text:
Report: Callahan seeking seven-year, $42M deal; Girardi eyeing $33M over six
By Mike HalfordJan 29, 2014, 3:17 PM EDT
Rangers captain Ryan Callahan and defenseman Dan Girardi have both surfaced in recent trade rumors, which left many asking… why?
Sounds like their reported asking prices could be playing a role. From the New York Post:
Negotiations regarding an extension are at a standstill, if not an impasse, with Callahan believed seeking a deal in the neighborhood of seven years at $42 million that is not in the same ballpark as general manager Glen Sather is willing to pay; not even a ballpark as expansive as Yankee Stadium, where the Rangers and Islanders will meet on Wednesday.
As such, the Rangers are believed to be in the process of conducting due diligence regarding the rental market for Callahan, though two league GMs told The Post on Wednesday morning the captain's name had not been broached recently by Sather.
The Post goes on to report that Girardi — who, like Callahan, is a pending UFA — is "believed to be seeking a six-year deal in the neighborhood of $5.5 million per season," while Rangers GM Glen Sather has countered with two offers: "one for six years at more than $5 million per and one for five years at more than $5.5 million per."
If accurate, both Callahan and Girardi's demands would translate into big raises. Callahan's in the final season of a three-year, $12.825 million deal — an average annual cap hit of $4.275 million — while Girardi's in the last of his four-year, $13.3 million deal with a $3.325M cap hit.
The Rangers have plenty of cap space available for next season, though that's largely the result of having just 10 players under contract. Henrik Lundqvist ($8.5M), Rick Nash ($7.8M) and Brad Richards ($6.7M) all carry fairly substantial salaries, and New York needs to deal with a quintet of restricted free agents: Derick Brassard, Mats Zuccarello, Chris Kreider, John Moore and Justin Falk.
Related: Will the Rangers use a compliance buyout on Richards?
Tags: Brad Richards, Chris Kreider, Dan Girardi, Derick Brassard, Henrik Lundqvist, John Moore, Justin Falk, Mats Zuccarello, New York Rangers, Rick Nash, Ryan Callahan


Skyward App Company is looking for driven, dedicated test engineers to join our team at our Columbia, Maryland office. At Skyward we work in some of the fastest growing industries, giving our employees the opportunity to take an active role in leading our efforts to deliver cutting edge software solutions. Our engineers are the key to success in our mission. They are involved in every aspect of the project life-cycle including research, design, coding, code reviews, and testing. If you enjoy working on innovative solutions to complex problems that solve real world issues, Skyward is the right fit for you.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about quality and an advocate of improvement. In this role, you will help build testing strategies for the product on both web and mobile platforms. You'll be responsible for the overall quality of the product and will work with our team to design test plans and testing infrastructure on multiple projects. A Test Engineer must be methodical and detail-oriented, but should also be able to apply creative thinking to help document and diagnose software issues and problems. You will also need effective communication skills since you would be working in a small development team interacting with designers, developers, testers, and managers.


Have You Suffered a Back Injury at Work?
Back injuries can have lifelong repercussions and may require multiple surgeries to correct. You need to get care from a doctor you can trust, not some doctor that the workers' compensation insurance company sends you to. You need to make certain you get the maximum wage benefits, including a cash settlement if your disability is permanent.
At the Law Office of Thomas M. DeBenedetto, we have been helping workers with back injuries in San Diego County, California, since 1992. We are willing to take on employers and workers' comp insurance companies to get you the benefits you deserve.
The first step to getting the benefits you need for your back injury is for us to file a claim on your behalf. From the very beginning of your case, you will receive personal attention from an experienced lawyer. You will have attorney Thomas M. DeBenedetto handling your case from start to finish.
Many people receive a denial of benefits after they report their back injury. Some of them simply accept it and give up. You do not have to. We can help. Our experience means we are ready to stand up to insurance companies and fight for you.
The record we have built since our founding in 1992 speaks for itself. We have handled cases involving herniated discs, fractured spines and other back injuries, not to mention all other types of job injuries. We have built a record of success because we are willing to push and fight until you get all of the benefits you deserve.


When I started working with students who have learning disabilities back in 1990, the research on dyslexia was really starting to take off. Researchers have recently been able to pinpoint the sections of the brain that were involved through fMRI images and to determine which ones were effective and which ones weren't. This research was invaluable to me as I began my career.
This research continues today, and advances in technology allow for even closer investigation into the actual brain processing involved in learning. There is still a wealth of exciting research being done on how the brain processes language – for reading and spelling, for language comprehension, and for visual-spatial thinking. Our new bibliography lists some of the latest research in these areas – research we rely on to inform our decision-making as we continue to adjust our methodologies to provide the best possible treatments for our students. We invite you to take a look.
Torgesen, J. K. (2006). Recent Discoveries from Research on Remedial Interventions for Children with Dyslexia. Florida State University and the Florida Center for Reading Research.
Alexander, A. W., & Slinger-Constant, A. M. (2004). Current status of treatments for dyslexia: Critical review.Journal of Child Neurology, 19(10), 744-758.
Sally Shaywitz, M.D. (2003). Overcoming Dyslexia – A new and complete science-based program for reading problems at any level. New York, NY: Vintage Books.
Meyler, A., Keller, T.A., Cherkassky, V.L., Gabrieli, J.E.E., & Just, M.A. (2008). Modifying the brain activation of poor readers during sentence comprehension with extended remedial instruction: A longitudinal study of neuroplasticity. Neuropsychologia, 46, 2580-2592.
Torgesen, J.K., Alexander, A.W., Wagner, R.K., Rashotte, C.A., Voeller, K.K.S., & Conway, T. (2001). Intensive Remedial Instruction for Children with Severe Reading Disabilities: Immediate and Long-term Outcomes from Two Instructional Approaches. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 34 (1), January/February.
Krafnick, A.J., Flowers, D.L., Napoliello, E.M., & Eden, G.F. (2011). Gray matter volume changes following reading intervention in dyslexic children. Neuroimage, 57, 733-741.
Vaughn, S., Wanzek, J. (2014). Intensive Interventions in Reading for Students with Reading Disabilities: Meaningful Impacts. Learning disabilities Research & Practice, 29(2), 46-53.
Louisa C. Moats & Karen E. Dakin. (2008). Basic Facts About Dyslexia and Other Reading Problems. Baltimore, MD: International Dyslexia Association.
Britt Neff, Julie Neff-Lippman, & Carol Stockdale. (2002). The Source for Visual-Spatial disorders. East Moline, IL: LinguiSystems.
Just, M.A., Newman, S.D., Keller, T.A., McEleney, A., & Carpenter, P.A. (2004). Imagery in sentence comprehension: an fMRI study. Neuroimage, 21, 112-124.
Joffe, V.L., Cain, K., & Maric, N. (2007). Comprehension problems in children with specific language impairment: does mental imagery training help? International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 42, 648-664.
Oakhill, J., Yuill, N., & Garnham, A. (2011). The differential relations between verbal, numerical and spatial working memory abilities and children's reading comprehension. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 4(1), 83-106.
Murdaugh, Donna L., Despande, Hrishikesh D., & Kana, Rajesh K. (2015). The Impact of Reading Intervention on Brain Responses Underlying Language in Children With Autism. International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Landerl, K., Fussenegger, B., Moll, K., & Willburger, E. (2009). Dyslexia and dyscalculia: Two learning disorders with different cognitive profiles. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 103(3), 309-324.
Kucian, K., Grond, U., Rotzer, S., Henzi B., Schonmann, C., Plangger, F., Galli, M., Martin, E., & von Aster, M. (2011). Mental number line training in children with developmental dyscalculia. Neuroimage, 57, 782-795.
Fischer, B., Gebhardt, C., & Hartnegg, K. (2008). Subitizing and Visual Counting in Children with Problems in Acquiring Basic Arithmetic Skills. Optometry & Vision Development 39(1), 24-29.
Libertus, M.E., Feigneson, L., & Halberda, J. (2011). Preschool acuity of the approximate number system correlates with school math ability. Developmental Science, 14(6), 1292-1300.?
How The Brain Thinks About Numbers Welcome to our new website!


text:
Palmarès
 Copa Príncipe de Asturias: 1
Atapuerca Burgos: 2013

Collegamenti esterni

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
4 COVID-19-related resident deaths at Saskatoon's Luther Special Care Home
A care home in Saskatoon says four of its residents have died COVID-related deaths since an outbreak was declared two weeks ago.
"Families were provided end of life visitation opportunities and our sincere condolences go out to them," Luther Special Care Home said in an emailed statement Tuesday.
Health officials declared an outbreak at the Varsity View neighbourhood home on Nov. 17.
As of Tuesday, 44 residents and 14 staff members had tested positive for the virus, according to an update shared with families.
The care home did not offer other details about the residents who have died, citing privacy concerns.
On Tuesday, health officials announced four more COVID-19-related deaths province-wide, including two people aged 80 or over in Saskatoon.
6 recent deaths in care homes province-wide
In total, six residents at long-term or personal care in Saskatchewan have died COVID-19 related deaths since the beginning of the pandemic in March.
"The data submitted to the Ministry of Health regarding COVID-related deaths does not identify deaths that may have occurred among LTC staff," a spokesperson for the ministry said.
One of the other resident deaths was recorded last week at Regina's Parkside Extendicare home, which is dealing with the largest known outbreak at any extended care home in the province.
As of Monday, the home had 50 active cases among residents and another 25 active cases among staff.
Russia has opened a criminal case against a police officer accused of leaking data that could have helped identify the alleged poisoners of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, the RBC business daily reported on Tuesday, citing sources. The information leaked, according to RBC, is thought to relate to flights taken by agents from the FSB security service with specialised knowledge on chemical weapons identified in an investigation as having secretly followed Navalny for several years. "Investigators are not looking for or imprisoning Navalny's poisoners, but those who disclosed their data," Georgy Alburov, an ally of Navalny, wrote on Twitter.
Italy's Conte survives close Senate vote, vows to forge ahead
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte narrowly won a confidence vote in the upper house Senate on Tuesday, allowing him to remain in office after a junior partner quit his coalition last week in the midst of the raging COVID-19 pandemic. However, Conte failed to secure an absolute majority, meaning he now heads a minority government that will struggle to implement its policy programme at a time of severe national emergency. Having overcome a similar confidence motion in the lower house on Monday, Conte won in the 321-seat Senate by 156 to 140, with 16 abstentions.
Profit at Chinese state industry rises with virus recovery
BEIJING — Profit at state-owned companies that dominate China's banking, oil and most other industries rose by as much as 25% last year as the country recovered from the coronavirus pandemic, the government said Tuesday. Total revenue for national-level companies rose 2.2% over 2019 to 30.3 trillion yuan ($4.7 trillion), according to Peng Huagang, secretary general of the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. Speaking at a news conference, Peng said profit rose 2.1% to 1.4 trillion yuan ($215 billion). The ruling Communist Party has built up such "national champions" over the past two decades, but their monopolies and multibillion-dollar subsidies prompt complaints by the public that they are a waste of money and gouge consumers with high prices. Peng's agency oversees 97 companies directly under the Cabinet including PetroChina Ltd., Asia's biggest oil producer; China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone carrier by number of subscribers, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd., the world's biggest bank by assets. SASAC companies also dominate air travel, insurance, securities, shipping, internet access, power generation, construction, nuclear power technology and coal and steel production. Chinese industries benefited from the economy's relatively early reopening starting in March after the ruling party declared victory over the virus that emerged in the central city of Wuhan in late 2019. Total economic activity rose 2.3% in 2020, possibly making China the only major economy to grow while the United States, Europe and Japan struggled with rising infections. Growth accelerated to a two-year high of 6.5% over a year earlier in the three months ending in December. Profit at 24 national-level state companies rose by more than 25% over 2019 and two had profit of more than 100 billion yuan ($15.4 billion), Peng said, without identifying them or giving other details. Total profit at top state-owned companies grew by at least double digits over a year earlier in each month after June, according to Peng. Revenue growth accelerated to 11.7% over a year earlier in December as China's economy rebounded, reaching a record 3.7 trillion yuan ($570 billion), Peng said. State-owned companies stepped up investment as part of the ruling party's effort to support flagging economic activity. Telecom carriers spent 373.1 billion yuan ($57.5 billion) on next-generation networks and other investments, according to Peng. He said spending by power suppliers on hydro, wind and solar technology rose 27.4% over 2019 to 481.5 billion yuan ($74 billion). ___ State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission: http://en.sasac.gov.cn/ Joe McDonald, The Associated Press

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


The Memphis Tigers take on Georgia Tech on Saturday, February 1st at their new multi purpose fields this Saturday in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Tigers look forward to a win against Georgia Tech to even the season. Georgia Tech is a formitible side with multiple weapons. The Tigers worked hard on the weaknesses that were highlighted in their recent loss to Georgia Southern and plan to put on a better show against Georgia Tech.
We will leave from the Central Lot at 6:00am on Saturday AM. Bring money for breakfast, lunch, and snacks coming home.


text:
LBGTQI+ > Gay > Fiction
Murmur by Will Eaves
"[Murmur will] grip your mind in the very first pages, break your heart halfway through, and in the end, strangely, unexpectedly, restore your faith in human beings and their endless capacity for resilience." --Wellcome Book Prize chair of judges Elif Shafak in the Guardian "Eaves' playful, fiercely in telligent interpretation of aspects of the life of a character who closely resembles the brilliant, multifaceted Alan Turing is a dreamlike wonder of memory and consciousness. Its ways are mysterious, its effect deepens with every reading." --Republic of Consciousness Prize judge Catherine Taylor in the Guardian In Murmur, a hallucinatory masterwork, Will Eaves invites us into the brilliant mind of Alec Pryor, a character inspired by Alan Turing. Turing, father of artificial intelligence and pioneer of radical new techniques to break the Nazi Enigma cipher during World War II, was later persecuted by the British state for "gross indecency with another male" and forced to undergo chemical castration. Set during the devastating period before Turing's suicide, Murmur evokes an extraordinary life, the beauty and sorrows of love, and the nature of consciousness. Will Eaves is the author of two poetry collections and five novels, including Murmur, the first of his novels to be published in the United States. His work has appeared in the Guardian, New Yorker, and Yale Review, and has been shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and Encore Award. Murmur, winner of Republic of Consciousness Prize, has also been shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize, Wellcome Book Prize, and James Tait Black Prize, and longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize. Its first chapter was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. Previously the arts editor of the Times Literary Supplement, Eaves now co-hosts The Neuromantics podcast, teaches writing at the University of Warwick, and lives in London. ...Show more
Less: A Novel by Andrew Sean Greer
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 'You will sob little tears of joy' Nell Zink 'I recommend it with my whole heart' Ann Patchett 'I adore this book' Armistead Maupin 'Charming, languid and incredibly funny, I absolutely adored Arthur' Jenny Colgan 'Marvellously, endearingly, unexpectedly fu nny' Gary Shteyngart 'Bedazzling, bewitching and be-wonderful' New York Times Book Review 'A fast and rocketing read . . . a wonderful, wonderful book!' Karen Joy Fowler 'Hilarious, and wise, and abundantly funny' Adam Haslett WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM YOUR PROBLEMS? Arthur Less is a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the post: it is from an ex-boyfriend of nine years who is engaged to someone else. Arthur can't say yes - it would be too awkward; he can't say no - it would look like defeat. So, he begins to accept the invitations on his desk to half-baked literary events around the world. From France to India, Germany to Japan, Arthur almost falls in love, almost falls to his death, and puts miles between him and the plight he refuses to face. Less is a novel about mishaps, misunderstandings and the depths of the human heart. ...Show more
Royals by Emma Forrest
'Charming, witty and touching, an Eighties Breakfast at Tiffany's' DAVID NICHOLLS 'Dazzling ... I'm incoherent with love for it' MARIAN KEYES July, 1981. London. Shy, working-class Steven finds solace in beauty. Eighteen years old, he dreams of being a fashion designer. He's also gay, maybe - he hasn' t decided yet. There's a lot Steven isn't sure about, like whether he hates himself or thinks he's amazing.When he ends up in hospital after being brutally attacked by his father, he meets Jasmine, an heiress. Intoxicating, anarchic, fabulous Jasmine. Fuelled by their shared love of fashion, a friendship blossoms and soon, Steven finds himself swept into her hedonistic world, wholly beguiled. However, underneath the glitter and the frivolity, darkness lies. Devastating, dazzling, queer and radical, Royals is a love story between unlikely friends from completely different worlds. It's about the power of art to transform lives and the power of families to destroy them. It's about working out who you are and what you want. It's a tale of giddy happiness, crushing lows and, ultimately, the fragility of lives lived too fast. ...Show more
This Brutal House by Niven Govinden
GUARDIAN MUST READ BOOKS OF 2019 iNews BEST NEW FICTION 2019 'A symbolic rallying cry for the need for LGBTQ+ teens to have safe spaces of their own' DAZED BOOKS TO READ IN 2019 'Vivid prose reinventing ideas of motherhood, belonging and taking us into the community of drag balls and protest, both perso nal and political' JENNI FAGAN 'Fearless, authentic, vivid - necessary in a world that's running out of tolerance' PANOS KARNEZIS 'A vital book' ANDREW MCMILLAN 'A novel of rare intensity and sustained passion, This Brutal House shines a light on lives marginalised and magnificent, and asks the pressing question: what would you do to stand up for your truth?' STEPHEN KELMAN 'A powerful and poetic book' KERRY HUDSON 'Niven Govinden is a true force of fierceness and beauty' OLIVIA LIANG 'Tremendously powerful and illuminating. It held me captive in the best way. A clarion call to action from a criminally gifted writer' IRENOSEN OKOJIE On the steps of New York's City Hall, five ageing Mothers sit in silent protest. They are the guardians of the vogue ball community - queer men who opened their hearts and homes to countless lost Children, providing safe spaces for them to explore their true selves. Through epochs of city nightlife, from draconian to liberal, the Children have been going missing; their absences ignored by the authorities and uninvestigated by the police. In a final act of dissent the Mothers have come to pray: to expose their personal struggle beneath our age of protest, and commemorate their loss until justice is served. Watching from City Hall's windows is city clerk, Teddy. Raised by the Mothers, he is now charged with brokering an uneasy truce. With echoes of James Baldwin, Marilynne Robinson and Rachel Kushner, Niven Govinden asks what happens when a generation remembered for a single, lavish decade has been forced to grow up, and what it means to be a parent in a confused and complex society. ...Show more
Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
Now a Major Motion Picture from Director Luca Guadagnino, Starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, and Written by James Ivory WINNER BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY ACADEMY AWARD Nominated for Four Oscars A New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller A Los Angeles Times Bestseller A Vulture Book Club Pick An Instant Classic and One of the Great Love Stories of Our Time Andre Aciman's Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Each is unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, when, during the restless summer weeks, unrelenting currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion and test the charged ground between them. Recklessly, the two verge toward the one thing both fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. It is an instant classic and one of the great love stories of our time. ...Show more
The Song of Achilles: Bloomsbury Modern Classics by Madeline Miller
Enter the world of Homer's ancient Greece with the enhanced e-book edition of The Song of Achilles. This edition lets you further engage with this compelling story through video interviews with Madeline Miller and Gregory Maguire, bestselling author of the Wicked series, clips from the audio book at the start of each chapter, an illustrated map, and a pop-up gallery featuring over 40 images and descriptions of the characters, armor, and ships found in the book. The legend begins... Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia to be raised in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. "The best of all the Greeks"--strong, beautiful, and the child of a goddess--Achilles is everything the shamed Patroclus is not. Yet despite their differences, the boys become steadfast companions. Their bond deepens as they grow into young men and become skilled in the arts of war and medicine--much to the displeasure and the fury of Achilles' mother, Thetis, a cruel sea goddess with a hatred of mortals. When word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, the men of Greece, bound by blood and oath, must lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, and torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows. Little do they know that the Fates will test them both as never before and demand a terrible sacrifice. Built on the groundwork of the Iliad, Madeline Miller's page-turning, profoundly moving, and blisteringly paced retelling of the epic Trojan War marks the launch of a dazzling career. Please note that due to the large file size of these special features this enhanced e-book may take longer to download then a standard e-book. ...Show more
Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
Winner of the 2017 Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection An extraordinary debut from a young Vietnamese American, Night Sky with Exit Wounds is a book of poetry unlike any other. Steeped in war and cultural upheaval and wielding a fresh new language, Vuong writes about the most profound subjects - love and loss, conflict, grief, memory and desire - and attends to them all with lines that feel newly-minted, graceful in their cadences, passionate and hungry in their tender, close attention- 'athe chief of police/facedown in a pool of Coca-Cola./A palm-sized photo of his father soaking/beside his left ear.' This is an unusual, important book- both gentle and visceral, vulnerable and assured, and its blend of humanity and power make it one of the best first collections of poetry to come out of America in years.'These are poems of exquisite beauty, unashamed of romance, and undaunted by looking directly into the horrors of war, the silences of history. One of the most important debut collections for a generation.' Andrew McMillan ...Show more
Find Me by Andre Aciman
In this spellbinding new exploration of the varieties of love, the author of Call Me by Your Name lets us back into his characters' lives years after their first meeting. In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, now a gifted classical pianist. A c hance encounter on the train upends Sami's visit and changes his life forever. Elio soon moves to Paris, where he, too, has a consequential affair, while Oliver, a New England college professor with a family, suddenly finds himself contemplating a return trip across the Atlantic. Aciman is a master of sensibility, of the intimate details and the nuances of emotion that are the substance of passion. Find Me brings us back inside the world of one of our greatest contemporary romances to show us that in fact true love never dies. ...Show more
Life of David Hockney: A Novel by Catherine Cusset; Teresa Fagan (Translator)
Born in 1937 in a small town in the north of England, David Hockney had to fight to become an artist. After leaving his home in Bradford for the Royal College of Art in London, his career flourished, but he continued to struggle with a sense of not belonging, because of his homosexuality, which had yet to be decriminalized, and his inclination for a figurative style of art not sufficiently "contemporary" to be valued. Trips to New York and California--where he would live for many years and paint his iconic swimming pools--introduced him to new scenes and new loves, beginning a journey that would take him through the fraught years of the AIDS epidemic. A compelling hybrid of novel and biography, Life of David Hockney offers an accessible overview of the painter who shook the world of art with a vitality and freedom that neither heartbreak nor illness nor loss could corrode. ...Show more
Enigma Variations PB by André Aciman
From a youthful infatuation with a cabinet maker in a small Italian fishing village, to a passionate yet sporadic affair with a woman in New York, to an obsession with a man he meets at a tennis court, Enigma Variations charts one man's path through the great loves of his life. Paul's intense desires, losses and longings draw him closer, not to a defined orientation, but to an understanding that 'heartache, like love, like low-grade fevers, like the longing to reach out and touch a hand across the table, is easy enough to live down'. André Aciman casts a shimmering light over each facet of desire, to probe how we ache, want and waver, and ultimately how we sometimes falter and let go of the very ones we want the most. We may not know what we want. We may remain enigmas to ourselves and to others. But sooner or later we discover who we've always known we were. ...Show more
Into? - A Novel by North Morgan
"You must read this now " - The New York Times Book ReviewIn Into? North Morgan shines a coolly mesmerizing light on the modern generation of gay men that are living firmly outside the closet, elevated by popular culture, but plagued by a new set of problems, insecurities and self-destructions. As the m en of Into? swipe right from bed to bed, North Morgan spins a darkly hilarious, and shockingly perceptive story of excess and love that's like nothing you've ever read. You know Konrad from your various social feeds - sun kissed, gym ripped and always having a better time than you. Or is he? Konrad Platt needed to get out of town. Heartbroken after his boyfriend left him for another man, Konrad abandoned his life in London for the warm sun and blue surf of LA. Here he attends parties in the Hollywood Hills filled with handsome men and beautiful women, snorts mountains of Adderall, and dances the weekends away at Coachella with each move endlessly documented on social media. He mends his broken heart through dating apps, constantly scrolling through profiles and chatting with a seemingly endless supply of men, each one handsomer than the last. But when one captures his heart, a twisted modern romance takes root that's thrilling, confusing, and devastating - revealing that underneath this perfectly curated profile is a man desperate for real connection. ...Show more


Profile of Dr. Chandrashekar P.
Dr. Chandrashekar P is a renowned Orthopaedic Surgeon with keen interest in Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy Surgeries of the Knee, Shoulder, and Hip. Before joining Sakra World Hospital, he was working with Fortis Hospitals from 2010 and continued until January 2014. Presently, he is serving as Senior Consultant and Head of Orthopedics, Sakra World Hospital. He is one of the leading Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy Surgeon in India treating patients from different states and many countries all over the world.
Dr. Chandrashekar P is one of the few surgeons in the country to perform Advanced Arthroscopy and Knee Replacement Surgeries. After joining Sakra World Hospital he has performed more than 6000 surgeries and to his credit, he has performed more than 2000 Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy Surgeries in Sakra World Hospital and more than 10,000 such procedures so far.
He is a pioneer in minimally Invasive computer assisted knee peplacement in India and also one of the few surgeons performing Meniscal Repairs and Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation in the state.
After finishing his MS (Orthopaedics), Dr. Chandrashekar P. did his Fellowship Training in Joint Replacement and Trauma at Bombay Hospital, Mumbai and moved to Germany and Belgium for his Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy Training. He undertook Shoulder Arthroscopy and Replacement Fellowship training in South Korea. Dr. Chandrashekar completed Knee Resurfacing Surgery training in the USA and is one of the first in Karnataka to do the same, making him a pioneer in this technique.
First Orthopedic surgeon to do computer assisted partial knee replacement in South India.
Apart from Knee and Hip Replacement , Dr. Chandrashekar P performs key hole surgeries of the knee and has performed more than 2500 such procedures.
He has participated at many national and international conferences as guest speaker and has performed live surgeries in conferences.
Dr. Chandrashekar. P has a special interest in Arthritis in young patients and he did the first Knee Resurfacing Surgery in Karnataka. He is one of the pioneers of this technique in India.
He has authored publications on Custom Fit Knee Replacement and Knee Resurfacing Surgeries.
Dr. Chandrashekar. P has expertise in Knee Resurfacing Surgery, Meniscal Transplant, Minimally Invasive computer assisted Knee Replacement Surgery, Custom-fit Knee Replacement, Unicompartmental Knee Replacement, Patellofemoral Replacement; Hip Resurfacing and Revision Surgery for Failed Replacements.
This mail is just to express our gratitude for the excellent job Dr.Chandrashekhar and his team did for us. I underwent a "Total Hip Replacement Surgery" on 2nd Sept.
Greatly satisfied with the service of Dr Chandrashekar.P.
I got my life back to normal now am 100% alright.
Thank you so much Doctor. Have A Long Life.
Breakthrough with Dr. Chandrashekar P.
Best orthopedic surgeon ever/god's gift to all his patients.
Very hygienic, excellent service, timely and helpful, good staff. Thank you so much for your service Much appreciated.


A hand-painted Orthodox Christian Easter Egg made of finewood with the image of the Icon of "The Blessed Virgin of the Gate of Dawn".
The icon is a rare type of the depiction of the Virgin without the Divine Infant in her hands.
SKU: RS-Egg-0113. Category: Easter eggs. Tags: bible, blue, christianity, church, easter, egg, icon, orthodox, religion, virgin of the gate of dawn, yellow.
The figure of Our Lady is completely hidden by a gilded silver dress; only her face bent to one side and crossed arms are opened. On the head there are two crowns: Baroque – the Crown of the Queen of Heaven, and rocaille (rococo) – the crown of the Queen of Poland.
Our Lady is displayed at the moment of the Annunciation.
The Virgin pretends to stand surrounded by 12-stars on a large metal crescent under the icon.
The icon is equally revered by both Orthodox and Catholics.
The icon of the Theotokos of the Gate of Dawn is an ancient Orthodox sanctuary. It is one of the most beautiful images of Our Lady.
The cross and the crescent in the icon symbolize the sun and the moon: the cross stands as a symbol of Christ, called the "Sun of righteousness"; the moon in the Christian tradition symbolizes the Virgin Mary – " a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars" (Revelation 12:1).
The time of the icon's appearance is not known. They pray to it for the happiness of the couple and the protection of the family from the evil.
Each of the Eggs is unique because it is hand-painted, and all of its components are hand-made. Thus there are no existing absolutely identical copies of any of the Easter Eggs offered to your attention.
"Ice-cutter Fyodor Litke" is a pin from the rare series "Russia's Icebreakers".
The pin represents a relief image of the ship's shape.
The text on the pin reads: "Ice-cutter F. Litke".


Emitted Energy Corporation manufactures Short-Wave, Fast-Response Medium-Wave, Carbon-based Medium-Wave and Medium-Wave infrared emitters. Each with the ability to be completely customized to your specifications, allow us to help you make the right selection to fit your needs.
Infrared radiation is a form of electromagnetic energy that is generated by the vibration and rotation of atoms and molecules within all objects with temperatures above absolute zero (0° Kelvin; -459° F; or -273° C). Infrared (literally meaning "below" or "beyond" the red) is located between the visible and microwave portions of the electromagnetic spectrum and shares many of the same properties of visible light, except it has a longer wavelength. When infrared waves encounter a solid object they can be reflected (bounce off), diffracted (scattered), refracted (bent), transmitted (pass through), or absorbed by the object where several of these effects can take place at the same time. The visible portion of the spectrum ranges in wavelength from 0.38 microns to 0.76 microns. The infrared portion, which is not visible to the human eye, begins at 0.76 microns and extends to 10.0 microns (micron = one thousandth of a millimeter, one millionth of a kilometer). All objects emit infrared as a function of their temperature.
Response Time: About 1 sec.
Short-wave infrared emitters utilize a low-mass tungsten filament that is incased in a special blend of inert gasses. This provides a very high energy source capable of responding instantly to voltage changes, allowing for precise temperature control for a variety of applications.
Fast-Response Medium-Wave infrared emitters are heaters that fall between the short and medium-wave standards. Utilizing the best of both worlds, fast-response medium-wave emitters are capable of almost instant response times while hitting a larger wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Response Time: 1 – 2 sec.
Emitted Energy Carbon-based Medium-Wave Infrared Emitters are heaters that utilize a wound fiber-woven carbon filament. This unique lamp is ideal for drying applications that don't require high, intense heat of short-wave and long drawn-out heat of medium-wave, but rather falls in between. Note: only available with white ceramic reflector coating.
Response Time: > 3 sec.
Emitted Energy Medium-wave infrared emitters utilize a high temperature nickel/chromium alloy filament to provide a steady source of heat. These high efficiency emitters convert 80 to 90 percent of the input electrical energy into infrared radiation making it ideal for situations requiring longer applications of heat.
Response Time: > 1 min.


John Arthur is a reknown artist in Dorking.
His family have lived in Dorking for generations but he spent six years travelling and working in Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. He found his distinctive painting style during those years, and on his return to England developed it further, citing Turner as one of major influences.
In 1995 he established The John Arthur Gallery in the Old Kings Head Court with his business partner Sung-hee LEE just off the Dorking High Street where he exhibits his own work alongside pieces by other selected artists.


U.S. oilfield services group Weatherford International has hired advisors, including Morgan Stanley, to help it sell some of its units beginning early next year, in an effort to offload some of its $7.9 billion debt.
Weatherford is looking to sell its drilling tools and wellheads units, the international pressure pumping business, and the artificial lift business, Reuters reported on Friday, citing banking sources.
U.S. company Superior Energy Services, Canada's Calfrac Well Services, as well as energy funds backed by private equity firms are potentially interested in Weatherford's pressure pumping assets, according to one of Reuters' sources.
Oilfield services firms with operations in the Middle East and North Africa—core areas of Weatherford's operations—could also be potential bidders, another source told Reuters.
"This process is already underway and the company hopes to monetize some of the rigs before the end of the year," one of the banking sources said.
"Following our strategic review over the last three months, we've identified several businesses which in addition to the already ongoing divestiture processes, are not critical to our strategy going forward and we think these businesses can create more value for other owners," Weatherford President and Chief Executive Officer Mark A. McCollum said at the conference call for the Q3 results earlier this month.
Although the market to sell is not immediately favorable, Weatherford is still getting prepared and believes it can generate around $500 million in additional proceeds from divestitures over the next 12 months, McCollum added.
Weatherford, like all other oilfield services firms, has been hard hit by the oil price crash, and has cut jobs in the thousands since the start of the downturn. Analysts expect consolidation in the oilfield services industry to continue.
In March this year, Weatherford and Schlumberger agreed to form a joint venture targeting North America's unconventional resource development. Weatherford sees the transaction as one that would allow it to deleverage its balance sheet while keeping a significant exposure to the unconventional market.
Thisvisca shame, spent 14+ great years with those guys.
WFT should add laboratories to the sale. They have zero clue in how to manage the division, let alone compete with other lab companies that know what they're doing.


text:
 << PREVIOUS SECTION  < PREVIOUS PAGE   NEXT PAGE >   NEXT SECTION >>
All the foods and beverages on our classic tea menu should be recognizable to the over 25% of Americans with British ancestry as well as expat Brits around the globe. Iconic finger sandwiches, scones, clotted cream, little tarts and buttery cookies are all on the blue print. What is not found are any foods which are messy, strongly spiced, non-British, and/or trendy. This is the time to polish the silver, dust off the best china, and iron the snowy tea cloths. When in doubt as to what to serve, use this menu. For Queen and Country: Keep Calm and Carry On!
Beverages:
English Breakfast or Earl Grey Tea, served hot with sugar, lemon OR milk (never both) with milk poured into the cup first (why? who knows)
Savories:
Stilton with Wheat Meal Biscuits and Branson Pickle Relish
Tea Sandwiches:
Classic Cucumber Sandwiches on buttered, thinly-sliced white bread,
Egg Salad on buttered brown bread,
Tomato on buttered bread (either brown or white)
Breads and Scones:
Cream Scones with Clotted Cream and Strawberry Jam
Sweets:
Almond Tea Cakes
Bakewell Tart
Victoria Sponge with Lemon Curd
Recipes Included:
Classic Cucumber Sandwiches
Cucumber Sandwiches have been a staple of Afternoon Tea in England for generations. Their charm lies in their simplicity. Fresh cucumbers, newly picked from the garden, are thinly sliced, lightly sprinkled with salt and pepper, and placed between buttered slices of freshly baked white bread. Classic Cucumber Sandwiches are a true example of the old adage, "Less is more."
Egg Salad Sandwiches are appropriate in all four seasons. They are tasty and easy to make. Start by boiling 6 eggs for 10 minutes, rinsing them in cold water and chilling them in cold water with a few ice cubes added for at least half an hour. This process will make peeling them a little easier. Peel the eggs and roughly chop them into a medium sized bowl. Add mayonnaise to taste; start with about half a cup or less. Add about a tablespoon of prepared yellow mustard. Stir this mixture and sprinkle it liberally with salt and freshly ground pepper. Adjust the ingredients to your liking, and your Egg Salad Sandwich Filling is ready to go. Refrigerate it until just before you make the sandwiches. We feature this simple classic on our British Afternoon Tea menu.
Best Summer Tomato Sandwiches
The British prefer small sandwiches that include only one or two ingredients, and they love their summer vegetables. We agree that sliced tomatoes, fresh from the garden and never refrigerated, offer a pure and intense taste that evokes memories of childhood and seasons past. Honor your ripe tomatoes with the freshest bread you can find.
We are grateful to the British for inventing, these warm little biscuit-like treats that belong at every Afternoon Tea party. There are many recipes for Scones, but this classic version contains both butter and cream to create the perfect texture for serving with Mock Devonshire Cream and Strawberry Jam.
Mock Devonshire Cream
For our Classic British Afternoon Tea, we want to come as close as possible to serving authentic Devonshire Clotted Cream with our Cream Scones and Strawberry Jam. Our Mock Devonshire Cream is a thick, spreadable combination of sour cream, whipped cream, powdered sugar and a touch of vanilla. We don't think you will get any complaints from your British friends.
Shortbread Cookies
Shortbread cookies are one of Scotland's greatest gifts to the world. (You will forgive us for suggesting that Shortbread is even more important than golf!) This most elemental of desserts is composed of only three ingredients—flour butter and sugar. Shortbread, which has been a Scottish staple since at least the 1200s, reflects the hardy culture of the highlands. This ancient culture manages to thrive in a climate and terrain that provide only the most rudimentary resources for survival. The Scots have been nurtured by healthy and wholesome oatmeal for centuries and have clothed themselves in the exquisitely patterned tartan plaid wool provided by their own intrepid sheep. These very sheep also add meat and cheese to the very basic Scottish diet, which as we know, has also been fortified by Scotch whiskey, a tonic against the cold weather. Today, Walker's Shortbread, popular throughout the British Isles, is also Scotland's largest export to the rest of the world.
Let us begin with the name of this delightful little cookie. The word "short" does not refer to the height of the cookie but to the fact that it is full of shortening, in this case a high percentage of butter. The high butterfat content gives these cookies a very appealing crunchy texture. The word "bread" harkens back to a time when "bread" referred to any baked item that contained flour. These hearty little confections keep for long periods of time and can be carried along on journeys and mailed to friends as very welcome gifts. They require no refrigeration. They can also be made with no modern equipment other than an oven, though you can make yours with a food processor.
Shortbread can be made in many shapes, from rectangular "fingers" to squares to fan shaped wedges known as "petticoat tails." You can even buy shortbread molds that will produce decorative patterns on the cookies when they are removed from the pan. Some recipes add small amounts of salt or vanilla, and there are any number of chocolate, ginger, lemon or other flavored shortbread recipes. Our recipe creates the original three-ingredient basic shortbread cookie. You can sprinkle plain or colored sugars on the dough before baking, but shortbread really needs no decoration.
The classic British Afternoon Tea offers a variety of finger foods, which the guests can enjoy in small servings, thus providing a wide array of treats to sample. These little square Almond Tea Cakes, similar to French Petites Fours, but much easier to make, are consumed in a single delicate bite. After experiencing the charming almond flavor of these tiny cakes, the guest can still appreciate a small shortbread cookie, a little slice of Bakewell Tart and perhaps a small serving of Victoria Sponge and Chocolate Biscuit Cake.
Very appropriately, this delectable pastry was developed in the town of Bakewell in Derbyshire, England. It combines a buttery crust similar to shortbread with a layer of jam and a ground almond topping called frangipane. Frangipane itself is an ancient food of Italian origin. The word frangipane means "break the bread" in Italian. Frangipane is similar to marzipan, a sweetened almond and butter confection popular throughout Europe. The French became especially fond of frangipane, which is a featured ingredient in many French pastries, including Petites Fours, Jesuit and King Cake, traditionally served on the Feast of Epiphany.
In England, pastry shops and tearooms sell Bakewell Tarts as small individual tartlets, but a Bakewell Tart can also be made as a single large tart sliced and served in small wedges. Our recipe is the latter, featuring cherry preserves and a puffy frangipane topping. While this dessert may seem exotic and difficult, it is in fact very easy to make, as the pastry crust, the ground almonds and the frangipane topping can all be prepared in a food processor without even cleaning the bowl between the steps. The pastry crust dough needs to chill for at least 1 hour before you roll it out, so you might want to make one of the other items on this menu, such as the Chocolate Biscuit Cake, while the dough is chilling. We think your guests will fall in love with your gorgeous and surprising Bakewell Tart.
This famous British dessert is so called because it was apparently Queen Victoria's favorite teatime cake. It is a golden sponge cake that can be served plain or as a two layer cake sandwiched together with lemon curd, jam or berries and whipped cream. It is therefore good in all four seasons, and the tea party host can choose to enhance the sponge cake with the season's best produce such as strawberries in the summer or spiced apple butter in the autumn. Since the Bakewell Tart that you will also be serving at your British Afternoon Tea contains cherry preserves or raspberry jam, we suggest filling your Victoria Sponge with lemon curd for visual contrast and ease of preparation.
Our recipe for Victoria Sponge is an adaptation of an authentic Victorian version from Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management, first published in England in 1861. The author, Isabella Mary Beeton, is justly famous as one of the first compilers of familiar recipes and general advice on managing a well-run home.
Lemon Curd, another British creation, is a sweet and tart condiment that resembles both custard and marmalade. You will need fresh lemon juice, eggs, sugar and butter to make this classic spread from scratch. Your homemade Lemon Curd will serve as the filling for the lovely, light Victoria Sponge Cake that you will present, along with the other sweets, hopefully on your best cake stand, at your British Afternoon Tea. Lemon Curd is also a versatile filling for cookies, tarts, any kind of layer cake, and of course it is traditionally served at Afternoon Tea with Scones.
This easiest of all desserts is a relative newcomer in the panoply of British sweets. Prince William made his childhood favorite famous when he chose Chocolate Biscuit Cake as his Groom's Cake when he married Catherine Middleton. This no-bake "cake" is really just a combination of melted chocolate and broken cookies mixed together, poured into a pan and refrigerated. The only tricky thing about this recipe is the fact that the word "biscuit" in England refers to a "cookie" in America. We offer an Irish version of this recipe, which calls for "digestive biscuits," slightly sweetened cracker-like cookies that are also very good with cheese. Digestive biscuits can be found in British import shops and the "foreign foods" section of many grocery stores.
There are many versions of Chocolate Biscuit Cake, some containing golden syrup, whipping cream, raisins, nuts or candied fruits. This very basic version, adapted from edible-ireland.com, features espresso powder to deepen the flavor of the dark chocolate and sweetened condensed milk to create a creamy texture. If you cannot find digestive biscuits, you can substitute any kind of plain commercial butter cookies such as Lu's Le Petit Beurre, or Pepperidge Farms Chessmen, which we used with fantastic results. Look carefully at the package, as you will need 7-9 ounces of cookies. We recommend making the Biscuit Cake in an 8" square pan and serving it in very thin slices, as it is extremely rich and fudge-like, but you can also make it in a 9" cake pan and serve it in thin wedges.


The company's reputation throughout its operations is crucial for you to know. This is because, the more experienced the firm is, they more likely they are to handle the complex nature of the building. A reputable firm is able to adjust the plan and design of the structure to fit the available space; something not achievable by amateurs. They can as well advise you on a variety of aspects ranging from the number of floors the structure can support, if you are building a multi-floored building. You can as well be informed about the material and labour requirements for the commercial building to be accomplished successfully. Construction duration can as well be approximated to allow you to plan well. Since those estimates are almost accurate, you can budget well for the construction without any worries. An experienced firm also is likely to have competent workers and more advanced materials and machines. This makes the building stronger and standardized.
You should also investigate the company, through visiting governmental departments which deal with certification of such companies, and their subsequent licensing. This is the only sure way you can prove the company's legitimacy and authenticity, given that the government can only allow professionals to do the job. Once you hire a certified company, it will be easy for you to take legal action against the company in case it fails to deliver on their mandate. Equally, you can choose to go to the local governments and try to understand more about the construction companies, and you may find some crucial info that you missed earlier. Regulatory organizations are available, where you can visit and make all the enquiries you have about the firm. This is because, there are construction companies which are illegally constituted conning clients.
Lastly, you may decide to call contractors and interview them concerning the job. You are required to enquire from them about their terms of service, total cost, insurance issues, employees' medical covers, warranty, etc. For instance, the construction firm is required to cover all their members against accidents which are likely to occur while the construction is in the process. You must get a guarantee from whichever company you choose to construct the building, that the building must remain in a perfect condition for as long as possible. However, when a particular company charges you a lesser amount for the same construction, it doesn't mean that it will deliver the best.


The Print & Copy Centre at the University of Toronto Mississauga offers poster printing service with competitive pricing!
You can submit your poster printing request and pick it up the day you arrive at the conference on May 28th!
Accepted method of payment – cash, debit, Visa, and Mastercard. No processing fee is charged. Can pay at time of pick-up.
To request printing, download and complete this order form and email to copy.utm@utoronto.ca.
Deadline to submit for printing is May 21, 2019 for May 28th at 12pm pick-up. Please note, an expedite charge may apply to request submitted after the May 21st deadline.
Copyright © 2019 Biophysical Society of Canada All Rights Reserved.


text:
Q: How do I change a string in a for loop So i'm trying to make the variable "name" equal "slider1" but it gives me
the error

initialization with '{...}' expected for aggregate object

the code:
for (int TpNum = 1; TpNum < 2; TpNum++)
{
    char name[8] = ("slider" + TpNum );

    Enemy name(5, 5, 'r', name);
}

A: Arrays are aggregate types, and as such are initialized with an initializer list.
More spurious is your attempt to add char*s. You should use C++ std::strings, but here's how you can accomplish it with C strings.
for (int TpNum = 1; TpNum < 2; ++TpNum)
{
    char[8] name;
    sprintf(name,"slider%d",TpNum);

    Enemy name(5, 5, 'r', name);
}

You'll need to include <stdio.h> to use sprintf.
EDIT
Also note that your loop will only execute once, so you could just say
Enemy name(5, 5, 'r', "slider1");

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


No pressure parents but taking your kids on vacation not only makes them happier. Experts Confirm Family Vacations Make Children Smarter.
While it may seem like a torture at times, traveling with your kids can bring lots of benefits. For starters, you are all together. Family vacations are happy times. You get to explore and experience new things together as a family. Try new foods, learn about history, languages and different cultures.
I truly believe traveling is the best education. Not the kind of education that is experienced in a classroom or through a textbook. Real life education experience. Travel with your kids and give them a precious gift that will last a lifetime.
According to a study done by the U.S. Department of Education, kids who travel more scored higher on academic achievement tests. The same study noted that those academic improvements were higher for those kids who took vacations that were educational in nature.
My 7 year old son remembers very specific details from our trips. For example, he was so happy to see the statue of liberty, or cross the golden gate bridge when we travelled to California. He asked me to take pictures so he could show it to his friends.
It makes me feel a great sense of achievement to see my kids enjoying their vacations and at the same time learning about the world. Family vacations make children smarter…and happier….and more curious about the world.
Travel experiences give children a lifetime of good memories.
We already know that experiences bring happiness, but let's go back to our childhood. What do you remember? In my case, the happiest memories I have are from family vacations as a child. I remember feeling fulfilled. Those same happy memories are the ones that help me get through tough times. It is just amazing to know that the happiest memories can help you feel better.
The world is filled with infinite experiences that will make your family happier and smarter.
Enriching experiences offer new opportunities for brain development – according to child psychotherapist Dr. Margot Sunderland.
Travel to different parts of the world and your kids will also learn about cultures, languages, and history. It will make them more intellectually curious and aware of their surroundings. Take also a vacation to just relax and enjoy nature. All those travel experiences enrich kid's brains. It also makes us happy as parents to see our children enjoying the experiences with us.
A few months ago, I heard a beautiful song at my son's school. His Kindergarten class sang "The World Is A Rainbow". The song is about getting along with different people, working together, and living in harmony. It made me think that the world really is a beautiful rainbow full of wonderful people and places to see.
So my recommendation is: travel often and don't forget to take your kids with you. Traveling with your kids will make you a better person….more tolerable….more sensitive….more patience….more human.
So now you know: experts confirm family vacations make children smarter. Next time you plan a family vacation remember you are giving your children more than just sunshine and ice cream. You are providing a lifetime of memories that will make them smarter and boost their happiness for life.
Children growing up with dogs are less likely to suffer mental health issues.


A hat full of adjectives / by Bette Blaisdell ; content consultant: Terry Flaherty, PhD, Professor of English, Minnesota State University, Mankato.
1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Euchee Creek Library.
Publisher: North Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, 2014.
"Full-color photographs and rhyming text introduce and define a variety of adjectives"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject: English language > Adjective > Juvenile literature.


text:
MyGovt Reform Tracker
Vision, Mission and Goals
Good Governance and Anti-Corruption
Corporate Liability
Examples of Conflict of Interest Cases in Malaysia
Business Politics Nexus
Political Corruption and Conflict of Interest
Asset Declaration
C4 in the Press
Support C4 Center
Shambolic Protection for Whistleblowers Comes Full Circle
C4 Center is outraged that Tan Sri Azam Baki, the Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC), tasked with protecting whistleblowers who expose corruption, is himself threatening a whistleblower with legal action for revealing his alleged wrongdoings.
On Jan 6, 2022, a Letter of Demand (LOD) was served by MACC Chief Commissioner Azam Baki upon Lalitha Kunaratnam, an independent Malaysian anti-corruption activist. This was done in connection to her articles detailing Azam Baki's questionable ownership of millions of shares in two publicly listed companies, which were published by the Independent News Services.
Lalitha Kunaratnam is a Malaysian anti corruption advocate whose integrity and evidence-based journalism has earned her numerous plaudits. Her findings in this case were backed by publicly accessible documents. Azam Baki's attempt to silence her smacks of grave intimidation and fear tactics completely unbecoming of a top graft buster.
The exposé and Azam Baki's hostile response serve as yet another devastating blow to the credibility of the MACC, an institution already wrecked by corruption and criminal scandals involving its own officers.
His legal threats upon a notable anti-corruption campaigner also reiterate the huge personal risk that whistleblowers face when exposing wrongdoing. It is the cruelest irony that it is Azam Baki, of all people, who should be assisting Lalitha to obtain whistleblower protection.
The principles of transparency and accountability espoused by MACC, have all crumbled to ashes with this tragic episode that will take trust deficits to an all-time low.
What message does this send to the rest of us Malaysians?
Malaysia is a signatory to the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). Article 33 of the UNCAC explicitly sets out the parameters of protection for reporting persons and legally obligates signatory states to consider their incorporation, as follows:
Each State Party shall consider incorporating into its domestic legal system appropriate measures to provide protection against any unjustified treatment for any person who reports in good faith and on reasonable grounds to the competent authorities any facts concerning offences established in accordance with this Convention.
In Malaysia, the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 (WPA 2010) was enacted to offer protection to our whistleblowers. However, as proven by this case, its provisions are completely insufficient for the purposes of protection and does not encourage nor give confidence to potential whistleblowers to come forward with information. For years, C4 Center has called for amendments to be made to the WPA 2010, with emphasis on Section 4, Section 6(1), Section 8(1) and (4), as well as Section 11. An amendment to Section 6(1) is especially crucial, as in its current form, it limits whistleblowers to reporting cases to enforcement agencies only, failing which, whistleblower protection would be revoked. Furthermore, it carries with it the condition that the disclosure cannot break any existing law, essentially stifling effective whistleblower efforts.
On 17 November last year, Azam Baki himself told the media of his support for amendments to the WPA 2010. According to him, "We [the MACC] fully support the planned amendments to the law. Adequate protection should be given to ensure that such a mechanism will be effective." He also went on to say, "I believe more people will be able to become whistleblowers if they are confident that the relevant law will protect them."
Where is the support for whistleblowers now? Was this all mere lip service?
The only right cause of action for Azam Baki now is to immediately withdraw his LOD and prove to the public that the MACC genuinely advocates for whistleblower protection. He must cease with threats to whistleblowers, and amidst this mounting criticism, declare his assets at once.
Furthermore, in light of the statement by the Securities Commission that it will be calling in Azam Baki for questioning over this alleged violation of stock trading laws, he must immediately go on garden leave until all investigations into his actions are complete.
Leading an anti-corruption commission, Azam has by his actions so far, terribly failed to lead by example and is sending the wrong message out.
C4 Center hereby urgently and emphatically calls for:
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to set up a Special Task Force (STF) composed of independent personalities to conduct an investigation into Azam Baki's alleged wrongdoings without delay. The investigation must be done transparently and the full findings of the STF must be made public.
Azam Baki to be immediately be put on a garden leave to allow a thorough and impartial investigation to be carried out to ascertain the truth of the allegations;
The immediate withdrawal of Azam Baki's LOD upon Lalitha Kunaratnam.
A Special Committee to be set up immediately to implement the long overdue reforms to the structure of the MACC, in particular, an amendment of the Federal Constitution for the establishment of the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission free from executive influence. C4, along with the Malaysian Bar, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs, Transparency International Malaysia, and Citizens' Network for a Better Malaysia, made this call in a memorandum published in 2015 at the request of the MACC itself.
A Special Committee to be set up immediately to revamp the MACC's advisory boards and panels which have unquestionably failed in their duties to properly investigate the concerns raised by Professor Dr Edmund Terence Gomez before he resigned due to their inaction.
The reform of the WPA 2010 which has continuously failed to adequately protect whistleblowers since it came into force over a decade ago, with specific emphasis on Section 4, Section 6(1), Section 8(1) and (4), as well as Section 11.
END OF PRESS STATEMENT
Center to Combat Corruption & Cronyism (C4 Center)
For further enquiries, please contact:
012-379 2189 / 03-7660 5140
Website: https://c4center.org/
PrevOLDER POSTPusat C4 menandakan sambutan Hari Rasuah Antarabangsa 2021, mengarahkan tumpuan orang ramai kepada penggunaan teknologi dalam perjuangan sukar menentang rasuah
NEWER POSTPercanggahan Kenyataan Suruhanjaya Sekuriti dengan Peraturan Pegawai AwamNext
Good Governance & Anti-Corruption
Political Corruption & Conflict of Interest
All publications by C4 Center are downloadable for free. Much resources and funds have been put into ensuring that we conduct cutting edge research work for these issues to be brought to the attention of the general public, authorities, as well as public policymakers and lawmakers. If you like our work, please do consider supporting us by donating to us. Your financial support will go a long way in ensuring that we can continue fighting for a clean, and better, Malaysia.
Zahid Hamidi's Court Case Key To Uncovering Abuse of Charitable Foundations For Political Gain
Percanggahan Kenyataan Suruhanjaya Sekuriti dengan Peraturan Pegawai Awam
Pusat C4 menandakan sambutan Hari Rasuah Antarabangsa 2021, mengarahkan tumpuan orang ramai kepada penggunaan teknologi dalam perjuangan sukar menentang rasuah
C4 Center marks 2021 International Corruption Day celebration, directs public focus to use of technology in uphill battle against corruption
Facebook-f Twitter Youtube Flickr Donate
About C4 Center
C4 Internship Programme
What is Corruption
How to Report Corruption
Anti-Corruption Laws (to fight corruption)
How to Eliminate Corruption
C Four Consultancies Sdn Bhd
A-3-7, 8 Avenue, Jalan Sg Jernih 8/1
Seksyen 8, 46050 Petaling Jaya
[email protected] (Attn: Cynthia Gabriel)
(Attn: Cynthia Gabriel)
Opening Hours: 10AM to 5:30PM
Tweets by C4Center
© C4 Center. All Rights Reserved.


What's the Best Science Fiction Novel You've Read This Year?
John Scalzi is one of my favorite sci-fi authors. He has the remarkable ability to introduce a new alien race and describe–within just a few pages of plot, not exposition–a huge amount of detail regarding what makes that race unique, special, and interesting.
Becky Chambers, author of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, accomplishes this lofty goal and takes it a step further: She makes you care about the aliens you meet.
Well, most of them. Some are just rude.
I'm in awe of how good this book is. After it was recommended to me, I took one look at the cover and, yes, I judged it. There's nothing wrong with the cover, but for some reason it indicated that the book would be silly. That it wasn't taking itself seriously. I like serious sci-fi: The Expanse, Seveneves, Hyperion, etc.
But I was wrong about it being silly. It's fun, but it's not silly. The science, themes, and relationships have a huge amount of depth to them. But the characters–primarily crew members of a ship called the Wayfarer–have fun at all the right times (and sometimes the wrong times).
One of the wonders of this book is that the plot moves forward, but it's far from the most important part of the book. It's not a series of cliffhangers. Rather, it's heavily character driven. This works because the characters are likable, interesting, nuanced, and, as I mentioned early, often not human.
It's not the type of book that I could ruin with spoilers in the traditional sense, but if you're intrigued, I'd highly recommend that you stop reading this blog entry now. But if you want a little taste of the types of aliens you get to know, here's an example you'll learn about early in the book.
Earlier this week, I posted an article about interstellar travel. The Wayfarer is a special type of ship that punches holes in space-time to create vast highways across the universe. To accomplish this, they need to be able to view space-time in a way that humans and even the most AI can't…but one of the crew members, an alien named Ohan, is able to do that thanks to a parasite that lives inside his brain. His alien race reveres the parasite to the point that once it took hold of his brain, he started referring to himself as "they" instead of "him." Ohan is referred to as a plural entity throughout the book.
That's really just the smallest taste of the creativity Chambers exudes in this book. I highly, highly recommend it, and I'd love to know what you think if you try it.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 at 11:00 pm	and is filed under books and tagged with books. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
This year, the best sci-fi I've read is probably We Are Legion – We Are Bob by Dennis E. Taylor. Other enjoyable sci-fi from this year include Run Program by Scott Meyer, the Super Powered series by Drew Hayes, and The Land (Chaos Seed series) by Aleron Kong, although it's more fantasy than sci-fi and reads like a RPG. Speaking of Scalzi, I'm certain you've read his Redshirts book? If not, it's a great satire and tribute to the original Star Trek and a fun read.
Eric: I've read Redshirts, but all of the others are new to me. I'll go get some samples for my Kindle!
On the Amazon.co.uk page it has a different cover which is more "serious". Interesting.
Louisa: I noticed that, and while I like it, it doesn't seem to fit the book. So much of the book is spent inside the Wayfarer that it seemed a bit odd to show someone looking up at the sky from the ground.
On The Edge of Gone, by Corinne Duyvis – A young adult coming of age post apocalypse (meteor strike, specifically) novel that released last year, staring a young autistic woman, and predominantly focused on her relationship with her mother and missing sister, as she tries to find her sister and secure the three of them a place on the last generational interstellar starship. And it is absolutely wonderful. I believe it's Duyvis's second novel, so certainly an author to keep an eye on in the future, if this is representative of her overall quality at this early stage of her career.
That sounds fascinating, Stephen! I've downloaded a sample. Thanks!
I second the We Are Legion (We Are Bob series). Especially as you liked the Becky Chambers series (have you read #2?).
Derelict Marines (and sequel Derelict Tomb) by Paul E. Cooley; Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty; Mechanical Failure by Joe Zieja; The Ark series by Patrick Tomlinson; 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson; Freefall by Felix Savage; All Systems Red by Martha Wells; All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders; Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire (more fantasy but good); Dark Matter by Blake Crouch; Fortune's Pawn (and others in the series) by Rachel Bach; Peter Grant series by Ben Aaronovitch (more fantasy but awesome); Planetfall by Emma Newman; Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel; Invisible Library series by Genevieve Cogman (Victorian fantasy but great); Outriders by Jay Posey; Avengers on the Moon by Allen Steele; Luna by Ian McDonald; Memoirs of Lady Trent by Marie Brennan (Victorian fantasy); The Big Sheep by Robert Kroese; Frontlines series by Marko Kloos.
In my To Be Read stack: The Ghost Line; Magellan; Fifth Ward; Punch Escrow; The Life Engineered; Sea of Rust; Warcross; Asteroid Made of Dragons; Fifth Ward First Watch; The Boy on the Bridge; Soldier Girls in Action; Too Like the Lightning; Bannerless; Practical Applications for Multiverse Theory; Yesterday; How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe; Flight of the Silvers; Noumenon; The Dark Net; The Cityborn; Infinite; Ninth City Burning; and more.
That's a big batch of recommendations! I've read Waking Gods, but the rest are new to me. If you could pick just 2 of them for me to check out, which 2 would you choose?
Six Wakes and Mechanical Failure. Also read All Systems Red (it's only a short novella).
Jing: I really enjoyed The Martian too! Daniel Weir has another book coming out soon. Thanks for the blog recommendation–I've now subscribed to it.


text:
· Posted on Oct 13, 2022
12 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About "Wednesday," Straight From The Cast And Creators Themselves
Fred Armisen said that he revealed that he actually shaved his head to play Uncle Fester because he "wanted to do it right."
by Lauren Garafano
by Natasha Jokic
The Addams Family is back, baby! And this time, they're kookier than ever.
Netflix's new series Wednesday follows a teenaged Wednesday Addams as she goes off to boarding school on her own and navigates the mysterious and spooky world of high school.
And if you're anything like us, you'll be ready to watch the series as soon as it drops. So, here's everything we know about the series so far after its panel at New York Comic-Con (including some fun lil' behind-the-scenes stories from the cast and creators):
1. Wednesday has eight new episodes that will all drop on Netflix on Wednesday, November 23. Which means it's out now!
2. Tim Burton directed the series, so it'll automatically be extra spooky. The show's creators and writers, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, were initially told by others that Tim wouldn't sign on to direct, as he "doesn't do television." This show will officially mark his TV directorial debut.
Netflix / Via youtube.com
Days after sending over the script to his agent, Tim personally called the duo.
At New York Comic-Con, they said, "His agent called and said, 'Tim loves the script, he felt like he would have dated Wednesday Addams in high school. He'd really love to get on a Zoom or a call,'" Alfred said. "We're like, 'Great. How do we set that up, through his assistant?' He goes, 'No, I'm gonna send you Tim's phone number, and you're gonna FaceTime with him tomorrow morning.'"
3. Jenna Ortega, who will star as Wednesday Addams, said she was initially approached by Tim Burton to take on the role.
Their meeting consisted of a 10 to 20-minute conversation, where she read a "couple of scenes."
"I don't think I've ever played a character that's been done before, before. It was an interesting balance. We've also never seen her as a teenager, which was a cool endeavor," Jenna said. "I felt very, very lucky. And also, I can't think of many iconic characters that have reached as wide of an audience as Wednesday, who's also Latin. It's a great honor."
4. Luis Guzmán will play Gomez Addams, and he said that his initial response to being told that Tim wanted to talk to him was to say, "Tim who? The guy from the Batman movies?"
"He says, 'I would love for you to be my Gomez.' And I say, 'I would love for you to be my Tim,'" Luis joked.
5. Wednesday will be attending Nevermore Academy, aka the "safe haven" for outcasts, "no matter who or what they are."
Coincidentally, it's the same school where her parents first met and fell in love.
6. Catherine Zeta-Jones will be playing Morticia Addams, and Luis joked that the "passion" between him and Catherine came "very easy" to him.
"I have the most beautiful wife as Gomez. It was great working with Catherine. She's beautiful, and I got to kiss her at the end of all the takes," Luis joked. "I've been doing this a long time — she still taught me tricks about the camera. It was an honor to work with her."
7. Gwendoline Christie will play a new character, Larissa Weems, Nevermore's headmistress and Morticia's former roommate.
"It was just a surreal experience. I've wanted to work with Tim Burton my entire life," she said. "For there to be this filmmaker that created films about the outsider, someone that I felt I could really connect to, that understood me...I play a headmistress at a school for outcasts, which many people have said I have been typecast in this role. Larissa went to Nevermore, her roommate was Morticia, and Morticia was always brilliant at everything — she superseded all expectations, she excelled at everything, and Larissa was always in her shadow."
She added, "Now that Larissa has achieved her dreams of being in charge of the school, she has to deal with not only the bureaucracy as a woman in power of trying to navigate that, but the arrival of Wednesday Addams."
8. Fred Armisen will be playing Uncle Fester, and he did indeed shave his head for the role.
"I wanted to do it right and not have a bald cap or anything," Fred told the NYCC audience.
9. Former Wednesday Addams Christina Ricci will also appear in the series as Ms. Thornhill, a staff member at Nevermore.
10. The series was shot over eight months in Romania.
"We worked really, really hard on the show — eight months in Romania, away from our families, really trying to create something that did Wednesday Addams justice," Jenna said. "[We wanted to] create a new world and introduce her to a newer generation while also welcoming back other people that have fallen in love with her from previous generations."
11. Alfred and Miles' teenage daughters served as inspiration for the series.
"We have teenage girls — four between us," Miles said. "I think what's amazing about Wednesday [is that] she's an iconic character for many reasons, but she is someone who was fully formed and incredibly confident."
12. And finally, the show isn't a remake or a sequel, but a totally new iteration of The Addams Family.
At New York Comic-Con, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar explained that the series isn't a remake but a totally new iteration of The Addams Family. Miles said, "The next iteration of [The Addams Family] feels like it's honoring the past, while still making something different and new. So, it's not like a museum. It's very close. It's not a remake. It's an eight-hour Tim Burton movie."
Watch the full trailer here:
Netflix / youtube.com
Get all the best moments in pop culture & entertainment delivered to your inbox.


text:
Learn about the 8 Coil Shakti
Main Page for Shakti
Shakti's Effects
Mood Enhancement
Meditation Enhancement
Intense Altered States
Online Software Demo
Schedule for using the 8 Coil Shakti
Shakti does not Diagnose, Treat or Prevent Medical Disorders. No Statements about Shakti For Windows have been evaluated by the FDA.
(Opens in
Window)
Shakti Works
and User
Shakti and the Koren Helmet
For Ambidextrous People
Online Merchants /
(Opens
in a new
SHAKTI SESSION SCHEDULE – ONCE EVERY THREE DAYS OR ONCE A WEEK.
There are two schedules for Shakti sessions.
Every three 72 hours, and once a week.
Other intervals between sessions have been examined and found to be less effective. A study with daily sessions found that they were less effective than weekly sessions. The session schedules are based on laboratory investigation, and it's strongly suggested you follow them. The software has session logging and reminders, to keep track of your sessions for you. Sessions should never be done more often than once every 72 hours. Negative effects are possible when sessions are done too close together.
Weekly sessions are more able to create lasting effects, though Shakti has predictable side effects when used in a series of weekly sessions. These have not been reported with sessions done every three days.
These are temporary, and they come from a process called "metabolic snapback". Not everyone experiences it. In fact, it's become less common since the Shakti signals were upgraded late in 2008. Shakti For Windows comes with a software CD that has these improved signals.
A series of weekly sessions lasts six weeks. Each session is 20 or 30 minutes. The effects of a single session typically last about four (4) days.
Four days after the second session, the brain tries to re-establish its old patterns of responses in these brain parts. It does this by activating the same structures on the opposite side.
You can feel uncomfortable while that's happening, if it happens at all. This has been called 'being in snapback" (based on the phrase "Metabolic Snapback"). Most people (less than 10%) don't experience it. Typically, it emerges as mild moments of anxiety or irritability.
These can be strong for a very few people (usually those with mood disorders), but it's hardly noticeable for most. When it happens, it usually starts four (4) days after the second and fifth sessions. For others, it starts almost right away. For most, it doesn't seem to happen at all.
If snapback happens sooner than three days after a session, you should request alternative session designs.
If you choose to obtain a Shakti unit, you'll have a chance to answer some questions that will help me design alternatives for you, should they be necessary (over 90% use the standard session designs).
Weekly sessions are more likely to produce lasting results.
"Snapback" is rare hasn't been reported with sessions done every three days.
Click Here to Order Online
Complete instructions are embedded in the software. Free Tech Support is Available.
8 Coil Shakti – $285.00
Shipping – (USA) $12.50 (International) – $25.00.
In the USA, you can order by calling (toll-free):
By calling this number, you agree that you understand and agree to the terms of sale, listed HERE.
Read them before you order.
Email Your Questions About The 8 Coil Shakti
Refund terms and conditions
Legal: Templates for many signals are licensed for use with Shakti For Windows by Dr. M.A. Persinger and Stan Koren.


Read the latest real estate news.
These links should keep you busy for a while.
Look up the local schools before you buy.
This is our favorite site to review the local education system ratings.
Compare your favorite two cities before you move.
Evaluate the profiles of two cities, looking at demographics, finances, economics, and other quality-of-life factors important to you.
This website is the latest effort by the DOJ in their constant battle with the traditional real estate industry's efforts to stifle competition. The DOJ & the FTC absolutely love companies like us!
They work with the DOJ to fight anticompetitive actions by the Realtor Associations, real estate boards, and state governments that are bought and paid for by the Realtor lobby.
Looking for an office, or information about available commercial real estate to buy or lease? This website is used extensively by commercial brokers working with investors, tenants, and landlords.
Fair Isaac Corporation , is a public company that provides analytics and decision making solutions. Developers of the "FICO" score.
Federal Housing Association loan company website might have some useful information.
HUD.gov has an extensive website that is an excellent resource for anybody interested in more information about buying or selling homes. Individual real estate websites often give a biased view. HUDs mission is to increase individual home ownership in the United States, and even has programs to help first time homebuyers and low income families buy a home. The site is massive, so it will take some time to get familiar with all the resources it provides.
Knowing the current rate is the best way to know if you are getting a great loan.
Realty Times – Gives current real estate market conditions for various areas.
Read about Flat Fee Listing & FlatFee Brokers – mentioned in Yahoo Finance!


text:
Author: Bryan Parys	(Page 1 of 2)
Raising the Roof: Reflections from Santa Fe, New Mexico
Posted by Bryan Parys
Continuing Berklee's commitment to giving back to the community at large, the college's Gracenotes Volunteer Committee sponsored its third annual trip to New Mexico. A group of eight staff and faculty members from the College and Conservatory traveled to Santa Fe to work on Habitat for Humanity projects promoting affordable home ownership for Santa Fe area residents. Read the volunteers' reflection below.
Lauren Linsalata | Staff, Berklee College of Music
"Having concrete evidence of my progress at the end of the week is a big deal to me—not just because we're building a home for someone who very much needs it. It's a reminder of what I'm capable of, in a tangible context."
Don't Forget the Memory: 'Tali Jams New York' (Episode 7, Final)
In Alumni, New York
Image by Noam Galai
By Tali Rubinstein B.M. '14
I don't particularly like goodbyes.
When the time comes to part, maybe it's better to forget and move on. Thinking about the past is agonizing in so many ways; reminiscing about what we lost (which is, effectively, all that's in the past) is an empty rabbit hole.
Bach for the Beasts: Berklee Performs at the Franklin Park Zoo
Kathleen Chen '17 is a first-semester student studying jazz violin performance and music production. She works for the Movement at Berklee, a student-run program that reaches out to the community through performance outreach, youth mentorship, and musical instruction.
Over the weekend, I played a gig in which the audience was the main attraction at the venue. The audience also did not clap after performances, or completely understand what I was doing with my instrument—because they consisted of tigers, kangaroos, and lemurs.
Maria Wadman: Promoting a Student Culture of Giving
Maria Wadman '17 is a sixth semester student studying performance with a minor in Latin Music Studies. Her principal instrument is voice, with her secondary instrument being hand percussion. She's works in the Berklee Fund office and is the founder of Berklee's Student Philanthropy Group, a group mostly dedicated to getting students accurate information about how funding and philanthropy works at our school, and demystifying the finances of Berklee.
I have a lot of people ask me why I give to Berklee's annual fund.
"You're a student!"
"You pay tuition!"
"You work for the Berklee Fund"
I've been working in the Berklee Fund office since my first semester at Berklee. First it was just a job—I was calling alumni and parents, soliciting donations. I'd always done philanthropic work and enjoyed it, but to be honest, it wasn't what drew me to the Berklee Fund. I just needed a job. But, the more time I spent at work the more involved I got. Inspired by my supervisor, team members, and the idea of giving, I began to do research and really understand what we were doing—we were making Berklee a better place for present and future students. After my first semester I became a supervisor and have never dreamed of another job.
Rocket Science, Spaced Learning, and Songwriting
In Faculty, Student Experience
Ben Camp, Assistant Professor of Songwriting
Ben Camp is an assistant professor of songwriting at Berklee, and author of bencamp.com. He is signed to Sony/ATV as a songwriter and has written for artists on Columbia, Sony, and Universal. In this post, Camp details his innovative methods for increasing students' ability to gain—and remember—new educational concepts.
Songwriting isn't rocket science.
But these unlikely bedfellows do have one thing in common: they both require a firm grasp of the fundamentals—whether it's song form and similes, or algebra and calculus.
So, here in Berklee's Songwriting Department, we teach those very basic building blocks of Songwriting—rhyme schemes, metaphors, song form—right from the first class we offer.
But teaching something once doesn't mean that it's been learned for life. I'm less concerned what my students remember on the midterm, and more concerned with what they remember three months, three years, or three decades after my class.


text:
# magical realism
The Rue Stone by Janet Stock - Book Blitz + Giveaway
The Rue Stone
The rue is a mysterious and rare being who is rarely seen, and Janna is amazed when one arrives at the inn where she works, looking for a room. The next morning, her life has changed, and she is left wondering whether she will ever see him again, but only time and the rue stone know the answer to that question.
UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07YG3Z3VM
US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YG3Z3VM
1.What would you consider to be your Kryptonite as an author?
My Kryptonite is social media, can't live without it, can't work while it's there beckoning me to browse on it!
2. If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?
Write the book, write everything down that is in your head, and just keep going.
3. Favorite childhood memory involving books?
Going on occasional shopping trips to our nearest big city and being allowed into a huge bookshop before going home where we could choose one book to buy. It was nearly always Enid Blyton by the way.
4. If you could dine with any literary character, who would it be and why?
It would have to be Sherlock Holmes, but only in his Robert Downey Jr incarnation. I'd like to sit opposite him!
5. What fantastical fictional world would you want to live in (if any) given the chance?
Harry Potter's world, imagine being a student at Hogwarts, in fact now I've thought about it, I'd like to be Hermione!
6. Did you want to be an author when you grew up?
Yes, then life got in the way. But hopefully I'm making up for that now.
7. If you had to describe yourself in three words, what would they be?
Bookish, quiet, thoughtful.
8. What is your most unusual writing quirk?
I think the most unusual thing about my writing is that I write in lots of different genres, and I've never had writers block.
9. What's one movie you like recommending to others?
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation – that scene with the squirrel, it takes a lot to make me laugh but OMG!
10. If you could own any animal as a pet, what would it be?
A wolf (Game of thrones style)
11. Have you ever met anyone famous?
No one I been that excited about meeting (sorry!).
12. How long, on average, does it take you to write a book?It varies. I can write things in a few weeks depending on length. The novel I'm finishing now has taken me 12 years and 1 month. I've wrote more of it in the last month that I did over the last 12 years when I wasted time wondering if that was right or if I was explaining something in the best way. Lots of time wasted due to lack of confidence, I think. In the last month I just wrote and trusted myself.
13. How do you select the names of your characters?The names just come to me as I'm writing. I occasionally research a name for my period writing but apart from that they just come with the character.
14. What creature do you consider your "spirit animal" to be?A wolf (see above), a loner.
15. What are your top 5 favorite movies?Any Indiana Jones, any Jurassic Park, Sherlock Holmes (with R Downey jr), Love Actually, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
16. If you were the last person on Earth, what would you do?Finish reading my 'to-read' pile of books.
17. What fictional character would you want to be friends with in real life?Elizabeth Bennet.
18. Do you have any advice for aspiring writers?Just keep writing.
19. What book do you wish you had written?Harry Potter.
20. If you could live in any time period, what would it be and why?High medieval just to experience it first-hand, but not for very long, I don't think it would be very pleasant.
21. What is your favorite genre to read?Medieval fiction.
Author Bio –
Having written all of my life, I decided to self-publish my writing when I turned 50. I have published four books since then. Two are collections of short stories; Dark & Fluffy; Dark & Fluffy II and 500 Words, which is flash fiction. My latest book The Rue Stone is a fantasy novella.
My passion is medieval fiction, and I am working on my first novel The Little Servant - The Wait's Son, set in the 12th century, in Lincoln, where I live.
All four books are available on Amazon.
Social Media Links –
www.janetstockwriter.wordpress.com
fb Janetstockwriter
@janetstock12
Giveaway to Win 5 paperback copies of The Rue Stone (UK Only)
*Terms and Conditions –UK entries welcome. Please enter using the Rafflecopter box below. The winner will be selected at random via Rafflecopter from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then Rachel's Random Resources reserves the right to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over. Any personal data given as part of the competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with third parties, with the exception of the winners' information. This will passed to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize, after which time Rachel's Random Resources will delete the data. I am not responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.
Labels: author q&a, Book Blitz, Books, giveaway, magical realism


There's yet another twist in the Conservative Party saga.
As former leader Colin Craig sues Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers' Union for $300,000, Mr Williams has now filed a defamation suit against Mr Craig for three times that amount.
Mr Williams claims Mr Craig defamed him with statements he made at a media conference last month.
Two others – Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater and Conservative Party board member John Stringer have also had defamation suits filed against them from Mr Craig for differing amounts of money.
At the press conference on July 29, Mr Craig produced a booklet laying out his claims against the three he says are part of a "coordinated attack on him".
Earlier this month, Mr Stringer claimed Mr Craig left out expenses on his 2014 electoral return which if reported would have put him over the spending cap by around $2000.
Mr Craig has denied the assertion, calling them "false allegations".
Mr Craig's role as leader appeared to start unravelling following an interview he did in a sauna with TV3's Newsworthy programme.
A mass resignation of board members followed as well as allegations of inappropriate conduct with his former press secretary who resigned days before last year's election.