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"No One Ever Told Me That Grief Felt So Like Fear" – C.S. Lewis
parango in Uncategorized November 17, 2016 June 3, 2017 938 Words
This piece was written in the aftermath of the election and set aside as I hoped to cultivate a more balanced and less emotionally laden view of the nation and its future. I publish it now because I am even more aware of the privileged cocoon within which I lived for most of my life. My political preferences have not changed, but I have a greater understanding of how my notions of good government are attached to the particular experiences I have encountered.
So, November, 2016:
I can't tell whether I'm caught by grief or bound by fear; it probably doesn't make much difference, particularly because I am beset by other equally powerful and confusing emotions as well.
At the top of the undigested emotional inventory is a profound sense of loss. The sun continues to come up, football games are still broadcast five nights a week, the stock market has not imploded, but I feel a stranger in this land. The world has changed in a moment; up is down, right is wrong, all bets are off.
I don't belong.
The pundits can dissect and analyze election results state by state, group by group, but in the end, I simply feel foolish; I'm a sucker, a bozo who spent the last fifty years happily knitting blankets for the deck chairs on the Titanic. I enjoyed an adult lifetime reading the Atlantic and the New Yorker, listening to NPR, watching PBS and assuming that modernity, good sense, good will, and the march of progress would inevitably pull the nation to increasingly inclusive and compassionate citizenship.
Seriously. What was I thinking?
I have been obliquely grateful for the opportunities life has presented me, occasionally considering myself relatively privileged. As I consider myself now, however, I take stock with sharper focus. I always expected that I would go to college, that my kids would go to college, that I'd own a house, and then a better house. I found a rewarding career and thought most folks could too. My kids would be safe, find good jobs, and take up meaningful lives. I counted on savings and pension to support me and my wife in retirement and expected that access to quality health care would always be near at hand.
I assumed the many of the great battles had been fought although some remained to be won, that while much work remained to be done, prejudice of all sorts would give way to understanding. I spoke to no one who did not celebrate diversity; we all saw the danger of Climate Change and assumed we'd convince the world to work with us to check it.
The families I know accepted whatever identity their children were born to assume and loved them without condition. Globalization had its perils, to be sure, but working globally to address global issues seemed infinitely more productive than looking across a great divide at nations struggling to survive. I knew people of denominational and sectarian faith, but they too believed that an enlightened planet demanded spiritual comfort rather than dogma.
Yes, I knew that partisan squabbling had paralyzed government; I blamed that on obstructionists in the other party, clinging to the hope that dissension in their ranks would cause them to crumble as my political banners flew high.
And that was the world I lived in.
I feel both grief and fear as acts of hatred follow the election; we are an uglier nation than we were only a year ago. I am a dark-skinned person with a Spanish name; even in my privileged world, I was on guard to some degree, wondering when the trapdoor would open and my ethnicity would determine the ways in which I was seen. My children look less Hispanic, but they carry my name. I live in a blue state, but Klansmen have become bold, even in my small town. When I pull into a gas station outside of the liberal cities, I worry.
I was obtuse when the Trump campaign caught fire, completely minimizing the conviction held by so many that their country had been taken from them. It never occurred to me that what I saw as progress others saw as loss. I'm ashamed of my hubris and saddened by my powerlessness to help bridge the divide.
In better times, I was fond of quoting Edward Everett Hale, an Unitarian minister and author who said, " "I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do." I find comfort in that quotation and will work to find what it is that I can do.
I also admire Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., the jurist, not the autocrat, who said, "Beware how you take away hope from another human being." I do feel myself implicated in having taken hope away from other human beings, and believe my work may be in trying to restore hope where and when I can. It was also Holmes, the Supreme Court Justice, who wrote, "If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate."
That principle is very much as risk in these troubled days, but it is just that task that I feel compelled to take on, even as grief and fear threaten to reduce me further, to a shadow person, merely hiding in a world that changed.
Hey! Somebody Pass The Glyptodon And The Stuffing!
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When we first reviewed the SimpliSafe home security system, we liked the easy-to-install package enough to give it a Editors' Choice award. But one knock against SimpliSafe was the company's lack of a camera in its security offerings. This year, SimpliSafe will address that need with the addition of a wireless camera to its lineup of home security products.
SimpliSafe displayed its new camera Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The camera is currently in beta testing, but is set for release in February or March. The final price hasn't been set, but SimpliSafe estimates that the camera will cost around $200, which is comparable to other security cameras such as the Nest Cam and the Samsung SmartCam HD Pro. But monitoring will cost an additional monthly fee that starts at $15.
The SimpliSafe camera looks similar to other models we've seen. The lens is mounted on a rectangular body that hovers slightly above where it sits. It's pretty light, too -- about as heavy as a deck of cards. I'll be eager to see if the SimpliSafe camera will be as praise-worthy as the company's previous products.
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>Women as Constitution-Makers
>Women and Constitution-Making in Post-Communist Romania*
Women as Constitution-Makers
Case Studies from the New Democratic Era
Notes on Contributors
Women's Movements and the Recognition of Gender Equality in the Constitution-Making Process in Morocco and Tunisia (2011–2014)
Women and Constitution-Making in Post-Communist Romania*
Re-Living Yesterday's Battles
Women's Participation in Peace-Building and Constitution-Making in Somalia
Feminist Legalism
Women and Constitution-Making in Turkey
Egypt's Tale of Two Constitutions
Dialogic Democracy, Feminist Theory and Women's Participation in Constitution-Making
2 - Women and Constitution-Making in Post-Communist Romania*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 March 2019
Elena Brodeală and
Silvia Şuteu
Ruth Rubio-Marín and
Helen Irving
Ruth Rubio-Marín
Explores the history of women's participation in constitution-making in post-communist Romania, and identifies five key 'constitutional moments' since 1989, finding that, in none, was a gender agenda explicitly pursued, nor did a critical mass of women, let alone feminists, rise up as key actors in the process of constitution-making or reform. The more recent constitutional moments, however, include a turn to popular participation that has created some space for women's issues to be debated. Developments post-2015, the authors argue, may yet galvanise activists to engage more deeply with policy-making and to learn to articulate their demands in constitutional terms. To explain these conclusions, the chapter traverses the history of the development of women's rights in Romania, and provides background on the state of, or rather lack of, a feminist movement in pre-1989 Romania and its very recent fledgling beginnings.
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Dragan, F., 8 July 2017. 'Oana Baluta: CpF wants to impose a totalitarian vision regarding people's personal choices (Oana Baluta: CpF vrea sa impuna o viziune totala asupra alegerilor private ale oamenilor)', Romania Libera, www.romanialibera.ro/special/documentare/oana-baluta--cpf-vrea-sa-impuna-o-viziune-totala-asupra-alegerilor-private-ale-oamenilor-457127.
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Filip, R., 8 June 2017. 'I attended the launching of RESPECT Platform to find out how will they stop the Coalition for Family (Am fost la lansarea platformei RESPECT ca sa aflu cum vor opri Coalitia pentru Familie', Vice, www.vice.com/ro/article/ywzw9w/ce-e-platforma-respect.
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'The new constitution: The amendment according to which family is based on the freely-consented marriage between a man and a woman, adopted (Noua constitutie: Amendamentul conform caruia familia se intemeiaza pe casatoria liber consimtita intre un barbat si o femeie, adoptat)', Mediafax, 5 June 2013, www.mediafax.ro/social/noua-constitutie-amendamentul-conform-caruia-familia-se-intemeiaza-pe-casatoria-liber-consimtita-intre-un-barbat-si-o-femeie-adoptat-10930830.
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The Official Website of E-Romanja NGO, www.e-romnja.ro.
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The Official Website of the Association 'Parents for religious teaching (Parinti pentru Ora de Religie)', www.oradereligie.ro.
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The Official Website of the European Network of Legal Experts in Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination, www.equalitylaw.eu/country/romania.
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The Official Website of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, www.cdep.ro.
The Official Website of the Society for Contraceptive and Sexual Education (Societatea de Educatie Contraceptiva si Sexuala), www.secsromania.wordpress.com.
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The 1938 Constitution, published in the Official Gazette no. 48 of 27 February 1938 (Constitutia din 1938, publicata in Monitorul Oficial nr. 48 din 27 februarie 1938).
The 1948 Constitution, published in the Official Gazette no. 87a of 13 April 1948 (Constitutia din 1948, publicata in Monitorul Oficial nr. 87 bis din 13 aprilie 1948).
The 1952 Constitution, published in the Official Bulletin no. 1 of 27 September 1952 (Constitutia din 1952, publicata in Buletinul Oficial nr. 1 din 27 septembrie 1952).
The 1965 Constitution, published in the Official Bulletin no. 1 of 21 August 1965 (Constitutia din 1965, publicata in Buletinul Oficial nr. 1 din 21 august 1965).
The 1991 Constitution, published in the Official Gazette no. 233 of 21 November 1991, republished with amendments in the Official Gazette no. 767 of 31 October 2003 (Constitutia din 1991, publicata in Monitorul Oficial nr. 233 din 21 noiembrie 1991, republicata cu modificari in Monitorul Oficial nr. 767 din 31 octombrie 2003).
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Decree 31/1990 on paid leave for the care of children aged up to one year, published in the Official Gazette no. 12 of 19 January 1990 (Decretul 31/1990 privind concediul platit pentru ingrijirea copiilor in varsta de pana la un an, publicat in Monitorul Oficial nr. 12 din 19 ianuarie 1990).
Decree 51/1990 on the seniority in the workplace of the working wife who is accompanying her husband sent in a permanent mission abroad, published in the Official Gazette no. 20 of 6 February 1990 (Decree 51/1990 privind vechimea in munca a sotiei salariate care isi urmeaza sotul trimis in misiune permanenta in strainatate, publicat in Monitorul Oficial nr. 20 din 6 februarie 1990).
Decree 60/1990 on the retirement with age reduction of some employees, published in the Official Gazette no. 21 of 8 February 1990 (Decree 60/1990 privind pensionarea cu reducere de varsta a unor salariati, publicat in Monitorul Oficial nr. 21 din 8 februarie 1990).
Decree 81/1990 on the Provisional Council of National Union, published in the Official Gazette no. 27 of 10 February 1990 (Decretul 81/1990 privind Consiliul Provizoriu de Uniune Nationala, publicat in Monitorul Oficial nr. 27 din 10 februarie 1990).
Decree 92/1990 on the election of the Parliament and of the President of Romania, published in the Official Gazette no. 35 of 18 March 1990 (Decretul 92/1990 pentru alegerea Parlamentului şi a Presedintelui Romaniei, publicat in Monitorul Oficial nr. 35 din 18 martie 1990).
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Law 189/1999 on the exercise of the legislative initiative by citizens, published in the Official Gazette no. 611 of 14 December 1999 (Legea 189/1999 privind exercitarea initiativei legislative de catre cetateni, publicata in Monitorul Oficial nr. 611 din 14 decembrie 1999).
Law 429/2003 regarding the revision of the Romanian Constitution, published in the Official Gazette no. 669 of 22 September 2003 (Legea 429/2003 de revizuire a Constitutiei Romaniei, publicata in Monitorul Oficial nr. 669 din 22 septembrie 2003).
Decision 80/2014 of the Constitutional Court of Romania on the legislative proposal on the revision of the Romanian Constitution, published in the Official Gazette, Part I, no. 246 of 7 April 2014 (Decizia 80/2014 a Curtii Constitutionale a Romaniei asupra propunerii legislative privind revizuirea Constitutiei Romaniei, publicata in Monitorul Oficial, Partea I, nr. 246 din 7 April 2014).
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Decision 539/2018 of the Constitutional Court of Romania on the constitutionality of the law to review the Romanian Costitution, published in the Official Gazette no. 798 of 27 September 2016 (Decizia 539/2018 asupra constitutionalitatii Legii de revizuire a Constitutiei Romaniei, publicata in Monitorul Oficial nr. 798 din 18 septembrie 2018).
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*All links were accessed and functioning on 15 July 2018, unless otherwise stated.
By Elena Brodeală, Silvia Şuteu
Edited by Ruth Rubio-Marín, Universidad de Sevilla, Helen Irving, University of Sydney
Book: Women as Constitution-Makers
Online publication: 25 March 2019


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package org.eclipse.php.internal.core.compiler.ast.parser;

import org.eclipse.dltk.ast.ASTNode;
import org.eclipse.dltk.ast.ASTVisitor;
import org.eclipse.dltk.ast.declarations.ModuleDeclaration;
import org.eclipse.dltk.ast.declarations.TypeDeclaration;
import org.eclipse.dltk.ast.expressions.Expression;
import org.eclipse.dltk.ast.statements.Block;
import org.eclipse.dltk.ast.statements.Statement;
import org.eclipse.php.core.compiler.ast.nodes.NamespaceDeclaration;
import org.eclipse.php.core.compiler.ast.nodes.UsePart;
import org.eclipse.php.core.compiler.ast.nodes.UseStatement;

/**
 * Base AST visitor for finding use statements in PHP source modules.
 *
 *

 * This visitor is optimized for performance to look not deeper than the
 * necessary level in the AST tree. As described in the
 * PHP
 * Manual use statements can be legally placed only in the global scope of a
 * file or inside namespace declarations.
 *

 *
 *

 * This visitor also accepts an offset parameter. Searching is not
 * performed after the offset.
 *

 *
 * @author Kaloyan Raev
 *
 */
public abstract class AbstractUseStatementASTVisitor extends ASTVisitor {

	/**
	 * The position in the AST tree after which the search stops.
	 */
	protected int offset;

	/**
	 * Constructor of the visitor
	 *
	 * @param offset
	 *            the position in the AST tree after which the search stops
	 */
	protected AbstractUseStatementASTVisitor(int offset) {
		this.offset = offset;
	}

	/**
	 * The visitor must always look inside {@link ModuleDeclaration}s.
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean visit(ModuleDeclaration s) throws Exception {
		return isBeforeOffset(s);
	}

	/**
	 * The visitor must check if a {@link Statement} is an {@link UseStatement}.
	 * If yes then call {@link #visit(UseStatement)}. Otherwise the visitor must
	 * not look deeper in the AST tree.
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean visit(Statement s) throws Exception {
		if (s instanceof UseStatement && isBeforeOffset(s)) {
			UseStatement useStatement = (UseStatement) s;
			visit(useStatement);
		}
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * The visitor must look into an {@link Expression} only if it is a
	 * {@link Block} (because it can be a block of namespace declaration).
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean visit(Expression s) throws Exception {
		return s instanceof Block && isBeforeOffset(s);
	}

	/**
	 * The visitor must look into a {@link TypeDeclaration} only if it a
	 * {@link NamespaceDeclaration}.
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean visit(TypeDeclaration s) throws Exception {
		return s instanceof NamespaceDeclaration && isBeforeOffset(s);
	}

	/**
	 * In all other cases the visitor must not look deeper into the AST tree -
	 * there is no chance to find an {@link UseStatement} there.
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean visitGeneral(ASTNode node) throws Exception {
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Visits a {@link UseStatement} node.
	 *
	 *

	 * This is a default implementation that calls {@link #visit(UsePart)} for
	 * each UsePart in the UseStatement. It can be
	 * overridden by subclasses.
	 *

	 *
	 * @param UseStatement
	 *            the UseStatement node that is being visited
	 */
	protected void visit(UseStatement s) throws Exception {
		for (UsePart usePart : s.getParts()) {
			if (!visit(usePart)) {
				// do not visit the rest of the use parts
				break;
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Visits a {@link UsePart} node.
	 *
	 *

	 * This is a default implementation that can be overridden by subclasses.
	 *

	 *
	 * @param usePart
	 *            the UsePart node that is being visited
	 * @return true if the next UsePart in a
	 *         UseStatament should be visited, false -
	 *         otherwise.
	 */
	protected boolean visit(UsePart usePart) {
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Checks if the specified node position is before the offset.
	 *
	 * @param node
	 *            the ASTNode to check
	 * @return true if the node's start position is before the
	 *         offset, false - otherwise.
	 */
	protected boolean isBeforeOffset(ASTNode node) {
		return node.sourceStart() < offset;
	}

}

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Everything a monk does is meant to be a prayer, a communion with God. Formal prayer, however, is a primary means of achieving this union. His day is centered around three vital elements: the Conventual Mass, a communal celebration of the Eucharist; the Liturgy of the Hours, the Church's singing of psalms to consecrate the morning, mid-day and evening; and lectio divina, the ancient monastic practice of meditative reading of Sacred Scripture and other writings from a rich spiritual tradition. Lectio, which derives from one of the earliest forms of Christian prayer, is a spring refreshing the monk in his daily quest for God and reinvigorating the zeal with which he approaches his work.


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It feels like yesterday that Borderlands helped birth the looter shooter genre that has grown substantially over the last decade. Filled with the promise of a billion guns and slapstick comedy, Borderlands quickly became one of my favourite games of the last generation, and is still one of the most enjoyable gaming experiences I've ever had. So, following the announcement, I jumped at the chance to play the Borderlands: Game of the Year remaster and return to Pandora again, and I can happily report that, despite a few technical gremlins, the game has aged better than me! It's also now even better a decade later thanks to some modern gameplay additions and a lovely lick of 4K HDR paint.
If you've played the original or any of the sequels, you'll feel accustomed to the story structure. Take control of one of four vault hunters, each with their own unique skill, and set out on an epic adventure across the arid landscapes of Pandora to seek out the treasures hidden within a mythical Vault. While the core concept is light, the original's story still holds up today, thanks to some amazing writing, hilarious mission objectives, and humorous cast members. Nevertheless, the mission structure here is starting to show its age, as most are nothing more than simple fetch or kill quest, which leads to some repetition during the latter stages, especially if you're completing all of the hundreds of side quests.
Enemy design and AI has also seen better days. Most of the enemies encountered in the early stages are also found in the latter, with very few new adversaries added throughout. Enemies also spawn in the same locations and return after a short while, which can make the early stages frustrating, especially as crushing difficulty spikes await should you venture too far off the main trail. Boss fights however are just as fun as they were in the original, with the exception of the Destroyer, who was a bullet sponge in the original, and despite Gearbox's efforts to make him more of a challenge, only takes a few seconds to kill here!
What has aged well is Borderlands' charming cell-shaded art style, which has been given a 4K HDR makeover, however, going back after the sequels only showcases how bland some of the art design in the original was. Given their nature, cell-shaded titles always age better than their ultra-realistic counterparts - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is still one of the best-looking games ever made - and the original Borderlands still looks good today, so the upgraded visuals only really add a level of sophistication, but it's a welcome one. Lighting has been improved, as has the draw-distance, but sadly the same can't be said for some of the technical elements. Framerate drops are still a common occurrence all these years later, despite more powerful hardware, while the occasional glitch can still be found; some of which left me unable to complete missions without a hard restart, while others simply left me stuck between a rock and a hard place!
One of the biggest improvements for the oddly-named Game of the Year remaster is the inclusion of Borderlands 2's hud mini-map, which shows where enemies are and where you need to go. This made traversing the lands of Pandora a far easier and more streamlined experience. The game also adds the ability to mark weapons and items as junk - making selling a doddle - a few character appearance customisation options, and four-player split-screen co-op play.
Borderlands was designed to be played in co-op, so the inclusion of four player split-screen is a nice addition, and is well implemented, mostly. As was the case in the original, the more players, the more the game challenges you, but you're compensated for the increased difficulty with more valuable loot, and there's billions of it. I've played through the game three times over the years, and never used the same gun twice! The only drawback of playing in co-op is that your loot menu never really scales with the screen when you want to change your load-out, resulting in a cumbersome experience. At the time of writing, I also found joining online games a near-impossible challenge, with most requests timing out, but Gearbox is expected to look into these errors over the coming weeks. Nevertheless, being able to tackle the trials of Pandora with a couple of friends in the same room is the best way to experience the remaster and makes it worth picking up again.
I've said before that this generation will be remembered as much for its spectacular range of original titles as it will for the sheer number of remasters dropping on a weekly basis. Some of these remasters work, other don't, and Borderlands: Game of the Year falls firmly between the two. The original still looks and plays great today, which makes the 4K upgrade on offer here a nice little luxury, rather than a necessity.
If you've never played any games in the series, this Game of the Year edition is the perfect entry point as it's packed with all the original's downloadable content, in addition to the technical improvements found in the sequels. However, if you're just taking a trip down memory lane, it's hard to justify the outlay again, especially as Borderlands: The Handsome Collection offers a more rounded and modern experience. Nevertheless, this remaster is still an amazing looter shooter, and when played with a group of friends, is easily one of the most enjoyable titles of this generation.


The aims of Wyndham Park Nursery School are simple and clear.
We aim to excite children by preparing carefully planned activities and environments so that they want to learn.
Engage children in activities and purposeful play so that learning is focussed and prolonged.
In this way we will educate them so that they gain skills and knowledge at a rapid pace.
We are committed to ensuring that children are emotionally, socially and academically 'primary school ready' when they leave us.
We want to ensure that we are fully preparing children for their next stage of learning.


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'Hanagatami': Film Review
Japanese master Nobuhiko Obayashi ('House') completes his anti-war trilogy with 'Hanagatami.'
By Deborah Young
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With the unconventional, emotionally engrossing Hanagatami, maverick indie director Nobuhiko Obayashi wraps up his anti-war trilogy that includes Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012) and Seven Weeks (2014). Based on a novel by Kazuo Dan, Hanagatami (The Flower Basket) follows a group of adolescent friends living in an idyllic seaside town in the months leading up to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and entry into World War II. Nearly three hours of dense storytelling roll by while a sprawling and vividly drawn cast of characters explore young love and the meaning of life. Everything is overshadowed by the knowledge that few of them are likely to survive the coming conflagration.
The 69-year-old Obayashi, who has directed some 40 feature films, had the idea of bringing Kazuo's 1937 novel to the screen back in the 1970s, after his 1977 ghost story House brought him before world audiences. But the zeitgeist wasn't right for a war film. Postponed for decades, this plaintive lament for wasted young lives is deeply felt and quite moving. In a short prologue that adds a personal dimension, the narrator/director reminds the audience that what follows is not nostalgia, but the heartache of everything that has been devoured and lost by war.
The Bottom Line Disconcertingly experimental, yet hugely moving.
This urgent but general message might well have been lost itself in a more conventional film. Here it bursts out in a jarring, iconoclastic directing style of inspired rule-breaking. The early black-and-white scenes bring to mind silent cinema and come as an aesthetic shock wave, no doubt meant to disorient the audience. As Obayashi deliberately overturns the conventions of acting, setting and cinematography, there are a lot of adjustments to be made by the audience, but it doesn't take long to get into the groove.
Soon the film's theatrical sets and back-projected seas seem just right to convey the unspeakable idea that youth is an acceptable sacrifice. Grossly overage actors, lead by the 35-year-old Shunsuke Kubozuka, play naughty schoolboys. Patently fake CGI cherry blossoms and fireflies dot the screen like blotches on a modern painting. A few bars of Bach's "Cello Suite No. 1" are recurrently looped on the soundtrack in an audio water torture that might best have been avoided.
Against the romantically unreal background of Karatsu in the Saga prefecture, the dark-eyed, 16-year-old Mina (young TV actress Honoka Yahagi) is gracefully dying of TB just like her brother, who enrolled in the Manchurian campaign so that his death would not be wasted. Mina is lovingly cared for by his beautiful, fatalistic young widow Keiko (Takako Tokiwa) in their family house by the sea. This is where Toshihiko (Shunsuke), who has been living in Amsterdam, is sent to live by his parents. Immature to the point of being goofy, he's a lovable boy who easily makes new friends when he arrives in Karatsu.
He makes no secret of his outright admiration for the handsome, manly Ukai (Shinnosuke Mitsushima), whom he calls a lion and who he finds late one night in the woods smoking a cigarette and playing the flute. His other notable classmate is the lame, embittered Kira (Keishi Nagatsuka), who walks with a twisted cane and dresses in the tattered robes of a Zen monk. Their friendship with Mina and two of her girlfriends offers the occasion for picnics by the sea and, later, tentative explorations of mutual attraction.
Sexual feelings remain fluid in the film as couples pair off and recombine. Though homosexuality is not explicitly mentioned, there are kisses between women, and more than a suggestion that Ukai responds to the crush Toshihiko has on him. The two boys share a rather extraordinary horseback ride in the moonlight, both drunk and stark naked.
Meanwhile, recruitment posters and posed pictures of soldiers foreshadow their fate, while aged hookers in bars mourn them in advance. The class clown Aso (Tokio Emoto) is the first to be drafted, and he bids a hysterical farewell to his friends as he marches off. A student wonders if being at war with America means they'll no longer be able to read Edgar Allan Poe in class. But the brighter ones ponder whether it isn't better to die by one's own hand, rather than let oneself be killed. In the film's poignant last act, set during a colorful local festival, the young soldiers bid a final farewell to each other and their youth.
As expressive as a tragedian in the key role of Toshihiko, Shunsuke bonds the group of friends together with his immature eagerness. The fact that he looks twice the age he's supposed to be playing forces the viewer to reflect. Keishi is similarly out of time in the intense, ambiguous role of Kira. Despite his physical weakness, he has unrivaled inner strength to face every challenge. The actresses are strongly individualized, with young Honoka rising above her invalid status and the bright red blood she coughs up on snow-white dresses to make her own doomed romantic choices.
Production company: Producers System Co.
Cast: Shunsuke Kubozuka, Honoka Yahagi, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Keishi Nagatsuka, Takako Tokiwa, Tokio Emoto, Hirona Yamazaki, Mugi Kadowaki, Takehiro Murata
Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Screenwriter: Nobuhiko Obayashi, Chiho Katsura
Producers: Terumichi Yamazaki, Kyoko Obayashi
Director of photography: Hisaki Sanbongi
Production designer: Toshiharu Aida
Costume designers: Koichi Fujisaki, Shigeru Moriwaki
Editors: Nobuhiko Obayashi, Hisaki Sanbongi
Music: Kosuke Yamashita
Venue: Shanghai Film Festival (New From Auteur section)
World sales: Free Stone Productions
Shanghai International Film Festival
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All the following images of her were taken here yesterday in Great Cove, where she sheltered for a few hours during a rain squall.
The 110-foot Taber was built in 1871 and is a National Historic Landmark that now hails from Rockland, Maine. As with many 19th Century cargo cruisers, the Taber was built with a flat bottom to "ground out" and discharge her cargo without the need for a pier.
She does have a centerboard to lower during cruising but has no motor; her motorized yawlboat pushes her in light air.


Who did you create value for today?
Robin Sharma writes on his blog about success how it isn't something you can strive to achieve but rather a bi-product of making lives better. It is a short, but good post and I relate it to what I wrote previously about Work and Life balance, I recommend it and I agree with him that it's all about delivering value – to all your stakeholders.
Yesterday (21st of July) was Belgium's birthday, and unlike in the Flemish parts of the country, there was a big celebration in Brussels. They had probably one of the biggest fireworks (at least longest) I have seen and me & Alsu even manage to spot some royal handwaving.
This got me thinking about nationalism and its evil cousin xenophobia. For those who don't know Belgium has recently been in a flux becuase of the inability of the currently elected parties to form government. This resulted in relatively timid displays of nationalism – at least in Brussels where a lot of people still want Belgium to stick together as one country.
Nationalism isn't always as peaceful, and spurred on by destructive forces it can turn really bad, even in Belgium. Probably why it can be so destructive is because it stems from such a basic human emotion – the fear of the unknown. Almost all of us can recognize this feeling – when we find ourselves in a new country, or just in a different part of town.
I live in the borders of the maroccan and turkish parts of Brussels (in total between 100 000 and 200 000 people, about 50% of the inhabitants of these districts), which I think is great. There is a mix and an energy I love – but most of all, what you realize, is that it's just the same as anywhere else.
However, a lot of people are afraid of these districts – I recently met a girl who just moved in to this area and she was genuinely afraid of walking from the subway after dark. The fear itself doesn't stem from any factual experiences – she had never heard, nor seen, nor experienced any unsafety. Rather it was all about a sense of not understanding or not regonizing what was going on around her.
Instead of fearing this, the unknown, I would say the opposite holds more danger to you – fear the known. It is when you are surrounded by the known that you are stifled, your creativity goes bust and you stop developing. In the known you are not forced to think new things, to react to unexpected situations – to learn.
For me – I use the fear of the unknown as an indicator that I am on the right track – that I am challenged and developing. Whereas when I feel that comfortable, warm, fuzzy feeling of the known – I try to urge myself to run, a bit like Hantzel and Gretchen should have done. Because behind that candy coated house of the known there is a witch – and all she wants is to stifle your personal development – so get out of there as quick as you can!


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This directory contains the files for use with Packer to build Vagrant box files from the Cumulus VX OVA image.

## Building a Vagrant box file

* Either place the Cumulux VX OVA image in the `packer` directory, or copy the `packer` directory to a working location and place the Cumulus VX OVA image in it.
* Run `build.sh` to invoke Packer. You must pass the path to the OVA image, and the Cumulus VX version information:

```
$ ./build.sh -o CumulusLinux-2.5.3.ova -v 2.5.3
```
* Packer will produce a Vagrant "box" with a name that indicates the version and any additional software that was installed E.g. `cumulus-vx-2.5.3-vbox.box`

## Pre-installed software

Vagrant can be combined with other software such as Test Kitchen or Beaker to test Ansible, Puppet & Chef configuration management scripts. The installation script is therefore capable of pre-installing software when it builds the Vagrant virtual machine. This is particularly important as software such as Test Kitchen will attempt to install Chef automatically if it is not already available, which fails as the default installer does not know how to install Chef on Cumulus.

You can choose to install either Puppet or Chef using one of the following options to `build.sh`:

* `-p`: Install Puppet
* `-c`: Install Chef

The build process will insert "puppet" or "chef" into the Vagrant box filename as appropriate. For example, to build a box file with Puppet pre-installed:

```
$ ./build.sh -o CumulusLinux-2.5.3.ova -v 2.5.3 -p
```
This will produce a box file called `cumulus-vx-2.5.3-puppet-vbox.box`

The Vagrant box naming scheme is as follows:

* `cumulus-vx-2.5.3-vbox`        - "Standard" Cumulus VX box file with no additional software (E.g. Puppet or Chef) pre-installed
* `cumulus-vx-2.5.3-chef-vbox`   - Cumulus VX with Chef pre-installed
* `cumulus-vx-2.5.3-puppet-vbox` - Cumulus VX with Puppet pre-installed

## Files

### build.sh

Invokes the Packer build process with the correct arguments.

### cumulus-vbox.json

The standard Packer build configuration. Contains the information Packer needs to produce the Vagrant box file(s) from the OVA.

### cumulus-vbox-ceng.json

An extended Packer build configuration which is used to produce a Vagrant box file which can be used to configure more complex configurations, including Vagrant instances which can emulate a Cumulus Workbench.

### scripts/setup.sh

Invoked during the Packer build process during the provisioning step. This script runs *inside* of the virtual machine as it is being built.

### The files directory

Contains various files which can be added to the virtual machine during the Packer build process. These files are largely only relevent to the `cumulus-vbox-ceng.json` Packer configuration.

## Dependencies

* [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/)
* [Packer](https://www.packer.io/)
* Enough disk space for both the OVA and the box file, and enough memory to create 512MB virtual machine.

## Using the Vagrant box file

Import the box file into Vagrant with the `vagrant box add` command. For example, to import a box file with Puppet pre-installed, you would run `vagrant box add cumulux-vx-2.5.3-puppet cumulus-vx-2.5.3-puppet-vbox.box`

Once the box file has been imported you can refer to it in your Vagrantfile using the name you imported it under. For example, to use the box imported above:

```
Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
  config.vm.box = 'cumulux-vx-2.5.3-puppet'
end
```
---

![Cumulus icon](http://cumulusnetworks.com/static/cumulus/img/logo_2014.png)

### Cumulus Linux

Cumulus Linux is a software distribution that runs on top of industry standard
networking hardware. It enables the latest Linux applications and automation
tools on networking gear while delivering new levels of innovation and
flexibility to the data center.

For further details please see: [cumulusnetworks.com](http://www.cumulusnetworks.com)


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Members of the Audio Visual Rights of Nigeria (AVRS) have expressed their satisfaction and pleasure at the achievements the organisation had recorded since its approval by the Federal Government as the sole Collective Management Organisation for cinematograph films.
They gave this commendation on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at the 6th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of AVRS held at the Lagos Travel Inn in Lagos.
In his opening address, the Chairman of AVRS, Mr. Mahmood Ali-Balogun, thanked the members for their unflinching support for the organisation and restated the resolve of the Board to continue to put the interest of the members above all interests.
He stated that the AGM was a requirement of the law and also an important meeting for members to be well-informed on the workings, progress and current status of the organisation.
Explaining the purpose of the AGM, Mr. Ali-Balogun said the AGM had four broad tasks:
"The first is to receive, consider, adopt and approve the audited financial statement of our organisation for the year ended December 31, 2021, the reports of the auditors thereon and that of the directors.
"The second is to consider the position of the auditors and make changes where necessary and to authorize your Management Board to determine the remuneration of the auditors.
"The third is to authorise the Management Board to carry out distribution as soon as practicable in accordance with Article 16 of the memorandum and articles of association of our organisation.
"The fourth is to present the organisation's activities report between the last AGM, which was held at the Banquet Hall of Lagos Airport Hotel on November 4, 2021 and today."
The AVRS chairman also informed the general assembly about the different levels of progress the organisation had made since its last AGM in November 4, 2021.
One of such progress was the signing of the licensing agreement with Hotel Owners Forum Abuja (HOFA). The chairman said, "… following from the agreement signed with Hotel Managers' Association of Lagos (HOMAL) last year, your organisation after several meetings both in Lagos and Abuja has signed another landmark agreement with Hotel Owners Forum Abuja (HOFA). The fruits of this agreement will hopefully become visible in the coming months." Mr. Ali-Balogun went on to commend the President of HOMAL and Company Secretary of Eko Hotel and Suites, Chief S. O. Alabi for his unflinching support and the critical role he played in making sure that an understanding was reached between AVRS and the hotel associations.
Speaking on the progress of AVRS, the Director General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Dr. John Asein who was represented at the meeting by the Director, NCC Lagos Zonal Office, Mr. Matthew Ojo said, "About 20 years after that seed was sown, the Nigerian Copyright Commission, in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization and other stakeholders began to explore ways of harvesting the fruits for the benefit of those whose toil and intellectual investment make the films. After a series of meetings, it was agreed that a collective management organization (CMO) would be a good idea and finally the Audio Visual Rights Society of Nigeria (AVRS) was born, making Nigeria one of the first countries in this part of the world to have a CMO for film."
The NCC DG further said, "The Nigerian Copyright Commission will continue to partner with AVRS to achieve its objectives and better serve the interest of the film industry."
Speaking on the Copyright Bill and Copyright Levy Scheme, Dr. Asein said, "We are optimistic and hope that the recently passed Copyright Bill will soon be signed into law. We also have made significant progress with the implementation of the Copyright Levy Scheme which should bring further succour to the creative sector and enhance the operations of approved CMOs. Some of the anticipated supports have already been identified in the work plan that was agreed upon by the Commission and representatives of the approved CMOs."
Members commended the efforts of the Board of AVRS for holding the AGM every year. Mr. Francis Onwochei appreciated that despite the harsh economic times the management has consistently been able to bring members together each year for the AGM. Moreso, the distribution of royalties to all registered members in the past three years, even the COVID-19 pandemic year was applauded with Mr. Mike Nliam saying that the modest distribution that year, 2020 was worth more than millions, as the gesture went a long in solving dire needs of members.
The meeting which had in attendance the full complement of the AVRS Board also had in attendance top Nigerian movie actors and filmmakers like Tunji Bamishigbin, Yinka Quadri, Bimbo Akintola, Bukola Adelakun, Fidelis Duker, Kazeem Adeoti, Taiwo Hassan (Ogogo), Saheed Balogun, Fathia Balogun, Sonny McDon W and Remi Oshodi (Surutu).


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Ranveer Singh's '83 celebrates the 14 men who lifted 1983 cricket World Cup. See photos
September 27th, 2017 admin Main
Vikramaditya Motwane of Phantom Films said, "'83 is the greatest Indian underdog sports story ever and we're delighted to be making it with Kabir and Ranveer."
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'83 will be shot in the real locations and will make the youngsters celebrate the milestone in the history of Indian Cricket which happened when many were not even born. In 1983, the Indian cricket team led by Kapil Dev lifted the World Cup in England. 2017-09-27T11:57:29+00:00″>
Published:September 27, 2017 11:57 am
Ranveer Singh is all set to honour the champions of 1983 Cricket World Cup. As a filmmaker, for me, the journey to that win, filled with raw energy and sheer passion of that young Indian team, is probably one of the most exciting stories I have worked on. Essaying the role of Kapil Dev, Ranveer along with the Tubelight director Kabir will make the cine fans relive the proud moment in the history of Indian cricket when the squad of 14 men gave the nation a reason to celebrate. Interestingly, the bat has been autographed by the champions of 1983 World Cup and has a tagline as '83, when it all started. The winning team comprised of ace-cricketers like Kapil Dev, Mohinder Amarnath, Sunil Gavaskar, Kirti Azad, Yashpal Sharma, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Roger Binny, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Sandeep Patil, Syed Kirmani, Madan Lal, Ravi Shastri, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sunil Valson and their manager PR Man Singh. The event is touted to be a grand one with the invites being given a unique design. It was the first time ever, that an Indian team won any prominent tournament and changed the face of the game in the country. Director Kabir Khan who has already scripted the movie says, "As a young schoolboy when I watched India win the 1983 Cricket World Cup I had no idea that from that day onwards Cricket in India will change forever. The movie '83 is the story of those 14 men who believed that they could and finally did it. But before the movie goes on the floor early next year, the makers have planned a special event to honour the cricketers who brought laurels to the country back in 1983. Check out the photos from the event organised by the makers of '83:
The invite for the event has the autographs of the cricket players who played in 1983 World Cup tournament. And it's great to have Ranveer come on board to play Kapil Dev, as honestly, I could see no one else for the role, ever since I started finalising the script."
We're all set for the big event!! Another image of the invite. Comprising of a bat and a ball, the invites are in sync with the theme of the film. Related News
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Act on Market Practices and Consumer Protection
Analyse The new Act on Market Practices and Consumer Protection has been published and came into force on 12 may 2010. This act replaces the Trade Practices Act of 14 July 1991
The most important innovations of this new law are briefly discussed below:
1. The new act gives new definitions on enterprise, consumer and product with important consequences
2. Price reductions
The condition that the seller must have continuously applied the same higher price during the month prior to the price reduction has been abolished. If a seller applied different prices during the month prior to the price reduction, this no longer prevents the seller from announcing a price reduction. However, in such a case, the seller must always refer to the lowest prices applied for the product during the month prior to the reduction of the price. Furthermore a seller is free to announce a price reduction in the manner he likes, only the announcement may not be misleading and the buyer must be informed of the old price or able to easily calculate the old price.
3. Seasonal sales
Sales of all kind of products are authorized.
The waiting period is only mandatory for clothing, shoes and leather products and it will be shorter.
The requirement that a seasonal sale must take place in a physical premise has been abolished. From now on seasonal sales can be held on the Internet.
4. Distance selling
The prohibition to request a payment prior to the end of the cancellation period is abolished. This cancellation period is extended from 7 into 14 days.
5. Combined offers
Whereas the Trade Practices Act of 14 July 1991 provided for a general prohibition of combined offers, the new act expressly allows such orders. Only combined offers which constitute an unfair commercial practice are prohibited. However, the prohibition of combined offers remains in force for financial services.
The European Court of Justice had condemned the Belgian prohibition of combined offers because it was contrary to the European directive 2005/29/EC concerning unfair business to consumer commercial practices in the internal market.
6. Prohibition of selling at a loss
The prohibition of selling at loss remains in force, but the prohibition of selling with an extremely limited profit margin is abolished.
7. The act introduces a prohibition of opt-out options for internet-sales
8. Use of languages
Labelling information required by law, user instructions and commercial warranties no longer need to be in the languages of the regions where the goods or services are sold to the consumer.
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Treyarch has released a new update for Call of Duty Black Ops 4 (BO4) on PS4, Xbox One, and PC will follow suit later today. Whilst this update doesn't introduce any major additions to the game, except the launch of Nuketown, there are a lot of very useful changes. We've listed the Black Ops 4 update 1.07 patch notes below.
Prior to this update, Treyarch announced that the upcoming "very special 2XP event" will in fact be called Black Ops 4 Quad Feed. In addition, they also confirmed when players will be able to get their hands on it. Starting November 21st at 10am PT / 6pm UK, fans will be able to experience 2XP in Multiplayer/Zombies, 2X Merits in Blackout, 2X Tier Boost in MP and Blackout, and 2X Nebulium Plasma in Zombies.
This update's file size doesn't come as much of a surprise. It appears to be 10.95GB on Xbox One and 9GB on PS4, which is very similar to all others.
After a long, boring wait for Xbox One and PC users, this update releases Nuketown for all platforms. In addition, fans can also encounter Zombies on Nuketown Island in Call of Duty Blackout. Whilst many will think of this as just another distraction to your game, they do in fact arrive with some rewards. The Zombies Stash next to the player count sign can only be unlocked after all Zombies have been eliminated.
Furthermore, a game-breaking Call of Duty Blackout Issue has finally been fixed. Mentioned in one of our most recent articles, we confirmed that numerous players had been experiencing a problem their screen unexpectedly jittering when moving and changing attachments, or when moving and healing. This issue has now officially been removed with the launch of Black Ops 4 update 1.07.
Lastly, Zombies stability updates are now here. Across all four maps, 70+ crash fixes and gameplay improvements have been implemented in-game today. In previous patches, fixes for crashes and bugs in Zombies were a common occurrence within the patch notes. It appears Treyarch are following on from last week and have now fixed many bugs which have had major effect on players.


Reflexology is a therapy in which the therapist uses their thumbs and fingers to apply pressure to the client's feet and/or hands. Practitioners believe that the feet mirror the body. All organs, systems and glands of the body can be mapped onto areas of the feet called reflex points. A reflexologist knows how to stimulate the reflex points in order to bring about a response in the corresponding part of the body. Reflexology works along holistic principles aiming to treat your mind, body and spirit rather than a diagnosis or set of symptoms. This treatment aims to rebalance the whole of your being and so may be more effective than working directly on one part of you.
This includes a pleasant feeling of warmth and a balance of pressure in the ears, forehead and sinuses. It is soothing and helpful for earache and headache, ear noise, stress and nervousness. Treatment may also spontaneously cause freer nasal breathing and an improved sense of smell as well as drawing wax from the ear.


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Maybe it is just a coincidence that the two shuttle launches I attended actually launched on time. Two years ago today I experienced what I consider to be the most exhilarating, intense, emotional moment of my entire life. I witnessed STS-123 launch into the night sky from only 3 miles away.
At that moment, shortly after the crowd I was amongst sang the national anthem, and the clock reached 00:00:00…something happened. There were no racial or cultural boundaries, no one said a word, and at that moment I was so grateful to be an American and to have the chance to see such a marvel. It was absolutely overwhelming. I cannot deny the tears streaming down my face, as I realized at more of an emotional level rather than technical, that WE did this. All of us together as a country, as engineers, as technicians, as controllers, as astronauts…WE did it.
And now WE are in danger of losing that place, those feelings, those emotions, that captivated me as a young girl, led me to become an aerospace engineer, and brought me to my special place. Please continue to support NASA and manned spaceflight.


Thanks to £1m funding every year, we run our very own Research and Development Programme. And it's all part of our continued investment in developing products and services that benefit the wider nuclear industry.
Helping to shape nuclear energy in the UK and internationally, the programme has been running for a number of years and has been a huge success.
In a short space of time, we've already collaborated with more than 20 research organisations. The programme has also seen a leverage of investment of over five times. Better still, NNL has been directly involved in 11 sponsored PhDs, with more than 25 research scientists playing their part.
On top of all this, we've published three position papers and had close to 300 ideas submitted with around 10% technically developed. The R&D Programme has also been awarded six patent families across the UK, US and EU.
A culture of innovation has brought valuable commercial relationships including a joint venture into decontamination technologies. While the programme has also brought new products, such as the RadBall, to market.


LONDON, March 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the global digital pathology software solutions market, Frost & Sullivan recognises Denmark-headquartered Visiopharm A/S with the 2019 Global Company of the Year Award. The company has accelerated anatomic pathology's digital transformation with its end-to-end digital pathology software solutions, Qualitopix(TM) and Oncotopix®. The platforms leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to integrate digitized, high-throughput pathology lab workflows for improved diagnostic accuracy, increased productivity, and cost savings.
"Visiopharm uncovered and quantified two particularly important error sources in the diagnostic workflow--histological staining and manual image reading and interpretation," said Unmesh Lal, Program Manager at Frost & Sullivan. "In many countries, pathology labs using immunohistochemistry/in situ hybridisation stains rely on external quality assessment (EQA) programs to maintain staining quality. With Qualitopix(TM), Visiopharm became the first and only solution provider supporting EQA organisations with a software platform that allows them to improve the efficiency and scalability of their activities."
Qualitopix(TM), a novel, patented platform technology, helps pathologists administrate quality runs and scalability through computer-assisted stain quality assessment. The digitised slides facilitate interactions with pathology labs, which, in turn, optimises resource utilisation. Moreover, the administration platform supports and facilitates protocol review with participating labs that fail the proficiency testing. The solution is rapidly gaining acceptance as the standardisation and quality of staining with diagnostic tissue-biomarkers is central to achieving precision pathology and sustainable cancer healthcare.
Meanwhile, Oncotopix® addresses the critical pain point of significant inter- and intra-reader variability in diagnostic tissue pathology. It achieves this by combining image analysis, machine learning, and artificial intelligence with workflows supporting the analysis of massive data sets, data management, reporting, connectivity to laboratory information management system and picture archiving and communication system, and compatibility with all image/slide formats.
"Its fully automated software suite offers reproducible, quantifiable, precise data, helping pathologists read and interpret regions inside and outside of the tumor as well as tumor heterogeneity. Currently, Visiopharm has more than 100 APPs published, providing full flexibility for biopharma and academic research," noted Lal. "The company's strategically located subsidiaries in Sweden, the UK, the US, and re-sellers in Asia serve customers across Europe, North America, and Asia. With plans to expand its global distributor network, and wider integration with partners, Visiopharm is all set to capture a greater market share and entrench itself in the market."
Visiopharm® is a world leader in Augmented Pathology(TM) solutions; that comprise precision pathology and high-throughput pathology for tissue-diagnostics and research.
Leading biopharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations (CRO), academic medical centers, and diagnostic pathology labs all over the world utilize the Oncotopix® platform for tissue-based research and diagnostics. The newest advancements in artificial intelligence and deep learning, further consolidates Oncotopix® as the most comprehensive and highly configurable solution for tissue analysis on the market today.
Visiopharm's headquarters is in the Medicon Valley of Denmark, with a branch office in the United Kingdom, and a North American office in Broomfield, Colorado. Contact us: drop us a line.