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The Cost of The Office vs. Remote
Remote work is everywhere. The smartest people I know all plan to work remotely this decade, while the most interesting startups I have discovered are all offering remote work. At the same time, there is a massive supply and demand problem. Far more people want remote jobs than there are remote jobs available. This had led to a perfect storm, particularly on social media, where a vocal minority evangelizes the remote work benefits while non-remote people question whether the benefits can be as great as is suggested.
Fortunately, this supply and demand problem eases with each passing day. Remote work has grown 400% in the last decade, while the number of full-time remote workers across the US and EU is projected to grow to 40m by 2030. While that is only a fraction of the 255m desk jobs globally, I believe that number will turn out to be a significant underestimation. As the workforce transitions to more flexible arrangements in search of better work-life balance, the inevitable implication is the rise of the two dominant locations of work away from the office: coworking space and remote working from home.
How can I predict that the number of full-time remote workers from home will race past 40m before 2030? Because the vast majority of remote workers today work from home
With that being the case, companies must deliver a far better experience to remote workers. Right now, remote workers are happy to accept less than optimum conditions because they see remote work as a perk.
It isn't.
Remote work benefits both parties and a failure for companies to acknowledge that will be as costly as not going remote at all.
Companies who don't:
Go remote will lose their best people to their biggest competitors who do
Provide a great remote work experience will lose their best people to their biggest competitors who do
Remote work experience is the thing that most companies are currently neglecting. We provide our remote work with all the physical tools they need to work remotely while failing to give them the physical tools they need to do their best work. Remote workers should be safer, more comfortable and productive at home than they can be in an office.
There is a missing half of remote work and that involves human connection, experience, and culture. It focusses on improving remote work and bringing it into the 21st century. Anyone who has worked remotely knows that sitting hunched over the kitchen table is a terrible experience. To do great work at home we need dedicated space. We need the right tools and equipment. Working remotely is only half the equation: we have the space to do deep focussed work in quiet isolation but we require more than that to do the best work we have ever done.
The economic calculations are even more obvious:
🏢Cost of the office:
$18,400 per workspace
520 hours commuting
5,443lb Co2 emitted
Per person, every year
🌍The cost of remote work:
$2,000 per workspace
0 hours commuting
0lb Co2 emitted
A remote workspace is $16,400 less per year, per team member
Companies that don't go remote won't be competitive. Office-first companies will die twice:
Real estate cost means they won't be able to compete economically.
Fixed location will disqualify them from 99% of Worlds talent
Only being able to hire the best person you can afford within a 30-mile radius of your office will mean that your remote-first competitors become more talented than your company with every hire. At the same time, they will be operating at a lower cost than you.
Most Companies Want to Go Remote
But Don't know how to do it easily
The reasons are obvious. Leaders recognize that Remote work is more cost-efficient, time-efficient and environmentally friendly. Most leaders understand that offices are irrational. They are less productive, flexible, trusting, balanced and conducive to modern living. They are more disruptive, pollutive, wasteful and distracting than working remotely.
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HBO have issued a promo video for their upcoming broadcast of the 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
The 2.5 hour show will premiere on HBO this Saturday, May 5th at 9:00 p.m. EST/PST.
Guns N' Roses original lineup - Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan, Steven Adler - along with later additions Matt Sorum and Dizzy Reed, were officially inducted as part of the Class Of 2012, which also included the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Beastie Boys, The Small Faces/The Faces, Donovan and Laura Nyro.
The speculation surrounding a possible one-off GNR reunion made the most headlines leading up to the big night, as fans waited to see how things would play out - on and off stage.
A few days prior to the event, GNR brand manager Axl Rose issued a statement declining his acceptance of the honor and his participation in the evening.
Former GNR members Slash, McKagan, Adler, Sorum and Gilby Clarke were on hand to perform (Clarke was not inducted) a few classics for the Cleveland crowd; the guys were joined by Myles Kennedy (Slash, Alter Bridge) on vocals.


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The Quibdó Africa Film Festival invites us to explore this symbolic space of encounter between Africa and its Diaspora through films screenings, workshops, conferences and artistic exhibitions in an adventure towards the unknown, in a journey oscillating between past, present and future towards a place that is both memory and representation; a place that invites us to see what we have been and what we have managed to be.
We present this event that brings together Afro vanguard filmmakers as an artistic and cultural current that claims new identities through art and historical fantasy and that dialogues in this artistic maelstrom, with films made by women and men, in which they and their works are the ones that get out of any oppressive frame that we want to install in their lives.
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THE BAOBAB AWARD, A SYMBOL OF LONGEVITY.
The Baobab is a mythical tree steeped in history, a symbol of peace, non-violence, and longevity. It is certainly the most famous tree in Africa and also the most easily recognizable. If you cross a baobab, you will not be able to ignore it! We meet, we listen to the griot in the shade of the baobab. Many legends are built around the baobab. The baobab can live for up to 1000 years and sometimes beyond.
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Filmmakers and producers from around the world are invited to submit their films to the competition in the above-mentioned categories: Fiction, Documentary, Animation and Experimental, as well as other technical and artistic categories.
The competition is open to both filmmakers of African descent and non-African filmmakers who tell the story of Africa from a different perspective. All the short films entered may be included in the "SUDU Connexion" Competition, composed of thematic programs highlighting the originality and style of the short films, in which they may win the SUDU Award. In addition, since 2020, a jury composed of film professionals: actors, actresses, producers, directors, journalists, will award the prizes.
In addition to the Baobab Prize for feature film, prize money in cash will be distributed among the winners.
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• QAFF accepts films and videos made by both filmmakers of African descent and non-African filmmakers (Filmmaker needn't live in Africa). Preferably, films should depict positive or realistic images.
• Films can be of any genre - drama, comedy, horror, adventure, animation, romance, science fiction, experimental, etc. QAFF accepts features and shorts; narratives and documentaries.
• The festival is here to help the general public to discover the creations arising from Africa and his Diaspora. To support the African film industry by facilitating the broadcasting.
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As an African-descendant director, we need our own narrative, a new narrative of who we are and what we are. We are narrative beings. Our past, present and future lives are narratives. In the same way that we are oppressed by the narratives, in the same way we are liberated by the narratives. This festival is the moment for us to turn our daily life into a narrative
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Feature Documentary are films by anyone from anywhere about any topic or individual under the sun. Experimental, animation and other cutting edge stylistic approaches that push the boundaries of the form are allowed and encouraged.
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International Feature Narrative are films in any genre, about anything, by anyone from anywhere in the world produced by African-descendant. The film must be NO LESS THAN 60 minutes in total running time (including all credits).
Best Documentary Director
Short and Feature Films >12' 120'< (2020+)
As an African-descendant director, we need our own narrative, a new narrative of who we are and what we are. We are narrative beings. Our past, present and future lives are narratives. In the same way that we are oppressed by the narratives, in the same way we are liberated by the narratives. This festival is the moment for us to turn our daily life into a narrative.
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Short and Feature Films >3' (2021+)
Quibdo Africa Film Festival welcomes and excepts animation films, Experimental films from anywhere in the world especially projects that push the boundaries of their art form.
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She then asked all military veterans to stand and led a round of huge applause before saying, "It's really, really good to be home, and tonight I think I'll see some of you at the Glenn Beck event."
The rally was a prelude to Saturday evening's Glenn Beck event in Anchorage. Palin is scheduled to make an appearance alongside Beck tonight.
The former governor's short speech focused on freedom and values. She said Alaska is "the most perfect state in the nation," that "there is no place I would rather be," and "It's our pioneer spirit that America needs more of."
It is unusual for Palin to make a public appearance in Alaska. She appeared at a National Rifle Association rally shortly after she resigned as governor last July, and has had at least one public book signing. Other than those, and a few sightings while staring in a reality television show about the state, she's kept a low profile here. Today might be an indication that that might start changing and that she might begin to try to re-ingratiate herself to Alaskans, some of whom feel betrayed after she quit her job as governor.
After her speech, Palin stepped off the stage and began a long round of handshakes and autograph signing, where she shook hands with everyone from Mead Treadwell to Sam Little, and signed everything from copies of her book to the back of a little girl's shirt to a small rock that a middle-aged woman handed her with a smile.
The crowd was happy and excited to be so close to their former governor, pressing close to shake her hand and get a quick picture. When a reporter asked Palin to identify the biggest threat to the U.S., she answered "Our debt, which is a natural security issue," before turning back to her admiring fans. Palin's daughter, Piper, quickly became bored with the whole scene and asked her mother when they could go.
As Palin walked outside the sports center into the bright Wasilla sun and stepped up into a black Escalade, men standing in the parking lot yelled out "Praying for you!" and "Love you, Sarah!"
I thought everyone in Wasilla hated her. The "undercurrent of fear" thing. Weird.
I've noticed a few columns today about how Palin might be a superstar (at least they're conceding that point now), but she could never be President. After all, she'll have to prove she's better than the others running.
First off, one of the reasons I support her is because of the others running. They stink.
Secondly, if you think we're going to work our butts off to put conservatives in Congress for a change, and then willingly hand over the White House to Mr. Romneycare, you're out of your mind. I will actively work against Mitt Romney, even if he becomes the nominee. I don't believe he has any real respect for the Constitution or for the boundaries of his office. This is one quality that I know Palin possesses, and it's what solidified my support of her in the first place.
As for her being Governor for two and a half years, I say this. Would it have been better if she'd been able to get a couple of terms under her belt? I think so. But I also know that she did the right thing given the situation she found herself in. Oh, they'll holler "quitter!" from now until Doomsday. Let them. It doesn't matter.
As for whether or not she can perform in debates, they have no idea what they're dealing with. I personally believe the Katie Couric interview was a blessing in disguise. She is underestimated. Many refuse to see beyond it and will be crushed as a result.
I won't say anymore until it actually becomes necessary.
Now, my other random thought for the day: recessions.
I actually don't mind recessions too much. Honestly, I think they're necessary. If we grew and grew and grew all the time.... I think we'd be horrible people, eventually. Every so often you've got to burst that bubble, deflate a little bit, get back to what really matters, learn that you're not invincible.
Speaking as a young person, I'm actually thrilled that real estate and other things went down. I mean, come on. No way I could have afforded much of anything with the way the market was going.
Good times are good, but they often lead to excess. We should be teaching things like hard work and thrift in our classrooms, and those good old-fashioned princples that say things like, "Don't buy what you can't afford."
Only through good morality lies lasting prosperity.
I should start by stating the obvious, Pastor Terry Jones is an idiot. The other obvious point is that most media outlets are selective in their religious outrage.
Is burning the Koran the Christian thing to do? Of course not. In doing so Pastor Jones and his Dove Center set back the image of Evangelicals substantially.
As for media selectivity in religious outrage I'm waiting for the endless stream of stories about Pakistani gunmen killing Christians in the name of Islam.
Odd if you haven't because it is a fairly regular occurrence. When I was a weekend news editor for an all-news radio station I remember these stories coming across the wire on a regular basis. They still do but they don't get nearly the play.
Those are just the headlines from one country since July 1st.
A Christian group based in Canada keeps track of all of this, not just in Muslim countries where Christians are the minority, but anywhere Christians are persecuted.
Much of what takes place is horrific and barbaric but it won't make the news wheel of endless repetition on CBC or CTV.
Why would they show those stories when got a pastor with a southern drawl to put on TV.
Go to the article for links to the stories.
I think this episode does a lot to demonstrate that going to Saudi Arabia, bowing to people, etc... in the end accomplishes nothing. One looney pastor and they're out to get us again.
This is what our men and women overseas are fighting for???????
First, I would also like to say something about burning stuff in general. I'm not sure how to phrase this. Hopefully it makes sense.
The general idea with the burning of, in that case, witchcraft/sorcery type stuff, is that it was once a part of those people's lives. Now that they'd gotten right with God, they wanted to destroy that part of their lives, a symbolic bridge being burned, so to speak. Never going back.
Every now and then it happens today. Growing up, I heard stories of how former druggies would get saved and flush all their drugs down the toilet. Or rockers would destroy all their old albums. Or former Satanists would burn all their old books. It's a personal cleansing thing. A destruction of your old life. Turning your back on it, burning it all away.
But the whole, "Let's burn Korans to make a statement" thing is different. It's a protest. Aren't liberals usually the ones who burn things, like the American flag, in protest? Besides, if the Telegraph can be believed, the pastor sounds kinda nuts.
In response to Gen David Petraeus' denunciation of Florida pastor Terry Jones' right to engage in a symbolic protest of the 9/11 attacks by burning copies of the Quran this Sept. 11, President Obama said: "Let me be clear: As a citizen, and as president, I believe that members of the Dove World Outreach Center have the same right to freedom of speech and religion as anyone else in this country."
Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida lauded Obama's remarks, saying America is "a place where you're supposed to be able to practice your religion without the government telling you you can't."
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called Obama's words a "clarion defense of the freedom of religion" -- and also claimed that he had recently run into a filthy jihadist who actually supported the Quran-burning!
Keith Olbermann read the poem "First they came ..." on air in defense of the Quran-burners, nearly bringing himself to tears at his own profundity.
No wait, my mistake. This is what liberals said about the ground zero mosque only five minutes ago when they were posing as First Amendment absolutists. Suddenly, they've developed amnesia when it comes to the free-speech right to burn a Quran.
They promote speech codes, hate crimes, free speech zones (known as "America" off college campuses), and go around the country yanking every reference to God from the public square via endless lawsuits by the ACLU.
Whenever you see a liberal choking up over our precious constitutional rights, you can be sure we're talking about the rights of Muslims at ground zero, "God Hates Fags" funeral protesters, strippers, The New York Times publishing classified documents, pornographers, child molesters, murderers, traitors, saboteurs, terrorists, flag-burners (but not Quran-burners!) or women living on National Endowment of the Arts grants by stuffing yams into their orifices on stage.
Speaking of lying dwarfs, last week on "The Daily Show" Bloomberg claimed he was having a hamburger with his "girlfriend" when a man came up to him and said of the ground zero mosque: "I just got back from two tours fighting overseas for America. This is what we were all fighting for. You go and keep at it."
We're fighting for the right of Muslims to build mosques at ground zero? I thought we were trying to keep Muslims AWAY from our skyscrapers. (What an embarrassing misunderstanding.) PLEASE PULL THE TROOPS OUT IMMEDIATELY.
But back to the main issue: Was Bloomberg having a $150 Burger Double Truffle at DB Bistro Moderne or a more sensible $30 burger at the 21 Club when he bumped into his imaginary veteran? With the pint-sized mayor shrieking at the sight of a saltshaker, I assume he wasn't having a Hardee's No. 4 Combo Meal.
Adding an element of realism to his little vignette, Bloomberg said: "I got a hamburger and a pickle and a potato chip or something."
A potato chip? Translation: "I don't know what I was eating, because I'm making this whole story up -- I wouldn't be caught dead eating 'a potato chip' or any other picaresque garnish favored by the peasants." At least Bloomberg didn't claim the man who walked up to him took credit for setting the Times Square bomb because he was a tea partier upset about ObamaCare -- as Sherlock Bloomberg had so presciently speculated at the time.
Gen. Petraeus objected to the Quran-burning protest on the grounds that it could be used by radical jihadists to recruit Muslims to attack Americans.
This is what liberals say whenever we do anything displeasing to the enemy -- invade Iraq, hold captured terrorists in Guantanamo, interrogate captured jihadists or publish Muhammad cartoons. Is there a website somewhere listing everything that encourages terrorist recruiting?
If the general's main objective is to hamper jihadist recruiting, may I respectfully suggest unconditional surrender? Because on his theory, you know what would really kill the terrorists' recruiting ability? If we adopted Sharia law!
But wait -- weren't we assured by Fire Island's head of national security, Andrew Sullivan, that if America elected a "brown-skinned man whose father was an African, who grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii, who attended a majority-Muslim school as a boy," the terrorists would look like a bunch of lunkheads and be unable to recruit?
It didn't work out that way. There have been more terrorist attacks on U.S. soil by these allegedly calmed Muslims in Obama's first 18 months in office than in the six years under Bush after he invaded Iraq.
Also, as I recall, there was no Guantanamo, no Afghanistan war and no Iraq war on Sept. 10, 2001. And yet, somehow, Osama bin Ladin had no trouble recruiting back then. Can we retire the "it will help them recruit" argument yet?
The reason not to burn Qurans is that it's unkind -- not to jihadists, but to Muslims who mean us no harm. The same goes for building a mosque at ground zero -- in both cases, it's not a question of anyone's "rights," it's just a nasty thing to do.
And I suppose it never occurs to people that these babies are also alive in their mother's womb before an abortion doctor kills them, whether or not they manage to survive it and are born still alive.
"I have sometimes asked myself whether my country is the better for my having lived at all? I do not know that it is. I have been the instrument of doing the following things; but they would have been done by others; some of them, perhaps, a little better."
Glenn takes on the silliness of Newsweek's "Sarah Palin wouldn't appear on stage with pro-choicers or anti-drillers."
Palin Meets Girls in D.C.
When best friends Heather Baker and Makayla Kocur hopped a Haines Tour Bus with around 50 people to take a trip to our nation's capital, they probably weren't thinking about meeting former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, but that's exactly what happened.
The pair, who have been friends since Pre-K, traveled to the Restoring Honor Rally in Washington, D.C. where they had volunteered to work backstage at the event. It was there that Sarah Palin stopped to offer her thanks to the girls.
"She thanked us for being there," said Makayla. "It was amazing. She shook our hands and everything." "She is so nice, and she's so real," she added.
Makayla's father, Kurt Kocur, who made the trip along with the girls, agreed.
I see some are throwing up disclaimers on their blogs. Basically just FYI's - "just for the record, Governor Palin has nothing to do with us. These are our opinions, etc...." Standard procedure.
(Sigh) Do I have to put one up too? I think I'm too lazy.
Let's just say that if you think that anything on this blog is in any way connected to Governor Palin herself, you're nuts. These are all my own stupid opinions, most of which are probably wrong. Palin probably doesn't even know I exist, nor does she care.
Now, on to the Piper Palin stuff.
I'm assuming based on this tweet that this interview probably occurred around the morning of August 24th, the day of the primary. If I knew what day Piper started school, I could be more exact, but I think August 24th is a pretty good guess.
Protests, sometimes violent protests, a guy almost beheaded here and there... Almost an everyday occurrence these days. All because somebody gets offended.
So there's this church in Florida that's going to burn copies of the Koran.
First off, what good is that going to do? It's not illegal, I don't think, but still. Kind of a waste of energy, don't you think?
Hundreds of Afghans protested Monday in Kabul over the decision by the Gainesville, Fla.-based Dove World Outreach Center to burn copies of what Muslims consider the word of God.
Petraeus said he's concerned that the protests could spread across the country.
"It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort in Afghanistan. It is precisely the kind of action the Taliban uses and could cause significant problems. Not just here, but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the Islamic community," Petraeus said in a statement provided to Fox News.
Though Dove World Outreach Center has been denied a permit to hold a bonfire, the Koran burning is still scheduled to proceed on Saturday. The burning -- set to mark nine years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks -- follows a campaign last year in which the church distributed T-shirts that said "Islam is of the Devil."
In a blog on the church's website, writer Fran Ingram offered the groups' reasoning for burning the Koran, arguing that it is not God's word and denies Jesus is the son of God, that Islam is totalitarian and that the religion teaches idolatry, paganism, rites and rituals.
"We are using this act to warn about the teaching and ideology of Islam, which we do hate as it is hateful. We do not hate any people, however. We love, as God loves, all the people in the world and we want them to come to a knowledge of the truth," the blog reads.
Other writings by the same blogger include headlines like "Islam is Cursed by Cursing Israel" and "The Koran: A Sorcerer's Scroll."
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul issued a statement condemning the church's plans, saying Washington was "deeply concerned about deliberate attempts to offend members of religious or ethnic groups."
But outside the U.S. Embassy, where as many as 500 protestors chanted "Long live Islam" and "Death to America," demonstrators argued that the church isn't acting of its own will.
"We know this is not just the decision of a church. It is the decision of the president and the entire United States," said Abdul Shakoor, an 18-year-old high school student who said he joined the protest after hearing neighborhood gossip about the Koran burning.
Burning a Koran is considered by Muslims among the most offensive actions taken against Islam. In 2005, 15 people died and scores were wounded in riots in Afghanistan sparked by a story in Newsweek magazine alleging that interrogators at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay placed copies of the Koran in washrooms and had flushed one down the toilet to get inmates to talk. Newsweek later retracted the story.
Yeah, looks like Obama's outreach to the Muslim world is going really well. He's made great strides. So great that these people think this is the policy of the entire United States right off the bat.
Setting all else aside, let me just talk to this church for a moment.
If nothing else, think of the troops. People could get killed because of this, and what will you have accomplished?
Alaska Native elder leaders from throughout Alaska convened at the Alaska Native Heritage Center on Jan. 27 in Anchorage, to welcome Alaska's newest and first female governor, Sarah Palin of Wasilla.
The governor attended with her family: husband Todd, daughters Willow and Piper, and Dillingham Yup'ik elder Helena Andree, Todd's grandmother.
All elders had a chance to speak and welcome the new governor, some did so in their Native language. Many presented Gov. Palin with Native crafted gifts, which she respectfully accepted.
Gov. Palin expressed her appreciation for the welcome, and spoke of the importance of Alaska's cultural heritage and traditions as a way to preserve the past and to help shape Alaska's future.
Gov. Palin joined Native dancers in closing the event, delighting her youngest daughter, Piper, who proudly watched as her mother danced.
Natives in attendance were impressed by Gov. Palin's participation in the event, as well. Many felt they were witness to a bridge being built.
Bethel elder, Peter Jacobs, addresses and welcomes Alaska's new governor, Sarah Palin, and family at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage, January 2007.
Bethel elder Peter Jacobs presents a necklace gift to Gov. Palin.
An elder presents a birch basket gift to Gov. Palin.
Gov. Palin addresses the attendees at the Heritage Center.


RLCS Season 7 has finally begun and we already had some incredible matches last weekend. But the season only just started and there are dozens more games scheduled. In all honesty, we recommend you watch all of them, as the level has never been this high. That's to be expected, of course, as the players are still improving every year. Regardless, if you're tight for time, here are the matches you definitely do not want to miss in week two's schedule. For an overview of all matches this week, make sure to check out the bottom of this article!
Rogue is considered by many to be a relegation contender. However, G2 replaced one of its most well-known players in Cameron "Kronovi" Bills, who went on to join Rogue. Purely for the storyline, you'll want to be there for it. Of course, you'll probably want to keep an eye on Twitter afterwards as well. We've set up a Twitter list of professional players and personalities of the scene to keep all reactions in one convenient spot.
In week one, Splyce surprised everybody by putting up a good fight against current title holders Cloud9. Despite losing 3-0, all losses were in overtime. They were one goal away from a win every single time and things could have turned out much differently. That didn't happen, however, so we'll want to see if it was a fluke or if they can make it close again versus NA's other top team NRG.
To be fair, matches in Europe are so tight between so many teams that it's difficult not to simply recommend all matches and be done with it. But if you can catch only one or two, then you won't go wrong with Barça versus Vitality. Barcelona immediately served Dignitas — who went undefeated in RLCS Season 6 League Play — its first loss last week, while Vitality has proven that the star-filled team can finally click. This will be a clash between two titans, possibly between two teams who will be fighting directly for an RLCS LAN spot.
Okay, perhaps there is a little bias towards Vitality here. But that's because the team is just looking so promising. The other matches in week two are just slightly below this caliber. This is once more a match-up between two teams who will be fighting for a top-2 spot. Additionally, we'll want to see how well this tweet by RV's Kyle "Scrub Killa" Robertson will age. Will Dignitas end up 0-3 after this final series of the day, or will they have bounced back for a 2-1 record?
You can catch all of this on Rocket League's Twitch and YouTube channels. Are you watching all games this weekend? Looking forward to any of them? Let us know in the comments below!


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The Indian food in Malaysia is fantastic. I may even say it's my favourite food here. Although, before I do I must throw some love at the Malay dishes char kway teow (an amazing stir fried noodle dish) and assam laksa (a rich and spicy noodle soup) both more than delicious.
The Indian food though is worthy of all the positive adjectives you can think of. There's lots of varieties, curries, snacks on the street corner, banana leaf, all kinds of bread including the legendary roti canai, 24 hour restaurants, really, really succulent spicy tandoori chicken and tons of veggie options mmm dhal. I could and do try to eat it all.
In England I love cooking, in Malaysia I just want to eat out all the time although I'm often restrained to keep us within our daily budget. However Indian food can be found very, very cheaply in Kuala Lumpur especially at my local mamak (read more about that here).
I'm six months in to life in Kuala Lumpur and the places I eat change frequently as there are lots and lots of excellent options. I'm also one of those people who doesn't like to eat at the same place too often (or even more than once) because there are tons of places to try and I really don't want to run out of time!!
Location? – Nasi Kandar Pelita has a branch very close to KLCC which means this is an ideal mamak to venture to if you're touring the city centre and want to experience authentic local Indian food. A very close second is every type of naan delivered in little baskets at Jassal Tandoori restaurant in Brickfields awesome but the portions are small.
What? – Naan kismis, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. This naan was covered in sliced green apple, tomatoes and peppers really different but still delicious. Plus extra points for giving me three curries to dip into. If I can't get a kismis I'll always order a garlic naan mmm.
Location? – Devi's Corner, Bangsar. Devi's is Bangsar's famous mamak. Mamaks are 24/7 Indian restaurants found on most street corners. Mamaks are hot & sweaty, busy places with a fast turnover. Devi's Corner is actually a brilliant place to go to a mamak on, before, during or after a night out at one of the many Bangsar bars and pubs.
What? – Roti canai, the roti of legends which I believe is better than Malaysia's national dish nasi lemak therefore I would like to start the campaign right now roti canai should be Malaysia's national dish… says the Brit. Oh this was good, so very, very good. This is a big call too as roti canai can be found at all mamaks and they're always (in my opinion so far) fantastic. Why does this one stand out from the crowd? Let me tell you, it's crispy and flaky on the outside, really soft on the inside, tasty enough alone never mind the supporting curries. It was bang on. Also tons of extra points for those supporting curries which included possibly the best dhal I've had… so far.
Location? – Pak Putra Tandoori, Malacca. This place is pretty similar to a mamak, it might actually be a mamak although the menu, simple, straight-forward ordering and breezy tourist vibe made it feel a bit more like a restaurant.
What? – Tandoori chicken a staple of Indian cuisine. I thought I'd had great tandoori a few times in my life already but in the words of Sinead/Prince nothing compares… to this tandoori chicken. The colour was a really deep red and the taste was sublime, slightly spicier than I've had before but not too much so I could still taste the variety of flavours rubbed into the meat. The thing that made it perfect though was the quality of the chicken, it was incredibly succulent. I've had quite a few dry tandoori chickens but Pak Putra's version couldn't be further from that. Also I'm a behind the scenes fan which is ANOTHER reason why I enjoy a mamak because you get to see your food being cooked and at Pak Putra it was a pleasure watching all the stages of the tandoori chicken process. People go to this restaurant for the tandoori chicken and I completely understand why, pure perfection. Everything else we ordered was great too no problems at all but the chicken was the best and if I go there again I'll just order at least five plates that.
Location? – Nirwana Banana Leaf, Bangsar. I honestly didn't realise that this is the banana leaf restaurant everyone raves about. It was raining, we were hungry and there was a table free at Nirwana (I now realise that's incredibly rare too) we grabbed it and I'm very grateful we did.
What? – Banana leaf is a south-Indian cuisine which is (as you might have guessed) served on a banana leaf. You get given your banana leaf and then different waiting staff approach with curries, vegetables, sauces, rice and poppadoms for you to add to your leaf. Not only is it a fun and different way to eat for a westerner but you get to try a variety of food and eating with your hands is the way you're supposed to do it which means you can be messy! I've also eaten banana leaf at Restoran Buga Raya Indah in Little India the food was nearly as good as Nirwana but not quite, the experience was more authentic though with no tourists and no English spoken.
Location? – Indian Vadai stall in Brickfields (conveniently close to KL Sentral), outside Pasar Seni LRT station during Ramadan and/or Little India in Penang. I can't choose one, apologies.
What? – Samosas, pakoras, curry puffs, everything and anything deep fried with Indian spices. The vadai stall in Brickfields is addictive. It's absolutely full to the brim with Indian snacks. My first experience was during the Urban Adventures food tour and we got to go behind the scenes (bonus points) into the kitchen to see the friendly chefs make all the snacks. The samosas which my family and I stumbled upon in Georgetown, Penang win the best samosa competition closely followed by the Pasar Seni Ramadan stall; both straight from the wok, hot and crispy with a soft and flavoursome veg or chicken filling. During the current month of Ramadan the Pasar Seni stall may prove dangerous for my cholesterol levels as I tend to come into KL via this station a lot.
Location? – Sentral Chappati House, Brickfields. This street has a few Indian restaurants and this particular place has a dessert counter at the front full of interesting sweet snacks.
What? – Gulab Jamun the sweet and sticky Indian donut. This will make your teeth fall out therefore I will only prescribe one donut per person. It's a round ball of dough drowned in sticky syrup there's really no more to say, what's not to like?! Actually I will add that I'm yet to find my favourite chapatti, perhaps it's in this restaurant so next time I'll return and order a course of chapattis before a dessert of sticky donuts. FYI deep fried banana did come a very close second, such a great dessert snack found on many street corners all over Brickfields and Little India. The best deep fried banana stall, in my opinion, is in Brickfields opposite the 7/11 near to the end of Jalan Thambipillay.
Location? – Selvam's Corner in Brickfields.
What? – I've just decided to call this a buffet style restaurant, in a lot of Malay Indian restaurants you can order from a plethora of food already cooked laid out like a British buffet and that's exactly what you can do at Selvam's Corner (I'm not sure if there's also a menu). I visited Selvam's during the Urban Adventures food tour which meant the hard part of ordering was taken care of by our lovely guide Gabby. She filled my plate with a mountain of chicken varuval, rice, poppadoms and a variety of spicy veggies. We also got a spicy Indian drink too which is apparently the drink to help cure a cold. Chicken varuval is a southern Indian tamil dish which is full of pretty spicy dry fried chicken absolutely delicious.
Location? – Ooooh so far I'd say Jassal Tandoori restaurant in Brickfields (very close to KL Sentral) with Passage Thru India in second place.
What? – Now, this isn't a mamak, this is a proper sit down Indian restaurant with air conditioning that serves alcohol (strong alcoholic Indian beer). All the curries I've eaten here get a 10/10 especially the dhals, the tandoori options (they're huge and arrive sizzling), the paneer in anything, butter chicken… it's all top quality and super, super tasty. Passage Thru India's (PTI) curries are excellent too but not as good as Jassal's options. Side note, I know this is about curries but PTI's starters, deep fried options and hugely decorative restaurant make it worthwhile trip for a lovely, relaxing evening graze especially if you're in a large group, possibly with a car (the location isn't great to walk to).
If you're visiting Kuala Lumpur it's absolutely essential that you eat your way through the huge selection of Indian food on offer in this city. Whether you just grab a street side samosa or sit down for a night long graze of Indian curries you won't regret it.
Right, I'm off to my local mamak because this has made me absolutely starving.
Kuala Lumpur – everything you should see/eat/drink/visit/do.
Wow that got the taste buds tingling.


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Home team is 21-8 in the last 29 meetings.
Under is 6-2 in the last 8 meetings in Buffalo.
Under is 12-4-2 in the last 18 meetings.
Road team is 20-7 in the last 27 meetings.
Canadiens are 2-5 in the last 7 meetings.
Underdog is 22-9 in the last 31 meetings.
Under is 17-6-5 in the last 28 meetings in Washington.
Over is 4-1-2 in the last 7 meetings.
Lightning are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings in Toronto.
Lightning are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.
Islanders are 0-4 in the last 4 meetings.
Over is 18-7-6 in the last 31 meetings in Florida.
Devils are 8-3 in the last 11 meetings.
Under is 14-3-4 in the last 21 meetings.
Under is 8-1-2 in the last 11 meetings in Carolina.
Bruins are 6-2 in the last 8 meetings.
Flyers are 2-5 in the last 7 meetings in St. Louis.
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Under is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in St. Louis.
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Q: How to save and restore lambdas in Android? When implementing state restoration in Android, how can I save and restore a lambda?
I tried saving it as Serializable and Parcelable, but it throws a compile error.
Is there any way to save and restore them, or should I seek other approaches?

A: Kotlin lambdas implement Serializable, so they can't be saved like:
override fun onSaveInstanceState(outState: Bundle) {
    outState.putSerializable("YOUR_TAG", myLambda as Serializable)
    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState)
}

Similarly, to restore them:
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
    myLambda = savedInstanceState?.getSerializable("YOUR_TAG") as (MyObject) -> Void
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
}

(This can obviously be done in any of the lifecycle events that offer you the savedInstanceState, as this was just an example)
Some notes:

*

*When saving them, they need to be casted, otherwise compiler complains (for some reason).

*import java.io.Serializable is required.

*The method where you're casting it back to your lambda type will throw a warning Unchecked cast: Serializable? to YourLambdaType. This cast is safe (assuming you infer the nullability correctly!), so you can safely supress this warning by using @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")

*MyObject must be Serializable or Parcelable, otherwise it crashes in runtime.

Now there's a detail that is not told anywhere and crashes in runtime with no helpful crash logs. The inner implementation of your lambda (i.e. what's inside the { } when you assign it) must not have references to objects that will be deallocated in a later moment.
A classic example would be:
// In your MyActivity.kt…
myLambda = { handleLambdaCallback() }
…

private fun handleLambdaCallback() {
    …
}

This will crash in runtime because handleLambdaCallback is implicitly accessing this, which would trigger an attempt to recursively serialize the entire object graph reachable by it, which would fail at some point during serialization time.
One solution to this problem is to send a reference in the lambda. Example:
// In your MyActivity.kt…
myLambda = { fragment -> (fragment.activity as MyActivity).handleLambdaCallback() }
…

private fun handleLambdaCallback() {
    …
}

This way, we are computing the reference when the lambda is invoked, rather than when it's assigned. Definitely not the cleanest solution, but it's the best I could come with, and it works.
Feel free to suggest improvements and alternative solutions!

A:
Should I seek other approaches?

Yes, there is not a really good reason to do it, your code won't be easily testable and you could introduce memory leaks.
Instead of saving the function, save the parameters (i.e. variables in the scope) that are needed to be saved, and invoke the function as you usually do.
Example
Instead of doing
val name = "John Smith"
val sayHello = { "Hi there, $name" }

startActivity(Intent().apply { putExtra("GREETER", sayHello as Serializable) })

Create a function that you can use elsewhere
fun sayHello(name: String) = { "Hi there, $name" }

And invoke with the restored name parameter later

A: There are various alternatives,

*

*You may reassign the lambdas on the parent's onAttachFragment method, or via callbacks on the fragment's onAttach method.

*You may create a ViewModel for the fragment that hosts that data so that it can be saved between states

*You may use a FragmentFactory that receives the object with lambdas so that new fragments recreated regain access to that data which is not destroyed from the factory.

*There's an old deprecated way of simply using retainInstance so that you don't care of fragment being destroyed during these state changes. Of course this consumes more data for your app.

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Малое Ходяшево  — поселок в Зеленодольском районе Татарстана.  Входит в состав  городского поселения Нижние Вязовые.

География
Находится в западной части Татарстана на расстоянии приблизительно 12 км на юг от районного центра города Зеленодольск в правобережной части района.

История
Основан как деревня во второй половине XVIII века. Относился к приходу Спасской церкви село Большое Ходяшево. Здесь также проживали старообрядцы (в 1903 г. – 135 человек). В советское время работали колхозы «Заря Свободы», им. Суворова, им. Горького, позже СПК им.Горького, ООО «Альтаир-Свияга», АО «Авангард».

Население
Постоянных жителей было в 1782 году – 126 душ мужского пола, в 1859 – 498, в 1897 – 533, в 1908 – 521, в 1920 – 417, в 1926 – 500.. Постоянное население составляло 57 человек  (русские 37%, татары 53%) в 2002 году, 47 в 2010.

Примечания

Населённые пункты Зеленодольского района


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Manchester City, United express condolences after explosion
Martin Rickett/PA via AP
English soccer teams express condolences after bombing.
By Scooby Axson
Premier League soccer clubs Manchester City and Manchester United expressed their shock after a explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester that killed 22 people and left 59 others injured on Monday.
Manchester City opened up their stadium in order to help people following the deadly blast and to help family members who still have loved ones missing.
It's with great sadness we hear of the terrible events at the Arena. Our hearts go out to all affected and to our city's emergency services.
— Manchester City (@ManCity) May 23, 2017
We are deeply shocked by last night's terrible events at the Manchester Arena. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected.
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) May 23, 2017
UEFA is shocked by last night's attack in Manchester. Our thoughts are with the victims and the families of those affected.
— UEFA (@UEFA) May 23, 2017
Spanish team Real Madrid also released a statement saying it "expresses its deepest dismay at the attack committed in Manchester and wants to convey its solidarity with the victims and their families and friends. At the same time, it wishes the prompt recovery of the injured."
UEFA, soccer's European governing body said they don't believe that the UEFA Europa League Final in Stockholm to be played on Wednesday is the target of any attacks
"UEFA has been closely working with local authorities and the Swedish FA for many months and the terrorist risk had been taken into account since the very beginning of the project. Furthermore, a number of additional security measures were implemented following the attacks in Stockholm last April," a UFEA statement said.
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Home Insights What Does It Take to Swing the IPO Window Open for Biotechs?
Analysts expect trends to be mixed for new biotech stocks for the remainder of this year. [© Lane Erickson - Fotolia.com]
What Does It Take to Swing the IPO Window Open for Biotechs?
Alex Philippidis
Alex Philippidis Senior News Editor Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Suggestions include selling at a discount at a time when there is a rising investor fan-base for social media.
On June 10, a day after withdrawing an $86 million IPO filed in November 2010, Ambit Biosciences reported securing $30 million in Series D-2 equity financing. "The terms currently obtainable in the public marketplace are not sufficiently attractive to the registrant to warrant proceeding with the public offering," Ambit CFO Alan Fuhrman said in an SEC filing.
The company's about-face caps about a year of decidedly mixed news on the biotech IPO front. In interviews earlier this month, four market watchers said they expect trends to stay mixed for new biotech stocks through the rest of the year. They note that the roller-coaster market is in the throes of another downslide.
The fact is that biotech companies continue to face rising costs for developing treatments and diagnostics and then bringing them to market. As a result, the analysts agreed, investors are much more apt to judge biotech stocks based on individual results, rather than flocking to life science stocks in general, the way many have embraced sexier social media IPOs in recent months.
On the bright side among biotech IPOs, Sagent Pharmaceuticals has risen from its initial $16 per share on April 20 to $26.13 per share as of June 10, a 63% gain in about eight weeks and $1 per share above the price at which it filed back in December. Investors have apparently warmed to the developer of generic injectable drugs. Sagent raised $95.5 million on its first day of trading.
Biotech's Performance
Biotech IPOs are scrambling to compete for investors who are more smitten with other technologies, especially social media, William T. Whelan, a partner in the Boston office of law firm Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, and Kyle Guse, a partner in the Silicon Valley office of law firm McDermott Will & Emery, both told GEN.
LinkedIn more than doubled its IPO share price of $45 on May 19, its first day of trading, when it netted $351 million. As of June 13, company shares closed at $75.22; they have risen as high as $122.90. Earlier that day, CNBC reported that Facebook was planning its own initial stock sale of more than $100 billion as early as October or November. The company declined comment, though, last month its COO called an IPO inevitable.
"There's so much hype and interest in that area that investors are channeling their money in those directions," Guse said. "I think it's more a sign of other opportunities out there for the limited number of dollars, more so than the quality of the biotechnology IPOs that are coming out.
"Quality-wise, they're much better than they were, say, 10 years ago. We're seeing companies with revenues, and multiple streams of revenues at that, and lengthy operating histories." It helps, Guse added, that the average age of a company going through a biotech IPO is more than 10 years.
IPO market tracker IPOX Schuster looked at 22 U.S. biotechs that had IPOs from the start of 2010. The average equally weighted IPO enjoyed a 26.56% gain over its initial price during the past year, while the median equally weighted IPO saw a 15.61% increase over last year. Twelve companies have gained in price since their IPOs, while another nine have fallen since going public, and one was unchanged.
When adjusted for the broad measure of U.S. IPO performance, Schuster found that the performance is mixed: While the average biotech IPO has outperformed FPX by 11.92%, the median has underperformed FPX by -2.86%.
Josef Schuster, Ph.D., founder of IPOX Schuster, told GEN that the relatively solid performance versus FPX resulted from big gains for three companies:
Pacira Pharmaceuticals, developer of DepoFoam® drug delivery technology, has seen its stock price climb to $12.70 per share from the first-day price of $7 during its $42 million IPO yet below its initial filing price of $15 per share.
Aveo Pharma, a developer of targeted cancer therapeutics, closed June 13 at $18.92 per share, more than double its original price of $9 at its $81 million IPO on March 11. Aveo sold its shares at below its original IPO price range ($13–$15 per share).
Ventrus Biosciences' offering price of $6 in its $17.4 million IPO was the lower end of a per-share price range stretching to $7. Ventrus' price had since doubled to $14.61 per share as of June 13. The company concentrates on gastrointestinal disorders, specifically hemorrhoids, anal fissures, and fecal incontinence.
"It is also typical for biotech IPOs to see their price range slashed up to 30% before trading starts, which has to do with the underlying risks (also liquidity risk) for the respective deals. This has obviously helped the performance," Dr. Schuster said.
Offer Discount Valuations
"What will continue to be important for biotech IPOs to come to market is their willingness to sell the respective deal at a discount of up to 30% from their initial offering ranges to compensate investors for the risk—stock-specific and liquidity risk—for the respective deal," Dr. Schuster added.
Among big winners so far in 2011 is Endocyte, a developer of small molecule drug conjugates and companion diagnostics for cancer and inflammatory diseases. Shares of Endocyte finished trading June 10 at $11.61 per share, nearly double its $6 per share price its first trading day, though still 17% below the planned share price when the company filed to go public in August 2010.
Two other biotechs that hit the market this year at prices far lower than what their companies envisioned when they filed to go public varied in performance in the few weeks following their offerings.
Tranzyme Pharma, which focuses on small molecule treatments for gastrointestinal motility disorders, climbed from its $4 share price during its $48 million IPO to $4.51 per share. The company initially sought $12 a share when it filed in November.
AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, developer of therapies for acute and breakthrough pain, finished trading at $4.50, down from $5 per share its first day of trading when it raised $40 million. The firm originally sought $13 per share in its IPO filing.
"The IPO market is open for biotech firms if the company is prepared to offer discount valuations to the buy side IPO investors," John Steuart, managing director of Claremont Creek Ventures in Oakland, CA, pointed out to GEN. "Aftermarket performance is respectable, meaning the access to capital on a secondary offering at better prices down the road makes the discount more palatable."
Consider Other Options Simultaneously
As for Ambit's withdrawal, Steuart said he doesn't see it as harbinger of another biotech retreat from the IPO market. Because of the uncertainty and long time lines of an IPO process, he said, companies often run a dual process seeking a private equity or strategic deal at the same time that the S-1 filing is in process. Sometimes an acquisition offer looks more tempting, Steuart added.
The most recent example of that is Advanced BioHealing, maker of skin substitute dermagraft, which formally withdrew its IPO on June 14. The decision followed an announcement on May 17 that Shire would buy Advanced BioHealing for $750 million.
Another example is Rules-Based Medicine (RBM), which was bought by Myriad Genetics for roughly $80 million in cash. RBM filed plans for a $90 million IPO in December 2009, only to shelve that strategy in November 2010, citing market conditions. Myriad announced the takeover in April and completed it June 1.
RBM provides protein biomarker products and services based on its Multi-Analyte Profiling (MAP) technology. The acquisition expands Myriad's research portfolio into new disease states including psychiatric disorders, infectious diseases, and inflammatory diseases, and adds eight new molecular diagnostic product candidates to its pipeline.
Guse said he was cautiously optimistic about IPO prospects for biotech for the rest of this year. "We've had a good couple of months for the IPO market in general, and hopefully it will continue through the rest of the year so we can exceed what happened in 2010. I think we're on pace to surpass 2010 levels, and hopefully that trend will continue, and we'll have a good 2011."
Surpassing 2010 shouldn't be that hard as long as there isn't another 2008-style economic cratering, since IPO activity in '09 was so scant. But how much better this year will be for initial biotech stock sales may well hinge on whether the social media bandwagon becomes a juggernaut—specifically, whether Facebook tries to "friend" Wall Street by raising $100+ billion as reported.
That would likely force several publicly minded companies, in and outside of biotech, to hold off on their IPOs. This in turn will likely spur more M&A activity, if Myriad and Rules-Based Medicine are any indication. More deals like that and even dug-in IPO investors in biotech companies would find something to like about Facebook's plans to go public as biotechs may try to cash out via an M&A, which is a better outcome for biotech investors anyway.
Alex Philippidis is senior news editor at Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News.
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<?php
namespace Paranoia\Builder\Posnet;

use Paranoia\Common\Serializer\Serializer;
use Paranoia\Request\Request;

class RefundRequestBuilder extends BaseRequestBuilder
{
    const TRANSACTION_TYPE = 'return';
    const ENVELOPE_NAME    = 'posnetRequest';

    public function build(Request $request)
    {
        $data = array_merge(
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Hannah Arendt and Friedrich Schiller on Kant's Aesthetics
The Public Character of the Beautiful
by Mihály Szilágyi-Gál (Author)
Thesis 166 Pages
This book analyzes how the public character of judgments of taste makes implicit statements in moral and political philosophy. The framework that relates aesthetic, moral, and political aspects into such a triadic relationship is an implicit conception of freedom. In «The Critique of Judgment» Kant elaborates the idea that judgments of taste can only exist where society exists. The author regards Friedrich Schiller's and Hannah Arendt's approaches on the normative resources of Kant's aesthetics for moral and political thought. He evaluates the discovery of the presence of a constant feature of Kant's conception of freedom in both his aesthetic and moral theory: freedom as autonomy.
I. Kant's Theory of Judgments of Taste
1. Kant's Use of the Word Aesthetics
2. The Meaning of the Concept of Judgments of Taste
3. The Place of Judgments of Taste in Kant's Critical Philosophy
A. Teleology as the Broader Framework of Nature and Freedom
B. Teleology and History
C. The Epistemology of Autonomy
4. The Way Toward the Others: "Neigung zur Geselligkeit"
II. Taste and Morality
1. Disinterested Delight as Interest
2. The Good as Beautiful: the Aesthetic Realm as the Sensual Representation of Moral Ideas
3. The Relationship Between Taste and Culture as a Moral Matter
III. Two Followers: Arendt and Schiller
1. The Moral Burden of Cognition: Arendt's Political Reasoning
2. Education for the Good, Through the Beautiful: the Trap of Schiller's Conception of Education?
3. The Continuation of Kant's Conception of Freedom in Schiller's Aesthetic Letters
IV. Kant – Schiller – Arendt: Shared Matters
1. Freedom as an Epistemological Gift
2. The Inherent Freedom of Individual Judgments of Taste
3. Imagination as the Aesthetic Relationship with the World
4. Taste and Politics
5. Taste and Communication
6. Moral Character as the Final Framework of Judgments of Taste
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"Das Zeitalter ist aufgeklärt, (…) woran liegt es, daß wir noch immer Barbaren sind?"
Friedrich Schiller: ACHTER BRIEF1
In The Critique of Judgment, Kant elaborates the idea that judgments of taste can only exist where society exists. The present thesis argues that it is this public character of judgments of taste that makes them implicit statements in moral political philosophy: by making such statements we always relate ourselves to other people. The framework that relates aesthetic, moral, and political aspects into such a triadic relationship is an implicit conception of freedom. Both Schiller's and Arendt's approach to the normative resources of Kant's aesthetics for moral and political thought discover the presence of a constant feature of Kant's conception of freedom in both his aesthetic and moral theory: freedom as autonomy. ← 9 | 10 →
1 "Our Age is Enlightened; (…) How is it, then, that we still remain barbarians?" Friedrich Schiller: On the Aesthetic Education of Man in a Series of Letters. English and German Facing. Ed., trans., with an introduction, commentary and glossary of terms by Elizabeth M. Wilkinson and L.A. Willoughby. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982. First edition in 1967. Eighth Letter – Trans. by M. Szilágyi-Gál.
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The disciplinary and the thematic division between moral and political philosophy, as well as aesthetics has clearly become the academically canonized way to study the questions of these fields of philosophy since the 18th century. However, the adequate study of a particular matter may be more important than to follow an always more or less arbitrary disciplinary framing of enquiry. The job undertaken in this dissertation is to examine aesthetic phenomena as a matter relevant for aesthetic, moral, and political theory.
The fact that the matter of the beautiful is recognized primarily as an aesthetic one does not exclude the possibility that the enquiry, which focuses on this matter, may not have certain aspects that can equally be examined from the perspectives of moral and political philosophy. On the contrary, the more puzzling a question is the less likely and the less necessary it is to be viewed within the strict framework of a pre-arranged disciplinary categorization. Even within one single specialized field, interdisciplinary approaches can fall prey to ending up as something "non-disciplinary" instead of being inter-disciplinary. This can emerge from the risk of artificial comparisons among concepts and hypotheses borrowed from different fields.2
A further trap of interdisciplinary approaches is to claim a systematic resemblance, the common research potential of two distinct fields although in the case of both there might only be one single particular set of problems which display shared research matters. This is the case, for instance, of the various, often fuzzy applications of the term "paradigm", or of the "space-time" topos. These are terms and notions which often show up in non-adequate contexts and lead to equivocations.
Contrary to such inconsistencies, in certain cases a given matter or phenomena steps out of some particular disciplinary framework and appears as a self-originating subject of research. In such cases the relationship between the ← 11 | 12 → disciplinary framework and the disciplinary identity of the research matter in question is reversed and it is the discipline itself that turns out to be an artificial categorization; furthermore, it is the concrete research matter that gains independent attention. In these cases, the inter-disciplinary approach is the only legitimate one, because it is the most suitable research means to address the topic itself instead of forcing it into some pre-set disciplinary categorization.
The present dissertation reflects upon The Critique of Judgment by Immanuel Kant. I consider that the feature that links the beautiful as an aesthetic category to the fields of moral and political philosophy is its public character as described by Kant. The process of seeking aspects that are shared by the aesthetic, the moral and the political phenomena has to develop from the simultaneous examination of these areas, otherwise one risks running into forced interpretations and possibly infinite regressions, thus compelled to endlessly distinguish one field of enquiry from the other.
In Kant's aesthetics, the experience of the beautiful consists of the free play between understanding and imagination. By free play (das freie Spiel der Einbildungskraft und Verstand) he means the conceptually un-determined interplay between these two mental faculties in aesthetic experience. Beyond his strict terminology the essence of what Kant claims is that judgments of taste equally belong to the conceptual and the sensual realms.3
By clarifying that judgments of taste reflect upon the subjective experience of the interplay between understanding and imagination, Kant implicitly describes taste as a space for freedom. It is this inherent freedom of aesthetic experience that Friedrich Schiller joins in with by defining the beautiful in the Kallias Letters and taking it further in the Aesthetic Education of Mankind in a Series of Letters as freedom in the appearance (Freiheit in der Erscheinung).
The present enquiry argues that in the Kantian context, the freedom inherent in taste consists of disinterestedness, which Kant specifies in judgments of taste as a requirement. Furthermore, it is the concept of disinterestedness that links Kant's aesthetic theory to his moral theory, and it is this concept upon which both Hannah Arendt and Friedrich Schiller attempted to reconstruct a political theory from Kant's aesthetics. This dissertation is designed to reconstruct the implicit statements their considerations on the relationship between beautiful and good make on moral and political theory. Kant's claims on the aesthetic phenomena, ← 12 | 13 → as well as Schiller's and Arendt's interpretations of those claims as relevant for moral and political philosophy, also display Schiller's and Arendt's own assumptions about the relationship between the aesthetic, the moral, and the political phenomena.
The similarity between aesthetics and morality is specified by Kant in different ways and as a relation of different degrees. There are several terms and concepts that appear both in the description of aesthetics and morality: disinterestedness, purpose without purpose, form and autonomy. The list can be continued with other concepts, like plurality, judging, communicability and common sense as the most evident ones. The notion shared between his aesthetic and practical thought is disinterestedness. And the matter this notion bridges in practical and aesthetic thought is freedom.
Given that the reflective judgment which is the basis of judgments of taste is described by Kant as heautonomous rather than autonomous, a simple analogy between moral and aesthetic freedom would be misleading. It can be demonstrated, however, that seen from a higher level of generality Kant's conception of freedom embraces both moral and aesthetic judgments. The shared matter is not the restricted meaning of autonomy but a broader conception of freedom. The key to the all-embracing sense of freedom that covers both moral and aesthetic theory – the transcendental foundation of what Kant means by freedom at all – is disinterestedness. This can be discerned from the role the pair of concepts interest – dis-interest play in Kant's moral theory, as well as from the role disinterestedness plays in his aesthetic theory.
2017 (October)
Kant's aesthetics Arendt on Kant Schiller on Kant Judgments of taste Freedom and taste Morality and taste
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2017. 166 pp.
Mihály Szilágyi-Gál (Author)
Mihály Szilágyi-Gál is Assistant professor at the Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies, Eötvös Lóránd University of Sciences in Budapest. His areas of research are focused on modern political and moral philosophy with special focus on freedom of expression and political rhetoric.


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Der Boxbachpfad ist ein 16 km langer Rundwanderweg im Grenzgebiet von Nordrhein-Westfalen und Hessen. Er wird vom Naturpark Lahn-Dill-Bergland betreut und ist als Premium-Weg vom Deutschen Wanderinstitut zertifiziert. Der Pfad wurde im Jahr 2008 gestaltet; die benötigte Gehzeit wird mit fünf Stunden angegeben.

Verlauf
Von Wiesenbach ausgehend führt er nach Hesselbach und an dem namensgebenden Boxbach vorbei. Unterwegs passiert man die Grube Boxbach sowie den Silbersee, der als Höhepunkt des Weges beschrieben wird, und hat einen guten Blick auf den Windpark Hesselbach.

Der Weg führt vor allem durch geschützte Wald- und Wiesenflächen. Der nordrhein-westfälische Wegteil ist gänzlich Teil des Naturparks Sauerland-Rothaargebirge und teilweise des Landschaftsschutzgebietes Bad Laasphe. Der Weg quert die Landesgrenze insgesamt zwei Mal.

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 [  Infoblatt zum Boxbachpfad] (PDF)
  auf der Tourismus-Seite der Stadt Bad Laasphe
 GPS-Daten der offiziellen Streckenführung des Boxbachpfades

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Wanderweg in Hessen
Wanderweg in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Geographie (Breidenbach)
Geographie (Bad Laasphe)
Bauwerk in Bad Laasphe
Verkehrsbauwerk im Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein
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Verkehrsbauwerk im Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf


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Brush the rolls with soy or almond milk (or the egg white) and sprinkle with oats.
Bake the buns for 21~25 minutes or until they're golden brown. Remove from the oven and transfer to a rack to cool.
Once completely cooled, wrap the buns tightly and store at room temperature for several days or freeze for longer storage.
Looks healthy & hearty pavani. Will pair well with a bowl of soup! !!!
Oh wow your rolls look so good and are perfectly shaped.
Pavani, the dinner rolls look so fluffy and earthy. Love the clicks.
Absolutely delicious sounding, and gorgeous photos too!
Pavani, I just love all the whole grains you included in these rolls.
Excellent photos of your beautifully made rolls! I will give these a try at my house.
I like your photography! These rolls look and are so healthy. Must try these.
These are stunning and healthy dinner rolls.
Pavani, these ooks so fluffy.Awesome clicks!!
Healthy and good looking dinner rolls.


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Home / News / News Corp's GEI reaches 10 year milestone
News Corp's GEI reaches 10 year milestone
This year marks 10 years of the Global Environmental Initiative (GEI), News Corp's long term commitment to the environment. To celebrate, the GEI prepared a special infographic highlighting its achievements from the last 10 years, as well as its continued goals for the future.
The anniversary also coincides with the announcement that News Corp achieved it's goal of reaching zero waste at all of its owned print centres globally.
Zero waste is defined by the Zero Waste International Alliance as diverting more than 90% of solid wastes from landfills. The waste hierarchy of "Reduce, Reuse & Recycle" is applied at every stage of our operations to minimize all types of waste, including general waste, production waste such as newsprint/newspaper, packaging, aluminum press plates, oils, chemicals, batteries, electronic waste, plus regulated air emissions and wastewater.
"This is a great achievement by our worldwide print centers so congratulations to all our employees who make the effort each day to reach Zero Waste!" said Paul Jakubski, VP of EHS and Sustainability.
Dr. Tony Wilkins, Head of Environment at News Corp Australia, said "Our Zero Waste goal has led to us looking much more closely at the value in the things we would normally dispose of and its led to our Sydney Print Centre winning the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association Environment award for Environment because of their achievements in getting to and maintaining a rate of 98% diversion from landfill. As the Print Centres have shown with a bit of thought almost all the things we discard can be given a second life and be a part of the circular economy."
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The child care center at Montana State University Billings will close on September 9th. Aaron Clingingsmith, director of university relations and communications at MBUB, said that the operator, Massachusetts-based Bright Horizons, wasn't able to make it financially solvent. Bright Horizons has operated the William R. Lowe Child Care and Enrichment Center for three years on the west side of the campus.
The university owns the property, and gave placement preference to MSUB students with children. No one at Bright Horizons was available for comment. The center could handle up to 50 kids. The most recent count was 19 children of students and six children of staff or faculty, according to the university. The remaining slots were open to community members.
Clingingsmith said that after the decision came down two weeks ago, the university sent out notifications to students, staff and faculty members to let them know of the closure.


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Joseph Höffner (né le  à Horhausen (Westerwald), en Rhénanie-Palatinat, Allemagne, et mort le  à Cologne), est un cardinal allemand de l'Église catholique du , créé par le pape Paul VI.

Biographie

Joseph Höffner commence son ministère à Sarrebruck, Kail et Trèves et est professeur au séminaire et à la faculté théologique de Trèves et à l'université de Münster. Il est le fondateur de l'Institut des sciences sociales à Munich et y exerce les fonctions de professeur et de directeur.

Höffner est nommé évêque de Münster en 1962. Il assiste au IIe concile œcuménique du Vatican de 1962 à 1965. Il est promu archevêque titulaire d'Aquileia et coadjuteur de Cologne le . Il succède au cardinal Josef Frings comme archevêque de Cologne dès le  suivant.

Le pape Paul VI le crée cardinal lors du consistoire du . Höffner est président de la Conférence épiscopale allemande de 1976 à 1987. Il participe aux conclaves de 1978, lors desquels les papes Jean-Paul  et Jean-Paul II sont élus. Höffner renonce au gouvernement de son archidiocèse en 1987.

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Articles connexes
 Liste des cardinaux créés par Paul VI

Liens externes

  Joseph Höffner – son activité à sauver la vie des Juifs pendant l'Holocauste , sur le site Yad Vashem

Évêque de Münster
Père du concile Vatican II
Évêque catholique allemand du XXe siècle
Archevêque de Cologne
Cardinal allemand créé au XXe siècle
Cardinal créé par Paul VI
Juste parmi les nations allemand
Naissance en décembre 1906
Naissance en Rhénanie-Palatinat
Naissance dans la province de Rhénanie
Décès en octobre 1987
Décès à Cologne
Décès à 80 ans
Grand-croix de l'ordre du Mérite de la République fédérale d'Allemagne
Personnalité inhumée dans la cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Cologne
Docteur honoris causa de l'université catholique Fu-Jen


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Cyber crooks are eyeing blockchain implementations with traditional tactics such as social engineering, malware, and ransomware but also tapping newer tools including cryptojacking and mining, a new McAfee research report says.
Cyber crooks, nation-state backed and otherwise, are eyeing blockchain implementations with traditional tactics such as social engineering, malware, and ransomware but also tapping newer tools including cryptojacking and mining, a new McAfee report said.
Because blockchain technology is attracting a lot of interest for solving various business needs beyond decentralized payments, bad actors were bound to look there at some point. Where there's financial opportunity, there's bad actors and security risk, McAfee said in its Blockchain Threat Report.
McAfee reasons that while we're seeing more and more blockchain technology in government, finance, retail, healthcare, and automotive segments — prodding expectations for the global market to balloon to nearly $10 billion by 2024 from the paltry $216 million in 2016, according to researcher Esticast — we're also fomenting security exposure.
In particular, McAfee's report points to cryptocurrency-related cybersecurity incidents, where blockchain technology is in wide use. A barrage of high profile attacks have hit cryptocurrency exchanges–the main commercial adopters of blockchain. In the most recent event on June 10, cyber gangsters stole about 30 percent of the virtual currency of a below-the-radar South Korean exchange called Coinrail, quickly erasing $30 billion from the trading value of bitcoin and other digital currencies.
Phishing scams. The most familiar blockchain attacks owing to their prevalence and success rate. For example, McAfee described a 2017 cryptocurrency phishing scam in which a cybercriminal set up a fraudulent cryptocurrency "wallet" service. After collecting authentication information from the service's users over the course of six months, the thief drained $4 million from unsuspecting customers' accounts.
Ransomware. In 2017, ransomware developers began experimenting with various alternative cybercurrencies, also known as altcoins.
Cryptojacking. Mirroring ransomware, cryptojacking campaigns, characterized by hijacking a browser to mine virtual currency, experimented with altcoins. For example, in late 2017, the Archive Poster plug-in for the Chrome browser was found to be mining Monero coins without consent. More than 100,000 people had downloaded the miner before anyone noticed that something was amiss.
Mining. Benefitted from an explosive resurgence in late 2017 and early 2018. New miners appeared quickly and old malware was retooled with mining capabilities. Along those lines, findings from RiskIQ's Q1 2018 Mobile Threat Landscape showed that mobile threat actors are reaping pay days by taking advantage of the popularity and volatility of the cryptocurrency landscape. In March, an app called Calendar 2 in Apple's App Store began mining Monero digital currency on user devices. The developers had set mining as the app's default option.
"Like so many other new robust technologies, blockchain can have a revolutionary impact in solving very real business problems, but only so long as security does not fall victim to urgency in the rush to adopt the technology," said Raj Samani, chief scientist at McAfee. "Given blockchain's potential for creating value, and the tremendous enthusiasm to implement it, cybercriminals will seek every opportunity to strike at all available technical and human vulnerabilities in the emerging blockchain ecosystem," he said.