April 18, 2018 – The Music Business Association (Music Biz) is teaming with GLAAD, the nation's leading LGBTQ media advocacy group, to present the "Trendspotting: The Power of Queer Storytelling in Song" panel, which will be held May 17 at 9 a.m. CT during the Music Biz 2018 conference at the Omni Nashville Hotel in Nashville. Led by GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis, the panel will gather leading artists and songwriters to discuss the importance of LGBTQ representation in the music industry, both lyrically and behind the scenes. Panelists will include Justin Tranter, a GLAAD board member and award-winning songwriter, musician, and activist; Shane McAnally, CEO of SMACKSongs and an award-winning Country music songwriter and producer; and Shea Diamond, an up-and-coming singer and songwriter.
Sarah Kate Ellis is the President and CEO of GLAAD, where she refocused the organization's crucial advocacy to accelerate acceptance of the LGBTQ community through a variety of compelling and effective initiatives, campaigns, and programs. Ellis has used GLAAD's position as the world's leading media advocacy organization to demand fair and accurate coverage of the LGBTQ community. Prior to joining GLAAD, she led national media brands, notably growing Real Simple into one of Time Inc.'s most respected and successful magazines. Her vision also transformed and energized leading media outlets including Vogue, InStyle, New York, and House & Garden. Ellis served as SVP of Global Marketing at Martini Media, a digital firm specializing in online branding, public relations, and marketing.
Justin Tranter is a Golden Globe and GRAMMY Award-nominated songwriter, musician and activist.
He has written songs for Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Linkin Park, Kelly Clarkson, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, DNCE, Kesha, Fall Out Boy, Imagine Dragons, Julia Michaels, Janelle Monae, and many others. Formerly, Tranter was the lead singer of the rock band Semi Precious Weapons. He now lives and works in Los Angeles, and is an active board member of GLAAD.
Shane McAnally is a multiple CMA, ACM, and GRAMMY Award-winning Country music songwriter and producer who currently works with Kacey Musgraves, Sam Hunt, Thomas Rhett, and more. When he is not in the studio, he is serving as co-head of Monument Records and is the CEO and Co-Founder of SMACKSongs, a publishing, management, and artist development company. In 2017, Billboard ranked SMACKSongs #7 among Nashville music publishers, marking its fourth consecutive year in the Top 10.
In 2016, McAnally arranged and produced "Forever Country," which debuted at #1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, making it the third song to debut at #1 on the chart since it began in 1958.
of the Year, 2015 Billboard Hot Country Songwriter of the Year, 2015 Music Row Songwriter of the Year, and 2016-2017 NMPA Songwriter of the Year.
ShaGasyia "Shea" Diamond is a singer/songwriter who wrote the song "I Am Her," while serving a 10-year sentence in a male prison. The song is an anthem for everyone who has ever felt shunned for simply being who they are, and empowers listeners to continue living as their true self. Diamond was discovered by Justin Tranter in 2016, who says about her, "It's been a long time since I've come across a real artist with a real story who is actually putting that story in their music, and Miss Diamond does that with every note she sings." She has received acclaim from Billboard, Time, OUT, GLAAD, Paper, and BULLETT. Her debut EP is set to release in 2018.
The Music Biz Conference is the music industry's premier event, giving the commerce and content sectors a place to meet with trading partners, network with new companies, learn about new trends and products impacting the music business, as well as music creatives a place to discuss their craft and learn more about the legal, metadata, financial, and other matters that impact their royalties. The 2018 event, which will celebrate the Association's 60th anniversary, will feature the presentation of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Executive Achievement to Cary Sherman, CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), who will be honored with a live performance from Country star Kelsea Ballerini; the Harry Chapin Memorial Humanitarian Award to Scooter Braun, who will also participate in a Keynote interview conducted by noted Washington, DC, Strategist and women's rights advocate Hilary Rosen; the Artist of the Year Award to Ed Sheeran; the Chairman's Award for Sustained Creative Achievement to Nile Rodgers; an Outstanding Achievement Award to record-breaking hit song "Despacito"; a Breakthrough Artist Award to Republic Records singer/songwriter Julia Michaels; and the Independent Spirit Award to the Radakovitz Family, owners of the iconic Sacramento, CA-based record store chain, Dimple Records. In addition, Wendy Goldstein, EVP of A&R at Republic Records, will Keynote the Music's Leading Ladies Speak Out program. The conference will also feature the launch of the Music Business Hall of Fame, with a tribute to first inductee and late Tower Records Founder Russ Solomon from acclaimed actor and director Colin Hanks, and the first-ever #NEXTGEN_NOW panel, featuring success stories from young industry executives. For the full Music Biz 2018 preliminary schedule, visit http://musicbiz2018.sched.com.
Registration for Music Biz 2018 is open now at http://musicbiz2018.eventbrite.com. For more information, visit www.musicbiz2018.com.
The Music Business Association (Music Biz) is a membership organization that advances and promotes music commerce — a community committed to the full spectrum of monetization models in the industry. It provides common ground by offering thought leadership, resources, and unparalleled networking opportunities, all geared to the specific needs of its membership. Music Biz brings a unique perspective and valuable insight into the trends and changes that innovation brings. Today, we put our collective experience to work across all delivery models: physical, digital, mobile, and more. Music Biz and its members are committed to building the future of music commerce — together.
GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been accomplished and creates a world where everyone can live the life they love. For more information, please visit www.glaad.org or connect with GLAAD on Facebook and Twitter.


LOUISVILLE, KY. – Running against some of the best NCAA Division III, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the National Junior College Athletic Association had to offer, Manchester University managed to cross the finish line with strong results at the Greater Louisville Classic Saturday, Sept. 30.
Senior Blake Harris (Fort Wayne, Ind.) traversed the E.P. "Tom" Sawyer course in a personal collegiate best 25:45.6, putting his name in the program's all-time 8K top 20. His clocking left him third as the second-highest placing Division III runner and was the high-water mark for the Black and Gold's team point total (421). Freshman Lucas Fontanez (Lowell, Ind.) was second in line for Coach Geoff Lambert's squad, winding up just three spots shy of the first 50 (27:32.23).
The Black and Gold's women's team worked itself through the field to tie for 10th (336 pts.). Sophomore Hannah Wappes (Columbia City, Ind.) recorded a program top 20 fastest 5K of 19:19.1 in route to a seventh-place finish line crossing as the top Division III individual. Junior Samina Qureshi (Columbia City, Ind) was also among the first 25 to complete the course, placing 21st (19:49.54).
Manchester University concludes its pre-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships slate Saturday, Oct. 14. The men's and women's teams are part of the fields at Oberlin College of Ohio's Interregional Rumble.


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Trump's VA Consumed by Infighting, Backstabbing, and Talk of a Leadership Overhaul
SURROUNDED BY VULTURES
Secretary David Shulkin's days appear numbered. His allies fear what comes next.
Sam Stein
Senior Political Reporter
Updated Mar. 07, 2018 5:11PM ET / Published Mar. 07, 2018 4:06PM ET
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast
Sources close to Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and those in the broader veterans affairs community believe that his days are coming to an end atop the agency.
There is no clear date of departure and, in recent days, Shulkin has shown signs he's intent on fighting for his job—a bit of vigor that wasn't readily apparent as recently as late last week. But a series of cascading controversies has weakened his standing. And in recent weeks, Shulkin's allies have grown convinced that a group of adversaries inside the VA bureaucracy have effectively laid the predicate for his removal, and that it will come soon.
"Trump liked him," is how one source familiar with the situation described it, "and the rest of them hated him."
Though he is an Obama-era holdover, Shulkin, for reasons that have befuddled some inside the administration, has enjoyed a strong relationship with the president. When he was picked to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, it caught him and others by surprise. But the choice was cheered on the Hill and the Senate confirmed him unanimously.
Inside his own agency is where the problems arose. Top political appointees have chafed at Shulkin for slow walking—if not actively thwarting—dramatic overhauls of the VA, including his delay of a contract for a new electronic health records database and his reluctance to heed calls for more privatization of veterans' care. Shulkin has embraced funding for private care options for veterans receiving treatment. But according to sources inside the department and on Capital Hill, he has encouraged Trump to reject more dramatic reforms.
That has resulted in some strange defenders of an embattled Trump cabinet secretary. Groups such as VoteVets, a progressive political outfit focused on veterans' issues, has warned that his ouster could be catastrophic for liberals hoping to prevent market-oriented reforms at the agency. And they recently filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the department seeking records as to whether senior VA officials were trying to coordinate his ouster by feeding reports of his mismanagement to the agency's inspector general's office.
"Their goal is to have somebody in place who, a couple days after they're are confirmed, will go about bulldozing VA facilities," Will Fischer, the director of government relations at VoteVets, told The Daily Beast.
Those critical of the secretary say that privatization is a hyperbolic strawman and that Shulkin's problems—including the misappropriation of taxpayer funds for a trip to Europe for he and his wife—are of his own making. Shulkin is poised to be hit with another critical report—this time documenting the misuse of his security detail for non-official tasks—in the near future, as The Daily Beast reported late last week.
Either way, the tensions within the VA that had once been ever-so-slightly below the surface have begun, increasingly, to burst into public view in truly remarkable ways. In February, The New York Times reported that Jake Leinenkugel, a Wisconsin brewer tapped last year for a senior VA advisory post at the White House, had pressed for Shulkin's removal in the wake of the VA inspector general report on the Europe trip.
Shulkin, three sources with knowledge of the situation tell The Daily Beast, has responded with his own effort to remove Leinenkugel and other perceived enemies in the administration. Shulkin insists that he has received the go-ahead from the West Wing to oust those officials. But two sources familiar with Shulkin's proposed "purge" said the White House has denied his requests to remove Leinenkugel and other officials on multiple occasions, most recently this week.
The White House did not return a request for comment. A spokesperson for the VA referred The Daily Beast to comments the secretary made Wednesday in which he claimed that his "singular focus" was moving the agency forward.
Shulkin's failure to rid the administration of perceived adversaries was interpreted internally as a sign of diminished political standing.
Even so, he has continued to operate as if the axe wasn't falling. Shulkin was spotted on Capitol Hill this week conducting meetings with lawmakers and held a press conference on Wednesday during which he announced a major overhaul of VA hospitals nationwide. Shulkin gave an interview to the Times this week, during which he insisted that his agency "will not be distracted as we have in the last couple weeks," and he told reporters that he spoke with President Trump on Tuesday night to discuss his plans for the restructuring of the VA. On Monday, Shulkin and his top aide met with White House chief of staff John Kelly.
The Kelly meeting focused primarily on major VA policy items, but appears not to have secured Shulkin's position atop the department. As of Wednesday afternoon, word of his imminent departure continued to swirl.
Working against Shulkin has been the fact that some of the people who President Trump speaks to regularly are vocal critics of the secretary who hold diametrically opposition positions on veterans' care. One of those people is Ike Perlmutter, the Israeli-American chairman of Marvel Entertainment.
Perlmutter was "very, very involved" in advising the president on veterans' issues during the campaign and transition period, Trump said in early 2017. And one source with knowledge of their discussions said Perlmutter was instrumental in securing the VA secretary nomination for Shulkin instead of other, more conservative contenders. But Perlmutter has soured on Shulkin of late, the source said, and raised controversies surrounding the VA chief in recent conversations with Trump.
A Marvel rep did not respond to a request for Perlmutter's comment.
The president is also being advised on the matter, directly and through TV appearances, by Fox & Friends weekend co-host Pete Hegseth, an Iraq War veteran and the former chief executive of the conservative Concerned Veterans for America. Hegseth, who was seriously considered for VA secretary during the presidential transition, favors a larger role for the private health industry in veterans' care and has been increasingly critical of Shulkin on-air.
Two sources with knowledge of their conversations told The Daily Beast that President Trump will often call Hegseth after the Fox personality is done hosting to chat with him about the episode that had just aired. When the two talk, Hegseth will sometimes try to inject VA and veterans issues into the conversation and steer the discussion in a more policy-oriented direction. According to these sources, Trump will typically acknowledge Hegseth's points before quickly steering the phone conversation back in the direction of what he just saw on Fox & Friends.
Hegseth did not return a request for comment. But he appears to be getting through. When the White House convened a meeting with veterans' service organizations last week, Shulkin initially sent in a list of groups that did not include Hegseth's old haunt, the CVA. A representative, along with staffers at three other veterans service organizations not initially slated to attend, were later invited by White House staff.
At that meeting, White House chief of staff Kelly continued to affirm that Shuklin enjoyed the confidence of the president. On top of that, Shuklin still has allies willing to scrape and claw for his political survival. As his standing inside the VA took a hit following the publication of the first IG report, those allies reached out to established veterans groups to make sure that they didn't call for his ouster. And, they didn't.
American Legion put out a statement saying Shulkin remained the best person to lead the agency and Veterans of Foreign Wars all but accused the secretary's deputies of an orchestrated sabotage.
"As reported in the press, the acts of these individuals have become a cancer inside this Administration. They sow doubt, they create turmoil, and their ideological agenda clearly puts outside interests ahead of the care and well-being of millions of wounded, ill and injured veterans," Keith Harman, the VFW's leader said in a statement. "I now call on President Trump to clean house of these distractors."

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Offer Profile
Renishaw is a global company with core skills in measurement, motion control, spectroscopy and precision machining. We develop innovative products that significantly advance our customers' operational performance - from improving manufacturing efficiencies and raising product quality, to maximising research capabilities and improving the efficacy of medical procedures.
Our products are used for applications as diverse as machine tool automation, co-ordinate measurement, additive manufacturing, gauging, Raman spectroscopy, machine calibration, position feedback, CAD/CAM dentistry, shape memory alloys, large scale surveying, stereotactic neurosurgery, and medical diagnostics.
CMM probes, software and retrofits
Precision sensors for fast, accurate acquisition of component dimensions and surface data.
The world's leading range of measurement systems for CMMs
For more than 40 years, Renishaw has delivered innovations that have been milestones in industrial metrology. From the original touch-trigger probe and motorised indexing head, repeatable stylus changing and modular scanning systems, Renishaw sensors for co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs) are an industry standard.
The 5-axis measurement product range represents the biggest step-change in measurement capability ever introduced, delivering unprecedented speed and measurement flexibility, whilst avoiding the speed versus accuracy compromises inherent in conventional techniques. Whether the REVO scanning or the PH20 touch-trigger, Renishaw's 5-axis systems boost measurement throughput, minimise lead times and give manufacturers a more comprehensive appreciation of the quality of their products.
5-axis systems
Unlike conventional CMM measurement methods, Renishaw's 5-axis technology uses synchronised motion of the CMM and the head axes to minimise machine's dynamic errors at ultra‑high measuring speeds.
Renishaw probe systems are available in a wide variety of types to enable a best match for a particular application.
Manual systems
A range of fixed and manually adjustable heads that connect a touch-trigger probe to the machine quill, allowing flexible inspection of complex components.
Machine tool probes and software
Renishaw probe solutions can help reduce set-up times by up to 90% and improve your process control.
Renishaw provides solutions for tool setting, broken tool detection, component set-up, in-cycle gauging and first-off inspection of parts, with automatic offset updates.
Save time. Reduce scrap. Stay competitive.
Inspection probes
Renishaw probe systems provide an innovative solution to improve the efficiency of your machine tools. Touch probes on CNC machining centres and lathes can be used to identify and set-up parts, measure features in-cycle for adaptive machining, and verify finished component dimensions.
Renishaw probe systems provide an innovative solution to improve the efficiency of your machine tools.
Tool setting can measure the size of tools before cutting starts, and check for tool damage or breakage during the machining operation.
Probing software
A comprehensive range of macro and PC-based software solutions for:
Tool setting
Job set-up
Inspection and measurement
Verification and reporting
More industrial metrology products
Styli for touch probes
Renishaw offers a comprehensive range of precision-engineered styli and stylus accessories.
For use on Renishaw's CMM, machine tool and scanning probes, as well as for sensors from other manufacturers, to ensure maximum measurement accuracy.
Laser calibration and telescoping ballbar
Renishaw's laser interferometer and ballbar measurement systems assess, monitor and improve the static and dynamic performance of machine tools, co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs) and other position-critical motion systems.
Gauging systems
The new patented Equator™ gauging system cuts purchase, maintenance and fixture costs,
can be pre-programmed for multiple parts and in minutes re-programmed for design changes.
Position encoders
High quality optical, magnetic and laser encoders from Renishaw.
Higher accuracy. Easier installation. Superior reliability.
Reliable, low cost, rotary and linear magnetic encoders designed for use in harsh environments.
Optical incremental rotary encoders
High accuracy, superior metrology, easy integration.
Renishaw's range of optical angle encoders include absolute and incremental versions, with accuracy to ±1 arc second, resolution to 0.00075 arc seconds and speeds up to 36000 rev/min.
RESOLUTE™ absolute encoder system with REXA rotary (angle) ring
RESOLUTE is a true absolute, fine pitch optical encoder system that has excellent dirt immunity, and an impressive specification that breaks new ground in position feedback. It is the world's first absolute encoder capable of 32-bit resolution at 36 000 rev/min. Ultra low SDE and jitter result in a rotary encoder system that outperforms any other encoder in its class.
Laser interferometer encoders
Laser interferometer encoders provide the ultimate accuracy in linear position feedback. Renishaw is a leader in the field of homodyne interferometry with almost 25 years of experience in machine metrology applications as well as system technology.
Metal 3D printing: Additive manufacturing
Metal 3D printing systems manufacturer and solutions provider for a wide range of industries worldwide.
Leading manufacturer of advanced metal additive manufacturing systems and expert provider of customer tailored solutions
We offer a total solution for metal additive manufacturing, from systems, metal powders, ancillaries and software through to an expert advice and support service.
Advanced metal additive manufacturing systems are designed and built by Renishaw to fulfill a range of industry applications where durability, customised parts and precision are key. Industries include dental, medical, mould tooling, automotive, industrial tooling, aerospace, and creative.
Metal additive manufacturing (3D printing)
Renishaw's metal powder bed fusion is an additive manufacturing technology that uses a high powered ytterbium fibre laser to fuse fine metallic powders together creating functional 3-dimensional parts.
Renishaw apply metal powder bed fusion technology, as classified by ASTM International. The technology, however, is still often referred to as layer melting, metal additive manufacturing, metal 3D printing, laser sintering and metal AM.
The process is digitally driven, direct from sliced 3D CAD data. For each slice of CAD data a thin even layer of fine metal powder is deposited across the build plate, then the selected areas of the powder are precisely melted by the laser. This process is repeated building up, layer by layer, until the build is complete.
Renishaw's additive manufacturing systems can build in a range of metals, including titanium alloy Ti6Al4V, cobalt chromium, stainless steel, nickel alloys Inconel 625 and Inconel 718 and aluminium alloy AlSi10Mg.
Metal powders for AM
Renishaw's powder bed fusion technology uses a range of metal powders including titanium alloy Ti6Al4V, nickel alloys inconel 625 and 718, cobalt chromium, and aluminium alloy AlSi10Mg.
Powder metallurgy (PM) is the general term for the consolidation of metal powders into solid components using heat and pressure to fuse the particles together, it is alternatively referred to as press and sinter. There are various technologies that fall under the PM umbrella such as hot isostatic pressing (HIP), metal injection moulding (MIM) and spark plasma sintering (SPS). All of these technologies can be used to manufacture near net shape components, reducing the requirement for subtractive machining which can create high levels of waste material.
Renishaw's additive manufacturing technology also uses metal powders as the feed material, however rather than using pressure and heat to fuse the particles together in a die, the powder particles are melted using a high power laser in sequential ultra-thin layers approximately the thickness of a human hair. The technique of using fine powders and very thin layers to build up metal components means that highly complex geometries are possible. The capability to include fine meshes, internal channels and to only place material where it is needed means that the technology can be used to reduce the material usage, increase functionality, consolidate multiple parts and manufacture geometries that are practically impossible by alternative methods.
Inert atmosphere generation
Renishaw's unique inert atmosphere generation ensures a high quality build environment.
The term inert means 'chemically inactive', so an inert atmosphere is an environment in which powder bed fusion can take place without the risk of contamination from reactive gases that exist in the air, such as oxygen and carbon dioxide. Renishaw use argon gas for the build environment of its additive manufacturing systems due to the fact that it is both inert and plentiful - the third most abundant gas in the earth's atmosphere.
An inert atmosphere is essential for the powder bed fusion process, in order to ensure that the metal parts being built do not become contaminated by air molecules that can change the chemical and physical properties of the final components.
RenAM 500M
Additive manufacturing for industrial applications
The RenAM 500M is a laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing system designed specifically for the production of metal components on the factory floor. It features automated powder and waste handling systems that enable consistent process quality, reduce operator touch times and ensure high standards of system safety. The system build volume is 250 mm × 250 mm × 350 mm.
The RenAM 500M is built using a Renishaw in house designed and manufactured optical system and control platform which forms the basis for our future additive manufacturing systems product range.
Flexible additive manufacturing for professional use in a wide range of metals.
The Renishaw AM 400 is the latest development of the Renishaw AM250 platform. It features the most recent system updates including a larger SafeChange™ filter, improved optical control software, revised gas flow and window protection system and a new 400 W optical system which gives a reduced beam diameter of 70 µm. The system build volume is 250 mm × 250 mm × 300 mm.
Existing 200 Watt material files for the AM250 system are directly transferable to the AM 400.
AM 400 is equipped with the features of the existing AM250, such as open materials parameters, small factory footprint, class leading inert atmosphere and low gas usage, with the added advantage of the PlusPac upgrade as standard.
Flexible material use and ease of changeover
The AM250 features an external powder hopper with valve interlocks to allow additional material to be added whilst the process is running. It is possible to remove the hopper for cleaning or to exchange with a secondary hopper for materials change, using the universal silo lift. This means that multiple material types can be interchanged on the AM250 platform with relative ease. The powder overflow containers are outside the chamber and have isolation valves so that unused materials can be sieved and reintroduced to the process via the hopper while the system is running. The system has a build volume of 250 mm × 250 mm × 300 mm.
Renishaw manufactures a wide range of optical spectroscopy products, including: Raman microscopes, compact process monitoring Raman spectrometers, Raman analysers for scanning electron microscopes, lasers for spectroscopy, and state-of-the-art cooled CCD detectors.
inVia Raman microscope
Since being launched, the Renishaw inVia Raman microscope has become the world's best selling research Raman system. The inVia Raman microscope combines simplicity of operation with the high performance and unparalleled flexibility for which Renishaw Raman systems are renowned.
AFM Raman
Combined Raman-AFM instruments enable improved sample analysis by investigating chemical and structural properties of materials at sub-micrometer scales.
SEM Raman
The Renishaw structural and chemical analyser (SCA) unites two well-established technologies, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Raman spectroscopy, resulting in a powerful and unique technique which allows morphological, elemental, chemical, physical, and electronic analysis without moving the sample between instruments.
Dental / Neurology
We are now applying our cutting-edge precision engineering technologies to the challenges of stereotactic neurosurgery
Dental CAD/CAM
Having established itself as the world's leading provider of in-lab scanning systems in recent years, Renishaw has now applied its renowned cutting-edge engineering technology to its dental CAD/CAM systems. Focusing on precision at every stage, the result is a crown or bridge that not only looks great, but fits perfectly.
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People divide their life into several parts, even if it is not worthy of a Netflix series
We knew Netflix series in several seasons, now strangers are starting to show us their lives in several parts on TikTok. Among the millions of users of the application may be hiding the next Marc Cherry or the next Shonda Rhimes, but not all of them are outstanding storytellers. However, more and more Internet users tell anecdotes, videos and screenshots in support, while leaving the suspense hanging over the rest of their adventures.
A Christmas that pays off
One of the trends in recent weeks, for example, was to film a loved one opening his Christmas present. Taken by emotion, he bursts into tears. In front of our screen, we wonder then what could be the reason for such a torrent of tears? Impossible to get the answer unless you click on the creator's profile picture and scroll through his videos to discover the end of the story.
But why tell his life in several parts? "It allows you to get more views with exactly the same content," sums up Emmanuelle Patry, creator of Social Media Lab, a social media training organization. Let's take the example of Irene.jmt whose content is viewed "only" 4,700 times on average. Published on December 28, the video of her stepmother in tears opening his giveaway surpassed 3.5 million views. It took three days to get an explanation, watched nearly 600,000 times. "With a good idea, it's good to make several videos," adds Emmanuelle Patry.
"It's a bit like the Netflix culture that goes into content design. We are in a universe where we are stuck on great entertainment, "analyzes Stéphanie Laporte, director of the social media and influence agency Otta. Like crime documentaries, more and more content is being cut into several episodes to make series. So we've gotten used to seeing multi-part stories, and there's no reason TikTok should be an exception to the rule.
When algorithms get involved
In addition to the desire to copy what is fashionable in terms of storytelling, content creators also comply with the requirements of TikTok's algorithms. In order to judge whether a video is worth sharing, the application will analyze its review rate as well as its completion rate, that is to say the percentage of people who have seen it in full. "Rather than putting the plot and the conclusion in a single episode, we will keep an audience captive to the entire content", indicates Stéphanie Laporte, also director of the Master's in Digital Communication at INSEEC.
By suggesting that the conclusion of an anecdote is at the end of the video, we keep the viewer's attention. And this, even if the story is not worthy of a Hollywood film. "On content that is not always ultra-qualitative, you have to learn how to create engagement and loyalty in a different way," adds Emmanuelle Patry.
Above all, splitting a piece of content into several parts is an opportunity to increase the chances that TikTok users will come across one of your videos in the suggestions section, which everyone arrives at by launching the application. "It's like occupying several positions in Google's search results. It gives us a better chance of people seeing us," compares Stéphanie Laporte.
A beneficial trend for everyone
Don't these parts 1 and parts 2 (or even parts 3) go against the use of the social network on which you can simply scroll endlessly to discover hundreds of different contents, from a simple upward gesture on his screen? "Digging to see what's next is a diverted use which does not seem to me to be counter-intuitive with regard to the behavior of users", remarks Stéphanie Laporte, according to whom the division of a story into several episodes appeals to the curiosity of the public who have the feeling of having sought the information.
This fashion benefits not only content creators who welcome subscribers faster but also TikTok. Since Internet users click on several levels of their screen to follow the different parts, they are active during their viewing. "Someone who will stay in the "For you" [la page des tendances] is in a fairly passive position and will suffer from publicity, explains Stéphanie Laporte. A more active user will develop the habit of engaging with other content, including advertising content. Thanks to this method, the application can therefore boast of garnering more views and compiles all this data to sell its advertising spots.
TikTok, the new Netflix?
This serial trend also has an impact on the nature of the videos shared. When we think of TikTok, it is rather the videos of challenges and choreographies of all kinds that come to mind, content in which the videographers stage themselves without revealing all aspects of their private life. However, the use of the application becomes more personal: more and more people show their private videos, tell an anecdote that happened to them or share a slice of life that includes their family or friends. "Today, those who publish on social networks will tend to stage their life, tell it on the networks as if it were a series in several episodes, comments Emmanuelle Patry. You can compare it to reality TV: it's not interesting at first, but you create a little drama with mechanisms around your own life. »
In the suggestions on the home page, we should therefore always find more amateur videos and a little less dance on the titles of Cardi B or Doja Cat. This, however, should not turn TikTok into a platform of It starts today. On the other hand, this mode of communication divided into several episodes could influence other channels and "rub off on the way brands will communicate on social networks", observes Stéphanie Laporte. Perhaps the Duracell rabbit or the Cetelem guy will soon show up face-to-face to tell us about their latest adventures.
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Warming up… trombone students from Detroit were able to enroll in the new Aspiring Musicians Program thanks to tuition provided by the Dresner Foundation.
The Spartan Youth Jazz Musicians performed with special guest artist Barbara Morrison at the Carr Center in November of 2015.
World-renowned Detroit saxophonist James Carter stops in to visit CMS-D students pictured left to right: Gregory Moore, Lauren and Sara Johnson, and Aspiring Musicians Program saxophone instructor Maria Navedo.
Tyra Wilson's son stopped wishing for snow days shortly after he began taking music lessons from the MSU Community School in Detroit (CMS-D).
Wilson's school-aged son and daughter are among the 40 to 50 Detroit children and youth who are receiving tuition-free music lessons in the Aspiring Musicians Program at CMS-D thanks to a $20,000 gift from The Dresner Foundation. The students being served are from Detroit neighborhoods where music education might not be available or affordable.
As the youth director of the People's Missionary Baptist Church on Detroit's East Side, Wilson is also among the community partners who are helping to identify and enroll students in the program. So far, her family is among 16 others from her church whose children take lessons through CMS-D. Other partners are Covenant House Schools for homeless teens and two Detroit Parks and Recreation Department sites: Clemente Community Center in Southwest Detroit and Crowell Community Center in Brightmoor. Covenant House and the Detroit Recreation centers are providing students with van transportation to CMS-D for their weekly lessons.
The Dresner gift is providing high-quality, small group instrumental, and vocal music lessons to children ages 6 and up through spring semester and summer camps. Instruments on loan, music books, and other supplies will be provided at no cost. Students can enroll in a variety of summer camps and classes for all experience levels, ages, instruments, or voice.
Jill Woodward, director of the MSU CMS-D, says many of the youth participating in the program would likely never have the chance to study music without the support provided by The Dresner Foundation. Some are homeless, others from economically challenged homes, and most attend schools that are unable to provide music and arts curriculum.
Based in West Bloomfield, Mich., the Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation is dedicated to transforming lives through grants in support of activities focused on health, youth and animal welfare.


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Submission: People with Disability and the Criminal Justice System (2020)
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (the Royal Commission).
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Submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
The Commission is Australia's National Human Rights Institution, with recognised independent status and roles in United Nations human rights fora. The Commission's purpose is to provide independent and impartial services to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Commission undertakes a range of policy development and research tasks that aim to promote compliance with Australia's human rights obligations, while also investigating and conciliating complaints of unlawful discrimination and breaches of human rights.
The Royal Commission provides an important opportunity to prevent and redress violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. More generally, the Royal Commission has the potential to play a key role in upholding the equality, dignity and autonomy of people with disability and ensuring their full participation and inclusion in Australian society. Ultimately this will benefit all Australians, with and without disability.
The Commission emphasises the need to ensure that people with disability are at the centre of all aspects of the Royal Commission's work and that they are provided with adequate support services throughout the process. Particular efforts are needed to ensure that the Royal Commission is accessible to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) people with disability, and those from rural, regional and remote areas of Australia. In this regard, the Commission welcomes the development and publication of the Royal Commission's Accessibility and Inclusion Strategy.[i]
The Commission welcomes the endorsement of a human rights-based approach in the Royal Commission's Terms of Reference. The Commission also welcomes the recognition in the Terms of Reference of the intersectional nature of discrimination and disadvantage, noting that the specific experiences of people with disability are multi-layered and can be influenced by experiences associated with age, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, intersex status, ethnic origin and race.
The Commission is well placed to assist the Royal Commission by providing a human rights framework to guide the development of findings and recommendations within the Terms of Reference. The Commission will provide a number of written submissions on specific issues raised by the Royal Commission in the course of its work. In addition, the Commission would be happy to appear before the Royal Commission and to provide further clarification on its submissions or other issues of interest to the Royal Commission.
This submission addresses the interaction of people with disability with the criminal justice system in Australia, which was the focus of the Royal Commission's Criminal Justice System Issues Paper[ii] (Issues Paper) released in January 2020. This submission focuses on issues raised by questions two, three, seven and eight of the Issues Paper.
The Commission welcomes the selection of criminal justice as the fourth topic of consideration for the Royal Commission. To ensure equality before the law and access to justice for all, the criminal justice system must seek to better understand the lived experience of people with disability. This requires participants across the criminal justice system, from police to judges, prosecutors to prison staff, to be better educated about disability (particularly intellectual and psychosocial disability) and to have options available to accommodate the needs of people with disability. Making accessibility and inclusion a central tenet of justice will have a significant impact on the treatment and prevalence of people with disability in the criminal justice system.
This submission provides: an overview of the international and domestic frameworks relevant to the criminal justice system and its interaction with people with disability; an analysis of the rights to equal recognition before the law, access to justice and liberty and security of person for people with disability in Australia; and a number of concrete recommendations to improve Australia's compliance with its international obligations and protect the rights of people with disability who interact with the criminal justice system in Australia.
[i] Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Accessibility and Inclusion Strategy (December 2019) <https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/about/Documents/accessibility-inclusion-strategy.pdf>.
[ii] Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, The Criminal Justice System Issues Paper (January 2020) <https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/Documents/criminal-justice-system-issues-paper.pdf>.


Bury come from behind to see off mid-table Northampton Town and move back into League Two's automatic promotion places.
Durham captain Cameron Bancroft scores an unbeaten 151 as they beat Northamptonshire by 72 runs in the One-Day Cup.
Northampton Saints centres Andrew Kellaway and Nafi Tuitavake are to leave the club at the end of the season.
Northants rack up the highest ever score against Glamorgan as they reach 750 in a dull draw on a lifeless Cardiff pitch.
Ricardo Vasconcelos hits a career-best 184 as Northants reach 522-4, still 48 runs behind Glamorgan on a batting-friendly wicket.
Mansfield Town's League Two promotion charge suffers a setback as they are held to a draw at mid-table Northampton.
Alex Mitchell runs in a dramatic late try to help Northampton to a narrow victory against Harlequins at The Stoop.
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This Wine Tasting Rating scale was devised to characterize the quality of wine tastings and to give the reader an idea of what I thought of any particular event. It should be noted that these ratings are for all events that include wine tasting as an intended part of the event, regardless of whether it was a bunch of friends bringing wine to taste together or it was a trade tasting of hundreds of wines. It would be unfair to apply this rating scale to a dinner where the wine was not central to the intent and purpose of the event. However, wine has been intentionally paired with food for thousands of years and the masterful pairing of food and wine produces the higher ratings for wine tasting alone.
You Call This A Wine Tasting?
0 - Candidate for worst wine tasting in history. A zero rating means that there were no redeeming factors in the tasting. The wine was awful, the food, if any, was awful and the company was awful. In fact, the organizers should be black-balled and never invited to or allowed to organize another wine tasting. Any opportunity to bad-mouth the people responsible for such a profoundly despicable wine tasting should be taken at the greatest amplitude possible.
1 - A very bad tasting, but there were one or two that were at least mediocre. The food, if any, was just this side of poisonous. The company was tolerable except for a few S.O.B's. The organizers are novices or inexperienced and with a little help, which they are open to, they will improve with experience. The wines were Trader Joe's specials and the one or two mediocre ones were brought by you or by other guests.
2 - A bad tasting. Some mediocre wines, some reasonable food, a couple of S.O.B.'s. Disposable wine glasses made of plastic. Mostly white wine and blush wines. Some good wine and some good company. Generally speaking, wedding receptions where the wine was in the hands of the caterers turn into 2-rated wine tastings.
3 - Almost tolerable wine tasting. Some good wines, but ran out before everyone could taste them. Several dishes, if any, were memorable. Only one or two S.O.B.'s but you didn't have to deal with any of them, except the one wearing the industrial-strength perfume/cologne. The organizers may or may not be at fault, but they really tried and their effort was obvious. This one just didn't work out too well as a wine tasting.
4 - Somewhat tolerable wine tasting. Some good wines, some good food, no S.O.B.'s. If there were a few more good wines, this tasting could have been a 5. The wine glasses are made of glass/crystal. The paper plates were not made from two sheets of 8½ by 11 glued together. The music was a little bit too loud for conversation. The thermostat was set for an ambient temperature suitable for babies, old people and ostrich egg incubation.
5 - Tolerable wine tasting. All wines at least good wines, but still ran out of some before everyone got to taste it. All food not worth seconds, but good. Met at least one or two nice people you would not mind seeing again. Wines went with the food for the most part. Generally speaking, BYOW potlucks with more than a dozen people turn into 5-rated wine tastings. A 5 is a good time, but not necessarily such a great wine tasting. For this reason, a restaurant visit where the food was perfect, but the wines were only good or there were only one or two wines makes it a 5.
6 - Almost good wine tasting. Some very good wines, some very good food. At least one or two friends that are familiar. No serious problems, but several irritating ones. Like running out of the very good wines or out of the very good food. Venue may make the otherwise 7 into a 6. Barely got money's worth.
Now That's A Wine Tasting!
7 - Good wine tasting. Most wines very good, some food worth seconds. At least a few wine-drinking buddies. One or two irritating problems that have nothing to do with the wine, like uncomfortable seats, loud neighbors or strong aromas. A planned wine tasting where the wines showed as they were expected to is usually a 7. Had a great time and got money's worth.
8 - Very good wine tasting. All wines very good, some wines excellent. All food very good. Familiar with most of the attendees. No problems in service. Everyone got to try every wine. Vote or comments taken on the wines to find out what everyone liked or disliked. Good value for the money. This is the highest rating that a wine tasting of wine only or wine with minimal food can achieve.
9 - Excellent wine tasting. Most wines excellent. All food very good, some excellent. No problems in service or venue. Seconds available for the most part on all food and wine. Pre-tasting wine and dessert wine served. Group of 16 or less per bottle of wine. Everyone is an experienced wine taster who knows not to wear strong scents or get steenkin' drunk. There were one or two memorable wine/food pairings where the flavors of each happened to complement the other. The majority of attendees were impressed with a majority of the wines.
10 - Perfect wine tasting. All wines excellent. All food excellent. Small group of not more than 12 where everyone is familiar with everyone else to some degree. Wine and food pairing done extremely well. Memorable venue. Tasted one or two wines that you have never had before because of either scarcity or cost. Learned something about wine or wine/food pairing! Pre-tasting wine and a dessert wine appropriate to the wine tasting theme served and enjoyed. This wine tasting will be talked about again and again in the future.


KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Firefighters battled a house fire Friday morning. The fire occurred at a vacant home in the 6400 block of E. 12 Terrace in Kansas, Mo.
A neighbor, David Buchanan, said he estimates it's the fifth vacant home that has caught fire in the last couple of months. He suspects someone is intentionally setting fire to the buildings.
Buchanan said the person who lived in the home died about a year ago.
When firefighters arrived the home was fully engulfed in flames. By the time firefighters extinguished the blaze they said the home was burned out from top to bottom.
Firefighters continue to investigate the cause of the blaze.


Writing skills are usually taught during the morning session within each year group, alongside a range of opportunities to apply them in cross curricular sessions. Skills are taken from English Programmes of Study for Key Stage 1, National Curriculum 2014. We intend to provide a wide and varied curriculum in which writing is used for a range of purposes to allow children to establish and extend their written language skills. Children access their spelling and phonics learning during this session so that skills are transferred into their written work. Children leave Key Stage One with the core sentence and word level writing skills in order for them to build upon these and flourish as writers throughout Key Stage Two.
Leaders ensure that the writing curriculum implementation is effective so that children are motivated to write and inspired to learn and that engagement is high. In order to promote this, wherever possible teachers plan real and purposeful reasons for writing, giving the children a sense of audience and purpose. Expectations of well-presented work, along with correct age related spellings and grammar, are promoted and monitored by leaders. Children plan, draft and write pieces of writing in a range of genres which demonstrate application of the skills taught over two or three week long units of work.
Leaders ensure that the impact of the writing curriculum is positive in terms of outcomes and personal/ social development where SMSC values are promoted. Pupil outcomes are assessed across independent pieces of writing, generally on a fortnightly basis, to ensure that children receive teaching in response to needs and all make progress. Leaders work alongside teachers to ensure that the writing opportunities and outcomes are appropriate for the needs of all children. By the end of each Key Stage, children's outcomes should be in line with age related expectations and their writing should demonstrate the appropriate grammatical and language features for their age.
Writing skills are usually taught during the morning session within each year group, alongside a range of opportunities to apply them in cross curricular sessions. Skills are taken from English Programmes of Study for Key Stage 2, National Curriculum 2014. We intend to provide a wide and varied curriculum in which writing is used for a range of purposes to allow children to establish and extend their written language skills. Children access spelling, punctuation and grammar at an age appropriate level on a daily basis so that these skills are routinely transferred into quality pieces of written work. Children leave Key Stage Two with the ability to confidently use and control a range of age appropriate language and structure features across a range of well written pieces.
Leaders ensure that the writing curriculum implementation is effective so that children are motivated to write and inspired to learn and that engagement is high. In order to promote this, wherever possible teachers plan real and purposeful reasons for writing, giving the children a sense of audience and purpose. Expectations of well presented work, along with correct age related spellings and grammar, are promoted and monitored by leaders. Children plan, draft, write and edit increasingly longer pieces of writing.


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The following FAQ-List is composed of questions asked since we've been on the Web. As most of it is personal comm, we left out the names.
We tried to answer these questions as best we could and spent many nights discussing them.
We learned and grew a lot, ourselves, doing this.
It's not complete yet, but we keep adding to this list... and, at least, it's a start.
If you have questions about this, just drop us a line.
Some general questions about the Free Zone Association
How is the Free Zone organized?
Is the organization worldwide or is it only in Germany?
Is the Free Zone set up closely to Scientology (like a government agency with a lot of red tape) or is it like Ron describes the organizations of the late 50's early 60's?
What are the benefits of membership in the Free Zone Assoc.?
What is the situation of the Free Zone in the US?
How can I get current free zone information? The Web page doesn't have any real current information.
What's your view on going OT in the church?
Some technical or philosophical questions
Is there a better source of Tech than me purchasing the Tech Volumes that you are aware of?
Philosophy versus Technology and Admin as parts of the Dynamics
The Free Zone, in its broadest sense, is a network of people around the world.
Our common interest is the philosophy and technology of Scientology, i.e. L. Ron Hubbard.
Due to this network idea, which was there from the beginning on, we don't have a hierarchy. This brings new advantages for individuals and for us as a group, and on the other hand some problems, too. People in that network have to learn to stand on their own feet... getting along without somebody "ordering" them. A functioning network runs on very "responsible" people. Otherwise, nothing happens.
It's totally opposite to the church which is a complete dictatorship and a total opposite to the so-called "secret societies".
Let's compare these systems on a basis of "more or less" - not in a "black and white" logic (only a few viewpoints on it):
Dictatorship: Individual responsibility is or can be relatively low, the force level within that group is very high, the level of "reason" is relatively low, the level of communication within that group is pretty much suppressed (people write knowledge reports about eachother, they can only trust eachother to a certain degree... a lot of internal spying activities), they hardly know what's going on at top management, management can even have a "hidden agenda" with goals opposite to what's promoted down the line. The PR or media line within that group is most important. A dictatorship depends on its dictator.
Democracy: Individual reponsibility? Something like moderate? Force level? Also about moderate. A democracy is more or less an average of everything. Its characteristic is a so-called "mainstream of society". It cannot really deal with extremes. Media takes care of these "extremes". The best system we have right now... but... who says we cannot improve. A democracy depends on masses. However... masses can be manipulated.
Network: Individual responsibility and the individual level of contribution must be very high, otherwise you cannot exchange anything... nothing really happens. Force level? Actually none. The level of reason has to be very high. A network depends on the individual.
You might say, a "network" is an "idea", a new form of society or civilization. It's an experiment.
In the end, it boils down to the question... force or reason?... or "can groups only exist in the presence of the force of dictatorship?" or "can people unite in freedom and reason under the aspect of tolerating multiple viewpoints?"
The experience over the years shows that some kind of an administrative hierarchy automatically forms if individuals demonstrate responsibility and competence... not just "words".
The breakpoint for the Free Zone in general is: Are the individuals willing to acknowledge and share the "majority of common viewpoints" or do they hang up in the relatively "small percentage of disagreement"?
We do face the problem that the more people get up the bridge (or to be more neutral... win in life) the more they become "players" themselves and the more they want to be "games masters" or "makers of games". They form (little) groups around them and these groups exist as long as this individual is accepted as some sort of a leader. Obviously, all groups need leaders.
So, the chance is the recognition of a common purpose and the willingness to contribute to this purpose, i.e to put something "in" instead of taking something "out". The negative side is the tendency to break away because of the small percentage of "individual" viewpoints or disagreements. This can be even a "win" someone had and which is not acknowledged or shared by the rest of the group.
The "Free Zone", in general, is an "idea". And the idea is to provide some kind of a "static point" (or safe space) where people can "consider and reconsider their position in the game". It's like in auditing... you withdraw from the game for a short period of time... you take a good look at possible stops, barriers, purposes, postulates etc.... (evaluate and handle a certain condition) and, after that, you go back and continue the game (or life).
With all our knowledge about Games, about efforts and counter-efforts, about "statics" and "thetans", about players, pieces and broken pieces... we (the Free Zone) should be able to act like an "umpire" or "consultant" for those "in" the game.
What are the requirements for an individual in the Free Zone... if it should expand as a "movement"? We need strong individuals. They have to be that strong that they can even rise above their own individual viewpoints, which in the end is "expansion on all dynamics".
Being part of the Free Zone, we see it as a chance for ourselves to contribute to the overall idea of "freedom" and betterment towards a new civilization as we are heading into a new millenium... into the year 2000.
In some groups, it is possible to "hide" as an individual. I guess this cannot be done in the Free Zone. Individuals stick their neck out with the chance of getting it cut off.
Maybe this makes it a bit clearer. We all have the potential of freedom... it's up to us what we do with it.
No, we are not only in Germany. We have members all over the world.
Is the Free Zone set up similarly to Scientology (like a government agency with a lot of red tape) or is it like Ron describes the organizations of the late 50's and early 60's?
We're not a hierarchy... this kind of structure failed, as we all know from church times. My opinion: A hierarchy is good for controlling people and belongs to, what we might call, the "old civilization". We believe in networking. This coin has two sides... on the one hand you can't "order" people around... on the other hand it is more demanding for an individual because the responsibility level has to be much higher, otherwise the network collapses.
The Association we founded is more like a 3rd dynamic of those interested in the free practice of our philosophy and tech.
LRH set the path to go with the philosophy and tech. Now it's up to us to decide which way to go. We are not so much in all this admin stuff. Honestly, I never saw anything really improve by applying just policy. It's a useful tool if you know how to use it, but this "admin-thinking" represented by the RTC killed Scn in the end because it became the "master of thinking".
So, what are we trying to do? We try to separate the philosophical part from the admin part. We try to get a higher understanding for the basic philosophy and also to raise the awareness for it in society (as far as we can do it). Basically, we try to isolate those parts worthwhile enough to be taken over into a "new civilization".
What are the benefits of membership in the Free Zone Association?
(Sun, 18 Feb 1996) Hello, and thank you for providing this page. Complete as it is, however, it leaves many of my questions unanswered. I would appreciate any additional info, sent to me, that further explains the benefits of membership. Such as; What assistance does the FZ lend to the attainment of the goals you've outlined? Or the goals as written by LRH? I've read Dianetics and am intrigued by the possibilities yet, after researching the CoS, I am reluctant to join any organization! I feel, as you, that the technology should be free to all mankind.
Well, I can't tell you any benefits of membership in the Free Zone Assoc. We provide a third dynamic to those who have similar goals and intentions. Otherwise, we are a network. We don't want to go into a hierarchical structure similar to the church.
We are not working on the principle "what can I get out of it" but "what can I put into it" to make it a better world in the end. You see what I mean? Our goals are basically to keep the tech free. We would like to move "Scientology as a philosophy" onto a higher social platform, disconnected from the negativity the church management puts into it.
To your question "What does it mean to be a member of the Free Zone"?
I can tell you what it means for me: I like to be part of a group working towards freedom for all. As the word "freedom" is very elastic and worn out, I narrow it down to a certain spiritual freedom. I don't know how much you dug yourself into the mind control situation on earth? Did you ever read Bill Cooper's "Behold a pale horse" (for instance)? The situation is that we are heading towards a very one-sided control of mankind. And the Scn church seems to be part of it. We want to throw some light into that and tell people that there is an alternative. The alternative, however, is not a new hierarchically-structured organization but a network of free people with a high level of responsibility.
We have a couple of years left to the year 2000 which is a new step for mankind. It's a chance to increase the overall awareness from a piece of mud - a one-lifetimer - into a conscious spiritual being.
I am sorry to say that we don't have that many members in the US and Canada. However, the Free Zone Association is growing here. The free zone is quite big and established in Europe.
Most of the auditors in the field are afraid of the RTC. If the RTC becomes aware of an independent group, they try to stamp it out. That's the situation.
The free zone in the US has quite a hard time. Most auditors outside of the church are in fear of attacks. There is a lot of discussion in the newsgroup a.r.s. Quite a few of the people there are not interested in setting up an alternative. They simply want to fight the church. Most of the former church members even turned 180 degrees against everything, LRH, the tech, the philosophy. It's the old problem with one-valued logic. Example: If you have a body of knowledge (100%) and there is 5%-10% wrong with it, for some people this 5-10% is enough to abandon the rest, too.
You know, our basic purpose is to lift the philosophy and the technology onto a higher social platform - disconnected from the Scn Organization... the RTC etc. We don't believe - and I think we prove that in our pages and you experienced that yourself - that the official church is no longer working for it's philosophy and for mankind, but only for selfish purposes.
We are not on the path of "people fighting people". What we try to do is get people together to set up a better civilization.
Well, we've been on the web now since end of 1995. I know it's time to bring in some new info from time to time. We are working on this. The German part of it is more advanced and in present time. On the other hand... we don't have people working on it full time. So please be patient with us.
According to our opinion, it's nearly impossible today to be a Scientologist and a Church member at the same time. It's even impossible to really go OT in the church. Touchy statement. Why? To be a Scientologist, you have to apply its philosophy... its basics. Finally, you would have to be an "ethical being"... on all dynamics!!! How can you really be that in the church?
The Story of an OT or "My Way to Total Freedom"
You have a goal... let's say "OT VIII".
How do you go about it? Let's not forget! You want to accomplish this in one lifetime.
You need money. Lots of money.
How do you get money relatively fast? We are talking about something like 500,000 German Marks - not counting your Lifetime Membership in the IAS [16] ... and you, for sure, want to make a good contribution to the new Flag building.
You set up a real estate business.
You avoid paying taxes... maybe you don't pay your employees properly... you find a way of getting around paying their social securities... at least this brings you a bit faster to "OT".
You pay in the money. You come closer to your goal.
"Oh no..." In the meantime, they brought up another rundown or two... you have to do this first... that means even more money... what the hell do your employees need health insurance for... they just don't have to get ill.
OK... let's pay a couple of hundred thousand to the IAS... I'll become a patron.
Let's buy some more houses... get rid of the tenants... and make apartments out of them and sell them.
No doubt... that's an ethical business.
Noooo, I don't contribute to inflation by that. We help others by doing all that... and by the way... my employees can get up the bridge, too.
What luck the guys in the church have that definition of "overt"... it doesn't matter if you commit a crime outside the group. They are only "Wogs" anyway. We'll take care of them later.... but when? Before or after we cleared the Planet?
...Oh, what a wonderful place that will be....
Oh no!... the tax office... they finally found out about my real income... Thank God I'm OT VIII now. But what's that? I can't even face the society I'm living in... they say I'm a criminal...
... And what do these other dynamics want from me?
Wait until we've cleared the Planet... you will be one of the first sent to the RPF... I'll bet you.
How good it is to be an OT.
OK guys, you're right... that was a bit 1.1. But is it so far from the truth? That's the true story of an "OT" who ended up in prison. That's what we were told by church publics in Germany. And worst of all, the Church tolerated this because they obviously see everything through their $$ - eyes. Is it a single case? You tell us.
The basis of tech is the "philosophy" of Scn.... like the PDC, HCL, etc. If you know this, you can't be fooled. The Volumes are THE "technical craft". We don't know a better source, although there are many. Quite a number of people tried to bring in their own reality and experience about LRH and the tech, but there is no better source of tech.
Here is another viewpoint:
For quite some time, we have been thinking in terms of "Eight Dynamics".
Later, LRH introduced the 9th Dynamic as "Aesthetics" and then "Ethics" as the (possible) 10th dynamic.
Well, if you go on like this you might say that this is followed by tech and admin being the 11th and 12th dynamic. However, it is quite impossible that admin is the highest dynamic. Otherwise, we would get something like the "RTC" or the "Church of Scientology" as an EP.
There must be something above... and this something might be "the philosophy of games"... or "spirit of play"... or whatever you might call it... something which makes it worthwhile to invent a universe and to play at all. On this possible dynamic you have something like the "Q's" as the highest level of knowledge... or the Factors, and the Axioms.
Based on that also, "admin" makes sense... "admin" as the administration of games... and then "tech" as the possiblility to untangle "players" from game parts they are stuck in. Then comes "Ethics" as a tool to identify "counter-intentions" or "interferences" with the game... to identify something which wasn't agreed on to be part of the game.
If some dynamic gets overweighted, the others collapse. You see it in the current "game" of the church. How many dynamics do you really have in there? I can only see the 3rd (the church itself) and admin.
Do they really care about the 1st? Yeah, as long as you bring in the money...
About the 2nd? Well, you find it out if you have kids while being in the Sea Org.
About the 4th? OK, they want to "clear" the planet... but only under their control.
What's the basic use of ethics in the church? "Severe reality adjustment" in the Sea Org... to become a good robot? (Might be different with publics).
You can go on like that and evaluate it just by observation.
So, the game we are playing right now seems to run on the agreement of Dynamic 1-9. The 9th Dynamic might be the overall purpose of this game... to bring Aesthetics into this Universe and by the application of ARC/KRC bring back full understanding and power for the players. In another game there might be other agreements, i.e. other dynamics. The Dynamics above "9" seem to be independent of any game... they seem to be just "there"... they can be used in "any" game.


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Circular No. 18/15: ATTENTION!
Circular, Circular 2015, News & Events / By admin
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION (LA) AND PROBATE MATTERS
Following discussions with the Courts in Johor Bahru, the Courts have agreed that (i) Applicant(s) would no longer be required to file the List of Assets and Liabilities (Senarai Aset Dan Liabiliti) and List of Beneficiaries (Senarai Benefisiari) as separate individual documents; exhibiting the same in the supporting affidavit (as per usual) would be sufficient AND (ii) Notice od Appointment of Solicitors (Notis Perlantikan Peguamcara) would also no longer be required to be filed by the Applicant(s).
REMINDER ON COURT PUNCTUALITY
Following concerns raised by the High Court, members are reminded to be in Court on time at 9.00 a.m. and to avoid instances where the Judge is being kept waiting indefinitely for lawyers to appear.
CJM PRACTICE DIRECTION NO. 2 OF 2014
The High Courts have begun to observe the Practice Direction No. 2 of 2014 in relation to Case Management. Kindly be familiar with the terms of that Practice Direction.
Members are to be advised accordingly. Thank you.
R. Jayabalan
BC Number


Wildflower Honey is medium to dark in hue with a medium robust flavor. Wildflower honey will leave meads fairly full bodied. Polyfloral honey, aka wildflower honey, is derived from the nectar of many types of flowers.The taste may vary from season to season, and the aroma and the flavor can be more or less intense, depending on which blooms are prevalent at the time of production.
Honey sometimes takes on a semi-solid crystallized state known as granulated honey. This is a normal and natural phenomenon. It happens when glucose, one of three main sugars in honey, spontaneously precipitates out of the supersaturated honey solution. Real Honey should Crystallize...and ours will. Crystallized honey is still perfectly good honey.
PEDIATRICIAN WARNING: Do not feed honey to children under 1 year old.


I have a little game that I invented, that I use sometimes in class when the kids are behaving well and I've run out of curriculum. It doesn't have a name, but I call it the "grammar game" just to be able to refer to it. I don't necessarily view grammar as being that central or focal for good English instruction, but I nevertheless am intrigued at how bad Korean students do at it despite English grammar being considered so focal to how Koreans are instructed in EFL.
The game is very simple. A bunch of cards with mostly random English words on them: "car" "dog" "sleeps" "sleep" "the" etc. Make a sentence in the right order using the right card, so you get "the dog sleeps" but they love to think "dog sleep" is just as acceptable. There are clear rules of grammar that say that's not the case, but they are difficult rules for Korean learners because Korean has no "the" and no verb endings to indicate subject number i.e. "-s" on "sleeps."
The game is much more "educational" than hangman, which seems to be an old standby of ill-prepared EFL teachers in Korea, such that no student has NOT heard of hangman. So I use it. And sometimes, the kids even like it. But it was nevertheless disconcerting when, running out of something to do in class today, the kids started chanting "grammar! grammar!" I mean really? Grammar? It was the game, of course. Or… the alligator bucks awarded to the eventual champion.
In other kid news, I was chatting with a 5th grade student who goes by Robin. I asked her, "Are you going over to the Tuesday class?" This fact had been in some doubt, whether she would stay in the Monday-Wednesday-Friday cohort, where she didn't fit in very well because of her strong ability, or switch to the Tuesday-Thursday cohort, where she fit in better. So I was just checking.
I was pleased. "That's good. That will be a great class," I added. "All the kids in there are very smart." I was paying her a sideways compliment, because she's a very smart student, indeed.
She was so smart, she recognized this compliment, and smiled. "Thank you," she said, not at all shyly.
There was another student in the classroom at that moment – a Monday cohort kid. He grinned at the two of us and our conversation, somewhat oafishly. He's not exactly the brightest bulb. He'd had no idea what we'd just been talking about. "Whaaat?" he said. It was as if he was demonstrating the implied point about the current, Monday cohort class being not-so-smart.
Robin and I exchanged a knowing glance, and we both burst out laughing. Good for her, I thought. She's going to move on to a better class.


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UW free speech bill: Protecting rights essential
Political polarization has become so prevalent that personal attacks have become the norm in some quarters.
UW free speech bill: Protecting rights essential Political polarization has become so prevalent that personal attacks have become the norm in some quarters. Check out this story on sheboyganpress.com: http://shebpr.es/2tCJkCK
For USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 12:21 p.m. CT June 23, 2017
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Wisconsin legislators are fired up about free speech, as the so-called "campus free speech" bill is one step closer to becoming law.
Wednesday, the assembly voted in favor of the measure, which would compel government to punish University of Wisconsin system students with suspension or even expulsion if the students are deemed to have disrupted speech on campus.
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Wisconsinites ought to be cautious about any bill that implicates free speech rights in any way.
The debate split mostly along partisan lines, with Democrats and Republicans arguing their side is the one that is truly trying to protect our most cherished amendment — the First Amendment.
Republicans argue the "campus free speech" bill would protect the rights of conservatives on campus by imposing a sanction on liberals (or, presumably anyone else) who disrupts speakers on campus.
Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, spoke in support of the bill, stating, "we are ensuring that simply because you are a young adult on a college campus, your constitutional rights do not go away."
The University of Wisconsin System includes 13 four-year and 13 two-year colleges and universities. (Photo: Mark Hoffman / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Last November, conservative former editor of Breitbart, Ben Shapiro, had to stop his speech at UW-Madison for several minutes amid protester chants.
Democrats argue the "campus free speech" bill is unnecessary, draconian and will actually chill speech on campuses, rather than enhance First Amendment protections.
Rep. Lisa Subek, D-Madison, referred to the proposal as the "campus gag rule" and argues it "creates an atmosphere of fear where free expression and dissent are discouraged."
The bill's text seems unusually vague. For example, students who engage in "disorderly conduct" that "interferes with the free expression of others" are subject to punishment.
The law would allow anyone to report any student and allege a violation. After an investigation takes place and a disciplinary hearing is held, the student may be suspended or expelled.
Students would be given training on the First Amendment during college orientation.
Lately, many people seem to be using their important free speech rights irresponsibly, just to be provocative and to insult and demean others.
Shapiro's speech at UW-Madison in November was titled "Dismantling Safe Spaces: Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings." Shapiro flipped off protesters who were shouting obscenities at him.
Provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, an openly gay man, spoke at UW-Milwaukee in December during what he called his "Dangerous Faggot Tour." In his speech, Yiannopoulos showed the audience a picture of a UW-M transgender student who was transitioning to female. Yiannopoulos ridiculed the student, saying, "The way you know he's failed is I can still bang him." Yiannopoulos' vicious mockery was reprehensible, cruel and morally indefensible.
Unfortunately, we have become so politically polarized in this country that personal attacks have become the norm in some quarters. But many Americans understand that the answer to unpopular, even disgusting speech is more speech and more freedom, not less.
It is especially important to protect speech that many find reprehensible. As I have written before, I am personally appalled by people who burn the American flag, especially as someone with military veterans in his family. But even though I am personally against flag burning, I am horrified by the suggestion that we ought to punish people for unpopular, even deplorable, speech and expression. Protecting even the most odious forms of free speech is the hallmark of a free society, and precisely what the flag represents.
The late Justice Antonin Scalia was right to stand firm on the importance of protecting the First Amendment. In a 2012 interview with CNN, Scalia remarked: "If I were king, I would not allow people to go around burning the American flag. However, we have a First Amendment, which says that the right of free speech shall not be abridged — and it is addressed, in particular, to speech critical of the government. I mean, that was the main kind of speech that tyrants would seek to suppress."
No speaker — conservative, liberal or otherwise — ought to be silenced. People who value civil liberties should scrutinize the so-called "free speech bill," with vigor.
The freedom to dissent and to petition one's government for the redress of grievances, even vociferously, should never be punished by government. To allow it is to diminish the very freedoms for which our nation stands and endanger the right to express other unpopular views.
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Paramount's "Terminator" franchise is back to rule box office charts.
"Terminator: Dark Fate," the sixth installment in the sci-fi series, should earn $40 million when it bows in over 4,000 North American theaters, while some estimates show that figure could reach $47 million. Though it will launch against three other nationwide releases, "Dark Fate" is expected to easily win the weekend over fellow new offerings: Focus Features' Harriet Tubman biopic "Harriet," Warner Bros.' crime drama "Motherless Brooklyn" and Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures' animated adventure "Arctic Dogs." All three anticipate debuts around $10 million.
Should "Terminator" reach the higher end of estimates, "Dark Fate" would earn the distinction of the franchise's biggest opening yet. That title currently belongs to 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" ($44 million), followed by 2009's "Terminator Salvation" ($42.5 million). The most recent entry, 2015's "Terminator Genisys" bowed with $27 million and ended its box office run with $89.7 million in North America and $440 million globally. "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" is still the highest-grossing iteration with $520 million in worldwide box office receipts.
At least one aspect that should work in its favor: it's the first franchise entry in 28 years, since "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," that has series creator James Cameron on board. In a sign of optimism, Variety's Owen Gleiberman called this movie "the first vital 'Terminator' sequel since 'T2.'" "Terminator: Dark Fate" could use that kind of clout, since it carries a hefty $185 million price tag. Skydance Media co-financed and produced the film.
"Terminator: Dark Fate" also marks an on-screen reunion for Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger after nearly three decades, reprising their roles as Sarah Connor and the Terminator, respectively. In "Dark Fate," Connor must protect a young girl from a deadly new Terminator from the future. Tim Miller ("Deadpool") directed "Dark Fate" from a screenplay by David S. Goyer ("The Dark Knight," "Blade"), Justin Rhodes and Billy Ray. New cast members include Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes and Gabriel Luna.
"Terminator: Dark Fate" kicked off overseas this weekend, earning $12 million at the international box office. Disney-Fox is releasing the movie in all foreign territories aside from China, where Tencent Pictures is handling distribution.
Though "Terminator: Dark Fate" should lead the way in North America, a handful of new releases will cater to audiences who aren't all that interested in sci-fi spectacles.
"Motherless Brooklyn," a neo-noir crime drama from Edward Norton, looks to entice older moviegoers and should collect $5 million to $9 million from 1,332 screens. Norton wrote, directed and stars in the movie, which cost $26 million. Based on Jonathan Lethem's novel, Norton portrays a private investigator with Tourette syndrome who works to solve the murder of his mentor. Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bobby Cannavale and Alec Baldwin also star.
Another option for adult ticket buyers, "Harriet," is projected to earn $7.5 million to $9 million from 2,000 theaters. Cynthia Erivo portrays Harriet Tubman, the slave-turned-abolitionist who led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad. The cast also includes Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn and Janelle Monae. Kasi Lemmons directed "Harriet," which debuted to mixed reviews at the Toronto Film Festival. Variety's Gleiberman called the movie "more dutiful than inspired."
For the family crowd, there's "Arctic Dogs," an animated adventure about a team of ambitious animals. The film, featuring the voice cast of Jeremy Renner, Heidi Klum, James Franco and Anjelica Huston, could make $5 million to $10 million from 2,835 locations.
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