvy.
It will look beautiful one day, but in the meantime it saps my will to live.
To distract myself from the mess I have taken up sewing and gave the sofa some TLC and in the shape of new cushion covers, whose crooked seams are part of their charm.
The new cushion covers look fabulous but what a nightmare with the rest of it.
I hate to ask what may be a daft question, but doesn't insurance cover this sort of thing?


The latest UK charts are now in via the team at GFK Chart Track. There haven't been many new releases this week and it is still Spider-Man which is sitting pretty at the top of the charts. With regards to Nintendo Switch software Mario Kart 8 Deluxe displays its staying power as it remains at number five and is the best-selling Nintendo Switch software once again this week. The excellent Sonic Mania Plus has reentered the charts at number ten.
Damn. Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart are still on the charts.
Though GTA V still on these lists is even crazier.


Located in Bushey Heath, GB3BH relays amateur television pictures in Hertfordshire and North West London. The input frequency is 2,340 MHz (13 cm) and the output frequency is 10,065 MHz (3 cm) analogue with 100 W ERP. Also we have just been licensed to use 3,404 MHz (9 cm) digital as well. We hope to get the 9cm transmitter working in the summer. Our licence also permits us to transmit on 2,440 MHz (13 cm) but this is not much use due to extreme interference from WiFi signals.


CRYOGENICALLY TEMPERED to -3050F, high carbon stainless steel blade. 16" overall length, 1/16" thick with 10-1/2" cutting edge. Blade is 3/4" wide. Use three 5/32" pins. Satin finished and hollow ground. Sure to help out with those bigger than average fish. Use extra long SHEATH #SHE-TEX.
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The primary focus of my law practice involves guiding individuals through the complex estate planning process and probate. I have more than thirty years' experience in the preparation and administration of matters ranging from very basic wills to highly sophisticated wealth and family business transfers. I provide clients guidance with all areas of probate law and estate tax matters, including resolution of contested cases in Probate Court and the Internal Revenue Service.
I began my career as a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) having spent a considerable amount of his accounting practice assisting clients in the insurance, real estate development and retail food service industries.
My wife and I reside in Westerville, Ohio, and have two children. I am a member of the Westerville Sunrise Rotary and enjoy golfing and time with my family.