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TNT: The Missing Two Volumes
As mentioned in my reviews of the TNT series, volumes #7 and #8 of the original French series were not included as part of Charter's English translation. Below I've placed the original covers for these missing volumes, published by Editions Robert Laffont in 1979.
First up is #7: Le Grand Chaperon Noir (aka The Large Black Hood). I have no idea what the book is about, but the lady on the cover certainly intrigues me:
And next there's #8: Les Cobras De Lilliput (aka The Cobras Of Lilliput) which sounds unusual, even for TNT standards; it appears that our man Tony Twin is shrunk to Lilliputlian size in this adventure!
The smart thing to do would be for some publisher to release an omnibus edition of the entire TNT series, adding on new translations of these "missing" two volumes. I for one would love to know what we're missing out on!
Labels: Book Reviews, Charter Books, Doug Masters, Men's Adventure Novels, Pierre Rey, TNT
Performance, by William Hughes
1970, Tandem Books
Despite the rekindled interest in Performance, this novelization has been forgotten. The movie's finally on DVD, there are manifold books out there about the film and its production, and you can even buy Donald Cammell's script, but this novel by William Hughes has been out of print for 37 years.
The first thing to be said is that Hughes was obviously working off an early draft of Cammell's script, or at least the shooting script. There are many mysteries around the multiple edits of Performance, and they all can be answered by the script. Long story short, Cammell wrote a story in which a thug on the run spends a day with a shut-in rock star, ending with the thug having gained a new lease on and appreciation for life, but still going off to his death at the hands of the thugs he was running from. While shooting Cammell changed the script to the darker storyline we know, one in which the thug (Chas) not only meets his end, but the rock star shut-in (Turner) does as well. Despite changing this, Cammell still followed his script in that things followed a logical progression of events.
The first cut of the film was rejected by the executives, who abhorred the violence and nudity. Cammell went to LA and recut the film, taking out some of the violence and nudity, but replacing them with a quick-cut esthetic which if anything made the film more visceral and shocking. Most of the changes were made to the first half of the film, Chas on his daily errands. Whereas the script and the first cut of Performance (and this novelization) followed Chas step by step, this new cut was all over the place, cutting to and from scenes of destruction with fury. So, whenever you read something like, "The original, more shocking version of Performance has been lost," know that the first version was in no way more shocking than the version which has come down to us.
As for this novelization, first of all Hughes' prose is dry as the Sahara. No fancy literary tricks here. Just a straight-up rendering of Cammell's script. However Hughes explains many things that the film leaves unsaid. For one, he clearly points out that Chas and Joey share a past that was much more than just friendship; explanation for why the two have such a loathing for one another. This is something the film only hinted at. We also learn more about the inhabitants of Turner's lair; Pherber is an artist, and Lucy supports herself by doing modeling work around London. Noteable also is that the novelization features the character Mojo -- featured in early script drafts but not in the movie. Turner's assistant, he shows up for one brief scene in the novel to fix Turner's tape recorder, and it is to Mojo that Turner says what would have been a great line in the film: "I can't now, baby. I have an orgy on." (Colin MacCabe mentions this line in his BFI book Performance.)
It's in the second half of the novel that the differences become so apparent. First, Chas has his way with Pherber, which of course doesn't occur in the film. This has a major effect on his personality (something Hughes strains to convey, but has difficulty doing so), but doesn't make for a permanent change. Then the cops show up, looking for the drugs they know Turner has on the premises. Apparently this part of the script was a big part of the film's funding; the executives were nonplussed to discover Cammell ditched the entire subplot while filming. For muddled reasons (again, the novel does little to convey the symbiosis between Turner and Chas, though I'm sure this is more due to the film relying so much on visual impact and import) Turner takes the fall, afraid the cops will discover Chas and his gun rather than the drugs.
After a fight with Pherber, Chas retreats to his room, where he has his encounter with Lucy -- something which does happen in the movie, but under different circumstances. This makes for a permanent change to his character. Again, Hughes struggles to relay just HOW a brutal thug like Chas can so thoroughly change within a day, just from being with two hippie chicks. Hughes even has Chas question this himself. But no matter, it was the sixties; stuff like that just happened.
An important note is that in the novel (and early draft of the script) Chas doesn't kill Turner. Instead, upon Turner's return from jail the next dawn, the two of them share an awkward moment in which Chas thanks Turner for all of his help. So then we lose all of the moments that made the film so unique -- Chas being dressed up like a Hashishin, being prepared for the murder of Turner (however the "Chas on drugs" scene remains, only in the novel it's marijuana that does him in rather than mushrooms). This makes for a less effecting but happier ending. Instead of being shot in his bed, Turner instead watches Chas being driven off by Harry Flowers, and somehow knows the journey will be his last.
While this novelization is a great item to have for the Performance fan, I wouldn't recommend spending too much on it. The book is super-slim and the print is small, but it conveys none of the impact or mystique of Cammell and Roeg's film. Fans who want to read the story but don't want to search for this novelization are recommended Cammell's script, which was published a few years back.
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Labels: Book Reviews, Movie Reviews, psychedelic, Trash Fiction
John Eagle Expeditor #2: The Brain Scavengers
John Eagle Expeditor #2: The Brain Scavengers, by Paul Edwards
May, 1973 Pyramid Books
Manning Lee Stokes serves as "Paul Edwards" for the Expeditor series once again, dropping us back into John Eagle's life a month after the events in the first volume of this series. And once again Stokes delivers a novel as if from another age, filled with terrain description straight out of Jack London and reeking of a male chauvinism unheard of even in the rarefied world of '70s men's adventure novels.
And like the first novel, The Brain Scavengers takes forever to get going. It's also longer than the average men's adventure novel, coming in at 220 pages. Stokes could've cut a lot of this stuff; indeed our hero John Eagle doesn't even appear until page 60, and the entire novel is basically him preparing for his mission.
In a way The Brain Scavengers is padding in its worst form; Stokes fills pages by hopping from one character's POV to another, but it's all immaterial because their thoughts and actions have little bearing on the novel. In particular he wastes a lot of space detailing the life of Suthinya, a gorgeous (of course) Russian scientist who lives in a hidden base in the midst of Siberia; here Suthinya heads a team who has extracted "insane" scientists from the US and other capitalist countries, where they aim to repair the damaged brains and coax the newly-sane scientists to work for the USSR. But rather than providing details on her scientific methods, Stokes instead focuses on Suthinya's romantic woes with a Russian commander.
It takes our heroes endless pages to discover this latest commie threat and devise a plan of action. Mr. Merlin, wheelchair-bound director of the Expeditor program, calls in his one and only Expeditor: John Eagle. Again the rudiments of Eagle's training and prep are glossed over, and he's sent out into the Siberian wasteland. Once more in his chameleon suit and armed with his needle gun and trusty bow and arrow, this time Eagle has a new gadget: a nuclear grenade which can destroy six square miles. But the novelty factor of the previous volume is gone.
Indeed, the action half of the novel goes down without any big fuss; Eagle treks through the frozen wasteland, kills a few Russian soldiers, and gets into the hidden base. But then he meets Suthinya, and here the novel appropriates all the lurid charm you've been waiting for. For Suthinya has already rebelled against her Communist leaders and wants to escape with Eagle, only she fears him, and in fact threatens to break down entirely. So what does Eagle do? Realizing that women are "the weaker sex," he knows that only one thing will calm down this complete stranger: "bed medicine." Yes, Eagle takes Suthinya into a side room – moments after meeting her – and coaxes her into sex, where his manly passion will of course subdue her womanly fears. I couldn't believe what I was reading!
Of course it works, and Suthinya comes out of it worshipful of Eagle and ready to help him in any way possible. But really, that's about the extent of the action in the novel; even the escape is handled in a perfunctory manner, with Suthinya doing the big work while Eagle waits, using her credentials to smuggle the nuclear grenade into the depths of the hidden complex. Eagle himself only pulls off a few kills, and I must mention he comes off like a heartless bastard this time out, killing everyone – even those he promises not to kill – in order to accomplish his mission.
At any rate, this was Stokes's last Expeditor novel for a while, so I'm hoping the next author opens up the series a bit more.
Labels: Book Reviews, Expeditor, Manning Lee Stokes, Men's Adventure Novels, Paul Edwards, Pyramid Books
Flowers And Flesh
Flowers And Flesh, by J.X. Williams
1968, Pleasure Reader
I'm definitely trawling some forgotten fiction depths here. This has to be the most forgotten genre of all: hippie porn fiction. Flowers And Flesh is pretty rare and goes for big bucks, so I wouldn't advise seeking it out; it's certainly not worth the money sellers ask for.
For a pre-Woodstock cash-in on the hippie generation, the novel's actually pretty prescient in that the hippies are just as clueless as the older generation they rebel against. Our "hero" is Captain Kosmos, a hippie guru who descends on a midwestern town with his legions of followers, vowing to "save" them from their boring lives. His nemesis at first is local high school jock Joe, who after some LSD sex with his turned-on girlfriend becomes Kosmos's best pal and co-leader. Together they build a permanent commune outside the town, for hippies from all over to flock to.
The novel is more of a serialized affair, with Kosmos going on one crazy adventure after another. And it's a strange mix. For, moments after preaching peace and love, Kosmos is killing off his Hell's Angels enemies and murdering innocent townspeople who mock his hippie lifestyle. And for a hippie, Kosmos is as rich as Howard Hughes; he flies around in his own helicopter, dropping fragmentation grenades on his enemies. (There's a gruesome sequence where he puts a frag grenade in an old farmer's mouth and clamps shut the man's mouth as the grenade explodes, which goes beyond anything I've ever read in a men's adventure novel!)
Strange too is the way this book is written. "J.X. Williams" (a psuedonym, it goes without saying) proves himself capable of writing some great dialog and some truly mystical blather -- several times Kosmos preaches to his flock and the writing here excels. In fact, Kosmos' blather put me in the mind of Alejandro Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain, and his plea that everyone yield to the "sex force" Ka gives the novel an extra push, as if Williams knows more than he lets on. But for every moment like that, there will be another that seems to have come from a different author, a dashed-off and middling sequence filled with spelling errors and terrible dialog. I get the impression these bits are just padding, there to fill up the page count.
And guess what else fills up most of the page count? That's right, sex. There's a ton of sex in Flowers And Flesh. What more could you expect from a good ol' "stroke book?" But here's the thing...the sex here is pretty repulsive. There's nothing erotic about any of the plentiful sex scenes; people just screw, and that's it -- none of the purple prose one might expect from such shenanigans. And the sex scenes that are described are usually pretty gross, there for shock value...or something. Really, this aspect of the novel mystifies me. I mean, who was this book for? If it was for the "raincoat crowd" looking for some literary porn, then they would be dissatisfied; there was much more erotic and explicit stuff being published in mainstream literature (remember, this was the era of Harold Robbins and Jacqueline Susan).
I'm also confused about the mash-up of Kosmos' bicameral mentality. Throughout the novel he kills with glee, and then moments later he preaches love. I assumed this was Williams spoofing the hippie movement, following the old saw that beneath their LSD pacifism they were all just a bunch of nazis, but the thing is, this whole aspect is never addressed. I kept waiting for Kosmos to get some sort of comeuppance, but it never happened. Which is a shame, because the entire novel comes off like a satire -- Kosmos destroys an entire town without worry, but pages later freaks out because the cops show up at his doorstep and he's afraid they're going to find his dope stash.
Anyway, I'm giving this novel more thought than it deserves. It's clunky, trashy, seems to have been printed straight from the original typewriter manuscript, and is only occasionally enlivened by some psuedo-guru prose. The sex scenes add nothing, the action scenes are flat because they lack any realism, and the characters are caricatures -- bad ones at that.
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Labels: Book Reviews, psychedelic, Sleaze, Trash Fiction
Mini Marvels
Mini Marvels Ultimate Collection, by Chris Giarrusso
January, 2010 Marvel Comics
I generally steer clear of anything which proclaims itself as suitable for "all ages," but this book is an exception to the rule. Chris Giarrusso's Mini Marvels really does justify the description: kids will enjoy the goofy humor and pint-sized versions of classic Marvel heroes, while adults -- especially ones who grew up with Marvel comics -- will appreciate the in-jokes. In fact I think adults just might enjoy Mini Marvels more than kids.
I've only recently discovered the series. Giarrusso started up a "Marvel meets Peanuts" strip in 1999 which ran as "Bullpen Bits" in Marvel's editorial columns. As the years progressed Giarusso's art got slicker and the strips longer, some of them running into epic proportions as mini-series or special editions. This paperback collects all of Giarusso's Mini Marvels work (save a few Bullpen Bits; one of them, featuring Cyclops, I've placed below). This is by far one of the most enjoyable books I've read in a long time.
Giarrusso recreates the famous Marvel characters as feisty kids. But this isn't one of those stupid modern-day kids-centric hero deals; you know what I mean, shrill cartoons featuring little smart-asses who spout lame dialog at one another. Mini Marvels is several steps above that. These comics are funny, not stupid, and therein lies the difference. In other words, Giarrusso hasn't written a dumbed-down product to appeal to children; he's put real work into his stories and his art so that it not only appeals to kids but also resonates with an adult audience. It's a special kind of magic for sure. When I finished the book I actually missed these little guys.
Giarrusso pretty much does everything -- he draws all of the strips and writes the majority of them. A handful of quickies are written by others, and without a doubt those strips are the worst in the book; it appears that only Giarrusso knows how to portray these characters. He has a definite handle on the various major and minor Marvel personalities (keep an eye open for incredibly obscure characters hiding in the background), and he really seems to have an affinity fo the unsung Avenger Hawkeye. The scrappy archer appears in many of the strips and usually serves as the protagonist; it's nice to see a writer who knows that not every story needs to star Wolverine or Spider-Man. I also love Giarrusso's take on Iron Man, whose ego hasn't diminished despite his smaller stature here.
The biggest shame is that Marvel cancelled the title because they feared people would confuse it with their craptastic new cartoon Super Hero Squad. This nauseating animated series is all the things Mini Marvels isn't: it's stupid, crass, and seems designed to appeal to children brain-damaged from inhaling magic marker fumes. In fact it seems to have been written by those same brain-damaged children.
So, a smart and clever title was cancelled so that a stupid one could live. But then, that's the way of today's rotten world. If Marvel had been smart they would've given Giarrusso a steady job and sold the property as a Sunday comics feature with national distribution. With it's "Peanuts for the Marvel Age" mentality, I'm certain a weekly Mini Marvels strip could've become a huge hit.
I could just rave on and on about this book. There are only a few negatives. For one, I'm uncertain why that aforementioned Cyclops strip and a few other Bullpen Bits weren't included (numbers 2, 9, 10, 36, 37, and 44 respectively -- and it's a real shame that #44 wasn't reprinted here, as its "Wolverine as Charlie Brown" image is downright iconic). Luckily you can find all of the Bullpen Bits over at Giarrusso's website, under the "comic strips" tab in the Mini Marvels section. And another thing I don't like is the somewhat-smaller size of the book. It's not up to the usual trade paperback dimensions; I'm thinking Marvel's done this to appeal to the tweener manga-reading market, which only serves to increase my anger.
Below I've placed some samples of the various strips (freely stolen from about the web), from the early scratchy material to the later, slicker affairs.
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Labels: Book Reviews, Marvel Comics
The Book of Stier
The Book of Stier, by Robin Sanborn
June, 1971 Berkley Medallion
Here's another primo slice of psychedelic science fiction. Actually, it's not exactly science fiction, even though Berkley labelled it as such; The Book of Stier takes place in the "future" of 1979, but it's pretty much the same world as 1971. The war in Vietnam still rages and hippies still roam the streets. The sci-fi element doesn't arise until over halfway through, when the novel takes on a sort of Illuminatus!-in-miniature vibe.
Our "hero" is Paul Odeon, a leading agent at an advertising firm (just like Darrin in Bewitched!). Odeon is assigned a new account: a music revolution has taken over Canada, all of it in the name of one Richard Steir. Steir's music is sort of a pagan/tribal/opera thing, something so unique that those who hear it are immediately enthralled. Steir's about to break in the United States, and Odeon is assigned to write some copy for the back of the LPs, introducing the singer and his beliefs to the country. And Steir is a man of many beliefs -- on the war, on nature, on sex, on how one should live.
Odeon takes the job and finds himself completely at odds with Steir's world. Odeon at 31 is older than the kids who flock to Steir, and would prefer to drink booze or smoke a little pot than inhale the mysterious, narcotic clay the "Snowchildren" of Stier always have with them. But as Odeon works the account he sees Steirmusic invading the minds of America's youth; they band together in covens with rigid hierarchies and wear nothing but white, the sole color which pleases their guru Richard Stier.
It's at this point we realize The Book of Stier is a satire on the entire counterculture/hippie movement (as if Odeon's sarcasm wasn't clue enough). For the Snowchildren shun drugs, instead preferring to sniff that mysterious clay, and do little to mess with the system, doing their own thing without rocking the boat. And, unlike the scraggly hippies, they wear uniform, pristine white, keeping themselves and their homes clean -- indeed, they're such clean-freaks that they gather together and clean the streets and alleys of America's cities.
Odeon finds himself further pulled into the mysterious mind of the still-unseen Richard Stier; the albums keep coming, the world's youth continues to change themselves in his image, but the man himself remains a shadow, only glimpsed in occasional publicity photos, where he appears as a white-clothed youth with golden blonde hair. As Odeon watches the world change he becomes consumed with finding out who Stier is. However, it soon arises that Stier himself has plans for Odeon.
Here the novel takes on a definite Illuminatus! vibe; Odeon is "initiated" by a handful of Stier's "high priestesses." Women who teach Odeon via dancing and sex the secrets of history, how the modern world was spawned from the ruin of Atlantis. Things continue to spiral out of control and soon Odeon is seen as an agent provocateur, with the US government shadowing him -- there follows a few hilarious bits with a gay CIA agent who accosts him. Now a man on the run, Odeon escapes to Canada, where he's determined to find the man behind the myth. As the novel rushes for its climax it becomes increasingly surreal, and when Odeon achieves his goal he finds the last thing he ever could have expected.
The Book of Stier is all about the search for a gifted artist who might not even exist; the same could be said of author Robin Sanborn. Who was this person? He (though of course it could be she) is a fantastic writer, delivering great dialog, narrative, and plot. Paul Odeon in particular is a wonderful creation -- he's one of the most cynical, sarcastic, and asinine "heroes" I've ever had the pleasure to encounter, delivering smart-ass lines with aplomb. Many sequences had me laughing out loud, something that's difficult for any novel to achieve. What I'm saying is, there's no way such a talented writer could churn out only one novel and then disappear -- doing some research I've found that only one other book was published under the name Robin Sanborn: Mohammed Wong Spouts, a 56-page book published in 1979 by Exposition Press which "explains that whales have brains more developed than those of humans."
There's no rule that says psuedonymous authors can only publish one book, so I really suspect that "Robin Sanborn" is a guise. If I'm correct I'd love to know who he/she was. The caustic tone and pitch-perfect comedic timing make me suspect someone like Michael O'Donoghue, but that's just guesswork. At any rate this is an enjoyable novel, one that pokes fun at the hippie movement while still retaining a funky-freaky vibe of its own, and it's definitely recommended to those who prefer their science fiction a bit trippy.
Labels: Berkley Medallion, Book Reviews, Glorious Trash Hall of Fame, psychedelic, Sci-Fi
Storming Heaven
Storming Heaven, by Gordon Rennie, Frazer Irving, and others
January 2007, Rebellion Books
Another one of those fortuitous web discoveries -- I was Googling something like "psychedelic superheroes" and came up with this slick trade paperback, which collects a host of stories drawn by fab artist Frazer Irving for the UK comic 2000AD. In particular the book features the Storming Heaven story arc, written by Gordon Rennie. It's about as "psychedelic superhero" as you can get and well worth the price of the paperback (which you can actually find for pretty cheap, even though it's currently out of print in the US).
From what I've discovered online, at the time Storming Heaven was being published in 2000AD, the current editor had a policy that all stories had to be fast-moving with lots of razzle dazzle. So then, most character and plot development was jettisoned in favor of action, action, action. This appears to have mortally damaged Storming Heaven, as this was a storyline which certainly needed some time to properly play out. Instead we have a 30-or-so page storyline in which characters are introduced in dialog, killed off in dialog, or glimpsed for half a panel. We really don't get to know any of the characters or even get a good look at this psychedelic world they've created, and it's all over before we know it.
Despite all that, it's still pretty cool, not just for the concept alone but also for Irving's slick art. Each panel is like a psychedelic painting in miniature. And the concept is one I've had in mind for years. It's little discussed today, but there was a brief time in which comic books (particularly Marvel characters) were embraced by the late '60s/early '70s counterculture. (The Hulk even appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone -- back when the magazine was cool!) Hippie leaders like Ken Kesey often said that psychedelics could turn one into a turned-on superhero (indeed, Kesey's comment served as inspiration for this story), so I've often wondered why no comic creators capitalized on this. But Rennie and Irving have and, though compromised by editorial constraints, the story they've delivered is a good one.
It's San Francisco, summer of 1967 -- the Summer of Love. Professor Adam Laar, a Timothy Leary-type proclaimer of the virtues of LSD, takes a heroic dose of acid to prove his colleagues wrong. He is reborn as Dr. Trips, the first turned-on superhero. Irving gives him a super-cool design, with a flowing Day-Glo beard and blazing third eye:
A new dawn of man springs forth in Trips' image, a world of psychedelic superheroes who conglomerate in the Haight-Ashbury district. Here Trips proclaims his brave new world and urges people to overcome their "stupid monkey" brains and become "true humans." But evil threatens the idyllic world Trips proclaims -- evil in the form of Thomas Caliban (basically, Charles Manson). After a few sex magick rites Caliban becomes a sort of demon and assembles an army of zombielike followers. They assault Haight-Ashbury and a battle for the soul of mankind ensues.
It just all happens too fast. Rennie and Irving hurl several novel concepts at us: Trips enters the "psychedeliverse," a kaleidoscopic zone from which he gains his powers; lurking there is the cosmic fetus of his unborn child, which when born will be the first fully turned-on human being. The psychedelic heroes of the Haight band together in groups with colorful names, but unfortunately we don't see any of them. And it's obvious from the beginning that Rennie is developing an Isis-Osiris-Horus theme, but due to the editorial-mandated rush we have little chance to fully appreciate it.
Researching the book I also discovered an interview with with Irving in which he discusses Storming Heaven; you can find it here. As for the trade paperback, it features several other stories Irving provided the art for, most of them only a few pages in length. I haven't read them. I will however read Storming Heaven again -- it's unfortunate the story wasn't allowed to reach its full potential. Here's hoping Gordon Rennie does the proper thing and expands it into a full-blown novel.
Labels: Book Reviews, cosmic comics, psychedelic
CenterForce
Centerforce, by TA Waters
December, 1974 Dell
What a missed opportunity. This could've been THE psychedelic sci-fi novel of the entire countercultural movement of the early 1970s. Its "Easy Rider meets 1984" near future America of biker gangs, hippie communes, roving vigilantes, and overbearing governmental agencies encapsulates all of the countercultural staples -- there's even sex and drugs and rock. But the novel fails to deliver on its own promise, and instead becomes a pretentious trawl of a read. Pretension was also one of the staples of the counterculture fiction, as I learned to my dismay years ago when I read a batch of forgotten hippie fiction. CenterForce might be the most pretentious of the lot -- and I've read Stones of Summer!
In barely 200 pages the novel relays this "hippies against The Man" near future of what appears to be the early 1980s. It doesn't matter, though, because the novel's as "early '70s" as you can get. The hippie protests of yore have escalated so that now the government is killing its own; the CenterForce has been created to track down and eliminate home-soil hostiles. An entire stretch of desert in the Midwest has been blasted apart, but here the bikers and the hippies eke out their existence. Like Escape from New York, this barren wasteland is now theirs. But satellite technology tracks their every move as they travel to and from their little kingdoms; and, more dangerously, government-sanctioned vigilantes have clearance to shoot them on sight.
Ben Reed (think Waters was a Fantastic Four fan?) is one of the bikers, and we follow him as he heads on into the forbidden territory to meet up with his fellows. Along the way he evades CenterForce patrols with his augmented BMW chopper (which looks nothing like the Roger Dean-esque illustration on the cover!), takes some mescaline, and thinks about the various women he's slept with. Outside the biker-controlled town is the StarChilde commune, in which a virginal girl has come to seek spiritual knowledge; instead she meets Ben, which results in instant love.
But if only the novel was told in as simple a fashion. Instead, CenterForce is made up of elliptical chapters of two to three pages; many of the chapters aren't even narrative, but governmental dispatches, transcripts of hippie interrogations, diary entries, letters from one minor character to another, "translations" of Chinese poems (which turn out to have been written by a computer, ha ha ha), and, worse yet, sections of script complete with action, dialog, and camera directions. It's as if Waters tried every trick in the book to get around the fact that he had such little story to tell. He even gave each "chapter" titles lifted from the I Ching! Pretension so thick you could choke on it.
Anyway, it's a shame. This novel really could've been something.
Labels: Book Reviews, Dell, psychedelic, Sci-Fi


I recently purchased about the most basic Taurus X with 7 seats. I am amazed at all the features that are standard. Every safety feature I know of is standard and the highest crash test rating. I think these are important to all families with children. I don't feel I need any other features. Car is very comfortable and spacious. I recently went on a 5 hour trip with 4 adults and 2 kids (in car seats). Packed the car full, but enough room all and plenty comfortable. Should be room enough for 6 person family with luggage. Having 7 seats is also useful around town. This was the best vehicle (SUV, Minivan, Crossover) for the money. Paid just over $22k for all I needed and more.


From Peter King's "Cowboys should fire Phillips now; 'Skins, McNabb head for split, too?"
Sunday, Week 8. About as boring a football Sunday as there could be for the first couple of hours, Denver and San Francisco exporting horrible football to London; the Redskins stinking it up at Detroit; the Cowboys looking as pathetic as the '62 Mets; Kansas City and Buffalo playing offensive football like it was 1930 and not 2010; the Jets throwing a slumber party for their offense.
Then some interesting things happened. Lots of them. The benching of The Solution by Mike Shanahan; Troy Smith grabbing hold of the 49ers quarterback job; Ndamukong Suh playing like not only the Defensive Rookie of the Year but also a Defensive Player of the Year candidate; the Packers shutting out the Jets with a tour de force defensive performance that would have made Lombardi proud. And we haven't even gotten to the Patriots lacerating Favre and the Raiders humbling Hasselbeck and, Saints alive, the Saints coming alive.
Off we go on a tour of the NFL as the calendar turns to November.
Troy Smith, QB, San Francisco.
As I said on NBC Sunday night, you'll almost certainly see Troy Smith replace Alex Smith, regardless of Alex's health, when the 49ers come off their bye in 13 days against the Rams. My take is that Mike Singletary sees Troy as the make-something-happen sparkplug he never saw in Alex -- or in backup David Carr.


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Sentinel Editorial: A prudent delay; Keene state College is right to postpone starting its spring semester
Among the many uncertainties the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the region has been how Keene State College can conduct classes and other operations on campus while still keeping not only students, faculty and staff safe, but also the city and region that host them. Underscoring that uncertainty most recently, the college announced in December it would delay the start of its spring semester until Feb. 15.
Since the pandemic's onset, the stakes have been high from both perspectives. For Keene State, which considers its shared on-campus environment essential to the experience it provides, there was disappointment in the remote learning experience it was forced into providing last spring when the spread of COVID-19 shut down the campus and students were sent home for the remainder of the academic year. Failing to manage the coronavirus risk safely with students back could force another campus shutdown and further diminish the student experience — not to mention the bottom line of a financially challenged institution that relies on students fees and on-campus spending for a portion of its revenue.
For Keene, having students in residence is a significant contributor to economic activity, and restaurants and other establishments that are especially challenged by the ongoing social-distancing and other public-health precautions sorely need the boost the college community's presence gives. Yet having students back also raises concerns about managing the coronavirus spread within the city.
Under President Melinda Treadwell, the college last summer developed a comprehensive plan to bring students back for the fall semester that, among other effective steps, included mandatory testing for the college community. In announcing the plan last summer, though, Treadwell made clear that safety was the top priority and that she would be guided by data and health experts in revising the plan as needed or even returning to a fully remote environment.
Keene State delivered on that pledge early in the fall semester when it became clear that stepped-up testing was necessary, and weekly testing of all students and staff replaced a more random, rotating schedule. And the fall results were encouraging, with very low test-positivity rates and effective quarantine and isolation measures swiftly implemented to tamp down any spread.
But the late fall surge that has since become a holiday tsunami of COVID cases nationally makes the return of students for the spring semester a significant concern. The college had already announced plans in November to cancel its spring break to enable a week's delay to the semester's start, until Jan. 25. With the number of infections on a rapid rise here in New Hampshire, in New England and elsewhere, it's inescapable that the safest course is to wait sufficiently beyond the holidays to limit the risk vacationing students will be bringing the virus back with them to Keene. In announcing the further three-week delay to the semester's start, Treadwell emphasized that she based her decision on scientific data and predictions for COVID-19 and reaffirmed that, despite the college's strong commitment to providing its on-campus experience, the health and safety considerations were paramount.
That's very much to her and the college's ongoing credit. The further delay of the spring semester is surely a disappointment to students, whose college experience has already endured much disruption. And it's a blow as well for a city whose economic vitality is under stress and could use the boost that returning students provide. But it will serve the longer-term interests of neither college nor city if a premature return of students to campus were to make the already worrying trends worse.

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Please, can you help me with micrompx encoder/decoder configuration?
I am testing OMNIASST. I have read the manual and can not find information on how to configure them.
Last edited by juanex on Wed Feb 08, 2017 12:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Sample rate is set to 48 or 192 kHz. Do NOT use 44.1 or 176.4, that will cause constant hiccups and warnings in the decoder, which expects 192 kHz.
Enable MicroMPX, and fill in the IP address and port number of the target PC. See below.
It will pick the first 192 kHz capable sound card it finds. To select the card that you want to use, use the option -l (or --list) to get a list of sound cards, and -a (or --audio) to select the sound card that you want to use. You can select a sound card by number (but that might change if sound cards are added to or removed from the system), or by a unique part of the name.
The encoder and decoder must be set to the same bitrate. Default is 320 kbit/s, if you want to use something else, add -b or --bitrate followed by the bitrate to the decoder command line.
If the decoder is on the same LAN or VPN as the encoder, then you can use its local IP address (usually a 192.168 or 10. number). If it's not, and it's placed behind a router, you'll have to forward a port to it in the router settings to be able to reach it, and use its external IP address in the encoder. You can find this by going to a site such as http://whatismyip.com/ , on the decoding pc.
If you're on a LAN or VPN, it's possible to use multicasting to send the data to many IP addresses on the same network. To do this, use a multicase IP address - this is an address that ends at .255. So for example, 192.168.100.255 will stream to 192.168.100.1, 192.168.100.2 etc.
If you start the MicroMPX decoder, and the encoder is running or is started afterwards, you'll see a few warnings about pilot phase differences pop up when it connects. This is normal, and an easy way to see that the signal starts to arrive. Once the phase difference is connected (usually within about 1 second), the logging should stop completely. If things keep being logged, something is wrong. (Occasionally there can be some extra logging a few seconds after connecting, but that should be all).
Is MicroMPX usable with normal stereo tool ?
Not at this point. We're for now only selling a separate decoder and built-in encoders.


PharmaNet Development Group, Inc., has announced that Valerie Palumbo has joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Corporate Quality Assurance.
Ms. Palumbo has more than twenty years of experience in the development and implementation of quality assurance programs in the FDA-regulated drug and medical device industries. Her experience includes oversight of pre-clinical, clinical, and clinical supplies manufacturing activities.
In addition, Ms. Palumbo has significant experience in the globalization of policies and procedures that drive company-wide compliance, and in the implementation and enhancement of computer system validation and 21 CFR Part 11 compliance processes.


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But now, with the heightened sensitivity of an election year and the expansion of the carbon program looming, critics are redoubling their opposition. The California Independent Oil Marketers Association, an industry group, has organized Fed Up at the Pump, which describes itself as a "grass-roots coalition of consumers, businesses and advocates." Neel Kashkari, the Republican candidate for governor, is criticizing Gov. Jerry Brown for what he calls a "hidden" tax on gas, and 40 state lawmakers, including 16 Assembly Democrats, have formally urged the Brown administration to back off the regulation.
The Western States Petroleum Association, which represents oil interests influential at the Capitol, has said it could cost oil companies 12 cents or more a gallon to buy carbon credits for the fuel they sell in California each year.
"If this goes through as planned, in places like the Valley and other communities where money's tight, another 15 cents a gallon?" said Henry Perea, the Fresno assemblyman who wrote a letter signed by 16 Democrats this month to Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board. "There's not a lot of public transportation in Fresno. ... We drive, we rely on our cars here, and for gas to go up another 15 cents a gallon is a major hit."
The Brown administration expects to generate about $550 million in proceeds from cap-and-trade auctions in the upcoming budget year, with funds directed to high-speed rail and other transportation projects, affordable housing and programs designed to reduce emissions. Of the Democrats who signed the letter urging Brown to hold off on the regulation, all but one, Rudy Salas of Bakersfield, voted in favor of the cap-and-trade spending plan in budget-related legislation this month.
"It sounds like in an election year everyone is looking for some political cover on tough issues," said Robin Swanson, a Democratic political consultant. "If gas prices go up in the summer, no one wants to be held accountable for that; no one wants to be left holding that bag."
Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for price tracker GasBuddy.com, estimated the expansion of California's cap-and-trade program could result in a 10- to 20-cent-per-gallon increase in fuel prices.
"The producers are going to say that prices are going to go soaring, and the environmentalists say, "Oh, its no big deal,'" DeHaan said. "I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle. ... It's not the doom and gloom that the oil lobby would have you believe, and it's not nothing, like the environmentalists would have you believe. It certainly will be felt by motorists."
Brown, a third-term Democrat, is unwavering. Under the existing cap-and-trade program, big industrial polluters have been required to reduce emissions or buy allowances since 2012, and Stanley Young, a spokesman for the Air Resources Board, said many companies coming under the cap in January have bought allowances ahead of time. He declined to say how much any oil supplier has already purchased, but he said "many of these fuel suppliers have been purchasing this, which means that they have been spending money." He suggested the cost of compliance has already been incorporated into the price of fuel.
The ARB itself estimated in 2010 that gas prices could increase 4 percent to 19 percent by 2020 as a result of cap and trade, but ARB officials said that estimate is outdated, and Young said "we don't believe there will be any discernible increase in pricing" next year. He said the total cost of fuel for Californians is expected to decrease in the long run as cars become more fuel efficient and as public transportation and alternative energy options improve.
The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in California was $4.13 on Sunday, third highest in the nation behind Alaska and Hawaii, according to AAA. Prices can fluctuate for any number of reasons in a global market, from seasonal changes in demand to refinery outages and political upheaval in oil-producing countries. But the cost of fuel is a perennial issue in presidential campaigns, and if critics can yoke the decisions of incumbent politicians to higher prices in California, the issue could become problematic for candidates holding state offices, as well.
"It definitely does seem to be a sound bite, and it is an advantageous one to use during an election cycle," said Timothy O'Connor, an attorney with the Environmental Defense Fund. "That is something we've seen time and time again."
O'Connor said critics of stricter regulations ignore the economic benefits of programs funded by cap and trade, and he said concerns about fuel prices are shortsighted.
"What I'm noticing is that although these elected officials are concerned about the AB 32 fuel policies, the rhetoric of the hidden gas tax is not also paired with any recognition of the design of the program that provides investments and benefits in their communities," O'Connor said.
Transportation fuels make up about 40 percent of statewide emissions, and state Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, said "all the major polluters have to do their fair share" for the environment.
"I think the oil refineries have decided they'd rather fight this than do what we know they can do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions," said Pavley, the author of AB 32, which requires California to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. "This isn't the first time we've had a push back from them."
Four years ago, oil companies backed a proposition to suspend AB 32. Voters overwhelmingly rejected it.
This year, the effort by the oil industry appears at least partly designed to inoculate itself from public frustration if prices do go up.
"We're organizing a coalition effort, but frankly it's in our own self-interest, because when prices go up unexpectedly, the public blames us, so we felt we needed to get out there and be a little more proactive," said Jay McKeeman, a vice president at the California Independent Oil Marketers Association.
He said the group is in the midst of a three-month marketing campaign in the Central Valley. He declined to say how much the association was spending.
"I think we all just kind of realized that there was going to be no quarter given by CARB," he said. "At this late date, we don't see out of the administration that there's going to be an adjustment for this, so we've got to take it to the streets."
Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen, one of the Republican lawmakers most vocally opposed to the regulation's expansion to transportation fuels, said any price increase on gas is "going to have a really harsh impact" in Central Valley cities still bruised by the recession.
The Riverbank lawmaker said she is "optimistic that we have an opportunity to do something different, or at least delay implementation."
Brown's political spokesman referred questions about the regulation's expansion to administration officials, who said they are preparing to go forward. Heavily favored to win re-election, Brown has ignored Kashkari's effort to tie concerns about gas price increases to the cap-and-trade program's inclusion of money for high-speed rail. The rail project is a priority of Brown's, but its popularity has fallen off, and Kashkari calls its cap-and-trade funding source a "regressive tax" on residents who cannot afford it.
Still, Brown has demonstrated sensitivity to the pressure of gas prices before.
In 2012, Brown called on state regulators to allow the early sale of the less expensive winter-blend gasoline, which he said could bring down prices spiking after a series of in-state refinery problems. The move came about a month before that year's elections, which included Proposition 30, Brown's tax initiative.
"In light of the tight gasoline supplies and resulting price spikes, we should not wait until the end of the month to start production of our winter-blend gasoline," Brown said in a letter to the Air Resources Board at the time. "Allowing refiners to make an early transition to winter-blend gasoline could quickly increase fuel supply and provide a much needed safety valve with negligible air quality impacts."
California low-carbon rule survives big legal challenge
Mixed-use housing and retail project planned in Sacramento's Oak Park neighborhood
Editorials from around New York


An olfactive tale under the sign of a mystic and imaginary tree. The woody soul adorns itself with a praised and delighted fumigation.
A faceted smoky glass will let gleam the light of one thousand lights.


The friends in the Waukegan, IL (B) cluster are strengthening their abilities to engage seekers and new believers in the institute process. Here is the story of an individual who first reached out to the Bahá'ís through the Seeker Response System.
I just spoke with the cluster development facilitator. She has had several contacts with __. This seeker has been attending a Book 1 study circle, and last time was given the introductory brochure with the prayer book. The registration card was pointed out to her, and she was invited to fill it out and send it in when she felt she was ready to become a Bahá'í. . . .
H has already covered much of the basics with __. We agreed that I will call her this evening to complete the affirmation.
They have seen so much receptivity in this part of the cluster, and with D's declaration at the House of Worship, there are now 9 adult Bahá'ís in this town.
That last individual, however, wasn't initially easy to find. The friends didn't have an up-to-date phone number or even a certain address. One of them attempted a home visit. No one was there, but she left a prayer book and a note.
I had a wonderful conversation with D to complete her affirmation.
D heard from a friend, several years ago, that she could go to the Bahá'í House of Worship to pray and meditate. As she started doing that on a regular basis, she found that she was transformed in relation to getting angry, so people could not push her buttons. The House of Worship became her spiritual home. Friends started to notice and asking what was different. For the last three years, she has been asking questions during her visits to the House of Worship and studying about the Faith.
D has been reading the Kitab-i-Aqdas, saying daily obligatory prayers, and is excited about participating in the Fast and getting to know the local Bahá'ís. She has a Bahá'í calendar and had a few questions about Ayyam'i-Ha.
D is looking forward to you call later today. She is already engaged in a personal devotional process. I encouraged her to join a Book 1 study circle.


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Kate has her future in her mind. She knows what kind of life she wants. But she didn't know how to get there.


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Une élection départementale partielle a lieu en France en 2019.

Synthèse

* Conseillère démissionnaire.

Résultats détaillés

Canton de Lodève
Les électeurs du canton de Lodève sont appelés à élire un nouveau conseiller départemental à la suite de la démission d'Irène Tolleret, élue députée au Parlement européen sur la liste LREM-MoDem-Agir, la droite constructive, le .

Notes et références

2019
départementales partielles
Départementales, 2019

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Position Overview A mobile ultrasound company is seeking a certified veterinary technician to fill the role of a mobile sonographer in the Quad Cities and surrounding areas. Qualified candidates should have a minimum five years of work experience in a veterinary hospital, demonstrate involvement with administrative duties, and express an interest in small animal ultrasound. Prospective candidates should have a quest for learning and personal advancement and exhibit a professional, outgoing, enthusiastic personality. Duties and Responsibilities Perform studies on small animals in multiple clinics daily, often involving extensive traveling throughout the day. Communicate professionally and effectively with clients, teammates, and colleagues at all levels. Must be comfortable with communicating daily via email and Whats app. Assist in account management of clinics by organizing schedules, scheduling patients, and educating staff and veterinarians on testing modalities, procedures, and processes. Support and assist in the development of market growth strategies. Actively participate in monthly market and in-service sonography meetings. Independently troubleshoot issues in the field when they arise and deliver prompt solutions, requesting assistance when needed. Clean and maintain all clinical equipment. Complete and maintain required certifications, registries, and continuing education. Requirements Current veterinary technician license. Minimum five years of work experience. Holds previous or current managerial position in a veterinary hospital. Expresses an interest in ultrasound and/or imaging. Willing and able to travel for training. Ability to work independently and follow protocol. High attention to detail in fast paced and dynamic environment. Ability to multitask effectively while maintaining a high level of productivity. Ability to communicate effectively with customers. Demonstration of computer skills and the ability to troubleshoot hardware and software issues. A valid driver's license to operate a vehicle for transportation of equipment, a reliable means of transportation, and an acceptable driving record. If you are interested in applying for one of our open positions, please send a resume and cover letter to fredgromalakgmail.com.


I am looking for....it might be the 18ms "dead time" between pulses.
with (to keep the ISR short)..
> I am looking for....it might be the 18ms "dead time" between pulses.
> with (to keep the ISR short)..
details and losing sight of general principals anyway.
around 100kHz.  Obviously, faster would give you better resolution.
falling edges of the pulse.
subtraction will underflow and the duration will still be correct.
by the surrounding program and return from interrupt.
so I'll leave it to you to decide what to do with the value obtained.
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Competition and Consumer Protection In The Age Of Big Data
By Future Startup
Popular ride-sharing giant Uber has certainly earned its reputation as a classic "disruptor", shaking up markets, leaving regulators scrambling to catch up, while also benefitting consumers. All over the world, taxi drivers fear the loss of customers, the work rights of drivers' are being questioned, and passengers are seeking redress when things go wrong, says a press release sent by UNCTAD.
As an ongoing court case in the United States shows, however, Uber also faces accusations that despite seeming cheaper than traditional taxi services its data-driven algorithm are unfairly fixing prices in breach of competition rules.
The case of Uber raises the broader question of whether, rather than driving down prices and increasing quality, data-dependent commerce could have anti-competitive elements, harming consumers all over the world.
Indeed, the digitalization of our global economy makes the twin issues of competition policy and consumer protection more urgent and complex than ever. A week of expert meetings convened by UNCTAD in Geneva, Switzerland, from 17 to 21 October will discuss precisely these issues.
"We need the things technology companies can do – particularly in developing countries which are striving to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals," the head of UNCTAD's Competition Policy and Consumer Protection Branch, Teresa Moreira, said.
"But this shift won't reach its full potential unless people are confident their rights are being protected and that companies are operating fairly."
Among the meeting participants is Professor Ariel Ezrachi from Oxford University, who with Maurice E. Stucke, examines the challenges of digitalization in a new book, Virtual Competition, to be presented by Mr. Ezrachi during the week at the 7th Meeting of the UNCTAD Research Partnership Platform on 19 October.
"On its surface, the online world – with the growth of price comparison websites, dynamic pricing, web-promotions and smartphone apps – seems to deliver in lowering prices, improving quality, widening the selection of goods and services, and hastening innovation," they say.
"Yet, behind the mirage, operates an increasingly well-oiled machine that can defy the free competitive forces we rely on."
The "invisible hand", by which markets bring social benefits, is being replaced by a "digital hand" open to manipulation, they say.
"Competition authorities may need to reassess and re-interpret the legal tools at their disposal," Mr. Ezrachi and Mr. Strucke write.
"Even basic questions, such as 'Can computers collude?' or 'How much choice does the online environment offer?' may be challenging."
Big Data, competition, consumer protection, Uber, Unctad


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Insurance solutions can help to restore mangroves as natural coastal defences
New York - United States - October 22, 2020
Insurance could cost-effectively help protect and restore mangrove forests, which can offer increased resilience and protect against coastal flooding, according to a report published today by The Nature Conservancy and University of California, Santa Cruz, and supported by AXA XL.
The report, Reducing Caribbean Risk: Opportunities for Cost-Effective Mangrove Restoration and Insurance, identifies 3,000 km of coastline across 20 states, territories and countries in the Caribbean region where post-storm mangrove restoration, which could be paid for by insurance and other mechanisms, would provide flood protection benefits that significantly outweigh the cost of mangrove rehabilitation. It adds that although the U.S. and the Bahamas have the most robust insurance markets, mangrove forests' protective benefits are also significant in the Dominican Republic and Jamaica due to their high population densities.
Globally, mangroves protect 15 million people from flooding and also reduce flood damages by US$65 billion every year1. The first 100 meters of mangroves forests can be particularly critical, as they can lower wave heights by as much as 66%2.
The uncertainty around the frequency and severity of tropical cyclones combined with rising sea-levels threaten coastal communities globally. Integrating nature-based solutions alongside more traditional coastal defences is seen as a critical component of disaster risk management and climate adaptation.
The report suggests that a parametric insurance policy based on wind speed is most feasible and could be paired with a traditional indemnity policy to cover both short-term and longer-term restoration actions. The funding source(s) and beneficiaries of the programme, whether public or private bodies, will significantly influence how a mangrove insurance scheme is structured.
Chip Cunliffe, Director, Sustainable Development, AXA XL, said: "As part of our Ocean Risk Initiative, we're looking to develop insurance and finance products that incorporate nature-based solutions - including mangroves - to help close the protection gap and build resilience at local, regional and global levels.
"AXA XL is an innovator in this field, and in line with AXA Group's focus on climate and biodiversity, we are using our risk management expertise to look for new ways to reduce community vulnerability to coastal flooding, which is expected to increase as sea levels rise. A specific mangroves solution could provide effective protection to coastal communities."
Professor Michael W Beck3, of the University of California, Santa Cruz said: "With increasing sea levels and waves, more communities will be exposed to impacts from extreme weather. Mangroves provide a cost-effective first line of defence protecting people and property from these hazards"
The Nature Conservancy, which helped develop and launch the first coral reef insurance policy off Quintana Roo in Mexico, is helping lead this new approach.
Mark Way, Director of Coastal Risk and Resilience at The Nature Conservancy said: "This report represents an important milestone in our work to develop insurance solutions that can help protect valuable coastal ecosystems that provide so many vital services, including enhancing resilience to storm surge and coastal erosion. We are about to begin a second phase of research to build on this report and deepen our understanding of technical aspects and the potential demand for an insurance product to protect mangroves in particular locations in the Caribbean region."
Follow AXA XL on Twitter and on LinkedIn.
1. Menéndez, P., Losada, I. J., S. Torres-Ortega, S. Narayan, M. W. Beck. 2020. Global flood protection benefits of mangroves. Scientific Reports 10:4404.
2. McIvor, A., Möller, I., Spencer, T., and Spalding, M. 2012. Reduction of Wind and Swell Waves by Mangroves. The Nature Conservancy and Wetlands International.
3. Professor Michael W Beck is one of the world's leading experts in modelling flood risk associated with mangroves and coral reefs. His research, together with that of TNC, forms the basis for this study.


A while back, they apparently lost their Explainer and asked for applications for a replacement. As part of the application, they requested that you submit a list of 10 sample questions to be explained.
Do banks report transactions under $10,000 to the feds?
Is Tibet an occupied country or an Autonomous Region of China?
How do you get this free money from the Fed?
What's so bad about a weak dollar?
Who are the superdelegates and what are their superpowers?
Am I required to put my hand over my heart when the National Anthem is playing?
What's so bad about melting glaciers?
Is pancreatic cancer deadly or not?
Well, I didn't get the job, and of course, I didn't get a response, but today I see this article in Slate Explainer: Why Do Cranes Fall Down?.
I guess the reason I didn't get the job was that I only had one article worth ripping off. If there had been five or six, I'd be explaining away at Slate as we speak!


[map] [street view] South of Patterson Road in Baldwin County, just south of of I-10. Co-located with WSRE-DT, WDPM-DT and WPMI-DT; FM stations WXBM, WRGV and WTKX.
This station dates back to an early-80's construction permit for an independent local commercial TV station. The WMPV calls, assigned in 1982, stood for Mobile-Pensacola-Video. The station went through several ownership changes and two expired permits before it finally got up and running in July of 1987 with a slate of what was likely low budget off-network programming. Rel-way Partnership was listed as the owners during this time, and they built an enormously expensive, elaborate studio in West Mobile, which was soon abandoned. Later the studio moved to the old WPMI studios in Tower on Ryan Park. The station struggled to attract an audience and appears to have had little luck getting on Mobile and Pensacola area cable TV systems in its earliest incarnation, and also suffered from periods of being off the air. Desperate to attract an audience, the station tried music videos from the Houston-based Hit Video USA network. That only lasted a short time before the station finally threw in the towel and sold to a local religious group, Sonlight Broadcasting Systems. They changed to religious programming and the era of WMPV as a commercial station was at its end. Sonlight sold the station to All American TV, Inc. in 1997. All American was a name used by the Trinity Broadcasting Network, who put their TBN programming on the station after acquiring it. They moved the studios to their current location off the Beltway in Mobile, fronting I-65.
During the station's analog broadcasting years, the antenna was side-mounted on the WJTC-TV tower in Baldwin County. With the digital switchover, it relocated to one of the two big master tower sites a little further west to be co-located with several other stations.
This station elected to discontinue analog broadcasts sometime before the new June 12th deadline. In 2002 it was running a digital signal of about 600 watts from a temporary site just off Azalea and Cottage Hill Road. Later, the station ran about 120 kW from the digital switchover date to the spring of 2011, when it officially debuted a much higher power from the current transmitting site. The station experienced an encoder failure early in September 2011, forcing the TBN multiplex off air. The signal returned a few days later. In 2014 the JCTV music videos channel was discontinued, and a Christian youth oriented network called JUCE took its place. In 2015, Smile of a Child moved to the -.3 part time and this subchannel is now labeled "COMBO". TBN Salsa launched on the -.5 subchannel in its place.
The station received a permit in July 2017 to relocate from RF channel 20 to 18 as part of the FCC repacking process. Originally to be 1 MW, the permit was modified in December 2018 to reduce it to 900 kW.


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Ця стаття про воєводство Великого князівства Литовського. Віленське воєводство також було частиною Польської Республіки в 1923—1939 роках.

Віленське воєводство ВКЛ (, , , ) — одне з воєводств Великого князівства Литовського, що було утворене 1413 року на базі Литовського князівства та сусідніх земель.

Перестало існувати після окупації Російською імперією у 1795 році.

Адміністративний поділ
Воєводство складалося з Віленського, Вілкомирського, Браславського, Ошмянського і Лідського повітів.

Посадові особи

Воєводи

Каштеляни

Див. також
 Литовське князівство
 Жмудське князівство
 Віленська губернія

Джерела

  Gloger, Zygmunt, Województwo Wileńskie  // Geografia historyczna ziem dawnej Polski. — Kraków, 1903.

Воєводства Великого князівства Литовського
Віленське воєводство
засновані в Європі 1413
Держави і території, засновані 1413
Держави і території, зникли 1795
Історія Вітебської області
Історія Гродненської області
Історія Мінської області
Середньовічна Литва
Новоісторична Литва


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Kathleen Ferreira
Director Of Research And Evaluation
Kathleen Ferreira, Ph.D., Director of Research and Evaluation, is a former direct care provider with over 20 years of experience in development and implementation of services and supports for vulnerable individuals. Over the last 15 years, Kathleen has conducted mixed methods research, evaluation, training, and technical assistance with service systems, organizations, providers, recipients, and families. Her research areas include mental health and recovery, substance use and prevention, homelessness, family- and consumer-driven services, organizational and system-level development, and interagency collaboration for youth with special needs.
Kathleen has worked on small- and large-scale evaluation projects, including SAMHSA's Children's Mental Health Initiative, National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and Healthy Transitions Initiative. She has also served as Principal Investigator, Senior Research Methodologist, or Co-Investigator on several federally funded grants through National Institute of Health, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Institute of Education Sciences, and Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
Kathleen has extensive experience as an instructional designer, developing online curricula, training modules, toolkits, and other online products for the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Labor.
Kathleen received a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Education from the University of South Florida.
Contact Kathleen at kferreira@c4innovates.com.
Examples of Kathleen's Work
Conducting an Environmental Scan of Collegiate Recovery Programs in Washington State by C4's Jennifer Battis and Kathleen Ferreira
Advancing Children's Mental Health through Family Advocacy, a podcast episode
A framework for integrating young peers in recovery into adolescent substance use prevention and early intervention by C4's Kristen Paquette, Laura Pannella Winn, Catriona Wilkey, and Kathleen Ferreira as well as Laura Rose W. Donegan was published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment in December 2019.
Enhancing adolescent SBIRT with a peer-delivered intervention: An implementation study by C4's Kristen Paquette, Laura Pannella Winn, Catriona Wilkey, and Kathleen Ferreira as well as Laura Rose W. Donegan was published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment in August 2019.
Family Advocacy in Children's Mental Health: Past, Present and Strategies for a Successful Future by C4's Kathleen Ferreira as well as Lisa Lambert was published in APA Handbook of Contemporary Family Psychology in December 2018.
Who's in Charge Here? Structures for Collaborative Governance in Children's Mental Health by C4's Kathleen Ferreira as well as Sharon Hodges, Debra Mowery and Emily Novicki was published in Administration in Social Work in June 2013.
The Promise of Family Engagement: An Action Plan for System Level Policy and Advocacy by C4's Kathleen Ferreira as well as Elaine Slaton, Anne Culp and Sharon Hodges was published in Child and Family Advocacy: Bridging the Gaps Among Research, Practice and Policy in May 2013.
A Multi-Level Framework for Local Policy Development and Implementation by C4's Kathleen Ferreira as well as Anne Culp and Sharon Hodges was published in Child and Family Advocacy: Bridging the Gaps Among Research, Practice and Policy in May 2013.


Shazam! is an upcoming superhero movie by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Shazam! can be called a brand new start for the DCEU that tries to split from Dark Knight, Suicide Squad and Justice League.
We used to DC movies that are all about the villains and the defense of the Earth, however, this one is more about the meaning of a true family.
"Shazam!" Movie Spoiler-Free Review: Is It Something Brand NEW from DCEU?
The new season drops April 5.
The first trailer for Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur, a troubled man who develops into an obsessive criminal, depicts a dark, disturbing portrait of the iconic Batman villain. The trailer mostly shows Arthur without makeup, and the scenes where he's in makeup seem to take place before he's wholly committed to the Joker shtick.
"In this peaceful town, on these quiet streets, something terrifying, something horrifying is coming," a voiceover intones, followed by the town's cafe getting invaded by the undead.
The Star Wars star made the announcement at Wondercon via a short clip which he later shared online. Hamill said he "can't wait to bring such an iconic character to life." The film is set for a June 21 release.
Priyanka Chopra fans are in for a good news as the latest hearsay suggests that the global icon might be hopping onboard the Marvel universe.
While the earlier buzz had reported that the 36-year-old Quantico star will be starring as the Muslim comic book superhero Kamala Khan, now the reports are afloat once again as they reveal that Mrs. Jonas will be starring in a Marvel movie, details of which have not yet been revealed.
The series, aptly titled Pennyworth, will focus on Bruce Wayne's long-suffering butler, friend, and companion, Alfred and it's going to look at his past (I think these things are usually called an origin story, but he's a butler for Christ's sake, not a mutant).
While the teaser doesn't give much away it certainly looks like Alfred was a busy man before he took on the role of looking after Wayne manor.
Hugh Jackman has confirmed that work has begun on a sequel to The Greatest Showman.
Speaking to the Sun, the movie's director Michael Gracey confirmed that he and Jackman had initiated the process, saying: "When a movie becomes as big a success as this, it's only natural there is demand for a sequel.


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Cyber Security Market 2019 Global Trends, Emerging Technologies, Industry Segments, Key Vendors Analysis, Import & Export, Revenue by Forecast 2023
"Cyber Security Market"
Cyber Security Market is expected to grow at approx. USD 251 Billion by 2023, at 11% of CAGR between 2017 and 2023.
There growing number of data beaches around the world is exemplified by the host of examples. Wal-Mart suffered data theft from its cash registers in 2009. J.P. Morgan Chase suffered the largest cyber-attack in corporate history compromising information of 76 million households which included customer names, addresses, phone numbers, and email contacts. In 2014, hackers attacked Apple iCloud accounts of Hollywood celebrities including Kate Upton, Kirsten Dunst, Jennifer Lawrence, and stole nude pics. Thus the need for cyber security is easily apprehended even by layman.
Cyber security involves technologies, processes and practices designed to protect computers, networks, programs and data from unauthorized access. The global cyber security market is anticipated to grow at to USD 251 Billion by 2023, at a CAGR growth of 11% between 2017 and 2023.
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The major players in cyber security market are Symantec Corporation (U.S.), Cisco Systems, Inc. (U.S.), Intel Security (U.S.), IBM Corporation (U.S.), Trend Micro, Inc. (Japan), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (U.S.), Rapid7, Inc. (U.S.), EMC RSA (U.S.), FireEye, Inc. (U.S.), and Sophos Ltd. (U.K.) and others.
Market Dynamics Drivers:
The major drivers of the Cyber Security Market are growing cases of data thefts, security breaches, and the prohibitive cost of non-compliance as exemplified in the above cases. The growing antecedents of cyber security such as increased deployment of web and cloud based applications, remote access technologies, growing stringency of compliance and regulatory requirements, emergence of internet of things (IoT) and bring your own device (BYOD), growing internet usage, and growing density of intellectual property resulting in industrial espionage are other factors driving the market.
Growing ecommerce and payment card industry, social messaging apps has led to growth in dependency on I.T. systems. Advantages of data encryption such as data responsibility, authentication, data integrity and nonrepudiation are other attractions for the market. The scalable and repeatable nature of the business makes it attractive to startup and angel investing resulting in growing number of firms.
Restraints:
Interference from state apparatus and intelligence agencies owing to use of data encryption in crimes is a cause of concern. For example, the National Security Agency is charged with deliberately weakening the data encryption standard algorithm, revealed by former NSA analyst Edward Snowden.
Deliberate subverting of cryptography standards by intelligence agencies with the argument that encryption prevents law enforcement from accessing data coupled with the demands of "responsible encryption" where the data can be decrypted under a warrant are serious threats to the market. High cost of installation and maintenance and lack of awareness in developing regions of the world are other restraints on the market.
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Based on solutions, the cyber security market has been segmented by identity & access management, risk & compliance management, unified threat management, disaster recovery, firewall, antivirus, web filtering, others,
Based on service, the cyber security market has been segmented by managed services, professional services, training & education, consulting, support & maintenance, design & integration, risk & threat assessment, and others.
Based on security type, the cyber security market has been segmented by network security, end point security, application security, cloud security, wireless security, others. Application security is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR owing to internet of things, bring your own device trend and growing number of connected devices.
Based on deployment, the cyber security market has been segmented by cloud, and on-premise.
Based on vertical, the cyber security market has been segmented by BFSI, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, IT & telecommunication, aerospace & defense, government, others.
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North America accounts for the largest market share of cyber security market by value as well as volume. The U.S. dominates the North American region due to the presence of major players, large demand, and rapid uptake of technology.
Europe secured the second position led by Germany, France and the U.K. with the Scandinavian economies of Norway, Finland securing high growth rates.
Asia-Pacific regions of Japan, China and India are anticipated to grow at the fastest CAGR owing to the service led growth of India, followed by China, growing economy, presence of skilled manpower at a lower cost.
The Middle East and Africa regions are expected to grow at a moderate single digit CAGR due to poor economy.
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She has been married to Maurice Gibb and John Frieda.
Lulu has one son, Jordan Frieda.
Lulu was born Marie MacDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, in Lennoxtown, Glasgow in 1948. Her father was a butcher.
In the BBC programme Who Do You Think You Are? it was revealed that Lulu's mother was the daughter of Hugh Cairns, who was part of a Glasgow gang and had been in prison 10 times in 10 years.
Lulu attended Whitehill School, but has been in the entertainment business since the 1960s. According to Lulu's official site, she "is the only female artist to have appeared on Top Of the Pops in each of the last five decades."
In 1964 at just 15 she had a hit with her cover of the Isley Brothers' Shout.
In 1967 she had a Number 1 hit in the USA with the title song of the film To Sir With Love.
In 1969 Lulu won the Eurovision Song Contest with Boom Bang-a-Bang.
Numerous other hits followed, as Lulu widened the gamut of her entertainment prowess. She had her own show on TV, It's Lulu, in the 1970s and in the 1980s she acted in The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole.
In 1993 Lulu was back at number one in the UK charts singing guest vocals on Take That's Relight My Fire.
From 1969 to 1973 she was married to Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees.
In 1976, she married hair stylist John Frieda, but they divorced in 1995.
Lulu and John Frieda had a son, Jordan Frieda, who became an actor and restaurateur.
Lulu was awarded the OBE in 2000.
In 2011, Lulu went on Strictly Come Dancing, partnering Brendan Cole.
They were the fifth couple to be voted off.
In November 2016, the BBC announced that Lulu would be a judge on the new BBC One Saturday night entertainment show Let It Shine.


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The Houston Cancer Quack
About THCQ
Fact-checking Burzynski II
Writing About Houston Cancer Quack Dr. Burzynski's Antineoplastons
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Texas Medical Board's Opening Statement
On November 19th, the Texas Medical Board made its opening statement in the matter of the Board vs. Stanislaw R. Burzynski, to begin the long-delayed disciplining of a notorious cancer quack. It should be noted that this is not a matter of Big Pharma vs. Burzynski or the FDA or other moneyed interests vs. Burzynski, as many who hold Dr. Burzynski to a lower standard of evidence than other researchers claim. The current action came about because patients complained to the Board about what they experienced at the Clinic. It's not Burzynski vs. Big Pharma. It's Burzynski against his own patients. Those who are calling for the proceedings to end are actually opposing the right of cancer patients to demand the minimal standard of care.
The following text is a transcript made from a recording by a member of the Skeptics for the Protection of Cancer Patients who attended the proceedings. The Board's case was made by Mr. Lee Buckstein.
Ladies and gentlemen:
Dr. Sidney Farber, after World War II, worked in a basement of Boston's Children's Hospital trying to come up with a medicine for children who had leukemia, which was a really horrific death sentence for children. He's acknowledged and it's widely undisputed that he is one of the world's pioneers of cancer chemotherapy. His successes made him one of the most respected members of the medical community and took him from the basement to an office with a grand view of Boston Harbor across the river into Cambridge. Today there are buildings named after Dr. Farber on both sides of the river. The list of Nobel Laureates that came out of Dr. Farber's cancer research program is long. Despite all the accolades, Dr. Farber was more concerned with his frustration with the apparent resistance of cancer cells to each new medication he found. His proteges Dr. Emil Frei and Dr. Emil Freireich proposed the idea of combination chemotherapy. It was was a combination of medical punches to floor the cancer long enough for the immune system to finish it off. Dr. Farber's overriding concern was protection of the patients from the side effects the toxicity of the ingredients in the cocktail of drugs. This cocktail they came up with was called (BAM), almost insidious, but the two young physicians under Dr. Farber's supervision insisted that they would do everything possible to protect the patients. Still Dr. Farber initially showed Dr. Frei and Dr. Freireich the door.
But ultimately they worked out this fundamental tenet of cancer research. Protect the patient from the disease AND the cure. The principles that were developed in their combination treatment research became the cornerstone, the standard for cancer research all over the world. These principles for physicians involved in clinical investigations evolved into the study designs, the requirement that biostatistically significant data and appropriate objective analysis to backup conclusions. These principles for physicians involved in clinical investigations evolved into the standards for Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 trials for innovative treatments. We'll be talking a lot about Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 in this trial. Phase 1 a small number of patients to determine the parameters of safety. Phase 2, a larger number of patients to determine whether safety and efficacy support a decision to move on to Phase 3. And finally Phase 3, studies of several hundred, at a minimum, several hundred patients in randomized trials with control groups of patients receiving a standard treatment. The bargain that Dr. Frei and Dr. Freireich struck with Dr. Faber was to engage the discipline of science to objectively pursue data for an objective evaluation while protecting the patients as much as possible.
And this was as a time when all 3 doctors knew that most their patient subjects would suffer from the disease and the treatment and then die. The fundamental principle in their bargain was that the patient with their family would have a choice if they entered into the frontier of cancer research. There was no deception that the choice was between life and death. the choice was between a more comfortable demise or being part of the journey forward toward a cure for tomorrow's patients, tomorrow's children.
The only thing that made this choice acceptable to Dr. Farber, Dr. Frei, and Dr. Freireich and the medical professional community was the discipline of science, the promise that doctors involved in research would honestly follow the the guidelines involved and this is where Dr. Burzynski departed from the promise of the medical professional community a long time ago. Consistently as will be shown through testimony and documents in this case, Dr. Burzynski has supervised, directed and controlled activities that are clinical research, human experimentation, clinical investigation in such a way as to masquerade as the discipline of science. The care of the patients in this case the conduct of Dr Burzynski and his clinical studies as both doctor and investigator, the manipulation and influence on the institutional review board that is supposed to be policing him, the publications and reports on his treatment of patients and his misleading promotional marketing statements about his treatment of patients with cancer all represents a breaking of the promise made between Dr Farber, Dr. Frei and Dr Freireich. I have lost count of the times that Dr Burzynski has insisted that he should be awarded the Nobel Prize for his treatment of cancer patients. Scientists do not with the Nobel Prize by cheating their way into it, and it is cheating. The frontier of science is where the medical professional community insists that the real discipline of science be applied at patients. Dr Burzynski and his witnesses will describe the frontier of science as the Gold Rush, where anything goes, especially unloading entire arsenals of medications on naieve and desperate cancer patients and families almost all in uses of these medications unapproved by the FDA and unproved by the accepted process of Phase 3 study and peer review in the general medical professional community. The frontiers of science are not a wilderness or a wasteland. The discipline of science is not the guile of a gunslinger. No matter how many cancer tumors Dr. Burzynski seems to shrink, or even kill with his magic bullets, Dr. Burzynski and his witnesses will explain how they can observe test tubes and petri dishes full of dead cancer cells and cell cultures and know exactly what happens on a genetic and molecular level inside the body of a living human being, a living cancer patient. They might as well just tell you that he uses magic bullets. Dr Burzynski and his witnesses will describe the frontier of science as a place where the end justifies the means. The frontiers may be the range of true pioneers such as Dr. Farber, Dr. Frei, and Dr. Freireich, but it is not the Wild West. So Board staff will not be focused on Dr. Burzynski's magic bullets. Board Staff will be focused on the allegations in the second amended complaint. Those are the facts, along with the supporting facts the board staff is required to prove by a preponderance of the evidence, and I'm going to summarize what we are going to talk about.
First of all, misleading patients to form expectations about the outcomes for treatments of cancer, and this is a violation of section 164.05285 of the Texas Medical Practice Act forbidding unprofessional dishonorable conduct that is likely to deceive or defraud on injure the public. And subsequent to board rule 19.8i Using false misleading and deceptive advertising.
Secondly, Dr. Burzynski's failure to meet the standard of care in evaluation and treatment of patients A through G this is a violation of section 164.05186 of the Texas Medical Practice Act failure to practice medicine in an acceptable professional manner consistent with public health and welfare further defined by Board rule 190.81a failure to meet the standard of care and 190.81c which is the failure to use professional diligence. It's also a violation of section 164.05385 prescribing or administering a drug or treatment that is nontherapeutic in nature or nontherapeutic in the manner in which it is administered.
Thirdly, Dr. Burzynski's failure to adequately document medical rationale for the coding and billing of medical services of his patients, the patients in this case, and actually this is only applying to the patients for whom we have coding and billing, which is patients A through G. This is a violation 164.05285 committing unprofessional or dishonorable conduct and it's further defined by Board rule 190.82j providing medically unnecessary services to a patient, or submitting a billing statement to a patient or a third party payer that the licensee knew or should have known was improper. It's a violation of 164.05381 [?] a rule that violates and state or federal law if the act is connected with a physician's practice of medicine. I realize that there has been a prior ruling as far a federal law but there's a violation of this section by violating this section by violating section 311.0025 of the Texas Health and Safety Code. And actually part of the statute, section 164.05387 it's a violation of the Act if you violate section 311.0025 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, including specifically improper billing practices.
Fourthly, Dr. Burzynski's failure to adequately document who was really making the evaluation and treatment decisions for patients A through G. This is a violation of section 164.05183 and a violation of a Board rule, particularly Board Rule 165.1 by failing to maintain adequate medical records and section 200.3 by failure to follow guidelines for the practice of complementary and alternative medicine.
And then fifthly, Dr. Burzynski's failure under chapter 200 to meet the ethical and professional responsibilities of a physician involved in clinical investigation. This is for patients A through F, but it's also for patients G through CC. We, the Board Staff, will be focused on four particular areas. First, the evaluation of tumor response. Secondly, reporting side effects and adverse events. Thirdly, manipulating the process of institutional review board review and approval. and then other unethical and unprofessional conduct related to clinical investigation activities involved in the treatment of patients. This is also a violation of 164.05183 by violation of the Board Rule 200.3, it's a violation 164.05186 failure to practice medicine in an acceptable and professional manner consistent with public health and welfare, as further defined in board rule 190.a1k, which says if he prescribed drugs and medications in violation of rule 200, it's a violation.
Sixthly, Dr. Burzynski's failure to obtain adequate informed consent. This is a violation of 164.05186 failure to practice medicine in an acceptable manner and particularly a violation of Board Rule 190.81h, failure to disclose reasonable alternative treatments to a proposed procedure or treatment and Board Rule 190.81i failure to obtain informed consent from patients prior to performing tests treatments or procedures.
Seventh, Dr. Burzynski's failure to disclose ownership interests to patients. That's a violation of 164.05285 unprofessional or dishonorable conduct and that is further defined by Board Rule 190.82h referring a patient to a facility, laboratory or pharmacy without disclosing the existence of the licensee's ownership of the entity to the patient.
Eighth, Dr. Burzynski practice of medicine by unlicensed subordinates the appearance of the practice of medicine by unlicensed subordinates and inadequate supervision and inadequate delegation. This is a violation of 157.001 of the Act where a delegating physician is responsible for an unlicensed subordinate representing to the public that they are authorized to practice medicine and also the delegating physician is responsible for medical acts delegated to subordinates. It's a violation of 164.05388 for failure to supervise adequately the activities of those acting under the supervision of the physician. It's a violation of 164.05389 delegation of professional medical responsibility or acts to a person who is not qualified by training, experience, or licensure to perform the responsibility or actions.
Ninthly, and this is the ninth and last enumeration, Dr. Burzynski's misleading promotional statements to the public, including articles describing the results of Dr. Burzynski's clinical investigations, this is a violation of 164.05285 unprofessional or dishonorable conduct and particularly a violation of board rule 190.82i, using false misleading or deceptive advertising.
Today Dr. Fost will explain why Dr. Burzynski's conduct, practice model, clinical investigation model and public marketing statements are cheating the discipline of science. Tomorrow Elaine Kloos the coding and billing expert will explain how Dr. Burzynski and the employees under his supervision, direction, and control cheated in coding and billing for patients A through G. Monday, Dr. Wetmore will explain the details of how Dr. Burzynski and the employees under his supervision, direction, and control cheated on the standard of care, and how Dr. Burzynski's conduct, practice model and clinical investigations model, and public marketing statements are cheating. Tuesday Patient F and his wife, and Wednesday Patient A's wife, will testify how they got cheated by Dr. Burzynski and employees under his supervision, direction, and control.
Remember Dr. Farber who I introduced at the very beginning of the opening. By the way the cancer hospital at the Boston Children's Hospital was renamed the Sidney Farber Cancer Center in 1974. Dr. Farber, in his office, high above the Boston Children's Hospital parking lot, Dr. Farber showed Dr. Frei and Dr. Freireich the door when they first faced his skepticism about protecting patients adequately in the rush to advance cancer treatment. If Dr Farber had reviewed this contested case, I am confident that he would show Dr. Burzynski's cheating the window.
Burzynski: License Suspended, Suspension Stayed, Assigned Baby-sitter, Ethics Training
The Burzynski Clinic Sends the FBI after a Critic
Burzynski Trial: Don't Be So Quick to Cite 'Living Proof'
Stanislaw Burzynski Faces Judge on November 19th
Shortlist: Ockham Awards for Skeptical Activism 2013
This site is in no way affiliated with the Burzynski Clinic, the Burzynski Research Institute, or the Burzynski Patient Group.


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Heather Hawkins and Jeremy Glinoga from Team Sharon performs 'Sana Maulit Muli' on The Voice Teens Philippines Battles on Saturday, June 10, 2017.
"I held my breath the whole time listening. You guys made it your own. It was truly beautiful," said Lea.
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For three days, attendees from all over the country will gather together to educate, debate and contemplate on what will be the newest face of search. A dynamic conference comprised of presentations, panels and roundtable discussions, it's an event where some of the greatest minds in the industry come together to collaborate on solutions to everyday issues. This year's topics will touch upon issues such as changing consumer behavior, the impact of object-oriented search, the power of people in data-driven marketing, the future of audience-based search and much more.
This year, we're proud to be sponsoring another presentation session, this time by Boost Media Co-Founder and COO, Rob Lenderman. Here, you'll learn about the challenges marketers face in creating richer customer engagements, the forces that drive marketable moments, and how humans and algorithms can be combined to achieve real results. Join Rob for breakfast on June 11th at 8 am to learn about the importance of these marketable moments, and how creative optimization can help.
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The 2N® Helios IP Verso is a security intercom that, thanks to its modularity, can be used everywhere you need to choose a specific function and purpose of use. For example, you can choose an HD camera with an infrared light and night vision or a smart card reader. It can not only be easily integrated into your current camera and monitoring system, but thanks to programmable scripts, also with KNX installation. Furthermore, the whole system can be also used as a security component to protect the building.


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"What I most enjoy about the beauty industry is the ability to express my creativity and helping people look and feel beautiful. I love that trends are continuously changing so I always have the opportunity to learn new things. When I am not helping make the world beautiful I love decorating/refurbishing, taking road trips, spending time with family and being outdoors."