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Nelson Lau
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D.
State University of New York, Albany, B.S.
Gene expression, RNA interference, Molecular Biology
My laboratory studies the molecular biology of small regulatory RNAs and transposons that regulate the genomes of animals. Our research focuses on germ cells that are essential for fertility, as well as neurons in the brain. We use genomics, biochemical, genetics, and bioinformatics approaches.
Searle Scholar Award (2010 - 2013)
NIH NICHD K99/R00 Career Transition Award (2008 - 2012)
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (2005 - 2008)
AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Award (2003)
Chirn,GW, Rahman, R, Sytnikova, YA, Matts, JA, Zeng, M, Gerlach, D, Yu, M, Berger, B, Kile, BT, and Lau, NC.. "Conserved piRNA expression from a distinct set of piRNA cluster loci in Eutherian mammals.." Plos Genetics 11. 11 (2015): e1005652..
Rahman, R., Chirn, GW, Kanodia, A, Sytnikova, Y., Brembs, B, Bergman, CM, Lau, NC.. "Unique transposon landscapes are pervasive across Drosophila melanogaster genomes.." Nucleic Acids Research. 43. 22 (2015): 10655-72.
Clark, J, and Lau, Nelson C.. "Piwi proteins and piRNAs step onto the systems biology stage.." Systems Biology and Genomics of RNA binding proteins and RNA processing.. 1st edition ed. vol. 825 Ed. Gene Yeo. New York: Springer, 2014. 159-97.
Ghirettie, AE, Moore, AR, Brenner, RG, Chen, LF, West, AE, Lau, Nelson C., Van Hooser, SD, and Paradis, S.. "Rem2 is an activity-dependent negative regulator of dendritic complexity in vivo.." Journal of Neuroscience 34. 2 (2014): 392-407..
Matts, J.A., Sytnikova, Y., Chirn, G., Igloi, G.L., and Lau, N.C.. "Small RNA library construction from minute biological samples.." Methods in Molecular Biology. 1st edition ed. vol. 1093 Ed. Mikiko Siomi. New York City: Humana Press, 2014. 180-188.
Ow, MC, Lau, Nelson C., Hall SE. "Small RNA library cloning procedure for deep sequencing of specific endogenous siRNA classes in Caenorhabditis elegans.." Methods Mol Biol. 1173. 1 (2014): 59-70.
Post, C, Clark, J, Sytnikova, Y., Chirn, G.W., and Lau, Nelson C.. "The capacity of target silencing by the Drosophila Piwi protein and piRNAs.." RNA 20. 12 (2014): 1977-86.
Sytnikova, Y., Rahman, R., Chirn, G.W., Post, C., Clark, J., and Lau, Nelson C.. "Genome and transposon dynamics during PIWI regulation in Drosophila ovarian cell cultures.." Genome Research 24. 12 (2014): 1977-90.
Hall, S.E. †, Chirn, G., Lau, N.C†. and Sengupta, P.. "RNAi pathways contribute to develop-mental history-dependent phenotypic plasticity in C. elegans.." RNA 19. 3 (2013): 306-19.
Sytnikova, Y, and Lau, N.C.. "Does the APC/C mark MIWI and piRNAs for a final farewell?." Developmental Cell 24. 2 (2013): 119-20.
Zeng, M. Kuzirian, MS, Harper, L, Paradis, S, and Lau, Nelson C.. "Organic small hairpin RNAs (OshR): a Do-It-Yourself platform for transgene-based gene silencing." Methods 63. 2 (2013): 101-109.
Lau, Nelson C.. "Small RNAs in the animal gonad: Guarding genomes and guiding development.." Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 42. 8 (2010): 1134-47.
Wu Q, Luo Y, Lu R, Lau N, Lai EC, Li WX, Ding SW.. "Virus discovery by deep sequencing and assembly of virus-derived small silencing RNAs.." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107. 4 (2010): 1606-11.
Lau, Nelson C. Ohsumi, T., Borowsky, M., Kingston, R.E., & M.D. Blower. "Systematic and Single Cell Analysis of Xiwi and Xenopus Piwi-interacting RNAs." EMBO Journal 28. 19 (2009): 2945-58.
Lau, Nelson C., Robine, N. Martin, R. Chung, W. J. Niki, Y. Berezikov, E. Lai, E. C.. "Abundant primary piRNAs, endo-siRNAs, and microRNAs in a Drosophila ovary cell line." Genome Res 19. 10 (2009): 1776-85.
Robine, N., Lau, Nelson C., Balla S, Jin Z, Okamura K, Kuramochi-Miyagawa S, Blower MD, Lai EC.. "A broadly conserved pathway generates 3' UTR-directed primary piRNAs." Current Biology 19. 24 (2009): 2066-76.
Lau, Nelson C.. "Analysis of small endogenous RNAs." Curr Protoc Mol Biol Chapter 26. (2008): Unit 26.7.
Miska, E. A. Alvarez-Saavedra, E. Abbott, A. L. Lau, Nelson C. Hellman, A. B. McGonagle, S. M. Bartel, D. P. Ambros, V. R. Horvitz, H. R.. "Most Caenorhabditis elegans microRNAs are individually not essential for development or viability." PLoS Genet 3. 12 (2007): e215.
Seto, A. G. Kingston, R. E. Lau, Nelson C.. "The coming of age for Piwi proteins." Mol Cell 26. 5 (2007): 603-9.
Lau, Nelson C., Seto, A. G. Kim, J. Kuramochi-Miyagawa, S. Nakano, T. Bartel, D. P. Kingston, R. E.. "Characterization of the piRNA complex from rat testes." Science 313. 5785 (2006): 363-7.
Abbott, A. L., Alvarez-Saavedra, E., Miska, E. A., Lau, Nelson C., Bartel, D. P., Horvitz, H. R., & Ambros, V.. "The let-7 MicroRNA family members mir-48, mir-84, and mir-241 function together to regulate developmental timing in Caenorhabditis elegans." Dev Cell 9. 3 (2005): 403-14.
Lau, Nelson C., & Lai, E.C.. "Diverse roles for RNA in gene regulation." Genome Biol 6. 4 (2005): 315.
Li, M., Jones-Rhoades, M. W., Lau, Nelson C., Bartel, D. P., & Rougvie, A. E.. "Regulatory mutations of mir-48, a C. elegans let-7 family MicroRNA, cause developmental timing defects." Dev Cell 9. 3 (2005): 415-22.
Lim, L. P. Lau, Nelson C. Garrett-Engele, P. Grimson, A. Schelter, J. M. Castle, J. Bartel, D. P. Linsley, P. S. Johnson, J. M.. "Microarray analysis shows that some microRNAs downregulate large numbers of target mRNAs." Nature 433. 7027 (2005): 769-73.
Bergman, N. H., Lau, Nelson C., Lehnert, V., Westhof, E., & Bartel, D. P.. "The three-dimensional architecture of the class I ligase ribozyme." RNA 10. 2 (2004): 176-84.
Landthaler, M., Lau, Nelson C., & D.A. Shub. "Group I intron homing in Bacillus phages SPO1 and SP82: a gene conversion event initiated by a nicking homing endonuclease." J Bacteriol 186. 13 (2004): 4307-14.
Lau, Nelson C., Bartel D.P.. "Censors of the genome." Sci Am 289. 2 (2003): 34-41.
Lim, L.P., Lau, Nelson C., Weinstein, E. G., Abdelhakim, A., Yekta, S., Rhoades, M. W., Burge, C. B., & Bartel, D. P.. "The microRNAs of Caenorhabditis elegans." Genes Dev 17. 8 (2003): 991-1008.
Landthaler, M., Begley, U., Lau, Nelson C., & D.A. Shub. "Two self-splicing group I introns in the ribonucleotide reductase large subunit gene of Staphylococcus aureus phage Twort." Nucleic Acids Res 30. 9 (2002): 1935-43.
Lau, Nelson C., Lim, L.P., Weinstein, E.G., and Bartel, D.P.. "An abundant class of tiny RNAs with probable regulatory roles in Caenorhabditis elegans." Science 294. 5543 (2001): 858-62.


In Heston's stochastic volatility framework [Heston 1993], semi-analytical formulæ for plain vanilla option prices can be derived. Unfortunately, these formulæ require the evaluation of logarithms with complex arguments during the involved inverse Fourier integration step. This gives rise to an inherent numerical instability as a consequence of which most implementations of Heston's formulæ are not robust for moderate to long dated maturities or strong mean reversion. In this article, we propose a new approach to solve this problem which enables the use of Heston's analytics for practically all levels of parameters and even maturities of many decades.
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HEi-think: Universities can help knit together devolution and the industrial strategy
Pam Tatlow, chief executive of MillionPlus, outlines the arguments in a new report calling for local authorities and agencies to work with modern universities to help unify efforts behind the government's devolution agenda and industrial strategy.
The government's industrial strategy green paper, launched in January (see HEi-know Briefing Report 334), was clear that the strategy should be rooted in place. At MillionPlus we agree.
Our new research report, 'Universities, devolution and the industrial strategy: piecing the jigsaw together', tracks the process of devolution across England and maps out how modern universities can help ensure that the devolution agenda and industrial strategy knit together to form a cohesive whole.
As key anchor institutions, modern universities are a vital part of their local economies. As large organisations in their own right, they create jobs and provide graduate employment. But also, with their long and successful track
record in engaging with business, SMEs and public services, they can provide the necessary support to make both devolution and the industrial strategy a success.
At present, complexity is one of the defining characteristics of devolution in England; a patchwork of local governance and funding arrangements coupled with a wide variety of newly devolved responsibilities across combined authorities covering hugely contrasting geographies. Add to this, cuts to local authority budgets, and uncertainty over EU funding and business rate reform, and the challenges faced by combined authorities begin to mount up. An Office for English Devolution, in addition to coordinating and brokering deals, would ensure the whole country benefits from devolution in those key strategic areas where the agenda has
progressed swiftest.
Combined authorities should also look to make the most of their local modern universities by engaging with them from the outset in collaboration on strategies to deliver on their new responsibilities, as well as drawing on their deep knowledge and world-leading research in key areas such as health, enterprise and innovation, and public services. Similarly, prospective combined authorities will find a wealth of expertise in their local modern universities to support the development of devolution bids.
At the national level, if the right investments are made, the industrial strategy should aid combined authorities in making a success of the new dynamic in local government. The new Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund is rightly focused on technologies, but should also ensure regional and local development to spread innovation around the country. To complement this, a new fund for applied and translational research would promote innovative collaborations between universities and businesses, SMEs and public services. With their strengths in business support, strategic expertise, and high-quality research, modern universities can be the catalyst in delivering economic growth while boosting employment, by bringing cutting edge research to market.
Finally, modern universities play an integral role through collaborating with businesses to provide education and training that meet their needs. Successive governments have used tax credits to incentivise businesses, particularly SMEs, to invest in research. The same approach should be taken with continuous professional
development, to encourage take up of more part-time and work-based courses, including employer-sponsored degrees and masters level degree apprenticeships. There is also a strong case to provide new funding for those not in the workplace to update their skills.
The industrial strategy makes clear that 'the full involvement of innovators, investors, job creators, workers and consumers ...is the only basis on which we can produce an enduring programme of action'.
Placing modern universities at the heart of local and national responses is paramount to ensuring success across the country. Their expertise and experience in bringing key stakeholders together, combined with high-quality education, training and research capabilities, will provide both the bedrock and the catalyst for local
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Eagles sign Hakeem Butler
Dallas Goedert suffered a fracture in his ankle on Sunday against the Bengals and the team will place the tight end on IR, according to the Inquirer's Jeff McLane.
Goedert will be eligible to return to the field for the Eagles following the Week 6 matchup against the Baltimore Ravens.
The third-year tight end saw 18 targets through two-plus games this season. He caught 13 of those for 138 yards and a touchdown.
Follow Pro Football Action's Facebook Page for the latest on the Eagles, the entire NFL, and the news you need to make the right betting and fantasy football calls.
Eagles Sign Hakeem Butler, Convert Him to TE
The Eagles have claimed wide receiver Hakeem Butler off the Carolina Panthers' practice squad. Butler, a fourth-round pick of the Arizona Cardinals last year, was listed as a tight end in the Eagles' roster move announcement.
Butler never played a snap for the Cardinals as he missed his entire rookie season with a broken hand. The 6-foot-5, 227-pound pass-catcher failed to make the Arizona roster this year and was scooped up by the Panthers' practice squad.
In his final season at Iowa State, Butler caught 60 passes for 1,318 yards and nine touchdowns. He then ran a 4.48-second 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis last year.
While Pro Bowl tight end Zach Ertz is the main guy at tight end, Butler can fill the void behind him, with Richard Rodgers handling blocking duties.
Butler may ultimately end up seeing snaps at wide receiver as well. Jalen Reagor (thumb), Alshon Jeffery (foot), and DeSean Jackson (hamstring) all are dealing with injuries.
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Q: Bing API error 1002 First of all I'm sorry for my English.
I am developing an application in java and I want to use search Bing API, So I opened user-centered development of Bing (http://www.bing.com/dev/en-us/dev-center) and accept key number then I wrote the following code to get results Bing
String q = "http://api.bing.net/json.aspx?Appid=MyClientId=girls&sources=web&web.count=40&web.offset=41";

URL searchURL;
try {
    searchURL = new URL(q);
    HttpURLConnection httpURLConnection = (HttpURLConnection) searchURL.openConnection();

    if(httpURLConnection.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK){
        InputStreamReader inputStreamReader = new InputStreamReader(httpURLConnection.getInputStream());
        BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(inputStreamReader, 8192);

        String line = null;
        String result = "";
        while((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null){
            result += line;
        }

        bufferedReader.close();
    }
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Why do I get the following error 1002?
{"SearchResponse":{
    "Version":"2.2",
    "Query":{"SearchTerms":"girls"},
    "Errors":[
        {"Code":1002,
         "Message":"Parameter has invalid value.",
         "Parameter":"SearchRequest.AppId",
         "Value":"MyClientId",
         "HelpUrl":"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dd251042.aspx"}]
}}

A: It looks like you've got a typo in the address
This looks very suspicious:
Appid=MyClientId=girls

You should see the documentation http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd250882.aspx, but I guess that you need to replace the MyClientId with something and also you haven't spearated the query and the clientId i.e. &q=girls
EDIT: You need to get the AppId somewhere Steps of creating appid for bing search
Here's some question which can help you:
Bing search API and Azure

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tomcat源码学习笔记
不用ant build,直接可跑。

#输出日志需要在 vm参数里设置:
-Dcatalina.base=/Users/xxxx/Documents/git/github/Tomcat8/output -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.juli.ClassLoaderLogManager -Djava.util.logging.config.file=${catalina.base}/conf/logging.properties

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Q: How to extract data and return in c program Assuming I have 3 columns of data below, how can I define the first column to be x and 2nd column to be y? 354560.50000 149632.50000 are the starting points of reference such that
lon = x - 354560.50000
lat = y - 149632.50000

and I can then calculate the distance using dist = sqrt(lonlon + latlat) and if dist = a specific value, then extract the associated PL value in column 3?
    x              y              PL
354560.50000    149632.50000    -9999
354561.50000    149632.50000    -9999
354562.50000    149632.50000    -9999
354563.50000    149632.50000    106.50000
354564.50000    149632.50000    106.12500
354565.50000    149632.50000    106.25000
354566.50000    149632.50000    106.00000
354567.50000    149632.50000    -9999

have tried doing this but think it's not right..

#include<stdio.h>

int main()

{   int row=384;
    Int columns=256;
    FILE *pathloss;
    double dist, lon, lat, PL;

    //open file for reading
    pathloss=fopen("C:\\Users\\ISSuser\\Desktop\\PL_Site_1_1_107_100_M_Export.txt", "r");

    if (pathloss == NULL)
{
    puts("error while opening file");
    exit(1);
}
    lon = x - 354560.50000
    lat = y - 149632.50000

if (lon == 176 && lat == 159)

    while (Fscanf (pathloss ,"%*lf %*lf %lf", &lon, &lat, &PL) == 3);

        Printf ("%f", n3);

        fclose(pathloss);

        return 0;
    }


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Fabiola Bierhoff
PhD Candidate in the History and Cultural Studies programme at the Freie Universität Berlin.
Fabiola Bierhoff: PhD Candidate in the History and Cultural Studies programme at the Freie Universität Berlin.
THE MEMORIAL PAPERS:
DEMOCRATIC, DISPOSABLE SOUVENIRS
Digital Versus Analogue Dissemination
In 1967, long before the impact of self-publishing and dissemination made possible by the Internet, theorist and philosopher Marshall McLuhan heralded the dawning of a new age for publishing. "Xerography - every man's brain-picker", McLuhan argued, "heralds the times of instant publishing. Anybody can now become both author and publisher." McLuhan's claims were in response to the dawning of a new means by which the multiplication of words was made possible: the Xerox machine. By 'xeroxing', words could be multiplied and distributed in great quantities, yet they were still relegated to the sheet of the page. The emergence of the Internet has since encouraged amateur writers and bloggers the world over to explore the potential of their writing abilities, and has resulted in a massive acceleration in the tempo of publishing. In a world dominated by the sharing of virtual writing, virtual words, on a massive-scale, it is tempting to think that Jan De Cock's Memorial Papers - a series of newspaper-like publications in which each issue contains approximately forty full-color images, each printed for circulation in an edition of 10.000 or more - is an outdated, laborious, or even a non-ecological method to disseminate artworks. The suggestion that an unobtrusive-looking newspaper is the cheapest solution to circulate an artistic commodity around the world is questionable considering the potential of present-day digital reproduction methods. After all, it could be highly advantageous for Everything For You, if it is to succeed (in its stated aim) in disseminating beautiful objects in abundance, to pursue the Internet as the medium of choice. Can a series of analogue newspapers, the production of which the artist controls from conceptualization to final printed product be considered the most transparent manner of authorship with the fewest obstacles to conception, production, and distribution?
It would appear that Jan De Cock is deliberately positioning himself within a long tradition of artists' books, zines, and other printing efforts with a limited audience. Yet the question of the extent to which De Cock's 'democratic multiple' can fulfill the artistic objectives of this ambitious project, and whether his platform in the format of The Memorial Papers can be defined as anti-institutional or underground, remains. What audience does De Cock seek? Does he succeed in ignoring the existing constraints of the art world by creating a self-reliant mechanism of artistic distribution? And finally, what is at stake by electing to use this particular ephemeral medium?
The Promise: A Tangible Gift
In comparison to online publishing, a newspaper requires a time-consuming and intricate process of production. The deliberate choice to create The Memorial Papers in paginated form, therefore, is evidently an artistic one that within it contains the sum of the project. The foremost reason for the artist to pursue this format is that dissemination through a print medium results in the synchronous delivery, of both the promise, and the actual tangible gift or souvenir of the action. The memorial images that appear within the papers are both an extension of De Cock's presence at the site, in the city or town in which he originally erected the sculptures and took the pictures, and the only lasting evidence that remains. In the Manifesto for Sculpturecommunism, printed in each Memorial Paper, the artist proclaims: "[Sculpturecommunism] is a sculpted form of social distinction, from which an economic shortage becomes the foundation of its multiplication, because the form (the gift) is so beautiful and exceptional, it has to be reproduced in abundance."
The manifesto's promise of a tangible souvenir, which consequently appears as an intrinsic part of the completed artwork, clearly underlines the fact that De Cock's gift could never be exclusively virtual. Or, as he states in a further passage: "Some of the gifted sculptures will be sold in order to finance the multiplication of souvenirs; souvenirs to be known as works of sculpture communist photography." De Cock has thus opted for a familiar medium in which a series of loose, folded pages can be easily disconnected, allowing the beholder to pin each page, each image of the installation, on a wall. The manifesto even provides indirect instructions for the procedure of detaching and disseminating these memorial images: "These beautiful non-valuables- ex-situ works on paper- should be hung at all possible places, at no cost, for all, and without the permission of the recipient."
Whereas Jae Emerling has argued that the staged or accidental 'rendezvous' are the actual gifts of the project, I would suggest instead that the encounters collected and featured in The Memorial Papers form the tangible gift, which eventually enables possible new encounters. The afterlife of these gifts, however, is uncertain, as is the reaction the gift will generate in its future dissemination. Further, as Bruno Bosteels has pointed out, the ideological message of Sculpturecommunism, in which the political economy of art is restructured on the level of exchange, exhibition, and consumption (of the sculptures and photographs), is represented in both the manifesto and photographs. It can also be seen, however, to trickle through the texts of the authors featured in The Memorial Papers, forming a contra weight to the visual content. By adding to his images the writing of prominent scholars, De Cock is providing a gift of erudition.
From the moment an edition of The Memorial Papers leaves the artist's studio, it has the capacity to circulate freely, independent of any specific institutional restraints, with all the autonomy the newspaper medium possesses. The Memorial Papers, as such are free from the institutional parameters imposed upon the artwork by the artist. The very mobility of the papers is its most unique characteristic. Within the premise of the work, the question of who will ultimately carry out the express objective - to post the photographs up in all possible places - becomes secondary. An autonomous life outside the context of art institutions is guaranteed either way. Manifesting as layers within a networked project, the artwork consists of three forms in three stages that are closely linked to one another: the sculptural ensembles themselves, composed of various materials; the full-color photographs taken of the sculptures interacting with their environs within a series of cities and towns; and finally, the ephemeral newspaper distributed in the cities of location and elsewhere. Of these manifold forms it is only the outcome of the last phase that remains uncertain.
Circumscribing the Audience with Sculpturecommunism
Apart from the artistic objective of fulfilling the promise of the manifesto, there is a second possible reason for De Cock's preference of a newspaper over other dissemination methods. The remarkable geographical whereabouts of the project in both metropolitan cities and provincial towns provides insight into De Cock's subversive practice. Like a missionary the artist spreads his elaborate sculptures throughout these places. After the sculptures have disappeared that which remains is the final result: photographs and texts compiled in a newspaper - which are transmitted through such unconventional channels as offbeat galleries or department stores - so that people stumble upon them once again. Time passes in the period between De Cock's first and second presence in the town, since the newspaper has a slower dissemination rate throughout the world than, for example, a website, which can 'go viral' in what feels like an instant. This 'incubation time' consequently influences the critical awareness of both the maker and the beholder, which may result in a change to the artistic message. For people with varying degrees of familiarity with the setting the message may differ. It is easy to find oneself looking at certain images (labeled as they are by their location), in order to glimpse a point of reference or a landmark - as if leafing through a travelogue. Nevertheless, by sending the copies to the precise cities where the project has taken place, and by inserting the title of each city on the cover, it seems that one of the artist's goals is to provide locals with their own copy. By doing so, De Cock is transitioning his practice from the moment in which the sculptures were installed in the open, accessible to everyone, to an intimate moment in which a single person is confronted with the visual remnants. As in a memoriam image or a Gedächtnisbild in medieval ages, he tries to encapsulate his viewer in a private moment with his artwork. Subsequently, his audience could either embrace the ideological agenda of Sculpturecommunism and the discourse offered in the newspaper, or ignore these efforts categorically.
About two-thirds of the images found in each printed edition hails from the place named on the cover. The other third is comprised of photographs from the project as it was realized in other cities and towns. The paradoxical combination of images from enormous metropolises with those of provincial towns, often on the other side of the world, functions as a framework. By including such a wide range of venues in each publication, the artist intentionally shifts the attention of his spectators to the scale of the project, perhaps securing the transmission of the diverse message of Sculpturecommunism. As Stefaan Vervoort argues: "The schism between the word and the image, the discourse and the photographs, not only reveals a new level of deduplication and dissimulation within EFY, but also characterizes the ideological agenda of the project." Pictures from the Belgian town of Otegem - the first city the series focused upon - return several times in every issue, and aside from the manifesto and colophon, serve as the only consistent element to appear in the papers. Repeatedly going back to these 'original' images, each of the papers ties itself to the early phases of its germination at Deweer Gallery in Otegem. The project, therefore, despite its ever-expanding scale, comes full circle to its roots (and perhaps coincidentally the artist's Belgian roots).
The Origins of its Unconventional Dissemination: Zines and Artists' Books
Given their rather unpretentious appearance, The Memorial Papers can productively be read in a legacy of artists' books and zines. With its roots in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century avant-garde movements, modern artists' books - in which art in the form of a book is published in limited edition - gained renewed attention in the post-war era due to the pioneering work of artists like Dieter Roth and Edward Ruscha. Ruscha's conceptual series of sixteen photo-based book projects in the prosperous 1960s are particularly interesting in comparison to De Cock's practice. During his travels along Route 66 from Los Angeles to his parent's home in Oklahoma City, Ruscha took pictures for his first artist's book, Twenty-six Gasoline Stations (1962), referring to the photographs' subjects retrospectively as "cultural curiosities". The most interesting element of the book, for a discussion of De Cock's practice, is that Ruscha, with his photographs mediated through a book, created an artwork that could exist outside museum and commercial gallery structures. The book was affordable (a copy cost $3,50), which resulted in people, who were not necessarily active in the art world, being able to afford a copy. Ruscha, thus, had found a solid strategy for bypassing the traditional methods of artistic dissemination. And Ruscha was not the only prominent voice in the United States to see a certain 'utopian' potential in artists' books: writer, art critic, and feminist theorist Lucy Lippard was convinced that artists' books could be effective in the democratization of art. She stated optimistically in 1977: "One day I'd like to see artists' books ensconced in supermarkets, drugstores, and airports and, not incidentally, to see artists able to profit economically from broad communication rather than the lack of it."
Unlike artists' books, zines have a less aesthetic conceptual starting point. They tend to be openly political, socially and ideologically motivated, and often serve as a means for the expression of minority groups. Zines tend to be designed to communicate solely with like-minded people that are often relegated to the margins of society, and therefore embrace the inexpensive multiple to gain wider attention for their thematics. One could argue that the idea of the independent zine-maker is closely linked to that of an activist. As Nico Ordway states: "Zines reflect the unmediated obsessions of the immediate producer, in which publicity in the normal sense and other commercial concerns are completely subordinate. Regardless of the particular concerns reflected in their pages, zines are purely libertarian." A popular definition stipulates that circulation must be 1.000 or fewer though most zines are published in editions of less than a hundred copies. Zines declined in popularity with the rise of the Internet yet in these dire days for print journalism a new generation, born in the 1970s and 1980s, is reexamining its political and subcultural capacities once again.
Therefore it should come as no surprise that artists are reconsidering the strengths of paper media in recent years. Dutch artist Marc Manders, for instance, has been autonomously publishing artistic booklets and newspapers since 1998. The edition Traducing Ruddle (2010), comprised of a series of newspapers that consisted of every single word in English language used only once, was distributed in 2010 throughout Vancouver via newspaper vending boxes in the months of February and March. Manders also integrates these very newspapers into his sculptures. In Room with Broken Sentence (2013), Manders' contribution to the Venice Biennale of that year, the artist covered the windows of the entrance with his newspapers, enclosing the interior of the Dutch Pavilion and disconnecting it from the outside. Apart from the windows being completely covered by his newspapers, several of Manders' installations were also placed inside the pavilion, pictures of which were further printed in yet another newspaper, which the audience could take with them on their way out as a reminder of what they had seen. Such layering - of newspaper, installation, and image - highly complicates the circulation and reproduction process, much like the process of Everything For You (and De Cock's oeuvre more generally).
Another example from Manders' work that strikes a chord of similarity with that of De Cock, particularly in how it incorporates newspapers and sculpture, and makes them both inextricable in the artistic process, was Manders' Untitled (2001), a work that consisted of three mice hung upside down by their tails, clamped under a beam attached to a building close to the Kruisplein in Rotterdam. As a part of the final work Manders disseminated thousands of newspapers house to house at the moment of the sculpture's official inauguration. The newspapers consisted of several poems and pictures of Manders' temporary interventions in the public realm in Rotterdam, photographs of the rodents, and portraits of fifteen-year-old Angus Taggart, insinuating that both the publication and the artwork were made by the British boy. Unlike the clear authorship of The Memorial Papers, Manders' name only appeared in the colophon, which contributed to the mystification of the fictional character 'Mark Manders', an alter ego of the artist Mark Manders who has been working on his Gesamtkunstwerk Self-portrait as a building for the past three decades. Even though Manders' intentions for including newspapers into his process and alongside his sculptures vary greatly from those of De Cock, the fact that self-produced newspapers form an inherent part of the final artwork (which furthermore consists of sculptures, pictures and written texts), is a striking similarity.
It can therefore be argued that it is in the same stroke that De Cock deliberately combines the small-scale publishing traditions of artists' books and zines while suggesting an awareness of the aforementioned newspaper-incorporating projects. Like Ed Ruscha and his book of "cultural curiosities", De Cock opts for a democratic dissemination that would allow for an image of the work and its ideological message to be obtainable for all. Yet unlike the haphazardly thrown together aesthetic of the typical zine, with its wild bricolage of screaming headlines, The Memorial Papers puts an emphasis on the aesthetic elements of the photographs and the general design of the newspapers. The average artists' book or zine, produced at most in the low hundreds, is much outnumbered by the 10.000 copies of each edition of The Memorial Papers. And in contrast to other artists' books and zines, The Memorial Papers are free of charge, which means that the production is a completely self-financed undertaking, from graphic design to commissioned articles, to distribution. Sculpturecommunism is thus only possible by means of the artist's own financial investment. Consequently, De Cock has a keen interest in actually transmitting his artistic propaganda (to remain in the communist jargon) throughout the world. He can proliferate his artistic practice thanks to the mobility of the newspaper, and therewith De Cock is able to profile himself as an artist in the most remote corners of the world.
The Artist's Book as Democratic Multiple
The question as to whether or not The Memorial Papers are an effective tool in achieving aesthetic change belongs to a larger debate about the efficacy of democratic multiples as an instrument of change in the mainstream art world - a question which is not measurable at this moment. What can be said though, is that The Memorial Papers are De Cock's mouthpiece for his ideas on Sculpturecommunism, and the messenger of his autonomous artistic project Everything For You. In accordance with De Cock's (manifesto-elucidating) principles, the papers operate as a vehicle to advocate a change in aesthetics and discourse. With their inexpensive appearance they are able to circulate widely, in abundance, to be available to a broad audience all over the world. The seemingly cheap and simple format, which makes them appear somewhat undistinguished (as compared to 'typical' artists' books), contributes to their manifestation as a 'democratic multiple' - one that could be cherished or easily disposed, thus having either eternal or temporary value. The democratic principle of the project, however, resides more in the fact that the unobtrusive mass-produced commodities are gifts, distributed for free. Their slow dissemination as an analogue medium that requires a few months between conception and transmission, by bypassing museum and gallery structures, might not be a recent development in art history; however, the global scale De Cock is striving for is a markedly new phenomenon that resonates with the times in which we are living. The disposable quality of The Memorial Papers allows them to simultaneously bring the dematerialization of the art object (of the sculptures themselves) to the fore, and lays stress on the artistic process and the complex conceptual terms of the work. Within these complex, and perhaps contradictory, conceptual terms is the artist's ambivalent attitude towards the art institutions he is trying to circumvent, particularly given that the project is not absolutely disconnected from these institutions, going so far as to disseminate newspapers within and through these platforms. Nonetheless, once The Memorial Papers are fully distributed they have the capacity to circulate autonomously, beyond institutional borders, on their own ideological terms.
Marshall McLuhan, The Medium is the Massage, An Inventory of Effects, Berkeley, California, Gingko Press, 2002 (reprint 1967), 123.
Apart from the distribution via newsprint, The Memorial Papers are being made accessible online as PDFs at www.everythingforyou.be.
The term "democratic multiple" is coined in the now canonical publications of Johanna Drucker who relates artists' books to the post-1945 era of art and literary activity. Johanna Drucker, "The artists' book as democratic multiple" in The Century of Artists' Books, New York, Granary Books, 1995, 69-89.
Jae Emerling, "Everything for You: An Oeuvre in Construction, Here-and Now", in Everything For You, Havana, 2014, 27.
As asserted by Bruno Bosteels in his essay "Three Paradoxes of Communist Art", in Everything For You, Hong Kong, 2014, 74.
As Jo Applin states: "Whether the gift is accepted or rejected, a relationship is nonetheless established between the gift and its viewers, who find themselves lured into a relationship with the gifted item. What they do with that gift - how they choose to interact or participate, or not, is up to them." Jo Applin, "Rendezvous", in Everything For You, Otegem, 2014, 5/7.
Edition Hong Kong consists of 40 pictures (29 of Hong Kong, 1 of Carrara, 4 of Otegem, 1 of Kiev, 1 of Belfast, 2 of Havana, and 2 of Mexico City); Edition Mexico City consists of 41 pictures (26 of Mexico City, 14 of Otegem, and 1 of Pensemont); Edition Havana consists of 47 pictures (25 of Havana, 8 of Carrara, 6 of Mexico City, 3 of Belfast, 2 of Otegem, 1 of Lviv, and 1 of Kiev); Edition Kiev consists of 24 Pictures (20 of Kiev, 2 of Otegem, 3 of Auschwitz, 5 of Belfast, 2 of Hong Kong, 1 of Mexico City, and 1 of Kwaremont; Edition Carrara consists of 48 pictures (16 of Carrara, 8 of Havana, 11 of Otegem, 4 of Belfast, 1 of Lviv, 2 of Kiev).
Author's translation: "Het schisma tussen woord en beeld tussen het discours en de foto's, openbaart niet alleen een nieuwe laag van ontdubbeling en dissimulatie binnen EFY, maar typeert ook de ideologische agenda van het project." Stefaan Vervoort "Paradise Now", in Everything For You, Mexico City, 2014, 32.
Otegem may have additional relevance to the project due to the fact that in August 2013 a group of participants gathered at the Deweer Gallery in Otegem (at the 'Everything For You, Otegem Workshop'), to discuss the still-developing Everything For You series. More about the workshop can be found online at http://everythingforyou.be/otegem.html.
Drucker, 1995, 69-78.
TateShots: Ed Ruscha's photography books, September 6, 2013, available online: tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/tateshots-ed-ruschas-photography-books [accessed 13 January 2015].
Drucker, 1995, 78. Contradictorily, Drucker argues that artists' books were never completely disconnected from mainstream art institutions. Artists' publications were often developed in coordination with museums or galleries, who saw these inexpensive items as a good way to generate publicity, rather than a threat of subversion of their authority.
Lucy Lippard, "The Artist's Book Goes Public", in Joan Lyons (Ed.), Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook, Rochester, New York, Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1985, 48. Originally printed in Art in America, January/February, 1977.
Ellen Gruber Garvey, "Out of the Main Stream and Into the Streets: Small Press Magazines, the Underground Press, Zines, and Artists' Books", in Scott E. Caspter, Joanne D. Chaison, and Jeffrey D. Groves (Eds), Perspectives on American Book History: Artifacts and Commentary, Amherst and Boston, University of Massachusetts Press, 2002, 367.
Nico Ordway, "History of Zines", in Zines!, San Francisco, 1996, vol. 1, 159.
Other recent art projects that concentrate on newspapers include, for example: first/last newspaper (2009) by the artist group Dexter Sinister, in which a newspaper that combines old and contemporary content is created; two newspapers (2005) by Carlos Motta in which the U.S. interventions in Latin America since 1946, and leftists guerrillas in Latin America are thematized; Jana Gunstheimer's Maßnahme (2007-2009) illustrating and commentating on a range of topics from different perspectives; Stephanie Syjuco, Towards a New Theory of Color Reading (2008) interrogating the place of "color" and ethnic politics through four abstract newspapers. All of the above mentioned newspaper projects were distributed in gallery/museum spaces and varied in their editions. A more socially-engaged doctrine is represented by the U.S.-based artist group Temporary Services who have focused, since their foundation in 1998, on printed materials that address social issues. For example, in 2009 the project ART WORK, a conversation about art, labor and economics contained a wide range of articles written by artists, activists, writers, critics, and others fueling a discursive discussion of the impact of the international market crash in 2008 on artistic processes. See: artandwork.us/.
Manders founded Roma Publications collaboratively with graphic designer Roger Williams in 1998. He has since been publishing autonomously.
Since 2005 Manders has circulated 'fake' newspapers in several works: Eucaryote Tarp (2005); Curculio Bassos (2006); Sonantal Lush (2006); Hypocotyl Raki (2008); Traducing Ruddle (2010); Minyan Swizzle (2013); Acolyte Frena (2013).


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BMW presents i3 Concept Coupé battery-electric vehicle at the LA Auto Show; focus on connectivity for driver assistance and intermodal mobility
BMW i3 Concept Coupé. Click to enlarge.
BMW is unveiling the i3 Concept Coupé study at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show; the vehicle has been brought out in parallel to the ongoing development process for getting the first battery-electric model from the BMW i brand ready for series production, and demonstrates the potential for conceivably extending the model range, according to the company.
Like the original BMW i3 Concept (earlier post), the three-door coupe is propelled by an electric motor developed by the BMW Group, which develops a maximum output of 125 kW/170 hp and peak torque of 250 N·m (184 lb-ft). Power delivery to the rear wheels is via a single-speed transmission. The Li-ion battery pack is placed under the floor.
The passenger cell forms the core of the Life module, which is built from carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP). On the BMW i3 Concept Coupé, the drive system, chassis and energy storage unit, along with the structural and crash functions, are once again incorporated into the Drive module that is made chiefly of aluminium.
The Driving Experience Control switch on the center console can be used to select the three driving modes: COMFORT, ECO PRO and ECO PRO+. The sportiness and comfort of the BMW i3 Concept Coupe can be best experienced in the standard COMFORT setting. ECO PRO mode places the focus more on economical energy management for an increased range. The accelerator mapping is modified, for example, so that the same pedal travel delivers less power. At the same time, the heating and air conditioning are switched into a more energy-efficient operating mode. Changing from COMFORT to ECO PRO mode can extend the vehicle's range by as much as 20%.
Efficiency can be boosted yet further in ECO PRO+ mode, which is designed to do everything possible to maximize driving range. Not only is the accelerator mapping modified, maximum speed is also limited to 90 km/h (56 mph). Comfort functions such as the heating and air conditioning are furthermore run at the minimum level required to prevent the windows from misting up, for instance. Electrical consumers like the seat heating, mirror heating and non-essential components of the daytime running lights are even switched off completely. As a result of all this, more miles can be added to the vehicle's range.
The BMW eDrive system fitted in the BMW i3 Concept Coupé is designed to allow the vehicle to cover a distance of around 160 kilometers (100 miles) on a full battery charge. With the BMW i ConnectedDrive services that were purpose-developed for electric mobility applications powered by eDrive technology, the driver receives realistic estimates of the vehicle's current range, which can be viewed even before setting off.
Connectivity. Both the navigation system and the BMW i ConnectedDrive services have been tailored to the specific demands of electric mobility. Apart from the route guidance function, the system also offers drivers assistance with mobility requirements that extends beyond just the journey planning. One of the key elements of the networked navigation unit is a dynamic range display, which delivers reliable readings by factoring in relevant variables. The battery's charge status, driving style, activity of electric comfort functions and the selected driving mode are all taken into account for the calculation, along with the route's topography and current traffic levels.
The system is therefore able to make allowance for the extra energy used up for both an upcoming climb and stop/start traffic or traffic jams, and lowers its range calculation accordingly. Real-time traffic data is also added to the equation. The information is analysed and evaluated centrally by the BMW ConnectedDrive server that stays in permanent communication with the vehicle via the built-in SIM card. The SIM card's fixed installation ensures an optimum connection at all times throughout the vehicle's life.
Peripheral contours show the points that can be reached with the current state of charge. Click to enlarge.
The dynamic range display is visualized on the vehicle's central information display not only as a figure but also as a peripheral contour within the navigation map. Taking the vehicle's current location as a starting point, all points that can be reached with the available energy reserves are joined up to form a peripheral contour.
Since the driver is able to actively influence the vehicle's energy consumption and therefore its range by switching the driving mode, the graphical representation of the range calculation is always made available in two variants, allowing the driver to view the relevant current range regardless of whether the COMFORT, ECO PRO or ECO PRO+ mode is selected.
When route guidance is activated, the driver is given a precise and true-to- reality indication of whether the destination is within range and how much energy he has to spare. The most efficient route is also shown as an alternative to the fastest. If necessary, the Range Assistant will even recommend changing to ECO PRO or ECO PRO+ mode in order to increase the range.
If desired, the driver is able to call up a charging station near to the destination and reserve it with another push of a button. The system additionally notifies him of the charging time required before commencing the return journey or the onward journey to the next destination.
The mobility planning information provided is made available on the customer's smartphone as well as in the vehicle courtesy of a smartphone app for the iOS and Android operating systems which was specially developed for BMW i. The app is a further development of the eRemote functions from BMW ConnectedDrive and offers the driver constant access to the vehicle data and relevant route planning information.
If the vehicle is plugged into a public charging station or the BMW i wallbox, the charging procedure can be controlled both remotely and via a timer function. The range display shown in the BMW i navigation system can also be viewed on the smartphone in the same format as in the vehicle. The BMW i app can additionally be used to search for and select either a navigation destination or a free charging station and then import it to the vehicle's system. Available charging stations are indicated in both the navigation unit and the BMW i app, which also show whether the stations are currently free.
Intermodal navigation and planning. When the driver leaves the vehicle at the journey's end, he or she can use the pedestrian navigation function built into the BMW i app to guide him or her to the final destination. For this, the navigation destination selected by the driver in the vehicle is automatically transferred to the BMW i app via the BMW ConnectedDrive server.
The route planning function that was specially developed for BMW i and the specific requirements of urban centers also includes local public transport networks, allowing the available transport connections to be taken into account if required. This gives the driver the option of selecting an intermodal route in his BMW i car, whereupon he is first directed to a public car park by the navigation system. After leaving his vehicle, he now uses the BMW i app to guide him first to the correct bus or tram stop and then on to his destination while completing the final leg of the journey on foot.
In addition to this, BMW i also offers mobility services that can be incorporated into the customer's mobility planning. These include the premium car-sharing service DriveNow and the ParkNow facility enabling parking spaces to be booked via a smartphone app. ParkNow and other services are provided to the customer via BMW ConnectedDrive and made available to use in the navigation system.
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August 21 attack: 'State-backed crime' punished
Babar, 18 others to walk gallows; Tarique, 18 others given life term; appeal within 30 days
Shakhawat Liton, Chaitanya Chandra Halder, Wasim Bin Habib, Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary
Thu Oct 11, 2018 12:00 AM Last update on: Thu Oct 11, 2018 02:59 AM
-19 including Babar, Pintu get death
- Tarique Rahman, Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad and 17 others get life
- Former IGPs Ashraful Huda and Shahudul Haque get 4yrs
- Security heightened in and around Dhaka court
- 31 accused brought to Dhaka from Kashimpur
It was a well-orchestrated plan, executed through abuse of state power, a special court has ruled, delivering verdicts in the two cases filed over the grenade attack on an Awami League rally 14 years ago.
And all the accused, including BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman and former top intelligence officials, were found guilty and handed down various punishments for the bombing that killed 24 people and injured scores.
In the murder case, Tarique and 18 others were sentenced to life in prison while former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar and 18 others were given death penalty on charges of killing through criminal conspiracy.
All of these 38 accused were also sentenced to life term imprisonment for causing grievous injuries to the survivors.
The special court also found Tarique, Babar and 36 others guilty in the case filed under the explosives substance act and handed down punishments ranging from death sentence to 20 years in prison.
The conviction of these once influential politicians, former top officials of police, DGFI, NSI, CID and top Huji militants exposes the meticulously-devised plan and abuse of state machinery to not only carry out the attack, but also to mislead the investigation.
The latest conviction of Tarique, which comes just months before the national election, is likely to deal a heavy blow to the BNP.
In February this year, Tarique and his mother Khaleda Zia were sentenced to 10 years in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. Khaleda is in jail since February 8 in this case, and is struggling to secure bail.
Tarique, who has been living in London since September 2008, was also sentenced to seven years in jail in a money laundering case in 2016.
With Khaleda in jail, he is now acting as the BNP chief.
Yesterday's verdicts, pronounced in a packed courtroom amid tight security, highlighted the abuse of the state power to carry out the attack on the afternoon of August 21, 2004, on Bangabandhu Avenue.
"The specialised deadly Arges grenades that are used in wars were blasted at the Awami League's central office on 23 Bangabandhu Avenue in broad daylight with the help of the then state machinery," said Judge Shahed Nuruddin of Speedy Trial Tribunal-1.
"The prosecution has been able to prove that the accused held meetings to conspire in different places before the incident and blasted grenades in a planned manner," he said.
After the assassination of the Father of the Nation on August 15, 1975, four national leaders were murdered inside the jail as part of a conspiracy. But the conspiracy did not stop there, it rather continued, the court noted.
"Later, an evil effort was made to make the Awami League leaderless on August 21, 2004."
Quoting the testimony of prosecution witness Abdur Rashid, who was junior vice president of Al-Markazul Islami Bangladesh, the court said accused Sheikh Farid, Hannan, Abu Taher, Tajuddin and the witness himself went to Hawa Bhaban, known to be the alternative centre of power, in Banani in mid-August of 2004 on a microbus.
A little later Tarique showed up there, reads the judgment.
In his confessional statement, Hannan also said they went to Hawa Bhaban on a microbus of Al-Markazul Islami Bangladesh and met Tarique, Haris, Babar, Mojaheed, Rezzakul and Rahim there.
They were assured of all kinds of administrative support in the meeting when Tarique told them to carry out the plan and be in touch with Babar and Pintu, according to the verdict.
The prime target of the attack was AL President Sheikh Hasina, then opposition leader. But Hasina, now the prime minister, narrowly survived as some of her party leaders protected her by forming a human shield around her. She, however, suffered injuries to her ear.
CHARGES AND PUNISHMENTS
Then state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar, former deputy minister for education Abdus Salam Pintu, former director of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) Brig Gen (retd) Rezzaqul Haider, former DG of National Security Intelligence (NSI) Brig Gen (retd) Abdur Rahim and 15 others were found guilty on charges of killing through common intention, planning and criminal conspiracy. They were each sentenced to death and fined Tk 1 lakh.
On the same charges, Tarique; Abul Harris Chowdhury, political secretary to the then prime minister Khaleda Zia; Kazi Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad, a BNP lawmaker at the time; and 16 others were given life terms. They were also fined Tk 50,000 each. If they fail to pay the fine, the convicts will have to serve an additional year in jail.
Tarique, Babar and 36 others, who were given either death penalty or life term, have also been found guilty of other charges. Each of them was sentenced to life imprisonment for causing grievous injuries through common intention, planning and criminal conspiracy. They were also fined Tk 50,000 each over these charges.
In the explosives case, Babar and 18 others, who were given death penalty in the murder case, were also found guilty of killing by throwing and exploding grenades and abetting in committing the offences. Each of them was given death sentence in this case as well and fined Tk 1 lakh.
For the same offence, Tarique and 18 others, who got life term in the murder case, have been convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Each of them was also fined Tk 50,000.
Also in the explosives case, Tarique, Babar and 36 other accused were found guilty of grievously injuring victims through common intention, planning and criminal conspiracy. Each of them was sentenced to jail for 20 years with a fine of Tk 50,000.
OTHER CONVICTS IN THE KILLING CASE
Former Inspectors General of Police (IGP) Ashraful Huda and Shahudul Haque were sentenced to two years in jail and fined Tk 50,000 for harbouring the offenders. They will have to serve six months more in prison if they fail to pay.
The court handed down the same punishment to the two former top cops for protecting the offenders.
Lt Commander (retd) Saiful Islam Duke, also nephew of Khaleda; Saiful Islam Joarder, former DGFI official (sacked); and Maj Gen (retd) ATM Amin, former top DGFI official, were also given four years in jail in two counts -- two years for each -- for harbouring and protecting the offenders.
Another former IGP Khoda Baksh, SP of CID Ruhul Amin and ASPs of CID Abdur Rashid and Munshi Atikur Rahman were found guilty of misleading the investigation and cooking up the "Joj Mia" story. They too were sentenced to two years in jail each.
They were also sentenced to three years in prison for failing to investigate the attack properly.
All convicts will serve their jail terms concurrently.
The convicts were given a month to appeal. The jail term of the fugitives will start from the day of their arrest or surrender.
THE ATTACK AND THE AFTERMATH
Hasina was the last speaker of the rally, which was organised, among other things, to protest against violence and terrorism.
As soon she ended her speech and posed for photos at the requests of journalists, grenades started raining down all around.
A day after the attack, police filed a case with Motijheel Police Station against unnamed people.
A few months later, senior CID officials made up the farcical "Joj Mia" story and detained the man from Noakhali along with 20 petty criminals.
Joj Mia and two others were forced to give statements confessing their "involvement" in carrying out the attack, investigations later found.
The actual identities of the detainees were later revealed by the media and the ludicrous nature of the investigation was exposed by the end of 2004.
After the caretaker government took office, the CID submitted two separate charge sheets in June 2007, accusing 22 people, including Huji chief Mufti Hannan and Abdus Salam Pintu.
The trial began after charges were framed against them in October that year and the court recorded testimonies of 61 prosecution witnesses.
But, following the prosecution's petition, the court in August 2009 ordered further investigation and a new investigation officer was assigned.
The CID in July 2011 submitted supplementary charge sheet, accusing 30 more people, including Tarique and Babar, taking the total number of accused to 52.
DAY OF JUSTICE
The trial proceedings lasted 1,754 days. Finally on September 18, the court fixed the date for delivering the verdict yesterday.
Security in and around the court was tight centring on the verdict. Hundreds of law enforcers, police and Rab, were deployed on Nazim Uddin Road, where the special court is located.
A microbus carrying Lutfozzaman Babar reached the court premise around 11:20am. Babar, in a white shirt and grey trousers, walked to the first floor of the building where the court was set up.
After a while, the remaining 30 accused were brought in by two prison vans.
The court sat at 11:40am. A minute later, the power went off. Amid the blackout, the judge gave a short speech, thanking the prosecution, defence, journalists and law enforcers.
With flashlight of mobile phone, the judge started reading out the summary of the verdict at 11:50am, mentioning the 14 points he took into consideration to reach the verdict. Then an emergency light (charger light) was placed in the courtroom.
The accused were standing in the dock at one side of the courtroom.
As the judge left the courtroom at 12:22pm, the convicts spoke to each other and to their lawyers. However, the Huji members seemed nonchalant.
Lutfozzaman Babar spoke to some reporters at the courtroom and claimed he was implicated in the case for political reasons.
"I leave it to the almighty. Allah will try those who implicated me in the false and politically-motivated case," he said.
Babar's lawyer SM Shahjahan told The Daily Star that they were aggrieved and would appeal before the High Court.
The prosecution will consider its next move after receiving the full text of the judgment.
"We appealed for maximum punishment for all, but the court saw it fit to hand down death penalty to some and life sentence to others," Syed Rezaur Rahman, chief prosecutor of the cases, told reporters.
"We will offer our reactions after analysing the full text of the verdict," he said. "We will also decide on filing an appeal after going through the full text."
Some survivors and family members of those killed said they were not fully satisfied as Tarique was not given the highest punishment although he was the mastermind.
Law Minister Anisul Huq said the government would seek "greater punishment" for Tarique.
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Marlon Wayans Reached Out To Will Smith About Therapy Following Oscars Slap
By Jamie Samhan. Published: 28 Apr 2022 6:04 PM Last updated: 29 Apr 2022 11:06 AM
It has been a month since the 2022 Academy Awards but the celebs are still weighing in on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock.
Marlon Wayans spoke to Big Boy, saying that Smith's slap put his "wife's name in everybody's mouth."
"If somebody's walking up on my stage, I know that you ain't coming up to give me five," Wayans said.
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"Like, at a point, you gotta go, 'Oh yeah he's trying to come harm me.' … You gotta protect yourself. If it that was me, I got an elbow for you. It's a fight, you come on my stage we fighting. … We do jokes, that's what we do. You don't go to a comedy show and be mad when they tell you jokes, that's what you there for. I think people in they right mind know better, I don't think people gonna go, 'I'm gonna get up and slap you.'"
Wayans did reach out to Smith after the joke about Jada Pinkett Smith.
"I was like, 'Hey brother you may want to go get you about three hours of therapy,'" he said. "15 hours this week, you need to sit down with a therapist and have a long talk. Something is going on with you.' And that wasn't him. See, I don't have that kind of pressure. He's been Black excellence for 30 years, I've been Black alrightness, ain't too much pressure. … People expect me to do dumb stuff, but him? Nah, not Will."
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The comedian also spoke to Rock to check in on him.
"I talk about it a little bit in my set. I'm not gonna go all the way there, but I think that by trying to take your name out of one person's mouth, now you put your wife's name in everybody's mouth. … Comedians are terrorists… [Now] everybody got a Will Smith-Chris Rock, you know, Jada joke," he added.
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President Barack Obama has made his first comments on Trayvon Martin case since last week's acquittal of George Zimmerman.
George Zimmerman, 29, said he opened fire on the teenager in self-defense and was acquitted of murder by a Florida court last week.
In an unexpected press call, Barack Obama said very few black men in the US had not experienced racial profiling.
Barack Obama also hailed the "incredible grace and dignity" of Trayvon Martin's parents in the way they reacted to the verdict.
Calling for "soul-searching" from Americans on issues of race, Barack Obama also sounded a hopeful note, saying that race relations were improving with each generation.
Saturday's not guilty verdict for George Zimmerman from the all-female jury of six prompted nationwide protests, with further demonstrations planned for this weekend.
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Kendall Whittier, Incorporated: Established in 1968, and Stronger (and More Active) Now Than Ever
Public Radio Tulsa | By Rich Fisher
Published June 7, 2018 at 2:18 PM CDT
Aired on Thursday, June 7th.
On this edition of our show, we learn all about Kendall Whittier, Incorporated, or KWI, which is a neighborhood-minded and long-running nonprofit now marking its 50th Anniversary. KWI is, per its website, "a home-grown organization incorporating self-sufficiency for our neighbors through food security, nutritional health, and well-being." KWI -- the only food pantry in the Tulsa area that actually delivers to its participants' doorsteps -- will host an event tonight (Thursday the 7th) in celebartion of its Golden Anniversary. It happens at the Circle Cinema, beginning at 5:30pm. It'll be, again per the KWI website, a "come and go reception and celebration; open to the public."
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Rich Fisher passed through KWGS about thirty years ago, and just never left. Today, he is the general manager of Public Radio Tulsa, and the host of KWGS's public affairs program, StudioTulsa, which celebrated its twentieth anniversary in August 2012 . As host of StudioTulsa, Rich has conducted roughly four thousand long-form interviews with local, national, and international figures in the arts, humanities, sciences, and government. Very few interviews have gone smoothly. Despite this, he has been honored for his work by several organizations including the Governor's Arts Award for Media by the State Arts Council, a Harwelden Award from the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa, and was named one of the "99 Great Things About Oklahoma" in 2000 by Oklahoma Today magazine.
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Bring your Easter fare ~ bread, horseradish, beets, meat etc. ~ to be blessed.
There will be a short prayer service and ceremony at the church at 2:30pm on Holy Saturday.
We will also have a procession around the outside of the church beginning at 7:30 am (before 7:45 am Mass) on Easter Sunday.
All of 2015's First Communicants are encouraged to wear their special clothes and ministries are encouraged to attend in groups with banners if they have them, as well as other parishioners.


Last Thursday, HEPI and Advance HE held the first in our annual season of House of Commons breakfast seminars. The session, titled 'Boom or bust? How can institutions – and the regulator – best respond to the new market pressures in HE?', was set off by our three speakers each giving impassioned speeches about their experience of the market trends in higher education.
Adam Tickell provided insights from his experience as the Vice Chancellor for the University of Sussex. Meanwhile Barry Sheerman, MP for Huddersfield, and Rachel Wolf, former No.10 Policy Adviser and now founding partner of Public First and member of the Civic University Commission Steering Group, both reflected on the political context in which universities were responding to the market pressures. Discussions covered a wide range of areas but one of the key themes that emerged was that to understand and respond to the new market pressures in higher education, universities need to be thinking short, medium and long term.
This is especially important in the midst of the current tumultuous political environment which is encouraging a short-term focus, with political debate entirely focused on getting through the next few months, if not just the next fortnight. Higher education is not immune to this trend of short-termism, as we are all focused on what the outcomes of the Post-18 Funding Review will be, wanting to understand the impact of what the Brexit deal, or no deal, will mean for our universities and furthermore what the intentions are of the new higher education minister, Chris Skidmore, in his post.
However, as discussed at our seminar, focusing on only these short-term issues leaves universities at the mercy of the larger market forces potentially coming down the line. One particular challenge is the policy issue of university places and student recruitment. Universities are currently competing to recruit from a relatively small pool of young people, as the eighteen-year-old population in the UK is currently at the lowest levels in 10+ years, leading to the financial instability in higher education.
However, this trend in the number of young people coming through the university system is about to be reversed, with numbers climbing every year from 2020 onwards. Our own research shows that taking conservative estimates of trends in higher education participation continuing, and taking into account a Brexit-related reduction in demand, we will need 300,000 more higher education places by 2030. From that perspective, universities need to be planning for how they are going to find places for these students, and how their approach to recruitment will change over this period.
However short-term market pressures could change the direction of this trend entirely. We are at risk of student number caps from either political direction. If Augar is to propose fees of £6,500, it is likely that this will be accompanied by a cap in student numbers, potentially through the rumoured limits on access to student loans for students who have less than three Ds at A level.
Equally, a general election, as highlighted by Rachel Wolf at the seminar, could bring about a Labour government, with their commitment to the removal of tuition fees. It is difficult to see how this could be done without placing a cap on the number of students universities are able to recruit, as with the current system in Scotland, or the Chilean system.
By just examining this one area of higher education policy, we can clearly see the market pressures that universities are up against today. While, as was highlighted by one audience member at the seminar, universities have not been subjected to austerity in the same way as many public service organisations, they are subject to ever-changing market forces which requires planning for a whole range of scenarios. More than ever, university leadership needs to be thinking short, medium and long term to be remain competitive.


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Tena Prelec (PhD, Sussex University, School of Law, Politics and Sociology) is a Research Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Oxford. Her research focuses, broadly, on issues of good governance and anti-corruption, with a specific focus on how transnational kleptocracy is enabled by the global financial architecture. At present, she is conducting work on Russian foreign policy and illicit financial flows in collaboration with the University of Exeter, UK, while also looking into the specific form kleptocracy takes in South Eastern Europe as a Fellow of the Centre for Advanced Studies of the University of Rijeka, Croatia. She is also an established analyst on the Western Balkans, including as Region Head at Oxford Analytica, Research Associate at LSEE-Research on South Eastern Europe (London School of Economics and Political Science), and member of the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG). Other research interests include transnational authoritarianism, academic freedom, and the intersection between governance and geopolitics. She is part of the latest cohort of Marshall Memorial Fellows, the flagship leadership development programme of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
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The Fantastically Mundane Tales of SquirrelHead: Thanksgiving Day!
I am so thankful to be able to spend this day with all of my family. I traveled up to my older sisters house where my parents and my other two sisters, three brother in-laws, six nieces, one nephew, and my grandmother. It's a packed house to say the least. Kids running all over the place, the activity, noise, and chaos of it all.......I love it. It reminds me of growing up in a big house and I feel totally at ease in it. Being single still and it typically being just me and my two beagles, I miss it. I guess if you didn't grow up in a big loud Irish background family, it wouldn't make sense to you. I know many only children that would be looking at me like I was insane right now. I don't know what to tell you. It feels like home to me. I can (and did) fall asleep on the couch, right in the eye of the storm. I thank God that I have this big of a family and that I get to spend this time with them all. I wouldn't change it for all the money in the world. I hope everyone has as great of a Thanksgiving day as I have had.


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Zlin Z 50. Specifications. A photo.
Zlin Z 50 - light sport aircraft, designed by Czechoslovakian aircraft manufacturer «Zlin Aircraft» in 1975 year.
Zlin Z 50 photo
The main reason for that in 1972, the Czechoslovak engineers and designers began to develop model plane Zlin Z 50, was the need to ensure the release of high-quality and reliable sports aircraft, capable of carrying out flights at high speeds, and perform various kinds of complex aerobatic stunts.
Unlike most previous aircraft variants, Czechoslovak engineers and aircraft designers decided not to use multi-seat variants, and therefore, the Zlin Z 50 aircraft became single, which significantly reduced the functionality of this aircraft. Nevertheless, despite the above fact, the plane proved to be very popular, and today this aircraft is one of the most popular in the field of sports aviation, since the design of the aircraft is perfectly adapted for rapid acceleration to its maximum speeds, has a high maneuverability and Perfectly tolerates high overload, including both positive and negative.
Photo Zlin Z 50
Zlin Z 50 aircraft model has made its first flight in July 18 1975 years and due to the fact that the project was able to prove himself very well, the aircraft almost immediately was sent to the serial production.
Despite the fact that in the cockpit of the aircraft Zlin Z 50 can accommodate only one person, this aircraft is very popular both in the Czech Republic and abroad. This is due primarily to the high reliability of the aircraft, however, also play an important role and aircraft performance metrics including speed and maximum flight range.
The power plant of the aircraft model Zlin Z 50 includes a piston aircraft engine, which, depending on the variant of the airplane can develop a capacity of up to 280 hp, which in turn allows you to move the aircraft at distances of up to 640 kilometers and carry out flights on 295 order rate - 340 km \ h, which is quite acceptable..
Aircraft Zlin Z 50
Over the entire period of its production, aircraft Zlin Z 50 produced aircraft manufacturers in the following variants:
Zlin Z 50 - A prototype of the aircraft;
Zlin Z 50L - Basic production version of the airplane;
Zlin Z 50LA - Improved modification of an aircraft, which has a comfortable interior;
Zlin Z 50LS - modification of 1982, equipped with a piston aircraft engine of the Lycoming AEIO-540-L1B5D brand, capable of developing a thrust of 280 hp;
Zlin Z 50LX - A modernized version of the version Zlin Z 50LS;
Zlin Z 50M - A modified version of the aircraft, manufactured with 1989 years.
Specifications Zlin Z 50.
Crew: 1 people;
Passenger capacity: no;
aircraft Length: 6,62 m (depending on version).
Wingspan: 8,58 m (depending on version).
Plane Height: 1,86 m (depending on version).
Weight of empty aircraft: 570 kg. (Depending on version);
Payload: 150 kg. (Depending on version);
Maximum takeoff weight: 720 kg. (Depending on version);
Cruising speed: 240 km \ h. (Depending on version);
Maximum flight speed: 340 km \ h. (Depending on version);
Maximum flight distance: 640 km. (Depending on version);
Powerplant: Lycoming AEIO-540-D4B5 (depending on version);
Power: 260 HP (Depending on modification).
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Queer Urban Geographies is a one-day, multi-disciplinary exploration of the social dimensions of urban space as it relates to identity, sexuality, perception and community. Themes of mapping, memory, sensing and embodiment will be interrogated in order to reveal new perspectives and afford emerging possibilities. This one-day conference will introduce a larger workshop at Parsons the New School for Design that will produce collaborative and psychogeographic maps and representations along a series of design probes.
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This panel will explore cultural and artistic production and its relationship to activism and social justice.
This panel will explore the different methods and modes of capturing everyday experience through sensory mapping, informed by memories & histories of place.
This workshop will explore developing 'design probes' along the themes presented, as well as embodied experience and community engagement.


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J. Horace McFarland Company collection
McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948
American Rose Society
30 Cubic feet (2718 photographs: black and white; 450 glass lantern slides; 41 glass negatives; color records; plant patents; publications. )
AAG.MCF
The J. Horace McFarland Collection includes over 3,100 photographic images of private and public gardens throughout the United States, as well as some from foreign countries, dating from 1899 to 1963. Many of these images, generated for Mount Pleasant Press (later the J. Horace McFarland Company), were used to illustrate trade catalogs published by the firm as well as journal and newspaper articles. The collection also contains color records that were used as reference aids during the printing process, plant patents, and various publications of the McFarland Company.
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Hans Groenhoff Photographic Collection
Groenhoff, Hans
5.27 Cubic feet (41 boxes)
NASM.XXXX.0359
Hans Groenhoff (1906-1985) was a celebrated American aviation photographer from the 1930s through the 1960s, also working as a pilot, journalist, editor, correspondent, and—in his retirement years—as an aviation tourism publicist for the Bahamas. This collection of 25,550 images consists of Groenhoff's collection of negatives and transparencies, spanning his career from 1933 to 1975.
in NASM.XXXX.0359 for Educators -- Texas -- Fort Worth
Stephen Antonakos papers
Antonakos, Stephen, 1926-2013
1.73 Gigabytes
AAA.antostep
The papers of American sculptor Stephen Antonakos measure 24.2 linear feet and 1.73 GB and date from 1932-2014, with the bulk of the material dating from 1960-2014. The collection documents Antonakos's pioneering work in neon, through biographical material, correspondence, writings and notes, project files, exhibition files, printed and digital material, and photographs.
in AAA.antostep for Educators -- Texas -- Fort Worth
R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection
Davies, R. E. G. (Ronald Edward George)
bulk 1910s to 2010
61.38 Cubic feet (143 document boxes; 4 cassette boxes; 10 shoeboxes; 1 oversize box)
R. E. G. (Ron) Davies (1921 -2011) was an English airline historian, who worked in airline marketing research before joining the National Air and Space Museum in 1981. He served as a curator until his retirement in 2011. This reference collection was compiled by Davies during his career and consists of historical data and materials—including photographs, timetables, and memorabilia—from the airlines of the world.
Midtown Galleries records
Midtown Galleries
86.82 Linear feet
AAA.midtgall
The records of Midtown Galleries measure 86.82 linear feet and date from 1904 to 1997. The collection documents the operation and general administration of the business and includes artist records, exhibition material, inventories, financial records, photographs, and printed material.
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Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art
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The records of the Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art measure 265.8 linear feet and date from 1883-1962, with the bulk of the material dating from 1885-1940. The collection includes extensive correspondence between the museum's founding director, John Beatty, and his successor, Homer Saint-Gaudens, with artists, dealers, galleries, collectors, museum directors, representatives abroad, shipping and insurance agents, and museum trustees. The collection also includes Department of Fine Arts interoffice memoranda and reports; loan exhibition files; Carnegie International planning, jury, shipping, and sale records; Department of Fine Arts letterpress copy books, and a copy of the original card catalog index to these records.
in AAA.carninst for Educators -- Texas -- Fort Worth
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
11.5 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
This accession consists of records that document the work of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in the planning, execution, administration, and promotion of traveling exhibitions. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, press releases, press kits, photographs, slides, transparencies, scripts, itineraries, floor plans, checklists, clippings, budgets, proposals, brochures, notes, other related …
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Alexander Liberman papers
Liberman, Alexander, 1912-1999
59 Linear feet
AAA.libealex
The papers of sculptor, painter, and publishing executive Alexander Semeonovitch Liberman date from circa 1913-2003 and measure 59 linear feet. Found within the papers are biographical materials; correspondence with family, galleries, museums, and many artists; numerous recorded interviews and transcripts with and by Liberman, including one of Walter Hopps; writings and writing project files; extensive subject files maintained by Liberman; exhibition files; printed materials; scattered drawings; and extensive photographs of Liberman's artwork, exhibitions, Liberman, and of Liberman with notable artists, dealers, collectors, and critics. Many of the photographs were taken by noted photograhers. Also found within the papers are unidentified sound and video recordings. Additional sound and video recordings have been integrated into other series.
in AAA.libealex for Educators -- Texas -- Fort Worth
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Railroads
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
60.54 Cubic feet (consisting of 131 boxes, 13 folders, 17 oversize folders, 20 map case folders, 2 flat boxes (1 full, 1 partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Railroads
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Railroads forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Susan Conway Gallery records
Susan Conway Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
circa 1928, 1940s-2003
AAA.susacong
The modern and contemporary art gallery records of the Susan Conway Gallery in Washington, D.C. measure 23.9 linear feet and 0.001 GB and date from circa 1928, circa 1940s-2003, with the bulk of the material dating from 1987-2003. Nearly half of the collection documents the gallery's work as the sole representative of artist and political cartoonist Pat Oliphant through administrative records, exhibition files, press clippings, and a handful of photographs. Also found in the collection are artists' files of other artists represented by the gallery, client files, administrative records, printed and digital materials, and the records of the Susan Conway Conservation Studio.
in AAA.susacong for Educators -- Texas -- Fort Worth