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Pixar steps into cultural diversity with 'Soul'
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"Soul" Disney/Pixar
When I was a little girl, my father would ask me if I was happy with my choice of parents. Further, he explained that each soul chooses their life paths for a myriad of reasons. I was five years old.
From the mind of one of Pixar's most gifted members, Pete Docter ("Inside Out," "Up"), comes "Soul," a charming, whimsical, musical film that takes a look at the biggest question that people have asked since the dawn of time: "What's the meaning of life?"
"Soul" opens with the death of middle school band teacher Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx), who loves the piano. After a brilliant audition, flying high on the vibrations of success, he nearly misses being crushed by careless construction workers, dodges being hit by an oncoming car, and then falls into a manhole.
Now playing on Disney Plus, "Soul" breaks many rules usually assigned to kid films, but it does so with the purpose of exploring issues surrounding mortality in a way that few films dare. It steps into the second biggest question of all time, which is what happens before and after people leave their bodies. Is there a heaven?
Funny how life was unfolding for old Joe: he had just landed an opportunity to play with jazz legend Dorothea Williams (Angela Bassett) at the Half Note club. This was his lifelong dream, the pinnacle of his success as a musician and Joe, well this man was gifted.
Imagine his surprise when he finds himself, sans a body, moving on a conveyor belt through the great unknown. A curious fellow, Joe falls off the escalator, falling through spiritual dimensions to a place called the Great Before where souls are preparing to go to Earth.
And what does a pre-corporeal soul look like? Well, this is Disney so it's adorable, with luminous eyes and a pure glow. Here there are simple rules and each newbie soul is guided by mentors—those that have lived their lives with passion and who want, desperately, to help the next generation.
Once the new souls find their uniqueness, their spark, they are allowed to go to Earth where they are assigned to an infant body.
How is a personality formed, exactly? Here's the theory. Some attributes are imprinted at the "You Seminar," i.e. in the spiritual realm, while others are discovered by sincere guidance from the older, wiser souls.
Back to Joe. He wants to get back to the body which is hooked up to life support and, in this state, he's mistaken for a mentor and automatically assigned to a "soul mate," No. 22 (Tina Fey), a free-spirit with a rebel streak who's been around for ages and perfectly happy to never experience life.
22 is a challenge. She loves the Great Before and, despite powerful mentors like Mother Theresa and Abraham Lincoln trying and failing, she's never found her spark. The overseers (Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade and Wes Studi), each named Jerry, let Joe try and—what do you know—together they find a loophole that lands them both on earth.
Not to give away spoilers, Joe's desire to get back to this jazz club, combined with 22's desire not to be dragged along, combine and form into something unexpected. Now that she's alive, 22 starts to enjoy the little things and realizes (finally) earth is not as bad as she imagined.
Joe, on earth, starts to learn about himself. Inside his favorite barbershop, he realizes that his love for music is really an obsession that has blocked his ability to make meaningful friendships. Who's helped shape Joe into Joe? His tough-love mom Libba (Phylicia Rashad), and he also finds magic when he plays the piano drifting off into the zone, described by the mystic Moonwind, thusly: "When joy becomes an obsession, one becomes disconnected from life."
Why center "Soul" on a predominantly Black cast? I'm cynical; it's a marketing decision based on algorithms and hardcore financial data on the spending power of the African American and African global community.
Remember that Disney and Pixar are corporations. And Pixar has long been coined the boys club, and diversity and inclusion were never part of their history. So, I lean again into algorithms and hardcore financial data as the core motivation to stack "Soul" with color aka flavor.
"Soul" is a beautiful film blending together the best-of-the-best of Pixar magic.


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Резолюция Совета Безопасности ООН № 196 — резолюция, принятая 30 октября 1964 года. Совет, рассмотрев заявление Мальты, рекомендовал Генеральной Ассамблее принять её в члены Организации Объединённых Наций.

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Austin's Rosewood Neighborhood
By Jane H. Rivera, PhD and Gilberto C. Rivera
Rosewood is a historically African American neighborhood on the east side of Austin. It takes its name from Rosewood Avenue, which runs through the heart of the area. Rosewood was first settled by Europeans in the late 19th century, and beginning in the 1910s, the City of Austin adopted as official policy the goal of segregating African Americans in East Austin. Rosewood has been the official home of Austin's Juneteenth, or Emancipation Day, celebration. June 19th was the day that news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas—two years after the fact. The exact location of the celebration has changed over the years, but whether it was Emancipation Park or Rosewood Park, Austin's major Juneteenth event has always been in Rosewood.
Authors Jane H. Rivera, PhD, and Gilberto C. Rivera have been neighborhood activists in Rosewood for decades. They have added images and interview materials from their neighbors and images and information from the Austin History Center to document the transformation of Rosewood. Gilberto C. Rivera, a Rosewood native, has selected the best photographs from his personal collection to form the basis for Images of America: Austin's Rosewood Neighborhood.

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What's that old saying about the enemy of my enemy is my friend? That seems to be the new motto in Gotham.
It seems that Selina (Camren Bicondova) isn't the only one out for Jeremiah (Cameron Monaghan) now. Everyone is going to want a piece of him, and if that means even Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor) and Gordon (Ben McKenzie) have to work together, so be it.
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"All brothers": Pope Francis to sign new encyclical on Oct. 3 in Assisi
The Basilica of St Francis, Assisi
Pope Francis will sign a new encyclical after Mass celebrated in the Basilica of St. Francis on 3 October. The ceremony will take place without the faithful present, in respect of the current health situation.
By Vatican News
Pope Francis will visit the Italian town of Assisi on 3 October to sign a new encyclical.
In a statement released on Saturday, the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, said the encyclical is entitled Fratelli tutti or "All Brothers" on fraternity and social friendship.
The title, whose official English-language version has not yet been released, is a reference to the writings of St. Francis: "Let us all, brothers, consider the Good Shepherd who to save His sheep bore the suffering of the Cross" (Admonitions, 6, 1: FF155).
The Holy Father will arrive in Assisi in the afternoon where he will celebrate Holy Mass at the Tomb of St. Francis, which will be followed by the signing of the encyclical.
The visit will take place in private, without the participation of the faithful.
Latin version of St. Francis' Admonitions
Assisi waiting with gratitude
In a statement, the Bishop of Assisi, Domenico Sorrentino, said the town awaits the Pope's visit with "emotion and gratitude".
He went on to say, "While the world is suffering a pandemic that makes so many peoples lives difficult, and makes us feel for brothers in pain, we cannot but feel the need to become above all brothers in love."
"This gesture of Pope Francis," concluded the Bishop, "gives us new courage and strength to 'restart' in the name of the fraternity that unites us all."
Central to magisterium
The title of the Pope's new encyclical recalls a central theme of his magisterium. On the evening of his election to the papacy on 13 March 2013, Pope Francis first greeted the world with the word "brothers".
The theme of fraternity is also present in his constant embrace of migrants, epitomized in his pastoral visit to Lampedusa.
His signing of the Document on Human Fraternity in Abu Dhabi in 2019 marks one more example of Pope Francis' dedication to promoting brotherly love.
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When Stu Siegel, former CEO/Owner of the NHL's Florida Panthers, realized they were not using tech or analytics to improve the way the hockey team was playing, he began digitizing and data-basing player data, sowing the seeds of what would later become HockeyTech.
After acquiring other tech companies working in hockey analytics, Siegel began looking for a single space to house his growing staff and continue to develop new products – he chose Waterloo.
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Home News 4th annual Jeffny Pally Smile Mile raises funds for Special Olympics Connecticut
4th annual Jeffny Pally Smile Mile raises funds for Special Olympics Connecticut
More than 300 University of Connecticut students filled the track inside the Hugh S. Greer Field House on Saturday as part of the fourth-annual Jeffny Pally Smile Mile.
UConn students and community members participate in the Jeffny Pally Smile Mile, a one mile walk/wheel in support of the R-Word campaign, on Saturday, March 7. Photo by Maggie Chafouleas/The Daily Campus
The event is named in honor of UConn sophomore Jeffny Pally, who helped organize the first ever "Smile Mile" four years ago but died tragically before it occurred. The current Smile Mile, organized by the UConn Special Olympics committee, is described as a "one-mile walk/wheel" to raise money for Special Olympics Connecticut and bring awareness to the organization's "spread the word to end the word" campaign against derogatory language.
This year's Smile Mile held unique significance to both the event's organizers and the members of the Pally family present.
"Jeffny's class graduated last year and that was a very special moment for my family," Jenny Pally, Jeffny's older sister, said to the crowd. "To come out this year and see the support from people that may not have gone to school with Jeffny is amazing."
Following the opening ceremonies, students clad in coral Smile Mile T-shirts walked the eight laps constituting a mile around the field house track, spurred on by members of the UConn Band. Lawn games, bracelet-making stations and complimentary snacks awaited them when they finished.
"This is a day to smile, talk to someone you don't know, and support a great cause," Special Olympics Program Director Danielle Rubin said.
Rubin, an eighth-semester speech language and hearing sciences major, has been involved with the UConn Special Olympics Committee since her freshman year. She believes the Smile Mile's turnout this year is evidence that Jeffny Pally's message of inclusion will continue to resonate with students.
"Many of her friends graduated last year so to have such a large amount of people come out this year is really something special," Rubin said. "I think it truly means that people are coming with the goal of inclusion and they understand that Special Olympics is a great organization dedicated to including everybody."
Joel Pally, Jeffny's older brother, has attended the event every year since its inception.
"We were really blessed that Jeffny was someone who was so focused on making an impact on the community and improving the lives of other people and it feels really good to see the community returning the favor," he said. "To see that her message of inclusion still resonates with people who never met her is really heartening."
According to the event's website, this year's smile mile raised over $1,300 for Special Olympics Connecticut. Later this semester, the Special Olympics Committee will be hosting their 14th annual Husky Classic Soccer Tournament.
Nick Smith is a campus correspondent for The Daily Campus. He can be reached via email at nicholas.h.smith@uconn.edu.
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Devilish est le premier album du groupe Tokio Hotel, baptisé à l'époque Devilish. Cet EP est sorti en 2003. Il a été autoproduit par le groupe et vendu à la fin de leur concert.

Titres des pistes

 It's so hard to live
 Leb' die Sekunde
 Nicht's wird besser
 I needn't you
 Nothing's like before
 Schwerelos
 Mädchen aus dem All
 Grauer Alltag

Autres informations
 Leb' die Sekunde est un titre qui apparaît également dans l'album suivant Schrei.
 La chanson Mädchen aus dem All a été utilisé en guise de single lors de la sortie du Best of TH en 2010.

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Album de Tokio Hotel


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Wild deer have been kept at Donington Park for almost a thousand years, over which time it has built up a rich history and tradition. Today it works as part of the Park Farmhouse estate, allowing them to serve their own venison all year around.
They're committed to conserving the natural habitats of the park; a heritage which includes not only the deer but also very rare species of insect life which live in the park's ancient oak trees, a collection worthy of protection in their own right. They work with Natural England in the preservation of the insect and tree species and are advised by the British Deer Society on the conservation of the red and fallow deer herds.
The road outside the Farmhouse was called The Redway, and the house was built as Redway House in the early 1600s. In about 1720 the brick barn buildings were all added as a model farm, as was the fashion in the early part of the agricultural revolution. It formed part of the Donington Estate, owned by the Hastings family, who lived at Ashby de la Zouch Castle until the civil war and then moved to Donington Hall thereafter. Donington was extensively rebuilt by the Marquis of Hastings, the first Governor General of India, in the 1790s, and at that time Wilson Lodge was altered and "gothicised" to match the other two entrance lodges to the park and the hall itself.
Wilson Lodge (the part of the hotel behind the stone wall) was a gated entrance. A bell pull was installed at the top of Walton Hill, and the gatekeeper had just enough time to pull his boots on and open the gates before a carriage approached, on its way to the hall. The Army built a new road to bypass the lodge during the second world war, and this is now the caravan site entrance. In 1988 the lodge was rebuilt entirely and also joined on to the hotel by the current owners. The front stone wall was also straightened so that the lodge could no longer serve as a point of entrance.
The Threshing Barn is entirely original, except for its doors. Those at the front have been shortened, and the rear doors have been replaced with an alcove. In the 18th century it was used as a place to preach to the local farm workers by John Wesley, who, with his brother Charles, was sponsored by Lady Selena Hastings. She also used oak from Donington to build chapels in spa towns and other fashionable centres in the somewhat flawed idea of trying to convert the wealthy to Methodism.
The farm was purchased by the Shields family in 1926 and many of the barns were converted into pigsties. An army building was added during the second world war, and this is now used for wedding breakfasts. The first wedding party was held in 1985, and in 1986 the farmhouse was converted to a four-bedroom guesthouse. The hotel has continued to develop ever since that date, with alterations being carried out over each winter period.


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CA energy giants battle over future of solar power systems, influence on energy usage
By David Louie
CA energy giant battle over future of solar power systems
SAN FRANCISCO -- The future of rooftop solar is in the crosshairs as state regulators review whether there should be changes to credits that lower electric bills. Alliances have formed that have brought together organizations that are often adversaries, including major utility companies.
Clean energy is part of our focus in Building A Better Bay Area. ABC7 News reporter David Louie looks at the battle over the future of solar in California.
For years, homeowners have had a financial incentive to install rooftop solar. Credits are given for energy they don't need that's exported to the power grid. That reduces their electric bills. It has also led to 1.3 million solar power systems to be installed across the state.
RELATED: Solar companies see surge in demand for battery storage with PG&E power shutoffs
However, the state's public utilities commission is reviewing the program, called net energy metering. It has triggered a battle with very unusual alliances and very graphic lobbying.
"It can be reformed to continue to grow rooftop solar in California, which is a good thing," said Kathy Fairbanks. "We all support that. And it can also be reformed to make it more fair and more equitable so that people from disadvantaged communities are not shouldering the burden."
Fairbanks represents Affordable Clean Energy for All, a coalition of consumer, senior, social justice and business groups which are known to butt heads with the utility giants.
However, PG&E, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric are part of the coalition. They argue that the poor subsidize wealthier homeowners who get solar energy credits. And the poor can't install solar if they are renters.
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Many other groups are providing recommendations to state regulators as they assess program revisions. The solar industry is also weighing in, concerned that reform could be harmful at a time when there is more focus on clean energy.
"Nobody's going to go solar if it costs you more money to do that. Nobody," said Bernadette Del Chiaro with the California Solar & Storage Association. "And we're going to lose tens of thousands of jobs. We're going to lose hundreds of businesses, and we're going to have no relief from blackouts, wildfires and rising rates."
The California Public Utilities Commission is expected to release its recommendation in December.
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.бг is an internationalized country code top level domain name (IDN ccTLD) for Bulgaria. After two unsuccessful application attempts, .бг was added to the Root Zone on 5 March 2016 and delegated to Imena.BG Plc. The ICANN Board approved the delegation on 25 June 2019.
In Bulgarian (script: Cyrillic), .бг is the transliteration equivalent of .bg, Bulgaria's original ccTLD. Its registry provider is Register.BG, which is also responsible for .bg.
The domain was delegated at the DNS root level as .бг, which is represented by the ASCII compatible encoding xn--90ae under the IDNA specification.
The individual Unicode points that represent this string are U+0431 (б) and U+0433 (г).
Shortly after ICANN launched the IDN ccTLD Fast Track string selection process in 2009, Register.BG and the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications (MTITC) engaged in a series of multistakeholder discussions to select the Cyrillic string(s) that would be used for the Bulgarian domain. The group reached consensus that MIITC would act as the applicant for the .бг (.xn--90ae) Top-level Domain.
On 19 February 2010, MTITC applied for the string using ICANN's "IDN Fast Track" process.  The string was rejected DNS Stability Panel string review process as being confusingly similar to .br, the ccTLD for Brazil.
During a meeting between the ICANN Board and the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC), the representative of the Brazilian government commended ICANN's decision to reject .бг, and stated that avoiding graphic similarities between new IDN country codes and current country codes in Latin is important because confusion might facilitate phishing practices and other related problems.
In December 2010, MTIT encouraged Cyrillic experts and its citizens to support its IDN application and send letters to encourage ICANN to re-evaluate its decision. In addition, Uninet, Bulgaria's domain name registrar association filed a Documentary Information Disclosure Policy request to ICANN in order to prepare its appeal. Uninet asked ICANN to publish the reasons and the criteria used by the DNS Stability Panel in its decision to reject .бг.
In January, 2011, ICANN rejected Uninet's information disclosure request. ICANN explained that the request "falls under the multiple defined conditions of non-disclosure set forth in the the DIDP," which covers internal communications and trade secrets. from the Bulgarian government. Bulgarian government Technology Minister Alexander Tsvetkov later announced that they intended to file a reconsideration request with ICANN.
In December 2011, Rod Beckstrom, ICANN CEO at the time, advised the Bulgarian government to apply for a different IDN string. According to him, " the initial application for .бг was unsuccessful. The job of ICANN, the organization, is to implement the policies that are developed by the global communities. Those communities did not allow the initial application to go through because of potential visual confusion."
In October 2014, the Extended Process Similarity Review Panel (EPSRP), conducted a second review of the string and issued a report concluding that "The candidate string is not confusingly similar to any ISO 3166-1 entries." Between the time of the EPRSP's decisions and March 2015, the MTITC convened a working group of local Internet stakeholders to choose a sponsoring organization to manage the domain, with a public expert council to review and approve the decisions of the group.
On 1 July 2015, a open call for applications to become the sponsoring organization for .бг was announced by the working group.
On 11 December 2015, Imena.BG AD was established as a publicly limited company by several founding member organizations including Register.BG, the current sponsoring organization of the .bg ccTLD. Igmena.BG was chosen to manage the domain on 16 December 2015. Then, on 26 February 2016, Imena.BG AD officially sent a request to ICANN for the delegation of .бг as a top-level domain.
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Women's Mental Health Network lauches, raising the bar on advocacy for women
For years we have documented the varying areas of life in which women and girls bear the brunt of discrimination and sexism. In our family courts, domestic violence services, law enforcement/criminal justice system, genital integrity, education and a host of other areas, women and girls are systematically short-changed.
The mental health industry is one of the most brutal and culpable forces concerning these issues. Countless social workers and psychologists turn a blind eye to the genital mutilation of girls and the science proving its detrimental effects on its victims. There are perhaps an even greater number of mental health professionals who knowingly and unknowingly operate under tainted research and a false narrative about domestic violence. These individuals often actively work to prevent female victims and their children from accessing services, either through malicious intent or willful ignorance.
A pernicious and destructive sexism pervades the mental health industry. It operates unchallenged behind a façade of false objectivity, false inclusiveness and false compassion. Sadly, the mental health industry is ignorant of even the most basic differences between women and men in the ways we process emotions. Women are often expected to emote like men. When they don't, they're judged as deficient.
These facts, and many, many more have created an unambiguous need for change in the helping professions.
The Women's Mental Health Network is the first major step toward making that happen.
Our Mission Statement and promise:
The Women's Mental Health Network provides an alternative to the mainstream mental health profession which has grown increasingly sexist and indifferent to the problems faced by women and girls. We will apply our 100+ years of collective expertise in women's issues to develop and provide training material for other mental health professionals."
At launch, we will provide direct services in the areas of grief and loss, high-conflict relationships, addictions and women with disabilities.
We are presently consulting with other mental health professionals who practice without disparaging assumptions about women and girls. These professionals understand the current aberrant shortcomings of the mental health field.
Upon thorough vetting, we will add these professionals to a public directory. The ultimate goal is to provide a comprehensive, international mental health network in which both online and offline services are available.
The importance of that is difficult to overstate. When people seek relief from the "helping" professions and are instead given political ideology, it is an abuse of their trust. There is a reason so many women roll their eyes at the mention of therapy and counseling. It is the same reason they are far less likely than men to reach out for help. Their suspicions are 100% justified.
They are telling us quite clearly that the mental health field must change, not the women. The Women's Mental Health Network is the first earnest attempt to answer them.
As the Women's Mental Health Network directory grows and solidifies, our next objective is to create and provide authorized continuing education and training for mental health professionals. It will be designed completely on evidence-based clinical need, not political correctness. We will target under-recognized and often ignored areas of study, such as misogyny and gynocentrism. This training is intended to confront and scrutinize already faulty beliefs held by so many in the mental health field.
Additionally, we will adopt a very public role in challenging many mental health institutions and individuals by calling attention to sexist and harmful practices. We will not shy from nor let pass any entity or individual who is part of the problem.
Women and their problems have long been ignored, minimized and even ridiculed by the mainstream mental health industry. Today marks the beginning of corrective action. We start by building a network of professionals who don't view women as the default problem and have both comprehension of and compassion for their struggles.
We will turn that platform into a beacon of light that challenges the rampant discrimination against women in the mental health field and force an end to the empathy gap that now plagues women and girls at the most vulnerable moments in their lives.
Please visit the site and join our mailing list. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Pinterest. If you want to offer further support, please make use of our donation button to help us reach our goals.
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Charles Taylor, Arms Dealers and Reparations
June 7, 2012 01:00:00 PM
JURIST Guest Columnist Kenneth Gallant of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law says that the sentencing of Charles Taylor should have included the provision of reparations for his victims, and that the prosecution...
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Seeking Justice for Liberia: Reflections of a Prosecutor
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law says that the conviction and sentencing of former Liberian president Charles Taylor by the Special Court for Sierra Leone should not keep justice from being sought against him for...
Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years for war crimes
May 30, 2012 10:00:14 AM
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Wednesday sentenced former Liberian president Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison for war crimes committed during the decade-long civil war...
Charles Taylor seeks sentence based on 'reconciliation'
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor asked Wednesday to be sentenced with an eye toward "reconciliation, not retribution." Speaking during a sentencing hearing before the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone...
The Verdict(s) in the Charles Taylor Case
JURIST Columnist Charles C. Jalloh of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law examines the role of Alternate Judge El Hadji Malick Sow in Charles Taylor's trial and recent conviction and discusses the implications of Sow's decision to publicly disagree...
Charles Taylor prosecutors seeking 80-year sentence for war crimes
May 4, 2012 09:36:54 AM
The chief prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) recommended Thursday that former Liberian president Charles Taylor be sentenced to 80 years for war crimes. Taylor was convicted ...
Charles Taylor's Conviction: Reflections of a Prosecutor
May 3, 2012 03:00:00 PM
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law says that Charles Taylor's conviction should serve as a warning to others who commit war crimes and crimes against humanity...I looked into his eyes when the presiding judge rendered...
Charles Taylor convicted of war crimes
April 26, 2012 09:34:53 AM
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Thursday convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor on all 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity...
Liberia man removed from US for human rights abuses
April 1, 2012 02:13:23 PM
George Boley, former leader of the Liberian Peace Council (LPC), was removed from the US on Saturday for his role in human rights abuses in the 1990s during the Liberian Civil War . An immigration judge ordered...
Scheduling Judgment Day: Ending the Charles Taylor Trial
March 29, 2012 01:00:00 PM
JURIST Columnist Charles C. Jalloh of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the date set for the verdict in the Charles Taylor case by the Special Court for Sierra Leone is inappropriate given the fact that it...
India constitution ratified
On January 26, 1950, India ratified its constitution, formally creating a republic. On the same day, Rajendra Prasad was inarguated as the republic's first president. The anniversary is celebrated today as Republic Day in India.
Tennessee became first state to ban alcohol sales
On January 26, 1838, Tennessee became the first US state to pass a law prohibiting the general sale of alcohol; fines paid by lawbreakers were put towards the support of public schools.
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After a downpour on Monday that kept us an extra day in Spetses, our day today dawned bright and sunny and we are off to the Peloponnese, mainland Greece -- we think anyway.
We will backtrack to the island of Poros, hop the ferry across the channel and hopefully find a car rental that is open on the other side and if not hop the local bus with our intended destination being Nafplion. I am adding intended because we are winging it this portion of the trip. . .the ferry we planned to take this morning was cancelled due to weather and "Pops Car Rental" doesn't answer the phone.
We've learned to be flexible on our travels - we will go where we go today and I'll write from there when we get there.


The Asus Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II is probably one of the best 290X's on the market. The R9 290X GPUs offer great value for the money, especially now that the newer 300 series of cards are out. The 290X GPUs feature 4GB of GDDR5, are based on PCI Express 3.0 and can utilize Crossfire Support, Eyefinity and AMD HD3D technologies.
The ASUS DCII 290X features a 4.7% faster game performance in games like Metro Last Light with its 1050MHz engine clock. The ASUS DCII can also achieve 20% lower temps and has DIGI+ VRM with 8-phase Super Alloy Power that delivers amazing efficiency, reliability and performance.
The box itself looks quite familiar and is almost identical to the ASUS GeForce GTX 770 I had. On the front is a nice design used to grab the consumers attention, there is also a small image of the DCII cooler. On the back of the box is a bit more information about some of the features the ASUS Radeon 290X DirectCU II has. On the back, users will also be able to see what outputs the GPU has which include 2x DVI, 1x HDMI and 1X Display Port. One of the things I like about ASUS GPUs is the fact they don't include a bunch of unneeded accessories! The only real accessory per say is the dual 6-pin top 8-pin converter.
If you ask me, the bare card itself looks the best before you add any of the gold or red accent stickers to it. There is just something about the all black design that makes it really appealing and at the end of the day, will also make it easier to paint for those who want to make it fit in with a different coloured build.
Another of the things I really like is the fact that it comes with a pre-installed backplate! This really does help properly set the card off and gives it a better overall look, rather than just showing a bare PCB.
As mentioned, the ASUS Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II features 2x DVI, 1x HDMI and 1x Display Port outputs so users can make use of many different type of monitors and even use multi-monitor (Eyefinity) setups.
Here are just a few more photos I took to showcase the looks of the card, including the DirectCU II cooler, power inputs and even a look at the card inside my case.
The ASUS Radeon R9 290x DirectCU II is without a doubt the best card I have ever owned personally. It runs everything I throw at it on a single 1080P monitor on Ultra without any problems what so ever. I will be doing a more in-depth review on it in the future, for now I just wanted to share some pictures of it with you all. If you have any questions, or, any suggestions for what you would like to see in the full review please do get in contact! Hope you liked this quick overview and please check out some of the links below!


ATLANTA -- In a game that lived up to its expectation as a shootout between two great quarterbacks, Drew Brees got the last laugh.
The Saints took the kickoff in overtime and Brees drove them 80 yards in 15 plays and scored on a 1-yard run to beat the Atlanta Falcons (1-2) by a final score of 43-37 in a game between the two NFC South rivals at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
It appeared the Saints (2-1) had won the game on the previous play. Brees completed a pass in the left flat to Alvin Kamara that was ruled a touchdown, then reversed by the replay official.
"I wanted to make sure we got in and hold that ball tight," Brees said. "We thought we won it on the previous play, then it gets reviewed and brought back. Just got to get in, however we can get in."
Brees completed 39-of-49 passes for 396 yards and three touchdowns and rushed three times for seven yards and two touchdowns. Brees also broke NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre's all-time completions record.
"I'm grateful, very grateful," he said. "I hope there's a lot more coming."
The performance allowed him to outduel Atlanta's Matt Ryan, who completed 26-of-35 passes for 374 yards and a career-high five touchdowns.
Kamara rushed 16 times for 66 yards and caught 15 passes for 124 yards. Michael Thomas caught 10 passes for 129 yards.
Atlanta managed only 48 yards on the ground, with Tevin Coleman rushing 15 times for 33 yards.
The Falcons got a big receiving day from rookie Calvin Ridley, who caught seven balls for 146 yards and three touchdowns. Julio Jones caught five passes for 96 yards.
Ridley started his day by catching a drive-saving pass on third-and-10 to put the Falcons in the red zone while trailing 7-0 in the first quarter, and then caught an 18-yard touchdown pass from Ryan to tie the score with 3:12 remaining in the first quarter.
That touchdown pass not only tied the score, but it tied Ryan with Joe Montana for the most touchdown passes vs. the Saints of any quarterback in NFL history at 33.
He didn't have to wait long to pass Montana for that milestone with No. 34.
After two Wil Lutz field goals in the second quarter put the Saints up 13-7 late in the first half, Ryan found Ridley again for a 75-yard touchdown pass down the right sideline to put the Falcons up 14-13.
New Orleans went into halftime up 16-14 thanks to a third field goal of the half by Lutz from 45 yards out, but the game plan coming out of halftime was to just keep feeding Ridley, and it worked big time.
He drew a pass interference call inside the 10 on a deep post route to set up first-and-goal, and then completed the hat trick of touchdowns with a 9-yard toe-tapping reception in the back of the end zone.
The game evolved into a shootout in the third quarter, but when Ryan tied the Falcons' franchise record for touchdowns in a game on the ensuing possession with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Mohamed Sanu, it looked good for Atlanta, which was up 37-30 deep into the fourth quarter.
In a perfect metaphor for the defensive game Atlanta played, two missed tackles by Robert Alford and Brian Poole allowed Brees to rush for a tying 7-yard touchdown run to send the game to overtime.
That was the theme of the day for the Falcons, and Quinn wasn't shy about it afterward.
"Tackling," Quinn said in one word, was the biggest issue for Atlanta.


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Gorka and Ion Izagirre filmed in nasty cyclocross crash during first race for Astana
The Spanish brothers both came down on a bridge during the Ormaiztegi cyclocross
Alex Ballinger January 7, 2019 3:26 pm
The Izagirre brothers came down in a nasty CX crash last weekend (Picture: Twitter/ @sangroniz_mikel)
Spanish brothers Gorka and Ion Izagirre both came down in a nasty crash during the Ormaiztegi cyclocross race.
Making their debut in Astana colours, the Izagirre brothers rode the Basque CX event on Sunday ahead of the start of the 2019 road season.
Both brothers retired after the crash, with Gorka needing treatment for a facial injury.
Their Astana team tweeted: "Despite a hard crash during a cyclocross race today, Ion and Gorka Izagirre are not seriously injured.
"Gorka only has four stitches in his eyebrow, but this won't affect his start of the season."
>>> 'It's a pity to lose Izagirre bothers but the price they were asking for was above market value' says Bahrain-Merida boss
The crash appears to have been caused by Gorka as he rode onto a tight bridge from a muddy descent, as Ion is unable to avoid being caught up while riding behind.
Video from the collision shows that Gorka's wheel seems to slip on the wet approach to the bridge, causing him to swerve into the wall and hitting his face on the brick.
Estreno accidentado pic.twitter.com/SQvqmWGkmp
— Mikel Sangroniz (@sangroniz_mikel) January 6, 2019
Ion tries to bail out to avoid hitting his brother, losing his wheel and sliding to a painful halt on top of the bridge.
Javier Ruiz de Larrinaga won the race, held in the birthplace of the Izagirre brothers, Ormaiztegi.
Bizarrely, the crash is not the first time the Izagirre brothers have pulled each other down in recent months.
During the final stage of the 2018 edition of Paris-Nice the brothers both crashed on a descent and their bikes became tangled, taking them out of the battle for the overall win.
>>> Vincenzo Nibali linked to Trek-Segafredo for 2020
The Basque duo join Astana for 2019 from Vincenzo Nibali's Bahrain-Merida team.
Both are due to open their road seasons at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in February.
Ion's race calendar is expected to include a return to Paris-Nice and a tilt at the Giro d'Italia in May.
Gorka is believed to be also taking a swing at Paris-Nice but will focus on the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España during his 2019 season.
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Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) hopes to finalise the process of connecting itself to the global distribution system (DGS) in the coming few days.
When the process is completed, the airline will start flying to China and India next month. GDS is a worldwide computerised reservation network used as a single point of access for reserving airline seats, hotel rooms, and rental cars by travel agents, online reservation sites and large corporations.
ATCL managing director Ladislaus Matindi told The Citizen and Mwananchi yesterday that after resolving its International Air Transport Association (Iata) membership issue, the company was now working on the GDS matter.
"We now have six aircraft that the government has leased to us. The airplanes include two Airbuses and a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which are to be deployed on routes to China and India. The international flights have only been delayed by the challenges of Iata membership – which we have finalised – and GDS – which we hope to finalise soon," he said.
So far, he said ATCL had been able to connect to three GDS companies: They are Travel Port as well as one in China and another one in Europe.
The company is, however, finalising agreements with Sabre and Amadeus.
With the airplanes, leased to it by the government, ATCL is eyeing to start flights to Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa to increase its regional reach beyond the Comoros, Burundi and Uganda.
"We also expect to have two other new routes to Kenya and to the Democratic Republic of Congo by the end of 2019," he said. The UK, UAE and Oman are also high on the company's plans and that they would be reached before the end of 2023.
The plan directs ATCL to have adequate airplanes, a sound management team as well as a new board of directors.
He said through the company's short-term plan, the airline increased its market share to 31 per cent.
It planned to start with 4,000-5,000 passengers a month. The number grew to 21,000, reaching 40,000 during high seasons.
Through Dreamliner, ATCL has a capacity to transport 40 tonnes of cargo.
It is currently in talks with Mwanza business leaders to transport at least seven tonnes of meat to Dar es Salaam before being connected with international flights, according to Mr Matindi.


Son Heung Min — Looked sloppy all day, even relative to his teammates who were also showed a lack of precision. Missed a wide open header from just a few feet away, and his passes were not accurate. He did have one nice shot that was a small deflection away from going in but it wasn't a great showing. I'd expect Son on the bench this weekend given short rest.
Koo Ja Cheol — I'd expect him to be out with a concussion.
Ji Dong Won — Maybe he makes the squad this weekend with Koo out.
Lee Chung Yong — Maybe he warms the bench with Benteke out.
Ki Sung Yueng — Scheduled for reserve action.
Kwon Chang Hoon — We'll see how much defensive failing ODO is willing to take, but I'd expect KCH to sit as an offensive option off the bench.
Lee Seung Woo — Was his cameo a sign of a bigger role? Verona doesn't really have much to lose at this point… hopefully he's at least moved up to a legit option off the bench.
Suk Hyun Jun — We will see if he's a late option off the bench.
K League Classic Side Ulsan just managed to separate themselves from non-league side Mokpo City 1-0 in the 2nd half of the Korea FA Cup semifinal on Wednesday. Ulsan moves on to the title match while they wait for the other semifinal: K-League Challengers Busan IPark take on Suwon Bluewings on October 25th.
Which segues naturally to the K-League Classic – only 2 rounds left before the split (relegation half and champions half).
Modern Seoul previews Classic and Challenge games for Saturday and Sunday.
Choi Min-Seo converted a penalty in the 60th minute against China in the last Group AFC U16 Championship qualifying match. Korea qualifies for the U16 AFC Championship in Malaysia in 2018. The good: Korea outscored their opponents in Group H by 13 goals with no goals conceded. The bad: Korea's Hong Yun-sang and Jeong Sang-bin missed spotkicks in the 44th and 67th minutes.


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Through the Eyes of a Translator
Six languages, three countries and all what's in between
Etymology du Jour: El Tosh!
In light the perennial upheavals characterizing the Lebanese political landscape, lest you want to get in a brawl with half of your acquaintances over different political views (been there, done that!), it would be much safer to tackle things from a more innocuous bias, say, Etymology.
The word du jour is Tosh, طش: a familiar word in Lebanese dialect that re-emerged lately in the news, and that I deemed interesting to tackle.
The rough equivalent of Dunce in English, Cancre in French, Scaldabanco in Italian, Tosh is the Lebanese word for a person, specifically a male pupil, who is the lowest-ranking in his class, the last in turn, and the most inferior among his peers.
Tosh, as per my personal research, has uncertain etymological roots. We can at least be sure that it was already around during the 19th century, as attested by the fact that it was mentioned in Butrus al Bustani's Muhit-al-Muhit dictionary, where Tosh is defined as "The youngest boy among siblings. Alternatively, the last to take turns in a game". Later on, in the mid-1940s, Anis Frayha, the foremost Lebanese dialect lexicographer, defined Tosh in his Dictionary of Non-Classical Vocables in the Spoken Arabic of Lebanon, as "Lower-ranking, weakest in play or worst pupil in his class."
Tosh could be a localized form of "Al Tissha" الطشة in classical Arabic, which means "the youngest brother of his siblings". Tosh is also, as I came to notice, phonetically and semantically reminiscent of Greek work ύστατος (Ystatosh) that means "Last".
Whatever the origin is, Tosh is a word that is one is more likely to hear in a school children context. The latest novelty, however, was its emergence in a much more adult and serious context, such as the Lebanese Cabinet mud-slinging arena, revealing in the process a degeneration towards childishness and puerile approaches to serious matters. A sad occurance in a country that is on the brink of all calamities possible…
The Ottoman Serail housing the Lebanese Cabinet in Beirut
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Marcelle Nassif
A translator by profession but mostly by passion, with a keen interest in etymology, linguistics and language. Lebanese by birth, citizen of the world, a housewife, and a proud mom.
Glimpses From the Homeland
Downtown Beirut's Etoile Square
Christmas in Beirut
Michel Basbous open air museum in Rachana, Batroun
St George Greek Orthodox Church, Downtown Beirut
Tyre fishermen port
Saint Charbel's picture at the Maronite Archbishopric of Tyre
Vineyards of the Taanayel domain, Bekaa
Lake of the Taanayel domain, Bekaa
Hammana highland
Saint Maron Monastery, Annaya
Nossa Denhora da Pena chapel in Byblos
Byblos port
Byblos old houses
Traditional house, mosaic remnant and the sea at Byblos
View of Saint Maron Monastery, Annay
On the way to the Hermitage of Saint Charbel, Annaya
View of the snowy peaks from Saint Charbel's hermitage, Annaya


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Psychoanalysis Now
Cultural strife leads to personal stress
More people today are concerned more about cultural stress than about personal stress. They are more stressed out by the conflict between Democrats and Republicans or the problem of race relations in America than they are about their marital difficulties, their phobias, their anger at their father-in-law or their worries about getting ahead in their career.
In the last few years, a great many of my clients have spent whole sessions venting about Donald Trump or about political correctness. When Trump was elected, several of my patients went on about him for months. They would rage for the whole session without needing me to say a word. In fact, they didn't want me to say a word. A few years back when Google fired an employee who complained about the political correctness there, many people were venting about that for months.
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Pot During Pregnancy causes child psychosis?
, Children born to mothers who smoke marijuana during pregnancy may have an increased risk for psychosis, according to new research done at Washington University in St. Louis. The authors of this study, Jeremy Fine and Ryan Bogdan, analyzed data from a nationwide study of child health and brain development.
The nationwide study covered 4,400 children born to about 3,800 mothers between 2005 and 2008. It was determined that 201 of those children were exposed to marijuana in the womb , 63 after their mothers knew they were pregnant.
Why Are One of Three Preteens Suicidal?
A small study by the National Institutes of Health found that about a third of preteens suffer from suicidal ideation. The NIH didn't speculate on why such a large number of preteens are suicidal, but it seems obvious that something in our culture is adversely affecting them.
In the study, 23 preteens screened positive for suicidal risk during hospital emergency room visits, while 79 screened negative. Researchers examined youth...
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Photos by Adair733, If you want somebody to believe something or do something, there are two legal ways to go about it: persuasion and manipulation. The emotionally healthy way is to persuade. The emotionally destructive way is to manipulate.
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The Rise of Brother-Sister Incest
What was once a taboo has now become, to many brothers and sisters, a cool pastime and an even cooler way to make money online. Brother-sister incest seems to be on the rise, at least according to my unofficial survey of incest websites.
In perusing websites that feature incest, I found two types of brother-sister incest clips. Both were more prevalent than in previous years. One kind was the fake kind in which porn stars pretend to be brother and sister or brother and step-sister. The other kind consisted of actual homemade clips by real brothers and sisters. Many were appearing in "cam shows" in which they undressed and had sex for internet audiences who gave tips or paid for private showings.
Humility and Mental Health
Ancient philosophers and poets knew humility was important. Socrates, the Greek philosopher, checked out all the men who were known to be wise, and he concluded that he was the wisest of all because "I know what I do not know." Of one reputed wise man, he said, "he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance."
Confucius said, "I have traveled far and wide and have yet to meet a man who could bring home the judgment against himself." Shakespeare said in Hamlet, "This above all: to thine own self be true,/And it must follow, as the night the day,/Thou canst not then be false to any man." Both of these ancients pointed to self-objectivity, which requires humility, as a cornerstone of mental health.
Our Judgmental Society
Every day in every way people in America are whining. They are judging, complaining, bemoaning, finding fault with, protesting, resisting, bad-mouthing, showing disgust for, and generally deriding everything from somebody's bad shirt to another person's contemptable tweet. I have collected the following headlines to demonstrate this phenomenon.
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When the UN released its annual World Happiness Report, the usual suspects were again at the top of the list—Nordic countries such as Finland, Denmark and Sweden as well as New Zealand and Australia. In the meantime, another study by the World Health Organization on the ratio of citizens affected by mental health disorders showed that the same countries that were at the top of the Happiness Report also had high ratios of young people who suffered from some mental health problem.
Liam Neeson, Reaction Formations and Hysteria
Recently Liam Neeson confessed, in an interview by Clémence Michallon about his latest film, Cold Pursuit, that he had once had a racist reaction when a woman friend of his told him she had been raped by a black man.
"I went up and down areas with a cosh [edge], hoping I'd be approached by somebody – I'm ashamed to say that – and I did it for maybe a week, hoping some [uses air quotes with fingers] 'black bastard' would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could kill him."
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Concert 1, April 2, 2020, 8PM @ Taube Atrium Theater
Other Minds marks its milestone 25th festival with 4 nights honoring the art of improvisation, presenting an astonishing convergence of the world's leading contributors to the history of creative music.
Running from April 2 through April 5 at the Taube Atrium Theater in San Francisco, Moment's Notice will feature such lauded icons of spontaneous composition as Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, William Parker and Wadada Leo Smith alongside trailblazing artists including Myra Melford, Darius Jones, Elliott Sharp, Mary Halvorson, and Jen Shyu.
Concert 1 Program
Myra Melford, piano
Mark Dresser, bass
Oguri, dance
Improv Set
William Winant, percussion
Zeena Parkins, harp
Ikue Mori, vocals and electronics
William Parker, bass flutes and brass;
Hamid Drake, percussion and voice;
Patricia Nicolson, dance and voice
The Sky is Trembling
Concert 1 Bios
Myra Melford's skillful, impassioned musicianship weaves subtle silken thread through histories, cultures, and idioms as numerous as they are diverse. World-renowned as a pianist, educator, composer and curator, Melford's ambition is to integrate pedigree with nascence in music-making environments which rely on trust and spontaneity. She's received honors from the Guggenheim and Doris Duke organizations and has ranked in multiple DownBeat polls. In addition to teaching as Professor of Composition and Improvisational Practices at UC Berkeley, Myra regularly performs with Snowy Egret (her quintet featuring Ron Miles, Liberty Ellman, Stomu Takeishi and Tyshawn Sorey) as well as in ensembles with Nicole Mitchell, Joelle Leandre, Ben Goldberg, Miya Masaoka, and Zeena Parkins.
Mark Dresser's self-proclaimed "obsession" is, happily enough, also his instrument of choice: he does not merely "play" the double-bass so much as speak it, expressing its every discernible nuance through use of extended technique and inventive amplification. His impressive oeuvre as an instrumentalist and bandleader boasts over one hundred forty recordings, highlights of which include projects with Anthony Braxton, Marilyn Crispell, Gerry Hemmingway, John Zorn, Tim Berne, Myra Melford, Matt Wilson, Nicole Mitchell, Bob Ostertag, and Joe Lovano. In addition to being a board member of the International Society of Bassists and the International Society of Improvised Music, Dresser is also amongst the foremost scholars of the contrabass, having been selected by the Fulbright Fellowship to study the instrument in Italy, and since holding numerous teaching positions at universities in the U.S., including his current appointment at the the University of California, San Diego.
Our bodies, the organic rhythm of daily life, and the inexorable momentum of the natural world are integrated into an ever-emergent symbiotic ecosystem in the works and life of the utterly singular dancer, Oguri. A co-founder of the Body Weather Laboratory (alongside Roxanne Steinberg), Oguri has worked to involve his Butoh-inspired somatic vocabulary in cross-disciplinary pursuits which suggest an artistic vision untroubled by matters of scale (to any extreme). He is artist-in-residence at the Electric Lodge in Venice, has served on the faculty at Bennington College, and has been awarded grants by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, The Getty Center, the Japan Foundation, and the Doris Duke Fellowship.
William Winant's incomparable virtuosity as a percussionist has emboldened composers as esteemed as Steve Reich, John Zorn, and Roscoe Mitchell to entrust him with the task of realizing some of history's most demanding scores – a task he regularly executes with astonishing aplomb. Such efforts were awarded with a Grammy nomination for his recording of John Cage's 27' 10.554″ for solo percussion in 2016. His precision and expertise serve as a deep foundation bolstering a profoundly compositional improvisatory dialect, which he has contributed to music featuring fellow legends including Frank Zappa, Keith Jarrett, Anthony Braxton, Marilyn Crispell, George Lewis, Annea Lockwood, Sonic Youth, Yo-Yo Ma, and the Kronos String Quartet.
The work of Zeena Parkins is driven by a spirit of immaculate rigor and boundless creativity, making her one of the most sought-after artists in a stunning variety of disciplines: artistic and academic alike. Her innovative harp-technique is rivaled only by her inventive harp-design, as she employs both idiom-agnostic strategies for extending the sonic possibilities of the acoustic harp and electric instruments of her own making. Her 30+ year career has been decorated by honors as prestigious as the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Doris Duke Award; multiple international residencies and museum features; and of course, innumerable collaborations with visual artists, filmmakers, dancers, and fellow musicians calculating Ikue Mori, Bjork, Butch Morris, John Zorn, Fred Frith, Pauline Oliveros, Kaffe Matthews, and Mandy MacIntosh. She currently holds the Darius Milhaud Chair in Composition at Mills College.
Composer, performer, and media artist Ikue Mori first came to prominence behind the drum kit for the pioneering no wave band DNA, flanked by Arto Lindsay and Tim Wright. She has since crafted one of the most distinct and acutely sensitive voices in the world of experimental improvisation through use of self-programmed drum machines and laptop. Her inimitable, scintillating electronics have proven to be an essential element to the works of John Zorn and she has collaborated with countless artists world-wide, including Dave Douglas, Susie Ibarra, Zeena Parkins, Sylvie Courvoisier, Fred Frith, the Rova Saxophone Quartet, and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth fame.
Hailed by the Village Voice as "the most consistently brilliant free jazz bassist of all time," William Parker's accomplishments as an instrumentalist, composer-improviser, educator, and author have garnered him a reputation as not only one of the most skilled practitioners of the art of improvisation, but also one of its most investigative minds. The sheer depth of his knowledge with regards to the field is staggering, and the music he makes with projects like the In Order to Survive Quartet and the Little Huey Creative Orchestra evinces a fathomless wisdom. A seminal icon of both the New York improvisation scene and the European avant-garde, Parker's bass playing can be heard in his work with cross-continental icons like Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Peter Brotzmann, Milford Graves, Peter Kowald, and David S. Ware.
Easily one of the most sought-after percussionists in the world of jazz and improvised music, Hamid Drake incorporates an extensive battery of Afro-Cuban, Indian, and African instruments into his setup, affording him a creative flexibility which enlivens any and all musical environments to which he is a contributor. Drake's career as a creative percussionist finds its roots in his relationship with Fred Anderson, whose workshops provided a venue to explore the intricacies of improvisation as an art and share ideas with AACM members like George Lewis. He has since charted out a remarkable journey, playing and recording with Peter Brotzmann, Ken Vandermark, Mahmoud Gania, and William Parker amongst countless others.
Patricia Nicholson's medium is dance, but her tireless dedication to art at-large merits terms more akin to "visionary" when attempting to describe her creative work. As a performer, she channels the energy and gestalt of free jazz in naturally-flowing movement patterns which take inspiration from traditional schools of dance while deliberately running obliquely to them. She primarily works with live musicians, the likes of which have included William Parker, Yoshiko Chuma, Don Cherry, Matthew Shipp, and KJ Holmes, but has also recently begun moving in harmony with multi-media art, spoken word, and theater. She's also served as a curatorial bedrock, organizing important events like New York's Vision Festival and leading as founder and director of Arts for Art since 1995.
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VINCENT, LEOPOLD (1863–1955).
Editor, chair of the Populist Party, and the youngest of five sons of abolitionists James and Mary Sheldon Vincent, Leo Vincent was born in Tabor, Iowa, on December 20, 1863. Leo, his brother Henry, and their father founded the American Nonconformist newspaper in 1879. They termed it "a weekly antislavery journal devoted to the cause of emancipation from slavery to bondholders and railroad corporations." The paper successively supported the fortunes of the Greenback-Labor, Union Labor, and Populist parties. Leo and Henry Vincent moved the paper to Winfield, Kansas, in 1886, and they later helped found the People's (Populist) Party.
The Vincents relocated to Indianapolis in 1891, hoping to turn the Nonconfomist into a national Populist organ. They lost control of the paper during the Panic of 1893. In 1894 Leo Vincent moved to Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, to edit the Oklahoma Representative and to chair the People's Party in Oklahoma. Under his leadership the Populist Party became the major threat to Republican Party domination of territorial politics. Vincent played a major role in the territory-wide Democratic-Populist fusion victory of 1896, which elected thirty-six of the thirty-nine members of the 1897 territorial legislature.
Vincent became disenchanted with fusion and moved to Boulder, Colorado, where he edited the Colorado Representative and became chair of the Colorado Populist Party. He died of natural causes in San Leandro, California, on March 28, 1955.
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Pradaxa Receives Final Draft OK From NICE
Final draft guidance released from the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommends the use of Boehringer Ingelheim's Pradaxa (dabigatran) for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in people with atrial fibrillation.
In addition, the draft guidance recommends that the decision on whether to start treatment with Pradaxa should be made after an "informed discussion" about the drug's risks and benefits compared with warfarin, and in light of a person's current level of international normalised ratio (INR) control if they are already taking warfarin.
NICE says that their positive endorsement follows the receipt of additional information about the product from the manufacturer, which they had requested in their previous draft guidance.
Atrial fibrillation occurs when the electrical impulses controlling the heart rhythm become disorganised, resulting in the heart beating irregularly and, occasionally, too fast, meaning that it cannot efficiently pump blood around the body. People with atrial fibrillation are at higher risk of developing blood cuts and subsequent stroke, although the risk of stroke can be substantially reduced by appropriate use of antithrombotic therapy, such as warfarin, which is the most commonly-used antithrombotic.
However, many people with atrial fibrillation find it difficult to comply with warfarin because it requires regular INR monitoring and dose adjustments which can cause disruption and inconvenience, notes Professor Carole Longson, director of NICE's health technology evaluation centre.
Because Pradaxa does not require frequent blood tests to monitor treatment, it represents a substantial potential benefit for many people with atrial fibrillation, she added.
Prof Longson also added that NICE's independent appraisal committee had accepted evidence showing that Pradaxa 150mg twice daily is more clinically effective than warfarin in reducing the risk of stroke or systemic embolism, and that Pradaxa 110mg twice daily is as effective as warfarin.
But there had been a number of uncertainties relating to Pradaxa's cost-effectiveness in the original evidence submission supplied by the manufacturer, and these required clarification.
However, Professor Longson stated that "we are pleased to say that the additional information and analysis received from the manufacturer has enabled the committee to recommend dabigatran as a cost-effective use of NHS resources for the prevention of strike and systemic embolism in people with atrial fibrillation."
Charles de Wet, medical director at Boehringer Ingelheim, welcomed the final draft guidance. "Pradaxa is the first new oral anticoagulant in 50 years and we are committed to working closely with the NHS to ensure appropriate prescribing in suitable patients with atrial fibrillation who are at risk of stroke," he commented.
Pradaxa is an orally-administered anticoagulant that inhibits the formation of the thrombin enzyme. It has a UK marketing authorisation for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients aged 75 years and over with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who have had a previous stroke, transient ischaemic attack or systemic embolism, and/or left ventricular ejection fraction below 40%, and/or symptomatic heart failure of New York Heart Association Class 2 or above.
The drug also has a UK marketing authorisation for people with atrial fibrillation aged 65 years or over who have diabetes, coronary heart disease or hypertension. Final NICE guidance on this use of Pradaxa is expected to be published in December.
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Wrestling is a unique sport. It's tough, but rewarding. It challenges, but inspires.
But those not familiar, or new to the sport of wrestling, may not understand what is a myth, and what is reality. And these myths can dissuade parents from encouraging kids to join wrestling, and/or keep kids who may want to wrestle from joining the sport.
What are some of those wrestling myths, and what is true?
1. Wrestling is an expensive sport. Wrestling is one of the most inexpensive sports, with basic costs including shoes, headgear, and uniforms. There are small fees to join clubs, and registration for most events is under $15. No paying for ice time here.
2. Wrestling promotes violence. Above anything else, wrestlers learn discipline and respect. Matches are started and ended with a handshake, which builds mutual respect between competitors.
3. Early success guarantees future stardom. Couldn't be further from the truth. A 9-year-old who wins a state or national championship is not guaranteed anything. Kids develop at different paces; many times the best wrestlers lose more than win in their younger years. Understand this: Numerous high school state champions, collegiate All-Americans, and national champions never won a match their first year, and didn't win many matches until later in their wrestling career.
4. Wrestling is dangerous. Statistics show that wrestling is one of the safest sports for young athletes. There is one official in charge of two kids and their safety. Not many other sports have that kind of coverage.
5. Wrestlers all cut weight. Wrestling has systems in place that prevent kids from excessive weight cutting. Many coaches encourage kids to wrestle at a more natural weight, which helps kids focus on development over weight management.
6. All wrestlers develop cauliflower ear. Headgear is required during practice and matches to prevent the symptoms associated with cauliflower ear.
7. Wrestlers often get skin infections. Skin inspections are mandatory prior to competition for all USA Wrestling events. With a disciplined ritual that includes showering and cleaning equipment immediately after practice/competition, these infections can be avoided.
8. My son/daughter are too tall or too short to wrestle. "That's the best thing about this sport," says Steve Richardson, Kids Director for Michigan USA Wrestling, and Director of the Michigan Matcat Wrestling Club in South Lyon, MI. "A wrestler can be successful with any body type." As wrestlers develop, they can use their physical makeup to their advantage, whether short or tall.
9. Wrestlers must wear singlets. Most youth wrestling leagues have approved the use of a two-piece singlet, compression shirts and even shorts and T-shirts. There is a trend in wrestling that is moving away from the traditional singlet.
10. My daughter will have to wrestle with boys. There are several leagues and tournaments for girls only. In fact, women's wrestling is the fastest growing collegiate sport.
11. Wrestling has to be done year-round. Wrestling has proven to help kids in all other sports. It teaches unrivaled discipline, hard work and dedication to help in all other sports. Best of all? Many wrestling coaches also encourage young athletes to participate in multiple sports, to avoid burnout or overuse injuries.
13. My son/daughter may be starting in the sport too late. Early level youth wrestling is fun. But only older kids truly understand the mechanics and dedication needed to become successful. Many successful wrestlers do not start until closer to high school.
14. My wrestler will be overmatched against a more experienced wrestler in their first matches. Most youth wrestling leagues offer "novice" divisions where kids will only compete against other wrestlers new to the sport. Over time, they will gradually move up based on experience/skill.
16. Kids need to know a ton of moves at an early age. Kids need to focus on learning the seven basic skills: stance, motion, level change, penetration, lifting, back step, back arch. Kids should also spend time learning skills such as tumbling, gymnastics, and flexibility. "These are foundations to becoming a better athlete," said Scott Kluever, State Coach with the Wisconsin Wrestling Federation, and a middle school wrestling coach in Kaukauna, WI.
18. Kids have to be tough to be wrestlers. Wrestling is for everyone! Wrestling is a sport that includes all sizes, races, and genders. "Coaches need to teach passion for the sport. That is the key to being a wrestler," Kluever says.
19. Wrestling coaches wear singlets in practice: Don't believe what you see on TV and in the movies. Coaches do not wear singlets during practice. They were shorts and T-shirts or compression shorts/shirts.
20. Wrestling families are crazy! "Correct, no argument here," says Richardson. They are also close-knit and develop special bonds that support, encourage, and grow over the years together.
What other myths do you hear about wrestling? Share in the comments below, and share this article with wrestling and non-wrestling families, and encourage them to learn about the sport, and join a club or team soon!