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Spulver worms were flesh-eating parasites. They evolved on the third moon of Aayavex after the indigenous population wiped itself out in a global genetics war.
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Spulver Worms were incredibly durable, able to survive for decades without eating, to grow at a phenomenal rate, and to survive terrible wounds. They hunted by temperature alone and had no other sensory organs. They had a cluster of tentacles at one end of their bodies, which they used for hunting. (PROSE: Coldheart)
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A cargo ship passed through the Aayavex system and picked up a young Spulver worm from Aayavex III. It crash-landed on Eskon. The worm survived, although it was badly wounded, and began to grow and reproduce, producing over a million eggs. The pus from the wounded Spulver worm in the ice mine released Spulver DNA into the water supply. Once digested, it overwrote the genetic material of the Eskoni, producing the Slimers. (PROSE: Coldheart)


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Matthew Dellavedova has expressed a desire to stay with the NBA World Champion Cleveland Cavaliers, and not to imply anything negative toward Delly, but Bob Dylan said it best when he said, "You just want to be on the side that's winnin'."
Nothing whatsoever wrong with wanting to play on a top team and sports history is replete with many examples of athletes turning down lucrative offers from bottom dwellers and rising teams in order to avoid years of patience-sapping losses.
Dellavedova, apparently sated from the more or less constant hoopla the City of Cleveland lavished on the team that ended Cleveland's 50-year championship drought, has returned to Melbourne in order to gain a faraway perspective on his future.
The Detroit Pistons are one team seeking his services and is reportedly waving $10 million U.S. in his direction. It could be interesting to see him join Detroit as the Pistons could also use a jolt to revive their crumbling City of Detroit.
Another city that has fallen on tough time of late is Milwaukee and the Bucks franchise would likely match any offer the Pistons would make.
What remains to be seen is how much the desire to play a limited role for a winner counts against the big money potential, along with how far the Cavaliers are willing to extend themselves to hold onto Dellavedova, since they could consider him expendable, given the upside potential of Kyrie Irving for years to come.


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By Nick Nunn staff writer
Madison Mayor Fred Perriman and Madison City Council Members Bobby Crawford and Chris Hodges were sworn in by Morgan County Probate Court Judge Charles Merritt last Thursday, Jan. 2, to mark the official beginning of their terms in office.
All three elected officials read their oath of office before posing for photos to commemorate the occasion. Merritt offered Perriman the chance to speak before adjourning the ceremony. Perriman said that the beginning of the new terms marks a "great celebration" and that he "looks forward to positive things happening."
"I feel honored, yet humbled," said Perriman, who assured those in attendance that his "care and… concern will be for this great city."
Perriman then reminded the City Council members that "we're here to vote our consciences, vote our hearts" in order to serve the people of Madison. "Don't look at me as the black mayor of Madison," stated Perriman, acknowledging his status as the first black mayor in Madison's history. "It is one Madison, we are one people."


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- Creates a Learning Environment: develops staff and self through mentoring, continued education, providing an opportunity to learn new skills.
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Title hopefuls Hibs and Gżira United in direct clash
Qormi vs Valletta (Friday – National Stadium, 7pm)
The second-round meeting between Qormi and Valletta kicks off matchday 17 of the BOV Premier League.
Buoyed by their 2-0 win over Birkirkara, Valletta, currently sharing top spot with Hibernians, are regarded as favourites to pick up the three points but Qormi are also on a high after ending their disappointing run with a 2-0 victory over fellows-in-distress Pietà Hotspurs last weekend.
Qormi have never beaten Valletta in Malta's top division. They have only managed two draws in 34 meetings with Valletta.
Tensior Gusman is suspended for Qormi.
The first-round match saw Valletta beat Qormi 6-0.
Senglea Athletic vs Pietà Hotspurs (Saturday – Centenary Stadium, 2pm)
This is a direct relegation clash. Senglea Athletic will be bidding to win their fourth consecutive game to further boost their chances of keeping their top-flight status.
Last week, the Yellow-Reds beat Balzan 2-1 to make it three consecutive wins in the BOV Premier League for the first time in the club's history.
Pietà will be going all out to reverse their fortunes after failing to collect any points from their last six games. Only a win would satisfy Ramon Zammit's side.
Neil Pace Cocks is suspended for the Hotspurs.
The first-round match ended in a 1-1 draw.
Mosta vs Balzan (Saturday – Hibernians Stadium, 2pm)
Jacques Scerri will take charge of his first game since being appointed coach of Balzan following the resignation of Marko Micovic in the wake of the 2-1 defeat to Senglea Athletic.
Balzan will be without suspended duo Paul Fenech and Elkin Orlando Serrano Valero.
Nenad Sljivic is expected to be available for the Reds who need a win to revive their bid for a top-four finish.
Mosta coach Mark Miller is expected to field the same formation that started the 2-0 win over Tarxien Rainbows last weekend.
Balzan beat Mosta 3-1 in the first round.
Sliema Wanderers vs St Andrews (Saturday – Centenary Stadium, 4.15pm)
Sliema Wanderers will be aiming to get back to winning ways while St Andrews will be determined to bounce back from their 3-0 defeat to Ħamrun Spartans.
The Blues are still in contention for a Europa League spot while St Andrews' top objective is to retain their BOV Premier League status.
Both teams have one player suspended. Captain Mark Scerri is out for the Wanderers while Kevyn McFarlane msses out for the Saints after both collected their fourth yellow card last weekend.
In the first round, Sliema Wanderers emerged 2-0 winners.
Ħamrun Spartans vs Tarxien Rainbows (Saturday – Hibernians Stadium, 4pm)
Euro challengers Ħamrun Spartans will be hopeful of extending their positive run when they face Tarxien Rainbows who are coming from a 2-0 defeat to Mosta.
The Spartans are unbeaten in their last nine games – their last defeat was against Hibernians (1-2) on October 21. They have since won six matches and drew three times.
Coach Giovanni Tedesco is still serving a touchline ban while goalkeeper Manuel Bartolo is suspended.
The Rainbows are strengthened by the return of defender Daniel Zerafa.
They will be aiming to repeat their first-round performance which brought them a 2-1 win over Ħamrun Spartans.
Hibernians vs Gżira United (Sunday – National Stadium, 2pm)
The most attractive fixture of matchday 17 is the top-of-the-table encounter between joint-leaders Hibernians and second-placed Gżira United.
With only 10 matches remaining, both teams are aware of the importance of this game for their title aspirations.
Hibernians are sharing top spot with Valletta, three points ahead of Gżira United who are the only unbeaten team in the BOV Premier League. However, the Maroons are coming from three successive draws.
The Paolites have Marcelo Dias and Isaac Toah Ntow suspended while coach Stefano Sanderra will complete his two-match touchline ban.
Wing-back Joseph Mbong returns from suspension while the Maroons are still without Senegalese striker Amadou Samb who is recovering from a long-term injury
The first-round match between Gżira United and Hibs was a thrilling affair with the Maroons prevailing 3-2.
Birkirkara vs Floriana (Sunday – National Stadium, 4pm)
Another enticing encounter between two teams who need the points for different reasons.
Birkirkara, who lost 2-0 to Valletta, need a win to stay in the hunt for a top-four finish while Floriana face a must-win scenario as they look to improve their lowly position in the standings.
Danilo Chapoval is suspended for Birkirkara while Floriana will be without Tiago Galvao da Silva.
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SUDBURY, Ont. – A 36-year-old man is dead and a 28-year-old man is seriously injured after an incident at Vale's smelter in Sudbury.
A spokesman for the mining company, Kelly Strong, says the two industrial mechanics were working on a crusher Sunday night when something went wrong.
Steelworkers Local 6500 president Rick Bertrand says a pin in the crusher somehow broke off and became lodged in the machine, before it released due to pressure.
The name of the dead worker hasn't been released, but he had two years of service with Vale and a number of years' experience as an industrial mechanic.
Vale and the union will both be involved in looking into the tragedy, but it's unclear whether it will be a joint investigation.
The smelter is shut down and counselling is available for workers who need it.
NDP mines critic Michael Mantha noted that this is the fourth mining death in Sudbury since 2011.
Mantha said New Democrats will continue to call for a public inquiry into mining safety, saying legislators need to do everything in their power to ensure that mines are as safe as they can possibly be.
"We need to ensure that we have laws in place that protect miners and that protect all working people," Mantha said.


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What are the advantages of running a model with Triton Inference Server compared to running directly using the model's framework API?¶
When using Triton Inference Server the inference result will be the same as when using the model's framework directly. However, with Triton we get benefits like concurrent model execution (the ability to run multiple models at the same time on the same GPU) and dynamic batching to get better throughput. We can also replace or upgrade models while Triton and client application are running. Another benefit is that Triton can be deployed as a Docker container, anywhere – on premises and on public clouds. Triton Inference Server also supports several frameworks such as TensorRT, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and ONNX on both GPUs and CPUs leading to a streamlined deployment.
Can Triton Inference Server run on systems that don't have GPUs?¶
Yes, see Running Triton On A System Without A GPU.
Can Triton Inference Server be used in non-Docker environments?¶
Yes. Triton Inference Server has a CMake build that allows the server to be built from source making it more portable to non-Docker environments. For more details, see Building Triton with CMake. After building you can then run Triton outside of Docker as described in Running Triton Without Docker.
Do you provide client libraries for languages other than C++ and Python?¶
We provide C++ and Python client libraries to make it easy for users to write client applications that communicate with Triton. We chose those languages because they were likely to be popular and performant in the ML inference space, but in the future we can possibly add another language if there is a need.
We provide the GRPC API as a way to generate your own client library for a large number of languages. By following the official GRPC documentation and using src/core/grpc_service.proto you can generate language bindings for all the languages supported by GRPC. We provide two examples of this:
Go: `https://github.com/NVIDIA/triton-inference-server/tree/master/src/clients/go`_.
Python: `https://github.com/NVIDIA/triton-inference-server/blob/master/src/clients/python/api_v1/examples/grpc_image_client.py`_.
In general the client libraries (and client examples) are meant to be just that, examples. We feel the client libraries are well written and well tested, but they are not meant to serve every possible use case. In some cases you may want to develop your own customized library to suit your specific needs.
How would you use Triton Inference Server within the AWS environment?¶
In an AWS environment, the Triton Inference Server docker container can run on CPU-only instances or GPU compute instances. Triton can run directly on the compute instance or inside Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). In addition, other AWS services such as Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) can be used for load balancing traffic among multiple Triton instances. Elastic Block Store (EBS) or S3 can be used for storing deep-learning models loaded by the inference server.
How do I measure the performance of my model running in the Triton Inference Server?¶
The Triton Inference Server exposes performance information in two ways: by Prometheus metrics and by the statistics endpoint.
A client application, perf_client, allows you to measure the performance of an individual model using a synthetic load. The perf_client application is designed to show you the tradeoff of latency vs. throughput.
How can I fully utilize the GPU with Triton Inference Server?¶
Triton Inference Server has several features designed to increase GPU utilization:
Triton can simultaneous perform inference for multiple models (using either the same or different frameworks) using the same GPU.
Triton can increase inference throughput by using :ref:`multiple
instances of the same model <section-concurrent-model-execution>` to handle multiple simultaneous inferences requests to that model. Triton chooses reasonable defaults but you can also control the exact level of concurrency on a model-by-model basis.
Triton can batch together multiple inference requests into a single inference execution. Typically, batching inference requests leads to much higher thoughput with only a relatively small increase in latency.
As a general rule, batching is the most beneficial way to increase GPU utilization. So you should alway try enabling the dynamic batcher with your models. Using multiple instances of a model can also provide some benefit but is typically most useful for models that have small compute requirements. Most models will benefit from using two instances but more than that is often not useful.
If I have a server with multiple GPUs should I use one Triton Inference Server to manage all GPUs or should I use multiple inference servers, one for each GPU?¶
Triton Inference Server will take advantage of all GPUs on the server that it has access to. You can limit the GPUs available to Triton by using the CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES environment variable (or with Docker you can also use NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES or –gpus flag when launching the container). When using multiple GPUs, Triton will distribute inference request across the GPUs to keep them all equally utilized. You can also control more explicitly which models are running on which GPUs.
In some deployment and orchestration environments (for example, Kubernetes) it may be more desirable to partition a single multi-GPU server into multiple nodes, each with one GPU. In this case the orchestration environment will run a different Triton for each GPU and an load balancer will be used to divide inference requests across the available Triton instances.


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Where: Cornwall, England
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We are looking for a driven, passionate individual who wants to gain first hand experience of choreographing for film in the medium of vertical dance.
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The P2 is significantly more stable than its older brother the P1. Targeted especially for pro-players the P2 works great for wrist-putts and fade-in shots inside and outside the circle. Due to it's stability the P2 works great for approaches and can even tackle strong headwinds. It is also a very consistent driving putter.
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Meet 35 year Old Brian Johnson, based in San Francisco
"I made this playlist mostly for myself, but for my friends as well. I really just wanted a good playlist of the type of music played at circuit (gay dance) parties. This playlist features mostly niche electronic dance music (tribal house, house, tech house and other groovy dark sounds)."
What is the best concert you've ever been to?
Gorgon City Live Concert at The Warfield in San Francisco
What music did you grow up listening to as a young kid?
Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Green Day, Offspring to name a few
If you were a singer, what current living artist would you like to collaborate with?
Lady Gaga
Name your top 3 favorite artist and why?
Dua Lipa, Rihanna, Lady Gaga - I'm impartial to great sounding female vocals. And these artists really push the envelope by producing emotional, suggestive, and provocative music.
Name one of your favorite albums of all time?
'Thriller' by Michael Jackson; I wasn't alive during the hay-day of The Beatles, but I can certainly appreciate their work.


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On 30th October 2019 Autism Bedfordshire organised and ran its first ever Children's Service conference. The day was split into two sessions; one during the daytime and one in the evening. The daytime session included talks from HCB solicitors about the EHCP process, speech and language therapists who discussed supporting communication and a selection of colleagues from the CAMHs team and a consultant paediatrician who spoke about the Autism Assessment and the diagnosis process. For the evening session we had Jennifer Wilson, Principal Psychologist at CAMHS, who talked about Anxiety and Behaviour – Impact and Strategies.
Please click on the links to view slides from some of the presentations.
Anxiety & Behaviour – Jenny Wilson
The EHCP Process – Laura Carr


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From de Sica's Umberto D. (1951):
In this short scene, de Sica distills the entire film's theme into the (non)interaction between these two characters. There are three scenes in Umberto D. that I think represent the height of Italian neorealism, and this is one of them. (The other two are the final scene, in which Umberto almost commits suicide, and an earlier scene in which Umberto, after losing his beloved dog Flag, finds him at the dog pound only moments before he is to be put down. Their reuniting, and the way Umberto hugs Flag with tears in his eyes, never ceases to make me cry no matter how many times I see the film; had Umberto lost Flag, he would have lost the last scrap of love he'd salvaged in a life of hopelessness.)
Umberto D. is not the saddest movie I've ever seen; it's the most melancholy movie I've ever seen, which is worse (or better, depending on your disposition—I say better). Sad movies are often horrifying in the brutality and/or misfortune the characters endure. Schindler's List, for example, is a sad movie. Strangely, I'm not as emotionally moved by sad movies. Umberto D., conversely, is a melancholy movie, and, as such, is far move emotionally traumatic for me.
Ultimately, de Sica's Umberto D. is also one of the most realistic movies I've ever seen. In de Sica's film, the characters are largely unremarkable, and largely unremarkable things happen to them. de Sica clears away the clutter of elaborate plot and narrative, giving us the space to recognize unadorned human emotion.


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Studio brief
"And indeed building is necessarily an act against nature… When you choose a site you set it apart from nature"
Joseph Rykwert: The Idea of a Town
This year we will look particularly at relationships between city and landscape. We are interested in architecture which is both situated within the city and connected to a wider territory. The small, dense cities of central Italy offer numerous examples of proximity between city and landscape, experienced at several different scales, from an individual room to the siting of the town in its broader setting. All these cities have retained their walled perimeter (to varying degrees), allowing for a clear differentiation of urban terrain from the surrounding land. This adjacency of city and landscape has become uncommon to the contemporary metropolis. Working in these small towns, we can seek to understand the potential for landscape structure to suggest urbanity, a 'matrix' which holds landscape and building together: the making of a topography.
Public life
In contrast with the profound emptiness of Mani, the site of our last project, this year students will be working in places with a long-established tradition of civic space. We will seek to understand public space within the city as a theatre of everyday life. We will make design studies of open spaces both within London, on the multi-level decks of the South Bank, and in Italy. We will look at those public spaces which are contained within the city centre, and at peripheral and less formal spaces. Students will use these studies in order to inform their own proposal in Italy for underused land within the walls of the town - land which is currently neither formal urban space nor landscape.
City Miniature
Our proposals will pursue a strategy of re-structuring a topography, as a means of conservation and reuse at building, city and landscape scales. We will visit various locations on our approach to the site where we can investigate the evolution of urban order from landscape structure. Equally, the relationship of building form to open space will focus study at the building scale. In Urbino we will visit the Ducal Palace, an aggregate of building form which developed through time. In looking at the concentration of internal and external spaces, we will examine a condition which has been described by Alberti:
"If the city is like some large house, and the house is in turn like some small city, cannot the various parts of a house…be considered miniature buildings?
How And Why
"Working on "how" without a rigorous control of "why" inevitably produces the exclusion of concreteness."
Giancarlo de Carlo
Students will be encouraged to formulate a strategic proposal derived from their personal observations or readings of a site. In many cases this will involve research into the various histories of the chosen site in order to make explicit an existing condition. Both on the trip, and throughout the year, therefore, emphasis will be placed upon sketching by hand, as we believe this tool allows students most direct connection with their architectural imaginations. We will also work together to make a shared model in order to allow consideration of proposals at the scale of the landscape.
We require that students engage strongly with contemporary architectural practice. As part of the study trip we will be travelling through Venice in order to allow all students a chance to visit the Architecture Biennale. We will also look in detail at the work of Giancarlo de Carlo, who adopted a particular role with regards to the city of Urbino and its university over the course of 40 years. Throughout the year we will try to understand how contemporary practice might meaningfully relate to the history of a place.
Preparatory reading:
Steen Eiler Rasmussen: Experiencing Architecture
|Architecture BA (Hons) RIBA Part 1
|Freddie Phillipson
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Buy-In: 20 minutes of technique work on whatever needs it most
WOD: Complete as many rounds as possible in five minutes of:
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- 115 pound Push press, 7 reps
Cash-Out: Mobility WOD; Two Joint Muscles and your Hips
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Hamas Fires Rockets from Gaza, Israel Retaliates, Hamas Gets Their Wish
By Robin Rowan
March 14, 2016
Four rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza on March 12th, 2016, just days after a Vanderbilt graduate student was killed in one of multiple terror attacks across Israel by Palestinians.
It is eerily similar to the previous summer when three teenagers, including a dual American citizen, were kidnaped and murdered in Judea Samaria (the West Bank.) That horrific terror attack was quickly followed by rockets from Gaza which lasted for months and required Israel to hit back by air and eventually with ground forces.
In a barrage of rocket attacks by Hamas in May – November 2015, Hamas had purposefully located their rocket launchers near schools and hospitals and used children as human shields. They even went as far as to make live children lay on the ground under sheets, playing dead when the press came near, so that the media would be fooled into buying their false propaganda that the IDF were baby killers. Using women and children as human shields, lying about the numbers killed, was proven and Hamas was condemned by the international community and the United States Congress.
Now two children, ages 10 and 6, were reportedly killed by the IDF while firing at Hamas targets in Gaza. Hamas quickly took to the airwaves stating; "Our patience towards the occupation's crimes has hit a limit."
Israel does not "occupy" Gaza. Israel turned the Gaza strip over to the Arabs (Palestinians) back in 2005 in a "deal for peace." Jewish families that had lived there for generations were forcibly evicted so that not one Jewish resident remained. Immediately after Israel gave the Arabs, the "Palestinians," in Gaza the land, the Palestinians destroyed the greenhouses and infrastructure, and the suicide bombings and terrorism on Israel began. They soon elected Hamas, an internationally designated terror organization, heavily funded by Iran, as their governmental authority.
IDF strikes on Gaza (Credit: Rueters / Channel 2 News, Israel)
The terrorism from Gaza has been continuous, lessened with fences and walls, checkpoints to monitor who comes and goes in an attempt to keep the terrorist out of Israel. The rocket attacks are the main source of attack, raining down mortars on Jewish neighborhoods in southern Israel.
Now the rockets fly once again, aimed at innocent Israelis, who were forced to spend the last summer diving into bomb shelters.
To further their terrorism, on March 11 Hamas managed to break into the Channel 2 (Israel) broadcast of "Big Brother" with a video threatening more terror attacks. One of the messages read in Hebrew and Arabic, "Run for your lives and get out of our country" while images of past terror attacks filled up the screen. It followed with a photo of a well-known terrorist and the message: "Stay in your homes. The story isn't over. To be continued."
The next weeks will be interesting, but we will not fear. Friends in Israel report that despite the daily stabbing attacks by Palestinian "terror teens," tourism has not ceased, and the Israelis are going about their daily lives. Stronger than ever, they will not let the terrorists win.
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Good news for gamers is that From Software seems to never take a break. The studio released Dark Souls III earlier this year, and it was basically everything that fans wanted. Unlike Bloodborne, there's a more deliberate pace to combat and a ton of character customization. It will be exciting to see what the studio does next, but for now I'll keep playing Dark Souls III.
It's 2016 and Id Software just made an awesome DOOM game. That's wild. The latest game in Id's most famous series had no right to be as good as it was, but its campaign was spectacular. Throw in some solid multiplayer that keeps getting better over time due to SnapMap, and you have one of the best games of the year.
Not a lot of people played Gravity Rush on the Vita, and that's a shame. Thankfully, gamers had a chance to right that wrong when Gravity Rush Remastered came out earlier this year. Good things come to those who wait, apparently, as the game plays better with a DualShock 4, and has all of the original's DLC.
For everything Street Fighter V did wrong, Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- did it so right. Not only does the Arc System Works developed fighting game have a ton of content, it also does a fantastic job at introducing concepts and basic moves. -REVELATOR- has moved fighting games forward, and now it's up to other games to continue to make sure the genre continues to get better.
MLB The Show 16 rules. While the series doesn't get the recognition it deserves, Sony San Diego has been knocking the series out of the park for years now. It's a great baseball sim, and it somehow gets better every year. The 2016 installment is the best looking and playing version yet, and it's clear that the studio isn't resting on their laurels.
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir set a new bar for remastered games. Not only did this gorgeous HD version of Vanillaware's PS2 title fix the flaws of the original, it also added new content as well. New bosses, enhanced combat, and even the original game if players wanted to hold onto the past.
I think Blizzard might be pretty good at game development. Overwatch, the latest game from the dev behind Diablo & Warcraft, was a bold new direction for the studio but they absolutely nailed it. It's some of the best team based first-person shooting available anywhere, and it's a game that still dominates my Twitter feed. Overwatch has staying power, and Blizzard seems to be on the right track of supporting it regularly.
Sometimes a reboot is just what a series needed. That seems to be the case for Ratchet & Clank, as the remake of the PS2 classic did very well both critically and commercially. While it did show its age during spots (particularly during a horrible stealth segment), it also featured platforming fun that just isn't seen all that often on PS4. It's a welcomed addition to the system's library, and Insomniac really did a good job with it.
Trackmania Turbo brought Trackmania's signature brand of weirdness to consoles in a big way. Nadeo's time trial racing game has over 200 tracks on the disc, and great level creation tools for users to make even more. It's a blast online with friends, and its four distinct locales each offer up a different challenge.
While Uncharted 4: A Thief's End may have been largely more of the same from a gameplay perspective, it was at least really polished sameness. It also featured the best story in an Uncharted game by a mile and turned Nathan Drake into something more than a wisecracking mass murderer. Uncharted 4 was a great way to end a series that needed to go away for awhile, and now Naughty Dog can move on to exciting fresh ideas.


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3,200 white mice have been ordered by the Kremlin guard: the elite troops who protect President Putin.
Red Square Moscow, Image by Bart Slingerland
The bulk buy has been shrouded in secrecy. Apparently all that is known is that the requirements were that the mice had to be female and weigh no more than 18 grams each.
An official from the service said "Everyone is wondering what they are for. But if they were ordered then that means they are needed." The same official also refused to speculate what the mice were for, saying there were "more important things to think about."
All of this is pretty strange. Of course, there are some plausible explanations: could an elite army of loyal rodents be the natural choice against the numerous threats issued by elephants against the Kremlin? Will the mice play a role in testing toxic and dangerous chemicals? Or are they there simply to feed the falcons, which are kept in the Kremlin to scare off crows?
Nonetheless, according to Reuters, the Kremlin has found a supplier and is going to be paying 475,776 roubles ($20,000) for the mice. Can anyone beat that?
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is still projecting the delisting of grizzly bears in this corner of Montana within the next couple of years . . .
Wildlife managers could propose the delisting of the major grizzly bear population in Northwest Montana by late 2016.
A collective of federal, state and tribal officials gathered in Hungry Horse last week for the spring meeting of the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem subcommittee. The group discussed updates on local grizzly conservation and management issues, including the ongoing problem of bear attractants like chicken coops.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reviewing nearly 3,000 public comments on a post delisting management strategy for grizzly bears in the NCDE that was proposed a year ago. Chris Servheen, FWS grizzly bear recovery coordinator, said the plan would incorporate the comments and be completed in the coming months. After that, a threat analysis will be conducted to identify several characteristics of the NCDE, including the bear population's status and the status of its habitat and regulatory mechanisms that would be in place to protect grizzlies if they were delisted. This analysis is expected to start in 2015, according to federal officials.


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The Resurrection and Reconciliation
Reconciliation is so underrated in modern evangelicalism. We continue to keep in mind the relationship between the incarnation and the resurrection. In the incarnation God is the Immanuel who has come to reveal to us that He is with us and subsequently for us. Throughout His whole life God bore our opposition and hatred towards Him but He was still with us and for us. As Jesus Christ revealed more of the truth of Himself to those of His own, the more those of His own wanted to drive Him out. The nation of Israel wanted to be rid of Him but God was still with them and He was still for them. They arrested Him, tried Him beat and whipped Him but God was still with them and subsequently for them, refusing to let us go. Even though they found He committed no crime, He was condemned to death on a Cross, God was still with them and He was still for them. He was crucified yet God was still with them and still for them.
As they were nailing Jesus to the Cross, He responded, 'Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.' Indeed, they had no idea that they were murdering the Lord of Glory. Forgive is such a highly technical theological word that has been chosen to render the Greek aphe. However there are other alternatives that might better reflect the total submission of Jesus to His own will. I believe it might better read, Father, leave them alone, it is obvious they have no idea what they are doing.' I have the sense of Jesus implying that even though humanity do not know what they are doing, we will stick by them anyway. God is looking past the current horror towards the ultimate end of His goal.
God rose from the dead to show that despite everything that was thrown at Him, nothing in all creation could erode the eternal fact that God is forever with us and forever for us. In Jesus Christ God and humanity is revealed as reconciled. It is a done deal and for it to be undone God would have to deny Himself. Jesus Christ is forever the risen Lord, a crucified and resurrected Human Being at the right hand of the Father in face-to-face union with Him. This bond of union is indestructible and incorruptible. It extends beyond Him to everything that lives, moves and has their being in Him.
Reconciliation is the ultimate act of loving kindness conceived from before the foundation of the world and brought to reality in the Person and work of the crucified, resurrected and ascended Jesus Christ. We must never downplay or minimise reconciliation in the resurrection event. It goes far beyond what our feeble minds can conceive. God placed His own Son in our peril entirely for our sake and explicitly showed that we are now completely empty handed in our attempt to drive Him away. Humanity is eternally locked into the loving embrace of the Father in Jesus Christ in the very present time through to beyond death in the eternal place. It is hard-wired into our existence and forms the basis of all human life. It is contradictory to what we believe to be true but it is our truth that has to change to be in line with the eternal truth. This is what makes what God has done in the Person and work of Jesus Christ to be such good news of utterly staggering proportions.
The resurrection should not be understood as an event that changed God. What is revealed in the resurrection is the eternal steadfast love towards His creatures is victorious. God has changed us forever. God has never changed. He is the same yesterday, today and forever! The contradiction and enmity was on our side but is now gone. The resurrection is not only our justification but is also our reconciliation. We are now children of God in the same way Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Humanity is judged and condemned on the Cross because of their darkness and depravity but is now made to stand before God sharing in His righteousness and in His absolute delight. It is not something to be seen as an event in the distance. We can be witnesses of this event but it means so much more than that. Baxter Kruger says the gospel is what became of the Son of God and what became of us in Him. It is an event portrayed in the whole life of Jesus Christ that was also happening to us. The Incarnation was God inserting His I AM into our human existence. Jesus lived the human life entirely for our sake. When Jesus was crucified, we were crucified with. When Jesus died, we died with Him. When He rose from the grave, we rose with Him. When He ascended to the Father, we ascended with Him thereby making God in our midst, the eternal Immanuel. As I keep saying, this historical event portrayed in the whole life of Jesus Christ from the birth through to His death and resurrection is eternally present and actualised in us. It is the living God who is living in us that makes us His living people living in the same life as Him. This is what reconciliation means. It has brought us into communion with God in the Son by the Spirit face-to-face with the Father as an act of free utter loving kindness.
Reconciliation is God as He truly is and it is from this point that we look back in history to interpret the truest truth about God. God made His personal promise to Abraham and has carried it through to the end in Jesus Christ. This is despite the fact that humanity has behaved in such a twisted contradiction to who He is. It means that despite our defiance God has come through on His promise. It means for us that we no longer have to try to get close to God as God has brought us into His Light and Life. We are placed where all we have to do is let Him love us and enjoy God loving us.
The resurrection brings everything God had promise to us in complete fulfilment in Jesus Christ. It shows the death on the Cross as victorious. Is shows the extraordinary length God has undertaken Personally to see His promise come to reality. It means that all is squared up with God's relationship to humanity and humanity's relationship to God. It goes to show the closeness and intimacy God desired in spite of the darkness and depravity of our wayward beings. His love is such that He became what we are in this waywardness and darkness so that we could be transformed to be like Him and share with Him what it is to be like Him.
Jesus Christ is the I AM of the Old Testament which is synonymous with the title YAHWEH. God has a true existence which far exceeds what we understand by existence. In the Old Testament, YAHWEH says to Moses in Exodus 3, I AM who I AM. God truly exists. He is the true being in all its fullness and the most true Person. It is the Living God who is the Life. It is this life that is inserted into our existence at the incarnation. The whole of human existence is grounded in the very Being of God in Jesus Christ. What Jesus Christ says of Himself as the crucified and resurrected Human Being is also true of us. Reconciliation is far reaching and includes every aspect of human life. It is not only an event in history but a continuing truth in the living and breathing being of Jesus Christ who lives forever more as the atonement and reconciliation in personified form. The eternal peace Jesus shares with the Father is the very peace He shares with us.
Humanity are adopted children of God. They are adopted to share in everything Christ has as the eternal Son of the Father.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that does not face away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith" (1Peter 1:3f).
Our lives are not longer dictated by the fear of doing the wrong thing and therefore have to face judgement for it. We are dictated by His loving kindness where He includes us in His life in the Son by the Spirit. We love because He first loves us. We can live in dignity and are able to treat those around us with the very same dignity God has given us. We have been made dignified with the same dignity as the Son and thereby live in a dignified manner treating all others with dignity as persons.
Therefore in resurrection we have been exalted. We are given to participate in His divine nature. The ascension is merely a continuation of the resurrection where our human nature that is assumed in Him is also lifted into the life and love of the Father, Son and Spirit. We are reconciled into the life of the Godhead, the Trinity.
Reconciliation is consubstantial communion – this is the love of the Father, Son in and through the Spirit, who is in Himself the very love of God. Hypostatic Union is the union of the divine God, the Son in our version of fallen humanity where both the divinity of who God is in Himself and the Humanity of Jesus of Nazareth are the one Person. This has taken place through the operation of the Holy Spirit. Communion or koinonia is the Spirit poured out into our hearts from the Father through the Son. The Spirit is the very Love of God Himself and therefore it is the very love of God Himself that is poured into our hearts. It is not something emanating from God but it is God Himself who is with us and in us. We are actually partaking in who God is in Himself. God as the Word who became flesh is now part of us. God who rose from the dead is also inserted into our very being.
All that is true about Jesus Christ and we are talking about, the uncreated Truth, is now also inserted into us and we dwell in this uncreated Truth. This Truth has united itself to whatever we call truth and has become one. His response therefore becomes our response to everything God needs to hear from us. The Reality of God, something that in ages gone by that was kept from us is now shockingly and explosively brought into the realm of human reality in Jesus Christ. This why it is so important to maintain the integrity of Jesus Christ as God from God, Light from Light and the same being with the Father. We undermine this eternal truth then we lose our anchor and cast off into the stormy seas of human imagination.
With the resurrection, everything that is said about God has a reference point in the Son of God Jesus Christ. If the resurrections did not happen, then we lost in our ability to have God made known to us. Without the resurrection we are still kept in the dark lost in our brokenness of our dark depraved humanity. Everybody's view of God would just be as valid as each other. The resurrection means that what we say about Jesus Christ is the very same thing we are saying about who God is in Himself, what He is towards us and the point of which our destinies our being driven towards. We are able to articulate the very things of God and His real engagement with us means our speech can conform to Godly ways of speaking. The ground of the knowledge of God in Jesus Christ is the foundation of the very ground of our existence and part of our very being.
In Jesus Christ, God is no longer beyond our knowledge. Jesus Christ is God's knowledge present to us in human ways of knowing and speaking. The acts of Jesus Christ are not merely symbolic of what happens in the spiritual realm. It is who God is in Himself breaking into our existence, making Himself a part of it and at the same time, transforming us so that we can be eternally part of His life. It is an eternal event made real in our temporary life transforming our way of life into something that is now eternal, just like God is eternal. His reality is now part of our reality. The resurrected Jesus Christ is God's Personal Promise of His eternal covenant bond to be the God of human beings no matter what the cost, ratified.
Whatever problem humanity created in their hostility between themselves and God, whatever estrangement and darkness caused by humanity's darkness and depravity has now been bridged by God stepping in humanity's plight and making their plight His very own. In steeping into our plight as one of us and as our ally, Jesus Christ was able to heal and bring light to all our darkness and confusion about who God is in Himself. The resurrection therefore is the act of God far superior to any event in history showing us where all theology must begin. The resurrection is the reality of God of which we are all a part of. It is God's good judgement on creation bringing to completion the very decision made before the foundation of world that we are now made to be as unique as He is in Himself.
"There is no Christian knowledge of God which does not acquire its ultimate fullness and depth from a revelation of God in the Risen One" (p. 74).


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At CMI, we treat your unique needs with respect and care and engage in a close, collaborative business management process to ensure the success of the brand. This process begins from the ground up; from focus groups held to analyze your target audience to consulting with your managers/directors and trademark attorneys. Initiating and maintaining a conversation within the company and between you and your customer can greatly improve the success of a brand and the company in general.
It goes without saying that in order to grab the attention of a customer, a brand name must be memorable, compelling and unique. It has to be able to be recalled by the customer easily and should stick in their minds. Creativity, then, has to start at the beginning of the brand naming process and is at the forefront of the CMI name development process.
Evaluation & Selecting
After targeting your desired audience and developing a variety of different brand names, we will work with you as we slim the list down and come to you your new brand name. We do this by considering how to differentiate your company's brand from competitors, analyzing the current market landscape, and measuring the phonetic and verbal effectiveness of a name, all the while keeping true to your needs and concerns.
Before announcing your brand name to the rest of the world, it is important to start cutting through all the red tape surrounding brand naming and brand creation. Namely, filling out trademark applications and making sure all copyrights are in order - CMI will walk you through it.
The key to a successful launch of a company's new products or services, lies in the set-up and the delivery.
The first step of an effective launch set-up is to assess and gather data on your company - to step back and look at your company's strategic objectives, target consumer base, and competition.
The second step involves strategic consideration of positioning, messaging and developing marketing programs to make the eventual launch seamless and powerful.
And finally, the launch. The launch is not just about the brand or product or service. The launch is about presenting the company as a business entity, an all-inclusive body made up of its products and services, its reputation and image in the eyes of its customers, shareholders, and employees.
A lot of the reason why it is so hard for many companies to develop a strong brand name is because, most of the time, all the pieces which make up a brand name are not fully understood. CMI looks at every name developed with a thorough focus on how the name affects people's thinking and how to best attract and maintain customer attention.
Linguistics, defined as the scientific and philosophical study of language, is also possibly the greatest influencing factor in developing and choosing a brand name. Understanding how the words which make up language work is what can make or break a brand name, and since its inception CMI has assembled a top-notch team of writers and linguistic experts to best deal with this often confusing aspect of name development.
Sound Symbolism
When someone says "Pepsi" or "McDonalds" you immediately think of the company logo and what is special about that company. Pinpointing how your brand name sounds is just one way which effects how people will remember your company.
Anatomy of a Name
How a name is spelled can also effect how people view and think of your company. It is also important to screen brand names for spelling because when your brand is viewed by someone in another country, the name could mean something entirely different than you intended it to. Our team of linguistic experts will test the names we develop for visual attractiveness as well as multilingual clarity, giving your brand the distinction that it needs.


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As a Certified Fraud Examiner, he assists clients with prevention services including recommending internal controls and other measures to implement to prevent theft or misappropriation. Mr. Novak has led numerous agreed-upon procedures and consulting engagements including employee embezzlement and city police department property evidence room engagements.
Mr. Novak also specializes in litigation support services and in investigations and prevention of white-collar financial crimes. Litigation support includes assisting in consulting on case strategy, reviewing and investigating financial documents, and preparing analysis of possible lost profits or damages. Investigation of white-collar crimes includes compiling and documenting the amount of loss. Prevention services include recommending internal controls and other measures to be implemented to prevent future theft or misappropriation.
Mr. Novak has a strong background in a variety of accounting areas including:
• Fraud prevention and detection
• Internal control testing and analysis
• Compliance testing
• Financial statement audits of governmental entities, employee benefit plans, not-for-profit entities, and for-profit companies
• Single audits
Mr. Novak currently serves as a Board Member and Finance Chair for Citizens Leadership Academy, a Breakthrough Charter School and a Finance Committee Member for Breakthrough Charter Schools.
He graduated from Kent State University earning a bachelor of business administration degree with majors in accounting and computer information systems. He has been a Certified Public Accountant since 2005.
Mr. Novak can be reached at 216.765.6922 or by email here
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
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Siemens wins deal for six substations in Egypt
Substations will transmit power generated by the Beni Suef and Burullus plants
A consortium comprising Siemens and El Sewedy Electric T&D has signed a contract with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) for the construction of six substations.
Located at El Minia, El Beheira, Qalubia, Assiut and Kafr El Zayat governorates, the 500/220kV substations will transmit power generated by the new Siemens-built power plants in Beni Suef and Burullus into Egypt's power grid.
The contract will see Siemens design, engineer, supply, install and commission the new substations, which will include gas-insulated switchgear, transformers and control and protection equipment.
All civil and electro mechanical work for the projects will be completed by El-Sewedy Electric T&D, and the construction of the substations will match the implementation timeframe of the Beni Suef and Burullus power plants.
"A reliable electricity supply is essential to drive sustainable economic growth in Egypt, and we are proud to be supporting the country's development with advanced technology for an efficient, safe and robust power distribution network," said Wolfgang Braun, senior executive vice president, Energy Management, Siemens Middle East.
The order expands on the memorandums of understanding announced at the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) held in Sharm El Sheikh in March 2015.
The substations form a key element of the Egyptian government's plan to upgrade and increase the capacity of the country's national grid. As part of this strategy Siemens and its local partners are also constructing three highly efficient combined-cycle power plants in Egypt – Burullus, New Capital and Beni Suef.
Each power plant will be powered by eight Siemens H-Class gas turbines, which have been selected for their high-output and record-breaking efficiency. Siemens will also build up to 12 wind farms in Egypt, comprising approximately 600 wind turbines.
In total the Siemens power projects will add 16.4 gigawatts of electricity generation to the national grid, using highly efficient natural gas and renewable technologies to create an affordable, reliable and sustainable energy mix in support of sustainable economic growth for Egypt.
"These substations will integrate the new, highly-efficient power plants from Siemens into the grid and enable Egypt to accommodate increasing demand from domestic and industrial customers," Braun said.
Siemens has been a reliable and trusted partner to Egypt's development since 1859, and has maintained a continuous presence in the country since opening its first office in Cairo in 1901.
The company's technology has been implemented in the Nubaria, Talkha, Damietta, Midelec and El Kureimat power plants, and Siemens is also a key technology supplier to major projects in the transport, healthcare and industrial sectors.


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November is here! My birthday month arrives with a crisp chill in the air and my favorite holiday in the distance. November also marks the 'official' or maybe unofficial beginning of the holiday season. So to give you a head start on things happening in Chi Town this month, we've compiled some of our favorite suggestions for what to do with your schedule before it goes totally mad!


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We often see people being referred to physical therapy for complaints of cervical spine or shoulder pain with no mechanism of injury. When we delve deeper into their history, it is common that the person sits at a desk most of the day or has a long commute to work. What we tend to find is that posture plays a huge role in these types of cases.
Have you heard the phrase "Sitting is the new smoking"? This is a phrase health care professionals are using as a way to make people realize how harmful prolonged sitting can be for your body and posture. A good posture would be one where a person sits erect with their head in line with their spine, feet on the floor, and shoulders relaxed. What we frequently see instead is a forward head posture with rounded shoulders and a rounded lower back. This type of posture did not occur overnight and is often a result of maintaining a seated position for many hours at a time over a span of many years. This has the potential to cause many problems because it places additional stresses on our joints and surrounding soft tissues. Over time this tends to create muscle imbalances, which ultimately causes tightness through some parts of the body and weakness through others.
Most commonly, we see that the pectoral muscles get short and tight and the peri-scapular muscles becoming long and weak. This forces a rounded position through the shoulders and causes the head to move forward, creating a tightness through the upper neck muscles and lengthening through the cervical stabilizers. Joints then adapt to these muscular changes, which often creates hypomobility through the thoracic spine and over time, exaggerating its natural curve or "kyphosis", which in turn becomes unnatural. There are two types of major muscle groups in the body, prime movers and stabilizers. Prime movers are typically the larger muscles and act to move a joint through the majority of its available motion. Examples of prime movers would be your quadriceps, hamstrings, biceps, and triceps. Stabilizers are the smaller muscles that surround a joint and are responsible for smaller contractions over a prolonged period of time. Examples of stabilizers are your transversus abdominus, multifidi, and periscapular muscles. If these muscles become weak, your body's support system is adversely affected. Structural parts of the body are like a suspension bridge, if the lateral supports are not strong and tight, the bridge will fall down. If the support system isn't strong, the muscles become weak and the joints adapt to these imbalances over time. It can be helpful to see a physical therapist to address these issues before they become worse, but it is also important to make some changes to your work station to promote good use of your stabilizer muscles. Ask your HR department about ergonomic equipment options and if you qualify for them. If you are someone who works from home, ask your PT about how to best change your work setup. Simple modifications, such as adding a lumbar support or bringing your chair closer to your keyboard, can be extremely helpful in improving posture. Standing desks can also be great options for those people who have the resources to obtain one.
Not only does prolonged sitting wreak havoc on your musculoskeletal system, but it is also bad for your overall health. Researchers have found that each hour of sitting will decrease your life span by 22 min. As Americans, we are sitting more and more between work, long commutes, and watching tv. Sedentary lifestyles have been found to put people at higher risk for diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers. My biggest suggestion is to stay active. Get off your couch and try walking at least 30 min per day in order to improve cardiovascular health. If you have to sit, try to change position every 30 min. In conclusion, we as humans, are not meant to sit all day. In ancient times, people were upright for the majority of the day, walking and running, to hunt and catch their food. We have evolved since the caveman era, although not enough to allow our bodies to sit for extended periods of time. Check your posture. Avoid sitting for long periods of time. And lastly, get up and move.
Harrison R. The importance of your 2 different types of muscles: a functional approach. 2010:https://austinpersonaltrainer.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/the-importance-of-your-2-different-types-of-muscles-a-functional-approach/. Tucker J. Sitting is the new smoking. Dynamic Chiropractic. 2013: (31): 14. The Huffington Post. Sitting is the new smoking, ways a sedentary lifestyle is killing you. 2014: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-active-times/sitting-is-the-new-smokin_b_5890006.html


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Millions of family caregivers in Illinois will have many reasons to celebrate during National Caregiving Month in November, as new laws will provide much and urgently needed help for them as they take care of their loved ones.
Thanks to the tireless advocacy of AARP, the Hospital Association and other groups, the Illinois CARE Act will help to significantly increase coordination between caregivers and hospitals. The law requires hospitals to:
- Provide your loved one the opportunity to designate a family caregiver
- Inform you when your loved one is to be discharged to another facility or back home
- Make an effort to give you instruction of the aftercare tasks you will need to perform at home
The CARE Act breaks new ground in how caregivers, hospitals and patients interact, and helps make sure you have the tools and resources to continue taking care of your loved one after discharge.
You can also downloadable-wallet-card-file-il , print and keep our new CARE Act wallet – it informs you of your rights as a family caregiver!
The CARE Act went into effect January 27 and we're working very hard to make sure Illinois' 1.5 million family caregivers know about it.
But there's more!
A new law passed through the General Assembly and was signed by the Governor this year, and will go into effect January 1, 2017.
Illinois' ELECT Act addresses a critical issue for family caregivers: balancing the tough job of caring for a sick parent, spouse, sibling, or child with the demands of a caregiver's employment.
The ELECT Act allows working caregivers to use up to six month of accrued personal sick leave to care for a loved one. It provides caregivers with the flexibility they urgently need – but it also makes business sense for employers, reducing turnover of quality workers and increasing productivity by improving employee morale.
Family caregivers work extremely hard – their unpaid work is estimated at $18 billion annually in Illinois alone – and they do out of love for their parents, spouses, siblings, or children who need them. What better way to celebrate National Caregiving Month with them than by giving them the support they need through these new laws?
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Variety Shuffles Its EICs
Moving from editor-in-chief, television to managing editor, television is not exactly a promotion. So, reading between the lines of today's Variety announcement, we're assuming this shift was something Cynthia Littleton was willing to accept in exchange for relocating (earlier this year) from LA to New York.
The PMC publication is still very much a west coast-driven concern. The move means Variety now has two rather than three EICs – Claudia Eller and Andrew Wallenstein.(pictured). A couple of other portions of today's announcement caught our eye.
1) The PMC PR folks might have been a tad too effusive when they dropped this sentence in:
Variety continues to be the leading provider of entertainment news around the world.
2) And towards the end of a quote from publisher Michelle Sobrino-Stearns, there is this:
"Their [Littleton, Eller, Wallenstein] superior journalism has led to the company's financial success…"
Is Sobrino-Stearns saying that Variety is currently still or back in the black? If so, that's news to us.
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Previously on FishbowlNY:
Variety Gets Three New Editors-in-Chief


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Elvi: Winter Sale up to 30% off plus size clothing
The Elvi Winter Sale is on with up to 30% off plus size clothing.
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|As the villainous "Calvin Caddie"
In Quentin Tarantino's stylized Western Django Unchained, set primarily in the pre-Civil War South, a slave-turned-bounty hunter (Jamie Foxx)-- with the help of his mentor (Christoph Walz)-- sets out to rescue his wife (Kerry Washington) from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner (Dicaprio). The films also features Samuel L. Jackson, Sasha Baron Cohen, and Kurt Russell.
Promising to be far less violent but no less dramatic is Baz Lurhmann's upcoming 3-D adaptation of The Great Gatsby. Set in New York and Long Island in 1922, the movie is anchored by Dicaprio in the titular role with Carey Mulligan as "Daisy Buchanan" and Toby McGuire as "Nick Carraway". This promises to be a stylish and gorgeous production.
|As the enigmatic "Jay Gatbsy"


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Elaine Heskett describes her Guide Dog, Darcy as her "eyes and constant companion". The two-year-old dog has given her the independence to lead a very busy life and has learnt the route to the bank, bus, hairdressers, post office and CWA in a very short period of time.
"He is already an honorary member of the CWA and is found most Thursdays and Saturdays curled up under the desk in the craft shop," she said of the dog she affectionately refers to as Mr Darcy.
Mrs Heskett received Darcy in March this year thanks to the support of NSW Taxi Council drivers who have donated to Guide Dogs NSW/ACT following training days. In the past 10 years, 10,000 drivers have undertaken the program and together raised the $35,000 it takes to breed, raise and train each Guide Dog. Last Tuesday, Mrs Heskett and Darcy were special guests at the Taxi Council's 10th anniversary of specialised training.
The NSW Taxi Council facilitates training seminars for taxi drivers in their first year with presentations from a variety of organisations and government agencies including Roads and Maritime Services, the NSW Police, Workcover and Guide Dogs NSW/ACT.
"I want to emphasise how much Guide Dogs have done for me and the wonderful service they provide free of charge to all who need it," Mrs Heskett told the drivers. "The organisation receives less than 2% of funding from the government and continue their good work only by the generosity of their corporate sponsors, fundraising efforts, bequeaths and donations. They are only ever a phone call away and they visit regularly to make sure all is going well. With their help it is possible to continue to live a meaningful and worthwhile life even if you have no or very little sight."
Darcy is Mrs Heskett's second Guide Dog. Her first dog, Evelyn, was retired due to ill health. She said when she travelled to meet Darcy for a two-week intensive training program at the Guide Dogs Centre she was a bit anxious, but really didn't need to be.
"Darcy himself went a long way towards making the experience relaxed and enjoyable as he was just so laid back and picked up everything expected of him with no problem at all," she said.
Mrs Heskett said Darcy allowed her to navigate in busy places at a steady speed. "He allows me to walk upright and to use the little sight I have to orientate myself in my environment instead of only seeing a bit of the ground immediately in front of my cane," she said. "When he is in harness he is constantly watching the way ahead and also making allowance for any obstacles such as tree branches at head height. He helps me walk up and down steps, find doorways and refuses to cross a road or driveway even if I have told him to go if there is any danger from traffic."
When at home, Darcy and retired Guide Dog, Evelyn have become the best of friends. "From day one there has never been a cross growl between them. They play together, sleep together, and eat together. Darcy seems to know she has a problem and he is very gentle with her," she said.
Mrs Heskett said she was very grateful to the support of the NSW Taxi Council. "Darcy has given back my independence and the freedom to get out and about on my own and to do the things I enjoy. He has made it possible for my husband and family to be less anxious about me when I am out on my own," she said.
The NSW Taxi Industry has a strong focus on providing safe, efficient and comfortable services for people, including passengers with vision impairment and passengers travelling with Guide Dogs.
Jennifer Moon, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT Community Education Coordinator, said at every taxi driver training seminar, a person with vision impairment talks to taxi drivers about their own experiences in a taxi. Drivers are also taught skills to assist passengers with vision impairment.
CEO of the NSW Taxi Council, Roy Wakelin-King, said that the partnership between NSW Taxi Council and Guide Dogs NSW/ACT perfectly emphasises the importance of trained, professional taxi drivers.
"Our mission is to educate drivers about their responsibility to provide the best possible customer service.
Every day 28 Australians are diagnosed with uncorrectable vision loss, including nine who become blind. Guide Dogs NSW/ACT offers services to clients for free and relies on community support to continue to assist people like Mrs Heskett live independent lives.


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Here is an example of black racism and sexism.
The reason why this is wrong is because:
All the data points to the Black community as the highest rates of domestic violence with almost twice the numbers over the white population. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6628a1.htm
The data doesn't support "whites" being the largest source of terrorists in the US: https://www.newamerica.org/in-depth/terrorism-in-america/who-are-terrorists/
The data on rapists indicates that black women are 10% more likely to be raped than white women, and that while there are more white men convicted of rape in prison, when norming against population (53% of convicted rapists, about 40% of the US population), black men are massively over-represented (43% of all convicted rapists, about 6% of the US population). https://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/SOO.PDF
The data on killers is also heavily skewed against black men, despite being about one fifth of the population size of white men, accounts for almost 50% of total homicides tracked by the FBI. https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded-homicide/expanded_homicide_data_table_6_murder_race_and_sex_of_vicitm_by_race_and_sex_of_offender_2013.xls
Now the last charge, of "racism" there is no way to have hard and fast numbers to compare, bu that's fine because the word "racist" simply means "some white person who won't give me more free money!" the same way "sexist" simply means "anyone who doesn't support extra privileges for women!" However, since we are talking about racism, if we go by group consensus as some sort of meaningful metric then there is more consensus that blacks are more racist than whites: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/july_2013/more_americans_view_blacks_as_racist_than_whites_hispanics
So there you have it, facts. And the facts say that white men aren't the devil. And if someone responds with, "Well the black community only has those problems because the whites oppress them" it's just another variation on, "well the devil made me do it!"
Then again, every American has the right to be wrong. Wrong about facts, and wrong about their opinion on throwing babies to be ripped apart by wild animals.


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Truth. Shoreditch is already oh so hipster but it's still worth seeing before it moves beyond hipster. Why? It's the cool part of London that I think of when I think diverse food, brunch and clubs. It's affordable in that hipster way and trendy AF. It's only a matter of time before some hipster parents overthrow the area into a new Mayfair.
One highlight to see is the Box Park. Right on the high street, this is a genius way to bring new restaurants and clothing stores into a neighborhood. The ultimate way to test run what will work, you can head over here to grab a chicken burger lunch, a pint or an Instagrammable bubble wrap dessert at one of the many pop up spaces here.
Another reason to come down to these parts? Vintage threads! You will find both chain and one off thrift stores in this area. Shop with a budget of £15 or £75 to find designer clothing that no one else will be wearing. There's a way to be unique and update your wardrobe without spending all of your paycheck in one go. If you don't want to buy, you can simply browse and be inspired by the colors and ways in which you can wear pieces you already own by seeing how they are styled in this neighborhood.
What else is there? The art scene. Graffiti is king on these streets. Every street corner is covered in new tags that speak to a political movement, adored character or the sentiment of the weeks. It's inspiring. It's mesmerizing. Some is amateur but you will always be pleasantly surprised by what you find.
Food is another reason to visit. Lebanese, vegan, American, Jamaican, it's all there. Stop by Beigel's bagels for as close to a NYC bagel as you can get (so they say). Grab a vegan burger at one of the stalls to the left of the train station. Eat Australian healthy brekkies at The Attendant. Head to the Cereal Killer cafe to indulge in American cereal concoctions. There are so many ways to please your tastebuds in Shoreditch.
Other fun areas nearby to see include Spitafields market. Another foodies dream, there are loads of vendors and restaurants in the space as well as designer shops. Get beauty products and also find a relaxed space to grab lunch.
There are so many wonderful things about this area that you have to visit. The famous Brick Lane and everything I mentioned above are completely worth it.
See my video on Shoreditch to get a better sense of the colorful chaotic vibe of the neighborhood. Are you adding this neighborhood to your London list?


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It was time for a more accurate blog name so here goes Roaming Wild Rosie! Update your bookmarks because the The Red Papers will cease to exist very soon.
What else is coming?
I've done a lot of adventuring and as usual I'm going to write a lot of blog posts about it.
- First up is my hike from Tokyo to Kyoto along the Tokaido route. I'll explain logistics and then do a day to day account of this winter hike.
- Then it's off to give you all the details on hiking the 3,000 km Te Araroa trail in New Zealand, which I just finished earlier this year. Gear, logistics and a full account of everything that happened along the way. Stay tuned for this!
After all this I have more hikes planned and placed somewhere on my wish list… the Pacific Crest Trail in the US, Norway's Norge På Langs, South Korea's Baekdudaegan or one of Europe's alpine trails. Or better yet: make up my own trail somewhere, anywhere!
If you have any suggestions, let me know! I'm always ready to be inspired by new trails and new destinations.


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Be Maritimo's guest at the Miami Yacht Show this February. We have plenty to share and celebrate. Fresh from being crowned UIM XCAT world champions, the Maritimo factory team will join our established US dealers to show how Maritimo's unique approach will lead the way forward in the 2020s.
Experience Maritimo's latest designs. Talk to the people behind them.
This is an opportunity to meet our lead designer Tom Barry-Cotter accompanied by both our Australian and US teams. Discover first hand how Maritimo's world-leading race engineering informs the design of our handcrafted luxury motor yachts. And learn how our new factory-direct approach to supporting US yacht sales and service now makes Maritimo ownership experience second to none.
Showcasing the future
The Miami Yacht Shows new downtown location at One Herald Plaza on Quay Biscayne will be the perfect showcase for our motor yachts. Maritimo will be located at Pier B 70-76 and vessels on display will including the Maritimo X50 - the latest example of how our racing R&D feeds into our handcrafted luxury motor yachts. Creating a special blend of interior luxury and performance. Its larger sibling the Maritimo X60 will also be in the water in Miami as will our renowned flybridge motor yachts the Maritimo M51 and M59.
Maritimo Owners - Be our guest Miami Style!
The Maritimo Owners Lounge is a relaxed location to mix, enjoy a glass of fine champagne and discuss your passion for boats with other Maritimo owners. Away from the yacht show crowds our chef will add a taste of Miami, creating a delicious range of canapés made with a traditional Latin flair. It's also the ideal place to talk about ideas with the Maritimo team.
Find more information and to book an appointment here.


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Demonetisation is a Big Bang reform
By: Surjit Bhalla
One of the more endearing, and enlightening, acronym that the Indian upper class has come up with is PLUs—People Like Us. Both the Indian, and Western PLUs have been clamouring for Big Bang reforms for the last two and a half years. The demand had a lot of merit—for the first time in 25 years, there was a government with a clear majority in the Lok Sabha. While several economic reforms were initiated since May 2014, and by my calculation more than the cumulative set of reforms since (but not including 1991), the PLUs were not satisfied and bayed for more—yeh "liberal" maange more. Finally, when PM Modi delivered the Big Bang, the PLUs were so deafened that they refused to see the writing on the reform wall.
But why did the intelligentsia and mainstream media (domestic and especially foreign) did not see that demonetisation was (obviously) part of a BIG Bang reform? For one simple reason—the battle is ideological, and has precious little to do with the content of reform. And PLUs ideology dictates that whatever any non-Congress government does, has to be wrong, immoral, and illiberal. Soon after the May 2014 election, I suggested that the big story of the election was the forthcoming battle between the old elite, and the new, yet to be formed, elite. A battle between the established middle class, and the new middle class. A battle between the amoral naam-ke-waste liberal policies of the last 70 years, and a vision, and accompanying policies, for a transformed India.
Demonetisation 2016 only confirms that the battle of the elites is the one forecast I did get right. The old elite keeps stating three arguments in support of their defense that demonetisation has been a failure. The first, Rottweiler like, that demonetisation has failed because most of the old banned notes have been deposited in banks. The purpose of demonetisation, according to PLUs and their voting outlet, the Congress, was that a large chunk (possibly R2-4 lakh crore) of banned notes would not return to the system. The fact that money not returned is likely to be lower than the lowest estimate means that D-policy has failed. But who said that this was even a minor goal of demonetisation? The old elite, of course.
The second focus of the ideological view that D-policy has been a failure is the botched-up implementation. To repeat this as the reason to reject D-policy is myopia of the worst kind. Of course, implementation has been bad; even the government (and RBI) admits to it, as revealed by the much noted fact that the government has changed policy on a daily basis. Having noted this dog bites man fact, let us proceed. If the government had all the time in the world, of course the implementation would have been as perfect as the Kumbh Mela or the annual Republic Day parade. Secrecy was required, and there is a near certain likelihood that D-day was preponed because the secret was getting out. So, can one really call it a botch-up? If you are the old elite, then what other weapon have you got to disagree, complain, and question?
But there is a third option. Document and rightfully complain about the fact that people, especially poor people, have been inconvenienced—they have to stand in queues with no return (all puns intended). This is not surprising, even though it is revolting. The Left-liberal apologists for the rich have always shot-off the backs of the bottom half. This half has been hurt by D-policy in terms of jobs lost, and income not received. What is remarkable is that not only have they not complained about this genuine loss, but they have verbally, actively, and in the poll booth supported the Big Bang initiative.
The bottom 90% realises that those hurt by D-policy are the old elite, amongst whom are a large proportion of those gaming the system by laundering their black money via the other 90 %. A truly shocking fact just revealed by the government is that 6 million units (individuals, small firms and NGOs) have deposited a total of R7 lakh crore of the banned notes. That is an average of R11 lakh (or $15,000) per unit.
I would like to hear from the PLUs—how many elites do they know in the Western world who keep an average of $15,000 of cash at home? These very same elites had opposed demonetisation on the grounds that there was very little black cash in the economy because the bad rich were too smart to have any black cash. The fact that there was a lot of extra cash in the economy has two immediate implications. The government must continue with its policy of limiting cash withdrawals after December 30—no more than R1 lakh per individual and no more than R5 lakh per firm. Second, that no more than say R11 lakh crore of new cash (a comfortable excess of what is really required) of the banned R15.4 lakh crore should be printed. These are important steps to foil any attempts to keep the old order, and to encourage the ringing of the new.
India 2016 is very likely to go down in history as comparable to China 1978. Fifty days later after D-day is too soon to pass judgement. One hundred and fifty days later the transformative power of D will (hopefully) become obvious.
Courtesy: financialexpress.com, December 31, 2016


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Daniel Clarkson is a member of Greenberg Traurig's White Collar Defense and Special Investigations Group. His practice focuses on white collar criminal defense and related government and internal investigations, as well as complex financial litigation. Mr. Clarkson has defended individuals in federal criminal trials, and related SEC and CFTC enforcement actions, relating to wire fraud, securities fraud, and commodities fraud. In particular, he was a member of the trial team for two recent white collar defense trial victories - the first ever acquittal in a trial relating to alleged "spoofing" in the financial markets and the trial defense of a former bond trader accused of fraud in RMBS trading negotiations.
Mr. Clarkson has also defended grand jury investigations and related civil actions by investors and insurers against major financial institutions regarding the creation and issuance of mortgage-backed securities, and drafted appeals to the Second Circuit and New York State appellate courts. He was the lead associate in a pro bono federal action brought on behalf of a human trafficking victim, which led to settlement shortly before trial.
Immediately prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Mr. Clarkson served as a federal law clerk to the Honorable Tu M. Pham of the Western District of Tennessee.
Prior to his clerkship, Mr. Clarkson was an associate in the New York office of a national law firm, where he represented the Trustee for the liquidation of the defunct investment firm of Bernard Madoff. In this capacity, he investigated and litigated numerous fraud and bankruptcy clawback actions related to the collapse of Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, while also negotiating and resolving claims by former investors.


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Young Education Professionals-Denver
YEP-Denver is the Denver metro area branch of Young Education Professionals. We are a volunteer-run group and are always looking for new ideas for engaging members, great speakers, and more members.
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Our members will grow within, or outside, their current roles to answer Denver's education challenges.
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Hello YEP-Denver members! Looking to use your leadership skills in the education sector to support Denver metro area educators and make a difference in the education sector? Please e-mail YEP-Denver at denver [at] youngedprofessionals [dot] org to express interest and for more information!
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