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Rob Toulson, Professor at the University of Westminster Presented Digital Music Experience at the V&A
Rob Toulson, Professor of Creative Industries (Commercial Music) at the University of Westminster, performed and presented a digital music experience at the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of this year's Digital Design Weekend exhibition which took place on 23rd and 24th September….
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Emmanuel Nwamadi, third year Commercial Music Performance BMUS Honours student at Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design reached the finals of music show The Voice 2015 where he was tutored by Ricky Wilson, and met pop star Rita Ora…
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Third year Commercial Music Performance BMUS Honours students performed their final show at the industry like venue Area 51 at Harrow campus over five days from 12-18 May. Every night eight students took to the stage to perform their upcoming…
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Samuel DuBois self-taught steel pan player joined us at Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design to perform at one of our Music Masterclasses and discuss his musical experience. He gained the title Steel Band Soloist of the year by…
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Producer Naughty Boy visited the Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design to audition Commercial Music BA and Audio Production MA students in search of a production assistant on Wednesday 12 April. Ten undergraduate and postgraduate students were given the…
Westminster alumnus lands cover of Rhythm magazine
Kaz Rodriguez, drummer and Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design alumnus landed the cover of Rhythm magazine. Commenting on being the cover star, Kaz Rodriguez, who graduated from Commercial Music BA said: "Being on the cover is a dream…
Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design launches new Music and Sound Innovation Centre (MuSIC)
The new MuSIC centre led by Professor Rob Toulson is made up of academic professionals from Commercial Music BA, Audio Production MA, Music Business Management MA and the MusicTank. The research group specialises in music performance, production, composition, music business,…
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If you're anything like me — and I think you are; that's why I like you — you like anything that does work for you automagically. DVR? Now I don't have to remember when my favorite shows come on and set a recorder every week! Roomba? A vacuum that cleans for you? Sign me up!
One thing I hate…well, not hate so much as "can't abide the idea of spending so much time on," is social media. With the constantly shifting algorithms on Facebook and Instagram (Facetagram?) you have to post in multiple places, multiple times per day, but never the exact same content, and be sure to interact with anyone who interacts with your OP in order to increase engagement and sow and nurture relationships.
That's all well and good, and I fully support it. But damn, it takes a lot of time.
This isn't a post about content creation. Creating your content is a whole other ball game, covered much better by other people. No, this post is about the shortcuts I take in scheduling my content after it's been created.
Like many content creators, I create several posts that I rotate throughout my Facebook group, the groups I belong to, my Facebook page, and my Instagram account over the course of a week. Every day in a particular week, each of my social media arenas gets a different post. There is some overlap, but that's not a big deal, and really can work in your favor by reinforcing your message.
When I say that I create posts, that means I have them written, have the graphics created, and have confirmed any relevant links ahead of time. It's that "batching" thing everyone keeps talking about. I also plan out which post I'll post where, on which day, avoiding too much overlap and repetition.
The worst part, the most tedious part (and I hate tedium!) is the actual posting. Especially if you belong to several groups you want to post in on a daily basis. You're still going to have to post in groups you belong to separately, each day. If you're not an administrator, you can't schedule posts in a group either through the native Facebook scheduler or a social media scheduling app. But, you can take care of a few other postable areas beforehand to cut down on your cutting and pasting.
By now, we all should know that a) having your own Facebook group is a great way to build your audience and grow your engagement and b) using a scheduling app is a great way to lower the chance of anyone seeing your posts. That's why it's awesome that Facebook finally introducing post scheduling in groups! Finally!
Since I already know which posts will be going in my group on which day, I can schedule them ahead of time using the native Facebook scheduler. So, for example, I scheduled four weeks' worth of posts for February at the end of January. It took about 45 minutes to an hour to schedule 20 posts. That includes verifying the correct date and post, copying and pasting the post, and uploading the images, and accounts for the few times I accidentally hit "post" instead of "schedule". Whoops!
An hour might seem like a long time, but it's approximately only three-ish minutes per post. Plus, it's done. For the entire month. Of course, I'll still go back and interact with comments, but for the next month, I don't have to worry about creating a new daily post in my group. And, because I used the native scheduler, there's a greater chance my group members will see my post in their feeds.
Here is where a scheduling app comes in handy. Particularly one that lets you recycle content. For me, that app is SmarterQueue. With SQ you can create different types of content and schedule it to post to various platforms on whatever schedule you prefer. You can also make content evergreen, meaning it will recycle and repost after SQ has gone through your entire queue.
Why this is good: I already have a queue set up to post on my Facebook business page, populated with original content. Said content is evergreen, so it keeps reposting unless I turn it off or give it an expiration date. Once I create these new posts and graphics, I add them to the queue, increasing the amount of content I have to post to my Facebook page. I don't use every post I created for the month because some of them are time-sensitive. And, if necessary, I rework the wording to make it evergreen.
Then, I hit "shuffle". "Shuffle" might be one of the best features of SQ. Just like a playlist on your iPod, it shuffles the content of a particular queue into a new, random order. So now my new content is interspersed with my old content, rather than just being tacked on at the end. This is great if, also like me, you mix in fun quotes or graphics posts with posts that have more written content. Not all of one type of post will be lumped together in your queue.
There are lots of apps that let you schedule your Instagram posts, but my personal favorite is Later, for a couple of reasons. One, when you upload your images, they go into a "media library," so you only have to upload them once. You can edit notes attached to each image, so you have a pre-written caption associated with each image. Or you can create a new caption each time you post, it's up to you. I like having it already done. There are also saved captions, which I use for different sets of hashtags.
Again, because my Instagram account is one of the platforms I rotate through with my posts, I already know which post will be made on which day. All I have to do is upload the graphics, copy and paste the posts into captions, and schedule the posts, and done! Each day, I'll get a push notification on my phone and will put the post on Instagram. Scheduled and organized in under an hour, and only a couple minutes time to get it posted. No brain power required.
Being visible on social media requires effort. But every bit of "set it and forget it" makes it that much easier to handle.


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Neurodegenerative Disorders Drug Development Pipeline Review, 2017
Report Hive Market Research Released a New Research Report of 106 pages on Title " Neurodegenerative Disorders Drug Development Pipeline Review, 2017 "with detailed Analysis, Forecast and Strategies.
Neurodegenerative disorders are a cluster of conditions that affect the central nervous system. They include both hereditary and sporadic conditions that are characterized by slow, irreversible, progressive dysfunction of the nervous system with the increasing degeneration of neurons, which causes symptoms such as motor impairment, memory loss and declining cognitive ability. Neurodegenerative disorders cannot currently be cured, and treatment is aimed at managing the disease indication in order to reduce the severity of symptoms and slow progression.
There are over 1,400 products in active development in the neurodegenerative disorders therapy area. The current market landscape consists of a number of biologics and small molecules, while the pipeline also consists of gene therapies and cell therapies, demonstrating broader pharmaceutical research and development.
Small molecule drugs dominate the pipeline, with approximately 64% of total pipeline molecules. In comparison, the number of biologics in the pipeline is much lower, representing approximately 26% of the pipeline. Overall the neurodegenerative disorders pipeline is large, with a substantial proportion of products being early-stage assets at the Preclinical development stage.
The report provides comprehensive information on the pipeline development landscape for is Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Multiple sclerosis, from Discovery through to the Pre-registration stage. This includes an analysis of products by stage of development, molecular target, mechanism of action (MoA), route of administration (RoA) and molecule type. Finally, the report provides an overview of key players involved in the development of products in this area, and outlines recent updates and press releases in the field.
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- Which companies are the most active within the pipeline for neurodegenerative disorders?
- Which pharmaceutical approaches are the most prominent at each stage of the pipeline and within each indication?
- To what extent do universities and institutions play a role within this pipeline, compared to pharmaceutical companies?
- What are the most important R&D milestones and data publications to have happened in this disease area?
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- Analyze the companies, institutions and universities currently operating in the pipeline, and the products being fielded by each of these
- Understand the composition of the pipeline in terms of molecule type, molecular target, mechanism of action and route of administration
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Neurodegenerative Disorders Report Coverage 27
Alzheimer's Disease Overview 27
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Overview 27
Huntington Disease Overview 27
Multiple Sclerosis Overview 27
Parkinson's Disease Overview 27
Therapeutics Development 28
Alzheimer's Disease 28
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 30
Huntington Disease 32
Multiple Sclerosis 34
Parkinson's Disease 36
Therapeutics under Development by Companies 38
Therapeutics under Investigation by Universities/Institutes 75
Pipeline Products Glance 85
Products under Development by Companies 101
Alzheimer's Disease 101
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 116
Huntington Disease 120
Multiple Sclerosis 123
Parkinson's Disease 134
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Companies Involved in Therapeutics Development 158
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Dangerous offender convicted of sexually assaulting Indigenous woman files notice of appeal
National News | April 10, 2018 by APTN National News Attributed to: | 8 Comments
EDMONTON – An Edmonton man with a history of making violent attacks is appealing his latest convictions and his designation as a dangerous offender.
The dangerous offender designation handed to Lance Blanchard last month means he could be held in prison indefinitely.
Blanchard was convicted in 2016 of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an Indigenous woman who was jailed to ensure her testimony.
He was also convicted of aggravated assault, unlawful confinement, possession of a weapon and other charges.
Tom Engel, Blanchard's lawyer, filed the notice of appeal Tuesday.
The appeal document says the convictions and sentence were unreasonable and included errors in law.
In his ruling last month, Justice Eric Macklin of Court of Queen's Bench said Blanchard, 60, posed a high risk for both violent and sexual recidivism.
"'I am satisfied that Mr. Blanchard constitutes a threat to the life, safety and physical well-being of other persons in the community," Macklin said in court.
"He has shown a pattern of repetitive behaviour."
The designation means Blanchard won't be eligible for parole unless he gets treatment that shows he can safely be managed in the community.
His convictions include 10 violent offences, including at least two sexual assaults, that date back to the 1970s.
The Indigenous woman wasn't able to testify in the dangerous offender hearing for Blanchard because she had died in an unrelated accidental shooting.
Tags: Alberta, appeal, Dangerous Offender, Featured, Kidnapping, Lance Blanchard, sexual assault
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8 Responses to "Dangerous offender convicted of sexually assaulting Indigenous woman files notice of appeal"
Yvon April 11, 2018 at 11:12 pm #
Actually it's even uglier than that. Not only was she kept in custody but she was also forced to ride to court in the same vehicle as her abuser and was temporarily held in the same waiting area pre-trial with this bag of excrement. Not sure what is more sickening, her rape or the manner in which the Crown handled this victim and witness. Another despicable case of Indigenous judicial injustice in this country next to Cindy, Colten and Tina.
Rachel April 15, 2018 at 5:07 am #
Ty for walking & speaking the exact TRUTH!!
Yvon February 20, 2019 at 2:16 am #
Rachel February 20, 2019 at 4:00 am #
Lacey Eninew April 10, 2018 at 10:14 pm #
The woman he assulted was jailed so she could testify, but she couldn't give that testimonial because she was shot accidentally?
Ann April 11, 2018 at 2:09 am #
She testified against him for the sexual assault in 2016. They jailed her so she would show up & testify.
She wasn't alive to testify st his dangerous offender hearing which was a few years later.
Lacey Eninew February 20, 2019 at 4:29 am #
Ann February 20, 2019 at 11:16 am #


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Are there differences between male and female bullies?
by Molly Edmonds
Woman-on-woman Bullying in the Workplace
All grown-up, but no better-behaved
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If you've ever been shot repeated glares at work, omitted from an e-mail chain or meeting where you should have been included or received a humiliating public lecture that could have just as easily been delivered behind closed doors, then you were likely up against a workplace bully. In 2007, the Workplace Bullying Institute released a survey that showed just how common this phenomenon is; according to the survey, 37 percent of U.S. workers have been bullied on the job. As on the playground, bullies are more likely to be male than female (60 percent of perpetrators were male), and the bully is usually the boss.
What many news outlets jumped on when this story came out, however, is how frequently women pick on other women. While males in the workplace will bully other males and females at equal numbers, female bullies will go after someone of the same gender 70 percent of the time [source: Klaus]. Discussions of why this problem exists involves considering some gender stereotypes about how we expect women to behave.
For example, bullies, no matter their gender, go after those who are less likely to fight back. Because women are sometimes thought to be more docile and less combative, both men and women may exploit that perceived weakness when they pick their targets [source: WBI]. Another explanation portends that women are more sensitive to criticism, making them more likely to hold grudges and act on them later [source: Klaus]. Some argue that women, relatively new to the corporate, office environment, haven't learned the fine art of competition, or have adopted male-identified behaviors, like bullying, to get ahead [source: Meece]. Because they are new in the workplace, it's also possible that their behavior is being overanalyzed, and the slightest deviation from the stereotype of a nurturing female is considered bullying [source: Meece]. On the other hand, because women are new to positions of leadership, it's possible they don't want to help the women who may replace them [source: Klaus].
The Workplace Bullying Institute contends that since most bullies are bosses, and because many women tend to be in charge of other women, the bullied subordinates are doomed by virtue of having a female boss. A 2009 study published in Psychological Science found that bully bosses (male or female) tend to lash out when they feel inferior and unqualified for their position [source: Callaway]. While this provides a lowly worker with a tip for dealing with a bully in charge (flattery), it also echoes some of those earlier theories as to why women bully other women. Because women, racing to crash the glass ceiling, are still token females around the office, their behavior might be scrutinized far more than a male's. If a female has faced difficulties in getting to her position of leadership, she may still face doubts about her staying power in a male-dominated world. So, in a somewhat vicious cycle, such a female may return to that emotional manipulation she picked up at age 4: bullying.
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Burr, Ty. "The Meanies of Life: TV and Film Bullies We Love to Hate." Boston Globe. 2008. (Jan. 26, 2010)http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/gallery/Meanies_of_lifeBullies/
Callaway, Ewen. "It's official: Your bullying boss really is an idiot." New Scientist. Oct. 15, 2009. (Jan. 26, 2010)http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17984-its-official-your-bullying-boss-really-is-an-idiot.html
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Davis, Susan. "Mean Girls: Why Girls Bully and How to Stop Them." WebMD. (Jan. 26, 2010)http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/mean-girls-why-girls-bully-and-how-to-stop-them
Gilbert, Susan. "Sometimes, the In-Crowd Turns Ugly." New York Times. Feb. 22, 2000. (Jan. 26, 2010)http://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/22/health/sometimes-the-in-crowd-turns-ugly.html
Goode, Erica. "School Bullying is Common, Mostly by Boys, Study Finds." New York Times. April 25, 2001. (Jan. 26, 2010)http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/25/us/school-bullying-is-common-mostly-by-boys-study-finds.html
Harmon, Amy. "Internet Gives Teenage Bullies Weapons to Wound From Afar." New York Times. Aug. 26, 2004. (Jan. 26, 2010)http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/26/education/26bully.html
Hu, Winnie. "Gossip Girls and Boys Get Lessons in Empathy." New York Times. April 5, 2009. (Jan. 26, 2010)http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/education/05empathy.html
Kazdin, Alan E. and Carlo Rotella. "Bullies: They Can Be Stopped, But It Takes a Village." Slate. Aug. 11, 2009. (Jan. 26, 2010)http://www.slate.com/id/2223976/
Kelley, Tina. "When the Cool Get Hazed." New York Times. Sept. 27, 2009. (Jan. 26, 2010)http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/weekinreview/27kelly.html
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Parker-Pope, Tara. "When the Bully Sits in the Next Cubicle." New York Times. March 25, 2008. (Jan. 26, 2010)http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/health/25well.html
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Half Moon Bay shooting: Seven dead in California
Suspect arrested in car park of police station after incidents south of San Francisco
The man accused of fatally shooting seven people in northern California was in custody on Tuesday as the Golden State reels from the second mass shooting in as many days.
The latest violence unfolded on Monday at two different mushroom farms on the outskirts of Half Moon Bay, a coastal city about 50 kilometres south of San Francisco, authorities said.
The local sheriff's office received reports of the shooting at one farm, where they found four people dead and a fifth wounded.
Police then found three more people fatally shot at a second farm nearby, Capt Eamonn Allen said in a news release.
Police officers detain a man believed to be the Half Moon Bay mass shooting suspect on Monday. Reuters
Police arrested Chunli Zhao after finding him in his car at a sheriff's substation car park, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said.
"Chunli was taken into custody without incident and the weapon was located in his vehicle," the sheriff's office said in a statement. "There is no current outstanding threat to the community."
Television footage showed armed police forcing a man to the ground and taking him into custody.
Aerial television images also showed officers collecting evidence from a farm with dozens of greenhouses.
Half Moon Bay Vice Mayor Joaquin Jimenez said the victims included Chinese and Latino farmworkers. Some workers lived at one of the sites and children may have witnessed the shooting, he said.
Sheriff Corpus said it was not immediately clear how the two locations were connected.
The names of the victims have yet to be released.
"We do know that some of the victims were Chinese, that the perpetrator was Chinese and that this was an agricultural community — they were agricultural workers," Half Moon Bay Mayor Deborah Penrose told CNN on Tuesday.
The deaths come two days after another mass shooting unfolded further south in California, where at least 11 people were killed in a massacre at a Monterey Park ballroom east of Los Angeles — the largest mass shooting in Los Angeles County history.
President Joe Biden, who had already ordered that flags at federal buildings be flown at half-mast to honour the Monterey Park victims, weighed in on the spate of mass killings in California.
"For the second time in recent days, California communities are mourning the loss of loved ones in a senseless act of gun violence," Mr Biden said on Tuesday as he endorsed an assault weapons ban.
"Even as we await further details on these shootings, we know the scourge of gun violence across America requires stronger action."
California Governor Gavin Newsom said he was visiting shooting victims in hospital when he learnt of the Half Moon Bay killings.
"Tragedy after tragedy," he said on Twitter.
At the hospital meeting with victims of a mass shooting when I get pulled away to be briefed about another shooting. This time in Half Moon Bay.
Tragedy upon tragedy.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) January 24, 2023


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Zombies invade the streets of downtown Altoona
by: Lauren Handley
Zombies are taking over Altoona… slowly, but surely. It's an effort to get the community together to help raise money for local organizations.
"It was one of the stranger requests that I'd had in awhile, but I went to the meeting and learned about all the other agencies and organizations that were beginning to come on board with Zombietown, and we talked a little bit about how that could benefit family services and the teen center," said Family Services, Inc. Executive Director Lisa Hann.
Family Services will hold a food collection at their new teen center on 17th Street and will have kids' games at Heritage Plaza Downtown.
"We'll be making stress balls," Hann said. "They'll be small brains that the kids will make and toss at the zombies and then get to take them home."
They are not the only ones collecting donations. There was also a blood drive at the Railroaders Museum until four o'clock Friday, held by the American Red Cross.
About a block away is St. Luke's Episcopal Church was another food drive, running from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday. It benefits the Archway Ministries Food Pantry.
"The food drop off here is an opportunity to collect some more items for that food pantry that is really growing," said Father Josh Shipman. "The need is growing and they're just expanding exponentially and always need some extra help."
The church also hosted a movie in the park Friday night for those who did not go to the concert at the Railroaders Museum.
"It's really been educational and interesting to see how they were able to pull a lot of new people to the table," Hann said, "people coming together that don't normally work together on these kind of projects."
"The business I'm in is community," said Shipman, who is also a member of the Downtown Altoona Business Community. "Fostering community, nurturing community and growing community, and to see so many different people, whether it's episcopal churches or the railroad museum, just so many different kinds of communities coming together to form one kind of community of support that is Altoona."
For a list of all the Zombietown, USA events, head to http://zombietownusa.com/ and click the "events" tab at the top of the page.


What is your purpose in life? Think about it. You are taking up space and sucking up air on this planet. Is there a reason for your existence? In our culture people live for all kinds of things, pursuing all sorts of purposes. Some live for comfort, pursuing a life of luxury and pleasure. Others pursue power, seeking to gain control over their circumstances and others around them. While others are pursuing approval, the applause and honor of people. Followers of Jesus who have been changed by the Gospel will discover that they live with a totally different purpose, a driving sense of meaning wrapped up in the Gospel and the hope that it provides. This purpose will make us peculiar to the world around, but it will also propel us into that world with the amazing message of Jesus.


Let's talk about company culture. How do you cultivate a great company culture when your team is dispersed – perhaps across a country (like Team Fleep), perhaps across the globe.
Why do people choose to work for your company?
Is it because they love what you're building together and they want to help it succeed?
Because they have respect and warmth for their team mates and genuinely enjoy working alongside them?
Or, deep down, is it simply because you pay them better than other companies in your field?
Because they're hoping the experience will help them crack into the field or role that they actually care about?
Companies that have a strong sense of shared culture know why their employees choose to work for them. They know that they hired the people specifically because they share goals, values and personality traits.
Creating a company culture that everyone on the team buys into makes your team far more unified and productive. It makes it easier to trust people to get on with the job in hand. It reduces staff turnover and helps you to grow.
But for companies whose teams are geographically dispersed or work remotely, the big question is: how do we stay on the same page when we're not even in the same room?
A decade ago, this would have been a hard one to answer.
International corporations used to spend hundreds of thousands to fly their staff from country to country for meetings, workshops, conferences and team-building sessions designed to crack this very nut.
But these large-scale events and meetings are hugely expensive – and there's little evidence that they have much of an impact on how teams in different locations collaborate with one another.
Disconnect, hostility and buck-passing between separate teams in different countries is something that you need to tackle in your day-to-day work practices, not in big gestures once a year.
But the exciting thing is that, with the technology we now have at our disposal, you can bridge the gaps – and you can do it with even the most modest of budgets.
Leading a team that shares the same vision is all about regular contact in the present. It means keeping up the conversation, and making sure that everyone is involved, engaged and on track.
It means adopting project management methods that give your team the space to create – to be autonomous, self-motivated and productive.
In many ways, working remotely makes this easier, not harder.
By taking your business communication online, using app-based systems like Fleep, you send out the message that you trust team members to produce great work… and that they're ultimately responsible for getting stuff done.
You foster a culture of accountability. Of transparency. Of hard work.
But at the same time, by developing a system that keeps everyone in the loop and is accessible from any device, you're also saying: Hey, I've got your back.
You're telling employees that they're not stuck out there on their own. You're telling them, let us know what's going on and we'll tackle it together.
You're creating the kind of working environment that people aren't only drawn to working in, but one that they'll want to stay working in for years to come.
So next time someone asks you why people come and work for you, you'll know just what to tell them.


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Atlantic City Electric Extending Customer Support Practices to Ensure All Residents Have Safe and Reliable Energy Service During This Critical Time
MAYS LANDING N.J. (March 23, 2020) – Atlantic City Electric is taking several major steps to help ensure all residents across its service area have access to electric service during this critical time. As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, officials across the country are enacting shelter in place or similar orders to ensure public safety. With more people, including school children, at home during the day, Atlantic City Electric will be working with residents who have had their service disconnected on a case-by-case basis to reconnect service and help ensure access to safe and healthy environments.
"We recognize the important service we provide and that more people are relying on electricity during this critical time," said Dave Velazquez, president and CEO of Pepco Holdings, which includes Atlantic City Electric. "We need to come together in support of one another during this time, and ensuring every resident has access to safe and reliable electric service is just one of the many ways we are doing just that."
While the company has already suspended all disconnections through at least May 1, residents who have had their electric service previously disconnected should contact the company at 800-642-3780 to begin the reconnection process. As part of this process, Atlantic City Electric Customer Care agents will work with residents to help identify assistance programs that can supplement bill payment and can help ensure service remains on after this pandemic.
Atlantic City Electric is committed to the safety of its customers, employees and contractors. Communities can be assured that Atlantic City Electric crews will not restore service in unsafe situations. The company will work with agencies, where possible, to identify support to help correct these safety issues before service can be reconnected.
Atlantic City Electric works closely with its community partners to connect customers with grants and programs like LIHEAP, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. LIHEAP provides grants in varying amounts based on a household's income size, type of fuel, and type of dwelling, with no pay back required. South Jersey residents can apply for assistance online though the Department of Community Affairs website, by contacting their local LIHEAP Agency, or by calling 1-800-510-3102.
Other programs supporting Atlantic City Electric customers include:
The Universal Service Fund (USF) that helps make energy bills more affordable for low-income customers. USF provides benefits that can help customers reduce their natural gas and electricity bills. Customers can apply as part of the LIHEAP application process. Call 1-800-510-3102 or visit energyassistance.nj.gov for details.
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Distributed applications with multi-modal, multi-device and multi-technology access are probably the most important class of application in modern computing. There has been an enormous amount of interest generated in this area and this interest has arisen in the reearch work of a variety of communities. The MAC workshop will bring together researchers from these communities in order to stilmulate mutual collaboration and cross-fertilisation.


List of smartphones in the mid-range price bracket below Rs. 15,000 with a good battery life.
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Vilemína Pruská, německy Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine von Preußen (3. července 1709, Postupim – 14. října 1758, Bayreuth) byla rodem pruská princezna a sňatkem bayreuthská markraběnka a hudební skladatelka.

Biografie

Původ, mládí
Narodila se jako nejstarší ze čtrnácti dětí pruského krále Fridricha Viléma I. a jeho manželky Žofie Dorotey Hannoverské, dcery budoucího britského krále Jiřího Ludvíka Brunšvicko-Lüneburského a jeho zapuzené manželky Žofie Dorotey z Celle. Jejím bratrem byl pruský král Fridrich Veliký, jednou ze sester švédská královna Luisa Ulrika Pruská.

Vilemína vyrůstala na puritánském, strohém až spartánském dvoře Frederika Viléma I., postrádajícím veškeré příjemnosti, jež byly vlastní ostatním panovnickým dvorům soudobé Evropy. Její otec neviděl smysl v planém napodobování francouzské versailleské módy a stylu života, jež by ruinoval zemi, a namísto toho všechny příjmy země směřoval k budování silné, dokonale vyzbrojené a vycvičené armády; co zbylo, skončilo v pokladnici v podzemí berlínského zámku. Vilemína byla, podobně jako její bratr Fridrich, naprostým opakem otcovým jak povahou, tak svými zájmy – byla intelektuálně založená, se zájmem o umění, hudbu, literaturu; bystrá, vysoce inteligentní, s výjimečným hudebním nadáním se dusila v nejen prosté, ale především hrubé atmosféře postupimského dvora.

Její vztahy s otcem nicméně zpočátku nebyly špatné. Postupně se však zhoršovaly, jak kvůli častým změnám otcových nálad, tak kvůli jeho stále méně kontrolovaným výbuchům hněvu; ty ovšem byly částečně zapříčiněny kromě jiného i dvorskými intrikami její matky. Tu Vilemína ve svých pamětech o nešťastném dětství také nešetří a píše o ní m.j.: "Celá pýcha a pocit výjimečnosti hannoverského rodu se shromáždila v její osobě:" Z puritánské atmosféry jejich domu, která s přibývajícím věkem otcovým byla stále těžší, obviňuje Vilemína pastora Francka z Halle. Podle královské dcery provokoval v králi výbuchy zuřivosti z nanejvýš nevinných důvodů, zapovídal všechny příjemnosti, které považoval za nicotné, především lov a hudbu. To a její racionální uvažování bylo příčinou kritického pohledu na dogmata, obřady a celkový stav náboženství. Neobvykle dobré vztahy měla Vilemína se svým mladším bratrem Fridrichem, se kterým ji pojil zájem o hudbu, filosofii a vědu. Sourozenci si byli velmi blízcí a pojilo je pouto silné lásky a obětavé pomoci.

Manželství
Vilemína již jako dítě byla příčinou rozporů mezi rodiči v jejich privátních šarvátkách, později také v zahraniční politice. Její matka se snažila u upevnění vztahů s hannoverskou dynastií, z níž sama pocházela, a usilovala o dceřiny zásnuby se svým synovcem Frederikem Ludvíkem, princem waleským; nejraději by viděla dvojité manželství jak Vilemíny, tak Fridricha s dětmi této britské královské rodiny. Vilemína ve svým pamětech píše, že i jí se tato nabídka zamlouvala. Otec však preferoval variantu spojení s Habsburky, podporovanou některými jeho oblíbenci a rakouským diplomatem Seckendorffem.

Po nezdařeném útěku Fridrichově se situace na dvoře ještě více zhoršila a Fridrich Vilém I. upevnil svou již tak silně despotickou pozici. Hrozil Vilemíně vsazením do pevnosti Špandava pod záminkou účasti na spiknutí, jež vedlo k útěku jejího mladšího bratra a přinutil ji ke sňatku s bayreuthským markrabětem Fridrichem.

Svatba a život v Bayreuthu

Svatba se uskutečnila 20. listopadu roku 1731. Manželství samo, třebaže mu předcházely tak dramatické okolnosti, bylo ve svých počátečních letech harmonické a šťastné. Později však manželský život ochladl a manželství se prakticky rozpadlo. Příčinu lze spatřovat v tom, že Vilemínin manžel Fridrich měl dlouholetou milenku, Vilemíninu první dvorní dámu Vilemínu von Marwitz (pozdější hraběnku Burghaus).

Vilemína se aktivně podílela na modernizaci země. Její dvůr zahájil epochu rokoka v Bayreuthu (něm. Bayreuther Rokoko). Tamní palác se stal svéráznou miniaturou Versailles. Jinak málo významný dvůr se mohl blýskat návštěvami Fridricha Velikého či osvícenských filosofů, m.j. Voltaira, což mu dodávalo značné prestiže. Markraběnka dbala i o zájmy své země, což bylo zřetelné za slezských válek v letech 1742-1744, kdy aktivně bránila své majetky, aby se nestaly předmětem pruské politiky, která Bayreuthu nepřinesla žádný užitek.

Zabývala se rovněž vědeckým studiem a vedla filosofickou korespondenci s Voltairem; rozvíjela i své hudební nadání. Hrála na loutnu, byla autorkou řady hudebních i literárních děl. Mezi nejdůležitější náleží její paměti, mimořádně cenné jako bohatý historický pramen. Vilemína je psala v Bayreuthu do konce života, jako již zlomená a světem hluboce rozčarovaná osoba, čímž má její dílo hluboký emocionální náboj, především v hodnoceních (až výpadech) řady osob. Paměti nemají v soudobé Evropě analogie a často jsou jediným pramenem informací o postupimském dvoře či lidech z okolí Vilemíny, jejího bratra Fridricha aj. Historikové považují až na detaily dílo za věrohodný a objektivní zdroj informací.

Konec života, smrt
Za sedmileté války se aktivně účastnila diplomacie, působíc jako oči a uši svého bratra Fridricha Velikého v jižním Německu až do své smrti v roce 1758. Až do konce s ním pilně korespondovala; jeho dopisy sestře jsou svého druhu diagnózou jeho psychického stavu po dobu trvání války. V jednom z posledních dopisů Fridrich píše: "...vidím v tobě jediný vzor dokonalosti v tomto mizerném století."

Vilemína zemřela 14. října roku 1758, v den, kdy její bratr Fridrich Veliký utrpěl porážku od rakouských vojsk v bitvě u Hochkirchu. Fridrich, zdrcený její smrtí, vybudoval v roce 1768 v Sanssouci u Postupimi Svatyni přátelství (německy Freundschaftstempel), v níž umístil Vilemínin pomník.

Potomci
Z manželství Vilemíny a markraběte Fridricha se narodil jediný potomek, dcera:
 Alžběta Bedřiška Žofie Braniborsko-Bayreuthská (30. srpna 1732 – 6. dubna 1780). Giacomo Casanova o ní psal jako o jedné z nejkrásnějších dívek Německa. V roce 1748 se provdala za württemberského markraběte Karla Evžena.

Umělecká tvorba
Hudba

 opera Argenore (c. 1740), libreto Giovanni Andrea Galletti,
 klavírní koncert v g-moll
 kavatiny
 sonáta pro flétnu a klavír

Literatura

 vlastní životopis Memoires de ma vie

Vývod z předků

Reference

Externí odkazy

 http://thepeerage.com/p10565.htm#i105641
 http://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/biographie/wilhelmine-von-bayreuth
 http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/autor/888
 http://mugi.hfmt-hamburg.de/WilhelminevBayreuth/index.html

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Pruské princezny
Braniborsko-bayreuthské markraběnky
Hudební skladatelky
Narození v roce 1709
Narození 3. července
Narození v Postupimi
Úmrtí v roce 1758
Úmrtí 14. října
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Lowe defends Mercedes' tech structure
Paddy Lowe has dismissed suggestions that the Mercedes team has too many technical directors.
Although critics have questioned whether or not Mercedes' efforts are being compromised by a structure that boasts Bob Bell, Aldo Costa, and Geoff Willis working under Ross Brawn, Lowe says his initial impressions are positive.
Rather than the team being hurt by the wealth of technical talent on board, he thinks the trio's presence is a key factor in explaining how Mercedes has been able to make so much progress since the end of last year.
"If people think that there are too many technical directors in Mercedes, then all you can say is that it seems to be working for them," said Lowe, who joined the team in his role as executive director (technical) in June. "Mercedes have made fantastic progress in the last 12 months, so what is wrong with that?
"The other thing is that it is not as though there are a whole bunch of cooks trying to do the same job. There is always a huge amount of work to do in this business if you want to be successful.
"Within two days of starting in my job here, I could already not find the hours in the day to do what I could see needed doing. That is how it should be — that is the nature of F1."
Lowe believes the key to Mercedes getting the most out of its technical brainpower has been in giving them all clearly defined roles than ensure there are no conflicting responsibilities.
"Even though we have a very wide and deep range of senior people at Mercedes, we are all gainfully employed and we all respect each other's talents," he said. "That plays to our strengths and helps us work together. There is a very good division of effort between the different players. And that is what I am fitting in to. It works really well. You need that strength in depth to put the attention on different things."
Lowe is being lined up as Mercedes' future team principal, but until he takes over from Ross Brawn he has been tasked with providing input in to ways the team can be improved. He reckons, however, that Mercedes is actually in pretty good shape in terms of the structure it has in place.
"As I have come in, there is certainly no need for a revolution," he said. "I think it is a great team. They have achieved fantastic progress over the past 12 months.
"It won the championship [as Brawn GP] in 2009. And although there were special circumstances around that, you still cannot win championships if you don't have some strengths around how to build, run, manage the car and exploit it on track.
"You always say you cannot win races without a good driver and a good car; but you cannot win a championship by miraculously producing a quick car. These things come with having all the right elements. That is all there."


On this day in 1854, the great John Philip Sousa was born. He wrote many of the best marches ever written. I know that marches are thought to be kind of a joke today, but they are a wonderful kind of music. When I was in college, a march came into my mind and it has stayed in my mind for the last 30 years. Over that time, I've done a complete Mozart. It's finished. I should really write it down one of these days. The funny thing is that I've learned a great deal about the march. It is basically a duet. It is like there are two bands playing together because there are two strong melodic lines. I think you will find this is all marches. Anyway, Sousa did a brilliant job creating these marches and he had a totally kickass band. Here is The Washington Post March. Unfortunately—And strangely!—I could not find any actual Sousa recordings on YouTube (you can find them on the Wikipedia page, however).
Other birthdays: the great comedian and film director Mike Nichols (82); musician Glenn Frey is retiring today; and actor Ethan Hawke (43).
The day, however, belongs to the great Trace Beaulieu who is 55 today. He is best known as the original (and One True) Crow from Mystery Science Theater 3000. He is also, interestingly, the only decent puppeteer on the show. No one else seems to have cared. It's aggravating to watch the others; I take personal exception. Also, after Beaulieu left the show, Crow became a much nastier character (although he was still hilarious).
In celebration of this birthday, I was planning to start a twitter account, The Gospel According to Crow. It was just to be a single quote from Crow each day. You know, like, "MST3K 3:21 I wanna decide who lives and who dies!" But Andrea seems to think it won't have enough context for people. Like that line: it was in reference to Joel asking Crow what he wanted for Christmas. So I'm going to think about it for a while longer. But the Word of Crow must be spread.
His was the best Crow.


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SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) - A new set of data taken from an offshore law firm again threatens to expose the hidden wealth of individuals and show how corporations, hedge funds and others may have skirted taxes.
A year after the Panama Papers, a massive leak of confidential information from the Bermuda law firm Appleby Group Services Ltd, has shone another light on the use of offshore accounts.
US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross faces questions about his financial disclosures to Congress and the government after a report that he did not disclose business ties to the son-in-law of Russian President Vladimir Putin and an oligarch under US sanctions. The Appleby documents included details of Ross' stake in a shipping company, Navigator Holdings, according to the New York Times.
Canadian tax authorities are reviewing reports linking a key fundraiser for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to offshore trusts in the Caribbean. Montreal-based businessman Stephen Bronfman, son of billionaire Charles Bronfman, was among the individuals cited by news organisations including the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Radio-Canada and the Toronto Star in Sunday's leak of bank documents.
Commodities trader Glencore Plc was one of the top clients of Appleby, which even had a "Glencore Room" at its Bermuda office that kept information on the trader's 107 offshore companies, according to the ICIJ investigation.
Prominent Silicon Valley investor Yuri Milner, who was an early backer of Facebook Inc, partnered in two investments with the Russian state-controlled bank VTB Bank PJSC before it was sanctioned, his spokesman confirmed on Friday. Details about the relationship between Milner and VTB surfaced in the wake of the Paradise Papers.
Indonesian authorities are investigating if former presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and the children of ex-dictator Suharto, named in the leaked documents, are in breach of the country's tax laws.
A North Korean was listed in the leaked documents as a shareholder in a Malta-based company which may have been involved in the overseas transfer of North Korean construction workers, according to Newstapa, a South Korean partner of the ICIJ.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II made a series of investments in a Cayman Islands fund through the British Royal Family's private estate, the Duchy of Lancaster, according to The Guardian newspaper.
Lord Michael Ashcroft, a major donor to Britain's Conservative Party, had links to a Bermuda-based trust with assets worth as much as US$450 million (S$614 million), The Guardian reported.


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Turkey says U.S. tone and approach not befitting partnership spirit - defence ministry
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has repeated its discomfort to the United States over the tone and approach of a letter sent by Washington, saying it was not befitting the ally spirit, over Ankara's planned purchase of Russian S-400 missile defence systems, the Turkish defence ministry said on Tuesday.
Earlier this month, U.S. acting Secretary of Defence Pat Shanahan sent his Turkish counterpart a letter warning that Ankara would be pulled out of the F-35 jet programme unless it changes course from its plans to install the defences.
Turkey also expressed the importance to continue working on finding a solution to problems with dialogue, defence ministry said in a statement on its website.
(Reporting by Ezgi Erkoyun; Editing by Humeyra Pamuk)


Did you know the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires businesses, including dental practices, to collect certain information about individuals and businesses you pay annually? Most business owners, including dentists and office managers, don't know they need to collect a W-9 form, or they do, but the process of collecting them falls off the radar from time to time. This simple form takes only a minute to complete, but has big ramifications for your dental practice if not collected.
The IRS uses the W-9 form to verify and certify you are working with legitimate businesses paying taxes by gathering information such as their complete legal name, address and taxpayer identification number.
In general, your dental practice is required to collect a W-9 from any business or independent contractor it pays more than $600 to in a calendar year. The $600 rule applies to labor and services. That means whether you are paying a web designer to build and maintain your website, a marketing agency to create advertising materials, or an accounting firm to complete bookkeeping or tax work; you need to collect a W-9 from them.
At the end of each year, your dental practice is required to file a 1099 by Jan. 31 to report payments of at least $600 (in total) to these vendors. As a best practice, consider implementing a routine of requesting new vendors to provide a completed W-9 before you process the first payment for services. Having a completed W-9 already on file makes this process much smoother and helps you to avoid any penalties for late filing. For every W-9 you fail to file, your dental practice may be fined up to $50 per instance.
Although, you're not required to, the best rule-of-thumb is to collect a W-9 for any vendors you pay, even if it falls below the $600 threshold.
Running a dental practice, you can get inundated with forms, but the W-9 form is not one to forget about. Taking steps ahead of time by collecting W-9's can help you stay on the right side of the law at tax time. Have questions on how to put this process in place and ensure compliance? Contact Doeren Mayhew's dental CPAs and advisors – we can help.


other in this gem of a place called "The Great Sand Dunes national park" in Colorado.
For anyone who is visiting the more coveted and famous Rocky Mountain National park, I highly recommend paying a visit to this place as well. Its just a couple of hours away from Denver and its totally worth it.
Even the drive towards the park is charmed with scenic views like this.
To put the size of these dunes in perspective, look at the pictures closely, you will see many tourists walking on these dunes.
The hike to the top of the "Star dune" – the tallest dune in North America – is no fun. Every step involves digging ones feet out of the smooth silky sand, coupled with the heat and dusty wind. But, like all good hikes, there is reward at the end of it. The dunes form beautiful pattern, like an artist has painted with a brush.


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For every suicide, the CDC estimates eight people are profoundly impacted, including family members, friends, and church members. But no one is more impacted than the members of the deceased's immediate family. Eleven years ago, Leslie Abraham was the mother of a toddler and six months along with her second pregnancy. Her husband's worsening depression sent the family into isolation, and then into a scrambled search for help. Leslie's story is not at all uncommon. 48,000 people die by suicide, leaving behind hundreds of thousands of people who spend weeks, months, sometimes years, asking why?


A low carbohydrate diet may help manage Type 1 diabetes, claims a new study. Diabetes has emerged to be of the biggest concerns of the global health and nutrition circuit. Type 1 diabetes is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin. The study published in the journal Pediatrics revealed that a certain dietary tweaks could help manage type 1 diabetes better. Most diabetes expert are weary of suggesting a low-carb diet specially to children, as it may severely alter their insulin levels. They worry that restricting carbs can lead to dangerously low blood sugar levels, a condition known as hypoglycemia, which could take a toll on child's growth. But the study's findings revealed otherwise.
Researchers followed the diet of children and adults with Type 1 diabetes for an average of over two years. They were put on a low-carb, high-protein diet. It was revealed that combined with the diabetes drug insulin at smaller doses, the diet could do exceptional blood sugar control. The patients were also found to have low rates of complications, also the children who followed it for years did not show any signs of impaired growth.
The participants' average hemoglobin A1C a long-term barometer of blood sugar levels, fell to just 5.67 percent. An A1C under 5.7 is considered normal, and it is well below the threshold for diabetes, which is 6.5 percent.
The study sure gives some insightful findings that could help in better diabetes management. But it is also important to keep in mind that the study was observational, and not a randomized trial with control group.
For the study, the researchers recruited 316 people, 130 of them children whose parents gave consent, on a social media platform. The researchers then reviewed their medical records and contacted their medical providers.
The authors also cautioned that the dietary alterations doe in no way substitute the importance of prescribed medications and consulting sessions.


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Terry Beatty (born January 11, 1958) is an artist who has worked as a penciler and inker in the American comic book industry, where he is perhaps best known for his co-creation the female detective Ms. Tree.
Terry Beatty is the artist and co-creator (with Max Allan Collins) of the long-running private eye series, Ms. Tree. Collaborations with Collins also include Mike Mist, Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger and Johnny Dynamite.
Beatty has been the primary inker of DC Comics' "animated-style" Batman comics, including a four-year stint inking Chris Jones' pencils on The Batman Strikes!.
From 2012 to 2017, Beatty was the artist for the Sunday episodes of the King Features comic strip, The Phantom, with his first strip published on January 29, 2012.
As of December 30, 2013, Beatty became the new artist for the King Features comic strip, Rex Morgan, M.D., taking over from Graham Nolan. On March 21, 2016 King Features Syndicate announced that Beatty would take on the writing of Rex Morgan, M.D. as well, replacing Woody Wilson.
Beatty's cover paintings appear regularly on Scary Monsters magazine, as well as its spin-off Monster Memories annual. He is also an accomplished sculptor.
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The Story Behind The Bonkers Logos In Idiocracy
If you look closely in Mike Judge's under-appreciated (albeit slightly cruel) masterpiece, Idiocracy, you'll notice countless little logos from the future. These are the handiwork of graphic designer and former advertising professional Ellen Lampl.
Lampl recently talked about her design process with Trivia Happy and revealed just how deep the filmmakers went into creating fake corporate identities. While some of the companies — namely Carl's Jr and Brawndo — came straight from the script, the vast majority of them came from Lampl's imagination. Simply put, she describes the overall look-and-feel of the logos as "a visual vernacular fusion of NASCAR, candy packaging, Mexico hand-painted signs and Japanese pop culture."
It sounds over the top because it is. "In Idiocracy, we let it be absurd, as part of the experience," she told the blog. "We realised that life in its present state already had tendencies towards the ridiculous — branding seeps in everywhere — so we let it be over the top."
Lampl added, "Coming from the past constraints of advertising, it was cathartic to have the liberty to be bawdy and irreverent. Making everything ridiculously over-emphasised with bright colours, outlines upon outlines, and exaggerated drop shadows was my personal jab at the world of branding and in-your-face typography."
That's not all. Lampl became so engrossed in the project that she produced a lot of work that was never even intended to make it into the movie. For instance, she made a product poster for the SmartSpeek by Omnibro, which is that wonderfully defective machine that Luke Wilson's character talks to when he visits the hospital. You see the machine itself very briefly in the film, but the product posters exists just for fun.
Other examples of fine-tuned detail include detailed packaging for products that you barely get a glimpse of in the film. These kinds of things show off how well Lampl's branding matches up with the movie's crude humour. It's almost uncomfortable at times — which is probably exactly what Mike Judge was going for. The Bawamba Bar wrapper is really the only example you need to illustrate that fact.
You can read more about Lampl's design process at Trivia Happy. And you might also want to rewatch Idiocracy to spot her handiwork. Even if it is a little bit offensive, it's still funny as hell. [Trivia Happy via Kottke]
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An only child, Deborah Burns grew up in prim 1950s America in the shadow of a her beautiful, unconventional, rule-breaking mother, Dorothy — a red-haired beauty who looked like Rita Hayworth and skirted norms with a style and flare that made her the darling of men and women alike. Married to the son of a renowned Italian family with ties to the underworld, Dorothy fervently eschewed motherhood and domesticity, turning Deborah over to her spinster aunts to raise while she was the star of a vibrant social life. As a child, Deborah revered her charismatic mother, but Dorothy was a woman full of secrets with a troubled past — a mistress of illusion whose love seemed just out of her daughter's grasp. In vivid, lyrical prose, Saturday's Child tells the story of Deborah's eccentric upbringing and her quest in midlife, long after her parents' death, to uncover the truth about her mother and their complex relationship. No longer under the spell of her maternal goddess, but still caught in a wrenching cycle of love and longing, Deborah must finally confront the reality of her mother's legacy — and finally claim her own.
"Devilishly sharp....a masterful balance of psychological excavation and sumptuous description." Kirkus Reviews
"Poignant and absorbing, Saturday's Child carefully examines how a daughter's childhood obsession became a more complicated reckoning with her mother's secrets." Booklist
"A fascinating mother-daughter bond loaded with the realities of perfection, perception, identity, and the choices we make. An intergenerational story for the ages." Rochelle Weinstein, USA Today bestselling author of Somebody's Daughter
Deborah Burns is a former Chief Innovation Officer and brand leader for ELLEgirl, ELLE Décor, Metropolitan Home, and ELLE Global Marketing. Now a media industry consultant, she helps brands, executives, and professional women reinvent themselves through her expertise, coaching process, and website, skirtingtherules.com, which she founded. Beneath her business leader exterior, however, always beat the heart of a writer, and several years ago she began the creative journey to write Saturday's Child and tell her mother's story. She lives on Long Island, New York, with her husband and their three children.
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Does Sparkling Water Actually Hydrate You?
By Courtney Giardina/Aug. 19, 2019 5:05 pm EST
You've heard it time and time again: A healthy body is a hydrated body, and that comes by drinking plenty of water. Although it is possible to drink too much water, sometimes just getting your recommended daily water intake can seem like a daunting task. What's the fun of downing cup after cup of a flavorless liquid? Don't fret because we're about to turn that frown upside down by delivering some news that will turn up the dial on your water consumption: Sparkling water is actually just as hydrating as regular water.
Yes, that's right. Your beloved sparkling water, like the often mispronounced LaCroix, can actually help you reach your recommended water intake on a daily basis. How can a carbonated beverage help you stay hydrated, though? After all, carbonation can be found in beers, which is why you keep the glass tilted while pouring, and also comes in high-sugar sodas. Neither of those seem like they should be in the same category as sparkling water. Alas, they aren't. Sparkling water, though at times may contain added sugar, is just water and carbon dioxide gas (via Refinery 29).
Ron Maughan, a professor at the School of Medicine at St. Andrews University performed a study in 2016 and determined that on a hydration scale, both regular and sparkling water are created equal. When it comes to carbonation, he says, "There is very little gas in sparkling water. Most is dissipated when the bottle is opened, as it sits in the glass, or in the mouth as it is being consumed." By the time sparkling water reaches the small intestine your body can't tell the difference between that and regular water. Simply put, Maughan says it's important to drink water and if you can down a six-pack of sparkling water easier than one bottle of regular water, you're doing your body justice. "If they like what they're drinking and drink more, that will clearly affect the response," he says.
Even though you can now scientifically explain how your sparkling water obsession does in fact keep you hydrated and isn't just a result of a genius marketing gimmick, it is important to note that sparkling water is not always the best choice. Registered dietitian Melissa Majumdar says athletes should steer clear of carbonated beverage during workouts. "During exercise, flat or still water is best," she says. Carbonation can cause bloating and a sensation of being full, which may not allow for the right amount of hydration needed during a hard workout (via CNN).
There you have it. If you're not a fan of the plain stuff and would like to steer clear of lemons in your water for obvious reasons, sparkling water can serve as a great alternative. Heck, sparkling water may even help kick your soda habit while keeping you hydrated at the same time — a change that will shock your body for the better. Raise your can of sparkling water and cheers to a life-altering and hydrating revelation.


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Blu-ray Review: THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD Gets A Definitive Release From Scream Factory
This might be a first for ScreenAnarchy. Today we are checking out the Scream Factory collector's edition Blu-ray of Dan O'Bannon's The Return of the Living Dead. This marks the third time we've reviewed a Blu-ray release of this film and I can't think of another time we've done that. Just in case you've never seen the film, here are some of my thoughts from previous pieces:
As I've mentioned in several previous pieces, The Return of the Living Dead is a film that speaks to all of my obsessions and came into my life at just the right time. While I was learning to channel my anger and frustration with all of the assholes in the world through music, I was also expanding my cinematic vocabulary, and horror films were tops on the list of interests. The Return of the Living Dead is not only one of the first films to combine the two elements, but it is far and away the most successful and respectful of both, even twenty-seven years later.
The mix of extremely solid fright gags, fantastic comedy, and a razor sharp script from O'Bannon have made The Return of the Living Dead one for the ages. The concept of incorporating punk rockers, notorious outcasts and often aficionados of the darker side of life, into his horror-comedy seemed novel then, but who would have thought that the concept would survive. It's a combination that's been attempted from time to time since, but no product has ever approached this film in terms of quality or timelessness.
We first looked at the film when it was released by MGM back in 2010. At that time the Blu-ray was mostly a port of previously available DVD features with a marginal image upgade. One big sore spot among fans and collectors was the altered soundtrack of the film, which hadn't been available on home video in a long time. The background score and some of the dialogue was altered for home video in the '90s with only one Tartan DVD (full-frame) and the original VHS retaining the soundtrack. MGM's version carried the same audio as the previous DVD editions and fans were not happy. I ran down some of the differences in a previous post about the film:
It is worth noting that this [2010 US Blu-ray], and all of the US releases of this film on DVD have a slightly altered soundtrack. The Tar-man's voice is rerecorded, as is the "send more cops" zombie, and a couple of songs are mixed down or cut, including The Tall Boys "Take a Walk", and The Damned's "Dead Beat Dance". There is also sound editing around another event that might constitute a spoiler, so I won't post it specifically. That is all fairly disappointing, but I can't see it being corrected any time soon. I think Dan O'Bannon was pretty upset about it, but he was out of the decision making loop for this one, and now he is gone. It doesn't completely ruin the experience, but it is worth noting. The very first DVD release from Tartan UK had the in tact original soundtrack, but it was full screen, it is now long out of print and expensive on the second hand market. You can't always get what you want.
A year and a half later the film was released on Blu-ray by Second Sight in a Region B locked edition that corrected a lot of flaws, including adding the original soundtrack back as an option. In addition to the corrected soundtrack, the disc also added the monstrous behind the scenes documentary More Brains, which I reviewed as a stand alone release in 2011, as well as a gaggle of newly produced features from Severin Films. Here's a little of what I had to say about More Brains:
This documentary is an incredibly in-depth tribute to and exploration of that film, it's creators, and the path that took it to the top of the food chain in the glut of zombie films released in the last thirty years. More Brains: A Return to the Living Dead, directed by Bill Philputt and narrated by Brain "Scuz" Peck, is a fitting tribute to the film I love so dearly. This independent release from Michael Perez Entertainment, distributed by CAV, is chock full of extras on top of the awesome two hour feature and altogether makes this a must-buy for RotLD fans!
More Brains leaves no stone unturned and mines every aspect of the film, its production, its scripting, and its ultimate unexpected success. The interviewees include every living member of the main cast, the producer, the special effects teams, including one guy who got fired halfway through the shoot, and incredibly, even the Tarman himself turns up to share his own memories. The only significant omission from the main feature is writer/director Dan O'Bannon, who unfortunately passed away before the documentary was filmed. However, the extra features do include O'Bannon's final filmed interview, about 30 minutes worth of recollections from Return of the Living Dead and his other unreleased horror feature, Resurrection.
If you're wondering why I'm pulling from old releases to talk about a new Blu-ray, it's because this new edition of The Return of the Living Dead has it all and then some! This film, one of the greatest horror comedies of all time and simultaneously one of the best movies about punk rockers of all time, has been visited and revisted over the years to the point that you'd think that everything has been said. However, leave it to Scream Factory to turn up the volume and create a new marker by which home video releases should be measured.
This disc manages to improve upon Second Sight's noble attempt in several siginifcant ways. First, and most siginifcantly for fans, Scream Factory's release is sourced from a brand new 2K resotration of the original interpositive. The interpositive is 35mm master from which theatrical prints are struck and is second only to the original camera negative in terms of its fidelity. Previous home video editions, including both previous BLu-rays that we've looked at, have had issues rendering the image as cleanly as we'd like. In fact, when I reviewed the Second Sight disc, I marked it as one of the only factors that was moderately disappointing:
The image quality is as solid as any '80s low budget horror feature I've seen. The '80s were not a good time for film preservation, and certainly not preservation of films like these. The film stock was shoddy, and even in their inaugural runs, films often looked murky and washed out, simply because the color film of the era was very mediocre. In this case, I can happily report that the image looks about the same as the US Blu-ray, and significantly better than any previous DVD release.
All that is moot now with this new release, Scream Factory's new scan is gorgeous and it's like watching the film all over again. I've seen The Return of the Living Dead dozens of times, and with this new release I picked up details I've never seen before. Is it perfect? Well, not quite, the are a few instances when the grain appears to freeze in the brighter areas of the frame, but those are few and far between. The overall resolution and clarity of the image are top notch and this looks better than either of the theatrical presentations I've seen, both DCP and 35mm, and I am very happy about that.
Next up is the issue of the soundtrack. One of the elements that was crucial to this disc being successful in the eyes of the fans was the inclusion of the above mentioned original soundtrack. Well, we are mostly happy with this release. The original soundtrack, which includes additional music, unaltered sound effects, and the original voice of the Tar Man zombie is mostly in tact. Scream Factory did have to sacrifice one song, The Damned's "Dead Beat Dance" to a rights issue, but other than that the audio is original. The mixing on the recovered audio is fairly awkward with several instances of important dialogue getting buried under music, but I'm willing ot deal with that. I'll chalk this up as a win and keep my Second Sight disc if I really need to listen to that one song.
When I reviewed the UK disc a few years back, I remember being floored by the volume of extras included with the More Brains documentary, but this time around there is even more to discuss! Of course More Brains makes an appearance, but it isn't the only returning feature. We also get the return of a pair of audio commentaries, one featuring the late Dan O'Bannon and another with cast and crew that were on the previous discs. We also get an archival 30 minute piece called The Decade of Darkness, an Elvira-hosted overview of '80s horror. A couple of other worthwhile repeats are a pair of interviews with Dan O'Bannon and creator John Russo. Lastly there are a couple of short making of documentaries from the original US DVDs, The Return of the Living Dead - The Dead Have Risen, and Designing the Dead. All of these I've written about before.
In not-so-welcome-return news, Scream Factory also brought back the stupid zombie subtitles and "In Their Own Words - The Zombies Speak". These are dumb and not worth your time.
However, it isn't what returns that makes me happiest, it is all the new material that really gets me going! First up there is an augmented version of Party Time: The Music of The Return of the Living Dead, a feature by Severin Films that appeared in a shortened form on the Second Sight disc gets a massive upgrade with a ton of new interviews from even more soundtrack contributors. We also get two more commentaries, one that features cast members Thom Matthews and John Philbin along with FX artist Tony Gardner, and a really super commentary from Gary Smart (co-author of The Complete History of The Return of the Living Dead) and Chris Griffiths. This is a fantastic authoritative commentary that bridges a lot of gaps in my own knowledge about the film and I loved every minute of it.
But that's not all!
We also get another edition of Horror's Hallowed Grounds, a segment that frequent horror Blu-ray buyers will be familiar with, that takes us back to what locations remain from the original shoot. Spoiler alert: there isn't much to see, but it's still pretty cool.
There is also yet another featurette about the amazing effects of the film and the now legendary conflicts on set titled The FX of The Living Dead. This featurette gathers up the usual subjects, original FX artist Bill Munns, production designer Bill Stout, and the team that replaced Munns led by Kenny Myers along with new kid Tony Gardner. If you've ever watched any behind the scenes material regarding this film, you know how contentious the effects work is. Bill Munns, who was removed from the production halfway through, remains steadfast in his assertion that none of the issues were his fault and he doesn't even see what's so special about the movie. What is new is that Kenny Myers and his team actually give a little ground as the years have passed and recognized that Munns faced a nearly impossible task given the time/budget. In any case, it's still fun to watch and there is a ton of bahind the scenes footage and artwork to make this worthwhile.
Lastly, but certainly not least, is the inclusion of the elusive workprint version of The Return of the Living Dead. Long a staple of the old bootleg booths at horror conventions, the workprint version is included as a bonus material on the second disc of this Blu-ray. It looks terrible, I guess the best the could do was a z-grade dupe, but it is here. This version is siginifcantly different, and inferior in my opinion, but it's defintely an interesting artifact. I'll post a link below that explores some of the differences between the workprint and the finished film.
So there you have it, another two thousand words on my favorite movie of all time. The bottom line is that this is the definitive home video release of The Return of the Living Dead now. You can safely spend your money and enjoy. With that, I leave you with one simple question...
DO YOU WANNA PARTY?
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Rugby MP Mark Pawsey was one of 14 Conservatives who rebelled against the government line by voting against a Brexit Customs Bill amendment on tariffs.
Mr Pawsey voted against the amendment, which had been added to the bill as a concession to a Eurosceptic group of MPs (the ERG) chaired by Jacob Rees-Mogg.
The amendment was one of four which had been proposed, two of which were passed without a vote, with the other two narrowly passing Commons votes.
The amendment Mr Pawsey voted against, clause 36, aims to make it illegal for the UK to collect tariffs for the EU if the EU does not collect tariffs for the UK.
The Customs Bill eventually passed with a majority of 33 – but clause 36 was added to the bill with a majority of only three.
The amendments came after criticism from the ERG and the resignations of several leading Brexiteers over Theresa May's Brexit strategy – which was outlined after the Chequers summit last week and viewed by some as constituting a 'soft Brexit'.
The new clause 36 is seen by some as an attempt to force the Government into a hard Brexit.
Mr Pawsey told the Advertiser: "I voted against the amendment that was brought forward as I did not believe that it was consistent with the Chequers agreement which I support as I want to see a business-friendly Brexit.
"We are leaving the EU and I have always been consistent since the referendum result that the decision made by the British people must be respected and implemented.
In March this year Mr Pawsey backed a Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee report which expressed concern over the impact of a hard Brexit on Britain's car industry.