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How to Claim Compensation in the Event of Accidents
Helen Bell — July 30, 2019
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Accidents are an unpleasant fact of life. However, the legal system is available to help accident victims return to wholeness.
Given the number of cars and drivers in Scotland and the U.S., it is no surprise that accidents happen frequently in these countries.
The latest data shows that nearly 6,500 road accidents were reported in the past year in Scotland alone and many times more in the states. This number doesn't even take into account other accident cases such as slip and fall, workplace incidents, and medical malpractice.
Fortunately, Scots law grants accident victims the right to compensation for injuries sustained due to the negligence of others. Firms such as Scot Accident Claims can help.
This article shows the differences in claims procedures between Scotland and the United States.
All you have to do is make sure that your case is strong enough to make a claim.
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Where Should I Make a Claim?
The United Kingdom is composed of three countries and a province: England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
Unlike England and Wales, Scotland has a distinct legal system. You must be aware of specific differences, particularly with regards to where you make a claim.
If you sustained the injury within Scotland borders, you have to file the claim to the Sheriff Personal Injury Court. You will also need to work with a Scottish solicitor firm with lawyers who are well-versed in Scots law. If in the U.S., you would want to look for a work comp injury lawyer for work-related accidents.
Nevertheless, you are not required to conduct business with your solicitor in Scotland if you don't live in the country. You will have the option to communicate with your lawyer remotely through the post, telephone, or email.
However, you will still need to attend the hearing in person if your personal injury case comes to court.
It is standard practice and is nothing to be intimidated about, but having the presence of a competent and aggressive personal injury solicitor to guide you is a significant relief.
What Evidence Must I Present?
The most important thing that you need to prove is that you sustained the injury without fault of your own. You will also need to show evidence that there is somebody responsible for the injury of whom a claim can be made. The compensation will be retrieved from that person or their insurance company.
You must then show that he or she had the duty to prevent the accident or could have taken measures to avoid the incident.
In these type of claims, it is not always easy to establish that someone was at fault. That is why it is imperative that you hire an expert personal injury solicitor to help you gather evidence, witness statements, and official documents.
How Much Money Will I Get?
The compensation personal injury victims receive varies from case to case. They usually go for thousands to hundreds of thousands of pounds.
At any rate, personal injury lawyers should be your first port of call after getting the necessary medical attention. We recommend that you talk to a qualified solicitor to get a reliable assessment of the possible compensation for your case.
Always be cautious of people who make promises to earn you thousands of pounds in compensation without even assessing your case. Only talk to solicitors who are qualified and have proven track records.
About Helen Bell
Helen is a full-time legal copywriter with a focus on Law Firms in the U.S. and is a recent student of Penn State Law School.
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1945 Rolex Air-King Ref. 4499 With Art Deco Numerals
Here's an Air-King dating to the first year of the model's production with all the charm of the 1940s.
As legend would have it, the Air-King first came to be through a lineup of "Air" models made by Rolex during and immediately after World War II. The founder of Rolex, Hans Wilsdorf, came up with the Air-King name after WWII to honor the British pilots that had trusted his watches through the conflict. The forgotten-about Air Rolex collection once included the Air-Lion, Air-Tiger, and Air-Giant. Introduced in 1945, the Air-King is the most well known and longest running model coming out of this barrage of Airs and still has a place in the Rolex catalog today with the ref. 116900. The model was absent from the Rolex catalog for a few years in the 2010s, but the brand brought the Air-King back in 2016, and it's been a mainstay for Rolex ever since.
Dating back to what is believed to be the first year of the model, the ref. 4499 we have here is among the earliest Air-Kings produced by the company. The watch is distinctive due to its expertly executed Art Deco styling, masterful proportions, and manually-wound caliber. Striking from first glance are the slightly raised Art Deco-style Arabic numerals at each hour. Each of these markers only gets better the closer you look. From the two to the eight and the small zero within the ten, these are characters found nowhere else in the Rolex repertoire. The graceful blued steel hour and minute hands are in an elongated leaf shape, stand out extremely well against the off-white patina of the dial surface, and are of the perfect length with the minute hand extending precisely to the outer chapter ring. The gold-tone central seconds hand works well with the rest of the watch and also serves as a hat tip to the gilt-heavy, Art Deco styling of the pre-war period.
Checking in at 34mm in diameter, the ref. 4499 Air-King would have been an above standard men's size in its era while fighting above its weight class today. Hans Wilsdorf's Oyster case has the ability to play larger especially in a slim, smooth bezel execution like the one we have here. The proportions give the look of a vintage watch on the wrist while not feeling too diminutive. This Air-King takes a 19mm strap, which does a lot for the perceived sizing.
The dial of this example has taken on a smooth and even patina throughout aging to an off-white, almost grey tone. Against this backdrop details like the applied hour markers, blued steel handset, and printed chapter ring are only further accentuated. We paired this ref. 4499 Air-King with our Sedona Strap in Ash Grey to match that patinated dial.
Model: Air-King
Case No: 353149
Dimensions: 34mm diameter; 10.5mm thickness
Lume: No
Caliber: Rolex, manually-wound, caliber 710
- Art Deco-style numeral hour markers
- Blued steel leaf-shaped hour and minute hands
- Even grey patina across the dial
- First year Air-King
- Patina on central seconds hand
This Air-King is in overall great, honest condition. The case is strong with scratches. The reference and case numbers between the lugs are visible. The caseback has a few scratches, but the coin like edge remains in excellent condition. The back of the lugs have some scratches and wear. The bezel is in good condition with some scratches.
The dial is in overall great condition with patina throughout. The hands and applied hour markers have developed patina too. The printing across the dial is crisp and remains a dark black. The gold-tone central seconds hand has developed more patina with a spot near the hand stack.
This Air King has retained its original Rolex Oyster crown. The dial, crown, case, and movement are all signed by Rolex. This watch was photographed on a 175mm/6.9inch wrist.

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The Past | The Present | The Staff | Management
The Home School
As the name implies, The Home School is a school where love, kindness and respect for children can be found in abundance. During childhood and youth, it is school which makes a marked impression on young minds. The Principal, teachers and staff of The Home School respect each child as an individual and take great care in educating them and fostering their talents. The Home School reached a major milestone this year by completing 75 years of its existence.
The Home School is amongst the oldest schools in Bangalore, India. Ms. Robinson, a North American missionary, felt Basavanagudi, a locality of Bangalore, and its neighbouring areas required a good school. Her father, Bishop Robinson, had started Baldwins High School, Bangalore. Ms. Robinson had been the Principal there for some years. In 1930, Ms. Robinson alongwith Ms. Donne, a British lady started The Home School.
At that time, the school had only Kindergarten with three or four students and three teachers. Ms. Robinson and Ms. Donne strived to provide education on par with international standards at a very nominal fee. They paid individual attention to each and every student. Within a year, the school had 150 students. A few traditions that were started then are observed till today. These are Christmas Tree, taking children on picnics, morning prayer, scouts and guides and singing with the piano.
Today, The Home School imparts education from Kindergarten to the seventh standard for boys and girls. The school follows the Karnataka State syllabus with a public examination in the seventh standard.
The present Principal, Mr. R. Venkatachalam joined the school as a student in 1942. Upon completing his education, he became the Headmaster in 1961 and has been the Principal since 1989. Dedicated to the ideals of Miss Robinson and Miss Donne, he aims to provide excellent education that keeps pace with the changes happening in a technologically advanced world. The Principal takes personal interest in every aspect of the school. His prime concern is the welfare of the children and them growing into successful individuals with well grounded personalities.
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The school has a managing commitee comprising of eminent persons.
There is no donation.
The maximum strength of every class section is 30.
Free special classes are held for children who are below average.
The school has trained computer staff and a state of the art computer lab.
Computers are taught compusorily from the first to seventh standards.
Students learn volleyball, throwball, shuttle badminton, table tennis and athletics.
Every Saturday, parents of students can meet teachers individually to find out about their child's performance.
On Founder's Day, after honouring the founder of the school, every child can exhibit his/her talents in singing, dramatics, dancing, painting etc.
There is a free annual picnic for all students.
The Junior Red Cross managed by students helps the poor and needy, thus instilling the right values in children.


Thank you to my Facebook friends for sharing this video with me. I encourage you all to take a look at it.
As you look at this, I also encourage you to browse the articles I point to in i this set of linksn the Tutor/Mentor Connection library.
These links point to articles like the one about TRIZ, the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, enable people to connect more consistently with ideas (or hunches as this video calls them) that stimulate creativity, innovation and problem solving.
By aggregating information about tutoring, mentoring, and how to help volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs grow in more places on my web sites I'm trying to stimulate innovation and creativity across the entire sector of youth serving organizations, as well as within the sector of companies, philanthropist, volunteers and others who must also be innovating new ways to make these programs available for decades, not just a few years.
I have never had the resources or philanthropic investment needed to support the work I am trying to do. However, I describe the vision and strategies to support it in this wiki. By sharing my ideas like this, I'm leaving myself wide open for others to borrow them to stimulate their own creativity and innovation, meaning they might attract donor and investor interest in implementing these ideas before I can. Or it might mean I'll never generate the support needed to build these ideas from my own base of operations.
If that means I no longer can support this information sharing, then the innovation well dries up for everyone who has found this useful. However, if it means that some other people can put these ideas into practice better than I can, and do more to help build systems of support for more inner city kids than I can, that's a good thing.


The TangleTube is designed to facilitate bilateral coordination and visual tracking skills by maneuvering a group of colorful beads from one end of a clear flexible tube to the other.
The TangleTube is constructed of a clear plastic flexible tube (approximately 6' long) with colorful beads inside, captivated by non-removable end plugs. The TangleTube can be configured as a straight tube, a simple coil, a spiral, or other 3 dimensional shapes. A more intricate shape will produce a more challenging arrangement. One arrangement is coiled into a spherical shape in which the user must visually track the beads in different orientations and directions. For a more challenging configuration, intertwine 2 or more TangleTubes together.
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The benchmark 10-year and 30-year Treasury yields rose on Friday on the prospects that an extended government shutdown could be looming.
U.S. President Donald Trump held his ground, saying that he would not sign a temporary government funding resolution, unless it included funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. President Trump has been seeking $5 billion of government funds to allocate towards building the border wall.
The 10-year yield ticked higher to 2.794, while the 30-year hit 3.036 as of 2:45 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, stocks were continuing to feel the effects of a rate hike by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling over 200 points.
The S&P 500 retreated 1.29 percent and the Nasdaq Composite fell 2.28 percent or just under 150 points.
Combined with the shutdown fears, trade wars and other factors, markets have been jittery ahead of Christmas, to say the least.
The Fed did try to quell the capital markets with New York Fed President John Williams telling CNBC that the central bank does have a pulse on the latest bouts of market volatility.


In this podcast I am going to lay out a plain path for Israel and her leadership: Knesset, IDF, and Mossad.
As I mentioned in my podcast, Confidential: Intel for Israel (12 Feb, 2009), Turkey will be the new headquarters for the New World Governance. In due time it will become obvious that it will in effect be the (clandestine) headquarters of the NIO: New Islamic Order. As the Global Governance center, Turkey will come into position after breaking away from its previous European and Western associations, and - as the Eastern leg of the old Roman Empire – it will be the epicenter of Islamic geopolitical and financial concourse.
Already, since I have provided this information, we have seen (via Vaadat Orchim) that Turkey is parlaying and weighing her odds for partnership to her greatest advantage: Russia (and the Caucasus), Saudi Arabia, or Iran. Either – or all - of the three, as bedfellows, will still have the stamp of Islam.
Turkey is the only Muslim nation in the Middle East to have formal diplomatic relations with Israel. But according to the Prophet Ezekiel, Turkey (Togarmah) turns its back on the West, allies itself with the Islamic confederation led by Iran (Persia) and is a participant in the Gog-Magog War. We have seen this happen recently!
What would it take to drive Turkey into an alliance with Iran, Saudi Arabia, and ultimately, the Russians?
In my Tues, 23 September 2008 podcast, Israel: Times of the Signs, I mentioned WHY Russia is cavorting with Iran and other Islamic states. One out of three Russians is Islamic. On the home front, Russia has traditional enemies to the West and East: Germany to the west; China and Japan to the East. Russia has to turn to the South for help: the radicals are Iran, Syria, and Libya. That's WHY Russia is building nuclear plants in Iran: for research and for training.
Russia is afraid of the RADICAL Islamic Shiites (core base is in Iran) causing trouble in Russia in the big five Muslim areas. Therefore, it was advantageous for Russia to strike a deal with Iran to control the Shiites: to stop them (at least temporarily) from causing problems in Russia.
Iran agrees to NOT cause problems in Russia.
Iran receives nuclear help and training from Russia.
Also, a military commitment from Russia to back Iran in case of war.
This emerging confluence of Islamic power structure, with Turkey as the centroid, will be an even greater united force against Israel. However, Israeli leadership must be mindful that the Tanakh specifically, and in numerous places, declares that ALL the nations which Messiah fights against when He returns are Islamic. (We know this by reason of geographical and etymological description).
The amalgam of the power(s) of the North to which Ezekiel prophesied are forming. Also, Iran is extending its influence physically to the Eritrea and Somalia in the Horn of Africa. Last Tuesday, February 24, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad agreed to help establish vocational and technical centers in Djibouti in the East African Horn.
Notice the prophecy of Ezekiel where he shows the Northern powers aligned with the African powers and Iran against Israel in the last days.
Gomer, and all his troops; the house of Togarmah from the (far) north, and all his troops; even many people with you.
Be prepared, yes, prepare yourself, you, and all your companies who are assembled to you, and be a guard to them.
So now we see clearly the Northern powers, the African powers, and Iran – of which Ezekiel prophesied – in alignment. This conglomerate of Islamic force will attack Israel; however, they will be soundly defeated by YHWH so much that all the nations will recognize the Adonai is LORD.
"I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains, says the Lord Yahweh: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
However, before that FUTURE ENDTIME attack against Israel happens, Iran will attempt to attack Israel by herself. This is PRESENT REAL TIME scenario!
In the final battle with Iran (and Russia) the LORD will provide a MIRACLE win. But before that time ... RIGHT NOW ... the enemy of Israel, Satan, does NOT want Israel controlling the Middle East. Like a woman who is carrying a child in her womb with a prophetic promise, Israel has to maintain and care for the life of the child before it is born as a nation in a day (see Tanakh: Isaiah 66:7-9). And so, to protect herself, Israel MUST maintain her place in destiny. Israel MUST attack Iran NOW!
Israel, you must attack Iran NOW … before it is too late. Or … it will be too late.
The Good News is that YOU can know Meshiach personally and have a SUPER important part to play in the days ahead. G-d has a job for you … but more importantly … He loves YOU and offers you forgiveness of sins and eternal life. Just as G-d used Moshe, David, Elijah and Deborah, He wants to use you in a SPECIAL unique role to lead and protect Israel.
If you want to know for sure that you know Him, then pray this prayer: "God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, if Yeshua is really my Messiah, then reveal Him to me." When He does, them obey Him and do what He tells you to do. I was by myself, alone, in a room reading from the Prophet Isaiah 45 years ago today when He revealed himself to me. I have never doubted since that time that I was on my way to Heaven, and the Ruach Ha Chodesh came to live inside me. Baruch ha Shem.


to do many other things that matter to you.
to be able to memorize long answers.
Your life as a student is miserable and we know it.
there are many memorization techniques for students you could pick up to immediately improve your memory?
by mastering the following techniques.
Before deciding to commit any materials to memory, do filtering first.
You only have a limited capacity to remember your notes.
You can remember oxidation only as "gain in oxidation number".
This is because not all reactions contain exchanges of oxygen or hydrogen.
Also, whenever there are changes in the number of electrons there will also be changes in the oxidation number.
you effectively memorise 1 single definition instead of all 4.
and derive the other 2 if you've to use them.
do go through the SEAB learning objectives to confirm you don't have to memorize unnecessary materials.
Schools have a great tendency to provide more than required studying materials for students to memorise.
The use of mnemonics should be familiar to you.
Likely, you just didn't know the name of this memory technique you have learnt before is known as mnemonics.
Mnemonics is normally a pattern of letters which assists in remembering something and is powerful to remember a long list of items.
they could be a little difficult to create at the beginning.
But after you've created a solid mnemonic, it becomes easy to remember.
used in remembering which quadrant yields a positive trigonometric ratio.
Sometimes, creating memory anchors can be fast and easy.
For example, you might find it difficult to remember that acids turn blue litmus paper red.
By associating the last letter of "acid" and "red" shares the same letter "d", you can easily remember that litmus paper will turn red with the addition of acids.
can be best remembered as 4 dollars and 30 cents minus 3 dollars using the Hokkien dialect.
in different locations of a place, you are familiar with.
There are 5 reactions to remember and you can set your house as the memory palace in this example.
Imagine carbon dioxide gas flooding when you enter the lift.
Next, visualize cars zipping along your corridor emitting carbon monoxide gas.
mini factories producing iron bars in your living room.
Sidestepping the factories as you make your way to the kitchen, you see cars carrying the letter "O".
On closer look, they are actually not one, but triplets of Casio watches stacked together!
Creating visual images that are outrageous, funny and ridiculous are very effective ways to remember stuff?
For example, in the addition of water to an alkene, H3PO4 is used as a reagent with the operating conditions to be 360 °C and 60 atm.
You can imagine many C-3POs surrounding the alkene in a 360° circle, adding water to the reagent every 60 seconds.
Chunking takes long strings of letters or numbers and breaks them into smaller, more manageable bits of information.
Writing what you have memorised down is the most effective way to ensure that you have attained mastery.
When you can write what you've learnt down, you also gain confidence in the process.
And you can be sure you will be able to perform during tests or exams.
You might struggle a lot.
However, you should constantly remind yourself it will be easier to recall as you practise more.
Utilise the memory techniques you have acquired to speed up your learning.
9. Share What You Know.
sharing what you learn reinforces your concepts significantly.
prompting you to think further and deeper.
Teaching others is the hallmark of the true master.
The day you can confidently impart what you've learnt to others is the day you completely know your stuff.


Cape Town, South Africa – The opening fight of a main card is a prestigious spot, one that holds certain expectations of an action-packed fight, and on 31 March, live from GrandWest, Cape Town, the cities undefeated Gary Joshua and Durban's Martin de Beer aim to deliver just that.
Joshua has been on a tear since his EFC debut, winning all three of his fights. Two in spectacular style with early first round finishes. And in his third appearance, he faced former title contender Baldwin Mdlalose. A close back and forth war, Joshua was announced the winner in the biggest fight of his career thus far.
Now, in the lighter flyweight division, his reach, power and agility will hold him in even better stead with all the seemingly physical advantages. Now fighting out of SBG Sunnydale, Joshua is relentless in his pursuit of a perfect record and EFC gold.
But to fulfill that ambition, Joshua has a massive task in front of him in the form of Durban's Martin de Beer. A highly experienced athlete that has seen it all. He is a former South African Muay Thai champion and accomplished grappler.
Having recently made the full time move to KO Fitness to train alongside Amanda Lino and the coaching of former champ Dallas Jakobi, De Beer is a dangerous man not to be taken lightly.
But there is more at stake than just another fight for De Beer, redemption for a loss to Joshua's teammate Francois Groenewald and vengeance for controversial decision loss for Mdlalose. De Beer is coming to finish… and finish hard.
This fight takes place as the first fight of main card at EFC 68 in Cape Town, just ahead of the lightweight championship between Martin van Staden and Gavin Hughes, the highly anticipated clash between Dave Mazany and Chris Bright, plus more.


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Each day, from 10:30 to 19:00 (except on Friday when the programme ends at 17:00), the EGU shows a series of short films and documentaries. These cover a variety of topics in the Earth planetary and space sciences, including natural hazards, missions to Mars, soil research, and much more. Some of the movies are stunning displays of the beauty of the Earth and planets; some focus on specific educational, environmental and geoscientific issues of interest.


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I could even hear crowd roar under water, says Fab Fox as he clinches our first swimming gold
An ecstatic Jonathan Fox scooped gold as he led British swimmers to a hat-trick of medals on the first day of races in the aquatic centre yesterday.
The 21-year-old, who has cerebral palsy, could not contain his delight as he waved to fans after winning the 100m backstroke.
'It was really, really amazing,' he said. 'You can hear the crowd even from under the water. It's such an awesome atmosphere. When you touch the wall the crowd just roars.'
World record: Jonathan Fox celebrates victory and a new world record in the Men's 100m Backstroke on day one of the London 2012 Paraympic Games
The swimmer, from St Stephen in Cornwall, won silver in the same event at Beijing in 2008.
Nyree Kindred also produced a remarkable performance to scoop silver in the women's 100m backstroke just 14 months after giving birth.
And just weeks after completing her GCSEs, visually impaired 16-year-old Surrey schoolgirl Hannah Russell took silver in her Paralympic debut in the 400m freestyle.
Kindred, from Hereford, said she was 'extremely happy' after achieving her personal best time of 1 minute 26:23 seconds.
She said: 'I can't ask for much more than that. It was her tenth Paralympic medal, which also includes two golds in Athens in 2004.
Her husband and team-mate, Sascha Kindred, who also has cerebral palsy, has six previous gold medals.
Britain's Jonathan Fox swims towards winning gold in the men's 100m Backstroke S7 category
Fox's achievement made him the first British Olympic or Paralympic athlete to win gold in the pool
Pool's gold: Celebral palsy sufferer Jonathan Fox wins gold in the 110m backstroke
The pair are nicknamed the swimming team's 'golden couple'.
In emotional scenes, Kindred embraced her daughter moments after her race. 'She's ready to cheer on daddy later in the week,' she said.
She gave birth to Ella in June last year, after being warned there was a 50 per cent chance she could pass on her form of cerebral palsy. Kindred herself was not diagnosed until she was two, but as far as she knows Ella does not have the condition.
Russell is one of Britain's youngest competitors at the Games. The teenager, a boarder at £13,000-a-year Gordon's School, in Chertsey, said her silver was 'dream come true.'
She was born with an eye condition meaning all she can make out are flags above the pool and black markings at the bottom.
She said: 'The roar of the crowd helped push me to my limit.'
Swimming is one of Team GB's main hopes in the Paralympics after scooping 41 medals in Beijing, including 11 golds.
Today British brothers Sam and Oliver Hynd go head to head for gold in the 400m freestyle.


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AADA's History
Asians Against Domestic Abuse (AADA) was founded in 2001 by four women who were heavily involved in volunteer social work: Shantha Raghuthaman, Salma Siddiqi, Rehana Sarwar and Swapna Chaudhary. Their volunteer experiences were the driving forces behind the formation of AADA. For example, Ms. Chaudhary's passion to help victimized women stemmed from her own family tragedy, in which one of her immediate family members died as a result of domestic violence in India.
As previous volunteers with the Houston Area Women's Center and other domestic abuse organizations, the women noticed inquiry calls would come in, but often there was no one qualified to communicate effectively and compassionately to assist victimized Asian women with limited English speaking skills.
The four women formed the first AADA Board of Directors and set up the non-profit agency to fill a void of culturally and linguistically appropriate care for women and children suffering from domestic abuse in the Greater Houston area.
Many distinguished public figures and human rights activists support the efforts of the AADA to provide justice, including The City of Houston, Fort Bend County, and Congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee's office.
"I'm beyond touched, after learning more about AADA, Asians Against Domestic Abuse...This organization helps women and children get a new start in life!"
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29 March 2019: With National Advance Care Planning Week occurring 1-5 April, medical leaders are reminding Australians to make sure their future health care preferences are uploaded to My Health Record, where they can be easily accessed when needed.
"National Advance Care Planning Week reminds us all of the importance of making your loved ones aware of your wishes in regards to health treatment, for a time in future where you may no longer be able to express your preferences. When you are sick, the burdens and stresses of decision-making may fall on those you love," said says Adelaide GP, Dr Chris Moy, Chair of the Ethics and Medico-legal Committee of the Australian Medical Association and ambassador for National Advance Care Planning Week.


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Katherine Ann Eagle Staff
Katherine A. Eagle Staff, 79, of Eagle Butte, entered the Spiritual World on Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at Eagle Butte, SD She is survived by one son, Patrick Eagle Staff of Portland, OR. Three daughters: Paulette Eagle Staff and Karen Eagle Staff-Thompson of Eagle Butte. Mary Kay Eagle Staff of Portland, OR. Four brothers: Ernest Sun Rhodes, Jr., Jerome Sun Rhodes, Dominic Sun Rhodes and Burnette White Plume of Arapaho, WY. Nine sisters: Elizabeth Smith of Pacifica, CA; Colleen Sun Rhodes-Addison, Marie Gambler and Susan Crazy Thunder of Arapaho,WY. Olivia Burton and Anna White Plume of Ethete, WY. Sandy Whatomy of Ft. Hall, ID. 10 Grandchildren and 6 Great Grandchildren. A one night wake begins at 5:00 PM, Monday December 30, 2013 at the Johnson Cultural Center at Eagle Butte, SD. Funeral Services will begin at 9:00 AM, Tuesday, December 31 at the Cultural Center. Burial will follow at 3:00 PM at Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, SD. Friends may offer condolences at rooksfh.com Funeral arrangements haven been entrusted with Rooks Funeral Home of Eagle Butte, SD.
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Surcamps (picardisch: Surcamp) ist eine nordfranzösische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) im Département Somme in der Region Hauts-de-France. Die Gemeinde liegt im Arrondissement Amiens und gehört zum Kanton Flixecourt.

Geographie
Die im Nordosten von einer Trasse der Chaussée Brunehaut, die von dem rund 26 km entfernten Amiens kommt (heutige Départementsstraße 118), begrenzte Gemeinde liegt zwischen Vauchelles-lès-Domart, Brucamps und Domart-en-Ponthieu.

Geschichte
Auf einer Anhöhe im Bois de Coroy im Osten der Gemeinde liegen die Ruinen einer 1943 von französischen Gefangenen errichteten Raketenabschussbasis der deutschen Wehrmacht.

Einwohner

Verwaltung
Bürgermeister (maire) ist seit 2001 Lucien Carle.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Kirche Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge aus dem 19. Jahrhundert mit zwei Statuen aus dem 15. Jahrhundert

Weblinks

Ort in Hauts-de-France

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Q: How to use complementary slackness to find y*? My Primal LP is
Min -5x1   - x3
      x1+ x2+ x3+ x4        =1
     2x1+ x2        + x5    =2
      x1+2x2+3x3        + x6=3
      x1,x2,x3,x4,x5,x6 >=0

My dual LP is
Max y1+2y2+3y3
    y1+2y2+ y3<=-5
    y1+ y2+2y3<=0
    y1    +3y3<=-1
     y1,y2,y3<=0

x*=(1,0,0,0,0,2)
How do I find y* and z*?

A: First of all you have primal problem

Min $-5x_1   - x_3$
$x_1+ x_2+ x_3+        \leq 1$
$2x_1+ x_2     \ \ \quad \quad   \leq 2$
$ x_1+2x_2+3x_3      \leq 3$
$x_1,x_2,x_3\geq 0$

The other variables are can be interpreted as slack variables: $s_1, s_2$ and $s_3$. I would even say that they are slack variables. The optimal solution is $(x_1,x_2,x_3,s_1,s_2,s_3)=(1,0,0,0,0,2)$
Then the dual problem is

$\text{Max} \ \ y_1+2y_2+3y_3$
$y_1+2y_2+y_3 \leq -5$
$y_1+y_2+2y_3\leq 0$
$y_1+3y_3\leq -1$
$y_1,y_2,y_3\leq 0$

Using the complementary slackness theorem:

$x_j\cdot z_j=0 \ \forall \ \ j=1,2, \ldots , n$
$y_i\cdot s_i=0 \ \forall \ \ i=1,2, \ldots , m$
$s_i \text{ are the slack variables of the primal problem.}$
$z_j \text{ are the slack variabales of the dual problem.}$

We know that $x_1=1$. Thus $z_1=0$. And we get the equation
$y_1+2y_2+ y_3=-5$
And $y_3\cdot s_3=0\Rightarrow y_3=0 $
The equation above becomes $y_1+2y_2=-5$ Thus the solution is $y_1=-5-2y_2$.
Therefore you have infinitely many solutions like
$y_1^*=(-3,-1,0), y_2^*=(-1,-2,0), y_3^*=(-2, -1.5,0)$

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January 07, 2018, 10:35am
You Had Me At Hello: 150 Contemporary Artworks That Altered My Consciousness - Part 2
I look at a lot of art. Some of it good, some of it bad. Every once in a while, I come across artwork that fundamentally changes me, even if I don't understand it at the time. A friend of mine recently asked me which works had had the greatest impact on me over the years, so I compiled my thoughts. This is not a greatest hits list and many artists I love are not included in it. These are all works that have been, for whatever reason, seared into my brain. To be honest, there are a number of artists on this list whose overall practice I am not a particular fan of, yet, they got to me at least once. – Steven Zevitas, Publisher
Listed under: Art World, Noteworthy
Tagged as: DAVID HAMMONS, Rachel Harrison, Mona Hatoum, BARKLEY L. HENDRICKS, Eva Hesse, Jim Hodges, Evan Holloway, Roni Horn, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Pierre Huyghe, Alfredo Jaar, Jasper Johns, Rashid Johnson, Isaac Julien, Aniish Kapoor, Mike Kelley, Ellsworth Kelly, William Kentridge, Martin Kippenberger, Ragnar Kjartansson, Yves Klein, Jeff Koons, David Korty, Yayoi Kusama, Wolfgang Laib, David X. Levine, Roy Lichtenstein, Gleen Ligon, Christian Marclay, Brice Marden, KERRY JAMES MARSHALL, Agnes Martin, Eddie Martinez, Andrew Masullo, Tony Matelli, Paul McCarthy, Sarah McEneaney, Ryan McGinley, Ryan McLaughlin, Marisa Merz, Donald Moffett, Dianna Molzan, Sam Moyer, Takashi Murakami
December 13, 2017, 10:30am
Miami Art Week 2017 Roundup
Another week of art, and pretty much whatever else, in Miami is in the books. This year, I participated in the amazing UNTITLED art fair, which has been gaining ground as a "must see" fair for serious collectors. As always, I took the opportunity to get out to visit other fairs, museums and private collections. There was a lot of good energy in Miami and a lot of strong artwork to be seen. - Steven Zevitas, Publisher
Listed under: Art Market, Art World
Tagged as: David Altmejd, Radcliffe Bailey, Jamal Cyrus, LEONARDO DREW, Charles Gaines, James Hyde, Clotilde Jimenez, Rashid Johnson, Kalup Linzy, Dona Nelson, Ebony Patterson, Deborah Roberts, Analia Saban, Pae White, Hannah Wilke, Margot Bergman, Katherine Bradford, MARK BRADFORD, ROBERT COLESCOTT, Mary Corse, Holly Coulis, Keltie Ferris, Beverly Fishman, Jared French, Jackie Gendel, Goutam Ghosh, Laeh Glenn, Philip Guston, Heidi Hahn, Daniel Heidkamp, Loie Hollowell, Marc Horowitz, Ridley Howard, Shara Hughes, Ellsworth Kelly, David Korty, Michael Krebber, Judith Linhares, Tala Madani, Agnes Martin, Eddie Martinez, Andrew Masullo, Ryan McLaughlin, Allison Miller, Donald Moffett, Alice Neel, Oliver Osbourne, Daniel Richter, Julia Rommel, Dana Schutz, Amy Sherald, Devan Shimoyama, Emily Mae Smith, Jansson Stegner, Torey Thornton, George Tooker, Richard Tuttle, Joe Wardwell, Andy Warhol, John Wesley, Julius Von Bismarck, Talia Chetrit, William Christenberry, Sarah Cwynar, Shannon Ebner, John Houck, Alfredo Jaar
Printmaking, Abstraction: "Zero to One on Paper" at Ratio 3
There's a piece of public art installed in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco that is quintessential Richard Serra. Two 80-ton steel slabs emerge from ground at a slight angle, tilting vertically as they extend 50 feet into the air. Like other works by Serra these are experiential sculptures, un-monuments meant to affect the way we perceive the space around them. That work is titled "Ballast," referencing the performative heft of the piece as it serves as a kind of anchor in a transitive cityscape. Serra's etchings at "Zero to One on Paper," on view at Ratio 3 through August 21, share the same name, though in this case the titles are "Ballast II" and "Ballast III". Like his public sculpture at Mission Bay the works at Ratio 3 are monolithic and textural, anchor-like in the expansive gallery space that also has works by a host of painters and other artists making editioned work on paper. - Matt Smith Chavez, San Francisco Contributor
Zero to One on Paper, July 2 – August 21, 2015, Installation view: Ratio 3, San Francisco, Courtesy of the gallery
Listed under: Review
Tagged as: Ratio 3, Matt Smith Chavez, San Francisco, Richard Tuttle, Alyson Shotz, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Louisiana Bendolph, Martin Puryear, Mary Heilman, Paul Mogensen, Richard Serra, Sol Lewitt, Spencer Finch, Tauba Auerbach, Tomma Abts
Ellsworth Kelly at Matthew Marks Gallery
Ellsworth Kelly has recalled of his early development as an artist: "I didn't want to paint people. I wanted to paint something I had never seen before. I didn't want to make what I was looking at. I wanted the fragments." In Ellsworth Kelly at Ninety—a title that refers to the birthday the artist celebrated a few weeks after the show's opening—fourteen paintings and two sculptures in Kelly's signature fragmentary style are on view. Impressively, all of the large works were made in the past two years, evidence that the artist's age has not affected the prolific production of his work.
Listed under: New York, Review
Tagged as: Ellsworth Kelly, Matthew Marks, Nadiah Fellah


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Saudi Arabia $20bn takeover bid for F1 rejected
January 24, 2023 at 2:44 pm | Published in: Europe & Russia, Middle East, News, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK
A Saudi Arabian flag. [OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images]
A twenty-billion-dollar takeover bid (£16bn) by Saudi Arabia to buy Formula One was rejected by the sport's current owners, Liberty Media. The American firm had bought F1 in 2017 for less than a quarter of the amount Saudi Arabia was willing to pay, £3.3 billion pounds ($4.1bn). Nevertheless, talks between the wealthy Gulf State and Liberty Media are said to have broken down.
According to the Telegraph, which reported the details of the failed takeover bid, insiders close to both sides said that meetings had taken place in recent years, but not in recent months. Citing Bloomberg, the UK news agency said that Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund was ready to spend £16 billion ($19.7 bn) – a huge uplift on Liberty's £3.3bn deal in 2017.
READ: Saudi Arabia will allow Israel tourists to visit Tiran and Sanafir: Globes
FIA President, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, has expressed concern about the high prices being offered by the Saudis. "As the custodians of motorsport, the FIA, as a non-profit organisation, is cautious about alleged inflated price tags of $20bn being put on F1," Sulayem said on twitter.
As the custodians of motorsport, the FIA, as a non-profit organisation, is cautious about alleged inflated price tags of $20bn being put on F1. (1/3)
— Mohammed Ben Sulayem (@Ben_Sulayem) January 23, 2023
"Any potential buyer is advised to apply common sense, consider the greater good of the sport and come with a clear, sustainable plan – not just a lot of money," Sulayem added in his comments objecting to the Saudi bid. "It is our duty to consider what the future impact will be for promoters in terms of increased hosting fees and other commercial costs, and any adverse impact that it could have on fans".
In a separate interview the FIA President suggested the price is "inflated". "It's exaggerated," he added. "Talking with common sense, is it worth that much?" Concern expressed by Sulayem reflects growing anxieties around the corrupting impact of colossal sums of money being pumped into sports. Though the problem has existed for many years, the infinite resource of the Gulf States being used to buy up major sporting brands has caused even greater fear over the sustainability.
READ: FIFA watchdog: Saudi 'sportswashing' abuse with purchase of UK football club
Though arriving late in the business, following in the footsteps of its neighbours UAE and Qatar, Saudi Arabia has the potential to reshape the sporting landscapes. The Kingdom is desperate to boost its image and sees sports as a way to not only do that through "sportwashing", but also in preparing for a post-oil economy.
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Footage has emerged of the Queen appearing to express mild irritation at Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for being too noisy.
The incident took place as the Queen posed with world leaders from the G20 summit in the traditional "family" photograph at Buckingham Palace.
Mr Berlusconi then shouted "Mr Obama", prompting Her Majesty to turn around in mock frustration at the noise.
Buckingham Palace have denied that any offence was taken by the Queen.
The footage has been placed on the YouTube website and has quickly proved to be a popular clip.
A palace spokeswoman said the atmosphere at the reception, during which the photograph was taken, had been "warm and friendly".
"It was loud and jolly and very jovial, there were no gaffes and no offence taken," she said.
The Queen and Mr Berlusconi had earlier chatted as the world leaders gathered in the palace's picture gallery.
Mr Berlusconi has developed a reputation for his outspoken comments and playful behaviour, even on the world stage.
Last year he was filmed apparently playing "hide and seek" with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, hiding behind a large column as she walked past.
And he was also criticised for describing Barack Obama as "young, handsome and tanned". The Italian leader accused his critics of being humourless "imbeciles".
Meanwhile, Mr Berlusconi has confirmed that the G20 will hold a third summit on the financial crisis later this year in Japan, to follow up world leaders' meetings in London this week and in Washington in November.


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Brazil might be famous to tourists for a river, a beach and a festival but it is the largest country in South America and offers a diverse natural environment, a growing interest in eco tourism, fascinating indigenous cultures and relaxed, modern European lifestyles.
Brazil offers gardens to visit that feature the work of the great 20th century designer Roberto Burle Marx, as well as historic European-influenced gardens and parks, gardens filled with native Brazilian plants, and also newer contemporary roof gardens and greenwalls.
Brazil is a large country spanning from north of the equator to south of the tropic of Capricorn so it has a wide range of natural geographic areas. But much of it is determined by the complex and widespread river system or the two basic geographic areas. These are the vast Amazon basin system or the slightly higher southern half of the country on an elevated plateau at about 200m to 800 m altitude. Despite its border with the Andean countries to the west, the highest point in Brazil is only 2,994 metres (9,823 ft).
The climate of Brazil technically covers 5 different zones but it is mostly tropical with some areas of equatorial rainforest in the high western regions and some temperate regions further south.
In the tropical areas there is very little change in temperature throughout the year and most of the climatic variation comes from changes in rainfall. Typical daily temperature range is 23C to 31C all year. The highland tropical rainforest in the west has fairly constant and very high rainfall year-round but is even wetter from Dec to May. The remainder of the tropical lands have a varying rainfall, most of it falling in the summer months of December to March.
While the country is generally known for having a hot and wet climate, the semi-arid areas of savannah in central Brazil and some hot, semi-arid pockets in the north east can have dry spells which can extend into long and devastating drought. Brasilia in the middle west area has some annual temperature variation but it is modest, with a range of in summer 17C to 27C and a winter range of 13C to 25C.
It is only in the far south that any real winter is experienced. Sao Joaquim has a summer range of about 13C to 23C but a winter range of about 6C to 14C. Away from the tropics the extremes can vary a lot from the averages and, in the south, summer temperature can reach 40C and winter nights can drop below freezing, occasionally with a light snow.
The holiday peak for Brazilians is late December to January and, while the warmth might be attractive to visitors from Europe, the high humidity in most areas, and particularly in the north, can be too much for some travellers. This can't be avoided in the equatorial areas but further south the slightly cooler months of May to October are more comfortable. These months are also drier in most places so a destination like the Pantanal is more easily accessed and tours can explore further into the remote areas.
July is the other school holiday month for Brazilian tourists and August a holiday month for many international tourists, so these months can be busy in popular tourist spots for families.
The Iguazu Falls are at their most spectacular in May and June at the end of the period of highest rainfall, but September and October are considered to be the best months to visit when the skies are clear.
It is impossible to think of gardens in Brazil and, indeed, modern garden design around the world without the extraordinary influence of Roberto Burle Marx, one of the 20th century's great landscape designers. His eye for pattern, colour and also his country's unique indigenous flora radically changed the very Euro-centric Portuguese and French garden styles that had dominated South American gardens since the arrival of European settlers.
Burle Marx 'painted' gardens with vivid colour and strong texture from massed bromeliads, rivers of red iresine, sweeping sensual curves, and organic free-form shapes. He took many traditional garden elements like the parterre and ornamental ponds and reinterpreted them in highly original style. He used vertical surfaces as well, attaching epiphytic plants to palms, trees and walls to draw the eye upward.
His gardens have both an architectural feel – and often surround substantial built elements – but are so thoroughly planted that you can sense his excitement, joy and wonder in the natural world. His gardens have a distinct Burle Marx identity but are also very site specific, hugging the land's contours, enhancing views of both natural and built environments and blending in with surrounding landscapes.
Burle Marx's combination of geometric 'man-made' shapes and informal and abundant planting is still widely coped and reinterpreted in newer 21st century Brazilian gardens.
A garden tour to Brazil will focus on the work of the great Roberto Burle Marx, as his influence in garden design is world-wide and of relevance to all who garden. Many of Burle Marx's best gardens are in places not easily accessed by public transport and can only visited by guided tour, so being on a tour will make it much easier to see as many as possible.
Garden tours to Brazil are typically in late September-November, to take advantage of warm but dry spring weather and the flowering of many spectacular South America trees, such as purple jacaranda.
Companies that take garden tours to Brazil include Sterling Tours in California, ALC tours in Melbourne, Holbrook Travel in Florida and Brightwater Holidays in the UK.
• Parque de Flamingo – contains several landscapes and gardens designed by Burle Marx, including the Gramado de Ondas and courtyard gardens at the Museu de Arte Moderno.
• Selarón's Steps – between Joaquim St and Pinto Martins Street in the Lapa neighborhood. 250 colorful tiled steps designed by Chilean artist Jorge Selarón, who was found dead on his famous steps in 2013.
• Parque Burle Marx, Av. Dona Helena Pereira de Moraes. 10.8 hectare park. Natural areas, large lake, wildlife. Includes a Burle Marx garden with pond, frescos and checkerboard lawn.
• Rooftop garden by BM in Safra Bank headquarters Av Paulista.
• Parque Jardim da Luz – opened in 1825, mature trees, modern sculptures, grotto, waterfalls and ponds. Tues-Sun 9am-6pm.
• Musa Jardim Botanico (de Manaus) – huge botanical garden with thematic gardens of aroids, orchids, heliconia, bromeliads, ferns and palms, plus trails through tropical Amazon rainforest. On the eastern outskirts of Manaus next to the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve.
• Rua Gonçalo de Carvalho, Porto Alegre – a wonderful avenue of plant-covered giant tipu (Tipuana) trees, planted in the 1930s.
Expoflora Holambra, São Paulo – end August to 3rd week in September. Landscaped gardens, regional cuisine, new plant releases, plant and garden product sales, floral displays and folkloric dancing, plus the famous and very popular 'Raining Petals' event each day at 4.30pm when 150kg (18,000 rosebuds) rain down on the crowd below.
Roberto Burle Marx single-handedly changed the face of tropical garden design while introducing to the world a host of amazing indigenous Brazilian plants hitherto ignored by Brazilians. In the process became an international figure. It's intriguing to delve into his soul as an artist and plantsman to find out why his impact was so gargantuan.


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BBC - On Chesil Beach Discussion Questions
1. What do the novel's opening lines tell us about Edward and Florence? How did your perceptions of them change throughout the subsequent pages? What details did you eventually know about them that they never fully revealed to one another?
2. Is Edward's libido truly the primary reason he proposes marriage, or were other factors involved (perhaps ones he did not even admit to himself)? Are relationships harmed or helped by cultural restrictions against sex before marriage? Would this marriage have taken place if the couple had met when birth–control pills were no longer just a rumor?
3. Edward replays the words "with my body I thee worship" in his mind. What might have been the intention in including that line when this version of the marriage ceremony was written? How does it make Edward feel?
4. Ian McEwan describes the novel's time period as an era when youth was not glorified but adulthood was. We are also told that Edward was born in 1940, while his parents contemplated possible outcomes of the war with Germany. At what point did Edward and Florence's solemnity become viewed as old–fashioned? What contributed to that shift? What are your recollections, or those shared by relatives who lived it, of the emerging youth culture of the late 1960s and '70s?
5. Were Florence and Edward incompatible in ways beyond sexual ones? What do their difficulties in bed say about their relationship altogether? Or is sex an isolated aspect of a marriage?
6. Chapter two describes how Florence and Edward met; the first paragraph tells us that they were too sophisticated to believe in destiny. How would you characterize the kind of love they developed? What made them believe they were perfect for one another? Are any two people perfect for one another?
7. What did Edward's decision to go to London for college indicate about his goals? What was Florence's dream for her future? Was marriage a greater social necessity for her, as a woman? Would her career as a classical musician necessarily have been sacrificed if she had remained with Edward?
8. Compare Edward's upbringing to Florence's. How did their parents affect their attitudes toward life? How did the limitations of Edward's mother shape his feelings about responsibility and women? Was Florence drawn to her mother's competitiveness?
9. To what extent was the financial gulf between Edward and Florence a source of trouble? How might the relationship have unfolded, particularly during this time period, if Edward, not Florence, had been the spouse with financial security?
10. Chapter four recounts the moment when Edward tells Florence he loves her because she's "square," not in spite of it. Are their opposing tastes the product of their temperaments or the episodes in their young lives? What is your understanding of her revulsion to sex?
11. Discuss the novel's setting, which forms its title. What is the effect of the creaky hotel McEwan creates, and the crashing permanent waves on a beach where the temperatures are still chilly in June? What does it say about the newlyweds that this is the scene of their wedding night?
12. In the end, Edward explores various "what ifs." Would their marriage have lasted if he had consented to her request for platonic living arrangements? What are the best ways to predict whether a couple can sustain a marriage?
13. How would Edward and Florence have fared in the twenty–first century? Has the nature of love changed as western society has evolved?
14. The author tells us that the marriage ended because Edward was callous, and that as Florence ran from him, she was at the same time desperately in love with him. Why did Edward respond the way he did? Why was it so difficult for them to be honest about their feelings? How would you have reacted that night?
15. Discuss the structure of On Chesil Beach . What is the effect of reading such a compressed storyline, weaving one night with the years before and after it? How did it shape your reading to see only Edward's point of view in the end? What might Florence's perspective have looked like?
16. In what ways does On Chesil Beach represent a departure for Ian McEwan? In what ways does it enhance the themes in his previous fiction.
17. Discuss the form of the novella. Is it as satisfying as a novel. Why is it such an under published genre. Does it work for this book? Compare it to other novellas you may have found satisfying such as Ballad of the Sad Cage, Death in Venice, The Scarlett Letter or another?
(Questions issued by publisher.)
Posted by Teresa Bell at 6:14 PM
Great questions! Next time I think I'll try reading discussion questions before reading the book. These would certainly have enhanced the reading experience. (But I've read it twice now. Somehow I can't see myself going for a third attempt.)
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darn this blogging tool! I posted a long commentary only to have the tool post it twice. So I deleted one of the duplicates and BOTH were deleted. Lihgtning doesn't strike twice. My literary analysis faculties are now spent. My mind is as fertile as Flo's loins.
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Female Western 'Girl With No Name' in the Works
Friday at New York Comic Con, Co-Op Entertainment and Legion M unveiled plans for Girl With No Name, a female-led Western action-adventure movie produced by Co-Op's Laura Ivey (Walking Out, Ithaca) and directed by Tanya Wexler (Hysteria). But the story won't be constrained to the screen.
Ahead of the release of Girl With No Name the movie, audiences will have the chance to meet the eponymous hero in a 40-page comic book published by Legion M called A1Shot, developed by Dave Elliott at AtomekART. Adapted in part from Alex Ranarivelo's screenplay, the comic book has an appropriately female-centric creative team: Co-Op Entertainment's Wexler worked with Elliott to adapt the screenplay for comics, with 2000 AD artist Dani Strips providing interior artwork. Tula Lotay will provide cover artwork and illustrate the promotional poster.
"Girl With No Name exceeds a passion project, it is an empowering narrative that needs to be told," Co-Op Entertainment co-founders Ivey and Wexler said in a statement. "We cannot wait to bring The Girl to the big screen, and we're excited to be teaming with Legion M and its passionate fan-owners on this very special endeavor."
Terri Lubaroff, chief operating officer and head of content at Legion M, added, "We are thrilled to bring Girl With No Name to life – both as a feature film and in the pages of a revolutionary comic book led by a group of incredibly brilliant artists — and we're proud to have the franchise star a strong female lead developed by a team of extremely talented women. Girl With No Name is particularly special for Legion M as the title represents our first foray into publishing, and we're executive producing our second feature film with Co-Op Entertainment as an amazing partner."
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The Girl With No Name Universe Announced at NYCC
The surprise theatrical success of Nicolas Cage's new movie, 'Mandy,' has forced its distributor to completely overhaul its release strategy


Architects of Austerity argues that the seeds of neoliberal politics were sown in the 1950s and 1960s. Suggesting that the postwar era was less socially democratic than we think, Aaron Major presents a comparative-historical analysis of economic policy in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy during the early 1960s. In each of these cases, domestic politics shifted to the left and national governments repudiated the conservative economic policies of the past, promising a new way forward. Yet, these social democratic experiments were short-lived and deeply compromised. Why did the parties of change become the parties of austerity?
Studies of social welfare policy in these countries have emphasized domestic factors. However, Major reveals that international social forces profoundly shaped national decisions in these cases. The turn toward more conservative economic policies resulted from two critical shifts on the international stage. International monetary organizations converged around an orthodox set of ideas, and a set of institutional transformations within the Bretton Woods system made the monetary community more central to financial management. These changes gave central banks and treasuries the capacity to impose their ideas on national governments.
Architects of Austerity encourages us to critically consider the power that we vest in public financial authorities, which have taken on an ever larger role in international economic regulation.
Aaron Major is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York, Albany.
"Major provides persuasive evidence that the positions of transnational authorities—especially German, Dutch, and Swiss ministers and central bank presidents—weighed heavily on the policy considerations of domestic governments . . . [B]oth interesting and well written, this book sheds light on pressing questions in historical political economy."
"Major contextualizes domestic political transformations during this era—namely, the shift from social welfare to economic austerity—within larger institutional and ideological changes at the international level. His book explicates how policies implemented by international monetary authorities produced social and political effects far beyond the institutions and economies they ere intended to (de)regulate . . . Recommended."
"Major has certainly produced a tightly argued and focused analysis, which insightfully and convincingly demonstrates the perseverance of classical liberal ideas and their role in constructing specific policy prescriptions throughout the postwar era. Architects of Austerity offers a unique and valuable lens on the origins of contemporary neoliberal economic policy."
"Architects of Austerity is a provocative and informative rewriting of the political economic history of the capitalist world in the 1960s, challenging our conception of the decade as a decade of high Keynesianism. It debunks the conventional assumption that the ideology of austerity had been sidelined in postwar era, showing that it never went away and has been deeply embedded in international financial authorities."
"This is a fine book on a timely topic. Aaron Major's argument is global in scope and draws on a wide range of archival documents to come to a fascinating conclusion: that the main actors in the rise of austerity are central banks, and that neoliberalism in monetary policy actually began not in the 1970s, but in the 1950s and 1960s. Architects of Austerity clearly advances our knowledge of some of the most important issues of our day."


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Home » Wagner Meters Newsroom » Wagner Meters Celebrates 50th Anniversary as a Global Leader in High-Performance Moisture Sensing Devices
Wagner Meters Celebrates 50th Anniversary as a Global Leader in High-Performance Moisture Sensing Devices
by Eric Wagner
CONTACT: Jason Spangler
Email: jspangler@wagnermeters.com
Company marks 50 years of service worldwide to professionals in the forest products, wood flooring, woodworking, and building inspection industries, as well as consumers, hobbyists, and other industries that use wood.
ROGUE RIVER, Ore., April 15, 2015 – Wagner Meters, a respected world leader in moisture sensing and moisture management solutions, announced today that it is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding in Terrebonne, OR.
Commemorative Giveaway
To commemorate the occasion of turning 50 and to show appreciation for its many loyal customers, Wagner Meters is holding a special giveaway of 50 Anniversary T-shirts and a Grand Prize!
Those interested in entering the giveaway, visit www.wagnermeters.com/giveaway. This site will provide greater entry submission details. Links to the giveaway also can be found on any one of Wagner's social media pages — Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn.
On the giveaway page, they will be asked to fill out an entry form. They will be given the option of submitting a photo and/or short story about a Wagner product they're using now or have used in the past . . . or perhaps a photo and/or written description of some project or task they've worked on while using a Wagner product.
All entrants who submit an entry form will be eligible to receive a 50th Anniversary T-shirt. Fifty entrants chosen at random from the U.S. will receive a T-shirt.
Only those entrants who also provide a story and/or photo will be entered to win the Grand Prize. The Grand Prize winner will choose his/her prize from one of four categories — Flooring, Woodworking, Building Inspection, or Forest Products.
The Grand Prize packages include the following:
The Flooring Installer Package: The winner will get to choose from among three prizes: a Rapid RH® 4.0 EX Complete Starter Kit, a pack of 25 sensors, or a package that includes the MMC220 moisture meter, CalBlock (calibration block for hand-held meters) and the TH-200 pen-style Thermo-Hygrometer (for relative humidity and temperature applications). As a bonus, the winner also will receive a 5-pound commemorative chocolate bar wrapped in special 50th Anniversary packaging.
The Woodworker Package: The grand prize winner will receive a package that includes the MMC220 moisture meter, CalBlock, the TH-200 Thermo-Hygrometer . . . and the commemorative chocolate bar.
The Building Inspector Package: The winner will receive the Basic Building Inspector Kit that includes a BI2200 moisture meter, a TH-200 Thermo-Hygrometer, an Infrared Thermometer . . . and the commemorative chocolate bar.
The Sawmill and Forest Products Professionals Package: The winner will receive a free Forest Products seminar ticket plus lodging valued at $500 or an L601-3 hand-held moisture meter. . . . and the commemorative chocolate bar. Hosted quarterly by Wagner Meters, the seminar will show participants how to use Wagner's moisture detection equipment and how to troubleshoot.
50 Years of Innovative Products
In 1965, Delmer Wagner, founder of Wagner Electronics, set out with a vision to vastly improve the way lumber mills measured moisture. He created the first in-line moisture detectors using transistors, thus making them more reliable, less expensive, and easier to calibrate.
In the ensuing years, he developed many other innovative and industry-first products for the forest products industry, including the first non-contact moisture meter, the first meter to be calibrated in percent moisture content, and an in-kiln moisture detector which revolutionized the way kilns measure moisture.
We've since updated our first generation of electrical field-based in-kiln moisture measurement systems (Model 778) with the development of our MC4000 Advanced In-Kiln Moisture Measurement System. This system offers a real-time view of the moisture content for each sensing zone and provides a moisture content trend graph of all of the sensors during the drying schedule. Using the MC4000 can help any operation cut losses due to drying-related degrade, minimize labor-intensive manual checking, and generally make the lumber drying process more effective.
Delmer also figured out how to use in-line meters to troubleshoot kilns – initially using microprocessors and later computers – to record pertinent data throughout the months and seasons of the year. He also developed a histogram that showed the moisture content of boards as they were distributed throughout the kiln. Operators could then see precisely where their wet/dry spots were in the kiln. All of these processes saved the kiln operators hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Omega, our latest generation of comprehensive and robust moisture measurement and data analysis software, has proven to be invaluable for improving kiln drying and overall moisture quality for primary and secondary wood products manufacturers.
In 1970, Wagner Electronics moved from Terrebonne to its present corporate headquarters in Rogue River, OR. It's here where the company designs, tests, and assembles all its moisture measuring devices.
When Delmer retired in 1987, his son Ed took over as president and CEO. During some challenging economic times in the early '90s, Ed had the foresight to lead his company into a new market – wood flooring.
In researching this market, he discovered a common complaint among installers – they disliked the fact pin moisture meters put holes in the wood flooring. Heeding their concerns, he promptly introduced a series of pinless moisture meters.
Wagner's pinless meters not only eliminated unsightly holes in wood flooring but proved in third-party testing to be more accurate and easier to use than the leading pin meters. Behind Ed's leadership, Wagner Electronics became an industry catalyst for many installers switching to pinless meters.
The successful introduction of its pinless meters also sparked new revenue streams and helped Wagner Electronics grow its business.
Today, Wagner proudly offers its MMC series of pinless meters. Of the four meters, the MMC220 Extended Range Moisture Meter is the most popular for wood flooring and woodworking applications. The MMC220, with its IntelliSense™ technology, accurately measures wood moisture in all wood species – from rare tropical woods to the more common softwoods and hardwoods. It's also backed by an industry-leading 7-year warranty.
In 2004, Wagner responded to another need that seriously impacted the wood flooring industry – the effect of wet concrete on wood flooring. With industry experts estimating annual flooring failures due to moisture at more than half a billion dollars, Wagner partnered with the CTLGroup, Portland Cement's Material-Testing Laboratory Service to find a solution.
Wagner and the CTLGroup collaborated to develop the Rapid RH®, an in situ relative humidity testing system for concrete. Introduced in 2005, the Rapid RH® has proven to be faster and much more reliable than other tests for measuring concrete, including the industry's widely-used Calcium Chloride test.
At the 2006 World of Concrete, the original Rapid RH® won the "Most Innovative Product" award. At the 2013 World of Concrete, the Rapid RH® DataMaster™ also won the "Most Innovative Product" award. A hand-held device, the DataMaster™ pairs touchscreen capabilities with Bluetooth™ technology to allow users to quickly and easily record all test data for a particular job site.
Father-Son Legacy Continues
In 2007, Eric Wagner, grandson of Wagner Electronics founder Delmer Wagner, became the third generation to work at the family-owned company. His father, Ed, welcomed Eric as marketing manager at Wagner.
"I'm really pleased to have Eric continue the father-son legacy that started with me and my dad many years ago. Eric's experience and critical proficiency with social media and the Internet enable us to not only successfully integrate online marketing with traditional marketing but also give us a much stronger online presence."
In 2010, after 45 years of doing business as Wagner Electronics, the company changed its name to Wagner Meters. The name was changed to more clearly address what the company is all about – moisture meters.
Today, Wagner moisture measurement products are used in many other industries throughout the world, including woodworking, furniture making, and building inspection. They're also used in numerous specialty applications such as the construction of bowling pins, the repurposing of old wine barrels into Conga drums, the crafting of customized wood harmonica microphones, and the installation of wood in RV interiors.
As a family-owned and family-operated business, Wagner Meters has maintained its strong family values throughout its 50-year history. Wagner Meters genuinely cares about the well-being of its employees and recognizes the importance of a work/life balance. It's one reason many employees have been with the company for 20, 25, and even 30 years.
Reasons for Wagner's 50-Year Lifespan
Fifty years is a long time for a company to stay in business. Eric Wagner attributes the company's longevity to several things:
It's the dedication, creativity, and incredible work ethic of all the many excellent people who have ever worked for this company.
It's sustaining a culture of innovation. Throughout our history, we've developed more innovative moisture measuring products than any other company.
It's also manufacturing reliable, quality products built to last. Our products are known worldwide for their accuracy and superb performance as documented by independent third-party testing.
It's being a leader in educating our customers about the characteristics of wood and concrete and how moisture affects them. Our goal is to prevent the millions of dollars wasted annually from moisture-related problems across many different industries.
And last, but certainly not least, it's putting a huge emphasis on our valued customers. We strive to listen and understand their needs and to always give them an exceptional customer experience.
Ed Wagner adds, "To our employees and customers, current and future, it has been a wonderful 50 years. I thank you for your dedication and loyalty to Wagner Meters, and to our commitment to achieving excellence in all that we do. We've done amazing things together, but the best is still yet to come."
Eric Wagner
Eric is excited to fight the moisture problems that cause billions of dollars of waste in the United States and the rest of the world. It also helps that he enjoys spending his free time woodworking, and he knows his projects will be free of moisture issues.
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MainAll NewsJewish World'There is no future for Jews in Europe'
'There is no future for Jews in Europe'
Brussels chief rabbi describes fear in the streets following terror attacks, says he understands why Jews leaving the EU in droves.
Tova Dvorin, 23/11/15 17:43
Belgian soldiers and armed police patrol central Brussels
The Islamic State (ISIS) attacks in Paris have proven not only to be a wake-up call for the French, but also for Belgian Jewry, Brussels Chief Rabbi Avraham Guigui stated Monday.
"There is fear in the streets," Guigui said, in an interview with Israel's 103FM radio. "Belgians realize that they are targets of terrorism."
"Jews are praying at home. Some of them are planning to leave," he noted. "On Shabbat they closed the synagogues in the city; that has not been seen since World War II. People are praying alone, or setting up small congregations in private homes."
"Schools are closed, the cinemas are closed, the big stores are closed for the most part, public events are not being held," he added. "We live in fear and wait for the police or the government to update us on the situation."
"The reason for all this is that the government says that terrorists could carry out attacks," he reflected. Belgian police have cracked down on Islamist terrorism over the past two weeks, after the terrorists in the ISIS shooting and suicide bombing spree in the French capital were revealed to have been of Belgian origin.
"As Jews, we already know the situation and know what terrorists are like," Rabbi Guigui added, reflecting that the attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels was just over a year and a half ago. "Until today the Belgians thought that terrorism threatens only the Jews or the police, [but now they] understand that [any] Belgian can be a terror target. Anyone and everyone can be a victim of jihadists."
"There's fifty thousand Jews in Belgium," he continued. "Twenty-five thousand in Brussels, eighteen thousand in Antwerp and the rest in Charleroi and other places."
Most Belgian Jews are fleeing to Israel, Canada, and America. "People realize there is no future for Jews in Europe," he lamented. "There is also an economic recession that pushes young people to leave Belgium to go to Israel or to go to other places."
But the rabbi refused to be bitter about the mass emigration - particularly to Israel.
"I believe Israel is important to every Jew," he said. "This is something that Jews throughout the ages aspired to achieve."
"But, you can't leave out of fear," he qualified, noting that such a move rarely instills a successful absorption, "because there is always the feeling you left something behind."
"You should make Aliyah out of a love for Israel."
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Franz Visintini (* 3. Juli 1874 in Wien; † 13. Mai 1950 ebendort) war ein österreichischer Bauingenieur.

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Franz Visintini soll das Eidgenössische Polytechnikum in Zürich besucht haben und arbeitete danach bei einem Architekturbüro, welches sich auf Bankgebäude spezialisiert hat, wo er Eisenkonstruktionen entwarf.

Im Jahr 1901 machte er sich selbständig und übernahm mit dem Gesellschafter Georg Weingärtner die Verwertung der Siegwart'schen Patente für Belgien, Deutschland, Frankreich und Österreich. Er entwarf Eisenbetonbauten und spezialisierte die Ausführung von Siegwart'schen Hohldeckenbauten. 1902 trat er mit dem mehrfach patentierten (US-Patent 1903) Eisenbetonfachwerkträger an die Öffentlichkeit und gründete das Ingenieurbüro Visintini & Weingärtner. Er ließ in zahlreichen europäischen Städten Belastungsproben vom Visintini-Balken vornehmen und präsentierte den Fachwerkträger im Rahmen von Lichtbildvorträgen. 1904 verlegte er das Zentralbüro nach Dresden-Blasewitz. 1905 schied Weingärtner aus der Firma aus. 1906 kehrte er nach Wien zurück.

Ab 1907 studierte Visintini als ao. Hörer und nach der Matura an der deutschen Staatsrealschule in Karolinenthal bei Prag von 1908 bis 1911 als o. Hörer an der Technischen Hochschule Wien. Visintini war auch politisch engagiert, er trat bei den Reichsratswahlen 1911 als deutschfreiheitlicher Kandidat in Wien an und wurde 1913 Bezirksrat in Döbling.

Im Ersten Weltkrieg war Visintini als Baugruppenkomandant tätig und leitete mehrere größere Brückenschläge.

1922 setzte er sein Studium an der Bauingenieurschule der Technischen Hochschule fort, er machte 1923 die I. und die II. Staatsprüfung  und wurde 1924 mit der Dissertation Der Eisenbetonfachwerkträger System Visintini. zum Dr. techn. promoviert.

Vintisini wurde vom Pionier des Stahlbetonbaus Rudolf Saliger gefördert. Sein System kam anfangs bei Deckenkonstruktionen im Hochbau und später auch beim Brückenbau zur Anwendung.

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 1926/1927 Brücke in Oberwaltersdorf
 1927 Brücke in Pottenstein in der Verlängerung der Weißgärberstraße, von Visintini und Buhl, generalsaniert 1989.

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Nora's Non-Dairy Ltd. is recalling some of their dairy-free frozen desserts because of milk undeclared on the label.
The brand offers vegan alternatives to ice cream, and is sold in mainstream grocery stores across western Canada.
Nora's Mint Chip and Peanut Butter & Chocolate frozen desserts have been recalled with date codes 28JN20, 26JL20, 27JL20, 31AU20 and 06SE20.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued a recall notice Saturday, saying the public should check their Nora's products to see if they fall under the recall. Anyone with an allergy to milk should not consume the recalled products.
No illnesses have been reported associated with the consumption of these products so far.


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Major Benefits of Having Goats
by Jennifer McBride
About 65 goats are getting what seems like an unlimited salad bar of garlic mustard, multiflora rose, buckthorn, and broadleaf weeds around Organic Valley's office building near Cashton, Wisconsin. Not only are these four-legged visitors filling their bellies, they are also making employees smile and helping Mother Earth in the process.
The goats are a major benefit to the landscape, which is in need of rehabilitation.
Ben Robel of Boaz, Wisconsin, dropped off the goats and a handful of sheep on Monday, Oct. 25. They spend about 20 days eating all the unwanted vegetation they can (which is a lot!) in an effort to bring a prairie back to life and create an oak savanna. Robel owns and operates Vegetation Solutions, a company that focuses on land management through the use of controlled grazing. "It's an all-natural method of vegetation management," he said.
When the goats jumped off Robel's trailer on that sunny afternoon they were raring to go. Paying no attention to people gathered to welcome them, the goats ran around hurriedly looking for the tastiest treats—which were everywhere!
Bringing in goats is a great fit for Organic Valley as it's a way to acquire a natural landscape without the use of chemicals. A team erected fences to keep the frisky goats in as they munch off brush and weeds without disturbing the grass and soil.
"It's the most organic way you can control invasive species and it's a way to work with nature, not against it," said Jason Skoda, Organic Valley facilities services supervisor. It is an organic approach to managing invasive plants and it is safer than chemicals that can impact the soil, birds, and mammals that call that area home.
"Landscape always needs disturbances, be it fire or grazing. It's a natural system and this is a way to do it like they did back in the day," Robel said.
Ben Robel, left, and Jason Skoda check the fenceline at Organic Valley.
Should I Get Goats or a 'Real Job?'
Robel graduated from college with a degree in wildlife biology and was supposed to get a "real job" but instead he decided to buy a couple of goats, he said. He purchased goats because his parents' land needed clearing and it was a tough job physically. He knew goats were great foragers so he started the small, yet high-demand business.
His two goats became six, which became 20, and now there are about 300 goats in his herd. The goats have beautified everything from small cemeteries and county parks to a wastewater treatment plant in Milwaukee and ditches at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.
A prairie and oak stand are seen behind Organic Valley's office building in southwest Wisconsin.
Oak Savannas are Endangered
Organic Valley is fortunate to have an oak savanna-type ecosystem in its backyard. Oak savannas were once one of the most common vegetation types in the Midwest but are now endangered, according to Savanna Oak Foundation. Intact oak savannas are one of the rarest plant communities on earth.
Savanna ecosystems suffered from clearing and plowing, overgrazing, or invasion by dense shrubs and tree growth due to lack of fire, lack of grazing, or both, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Along with Vegetation Solutions, Organic Valley is working on habitat restoration with biologists from Pheasants Forever.
A mix of woodland flowers and native grasses will be planted in the savanna after the goats make three visits to Organic Valley. The area will later be burned to help eliminate invasive species that blow in from neighboring properties and to stimulate the growth of the flowers and grasses. The prairie will be grazed once and then buckwheat will be planted to control the weeds established there. Eventually, Organic Valley will plant prairie seed and grasses.
The goats are spending about 20 days at Organic Valley in the fall and will be back in the spring. Robel said not only do the goats and sheep provide a much-needed organic solution to landscapes but they also provide a smile. He said it is satisfying to see how happy they make people. Just ask Organic Valley employees—these goats are causing quite a buzz.
They have plenty of space but the goats stick together as they munch on greens.
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leaving behind nothing but ashes.
If I place my heart in a cocoon, do I free myself up to love again?
enough to extinguish all internal flames, before they consume me?
quench my thirst and diminish all of my flames?
an everlasting impressions, branded beyond understanding.
that will preserve my flesh and be the mist that infiltrates my passion.
Why is it, when we observe a movie, it can articulate our soul, as if the words have become an utterance as of our own heart? I've prayed moments in time, through innumerable tears, dear God, please give them an epiphany, something has to give.
And tonight I collided with a violent sea of emotions. My head is whirling, breathless, my mind-set being traumatized, within uneven white waters. As I attempt to intake of breath, it's as if heavens gates have divided, an illustration of my life. I make a clean breast; I am an extremely visual thinker.
Wow "Epiphany "is something for my life, not someone else's. I have used up my entire existence, I won't say how many years young I am, those of you who know me, mum is the word, giving and doing for everyone, friends, family, children, husband, school, church, and neighbors and never for myself. I was by no means on that list; my list was a naked piece of paper, so tarnished and tattered.
I am nowhere to be found, the passion in which captivates every part of my being is hidden, stagnate within indistinguishable waters. I have loved with the deepest of love, have waited, trusted, given, and hoped for. We all make decision in our life, some naive others blameless; nowhere does it say I have to live incomplete, I deserve the ultimate life as to offer.


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BLIZZARD REMOVES "HOMOSEXUAL," "TRANSSEXUAL" FROM LIST OF BLOCKED PROFANITY IN WORLD OF WARCRAFT
Author: sQren | Filed Under: news |
The big news on the Blizzard front this week was that they'd decided not to have a BlizzCon in 2012; that is, the large fan convention at which the titan (ha ha insidery Blizzard joke) of the gaming community makes the biggest of its big announcements. The reasoning was that with three games/expansions expected to drop within the next year and a half, the company's time would be better spent working on them and, moreover, they just didn't have anything really exciting and new to show.
But there was a tidbit of smaller news that we feel is still important to highlight. Blizzard was successfully pressured to remove "homosexual" and "transsexual" from the list of words that the in-game profanity filter of World of Warcraft automatically blocks.
World of Warcraft's profanity filter defaults to the "off" position, and when turned on, automatically replaces certain words with cartoon-typical exotic punctuation. A recent bug, however, resulted in the filter being turned to the on position at every log in, consistently showing a lot of players who'd never tried out the feature exactly which words it did and didn't permit. This is undoubtedly what caused a lot of people to realize that the profanity filter doesn't let you say "homosexual" or "transsexual."
Blizzard's attempts to keep drama out of the game have not always been the best when it comes to the LGBTQ community. Allow me to quote myself in explanation:
The idea that banning the use of LGBT terms entirely is a good way to protect users from harassment is one that has a number deep flaws in it. Primarily, it doesn't work because you can't tell someone that they can't do something on the internet.
Otherwise, banning a term that a minority uses to describe itself in many ways renders that minority invisible and incapable of fully representing itself. Blizzard ran afoul of this problem in 2006, when one of its moderators threatened to punish a player who was advertising her (World of Warcraft) guild as LGBT friendly, because of a context neutral ban on using LGBT terms in public chat channels [in order to prevent harassment]. After a considerable amount of controversy including a letter from Lambda Legal, Blizzard publicly stated that the player would not be penalized and that the warning was a result of "unfortunate interpretation" of their harassment policy
Secondarily, banning words that communities use to self-describe symbolically removes their ability to self-identify, which is also a pretty crap idea. LGBT friendly guilds have become numerous enough in WoW to put on a yearly in-game Pride Parade on the Proudmoore server (what better server name, really?) complete with plenty of pink shirts and tabards.
Blizzard reacted quickly as soon as the issue was pointed out, with a community manager responding: "We've reviewed our filter list and there are a few words there that should not be blocked as profanity; we'll be removing them in a future patch." This is not entirely inconsistent with Blizzard's policy towards offensive content. For example, the company has made clear in community statements that it relies on players to know and report violations of its naming policy (no offensive content, no names of actual celebrities or famous fictional characters or Blizzard NPCs, no sentences) so that it can enforce the naming policy, rather than spending manpower on seeking out all the think-they're-so-clever Anigavs and Sineps. Not to mention all the deathknights named Arthazz.
Even if it's a feature that very few players actually use, you'd think that Blizzard's own curated profanity filter would deserve a company review now and then, if only to keep up with the times and remain relevant to parents whose children play. When that future patch hits (perhaps with the expected update next week), World of Warcraft will not imply that "homosexual" or "transsexual" are dirty words for the first time since its launch in 2004. Would this be a good time to mention that the seven letter F word and it's oh so charming diminutive are not masked by the profanity filter? Apparently it can't be used to harass players like "homosexual" can.
(via WoW Insider.)


RBI: O.Artsen 2 (32), B.Cutspec 5 (15), J.LaCugna (19), D.Brandt (8), C.Massey (25).
A: O.Artsen 3 (121), J.LaCugna 3 (6), D.Brandt (2), J.Downing (7), A.Shoulders (3).
DP: 1 (J. LaCugna (2B) - O. Artsen(SS) - C. Numata(1B)).
PO: E.Kozel 7 (189), O.Artsen (63), C.Numata 9 (303), C.Johnson 2 (18), B.Cutspec (30), J.LaCugna 2 (32), D.Brandt (20).
TC: E.Kozel 7 (208), O.Artsen 7 (198), C.Numata 9 (338), C.Johnson 2 (30), B.Cutspec (32), J.LaCugna 5 (41), D.Brandt 2 (23), J.Downing (9), A.Shoulders (3).
2B: J.Bladel (14), K.Judge (2).
RBI: J.Bladel (34), M.Morris (17), K.Judge 4 (8), J.Summers (20), J.McMillan 2 (20), C.Escobar 2 (21), K.McGovern (4).
SB: J.Bladel (14), J.McMillan (9), C.Escobar (2).
A: M.Morris 2 (57), N.Bunce 4 (29), B.May 3 (65), K.McGovern 4 (8).
E: M.Morris (11), C.Escobar 3 (9), K.McGovern (3).
PO: J.Bladel (38), M.Morris (39), J.Summers (11), N.Bunce 10 (216), J.McMillan 11 (154), C.Escobar 3 (30).
TC: J.Bladel (65), M.Morris 4 (107), J.Summers (13), N.Bunce 14 (248), J.McMillan 11 (166), C.Escobar 6 (74), B.May 3 (84), K.McGovern 5 (12).
BF: J.Downing 27, B.Orozco 6, A.Cox 4, A.Shoulders 8.
P-S: J.Downing 101-71, B.Orozco 19-9, A.Cox 16-8, A.Shoulders 37-20.
BF: K.McGovern 29, D.Sharp 8, Z.Leitten 7.
P-S: K.McGovern 113-76, D.Sharp 36-19, Z.Leitten 31-20.