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'Suburbicon' combines an unproduced Coen Brothers screenplay with the story of an African-American couple moving to Levittown, Pa., in the summer of 1957.
By Oliver Peters
George Clooney's latest film, Suburbicon, combines an unproduced Coen Brothers screenplay with the story of an African-American couple moving to Levittown, Pa., in the summer of 1957.
Clooney and writing partner Grant Heslov (The Monuments Men; The Ides of March; Good Night, and Good Luck) were writing a script based on the events that took place in the idyllic planned community outside of Philadelphia when William and Daisy Myers moved in, setting off months of violent protests. In fact, a documentary film was produced about the historical events in Levittown (Crisis in Levittown), and shots from that documentary were used in Suburbicon.
Leith Burke as Mr. Myers in Suburbicon, from Paramount Pictures and Black Bear Pictures
Around this time, Clooney recalled a screenplay Joel and Ethan Coen had sent him, called Suburbicon, a comedy/thriller about hapless characters making really bad decisions. Clooney picked up the screenplay when the Coens decided not to produce the film themselves. He and Heslov rewrote it as taking place during the week that the Myers moved in and combined it with the Levittown story strand.
The rewritten script interweaves the tale of the black family with that of their next-door neighbors, Gardner Lodge (Matt Damon) and his wife Margaret (Julianne Moore), who respond to a deadly home break-in with acts of blackmail, revenge and betrayal.
Matt Damon as Gardner and Noah Jupe as Nicky
Calibrating the Tone
The overall tone of the film was adjusted during production and editing in relation to actual events occurring in the country at the time. I spoke with the film's editor, Stephen Mirrione (The Revenant, Birdman or [The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance], The Monuments Men) about this process.
Mirrione explains, "The movie is presented as 'over the top' to exaggerate events as satire. In feeling that out, George started to tone down the silliness based on surrounding events. We were shooting during the U.S. election last year, so the mood on the set changed. The real world was more over-the-top than imagined, so the film's tone didn't feel quite right. George started gravitating towards a more realistic style, and we locked into that tone by the time the film moved into post."
Julianne Moore as Margaret and Oscar Isaac as Bud Cooper
Production took place on the Warner Bros. lot in September 2016, with Mirrione and first assistant editor Patrick Smith editing in parallel with the production. Mirrione says, "I was cutting during the production period. George would come in on Saturdays to work with me and 'recalibrate' the cut. Naturally, some scenes were lost in this process. They were funny scenes but just didn't fit the direction any longer.
"In January we moved to England for the rest of the post. Amal [Clooney, George's wife] was pregnant at the time, so George and Amal wanted to be close to her family near London. We had done post there before and had a good relationship with vendors for sound post," Mirrione continues. "The final sound mix was in the April/May time frame. We had an editing room set up close to George outside of London, but also others in Twickenham and at Pinewood Studios. This way I could move around to work with George on the cut wherever he needed to be."
Karimah Westbrook as Mrs. Myers
Traveling Light
Mirrione is used to working with a light footprint, so the need for mobility was no burden. He explains, "I'm accustomed to being very mobile. All the media was in the Avid DNxHD 36 format on mobile drives. We had an Avid ISIS shared storage system in Twickenham, which was the hub for all of the media. Patrick would make sure all the drives were updated during production so I was able to work completely with standalone drives. The Avid is a bit faster that way, although there's a slight tradeoff waiting for updated bins to be sent. I was using a 'trash can' [2013] Apple Mac Pro plus AJA hardware, but I also used a laptop—mainly for reference—when we were in L.A. during the final steps of the process."
The intercontinental workflow extended to color correction. According to Mirrione, "Stefan Sonnenfeld (@stefansonnenfeld) was our digital intermediate colorist and [Deluxe's] Company 3 stored a backup of all the original media. Through an arrangement with Deluxe, he was able to stream material to England for review, as well as from England to L.A. to show the DP [Robert Elswit]."
Music was critical to Suburbicon, and the job of scoring fell to Alexandre Desplat (The Secret Life of Pets, Florence Foster Jenkins, The Danish Girl). Mirrione explains the scoring process: "As we built the temp score in the edit, it was very important to understand the tone and suspense of the film. George wanted a classic 1950s-style score. We tapped some Elmer Bernstein, Grifters, The Good Son and other music for our initial style and direction. Peter Clarke was brought on as music editor to help round out the emotional beats. Once we finished the cut, Alexandre and George worked together to create a beautiful score. I love watching the scenes with that score because his music makes the editing seem much more exciting and elegant."
Suiting the Edit Tool to Your Needs
Stephen Mirrione typically uses Avid Media Composer to cut his films and Suburbicon is no exception. Unlike many film editors who rely on Avid-specific features, like ScriptSync, Mirrione takes a more straightforward approach. He says, "We were using Media Composer 8. The way George shoots, there's not a lot of improv or tons of takes. I prefer to rely on PDFs of the script notes and placing descriptions into the bins. The infrastructure required for ScriptSync, like extra assistants, is not something I need. My usual method of organization is a bin for each day of dailies, organized in shooting order. If the director remembers something, it's easy to find in a day bin. During the edit, I alternate my bin setups between the script view and the frame view."
Oscar Isaac as Bud Cooper
With a number of noted editors experimenting with other software, I wondered whether Mirrione has been tempted. He responds, "I view my approach as system-agnostic and have cut on Lightworks and the old Laser Pacific unit, among others. I don't want to be dependent on one piece of software to define how I do my craft. But I keep coming back to Avid. For me, it's the trim mode. It takes me back to the way I cut film. I looked at [Blackmagic DaVinci] Resolve, because it would be great to skip the round-trip between applications. I had tested it but felt it would be too steep a learning curve, and that would have impacted George's experience as the director."
In wrapping our conversation, Mirrione concluded with this takeaway from his Suburbicon experience: "In our first preview screening, it was inspiring to see how seriously the audience took the film and the attachment they had to the characters. The audiences were surprised at how biting and relevant it is to today. The theme of the film is really talking about what can happen when people don't speak out against racism and bullying. I'm so proud and lucky to have had the opportunity to work with someone like George, who wants to do something meaningful."
Suburbicon, distributed by Paramount, opened in U.S. theaters on Oct. 27.
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Michael DeVault's In My Office!
My Interview with MICHAEL DeVAULT!
I am excited to have you join us today. I think my readers will enjoy this interview as you have such an extensive background in writing. From journalism to teaching literature to published author – we should get started! J
1. I always begin with one of my favorite questions – please tell us how you'd describe yourself?
I'm a dilettante. I love that word, dilettante, because it carries with it so much connotation – very little of it good. But I'm a playful know-it-all who likes to be able to converse about subjects far and wide, I do about 9 things at once, and I try to be the master of multiple domains. Sometimes, I don't always succeed. I think that's one of the reasons I'm able to pull off some of the stories I write.
2. This first set of questions will feature you as a reader. Having read the various genres you enjoyed as a youth, I am really interested in learning more.
· I wasn't surprised to read you enjoyed the classics, pop fiction, sci-fi… that's fairly normal. What caught me was that you enjoyed reading religious works and non-fiction. How did you get into these aspects of literature?
o Is 'no comment' a fair answer? (laughs)
o I grew up bouncing between my grandparents, my mother, and a host of friends and neighbors. When I was a young child, the biggest influence in my life was my maternal great-grandfather, a pastor in a Pentecostal church in Louisiana. Later, I divided time between an atheist and a Southern Baptist minister's house.
o By the time I got to college, I had read the Bible cover-to-cover – including Matthew Henry's commentary on the subjects at hand and the complete canon of Ayn Rand's work. And I didn't know what the fuck I wanted to do when I "grew up" – other than write. I flailed about in college from theatre to business to biology to music, eventually settling on English – with minors in History and Anthropology. How's that for literary training?
o I think, though, I have my grandmother's inquisitive mind. When she died, she had read all of the classics – and I mean classics like Plato, Aristotle, Aristophanes, St. Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas. If it was a book, chances are she had read it.
Ø Why types of religious works did you gravitate towards, and why?
§ I think I gravitate towards books that bring a new perspective to the world. Whether it's a unique take on Christianity that forces me to question what I knew and learned in Seminary (Yes, Ethel, I went to Seminary), or a work that brings to light an obscure practice somewhere, I find people of faith fascinating.
§ I've been re-reading some of the modern Buddhist masters lately – Thich Nhat Hanh and Lama Surya Das to name two. And, I, finally, undertook a critical read of the Baghavad Gita last year ahead of teaching it in a literature course.
Ø What type of non-fiction did you enjoy – biographies, newspapers, magazine – and what did you specifically like about them?
§ I love science biographies and accounts of discovery. I waded through the science of the atomic bomb with "The Making of the Atomic Bomb," by Richard Rhodes. I also loved Walter Isaacson's "Einstein" and have recently been chipping away at "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly – just a beautiful book, and I'm taking my time with it.
· Are there any authors that influenced you more than others? If so, who are they, and why'd they inspire you?
o Hands down, Ayn Rand. I'm not quite an objectivist, but I love her depiction of heroes. I balance that with a healthy dose of Hemingway and the modernists, because I think the truth lies somewhere in between. When we're able to have heroes who are at once heroic and flawed, then I think we'll start moving forward again.
· Do you have a favorite genre or literary medium? If so, what is it, and why do you prefer it?
o I tend to write general literary fiction, though I envy people who can transcend genre. I wish I were able to write a great sci-fi novel or a caper novel. But so far, that's been a dry well.
· How did your experiences as a reader encourage your career choices?
o I love the written word, if only because I think it has far more power to change the world than pretty much any other human endeavor.
o Everything I read influences me in some way, however minor, to be just that much better.
3. Yep, that last question was a Segway! JNot only do you hold an MFA in Creative Writing, but you have worked as a freelance writer and author while teaching at the college level. I want to address your various positions in the writingworld in these next questions.
· What led you to become a teacher, and why did you decide to focus your efforts at the college level?
o I love teaching and being around young, inquisitive minds. Every time I step into the classroom, I'm impressed in some new way that, no matter how bad things get – and let's be honest. My generation is the one that gave us Trump and Clinton and real Nazis marching in the streets – this next generation has something special going for it. These cats have game, they see through all of the bullshit on the television and Facebook, and in spite of a bit of latent adolescence, they manage to strike genuine a whole lot faster, younger, and stronger than my generation ever did.
Ø I have a friend who's a professional teacher, as well as a bestselling romance author. This person chooses to write under a pen name so their two careers don't collide. Had you ever done this? Why, or why not?
§ I don't write under a pen name, though I understand why some do. I spent too long in the media as a newspaper reporter and editor for my opinions to be secret – and that's been a bit of a challenge personally and professionally from time-to-time. I've lived my entire life "out loud," so to speak.
§ These days, when I go in for an interview – for a job at a college or a freelance gig or whatever – I make sure the interviewers go to my Facebook page and Twitter, they read my books or my editorials or my blog, and they know what they're getting.
§ I'm too old and have been doing this for too long to start trying to hide what I believe in a pseudonym. Besides, I think people would see through it pretty quickly. I have kind of a loud voice.
Ø How do you feel your writing career has been enhanced by your teaching career, and vice versa?
§ I love teaching, and I love writing. Writing feeds the creative parts of my brain and teaching nurtures the side of me that likes to be of service to others. At the same time, they both keep me aware of my task – of all of our tasks as humans, really – to make some lasting contribution to the world, to leave it a better place than we found it if we can, and to not fuck it up too badly if we can't.
· You have interviewed many famous people, including Former President, Bill Clinton. How did you get these opportunities?
o Believe it or not, President Clinton was my very first assignment as a working writer. Talk about 'down hill from there!' I was young, naïve, and didn't know any better. I was a content creator for a small internet service provider and he was the Internet President, so I called the White House and pitched the story. Three days later, there I was with a disposable camera and a Radio Shack tape recorder sandwiched between CNN and ABC News on the press stand. I even managed to get a question off, though he didn't answer it. A few years later, when I actually got to meet and interview him, he remembered the event we were both at.
o Part of landing the "big get" interviews is just having the audacity to ask, I think. That's certainly been the case for much of my career as a journalist. Knowing how to pick up the phone and ask for the interview in a way that doesn't quite give the gatekeepers an out helps. I'm ashamed to say that, on more than a few occasions, I simply just bugged the hell out of the gatekeepers until they'd let me move into their houses if I'd just shut up about it. That's part of the job.
· How does writing for a magazine differ from writing a novel or anthology?
o Writing for a magazine or newspaper is transactional. The story isn't your creation, and it's got such a short shelf-life as a creative project. For me, a magazine feature – say 2,500 words or so – is a quick sprint up the stairs. A novel? That's a cross-country trek. It's a completely different set of creative muscles.
· What genre or writing style do you prefer, and why?
o I tend to gravitate towards the 3rd person novel with a limited narrator, and I'm not sure why. In Joe Morton, for example, I couldn't get away from the voice of Sam Elliott as the narrator. The narrator even refers to himself as a part of the community on more than one occasion.
o There's just something interesting about a 3rd person narrator who doesn't know everything and knows that. It takes irony to a different level.
o That being said, of my four novels, I've varied the voice every time. First person, third person limited, and third person omniscient all found their way.
4. Freelance writing, to me, isn't all that different than being an indie author. I mean, they are both a form of independent writing. Do you feel there are any drawbacks to being independent? If so, what, and why?
Money. Or the lack thereof.
I met a famous author, one of my literary heroes and someone, who if I named her, everyone would recognize. When I met her, I told her, "Your book changed my life."
She asked how, adding, "It changed my life, too."
I immediately answered her question about its impact on my life, "It made me want to be a better writer. How did it change your life?"
She laughed. "Well, I didn't have money, I wrote the book, and then I had money."
It's a little crass, but there is truth to it. When you're attached to a major publisher, or a magazine as a staff writer, there's a consistency of money that makes life a little easier. When you're independent, you've kind of got to bust your ass. But that's okay, because I like to bust my ass.
5. Okay, now, I want to go a little off topic, if we can. Having lived an array of lives, I, too, have a past as a stage actress. I read you have been an actor, so I wanted to delve into this area a little, just to satisfy my own curiosity (Hey, it's my blog, after all).
· Were you trained in acting or did you come by it naturally?
o It was accidental. I had a crush on a girl and she wanted to play Lady Anne to my Richard III. Fifteen years later, I had a lot of fun and a lot of great stories.
· Were you strictly a stage actor, or had you done any film?
o Stage only, and always at an amateur or community theatre level.
· What did you enjoy the most about acting?
o I enjoyed performing and losing myself in a character. That, and the anticipation of the curtain rising. You can feel the air move away from you when the curtain rises and the lights come up, and that's a feeling that doesn't get old.
· How do you feel your love of literature impacted your acting, if at all?
o I always wanted to play a hero and was almost doggedly typecast as a villain. That's in part, I think, because I was kind of one-dimensional as an actor. It was a fun avocation, but had I decided to pursue it professionally, I'd probably be the best waiter in New York by now.
6. What can we expect to see from you over the coming year?
I, just this month, launched a publishing imprintwith a partner in Los Angeles. We're focusing on a unique opportunity afforded to the two of us by our work in public relations and management. It's a little too early to reveal the whole bowl of wax just yet, but we've got a great team assembled, three projects in the works for publication in the next 18 months, and a pretty good chance at a cornered market.
· Do you have goals you set for yourself, and if so, what are they?
o I don't, really. I mean, beyond 'don't fuck up.'
o I used to do the five-year plan thing over and over, and over again. I can't think of one single goal from any five-year plan I ever made that I actually achieved. So eventually, I just stopped making them. I want to write books. I want to get better as a writer. I want to grow professionally and personally. But beyond that? I don't set specifics for myself, at least not in the traditional, "I want to write the great American novel" or "I want to make a million bucks" sort of goals.
o It drives my parents crazy, but I mean…since I abandoned the five-year goal making, I've interviewed two presidents, three Oscar nominees, and the Dalai Lama, written four novels, and started a publishing company. So I must be doing something right. Right?
· What is your current WIP?
o I'm working on a novel, The Associated Risks of Reentry, a biography of an artist, and another series of novels on spec for a publisher that, sadly, I can't talk about right now. Stay tuned! It's going to be a wild few years.
Thanks again. It was a lot of fun chatting with you. I feel a kindred spirit – LOL J I wish you all the best in everything you undertake!
Michael DeVault
Novelist, Essayist, & (recovering) Journalist
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Mari Collier
Fascinating interview. He makes my life look so dull. I loved Ayn Rand to, except for her idea of violence in the sexual act. I still recommend her books though. Since I couldn't afford college, my studies of other religions weren't be those intellectuals. It is probably why I stayed where I am as the books I read from Concordia Publishing were writing by masters. My paternal grandfather's book fascinated me as a child. I couldn't read it as it was in Deutsche. Good luck with the imprint publishing.

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Too good to be true low fat soup, packed with flavour. 7 standard ingredients only!
Simply place everything into a pan apart from the milk, bring to the boil then cook / simmer until the vegetables are tender.
Take off the heat, stir in the milk and re-heat but do not boil. Serve with crusty buttered bread but no salt is needed in this recipe at all. Will re-heat if there are left overs.


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Programming with Member References in NetBeans 8
By Walter Nyland
Lambdas, introduced in Java 8, have provoked such a storm of discussion, translated into new books, articles, and further research, that their more compact cousins appear to have been left standing somewhat forlornly along the sidelines. This article will discuss these new compact expression styles introduced in Java 8 together with lambdas, collectively known as "member references", which are either "method references" or "constructor references." Migrating from lambdas to member references should be exactly your piece of cake if you like your code even sparser and even more devoid of ceremony than the code that lambdas leave you with in cutting back the boilerplate from your Java code.
When you compare it to human speech, member references are somewhat like dropping the majority of the letters of words and, instead, referring to them by the one or two letters that you know your hearer understands to refer to complete words known to both parties. At first, this mode of speaking is extremely dense and almost like a dialect in itself. However, once familiarized with it, devoid of verbosity, conversation can be extremely quick and to the point.
Ignoring tools where they exist to simplify learning is foolish. Taking NetBeans IDE as a guide to learning about member references is a logical path to take because the same team of developers implementing member references in Java have provided the related code analyzers in NetBeans IDE.
We begin by looking at method references, after which we deal with constructor references.
Method References
To begin learning about method references, let's take as a point of departure the Greeting class, shown below. It has two different kinds of methods, a static factory method createGreeting and an overridden instance method toString. Via method references in Java 8, we can learn how to refer to these two methods in new ways to initialize variables with them, to pass them around, and to execute them.
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Member references, like lambdas, operate specifically in the context of functional interfaces, the concept of which also is new in Java 8. The familiar Runnable class and the ActionListener have, retrospectively, been functional interfaces all along because they each provide a single abstract method. Java 8 comes with new functional operations, two of which we will use to illustrate the relevance of member references in this article:
java.util.function.Function<P,R>: The Function interface represents a method that receives a parameter of type "P" and returns a result of type "R".
java.util.function.Supplier<R>: The Supplier interface represents a method that receives no parameters and returns a result of type "R".
Below you see an implementation of the Function interface making use of the Greeting class shown above. When a parameter of type String is received, the Function returns a result of type Greeting by referring to its method createGreeting. In NetBeans IDE, notice the yellow underline and the yellow lightbulb in the left sidebar, informing you that the IDE is aware of a better way to express the Function implementation. It is not wrong to use anonymous inner classes in Java 8 and therefore, as you can see below, no red error mark is shown and no compiler error will occur. However, NetBeans IDE, via the yellow lightbulb, is able to offer to help you make the optional conversion to either lambda expressions or, in this case, because reference is made to the method createGreeting, to method references.
When you press Alt-Enter or click the lightbulb, the IDE shows that the anonymous inner class can either be expressed as a lambda expression or as a member reference.
By invoking the proposal to let the IDE convert the anonymous class to a lambda expression, the following code is automatically created for you.
Lambda expressions are discussed in our previous article Programming with Lambdas in NetBeans 8, so we will not discuss them again here, because we're only using them here to contrast them with member references. However, note that an alternative, slightly more verbose but possibly more readable, style for stating the lambda expression is offered, too, as shown below.
Here is the result of writing the lambda expression as a block, where a return statement declares the right side of the lambda expression more clearly, but less succinctly than in the default lambda expression.
Having shown the lambda expressions that can be used in the context of our Greeting class, let's now contrast them with method references. As you can see below, the IDE can convert the anonymous inner class to a member reference.
Take careful note of the symbol that is used to express a member reference. Instead of the "->" symbol, a "::" is used instead, as shown below.
While still referencing the createGreeting method, as done by the lambda expressions earlier, the code is considerably more compact, though, until you are used to the style, considerably more dense. To unpack it, look at it carefully and notice it is in the form Object::Method. The object here, Greeting, contains the method createGreeting, which we want to reference. Also notice that, to make the code even more compact, the parentheses of the createGreeting method are omitted.
Not only can the static factory method createGreeting be referenced via a method reference, but the instance method toString, or any other instance method, can be expressed via method references too, as you can see below.
Above, notice that we are referring to a method that is held by an instance of Greeting. At the point that we refer to the toString method, the Greeting instance does not yet exist. Later, in the apply method, the Greeting instance is created. An alternative style, where you want to refer to methods of existing instances is expressed below, where you see that the Greeting is declared and an instance is initialized, after which reference is made to one of its methods. Instead of the Function interface, here we use the Supplier interface (described above), because we do not want to convert types; instead, we only want to return the result of a method invocation on a Greeting instance.
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Note that, where relevant, super::toString and this::toString are also acceptable constructs.
Constructor References
Switching our focus to constructor references, we rewrite the Greeting class. Firstly, we remove the static factory method; secondly, we add a default constructor. Now we have two constructors, enabling us to learn how to use constructor references in Java 8 to refer to them and to execute them.
Below, following similar patterns to those introduced in the section on method references above, are the three new ways introduced in Java 8 for referencing constructors, each of which we will now look at more closely.
Above, three different constructor reference examples are shown, each discussed below, in turn.
The format of a constructor reference is Object:: new, where Object is always the name of the class that defines the constructor. The method name is always the standard Java new keyword. Here, we initialize a variable of type Supplier<Greeting> with the Greeting class default constructor. The compiler knows that we mean the default constructor and not the parameterized constructor because greetingFactory1, which is the context of the constructor reference, is of type Supplier<Greeting>. The Supplier<Greeting> type does not allow parameters and therefore the compiler assumes the reference is the default constructor.
In the second example, the context is greetingFactory2, which is of type Function<String,Greeting>, which allows parameters of, in this case, type String. Therefore, this constructor reference enables us to obtain the reference of the parameterized constructor that accepts a String parameter.
The final example is concerned with an array constructor reference. As can be seen here, we can create an Array an Greeting objects. The Function<int,Greeting[]> variable type allows a parameter of type Integer, and a Greeting[] return type. Notice that square brackets are used in the variable type definition, as well as in the constructor reference itself.
In this article, we have discussed member references, a new construct introduced in Java 8 together with lambda expressions. Moreover, we have discussed the topic in the context of the code analyzers introduced in NetBeans 8, which help to quickly identify and convert anonymous inner classes to member references. Of these, the most powerful is a batch tool that lets you search through all your code and identify all anonymous inner classes that can be converted to lambda expressions or member references:
By using the above tool, the IDE analyzes a scope, such as all projects, or the current project, or a package, or file, and suggests code that can be rewritten to use lambda expressions or member references. Not only is this useful for learning about member references, it makes migrating your code to the new compact coding styles made possible in Java 8 a breeze.
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Pabllo Vittar publicly congratulates Anitta: 'Show us what we're capable of.'
March 26, 2022 by ANURAG MOHAPATRA
Brazilian drag queen Pabllo Vittar congratulated Anitta on the record of "Envolver," the first song by a Brazilian artist to reach the top spot among the most listened to Spotify in the world.
Pabllo Vittar Publicly Congratulates Anitta comments on Anitta's victory and recalls his emo phase, a genre that returned with everything at Lolla 2022.
Pabllo Vittar publicly congratulates Anitta: 'Show us what we're capable of.' 1
"She simply demonstrates that we can, that our pop is as powerful as any other. I'm overjoyed for her. Congratulations, my friend; you have earned everything and will be celebrated "Backstage at Lollapalooza 2022, where Pabllo performed this Friday (25), at the Interlagos Circuit, said the singer.
According to Anitta's audio from the time, the confusion between them was caused by the costs of filming the video for "Sua Cara" in 2017. Since then, the two fan bases have traded barbs on social media.
Five years later, in February, the two singers performed together at a carnival rehearsal in So Paulo, effectively putting an end to the feud in a meeting that shook the internet.
Pabllo requested that fans refrain from fighting during the event. Then, in an interview with g1, she stated that the feud has "turned a page" and that she plans to launch a new partnership with her friend in 2022.
"Envolver" by Anitta, a reggaeton song sung in Spanish, went viral on social media, away from the spotlight and without traditional investment after internet users created a challenge with the song's choreography, which includes dancing in the plank position, with elbows or hands. supported on the ground
Get together at Coachella
Pabllo and Anitta will also meet at the Coachella 2022 festival, which will be held in the desert of southern California (USA) in April and will feature both. A new meeting between them on stage, however, should not take place.
"We even discussed it, but the stages, schedules, and logistics are incompatible. But it will happen one day."
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Epanthamie Barker's attorney says there's not enough evidence to convict her of any of the crimes with which she's charged.
The defense began its case Thursday in Venango County court in the jury trial of an Oil City woman arrested for the hit-run death of a 70-year-old pedestrian at an Oil City intersection in late 2006.
Epanthamie S. Barker, 27, of Oil City, is accused of striking Elizabeth "Betty" Harmon of Oil City with her vehicle on the afternoon of Friday, Dec. 29, 2006, at the intersection of Central Avenue and First Street on the city's South Side, and leaving the scene of the accident. Harmon was knocked or dragged into the intersection by the force of the impact, according to police, and she later died from injuries she received in the accident.
Police say Barker was driving on a suspended North Carolina license at the time of the accident. She was driving a minivan belonging to her aunt, Sandra Blanchard of 315 Central Ave. in Oil City, and was taking a 2-year-old cousin home when the accident occurred, according to witness accounts. Another cousin, Sharon Blanchard, was also a passenger in the vehicle.
Barker returned to her aunt's house on Central Avenue after the accident rather than stopping at the scene to render aid and provide information, according to witnesses.
Charges against Barker include homicide by vehicle, accidents involving death or personal injury, accidents involving death/injury while not properly licensed and failure to stop and give information and render aid.
Only one witness has argued that Barker failed to stop at the stop bar in front of the crosswalk, testimony that is countered by three other witnesses, Sibley said.
When David Waters Jr. chased Barker down the street and pounded on her window to alert her to the accident, Barker was "extremely frightened," Sibley said. She also had a "frantic disabled cousin and a 2-year-old in her care," Sibley added.
She explained that Barker returned to her aunt's where she knew she "would be able to see to her cousins and return" to the nearby accident scene.
Sibley said Polk Borough Police Chief Ed Sharp's vehicle was blocking the exit of the Blanchard vehicle from the driveway. Sharp was flagged down by Waters, who along with witness Rachel Shotts, followed the van back to the Central Avenue home.
"He (Sharp) told them, 'You stay here,'" Sibley said.
Sibley argued that Barker agreed to drive her young cousin home in an effort to relieve the young girl's distress. The girl was demanding to go home and was so distraught that the adults in the room were covering their ears "to muffle the screaming," according to Sibley.
Only after other efforts to arrange a ride for the girl had fallen through did Barker offer to drive her home, Sibley said.
She also noted that any drinking Barker did on Dec. 29 was long after the accident.
Sibley agreed that Harmon's death was tragic.
During her testimony, Barker's aunt, Sandra Blanchard said she was permitted by Oil City police to use the van to drive her granddaughter home after the accident. She said that when the van was impounded by police, it was towed in a manner that allowed the rear wheels to maintain contact with the road.
She also testified about a pronounced bump in the road at the intersection of Central and West First that existed at the time of the accident.
Sharon Blanchard testified that after Waters pounded on the van, she urged Barker to return to the Blanchard home.
"I thought he was trying to hurt my cousin. I said, 'Go home now. We need my mom,'" she said.
"We had a madman at the window and a child in the car. I said, 'Get straight to the house, now,'" she said.
Also testifying were two eyewitnesses, Todd Jansen and Josh Russo, who were passengers in a vehicle driven by Broc Manross. The Manross vehicle was behind Barker's on Central Avenue when the accident occurred.
The trial is expected to conclude today. It resumes at 9 a.m.


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GE Stock Is Making the Right Moves to Build Investor Confidence
General Electric (NYSE:GE) shareholders have so far had a good year in 2019. Year-to-date, GE stock is up over 34%.
Most of the yearly gains came in the first two months of the year as investors seemed to believe that management would be able to create shareholder value in the long run.
Between March and so far in July, GE stock has been trading in a range. Therefore investors are now wondering whether the bulls or the bears will have the upper hand in Q3.
GE stock is expected to report earnings on July 31. Let us take a look at what may be in store for General Electric stock as we approach the earnings season.
GE's Q1 Earnings and Long-Term Catalysts
On April 30, General Electric reported Q1 2019 earnings, when the group beat earnings and revenue forecasts on orders up 9%. EPS came at 14 cents vs. expected 9 cents a share.
At present, the company reports revenue in six business segments: Power, Renewable Energy, Aviation, Oil and Gas, Healthcare, and Capital.
General Electric's Aviation, Oil & Gas, and Healthcare businesses delivered steady revenue and earnings growth.
GE Aviation business, which is the company's largest segment by revenue, primarily builds and services aircraft engines. Earlier in June, Wall Street welcomed the news that the conglomerate signed lucrative contracts at the Paris Air Show.
The segment took significant orders for LEAP engines as well as long-term service agreements (LTSAs). Wall Street pay close importance to service agreements as over close to half of the revenues come from from after-market services.
Our readers may be interested to know that several analysts believe that the GE Aviation, which serves both commercial and military aircraft markets, may be worth about $100 billion when GE's own market cap is only 89 billion. Therefore, long-term investors may want to pay attention to the growth trajectory of the Aviation segment.
The Oil & Gas Division, which is a cyclical business, has now returned to profitability.
In Healthcare, GE has robust exposure to the hospital and lab equipment market. Several analysts see the possibility of an IPO for Healthcare.
Within a few quarters, the company is aiming to have a much smaller GE Capital operation. The unit reduced its liabilities as it completed $1.1 billion in asset reductions in the quarter.
GE's industrial free cash flow is a key metric for many analysts and shareholders. For the quarter, it showed a loss of $1.2 billion. Shareholders cheered General Electric in general, but especially the Power segment, burned less cash than feared.
A Year in Progress for GE Stock
In March, CEO Larry Culp called 2019 a "reset year" and urged patience during what has been portrayed as a multiyear turnaround. Following a rotation of CEOs, Culp took over from John Flannery in October. And has had a busy nine months so far.
Under new leadership, General Electric has been taking several strategic steps to slim the group down to a few core units and raise cash by divesting from several businesses that no longer serve the group.
These moves to clean up the balance sheet include the recent sales of the biopharma segment of the company's healthcare operation to Danaher (NYSE:DHR), a smaller industrial player, for $21 billion and the merger of its transportation business with Wabtec (NYSE:WAB).
As a side note, before joining GE, Culp had successfully headed and turned around Danaher, so industry watchers were generally supportive of the sale of the biopharma operation to the group.
It has recently been reported that management would also like to sell GE Ventures, a diverse collection of over 100 startup companies.
Long-term GE investors know that its Power division has had significant problems an sharp revenue declines in recent years. GE's core power product is the gas turbine.
Wall Street is expecting the company to break up the Power segment in the coming quarters, a move that may benefit the GE share price.
In other words through asset sales and spinoffs, GE is aiming to generate enough cash to reduce its $121 billion debt load and become more manageable.
Last year, Culp took over a company with significant debt and unfunded pension liabilities and investors are understandably still nervous.
Yet, overall, Wall Street approves the directional shift which seems to put the company on a stronger ground. And investors are reacting positively to these strategic moves that Culp has been taking.
Turnarounds in industrial giants such as General Electric take a long time and never occur in a straight path. In the next earnings report, GE investors are likely to pay attention to improvements in individual segment margins and free cash flow trends.
The GE Stock Price Now
Many long-term shareholders know that General Electric stock price is a shadow of its former self. Let us go a bit back in history.
In August 2000, GE stock hit an all-time high of $60.75. In October 2007, it was hovering around $40. By March 2009, at the heights of the great recession, General Electric's risky balance had sheet pushed the shares down to $5.73.
In 2016, GE stock saw a decade-high of $33. But troubles for the General Electric share price began once again with 2017. Losses in the GE Capital unit and plummeting sales and profitability in General Electric's Power business put pressure on the stock.
The market decline of 2018 pushed the shares once again to the single digits and in December of last year, the price saw a decade-low of $6.66.
As of this writing, GE stock is hovering around $10.2.
So Should Long-Term Investors Buy GE Stock?
After years of continuous price volatility and decline, it is still proving hard for GE to regain investor trust for the long term.
If you follow technical analysis, the long-term GE stock chart has been improving. In other words, bears are not in control of the stock price at this point as the worst has likely already been priced into General Electric stock.
From a longer-term technical analysis perspective, I'd expect the stock to move up another 15-20% from the current levels within a year. Shorter-term, the stock will possibly continue to trade in a range, hovering around $10.
I am also encouraged by the fact that GE stock's current price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is over 0.73x. Companies generate revenue from the sale of goods and services. Analysts prefer a low P/S ratio, ideally below 1. However, a P/S number between 1 and 2 is more common. To put the metric into perspective, S&P 500's average price-to-sales ratio is 2.1x.
Another way to analyze the P/S ratio is to compare companies in similar industries or segments. Our readers may be interested to know that the P/S ratio for Boeing (NYSE:BA) is 2x. For Honeywell (NYSE:HON) stock, the P/S ratio stands at 3.2x. And for 3M (NYSE:MMM) the P/S is almost 4x.
Investors who do not yet have a position may want to wait until GE's earnings report in late July to have a better view on the developments within individual segments. Analysts will pay special attention to the sales figures in different units as well as the level of free cash flow.
Those investors who already own GE shares, may either consider taking some money off the table or hedging their positions. As for hedging strategies, covered calls or put spreads with Aug. 16 expiry could be appropriate as straight put purchases are likely to be expensive due to heightened volatility. Then, you may reevaluate your long position after General Electric reports earnings.
The Bottom Line on GE Stock
Over the past few months, the narrative for General Electric stock has changed for the better and GE is not making regular negative headlines any more.
I believe that many long-term investors are ready to give GE management, which has started dealing with the pressing issues, the benefit of the doubt. Therefore, I'd see any dip in GE stock price an opportunity to go long.
The author has GE covered calls (July 12 expiry).
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Posted: Feb 23, 2018 / 08:28 AM EST / Updated: Feb 23, 2018 / 08:28 AM EST
Jessie Diggins will be the United States flag bearer for the 2018 Winter Games closing ceremony, the United States Olympic Committee announced Friday.
The 26-year-old cross country skier was selected by fellow Team USA members to lead their delegation into Sunday's ceremony.
"This is such an incredible honor for me," Diggins said (via Team USA). "I'm really humbled and moved that the athletes voted for me."
Diggins and teammate Kikkan Randall won the United States first ever women's cross-country skiing medal when they captured gold in the freestyle team sprint. Diggins also recorded four other top six finishes in PyeongChang.
"Jessie's breakthrough performances here in PyeongChang have been inspirational and historic, and her success is representative of years of teamwork and determination from all our athletes," USOC CEO Scott Blackmun said. "I am proud that she has been recognized with the distinction of being our flag bearer for the closing ceremony."
Diggins is the first cross country skier to be selected as the United States flag bearer for the closing ceremony. Ice hockey forward Julie Chu led Team USA into the ceremony in 2014, while skier Bill Demong received the position to conclude the Vancouver Games.
"I have so much respect and admiration for everybody here and am beyond honored to be able to lead us out of these Games," Diggins said.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Vaccine supply issues continued to plague California on Tuesday even as other indicators about the spread of the coronavirus showed what the top health official called "rays of hope" amid the deadliest days of the pandemic.
San Francisco's public health department said it's likely to run out of vaccine Thursday, in part because the state pulled back on administering a batch of Moderna shots after several health workers in San Diego had a bad reaction.
(NEXSTAR) - As President Trump leaves the White House Wednesday, many are wondering what will become of his children, some of whom have played an active role in the administration.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are leaving Washington D.C. for the tony enclave of Indian Creek, Florida a luxurious island community near Miami. In December, they closed on a $30 million plot of land, where friends say they plan to build a private estate.


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Everything you need to know about Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel prize in literature
The Belarusian journalist and author has explored conflict and its aftermath for more than 30 years, interviewing thousands in a quest to 'get the closest possible approximation to real life'. Here is an introduction to her life and work
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Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich is seen during a book fair in Minsk, Belarus, in 2014. Photograph: Reuters
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The winner of the 2015 Nobel prize in literature, Svetlana Alexievich, is an unfamiliar name to many English-speaking readers. But her work has given voice to survivors of conflict and disaster all over the former Soviet Union, shedding light into the emotional lives of people she has met from Chernobyl to Kabul. Here are some key facts about her life and work. If you have read her, we'd love to hear from you in the comments.
This is how I hear and see the world – as a chorus of individual voices and a collage of everyday details
Alexievich was born 31 May 1948 in the Ukrainian town of Ivano-Frankovsk into the family of a serviceman. Her father is Belarusian and her mother is Ukrainian. After her father's demobilisation from the army, the family returned to his native Belorussia and settled in a village where both parents worked as schoolteachers. She left school to work as a reporter on the local paper in the town of Narovl. She went on to a career in journalism, and has written short stories and reportage, in which she's covered the Chernobyl catastrophe, the Soviet war in Afghanistan and many other events – all based on thousands of interviews with witnesses.
She has been persecuted by Alexander Lukashenko's dictatorial regime, which made her leave Belarus in 2000. She went on to live in Paris, Gothenburg and Berlin, and could only return to Minsk in 2011.
What does the Swedish Academy say about her?
Alexievich has been given the award "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time," in the words of the judges. Permanent secretary Sara Danius paid tribute to the power of her work.
For the past 30 or 40 years she's been busy mapping the Soviet and post-Soviet individual. But it's not really a history of events. It's a history of emotions. What she's offering us is really an emotional world. So these historical events that she's covering in her various books – for example the Chernobyl disaster or the Soviet war in Afghanistan – are, in a way, just pretexts for exploring the soviet individual and the post soviet individual. She's conducted thousands of interviews with children, women and men, and in this way she's offering us a history of a human being about whom we didn't know that much."
What are her writing style and literary influences?
She says in her blog that she found her voice under the influence of the Belorusian writer Ales Adamovich, who developed a genre which he variously called the "collective novel", "novel-oratorio", "novel-evidence", "people talking about themselves" and "epic chorus".
In an interview, she said: "I've been searching for a literary method that would allow the closest possible approximation to real life. Reality has always attracted me like a magnet, it tortured and hypnotised me, I wanted to capture it on paper. So I immediately appropriated this genre of actual human voices and confessions, witness evidences and documents. This is how I hear and see the world – as a chorus of individual voices and a collage of everyday details. This is how my eye and ear function. In this way all my mental and emotional potential is realised to the full. In this way I can be simultaneously a writer, reporter, sociologist, psychologist and preacher."
Where should the English-speaking reader start?
War's Unwomanly Face (1985)
Alexievich interviewed hundreds out of the million Russian women who participated in the second world war in a variety of roles, including as foot soldiers, snipers, doctors and nurses. From the book's blurb: "All that we know about Woman is best described by the word 'compassion'. There are other words, too – sister, wife, friend and, the noblest of all, mother. But isn't compassion a part of all these concepts, their very substance, their purpose and their ultimate meaning? A woman is the giver of life, she safeguards life, so 'Woman' and 'life' are synonyms."
Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Sara Danius Danius recommends readers start with this: "It brings you very close to every single individual."
Zinky Boys: The Record of a Lost Soviet Generation (1992)
This account of the Soviet war in Afghanistan takes its title from the name given to the corpses of young men sent home from the conflict, as they always were put in zinc coffins. From Julia R Robin Whitby, the English translator: "The men and women who express their thoughts and experiences in these pages need no introduction – they must speak for themselves. The confusion and contradictions displayed by some are as revealing as the honesty and insight of others. As we listen to them, however, we need to bear in mind certain aspects of Soviet life with no immediate parallel in the West." "Sometimes unreadably sad," said John Lloyd in the London Review of Books.
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (2006)
On April 26 1986, the number four reactor at the Chernobyl power station blew apart. Facing nuclear disaster on an unprecedented scale, Soviet authorities tried to contain the situation by sending thousands of ill-equipped men into a radioactive maelstrom. In this book, Alexievich explores the terrible human cost of the catastrophe through the voices of more than 500 eyewitnesses, including firefighters, members of the cleanup team, politicians, physicians, physicists, and ordinary citizens, over 10 years.
Read an extract here – and some more of the gripping testimonies here
Second-hand Time (due in English 2016)
And on to the collapse of the USSR. Second-hand Time is being translated by Bela Shayevich. Fitzcarraldo Editions, Alexievich's UK publisher, says: "In this magnificent requiem to a civilization in ruins, the author of Voices from Chernobyl reinvents a singular, polyphonic literary form, bringing together the voices of dozens of witnesses to the collapse of the USSR in a formidable attempt to chart the disappearance of a culture and to surmise what new kind of man may emerge from the rubble."
A short film based on her Chernobyl book was nominated for an Academy Award
Irish director Juanita Wilson directed a short film based on Voices from Chernobyl, which was nominated for an Oscar in 2010. Watch it here:
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First you get beaten up, then you beat up others: John Lloyd's review of her book Zinky Boys: The Record of a Lost Soviet Generation for the London Review of Books.
Extract from Voices from Chernobyl.
And her feature on the same book for the Paris Review.
Boys in Zinc: an extract of her book Zinky Boys published by Granta.
Nonfiction Deserves a Nobel: a year ago, Philip Gourevitch praised Alexievich's work and argued that nonfiction writing deserves more recognition from the Nobel committee in the New Yorker.
Stranger than Fiction: another piece by Gourevitch, this time for Human Rights Watch, in which he eloquently explains the particular tradition in which she writes, which he calls "novels in voices".
Voices from Big Utopia – her own site includes some of her books in full and links in several languages, as well as lovely images such as this, of herself in Kabul in 1988:
Photograph: Archive of Svetlana Alexievich
Have you already read Alexievich, in whatever language? Do let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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What is the relation between individual and society?
The relation between individual and society is very close. Essentially, "society" is the regularities, customs and ground rules of antihuman behavior. Man is biologically and psychologically equipped to live in groups, in society. Society has become an essential condition for human life to arise and to continue.
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In 1959, Group M was established in Melbourne by a group of photographers, originally called Moggs Creek Clickers.
This collective of photographers advocated the use of 'straight' or unmanipulated photography as a means of expression.
In the catalogue to their inaugural exhibition they declared, 'We are certain that the majority of people appreciate philosophical thinking and social comment expressed through photography'.
The central figures in Group M were George W Bell (b.1920 - d.2008) , John Crook (b.1927 - d.2012), and Albert Brown (b.1931 - d.2017).
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Welcome to the online home of the Mountain Garrison. Over 70 Imperial Garrisons and Outposts comprise the 501st Legion of Stormtroopers and we are assigned to Earth, to protect and serve the Emperor and the members of the Galactic Empire. Over 5,000 members of the Imperial Navy are here to safeguard Earth from any Rebel activity. With over 150 members, the Mountain Garrison is assigned the task of maintaining security across the states of Wyoming and Colorado.
We are also here to lend assistance to charities and provide smiles to those most in need.
Please browse our site to see what the Mountain Garrison does, who its members are, and how to join. The Emperor is always looking for another loyal trooper to join the cause.
The Mountain Garrison is only a small part of a worldwide organization known as the 501st Legion.
As of early 2015 the legion has over 7,000 active members and is growing stronger every day.
We are always looking for new recruits. Check out www.501st.com and the following links for more information.
Trooper Survival Guide - This guide will help you understand what you can expect from the Legion and what the Legion expects from you.
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"The 501st Legion is now recognized as one of the largest costuming organizations in the world. It has active members in forty-seven countries on five continents, divided into sixty-seven local garrisons and twenty-nine outposts (those units that comprise fewer than twenty-five members). More than 20 percent of the troops are female."
How do you get into the legion? By submitting multiple photos of your costume to a compliance officer, who will check the tiniest of details for screen accuracy; the six-pouch criterion is one of many. Would-be troopers have to work hard to get their costumes up to code although some find it easier than others. " I've heard guys say they can finish their armor in a week or two, working nonstop with fast-acting glue," says Ed daSilva, CO of the Golden Gate Garrison in Northern California, who built his costume in two months. "If you can handle PVC, plumbing, irrigation work, it's similar."
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While a growing number of people are experiencing a reawakening of their Star Wars fandom, new generations are seeking ways to celebrate their passion for George Lucas' modern mythology. The 501st Legion brings these fans together, reinforcing the enduring longevity of the Star Wars saga.
While our organization was founded to simply provide a collective identity for costuming fans with similar interests, the 501st is proud to put its resources to good use through fundraising, charity work, and volunteerism. Read more about our charity work here.
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Tiger in a Tutu
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Author: Fabi Santiago
Set in Paris, with a dancing tiger as the star, this is an uplifting tale of following your dreams and pursuing your talent, no matter what, and about making friends. Max isn't like other tigers - he is a tiger with a dream! He longs to pirouette and plie, to leap and spin. He wants to be a dazzling dancer, shining on the stage! Little dancers will love to see Max triumph and get his moment in the spotlight. From a new artistic talent whose work will appeal to fans of Miroslav Sasek and James Mayhew
Little dancers will love to see Max triumph and get his moment in the spotlight. A lovely story Parents In Touch A dazzlingly and uplifting tale of holding on to your dreams against the odds Red Reading Hub This book is perfect. Not an ounce of it could be improved, and it left me with a warm feeling inside. If that doesn't say tres bien I don't know what does. The Bookbag It's a sweet tale of following your dreams and being determined to succeed, but it's also a story of friendship and what can be achieved when you are not alone. This is Brazilian Fabi's debut book, and she looks set to have a bright future. The graduate of the Cambridge School of Art loves screen-printed images and those in this picture book are bold and have a distinctive vintage feel to them (they remind me a little of Richard Scarry's illustrations Nottingham Post Set in Paris, the saga of Max and his determination to get on the stage reads something like a fun version of Billy Elliot ... engagingly romantic The Independent A touching tale of friendship beautifully illustrated, with echoes of the classics Madeline and Eloise in Paris Nursery World Enchanting and inspiring, with the lovely sentiment that nothing is impossible South Wales Evening Post An uplifting and inspiring tale of ballet and friendship from a talented debut author/illustrator. Junior News Mail An uplifting debut picture book by an exciting new author/illustrator, which highlights the importance of determination, self-belief and friendship Book Trust An uplifting tale about following your dreams. Tiger Max will, without doubt, inspire young readers to have the courage to take centre-stage. Little London Magazine An uplifting tale about following your dreams. Tiger Max will, without doubt, inspire younger readers to take centre stage Little London Magazine An uplifting and inspiring tale of ballet and friendship Aldershot News Mail A bold story about breaking with tradition and being proud to be yourself. A triumph. Encore! WRD Magazine Summer 2016
Fabi Santiago was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and has been making pictures ever since she could hold her first crayon. After studying art and design, Fabi went travelling and came across the MA in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art, from where she graduated in 2014. Fabi's illustrations are full of movement and bold limited colours, and her media of choice is screen-printing. She likes the outdoors, cycling, dance and theatre, all of which are inspiration for her stories. Fabi lives in London with her ginger fellow and her cat, Porridge.
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Non Traditional Construction (Part 1)
January 18, 2018 /in Our Blog /by holloway
The Laing Easiform
These were constructed by John Laing builders with the first house being built in 1919. They are a fairly common form of construction – they were built by Councils in large estates as they were fairly cheap and quick to build.
We have surveyed many Laing Easiforms in both Bristol and Gloucester. These dwellings can be identified by their tall slender chimney. The chimney tends to protrude from the central wall; however these chimneys often suffer from failure of the render and tend to crack. Laing Easiforms normally have a concrete porch roof above the front door. But the main way to confirm is by entering the loft space and looking at the party wall.This is not made of brick and block as in traditionally constructed houses, but is fairly smooth and grey in appearance.
How were they built?
Surveying these types of property can be a very satisfying experience as they were all constructed in a very similar way. A solid slab foundation was laid, then a mastic asphalt floor covering which acted as a damp proof course. After the floor was dry, metal shuttering was temporarily constructed and concrete was poured into this mould. This was strengthened with reinforcing bars. As these houses are not constructed from panels brought in from elsewhere, and the work is carried out on site, these are called in-situ. Once the concrete walls were in place, the shuttering was removed and the roof could be added. Normally a traditional cut-type roof was used with some bolted trusses to add strength, for instance those found in Brentry. A flat thick roof comprising a concrete slab was sometimes used, such as in Lockleaze.
What are the associated problems?
Laing Easiforms were not considered to be defective under the Housing Act and as a result can be mortgageable. Hence they are one of the few types of non traditional construction where a mortgage may be obtained! But With every rule there are the exceptions and the most common is the pre 1940's Laing Easiform. Their construction had thinner walls, with 3" of poured in-situ concrete, a 2" cavity and then a 3" inner skin – which is very thin by any standard. Some of these are still present in Lockleaze in Bristol and these are seldom mortgageable. The post-war properties were of thicker walled construction, with 3 ½ " concrete, a 2" cavity and a 3 ½" inner wall, such as many of those found in Bishopsworth.
When we survey a Laing Easiform, one of the obvious problems is corrosion of the embedded metal. This is often characterised by horizontal cracking along the reinforcement lines. This may be repaired cost effectively depending on the extent of cracking that is apparent. It is a subjective call as to whether the extent of cracking is cost effective to repair; most suffer some level of cracking.
The other commonly occurring problem is the quantity of asbestos that is often used in the construction.For example, the soffits were originally of asbestos cement boarding, which has often been hidden by new UPVC. The loft hatches were again asbestos boarding, as were the under stairs cupboards. Many of the ducts and boxings-in were also cement type board and thermoplastic tiles were often used to finish the floor.
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How to view a property prior to making an offer or instructing a surveyor
December 21, 2016 /in Our Blog /by holloway
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More Apps on the Mac App Store Caught Stealing and Uploading User Browsing History
Posted by Rajesh Pandey on Sep 10, 2018 in macOS, News
Last week, a report detailed how one of the top paid utility apps on the Mac App Store was quietly stealing the browser history of its users and uploading it to a server in China. Apple was soon to remove the app from the Mac App Store as soon as the news broke but as it turns out, there are more apps on the App Store indulging in the same tactics.
Apps distributed by a developer called "Trend Micro, Inc." on the App Store have been caught doing the same thing. The apps offered by this developer includes Dr. Unarchiver, Dr. Cleaner, Adware Medic and more.
Similar to Adware Doctor, all apps from Trend Micro required access to a user's home directory on macOS to work properly. After getting access to the home directory, these apps would then silently created a zip file containing the user's browsing history from Safari, Chrome, and Firefox which was then uploaded to their servers. They also uploaded a report on the other apps installed in the system.
One of the culprit apps, Dr. Unarchiver, was among the 12 most popular free apps on the US Mac App Store. Soon after the original report caught steam, Apple pulled all the apps in question from the Mac App Store.
The whole point of an App Store is that all apps on the platform are vetted and verified by Apple before they are listed for download. However, Apple seems to have failed to do its job properly here. While users should always be wary of giving home access to apps in macOS, some apps do need access to it to work properly. Apple is making some privacy improvements in macOS Mojave which should prevent apps from stealing a user's browsing history but given how a company lays so much emphasis on the privacy and security of its users, this should not have happened in the first place.
Perhaps Apple does not care about the Mac App Store as much as the iOS App Store simply because it does not generate as much money for it.
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News > K-12 education
Post Falls voters side with conservative Republicans in two school district races, reject controversial candidate
UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 3, 2021
David J. Reilly, left, faces Jake Dawson for the Zone 5 seat on the Post Falls school board. Dawson won with 53.4% of the vote in Tuesday's election.
By Kip Hill kiph@spokesman.com(509) 459-5429
The three men elected Tuesday to the Post Falls School District Board of Trustees oppose mandated vaccines for COVID-19 and expressed concern about critical race theory in schools.
But voters did reject one candidate, endorsed by the local GOP, whose past social media comments had denigrated Jews and women. That contest also had higher turnout than the other two races, including one that ousted an incumbent.
Voters selected Guy McAninch, Logan Creighton and Jake Dawson for three seats on the district's five-member board. Creighton's 12-vote margin of victory over incumbent Bridget Malek was the closest contest but not narrow enough to require a state-funded recount, and Malek conceded in a Facebook post early Wednesday morning.
Creighton said his focus would be looking at curriculum to determine if the theory that has become a target of right-leaning politicians nationwide is being taught in any form in the district, even though state law forbids it.
"That is correct, it's not supposed to be taught," Creighton said. "Whether or not it is, in its very different guises, is something we need to look at."
Dawson defeated David J. Reilly, a former radio host who recently moved to Post Falls and touted "America First" values. Reilly also made several social media comments, beginning in 2019 and continuing through 2020, seen as misogynistic and antisemitic.
Dawson did not respond to a request for comment on social media but previously had said his concern was students, not his opponent's political beliefs. He also expressed concern about mandates for masks and vaccines, the latter now recommended for children between 5 and 11 years old by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Dawson/Reilly race had a ballot total of 1,982, nearly 500 more total votes than the next closest race for the district. School district zones must be roughly equal in population, according to state code, but there may be more registered voters in one zone compared to another.
McAninch, who did not respond to a website request for comment Wednesday, has also campaigned against such mandates and told the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee, which endorsed him, that he was running "to protect the children of Post Falls from being indoctrinated by the Leftist ideology, which has tragically changed the course of our nation, causing division and distrust in our communities."
McAninch defeated Neil Uhrig with 60% of the vote.
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Former Gonzaga star Rui Hachimura returns after missing 39 games for personal reasons
Gonzaga's Kaden Perry resting ailing back, Dominick Harris progressing but no timetable for return


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Coca-Cola to offer limited edition cinnamon flavor until the year end
Ojaswita Kutepatil October 4, 2018 Food & Beverages
Beverage giant Coca-Cola has recently made an announcement confirming the launch of a new cinnamon flavor especially for the upcoming festive season. Coca Cola Cinnamon would be rolled out in stores this week and will be available to consumers until the year end, said credible sources familiar with the matter.
The limited edition cinnamon flavor has been developed as part of Coca Cola's zero sugar portfolio and will come in 500ml and 1.25l bottles. The sources mentioned that the season is an ideal time for the company to introduce an autumnal spice within a cold drink and Coca Cola thought of making a cinnamon flavored drink as the flavor is loved by the general public.
As per records, the company had introduced Coca Cola Zero Sugar Peach flavor earlier in the year, encouraged by the success of Cherry and Vanilla flavors in 2017. The zero sugar brand of Coca Cola was first launched in 2016 as a replacement for Coke Zero and is designed to taste more like the classic Coca Cola even with the boasting of 0 calories.
Alec Mellor, Coca Cola Great Britain's Marketing Manager, spoke about the recent new addition to the zero sugar range, stating that the company has introduced many new flavors to the range since zero sugar was launched. He confirmed the availability of zero sugar Coca Cola Cinnamon and said the company hopes its existing fans as well as people who like to try new flavors will appreciate it. Mellor believes a drink consisting of a flavor associated with festivities and having no sugar is apt for the season.
Further records indicate that for every classic Coca Cola sold in the U.K., the company sells one sugar free Coca Cola. The company had revealed on its website that Coca Cola Zero Sugar forms 43% of all the cola it sells in Great Britain.
Pizza Hut rolls out beer delivery service right in time for Super Bowl
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Namaste Technologies invests in Choklat, enters the edibles market
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Trian Fund Management to acquire pizza chain Papa John's International
Paroma Bhattacharya October 9, 2018
Coca-Cola buys a minority stake in Iris Nova's Dirty Lemon for $15M
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Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association Conference 2021
60th PT Education Anniversary cum Sik Sik Yuen 100th Anniversary
Dec 12, 2021 (Sun)
Venue: Nina Hotel Tsuen Wan West
Prof Susan Effgen (Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Kentucky, USA)
Dr Lim Wee Shiong (adjunct Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Prof Timothy Kwok (professor, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics and School of Public Health, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Mr Jimmy Wu (Director, District Health Centre Team, Primary Healthcare Office under the Food and Health Bureau)
Mr Wong Sze Tat (Unit-in-charge of Sik Sik Yuen Physiotherapy Centre)
Ms Tracy Bury (Deputy CEO of World Physiotherapy)


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Cheese Making Kit - Mozzarella and Ricotta.
It is easier and you think to make your own fresh cheeses. The Cheeky Monkey Cheese Making Kits are simple to use for even absolute beginners.This Kit can make two Italian fresh cheeses Ricotta and Mozzarella.
Every kit has enough ingredients (milk not included) to make two kilogrammes of cheese from twenty litres of milk. With the simple, easy to follow instructions it you can be eating your first home made cheese in a very short time. Start making your own mozzarella as soon as the kit arrives and you'll be eating bruscetta with homemade cheese for dinner.
Our cheese kits are vegetarian and contain rennet from vegetable sources.
Makes four batches to allow you to try out and then perfect your home cheese making skills.
Mozzarella for either melting on home made pizzas or dicing into a fresh salad, just think how impressed your family will be when you tell them that you made the cheese on top of the pizza they're eating. Mozzarella can be eaten fresh or stored for a week in brine.
Ricotta is best just smeared over some farmhouse bread and drizzled with some quality olive oil. You can experiment with adding your own herbs to the soft ricotta either hard herbs (oregano, rosemary) or soft (basil, parsley). You home made ricotta can also be used in some simple recipes, baked pasta shells with ricotta and tomatoes, smoked mackerel stuffed with ricotta, fennel and capers.
Although these kits are not toys, we think that they are great to be used with children (under supervision) after all, every kid loves pizza – how much will they lobe making their own cheese to go on top of it?
If you wish to be really authentic then you'll want to make buffalo mozzarella, (exactly the same recipe as in our kits but with buffalo milk) we'd really like to hear from you if you know a good place to buy buffalo milk in the UK and we'd like to share that information with our customers. In the meantime then use regular cow's milk, although raw milk makes a better cheese if you can get hold of it any milk will do. Higher fat wholemilk makes a creamier cheese which melts slightly better.