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TV Review: 'AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL' Gives A Frightfully Good Check-In
Andy Begay // Contributing Writer
We're well into October, which means it's high time for cooler temperatures, Halloween preparations, pumpkin-spiced everything and the sweet, disturbing goodness of AMERICAN HORROR STORY. Powerhouse Jessica Lange may be absent from the all-star AHS cast this year, but if the 90-minute season premiere of the anthology series' newest installment, HOTEL, is any indication of things to come, we are in for a long, twisted ride nonetheless.
Lady Gaga as The Countess. Photo courtesy of Frank Ockenfels/FX.
As always, creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk introduce us to a brand new macabre world of campy horror in the fifth chapter of their Emmy-winning AHS franchise. This time around, we check in to the Hotel Cortez, an Art Deco style hotel in Los Angeles whose vintage walls have seen many a guest come and go– or have a few, if not all who have checked in, stayed behind to let their presence be known for some yet-to-be-revealed reason? Whatever the case, HOTEL promises to deliver its fair share of glitz, glamour, gore and, of course, Gaga.
If you thought AHS couldn't push the envelope any further, think again. HOTEL introduces us to a new horde of characters– including the Countess, a hemophiliac sex-addict played by the ever-outlandish Lady Gaga; Hypodermic Sally, a damaged drug-addict played by AHS veteran Sarah Paulson; Iris, the off-putting Hotel Cortez front desk clerk played by Kathy Bates; and Liz Taylor, a cross-dressing Cortez employee played by Denis O'Hare— whose stories are dark, mysterious and not for the faint of heart.
Master production designer Mark Worthington once again lends his expertise to the AHS franchise in this newest installment by creating a sprawling hotel full of Old Hollywood beauty and charm shrouded in mystery. His opulent-yet-sinister creation serves as the perfect backdrop for what's to come this season in HOTEL— you can almost smell the mustiness as you traverse the Hotel Cortez's hallways with the characters. Brace yourself for mattresses filled with more than just springs, a grisly ghoul equipped with a golden spike used for heinous purposes and a blood-infused orgy with Mother Monster herself– and that's just in the first hour!
Be sure to tune in every Wednesday to watch what happens in Murphy and Falchuk's newest (and most likely), bloodiest world of horror, if you dare. Who knows, by the end of HOTEL, we all may think twice before checking in anywhere– for things, even in real life, are rarely what they seem.
AHS: HOTEL premieres tonight at 10/9c on FX.
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Hello, there! My name is Preston Barta, and I am the features editor of Fresh Fiction and senior film critic at the Denton Record-Chronicle. My cinematic love story began where I was born: off planet on the isolated desert world of the Jakku system. It's there I passed the time scavenging for loose parts with my good friend Rey. One day I found an old film projector and a dusty reel of the 1975 film JAWS. It rocked my world so much that I left my kinfolk in the rearview (I so miss their morning cups of green milk) to pursue my dreams of writing about film. It wasn't long until I met two gents who said they would give me a lift. I can't recall their names, but one was an older man who liked to point a lot and the other was a tall, hairy fella. They got me as far as one of Jupiter's moons where we crossed paths with the U.S.S. Enterprise. Some pointy-eared bastard said I was clear to come aboard. He saw that I was clutching my beloved shark movie and invited me to the "moving pictures room" where he was screening the 1993 film JURASSIC PARK to his crew. He said my life would be much more prosperous if I were familiar with more work by the god named Steven Spielberg. From there, my love for cinema blossomed. Once we reached planet Earth, everything changed. I found the small town of Denton, TX, and was welcomed into the Barta family. They showed me the writings of local film critic Boo Allen. He became my hero and caused me to chase a degree in film and journalism. After my studies at graduate of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, I met some film critics who showed me the ropes and got me into my first press screening: 2011's THE GREEN LANTERN. Don't worry; I recovered just fine. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD was only four years away.


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Friday prayers are held with Khutbah from 1:10 pm followed by prayers.
In these, the worst of times, the best in people has reality been brought into sharp focus. The flowers and the messages of support and love that have been received over the last few days has been overwhelming and incredibly humbling. The Muslim community has been buoyed by the support given unconditionally by the wider community and for this we thank you. This vile act has been a complete failure as it failed to push a wedge amongst the peace-loving, compassionate and thoughtful people of Australia and New Zealand. To those who helped create this environment through their action and words - we say now that you will not be successful in dividing Australian community.
Amongst the politicians and diplomats the followings presence was made know to us. Ms Gulia Jones, MLA ACT Liberal, Mark Parton MLA ACT Liberal, Elizabeth Kikkert MLA ACT Liberal, Gai Brodttman MHR ACT Labour, Rachel Steven Smith MLA ACT Labour, Mr Ahmed Al Dagreer Counsellor Saudi Arabian Embassy, Mr Anwar Al Souly Attache Saudi Arabian Embassy, Mohammad A. Zaki Deputy Ambassador Afghanistan, Ali Burawi Counsellor Libyan Embassy and Mohammad Al-Sheetan First Secretary Kuwait Embassy.
Last but not the least the Muslims present last night have demonstrated once again that our reaction to extremism is restraint, love and compassion and that we irrespective of what some leaders say, are part of the solution and not the problem.
CIC community hall refurbishment has been completed with main hall ceiling , walls, air conditioning and audio visual upgrade. This shall provide community a great facility that they can use for their private functions and events at very reasonable and competitive rates and discounts to CIC members and foundation members. CIC community hall can accomodate 400-450 sitting guest and also has an adjoining commercial kitchen for your cooking and catering needs. Complex has 200 parking spaces. We hope with this upgrade the facility shall be used by our community members and anyone else for their events and functions in CIC. We have also put a large storage shed to move unwanted and extra furniture and carpets to free the space in the CIC corridors and temporary storage in kitchen area.
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What's Love Got to Do with It  é um filme estadunidense de 1993, do gênero drama biográfico-musical, dirigido por Brian Gibson, com roteiro baseado na autobiografia I, Tina, da cantora pop Tina Turner, escrita por ela e Kurt Loder.

No elenco principal estão Angela Bassett e Laurence Fishburne, ambos indicadas ao Oscar por sua atuação.

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Tina narra a biografia de Tina Turner, e começa com o conflituoso relacionamento de Tina Turner (Angela Bassett) com seu empresário e marido, Ike (Laurence Fishburne), desde que se conheceram. Juntos, conquistam o sucesso, mas chocam-se na realidade do dia a dia.

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Pawsitive Impressions: When the Shelter Finds Themselves Full of Puppies, the PET-CENTRIC, NEIGHBORLY Jackson, Michigan Pet Center Throws a Party!
When the Shelter Finds Themselves Full of Puppies, the PET-CENTRIC, NEIGHBORLY Jackson, Michigan Pet Center Throws a Party!
The Cascades Humane Society in Jackson County, Michigan recently found themselves in possession of 21 puppies and in need of a plan! But they needn't have worried. Daria Grinenko, Cascades Humane Society board member and Pet Supplies Plus franchise owner decided that she could generate some community support for the little tykes by throwing a puppy shower!
The shower, which took place on April 12, was a huge success. From noon until 3PM, a local radio station broadcast from the Jackson pet center, and people were invited to review a registry and purchase items that the shelter needed. A local newspaper showed up to take pictures, and over 90 adoption applications were collected for the precious, furry bundles. Refreshments were served to all of the human attendees, and each of the puppies got to take home a gift bag filled with toys and treats!
The puppy shower is another great example of how creative Pet Supplies Plus teams are putting their heads together to help members of their community in need!


The race is on: As has been anticipated, advocates and governments in states with a vested interest in reproductive rights—pro or con—are competing with one another to see which one will land a case before the now right-leaning Supreme Court and carry the banner of overturning Roe v. Wade.
But with Kavanaugh's ascension, the balance in the court has changed.
Not all states are in this melee willingly; some are now confronting their own complacency with state laws that have not kept pace with the need for updates and changes as reproductive health and abortion rights have moved forward. For example, New York state, often seen as the leader in reproductive rights from its beginnings, is now finding itself in a conundrum of its own making.
When the state's law was enacted in 1970, it was the most progressive in the nation, and tens of thousands of women traveled to New York to safely obtain the procedure. But once Roe was decided, just a few years later, the statute immediately became outdated.
The 1970 law was passed by a Republican legislature and signed into law by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, also a Republican.
But as the Republican Party veered sharply rightward in the decades that followed, support plummeted among Republican state legislators for abortion. The Catholic Church and lobbyists on its behalf advocated against efforts to update the law. Democrats didn't press the issue.
The tenor of the New York state legislature was not amenable to changing the law, but times have changed. And while other state legislatures are rushing to pass the most restrictive abortion laws, New York is expected to bring its Reproductive Health Act to a vote early in January 2019 and again be a leading state for abortion rights.
"This is New York. This is America. There's Roe v. Wade. But nobody reads the fine print," said State Senator Liz Krueger, a lead sponsor of New York's proposed Reproductive Health Act.
In addition to bringing New York's abortion law up to today's federal standard, the Reproductive Health Act would permit nurse practitioners, physicians assistants and midwives to provide nonsurgical abortion care, reducing wait times. It would also remove the abortion law from the state's penal code and put it in the health code, where it belongs. Advocates say the legislation would re-establish the state as a national leader in abortion access and a place where women from more restrictive states could travel to get the care they need.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York has vowed to approve the legislation within the first 30 days of the new session, which begins in January.
Meanwhile, states like Ohio, Mississippi, and Iowa are passing abortion legislation that could land on the steps of the Supreme Court and push the newest Justices to show their true colors on this issue. Iowa has passed a fetal heartbeat bill, and Ohio activists have passed a law banning a common second-trimester abortion procedure called dilation and extraction. In Mississippi, abortions are banned after 15 weeks.
The Supreme Court ruling on free speech and crisis pregnancy clinics might create winners on both sides.


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The cost of failure and not understanding
Firstly, a huge and sincere THANK YOU to all who came to the launch event of the 'Review into Insitutional Racism at the Westway Trust' on Wednesday evening at the Village/Bay56.
**A list of streams of the event are at the bottom of this post**
The turnout, the questions and the focus of the community members present made it clear that the community does value this process enough to put some faith in it. That faith must be repaid. Perhaps we can add it to the debt?
On Wednesday evening we heard a man at the top of his moon-based powers of denial, privilege and ignorance.
I - and no doubt others - find it deeply distressing that a man who exhibits no ability whatsoever to grasp the issues he faces, is empowered to stand as the head of an organisation that holds the position that the Westway Trust does, in a community with the deep and uncompromising history of North Kensington.
There were many moments of unsatisfactory answers and failures from the Westway Trust end of the panel - that is, Alan Brown. Not least the revelation that it seems neither TRUSTEES OR MEMBER ORGANISATIONS were told about the event ahead of Wednesday! That in itself is a shocking indictment on the Westway Trust leadership's claimed commitment to this process. Thank goodness it is largely out of their hands.
However, an answer was given by Alan Brown, directed at me, that has taken my disappointment to ever deeper depths about his basic competence.
His response drew a direct comparison between a self-employed community-focused artist (me) having a verbatim - that is, word for word - recollection of the Companies Act (something of virtually no day to day use in my role), with him having a basic knowledge of the Equality Act 2010, as the Chair of an £8Million charitable organisation in the heart of one of the epicentres of Black British culture (not to mention a pretty long list of other cultures) and history.
What's more, it was expected that this knowledge would be present in his mind at the end of a full year of being addressed repeatedly and at length by multiple people on the issue of Racism and Institutional Racism at his organisation.
Alan Brown's lame 2016 response followed on from Tim Burke's (RIP) searching question to both him and Alex Russel (Now Joint Chief Executive with Mark Lockhart) at the 2016 AGM.
That encounter can be seen in full in this video (the link should start at the correct time, 6m50s in):
https://youtu.be/PEm5b8HgJd4?t=407
2 years later and there has apparently been little to no progress in his understanding. No. Progress.
There can be not one iota of doubt that if anyone in Alan Brown's chosen field of finance, showed the incompetence and wilful ignorance toward their responsibilites that he has shown repeatedly over the past 3 years, that that person would be ushered swiftly and unapologetically to the door, probably with glee by him personally.
Yet, here we have a situation whereby the understanding of Race, Class, Culture, Community and even Socio-Economics is apparently completely lacking in a man who retains a free reign and deciding vote over a dominant organisation in our community. It is an organisation that - in my view - ought to be in a position to either speak with some knowledge and authority itself on such matters, or at the very least offer strong, meaningful and sustained support to those in the North Kensington community who do.
In a community that has been built on being at the forefront of race relations, ethnic diversity and community development, we are being failed in our efforts to continue that legacy in the best way possible. That results in a failure to London, England and the world in no less a way than if the London School of Economics was failing to set a standard in its specialist areas of Law or Economics.
That is a failure that I strongly suspect Alan Brown would see as clear as day.
That is why I asked him to stand down ahead of the AGM on 4th December 2018.
A quote has been on my wall since I was a child: LIKE LIFE, RACIAL UNDERSTANDING IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE FIND BUT SOMETHING THAT WE MUST CREATE.
The Westway Trust is being led by a man - not to mention two senior Executives in Alex Russell and Mark Lockhart - who have shown themselves - in my view - to be irreversibly weak students as they learn on a job that is exacting too high a cost on the North Kensington community.
**You can view the entire event through a number of streams -
facebook.com/niles.hailstones/video
facebook.com/ray.carless/video
facebook.com/WestwayTrust/video
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On Thursday evening, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power addressed international diplomacy during Donald Trump's presidency in her second Tanner Lecture on Human Values. Power said that America's global standing has fallen dramatically under Trump, and described a new model of diplomacy to tackle what she defined as unique 21st century challenges.
Robert Keohane, a professor of political science at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson school, offered remarks on diplomacy, climate change and education following Power's talk.
Power shared her fears about American diplomacy since Trump's election: specifically, a possible military confrontation with North Korea or a war with Iran.
"More than a year into the Trump administration, I am alarmed about the dismantling of American diplomacy and the massive drop in U.S. standing around the world," she said.
Power specifically addressed the lecture's title, "Diplomacy After Darkness." She said that she was in "a state of shock" after the result of the 2016 presidential election but was consoled by the patriotism, professionalism and sense of service she saw in her colleagues at the State Department.
"The President-elect had pledged to undo much of what our team had achieved," Power said.
Specifically, Power said that she is troubled by the current number of vacancies in the State Department. She noted that Trump's administration has not put forward nominees for one-third of America's open ambassadorships. This, she believes, has conveyed a lack of respect to countries without U.S. ambassadors, including Jordan, South Korea and Egypt.
"The consequences of the hollowing out of the State Department run deep, and they are wide," Power said.
Power said she believes that America is at a pivotal moment in history and one which future politicians will have to learn from. She also said that the next administration will have to engineer a renewal in American diplomatic policy in order to recover from what she referred to as "Trump's wrecking ball." However, she also added that it will be challenging for America to rebuild trust with its allies and reverse withdrawals from international agreements such as the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
"The next President will be digging [America] out of a large hole," Power said.
She added that America's "friends and foes" think that the country is divided, so the next administration must address domestic problems and the legitimate grievances of the American people — which she believes led Trump to victory in the first place — to restore confidence in American diplomacy.
"This includes finding a way to speak compellingly to Americans sympathetic to Trump's resonant claim — [a] surprisingly resonant claim — that the U.S. is getting ripped off by the international order," Power said.
Power said that America will need to adapt its "anachronistic" diplomatic policy to face 21st century challenges.
She criticized Trump's response to Russia's use of technology to obstruct American democracy, which she argued has made the nation more vulnerable.
Power also said that "Russian bots" had infiltrated social media platforms to spread division about the gun control debate following the recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Regarding America's diplomatic relationship with China — a country that Power claimed will surpass America as the most powerful economy in the world within the next decade — Power said that future diplomats must avoid two mistakes she believes America has been and continues to be guilty of making.
"[There is] the temptation on one hand to reflexively fight or negate China's rise and the temptation on the other – because China is so powerful – to whitewash its deeply problematic domestic, regional, global policies," she said.
Power said that she and the Obama administration gave into the first of these temptations when they unsuccessfully lobbied to prevent China's establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, a Beijing-based bank which supports infrastructure development in Asia and the Pacific.
Trump risks being guilty of the second mistake, Power continued, by showering praise on China's president, Xi Jinping.
Students in the audience said they enjoyed hearing from Power because of her unique perspective on government and policy.
"It was a phenomenal chance to get an insider's perspective on something that some of us can only hear about in soundbites from the news," said Samuel Feineh '19.
Power advocated changing American diplomacy by means of employing more women and ethnic minorities.
However, she admitted her uncertainty about the feasibility of this goal.
Furthermore, Power drew on her personal experiences during the West African Ebola outbreak, where she found the most support from local leaders in affected regions, in emphasizing the importance of diversifying the stakeholders involved in diplomacy.
Power enumerated what she sees as the three qualities indispensable to the field of politics: objectivity regarding policy decisions, responsibility for the consequences of one's actions and a sense of conviction.
Keohane expressed similar fears regarding the current administration. He detailed steps that America needs to take to renew its diplomacy, especially in the wake of climate change.
"We need unprecedented action on climate change," Keohane said, further suggesting that America make major investments into zero-emissions energy and govern new advances in geo-engineering.
Keohane added that universities are also responsible for reinvigorating diplomacy. He said that universities should accept students who demonstrate an effort to advance a social good, and that changing admissions criteria would help to create a new generation of leaders committed to public service.
Keohane also argued that students should have a strong background in the humanities, especially history.


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Teen 'carved his name into girlfriend's forehead with a knife'
Jacob GeanousMonday 9 Dec 2019 4:03 pm
Jackub Hildreth was arrested and charged with aggravated assault after he beat his girlfriend, Catalina Mireles, then carved part of his name into her forehead. (Picture: Bexar County Jail/ KSAT)
A teenager brutally battered his girlfriend then used a knife to carve his name into her forehead, police said.
Jackub Hildreth, 19, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for the alleged attack on his girlfriend, 22-year-old Catalina Mireles, on December 5 in San Antonia, Texas.
Mireles reportedly told police Hildreth held her by the neck and punched her in the face ten times during a fight about their relationship. Hildreth then 'carved his name with a knife' into Mireles' forehead, according to the arrest affidavit.
She reportedly said she believed Hildreth was going to kill her, telling police 'he was going to put me in the closet until he figured out what he was going to do with my body,' Mireles said, according to KSAT.
The brutal attack left Mireles' jaw broken in three places. She also suffered facial bruising and has scarring on her forehead that appears to spell the word 'Jack.'
Mireles had reportedly been dating Hildreth for three weeks after meeting him on Facebook. (Picture: Facebook)
Mireles said that she had been dating Hildreth for three weeks after meeting him on Facebook.
'Don't trust everybody you think you might know,' she said.
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Mireles's mother, Juanita Lopez, said she is relieved that Hildreth is now behind bars, and added her daughter 'was scared for her life, he was going to kill her.'
Hildreth reportedly fled the scene before police arrived after the attack, but authorities tracked him down and arrested him on Friday. He was previously wanted for burglary assault, according to court records.
He is being held in a local jail on $75,000 bond. According to public records, Hildreth has been previously convicted of assaulting and choking a family member and unlawful carrying of a weapon.
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Lopez said: 'I don't want him to get out again because he's going to hurt someone else. She's my baby, I didn't expect this to happen.'
Hildreth is reportedly scheduled to appear in court next month.
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Good boy clothes are hard to come by. Sparkle and Spin hit the nail on the head, in my opinion anyway.
Glad you like our AW10 Boys Looks. We've got more stuff coming in so keep checking back for more fun anf funky looks for the boys (and girls).
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Dec. 23, 2018 12:20 PM PT1:20 PM MT2:20 PM CT3:20 PM ET20:20 GMT4:20 1:20 PM MST2:20 PM CST3:20 PM EST2:20 PM CT0:20 UAE (+1)15:20 ETNaN:� - DeVante Parker had two receptions for 13 yards Sunday in the Miami Dolphins' 17-7 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Dec. 9, 2018 2:36 PM PT3:36 PM MT4:36 PM CT5:36 PM ET22:36 GMT6:36 3:36 PM MST4:36 PM CST5:36 PM EST4:36 PM CT2:36 UAE (+1)17:36 ETNaN:� - DeVante Parker had one reception for 18 yards Sunday in the Miami Dolphins' 34-33 win over the New England Patriots.
Dec. 2, 2018 12:35 PM PT1:35 PM MT2:35 PM CT3:35 PM ET20:35 GMT4:35 1:35 PM MST2:35 PM CST3:35 PM EST2:35 PM CT0:35 UAE (+1)15:35 ETNaN:� - DeVante Parker had four receptions for 43 yards and one touchdown Sunday in the Miami Dolphins' 21-17 win over the Buffalo Bills.
Nov. 25, 2018 3:39 PM PT4:39 PM MT5:39 PM CT6:39 PM ET23:39 GMT7:39 4:39 PM MST5:39 PM CST6:39 PM EST5:39 PM CT3:39 UAE (+1)18:39 ETNaN:� - DeVante Parker had three receptions for 10 yards Sunday in the Miami Dolphins' 27-24 loss to the Indianapolis Colts.
Nov. 11, 2018 3:46 PM PT4:46 PM MT5:46 PM CT6:46 PM ET23:46 GMT7:46 4:46 PM MST5:46 PM CST6:46 PM EST5:46 PM CT3:46 UAE (+1)18:46 ETNaN:� - Parker, who hurt his shoulder in Miami's Week 10 loss at Green Bay, is active for Sunday's game at Indianapolis.
Analysis: Parker has a tendency to be very inconsistent, though he's been pretty solid lately with 31 catches and 305 receiving yards over his last five games. It should be noted, however, that the stretch came with Brock Osweiler at quarterback. The Dolphins will return to Ryan Tannehill against the Colts.
Nov. 4, 2018 12:59 PM PT1:59 PM MT2:59 PM CT3:59 PM ET20:59 GMT4:59 1:59 PM MST2:59 PM CST3:59 PM EST2:59 PM CT0:59 UAE (+1)15:59 ETNaN:� - DeVante Parker had one reception for eight yards Sunday in the Miami Dolphins' 13-6 win over the New York Jets.
Oct. 25, 2018 8:02 PM PT9:02 PM MT10:02 PM CT11:02 PM ET3:02 GMT11:02 8:02 PM MST9:02 PM CST10:02 PM EST10:02 PM CT7:02 UAE (+1)23:02 ETNaN:� - DeVante Parker had six receptions for 134 yards Thursday in the Miami Dolphins' 42-23 loss to the Houston Texans.
Sep. 28, 2018 12:07 PM PT1:07 PM MT2:07 PM CT3:07 PM ET19:07 GMT3:07 12:07 PM MST1:07 PM CST2:07 PM EST2:07 PM CT23:07 UAE15:07 ETNaN:� - Parker (quad) will play in Week 8 at Houston.
Analysis: He's probably a game-time decision and fantasy owners should probably look elsewhere against a tough Chicago defense.
Sep. 23, 2018 1:18 PM PT2:18 PM MT3:18 PM CT4:18 PM ET20:18 GMT4:18 1:18 PM MST2:18 PM CST3:18 PM EST3:18 PM CT0:18 UAE (+1)16:18 ETNaN:� - DeVante Parker had two receptions for 40 yards Sunday in the Miami Dolphins' 28-20 win over the Oakland Raiders.
Aug. 14, 2018 8:38 AM PT9:38 AM MT10:38 AM CT11:38 AM ET15:38 GMT23:38 8:38 AM MST9:38 AM CST10:38 AM EST10:38 AM CT19:38 UAE11:38 ETNaN:� - Parker is practicing but it's uncertain if he'll play Sunday against the Raiders.
Analysis: Parker missed the opener while recovering from a broken finger and was able to play in Week 2 but was made inactive, so it's uncertain if he'll play - and what kind of role he'll have.


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Trump Fans Spent $1,000 Putting Dozens of Peel-Off Stars on the Walk of Fame
Because nothing infuriates the libs more than giant stickers.
by Drew Schwartz
Screengrabs via The Faction / Twitter
Multiple anti-Trump activists have gone to pretty extreme lengths to vandalize his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, risking years of jail time just for the sweet satisfaction of smashing the thing to bits. But now it looks like Trump's fans have come up with their own ingenious plan to protect the thing, firing back at the libs with $1,000 worth of fake Trump stars that peel right off the sidewalk.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the brave guerilla warriors plastered about 30 of the things on the Walk of Fame early Thursday morning. Disguised as construction workers, they pasted them in empty squares around the stars of Trump critics like Jimmy Kimmel and Ron Reiner, documenting the whole thing in a video set to Upchurch's gag-inducing "Donald Trump," which opens with the pleasant little line: "I'm 'bout to snatch you pussies up like I'm Donald Trump."
The artists behind the stunt—a self-described "anti-PC" group called The Faction, made up of "vandals bringing uncomfortable truth" to the "Libs"—spent $1,000 on the fake stars, funded by a "young and anonymous entrepreneur," according to THR. But seeing as how they invested in sticky pieces of floor vinyl, all 30 of them were removed by Thursday afternoon. City cleaning crews, along with business owners who didn't want their sidewalk smashed to bits again, ripped up the things before too many people saw them.
Trump's actual star is still intact—at least for now. The West Hollywood City Council just passed a resolution urging the city and the chamber of commerce behind the Walk of Fame to remove Trump's star over his "disturbing treatment of women." But because West Hollywood doesn't have any jurisdiction over the landmark, it may remain there until someone else inevitably decides to obliterate the thing.
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On 17 July, the recently elected Haringey Council voted to cancel the Haringey Development Vehicle (HDV) which has been strongly opposed by part of the local community. The HDV, worth £2billion, was Haringey Council's plan for a 50:50 deal with private developer Lendlease. The deal would have seen the council giving some of its existing land to Lendlease for development which would see Lendlease match this with cash and development expertise.
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Q: A Dragodeus, the Empowered Warrior in my Monster Zone is destroyed by my opponent's Ring of Destruction, and I activate its effect. During the same turn, I Pendulum Summon that Dragodeus, the Empowered Warrior from my Extra Deck, but it is destroyed again by my opponent's Torrential Tribute. If I activate its effect once again, how are its effects resolved during the End Phase?
A: The effect of Dragodeus, the Empowered Warrior creates a chain when it is destroyed, but adding a Warrior or Spellcaster-Type monster with 2000 ATK or less from your Deck to your hand does not create a chain. In this situation, because the effect of Dragodeus, the Empowered Warrior was activated twice, you will apply its effect twice during the End Phase.
Q: If a Black Skull Archfiend Dragon is Special Summoned by Red-Eyes Fusion, so that its name is treated as Red-Eyes B. Dragon, and then destroyed, can Red-Eyes Burn be activated?
Q: If a Pendulum Summon is performed while the effect of Maxx "C" is applying, and 2 monsters are Special Summoned at the same time, how many cards are drawn by the effect of Maxx "C"?
Q: Can Book of Eclipse be activated while the only monsters on the field are Tokens? Also, can Book of Eclipse be activated if there is a Slate Warrior and a Monster Token in face-up Attack Position on the field?
A: Book of Eclipse cannot be activated if the only monsters on the field are Tokens. Also, in the scenario in which there is a Slate Warrior and a Monster Token in face-up Attack Position, the effect of Book of Eclipse will change Slate Warrior to face-down Defense Position, but the Token will remain in face-up Attack Position.
Q: Can I activate Monster Recovery while I have no cards in my hand? Also, if I chain Raigeki Break to my own Monster Recovery, so that I end up with no cards in my hand, how does Monster Recovery resolve?
Q: Can I activate Monster Recovery while I have no cards in my Deck? Also, if I chain Needlebug Nest to my own Monster Recovery, so that I end up with no cards in my Deck, how does Monster Recovery resolve?
A: You can activate Monster Recovery even if you have no cards in your Deck. (The targeted monster and the cards in your hand are shuffled into the Deck, and you draw them again.) Also, if you have no cards in your Deck when resolving Monster Recovery, the effect is applied the same way.
Q: If I activate the effect of Gallis the Star Beast, can I chain the effect of Performage Stiltshooter?
A: When the effect of Gallis the Star Beast resolves, if the card sent from the top of your Deck to the Graveyard is a monster, you inflict damage to your opponent based on that monster's Level. Because the effect of Gallis the Star Beast is not guaranteed to inflict damage to your opponent, you cannot chain the effect of Performage Stiltshooter to it.
Q: Can I chain the effect of Performage Stiltshooter to my opponent's Graverobber?
A: Graverobber inflicts 2000 damage if the targeted Spell Card is used that turn. Because Graverobber does not inflict any damage when it resolves, the effect of Performage Stiltshooter cannot be chained to it.
Q: Can I activate 2 copies of Defense Draw during the same damage calculation?
A: Yes, you can. If you activate them as Chain Link 1 and Chain Link 2 for example, the copy of Defense Draw that resolves at Chain Link 2 will resolve normally, but when resolving the other copy at Chain Link 1, since the battle damage that you would take is already reduced to 0 by the Chain Link 2 copy, the effect of reducing the battle damage to 0 cannot be applied again, so you also cannot draw 1 card.
Q: I have Castle of Dragon Souls face-up on my side of the field. If my opponent activates Bait Doll by targeting my Set Castle of Dragon Souls, how does it resolve?
A: In this scenario, Decoy Doll will force the activation of your Set Castle of Dragon Souls. However, because you can only control 1 Castle of Dragon Souls at a time, the activation timing for the Set copy is considered incorrect, so it is negated and destroyed. In addition, since that copy of Castle of Dragon Souls is destroyed by the effect of Bait Doll while face-up, you can activate its effect that Special Summons 1 of your banished Dragon-Type monsters.
Q: Can the effect of Gearspring Spirit be activated by targeting a monster with 0 ATK?
Q: If I take control of Number 82: Heartlandraco by the effect of Comic Hand, can I activate the effect of Number 82: Heartlandraco that allows it to attack directly?
A: While Number 82: Heartlandraco is equipped with Comic Hand, and the opponent has no Toon monsters on their side of the field, since Number 82: Heartlandraco can already attack directly by the effect of Comic Hand, you cannot activate its effect that allows it to attack directly. In case there is a Toon monster on your opponent's side of the field, since Comic Hand does not allow Number 82: Heartlandraco to attack directly, its effect can be activated.
Q: If the only monster on my side of the field is Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode, can I activate Crimson Fire?
A: Crimson Fire can only be activated if you have Red Dragon Archfiend face-up on your side of the field. In this scenario, if Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode is the only monster on your side of the field, and there is no Red Dragon Archfiend, you cannot activate Crimson Fire.
Q: If I activated Triangle Ecstasy Spark this turn, can my opponent activate the effect of their Skull Lair which is already face-up on their side of the field, or the effect of Skill Prisoner which activates in the Graveyard?
A: While the effect of Triangle Ecstasy Spark is applying, your opponent cannot activate Trap Cards, but they can still activate the effects of Trap Cards. Your opponent can activate effect of a Continuous Trap Card that is already face-up on the field, such as Skull Lair, but the effect will still be negated by Triangle Ecstasy Spark. Also, the effects of Trap Cards activated from the Graveyard, such as Skill Prisoner, can still be activated. These effects will be applied normally.
Q: I have Umi face-up in my Field Zone, and Tornado Wall face-up in my Spell & Trap Zone. If I activate A Legendary Ocean from my hand, will Tornado Wall be destroyed?
A: While you have Umi in your Field Zone, if you activate A Legendary Ocean, you must send Umi to the Graveyard, so Tornado Wall will be destroyed.
Q: I activate Soul Exchange, and Tribute Summon The Agent of Judgment – Saturn by Tributing an opponent's monster. In this case, since I activated Soul Exchange, I cannot conduct my Battle Phase this turn, but can I still activate the effect of The Agent of Judgment – Saturn?
A: Even in this situation, you can activate the effect of The Agent of Judgment – Saturn.
Q: When my opponent draws a card with the effect of Evigishki Levianima, can I activate Drastic Drop Off?
A: If the card drawn and revealed with the effect of your opponent's Evigishki Levianima was a "Gishki" monster, since the effect of looking at a random card in your hand is applied afterward, you cannot activate Drastic Drop Off. If the drawn card was not a "Gishki" monster, the effect finishes resolving after both players confirm the drawn card, and you can then activate Drastic Drop Off.
Q: If the effect of Infestation Pandemic is applied to Evilswarm Bahamut, and then my opponent uses the effect of Number 11: Big Eye to take control of Evilswarm Bahamut, does the effect of Infestation Pendemic still apply?
A: Even in this case, if control of Evilswarm Bahamut that is affected by Infestation Pendemic is switched to the opponent, the effect of Infestation Pandemic will continue applying.
Q: If Power Tool Dragon is equipped with Blast Sphere, and the effect of Blast Sphere is activated during the Standby Phase, can the effect of Power Tool Dragon be applied by sending the equipped Blast Sphere to the Graveyard?
A: In this scenario, since Power Tool Dragon is being destroyed by the effect of Blast Sphere, you can apply its effect by sending an Equip Spell Card equipped to it to the Graveyard instead. (At this time, you can also send the equipped Blast Sphere to the Graveyard.) The equipped Power Tool Dragon is not destroyed, and you do not take any damage.
Q: If Power Tool Dragon and an Equip Spell Card equipped to it would be destroyed at the same time by the effect of Final Destiny, Demise, King of Armageddon, or Judgment Dragon, can the effect of Power Tool Dragon be applied by sending the Equip Spell Card to the Graveyard?
A: If Power Tool Dragon and an Equip Spell Card equipped to it would be destroyed at the same time by Final Destiny, etc., you cannot apply the effect of Power Tool Dragon.


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2019 Additional dates Guest Post
LP Back in Vancouver: Fast and Furious as Ever!
by Anna / August 13, 2019
Guest post by Jason C.
Photo by Michael Caswell for Live Nation / SCENE IN THE DARK – click on pic to be redirected & view full gallery, photo posted with kind permission from SCENE IN THE DARK
I am quite sure that no fan of LP's music living in Vancouver expected her to be back so soon… after all, she was just in town this past April 23rd at the wonderful Orpheum Theatre, wrapping up the North American leg of the (at the time) brand-new Heart to Mouth Tour. I remember leaving the theatre and having this conversation with a few people around me: the show was so good, and we all hoped LP would be back next year. When the Vancouver Mural Festival announced this year's wrap up concert at the park, I was thrilled to see that LP was headlining. I believe that Anna did a great job in contextualizing the Vancouver Mural Festival and its place and significance in local culture in the article below, so, without further ado, I am going to dive straight into the music.
I – The Opening Acts
Jason Sulyma (aka My!Gay!Husband!) opened festivities around 4 in the afternoon, and despite the park being relatively empty, the DJ did a great job in keeping everyone entertained. Unfortunately, I don't have the setlist, but the songs were all good and danceable. I saw a few people dancing near the stage all afternoon, and my aunt (who is also an LP fan and has been to LP's last three concerts here with me) and I would often look at each other and comment on how good the songs were. It was an outstanding and entertaining selection of tunes.
photo courtesy of @chloe_6150 – thank you!
After the DJ set, Canadian singer iskwē took the stage. I haven't heard her music before, and was truly impressed: the mix of rock, pop, with electronic beats and Indigenous rhythms, made a powerful combination into extremely emotional music. She is a talented singer, possesses outstanding stage presence, and her band is also technically acute. All elements combined, iskwē gave me the impression that she and her band can go anywhere they want in terms of career directions. If they want to remain in the indie scene, they seem to have enough talent and soul to be atop the culture, but if they want to push a bit and write songs that would be a little more commercial and dab into the waters of attempting to reach out for more popular appeal, I totally got the feeling that they can do that as well. I look forward to seeing more of them.
After iskwē, came beloved Canadian act BadBadNotGood. They had the second largest fanbase in attendance at the mural festival, for sure, given that quite a few people walked up to the stage and a bit of a crowd formed. I have known them for a while, despite not personally being a fan of their music. They are extremely talented young men, and without doubt, are unique and creative: you can tell by seeing them that art runs through their veins. However, despite acknowledging their talent and strong fan base, I personally am not enthusiastic about jazz-fusion, post-bop, instrumental-experimental jazz.
I have dabbed in the genre and listened to quite a few records in the past, and I believe that Ethiopia's Mulatu Astatke and Brazil's Hurtmold were such innovative, powerful, and ahead-of-the-game creative forces, that the genre now seems tired to me, given that I don't believe anyone was ever as innovative and fresh as the aforementioned, except perhaps Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld coming a bit close. So I enjoyed watching them play, and with all due respect to the band and their loyal fanbase, their music seemed outdated and out of place, but not due to their own fault – as I said – the genre seemingly exhausted itself, such as 1980's hard rock, or ska.
II – The Main Event: LP is Back in Town, Fast and Furious!
A few minutes after the jazz-fusion Canadian musicians, came LP. She opened with Dreamcatcher, which is indeed a good song to set the tone, cleanse the palate, and get the ball rolling. But after Dreamcatcher things got a bit crazy. I ask my reader to read the setlist, below:
Photo by Jason C. – Setlist courtesy of Cassie Jean (Instagram.com/cassiejean444)
Now, every single song in that setlist, from When We're High down to Lost on You seemed arranged slightly heavier than the original recordings, and slightly heavier than I remember the April 23rd show being. LP was in a frenzy, jumping around, slamming the tambourine, jumping on the drum kit, pointing at fans, teasing the audience… she was on fire! We saw Laren Ruth Ward hiding behind the wall of amps, taking pictures, and it was a pity that she didn't at least pop onto the stage to sing a song or two with LP… that would have been real fun! But the show was great, notwithstanding.
Photo by Michael Caswell for Live Nation / SCENE IN THE DARK, photo posted with kind permission from SCENE IN THE DARK
I don't really have much else to say regarding the show. It was just interesting to observe how LP dropped Recovery and all other slower ballads. As I've said in my review of the April 23rd set, LP's fans also love her ballads, so a mid-set acoustic session with, say, Switchblade, Recovery and Forever for Now, for example, could've offered a different type of emotional catharsis between artist and audience, but the fast paced, rock n'roll attitude I hinted that LP was increasingly embracing also works just fine, but on a different level.
In sum, if you were to ask me where I think LP's music is headed… well, given that she acknowledged in a recent interview that she identifies, fundamentally, as a rock n' roll singer, and considering she is playing classic rock covers, I'd bet that her next record might be a bit heavier, and rock-oriented. To be fair, I wouldn't actually place a bet, because LP's genius resides in her versatility, so, in truth, she can do whatever she wants musically.
But she seems to be hinting at a return to heavier songs, perhaps in the same vain as Heart-shaped Scar or Suburban Sprawl and Alcohol. We shall wait and see what she will do. For now, she's clearly having a blast with Heart to Mouth and I am super curious to know what she's been writing while on the road.
III – Connecting with LP Fans
The best thing about an LP concert is obviously LP herself. The second-best thing is the community of regular, loyal fans that attend the concert. I absolutely loved seeing the same people again, fans that I've met last year and who still follow LP: folks who drove from the Okanagan Valley, who flew in from Mexico… I am so sorry I don't remember everyone's names, but I'm glad people remember mine and come up to me shouting "Jason!", and I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that few times I've contributed to Anna's LP Official Blog, so people sort of remember me and keep me in mind.
photo courtesy of Jason C. – thank you – that's Jason's own favourite pic of LP
It is always also a pleasure to meet new fans, and I met quite a few. Some people seeing LP for the first, second, third times, and as always, a mixture of ages, ethnicities, orientations. LP's music really does bring the most diverse people together in celebration. This was by far, the concert with the most children I have ever seen in my entire life. There were infants wearing LP t-shirts and bandanas running around everywhere, and there were parents holding up their toddlers who were clapping and screaming along with LP. It was truly surprising to me, as I don't recall ever seeing kids so young at a concert before.
Once again, I want to thank Anna for giving space for my thoughts, feelings and impressions regarding LP's music, and thank you, dear reader, for reading. Hope to see you all around again soon!
LP at Vancouver Mural Festival's The Park Show
LP – Bumbershoot Festival at Seattle Center
LP – Power Hits Estate with 'Girls Go Wild' awarded with PMI Award
"When I'm Over You" – about the song
Emotional return to Europe for LP and her fans – Jazz Open Stuttgart
Reply Trish Weidig August 14, 2019 at 22:24
Thank you, Anna and Jason for the post. Interesting that there were so many children at the concert. I guess that's one way to create new fans AND build parent-child relationships! Hmmmmm…maybe I should bring my teen to a Chicago concert? I just might….
Reply Jason C. August 15, 2019 at 04:59
I swear I've never seen so many kids at any concert before… it was definitely something that stood out to me!
Reply Veronica Booysen September 2, 2019 at 14:15
Hi Jason & Anna, as I only discovered LP's music recently, I became addicted like most people who hear her for the first time! Am I allowed to use some of the pictures on here to share on my facebook page? Thanks in advance ! Regards, Veronica
Reply Anna September 2, 2019 at 15:25
You would have to ask photographers. Thanks for kind words.


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Martyna Jakubowicz z domu Żychiewicz (ur. 24 lutego 1955 w Krakowie) – polska wokalistka, gitarzystka i kompozytorka tworząca muzykę z pogranicza bluesa, rocka i amerykańskiego folku.

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Martyna Jakubowicz debiutowała w 1977 w studenckim klubie "Remont" w Warszawie, a rok później podczas I Jesieni z Bluesem w Białymstoku, gdzie wystąpiła z repertuarem Joan Baez. W 1980 wokalistka śpiewała i grała z zespołem Robotnik Sezonowy, a w maju 1980, nagrała muzykę dla programu E-81 (Studio "Gama"). Od początku 1981 występowała wraz z Jackiem Krzycholikiem. Do 1981 występowała wyłącznie na imprezach bluesowych.

Dokładnie rok po poprzednim nagraniu telewizyjnym pojawiła się w programie Waltera Chełstowskiego Muzyczne Forum, a w czerwcu nagrała trzy piosenki dla "Trójki". Do 1982 występowała krótko z Oddziałem Zamkniętym oraz grupą Krzak, a na Rawie Blues '82 wystąpiła wraz z Jackiem Skubikowskim, Ryszardem Skibińskim i Cezarym Czternastkiem.

W styczniu i lutym 1983 nagrała w krakowskim Studiu Teatr "STU" pierwszą swoją płytę Maquillage. To na tej płycie znalazł się po raz pierwszy najbardziej znany utwór wokalistki "W domach z betonu nie ma wolnej miłości". W tym nagraniu pomagali jej: Andrzej Nowak, Cezary Bierzniewski (gitara), Janusz Niekrasz (gitara basowa), Andrzej Ryszka (perkusja), Ryszard Skibiński (harmonijka ustna) i Marek Stefankiewicz (organy).
W tym samym roku wzbogaciła album Zbigniewa Hołdysa I Ching dwiema piosenkami "Kołysanka dla Misiaków" oraz "Słuchaj, Man". 17 października 1985 podczas imprezy Rock dla pokoju, towarzyszyła grupie Dżem.

Na przełomie 1985–1986 zrealizowała nagranie drugiej swojej płyty Bardzo groźna księżniczka i ja. W nagraniu uczestniczyli: Andrzej Nowak, Jan Hnatowicz (gitara), Robert Jaszewski (gitara basowa), Piotr Szkudelski (perkusja), Aleksander Korecki (saksofon) i Rafał Rękosiewicz (organy).

Po rozpadzie zespołu zaczęła grać w duecie z Rafałem Rękosiewiczem, okazjonalnie zwiększając liczbę muzyków towarzyszących (np. podczas występów na Rawie Blues). Od 1989 do 1993 grała w kwartecie wraz z Rafałem Rękosiewiczem, Jerzym Piotrowskim (perkusja) i Radosławem Nowakowskim (bębny). W 1995 znalazła się na liście 100 najbardziej popularnych polskich kobiet w ankiecie magazynu "Pani".

Bardzo często występowała w duecie z Jerzym Styczyńskim, aż do 1996.

W 1998 założyła we Wrocławiu klub "Gumowa Róża" funkcjonujący do 2011 roku, który prowadziła również jej córka – Patrycja.

Od 2007 rokrocznie zasiada w jury Festiwalu Bluesowo-Rockowego im. Miry Kubasińskiej "Wielki Ogień", odbywającego się w Ostrowcu Świętokrzyskim. 3 sierpnia 2007, na zaproszenie Jerzego Owsiaka, wystąpiła na głównej scenie podczas odbywającego się w Kostrzynie nad Odrą XIII Przystanku Woodstock.

Od 2011 roku bierze udział w trasie koncertowej "Projekt Grechuta" zespołu Plateau. Brała również udział w nagraniu albumu Projekt Grechuta.

Została członkiem honorowego komitetu poparcia Bronisława Komorowskiego przed wyborami prezydenckimi w Polsce w 2015 roku.

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Jest córką Tadeusza Żychiewicza, krakowskiego publicysty i pisarza, redaktora "Tygodnika Powszechnego", byłego żołnierza Armii Krajowej. W dzieciństwie mieszkała u dziadków w Katowicach.

Do 1983 roku jej mężem był Andrzej Jakubowicz, autor większości tekstów jej piosenek, dziennikarz i tłumacz twórczości Boba Dylana. Od 1976 roku Jakubowiczowie mieszkali w bloku przy ulicy Portofino 6 na warszawskim osiedlu Stegny, gdzie powstała ich piosenka "W domach z betonu nie ma wolnej miłości".

Ich córką jest Patrycja Jakubowicz (ur. 1976), menadżer muzyczny i psycholog, autorka książek na temat coachingu osobistego.

Po rozpadzie małżeństwa była związana z gitarzystą Andrzejem Nowakiem.

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HBO gives green signal to 'Game of Thrones' prequel
HBO said on Friday it is moving ahead with a prequel for its hit television series "Game of Thrones," the first green light for five potential spinoff projects for the award-winning medieval fantasy.
HBO said it had given a pilot order to a prequel that will take place thousands of years before the events of "Game of Thrones," the biggest international hit for the Time Warner channel.
If all goes well with the pilot, the network will order a full TV series.
The as yet untitled prequel was created by British screenwriter Jane Goldman with author George R.R. Martin, whose novel series "A Song of Ice and Fire" is the basis for the "Game of Thrones" television series, HBO said in a statement.
It will chronicle "the world's descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour," and look at the secrets of the history of the warring families in the fictional kingdom of Westeros.
News of the prequel comes ahead of the eighth and final season of "Game of Thrones," which is due to be broadcast in 2019.
The series, which has won multiple Emmy awards, is HBO's biggest hit ever with some 30 million viewers in the United States and an army of devoted fans worldwide.
HBO gave no timescale for when the prequel series might air but executives have said any spinoffs would not be broadcast until at least a year after the final season of "Game of Thrones" in 2019.
Martin said a year ago that he is working with at least four other writers on ideas for other spinoffs but details have remained under wraps.
But HBO and Martin have said some of them may not even be set on Westeros, and that fans should not expect them to feature the same characters as "Game of Thrones."
"This story, 'A Song of Fire and Ice,' is done. There's no revival, reboot, spinoff talk," HBO programming president Casey Bloys told the Hollywood Reporter earlier this year.
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Today, rapid technological developments especially in transport and transportation are felt more in the logistics sector, especially in the markets where logistics services are provided and especially in the basic dynamics of these markets. This change and development, as well as the development of the product and service sector of the relevant sectors, it has increased the need for qualified labor needed by the effect of competitive environment and it has become almost compulsory to meet this requirement.
It is possible that the logistics sector can continue to develop in this competitive environment and be flexible, productive, changeable and evolving, able to adapt to this environment, be aware of the requirements of the sector, possess managerial and staffing skills with vocational knowledge and vision.
The purpose of the logistics program is to manage a system in which enterprises are aimed at maximizing the flow, storage, control and improvement of the flow of goods, parts and products in order to maximize profits; Turkey's changing and improving conditions in logistic appropriate, from the moment he graduated from the sector can be located in each arm is to train qualified personnel.
In the transport sector, which is the main item of international trade, it is very important to cultivate intermediaries that dominate business, mathematical decision making, compound technology at the basic and programming level, foreign trade, customs, transport and other national and international legal arrangements.
• They also have the opportunity to develop their professional knowledge and to progress through the transition to undergraduate programs such as International Trade and Business.
Graduates of the program will be able to use the techniques, skills and modern tools required for logistics applications, the ability to work in interdisciplinary teams, the knowledge of professional and ethical responsibility, the use of basic computer science and the computer programs required by the profession, practical courses and internship programs .
In order for businesses to be one step ahead of their competitors in today's competitive business environment, there should be no delay in business processes. Logistics covers all management and referral activities within the supply chain, from procurement of raw materials to the production environment, completion of the final product, distribution channels and customers. The courses prepared in line with these and similar needs of the sector are carried out in modern classrooms supported by computer labs and there are lectures on all transportation types (road, sea, railway and airway transportation) enriched with case studies and current sectoral developments in case studies. with an internship program that will enable them to apply. Seminars given by successful managers and experts of the logistics sector during training and on-site training and visiting / observation activities carried out with successful firms in the sector help students to develop their fields and recognize the sector closely.
Contribution to Economy; On the road to economic development, refinement, culture, technology, agenda, agenda and future determination, businesses will reduce waste of time and ensure that jobs are finished more efficiently.
Additon of locality; Students who graduate from the programs will find jobs easily in the provinces and districts in the regions where they come from and those who want. The economic and industrial infrastructure of the province is also suitable for the employment of students who will graduate from these programs. The students who graduated from the program will contribute positively to the development of these enterprises and therefore to the development of the municipalities by taking part in the enterprises providing logistical services in the logistics departments in the enterprises in every district in the district.
Labor Force; They can be employed in any kind of logistics service which is logistics department operating in the public and private sectors. In addition, the differentiation of logistics services reveals the openness of qualified workforce in this area.
Export Facilities; In case of the increase of educated intermediaries who know how to make better use of technological opportunities, export opportunities of Ülkemiz enterprises will increase accordingly.
Students graduated from the program are involved in logistics, purchasing, supply chain, planning, production and marketing departments of production and service companies; they can work in logistics companies that provide external support to the companies, can undertake intermediary roles between companies and can consult or establish their own companies and enter the market independently. In addition, in the establishments providing all kinds of human and product transportation, air, land, sea and railway companies, airports, ports and cargo operations, logistics consultancy and training services, the Ministry of Transport, the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade and the municipality as well as to work in public institutions such as.


DevPark / Enterprise Automation / What does the process of implementing automation in the company look like?
Not only every industry is different – in many ways each company is different. Different companies operating in the same sector differ significantly from each other. Whether it's about the tools they use, the number of employees or the work methodology. What does the process of implementing automation in the company's work look like and what influences it?
At the beginning, it is crucial to get familiar with the business and understand its goals. What affects the quality of work in this particular industry? What processes have the greatest impact on efficiency? What can be automated and what needs to stay in the hands of employees? What are the performance indicators of a specific process? An individual approach is the basis of every implementation. Without it, it is impossible to adjust individual functionalities and optimize the automation accordingly. If a company offering dedicated software does not first know exactly the processes taking place in a given company, it will be difficult to provide a well-adjusted system.
Problem zones – what can be improved?
The study of processes taking place in the company allows to identify problem zones, as well as to find the answer to the question – how can they be improved? There are many standard tasks, traditionally performed by hand, which take away a lot of time for employees, and which can be successfully automated and handed over to the machine.
One of them is the tedious rewriting of data from one system to another. It is very time-consuming, and at the same time it's easy to make a mistake – there is usually a lot of data, and there are also large numbers. One zero can make a difference – every online store manager knows it. Thanks to the integration, data from various systems can be constantly updated automatically – this automation saves a lot of time. That is why it is also worth checking what software the company uses for warehouse and store management as well as identifying potential gaps and lacks. Usually, standard software is not enough – only through dedicated functions, everything can be significantly improved.
Documents – paper and digitized ones play a large part in the process of enterprise automating. It should be verified how invoices are entered into the system, how reports are generated and whether this can be improved, and how many documents are regularly cataloged and how. Many of the document flow's flaws can be eliminated by automation as soon as they are detected. Ultimately, you can save up to several hundred hours of employees during the month. And we are talking only about all kinds of documents!
A remote team is another thread. Especially when people in different branches perform similar tasks. Sometimes it's hard to synchronize and control who is currently doing what. The company offering the system should propose a solution that will allow for central management of various branches, regardless of their location. Then, in one panel, you can view the tasks assigned to the team members, and the employees know what their colleagues are working on and at what stage they are.
After recognizing the main problems of the company and identifying areas that can be improved, we can move on to implementing the system. Adapted software should immediately significantly improve work in the company and increase the efficiency of employees.
Also, the implementation process in most cases should be conducted gradually to reveal potential problems and not affect the company's operations. We start from one department and several test employees.
Good analysis and properly prepared specification allow creating software tailored to the company's needs. It also facilitates all subsequent optimization work. If various amendments are needed, e.g. related to new EU legislation, better process adaptation should be a rapid operation.
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by Melissa Scott, Writing Intern
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The 2014 Billboard Music Awards aired Sunday night from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Some celebs managed to dazzle in a career-making spotlight; others couldn't quite seize the moment.
The Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS) performed their new hit single, "She Looks So Perfect." The day marked their first ever major performance at an awards show.
If the guys felt nervous, they certainly didn't show it. The crowd completely consumed their guitar-bound forearms, and torn and sleeveless shirts. 5SOS tag-teamed their vocals spectacularly, and added edge to their performance with classic rock-inspired leaps. Though young and new to the spotlight, they understood the moment and delivered the chart-topping song in style.
Apparently, 5SOS delivers a quality performance even without a supportive or accurate introduction. Keeping Up With the Kardashians star Kendall Jenner experienced some difficulty during her first time at bat.
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Excited to be a first-time announcer at an awards show, Kendall tweeted and instagrammed hours before the event: "I got my party pants on #Billboards." She boasted and posted a picture of her stunning outfit—a pair of sleek baggy pants and a tantalizingly revealing shirt.
With total confidence, she stuttered into the microphone: "And now we welcome, One….", before she flushed red and bent over in embarrassment. During her intro of the Aussie band, Kendall almost introduced them as One Direction. She tried to play her flub off. She giggled nervously and tried to make fun of herself: "Guys, I'm the worst reader!" She simpered, then giggled again. She couldn't manage to enunciate "5 Seconds of Summer." The director cut to the boys on stage before she could recover.
Immediately, a new hashtag trended: #kendallyouhadonejob. In response, Kendall avidly blamed her poor sight of the teleprompter. The 18 year-old tweeted, "Anndddd as if I wasn't nervous already!!!! #NeverLeavinMyContactsAtHomeAgain! #LOL #LessonLearned."
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Somehow, I don't think lack of vision was the problem. I think she suffered from a lack of Styles.
In February, Kendall broke up with notorious lady's man, One Direction singer, Harry Styles. After being photographed at a dinner date in November, the two were spotted cozying up together from time to time. Both Kendall and Harry avoided commenting on the relationship. When Joan Rivers asked about a documented skiing trip, she and Harry took over New Year's Eve, Kendall responded, "Joan, I go skiing with all my friends."
The romantically secret rendezvous ended abruptly when it was reported that Kendall and Harry split due to work related issues. Kendall wanted to work on her modeling career. Harry's commitment with One Direction's stadium tour drew nearer.
Maybe memories of a steamy Harry Styles, skiing down a powdery mountain slope, crossed her mind. Maybe the only person "looking so perfect" to Kendall that night was Harry.
But Kendall wasn't the only Jenner to unintentionally, yet totally, dis 5 Seconds of Summer. Younger sister Kylie posted a video to Instagram early in May about the boy band from down under. In the video, Kylie's two friends ecstatically belted out the words to "She Looks So Perfect" in the car, as it played on the radio. They shook their hair around in Kylie's face, on either side of her, while rocking out to the song. Kylie stared blankly, and raised her eyebrows. She captioned the post "when you're the only one who doesn't know the song."
I can't keep up with the Kardashians, but clearly they can't keep up with 5SOS. I hope Kendall works on her awards show act. She recently tweeted about not just announcing, but co-hosting the Much Music Video Awards. She wrote, "So excited!!! We're co-hosting the MUCH MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS in Canada on June 15 on #Much!!" She did tweet this two days before her disastrous showing at the BBMA's. Maybe the pressure of playing herself on a TV show while also playing herself at multiple events caused a mini-meltdown.
My advice to Kendall: stick to modeling. Girl, you look good! We'll work on that whole talking thing. Baby steps.


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The newly formed Change Management department is responsible for continually helping individuals impacted by " the change" be successful by implementing a systematic change management approach, building support, addressing resistance and developing the required knowledge and ability to implement the change. We help them make successful transitions resulting in changes that are thoroughly and smoothly implemented with lasting benefits.
This is a hands-on position in our Change Management department. This position will include developing training content and delivering training for a diverse range of system/process implementations and user groups. The ideal candidate has demonstrated recent experience in delivering training, managing multiple projects and creating instructional materials. The candidate should have excellent problem-solving skills, an attention to detail, an inquisitive nature, a passion for excellent service, the ability to self-start and be resourceful, and a strong understanding of technology. This is a client-facing role requiring communication with users at all levels and superior verbal and written communication skills.
− Collaborate with internal stakeholders to conduct needs assessments to customize training plans that reflect employee needs and project specifics.
− Participate in the development of training collateral such as e-learning videos, training guides and quick reference guides. Conduct effective virtual and on-site training.
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− Creates or assists others in the writing of user documentation, instructions, and procedures.
− Provide input, document requirements and support the design and delivery of training programs.
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Well said ladies let's take the Bull by the horns. We don't have to look for the problem to find the solutions, the problems are blatantly starring us down. Let's all start to work together like the Baymen did when they fought for Belize. Apart we are weak together we are strong and we can take our Country back with Pride and Success for not only us now but for the young ones who will be our Successors. One common bond brings one common victory no matter race, creed or religion. Let's us all stand together not only for ourselves but for Belize!
iT's time to build Belize encourage the businesspeople regardless of political affiliations, and respect the government and prime minister even if you are opposition. This division because of political affiliations is killing us leave it for the next campaign season and lets work. Please if you have people working for you of different political thoughts and they are productive keep the [politics out of your affairs and don't victimize.
Very true Mr. Perdomo. The time has come to build Belize and we must become mature in our actions and words. We have the next generation looking at us. I remember something Justice Thomas said…We cannot raise a generation of children that lacks hope and vision, a generation believing the game is fixed. We must foster our next generation and show them how to treat people and it is in just going back to the basic manners….


Stretchy pants at the ready team, an Indian food festival is taking over a NSW town this month. CurryFest, one delicious day of everything you love about Punjab culture is headed to the streets of Woolgoolga, just north of Coffs Harbour.
If you, like us, can think of nothing better than meandering through food stalls as you work on your food baby—this one's for you. With over 170 stalls (did someone say choice?), along with music, fun, and a whole lot of culture, this is the perfect excuse to gather the crew.
Now did we mention the curry? Good. You know what to do.
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