I am so excited about our Christmas stockings! One of the things I wanted to do last year and didn't get around to actually doing, was to get matching stockings for the whole family. But I have been collecting pictures from magazines, catalogs, etc. so that I could find the perfect stockings. I really love neutral colors for Christmas stockings, and I decided that I would make them this year so I could get just what I wanted. I wanted white matelasse for the girls' stockings and tan burlap/linen for the boys'. I also wanted to use what I had. So I had to compromise, but only a little.
I got just what I wanted for the boys' and you'd never guess by looking at them that they were made out of an old dress of mine. I hadn't worn it in years but I loved the fabric so much that I kept it around for just such an occasion.
I had a little white baby quilt that I used for the girls' stockings instead of matelasse, but it had the bonus of having a soft green border that made the perfect edge for the cuff. And the quilting gave them the texture I was looking for. I have been loving the initials I have seen tied to stockings all over blogland but all of my boys have the same first initial so I added these pretty little tags with all of our names made out of vellum and glitter-y alphabet stickers.
They look very pretty all lined up along the garland on our staircase.
Lovely...so creative you are....using a favorite dress!!! These are just lovely. I want a new tree skirt for my kitchen tree...I had not thought of using a quilt...thank you Miss Wendy! Now I know just what that tree needs.
I just love the garland and stockings on the banister!
What gorgeous stockings!!! They look beautiful hung on the bannister with that wonderful garland!!! Happy Holidays!
Looking good at the Shabby Nest! Love it!
I love those! You are so talented!
They are just soo classy, yet adorable. Like a breath of fresh air. You did such a fantastic job! And,...way to use your readily available resources.
So Sweet! I love the idea of the little name tags!
How Gorgeous! I love the soft pallette. And how cool is it that you've created these from items that you owned and loved. The tags on the stockings are great too....very good job!
LOVE those stockings. . . I might even like them better than my own that I spent a fortune on at PB! Lol/sniffle.
Those are so beautiful....you always come up with the greatest things!!
You have wonderful ideas! I can't wait until I have a chance to try some of them out.
How pretty. And even more precious that they were #1 made by you and #2 came from fabric that was once something special.
I love how you did the "tags" so creative and pretty! What beautiful stockings they are!
Those are great love the tag idea I wish I had seen that yesterday I might have "borrowed" the idea. The garland is great too!
Those are amazing! Wow. You are so talented. Thanks for sharing.
OOh I love the garland and the socks!
Your stockings are beautiful! I love that you used an old dress and an old quilt. Great ideas!
Yeah!! Glad kids got the letters! I'm sending out the last batch tomorrow... Then I'll breathe again.
Love those white stockings... and the tags! I've been looking for a project to glitter all up and that just might be it.
I absolutley love them!! I love your fabric choices...and made out of an old dress and quilt. That makes it soooo much more special. You inspire me. I having been working on pic taking of my boys profiles. I want to make your ornaments.
You are so clever and I love the materials that you used. I would never know that you compromised at all! Precious!
I love the stockings,all of them came out beautiful and picture perfect!
Wowweee! Those stockins' are purty! I think they look perfect and I would love them for my house.
i love the tags - i may just have to borrow that idea!
and yay for you! you were the lucky winner at the pleated poppy! email me at thepleatedpoppy@gmail.com with the set of posy pins you choose and your address.
I absolutely love your stockings. I have been looking all over for stockings that blow me away and so far your stockings have come the closest.
Love them! You did a wonderful job on them!
cute! i'm dying to make some too... you inspired me!
so pretty! love the fabric.
Those are really, really pretty. My favorite part is the tags!!


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New screenwriting guide The Craft of Scene Writing presents a master class in writing emotionally powerful scenes
No one comes out of a movie talking about structure. What audiences love and remember about a movie are great scenes. Marlon Brando in the back seat in On the Waterfront giving his "I could'a been a contender" speech. Meg Ryan's fake orgasm in Katz's Deli in When Harry Met Sally with the climactic punch line: "I'll have what she's having." In Superbad, Jonah Hill professing "I love you" to his friend Michael Cera by touching his nose with a "boop." Great scenes elevate a film script from ho-hum to extraordinary — and from the slush pile to sellable.
Screenwriter and writing teacher Jim Mercurio presents a master class in the techniques of writing emotionally powerful scenes in the new screenwriting guide The Craft of Scene Writing: Beat by Beat to a Better Script (Quill Driver Books, publication date February 1, 2019).
While previous screenwriting guides emphasize story structure, The Craft of Scene Writing is the first book for screenwriters that focuses entirely on writing great scenes. Other books on screenwriting look at turning points, reversals and surprises at a big-picture, structural level of acts and sequences; The Craft of Scene Writing examines the same elements at the microscopic level of beats, scenes, dialogue and even action description.
Mercurio argues that while story structure has been honed to a near-exact science, structure alone doesn't ensure a successful screenplay. It's the detailed craftwork of scene writing that breathes life into a story and makes audiences identify with characters and care about their fates. Great scenes develop a screenwriter's voice and make a script stand out from paint-by-numbers imitations that merely follow the story structure formulas.
Mercurio teaches that every single scene in a script needs to be a story in itself that creates a surprise or
reversal. And when a scene incorporates both a twist in the plot and a change in the characters' internal states, it has the greatest potential to profoundly engage an audience.
Writing powerful scenes won't just make a screenplay a better work of art. Great scenes also make a script more attractive to producers, directors and actors — making a script more likely to sell.
The Craft of Scene Writing analyzes and systematizes the individual elements that create dynamic scenes: beats, conflicts, character moments, specific actions and lines of dialogue. The Craft of Scene Writing cites specific examples from popular classic scripts, old and new, to show how great scenes reveal character and advance the story.
After establishing the principles of scene writing, The Craft of Scene Writing goes on to teach readers practical techniques to immediately improve their scenes and scripts. Mercurio demonstrates that every element that a writer wants to develop in a script — motivation, conflict, resolution, character growth — must be dramatized in dialogue and action at the scene level.
The Craft of Scene Writing also gives additional advice on polishing one's scenes during the rewriting process, plus Mercurio's quick guide to screenwriting principles, "14 Steps to a Better Screenplay."
The Craft of Screenwriting isn't just for screenwriters — its in-depth examination of detailed storytelling techniques is also indispensable for playwrights, novelists, short story writers, speechwriters, comedy writers, copywriters and other creative artists.
An incredibly detailed exploration of screenwriting technique, The Craft of Scene Writing will help beginning writers to write great scripts and experienced writers to gain a more complete mastery of their craft.
The Craft of Scene Writing: Beat by Beat to a Better Script
Author: Jim Mercurio
Publisher: Quill Driver Books, an imprint of Linden Publishing
Publication Date: February 1, 2019
Price: $18.95 US
Category: Performing Arts / Film / Screenwriting
6″ x 9″ trade paperback, 400 pages, index. Also available in e-book formats.

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As your business evolves, your brand identity may outgrow or move away from your current brand image. Almost every company will go through rebranding or brand freshening at some point. There are a wide variety of reasons why it may be time to rebrand, and if you're considering the process, take a look at these tips.
Although a business is much more than its logo, this is often one of the first steps to rebranding. As a single image that symbolizes your business, your logo is the thing customers or clients see that sparks immediate recognition of what your company represents. Many businesses decide to rebrand because they want to reinvent themselves in the minds of their customers. Many changes take place during rebranding, but your logo is the face of those changes, so it is a good first step that can inform the rest of the process.
Rebranding is essentially giving your business a new identity, so you need to decide exactly what you want this image to be. What do you want to change, and what do you want to stay the same? Come up with a comprehensive plan and address all the things you think need to change about the branding you have now. Include all the vital pieces of the brand puzzle in your plan, from a color set to a tagline.
Once you have your plan in place and the changes are ready to launch, you need to decide how you will present it to your customers. Do you want the changes to be subtle, or do you want to advertise a big change? It's important to carefully plan the unveiling of your new brand. You want the transition to go smoothly and for your customers to accept your new identity happily and without frustration or confusion.


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QU to co-host 2019 Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Universities Summit
Qatar University (QU) will host the 2019 Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Universities Summit on January 14-16, 2019, in collaboration with the Times Higher Education (THE).
The event, first of its kind in the Arab world, aligns with Qatar's pioneering role in education in the region. It is also the second THE summit organized by QU as the University hosted in 2015 the first edition of the Times Higher Education MENA Universities Summit. The event will bring together experts from THE and top leaders from the university and industry sectors to share their experiences in building and developing knowledge economies for high-value returns to societies of emerging economies and developing countries.
QU President Dr. Hassan Al Derham said: "The summit will explore strategies for driving up quality in teaching, research and knowledge transfer; leadership challenges facing institutions in developing economies; and how industry partnerships can prepare students for employment. Such priorities are already underlined by Qatar National Vision 2030 and Qatar University's strategy 2018-2022, which maps out the routes to achieving continuing performance excellence building on our achievements in our key areas of education, research, institution and engagement."
He added: "Since its inception in 1977, Qatar University has become one of the leading institutions of academic and research excellence in the GCC region. It provides high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare competent graduates, primed to shape the future of Qatar. The organization's strong relationship with Qatari society is reflected in its community service efforts and in its vibrant research portfolio that addresses relevant local and regional challenges, advances national goals towards a knowledge-based economy, and contributes actively to the needs and aspirations of the society. We look forward to welcoming you to the 2019 Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Universities Summit. In addition to an inspiring program with many leaders in their field, you will enjoy the warm hospitality that Qatar always provides."
THE Editorial Director, Global Rankings Phil Baty said: "We are delighted to be working on this summit with Qatar University – one of the most internationally-focused universities in the world, based at one of the most beautiful university campuses in the world. Qatar's focus on driving up the quality of research and the pace of innovation, and its focus on aligning graduate skills with the needs of the economy, make it a perfect national case study for the event, and Doha's location as a major global transport hub makes it the perfect location to bring together universities from over 40 countries across four continents: Europe, Africa, Asia and South America. As Qatar University has hosted a previous THE summit, I also can guarantee they will offer exceptional organization and a very, very warm welcome to all of our delegates."
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New World Colonial Game
A Brief History of the First Game
The New World Colonial Game was a multipart series of nation games which were played between 8 Jul 2010 to 15 Jun 2011.This game was original posted in the "Sandbox" subforum of AH.com, which was later converted into Shared Worlds. It included over over 1,000 pages and 20,000 posts, making it one of the most successful such games, and was responsible for the revitalization of Shared Worlds after the slump in the summer of 2010.
As mentioned, the NWCG series was broken up into a series of games. The original game was created by PauliRomanov, and all later games were created by evilprodigy
Original Thread(created by PaulieRomanov)
100 year timeskip
RPG mode
When PaulieRomanov originally started the game the player list contained seventeen players. These players were:
England = Clibinarius
Scotland = The British Scotsman
France = Evilprodigy
Spain = DakotaG01
Dutch Republic = KyleB
Holy Roman Empire = Ascendant Warrior
Russia = Malarkey
Sweden = Xwarq
Portugal = Aristocracy
Denmark = Deano1001
Courland = Democritus
Venice = Emperor Norton I
Ming Dynasty = Royiss
Aztec = RaptorX
Aani = Gpdric
Ottoman = Frederick II
Papal States =Chamonix
Knights of St John = Meepy
However, only eleven Board members actually continued the game after the first few days. These players are the current ones.
Granada = Frederick II
The United Provinces = mats
Sweden-Norway = 1.36
Empire of Majapahit = TurkishCapybara
The Flame War
The thread began in early July, and was originally conceived as a role-playing nation game, including such RPG elements as commerce, industry and rebellions. Evilprogidy and Aristocracy were asked by PaulieRomanov, the original poster, to moderate and calibrate the game, because he didn't have enough spare time to manage it himself. By popular agreement, the RPG factors were removed and replaced by diplomacy, random Mod events and dice-rolled battle results.
After two months of peaceful play, the Signature Wars began between Aristocracy and Evilprogidy. This involved one player saying something silly and the other replying with a witty statement. At its peak, Evilprogidy was quoting Aristocracy roughly every four minutes, and changed his signature numerous times.
Recently things have taken a turn for the worse with names and insults being thrown back and forth by the players. Several have been kicked including Evilprogidy and ImmortalImpia, as well as YourTownDrunk. It is hoped this things will end when the game hits 1900.
(Historian's Note: It didnt)
The Knights of Saint John
In 1550, the Knights of Saint John were a power in decline. The last of the once-great Crusader states; the Knights' time, it seemed, had come and gone. The Order's missionary empire in the New World was seen as its death rattle.
This would be reversed by the formation of the Valletta-Occidental Trading Company in 1594 on the island of Crux, in the West Indies. Formed through the merging of Crux's largest shipping company with it's largest sugar cane plantation, the VOTC soon grew in power to rival the KoSJ as the main source of political power on Crux.
By 1635, the VOTC's power had grown to entirely eclipsed that of the original colonial government. Company trade accounted for 3/4ths of the Order State's economy by 1654. Sometime during the 1660s the KoSJ Navy had fallen behind that of the VOTC.
In 1671 Antonio Pinto da Crux installed himself as the new majority shareholder of the Valletta-Occidental Trading Company, and declared himself Grand Master of the KoSJ. At that point half of the KoSJN's ships were on long term loan from the VOTC, in addition to this, a good portion of the Navy's officers got their start in the VOTC, and still held strong ties to the Company. In the first months of the Order's Civil War, mass mutiny and defeat at sea had driven the Order from the Western Hemisphere, and threatened their hold in the Mediterranean.
After a three year long string of defeat after devastating defeat, the Order finally turned to it's Big Brother to the North, the Kingdom of Sicily, by electing the King of Sicily as their Grand Master, effectively merging the two states under the Kingdom of Sicily.
What followed is often referred to as the Heroic War.
After Sicily's entry into the War, the VOTC's fortunes quickly took a turn for the worse. After the Sicilian Victory in the Battle of the Azores in 1675, the VOTC was once again confined to the New World.
Mere months after the defeat, the Sicilians sent their own Transatlantic Fleet to capture Valletta, on the Island of Crux, and to put an end to the VOTC. The Sicilian Fleet was intercepted en route by a flotilla under da Crux's personal command, and all but wiped out.
With the capture of the Sicilian Armada, the VOTC was once again able to launch attacks into the Mediterranean. The VOTC's advance then faltered once again, as the Sicilians supply lines got shorter and theirs longer. Fearing to lose his foothold in the Eastern Hemisphere, Antonio Pinto da Crux sought help from a most unlikely source; the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottomans' entry tipped the scales permanently in da Crux's favor. In 1677 the Sicilians were decisively defeated at Messina, slicing the Kingdom in half.
Not long after this, the old King died. With the only heir to the throne dead on the floor of the Mediterranean, what was left of the Kingdom of Sicily on the island of Sicily slid into utter chaos. Into this chaos slipped Antonio Pinto da Crux.
da Crux came unarmed before the Knights of Saint John in Palermo, nothing is known about what was said in that meeting, but it was later announced that the KoSJ would absorb the VOTC, and that da Crux would be installed as its next Grand Master. The Civil War had ended, but the Heroic War had only just begun.
The 1678 KoSJ naval campaign against the Ottomans is still ranked among the most excellent in history. The VOTC's sudden betrayal took the Ottoman Navy completely off-guard, and soon much of the Barbary Coast had fallen into the Order's hands. By the close of the 1678 campaign, the Ottoman Navy had lost a full third of its large warships, and nearly a quarter of its personnel. The Ottomans capitulated in the spring of 1679, ceding much of the Barbary Coast to the KoSJ.
In just seven years the Knights of Saint John had gone from a European backwater to global colonial empire.
Thanks to Antonio Pinto da Crux, the Mediterranean was once again a Catholic Lake.
Over the next few decades, da Crux reigned over a period of consolidation. Naples was subdued after a brief war in 1683, and has since gone to fully integrate within the Order State.
The Barbary Coast has slowly been Christianized, the local culture being largely wiped out in the process. By 1720 the coast of North Africa was about 60% Catholic European.
The VOTC was rebuilt under the direct control of the Order, and under its leadership the American colonies once again began to flourish. The VOTC is currently in the process of setting up a viable trade network between the Incan Empire and the KoSJ, but it may be a long time coming.
Paiute Culture In the New World of 1615
(A snippet from the journal of a French Coureur des bois)
The Paiute people were once a nomadic one centered around the Great basin. The original confederacy was made up of four tribes who names have now been lost to time. The nation's early years were a period of disorganization and chaos for the ruling people and chiefs. Out of the strife a great leader appeared who's name I cannot spell in our language. This man apparently founded the first permanent dwellings in the Paiute confederacy and centralized government around an elected 'High-chief' where each tribe had its own vote of one. The form of government they adopted reminds me of the Holy Roman Empire.
Eventually the nation expanded by adding new tribes into its confederacy. The people who were absorbed retained their own language and culture, but was eventually diluted into the greater Paiute culture, taking the best aspects of every native tribe they took at found a unique culture in the new world.
Rather recently a series of wars has broken out with many of the tribes in the surrounding regions, the Paiute confederacy expanded to be twice it's since in a very short amount of time by fighting a war with nomadic peoples to its east and eventually adding them to the confederacy with their own vote, that vast swath of land comes rather close to the edge of French owned Missouri territory.
The culture of the Paiute confederacy made first contact with European people after they had made contact with the Chinese by raiding their settlements (rather poorly). When they eventually came into contact with Russians the Scottish had their own settlement just to their south, not too far from the border, and the Aani did the same thing to the Paiute's northern reaches.
At this time the Paiute had no written language, they had continued to use the pictographs of their ancestors and had built many permanent cities with food being funnelled from the large farms and vast cattle ranches of the great plains to launch a population boom and expansion by force into other areas without tribes or with small ones. It was here where the practice of slavery appeared.
Paiute slavery is almost the exact same as the Romans and Greeks where a man or woman can volunteer themselves to become a slave and eventually earn his/her freedom in time. Along with every captured enemy soldier becoming a slave under Paiute rule. Paiute slaves are used as house slaves under service of the rich upper class men who can afford to keep them. Foreign slaves however have a much harder life. Slaves that are not part of the Paiute tribes have a different status and are forced to work for the government in Mines and construction and various other things. It is considered demeaning to own a foreign slave.
The Paiute culture at this time was very distrustful of outsiders and did not many new tribes to their confederation compared to other years but rather expanded through military might and abusive settlers and treaties (much like OTL USA). The Paiute culture's racism and xenophobia are very predominant in their society, children who are mixed with 'pure' Paiute blood and that of another tribe is not even considered human by some people, any children who are of mixed Paiute and European or Asian decent are often get their parents tortured in some of the most horrible ways possible and themselves 'crucified' (It is the best term for what it is).
Paiute written language was a recent development too. Peoples who lived on the border with the Aani and Paiute before their take over by the Paiute had adopted the Aani written language. When they were joined into the Paiute confederacy the knowledge of written language cam with them and is now the way people pass language barriers as it is the best way to communicate when you have over 500 different languages in your lands. Due to this almost all people in the Paiute confederacy can read. Their written language is exactly the same as Aani with no alterations whatsoever other then when new words are added.
Paiute military is massive in its size and diversity. The peoples of the east in the plains who are some o the most skilled horsemen known in the new world are used very well in the army and make up a large core of it. The influence of Asian culture can be seen in the armour they were as it looks much like that of a warrior from china. Despite the xenophobia many Paiute have used European, Asian, and native tactics and technology in warfare and make a strange mix that I cannot rightfully describe. The Paiute use iron weapons, shields, and armour. Swords, Pikes, Spears, Shields, Plate armour, Chainmail, Axes, Halberds, Guns, Arrows, Cannons, Lances, almost every military technology invented in Europe or Asia has found its way here except for Greek fire, Steel, and anything naval.
The Paiute army consists of five parts:
The first is warriors which are the full time regulars who are entrusted with the best weapons as they live as a soldier and know how to use them. They are often heavily armoured and armed and use the Pike, Halberd, Gun, Sword, and Bow in the different battalions of them. The second is the nomads who are the horsemen of the army who mostly are made up of cavalry from the nomadic tribes who have spent their whole lives on the back of a horse. They vary in terms of weaponry and armour, they will have either only armour on themselves like dragoons but not on the horses, armour on them and the horse like a cataphract, or no armour at all. The weaponry of the Paiute cavalry varies to fight with Long Swords, Lances, Spears, Bows, and Guns.
The third is the slaves. The slaves are born slaves have had to serve in the military since age five and like their life as a servant to the upper class men who own them. They are remarkably similar to Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire, the samurai of Japan, and the Spartans of Sparta. They train their whole life for war and after living through fifteen battles are given the status of freemen, but most slaves either do not make it that far or when they do simply become part of the warrior divisions as war is all they know. Their equipment is the same as warriors, using the use the Pike, Halberd, Sword, and Bow but no guns as they are not trusted with them.
The fourth are the volunteers. These are the peasants who chose to join an army at the last minute to fight and gain glory. They often fight with minimal arms and armour. The weapons they will tend to use include the Sword, Axe, Spear, and Bow. They often never have plate armour and will wear chainmail if they have it and use shields if they have those too.
The fifth are the engineers. These are the people who work the siege engines and artillery. Each person has training with either a spear a sword or an axe in order to defend themselves close up. They were no armour as they do not need it. They operate Paiute artillery which mostly consists of poor homemade cannons or catapults with explosive loads and are the only members of the army other then command that must have an education to serve here.
Recently the Paiute have constructed forts, walls, and gates in the mountain passes to guard their lands from the westerners who already tried one to invade. They have gotten better at their skills in construction with stone from the mountain and they have catapults and cannons on them, they are a remarkable feat to behold for a native nation to construct one let alone thousands is proof of these people's skill and power in the Great Basin, Plain, And mountains of the new world.
Extracts from the Canterbury Chronicles
Today King Edward has defeated the Scots in Dunbar after wisely deciding to bypass the burgh of Berwick. It looks like Scotland shall be ours!
The treacherous Scottish king's brother Edward Bruce has been crowned King over the Irish in Belfast today. While the south half of Ireland is still under its rightful owners I fear Northern Ireland shall now have to bear a Scottish yoke.
Friar Baldrick set fire to the Bishop of Durham when he visited us this summer, Bishop Edmund survived and Baldrick has been excommunicated.
War with France seems to be inevitable; sadly it seems the Welsh are more favourable to them than their masters.
War with France ended with defeat in Calis, England has no continental territory. King Henry has died in bed, long live King Henry.
The northern nobles have refused to submit to the crown since the House of Lancaster was restored. The Kingdom of Scotland has invaded the northern counties! King Edward refuses to do anything as Northern Yorkshire has been absorbed into the Kingdom of Scotland. I fear England is on the verge of collapsing.
King Henry has broken from Rome. There is much civil unrest, we can only pray that the future may be peaceful.
King Henry is dead, long live King Edward. Rumours of Papist traitors selling their souls to the Portuguese have entered the monastery. In Wales Frenchmen have been seen speaking to the Welsh chieftains, while the Old Enemy, Scotland, has sent raiding parties over the border again. What does this all mean, God?
Civil war has returned to England, while the traitorous Welsh and Cornish have given themselves to the French and Portuguese respectively. Better news has arrived from Scotland as that country has broken with Rome. The Church of Scotland might be England's only friend.
Our nation is now divided, and while the war has stopped, the Portuguese seem intent on conquering England. Lord, help England in her time of need, you are our only hope.
1575 We are under the yoke of the Portuguese. They have taken over the Southern half of England while they dispute the over half with Scotland. I can only pray that they will not make us conform with Rome again.
I leave Canterbury today. Like the masses before me I go to the promised land of Scotland. No longer shall I have to conform to the Papists in Portugal or see the horrors that have unfolded over the last 15 years of occupation. Of the thousands of Londoners who died building that monstrous spire and the thousands of my fellow countrymen who have at the hands of Inquisition I pray for your families night and day.
As the personal secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury I give this Chronicle to the Scottish Government as a token of trust and ask in return that you shall ask for the diocese of Canterbury in your discussions with the Portuguese so my friend and worker the Archbishop of Canterbury can stop worrying about whether the Inquisition shall visit him in the night.
I am at your mercy, Father Tomas Wayne.
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Kindred as an investment
Kindred opens doors to top modern office space on Malta
Thu, 14 Jun, 2018 08:00 CET
Kindred Group has relocated its two Malta based offices into a top modern office space at Tigne Point on Malta. From here, Kindred will continue to develop and grow its business to reach the long-term goal of being the number one operator across all markets.
Kindred Group (previously Unibet Group) continues to outpace the gambling market in terms of growth and has expanded into a new top modern office space at Tigne Point on Malta. The new office co-locates Kindred's 400 employees on Malta from the previous offices in St Julians and Gzira, offering employees a great experience and a great working environment that reflects Kindred's strong culture.
The new office covers 5,200 sqm spread across three floors overlooking the Mediterranean. The space, with capacity for over 500 desks, has 47 meeting rooms with the latest AV technology to ensure seamless collaboration across Kindred's eleven offices. Employees will have access to free meals, yoga classes, games and other recreational activities.
"I am delighted that we have finally been able to gather all our Malta based employees in this impressive new office at Tigne Point. We are a company on the forefront of our industry with high growth in a market where competition for talent is tough. Through our new base in Malta, we will work hard to attract the best talent, so we can continue our exciting journey towards being the number one operator across our markets", says Henrik Tjärnström, CEO of Kindred Group.
Kindred has grown significantly the past years and today employs around 1,400 people of which approximately 400 are based on Malta and expects to increase this number to accommodate the current growth.
Kindred moved into the new office on May 28 and held an official opening event on June 12 in the presence of two-time Formula One World Champion Mika Häkkinen and five-time Stanley Cup Champion Esa Tikkanen, both Kindred brand ambassadors.
Kindred Group is one of the world's leading online gambling operators with business across Europe and Australia, offering over 20 million customers across 11 brands a great form of entertainment in a safe, fair and sustainable environment. The company, which employs about 1,400 people, is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Large Cap and is a member of the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) and founding member of ESSA (sports betting integrity). Kindred Group is audited and certified by eCOGRA for compliance with the 2014 EU Recommendation on Consumer Protection and Responsible Gambling (2014/478/EU). Read more on www.kindredgroup.com.
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Maude Barlow, founder of the Blue Planet Project and Chair of Food & Water Watch, recently visited Detroit, Michigan in the United States and heard firsthand accounts from residents who were having their water services cut off by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD). This report was produced from information gathered by Maude Barlow, the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, and the Detroit People's Water Board. The Detroit People's Water Board is campaigning to have these essential services restored to the thousands of households currently without water service pursuant to a just and affordable rate structure, and to prevent future cut-offs.
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The History Behind The 100 Black Men of Maryland
On a Saturday morning in March 1991, a group of Black men held a meeting in Baltimore City's Friendship Baptist Church. The purpose of the meeting was to form an organization designed to halt destructive directions being taken by many of our black youth. Following that meeting, the 100 Black Men of America, Inc. whose mission is specifically directed towards improving the conditions of African American youth, was contacted for information about starting a chapter in Maryland.
Later that month, ten men held a second meeting at Coppin State University. These men understood the urgency of the moment and swiftly developed an organizational structure and submitted an application for a chapter to the 100 Black Men of America, Inc. The national organization approved our application and the 100 Black Men of Maryland, Inc. was incorporated April 1991.
Understanding that it sometimes takes more than a village to raise a child, especially African American males, the 100 Black Men of Maryland, Inc. is prepared to continue its efforts to provide young Black men with more than just an outside chance to have successful lives.
Can we do it? Yes we can!
The History Behind The 100 Black Men
The overall concept of The 100 began in 1963 in New York City when a group of concerned African American men began to meet to explore ways of improving conditions in their community. These visionaries included businessmen and industry leaders such as David Dinkins, Robert Mangum, Dr. William Hayling, Nathaniel Goldston III, Livingston Wingate Andrew Hatcher, and Jackie Robinson. Since inception, the vision has materialized to be shared by more than 10,000 members reaching over 125,000 underserved, underrepresented minority youth annually. Our motto, "What They See Is What They'll Be," very succinctly expresses how our programmatic services rendered to disadvantaged, disenfranchised and low-income youth and families positively change their life trajectory.
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Нижче наведені футбольні події 1850-х років у всьому світі.

Події
 30 квітня 1855 — побудовано найстаріший нині діючий футбольний стадіон — «Бремолл Лейн»,
 24 жовтня 1857 — засновано найстаріший нині існуючий футбольний клуб — «Шеффілд».

Народились
 1 січня 1850 — Чарльз Ченері — англійський футболіст.
 13 березня 1850 — Альфред Гудвін — англійський футболіст
 14 березня 1850 — Френсіс Бірлі — англійський футболіст
 23 квітня 1850 — Арнольд Кірк-Сміт — англійський футболіст
 27 травня 1850 — Чарльз Моріс — англійський футболіст
 15 червня 1850 — Джон Чарльз Клегг — англійський футболіст
 20 липня 1850 — Катберт Оттавей — англійський футболіст

 7 жовтня 1851 — Александер Бонсор — англійський футболіст.
 21 квітня 1852 — Вільям Клегг — англійський футболіст
 25 січня 1854 — Сегар Бастард — англійський футболіст
 1 червня 1855 — Вальтер Бачанан — англійський футболіст
 6 березня 1856 — Горас Барнет — англійський футболіст
 12 листопада 1856 — Джо Беверлі — англійський футболіст
 9 липня 1857 — Норман Бейлі — англійський футболіст

 23 липня 1857 — Ліндсей Бері — англійський футболіст.
 30 липня 1858 — Чарльз Бембрідж — англійський футболіст
 15 березня 1859 — Артур Альфред Браун — англійський футболіст
 29 квітня 1859 — Раперт Андерсон — англійський футболіст
 1859 — Біллі Мосфорт — англійський футболіст

Посилання
 Ранняя история футбола

Футбол за роками
1850-ті

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When you are gambling or betting on any sport, you need to ensure that you have the skills, concentration and understanding of the game. In order to help you with your game, it is important that you need to equip yourself with all the relevant knowledge and tools. It is also important that the possibilities needs to be analysed to help you develop your winning strategy. Sports betting winning tips and strategies give you a foundation and pillar to work towards your game.
The first thing in sports betting is simplification and understands the game as much as you can. The more you keep it simple, the better it is for you. The simplification of the game helps you to make the right decision and choice. It gives you the ability to make the right move and bet accordingly. When you are betting, paying attention to every move make is essential. This helps you to go a long way; here are a few tips that will help you.
Weather it is your favorite basketball game or team. Your team of the website is the perfect person to give you all the updates of the game on a live time basis. Having a balance between your game, the middleman and the bookmaker is important to help you out.
Doing your home and groundwork is necessary. The more you study about the player's teams and the game, the better it is for you. When you have a firm ground and know your game well, you can easily understand how the game is going. This will also help you in coming up with your betting strategy.
Preparing yourself before your game can be helpful. Before every game, you need to understand the strengths and weakness of the teams. The list of players playing in the present game gives you not the best but at least an idea of how the game may possibly go.
Pay attention to the groups, notice the various teams within the group and make the analysis accordingly. This will help you to understand each group as well as give you a good guess of what is in store for you.
Luck plays a vital role, there is no doubt that if you are not lucky you are likely to win. There are days where things may not go as per your plan. Every time you place a bet, just like how you are prepared for the best, for the worst.
The statistics of the group helps you to understand and analyse the possible ways of how the game can go. If you want, your chances of winning to increase remember that the bookmaker is not responsible for anything. Your win is purely based on the group you choose and the odds that you bet.
Setting a minimum and maximum limit will help you to be in control of your game. You have to ensure that you do not pass your maximum limit. If you can maintain your betting and your game within the limits that is easy for you, you can help reduce your looses.
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Ref.100924 fireplace door 1 sheet with small glass ceramic focused on the top and adjustable air inlet more bronze on the bottom handle.
The installation is very simple, open holes, put the dowels and screw them. Termination is with black paint anticaloric special chimneys.
We can manufacture it in any measure, you only have to send us a picture of the fireplace, give us the height by the width (of the mouth) and we will make you the door you need.
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amorino makes art out of ice cream, taking organic/natural ingredients and crafting them into tasty roses. their flowers come in flavors like indian alphonso mango, unique (chocolate & hazelnut), and bourbon vanilla (pictured). the italian-based company has shops throughout europe with one also in nyc (find the one closest to you here). spotted @ aestivo.


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package org.apache.gobblin.util.io;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.channels.Channels;
import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;

import com.codahale.metrics.Meter;

import org.apache.gobblin.util.limiter.Limiter;

import javax.annotation.concurrent.NotThreadSafe;

/**
 * A class that copies an {@link InputStream} to an {@link OutputStream} in a configurable way.
 */
@NotThreadSafe
public class StreamCopier {

  private static final int KB = 1024;
  public static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 32 * KB;

  private final ReadableByteChannel inputChannel;
  private final WritableByteChannel outputChannel;
  private int bufferSize = DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE;
  private Meter copySpeedMeter;

  private boolean closeChannelsOnComplete = false;
  private volatile boolean copied = false;

  public StreamCopier(InputStream inputStream, OutputStream outputStream) {
    this(Channels.newChannel(inputStream), Channels.newChannel(outputStream));
  }

  public StreamCopier(ReadableByteChannel inputChannel, WritableByteChannel outputChannel) {
    this.inputChannel = inputChannel;
    this.outputChannel = outputChannel;
  }

  /**
   * Set the size in bytes of the buffer used to copy.
   */
  public StreamCopier withBufferSize(int bufferSize) {
    this.bufferSize = bufferSize;
    return this;
  }

  /**
   * Set a {@link Meter} where copy speed will be reported.
   */
  public StreamCopier withCopySpeedMeter(Meter copySpeedMeter) {
    this.copySpeedMeter = copySpeedMeter;
    return this;
  }

  /**
   * Close the input and output {@link java.nio.channels.Channel}s after copy, whether the copy was successful or not.
   */
  public StreamCopier closeChannelsOnComplete() {
    this.closeChannelsOnComplete = true;
    return this;
  }

  /**
   * Execute the copy of bytes from the input to the output stream.
   * Note: this method should only be called once. Further calls will throw a {@link IllegalStateException}.
   * @return Number of bytes copied.
   */
  public synchronized long copy() throws IOException {

    if (this.copied) {
      throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("%s already copied.", StreamCopier.class.getName()));
    }
    this.copied = true;

    try {
      long bytesRead = 0;
      long totalBytesRead = 0;

      final ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(this.bufferSize);
      while ((bytesRead = fillBufferFromInputChannel(buffer)) != -1) {
        totalBytesRead += bytesRead;
        // flip the buffer to be written
        buffer.flip();
        this.outputChannel.write(buffer);
        // Clear if empty
        buffer.compact();
        if (this.copySpeedMeter != null) {
          this.copySpeedMeter.mark(bytesRead);
        }
      }
      // Done writing, now flip to read again
      buffer.flip();
      // check that buffer is fully written.
      while (buffer.hasRemaining()) {
        this.outputChannel.write(buffer);
      }

      return totalBytesRead;
    } finally {
      if (this.closeChannelsOnComplete) {
        this.inputChannel.close();
        this.outputChannel.close();
      }
    }
  }

  private long fillBufferFromInputChannel(ByteBuffer buffer) throws IOException {
    return this.inputChannel.read(buffer);
  }

  /**
   * Indicates there were not enough permits in the {@link Limiter} to finish the copy.
   */
  public static class NotEnoughPermitsException extends IOException {
    private NotEnoughPermitsException() {
      super("Not enough permits to perform stream copy.");
    }
  }

  private static Closeable NOOP_CLOSEABLE = new Closeable() {
    @Override
    public void close() throws IOException {
      // nothing to do
    }
  };
}


This project aims to collect 10,000 sustained phonations ('aaah' vocal sounds) through telephone-quality digital audio lines, under realistic, non-lab conditions, to test the hypothesis that it is possible to detect Parkinson's disease through these recordings. This follows up on several recent studies in which we have shown that this detection is possible with lab-quality digital audio recordings of sustained phonations [1,3-8], and that these results are not noticeably degraded when the audio is passed through simulated, low-bandwidth mobile telephone audio compression with channel distortion . Furthermore, we are able to accurately predict the severity of Parkinson's symptoms on a standard clinical scale (UPDRS) .
To detect Parkinson's from the voice, we extract a large number of dysphonia features (132 in recent studies [1-2]) from digital audio signals of sustained phonations ('aaah' sounds). These features cover a wide range of classical and novel clinical dysphonia analysis algorithms (see  for a comprehensive list). We then apply several feature selection algorithms (Lasso, mRMR, RELIEF, LLBFS ), and pass the selected features to standard supervised classifier algorithms (random forests and SVMs). When predicting symptom severity, we use random forests and SVMs in 'regression mode' [2,3] since the UPDRS scale is whole-number. To address overfitting, we use cross-validation, both "leave audio samples out" and "leave subjects out" schemes, in order to approximate the true generalization performance on unknown cases [1-3].
The studies rely on two principal audio datasets: sustained phonations from people with Parkinson's recorded at home, weekly, over a 6-month period each (50 subjects, 5875 audio samples ), and lab-based recordings from healthy controls and people with Parkinson's (43 subjects, 263 audio samples [1,2]). Other datasets have been used in earlier studies where new dysphonia features were developed [4-8].
In terms of detecting the disease, at best we achieve 98.6% detection accuracy (that is, the percentage of samples that were correctly identified as being either healthy or Parkinson's, averaged over all cross-validation runs) under lab conditions . In terms of the severity of symptoms, the average prediction error is 3.5 points on the 176-point UPDRS scale (approx. 2% mean absolute, cross-validation error) under simulated mobile telephony conditions . Additionally, we find that detection performance appears to level out at around 10 dysphonia features, which include features that measure vocal fold oscillation irregularity, breathiness and noise, and vocal tract resonance fluctuations .
While these results are encouraging, they do not address the major potential for confounding factors that occur when voice recordings are collected under non-lab conditions: factors such as environmental noise and unintended caller behaviour cannot be controlled. It is the potential for these confounding factors to upset these results that motivates this study.
BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2007, 6:23.
in 2006 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, 2006. ICASSP 2006 Proceedings.: Toulouse, France. pp. II-1080-II-1083.


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Crime and Grime: Update from Uptown
By Chicagotalks on July 2, 2007
Submitted on Mon, 07/02/2007 – 16:07.
Story by Keri Lynch
Burglaries have been on the rise in parts of Uptown recently, causing concern for area residents and police officers. At recent community policing meetings (CAPS), officers said this is not unique to the 46th Ward or the 23rd police District, which runs from the lake to Clark Street between Lawrence and Fullerton avenues.
"Burglaries have gone up all over the city," said officer Margaret Murphy, Beat 2313 in Uptown. "My house was just burglarized, and we have an alarm system and a big dog."
With nine reported in a two-week period between June 8 and June 21 in Beat 2312 alone, burglaries were at the top of the list at three Uptown-area CAPS meetings in June. Citywide, burglaries have decreased 4.4 percent and auto thefts dropped 21 percent in the first five months of 2007 compared to 2006, according to crime summary reports released by the Chicago Police Department of so-called "index crimes."
Other crimes on the "Top Ten" lists for three Uptown beats in May 2007 included battery (15 to 21 incidents) and narcotics (13 to 20 incidents), followed by theft, which includes motor vehicles, with 12 incidents per beat. Burglaries were much lower, with 2 or 3 incidents per beat.
Murphy and other 23rd District beat officers have been checking doors, garages and cars to try to reduce the number of break-ins and thefts in the North Side neighborhood. They say a warm-weather spike is normal, and residents can help prevent these crimes.
"I've been checking cars and leaving notes (for owners)," Murphy said. "If people leave things inside, someone may break in. You have to protect yourself and close your back door."
The most recent data for the 46th Ward from chicagocrime.org lists 20 crimes May 26 to May 29. Six of these were burglaries, defined as "entering a building without authority with intent to commit theft." All of these burglaries occurred in apartments or residences in three police beats – 2311, 2312 and 2313 – in Uptown.
"Compared to last year, burglary stats are about the same," said officer Nano Guardi, who works beat 2311, near Truman College in Uptown.
The rest of the crimes reported during the same four-day period in May fall under the broader category of theft, or unlawfully taking property, including four motor vehicle thefts, one robbery on park property and one report of identity theft.
Burglaries were the top concern east of Broadway, between Montrose and Lawrence, in Beats 2312 and 2313. But drugs, drinking and loitering were the biggest issues at the June meeting for Beat 2311 at Truman College, just west of Broadway and Wilson avenues.
"It seems like it got better then worse again this year," said resident Jami Krueger, who says she regularly witnesses drug deals and public drinking at all times of the day and night from her condo at Wilson and Magnolia avenues, just west of Truman College.
It was better when they had a police camera, Krueger said, but the blue light camera is no longer installed at that corner. That camera – the only one of its type in the district – is now at the corner of Wilson and Sheridan, said Irma Perres, CAPS community organizer for the police department.
Although community response was good at the former location, Perres said, the light was never intended to be permanent, and officers move it where they think it is most needed.
Public drinking also increases during warm months, and officers said they are cracking down on this behavior. Officers have discretion as to how to handle individuals drinking alcoholic beverages in public.
"I'm sick of drinkers sitting at bus stops; it is my pet peeve," officer Murphy said. "We now have a zero tolerance for that. Just call us."
Officers can dump out alcoholic beverages and go as far as arresting individuals. Another option is to issue an ANOV ticket, or Administrative Notice of Violation, which officer Mike Perdue explained as he walked Beat 2313 with residents at a June CAPS meeting.
"If you run a name and the person has five of these ANOV tickets, it's an automatic arrest," Perdue said. "Don't drink in public; there are too many kids outside."
It is an ongoing effort to deter public drinking, 23rd District CAPS coordinators said, and those arrested are generally released the next day and most cases are not taken to court.
Also citing the Chicago Police Department's zero tolerance, officer Guardi said there were 16 arrests last month in Beat 2311 near Truman College for drinking in the public way. Overall, he said, the crime statistics are about the same as last year, and there were no major "spikes," or areas of concern.
One area that is a consistent concern for residents and police officers is near the Wilson Red Line stop, near the intersection of Broadway and Wilson avenues. This is considered the heart of Uptown, and it's also where three police beats converge.
"We work together with Beats 2311 and 2312 to tackle problem spots," said officer Perdue of Beat 2313.
Although the area has a reputation for being dangerous and dirty, residents and police officers said that over the last few years, it has gotten safer – and cleaner.
Part of the credit goes to Cleanslate, a program that has helped clean up Uptown since June 2006 while also providing job training to former offenders, who working as interns pick up trash and recyclables from sidewalks, streets and vacant lots. To date, 12 of the 32 Uptown interns have found permanent jobs, according to the organization's most recent report.
For other non-crime issues, officers advised residents to call 311 to report traffic or street light outings or to request graffiti removal or rodent control. Officers work with the city's Streets and Sanitation employees on these types of problems.
Officers at each beat meeting implored residents to call 911 for any crimes or concerns – and to call right away. Details and descriptions of individuals are extremely helpful, officers said, and residents can remain anonymous. Make notes and give detailed descriptions, Guardi said, and the key is not to be afraid but be proactive and prepared.
"This is what CAPS is all about," Guardi said. "All of us working together."
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Man United prepare to sign Stuttgart youngster Benjamin Pavard in winter transfer window. Mourinho had a terrible summer as he couldn't add his primary targets. Portuguese manager planning to add French defender in January as Valencia already 32-year-old and needs a back-up. Pavard had a great season in Bundesliga and even better performances in the World Cup. He won the Mundial with Les Bleus and his goal against Argentina became the best in Tournament.
Benjamin joined the German club from Lille in 2016 with a £5m deal and made 57 appearances in the club since joining. France international is contracted with Stuttgart until 2021 and his release clause is nearly £40m. Bayern also keen to sign him and there will be a real battle during the winter transfer window.
Red Devil signed Porto right-back Diogo Dalot, Shakhtar midfielder Fred and Stoke shot-stopper Lee Grant in this summer. Jose thinks that this isn't enough for the club and he wants to add several high-class players in January. Benjamin is a very talented defender and will be a perfect signing for Man United.


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Commentary: What 'Maleficent' Says About Human Nature, And The Justice System
WJCT News | By Nicolas Michaud
Not so long ago Disney villains were truly terrifying. At the top of that list was, of course, Maleficent.With Disney's Maleficent opening this week, pop culture philosopher Nicolas Michaud stopped by First Coast Connect to discuss what the film says about human nature, and the U.S. justice and systems.
In Disney's 1959 animated classic Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent, the self-proclaimed "Mistress of Evil," tries to kill a princess, tortures and torments the girl's true love, and turns herself into a gigantic fire-breathing dragon while calling the hordes of hell themselves to her aid.
It's hard to have much sympathy for such a monster, yet interestingly that seems to be exactly what Disney's new retelling of the story will ask us to do in Maleficent, in theaters this weekend.
This tale, reminiscent of Wicked, will presumably show us the why behind Maleficent's evil.
Disney's press release says it all: "Maleficent explores the untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic Sleeping Beauty and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turned her pure heart to stone."
So there it is, another example how our society is willing to forgive and forget once we understand why someone turns evil. But that just doesn't sound like us, does it?
If we think about it, our society really isn't the most forgiving. We like to hold people accountable. In fact, if we look at many fields today, like education, "accountability" is the key term. We think people should be held responsible for what they do, because, ultimately, even if they were abused as kids, had a poor education, or were raised in poverty, it was their choice.
So how is it that we have stories like Wicked and Maleficent where we sympathize with the villain? After all, we are one of only very few countries in the world that allows children to be held in prison without hope for parole, and we are the only country in the world that actually has children serving those sentences.
So if we are willing to hold kids accountable, even though neuroscientists tell us that their brains aren't developed enough to understand why their actions were wrong nor the consequences of those actions, why would we put up with Maleficent?
Are we really all that interested in understanding the reasons why people do wrong? You don't hear a lot of, "Well Osama bin Laden did what he did because…" We pretty much just wanted him dead, whatever his motivations were be damned.
This is not to say that the idea of forgiveness and redemption are bad ideas, but that we as a society seem not all that motivated to be sympathetic.
So how is it that any of us would tolerate a story, like Maleficent, which seeks to give reasons for the actions of a woman who literally tries to kill a little kid?
In fact, if we look at our own justice system, we realize it really isn't based in forgiveness and redemption.
That seems pretty obvious. In the U.S., we have one of the highest recidivism rates in the world. In other words, after a convict leaves prison, he or she is very likely to return.
One possible reason is that this happens because our prisons aren't really built to prevent crime as much as they are built to punish criminals. If prisons were built to prevent crime, which of course requires lowing the chance that a prisoner will return to a life of crime, it would actually need to be a pretty nice place.
People are far less likely to commit crimes if they are well-educated, feel like they are part of the community, and have good work. In other words, prisons, if they really wanted to reduce crime, would make sure prisoners got great educations (especially in ethics and community), were reminded that they are a valuable part of a community that cares about them, and had jobs when they got out.
But, in fact, the opposite happens. Our prisoners are often not afforded much education, are treated as if they are separate from good people, and when they get out of prison they have an even harder time finding work than they did before. All of these factors make it much more likely that they will return to crime.
Why have a prison system with such a high recidivism rate?
Vengeance.
After all, who wants to see the person who stole something from them, or hurt them, having a great life? Think about the last person who hurt you. Most of us want that person to suffer.
So how do we make sense, then, socially of films like Maleficent? Well, if it isn't about us learning to understand the "why" behind people's actions and forgiving them, maybe it is about our sympathy for people who seek vengeance against those who harm them.
That would make a lot of sense. And that is a key component of the new film, we don't see Maleficent struggle with a difficult upbringing, growing up in poverty, or lack of education, we see people hurt her.
If our system is really based on our need to see harm come to those who hurt us, then understanding Maleficent would really just require showing that she's been done a great harm.
The rest of the story, then, will really just be then another opportunity to watch someone get even. And that is something we all can understand.
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Untethered Moon
Album Review of Untethered Moon by Built To Spill.
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Untethered Moon - Very Good, Based on 16 Critics
Drowned In Sound - 90
Like their peers Modest Mouse, Built to Spill strike me as one of those bands who've nailed their own sound to such a fundamental extent that actually releasing new music is no longer a particularly necessary part of what they do. It's been six years since previous studio album There is No Enemy: a few decades ago that would have been enough for the Idaho rockers to merit an appearance in a 'where are they now' section of a pop periodical. But this is the twenty-first century, when there's not much incentive to release new material beyond the demands of your own muse, and mainman Doug Martsch's muse has clearly been telling him to get on with the usual business of playing fucktonnes of live shows and shuffling the band line up again.
Punknews.org (Staff) - 80
Untethered Moon is another example of why Built To Spill remains one of the most unheralded, under-the-radar and underrated indie-rock acts ever to grace the scene. With Dough Martsch at the helm, doing what he does best and most passionately, BTS lay down another exclamation mark that's right up there with the band's previous albums. Martsch's solo work over the last couple years found him tortured and pained but BTS always represented that outlet of optimism and this here's no different.
After 20 years, Built to Spill are still inexplicably on Warner Bros., releasing their sixth album for the label. Their first full-length in six years, Untethered Moon, doesn't offer any surprising twists or digressions from the band's previous seven releases. As per usual, the line-up was switched around once again, with mainstay Doug Martsch bringing in a new rhythm section — band roadies Jason Albertini on bass and Steve Gere on drums — to join him, Jim Roth and Brett Netson on guitar.Recorded after a previous collection of recordings were scrapped, thanks to the departure of Brett Nelson and Scott Plouf, Martsch brought in regular collaborator Sam Coomes (Quasi) as a co-producer to help stir creative juices.
Consequence of Sound - 79
Based on rating B+
At first blush, there's something surprisingly direct about the latest Built to Spill album. It includes a song called "C.R.E.B.", an acronym that stands for "cAMP response element-binding protein" — a cellular transcription factor, a microscopic building block of human life that's essential to the formation of memory and neuroplasticity. While frontman Doug Martsch has always been concerned with the essential elements of human existence, it's strange to see him dig straight into the physical brain rather than the worlds it builds, explores, and remembers.
Paste Magazine - 77
Since Built to Spill's There Is No Enemy was released in 2009, unabashed guitar rock has gone out of style. But here comes Untethered Moon, blissfully ignorant of trends or label expectations, ever still the '90s indie rock sound the band has never given up on. Like Dinosaur Jr. or Sleater-Kinney, Built to Spill has stuck to a blueprint throughout their career, not confined by their sound, but willfully imprisoned.
Untethered Moon is the first Built to Spill record Doug Martsch has released in six years, and its existence alone is a mild surprise. His last LP, 2009's There Is No Enemy, was quietly better and more focused than its two predecessors, but it didn't get much attention from press or long-term fans. Martsch didn't tour behind Enemy for three years, and when he spoke to Pitchfork in 2013 he admitted to feeling directionless.
musicOMH.com - 70
Based on rating 3.5
It's been six years since the last Built To Spill album, There Is No Enemy, a record that many believed might well be the band's last. Even lynchpin Doug Martsch thought that the game might be up as he mulled over his age and ability to even carry on. Yet despite the doubts, Untethered Moon made it to completion. Martsch's need to make music clearly, and fortunately outstripped his concerns regarding his mental and physical capacity to continue.
No Ripcord - 70
With a trajectory of over twenty years dedicated to guitar-driven rock, it's no surprise that Doug Martsch isn't really concerned about the time and effort it takes to write new Built to Spill albums. In a recent interview with All Music, he candidly jokes that he doesn't have a clear idea of what he's doing most of the time. Which is probably the best way to approach it, considering most well-established acts struggle to reclaim, or emulate, their best work with a hungry sort of desperation.
Spin - 70
Even in those bygone days when guitar wranglers prowled all-ages clubs, Doug Martsch's method seemed messianic: six strings exploring the sublime. Nominally indie after nearly a quarter century enjoying the good graces of Warner Bros., Built to Spill have never escaped those Dinosaur Jr. comparisons even if it's now clear that Martsch's melodic reserves plunge deeper than those of J Mascis (obvious influence Neil Young aside, Television sometimes feels like a more logical correlation for these Idahoans, all those spiky riffs and solos corkscrewing around a buoyant rhythm section).
Built to Spill's guitar-driven sound is the indie-rock equivalent of comfort food, indulgent and filling in how satisfyingly familiar it is. For over two decades now, the Built to Spill formula has gratifyingly stayed more or less the same, a combination of Doug Martsch's guitar workouts and his thin, sincere voice telling dream-like stories from a point-of-view that's questioning yet never jaded. Perhaps even more than Martsch's patented solos, though, it's his earnest tone that has defined Built to Spill's musical profile: indie rock that's big, loud, and ambitious enough to be arena rock without letting go of its homespun essence.
Built to Spill probably should have named themselves Built to Last. Their 2015 album, Untethered Moon, is only their eighth, but they've been cranking out guitar-saturated indie rock for over two decades. Not only is their longevity (both as a band and as a Warner Bros. recording artist) remarkable, so is their consistency.
With seven albums already under their belt, Built to Spill know their strengths and have no desire to fuck up a formula that works..
Rolling Stone - 60
Built to Spill are the AC/DC of indie rock: Their catalog is full of one melancholy LP, jam-packed with guitar pyrotechnics, after another. But frontman and six-string virtuoso Doug Martsch knows how to vary the formula just enough to keep things interesting. On their eighth LP, and first since 2009, Martsch explores 50 shades of disappointment on "Never Be the Same" and "Another Day," wraps his anxieties up in post-Hendrix guitar swirl on "When I'm Blind" and builds a stomping, Crazy Horse-style jam about forgetting someone close to him on "C.R.E.B." The album's consistency is a testament to Martsch's perfectionism (he scrapped a whole album in 2012) — and for that, we salute him.
Their review was very positive
After a handful of promising indie releases, Built To Spill signed to a major label and released its two best albums back-to-back: 1997's progressive Perfect From Now On and 1999's more pop-minded Keep It Like A Secret. Since then, Built To Spill's singer-songwriter-guitarist Doug Martsch and an evolving lineup have taken longer and longer between records, and whenever they reemerge, it's with a set of songs that split the difference between sprawling jams and compact, catchy rock 'n' roll. Built To Spill appears to be out of the business of making classic albums that muscle its way into the mainstream.
Near the end of "Living Zoo," the second track on Built to Spill's eighth and latest full length, a tiger's roar leaps out from the howling, open-throttle guitars — much as you'd imagine slashing claws tearing through the jungle canopy before arriving at your pliable flesh. Despite the song's title and subject matter, it's an effective sneak attack and a reminder of how feral guitar rock can be. It's also a metaphor for how leader Doug Martsch has emerged reinvigorated and rededicated in the six years since the band's last—and arguably least feral—LP, There Is No Enemy.
Guitar gymnastics and indie anti-heroism coexist on Built To Spill's first record in more than six years Guitars. Epic-length expository essays on the waking dream. Playful Neil Young-register vocals woven together with six-string textures that would be equally at home on a Dino Jr album or an Elliott Smith twilight ballad. Godlike guitar riffage and solos bolting to earth like lightning strikes in a tinder-dry forest.
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A recent study found Hawaii teacher salaries don't go as far when compared to other school districts in high-price areas.
By Suevon Lee / February 11, 2020
While competitive with other teacher salaries around the country, Hawaii's teacher pay drops drastically when adjusted for cost of living, a new study done by an outside firm hired by the Hawaii Department of Education concludes.
The findings by Denver-based APA Consulting don't differ much from a prior study four years ago, which compared Hawaii's pay to school districts with a similar total student enrollment and percentage of low-income kids.
But the updated study is more specific in comparison criteria, looking at districts that not only have a similar size of students and teachers, but a similarly high cost of living with Hawaii's and similar level of attractiveness to applicants based on location.
"Regardless of the comparison grouping, it is clear that Hawaii's high cost of living reduces the competitiveness of its salaries," the 72-page report states. "The purchasing power of salaries in Hawaii is very negatively impacted by the high cost of living."
A new salary study compared Hawaii's teacher salaries to other "attractive" locations like Florida, Colorado and California.
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For instance, compared with other high-cost geographic locations like San Diego, New York, Los Angeles or Boston, Hawaii's teacher pay lags by between $7,700 to as much as $26,000, depending on length of service, when adjusted for cost of living, the study notes.
"Now we have a number of where we should be trying to get to," said Corey Rosenlee, president of the Hawaii State Teachers Association. "We know we're not competitive and now the question is, what are we going to try and do about it?"
DOE officials hope the report, which was distributed to state lawmakers last week, will make a convincing argument for additional funding to boost teacher pay in high-shortage areas and for veteran teachers to improve retention.
"The study confirms our working assumptions around the main root causes of our vacancies, and further justifies the need to take bold action," Superintendent Christina Kishimoto said in a statement. "As long as teachers are being paid below the poverty level, Hawaii will continue to see escalation in the teacher shortage crisis."
Attractive Location Isn't Enough
In a 2019 estimate, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development classified a single person making less than $67,500 a year in urban Honolulu as low-income.
The average teacher salary in Hawaii in the 2018-19 school year was $65,820. A first-year certified teacher starts out making around $49,000. Hawaii's cost of living is also 10.6% higher than the national average, according to APA Consulting.
The study also summarizes feedback provided by thousands of DOE teachers around the state during a series of in-person listening sessions held late last year and through an online survey that captured more than 2,100 responses.
"We know we're not competitive and now the question is, what are we going to try and do about it?" — Corey Rosenlee, president, Hawaii State Teachers Association
More than three-fourths of teachers who provided input said Hawaii's attractive location was a positive factor to come teach here. But the vast majority, 87%, said the pay in relationship to cost of living negatively impacted retention, followed closely by housing availability, potential for salary growth and challenging working conditions, including workload and large class size.
They also cited other specific hardships like cost of health care, required retirement contributions and student loan debt.
The report also summarized the concessions many teachers have to make to get by in Hawaii, including living with family or roommates, commuting long distances because they can't afford to live in the community they teach in or working second jobs in childcare or in the service industry.
But some of the challenges recapped in the report also hit on other frustrations beyond pay, including sweltering classroom temperatures, having to pay for school supplies out of pocket and a burdensome path to getting hired by the DOE in the first place.
"These teachers indicated that the process was much faster in other districts, which leads to applicants who want to teach in Hawaii accepting positions in other districts before they receive an offer from HIDOE," the report states.
Additionally, many teachers said they were confused by Hawaii's teacher compensation system, which lacks automatic built-in pay increases, due to "real lack of communication for teachers about how the system worked and how to navigate it," according to the report.
"Many teachers felt they were not advised how to most effectively reclassify through (professional development) or advanced education," the report states.
The 72-page report was culled from input provided by teachers during a series of "DOE listening sessions," like this one held at McKinley High back in September.
Those concerns are magnified in light of the fact that up to two-thirds of Hawaii's new teachers arrive from outside the state, often with no built-in support network, and that veteran teachers from elsewhere are only credited with up to six years of experience, as far as placement on the salary schedule.
State education officials are trying to push through two key proposals this legislative session that would give special education, Hawaiian language immersion and rural-based teachers a yearly pay differential, and elevate salaries for longer-serving teachers whose pay barely exceeds that of their less experienced colleagues.
Officials also acknowledge that the inability to keep teachers in Hawaii isn't just about compensation but coming up with a more wrap-around approach.
"The Department continues to enhance our support for educators through initiatives that include mentoring for beginning teachers, housing partnerships and scholarships from teacher certification programs," Cynthia Covell, assistant superintendent of the Office of Talent Management, said in a statement.
"The teacher shortage is a complex issue facing districts nationwide, and it will take innovation and perseverance to resolve this crisis."
The APA study concludes with several recommendations: that Hawaii should expand its salary schedule and create more pay steps for teachers and also focus on training and providing more resources to teacher leaders so they can help newer teachers be "prepared to teach in Hawaii's unique environment."
In addition to teacher salaries in other high cost cities, Hawaii's salaries were compared to other districts with more than 160,000 total students and staff of 10,000 and 14,000 teachers. Those included Palm Beach, FL; Houston, TX and Orange, FL and other "attractive" sites like San Diego and Aurora, Denver and Jefferson County, CO.
David Miyashiro, executive director of education policy nonprofit HawaiiKidsCAN, said while it makes sense to compare Hawaii's teacher salaries with those in other high-cost places, it would have been beneficial to look at other unique, rural locations like Alaska.
"Hawaii likes to think of itself as comparable to New York and other places, but the reality is, we're much closer to Alaska in a lot of ways," he said, pointing out isolated geography and indigenous population.
"When you're here, you're either all in or you're all out," he added. "I'm most interested in digging deeper into those kinds of models."
HawaiiKidsCAN released its own analysis of the teacher pay study that recommended looking more closely at the fluid employment patterns among millennials to reevaluate how Hawaii structures its teacher pay system, including considering paying its newer teachers more by "front-loading" pay increases.
"This timing is critical, as new educators must consider whether the profession will provide the financial stability for life choices such as owning a home, having a family, or even remaining in Hawaii," the analysis states. "With relatively strong state and national economic growth, HIDOE needs to aggressively compete with other industries and employers."
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The group bookended their four-song set with a pair of tracks from Soundgarden's 1988 debut, "Ultramega OK", opening with "All Your Lies" and closing with "Head Injury", while delivering two of their own classics: 1984's "For Whom The Bell Tolls" and 1986's "Master Of Puppets." Watch the video here.


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In recognition of her significant contribution to the legal profession, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) and her years of public service and commitment to making Canada a more just society, former chief justice of Canada Beverley McLachlin will be presented with the CBA President's Award at the President's Dinner on Feb. 12, 2019, in Ottawa.
According to the CBA's press release, McLachlin is a legal pioneer who has steered Canada's justice system into the 21st century. Her almost three-decade career, nearly 18 of which she served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, has had a profound impact on Canada's justice system and a tremendous influence on some of the most important judicial issues our country has faced to date.
"Coming to the court a few years after the repatriation of the Constitution, and the adoption of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Beverley McLachlin has been an important part of the jurisprudence that has grown up around both documents," said CBA president Ray Adlington. "Beverley McLachlin has played a role in shaping our understanding of the Constitution and our rights many times since 1989, and especially in her 17 years as chief justice. Her court took on questions that helped define how Canadians think about themselves, helped define the Canadian ethos."
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By Campaign Nonviolence,Pace y bene.
Corvallis, OR –Over 2650 marches, actions, events and rallies are poised to take place in all 50 states nationwide as part of Campaign Nonviolence Week of Actions September 15-23. This unprecedented campaign of grassroots activism calls for nonviolent action against racism, war, poverty, and environmental destruction. In its inaugural year of 2014, 230 events took place. In response to the hate speech, racism, wars, environmental destruction, and government corruption presently dividing our nation, this year over 100,000 people will join together in more than 2650 rallies, marches and events to spread the word of unity, justice, peace and nonviolence in the tradition of nonviolence.
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Raleigh and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, have declared "Campaign Nonviolence North Carolina Week," and scheduled events to oppose racism and discrimination, poverty, war, and environmental destruction—and to advance peace. On Sept. 13, the NC Governor Roy Cooper signed a proclamationdeclaring "Nonviolence NC Week" and urging North Carolinians to join nonviolence week.
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On Saturday, Sept. 22 at 9 a.m., hundreds will rally and march in Washington, D.C. from the Dr. King Statue (on the Southside of the Lincoln Memorial), to the White House for the Campaign Nonviolence national vigil and nonviolent direct action. Speakers will call for an end to U.S. wars and nuclear weapons, racist policies, rampant greed and growing poverty, and ongoing environmental destruction, and for a new direction toward justice, disarmament and environmental protection. Some will engage in nonviolent direct action.
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