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You may enter psychotherapy, so you can take some time to figure out what's happening in your life, maybe piece things together, make sense of some things. You may have some unresolved problems, preoccupations, which are now holding you back, weighing you down, consuming you and have had enough. Inside you may be suffering, want to talk about this, share this. Reconciling things may be important for you, as may making some difficult decisions. Uncomfortable or unsettled, you may be in a grip of powerful thoughts or feelings, some of them going round in a loop. Pushing away things we find hard to think about may no longer work. Troubled or overwhelmed at times things may have come to a head, something may not be working for you. You may have tried different things, muddled through, ending up back in a similar place, yet want to move on. Some of us may feel as if we are broken or in different pieces, need mending. You may be seeking more balance, stability, be in your own ground. You may be functioning well, yet experience unhappiness or discontent inside. Unfulfilled, a "get on with it attitude" may no longer work, nor may running away from things. Going through the motions, there may be something missing or stirring for you, yet you are unsure what it is. We may now be questioning any misplaced loyalties. You may be frustrated or stuck in an unavoidable phase of your life or a relationship. Some good things may be happening for you, and on the outside things can seem fine, yet inside you may be struggling. You may feel as if you are on "auto-pilot", maybe fitting in with things, yet feel apart, not fully involved, blocked, trapped, bored, disconnected, lonely or empty inside or like an outsider. You may now be seeking different structures in your life, ones which work for you, alongside a stronger feeling of inner safety.
What We May Be Experiencing Inside We may have let certain things slide. Issues which have been gnawing away, have now become too much, and you may no longer be willing to sweep them under the carpet. Patching things up, pretending everything is fine, may no longer be enough. You may be under pressure, confused or lost, seeking your own compass or anchor in life, so you are back on track, no longer treading water. You may have built a wall around you - as if you are in a bubble. Spending a lot of time in your head, you may struggle to switch off, consistently worrying (see Mind, Thoughts & Beliefs). Being in touch with who we are may be important. You may have difficulties or a familiar problem that you don't want to ignore any longer. You may be at a crossroads, seeking order, coping strategies, resilience, tools and structures, or something new to help. You may be seeking calmness, peace of mind or to be more content, finding ways to overcome your fears or reduce any walls of protection, which may have been necessary when we were younger, protecting us from our wounds. Putting the brakes on, or indeed loosening them may be a challenge (see Our Resilience, Hardiness & Protecting Our Personal Boundaries). As if you are on a rollercoaster, you may want to be more equipped or prepared to cope with the ups and downs, or find healthier ways to ease any pressures by feeling more stable and secure.
Uneasiness To change patterns of behaviour you may want to understand how you add to your difficulties or any obstacles that you personally put in the way, maybe being less driven by obligation. Being settled or moving on may be a concern. Felling overwhelmed by thoughts or feelings, you may want to manage differently what happens inside of you, or find ways to tolerate or reduce your own tension, anxiety or inner pain. You may bring specific, unresolved issues, holding back a part of you, wanting to be in touch with your authentic feelings - any heart-head conflicts, choices, options, changes, desires, inspirations, longing. Uneasy, you may want to be more in tune with all of who you are, exposing your real nature to others without fear. Things from your past, which you believe had been dealt with, you may also want to revisit. Our pain or grief for someone or something may be unexpressed (see Releasing Ourselves & Letting Go). You may want to take stock, trust more who you are or try new things, utilising the psychotherapy as voyage of selfdiscovery or soul searching. Longing, yearning for something, it can be as if we are living half a life. You may also have concerns, like: Why I am the way I am?, How come I do the things I do?
Initially my central role as a psychotherapist is to hear why you have come, get to know and understand you and your internal life more. I tend to ask lots of questions, finding out all about you, your issues, any setbacks, relevant history and future aspirations, any underlying issues, so I can be clearer how psychotherapy can help.
I respect, value and welcome each person's diversity, uniqueness, autonomy and respond individually to your own circumstances. Yet, I also acknowledge people's similarities, shared experiences and connectedness, what all human beings have in common - our creativity, suffering and significance of the human heart. As a psychotherapist I am experienced in working with old and young, both men and women, our skin colour, of many cultures and nationalities (see also Being In London), whatever religious or spiritual beliefs, atheist and agnostic (see also Evolving Consciousness - The Meanings We Make), who are straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, whatever our sexuality. In my psychotherapy experience being at ease with the psychotherapist is what clients value most.
My Psychotherapy Approach is both human and professional. In my psychotherapy practice I work at your own pace and I aim to be supportive and affirming without using jargon. I bring my experience, reliability, understanding, insightfulness and sensitivity, alongside my creativity, warmth and humour. I passionately believe in self-determination and responsibility. In the psychotherapy I have an impartial view and utilise my knowledge and intuition. My psychotherapy approach is not only about reducing symptoms, but also includes exploration of your unrealised possibilities and creative potential. In the psychotherapy I will be interested not only about your experiences, but also how you respond to them. I acknowledge each person's humanity, including our strengths and resources, yet also our vulnerability and limitations.
Focus of Psychotherapy The process of psychotherapy looks not so much at the outside world to change, blame or provide a cure or explanations - it focuses more on ourself, reflecting upon our inner world and truth. My psychotherapy approach includes reviewing with you where you are now, how you've got there, your influences, what helps you and what no longer does. My role as a psychotherapist is to find out what it is like to be you, notice how you think, feel and act, and mirror this back to you, testing if what I'm saying, fits and resonates with you, so you can be clearer about making important decisions.
Flexibility Psychotherapy is not exclusively a scientific or medical model, nor a panacea. Central to my beliefs is that no one-size-fits-all psychotherapy approach works well for every one of us, because we have different personalities, needs, qualities and unique circumstances, experiencing the same situations differently, and usually there are various reasons for why we are the way we are. We don't all fit into convenient boxes. We are infinitely complex, mysterious, with endless possibilities, so there is rarely one easy formula or quick fix and different approaches help different clients. I don't have a tick-box approach to psychotherapy or nor do I claim to have answers to all struggles. What theoretical psychological model works for some, may not suit another - each person may need a different style. The therapy is a meeting of two people and my psychotherapy experience indicates that the quality of relationship between the client and psychotherapist - how we relate, is more important than the style of psychotherapy.
Working Together With You In The Psychotherapy I have an affirming psychotherapy approach, to help you to make choices that enhance rather than restrict you. Some people prefer a cognitive or technical approach to psychotherapy. Others value a relational, interpersonal style of psychotherapy, which allows issues to emerge. Receiving feedback, gentle guidance or reassurance may help for some people, whereas others may prefer a more challenging psychotherapy style.
My Experience In Psychotherapy I have over 26 years experience in the voluntary and private sector, of working with people going through profound changes, crises and transitions. I believe that lasting and meaningful change is possible, at whatever stage. I value listening to and learning from each person's life story and aspire to share my experiences with others in my London psychotherapy practice. In the psychotherapy I recognise that although many things come to us naturally, we sometimes also need to learn.
My Psychotherapy Qualifications I am a male psychotherapist and my involvement in psychotherapy began in 1982. I was drawn to my practical and in-depth 6 year psychotherapy training because central to its philosophy was a "psychology of the soul". My training in psychosynthesis counselling and psychotherapy (developed by Roberto Assagioli) at The Institute of Psychosynthesis in London was validated by The Middlesex University, London. My psychotherapy qualifications are: MA in Psychotherapy, Diploma in Psychotherapy and Diploma in Counselling.
My Training & Experience In Psychotherapy integrates the psychological, emotional, sexual, spiritual and physical aspects of a person. It gave me a wider understanding of myself and others, offering different integrative models and strategies, e.g. Transpersonal Psychosynthesis, Humanistic, Psychospiritual Psychotherapy and others. I also hold a psychodynamic approach and am able to offer a CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy).
My Continuous Professional Development In Psychotherapy Through ongoing professional psychotherapy training, I keep informed of developments and increase my knowledge in the sphere of psychotherapy. This is integral in my London psychotherapy practice.
By telephone: 020 7916 1342 - If I am not available, do leave a brief message and I will promptly respond.
By email:therapy@counselling-london.org.uk - Please outline why you are seeking psychotherapy & your central concerns.
Beginning psychotherapy is a big decision and commitment for us both. It can be a challenge for some to take that first step. Initially psychotherapy can be confusing, with a puzzling range of professional psychotherapy organisations, types of therapy and its language.
During our initial psychotherapy meetings we will talk about what brings you, your central concerns, in order to understand and assess how therapy can help. If we are comfortable with each other we can arrange further psychotherapy sessions. I am also happy to refer you to psychotherapists or psychologists throughout London, if Camden, Kings Cross (central London) is inconvenient.
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Figuring out what to do with your business once you retire is a huge cause of stress for most business owners. Hear how Graeme helped this owner with retirement planning so that the transition went smoothly.
Based in central Newcastle, this maintenance services business offers repair and install service to customers in the Newcastle, Hunter Valley, Central Coast and Port Stephens regions. Established in 1989, the business has slowly grown over the years, with many difficult periods caused by small independent operators setting up 'one-man' businesses and undercutting with low prices (but never delivering the quality of service).
By the 2000s, the business had developed modest profits that supported a team of 15 people and generally were one of the major suppliers to their sector. This profitability led to the ability to secure their own facility and start to invest in securing a comfortable life post-retirement. Like many business owners, the business had taken up much time and energy without being able to put a lot away for retirement.
The owner realised that at the age of 56, he needed to make significant changes to the business so that at the time of retirement he wouldn't have to close the doors and walk away due to the business being highly dependent on him for its operation.
In May, following a 'business diagnostic' showing more than $70k of potential profit leakage and more than $30k in one-off cash recovery, Graeme started working with the company to help improve the profits, growth and value of the business and ultimately allow the owner to step back from operations.
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If you'd like to talk to Graeme about retirement planning or any other aspect of business please contact him here.


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PHOTOGRAPHY SURVEYS | COLLECTIONS | MOVEMENTS | EXHIBITIONS
Radius Books
Hardcover, 10.5 x 11.25 in. / 152 pgs / 66 duotone.
Pub Date 4/1/2009
Catalog: SPRING 2009 p. 64
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 01/31/09-05/13/09
Callahan, Siskind & Sommer: At the Crossroads of American Photography
Text by Britt Salvesen, Keith F. Davis.
At the Crossroads of American Photography examines the aesthetic and personal interrelationships of three photographers who helped define the course of American photography after Steiglitz: Frederick Sommer (1905-1999), Harry Callahan (1912-1999) and Aaron Siskind (1903-1991). Although each member of this "holy trinity" (as they were dubbed by photographer and publisher Jonathan Williams) has been honored with individual museum retrospectives, this is the first full comparison of their work, as well as an exploration of their robust, prescient exchange of ideas about photography, abstraction and metaphor over the course of their 25 years as colleagues and friends. Self-taught as photographers, this trio helped shape a national community of peers and the evolution of photography as an art form, creating a bridge between the purity of Group f/64-era photography at midcentury and the hybrid approaches to the medium seen today.
This exquisitely produced exhibition catalogue highlights the powerful role of such camaraderie in shaping photography at this seminal time, before the emergence of a market for photography and before widespread artistic acceptance of the medium. It brings to light contrasting philosophies of the artist/photographer's role (influenced by Existentialism for Siskind and by the writings of Spinoza for Sommer), the interest in chance as an artistic process, the expressive potential of photographic found objects and collage, experimental abstraction, close affiliations with fine art movements (New Bauhaus, Abstract Expressionism and Surrealism), and changing attitudes toward the fine-print tradition.
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A HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
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NEW TRENDS IN JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY
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TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY
PORTRAIT OF A NEW ANGOLA
CIRO FRANK SCHIAPPA: NEW YORK SERENADE
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CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY FROM EASTERN EUROPE
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Q: C5.0 Machine Learning in R with 100% accuracy for test data I am doing a machine learning project and using a C5.0 decision tree to look at breast cancer data, to try and predict the diagnosis as malignant or benign. The dataset is one of the UCI Machine Learning datasets, and it is posted at this link: https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Breast+Cancer+Wisconsin+%28Diagnostic%29.
I think my code is correct for the model, but whenever I run it for the test data, it is coming up as having 100% accuracy for this data. I am assuming that this means I am doing something wrong, but I am not sure as to what:
#Load Library
library(C50)
library(gmodels)
library(tidyverse)
library(dplyr)

#Import Data
setwd("C:\\Users\\Grant\\Downloads")
wdbc<-read.delim("C:\\Users\\Grant\\Downloads\\wdbc.txt", header=TRUE, sep=",")

#Need to convert it to factor
wdbc2=mutate(wdbc, Diagnosis=as.factor(diagnosis))

#Randomize Sequence
set.seed(12345)
wdbc_rand<-wdbc2[order(runif(569)), ]

#Split into training vs. test data
wdbc_train<-wdbc_rand[1:512, ]
wdbc_test<-wdbc_rand[512:569, ]

#Create Model
wdbc_model<-C5.0(x=wdbc_train[-2], y=wdbc_train$Diagnosis)

#Evaluate Performance
wdbc_pred <- predict(wdbc_model, wdbc_test)
CrossTable(wdbc_test$Diagnosis, wdbc_pred, prop.chisq = FALSE,
           prop.c = FALSE, prop.r = FALSE, dnn= c('actual diagnosis', 'predicted diagnosis'))

Any help or potential things I could be doing wrong here would be extremely appreciated

A: Can't enter a comment yet (needs 50 reputation points), so I'll enter this here. Code seems correct, but the accuracy is not 100% I think. In 3 cases the prediction is B while the diagnosis is M. You are also using ID as a predictor while training your model, I would remove that as well.

A: Instead of splitting data manually use set.seed (for random occurrence of the train and test datasets so, that you could get perfect data shape and you can train it. What you did is total wrong method coming to train a machine learning model approach.
set.seed(123)
wdbc = wdbc.split(splitratio = 0.7) #(here it is 70% of training data and 20% of test data)

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The 2003 Florida Statutes
PUBLIC OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND RECORDS Chapter 121
FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM View Entire Chapter
Section 121.591, Florida Statutes 2003
121.591 Benefits payable under the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program of the Florida Retirement System.--Benefits may not be paid under this section unless the member has terminated employment as provided in s. 121.021(39)(a) or is deceased and a proper application has been filed in the manner prescribed by the state board or the department. The state board or department, as appropriate, may cancel an application for retirement benefits when the member or beneficiary fails to timely provide the information and documents required by this chapter and the rules of the state board and department. In accordance with their respective responsibilities as provided herein, the State Board of Administration and the Department of Management Services shall adopt rules establishing procedures for application for retirement benefits and for the cancellation of such application when the required information or documents are not received.
(1) NORMAL BENEFITS.--Under the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program:
(a) Benefits in the form of vested accumulations as described in s. 121.4501(6) shall be payable under this subsection in accordance with the following terms and conditions:
1. To the extent vested, benefits shall be payable only to a participant.
2. Benefits shall be paid by the third-party administrator or designated approved providers in accordance with the law, the contracts, and any applicable board rule or policy.
3. To receive benefits under this subsection, the participant must be terminated from all employment with all Florida Retirement System employers, as provided in s. 121.021(39).
(b) If a participant elects to receive his or her benefits upon termination of employment, the participant must submit a written application to the third-party administrator indicating his or her preferred distribution date and selecting an authorized method of distribution as provided in paragraph (c). The participant may defer receipt of benefits until he or she chooses to make such application, subject to federal requirements.
(c) Upon receipt by the third-party administrator of a properly executed application for distribution of benefits, the total accumulated benefit shall be payable to the participant, as:
1. A lump-sum distribution to the participant;
2. A lump-sum direct rollover distribution whereby all accrued benefits, plus interest and investment earnings, are paid from the participant's account directly to the custodian of an eligible retirement plan, as defined in s. 402(c)(8)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, on behalf of the participant; or
3. Periodic distributions, as authorized by the state board.
(2) DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS.--Benefits provided under this subsection are payable in lieu of the benefits which would otherwise be payable under the provisions of subsection (1). Such benefits shall be funded entirely from employer contributions made under s. 121.571, transferred participant funds accumulated pursuant to paragraph (a), and interest and earnings thereon. Pursuant thereto:
(a) Transfer of funds.--To qualify to receive monthly disability benefits under this subsection:
1. All moneys accumulated in the participant's Public Employee Optional Retirement Program accounts, including vested and nonvested accumulations as described in s. 121.4501(6), shall be transferred from such individual accounts to the Division of Retirement for deposit in the disability account of the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund. Such moneys shall be separately accounted for. Earnings shall be credited on an annual basis for amounts held in the disability accounts of the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund based on actual earnings of the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund.
2. If the participant has retained retirement credit he or she had earned under the defined benefit program of the Florida Retirement System as provided in s. 121.4501(3)(b), a sum representing the actuarial present value of such credit within the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund shall be reassigned by the Division of Retirement from the defined benefit program to the disability program as implemented under this subsection and shall be deposited in the disability account of the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund. Such moneys shall be separately accounted for.
(b) Disability retirement; entitlement.--
1. A participant of the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program who becomes totally and permanently disabled, as defined in s. 121.091(4)(b), after completing 8 years of creditable service, or a participant who becomes totally and permanently disabled in the line of duty regardless of his or her length of service, shall be entitled to a monthly disability benefit as provided herein.
2. In order for service to apply toward the 8 years of service required to vest for regular disability benefits, or toward the creditable service used in calculating a service-based benefit as provided for under paragraph (g), the service must be creditable service as described below:
a. The participant's period of service under the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program will be considered creditable service, except as provided in subparagraph d.
b. If the participant has elected to retain credit for his or her service under the defined benefit program of the Florida Retirement System as provided under s. 121.4501(3)(b), all such service will be considered creditable service.
c. If the participant has elected to transfer to his or her participant accounts a sum representing the present value of his or her retirement credit under the defined benefit program as provided under s. 121.4501(3)(c), the period of service under the defined benefit program represented in the present value amounts transferred will be considered creditable service for purposes of vesting for disability benefits, except as provided in subparagraph d.
d. Whenever a participant has terminated employment and has taken distribution of his or her funds as provided in subsection (1), all creditable service represented by such distributed funds is forfeited for purposes of this subsection.
(c) Disability retirement effective date.--The effective retirement date for a participant who applies and is approved for disability retirement shall be established as provided under s. 121.091(4)(a)2. and 3.
(d) Total and permanent disability.--A participant shall be considered totally and permanently disabled if, in the opinion of the division, he or she is prevented, by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment, from rendering useful and efficient service as an officer or employee.
(e) Proof of disability.--The division, before approving payment of any disability retirement benefit, shall require proof that the participant is totally and permanently disabled in the same manner as provided for members of the defined benefit program of the Florida Retirement System under s. 121.091(4)(c).
(f) Disability retirement benefit.--Upon the disability retirement of a participant under this subsection, the participant shall receive a monthly benefit that shall begin to accrue on the first day of the month of disability retirement, as approved by the division, and shall be payable on the last day of that month and each month thereafter during his or her lifetime and continued disability. All disability benefits payable to such member shall be paid out of the disability account of the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund established under this subsection.
(g) Computation of disability retirement benefit.--The amount of each monthly payment shall be calculated in the same manner as provided for members of the defined benefit program of the Florida Retirement System under s. 121.091(4)(f). For such purpose, creditable service under both the defined benefit program and the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program of the Florida Retirement System shall be applicable as provided under paragraph (b).
(h) Reapplication.--A participant whose initial application for disability retirement has been denied may reapply for disability benefits in the same manner, and under the same conditions, as provided for members of the defined benefit program of the Florida Retirement System under s. 121.091(4)(g).
(i) Membership.--Upon approval of an application for disability benefits under this subsection, the applicant shall be transferred to the defined benefit program of the Florida Retirement System, effective upon his or her disability retirement effective date.
(j) Option to cancel.--Any participant whose application for disability benefits is approved may cancel his or her application for disability benefits, provided that the cancellation request is received by the division before a disability retirement warrant has been deposited, cashed, or received by direct deposit. Upon such cancellation:
1. The participant's transfer to the defined benefit program under paragraph (i) shall be nullified;
2. The participant shall be retroactively reinstated in the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program without hiatus;
3. All funds transferred to the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund under paragraph (a) shall be returned to the participant accounts from which such funds were drawn; and
4. The participant may elect to receive the benefit payable under the provisions of subsection (1) in lieu of disability benefits as provided under this subsection.
(k) Recovery from disability.--
1. The division may require periodic reexaminations at the expense of the disability program account of the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund. Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph 2., the requirements, procedures, and restrictions relating to the conduct and review of such reexaminations, discontinuation or termination of benefits, reentry into employment, disability retirement after reentry into covered employment, and all other matters relating to recovery from disability shall be the same as are set forth under s. 121.091(4)(h).
2. Upon recovery from disability, any recipient of disability retirement benefits under this subsection shall be a compulsory member of the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program of the Florida Retirement System. The net difference between the recipient's original account balance transferred to the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund, including earnings, under paragraph (a) and total disability benefits paid to such recipient, if any, shall be determined as provided in sub-subparagraph a.
a. An amount equal to the total benefits paid shall be subtracted from that portion of the transferred account balance consisting of vested accumulations as described under s. 121.4501(6), if any, and an amount equal to the remainder of benefit amounts paid, if any, shall then be subtracted from any remaining portion consisting of nonvested accumulations as described under s. 121.4501(6).
b. Amounts subtracted under sub-subparagraph a. shall be retained within the disability account of the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund. Any remaining account balance shall be transferred to the third-party administrator for disposition as provided under sub-subparagraph c. or sub-subparagraph d., as appropriate.
c. If the recipient returns to covered employment, transferred amounts shall be deposited in individual accounts under the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program, as directed by the participant. Vested and nonvested amounts shall be separately accounted for as provided in s. 121.4501(6).
d. If the recipient fails to return to covered employment upon recovery from disability:
(I) Any remaining vested amount shall be deposited in individual accounts under the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program, as directed by the participant, and shall be payable as provided in subsection (1).
(II) Any remaining nonvested amount shall be held in a suspense account and shall be forfeitable after 5 years as provided in s. 121.4501(6).
3. If present value was reassigned from the defined benefit program to the disability program of the Florida Retirement System as provided under subparagraph (a)2., the full present value amount shall be returned to the defined benefit account within the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund and the affected individual's associated retirement credit under the defined benefit program shall be reinstated in full. Any benefit based upon such credit shall be calculated as provided in s. 121.091(4)(h)1.
(l) Nonadmissible causes of disability.--A participant shall not be entitled to receive a disability retirement benefit if the disability results from any injury or disease sustained or inflicted as described in s. 121.091(4)(i).
(m) Disability retirement of justice or judge by order of Supreme Court.--
1. If a participant is a justice of the Supreme Court, judge of a district court of appeal, circuit judge, or judge of a county court who has served for 6 years or more as an elected constitutional judicial officer, including service as a judicial officer in any court abolished pursuant to Art. V of the State Constitution, and who is retired for disability by order of the Supreme Court upon recommendation of the Judicial Qualifications Commission pursuant to the provisions of Art. V of the State Constitution, the participant's Option 1 monthly disability benefit amount as provided in s. 121.091(6)(a)1. shall be two-thirds of his or her monthly compensation as of the participant's disability retirement date. Such a participant may alternatively elect to receive an actuarially adjusted disability retirement benefit under any other option as provided in s. 121.091(6)(a), or to receive the normal benefit payable under the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program as set forth in subsection (1).
2. If any justice or judge who is a participant of the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program of the Florida Retirement System is retired for disability by order of the Supreme Court upon recommendation of the Judicial Qualifications Commission pursuant to the provisions of Art. V of the State Constitution and elects to receive a monthly disability benefit under the provisions of this paragraph:
a. Any present value amount that was transferred to his or her program account and all employer contributions made to such account on his or her behalf, plus interest and earnings thereon, shall be transferred to and deposited in the disability account of the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund; and
b. The monthly benefits payable under this paragraph for any affected justice or judge retired from the Florida Retirement System pursuant to Art. V of the State Constitution shall be paid from the disability account of the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund.
(n) Death of retiree or beneficiary.--Upon the death of a disabled retiree or beneficiary thereof who is receiving monthly benefits under this subsection, the monthly benefits shall be paid through the last day of the month of death and shall terminate, or be adjusted, if applicable, as of that date in accordance with the optional form of benefit selected at the time of retirement. The deceased disabled retiree's beneficiary shall also receive the amount of the participant's remaining account balance, if any, in the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund. The Department of Management Services may adopt rules necessary to administer this paragraph.
(3) DEATH BENEFITS.--Under the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program:
(a) Survivor benefits shall be payable in accordance with the following terms and conditions:
1. To the extent vested, benefits shall be payable only to a participant's beneficiary or beneficiaries as designated by the participant. If a participant designates a primary beneficiary other than the participant's spouse, the participant's spouse shall be notified of the designation. This requirement shall not apply to the designation of one or more contingent beneficiaries to receive any benefits remaining upon the death of the primary beneficiary or beneficiaries.
3. To receive benefits under this subsection, the participant must be deceased.
(b) In the event of a participant's death, all vested accumulations as described in s. 121.4501(6), less withholding taxes remitted to the Internal Revenue Service, shall be distributed, as provided in paragraph (c), to the participant's designated beneficiary or beneficiaries, or to the participant's estate, as if the participant retired on the date of death. No other death benefits shall be available for survivors of participants under the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program, except for such benefits, or coverage for such benefits, as are otherwise provided by law or are separately afforded by the employer, at the employer's discretion.
(c) Upon receipt by the third-party administrator of a properly executed application for distribution of benefits, the total accumulated benefit shall be payable by the third-party administrator to the participant's surviving beneficiary or beneficiaries, as:
1. A lump-sum distribution payable to the beneficiary or beneficiaries, or to the deceased participant's estate;
2. An eligible rollover distribution on behalf of the surviving spouse of a deceased participant, whereby all accrued benefits, plus interest and investment earnings, are paid from the deceased participant's account directly to the custodian of an eligible retirement plan, as described in s. 402(c)(8)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, on behalf of the surviving spouse; or
3. A partial lump-sum payment whereby a portion of the accrued benefit is paid to the deceased participant's surviving spouse or other designated beneficiaries, less withholding taxes remitted to the Internal Revenue Service, and the remaining amount is transferred directly to the custodian of an eligible retirement plan, as described in s. 402(c)(8)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, on behalf of the surviving spouse. The proportions must be specified by the participant or the surviving beneficiary.
This paragraph does not abrogate other applicable provisions of state or federal law providing for payment of death benefits.
(4) LIMITATION ON LEGAL PROCESS.--The benefits payable to any person under the Public Employee Optional Retirement Program, and any contributions accumulated under such program, are not subject to assignment, execution, attachment, or any legal process, except for qualified domestic relations orders by a court of competent jurisdiction, income deduction orders as provided in s. 61.1301, and federal income tax levies.
History.--s. 9, ch. 2002-273.


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Formerly known as Specialized Tech Inc., Specialized Desanders Inc. underwent recapitalization in September 2013 to obtain the financing required to rapidly grow its business. With more access to capital, the company is now carrying out an aggressive plan to double its fleet of high-pressure desanders within three years, while expanding into new markets including the U.S. The company, which changed its name to Specialized Desanders Inc. (SDI) in December 2013, is currently establishing its presence in the Marcellus Basin in the northeast U.S.
SDI is exclusively focused on providing engineered solutions to remove particulate matter from high-pressure, multi-phase flow streams, primarily from gas and liquids-rich gas wells. "Our top priority, bar none, is safety," says SDI Vice President Craig McDonald.
All equipment is certified and ABSA-registered to ASME Section VIII, Div 1 and ASME B31.3 codes. Operators and owners can rest assured that for SDI, the safe operation of the pressure equipment takes priority over being the lowest-cost or lowest-bid provider. In more than 12 years of desander service, SDI has not had a pressure equipment failure.
The trend to drilling long, horizontal wells requiring multiple frac stages has fuelled rapid growth in demand for SDI's patented horizontal desanders. Clients' targeting of liquids-rich shale deposits, which rely more on hydraulic fracturing processes, has been a big driver of the company's recent growth.
Producing frac sand during well cleanup can damage surface equipment, and as the pressure decreases over time, the velocities of the gas-liquid mixtures actually increase, resulting in even more erosive fluid flows. From the earliest days of production, SDI desanders operate with negligible pressure drops to ensure safe operation of the surface facilities—while capturing the maximum amount of production during the well's initial high productivity. These desanders have been designed to operate over wide flow rate ranges, meaning they can remain effective over a long period of time—yet their best efficiency is at the earliest stage of production, when the flowing pressure is highest.
Removing all particulates, even after a well has been cleaned up following a frac, protects downstream assets such as chokes and valves and reduces the repair and maintenance costs associated with high velocity flow streams.
Founded by three energy sector veterans in 2001, SDI opened its doors in Three Hills, Alta., and later added an operations base near Grande Prairie, Alta., in order to better serve its clients. Today, SDI's clients cover a large geographical area in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, stretching from Calgary to Fort Liard in northeastern British Columbia.
SDI continuously monitors the location of its equipment fleet using GPS tracking. Thanks to web-based monitoring, it can even advise operators on when the desander requires servicing.
From day one, the SDI founders wanted to provide clients with a fee-for-service business, for a fixed monthly charge covering all of the costs involved. This continues today with SDI's pricing structure. Most, if not all, of the technical support, regulatory filing requirements, certifications and normal wear-and-tear costs are covered in the monthly service fee. The only variable costs that customers pay are related to equipment transportation and tie-in.
Don't be surprised by sand flows—call for a desander today.


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In 2015, actress Amy Schumer did a skit that lampooned women aging in Hollywood. In it Schumer comes upon Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Patricia Arquette and Tina Fey having a picnic in the woods. Schumer discovers that they're celebrating Louis-Deyfus' last day as a "f-able" actress in Hollywood.
It's that momentous occasion when Hollywood decides "you're not believably f–kable anymore," explains Louis-Dreyfus. "You know how Sally Field was Tom Hanks' love interest in Punchline, and then, like 20 minutes later, she was his mom in Forrest Gump?" Fey says. Signs of being "un-f-able" any longer are arriving on-set to find that your wardrobe is just a bunch of long sweaters. Or — the clincher — auditioning for Mrs. Claus.
Lisa LaFlamme knows that feeling. She got the long sweaters six weeks ago. The award-winning 58-year-old went from the top news reader at CTV News to "the woman who preceded Omar Sachedina" in about 20 minutes. Worse, the CTV heavy thinkers informed her to keep it under her hat for about six weeks.
No Lloyd Robertson adios. No Craig Oliver long goodbye. Just, don't let the studio door hit you on the way out. Nice. As double standards go this was a brutal.
Rumours abound as to why the CTV News chiefs and their Bell bosses made the move against the highly rated bingo caller. Likely they looked at demographics. Saw Lisa was boffo with Boomers, but Gen X and Millennials didn't know her from Sally Field. Then she let her hair go grey. Worse, she was an unrepentantly white birthing person.
Bell is headed more in the direction of black TSN sportscaster Kayla Grey, who turns to social media to confess she's "fearful" reporting stories about this week's World Men's Junior Hockey Championships. Kayla's worried doing her job objectively will bring her scorn . "I feel icky and gross," she laments, her heart breaking with each "he shoots, he scores" she's forced to utter. You can't make this stuff up.
So hellllo, Omar. Who may not be well known beyond family and friends, but at least he's not white, icky or gross. And so CTV went ESG to fix a problem they don't have. The Globe & Mail reported that "CTV National News ratings have fallen slightly this year on a month-over-month basis, from numbers consistently over one million viewers from January through March, to average minute audiences above 900,000 throughout April, and above 800,000 from May through early August." But they crush CBC.
Cruel firings are not unknown in broadcasting. Anyone in the business long enough has a horror story about a frog-march with the box of possessions at 9:30 A.M.— escorted by security. It was just thought that someone with LaFlamme's pedigree would at least get a consolation prize and a lunch. Guess not.
It was also believed that, being a good liberal woman, LaFlamme had also built up enough Woke credits to avoid the Paths of Glory ending. But as we wrote after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in September of 2020, white liberal women are discovering that all their loyalty to Justin Trudeau and Hillary Clinton has only bought them a bitter cup of regret and dissatisfaction.
"How did this dissatisfaction occur? The second wave of feminists made common cause with the diversity left-wing, meaning victimhood first, last and always. So the movement went from the joys of bra-burning, sexual freedom and a hedonistic script to the tedious chore of finding oppression in every corner of their personal and professional lives. (See: Anita Hill)
They found disappointment in men's cavalier response to their new sexual liberation— epitomized by Donald Trump's "grab them by the pussy" and Bill Clinton's libertine hooks-ups. Available women found themselves disposable women in the free-for-all of sexual freedom. In changing the standard sexual permission from No to Yes, it told men that a woman now had to explain why she was not obliging when sex was in the offing.
Free abortion meant no lingering responsibility for men. If you believe Christine Blasey Ford, it left women broken 30 years later. As Erica Jong defined it— the zipless fuck.
Author Heather Mac Donald describes in her book The Diversity Delusion how women have now, in response, retreated from the hedonistic Sex In The City of the 1970s and 80s to Victorian standards for ceding sexual permission to men. "Liberated" feminists are now assigning men all the responsibility— and hence blame— for any sexual encounters gone wrong. "So get drunk, spend the night with a stranger, have a relationship end badly— none of it is the fault of the "modern" woman.," writes Mac Donald.
That abdication of women's responsibility, says author Camille Paglia, extends to the politics of the office. "What troubles me about the 'hostile workplace' category of sexual harassment policy is that women are being returned to their former status of delicate flowers who must be protected from assault by male lechers." writes Paglia. "Women infantilize themselves when they cede responsibility for sexual encounters to men or after-the-fact grievance committees".
Worse, having joined Team Victim, women have discovered that while they may gain equality with men, they have been placed miles behind other grievance groups in the Woke hit parade. While a women must, in Hillary Clinton's words, always be believed in any "he said/ she said", this blanket exemption does not apply when a white women is in conflict with many other political flavours of the day. In the wrong equation even devoted feminists can find themselves accused of white privilege or cultural appropriation.
And, if you're a conservative woman, you're placed at the back on virtually every pecking order in the political sphere. So, as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's accomplishments are lionized it will be measured against the impact on women who've allowed the radical wing of feminism to make them more like Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale than Helen Reddy's I Am Woman."
So far, 4.3 million people watched LaFlamme's online goodbye. Maybe that will bring her comfort— even if it doesn't bring back her job.
Bruce Dowbiggin @dowbboy is the editor of Not The Public Broadcaster (http://www.notthepublicbroadcaster.com). A two-time winner of the Gemini Award as Canada's top television sports broadcaster, he's a regular contributor to Sirius XM Canada Talks Ch. 167. Inexact Science: The Six Most Compelling Draft YearsIn NHL History, , his new book with his son Evan, was voted the eighth best professional hockey book of by bookauthority.org . His 2004 book Money Players was voted seventh best, and is available via http://brucedowbigginbooks.ca/book-personalaccount.aspx
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"Mr. Gorbachev… tear down this wall."— Ronald Reagan
News Item: California lawmakers pushing legislation that would impose a new tax on the state's wealthiest residents — even if they've already moved to another part of the country.
It's nostalgic to remember the euphoria in 1991 when the Berlin Wall crumbled. After decades in the shadow of nuclear war, everyone believed Western values had triumphed when the Wall came down. Freedom of movement reigned. Authoritarian rule had been delegitimized. Individual dignity was restored. Never before would the grey spectre of East Germany cast its shadow on the world.
Now it's clear that, in fact, East Germany has won. The #WEF charter now tells people in the West that they actually lost WWII and the Cold War due to their privileged racism. Totalitarian European zealots backed by social-media Stasi are again running the show. Sadly, it seems to be working.
WEF "Mr. Big" Klaus Schwab can hardly wait: "Just think of the amazing 4th Industrial Revolution, aka singularity and transhumanism, whose technology includes AI, IoT, and genetic engineering!
With the WEF (confabbing in Davos) and United Nations calling the tune, free speech and freedom of movement are being subordinated to elite cadres of the unelected State in public and private spheres. Digital ID that would have made Erik Honeker jealous are being pushed by Canada's PM. People who wish to express opinions or dissent with the ruling class must pass through a Checkpoint Charlie gauntlet of apprehended disloyalty and suspected subversion.
A typical sample: the Scottish government's new Green manifesto "A holistic behaviour change approach – The ask". Addled by climate-fever dreams, the Scottish Government is planning on reducing the use of private cars in the country by 20 percent. "By rethinking how we use our cars and reducing the number of daily journeys we take, we can help make Scotland a healthier, fairer, greener place to live and significantly contribute towards Scotland reaching net zero".
This is not a suggestion. This will be the government using coercion to reduce citizens' access to the roads. (That's the "fairer" part.) Employing the intimidation template used for Covid-19 and its vaccines, they will let public snitches and scolds police the dissent. As happened with Covid, the quaking Greta Thunberg media will fall in line.
The Scots are not alone among First World nations employing the heavy hand. (Ironically, Scotland is ancestral home of Adam Smith, the father of free-market capitaltiism, and David Hume, a prophet of personal freedom.) Far from it. Remember Australia's Tribute To Xi re-education camps, scooping up Covid-19 dissenters for sequestration in isolated barracks? This, in the sun-splashed, fun-loving Land Down Under?
Here in Justin Trudeau's Canada, punishment hotels were employed on returning citizens to keep the population suitably frightened. If a few truckers decided that health passports, ArriveCan and non-vaccinated pariahs were an affront to 150 years of Canadian tradition? Employ media stooges and the banks to get them back in line. Get the RCMP to show weapons caches that had nothing to do with the border crossings. Dissemble.
For a nation as large as Canada Trudeau knows that restricting car mileage is impractical. So he cleverly does the next best thing. Jack the rate of tax as a climate devotional. Restrict fossil fuel consumption with the felicitously named Carbon Tax. Drive up the price of gas till citizens are forced onto crappy subways and buses to be preyed upon by junkies and mental patients.
The Liberal plastics-elimination program announced by former Greenpeace stuntman Stephane Guilbault is typical. When finally cornered on specious evidence that the road to hell in paved with plastic straws, the minister had to concede no such evidence actually exists beyond a few NGO websites. No matter. It seemed right and re-directed the sheeple to more snitching and signifying on CBC. It's all done in the sacred name of climate, but the real goal is control of the government/ corporate nexus. Facts no longer matter.
It was all so easy-peasy. And if a few eggs were broken in making this omelette? The memory hole will seal up behind it. Novak Djokovic will be invited back to play tennis and pretend-normal will resume. Having established this new standard for abuse, we must nows pretend that all those police busting churches and barbecue joints was a hallucination.
As Matt Taibbi writes, the past six or seven years, "has been like being trapped in a fugue state, where reality is kaleidoscopic, memory is elusive, and moments of clarity sometimes more jarring than reassuring. To be reminded of what we were told day after day for years, after being trained to forget, is like waking from an unpleasant dream, prompting thoughts like, "Did that really happen?"
A perfect example of this disorientation is Leana Wen, the New York Times health reporter who'd led the charge on every form of Covid panic. Confirming data that would have gotten others banned 18 months ago she now tells CNN we've been vastly overcounting COVID deaths, outlining the crucial distinction between deaths "with COVID" and deaths "from COVID." Duh.
As Taibbi describes: "… the pandemic was reported not as a collective problem to be solved, but a horror movie to be passively experienced. This is a media approach we see deployed in a variety of issues from fake news to 'sonic weapons', one that trains frightened audiences to endorse extreme solutions and outsource thinking to authorities."
In case the frightened relent, there will be poisoned comebacks for what passed as normal since the Schwabians declared The Reset. Currently the U.S. Department of Justice is attempting to restore the CDC airline mask mandates that roiled the Excited States for two-plus years. This despite president Joe Biden, the document king, declaring Covid over last summer.
Still, the midwits like Chrystia Freeland and camp followers like Tony Blair and John Kerry keep flocking to the Davos CEO carnival. And what does WEF achieve worldwide— other than attract the fashionable and fatuous? Dilbert creator Scott Adams charts a WEF success story:
"They watched Norway create a fund, took credit for the work of members, mobilized coalitions, bragged about the work of signatories, teamed with others, signed a compact to develop a framework which will allow the measurement of a long-term approach, agreed to six principles, and endorsed a plan. How would the planet survive without all of that?"
How indeed in the tourist haven of East Germany? Ein prosit!
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"Religion is like a pair of shoes…..Find one that fits for you, but don't make me wear your shoes." ―George Carlin
As Justice Minister in the 1960s, Pierre Trudeau articulated the essence of liberal tolerance with his "government has no place in the bedrooms of the nation". Sixty years later, PET's son Justin would like to amend that to "the government has no place in the bedrooms of the nation— unless those people are saying nasty things about me."
What once was a proud definition of liberty has transformed into a confidence game run for the Woke elite and its friends in the Media Party. Example this week: The Philadelphia Flyers— in keeping with the NHL's sudden conversion as a ESG colossus— staged a Gay Pride night. As part of the promotion they wore rainbow-coloured jerseys in warmup.
All except Ivan Prokorop, who is Russian Orthodox. His religion is not slack-jawed with Progressive awe at same-sex marriage. So he refused to join the parade. Cue the Church ladies of the sporting press.
"Adam Proteau: Ivan Provorov has the right to any opinion he chooses. And we have the right to have any opinion on Ivan Provorov that we choose. Like this: he's a shameful human being whose homophobia is only going to get more shameful over the years."
NHL Network senior reporter EJ Hradek suggested the Russian-born Flyer should go back to his homeland and join the fight against Ukraine if participating in Pride events is "that problematic for him".
Citing the checkered history of organized religion, Breakfast TV's Sid Sixeiro, coming at you from the beating heart of urban Toronto, was on the verge of "throwing up" over Provorov declining to don the gaudy sweater. "I think you fine the Flyers a million dollars for this, I'm not kidding," said Sixeiro. "Figure this out and stop offending people on nights where it's not about that, it's supposed to be about inclusivity. (Despite Sid's strenuous calls for action the NHL has yet to sanction Provorov or the Flyers.)
Fine. Then answer this: If an NHL team held a Christian night, and players were forced to wear jerseys with a crucifix, would you defend a player who opted out because of his conscience? Or would you go full Proteau and say he's a "shameful human being whose religious intolerance is only going to get more shameful over the years"?
No one in the chattering class wants to take that on, of course. They don't comprende that rights that work for them also must work for people they consider heretics.
Meanwhile, Flyers coach John Tortorella had no trouble with Provorov: "Just because you don't agree with his decision, doesn't mean he did anything wrong". The unwashed mass, the ones who, unlike Antifa, actually support the NHL, responded with their wallets. Provorov jerseys sold out on the NHL Shop and Fanatic. Prompting this tweet from tweeter Colin Rugg: "America hates wokeness."
Perhaps the "burn the witch" vibe from the NHL upset something called NFL World. Because they contributed their own drive to censorship of Christians over remarks made by former coach and now NBC analyst Tony Dungy, who is a devoted Christian (and whose eldest son committed suicide). Dungy's Leftist apostasy was mocking the movement beloved by the AOC crowd— that of allowing grown men to use girls' washrooms if they identify as women.
When it was suggested feminine hygiene products be available in all men's washrooms, Dungy suggested they also put kitty litter in the washrooms for those identifying as cats. Okay, not terribly clever. But he made his point. No amount of Davos-inspired lunacy was going to make him change his definition of what constitutes a woman.
That highly offended NFL World and those who collect pronouns the way some collect stamps. There were demands from the predictable corners— okay #MSNBC— for him to be taken off the air by NBC and banned by the NFL from its stadiums. "Be better", said people who ten years ago would have thought menstruating men was a Monty Python skit.
The joke in all this is not on the fanatical left and its demands for a brave new world of Green economy and Woke sensibility. It's not on the conservative right who know what— and who— they are despite the storms of vitriol issuing from Justin Trudeau or Vijay Singh.
The joke is on the stubborn centrist liberals of the media who worshipped PET or JFK. They still believe they control the agenda. They don't.
Here's what we wrote on the eve of the Biden election in October of 2020. "Liberalism as practiced today is deader than Tutankhamen. When they're not planning escapes to Canada, American liberals like Rob Reiner think they've achieved a sweet deal, using the radical left to subdue Trump while centrist Joe Biden waltzes to victory. The theory being that once Biden is in the White House it'll be tools down for the radicals and the Swamp will rise again. [Ed.: How's that working for you?]
"Canadian liberals might not notice the change quite as dramatically. That's largely because the Kings of Smug surrendered to the radical left years ago when the Ralph Goodale Libs gave the keys to Prince Justin. Trudeau has surrounded himself with Woke activists and climate zealots bound on creating a progressive socialist nirvana.
If you're looking for grownups such as John Turner, Donald MacDonald, Bob Rae or Paul Martin you're as dated as Facebook. Freed from icky responsibilities such as Canada's defence, Canada's liberals are hellbent on a climate dreamworld. To solidify his Green bonafides Trudeau is now incorporating the floundering NDP into his new party, outflanking (for the time being) the Greens.
"Canadian liberalism is a cadaver, waiting for the embalmer to finish the job. American liberalism is not far behind. The radical left is on the move— and it won't be pretty."
Just how not-pretty can be seen with the Antifa mob that staged a violent riot in Atlanta this past week. Or at Davos where eating insects, indulging climate fantasies and throttling popular dissent movements are all unquestioned articles of the faith for former liberals. When Biden gets the shove in the near future the remaining Hollywood liberals will see it's too late to grab their movement back.
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A man who fired a pellet gun at Navy SEALS who were diving near Liberty Station pleaded guilty Wednesday, a day before his trial was to begin.
Scott Weaver, 48, pleaded guilty to brandishing a replica firearm and attempting to threaten a witness. A charge of assault with a deadly weapon was dismissed in an earlier hearing.
Weaver's case was set to go to trial Thursday in front of San Diego Superior Court Judge Timothy Walsh, who accepted the guilty plea.
Deputy District Attorney Geoffrey Allard declined to give any details about the attempted threats made by Weaver.
Authorities said that Navy SEAL instructors and trainees were conducting a nighttime qualification dive around the Halsey Road bridge over a small bay inlet, near Liberty Station, on July 23.
Weaver confronted the divers about 10:30 p.m. and opened fire on them with his pellet gun. Navy personnel called San Diego police, who arrested Weaver.
A Navy spokesman declined after the incident to give details on what the SEALS were doing that night, but confirmed that the special-warfare unit does train in San Diego Bay.
Naval Special Warfare Command officials said it would evaluate the training procedures with an eye toward safety of the divers as a result of the shooting.


Our previous post on the history of stickers continues to be a favorite among readers. In honor of National Sticker Day (January 13, 2018), we thought we'd flesh it out a bit more with a timeline of some of the major events that made the label and sticker market what it is today.
Depending on how you define "sticker," the earliest known labels may well be Egyptian, from between 3000-300 BC. Market stall owners used stickers to post product prices and other information. The labels were probably stuck to the stalls using animal-based glues. More modern events are catalogued in the timeline below.
Tax and Revenue stamps, usually affixed to documents and products with a gummy glue applied separately, were used by most governments during this time. Famously, the imposition of the Stamp Act on the American Colonies in 1765 was a contributing factor in the American Revolutionary War.
Decalomania started by Simon Ravenet, a French printer who relocated to England. He called it "décalquer" from the French term for tracing paper. Tissue paper was pressed into copper plates that had been colored. The "decal" thus created was then transferred to a porcelain or ceramic surface. Technique continues to be refined and used today.
The lithographic process is developed in 1796 by Aloys Senefelder. In 1837, Godefroy Engelmann is awarded a patent for a method of printing in color using lithography. Commercial uses for colorful advertising begin to take off.
The U.K. introduces the first prepaid postage stamps, the Penny Black. Sir Rowland Hill called for the one-penny postal rate in 1837 and suggested the stamp "with a glutinous wash" on the reverse. The stamp needed to be moistened before being affixed. A huge success, it increased the postal revenue and traffic.
The era of advertising and product labels (fruit crates, pill bottles, etc.) begins, with improvements in the lithographic process. Gummy adhesives were added to labels before application. Soap and cigar boxes became very colorful. Refrigerated train cars were introduced in the 1880s, and fruit farmers in particular started using labels to differentiate their products from others.
Ray Staunton Avery (of Avery Dennison, Avery labels) produced the first self-adhering, pressure-sensitive labels. They could be cut to any shape, and had a peel-off backing.
Forest Gill, a silk screen printer, combined self-adhesive paper and day-glo ink to make the first bumper sticker. Early bumper stickers faded quickly and left a gummy residue on the car surface. Because of this, Gill worked with the Nationwide Advertising Speciality Company to create vinyl stickers with adhesive backs in the early 1960's. The 1950s had seen the introduction of improved printing processes and nontoxic inks, and bumper stickers took off. Particularly popular: Political campaigns and travel souvenirs.
Topps Company releases the first of a series of trading cards and stickers called Wacky Packs or Wacky Packages. These cards were frequently parodies of North American consumer products. The stickers released in 1967 and 1969 needed to be moistened to stick; after 1973, the stickers came with a peel-off backing. Garbage Pail Kids, also by Topps, was a 1980s off-shoot parody of Cabbage Patch Kids (until a copyright lawsuit was filed).
Scratch and sniff was born in 1965, when a scientist at 3M, working to resolve an issue with carbon copies, found a method of micro-encapsulation that could also be used to hold a smell from scented ink. In the late 1970s, Creative Teaching Press produced scratch and sniff stickers, marketing them to teachers as rewards for their students. Students loved them (particularly the ones with popcorn and pizza aromas…). Popularity remained high throughout the 1980s.
Throughout the 1990s, speciality stickers – for TV shows, movies, even Beanie Baby and Pokemon stickers – continued their popularity. There were fuzzy, textured stickers as well as puffy stickers, ones with googly eyes, and 3D stickers. Sticker scrapbooks are a big thing.
Digital presses began to move into the labeling business in the late 1990s. Digital presses have a higher cost per page than traditional off-set printing, but because they can avoid the cost of the steps required to make printing plates, digital printing can be more cost-effective. In addition, digital printing allows for on-demand printing and short turnaround time, as well as variable data (text or artwork changes partway through a run of labels or stickers).
In the future, there will be continued improvements to presses and inks, leading to increased customization and personalization. Sustainability and waste reduction will take center stage. Expect new features like tactile coatings and special ink effects, as well as flexible packaging.
In 1963, Chiquita Bananas decided to switch from using paper bands around their banana bunches to using stickers, applied by hand. In the years since, they've celebrated the 1980 Winter Olympics, the 50th anniversary of Miss Chiquita, and Breast Cancer Awareness month, as well as holding a number of different contests for consumers. Read more about their stickers at https://chiquita.com/discover/blue-sticker.


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KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) is forecasting a monsoon surge from Dec 27 to 30, which could cause continuous rain in eastern Johor, eastern Sabah and western Sarawak between Dec 28 to 30.
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DRAMA DESK PANEL
The Drama Desk hosted a panel discussion, "ART IMITATES ART: THE ENDURING APPEAL OF THEATER ABOUT THEATER" moderated by Adrienne Onofri.
Adrienne Onofri, Jim Brochu, Jan Maxwell, Bob Stillman, Jenifer Foote, Sarah Ruhl, T.R. Knight
The panelists were: Jim Brochu, the Drama Desk winning creator and star of Character Man and Zero Hour; T.R. Knight, who was recently seen off-Broadway in Pocatello at Playwright's Horizons, co-starred in A Life in thTheatre and Noises Off on Broadway, and is probably best known for his role in TV's Grey's Anatomy; five-time TONY Award nominee Jan Maxwell, who has played an actress in Follies, The Royal Family and To Be or Not To Be, and starred in City of Conversation last year at Lincoln Center; playwright Sarah Ruhl whose play The Oldest Boy was produced by Lincoln Center this season and her play Stage Kiss was produced last year by Playwrights Horizons (a Pulitzer Prize finalist for In The Next Room, or The Vibrator Play and The Clean House); musician, writer and actor Bob Stillman, who appeared in Grey Gardens on Broadway and understudies almost every part in It's Only A Play, and Jenifer Foote, who appeared in Follies and next month will be in the Roundabout Theater's revival of On The Twentieth Century.
From Hamlet's Players to this season's Broadway smash It's Only a Play, actors and the theater have always been favorite subjects on stage. The panel of theater artists discussed the ups and downs of re-creating their professional world on stage.
Jenifer Foote, T. R. Knight, Bob Stillman
William Wolf, Isa Goldberg, Charles Wright, David Barbour
Patrick Christiano, Barbara Siegel, Isa Goldberg
T.R. Knight, Lauren Class Schneider
Jan Maxwell, Bob Stillman, Randie Levine-Miller, Lauren Class Schneider
Jim Brochu, Jenifer Foote
Barbara & Scott Siegel
Jenifer Foote, Jan Maxwell
Jim Brochu, Bob Stillman
Charles Wright, Adrienne Onofri, T. R. Knight
Randie Levine Miller, Barbara Siegel, Steve Marsh
Michael Bracken, Lauren Class Schneider
Isa Goldberg, Charles Wright
Sarah Ruhl, T. R. Knight
Jan Maxwell, Jim Brochu, Patrick Christiano, Bob Stillman, Jenifer Foote, Sarah Ruhl, T.R. Knight
Sarah Ruhl
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Q: Unexpected authentication with Mariadb Having previously used MySQL quite extensively on Linux, I was fairly confident that getting MariaDB (10.0.31) setup on this Mint 18.1 (Ubuntu) box would be easy enough. And the installation was exactly that.
But oddly enough it now seems to know when I'm fibbing about who I am. Previously with MySQL on Redhat, Suse, PCLinixOS... I could log into mysqld which was configured with a blank password for root@localhost (i.e. using the AF_UNIX socket) by asserting I was root, but this didn't work on my Mint/MariaDB:
 symcbean@animal ~ $ mysql -u root
 ERROR 1698 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'

But this does work if I 'su':
 symcbean@animal /etc $ su
 Password:
 animal etc # mysql
 Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
 Your MariaDB connection id is 47
 Server version: 10.0.31-MariaDB-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 Ubuntu 16.04

 Copyright (c) 2000, 2017, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

 MariaDB [(none)]> select current_user;
 +----------------+
 | current_user   |
 +----------------+
 | root@localhost |
 +----------------+
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)

(same with mysql -u root, mysql -u root -h localhost).
My non-root user has permissions on the socket file:
 symcbean@animal ~ $ ls -l /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
 srwxrwxrwx 1 mysql mysql 0 Nov 29 20:46 /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

My root user does not have a ~/my.conf or ~/.my.cnf to hold a password.
I don't make a habit of running insecure systems - but I'm puzzled by this apparent change of behaviour. Does the server really validate the uid of the client?

A: MariaDB on Ubuntu 15.10 and later automatically use UNIX socket authentication by default. The UID of the user who opens the local socket connection is used and can authenticate without a password. Only MariaDB builds on current versions of Debian and Ubuntu enable this by default.


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package org.elasticsearch.http.netty;

import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.NodeInfo;
import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.NodesInfoResponse;
import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.BoundTransportAddress;
import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.InetSocketTransportAddress;
import org.elasticsearch.node.Node;
import org.elasticsearch.test.ElasticsearchIntegrationTest;
import org.junit.Test;

import static org.elasticsearch.test.ElasticsearchIntegrationTest.ClusterScope;
import static org.elasticsearch.test.ElasticsearchIntegrationTest.Scope;
import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;

@ClusterScope(scope = Scope.SUITE, numDataNodes = 1)
public class HttpPublishPortIT extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {

    @Override
    protected Settings nodeSettings(int nodeOrdinal) {
        return Settings.settingsBuilder()
                .put(super.nodeSettings(nodeOrdinal))
                .put(Node.HTTP_ENABLED, true)
                .put("http.publish_port", 9080)
                .build();
    }

    @Test
    public void testHttpPublishPort() throws Exception {
        NodesInfoResponse response = client().admin().cluster().prepareNodesInfo().clear().setHttp(true).get();
        assertThat(response.getNodes(), arrayWithSize(greaterThanOrEqualTo(1)));
        NodeInfo nodeInfo = response.getNodes()[0];

        BoundTransportAddress address = nodeInfo.getHttp().address();
        assertThat(address.publishAddress(), instanceOf(InetSocketTransportAddress.class));

        InetSocketTransportAddress publishAddress = (InetSocketTransportAddress) address.publishAddress();
        assertThat(publishAddress.address().getPort(), is(9080));
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Hublot And Paris Saint-Germain Score Atop Rockefeller Center
Hublot Reveals the Limited Edition Watch of the Paris Saint-Germain Football Club
Hublot and Paris Saint-Germain
NEW YORK, July 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Hublot and Paris Saint-Germain, the world-renowned French Football Club, debuted the Official Watch of Paris Saint-Germain, Big Bang Unico Bi-Retrograde Paris Saint-Germain, in celebration of the team's North America summer tour. Hot on the heels of the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™, where Hublot served as the Official Timekeeper, this partnership and timepiece are another example of Hublot's love for global "football" and ongoing support of the "Hublot Loves Football" campaign launched during FIFA World Cup Brazil™ last summer.
Hublot's U.S. Managing Director, Jean-Francois Sberro, hosted an exclusive cocktail event with the team at a private rooftop garden atop the historic Rockefeller Center to launch the Big Bang Unico Bi-Retrograde Paris Saint-Germain timepiece. Star players in attendance included Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Blaise Matuidi and Thiago Silva, as well as Kevin Trapp who officially joined the Parisian Club last week.
The night celebrated French culture, including music by French DJ, Olivier Meiji, and a live art demonstration by French artist, JonOne. As a surprise to guests, Paris Saint-Germain players also tried their hand at painting, creating a one-of-a-kind painting on a large canvas with the help of the artist. The painting will be auctioned off later this season to benefit the team's charitable foundation, Fondation Paris Saint-Germain. To top it off, guests enjoyed desserts made by the team with cult pastry chef, Dominique Ansel.
The timepiece unveiling was hosted by former New York Giants' Quarterback and Friend of Hublot, Jesse Palmer, and included VIP attendees, including New York Giants' star Victor Cruz, New York Knicks' basketball player Lance Thomas, FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ champion Kelley O'Hara, and LVMH USA CEO, Pauline Brown.
Ricardo Guadalupe, CEO of Hublot, noted, "Hublot is thrilled to welcome the Paris Saint-Germain team to New York City as we show our support for this great team through our dedication to the sport of football. Our brand has an exciting history with Paris Saint-Germain, and here tonight, we continue to celebrate 'Hublot Loves Football' and the Art of Fusion by blending together different aspects of the French culture through sports, art, music and food."
The Big Bang Unico Bi-Retrograde Paris Saint-Germain – Hublot's second timepiece with the French football champion – is limited to 100 pieces and features a 45.5mm titanium case with a sapphire anti-reflective treatment and the Paris Saint-Germain logo printed on the case back glass. Inspired by the iconic team colors, embellishments of red, white and blue are reflected throughout the dial, hands and strap. Manufactured with Hublot's in-house UNICO self-winding bi-retrograde movement and designed to time two halves of a soccer match, the sleek and sporty timepiece will be available exclusively at Hublot boutiques around the world.
As the first luxury watch brand to become involved with European football in 2006, Hublot has since built a strong presence in the world of football. Hublot's relationship with the French Club began in 2013 when it became the Official Timekeeper and Official Watch of the team and introduced the first timepiece known as the King Power Paris Saint-Germain.
Paris Saint-Germain recently launched a new campaign, "Paris Loves US," to support its North America tour during the International Champions Cup – demonstrating how keen it is to pursue development on the continent. Throughout the team's 18 days in North America they will travel from New York City to Charlotte, Chicago, and Montreal to play matches against some of Europe's top clubs. Paris Saint-Germain also launched a dedicated website for their North America Tour, allowing fans across the world to follow along the team's journey and celebrate "Paris Loves US."
LINK TO EVENT IMAGES: https://app.box.com/s/kp63l8ibsv9t2mbgx7fpnxfh1ipctlae
LINK TO WATCH IMAGES: https://app.box.com/s/p7shep7iu44dhzwzjvdi6wxu2jdxzamx
LINK TO B-ROLL VIDEO OF EVENT: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cxheltmsu71sjrk/AACaMBjhGpdf-HuDVGjGvpd9a?dl=0
ABOUT HUBLOT
"Hublot - A different way to progress" say those who know this unique Swiss luxury watch company, where each and every moment moves forward to create the future at breathtaking speed. A dream, initiated and developed by Hublot's Chairman Jean-Claude Biver with CEO, Ricardo Guadalupe when they took control of the brand in 2004. These two men are responsible for turning the Hublot brand into a genuine success story in which the King Power, Classic Fusion, and Big Bang, now celebrating its 10th Anniversary with exciting limited editions, represent the symbols of a constantly evolving tradition.
From in-house watch complications, including award-winning minute repeaters and tourbillon, to revolutionary materials such as patented scratch resistant Magic Gold and colored Texalium carbon fiber, to world class collaborations such as Ferrari, FIFA™ World Cup, and Italia Independent, Hublot characterizes itself through the "Art of Fusion" philosophy, bringing tradition into the future. For more information, visit www.hublot.com.
ABOUT PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
Three years ago, Paris Saint-Germain set itself the goal of becoming a global sports brand by embodying in everything it does and in all its communications the values of elegance, excellence and respect that are associated with Paris whose name its brand so proudly bears. French champions, and quarter-finalists in the UEFA Champions League during the 2014/2015 season for the third consecutive year, the first stages of the club's project bear witness to its aim to join the very top flight European clubs.
Paris Saint-Germain is very active in the media sector, particularly through PSG TV, available on the Internet in 3 versions (French, English and Spanish), and PSG.fr published online in 8 versions which attracts a total of 15 million page views and 1,5 million one-off visitors on average per month (with over 30% from overseas). Paris Saint-Germain is the top-ranked French club on social networks with over 110 million fans and followers (club, teams and players combined). www.psg.fr / @PSG_inside / facebook.com/PSG
ABOUT THE BIG BANG UNICO BI-RETROGRADE PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
Reference 413.NX.1129.LR.PSG15 - Limited to 100 numbered pieces
Case "Big Bang Unico" – Diameter 45.5mm
Polished and satin-finished titanium
Bezel Polished and satin-finished titanium with 6 H-shaped titanium screws
Glass Sapphire with anti-reflective treatment
Bezel Lug Blue composite resin
Crown Black rubber and satin-finished Titanium
Pushers : Titanium with red and black rubber
Case back Titanium, satin-finished and "100 NUM" engraved
Case back Glass Sapphire with interior anti-reflective treatment and Paris
Saint-Germain logo printed
Dial Metallic blue multilayer dial
Hands Red retrograde minute hand
White retrograde second hand
Satin-finished and microblasted rhodium-plated minute,
hour and small second hands with white luminescent
Movement HUB1261 UNICO Manufacture self-winding Bi-retrograde
movement with central chronograph and column wheel
Components 385
Water Resistance 10 ATM (100m)
Strap Black rubber and blue alligator strap with white stitching
Buckle Titanium deployant buckle clasp
SOURCE Hublot and Paris Saint-Germain
For further information: US Media, PaulWilmotCommunications, Hampton Carney, [email protected], 212.206.7447 x12; Julia Cushman Curry, [email protected], 212.206.7447 x18; Myescha Joell - [email protected] / 212.206.7447 x24; International, Annabelle Galley, [email protected]; Anaïs Tréand, [email protected], http://www.hublot.com


Interested in knowing what you can do with a degree in Anthropology? Here are a few examples of the types of jobs and careers our alumni are currently working in.
Sarah Ben-Ezra (2018): Formerly worked at the Perot Museum. Now at Kansas University doing a Master's program in Museum Studies.
Rachel Freeman (2018): Hired by AEON Language School to teach English in Tokyo, Japan.
Chanel Jimenez (2018): English Instructor in Caceres, Spain. Just accepted into the Peace Corps in Panama.
Taylor Perry (2018): English Instructor for private learning company in Suwon, South Korea.
Mia Rook (2018): Frontier School Educator at Fort Concho National Historic Landmark.


text:
from fabric.api import run, cd, sudo, roles, runs_once, env
from fabric.contrib.files import first

# add a local_fab_settings.py file,
# so that you can access your servers
# but please, don't commit it to git.
try:
    from local_fab_settings import *
except ImportError as e:
    pass

env.venv_roots = ['/oknesset_web/oknesset/', '/oknesset_data/oknesset/']

env.project_dir = 'Open-Knesset'
env.ok_user = 'oknesset'

def _venv_root():
    return first(*env.venv_roots)

def _project_root():
    return _venv_root() + env.project_dir

def _activate():
    return 'source ' + _venv_root() + 'bin/activate'

def virtualenv(command):
    with cd(_project_root()):
        sudo("export HOME=/home/" + env.ok_user + " && " + _activate() + ' && ' + command, user=env.ok_user)

# web server stuff
def web_apache_cmd(cmd):
    if cmd not in ['start', 'stop', 'restart']:
        raise Exception('Unknown apache command %s' % cmd)
    sudo('/etc/init.d/apache2 %s' % cmd)

def restart_oknesset():
    sudo('supervisorctl restart oknesset')

def _update_commit():
    with cd(_project_root()):
        sudo(
            'git log --pretty=format:"Code Commit: %H <br>Last Update: %cd" -n 1 > templates/last_build.txt',
            user=env.ok_user)

def _chown(to_user, directory=env.project_dir):
    sudo("chown -R %s %s" % (to_user, directory))

@roles('web')
def deploy_web(requirements=False):
    web_apache_cmd('stop')
    with cd(_venv_root()):
        _chown(env.ok_user)
        with cd(env.project_dir):
            _git_pull()
            if requirements:
                _install_requirements()
            virtualenv('./manage.py collectstatic --noinput')
            _update_commit()
        #_chown('www-data')
    restart_oknesset()
    web_apache_cmd('start')

# db server stuff - should only run once on master db!
@runs_once
def db_migrate_syncdb():
    virtualenv('./manage.py migrate')

@roles('db')
def deploy_backend(migration=False, requirements=False):
    with cd(_project_root()):
        _git_pull()
        if requirements:
            _install_requirements()
        if migration:
            db_migrate_syncdb()

@roles('db_master')
def datapackage_notification(url):
    run("./oknesset_datapackage_notification.sh \"{}\"".format(url))

@roles('db_master')
def show_cron(as_user=env.ok_user):
    sudo('crontab -l', user=as_user)

@roles('db')
def db_show_replication():
    # works on both servers
    run('ps -ef | grep postgres | grep -e receiver -e sender')

# memcache commands

@roles('web')
@runs_once
def mc_flushall():
    #run('echo flush_all | telnet localhost 11211')
    virtualenv(
        "DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE='knesset.settings' " +
        "python -c 'from django.core.cache import cache; cache.clear()'"
    )

# commands for all servers

def _git_pull(repo='origin', branch='master', as_user=env.ok_user):
    sudo("git pull %s %s" % (repo, branch), user=as_user)

def _install_requirements():
    virtualenv(
        'cd .. && pip install -r ' +
        env.project_dir + '/requirements.txt && cd ' + _project_root())

@roles('all')
def all_upgrade_system():
    sudo('apt-get update')
    sudo('apt-get upgrade')

@roles('all')
def show_updates():
    sudo('cat /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available')
    sudo('/usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-reboot-required')

@roles('all')
def all_run_cmd(cmd):
    run(cmd)

@roles('all')
def all_sudo_cmd(cmd):
    sudo(cmd)

def deploy_all(repo='origin', branch='master', install_requirements=False, use_migration=False, reset_memcache=False):
    deploy_backend(requirements=install_requirements, migration=use_migration)
    deploy_web(requirements=install_requirements)
    if reset_memcache:
        mc_flushall()


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Compete Network Feature Stories
1,000 Dreams Fund (1DF) Launched BroadcastHER Competition to Promote and Support Women in eSports and the Gaming Industry
By Dirk Smith
Launching a new competition called BroadcastHER. The 1000 Dreams Fund (1DF) which is a national non-profit that offers microgrants to support young women, has announced they are partnering with headset maker HyperX, entertainment company Allied eSports, and Samsung Electronics-owned HARMAN. Through these partnerships, 1DF will award $1000 each in grants, along with "behind the scenes VIP experiences" to nine young women who are pursuing a career in eSports and gaming.
The competition will take place over four weeks where women can enter the "Inaugural BroadcastHER Academy Challenge" to win a grant and an all-expenses paid trip to the Allied eSports' global flagship venue; HyperX eSports Arena in Las Vegas. For the competition, they will work side by side with production and executive teams to produce an event.
While eSports and gaming in general are gender equal, meaning that there are no physiological differences among players that would garner any kind of advantage that is attributed to gender. The industry still is very male dominated and attracting more female gamers to eSports has been proved to be challenging. The purpose of the 1DF program is to give more women the real-world experiences and networking opportunities to build a career in the industry. This includes careers in programming, design, software design, engineering, marketing, and so much more.
"In the current gaming industry, female gamers and esports professionals are an underrepresented segment, even though almost 50 percent of gamers worldwide are female," said Wendy Lecot, business development manager at HyperX. "When young women do not see themselves represented in the workplace or in the competitive scene, they are less likely to be inspired by the industry as a viable career choice and may result in not applying for jobs or being hired."
BroadcastHER and other initiatives are working to break that cycle and get more women involved in the industry. The funds awarded can be used toward upgrading equipment, travel or anything else. The training they receive will help them accelerate their career to pursue whatever their ambitions in the gaming industry. Find more information at https://1000dreamsfund.org/apply/1000-dreams-funds-twitch-broadcasther-grant/
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ROME-- The New York Times has accused Beppe Grillo's "Movimento 5 Stelle" party of being responsible for the increase in cases of measles across the peninsula, with their anti-vaccine campaign.
The exposé was released at the same time that the weekly report from the Minister of Health evidenced an astronomical rise in the infectious disease, with 385 cases being registered in April 2017, five times the number of the same month in 2016.
In the editorial, they accused Grillo of "parroting false links between vaccination and autism." Grillo fought back against these claims, labelling the piece as "fake news," with "not even a link, reference or statement" to support it.


Silver labels. Curved black Vanguard logo with 'Recordings for the Connoisseur' text. Small white 'horseman' logo at the bottom. Light surface wear on each side. Laminated single cover. Very light surface wear (> loss of gloss) on front. Light wear and a few tiny creases along the edges. Slightly worn corners.
The wittiest, most political and most reflective of all the San Francisco Bay Area "acid-rock" bands, formed in 1965 in Berkeley, California. Early 1970's pressing of their 4th album.


When the wife says "Can you make me a quirky christmas tree?" it can be roughly interpreted as go to the shed and tinker - Awesome!
Mrs S likes to find inspiration from blogs, magazines, realestate pics, etc. I on the other hand went to the shed and started rummaging through the materials stash. Can I make a christmas tree from.... ply - boring, bamboo - probably, fencing wire - interesting but not enough, cardboard - did that one other year, storm water pipe - bingo!
It met all my design criteria: cheap, recycled, not too big, and creative.
Mrs S was not so impressed with the storm water pipe concept, but probably because a few doodle circles on a page looked nothing like a christmas tree, and gesturing with a dirty piece of PVC pipe triggered the "that dirty piece of junk is not going inside my lounge room" response.
Undeterred, I retreated to the man cave, and fired up the power tools.
If you're having a crack at it yourself, cutting it on the angle (I used 45 degrees) will make the finished tree taller and skinnier rather than short and fat if you just cut straight circles, but it does make it harder to stick together.
The PVC glue I had was starting to go hard.. It turns out that this is perfect for making christmas trees! Place the pieces together. Mark where they touch. Draw pencil lines down the side of pipe from the marks. Then all you have to do is line up the big glue string dangling off the brush with the line, and hey presto! Glue just where it is needed, and no blue glue over everything. I put little spring clamps on them to hold it still while I put glue on the next piece. They were pretty much stuck by the time the next one was ready to add.
Half an old cupboard door for the base, a few screws to hold it together, some small holes in the top of each pipe section so the ornaments have somewhere to hang from, and you're done.
Mrs S seemed to be pretty pleased with the result, and the kids were super keen to hang ornaments on it.
Not sure it is finished yet, Maybe some lights in the holes between the sections, if I can hide the wires somewhere. Perhaps next year.
That is an awesome christmas tree. Well done!