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彭心儀 清華特聘教授
Shin-yi PENG
Distinguished Professor of Law
National Tsing Hua University
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Shin-yi Peng is Distinguished Professor of Law at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU). She is a former commissioner of the National Communications Commission of Taiwan (2012-2016). She has served as the Associate Dean of the College of Technology Management (2016-2019) and also as the Director of the Institute of Law for Science and Technology (2007-2012) at NTHU. Professor Peng has previously held visiting positions at several institutions, and has taught at the University of Wisconsin Law School and the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University. She was a Visiting Fellow at Georgetown Law's Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL). She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Melbourne Law School and has taught International Economic Law in the Melbourne Law Master's program.
Professor Peng specializes in international economic law, with a focus on trade in services, digital trade and, increasingly, data governance. She has been the recipient of top research awards, including Outstanding Research Awards from the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan. She has spoken at the WTO Headquarters in Geneva and is a frequent speaker at international conferences. Her recent articles include "The Uneasy Interplay between Digital Inequality and International Economic Law" (European Journal of International Law, forthcoming), "A New Trade Regime for the Servitization of Manufacturing: Rethinking the Goods-Services Dichotomy" (Journal of World Trade, 2020), and "The Rule of Law in Times of Technological Uncertainty: Is International Economic Law Ready for Emerging Supervisory Trends?" (Journal of International Economic Law, 2019).
She frequently serves in an advisory and consultative capacity to the government, corporations and nongovernmental organizations. She is a member of New York Bar, a member of the Indicative List of governmental and nongovernmental panelists to hear WTO disputes, and a member of the roster of arbitrators under the Free Trade Agreement between Taiwan and Singapore.
Professor Peng has served on the Executive Council (2012-2020) and as Executive Vice President (2016-2020) of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL). She is a founding Steering Committee Member of the Asian International Economic Network (AIELN), a founding Steering Committee Member of the Jean Monnet Network in Trade and Investment in Services Associates (TIISA), and a member of the Asian WTO Research Network (AWRN). She authored the case for the 6th ELSA WTO Moot Court Competition (now the John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition). She is an Editorial Board Member of the World Trade Review.
The Uneasy Interplay between Digital Inequality and International Economic Law, European Journal of International Law (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
Levelling the Playing Field between Sharing Platforms and Industry Incumbents: Good Regulatory Practices? in Anupam Chander and Haochen Sun (eds) Data Sovereignty Along the Digital Silk Road (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
Digital Trade, in D. Bethlehem, D. McRae, R. Neufeld and I. Van Damme (eds) The Oxford Handbook of International Trade Law, Second Edition. (Oxford University Press, forthcoming) Chapter 29.
Autonomous Vehicle Standards under the TBT Agreement: Disrupting the Boundaries? in Shin-yi Peng, Ching-Fu Lin and Thomas Streinz (eds) Artificial Intelligence and International Economic Law: Disruption, Regulation, and Reconfiguration (Cambridge University Press) Chapter 6.
Artificial Intelligence and International Economic Law: A Research and Policy Agenda, in Shin-yi Peng, Ching-Fu Lin and Thomas Streinz. (eds) Artificial Intelligence and International Economic Law: Disruption, Regulation, and Reconfiguration (Cambridge University Press) Chapter 1. (with Ching-Fu Lin and Thomas Streinz )
A New Trade Regime for the Servitization of Manufacturing: Rethinking the Goods-Services Dichotomy, Journal of World Trade, Volume 54, Issue 5, 699-726.
The Rule of Law in Times of Technological Uncertainty: Is International Economic Law Ready for Emerging Supervisory Trends? Journal of International Economic Law (Oxford University Press), Volume 22, Issue 1, 1-27.
Determination of Reasonable Period of Time: Dispute Settlement System of the World Trade Organization (WTO), in Hélène Ruiz Fabri (eds) The Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law (MPEiPro) (Oxford University Press) 1-17.
"Private" Cybersecurity Standards? Cyberspace Governance, Multistakeholderism, and the (Ir)relevance of the TBT Regime, Cornell International Law Journal, Volume 51, Number 2, 445-469.
Lessons from the TPP Regulatory Coherence Chapter: The Laws Governing Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Messages as a Case Study, in Shin-yi Peng et al. (eds) Governing Science and Technology under the International Economic Order: Regulatory Divergence and Convergence in the Age of Megaregionals (Edward Elgar) Chapter 4, 64-89.
Governing Science and Technology in the Era of Megaregionals, in Shin-yi Peng et al. (eds) Governing Science and Technology under the International Economic Order: Regulatory Divergence and Convergence in the Age of Megaregionals (Edward Elgar) Chapter 1, 3-11. (with Han-wei Liu & Ching-fu Lin)
Culture-oriented Mode 4 under ChAFTA: Policy Considerations, in Colin Picker et al. (eds) The China Australia Free Trade Agreement: A 21st-Century Model (Hart Publishing) Chapter 9, 127-146. (with Han-wei Liu & Ching-fu Lin)
The Legality of Data Residency Requirements - How Can the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Help? Journal of World Trade, Volume 51, Issue 2, 183-204. (with Han-wei Liu)
The Soft Law Approach to Regulatory Harmonization: Are We Trading Away Privacy for Economic Integration? in Julien Chaisse et al. (eds) "Liber Amicorum": Mitsuo Matsushita, A Critical Assessment of the International Economic Law and Governance (Oxford University Press) Chapter 20, 328-350.
Managing Trade Conflicts in the ICT Industry: A Case Study of EU-Greater China Area, Journal of International Economic Law, Volume 19, Issue 3, 629-656. (with Han-wei Liu)
GATS and the Over-the-Top (OTT) Services: A Legal Outlook, Journal of World Trade, Volume 50, Issue 1, 21-46.
Cybersecurity Threats and the WTO National Security Exceptions, Journal of International Economic Law (Oxford University Press), Volume 18, Issue 2, 449-478.
Standards as a Means to Technological Leadership? China's ICT Standards in the Context of the International Economic Order, in Lisa Toohey et al. (eds) China In The International Economic Order: New Directions And Changing Paradigms (Cambridge University Press) Chapter 9, 128-150.
Emergency Safeguard Measures for Trade in Services: A Case Study of Intra-Disciplinary Fragmentation, in Chin L. Lim and Bryan Mercurio (eds) International Economic Law after the Crisis: A Tale of Fragmented Disciplines (Cambridge University Press) Chapter 10, 237-262.
2000-2014 (Selected)
Regulating New Services through Litigation? Electronic Commerce as a Case Study on the Evaluation of Judicial Activism in the WTO, Journal of World Trade, Volume 48, Issue 6, 1189-1222 (2014).
Is the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) a Stepping Stone for the Next Version of GATS? Hong Kong Law Journal, Volume 43, Part 2, 611-632 (2013).
Renegotiate the WTO Commitments? Technological Change and Treaty Interpretation, Cornell International Law Journal, Volume 45 Number 2, 403-430 (2012).
Regulating Wireless Communications Towers: Taiwan's Experience in Comparative Perspective, Columbia Journal of Asian Law, Volume 22, Number 2, 258-280 (2009).
Liberalization of Trade in Television Services: The Negotiation Dilemma and Challenges for the Future, Journal of World Trade, Volume 43, Issue 4, 657-682 (2009).
How Much Time is Reasonable?: The Arbitral Decisions under Article 21.3(c) of the DSU, Berkeley Journal of International Law, Volume 26, Issue 1, 323-351 (2008).
Trade in Telecommunications Services: Doha and Beyond, Journal of World Trade, Volume 41, Issue 2, 293-318 (2007).
Multilateral Disciplines on Services Procurement: Architectural Challenges under GATS, Journal of World Investment & Trade, Volume 7, Issue 6, 975-996 (2006).
Privacy and the Construction of Legal Meaning in Taiwan, International Lawyer, Volume 37, Issue 4, 1037-1054 (2003).
Universal Telecommunications Service in China: Trade Liberalization, Subsidy, and Technology in the Making of Information Equality in the Broadband Era, 4 Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal 21-49 (2003).
The WTO Legalistic Approach and East Asia: From the Legal Culture Perspective, 1 Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal 13-48 (2000).
Prof. Peng's Scholarly Papers on SSRN


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Q: Cypress Login with CSRF token I would really like to expand on this topic "Logging in with CSRF token" as I have been banging my head against a wall for weeks now and I can't be the only one with this problem. All topics about logging in via POST or logging in with CSRF inevitably lead back to the above link.
Yet the recipes described in this link do not seem to work for me. They all assume that the CSRF token is created once you visit the Login page. But on our site, the CSRF token is only created once you login.
I tested with Postman and there is no CSRF token in the HTML or in the header before you are logged in.
I also tested it in Cypress with the following code:
describe('gimme dat csrf token', () => {

    it('try to get the csrf token', () => {
        cy.visit(Cypress.env('url'))
        cy.getCookie('YII_CSRF_TOKEN')
            .then(async (c) => {
                cy.log(c.value)
                return c.value
            })

    })
})

This will return an error as there is no YII_CSRF_TOKEN
Type Error
Cannot read properties of null (reading 'value')

If I add a login step before, it will return the value of the CSRF token as expected:
import {Login} from "../../pages/login/Login";

describe('gimme dat csrf token', () => {

   it('try to get csrf token', () => {
        cy.visit(Cypress.env('url'))
        login.loginCredentials(Cypress.env('userEmail'), Cypress.env('userPass')) //added login
        cy.getCookie('YII_CSRF_TOKEN')
            .then(async (c) => {
                cy.log(c.value)
                return c.value
            })

    })
})

Therefore strategies #1 (parse token from HTML) and #2 (parse token from response headers) from the above link can not work.
Recipe #3 is also not feasible as we have several live systems to test and we can't expose a /csrf route
This only leaves us with the strategy #4, which we have been using so far.
Any ideas or are we stuck with adding the "manual" login step to every single spec file?

A: I think strategies #1 & #2 rely on the browser remembering credentials and supplying them to the login page, as happens with the Stackoverflow page - you don't have to log in every time you visit.
The main difference is you have used cy.visit() instead of cy.request() as shown in the recipes.
If you still are not able to successfully grab the token, try using your login with cy.session(). It will only call the login function once per session.
/*
  Enable use of cy.session() and new behavior to handle caching
  and restoring cookies, localStorage, and sessionStorage.
*/
Cypress.config('experimentalSessionSupport', true)

describe('...', () => {

  beforeEach(() => {
    cy.session(() => {
      login.loginCredentials(Cypress.env('userEmail'), Cypress.env('userPass'))
    })
  })

  it('try to get csrf token', () => {
    cy.getCookie('YII_CSRF_TOKEN')
      .then((c) => {
        cy.log(c.value)
      })
  })
})

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Absolute Write Water Cooler > The Break Room > Rejection and Dejection > Anyone re-query an agent/publisher?
View Full Version : Anyone re-query an agent/publisher?
Here's my question: I've been actively looking for an agent for about 4 months now. Out of my pile of rejection slips, I have several who said they liked the premise of my novel but had to decline due to a full roster of clients. One in particular asked me to contact him again in six months if I hadn't found representation by then.
Should I re-query these other agents at some point? How long should I wait? And do I re-word the query letter to mention the agent's comments to me?
I'm no expert at mind reading -- rejection, yes/mind reading, no. Nonetheless, my gut feeling is that the "full roster" line is just a nice way of saying "no, thanks." If you haven't substantially reworked your novel -- i.e. improved it per expert suggestions -- I can't see why those agents would change their minds with the passage of time.
And be sure to query new agents!
I got one of those "please re-query in six months" letters, only in my case it was six weeks. I've re-queried, but haven't yet heard anything back, so I can't tell you if it actually meant anything or not.
As for re-querying agents who haven't specifically requested it, I don't see how it can hurt. I've re-queried agents who rejected my query two years ago. Two "nos" still add up to "no," and there's at least the possibility that one of them could turn into a "yes," especially if your query letter has improved in the meantime.
Sure. Agents don't play games. If they said, "contact me in six months" then contact them in six months (but not a DAY before!) For a full roster of clients, I'd wait at least nine months. By then, most of the other books on their desk will either have sold or have been returned (remember that an agent isn't a life appointment. If they can't sell one book, you'd better have another to sell if you want to keep him/her).
On January 10, 2005, I submitted my query for MY DREAM BOOK to you for representation. In your letter of February 15, 2005 you indicated that while you had a full roster of clients, the premise interested you. You suggested that if I hadn't found representation in six months, you might be willing to take a second look.
If you would like to re-examine my query and synopsis, three sample chapters or the full manuscript at this time, please contact me. I look forward to your reply as I would be very interested in working with you.
Cathy's suggestion is good. But I think you should add a one-sentence premise about your book. After all, six months is a long time and they might not remember what MY DREAM BOOK is about or remember that they requested it. The agent might get writers saying this all the time, when it isn't true. If you don't give them a clue, they might not believe it.
Of course, this is only my opinion. I've heard of people telling agents this, is all. But take it for what it is. After all, I don't have a book coming out from Tor. Not yet, anyway.
Absolutely. If the agent said "thanks but no thanks" then move on. But if they say "contact me in six months" then go ahead (but do wait six months).
Here's a puzzler. I've revamped a manuscript so much that, while still partly recognizable, it's really an entirely different story than it was two years ago, when I sent it out to agents.
So if I send it out now, do I mention, "Hey, you rejected me back in 2003, but I think you'll like this version better?" or do I just keep my trap shut and hope no one says, "Wait, this looks vaguely familiar, why are you sending it to me again?"


Mumbai famous street food is Pav bhaji they also serve dosas too with the same filling. I have shared Pav Bhaji recipe with step-wise pictures earlier in my blog. So here i am linking the making of bhaji and just posting the making of the dosa with the vegetable Bhaji. Click Here to get the Bhaji preparation.
I have to say this combination is so delicious. This is one of the tastiest vegetarian delicacies. A real treat for vegetarians. A filling meal you could make this as a breakfast, lunch or even a best choice for brunch. You could make this dosa with the leftover bhaji next day morning as a breakfast too. I have used very less butter to make it healthy. You could add more butter to increase the taste of the dish.
Heat oil in a pan and grease the pan and add the ladle full of batter and spread as concentric circles.
Drizzle half a teaspoon of oil and roast the dosa. Once the top of the dosa get cooked add a big scoop of Bhaji at the cente of the dosa.
Once the dosa becomes crisp add the chopped onion, coriander leaves and a piece of butter and close the dosa as you like and serve hot with a lemon wedge.
You could make this as a dosa roll too and cut diagonally and serve.


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Q: SQL monthly statement using recursive cte I am trying to create a monthly bank account statement from a transaction table which has all history records.
I would like have opening balance as the first row and then the current months transaction with the updated balance at that time using recursive cte.
I know this can be done by table update too but recursion is what i am looking for.
the table structure would be like:
declare @temp table (date datetime,tran_id int,cust_id int,tran_type char,amount int)
insert into @temp values('2017-06-06 22:05:10.703',1,1,'c',700),
('2017-06-12 22:05:10.703',2,1,'d',100),('2017-06-20 22:05:10.703',3,1,'c',200),
('2017-06-26 22:05:10.703',4,1,'d',450),(getdate()+1,5,1,'d',200),
(getdate()+2,6,1,'d',200),(getdate()+3,7,1,'c',500),
(getdate()+4,8,1,'d',300),(getdate()+5,9,1,'d',200),
('2017-06-18 22:05:10.703',12,1,'d',100)

So in here there is transaction for month 6 and 7.
The opening balance of current month would be sum of all transactions in June which will be used as anchor to get recursive balance.
Now i would like the select query to have date,tran_id,cust_id,credit,debit,balance as the result set.
So if table has data like:
date                   tran_id  cust_id tran_type   amount
2017-06-06 22:05:10.703 1   1   c   700
2017-06-12 22:05:10.703 2   1   d   100
2017-06-20 22:05:10.703 3   1   c   200
2017-06-26 22:05:10.703 4   1   d   450
2017-07-08 16:34:24.817 5   1   d   200
2017-07-09 16:34:24.817 6   1   d   200
2017-07-10 16:34:24.817 7   1   c   500
2017-07-11 16:34:24.817 8   1   d   300
2017-07-12 16:34:24.817 9   1   d   200
2017-06-18 22:05:10.703 12  1   d   100

The monthly statement for month 7 should be like:
opening balance of 250

date                     tran_id    cust_id credit  debit   balance
2017-07-08 16:40:56.810     5        1      NULL     200    50
2017-07-09 16:40:56.810     6        1      NULL     200    -150
2017-07-10 16:40:56.810     7        1      500      NULL   350
2017-07-11 16:40:56.810     8        1      NULL     300    -50
2017-07-12 16:40:56.810     9        1      NULL     200    -250

i have tried using recursive cte and sum windowed  function but it does not give continuous balance just a row by row balance.
Also using aggregate functions in a cte is a no no so stuck at that too.
;with cte as
(
select cust_id,sum(case when tran_type='c' then amount*1 else amount*-1 end)
as 'opening balance' from @temp
where MONTH(date)=6 group by cust_id
),

cte2 as
(
select * from cte
union all
select t.cust_id,amount+[opening balance] as 'balance1' from @temp t join
cte2 c on c.cust_id=t.cust_id
where MONTH(date)=7
)
select * from cte2

OR
;with cte as
(
select cust_id,sum(case when tran_type='c' then amount*1 else amount*-1 end)
as 'opening balance' from @temp
where MONTH(date)=6 group by cust_id
union all
select t.cust_id,SUM(amount+[opening balance]) as 'balance1' from @temp t
join cte c on c.cust_id=t.cust_id
where MONTH(date)=7
)
select * from cte
option (MAXRECURSION 1000)

what am i missing?

A: Just use a cumulative sum:
select t.*,
       sum(case when tran_type = 'c' then amount else - amount end) over
           (partition by cust_id order by date) as balance
from @temp t;

You can then select a range using a subquery or CTE:
select t.*
from (select t.*,
             sum(case when tran_type = 'c' then amount else - amount end) over
                 (partition by cust_id order by date) as balance
      from @temp t
     ) t
where . . .

You need a subquery for the where, so it doesn't affect the cumulative sum.
EDIT:
In SQL Server 2008, you can use cross apply:
select t.*,
       t2.balance
from @temp t cross apply
     (select sum(case when t2.tran_type = 'c' then t2.amount else - t2.amount end) as balance
      from @temp t2
      where t2.cust_id = t.cust_id and t2.date <= t.date
     ) t2;

A: For older versions, you can use CROSS APPLY to calculate the running balance
;WITH opening_balance_cte
     AS (SELECT cust_id,
                Sum(CASE WHEN tran_type = 'c' THEN amount ELSE -amount END) AS opening_balance
         FROM   Yourtable
         WHERE  [date] < '2017-07-01'
         GROUP  BY cust_id)
SELECT *,
       balance
FROM   Yourtable a
       JOIN opening_balance_cte ob
         ON ob.cust_id = a.cust_id
       CROSS apply (SELECT ob.opening_balance + Sum(CASE WHEN tran_type = 'c' THEN amount ELSE -amount END) AS balance
                    FROM   Yourtable b
                    WHERE  a.cust_id = b.cust_id
                           AND a.tran_id >= b.tran_id
                           AND b.[date] >= '2017-07-01'
                           AND b.[date] < '2017-08-01') cs
WHERE  a.[date] >= '2017-07-01'
       AND a.[date] < '2017-08-01'

If you really want to know how to achieve this using Recursive CTE then
;WITH opening_balance_cte
     AS (SELECT cust_id,
                Sum(CASE WHEN tran_type = 'c' THEN amount ELSE -amount END) AS opening_balance
         FROM   @temp
         WHERE  [date] < '2017-07-01'
         GROUP  BY cust_id),
     rec_cte
     AS (SELECT TOP 1 a.*,
                      opening_balance + CASE WHEN tran_type = 'c' THEN amount ELSE -amount END AS balance
         FROM   @temp a
                JOIN opening_balance_cte o
                  ON a.cust_id = o.cust_id
         WHERE  a.[date] >= '2017-07-01'
                AND a.[date] < '2017-08-01'
         ORDER  BY a.[date] ASC
         UNION ALL
         SELECT t.*,
                rc.balance + CASE WHEN t.tran_type = 'c' THEN t.amount ELSE -t.amount END
         FROM   rec_cte rc
                JOIN @temp t
                  ON t.cust_id = rc.cust_id
                     AND t.tran_id = rc.tran_id + 1)
SELECT *
FROM   rec_cte


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'Medicine & Empire: 1600-1960′ reviewed by Dr Caroline Mawer
Posted On 6 August 2015 12 November 2021 By The Polyphony
'Medicine and Empire: 1600-1960′ by Pratik Chakrabarti (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).
Following our initial call for review and our desire to offer both a clinical and academic perspective of 'Medicine and Empire,' Dr Caroline Mawer – a clinician based in London – offers her generous thoughts below.
Medicine & Empire aims to promote a deeper understanding of the problems plaguing global health. It narrates 'the history of modern medicine itself', by making analytic links with the history of European imperialism (p. vii). The book covers Asia, the Americas and Africa during the period 1600-1960. With this historical and geographical breadth, Medicine & Empire is specifically intended to be more comprehensive than other existing resources (such as MacLeod and Lewis 1988, and Arnold 1996 – as cited on p.vii).
Four broad historical periods are proposed: the Age of Commerce (1600-1800), the Age of Empire (1800-1880), the Age of New Imperialism (1880-1914), and the Era of New Imperialism and Decolonisation (1920-1960). The book's introduction outlines the historiographical shift from the 'triumph of European cultural superiority and military power' (p. xvii); through originally-Marxist explanations of the importance of structure and economy; to include analyses of Orientalism, subaltern studies, ecological and environmental dislocations and losses, and resistance and agency.
After an initial chapter focusing on Medicine in the Age Of Commerce, there are then nine chapters focusing on either a topic – for example medicines and plants, the colonial armed forces, and bacteriology – or a geographical area – for example colonial India, or Africa. Although each chapter is approximately sequential, the thematic content also refers – more or less – to the four historical periods and the different historiographical approaches outlined in the introduction.
The book explores important historical shifts in medical thinking – for example from miasmatic theories (p. 45, p. 62) through moral and atmospheric hygiene (p. 49), to the germ theories epitomized by Pasteur and Koch (p. 166) and the linkage of environment and climate to germs in 'contingent contagionalism' (p. 145).
Cholera is discussed in some depth as an example of a disease the management of which evolved alongside the different theoretical approaches. Non-contagionist medical theorists believed that the disease was spread by 'unhealthy vapours' (p. 86). In 1850, therefore, in colonial Jamaica, the Board of Health ordered the firing of blank cartridges to destroy what was described as the 'morbific power' that lurked in the dark alleys of Kingston. In colonial India, infected troops were set to march 'at right angles to the wind'. The airborne theory was challenged by John Snow's famous 1854 linkage of cholera in London to the Broad Street pump (p. 87), and there were resultant improvements to water supplies in England. Poorer ex-colonial areas, for example in India, have still not yet been so lucky (Khurana and Sen, undated). In the nineteenth century, the enduring influence of non- and contingent contagionism – and especially the volumes of trade that might better be described as lucrative rather than free – contributed to the 'obstinate' stance by the British government against international quarantine regulations (pp. 86-91). A 'general fear of the Orient' meant that the 'insanitary' Haj pilgrims were an exception to this: they were forced into 'brutal detentions', most importantly in the Sinai peninsula (p. 88). Chakrabati repeats the generally held belief that it was Robert Koch who first discovered the cholera bacillus in 1882. In fact, it was Filippo Pacini, in 1854 (Frerichs, undated). Certainly, though, Koch's work was the first that researchers and officials took any notice of – after Koch's renowned 1884 lecture to the Imperial German Board of Health in Berlin (p. 90).
Medicine & Empire includes useful reminders of well-known historical incidents and basic concepts – including a detailed discussion of the hybrid and metropolitan origins of 'tropical medicine' (pp. 141-153) – as well as frequent repetitions of points that reinforce Chakrabati's thesis.
The importance of finances is underlined throughout. For example, the death rates on the Middle Passage were highest when it was cheaper to abduct or buy 'fresh slaves' (p. 81) than it was to look after them. Colonial epidemics 'attracted the attention' of researchers 'because they threatened … economic interests'(p. 155). Chakrabati makes it clear that malaria, TB and trypanosomiasis only became epidemic in the colonies after local people were impoverished (eg. p. 157) by an imperialism that might not be described by those it was forced upon as either 'constructive' (p. 152) or 'civilising' (p. 173).
As well as the broader themes, there are many fascinating nuggets throughout Medicine & Empire. For example, James Lind's discovery of the anti-scurvy efficacy of lemons is well-known. Chakrabati describes much less reported details of how Lind saw lemons as what was then described as an 'antiseptic' – and then effectively set up a progenitor of modern randomised controlled trials (RCTs) (pp. 46-7).
The book does, however, have some shortfalls. Chakrabati notes that his historical periods overlap, and that they vary in different areas. There was, for example, a relatively later colonial entry into the African interior. However, if the proposed historical structure is to act as a useful frame, there could have been a clearer linkage back to it in each of the thematic chapters, if only to say that a particular theme was not relevant in a particular period.
No justification was given for starting the book in 1600. Chakrabati himself underlines that Western European commerce expanded globally from 1500 (p. 1). Although he suggests that historical writings on imperialism started in the nineteenth century (p. xvii), other researchers have found that earlier writings can give useful insights into the development of ideas about 'the other' (for example, relating to Persia in Mawer 2015).
More regional maps would have been useful, to allow a better understanding of the contemporary and also the modern geographical context. An illustration of the changing scale over time of the various empires would have provided evidence for the voracious nature of European imperialism.
There could have been more critical use of quantitative data – to further explore some of the specific points, as well as the underlying premises. For example, Chakrabati reports that 'between 1615 and 1640, 40% of drugs on the English market came from the East Indies. By the second half of the seventeenth century, this had gone up to 60%' (p. 13). This seems to imply the widespread use of drugs from the East Indies in English medical practice. However, the cited source is concerned with the importation of drugs rather than the totality of medication. It underlines the substantial use of 'home-grown drugs and other substances', and notes that much that was imported was subsequently re-exported (Wallis 2010). Further discussion of how drugs produced from resources in the East Indies were circulated within Britain, and traded externally, would have been welcome. In this example and more generally, some information about European changes in ideas about, and practice of, medicine would have given an idea of the comparative importance of physical imports and technical innovations from early travellers, military services and the colonies.
Perhaps most importantly, the book stops, at least in theory, at 1960. There is no stated reason for this: Chakrabati himself noted that World Health Organisation initiatives started from 1955 for malaria, and from 1967 for smallpox (p. 203). The artificial cut-off dilutes the undoubted relevance of much of Chakrabati's material to a post-colonial, modern context.
For example, insanity in Africans is discussed as having been seen as a 'collective norm' (p. 135) and as though that was something confined to the past (pp. 134-7). Severe and forensic mental illness is, however, still now much more likely to be diagnosed in black people. Although it is recognized that this – at least in part – reflects individual responses to socio-economic marginalization and institutional racism, the societal response is still psychiatric diagnosis and treatment (for example, Mental Health Foundation, undated). Similarly, it's not only in the past that malnutrition and poverty are the greatest killers in South Africa (p. xxi).
Chakrabati writes of how the global migrations consequent on imperialism form 'the roots of modern multiracial societies' (p. 73). His conclusion is titled 'The colonial legacies of global health' (pp. 200-205). But there's no mention of epidemic non-communicable diseases: for example, the extraordinarily high rates of diabetes and associated heart disease in populations of South Asian origin now living in the UK (Diabetes UK 2014). Most recently, the Australian strict quarantine 'war on foreign germs' which ramped up with 1890s plague epidemics in China (p. 92, p.169), has now morphed into Asian 'detainees' being 'exported' to 'living hell[s]' (Riemer, 2015). The detentions are at least as brutal as those inflicted on nineteenth century Haj pilgrims. Australian doctors are currently threatened with imprisonment when they report that, for example, a 6 year old girl recently tried to strangle herself with a fence tie or that a defiant 15 year old boy sewed his lips together in silent protest (Isaac 2015).
Medicine & Empire is not only readable but does indeed spark reflection on both 'succinct and [also] broader narratives', just as Chakrabati desires (p. viii). I would like to wholeheartedly commend the book to a wide audience – including medical students, doctors and medical academics as well as undergraduate and postgraduate historians.
Reviewed by Dr Caroline Mawer, who is a GP and a Consultant in Public Health. Her overseas work has included working as Chief Medical Officer for Montserrat as well as in the TB prisons in Siberia. In the UK she used to commission sexual health services in South East London, and now works part-time in Urgent Care in North East London. She has also produced research on early seventeenth century Iran, and now writes about ideas regarding what makes a 'good' death.
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Arnold, David. 1996. Warm Climates and Western Medicine: The Emergence of Tropical Medicine 1500-1900. Rodopi.
Diabetes UK. 2014. Young South Asian people at higher risk of diabetes and associated heart disease.
Frerichs, Ralph R. Undated. Who first discovered Vibrio Cholerae? UCLA Department of Epidemiology. School of Public Health.
Isaacs, David. 2015. Doctors should boycott working in Australia's immigration centres and must continue to speak out on mistreatment of detainees – despite the law. British Medical Journal.
Khurana, I and Sen, R. Undated. Drinking water quality in rural India: issues and approaches. WaterAid.
MacLeod, Roy and Milton Lewis. 1988. Disease, Medicine and Empire: Perspectives on Western Medicine and the Experience of European Expansion. Routledge.
Mawer, Caroline. 2015. By far the most amusing work on Persia that has ever been published. Personal Blog.
Mental Health Foundation. Undated. Black and Minority Ethnic Communities.
Riemer, Nick. 2015. Manus Island: The government uses the logic of terrorism in its treatment of asylum seekers. The Guardian.
Wallis, Patrick. 2010. Exotic Drugs and English Medicine: England's Drug Trade, c.1550-c.1800. London School of Economics and Political Science: Working Papers No. 143/10
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RNC Art from Elephants to Manatees
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Elephants are iconic Republican and they're also the closest living relative to the Florida manatee according to the Florida Wildlife website.
So, it seemed only natural that the animal kingdom duo be the focus of our RNC art coverage.
First, the "Elephants Herd About Tampa Bay" art project. It gave 29 artists a chance to adorn, embellish and festoon fiberglass, elephant sculptures.
Clearwater glass mosaic artist Carole Haberkorn wanted to be part of the pachyderm parade. She participated in a similar sea turtle project 12 years ago. It took some doing, but Haberkorn got her elephant but with less than two weeks to create her 70 pound vision.
"I did not want to go with red, white and blue. I thought it was going to be a cliché though I did put red white and blue on one foot," Haberkorn said.
Her homage to the American Flag is at the bottom, front foot of her elephant relief sculpture. Its trunk is decorated with multi-colored ceramic roses. Mosaic swirls of black and gray glass tiles accent the elephant's ears and hind quarters and its massive legs are covered in shades of blue. The crowning feature: shards from a broken, decorative vase atop the elephant's head.
"What I did is what I always do - I like to make it colorful, innovative, fun and I want comments I want people to look at it and say or nay," Haberkorn said.
And if elephants represent Republicans in the animal kingdom --- it's fair to say manatees represent Florida. And an installation by artist Stewart Kincaid featured the slow moving aquatic mammals that early explorers supposedly mistook for mermaids.
"These guys are the original inhabitants of this area and I was hoping that people would see this and remember this is not just us here," Kincaid said.
Kincaid mainly works with music and performance art, but for the 2012 Tampa Cuban Sandwich Show, he produced a video.
"This is a film of manatees on the Hillsborough River filmed from a kayak and this presentation here they're being projected on a sand screen from over above," Kincaid described. "So, you get the impression that when you sit down and look at it that you're right there with it."
Manatees appear below rippling water as if swimming inside a pool of white sand, framed by bricks on the studio floor. It is quintessential Tampa says David Audet – artist and co-curator.
"We just had kid jump into it. I'm joking that we need to put a "no diving" sign next to this piece because it looks so real," Audet said. "That's one of great things I love about Tampa our water, Hillsborough River, all of Tampa Bay."
Art that represents Tampa is the only criteria needed to be part of Audet's Tampa Cuban Sandwich Show. And that's his genius according to Luis Guitarti, creator of the blog Art Taco.
"What gives the city identity is not the corporate crap," Guitarti said. "It's not the stadium, it is not the Bucs. We actually existed before that. This is who we are and the history is wonderful and colorful and we have much to be proud of."
Tampa now can add hosting the 2012 Republican National Convention to that list.
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Angela Denise Dixon was born on July 19, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois to Joseph and Gloria Hill. She was the mother of five children and completed her education through earning her Master's. Angela dedicated herself to being a pastor, teacher, singer and mother. Angela departed this life on March 1, 2021 in Lansing, Illinois. She is survived by; father Joseph Hill, sons Joseph Dixon, Shemar Moore-Dixon and Matthew Dixon; daughters Tajah Dixon and Alexis Dixon; husband Llewellyn Dixon; sister Annette Hill and a host of family, friends and loved ones.
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Buhari will rather lose than rig 2019 election – Femi Adesina
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President Muhammadu Buhari's spokesman, Femi Adesina, has said that the president would rather prefer to lose than rig the 2019 election.
Mr. Adesina, who gave the statement while appearing on a programme on Arise TV, corroborated President Buhari's stand to the citizens and the international community that the 2019 elections will be free and fair.
Adesina ensured that his principal would rather lose fairly than to rig the 2019 elections.
According to him, the citizens of the country have shown faith in what the president is doing and hope that the administration of Buhari will take Nigeria to the place the country deserves.
Mr. Adesina who said he was surprised to hear that some people may have entertained the idea that the president will attempt to rig the presidential elections, however said that he finds the idea offensive.
The presidential spokesman however said that if anybody was going to try to rig the elections, then it would certainly not going to be the president.
He however assured that the president would do everything possible to ensure a free and fair election.
He said Nigerians should jettison the idea of a possible rigged presidential election.
During a previously chat with Legit.ng, the presidential spokesman also commented on the Buhari's 'Next Level document', saying its main aim is to deepen the development presently taking place in the country.
"It is based on the consolidation and progress of what has already been done and what is to be done in the future. The development will continue and will give its fruits soon."
Femi Adesina stressed, during the interview, that "if Buhari is re-elected such focal areas as economy, security and infrastructure will receive the attention and funding."
He also said that those Nigerians who would vote for Buhari will not be disappointed.
"As for the comments of the president himself, Muhammadu Buhari said that the general election in 2019 would usher another clime of unity, peace and maturity. He also added that the political consciousness in the country has increased, as can be seen in the increased number of political parties that were registered."
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Accident Attorney in Leoti, Kansas. Brad Pistotnik Law helps personal injury victims and is an accident attorney practicing across the State of Kansas including Leoti and Wichita County. Leoti is a historic town. Leoti was founded in 1885 by a company of men from Garden City, Kansas. Two years later, in 1887, it was involved in the bloodiest county seat fight in the history of the American West. The shoot-out was on February 27, 1887, when men—some would say hired gunmen—from Leoti, went to the neighboring, rival town of Coronado and left several people dead and wounded. A small town called Farmer City which was located between Coronado and Leoti, was hoped by some to become the county seat—which would end the fighting. Leoti later won the right to become the county seat and now the two other towns consist mainly of farmland.People needing an accident attorney or lawyer in Leoti and the Wichita County area can get an accident attorney quickly by looking at BradPistotniklaw.com for a free consultation. Brad can be reached at any time at 800-241-BRAD. Our main line is 316-684-4400. We also work in Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Nebraska, Tulsa, Oklahoma and all over the State of Kansas. He can be reached on his cell phone at 316-706-5020. The ZIP code for Leoti is 67861. Leoti has a 2013 population of approximately 1,503 people. Leoti is known for having very dangerous highway areas for traffic accidents that are fatal. Leoti can be reached from a group of highways including Highway 25 and Highway 96. Highway 96 has a ton of serious car accidents in the areas where people are using the middle lanes to pass or pass on the more dangerous two lane areas. A large number of Kansans are killed or severely injured every year due to the negligence of large trucks, driving across the state, on these dangerous highways to avoid toll and weigh stations. You need to drive and be careful when traveling on Highway 25 and Highway 96 so that you and your family are safe. When a truck drives you off the road, call us.


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The Mod Archive
Perhaps unsurprisingly, if I wasn't at work I was working at home- on a massive project- the new Mod Archive website – database driven and built from scratch to replace the aging Mod Archive set up originally by a bunch of co-founders who left for other projects leaving the sole star coder Mikael 'Stary' Hedberg to bring it up to version 1.0, which stuck around for a couple of years and was genuinely great.
Unfortunately this too was eventually abandoned and creaking under the strain of the site's increasing popularity, it running from flat text files and some very specialised perl scripts for a search engine, it was beginning to break. Due to life challenges presented to Stary he stepped aside to focus on his health and after quite some pestering, allowed me to take on the admin lead despite me not knowing a single line of code. I promptly purchased a couple of O'Reily "in a nutshell" books and began work.
Writing all the the conversion tools to migrate the site to my database, while keeping the look of the site the same this was the era of Version 2.0, with switchable themes to get our users used to the move to the new system.
The site in my version-3 form was featured in Sound on Sound which was a super boost, but it was far from finished because I was not satisfied with the look and feel.
After many more years of hard work on the code as well as the graphic design on top of doing my day job at the telecom company I was also involved in community support and all sorts of funny internet dramas. I eventually presented The Mod Archive verison 4.1b to the world on April 1st 2008, and it is still there to this day – as from 2012, the site was transferred from dedicated hosting to Scenesat where it remains operational.
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A quote from the About page to give an idea of my backstory:
Initially joining the fold around 1997 as an artist, then reviewer, then crew member and eventually landing the administrative lead in 2004. Red took the site to new heights by recoding and implementing the Modarchive 2.0 followed by 3.0, 4.0b, and is now responsible for all aspects of the site – participating both as a member and a crew person.
Fun nerd fact: The Mod Archive hosted on the .org domain was built from the ground up in the text editor "vi" (not even vim) with development and testing happening on a personal SPARC-based Solaris host.
Eventually hitting the sweet spot for the design including the logo and overall site theme, it finally stuck with TMA version 4.0.
There are a couple of easter eggs hidden in the site, for instance if manipulating the http query for the wiki pages you can find the help page for "mp3" where it will show the following test page and a clicky link that will let you change the site theme to something a little peculiar 😀
As mentioned earlier, after many years of providing dedicated support and fun for the community, the pressure of several other major work related projects put tremendous strain on personal wellness that resulted in the unfortunate but necessary decision to step back from the development role and site activities some time in 2012. I still miss the community a great deal but I cannot afford to be distracted by the project and it still has claws that no doubt will grab me at any opportunity with more "free" work for me to do, not good for my own sanity!
But before I finished, you should see some of the pictures and photos that came from the community surrounding TMA. These were the golden years.


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Paul McCartney hails 'phenomenal' Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt
Nick Levine Jul 26, 2012 4:39 pm BST
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The Beatles legend says he can't wait to see Bolt compete at the 2012 games
Paul McCartney has revealed that he is a big fan of "the fastest man on earth", Usain Bolt.
The Beatles legend is due to perform tomorrow (July 27) at the Olympic Games opening ceremony, which will kick off two weeks of sporting events across London. One of the Games' biggest stars is Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter attempting to defend the three gold medals he won at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
As a thank-you for his musical input, McCartney is entitled to request tickets for his favourite Olympic events. When asked by Lauren Laverne on 6Music which sport he is most looking forward to, McCartney replied: "I'm actually a big fan of athletics. People say to me 'What's your favourite sport?' and it's really one of mine. When that's on telly, I don't go out."
McCartney also revealed that he is especially excited about watching world record holder Bolt compete. He added: "I love the sprint – obviously the 100 metres. I've got to see Mr Bolt because, you know, he's just a bit phenomenal. Wow, yeah! I don't think anyone can beat him, so that will be great to see."
Yesterday (July 25), McCartney had shared his thoughts on the Olympic soccer tournament, criticising Team GB for omitting David Beckham from its number. "I would've thought Beckham would be first choice because of his huge contribution to getting the Olympics. But some idiot decided otherwise," McCartney said.
McCartney has previously revealed that he will be the final act to perform at the opening ceremony tomorrow (July 27), but other acts are yet to be confirmed. Earlier today (July 26), it was reported that the Arctic Monkeys may feature on the line-up after a journalist tweeted a photograph appearing to show Alex Turner rehearsing at the Olympic Stadium.


I have seen many recipes floating around about butter beer in regards to the Harry Potter franchise, these are wrong. Most of these recipes call for butter scotch or cream soda both of which were not created until the late 1800's.
Butter beer is a classic "cocktail" that dates back as far as 1584 and became very popular in the late 1700's with Queen Victoria who was known to drink 2 pints upon rising in the morning, my kind of leader.
Please enjoy and tell me your experience.
Start with a nice heavy bottom sauce pot 2 qt or larger. Add Ale and all the spices, on medium low heat simmer, DO NOT BOIL! boiling will release all the impurities you don't want and give the beer and bitter flavor.
in a stand mixer, hand mixer or by hand whip eggs, sugar and butter until light and airy. Do not stop until it is doubled in size.
While mixing your egg mixture pour a small amount of warm beer, about 2-3 oz. This will begin the tempering process so you do not end up with scrambled eggs.
keep adding the hot beer slowly as you mix on medium speed. once all the beer is added return liquid to your pot.
O the lowest heat possible whisk the mixture until it begins to thicken, something like a gravy thickness.


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News People Next Door presented the debut of a 16-year-old director and drew attention to youth depression
Two premieres in a row were held at the Small Hall on Monday. The first was Level 34, a short science fiction film by a 16-year-old Zach Breder, who always wanted to make a movie. The dream of this American, who suffers from a severe heart defect, came true thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The Pinewood Film Group was happy to take over the production, students of the local film university formed the crew, and Czech company UPP made the post-production. 'You guys are incredible. I could have never made this film without you,' he enthusiastically thanked his supporters and the audience. He revealed he had been inspired by films like Star Trek, Star Wars and National Treasure. His next film should narrate the story of the first female heart surgeon.
The documentary My Sister Liv was presented by Grammy Award-winning director Alan Hicks. 'Each of my films relates to music in one way or another. That is how the story of a young musician whose life ended tragically came to me,' he explained the origins of his work. The intimate letter to a sister who had struggled with depression all her short life required a very sensitive approach, he explained. 'I wanted to make sure no one was hurt,' Hicks said. 'We hired therapists and experts who went through every scene with us.'
Both films were screened in the People Next Door section, which focuses on disabled people and is supported by the Sirius Foundation.
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On 1 December 2017, new residential tenancies in Scotland (including Short assured tenancies) were replaced with a new 'private residential tenancy' (PRT).
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Get a frozen object containing all of the weekdays.

#### Returns

`Object(frozen)`: A frozen object:

```
{
  SUN: 0,
  MON: 1,
  TUE: 2,
  WED: 3,
  THU: 4,
  FRI: 5,
  SAT: 6
}
```

#### Example

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var calendator = new Calendator();
var weekdays = calendator.getWeekdays();
weekdays.SUN // => 0;
weekdays.MON // => 1;
```

This method is helpful inside the `dayCreationHandler`:

```
function dayCreationHandler(year, month, day, weekday, currentWeekOfTheMonth) {
  var weekdays = this.getWeekdays();

  switch (weekday) {
    case weekdays.SUN:
      ... // your logic for Sunday
      break;
    case weekdays.MON:
      ... // your logic for Monday
      break;
    case ...:
      ... // your logic for whatever weekday you want
      break;
  }

  ... // more of your custom logic

  return ...; // your custom data here
}

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Loudwire é uma revista eletrônica norte-americana que cobre notícias de artistas de hard rock e heavy metal. É propriedade da empresa de mídia e entretenimento Townsquare Media. Desde seu lançamento em agosto de 2011, a Loudwire garantiu entrevistas exclusivas com artistas conhecidos como Slipknot, Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Judas Priest, Guns N' Roses, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Mötley Crüe, Suicidal Tendencies e muitos outros. A Loudwire também estreou com exclusividade novos materiais de Judas Priest, Corey Taylor, Anthrax, Jane's Addiction, Stone Sour, Phil Anselmo e muitos outros artistas notáveis do rock e do metal. Loudwire Nights é o programa de rádio nacionalmente distribuído pela Townsquare, transmitido em suas estações de rock em todo o país, apresentado por Toni Gonzalez.

Loudwire Music Awards
A revista organiza a Loudwire Music Awards, uma cerimônia de premiação anual que se iniciou em 2011. O primeiro concerto, organizado por Chris Jericho, foi realizado em outubro de 2017, no The Novo em Los Angeles. Os prêmios são dados com base nos votos dos leitores do site.

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'This Is Us' Season Finale: Cast & EPs Talk Jack's Fate, Randall's Future & More
The following article contains spoilers about tonight's season one finale for This Is Us.
After last week's episode of This Is Us, we were expecting to finally see how Jack Pearson (Milo Ventimiglia) dies, the parting shot of the family patriarch driving away, drunk in his vehicle.
"We've been teasing that in the press, but you're all going to have to wait a little while longer," said Ventimiglia tonight at the packed-house season finale screening of "Moonshadow" at the Directors Guild Theater on Sunset Blvd. Various guild attendees arrived an hour in advance to grab a seat at the packed screening. The episode was followed by a Q&A with This Is Us castmembers Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Justin Hartley, Chris Sullivan, Chrissy Metz, Susan Kelechi Watson and Ron Cephas Jones as well as recently promoted Season 2 showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger.
Friday Ratings: NBC Tops A Quiet Evening Slate, Led Once Again By 'Dateline'
While Jack and Rebecca didn't eternally breakup forever, we saw a different kind of split between the Pearsons, with Rebecca saying it was time for them to take a rest. Jack stumbled drunk into her club performance and punched her ex-boyfriend and fellow band member Ben (Sam Trammell). Rebecca returned home heartbroken, the singing career she'd been trying to reboot in shambles – not just because of Jack, but Ben also made a pass at her. A fight broke out between Jack and Rebecca and she was none too happy about Jack's alcoholism returning just as she was trying to pursue her lifelong dream.
In regards to how audiences will still have to wait to see Jack's death, Sullivan joked to Metz, "We could stretch this out like the Neil Patrick Harris show and call it How You Killed Your Father," a reference to Metz's younger Kate Pearson confessing that she was an integral part of her father's death. The actress also added that in Season 2 "we might be hearing wedding bells soon" between Kate and her boyfriend Toby.
"Let's focus on how he lived, that's the most important lesson than anything," chimed in Ventimiglia.
Another big reveal at the end of tonight's episode is that Sterling K. Brown's Randall Pearson tells his wife Beth (Watson), that he wants to adopt a kid. But, he hasn't even told her he quit his job yet. "I think she's OK with him quitting his job," said Watson, "but I think her supporting him with the adoption might be an issue." That is especially after she had the pregnancy scare earlier in the season.
Ron Cephas Jones, who plays Randall's deceased father William, then dropped a heavy hint: "She might have to go out in the workforce while Randall stays home."
With This Is Us known as the show that makes America cry on Tuesday night, Berger and Aptaker say that they've spoken with This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman about lightening things up a bit in Season 2. "It's always beautiful when there's birthday parties and people are enjoying each other. We want to find a balance," said Berger.
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Berger mentioned that Fogelman had been building up toward this season finale, with hints of the emotional breakup hinted earlier in the season.
"We knew a fight was coming, Dan cornered us and excitedly said, 'I just wrote six pages!'" Moore added. Prepping for the scene, she mentioned that she and Ventimiglia got together with the finale's director and series EP Ken Olin to hammer out the choreography of the scene so that it didn't take up a lot of head space on the day of the shoot.
In "Moonshadow" we see an earlier, shady side of Jack post Vietnam. Ventimiglia said that Fogelman told him before the finale, "'People are going to hate you! But there will be a redemptive moment.'"


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Adele has puzzled fans with a party on the occasion of the 30th anniversary
Photos from the festival, the singer has caused controversy of her fans.
Photo: @adele (Adele Instagram)
Adele's been fun on the occasion
the celebration of his 30th birthday. As honestly admitted the singer on
the next day, she's a bit "touched" with alcohol, so not all the details
the party remembers well. But guests of the birthday girl managed to make a few bright
frames depicting the events that sent Adele. That, in its
turn, shared them with his many fans
that was the reaction to the images is ambiguous.
The party was themed: at the request of Adele all, including herself,
dressed in costumes of the characters of the famous film by James Cameron — super blockbuster "Titanic", the arc released in 1994. Although the
this was an incredibly expensive movie with a budget of 200 million
dollars in the box office the film grossed more than 2 billion.
Adele on the occasion of his party in the style of "Titanic" dressed in a spectacular dress of the heroine, played in the movie, Kate Winslet. In principle, this outfit, according to fans, was the birthday girl to face. She looked good even after he pulled over his dress jacket. However, many fans of the singer questioned, like this tragic story for fun. "It's just indecent! Then, when the collapse of the "Titanic" were killed and a half thousand people!!! There's really nothing funny!" — so, in particular, commented on the photo about the party one of the fans of Adele.
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Rescheduled Election:You're A Hypocrite ,Buhari's Minister Tells Oshiomhole
CKN NIGERIA Published: February 19, 2019
The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, yesterday berated the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, for calling for the resignation of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu.
Describing the call as unfair and unacceptable, Shittu queried: "When Oshiomhole supervised horrible primaries elections of the party, who called for his resignation?".
The minister, who addressed reporters at his Ibadan residence on the rescheduling of the general elections, urged Nigerians to give the INEC chairman a benefit of doubt.
According to him, if the INEC chairman resigns, the elections may need to be postponed for the new incoming chairman to prepare for fresh elections.
He said:"I will not support such call for resignation of the INEC chairman. To err is human. We have not seen any political motivation as to what has happened in INEC. If Oshiomolhe calls for resignation of the INEC chairman, he should also be preparing to resign as chairman. Did anybody ask him to resign for the horrible management of primary elections under his watch?
"This is the first election that Prof. Yakubu will be conducting, so we need to give him the benefit of doubt and I will advise that all the political parties should be vigilant. If you bring in another chairman, when does such person begin to learn the process? Or will you on the basis of that call for another rescheduling of the elections? certainly, it is unacceptable for anyone to ask for resignation of INEC chairman."


It is not known when Paja Jovanović (Vršac, 1859 – Vienna, 1957) first visited Belgrade. (It is reasonable to guess that it might have happened during his visits to the hometown, Vršac, or on his travels to the southern parts of Serbia in the closing decades of the 19th century. Although he never spent much time in Belgrade due to his painting commitments all over the globe, it remained a place to which he eagerly returned. After the plan to build an art studio for him in Belgrade had been abandoned with the break-out of World War II, in 1950 Paja Jovanović started a correspondence with the officials of the Belgrade City Museum about establishing his legacy in Belgrade. He wanted to bequeath to the City the pieces of his work and items of his painting equipment that he considered "worth preserving", so that a studio could be set up – the master's room attracting those who would like to learn something more about him and his art.
The Legacy of Paja Jovanović, including more than 800 objects, was handed over to the Belgrade City Museum in 1952. In compliance with the artist's wish, after his death in Vienna on November 30, 1957, the urn with his remains was also delivered to the Museum. Just as he wished, it was buried at the Alley of Meritorious Citizens at the Novo Groblje Cemetery in Belgrade on June 11, 1970, on the very same day when the Belgrade City Museum fulfilled the painter's second wish by opening to public the Museum of Paja Jovanović.
In 1972, the collection was extended by the gift of the painter's wife Hermina – Möuny Dauber. She bequeathed to the Belgrade City Museum eleven paintings by Paja Jovanović from her private collection and a number of pieces of antique furniture.
Paja Jovanović (Vršac, 1859 – Vienna, 1957) was born into the family of photographer Stevan and Ernestina Jovanović. In 1875, his father took him to Vienna, where he enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts (Akademie der bildenden Künste) in 1877. Having completed his studies at the Academy, Jovanović travelled a lot and worked for Paris and London art dealers, to settle in Vienna in 1895. He was elected full member of the Serbian Royal Academy in 1888.
In his very long artistic career, Jovanović created outstanding works of art: history paintings (Migration of the Serbs, Proclamation of The Code of Emperor Dušan), genre paintings (Adoring of the bride, Cocok-fight, Fencing) and numerous portraits of famous people (Mihailo Pupin, King Aleksandar and Queen Maria Karađorđević). He also tried his hand in religious painting: Paja Jovanović painted the iconostases in the churches in Dolovo and Novi Sad.
We invite you to take a look at the objects displayed in Museum of Paja Jovanović.


We were looking for mold, but found the door. I didn't want to open it. You didn't want to open it, so it opened itself for us. When I looked in I saw blue-green soft, organ-like shapes growing from the walls, a footpath that curved into darkness. The room breathed, gill-like and I swore a thousand bluish eyes shifted and focused. When you looked in, you wouldn't tell me what you saw. I tried to insist you saw the blue-green organs, the path, monsters, death—what mattered. You held my foot as I said, I'm going in. I've been there. I can come back. You said, We don't have to decide this now. I got on my hands and knees to wiggle through the wooden beams that held up the remaining drywall. I felt humidity move like a breath of air. Stay with me, you said, I'm not letting go. I sat back in a squat and looked at your hands, thinking, Well, okay. That's good. The door shut all by itself. We turned to watch it lock.
Laura Madeline Wiseman is the author of twenty books and chapbooks and the editor of Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence (Hyacinth Girl Press). Her recent books are Drink (BlazeVOX Books), Wake (Aldrich Press), The Bottle Opener (Red Dashboard), and the collaborative book The Hunger of the Cheeky Sisters (Les Femmes Folles) with artist Lauren Rinaldi. Her work has appeared in Prairie Schooner, Margie, Mid-American Review, Ploughshares, and Calyx. Visit her online at lauramadelinewiseman.com.


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"If a man had only one day to spend in Sicily and asked what is there to see, I would answer without hesitation: Taormina", wrote the French man Guy de Maupassant more then a century ago. And explained: It's a painting this village, but a painting in which you will find everything which seems to be made on this earth, to seduce the eyes, the spirit and the imagination.
It's a terrace suspended in the blue, this village, embraced from the ridges of Mount Tauro. They had a good instinct the Greek, when they built the acropolis (205 meters above sea level) and a theatre which, for natural scenery, is more delightful then the same model of Epidauro in Greece. In the background the bay of Naxos, the first colony in Sicily, is at night adorned with thousands of lights, and Mount Etna covered with snow for five months of the year, offers eruptions to the spectators of an unexpected program of suggestions and spectacularity.
The sea, the snow and the almond trees in blossom. "For the tourism of the modern era", remembers the journalist Gaetano Saglimbeni in his album of Taormina, published under the Flaccovio imprint, "Taormina was born in winter and maintained a tourist winter resort for nearly a century: in summer even, a lot of hotels were closed. Afterwards followed a reversal, and now the boom is in summer, with high aims also for spring and autumn.
It's the tourism of planned holidays, the organized trips and the charter flights. Those who plan their holidays in Italy and in foreign countries know, that the summer in Taormina is the longest one from Europe: Here the beaches are full from March to October. The winter is still the season of the isolated travellers, which (to make us understand) can go on holiday whenever they like. Also today, as in the times of Rockefeller, the Morgan, the Vanderbilt, industrial magnates, financial tycoons, famous writers, painters, musicians come here to spend winter. Instead of the big hotels, a lot of them prefer the villas in the green: they were once upon a time tied to the names like Orazio Nelson (the famous English admiral which "on the mast of his boat hollowed out his coffin"), Earl Marzotto, Cini, duke of Caraci, Paternò Castello; and others which were here recently, on the sea and the hill, in magic sceneries.
"Taormina has to be enjoyed in winter" writes Saglimbeni from Taormina: "when the soft, clear and transparent air seems to bring closer the incredible Mount Etna; when the green of the gardens is greener, more intense the colour of the flowers and the cascades of the geraniums and the bougainvillea hide everything."
The American playwriter Tennessee Williams said: "Taormina is so beautiful, stupendously and overbearingly beautiful, that neither the vandalism of men can destroy it. It's is a miracle that nature still succeed to hide it."
The "Corso Umberto", in a way the big living room of Taormina, is already animated in the first hours of the morning. Couples strolling hand in hand, linger in front of a shop window (where you can by everything from embroidery to beat iron, from wood sculptures to souvenirs), writing postcards in the bars on the piazza. In the afternoon they go till to the top of the Greek Theater, to enjoy the spectacle of the sunset (as did the French André Gide, in a black cloak and floppy hat). Tomorrow they will walk towards Castelmola, to carve their names in a tree. Or they go down to the sea: only a little bit of sun let already populate the bays of Isola Bella, Mazzarò and Spisone, also in winter.
"The bay of Isola Bella", explains Saglimbeni, "is still the one of Goethe and the Kaiser. The couples in search of solitude prefer this one more then the sophisticated beaches of Mazzarò and Spisone. They spin the motorboats away. The tourists still prefer the old fisher boats, to make excursions to the Grotta Azzurra, to the rocks of the Capo, to the Lido of Naxos…."
"The darkness", concludes the journalist and writer, "still surprises the lovers on the rocks, while the first lights starts to punctuate on the sea, from Capo Spisone to Giardini, till to the Cyclops in Acitrezza. The streets in Taormina in the night, scented with bougainvilleas, which covers the walls of the old houses, under the reflection of the streetlamps seem like cascades of pearls."
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Opposition Leader Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson is telling the country to brace itself
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Opposition Leader Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson is telling the country to brace itself for another season of embarrassing news headlines….
This comes right after yesterday's announcement of the resignation of Attorney General, Huw Shepheard, which is by the way, effective tomorrow November 1st and news that ex-Premier Michael Missick will be extradited from Brazil to the TCI.
The opposition leader is advising for countrymen to be patient and allow the law to take its course.
The AG's resignation comes weeks after an ongoing verbal exchange between Shepheard and the PNP Administration which had escalated into a legal wrangle. The AG has also given notice of his intentions to file legal charges against the TCI government for reputational and other damages.
TCIG has informed that work will begin soon to find a substantive successor; until then Deputy Attorney General, Rhondalee Brathwaite Knowles will be sworn in as Acting Attorney General to ensure the work of the Chamber continues. Opposition leader Robinson said she believes this situation has the potential to be quite expensive for the Turks and Caicos.
Huw Shepherd has resigned and plans to sue the Turks and Caicos.
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PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands: Scores of students in Providenciales will benefit from back-to-school supplies donated by Sandals Foundation Ambassadors at Beaches Turks and Caicos resort, strengthening the instructional process in four schools at the start of the new school term.
More than 2,000 students from Ianthe Pratt, Enid Capron, Oseta Jolly and the Thelma Lightbourne Primary Schools were presented with a generous supply of educational materials including notebooks, pens, pencils, rulers, sharpeners, knapsacks, reading material, sports gear and musical instruments from members of the philanthropic arm of the family all-inclusive resort. While sharing the gratitude for the gifts received, the leaders at the various institutions lauded the efforts of the more than 20 volunteers on hand.
Neekimo King, Principal of the Ianthe Pratt Primary School shared, "Beaches Turks and Caicos and the Sandals Foundation over the years have adopted our institution as their own. These reading books will go a far way in increasing our library stock and improving literacy among the students while the physical education and the guidance counseling units have received lots of materials to bolster the learning experience for our students."
Sophia Garland, Principal of the Enid Capron Primary School was equally elated as she expressed how beneficial resources will be for the teaching and learning process.
"These supplies, including the books, will definitely aid in increasing literacy amongst the students and the many teaching aids that we have been received will create an environment that is conducive for teaching and learning."
In sharing with the schools, James McAnally, General Manager at Beaches resort noted, "Sandals Foundation and the resort remain committed to the development of the education of our children, the environment and the communities in which we operate. These four government operated primary schools were identified for these supplies to help in fostering their academic and extra-curricular growth."
McAnally continued, "A big thank you to the Sandals Foundation Ambassadors who came out and helped with making these distributions possible."
Vice principal of the Oseta Jolly Primary School, Diana Dean, also expressed gratitude noting, "With these tools, I am sure the students will be excited about learning and the teachers will be better equipped to deliver the lessons."
The Sandals Foundation and Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort have long been supporters of education and community development in Turks and Caicos, donating to a number of schools and youth sports programmes. Since 2011, the organisations have been assisting students at Ianthe Pratt, Enid Capron Primary Schools and other schools across the islands in their holistic development by providing educational supplies and the opportunity for Sandals and Beaches resorts guests to meaningfully engage with the students through a weekly literacy enhancement programme, hosted in partnership with Island Routes Tours – Reading Road Trip.
Header: Staff and students from the Enid Capron Primary School share a moment for the cameras with members of the Sandals Foundation team as the school received educational items from the Beaches Turks and Caicos and the Sandals Foundation.
Insert: James McAnally, General Manager, Beaches Turks and Caicos (front left) makes a presentation to members of the Ianthe Pratt Primary School recently with sporting gear and educational items looking on are members of the Sandals Foundation team, Sesame Street Character
#TurksandCaicos, January 27, 2023 – The Ministry responsible for Education confirms that a recent report of alleged sexual abuse was brought to the attention of authorities at a particular school. For the protection of the child, we will not divulge details of this matter. We do acknowledge that there were issues experienced which resulted in less than appropriate response to the incident.
The Ministry is continuing its investigation of the incident, in its totality and has since requested a comprehensive report on the response from all involved. Several meetings, visits and discussions were held. The key is to ensure that the minor involved is afforded additional counselling and care and that other students within the institution are also afforded the relevant support needed. The Student Support Services has been active in coordinating this response which is currently in operation.
As an immediate further action, the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) entities will convene and existing protocols will be reviewed and investigations conducted to determine the consistency of the response, exactly where the established protocols were not followed and the subsequent actions to be taken.
The Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Social Services considers its responsibility for the Safeguarding of children of utmost importance. In so doing, the Ministry of Education has instituted a number of measures over the years to ensure that allegations of abuse to children in schools are treated with urgency. The creation of the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) was created to ensure that teachers, leaders, Social Workers, and Police can respond to allegations with the child's safety and protection as the core consideration. Child safeguarding remains the Ministry's primary concern.
#The Bahamas, January 27, 2023 – In response to concerns expressed, University of The Bahamas released a notification on Thursday 26th January 2023 that effective immediately the Portia M. Smith Building at the Oakes Field Campus is closed until further notice as a precautionary measure.
Immediate steps have been taken to engage the Ministry of Environmental Health to conduct a thorough assessment of the building. In the interim, personnel assigned to Portia M. Smith have been instructed to work remotely to maintain the continuity of operations. A further communication will be issued once the assessment has been completed as we continue to provide timely updates.
Please be assured that the health, safety, and welfare of members of the University community and the general public are paramount and we are working with urgency to address this matter.
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NTT consolidates its data centre companies into a new Global Data Centers division
NTT Ltd, the London-based technology and services provider owned by Japan's NTT corporation, has announced the formation of a new global data centres division. This division will incorporate a variety of data centre companies that previously sat under the NTT Communications brand, including e-shelter, Gyron, Netmagic, NTT Indonesia Nexcenter and RagingWire, giving it one of the largest data centre platforms in the world.
By consolidating its data centre brands into one new division, NTT is hoping that it can offer customers an enhanced experience, with clients now only having to deal with one brand globally rather than a selection of smaller sub-brands. The company already has over 160 data centres spanning more than 20 countries and regions, and with the pooled resources, the firm could expand even further.
"We understand the core challenges our clients grapple with today as they move along the road of digital transformation," said Ryuichi Matsuo, executive vice president for NTT Ltd's Global Data Centers division.
"Having one data centre partner covering their global requirements makes it easier for clients to reach their business objectives, in a time where huge growth in cloud and data usage is creating a growing demand for data center capacity. So, we are bringing together our global data centre businesses into one entity, offering a comprehensive end-to-end stack of data centre solutions and services to support our clients' demands."
Courtney Munroe, group vice president of Global Telecommunications Research at IDC, commented, "NTT Ltd's launch of its newly consolidated Global Data Centers division will provide a competitive boost to the entity.
"NTT Ltd is one of the largest global providers, and it is perhaps the world's leading data centre provider outside North America, with an industry leading presence in key metro markets around the world. NTT Ltd also has class-leading expertise in cutting edge cooling and customisable data centre technologies. Most importantly, NTT Ltd brings a unique blend of end-to-end full stack capabilities, including networking and carrier network interconnection, hybrid cloud capabilities and lifecycle management services. NTT Ltd is ideally positioned to serve global hyperscale entities, as well as enterprises seeking a comprehensive one-stop solution."
Clients will have access to full-stack technology solutions (from data centre and network infrastructure to applications) and full-lifecycle services (from consultancy to fit-out services to ongoing management) with end-to-end managed services.
The new Global Data Centers division, under the leadership of Ryuichi Matsuo, consists of four regions that cover Americas, APAC, EMEA and India.
The leaders who will run the regional data center affiliate companies are Doug Adams (Americas), Takahiro Nagata (APAC), Florian Winkler (EMEA) and Sharad Sanghi (India). The global function leadership team members are Takahiro Wada (Business Management), Kevin Dalton (Construction and Engineering), Kei Ito (Data Center Asset co.), Adam Tamburini (Hyperscale Sales), Bob Woolley (Operations), Naoyuki Inoue (Product Management), Junichiro Akanuma (Retail Sales), John Eland (Strategy and Corporate Development) and Masayuki Inoue (System Development).
In the US, the global data centre platform has operations in key markets such as Ashburn (VA), Sacramento (CA) and Dallas (TX), with expansion plans already in place for Silicon Valley (CA), Chicago (IL) and Hillsboro (OR). In APAC, the platform locations include Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Singapore, Cyberjaya, Bangkok and Jakarta. In EMEA, locations include London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Zurich, Madrid, and Johannesburg. In India, NTT Ltd has significant data centre operations in Mumbai, Bangalore, Noida, and Chennai.
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THE MANY FACES OF LOVE | The Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival offers Two Noble Kinsmen, Othello for 2018.
Summer means many things: longer days, warmer nights and the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival. Every summer for more than 20 years, the Kingsmen Shakespeare Company, the professional theater company of California Lutheran University, has been bringing the works of Shakespeare to life under a canopy of stars in Kingsmen Park.
On June 29, the Kingsmen launch their 22nd festival with their first-ever production of The Two Noble Kinsmen. Widely regarded as Shakespeare's final play, written in collaboration with his protégé John Fletcher, The Two Noble Kinsmen is "a beautiful mix of comedy, romance and tragedy," says artistic director Michael Arndt. Inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's The Knight's Tale, the work revolves around two cousins whose lifelong bond is tested beyond its limits when they fall in love with the same woman. Described by the Kingsmen as a "tragicomic story of betrayal, war, madness and all-consuming passion," the play embodies the timeless appeal of Shakespeare's works.
Arndt says that the decision to produce the rarely performed Noblemen stems from the company's desire to "expand the audience's tastes as well as the types of shows we do, especially when we do a major play like Othello." The great Shakespearean tragedy premieres July 20. "We push it every year," Arndt adds.
"It sounds trite but there are so many versions of love in The Two Noble Kinsmen," says Swain. Forbidden, courtly, platonic, Sapphic, unrequited, doomed — Shakespeare explores the gamut of love and gives language to the inexpressible.
Resonating throughout the entire festival will be at least one powerful and clear expression of love. The season is dedicated to John Slade, the beloved director who died suddenly last summer. Losing Slade was a terrible loss and a shock to the company. It is in his memory that the company is focused on reinvigorating itself.
"We're looking forward to an exciting season," says Arndt, who adds that it's wonderful to "discover new stories." Gulner seconds that emotion. "I'm excited for audiences to discover a new play." It's not often that one gets the chance to see both a rare Shakespeare play and a revered classic, performed by a world-class company of actors, in a single festival. The Kingsmen offerings remind all of us that it's well worth venturing out of our comfort zones.
Other changes are afoot this season. In addition to producing a work that's new to the company, the Kingsmen's stage is being completely redesigned. "The look of the stage will be dramatically different," says Arndt. The ticketing system has been revamped, too. For the first time, all tickets can be purchased online.
The Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival takes place June 29-Aug. 5 at Kingsmen Park, California Lutheran University, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. For schedule, tickets and more information, visit www.kingsmenshakespeare.org.