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PROOF the FBI used unethical entrapment technique to "catch" Michael Flynn… dishonest, lawless "justice" now the norm in America
Monday, December 17, 2018 by: Ethan Huff
Tags: Andrew McCabe, corruption, deep state, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, editorial board, entrapment, FBI, James Comey, lawless, Michael Flynn, President Trump, Spygate, swamp creatures, The Wall Street Journal, treason, Trump, unethical, White House
(Natural News) The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) wants the world to know that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was basically tricked by disgraced former FBI head James Comey into making certain statements before FBI agents, without his attorney present, that eventually resulted in his prosecution as a criminal.
These WSJ editors are calling the situation entrapment, and rightfully so. Comey and two fellow FBI cronies clearly targeted Flynn for questioning, pretending as though they just wanted to have a friendly chat. They then proceeded to bait information out of him without explaining what it was they were actually doing, or revealing that Flynn's statements could be used against him.
The recent Flynn filing reveals how, on January 24, 2017, Flynn spoke with the two FBI agents in question – the entire meeting having been set up by former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe. McCabe apparently compelled Flynn to meet with the FBI agents without a lawyer present, to which Flynn complied.
"I explained that I thought the quickest way to get this done was to have a conversation between [Mr. Flynn] and the agents only," McCabe later revealed in a memo seen by Flynn's defense team. "I further stated that if LTG Flynn wished to include anyone else in the meeting, like the White House Counsel for instance, that I would need to involve the Department of Justice."
"[Mr. Flynn] stated that this would not be necessary and agreed to meet with the agents without any additional participants."
Comey: I never could have gotten away with this trickery in another administration
An FBI summary of the interview known as 302 shows that McCabe and his FBI cronies made the decision not to warn Flynn that it was a crime to lie during an FBI interview. They withheld this pertinent information in order to make Flynn feel "relaxed," and to maintain the desired "rapport."
They then fished out the information they wanted from Flynn, something that Comey later admitted to plotting, in essence, based on the fact that he acknowledged that such a tactic never would have worked in a less-trusting administration.
Such tactics were "something I probably wouldn't have done or wouldn't have gotten away with in a more organized administration," Comey recently confessed.
"In the George W. Bush Administration or the Obama Administration, if the FBI wanted to send agents into the White House itself to interview a senior official, you would work through the White House counsel, there would be discussions and approvals on who would be there. And I thought, it's early enough let's just send a couple guys over."
This "legal trap," as the WSJ suggests it might have been, "worked" in the sense that it achieved the punishment for Flynn that the corrupt FBI had hoped to achieve. Comey, McCabe, and the other deep state swamp creatures involved, purposely tricked Flynn into thinking that they were his friends, only to betray him as part of their endless witch hunt against America's sitting president.
And wouldn't you know it, but none other than the Obama administration, as part of its illegal spying operation on the Trump campaign, was what "unmasked" a conversation that Flynn had apparently had with a Russian ambassador – which was completely legal, by the way.
"Keep in mind the FBI's counterintelligence probe into Russia and the Trump campaign was still secret," the WSJ editorial board explains.
"Mr. Flynn had done nothing wrong in conversing with the Russian ambassador – it was part of his job – and he had no reason to believe he was in legal jeopardy. He initially claimed he misremembered what was discussed, which is more believable than that a highly decorated officer would lie to FBI officers he agreed to see without counsel."
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Sri Lanka's nine banks to under go asset quality review
In the wake of Central Bank's fresh directions to banking units allowing them to temporarily do away with the requirement to report the Statutory Liquid Assets Ratio (SLAR) ,nine banks have been identified as having asset quality stress.
The licensed commercial and specialized banks are required to maintain a minimum of 20 percent and a maximum of 40 percent of their adjusted liabilities in liquid assets, which typically are parked in Treasury bills and bonds.
However, in a Banking Act Direction issued recently, the Monetary Board has taken a decision to allow the licensed commercial banks "to maintain liquid assets of an amount not less than 20 percent of total adjusted liabilities, on a consolidated basis for the overall bank, until further notice".
Hence, the circulars thus far in effect stipulating the requirement to maintain the SLAR separately for the Domestic Banking Unit and Off-Shore Banking Unit are temporarily deferred by the latest Direction issued.
Central Bank Deputy Governor Yvette Fernando yesterday said nine banks that have been identified as having asset quality stress will be reviewed soon.
"It is (asset quality review) yet to start. We are in the final stage of appointing reviewers," she said in response to a query posed by journalists at the post-Monetary Policy Review Meeting yesterday.
In February, Fitch Ratings warned that Sri Lanka's banks are likely to face continued asset-quality pressure in 2022, as rising macroeconomic stresses stemming from the sovereign credit profile pose a threat to borrowers' repayment capacity, alongside the conclusion of most relief measures in 2021.
"We believe Sri Lankan banks face added asset-quality pressure from their Government securities holdings, particularly those denominated in foreign currency which accounted for around 6.5% of Fitch-rated banks' total assets at end-9M21," the rating agency noted.
The Deputy Governor also said the review of the banks will be conducted in a phased manner. "We will review six banks in the first phase and another three banks thereafter," Fernando added.
In April, Fitch Ratings again placed the National Long-Term Ratings of 13 Sri Lankan banks on Rating Watch Negative (RWN).
The banks include; People's Bank, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC, Hatton National Bank PLC, Sampath Bank PLC, National Development Bank PLC, DFCC Bank PLC, Seylan Bank PLC, Nations Trust Bank PLC, Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC, Union Bank of Colombo PLC, Amana Bank PLC, SANASA Development Bank PLC and Housing Development Finance Corporation Bank of Sri Lanka.

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YouTube Renovates Website With New Look, Format
Published December 1, 2011 9:36PM (EST)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — YouTube has reprogrammed its website to make it easier for viewers to find and watch their favorite channels.
The facelift unveiled Thursday is the latest step in YouTube's attempt to make the Internet's most popular video site as compelling and easy to navigate as cable TV.
As part of the redesign, YouTube is replacing its staid white background with a touch of gray.
The changes are part of the biggest renovation that YouTube has undertaken since Google Inc. bought the site for $1.76 billion five years ago.
YouTube's website has been reorganized to display three main vertical columns instead of scattering clips in horizontal rows. The old format often stitched together videos in a crazy quilt that required frequent searches.


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Roma – Torino
Roma hosts Torino in a game from the 20th round of the Serie A. Allow us to take a look at this clash at the Stadio Olimpico in the Italian capital city.
Roma are having some trouble this season, being unable to lock their place in the Top 4. Right now the Wolves are 6th in the Serie A standings, although being just 2 points behind the 4th Lazio. So far Roma's record in the league shows 8 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. Surely the team's manager Eusebio Di Francesco would have liked some better consistency since the beginning of the season.
In their last five fixtures Roma won three times, made one draw and suffered one defeat. In their last game Di Francesco's boys achieved a 2-0 win during the visit to Parma. Bryan Cristante and Cengiz Under scored the two goals for the visiting team. For Roma this was a second consecutive win after the one against Sassuolo at the Olimpico.
As for Torino, the Bulls are positioned in the middle of the standings, being 9th. They have 27 points won so far and a record of 6 wins, 9 draws and 4 losses. In their last five games Torino won just once – against Empoli, also doing three draws and suffering one defeat.
In their last game Torino made a 1-1 draw during the visit to Lazio at the Olimpico. Andrea Belotti opened the score for the Bulls from a penalty kick, but Sergej Milinkovic-Savic equalized for Lazio.
It shall be an interesting game between Roma and Torino on Saturday afternoon. Both teams have suffered only one loss in their last five games, so they are clearly in a good shape at the moment. Roma are favourites to win at home, but Torino are a good team. Be careful.


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The Most Stylish, Arresting & Maybe Even Beautiful Video Game Trailers Of 2012
Filed to:Year in Review
In what's becoming a Christmas tradition, I'm sitting down today to round up what I think were the year's best video game trailers.
And by best trailers, I mean quite literally, the best trailers. I don't give a damn how representative they were of the finished product, or how good that finished product was, I only care how entertaining, or funny, or well-made the trailer itself was.
Why? Because that's the only way you can approach this. These things have become an artform unto themselves. To try and weigh up the judging by tying them to their games would be to weight their value as marketing instruments, and that's a little gross. We're here for the explosions and pretty visuals, not pre-order incentives and KPIs.
Because I couldn't identify a stand-out winner this year—you don't get an ODST trailer every 12 months—I've just collected the best and put them in this gallery for your perusal/violent disagreement.
Metro: Last Light - Enter The Metro
This would have been awesome as a short film. As a game trailer, it's right up there with stuff we've seen for series like Halo and Ghost Recon.
Assassin's Creed III (E3)
Came very close to emerging as a clear winner, I liked it so much. Gets a little too silly towards the end, though.
Star Wars 1313 "Gameplay"
Unusually, it's one of only two games on the list that didn't actually come out this year. But who cares. It's one hell of a trailer.
Halo 4 (E3)
Microsoft spent a lot of money on Halo 4's trailer and cinematic sequences. And nowhere did it look better than in Halo 4's expansive E3 showing.
ZombiU (E3)
It might owe a little too much to Dead Island's famous "in reverse" clip, but this is still a powerful trailer.
The Last Of Us - The Truck
It was short, and more of a tease, but it's my favourite Last of Us clip from 2012, because it packs in so much mood. In 90 seconds of this clip I think I've got a better sense of the world this game takes place in than any other footage the developers have released.
Crusader Kings II - Greed
You've probably never seen this. But I have. Dozens of times. Just as the game itself came out of nowhere to be one of 2012's surprise hits, so too did this series of clips show that even Paradox's marketing can do amazing work on very little resources.
Mass Effect 3: Take Earth Back
Remember back, before Mass Effect 3 came out. You were excited. And a big part of that probably had to do with this incredible trailer.
Grand Theft Auto V: Official Trailer #2
A rare one, in that it's built almost entirely from in-game footage. Which says a lot about how good Rockstar is at making sexy, stylish trailers.
Planetside 2 - Death is no Excuse
I don't like Planetside 2's art design one bit, so it shows how good this trailer is that it manages to look awesome in spite of it. Great action effects and pacing from the masters of the game trailer, Blur.
Meet The Pixar Of Video Games
When we play a great game, we know who to thank: the developers. But when we see a great game…
FIFA 13 - TV Commercial
The amount of money EA spends on these FIFA clips is mind-boggling. Seriously, if you're not the world's biggest football fan, all you need to know is they somehow, every year, convince some of the biggest stars in the world to star in what amounts to a short film based around the idea of trying to sell a video game.
Lucky for EA, then, that they're usually some of the best clips of the year.
Super Time Force
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Difficult Aneurysms for Endovascular Treatment: Overwide or Undertall?
W. Brinjikji, H.J Cloft and D.F. Kallmes
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2009, 30 (8) 1513-1517; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1633
W. Brinjikji
H.J Cloft
D.F. Kallmes
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Aneurysm geometry has been shown to predict the need for adjunctive techniques in the endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms. We conducted a systematic retrospective study examining which thresholds of dome-to-neck ratio, maximum neck width, and aspect ratio of intracranial aneurysms best predict the need for adjunctive techniques in endovascular management.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred seventy-five consecutive patients who were selected for attempted embolization of 185 intracranial aneurysms were included in this study. Aneurysm dome-to-neck ratio (maximum dome width/maximum neck width), maximum neck width, and aspect ratio (dome height/maximum neck width) were measured on 2D digital subtraction angiography. Statistical analysis was conducted to determine which thresholds of dome-to-neck ratio, maximum neck width, and aspect ratio were most predictive of the need for adjunctive devices in endovascular management of these aneurysms.
RESULTS: We demonstrated that 75% of aneurysms with dome-to-neck ratios >1.6 (P < .0001), 75% of aneurysms with aspect ratios >1.6 (P < .0001), and 70% of aneurysms with neck diameters <4.0 mm (P < .0001) did not need adjunctive techniques in their management. Adjunctive techniques were essential to treatment of 80% of aneurysms with dome-to-neck ratios <1.2 (P = .02) and 89% of aneurysms with aspect ratios <1.2 (P < .0001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that aspect ratio was the best predictor of the need for an adjunctive device (P = .0004).
CONCLUSIONS: Aneurysms with aspect and dome-to-neck ratios >1.6 usually did not require adjunctive techniques. Aneurysms with aspect and dome-to-neck ratios <1.2 almost always required adjunctive techniques. In this single-center series, aspect ratio was the independent predictor of the need for adjunctive techniques in the endovascular management of intracranial aneurysms.
Since the early era of detachable coil therapy, assessments of aneurysm geometry and its effect on treatment decisions and treatment outcomes have been in use.1–6 The most common and well-studied geometric determinants of treatment decision and outcome have been dome-to-neck ratio or the maximum aneurysm dome width-to-neck diameter, and neck width. Zubillaga et al7 originally defined a "wide neck" as an absolute neck diameter of 4.0 mm. Debrun et al1,2 defined "wide-neck" aneurysms as those with dome-to-neck ratios of <2.0. These early definitions were created on the basis of success with endovascular coil therapy when the technique was in its infancy. Cloft et al8 later noted that the technical advance of complex coil shapes allowed successful endovascular therapy of aneurysms with a dome-to-neck ratio of >1.5.
These definitions predate widespread use of major technical advances that allow successful coil therapy of wide-neck aneurysms, such as balloon remodeling and stent assistance.9,10 A more practical modern approach to the definition of "wide-neck" or "difficult" aneurysm would be a definition that predicts the need to use adjunctive measures, such as balloons or stents, to treat the aneurysm safely. Furthermore, in addition to dome-to-neck ratio and neck width, other geometric factors may play a role in treatment decisions and outcomes. Although not explored as extensively as dome-to-neck ratio and neck width, aspect ratio, defined as aneurysm height-to-neck width, may play a role as a predictor of treatment outcomes and decisions.
In the current report, we correlate dome-to-neck ratio, aspect ratio, and aneurysm neck diameter with the need for adjunctive measures to propose practical thresholds for the definition of difficult aneurysms. We also ascertain which of these 3 geometric parameters is the best determinant of the need for adjunctive measures in the coiling of intracranial aneurysms.
Following institutional review board approval, a retrospective analysis of 175 consecutive adult patients who were selected for attempted coil embolization of 185 intracranial aneurysms between January 2005 and November 2007 at our institution was conducted. The aneurysms included in this study were included in a previous study examining differences in dome-to-neck ratio in 2D digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and 3D rotational angiography images.11
Angiographic Technique
Typically, 5F or 6F catheters were placed into the internal carotid arteries or vertebral arteries. All of the DSA examinations were performed by using a biplane digital angiography suite (Integris; Philips Medical Systems, Best, the Netherlands). A volume of 16 mL of nonionic contrast medium was injected through a 5- to 6-F catheter by use of an injector with a velocity of 4 mL/s. Biplane DSA images of the entire circulation were usually obtained, followed by working projection DSA. "Working projection" images were those images that offered ideal separation between the aneurysm neck and parent artery.
Coiling Technique
Patients typically were treated under general anesthesia. Guiding catheters or guiding sheaths were placed in the target vessel. A coaxial technique was used for microcatheter, balloon, and stent catheter access. In general, balloons were placed if there was even a moderate suspicion that balloon assist would be needed. Even in cases in which balloons had been placed, at least 1 attempt at coil placement was made before balloon inflation. Balloon inflation was typically performed only if the initial or subsequent coils were not retained in the aneurysm cavity without balloon inflation. Stents were typically used in cases of failed balloon-assist coiling. Four operators were involved in the coiling of these aneurysms.
Analysis of Images
Aneurysm location, maximum dimension, and aneurysm shape were recorded. Aneurysm dome-to-neck ratio, neck width, and aspect ratio in 2D DSA were measured. Aneurysms were classified as those with simple-versus-complex shapes as previously described.4
Measurement of dome-to-neck and aspect ratios was performed on PACS.12 A single reader selected an early- or midarterial phase from the 2D DSA for measurement. The reader used clinical images in an attempt to simulate the clinical environment. An electronic caliper was used to measure the dome diameter, aneurysm height, and neck width. Measurements of the aneurysms were performed on 2 separate occasions. The reader was blinded to the first measurement when performing the second measurement. There was excellent agreement (κ = 0.99) between the 2 sets of measurements, and averages of the 2 measurements were used for analysis. The reader was also blinded as to whether an adjunctive device was used.
Outcomes and Complications
There were 4 outcomes for endovascular coiling: 1) complete occlusion, 2) near-complete occlusion, 3) incomplete occlusion, and 4) failure of occlusion. Successful treatment was defined as those aneurysms that had complete or near-complete occlusion on postoperative angiograms. The outcome of each procedure was determined by the neuroradiologist who analyzed the postoperative 2D DSA images of the treated aneurysm. Immediate postoperative outcomes are presented in this study. Immediate complications resulting from each procedure were also recorded. Complications were stratified into 4 groups; 1) thromboembolic complications, 2) parent artery occlusion, 3) local thrombus formation, and 4) aneurysm perforation. Complications were determined by the neuroradiologist who performed the endovascular coiling. When obtaining information on thromboembolic complications, we examined patient files for clinical evidence of thromboembolism originating at the site of the coiling.
For categoric variables, a χ2 test was used to determine statistical significance. For determining the thresholds of dome-to-neck ratio, aspect ratio, and neck size that were most predictive of the need or lack of need for adjunctive techniques, χ2 testing was used. For determination of the significance of continuous variables, a Student t test was performed. For determining which geometric features of aneurysms were most predictive of treatment decisions, a multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed, and a log-likelihood test was performed to determine the goodness of fit of the logistic model.
Demographic and Presentation Data
The patient population consisted of 44 men and 131 women. The average age was 59 ± 13 years. Of the 185 aneurysms, 138 were found in the anterior circulation (internal carotid, anterior cerebral, anterior communicating, ophthalmic, anterior choroidal, and posterior communicating arteries) and 47 were in the posterior circulation (posterior cerebral, superior cerebellar, basilar, vertebral, and posterior inferior cerebellar arteries). Of the 185 aneurysms, 54 (29%) presented as ruptured.
Characteristics of Aneurysms Treated with and without Adjunctive Techniques
In total, 115 aneurysms (62%) were treated without adjunctive techniques, and 70 aneurysms (38%) were treated with adjunctive techniques. Overall, the average dome-to-neck ratio for the aneurysms in this study was 1.82 ± 0.56, the average neck size was 3.4 ± 1.8 mm, and the average aspect ratio was 1.85 ± 0.71.
Aneurysms treated without adjunctive techniques had an average dome-to-neck ratio of 1.97 ± 0.59, an average aspect ratio of 2.09 ± 0.68, and an average neck size of 3.0 ± 1.5 mm. Aneurysms treated with adjunctive techniques had an average dome-to-neck ratio of 1.59 ± 0.42, an average aspect ratio of 1.48 ± 0.59, and an average neck size of 4.0 ± 2.0 mm. Thus, on average, aneurysms treated without adjunctive techniques had a larger dome-to-neck ratio (P < .0001), a larger aspect ratio (P < .0001), and smaller neck sizes (P = .0004). There was no difference in the shape (complex versus simple) (P = .74) between those aneurysms treated with and without adjunctive techniques or in the presentation (ruptured versus nonruptured) (P = .25). These data are summarized in Table 1.
Influence of Dome-to-Neck Ratio on Treatment Decisions
When examining the effect of dome-to-neck ratio on treatment decisions, we determined that coiling without adjunctive techniques was favored over coiling with adjunctive techniques for aneurysms with a dome-to-neck ratio ≥1.6 in 78 of 104 (75%) cases (P < .0001). For aneurysms with a dome-to-neck ratio <1.2, coiling with adjunctive techniques was favored over coiling without adjunctive techniques in 12 of 15 (80%) cases (P = .02). For aneurysms with dome-to-neck ratios between 1.2 and 1.6, the frequency of use of adjunctive techniques (32 cases) was similar to the frequency of use of no adjunctive techniques (34 cases) (P = .81). Figure 1 shows the percentage of cases needing adjunctive devices at given intervals of dome-to-neck ratios.
Effect of dome-to-neck ratio on the need for adjunctive devices in endovascular management. This graph demonstrates the influence of dome-to-neck ratio on treatment decisions. For cases with dome-to-neck ratios <1.6, adjunctive techniques were used in most of them, whereas for cases with dome-to-neck ratios >1.6, aneurysms were treated without adjunctive techniques in most of them.
Influence of Neck Size on Treatment Decisions
When examining the effect of neck size on treatment decisions, we determined that coiling without adjunctive techniques was favored over coiling with adjunctive techniques in 94/134 (70%) cases of aneurysms with a neck size <4.0 mm (P < .0001). However, there was no neck size in which coiling with adjunctive techniques was significantly favored over coiling without adjunctive techniques because 30/51 (59%) aneurysms with a neck size >4.0 mm were treated with adjunctive techniques (P = .21). Figure 2 shows a comparison of the percentage of cases needing adjunctive devices at given intervals of neck widths.
Effect of neck size on the need for adjunctive devices in endovascular management. This graph demonstrates the influence of neck size on treatment decisions. For a neck size <4.0 mm, coiling without adjunctive techniques was favored over coiling with adjunctive techniques. At a neck size >4.0 mm, this was no longer true.
Influence of Aspect Ratio on Treatment Decision
When examining the effect of aspect ratio on treatment decisions, we found that coiling with adjunctive techniques was favored over coiling without adjunctive techniques at an aspect ratio <1.2 in 24 of 27 (89%) cases (P < .0001). For cases with an aspect ratio >1.6, coiling without adjunctive techniques was favored over coiling with adjunctive techniques in 87 of 110 (79%) cases (P < .0001). Figure 3 shows a comparison of the percentage of cases needing adjunctive devices at given aspect ratios.
Effect of aspect ratio on the need for adjunctive devices in endovascular management. This graph demonstrates the influence of aspect ratio on the need for adjunctive techniques. Most cases with aspect ratios <1.4 necessitated adjunctive techniques in their management; however, statistical significance was attained at an aspect ratio >1.6.
After performing a multivariate logistic regression analysis comparing the effects of dome-to-neck ratio, aspect ratio, and aneurysm neck size on treatment decisions, we found aspect ratio to be the strongest and only statistically significant independent predictor (P = .0004) of the need for an adjunctive technique. Larger aspect ratios were associated with a lower need for adjunctive techniques, and smaller aspect ratios were associated with a higher need for adjunctive techniques. Neck size and dome-to-neck ratio were not found to be independent predictors of the need for an adjunctive technique. The goodness of fit of this multivariate logistic regression analysis was P < .0001.
We also compared the combined effect of aspect ratio and dome-to-neck ratio on treatment decisions (Table 2). For aneurysms with a dome-to-neck ratio >1.6 (ie, "favorable" geometry based on dome-to-neck), aneurysms with aspect ratios <1.6 (ie, "unfavorable" geometry based on aspect ratio) were treated with adjunctive techniques in 10/24 (42%) cases. When the aspect ratio was increased above 1.6, 16/80 (20%) cases were treated with adjunctive techniques. The effect of this increase in aspect ratio on the ability to treat aneurysms without adjunctive techniques was statistically significant (P = .03). Conversely, for aneurysms with an aspect ratio >1.6 (ie, "favorable" geometry based on aspect ratio), aneurysms with dome-to-neck ratios <1.6 (ie, "unfavorable" geometry based on dome-to-neck) were treated with adjunctive techniques in only 7/31 cases (23%). When the dome-to-neck ratio was increased above 1.6, 16/80 (20%) cases were treated without adjunctive techniques. Thus, for aneurysms with an aspect ratio >1.6, changes in dome-to-neck ratio from <1.6 to >1.6 had no effect on the ability to treat aneurysms without adjunctive techniques (P = .76). An example of an aneurysm with a low dome-to-neck ratio and a high aspect ratio that was successfully treated without adjunctive techniques can be seen in Fig 4.
Percentage of cases needing adjunctive techniques at given dome-to-neck and aspect ratios
Coiling of middle cerebral artery aneurysm. Images show the successful coiling of a middle cerebral artery bifurcation aneurysm without adjunctive techniques in a 50-year-old man. A, This aneurysm has an unfavorable dome-to-neck ratio (1.3), an unfavorable neck width (5.0 mm), and a favorable aspect ratio (1.8). Given the low dome-to-neck ratio and large neck width, this aneurysm would have been considered not amenable to coiling without adjunctive techniques. B, Immediate postoperative image of the aneurysm shows near-complete coiling with a small neck remnant.
Overall, 111 of the 115 (96.5%) aneurysms treated without adjunctive techniques were successfully treated with complete (50 cases) or near-complete (61 cases) occlusion of the aneurysm. The 4 cases that were not successfully treated had an average aspect ratio of 1.74 ± 0.66, an average dome-to-neck ratio of 2.16 ± 0.58, and an average neck width of 3.31 ± 2.32. Sixty-five of the 70 aneurysms (92.9%) treated with adjunctive techniques were successfully treated with complete (20 cases) or near-complete (45 cases) occlusion of the aneurysm. The 5 unsuccessfully treated cases had an average aspect ratio of 1.32 ± 0.49, an average dome-to-neck ratio of 1.39 ± 0.34, and an average neck width of 3.02 ± 1.16.
When comparing the dome-to-neck ratio, aspect ratio, and neck size of completely occluded aneurysms versus incompletely (ie, near-complete and unsuccessfully treated combined) occluded aneurysms, we found that the completely occluded aneurysms had larger dome-to-neck ratios (1.91 ± 0.59 versus 1.76 ± 0.54, P = .08), larger aspect ratios (1.92 ± 0.71 versus 1.81 ± 0.70, P = .30), and smaller neck sizes (3.2 ± 1.4 mm versus 3.6 ± 2.0 mm, P = .14); however, none of these values were statistically significant. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that dome-to-neck ratio was the best independent predictor of complete occlusion; however, this was not statistically significant (P = .19)
Overall 16 of the 115 (13.9%) aneurysms treated without adjunctive techniques had a complication associated with the procedure, including 1 case of thromboembolic complication, 10 cases of local thrombus formation, and 5 cases of intraprocedural aneurysm perforation. Eleven of the 70 (15.7%) aneurysms treated with adjunctive techniques had complications associated with the procedure, including 1 case of thromboembolic complication, 8 cases of local thrombus formation, and 2 cases of intraprocedural aneurysm perforation. Overall, there were no cases of parent artery occlusion. In all cases of local thrombus formation, the thrombus was promptly dissolved by using anticoagulation. In cases of aneurysm perforation, there were no sequelae because all these aneurysms were successfully treated. In the 2 cases of thromboembolic complications, the effects were transient and resulted in no permanent dysfunction.
In this study, we demonstrated that a low aspect ratio plays a more dominant role than either dome-to-neck ratio or neck diameter in predicting the need for adjunctive techniques in the coiling of intracranial aneurysms. Furthermore, aspect ratio is a significant independent predictor of the need for these adjunctive techniques. We also demonstrated that the coiling of intracranial aneurysms without adjunctive techniques such as stent placement and balloon remodeling is clinically favored for aneurysms with an aspect ratio ≥1.6, a dome-to-neck ratio ≥1.6, and a neck size of <4 mm. Coiling with adjunctive techniques is favored for aneurysms with dome-to-neck ratios <1.2 as well as aspect ratios <1.2. For aneurysms with dome-to-neck ratios between 1.2 and 1.6, coiling with and without adjunctive techniques was performed equally. The same was true for aneurysms with aspect ratios between 1.2 and 1.6.
Previous studies discussing wide-neck morphologies have used relatively outdated thresholds. The first studies to determine the impact of dome-to-neck ratio on treatment decisions and outcomes were performed by Debrun et al,1,2 when endovascular coiling of intracranial aneurysms was in its infancy. They demonstrated that in a 25-case series, inferior outcomes in endovascular coiling were associated with aneurysms with dome-to-neck ratios <2.0. Since the time of publication of these studies, aneurysms with dome-to-neck ratios <2.0 have been classified as wide neck. In our study population, by using the threshold of 2.0, 70% (130/185) of aneurysms would have been considered wide neck. Additionally, with a mean dome-to-neck ratio of 1.82 in our population, even an average aneurysm would be defined as having a wide neck if we used a dome-to-neck ratio of 2.0 in our definition.
Because we believe that the definition for wide-neck aneurysm should relate to exceptional aneurysms rather than typical aneurysms, our study instead focused on the practical ramifications of wide-neck morphologies—that is, whether an aneurysm is likely to require adjunctive techniques for treatment. We were able to make this assessment because our standard practice is to attempt to coil essentially every aneurysm without adjunct and to inflate a balloon only if primary coiling fails. For cases with dome-to-neck ratios <1.2, we found that coiling with adjunctive techniques was significantly favored over coiling without adjunctive techniques. Thus, we propose that the term "wide-neck" be used for aneurysms with dome-to-neck ratios <1.6 and "very wide-neck" be used for aneurysms with dome-to-neck ratios <1.2. Thresholds for wide- neck and very wide-neck regarding aspect ratio would be 1.6 and 1.2, respectively. These thresholds may allow improved communication and standardization for such terminology in the interventional community.
The current study is the first to show that aspect ratio is a significant independent determinant of the need for an adjunctive technique. Notably, the impact of aspect ratio dominates that of dome-to-neck ratio for predicting the need for adjunctive techniques. Specifically, we have shown that even in cases in which the dome-to-neck ratio is unfavorable, aneurysms with favorable aspect ratios frequently can be treated without adjunctive techniques with success equal to those treated with adjunctive techniques. Conversely, even in cases in which the dome-to-neck ratio is favorable, aneurysms with unfavorable aspect ratios usually require adjunctive measures. Notably, for cases with more extreme aspect ratios (aspect ratio <1.2, aspect ratio >2.0), aspect ratio alone determines the need for adjunctive techniques in nearly 90% of cases, irrespective of dome-to-neck ratio.
Our study has a number of limitations. First, it is limited by the inherent subjective nature of when to use an adjunctive measure. In our practice, as noted in the "Materials and Methods" section, we typically will at least try 1 type of coil before inflating a balloon. We acknowledge that other operators may try either multiple attempts with 1 coil or multiple different types of coils with various shapes or diameters before inflating a balloon. In addition, there is almost certain interobserver bias, even within our own practice, regarding the need for adjunctive measures. As such, our standard of reference for the use of adjunctive measures, that of "needing" balloon inflation in our practice, is imperfect. Second, the authors recognize that there exist other anatomic parameters that are important in determining the need for an adjunctive device that were not taken into consideration in this study, such as the relationship of the aneurysm to the parent artery and the location of an aneurysm at a bifurcation of an artery.4
Third, it might be argued that this study is from a single center and may not reflect widespread practice. Given the definition that we propose of a dome-to-neck ratio <1.6 as being wide neck, 81 of the 185 (43.7%) aneurysms in this study would be considered wide-neck and likely not amenable to coiling without adjunctive techniques. Given the alternative definition of an aspect ratio of <1.6 being wide-neck, 74 of the 185 (40%) aneurysms studied would be considered wide-neck and likely not amenable to coiling without adjunctive techniques. In actual practice, we used adjunctive techniques in 38% of the cases. Two recent multicenter studies have demonstrated that adjunctive techniques were necessary in approximately 45% of cases.13,14 Thus, our practice with adjunctive techniques does not seem to be unusual.
Ultimately, given the retrospective nature of our study and the subjectivity of a need to use adjunctive devices, our observations cannot be applied to the treatment of aneurysms in general. Thus, this study hopes to function as a potential baseline for future research of adjunctive techniques such as balloons and stents. Determining the exact anatomic and clinical parameters that make adjunctive techniques necessary in the endovascular treatment of aneurysms is critical so as to not subject patients to the unnecessary complications of these techniques. In addition, proving the utility of newer adjunctive devices will be much easier if they are applied in studies focused on aneurysms that are likely to require adjunctive techniques for successful endovascular therapy. As mentioned earlier, studies often cite the wide-neck criteria of dome-to-neck ratio <2.0 and a neck size >4.0 as signifying a need for an adjunctive device and have not investigated the role of aspect ratio. However, our study suggests that these criteria are not necessarily ideal because our criteria for defining an aneurysm as "wide-neck" is a dome-to-neck ratio <1.6 rather than 2.0, a neck width >4.0, and an aspect ratio <1.6.
In this retrospective study, we methodically determined criteria to define a difficult aneurysm likely to require adjunctive measures for treatment. We have demonstrated that a practical approach to defining wide-neck geometric criteria includes an aspect ratio <1.6, a dome-to-neck ratio <1.6, and a neck width >4.0 mm. In this single-center series, aspect ratio was the independent predictor of the need for adjunctive techniques in the endovascular management of intracranial aneurysms.
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Can't-Miss Visual Commerce Trends for 2017
by Sean Ogino | Sep 7, 2016 | User Generated Content, Visual Commerce
Over the past few years, the concept of visual commerce has been defined and redefined. It's no more image-based shopping and search, as people described it in its teething days. It is now about promotion, cross-promotion, and engagement to boost the Visual Marketing activities designed to harness the potential of Pinterest, Instagram, and other visual social sharing services. This newer form of visual commerce is getting powerful wings due to analytics tools that help brands to collect and curate all of these user-generated photos. It doesn't need more proofs to substantiate the fact that the dynamics of the visual commerce game are changing rapidly. And when the game changes, its rules also change. We will peep into the latest visual commerce trends that you need to know.
A) Realism Should Prevail: It's extremely important to understand why people are briskly moving away from the traditional advertisements. The supergloss in ads is the main reason why people have started to believe that they aren't going to get what they see in ads. Thus, in your visual commerce efforts, care must be taken to ensure that your products look like un-staged. It means that the product should be displayed in the same manner in which customers are going to get it. The lamp looks fabulous with a pristine wallpaper behind it and a small vase resting nearby with intricate and detailed artwork covering it. But your customers are going to get the lamp without all that decoration and aesthetics. So, make sure to show them an image of what's actually going to be shipped.
In fact, clothing companies have already started to pick up on these visual commerce trends. Technology companies like Fits.me or Qvit.com offer virtual dressing room technology so consumers can enter their measurements and see what the product "could" look like on their body type. Other companies are using user-generated images into their product reviews. It is not just allowing customers to read the reviews, but they can see a product in a real life situation in multiple views. JCPenney is using this feature in its customer reviews.
Similarly, Francesca's is posting its visual commerce content on its product pages in order to give shoppers a more realistic sense of its clothing, as well as outfit inspiration. If you're not putting user generated photos on product pages, you're missing out on one of the most important visual commerce trends.
B) Video Is a Must: This is hardly a new thing, but one of the most palpable visual commerce trends is the growing impact and power of videos. The difference between image and video is that image tells how the product looks. But product video can show how the product works. It's like products in action and that's what most of the customers want to see. In fact, this is what you should want to show to your customers. It gives complete product understanding to customers and it is the first step in creating a positive mindset of the customer. And it does affect customer purchase decision. In fact, according to TV Page, brands are seeing a 79% increase in conversion rates after [consumers] watch a video.
C) Visual Media Must Be Interspersed In the Purchase Path: Now is a time where multiple visual formats including videos, spin images and GIFs get juxtaposed in order to make the purchase path much more interactive and enthralling. From videos in emails to GIFs in Facebook posts to Instagram shopping, it's crucial to mix visual content on your marketing channels.
One example we love is from Bed Bath and Beyond, who uses its Instagram bio to deliver users to a micro site via Shoppic.me. This lets users shop through Instagram images and end up right on product pages.
Another good use of visuals on all channels comes from Glossier. They put videos on every product page of their models demonstrating their makeup and skincare. Especially for a product like makeup, capturing more angles of the product is vital.
D) Replication Of Physical Store-Like Feel: I have a firm belief that brick and mortar stores hold the luxury of personal touch and feel of the products. Customers can really and not virtually see the product. They can touch them. That's not possible for online stores. But it's a need of an hour to replicate that luxury of physical stores in online stores…if not completely, then at least partially!
Kerastase has devised a solution in that context by the right combination of visual content and technology. Visitors to kerastase-usa.com can shop by need (e.g., dry hair or color-treated hair). With the help of an interactive In-Video Shopping technology, customers can see videos that are demonstrating the proper hair care regimen for the customer's hair type. At the right side of the video, shopping panes are displayed to showcase the products used in the video, which is playing in the adjacent frame.
It is not just enhancing product understanding and correlation between the product and customer, but it is also a great way to cross-sell by promoting the products as best when used together. Unsurprisingly, Kerastase saw an 18% increase in average-order-value.
To Conclude… Clearly, visual commerce is going beyond Instagram and Pinterest. It is occupying each and every digital space that is available and in that effort, it is constantly molding and remolding itself. That's precisely why these aforementioned visual commerce trends are not the final words. Before this article goes into an archive, a new set of rules might emerge. What is important for you is to keep an eye on this fast-changing landscape of visual commerce. Try to use these visual commerce trends and happenings in your visual commerce efforts. Because it's very hard to cover the ground that is lost due to being irrelevant and showing back to recent trends is a sure way to become one!
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Poetry Audio Lab: Modern Poetry and Sound Studies
Chris Mustazza
TR 4:30-6
Sector 6: 20th Century Literature of the Standard Major
How would we understand the development of modern poetry differently by studying it through sound recordings of poets reading their own work, rather than primarily through the written texts of the poems? Going beyond works that feature the written word and into the realm of oral or unwritten works, we will also listen to recordings of folk songs, African-American spirituals, blues, and vaudeville to understand the inter-development of sonic poetics during the period.
We will make extensive use of recordings from the PennSound archive and work with the materials in a hands-on fashion: recording podcast episodes of close listenings to poems in the Wexler Studio of the Kelly Writers House, and learning how to do remix and collage work with audio files (in the vein of Cassandra Gillig's Put Me In Charge of Poetry Magazine). The course includes a precis of some of the newest digital tools for studying poetry recordings, considering voices as data that can be visualized. No prior experience in these areas is necessary, just an interest in how sound shapes meaning.
Using the audio files, we will work to hear in new ways the development of several different strains of American poetic modernism (e.g. the High-Modernism of Eliot, the Afro-Modernism of James Weldon Johnson, the proto-postmodernism of Gertrude Stein) as they developed alongside key works from European avant-gardes, like Kurt Schwitters' Ursonate and works from Italian and Russian Futurisms (heard in translation).


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These Studio Apartments in Camperdown are About the Size of a Single-Car Garage
THIS takes inner-city apartment living to a whole new level.
Five studio apartments — four singles and one double — ranging from 16 square metres to 20 square metres are on the market to rent from $250 per week.
Inner West Courier Journalists Kimberley Caines and Jill McKee inside one of the single studio apartments.
This makes the floor space of the studios, located in a 64-unit block in Sydney's inner west, about the size of a single-car garage or slightly bigger than the average size caravan, which measures about 12 square metres.
A king single bed folds down from the wall.
In New South Wales the minimum internal area of a studio apartment, required by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment, is 35 square metres.
However, the block at 187-191 Parramatta Road, Camperdown, is a boarding house offering affordable housing. The minimum room space required for a studio in a boarding house is 12 square metres for singles and 16 square metres for doubles.
Each studio includes its own kitchenette. Photographed kitchenette from one of the single studio apartments.
Affordable housing differs from social housing as they are managed like private rental properties and are open to a broader range of household incomes. There is still eligibility criteria, however, and the managers are mostly not-for-profit community housing providers.
To be eligible to apply for affordable housing, a single person must earn no more than $48,527 and a couple $67,091 gross annually.
The double studio apartment in the Camperdown complex measures 20 square metres, slightly larger than a single-car garage.
The manager of the Camperdown complex, Evolve Housing, said the interest in the micro-apartments has been overwhelming and varied.
"Interest has been above the normal for studios," Evolve's Marketing and Communications Manager, Jody Gould told news.com.au.
"The interest is varied and there is quite a spread in terms of demographic. It's less about age and more about household type, for instance single or coupled households."
The majority of the complex's current tenants (approximately 70%) are aged between 20-40 years with some tenants having lived there since the apartments were released in 2013.
"They are proving more popular than traditional studios because of their affordable pricing," Ms Gould said.
The 64-unit Camperdown complex features a shared living space.
According to Evolve, the units are priced at 20% below market rent, ranging from $230 to $316. However, the studios come fully furnished and the weekly rent includes electricity and water.
A quick search on flatmates.com.au reveals furnished rooms in share houses in Camperdown advertised mostly from the low to mid $300 range. This includes bills but does not guarantee your own bathroom.
It also features a shared kitchen area.
"These micro-apartments are more popular than most studios because they are affordably priced and they have a functional innovative design that includes a small kitchen and full bathroom," Andrea Galloway, CEO of Evolve Housing said.
"They are a viable affordable option to shared accommodation as a person can live independently with privacy."
The complex also features a communal kitchen dining area.
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October 1, 1939: First Lord of the Admiralty Churchill broadcasts to the Nation on the first month anniversary of the beginning of the war concerning the invasion of Poland, "the assertion of the power of Russia", and the U-Boat menace.
November 12, 1939: A broadcast to the Nation - An encouraging military, economic and political assessment of the first ten weeks of war.
December 18, 1939: A broadcast to the Nation regarding the self-destruction of the German Pocket Battleship Graf Spee at Montevideo, Uruguay.
January 1940: Churchill praises the successes of militarily inferior Finland against the greatly superior invading Soviet Forces. Beginning in February, the sucesses would be overturned as the Soviets made a concentrated effort and defeated Finland.
January 20, 1940: A broadcast to the Nation concerning the general military and particular naval state of the war, with special emphasis on the smaller European nations, operations against U-Boats and a negative assesment of the Soviet Union.
February 23, 1940: A speech at a luncheon held in the honor of the crews of the Exeter and Ajax at Guild Hall, London.
March 30, 1940: A broadcast to the Nation updating the citizenry on the course of the war and providing a comparison of British and German military preparedness.
May 13, 1940: Churchill makes his first speech as Prime Minister with this address to the House of Commons. As audio and film recordings of sessions of the Commons were forbidden, this speech, along with other House of Commons speeches on this page, were reenacted by Churchill years later to commit them to audio documentation.
May 19, 1940: First broadcast to the Nation as Prime Minister; a consolation to the British people regarding the Military defeats of the Allies in France.
May 28, 1940: An address to the House of Commons regarding the capitulation of Belgium.
June 4, 1940: The famous "Fight on the Beaches" speech delivered before the House of Commons regarding the demise of France and the low countries, the debacle at Dunkirk and the egress of the British Expeditionary Force from the European mainland, and the readiness and resolve of Britain to resist invasion.
June 17, 1940: Broadcast to the Nation famous as the "Finest Hour" speech; further consolation and encouragement regarding Allied military reversals in France.
July 14, 1940: Bastille Day Broadcast to the Nation regarding British attacks upon French warships; empassioned encouragement to the British people and the World that Britain will "stand alone in the breach".
August 20, 1940: The famous "Never was so much owed by so many to so few" speech, delivered before the House of Commons, especially regarding air attacks upon Great Britain, Lend-Lease and the bleak situation on the European continent.
1940: An excerpt from a speech where Churchill describes the Lend-Lease bill as "the most unsordid act in the whole of recorded history".
September 11, 1940: Broadcast to the Nation addressing the aerial bombing and naval preparations of the enemy during the early days of the Battle of Britain.
October 21, 1940: An English language broadcast to the French people on shortwave radio inspiring resistance against the Germans, and exhorting them to solidarity with Britain and her allies.
October 21, 1940: Excerpts from the French language version of the above broadcast.
October 21, 1940: An excerpt from the above - "Vive Le France!".
December 23, 1940: A broadcast to the Italian people on shortwave radio designed to speak reasonably to the issues between Italy and Britain, and to appropriately and empassionately single out Mussolini as being the sole cause of the State of War between them.
February 9, 1941: Congratulatory Broadcast to the Nation reviewing the Battle of Britain from a military and political standpoint; Greece; North African and Mediterranean victories against Italians; Bulgaria and Southeast Europe; American political and economic support; Malta; probable invasion of Britain; F.D.R.'s letter to Churchill and response "Give us the tools..."
April 27, 1941: Broadcast to the Nation on Home Morale; Greece; German broadcasts sowing dissension between Britain and Australia; Tobruk; North African defeats; the Battle of the Atlantic.
June 16, 1941: Excerpt from a broadcast to the United States thanking them for their economic aid and movingly defining the conflict in moral terms cherished by Americans.
June 22, 1941: Broadcast to the Nation informing them of the Government's reaction the German invasion of Russia.
July 14, 1941: Speech delivered before a London County Council luncheon after a review of Hyde Park Civil Defence facilities, exhorting the confidence and courage of London to brave future air attack.
July 29, 1941: Excerpt from an address to the House of Commons regarding positive and negative developments in the nation's war materials output.
August 24, 1941: Broadast to the Nation regarding the Atlantic Charter Summit between Churchill and F.D.R..
September 9, 1941: Excerpts from an address to the House of Commons reporting on the results of the Atlantic Charter Summit.
November 29, 1941: An address before the faculty and students of Harrow School describing what Britain has recently gone through and what it looms before it. Renowned for its "Never give in!" passage and his rewriting of a verse added to Harrow's school song in Churchill's honor.
November 10, 1941: Churchill promises that "should the United States become involved in war with Japan, the British declaration will follow within the hour".
December 8, 1941: Broadcast to the Nation regarding Japanese attacks on British and American possessions; Solidarity and alliance with the U.S. in war against Japan.
December, 1941: Churchill pays his respects to "the officers and men of the Prince of Wales", the British Battleship that, along with the Battlecruiser Repulse, were the first capital ships sunk by air attack while operating in the high seas when they were attacked by Japanese bombers and torpedo planes on December 10th, 1941, three days after the Pearl Harbor attack.
December 24, 1941: A segment from a broadcast from the White House Christmas Tree, which he ceremonially placed a pendant upon.
December 26, 1941: Shortwave broadcast of a speech delivered before a joint session of the United States Congress.
December 30, 1941: Shortwave broadcast of a speech delivered before the Canadian Parliament.
February 15, 1942: Broadcast to the Nation - Review of the six months since the Atlantic Charter Summit; encouragement regarding the current military position; Japan's Asian and Pacific victories; America and China as allies in "The United Nations"; reassurance of Australia and New Zealand; Singapore and Malay Peninsula defeats; call to united resistance.
May 10, 1942: Broadast to the Nation - Two year anniversary retrospective of Churchill's office; sureness of victory; Hitler's mistakes; German propaganda about Britain's bombing campaign; reversal of air superiority; threatened gassing of Germany if gas used upon Russians; Arctic Atlantic; European invasion; Madagascar; Malta; Coral Sea; Allied war against Japan.
November 10, 1942: A speech delivered at the Lord Mayor's Day luncheon at Mansion House, London, basking in the glory of recent British victories in North Africa. Renown for its "End of the Beginning" quotation and for its wartime-recorded use of his phrase "blood, tears, toil and sweat".
November 29, 1942: Broadast to the Nation regarding El Alamein; North African and Mediterranean victories; Tunisia; Italy; Eastern Front; fall of Vichy France; Asia and the Pacific; prediction Asian war will outlast European conflict.
March 21, 1943: Broadcast to the Nation - Thanks for get-well wishes during personal illness; post-war planning for Britain, Europe, Asia and the Pacific.
May 19, 1943: Shortwave broadcast of speech delivered before a joint session of the United States Congress.
June 30, 1943: Excerpts from a speech delivered in Guild Hall, London, upon receiving the Freedom of the City of London, concerning the growing prospects of peace due to the contributions of Britain's Commonwealth, Empire, Allies and Monarchy; the Allies policy of unconditional surrender . Famous for its "Reaping the Whirlwind" quote.
August 31, 1943: Excerpts of a broadcast from Quebec to Canada and the World concerning his meeting there with American President Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister MacKenzie King.
September 6, 1943: A broadast from Harvard upon his receiving an honorary degree from the University, where his speech praises the organization of American colleges to help serve in the war effort, extols the virtues of the fraternal association of Britain and America, and prophecises the international use of the English language.
March 26, 1944: Broadast to the Nation - Review of last year's events since his last Broadcast to the Nation; Italy, her territories and the fall of Mussolini; success in the Atlantic and in the Air; Russia; Japan; India; future British general elections and post-war domestic planning; just criticism of eminent shirkers and complainers.
November 9, 1944: A speech delivered at the Lord Mayor's Day luncheon at Mansion House, London, recounting the many victories of Britain and the Allies in liberating the formerly occupied countries, defeating the U-Boat menace, and the occupation of German territory.
November 23, 1944: A Thanksgiving Day address delivered at the Royal Albert Hall, applauding the achievements of the United States in meeting the challenges of the Second World War and predicting the future fraternal association of Britain and America.
May 8, 1945: A broadcast to the Nation officially announcing the surrender of Germany and the declaration of Victory in Europe (V.E.) Day.
May 8, 1945: Churchill takes to the Ministry of Health balcony to address a jovial crowd celebrating V. E. Day.
May 8, 1945: The BBC's Richard Dimbleby covers the above Ministry of Health balcony speech, followed by the singing of "Land of Hope and Glory" (better known to Americans as the instrumental "Pomp and Circumstance").
May 13, 1945: His final Broadcast to the Nation as Prime Minister during World War II, providing a personal review of his term of office as he prepares to take his leave of it.
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Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin, 1929 - 2018.
http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2018/01/ursula_le_guin_dies.html
'Ursula K. Le Guin, a longtime Portland resident who influenced a generation of writers worldwide and whose name became synonymous with superlative speculative fiction, died Monday at her Portland home. She was 88.'
Born in late October 1929, she would have been almost exactly the same age as my mother, who was a fan of imaginative fiction and who introduced me to UKL's Earthsea books.
The passing years of my own life have brought growth in experience and (hopefully) maturity, and inevitably my outlook on the world is different from what it was when I was a young person. There are a number of artists whose work I admire more than their politics, and Ursula K. LeGuin is one of them.
This takes nothing - absolutely nothing - away from UKL's gifts and her work as an artist and visionary. Her invented worlds were always a natural outgrowth of the here and now, and often deeply rooted in the Pacific Northwest. 'Always Coming Home' was set in a far-future Northern California landscape; 'Searoad' was set in the present-day (circa 1990) Oregon coast, in the fictional town of Klatsand.
An artist's job is to see the world in a new way. You don't have to see the world the same way they do. The fact that they can help you to see it is what matters.
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City hall pricing goes through roof
Early pricing for concept plan causes sticker shock for Solon officials
Doug Lindner
SOLON– After a bout with sticker shock, it's back to the drawing board for Solon's proposed new city hall.
Early conceptual cost estimates for the renovation of 100 W. Main St. came in at nearly three times the amount the city expected to spend, according to city administrator Cassandra Lippincott.
That was a month ago, and now the city committee which has been working on the project has asked the engineering firm it hired to try to trim back the projected price tag.
The committee, consisting of Lippincott, public works director Scott Kleppe, Mayor Cami Rasmussen, and council members Mark Krall and Steve Stange, is expected to meet Wednesday, Feb. 20, to continue the discussion and explore options.
The city took possession of the vacated commercial building referred to informally as the "candy store" in July 2012, intending to convert the two-story location into city offices and council chambers. The structure was constructed in 1972 and features pre-stressed concrete ceilings and 7,200 square feet of space, with apartments on the second level.
The city council has approved borrowing up to $900,000 in Tax Increment Finance (TIF) bonds to finance the purchase and renovation of the Main Street building, and with a $214,000 purchase price and the cost of asbestos removal, there is roughly $655,000 available for renovations, Lippincott reported.
The committee has been working since September to reach consensus on a basic framework of improvements for the building and the next steps needed to move forward.
That included working with Shive-Hattery's Brian Gotwals to develop a basic concept plan and early price estimates, which were provided while council members were knee-deep in preparing the budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
Initial renderings show the main floor fully developed with offices and council chambers, while the second floor featured two larger multipurpose rooms. An elevator would also be included.
The only extravagant portion of the early drawings, Lippincott said, was an open second story above the council chambers.
Lippincott said she understood the early cost estimates were conservative and included contingencies and inflated engineering fees, but the high price was enough to prompt a meeting with the mayor and the engineering firm to request a scaled back projection.
The city was prepared to do without an elevator, Lippincott said, perhaps leaving a shaft and installing the elevator later. "But that was a drop in the bucket from where they (Shive-Hattery) were at," she noted.
Other options do exist, including the demolition of the current structure and the construction of a new building. "It's on the table," she said.
The city is still hoping to begin the project, whatever it ends up being, yet this construction season.
"I had anticipated being a little farther along in the process," commented Mayor Rasmussen. She indicated committee members had been taken aback by the difference in original estimates and the numbers put forward by Shive-Hattery. "Quite frankly, it has us scratching our heads on where we're going to go with it."
Solon Economist


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USC Vs. Colorado Football: Keys To The Game Are Serra High Wide Receivers
By Eric Stephen@ericstephen Nov 4, 2011, 7:01am PDT
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The USC Trojans travel to Boulder Friday night to battle the Colorado Buffaloes at Folsom Field. USC (6-2, 3-2) is a heavy favorite to beat Colorado (1-8, 0-5), who has struggled in their first year in the Pac-12 Conference. Friday's keys to the game pretty much revolve around a trio of wide receivers from Junipero Serra High School in Gardena, California.
Sophomore wide receiver Paul Richardson has missed the last four games with a knee injury, but is expected to play Friday night for Colorado. Even though Richardson has played just five games this year, Richardson has made a significant impact for the Buffaloes. He set school records with 11 catches and 284 receiving yards on September 10 against the Cal Golden Bears.
Richardson has been a big play machine in his two years in Colorado, with six plays of 50 yards or more, including touchdowns of 78 and 66 yards this season. On the season, RIchardson has caught 29 passes for 474 touchdowns and five touchdowns, all in just five games.
For the Trojans, fellow Serra High graduates Robert Woods and Marqise Lee have been favorite targets of quarterback Matt Barkley this season. Through just eight games, Woods is already tied for fifth in USC school history with 81 catches in a single season:
USC Single Season Pass Catching Leaders
Player Year Games Catches Yards TD
Keyshawn Johnson 1995 12 102 1,434 7
Mike Williams 2003 13 95 1,314 16
Dwayne Jarrett 2005 13 91 1,274 16
Johnnie Morton 1993 13 88 1,520 14
Robert Woods 2011 8 81 991 9
Woods, Richardson, and USC freshman George Farmer were a scary trio of wide receivers for Serra High in 2009, and as pointed out by Jordan Moore of the USC Ripsit blog were so good that Lee was forced to shift to defense. Lee, now a freshman with the Trojans, is second on the team in catches (34), yards (534), and touchdowns (five). Lee led the team with 94 yards against Stanford, including a 28-yard touchdown. Lee has 355 yards receiving and three touchdowns in his last four games.
The bottom line is that Colorado has been getting torched all season, allowing an average of 38 points and 435 yards per game. The Buffaloes have allowed at least 31 points in eight of their nine games this season, including a total of 193 points over their last four games. Look for Barkley, Woods, and Lee to light up the scoreboard Friday night in Boulder.
For more on the Trojans, head over to Conquest Chronicles.
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