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The singer and model known as Iggy Azalea was born Amethyst Amelia Kelly in 1990 in New South Wales. Iggy fell in love with music, initially with rap, as a teenager and at the age of sixteen she made a huge leap, dropping out of school and moving to the United States to pursue a career as a music artist. Azalea settled in Los Angeles in 2010 and began posting videos of her performances on YouTube. The videos, often highly risqué and controversial, went viral quickly, and garnered the attention of a number of industry managers.
Most recently, Iggy Azalea signed her first solo recording deal with Island Def Jam Records and released The New Classic (2014.) She also recently signed with Wilhelmina Models International Inc., launching a new career as a model. Her first contracts are reportedly with House of Holland and Levi's.
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Charleston All Destinations
How to Spend 3 Days in Charleston
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How to Spend 1 Day in Charleston
Top Beaches in Charleston
South Carolina is a beautiful slice of countryside presented to you with the warm hospitality and lilting Southern accent of Lowcountry folk. And while life here may seem to move at a slower pace, Charleston has some of the richest history in the United States and there's an over-abundance of things to do and see. If three days is all you've got, here's how to go about spending it.
Day One: Get Oriented
Charleston is a big city, but not overwhelmingly so. Most points of interest can be centered around the Historic District and it's here where you should first orient yourself. Start the day with a stroll through Meeting Street, and walk the Museum Mile. A vast array of historical and cultural attractions meets you along this pleasant pathway, and you can get a good survey of the exquisite antebellum mansions that define the area. Consider a picnic at the White Point Garden or go for a stroll along its beautiful promenade. Then, at the Charleston Market, and rub shoulders with the locals, try some famous sweet tea, and pick up some freshly picked fruits and vegetables, as well as a few souvenirs to mark your introduction to the Lowcountry.
Day Two: Explore Charleston's History
There's a lot of history packed into this one-time Colonial town. From the late 1600s onward, important history has been made in Charleston and one of the best ways to get a sense of this is by visiting Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum where, along with getting an introduction to the beautiful Charleston Harbor, you'll find the USS Yorktown (a retired aircraft carrier), the USS Clamagore (a wartime submarine), and the USS Laffey (a retired battleship), as well as the history of each ship and the region. In the afternoon, head over to the Circular Congregational Church and explore their graveyard to see how almost 300 years of history has shaped this iconic meeting place.
Day Three: Go Beyond
Some of the distinctive beauty of the South Carolina Lowcountry is held in its majestic waterways, and there's no better way to experience them than by getting out of the city's borders for a day by the coast. Consider a day trip to one of the area's wonderful beaches which offer everything from scenic getaways to resort-style adventure, or delve into the antebellum past of the Old South and visit a plantation to see why the area is so beloved.
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Charleston's Old South Carriage Historic Horse & Carriage Tour
Experience more than 300 years of history on this guided carriage tour of Charleston. See the many mansions, churches, and gardens as your horse-drawn carriage tour covers more than 2.5 miles and 30 blocks of historic Charleston. Belgian and Percheron draft horses will you lead you through the streets while you learn about this "Holy City" and its role in the Civil War.
Charleston History Sightseeing Bus Tour with Optional Joseph Manigault House
Travel back in time to discover one of America's most historic cities—Charleston, South Carolina—on this guided sightseeing tour. Visit a plethora landmarks including Rainbow Row, the longest cluster of Georgian row houses in the United States; the Old Exchange Building, South Carolina's most historic building; White Point Garden, in the heart of Charleston's historic district, with a spectacular view of Fort Sumter and many more. Upgrade option available to include a tour of the famous Joseph Manigault House, one of Charleston's most exquisite antebellum structures.
Charleston Supernatural Guided Walking Tour
Discover the spooky charms of South Carolina on this supernatural walking tour. Walk the nighttime streets of Charleston as your guides share chilling tales of public executions, exhumations, and violent episodes of the Civil and Revolutionary Wars. This 90-minute tour is led by local authors who are experts in supernatural history.
Historic Carriage Tour of Charleston
Travel back to Colonial times aboard a horse-drawn carriage and discover more than 300 years of history on this guided, 1-hour tour of Charleston. See the many mansions, churches and gardens of yesteryear on this narrated tour around historic Charleston. Enjoy the romantic clip-clop sound as this educational adventure winds through the streets and learn about this 'Holy City' and its rich history and role in Civil War times. See the Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, one of the most historic buildings in America, and much more.
History and Movie Tour of Beaufort by Golf Cart
Discover Beaufort's historic district without the hassle of navigating a tour that highlights the town's Hollywood past. In addition to telling little–known stories about the town's 300–year history, your guide brings you to landmarks often missed by visitors, from unmarked Forrest Gump film locations to the cemetery used in The Great Santini.
Civil War Reconstruction Tour of Beaufort by Van
History buffs can't miss this Civil War and Reconstruction history tour in Beaufort. Ride through the city in a comfortable van as you visit spots like Saint Helena Island and the grounds of the Battle of Port Royal. As you go, your guide shares stories of the city's wartime and reconstruction history that are sure to fascinate.
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In addition to the peaceful scene, Hoi An also clings to visitors with sparkling lanterns. Lanterns appear everywhere in the old town, in front of restaurants and hotels.
Hoi An lanterns vary from color, material to pattern, design.
In particular, silk lanterns can be folded very popular for tourists to buy souvenirs.
Create a round the old town, visitors can easily see the dangling bright lights.
Inside the shop are artisans who are shaping and shaping the lantern.
Do not hesitate to step in and talk, luck may be free guide how to make lanterns.
Night down, Hoi An old town are more fanciful in the warm yellow color from the lanterns shine through the streets.
Old Town usually prohibits traffic from 18h daily. You enjoy walking slowly enjoy the Hoi An space at night.
When tired feet, step down a wooden boat, where the melodious guitar, call a cold beer and drop soul according to each beat of the people.
If you like it when you are excited, you get into the music of the bars of the other side of the river.
On the 14th day of the 14th month, Hoi An becomes splendid with a flower festival. In the old town are lighted by lanterns.
People line along the Hoai River, lightly drop each lamp lights all over the river, and pray for peace.
Interesting, you can rent a small boat, rowing out in the middle of the river, dropping flowers and watching the lights floating on the shore.
Quiet space and peace, warmth spread. It seems that the lanterns are not just decorative objects but have become a part of the soul of the old town.
Lanterns are not just decorative objects but have become a part of the ancient city.
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Die Vaahteraliiga 2015 war die 36. Saison der Vaahteraliiga, der höchsten Spielklasse des American Football in Finnland. Sie begann am 11. Juni und endete am 12. September 2015 mit dem Vaahteramalja XXXVI (auch Maple Bowl XXXVI), dem Finale um die finnische Meisterschaft. Die Vaahteraliiga wurde vom finnischen American-Football-Verband SAJL organisiert. Finnischer Meister wurde der Titelverteidiger und Rekordmeister Helsinki Roosters. Als bester Ligaspieler des Jahres wurde Wide Receiver RJ Long von den Helsinki 69ers ausgezeichnet. Nach der Saison zogen sich die Helsinki 69ers aus der Vaahteraliiga zurück.

Teilnehmer und Modus

Die folgenden sieben Vereine spielten in der regulären Saison jeweils zweimal gegeneinander, sodass jedes Team insgesamt fünf Heimspiele hatte. Anschließend kamen die besten vier Teams in die Play-offs, in denen das bestplatzierte gegen das viertplatzierte Team sowie der Zweite gegen den Dritten im Halbfinale antrat.

 Helsinki Roosters (Meister 2014)
 Helsinki 69ers
 Porvoo Butchers
 Seinäjoki Crocodiles
 Turku Trojans
 Vantaan TAFT

Regular Season

Tabelle

Individuelle Statistiken

Play-offs

Halbfinale

Vaahteramalja XXXVI
Die Helsinki Roosters gewannen zum vierten Mal in Folge den Maple Bowl. Als wertvollster Spieler des Spiels wurde Runningback Jaycen Spears ausgezeichnet.

Auszeichnungen

All Stars 2015

Awards
 Liga-MVP (Vuoden liigapelaaja): RJ Long, WR/DB, Helsinki 69ers
 Offensiv-Spieler des Jahres (Vuoden Hyökkääjä): Jaycen Taylor-Spears, RB, Helsinki Roosters
 Defensiv-Spieler des Jahres (Matti Lindholm Trophy): Sebastian Karbin, LB, Porvoo Butchers
 Rookie des Jahres: Filip Zacok, DL, Porvoo Butchers
 Bester Line-Spieler: Lane Stuht, DL, Seinäjoki Crocodiles
 Ari Tuuli Trophy (Vuoden Etenijä): Kimi Linnainmaa, WR, Helsinki Roosters

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website des finnischen American-Football-Verbands (finnisch)
 Saison 2015 auf sajl.org (finnisch)
 Saison 2015 auf football-aktuell.de
 Spielplan 2015 auf sajl.org (finnisch)
 Magazin zur Saison 2015 (PDF) auf directo.fi (finnisch)

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My design and print work has appeared in multiple company newsletters, system wide airports which American Airlines and American Eagle Airlines serves, Atlanta Home Improvement Magazine, Today's Custom Home Magazine, U.S. Architecture Magazine, Remax real estate listings, multiple newspapers, and countless others.
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April Guest Speaker, Desiree Brooks, Program Specialist- Mortgage Crisis Job Training at The WorkPlace.
The Connecticut housing market is still recovering from the Great Recession. For homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments, who may be behind as a result of available/sustainable employment; the state has provided funds to The WorkPlace to operate the Mortgage Crisis Job Training Program. Each year, the program provides hundreds of homeowners with no cost education and training, financial counseling, customized employment services, and referrals to additional supportive services. It is their hope that the program continue to be funded and assist CT families at risk of foreclosure.


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Old Trafford Football Stadium – Cladding & Steelwork Repairs
Tie Bars & Anchors
Rockfall Containment System
Categorised Access, Case Studies
As part of the ongoing maintenance plan to the south stand at the home of Manchester United football club, emergency repairs were required to the cladding panels and the supporting steelwork above.
Corrosion had led to the failure of a number of the many hundreds of brackets that hold the canopy cladding panels together, some of which had fallen to the area below.
CAN was brought in to design an access system and repair strategy that would create the least possible disruption to the day-to-day activities of the club.
Use of our own lightweight CAN-Span cradle system meant that, bar a small 'footprint' directly below, all operations carried on as normal for the club and no access was required onto the pitch.
Client: Manchester United FC


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The Planet Mars
Phobos & Deimos
Humans to Mars
Sample Return
Mars Orbiter Mission
Mars Exploration Rovers
Mars Express
2001 Mars Odyssey
Phoenix Lander
Mars Polar Lander
Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Pathfinder
Mars Observer
Phobos 2
NASA, ESA officials seek formal approvals for Mars sample return mission
Artist's concept of a Mars sample return mission, including a U.S.-built Mars Ascent Vehicle (left), a European-built Earth Return Orbiter (center), and a NASA-provided Earth Entry Vehicle (right). Credit: ESA/ATG medialab
After crystallizing a partnership to retrieve samples from the surface of Mars and return them to Earth, NASA and European Space Agency officials are seeking government funding commitments before the end of this year to carry out a multibillion-dollar robotic mission that could depart Earth with a pair of rocket launches as soon as 2026.
The Mars sample return mission, if approved, would pick up rock and soil samples collected by NASA's Mars 2020 rover set for launch next year. The specimens would come back to Earth for detailed analysis in terrestrial laboratories, yielding results that scientists say will paint a far clearer picture of the Martian environment — today and in ancient times — than possible with one-way robotic missions.
A preliminary signal of support came earlier this year came in the White House's fiscal year 2020 budget request, which proposed $109 million for NASA to work on future Mars missions, including a sample return. That's after NASA received $50 million to study the sample return effort in 2019.
"The 2020 budget, the president's recommended budget, included Mars sample return as a recommendation that we begin working on," said Lori Glaze, director of NASA's planetary science division, in a presentation Sept. 10 to the National Academies' Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences. "We don't know the status of that through congressional funding yet because we don't have an appropriations bill yet, but we're hopeful that there will be some appropriations there so we can move out on this activity."
NASA unveiled a strategy to pursue a "lean" lower-cost Mars sample return mission in 2017, a plan Glaze said would allow scientists to get their hands on fresh samples from the Martian surface as soon as possible.
But even a lean Mars sample return mission will cost billions of dollars.
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Cloudbabies soars onto German TV
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Following a successful Mipcom, HoHo Rights' new animated pre-school property Cloudbabies is expanding its global reach, as it prepares to air across Germany in 2014.
The CBeebies' hit show is already being broadcast in a number of territories, including ABC Television in Australia, TVNZ in New Zealand, Hop in Israel, S4C in Wales, PTS in Taiwan and MiniMini in Poland.
The animated series following the adventures of four characters who look after the sky and the show will now air on ARD and ZDF's children's channel KiKa in Germany.
Danielle Davies, Hoho Entertainment's head of sales and acquistions, said: "Germany is a hugely significant European territory and KiKa has an outstanding reputation as a key destination for high quality pre-school programming so we're delighted that Cloudbabies will soon be part of the channel's stellar line-up."
Sebastian Debertin, KiKA's head of fiction, acquisition and co-production, added: "KiKA is happy to get up in the skies with the Cloudbabies.
"Baba Pink, Baba Blue, Baba Yellow and Baba Green solve a lot of pre-school oriented challenges and celebrate core values of human community – friendship and responsibility. Our audience will love the show."
Created by BAFTA and International Emmy award winner Bridget Appleby, Cloudbabies made its debut on CBeebies in the UK in 2012.
The series aims to teach children about caring for others and the world around them while introducing them to the concepts of day and night, sun and moon and rainbows and stars.
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After months of remodeling, City Repair finally moved into our new office. We were able to do enough work to satisfy permits and make the space comfy to move into, but we have some touch up care still in the works.
We will focus on exterior painting, landscaping, and other odds and ends to finish our nest. Any amount of time stopping by will help!
For questions or concerns contact Kirk at volunteer@cityrepair.org or 307-387-0005.


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Best Dividends / Dividend Stocks / Investing in Stocks / Technology Stocks / Buy These 3 Biotech Stocks for High Dividend Yields and Growth
Buy These 3 Biotech Stocks for High Dividend Yields and Growth
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Biotech stocks aren't usually known for paying dividends. Typically, biotech companies need to reinvest as much cash flow as possible into research and development of new drugs.
However, many biotech companies having grown into large-cap companies with market caps of $50 billion or more. Some have grown so large, that they can easily pay dividends, while sufficiently investing in growth initiatives. Thus they can be called biotech dividend stocks.
These three biotech dividend stocks are all highly profitable biotechs with strong drug pipelines. And, they each pay solid dividends of 3% or more. Plus, their stocks are cheap as well, meaning these three biotechs are potential buys for value and income investors.
Biotech Dividend Stock #1: Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD)
With a P/E ratio of just 6, Gilead looks very attractive for its low valuation and 3% dividend yield. However, one of the reasons the stock is so cheap is that revenue and earnings per share are declining.
For example, 2016 sales and earnings per share dropped by 7% and 16%, respectively. The reason? Its flagship HCV drugs, Harvoni and Sovaldi, are seeing enormous pricing pressure. HCV product sales are forecast to be in a range of $7.5 billion to $9 billion this year, down from $14.8 billion in 2016, and $19.1 billion the previous year.
As a result, Gilead is looking outside HCV for growth. For example, it has a robust HIV portfolio, which generated 17% revenue growth last year. HIV treatments now account for 45% of Gilead's total revenue.
Oncology is another promising area for Gilead. One of its key oncology drugs, Zydelig, has grown more than seven-fold in the past two years.
Until its pipeline investments pay off, Gilead shareholders are paid well to wait for the turnaround. Although Gilead has only paid a dividend since 2015, it has increased its dividend each year since, by an average rate of 10% annually.
Biotech Dividend Stock #2: AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV)
AbbVie is no stranger to dividends. Before it was spun off from Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT), the combined company had raised its dividend for more than 30 years in a row.
AbbVie has continued to hike its dividend impressively since the spinoff. Last year, the company raised its dividend by 12%.
The company's strong dividend growth rate is due largely to the success of its flagship product, Humira, which accounts for more than 50% of total revenue. Humira sales rose by 16% in 2016, to $16 billion.
Growth from Humira fueled double-digit earnings growth for AbbVie in each of the past two years. Even though Humira has lost patent protection, AbbVie expects it to continue generating strong growth from multi-purpose application. By 2020, AbbVie projects Humira will be an $18 billion drug in terms of annual revenue.
Going forward, AbbVie will continue investing in its pipeline to reduce its dependence on Humira. It has eight late-stage drugs that are expected to generate a total of $30 billion in annual revenue by the end of the decade.
Hematology is a particularly promising area. Imbruvica sales increased by more than 100% in 2016, to $1.8 billion.
Overall, AbbVie expects 14% growth in adjusted earnings per share in 2017.
Biotech Dividend Stock #3: Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN)
Amgen's core therapeutic areas are cardiovascular disease, oncology, bone health and neuroscience. The company is very successful in its core operating segments—in 2016, adjusted earnings per share increased by 12%. Revenue increased 6% for the year, and the company successfully expanded profit margins through cost reductions. In the first quarter, Amgen's earnings rose another 9%.
One concern for investors this year is Amgen's patent losses. Sales of one of its key products, Neupogen, declined more than 30% in 2017, from escalating competition in North America. Another concern is Enbrel, which posted a 15% drop last quarter.
Fortunately, the company can overcome these declines with growth in new products. Several products grew at a 20% rate or better last quarter, including Prolia and Kyprolis. Another promising product, Sensipar, was up 15% last quarter. In all, Amgen's new-product portfolio contributed nearly $3 billion to sales last quarter, and are now more than 50% of total revenue.
With a nearly 3% dividend yield, Amgen offers a unique mix of income and growth potential.
Disclosure: The author is personally long GILD.
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Q: Splitting large dataframe into list of smaller pandas dataframes I have a dataframe that looks like this:
    y  gdp  cap
0   1    2    5
1   2    3    9
2   8    7    2
3   3    4    7
4   6    7    7

Is there a way I can split it up into a list of pandas dataframes each with 1 row and same header as this big dataframe? I can loop over it ofcourse, but is there a more pythonic soln?
The use case is:
with Pool(processes=5) as p:
    p.starmap(parallel_func, list(single_row_of_dataframe))

A: Option 1
np.split
for i in np.arange(1, len(df))):
     print(i, '\n')

   y  gdp  cap
0  1    2    5

   y  gdp  cap
1  2    3    9

   y  gdp  cap
2  8    7    2

   y  gdp  cap
3  3    4    7

   y  gdp  cap
4  6    7    7

If your index is monotonic, you can use that to split:
for i in np.split(df, df.index[1:]):
    print(i, '\n')

Note that np.split, at its heart, is a loop implementation, so you aren't really escaping the iteration.

splits = np.split(df, df.index[1:])

Option 2
Looping over df.index and calling loc:
splits = [df.loc[[i]] for i in df.index]

Fleshing out a discussion in the comments here - if you're looking to do some sort of parallelisation, look into dask dataframes. Don't try and implement your own parallelisation with Pool, you'll actually suffer performance drops.

A: Or You can using // and groupby, I split the dataframe by 3 , you can change the number you need
[df1 for _,df1 in df.groupby(np.arange(len(df))//3)]
Out[356]:
[   y  gdp  cap
 0  1    2    5
 1  2    3    9
 2  8    7    2,    y  gdp  cap
 3  3    4    7
 4  6    7    7]

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Q: array_map and mysqli_real_escape_string i know that on stack, exists a lot of questions related to this.. but i didnt found my answer
Im trying to create a function that returns an array of POST values. and i'm getting error on an array map:
function clean_the_data ($data) {
    if ( is_array($data) ) {
        $data = array_map("trim", $data);
        if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { $data = array_map("stripslashes", $data); }

        $data = array_map($data, array($this->mysqli(), 'real_escape_string'));
    }else{
        $data = trim($data);
        $data = stripslashes($data);

        $data=  $this->mysqli->real_escape_string($data);

    }
    return $data;
}

In the line
$data = array_map($data, array($this->mysqli(), 'real_escape_string'));

Im not getting this...
thanks for your time

A: I found this on PHP website:
http://php.net/manual/en/pdo.prepared-statements.php
I'm doing prepared statements, is it more secure ?
Also, I updated my function to:
function clean_the_data ($data) {
    if ( is_array($data) ) {
        $data = array_map($data, array($this->mysqli(), 'real_escape_string'));
    }else{
        $data=  $this->mysqli->real_escape_string($data);
    }
    return $data;
}


CMS Administrator Thomas Scully yesterday defied a congressional subpoena to appear before a House committee to discuss the impact of Medicare regulations on small businesses, the Washington Post reports. The House Small Business Committee had called Scully to testify in a hearing about whether Medicare regulations have hurt small businesses that market medical devices such as portable X-ray machines. Several physicians have said that low Medicare reimbursement rates have forced a number of the companies out of business. Scully arrived on Capitol Hill shortly before the 10 a.m. hearing to testify (Connolly, Washington Post , 4/11). But after he read the witness list, which included representatives of industry groups, Scully told committee staff members he would not appear at the hearing with individuals from companies he regulates ( AP/New York Times , 4/11). He did, however, submit written comments to the committee (Fulton, CongressDaily , 4/10). Scully added that he would address the committee separately and listen to testimony from the other witnesses, but he said that he would not "mix it up with people who have a gripe about a particular regulation." He said that congressional "courtesy" and "tradition" should allow him to testify "free of interference" from other witnesses. According to the Washington Post , Scully decided not to appear before the committee after consulting with HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson and department counsel Alex Azar ( Washington Post , 4/11). "The department decided this was the right thing to do. There was no precedent for the department to testify on a panel with people we regulate," Scully said ( AP/New York Times , 4/10).
Scully's decision not to testify prompted committee Chair Donald Manzullo (R-Ill.) to demand his resignation ( AP/New York Times , 4/11). "I asked for his resignation today because if he thinks he's too good to sit with taxpayers, he does a disservice to every medical provider and recipients of Medicare and Medicaid," Manzullo said ( CongressDaily , 4/10). He added, "Anybody who refuses ... to work out problems affecting people's lives shouldn't be in public service." Manzullo said he is considering several options to deal with the situation, including holding Scully in contempt of Congress ( Washington Post , 4/11). The full House would have to vote on "any official action" against Scully ( CongressDaily , 4/10).


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Looking to the Future, Fighting Cancer Today
November 01, 2016 | by Murdo Gordon, Chief Commercial Officer
e are witnessing one of the most important times in the history of cancer research. After years of science advancing with incremental steps forward, we're now crossing into an era where science has the potential to dramatically change the lives of those who have been given what might be life's most devastating news – a cancer diagnosis. The face of cancer may shift from one of the most feared diseases humankind has faced to one of possible survivorship.
We are witnessing one of the most important times in the history of cancer research.
This week, I was honored to join in a conversation together with our guest Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Emperor of All Maladies" and "The Gene: An Intimate History," at the Fast Company Innovation Festival to discuss how Immuno-Oncology research may lead to advancements that change the way we view and treat cancer from both a personal and business perspective. I felt privileged to describe the great work of my many colleagues at Bristol-Myers Squibb along with our shared commitment to helping patients and their battle with cancer.
We are at the forefront of research that may not only change the way we view cancer, but also accelerate our timeframe in search for new treatments. Keeping up with these advances means striking a balance between where we are today and where we would like to go as a company. Finding balance has enabled us to pursue promising assets and opportunities at greater speed, while remaining adaptable and flexible.
Bristol-Myers Squibb has led the science of Immuno-Oncology, with the goal of delivering cancer treatments with meaningful, durable responses that may offer new hope to many patients. The speed of science has demanded that stakeholders across the healthcare continuum work together differently. New information must be translated and adopted quickly and we are actively evolving our organization to engage with all stakeholders – regulators, healthcare practitioners, policymakers, payers and patients.
Bristol-Myers Squibb has led the science of Immuno-Oncology which may offer new hope to many patients.
In Dr. Mukherjee's book, "The Emperor of All Maladies," he asks the universal question "Is cancer's end conceivable in the future? Is it possible to eradicate this disease from our bodies and societies forever?"
More than ever before, we look toward a future where a feasible, hopeful and realistic answer to this question is "yes." We have focused our resources, our scientists and our efforts to continue to play an important role in advancing innovative treatments through research for a long time to come, while focusing on changing the lives of patients throughout the world today.


For more than a decade, the low-key Swedish singer-songwriter Jose Gonzalez has intermittently led the rock trio Junip, a band that's just now getting around to releasing its first full-length. But first, they'll put out a new EP.
On May 25, Junip will release the Rope and Summit EP; it'll be available digitally from Mute in the U.S., City Slang in Europe, Shock in Australia, and Ultra-Vybe in Japan. And on the same day, the band will give the EP away on their website, absolutely free.
Fields, the Junip full-length, drops September 14 from those same four labels. Between now and then, the trio will play shows on both sides of the Atlantic. Click below to see their schedule.


Please excuse the shadows and glare from the camera flash!
In this "Caterpillar" edition each piece has been handcrafted using a variety of colors and paint chips from the Idora Park Caterpillar ride (1948).
Each piece comes with a signed authentication statement that it was handcrafted by Jim Amey and is made with materials from the genuine Idora Park Caterpillar.


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Tag Archive for 'struggles and resistance'
"Listen to our voices!": Tear-gas and protests in overcrowded Katsikas Camp
Published on October 1, 2019 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: 2019, Camp, Katsikas, Kos, lesvos, mainland transfers, Moria, protest, reception conditions, riot police, struggles and resistance, tear-gas.
Refugee residents from Katsikas refugee camp, managed by Arbeiter Samariter Bund (ASB), call for solidarity as officials try to place newcomers from the Aegean Islands in the already overcrowded camp. About 100-200 refugees are protesting right now. Riot police has been called to assist the camp management. Residents report of scared kids and tear-gas. They say conditions have been already squalid before while no one is listening to their problems.
"We are already around 1,500 people living here. The officials say we are only 1,000, but thats not true. There is no assistance to us. Now they want to put 2-3 families in one container; about 10-12 people. They say to us: `Here is Greece. You don't have a right to speak. You are migrants. You have to listen to us.` There is no security, no rules here, no doctor… We have many problems. Yesterday they brought new people here from Kos. Today they want to bring more from Lesvos. They come with the police to knock the doors and put more people inside. The kids get scared, the families get scared. They want to force us to accept whatever they decide. Now the riot police entered the camp and they shot tear-gas on our kids. People are asking why Greece is doing that to them? Why nobody listens to our voices? We are human beings! We want to be respected! It is no solution to transfer the problems of inhuman living conditions from the islands to the mainland. We demand a life in dignity inside the cities and not in isolated and overcrowded camps! We demand freedom for all!"
'FOR THE RIGHT TO A SAFE HOME'
Published on April 19, 2019 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: 2019, accommodation, athens, evictions, Exarchia, greece, homeless, housing, protest, reception conditions, refugee squats, struggles and resistance.
Four refugee squats evicted in Athens
Within just one week Greek police forces in April 2019 have evicted four refugee squats in Athens all located in Exarchia area leaving around 200-300 refugees homeless. While authorities are politically framing the operation as 'a step forward in an anti-drug campaign' in the area, their efforts have hit the ones in need of protection instead and criminalize the refuee squats. Refugee families, many with kids, are left ever since on the streets. They are now not only again unprotected and with empty hands but also (re–)traumatized. Around 60 refugees are protesting since two days at Syndaghma Square.
On 18 April 2019 two refugee squats in Exarchia (Athens) got raided in the early morning hours around 5am. People residing respectively in Clandestina and Cyclopi squats got evicted with a massive police presence. In total 68 refugees (among them 25 kids) were arrested and after more than 4 hours released to the streets of Athens. Among the homeless are refugees from Afghanistan, Iran and Eritrea amongst others. There are many families, single mothers and small children. A pregnant lady had to be transferred to the hospital after the terror of the eviction. She is in danger to suffer a miscarriage. Sick refugees lost track of their medicines, prescriptions and attestations.
Everything I had is in that locked building now: My tax number, by social insurance documents, medical papers… I am at zero again. They didn't let us take anything.
A young refugee former resident of Clandestina squat
copyright: Salinia Stroux
In the early afternoon of the same day mothers, fathers and children from different countries started together a protest in Syndaghma Square in the centre of Athens demanding dignified housing and safety from the Greek state. Despite the strong cold, they remained over night in a dozen tents set up in opposite side to the Greek parliament. The only 'offer' by the police until now was to find 'shelter' in the pre-removal detention centre in Amygdaleza, which refugees denied to accept.
I suffer from psychological problems. My doctor instructed me to not stress myself. Yesterday in the morning we woke up by the sound of shouting and suddenly a lot of police entered the place we were sleeping in. Some of us got pushed. I had two panic attacks the last two days. Half of my body got paralysed from the fear. I am still under shock. Where should we go now?
A refugee lady former resident of Clandestina squatI
I was sleeping with my children, when I suddenly woke up with guns being held in front of my eyes. There was police everywhere. I tried to collect our most important belongings. The police was shouting: 'Fast, fast!' Two of my kids have heart problems. One of them has Asthma. … It is six months I am trying to call the asylum service from Skype without success. Without the asylum seeker card, I can not apply for housing.
A refugee mother of three minors former resident of Clandestina squat
copyright: Bijan Sabbagh
Only a few days earlier, on 11 April 2019 Azadi squat and neighboring Babylon had also been raided by the police. Around 200 cops were reported on site that day. Refugees stated, that the police forces evaded the place suddenly at dawn. Approx. 90 persons got arrested and transferred to Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre. The buildings were locked while their personal belongings were thrown on the street.
copyright: Azadi Squat
On 19 April the evicted families are remaining in Syndaghma square. They prepare to sleep one more night in the cold lacking any alternative. Authorities still have not found any solution for their accommodation. The protesting refugee stated, there were 20 kids among them and they would stay until there was a real solution found for them all.
We just demand a safe place for us and our kids!
A refugee mother of two toddlers with severe health problems and former resident of Clandestina squat
Meanwhile, more than 70,000 refugees are estimated to live in Greece currently. Approx. 23,000 are sheltered in flats by UNHCRs' ESTIA program (March 2019), another 28,000 are being provisory placed under deplorable conditions in temporary accommodation sites in mainland Greece (15,000) or the six infamous 'hotspots' on the Aegean Islands and in Fylakio (in Evros region) (13,000) and 6,000 stay in short-term housing provided by the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) in 54 hotels all over Greece.
copyright: Marios Lolos
At the same time, an unknown number of protection seekers remains without an official shelter sleeping rough in public spaces or staying unofficially in the states' refugee camps. They remain without access to the monthly allowances provided for by the Cash-Card system of ESTIA housing scheme or the Social Solidarity Fund (KEA), which people with refugee status can apply for along with Greek citizens. Without a roof over their head, without money to buy food or medicines, they would be exposed to life-threatening conditions, if not their self-organisation in around 12 refugee squats in Athens and other solidarity spaces would create the 'welcoming and protective spaces' that the state fails to secure.
Read the announcements of City Plaza Refugee Accommodation and Solidarity Space
The " Montmartre" of politicking, riot police and racism (18.04.2019)
Two days ago we experienced the second act of operation "target refugees to harvest votes". Heavily armed squadrons of MAT and EKAM riot police units invaded two refugee squats in the neighborhood of Exarchia. As with the previous police operations, no links were found between the refugee squats and the local mafias. In addition, no refugee was arrested for any criminal act. Drugs displayed by the police were found in another irrelevant apartment.
But the government's goal was achieved. That is to say, a large quantity of "law and order" style TV show material was produced. Refugees were once again targeted as criminals. SYRIZA sent out the message that there is no need to vote for New Democracy since they too can act out the role of a police state.
The fact that some dozens of refugees have nowhere to sleep is a minor detail which politicians and the media couldn't show any less interest for.
Mrs. Papakosta's "Montmartre" consists of repression, politicking and racism but no rights and solidarity.
Refugee Accommodation and Solidarity Space City Plaza
Government and police use refugees as scapegoats (13.04.2019)
The police operation that took place 2 days ago in Exarchia, against the two refugee squats was not directed against the mafia in the neighbourhood. Despite the propaganda, they did not find anything in the squats to link them with mafia. The goal of the government and the police was a show of power. Refugees have been turned into scapegoats for pre-election purposes. Refugee targeting does not harm mafia, but it strengthens the racist stereotype of identifying "foreigners/refugees" with criminal activity and of course, opens the way to fascist violence.
We remind them that the squats are the voices against the failed policies of the state on "migration management". The housing problem is more acute than ever, for both refugees and locals. Instead of finding solutions for the housing problems, government and the oppositions are turning against those who have no shelter and hope. The recipe is classic: Instead of limiting poverty, targeting and criminalising poverty.
Do not let them impose the policy of fear and hatred.
Refugees Accommodation and Solidarity Space City Plaza
The Memories of the Dead will not be erased with Black Paint
Published on December 3, 2017 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: 2017, antifascism / antiracism, border deaths, death at border, greece, Lesbos, memorial, struggles and resistance, Thermi.
Copyright: Michalis Bakas
In the night of the 24th of November 2017, by the harbour of Thermi on Lesvos Island, unidentified persons vandalised the memorial that we had erected there in 2013. It carries the names of those who had drowned on their journeys to Europe. Two wooden paddles hold the plaque with the names of the dead and the memorial looks out to the sea, dedicated to those of all ages and backgrounds, whose lives ended at sea.
On the memorial plaque, we thank the fishermen and all others who endangered their own lives when rescuing others, or when retrieving the dead from the water. Written on the plaque are the names of refugees who drowned in this area in 2013, but also of others who were later found all over the beaches of Lesvos.
Gader Turkamni, who was 14 years old and lived in Athens with his family, had returned to Syria to attend a funeral. Unable to legally return to Greece, he was forced to travel in a dinghy.
Fatma Hadjas and her three children Lodgen (3 years), Abdul (6 years) and Ginan (7 years) – her husband and their father lived in Athens and they escaped war to come and live in peace with him.
Ramazan Jomali, who was 19 years old when he died, was awaited by his brother in Greece, who had come from Paris to meet him.
Continue reading 'The Memories of the Dead will not be erased with Black Paint'
Reunite us with our families now!"
Published on November 1, 2017 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: 2017, athens, Dublin III, family reunification, germany, greece, protest, struggles and resistance, Syndagma, syrian.
Call for refugee protest on Syndagma Square
Wednesday 1st November 2017 at 11am
We are more than 4,000 refugees awaiting our transfer to Germany – most of which are families who are waiting already more than 18 months in Greece under deplorable conditions.
We escaped from war-torn countries like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan to find security and peace near our beloved.
Many of us have received the acceptance from Germany since more than 6 months, passing the maximum deadline for the transfer defined by European law due an unofficial and illegal deal between Germany and Greece.
Our waiting period has reached now in average nine months from the date of acceptance. Currently, people who get tickets issued have received their acceptance in January 2017. Everybody has to still pay his/her ticket by him/herself.
– We have been promised many things.
– We have heard these promises many times.
– We are tired to listen, tired to wait, tired to hope.
– We have not received at any point of time a clear answer on who is deciding how many people can leave in one month or who is putting numeral limits on transfers.
– We have not received at any point a clear answer on who is deciding which persons are considered vulnerable and can travel faster and based on which criteria this is decided.
– We just want to know now when we will go to our families. And we want to be treated all equally without any discrimination.
We therefore demand:
· from the Greek and the German government to respect the legal limit of six months to reunify our families from the date of acceptance.
· from the German and Greek authorities to immediately charter flights for all the refugees that have already been waiting more than six months.
· from the Greek authorities that the money for our tickets will be paid by the state as provided by law. The tickets are one more obstacle for our family reunifications.
For all these reasons, our struggle goes on Wednesday 1st November 2017 at 11am at Syndagma Square. Join us and raise your voices with ours!
We are protesting since four months against the limitation of transfers to Germany for family reunifications. We want to shout out against the cruel migration policy of deterrence that Europe imposes on us and our families; a system that is aimed to unnerve us and let us give up. But we will stand upright. We want to tear down the walls that stop us from being with our fathers, mothers and children. We will continue our struggle until we succeed.
No more discrimination!
We demand our right on family unity and a dignified life in peace now!
The right to stay and freedom of movement for all.
Refugees from different camps and places in Greece
Update: Refugee protest against the delays in Dublin transfers of family reunifications from Greece to Germany Athens, 11.10.2017
Published on October 12, 2017 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: 2017, Dublin III, families, family reunification, germany, greece, protest, refugee, struggles and resistance, syrian.
We are more than 4,000 persons awaiting our transfer to Germany. Most of us are families who are waiting already more than 18 months in Greece under deplorable conditions. We escaped from war-torn countries like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan to find security and peace near our beloved. We applied for family reunification. Many of us have received the acceptance from Germany already since more than 6 months, passing the maximum deadline for the transfer as prescribed by law. The waiting period nowadays has reached nine months from the date of acceptance. Currently, people who get tickets issued have received their acceptance in January 2017. Everybody has to pay his/her ticket by him/herself.
We are protesting since more than three months against the limitation of transfers to Germany for family reunifications and we will continue our struggle until we succeed. As it was agreed on 17th of September during the last protest we held in front of the Athens Asylum Service near Katekhaki metro station, a refugee delegation consisting of four representatives visited the offices on October 5, 2017 in order to get the promised update on promised improvements from the responsible authorities. During the visit, representatives of the asylum service and the Dublin Unit specifically, informed us that the number of transfers had increased to over 70 persons per month since July and had reached approx. 300 in September. According to them, the Greek authorities had the will to further increase transfers to 600 per month. In the meantime, the Dublin office has reportedly employed three additional officers in order to fasten up procedures. Furthermore, they acknowledged the problem of the expenses forced upon us for the airplane tickets and expressed their will to improve the situation by hiring a number of charters only for family reunification transfers. Finally, and answering our demand on transparency, the exact numbers of transfers will be issued on the internet-page of the asylum service.
– We just want to know now when we will go to our families. And we want to be treated all equally without any discrimination and according to law.
On Monday 16th of October 2017 we will meet the authorities again, as they promised us that until then they will be able to show us results of their promises. We are in expectation of a quick positive change with prompt transfers to destination countries for all separated families. Otherwise we will have to escalate our struggle for our fair demands.
Let our families reunite now! – Refugee protest tomorrow at Greek Asylum Service in Athens
Published on September 18, 2017 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: athens, family reunifications, greece, protest, struggles and resistance, Syrian refugees.
"Let our families reunite now!"
Refugee protest on Tuesday, September 19th at 11am in front of the offices of the Greek Asylum Service / Dublin Offices near Katekhaki metro station.
We, the Syrian families from different camps in Greece (i.e. Elaionas, Koutsochero, Ritsona and Skaramangas), who have our beloved relatives in Germany are inviting all refugees who are separated from their relatives and everybody else who wants to join our struggle for justice and human rights, to a peaceful protest on Tuesday September 19th at 11 o'clock in front of the offices of the Greek Asylum Service / Dublin Offices near Katekhaki metro station.
We want to express for one more time our strong concern and disagreement about the informal agreement between the German and the Greek government, which in practice limited radically the transfers of persons accepted through family reunification to 70 per month.
Refugees receiving tickets nowadays in order to fly in October and later have received their decisions from Germany from January 2017 and onwards. More than 4,600 have received a positive answer from Germany since the beginning of the year of which until mid-August only 221 had left Greece. This results in more than 4,300 persons awaiting their tickets to go to Germany in Greece more than half of which are children. The vast majority of us come from war torn Syria, but there are also many refugees from Afghanistan and Iraq waiting to join their relatives as well as from other countries.
Don't separate us but respect our fundamental right on family life!
Freedom of movement for all – Stop deportations!
Close the camps; stop the isolation and ghettoization of refugees!
Open houses and provide for human living standards inside the cities!
Access to social rights for all!
Access for all protection seekers to a prompt and fair asylum procedure!
Read the full call here
Can't stop a movement! Impressions from eight years of struggles against inner-European borders, the so called Dublin-deportations
Published on September 3, 2017 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: against deportation, Dublin III Returns, struggles and resistance.
At 15th of January 2011 more than 20 afghan refugees died, when their boat came into distress and capsized, while they continued their flight from Greece to Italy. A 16 years old young man, who was saved, asked us to write down this story not to get forgotten[1]. The most of these dead people would be still alive if the Dublin-III-regulation would not exist. Most of them started their journey again and again after they have been deported back from other European countries. We dedicate this article to commemorate the forgotten dead people of the internal borders of EU. May this injustice – as it happens at the external borders of EU – as soon as possible become history.
The struggles against deportations back to Greece, Italy, Hungary or Bulgaria are strongly connected with the fights at the external European borders. The struggle against Dublin was significantly fought out along the Balkan route: first until the temporary deportation stop to Greece in the beginning of 2011 and in a second round mainly in Hungary with the break-through by the march of hope in September 2015.
Contested spaces – every centimetre progress tenaciously achieved from a multitude, which stood up individually and collectively to this regulation und still do it until today. Without listening to these manifold stories of resistance it seems to us impossible to understand the political conflict on Dublin. It was and is a social process of erosion and of continuous undermining the border regime, in which the not-granted right to freedom of movement was asserted. It was and is supported by structures, which exist everywhere in Europe in the meanwhile: an underground railroad for freedom of movement.
Continue reading 'Can't stop a movement! Impressions from eight years of struggles against inner-European borders, the so called Dublin-deportations'
Happy Birthday City Plaza!
Published on April 22, 2017 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: 2017, athens, booklet, City Plaza, download, greece, interviews, refugee squats, struggles and resistance.
On April 22, 2017 we celebrate together one year of solidarity with our CP-family
City Plaza today is everywhere:
In Greece, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Serbia, Sweden … !
It is not just a building, but a home defined by its people. From here solidarity is spread like seeds we carry in our small luggage to continue the struggle for equal rights everywhere we'll go.
Former residents now living in other countries have collected songs and wishes as a present for City Plazas birthday. Their thoughts were brought together once more in a small booklet. It is dedicated to the ones who are still on their journey, as well as to the ones that are struggling to arrive and the ones who stand with them. It is dedicated also to the ones we lost on this road but who will be in our hearts forever!
We will stand always together and we shall never give up!
OPEN HOUSES! SMASH BORDERS!
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR ALL!
download the booklet here
No re-instalation of Dublin returns to Greece! Solidarity to all squats!
Published on March 15, 2017 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: 2017, athens, eviction, greece, police raids, reception conditions, refugee squats, struggles and resistance.
One year after the closure of the Balkan Route – One year after the EU-Turkey Deal – Six years after the halt of Dublin returns to Greece: 62,000 and more refugees are stuck in limbo in Greece merely able to survive
copyright: noborder
Two days ago, two squats in Athens got attacked and raided by Greek police on March 13, 2017. In one of the squats 127 refugees were hosted. This repressive measure comes one year after the closure of the Balkan Route when more than 57,000 refugees got trapped in Greece and were transferred in provisory tent camps without any assistance, which were set up ad hoc over the night were run in the majority of cases by the army. It is a period where still 23,000-30,000 refugees have no adequate housing but stay under inhuman conditions in state run camps – some of which still are in tents! Among them are hundreds of highly vulnerable people placed at the margins of Greek society without adequate support and any survival perspective on the long run.
On March 13th, the Athens police raided in the early morning hours two squats in the capital one of which in Alkiviadou Street (near Aharnon) was hosting more than 120 refugees since February, who all got apprehended. The other squat which got raided was "Villa Zografou", an alternative social space and one of the oldest squats in Athens. More then 120 persons were arrested in Alkiviadou Squat and eight persons in Villa Zografou. After one day detention at the Central Aliens Police Departement Petrou Ralli only 31 got transferred to Skaramangas Camp. All the rest of the arrested refugees were left in the middle of the nights on the streets with anywhere to go, while the activists had been released quickly after the apprehension. Many of them are families and people with medical problems from Syria (according to activists there were two people diagnosed with diabetes, one pregnant woman, a man in a wheelchair and one woman who had recently had surgery on her back with severe pain). They finally found emergency housing in other squats and through volunteers. People who were arrested in the squats and who did not have papers, were taken to detention in Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre where they will stay until their registration. In the meantime more than 1,500 people protested in the evening against the eviction of the two squats. The next day the refugees tried to pick up their belongings from piles outside of the evicted building in Alkiviadou but they were soon stopped by the police and their belongings got thrown in the garbage. Even documents or other important things like medicines got lost this way. The building which was squatted belongs to the Red Cross, which announced that they had planned to open a reception centre for unaccompanied minors there. Continue reading 'No re-instalation of Dublin returns to Greece! Solidarity to all squats!'
UPDATE: Hunger strike in the hot spot on Samos Island
Published on February 7, 2017 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: 2017, greece, Hot Spot, hunger strike, refugee, samos, struggles and resistance, update.
another refugee needing emergency care after not eating for 3 days in the camp's hunger strike. For months he has not received proper medical treatment for his condition.
Posted by Hessam Ghafelpour on Montag, 6. Februar 2017
In it's third day of hunger strike a second protestor had to be transferred to the doctor.


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New streaming services lead to excitement and economic uneasiness amongst UNCA students
Josh McCormack
Quin Terry, senior, shares his opinions on the dominating market of streaming services.
As the amount of online streaming services increases, so does the enthusiasm and wariness of UNC Asheville students who are taking note of this growing competitive market.
With the release of new subscription outlets like Disney+ and Apple TV+ students like Quin Terry, senior, express excitement for quality of content that will soon be unleashed.
"The Disney titles coming to their streaming service is particularly exciting to me," Terry said. "The new Star Wars show, The Mandalorian, as well as their entire backlog of titles throughout the years is really enticing to me."
Grace Halpern, a senior new media student, also finds the content from these new services to be too intriguing to ignore.
"I think Disney+ in particular is going to take up so much of my time," Halpern said.
With Disney+ and Apple TV+ now up to bat against other, similar services like Netflix and Hulu, some are worried that this competitive market will lead to the same issues that have plagued cable television.
"I'm warily looking forward to some of the new shows, but I don't want to get to the point where I have so many streaming services and it starts to add up and cost what cable used to cost," said Anne Slatton, a mass communication senior lecturer at UNCA who specializes in film and video production.
Slatton went on to defend the quality of the content coming from these on-demand services.
"I certainly think the bubble is going to burst if we keep making so many streaming channels with endless options," Slatton said. "But it's difficult to get entirely upset because it's led to some really great programming and created a new golden age of television. Some of the best content, be it a film or a tv series, is coming out of either Amazon, Netflix or Hulu."
According to students, another point of contention with this new era of streaming is in how some services are changing the way in which they release episodic programs to their customers. Disney+ plans to release episodes of their new shows weekly, leaving less opportunity for immediate binge-watching. Netflix has tried this model in recent months with certain programming and intends to continue with this model according to a Business Insider article published on Sept. 6.
"I'm a binge-watcher at heart and it's just harder for me to stay invested in shows that are given to me piece by piece on a weekly basis," Halpern said.
Senior lecturer Slatton also expressed her annoyance with this model of releasing.
"I'm not a fan of that," Slatton said. "To me it just seems like a money making scheme. And I'm not even much of a binge-watcher, but I do like having the opportunity to watch two episodes of something at a time. I think our culture's a little bit spoiled at this point with everything coming out all at once and I don't think it's a good idea to just go backward."
Terry holds a different point of view, saying that the delayed release schedule provides a sense of enthusiasm and anticipation.
"I think if you leave people with a good cliffhanger episode and give them a week until the following episode, it fills people with a sense of excitement that you just wouldn't get with binge-watching," Terry said. "I feel that a lot of the shows that worked in the past is because they were released weekly and kept everyone on the same track. And I think it will lead to more memorable television experiences in the way Disney is releasing their shows."
One of the biggest conversations among UNCA students surrounding the release of Disney+ and other new streaming services is the financial impact that comes with multiple subscription fees.
"Luckily I share a lot of my accounts through my family which puts less economic
responsibility on my shoulders," Halpern said. "But to be perfectly honest, I wouldn't want to pay for all of it. But the problem comes from picking and choosing what service I would want because I think all of these services have content I enjoy and it's only going to get better and better."
Terry shares these sentiments, saying it's almost a shame that there is so much quality content.
"The fact that there's just a lot of good stuff makes it harder for a lot of my friends to choose what streaming service they want to put their money into," Terry said. "We're at a point where subscribing to two or three of these outlets is already a lot and Disney+ and Apple TV+ aren't even out yet."


It's contrived as heck, though.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of the first PlayStation, Sony went ahead and released a custom, PSOne themed PlayStation 4 console in very limited quantities for $500 on their webstore worldwide- consoles that sold out almost as soon as they went on sale, and were selling for thousands of dollars on eBay just a few days later.
But if you wanted the console for a price that wouldn't necessitate you taking out a second mortgage, it's still not too late- follow @GameUK or @PlayStationUK on Twitter, visit the official Sony website and check out all the different characters. Following this, both Sony and GAME will tweet a clue each day this week. Figure it out, click on the right character to be taken to a GAME website, fill in the form, and as long as you were one of the first 100 people to do so, you can buy one for £399.99. Even if you don't win, you could win one via a lucky draw.
So… um… I mean, I'd just let it go at this point, guys.


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Red is the colour of passionate love. Red bridesmaid dresses are popular for weddings held in summer, on Valentine's Day and during the winter. Red contrasts almost every other colour, and looks great with a wide range of contrasting shades. During the winter including Christmas weddings, gowns are often designed using rich velvet and satin. In the summer, red bridesmaid dresses can be short, tea length or long, depending on the mood of the event.
Red is very versatile and flattering for most complexions. It is stimulating and warm, a seeker of attention and action oriented. Red is confidence and freedom. Red is life and love. Your bridal gown will stand out nicely against a group of red-clad bridesmaids. Your bridal party will look like vibrant poppies in the field with one white rose at centre. Whatever season you have your wedding, the colour red is a great choice.


Social media content ideas to help you engage with your customers.
Social Media is big business. It's therefore no surprise that social media content can become a headache for many businesses. We spend much of our week managing Facebook pages and Twitter accounts. We also spend lots of time creating content for businesses.
We have to ensure that we are using our time wisely. This is the same for any business owner. The most time effective way for any business to create content on social media is to have a plan. Once you have a plan you can begin to think about what, when and how you should post.
Social media marketing shouldn't be about the hard sell. It's about building a relationship with your customer and encouraging your customer to interact with you. To help us achieve this we've been using the 80/20 rule when we are crafting content.
80% of what we post is content that we think the customer will be interested or can relate to.
20% of what we post is promoting services or products.
A social media content planner helps you to post consistently. You can be more systematic with your strategy. You can also track what you've already posted.
So for example you might always post your blog on a Monday, ask a question on a Wednesday and share something comical on a Friday. Having a plan allows you to slot in promotional messages without appearing too sales focused.
Now you have your plan you're ready to schedule. We like to use Buffer. It's nice and simple to use and they have amazing customer service. We've also used Hootsuite, Facebook scheduling and TweetDeck.
People hire us to create content for them because they don't know what to say on social media.
Try these 15 ideas for content creation when you have a creative block.
1. Post quotes – humorous, inspiring or motivational.
2. Post behind the scenes photos.
4. Recommend a tool or app.
5. Share content that will make your audience laugh.
6. Recommend someone else to follow.
7. Hold a photo contest.
8. Share country specific holidays and events.
9. Post truth or fiction posts.
12. Hold a Q&A session.
13. Post an excerpt from a blog.
14. Hold a flash sale or promotion.
15. Post customer reviews or testimonials.
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A man gunned down outside his house in Sydney's south-west on Tuesday morning was known to police and was believed to be a key suspect in the execution-style murder of a prominent gangland figure.
Hamad Assaad, 29, was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting on Sturt Ave in Georges Hall at 9.20am.
Police said they believe the victim was leaving his house when two shooters in the back of a black sports car shot him dead in board daylight.
Assaad was a suspect in the shooting of gangland figure Walid 'Wally' Ahmad, who was gunned down in April this year, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Ahmad's murder at a Bankstown shopping centre was thought to be retribution for the killing earlier that month of another man, Safwan Charbaji.
In 2010 Assaad was charged with murder in another drive-by shooting, relating to a love triangle, but was found not-guilty of killing Mohamad Alahmad, 37.
On Tuesday after Assaad was shot, he was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics for multiple wounds, however he died at the scene.
'These individuals obviously wanted to kill him. There's no doubt about that. He was the target,' Detective Chief Inspector Grant Taylor said.
The man's distraught mother was home at the time of the attack, however it is not yet clear if she witnessed her son's murder.
Ahmad's murder at a Bankstown shopping centre (pictured) was thought to be retribution for the killing earlier that month of another man, Safwan Charbaji.
He was well known to police, and detectives from the State Crime Commisison, Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad and officers from the south-west Sydney region are investigating.
Officers described the attack as a 'targeted shooting', and are currently scouring CCTV footage from businesses and homes in the area.
Photos showed the man's body laying in the driveway covered by a white sheet, and a large amount of blood could be seen on the concrete beside him.
Earlier it was reported police were hunting for a black Audi seen in the area, however it was later confirmed they were hunting for a black 'sports type' sedan.
A hairdresser at Tamed Hair by Rose, around the corner from the house, heard the gun shots.
'It does happen but it hasn't happened quite so close to us,' Rose told AAP.


DareDevil19 takes a look at the new Predator Deluxe Clan Leader figure from NECA. You can purchase the figure from Megalopolis.Toys.
This isn't new. I've had one for the last two years. What exactly is new about it?
Loved the original Kenner figure when I was a kid, but Im glad they focused on replicating and updating the design while not trying to incorporate the stilt feet gimmick.


Sundays I try to make a day of rest for our family in some regard at least. My son and I never mow the grass or take on big work projects. Usually the day is spent doing some kind of craft or walk with our dog, and preparing food for whoever might be with us later that night for dinner. Me and my kids take usually about a half hour to pray and otherwise kind of tend to our spirits. A lot of days that includes something related to plants. Today we worked on plant identification. We each chose a plant that we have some familiarity with, my son chose corn, my daughter chose chocolate mint, and I chose hyssop. We each noted the leaf pattern, leaf margin, and leaf shape, then we drew a picture of if and read about it! Eva made mint tea and we will pick the corn soon. I have some ideas for using the hyssop in a few weeks!
Although sometimes my son and daughter roll their eyes at me, these things have become pretty routine and they fall back on our Sunday prayer when things are on the downs of the ups and downs. When my son told me he was glad that he had an Lord of the Rings elf for a mother, that made me happy too.
By learning to see these patterns I hope my kids and I will keep learning to see the details of the green when we go walking. Grateful today for many things, including the amazing variety of plants that are always outside our door.
And here's our prayer. The person who is in each direction leads the prayer at that direction.
South: Sun is in the highest part of the sky and it's the busiest part of our days. We usually pray about school and work then.
West: Sun is setting. We pray about things we want to take with us and things we want to leave behind.
North: Sun is not in this sky. We pray about the mystery and magic and miracles of the north, and give thanks.
You might want to consider adding "the center," too. It's the place of sovereignty – of knowing who you really are (as opposed to the messages the outside world gives you). A sense of purpose is born here (again and again as we continually transform). It's where we learn to make conscious decisions based on inner/higher guidance.
Love reading your thoughts, Julia!
Thanks Ella! I will do that!


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Mr Adolf Fredrik Dyker was reportedly born at sea 1 en route from New York to Sweden on 16 December 1888.
He was the son of Gustaf Fredrik Dyker and Anna Lovisa Andersson (b. 1844). His father had purportedly been living in New Haven, Connecticut from 1870, becoming a naturalised citizen in 1879 and it is understood that Adolf also spent a portion of his life living in the USA in early childhood. His father ran a café at Upplandsgatan 11 in Stockholm and Adolf was educated in that city.
Adolf arrived in New York aboard the Caronia on 6 March 1905, later working for a bank in New York before he eventually settled in New Haven, Connecticut where he worked as a tram conductor. He was married around 1909 to Anna Elisabeth Judith Andersson (b. 1889), a native of Worcester, Massachusetts who was of Swedish parentage. They lived at 468 Washington Street, New Haven, Connecticut and appeared on the 1910 census living at the home of Anna's parents in Orange, New Haven. By late 1911 it is believed they were building their own house in New Haven but the death of Adolf's father on 1 December 1911 compelled the couple to travel back to Sweden to settle his estate.
It was on their return from Sweden that they boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a third class passengers (ticket number 347072 which cost £13, 18s).
After the accident, Adolf placed his wife into lifeboat 16, kissed her and stepped aside. Dyker died in the sinking and his body if recovered, was never identified.
The Mansion House Fund paid 874.08 Kr (£48) to his mother.
He would state in later years that he was born in Stockholm.
Name: Mr Adolf Fredrik Dyker
Born: Sunday 16th December 1888 in at Sea
Marital Status: Married to Anna Elisabeth Judith Andersson
Last Residence: in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Occupation: General Labourer
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Destination: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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Alistair Brownlee Gets 18th Series Win In WTS Return
In his first WTS race in 2015 after dealing with injury, Great Britain's Alistair Brownlee ran away with the victory in Cape Town.
Brownlee has been sidelined early this year with an injury. Photo: Triathlon.org
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Not even a stumble on the run could stop Alistair Brownlee's return to the top of the World Triathlon Series podium in Cape Town on Sunday, as the most successful athlete in series history took his total number of titles to 18.
Read the recap from Triathlon.org below:
While he tripped early on in the run, Brownlee made his way up to the lead group of Javier Gomez Noya, Richard Murray and Vincent Luis quickly, before blowing them away in the final 1500m. In his first WTS race in 2015 after returning from injury, Brownlee said he wasn't sure what to expect, but was obviously thrilled with the result.
"Of course you never know, all you can do is train as hard as you can and put everything in that you can on the day. I knew I wasn't that fit and I didn't have good legs in that first lap to be honest… The whole thing was tough, but I'm so glad to have the win," Brownlee said.
In the one-lap 750m swim, shortened due to weather conditions, it was the reigning Cape Town champion who took the race out strongly. Gomez led in the field from the swim, followed by France's Dorian Coninx and Aurelien Raphael, Russia's Dmitriy Polyanskiy and Spain's Francesc Godoy. However the shortened distance did nothing to split the field and a lead group of around 45 athletes formed on the first lap.
While the lead group initially pushed out an advantage of 35 seconds in the first two laps, the pace slowed and the chase caught their tail. This meant that for the majority of the remaining six bike laps, the lead group included almost the entire field. While Brownlee, Murray, Alessando Fabian, Jonas Schomburg and others tried at times to breakaway, none of them stuck as the group seemed content to stick together until the second transition.
In a busy T2, positioning was crucial and it was Brownlee who didn't miss a beat on his return. Despite his lower than usual start number putting him in the middle of a busy transition, he negotiated it smoothly and hit the run first.
Early on, a lead group of six set themselves apart from the field. Led by Brownlee, Gomez, Murray, Fernando Alarza, Vincent Luis and Pierre Le Corre set a torrid pace. One lap in saw Le Corre dropped, and Murray move to the front in front of a thrilled home crowd.
On the next lap Alarza fell back, leaving it to four, before Brownlee took an uncharacteristic stumble. That saw him lose touch with the leading trio, but not for long, as he propelled himself back into the lead within the lap. With 3km to go, Luis fell off the front, which seemed to leave the fight for the podium to Gomez, Brownlee and Murray.
Up until the 8km mark it was hard to split that trio, but then with about 1.5km to go, it was Brownlee who simply found another level. In just 500metres, he had eeked out a huge gap on Gomez and ran in to comfortably win in a time of 1 hour 39 minutes and 18 seconds. It concluded a successful comeback weekend for British Triathlon, with Vicky Holland taking the women's Cape Town race on Saturday, in her first race back after injury.
Behind Brownlee, Gomez finished strongly to claim silver and take over the lead in the Columbia Threadneedle rankings.
While already a multiple World Triathlon Series medalist in sprint distance races, Vincent Luis was yet to take one in Olympic distance. That all changed in Cape Town when he staged a final lap comeback, overtaking Murray to capture bronze.
2015 ITU World Triathlon Cape Town
April 26, 2015 – Cape Town, South Africa
750m swim, 40km bike, 10km run
1. Alistair Brownlee (GBR) 1:39:19
2. Javier Gomez Noya (ESP) 1:39:24
3. Vincent Luis (FRA) 1:39:28
4. Richard Murray (RSA) 1:39:39
5. Fernando Alarza (ESP) 1:39:51
6. Sven Riederer (SUI) 1:40:00
7. Pierre Le Corre (FRA) 1:40:07
8. Mario Mola (ESP) 1:40:16
9. Crisanto Grajales (MEX) 1:40:30
10. Joao Pereira (POR) 1:40:32
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39. Granddad Still Loves Grandma. (July '14).
Some late night doggerel that popped up when the head was about to touch the pillow. Thankfully it was short.
And every day I wake feeling so blessed.
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Serve small wedges for happy hour.
Melt the butter in a large frying pan and add the onions. Cover and cook for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season with the cayenne. When soft and light brown, cool for 5 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 220°C. Place a baking tray in the oven to heat.
Stir the egg, sour cream, walnuts, salt and pepper into the onion mixture. Spread over the pizza base right to the edge. Crumble the blue cheese over the top.
Place on the hot oven tray and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden. Cut into small wedges to serve.


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The Ventura County Sheriff's Department late Wednesday, July 9, 2020, confirmed that Naya Rivera, 33, is the person being searched for in the waters of Lake Piru, which is approximately 55 miles (90 kilometres) northwest of Los Angeles. (The Associated Press)
'Glee' actor Naya Rivera missing in California lake
Rivera's 4-year-old son was found on boat wearing a life vest
Jul. 9, 2020 9:30 a.m.
A Southern California lake will be closed while they search its waters for "Glee" star Naya Rivera, authorities said Thursday.
The Ventura County Sheriff's Department late Wednesday confirmed that Rivera, 33, is the person being searched for in the waters of Lake Piru, which is approximately 55 miles (90 kilometres) northwest of Los Angeles. The department said Thursday that divers from other agencies in the region will join the search.
KNBC reported late Wednesday that Rivera rented a pontoon boat at the Lake Piru reservoir and that her young son was found on the boat wearing a life vest. Rivera's identification was found on the boat. Sheriff's officials launched a boat and helicopter search but that had been suspended by nighttime. The search will continue early Thursday.
"We're going on the belief that she did go in the water and we have not been able to locate her. So this may well be a case of drowning," Captain Eric Buschow said at a news conference.
Rivera's 4-year-old son is from a marriage with actor Ryan Dorsey. The couple finalized their divorce in June 2018 after nearly four years of marriage.
She called the boy"my greatest success, and I will never do any better than him" in her 2016 memoir "Sorry Not Sorry."
The actress was engaged to rapper Big Sean in 2013, but their relationship ended a year later. The pair met on Twitter and collaborated musically, with the rapper appearing on Rivera's debut single "Sorry."
Rivera played Santana, a cheerleader in the musical-comedy "Glee" that aired on Fox from 2009 until 2015. She appeared in 113 episodes of the series and dated co-star Mark Salling, who killed himself inf 2018 after pleading guilty to child pornography charges.
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Unfortunately, canine dental diseases are very common. As in humans, high levels of plaque can form in dogs' mouths as the result of trapped food debris, buildups of bacteria, and the presence of other foreign particles.
Plaque, in turn, attracts even more bacteria, which your pet's immune system recognizes as an intruder. When your dog's body deploys white blood cells to attack the bacterial buildups, your dog's teeth and gums also suffer damage. Over time, this damage can lead to the development of dental disease.
Dogs with advanced cases of dental disease often have trouble picking up their food when eating. Food may spill out the dog's mouth as it tries to chew. Your dog may take much longer than normal to eat, or it may start to lose weight because it isn't eating as much as it needs to.
Another feeding-related symptom of canine dental disease is chewing localized to one side of the mouth. Dogs will try to shield injured teeth and gums by using them as little as possible while eating.


HardDrive has become a respected and influential extreme rock hosted by the award-winning Lou Brutus, the show has constantly defined what new hard music is all about.
HardDrive has become a respected and influential extreme rock (for those you who don't know what this is, suffice to say it's a cross between hard rock and modern rock) radio show in broadcast history. Hosted since its inception by the award winning Lou Brutus, the show has constantly defined what new hard music is all about.


An aerial view of the site of an early morning train crash Feb. 4, 2018, between an Amtrak train, bottom right, and a CSX freight train, top left, in Cayce, South Carolina. The Amtrak passenger train slammed into a freight train in the early morning darkness Sunday, killing at least two Amtrak crew members and injuring more than 110 people, authorities said.
Only about a quarter of U.S. railroad tracks that carry passenger trains have an anti-crash system that safety officials say could have prevented a fatal weekend crash, even though a year-end deadline to finish installing it is just months away.
The technology, known as positive train control, or PTC, is in operation on only 45 percent of tracks owned by freight railroads and 24 percent of tracks owned by passenger railways, according to the Federal Railroad Administration.
Congress has mandated full implementation by Dec. 31, 2018, after granting a three-year extension.
The project has lagged in part because of the $14 billion cost of installing it on 60,000 miles (96,000 km) of track and 18,500 locomotives, an industry group has said. Rail operators also had to develop and deploy a new radio system and back-office infrastructure, the Association of American Railroads said.
Allan Rutter, a railroad infrastructure specialist at Texas A&M University's Transportation Institute, said the system has to be compatible across dozens of different railroads to be effective, another hurdle to be crossed.
PTC is designed to prevent derailments or crashes caused by excessive speed. The National Transportation Safety Board says at least 81 fatal accidents since 1969 could have been prevented with PTC.
The engine from an Amtrak train that crashed onto Interstate 5 two days earlier is transported away from the scene, Dec. 20, 2017, in DuPont, Washington.
Amtrak, the government-owned passenger rail carrier, has PTC on about two-thirds of its own tracks, but many of its trains travel on tracks owned by other operators, the Federal Railroad Administration says. By comparison, CSX Corp, the third largest U.S. railroad, has 45 percent of its 9,600 miles (15,400 km) of track under PTC operation.
The pace at which railroads have installed PTC has come under increasing scrutiny after a series of crashes involving U.S. passenger trains in recent years.
In the latest deadly accident, the fourth involving an Amtrak train since early December, the passenger train struck a parked CSX freight train on a siding in South Carolina, killing two people. Safety officials say a padlocked switch on the CSX-operated tracks sent the Amtrak train down the siding.
The three-year extension granted by Congress followed lobbying by major railroads. The Transportation Department can extend the deadline again to 2020.
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters as he walks toward the Senate as Congress moves closer to the funding deadline to avoid a government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 18, 2018.
Senator John Thune, a Republican who chairs the Commerce Committee, which oversees rail safety, told Reuters last month that railroads needed to meet the deadline.
"We pushed it now a couple different times and they need to get there," Thune said.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao last month sent a letter to railroads and transit agencies urging them to meet the PTC deadline.