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''' FinancialSession implementation for Swedish Lansforsakringar Bank.

Uses LFABs REST API, based on Björn Sållarps work, with updated client key.

Copyleft 2012 Jacob Hansson <jakewins@gmail.com>

Released under the MIT license:

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
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'''

import hashlib
from datetime import datetime

from bank.domain import FinancialSession, Account, Transaction
from bank.io.http import HttpJsonClient

class LFABAccount(Account):

    @classmethod
    def from_map(cls, data):
        return cls(data['accountName'], data['accountNumber'], data['clearingNumber'], data['dispoibleAmount'], data['ledger'])

    def __init__(self, name, number, clearing_number, balance, ledger):
        super(LFABAccount, self).__init__(name, number, clearing_number)
        self.balance = balance
        self._ledger = ledger

class LFABTransaction(Transaction):

    @classmethod
    def from_map(cls, data):
        # Note timestamp is in milliseconds, and yes, their serialization actually contains spelling errors
        return cls(data['text'], data['ammount'], datetime.fromtimestamp(data['transactiondate'] / 1000))

class LFABSession(FinancialSession):

    def __init__(self, ssn, pin):
        self._ssn = str(ssn)
        self._pin = str(pin)
        self._client = HttpJsonClient("https://mobil.lansforsakringar.se/appoutlet")

        self._client.add_persistent_header("Accept", "application/json,text/plain")
        self._client.add_persistent_header("Accept-Charset", "utf-8")
        self._client.add_persistent_header("Accept-Encoding", "gzip,deflate")
        self._client.add_persistent_header('User-Agent', "lf-android-app")

    def begin(self):
        challenge = self._client.get('/security/client')
        session_token = self._client.post('/security/client', self._create_challenge_reply(challenge))

        # Set up session token header
        self._client.add_persistent_header('Ctoken', session_token['token'])
        self._client.add_persistent_header('DeviceId', '1a1805054248c4529340f4ee20bb1d1ec200a0b9') # TODO: Use a randomized ID instead?

        # Log in
        login_response = self._client.post('/security/user', {"ssn":self._ssn,"pin":self._pin})

        # Utoken
        self._client.add_persistent_header('Utoken', login_response['ticket'])

    def get_accounts(self):
        for response in [self._client.post('/account/bytype', {"accountType":"CHECKING"}),
                         self._client.post('/account/bytype', {"accountType":"SAVING"})]:

            for account in response['accounts']:
                yield LFABAccount.from_map(account)

    def get_transactions(self, account):
        if not isinstance(account, LFABAccount):
            raise Exception("LFAB account required to list LFAB transactions")

        payload = {"requestedPage":0,"ledger":account._ledger,"accountNumber":account.number}
        current_response = None

        while current_response is None or current_response['hasMore'] is True:

            # Get a fresh page of transactions
            current_response = self._client.post("/account/transaction", payload)

            # Yield transactions
            for tx_json in current_response['transactions']:
                # Each tx looks like:
                #{ "ammount" : -248.0, "text" : "Transaction message", "transactiondate" : 1319580000000 }
                yield LFABTransaction.from_map(tx_json)

            # Next page
            payload['requestedPage'] += 1

    def end(self):
        self._client = None

    # Internals

    def _create_challenge_reply(self, challenge):
        # Add magic number
        number = challenge['number'] + 5616

        # Convert to lower-case hex, stripping off the first two chars that hex() adds ('0x')
        number = hex(number).lower()[2:]

        # Sha-hash
        number_hash = hashlib.sha1(number).hexdigest()

        # Return response in appropriate format
        return {
		  "originalChallenge" : challenge['number'],
		  "hash"              : number_hash,
		  "challengePair"     : challenge['numberPair']
		}


Behrouz Boochani, the Kurdish Iranian journalist and award winning autho, discussed his recently published memoir No Friend But the Mountain: Writing From Manus Prison at the Wentworth Falls School of Performing Arts last Saturday. Mr. Boochani fled from Iran to seek refuge in Australia but was instead sent to offshore detention on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. Mr. Boochani is a vocal advocate for Kurdish people and all refugees and asylum seekers. Mr. Boochani Skyped in from East Lorengu, the refugee accommodation on Manus Island where he currently resides, and received a standing ovation from audience members, before talking about his memoir and his time in detention.
No Friend But The Mountain was originally written in Farsi one text message at a time from Mr. Boochani's phone and offers a first hand account of the five years he was illegally detained in Manus detention centre.
Mr. Boochani wrote his book during an extremely trying time saying 'it was a long and hard process'.
No Friend But the Mountain has been endorsed as both a voice of witness and an act of survival. The book describes Mr. Boochani's epic journey travelling by boat from Indonesia to seek refuge in Australia, and his eventual confinement on Manus Island. Mr. Boochani interweaves stories, recollections and anecdotes with unique and poignant poetry to offer a vivid portrait of his time on Manus Island.
The refugees and asylum seekers on Manus Island feel forgotten' said Mr. Boochani, 'my brothers are suffering'.
'Each refugee, each person on Manus Island and Nauru has a story and each is a personal tragedy'.
Gabe Kavanagh, social justice advocate, and President of Amnesty International Australia and Father Frank Brennan SJ AO, human rights lawyer spoke at the event.
Father Brennan called for all men on Manus to be resettled in America, New Zealand or Australia after six years of lack of liberty.
He also noted the need to see offshore processing as a separate issue from attempts to stop asylum seeker boats.
Father Brennan criticised successive Australian governments for 'hermitically sealing our borders no matter the human cost'.
Ms. Kavanagh praised Mr. Boochani for being generous and courageous enough to share stories that have the power to move people, and echoed Mr. Boochani's concern that the men of Manus will be forgotten after children and families are removed from Nauru.
'Public opinion is shifting, but I worry about the men on Manus,' she said.
Mr. Boochani is only one of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers sent to offshore processing camps on Manus Island or the Pacific Island of Nauru. On 23 November 2017 all men incarcerated on Manus were moved from the Manus Island Detention Centre to transition centres. There are around 400 men still living on Manus Island, most of them are genuine refugees and many of them are from Iran.
Ms. Kavanagh highlighted the mental toll forced incarceration has had on the men on Manus Island, revealing the daily humiliations that refugees were exposed to when in detention. Refugees and asylum seekers were not called by name but instead referred by their identification number, showers were limited to two minutes at a time and the men were forced to join long queues for food and basic necessities.
'This was an intentional campaign for people to lose their identity and their spirit,' she said.
Ms. Kavanagh also decried the lack of safety in the Manus Island community for victims of trauma saying that 'the social dislocation caused by placing a group of very traumatised people in a community that can't support them is an invitation to dangerous behaviours'.
Doctor Nilanthi Kanapathipillai, Senior Emergency Medicine Registrar from Gippsland Health in Victoria also attended the event. Dr. Kanapathipillai recently returned from a self-funded trip to Manus Island to assess the health of the men living in the transition centres, and disagrees with Tony Abbott's recent take on healthcare on Manus Island as 'pleasant; and better than many Australian towns.
'The healthcare on Manus is poor to non-existent' she said describing it as 'no better than third world'.
For Dr. Kanapathipillai the biggest concern was also the mental deterioration in the men between the ages of 22-55 including 'major reactive depression, PTSD and outright psychosis'.
'The medical and psychiatric morbidity is huge with literally no accessible medical care and lengthy inefficient triage systems which are inept at dealing with emergency care,' she said.
Joy Connor from BMRSG concluded by quoting Mr. Boochani, 'we'd rather die standing but never die kneeling down,' she said.
During the two-hour event, actor and Blue Mountains local Shane Porteous read selected excerpts from Boochani's book. His recital was interspersed with local musician Paddy Connor's evocative music played on the uilleann pipes.
The event was also organised by Kathie Herbert, vice Chair BMRSG and Megalong Books in Leura.


Viren's henchmen (Japanese: ブルガンの部下 Bourgain's henchmen) are a group of three recurring characters who first appeared in The Young Flame Strikes Back!.
They arrived at Paniola Ranch with Viren, who was keen on buying the ranch and turning it into a resort hotel. When Kiawe and his family declined the offer, two of them assisted Viren in harassing Kiawe's family. When Kiawe defeated Viren, they attempted to excavate the whole farm under Viren's orders. However, they were stopped in the nick of time by Officer Jenny and placed under arrest along with their boss.
One of them briefly reappeared in a flashback in A Young Royal Flame Ignites!.
They physically appeared again in The Long Vault Home!, where they assisted Viren in putting a golden statue on top of a Stakataka, which they believed to be a pedestal. This caused Stakataka to become angry, but the statue was eventually knocked off by Ash and Pikachu.
Viren's henchmen are as corrupt as their boss and will gladly assist him in his illegal and underhanded schemes. However, they are sometimes known to slack off to the point where they have to be yelled at to resume working, as seen in The Long Vault Home!. They are also shown to be extremely sycophantic, unconditionally agreeing with whatever Viren says.
Roggenrola is one of Viren's henchmen's Pokémon. It assisted them in intimidating Sima's Miltank. Kiawe's Marowak battled Roggenrola and quickly knocked it and Boldore out.
None of Roggenrola's moves are known.
The Young Flame Strikes Back!
Boldore is one of Viren's henchmen's Pokémon. It assisted them in intimidating Sima's Miltank. Kiawe's Marowak battled Boldore and quickly knocked it and Roggenrola out.
None of Boldore's moves are known.
Dub closed captions refer to them as henchman ponytail, henchman pinkshirt, and yellow sunglasses henchman during The Young Flame Strikes Back!; and Workmen Purple, Workmen Green, and Workmen Red during The Long Vault Home!.
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Coffy (1973)
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Director: Jack Hill
With Pam Grier, Sid Haig, Booker Bradshaw
In the 1970s, in the days before political correctness sanitised everything for our protection, there was a very popular, very violent subgenre nicknamed blaxploitation, literally black exploitation. Started by films such as Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and Shaft (both from 1971), blaxploitation pictures featured heavy doses of stylised sex and violence, usually set in gritty urban centres, with strong black leading characters. Coffy represents one of the most popular blaxploitation films and helped to establish Pam Grier as the queen of the genre.
This film is violent, misogynistic, and racist (some would argue). In our current culture of political correctness, Coffy represents a guilty pleasure, a look back at a time when films weren't worried about offending anyone (though I imagine Coffy would offend many people, even in the 1970s). Pam Grier as Coffy kicks a lot of ass and kills a lot of drug dealers in her pursuit of revenge on the pushers who hooked her sister on junk.
Granted, this film isn't a masterpiece. The acting is bad (Pam Grier's Jamaican accent is laughable) and there are gaping plot holes, but Coffy is a lot of fun. Grier's charisma and presence carry the film; it's no wonder she went on to have a long and successful career. Sid Haig, most recently seen in Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects, is very effective as a creepy thug, an archetype he returns to several times in the blaxploitation cycle.
Though exploitative and sensational, Coffy is an entertaining action film, worth seeing for Pam Grier's performance alone.
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GOLD AND BLACK ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 28, ISSUE 6 72 has many leaks. 7 Illinois Other than the offense not being able to score and the defense being putrid, everything is peachy in Champaign. Is it just us, or does the Lovie experiment not seem to be working out? KEY STAFF CHANGES Assistant coaches always are coming and going. Here is a look at the biggest staff additions on teams that didn't change their head coach. Michigan: Two key hires after the program closed 2018 with three losses in a row. Veteran Ed Warinner was hired to coach what has been an underachieving offen- sive line. And the biggie: Former Florida head coach Jim McElwain joined the staff as receivers coach who figures to have big input for an oft-maligned offense. Penn State: Lots of change for James Franklin. He lost a good one in offensive coordinator Joe Moor- head, who became head coach at Mississippi State. Running backs coach Charles Huff followed Moorhead to MSU. Receivers coach Josh Gattis bolted for Alabama. He is a big loss, like Moorhead. Franklin promoted Ricky Rahne to run the offense. The Cornell grad has been passing game coordinator and tight ends coach in State College. He will remain QB coach. Michigan State: Defensive coordinator Harlon Barnett left for the same position at Florida State. That's a big loss. Linebackers coach Mike Tressel is now the de- fensive coordinator after serving as co-coordinator the last three seasons. Former Kent State coach Paul Haynes was hired to coach defensive backs, the position Barnett was responsible for. Former MSU offensive coordinator Don Treadwell returns to coach the Spartans' special teams and assist with defensive backs. Ohio State: Urban Meyer's staff underwent some alterations. Ohio State added Washington State defen- sive coordinator Alex Grinch, a rising star in the coaching ranks, to work with DC Greg Schiano. The Buckeyes re- ceived a blow when cornerbacks coach/special teams co- ordinator Kerry Coombs left to work with the Tennessee Titans. The ultra-intense Coombs was a boffo recruiter in Cincinnati. Meyer hired former Buckeye and Purdue assistant Taver Johnson to replace Coombs. Johnson was defensive coordinator at Temple. Rutgers: The staff underwent some big changes in the offseason. Offensive coordinator Jerry Kill stepped down for health reasons, and Chris Ash tabbed Chris McNulty to take over. It is his second stint as the Scar- let Knights offensive coordinator, as he also pushed the buttons in 2007-08 under Greg Schiano. McNulty was the tight ends coach for the Los Angeles Chargers. That is nine offensive coordinators in nine years for RU under three head coaches. Maryland: D.J. Durkin's staff underwent some big changes. Pete Lembo is out as offensive coordinator and Matt Canada is in. He brings a lot of experience to Col- lege Park, most recently serving as OC at LSU. Canada also has operated offenses at Indiana, Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, N.C. State and Pitt. Illinois: Lovie Smith had to do something to jump- start a moribund offense. So, he fired offensive coordina- tor Garrick McGee and hired Rod Smith, who had been the OC at Arizona under Rich Rodriguez. He has installed a go-go spread attack. Smith didn't stop there, as he also has a new tight end, D-line and secondary coach. BIGGEST SHOES TO FILL The Big Ten lost some big star power. Who left the big- gest voids? 1. RB Saquon Barkley, Penn State He Nebraska Scott Frost is hailed as the savior in Lincoln. He was 13-0 at UCF last year and was Cornhuskers' royalty as a collegian.


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Me and my husband were born in Stockholm and have lived off and on for a long time now in lower Manhattan – on the tenth floor with a view from Houston Street to midtown.
This blog will not be much text. More photos and little reflections from what I see in my daily life here and maybe some recommendations of really great dive-bars and neighborhood restaurants.


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The Emperor's New Clothes
by Victoria Alexander
Ophelia Kendrake had barely finished conning the coat off a cardsharp's back before she and her adopted sister stumbled into Dead End, Wyoming, and received a welcome fit for a queen. Mistaken for the Countess of Bridgewater, Ophelia saw no reason to reveal herself until she had stripped the hamlet of its fortunes and escaped into the sunset. Raised from grifter to gentlewoman, the fiery-haired actress couldn't help but chuckle at teaching a lesson to a town so sold on appearances. But the free-spirited beauty almost swallowed her script when she met Tyler, the town's virile mayor.
When Tyler Matthews returned from an Ivy League college and his year abroad, he simply wanted to settle down and enjoy the simplicity of ranching. But his aunt and uncle were set on making a silk purse out of Dead End, and Tyler was going to be the new mayor. It was a job he took with little relish—until he caught a glimpse of the village's newest visitor. And as Tye got to know the "Countess" Ophelia, he grew to love her. But trusting her was a different story, and Tye swore that before he was through, he'd uncover her deepest secrets—and teach her that it's what's underneath that counts in matters of the heart.


Pierre-Richard Prosper was most recently the U.S. State Department Special Counsel and Policy Advisor to the Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues. Before joining the Department of State, Pierre-Richard served for over two years as a war crimes prosecutor for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. He also served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. He is a graduate of Boston College and received his Law degree from Pepperdine University.


Dreams are one of the main ways your subconscious tries to communicate with your conscious mind. Even though you may at times only have short glimpses of conscious recognition for your dreams, the insights they provide are invaluable.
Your physical body is like a storehouse for all your feelings, emotions, thoughts, experiences, and past reactions (internally and externally). It also functions as a type of elimination system.


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4 Reasons Why Skyrim Is Still The Most Relevant RPG Right Now
Skyrim is 5 years old now, and it's stayed more relevant than many other games released around that time.
by Samuel Franklin
On November 11, 2011, Skyrim was released to the world. Selling over 3 million copies within just the first few days of release, Bethesda's latest entry in the Elder Scrolls series was an instant success.
Perhaps the greater success, though, has been Skyrim's ability to stay relevant over half a decade later. Continuing to attract media attention, extra playthroughs and even first-time players -- all while fostering an ever-thriving modding community -- this is an achievement that few games can muster. But how did Skyrim manage to pull this off? Let's find out.
Like most modern day titles, the early longevity of Skyrim was bolstered with additional content that expanded on its story and mechanics. In a similar manner to Fallout 3 and New Vegas, Bethesda was quick to release extra content for Skyrim in the form of Dawnguard, Hearthfire and Dragonborn to augment the game's universe in the first year after its release.
While some of the add-ons did not receive particularly favorable reviews, the extra year of content kept Skyrim in the headlines. More recently in 2016, the repackaged Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition included all of these add-ons, along with other updates to once again keep Skyrim front and center.
Community Mods (2011 - 2016)
The first step for most people to extend their Skyrim journey even further is using various mods created by the community. Be it core gameplay changes, visual enhancements, or once-off laughs that turn all the dragons, the huge number of mods continues to grow and develop -- enhancing the game beyond its original experience.
While the aforementioned Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition has made some of the visual mods obsolete, there are still a large number of useful mods available that add new quests, extra locations, alternative starting stories, alternative enemy types, more weapons, NPC alterations and combat changes. And there's no sign of it slowing down any time soon -- Skyrim mods are here to stay.
The Witcher 3 Release (2015)
There is no such thing as bad press -- and the release of The Witcher 3 was not all bad for the nearly-4-year-old Skyrim. Despite being an amazing game in its own right and better than Skyrim in many ways, the success of The Witcher 3 drew instant comparisons to Skyrim, allowing Bethesda's acclaimed RPG to once again revive itself in gaming forums and media headlines.
Having The Witcher 3 invoke similar feelings to Skyrim made many gamers (including myself) return to this snowy corner of Tamriel after finishing Geralt's adventures (approximately 100 hours later).
Nintendo Switch (2017)
The only thing better than playing Skyrim at home on your PC, Xbox, or PlayStation is being able to play it on the go on your new fancy Nintendo Switch. Marked for a release in Fall 2017, Skyrim once again dominated YouTube, forums, and the media upon the announcement it would be available to Nintendo's new console.
Many gamers will no doubt be grabbing a copy of Bethesda's classic to play on the train, plane, or simply away from home -- reliving the experience all over again.
These are just a few of the dozens of factors that have kept Skyrim relevant while other games have come and gone through the years since its release. There are many more we could list here, and we're certain that there will be more in the future that keeps this game relevant until The Elder Scrolls VI is finally announced.
How many times have you played through Skyrim? What other factors do you think have contributed to its continued popularity in the gaming community? Let me know in the comments below!
Samuel Franklin
Just a down to earth gamer based in Sydney and administrator of Games Finder (gameslikefinder.com) who loves all sorts of video game genres and has a passion for writing as well. Raised in the 80s and 90s I have a soft spot for video game classics such as the original Diablo and SimCoaster amongst countless others. I've been hooked on video games ever since and for as long as I can remember, having the opportunity to share that passion with others is why I love to write on GameSkinny. More recently I've been playing games such as Fortnite, League of Legends, Apex Legends, Destiny 2 amongst more hidden indie gems such as Space Food Truck and Battle Chef Brigade. I love having a diverse range of video games to play depending on my...more »
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Nkhaya Paulsen-More (Ngāti Maru ki Hauraki, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Pūkenga)
Flying Fetu: A writers festival for our people of Te-Moananui-a-Kiwa
N'Khaya Paulson Moore (Ngāti Maru ki Hauraki, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Pūeknga) reflects on a week deep in the Moana as she shares what it was like being apart of the Flying Fetu Writers Festival; A literary festival unlike any other before.
Image: Taute Vaai
Ki roto, ki waho.
I sit with my hands fanned in
my lap,
my ghost-bone fingers
outstretched
stretching into the vā,
the vā,
the kore,
the neverending space
spread between each finger.
Writing is an awkwardly intimate experience for me. My speciality is in personal essays—so I write about the experiences I've had in different countries, with different friends, whānau, and anyone else in between. The first complete manuscript I've ever drafted only came to fruition at the end of last year, and it was full of painful, personal stories about my upbringing. I cried my way through writing those fourteen essays, and I haven't looked at them critically since I handed them in and got them back.
I wrote one more personal essay this year about abortion. After that, I felt depleted, honestly wondering why I was using pain to bring stories to life. There was a natural end to my obsession with getting my personal stories onto the page, and I lost my direction.
And so became the theme of my life in general, actually. I got lost. I stopped asking for guidance from my tūpuna. I stopped checking in with myself spiritually. I fell straight into te kore, unsure what else of significance I had to say. There was no more joy in crafting the near-perfect essay. I'm immensely proud of the work I've created, but shit, dude, there's only so much a nearly-26-year-old can realistically write about.
Most people would call this writer's block. When I try to describe how story ideas come to me it's an intuitive process. A sentence will distract me from work meetings and I'll scramble to jot it down in my Notes app. Sometimes a character stands out in my imagination and tells me who she is, what she likes, and how she behaves. Sometimes, an opportunity pops up on my social media feeds, and I'll give it a quick glance. Then I'll give it another look. Next thing you know I find myself googling it because I've lost the page link and it's been on my mind for the past three weeks.
The last time that happened to me—entertaining the possibility of an opportunity—was when I applied to do my MA in Creative Writing. It gave me my book of essays.
So when I re-checked the application deadline for Flying Fetu and realised it was the exact day I chose to revisit the page, I knew I had to submit something, anything, to try and get into their writer's labs.
the eyes of ghosts
rest upon my face,
upon the faces of those
with blood that sings
louder than mine
watching the faces of those
who sing back to my blood.
The Flying Fetu Writer's Festival is the brainchild of Grace Iwashita-Taylor and Lana Lopesi. Tired of attending writer's festivals where kaituhi Moana-nui-a-Kiwa were limited or boxed into their own corner, the duo decided to put together a festival where Moana writers were the centrepiece of the entire experience. The art of telling stories has been central to our Pacific cultures for centuries—so why do we find them in such small spaces? The answers to that question are too long to put into this essay (and the people reading this will know those answers off by heart anyway), so I'll instead come back to Grace and Lana's story.
Grace is a well-known figure in the Pacific arts community. She wrote Afakasi Speaks and Full Broken Bloom. She's also a theatre giant, but if you ask her to be on the stage again she will tell you a variant of "absolutely not", as I discovered over the four days we spent with her. Lana is of a similar stature, now lecturing at the University of Oregon. Her collection Bloody Woman has re-shaped the way I look at essays now.
At the festival, Grace said a friend of hers told her to redirect her fire to make something for the writers who whakapapa back to Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, in one way or another. This festival was her and Lana's answer to that question I raised earlier. And that's how ten of us blossoming writers found ourselves at the Basement Theatre on a cloudless Wednesday morning, waiting outside on the stairs and benches while Grace profusely apologised for being late (she wasn't). Not even an hour later, we were in an intensive writing workshop with Victor Rodger.
We spent the next three days in writing workshops with Victor, Crystal Vaega, and Ruby Porter. Two hours each with established artists who each had something of significance to share with us. With Victor, it was about creating the characters of our worlds to the point where they became their own people; with Crystal, it was about getting the story on the page and just fuck it, put it all on there; and with Ruby, it was about slimming down our stories to their best parts.
It goes without saying that it was time well-spent. I learnt that my main character's theme song was, confusingly, I Can Do Both by Todrick Hall ("Ooh, cancelled," Victor said when I told him my choice). I learnt that sometimes art is hard to make, but never impossible, simply because you don't have the money ("Maybe you can tell us more about the funding side from your perspective," Crystal mentioned after I told her where I worked). I also learnt that not every word you write is necessary, or even good, but it's worth exploring ("I like that you mentioned teeth in your line," Ruby said of my admittedly painful attempt at trying to write a detailed smile).
Hine-tūrama scatters her children
across the room,
their sunset-stained mouths
reading stories to us that
she has known for centuries
Our writer's labs culminated in a public reading and the official kickoff to the Flying Fetu Festival. By then, I'd written over 7,000 words of a new fiction project in six hours across three days.
I'm going to say that us ten writers who had been in the labs had become friends by then, and if we weren't by Friday morning, we certainly were by Friday night when we squeezed ourselves onto two red couches, facing an audience who were ready to hear some of what we'd produced in the labs. Beforehand, I spent two hours pacing skittishly downstairs in front of the bar at the Basement Theatre. I eventually moved my frantic pacing upstairs, shoving my bag onto one of the couches, gnawing a piece of gum so rigorously I could feel my teeth touch every time I chewed down on it. I was fiddling with my fingers, staring at my uneaten lunch, afraid that if I ate it I'd throw up.
Each writer I'd been with over those days gave me words of encouragement, boosting my morale, but it was Zech's words in particular that struck me and are still with me:
"If you're nervous about it, it means you really care about your work."
Nicole's grounding word of the day—"wine"—also sticks with me, because she was holding a glass of it when she said it, and our nervousness broke apart to make way for relaxed laughter.
And so we read, with warm yellow lights beaming down at us, comforted with the knowledge that the people we shared this experience with were right behind us.
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I could tell you all so much more about Flying Fetu Festival, but I think I'm running out of space to explain, so I'll give you some highlights:
Watching Tusiata Avia read new poetry about The Big Fat Brown Bitch.
Hearing Victor Rodger read a short story about a disgruntled writer watching his smarmy writer ex wax lyrically about the vā.
Watching Michel Mulipola demonstrate A WRESTLING MATCH in front of us, telling us why it also counts as a story in its own rights.
Seeing Jahra Wasasala use dance to embody Dra, a being not of this world.
Laughing with Rosanna Raymond, a Pacific Sister, as she told us why being an outlier is certainly not the worst thing you can be in the arts world.
Each and every artist who shared their craft, their stories, their processes with us were all from the Pacific.
As we closed the festival on pō Rāhoroi, I felt the urge to cry, and I had to remind myself to breathe. There have been several moments over the last month where I've felt the need to cry, and have indulged in it, but this one emerged from the connectedness I felt with the artists who shared the space at Flying Fetu. For the first time in a long, long time, I felt the full presence of my tūpuna. I saw our tūpuna sitting in the theatre with us.
I just can't think of any other word to describe my experience except "thankful". I am so thankful for Grace and Lana for holding space for us, from the baby writers all the way to the legends, and for carving out a place in the Aotearoa literature scene so we could shine. I'm incredibly humbled and awed by the writers I met and worked with at Flying Fetu—their talent and their drive to create cutting edge stories blew me away. Their work will spring to life in the wider world and live long, healthy lives within the Pacific cannon Grace and Lana have created here.
In the future, I encourage all of you to attend the Flying Fetu Festival. Sometimes it's easy to forget how bright the whetū shine until you take the time to look directly at them. For me, it was a strong reminder that stars shine brightest when they're together—something I'll remember the next time I feel myself falling into te kore.
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Grossman is a research associate with more than five years of public policy research and project management experience. As the resource manager for several of MDRC's postsecondary education projects, she provides day-to-day project management support; develops, maintains, and monitors work plans, expenditures, and budgets; and maintains communications with funders, consultants, and subcontractors. She currently oversees resource management needs for the entire Young Adults and Postsecondary Education Policy Area. Grossman also assists with random assignment processes and program sustainability and conducts implementation research for a variety of MDRC projects including Performance-Based Scholarships and the GED 21st Century initiative. Prior to joining MDRC, Grossman worked as a researcher for Public/Private Ventures' Project Benchmark — conducting comprehensive literature research to identify meaningful outcome standards and service delivery strategies for workforce development organizations. She has also worked in nonprofit fundraising and grassroots lobbying. She received a master's degree in public policy from The Johns Hopkins University.
This report discusses a pilot project to prepare adult education students in New York City for the new more rigorous GED exam. Revised writing and math curricula were offered to thousands of students, but attendance was erratic. Shorter lesson sequences and support outside the classroom might allow more students to benefit.
Too many of the nation's young adults struggle to obtain the educational credentials needed to be successful, productive members of society. When this study was under way, 39 million adults in the United States lacked a high school diploma or its equivalent; moreover, every year, more than 1.3 million students dropped out of high school.


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Do you have a "Dogi"?
The whole Barkhas family practices yoga with Jaya. Here, "mom" Peony works with her.
Suman Barkhas puts a twist on the traditional yoga practice. For him, downward-facing dog is not just for humans. A yoga and tai chi teacher based in Eugene, OR for 10 years, when Barkhas noticed his dog Jaya doing what looked like yoga poses, he encouraged it.
Stretching in the form of "downward dog" with all four paws on the floor and the hips bent upward, is natural for dogs. But Barkhas's three teenagers began using treats to train Jaya to remain in the position for extended times.
"Working with the food was a big challenge for Jaya," says Barkhas. "She was always nervous about food. The trick of putting a dog biscuit on her nose and having her stay there for a minute without moving or eating helped to teach the pose and patience, which was rewarding because Jaya's behavior changed. It cultivated discipline." Barkhas says this also taught Jaya to hold the poses without growling or moving.
Suman Barkhas considers himself more Jaya's dad than "master," though he is in fact a master...of yoga and tai chi.
Since settling in Eugene, Barkhas has continued teaching yoga and tai chi in parks, community centers, and at Peacehealth Medical Center at Riverbend. He also works with yoga and tai chi instructors training for Oregon licenses.
Yoga is about more than physical and mental health, says Barkhas; it's also about living in harmony with your environment. If your dog is already your best friend, then involving him or her in your practice can further strengthen that bond.
To learn more about Suman Barkhas and his yoga and tai chi teachings, visit TaiChiYogaCenter.com or call 541-515-0462.
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TSU Alumnus Kevin W. Williams Elected to Nation's Largest and Most Prominent Physicians' Group
November 24, 2015 C. Buggs
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – Kevin W. Williams ('83) has been elected to a public member position with the American Medical Association, according to a recent announcement released by the 168-year-old organization.
Kevin W. Williams
A former senior executive with General Motors, Williams joins the nation's largest and most prominent physician organization on its 21-member board which sets standards and policy for the medical profession. He is only the fourth person to hold the public member position on the governing board, which added the first public member to its Board of Trustees in 2002. Williams will begin his four-year term at the conclusion of the AMA Annual Meeting in June 2016.
"Mr. Williams brings a wealth of knowledge and skills to the AMA board from his private sector career as a high-level leader with national and international business experience," said Stephen R. Permut, M.D., AMA Board chair, in a release. "We look forward to his new perspectives that will help enrich our continuing efforts to address the leading health care issues facing our nation."
Over the course of his 31-year career at GM, Williams accumulated extensive experience where he held numerous global roles. Most recently, he served as board chairman, president and managing director of General Motors (GM) of Canada Ltd. He also served as president and managing director of GM de Mexico, and GM North American vice president of quality.
Williams began his GM career in 1983 as a reliability analyst at Buick City in Flint, Michigan, and over the years he took on diverse key leadership roles as global executive director of Supplier Quality; global executive director of Supplier Quality, Development, and Supplier Diversity for Worldwide Purchasing; and executive director of Supplier Quality for GM Europe with responsibilities spanning 22 countries and 1,500 employees.
Williams has a demonstrated passion for giving back. He is a board member of the United Negro College Fund Foundation, a former trustee of Genesys Health System of Michigan, a former chairman of the Society of Automotive Engineers' A World in Motion Advisory Committee, and continues to support his alma mater by serving on the TSU Foundation Board of Trustees.
A native of Lexington Park, Maryland, Williams earned a bachelor's in Business Management from Tennessee State University in 1983 and a master's in Business Administration from Central Michigan University in 1989. In 2002, Williams completed the GM Senior Executive Development Program.
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TSU Alumnus, Michael D. Johnson, Jr., Focuses on Helping Youth Reach Their Greatest Potential
October 28, 2015 Emmanuel Freeman
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Michael D. Johnson, Jr. has made a career of empowering, connecting and marketing youth culture by exposing his peers and young adults to their untapped potential and unchartered opportunities.
Currently, he is employed with the United States Department of Defense as a Student Training & Academic Recruitment Representative. In this role, he works with students and veterans interested in internship, co-op, scholarship and job opportunities with the federal government.
In September 2015, Johnson participated in Tennessee State University's Career Development Center's Fall Career Fair providing information to students on how to hone the skills necessary to bolster their academic and career opportunities. The informational session welcomed all majors and classifications to participate.
He is the founder and president of the National Brotherhood Chain, Inc., an organization focused on linking high school and collegiate men with successful professionals striving to propel African-American men into economic, social and political spheres of brotherhood and power worldwide.
"It is our duty and purpose to keep young brothers encouraged, focused and inspired to keep pushing themselves pass their potential," according to comments on Johnson's website. "Programs such as the Brotherhood Chain are specifically designed to grant young brothers those opportunities that are not commonly provided to them."
Johnson is a Flint, Michigan native who made his way to Tennessee State University in 2010 after being recruited as part of the Men's Track & Field team, where he later became an Ohio Valley Conference finalist and champion. In addition to his athletic achievements, high scholastic achievement has always been his top priority. In 2014, he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology. Prior to graduating, he served as Mr. Tennessee State University for the 73rd Administration of the Student Government Association. In 2015, he earned a master's degree in Criminal Justice, also from TSU. He hopes to enroll in law school in fall 2016 with the goal of establishing his own law firm and becoming a sports/entertainment attorney.
He is an active member of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, 100 Black Men, the Golden Key International Honor Society, and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
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TSU Alum Judge Curtis L. Collier to Receive the 2015 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Sixth Circuit
May 11, 2015 Emmanuel Freeman
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – The Honorable Curtis L. Collier has been selected to receive the prestigious 2015 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Sixth Circuit. The award will be presented May 14, at the Sixth Circuit's Annual Judicial Conference in Detroit by Chief Judge R. Guy Cole Jr., and Judge Pamela L. Reeves. Collier is only the second judge from Tennessee, the second African-American and the second District judge to receive the award.
A native of Arkansas, Collier earned a B.S. degree in chemistry from Tennessee State University in 1971, where he was an Air Force ROTC scholarship recipient. Collier received his J.D. in 1974 from Duke University.
Collier is a Senior U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and was nominated to the post by President William J. Clinton in 1995. Previously, Collier served as Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney in charge of the Chattanooga Branch Office of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the district.
Collier spent the early part of his career in the office of the U.S. attorney in New Orleans, Louisiana, eventually rising to become Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division and Chief of the General Crimes Unit. He was an adjunct professor of trial advocacy at Tulane University Law School. He also has taught at the Department of Justice National Advocacy Center at the University of South Carolina and at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
He served active duty in the U.S. Air Force as a captain in the Judge Advocate General's Department, fulfilling various roles at postings in Georgia, the Philippines, and California. Collier litigated approximately 30 cases before Courts-Martial or administrative boards.
Collier is a member of the Justices Ray L. Brock Jr. and Robert E. Cooper American Inn of Court, as well as his respective local, state and national bar associations. He serves on the Criminal Law Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States and the Federal Judicial Center's District Judge Education Advisory Committee.
The American Inns of Court Professionalism Awards are awarded in participating federal circuits, to a lawyer or judge whose life and practice display sterling character, unquestioned integrity, and dedication to the highest standards of the legal profession and the rule of law. The award is presented at the circuit's judicial conference and recipients will be recognized in October at the 2015 American Inns of Court Celebration of Excellence at the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Tennessee State University Alum and Lawyer Elected to Lead National Bar Examiners' Board of Trustees
October 6, 2014 Emmanuel Freeman
NASHVILLE. Tenn. (TSU News Service) – Tennessee State University graduates continue to make major inroads in industry and the corporate and professional world.
Bryan Williams, senior partner of a New York City law firm who earned a B.S. degree from TSU in 1978, was recently elected chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Conference of Bar Examiners. The NCBE develops tests that are used as part of the bar examination in every jurisdiction in the United States.
A founding partner with Pettus and Williams, a Manhattan-based law firm, Williams is no stranger to the NCBE and the law profession. He was a longtime member of the Policy Committee for the Multistate Bar Examination, the organization's flagship test that is administered in all states with the exception of Louisiana. In New York, he is a member of the State Board of Law Examiners.
Williams, who was elected at the August meeting of the NCBE, becomes only the second African-American male to chair the Board of Trustees in the organization's 83-year history. He began his legal career as an assistant district attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office and practiced commercial litigation at the Wall Street law firms of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Deforest & Duer.
Attributing his career success and leadership skills to his TSU preparation, Williams said his new role will give him the opportunity to lead "a very distinguished board of attorneys" representing the entire country who are responsible for ensuring that new attorneys are qualified to practice law.
"Tennessee State University played an integral part in building my skills of leadership when I served as SGA president," said Williams, who earned his law degree at Howard University, where he graduated cum laude.
"I will be forever grateful to TSU for giving me the foundation that has allowed me to succeed in the legal profession," Williams added.
The Indianapolis native is a member of the New York State Bar Association Committee on the Bar Exam, the Howard Law Alumni Association, and the New York County Lawyers' Association. A staunch supporter of his alma mater, Williams is a member of the New York Chapter of the Tennessee State University National Alumni Association, and a member of the President's Society, a donor category of supporters who regularly give to the University.
Williams is also involved in a number of community, religious, and fraternal organizations, serving as a member of the Board of Deacons of the historic Canaan Baptist Church of Christ in Harlem and a past member of the Board of Directors of the Lakeland Education Foundation in Westchester County, New York. A life member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, he is general counsel to the fraternity's Northeastern Province, a former president of the fraternity's New Rochelle–White Plains Alumni Chapter, and a former chairman of the fraternity's New York City Alumni Scholarship Foundation.
With nearly 9,000 students, Tennessee State University is Nashville's only public university, and is a comprehensive, urban, co-educational, land-grant university offering 42 undergraduate, 24 graduate and seven doctoral programs. TSU has earned a top 20 ranking for Historically Black Colleges and Universities according to U.S. News and World Report, and rated as one of the top universities in the country by Washington Monthly for social mobility, research and community service. Founded in 1912, Tennessee State University celebrated 100 years in Nashville during 2012. Visit the University online at tnstate.edu.
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Q: Possibilities to define if video card is dead? Recently I've got this problem on my PC: when I turn it on, the screen works OK during bios/loading screen; as soon as the boot is complete, right before showing me desktop, the screen goes dark and monitor tells that "it is not connected".
I knew that this problem could be caused by broken drivers, so I restarted my computer in safe mode, and the monitor worked. I've disabled the video card, restarted my computer, and was able to boot up normally with the resolution of about 800x600. I've tried installing the latest drivers, but the problem remains each time I try to restart the computer and enable the video card.
I've tried googling it and doing what other people say - with no luck. From what I understand, the only explanation could be that the video card is dead. However, there are 2 things that bother me: first of all, my monitor is plugged through that video card, and it works whenever I disable the video card driver; second, I can see the video card in my devices list. Is there any sort of test I can perform in order to determine if the card is really, 100% dead, and that it is definitely not the driver problem?
My system infos:
-Video card: nvidia quadro 600
-OS: dualboot windows 7 + ubuntu 14.04 (the problem remains on both systems)
 -I have another videocard embedded in my motherboard. I suppose, when I disable the first one, the monitor works from that embedded one
What have I tried in order to fix my problem (with no luck):
 -Reinstalling the drivers several times; I get my drivers from official NVIDIA website
 -Booting up in windows with a special low resolution mode (640x480)
Nothing has helped so far.

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Director: Michael & Peter Spierig
Script: Josh Stolberg & Peter Goldfinger
Cast: Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Cle Bennett, Hannah Emily Anderson, Laura Vandervoort, Mandela Van Peebles, Paul Braunstein, Tobin Bell
Certificate: 18
After several years on the backburner the Saw franchise rises from the dead in the shapely form of Jigsaw, one of the better entries in the oftentimes controversial series. I, for one, wasn't surprised when it was announced that a new Saw film was in the works, since the series had been one of the highest grossing horror franchises of all time, hence where there's money to be made Hollywood obediently follows!
After a series of murders bearing all the hallmarks of the infamous 'Jigsaw killer', law enforcement find themselves chasing after the ghost of a former engineer-genius who's been dead for over a decade, and they become rapidly immersed in a new game of ethics and torturous death-traps. The big question on everyone's lips is: is John Kramer back from the dead to remind the world to be grateful for what they've got (i.e. their lives), or is this a nefarious trap set by a copycat killer with their own moralistically skewed agenda?
Now I don't want to go into too much detail regarding the plot of Jigsaw, however, suffice to say, it's convoluted and involves flashbacks and the writers playing with the series' timeline. But, what I will say is that fans of the series won't feel cheated by Jigsaw since the filmmakers have retained some consistency with the original films, whilst injecting some freshness back into the franchise. Plus, new viewers to the series will also find themselves entertained by a decent horror flick that ticks many boxes for a good portion of horror fandom.
Personally, I didn't really see the need for yet another Saw movie, but the film that's been delivered, kicking and screaming into the world, is much better than I'd hoped for, so the makers should be applauded for not cocking this up. In fact, I hope they do at least one more to answer a few of the questions posed at the end of this latest, bloody, instalment.
Jigsaw is well-made and obviously had a decent budget behind it. It's well shot and nicely directed by the Spierig brothers, who are making a name for themselves in the horror genre (Predestination, Daybreakers). I think my only technical gripe was that the DVD I had for review delivered very quiet sound during normal dialogue scenes and very loud sound during the more action-packed scenes, which became rather annoying after a while. I just hope this was a fault with my review disc, and wasn't a feature of the film itself.
The story told here does tend to pose rather a lot of questions and doesn't seem to answer all of them, but that's always been the nature of the Saw franchise. However, I do have one question: where did John Kramer (aka Jigsaw) get all his money from to create all these elaborate traps, and to do all the research and development on them in the first place? The guy must have been rolling in it!
Lionsgate are distributing Jigsaw on Blu-ray and DVD. Extras on the disc include:
An audio commentary with producers Mark Burg, Oren Koules and Peter Block;
A behind the scenes documentary I speak for the dead: The legacy of Jigsaw (81 mins), which is an exhaustive documentary covering the history of the Saw franchise and which also looks at the thinking behind revisiting Jigsaw's legacy seven years after the last Saw film. Essentially the producers see Jigsaw as being more like the first Saw movie, with more of a thriller vibe to it, rather than being an out and out gory horror film. However, we also hear from the writers who talk about their original ending for Jigsaw being probably the most OTT climax they've come up with yet, but having it changed in favour of its current ending, which is considerably tamer, apparently. We also learn that actor Tobin Bell is very protective with regard to his character, Jigsaw, and was very much involved with creating his dialogue throughout the series. Bell also admits to having actually stayed put on set, pretending to be dead, for the whole of the 6 days they shot the bathroom scene in the first Saw movie, when he only really needed to be there for 2 days. That's commitment for you!
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Every Mother's Day we see and present the story of mother's love through a child's eye. This, Mother's Day let's hear the voice of struggling mothers!
If you are a mother have faced or have been facing economical, emotional or any other kind of struggle while raising your child/children.
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Bachelor Star Brooke Blurton Swirls Romance Rumors, Dating New Boyfriend?
Published on: Oct 10, 2018 @ 11:07 AM
Reality star Brooke Blurton made headlines when she walked out of the 2018 season of The Bachelor rejecting Nick Cummins, the attraction of the show. When Nick confessed that Brooke had always been the one for him, many assumed that the two might reunite thus resuming their dating affair.
But new discoveries show that Nick might not be the one for Brooke as she is supposedly dating another hunk. Learn about all the romances Brooke has been involved along with her latest beau and the details of her parents and family.
Romanced Both Genders; Nick Wanted To Be Her Boyfriend But Dating Failed?
Brooke can definitely justify her pansexuality as she has been involved in dating people from both genders.
Before she became a reality star, Brooke had already romanced two girlfriends. She even claimed that when an ex-boyfriend found out about Brooke being involved with two women in the past, he became judgemental and insecure of his girlfriend.
Talking to OK!, Brooke mentioned that she was previously in an affair with a man for three years.
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Further, the Bachelor star was also in a dating relationship with 2017 The Bachelorette contestant, Blake Colman. The romance lasted for a short period as Brooke revealed the affair between the two didn't work out.
"We used to see each other but it didn't really work out. I don't like to judge, but I got an eerie feeling from him."
After Brooke joined the Bachelor in 2018, she developed a close bond with another female participant, Jamie-Lee. The close friendship between the two started dating rumors as Jamie also happens to be an openly lesbian. However, Brooke denied the gossips saying that the pair was no more than just good friends.
While talking to WHO, Brooke said,
"Most of the girls will say you get close to girls in the house and obviously, just because we have a tendency of being with girls, people will obviously put us in that category of liking one another. Jamie-Lee and I are definitely just friends. I feel glad I actually had her there in the house."
Soon after the end of the Bachelor, Brooke got linked to Nick Cummins.
In late-September rumors circulated that Nick, who is much taller in height than Brooke, had broken up with the show's winner, who was supposedly Brittany Hockley and started dating Brooke. Radio host, Kyle Sandilands even stated Nick's confession that he always loved Brooke from the start of the show.
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Brooke Blurton and Nick Cummins in the Bachelor (Photo: TheBachelorau's Instagram)
However, in the finale, Nick chose neither of the finalists (Brittany Hockley and Sophie Tieman) but instead decided to pick Brooke, who had earlier left the show rejecting him. After the finale, a close confidante of Nick mentioned,
"Nick's a genuine guy and he didn't want to hurt any of the girls, most of all Brooke. When he realised she was the one he had true feelings for, he ended things with the other two and finally confessed to Brooke how he really felt – took him long enough!"
Rumors began arising that the lovebirds had finally started dating after the end of the show. However, new gossips rose which proved the affair between Brooke and Nick obsolete.
Gossips With New Boyfriend On The Rise
Recently, it has been reported that Brooke is dating a plumber named Sam Sloan. The rumors initially started after the pair spotted getting intimate at the Holey Moley miniature golf course in Sydney on 9 October 2018. A source told to Daily Mail Australia,
"They looked really close, like a couple. If she's with him, she's definitely upgraded from Nick!"
Further, Sam also shared footage of the pair's supposed date on Instagram in which Brooke could be seen swinging her golf club.
Sam shares the picture of the couple's supposed date (Photo: Sam Sloan's Instagram)
Daily Mail Australia tried to contact Brooke for comment, who is currently unavailable. If the two are indeed dating, though fans might be excited about the couple; there's one man who's heartbroken, Nick Cummins.
Parents' Details And Family
Brooke, who ages 23 and celebrated her birthday every year on 1st January, had a traumatic childhood after she lost her mother at a young age of 11. Her parents had already separated when Brooke's mother committed suicide. Brooke, who was under the custody of her mother, was then raised by her grandma until she passed away a month of her daughter's death.
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Brooke's custody was then transferred to her father, who she admits was not very supportive. Additionally, she also had to face a lot of alcohol and drug violence during her childhood. Talking about her family, Brooke has a brother named Troy who even appeared as a guest on the Bachelor and a schizophrenic older sister.
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The topic of this path with its five stopping places is the impact of climate change on tourism. One of the attractions of Grindelwald are the fascinating glaciers. But the ice masses are melting. Scenarios predicting that three quarters of Switzerland's glaciers will disappear in the next few decades are not improbable. The appeal of the Alps will change. No-one knows how tourists will react to this.


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Lower urinary tract fistula/leak is a devastating sequela of multiple etiologies including iatrogenic injury during gynecologic surgeries, infectious/inflammatory diseases such as diverticulitis, primary/secondary tumors, trauma, and radiation. When leak occurs, urinary diversion can serve as a temporary solution to allow for spontaneous healing. If spontaneous healing fails, surgical repair can be considered. Inoperable patients such as those with advanced disease or prior radiation can benefit from percutaneous ureteral occlusion and permanent urinary diversion to improve their quality of life. Up to 100% success rate has been documented. We report the case of an 85-year-old male who had a fungating urothelial carcinoma of the bladder fistulizing to the abdominal wall. This resulted in an abscess formation with persistent high output despite catheter drainage. We performed a permanent ureteral occlusion to control his abscess. We discuss the indication, technique, outcome, and briefly review the literature.
An 85-year-old male known to have hypertension, coronary artery disease, and an invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder dome causing bilateral ureteral obstruction for which bilateral nephrostomies were placed. Computed tomography revealed a large fungating bladder mass infiltrating into the anterior abdominal wall and forming a large collection [Figure 1]. A percutaneous drain was placed in the abdominal wall collection. Four days postdrainage, persistent output of urine and fibrinous debris were noted from the drain reaching up to 100 ml/day. Given the patient's comorbidities that preclude him from surgery, the interventional radiologist (IR) suggested palliative urinary diversion with ureteral occlusion to control the abdominal abscess and eventually remove the drain. Multidisciplinary discussion was conducted between urologist, IR, and oncologist with consensus to proceed with ureteral occlusion. Under moderate sedation, a left nephrostogram demonstrated complete distal ureteral obstruction due to tumor [Figure 2]. Therefore, no intervention was performed. A right nephrostogram demonstrated communication with the bladder and the pelvic drain [Figure 2]. Therefore, a 6-Fr/55-cm Check-Flo® sheath (Cook Medical, Bloomington, IN, USA) was advanced to the distal ureter. Using a 5-Fr Kumpe catheter (Merit Medical, South Jordan, UT, USA), an 8-mm Amplatzer plug (St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, MN, USA) was deployed distally. The catheter was pulled and another 8-mm Amplatzer plug was deployed 1.5 cm proximal to the previous one. A safety wire was left in the dead space between the plugs. A 4-Fr Kumpe catheter was advanced over the safety wire into the dead space and primed with D5. The space was filled with 1.5 ml of N-butyl cyanoacrylate (NBCA) (Cordis Neurovascular; Miami Lakes, FL, USA)-Lipiodol (Guerbet, Princeton, NJ, USA) (1:1 mixture) [Figure 3]. A nephrostogram was performed after 5 min demonstrating complete occlusion of the ureter distally [Figure 4]. A 10-Fr nephrostomy was then inserted for permanent drainage. Follow-up bilateral nephrostograms after 24 h, 2 weeks, and 4 months demonstrated continued occlusion of both ureters [Figure 5]. The abscess drain was removed after 4 weeks when the output stopped. The patient died after 5 months due to his primary disease.
Inoperable patients with lower urinary tract fistula/leak pose a challenge to their referring physicians. If urinary diversion fails, patients can be safely treated using transrenal antegrade ureteral occlusion. Coils and Gelfoam (Upjohn, Kalamazoo, MI, USA) combination represents the most widely used technique with success rate as high as 100%., Other techniques with high success rates in smaller series include the "sandwich" technique described by Saad et al., The "sandwich" technique is performed using an 8–12-mm Type I or Type II Amplatzer vascular plug, followed by 0.8–1.5 cc of glue (NBCA), and then by a second Amplatzer vascular plug with good results., We used the same technique; however, we deployed both plugs and then filled the space to prevent proximal embolization. Patency of the nephrostomy is vital to prevent recanalization. Hence, we upsized the nephrostomy to 10-Fr and the ureter remained occluded until death.
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Asvadi NH, Arellano RS. Transrenal antegrade ureteral occlusion: Clinical assessment of indications, technique and outcomes. J Urol 2015;194:1428-32.
Saad WE, Kalagher S, Turba UC, Sabri SS, Park AW, Stone J, et al. Ureteric embolization for lower urinary tract fistulae: Use of two Amplatzer vascular plugs and N-butyl cyanoacrylate employing the "sandwich" technique. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2013;36:1068-72.
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Amazon Upgrades the Echo Show with Better Speakers and a Redesigned Exterior for the Same Price
Amazon today, at its annual hardware event in Seattle, announced upgrades for nearly every one of its Echo products and one of them is the Echo Show. The new Echo Show offers a larger 10-inch screen, a redesigned exterior, and much better speakers for the same $229.99 price.
The new device's biggest changes are on the outside as Amazon has gotten rid of the chin from the front and has covered the rest of the body with a similar fabric material found on other Echo appliances. In addition, it comes with revamped speakers which now includes dual, side-firing 2-inch neodymium drivers, an integrated bass radiator, and real-time Dolby processing. The new look resembles a bunch of recently launched Google Assistant powered smart displays from companies such as Lenovo. Google itself is expected to announce one itself later next month.
Along with the hardware upgrades, the Echo Show ushers in a few software bump ups as well. For starters, Amazon is extending its partnership with Microsoft as you can now make Skype video or voice calls on the Echo Show. Plus, Amazon will be bundling its own Silk and Mozilla's Firefox browsers if you feel like browsing the web on it. There's also a new API for developers called "Alexa Presentation Language". Devs can leverage it to build apps with richer images and user interfaces for the Echo Show.
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