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Why Hannibal fans should be feasting their eyes on Channel Zero: Butcher's Block
The latest season of SYFY's horror anthology show shares a producer with the much-missed NBC cannibal show — and a taste for human flesh
By Clark Collis February 15, 2018 at 12:30 PM EST
Channel Zero
Warning! This article contains spoilers for last night's episode of Channel Zero: Butcher's Block.
Channel Zero showrunner Nick Antosca is a big fan of watching people eating people. "I've always been fascinated with cannibalism," he says. "It's something that I have nightmares about."
That fascination is evident in the third season of SYFY's horror anthology show, Channel Zero: Butcher's Block. Holland Roden (Teen Wolf) and Olivia Luccardi (It Follows) play sisters who move to a new city and encounter the mysterious, and cannibalistic, Peach family, including Rutger Hauer's patriarch Joseph. The clan's fondness for the taste of human flesh was made clear in this week's episode when Joseph's newly arrested son Robert (Andreas Apergis) was discovered naked and chowing down on his cellmate. "That is one of the more disturbing scenes we've ever filmed," chuckles Antosca. "In the script, that was a simpler scene. Arkasha Stevenson, the director, [said], 'Well, wouldn't he be worried about getting blood on his suit? What if he is naked during the scene?' I was like, 'That is an iconic visual.'"
It will surprise no one to learn that Antosca previously wrote for NBC's much-missed Hannibal, in which Mads Mikkelsen played the titular psychiatrist and human flesh-eater. Like that show, Butcher's Block has some memorable depictions of cannibal cuisine. "On Hannibal, we were really going for beautiful food," says Antosca. "The food in Butcher's Block should turn your stomach a little bit more. It's a fun set when you have a banquet table full of limbs and flies!" Consider our stomachs suitably turned!
Antosca is currently prepping the fourth season of the Creepypasta-inspired Channel Zero. But would he care to comment on the continuing rumors that Hannibal itself may return at some point? "I have heard rumors," teases the showrunner. "None that I can confirm."
Channel Zero: Butcher's Block airs on SYFY, Wednesdays, 10 p.m. ET.
Watch a clip from last night's episode, above.


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However, I found myself in a predicament as I questioned how I was going to be able to afford to get through my nursing degree. My mother had kindly paid my first semester's fees but after that I was on my own. At that time, fees had to be paid up front to progress through the course. I was not sure how I was going to accomplish this, so I presented the problem to the Lord and He opened up the way.
Years ago, I discovered that God had made me the steward of a talent, drawing. It was a skill that I had been able to use to illustrate home schooling materials in the United States and various newsletters and publications. It was something I loved to do, using my selection of lead pencils and drawing equipment. Some pencils had hard leads that gave lighter shades to my drawings and others had soft leads that created the darker shades and thus increased the perception of depth. Besides these pencils, I had paper blenders and kneadable erasers that were used to give a softer look to the pictures.
When I had returned to Australia, I decided that I would draw a series of Australian animals and birds with the hope that, one day, I would be able to sell them. However, after completing them I became discouraged, as I could not see any avenues for the sale of these drawings. I shelved them, thinking they would never be of any use.
was always enough money from the sale of my cards to afford my semester fees, as well as my rent and costs of living. My cards were reprinted several times and they continued to sell at the hands of my cards salesman. This continued until after I had completed my nursing degree.
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As I look back over the years I have practiced as a nurse, I can see that God had His hand on my career pathway. God truly answered my prayer and supplied all my needs. What a wonderful God we serve! And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19. Katherine Cooper is a lecturer of nursing at Avondale College, based in Wahroonga, New South Wales.


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REXUS rocket will be launched in space with Ridderflex flight antennas!
04-03-2019 | On the 11th of March, the REXUS rocket, a rocket made and designed by students, is scheduled to launch from Sweden. The rocket will be in the sky for about fifteen minutes and reach an altitude of approximately one hundred kilometers. And its flight antennas are partly made by Ridderflex!
PR3 Space research project
One of the selected experiments for the launch of the REXUS is part of the research project PR3 Space. This is a collaborative research project between TU/e, Radboud University and others on positioning and radiation measurement. Some very generous sponsors make these experiments happen: a.o. Radboud Radio Lab, the electronic systems group at Eindhoven University of Technology, Technocentrum and REXUS/BEXUS.
What is REXUS/BEXUS?
REXUS / BEXUS is a programme that allows students from universities and higher education colleges across Europe to carry out scientific and technological experiments on research rockets and balloons. Let's give you a summary of what this programme does:
Two rockets and two balloons
Launched into space
Carrying up to 20 experiments designed and built by student teams.
Rocket science? – Absolutely
Ok. Even that simple summary sounds a bit like rocket science. Well, it absolutely is. But what does the PR3 Space team then actually do? Well, amongst others the researchers of PR3 Space have designed antennas and ground stations to track the REXUS rocket's position with a very high accuracy. Three of these antennas are fixed to the rocket and will send signals from space. Each at a different frequency. Six ground stations on and around the launching site receive these signals. "Based on the phase differences between the signals we receive, we can calculate the position of the rocket," PhD student Mark Wijtvliet explains.
Flight antennas more accurate than gps
Ridderflex made PEEK parts for the antennas that are in the rocket as modules. According to Wijtvliet, these antennas provide a method of tracking much more accurate than gps. "The expected accuracy is better than one meter, but we're hoping for about ten centimeters." He believes this method of tracking can be used for various purposes, such as tracking persons or objects.
Ready to launch?
Ridderflex was the best partner the PR3 team could find for parts with this complexity and durability. Fun fact: our PEEK parts were the very last parts the team needed to complete the rocket. The REXUS rocket is almost ready to launch. We will give you a short summary of the launch details:
The REXUS rocket will launch from the Esrange Space Center
Near the town of Kiruna in northern Sweden, approximately 150 kilometers north of the Arctic circle
It will launch on the 11th of March.
Follow the rocket into space
On https://www.facebook.com/PR3space/ and https://twitter.com/PR3_Space you can follow the progress of the PR3 team and their rocket. They will try to update more frequently once they get closer to the actual launch. The launch itself should be streamed live.
As soon as we have a link for the livestream, we will post this on the Ridderflex LinkedIn page.
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Tentative GM deal to spend $1B on electric vehicle plant on Ontario
The Canadian Press - Jan 16, 2021 / 11:45 am | Story: 322118
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The GM CAMI assembly factory parking lot sits empty as employees walk the picket line in Ingersoll, Ont.
A tentative deal that could see General Motors Canada pour a billion dollars into Ontario's beleaguered automotive sector could bring the province one step closer to modernizing its economy and keeping local production afloat, according to a prominent Canadian manufacturing association.
GM and national union Unifor announced the deal on Friday night, saying the two sides had reached a preliminary agreement to transform the CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont. into a hub for commercial electric vehicle manufacturing. The deal, valued at $1 billion, is still subject to ratification by union members later this weekend.
Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters hailed the announcement as a breath of fresh air for a sector that has struggled to retain jobs and fend off other North American competitors for years.
"It is good news for Ontario, for those employees in the auto sector, and for the businesses and employees in the supply chain that supports auto assembly in Ontario," association President Dennis Darby said in an email to The Canadian Press.
GM dealt Ontario a blow when the last pickup trucks rolled down the line at its Oshawa assembly plant just before Christmas in 2019. The shutdown led to layoffs for the roughly 2,600 people employed at the plant, which had been in operation since 1953 and had nearly ten times as many workers on its assembly lines during its 1980's hay day.
Unifor, politicians and even U.K. singer Sting fought the decision to close the plant. GM eventually relented and saved 300 jobs with a $170 million investment to turn a portion of the operation into a auto parts plant.
Experts have since predicted a pivot towards electric and self-driving cars and trucks would help Canada contend with competition from the southern U.S. and Mexico.
While both regions' auto sectors flourished, Unifor estimated Canada dropped to the No. 10 auto manufacturing country in the world in 2017, down from No. 4 in 1999.
"Over the past few years the province has lost production to other jurisdictions, and this (new GM) announcement like some previous ones in the past year by other manufacturers helps provide some much needed stability and hope for the future continued viability of this sub-sector of manufacturing," said Darby.
GM said it intends to use the Ingersoll plant for the production of delivery vans dubbed BrightDrop EV 600s, a new venture the company touted at the Consumer Electronics Show this week.
The GM deal, if approved, would mark the latest in a string of negotiation triumphs for Unifor as it seeks to bolster Canada's automotive industry.
The union struck deals with General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler last year that included support from the federal and Ontario governments.
A Ford deal reached in September included $1.95 billion to bring battery electric vehicle production to Oakville, Ont., and a new engine derivative to the southwestern Ontario city of Windsor.
The Fiat Chrysler agreement included more than $1.5 billion to build plug-in hybrid vehicles and battery electric vehicles.
General Motors agreed in November to a $1.3 billion dollar investment to bring 1,700 jobs to Oshawa plus more than $109 million to in-source new transmission work for the Corvette and support continued V8 engine production in St. Catharines, Ont.
If the latest GM deal is ratified, Unifor said recent negotiations would have helped pump $6 billion into the provincial auto sector.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli issued the statement celebrating the most recent announcement.
"This announcement is an important signal that Ontario's economy remains competitive even in these difficult times," they said.
BlackBerry, Facebook resolve patent fight in private deal
The Canadian Press - Jan 15, 2021 / 7:00 pm | Story: 322085
A Canadian flag flies at BlackBerry's headquarters in Waterloo, Ont., Tuesday, July 9, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Robins
BlackBerry says it has resolved its disputes with Facebook, after both companies had taken aim at each other's patents.
In 2018, BlackBerry alleged in California court that Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram platforms were infringing on seven of its inventions.
BlackBerry accused Facebook and its subsidiaries of using BlackBerry's technology in messaging apps, methods for photo-tagging, and a tool that enables use of a device's contact list while a game is being played, in order to exchange messages and game data.
Later that year, Facebook filed a suit of its own over six patents, claiming BlackBerry was infringing on Facebook's patented voice instant messaging and use of global positioning systems.
Now, a BlackBerry spokeswoman says that BlackBerry and Facebook reached a confidential agreement.
BlackBerry's spokeswoman declined to comment further on the agreement. A spokesman for Facebook Canada also declined to comment.
Traffic down more than 60% at Prince George Airport in 2020
Jess Fedigan / PG Matters - Jan 15, 2021 / 9:51 am | Story: 322010
Photo: Central Mountain Air
With travel concerns increasing due to COVID-19, it's no surprise the Prince George Airport Authority saw a major drop in 2020 passenger numbers.
The authority says passenger numbers dropped by 64 per cent last year compared to 2019, with April, May and June being the hardest hit months.
All three months saw declines of at least 91 per cent compared to those same months in 2019.
"It was an unprecedented year for all as COVID-19 turned our world upside down," PGAA President and CEO Gordon Duke said in a release.
"The aviation industry has been hit incredibly hard as travel restrictions and limitations were in place for the majority of the year.
"The number of flights cancelled and airlines who temporarily suspended operations out of YXS forced our management team to pivot and look at other revenue opportunities."
Duke says there was an estimated 42 per cent drop in operating revenues in 2020 compared to the previous year. There was also a 65 per cent decline in Airport Improvement Fees, a primary source of capital funding.
"We started off the year with so much hope as we prepared to welcome the world for the Women's World Curling Championships, as teams were landing at YXS, they were learning the tournament had been cancelled due to COVID," spokesperson Lindsay Cotter added.
"Locally, that was one of the first indications at how serious this new virus was.
"By the end of March travel restrictions were in place and we were installing plexi-glass barriers and physical distancing decals throughout the terminal in an effort to keep those travelling for essential reasons, safe."
As a result of the pandemic, the authority applied for the Federal Government Wage Subsidy Program and was approved, which helped keep employees working and mitigate operational losses in 2020.
Harvest Meats recalls sausages over undercooking
Harvest recalls sausages
The Canadian Press - Jan 15, 2021 / 9:32 am | Story: 322005
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Harvest Meats is recalling a brand of Polish sausages due to undercooking that may make them unsafe to eat.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recall affects customers in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario and Saskatchewan.
It covers Harvest brand Polish sausages in 675-gram packages with a March 15 best before date.
Customers are advised to throw away or return the product.
The agency says no illnesses have been reported.
A food safety investigation is ongoing.
Frustrated by work limits
International heath-care student Yugyel Tenzin
Pooria Behrouzy was honoured to be offered a full-time job as a COVID-19 vaccine support worker at Trillium Health Partners last month.
The international student in health informatics at George Brown College was already on staff at the Mississauga, Ont., hospital network after working on an IT project, and he was eager to contribute to the rollout of the vaccine that's brought hope during the pandemic's increasingly grim second wave.
But a roadblock stopped Behrouzy from accepting the full-time shifts offered: as an international student, he can only work a maximum of 20 hours per week while classes are in session or he risks losing his study permit and legal status in Canada.
Behrouzy, who is now working part time at the hospital, said it's disappointing that he can't contribute fully.
"I can work and I can help against this COVID ... why (am I) not able to do that?" said the 42-year-old, who is from Iran. "It's very sad that I'm not fully available."
His colleague Passang Yugyel Tenzin had a similar experience.
Tenzin, a 26-year-old graduate of health informatics currently studying in another IT program, was working on the same project at the hospital as Behrouzy before he received an offer to work on the vaccine support team as well.
The non-medical role involves providing scheduling support to ensure all available doses are administered and other administrative tasks that keep the process running smoothly.
Tenzin, who is from Bhutan, signed on for the job in a part-time capacity but noted that the 20-hour limit would make scheduling 12-hour shifts a challenge.
Working full time would be beneficial for his own education and for the health-care system that's struggling to keep up with skyrocketing COVID-19 infections, vaccinations and other important services, he said.
"We can learn more and on top of that, we can contribute more to this situation currently, because they actually need a lot of people," Tenzin said in a phone interview.
"We can contribute a lot if we were given the opportunity to work full time."
Ottawa temporarily lifted the restriction on international students' work hours last April, saying the change was aimed at easing the staffing crunch in health care and other essential workplaces.
The measure expired on Aug. 31, 2020, and has not been reinstated.
The press secretary for the office of the federal immigration minister said the government is grateful for the role newcomers have played in Canada's pandemic response.
"As more students returned to regular studies in the fall of 2020, the work hour restriction was reinstated at the request of provinces, territories and educational institutions, due to concerns about students working full time while also completing a full course load," Alexander Cohen said in a statement.
Behrouzy said he doesn't understand why the limit on work hours was reinstated while the pandemic is still ongoing and hospitals need more support than ever.
"I'm available to work and all the schools, the universities and colleges are remote now, so why not extend this exception again?" he said. "It's really disappointing."
Asked to help US-China ties
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz
President Xi Jinping is asking former CEO Howard Schultz of Starbucks to help repair U.S.-Chinese relations that have plunged to their lowest level in decades amid a tariff war and tension over technology and security.
A letter from Xi to Schultz reported Friday by the official Xinhua News Agency was a rare direct communication from China's paramount leader to a foreign business figure. Schultz opened Starbucks' first China outlet in 1999 and is a frequent visitor.
Xi wrote to Schultz "to encourage him and Starbucks to continue to play an active role in promoting Chinese-U.S. economic and trade co-operation and the development of bilateral relations," Xinhua reported. No text of the letter was released.
Xinhua gave no indication whether the letter reflected an initiative to ask American corporate leaders to help change policy after President-elect Joe Biden takes office next week.
Economists and political analysts say Biden is likely to try to revive co-operation with Beijing over North Korea and other political issues. But few changes on trade are expected due to widespread frustration in Washington over China's human rights record and accusations of technology theft.
The Cabinet press office didn't immediately respond to questions about what Xi wanted Schultz to do and whether he contacted other American business leaders.
Schultz, who was Starbucks CEO until 2017 and chairman until 2018, led an aggressive expansion that made China its biggest market outside the United States. Starbucks says it has more than 4,700 stores and 58,000 employees in almost 190 Chinese cities.
Schultz said in 2019 that he was considering running for president as an independent but later dropped that.
Xinhua said Xi was responding to a letter from Schultz that congratulated the Chinese leader on "the completion of a well-off society" under his leadership, Xinhua said.
Home sales hit record
The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in December hit an all-time record for the month to end what was also a record year.
It says December sales were up 47.2 per cent compared with December 2019, the largest year-over-year gain in monthly sales in 11 years.
Sales for the month were also up 7.2 per cent compared with November.
For 2020 as a whole, CREA says some 551,392 homes were sold, up 12.6 per cent from 2019, and a new annual record.
The actual national average home price was a record $607,280 in December, up 17.1 per cent from the final month of 2019.
CREA says excluding Greater Vancouver and the Greater Toronto Area, two of the most active and expensive markets, lowers the national average price by almost $130,000.
New UV-lit office fan can kill COVID-19 virus
This fan kills COVID-19
Frank O'Brien / Western Investor - Jan 14, 2021 / 11:32 am | Story: 321898
Photo: Big Ass Fans
Haiku-UV-C fan can kill pathogens that cause the COVID-19 virus, tests confirm.
A new fan that uses ultraviolet (UV) light can kill 99.9 per cent of the SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen that causes COVID-19, according to the Canadian distributor and independent test results.
The Haiku-UV-C fan, manufactured by Big Ass Fans of Kentucky and distributed in Canada by Big Ass Fans of Oakville, Ontario, are being eyed as a potential cost-saving and effective method to help make workplaces safer for those returning to the office after nearly a year of working from home.
The near-silent ceiling-mounted fans use disinfecting ultraviolet (UV) lights built into the base and aimed up at the ceiling. As the fan circulates air throughout the room, the UV lights kill airborne pathogens that cross their path, Big Ass spokesman Nick Georgescu told Western Investor.
UV light can be dangerous to eyes if viewed directly, which explains why the fans direct light to the ceiling.
Compared to conventional fans, the Big Ass versions are expensive, starting at around $2,000 for a units large enough to clean a 1,000-square-foot space, but the cost is much less than retrofitting advanced ventilation into the HVAC systems for older Class A or Class B or C buildings, Georgescu explained.
Big Ass released results of a study from Innovative Bioanalysis, a California lab that tested the fan against the coronavirus this April.
A cover letter to the testing report ,written by Kevin Noble, COO of Innovative Bioanalysis, states, "It can be concluded that between 10 and 20 minutes there was an overall [pathogen] reduction of 99.99 per cent or greater."
Intertek, an international testing lab with offices in Western Canada, tested Big Ass' Haiku-UV-C last April in a 1,000-cubic-foot test chamber, which was exposed to a bacteriophage commonly used as a stand-in for deadlier pathogens. Results showed a 99.9 per cent kill rate on the pathogen within 10 minutes.
Georgescu said that ability to independently remove the COVID-19 pathogens from a single space could negate the cost of new or retrofitted ventilation into an entire office building.
Big Ass has also developed a Clean Air System that uses "bipolar ionization" and much bigger fans – up to 24 feet wide – that Georgescu said could clean pathogens from large 30-foot-high industrial warehouses or other big workspaces. Test results have shown this system is also effective as a COVID-19 killer.
Susan Bazak, president of Bazak Consulting of Vancouver, who helped develop the BOMA Canada Pathway Back to Work Guide, Commercial Real Estate, Coronavirus and Re-Entry, with the Building Owners and Managers Association of BC., did not endorse the Big Ass fans, but referred instead to industry ventilation standards.
In the BOMA Pathway Back to Work Guide, for example, office owners are encouraged to add high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters, which can theoretically remove at least 99.97 per cent of dust, pollen, mold, bacteria, and any airborne particles from ventilation systems. The HEPA filters must be replaced regularly and disposed of safely to avoid virus contamination.
BOMA notes, however, that some ventilation systems, such as those in older buildings not constructed to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, may not be designed for the higher rated filters.
Ask about COVID-19 return policies as you shop to avoid disappointment later
Return policies and COVID
Canadians who weren't happy with some of their holiday gifts or who changed their mind after making purchases might face trouble when trying to get their money back.
Scores of retailers across the country have changed their return policies to quell the spread of COVID-19, making it trickier to get an exchange or refund, depending on the store.
"It is absolutely a patchwork of all kinds of policies that are constantly changing … and you have no control" said Joanne McNeish, a Ryerson University professor specializing in marketing.
"This is truly customer beware territory."
Shoppers who took a close look at fine print and store signage might have discovered that in recent months Walmart Canada temporarily stopped accepting returns of three or more of the same items and won't process returns for any items purchased after June 1 without a receipt.
The retailer is also not allowing returns for a slew of items including swimwear, earphones, air mattresses, sleeping bags and trading cards, and has adjusted the return period for many electronics.
Costco Canada shoppers have posted photos on social media of store signage revealing the company has stopped accepting toilet paper, paper towels, sanitizing wipes, water, rice and Lysol products for returns in some provinces.
Canadian Tire said in an email to The Canadian Press that during lockdown its Ontario stores are not accepting returns and those in Quebec will only process returns for essential goods.
For purchases where the 90-day returns window expires during the lockdown period, the retailer will offer a 15-day extension to return items when stores reopen.
And if you picked up the wrong bottle of wine at the LCBO, drink up. The Ontario alcohol purveyor has stopped taking returns during COVID-19 shutdowns.
"It's all very difficult to figure out because websites are not necessarily clear and I started looking at the back of paper receipts it's not necessarily printed there," said McNeish.
Stores switched up policies because COVID-19 has been a burden for retailers, she said. They have had to purchase hand sanitizer and Plexiglas shields and are grappling with the demand and high costs associated with delivery.
To avoid being disappointed later, she recommends customers get as much information as they can about returns during the purchase process.
Snap a photo of the policy if it's on a store wall or print a copy of the fine print because sometimes employees can misunderstand their own company's policy and their word won't be worth much later, she said.
If you buy something you later decide you don't want or that you have a problem with, she urges people not to wait to return it because policies could change in that time.
"Returns policies are going to continue to tighten up, especially over the next couple of years, while stores recover from the huge expense they've incurred," she said.
It's also important for customers to know what they're entitled to, she said.
Canada has no laws requiring retailers to accept returns, but provincial and territorial legislation gives consumers some rights.
For example, under the Consumer Protection Act in Ontario, products ordered for delivery must be dropped off within 30 days of the promised date or shoppers can request a refund. However, if the item arrives late and you keep it, you lose your right to a refund.
While companies are not obligated to offer returns and the Alberta government has discouraged it during the pandemic, many businesses offer them anyway as a sign of goodwill and a way to build consumer trust.
To avoid confusion, Ken Whitehurst, the executive director of the Consumers Council of Canada, has simple advice: "always ask about exchange and return policies."
If customers feel wronged by a return policy they can always take the company to court, although that is less likely to succeed unless the retailer has agreed to liberal return terms., Whitehurst said in an email.
If they're trying to return phone or internet equipment, Whitehurst said they can turn to the Commissioner for Complaints in Telecom-Television Services. Car return troubles may be arbitrated by bodies like the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council, he added.
If there is no industry association or council to take concerns to, he said, "It never hurts to report the nature of return problems to provincial consumer protection offices."
North American stock markets up in early trading, loonie climbs higher
Markets, loonie climb
Strength in the technology and metals and mining sectors helped lift Canada's main stock index in early trading, while the health care sector, which includes the big cannabis companies, also climbed higher.
The S&P/TSX composite index was up 44.55 points at 17,979.29.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 137.56 points at 31,198.03. The S&P 500 index was up 7.58 points at 3,817.42, while the Nasdaq composite was up 47.74 points at 13,176.69.
The Canadian dollar traded for 78.83 cents US compared with 78.68 cents US on Wednesday.
The February crude oil contract was down 22 cents at US$52.69 per barrel and the February natural gas contract was up a penny at US$2.74 per mmBTU.
The February gold contract was down US$6.90 at US$1,848.00 an ounce and the March copper contract was up four cents at US$3.66 a pound.
Twitter defends Trump ban
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended his company's ban of President Donald Trump in a philosophical Twitter thread that is his first public statement on the subject.
When Trump incited his followers to storm the U.S. Capitol last week, then continued to tweet potentially ominous messages, Dorsey said the resulting risk to public safety created an "extraordinary and untenable circumstance" for the company. Having already briefly suspended Trump's account the day of the Capitol riot, Twitter on Friday banned Trump entirely, then smacked down the president's attempts to tweet using other accounts.
"I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump from Twitter," Dorsey wrote. But he added: "I believe this was the right decision for Twitter."
Dorsey acknowledged that shows of strength like the Trump ban could set dangerous precedents, even calling them a sign of "failure." Although not in so many words, Dorsey suggested that Twitter needs to find ways to avoid having to make such decisions in the first place. Exactly how that would work isn't clear, although it could range from earlier and more effective moderation to a fundamental restructuring of social networks.
In Dorsey-speak, that means Twitter needs to work harder to "promote healthy conversation."
Extreme measures such as banning Trump also highlight the extraordinary power that Twitter and other Big Tech companies can wield without accountability or recourse, Dorsey wrote.
While Twitter was grappling with the problem of Trump, for instance, Apple, Google and Amazon were effectively shutting down the right-wing site Parler by denying it access to app stores and cloud-hosting services. The companies charged that Parler wasn't aggressive enough about removing calls to violence, which Parler has denied.
Dorsey declined to criticize his Big Tech counterparts directly, even noting that "this moment in time might call for this dynamic." Over the long term, however, he suggested that aggressive and domineering behaviour could threaten the "noble purpose and ideals" of the open internet by entrenching the power of a few organizations over a commons that should be accessible to everyone.
The Twitter co-founder, however, had little specific to say about how his platform or other Big Tech companies could avoid such choices in the future. Instead, he touched on an idea that, taken literally, sounds a bit like the end of Twitter itself — a long-term project to develop a technological "standard" that could liberate social networks from centralized control by the likes of Facebook and Twitter.
But for the moment, Dorsey wrote, Twitter's goal "is to disarm as much as we can, and ensure we are all building towards a greater common understanding, and a more peaceful existence on earth."
Investors score first settlement in Bridgemark Group case
Settlement in stock scheme
Graeme Wood, Business in Vancouver - Jan 13, 2021 / 3:21 pm | Story: 321809
Former Beleave CFO Bojan Krasic, left, speaks to marketer Follow The Money Investor Group on YouTube last November
A pair of investors leading a class action lawsuit against a group of stock promoters and purported consultants, known as the Bridgemark Group, has reached a $2.4 million settlement with one of 11 junior companies involved in an alleged fraud scheme.
B.C.-registered cannabis company Beleave Inc. and two of its former executives, CEO Andrew Wnek and CFO Bojan Krasic, reached the settlement after the company filed for bankruptcy in Ontario late last year. The funds will be placed in a trust account until the lawsuit is complete.
This is the first bit of money recovered by Bennett Montour LLP lawyer Paul Bennett and Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman LLP lawyer Reidar Mogerman, who represent class action litigants and investors Michael Tietz and Duane Loewen.
While the settlement, reached with the company's insurer, does not represent all the money that investors lost in Beleave Inc. after the scheme took place, B.C. Supreme Court Madam Justice Sandra Wilkinson ruled on January 8 that it "is fair and reasonable and in the best interests of those affected by it."
The investors are suing 10 other companies, their executives and dozens of stock promoters and purported consultants — all of whom are respondents to a November 2018 notice of hearing from the B.C. Securities Commission related to an alleged, illegal share distribution scheme
Beleave is one of two companies that has previously admitted it "participated in conduct that is abusive to B.C.'s capital markets," for its part in the scheme.
The class action proceedings have yet to be approved against those other defendants so the judge had to approve it, in part, for the purpose of the settlement with Beleave. A hearing to approve the class action lawsuit in full is scheduled in early March.
Beleave issued $10 million worth of securities in April and June of 2018 to some of the purported consultants belonging to what the commission dubbed the Bridgemark Group. Beleave then issued news releases about such interest in the company — a significant signal to future retail investors, such as Tietz and Loewen.
But the Canadian Securities Exchange-traded company simultaneously returned $7.5 million through pre-paid fees to the purported consultants, even though they did not provide any services, noted a June 2019 BCSC statement.
The consultants then "immediately resold most of their shares at prices below what they had paid," resulting in significant profits.
The shady shares — which quickly ended up in the hands of the retail investors —devalued and diluted the company stock.
This process is alleged to have occurred within 11 companies, however several observers of B.C.'s capital markets tell Glacier Media such consulting activity is far more widespread.
Beleave spokesperson Kevin Keagan told Glacier Media in June 2019 that Beleave immediately hired independent lawyers to determine the nature of the allegations — a matter the BCSC said was a mitigating factor in unhooking the leash on their investigation of the company.
That BCSC investigation is ongoing, since fall of 2018, and no hearing date has been set. The BCSC has named Justin Liu and Anthony Jackson as "primary architects" of the alleged scheme. The BCSC subsequently lifted limited and temporary trade orders against all the respondents save for Liu and Jackson.
The pair has applied to the courts to keep certain BCSC investigation records from the investors. The documents had already been obtained by Glacier Media, prior to the class action lawsuit application in 2019.
The Bridgemark Group respondents claimed release of the records put their commercial interests at risk and the commission erred by releasing them under Freedom of Information laws. Both the B.C. Supreme Court and B.C. Court of Appeal have upheld the commission's decision, however Jackson and Liu have since filed an application to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, Mogerman told Glacier Media — thus putting a further hold on the files.
The investigation records show some extent to the ubiquitous six-figure consulting contracts the purported consultants signed with these companies, which had little to no revenue and/or had significant debt.
For example, over two years a Vancouver woman named Danilen Villanueva seemingly went from working at McDonald's to working as Jackson's BridgeMark Financial Corp. receptionist in 2016.
Villanueva, a hearing respondent, went on to buy and sell at least $5.9 million worth of stock and signing, over a five-month span, lucrative six-figure consulting contracts as sole director and beneficiary of purported consulting firm Detona Capital Corp. with the same mailing address as Jackson's companies, according to the BCSC.
Detona was part of Beleave's $10 million sale of 5.4 million shares to numerous hearing respondents.
Trade records show Detona bought $1.5 million worth of Beleave shares. Others involved in the purchase include: Saiya Capital Corp. ($345,000), Cam Paddock Enterprises ($3 million), Kenneth Tollstam ($655,000), BridgeMark Financial Corp. ($2 million), Keir MacPherson ($500,000), Northwest Marketing and Management Inc. ($500,000) and Sway Capital Corp. ($1.5 million) — all respondents.
The investigation files do not show the details of the $7.5 million worth of consulting contracts awarded by Beleave.
Jackson directs BridgeMark Financial and is a resident of West Vancouver along with his sister Tara Haddad of Saiya Capital and his father-in-law Tollstam, who is the former City of North Vancouver chief administrative officer. All three are registered accountants and hearing respondents.
BCSC documents show Sway is directed by Jackson business associate Von Rowell Torres and beneficially owned by David Schmidt, who is also named in an ongoing Alberta Securities Commission investigation alongside Jackson's wife – realtor Lisa Jackson – related to Prize Mining consulting contracts.
The Bridgemark Group remains active in the capital markets.
Torres and Jackson previously directed a shell company named Navis Resources Inc. that Haddad has turned into Modern Meat Inc., via a reverse takeover and listing, last June.
Modern Meat recently posted gross profits of $1,037 and a net and comprehensive loss of $5.2 million for the year ending August 31, 2020.
This week the commission launched a campaign to augment public confidence in investing in B.C.'s capital markets.
"BCSC research shows that nearly half of British Columbians are anxious about losing money on their investments," stated the commission.
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Disposable Sensor for Detecting Hazardous Uranium Ions
Written by AZoNanoFeb 19 2007
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a simple, disposable sensor for detecting hazardous uranium ions, with sensitivity that rivals the performance of much more sophisticated laboratory instruments.
The sensor provides a fast, on-site test for assessing uranium contamination in the environment, and the effectiveness of remediation strategies, said Yi Lu, a chemistry professor at Illinois and senior author of a paper accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and posted on its Web site.
"A unique feature of our uranium sensor is that it contains a small piece of DNA, the same basic building blocks of our genes," said Lu, who also is a researcher at the university's Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, and at the Center of Advanced Materials for the Purification of Water with Systems. "Our sensor combines the high metal ion selectivity of catalytic DNA with the high sensitivity of fluorescence detection."
While most DNA is double stranded, the catalytic DNA Lu's research group uses has a single strand region that can wrap around like a protein. In that single strand, the researchers fashion a specific binding site - a kind of pocket that can only accommodate the metal ion of choice.
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In this case, the researchers chose to detect uranyl, the most soluble species of uranium ion and the one that poses the greatest threat to human life.
To search for the unique sequence of DNA that could distinguish uranyl from other metal ions, the researchers used a combinatorial approach called in vitro selection. Simple and cost-effective, the selection process can sample a very large pool of DNA (up to 1,000 trillion molecules), amplify the desired sequence by the polymerase chain reaction, and introduce mutations to improve performance.
Lu, with collaborators at Illinois, the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Oregon State University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, assembled the uranium sensor and tested it on soils containing varying amounts of uranium. The presence of uranyl causes catalytic cleavage of the DNA and release of the fluorophore, resulting in a dramatic increase of fluorescence intensity. With a detection sensitivity of 11 parts per trillion, the disposable sensor rivaled the performance of much more sophisticated laboratory instruments.
In 2000, Lu's research group used the same catalytic DNA process to create a simple but effective lead sensor. "This latest success demonstrates that our methodology can be used to make cost-effective sensors for other hazardous metals, as well, with extremely high sensitivity and selectivity," Lu said. "We can also construct sensor arrays that detect and quantify many metal ions simultaneously."
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Viper Innovations keeps the lights on in East Java with V-LIFE
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TERANG, SIRASUN AND BATUR (TSB) GAS FIELDS
The Terang, Batur, and East and West Sirasun (TSB) gas reservoirs are located approximately 100km north of Bali in water depths ranging from 90 to 230m. Collectively, the reserves amount to 1 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF) of recoverable gas (mostly methane), which is equivalent to 170 million barrels of oil. Terang started producing in 2012, and in the first eight months of operation alone, production reached a total of 10 million barrels, with daily gas production averaging 240 million cubic feet (approximately 40 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day). In order to maintain production volume in the block for the long term, the Sirasun and Batur gas fields were developed as "TSB Phase 2," with production commencing in March 2019. Sirasun and Batur together add approximately 180 million cubic feet per day of natural gas production.
The produced natural gas is gathered in a Floating Production Unit (FPU) and transported through the 28" East Java Gas Pipeline (EJGP). At 370km in length, the pipeline runs past the Kangean Islands, through the Madura Strait, and onshore to Surabaya (Indonesia's second-largest city). The gas from the field contributes to the stable natural gas supply to consumers in East Java. The two main clients for the gas are PLN (PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara)–the State Electricity Company, and PGN (Perusahaan Gas Negara) the State-run gas distributor. Some of PGN's biggest clients for the gas are fertiliser factories in the outlying area of Surabaya. As well as the steady supply of energy to these clients, gas production from the field is critical to the region's economic growth.
East Java covers an area of almost 48,000km2 and has a population of about 40 million. The geographical area of East Java constitutes only 2.5% of Indonesia, but it accounts for 20% of the country's population and 20% of the country's economic activity. The criticality of the gas supply from the TSB fields is immense for the province and the country as a whole. The vast majority of the gas produced is used as fuel by the region's gas-fired power stations and indirectly accounts for 50% of the region's power generation.
Reduced gas supplies for generation can only be partly compensated for through modifying the fuel mix, such as at the gas and coal-fired power plant in Gresik and by increasing outputs from older coal and oil-fired stations, all of which has a hugely detrimental impact on the carbon footprint of the generation.
THE PROBLEM KEI FACES WITH LOW INSULUTATION RESISTANCE
Viper was initially contacted by KEI in February 2016. They had lost control and monitoring of the Terang subsea wells due to low Insulation Resistance (IR) and a subsequent power trip at the Electrical Power Unit (EPU).
The Subsea Control System was designed to be 'fail as is' on the loss of electrical power; this meant that all subsea actuators, and therefore valves, remained in the same state as when power and communications were lost. On the upside, this meant that gas production continued, but if there were to be a loss of hydraulic power or an Emergency Shutdown, then gas production would stop, and the field could not be restarted. Lights would go out in East Java!
KEI undertook a subsea intervention to try and identify the fault. The intervention indicated that there was an umbilical and/or UTA (Umbilical Termination Assembly) issue. Having gone out for a quote for a replacement, a lead time of 18 months meant that KEI were in an untenable position in terms of the surety of gas production.
Subsea interventions are not always feasible as they require meticulous planning and can be dangerous to perform.
KEI'S INSULATION RESISTANCE RECOVERY WITH V-LIM AND V-LIFE TECHNOLOGY
KEI contacted Viper to inquire whether V-LIFE technology could be a potential solution to their predicament. Following a quick assessment by Viper, both parties moved to get a contract in place. Terms and Conditions were agreed, and the interface engineering was completed all within six weeks of the initial contact.
The hardware was dispatched from stock from the UK to Indonesia, and a Viper engineer was mobilised to arrive at the same time as the hardware. Within two shifts offshore, the V-LIM was installed in the EPU rack, and V-LIFE was enabled on the second shift. The IR failure reacted quickly to the application of V-LIFE, and KEI had full control and monitoring capability returned after two hours of V-LIFE commencing. The Insulation Resistance increased from 170kΩ to 63MΩ within 4 hours and then reached 1GΩ within a day. Further V-LIM and V-LIFE installations recovered each failed channel.
The KEI TSB case study is an example of where V-LIFE has been used to recover and extend the life of a failed electrical system – with a significant benefit to the client. Martin Ongkosutjahjo, Aries Bambang, S Darmansyah, and Ahmad Bunyamin, wrote a paper on this failure and the success of V-LIFE on behalf of KEI, which was presented at the Indonesian Petroleum Association Conference on 17-19 May, 2017 in Jakarta.


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Chuck Cooperstein Interview
Posted: April 29, 2013 in Interview, Sports
Tags: 2013, basketball, broadcast, broadcasting, chuck cooperstein, dallas, dallas mavericks, dial global, florida gators, football, interview, mavericks, mavs, Michael Hirn, nba champions, PBP, pbp stories, play by play, sports, sportscasting, STAA, Stories, story, talent, website
Today's interview brings us the words and wisdom of Chuck Cooperstein, the radio PBP voice of the Dallas Mavericks. Mr. Cooperstein is in his eighth season as the radio play-by-play voice of the Mavericks on ESPN 103.3 FM. Cooperstein has been a regular on the Dallas/Fort Worth sports scene since 1984 and has been an anchor on ESPN 103.3 FM since the station's inception in 2001. He also co-hosts the "Coop and Nate" show with former Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl guard Nate Newton on weekday afternoons.
If you take it back to college at the University of Florida (where we had, and still have, a fully commercial radio operation) 34 years.
Pretty much from the time I was 15 and I knew I wasn't going to grow to be 7 feet tall, and knew my golf skills were not going to make me the next Jack Nicklaus. But I loved sports and knew how to talk.
What is your favorite sport to call and why?
I love basketball because of its intimacy, even if now, in many NBA arenas, we're no longer broadcasting from the floor. I've been exposed more to basketball than any other sport and thus feel more comfortable with it. But I love the challenge of football because you are so much farther away, there are so many more moving parts, and the game is longer so you need to keep your focus that much longer. I find I can do four basketball games in a day and not feel as wiped out as I do at the end of a football game.
It's really hard to say because I feel like the prep never stops. Even after producing my game notes/spotting charts, You're always reading, always looking for something that you can add into the broadcast.
I broadcast the NBA as the voice of the Mavericks, and also work some NFL and College Football for Dial Global.
Who are/were the people you look/looked up to in broadcasting? Growing up in New York, I was a Marv Albert guy. Any one of us who is now in the business, of my age, who grew up listening to Marv will tell you that. His passion and emotion was what it was (and still is) all about. But I was a Jets fan and I loved Merle Harmon, and I was a Mets fan and loved Lindsey Nelson and Bob Murphy too. As far as today, I'm a huge Dick Enberg and Mike Emrick fan for their passion and the way they use the language. Dan Shulman is just so smooth, Brad Sham, the voice of the Cowboys (And the man who brought me to Dallas in 1984) taught me the art of preparation, and Kevin Calabro, and my TV counterpart with the Mavericks, Mark Followill have baritones that I would just KILL for.
I would like to think that I take enough from everyone and make it my own style. But the bottom line for me is to bring passion, emotion, and enthusiasm to every game. If I'm not going to sound excited about the game then why would anyone take the time to listen to me? The biggest criticism I get is that I can get as excited about a play in the first two minutes of the game as I can about a game winning shot. But what if that play is simply otherworldly, and is the best play of the entire game? You don't know what is going to follow, so you have to be in the moment.
You've gotten to call an NBA finals, what was that experience like?
It was the highlight of my career. I highly recommend it . Seriously, to watch someone like Dirk Nowitzki, who had been so unfairly criticized, rise to an even higher level than he had already achieved to win a championship was amazing. And really, for a bunch of guys, who had achieved a lot in their careers, to be able to cap all of it with a championship was wonderful. And then to be able to ride in the parade with 250,000 people lining the streets, and co-emcee the rally at the American Airlines Center with 20,000 people just delirious weigh joy. No, it does NOT get better than that.
What advice do you have for young broadcasters trying to make it in the industry?
1. Get out and meet as many people as you can. This is a "Who you know" business. You never know where your next opportunity will come from.
2. Be willing to be critical of yourself. People may tell you were great. Only you will really know if it's true. Listen to yourself. Frankly, its something I hate to do because we never sound the way we think we sound but it's something I HAVE to do. There are folks like Vin Scully, who may have had the perfect broadcast, that is something I have yet to achieve.
3. Be prepared to be disappointed. You can do the best job in the world, but it might not matter because your future is always in the hands of someone else. But that leads back to the first point. When one door closes, inevitably, if you've handled your business right, another door opens.
Too many to count, but recently, my favorite was when we had Delonte West on our post game show in Orlando. The broadcast location in their new building is the highest in the NBA, and the broadcast drop was on the floor. He put the headset on, but couldn't find us. We were waving down to him and finally after about 45 seconds, after answering our first question, he spotted us, and as only he could do say "What the &$%$ are you doing up there?" Fortunately, there was a delay on the broadcast, so it never made it on the air, but suffice to say the rest of the interview was a total scream.
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As Fox Settles Suits Without Confidentiality, Will Nondisclosure Provisions Disappear?
Robert W. Wood Contributor
I focus on taxes and litigation.
The news that Fox settled discrimination lawsuits involving 18 former employees for roughly $10 Million without confidentiality provisions may seem to reflect a new openness after past Fox scandals. It may well be. But given the tax laws, it could also suggest a trend in favor, not necessarily of publishing the details, but of not affirmatively precluding disclosure. That may be good business. It also may be good for the defendants' tax bills. It could be good for plaintiffs too.
This Aug. 1, 2017, photo shows the 21st Century Fox sign outside of the News Corporation headquarters building in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
The massive tax bill passed at the end of 2017 included a provision that was a direct outgrowth of the #MeToo movement. The tax code now denies tax deductions in confidential sexual harassment or abuse settlements. Notably, this "no tax deduction" rule applies to the lawyers' fees, as well as the settlement payments. New Section 162(q) of the tax code provides:
(q) PAYMENTS RELATED TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL ABUSE. — No deduction shall be allowed under this chapter for — (1) any settlement or payment related to sexual harassment or sexual abuse if such settlement or payment is subject to a nondisclosure agreement, or (2) attorney's fees related to such a settlement or payment."
The provisions does not cover race, gender or age discrimination, but only sexual harassment or abuse. Yet sexual harassment allegations feature as at least part of the claim in many employment disputes. The new law is broad enough that it could apply to all of the money, even though only a relatively minor amount might be for sexual harassment. Traditionally, of course, almost all legal settlement agreements have some type of confidentiality or nondisclosure provision.
It is unclear whether any mention of sexual harassment will trigger the Weinstein provision. If it does, it might bar any tax deduction, even if the sexual harassment part of the case is minor. Plaintiff and defendant may want to agree on a particular tax allocation, attempting to head off the provision. In a $1M settlement involving numerous claims, could one allocate $10,000 to sexual harassment? Legal settlements are routinely divvied up between claims, though being reasonable is important. At the least, there could be additional reasons for the parties to address allocations. The IRS is never bound by allocations in settlement agreements, but the IRS often respects them.
We may start seeing explicit sexual harassment allocations where sexual harassment was the primary impetus of the case, and where the claims are primarily about something else. Perhaps the parties will allocate $50,000 of a $1M settlement to sexual harassment. Alternatively, the parties might agree that no portion of the settlement is allocable to sexual harassment. But an even safer way to make sure tax deductions are available may be to simply not require confidentiality. This does not mean that there has to be a public disclosure of anything.
The plaintiff and defendant may both have their own reasons for not wanting to trumpet details of the case or the settlement. But by omitting confidentiality and nondisclosure provisions, tax deductions for settlement payments and for legal fees are unaffected. Plaintiffs may be better off too. As written, the Weinstein provision could even cut off tax deductions for legal fees paid by the plaintiff in a sexual harassment case. This result surely was not intended, but the wording could cover plaintiff's legal fees too. We do not yet know how this will be read by the IRS, or whether a technical corrections bill might address this. But omitting the usual confidentiality or nondisclosure provisions from the settlement agreement will obviate the issue entirely. At the very least, we are seeing sexual harassment settlements and legal fees in a new era.
I handle tax matters across the U.S. and abroad (www.WoodLLP.com), addressing tax problems, tax disputes, writing tax opinions, tax advice on legal settlements, transact...


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Politics by admin	on May 14, 2021 312 views
Self-awareness is very important for people to know how the world is functioning and what is happening around them. Various mediums help people get familiar with the current news and bulletin and prepare themselves accordingly. News sources try and keep their readers updated with every news type, including social, political, domestic, international, etc. To increase their reach, newspapers have now transformed themselves into online papers that every individual can access through their devices such as mobiles, laptops, PCs, etc. They are updated with the latest news every minute. Individuals should focus on Political News as it keeps them updated with the latest government and their policies.
What does this consist of?
Political News is a division of news that includes protecting several elements of politics and the governmental sciences that are usually referred to as a policy of civil authorities that have some of the other political ability. It supplies the voters with enough information so that they can invent a viewpoint and become active members of the community both nationally and locally and will further impact them. This news can sometimes be biased towards a standpoint and subjective as well. It is provided to the readers through various means, including publishing, broadcast, and live reporting. The usage of digital media has allowed the spread of news to a wider audience. Every news is examined and then viewed by certain media pundits and journalists to verify if the information shown has a fact to it.
Some of the international coverage of Political News includes:
Andrew Yang is accused of being insensitive several times since he launched his mayoral campaign. The morning show talks about how he was showcasing Asian hate and was never shy of calling these out to the public.
FEC has started weighing options that aim towards fighting PACs scam that steers donations from all the unwitty donors to those who are fundraising. The federal finance campaign heard several recommendations from working groups that come up with solutions to every issue. All the commissioners were supportive of almost all measures that are taken.
Joe Biden is ready to take his first international official trip to the UK in June to demonstrate his administration's commitment to the alliance and reengagement with all the allies transatlantic. He will attend a summit in Cornwall, followed by holding a meeting in Brussels with all the European Union leaders.
Sonia Gandhi, president of Congress, has written to the Prime Minister about the covid-19 vaccine policy defining it as discriminatory and arbitrary, further asking him to intervene and take the required measures to reverse them.
The government has announced to distribute 5 kg of food grains to the poor in May and June free of cost. It will cover 80 crore beneficiaries approximately under NFSA.
The second wave of the pandemic has completely blown Maharashtra as there are no proper healthcare measures, and the shortage of ICU beds, Oxygen, and medicines leads to an increase in death tolls.
For more updates and the latest Political News and aspects, the individuals should subscribe to the online newsletter and be well-versed with the topics they interest in.
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Participatory Arts Chosen Family Day
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 800 South Halsted Street Chicago, IL, 60607 United States (map)
Celebrate Women's History Month with your family and chosen family! In conjunction with Hull-House's current exhibition, Participatory Arts, we are hosting an afternoon of participatory theater games, free tours, and dance workshops designed to move you in new ways, led by artist and educator, Benji Hart and Donny Acosta of About Face Youth Theatre.
REFRESHMENTS SERVED! No prior experience necessary. All backgrounds and abilities welcome! Workshops are located in Hull-House's historic Resident's Dining Hall that is wheelchair accessible. All attendees are expected to participate with their bodies, and not just with their eyes. No voyeurism allowed!
FREE RSVP: Participatory Arts Chosen Family Day
12-1PM - Family Theater Games with About Face Theater & Children's Reading Corner about Movement
1-2PM - FREE Public Museum Tour
2-3PM - Vogue 101: Move the Way You Move
Benji Hart will lead "Vogue 101: Move the Way You Move," a 1-hour voguing workshop. The workshop introduces the street dance style of vogue to participants, grounding the art form as a tool for resistance, queer liberation, body positivity and empowerment. Hart will teach a brief history of vogue and instruct participants to practice mixing its elements with motions from their daily lives and transform their own movement into an improvised dance phrase. Participants will come away from this workshop with an understanding of how voguing engages physical movement as a form of both personal empowerment and a vehicle for collective resistance. This workshop is available to all levels of experience and is wheelchair accessible. In order to ensure a safe space for expression and movement, space in this workshop is limited. All participants should be ready and commit to the full one hour.
3-4PM - More Family Theater Games with About Face Theater & Children's Reading Corner about Movements!
Benji Hart is the author of Radical Faggot and their work was featured in places such as Salon Magazine, In These Times and Teen Vogue. In 2017, Hart performed their original solo piece Dancer As Insurgent—an exploration of vogue as a form of radical resistance—at Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (CA2M) for the opening of the exhibition, Elements of Vogue.
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum (JAHHM) draws upon the legacy of international peace activist and feminist, Jane Addams, and other social reformers who worked, alongside their immigrant neighbors, to create social change on the Near West Side of Chicago during the Progressive Era. The Museum preserves and develops the original Hull-House site for the interpretation and continuation of the historic settlement house vision. Exhibitions and public programs elevate histories of activism, progressive education and democratic principles of participation and exchange, and connect them to present-day social justice issues.
Donny Acosta (He/Him/His) is a queer storyteller, mover, and teaching artist originally from Orange County, California. He is the Associate Director of About Face Youth Theatre, an Outreach performer and teaching artist with About Face Theatre. Donny also is an Artistic Associate with Barrel of Monkeys. About Face Youth Theatre (AFYT) seeks to increase the safety, empowerment and leadership capacity of LGBTQIA youth, and to catalyze youth-led civic dialogue and action within schools and communities. Through the creation and performance of ensemble-based plays in dynamic collaboration with accomplished adult artists, AFYT encourages and supports our youth to become powerful agents for change.
Participatory Arts: Crafting Social Change, Participatory Arts: Artist Workshops, and Participatory Arts Family Days are part of Art Design Chicago, an initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art exploring Chicago's art and design legacy, with presenting partner The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. Participatory Arts is funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art and The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. The Chicago Community Trust has also provided generous support.
Participatory Arts: Crafting Social Change at Hull-House
Exhibition September 6, 2018—July 28, 2019
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A site for political junkies in Mass.
By Robert Ambrogi on June 30, 2003
If you live in Massachusetts and want to keep up with the latest news from Beacon Hill, then add a bookmark for MassInsider, a site devoted to tracking the latest news and opinion concerning policy, lawmaking and politics in the Bay State. The site is still in beta and has not been formally opened to the public yet, but it is already well along. Its main feature is tracking news articles and editorials from newspapers and wire services. It will also have links to media sites, political blogs, think tanks advocacy and labor groups, political organizations and state governments. The site is being launched by Michael Segal, a former journalist and author of the book, Dukakis: The Man Who Would Be President. Segal also operates InstaTrac, a Massachusetts bill-tracking service.


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Captain Melissa Zak of the Los Angeles Police Department speaks at a public forum Tuesday afternoon in the North Office Building. During the forum, Zak discussed her prior law enforcement experience as well as her plans for UT should she be selected as UTPD Chief of Police.
Photo Credit: Becca Gamache | Daily Texan Staff
Melissa Zak
search committee
Published on April 9, 2013 at 10:44 pm
By Alexandra Dubinsky
Captain Melissa Zak of the Los Angeles Police Department said she was ready to leave the City of Angels when UT football beat the University of Southern California at the 2005 Bowl Championship Series.
Seven years later, Zak is entertaining the possibility of a move to Austin, as one of four candidates for UTPD Chief of Police. The selected candidate will replace current UTPD Chief Robert Dahlstrom, who is retiring next month.
The search committee for UTPD Chief of Police held a public forum Tuesday afternoon in which students, faculty and staff were invited to learn more about Zak and her previous experience
in law enforcement.
According to Bob Harkins, the associate vice president for Campus Safety and Security, the search committee of 23 includes two undergraduate and two graduate students, along with other officials, who will ultimately decide on the winning candidate.
"The intent is to get as much exposure for each candidate and for the search committee to be as wide as we can make it," Harkins said. "The search committee decides based on professional competency, leadership and a personality that fits with us."
Zak recalled a past experience when she was phoned at 4 a.m. about the murder of two USC
students near campus.
"You look at crime across the U.S. and across university campuses and it's all the same," Zak said. "You see crime targeted at students because of what they have, from iPhones and iPads to other expensive technology."
Zak also talked about her love for the youth, strategies to improve retention within UTPD staff and her overall perception of leadership.
"A team is only as strong as its weakest link," Zak said. "When you look at a team you always want to identify its strengths and its weaknesses. Retention is a big issue here and I want to work with them and find out why [officers] want to leave and what makes [officers] want to stay."
Assistant Dean of Students Mary Beth Mercatoris said it is important to pick someone who understands that the safety of the UT community needs to be a team approach.
"We need someone who both understands how to lead us but also someone who is willing to follow and understand how those roles can change under different circumstances," Mercatoris said.


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I giochi di Tailteann erano una manifestazione multisportiva, che si disputava annualmente nella cittadina irlandese di Tailteann, l'odierna Teltown (sita nella Contea di Meath a nord-ovest della capitale Dublino).

L'evento si teneva durante l'ultima quindicina di luglio e culminava con la celebrazione di Lughnasadh o Lammas Eve (1º agosto). Il folclore moderno sostiene che i Giochi iniziarono intorno al 1600 a.C. e alcuni sostengono addirittura fin dal 1829 a.C. La pubblicistica della Gaelic Athletic Association, nata nel 1924, ha sostenuto una loro fondazione nel 632 a.C.

I giochi erano sono in realtà stati avviati tra il VI e il IX secolo d.C. e si sono svolti fino al 1169-1171, a causa dell'invasione normanna.

Storia
La più antica fonte che descrive questo evento è il Libro di Leinster (1160), conservato nella biblioteca universitaria del Trinity College a Dublino. I giochi venivano tenuti in onore della dea Tailte, il 1º agosto di ogni anno, giorno del suo compleanno e si tennero sino al 554, allorché vennero sospesi per eventi bellici; una volta ripresi si tennero ancora sino al 1168, quando si concluserero definitivamente per l'invasione dell'Irlanda. Le cronache riferiscono che tra i protagonisti dei Giochi ci sarebbe stato anche il leggendario eroe gaelico Cúchulainn.

La Gaelic Athletic Association, nel 1924, nel 1928 e nel 1932 organizzò al Croke Park di Dublino, degli eventi multisportivi che volevano ricordare i giochi gaelici antichi, esclusivamente aperti a tutta le persone irlandesi di nascita o ascendenza.

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 Geoffrey Keating (1866). Foras feasa ar Eirinn ... The history of Ireland, tr. and annotated by J. O'Mahony. pp. 301–. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
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Star Trek: 25th Anniversary is an adventure video game developed and published by Interplay Productions in 1992, based on the Star Trek universe. The game chronicles various missions of James T. Kirk and his crew of the USS Enterprise. Its 1993 sequel, Star Trek: Judgment Rites, continues and concludes this two-game series, which together may be seen as the final two years of the USS Enterprises five-year mission.

Gameplay
The player takes on the role of Captain James T. Kirk on board the USS Enterprise, a Starfleet vessel as seen in the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Original Series. It is split into two main modes, a main bridge view, and a third-person mode whenever an away team is transported to a planet or space station. During several combat sequences the player controls the Enterprise in battle against enemies in space; originally required, Interplay later offered a patch making them optional. The controls on the bridge are split across the crew, with Montgomery Scott allowing access to the shield and power controls, Pavel Chekov controlling navigation, and Hikaru Sulu controlling the orbit of the ship, for example. The away team always consists of Kirk, Spock and Leonard McCoy, as well as one of eight different redshirts, many of whom can die during the mission. The player interacts with these modes using a point and click interface via the mouse.

Plot
The game was broken up into a series of episodes, with each episode opening with a message received in-game from Starfleet Command. They are typically structured to have a ship to ship combat before the game moves onto a third-person adventure game featuring an away team.

The Episodes are as follows:
Demon World: Settlers belonging to a religious sect have reported being attacked by "Demons" near their mines. Kirk must discover the truth behind these "Demons".
Hijacked: The USS Masada has not reported in. Upon investigation, The Enterprise discovers that the ship has been captured by Elasi Pirates who are holding the crew hostage. Kirk must discover a way to recover the ship and crew unharmed.
Love's Labor Jeopardized: Romulans have crossed the Neutral Zone and attacked the Federation Research Station Ark 7. Unfortunately, the attack has created a biohazard situation that Enterprise crew must deal with, as well as the Romulans.
Another Fine Mess.....: When responding to a distress call from a ship under attack by pirates, the Enterprise discovers none other than Harry Mudd is involved. He is traced to a derelict alien spacecraft. The Enterprise crew must discover the connection between the derelict, the pirates and Mudd.
Feathered Serpent: A Klingon battle fleet is about to cross into Federation space, in pursuit of a "War Criminal". The Enterprise must find this "War Criminal" to prevent a war.
That Old Devil Moon: Strange power readings have been detected from a large asteroid approaching a pre-warp star system. The Enterprise discovers an ancient nuclear missile base that does not realize that the war ended 1000 years earlier, and must prevent it from destroying the native civilization a second time.
Vengeance: The Enterprise, responding to a distress call from the USS Republic, finds it nearly destroyed. Kirk must figure out what destroyed the ship and stop those responsible from striking again. Unlike the other missions, this mission is longer and more complex in the CD version of the game; the original floppy version of this episode consists only of a brief away team segment followed by an extensive ship-to-ship combat sequence.

In the CD-ROM edition of the game, following the conclusion of the last mission is a title card memorializing Gene Roddenberry with a short voice over narration by William Shatner praising his life.

Development
The game was initially released in 1992 for the PC on a series of 3.5" floppy disks, with a later release on CD-ROM adding improved sound effects and the voices of the actors from The Original Series. When the game was ported to the Amiga for a 1994 release, it was restricted to the Amiga 1200 and 4000 models with hard-drive only, which was uncommon at that time on these machines. It became available on a DOS emulator via archive.org in January 2015.

Following a deal with CBS, Star Trek: 25th Anniversary was subsequently re-released on the distribution network GOG.com, with additional German and French subtitles, on 7 May 2015 alongside Star Trek: Judgment Rites and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy for Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux. Shortly after, Interplay Entertainment also re-released Star Trek: 25th Anniversary to the distribution network Steam, however, only for Microsoft Windows and without subtitles. Both sequels followed the game to Steam the day after, 8 May 2015, respectively. A fangame combining 25th Anniversary and Super Star Trek was released in 2023.

Reception

Together with Star Trek: Judgment Rites, 25th Anniversary sold more than 300,000 copies by April 1994. 25th Anniversary by itself ultimately sold more than 350,000 units and was a commercial hit, according to PC Player. The original PC version of 25th Anniversary was received positively by the critics; the review in Computer Gaming World stated that 25th Anniversary was "the most outstanding Star Trek yet produced for the computer". The graphics and sound audio were praised, and concluded that "for this Trek-fanatic-turned-reviewer, [the game]'s major shortcoming is that it is over too soon". Frank O'Connor in his review for Computer and Video Games said that "this is the first one to deliver" on the promise of a good Star Trek game. He praised detailing of the sprites and the authentic music, calling it "one of the most involving and entertaining games of its type".

The reviews for the Amiga port were more mixed than the PC version, with criticism often directed at the shaky graphics and unresponsive interface. Simon Clays, for Amiga Computing described the video sequences as "jerky" and called the mouse controls "sluggish", but praised the missions which "require you to use at least a touch of your grey matter". In Amiga Format, Tim Smith called the graphics "juddery", and also criticised the hour-long install of the 9mb onto a hard drive. He did praise both the storylines and the puzzles seen in the game, adding that it should appeal to Star Trek fans but general Amiga gamers would look elsewhere. Dave Golder said in Amiga Power that the game was "dull" and that the adventure segments of the game were "routine", while the space sequences "came across like a bog-standard flight sim" but were "moderately exciting".

Charles Ardai of Computer Gaming World said in May 1994 that the television cast's voices on the CD version was "a little like getting a phone call from an old friend ... the original, as good as it was, can't hold a candle to the new version". He stated that the episodes' "feel is Star Trek through and through", mostly because of the added music and "layer upon layer of digitized bloops, whirrs, hisses, and clicks taken straight off the TV. Phaser fire sounds like phaser fire. Communicators trill the way communicators ought to". Ardai wished that Shatner, Nimoy, and Kelley did not sound so "oddly sedate" but believed that "Trekkers ... will be rapturously grateful to have them at all", and concluded "I can't imagine the Star Trek fan who will want to miss the CD version ... it may be one of the last chances we'll have to see the old crew work together again".

Next Generation reviewed the Macintosh version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "If you like Star Trek, you've just gotta have this game."

Stew Shearer reviewed the game after its release on GOG.com in 2015, saying that the plots were "predictable, but a lot of fun" and praised the voice work conducted by the original actors. He said that to his surprise, the game was still "rather enjoyable".

25th Anniversary was nominated for Best Fantasy Roleplaying/Adventure Game at the Compute! Choice Awards in 1993, but lost out to Dune. It has been listed as one of the best video games of the franchise. Mike Fahey, while writing for Kotaku in 2009, listed the game as one of the three best alongside Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force and Star Trek: Bridge Commander, saying that Star Trek games until the release of 25th Anniversary were "generally ho-hum affairs".

In 2016, Tom's Guide ranked Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (PC and Mac version for 1992) as one of the top ten Star Trek games.

Sequel
Following the success of 25th Anniversary, Interplay developed a sequel entitled Star Trek: Judgment Rites. This was set up in the same manner as the original game, with it broken into a series of episodes and the split between the adventure game away team mode and the space combat/flight simulator mode using the same interface.

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