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United States District Court, D. Utah
April 27, 2018
ADELAIDE SPENCE, Plaintiff,v.BASIC RESEARCH; BREMENN RESEARCH LABS; MITCHELL K. FRIEDLANDER; DENNIS GAY; and TIFFANY STROBEL, Defendants.
Waddoups United States District Judge.
the court is Plaintiff Adelaide Spence's "Motion
for Leave to File an Amended Complaint." (Mtn. to
Amend, ECF No. 102.) The Motion follows the court's
dismissal of multiple counts from the First Amended Complaint
(FAC), [1] some with and some without prejudice.
(Order on Mtn. to Dismiss, ECF No. 99.) The proposed Second
Amended Complaint (SAC) drops the claims dismissed with
prejudice and attempts to cure the deficiencies in those
dismissed without prejudice. The court held a hearing on the
Motion on November 30, 2017. (ECF No. 108.) Having carefully
considered the arguments set forth in the briefs and oral
arguments, and for the reasons stated herein, the court now
DENIES Spence's Motion and DISMISSES this action with
facts as alleged in the FAC are set forth in the court's
May 31, 2017 order. (Order on Mtn. to Dismiss, ECF No. 99.)
After the court entered its order, in which it dismissed
Spence's claims, Spence timely sought leave to amend.
(Mtn. to Amend, ECF No. 102.) The Motion alleges that the SAC
cures the deficiencies "by adding factual allegations
that provide more specificity" regarding the allegedly
false and misleading advertisements that she relied upon in
purchasing Vysera-CLS. (Id. at 5.) She alleges the
impossibility of the advertisements' promises, the
ineffectiveness of P. Vulgaris, and the lack of supporting
science for Vysera-CLS. (Id. 5-6.) Defendants object
to amendment, claiming it would be futile. (Defendants'
Resp. Brief 3, ECF No. 103.)
Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a) permits amendment after service
of responsive pleadings only upon leave from the court.
Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a). It instructs the court to "freely
give[]" leave "when justice so requires."
Id. "'Refusing leave to amend is
generally only justified upon a showing of undue delay, undue
prejudice to the opposing party, bad faith or dilatory
motive, failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously
allowed, or futility of amendment.'" Bylin v.
Billings, 568 F.3d 1224, 1229 (10th Cir. 2009) (quoting
Frank v. U.S. West, Inc., 3 F.3d 1357, 1365 (10th
Cir. 1993)). The lenient amendment standard exists "to
provide litigants 'the maximum opportunity for each
claim to be decided on its merits rather than on procedural
niceties.'" Minter v. Prime Equip. Co.,
451 F.3d 1196, 1204 (10th Cir. 2006) (quoting Hardin v.
Manitowoc-Forsythe Corp., 691 F.2d 449, 456 (10th
Cir.1982)). Nevertheless, "the grant of leave to amend
the pleadings pursuant to Rule 15(a) is within the discretion
of the trial court." Zenith Radio Corp. v.
Hazeltine Research, Inc., 401 U.S. 321, 330 (1971).
Here, Defendants object to leave only on the basis of
futility, and it appears that there is no other basis for
denying leave to amend.
proposed amendment is futile if the complaint, as amended,
would be subject to dismissal. The futility question is
functionally equivalent to the question whether a complaint
may be dismissed for failure to state a claim . . . ."
Gohier v. Enright, 186 F.3d 1216, 1218 (10th Cir.
1999). Ordinarily "[t]o survive a motion to dismiss, a
complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as
true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on
its face.'" Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S.
662, 678 (2009) (quoting Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly,
550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007)). It must identify a basis for
plaintiff's claim for relief, which "requires more
than labels and conclusions." Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555.
"[A] formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of
action will not do." Id. Where the claims for
relief are based, however, on a theory of fraud, as is the
case in this action, "a party must state with
particularity the circumstances constituting fraud or
mistake." Fed.R.Civ.P. 9(b).
considering a motion to dismiss, the court "must take
all of the factual allegations in the complaint as true,
" but it is "not bound to accept as true a legal
conclusion couched as a factual allegation." Iqbal, 556
U.S. at 678. It must also "view all reasonable
inferences in favor of the plaintiff" and
"liberally construe" the pleadings. Ruiz v.
McDonnell, 299 F.3d 1173, 1182 (10th Cir. 2002) (quoting
Swanson v. Bixler, 750 F.2d 810, 813 (10th Cir.
1984)). Applying these standards, the court considers each
cause of action that Spence has alleged in the SAC.
Fraud-Based Claims
alleges two fraud-based claims, which require a heightened
level of pleading. The court previously dismissed all of
Spence's fraud-based claims under Federal Rules of
Procedure 9(b) and 12(b)(6) because Spence failed to plead
with the particularity necessary to support fraud-based
claims. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b), a
party "alleging fraud or mistake . . . must state with
particularity the circumstances constituting fraud or
mistake." This heightened pleading requirement exists
"'to afford defendant fair notice of
plaintiff's claims and the factual ground upon which
[they] are based.'" Schwartz v. Celestial
Seasonings, Inc., 124 F.3d 1246, 1252 (10th Cir. 1997)
(alteration in original) (quoting Farlow v. Peat,
Marwick, Mitchell & Co., 956 F.2d 982, 987 (10th
Cir. 1992)). The particularity requirement is met where the
complaint "set[s] forth the time, place and contents of
the false representation, the identity of the party making
the false statements and the consequences thereof."
Lawrence Nat'l Bank v. Edmonds (In re Edmonds),
924 F.2d 176, 180 (10th Cir. 1991).
a. RICO
The SAC
alleges RICO violations under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1962(c)
and (d). Under § 1962(c), Spence must allege that
"person[s]" "(1) conducted the affairs (2)
of an enterprise (3) through a pattern (4) of racketeering
activity, " George v. Urban Settlement Servs.,
833 F.3d 1242, 1248 (10th Cir. 2016). And § 1962(d)
requires proof of a conspiracy to commit the aforementioned.
RICO defines a "person" as "any individual
or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest
in property." 18 U.S.C. § 1961(3). Defendants
"conduct[] the affairs" of a RICO enterprise by
"participat[ing] in the operation or management of the
RICO enterprise." Resolution Trust Corp. v.
Stone, 998 F.2d 1534, 1541 (10th Cir. 1993) (citing
Reves v. Ernst & Young, 507 U.S. 170 (1993)).
And an "enterprise" is "any individual,
partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity,
and any union or group of individuals associated in fact
although not a legal entity." 18 U.S.C. § 1961(4).
alleges that Defendants Basic Research, Bremenn, Gay,
Friedlander, and Strobel are all persons involved in an
association-in-fact enterprise comprised of the same
individuals and entities. (SAC, ¶¶ 89& 91, ECF
No. 102-1.) But "the 'person' conducting the
enterprise's affairs [must] be distinct from the
'enterprise.'" George, 833 F.3d at 1249
(citing Cedric Kushner Promotions, Ltd. v. King, 533
U.S. 158 (2001)). It is insufficient to identify
"simply the group of . . . defendants accused of
engaging in the racketeering" as the enterprise.
Switzer v. Coan,261 F.3d 985, 992 (10th Cir. 2011).
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has said that the
distinction requirement means that the "person"
and "enterprise" must "be different
entities, " Bd. of Cty. Comm'rs of San Juan
Cty. v. Liberty Grp.,965 F.2d 879, 885 (10th Cir.
1992), and that a plaintiff must plead "that the
defendant conducted the affairs of the enterprise rather than
simply conducting the defendant's own affairs, "
George, 833 F.3d at 1249. While the United States Supreme
Court has held that a "corporate owner/employee, a
natural person, is" sufficiently "distinct from
the corporation itself, " Cedric Kushner, 533 ...
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Our updates become a little more irregular during the summertime, but they're still action-packed. Here's the latest from a busy month at the iSchool:
iSchoolers in the News
We have a new dean-in-waiting! Anind Dey comes to us from Carnegie Mellon University, where he is a professor and director of CMU's Human-Computer Interaction Institute. UW News did a write-up on the appointment, and we posted a story on our site.
Outgoing Dean Harry Bruce was honored at the annual American Library Association conference in late June. A tribute resolution cited his service to the iSchool and the librarianship profession.
Professor Michelle Martin is putting on a pair of weeklong summer "Read-a-Rama" camps in Seattle. The camps weave activities and reading to encourage early literacy. We got a preview at a recent event at Seattle's Compass Housing Alliance.
Associate Professor Joe Janes spoke to Publishers Weekly on the eve of the ALA conference about how the organization is dealing with the Trump administration and the current political climate.
Janes also appeared on KUOW, talking about the infamous Nixon tapes and how they became one of the items in his new book, "Documents That Changed the Way We Live."
Lecturer Annie Searle wrote a piece for the final edition of The Risk Universe. She identifies a certain blind spot among corporate executives that can put large organizations at risk.
Associate Professor Bill Howe was part of a UW team that released "Wide-Open," an automated system that scans published papers for references to publicly available datasets and determines whether those data are indeed available. The project will help advance science by making data available much faster.
Ph.D. candidate Sandra Littletree earned the inaugural Cobell Summer Graduate Research Fellowship. A prestigious honor, the Cobell fellowship supports American Indian and Alaska Native scholars' research.
MLIS students Cristal Fiel and Jasmine Gutierrez, along with incoming student Charlene Quach, were among the winners of this year's ALA Spectrum Scholarships. The winners are chosen based on their commitment to diversity and commitment to entering the librarianship profession, among other factors.
MLIS student (now graduate) Jenn Parent was featured on the Library of Congress blog, talking about her internship there.
And in "Calling Bullshit" news:
- The iSchool's Jevin West and Biology Professor Carl Bergstrom talked to New York magazine for a well-thought-out "beginner's guide to calling BS."
- MisInfoCon wrote about the course the duo taught this past spring.
- A Knight Foundation grant will help spread the ability to "call BS" among journalists and high school students. West and Bergstrom earned the award for their project to customize their message to those key audiences.
- Their latest lectures are posted on our YouTube channel:
For their Capstone project, MLIS students Sarah Carnes, Kathleen Sullivan and Johanna Jacobsen Kiciman created a resource guide to help improve accessibility at the Washington Health Benefit Exchange website.
And don't miss our video from Capstone:
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In a few days, America will celebrate a month of Black history. This year, let us be more broad minded to where we will look at Black History Month through the prism of American History. It is a fact that there would be no America without us.
Therefore, I suggest as we journey through the twenty-eight days, let's take a look at yourself and free your mind. Look into a mirror and ask: "Who am I?" This is important because you might, if honest, see a person that is the representative of your life. Let me explain, you say that you love a God who you have never seen; yet you do not love the man or woman before you who you can see. You will say that you love God; ask yourself do you.
You know you have prejudices that you were either taught or came to know base upon your experiences. White people in most cases are prejudice against blacks and everyone else. Blacks are prejudice against whites, and blacks. Moreover, every nation on the face of the earth has a prejudice against someone mainly because they are different. I am going to suggest that religion oft-time is also a reason.
If you think about this and understand that your enemies have invested in your soul, which is a tried and true principle of divide and conquer. I say this specifically to address the issues that exist between the African American male and female. God created us (man and woman) to join in a union to live and to recreate in order to continue the species. Now, how is it that we have lost this simple understanding designed by our creator? The war against us is against all of us, both black men and women.
Our hope rests within us – not in what is inserted into us by an enemy. So black women, you've been had, hoodwinked, when you distance yourself for the black man. There is a biblical passage that says "you will reap what you sow". You have a convent with the black man by virtue of your birth - your children need him and so do you.
Black men, you too must be that man you were created to be. The children you create - need you; that mother needs you. Being black means nothing to those of the other hue – I say it's time to mean something to each other. I will not judge - just saying! While I will remind you that scripture says, "Judge not lest you be in danger of being judged". The ghosts of the greats who sacrificed their lives for you are watching!
It is time for you/me/us to think differently and make a change – and the time is now! And that's my Thought Provoking Perspective ...


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Everyone seems a little bit more jittery on the tube this morning. I wonder if it has anything to do with that new 'high octane' drama on TV last night. Real edge-of-the-seat stuff with two terrorist attacks in the first episode alone.
TANNOY: "If you see anything suspicious like an unattended bag or package do not approach it, report it to a London Transport worker: See it, say it, sorted".
OK I've got this! I can spot at least two suspicious characters in my vicinity straight away. What can I detect about them just by their appearance and without them being aware that I'm checking them out? I obviously haven't been as subtle as I thought as one of them is now staring at me intently with a malevolent expression on his face. Or is that just his normal expression? Now, would a terrorist be wearing shoes like that I wonder? They look expensive leather, hand-made, and not the type you'd see on the high street. If I were a terrorist would I be wearing shoes like that along with a freshly ironed shirt? Would one bother to 'dress up' for such a grisly task? So that's him ruled out then.
Rucksacks are today's briefcase. No-one uses a briefcase anymore – not since the 80s anyway. No doubt, they will be stuffed with gym kits ready for a lunch time work-out. Look for wires hanging out of rucksacks, I remember reading that somewhere. Surely, no self-respecting terrorist would leave wires hanging out of their deadly cargo. That would be telegraphing their intentions.
Every other man seems to have a beard nowadays. Beards used to be the domain of artists and geography teachers, not City workers. That reminds me of my old boss who used to say he never trusted a man who wore brown shoes, sported a beard or wore a bow tie. Well he was in his 80s. Now that both beards and brown shoes are on trend it's probably just as well that he's retired rather than be faced with these questionable looking characters on every corner.
Two new dubious characters step on at the next stop: A middle-aged man and a much younger one in his twenties. It is possible they are father and son, or perhaps colleagues, however, even though obviously together they don't talk to each other, it's as if they are trying to feign that they are not acquainted. The younger one sits down. I could be wrong, but I don't believe you would sit down if you're malintent. Surely, you'd be brimming with adrenalin and pent up nervous energy. They alight two stops later.
Just one left to eliminate from my enquiries. Now that the carriage has thinned out I can get a better look. He hasn't moved from the same spot since boarding which must have been at least 10 stops ago. Posture ram-rod straight, eyes staring directly ahead. Clothes neither trendy nor smart, trainers that have seen better days and the ubiquitous rucksack. No obvious wires hanging out though. Does he look nervous or pent up? He appears more like a man in a trance, steeling himself for a mission. This is it. He fits the profile perfectly. I move further away from him down the aisle. I can't risk looking at him again though. I know, I'll use my mobile as a surveillance camera, the way the guy did in the drama last night to spot a sniper on the roof without putting himself in any jeopardy. I don't even have to turn the mobile on, the mobile's black surface acts as a mirror allowing to see behind me and yes, he is still there.
After a fraught 30 minutes travelling, I finally arrive at my stop, what a relief, what a journey. I made it! Now that I am still alive and can breathe, free to face another day, I can focus on the day ahead. I ponder at what meetings, appointments are in the work diary
Good, I'm the first to arrive at the office which means I can collect my thoughts before the onslaught of demands. The external doorbell rings, which means the receptionist is late again. The thundering traffic noise on the street muffles the voice on the other end of the intercom. I buzz them up.
The office doorbell rings. Approaching the glass door I can see a man standing on the other side. It is the man from the tube. What to do? He must have seen me looking at him and has now come for me with a personal vendetta. He smiles benignly through the glass door, holding up his identity card. He's come to sanitise the water cooler.


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Exhibition "KOME- The Art of Rice" in 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT. Directed by Shinichi Takemura cultural anthropologist and Taku Satoh graphic designer.
"Amid the turning point of the lifestyle and values and global environment rapidly changing, positioning of rice as a staple food also fluctuates, in this exhibition, and look back with fresh eyes the Invision of rice that forms the foundation of our culture will continue. And, as a major issue to be undertake in society as a whole, we will think of everyone with visitors its vision."


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Goddard attends Savannah training
Goddard attends Savannah training
As part of his continuing education and training in the administration of law enforcement, Code Enforcement Marshal Rodger Goddard of the City of Douglas Code Enforcement division attended the 2019 Annual Summer Training conference sponsored by the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police. The Summer Training Conference was held at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center from July 21 through July 24.
Chief Wesley Walker of Lyons Police Department, President of the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police, stated, "In this new era of law enforcement, Chiefs are constantly finding new ways to manage their departments. From the type of officer we are hiring today, to the concerns of the public we serve, to the way we police has changed ever so drastically. The G.A.C.P. continues to strive to provide the best training possible to the members of the association and be the standard for other Chief's Associations across the country."
Goddard was among more than 550 heads of law enforcement agencies attending the 51st Annual Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police Summer Training Conference. The Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police is responsible for the delivery of training to the chiefs of Georgia's police departments and law enforcement agencies.


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>>Finally got around to it: July 2015
At the top are those guys who are practically shrink-wrapped in the flag. They get it! And no matter how hard I try to be like them, I never get there. Cast from some alloy of history and patriotism, they know exactly why they're risking the package. They're the guys who look you right in the eye as they coat you with a thick layer of geopolitical goo beginning with September 11 and working back to some wormhole in your convictions as they remind you how you'd damn well better atone by charging into the great machine gun of history. These guys never blink. I envy them. I love having them in my platoon. But I sure as hell won't be hanging out with them telling war stories years from now.
In the vast middle are the guys who are over here because they can't stand mortgage payments, PTA meetings, malls, marriage counseling, plumbing courses, and all the other avatars of two thousand years of testosterone drilled into a single drop of present-day ambivalence. Over here in the war, that one little drop gets re-distilled into a hundred-proof buzz that comes out shooting flames. These guys cling to war because they've peered into the abyss and seen themselves punching a time clock for the rest of their lives.
And then there's me and Danny. I now know it was no accident we found each other in this maelstrom.
Right from the moment he asked about us being in the same unit with the psychic I knew each of us was there because of a woman.
I can't think of another book that goes to war with Liberace as both good luck charm and weapon. This is to author Martyn Burke's credit: through a psychic, identical twin Playboy Bunnies, a divergence into madcap Hollywood insanity, and the aforementioned man for whom no fashion cow was sacred enough, Music for Love or War manages to effortlessly sidestep predictability in a war-based narrative.
The story follows two men: Hank and Danny. Hank is a Californian; Danny is from Toronto. Besides enlisting to fight in post-9/11 Afghanistan, the two men share a unique bond: the women they love have been taken from them. In Hank's case, it's Annie Boo—Ann Boudreau—who along with her sister Susan jumped/fell into the fame spiral, becoming two of Hugh Hefner's Playboy harem.
Danny's story of love and loss, meanwhile, is quite different and far more tragic. Ariana, the woman he fell in love with when they were just teenagers, is the daughter of a man named Sayyid Shah, who we learn (through Ariana's brother Omar) managed funds for bin Laden in the years preceding the 9/11 attacks. As we experience more of Danny and Ariana's story, which is interspersed with Hank's, it becomes clear that not only is their love illicit—were Sayyid to find out there would be no end to the hell Ariana would pay—but it was, from minute one, destined to end badly. And so it does when, years after they first met, became friends, and subsequently lost contact, Omar, having imbibed in his father's Kool-Aid, sold his sister to an Afghani warlord named Zadran for weapons, ammunition, and fake passports.
So what are two lovelorn souls to do when faced with such loneliness? Enlist, naturally. Except their reasons for doing so were very different from one another: while Hank enlisted to escape the twenty-four-hour "paparasshole" news cycle guaranteed to splash images and video Annie and her sister and their very old and very creepy lover across every magazine and website available, Danny enlisted for the noble purpose of finding Ariana and bringing her home again. As such, while Hank is the voice through which we view the narrative as it unfolds in the present, it's Danny who gives this book its heart.
There's a lot to love in Music for Love or War. Split between time periods and locations—Hollywood, Toronto, and "The Mountains," referring to the mountain range between Pakistan and Afghanistan—the narrative moves at a brisk clip. The connection between the two men is also well realized, with Hank, either directly or indirectly, assuming the role of Danny's protector. And while Danny's unwavering conviction is in stark contrast to Hank, whose personality errs a little more on the practical side of things, one never gets the sense that Hank looks down on or dismisses Danny's belief in what he's doing. If anything, it feels sometimes like Hank envies what he sees as Danny's drive and sense of nobility.
While I felt deeply invested in Danny's story, I can't quite say the same for Hank's, or for that matter the subplot involving the psychic Constance Amonte, who both men lean on for advice on how to handle their troubled love lives. Initially I was intrigued by the Hollywood side of things and all its accompanying craziness; however, the section of the book that takes place in Hollywood, about two-thirds of the way through (the longest section, incidentally), feels as if it was pulled from a different story altogether, with its ridiculous pace of events and equally ridiculous and over-the-top personalities. I'm not saying the sorts of people and situations depicted don't exist, because they most certainly do, only that the section seemed to diverge enough from the more compelling narrative—Danny's quest to save Ariana—to be distracting. It was kind of like the bureaucracy scene in Jupiter Ascending, which felt less like something directed by the Wachowski siblings and more like a scene from a lost Terry Gilliam film. It wasn't bad; it just didn't fit.
Actually that ludicrous scene was the best part of that film, but I digress.
Overall, I quite enjoyed my time with Music for Love or War. Burke's narrative has a lot of heart to it, and Danny and Ariana's troubled history felt real—lived in. I almost wish the book had been only their story. That's not to say Hank's had no merit, as he is I think a necessary counterpoint for Danny. But when all was said and done, it was Ariana and Danny, and to a lesser extent Omar, who made this story sing.


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In a move that will outlive the Obama administration, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence last week signed a charter for its new Intelligence Community Transparency Council tasked with "ensuring that transparency becomes a comprehensive and sustainable practice within the Intelligence Community."
The charter, signed April 5 by ODNI Director James Clapper, is the fulfillment of a two-year process involving creation of principles and an implementation plan that assembles representatives from each of the 17 intelligence agencies in the community.
The new council will meet at least six times a year to help ensure that the "public has information that clearly represents the mission, authorities and oversight mechanisms that direct and guide the intelligence community, as appropriate, while underscoring that all transparency efforts protect intelligence sources, methods, and activities consistent with counterintelligence principles."
The body will make recommendations to intel community leaders on transparency initiatives and practices, while coordinating their implementation. Members will serve terms of at least two years to the council, chaired by the Intel Community's transparency officer. The charter lasts for five years.
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I woke up and fed the twins around 8 and finally got out the door with Wyatt at 9:40 to do some grocery shopping. I was in a rush because Oliver was left home with Jake and I needed to be home before their next feeding. I pulled up to Walmart just before 10 and thought "Perfect. I have just over an hour to be home." That's when I realized I forgot my wallet.
So I turned around and made the 15 minute drive home, picked up my wallet and made the trip back.
All went well through the store. Wyatt slept, for plenty of oohs and aahs and was a total champ. It was great. I got to check out and discovered the printer had not printed all of my coupons.
"Whatever. Not a big deal."
After I unloaded the groceries into the car, I pulled up the baby seat to transfer it from the cart to the car. The bottom groove was stuck. Tried again. Still stood firmly in its place.
"Oh my gosh! The car seat is stuck! I feel like an idiot ."
I tried and tried and tried and could not get the stupid seat off the cart! Starting to panic, I called Jake to ask if he had any ideas. The exact same moment I thought it, he said it.
"Try pushing the grey button like you would when taking it out of the car."
Click. Off it came.
Who knew? My car seat clips into the grocery cart creating a safe, secure place to put it.


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Author: Alessandra Torre
Publisher: Alessandra Torre
Published: March 10, 2015
Genre: Adult, New Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Erotica
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I love two men. I screw two men. I am in a relationship with them both, and they are both aware there is another. That is all they need to know, that is all I let them know. They don't need to know a name; they don't need to know anything but that they are not alone in my heart.
They have accepted the situation. Stewart, because his life is too busy for the sort of obligations that are required in a relationship. Paul, because he loves me too much to tell me no. And because my sexual appetite is such that one man has trouble keeping up.
So we exist, two parallel relationships, each running their own course, with no need for intersection or conflict. It works for us, for them, and for me. I don't expect it to be a long-term situation. I know there is an expiration date on the easy perfection of our lives.
I should have paid more attention, should have looked around and noticed the woman who watched it all. She sat in the background and waited, tried to figure me out. Saw my two relationships, the love between us, and the moment that it all fell apart.
She hates me.
I don't even know she exists.
She loves them. I love them.
And they love me.
EVERYTHING else hangs in the balance.
(Recommended for 18+ y.o. readers)
"The heart is stubborn. It holds onto love despite what sense and emotion tells it. And it is often, in the battle of those three, the most brilliant of all."
It's my first Alessandra Torre read and I loved it to bits and pieces! After listening to its audiobook, I found myself vowing to devour more of Alessandra's books because her writing style is simply delightful and intense!
There are so many twists and surprises in this book and I'm afraid that I might accidentally reveal a spoiler so I'm not going to give a glimpse of its synopsis. Let me just tell you that the storyline of this book is absolutely unique and well-crafted! From the beginning to the end, I found myself totally compelled because of its strong voice. There's emotional depth, enough angst, great characterization, and beautiful narration…. ALL ROLLED INTO ONE. (Oops, and there are hot and smexy scenes.*winks)
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Tom Hiddleston is happy he's finally recognizable in The Night Manager
Chances are you've seen the English actor Tom Hiddleston at work: sowing chaos as the trickster god Loki in Marvel's cinematic universe, channeling country music icon Hank Williams in the biopic I Saw the Light, skulking around as a bohemian vampire in Only Lovers Left Alive. But rarely do you find him on screen looking like, well, Tom Hiddleston.
That's set to change in The Night Manager, AMC's new spy-thriller miniseries based on the John le Carré novel, in which Hiddleston portrays a character that didn't require a significant physical transformation. Speaking to EW at the Tribeca Film Festival, the chameleonic actor said it was a welcome change.
"I think the most well-known things I've done have been actually at the extremes of my range," Hiddleston said, "and I don't look like myself, to be honest. I look like somebody else."
In The Night Manager, which updates Le Carre's 1993 post-Cold War tale to the present day, Hiddleston stars as Jonathan Pine, a hotelier and former soldier who is recruited to infiltrate the inner circle of an arms dealer (Hugh Laurie).
"As Pine, I look like me in a way," Hiddleston said. "So that, strangely for an actor, that felt new."
Being recognizable wasn't the only thing that attracted Hiddleston to the role. "I was very moved by his moral courage," he said. "Jonathan Pine is someone who does something incredibly brave that I'm not sure I would have the courage to do."
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This is from a refill Bourbon barrel with the cask number 818390. Only 245 bottles were made. Some spices is the first thing that hits my nose. Some alcohol, and surprisingly, not very sweet. A bit of marzipan in the end.
Very sharp at first in the taste. And peat! Is this peated? Probably not, but the cask must previously have contained peated whisky! Some white fruits as well. The finish is warm, long and full of vanilla. Still with hints of the peat and the white fruits.
A young cask strength grain whisky, matured in a cask previously held peated whisky (not verified though) – that's not something you come across everyday! I can understand why they chose to bottle this cask! I will give this 81/100 (19/20/21/21).


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General verdict: Yep, still kicking major three-chord ass after all these years in all of its beautiful naked brutality.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
John Lennon: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
General verdict: Yep, still kicking major three-chord ass after all these years in all of its beautiful naked brutality.
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- AnonymousMarch 14, 2018 at 11:47 PM
No more song overview at the top?ReplyDelete
You're always insightful, George, but I enjoy it most when you're waxing about the music you love. Bravo.ReplyDelete
Like you said, John is about the melody first, and as such, I find myself drawn into his music because his melodies are so engaging in spite of the fact that I'll never revere the man like you and about 90% of the singers of songwriters of today do. I saw a Youtube that polled something like 200 modern artists with the question "Lennon or McCartney?" And the vast majority voted for John. My choice has always been Paul, and it's more than just the music, which P was clearly J's superior in every category. (Lyrics, on the other hand...) It's in the fact that Paul always seemed more sympathetic to his audience than John. FOr all of his preaching about peace and the world being one, John just always came off as a self-involved jerk to me. That's not to say Paul couldn't be just as big a douchebag when he put his mind to it, but Paul seemed like he actually tried to relate to his audience, whereas John couldn't give a crap. Then again, I read John's final interview and he actually seems to have come around and actually felt somewhat comfortable in his skin (or at least Yoko's).ReplyDeleteReplies
Regarding modern artists preferring Lennon to McCartney, Lennon has always had a "coolness" factor McCartney lacked, partially due to the tortured, confrontational attitude you mentioned. (Weird isn't it that being enigmatic and unapproachable, like Dylan, will earn you more critical reverence than being relatively open and friendly, like say Springsteen?) Not to mention Lennon's tragic death solidified him as a martyred icon. McCartney, still smiling and leading crowds in Hey Jude sing alongs today, can look hokey in comparison.Delete
Anyway I'm willing to bet most of the artists in the survey couldn't distinguish which Beatles songs were Lennon's and which McCartney's, and most probably went with Lennon as the "cool" choice. Meanwhile I'm with you in thinking McCartney was easily the musical superior. But then I'm a weirdo who thinks Lennon melodically peaked in 64-65 (though his subsequent work was of course outstanding as well).
I'm sad to say I can't view this one up as a classic of any sort, apart from its obvious influence on confessional songwriting. Even the half-baked McCartney debut had twice as much melody. Oh well, I still enjoy reading George's take on it.
That coolness factor easily can be identified. Around 1970 hippiedom (the love and peace movement) had largely failed; people became desillusioned. From then on artists with a negative attitude were more appreciated than those with a positive attitude. No matter how wide the gap between Lennon and Blackmore, this is something they had in common. McCartney is an optimist and hence, quite like Stevie Wonder, never was taken entirely seriously. In this respect McCartney from 1970 on was an anachronism. Lennon was not.Delete
Now that I think about it, it's not the melodies but John's voice that I dig. Another example where Paul is actually his better (Some of the things Paul did and is still able to do in his 70s blows my mind), but John just has this thing...some of his vocal moves are quite unique and powerful.Delete
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2018 at 8:41 AM
For me Lennon, not for his attitude, coolness or even the lyrics, but simply because he wrote better songs. If I would choose my ten favourite Beatles' songs, John would have 5 or 6, Paul 2 or 3 and George 2 (while my guitar... and something). And, as much as I love Ram, Band on the run and All things must pass, Plastic Ono Band is the best Beatle solo album, by far. Yet, I prefer Ram and All things... over Imagine.ReplyDelete
"it is probably quite hard for us these days to understand just how goddamn different it must have sounded back in 1970"ReplyDelete
That's because you took the wrong approach in this review: you compare it with 21st Century successors, with more or less like-minded artists of our days. Compare it with stuff that was popular in 1969 and 1970 (the first albums of Led Zep, Black Sab, Deep Purple, ELP etc.) and it's very obvious how different Lennon was.Replies
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2018 at 10:45 AM
But what's the point? I'd say it's much more interesting to try to place Lennon in our current context and see if he still makes a difference. Who might be interested in going back to 1970 and value Lennon for being strong back then almost 50 years ago except for ourselves who already know the answer?Delete
I like George's reviews — he completely wipes the nostalgia out of the picture. And, yes, in 2018 I think we should be comparing Lennon to 2018 successors. Otherwise I can't see how we can explain to the new generations (my own children for example) what's the point in Lennon.
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2018 at 10:58 AM
Just proves that before you open your soul bare, before your feelings are naked, there's got to be something hidden inside. I don't think this album is any less sincere than Bon Iver's debut. But there's a big difference between tearing yourself apart to deliver something that was hidden and just... you know, tearing yourself apart for the sake of tearing yourself apart.ReplyDelete
I think the beauty of Lennon post-Beatles was that he wasn't just trying to write hits. The melodic instincts were there but there's a don't-care-what-you-think vein running through his songs, especially on this album. There's more courage and authenticity in these songs than in anything by Black Sabbath for instance because they come from the heart. This kind of honesty is both rare and difficult to pull off in a medium where popularity is the eponymous goal.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 15, 2018 at 2:16 PM
Don't know why but I've never been able to connect with this album on any emotional level despite all the supposedly "universal" themes. It's one of those records I truly admire more than enjoy listening. I like the "punch in the guts" feel of some of the rockers ("I found out" especially), some are okay ("Working class hero", "Hold on", "Remember") but the epic-themed ballads ("Love", "God", "Isolation") do little or nothing to me.ReplyDelete
Superb review. I for one am happy to see the "Serious John and Wussy Paul" narrative take some hits (the new story seems to be "Cruel John and Kind Paul," which actually seems pretty fair), and I can't understand how an openminded listener could possibly prefer the majority of Lennon's 70s output to McCartney's (and I'm speaking as an ardent fan of "Rock and Roll"). But "Plastic Ono Band" is definitely one of the best albums ever. Lennon makes these lyrics come alive, with his voice, with his guitar shredding, with his cohorts. He would never sound so inspired again.ReplyDelete
And thank you, for spending some time on "Look at me" and "Well Well Well," the most slept on tracks of John's career. I'd put "Remember" in that company, too!
I prefer Imagine overall. Less miserable.ReplyDelete


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By Barbara Zaragoza / South Bay Compass
When you live in the South Bay, the city of Tijuana appears on the horizon just about wherever you go. If you don't cross the border daily, then most of your neighbors and friends do. South Bay residents know that Tijuana offers shopping, art, business opportunities, time with family and, of course, good food and wine.
So when a wonderful on-line newspaper like Voice of San Diego descends upon our border neighborhood of San Ysidro, bringing with them an audience of "northerners" to tell them about how they should visit Tijuana, we South Bay locals look at each other rather perplexed. Don't they already know that?
On October 22nd Voice of San Diego's culture report writer, Alex Zaragoza, hosted a "Meeting of the Minds" at The Front Art Gallery: a building along historic San Ysidro Boulevard designed by famed architect Louis Gill in 1929. The purpose of the meeting was to highlight the many delights of Tijuana. Karl Strauss offered beer, perhaps to make the experience less frightening to the audience members who presumably trekked all the way from places like North Park to visit the depths of the border region. [Read more…]


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Mind Games, John Lennon
When I was a kid, my dad made pancakes on Sunday morning. He used Bisquick and two cast iron skillets—no blueberry faces, no chocolate chips, no banana smiles. There would be margarine and brown sugar syrup on the table—no bacon, eggs, or sausage—just flapjacks, as he called them. After breakfast, he took the Sunday Sioux City Journal into the TV room, sat in his Dad chair, and read the paper, sports section first.
I can't remember how it began, but he and I played the same game every week. I brought the paper in from the front porch and after reading the comic section, I carefully recreated a neatly folded stack and set it on the kitchen counter. Daddy cleaned up the flapjacks, poured himself a cup of coffee, picked up the paper, went into the TV room, sat down, and said, "I really love opening a newspaper that hasn't been touched. There's something so fresh and new about it." Then he would wink at me. To this day, after I finish a newspaper, I recreate a neatly folded stack and think of him. How is it that I can retain decades-old, fleeting memories, but forget where I parked the car at Costco?
- During the weather portion of the news, I saw Grand Mounds WA on the map. The Sweetie knew immediately that the "Mima Mounds" are close by, I thought immediately of my friend Beth. Now, where did that connection came from?
- In the morning when I put on my underpants, I think of Foster who once said, "Stand up when you put your pants on—you'll improve your balance."
- Every time I wear a turtleneck, I think of Katharine Hepburn. Every time I make cioppino, I think of Dinah Shore.
- Muth taught me how to fold a fitted sheet with a rhyme about bunnies in the corner. Can't remember how it goes, but each Saturday morning when I change the sheets, I fold a neat square bundle thinking about bunnies and my mom.
- Michael Roberts whacked my knuckles with the flat of a chef's knife when I didn't hold my fingers correctly. I still flinch whenever I start to chop vegetables. Jeffrey insisted that the cooks tear lettuce not chop it. I still tear lettuce
- On the rare times I drive in downtown Seattle, I find my way to the freeway using Normie's old mnemonic device "Jesus Christ Made Seattle Under Protest" (Jefferson, James, Cherry, Columbia, Marion, Madison, Spring, Seneca, University, Union, Pike, Pine)
- Why are Phil Rizzuto, Allie Reynolds, and Ezzard Charles, familiar names to me? My second grade friends, Marzee Carlstein and Gordie Schmeckpepper, show up on demand but I can never remember the name of our neighbor across the street.
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- 2 cups Original Bisquick mix
- 1 cup milk
- 2 eggs
Heat griddle or skillet over medium-high heat or electric griddle to 375°F; grease with cooking spray, vegetable oil or shortening.
Stir all ingredients until blended. Pour by slightly less than 1/4 cupfuls onto hot griddle.
Cook until edges are dry. Turn; cook until golden. Note: If you like thin pancakes, use 1 1/2 cups milk.
Brown Sugar Syrup
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup butter
Combine the sugar and water in a medium size saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Lower the heat to medium and allow the mixture to boil for 4 minutes. Add the butter and stir until the butter has dissolved.


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Shotcrete (sprayed concrete)
Investigation of non-linear drying shrinkage for end-restrained shotcrete of varying thickness
Tunnels in hard, jointed rock are commonly reinforced with shotcrete (sprayed concrete) applied directly on the irregular rock surface. The thickness for such linings can be as small as 50 mm, which result in a fast drying. The resulting shrinkage of the restrained lining is a well-known phenomenon, which leads to cracking. The installation of drainage systems also results in an end-restrained shotcrete lining that is more prone to shrinkage cracking. The drying process is a complex problem that depends on multiple factors such as cement content, porosity and ambient air conditions (i.e. temperature, relative humidity and wind speed). Two numerical models capable of capturing the structural effects of drying shrinkage were compared in this study. It was found that inclusion of non-linear drying shrinkage is important for accurately describing crack initiation in an end-restrained shotcrete slab. The best fit to the experimental data was obtained when the rate of drying was described as a non-linear decreasing function.
Contact: Andreas Sjölander , Anders Ansell (profile pages)
Numerical simulations of restrained shrinkage cracking in glass fibre reinforced shotcrete slabs
Modern tunnels in hard rock are usually constructed by drill and blast with the rock reinforced by shotcrete (sprayed concrete) in combination with rock bolts. The irregular rock surface and the projection method of shotcrete leads to a tunnel lining of varying thickness with unevenly distributed stresses that affect the risk of cracking during shrinkage of the young and hardening material. Depending on water conditions, shotcrete is either sprayed directly onto the rock surface or over a drainage system, creating a fully restrained or an end-restrained structural system. A method for non-linear numerical simulations has been demonstrated, for the study of differences in stress build up and cracking behaviour of restrained shotcrete slabs subjected to shrinkage. Special focus was given to the effects of the irregular shape and varying thickness of the shotcrete. The effects of glass fibre reinforcement and bond were implemented in the study by changing the fracture energy in bending and in the interaction between shotcrete and the substrate. The study verifies that an end-restrained shotcrete slab is prone to shrinkage induced cracking, and shows the importance of a continuous bond to avoid wide shrinkage cracks when shotcrete is sprayed directly onto the rock.
Contact: Andreas Sjölander , Anders Ansell (profile pages)
Laboratory testing of early age bond strength of shotcrete on hard rock
This study investigates early age bond strength of shotcrete (sprayed concrete), in the case of shotcrete sprayed on hard rock. Shotcrete differs from ordinary, cast concrete through the application technique and the addition of set accelerators which give immediate stiffening. The bond between shotcrete and rock is one of the most important properties. During the very first time after spraying the physical properties and the bond to the rock depend on the set accelerator and the micro structure that is formed. In this work a laboratory test method for measuring early bond strength for very young or early age shotcrete is presented. The newly developed method was tested and evaluated and proved that it can be used for bond strength testing already from a couple of hours after shotcreting.
Contact: Anders Ansell (profile page)
Structural dynamic and stress wave models for analysis of shotcrete on rock exposed to blasting
During blasting in tunnels and mines, the interaction between shotcrete (sprayed concrete) and rock is influenced by propagating stress waves. Shotcrete support in hard rock tunnels is studied through numerical analysis using three different modelling approaches. The stress response in the shotcrete closest to the rock when exposed to P-waves striking perpendicularly to the shotcrete–rock interface is simulated. The first model tested is a structural dynamic model that consists of masses and spring elements. The second is a model built up with finite element beam elements interconnected with springs. The third is a one-dimensional elastic stress wave model. The models give comparable results, although the definition of the dynamic loads is different. The analysis results can be used to estimate whether the shotcrete will fail or not for a prescribed distance to detonating explosives inside the rock.
Contact: Lamis Ahmed , Anders Ansell (profile pages)
Investigation of shrinkage cracking in shotcrete on tunnel drains
The investigation combines in situ observations, measurements, testing and theoretical modelling. The in situ work was done to map and evaluate the shrinkage related cracking of shotcrete on short and long sections of soft, plastic drains. The occurrence of variation in shotcrete thickness and crack widths were of particular interest. The theoretical analysis focuses on the stresses that can occur due to uneven drying shrinkage in the two-layered shotcrete. The models used include variation in shotcrete thickness and in time of waiting between turns of spraying, with or without watering of the shotcrete. Watering will delay the shrinkage but has no effect on the strength development. Long times of waiting without watering before spraying a second layer will increase the tensile stresses in the shotcrete. It is recommended that the further work is directed towards establishing guidelines for the design of future drain constructions with shotcrete. Different methods for repair and strengthening of cracked shotcreted drains must be developed, tested and evaluated.
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Trainer Chris Waller is confident that the 2014 Caulfield Cup is the right race for Hawkspur and believes that the talented gelding can improve on his finish in the Group 1 event last year.
Hawkspur went into the 2013 Caulfield Cup as a clear favourite, but he was forced to settle well off the pace in the early stages of the race due to his wide barrier and he made up plenty of ground late, but was unable to play a factor in the finish and finished seventh.
The Purrealist gelding has drawn a better barrier for the 2014 edition of the Caulfield Cup and Waller believes that the five-year-old will be able to get a lovely run in the early stages of the ace race close to the speed with jockey Damien Oliver on board.
"It is a better draw," Waller said.
"He had no luck last year; we watched the replay about twenty times last week and he went terrific.
"This is his distance and this is his race.
"He races better in the first half of the field than he ever does in the back half of the field."
Waller has four runners in the 2014 Caulfield Cup field, with Moriarty, Junoob and Who Shot Thebarman joining Hawkspur in the race, but the leading Sydney trainer does not believe that it is a vintage edition of the Group 1 event.
He admits that the overseas-trained horses like Admire Rakti and Bande could prove the superior stayers and rates Lucia Valentina a good chance, but thinks that there are a number of question marks over the leading chances in the race.
"The overseas horses could come out and be too good, but you how hard it is to get these horses peaking and it is a big effort," Waller said.
"Let's hope they are not on top of their games, let's hope the Lloyd Williams horses are in the twilight of their career, let's hopes that The Offer is in a wet tracker and let's hope Dear Demi can't quiet run as well as she did last year.
"Stipulate is one, Lidari you could make a case for him.
"Lucia Valentina – it is the same as Royal Descent last year, are they strong enough to beat the boys in a pressure race.
"She did a fantastic job in the Turnbull and she is probably your winner, but can she carry it through?
Hawkspur is currently available at 2014 Caulfield Cup odds of $17, while Junoob is rated the best of the Waller-trained chances in the race at $14.


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Arthur A. Mami, Sr.
1932 - 2020
Memorial Mass
Obituary of Arthur A. Mami, Sr.
Arthur A. Mami, Sr.
Arthur A. Mami, Sr., 87, of Lafayette Hill, Pa passed away Monday, January 20, 2020.
He was born in Philadelphia, Pa on April 26, 1932, the son of the late Carmelo and the late Josephine ( Rotella ) Mami.
Arthur has been living in Lafayette Hill for the last 3 years, formerly of Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
He was a member of St. Philip Neri RC Church and a former member of Epiphany Of Our Lord RC Church.
Arthur graduated from LaSalle College and was a Vice President with Sacred Heart Hospital.
Survivors include Wife Marie (Carosiello) Mami of Lafayette Hill, Daughter Maria (& Stephen) Hadfield of Collegeville, Son Arthur A. (& Jennifer) Mami, Jr. of Downingtown, Daughter Michele Peale of Wyncote, Sister Antoinette Pinto of Philadelphia, also survived by his grandchildren Marcus (& Jessica), Juliet, Ryan, Aaron, Angelina, Nicholas & Monica, and a great grandson Xavier.
Along with his parents he was preceded in death by a brother Frank Mami & a sister Santina Bellace.
His Memorial Mass will be held Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 12:00 PM from St. Philip Neri RC Church, 437 Ridge Pike, Lafayette Hill, PA 19444.
Friends may call on Thursday, January 23, 2020 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the church.
Interment will take place in St. Patrick Cemetery, East Norriton, PA.
Memorial Contributions may be made in his memory to: The Malvern Retreat House, 315 South Warren Ave, Malvern, Pa 19355.
Arrangements by Moore, Snear & Ruggiero Funeral Home, 19 East Germantown Pike, East Norriton, PA, (610) 277-1600.
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|The Uralvagonzavod T-34 tank as it appeared in the film and the parodies.
Medium tank
Place of origin
Soviet Union
In service
26.5 tonnes
turret front 60 mm (2.4") (thickest)
"Yeah some of the guys were talking about them..."
"Sergei said he drove one!"
"No kidding? Probably went into a wall, huh?"
The T-34 was a Soviet medium tank produced from 1940 to 1958. Although its armour and armament were surpassed by later tanks of the era, it has been often credited as the most effective, efficient and influential design of World War II. First produced at the KhPZ factory in Kharkov (Kharkiv, Ukraine), it was the most-produced tank of the war. The T-34 was developed from the BT series of fast tanks. The design and construction of the tank were continuously refined during the war to enhance effectiveness and decrease costs, allowing steadily greater numbers of T-34s to be fielded. In early 1944, the improved T-34-85 was introduced, with a more powerful 85 mm gun and a three-man turret design. By 1945, the versatile and cost-effective T-34 had replaced many light and heavy Soviet tanks. The T-34 was the most important weapon fielded by the Red Army in World War II.
By mid-war, the T-34 may have no longer technically outclassed its opponents but it remained effective in combat.
Although it was no match for the Tiger I and Panther tanks, it still managed to overwhelm them in combat because due to the fact that more T-34's were available and that the Russian industry could easily keep up with the rate of the destroyed tanks.
In the parodies
The Uralvagonzavod T-34-85 tank was one of the few tanks to appear in the film. The other was the Tiger tank (like most WWII films, the Tigers were mocked up Russian tanks; in this case, the same T-54/55's used in the five-part Soviet film Liberation, or Osvobozhdenie). Its appearance in the parodies were rare compared to the Tiger, which appear mostly as a background.
Notably, it has appeared in parody series such as The Console Wars, DeltaForce62's universe, where Saab Magalona's army was equipped with various Soviet weapons, including the T-34, the United Nazi War, where it is used by the United Alliance of Bush's Fans.


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Animal Science Department
Evaluation of the Interaction of Beta-Adrenergic Agonists Supplementation and Heat Stress on Growth Performance and Carcass Composition in Feeder Lambs
First Advisor
Ty B. Schmidt
Date of this Version
A THESIS Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Master of Science Major: Animal Science Under the Supervision of Dr. Ty B. Schmidt Lincoln, Nebraska August 2018.
Copyright (c) 2018 Lauren E. Kett
Forty-nine crossbred feeder lambs (wethers, n = 49; 53.3 ± 3.7 kg BW) were utilized to evaluate the interaction of b - adrenergic agonist (bAA) supplementation and heat stress on growth performance and carcass composition. Utilizing and 3 x 2 factorial design, lambs were randomly assigned to one of three bAA supplementation: 1) Control, CON, 2) Ractopamine Hydrochloride at 40 mg/hd/d, RHCL, and Zilpaterol Hydrochloride at 2.5 mg/hd/d, ZHCL for a period of 20 d and one of two environmental conditions (Thermal Neutral: TN and Heat Stress: HS). The TN environment had a constant thermal heat index (THI) of 16.6°C. Within the HS environment, a cyclic design was utilized to achieve a THI of 29.5ºC from 10:00 to 20:00 h and a THI of 24.5ºC from 22:00 to 08:00 h. Starting at 08:01 and continuing to 09:59 h, temperature and RH were gradually increased to achieve a THI of 29.5ºC at 10:00 h and reduction of temperature and RH from 20:01 to 21:59 h to achieve a THI of 24.5ºC at 22:00 h. Regardless of bAA supplementation (P = ≥ 0.09), lambs exposed to the HS environment had reduced DMI (P < 0.001), ADG (P = 0.002), and final BW (P = 0.03). In addition, exposure to the HS environment (regardless of bAA supplementation; P = ≥ 0.07) decreased HCW (P < 0.001), percent change in LM area (P = 0.004) and percent change in LM depth (P = 0.005). There was a bAA x environment interaction associated with RHCL supplementation and heat stress (P = 0.003). Lambs supplemented RHCL in the HS environment had reduced (P = 0.003) respiration rates, when compared to CON and ZHCL supplemented lambs. Supplementation of ZHCL decreased adipose tissue (P = 0.05) and increased percent fat free lean (P = 0.01), when compared to RHCL and CON lambs. Within the current study, both heat stress and bAA supplementation had an impact on growth performance and carcass composition. However, the data does not indicate that there was any significant interaction between bAA supplementation within a heat stress environment on growth performance or carcass composition in feeder lambs.
Advisor: Ty B. Schmidt


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Exploring the narrative weather of Covid-19. The Rona Report is a project of ReFrame and Solea Signals. COVID time is confusing. It can feel like light speed and sloth
Exploring the narrative weather of Covid-19. The Rona Report is a project of ReFrame and Solea Signals. COVID time is confusing. It can feel like light speed and sloth
At ReFrame, drawing from our experiences inside of other crisis moments, two of the tools we've been using to coordinate our team in the time
We are here with you. Our hearts and thoughts are with everyone who is struggling right now. Like many people across the country, at ReFrame,
I currently live in Lexington Kentucky with my partner, Amy, our daughter Joleigh, our son Hagan, and our dog Ellie. I joined KFTC staff as a Communication Associate in 2007. I am primarily involved in materials and message production with a leg immersed in grassroots fundraising. I have MA in Critical Media Studies from the University of Kentucky. I'm active in local community organizing around equal access to transportation. I'm a founding member of the amazing Broke Spoke Community Bike Shop (thebrokespoke.org).
Tori Cress is an Anishinaabe mother of two, from Beausoleil First Nation on Christian Island, Ontario, Canada. Tori has been organizing Idle No More events around Ontario since the rise of the Idle No More movement in November 2012. Tori works part-time for Idle No More in an administrative role and spends much of the rest of her time volunteering for Idle No More and Defenders of the Land. She works with others on the Idle No More communications team and the development committee. Tori also drives a taxi cab in small town Midland to help fund grassroots work locally.
Born and raised in the Bay Area, Sydney is the daughter of Chinese immigrants and refugees. She is the Communications Associate at Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN). Prior to APEN, she served as an Emerson National Hunger Fellow at the United Way of King County in Seattle and at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement in Washington, D.C.. Sydney's communications expertise comes from her time as a Communications Intern with Grassroots Change and her experience as a spokesperson on issues of campus diversity. Sydney graduated in 2012 from the UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Public Health and a Public Policy minor. She began her activist career as a student leader in multicultural campus coalitions, where she focused on recruitment and retention efforts for underrepresented Asian Pacific Islanders and served as a student senator. Sydney has also organized Chinese home care workers and served as a City of Berkeley Community Health Commissioner. She was a Public Policy International Affairs Fellow and a Bridges to Health Academy Associate at the Greenlining Institute. In her spare time, Sydney runs Lake Merritt, cooks Chinese food, and does neighborhood organizing against displacement.


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Life isn't easy in the channel …
Technology keeps changing. Competition keeps increasing. Margins are under pressure. And DIY makes it even harder.
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Chocolat writer Joanne Harris is adapting her upcoming novel for the big screen through David Barron and Paul Weiland's UK production outfit Contagious Films.
Contagious has bought the film rights to the book at first draft manuscript form ahead of its planned publication in 2003. Harris is writing the first draft of the screenplay, titled Coastliners, as part of the debut development slate at Contagious.
Her 1999 novel Chocolat is being shot by Lasse Hallstrom for Miramax Films, starring Juliette Binoche.
"I was a huge fan of Chocolat but we hadn't set up the company at that point," said Barron, whose credits include Possession, It Was An Accident and Loves Labours Lost. "However, we pursued Joanne and established a relationship."
Contagious is also co-producing The Babysnatchers with BBC Films and Toddler Films. The family film is based on an original idea by Colin Bateman.
Other projects in the works include Five Psychopaths Go To Vancouver, a black comedy written by playwright Peter Straughan, and The Funnies, based on J Robert Lennon's novel.
Barron is looking to attach a director to Frankie's Comeback, which is written by Bernard Wright and won the Pathe Orange screenwriting prize this year. He is also developing studio-level fantasy thriller Saving Marilyn and Welsh cowboy High Noon In Tonypandy.


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You can view our Climate Week NYC 2019 events calendar here.
If you would like to register your event as part of the Food, Land and Nature-Based Solutions Program, please click here.
Food, Land and Nature-Based Solutions Program will focus on cutting emissions from food and agriculture, as well exploring the role of forests, land-based ecosystems, and regeneration. This Program is aligned with the Nature-Based Solutions theme at the United Nations Secretary-General's Climate Action Summit.
More information about the Food, Land and Nature Based Solutions Program will be published shortly.
If you would like to register your event as part of the Food, Land and Nature-Based Solutions Program, please click here.
For more information, and to find out more about the full Climate Week NYC 2019 Program, please click here.
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The Climate Group's mission is to accelerate climate action to achieve a world of no more than 1.5°C of global warming and greater prosperity for all. We do this by bringing together powerful networks of business and governments that shift global markets and policies. We focus on the greatest global opportunities for change, take innovation and solutions to scale, and build ambition and pace. We are an international non-profit organization, founded in 2004, with offices in London, New Delhi and New York. We are proud to be part of the We Mean Business coalition.Visit TheClimateGroup.org


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Ljuba de Angelis is a contemporary Italian singer and composer currently living in Paris.
Education and training
September 2014 – September 2016. MASTER 1&2 – CREATION MUSICALE ET SONORE (composition and sound design), Paris8, Saint-Denis University, France. Music composition and sound creation for video, cinema, live shows, performance and any other form of art, including installations, multimedia and Internet creation.
September 2011 – February 2013. Bachelor – Jazz and improvised music (110/110)- Frescobaldi Conservatory, Ferrara, (FE), Italy. Bachelor's degree (3 years), Jazz Singing. Thesis: Jazz composition and arrangement for Jazz Combo about Horace Silver, hard bop pianist and composer.
September 2003 – February 2007. DIPLOMA – SINGING PROFESSIONAL. Music Academy 2000, Bologna, Italy. Professional singer certification (Pop, blues, rock, jazz).
Artistic activity
2018-2019: Festival En chair et en son (International meetings between butoh dance and acousmatic music). Electroacoustic music: France – edition 2018 piéce "Ouroboros" and edition 2019 piéce "Cryonic Dream"; Italy – edition 2019 piéce "Neo-nomades".
2016-2017: Collaboration with Matrupix for sound installation "Dalla culla alla vasca" (Crudle to bathtube): October 2016, IVAM (The Institut Valencià d'Art Modern), for the Cicle Somelgrup (Valencia, Spain); June 2017, Festival Mais où va-t-on? (Fléchin, France) ; October 2017, Portes-Ouvertes des Ateliers d'Artistes -POAA (Montreuil, France).
2016: Piece of Contemporary classical music "Il pendolo di Foucault", for cello, bass clarinet and percussions; composed for "Ensemble Aleph", played in The Cervantes Institute of Paris (25th June 2016).
2015: Collaboration with Matrupix for video art "I soliti errori" (Same mistakes). Video projections: la Semaine des Arts, Paris 8 Saint Denis Université (2016); Expo de l'art à la Ferme II, Cité Industrielle de Vincennes – La Jarry (2016).
2015- today. Composition and sound design for short films and performances.
Other artistic experiences: CONCERTS AND PERFORMANCES
Ljuba has performed live in clubs and festivals in Italy and France: Sunset / Sunside (Paris), Cabaret Sauvage (Paris), Istituto Italiano di Cutura (Parigi), La Marbrerie (Montreuil), Le Chinois (Montreuil), Bravo Caffé (Bologna) …
2014- today: music teacher for ICM- Institute de Culture Musicale, Paris.
2018- today: music teacher at the Conservatoire slave de musique, Bagnolet.
Specific skills:
Music Technology (voice, instruments and sound recording).
Computer music
Musical instruments
Vocals (Conservatory Bachelor's Degree)
Synthesizer and Workstation
Loop Station and Effects


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The University of Richmond was established in 1830 by the Virginia Baptists. It was incorporated as Richmond College in the 1840s. The university moved to its present location in 1914, and is currently spread across an area of 350 acres. UR offers an array of degrees and programs through the following schools:
UR is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Atlantic 10 Conference. Its teams are known as the Spiders, and participate in baseball, football, lacrosse, ice hockey, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, rugby, basketball and cross country.
Many students of UR have gone on to become famous. Among them are J. Steven Griles, the Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of the Interior from 2001 to 2005; Mary Sue Terry, the Attorney General of Virginia from 1986 to 1993; and Leland D. Melvin, NASA astronaut.
Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2018-19, National Center for Education Statistics, http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/
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UNHI at the 2015 AUTM Eastern Regional Meeting in Raleigh, NC
UNHI Licensing Manager Tim Benoit-Ledoux will be cohosting a session titled "Social Innovation and Enterprise: No Patents Required" at the 2015 AUTM Eastern Region Meeting on August 31st. The session will cover topics related to commercialization efforts around non-patentable intellectual property and services from the academic environment. These types of innovations provide a mechanism to increase revenues for the institution through attracting public and private capital, as well as providing opportunities for the creation of academic enterprises that have high potential for broad social impact.
Tim will be joined by Lisa Goble from University of North Carolina Greensboro, Dinesh Divakaran from North Carolina State University, Heidjer Staecker from TreMonti Consulting, and John Zurawski from Pepper Hamilton.
They will draw on their collective expertise in the area of non-patentable innovations to explore issues and establish best practices in commercializing these non-traditional forms of intellectual property. Particular emphasis will be placed on reviewing a variety of case studies across a spectrum of non-traditional commercialization efforts and working together to articulate commercialization possibilities and document best practices. Case studies will include: a look at a trademark that sparked the creation of a non-profit startup; a sexual assault prevention program consisting of trademarks and copyrights licensed across the globe; software startups; and other social innovations and entrepreneurial activities. We will talk about our institutions' experiences and include an activity where groups will brainstorm commercialization path/potential & associated Technology Transfer Office (TTO) activities for a variety of case studies with non-patentable IP. This topic will be of interest to the general population of technology transfer professionals who are exploring options at their institution to commercialize non-patentable innovations, and who are supporting faculty in forming startups around these innovations.
For more information, please contact Tim Benoit-Ledoux at email@example.com.


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A few months back I remember waking up to the news. It was a Friday morning. I was tired. It had already been a crazy week and I still had two days to go.
When I rolled over and grabbed my phone the first thing I saw was the news that chef, traveller, mentor to so many, Anthony Bourdain, had taken his own life.
As I wiped the fog away from last night's slumber and began to process what I was reading I came to the realization that it wasn't a bad dream.
As I began to digest it my mind ran through a gauntlet of emotions. Immediately I was sad, followed quickly by anger, confusion and frustration. I couldn't understand how a man so outwardly successful could take his own life. The more I thought about it though, the more my feelings turned to shame because I felt a certain degree of responsibility for his outcome. I also realized how little I really understood about those that suffer from depression and addiction.
I will never forget the first time I read Bourdain's first book, Kitchen Confidential. Finally someone had clearly put pen to paper explaining what it was like to spend your life in a kitchen.
He understood me. He understood what we were all going through, at least to some degree.
At that young age I loved the way he spoke about the dark edges of our craft. He shared openly his battle with his demons. As his fame grew so did his opportunities.
Tuning in to the first episode of Parts Unknown I remember thinking how lucky he was to have been given the gift of travelling the world, taking in one of a kind experiences and sharing it with us.
He had certainly earned this spot. His was a style all in it's own, and he took everything we knew about travel shows and turned it on its head.
As the series went on I almost forgot that he was an alcoholic and heroin addict, after all, virtually every episode had him on a barstool, overindulging in some local concoction, as he talked politics until the wee hours with some local legend.
Here I was though, cheering him on, like so many millions of others, cooks and otherwise. He had become a hero for the common man. As I tried to process the news and make my way through the day, watching the outpouring of emotion come in from all over the world, I couldn't shake that sense of shame and guilt for being a part of glorifying that lifestyle.
In the days that followed the shame continued, but the root cause of it changed.
I began to ask myself why I was grieving over a man I had never met. Sure, I, like so many, felt a connection to Tony, because that's the guy he was, but there were people in my life much closer to me that were dealing with their own battles.
Over the past few years I have been so focused on trying to be "successful" that I haven't stopped to take the time to look around and check in on those I care about. During that time two people that I consider to be close friends were going through their very difficult personal battles.
I managed to squeeze in a phone or text to them when I could, because I had heard they were struggling, but a few messages or a brief phone barely scratches the surface when someone needs an ear.
Here were people that I cared about but couldn't seem to make the time of day for. I had also somehow made myself so closed off to them that they didn't feel they could reach out to ask me for help.
This epiphany was eye-opening for me. I wanted to be upset with them for not reaching out, but the truth is, it wasn't their fault.
The truth is I have spent years being a "guy's guy", reminding people to suck it up when you're having a bad day. Put your head down and work through it was my mindset.
The past few months have opened my eyes to just how wrong I have been. It has made me take a look at our industry as a whole and see it for all of its flaws. Since day one in this business I have been instilled with the sense of guilt for calling in sick. I would never want to let my chef down. Now that I am a chef I am doing the same to those that look up to me, and that has to change.
Ours is a business that comes with more than it's fair share of stress. It eats at you.
The more responsibility you take on, the more that stress and anxiety is there. For years I have considered myself a person who thrives on pressure. Even when I am not working I live with deadlines, trying to cram as much into my free time as possible, because of the overwhelming guilt I feel about being an inadequate father and family man.
When I am at home, I feel this internal knot inside me that my employees and peers will judge me for slacking off, like I have some obligation to live in my business.
The logical person in me knows these feelings exist in my mind, but somehow I can't shake them. I lose sleep over the things that might bring down the house that I have built.
I worry about when the next bad review will come, or when people will realize I'm a fraud and I don't know what I'm doing. I drink more than I should, to take a little of that edge off. I don't share my struggles. Instead I put on a strong face and tell people things are awesome, because I am embarrassed to admit that many days I feel overwhelmed.
Occasionally, in what I would previously call a moment of weakness, but what is more likely a moment of honesty, I would post some vague message on social media, in the hopes someone will ask if I am doing okay, and then feel extremely embarrassed when people reach out, telling them everything is fine.
I am broken. That mindset is broken. It's time I admit I am a large part of the cultural problem in our industry. It's time that I put my head up and recognize when the people around me are struggling. It's time that I create a more positive workplace, where people feel okay to not be okay, where we replace the guilt of letting the team down, with the support of a teammate is in need of our help We should rally around them, roll up our sleeves and do we can to allow them the time to cope with their problems. It's hard to write that, but it's a truth I have to face.
The truth is that I am not very empathetic. In fact most who have shared a kitchen with me would probably balk at the idea of me even talking about this.
I can understand their doubt. I do know that I can't sit on the sidelines though, and continue to be the person I was.
I have to try to be a part of the solution, and not a part of the problem. So, with the help of some wonderful people, we are setting about trying to do that.
After reaching out to some trusted colleagues, who shared similar concerns about the current state of our industry, we have begun the process of establishing a local group that will help to create positive change in the Edmonton food community.
Our initiative is in it's infancy, and there is a great deal of work for us to do before we can say we are making a difference, but it feels good to recognize the problem and want to do something about it.
Our group, called In The Weeds, named after that overwhelming feeling you get as a cook in the kitchen, or a server who has been triple sat, with so many bills in front of you that you can't see through the weeds, is aimed at offering our industry peers a helping hand to get out of "the weeds" that they may face in their personal lives.
That's the thing about being in the weeds, you always manage to get out, with a little help from those around you.
Our initial focus will be to work with leaders, chefs, managers, and owners, to offer ways to help them create more positive and nurturing work environments.
As the group grows we will work to offer support for those that need it most, the employees, many of which don't have benefits programs, the resources or the funds to face some of the demons they are dealing with. In the months that come we will be looking for presenters, sponsors, and most importantly, members of the food community to participate in the programming so that we really can create change inside our four walls.
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The following is a guest post from Nigerian real estate developer Michael Chudi Ejekam.
The cost effectiveness of most mortgage deals is dependent on market interest rates. Those that currently have a variable rate deal may be wondering when or if it will be better to switch to a fixed interest option. Homeowners coming to the end of a deal and those looking to switch to try and save money may want to consider the pros and cons of fixed or variable mortgage products.
How Market Conditions and Interest Rates Affect Variable and Fixed Mortgages
Each type of mortgage deal comes with a potential cost benefit. But, this benefit is not guaranteed. Choosing the right deals at the right time could save homeowners money. Making the wrong decision could see them paying more than they technically need to.
For example, variable rate mortgage deals give the best cost benefits when interest rates are dropping or are at a low point. These products will have repayments that rise or fall depending on market conditions. In a decreasing or low rate scenario, payments go down. As soon as interest rates start to go up, then this kind of deal becomes more expensive.
Fixed rate deals work in a different way. Here, the homeowner is given a guaranteed fixed repayment for a period of time and market conditions have no effect. So, if interest rates go up, then the mortgage holder will potentially be saving money as their repayments will not rise. But, if rates drop significantly, then they could be paying more than if they had a variable product.
When is the Best Time to Switch From a Variable to a Fixed Rate Mortgage?
Although it is possible to anticipate what might happen to market interest rates, it may not be possible to guarantee accuracy. Some consumers will look to fix a deal when rates look likely to rise. This may work if they are particularly low (i.e. there is nowhere to go but up) or if market conditions make interest rate increases likely.
The best time to switch to a fixed rate deal from a variable product will happen at a point where switching saves people money (i.e. when their fixed rate payment is less than their variable payment would be). It can, however, be hard to get the timing exactly right.
Some that move early may end up paying more on a fixed rate deal ahead of market rises actually taking place. Those that move later when rates start to rise may find that the costs of their fix are not as good as they were in the past.