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You wouldn't be too hard pressed to come up with a lengthy list of bands to have popped up over the last two decades that borrow from seminal Canadian pop-punk outfit Gob. Coming up with a list of bands that Gob borrows from, on the other hand, is a much tougher task – especially after getting a taste of their latest full-length release, Apt 13.
Over the course of their career, which dates back to 1993 and includes a catalog of seven LPs, the members of Gob – vocalist/guitarist Tom Thacker, vocalist guitarist Theo Goutzinakis, drummer Gabe Mantle, and bassist Steven Fairweather – have established themselves as Canadian pop punk pioneers. They've amassed JUNO nominations, made massively popular music videos for singles like "I Hear You Calling" and "Give Up The Grudge," and kept legions of loyal fans packed into pits in front of the stage at countless venues – from dive bars to major festival stages the world over.
Ripe with Gob's now-signature energetic, guitar-driven take on punk rock, Apt 13 finds the band picking up right where they left off with 2007's Muertos Vivos; however, the new offering leans less towards the straight-up pop influence of earlier albums and instead puts focus on a fuller, more layered rock sound that includes sonic elements of decades past. The result is a product with a depth that begs for repeat spins while keeping it as catchy and anthemic as anything they've put out before.
The album is Gob's first full release in seven years, and while it's sure to satiate fans who've been salivating for something new, Thacker reveals that work actually began on the record back in 2010. "It's kind of been cursed from the start," he says with a laugh – a fact that also informed the album's ominous title. "There were a lot of stops and starts along the way, and I'm not superstitious or anything, but we often had to question, like, 'What the fuck is holding everything back?'"
The potential answers to the question were many, but ultimately, it was the band not wanting to compromise on a single component of the collection. That led to the decision for Gob to self-produce the record as well. "We'd made a lot of records and learned a lot over the years," Thacker explains. "We know exactly how we want our songs to come off, and it keeps the Gobness of it all really unadulterated and pure."
Indeed, the Gobness is strong with this one. Tracks like "Can't Get Over You" and "Radio Hell" sound big and upbeat, loaded with thick, full guitars anchored by throwback punk rhythms, driving, pulsating piano licks, and backing vocals that borrow as much from The Beach Boys as they do influential '70s punk acts. At their very heart are the hooky choruses with huge vocal harmonies that will have longtime listeners feeling right at home. Conversely, tracks like "Tonight" bring even more vintage influence to the table, with parts that trace back to early R&B while keeping the band's overall sonic attitude intact.
Rest assured, this is still Gob – guitar-driven, melodic, and full of pure piss and vinegar but with some fresh new elements tossed into the mix. "We made a semi-conscious decision to write more upbeat songs than the last record," Thacker notes. "We're all pretty stoked on life in general, and this one is more in tune with that attitude."
And on that note, with Apt 13 finally available for the masses and a plan to play as many Canadian and international shows as they possibly can in support of it, the guys in Gob have plenty to be stoked about. What's more, after seven years of patiently waiting, so do the longtime fans of the pride of Canadian punk rock – often imitated, never duplicated.
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Antoni Tàpies (1923 - 2012) was born in Barcelona, Spain. He began painting during a long illness at the age of 17. He enrolled in Law at the Universitat de Barcelona in 1944 but abandoned the course two years later to study art and literature. He had his first solo show in 1950 at the Galeries Laietanes, Barcelona. Tàpies often applyed unconventional materials to his paintings, such as chalk, sand and earth, before scratching or marking the surface with graffiti. He was also a prolific graphic artist, producing a large body of prints and books.
Tàpies exhibited extensively throughout his lifetime. Notable solo exhibitions include retrospectives at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1995, 1962); Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (1973); Nationalgalerie, Berlin (1974); Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York, which travelled to Chicago, San Antonio, Iowa, and Montreal (1977); and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (1990). He represented Spain in the Venice Biennale in 1993, winning the Golden Lion. In 2013 Tàpies was the subject of a series of major museum surveys at the Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona; Palazzo Fortuny, Venice; and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain.
In 1966 he began a collection of writings entitled, La practica de l'art. The following year he published the book Frègoli, a collaboration with poet Joan Brossa; a second joint effort, Nocturn matinal, was published in 1970. Tàpies received the Rubens Prize of Siegen, West Germany, in 1972. In 1990 he founded the Fundació Antoni Tàpies in Barcelona, established for the study and exhibition of modern and contemporary art.
Tàpies's work is included in numerous public and private collections internationally including Tate, London; Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome; Le Centre Pompidou, Paris; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; National Gallery of Modern Art, New Dehli; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York; and Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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Soon Yeon Cha is the CEO of Simone Investment Managers. He started his career at Arab Bank as an investment banker. Later he joined BNP Paribas, being the Vice President of the bank. Before founding Simone Investment Managers, he was the CEO of Prime Investment. He has extensive experience in investment banking and M&A consulting. He earned his B.A. in German Languages and MBA at Yonsei University.
Jae Man Shim
Head of PE Division
Jae Man Shim is a Head of Private Equity Division at Simone Investment Managers. Prior to joining Simone Investment Managers, Mr. Shim was a Managing Director in Investment Banking Division at Samsung Securities. Mr. Shim also worked as a Head of Capital Market Division at Hana Investment Securities and Auditor and Chief Development Officer("CDO") at Jong Kun Dang Holdings. Mr. Shim earned a BA in Economics from Yonsei University, and an MBA from Pennsylvania State University.
Kang Bae Lee
S. Managing Director
Kang Bae Lee is a Senior Managing Director of Private Equity Division at Simone Investment Managers. Prior to joining Simone Investment Managers, Mr. Lee was a Head of Coverage at DB Financial Investment. Prior to DB Financial Investment, Mr.Lee was with Samsung Securities and Yuanta Securities. Mr. Lee earned a BA in Economics and MS in International Management from Seogang University, and completed PhD in Business Administration from Catholic University.
Young Man Hong
Young Man Hong is a Senior Managing Director of Private Equity Division at Simone Investment Managers. Prior to joining Simone Investment Managers, Mr. Hong was a Head of Private Equity Division at MG Investment and CEO of Amicus Partners. Prior to Amicus, Mr. Hong was with Mirae Asset Daewoo Securities and Hi Investment Securities. Mr. Hong earned a BA from Yonsei University.
Dong Cheol Han
Dong Cheol Han is the Chief Risk Officer of Simone Investment Managers. Mr Han has extensive experience in risk management, accounting, and investment analysis. He has worked at Hanhwa Asset Management and Hanhwa Securities for about 30 years. At Hanhwa Asset Managerment, he served key positions such as CRO and CCO. Han earned a B.A in Public Administrations at SungKyunkwan University
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Director/Chief Compliance Officer
Dae Goo Kim is serving as the director and compliance officer of Simone Investment Managers. He specializes in risk management and day to day investment operations. He has been working at Simone Investment Managers since 2014.
Before joining Simone Investment Managers he has worked in Hanhwa Assset Management.
Mr. Kim holds BA in Computer Sciences at Chungnam University.
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Head of Risk Team
Chaewon Yoon is the team head of Simone Investments' Risk Management Team. Prior to joining Simone Investments, she has worked for RG Asset Management as the head of Risk Management team. Before working for RG Asset Management she worked for Ernst Young Business Risk Service and KPMG Financial Risk Management. She also worked as a compliance manager in Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance. She attained his BA in International Business and Trade & International Studies in Pusan National University and holds certificates of AICPA, CIA, CISA.
Seonggeun Kang
Head of Alternative Investment Division
Seonggeun Kang is serving the firm as the head of the Alternative Investment Division. Prior to joining the firm, he has worked as the Director of Alternative Investment at Hana Financial Investment Co., Ltd. He graduated from Seoul National University majoring at Business and has acquired MBA from Seoul National University
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Senior Managing Director
Daegyun Kim is supervising the Securities Investment Team in Simone Investment Managers. Prior to joining Simone Investment, he has worked in investment banking divisions of KTB Securities, NH Securities, Samyang Securities and etc. He has acquired BA in Managements from Jeonbuk University and has completed the Masters course from the same university.
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Euna Cho
Euna Cho is a director and leader of Investment Team 1 in Simone Investment Managers. Prior to joining the company, she worked for FAS and Audit in Deloitte and Investment Advisory Team in Genstar. Cho has Korean Accountant Certificate (KICPA) and took B.A in Business Administration and Accounting from Kyunhee University.
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This presentation analyzes some anxiety treatment strategies defined in Uruguayan public health system and their implementation difficulties at micro level. In benzodiazepine prescription practices recommendations about consumption time cannot be taken into account when the doctor meets the patient.
This presentation analyzes some narratives of benzodiazepines prescribers and consumers in Uruguay, a small Latin American country where these psychopharmaceuticals have become easily available to the population. Drawing on a combination of document studies, focus groups and in-depth interviews with 73 benzodiazepine prescribers and users of public health care in Uruguay, we explore some narratives about prescription practices of benzodiazepines. In these narratives we found out that some treatment strategies fail on the micro level. Personalized practices focused on tailoring treatments to specific needs induce some patients to hold benzodiazepines consumption much longer than what the health policies establish. We found that the assumption of precision medicine about continuity between molecular individual characterizations to population-wide can be questioned, especially in certain social environments. There are some social and economic factors like domestic and neighborhood violence and deprivation, certain monoparental family configurations, performance requirements for workers and students and others that affect consumption practices of benzodiazepines and puts into question the medical practice as well as individual decisions about these drugs. The narratives of prescribers and consumers show dilemmatic situations that the doctors have to deal with when they continue prescribing a medicine bypassing what the treatment strategy recommendations says. This raises questions about how medical strategies are designed and how they can be truly customized.


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, o también apodada Yamibō, es un juego hentai publicado a finales del 2002 por ROOT el cual llevó a una serie anime de 13 episodios, creada también por ROOT y Studio Deen en el año 2003. A pesar de no ser adulto, pertenece al género yuri ecchi pero con mucha fantasía, mas esto último no menoscaba la parte dramática. La historia no se ha publicado en manga; en el juego los personajes son los mismos, pero la historia es completamente distinta en relación con el anime. El anime ha sido licenciado para su distribución en los Estados Unidos por Media Blasters y fue estrenado en el canal Toku en julio del 2016.

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La historia se centra en Hatsuki Azuma, una chica guapa, alta y oscura de personalidad fría, indiferente y seria, con apariencia algo masculina, siendo admirada y amada por varias chicas del instituto. Cuando era pequeña, ella tenía una extraña enfermedad no especificada en la serie, y en un festival de primavera fue consolada por Hatsumi, una chica muda que adoptaron sus padres. Ambas son hermanastras que viven en la gran mansión, con constante ausencia de sus padres.

A partir de la fuerza que Hatsumi le dio a Hatsuki en el momento de su enfermedad, sin emitir palabras, esta se salvó y siguió viviendo, naciéndole así un profundo afecto hacia su hermana. Ambas tienen dieciséis años, siendo Hatsumi la mayor, sin embargo, debido al sentimiento sobreprotector que tiene Hatsuki hacia su hermana, esta se considera en algunas ocasiones, la mayor. Ambas aparentemente son buenas hermanas, siendo ambas muy populares, Hatsumi con los chicos y Hatsuki con las chicas.

La historia comienza la noche en la que las hermanas discuten, llevándonos a ver distintos recuerdos ocurridos recientemente, que nos permiten saber la razón de su disputa. Hatsuki rechaza a todas las chicas que se le declaran sin pensarlo, ya que está convencida de que su amor por Hatsumi es real, sin embargo, Hatsumi acepta con mucho afecto los sentimientos de los chicos. El día en el que todo comienza, Hatsuki ve a su hermana besándose con uno de esos chicos, para después verla en casa, abriendo una carta que el mismo le había enviado. Tras un ataque de celos, Hatsuki le arrebata la carta e intenta hacer ver a Hatsumi lo insensibles que son sus actos, ignorando los sentimientos de ella.

Tras esta discusión, Hatsumi se duerme y Hatsuki se queda viendo viejos videos de ambas, reflexionando acerca de lo ocurrido en las últimas semanas. Con decisión, la chica se dirige a la habitación de su hermana, y al momento de intentar robarle un beso mientras dormía, el despertador suena a las 12:00, despertando a Hatsumi quien pronuncia el nombre de su hermana antes de ser cubierta por una extraña luz verde que cubre todo su cuerpo, y transportándola hacia otro lugar.

Al ver su desaparición, Hatsuki se desespera y le busca por todos los lados de la casa. Resignada, regresa a la habitación, donde encuentra a un extraño pájaro parlante comentando algo sobre que "Eve ya cumplió 16 años", intuyendo de quién se trataba, Hatsuki amenaza al pájaro para ayudarle a encontrar a su hermana, quien al parecer no se encontraba en ese mundo. Así pues, se van juntos a la Biblioteca de Yamiyama, donde se encuentran con Lilith, una pervertida guardiana que también desea encontrar a Hatsumi por distintos motivos.

La realidad era que "Hatsumi" era solo una de las cuantas figuras de Eve, una de las guardianas de la Biblioteca de Yamiyama, el cual es el núcleo del universo, donde hay una infinidad de libros, y en cada libro se relata acerca de un mundo, y quien esté bañado por la luz de Souma tiene el poder para transportarse a cualquiera de los mundos relatados en sus respectivos libros. Así inicia la obsesiva búsqueda de Hatsuki por encontrar a su hermana, a pesar de que la posibilidad de que Hatsumi regrese es nula, ya que ella pertenece a la biblioteca, Hatsuki no se da por vencida y se marcha en una aventura viajando de mundo en mundo en compañía de Lilith y el pájaro Ken-chan.

Personajes

Voz por: Mamiko Noto
Una hermosa chica de oscuro cabello largo y unos penetrantes ojos azules, el ejemplo claro de la bishōjo alta y seria. No parece importarle nada más que sus propios sentimientos por Hatsumi y no se detendrá ante nada hasta cumplir su objetivo, que es encontrar a Hatsumi y devolverla al mundo en el que vivían ambas. A pesar de que aparenta ser muy ruda en realidad es muy vulnerable y hasta algo sumisa. Idolatra a Hatsumi a niveles extremos, de tal forma que se considera sucia y egoísta cuando siente atracción sexual hacia su hermanastra. Hatsuki es uno de los personajes más "humanos" del Yuri, por eso muchos empatizaran con ella a nivel de sentir sus emociones.

Voz por: Ai Shimizu
Es la hermana adoptiva de Hatsuki. Pero su verdadera identidad es Eve, una de las entidades que protege la Biblioteca de Yamiyama, su padre. Ella dejó su trabajo en la biblioteca, dejándoselo a su hermana Lilith, para poder vivir 16 años en cada libro de la librería. Así, una vez cumple sus 16 años en un mundo, es cubierta por el poder de Souma (la luz verde, el cual es un poder supremo para trasladarse de mundo en mundo) y reencarna en otro lugar. Esto lo hace con motivos de diversión, su apariencia no cambia en ninguna de sus encarnaciones y en algunos mundos, prefiere aparentar que es muda. Es muy abierta con sus sentimientos, comprensiva y cariñosa; debido a esto, a cada mundo que va es amada intensamente por alguien, para después ocasionarle un profundo dolor con su desaparición.

Voz por: Sanae Kobayashi
Ella es la verdadera hermana mayor de Eve y es la actual guardiana de la Biblioteca de Yamiyama. Se siente muy atraída hacia Hatsuki, y le coquetea descaramente sin obtener la atención de esta. Es una brujita muy carismática y algo infantil, anteriormente estaba enamorada de Yamiyama, su padre, creador de la biblioteca que se parece mucho a Hatsuki, pero este siempre le tuvo preferencia a Eve, razón por la cual ella es la primera guardiana. Ya por él y por Hatsuki, Lilith siente muchos celos y odia a su hermana. Aparenta ser tonta y distraída, pero la verdad es que en varios mundos ha empleado sucios trucos para conseguir sus objetivos. Lilith quiere encontrar a Eve para que regrese a su deber como guardiana. Ella es algo mezquina ya que usa los sentimientos de Hatsuki para llegar hasta Eve.

Voz por: Reiko Takagi
Es un pequeño pájaro parlante que ha acompañado a los guardianes de la biblioteca durante generaciones. Posee un gran conocimiento acerca de cada mundo y por supuesto, de Eve y Lilith. Acompaña a las chicas en la búsqueda de Eve, yendo siempre al hombro de Lilith. Es bastante quejumbroso y lujurioso, cuando tiene la oportunidad intenta pervertir a alguna de las chicas, le da un toque bastante cómico a la serie.

Voz por: Shin'ichirō Miki
Su historia aparece junto con Ritsuko en el episodio tres (aunque ella desemplea un papel mayor en el episodio cuatro). Gargantua tiene más de 100 años, aunque aparenta no más de los 25, al igual que Ritsuko. Esto es debido a que ambos estuvieron presentes a la hora de que Eve desapareciera de ese mundo, y fueron cubiertos por la luz de Souma, la cual les brindó poderes mágicos. Debido a que Gargantua estaba obsesionado con Jill (una de las encarnaciones de Eve), este realiza un hechizo con magia obscura para llegar hasta Lilith. Esta le otorga un libro en blanco, con el cual él crea su propio mundo y así poder realizar su búsqueda en pos de Eve.

Voz por: Jun Fukuyama
Aya es un personaje desconocido aparece en momentos inesperados y desaparece sin previo aviso. Este personaje es el que te guía a través de los mundos de los libros con su voz, ya que es el narrador.

Música
Opening
 Hitomi no naka no meikyuu por Aiko Kayou

Ending

 Eien no Inori wo Sasagete por Sanae Kobayashi
 Hitomi no naka no meikyuu (full version) por Aiko Kayou (capítulo 13)

Enlaces externos
 Página oficial (japonés)
 Ficha en AnimeNFO (inglés)

Anime de 2003
Manga de 2003
Manga publicado en Comptiq
Anime y manga ecchi
Anime y manga yuri
Series de televisión de Mainichi Broadcasting System

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Momentum in the Media
Momentum clients were all over the news this month in a media blitz for some wonderful mission-driven organizations, including the American Ethical Union, Lavelle School for the Blind, and American University of Antigua College of Medicine.
Clients appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Daily News, Reuters, Associated Press, US News & World Report, National Public Radio, ABC-TV, NY1 New Yorker of the Week, and more.
The stories ranged from the Starbucks controversy in Philadelphia to an art exhibit by blind students to a love story of two med students. All showed Momentum at its best–gaining recognition for organizations and individuals doing good in the world.
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using System.Reactive.Disposables;
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using CoreGraphics;
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        private UIActivityIndicatorView _activityIndicatorView;
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        public LoginViewController()
        {
        }

        public override void ViewDidLoad()
        {
            base.ViewDidLoad();
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                BackgroundColor = UIColor.LightGray,
                Placeholder = "Username"
            };
            _passwordTextField = new UITextField()
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                BackgroundColor = UIColor.LightGray,
                Placeholder = "Password",
                SecureTextEntry = true
            };
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            _loginButton.SetTitleColor(UIColor.Black, UIControlState.Normal);

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                    TintColor = UIColor.Black,
                    ActivityIndicatorViewStyle = UIActivityIndicatorViewStyle.Gray
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            AddBindings();

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            View.AddSubview(_passwordTextField);
            View.AddSubview(_loginButton);
            View.BackgroundColor = UIColor.White;
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        {
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        private void AddBindings()
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Marcus swung his sword in a downward chop, reckless and overbalanced, like a peasant. Paullus rolled aside across the carpet of bodies and sprung back to his feet, as Marcus stumbled after on his crunching ankle.
Three times now Paullus should have been dead. Marcus couldn't land the decisive blow. Blood loss made him clumsy, and his strikes too slow. His hand cramped shut over a thousand-pound sword. He wielded it more like a club than a cutting instrument.
Paullus lunged at Marcus. Marcus batted the blade away but didn't have the energy to pursue again when Paullus jumped back. His counter-stroke sliced through empty air.
Paullus came right back, hacking away, and Marcus retreated step after step. Every one of those inarticulate blows presented Marcus an opportunity to turn Paullus's blade and slip in after it, sliding his weapon home. Yet every time Marcus barely managed to lift his sword, barely kept Paullus from opening him up. He kept losing ground to keep his life.
The stone parapet bumped his upper thigh from behind, stopping him short. Paullus sneered a grin. Marcus prepared for the final strike.
"Out of my way, god-puppet!" a voice roared from behind Paullus. The man spun around, then realized his mistake, and began to turn back. Too late. Marcus had lurched forward the instant Paullus moved, hoisting the sword two handed. He plunged the blade into Paullus's back, years in the field guiding his point without pause or thought. Just to the left of the spine, just between the fourth and fifth ribs, only barely scraping bone as it drove into the chest.
Paullus screamed, shoulders wrenching back. A spasm, he tried to step forward, but the foot he came down on didn't hold his weight. He crumpled to the floor in a heap, the sword pulling free as he fell. Gushing heart-blood matted his robe to his back.
Andreas stood past Paullus's collapsed form, the gleaming Verus family sword clenched in one hand. Every line of his body trembled fury.
Loathing rolled over Marcus in waves. It washed through his aching, burning muscles. It left the taste of the ash of Quintus's burning letters in his mouth. He swayed on his feet, tightened his grip on the sword.
"You did this!" Andreas shouted. Not very specific, but Marcus knew what he meant.
Marcus inhaled shakily. He'd barely held off Paullus. Fighting Andreas would be suicide. He dropped his sword to the floor.
"Yes, I did," Marcus answered, in controlled tones. Calming tones. He would kill Andreas, but not today. "And for very good reason. Didn't you see? Rome was on the very precipice of destruction. The foundations of our way of life were–"
"Fuck you! Shut your mouth, you…" Andreas's words faltered. His eyes darted around the Imperial Box, then came to rest on Marcus again. "…monster," he breathed.
"Every man here died fighting for what they believed in. Either–"
"Shut the fuck up. You think you can talk your way out of this? If I hear one more word from you I'll shove this sword right through your neck."
Marcus nodded, and sat back on the parapet. Exhaustion turned his body to lead, but he wasn't ready to die yet. His eyes roved over his surroundings, searching for some way to extricate himself from this. He sat at a forward corner of the Imperial Box, stands rising to his right, the arena empty below to his left. The wound in the world, the mountain of nothing, had faded away soon after his connection with Joah and Andreas broke.
Behind Andreas, the sky's last vibrations died away as it fully returned to its familiar blue hue. Andreas's neck strained under a clenching jaw. He glared down at Paullus's corpse before him, as if challenging it to rise again.
"I should just kill you right now and be done with it," Andreas said, still gazing toward the corpse. "You, and everyone like you. You deserve it so much."
Andreas's face contorted, first in bug-eyed surprise, then into outrage. "Shut up!" he shouted, clenching fists. He didn't look up. "Yes, deserve! Nothing is different!" He crouched down to Paullus's body and picked at the man's robes. "Can you imagine how much better the world would be, without people like you in it? How much misery could be averted if garbage like you was just carved out and discarded? You'd never trouble anyone again."
Marcus stirred slightly, to shift his center over his good leg. In an eyeblink Andreas snapped to his feet, sword trained on Marcus's chest. "Don't move," he growled.
Marcus spread his hands to show they were empty. Andreas stood taut, unbudging.
"But that's the problem, isn't it?" the younger man asked. "It's so easy. The point so sharp. Just a bit of pressure, slide it between your ribs, and so many problems are solved. It shouldn't be so easy, so useful, to end a life."
Marcus opened his mouth to reply but the grim narrowing of Andreas's eyes stopped him. Marcus struggled to keep his gaze focused, finding it starting to blur.
"And that's why it becomes the default tool, isn't it?" Andreas continued. "It's too effective. Too easy. Just kill every male in Jerusalem, and all your problems are solved. Slaughter the barbarians, enslave their children. Murder your rivals. Solved, solved, solved. Why stop? Can you tell me that? Why should I stop now?"
"Am I allowed to speak, then?" Marcus asked. He wasn't sure it would matter. He didn't think Andreas could understand reason in this state.
Andreas considered him for a long moment. He half-lowered his sword, and took a deep breath. "No. You've said enough."
Marcus glanced down into the arena. He could probably pitch into it before Andreas could stab him. If he didn't land badly he could still flee into the tunnels. Maybe Andreas wouldn't pursue. Maybe he'd survive for another hour. It was a mad idea, but madness was all he had left.
"There is no reason to stop," Andreas stated. Iron banded his voice. "Not now. Not ever. The killing will go on endlessly." Marcus prepared to tumble. "But I'm drawing my line. If there's no reason to stop, I'll stop without reason. I am fucking done with all of this."
Andreas flipped the sword into an underhand grip. With a full-bodied downward crunch he plunged the sword through Paullus's body, like a man would drive a standard into the ground. Marcus winced involuntarily, knowing the sword tip was ruined against the marble floor. Andreas straightened, leaving the weapon standing on its own in the corpse.
"Have your sword back. I don't need it anymore."
He turned and walked from the scene of carnage.
Marcus exhaled, his breath escaping in a vibrato waver. He tried to take his feet, barely catching himself when his knees gave out. Damnation. He was so weak. There was no one left, no one here to help him. Under his own power he still had to make it from the Colosseum, maybe all the way to the House of the Vestals, before he passed out and bled to a silent, ignominious death.
He pushed off the parapet and tried again. The world tilted, and his legs folded immediately, spilling him onto the bloodstained floor. He bent forward and squeezed his eyes tight over hot frustration. He was so close. It couldn't end now. Not like this.
He dragged one arm forward, then the other, crawling over bodies. The Colosseum began to spin in earnest. Marcus paused to clear his head, sucking air deep into his lungs. For an instant he thought he heard a voice, thin but familiar.
"Marcus?"
There it was again. Marcus looked around, but couldn't see over the Imperial Box walls from his position.
Domita?
"Marcus?" It sounded like an echo down a long tunnel.
He levered himself up onto a parapet. In a darkening world, Marcus spotted his wife holding her skirts up halfway to her knees, stepping over the bodies and rubble of the stands.
"Domita!"
She caught sight of him, and the panic on her face crossed into deathly worry. She broke into a run, calling his name.
Marcus smiled in a daze as he slipped back to the floor. The image of her, floating pristine among the destruction, was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen in his life.
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Quebec's elementary and high schools to return to class Monday, Legault says | CBC News Loaded
Quebec's elementary and high schools to return to class Monday, Legault says
Quebec elementary and high school students will be back in class on Monday, less than a week away.
Teachers call for more safety measures before restarting in-person learning
CBC News · Posted: Jan 12, 2022 7:19 PM ET | Last Updated: January 13
When schools were closed about a week before Christmas, the return date was supposed to be Jan. 10. That has since been bumped up to Jan 17. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)
"It is very important for children to go back to school, to learn, to find their friends, to find a certain normalcy," says Premier François Legault in a post on Facebook Tuesday evening.
"The vast majority of children are not at a significant health risk with COVID. On the other hand, school delays and isolation can cause significant problems."
Legault says CEGEPs and universities will also be able to return in person and "we will give them some leeway to adjust."
The premier says he understands that returning to in-class learning can worry parents, teachers and school staff. He says it is reassuring that 98 per cent of high school teens have received one dose of the vaccine, and 89 per cent have received two doses.
Bonne nouvelle! La direction de la santé publique est favorable à l'ouverture des écoles primaires et secondaires dès lundi prochain, comme prévu. Les cégeps et les universités vont aussi pouvoir retourner en personne.

Pour me lire 👉 https://t.co/pxmxDDLQzB
—@francoislegault
"Our elementary school children are nearly 60 per cent vaccinated for the first dose and their immune response is very strong at this age," he says. "Teachers, for their part, have been massively vaccinated and have had priority access to the third dose since the end of December."
Complete details of the government's plan are expected to be revealed Thursday, but Legault says rapid tests will be made available to schools.
"Everyone will wear a mask at first. We know we're going to have to adjust in the first few days, but we've been there before," he says. "If everyone does their part, things will be fine and the children will regain their joy of living."
Quebec Education Minister Jean-François Roberge posted to Twitter Wednesday, calling the announcement "good news for our students."
"Many measures have been taken to protect students and staff and meet the challenge of this necessary reopening," he says.
Teachers worry there's a lack of health measures
Montreal resident Ritika Malini says her seven-year-old son is enjoying online school, but he's been missing out by not being in the classroom.
"He's learning, yes, but he's not getting an experience — he's not experiencing learning," she said. "If he goes out, there's more exposure."
The head of the Montreal teachers' association, Lori Newton, said more safety measures are needed before schools reopen. For example, she said, teachers should be prioritized for PCR tests, as health-care workers are.
"What we would like to see is that any school personnel that would like to have an N95 mask, be able to get that," Newton said.
"We need to see that teachers can get access to rapid testing kits like the elementary and preschool students can have."
Sabrina Jafralie, a teacher at Westmount High School, said she's concerned about returning to the classroom, given the epidemiological situation.
She's worried teachers and students could catch the virus and put further pressure on the health-care system.
Westmount High School teacher Sabrina Jafralie worries students and teachers will be exposed to the highly contagious Omicron variant. (Submitted by Sabrina Jafralie)
She said while online learning can be an effective means of educating students, not enough has been done to upgrade upgrading the available online learning resources.
When classes do resume in person, Jafralie said she plans to wear an N95 mask.
Replacing teachers who are out sick or isolating
Daniel Gauthier, the head of the Syndicat de l'enseignement de la région de Québec, which represents teachers in the Quebec City area, is among those worried that no new protective measures have been announced to prevent outbreaks.
"When we reopen without increasing the measures, we close for longer a few weeks later," he said. "We have to make different choices."
Quebec premier names new top health official after sudden resignation
Like many others, Gauthier is concerned about the lack of ventilation in classrooms and cafeterias. Even if students wear a mask in class, they are allowed to remove their masks to dine together, he said.
"There are obvious risks of spread and there is no change in current procedures," Gauthier said.
Clearly it's better for students to be in class, but "on the other hand, we always have concerns," said Simon Mainville, principal of the La Courvilloise high school in Quebec City.
Quebec shuts down schools, bars, gyms and more as COVID-19 case counts soar
He said one of the biggest headaches will be replacing teachers who contract COVID-19 or have to go into isolation as a preventive measure due to exposure.
But Mainville, despite his concerns, said he will be ready to welcome the students as soon as the Legault government gives the green light.
"Despite the difficulties, we roll up our sleeves, we do whatever it takes to provide good service," he said.
with files from Valeria Cori-Manocchio and Radio-Canada
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Isosaari är en ö i Finland. Den ligger i sjön Iso-Tervanen och i kommunen Suonenjoki genom att gränsen till Pieksämäki kröker runt den. Den ligger således i landskapet  Norra Savolax vid gränsen till Södra Savolax, i den centrala delen av landet,  km norr om huvudstaden Helsingfors. Öns area är  hektar och dess största längd är 170 meter i sydväst-nordöstlig riktning.

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Political Party Conventions: What Are They For?
Party conventions used to nominate presidential candidates. Now that's all done in advance. Next week's Republican Party convention plans to break with tradition. Instead of waiting until Wednesday, they'll nominate Mitt Romney on Monday, the first day of their convention in Tampa. Does that mean conventions don't matter? Recent history suggests that they do. Remember Barack Obama's keynote speech in 2004? Remember Sarah Palin in 2008? We hear about conventions past — with the voices of Franklin Roosevelt, Hubert Humphrey, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. How have the raucous gatherings of political insiders evolved into carefully scripted TV productions? Will the Republicans finally unite behind Mitt Romney next week in Tampa? Can they survive the Florida weather?
Do the Political Conventions Still Matter?


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Motorcyclist injured in crash with car; driver suspected of DUI
by Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP | Nov 29, 2011 | Motorcycle Accidents
There's no question that traffic accidents involving even minor injuries are traumatic. Right after an accident, there is disorientation and a flood of emotions, in addition to the physical injuries. Often amid the confusion, people forget to take steps that ensure they will be taken care of down the road. Other times, the injuries are so severe that the person involved in the accident can't take those steps.
A 59-year-old motorcyclist from Broomall, Pennsylvania, landed in the hospital with critical injuries after being struck by a car over the weekend. The accident happened when the driver attempted to make a turn in the direction the motorcycle was coming from. The impact sent the rider over the car before he landed on the highway.
Police said the car's driver, a 24-year-old from Westtown, was drunk. Initially, police said, the driver denied drinking before the crash, but later confessed to having had a couple of beers. He was charged with DUI, aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI, reckless driving and failing to yield the right of way to another vehicle by entering or crossing the road.
The motorcyclist in this case may not seem very lucky, but he was in the sense that police responded immediately and collected information that will allow him to seek compensation for his injuries. Because the motorcyclist was critically injured, he likely wasn't able to collect any of this information himself. Although the driver in this case stayed at the scene and eventually told police the truth, not all drivers do.
If you're involved in an injury accident, the first steps are to seek medical attention and contact police. From there, you'll want to collect as much information as you can, from names and contact information of the other drivers and involved to photographs of your injuries and surroundings. Memories of small details from an accident can fade quickly, but sometimes it's these details that can make or break a case.
Source: Daily Local News, "Police: Driver in car-cycle crash was driving drunk," Tom Kelly IV, Nov. 27, 2011


Eric Givens, senior director of digital banking at Arizona Federal Credit Union, talks technology and understanding what makes millennials tick.
In 2006, a career in digital banking was the last thing on the mind of Eric Givens. The 2005 graduate of Bethany College in West Virginia had moved from the outskirts of Pittsburgh, PA, to Phoenix, AZ, with the intent of furthering his budding career as a radio DJ.
That's when he heard about Arizona Federal Credit Union ($1.4B, Phoenix, AZ). He joined the cooperative in 2008 as an auto repossession specialist overseeing 300 repos a month.
Within two years, he became the risk specialist manager and soon afterward became responsible for all risk mitigation, including repos, mortgages, and credit cards.
When Arizona Federal's senior IT officer left in February 2015, it named Givens senior director of digital banking. It was a new position that recognizes the important marriage of IT and business disciplines to meet the constantly changing needs of consumers.
Here, the self-avowed technology nerd who has focused on bringing payments innovation to Arizona Federal shares his perspectives on leadership and how technology-driven changes are likely to affect the credit union industry.
In some situations, when things are going crazy with an employee, you need to mentor. Other times you don't need to give advice at all — you just need to listen.
My leadership style adapts. I'm trusting of my team and treat them like adults. When we talk about schedules, I give them parameters and let them make their schedules. I step in only if there is a conflict and I need to make a decision. I want my team to be able to work together and reach conclusions on their own without having to rely on me.
Our vice president of organizational development has been a mentor to me. Early in my career as a manager, I didn't want to hurt anybody's feelings. He told me you have to tell people what they're doing wrong as well as what they're doing right. You owe it to them. If you don't tell them, how are they ever going to develop?
As a sort of microcosm, that's what he did to me. It's about trying to develop someone. It's leading, not just managing.
We're going more digital, and we're trying to cater to the digital needs of our members and prospective members.
We have created a digital branch that handles all phone and web loans and also has digital account opening. Soon, we'll have an app for loan applications. We're going more digital, and we're trying to cater to the digital needs of our members and prospective members.
A great majority of the millennial generation is not going to walk into a branch. It they come in to open an account, that might be the last time that member walks into a branch.
Everything else is mobile. I can speak for myself. I'm 32 and haven't been into a branch for a personal banking reason for six years. I can do everything on my phone. I deposit checks. If I want to apply for a loan on my phone, I'll be able to do that shortly with Arizona Federal.
We might start seeing institutions consolidate physical branches and be more strategic or optimized elsewhere. It might be that some institutions have ATM kiosks just to keep a physical footprint. It's going to depend on each institution's strategy.
For Arizona Federal, we're thinking ahead. We want to make sure we've got an in with the millennials while at the same time making sure we don't alienate Gen X and baby boomers. I think we'll see a lot more focus on education and financial coaching in branches in the future. People will need the branch when they need advice or they have a problem.
Other institutions need to get on the same page of constantly researching new stuff, or they're just going to be left in the dust.
Don't be scared to fail. It's as simple as that.
Don't be scared to fail. It's as simple as that.Everything is not going to be successful, but try. And document it. It might not be good now but in the future it could be.
Wearables are coming out, which members can use to pay transactions. I believe there was a bank in 2010 that gave out wristbands to joggers. It never caught on because it was before its time. But now wearables are big and that bank has a jump-start because it has the case studies and already knows how the technology works.
You have to not be scared to try something. We're fortunate because we have leaders at Arizona Federal who feel the same way.


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Malaysian ruling coalition remains in power May 5, 2013
Posted by Sverre in : Malaysia, World politics	, comments closed
The Malaysian ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) seems to have managed to remain in power after today's general elections, having at least passed the mark of the 112 necessary seats necessary to retain their parliamentary majority, reports Al Jazeera. The Malaysian newspaper New Straits Times reports the number to be 133 at the time of writing this, with 6 seats left to be decided. I haven't seen the aggregate voting numbers yet, but I expect PR may very well have gained a vote majority, despite not having captured the sufficient number of parliament seats. This because they are strong in the population dense urban areas where more votes are necessary to gain a seat in the single seat first-past-the-post voting system.
Prime minister Najib Tun Razak has made statements that he wishes to embark on a "national reconciliation process" to work against extremism towards a more moderate environment in the wake of the election. What this means, remains to be seen. BN has a rather dubious history when it comes to "measures" for national unity, traditionally not having been shy to employ authoritarian measures to quell opposition. Whether this will be the result also this time remains to be seen.
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim fuelled public suspicions beforehand by claiming that only fraud could keep the opposition from winning the election. Social media are currently abuzz with various claims of fraud. The government is accused of everything from direct ballot stuffing to flying in foreigners and issuing last minute citizenship credentials to win closely contested rural districts. On Facebook a "blackout campaign" replacing profile images with a black square has been started, pointing to the "miraculous blackouts" allegedly ensuring BN's victory. The opposition leader himself has made claims about multiple occurrences of "phantom voters" through his official Twitter account @anwaribrahim, and appears not to accept the result.
While the government coalition seems to have won this round, halting the progress of the opposition movement, whether legitimately or not, they do not seem to have managed to improve their position in parliament, losing a few seats to the opposition compared to the last general election in 2008.
An "Arab Spring" for Malaysia? May 5, 2013
Yes, I know. Malaysia isn't an Arabic country, and the current Malaysian regime is far from the former regimes of Libya and Egypt. Nevertheless, today's general election in this Muslim majority South-East Asian country could possibly be a pivotal point with several similarities to the Arab Spring, and with a peaceful transfer of power, could possibly make it a beacon for the fledgling regimes further west.
When Malaysia gained independence from Great Britain in 1957, one of the conditions for the transfer of power was that power had to be shared between the major ethnic groups: The Malays, the Chinese and the Indians. The Party Perikatan (Alliance Party), later to become the Barisan Nasional (National Alliance), was the response – a coalition of the main political organization of each of the three groups, namely United Malays National Organization (UMNO), Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC). This nationalist conservative alliance, led by the UMNO has ruled the country since, with fifty years of consecutive two-third majorities in parliament until 2008, when the newly formed Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition alliance under the leadership of former UMNO deputy head Anwar Ibrahim seized almost half the votes (but far less than half the seats due to a first-past-the-post electoral system).
The maximum term length for the Malaysian parliament is 5 years, so the Prime Minister finally had to dissolve parliament and call for new general elections now. To name an election "historic" is an abused trope, but in this case it has all the makings for becoming a pivotal moment in Malaysian history. Either as the election where BN lost its marjority for the first time, the election where PR lost its momentum and failed to gain the majority, or something else entirely. (more…)
We killed the bastard! Let's party….? May 2, 2011
Posted by Sverre in : Human rights, World politics	, comments closed
So, Osama bin Laden is dead. The most hated man in the western hemisphere has been brought down. Justice is served. Or is it? If we take a step back from the thrill of the moment and examine the facts, what has really happened here?
United States' agents have localized and killed a foreign national on foreign soil, then recovered his body. This man is accused of committing serious crimes against humanity, but no attempt was made to capture him alive and put him on trial. The president of the United States has acted as both prosecutor, judge and jury with the US Navy Seals as executioners. Despite this, President Obama freely owns up to his achievement, without even an attempt at explanation as to why the killing was necessary. Official word from the US Government is also that the mission was to kill It also seems that the aim has been to kill him, not a serious attempt to capture. And the rest of the western nations applaude. Including Norway's prime and foreign ministers. And the people of the United States (and to a lesser degree in Europe as well) celebrate. Celebrate the killing of another human being.
Gore and Wolfowitz on Anwar Trial August 4, 2010
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The Wall street Journal today published a joint editorial by Al Gore and Paul Wolfowitz ((Hidden behind paywall at WSJ, so I'm linking to Lim Kit Siang's publication of the entire piece)) regarding the trial against Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. This trial is the latest in a series of various legal actions most likely politically motivated and engineered by the Malaysian establishment to keep him out of Malaysian politics.
Gore and Wolfowitz, pretty far apart in domestic politics have come together in their condemnation and call for action by the American government. They also display some insight into matters in Malaysia and Anwar Ibrahim. Matters in Malaysia are by no means entirely black and white, but the heart of the matter is that abuse of judicial power to undermine democracy is wrong no matter what. (more…)
On parliamentary censorship in Malaysia and the Jew connection April 24, 2010
I haven't blogged much the past couple of months. It's partly because of a busy schedule and partly because of a severe case of writer's block. A holiday to my old stomping grounds in Malaysia and Pulau Langkawi where I once attended sekolah menengah (Malaysian high school) has inspired new interest in writing about the country.
Malaysia has a parliament and elections, but it is nowehere near being a working democracy. This week they have once again proven this with the censorship of MP and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar now faces possible suspension from parliament over a comment made during one of its sessions. He claimed that the nationalist campaign 1Malaysia, intended to boost national unity, is somehow related to Ehud Barak's 1999 political campaign One Israel. The relation is the PR firm APCO that allegedly has been working for the government coalition Barisan Nasional. (more…)
Anwar Ibrahim on trial for sodomy again February 7, 2010
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was today back in the courtroom for trial on charges of sodomy, a very serious offense in the Muslim-dominated Malaysia. The prosecution claims to have rock sure technical evidence, Anwar and his supporters claim this is a high-level government conspiracy to discredit the opposition movement. Whatever the truth, both sides of the political fence in Malaysia has much on the line in this trial.
Similar charges in 1998 led to Anwar being sacked as s deputy PM, imprisoned and quarantined from politics – also being the decisive blow against his economic reform program1. It may have been a pyrrhic victory for the sitting regime as it also served as a rallying call for the opposition eventually leading to the creation of the current opposition coalition where such diverse parties as the Islamist PAS and the socialist DAP stand reasonably united with Anwar as their leader.
In the previous round, the allegations against Anwar were by many seen as a decisive low blow by a hegemonic leader (Mahathir Mohamad) against his reform-oriented deputy who was rising too fast in public popularity . In 1998 Mahathir sat on the pinnacle of a strong pyramid of patronage and media control. He needed to prevent Anwar from getting in the position for a possible hijack of this effective machine. In destroying an internal enemy he created an external one.
I have previously published a student paper about this in the post Sex, lies and capital controls [↩]
The Massachusetts mess January 18, 2010
Posted by Sverre in : Uncategorized, United States	, comments closed
The Democrats may lose their supermajority in the Senate. A serious problem for health reform. Several bloggers have opinions on what this may signal that way or the other, particularly since this is a traditionally Democratic seat. Dan Drezner has an interesting take on the real reason why the race has suddenly gotten interesting: Both candidates are apallingly bad.
I quote:
[…]the candidates are God awful. Seriously, they stink. Just to review our choices: Democrat Martha Coakley has a prosecutor's complex that would make Javert seeem like a bleeding-heart liberal. She is a God-awful politician so out of touch with reality that she accused Red Sox hero extraordinaire Curt Schilling of being a Yankee fan (Schilling's blog response is here). Based on the ads I've seen, her campaign has also been, by far, the nastier of the two.
This leaves Republican Scott Brown, who based on this vacuous Boston Globe op-ed, is an empty shirt with no actual policy content whatsoever. He was in favor of health care reform before he was against it. He can't stand the run-up in government debt, and wants to cut taxes across the board to take care of the problem — cause that makes perfect economic sense. The one thing he is unequivocally for is waterboarding suspected terrorists.
It would be true political irony if all Obama's blood sweat and tears over health reform should go to waste because of a mess like this. But that's politics for you. Part of the reason why it's so interesting…
Obama's international relations theory December 12, 2009
Posted by Sverre in : International relations, United States, World politics	, comments closed
Dan Drezner's blog at Foreign Policy has a nice blog post about the international relations theory of Obama's Nobel speech. As a treasure trove for IR lecturers, he claims to have seen clear traces of both Realism, Neoliberal institutionalism, Social construcivism, Democratic peace theory, Feminist IR theory and Human security theory. Personally, I can spot a few of those, but my knowledge of IR theory isn't quite sufficient to cover them all.
But what is the moral of the story of Obama's theory mixing? Logical inconsistency? No, that the real world is significantly more complex than what either of those theories portrays it as, and that any government drawing on just one way of analyzing the world has a much smaller toolbox to choose from when trying to understand what's going on and what to do about it.
Just having an American president that has relaxed the hardcore neo-Conservative thinking of the White House seems to me to be important enough for world peace to justify a Nobel Peace Prize all on its own, regardless of the greatness of his future achievements.
On Fox and Obama October 15, 2009
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The Daily beast brings a very interesting editorial piece about the struggle between Obama's administration and Fox News. John Bathcelor points out that Fox isn't primarily a news network, it's an entertainment network that makes money from advertising. And they're doing that very well right now:
None of what goes on in the evening has anything to do with government. The president and the Congress are discussed as omnipresent villains in a fairytale that begins with a happy kingdom of worthies, introduces an ogre, a witch, and a curse, and then interviews champions to come forward to rescue the frightened children and save the USA. All the while, Ming the Merciless, aka Rupert Murdoch, rakes up the ratings and the bucks.
The worst mistake Axelrod and Emanuel are making by confusing Fox News with the Republican Party is that they are confusing campaigning with entertaining and then letting this mistake blind them to the fact that the White House is for governing, not just staging.
Fox News is not in the news business; it's in show business. The Republican Party, like its blood kin the Democratic Party, is in the campaign business. The White House is in the government business, though, from the evidence so far, it doesn't know how to break out of the campaign business.
It all sounds rather logical to me. I've never been thought "taking on the media" was a particularly good idea. The winner in this struggle is surely Rupert Murdoch, who gets richer by the hour.
Nobel Peace Prize to Obama October 9, 2009
Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama is certainly an unexpected and interesting choice by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. On the one hand, awarding it to a person with a nine month history of involvement on the scene of international diplomacy may seem odd. On the other hand, awarding the prize based on work towards international diplomacy and multilateralism must be considered a return to the original intent expressed by Alfred Nobel in his will.
Some critics claim that awarding it to the man that advocated stepping up the military effort in Afghanistan is outrageous. Awarding the prize to someone who has shown himself willing to use military force is however nothing new. Theodore Roosevelt (1917), Henry Kissinger (1973) and Mikhail Gorbachev (1990) are examples of statesmen who aren't remembered as always being soft when it came to the application of power. (more…)


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Arsenal complete £25m Tierney signing from Celtic
NewSimulationShoes, September 7, 2019
The 22-year-old Scotland international joins on a five-year contract, following a transfer saga which lasted most of the summer window
Arsenal have finally completed the signing of left-back Kieran Tierney from Celtic, for a fee of £25 million ($30m).
The 22-year-old Scotland international has signed a five-year contract at the Emirates, and will compete with Sead Kolasinac for the left-back spot.
He follows Nicolas Pepe, William Saliba and Gabriel Martinelli as Arsenal's fourth permanent signing of the transfer window.
"We're delighted Kieran is joining us," said manager Unai Emery. "He's a very talented player who will continue to improve. He increases our options defensively and I look forward to him joining our group."
Lifelong Celtic fan Tierney joined the club at the age of seven, going on to make 170 appearances after making his first-team debut in 2015. The club released a statement saying that they "did all we could" to keep him at Celtic Park.
"This is an opportunity Kieran wanted to take and while we will be sad to see him leave the club, we wish Kieran all the very best for the future," manager Neil Lennon told the club's website.
"Although he is still a young guy, Kieran has given the club so much. He's a great lad and I've really enjoyed working with him. I'm sure he will continue to progress and develop and make a big impact in the English Premiership.
"It has obviously been a long process, but now it has been finalised we can now look ahead and concentrate on continuing to build our own squad and meet the many challenges ahead, domestically and in Europe."
The deal to take Tierney to north London has dragged on throughout the summer, with issues over the structuring of the payment having caused issues to the point it had seemed the move would break down entirely.
However, it seems that Tierney's desire to test himself at a higher level has played a part in pushing the deal through.
Inevitably, he has drawn comparisons with Liverpool left-back and international team-mate Andy Robertson, and Gunners fans will be hoping he can make a similar impact on the flank.
Pending the final registration details, Tierney should be available for Arsenal's first game of the new Premier League season, as they travel to Newcastle on Sunday.
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AlzheimersNet is your guide to memory care in Stanhope, IA. Memory care facilities offer housing and care for older adults with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. Memory care empowers seniors with memory impairment to stay as active and engaged as they possibly can, while living in a dignified, comfortable and secure setting. Our local Senior Living Advisors are widely knowledgeable about memory care in Stanhope, IA and nearby cities. After an initial consultation, your advisor will recommend a list of memory care facilities that fit your loved one's specific imperatives for care and living preferences, as well as your family's budget.
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Stanhope is a city in Hamilton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 422 at the 2010 census.
The minimum allowable age of residents is 55, the community is secured for the safety of patients that might be prone to wander, the property has a nurse that is able to administer injectable medicine, respite care is offered, and this community was built in 2008.
a visiting podiatrist helps keep your feet healthy, speech therapy is available on-site by a visiting speech therapist, resident parking is available to residents who drive, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and this community was built in 2011.
This pet-friendly community can help care for your pet, nourishing meals are provided to residents, professional nurses are on staff to help you, the facility has staff that can help residents with insulin to manage diabetic needs, and hospice is an option available at this location.
This pet-friendly community can help care for your pet, professional nurses are on staff to help you, an on-call physician is available to help, staff can help residents monitor their blood sugar, and the community is secured for the safety of residents that might be exit seeking.
Nutrient rich meals are provided to residents, the minimum allowable age of residents is 55, the community is secured for the safety of memory care residents that might be exit seeking, the Courtyard Estates at Hawthorne Crossing is has particular expertise to handle memory care and behavioral issues, and respite care is offered.
An on-call physician is available to help, trained staff can assist with injectable medication, full tubs are available, hospice is an option available at this location, and the community is licensed for 66 residents.
The community is secured for the safety of memory care residents that might be exit seeking, this property is its own free standing building, caregivers at The Village at Legacy Pointe are trained to spot potential disorientation presented by residents, staff is trained to deal with any exit seeking behaviors that may need to be handled, and full-service medication administration is available.
Staff is available help with your blood sugar management, residents who need help with medication management can be given reminders and be monitored to make sure they are taking their medications, residents who drive will find parking available to them, complimentary transportation is available to residents, and full tubs are available.
The facility has staff that can administer insulin to manage diabetic needs, this community administers patient medications, the property has a nurse that is able to administer injectable medicine, complimentary transportation is handy for residents, and wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location.
Tasty and wholesome meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, physical therapy can be done on-site by a visiting physical therapist, hospice is an option available at this location, this community was built in 1999, and this location was renovated in 2007.
The minimum allowable age of residents is 65, a visiting podiatrist helps keep your feet healthy, caregiver staff can deal with any wandering issues a member of the community may have, this community administers patient medications, and hospice is an option available at this location.
The facility has staff that can help you with your insulin to manage diabetic needs, staff is trained to deal with any exit seeking behaviors that may need to be handled, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, aging in place allows residents to remain in one location as their care needs change, and the staff speaks American Sign Language in the community.
a visiting podiatrist helps keep your feet healthy, resident parking is available to residents who drive, this community provides complimentary transportation, this community was built in 2005, and the community is licensed for 60 residents.
Appetizing and nourishing meals are provided to all residents even those with dietary restrictions, the minimum allowable age of residents is 55, staff is available help with your blood sugar management, complimentary transportation is at the disposal of residents, and respite care is offered.
An on-call physician is available to help, Bickford of West Des Moines can handle behavioral issues that residents might have, this community has been built specifically to support memory and dementia care, caregiver employees can deal with any wandering issues memory care residents may have, and transportation at cost can be arranged.


When you're around other people, Cancer, they may not know you're in an emotional crisis. Even if your mind is filled with anxiety, you try to keep things under control – but that doesn't always mean you're successful. 2014 is going to be a year where you're going to figure out how to keep things more stable in your life. Not only are you going to find some peace this year, but you'll also begin to understand what you need in order to feel supported in your life. 2014 is a great year for you.
In this book, you will learn all about what it means to be a Cancer sign. This includes information on your personality tendencies, what you're overall demeanor is like, how you relate to love and relationships, what your basic characteristics and correspondences are, and how you can make the most of 2014. You'll be able to get a month-by-month horoscope for the entire year of 2014, as well as learn how to manage the greater theme of discovery in your life.
The more you know about your sign, the more you can embrace your true Cancer nature – and make the most of every moment.


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The event will be a Book Launching as well as the consolidation of the Latin America and Caribbean Network of Sustainable Urban Development (REDEUS_LAC). The programme will start with a ten-minute presentation of the book contents by the General Coordinator of REDEUS_LAC, followed by three commentators, a Latin American expert that has been working precisely on an Action Plan for implementing the NUA in the Region, and two regional experts on the subject: one from REDEUS_LAC and one from Naerus, a European network that specializes in the global south. Finally we will leave space for questions and comments from the audience.
Both objectives –the consolidation of the network and the book launching– contribute directly to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda.
The network, REDEUS_LAC is a relatively new platform created to promote exchange of knowledge and experience, discussion and capacity building in topics related with sustainable urban development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Since its birth, REDEUS_LAC has been linked to the Habitat meetings and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The kick-off meeting of the network took place at Toluca, a regional pre-Habitat III event in October 2016, and since then we started working on this REDEUS_LAC book, to be launched at the Side Event:The Latin American and Caribbean way towards urban sustainability. Reflection and action on the NUA. The book, written by members of the network examines the six thematic areas proposed in HIII from the perspective of the regional challenges for the implementation of the NUA. We believe that there is much to learn from the sharing of our regional experiences –the succesful and the unsuccesful– and from comparing and discusing the challenges to be met in the road towards sustainability.


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The Truth About the Cost of Living in the Orosi Valley, Costa Rica
I know that when we began to look more in-depth at Costa Rica as our retirement destination, the reports of living on what seemed to be a minuscule amount of money seemed incredible, and sometimes the information came across as vague. I asked myself several questions: Was it really possible? Would we be trading quality of life for a lower cost of living? Did living in certain parts of the country cost more…or less? I'm betting many of you have similar questions. Now that I live there, here's what I found out.
Living in different parts of the country does have an impact on costs. For example, if you love the beach (and they are beautiful here) you will more than likely be using air-conditioning. That affects cost. If you live in an area that is popular with tourists, you can expect some higher costs as supply and demand makes its impact. And just like back home, living outside the larger cities costs less, too.
We live in the Orosi Valley, which is considered to be more rural. But the big city malls and other amenities are only a quick drive away. So, we have full and easy access to anything we want or need. The hottest new movies? Check. Ethnic restaurants—Indian, Mexican, Asian. Check, check, check. Full-line pet stores? You guessed it, check! We even have live theater, though you'll want to brush up on your Spanish for that.
Our monthly cost of living is $2,000. Sometimes, this can fluctuate. We roll in every month between $1,800 and $2,100. Here's how it breaks down:
We have a full-time gardener and a part-time maid. Our gardener works Monday through Friday. He works eight hours a day and we pay him $510 a month. Our maid comes twice weekly and works a half-day each time. She gets $14.50 for each visit. (We pay on the high end of the scale for our maid and gardener.)
Because we live in the mountains, we have no need for air conditioning or heating, which lowers our utility bill. We also have a 50-gallon passive solar water heater. So our cost for hot water is zero. Electricity does cost more per kilowatt-hour in Costa Rica, but because we use so little of it the overall cost is less. Gasoline is costly here because it is all imported, but we drive much less so it evens out.
Here's a monthly breakdown for our utilities:
Expense U.S. $
Electricity $75
Water, garbage, street lighting $7.50 (That's not a typo.)
Cell phone (4G, unlimited data) $25
House phone and internet $25
Satellite TV $36
Gasoline $160
Groceries $600
We shop at the feria (local farmers' market) every Saturday for our fresh produce. But we grow our own banana, citrus, and other fruit on our property. We go to PriceSmart—it's just like Costco—every 10 weeks or so to stock up on bulk items and meats. We entertain and cook a lot so I spend a bit more on groceries than many people do. It's an average of $27 per week at the feria and $400 every trip to PriceSmart. All the shopping gaps are filled in with a trip to Walmart about every 10 days. We also spend about $110 per month on food for our animals (we have dogs, cats, goats, and chickens). We get all our own milk, cheese, and eggs from the farm animals. All that shopping comes to an average of $600 per month.
If you've been keeping tally, you'll know that brings us to $1,555. The other $300 to $500 comes from eating out, new landscape plants, a trip to the beach, etc.
After living here, I learned that it is possible to live on a smaller amount without cutting our quality of life.
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Ian 'H' Watkins emphatically shuts down Dancing on Ice fan who can't seem to grasp why him dancing with a man is important
Lily Wakefield December 11, 2019
Ian H Watkins and his Dancing on Ice partner Matt Evers. (ianhwatkins/ Instagram)
Ian 'H' Watkins, who will take part in the first-ever same-sex Dancing on Ice routine, shut down a fan who asked why he couldn't just dance with a woman.
It was announced in October that the openly gay Steps member would have a same-sex dance partner on Dancing on Ice, beating rival show Strictly Come Dancing.
He reportedly pitched the idea himself after he was cast in the 2020 series and he has now been paired with Dancing on Ice regular Matt Evers.
Watkins has recently been posting snippets of rehearsals on social media, and most Dancing on Ice fans are can't wait to see the final result.
But one person, whose comment Watkins posted on his Instagram story, wrote: "Sorry I don't agree with this and I'm not anti-gay, but H was happy to be in a band with women so why can't he dance with a woman??
"First time ever I'm not looking forward to Dancing on Ice!!"
But Watkins shut down her assumptions, pointing out that this wasn't the first time he had performed a dance with another man.
He said: "Actually on our Steps tours, I have a MALE dance partner! If watching this on Dancing on Ice hurts you so much, don't watch.. SIMPLE! #namaste."
He also recently revealed to ITV that he had been feeling some pressure over the same-sex dance routine.
He said: "I don't want to be treated any differently to a traditional couple. If we want to dance or skate to a love song then so be it.
"Why not? The world has changed. The reaction that Matt and I have had has been incredible – the outpouring of affection, of love and support – and long may it continue.
"We are doing something that has never been done before, so we are finding our feet. We are learning along the way."
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Q: Exactly which library are we supposed to use if we want Roll, Pitch and Yaw data from the ISM330DLC acc and gyro sensor? Currently, I'm working on a project where my job is to take Accelerometer, Gyroscope data and convert it into Roll, Pitch and Yaw.
So to achieve this we started working on the ISM330DLC sensor. To get the raw data we interfaced the example code successfully and then we included the DI library to convert the raw data into Roll, Pitch and Yaw. Lastly, we were printing the Roll, Pitch and Yaw angles on the UART.
After printing data, we observed suspicious data, for example, we kept the sensor in a steady position and then we observed Yaw angle value was 360 degrees at the same time roll and pitch angles were also changing randomly.
So after this, we dumped the .bin file which is provided in the Unico GUI folder. and again we observed the Roll, Pitch and Yaw. This time we observed that the values were changing according to the position.
Now can anyone please help me to understand whether it is a library issue or something else? which library exactly do I have to use if I want the Roll, Pitch and Yaw angles from the ISM330DLC sensor.

A: I lately found the we dont really need any library for find Roll ,Pitch.

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*I got Pitch and Roll angle from raw value of Accelerometer.Below is the Equation i used.Use need math.h in includes.
 float aX = float(accel.x);
 float aY = float(accel.y);
 float aZ = float(accel.z);
 int pitch = atan2(-aX, aZ) * 180 / PI; // rotation on Y axis
 int roll = atan2(-aY, aZ) * 180 / PI; // rotation on X axis

where PI is 3.14...
Please go through the below link(which really helped me) to get more clear idea.
https://docs.idew.org/code-internet-of-things/references/physical-inputs/accelerometer#start-accelerometer-in-setup
#ISM330DLC  #Accelerometer #Pitch #roll

A: Now the issue is solved and we are using the Motion FX Library to get Roll, Pitch & Yaw.

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GAINESVILLE, Ga. - A Hall County man is in jail accused of molesting a teenage girl.
Gainesville Police say Miguel Jimienez-Galan began abusing a 15-year-old with a learning disability while he was dating her mother.
Police say he tried to pay her.
They've now charged Jimienez-Gala with child molestation plus coercion and prostitution.


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Shields unified the middleweight division on Saturday night.
After fully unifying the middleweight division with her win over Christina Hammer on Saturday night, Claressa Shields is looking forward to her next fight, and has a couple of names in mind.
The 24-year-old Shields (9-0, 2 KO) has dominated since turning pro in Nov. 2016 following a pair of Olympic gold medals, winning two world titles at 168 pounds and now all four at 160.
A fight with Braekhus (35-0, 9 KO) could be intriguing on paper. Braekhus is the undisputed welterweight champion, and has held all four major titles at 147 pounds since 2014, and has been a titleholder dating back to 2009, a full decade on top at this point.
That said, Braekhus is 37 and naturally smaller than Shields. A fight in the middle at 154 is reasonable enough on paper, but you have to wonder if Braekhus would really be interested in moving up when she potentially has arguably an even bigger fight in the near enough future in Katie Taylor, who is one title away from fully unifying at lightweight.
Braekhus-Taylor could happen at 147 or even a catchweight a few pounds shy of that, meaning Braekhus wouldn't have to move up and face a naturally bigger opponent. But it makes sense that Shields would want to fight her, and it would be a big fight for women's boxing.
Marshall (5-0, 3 KO) may seem a stranger call-out on paper, as the 27-year-old British super middleweight is a solid talent, but really hasn't fought anyone as a pro.
The two both competed at middleweight in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, but the rematch never happened. Marshall lost to Kazakhstan's Marina Volnova in 2012, one round before she would have faced Shields again, and then lost to Nouchka Fortijn of the Netherlands in the 2016 quarterfinals.
Shields would be an enormous favorite against Marshall at this point, but it's a fight with a story.