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If you are a follower of television news, you undoubtedly know of the problems that Brian Williams, the NBC television network news anchor experienced in early 2015. (If you hadn't heard, he was found to have embellished his experience as a passenger as he was flying in a military helicopter in Iraq while covering a news story. He claimed his helicopter was hit by antiaircraft fire, when, in actuality, it was the lead helicopter; his aircraft was not affected [1].) In April 2015, it was reported that there were other exaggerations attributed to him [2].
There are two different views we can take in considering how Mr. William's story changed over time. On one hand, his exaggerations might be blamed on showmanship or intentionally telling the proverbial "fish that got away" story. On the other hand, his inflation of the facts could be due to what happens when one's memories are saved, retrieved, subtly changed, resaved, and then found to have drifted considerably from the original event [3]. (Either case is a bad situation for a journalist to put himself in.) If we think of it this way, Mr. William's predicament provides a learning opportunity for those involved in deviation and quality event investigations.
Interviews compared to interrogations
If you are investigating any type of quality event – a deviation, complaint, failure – you will undoubtedly need to interview those involved or who have knowledge of the situation: these are the individuals who may have witnessed or contributed in some way to the event.
When many of us think of interviewing a person, the visual that comes to mind is what we see on a television drama: the good cop/bad cop routine or Jack Bauer on the show, 24. In most of those cases, we're not seeing an interview, we're watching an interrogation. There's a significant difference. Interrogation involves a presumption that the person you are talking with is a suspect for an unwanted act. The tone of the interaction is accusatory and has the goal of seeking a confession or obtaining evidence that the person usually does not want to give up. An interview on the other hand is performed in a non-accusatory and conversational way: the interviewer is seeking information and understanding. (For the current gold standard for interviews, my personal suggestion is to watch Charlie Rose's program on PBS.)
How memories are created–and recreated
To better understand the cognitive interview process which is a widely-accepted and evidence-based approach for obtaining information from witnesses [4], we need to first have a high-level understanding of how our brains store and retrieve information. Information is thought to have a "storage" strength and a "retrieval" strength. As we hear, read, or experience an event, that experience initially goes into short-term storage where there are relatively simple chemical changes to the brain's synapses that form the electrical connections between neurons [5, 6]. For the information to become a long-term memory, the neuron must make proteins that consolidate the memories into the brain cells. Pulling the information from the brain requires "retrieval" of that memory, a task that is made easier each time that memory is retrieved. Studying, by the use of flash cards or quizzes or teaching it back to someone (or yourself), strengthens retrieval, in part by re-storing that information in the neurons and increasing the links that particular memory has with other experiences. (Studies have shown that this type of self-quizzing is far more effective for long-term storage/retrieval than just multiple re-readings of that information.)
But the retrieval and re-storage of the information may cause the memory to be altered in some ways [7]. For example, if you are telling a colleague the story of an event you witnessed, you may see their eyes widen at a certain point or that they appear to be bored at another point. Your brain is registering this, saving the additional new information as it re-stores and forms a new, "richer" memory of the story you are telling. The next time you tell the story, you might give a subtle punch to the part that exited the previous listener and quickly gloss over the part that was a bit duller. Doing this several times can wipe out the initial version of the story, replacing it with a new, slightly different account. Conceivably, this could have been what affected Mr. William's memory if he did multiple re-tellings of his story.
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Ways to obtain the most accurate recounting of an incident
If you need to collect information from a witness or someone involved in a quality event or incident, there is some guidance that is based on cognitive research and investigators' experience. The first point is to try and get the information as soon after the event as possible. Accident investigators refer to the optimal time window for this as the "golden hours" [8] that last up to 24 hours after the incident. After that time, memories fade or change and important pieces of evidence degrade or disappear. The sooner you can talk with those involved, the better!
In some situations, people who witness an incident are asked to write a statement of what happened. This can be helpful, but those who have researched knowledge acquisition and management have an expression: "we know more than we can say; we say more than we can write." So while a written statement might have some utility, getting the person to talk about what happened by using a structured interview process is preferred.
The cognitive interview process
The widely accepted approach for doing interviews of witnesses and those involved in an incident is called "cognitive interviewing" and is structured in a way to maximize the reliability of the information being obtained [9]. Doing this as soon after the event as possible helps to minimize the drift in the story that can occur. The cognitive interview process has five specific tasks; each is identified below and described in some detail.
1. Introduction. During this first task, the interviewer establishes rapport with the interviewee and starts to build a level of trust. One doesn't just begin asking for incident-related facts, but rather, uses neutral questions that can build a relationship. For example, "What do you do in a typical workday?" or, "What was the path that got you to your current position?" The interviewer will also mention that the interview process requires concentration and a recall of details that the individual, at the outset, may not think of as important or valuable. This might include sounds, smells, and feelings.
2. Open-ended narration. The interviewer next asks the interviewee to mentally go back to the time and place of the incident and think about it for a moment in order to re-established the context. When ready, the person begins to tell the story. It's critical to avoid interrupting the interviewee – a story that is free-flowing is what is desired here. Non-verbal cues like nodding one's head can provide useful feedback to person giving the information without breaking up the narrative. One of the hardest aspects of this technique for the interviewer is not interrupting the person and asking for more detail; the opportunity of drilling down occurs after the first complete telling of the story. While the interviewee is giving the story, the interviewer should take only minimal notes and focus on what is being said.
3. Asking follow-up questions, probing for detail. Once the whole story has been told, the interviewer asks questions, inquiring about more details. If the interview takes place shortly after the event, the witness may still have a variety of informational bits still available – information that hasn't yet been converted into long term memory or simply discarded. The interviewer can select different scenes or interesting points in the story and probe for more specifics, or go back to the beginning and follow the chronology forward. Another useful technique is to ask the witness to tell the story in reverse order or to ask the interviewee to give the perspective from another person, for example, what an operator in an adjacent room might have heard when a piece of equipment failed.
4. Review. After the information has been obtained, the interviewer should go back over the facts, asking the witness to confirm or clarify them as needed. Times, places, names of materials, and the like are import to verify.
5. Close. Thanking the interviewee and describing the next steps in the investigation process are done as the interview comes to an end. The interviewer might also give his or her phone number to the interviewee in case other details come to mind.
Interviews are an important part of investigating a quality event as one tries to determine the root, contributing, and proximal causes of a quality event or deviation. Conducting and documenting the interview as soon after the event as possible helps to assure the minimal "drift" of facts and that some of the subtle information surrounding the event are retrieved from the interviewee. Using the cognitive interview process is a structured way that can help the investigation team understand the quality event and increase the chances of preventing a recurrence.
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2. Farhi, P., NBC News finds Brian Williams embellished at least 11 times, in Washington Post. 2015.
3. Chabris, C.F. and D.J. Simons, Why our memory fails us, in New York Times. 2014.
4. Wikipedia, Cognitve Interview, in Wikipedia. 2015.
5. Carey, B., How we learn: The surprising truth about when, where, and why it happens. 2014, New York: Random House.
6. Bjork, R., Storage strength vs. retrieval strength. YouTube.
7. Bridge, D.J. and K.A. Paller, Neural correlates of reactivation and retrieval-induced distortion. The Journal of Neuroscience, 2012. 32(35): p. 12144-12151.
8. U.K. College of Policing. Investigation process: golden hours. 2013 27 Apr 2015]; Available from: https://http://www.app.college.police.uk/app-content/investigations/investigation-process/ - golden-hour.
9. Fisher, R.P. and R.E. Geiselman, Memory enhancing techniques for investigative interviewing: The cognitive interview. 1992, Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
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Grupo Banorte O paid a total dividend of 19,335 million MXN last year, for a market value of 348,359 millions (Market Cap 285,417 millions). Dividend per share of Grupo Banorte O is 6.97 MXN, and his stock market price 125.58 MXN.
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The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Grupo Banorte O is MXN 7.26 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of MXN 6.97, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.
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"Why do you have the lights off, Skinny? Everything okay?" Marty was backlit in the kitchen doorway, lurking in his bathrobe. Not lurking, making tea, I reminded myself.
"Shush! She's outside again." I half whispered this and he sighed. A heavy one but not his heaviest. A 6.3 on the Richter Scale. Impressive for a little guy.
"What is it?" I wasn't asking because I wanted to know, and his "fine" told me he knew that.
Why was she here? It was late. We hadn't gone anywhere for days, and the weather was off. Standard Vancouver. Not that cold, but so windy with the rain. And we were in what Marty liked to call "shitty space." He had a bunch of expressions like that that he said with special emphasis. Really precious.
"I feel like taking a nap. Is that okay?" Baby was so stressed. Waiting isn't easy for anyone and he was not someone to ask for things. Really it was my fault. I knew if I said no to anything then he would feel I was saying no to everything, but you can see where that would prove problematic in some ways. Like, suppose I didn't want to wear a dress, or have a chicken salad sandwich?
"I am sure that would be fine." Now I was the one being weirdly formal. His stress was partly a question of when we were going to have sex again. If—not if—but it might be a while, it might take a fight. I felt tired most of the time. And I couldn't help but feel like he was testing me. The truth is I was pretty low. For months I had been saying everything would be fine, but—you know. He was screwing around on me but convinced I didn't know. I tried to think of the last time I believed him when he said where he'd been. But it was different after I started reading his chat logs and IMs. When it was a suspicion, I felt insecure, but somehow I didn't mind so much as when I knew. Maybe it was seeing their faces, reading their profiles and seeing which events they attended, the schools they went to, which causes they supported.
I thought about confronting him, but what would that do? I had no illusions. He lied about hating my new shorter haircut, but he did. He'd let drop, as if it were nothing, that it made me look androgynous. It was supposed to sound curious and interested, even supportive. The fucker. My body had been falling apart for a while—it's a thing that happens when you stop drinking and smoking and being young. And I still liked—something about being with him. Not just the security, because there wasn't so much of that. Being necessary, even if not wanted? The feeling of wanting him, needing him in a bodily way, even if I didn't want sex?
The last time we'd left the house it had been for shopping. He'd woken me up earlier than usual, around nine-thirty, insisting I drink my coffee and eat some peanut butter toast with him. I was near catatonic but didn't put up a fight. Turns out he wanted to have "an excursion. Just Eaton's—nothing special."
I didn't buy anything, just took my time drinking in his body while he tried on new things. Stretchy jeans, mainly. Stuff that showed off his tight ass and long legs. One of his favourite activities, but not only his. I do like to look at him, but it still sometimes strikes me as perverse to so enjoy being with a man that vain. I was almost at the point of making some ironic faux 'phobe comment to let off some steam when I overheard two North Van mums muttering nastily about the pair of fruits in the little boys' section. Then I got all melancholy wondering if his new schoolgirl friends liked to call him faggot the way I did.
"Hey babe. What's up?" he asked, more attuned to what I was feeling than I expected, but I brushed him off anyway. What could he do about it?
I got out of trying things 'cause, so pregnant now, and well … I—we—hadn't even known that was possible. A forty-three-year-old tall girl, and I now I was gonna be the mommy. Ha.
We had been hiding from my parents—my mother really—for over a month now. It had been so long since I'd seen her behind the wheel that I didn't even know she still had her license. Bad enough when she was being brought by my dad, but I was really freaked out by her seemingly newfound ability to drive herself over the bridge and find her way to our doorstep.
If they'd lived close, Marty's folks might have been just as bad, but Judy and Hiram were conveniently planted in Montreal, half a continent away. We'd see when the baby came.
It used to be that I thought my mother's inability to leave the house was a sign of senility. But it turns out this was much worse. Now I couldn't help but feel our own thoughts were getting more distorted from the hiding.
Like, about an hour ago, Marty was taking a shower, and I just knew he wanted me to join him, even though he didn't say anything. I was reading, and I could hear him running the tap, waiting for the hot to start before he flipped the knob so that the water would be directed up to the showerhead. I was sitting on the couch, reading—well, not reading, glancing at—an old issue of EVAH, one of my mom's activist zines and wondering how she ever got into that shit. Then he came out and crouched down by me, didn't say a thing. I could hear the taps still running.
"You running a bath?" I asked.
"Oh, no no," he mumbled.
I looked up him, then. "Is everything alright?"
He swayed, the slightest rock forward and back. Didn't say anything, just looked at me, a bit of distance in his eyes, and a smirk edging his lips. The look was a little cruel, I thought. It wasn't fair that he was so pretty.
Was that supposed to be seductive? I almost said this out loud.
He could tell. His face made a grimace, shamed, but also baffled. I swear he didn't know why he was still with me, except—he hadn't planned on being a father either.
Is it on the down low if everybody knows? I just felt like one of those sisters in a Shirley Jackson novel, but you know our parents weren't dead and I was the eldest so it didn't really hold together.
The house was old before its time. No ancestral haunt—it was just a run down, co-op unit, right off the Drive, one that had seen much better times. Still, Marty sweet talked me—until I had agreed with him— that at the end of the day, we could summon the narcissism, the big production of us in it. Never mind that when he wasn't holding my hand, I could only see it as hubris, the sad shape we were in. Things were falling down a lot, but we could find or borrow the money, put in the work, fix her up. That was what he said. And I knew he had done that with his last girlfriend, the one he almost married but that just on the eve of the reno completion, she'd dumped him and said she wasn't into Jewish boys because they were too needy.
I don't know if he was really needy, but it's like I said to my therapist: right after we got pregnant, he wouldn't let me out of his sight any more than he had too. Didn't want me working, didn't want me doing the dishes. But man, while he was off fucking his bitches, who else would?
My mother came round and the usual thing was as soon as we could hear her coming up the steps we turned off the lights and pretended not to be there. I knew I shouldn't lie to her like that but she'd been acting like the worst bloodhound, sniffing around for trouble. We'd had lots and I didn't need the headache of her finding it out. That was what I was thinking while he boiled the water for his tea. If she found out about the girls he was screwing we'd be finished. I'd lay good odds she'd hit him, maybe hard enough to knock him down. Like me, my mother isn't exactly petit and she has serious arms. After her cancer, training for the dragonboat races became almost an obsession. The breast cancer fundraising was one of her rare concessions to liberal feminism and "the charity-industrial complex." My mother "simply abhors" ideological inconsistencies but that doesn't mean she is immune to them.
Marty was still standing there, his bathrobe half open, holding the steaming tea close to his lips but not sipping it yet. How to get him on board without letting him know I knew? Hell, maybe he already did, the way he left his cell lying around.
My mother had a criminal record—minor political stuff like spiking trees—but it had already been established that the States wouldn't let her in.
"Marty, she's driving me crazy—it's like she thinks the baby is hers and it's still in the belly. My belly. I think we should go to the States after it's born. She can't follow us then." I was whispering, but I couldn't help but imagine her somehow able to hear me through the door.
Marty nodded, but he wasn't really there. Of course, I knew he would never leave town with me. I followed the line of his gaze to where his half-open laptop was perched on a pile of books.
It is disappointing when you figure out your guy is like a special guest in your life, but on his way out. I started feeling teary, so I went to the window, pulled back the drapes slightly. Outside it was darker than I expected. I could hear Marty settle into the couch behind me with his laptop. My mother was already making her way down the steps, shaking her head slightly and muttering to herself about the dump we had moved into, I'm sure. How it wasn't safe for a baby was one of her favourite themes. She wasn't wrong.
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The brick-walled, hearty and rusty microbrewery is famous for its naturally crafted beer that has turned this place into the most sort out waterhole for beer lovers in Bangalore. The popular Tintin Toit, some chicken wings and Toit's famous wood fire pizzas are everything you need to kick off the Oktoberfest with a bang. With a mission to make this world a happier and boozier place, Toit offers tempting stouts, malts, ales, lagers and other refreshing beers. Head out to this energetic paradise at Indiranagar and soak in some live music as you chug in one of the most delectable brews in the city.
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Arbor Brewing Company
Long wooden benches, large steel brewing tanks along the wall, beer coloured walls and some great beer! A perfect recipe to an excellent microbrewery. One cannot simply take their eyes off the large steel breweries and crave for the delights that might be stored inside. The ABC, as it is lovingly known, is one of the most top rated microbreweries in Bangalore. The Bangalore Bliss, their very special brew, is one of the best beer in town! And once the beer is on hand, try the Baked Mac & Cheese and The Flaming Chicken, and you can thank us later for the best time of your life.
District 6
This big guy at Malleshwaram packs a punch! With some of the most beautiful interiors and the wooden barrels of beer, the rustic German ambience, District 6 is a promising microbrewery that can make you go wow. The beer here is fantastic, with classic German touch to it. The Smoking Konig served in a boot, classic draught beers that accentuate German ingredients, District 6 is a celebration of all things German and beer. Walk in and drown a mug, and celebrate Oktoberfest the way the Germans do.
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The industry themed interiors at Prost Brew Pub, along with their freshly brewed beer and classic beer food are all the perfect setting for a great time with old friends. The English Ale and the Lager are perfectly brewed and are a must try. And if live music wasn't enough, you could even show off your talents in Karaoke. Oh, and may we suggest their mini burgers to up the nom-nom quotient of your outing here?


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ESPN's Mel Kiper released his first NFL mock draft before the actual one kicks off in April and he has the Cleveland Browns taking Myles Garrett first overall. That's not a complete shocker, but it's their second pick in the first round that might surprise some people. Most people have Leonard Fournette going first among running backs — despite an injury-riddled season — and Kiper is among them, but he has the presumed second-best back in Dalvin Cook going to the Browns as well.
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While most people have Fournette above Cook based on ceiling and his more physical running style, Cook was clearly the much better running back in 2016 and was a major weapon out of the backfield too. Here's what Kiper said about the Browns nabbing Cook with the 12th overall pick:
"After picking Myles Garrett No. 1, this would give the Browns two prospects in the top five of my Big Board," Kiper writes. "Cook is a speedy home-run hitter who rushed for 4,464 yards and had 48 total touchdowns in three seasons for the Seminoles. Cleveland also could look at an offensive lineman, cornerback or linebacker."
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Mayor hits back with hilarious response after thugs try to troll him with graffiti
This local politician had the perfect response after a nasty comment was spray-painted on a local wall.
Waterford city mayor John Hearne was going for a run early on Tuesday morning when he spotted "F**k the pig's [sic], F**k John Hearne" written in red letters across from his home.
The politician took to Facebook to vent his fury at the graffiti artist. But his response was not quite what you'd expect.
Cllr Hearne wrote: "Imagine how sad you would have to be to have to crawl around in the dark to paint this.
"You can see this type in court crying to the judge because they weren't breast fed and the mammy's on heorin every week.
"Not to like me is one thing but anybody who saw the film babe must love pigs."
Cllr Hearne has reported the graffiti incident to gardaí and has already arranged to have it removed.
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This is not the first time he has been targeted in his estate.
In February 2014 a car belonging to him was petrol bombed by a local gang.
In April of this year Cllr Hearne spoke out after a family home in Waterford was daubed in racist graffiti.
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The distraught mum-of-two (45) said this is the fourth attack that her family was subjected to.
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QUESTION: Why would an 80-year-old man and an 85-year-old woman want to buy a copy of "Rudolph Valentino's Moose" just to see photographs of themselves in it, when the author didn't even know that there were photographs of them in it--and why did the said pair decide not to write to the publisher as happens in such case, and ask for the pictures to be removed, rather than consult a lawyer who deals only in accident claims, divorces, and petty matters?
QUESTION: Why did the said firm of lawyers not tell this elderly pair, and two others not quite as elderly, that for this kind of thing there is protocol--i.e., write to the publisher, and if achieving no success there, consult a libel/copyright lawyer?
QUESTION: Why did the said firm of lawyers assign the "law-suit" not to one of their partners, but to a legal executive not qualified to handle such matters?
QUESTION: Why did this legal executive assign lawyer's duties to his secretary, who amongst other things writes a series of very legal--and litigious--letters on his behalf, and signs them with her own name?
The answer to most of these questions is...MONEY. They think that I have a lot, and they want it! And they ain't getting it!
How on earth did Leonard Daykin, Winifred Brownlow, Margaret Gill and James Sanderson come to be reading such a book, having been 'made aware' that photographs were in it, of them as children, astonishes me. There are around 200 photographs in the Nancy books. I have no idea who most of them are--they came from very old family albums, some dating back to 1904, and a few were purchased on American e-bay. One or two, Jeanne thought she recognised--therefore I posted these on a group, and these were subsequently discarded.
Leonard et all are very upset that 'they' have been described in such a manner in the Nancy books, as they say that it defames them. In fact, absolutely no one would have known who the actual subjects of these pictures were--indeed, neither would I--had they not taken this action against me. They are not captioned with their names.
Mr Daykin does not like his image being described as the young Nancy, and feels that his family will now mistake him for a one-eyed, American homophobic woman with one leg shorter than the other and a tattooed vagina. He must have a very odd family who hasn't been looking at him much over the last eighty years!
Ms Gill does not like being 'mistaken' for Lord Cecil Wilde, and that she was involved with the Cleveland Street Scandal. Let's see--that would make her around 160 years old, were she still alive. And if she's not alive, why worry?
Mr Sanderson does not want to be mistaken as Nancy's child, the one who was knocked down by a car and killed in 1940.
Ms Brownlow, finally, does not wish to be mistaken as Nancy's mother, Molly, who had a passionate affair with a Red Indian chief in 1903.
NONE of these pictures were used intentionally, and of course the proper thing to do--as happened with Garbo, Dietrich and Liz Taylor--would have been to request that the pictures be used. The accidental use of such pictures, Mr Executive, does not fall under the Obscene Publications Act. Indeed, I would have remained a gentleman and never made any of these names public had not Mr Executive DEMANDED that I make a public apology, which of course left me with no alternative. So, effectively, HE is the one who has caused these people embarrassment, not myself, and in layman's terms made them look a real bunch of sad old twits!
So, not only did I remove the 'offending pictures', I withdrew the print books from sale. Print books of this kind do not sell well--the customers prefer downloads. I informed Mr Executive of this, and received no reply--resulting in the said firm of lawyers being investigated, a process which continues--and Mr Daykin went out and bought another print copy of 'Moose'. This must have been delivered by streak lightning, for he claims he bought it on 20 October and that it arrived the next day. LIAR, Mr D. No retail site is that fast! And Mr D says that the pictures are still here. Of course they will still be there, if you've bought a copy which was left in stock--I can't toddle around all the book stores and buy them all up, and I'm certainly not travelling to Japan and Russia just to please you!
So, to conclude, Mr Executive's SECRETARY--not the man himself--has not given instructions for a barrister to be appointed, all because of four pictures which were erroneously included in a spoof book! I'm just wondering what they are expecting of all this? The re-introduction of capital punishment and a gallows erected in their town square? Winning £1 million in compensation from me? First of all they must get past the two disclaimers in the book--the fact that any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental, and that there is an Adult Content warning. I wish them luck. If they can prove that they are actually the people in the book, then the average age of this quartet is 110-years-old, and even Nancy didn't live that long! And of course, those accusing will be compelled--or their barrister will--to read out the offending passages to a courthouse which naturally will be packed to the rafters. I do press very well, and in his missive Mr Executive, who I am sure derived some sort of sardonic pleasure out of this, draws very elaborate attention to a sheep-shagging incident in Ilkley which involves two pairs of wellingtons, but none of the above persons!
And if this is what happens with a spoof, I'm eager to see what happens when my autobiography drops into their laps. Suffice to say, you cannot libel the dead in this country, not that this will stop them from trying to get a few bob out me!


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This Master's specialisation offers a thorough programme in the heart of chemistry, covering all stages from molecule design to application.
Molecular chemistry is a creative science, where chemists synthesize molecules with new biological or physical properties to address scientific or societal challenges. Think of new catalytic conversions, lead compounds for future medicines or the next generation of conducting polymers. Working with chemical structures the possibilities are endless: in principle, every molecule can be made. The challenge is to adapt the 3D-structure to the desired properties and design an efficient synthesis method.
Why study Molecular Life Science at Radboud University?
The specialisation in Molecular Chemistry is closely connected to the Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM), which hosts world-class research groups and a state-of-the-art research infrastructure. In your internships, you can conduct independent research at IMM, under personal guidance of a researcher. Not seldom this leads to a scientific publication with you as a co-author.
The IMM at Radboud University hosts a large and internationally renowned cluster of molecular chemistry groups, where you will participate in challenging research projects.
The Master's specialisation Molecular Chemistry is taught at the Faculty of Science. It has a course load of 120 EC (two-year). The programme depends on the Master's that you follow: Chemistry or Science.
A Bachelor�s degree in Molecular Life Sciences ties in directly with and leads on to the Master of Molecular Life Sciences at Radboud University. This is a two-year Master�s programme that is taught in English. Within the Master�s you specialise in a particular field and in a number of skills by choosing one of the six Master specialisations, ranging from Neuroscience and Chemistry for Life to Management and Innovation. A Bachelor of Molecular Life Sciences also gives you access to a number of specialisations at various other universities in the Netherlands and abroad.Master specialisations
The Master specialisations on offer tie in with the world-class research that is carried out at Radboud University. The Master's of Molecular Life Sciences lets you choose from six specialisations. If you enjoy doing research, you could choose Chemistry for Life, Clinical Biology, Medical Epigenomics or Neuroscience. If you would like to apply your scientific knowledge to issues facing society, then Science, Management and Innovation or Science in Society could be of interest to you. If you want to become a secondary school teacher, you could choose the Science and Education specialisation. And if you spot a Master�s programme that interests you at another university in the Netherlands or abroad, your Bachelor�s degree will allow you to switch to that university.Career prospects
Molecular Life Sciences graduates from Radboud University end up in a wide range of jobs. Ten years after starting their careers those without a PhD mainly work as managers in a technological environment. Those with a PhD often become specialists with a managerial role. They continue with research in research departments at Radboud University or at other universities at home or abroad.
Each year students organise the B�ta Bedrijven Beurs to keep abreast of the requirements of the job market. This expo is an ideal meeting place for students and employers. It tells you about the latest developments in the job market and helps you prepare for jobs that might interest you. Staff from Career Service Science are available to answer your questions about preparing for your career. They can provide information about internships and vacancies, as well as tips on matters such as writing a job application or a CV.Working after your Master�s
Getting a PhDOnce you have completed your Master�s and are certain that you would like to continue as a researcher, you can choose to do a PhD in your field. PhD candidates make an important contribution to research at Nijmegen. About 44% of graduates in molecular life sciences go on to do a PhD.
Job opportunitiesWithin six months of graduating, 97% of graduates find paid work. About 66% of graduates find paid work immediately after graduation. In addition, 83% of those with a job report that they have a job at university level.
Starting salaryThe average starting salary for graduates with a Bachelor�s degree in Molecular Life Sciences, followed by a related Master�s, is �2185 gross per month.
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Molecular Life Sciences is a three-year English-taught Bachelor�s programme and a two-year Master�s programme. The molecular foundation is laid in the first year (propedeuse), after which you can deepen your knowledge of the biomedical side. After one and half years you are free to choose your own subjects. After passing your Bachelor�s exam, you are awarded your degree and can call yourself a Bachelor of Science (BSc). If you want to know more, read about the first year of the Bachelor of Molecular Life Sciences. If you are curious about what to expect after the first year, read about the second and third years of the Bachelor of Molecular Life Sciences.Degree programme in Molecular Life Sciences
Each academic year is divided into four ten-week quarters. You will have eight weeks of classes, followed by two weeks of exams, which ensures that the study load is evenly distributed across the year. As a Molecular Life Sciences student, you have a full-time study week of 38 hours, in which you will experience different modes of instruction. Most courses involve both lectures and seminars, which account for about 40 % of your study time. Seminars involve about 20 students. You also spend about one-third of your time on practicals, which includes computer practicals. Practicals are done individually, in pairs or in a group as part of a project, which helps you to get to know your fellow students. The practicals are linked to the subject matter in the lectures. You are also expected to spend about a quarter of your study week on independent study.Studying alongside Science and Chemistry students
The Chemistry, Science and Molecular Life Sciences programmes are closely aligned and have been brought together in a single cluster. During the first three quarters of the academic year you take courses alongside Chemistry and Science students. Because of the way the teaching is organised in the Science faculty, you can easily switch from Molecular Life Sciences to the Chemistry or Science programme during your first year or once you have successfully completed it. You don�t lose any time and this is a useful option if you are not yet sure which programme you want to take.
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If you think so, check the admission requirements for the Bachelor's in Molecular Life Sciences. If you want to find out more about the research carried out within this Faculty, check the research page.
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Tim Holtz' 12 tags of christmas rolls on and here is my 7th tag.
I made my poinsetta with and old curtain that I colored with distress ink Barn Door and Aged Mahogany. And than I sprayed some glimmermist over. I glued the cloth onto some gold foil and cut out petals by hand. I did the same thing with the leafs just a different color of course ;o)
I embossed the tag with the Notesheet embossing folder and colored it with Walnut stain and Vintage photo and then covered it with Frosted Lace stickles.
My swirls is some that I got from my aunt Wenche - they are Sizzix. I embossed them with a silver and black embossing mix.
I could not fit the whole word "joyful" so I hade to stop at "joy". I could not color the letters so I just covered them with distress stickles.
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Here is a Baby Boy Mini Album I made last year (2015), this was the first one I ever made and I was really proud of it.
As it was so long ago that I made it, the pictures aren't to good and I would like to apologise in advance.
So here we go…
Every page is a pocket… When you pull out the tab, you get a large photo base on each side.
I can remember while I was making this, I was realising how chunky it was becoming…so I was trying to calm down with the embellishments. Next one I make I will be taking this into account. When I finished it, it was hard to tie the ribbon to close it.
Here's some close ups…
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I have the following hardware:
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Sapphire Radeon R9 380 Nitro Dual-X 4GB
Intel Core i5 6600K
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Samsung 850 EVO Series M.2 250GB SSD
SilverStone SX600-G SFX Modular 600W Power Supply
Corsair DDR4 2400MHz 16GB 2x288DIMM
Now i'd like to install El Capitan on my pc and i know installing on a Z170 is a pain in the ass but is there a way to make it work on my system?
I've had osx working on a pc before but that was with a z97 chipset.
Anyone who can point me in the right direction? Where do i start?
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'The Spectacular Now' Interview: Director Says Hollywood Needs 'Simpler Stories, More Complicated Characters'
If you've seen The Spectacular Now, then you know it is no ordinary teen drama. Not a bit like most other "last day of high school" movies with which you're well acquainted. And while the genre is filled with fun, moving, and otherwise memorable entries, the new endeavors taken on by The Spectacular Now are more than just inventive, they're invaluable. In speaking with director James Ponsoldt, we touched on how he made his film so "special," what the powerful story means to him, and where the genre is heading as a whole.
First off, I want to know, did you come onto the movie based on a relationship you had with the book?
I had known of the book because it had been nominated for a National Book Award a couple of years before. I hadn't read it. The producers of Spectacular Now approached me after Sundance 2012 — I had a movie called Smashed there — and they said, 'Hey, we loved your movie. Do you want to read this script?' Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber adapted it.'
I never really thought that I would direct someone else's script, but I was open to it. It sounded interesting, and I was profoundly moved by it. I read Tim's novel immediately afterward and loved.
Was there something specific about the way that they write that made you more willing to take on their script?
I had always been interested in writing something that had dealt with adolescence, and dealt with some stuff that I was dealing with as a teenager. I had never gotten around to it. And then with Tim's book — this character, Sutter, is kind of who I was when I was that age. It was kind of like, 'Oh my God, someone wrote my story.' So it was very much just loving that character and feeling that I had to tell it. Also, the producers were very open. If I was going to do someone else's script, I wanted to do it in a very specific and personal way. I wanted specific actors, I wanted to shoot it in my hometown of Athens, Georgia — there were a lot of things I wanted to do that I thought they would probably… I wanted to give them every reason to say no. But they're like, 'We want to make this with you. Make it in whatever you want. We love it.'
I like the way you use the phrase "my story." There's an authenticity to this that I haven't seen in a movie about adolescence in years. Can you put into words how you guys worked to achieve that?
I think it started from [the fact that] the novel and the screenplay respect the characters and don't passing judgment over them. They allow the characters to not be overly clever or overly cynical. There's an earnestness to it, I think, in the casting. Across the board. I cast actors who I think are unbelievably natural, and who I, and I think the audience, want to spend time with. But who also can really handle dramatic scenes, bring levity to the dramatic scenes, and, in more comedic scenes, can ground them. You never know exactly, emotionally, which pitch or valance a scene's going to have — if it's going to go dark or light. And then really recognizing who these people were as actors, and not micromanaging them. Planning a lot with the actors. Talking about the scenes a ton. Really allowing the freedom for there to be happy accidents — almost seeking those things out.
I feel like a lot of these types of movies are being attempted. Perks came out last year, The Fault in Our Stars is in development now. There have always been movies about teenagers. But is there something about this era that is more conducive to open, honest, and biting movies like these? Or that really needs them?
I think people always need books and films to make them feel less alone. A world where they can connect. I think that everyone has that experience — whatever that book was for them. Whether it's a Judy Blume book, or whether it's Catcher in the Rye. Whatever it is, when you were 13 or 14 and thought, 'Oh my God, I thought I was the only person who was dealing with this.' You really connect strongly [to firsts]. When you get your heart broken for the first time, or you 'break up' with your best friend. You feel like, 'I'm gonna die.' You don't have an elaborate system of coping mechanisms that you develop as an adult to deal with these things. The truth is, if you look at European films or Asian films, they've always been making movies about young people. And they dignify them and take them seriously whether they're six or 16 or 60. As for the American Hollywood studio system, maybe there needs to be a financial incentive for them. At some point, it seems like they decided that these movies aren't financially viable. Or that we need to really go for blockbusters. And these movies are never going to be huge blockbusters the way a four quadrant tent pole comic book movie will. Though I think people can actually articulate now, 'Holy shit. It's been almost 30 years since John Hughes was making those movies.' Say Anything came out in '89. A lot of people who grew up watching those movies are now running studios. So hopefully, they'll realize there is a financial viability. And then actually, I think it's just having a fundamental respect for your audience. Respect for a younger audience. Realizing, 'No, no, they want to see movies about them where it's just them. Not them turning into werewolves. Just them.'
Do you think the movies of John Hughes, or the people who grew up with them and are now making these movies, do you think they lent to them
Yeah, John Hughes… there are some things that I like, but there are things in those movies that I don't like, too. I didn't grow up in a rich white suburb in Chicago. Race and class in those movies I don't really relate to. I grew up in the Deep South, went to a public school. There was a lot of poverty in my school, more black than white. It was very different in that regard.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is an amazing movie, but it is a fairy tale. It's a fantasy. There's no consequence. You can do anything. The pain and fear and anxiety in something like The Breakfast Club is real. Cameron Crowe — I think his movies are really tonally spot-on. Richard Linklater, of course. Dazed and Confused is a masterpiece. I think those are movies that you watch at a certain time and they are meaningful. For myself … Lukas Moodyson's first movie Show Me Love is really meaningful. Kes, Ken Loach's film, is really meaningful. Over the Edge. River's Edge. There's a lot of other movies from the '70s and '80s that are more meaningful to me. They go to darker places and don't get as goofy. Humor is great, but it has to be earned. Injecting an emotional scene in the middle of a sitcom isn't really my thing. It's bits and pieces. I'm pretty democratic, I'm not a snob about it. I love having a good time when I see a movie. You know, I'll go back and watch Sixteen Candles. Anthony Michael Hall is still amazing in that movie. Still really, really funny. Amazing in that movie. When you see Robert Downey Jr. in Weird Science, you see that guy is electric. You can just tell: "That guy is going to be somebody!"
What's interesting about this movie is that you don't often have a movie with a character like Sutter. He's dynamic. On the surface, Sutter is what you'd have in a normal teen movie. And then you combine that with a more sensitive character that you'd see in, say, The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I'd like to know what you think is achieved by showing that these heroes, these class presidents, also have this darkness and pain.
I think part of what Tim Tharp's novel does, and what the screenplay and the film try to achieve… one thing they deal with is gender politics, and the false notions of masculinity that I think especially young men have been forced fed. If you look at Hollywood studio comedies of the past 15 years, there's an archetype of this crazy, wacky 45-year-old guy who won't grow up! And then he meets a girl and he grows up, or something. And it's kind of absurd. Those movies are fun — they're fairy tales, they're fantasy, they're goofy and not grounded in reality — but the fact is, a lot of these characters are kind of raging narcissists. And if you've ever been raised by a guy who is 45 but still thinks he's 20, that's a horrible person to raise you. That person would abandon your mother, because he's like, "I can't settle down! I like ladies!" Or whatever the thing is. It's kind of a corrosive role model. And I think, at the end of the day, this is a story about a kid who worships a father who abandoned his mother. And he kind of hates his mom for it, for no good reason. He has this idea that this guy is who he should be as a man. And consequently, he treats his mom kind of bad. He's not really that great to the women in his life in general. And all that crazy social drinking he's doing, he's actually medicating pain or deflecting. He's got that laissez-faire "Live in the now, bro!" attitude. It sounds great, it sounds kind of Zen. But it's also ethically lazy. It means, actually, "I don't care what I do to you, or how it affects you in the future, because I'm just living in the now." Actually thinking about the future and being concerned about other people is not such a bad thing. It's actually pretty great.
Do you see that sort of epidemic, the carefree mentality, as a big problem in how it is portrayed in movies?
I don't know. In movies or in life… I just think a lot of movies, in most big movies, I don't connect with them emotionally. I don't connect with the characters. The characters feel totally two-dimensional. I can't see myself in them. I don't think they really think about the characters. I think they're thinking about the action figures. About the plot and the effects. And that's fun. I watch big, dumb event movies. I love 'em. Give me some popcorn and some 3D glasses and I'll have a blast. I do feel that there's an appetite in audiences for a different type of movie, though. Where the characters still live on in their imagination, and people can actually see themselves in them. And they can relate, and access the movie as a compass for what they're doing. I don't know if, or I hope I would never make a "message" movie, or anything like that. I don't know about epidemics. I think there is a lot of lazy filmmaking out there. I think the world needs more films with characters who we can really root for and find ourselves in. That's where it should start from. Start with simpler stories but more complicated characters. That's what I want to see, personally, as a film buff.
I think my favorite line in the entire movie is the final line Sutter says to Bob Odenkirk's character. I'm interested in how you managed to keep such a dramatic scene from fleeing too far from the naturalistic feel of the movie.
It's of note that the guy who delivering that [scene] is Bob Odenkirk. People know him now from Breaking Bad, but he's one of the creators and costars of Mr. Show with David Cross. If you want to cast a really funny, boring-looking middle-aged white dude, you couldn't do much better than Bob Odenkirk. He's almost like this sad, middle-aged clown, saying something very sobering and very serious. I guess it sort of stems from my value system. I've never understood, even from a young age, when I would see in a video store: here's the drama section, here's the comedy section. That's just a movie that I love, and life as I know it doesn't function that way. Some of the funniest people I know are epically depressed and suicidal. And it goes all ways. I like populating movies with really funny people who can do drama, and vice versa. And just taking the characters seriously. Taking the wants and needs very seriously. Figuring out how to create a story and make the scenes have real stakes. It's really important to these characters — if there's no stakes, then who cares? Why watch the movie? Why waste people's time?
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