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New York investigates company accused of selling fake Twitter followers
New York's chief prosecutor says the state is opening an investigation into a firm that allegedly sold millions of fake followers to social media users.
"Impersonation and deception are illegal under New York law," said Eric Schneiderman.
The company, Devumi, stands accused of stealing real people's identities, which it denies, according to the New York Times.
The paper linked the "follower factory" to a host of celebrity accounts.
The New York Times published an in-depth report on Devumi on Saturday, including interviews with people who alleged their account details and profile pictures had been copied to create realistic "bots".
It is alleged that others who wanted to increase their follower count, including actors, entrepreneurs and political commentators, could then pay to be followed by the bots.
On social media, high follower accounts boost influence, which can impact public opinion, or bring advantages, such as job offers or sponsorship deals, to account holders.
Mr Schneiderman said he was concerned that such "opaque" operations were undermining democracy.
The growing prevalence of bots means that real voices are too often drowned out in our public conversation. Those who can pay the most for followers can buy their way to apparent influence.
— Eric Schneiderman (@AGSchneiderman) January 27, 2018
Impersonation and deception are illegal under New York law. We're opening an investigation into Devumi and its apparent sale of bots using stolen identities. https://t.co/uvxGOp7soQ
On its website, Devumi offers customers the chance to order up to 250,000 Twitter followers, with prices starting at $12 (£8.50). Clients can also buy "likes" and retweets.
The company sells followers on a range of other platforms, including Pinterest, LinkedIn, Soundcloud and YouTube.
How Russian bots appear in your timeline
Massive bot networks found on Twitter
"Devumi has helped over 200,000 businesses, celebrities, musicians, YouTubers and other pros gain more exposure and make a big impact to their audience," says its website.
The company is registered at a New York City address, although the New York Times alleged it is a front, with its actual offices in Florida and it also employs workers in the Philippines.
Twitter has responded to the investigation, saying it is working to stop Devumi and similar companies.
The tactics used by Devumi on our platform and others as described by today's NYT article violate our policies and are unnacceptable to us. We are working to stop them and any companies like them.
— Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) January 27, 2018
In the past, Twitter has been accused of not taking the problem seriously enough. It has often dismissed bot investigations as "inaccurate and methodologically flawed".
The platform does allow automated accounts, but it strictly prohibits them being bought or sold. It says it will suspend accounts that are found to have purchased followers, retweets or likes. However, a representative told the New York Times it rarely does this in practice, as it is hard to prove.
The report alleges that Devumi has a stock of at least 3.5 million automated accounts, many of which are sold repeatedly.
It alleges at least 55,000 of the accounts "use the names, profile pictures, hometowns and other personal details of real Twitter users, including minors".
"These accounts are counterfeit coins in the booming economy of online influence, reaching into virtually any industry where a mass audience — or the illusion of it — can be monetized. Fake accounts, deployed by governments, criminals and entrepreneurs, now infest social media networks," they wrote.
Whose accounts have been linked?
The New York Times found many well-known Twitter accounts have followers from the Devumi "factory". It said the company's clients covered the political spectrum, from liberal cable pundits to a reporter at the right-wing site Breitbart and an editor at China's state-run news agency, Xinhua.
Martha Lane Fox: Entrepreneur and member of the UK's House of Lords
Martha Lane Fox's Twitter account showed "a series of follower purchases spanning more than a year", including a 25,000-follower boost days after she became a Twitter board member in April 2016. She told the New York Times a "rogue employee" was responsible.
Paul Hollywood: British TV chef
The investigation showed Devumi-managed bots following Paul Hollywood's official Twitter profile. Shortly after the paper emailed him to ask questions, his account was deleted.
Hilary Rosen: political commentator
The CNN contributor has paid for over 500,000 Twitter followers - although most have been deleted. She said it was "an experiment I did several years ago to see how it worked".
Randy Bryce: US ironworker turned politician
On Saturday, Mr Bryce - who is trying to unseat Republican Paul Ryan in Congress - said, on Twitter, that he bought the followers as an experiment in 2015, when he was a blogger.
Yup, three years ago, I had a blog and decided to try it. I spent about $15. Didn't work and haven't done it on my campaign.
— Randy Bryce (@IronStache) January 27, 2018
'Bots used to bias online political chats'


As the far right grows in Britain and across Europe, Scotland needs a stronger anti-racist movement. Stand Up To Racism Scotland is winning support from politicians, trade unionists and campaigners.
A statement calling for support for initiatives including a major demonstration in London on 17 November, opposition to former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson, and an international conference on 20 October has been launched. It has been signed by SNP MP Chris Stephens, Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard, Unison union Scottish secretary Mike Kirby and many others.
Leith stands up to racism—refugees and migrants welcome!
The tragic death of Sheku Ahmed Tejan Bayoh while in police custody in Kirkcaldy on 3 May 2015 has left his family fighting for justice and for the prosecution of those responsible.
A story that the Lord Advocate has decided not to prosecute anyone was leaked to Sunday newspapers.
If this is true it is a terrible blow to the long, hard fought campaign.
The family of Sheku Bayoh were due to meet the Lord Advocate on Wednesday of this week. Supporters planned to gather outside to show their solidarity with the family.


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At last, Michael Chekhov in his own words, uncensored! This 1942 manuscript was finally released for Publication in 1991 through the efforts of Chekhov Student and Estate Executrix Mala Powers. Over the six decades since its 1953 publication, Michael Chekhov's To the Actor has become a standard text for students of the theater. It is, however, actually a heavily edited version of the original 1942 manuscript Now AVAILABLE as: On The Technique of Acting. Ms. Powers contributed to this edition two very special additions. The first is her Preface, complete with the Chart for Inspired Acting. This chart, originally drawn by Mr. Chekhov's hand for Mala, is the ultimate concept map of his approach to training and inspired performance. It shows graphically most of his teachings in one symbol, useful to teachers and learners alike as a quick-reference short-hand overview of the techniques. The second major contribution Ms. Powers made to the book is an Afterword about techniques developed with Hollywood and motion picture actors, after publication and prior to his passing in the 1950's.
Scholars and teachers of Chekhov's technique have hailed On the Technique of Acting as the clearest, most accurate presentation of the principles he taught to Yul Brynner, Gary Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Gregory Peck, Marilyn Monroe, Anthony Quinn, Beatrice Straight, and Mala Powers, among others.
This is the book NMCA suggests new students of Chekhov begin with. It has a clear explanation of his key teachings. It has a biographical introduction by Mel Gordon, who describes the translation and publishing difficulties of To The Actor and On The Technique of Acting. It has the new preface with the Chart for Inspired Acting and afterword by Mala Powers, and the original text clarifies the pivotal role of the imagination in actors' understanding of themselves and the roles they play. The workshops and Institutes of NMCA follow this Chart and the Institute teaches all the techniques from this book throughout the week.
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This 62 minute DVD is designed for you to exercise The Chekhov Psycho-Physical Concepts with a group of colleagues led by Lisa Dalton. Based on the Chart for Inspired Acting in Mala Power's Preface of "On The Technique of Acting" by Michael Chekhov, (Harper), a menu offers the option to play all the way through, or to skip to specific exercises. Great for reviewing what you have learned or enhancing your understanding gathered from written and spoken Chekhov Materials. Order 2 or more and get free shipping!
Lisa Dalton's PSYCHOPHYSICAL Audio WORKOUT-MP3.
This Audio Presentation contains a 26 minute workout of the three most universal exercises in Michael Chekhov's technique: Expansion/Contraction, the Four Movement Qualities of Molding, Flowing, Flying and Radiating, followed by the intense and energizing "Staccato/Legato" exercise. The other track contains an interview with Lisa regarding the use of these exercises as a means to align your mind and body and to promote health and balance.
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This inspiring documentary profiles the story of Michael Chekhov and his colleague George Shdanoff, as their lives moved from Russia to Hollywood. Film clips of the many great stars they coached and interviews with Anthony Quinn (shot by Lisa Dalton) and others makes this documentary both entertaining and educational as it reveals the technique and the biography. Select DVD or VHS Video(ntsc).
From Czarist Russia's Moscow Art Theatre to Hollywood's Dirty Harry, narrators Gregory Peck and Mala Powers join an A-list of Hollywood stars to take us through the odyssey of two Russian-born men. Academy Award-nominated Michael Chekhov and noted director/actor George Shdanoff brought a unique technique of acting to Hollywood. Lisa Dalton filmed on location in Russia, Switzerland, Germany, France, England and the United States to co-produce this documentary examines the journey of Chekhov and Shdanoff that led to their creation of this revolutionary acting system, which turned Stanislavski's acting theory on its head, and empowered the legendary Hollywood stars and directors of the 40s, 50s and beyond to create their most memorable work on stage and in films.
The range and scope of the noted artists to be inspired by these two great coaches is astonishing: Ingrid Bergman, Lloyd Bridges, Yul Brynner, Leslie Caron, Cyd Charisse, Gary Cooper, Yvonne de Carlo, James Dean, Clint Eastwood, Sharon Gless, Rex Harrison, Sterling Hayden, Jennifer Jones, Gene Kelly, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Patricia Neal, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, Jack Palance, Gregory Peck, Mala Powers, Tyrone Power, Anthony Quinn, Robert Taylor, Robert Stack, Beatrice Straight, Robert Walker and many others.
As renowned film critic and biographer, Richard Schickel, says, Dirty Harry has his roots in the Moscow Art Theatre ... It's completely true .... It's completely unrecognizable ... but there it is.
This 53 minute program is an intimate and lively interview with Anthony Quinn focusing on his meeting and studying with Michael Chekhov, Quinn's use of the tools and of Chekhov's enduring influence on Quinn's life. The Chekhov techniques come alive when Quinn talks about them. The Hollywood anecdotes told as only the robust Mr. Quinn can, will linger in your memory with warmth and humour. His reverence will move your soul as clearly Mr. Chekhov did the Oscar winning Tony Quinn.
This DVD Video profiles brilliant Actor/Coach Michael Chekhov from 1935-38, the critical years of developing his amazing technique and teaching in English for first time. Introduced by esteemed British actor, Simon Callow, this film features interviews with Dartington Hall students Eleanor Faison, Deirdre Hurst du Prey, and Paul Rogers. William Elmhirst, his sister Beatrice Straight and their parents, Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst, were and continue to be great benefactors of the Chekhov technique and this film.
Produced by the Michael Chekhov Centre, UK in association with the Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst Trust and Palomino Films, Rarely seen footage shows Mr. Chekhov leading his classes in graceful exercises on the beautiful grounds of Dartington Hall in south west England. Lisa Dalton contributed additional footage of interviews with the students who eventually moved to the United States. FOR AMERICAN SALES ONLY.
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Endometrium is a cells that lines inside womb. Regardless of the tip of numerous concepts, yet the precise reason of endometriosis is unsure. It recommends that endometriosis happens by back-up of menstruation cells with the fallopian tubes, dental implanting in the abdominal area and also development. A different concept recommends that endometrial cells could distribute in the blood system or lymph from womb getting to various other components of the body. Several endometriosis individuals have no sign.


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Once in Europe, they are abandoned after parting with their family's life savings. Of those who are lucky enough to actually make it to any trials, the ones that fail are abandoned by the agents who no longer see their economic value.
They are left with no money, too ashamed to let their families back at home know the truth. They overstay their visa and become destitute on the streets of Europe.
This working grant was funded through Journalismfund.eu's Connecting Continents programme.
The investigation was carried out by a cross-border team comprising of Yemisi Akinbobola, Paul Bradshaw and Ogechi Ekeanyawu; with additional work by David Blood, Leila Haddou, Caroline Beavon, and members of Hacks/Hackers Birmingham.
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Holiday Ruined as Young Child Injured by Glass Patio Doors
Boy Injured In Corfu
A mother from Sheffield has concluded a successful legal action on behalf of her four year old son after their family holiday in Corfu was ruined. Within hours of their arrival, her son stumbled against a glass patio door which shattered, causing him significant injuries.
Kirsten Jeffcock, 37, recovered £6,750 on behalf of her son after the family of four travelled to the all inclusive Ermones Beach Club Hotel, in Ermones, Corfu, during August 2004. They booked their holiday through Tour Operator Sunstar Leisure Limited on the internet.
On arrival to the hotel the family were particularly looking forward to a swim in the hotel pool, but while changing into his swimming trunks her son stumbled and fell shoulder first onto the glass patio door. The glass broke into huge shards causing a gaping wound on her son's side and across his back.
Their son required immediate hospital treatment and a flight was arranged back to the UK where he received further hospital treatment for his injuries. Fortunately he has since made a good recovery from his injury although he still has some scarring.
Kirsten Jeffcock said: "I was very upset because my son could have died and I thought that he was going to be scarred for life.
"This accident could easily have been avoided. I am surprised that the glass in the patio door shattered so easily. We had to complain about the fact that the broken glass had not been properly cleared up when we returned from the hospital. We even had to arrange early return flights ourselves, since the tour representative appeared to be inexperienced in handling emergency situations."
Jenny Brooks from the Travel Law Team at Irwin Mitchell Solicitors said: "Each year we act for clients who sustain injuries from accidents while abroad on holiday, which arise from poor safety standards. Had steps been taken to ensure that the glass in the patio door was of a safe standard, this accident would have been avoided."


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One man dead, two other injured in McDonald's drive-thru shooting in Ahoskie
One man dead, two other injured in McDonald`s drive-thru shooting in Ahoskie
By: Becca Mitchell , Merris Badcock
Posted at 11:29 AM, Sep 05, 2016
AHOSKIE, N.C. - Police are still searching for a suspect after a shooting killed one man and injured two others.
According to police, 29-year-old Keon Harrell was killed after a shooting broke out at the McDonald's in the 1400 block of Memorial Drive, just before 3:00 am.
Eyewitnesses told News 3's Merris Badcock they heard about six or seven shots fired.
Officers and deputies from the Ahoskie Police Department and the Hertford County Sheriff's Office arrived on scene within a few minutes after the 911 call was placed, and found Harrell who was unresponsive.
Two other victims were reported to be at the emergency room at Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital. They were transported to another hospital a short time later but their conditions are unknown at this time.
Other eyewitnesses told News 3 there were more than a dozen cars hanging out in the parking lot where the McDonald's is located before the shooting happened.
McDonald's interior was closed, but the drive thru was open when gunfire broke out. #Ahoskie https://t.co/3gzxXj2FB7 pic.twitter.com/FIOwUtpE1A
— Merris Badcock (@MerrisBadcock) September 5, 2016
One resident who expressed her concern for the victim on Facebook, told News 3 she did not know much about what happened because she "didn't go to the party" that evening.
In a statement from Tandem Inc., a local McDonald's franchise organization, officials told News 3 "we take the safety of our employees and customers very seriously and are working with the proper authorities to assist in their investigation."
The interior of the restaurant was closed at the time of the shooting, but the McDonald's drive-thru was still open. It is unclear who called police.
Police have not released any details yet on the suspect.
Investigators are working to find out more about the shooting. A crime scene investigator from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations is assisting the Ahoskie Police Department with the investigation.
Get updates on the go with our News 3 mobile app
#Ahoskie PD say 1 man is dead, 2 more injured after a shooting at this McDonald's. https://t.co/3gzxXj2FB7 @WTKR3 pic.twitter.com/EuCdwNOLLv


Claire Healy and Sean Corderio, Rampen, 2014. Lego, 82.5 x 82.5 cm. On view at Roslyn Oxly9 Gallery in Sydney through August 30, 2014.
Matthew Barney, New Sun, 2007. On view at the 21er Haus in Vienna through October 5, 2014.
Carlee Fernandez, Bear Hair Study, 2004. C-print. On view at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. through April 12, 2015.
Alex Katz, Sunrise, 2013. Oil on linen, 66 x 48 inches. On view at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Paris through August 28, 2014.


The Rochester Knighthawks finished one win short of completing one of the most incredible mid-season turnarounds in team and league history. Once a 2-6 team, Rochester roared through the second half of the 2017-18 campaign and forced a decisive Game Three in the NLL Finals.
Rochester's season, however, came to an end in Saskatoon in a 15-10 loss to the Saskatchewan Rush Saturday night. Similar to their season, the Knighthawks battled right to the final buzzer.


Prescription medication overdose is the fastest growing drug-related problem in the USA. The growing nature of this problem necessitates the implementation of improved monitoring strategies for investigating the prevalence and patterns of abuse of specific medications.
Our primary aims were to assess the possibility of utilizing social media as a resource for automatic monitoring of prescription medication abuse and to devise an automatic classification technique that can identify potentially abuse-indicating user posts.
We collected Twitter user posts (tweets) associated with three commonly abused medications (Adderall, oxycodone, and quetiapine). We manually annotated 6400 tweets mentioning these three medications and a control medication (metformin) that is not the subject of abuse due to its mechanism of action. We performed quantitative and qualitative analyses of the annotated data to determine whether posts on Twitter contain signals of prescription medication abuse. Finally, we designed an automatic supervised classification technique to distinguish posts containing signals of medication abuse from those that do not and assessed the utility of Twitter in investigating patterns of abuse over time.
Our analyses show that clear signals of medication abuse can be drawn from Twitter posts and the percentage of tweets containing abuse signals are significantly higher for the three case medications (Adderall: 23 %, quetiapine: 5.0 %, oxycodone: 12 %) than the proportion for the control medication (metformin: 0.3 %). Our automatic classification approach achieves 82 % accuracy overall (medication abuse class recall: 0.51, precision: 0.41, F measure: 0.46). To illustrate the utility of automatic classification, we show how the classification data can be used to analyze abuse patterns over time.
Our study indicates that social media can be a crucial resource for obtaining abuse-related information for medications, and that automatic approaches involving supervised classification and natural language processing hold promises for essential future monitoring and intervention tasks.


Leaflets, posters or TV commercials – before the Federal election on 24. September, the parties to stir the advertising drum. Complex issues need to be conveyed through simple, poignant messages, because it comes to important votes of citizens of non-voters or Undecided. The book works the campaign of Silvano Moeckli is an exciting Overview of the topic of the election campaign and political communication. The book is published at UVK Lucius/utb.
The extent to which the provocation is an appropriate means of gaining attention, and you are allowed to use unfair means? What is the role of the appearance of Candidates, is non-verbal communication more important than verbal? Are elections won on the Internet today? The author gives the answers and explained in an understandable way, the importance of the electoral system, the election campaign strategy, the dynamics of communication processes, indirect and direct communication. He is also a traditional and new campaign tools, the selling of "political products", as well as the different ways of communication in a rational and emotionally-driven voters.
It can be used in many of the examples of electoral campaigns in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, great Britain and the United States.
The book is addressed to students of politics and communication studies at universities and universities of applied Sciences. It is also a useful guide for media professionals, communication officers, as well as interested citizens(inside) in German-speaking countries.
Commission of the Canton of St. Gallen, was a member of the banking Commission of the cantonal Bank of St. Gallen, was a member of the International parliamentary Constance conference and the cantonal Parliament of St. Gallen, he was also President. Missions as an election expert, the UN, the OSCE and the Council of Europe led him to Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans.


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Hand of Vengeance (Bond)
Bond, Douglas
P&R Publishing
Cynwulf, shunned for being part Viking and part Saxon, lives beneath a beached Viking ship on the outskirts of the Anglo-Saxon community surrounding Tildric Hall. Life is hard enough for him as a half-breed misfit—until the fateful day his battleaxe is found in a dead man's skull. Charged with murder and facing the sword of Anglo-Saxon justice, Cynwulf's longings and dreams now hang in the balance—and so does his life.
The Heroes & History series takes you on epic journeys through turbulent times in history. Douglas Bond gives flesh and blood to heroes as they face war, intrigue, betrayal, loss—and triumph.
Douglas Bond is author of more than twenty books of historical fiction, biography, devotion, and theology, including two adult novels translated and published by Dutch publishing houses. Bond and his wife Cheryl have been married for more than thirty years and have two daughters, four sons, and two granddaughters.
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"This really is a magnificent book. It was written with the mind of a lawyer and the pen of a poet." — Simona Spear, 17-year old reader
The Thunder: A Novel on John Knox (Bond)
Hammer of the Huguenots (Bond)
The Great Escape: 40 Faith-Building Lessons from History (Farenhorst)
Hold Fast in a Broken World: Father and Sons, Vol. 2 (Bond)
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DVD+Digital: Anna Paquin, teenage wastelands and "Margaret"
With its heavyweight themes, three-hour running time and addled sense of focus, director Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret is a glorious mess of a movie.
Originally intended for theatrical release in 2006, the film was to be Lonergan's directorial follow-up to his Oscar-nominated debut, You Can Count On Me. The project languished in post-production hell, however, as Lonergan and the producers fought over the final edit.
Margaret had a very limited theatrical run late last year and has now been issued to home video in a DVD/Blu-ray combo pack with both the shorter theatrical cut and Lonergan's own three-hour director's version.
I watched the three-hour cut and suspect the shorter edit will have its merits, studio-imposed or not. The film is long and rather exhausting, but in a good way. It's like taking a walk around the city, getting a little lost, and going about twice as far as you'd planned. It still feels good afterward, and you see some interesting things.
It goes like this: New York City private school student Lisa Cohen lives a life of relative privilege. Mom (J. Smith-Cameron) is a working actress on Broadway, dad (Lonergan) a commercial director in L.A. One dark day, Lisa is involved in a tragic accident when she accidentally distracts a bus driver (Mark Ruffalo), who runs a red light and kills a woman crossing the street.
DVD+Digital: The Artist
It all seems a little too cute, doesn't it? THE ARTIST is a black-and-white silent film, shot in the archaic 4:3 aspect ratio, about the Old Hollywood silent film era. And it's French! And it won the Best Picture Oscar!
I was skeptical, too—this seemed like the sort of artsy, delightfully impertinent gesture the Academy likes to make every few years. But I was wrong. The Artist is a pure delight from beginning to end; a genuinely inspired piece of popular entertainment with bonus resonance for movie history geeks.
Debuting this week on DVD, Blu-ray and digital, The Artist stars French actor Jean Dujardin as George Valentin, an aging movie star navigating the end of the silent film era. The talkies are coming, bringing with them a new breed of movie star like the young and radiant Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo).
The film follows George and Peppy as their relationship shifts from mentor and rookie to something else entirely. The story is told without dialogue, and with a minimum of intertitles. As such it relies on music, staging and strong physical performances from Dujardin and Bejo and the supporting cast (including John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller and Uggie the dog.)
The real star here, though, is writer and director Michel Hazanavicius, who puts it all together and makes it sing. The Artist is first and foremost a love letter to the history of cinema, reverently evoking the silent film era in both content and form. But it's also a elegantly rounded story, a comic melodrama that earns its laughter and thrills. The movie never feels gimmicky.
Review: Lola Versus
Actress Greta Gerwig has been called the indie Meg Ryan, which is unfair and pretty much right on the money. Like Ryan, queen of the 1990s rom-com, Gerwig is innately, immensely likable and instantly brightens every scene she's in. She might be a good source of alternative energy, actually. I wonder if the government has looked into this.
Gerwig headlines the appealing, uneven "Lola Versus," which has the shape of a traditional romantic comedy, but the texture of a mumblecore indie. The movie is reliant on Gerwig carrying the lead, which she does with her usual effortless and natural performing style. It's funny, I know that what Gerwig does is technically called acting, but I can never actually catch her doing it.
Gerwig plays part-time New York City grad student Lola, 29 and recently dumped by her fiancé, Luke, a handsome cad played by Joel Kinnaman. (Luke is on the cusp of NYC art star glory thanks to his oil paintings of stills from celebrity sex tapes.)
Catatonic with despair, Lola shuffles around her apartment, tended by her loyal friends Alice and Henry (Zoe Lister Jones and Hamish Linklater) and her aging hippie parents (Debra Winger and Bill Pullman).
The rest of the movie follows Lola's attempts at recovery as she pairs off with men in and out of her circle of friends. Complicating matters, her friends pair off with one another as well, and pretty soon everyone is sleeping with everyone else. Ah, to be 20-something again.
The things that happen in "Lola Versus" aren't as interesting as how they happen. Director Daryl Wein ("Breaking Upwards") stages scenes that can be very funny. In one sequence, Lola has a painfully awkward one-night stand with a former Eagle Scout who likes to sing Ani DiFranco songs during sex. Another scene explores the abiding wisdom secretly coded into "Beverly Hills 90210." That particular monologue is funny in different ways for different age groups, I suspect.
Bill Pullman has great lines as Lola's libertine father ("It's not about perfect fidelity, it's about high fidelity") and I especially liked how he shows support for Lola by immediately unfriending her ex-fiancé on Facebook.
The script, by director Wein and co-star Jones, abounds with effective moments. There is a specificity to the characters and situations that avoids the usual setup-punchline rhythm of romantic comedies. Music and creative editing also give "Lola" a different cadence.
But the moments don't add up to anything. There is no character arc at all with Lola, unless going from lovable to adorable can be considered personal development. The hipster dialog occasionally gets a little too precious, and the 20-something romantic drama gets tiresome.
The movie's final scenes fall flat as the filmmakers appear to concede they've written themselves into a corner. There's nowhere to take this thing but into the maw of convention. Lola learns to love herself, but she's already been loved to death for 90 minutes by the audience.
DVD+Digital: Louie CK
Too much good TV, that's the problem. It's impossible to keep up with all the quality series on television these days – Mad Men, True Blood, Boardwalk Empire, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Homeland, Girls. Well, not impossible, but certainly tricky, and you have to give up things like family and daylight.
One show I never miss, though, is LOUIE, the verite-style situation comedy from veteran alt-comic Louis C.K. Season two of the hit FX show is out this week on DVD and Blu-ray, and it's a good opportunity to catch up with this genre-busting endeavor.
C.K. has long been known as a "comic's comic," which in most cases is code for "not very popular." But C.K. has proven the exception and has won legions of fans with his comedic style of brutally honest self examination.
In Louie, C.K. plays a fictionalized version of himself as a divorced father of two young girls, plying his comic trade in New York City and occasionally on the road. What's amazing/impossible about Louie is that C.K. has negotiated for near-complete creative control with this show. He writes, directs, produces and even edits each episode.


Abstract: Varroa mite has become a major concern of beekeepers in Algeria since the discovery of the first cases of infestation in the year 1982. The objective of this study was to test different registered chemicals aside with those prepared by beekeepers. The experiment was conducted on 50 Apis meliffera intermissa colonies in a commercial apiary and kept in standard Langstroth hives. Among the products which are approved in Algeria and tested in our experiment are Bayvarol which recorded the highest efficiency rate (91.62%), followed by Apivar (86.50%) and then Apistan (77.75%). Traditional preparations treatments had very low efficiency where it was only: 39.37% for amitraz and 44.21% for tau-fluvalinate (Mavrik). Our study showed a reduction in the efficiency of commercial products (Apistan, Bayvarol and Apivar) and a very low efficiency for amitraz and Mavrik. Such results prove the high demand of searching for more effective treatments against Varroa.


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¶ 1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
¶ 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
¶ 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
¶ 27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.


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The Summer Leadership Institute (SLI) consists of a series of weekly workshops, in which high school youth engage in exploratory activities and discussions. These workshops aim to facilitate identity and leadership development, as well as to enhance awareness of issues affecting underrepresented communities.
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The 16th Annual Chinatown Beautification Day (CBD) and Youth Conference is a weekend for high school students to explore leadership and community. The Youth Conference is a full day of workshop opportunity focused on leadership, community involvement, environmental awareness and more, where high school students are encouraged to get involved with their own communities and given the tools necessary to create change. The following day provides an opportunity for more than 200 student volunteers to show their passion and commitment to the community, team up, and clean the streets of Chinatown.


The sun came out after last Wednesday's storm, but things were still dim for some people living and working in Greenpoint and other parts of North Brooklyn. Con Edison instituted a brownout in Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Clinton Hill, and part of Bedford-Stuyvesant, reducing voltage by 5 percent after heat and humidity burned out three feeder cables.
The brownout did not cause customers to lose power, but the diminished service frustrated many.
Con Ed called some customers, asking them to stop using air conditioners and other high-energy appliances during the brownout. But Montez said she had no idea what was happening.
The lights flickered that day at Maria's Coffee Shop, a bakery and diner on Manhattan Avenue and Meserole Street, according to owner Maria Savino. Savino said she tries to keep the doors open and use fans instead of the air conditioner, but that it can be bad for business.
Many of the 87,000 residents in the brownout area did not notice a difference and Community Board 1 said it did not hear any complaints. But after the Queens blackout last year, when more than 100,000 people lost power for 10 days, some North Brooklynites wonder if their rapidly growing community could be next.


We know little of Catherine other than stories which may have been embellished as the years go by. We believe she was of noble lineage and learned in science. She converted to Christianity after receiving a vision. When she was 18 years old, during the persecution of Maximinus, she debated with pagan philosophers. Many were converted by her arguments, and immediately martyred. Maximinus had Catherine scourged and imprisoned. The empress and the leader of the army of Maximinus were amazed by the stories and went to see Catherine in prison. They too were converted and were martyred. Maximinus ordered Catherine broken on the wheel. She was beheaded.
Catherine was popular during the Middle Ages, there were many chapels and churches devoted to her throughout Western Europe.


A limited edition collector's item, the Vivienne Fluo made its debut at Kim Jones's Fall-Winter 2018 show. Draped in vibrant orange Monogram Vernis leather, with a neon-yellow Monogram flower eye detail, this playful mascot audaciously highlights the brand's seasonal signatures. With arms made from Titanium Monogram canvas, she stylishly symbolises Louis Vuitton's most of-the-moment trends.


Leave every outfit beautifully clean with this silver washer dryer from Indesit. Whether you're tackling laundry day or freshening officewear mid-week, its 6kg drum capacity is great for washing in smaller households. It's rated B for energy efficiency, and it has an estimated annual energy cost of £162 too. When your clothes are spotless, the brilliant sensor drying feature leaves them ready to put straight back in the cupboard. This detects the amount of moisture in your garments and stops the machine when everything's dry, making it efficient while protecting your outfits from being over-dried.
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Learn to identify the birds that call the St. Croix Valley home and contribute to citizen science data collected by completing bird count surveys with the guide. The surveys collected will assist the county's Natural Resources team and related work in conjunction with the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Fund grant.
This is a one-hour guided hike. Meet at the playground, with parking in the playground parking lot.
For Washington County park locations, see www.co.washington.mn.us/parks. Under park locations, find a county map with park contact information; search "guided bird hikes" on the county website for more information.
The hike will traverse turf, gravel, and paved trail depending on trail conditions. Participants should bring binoculars and dress for hiking and the weather. This program is free with a parks vehicle permit, which costs $7/daily or $30/annually, and is open to people of all ages and abilities. ADA accommodations can be made as needed. All minors must be accompanied by an adult. For questions, call 651-430-8370 or email at parks@co.washington.mn.us.


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Movies from Iran competing in Rhode Island festival
TEHRAN –(Iranart)- Three Iranian movies are competing in the 38th edition of the Rhode Island International Film Festival, which opened today in the U.S. cities of Providence and Newport.
"Coup 53" directed by Taqi Amirani is one of the films.
While making a documentary about the Anglo-American coup in Iran in 1953, Amirani and editor Walter Murch ("Apocalypse Now", "The Godfather", "The English Patient") discover never-seen-before archive material hidden for decades. The 16mm footage and documents not only allow the filmmakers to tell the story of the overthrow of the Iranian government in unprecedented detail, but also lead to explosive revelations about dark British secrets buried for 66 years.
What begins as a history documentary about 4 days in August 1953 turns into a live investigation, taking the filmmakers into uncharted cinematic waters. "Coup 53" is Amirani's debut feature.
The film has been screened at numerous international events and received honors, including the award for best international documentary at Vancouver IFF.
"Untimely" directed by Puya Eshtehardi and "Termites" by Masud Hatami have also been selected to be screened at the event, which will be running until August 9.
"Untimely" tells the story of Hamin, a young private who is doing his military service in a watchtower on the borderline of Iran and Pakistan. Impatient for a day off to attend his sister's wedding ceremony, he gets into a fight with his commander. Up in the watchtower, Hamin reviews the past years and the things that happened to him and his sister since their childhood.
In "Termites", Tara and Payman, a young married couple who have recently begun their life together, are traveling to their hometown to sell their old estate. They are actors and actresses of a narrative, in which the edge of reality is confused, and fiction is interwoven in reality. During their journey, decisions, secrets and lies leave them with a different understanding of themselves and their surroundings. Their narrative is the story of a decision to survive or lose. During the journey, the past, the present and the future haunt everyone, even its recorders.
"Termites" was crowned best film at the Figueira da Foz International Film Festival in Portugal last September.
The Rhode Island festival was founded by George T. Marshall, the founder of the Flickers Arts Collaborative. Flickers organizes the event in collaboration with several other institutes.
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Barack Obama's "A Promised Land" comes into Iranian bookstores
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The city of Tustin is a diverse and dynamic community with a vast collection of business and recreation opportunities for residents and visitors. Tustin is the home of the former Marine Corps Air Station and the still-standing Tustin Hangars, two of the largest wooden structures that were built in 1942 and named one of the Historic Engineering Landmarks of the 20th century. Tustin was chosen by Forbes Magazine as one of the top 25 cities to live well in America in 2009. And with the close proximity to major transportation routes and nearby cities with large business centers, residents commuting from Tustin often have shorter than average commutes compared to other Orange County cities.
The City of Tustin is located in central Orange County approximately 35 miles south of Los Angeles. Bordered by Orange, Santa Ana, and Irvine, Tustin is a vibrant community with easy access to Southern California's major attractions. Orange County's only commercial airport is just a 10-minute drive away, and the city of Tustin is located near major freeways including Interstates 5 and 405, and State Routes 55, 133, 261, 73, and 241.
Tustin has a well-balanced combination of residential, commercial, and industrial areas with an abundance of entertainment, dining, and shopping for residents and visitors to enjoy. Often referred to as The City of Trees due to the presence of a variety of trees in the region, Tustin hillsides offer views of the ocean and the Saddleback Mountains, and nearby open space preserves provide a variety of trails for outdoor enthusiasts and exploring families to enjoy. Peters Canyon Regional Park, Limestone Canyon, and Orchard Hills are managed by Irvine Park Conservancy, and El Modena Open Space is just a short drive away in the city of Orange.
Tustin has a wonderful variety of neighborhood parks with special features like the disc golf course at Frontier Park, the nature trail and interpretive displays at Cedar Grove Park, a roller hockey rink at Heritage Park, and the water play features and covered wagon playground equipment at Pioneer Road Park. The city also pays homage to the significant military history with Victory Park, Veterans Sports Park, and other memorials and landmarks around the city. The Orange County Great Park also features historic information and displays about the community's military past.
Tustin has several major destinations for shopping, dining, and entertainment including Enderle Center, The District, and the Tustin Market Place, plus many neighborhood shopping centers. The District offers many options for shopping and dining, the AMC movie theater, Bowlmore Lanes, and the new BubblePop – an open play destination with interactive bubble stations. The Market Place also offers a plethora of shopping and dining, plus a movie theater and the new Luv 2 Play – a family fun center with an indoor playground, cafe, and arcade. for even more fun, the city of Tustin hosts the Annual Tustin Tiller Days and the Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-off, and the annual Art Walk.
While Tustin offers many opportunities for local employment, many residents commute out of the city for work to Irvine, Santa Ana, Los Angeles, and other surrounding communities.
The city of Tustin was founded in the 1870s by carriage maker Columbus Tustin, who originally called the area Tustin City. The available water supply made the area ideal for agriculture and early residents tended groves of apricots and walnuts, which later turned to Valencia Oranges.
During World War Two, Tustin and surrounding cities saw the development of three military bases – El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, The Santa Ana Army Air Base, and the Navy's Lighter Than Air Base. The Navy built two large hangars to house blimps to patrol the coast. At seventeen stories high and 1000 feet long, the hangars are among the largest wooden structures ever built and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Later, they served as storage and maintenance for the Marine Corps Aviation Facility's helicopter fleet. While the hangars no longer serve a military purpose, they have been used in multiple movies and television shows including X-Files, Pearl Harbor, Austin Powers, and Star Trek. The El Toro Marine Corps Air Station once housed 4,500 military and civilian personnel, but the base was officially closed in 1999.
Tustin's population boom came primarily after the war, and in the 1960s when the population increased more than 1,000%, growing from 2,000 residents, to more than 22,000. Today, the city is home to more than 80,000 people.
Old Town Tustin houses a collection of several historic buildings that date back to the 1800s, including a church, and the shop buildings at 130 – 140 West Main Street which once housed a post office, drug store and barbershop. The Hewes House, the Rock House, and the Stevens House are among others to explore. History-lovers can learn more about the historic buildings and the city's past with the self-guided sidewalk tour or visit the Tustin Area Museum.
Heidi Deal is the author of the 6th edition of the Newcomers Handbook to Living In Los Angeles (Includes Orange County), an expert at exploring all that Orange County has to offer, and an author specializing in history and human rights.


Does Miley have the voice to pull off an acoustic concert for MTV's 'Unplugged' series? We spoke to voice coaches and experts to analyze the star's talents…or lack thereof.
For some, it has all the makings of a horror film.
Now it will host Miley Cyrus, the 21-year-old pop-culture provocateur known as much for being a twerking tyrant as a serious recording artist. And she's going to sing live. Unplugged.
Surprisingly, the answer is no. In the lead up to the "Wrecking Ball" singer's big Unplugged moment we called up a host of vocal coaches and voice experts to analyze the singer's voice, technique, and appeal (or lack there of). Overwhelmingly, they came to the same conclusion, one that I don't think any of us—at least those of us who read the Internet—ever expected.
According to experts, Miley Cyrus, it turns out, is actually a pretty good singer. Not the best! But still good!
Why is this surprising information? Well, have you heard of this Miley Cyrus person?
When she appeared on The X Factor in November to perform "Wrecking Ball," several anti-Miley crusaders gleefully pointed out that her vocal performance had an uncanny aural resemblance to a certain goat's interpretation of her number one hit.
Even if her belting occasionally sounds forced, all of the experts praised the undeniable power Cyrus has when singing. That's owed to the incredibly smart way she uses her voice. She knows the extent of her instrument, says Marks, and how to maximize it, so even when she's belting out her more vocally taxing ballads, the biggest notes still fall squarely within her limited range. Her songs are low enough for her to "chest" the entire thing.
She's in good company, too, in that regard. "Madonna's always done the same thing," Marks says. "She's always stayed within her vocal range." Madonna, as it turns out, has already been revealed as one of the guests on Cyrus's unplugged appearance Wednesday.
And it might seem like a silly thing to gush about when it comes to recording artists who are being paid the equivalent of the GDP for a small nation per album, but Cyrus has a remarkable ability to stay on key.
Besides being firmly Team Miley, there was something else that united the vocal experts we spoke to: they're worried about her! "It's apparent that there are persistent habits present that if they continue will lead to vocal trauma," Purdy says. As such, we gave each of our vocal experts an opportunity to say what they would work on with Cyrus if they had the opportunity to have her in for a session for a day.
Stephen Purdy: We'd probably work on getting the air moving, getting the airway not constricted. She's sitting on the back of the tongue and not letting the air flow freely, so we'd work on that. A few things would happen. You'd hear less of the raspiness. You'd hear less of the growl. You'd hear a sound like it was coming out of the mouth more and a lot less stuck in the back of the throat or tongue.
Bob Marks: Mostly I would suggest that she work more on her head voice. She'd have a much better mix if she had more to mix. She's really all in her chest. I'd like her to use some more lighter tones to use along with the heavier tones, like what Carrie Underwood and Christina Aguilera can do. I would suggest that she do some breathing success and work on her head voice so that she develops it enough to blend it.
Micah Plissner: I would go for more range, for more full voice. She's got a nice belt, a little lower than Adele. I would take her belt up a bunch of steps so she could really murder it. She's very straightforward as a singer. Verse, chorus, BOOM. I wouldn't want to mess with her tone because she's so successful. Why mess with that? I'm not sure she actually needs help, but if somebody says we need more out of Miley, that's what I would do. Get her closer to the world of Kelly Clarkson.
Roger Burnley: I would work to stop the straining when she belts. I do this thing where I get them to understand the physiology of their voice and how to start counteracting something that could be a problem. I do this crazy thing where instead of pushing up for higher notes theyre singing down into them. That works dramatically. It's really amazing how that starts do it. then they're not having that strain on their voice.
Until then, tune in for Cyrus's Unplugged performance on Wednesday night to see—and hear—how she fares.


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Richard "Opa" Snyder, Jr.
January 5, 1939 - July 30, 2021
Richard "Opa" Snyder, Jr., 82, of Fishers, IN, passed away July 30, 2021. He was born January 5, 1939 in South Bend to the late Richard B. and Marjorie Snyder. Richard was a graduate of Bremen High School. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Air Force and attended North Central College, Naperville, IL. Richard was employed in the sales division of 3M for over 35 years, retiring in 1997. Richard enjoyed attending all of his granddaughters sporting and cheerleading events. He was a gifted woodworker and loved to make furniture. Richard never met a stranger and will be dearly missed. Richard is survived by his wife, Renate Snyder; daughters, Connie Wikle (Brian) and Janette Ammerman (Todd); granddaughters, Ashley Wikle, Emily (Andy) Supergan and McKenzie (Austin) Schmidt; brothers, Doug (Elaine) Snyder and Rodney (Glenda) Snyder; and several nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Bremen United Methodist Church, 302 W. Plymouth St., Bremen, IN 46506. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to Tunnel to Towers Foundation at www.t2t.org. Final arrangements and care are entrusted to Shirley Brothers Fishers-Castleton Chapel.
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