So...if I'm photographing and one of them takes off, flies towards me and continues to hover closely around me when I move slowly away*, are they being aggressive or just interested?
From my experience with stinging flying insects with a quick temper, I can tell that they will leave you alone if they don't perceive you as a threat to them or their nest. So play cool and take your time. A few other things that can help: Choose a sunny but cool day with very little wind to none. Move slowly and try not to cast your shadow on them. When using the left-hand-bracing technique, I use a blue clothespin. When I see the insect and the blue in the view finder, it's getting too close for comfort and I reposition myself. Also, when shooting insects at 10 inches or less from my face, I find out that covering my breath with my T-shirt helps a lot. They hate warm human breath.
Brian,when describing your workflow you talk about sharpening in U S M,excuse my ignorance,what is that?
USM = unsharp mask - standard sharpening technique in many photo progs.
I found myself really struggling shooting 4:1 magnification while handheld.
I use 100mm with Kenko extension tubes.
I want to photo stack few of my photos but it really hard to stay in the same spot and changing the focus to another point.
Can anyone give me some tips to make it easier? Would tripod and macro rail will make it easier?
If you are trying to stack high mag handheld shots then it's easier to use fixed focus and move the camera to focus on the next spot. You can help stabilise the movement by resting the lens on a surface or on part of your own body. Holding a twig/leaf near the subject with your left hand and resting the lens on the same hand works well.
Easiest of all would be to use a tripod and macro rail arrangement assuming your subject will put up with it.
The other solution is not to focus stack at all but shoot at smaller aperture (eg say F11) and accept some softening of the image from diffraction.
Any recommend for good cheap macro rail?
Have been debating getting a canon 90mm tilt-shift lens for my macro work. Have any of you had experience with this lens? Ive used canons wider tilt shift lens but not the 90. I know it is an older design but have heard it is quite sharp. Any feedback is appreciated.
I have been told the cheaper rails are really bad and a good set of macro rails are $2000. Obviously this is way out of my pricerange. Do you know of any affordable rails that are decent?
I have heard of people doing macro with this lens especially in conjunction with extension tubes. You can obviously get some interesting focus plane results. The only problem I can see is the time needed to optimise the focal plane probably means shooting studio type subjects rather than say live insects.
In practice I have only very rarely come across macro shooters using one and it is a very expensive lens.
Apologies if this has been posted already however have just come across a site that I think would be useful to many. I haven't read greatly into it yet (In work and the football is due to start ), but I will do later.
There are alternatives to investing in a specialist lens.
Some (expensive) bellows also have tilt/shift function. I have one for which I have yet to invest in adapters.
Thank you so much for your reply.. I took this practice shot yesterday, this leaf is about 2x3 inches real size.
I would have liked the whole leaf to be in focus and not sure if this is possible?
One possibility is a tilt lens or a lens with a large enough image circle on a tilt adapter. Either would enable you to select a different principle plane of focus.
I was checking whether the website had been recommended.
It is not about showing images but is how to obtain them. It is not about close-ups (low magnification) but concentrates on higher magnifications, including focus stacking. The emphasis is on affordable equipment and there is a strong instructional element.


This 4th edition of the GGEI is an in-depth look at how 60 countries perform in the global green economy, as well as how expert practitioners rank this performance and ranks based on perception.
The perception survey for the 2014 GGEI was conducted from June through August 2014, and polled targeted respondents on how they assessed national green performance on the four main dimensions of Leadership & Climate Change, Efficiency Sectors, Markets & Investment, and Environment & Natural Capital.
Germany (perception) and Sweden (performance) top the 2014 GGEI, confirming a trend observed in prior editions of strong results by Germany and the Nordic states. Besides performing well on both the economic and environmental areas of the GGEI, these nations display consistent green leadership and receive global recognition for it.
Covered for the first time in this edition, Costa Rica performs extremely well, ranking third on the GGEI performance measure behind Sweden and Norway and receiving strong recognition on the perception survey, an impressive result for such a small country.
Like in 2012, Copenhagen is the top green city as ranked by our survey of global experts, reinforcing the continued strength of the Danish green brand. Tracked for the first time this year, Vancouver and Singapore also rank in the top 10 of green cities.
There are concerning results related to more developed countries as well – notably Australia, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States – where perceptions of their green economic performance dramatically exceed their actual performance on the GGEI. These countries appear to receive more credit than they deserve, an information gap that requires further exploration.
Despite its leadership founding the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), South Korea continues not to register as a green country brand on our survey and performs poorly, ranked 39th out of 60 on this year's GGEI. Despite better perception results, Japan also performs poorly on the 2014 GGEI, ranked 44th out of 60.
While the United Kingdom performs adequately in most areas of the GGEI, it doesn't excel on any one topic, possibly due to inconsistent political rhetoric and policy related to green economy there. While gradually improving in each successive GGEI edition, the UK still lags behind its northern European and Nordic competitors.
Five European nations – Austria, Iceland, Ireland, Portugal and Spain – reveal performance scores that exceed their perception ones significantly – signaling an urgent need for better strategic communications and information exchange of their green merits and associated investment opportunities.
The GGEI results reveal a similar observation for a variety of non-European states – including Ethiopia, Mauritius, Rwanda in Africa and Colombia, Chile and Peru in Latin America – again suggesting a need for these states to better position their green economies on the international stage.
Disclaimer: All the rights of the data and the study belong to DUAL CITIZEN LLC. We have shared the info here for educational purposes only. We do not own any info above or the rights.
As of June 2011, Germany and Switzerland are phasing-out nuclear power which will be replaced mostly by fossil fuels, and a smaller part renewable energy.
Worldwide, hundreds of mango cultivars exist. In mango orchards, multiple cultivars are often grown together to improve cross-pollination. Two of the most important cultivars are the Chaunsa, which is particularly common in Pakistan, and the Tommy Atkins, which dominates the world export trade because it can be easily transported and has a good shelf-life, although it is reputed to not have the same flavor as that of a chaunsa.
The International Mango Festival, held annually in Delhi, India during early summer, is a two-day festival showcasing mangoes. It has been held since 1987. More than 550 varieties and cultivars of mango are featured in the festival for visitors to view and taste. Among these are alphonso, mallika, amrapali, himsagar, malda, balia, chorasya, dhaman, dhoon, fazia, gelchia, nigarin kheria, ruchika and shamasi.


Do veterans make good consultants? Find out on Wednesday, 06 March. In partnership with Starbucks, Treble Victor will be hosting a breakfast panel discussing veterans who have transitioned into consulting and advisory roles. We will explore how these veterans launched their careers, what skills they brought from the military, and recommendations for veterans who are considering a similar career path. Coffee and breakfast snacks will be generously provided by Starbucks.


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Acclamation  was formerly one of the methods of papal election.

The method of electing the Roman Pontiff is contained in the constitutions of Gregory XV Æterni Patris Filius and Decet Romanum Pontificem, Urban VIII's constitution Ad Romani Pontificis Providentiam, and John Paul II's Universi Dominici gregis, issued in 1996.  Prior to the issuance of Universi Dominici gregis, three methods of election were valid.  These were by scrutiny, by compromise, and by acclamation (or "quasi-inspiration"). This last form of election consisted of all the electors present unanimously proclaiming one of the candidates Supreme Pontiff, without the formality of casting votes. As this was required to be done without previous consultation or negotiation, it was looked upon as proceeding from the Holy Spirit and hence was also designated "quasi-inspiration".

List of papal elections by acclamation

Recent changes in papal election law
Universi Dominici gregis specifically disallowed both election by acclamation and by compromise; as a result the secret ballot is the sole valid method of electing a Pope. Originally, Universi Dominici gregis allowed for a Pope to be elected with a simple majority if the usual requirement of a two-thirds super majority could not be reached after thirty-four ballots. On June 11, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI issued a motu proprio which requires a two-thirds majority regardless of the number of ballots it takes to elect a new Pope.

In fiction

The 1904 novel Hadrian the Seventh by Frederick Rolfe features the apparently divinely-inspired election of George Arthur Rose, an Englishman only that day ordained, to the papacy.

In the 1968 film The Shoes of the Fisherman, the Cardinal electors had acclaimed Cardinal Kiril Lakota as Pope after repeated balloting failed to produce the required majority.

In the 1973 TV movie A Man Whose Name Was John, the Cardinal electors acclaimed Cardinal Angelo Roncalli (Raymond Burr) as Pope John XXIII. This part of an otherwise true story was fictionalized as he was not elected by acclamation.

In the 1997 novel The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons, it is mentioned that Lenar Hoyt has been elected by acclamation nine times after his repeated deaths and resurrections. A tenth election, which occurs at the beginning of the book, is not unanimous due to plotting by his Secretary of State, but a ballot vote still goes in his favor.

In the 2000 book Angels & Demons, Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca is elected by acclamation.

Notes

Election of the Pope

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On the Riverbanks
Ute Mahler (b. 1949) and Werner Mahler (b. 1950) grew up in the former German Democratic Republic (1949-1990). Together with five other photographers, they founded the Ostkreuz Photo Agency in 1990, named after the S-Bahn station – the busiest traffic hub in Berlin. Now, Galerie Springer, Berlin, is opening the exhibition At the Streams, highlighting a new and previously unpublished series. It marks the EMOP (European Month of Photography 2020) – Germany's largest festival dedicated to the production of lens-based media.
For this series, both photographers toured Europe's major rivers and streams – the Elbe, Rhine/Waal, Danube, Po and Volga – considering their social, ecological, political, economic and historical significance. These emotionally powerful images depict scenes of life on waterways, using portraits and architectural structures to tell authentic stories. "We do not stage any of our pictures," Ute Mahler and Werner Mahler have said. "We start with a documentary approach and show, through subjective photographs, what we have found. In this way, we discover a sense of reality. It is our reality, however. History becomes tangible when it's about real people."
In these images, groups of people gather on the banks, enjoying a summer's day or evening bonfire. The artists began the project, which is captured entirely in analogue black-and-white, at the Elbe, the Rhine and the Danube in Bulgaria in 2019. The Po followed in autumn, and, in February 2020, they continued to the Volga. Visits to other rivers, including the Rhône and Tagus, are also on the cards.
Whilst much of the duo's output is rooted in realism, they are not limited to documentary work. In July this year, the artists produced their first fashion spread in 27 years with Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazin. It is a throwback to the artists' early days, when they earned money with fashion photography. "We often alluded to elements of the GDR in these commissions, taking models onto the street, taking very serious portraits," they explained. "Some of these never got printed due to our wider motives. Our portrayals of women did not correspond to the state ideals. Those in charge wanted to see the models looking more optimistic."
The series – which is part of Galerie Springer's exhibition – was produced at a small location on the Elbe riverbank and retains much of their signature style. The monochrome compositions were made using a large format camera and depict models exploring and engaging with the landscape. Young people stand outside old caravans or gather around outdoor dining tables. Models find pathways to the river, an intriguing counterpoint to the documentary shots, with crows hovering atop telephone poles and children running into the distance. This new and unusual collection overlaps in many ways with At the Streams: highlighting the depth, complexity, longevity and range of Ute Mahler and Werner Mahler's oeuvre.
At the Streams, Galerie Springer, Berlin. Until 30 January. galeriespringer.de
1. © Ute Mahler & Werner Mahler, Group with girls, Werben, 68 x 85 cm, Gelatin silver print, Ed. 5.
2. ©Ute Mahler & Werner Mahler, Po #412 At the Streams, 2019 Gelatin Silver Print 92 x 115 cm.
3. ©Ute Mahler & Werner Mahler, FAZ Scheune.
Autumnal Tensions
Carola Cappellari is part of the Next Generation – a collaboration between Aesthetica and LCC London, foregrounding new talent in lens-based media.
Delicate Observation
Matias Alonso Revelli's works are awash with blues and oranges whilst experimenting with pixellation, moving the viewer into hallucinatory states.
PHotoEspaña 2016, Madrid
The 19th International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts PHotoEspaña takes place this summer. Following its opening at the beginning of June, PHotoEspaña continues to host a wealth of exhibitions across the city of Madrid.

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Today, I was searching on my computer for the order form for selling Smokescreens, a book CMP made a few years ago. You'd be surprised how many things turned up with the words "smokescreens" and "order form" that were not the Smokescreens order form. Anyway, tons of random things came up, from archived articles to old conference programs to old coursework . . . and among them this corny assignment I'd forgotten ever doing.
This is a children's fairy tale I included in a Multi-Genre Paper (ala Tom Romano) for Curriculum and Assessment class back in 2008. If you get heated (forgive the pun) like I do over the utter failure of NCLB, you may well get a chuckle out of my cheesiness here. Four years later, every minute of teaching is still worth the burn.
A curious student was born.
But always she felt she was torn.
But it seemed she could only remember.
For the glow of the magical ember.
O the mountains she climbed! The dragons then slain!
To capture that wondrous flame!
Made the relative journey seem tame.
Students just set her dreams on a pyre.
to keep every student enthralled!
There'd be two other parents to call.
Not aware of the dangers of Flame.
"It's bright, how it burns!
She'd just tried her best.
The reply? "NO MORE FIRE!
And the lessons she'd learned.
No, they were not regretted.
She thought they'd been earned.
The fire can't be put out.


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Former jail nurse pleads not guilty for inmate death
47 supports came for Danalee Pascua
Former jail nurse Dannalee Pascua pleads not guilty for inmate death
By: Rina Nakano
EL CAJON, Calif. (KGTV) -- The former jail nurse accused of causing an inmate's death made her first court appearance Friday afternoon. She pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
The El Cajon courthouse was packed with supporters of former nurse Danalee Pascua, who said she is not the careless monster the District Attorney portrayed her to be.
36-year-old Danalee Pascua faced a judge for the first time in her life. The former nurse at Las Colinas Detention Facility has no criminal record. But two weeks ago, she was accused of causing the death of 24-year-old inmate Elisa Serna two years ago.
"She is just an incredible young woman and is extremely devastated by the charge that she is facing," Pascua's attorney, Alicia Freeze, said.
Pascua faces involuntary manslaughter charges, which carry a maximum four-year prison sentence.
Friday afternoon, 47 people came to the El Cajon courthouse to show their support of Pascua.
"Everyone I have spoken to, all the letters of support that we have submitted to the District Attorney's office speaks of her kindness, her attentiveness," Freeze said.
But the District Attorney's office said Pascua lacked the attentiveness she needed to serve her job. According to the DA, Pascua was criminally negligent, as she left Serna on the cell floor "despite obvious signs of distress." When she and deputies returned an hour later, Serna had died.
Since Serna's death, Pascua was relieved of her nursing duties and transferred to administrative tasks at the San Diego Sheriff's Department. She was suspended two weeks ago when charges were filed. Freeze said Pascua has cooperated during the two-year internal investigation.
At her arraignment, Pascua was ordered to turn herself into her former workplace to be booked and released on December 12, 2021. Her release also came with conditions.
"As a condition of the defendant's release, she cannot practice medicine. She cannot practice nursing on any patients," Assistant District Attorney John Dunlap said.
Pascua will remain out on her own recognizance. Her next court hearing is on February 17, 2022.


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Market Equity Salary Adjustments.
By ufffsu September 14, 2015 September 14, 2015 Bargaining News, Uncategorized
We get a lot of questions about the new Market Equity raises that were implemented this year for the first time. This is a new system and required a lot of back and forth bargaining to get a workable solution acceptable to both the administration and the UFF.
Your bargaining team has put together some FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) and answers to help explain how the raises will be calculated this year. We hope that this category of raises will be funded in the future to fully address the Market Equity issue.
Market Equity FAQs
How is the raise amount determined?
It is the result of an equation that compares your salary to the average salary nationally for professors in your discipline and rank, taking into account your history of merit raises and your years in rank.
The national data come from public universities in the "Very High Research Universities" category in the Oklahoma State University (OSU) Annual Faculty Salary Survey, which provides national salaries (not Oklahoma-specific ones) for comparison. Your salary is compared to national salaries for people in your same discipline (called a "CIP code") and in your same rank.
The Human Resources department establishes your "base equity salary," which is the salary for the corresponding rank and CIP code from the OSU Salary Survey. Human Resources then creates your "target equity salary," which is your base equity salary plus adjustments for your merit and years in rank.
Specific elements of the determination appear in FAQs below and in the text from the Collective Bargaining Agreement, available here:
http://uff-fsu.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/TA-Article-23-Salaries-2.pdf
Almost all tenured and tenure-track faculty who were here as of August 8, 2014. Exceptions are those who have received an overall "Unsatisfactory" rating or its equivalent in the past 7 years, have received more than one overall "Official Concern" rating in the past 7 years, or have had their contract non-renewed.
Specialized faculty are not included and received a 1% across-the-board raise in lieu of Market Equity raises. The UFF-FSU will continue to push for SF inclusion in future years.
How many faculty members will receive raises, and in what amounts?
About 2/3 of the general faculty (605 people) will see raises, in amounts ranging from very small to $10,000. The median raise for those who receive one will be about $2,500.
How is discipline determined?
The Provost assigns you a "Classification of Instructional Program 2010" (CIP) code reflecting your major discipline. This CIP code is selected from those already defined for a degree program in your department. The CIP codes were developed by the National Center for Education Statistics (http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/).
How does the merit component of the equation work?
The greater your departmental merit and deans' merit over the past 10 years, the higher your Market Equity raise will be. The merit component consists of the dollar amount of all such raises since 2005 (which is when HR records for merit raises begin). This amount is added to your "target equity salary."
How does the "years in rank" component of the equation work?
Having been at FSU in your current rank for longer than the average FSU faculty member of the same rank generally increases the amount appended to your "target equity salary," which will result in a higher raise. Conversely, having been in rank at FSU for fewer years than average will lower it. As of December, 2014, the average FSU Assistant Professor had been in rank 2.64 years, and the average Full Professor for 11.68 years. For Associate Professors, the average is set at 4 years, and any years in rank over 8 do not add to the "target equity salary."
How is the $2 million FSU has committed to this raise distributed across individuals?
Proportionally to the extent to which the faculty member's salary is below her or his target equity salary, with a cap of $10,000. Because the overall salary equity problem is roughly $10 million, and $2 million will be distributed this fall, faculty members who receive raises will generally receive about 20% of the difference between their actual salaries and their target equity salaries.
When will raises be implemented?
October 9, 2015.
How can I see my raise?
The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) specifies that Human Resources will provide this information in your new contract or on a form called Appendix G.
I was promoted to Full Professor effective this August. Will my national comparison group be Associate or Full Professors?
Associate Professors. The date used to determine rank is fall, 2014. Future Market Equity calculations will update the data, and hence your comparison next year and all future years will be to other Full Professors nationwide.
My unit's CIP code changed in Spring of 2015. Was the old or the new CIP code used for constructing a national comparison?
The CIP code in effect in December, 2014. In future Market Equity calculations, the new CIP code will be used.
It looks like the UFF-FSU worked hard to get these raises. How can I be part of this vital organization?
Join UFF-FSU!
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TORONTO — Jews today rarely practise Judaism in the same ways that their grandparents did, so why do people cling to the idea that their hypothetical grandchildren must carry out the same brand of Judaism as they do?
Paul Golin, associate executive director of the New York-based Jewish Outreach Institute, an independent organization that reaches out to unaffiliated and intermarried families and helps the organized Jewish community better welcome them, posed this question to the audience at his May 4 talk about reframing ideas on intermarriage.
Hosted by the Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, the event was titled "Intermarriage: Optimism and Opportunity" and was held at the University of Toronto Multi-Faith Centre, drawing about 75 people.
Golin said that he "didn't buy this" from a young age, feeling that it clashed with the values he was learning about judging people as individuals and not according to their race or religion.
He eventually did marry a non-Jewish woman of Japanese origin, and the two have a son together, whom they raise to have a strong Jewish identity as well as a connection to his Japanese heritage.
Though organized Judaism typically sees intermarriage and assimilation as part of a "continuity crisis," he said, they can be viewed through a more positive lens.
Jews in contemporary North America are "the most embraced, respected and powerful Jewish community the world has ever known," Golin maintained, and the idea that "we are being absorbed into a larger culture and becoming unrecognizable [as Jews]" is one he finds highly challenging.
"I feel both 100 per cent Jewish and 100 per cent American. I think you can be both – Canadian too – and that you don't have to choose. That's an amazing new thing for the Jewish community," he said.
Further, while intermarriage and other Jewish trends – such as a decreased sense of religiosity, diminished "ethnicity or tribalism" and the breakdown of "fixed Jewish denominational identities" – may change the way Judaism looks and is practised, it doesn't mean it will cease to exist.
For Golin, the "most damning number" in the report is that only 28 per cent of those surveyed ranked being part of a Jewish community as the thing that's essential to their Jewishness.
While those who feel less connected are often those who have intermarried or are children of intermarried couples, Golin is optimistic that greater inclusiveness for mixed-faith couples and families and strong community outreach efforts can bring people back to organized Judaism – be it through religious, cultural or ancestral channels, or a combination of these elements.
Golin advised synagogues and other Jewish institutions that are interested in being more inclusive to explicitly say in their literature that "intermarried families are welcome," and to consider holding special programs for mixed-faith families.


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 einer Ortschaft im US-Bundesstaat Hawaii, siehe ʻAleamai (Hawaii)
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Juan de Ciórraga y Fernández de la Bastida (Vitoria, 1836 - La Coruña, 1931) fue un arquitecto español.

Biografía
Ciórraga fue arquitecto municipal de La Coruña a partir de 1864, hasta su renuncia en julio de 1890. Considerado dentro del movimiento arquitectónico ecléctico, durante este período construyó la Plaza de María Pita donde introdujo cambios en el diseño de edificios. En 1876 consiguió la aprobación de las primeras normas sobre la construcción de las galerías que diseño en el Ensanche de la ciudad. Además del Ensanche y la Plaza de María Pita, Ciórraga realizó, entre otras, la nueva fachada de la Colegiata de Santa María del Campo, en la que retiró añadidos y restos de otras restauraciones, y la amplió notablemente; construyó la Plaza de toros de La Coruña (1884–1885); también restauró la escalinata de la Iglesia de Santiago y la fachada posterior del palacio del Marqués de San Martín de Hombreiro, todas ellas en la Ciudad vieja de La Coruña.

Referencias

Arquitectos de España del siglo XIX
Arquitectura de La Coruña
Nacidos en Vitoria


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It's a sign of my ignorance that whenever Comedy Bang! Bang! has on a guest not known for comedy, like Jessica Alba or Tony Hawk, I assume they'll bring down their episodes by being bewildered by the off-kilter tone of the show. That's yet to be the case; however, I still prepare for the worst before episodes like "Tony Hawk Wears a Plaid Shirt & a Silver Watch". Even if they're not always funny in their interviews, non-comedians like Alba or Hawk are usually at ease and open to whatever happens. I have to assume it's partly because they're not on a traditional talk show where they have to entertain a live audience, but also because they're surrounded by comedy professionals who know how to guide them through the show's process.
Whatever failings "Tony Hawk Wears a Plaid Shirt & a Silver Watch" has, they're unrelated to Hawk's appearance. He wasn't a particularly memorable guest, but judging by his demeanor and frequent laughs, he clearly enjoyed coming on the show. He even earned laughs from his "skateboard trick" with the boxes and some solid lines in his interview. That being said, he was eclipsed by the episode's other guest, Ben Schwartz, who returned as Rodney Waber, publicist to the stars. (In Hawk's defense, Schwartz's personality can eclipse most anybody.) Waber is a barely dialed down version of Jean Ralphio, Schwartz's character on Parks & Recreation, which means there was a lot of spastic movements and smug deliveries. Schwartz seems to be a divisive comedic figure, and I doubt this appearance changed any detractor's minds. Being a fan of Schwartz, I enjoyed his appearance, even if it wasn't as fresh or funny as it was last season.
The standout of this episode was the 'America's Most Killer Burgers & Aukerman's Most Wanted Killer' sketch, certainly the darkest thing aired on the show so far, and probably one of the funniest. After scoring multiple laughs from juxtaposing a cheery Food Network show with a man hunting for his wife's killer, it was revealed that Scott's favorite burger was made from his wife. But the sketch was even able to draw laughs after that horrible twist with the revelation that the winner of the Most Killer Burger competition got a presidential pardon and a picture with a smiling Scott.
However, not everything in this episode worked. I got what the show was trying to do with Matt Walsh's bratty rapscallion son, but it just didn't work. The child actor did his job and played Veruca Salt, but this character probably would've worked better if played by a comedian on the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast. Comedy Bang! Bang! has had success with broader characters on previous episodes, so the issue isn't that it was too broad, it just didn't click with the rest of the episode.
With enjoyable interviews and a terrific sketch, "Tony Hawk Wears a Plaid Shirt & a Silver Watch" continued Comedy Bang! Bang!'s run of not producing bad episodes, even if it didn't continue Comedy Bang! Bang!'s run of producing great ones.


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Parent company Little Pub Co. is closing Three Lions Pub and opening Colfax Sports & Brew in its place.
Parker will be the sixth location for the Denver-based chain of fast-casual Italian restaurants.
The Fort Worth, Texas-based company has more than 100 locations nationwide, including several in the Denver suburbs.
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Background: The radical measures outlined in Peru's new education law are now undergoing intense public debate. Education Minister General Carpic Becerra has said: "The commitment of the new law is with the poor." It stresses the importance of adequate nutrition and health care as part of initial education describing "The Peruvian child in the great majority" as a "victim of the syndrome of poverty, the symptoms of which include malnutrition and consequent physical weakness, poor health and lack of concentration".
It authorises bilingual education - i.e. Spanish plus a vernacular language - emphasizing the educational significance of national languages "to preserve the authentic values of local culture". All teachers from now on, as part of their training, must learn a vernacular language mainly the Indian languages of Quechua and Aymara. Teaching in the vernacular is seen as part of literacy programmes and as a means of teaching Spanish eventually to everyone. The law is particularly aimed at the hundreds of thousands of children of the Sierra (high Andean regions) who are monolingual in Quechua, who cannot or do not go to school, and don't learn much i f they do. The law allows, it says, "the optimum use of all the resources of educational potential within each territorial area"...but in the country's South-Western province of Puno most of the laws ideas have already put into practice and most of the practice has marked Puno out as the pacemakers in an education structure which has not found its feet in the rest of the country. In this, the women's and children's education is making the most dramatic impact.
Organisers of Puno's education programme are "Caritas" - an international Roman Catholic relief organisation whose Puno branch began in 1964 with the aim of integrating the scattered and inward-looking village communities. Now they run 46 communities operating on a cooperative system each in which a children's school and feeding centre acts as the pivot for farming specialisation or artisans work. Some 4,000 peasant children attend these schools from the age of 0 to eight years old. They are drawn from the Quechua and Aymara Indian communities - most of them living in the 12,000 - feet high mountain plateau. There are 10 kindergartens totalling almost 1,000 pupils. Peasant leaders have been encouraged to organise baby-???itting groups. There are now 34 of these looking after about 3,000 children. Caritas have declared they want to change the peasant man's "economic concept of his children and his patriarchal authoritarianism over women" who are required to submit to an inferior role. Mothers join their children at classes. In each community, there is a "mother club" with a programme embracing reading and writing in Spanish, personal and general hygiene, nutrition, first aid, family education, improvement of the home, recreation and cooking.
Children's education is also highly politicised. Caritas sets up the educational framework but the government pays for and often supplies teachers. No effort is spared to make the children acquire an increased "consciousness" of the peruvian revolution.
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Comparative evaluation of dexmedetomidine and fentanyl for epidural analgesia in lower limb orthopedic surgeries
Sukhminder Jit Singh Bajwa, Vikramjit Arora, Jasbir Kaur, Amarjit Singh, SS Parmar
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Ram Nagar, Banur, Punjab, India
Sukhminder Jit Singh Bajwa
Associate Professor, House No 27 A, Ratan Nagar, Tripuri, Patiala, Punjab
Background and Aims: Opioids as epidural adjunct to local anesthetics (LA) have been in use since long and α-2 agonists are being increasingly used for similar purpose. The present study aims at comparing the hemodynamic, sedative, and analgesia potentiating effects of epidurally administered fentanyl and dexmedetomidine when combined with ropivacaine. Methods: A total of one hundred patients of both gender aged 21-56 years, American Society of Anaesthesiologist (ASA) physical status I and II who underwent lower limb orthopedic surgery were enrolled into the present study. Patients were randomly divided into two groups: Ropivacaine + Dexmedetomidine (RD) and Ropivacaine + Fentanyl (RF), comprising 50 patie nts each. Inj. Ropivacaine, 15 ml of 0.75%, was administered epidurally in both the groups with addition of 1 μg/kg of dexmedetomidine in RD group and 1 μg/kg of fentanyl in RF group. Besides cardio-respiratory parameters and sedation scores, various block characteristics were also observed which included time to onset of analgesia at T10, maximum sensory analgesic level, time to complete motor blockade, time to two segmental dermatomal regressions, and time to first rescue analgesic. At the end of study, data was compiled systematically and analyzed using ANOVA with post-hoc significance, Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test. Value of P<0.05 is considered significant and P<0.001 as highly significant. Results: The demographic profile of patients was comparable in both the groups. Onset of sensory analgesia at T10 (7.12±2.44 vs 9.14±2.94) and establishment of complete motor blockade (18.16±4.52 vs 22.98±4.78) was significantly earlier in the RD group. Postoperative analgesia was prolonged significantly in the RD group (366.62±24.42) and consequently low dose consumption of local anaesthetic LA (76.82±14.28 vs 104.35±18.96) during epidural top-ups postoperatively. Sedation scores were much better in the RD group and highly significant on statistical comparison (P<0.001). Incidence of nausea and vomiting was significantly high in the RF group (26% and 12%), while incidence of dry mouth was significantly higher in the RD group (14%) (P<0.05). Conclusions: Dexmedetomidine seems to be a better alternative to fentanyl as an epidural adjuvant as it provides comparable stable hemodynamics, early onset, and establishment of sensory anesthesia, prolonged post-op analgesia, lower consumption of post-op LA for epidural analgesia, and much better sedation levels.
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Youth gets seven years' imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl
Thanjavur: The Mahila Fast Track Court here today sentenced a lecherous youth to seven years' imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl in Saliyamangalam area some two and a half years ago.
The 19-year-old Vijayanarayanan, resident of Thoppu Theru in Saliyamangalam, lured a nine-year-old girl of the same area by offering her Rs 10, took her to a hiding place and sexually assaulted her on June 11, 2014.
Based on a complaint, Ammapettai police registered a case under section 366 (abducting or inducing a woman to compel her marriage) of IPC and section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 and arrested Vijayanarayanan.
The trial of the case was conducted at the Mahila Fast Track Court. The judge who heard the case found Vijayanarayanan guilty of the charges. Pronouncing his verdict the judge today sentenced Vijayanarayanan to seven years' imprisonment besides slapping a fine of Rs 1,000.


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How Songwriters Make Money
This article is part two of a multi-part series. In the first article, we showed an overall breakdown of how different stakeholders in the music industry make money. Let's now look at how songwriters, who are not the final performers of their songs, and are signed to a publishing contract actually make money.
These days, songwriters can earn money in various ways. Recently, songwriters such as Bob Dylan and Neil Young, for instance, have cashed in on their songwriting catalogs, earning millions in the process. But that's another story.
Generally speaking, most songwriters make money in a very traditional way from their songs. Breaking it down, every song has two parts that can be monetized:
1. The Composition
2. The Master Recording
Songwriters usually make money from the composition in the form of royalties and sync license fees. Having explained that, there are three main ways songwriters can make money, and they are explained below.
Performance Royalties
Every time a song is publicly performed, the songwriters of the song receive performance royalties. These royalties are collected by the performing rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, SOCAN, etc.) and paid directly to the songwriters.
What is considered a "performance"?
There are many examples of what would be considered a performance eligible for royalties, and each of them pays out a different rate. Here are some of the most common examples:
The song plays on the radio or on the TV
The song is performed by an artist on stage
The song is streamed on Spotify or Apple Music
Performance royalties come in two parts, namely the songwriting share, and the publisher share. As the songwriter, you would normally receive 100% of the songwriting share of the performance royalties. Depending on the terms of your publishing agreement (if you have a publishing agreement at all), you may also receive a portion of the publishing share of the performance royalties. That's usually the case if you only sign an administrative agreement instead of a full publishing agreement, since the publishing share is a main part of how publishers earn money and they try to retain it as much as possible.
Mechanical Royalties
Another income stream for songwriters are mechanical royalties. This was a lot more relevant when CDs and downloads were the main medium for music distribution. When a song is reproduced, mechanical royalties are payable to the songwriter. What does it mean to "reproduce" a song? One example is, a song you wrote makes it onto Justin Bieber's next album. His label prints 100,000 copies of his album on a Compact Disc (CD). Every copy is a new "reproduction" of your song and you earn mechanical royalties. Another example is when a song you wrote gets downloaded on iTunes or Amazon. Every download is a "reproduction" of your song and you earn mechanical royalties. Labels are responsible for reporting these reproductions of units and pay mechanical royalties accordingly to the publisher representing the songwriters.
With the emergence of streaming, mechanical royalties based on copies sold (digital or physical) has become increasingly rare. However, streams also generate mechanical royalties, albeit at a much lower rate. The key difference is, labels are not responsible for reporting and paying for mechanical royalties on streaming platforms, instead, it is the responsibility of the streaming platforms. They report the numbers and pay the mechanical royalties to a Mechanical Rights Organization (Harry Fox Agency in the U.S.) and the Mechanical Rights Organization passes the monies to the publishers.
The percentage of mechanical royalties you earn depends heavily on the contract you have with your music publisher or administrator.
Sync Licensing
The last income stream, and oftentimes the most lucrative one for songwriters, are synchronization (sync) license fees. Sync license fees are usually one-off payments paid by licensees of your song. For example, Coca Cola is producing a new TV ad which requires music. Your music publisher sees the brief for the TV ad and pitches one of your songs. Let's assume Coca Cola loves the song and wants to use it for the TV ad. In that case, your publisher will negotiate a sync license fee with Coca Cola, which the company has to pay to obtain the authorization to use your song in the ad.
Other examples of music licensees would be film producers, TV show producers, game developers or anyone who is creating commercial media and requires music. The amount of the sync license fee depends heavily on the scope of the project, total possible reach, the medium used and the budget of the licensee. The sync license fee is usually paid directly to the music publisher and the publisher then forwards part of the fee to the songwriter. How much of it will depend on your contract with the publisher.
Some of you may be thinking, "Hold up, there is one more income stream for songwriters, called advance." While there is such a thing in the songwriting industry called "advance," technically speaking, it is not an income stream for songwriters. Some publishers pay out advances to more established songwriters to entice them to sign with the publisher. These advances are used to record more music and bridge cost of living expenses until the next royalty or sync license check comes in.
However, advances aren't necessarily earned nor is it "free" money. They are, in fact, loans that have to be paid back by the songwriter. Let's say, a publisher offers you a $10,000 advance. Sounds like a good one-time payment, right? The thing is, the publishing company will retain 100% of all monies from your portion of the royalties and sync licensing fees collected until they recoup the entire $10,000 advance.
So, to summarize, songwriters have three main income streams. These are:
Performance royalties: collected and paid out directly from the songwriter's performing rights organization.
Mechanical royalties: collected and paid out by the songwriter's music publisher.
Sync license frees: negotiated, collected and paid out by the songwriter's music publisher.
If you are a songwriter looking to make money from your music, it is a good idea to try earning from all three, if possible.


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How Statement Earrings Became Generation Selfie's Favourite Trend
By Osman Ahmed June 21, 2017 05:27
From Cos to Céline to Chopard, brands are doubling down on statement earrings in exaggerated sizes and mismatched colours to tap a new generation of consumers.
Julie Pelipas in statement earrings | Photo: Adam Katz Sinding
LONDON, United Kingdom — Question: how does one dress for a selfie? Answer: statement earrings. Not since the '80s have such loud ear accruements been so prevalent. But today the rules are different. Whereas once costume jewellery was excessively piled on with a full face of make-up and bouffant hair, today it is an accent to oversized shirting and distressed denim; the focal point of the "no make-up" make-up look and abbreviated elfin hairdos. Earrings (or earring, singular) can create a sense of personality for someone who dresses simply. It can even create an entire look for a FaceTime or Skype conversation, even if one's bottom half is still dressed for sleep. Essentially, statement earrings are what shoes were to Carrie Bradshaw for a generation who wear Stan Smiths.
It's no longer just costume jewellery that veers towards bold statements, but the most traditional of fine jewellers too. Across the board, the styles are bigger, brighter, flashier and more sculptural than ever, and some of them even extend way below the shoulder. They could be architectural sculptures in mismatched colours, sizes and stones, made of fringed shoulder-grazing chainmail, singular hammered-gold Matisse shapes, or ornate hoops of baroque proportions. Restrained diamond or pearl drops they are certainly not.
Sophie Bille Brahe's "Ligne Perve" earring | Source: Courtesy
"What I love is that it is so mainstream which is unusual for a jewellery trend because often things are shown on the runway and then people won't wear it," says Carol Woolton, British Vogue's jewellery editor. "It's Topshop and H&M; it's Piaget and Chopard; it's Céline and Marni. Literally everybody is into big statement earrings."
"I get some sort of sense of completion to an outfit from it," says Tilly Macalister-Smith, founder of @earafterear (an Instagram account dedicated to statement earrings in all their variations) and senior director of content at Diane von Furstenberg. Earrings are also easy to adopt. "It's not like dying your hair where you have to commit to it; it's not as if it's a fabulous winter coat that is thousands of dollars. It's just a little bit of fun and I think people still love that transformative effect of fashion."
There's also the changing face of the jewellery industry itself. "Fine jewellery is becoming more fashion influenced, and the price point between fashion jewellery and fine jewellery is narrowing," says Patti Worth, jewellery buyer at MatchesFashion.com. "Statement earrings account for a huge part of our business and it's only growing, so much so that we now have to narrow down on sub-categories."
Worth is keen to point out the return rate on earrings is often lower than other categories as there are less issues concerning sizing and fit. They can also be an ideal gift. For Worth, Simone Rocha and J.W. Anderson are two of the most popular fashion-cum-jewellery designers (both brand's earrings range from about $120 to $380), as well as Rebecca de Ravenel's tiers of baubles ($330 to $380) and Anissa Kermiche's quietly loud ear sculptures ($240 to $1,325). A spokesperson on MyTheresa.com's buying team concurs. "The brands that are most popular at the moment are Simone Rocha, J.W. Anderson, Dolce & Gabbana, Miu Miu, Gucci, Balenciaga and Oscar de la Renta," she says. "The statement earrings even get bigger and more creative every season."
Statement earrings are what shoes were to Carrie Bradshaw for a generation who wear Stan Smiths.
"Women play with androgynous looks, they have short hair and no make-up — earrings act as a new precious makeup," says Delfina Delettrez, 40 percent of whose fine jewellery business is contributed by earrings. "I have now gone back to designing 'couples' after having introduced and worked on the single earring for many years. I like to wear one micro and one macro. This is how I see them now." Her pairs of earrings range from $2,750 to $18,150. The height of her statement earring fixation reached its zenith at her friend Giovanna Battaglia-Engelbert's wedding, for which Delettrez made a single earring with a large green stone on the ear and five branches of metal and stones traversing up the bride's chignon.
Irina Lakicevic | Photo: Phil Oh
Delettrez made a name for herself with single earrings (priced between $385 to $15,000) that were front facing but pierced through the back of the lobe, so that the earrings formed a semi-circular structure behind the ear. "They had such success because they are almost invisible, and very light," she surmises. "The shape is reminiscent of the belly piercing; it's a shape that speaks to my generation, and like the belly piercing you never take it off. You sleep with it and you almost forget about it."
"The way I work is very much from my own way of wearing jewellery," says Sophie Bille Brahe, the Copenhagen-based jeweller. "I wanted bling in my ears and I did bling on both sides and I thought, oh my God, I look like a Beckham." The result was Brahe's "Croissant de Lune" design ($5,700), which is a crescent of diamonds graduating in size set in 18-karat gold, as well as the "Elipse," two pearl globules connected by a thin curved pole ($720 to $770). Earrings make up approximately 80 percent of Brahe's business, which has grown by almost 300 percent since its launch in 2011.
The success of Maria Tash, the New York-based piercing artist and jewellery designer who has taken the world by storm with her unusual placement of earrings, is also testament to the growing cultural emphasis on the ear. After being introduced to London and Paris via various pop-ups, she was given a large 1,500-square foot space in Liberty last May; the revenue of that particular space has since doubled, from $3.8 million to $7.6 million. Her piercing bar offers a luxurious destination for those who may not feel comfortable wandering into a tattoo parlour, and uses Tash's own jewellery designs for piercings.
Earrings act as a new precious makeup.
"Fine jewellery and piercing doesn't have anything to do with tattooing," says Tash. "Over the years the jewellery has improved for other piercings that aren't in the frontal lobe. It's not about having lots of them, but beautiful things in unexpected places." She adds that the British and Parisian are much more receptive to multiple piercings, and that she is currently working on opening permanent outposts across the world, as well as developing the wholesale business for jewellery which sells through luxury sites such as Net-a-Porter and MatchesFashion.com (prices generally hover between $150 and $500, with the exception of a few more diamond-laden designs). "It sells on its own merit, but it helps to have jewellery stylists who know how to fit particular pieces to different parts of the ear."
Completedworks's sculptural "Fluid" collection of earrings | Source: Courtesy
Anna Jewsbury, who started Completedworks in 2013 with her brother Mark, has a rapidly growing business due to her sculptural silver earrings — silver because it is lighter than gold, and therefore can used for larger-scale and more complex designs. "Earrings are the most popular and it's mainly single earrings," she says of her jewellery, which begins by rolling clay into larger sculptures and is then scaled down. In the last year along, her business has grown by 100 percent, 60 percent of which is contributed by earrings ($370 to $1,520 for the most part; $11,400 to $15,200 for marble, gold and diamond pieces). "Bridal rings have the most value, but you don't need a ring size to buy earrings." The result is that most of her earring customers come through her digital platforms and buy online, which is indicative to the changing attitudes to buying fine jewellery.
Woolton says that even the Place Vendôme's traditional fine jewellery houses have become more reactive to trends in recent years. "Victoire de Castellane brought a costume jewellery sensibility to fine jewellery and did whatever she wanted with it," she says of Christian Dior's long-serving creative director of fine jewellery. "Recently at Cannes, there were so many statement earrings, long shoulder dusting earrings, especially from Chopard."
In May at the Sotheby's "Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels" sale in Geneva, Switzerland, a pair of contrasting coloured diamond earrings (a blue one at 14.54 carats and a pink one at 16.00 carats) fetched a record $42.1 million and $15.3 million respectively, and were bought by the same buyer for a record $57.4 million. "Sometimes they put the stones in a setting just for the mounting," notes Woolton. "Or often they'll be sold separately, but they sold these together to the same buyer and I like to think that it's because they'd like to wear them. $57 million for a pair of statement earrings!"
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InUnity is a youth led film festival promoting volunteering in Wales. The theme of the festival is 'Making a bigger difference together'. The project is proudly supported by ProMo-Cymru in partnership with WCVA and the #iwill campaign in Wales. It is funded by Welsh Government.
InUnity is committed to showing the boldest and most innovative work from young people (11-25) that challenges the boundaries of filmmaking.
Submissions are reviewed and selected under the following criteria:
Fun and Creative
The Festival accepts short films of 1 to 9 minutes that have been made in the last 2 years.
There are two categories:
Made by a group of between 1 and 4 people
Winner selected by the public
Prize: £75
Made by a group of 5 or more people
Winner selected by a judges' panel
Prize: £125
We welcome projects in any language but ask that subtitles are included if submitting in any language other than English or Welsh.
InUnity awards 2020
20th March 2020 at 12pm
The InUnity Film Festival is created by a group of young volunteers
Bedwyr Elias Evans
Bedwyr is a Welsh-speaking student studying Media Production in Cardiff. Originally from West Wales, Bedwyr has been an Urdd ambassador for 2 years and has helped with events such as the Carnival in his local village.
Ewa Ladkowska
Ewa is an actor, writer, set and production runner. Originally from Poland, she grew up in several countries and identifies as a 'third culture kid' (TCK). She has volunteered at many film festivals and couldn't resist another one.
Fizza Khan
Fizza is a journalism student at Cardiff University. Born in Cardiff, she is passionate about social work and is undertaking a placement at ProMo-Cymru. This will be her first time working on a film festival.
Halyna Soltys
Hallie is a BSc Psychology undergraduate. She is an avid traveller and activist and is passionate about all things digital media. Her voluntary work has included GirlGuiding and ProMo-Cymru, to name but a few.
Marwa Mussadiq Khan
Marwa is an international student studying media and creative writing. Originally from Pakistan, she is volunteering at ProMo-Cymru. This will be her first time working on a film festival.
Shahroze Khan
Shahroze is an actor, model and trained versatile singer. He is studying VFX and computer graphics at Cardiff and Vale College. He is an energetic, empathetic, artistic personality who loves to work with different media projects and activities.
Caitlin Ruby Jones
Caitlin is a Welsh speaker from Cardiff, who is studying to be a youth worker. She is a blogger and YouTuber in her spare time and is currently hoping to develop her skills on placement with ProMo-Cymru.
Winners will be announced at Gofod3 on Thursday 19th March at the Cardiff City Stadium
InUnity is no longer accepting submissions.
Thanks for your interest.
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» What Does Benjamin Franklin Have to Do with Car Insurance?
Connecticut is famous for many things: Ivy League universities, nutmegs, and a host of important and useful inventions (the helicopter, the artificial heart, and the first vacuum cleaner – to name a few).
The Constitution State was also the first state in the country to offer motorists auto liability insurance. As early as 1925, Connecticut lawmakers required drivers to show proof of financial responsibility before hitting the road.
Car insurance has even older origins than that, however. Long before the first documented auto accident, which occurred in Ohio in 1891, insuring against injury and disaster was first explored by none other than Benjamin Franklin.
Ben Franklin – Insurance Pioneer
Although the idea of insurance has existed for thousands of years and dates all the way back to ancient Greece – when merchants purchased a type of insurance against possible loss of cargo due to bad weather at sea – the insurance industry as we know in the United States today first got its start in Philadelphia in the 1750s.
As a founding member of the Union Fire Company in Philadelphia, Franklin joined with other fire-fighting organizations to form the first fire insurance company in the then-colonies. Members agreed to contribute money to a mutual fund, which would pay out damages for losses to members whose property was damaged by fire.
The insurance company was given the somewhat wordy name: The Philadelphia Contributorship for the Insurance of Houses from Loss of Fire – the fledgling country's first mutual insurance company. In a time when all homes were lit by candles and oil lamps, fire was a much bigger and more frequent hazard than it is today. A single blaze could quickly devastate a neighborhood.
The First Auto Insurance Policy
Just seven years later, Franklin helped found the first life insurance company. When motor vehicles came on the scene in the late 1800s, auto insurance did not exist. It didn't take long, however, for accidents to happen.
The country's first auto insurance policy was issued in 1897 in Dayton, Ohio, when a man paid $1,000 to Travelers Insurance Company for a policy to protect him against liability for injuries or death caused by his vehicle. The policy also paid out in case of property damage to another vehicle. Because motor vehicles were still so new, the policy was actually written as a horse and carriage policy.
In the decades that followed, thousands more car insurance policies were written. Finally, Connecticut led the way by adopting its financial responsibility law in 1925. Under the law, the driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury or property damage greater than $100 was required to show proof of at least $10,000 of liability coverage. Motorists had the option to purchase insurance, provide a bond, or deposit enough money to cover the liability amount.
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Clash Royale's new pro league could make it the first big mobile e-sport
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The world of competitive gaming is one that's constantly changing, but over the years there's been one truth: the most popular e-sports are PC and console games. But Supercell, the Finnish studio behind the blockbuster mobile strategy game Clash Royale, is looking to change that. August 20th will see the debut of the professional Clash Royale League in North America , and the developer says that fans can expect something very different compared to existing e-sports like Overwatch or Dota 2.
"We're still trying to figure out what e-sports looks like on mobile, and I don't think the right approach would be to just copy what works on the bigger screen," says Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen.
The competition actually consists of five leagues that span North America, Europe, mainland China, Latin America, and Asia; at the end of the season, the best teams from each will compete in a world championship. Supercell has partnered with 44 different e-sports organizations to represent players, and that includes some big names that will be familiar to competitive gaming fans, like Team Liquid, Cloud9, 100 Thieves, and Team Solomid.
Competition for player spots kicked off earlier this year with the launch of the Clash Royale League Challenge, an amateur competition which aimed to find the game's best talent, who could then be signed to a team. According to Supercell, 25 million people participated over just six days, hoping to get a spot; each of the pro teams has a roster of four players, and will be providing both salaries and housing during the season. (Supercell declined to offer specifics for the league's minimum salary requirements.)
As e-sports continues to grow and become more professional, multiple attempts have been made to bring mobile titles into the fold. Games like Tencent's Arena of Valor have seen some success in Asia, but there has yet to be a mobile e-sport that has broken out globally. Paananen believes that Clash Royale could be that game — and it's something he's been thinking about since before it even launched back in 2016. When Supercell was still developing the game, he says, staff would form competitive tournaments, and those who weren't playing would sit around and watch. "It was so much fun of course to participate, but more importantly it was fun to watch other people play," Paananen says.
That continued after the game came out and players started forming tournaments on their own. Supercell has dabbled in hosting its own competitions before, including the Crown Championship World Finals last year in London, but a fully professional league represents a more concerted effort to make Clash Royale into a viable e-sport. The game has millions of existing players (though Supercell hasn't revealed specific numbers), and they're already primed for watching. The Clash Royale app has a built-in feature called "TV royale," where players can watch recent matches. High-level battles regularly have 20,000 or more virtual spectators.
Clash Royale League matches won't be featured in the app — at least not right now — but will instead be broadcast on platforms like Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube. For the North American circuit, teams will compete at a studio in Los Angeles. (You can see an artist's rendition of the studio below.) That's all pretty common for e-sports competitions like the Overwatch League or the League of Legends Championship Series. But Supercell says that the viewing experience for Clash Royale will be different, because it's going to be tailored for your phone.
"One of the things we've learned over the last few years is that most of our audience is watching on mobile devices," says Tim Ebner, Supercell's head of e-sports. We won't know exactly what that will look like until the league's first season kicks off next week, but Supercell says that the presentation — including things like camera angles and on-screen graphics — will be optimized for smaller displays. Most notably, games will be broadcast in portrait mode, so they feel native to the platform.
This combination of factors, including the large existing audience and the untapped potential of mobile, is what sold so many teams on joining the fledgling league, despite the still-unproven nature of mobile e-sports. Patrick "Chief Pat" Carney, who founded the mobile-focused e-sports team Tribe Gaming which is part of the North American league, says that he's "extremely optimistic" about the potential for the Clash Royale League to be a breakout hit, particularly for Western audiences. "The recipe is in place," he explains. "The game is phenomenal and born to be an e-sports title; the player base is massive; the developers, teams, and players are fully committed; and the storylines and narratives are epic."
For Supercell, the league is just one part of an ambitious plan. CEO Paananen says that he wants the studio to create experiences that last for many years — and he believes e-sports are an integral component to that longevity. "We want to create games that people play for decades, and games that will be remembered forever," he says. "And for a competitive game like Clash Royale, it feels obvious that e-sports must play a role in that."
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Hello! Man where does the time go?? I can't believe it's been almost 2 weeks since my last post! Today's card uses the Limelight sketch, we were to try an incorporate our favorite STRING!! For me that would be the May Arts Burlap string, Love that stuff! Thanks for stopping by!
Those raspberries look good enough to pick and eat! Great card, Janice!
super fabulous. love the colors and that label is just perfect for the raspberries.
Wow, what a lovely card!!!


I finally completed upgrading our SCCM 2007 central site (and two secondary sites) to SP2. Though it was successful, there were two issues that occurred as a result of the upgrade which may be useful for you to watch for.
The first issue is that I was unable to update any distribution points for packages or adding new distribution points to a package. This was being caused by a malfunctioning Distribution Manager in which the changes were being queued and not processed.
Check the distmgr.log – it may show that every the manager is attempting to validate every single package on every single distribution point…one at a time.
Then the solution is founded in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/969163 for the second solution.
The second issue that I experienced with the inability for unknown computers to know that there was a task sequence assigned to run. Short of the long story is that I fixed the situation by deleting the existing advertisements and recreating them.