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Cobham Awarded £50M+ for NATO Electronic Warfare Pod Systems
Cobham to provide Air and NATO Anti-Ship Missile Defence Evaluation Facility (NASMDEF) Systems to Leonardo for NATO JEWCS.
Cobham has secured a £50M+ contract to supply Electronic Warfare (EW) training pods for NATO as part of the NATO Joint Electronic Warfare Core Staff (JEWCS) capability package.
Contracted to Leonardo, Cobham will deliver the full Air and NATO Anti-Ship Missile Defence Evaluation Facility (NASMDEF) systems. In the air environment, the highly effective Cobham pods will provide complex and realistic EW training through radar and communications jamming as well as threat simulation. The NASMDEF system is the first of its kind within NATO to provide next generation capability for anti-ship missile defence. Both EW training systems are designed to meet the evolving threat environment in which NATO JEWCS operates, enabling NATO forces to remain operationally ready to react to current and emerging threats.
With a strong pedigree in delivering operational readiness training for over 30 years to military forces across the globe, Cobham has a proven record for supplying bespoke EW training pods which produce accurate, reliable and realistic training.
Paul Armstrong Senior VP and General Manager said: "We are delighted to have secured this contract which demonstrates Cobham's extensive experience delivering EW training and supporting pod technology. We have been developing our latest pods to meet the increasingly sophisticated, ever changing and future threats faced in contested environments. Cobham is committed to working with Leonardo to provide NATO with the latest generation training and technology solutions to support effective operations with the electronic warfare environment."
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Q: Is there a syntax to refer to the domain of a partial function? I am trying to formally represent a Map (in programming sense), with a partial function mapping. Lets say this partial function is $Q : S \mapsto T$, where $S$ and $T$ are discrete finite sets.
Is there any standard way to refer to the domain of $Q$ that is a subset of $S$ (since it is a partial function)? (As in getting the set of keys of the Map)
Also what is the standard way to add a new mapping? Does this make sense:
$Q' = Q \cup \{s \to t\} $ ? What about removing a mapping with key $s$?

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Die Hard Arcade
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ESRB: Teen (T)
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Makoto Uchida (Producer & Director & Game Designer)]]
[[Howard Drossin (Music & Sound Effects)]]
Die Hard Arcade is the licensed North American, European and Australian version of the Japanese videogame Dynamite Deka (ダイナマイト刑事?). The game is a beat 'em up with loose ties to the Die Hard movie series of the same name.
However, other than the title, the building and the fact that the hero (named Bruno Delinger in the Japanese version) resembled John McClane, the game and the movie have little to do with each other (in fact, the license was purchased when the game was essentially complete for the American and European releases). It is a 1 or 2 player game in which the male and/or female characters fight through action-packed levels to save the President's daughter from a band of terrorists.
The game sees players fighting their way through waves of enemies, using their fists, feet, and a variety of weapons, from household items such as brooms to high-damage anti-tank cannons. Players progress through the requisite enemies and bosses with cut scenes interspersed into the action. Various cut scenes in the game contain Quick Time Event sequences, in which the player must press a particular button within a short time limit to alter the impending scene e.g., defeating an enemy or group of enemies in the sequence so that the player will not have to then engage them in combat.
At the end of the game if both players are still alive, the gameplay will change to that of a fighting game, where the two players will fight each other on the rooftop of the skyscraper to gain the sole appreciation of the President's daughter.
The game also features an emulated port of Sega's 1979 arcade game Deep Scan, which can be used to gain extra credits.
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The game was created by Sega, using a team up of the successful Japanese AM1 (Arcade Machine 1, also known as WoW Entertainment) group and the US-based Sega Technical Institute (STI), which developed in collaboration with Sonic Team some of the Sonic the Hedgehog series of games following the original, to create this game. AM1 provided the engineering, and some of the design and art, and STI provided art, design and animation. Incidentally, Die Hard Arcade was also the final game developed by STI before the studio was dissolved.
The game was created simultaneously for the Titan Arcade system and Sega Saturn but the home version was released later.
The Japanese version of Die Hard Arcade, Dynamite Deka, was followed by a sequel titled Dynamite Deka 2 for the arcade and Dreamcast. The sequel was released internationally as Dynamite Cop. As with Dynamite Deka's resemblance to the movie, Die Hard, Dynamite Cop bore a striking similarity to the film, Speed 2: Cruise Control.
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"Being more creative as a single mom."
Roodlyne A, South FL Single Mom #SimplifyMOMLIFE.CANDID talks Creator, Digital Influencer, shoe lover, healthy living, gardener, lover of pretty things.
First of all I'd like to say thank you for each and everyone of you who filled out the reader survey, I appreciate so very much. If you haven't done so already you still can!
There are so many ways you can be creative as a single mom… You can be creative with your money, food, fashion, kids activities etc.
I want to start with just a few ideas, but I will be back on the subject with more. If it was you who ask about the subject on the survey, please leave me a comment or shoot me an email, let me know exactly what you would like to see.
One thing I learn since I became a single mom is to embrace the season, make the most of it, and live life to the fullest.
There is a grace for every season on life, no matter how difficult the season may appear to be. If you look closely you will find some beauty in it.
For instance, there are some things I am able to do with my kids now I probably wouldn't have done when I was married. Bloom where you're planted, create a beautiful life for yourself and your kids no matter where you are in life and no matter your relationship status.
My kids always talk about going camping, I've never been camping and I don't intend to go camping with them anytime soon… for so many reason! I came up with an idea to camp at home, and they love it. We basically hang out on the patio as late as possible then sleep in the living room. We cook thing on a stick, make s'mores, tell stories and sleep on the floor.
This is one of their favorites things to do, in the summer we camp downstairs for almost a week.
As a single mom, I can do stuff like that. There's no husband waiting for me upstairs so I can sleep with my kids in my living room as much as I want and they love it.
It's a great time of bonding for us, I get to infuse all my love into them. They are more open to talk, and share. I can use this time to do some serious mothering still in a very fun and memorable way.
Best yet, this "camping" trip didn't cost any money.
Last week, I took my girls to the office with me afterwards, instead of going home, we stopped by Publix grabbed a couple subs and drink, and we head to the beach.
It wasn't planned, and it was a HUGE deal to my girls. I spend less than twenty bucks but it was something out of the ordinary. We ate at the beach then swim for the rest of the day.
My kids were so excited and happy, you would have thought I took them to Paris on a private jet. Unplanned fun are usually the best fun! Break the rules, do something out of the ordinary.
My girls and I made sushi last Sunday, I shared about it here on the blog you can check it out. I bought a sushi kit on amazon a while back and out of the blue we decided to put it to good use. I didn't plan on making sushi that day, I only use item I already had and wing it, it was pretty bare but we had a blast and it was delicious! Since then we've made it twice and I think it might be becoming one of our staples.
Sushi is not the only out of the box meal you could make… You can cook Hotdogs on a stick, make pizza… Anything you wouldn't normally do, the kids will get a kick out of it.
What other creative ideas do you for single mom? or mom in general?
I'm a South Florida African-American mom blogger, creator, digital influencer, speaker, entrepreneur, encourager, shoe lover, Software Engineer.
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In agricultural Societies the weather plays an important role in the every day life of the people. Such communities have devised and developed traditional methods of forecasting the weather. Some of these folk methods have survived to this day in Lebanon. These folk methods are interesting from the ethnological point of view. However it is worthy to note that the Orthodox tradition has had a major influence on the folk stories pertaining to the weather in Lebanon. In this short account we have chosen four examples to illustrate the relationship between the weather and the Orthodox tradition in Lebanese folklore.
The first example is the story of the "mustaqradat." The end of the month of February and the beginning of the month of March are considered to be the coldest days of the winter season. In Lebanese folklore there is a story attached to this belief.
There was an old woman who lived in a village in the mountains of Lebanon. She dreaded the cold winter season which was very tough on aging people. The end of February marks a turning point in the winter in Lebanon. Every year at the end of February, this old woman was very happy to have survived the worst part of the winter. One year this old woman thanked her luck a little too soon. Seeing that there were only three days of February left, the old woman said to herself: "February is gone and I did not die of cold this winter. I have one more year to live til next February. I have won over February this year.
February heard this old woman and became very angry. He turned to March and said: "March, let me borrow four days from you. I have only three days left and I need a whole week to get rid of this old woman." March accepted to lend February four days. And for seven days in a row February snowed and blew, and rained and thundered with all its might. On the seventh day the old woman died.
These seven days are called in Arabic the "mustaqradat" which means the borrowed days". In Lebanon many people and particularly farmers pay serious attention to the "mustaqradat," when very cold weather is expected. However in calculating the date of this week the people do not use the Gregorian calendar which is now in general use all over the world. Instead they use an older calendar which the Antiochian Orthodox Church used, prior to 1940. They commonly refer to that calendar as the Eastern calendar while the Gregorian calendar is commonly referred to as the Western calendar.
The difference between these two calendars is now thirteen days. Consequently; the first day of February, according to the Eastern calendar, falls on February 14th. And as a result, the week of the "mustaqradat" falls between March 11th and March 17th. It is interesting to note that the Antiochian Orthodox are not the only ones who insist on using the Eastern calendar to determine the "mustaqradat". Indeed many members of other Christian sects and also non-Christians firmly believe that the "Orthodox" calendar, as they call it, is more accurate.
The second example is the "Alamat as-Salibiyat" which means the signs of the Cross." In Lebanese villages, the "Alamat as-Salibiyat" is a folk method of determining the weather forecast for the whole year. The twelve days that follow the feast of the Elevation of the Cross, on September 14th, are thought to be indicative of the weather all year round. The first day of these twelve days is thought to be the weather forecast for the entire month of January. The second day represents the weather forecast for the month of February. The third day indicates the weather in March, and so forth until all twelve months are covered.
Here again the use of the Eastern calendar is championed over the Western calendar by Orthodox and non-Orthodox alike. However it must be noted that there is a strong opposition to the use of the Eastern calendar by those Christian sects who consider themselves as the traditional rivals of the Orthodox. Often times members of one or another group engage in wild displays of jubilation when weather conditions coincide with the calendar they use.
The next two examples are proverbs which are common among the Muslims of North Lebanon. The Muslims and the Christians have coexisted together for a very long time and have come to learn from each other. The Muslims have drawn the connection between the weather and the Eastern calendar used by the Orthodox.
The second proverb is commonly quoted by shepherds who believe that the winter season ends with the feast of Saint George, on April 23rd. At this time of year all the herds of cattle, sheep, and goats are moved from the warm coastal villages to the cooler villages higher up in the mountains to spend the spring and summer seasons. Moving the herds when the weather is still cold could mean risking their survival.
every morning and plan my schedule accordingly. Low pressure, high winds, cold front moving northwest, clearing in the afternoon, sixty per cent chance of precipitation, temperature below average, satellite pictures, etc.
And in the midst of all this scientific discourse, I remember the old woman who died at the hands of February, the "Alamat as-Salibiyat," the Muslims waiting for the Orthodox Easter, and the shepherds insisting on the existence of an "Orthodox" Saint George. I wonder how many of our Orthodox people here in the New World may remember or have heard of how deeply faith and such an everyday occurrence as the weather are blended together in more traditional societies.
Dolly Choueiry Crow' is the Khoureeye of Father Isaac Crow' of Virgin Mary Church in Yonkers New York.


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David Trowbridge
Born: about 1779, maybe Troy, New York
Died: between 1842 and 1851, Bayham Twsp., Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada
Parents: Crispus and Keziah Trowbridge (or Strowbridge)
Occupations: soldier, farmer
Military Service: Color Sergeant, British Army, War of 1812
Marriage: unknown
Wife: Mary Acre
Died: unknown
Parents: Lambert Acre & Mary Larraway
Second Marriage (Mary Acre): unknown
Second Husband (Mary Acre): unknown
(David Trowbridge & Mary Acre)
Elizabeth Trowbridge
Born: 1813, Ontario, Canada
Died: 1888, Ontario Canada
Husband: Frederick Best
Keziah Trowbridge
Husband: Alexander DePeel
Mary Trowbridge
Died: unknown, Canada
Husband: James Oswart
Lambert Trowbridge
Phebe Trowbridge
Hannah Trowbridge
Eliza Trowbridge
Margaret Trowbridge
Jane Trowbridge
(From "The Trowbridge Genealogy" by Francis Bacon Trowbridge, 1908)
"The family descend from David Trowbridge, born in 1762 (actually around 1779), who emigrated from near Troy, N. Y., across the Niagara frontier into Canada during or soon after the Revolution. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, being a color sergeant in the British army, and fought all through the war. He was in action at the battle of Queenston and at the battle of Lundy's Lane he was placed in the van of the regiment there in action. He came through the war unharmed. For his services he and his wife Mary received a grant of 200 acres of land from the government of Upper Canada. He died in 1816. His widow married again. He had brothers: Crispus Trowbridge (actually David's father), who settled at Niagara about 1774, and emigrated to Canada, and George Trowbridge (no information if he actually existed) , who served twenty-one years as a lieutenant in the British army. David Trowbridge had daughters: Elizabeth, Phebe, Keziah, Hannah, Mary, Eliza and Margaret, and one son: Lambert."


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59 Day St, West Springfield, MA, 01089
Courtesy of: Oleg Abramchuk | First NationWide Realty Inc.
Address: 59 Day St
City: West Springfield
Set in a sought-after location, this multi-family beauty has been thoughtfully updated incorporating period detail with the fine touches of today. Each unit is light and bright featuring three bedrooms, elegant living room, pantry, and spacious eat-in kitchen with abundant cabinetry. Beautiful hardwood floors in top-notch condition, generously sized rooms, and all new replacement windows that flood the living areas with copious sunshine. The second-floor unit has additional two rooms in a gorgeously finished attic. The full, clean, and dry basement has plenty of storage for each unit and an awesome fun space for kids to play. Countless updates include newer kitchens, gas heating systems, hot water tank, electricals, roof, windows and doors to name a few. An oversized garage with power has unlimited potential. Separate utilities. Forget about fighting for parking; a long, awesome driveway has ample off-street parking. Schedule your private showing today!
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Why is tert-butoxide often used in elimination reactions when it is not necessary?
I understand that tert-butoxide is used to favor the Hofmann product in elimination reactions due to its steric bulk (and thus inability to abstract a proton in a more substituted position); however, I have often seen proposed organic synthesis involving the use of tert-butoxide when it is seemingly irrelevant. For example, 1-bromobutane will undergo an elimination reaction with or without a sterically hindered base (such as tert-butoxide); however, anytime I see reactions involving elimination reaction with primary substrates, such as the bromo group in 1-bromobutane, tert-butoxide is used rather than ethoxide. Is tert-butoxide simply used to disfavor the formation of substitution products. Is its steric bulk enough to not allow it to act as a good nucleophile in substitution reactions?
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Eli JonesEli Jones
Several reasons:
t-BuOK is especially known as a strong base, and a poor nucleophile. Its large, bulky structure causes it to perform exceptionally poorly in substitution, literally eliminating any side reactions when the desired product is the elimination product.
It is easily available, like Raphaël insists.
It's basic strength depends on the medium. It is very strong in DMSO, where the solvent complexates well with $\ce{K+}$ ions. However it is relatively weaker in benzene. This flexibility gives it inevitable popularity.
Many condensation reactions (Stobe's, Darzen's) are seen to have greater yield when t-BuOK is used.
William R. EbenezerWilliam R. Ebenezer
Generally, it's just because there's a big bottle of $\ce{t-BuOK}$ lying around, so why bother using something else?
In the same range of ideas, I've seen publications where they used $\ce{n-BuLi}$ to deprotonate an alcohol; it's completely overkill, but was probably just more convenient in their case than $\ce{NaH}$ or something else.
RaphaëlRaphaël
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Lineup – Jeff Dingler: bass; Brad Shepik: guitar; Lou Rainone: piano; Gusten Rudolph: drums; Josh Bailey: percussion.
By fusing New York jazz and stylistic elements of Ethiopian music, bassist Jeff Dingler brings us eight congenial compositions that strongly reflect the satisfaction of discovering new cultures and the homelessness that bites the ones who are living abroad. This is because Dingler lived in Addis Ababa for a year, a city he constantly returns to teach at the Makene Yesus University.
In Transit is his sophomore album of originals and seduces by adding other world influences besides the ones cited above. Here, he leads a quartet with Brad Shepik on guitar, Lou Rainone on piano, and Gusten Rudolph on drums, also counting on Josh Bailey's percussion on four tracks.
On the torridly thrilled "Bati Celebration", the bassist interlocks his stylish groove with the percussionists' brisk African rhythm, establishing the ground where Rainone and Shepik find an ecstatic stimulus to discourse. While the former throws in cascading notes with metrical precision, the latter sounds feverish, interpolating fancy patterns into rapid phrases.
The soft and warm tones of "Orange Clouds", a soulful ternary effort, are melodically driven by Shepik on the theme, piqued by Rudolph's brushed cymbals, and enhanced by Dingler's streamlined bass solo.
One of the most graceful tracks is "Addis Blues", a contagious 12-bar song delivered with a 12/8 time signature. Shepik's afro-oriental touches are held up as an example on the title track, a contemplative anthem with evident spiritual connotations. It features interesting personal proclamations by Rainone, Dingler, and Shepik, all of them effortless panorama colorists.
Diametrically opposed to the ones described above, we have a couple of more traditional swinging tunes: "Merkato Navigation", designed with the jubilant hard bop lines from the 60s, and the smoother, Wes Montgomery-ish "Tiptoe", particularly receptive to Shepik's evocative octave sequences and Rudolph's thin-skinned brushwork.
Rhythmically bold, "Sebat" involves both fun and engagement as it follows a crossover jazz reminiscent of George Benson.
This out-of-the-ordinary work from a musician in clear ascension brings supplemental juicy flavors to today's international jazz recipes.


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At Fenner & Esler, we do not just understand that your business is unique and has unique requirements, but are completely prepared to deal with it as a top independent engineer and architects insurance company. Being forced to pay large amounts of money for services you aren't going to need or not have the services you require are situations the majority of firms forced into the one size fits all choices larger engineer and architect insurance brokers will offer. This won't be the case if you consult the experts at Fenner & Esler. There are more benefits than simply finding the best choices as well. Your policy can be easily scaled to suit your exact needs, should they change. That is why such a large number of engineers and architects who are looking for effective insurance options that will also be exceptionally individualized to satisfy their exact requirements get in touch with the professionals at Fenner & Esler.
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If you're having wine, try adding a little club soda to enjoy it as a spritzer.
Get your workout in BEFORE the big meal! You'll not only feel better, it will motivate you to stay on track. Work out after the meal too if you feel as if you've eaten too much.


Floral Republic: Going on Holiday...do you get the fear?
Going on Holiday...do you get the fear?
Holidays are generally a relaxing time but for some it can be a stress or last minute panic, especially if you can't switch off while away.
First there is there is the holiday prep; ensuring you have plenty of sun cream, packed for the right weather, got your flights, hotel and airport transfer booked. Then there is the worry on the way to the airport – have I got my passport? What did I forget to pack? And finally there is one thing we are all guilty of thinking about while we are on holiday – work. Constantly checking emails or worrying about the amount of work I will have to do when I get back is probably one of my worst holiday habits.
Most of us go on holiday to get away from the stresses of home but typically we can't stop thinking about home while we're away either! Ever stepped out the door and as soon as you get in the car suddenly thought 'Did I leave my straightener on?', 'I hope I remembered to switch the oven off', 'I think I forgot to close the bathroom window...' the list goes on.
Write a checklist before hand – Make a list of all the things you will need to pack and a pre-holiday to do list. I usually keep this in a separate notebook so I can add to it in the lead up to my holiday and scribble down any thoughts to stop me worrying about them. That way I don't forget anything when it comes to packing!
Do your research and get recommendations from friends – Hearing from friends about their experiences of destinations I haven't visited before definitely helps me to feel more prepared and reassured. Next week I am off to Cuba and am slightly worried about the lack of planning I've done, but reading blog posts about it and speaking to other people who have been there makes me feel a bit more prepared.
Turn off WiFi while away – Unless you really need it of course, but I think holidays are a perfect opportunity to escape and switch off. Avoid checking emails or looking at Facebook every five minutes and you will spend a lot more time taking in the sights and experiences around you.
Put your mind at ease – Get a neighbour to keep an eye on your home or invest in Smart Homes by Panasonic. It monitors and protects your property and can even switch appliances on and off from your smartphone or tablet.


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Archie Creek & Thielsen October 8, 2020
The Archie Creek Fire is east of Roseburg in the North Umpqua corridor on state, private, and federal land. The Thielsen Fire is located five miles north of Crater Lake near Diamond Lake on federal lands. A weather pattern change will begin today with cooler temperatures and higher humidities. Rain is possible Friday evening, with more widespread rainfall expected Saturday. All Level 1 Evacuations for the Archie Creek and Thielsen Fires have been lifted today, including those along Rock Creek Rd, CR 138, and Diamond Lake.
Yesterday's Operations:
Archie Creek – Firefighters conducted mop-up, patrol and suppression repair. Crews also conducted hazard tree mitigation, particularly in the southeast area of the fire. The Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team is assessing post-wildfire environmental conditions, such as severe loss of vegetation and soil erosion, which may result in poor water quality and flash flooding.
Thielsen – The fire continued to smolder in large stumps and deep duff with
some isolated single tree torching. Fire crews conducted mop up and suppression repair along containment lines.
Today's Operations:
Archie Creek – Firefighters will continue to mop-up, patrol and conduct
suppression repair work. Hazard tree mitigation will continue in the southeast area of the fire. Expect to see smoke coming from the fire area, particularly in the southeast. The BAER team will continue assessing post-wildfire environmental conditions. Emergency actions may be identified to mitigate unacceptable degradation of natural and cultural resources or to minimize threats to life or property resulting from effects of the fire. Roseburg Forest Products Company will be blasting on Roseburg Resources Company property to the west of Rock Creek.
Thielsen – Mop up and suppression repair will continue along containment lines, and firefighters will continue improving a shaded fuel break along Forest Road 60. Forest Road 005, near North Diamond, will remain closed today while crews cut hazard trees. Pacific Power and the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) have been working tirelessly to repair facilities damaged by the fire. If you have questions,
please contact Pacific Power at 1-888-221-7070 or ODOT at 541-957-3683.
Safety Message & Help for Fire Victims:
Please stay out of fire closure areas for your safety and that of the firefighters. Be aware that heavy equipment traffic may be encountered around the fire area. Smoke may be present over the next few days. Be cautious driving in low visibility, and visit the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality at https://www.oregon.gov/deq for Air Quality information.
Archie Creek: 131,542 acres
CONTAINMENT: 94%
PERSONNEL: 324
Thielsen: 9,975 acres
COMPLETION: 71%
CAUSE: unknown for both fires
Archie Creek & Thielsen
Hand Crews 4 1
Engines 7 3
Dozers 6 2
Water Tenders 4 6
Helicopters 0 1
FIRE INFORMATION:
Archie Creek: (971) 334-7674
2020.archiecreek@firenet.gov
Thielsen: (541) 625-0687
2020.Thielsen@firenet.gov
INCIWEB: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7176/
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7195/
https://www.facebook.com/ArchieCreekFireInfo/
https://www.facebook.com/ThielsenFire
Disaster aid, and organizations helping victims of the Archie Creek Fire, can be found at https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/7176/57029/. An interactive map of the current evacuation area can be found
at www.dcso.com/evacuations. For more evacuation information, visit the Douglas County Sheriff website www.dcso.com/evacuations and Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DouglasCoSO The Douglas County Fairgrounds has full RV spaces, electric hookup spaces and dry camping available. They also have stalls and arenas for livestock and farm animals. Contact Ciera Keith at (541) 440-4394.
Closures, Restrictions & Evacuations:
 Roads – Highway 138E is open, but delays should be expected. The route to Miller Lake via FS Road 9772 remains closed from the intersection with Hwy. 97 to the intersection with FS Road 110 due to firefighter traffic. Drivers are being directed to take FS Road 9774 to connect with FS Road 110 as an alternative route. See www.tripcheck.com for
updates on highway closures.
 Bureau of Land Management – All BLM-managed lands in the Swiftwater Resource Area east of the Range 3 and 4 boundary line and north of Little River Road are closed. This includes portions of Rock Creek Road and all BLM recreation and day use sites within the closure boundary, including Rock Creek, Lone Pine, Millpond, Scaredman and Susan Creek campgrounds. Cavitt Creek Falls Campground is closed for the season. For more information, see https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/7176/57115/
 Umpqua National Forest – Sections of the North Umpqua and Diamond Lake Districts remain under a fire closure order. Umpqua Hot Springs, fire lookouts, cabins and group picnic sites remain closed. Diamond Lake Resort and Diamond Lake are now open for public recreation, but Diamond Lake Campground is closed for the rest of the year.
North Umpqua District closure: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/7176/57090/ and Diamond Lake District closure: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/7195/57398/. More information on Forest Service closures is available
at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/umpqua/alerts-notices. The Umpqua National Forest is currently at Industrial Fire
Precaution Level I. The fire danger is Moderate.
 Temporary Flight Restriction – There is temporary flight restriction for aircraft, including drones, for the Archie Fire.
No temporary flight restriction is in effect for the Thielsen Fire.
 Evacuations – No evacuations remain in place.


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Andie MacDowell Biography
Andie MacDowell (born April 21, 1958) is an American actress and former model. She was born Rosalie Anderson MacDowell in Gaffney, South Carolina, one of four daughters in a reportedly unhappy home.
MacDowell dropped out of Winthrop College as a sophomore in 1978, and signed with the Elite Model agency. She appeared in print and televion advertisements for the cosmetic and haircare company L'Oreal, a job she continued even after she got her first job as an actress. A series of television commercials for Calvin Klein drew attention to her and led in 1984 to her film debut in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, a role in which her lines were rerecorded by Glenn Close. In 1985, she had a small part in St. Elmo's Fire, but her film career seemed to have stalled.
Four years later, in 1989, she hit her professional stride. Director Steven Soderbergh cast her in the independent film Sex, Lies, and Videotape; her performance earned her several award nominations and led to a series of starring roles in films such as Green Card, The Object of Beauty, and Short Cuts. As of 2004, her biggest successes were in the box office hits Groundhog Day and Four Weddings and a Funeral.
MacDowell was married between 1986 and 1999 to former model and rancher Paul Qualley; the couple have a son and two daughters. In 2001, she married Atlanta, Georgia businessman Rhett Hartzog.
Ginostra (2002)
Crush (2001)
Town & Country (2001)
Harrison's Flowers (2000)
Reaching Normal (1999)
The Muse (1999)
Muppets From Space (1999)
Just the Ticket (aka Gary & Linda) (1999)
Shadrach (1998)
The End of Violence (1997)
Michael (1996)
Multiplicity (1996)
Unstrung Heroes (1995)
Bad Girls (1994)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Short Cuts (1993)
Ruby Cairo (1993)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Hudson Hawk (1991)
The Object of Beauty (1991)
Green Card (1990)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
Andie MacDowell Resources
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Sharp rise in spam calls projected in the US
Nearly half of all cellphone calls in the US next year will come from scammers, according to First Orion, a company that provides phone carriers and their customers caller ID and call blocking technology. The Washington Post reports that the company "projects an explosion of incoming spam calls, marking a leap from 3.7% of total calls in 2017 to more than 29% this year, to a projected 45% by early 2019". "Year after year, the scam-call epidemic bombards consumers at record-breaking levels, surpassing the previous year, and scammers increasingly invade our privacy at new extremes," Charles Morgan, chief executive of First Orion, said. The barrage of fraudulent calls has taken a more dire turn in recent months as scammers have targeted immigrant communities with urgent calls claiming ambiguous legal trouble. Across several US metropolitan areas with large Chinese populations, scam callers have posed as representatives of the Chinese embassy while trying to trick Chinese immigrants and students into revealing their credit card numbers. The scammers told people that they have a package ready to be picked up at the Chinese consulate office, a first step in a ruse, or that they need to turn over information to resolve a legal issue, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Other prominent spam calls involve fraudsters pretending to be a representative from a bank, a debt collector or cable company. More than half of all complaints received by the Federal Communications Commission – more than 200,000 – are about unwanted calls. The FCC said Americans received about 2.4 billion unwanted, automated calls each month, according to 2016 estimates. "Charles Kennedy, at the tech policy think tank TechFreedom, said the problem of spam calls is difficult to solve because many of the offenders are hard to track down. It's illegal for telemarketers to call someone whose number is on the national do-not-call registry, unless they have an existing business relationship or the phone owner's explicit written permission. But Kennedy said that people who ignore the list or engage in deception are often hard to hold to account." Read more
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Thomastown tops up for depth
by Tara Murray
NFLThomastown
Ben Nesci. Picture Shawn Smits.
Thomastown had added extra depth as it looks to complement its list in Northern Football League division 2.
The Bears finished fourth last season, showing at times they could match it with top teams before being knocked out in the first week of finals.
With most of that squad returning, Bears coach Ben Chapman knows they are entering the season well placed.
"It's been a good pre-season, but it can be a bit arduous after a while – we're looking forward to starting to play," he said.
"Nearly all of last year's side has returned. It gives you a good starting platform, as you're not looking to replace players.
"We've worked out areas we need to address to make the next step."
The Bears have added several players they expect to step into the best side, many with experience at a higher level.
Bundoora trio Michael Gravina, Benjamin Nesci and Kane Slater, and Macleod's Brayden Plant have stepped down a division.
Daniel Caruso, who finished runner-up in the league division 3 best and fairest last year, has also come across.
"They are really positive and we've got a couple of players coming back who haven't played a lot the last couple of years," Chapman said.
"It's the experience when the games get tough that will be the benefit. Bundoora and Macleod have been fairly successful clubs the last few years.
"When you have a young list, it's about what they bring off field as well."
Chapman said the depth would also help the side cover for not fielding an under-19 team.
He said an under-19 side was getting closer, but they just couldn't get the numbers this season.
But a couple of under-17 players who have come across from Mill Park are set to get some opportunities to play in the senior side.
Chapman said the key this season was to make sure they are more consistent within games and from week to week.
"It's a long year and like everybody, we aim to play finals," he said.
"The club as a whole has to improve – if we can get improvements as a club, that is the next step.
"Last season, we beat Lower Plenty late in the year and we weren't far away from Eltham.
"The list is young and we had some quality periods in games, but we then had some periods where we dropped off and were easy to score against.
"We've got to work on that and make sure we're not being hurt on the scoreboard like that.
"We weren't far away, but it's a whole new ball game."
The Bears will start their season on April 6 against Eltham.
Thomastown looks for leadership
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Ending Violence Against Migrant Women
HUMAN RIGHTS : Human Security, Migration, Women
2015•11•25 Janina Pescinski United Nations University
Photo: Joaquin Rullas/Imagen en Acción. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND(cropped with permission).
Tens of thousands of demonstrators calling for government action to end domestic violence against women took to the streets in Madrid in a historic march on 7 November, just a few weeks before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November. Members of 380 regional and 70 national feminist organizations marched in solidarity with representatives of political parties and trade unions, non-governmental organizations, and concerned members of the public.
People came from across Spain to attend the march, bringing much-needed visibility to a problem that is often absent from the public eye because it is dismissed as a private concern to be dealt with behind closed doors. By occupying the public space, survivors and activists together are sending a message to victims that they can speak out, and simultaneously demanding that the government acknowledge domestic violence as a public issue.
Such public action is especially important for migrant women, who often suffer from a social invisibility that can mean that concerns about protecting their rights are easily ignored.
Increased vulnerability of migrant women
Gendered power relations are reproduced and exacerbated during migration, which leaves women even more susceptible to all forms of gender-based violence during the migration process. Alongside important discussions about ending gender-based violence targeting women in refugee camps, it is essential to consider the everyday violence some immigrant women suffer when settling in a new country.
The feminization of migration reveals more women migrating independently, but a significant number of women still migrate for family reunification and marriage, meaning their residency in the new country is dependent on their partner. Additionally, when women are unable to work for themselves due to their dependent residency status, it makes them more socially isolated and more vulnerable to an abusive partner.
A 2012 report by Human Rights Watch considers the case of migrant women in Belgium who are victims of domestic violence. Although Belgium has mechanisms in place to protect victims of domestic abuse, including a National Action Plan and state and charity- run shelters, the report reveals that migrant women have trouble accessing such services and in some cases are even deported after reporting abuse. The situation in Belgium is not unique; it is just one example of the many states in which adequate legal provisions have not been made or implemented in such as way as to protect migrant women who are victims of domestic violence.
Difficulties in reporting domestic violence and accessing services
Any woman suffering from domestic abuse struggles with how to handle the situation. The problem is doubly difficult for immigrant women, who face additional barriers to reporting violence and accessing services.
First, there is the difficulty of reporting domestic abuse. Immigrant women, particularly those who have arrived recently, may lack the familiarity with the language and public services necessary for seeking help. Additionally, there is a fear among women who migrate for family reunification, marriage, or without proper documents that if they report the abuse they may lose their residency status or be deported.
In many European Union countries, people who migrate to join a partner who is an EU national or long-term resident must wait several months following their arrival for their family reunification application to be processed, and then they are granted a conditional residence permit for a certain number of years. If the relationship ends before this probationary period is over, the dependent partner loses their residency rights and must leave the country. Some states have adopted laws allowing exceptions for partners that split due to abuse, but this is not yet universal. For undocumented women who do come forward to report domestic violence, they lack options for obtaining legal status.
In the previously mentioned research by Human Rights Watch, some migrant women in Belgium who reported cases of abuse and then separated from their abusive partner subsequently received expulsion orders for not respecting the conditions of their provisional residency.
Even when migrant women do report domestic abuse, they face obstacles to accessing services. Lack of space in shelters is problematic for all victims of domestic abuse, but particularly so for migrant women who may not have a network of friends and family to fall back on if a shelter is unable to accommodate them.
Because of the exacerbated difficulties in reporting domestic violence and accessing protective and legal services, as well as due to the fear of deportation, many migrant women suffer in silence.
Actions are being taken at the international, national and local levels to address violence against women, and special provisions and services for migrant women should be included.
At the regional level, the Council of Europe has adopted the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, which went into effect in 2014. Importantly, this Convention has a non-discrimination provision that specifies that "the implementation of the provisions of this Convention by the Parties, in particular measures to protect the rights of victims, shall be secured without discrimination on any ground such as… migrant or refugee status". This provision protects women whose residency permits are still being processed or are in the probationary period, as well as undocumented women, from suffering a secondary victimization of losing their residency status or being deported because they report domestic abuse. However, only 18 of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe have ratified the convention and thus, in the 29 states that have not yet ratified the Convention, it is not enforceable. Putting these legal mechanisms in place is essential to protect all domestic violence victims.
Legal solutions are an important step, but they are not a complete solution. Gender mainstreaming in policy is an integral step to ensure that women´s rights are particularly protected. Implementation remains a major challenge, and even once that has been achieved, migrant women may be unaware of the legal protections to which they are entitled. Information about victims´ rights and access to legal and protective services is only useful if it is readily available and accessible in languages migrant women understand. To advance implementation of protective legal measures and increase awareness, several non-governmental organizations at the national level are developing materials. Additionally, the media plays a vital role in increasing awareness of both the problem of domestic violence and the available solutions.
As the world mobilizes against gender-based violence against women this 25 November, and throughout the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign, migrant women must be empowered to denounce domestic violence and access appropriate support.
Ending Violence Against Migrant Women by Janina Pescinski is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Janina Pescinski
United Nations University
Janina Pescinski is a Junior Research Fellow at the United Nations University Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility (UNU-GCM) contributing to the program on Female Agency, Mobility and Sociocultural Change. She holds a master's degree in human rights and humanitarian action from the Institute d´études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). Her research interests include migration, human rights, diaspora networks, and civil society, using an interdisciplinary approach.
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Take Another Look, Archives Asks Former Presidents
Activist Upsets Feinstein For California Dem Endorsement
The state Democratic Party voted overwhelmingly Saturday to endorse Kevin de León
By Josh Gardner, Newser Staff
California state Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de Leon. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
A state senator has won an upset over longtime US Senator Dianne Feinstein. On Saturday, the California Democratic Party voted overwhelmingly to endorse Kevin de León instead of the 4-term incumbent after de León, a progressive out of Los Angeles, successfully lobbied party activists, per the AP. In accepting the endorsement, de León called it a "rejection of politics as usual." He wrote in a tweet Saturday: "Earning the endorsement of so many leaders and activists of the California Democratic Party isn't just an honor and a privilege; today's vote is a clear-eyed rejection of politics as usual in Washington, DC." As CNN notes, de León won 65 percent of the vote despite arguments from Feinstein and her supporters that failing to support her would damage the Democrats internally and affect down-ballot races in November.
Feinstein won over just 22 voters from a 360-member board, but her campaign manager says he's confident she'll have the support of Californians. "While 217 delegates expressed their view on Saturday, Senator Feinstein won by 2.1 million votes and earned 70% of the Democratic vote in the California Primary election, carrying every county by double digits over her opponent," Millman said in a statement referring to Feinstein's win over de León. The two Democrats will duke it out come November thanks to California's primary system, which sends the two top candidates from the primary election in terms of votes to the general election, regardless of party. (Read more Dianne Feinstein stories.)


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Color Out of Space Movie and Book Compared
Color Out of Space Movie is a mindjob of a film. An alien LSD flick that has to be seen to be understood. It's unlike anything I've ever seen before. What a wild ride.
Color Out of Space Movie and Book Compared – because I'm guessing that this movie could be a very close approximation of what it might be like to take acid. No. Space acid. It's probably like taking space acid – if that were a thing. This is an awesome, wild-ride of a movie. If you are staring at Fandango.com right now, and wondering if you should purchase tickets to walk into the theater and watch Color Out of Space, first I would say, just go. Second, I would say, if you still aren't sure, then I'd say, "Well, Bob" (Because your name is Bob apparently) "Color Out of Space is probably the love child of the movie Mandy, Midsommar, and Martha Marcy May Marlene. Uh, Bob, I not only gave you three movies, but I alliterated them. M Squared! No, cubed! No, no, that would be M-quartic!!! Or something. Sorry Bob… I got carried away. Just go see the movie chief."
What is it about? Well, it's a remake of the H.P. Lovecraft novel by the same name. Which is a fantastic short story, with glorious prose and fantastic visuals. If you are interested in reading the short story, you can find it for free at this particular location. I immediately jumped into the story as soon as this movie ended, because I was just so fascinated, I had to know absolutely everything I could about the story. So I'll be stepping through the short story – as well as the movie, and comparing and detailing out what this movie was all about.
I'm sure this looks like a horror movie. It really isn't. I mean, I guess, maybe it is? More of an intense alien, thriller flick. Sort of. A cerebral movie about an outer space infestation. And outside of that, I really can't say anymore. But if you enjoy Nicolas Cage, this is a must see. Personally thought Madeleine Arthur was the one to steal this particular show. But the acting was stellar across the board. But we aren't here for the acting, we are here for the Lovecraftian mindjob. THAT'S why we are here.
Short Story – Color Out of Space – Quick Walkthrough
In Lovecraft's short story, you quickly realize that it is a surveyor from Boston who is the one that is trying to discover the secrets that the town is hiding out at Arkham. Talking to Ammi Pierce, a supposedly insane individual, who tells his own story about the chaos that happened to him and a farmer (Nahum Gardner) who used to live on the property in question. The place that the locals call, the "blasted heath." But according to Ammi, it all began back in 1882, when an asteroid hit the Gardner farm.
The asteroid shrinks, and ultimately is destroyed by pulses of lightning…six distinct strikes, if you are of the counting variety. And as the asteroid disappears, it leaves behind this feeling of color. The color isn't seen, rather, it is a feeling. But the next season, the crops on the Gardner farm are award worthy. The crops just explode in size and in unnatural abundance. Only trick though is, though gloriously beautiful crops, they are completely inedible. Simultaneously, this infection of growth continues to spread from the crops to the animals. Everything begins to shimmer in a bio-luminescent sort of way. And then the "color" begins to infect Gardner's wife, who goes stark raving mad. So he locks her in the attic. And as the color settles in, the Gardner's cut off all contact from the outside world.
Now, I read the story pretty fast, immediately after finishing the movie. So I think I'm pretty on track for this story recap. Soon after Mrs. Gardner goes insane, all the plants and crops dissolve into this sort of grayish powdery substance. And worse, the well water is ruined… And with it goes the sanity of Gardner's son Thaddeus. Good thing there are several rooms in the attic… because we have a new guest honey! And not to jump to conclusions (cough Dark Water) but all the animals on the farm start dying, and the meat is 100% inedible. Poor Thaddeus, he soon dies after he is checked into the attic hotel. Merwin, another of Gardner's sons, goes completely AWOL when attempting to go down into the well to get water. Noting that something must be wrong at the Gardner place, the police finally come out, something like a week or two later. Pierce, a policeman, heads up into the attic and is floored by what he finds. Zenas, Gardner's last son, has disappeared and Gardner's wife has been infected by the Color out of Space. Pierce though, being kind, shoots her in order to put her out of her misery. And as the color circles the house and destroys everything in its path, Pierce runs for his life. And the color kills Nahum, the final surviving resident.
Pierce comes back later that day with a number of other men to inspect the chaos of the homestead. They quickly find both Merwin and Zenas' skeletons in the well. Not to mention bones of numerous other animals. Soon though, the color rises up out of the well and attacks the men. It envelopes everything on the farm. Sensing their danger, the men run for their lives. The only one to ever return again is Pierce, who finds nothing but gray ash. But Pierce is aware the some remnant of the alien infestation has remained, even if invisible. And its with that, he, and the Gardner's neighbors, all leave, and abandon the area.
But what does Lovecraft say about the color? What is it? What does the story about it? Here's the section of the story that talks most specifically about it:
"What it is, only God knows. In terms of matter I suppose the thing Ammi described would be called a gas, but this gas obeyed laws that are not of our cosmos. This was no fruit of such worlds and suns as shine on the telescopes and photographic plates of our observations. This was no breath from the skies whose motions and dimensions our astronomers measure or deem to vast to measure. It was just a colour out of space – a frightful messenger from unformed realms of infinity beyond all Nature as we know it; from realms whose mere existence stuns the brain and numbs us with the black extra-cosmic gulfs it throws open before our frenzied eyes."
Movie – Color Out of Space – Quick Walkthrough
Though modernized, and the family decreased in size, the movie basically follows the similar path of the Lovecraft story. Instead of following the surveyor who is curious what happened years and years ago to the land, we follow a hydrologist, Ward (played by Elliot Knight), who is wanting to survey the land and it's water. This brings him in touch with Lavinia (played by Madeleine Arthur) who has a proclivity for all things Wicca. Now, this brings us to one of the biggest differences between Lovecraft's story and the 2019 movie. I'll be honest, I wasn't exactly sure what that did for the story. And the shockingness of the strangeness made me dive into Alexandrian Wicca practices just to see what the heck is going on here. And that means, you get to learn too! Congratulations!
Alexandrian Wicca Practices
Apparently, Alexandrian Wicca is a tradition of witchcraft that is connected to Neopaganism… a more modern arm of Wicca. It was founded by Alex Sanders and his wife Maxine, who created the Wiccan sect back in the 1960's. This shoot of the Wicca tradition is similar to other Wiccan practices, but emphasizes the polarity of the genders, the definitive differences. And these differences come out most in their rituals – which concentrate on the relationship between the Wiccan goddess, and god. It also was a more eclectic form of Wicca – "If it works use it," sort of an attitude. Sanders formed the practices as a derivative of Hermetic Qabalah, Enochian magic, and the Gardnerian tradition.
But the question remains – what is it doing in this movie?
Movies have to be wrung out, and taught, otherwise they lose the viewer, and confuse things needlessly. Every moment needs to be there for a reason. And since Wicca – of any sort – isn't in the book, it leaves us to ask why Richard Stanley (The Island of Dr. Moreau) added it in. Last I checked, the color was a form of alien visitor. At least, that is what Lovecraft stated it was. So what was the writer, Scarlett Amaris, doing here? We are just going to have to set that aside now, and see where the rest of the movie goes.
Ending of Color Out of Space Explained
Large swaths of the movie follow the book fairly closely. Sure, there are more sons that are more impacted by the color. More people locked in the attic. But the cinematic envisioning of Jack (the son, played by Julian Hilliard – who rocked it in The Haunting of Hill House) and Teresa (the mother, played by Joely Richardson – who most notably starred in the movie In Darkness) being melded together, like some sort of evil radioactive horror show from Chernobyl? Brilliant. Scarily unnerving. But Brilliant. Benny does end up randomly climbing into the well, and never being heard from again.
When Ward brings the sheriff out to the Gardner homestead, he finds all manner of craziness happening. And he decides he will carry the injured Lavinia out of the house and away. And as they begin to leave the house, Nathan Gardner (Nicolas Cage – Mandy, and Mom and Dad, among a million other things), takes aim at the color coming out of the well. But the sheriff, believes that he is taking aim at Ward…for some reason. (Which, we will get to.) And then shoots him. Ward and the sheriff head off to find Ezra, but they are attacked by the color coming out of Ezra's dead body. So they run, and the sheriff is scooped up by a tree, and constricted to death. Lavinia, is found standing by the glowing well…
When Ward looks into her face – which she carved previously during a Wiccan ritual hoping for protection from the color, he sees the vastness of the universe dominated by the color. It's a vast galactic empire of solar flares, spectral shoots, terrestrial planes unimagined here on earth. Until Wade flailed backwards out of the vision and hit the ground. At which point, the grass began writhing and trying to consume him. Wade doesn't realize just how much trouble he's in. So he runs for the cover of the house, where he finds Nathan, sitting in his lazy boy, watching the television. Watching. The. Television.
But the two begin struggling with each other as Ward tries to get down into the safety of the basement. (Safety of the basement?) And as he slips down into the basement, closing the door behind him, Nathan is banging on the door, trying to get in. When, everything turns to ash. The color ashifies everything above ground. The only thing left of Nathan is the calcified ash he has left behind.
Unanswered Questions from the Color Out of Space Movie
I loved this movie. It wasn't as intense as Midsommar. It wasn't as mental as Mandy, and yet way crazier than other alien invasion films like Arrival, and Captive State. And I am 100% ready to just give Lovecraft the color idea. You can have it, no questions asked. Why do all aliens have to look like E.T.? Sure, an alien color. I get it.
And I also love how the color manifested itself in a number of frightening and interesting ways. It made people do things that they had just said they were not going to do. Benny? His climbing into the well? I hear the dog down there. Lavinia was like, it's just a dog! No! Let's just get out of here. But the color had infected his mind with an infestation of insanity. Climb down into the well. And it also explains why the sheriff had the crazy idea that Nathan was about to shoot Ward. It was obvious that Nathan was staring at the well.
But I'm still going to come back to the Wiccan references that were inserted. I find it interesting because Lavinia utilizes the spells in order to invoke a protection. It's how the movie starts even before the asteroid hits I believe. It's how Ward and Lavinia are introduced. Are we saying here that Lavinia summoned the color? Is that where this is going? Inadvertently? Or if she didn't summon the color, is it just a different call to a deity for help and safety? So Lavinia is invoking Satan to ward off the color – and she does so through cutting and slashing runes and shapes into her skin. It just doesn't make sense to me. Personally, the best way to square this, is to think that Lavinia accidentally summoned the asteroid, and the color from space. Nothing else really makes sense to me. And, having this connection to the color, she channels it as the movie goes on.
The Improbability of Color Out of Space?
It apparently wasn't a foregone conclusion that Richard Stanley was going to get a chance to create Color Out of Space. The last film he touched was the Island of Dr. Moreau. He pulled together a dream cast, including Brando and Val Kilmer?? But he only survived 3 days before he was fired. Yet, here we are. And this film really worked. I really enjoyed it. What about you? Was this a good kinda crazy? Or a Moreau kinda crazy? You tell me!
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You got some information wrong. The family did not grow in size. There are still only the parents and three children. The difference is instead of three sons it is two sons and a daughter.
Look at the books Lavinia has. The necronomicon was shown before she started cutting
I'm not really sure why the Wiccan element was added to a movie about space aliens made of color but I enjoyed this otherwise. No one does crazy quite like Nic Cage. He's perfectly at home doing roles like this and the add of Tommy Chong as the resident hippie squatter was fun. I especially liked the envisioning of alien life as a color that alters everything it touches as the regular old alien thing has been done to death. It's much more likely that life elsewhere would be something we can't even begin to comprehend instead of an upright form with eyes, ears and mouth. It could be color or even some type of vegetation. So this story was really ahead of its time.


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Questions For. . . Todd Galloway
By Amy Derjue·	 9/5/2007, 9:59 a.m.
If your eyes immediately begin to roll as soon as your coworkers start prattling about the office fantasy football league, you are not alone. Some people just don't like fantasy sports. Others like the idea, but not the subject matter. Luckily for them, Fafarazzi.com is here to change conversation from Peyton to Paris. Instead of jocks, you get celebrities on your fantasy roster. We spoke with Todd Galloway, Fafarazzi.com's founder, about how it works and what celebrity behavior will put you in first place.
How does the site work?
We track celebrity blogs and entertainment news sites, and whenever a celebrity gets a mention in an outlet, they get a point. So if a celebrity goes out to dinner, you might get one or two points. If a celebrity goes to rehab, almost every blog will cover it so you'll get more points. You can play in a league or join a league, and you have a team of ten celebrities. A season is three weeks, and the winner is the person with the most points.
Whose idea was Fafarazzi?
It was an idea that my sister Megan and I had. It was the clashing of my buddies and I playing fantasy football and her friends reading gossip blogs all day, so we thought we'd toss it all together and it would be fun.
What news gets celebrities the most points?
Certainly big things like prison, rehab, and pregnancies. Weddings are also huge because they go on for a long time. The Eva Longoria wedding was a good example– that was talked about before the wedding, the wedding itself was huge, and the press even covered the honeymoon.
Babies are also popular. People in the forums will cheer for women to have their babies. It's the Murphy's Law of Fafarazzi—as soon as your season is over or you trade her, a celebrity will have her baby.
Are there any hot Boston-related celebrities right now?
Boston-related? Bridget Moynahan was huge when she had the baby. Matt Damon was pretty popular when the Bourne Ultimatum came out, but he's dropped off since. Ben Affleck has been quiet too, since there's not much going on with him and Jennifer Garner.
Do you have plans to launch a similar site with another subject? Maybe the 2008 elections?
We actually just launched Dirt Locker, which follows sports media in the same way Fafarazzi follows celebrity gossip. Tom Brady is a big scorer there, as are Michael Vick and Barry Bonds. It's everything that goes on off the field.
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Too Darn Hot | John Leggio Steps on Broadway
by Marypublished on July 20, 2022
Choreography by John Leggio
Song: Too Darn Hot from Kiss Me, Kate
Filmed by Jacob Hiss
Filmed at Steps on Broadway
John's classes and choreography are a unique fusion of the greats of the past to the current styles of today. His forty-minute warm up consists of Classical Jazz, Modern and Ballet, that build strength, technique, flexibility, and style. Following his warm up, dancers are given short dance progressions at center and across the floor, connecting turns, jumps, kicks and weight transfer combinations. Classes are fun, challenging, and dancers are always left feeling accomplished and inspired!
I look forward to seeing you in class!
About John Leggio:
John Vincent Leggio made his Broadway debut in the original production of CATS, playing the role of Tumblebrutus. John enjoyed a full year on tour with CATS prior to Broadway, playing the role of Mungojerrie. In both companies was the understudy to Mr. Mistoffolees. John danced on Broadway and National tours, including the revival of My Fair Lady, starring Richard Chamberlain, and Show Boat, starring Tom Bosley. He worked with choreographer Susan Stroman and Director Hal Prince. John went on to play the role of Frank Shultz in the Broadway tour of Show Boat for two months. Afterwards he landed the role of Benjamin in the Broadway tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. John was a featured performer on the The Rosie O'Donnell Show (choreography by Chris Gattelli), and was part of a CATS Broadway sketch on Saturday Night Live.
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Are you ahead of the curve when it comes to online learning?
Online learning continues to offer expanded learning opportunities to traditional and nontraditional students, but it also challenges institutional norms.
The 2018 Changing Landscape of Online Education is part of a continuing effort to uncover what chief online officers at higher-ed institutions think about learning policies, practices, and plans. It's a joint initiative of Quality Matters and Eduventures.
1. Though the term "online learning" can blur the lines between all-online and blended learning, surveyed institutions tend to emphasize fully-online programs over blended learning—in fact, very few institutions said they see blended learning as a core strategy.
"At the course level, 55 percent of respondents said online is emphasized more than blended. Forty-eight percent said the same at the program level, compared to 5 percent and 10 percent emphasis, respectively, placed on blended courses and programs," according to the report.
2. Most survey respondents say they view the online learning market as more competitive than it was five years ago. Community college respondents are more likely to cite local competition, and four-year schools point more frequently to regional or national competitors.


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Stan Kenton, Classic jazz Artist
Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979)
Stan Kenton was an innovative jazz musician and pianist, composer and arranger. He was also a band leader whose music covered several genres during the 1940s and 1960s, and he viewed his music as cutting edge, and in his own words referred to his music as "progressive jazz".
Born: Wichita, Kansas
Genre: Progressive jazz, West Coast jazz, swing, orchestral jazz
In 1940, Stan Kenton formed his first orchestra. He worked in the early days with his own groups as much more of an arranger than a featured pianist. Although there were no "name" musicians in his first band (with the possible exception of bassist Howard Rumsey and trumpeter Chico Alvarez), Kenton spent the summer of 1941 playing regularly before an audience at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa Beach, CA. Influenced by Benny Carter and Jimmie Lunceford, the Stan Kenton Orchestra struggled for a time after its initial success. Its Decca recordings were not big sellers and a stint as Bob Hope's backup radio band during the 1943–44 season was an unhappy experience as Les Brown permanently took Kenton's place.
Kenton's first appearance in New York was in February 1942 at the Roseland Ballroom, with the marquee featuring an endorsement by Fred Astaire. By late 1943, with a contract with the newly formed Capitol Records, a popular record in "Eager Beaver", and growing recognition, the Stan Kenton Orchestra was gradually catching on, and developed into one of the best-known West Coast ensembles of the 1940s. Its soloists during the war years included Art Pepper, briefly Stan Getz, altoist Boots Mussulli, and singer Anita O'Day.
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Q: JS 'Firebase is not defined' error when trying to initialize I am working with Glitch.com for my first ever IoT project (also no experience with front/back end). I set up this moisture plant sensor and added some code in Arduino. The moisture uploads from Arduino to a Firebase real-time database.
Now when trying to add this data from Firebase onto my webpage, I keep running into the same error. After multiple failed attempts myself, I decided to just remix an existing project for a Firebase connection. After filling in all my own Firebase info (auth, url ...) I still encountered the same issue, 'Firebase is not defined'. This error happens on these 3 rules;
firebase.initializeApp(config);

var rootRef = firebase.database().ref();

var myDBConn = firebase.database().ref("Moisture");

The full code (for some context):
 <script src="https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/3.1.0/firebase.js"></script>

    // Initialize Firebase
    // TODO: Replace with your project's customized code snippet
  var config = {
        apiKey: "your apiKey from firebase website",
        authDomain: "projectId.firebaseapp.com",
        databaseURL: "https://databaseName.firebaseio.com",
        storageBucket: "bucket.appspot.com",
      };
        firebase.initializeApp(config);

        var rootRef = firebase.database().ref();

  // List to hold my moisture value
  var myMoisture = [];

  // Define database connection to correct branch, Moisture
  var myDBConn = firebase.database().ref("Moisture");

  // Function that acts when a 'new child is added to the DB' - i.e. new data is added this function runs.
  myDBConn.on("child_added", function(data, prevChildKey){

    // The data returned from the branch is put into a variable, dataPoint
    var dataPoint = data.val();

    // Convert the 'Temp' field from dataPoint into integers, then put them into the myTemps list
    myMoisture.push(parseInt(dataPoint.Temp));

    // Add all the Temps and get the total
    var totalT = 0;
    var i=0;
    for (i=0; i<myMoisture.length; i++){
      totalT += myMoisture[i];
    }

    // Create an average by dividing the sum of temps by the number of temps
    var average = totalT / myMoisture.length;

    // Update the page elements with the average and the last item (most recent) off the list
    document.getElementById("averageT").innerHTML=average;
    document.getElementById("LiveT").innerHTML=myMoisture[myMoisture.length - 1];
  });

Another thing I was wondering is, what does datapoint.Temp mean? The original code was made for a webpage displaying live temperature and average temperature, however I want the moisture value. I still have to edit the code a bit, but want to make sure the Firebase connection works before I start on that.

A: You have to include your JavaScript code within a script tag as follows:
<script src="https://www.gstatic.com/firebasejs/7.11.0/firebase.js"></script>

<script>
    // Initialize Firebase
    // TODO: Replace with your project's customized code snippet
  var config = {
        apiKey: "your apiKey from firebase website",
        authDomain: "projectId.firebaseapp.com",
        databaseURL: "https://databaseName.firebaseio.com",
        storageBucket: "bucket.appspot.com",
      };
        firebase.initializeApp(config);

        var rootRef = firebase.database().ref();

  // List to hold my moisture value
  var myMoisture = [];

  // Define database connection to correct branch, Moisture
  var myDBConn = firebase.database().ref("Moisture");

  // Function that acts when a 'new child is added to the DB' - i.e. new data is added this function runs.
  myDBConn.on("child_added", function(data, prevChildKey){

    // The data returned from the branch is put into a variable, dataPoint
    var dataPoint = data.val();

    // Convert the 'Temp' field from dataPoint into integers, then put them into the myTemps list
    myMoisture.push(parseInt(dataPoint.Temp));

    // Add all the Temps and get the total
    var totalT = 0;
    var i=0;
    for (i=0; i<myMoisture.length; i++){
      totalT += myMoisture[i];
    }

    // Create an average by dividing the sum of temps by the number of temps
    var average = totalT / myMoisture.length;

    // Update the page elements with the average and the last item (most recent) off the list
    document.getElementById("averageT").innerHTML=average;
    document.getElementById("LiveT").innerHTML=myMoisture[myMoisture.length - 1];
  });

</script>

For more JavaScript details, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/JavaScript_basics and/or https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide


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Environmentalists need Mary Landrieu, but they don't love her — and they're proving it with their checkbooks.
Louisiana's Democratic senator and Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy are locked in a Bayou battle that will go a long way in determining whether Democrats can hold their imperiled Senate majority, a force that has proved an implacable bulwark against a steady stream of House Republican attacks on environmental regulations.
But that hasn't convinced the environmental lobby's heavy hitters to cut checks for Landrieu. In the past year, only one environmental organization has donated to her campaign. The Baton Rouge-based Center for Coastal Conservation gave Landrieu a $2,500 nod, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Environmental Defense Fund have handed over a combined contribution of exactly nothing. All three groups declined to comment on the record when asked whether they would endorse Landrieu.
So why have environmentalists thus far washed their hands of a campaign so critical to their movement's future?
In short: They just can't stand her stance on global warming. Landrieu is an oil- and gas-industry champion who tiptoes around the global-warming debate and voted to block the Obama administration's climate rules for power plants. Lining up behind a candidate like that, environmental groups fear, would signal to Democrats that their support is unconditional — and that greens can be taken for granted.
"We don't want to be in a situation where one party feels like we're beholden to them. That's how we get taken advantage of," said Ben Schreiber, a spokesman for Friends of the Earth Action, the political fundraising arm of Friends of the Earth. "Candidates need to know that there are consequences to the way they vote."
Landrieu was never going to be a darling of the environmental movement. She represents a state dotted with oil wells and refineries, and sides with the fossil fuel industry more often than not. She also backs the Keystone XL pipeline at a time when opposition to the oil sands project has become the green movement's call to arms.
The Louisiana Democrat also holds considerable sway over energy policy. She's the chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and if another bipartisan energy bill comes out of Congress under Landrieu's watch, it would be covered in her fingerprints.
"Landrieu puts the environmental community in a difficult situation," Schreiber said. "She's been awful on climate change and she's quite responsive to the oil and gas industry. And she's chair of the Energy Committee. That makes things complicated."
Environmental groups have been willing to forgive other moderates for their fossil-fuel embrace as part of a broader campaign to keep their preferred party in power.
NRDC Action Fund, the political fundraising arm of the Natural Resources Defense Council, is already supporting Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Mark Begich of Alaska, two vulnerable Senate Democrats who, like Landrieu, say the pipeline should be built.
"It's not realistic to ask people to be with you 100 percent of the time. A purity test doesn't work in politics," Heather Taylor-Miesle, the fund's director, said. "We look for people we can work with on a number of issues. They don't have to have a perfect record."
So why has Landrieu been left out in the cold?
The real deal-breaker is the senator's stance on climate. Landrieu's not a climate change denier, but she sidesteps the issue every chance she gets. Begich and Hagan, on the other hand, have been outspoken in their calls to action on global warming. Landrieu also opposes Environmental Protection Agency regulations to curb power-plant emissions, the federal government's primary avenue to counter climate change and a key part of the president's second-term climate agenda. In the previous session of Congress, Landrieu voted in support of a measure to prevent the agency from regulating greenhouse gases. Begich and Hagan did not.
The election year is young, and the environmental lobby is not a monolith, so it's possible that more moderate groups will shell out for the senator. The Environmental Defense Fund partnered with Landrieu on Gulf Coast restoration — as did the National Wildlife Federation.
But where greens have withheld their funding, the fossil fuel industry has more than filled the void.
The oil and gas industry is the second-largest contributor to Landrieu's campaign committee and leadership PAC combined. The industry has also done more to give the senator a boost than her Republican challenger. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Landrieu's campaign has so far raised close to $9.5 million with a cool $564,350 coming from the oil and gas industry. Cassidy, in comparison, has raised just over $5.1 million and gotten $180,750 from the industry.
It's unclear whether Landrieu would even want environmentalists' backing.
When NextGen Climate Action, an environmental group backed by billionaire Tom Steyer, raised the possibility last month of targeting the senator through an anti-Keystone XL ad campaign, Landrieu said Steyer's ad buy would likely boost her popularity in Louisiana.
The Sierra Club's stamp of approval isn't exactly a badge of honor in an oil state. "That's something an opponent could seize and run with," said Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, an environmental organization that does not take part in electoral politics. "Nobody wants to waste money doing something that could backfire."


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