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Iran blames protests on CIA official; US denies any role
At least 21 people have been killed and hundreds arrested
By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL
Iran on Thursday directly blamed a CIA official for a week of protests calling for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic, as the strength of the demonstrations was uncertain with fewer reports of rallies.The Trump administration has denied having any hand in the protests, and the CIA declined to comment.It wasn't immediately clear if the drop in reports of new demonstrations challenging Iran's theocratic government meant the protests were subsiding or that the authorities' blocking of social media apps has managed to stop protesters from offering new images of rallies.The demonstrations, which began Dec. 28 over the country's struggling economy, have been the largest in Iran since the disputed 2009 presidential election. At least 21 people have been killed and hundreds arrested.The CIA accusation came from Iran's prosecutor general, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, in a story by the state-run IRNA news agency. Montazeri alleged the official headed an operation that received intelligence support from Israel and financing from Saudi Arabia — Iran's two biggest regional adversaries.Montazeri said the CIA official sought help from exiled Iranian groups and prepared for various scenarios that included protesting the high cost of living and financial demands on the elderly.The plot focused on fomenting dissent from the countryside to shake Tehran, Montazeri said. He alleged the CIA planned to turn the protest into an "armed" insurrection by mid-February, the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.The Associated Press is not publishing identifying details about the CIA official because the official may be an agent of its clandestine service.A senior Trump administration official on Wednesday disputed the notion that the U.S. played any role in the protests, saying it had not expected them to occur."The protests were entirely spontaneously generated," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters.Iranian suspicion of the CIA stretches back to 1953, when the CIA and the British executed the coup that overthrew its elected prime minister and cemented the rule of the American-backed shah.The prosecutor's comments appeared aimed at discrediting protests that raised real questions about the challenges faced in Iran even after its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. While many Iranians have denounced the violence that has accompanied some demonstrations, they echo the protesters' frustration over the weak economy and official corruption.On Thursday, thousands again rallied in support of the government in dozens of towns and cities, including in the northeastern city of Mashhad, where the anti-government protests began and extended to other cities.State television repeatedly broadcast nationalistic songs and described the pro-government rallies as an "answer to rioters and supporters to the riot." That appeared to be a reference to President Donald Trump, who has tweeted several times in support of the anti-government rallies.At the same time, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said about 42,000 people at most took part in the week of protests, saying they went on as long as they did because of the "leniency, restrain, tolerance and interaction" of the government. He did not elaborate.Fazli's comments marked the first government estimate of participation in the protests and appeared timed so authorities could contrast it against the mass crowds brought together for the pro-government demonstrations.In Moscow, a top Russian diplomat warned the U.S. not to meddle in Iran's affairs and suggested that Washington wants to use the unrest to undermine the Iran nuclear agreement."We warn the U.S. against attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the state news agency Tass on Thursday.Ryabkov also said Washington "is tempted to use the moment to raise new issues with regard to the JCPOA," the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that limits Iran's nuclear program, including restricting uranium enrichment for 10 years, in exchange for lifting economic sanctions. Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday the U.S. wants an agreement lasting longer.It remains difficult for journalists and outsiders to piece together what's happening beyond Tehran, as Iran is a vast country of 80 million and travel there is restricted. The government also has blocked the messaging app Telegram, which protesters have used to organize their demonstrations and share photos and video. The government allowed access to Instagram to resume Thursday.Senior Trump administration officials have acknowledged their surprise that the protests took hold so quickly."This was not on our radar," said one official, who like the others spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters.The officials said they believed conservative opponents of President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate within Iran's clerically overseen government, started the demonstrations in Mashhad, but quickly lost control of them. That largely mirrors analysts' beliefs.The officials also said internet suppression by Iranian authorities made it difficult for protesters to publish their videos, with an upload sometimes taking all day. They said the U.S. government is still looking at its options at helping open up the internet, although no decision has been taken yet.Among the few videos to reach the outside world Thursday was one showing long convoys of anti-riot police vehicles heading into the countryside of central Iran.Meanwhile, relatives of those arrested thronged outside Tehran's Evin prison, hoping to see their loved ones.___Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Associated Press writers Josh Lederman and Bradley Klapper in Washington contributed.
Iran on Thursday directly blamed a CIA official for a week of protests calling for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic, as the strength of the demonstrations was uncertain with fewer reports of rallies.
The Trump administration has denied having any hand in the protests, and the CIA declined to comment.
It wasn't immediately clear if the drop in reports of new demonstrations challenging Iran's theocratic government meant the protests were subsiding or that the authorities' blocking of social media apps has managed to stop protesters from offering new images of rallies.
The demonstrations, which began Dec. 28 over the country's struggling economy, have been the largest in Iran since the disputed 2009 presidential election. At least 21 people have been killed and hundreds arrested.
The CIA accusation came from Iran's prosecutor general, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, in a story by the state-run IRNA news agency. Montazeri alleged the official headed an operation that received intelligence support from Israel and financing from Saudi Arabia — Iran's two biggest regional adversaries.
Montazeri said the CIA official sought help from exiled Iranian groups and prepared for various scenarios that included protesting the high cost of living and financial demands on the elderly.
The plot focused on fomenting dissent from the countryside to shake Tehran, Montazeri said. He alleged the CIA planned to turn the protest into an "armed" insurrection by mid-February, the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The Associated Press is not publishing identifying details about the CIA official because the official may be an agent of its clandestine service.
A senior Trump administration official on Wednesday disputed the notion that the U.S. played any role in the protests, saying it had not expected them to occur.
"The protests were entirely spontaneously generated," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters.
Iranian suspicion of the CIA stretches back to 1953, when the CIA and the British executed the coup that overthrew its elected prime minister and cemented the rule of the American-backed shah.
The prosecutor's comments appeared aimed at discrediting protests that raised real questions about the challenges faced in Iran even after its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. While many Iranians have denounced the violence that has accompanied some demonstrations, they echo the protesters' frustration over the weak economy and official corruption.
On Thursday, thousands again rallied in support of the government in dozens of towns and cities, including in the northeastern city of Mashhad, where the anti-government protests began and extended to other cities.
State television repeatedly broadcast nationalistic songs and described the pro-government rallies as an "answer to rioters and supporters to the riot." That appeared to be a reference to President Donald Trump, who has tweeted several times in support of the anti-government rallies.
At the same time, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said about 42,000 people at most took part in the week of protests, saying they went on as long as they did because of the "leniency, restrain, tolerance and interaction" of the government. He did not elaborate.
Fazli's comments marked the first government estimate of participation in the protests and appeared timed so authorities could contrast it against the mass crowds brought together for the pro-government demonstrations.
In Moscow, a top Russian diplomat warned the U.S. not to meddle in Iran's affairs and suggested that Washington wants to use the unrest to undermine the Iran nuclear agreement.
"We warn the U.S. against attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the state news agency Tass on Thursday.
Ryabkov also said Washington "is tempted to use the moment to raise new issues with regard to the JCPOA," the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that limits Iran's nuclear program, including restricting uranium enrichment for 10 years, in exchange for lifting economic sanctions. Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday the U.S. wants an agreement lasting longer.
It remains difficult for journalists and outsiders to piece together what's happening beyond Tehran, as Iran is a vast country of 80 million and travel there is restricted. The government also has blocked the messaging app Telegram, which protesters have used to organize their demonstrations and share photos and video. The government allowed access to Instagram to resume Thursday.
Senior Trump administration officials have acknowledged their surprise that the protests took hold so quickly.
"This was not on our radar," said one official, who like the others spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters.
The officials said they believed conservative opponents of President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate within Iran's clerically overseen government, started the demonstrations in Mashhad, but quickly lost control of them. That largely mirrors analysts' beliefs.
The officials also said internet suppression by Iranian authorities made it difficult for protesters to publish their videos, with an upload sometimes taking all day. They said the U.S. government is still looking at its options at helping open up the internet, although no decision has been taken yet.
Among the few videos to reach the outside world Thursday was one showing long convoys of anti-riot police vehicles heading into the countryside of central Iran.
Meanwhile, relatives of those arrested thronged outside Tehran's Evin prison, hoping to see their loved ones.
Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Associated Press writers Josh Lederman and Bradley Klapper in Washington contributed.


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The new Australian Space Agency logo shows how great concepts can lead to good quality logos and strengthen a brand's identity.
The Australian Space Agency wants us to know that it cares about Australia's historical roots and culture. The company's new logo replaces the old, anonymous writing, with colourful dots outlining Australia's shape and tied closely to the country's skies.
At first glance a satellite view of Australia, with the dots alluding to human activity and cities around the country, the logo actually shows several significant indigenous constellations that can be seen across Australian skies. This way, the logo encapsulates a meaningful and clever contradiction between looking at Australia from above but actually admiring the constellations from below.
It might be too abstract for most people to find the hidden meaning, but the story behind the logo shows how great concepts can lead to fascinating brands.


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Para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) in high amounts (9–24 grams per day) has been reported to reduce or eliminate the skin lesions of DH in one preliminary, clinical trial.1 With continued administration, people with DH remained symptom-free for as long as 30 months. Since supplementation with such large amounts of PABA has the potential to cause side effects, these amounts should be used only with medical supervision.
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Egypt jumped 10 positions to rank 95th in the Global Innovation Index for 2018. It also ranked 45th in the Innovation Efficiency Ratio, jumping from the 81st position in the previous year.
This came as part of the a mid-year report submitted by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli's government, concerning efforts made by the state during the first half of the fiscal year 2018/2019 to improve the technological and research system.
According to the Global Innovation Index (GII) for 2018, Egypt ranks 16th among the 30 lower-middle income economies in the index, and 17th among the 19 countries in Northern Africa and Western Asia.
The GII gives detailed metrics about 126 countries representing 90.8 percent of the world's population, according to the GII website, concerning the innovation performance of these countries. The index is published by New York-based Cornell University, the international business school of INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organization.
The government's mid-year report said that Egypt has spent LE 19.9 billion ($1.15 billion) to support scientific research, adding that the North African country managed to raise the number of published international research to 20,000.
According to the ranking, Cairo University remains the top university in Egypt in 2019, ranked in 20 subject tables. Also, Cairo's Ain Shams University raised its representation from one department ranked in 2018 to as many as nine departments in 2019.
He added that the university's magazine will become an international magazine, while efforts will be exerted in order for the university's Faculty of Mass Communication to become one of the best 500 colleges in the world in terms of different sections.
Cairo University, the mother university in Egypt, was established in 1908 in Egypt's Giza. The university has over 25 faculties and institutions in different scientific disciplines, with about 250,000 students enrolled.
Mahmoud el-Metiny, dean of Ain Sham's Faculty of Medicine, said that the faculty has jumped 50 places in the fields of biology and science.


A woman identified as Oluchi, has hanged herself, just a day after she made attempt to commit suicide by drinking a poisonous substance, but was rescued.
The incident happened yesterday, in Aku, Igbo Etiti LGA of Enugu State on Friday. According to reports, the woman was said to have suffered serious domestic violence from her husband since they wedded in 2014 which reportedly led to her developing a mental sickness.
She was later abandoned by the husband, who then moved to Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
All pleas that he should take care of her mental health fell on deaf ears.
However, on Thursday, Oluchi took a poisonous substance to end it all, but was rescued, only to hang herself yesterday.
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I'm here with another installment of our ongoing #howtowrite series, sharing a guide to cornerstone content.
When you started your first blog, did you know about cornerstone content?
I didn't. As a more informed SEO blogger, I'm now transitioning my digital property to include cornerstone content strategy.
When I started my blog in 2013, I grew it naturally: I wrote about the niche I liked, interacted and promoted in my niche, and enlisted other writers to grow the site. In 2015, I started to clean up and improve my SEO; I also began using the Yoast SEO WordPress plugin. This plugin told me all about cornerstone content and how to more effectively structure my site.
Cornerstone content is strong, informative content on a keyword or key phrase relating to your site's niche.
This is the page you want to carefully, naturally, and deliberately rank in SERPs (search engine results pages), and most other content points to it (via links) and relies on it for sustainability.
"Cornerstone content should be the content that is closest to the mission of your website. I think you should take some time to think about what it is you are doing and which posts or pages on your website are the most important. If you are to point three or four texts on your website, which texts would that be? I think you should extend and improve upon those pages and posts and really make the most out of these pages.
I couldn't run an effective WordPress blog without the Yoast SEO plugin. When I blog and schedule posts on my site, Yoast frequently suggests choosing a different focus keyword because the one I have selected is already being used as a focus keyword, often for a post that ranks well. Yoast advises me to check out their piece on cornerstone content for more information.
This has caused me to rethink my content strategy – but it's raised more questions than answers. If I'm going for a comparatively low-competition keyword like "LARP," should I really diversify my focus keyword selection?
I've since started paying more attention, and although I haven't mapped out a detailed strategy, I'm going for long tail keywords like "LARP tips," "LARP interviews," and "LARP costumes" as they apply.
I created my website about women in geek culture before I got serious about my SEO game. I wrote SEO copy well – and naturally – but was using a free WordPress theme with lots of bugs and limited tools. Every week, I spend time writing and revising titles and meta descriptions that the Yoast SEO plugin identifies as nonexistent, weak, or duplicate. Little by little, I improve my SEO.
Keep your keyword strategy in mind as you build out resource libraries. Your on-site resource libraries are excellent inbound marketing strategies, so your on and off-site blog posts on related topics should direct readers to them.
If you're like me, you may think that building out a huge content strategy is a little intimidating when you don't have many resources. However, even a solo act can focus on cornerstone content via an article series.
This #HowtoWrite content series, for example, is written and created by a small team. In the future, we'll point back to this useful content, hopefully helping the #HowToWrite series pages rank as cornerstone content.
While it's always best practice to update your content as things change, evergreen cornerstone content is a solid strategy. If you're going to invest time in pointing search engines towards specific content, you want it to hold value in the long run.
Should You Compete With Your Own Content for a Keyword?
What if your niche is pretty specific? What if you already dominate it? I rank pretty well for specific niche keywords, and the Yoast SEO plugin always tells me to rethink my focus keyword because one of my existing pages already has that focus keyword. I kind of want to be greedy. Why settle for the top search result if I could get more than one on that first SERP? I asked Van de Rakt if it's better to rank multiple pages in a long tail niche keyword, or expand into ranking a more competitive keyword using cornerstone content.
"I think you should do both. If you are dominating, you could aim to rank for more 'head terms.' Long tail niche keywords remain important though," advises Van de Rakt.
Long Tail or Short Tail for Cornerstone Content?
This depends on your business goal, your content spend, and the amount of competition in your niche. A careful analysis can help, but ultimately, you know your business and field better than anyone.
I aim for 75% analysis, 25% heart – that means most of my strategy is based on hard data about what works, but I leave myself ample room to explore the content and communities I'm passionate about. This is where experimentation and innovation happen – and it's a great way to bolster less risky cornerstone content with relevant links.
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Lewis Hamilton is designing eyewear for Police
Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton is set to launch his own eyewear capsule collection for Police as part of the brand's sponsorship deal with the British driver's Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport racing team.
Eyewear brand Police, owned by Veneto-based manufacturer De Rigo, stated that the brand's logo would be visible on both sides of the helmets of drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas and in the pit garage, as well as appearing on the team's marketing activities.
In addition, Hamilton, who is a Formula One five-time World Champion, will debut a capsule collection of glasses, as the brand states that he is known for using "eyeglasses as one of his distinguishing style accessories".
Massimo De Rigo, executive vice president of the De Rigo Group, said in a statement: "We are extremely proud of this prestigious collaboration between Police, our house brand which we value particularly, and Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, the historic Formula 1 team.
"Our determination to work with Lewis as both a brand ambassador and designer presented a unique opportunity to join Police to the sports world once again, and we are proud to be partnering with the strongest team in one of the most popular sports in the world."
A preview of the Hamilton collection will be presented during the July edition of the British Grand Prix, while the full lineup is expected to make its debut in September.
"It's great to welcome Police to Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport," said Toto Wolff, Team Principal & CEO. "We're delighted to partner with a brand that embodies high quality and attention to detail – two characteristics which are incredibly important in our sport. This partnership demonstrates the growing interest of lifestyle brands in the team, which underlines the great appeal of Formula 1 as a marketing platform."
"This is proving to be a huge year for Police and our profile in global travel retail is building extremely well as a result," says Alessandra Piccin, De Rigo Duty Free & Licensor Boutiques Sales Manager . "This new collaboration with Lewis Hamilton & Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport gives us another fantastic opportunity to create brand awareness and engage with travellers from across the globe. We are discussion with a number of retailers regarding distribution with supporting promotions and activation support, details of which will be announced in due course."
This isn't Hamilton's first foray into fashion, the Formula 1 driver launched a fashion collection with Tommy Hilfiger for autumn/winter 2018, which was also an extension of the designer brand being named the official apparel partner for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport.
Valtteri Bottas, 2019 Spanish Grand Prix
Paris Fashion Week is always a vibe. So many people from different walks of life, a great place to gain inspiration and ideas for future thinking. I'm wearing my first glasses collection that I designed with Police. I'm excited for you to see. Coming very soon. @policelifestyle
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On the 25th Oct 2018, the Farm Debt Mediation Bill was officially withdrawn.
Members who attended the RITANZ Annual Conference in Auckland this year may recall Steve Flynn's presentation strongly questioning the outcome in the Western Australian case of Hamersley v Forge, which involved the important issue of the inter-relationship between insolvency set off and PPSA. Steve's subsequent article can be found at (2018) 29 JBFLP 175.


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How to recruit volunteers for political campaigns: 10 steps
Organizing political volunteers is hard work, requiring leadership & careful planning. Learn our 10 key steps to successful organizing.
Organizing dozens or hundreds(!) of people is incredibly hard work. It requires deft leadership and careful planning. That said, successful organizing generally follows these 10 key steps:
1) Understand the need. It is hard to organize in a vacuum. From an electoral perspective, a given district will have a defined universe of voters and targets. Your group (and you!) will be much more motivated if you are striving to hit a known, substantiated goal. For example: District X is modeled to have 1,200 persuasion targets. If my group could talk to those targets, we'd expect to generate 100+ votes for our candidate. That could make a huge impact on this race.
2) Understand your baseline capacity. The size of your email or Facebook group is a good start to understanding the total potential of your group, but it may be a poor indicator of current potential. How many of us have a list of thousands, but only a handful of folks who show up to events? Check out this turnout worksheet and guide for more.
3) Build community and loyalty. People will do more work when they feel loyalty to the community and its leader(s). In-person interactions are still worth more than digital engagement. How long ago was your last meeting or house party? What did you do to make that event enticing for people? Successful events have accountability to a clear agenda, but give room for social time after the work is done. Just because our mission is important doesn't mean we can't have fun!
4) Anchor to purpose. The members of your group (and you) are there for a reason. When was the last time you clearly articulated your story and the reason you're engaged in this movement? What personally motivates you to lead people for this purpose? When was the last time members of your group answered that question? Do people understand one another's motivations? Before asking people to do things, make sure to ask them why the outcome is important to them.
5) Develop and multiply leaders. Are there individuals within your group who can take on more? Can you divide your goals among those empowered leaders? For example, if you're trying to speak to 1,200 voters, you'll need roughly 170 shifts. Do you have 10 leaders in your group who can each commit to organizing 17 shifts between now and Election Day? The more you can delegate, the better. If people feel ownership and accountability, they will deliver at much higher levels.
6) Make a plan and scale capacity. The bulk of shifts are generally expected to happen in the last weeks of the campaign. That said, you don't want to wait until the last minute to ask people for their help. Successful campaigns will typically drive high levels of voter contact weeks before the campaigns as a "dry run" for GOTV. Make a plan to build toward your target number—and test your ability to deliver on your goals early! Make sure your group is aware of the plan and the underlying rationale, and work together to meet your goals.
7) Confirm everything. People have the best intentions, but things come up. People show up more when they think they will be missed. Phone calls are better than texts; texts are better than emails; personal is always better than mass.
8) Set expectations appropriately. Voter contact can be hard and scary. Make sure people are trained and ready. Check out these training materials and this grassroots toolkit.
9) Give recognition. Make sure you're publicly thanking those who are doing outsized work for your group. Who has committed to organize against big goals? Who has shown up week after week? Your group should be aware of these positive examples. If appropriate, you might consider listing these achievements and commitments in some public medium or "leaderboard," which we can help you build.
10) Re-anchor to purpose. You can't return frequently enough to mission and purpose. We aren't contacting voters because it's fun; we are contacting voters because it's a demonstration of our values and our community. Make sure you're constantly putting your group's work within that larger context.
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The 13th floor of Residential College
▲ English-speaking floor students who joined a cultural program
Because all the international students in POSTECH inhabit the Dormitory of International Cultural Exchange (DICE), people often regard DICE as the only place where international English is used officially. However, there is another English-speaking space in the POSTECH dormitory. It is in the highest floor of Residential College building - the newly built residence of 13 floors, simply called Dormitory 21.
The Residential College (RC) for freshmen and sophomores was founded to offer practical education and support to help young students adapt to living alone. The life of Korean high school students is usually quite subordinated to family and parents, and thus some problems such as seclusion and depression occur relating to failure in adaptation and self-management. To avoid these problems and cure them, Residential Advisors (RAs) and master professors each take care of a portion of the RC students.
In the building, an English-speaking floor is specially designed for some students who want achievement in using English. Different from the other floors whose activities promote the relationships among students and improve refinement, the English-speaking floor focuses their activities on developing communication via English and other accompanying features related to such training.
The main participation program in the 13th floor has been its 'English Program', conducted twice a week. In that, students discuss freely in English about anything prepared by leaders. Short speech competitions and studying groups were planned, too. Like DICE, in the 13th floor students absent are given penalty points, and can finally be evicted. Other similar activities have been executed on other floors.
This year, 2010, is the third year of operating the English-speaking floor, and many changes have been attempted. Now English activities are mainly required, except cultural activities, because of overloading. Also English activities are divided into three - practical English, discussion English, and examination English. Practical English means overall usage of English, including at all meetings. Discussion English can be covered by the ordinary 'English Program'. Then, for examination English, a TOEFL vocabulary study group has been organized and trial TOEFL tests are being prepared. The residents were divided into two groups so that RAs could efficiently manage all students. Program leaders are now fully composed of students who experienced residence abroad.
Initially, the foundation of the English-speaking area was sudden and there was not much preparation. Related to this, RA Lee Sang-hyun, now in his third semester as an RA, said "The well-organized current system has been constructed in just five semesters. In the future, it is likely to be a better environment for students to use English freely." Besides DICE, the English-speaking floor in the RC will assist in the internationalization of POSTECH.
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Lois Siegel taught Animation, Photography, Modern Cinema and Documentary Film at John Abbott College,
Film Production at Concordia University (Montreal),
and English at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
Once upon a time, the people listed below
with an asterisk *
were students in her classes or
attended her John Abbott College Film Club
As well, several films are included produced
by her students at the University of Ottawa,
Video Production Classes
(towards the bottom of the page).
Steve Campanelli* and Glen MacPherson*
Daniel Villeneuve*, Glen Macpherson*, Lois Siegel
Yves Barrier*
Sir George Williams University
Advertising, Corporate, Image Bank
Tyrone Benskin*
Vice-President - ACTRA National
Black Theatre Workshop
Elected Member of Parliament
in the Jeanne-Le Ber riding,
Montreal, Quebec, May 2, 2011
Neil Blevins *
Film Animator
Emeryville, California
Neil Blevins
Before Neil Blevins moved to Marina Del Rey, in 1999, he had always lived in Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada. He was 26-years-old and he left Canada, possibly for good, to work in the film industry in California.
He first worked for Blur Studios in Venice.
Blur's work: "Hellraiser 4," shots for "Deep Rising," the "hell" sequence for South Park, the movie, several episodes of the cartoon "Johnny Quest," and tons of commercials.
Then Neil landed a job at Pixar and has never looked back.
He became a technical director on "The Incredibles,"
directed by Brad Bird, who also directed
"The Iron Giant." "The Incredibles is an action-adventure, comedy about a family of superheroes.
Neil also worked on Cars, Wall-e, Up, Toy Story 3, Cars 2, Brave, The Good Dinosaur, as well as about a dozen short films
for Pixar. He is currently working on Incredibles 2.
Geoff Bowie
Back Lanes Studios
Geoff Bowie is a documentary filmmaker working in English and French. His most recent work is My Heart is Like a Bomb (Doc Zone on French CBC, 52 minutes, 2014). He wrote and directed Courage (2012 NFB) about the growing gap between the 1% and the majority in Canada focusing on the working poor in Ontario. Other work includes the feature length Waiting for My Real Life about the obesity epidemic in North America; for the CBC's series The Nature of Things: Ghosts of Futures Past: Tom Berger in the North about the Mackenzie Valley pipeline; The Hospital at the End of the Earth about the Aral Sea environmental disaster; and When is Enough, Enough? about a First Nation trying to slow down the growth of the Alberta oil sands. His feature length The Universal Clock: the Resistance of Peter Watkins is about the commodification of the documentary, and Walk Naked Singing, a documentary musical about marijuana, the state, and idealism. Several of these films have been selected for screenings at national and international film festivals, and have been nominated and won awards.
© Photo by Lois Siegel
Pierre Brault *
Jean-Claude Bustros*
Studio/Workshop
Associate Professor (Film Production)
Jean-Claude Bustros has created several short film pieces that have established him as one of the key figures in contemporary experimental cinema in Canada. His work has been screened internationally and was showcased in the landmark exhibition "Les Cinémas du Canada" at Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. He was one of the founders of Dazibao photo gallery in Montréal and the creator of the massive Pierre et Lumière photography exhibition, hosted by the Palais de la Civilisation in Montréal as part of the 350th anniversary celebrations of the city.
Experimental cinema, interactive cinema
Steve Campanelli *
Camera and Steadicam Operator
Thousand Oaks, California
Oscar Nomination for The Changeling
Camera Operator of the Year
Steadicam and Camera Operator on "Invictus"
in South Africa with Clint (2009)
How Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain
of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country
Photo by Anthony Michael Rivetti
(L-R) Director Clint Eastwood, camera operator
Steve Campanelli, 1st Assistant Camera Bill Coe,
and Actor Bee Vang on the set of Warner Brothers Pictures
and Village Roadshow Pictures drama "Gran Torino."
The film starts Clint Eastwood and is distributed by
Warner Brothers Pictures.
Tania (Steve's wife), Clint Eastwood and Steve
"Million Dollar Baby"
Cameraman Campanelli makes Clint's day
Brian Campbell*
Sir George Williams
Brian Campbell Productions
Rene de Carufel*
Commercial, Art, Workshops
Richard Ciupka
Director/Director of Photography
"Beer commercials are my specialty, if only people knew how much stuff
and time it takes to light properly a glass of brew and make appealing..."
Andrea Conway*
Andrea spent 8 years with Cirque du Soleil and toured with Saltimbanco throughout Asia, Europe and North America.
She is an actress, known for Cirque du Soleil: Solstrom (2003) and Saltimbanco (1997). Andrea has been with San Francisco's Teatro Zinzanni since 2000 (comic actress, dancer and acrobat).
With Cirque du Soleil's Saltimbanco, she created one of that show's most memorable characters, the enticing and sexy Baroque. An accomplished athlete, Andrea earned a Bronze Medal in the 1987 Pan-American Games as a member of her country's Artistic Gymnastics team.
Andrew Deskin*
Port Moody, B.C.
Originally from Montreal, Andrew Deskin has resided in and around Vancouver since 1997. After graduating from Montreal's Concordia University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinema, Andy began his film career as a props man on David Cronenberg's "Rabid."
Some of his Production Design credits include the Emmy award-winning film "A Storm in Summer," directed by Robert Wise (West Side Story, The Sound of Music); The Stick Up, directed by Rowdy Herrington (Striking Distance, Roadhouse); and Stephen King's Riding the Bullet, directed by Mick Garris (The Stand, The Shining, Masters of Horror).
He designed the television series "Cold Squad" which ran for eight years, and in 1996, he was Art Director on the Gemini-award winning miniseries "The Arrow."
He won a Gemini© award for Production Design on "Lost in the Barrens" (MOW, 1990), as well as Blizzard awards for "For the Moment" (Feature, 1992), starring Russell Crowe, and "For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down" (MOW, 1996). Most recently he was nominated for a LEO award for "When a Man Falls in the Forest" (Feature, 2006) starring Sharon Stone.
Christian Duguay *
Sir George William University
In 1996, Christian Duguay directed the much-acclaimed miniseries "Million Dollar Babies,"
a Canadian-American co-productions about the Dionne quintuplets, starring Beau Bridges and Kate Nelligan. The series aired on CBC and won him a Gemini Best Director Award.
His television miniseries "Joan of Arc," CBS 1999
was nominated for 12 Emmy Awards and four Golden Globes,
including in both instances nominations for Best Miniseries and Best Director.
When not working on films, Christian also directs award-winning commercials,
including spots for Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Chrysler, General Motors,
McDonalds, the Yellow Pages and Labatt Blue Dry.
Formula One racing champion Jacques Villeneuve has announced the story of his father, Quebec racing hero Gilles Villeneuve, will be filmed by Toronto-based Capri Films. Shooting locations: Quebec and Italy.
Gilles Villeneuve died in a car crash in 1982 during the Formula One qualifying season. The film will begin 15 years later when son Jacques is preparing to race in Jerez, Portugal, the day he won the Formula One championship.
Christian Duguay will direct.
James Dunnison*
Stephan Dupuis
Stephan Dupuis is an Academy Awards winning makeup artist who won at the 59th Academy Awards for Best Makeup for the film The Fly.
Tyler Gibb*
Animation and Illustration
Howard Goldberg*
Steve Goldman*
Music Video and Film Director
Steve directed over 200 music videos. He also directed the movies Broken Bridges and Trailer Park of Terror, and several television programs. Steve died of cancer April 30, 2015.
Hunt Hoe *
Hunt Hoe won Best Director award at the Newport Beach Film Festival for the complex, sexual drama "Seducing Maarya," returned to the festival in a new film exploring the complexities of Asian male identities, gay and straight.
"Who is Albert Woo?," a film Hoe made for the National Film Board of Canada, is really the Malaysian-born director's quest to understand who he himself is. The film also features Jackie Chan in some of the movie's most unexpected and revealing scenes. Hoe is based in Montreal.
2008: From a tropical island in Thailand to the island of Montreal then Montserrat in the Caribbean, a philandering chef's search of the Zen of cooking
leads to the secret of love & divine mysteries...
1st Bite
Jeremiah Hays*
Jeremiah Hayes is a Canadian Screen Award and Gemini Award winning director, editor, and writer whose filmmaking has been honored by a prestigious Peabody Award. Three times featured at the Toronto Film Festival and once at the Sundance Film Festival, his work is known for having a compassionate eye and a style that pushes the boundaries of conventional filmmaking. Committed to films of social relevance, he has garnered numerous accolades
and awards for his work.
Martin Paul Hus*
Producer at Amerique Film
Il a entre autres travaillé avec Isabelle Hayeur, Olivier Asselin ou Isabelle Poissant au Québec, et avec Nicolas Roeg ou Amos Kollek à l'international. On devrait voir prochainement sa production intitulée Stay réalisée par Wiebke von Carolsfeld.
Will Inrig
Documentary Film Director
Teen Filmmaker First Local to Win
at Ottawa International Animation Festival
©Photo by Lois Siegel
Will Inrig's short, animated film
"The Depose of Bolskivoi Hovhannes" won the
Adobe Prize for High School Animation
This is his first animated film and tells the story of a humble shepherd
on a wind-swept heath in Armenia, whose sheep begin to conspire against him.
Inrig gained significant attention last summer with his debut feature documentary film
"The Exceptional Jivatma Valettas" that chronicles his very eccentric next-door neighbors.
The film premiered at the Library and Archives Canada.
He is currently working on another feature documentary
"The Fantastic Ballet of the Mind and Its Master," exploring the inner fantasies of the autistic mind.
The film is inspired by his younger brother who has been diagnosed with severe autism.
Inrig is working with the National Film Board of Canada through
the assistance of Oscar-winning producer Adam Symansky.
Acting as the film's executive producer is renowned Canadian filmmaker
and Order of Canada recipient Allan King ("Warrendale," "A Married Couple").
Inrig is mentored by Order of Canada recipient Alanis Obomsawin,
one of Canada's most distinguished documentary filmmakers
and Ottawa filmmaker Lois Siegel.
Inrig's first dramatic feature about an enigmatic alien landing in northern Ontario,
is also being supported by the National Film Board of Canada
"The Depose of Bolskivoi Hovhannes" was made as part of
Canterbury High School's Media Arts Program
Director: Will Inrig
Camera: Gordon Bailey
Vanessa Ireson*
Vanessa is currently working as a Video Producer at The Co-operators in Guelph after working as a camera assistant for years in the Toronto film business.
Jedrzej Jonasz*
Capital j. Films
L.A., California
Jedrzej Jonasz
"Low Budget"
Barry Julien*
Co-Executive Producer
Emily Lazar and Barry Julien, both from The Colbert Report, have been named co-executive producers
Head-Writer Colbert Report, Comic, Actor
Emmy Award Winner (2008)
Four Emmys. Three for writing and one for
Outstanding Variety Series.
Emmy Award 2008
"Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special"
Three Writers Guild of America Awards, two Peabody's and
two Producers Guild of America Awards.
3 Angels Power Film Production Inc.
Jeanne d'Arc,
Gladys Karam *
Mona Lisa Karam
Three siblings, each born in a different country:
Kuwait, Lebanon, Canada
Gladys is the host, director and producer
Jeanne is in charge of music
Mona Lisa is the art director, stylist
and camera person on location
Bill Kerrigan
Director of Photography/Camera Operator
Equestrian Martial Arts
Chris Kovach
Equestrian martial arts is the study and practice
of any and all aspects of fighting and defending
from horseback with hand-held weapons as well as archery
Charles Le Guen *
Charles Le Guen is a commercial artist who has lived and worked around the globe, creating computer-generated visual effects
for Hollywood feature films, video game cinematics,
high-end television shows, and TV commercials, since 1998.
As a Computer Graphics Supervisor, Charles has built and managed small, highly-skilled teams for feature film projects, including Immortals, Mr.Magorium's Wonder Emporium,
Stranger than Fiction, and Across the Universe.
He spent nine months working on effects for the film "Gravity."
Charles was flown to Australia for this.
Academy Award 2014: Best visual effects
When you watch the film, keep your eyes
on the three parachute shots at the climax of the film.
Those are Charles's shots. He spent nine months working on them, and they pass by in about 60 seconds.
Jason Levy*
Jason Levy is the director of post production at Apartment 11. Eh was a producer of Apartment 11's award-winning TV series Mystery Hunters for three seasons and was nominated for a Gemini Award each season. As an editor, he was nominated for a Gemini Award for his work on Popular Mechanics for Kids.
Glen MacPherson *
Glen MacPherson CSC ASC is a Director of Photography
He's a member of the International Camera Guild locals 600 & 669.
American Cinematographer
Interview with Glen MacPherson
Directed by Sylvester Stallone
Glen in Thailand on "Rambo" set
A 20th Century Chocolate Cake
Glen MacPherson (Assistant Camera), Lois Siegel (Director),
Peter Benison (Cinematographer)
Susie Mah*
Peter Mantello*
Studio/Workshop 1987
Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
My area of specialization focuses on the intersection between old/new media, conflict, and surveillance.
Combining Media studies, International Relations theories
and Data studies together with (new) media platforms
I am interested in the various feedback loops
between media, popular culture, big data
and the modern battlefield.
Co-founder and editor TheVisionMachine.com
a multi-platform project dedicated
to issues surrounding war, peace, and media.
Peter writes and makes films about media, politics and
security assemblages. His interests include Photography
filmmaking, graphic arts and game design.
After completing his degree in Media Arts and Fine Arts at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, he worked as a Contract Filmmaker at National Film Board of Canada. After that, he was Lecturer at the Department of Cinema at Concordia University and also taught at Media Communications Department at Webster University, Bangkok. Professor Mantello has been awarded with a number of Faculty and Research Grants and Projects.
Piroska Mihalka*
Photographer/Filmmaker
FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY - FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY - PORTRAITURE
Stefan Nitoslawski
Nafisseh Nazemroaya *
House of Craft
Writing and Motion Picture Services
Andrew Nevard*
Cinema Nevard
Cinema Nevard is a Montreal based company actively involved in the development, production and assistance with financing of independent fiction feature films for traditional and digital distribution.
Fiona Noakes *
Bitter State
Mark David Perry *
1979, 1981-1982 (Film Production 3)
Mark has written documentaries, commercials, advertising
and marketing videos, television movies and feature films.
His most recent screenplay is "The House Sitter,"
starring Tori Spelling.
He has also written multiple episodes of the Canada/France
"Jacques Cousteau's Ocean Tales" and numerous episodes of
the YTV/Nickelodeon hit television series
"Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
Terry Pike*
Film Animation, 1976
Taking your class, a visit you arranged for our class to visit the NFB Animation Dept. likely changed the direction of my life. On our visit to the NFB, we encountered Norman McLaren in the hallway and he invited our group into his office for a chat. He had some kind of an instructional series for students in the works at the time. I still remember him saying to us, "It's not the drawings, but what goes between them that counts the most." I thought the people working on there own short films at the NFB had the coolest jobs and had no idea before that point that one could actually make a living doing something that appeared to be so much fun. As I drove home that day, I thought
I had finally found something to pursue.
I somehow managed to survive over 30 years in the animation industry, taking me from Toronto to Ottawa, London, Dublin, Seoul, Suzhou and Vancouver. I was lucky enough to be in the business in the great resurgence of the 1990's and combined my interests of travelling in Asia with animation, ending up living and working in Seoul for about 17 years. I might be done now, or I might do another animation job in Vancouver next summer. Those years in Seoul were a lot of hours - working 6 days a week supervising productions - mostly for L.A. based studios. I even spent one semester teaching animation at Capilano University a couple of years ago. - who knows, maybe I affected
someone's future too.
Nadine Poirier
Photo by Lois Siegel
Stephen Reizes
Peter Rosenfeld
Camera and Electrical Department | Actor | Cinematographer
Peter Rosenfeld was born on May 21, 1960. He is known for his work on Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Gone Girl (2014) and American Sniper (2014).
1983 A 20th Century Chocolate Cake (assistant camera)
Motion Picture camera operator/Steadicam specialist. Over 15 years of documentary cinematography in N. America, Europe, and Asia. Speaks 4 languages:
Russian, Mandarin, French and English.
Jorge Ruiz*
Karen (Douglass) Sadler *
Art Life Productions
Art Life Productions is a company committed
to generating arts events,
programs and initiatives that cause a new vision
for the future of art in our communities.
Art Life Productions encourages a lifetime of learning excellence and arts enrichment
for all ages and backgrounds.
Karen Sadler has fifteen years of creative and executive experience
in advertising, music, film and artist development.
She first worked in commercial music video production
and had a company for 9 years in NYC
finding and developing directors, representing, producing, executive producing.
She did a lot of hip-hop videos, some alternative, rock, and pop.
Lois Siegel was invited by Karen Sadler, founder of ArtLife Productions,
a company committed to generating arts events, programs and initiatives
creating a new vision for the future of art in communities.
Ottawa filmmaker Lois Siegel appeared as a guest speaker
at Douglas Anderson High School of the Arts, Jacksonville, Florida.
For three days, she taught film animation (drawing on film, flipbooks)
and spoke about filmmaking and photography.
Douglas Anderson is an award-winning institution on Florida's North Atlantic coast
focusing on film, music, theatre and the visual arts.
©Photo by Karen Sadler, ArtLife Productions
Phil Stilman*
Post Production Supervisor - freelance
After apprenticing in the cutting room on the original "Kids of Degrassi Street" in 1984 and then onSaturday morning cartoons e.g. "Star Wars" for Lucasfilm, I ultimately cut my teeth supervising post pro...
"Ghost Story"
J. Allen Suddeth *
Fight Coach
Film and Theatre
Glenridge, New Jersey
J. Allen Suddeth (far right)
The National Stage Combat Workshops
Cowboy Project
J. Allen Suddeth teaches at NYU and at Rutgers
in the acting programs.
He also flies all over the country to stage fights
in major theaters in Denver, Baltimore
D.C., Seattle and elsewhere.
Allen has worked professionally for the past 30 years
based in the New York area.
He is ranked as one of ten recognized Fight Masters
in the U.S. by the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD).
Allen has taught for 10 years at the SAFD National
Advanced, and Teacher Training Workshops.
He is the author of Fight Directing for the Theater
published by Heinemann Press.
The Fight Master
Steve Surjik *
Steve Surjik directed the hit series "Kids in the Hall" and then made his feature debut
in Hollywood with "Wayne's World 2," starring Michael Myers.
For television, he has directed the award-winning "Little Criminals and the Emmy-nominated "Weapons of Mass Distraction," starring Ben Kingsley and Gabriel Byrne.
He also directed episodes for "X Files" "Da Vinci's Inquest," "Road to Avonlea," and Flashpoint.
Andre Turpin *
An experimental risk-taking director of photography, Andre shot Denis Villeneuve's two features "Maelstrom" (2000) and "Un 32 Aout sur terre" (1998). Quebec's current auteur-du-chou
also directed a segment for Roger Frappier's 1996 anthology film, "Cosmos." Andre's other cinematography credits include Jean-Philippe Duval's "Matron et mar" (1999) Arto Paragamian's "Because Why" (1993), and Marc Andre Fornier's surrealistic autobiographical
"La Comtesse in Baton Rouge" (1995). Produced by the indie company Jeux d'Ombres,
Andre's first try at a feature, "Zigrail," tracks a fictional Andre, played by another Andre (Charlebois), as he races around Europe in search of his pregnant girlfriend and ultimately himself.
"Une Crabe dans la tête" is Turpin's second feature.
Prix Jutra
André Turpin - Incendies
Daniel Villeneuve *
Rick Vincent *
CEO + Creative Director
Makers of CD-ROM software for children covering several subjects,
in English, French and other languages.
New York Festivals Announces Grand Winners of the
2007 Interactive New Media Advertising Awards
Top honors for Best Application was awarded to Kutoka Interactive of Montreal, Canada
for their educational CD-ROM "Didi & Ditto: The Wolf King."
The colorful learning package targeting first-grade children uses games
and hands-on activities to promote literacy, problem solving and other skills
which make up the first-grade curriculum.
Rit Wallis
Editor Hollywood
Kathy Wolf*
Kathy is a supervisor in the entertainment industry - with a proven successful track record producing feature films, television series, MOW's, documentaries, reality, puppet shows, and music production.
Steve Woloshen *
Scratch Film Artist
Steven has created many animated and experimental film projects and has been invited to show his work at festivals, screenings and galleries. He has been commissioned to create short animated pieces for other filmmakers, artists and events. Steven is currently living in Montreal.
Scratch Film: drawing directly onto each frame of the film to be projected as in the tradition of National Film Board of Canada filmmaker Norman McLaren.
Ryan Young*
Media Arts and Communications Professor
City Councillor Ste.-Anne-de-Bellevue
President of the town's environment committee
Host and co-producer of Ecolibrium, the only English-language environmental radio show in the province of Quebec
November 2009 - Present
Video Production I
Instructor: Lois Siegel
Two-Minute Documentary Portraits
and Short Fiction Films
"Passion on the Dance Floor"
by Len Smirnova and Jenna Pietrantonio
"First Fastest Runner"
by Jordan Kawai, Dave Jones, and Rachel Croft
Tommy Des Brisay
"Jazzy Chef"
Film by Eric Cherpit and Erin Sidhu
Featuring Kevin Clement, Head Chef and Co-Owner of Cafe 129
Aylmer (Gatineau), Quebec
"Outside the Box"
by Eileen Reid, Emanuela Campanella, Emily Feist
Bhat Boy
Behind the Burger: The Works Gourmet Bistro Burger
By Lindsay Arbour, Deanna Derrick, and Jesseca Truong
Founder Ion Aimers
"Simply Biscotti"
by Candice Brodeur and Meghan McGrail
Photo by Candice Brodeur
Rosa Pino
"The Market Bell Ringer"
Film by Jamie Hammond, JC Pinheiro, Jasmine Leese
"The Market Bell Ringer," Market Manager
Lansdowne Park, Ottawa
Linda's involved in the general organization of the market
and monitoring all the booths.
"Jammin' with Ben Jammin'"
By Hassan Hamdan and Kristen Ricketts
We Found Love on a Spotted Page
by Rene Ashby, Hananeel Robertson,
Scott Baird, Lisann George, Taylor Lay
The Sandy Hill
by Chelsea Ceci, Jamie Champagne, Nicole Iantorno
Melissa Presz, Sarah Whiteside
The five housemates of The Sandy Hill are back for another season of GTL, fist pumping, and battling grenades. But this time the party has moved to Ottawa. The area code may have changed, but the drama remains the same. The Instigation can't help but stir things up; Chelsea 'Bacardi' juice will be flowin'; 'Princess' will be bossin'; Nicole 'Sweatheart' and Jamie 'Meathead' picked up right where they left off, on Season Two of "The Sandy Hill."
Boom Box Day
by Sara Lawrence, Leeza Gulliver, Kiran Chandani,
Molly Aylwin, Rami El-Belbesi
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More turkey hands, but this time they fan together to make a turkey tail. We love our very own garden variety Torrey pine cones.
Today I am thankful for humor: Jokes, the good and bad ones, absurdity, puns, nonsense, wit, observations, randomness. Thank you, thank you, thank you for making me laugh. I find humor in a lot of situations, from many different sources, but I must make special mention of my brother, Bill.
Dear Bill, you are so very, very funny. And I see that you are sharing your sweet, twisted, and daring style with your son. The legacy lives on. Long live ¡Memo Libre!
two magnificent photos, the spirit of which is not lost on this viewer. Please thank your brother for my morning chuckle!
AWESOME! That is a seriously bold move! I can't stop chuckling at the pic!


Google says its new Nexus 7 tablet is thin and light, and a quick glance at the product suggests this is true--well, the "thin" part, at least. It's hard to gauge a tablet's weight until you're actually holding the thing in your hands.
Since many users who own 7-inch tablets use their slates as e-readers, lighter is always better. As much as I like my new (3rd-generation) iPad, it gets heavy in a hurry, particularly when I'm holding it for longer than a few minutes at a time.
Of course, 7-inch slates are lighter than the 9.7-inch iPad. But which of the leading 7-inchers is the lightest? It appears that Google Nexus 7 wins that honor, but only by a feather or two over the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0.
By comparison, the 3rd-gen iPad weighs in at 652 grams (23 ounces or 1.44 pounds).
Does an ounce or two really matter? I think it does when you're using a tablet for extended periods. Most users probably wouldn't detect a significant weight difference between the Nook Tablet, Kobo Vox, and Kindle Fire--after all, a half-ounce separates the three. Bu they might find the Nexus 7 noticeably lighter than, say, the Fire.
The next-generation Kindle Fire is rumored to arrive as early as next month, but there's no word yet on its heftiness. Will the new Fire challenge the Nexus 7 for the featherweight crown?


Did you know that listening to sad music when you are sad can actually makes you feel happier? This is mainly because you can hear the artist belt out the blues without fear or shame… and that is pretty cathartic. Sad music that you can relate to inadvertently gives you a feeling of being consoled and that you aren't alone. When we are feeling really down it can be difficult to want to even talk about it, especially when we hear that we should 'just cheer up' or 'get over it and move on' There is a sense of a safe space right between our headphones that is unmatched.
If you are like most people that are going through a break up, experience a death or some bad news, it can feel like a huge relief to hear music that helps you put into words how you are truly feeling, without actually having to do that part yourself. Emotions are a tricky thing for many, and can be overwhelming. Sad music takes away the urgency to solve all of our issues in one day! Music can give you ample space and time to accept what has happened.
We gathered up some of the greatest sad songs that we could find. So the next time you just need to get it all out, or are faced with difficult times… you just have to plug in your head phones, follow the web link, curl up with your dog, and enjoy a well deserved private moment to work through whatever is troubling you.
If you have ever been faced with making a difficult decision, or care for someone who struggles with addiction, then you know it's a pretty lonely feeling. This song tells such a story as that, while keeping keeping a feeling of hope alive and putting your best foot forward by loving yourself.
Life can leave your head spinning and leave you questioning if you even know what on earth you are doing! We can feel like the weight of world is upon us, and no one else understands. This song expresses that vulnerability we all feel time to time, and reminds you that not one of us is perfect, we are human.
The title says it all! R.E.M. tells us that life is worth living, no matter what! Sometimes just being reminded to 'hang in there', that everyone has struggles from time to time, but it's never forever. This song is really great to sing along with if you are looking for some encouragement.
This song is a true gift from San Diego, California rock band, Delta Spirit. It's a tearjerker that beautifully tackles everything we feel when a loved one passes away. Death is a delicate time for all of us and coping with the loss of someone is a monumental process. These lyrics offer comfort when we need it most.
Have some tissues handy, because addiction is one of the most tragic things one could ever face. Many people get help, and try to make better choices than they used to, but fall off of the wagon a few times in the process. This song tells the story of Demi Lovato's struggle with alcohol and how it makes her feel like she let herself down. Thankfully, she is doing a lot better now, with the support of her loved ones!
The country songstress flawlessly covers what it feels like to pretend everything is okay, even when it really is not. We all of heard the phrase 'ugly crying'. It refers to raw, unbridled emotion. Carrie tells us to face the truth of our emotions, and to not be afraid to cry…and to be a snotty, blubbering mess while we are at it.
Falling in love with someone is probably one of the bravest things we could do. Add to it that everyone is afraid of getting hurt by the object of our affections. If our past experiences are anything to go by, it really hurts! Sasha's song is easy on the ears and totally relatable! She shares what it feels like to get strong feelings for someone but feeling too scared to get close.
This gut wrenching ballad tackles the raw emotion Clapton felt after losing his young child. He sings about his fear about what happens in the after life. This song is perfect to listen to when you are feeling lonely after experience death. It can offer you hope and healing that is bittersweet.
Simply put, music moves us. It offers us a connection to emotion, and gives us a healthy way to distract ourselves for even just four minutes at a time. It is undeniable that there is even a certain beauty behind a sorrowful melody. If you are looking for a way to deal with the burdens life that doesn't make things worse, then listening to some sad music could work for you! Then, once our initial feelings of gloom have abated, we can turn back to our happy music, with lifted spirits and a renewed sense of self!


This calculator will take input of two sets LAB color values, typicaly provided by a spectrophotometer and calculate the difference expressed as Delta E.
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Enter the L, a and b values on the Reference side of the color you are trying to match to.
These might be provided by a spectrophotmeter, or known Lab value for a color such as a Pantone swatch.
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Again, these might be provided by a spectrophotmeter, or known Lab value for a color to determine its similarity to the reference color.
The Delta of the specified method will display under the color chips.
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If you are thinking "how do I do this" it probably looks like a huge impenetrable forest of issues that has likely caused many before you to give up at this point or adopt a timid "we'll dip our toe in the water" approach. That means you won't get very far along the route to the double your profit destination we have in mind. This article will start to turn that forest into steps that you can execute till they become habit and comparatively easy. This is a Yellow Belt (beginner) degree of difficulty.


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Q: SQL get count per repeated value in field I have a table similar to the following. (The addresses are actually IP addresses, but I'm keeping them short for simplicity.)
| Cust ID | Address |
| ------- | --------|
|    1    | 111     |
|    1    | 222     |
|    1    | 222     |
|    1    | 222     |
|    1    | 333     |
|    2    | 444     |
|    2    | 444     |
|    2    | 444     |
|    2    | 444     |
|    3    | 555     |

I would like to get the count of the different addresses for each customer, sorted by the counts:
| Cust ID | Address | Count |
| ------- | --------|-------|
|    2    | 444     |   4   |
|    1    | 222     |   3   |
|    1    | 111     |   1   |
|    1    | 333     |   1   |
|    3    | 555     |   1   |

So, per above, customer 2 used the address 444 four times; customer 1 used the address 222 three times, 111 one time, and 333 one time; etc.
FWIW, I'm using mysql.
Thanks!

A: To aggregate the frequency of addresses among the different customer IDs, a GROUP BY clause is used in conjunction with a COUNT clause to determine the frequency of addresses for each customer ID.
SELECT Cust ID, Address, COUNT(*) FROM TABLE GROUP BY Cust ID, Address ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC;

Please note that for the GROUP BY clause, both Cust ID and Address are being grouped. COUNT(*) is being used to count all entries that appear within each group.
As another example, if one only wished to determine the frequency of addresses while disregarding which customer ID they belong to - one would only group by Address:
SELECT Address, COUNT(*) FROM TABLE GROUP BY Address ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC;

However, grouping by multiple columns (as in the first case) narrows down the results to ensure that aggregates across both of the relevant columns are considered.

A: SELECT   CustID, Address, COUNT(*)
FROM     Cust
GROUP BY CustID, Address
ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC;

A good rule of thumb when using GROUP BY is to pass it all selected columns not used by COUNT.

A: select CustId,
Address,
count(Address) as Count
from Cust
Group by CustId, Address;

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