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Bloods Gang Member Sentenced for Robbery Spree that Ended with the Shooting of a Harris Teeter Manager
NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia Beach man was sentenced late yesterday to 24 years in prison for his role as a gunman at multiple armed robberies of local grocery stores.
According to court documents, Darrius Heuser-Whitaker, 20, a member of a Virginia Beach-based "line" of the Bloods street gang, was one of two masked gunmen who robbed a Virginia Beach Food Lion grocery store and attempted to rob a Harris Teeter grocery store, also in Virginia Beach. During the robberies, Heuser-Whitaker pushed a semi-automatic handgun into the backs of the store managers while demanding money from the stores' safes.
Heuser-Whitaker and his nine co-conspirators worked in at least six-man teams for each robbery, which included inside and outside look-outs, getaway drivers, and two gunmen. The robbery crew used police scanners to monitor law enforcement activity and earpieces to communicate with one another. The gunmen were in and out of the stores within minutes.
In the final attempted robbery at the Harris Teeter store, the other masked gunman, Devonta Doyle, shot the manager after the manager was unable to open the safe. Heuser-Whitaker, Doyle, and others fled the scene and threw their shoes out of their getaway car in an area near Regent University. The FBI and Virginia Beach Police Department located the shoes and submitted them for DNA analysis, which tied one of the shoes to Heuser-Whitaker. Investigators were able to link most of the co-conspirators to a group of friends who attended Tallwood High School and lived in the College Park neighborhood of Virginia Beach.
Heuser-Whitaker was convicted on all counts after a jury trial in July 2019, and he is the next-to-last defendant to be sentenced in the case. He and the co-conspirators who were sentenced earlier this year have received a combined 120 years in prison for their roles in the crimes.
Role Sentence
Trevor Tisdale
Getaway driver at two robberies
Quayshawn Davidson
Gunman at one robbery (brandished)
Keonte Yorkshire
Outside lookout at two robberies; inside lookout at one robbery
Brandon Tisdale
Participated in all three robberies; outside lookout and getaway driver
Devonta Doyle
Participated in all three robberies; gunman at two robberies; discharged weapon at last robbery
Cato Battle
Participated in two robberies; gunman at one robbery
Monica Perkins
Inside lookout at one robbery
Willey Brooks
Supervisory role; inside lookout at one robbery
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice's violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.
G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Mark Herring, Attorney General of Virginia, Martin Culbreth, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Norfolk Field Office, James A. Cervera, Chief of Virginia Beach Police, and Col. K.L. Wright, Chief of Chesapeake Police, made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Raymond A. Jackson. Assistant U.S. Attorneys John F. Butler and Andrew Bosse and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristin G. Bird prosecuted the case.
A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 2:18-cr-177.
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Yesterday was the Retired Sleddie Super Reunion 2014 at Penny's house. A whole host of sleddies and their parents were in attendance and even a couple made the trek from the mainland! Over the course of the day 32 sleddies had a chance to run around, sniff bums and just… be. And like all the other times I've been around these dogs, I get this incredible sense of peace when I'm with them.
And I guess that feeling got the better of me yesterday because I missed some shots - a lot of shots actually. And when I think about the ones I missed, it's like watching a movie in slow motion. The first shot I missed (and I'm sharing this because it was so fantastic) was when Question physically removed the hose from the wading pool. It made perfect sense since the pool was pretty much full. But observing the act of her looking at the hose, the pause as she made some sort of conscious decision, to putting her mouth on the hose and depositing it outside of the pool and then going back into the pool was a remarkable moment.
There were other moments too, and other dogs I didn't get to photograph. And I'm sorry to the sleddies and their families... but I guess I'm sharing this because I want to acknowledge the gaps, but also realize that as this project evolves and my conscious decision of documenting and sharing their lives so publicly winds down over the next few months, I just have to thank my lucky stars that I've had this opportunity to make these connections and make some great new friends along the way - to gear up for the next phase and see where the dogs will lead me. And I hope that over the last two and a half years I've been able to share not only what I have seen, but what I have felt- and that hopefully the specialness of these dogs and their situations has been able to shine through.
So, thank you to all the sleddies who were able to make it today: Ash, Bubba, Lady, Sonny, Shrek + Pique, Niv + Siku, Tuba, Boo, Question + Daffy, Whistler, Nordique + Lion, Weasely, Wasp, Cola, Chichi, Grey Grey, Birch, Sun + Silly, River, Galute, Tucker, Griffindor, Luna, Skier, Moose, and Stella + Shazaam.
And to all of the four-legged sleddie buddies: Angel, Sasha, Lucie + Shelby as well as hosts Cash, Ash, Cooper, Jessie + Piper, … and last but certainly not least, to the proud sleddie parents and the proud sleddie supporters… thank you. Again.
It makes my heart so happy to see these pictures <3 so hoping we can make the next reunion with Sausage and Noble .
We adopted our Whistler sleddie Jeff (previously Joffre) in Victoria in December. He's still terribly shy and skittish around people and dogs, but we did run into some of his sleddie friends on the trails in Whistler and for the first time he seemed pleased to see other dogs. How can we be included in future reunions? We'd love for Jeff to have some play time with dogs he trusts.
I will email you some other contact info!
Give Jeff some loves from us!


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El Fisherface  es un método que se encarga del reconocimiento de caras, teniendo en cuenta como se refleja la luz y las expresiones faciales. Este algoritmo maximiza la relación entre la distribución de las clases y la distribución intra-clases. Fisherface clasifica y reduce la dimensión de las caras utilizando el método Discriminante Lineal de Fisher(FLD) y PCA (conocido como Eigenfaces). Este método crea una proyección lineal que maximiza las diferentes imágenes de caras proyectadas.

Cálculo de los Fisherfaces
Para calcular los Fisherfaces se define la matriz de distribución entre clases () y la matriz de distribución intra_clases ().  es la imagen resultante de  (conjunto de N imágenes) y  es el número de imágenes de .

 es una matriz ortonormal que maximiza la relación de la matriz de distribución entre clases de imágenes proyectadas y las futuras proyecciones que habrá dentro de este mismo determinante.

La siguiente matriz, tiene c-1 valores propios diferentes de cero. Por lo tanto, el límite superior de m es c-1 (c es el número de clases).

En cuanto al reconocimiento de caras la matriz  es N-c (donde N es el número de imágenes de entrenamiento). Por lo tanto, se puede escoger una matriz W en la que la distribución intra-clases de las imágenes proyectadas pueda ser cero. Utilizando el método PCA se reduce la dimensión del espacio de características a N-c. Seguidamente aplicamos la técnica FLD, que reduce la dimensión a c-1.

Ventajas de FLD sobre PCA
Delante de un problema de clasificación, el método FLD es mejor. Estos métodos han sido utilizados para proyectar las muestras en un espacio de una dimensión. El método PCA proyecta las muestras de tal manera que las clases no puedan ser separables linealmente. Por lo tanto, el método FLD consigue más dispersión entre clases.

Experimentos
En este apartado se describen y se comparan los experimentos realizados con los dos métodos principales del reconocimiento de caras: Eigenfaces y Fisherfaces. La clasificación de las imágenes se ha realizado utilizando la técnica del vecino más cercano (KNN) y la distancia euclidea.

Iluminación
Se capturan varias imágenes de una misma cara variando la iluminación en esta.

En el experimento de comparar algoritmos en función del número de características se evalúa la tasa de reconocimiento obtenida de las diferentes características. Este procedimiento se debe realizar n veces para asegurar su resultado.

El resultado muestra que Fisherfaces es mejor que Eigenfaces porque cogiendo pocas características de la imagen se obtienen resultados de más del 90%. Un resultado muy superior al máximo reconocimiento que hace Eigenfaces.

En el experimento de variar el parámetro k del KNN se evalúa la tasa de reconocimiento obtenida de las diferentes características cogiendo diferentes valores de k.

El resultado muestra que seleccionando pocas características los algoritmos no varían mucho. En cambio, el método Eigenfaces presenta una proyección inferior con valores más elevados de k al seleccionar más características.

Posición de la cara
Se capturan diversas imágenes de una misma cara variando la posición de esta. La Iluminación de la cara es la misma.

En el experimento se evalúa la tasa de reconocimiento de diferentes características utilizando una validación cruzada de diez particiones.

El resultado muestra que el método de Fisherfaces es mejor. El resultado de Eigenfaces, en cambio, es una tasa de reconocimiento por encima del 90%. Por lo tanto, como más elevado sea el número de características seleccionado, los dos algoritmos obtienen resultados similares.

En el experimento de variar el parámetro k de la técnica de clasificación KNN se evalúa la tasa de reconocimiento obtenida de las diferentes características seleccionadas cogiendo diferentes valores de k y utilizando una validación cruzada de diez particiones.

El resultado de ir cambiando el valor de k muestra que como más elevado sea éste peor serán los resultados finales de los métodos Fisherfaces y Eigenfaces.

Referencias

Bibliografía

Enlaces externos

 Fisherfaces
 Sistema de reconocimiento facial

Identificación

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A mid-winter SABINE'S GULL in Newfoundland - A very true story.
At 09:45 31 Jan 2016 my iphone dingled while I was in Blackhead looking at 40 WW Xbills feeding close on spruce cones. It was Alvan Buckley. I knew he, Ed Hayden and Alison Mews were down to St. Vincents trying to locate the wintering Pacific Loon. I was expecting the text to say they had found it. But nope. It said something so outlandish that it would have easy to dismiss it as a mistake even if it was Roger Tory Peterson who claimed it except there was a fuzzy but distinctive photo showing a SABINE'S GULL.
The Peterson Gulls of the Americas states "Sabine's Gull in N. America, almost unknown in winter...." Sabine's is difficult enough to see from land at anytime in Newfoundland. Some of the top birders did not have it on their provincial lists. Since 1976 I have seen only three Sabine's Gulls from land in Newfoundland and that comes with a lot of sea watches in storms and without storms. The Sabine's Gull is out there at sea. During my long sentences on seismic vessels on the outer Grand Banks, Flemish Pass, Orphan Basin etc you expect to see a few Sabine's during migration in late May - mid June and August & September. Sabine's are are quite a bit more regular at sea off Labrador. The theory is that Sabine's Gulls leaving the Canadian Arctic are flying to the eastern side of the Atlantic and then fly south with at least some of them, maybe the vast majority wintering off west and south Africa.
Why was a Sabine's Gull feeding leisurely in the surf at St. Vincent's beach on the last day of January like all was well? It must have been more than weather. There was a good southerly blow and a fast moving storm that started near Florida passed over the Avalon Peninsula on Friday night/Saturday. But there should not be any Sabine's Gulls at sea between Florida and Newfoundland in late January. Unless there are a few Sabine's wintering in the subtropical seas on the western side of the Atlantic and this bird did get caught up in the storm? This is a difficult one to figure out. But the Sabine's Gull at St. Vincents beach on 31 Jan 2016 was for real. Fourteen people got to see this bird before dark. A hike along the coast got some of us fairly close to where it was feeding and the following pictures were snapped.
Note the gray feathers in the back and dark bar on nape. These areas usually just brown on the birds in juvenile plumage seen in North America during autumn migration.
Nick from Ottawa 1 February 2016 at 07:15
Awesome! What a bird and that last picture so oceanic!
Josh Vandermeulen 1 February 2016 at 13:50
What an incredible bird for the date! Huge congrats to Alvan for the find!
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Last year, Julian Arahanga from AWA films approached us about his latest documentary project.
Beyond the Battalion is a story about a little known documentary called Sons of Tumataenga directed by Michael Havas. The documentary follows the 1977 pilgrimage trip made by the survivors and descendants of the 28th Māori Battalion as they travel back to the battlesites and the cemetaries from WWII.
Ruth and I co-production managed the project, we learnt a lot about this important chapter of our history and the people and families that characterised it.
Beyond the Battalion will screen on Anzac Day - April 25th, 2017 on Māori Television.
Co-Director Julian Arahanga with writer Patricia Grace before her interview.
Michael Havas interviewing Patricia Grace for Beyond the Battalion.
Lindsay Shelton, Hine Amoamo and Michael Havas at the Wellington screening of ' Sons of Tumataenga' at Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision.


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Is Chivalry Dead?
Posted on May 29, 2011 | 1 comment
In a word – yes. Certainly the chivalry of old perished long ago. I'm not saying it died with the knights, although an early form of noble gallantry may well have done. I'm talking about being a gentleman. And it's been many years since it was normal for every single bloke to be "courteous and considerate" towards the womenfolk and indeed each other. Or at least since we were expected to be.
A certain type of classically dressed chap, who is both suave and selfless, reliable and romantic, is now nothing but a fictional character. He may have always been so, in reality. A combination of factors conspired to kill off his desirability though, many of them good things, like greater gender equality. But some of them not so good.
I think a form of chivalry, an evolved romance and respect for women, still has a place in modern life. In the past I've been shot down and put in my place for expressing some sort of view on chivalry by female friends and I would not dare to raise the subject with male ones. In recent days I've been reminded of the conflict and decided to turn to blogging to try to articulate my thoughts.
So I do think it is possible to still aspire to be a gentleman, even admirable to do so. But it's become ridiculously taboo to hold such a good natured view. Try an act of classic chivalry and you're liable to criticism or it's assumed you're a fake using it as a means to a very predictable end. Try to criticise a man for being an arse by saying he's not living up to gentlemanly standards and duties and you're being sexist. The last bastions of chivalrous behaviour are under attack not just from the loutish disrespect of some men, which are ever present opponents, but also from feminists who seem to view what was once common decency as a slippery slope back to women being tethered like livestock to the kitchen sink.
I do not mean to sound pompous and arrogant. Of course everyone is entitled to their view. I admit I am entranced by a nostalgia for the past and eras I was never a part of, eager to taste and preserve attributes of times that seemed more honest and honourable, with more to discover and greater purpose to existence. I can be something of a hopeless and foolish romantic at times. I don't see what is wrong with that; indeed I think it's refreshing, given that mostly I'm realistic and pessimistic like the world around me.
People striving to capture the essence and best intentions of aspects of the past should not be ostracised. Just because the historical balance of power between men and women has been grossly unfair, does not mean that all the elements of the way women were once treated were wrong. In fact some of the things incorrectly lumped together with the tools of male oppression ought to make a comeback.
If it seems like I am struggling to make my point it's because I am. The problem is that I can't really explain or argue my point of view persuasively because it's something vague I just instinctively feel is right. I don't have masses of evidence to call upon, just a sense of moral conviction.
I can understand why women might feel patronised by certain gentlemanly acts. I tried to rationalise this by saying to myself that I reserve most of my chivalrous compassion for those women that earn it. This is what I'd say to the feminists, I thought. I am simply considerate and caring to good friends, people I know to be nice or those that I love. That is not solely down to gender.
But then I thought, I'd still hold the door open for a female stranger. I might turn my head a little more if they were attractive but that wouldn't be the reason. Monster or model, most of the time, if I had the opportunity, I'd hold the door. And I've done it for men too, more than most people, but there's no question I'd be more aware of the ladies and they'd take priority. For example if it was busy and at some point I'd have to pass through the door myself, I'd cut in front of a man far more willingly. Why?
For those of you familiar with Friends, Phoebe's claim that there's no such thing as a selfless act will spring to mind, when I say that doing something needlessly kind like holding the door for a stranger, makes me feel good. Regardless of whether the pretty girl flashes me a smile or the less pretty one looks grateful, I'll feel better about my day. To an extent though this would be true if I was holding the door for a 60 year old chap.
Perhaps that goes someway to answering the issue; being a gentleman now can mean being kind and thoughtful to anybody, not just women. The fact remains though that I still feel an inexplicable duty towards "the fairer sex", an outdated term which could have petrol bombs and bricks flying through my windows. And I still feel passionately that I shouldn't be made to feel guilty about that.
If I'm really scraping the barrel for reasons behind my vague, fluffy and inconsistent philosophy, I'll resort to my ignorant grasp of science. Could it not be said that it's simply a natural part of humanity, an evolutionary trait, for the man to be protective? We may have rightly moved beyond the idea of the man being the breadwinner but physical differences alone show he can still be a protector.
Women ought to be the equals of men in everything that matters but they're still held back by a glass ceiling. Cracks might start appearing in that barrier if we admitted that whilst the sexes are unquestionably equal, they still have undeniable differences.
This isn't really an aspect of the argument I'm all that convinced by though, I hate the overuse of scientific theory and the constant linking of everything to evolution. I am aware I'm treading on controversial ground and I just needed something concrete to say. I come back to the fact that I just feel strongly about this. Probably all because of misplaced and naive romanticism.
I've had conversations with friends about relationships, in which I said something like that the girl shouldn't have to bother herself with extravagant gifts and presents for her chap. I was met with fierce disagreement, unanimously against me. I see the weaknesses of my position, believe me. I know relationships are two-way and as I said earlier I wouldn't dream of telling anyone what is right for them. I feel very irrational at times holding the view that I do; but nevertheless I hold it.
I think for me it boils down to the fact that I enjoy being romantic and even in friendship I enjoy being supportive and helping out however I can. I like to actively care for people I give a shit about. Shoot me if this is wrong. I know I haven't put forward any compelling arguments in favour of chivalrous behaviour. But if people are willing to do it and get satisfaction from it too, I don't see what is so bad about what is essentially kindness and respect.
In an increasingly self-involved culture I think that the ideals of chivalry and the symbolic figure of the gentleman are very British and very necessary influences, that should not be destroyed by misguided taboos.
P.S. I do apologise for such preachy, waffly and poorly expressed writing. I'll try to deliver something manly and thought through soon-ish
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Mrt'sblog First Anniversary Special: An ignorant review of The A-Team
A year ago this month I started this blog. I had always written and always wanted to write. I'd always imagined my life with some form of writing in it and hoped that I could do it for a living. And now thanks to this online archive of my work, I do live to write; about films, politics, football, books, television and more. I lack a particular speciality but so many things interest me that even if it hinders the expansion of my readership I cannot see myself settling on the one subject. And even with my scatter gun approach this blog has grown into something I couldn't have envisioned a year ago.
I write regularly for a film website, Flickering Myth, that's stuffed full of quality contributions. Recently it celebrated its own anniversary, a second birthday, not long after placing high in several online polls of movie sites. Occasionally I contribute to the national football blog, and epicentre of passionate debate, Caught Offside. My political pieces join those from other politically active and intelligent thinkers of the younger generation over at Demo Critic. Links to all these sites that are worthy of regular visits, can be found in my blog roll to the right.
I suppose I should update the "About" section for this blog, written over a year ago now. It's very vague and as I've already said I still lack a specific focus; but I do now commit a great deal of time and hopefully productive energy to these articles and reviews. In the coming months I plan to attempt progressively more ambitious projects for the site. I'm aware that my blog is still perhaps only properly read by a few sympathetic friends and the odd one-off viewer. But for even one person to find my work and appreciate it means an awful lot. Perhaps someday the better pieces in this catalogue can provide a helpful showcase of my promise and interests.
I know this post is proving to be rather self-indulgent. It's a bit of a drawn out and elaborate begging routine I suppose; a plea for anyone who likes anything at all they see here to come to stay at the virtual home of my mind again sometime. It's especially grovelling when I throw in that today I've attempted to connect the blog to Twitter, a social phenomenon I'm unfamiliar with, in order to spread the word. You can "follow" me, like the obsessive and drooling delusional stalker you are, by clicking this link: http://twitter.com/Mrtsblog#
For me, writing this post is also quite soppy and loaded with sentiment. Because a year on from the start of my blog, my life is very different and drastically altered. I have both changed and remained the same. My views and opinions have evolved, whilst some values remain steadfastly in place. Most pathetically of all, I am far happier than I was a year ago. To quote half an advertising slogan, "the future's bright…". Against seemingly gloomy odds I've found a chunk of satisfaction and a handful of essential ingredients I had always lacked to be happy. This blog was part of the undulating and youthful, but ultimately tame, journey of the past year for me. At one time I felt the need to vent on here as if it were a diary. Now I look back on that as naive and immature. That part of me has evaporated and I look to the future with a grateful smile on my face. Older and wiser with those that I'm close to.
"SHOOT ME NOW!" you cry with stinging tears of irritation burning your angry face. Unfortunately I still have a tendency to ramble on a bit. I apologise for that overemotional detour. But I assure you I'm getting to the point. In fact, I'm about to get this infant's birthday party started (it's ok because I'm the parent). If I have such a thing as a "regular reader", they may have wondered, and continue to do so, why this blog is called "Mrt'sblog". I know from the handy stats tool provided by Word Press that every now and then the odd fan of The A-Team or Mr T stumbles across the green expanse of my page , via Google or other equally able (but let's face it less well known) search engines, probably only to leave rapidly with a sense of disappointment. You see I never watched the original TV series of The A-Team and I'm not even much of a fan of Mr T himself.
The incredibly snappy, but uninteresting story behind this blog's name, that proves brevity is rarely a virtue, goes as follows: an old History teacher of mine, one I still have fond recollections of, started calling me "Mr T" at some point during lessons, purely on account of my surname beginning with that letter of the twenty-six strong crew that is the alphabet. There was lots of what a certain type of annoying person might call, "legendary banter", in these lessons. I cultivated with unhealthy and unnatural pride a slight cult of celebrity around this Mr T persona at school, with those in my class fully aware of my hotshot funny man status, solidified by the teacher's jokey approval. It's a level of fame I miss. Yes reader I live a narrow and dull existence. But then when starting out in the mysterious entity of the blogosphere, stretching tentative tentacles in exploration, unsure of what exactly to do with my own blog, I recalled the nickname from school and adopted it on a whim. Anything was preferable to exposing my shy face as it is to the world.
As I've said then, there is no connection to The A-Team. The music of course is iconic. As are some of the catchphrases. But for people from my generation the tune is unavoidably accompanied by two moustachioed fun-runners singing "ONE-ONE-EIGHT! ONE-ONE-EIGHT!" in oddly booming voices, offering to solve rare and strange occurrences. Equally the more memorable one-liners and personalities that no doubt originate in their best and purest form from the TV series, have tended to only crop up for me in adverts. Such as Mr T urging me to "Get some nuts" and rush out to buy a Snickers from the turret of a tank. Unfortunately I don't own a tank and I don't think my arms would be long enough to reach down to the counter and pay from way up there, perched on the gun. So I declined his command. Also I don't like nuts.
Knowing that my blog's birthday was coming up though, I decided its present would be a short and ignorant view of the film The A-Team from last year. I promptly elevated the DVD to a top priority title on Love Film and hoped it would arrive before the end of the month. Luckily I just about scraped the deadline. Hopefully my blog won't hate me too much for missing the precise date.
THE A-TEAM opens spectacularly and the action is pretty much non-stop throughout. The bigger action set pieces are heavily reliant on shameless CGI effects. Normally this would ruin a film for me, but the core characters that make up The A-Team are so likeable and funny, bouncing off each other and generally not taking things too seriously, that you can look past the blatant lack of realism or stunning visuals most of the time. There's something inexplicably endearing about these men falling about inside a tank as it supposedly hurtles through the air. At times I swear my eyes just saw actors mucking about in front of a green screen, but that's still funny right?
I think I've stressed quite enough I know nothing of the original A-Team, so I am judging this film purely on its own merits. For all I know it could be an absolute travesty for fans of The A-Team, but to me the casting of the key players and the dynamic between them worked well. Liam Neeson is always assured in my opinion and here we see a funnier side to him. The suitably named Quniton "Rampage" Jackson takes on the Mr T, B.A. Baracus role, and more than looks the part. Bradley Cooper and Sharlto Copley are excellent as the quirkier members of the foursome.
The highlight of The A-Team for me was a scene in which the loony Murdock, played by Copley, is broken out of an asylum by his fellow team members. Murdock is sent a film to watch with 3D glasses and the film plays with a jeep hurtling along a road, only for it to burst through the wall to the amazement and delight of the patients, sporting their retro 3D specs. Murdock promptly escapes, wearing his set of specs, exclaiming as the team are shot at that the bullets look so lifelike in 3D. In a film full of simple gags, here was some physical, action packed humour that also doubled up as cutting satire of the current 3D trend.
All of the action in The A-Team is fun, if not groundbreaking or gripping. A scene with abseiling, gun toting baddies on Frankfurt skyscrapers with lots of smashing glass is quite inventive and hard hitting though, whilst still having the laughs present throughout the story. The plot itself is fine but uninspiring, as the gang attempt to clear their name and reclaim some stolen plates for printing US dollars. Patrick Wilson as mysteriously named CIA agent Lynch is particularly wonderful and amusing. He gets many of the best lines and delivers them in the believable style of a man with the heart of an easily impressed teenager. Watching an explosion from a satellite view, he gasps "wasn't that just like Call of Duty?". I may have missed many A-Team in jokes, but there were lots like this one that were up to date enough for the modern generation. Generally Wilson plays a refreshingly cynical and hilarious shady villain.
The A-Team was a film that exceeded my expectations. It's a perfect pick me up and two hours of harmless fun with even recurring jokes like burly Baracus' reluctance to fly, still making me smile by the end.
Happy first Birthday blog! Finally a post relevant to your name.
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A History of Contradictions: Freedom, Servitude and Niall Ferguson
Last week I rekindled my love for History and looked forward excitedly to the day I would begin my own studies of the subject. Attending a friend's lecture on Freedom and Servitude at York University, I was reminded of the myriad of issues and possibilities that arise studying the subject, and the endless opportunities for arguing varied points of view. The lecturer did an admirable job, without a PowerPoint presentation, of skimming through an incredibly contentious theme of history in a thought provoking way. He never became boring or grating, alleviating heavy philosophy and figure based sections of his speech with lighter links to an interview with Kate Moss in Grazia about her idea of freedom and an amusing, scandalous Bible story used as bewildering justification for the slave trade for centuries.
I made my own notes and learnt that Harvard scholar Orlando Patterson described freedom as an under theorized concept; something which made a lot of sense. Like love or beauty, freedom is something easier to understand through experience and hard to articulate. Its vagueness adds to its allure though. Equally interesting is that some cultures, particularly in Asia, attach much less importance to what we in the West might term "freedom" or liberty. In Japan they have no word for freedom. Our guilt and direct experience of slavery has led to a freedom fetish in our culture, stemming particularly from the American fascination with it.
The lecture rose numerous other interesting points, which it is not my intention to delve into here. It highlighted aspects of history, such as Greek and Roman dependence on slaves, and the cultural slavery instigated by some tribes, never so much as touched on at school. But crucially its conclusion threw up a controversy, a set of conflicting views about the overall interpretation of slavery.
Traditionally it's assumed that after the Declaration of Independence in America, the North phased out slavery, and the South didn't, which led to Civil War and the North imposed the right way on the South. But the North continued to condone slavery in several ways and the push for freedom was far from strong and complete. Inequality would remain even as slavery faded, as any minor knowledge of the civil rights movement will reinforce. The challenge to conventional history then, was did Americans, be it the establishment or the majority or whoever, realise in some way that their considerable freedom depended upon the servitude of others? Just as Sparta's mechanised and elitist form of society in Ancient Greece depended on the labour of enslaved Helots, did the blossoming prosperity of white Americans depend on the comparable hardships of their black workers?
I relish the considerable crossover with other subjects in History; be it politics, literature or philosophy. And in philosophical terms the conclusion of the lecture could be boiled down to: can freedom exist without slavery, or vice versa? Something that's always appealed to both the realist and idealist in me is that things can simultaneously be their opposites. By this I mean, as Orwell notoriously wrote in 1984, "Freedom is Slavery". Perhaps one really cannot exist without the other. I think that when studying History it helps to remember that there will always be a contradictory view and that just because it might completely oppose the more sensible option, does not mean it does not have value or truth or validity. I'm not expressing myself very well, but hopefully my point will become clearer.
I've always admired the historian Niall Ferguson. I discovered him through extremely engaging programmes on Channel 4, about Empire, America and War. His ideas and theories challenge traditional views, and this is something the historian should always be looking to do. His interpretations of the past connect and enlighten our immediate future. Often his focus will be economic but he rarely alienates with too many figures. He simply selects the right ones to back the thrust of his story. For me he achieves all the things an historian ought to. This doesn't mean his conclusions have to be full-proof. Indeed it's because he recognises History is not straightforward and that it's constantly evolving and full of contradictions, that I admire him.
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In yesterday's Observer Ferguson gives an insightful interview. The writer, William Skidelsky, does a superb job of marrying the probing of Ferguson's personal journey with his world view. There is some interesting background to Ferguson's works, which shed light on them. Overall it's a fantastic article about the man as well as the ideas. He is truly a remarkable human being and looking suave at 46 I would go as far as to pop him in my exclusive idol drawer.
His latest book, Civilization: The West and the Rest, is closely linked to an idea Ferguson has been espousing about History teaching in schools. The curriculum, most accept, is too narrow and sporadic. Students leave having studied Hitler countless times but with no clue of History's broader sweep and its overarching connections. It's something that puts the comprehensive school pupils at a disadvantage against more traditionally educated, public school types. I can personally vouch for this and as a keen History student would welcome the subject being both better taught and more attractive for future generations.
Ferguson's new work is targeted at 17 year olds, he says, and it charts the ascendancy of the West over the East since Early Modern times. Ferguson's recent back catalogue of works have focused on Empire and his views, particularly on the British and American systems, have been controversial. His fusion of idealism and realism is tremendously inspiring. What I tried to express earlier is brilliantly summed up in the conclusions to his work: for example, the British Empire did bad but also a great deal of good or Americanisation can be a force for immorality but also if applied more earnestly and thoughtfully, bring immense prosperity and freedom. I am generalising and simplifying, but as I said he is the best of historians; accessible but scholarly supreme, dynamic and revisionist but pragmatic.
I look forward to his latest work, both in TV and book form and wish him the best of luck with his crusade to evolve the teaching of his subject; just as history itself and his views have done.
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Elizabeth Anna Fox
1857 - 1863 (5 years) Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Charles James Fox
Birth 2 Jun 1829 Ramsgate, Kent, England, Great Britain
Died 12 Dec 1895 Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
Family 1 Elizabeth Anna Carkeet, b. 29 Sep 1828
Married 2 Sep 1854 Plymouth, Devon, England
1. Lt. Colonel Charles James Fox, b. 4 Dec 1855, 27 Mortimer Street, Marylebone, London, Middlesex
2. Elizabeth Anna Fox, b. 19 Sep 1857, Notte Street House, Plymouth, Devon
3. Francis John Fox, b. 13 Jun 1859
4. Mary Theodora Fox, b. 22 May 1861, 27 Mortimer Street, Marylebone, London, Middlesex
5. William Henry Fox, b. 14 Jun 1863
+ 6. Margaret Carkeet Fox, b. 1865-1866, 27 Mortimer Street, Marylebone, London, Middlesex
7. Rita Fox, b. 1866-1867
Family 2 Agatha Mary Fulker, b. 11 Apr 1853, Reading
Married Abt 1890
1. NN Fox
Elizabeth Anna Carkeet
Birth 29 Sep 1828
Died 11 Jan 1890 Manor Park, East Ham, Essex
Buried 16 Jan 1890 St. Mary's Cemetery, Harrow Road, Kensal Green, London
Father John Mills Carkeit, b. 1798, Mevagissey, Cornwall, England
Mother Mary Carveth, b. Aug 1799, Australia
Family Charles James Fox, b. 2 Jun 1829, Ramsgate, Kent, England, Great Britain
Lt. Colonel Charles James Fox
Birth 4 Dec 1855 27 Mortimer Street, Marylebone, London, Middlesex
Died 18 Oct 1930 22 Cadogan Court, Chelsea, London, England
Buried 22 Oct 1930 St. Mary's Cemetery, Harrow Road, Kensal Green, London
Father Charles James Fox, b. 2 Jun 1829, Ramsgate, Kent, England, Great Britain
Mother Elizabeth Anna Carkeet, b. 29 Sep 1828
Family Gertrude Elbourne, b. 1888
Francis John Fox
Birth 13 Jun 1859
1. Francis Fox
Mary Theodora Fox
Birth 22 May 1861 27 Mortimer Street, Marylebone, London, Middlesex
Family Herbert Athelstan Barrow, b. 1856-1857
Married 11 May 1881 London, Middlesex, England
William Henry Fox
Margaret Carkeet Fox
Birth 1865-1866 27 Mortimer Street, Marylebone, London, Middlesex
Died Jul 1928 48 Belsize Ave, NW3, Greater London, Middlesex
Buried 20 Jul 1928 St. Mary's Cemetery, Harrow Road, Kensal Green, London
Family David Chowry Muthu
Married 12 May 1891
1. David Bernard Muthu, b. 1899
2. Cecilia Mary Muthu, b. 1902
Rita Fox
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Name Elizabeth Anna Fox
Born 19 Sep 1857 Notte Street House, Plymouth, Devon
born at Notte Street House, PLYMOUTH, Devon, the daughter of Charles James Fox, a surgeon dentist, and Elizabeth Anna Fox formerly Carkeet.
The birth was registered just 11 days later by a J.M. Carkeet who was the "occupier" of the house in which the child was born
Died 13 May 1863 Mortimer Street, Marylebone, London, Middlesex
died at 27 Mortimer Street, Marylebone, the 6 year old daughter of Charles James Fox, a dentist. The poor child died "in a fit after scarlet fever (of) 4 weeks (duration)" as informed by a person named C. Joseph, who was present at the death and residing at the same address. (The 1861 census - detailed later in this report - shows that C. Joseph was Charlotte Joseph, a house servant - surgery maid(!) - to Charles James Fox the dentist.
Buried 17 May 1863 St. Mary's Cemetery, Harrow Road, Kensal Green, London
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Person ID I1323 Geneagraphie | Descendant of Francis Fox
Father Charles James Fox, b. 2 Jun 1829, Ramsgate, Kent, England, Great Britain , d. 12 Dec 1895, Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years)
Mother Elizabeth Anna Carkeet, b. 29 Sep 1828, d. 11 Jan 1890, Manor Park, East Ham, Essex (Age 61 years)
1. Lt. Colonel Charles James Fox, b. 4 Dec 1855, 27 Mortimer Street, Marylebone, London, Middlesex , d. 18 Oct 1930, 22 Cadogan Court, Chelsea, London, England (Age 74 years)
2. Francis John Fox, b. 13 Jun 1859, d. Yes, date unknown
3. Mary Theodora Fox, b. 22 May 1861, 27 Mortimer Street, Marylebone, London, Middlesex , d. Yes, date unknown
4. William Henry Fox, b. 14 Jun 1863, d. Yes, date unknown
+ 5. Margaret Carkeet Fox, b. 1865-1866, 27 Mortimer Street, Marylebone, London, Middlesex , d. Jul 1928, 48 Belsize Ave, NW3, Greater London, Middlesex (Age 62 years)
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Undefeated propsect Eduardo Hernandez is targeting Francisco Vargas next.
WBC Youth Super Featherweight champion Eduardo Hernandez (26-0, 23 KOs) wants to fight Francisco Vargas (25-1-2, 18 KOs) in a step up fight against a former world champion.
Hernandez, a 20 year old Mexican fighter, is hoping this fight can be a title eliminator. Both, he and Vargas, are ranked #2 and #3 respectively. He was recently obtained a first-round knock out against Marlyn Cabrera in Mexico City.
Vargas, a 33 year old Mexican fighter, has had some wars and is battle tested. We all remember his grueling fights against Takashi Miura and Orlando Salido. However, the most memorable fight was his first lost to Miguel Berchelt, that also saw him lose his WBC Championship title.
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Avengers Actress Katherine Langford Dyes Hair Red for 2019
It's led fans to wonder: Is this for the new Avengers movie?
by Katherine Cusumano
Katherine Langford closed out 2018 with bleached brows, and now she's starting the new year with a vivid red 'do. The Australian actress unveiled her new hair color on Instagram on Sunday evening with a close-up selfie captioned "She (red)y," with a couple of haircut-woman emojis. (She also posted a cryptic still image of the very ends of her now-red hair against a L'Oréal Professionnel smock; it's not a far leap from there to intuit that she's sitting in a salon chair.) Her eyebrows, it seems, have been restored to color.
Langford, 22, who's perhaps best known for her roles in 13 Reasons Why and Love, Simon, visited the Perth-based salon Circles for her new look, tagging it in a comment on her post. "She's loving her new Copper tones," the salon wrote in its own Instagram post.
Though Lanford's bleached-eyebrows selfie also gave a glimpse of hair that looked almost henna-red, a quick scroll through her Instagram reveals that this is the first time she's really, really gone red. (She did, however, go blonde last year, for the sci-fi film Spontaneous, with Christopher Plummer.) Her peers and various costars chimed in with their support in the comments: "Stunning," Sabrina Carpenter wrote; Tommy Dorfman simply added a "yesssssss" (yes, that is "s" seven times). Kate Walsh wrote, "Pretty kitty"; Hari Nef said, "omg"; Ashley Graham added, "L O V E"; and the Australian musician Amy Shark commented, "Why are you so like this." (Both Graham and Shark also added raised-hands emojis.)
With the news that Marvel's upcoming Avengers film is in the midst of reshoots, Langford's fans also jumped into the comments to speculate about whether the new look might be for a role (after all, she promised Netflix, in her eyebrow selfie last month, that her brows would return to their natural state before she started filming Cursed, the Frank Miller–created new series)—like, for example, the Marvel Cinematic Universe's own Jean Grey (the character played by Sophie Turner in the X-Men franchise), or, more likely, the daughter of Tony Stark and Pepper Potts. She's also slated to appear in the Rian Johnson–directed mystery Knives Out—she posted a selfie, her hair looking extra dark, from what looks to be the set of the film back in December; per IMDb, it's now in postproduction. Or, you know, it could just be for fun. But her caption does leave us with the question: Ready for what?
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Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK suffer from eating disorders – debilitating illnesses with the highest mortality rates of any mental disorder. The journey to recovery is unique to every individual, but for Marissa Kai it all began with veganism.
Marissa, a student and lifestyle vlogger, made a full recovery from bulimia nervosa after struggling with the disorder for several years. For Eating Disorder Awareness Week, she shared her story.
"Going vegan helped me gain a healthy relationship with food, which ultimately made me want to recover," Marissa explains. "It played a huge role in gaining my mental and physical health back after my eating disorder.
It is finding such passion that gives so many vegans in recovery the drive to actually recover. With less focus on body image, it becomes easier to overcome the mental illness and discover the good that going vegan actually does - both for the person and the world.
Recovery, however, is rarely straightforward. There is much more to it than simply starting to eat again. It is a mental illness, and therefore requires a change in thought process which doesn't happen overnight – something Marissa is quick to stress.
"At the beginning of recovery I was still trying to stay slim, but as time went on I realised that I needed to do what was best for my health rather than my looks. Patience was key.
Some people can take issue with a sufferer going vegan, perceiving it as a way to further restrict food intake. Marissa admits she was lucky in that respect. She was living alone at the time, meaning there were no struggles with her parents. Yet there were still a few people in her life who were somewhat apprehensive.
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Tesla Plans 14 Supercharger Stations in S. Korea This Year
Posted on April 25, 2017 by Korea Bizwire in Automotive, Business with 0 Comments
This photo taken on March 17, 2017, shows the Model S displayed in Tesla's showroom in Cheongdam-dong in southern Seoul. (Image: Yonhap)
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc. said on Tuesday it will set up 14 rapid-charging stations in South Korea this year.
In its webpage, the 14 supercharger sites include five in Seoul, one in Bundang, just south of the capital city, and seven in major cities such as Busan, Daegu, Gwangju and Jeju Island.
Fast chargers are able to provide 80 percent of battery capacity in a Model S vehicle in only 40 minutes, while taking one hour and 15 minutes to reach 100 percent. Six to eight vehicles can charge at once at the stations.
Telsa has established more than 5,400 superchargers for its 200,000 vehicle owners worldwide since 2012. It aims to double the number of superchargers this year to enhance customers' convenience.
It has built more than 9,000 low-speed charging stations at hotels, resort towns and restaurants across the world.
Tesla has opened two showrooms in South Korea — one in the shopping mall Starfield Hanam just east of Seoul and the other in affluent Cheongdam-dong in southern Seoul.
The Model S 90D is available for sale in the country, with actual deliveries of the luxury model scheduled to begin in June. It has been taking preorders for the Model X and the Model 3 as well although the timeframes for their actual launch have yet to be fixed.
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When PM Manmohan Singh holds talks with the Brazilian President next week, one of the issues of discussion will be seeking Brazil's help in making Indian football team a better one.
When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh holds talks with Brazilian President Lula Da Silva next week, one of the main issues of discussion will be seeking two-time world champion Brazil's help in making Indian football team a better one.
Cooperation in football training by Brazil, three-time world champion, will be "one of the important issues" which will come up during the talks between Singh and Brazilian President Lula Da Silva in Brasilia, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran told reporters here.
He said a recommendation in this regard had been put forth by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunisi who is also President of All India Football Federation.
Saran said this while briefing the media on the upcoming two-nation nine-day visit of the Prime Minister to Brazil and Cuba.


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WandaVision: a portrayal of grief and mental health issues.
By Maria Alejandra Gutiérrez Posada
CONTENT WARNING: mentions of grief and mental health issues. This article contains light spoilers.
Marvel's Disney+ TV shows are off to great start: WandaVision is one of the most popular television series as of now. A combination of an incredible storyline and the expectation of having to wait a whole week for a new episode (just like old times) has been the perfect formula to keep the viewers on the edge of their seats as they watch how the life at Westview has been developing.
However, the sitcom's latest episode has received a mixed reaction among fans: while most have been truly captured by the raw display of emotion Elizabeth Olsen's character brought to the screen, other people didn't understand the need, the purpose, to air this "filler" episode.
I, for starters, believe this episode was not only necessary for the plot of the show but also as proof that the media can, and should, start allowing their characters to explore the ups and downs of human emotions, even though sometimes it seems more convenient to just skip that in order to move the story along.
This tends to be the case in a lot of Marvel films, where grief is often put aside in order to deliver a great fight scene. While this isn't necessarily wrong, it does tend to have a, mostly hidden, side effect: the dehumanization of emotional vulnerability. Even though this superhero cinematic universe does have emotional scenes (some of them really heartbreaking) it isn't often that it is showed the impact that they have later on, the exception being Iron Man 3 and Avengers: Endgame. But even in Endgame, trauma was used as a comic relief, specifically in Thor's case, leading to, once again, the lack of depth and understanding the character's feelings.
So, in my personal opinion, WandaVision is the first attempt Marvel has made to deeply represent the layers of the human experience and the incidence of pain and loss within its dynamics. We've watched as Wanda Maximoff has ventured through the stages of grief on her own, while, at the same time, doing everything within her power to avoid having to face it. For that reason, this last episode is a way to show the experiences, the suffering, that led Wanda to creating her own reality, where she could just escape the grasp pain had in her life. But, honestly, did it really work?
Whether it worked or not (something that remains to be answered in the last episode) we still got to see the more human, relatable even, side of this superhero personas, proving that vulnerability shouldn't be just portrayed as weakness.
Hopefully, we will get to see wider spectrum of emotion in the content to come, not only on Marvel films but in most of the genres the media offers, so we don't feel detached from our own struggles or perceive that there just isn't enough representation of them on the content we consume.
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Microsoft, Amazon, and Uber donated large amounts of money to eradicate the California Consumer Privacy Act.
On May 25, the General data protection regulation was implemented in Europe. All European citizens now need to give their consent in order for companies to have, use, and hold their personal data. On the other hand, all businesses working within the European Economic Area must oblige to the GDPR. Since its implantation on the European soil, companies already have found ways of hijacking the new law, which seems really difficult and tricky to apply.
Yet, international organizations, communities and even companies believe this kind of regulation is much needed in our current society, especially after recent scandals such as the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica outrage. In the U.S, for example, people are asking for a similar legislation : the California Consumer Privacy Act.
This Californian Act would, in some ways like the European one, oblige companies in California to disclose the data they are collecting on their consumers. This would imply sharing the process through which they target ads based on a consumer's personal information. Companies would need to offer their consumers the option of preventing the acquisition of their personal data to other companies.
One thing to note is that online advertisers will eventually face stricter rules on how they track people across the web and target too.
It's likely it'll require all web browsers to request users to opt in to tracking. Safari, for instance, has already started fighting against automated and cross-site tracking. The browser used to wait 24 hours from your last visit to a service before blocking that service's cookies on third-party sites. Now, Safari will either block the cookie automatically or prompt you for permission.
Industry Insider — Louis Thibault
New regulations, such as the European GDPR and the Consumer Privacy Act, are changing a lot of habits and customs when it comes to programmatic advertisement. Marketers now have to give up user generated content and switch to content marketing and native advertisement, most of the time supported by marketing and AdTech companies such as Presscast, in order to bridge with the loss of performance and private data they used to get from third-party websites.
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Amazon and Microsoft each donated $195.000, to the Committee to Protect California Jobs, working against the California Consumer Privacy Act, while Uber donated $50.000 to block the measure. Numerous other tech giants such as Google, Verizon, and Facebook each donated $200.000 to the Committee sponsored by the Chamber of Finance. Following the backlash of the privacy scandal, Facebook had announced withdrawing its donation.
What is the California Consumer Privacy Act ?
The CCPA wants three things for the consumer : transparency, control, and accountability. The privacy initiative believes the consumer has the right to know exactly the extent of the personal information a company has on their consumers. The consumer should also be able to have control over that information and prevent its circulation. In the event of a leak, the companies would be held accountable.
The campaign chair, Alastair Mactaggart, states that his motivation to present the Act comes from a conversation he had a few years ago with an engineer working for Google who told him "if people just understood how much we knew about them, they'd be really worried."
In a letter he published on the Privacy Act's internet page, Mr. Mactaggart explained his reasoning for financing himself the whole process: "We are not convinced that these corporations take this [privacy] responsibility seriously."
The California Consumer Privacy Act has gathered 637.000 signatures — almost twice the number required — and it will possibly qualify for the ballot at the end of June. The state first needs to verify if those signatures are legitimate.
What does the Committee to protect California Jobs want ?
In a statement made on May 3, 2018, the three leaders of the Committee to Protect California Jobs, Andrea Deveau of TechNet, Robert Callahan of the Internet Association, and Allan Zaremberg of the Chamber of Commerce, said "it is unworkable, requiring the internet and businesses in California to operate differently than the rest of the world — limiting our choices, hurting our businesses, and cutting our connection to the global economy."
Microsoft exposed a similar thought in a statement: "We believe the California measure could have unintended consequences for both businesses and consumers and that there is a better way to give consumers the privacy rights they deserve." Amazon reciprocated when a spokesman said, "While we share the initiative's overarching goal of protecting consumer privacy, we are concerned by unworkable requirements that would hinder our ability to innovate on behalf of our customers."
The project will not only affect big tech companies. Steven Maviglio, a spokesman for the Committee to protect California Jobs said, "Credit unions, grocers, and car manufacturers are among the many recent additions to the coalition and are the top of the iceberg."
Europe and its much a like regulation
Microsoft was accused of hypocrisy by the Privacy Act's supporters when it was made public that the company was supporting Europe's General data protection regulation while giving money to the Committee working against the Privacy Act.
Microsoft responded with a statement reaffirming their support for the GDPR but (still) criticizing the privacy initiative: "We believe the California measure could have unintended consequences for both businesses and consumers and that there is a better way to give consumers the privacy rights they deserve."
Chances are, you remember the case of the consulting firm Cambridge Analytica that sold personal information of more than fifty million Facebook users to clients, including the Trump campaign. The California Consumer Privacy Act is trying to make impossible that type of practice. The considerable amount of donations made to counter the project could suggest its doomed fate, but the vote has not yet been taken and Mr. Mactaggart remains optimistic.
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Transaction Value $165 Million
Transaction Value/LTM Revenue 1.8x
Transaction Facts
Global professional services giant Accenture (NYSE:ACN) announced yesterday that it entered into a agreement to acquire retail strategy consulting firm Kurt Salmon from parent company Management Consulting Group PLC (LSE:MMC), a London-based professional services company.
Terms of the transaction were disclosed in a London Stock Exchange filing submitted by Management Consulting Group.
Following the completion of the transaction, Kurt Salmon's more than 260 employees are expected to join the Accenture Strategy retail practice.
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A Big Boost for Retail Consulting: Accenture's integration of Kurt Salmon bolsters Accenture Strategy's retail practice, gaining both talent and a significant customer base. This is the latest in a pattern of retail consulting acquisitions for Accenture, which recently acquired German-based dgroup, focused on digital consulting, and Axia Limited, a broader consulting services firm.
Expanding Capabilities to Enable Transitions: Retail consulting is especially important today as retailers confront disruption from digital ecommerce. Many retailers are turning to consulting providers to make their operations more efficient and competitive -- and large firms like Accenture are positioning themselves to fill that need.
The End of an Era: Kurt Salmon Associates was founded in 1935. The company became a prestigious and recognized brand in management consulting, merging with Ineum Consulting in 2011 to become Kurt Salmon. But the company has recently struggled with market pressure, its headcount declining from 1,500 to 1,000 by 2015 when Management Consulting Group sold everything but the retail and consumer goods advisory unit to French consulting firm Solucom (now Wavestone). Though Accenture has not yet finalized branding decisions, this may be the end of the Kurt Salmon brand.
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Q: Is there a way to hide the choice of color in the "Style" section? I'm using this code to display a price line and a table.
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indicator('MyIndicator')

ticker = input.symbol(defval='NSE:NIFTY', title='Ticker')
ticker_col = input.color(color.new(color.blue, 0), title='Color')
tickertext_col = input.color(color.new(color.white, 0), title='Text')

ticker_data = request.security(ticker, "", close)
plot(ticker_data, title='Ticker', color=ticker_col, linewidth=1, style=plot.style_line)

table = table.new(position = position.top_right, columns = 3, rows = 4)
table.cell(table_id = table, column = 0, row = 1, text = 'Ticker', text_color = tickertext_col, text_size = size.normal, bgcolor = ticker_col)

Using the "Inputs" section, I can assign the same color to the price line and the background of the table, so I would like to remove the color option in the "Style" section, because it's redundant and unuseful.
Is it feasible?

A: No, it is not possible.
However, as a workaround, you can set the editable argument of your plot() function to false. In that case, that plot wouldn't appear in the style tab.
plot(ticker_data, title='Ticker', color=ticker_col, linewidth=1, style=plot.style_line, editable=false)

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A pandemic magnifies the potential of the GEP
The following article was written by Marta Wegorzewska and it first appeared in the Arts & Sciences News at Washington University in St. Louis. We thank her for granting permission to reprint this article on the GEP website.
Research for all: A pandemic magnifies the potential of the Genomics Education Partnership
When the COVID-19 pandemic left faculty around the country scrambling to provide students with an online research experience, the WashU-founded Genomics Education Partnership (GEP) was uniquely prepared to transition to remote learning.
In the genetic code lies a message. A cell must decipher this message to access the instructions to make the proteins that play critical structural and functional roles in a cell. Misreading the message can compromise the health of the cell; this can be avoided by following a series of rules.
The Genomics Education Partnership, founded at Washington University, provides valuable teaching tools to more than 150 institutions. In recent months, the partnership has rapidly expanded to support educators and students remotely.
Bio 4342 students at Washington University in St. Louis use these same rules to locate the genes in the eukaryotic genome – where only a small proportion of the genome codes for proteins. For the students, unlike the cell, the stakes are lower; a misreading of the message presents an opportunity to try again.
Bio 4342 participants are among thousands of students around the country benefitting from the Genomics Education Partnership (GEP), which was founded by Sarah (Sally) Elgin, the Viktor Hamburger professor emerita in Arts & Sciences. Currently led by Laura Reed, an associate professor at the University of Alabama, GEP is a nationwide collaboration of 150+ institutions. GEP faculty integrate course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) focused on bioinformatics and genomics into the undergraduate curriculum at their schools.
An advantage of the GEP curriculum is that the work is completed using a computer, the basic tool in genomics research. The format makes research more accessible to many institutions, including those lacking wet lab space – or those facing an ongoing pandemic that forces students to learn remotely.
"The pandemic has further exposed the power of the program and its ability to reach all students on a grand scale. Now, the potential for wide adoption during non-pandemic times is even more clear," said Reed.
Solving the puzzle
The task sounds simple: find the location and generate the best model of a gene within a sequenced eukaryotic genome. But there is no answer in the back of the book. The genes have never been identified in the species under study before. In addition, learning about eukaryotic genes is not trivial for a lot of students. They are huge, and the genes are sub-divided into introns and exons, with only the exons used to build proteins; the students have to fish around and put together all of their evidence to solve the puzzle.
"The devil is in the details," said Elgin. "But there almost always is a unique, defendable answer if you look at all your data and put it together."
Elgin developed the curriculum at WashU with Chris Shaffer, senior biology lecturer, in 2003, and further with Wilson Leung starting in 2006. Using various computational and bioinformatics tools available to them online, the students solve the genomic puzzle by collecting and piecing together multiple lines of evidence that fit together to identify the appropriate gene sequences.
"You can always learn the basics of genetics through PowerPoint slides and textbooks; however, you don't fully grasp the beauty and minute complexity of the genetic code until you are tasked with unraveling it, and further, drawing meaning from it," said Jacob Cantrell, Class of 2019, who took Sally's GEP course and later worked in her laboratory.
GEP to the rescue
Elgin held the first one-day hands-on training workshop in 2006 to teach visiting faculty how her students learn to annotate genes. These workshops continued to be held at WashU until 2018, with up to 16 faculty participating per year. The program grew to 100+ enrolled faculty members who used the curriculum in their classrooms, providing research experiences for over 1,000 students each year.
"We had grant funding for travel, housing, and meals for workshop participants, but the university and the department also supported GEP. It was a general WashU policy that if a faculty member wants to organize a workshop, the department would support it. GEP would not be as successful without the investment from first WashU, and now many more universities," explained Elgin.
The biology department at WashU played a significant role in helping GEP expand by hosting the training workshops without charging for meeting spaces. Staff in the department helped with planning and organizing the yearly event. Meanwhile other staff helped with assessments that needed to be collected by individuals not associated with GEP.
"That early support from the biology department and staff was critical, and I'll always be grateful for that," said Elgin.
The return on investment turned out to be significant when the pandemic hit.
Under Reed's leadership in 2018, an idea to expand training by moving the workshops online was successfully funded by the NSF. For a year, the GEP consortium worked to create a prototype for a two-week online training workshop. When a pandemic shifted all in-person activities online, an opportunity presented itself; the prototype would be very rapidly put to the test.
The pandemic left faculty scrambling to provide students with an online research experience. GEP was uniquely prepared to transition the core research component of the course to an online setting almost seamlessly because the research being done – the genomics – is done online. And now with the ability to provide training workshops online, GEP could train more faculty quickly.
Four workshops in eight weeks added 50 faculty to GEP. The program grew from 100 faculty members to 150 in just two months. Additional online workshops in the late fall and early spring added another 30 new members.
"The pandemic has very rapidly magnified the impact of GEP, making research and higher education accessible in virtual spaces," said Reed.
Higher education for American students
In 2003, the GEP course was one of the first of WashU's upper-level lab courses to have a research focus, helping to pave the way for what is now considered a standard part of how upper-level biology courses are taught.
But GEP also affords students not surrounded by a research infrastructure, including many students enrolled in schools without a graduate program, the opportunity to gain research experience. Many students who participate are first-generation college students.
"All of our institutions have dedicated faculty members who are working really hard and want to provide research opportunities for their students under limiting circumstances," said Elgin.
GEP helps them accomplish that.
"The research experience should not be limited to those who have access to a lab. When the world shifted online during the pandemic, GEP proved that research can still go on. We are more confident than ever that all American students can have access to a research experience.
"And not just during a pandemic but always," concluded Reed.
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Restaurant chef calls in police after receiving 'death threats' for boasting of 'spiking' a vegan group's meals as she apologises and her fiancé says she 'probably had too much to drink'
Laura Goodman co-owns the Carlini Italian restaurant in Shifnal, Shropshire
Posting to Facebook, she bragged about 'spiking' a vegan group with meat
Her partner, Mike Gale, says they have been receiving death threats
A demonstration by Telford Vegan Action is calling for it to be shut down
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By Claire Duffin For The Daily Mail and Dianne Apen-sadler For Mailonline
Published: 05:02 EDT, 2 January 2018 | Updated: 21:09 EDT, 2 January 2018
A chef who boasted online how she 'spiked' a vegan's meal has been forced to call police after receiving death threats.
Laura Goodman had spent hours preparing special meat, dairy and egg-free dishes for a party visiting her Italian restaurant.
But she was disappointed when one of the group ignored her efforts and ordered a pizza topped with mozzarella – which is not vegan-friendly – off the normal menu.
Social media users have said that Laura Goodman (pictured) should be charged with assault for spiking the food. She has since received death threats for her post on Facebook
Ms Goodman posted on a Facebook group boasting that a 'pious, judgmental vegan' had gone to bed thinking she was still a vegan after eating at her restaurant
She later claimed that she had 'spiked' the vegan at the Carlini restaurant she co-owns in Shifnal, Shropshire
Venting her frustration on Facebook, Miss Goodman wrote: 'Spiked a vegan a few hours ago.' In another message on Twitter, the 47-year-old said a 'pious, judgmental' diner had gone to bed 'still believing she's a vegan'.
Although she had only meant to be 'flippant', her comments prompted a furious reaction and drew calls for her to be prosecuted for assault.
The incident happened on Saturday at Miss Goodman's restaurant in Albrighton, Shropshire, one of two she runs in the county under the Carlini name.
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The TripAdvisor and Google pages of her business have now been bombarded with poor reviews, dragging it down from five stars to one.
Plans were under way to hold a protest this weekend. And posters have been created warning diners they might be 'poisoned'.
But Miss Goodman's fiance and business partner last night apologised for her outburst – insisting she had not served meat and had written the comment after having 'too much to drink'.
A poster warning diners about Laura Goodman
Michael Gale, 62, said she had been left feeling 'almost suicidal' by the reaction, and police were called to the restaurant yesterday because of the threats.
He said: 'Laura loves cooking vegan and vegetarian food, because it challenges and there is complexity to it.
'She came up with some recipe ideas so that they would have more choice than the two or three items on our standard menu.
'So Laura went off and bought the ingredients for those dishes... on Saturday they showed up and, as is quite within their right, chose dishes off the regular menu. One of them ordered a margherita pizza which is not vegan-friendly.
'Laura said that if you were a vegan you'd know that mozzarella is not vegan. So, slightly disappointed that they hadn't chosen to have what she'd prepared for them, and amused at the thought that they had had that pizza, she made this flippant remark on Facebook.'
He said she made the comments on a Facebook page called The Very Boring Group, which encourages contributions about banal everyday events.
One Google reviewer slammed Ms Goodman (pictured) and said: 'It would be the same if someone of a religious background came in and she spiked their food with prohibited substances'
Mike Gale, pictured here with Ms Goodman, said: 'This has all got out of hand. There was absolutely no meat in the dishes. We have received death threats and had all sorts of vitriol thrown at us'
It has since received a barrage of one-star reviews, dragging the rating down to 1.1 stars out of five
Mr Gale said: 'Since then our world has been turned upside down with death threats, threats of violence, threats of lawsuits from all around the world.
'The essential story is some vegetarians and vegans went to a restaurant, had vegetarian and vegan food, and left.
'We don't even know if the person that ordered the pizza was vegan, she could have just been vegetarian, in which case there would have been no problem with her ordering that.
'We now understand that in the vegetarian and vegan world, saying that you've 'spiked' someone's food means that you put meat in it, which isn't the case here.'
He added: 'At the time of making the post, it was in the small hours of the morning, and Laura had probably had too much to drink.
Police were spotted leaving the Carlini restaurant earlier today
A Tweet calling for people to email, call, or leave a negative review has also racked up hundreds of retweets and likes
Local group Telford Vegan Action are planning a demonstration outside the restaurant (pictured) and have called for it to be shut down
'She had probably overindulged a bit and was angry that they hadn't chosen to have the dishes that she had prepared for them. She is horrified, embarrassed and deeply sorry.'
He said the restaurant had received phantom bookings and one of the waitresses' mothers has been contacted.
By lunchtime yesterday, hundreds had posted online comments urging Miss Goodman to take down her restaurant Facebook page.
Asha Negahbani wrote: 'Shropshire restaurant Carlini – best avoided. Chef Laura Goodman spikes meals – not the sort of person you want preparing your food.'
Another poster said: 'Is sabotaging the food of customers because you don't agree with them normal practice here? Would it be funny if it was 'spiked a girl's drink'?'
Jess Lewis wrote: 'Who is the pious and judgmental one here really?'
The demonstration is being organised by Telford Vegan Action, which also wants the restaurant shut down.
The restaurant was closed this morning (pictured left) with no answer at Carlini (right)
Hope Lye, of the campaign group, said: 'More people are going vegan and ... we will be highlighting this outside Carlini in the hope more people go vegan.'
A Tweet calling for people to email, call, or leave a negative review has racked up hundreds of retweets and likes. One reply said: 'It's literally assault upon a person.' Another said: 'This seems worthy of a lawsuit.'
Others saw the funny side. Chris Lewis wrote: 'My sister-in-law is a vegan, her Christmas dinner was, in her own words, the best ever. It was cooked in goose fat.'
Miss Goodman, who was born in Rome, opened her second branch of Carlini in Albrighton in November, adding to one that opened in nearby Shifnal in February.
The couple invested £200,000 in the new venture, creating 20 jobs and receiving rave reviews online.
Veganism is becoming increasingly popular and more than 52,000 people in the UK have signed up to take part in Veganuary, shunning meat, dairy and eggs for January.
A spokesman for Shropshire Council said: 'We have received complaints in relation to this matter and are currently investigating.'
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