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Pairing: Yunho, Jaejoong
Rating: PG
Length: Chaptered
Genre: Supernatural, vampire!AU, fluff, humour
Disclaimer: I don't own anything apart from the story.
Summary: Yunho is one of the Turned, a newly made vampire, completely lost in the ways of the undead for his Maker was cruelly taken from him by the sun the very next morning before he could impart the wisdom of ages (the most important being AVOID THE DAMN SUN). Jaejoong happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and is ordered to take the newborn under his wing, much to his dismay for he has never been careless enough to turn anyone, and now he's saddled with a responsibility that…well…is for eternity unless one of them decides to say hello to the sun.
AN2: Actually wrote this in the morning before work but got sucked into meeting after meeting then jet lag hit and I napped and now i've got to head off to dinner with people i've been meeting all damn day and I just wanna sleep damn it! All mistakes are mine of course.
Jaejoong decides to take a bath.
A long, lengthy, luxurious bath that promises peace and quiet.
He hasn't gotten any peace and quiet since he met Jung Jung Yunho.
Even when he was running errands, packing and tidying up the Turned's modest abode did he feel anything but peaceful despite the fact that he was alone.
There were a fair few photographs of the baby vampire scattered about the studio that gave Jaejoong a peek into his former life. His charge was an extremely social human and looked to have had a rather large group of friends with whom he went trekking, off-road biking, white water rafting, and all other manner of adventurous endeavours with.
Nothing aerial though which now explains the baby bat boy's aversion to flying. He had appeared to be willing to try all manner of sport apart from something height related.
While sorting through his clothes, Jaejoong had felt overwhelmed at the responsibility entrusted upon him accompanied by a brief twinge that he may be found wanting, loner that he is, by the social butterfly of a charge that he has.
At one point he even called his father and demanded an explanation as to why he had connived to land such a burden on him.
His father's response, while laid on a little thickly in his opinion, had silenced his protests and given him something to think about.
"I gave him to you because I trusted that you could handle the responsibility. You're my only son and it does not sit well with me that you've been alone for so long. The boy is harmless and I think he'll be good for you."
Admittedly, the infant Turned is growing on him. He had found him extremely irritating and his constant questions and excitable nature quite difficult to deal with at first as he is a complete contrast to Jaejoong's relatively quiet existence.
Not quiet in the sense of being boring.
But rather that he has never had the need for others in his life.
Jaejoong sees what he likes, takes what he wants, and then he moves on.
No ties.
No strings.
No loose ends.
He can enjoy himself and party like the best of his kind, literally painting the town red till dawn - but he doesn't actually need it.
Add the fact that his Makers happen to be rather important vampires in his world keeps most other vampires at an arms length, all of them wary of interacting too closely with him.
They never dare shun him outright of course, but neither do they go out of their way to include him.
After over a quarter of a millennium of this, Jaejoong naturally prefers being alone.
He understands his parents' concern to some extent because he knows his mother especially places some of the blame on themselves for his isolation. However what they both don't seem to get is that he truly does not mind it.
He doesn't feel like he's missing anything.
He doesn't care for the rabble rousing existence a lot of the younger vampires seem to enjoy.
He doesn't want anyone to feel obliged to be his friend out of fear just because of who his parents are.
The vampire supposes that it stands to reason that with all that in the mix, it was anticipated that he would eventually make a Turned.
However all the reasons for the Turned never appealed to him.
He already has parents.
He doesn't care for children.
And lovers are meant to be loved then left.
Just like everyone of his kind, he remembers nothing of his human life and neither do the humans whose lives he touched remember him as a human, so he feels like he has lost nothing.
He never really considered the emotion. He does care for the vampires who made him for they had genuinely been the best parents a Turned could have asked for. His mother was kind yet with a wicked side to her that balanced out his father's stuffiness at times. Yet despite that stuffiness, his father was always patient with him to the point where Jaejoong sometimes poked the Elder on purpose just for the hell of it.
He outgrew that at least a century ago of course, but having neither known nor remembered any other, the two ancient vampires are loved by him in his own way and they are truly Father and Mother to him in all sense of the word.
The strange newborn vampire he is now saddled with has essentially turned his quiet life completely upside down. It's like everything he thought he knew, he has to look over again, sometimes from the perspective of the Turned.
To say Yunho is quite baffling to him is putting it mildly, yet he seems to provoke Jaejoong in dangerous ways, pulling reactions from him that are even more baffling if one were to know him.
Jaejoong is not patient.
And yet he was willing to listen to the little bat complain for a lot longer than he even cares to stay in the presence of most other vampires.
Jaejoong has never fed anyone.
And yet he hadn't really given it a second thought when he had fed the tiny confused bat that first time.
Jaejoong has never actually felt aroused enough from feeding to induce a physical reaction - something that some vampires are addicted to.
And yet he had definitely felt something physical for the Turned even though he decided to ignore it. Thankfully the feeling seems to only be present when they are in their proper forms since he's not actually sure how bats mate…
Male bats at that.
The vampire chuckles to himself as he sinks lower into the warm water, tilting his head back to wet his hair.
Staring at the ceiling, he can tick off one more thing relating to his odd reaction to the Turned.
Despite everything, Yunho genuinely makes him want to smile.
He knows it isn't on purpose on the part of the newborn since he's never actually met anyone, human or vampire that induced such a reaction from him.
Yunho is cute.
Very cute actually.
And it isn't just his looks but his behaviour in general.
Jaejoong has also met many vampires in bat-form, and he is of the unbiased and objective opinion that Yunho is the cutest of them all.
He's been resisting telling the Turned who appears to be constantly worried about his size, that his stature is directly linked to his vampire age. He will grow bigger as the years go by and eventually catch up with Jaejoong because you can only grow so large despite your years.
His father is larger than his mother though both have stopped growing long before Jaejoong was ever part of the family.
Perhaps Yunho's eventual full size will be bigger than his since the man is physically bigger…in every expect.
The last view he had of his Turned brings forth a smirk.
Vampires are pretty much mostly about blood and lust.
Those books weren't lying.
However, that is only representative of the first century of a vampire in most cases.
Once the hedonistic urges and a new vampire's love for themselves and their newfound powers subside, most vampires would have either settled down somewhat or have grown less interested in the carnal and more self aware of their eternal existence which can get a little too much to handle for some.
Meetings with the sun are not uncommon.
Even vampires get depressed.
And so Jaejoong has never really led a life of excess.
Except for a couple score years where he needed to sow his wild oats so to speak, much to the eternal amusement of his mother who used to pop in at the most embarrassing of times just for kicks, he has been a pretty good vampire.
Jaejoong is frowning a little as he recalls the laughing intrusion of his mother at the worst of times when he was still young and unable to properly block her out when he hears a hesitant knock on the bathroom door.
He doesn't move.
But the locked door does open of its own accord.
To reveal an open mouthed vampire with his fist up mid-knock.
"Wow…can I do that too?"
Jaejoong shrugs as he sits up, sloshing water all over the floor, watching the full length mirror in front of him. "You need to focus on the basics first before you start dabbling in the unnecessary. Learn to fly and maybe I'll teach you how to open locked doors without touching them."
Yunho frowns, shaking his head. "That's ok. You can open the doors for us. I don't need to learn that."
The warm tingle Jaejoong feels at his words is smothered purposefully. He is not going to get his head turned by this whole bonded business. He is still a little skeptical about the whole thing.
"Do you remember how to maintain your reflection?"
"Of course," the newbie vampire's chest puffs up with pride, looking plenty chuffed about himself since it was one of the first things he picked up.
Jaejoong hums, still staring at the mirror. "Then why can't I see you?"
"Oh," the chest deflates immediately as Yunho closes his eyes and concentrates. "What about now?"
Cocking his head, as he starts trailing his hand through the clear water of his bath, Jaejoong hums again. "Why don't you see for yourself."
Yunho opens his eyes and takes a step towards the large bath in the middle of the bathroom, eyes flitting over the smooth back of the vampire before lifting to the mirror.
"I can't see me but I can't see you either. Is that a trick mirror?" he questions suspiciously, taking another step.
Even as he finishes his question, Jaejoong appears with a blink, startling the newborn.
"No tricks. Where are you Jung Jung Yunho?"
"I told you to call me Yunho," the two-day old vampire grumbles. "And you should see me. I'm doing it exactly like you told me that first time and I appeared instantly! Are you sure you're not tricking me?"
"What benefit would tricking you bring me?" Jaejoong questions, his tone just a tad snippy to hide the mild worry he feels. "If you're a defective vampire, it reflects on me as well doesn't it since I'm supposed to be teaching you?"
Yunho takes a step back as if he's been hit, face crumpling, more so from the words than the tone because Jaejoong has been somewhat grouchy in general since they met but he did think it was getting better.
Apparently not.
"I…I'm sorry. I'll…i'll go practise or something. I'm sorry…"
"Be nice, son. He's only a baby. And before you snip at me as well, I'm not going to bother you again, but you should probably feed him properly. All the little bat-sized sucking going on isn't enough. That's why his powers are all haywire. He needs sustenance and sleep, just like a real newborn so stop being such a prude."
"Oh," Jaejoong's surprise is loud in the bathroom even as her laughter echoes in his mind, immediately contrite, and he stands without thinking. "Prude, Mother?" he questions disbelievingly, a little belatedly, but true to her word, she has left.
Yunho was about to back out of the bathroom when he gets a rather glorious view of the older vampire from the back.
"Oh hell…" he manages to whisper, but he is suddenly unable to move. The onset of lethargy is swift and his limbs feel like they weigh a ton. This is why he had knocked in the first place. He had been unpacking his clothes when he found his movements slowing almost to the point of not moving. It only happened in spurts but after the third time he decided to risk disturbing the older vampire to ask about it.
However as usual, he gets distracted before he can even remember why he knocked in the first place.
Jaejoong turns.
Yunho groans silently, unable to do anything about his condition, his eyes trying desperately to remain in a "safe" spot, but everything in front of him is anything but safe. He can see both the front and back view since Jaejoong has conveniently left his reflection up.
Arching his eyebrow in curiosity and amusement, Jaejoong studies the newborn and it takes him only a few seconds to realise that Yunho is in distress and unable to do anything about it.
The telltale shimmer and the older vampire is against the younger, wet nude body against dry and clothed, placing a hand against his cheek gently, his eyes showing an apology he will probably never vocalise properly even though his tone conveys it well enough.
"Hey, it's ok. It's happened to me before when my parents took me to some godforsaken place and there was no one for miles. I was barely a week old and they forgot I needed more sustenance than them."
Yunho's eyes are a little wild, but he reacts to the gentleness of the vampire's words, and he relaxes minutely.
Jaejoong drops his fangs and bites into his wrist.
Moving to stand behind the newborn, he moves his arm into what looks like a chokehold, but presses his bleeding wrist to the silent vampire's mouth instead.
Unable to get into any other position, he leans fully into the newborn as Yunho starts to drink. Pressing his own mouth against the back of a clothed shoulder and wrapping his other arm low around the Turned's hard abdomen, the older vampire suddenly gets his own lesson in something.
Each pull.
Each suck.
That straight line to places he doesn't want to think about is making itself damn well known.
And the worst thing about it is that he isn't concerned as much over his rapidly hardening cock pressing into the back of the innocent newborn's thigh slash ass, but rather the fact that he is fighting really hard to keep his fangs from dropping again and into the body of the young vampire.
He is damned if he doesn't win this fight.
He hasn't existed for 261 years to be schooled by a simple feed.
He has drunken more that night than he has in most nights and he shouldn't need to feed again for a week at least.
There shouldn't be any type of hunger to force his fangs out for a hunt.
But he forgets about that other type of hunger.
The type of hunger he has actually never felt because he has never been in any situation where he would have been subjected to it.
Lust is one thing.
A craving for flesh is another.
But this pure unadulterated hunger to consume…
Ripping his arm away, Jaejoong staggers back, pupils blown, nipples hard and body heavy with arousal.
Finally allowing his fangs to drop, the vampire snarls out an order.
"Stay here."
Before Yunho can even fully turn, Jaejoong has transformed.
"Wait!" Yunho wipes at the trickle of blood at his chin as he calls out.
The large bat actually does wait, hovering in midair, his wings beating to maintain his position. The expression on the bat's face is anything but friendly, but Yunho knows better.
Concentrating hard, Yunho transforms, but it is only half successful as he finds himself smothered in his own clothes again.
"I'm destined to be naked," the tiny creature grumbles loudly as he bats away at the folds of cloth over his head.
"If it makes you feel any better, I'm naked too," the larger bat remarks as he lands next to the pile of clothes. The transformation has done what he thought it would, and wiped away all the weird feelings he had felt in his normal form, as if the transformation process has cleaned it away so to speak.
The little bat finally pokes through the neck of his tee-shirt, his expression a little gleeful. "It does make me feel better."
"I bet it does," the older bat mutters. "Why did you change anyway?"
"I don't know," Yunho answers honestly as he struggles out of his teeshirt and stumbles over the uneven folds of cloth to get to the other bat. "I just felt like you were upset and I didn't want you to be upset alone." He lets out a strangled squeak, no words necessary as he trips over his belt buckle and rolls right into the older bat.
Warmth once again sneaks in and rubs somewhere inside Jaejoong, and again he tries to temper and smother it. "You would have flown after me?" he adds a contrived note of incredulity even as he bends over and nudges the tiny baby bat boy upright.
Uninvited, yet somehow knowing he won't be rejected, Yunho steps up against Jaejoong and hops onto the bigger bat, tiny claws clutching for purchase and hugs him, nuzzling into the other creature's furry chest, feeling nice and protected. "I don't know. I might have fallen out of the window and hope you'd rescue me or something. If you need to fly, you can go. I'll just stay here and try not to throw up."
"Bat boy…"
"Baby bat boy," Yunho corrects, before he realises what he's done and he chitters in embarrassment, burrowing even more against Jaejoong who is laughing.
"Alright, baby bat boy. How about we have a small flying lesson in here? I don't have to go out to fly but I do need to expend some energy before we have to sleep."
"But I'm so nice and warm…" Yunho complains, his claws digging in a little more as he cements his hold on the larger bat. "You smell nice."
A strange expression crosses the bigger bat's face as he feels the younger bat try to get closer.
"Are you still thirsty?"
"No…" the newborn replies honestly. "I'm never actually thirsty…or hungry. I just think you smell good and I want to keep tasting you."
"Do…" Jaejoong pauses, before deciding that this form is really about as safe as it can get. For him anyway. "Do you want to feed?"
The little bat draws his head back, his eyes wide in his small face, the surprise and pleasure in his eyes is unmistakable. "Can I?"
The little bat beams a very sharp and pointy smile before bending his head to take the vampire up on his offer, but he pauses just before his fangs break skin.
Tilting his head back up, there is curiosity in his eyes now. "Why are you letting me? You told me vampires feed on humans not vampires."
"Can you feed on humans?"
The adorable little baby bat makes such an ugly face of disgust that Jaejoong starts laughing again.
"You can't even bear the thought. I can't have you starving now can I?"
Shrugging, the infant doesn't question his good fortune again, fangs sinking into the older bat's chest, he feeds with a contented sigh.
It doesn't take very long before the tiny creature with its much more limited capacity for drinking has once again fed himself into a coma.
"I really don't know what to do with you," Jaejoong sighs before taking off towards his closet and the secret chamber within it.
He lands gently in the middle of the coffin, managing relatively easily this time to dislodge the sleeping bat who chitters softly and rolls over, wrapping himself in his own wings.
It's still pretty early for him to go to sleep, but judging from the loud squeaky snores coming from his coffin-mate, baby bat boy Jung Jung Yunho is down for the count.
Jaejoong flies out of the room to do his usual checks around the apartment, securing it for the day, before he reenters the sealed room, the steel door swishing quietly behind him and lands next to the snoring bat who hasn't moved.
The vampire transforms back, not at all keen at sleeping in his creature form. The lid of the coffin drops over his head, the darkness and confined space comforting as he spends the next couple of hours or so before dawn wondering about a great many things.
His primary thoughts are wholly centred around the happily snoring little bat that is currently asleep sprawled out rather contentedly on his chest.
How he got there, Jaejoong will feign ignorance if asked.
Even as he starts to drowse, he feels the smug push of a familiar touch in his mind.
"Stop fighting it."
"I hate castles, Mother. And didn't you say you'd leave me alone? I think you've dropped in more times in the last 48 hours than you have in months. Are you sure you didn't want to adopt Yunho as your own?"
"I didn't have to when you're going to manage that all on your own."
Her laughter is Jaejoong's final memory as he struggles at trying to capture her strange words, giving up the fight as the sun's inexorable rise presses down on him and forces him into slumber.
AN1: I think I'm going to be claiming a prompt pretty late. I haven't checked the spreadsheet since the first time it went up and every spare moment I have is spent writing Turned lol which was originally a prompt I submitted anyway so it's a little weird…
AN2: Hahaha now they're both naked lmao wth. It was bound to happen…


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Microsoft has launched Windows 10 on ARM with much fanfare, saying that Always Connected PCs, which are devices running on Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets, are the future of mobile productivity.
HP has finally launched an Intel-powered version of the Envy x2, the laptop that was first announced in late 2017 as part of the Windows 10 ARM push.
Arm announced its second-generation DynamIQ "big core," the Cortex-A76, as well as a new Mali-G76 GPU and the Mali-V76 VPU with support for 8K UHD resolution.
If you've been considering getting one of the new Always Connected PCs, but you're uncertain about having to pay for a data plan every month, Sprint has some good news for you. The carrier is now offering free unlimited data for any Windows 10 on ARM device, including the ASUS NovaGo, the HP Envy x2, and the Lenovo Miix 630.
Microsoft has come up with some strange ideas over the years. Their latest one, which has been coming from a while, is running Windows on ARM processors once again, with the help of Qualcomm and some daring device manufacturers. This new Windows on ARM initiative was announced in 2016 and formally launched last year, and now we have laid our hands on the very first Windows on ARM device, the HP Envy x2, for some serious benchmarking.
Star Trek II, Mark Ruffalo's Hulk, Ms. Pac-Man. Sometimes the sequel is much better than the original. Let's hope that's the case with "always-connected" laptops, a new generation of Windows 2-in-1s that use Qualcomm Snapdragon processors and built-in 4G to provide the constant connectivity and long battery life you get from a smartphone.
HP has started taking pre-orders for the very first Always Connected PC running Windows 10 on a Snapdragon chipset developed by Qualcomm. Announced in late 2017, the Windows 10 on ARM push is projected to bring several new devices to the market this spring, and HP appears to be the first to do this. The company is now receiving pre-orders for the Envy x2, with shipments to begin in early March.
Ever since Microsoft and Qualcomm announced in December 2016 that full Windows 10 would be coming to ARM processors, the question on everyone's mind has been how well those x86 apps will run. After all, we all know that legacy Win32 apps don't perform well and drain more power than UWP apps, but since they'll be run with emulation, one would assume that the cost would be even greater.
Always-Connected PCs, the end result of years of work by Microsoft and Qualcomm on the vision for Windows on ARM, will soon be available. With multiple OEMs gearing up to reveal their take on the new class of 'cellular PCs' before the end of the year, Microsoft has now announced the list of carriers who will provide connectivity to these devices.
HP and Asus both unveiled their ARM-powered Windows 10 laptops last month, and now it's Lenovo's turn. At CES this week, Lenovo is unveiling the Miix 630, a 2-in-1 detachable tablet / laptop hybrid that's similar to the company's previous Miix tablets.
Asus and HP are two of the companies that will bring Windows 10 on ARM laptops to the market in the coming months, but it looks like the new project is already gaining some love from more manufacturers, including Samsung and Xiaomi.
Windows 10 on ARM is a real thing now and the first device will see daylight in just a few months. - Even though Qualcomm has already announced the Snapdragon 845 chip, the first Windows 10 on ARM devices, also referred to as Always Connected PCs, will be powered by the Snapdragon 835, a chip that debuted earlier this year on the Samsung Galaxy S8.
At its Snapdragon Technology Summit in Hawaii today, Qualcomm brought its partners onstage to announce the first Snapdragon 835-powered Windows 10 PCs. Alongside the ASUS NovaGo, HP unveiled the Envy x2. I got to spend some time with the latter, and it's an interesting device.
Today, at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit, Microsoft and Qualcomm officially unveiled the first ARM-powered Windows 10 laptops. These devices, referred to as Always Connected PCs, are always on, always connected (via LTE), and promise "incredible" battery life. How incredible? Well, depending on how much you use them, you could see around 22 hours of active use/a month of standby between charges.
With Windows on ARM PCs right around the corner now, benchmarks are starting to appear online, and they're not too exciting. This time, it's a 13-inch laptop from ASUS that's shown up (via WinFuture), codenamed TP370QL.
Andrew and Paul discuss Windows on Arm, specifically the battery life we might see from Windows on Arm devices. Andrew and Paul also talk about the Windows 10 Fall Creators update, rumors of Andromeda OS on a Surface Phone, and lingering questions about the sales of Apple's iPhone 8. Is the iPhone 8 Apple's least selling iPhone?
New details about Microsoft's long-awaited Windows 10 Snapdragon laptops have emerged, and we've got all the details. Tech giants have descended on Hong Kong this week for Qualcomm's annual 5G Summit, and one of the most noteworthy names in attendance is Microsoft – and Trusted Reviews, of course.
Microsoft first unveiled its plans for ARM-powered Windows laptops last year. The new devices will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 processor, and will support traditional desktop apps thanks to an emulator in Windows 10. While Qualcomm previously promised laptops before the end of the year, we haven't heard much about them yet. Asus, HP, and Lenovo are all preparing devices, and it seems like battery life will be a key selling point.
Microsoft and Qualcomm announced in late 2016 Windows 10 on ARM, a new project that brings the full version of the desktop operating system on ARM chips like the Snapdragon.
By the fourth quarter of 2017, Microsoft and Qualcomm would launch Windows 10 laptops powered by Snapdragon 835 processors. It would be Microsoft's second try at bringing Windows into ARM-based hardware. The first attempt, Windows RT, was a failure.
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I wrote about politicians talking science for a blog hosted by Oxford University Press in June 2015. In that posting, I focused on statements by Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz illustrating their misunderstanding of the scientific consensus about climate change. This new posting was inspired by Rand Paul's answer to a question about climate change in the November 11th debate among Republican presidential candidates and illustrates a valuable aid to critical thinking called argument mapping.
In an interview a year ago, Paul expressed some support for regulating carbon dioxide emissions, but in the recent debate he stated that his first action as president would be to repeal President Obama's regulations to control emissions that contribute to climate change. Paul argued for an "all of the above" energy policy, including not only sustainable sources like solar power but also traditional fuels like coal that release greenhouse gases contributing to climate change. In making this argument, Paul said: "The planet's 4.5 billion years old. We've been through geologic age after geologic age. We've had times when the temperature's been warmer, we've had times when the temperature's been colder. We've had times when the carbon in the atmosphere's been higher." Unlike some candidates, Paul accepts the fact that humans influence climate, but, like all climatologists, he believes that "nature also has a role".
What kind of argument is Paul making here? How does his plan to repeal emissions controls in support of an all of the above energy policy relate to his riff about the climate history of Earth? He doesn't make an explicit connection between energy policy and climatology, but his main claim seems to be that we can continue to burn fossil fuels without adverse effects because current carbon levels in the atmosphere and current global temperatures are within the range of values that Earth has experienced in the past. Here is a diagram that illustrates his argument:
This diagram is called an argument map. The sentence in the top box is Paul's main contention; the two sentences in the green box below are linked premises that explain his contention by acknowledging that burning fossil fuels causes climate change but suggesting that we can do so safely. The two sentences in the lowest box are the crux of his argument in support of his contention. The premise on the left in this lowest box is what Paul said about carbon in the atmosphere and is a true statement of what climatologists have discovered from various kinds of evidence. The co-premise on the right is an unstated assumption of Paul's argument that links this climatological record to Paul's claim about the safety of continuing to burn fossil fuels.
Although the main premise of Paul's argument is true, the co-premise is irrelevant because humans have never existed with atmospheric carbon dioxide levels as high as they are today. This makes Paul's contention a non sequitur and refutes Paul's argument, as illustrated in this expanded argument map:
This story of obfuscation by a presidential candidate has several additional dimensions. Besides claiming that humans won't be harmed by continuing to burn fossil fuels, Paul argues that regulations to control emissions will hurt our economy. Two recent analyses (here and here) by separate groups of researchers independent of the government imply quite the opposite, as illustrated below:
Another set of researchers estimated that new regulations on emissions would prevent 3500 premature deaths per year, with the greatest benefit in states that rely heavily on coal such as Paul's home state of Kentucky. How would you extend the argument map to incorporate this information?
Paul discussed only impacts of climate change on humans in his brief comments in the Republican debate. How about impacts on wild plants and animals? Humans have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide from 280 parts per million (ppm) before the Industrial Revolution to 400 ppm now, a level unprecedented in our history as a species. Global temperatures have increased correspondingly, and will continue to increase even if we gradually phase out use of fossil fuels. The rates of change in climatic conditions are also unprecedented, certainly in our history as a species and probably in the entire history of life on Earth. There have been five mass extinctions during Earth's history, most recently about 66 million years ago when about 75% of all species became extinct, including all of the dinosaurs except their avian descendants. We are now in the midst of a sixth mass extinction, triggered by human activities such as overhunting, destruction of natural habitats, and burning of fossil fuels causing climate change. Many species of plants and animals can adapt to gradually changing climates, but adaptation to the rapidly changing conditions happening now is less likely.
I discuss argument mapping more fully in Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology, and illustrate another faulty argument of climate contrarians at a website with many other examples of argument maps. The Australian philosopher Tim van Gelder described the rationale for argument mapping and developed the software used for my argument maps, which can be found at the ReasoningLab website, together with links to tutorials and other resources for learning about argument mapping.


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Virgin Media finally granted access to iPhone, will start 5s and 5c sales on Nov. 22UK wireless carrier Virgin Media announced on Friday that it will start sales of Apple's latest iPhone 5s and 5c on Nov. 22, marking the first time that the popular handset will hit the telecom's network.
After years of waiting, Virgin Media, or more specifically subsidiary Virgin Mobile UK, will finally carry Apple's iPhone on its MVNO network, the company announced on its website.
Details of the arrangement were not revealed in the terse announcement, though the handsets are expected to be offered with similar plans as other smartphones. The company runs a number of promotions for new customers, but it is unclear if those deals will be extended to the hot-selling iPhone.
Virgin Media is the result of multiple mergers with a number of telecoms, including the company's namesake Virgin Mobile UK. The company serves broadband internet, landline phone, television and mobile phone services within the UK.
Earlier this year, Virgin Media was bought out by U.S. cable magnate John Malone's Liberty for over $23 billion, and is one of the largest broadband providers in the UK. The company is currently growing its mobile phone coverage, which is operated by subsidiary Virgin Mobile's MVNO network, though subscriber numbers are substantially smaller than those held by dominant players Vodafone UK and O2.


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It's time for some specifics about next Tuesday. The most important part, so the rest runs smoothly, is that registration opens at 9.30am at Nordanå. If you're unsure of where Nordanå is, here's a map. Please be on time or even early, as refreshments will be waiting for you.
During the day, refreshments will be provided at Nordanå. There will be a coffee break in the morning and the afternoon. Lunch is also be provided (if you're not sure you told us when booking your ticket, let us know of any allergies). You don't need a ticket for the day, we just need you to check in at registration where you'll collect your badge - all your details are on our list!
A few tips for a greater experience
- Be prepared for non stop activities from 9.30am until late in the evening
- Don't sit next to your colleague/friend, you can do that the day after and the day after that ...
- Aim to meet 10 new people during the event
- Be ready to catch the mic and ask questions to the speakers or just give the audience your view of the future of work
- Oh, and just as a reminder, if you have a colleague or friend that still doesn't have a ticket there are still have a few left
After Summit
We also want to remind you of the evening activities at #CRESUM18. They will end under the midnight sun by the water but before we get to the Summit Dinner, we've also planned pit stops at creative workplaces around the city. More about this on the day!
Summit Dinner
From the After Summit, you will be guided to Brygg Club and Cafe. Another map here. This is where you'll get to eat dinner, meet old friends and make new ones. And this is the part we really don't want you to forget when planning your day. It ends under the midnight sun with great networking opportunities.


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As I am now entering the 'heavily' pregnant stage, I am keen to find ways to unwind in an evening and relax. Looking after Daniel single handedley is exhausting – don't get me wrong I wouldn't change things for a second, but it is tiring entertaining an almost walking 14 month old and growing a new one, as well as managing day to day house life!
So… I was really pleased when Michael O'Mara Books offered me the opportunity to review some of their 'grown up' colouring books.
The books I have been sent are full of lovely patterns to colour in, many of them super detailed. The blurb that I was sent with the books said that doodling and colouring is a relaxing and highly creative way to free the mind, and will give you a chance to unwind and relax.
I can honestly say that I found it really relaxing to just sit and colour. If you follow me in Instagram (@MrsSBurns) then you will have seen that I have been really under the weather the past few weeks, so things like my cross stitch and knitting projects have taken a back seat. What has been great is that these colouring books don't require any forward planning, other than making sure you have pens or pencils to hand, and the end results can be quick to achieve.
Below are some pictures of the pages I have completed, and some examples of the other pages and designs.
I was also really impressed that when I used felt tips (Crayola) that they didn't bleed through to the design behind, the paper is really good quality so that was a big plus. These books plus a pack of pens will be beside my hospital bag, should I find myself admitted early again in this pregnancy. I found that in hospital I lacked peace and quiet to concentrate on reading, but this would be perfect to while away the time stuck there.
To read more about this brilliant books then visit the Michael O'Mara website here. If you have some Christmas money left why not visit Amazon and treat yourself? You won't regret it, and its the perfect way to spend the cold evenings in!
*** please note I was sent three books by Michael O'Mara Books for the purpose of this review, all words and opinions are my own ***


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With little wind this morning I took the opportunity to lift the tarpaulin onto the roof of Waiouru and expose her sides. After sweeping them I managed to apply a second coat of primer.
Waiouru is almost back to the condition she would have been when she left Tim Tyler's yard. We're waiting on the spray foam contractor to repair the insulation and will then be able to fit the portholes and houdini hatches which are due to be delivered this week.
I must remember to get the tarpaulin back over her before it gets dark.


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Tom Woods of The Tom Woods Show responded to an old meme of mine that has been making the rounds again.
You can read his post about the meme here:
And here is my reply:
Well, I don't.
I made an admittedly flippant joke based on a funny conversation that happened between me and my daughter. Like any of my jokes, it's meant to be a jumping off point for dialogue. I don't think quite so highly about my jokes. This is the problem with the tone of most of the current crop of critiques of this meme, assuming I'm some smug asshole and then continuing to assume the worst about me in the light of that, as I'll get to in a minute. The truth is I'm very interested in politics, have friends all over the spectrum and often engage in spirited debate with libertarian friends, we of course have many beliefs in common also.
"I'll be a sport about this and disregard the creep factor – threatening his four-year-old with violent death, and then telling us with morbid satisfaction that she hasn't spoken about her freedom since.
No wonder this guy loves the state. His scare tactics are pretty much the same as what the Bush Administration pulled after 9/11."
Only, you weren't a sport, and you didn't ignore it, you implied I abused my kid.
Again, this relies on you having already assumed I'm a terrible person. I talk about a lot about my relationship with my daughter in my comedy, and she is a bright, strong, awesome kid. At no point in this conversation did she think that daddy would hurt her or put her in danger. A four year old, in case you haven't known many of them, is quite capable of play and pretend and being silly. Most four year olds, certainly this one, know their father's general behavior and disposition and are used to flights of fancy. I also sometimes tell her I'm going to eat her nose. This too is a heinous threat, yes? She runs away giggling and gets a lie ready, so that she can make her nose grow back, Pinochio style. She usually goes with "I don't like cookies." In case I'm not clear, she doesn't really think I'm going to eat her nose, nor does she think lying really makes noses grow, nor did she for one moment think her extremely safety conscious and loving father would drive recklessly and endanger her life.
This meme has been around for quite some time and only this week has anyone ever saw it as my actually threatening her. As I've said already, I think you really have to decide that, because I make a flippant joke about my disagreement with your philosophy, I'm a real prick and then view it through that lens to arrives at such a ridiculous point. Unfortunately I have now had libertarians on Twitter threaten me with bodily harm, one even posting a picture of me with a spray of poorly photoshopped streams of blood in place of my head. The picture was one of me and my daughter and when I repeatedly asked that it be removed and her left out of our fight, I was told that what I did to her was worse. Now, I do know that "Two wrongs make a right" is not part of libertarian philosophy. A shame it was employed repeatedly. The irony is, Libertarians threatening me with violence really strengthens my gratitude for the protections the state provides. Two libertarians friends were very quick to tell me that this behavior is not in line with libertarianism and the non-agression principle, and this is true of course, but to my thinking it was too easy for those who threatened me to excuse it as retaliatory or justified by painting themselves as protecting my daughter from her horrible abusive father.
And where do I say we haven't spoken about freedom since? We speak about it regularly. You are projecting something on here I didn't say. "She hasn't yelled at me" doesn't mean we've stopped speaking. Yelling and speaking are two different things, a point many on both sides of this debate need to learn.
NOTE: Tom Woods did edit his post to remove the part about me being a child abuser. Sadly, he didn't apologize or note the edit on the actual post. He posted this to Twitter:
@keithlowell But I'd react angrily if someone implied any such thing about my treatment of my girls, so I've taken that portion out, FWIW.— Tom Woods (@ThomasEWoods) August 31, 2016
I won't try to quote the next part as there are many examples of how Libertarians do adhere by agreed upon rules. I know this, of course. My meme was actually about a public rule on a public road, not a private rule on a private road. Sincere question; do you, in an ideal society, see public roads existing?
What's funny is maybe a quarter of the responses I get from Libertarians tell me they do in fact disagree with traffic laws, and they often include links to articles about small towns, particularly one in Germany, where traffic signs have been completely done away with.
"On top of this, he thinks it's valid to argue like this: my four-year-old wants to do something she shouldn't, so therefore the government should treat all of us like four-year-olds, forever."
Yeah. Unfortunately too many of us do indeed behave like four-year-olds. Exhibit A, the people who came to threaten me with physical harm on Twitter last night. I believe their posts are still up if you'd like to go to my account and look under "Tweets and replies" to verify my claims. I think this gets at the heart of our differences. I don't have the faith in the bulk of humanity that you have, and I question what in history justifies your faith. I do also see the history of violence on the part of the state, but much like the harm done by combustion engines, I think it's unrealistic to think we'd go backwards. I look at the Scandinavian model, and I see a way forward. I see countries with a high quality of living and real liberty that isn't tread upon by the oppression of nature, starvation, predation, and other things that had our life expectancy so low before we organized into what became states.
For the record, I don't think I just successfully refuted libertarianism here anymore than I did when I made that joke. I do think I shared some of my thoughts with you, and some of you will politely share your own thoughts and we'll have a conversation, the kind of conversation that has actually changed minds, mine included. I arrived at my current beliefs through reading and having discussions, and its quite a ways from the beliefs I grew up with.
I'm not a bad guy or a smug asshole, and I won't even bother to defend the joke. I make a lot of jokes, and this isn't even one that ever made it onto one of my albums or specials. Some people like it, the meme keeps going around, some people demonize me as a child abusing know it all, it goes around some more. There is no need and no point in demonizing me.
I welcome anyone who wishes to reply here. After the harassment last night and the very disturbing use of a picture of me and my daughter, I will not engage on this matter in a forum where I don't have some controls to protect against such behavior. Threats, name calling and other ad hominem attacks will be deleted. Thanks.
More on my views regarding libertarianism can be found here: Why I'm Not a Libertarian
Here's another old meme:


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From the autumn, book covers will bear a sign stating they are intended for readers aged 5+, 7+, 9+, 11+ and 13+/teen.
The guidelines are being introduced by leading publishers but have caused such dismay amongst the literary community that more than 80 authors, illustrators, librarians, teachers and booksellers have joined together in protest.
An online petition at www.notoagebanding.org says that the idea is "ill-conceived" and "damaging to the interests of young readers".
It goes on: "We take this step to disavow publicly any connection with such age-guidance figures, and to state our passionately-held conviction that everything about a book should seek to welcome readers in and not keep them out."
Signatories include Michael Rosen, the current Children's Laureate, and best-selling authors Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson and Terry Pratchett.
Mr Pullman told The Daily Telegraph: "I don't mind anybody having an opinion about my books. I don't mind a bookseller deciding they are for this age group or that, or a teacher giving one of my books to a child because they think it is appropriate.
"But I don't want to see the book itself declaring officially, as if with my approval, that it is for readers of 11 and upwards or whatever. I write books for whoever is interested. When I write a book I don't have an age group in mind.
"I have had letters from children of seven who say they have read all the way through His Dark Materials and they have an astonishing knowledge of it. But not every child is the same. A child of nine might be tentative and unsure about reading, and to give them a book that says 9+ will reinforce their sense of failure. The book should be suited to the individual child."
Anyone unsure as to whether a particular book is appropriate should ask the bookseller, Mr Pullman said.
"There are lots of clues on the cover, but if they are unsure they can always ask a specialist. Booksellers know the books they have for sale, they know their readers and they can talk to a parent or grandparent who comes in. If a grandparent says, 'My granddaughter is a very advanced reader but rather timid and scared by monsters,' then they can advise."
Mr Pullman's own publisher, Scholastic, has agreed not to put age banding on his books. "A month or so ago I had a letter saying books were going to have this. I wrote back and said, 'Mine aren't.' They were very good and said if I had a problem, then they wouldn't do it. But, talking to other authors, I discovered that not everybody was in my position.
"I signed this petition because I believe passionately in what it says. It is an act of solidarity not only with other authors, but with booksellers and librarians. It is not precisely a campaign, because a campaign has an aim which it seeks to achieve. We have already achieved our aim, which is to say publicly that publishers can do this if they want to, but not in our name."
Do you agree with age banding?


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Location: Dale Lippert Field, Franklin, Mass.
Date: October 4, 2017
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Both Salve Regina and host Dean College scored single goals in opposite halves and neither team could find the back of the net in the extra periods, so the Seahawks and Bulldogs settled for a 1-1 draw in non-league men's soccer action on Wednesday afternoon.
The tie for Dean is their second in their last four matches but still leaves them without a loss as they sit at 7-0-2. For Salve Regina, meanwhile, they end with their second straight 1-1 tie and are now 1-2-3 in their last six matches.
The game was scoreless early on until the Bulldogs' Yuri Mascarenhas (Quincy, Mass.) was on the attack on the left side and fired a shot that was turned aside by Evan Coose (Easton, Mass.). The rebound came right out to Felipe Campos (Barnstable, Mass.) who blasted in his league-leading eighth goal of the season at 27:07.
Dean had an excellent opportunity to double its lead in the 40th minute when some fantastic passing found Cristiano Martins (Brockton, Mass.) at the top of the box but his attempt with a defender on his back sailed high.
After nearly 70 minutes of scoreless activity, the Seahawks finally dented the scoreboard when Connor Woods (Otisville, N.Y.) connected with Noah Medeiros (Dartmouth, Mass.) for the game's equalizer at 69:44.
The best scoring chance in the extra periods for either team came in the second overtime when Campos had his shot bang off the post in the 105th minute.
The game was statistically pretty close with both teams recording 12 shots each and Salve Regina holding a slight 5-4 advantage in corner kicks.
Coose had three saves for the Seahawks while Nathan Silveira (East Providence, R.I.) ended with six stops.
The Cardinal and White return to the field on Saturday when they host Fisher College at 1:00 p.m., while return to CCC action with a visit from Roger Williams.


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The BFU Story
The BFU story is a scaled personal story.
When setting your own personal goals it is important to keep developing new goals as you approach success. Stepped goals keep you from reaching a climax with a following let down that leaves you without purpose.
Our educational system is in danger of such a let down. The education establishment designed "one size fits many" schools for the industrial age. These schools are quickly becoming obsolete. Technologically empowered students and shrinking bureaucracies are encountering micro finance in a perfect storm of educational change.
It is time to support the future of education, creating goals that will ensure enabling schools for the next millennium. This is where Bastiat Free University enters the scene with its story.
When you support Bastiat Free University you are supporting the future. Yes, you can continue to contribute to brick and mortar colleges and still have an impact, but they are a diminishing asset and the value of your contribution will diminish with them. With the largest colleges your donation is further diminished by the huge endowments they already enjoy. Your college donation is but a drop in their donations giving ocean.
No matter if you support Bastiat Free University by becoming a student, telling others, or by planned giving; you are making a difference that will endure well past this current era.
The BFU story is about setting new educational goals, the old goals are almost completed.
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This is a guest post by Jeet Banerjee.
Which search engine do you use for finding information, products, or services? For most of us, that answer is Google. Google has been the top search engine for the last few years and has essentially dominated the world of search.
While most of us have believed that Google is the best search engine, Microsoft's search engine Bing has something to say about it. Bing is loud, proud, and openly challenging users to see first hand why they are better than Google.
If you visit Bingiton, you will notice that their home page encourages you to enter any keyword. Once you enter those keywords, it immediately shows you two sets of results. Your goal during the test is to choose the results you feel provide you the most accurate information based on your search query.
Surprisingly, many people like myself have quickly noticed that Bing does provide the stronger search results. As website owners, bloggers, or anyone else involved in the tech sphere, we know the importance of internet marketing. Due to this strong campaign by Bing, Google has began to fire back by essentially refining their algorithm. Here's how they are changing things.
The Algorithm Changes
Earlier, Google had created havoc among the internet community when they released their Google Panda update. Just recently, Google received another one of their 'animal' updates called Google Penguin. Experts have claimed that Google Penguin was released in hopes of refining Google's search results to beat Bing.
The results on Google's search engines are lacking in quality because Google feels that many of the websites ranking in the premiere spots participate in a lot of spam-related activities. These spam related activities include unnatural linking to websites, jumbling up links into blog articles, and creating forced back links from other websites.
Essentially, Google does not want to see your friend forcefully include your website link in his blog articles or send around your link on random websites. Google's new system can effectively tell which back links are legitimate and which ones aren't.
So if you own a website or have a blog and have been getting back links in anyway possible, you need to stop NOW. Google has already begun heavily punishing websites misusing back links and they will only continue to get stricter as time goes along.
Google will not let you rank for keywords unless your website provides completely relevant services or information about that specific keyword. If you're trying to rank for the keyword 'Artist Paintings', you better hope your website is all about art.
Not only does your website need to be about art, but the people talking about your website need to be related in someway to the art industry. Google knows that an auto shop is rarely going to have a connection with the art industry. So when Google sees a back link coming in from an auto site out of no where, it's going to discredit that back link and assume it's spam.
Your websites content also needs to feature extremely relevant content. The days of creating landing pages and assigning them to random keywords is no longer going to be successful. Bing has pushed Google to the brink, and Google wants authentic and effective results.
User Reaction
Another element that is strongly being added into the Google algorithm is the reaction users have with your web page. When a specific keyword is searched and a user goes to your website, Google wants to know whether this user found this result valuable or invaluable.
While this may be out of your control, you want to create a nice environment for your visitors. Update your website, have a nice design and layout to ensure a positive relationship with your visitors. If users come to your website and hit the 'back' button within 10 seconds, Google automatically recognizes your website as a bad resource for that keyword.
The searchers reaction with web pages and his activity with search results is a key factor in Bing's algorithm. The reason why Bing is currently providing better search results than Google is in a large part because of this. Create a clean and effective website that gives your searchers what their looking for.
As the competition between search engines heats up, it is important for website owners to stay on top of their rankings. The best way to stay on top is to achieve legitimate rankings for your website. In order to provide the best results possible, Google is going above and beyond to weed out the bad results.
Find ethical ways to promote your website and business online. As the battle rages on between Bing and Google, you can be sure to see more updates in the near future. Your best bet as a website owner is to play the SEO game as clean as possible.


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Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Moldovan Church
Created by: Alex Caraus
Created by: Alex Caraus
A Moldovan Christian church constructed in 1643, and restored from its original wood after it was damaged in WWII. Still maintaining it's Classical Medieval Moldovan architecture, the Assumption of the Virgin Mary church is the oldest wooden church in the country and still contains 85% of its original wood beams. Explore the colorful religious scenes covering the interior walls!


text: Kathleen Eastwood received her MFA in Painting from The San Francisco Art Institute and her BFA in Painting & Drawing from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. A Philadelphia resident, Kathleen is currently an adjunct professor at The Tyler School of Art at Temple University, The University of the Arts, Moore College of Art & Design. Kathleen has shown extensively in both Philadelphia and California, and has work included in private collections in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia.


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This beautiful calendar block comes from Danish company Bloomingville and is a must have for any desk or home! Traditional and timeless, it is made from wood and has blocks printed with days of the week, months of the year and numbers 0-9 so you can set the date. Simply rotate the blocks! Ideal as a gift, it's perfect for anyone starting a new job or moving into a new home.
Measures (approx) 140x65x100mm.


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There are 680 housing units available to people assigned to Hurlburt Field. To request an on-base house, take a copy of your orders to the housing office at your current base the month prior to your reporting month and complete a housing application form. A copy of your orders and the application will be forwarded to the Hurlburt housing office, located in Bldg. 90371, in advance of your report date. Allocation of base quarters is based on rank, family size and date of application. The Hurlburt housing office is open Monday through Friday, 6:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Central time. For more permanent party housing information, call (850) 884-7505, Ext. 100, (DSN: 579). For transient accommodations, call the lodging office at (850) 884-7115.
Three hundred eighty housing units are available on both sides of Highway 98. Base-side (north) units are for junior and senior NCOs. On the south side, units are distributed to officers and junior NCOs. Three hundred units for junior enlisted and junior and senior NCOs are located three miles out the back gate in Commando Village.
Unaccompanied Quarters
There are currently 11 dormitories on Hurlburt Field for E1- E4 personnel. E4s with more than three years of service, or within 60 days of reaching three years of service upon arrival, are eligible to move directly off base w/BAH. There are no unaccompanied quarters for officers and noncommissioned officers. Most facilities have been renovated to include carpeting and accent walls. West Campus dorms are centrally located near the recreation center, fitness center, dining hall, post office, AAFES shoppette/service station, chapel and library. East Campus dorms are located adjacent to a dining facility/ fitness complex and across the street from the medical clinic, commissary and main exchange.
Off-Base Housing
Rental rates for average-quality accommodations (excluding utilities) are $800 to $1,400 for a two-bedroom house, $750 to $2,200 for three bedrooms, and $1,200 and up for four bedrooms. There are plenty of apartments available throughout the area. Prices vary, but on average you can expect to pay $500 to $700 for one bedroom, $450 to $1,100 for two bedrooms, and $1,400 and up for three bedrooms. Condos in the Emerald Coast area are between $600 to $1,800 for one bedroom, $775 to $2,100 for two bedrooms and $775 to $2,000 for three bedrooms. Duplexes can run you from $375 for a one-bedroom layout up to $2,000 for a three-bedroom dwelling.
Animal Control
The Panhandle Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) is contracted to catch, capture and remove stray, abandoned, abused or vicious dogs and cats on Hurlburt Field. Contact PAWS at (850) 243-1525 or (850) 244-0196, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. requests for animal control services should only be made to PAWS for animals that pose immediate threats.
Weapon Registation
People staying in base dormitories or TLFs must store their privately owned weapons in the Security Forces armory, located in Bldg. 90603. Anyone permanently residing in family housing must register any privately owned firearm within 72 hours of arrival to the installation with their unit orderly room. Firearms are defined as a handgun or rifle that fires a projectile. Weapons cannot be stored in privately owned vehicles, nor will they be transported on the installation unless traveling to and from the base firing range or the armory. When transporting a weapon it will be unloaded, in a case or appropriate carrier and ammunition will be stored separately from the weapon. The Security Forces armory can store limited amounts private ammunition. People residing in base housing will ensure all weapons stored in their housing units are secured in an appropriately constructed locked container or equipped with a tamper-resistant mechanical lock (i.e., trigger locks) or other safety devices. Ammunition can be stored in a locked drawer of a gun cabinet or stored in a gun safe.
Ammunition not stored in a gun safe will be placed in another location that a reasonable, prudent person would believe to be secure from a child or other unauthorized individual. Call Security Forces Pass & Registration at (850) 884-5233 for more information or to register a firearm.
Family Support
The Airman and Family Readiness Center, in Bldg. 90213, is open to all military members (to include Guard and Reserve), retirees and DoD civilians, single and married and their families. The center's function is matching individuals and families with the right resources to meet their specific needs. Unit Community Readiness Consultants (CRC) assists members and their families with personalized services that begin with a personal evaluation. CRCs then become a family's link to comprehensive services. Seminars and individual assistance are available for the following: assisting commanders with their responsibility for the health and welfare of the military community and assisting individuals and families adapt to the changes and challenges of military life. Hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, closed on government holidays. The main center's phone number is (850) 884-5441 or DSN 850-579-5441. (Emergency after-hours assistance is available through First Sergeants or the Hurlburt Field Command Post.)
The Airman and Family Readiness Center services include helping members and their families get settled into the Hurlburt Community by:
• Linking individuals to resources on- and off-base based on personal needs
• Career coaching for spouses
• Helping members and their families find volunteer opportunities
• Assisting with personal financial planning and budgeting
• Providing emergency financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans or grants from Air Force Aid Society
• Providing relationship skills building for singles, married members and parents
• Creating an individual and/or family plan suitable to the military member's anticipated deployment schedule and to cope with hurricanes or other natural/ man made threats day-to-day; the center can assist in coping with work-life challenges as they occur as well as providing a link to educational information on a variety of subjects to include:
• Planning for major life events, engagement, marriage, having children, divorce or retirement
• Assisting members in maintaining deployment and readiness plans
• Educating members on financial issues such as purchasing a car or home and using credit smartly; and information and skills building for personal financial management ranging from basic budgeting to building an investment plan
• Emergency financial assistance in the form of no-interest loans or grants from Air Force Aid Society
• Linking individuals to information, resources and programs when planning for a permanent change of station
• Assisting members who are about to retire or separate from the Air Force
Located in the Airman and Family Readiness Center, this volunteer-managed program offers extra assistance to relocating families. The Loan Closet offers baby items, small kitchen appliances, dishes, silverware, irons, ironing boards, tables, chairs and futons for short-term use (no linens available). The hours of operation are from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Volunteers are always needed. For information, call (850) 884-6201.
The Airman's Attic provides a free service to Airmen (E-6 and below) in need of items such as furniture, uniforms, kitchen appliances/household goods, maternity clothes, children's clothing (up to size six), cribs and infant items. Hours of operation are Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, call (850) 884-7769.
The Loan Closet is located at the Airman and Family Readiness Center and is operated by Family Services volunteers. Items available for loan include folding mattresses, ironing boards, cribs, booster seats, tables, chairs, pots, pans, some kitchen appliances, etc. Items are provided to active duty, family members and retirees for a determined period of time. Hours are Monday-Friday, from 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. For more information, call (850) 884-6201.
The Thrift Shop is open to all ranks and carries items such as clothing, furniture, appliances and household goods. All proceeds benefit the local military community. Hours are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and the first and third Saturday of each month, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, call (850) 884-3098.
Child Care
Providing more than full-day child care, the Child Development Center promotes active learning programs for children age 6 months to 5 years and has a vested interest in Hurlburt's future, our children. The physical environment protects the children and supports a developmental program. Developmentally appropriate activities promote the social, emotional, cognitive and physical development of children. An adequate number of adults are provided to protect the health and safety of children, implement the developmental program and provide quality interactions to promote children's wellbeing and development. The staff has the qualifications and training required to protect the health and safety of children and provide a program of developmentally appropriate activities. Meals and snacks are provided and served in a pleasant way to meet the children's nutritional needs and promote good eating habits. Parents are encouraged to be actively involved in the center. Fees for this program are based on a sliding scale for total family income. In addition to full-day care, part-day preschool, hourly care and surge care are also available. The hours of operation are 6:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more information, call (850) 884-6937.
Base housing residents can start a rewarding career that will allow them to earn an income and shape the future of the next generation as licensed Hurlburt Field family child care providers. Family Child Care (FCC) is an alternative to the Child Development Center for families that need full-time care,evening care, weekend care, care for children with special needs, infants and school-age children, and care during swing- and mid-shifts. For more information, call (850) 581-1207.
Extended duty care is provided for military or DoD civilian members who need care beyond the member's regular 50-hour per week child care arrangements. Examples are working late, working weekends, experiencing a shift change or are called in to support a deployment. FCC providers will pick the children up at (or take them to) their regular child care arrangements on base. This is a FREE program. For more information, call (850) 581-1207.
Military members returning from a deployment are granted 16-hours of free care to spend time with spouses and catch up on family duties. For more information, call (850) 581-1207.
FCC for PCS
Families may use 20-hours of family child care within 60 days before the family's departure from a base and 60 days after arriving at the new base, which will be paid for by the AF Aid society through the Child Care for PCS program. This program is open to all ranks. For more information, call (850) 884-6830.
FCC for VOLUNTEERS
The Air Force Aid Society provides funding for child care in FCC homes for volunteers who are engaged in supporting programs that benefit the Air Force community. This is a free program. For more information, call (850) 884-6830.
A recent initiative sponsored by DoD provides families of severely injured military members with assistance to find and pay for safe, licensed child care services for a period of six months during their period of recuperation. (Extensions beyond the six-month period are considered based upon physician reassessment.) Family Member Programs staff works with the National Association for Child Care Resource and Referral to assist families in locating care. The program is available nationwide wherever the injured member is receiving either in-patient or out-patient medical care and allows the spouse to be at bedside or to help with outpatient medical appointments. DoD provides a financial offset to the civilian child care fees during the recovery period. More information is available on the NACCRRA website.
The Base Education Services office, in Bldg. 90220, provides a variety of educational opportunities for military members,DoD civilians,military retirees and their families. Programs offered can range from certificates to master's degrees. Information is available on a variety of education programs offered on- and off-base. Classes are offered during lunch, in the evenings and on weekends in both traditional and accelerated formats including distance learning. Testing is available Monday through Thursday. Testing and counseling are by appointment. For more information, call (850) 884-6724.
The Hurlburt Field Base Exchange is located in Bldg. 91012, next to the commissary and provides all exchange facilities and privileges to authorized personnel and their families. The facility provides more than 60,000 square feet of floor space including the main exchange, several smaller stores and a food court. A deferred payment plan is available. Hours of operation are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Military Clothing Sales is in the Mini-Mall near Burger King. The Shoppette, in Bldg. 90075 is a 24-hour facility that contains an AutoPride, Class Six, auto parts and service center. For more information, call (850) 581-0030.
The Hurlburt Field Commissary is in Bldg. 91013, across from the Hurlburt Clinic. The 64,000-square foot facility provides more than 10,000 line items with discounts of 30 percent or better. Proper identification must be presented at check out. For more information, call (850) 881-2138 or (850) 881-2139.
The Riptide serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. It features an expanded short order service as well as carryout. This dynamic facility is open Monday through Friday. For more information, call (850) 881-5127 or (850) 881-5128.
The Reef serves breakfast, lunch and dinner in an all-you-can-eat buffet style. It currently provides more than 900 meals daily and is the only facility in the Air Force providing full-time buffet meals. Take-out meals are not available. For more information, call (850) 884-4970.
Hurlburt Field has two all ranks clubs with membership available. The benefits of membership include value pricing on food items, coupons and special programs monthly.
The elegant Soundside Club Sunday Brunch is well known in the local area with reservations suggested. With a beautiful waterfront lawn and view, it is no wonder weddings, retirements, birthdays and catering make up the majority of functions held at this facility. For more information, call (850) 884-7507.
J.R. Rockers Sports Cafe was the first sports themed café in the Air Force. The facility includes a state-of-the-art audio equipment, 61-inch wide screen and eighteen 27-inch televisions located throughout with satellite, cable, NTN trivia and pay-per-view capabilities. The big social nights are Wednesday and Friday. Fall brings Football Frenzy with a chance for club members to win great trips and merchandise. Other programs are game show nights and block parties. J.R. Rockers Sports Cafe offers a tempting rotating lunch buffet on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There are also meeting rooms and an ATM. For more information, call (850) 884-6469.
Junior enlisted Airmen at Hurlburt Field now have a great place to relax. The Landing Zone is the base's hangout designed exclusively for senior Airmen and below. Boasting several high tech features any Airmen these days would love to have, the Landing Zone is meant to give Airmen a safe place to gather with friends and help fulfill some of their recreational needs and interests. The Landing Zone features a movie theater room, music rooms, a gaming room, pool tables, dartboards, eight big screen televisions with cable and satellite service, WI-FI Internet and computers. The center also offers daily, weekly and monthly special events. The center is available to anyone in the ranks of E-1 through E-4 and each Airman can bring up to two guests that are at least 18 years old.
The center is open Sunday through Thursday, 4 p.m.-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m.-1 a.m. Also available is Velocity Subs, open Sunday through Thursday, 4 p.m.-8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m.-10 p.m. The main center's phone number is (850) 884-5080 or DSN 850-579-5080. (Emergency after-hours assistance and counseling services are available through First Sergeants or the Hurlburt Field Command Post and/or counseling services are available at (850) 884-4979
The Youth Program offers a variety of activities for youth ages 5-18 years. The School Age Program services local schools and offers before- and after school care for children 5-12 years old. Children dropped off in the morning are offered breakfast and a variety of free choice activities until they depart for school. Transportation to and from school is provided. After school, they're offered a nutritious snack and choice of activities and clubs based on interest.
The Summer Camp Program serves children 5-12 years of age and operates from 6:15 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Children are served breakfast, lunch and a snack and participate in activities such as field trips, swimming, bowling, skating and free choice activities. Fees for both these programs are based on a sliding scale for total family income. The Open Recreation Program hosts instructional classes (tae kwon do and gymnastics), monthly pre-teen and teen dances, a variety of special activities and free choice of game room and gym activities from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday; 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday. The Youth Sports Program offers soccer, basketball, softball, roller hockey, flag football, baseball and cheerleading. For more information, call (850) 884-3766.
The Multi Craft Skills Center consolidates the auto skills shop, frame shop and wood shops in one facility. For more information, call (850) 884-6942.
Adjacent to the Soundside housing area, the outdoor recreation center offers equipment and classes for the outdoor enthusiast. The inside of this beautiful waterfront facility may be rented for parties of 35 people. Outdoor recreation provides oversight for the Marina, Fam- Camp, Paintball Program, Rifle and Pistol Club, Dive Club, Swimming Pool, Picnic Grounds, POV Resale Lot and RV Storage Lot. Boating safety classes, which are a prerequisite for all motorized boat rentals, are offered Thursday at 2 p.m., and Saturday at noon. Additional boating and sailing classes are scheduled throughout the year. For more information, call (850) 884-6939.
Facilities include free launching ramps and a fishing pier. Rentals include: ski boats, canoes, kayaks, sailboats and pontoon party boats. Pop-up camping trailers, tents, gear, coolers, water sports equipment, aquatic supplies, fishing licenses, tackle and bait, ice and gasoline are also available. Reservations for boats and campers can be made in person, or by telephone with a credit card. Hours of operation are seasonal. For more information, call (850) 884-4097.
The FamCamp facility has 50 RV sites with water, electricity and sewage connections. Ten tent sites are also available. All sites have charcoal grills and picnic tables. The camper support building offers restrooms, showers and a coin operated laundry. The FamCamp is located off U.S. Highway 98, south of the main gate. Patrons may register at Outdoor Recreation or the Marina. For more information, call (850) 884-6939.
The swimming pool provides relief from the summer heat and a variety of water safety courses. The pool is open May-September, Tuesday-Sunday and holidays. Lap swim, swimming lessons, water aerobics and life-saving classes are also available. The bathhouse contains showers, restrooms and lockers. The pool is available for private parties as well. For information during the season call (850) 884-6866.
The Dive Shop is open Monday and Friday, 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., for equipment rental and services. Regular meetings are the first Thursday of each month. Memberships are available featuring dive certification classes, equipment checkout/ rental and tank refills. For an informational recording call (850) 884-6939.
Hurlburt Lanes 12-lane facility offers:
• AMF BOSS scoring system with selective bumper capability
• State-of-the-art Kegel Sanction Elite lane conditioning machine that ensures consistent lane dressing every time
• Lockers for personal equipment
• Video games
• Limited Pro Shop supplies are available and any item not in-stock can be special ordered
• Leagues
• YABA program for children
• Sunday afternoon Family XTREME Bowling, 9-Pin No-Tap Tournaments, Individual XTREME Bowling
• Free bowling for immediate family members of deployed personnel
• Birthday parties for children at reasonable prices or accept reservations for all other parties
• The "Spare Time Grill" offers breakfast, lunch and dinner Monday through Friday, and lunch and dinner Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call (850) 884-6941
Gator Lakes Golf Course includes an 18-hole championship layout course, complete practice facility, locker rooms, a pro shop, golf lessons and a quick service snack bar. The professional Pro Shop staff is available to assist with all golfing needs including advice, golf equipment and game improvement techniques. There is also a trained club repairer on staff. Gator Lakes Golf Course is located in one of the most beautiful areas of the base with large pine trees, lakes and wildlife. There is a great view of the taxiway from the back deck of the snack bar which makes it the perfect location to enjoy a relaxing lunch or have an after work snack and refreshment with a view. Please be sure to check out the visual tour link on our Web site for a glimpse of this great facility. For more information, call (850) 881-2251.
Located next to the Commando Store is a full service travel agency offering discounted vacation packages, airline tickets, college and professional sports tickets, bus tours, hotel accommodations and even cruises. Brochures and tickets are available for local and regional attractions such as Disney World, Universal Studios, Busch Gardens and Six Flags. Tours include football and baseball games, Mardi Gras and the New Orleans Jazz Festival. The office is open weekdays, and may be reached at (850) 884-7848 or by e-mail at leisuretravel@ hurlburt.af.mil.


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The other side of St. John
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New Photogravures!
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Photogravure II
These are the next two images in my Residue of Gesture Photogravure Series. Photogravure a printmaking process of etching copper plates with a photographic image, then printing that image through an intaglio process, that is, inking the plate and then printing with a printing press, with pressure, transferring the ink from the recesses of the plate to the paper.
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Albany, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/22/2018 -- Lymphoma is a kind of blood cancer which occurs when B or T lymphocytes and leukocytes grow abnormally. In addition, it also occurs if these cells survive longer than their normal life cycle. Lymphoma generally occurs in lymph nodes, bone marrow, spleen, blood and other organs which form a part of the lymphatic system. Lymphoma is of two types namely hodgkin and non-hodgkin. Hodgkin lymphoma develops in the lymph nodes of the lymphatic system. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is the most common type of lymphoma and develops in related tissues of the lymphatic system and lymph nodes. The common symptoms of lymphoma are swelling of lymph nodes, fever, weight loss, night sweets, anorexia, itching, dyspnoea and fatigue. The common tests applied for the diagnosis of lymphoma are immunophenotyping, FISH (Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization) testing and flow cytometry. Radiation therapy, chemotherapy and monoclonal antibody therapy are performed on the patients suffering from lymphoma. Among all these treatment options, the most common method to treat lymphoma is chemotherapy.
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Since chemotherapy destroys the cancer cell by obstructing its division process, it acts as one of the key method for lymphoma treatment. These medicines travel throughout the body while during the course of medication. Various drugs that are used for the treatment of lymphoma include Adcertis (brentuximab), Arranon (nelarabine), Adriamycin (doxorubicin), Decadron (dexamethasone), Baycadron (dexamethasone), Deltasone (prednisone), Dexamethasone Intensol (dexamethasone), Dexpak Taperpak (dexamethasone) and Folotyn (pralatrexate). Other drugs used include Prednicot (prednisone), Roferon-A (interferon alfa-2a), Solurex (dexamethasone), Leukeran (chlorambucil), Zema Pak (dexamethasone), Velcade (bortezomib), Sterapred DS (prednisone), Thioplex (thiotepa), Velban (vinblastine) and Trexall (methotrexate).
Rise in the incidence of lymphoma throughout the globe is expected to drive the growth of lymphoma treatments market. According to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, in 2012, around 700,000 people suffered from lymphoma in Canada alone. The government of various nations such as the U.S. and Europe has amplified their funding in R&D for the development of lymphoma treating drugs which would further augment the growth of lymphoma treatments market. Moreover, they have started many programs for patient awareness about lymphoma and its treatments. Despite all these advantages, various side effects of chemotherapy would hamper the growth of lymphoma treatments market. These side effects include hair loss, nausea, vomiting and fatigue. In addition, high cost of this treatment may also hamper the growth of lymphoma treatments market. Moreover, few nations such as the U.K are not providing reimbursement for every lymphoma treating drug which may also hamper its growth lymphoma treatments market.
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In 2013, North America accounted for the largest share of global lymphoma treatments market. This is due to the fact that most of the key players who are engaged in developing and manufacturing lymphoma treating drugs are domiciled in the region. In addition, favorable government funding in the region has also contributed heavily in capturing the largest revenue share. During the forecast period 2014 to 2020, Asia-Pacific is expected to grow at the highest CAGR owing to rising incidences of lymphoma in the countries such as China, Malaysia and India. In addition, increasing disposable income coupled with rising healthcare expenditure would further accentuate the growth of lymphoma treatments market in the region. Major players operating in lymphoma treatments market include Abbott Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, ABIOGEN PHARMA S.p.A., Johnson & Johnson, Aeterna Zentaris, Inc. and Merck & Co., Inc. among other significant players across the globe.
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text: The 2018 CIPA season will open with the Stateline Winter Invitational on 1.27.18 at Virginia High School. Come out to see more than 20 winterguard, winds, and percussion ensembles from North Carolina, Tennesse, and Virginia premier their winter programs! For more information, including the schedule of performances, please go to the event page here.


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Would you like to get in touch with other Americans in Congo? Are you in need of help and advice from your American compatriots? Or would you like to join other American expats on an excursion to discover sights and landmarks – e.g. the thick rainforests of Sangha in the north?
Whether you have settled as an expat in Congo or are still living in United States of America and planning your upcoming foreign assignment, InterNations Congo offers everything you need: Established in 2007, our trusted community soon became the leading platform for international networking among expatriates and global minds around the world. Our network also counts a considerable number of American expats in Congo, coming from all corners of United States of America - from New York City, over Washington D.C. to Los Angeles.
We've collected some data to better understand the demographics and motivations of American expats:
Attend our monthly events and activities for Americans expatriates to get to know like-minded expatriates in real life.
Get trustworthy advice and local insights from fellow Americans in our Congo expat forums.
Of course, expat living in Congo is not just about shipping your belongings and filing in some bureaucratic papers. Regular socializing with fellow Americans is an essential part of expat life and helps getting accustomed to the Congolese way of life and mentality. InterNations helps you connect and meet up with other Americans in Congo, residing in Brazzaville, Pointe Noire, Abala-Ndolo and many other places throughout the country. Just take a look at our group of Americans in Brazzaville.
If you ever wish to have a chat in your native language, discover where to shop for American food or discuss your favorite sports team's latest match, become a member of the Congolese InterNations Community:
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We are the laboratory for emergent phenomena and technology in the optical sciences, Mikael C. Rechtsman's research group in the physics department of the Pennsylvania State University. Our research spans complex, nonlinear and quantum optics at the interface between emergent fundamental physics and optical device applications. Details about our research group can be found by clicking on the tabs above.
Recent news:
- Jiho has been awarded the Corning Graduate Fellowship for the year 2019-2020. Congrats again Jiho!
- Jiho has been awarded the David C. Duncan graduate fellowship for the spring semester of the 2018-2019 academic year by the Eberly College of Science. Congrats Jiho!
- Alex's paper on the realization of a Weyl Exceptional Ring has been accepted for publication in Nature Photonics. Congrats to Alex!
- Jonathan's paper on slow light in photonic topological insulators has been accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters. Congrats Jonathan!
- Mikael has been awarded the 2018 ICO Prize of the International Commission for Optics "for pioneering contributions to the field of topological photonics."
- Mikael has been awarded the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award.
- Mikael has been awarded the Downsbrough Early Career development professorship.
- Our work demonstrating the photonic valley Hall effect was published Physical Review Letters. It was named as an editor's suggestion and was featured in Physics. Congrats Jiho!
- Our work on demonstrating 4D quantum Hall physics using a 2D topological pump has been published in Nature.
- Graduate student Jiho Noh has won the David C. Duncan graduate fellowship for the 2017-2018 academic year.
- Our work on the observation of optical Weyl points has been highlighted in the "Optics in 2017" issue of Optics and Photonics News as one of the most exciting discoveries in optics in the last year.
- Mikael has been awarded the Packard Fellowship.
- Mikael has been awarded the Kaufman foundation New Investigator award.
- Our paper on the observation of optical Weyl points has been published in Nature Physics.
- We've observed Weyl points for the first time in optics!
- Mikael's editorial for the New Journal of Physics special focus issue on topological physics has been published.
- Undergraduate student Siv Zamani is joining our group! Welcome Siv.
- Graduate student Jonathan Guglielmon is joining our group! Welcome Jonathan.
- Our paper (work in collaboration with the CUDOS group in Sydney and Moti Segev's group in Haifa) "Topological Optical Waveguiding in Silicon and the Transition between Topological and Trivial Defect States" has been accepted to Physical Review Letters.
- Our paper (work in collaboration with Moti Segev's group in Haifa) "Topological Photonic Quasicrystals: Fractal Topological Spectrum and Protected Transport" has been published in Physical Review X.
- Mikael has been named a 2016 Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences.
- Mikael has been awarded a 2016 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellowship.
- Yuezhou (Ted) Liu has been awarded the Erickson Discovery Grant for summer research in 2015. Congrats Ted!
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Vital Radzivonau appeared in public service announcements which promotes football
The striker of BATE and the national team of Belarus Vital Radzivonau has appeared in public service announcements which promotes football. The author of the video is a student of International Humanitarian-Economic Institute Anton Mamonenko. "The budget of the movie was $ 100 which we paid for the rented equipment. It took little time to persuade Vitaly, he offered to meet personally, where I explained what I wanted. The aim of the video is popularization of football,"- said the author of the video.


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Our people
Growing sustainable talent
At Inchcape, we know that our employees are our most valuable asset. It is the talent and dedication of our people that delivers the company's results year after year and it is important that we value and nurture this vital resource.
Following a global talent review in 2016 we have established DRIVE5, Inchcape's performance driving framework.
The DRIVE5 framework was developed using inputs from colleague and customer focus groups, and incorporates our OEM brand partners' existing frameworks of skills and behaviours, to ensure we can deliver against all our stakeholders' expectations in support of our strategic ambition.
DRIVE5 is about recognising the great work of our employees and building upon our strategic vison of becoming the world's most trusted automotive Distributor and Retailer.
The DRIVE5 performance behaviours apply across all roles, at all levels, and in all locations and encompass:
- Being accountable
- Winning customer trust and loyalty
- Looking ahead
- Collaboration
- Leading the way for others.
Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For
At Inchcape we continue to measure and focus on the engagement and commitment of our employees. In 2016 Inchcape UK, using an external benchmarking review, entered The Sunday Times 'Best Companies to Work For'; the Company was awarded first place in the Times Top 25 Big Companies to Work For, having risen from eighth place in 2015. A cross-section of employees was surveyed by Best Companies and the results showed how employees feel about working for Inchcape UK as an organisation; the support with which they are provided and the development they receive was considered to be amongst the best. While we are proud of this recognition, more importantly we take it as an encouragement to strive for further improvements in our practices and our culture.


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Jamuel Saxon mastermind Keith Milgaten has vowed to stay off drugs after a life-threatening incident on Saturday night.
Reached by phone on Tuesday, Milgaten explained that he'd been drinking heavily and doing cocaine. He had a "self-induced intervention" with his girlfriend and mom and sobered up, but he had a panic attack when they embarked on a road trip to Las Vegas to visit his dying grandmother. As he was driving with his girlfriend, following his mom in another car, his arms went numb, his chest got tight and he started having muscle spasms and losing control of his voice. They pulled off by the side of the road and a police officer escorted them to a nearby urgent-care center.
Milgaten described the experience in a post on Jamuel Saxon's Tumblr site titled "Keithxsn's near date with Death," which he beamed out in a mass email and reposted on his Facebook page this week.
"On the grass outside of the nearby fast food establishment, I prayed from the bottom of my heart, 'Lord please forgive me for the downfalls of my life and give me another chance to make things better,'" he wrote.
He's recovering in Las Vegas and says he'll stay sober on a brief West Coast tour in October. He'll seek help with getting off drugs when he comes back to San Diego. He's been publicizing his experience because he wants people to know that drugs are bad.
"I just want to use whatever voice I have to try to stop this movement of drugs and music being associated with each other," he told CityBeat. "It's not a glamorous thing, and it only ends in the worst shit."
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Whiskey drinkers are getting a taste of Crush Effect, a new electronic trio featuring members of Vokab Kompany, 40 Oz. to Freedom and Karl Denson's Tiny Universe. The trio has a song in a commercial for southern Comfort Fiery Pepper, a whiskey with Tabasco sauce in it. The track, a dubstep-R&B hybrid called "BuIt Down," also features Vokab Kompany vocalists Matt Burke and Robbie Gallo.
Wavves frontman Nathan Williams is working on a video game. It's in the early design stages, but Williams told Pitchfork last week that the premise will be a "nightmare" and the game will be modeled on the 1984 Atari game Paperboy and early Nintendo versions of The Simpsons.


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